The B-17s

Hey! Did you see this in the morning paper?

"Boeing B-17 carries wartime memories for former pilot
Former Boeing B-17 bomber pilot Hank Hendrickson, 88, relived his World War II service Monday as he took to the skies in a refurbished B-17 called the Liberty Belle — this time as a passenger."

Well, if you're the highest bidder at the PNA Auction this Saturday you and a friend can take a ride on a B-17 yourselves! Here's the sort of thing you'll see:

Bingo & Karaoke

No, Bingo & Karaoke are not the names of your neighbors dogs! They are the ingredients of a night of crazy fun & wild laughter on the offing the fourth Friday of each month at the Greenwood Senior Center on 85th (halfway between Aurora and Greenwood).

If a picture is worth a thousand words, here's a jillion words describing last Friday nights event.





There's more to see! Follow the link...













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Vote Now for Your Design Choice

The voting to help pick a design for the 2009 Phinney Farmers Market t-shirts and shopping bags is over. Go HERE to to see the winner.









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Yard Sale Moved

Due to several years in a row of lousy weather we’ve decided to move the PNA’s Annual Yard Sale to September 12. Of course THIS weekend, which would have been yard sale week end, the weather is scheduled to be gorgeous! Ah well, we understand that several folks are gonna have a sale anyway. Enjoy them both in their own time: one in spring and one in fall!

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Penguins on the March-Call for Artists

Sure to been seen migrating around Seattle neighborhoods in June are colorful and exotic penguins. These 22 inch embellished penguins will spend some time hanging out near the Space Needle, in Fremont, Ballard and eventually settle in our wonderful Phinney-Greenwood neighborhood where they will be auctioned off to benefit Woodland Park Zoo conservation programs around the globe.

Feeling inspired to design a penguin of your own? Through April 30, there is a call for both professional and amateur artists to join in the fun. Here's where to submit your original idea.

In-person Submissions: The Greenwood Collective, 8537 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
Online Submissions: www.zoo.org/penguinsonthemarch
Email Submissions: penguins@urbanlightstudios.com.




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Two season tickets to Zoo Tunes!

And much, much more just added to the PNA Moulin Rouge Auction Hot Items page!


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New Summer Camps for Kids!

PNA Kids! announces a new summer camp for preschool age children 3-5 years! This year, we will be offering for the first time a summer camp at our Whittier Kids! location. The preschool staff is excited and has created a curriculum with engaging activities and lots of fun for all. The camp will offer week long themes from July 6 through August, 14, 2009. For more information, visit us on our website. PNA Kids! is also rolling out another great summer for kids 5-12 years in our Summer Safari program with two locations - Phinney Center and Whittier Elementary. Come by and pick up a brochure or check it out online at www.phinneycenter.org/youth/main.shtml to see what plans we have in store for summer fun!

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What... a deal?

Do you blog about the quality of your life in the Phinney-Greenwood neighborhood? Want to share links? Send us your link and we’ll post it on this blog if you post our link on yours. What a deal!

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More Auction Stuff

Just posted more Hot Auction Items for the PNA's upcoming Moulin Rouge Auction, May 5th. One of the items is a ride on a B-17! Yep Boeing's legendary Flying Fortress!

Details about this, and other items are here.

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Poisson = Fish

One of our volunteer photographers, Cheryl Klotz, recently did a photo shoot of one of the “Foreign Language Classes for Little Ones” held at the PNA. She got some great photos of the kids and their parents hard at work having fun learning, from the looks of it, French. Here’s a sample of some of the photos Cheryl took that day. Find out more about these classes here.

Thanks to all concerned for helping us photo-document what the PNA is all about. There are several volunteer photographers who are helping to gather photos showing all the aspects of the PNA. I’ll include samples of their work here from time to time.

Meanwhile, you can see more pictures here:







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The School of Essential Ingredients

Here's an item you might find interesting by way of Judith Wood, PNA's Volunteer Coordinator:

"This is pretty cool - Erica has been a PNA member and volunteer instructor in our education program and she's published a new book and is doing a reading at Ballard Library. Maybe something for the blog? Sounds like a neat book!"

The book is titled "The School of Essential Ingredients." Follow the link for more information.


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Lots of Art! Lots of Walk!

Here's an upcoming event produced by our friends at the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce that sounds like fun:

"Friday, April 10 is a party - a twenty-two block long street party in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood! For three hours from 6 to 9 p.m., Greenwood Avenue N is being opened up from N 65th to N 87th Street* so that pedestrians and bicyclists can come out to play and explore local businesses. This event builds on the Chamber’s successful monthly art walk Art Up/Open Up. It offers residents a cheap way to do family activities and reconnect with neighbors." More Here.

Here's a list of the Art Walk participants for April 10.

And remember that the annual Greenwood-Phinney ArtWalk will be Friday evening, May 8, from 6-9:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 9, from 12 - 5 p.m.


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SNOW?!!? April Fool's NOT!!

And I thought I was just kidding in the posts below when I said:

"… the way the weather’s been I wouldn’t be surprised if it snows a few more times between now and then…" (Auction post)

and

"People got tired of trying to sell old family heirlooms in the rain, sleet and snow." (Garage Sale post)

Have you looked outside!??


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