You’ve previously read on Wallyhood about the Historic Wallingford Treasure Hunt along 45^th. Many of your neighbors, especially the children, have enjoyed trying to match up the photos and clues in the brochure with the buildings and signs. The time has come to collect the entries and name the winners. Actually, a random number generator was run to pick the winners out of almost all the entries since almost everyone succeeded in getting almost all the queries correct. Each of the winners got a prize from one of our sponsors. Here are the sponsors and the winners:

This Saturday, September 18^th, Seattle emergency communications teams will be practicing and demonstrating how an Emergency Communication Hub will work in the event we face a major natural disaster. The Double Trouble simulation will work through what we will need to do in the event of an earthquake, such as from the Seattle Fault or the Cascadia Subduction Fault.

The exercise will be conducted at the Maple Leaf Park, 1020 NE 82nd St, playground area in the southwest corner of park, from 9am to 1 pm. (Take bus #67 from 11th Ave in the U District.) Getting involved …

The Wallingford Center Merchants have stepped up as an additional sponsor for the last week of the Where in Wallingford? Treasure Hunt. If you have a partially completed form, do the best you can with the rest of it and turn it in at one of the sponsors by September 15 so you can be in the drawing for the prizes.

If you have not yet explored the wonderful Wallingford commercial district along 45th, go by one of the sponsors to pick up a brochure and head out this weekend to find the pictured features. If you need additional information …

The Wallingford Library Branch will reopen on Monday, September 13. New hours will be 1 pm to 8 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays and 11 am to 6 pm Wednesdays and Thursdays. Masks are required of all users, regardless of vaccination status. The current schedule is for full service to be restored by the end of October. Pick ups of books requested on-line can now be routed to Wallingford for pick up next week.

The Fremont Branch is currently open everyday except Friday, including weekends. Details are at www.spl.org.…

Well yes, the Romans called it the ‘Dog Days’ because the sun rises in the Canis Major (the Big Dog) star constellation in the sky in late August, but for our neighborhood it signals the Great Hot Dog Party at the Wallingford Community Senior Center.

Come on August 25^th, from 11:30 to 1 pm, to celebrate that fabulous Coney Island invention, the hot dog. We won’t have sand and salt water, but we will have all the fixin’s for a hot dog that will remind you of going out to the ball game. And pulled pork sliders, cole …

“This shingled tower rises from a building that has been adapted to serve a different use. The building still has features that reveal its original use, such as the garage doors.”

Q: What was the original use of this building?

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This is just one of the photos and hints to help you solve the Treasure Hunt of the Wallingford business district along 45^th. Grab the kids and take them out for a walk to spot the answers to questions posed in the “Where in Wallingford? Treasure Hunt”. Be sure to return your completed form by September 15 …