Upside-down crosswalk man is now walking right
Published 9:37 pm Monday, June 2, 2008
The city of Everett is on the ball fixing topsy-turvy crosswalk signs.
The white walking guy and red hand were upside down at 38th Street and Broadway last week, according to an eagle-eyed reader who spies for me.
I snapped a picture for posterity.
Everett spokeswoman Kate Reardon said the problem has been righted.
“We received a report from a gentleman on Thursday that the crossing sign was upside-down,” Reardon says. “The signal has been fixed.”
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How do you get children to stay after school and knit?
Librarian Troy Miller at Picnic Point Elementary School in the Mukilteo School District says they have no problem getting about 25 kids to delay going home.
The Edmonds-area kids don’t just knit, he said, there are snacks and chats, too.
“We started two and half years ago with about 15 kids,” Miller says. “It just keeps growing.”
Parents and teachers drop by the library, too.
Let It Rain Yarn in Mukilteo has donated supplies to the Picnic Point Elementary Knitting Club. Wednesday, they’ll be giving kitten blankets they’ve made to the Progressive Animal Welfare Society in Lynnwood.
“The kids love being able to go through the yarn stash and pick out what they like. If they are not into knitting that day, they can read or do homework. But most of them knit.”
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No one is happier about new radio towers for KRKO-AM 1380 in Everett than afternoon personality Jeff Aaron.
As we reported on page A1 on Monday, four potential new radio towers are expected to start broadcasting this summer in the Snohomish River Valley, despite residents’ having fought the controversial project for years.
New towers mean the station will be able to reach listeners from Tacoma to Mount Vernon during the day.
“We’ve got 50,000 watts,” Aaron said Monday before his afternoon show. “Approval is o-Fish-ial.”
His radio nickname is “The Fish.”
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Dave Preston with Cycle Barn MotorSports Group in Lynnwood has a special reason Monday to alert folks about an I-5 pavement-grinding project over Lowell Road in Everett.
He advises folks on an e-mail distribution list about dangerous rides. Preston’s audience includes 1,700 motorcycle enthusiasts who need to pay extra attention on rough surfaces.
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Fun fact: You can travel more than 2,000 miles to get away from it all, but you can’t leave home too far behind.
My gang vacationed last week at a resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We met a swell couple from Snohomish, Wayne and Carolyn Pesznecker, who happened to also be staying at the Samba Vallarta.
Not only was that a small enough world, but come to find out Wayne Pesznecker is a cousin of Herald writer Scott Pesznecker.
Please don’t ask them about escapades during free tequila-shooter night.
Columnist Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451 or oharran@heraldnet.com.
