UPDATED-The planting party has been rescheduled to Saturday January 9 1:00 – 4:00pm.  The ground was frozen so they were unable to get any of the natives into the ground.

Are you mulling over your choices for getting 2016 off to a good start?  Why not give back to the park you love?

Join the folks at Discovery Park, Saturday, January 2 at 1pm for a planting party.  They will provide the gloves, tools, native plants and guidance – you bring the energy and resolve!  Family, friends, neighbors and groups of all types welcome.

Can’t make it? Consider giving a tax-deductible contribution to the Discovery Park Plant Fund – ensure that they will have natives to plant for years to come.

Call 206. 386.4237 to pre-register and/or to make your donation today.

UPDATED-The planting party has been rescheduled to Saturday January 9 1:00 ? 4:00pm.? The ground was frozen so?they?were unable to get any of the natives into the ground.

Are you mulling over your choices for getting 2016 off to a good start?? Why not give back to the park you love?

Join?the folks at Discovery Park,?Saturday, January 2 at 1pm for a planting party.??They will provide the gloves, tools, native plants and guidance ? you bring the energy and resolve!? Family, friends, neighbors and groups of all types welcome.

Can’t make it? Consider giving a tax-deductible contribution to the Discovery Park Plant Fund ? ensure that?they will have natives to plant for years to come.

Call 206. 386.4237 to pre-register and/or to make your donation today.

The Magnolia Historical Society? will continue under the new leadership of Board member and Magnolia resident, Linda O?Neal,?starting in January. This after a discussion and motion to dissolve this past September was made by the Board, which was not acted upon because O?Neal stepped up. The Society has remained active all along as a result.

O?Neal says she is interested in carrying on an ?immensely important tradition and service to the Magnolia Community.? After giving it much thought she cited her love of history and the community, the vast contributions of volunteer writers of Magnolia?s award winning and nominated books: Magnolia: Memories & Milestones and Magnolia: Making More Memories. O?Neal also cited the serious work of the Society to celebrate, document and create Magnolia history since it was founded in 2001.

O?Neal will spend the first year of her presidency building her Board and continuing in the tradition of the Society?s work: free memoir writing workshops, selling Magnolia?s history books, collecting more Magnolia history and having the spring annual meeting about some aspect of Magnolia?s past. She is open to new ideas and directions including family genealogy; and, perhaps developing a scholarship program for deserving Magnolia college bound history students willing to collect new Magnolia history or participate in intern opportunities with MHS. O?Neal will be doing outreach to Magnolians for help in the Society mission with special appeals to PTA?s, new residents and retirees to join in the effort.

Board members Dee St George, Mimi Sheridan, and Kathy Cunningham will be joined by new Board members Greg Shaw, Lisa Meoli and Sue Perdang. Continuing on will be website developer Bruce Jones and Facebook administrator Jeff Cunningham. Monica Wooton is stepping down after 15 years of community historical work but will continue to be on the Board in an advisory capacity and lead the free memoir writing workshops.

Anyone interested in serving on the Board or offering new ideas are encouraged to contact Linda at president@magnoliahistoricalsociety.org. Mission statement and information on MHS books can be found here.

John Baker writes:

On Saturday,?the Magnolia Mudsharks won their second straight Seattle Youth Soccer Association (SYSA) City Tournament championship with a solid 3?1 victory over a very talented Ballard Bolt team.? The win capped off another?great year for the boys from the Bluff, which included a solid 8-1-1 record during the regular season.

Led by first-year head coach Brian Keaton, and his assistant, Yarrow Banko, the Mudsharks marched through the City Tournament with a solid 4 -1 record, while outscoring their opponents, twenty to eight.

Saturday?s win was a repeat of the 2014 final when the Mudsharks also beat the Bolt. ?And it? also reversed? the Bolt?s 5?3 victory over the Mudsharks a week earlier.

By reporter Steven Smalley

Looking down and away from the roadway isn?t a particularly good strategy when driving. Today that glance cost one woman her car in a wreck that left everything upside-down.
The driver, who spoke with Magnolia Voice, said she had, ?Looked down and hit the car.? The automobile she slammed into was a parked car owned by a family member of a Magnolia resident.
When asked if she was distracted, she replied, ?Yes.?
The unidentified driver said she lived in Northgate. When asked why she was in Magnolia she answered, ?I was just driving around.?

Distracted driver hits parked car at 34th & Barrett

Driver of wrecked car speaks with police

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Although there are many places to throw a children’s party in Seattle, Capes and Castles is unique as it will come to your location of choice and bring the party to you. They have a variety of different themed parties, including Princess, Football, and Lego, just to name a few.
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