The U14B Woodland Panthers of SYSA Woodland Park Soccer are doing well and are off to the quarterfinals of the Washington State Rec Cup next weekend. I reached out to coach Ken Convery to write about his experiences with coaching, and he wrote this for us:

I coached with assistants Leo Machado, Erik Rucker and Gerald Lim following the “Play like a Champion” principles in coaching the U-14 boys Woodland Panthers to a District 1 championship. We used the PLAC coaching model from the University of Notre Dame that focuses on the development of the mind, body, and soul of …

Rick Turner is a 35 year Wallingford resident, retired architect, and Executive Director of the The Meaningful Movies Project. He wanted to specially get the word out on this Friday’s showing which will be in support of the Paris global warming talks:

This coming Friday Night, Dec 4^th at 7:00 PM, Meaningful Movies in Wallingford will be presenting the film ‘This Changes Everything’ and we hope you will join us at Keystone Congregation Church.  Following the film and joining us for our discussion will be Alec Connon from 350Seattle.org, who is the organizer for the Gates Divest Campaign; …

If you haven’t seen Wildlights at the zoo before, it’s worth it. Thanks to LED lights and programmable displays the light effects move around, like a salmon jumping down a stream or an eagle flying overhead. There’s also an open reptile house and hot food to warm up with, real reindeer, Santa, the carousel, and the chance to have a (fake) snowball fight in Zoomazium.

Scarecrow video is showing “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945) on Wed night at the WCSC in the Good Shepherd Center from 4 to 7 PM for free. The plot: A food writer who has lied about …

We can’t damn the kids, so we must damn the house. Here are some local options:

All Together Skate Park is open for fun behind Evo, replacing the erstwhile innerspace. It has camps and open skate times. Green Lake Community Center winter basketball gets on track November 30^th for all ages- our son has been there for many years. Mike McGinn is even a coach! Well, McGinn is at Bitterlake, but still, it’s pretty cool that we get the awesome Ernie Chatters and get to play against McGinn’s team. Select a category and then filter to “Green Lake Community…

Not D.B. Cooper, just Cooper The Cat. We typically don’t do this on the front page of Wallyhood (see Forums / Lost and Found on the menu up above), but we imagine the cat is not loving the weather and the picture is adorbs, so we figured to heck with journalistic standards and pride (sort of a daily ritual for us.) Anyhow, Elizabeth writes:

Cooper is an incredibly friendly and curious guy, who likes to climb into open sheds and garages.  He also wiggles out of every kind of collar, so doesn’t have one on.  He has been missing since …

Now that Move Seattle has passed, the language Jean Godden added to the levy for us is part of the plan. SDOT must “Develop plans and complete improvements to enhance the NE 45th St corridor for pedestrians and cyclists between 4th Ave NE and Brooklyn Ave NE by the time University Light Rail opens in 2021.”

The current Bike Master Plan needs to be fixed as it lists no I-5 bike crossing options except for the unfunded and unplanned 47th street bike and pedestrian bridge. Here is the current plan, where the bridge is the red segment:

Here’s an adjustment …

What are your plans amidst rain and wind? To decode the Voynich Manuscript? Bah, that’s child’s play, try to fix Seattle 2035. While we’ve lost all hope of changes given the election results, the WCC says you should do your civic duty. This comes to us from Frank of the WCC:

The last Seattle 2035 Open House for public comments on the updated Comprehensive Plan is this Saturday November 14th, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, at North Seattle College. There is a presentation at 10:00 PM. The meeting is in the College Center (CC) building, and parking is free.

This …