The Greenwood Community Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday (tonight) at the Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N.

On the agenda:

• Karen Cirulli will talk about Aurora Commons, which provides a community gathering space, community garden, and programs for everyone who lives near Aurora, no matter their economic status
• Neighborhood Matching Fund “Small and Simple Projects Fund” for the fall cycle
• Crime preparedness and emergency preparedness
• Neighborhood Recycling Rewards Program
• 85th Street Rebuild and traffic signal revisions
• Greenwood Town Center Rezone proposal
• Greenwood Shopping Center Inc plans to demolish Greenwood Market building and expand Fred Meyer

The Northwest District Council meets from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St.

Here’s what’s on the agenda:

• Review and approve the proposed meeting schedule for the rest of the year: Aug. 24; Sept. 28; Oct. 26; Dec. 7.
• 2011 District Council Outreach/Engagement Fund
• Updates on:

1. North/NW 85 Street Paving project
2. 2011 Neighborhood Project Fund recommendations
3. Neighborhood Matching Fund

• City proposal to paint out vandalized murals on North 63rd Street under Aurora Avenue North and on North 57th Street under Phinney.
• NWDC bylaws
• Roundtable/member organization reports

For more information or to share your ideas about Northwest District Council issues, contact Northwest District Council staff Rob Mattson at 206-684-4051, or by email Rob.Mattson@seattle.gov, or email NWDC Chair Rick Klingele, nwdistrictcouncil@gmail.com. The NWDC meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month.

The Seattle Public Library system will be closed from Monday, Aug. 29 through Sunday, Sept. 4 because of city budget cuts. All branches also will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5.

From the press release:

The week-long closure will help the Library achieve its $3.7 million budget reduction target for 2011. The closure will save approximately $650,000. The closure will mean salary reductions for nearly 640 employees who will not be paid during that week and who are taking cuts in their cost of living adjustments. In addition, the book budget has been reduced, positions have been eliminated and 2010 cuts to branch hours have continued this year. Fifteen branches are only open 35 hours a week.

No materials will be due and no fines will be charged during the one-week closure.

Most library services will be unavailable during the closure, including book drops (the Central Library’s book drop will close at 8 p.m. Aug. 28); Wi-Fi; regular programs and events in library meeting rooms; TeleCirc (the library’s telephone circulation service that provides patrons with information on their library account); and no texting, emailing or chatting with a librarian.

Access to the online catalog will be limited to searching and checking library records, but patrons won’t be able to place holds.

Some online services will remain available, including the calendar of events; the SPL Mobile page; online payment of fines and fees; library podcasts; access to premium online databases, including Britannica Online, ChiltonLibrary.com, Mango Languages, Consumer Reports and Morningstar Investment Research Center; access to downloadable media, such as e-books and audiobooks, songs and movies; and digital collections, such as photos from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Collection, the Northwest Art Collection and The Seattle Historical Photograph Collection; the Seattle City Directory Collection; and the Century 21 Exposition Digital Collection.

Wayward Coffeehouse, which was damaged by a fire at a neighboring business last November, is reopening in Ravenna in October. The new coffee shop will be at 6417 Roosevelt Way NE #104.

Here’s the email that Wayward sent out:

After months of effort and exhaustive searching we have finally secured a new location for Wayward Coffeehouse!

The new site where we can once again gather over delicious coffee is in the Ravenna area at 65th and Roosevelt. We tried valiantly to find a suitable location in Greenwood, but although there are a few vacancies there, none met our needs for space and other criteria.

We are thrilled to finally have a new home and grateful that it is close by and we hope that many of you will still be able to come by as frequently as before. We are also excited to be able to spread the wonders of Wayward to a new neighborhood and expand the fabulous community of friends we built during our five years in Greenwood.

We hope to reopen by late October. There is a great deal of work to be done at our new space before we can once again greet all of you with a Muad’Dib Latte and Melbourne Sandwich. But we’re gathering the crew and work is underway to transform our new space into our much missed coffee haven.

We have been so grateful to all those who contributed to the Wayward Phoenix Fund in the weeks and months after the fire and those donations helped the staff survive as they sought interim employment and helped with our ongoing legal costs.

… but we still need your help.

If you can, please help us get reopened by donating to the Wayward Phoenix Fund. All new donations will be used to help with the costs of rebuilding at our new home. For more information on how to donate, please go to: Wayward Phoenix Fund Donations (http://www.sbcharities.org/?page_id=16) and look for the Wayward logo to donate online or for information on donating by check. We again wish to thank Seattle Browncoats Charities for their support and assistance.

It’s stinky, it’s steamy and it’s just waiting to go home with you. Dr. Doo, also known as the Prince of Poo has announced the Fall Fecal Fest at the Woodland Park Zoo – a time when local gardeners enter to purchase the coveted Zoo Doo or Bedspread.

According to the zoo, “Zoo Doo is the most exotic and highly prized compost in the Pacific Northwest. Composed of exotic species feces contributed by the zoo’s non-primate herbivores, Zoo Doo is perfect for vegetables and annuals. Bedspread, the zoo’s premium composted mulch, is like Zoo Doo but with higher amounts of wood chips and sawdust. It’s the perfect mulch for perennial beds and woody landscapes such as native gardens, rose beds, shrubs, tree rings or pathways.”

Send in a postcard from September 1 through September 23rd for your chance to purchase Zoo Doo or Bedspread. You can send a request for both the Zoo Doo and Bedspread, but separate postcards are required and only one postcard per person is eligible for each drawing. Entry cards will be selected randomly for as many entrants possible. Dr. Doo will contact the lucky drawn entries only.

Send a standard postcard to Dr. Doo, Woodland Park Zoo, 601 N. 59th St., Seattle, WA 98103. Include the following information:
-Name
-Day and evening phone numbers
-Preference: Zoo Doo or Bedspread
-Amount of Zoo Doo or Bedspread you’d like to purchase (anything from a garbage bag to a full-size, pick-up truck load)
-Weekday or weekend preference for pick-up

Pick-up dates for Zoo Doo or Bedspread begin October 1 and end on October 17. The lucky winners load the compost and the Grand Poopah will arm you with shovels. Pick-up truck 8×4 bed: $60; 6×4 bed: $45; 6×3 bed: $35. Limit one full truck per person. Garbage cans: $8 to $10 depending on size; bags: $4 to $6 depending on size. Two-gallon and pint-sized buckets are available anytime at the ZooStores for $14.95 and $4.95, respectively.

Here are a few highlights of what’s happening in Greenwood and Phinney Ridge this weekend. You can always check out our Events calendar for more.

The Phinney Farmers Market is from 3-7 p.m. Friday in the upper parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., with fresh produce, meat, cheese, bread, chocolates, beer, pizza, tamales and more.

Live music by Tommy Dean at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Café, 8310 Greenwood Ave. N. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, listen to Pint & Dale sing “Songs of the Blue Divide.” Both concerts are free. Food and drinks available for purchase.

Help volunteer group Vision Greenwood Park build raised garden beds and construct a tool shed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Greenwood Park, on North 87th Street between Evanston and Fremont avenues.

The Bitter Lake Community Center Annex, 13040 Greenwood Ave. N., is hosting the Bumps and Babies boutique and consignment event from 5-8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Fifty-percent discount on remaining items starts at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Seattle Public Theatre presents Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” set in the jazzy 1920s, from Friday through next Saturday at the Bathhouse Theater at Green Lake, 7312 West Green Lake Dr. N. This weekend’s performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is selling low-cost life jackets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Evans Pool, 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Cost is $20 for infant and children’s sizes; $30 for teens to adult size XXL.

Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death among children ages 1 – 14. Wearing a life jacket saves lives. Washington State law requires children ages 12 and younger to wear a Coast Guard approved life jacket or life vest on vessels shorter than 19 feet, and there must be a life jacket on board for each person older than 12.

NW Biodiesel Network is hosting its first annual Biodiesel Car Show & Education Forum from 12-3 p.m. Saturday at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., in the lower parking lot. It will focus on mechanical issues.

Ever wonder what cars can run biodiesel? Will the 2011 cars work with biodiesel? Do you need to make modifications? Can you get a diesel smart car? A small truck? Do you need to do anything special to your car in the winter? Can you buy an old Mercedes diesel and run biodiesel in it?

The NW Biodiesel Network is pleased to present “Dr. Dan” Dan Freeman of Dr. Dan’s Biodiesel, and Peter Ellison of Bug-Aid – European Auto Repair And Engineering .

Dan is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced biodiesel-friendly mechanics in the area, and is a frequent participant and contributor at NW Biodiesel Network Education Forums.

Peter of Bug-Aid is well known to many diesel users in the Seattle area, and we look forward to Peter’s insights.

If you haven’t already enrolled your children in Seattle Public Schools, the district is urging parents to do so by Aug. 30, to ensure your child has a school assignment by the first day of school, on Sept. 7.

Families new to Seattle Public Schools who want to change schools or who have not yet enrolled should visit us at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence (JSCEE) at 2445 3rd Ave. S. You can find a map, driving directions and bus routes to reach the John Stanford Center here. Enrollment hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

“Those first few days in the classroom are so important, and we want to make sure all students have school assignments before the first day of school,” said Brandon Holst, JSCEE Services Manager. “It takes time to complete the enrollment paperwork, and the lines in our lobby grow longer as we get closer to the first day of school. We encourage families to enroll by Aug. 30 and avoid the last-minute rush.”

In addition, families should note that the JSCEE building will be closed Wednesday, Aug. 31 due to a district-mandated unpaid furlough day for all employees, one in a series of furlough days aimed at offsetting reductions in state education funding.

Families of students who are continuing enrollment at their assigned school DO NOT need to visit the John Stanford Center. Instead, they can submit their enrollment applications via email, by mail or by using our 24-hour drop box located at the JSCEE south entrance, facing Lander Street.

Updated: Seattle Police tell King5 that the pipe bomb and pedestrian are not related. The woman is believed to be in her 50s – her name has not been released. “ABS detectives were able to examine the device and determined that it had been there for some time, possibly even left over from the Fourth of July. It is unlikely that the device would have done any damage to the tracks or train. ABS detectives removed the device and will examine and dispose of it,” according to the police blotter.

Earlier: Seattle police and federal agencies are investigating an explosive device that was discovered after a train/pedestrian fatality this morning at Carkeek Park.

According to Seattle police, the call came in just after 9 a.m. The pedestrian killed is believed to be a female, police say. “Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas says the crew blew the whistle and engaged emergency brakes, but the 63-car train could not stop in time,” reports our news partners The Seattle Times. “The crew said the woman was kneeling in the middle of the track.”

After officers arrived on scene they discovered a suspicious device that King5 is reporting to be a pipe bomb.

Seattle Police Arson/Bomb Squad as well as Traffic Collision Investigation Squad detectives are on the scene. King5 says that the FBI, ATF and BNSF have also been called in for the investigation. No word on whether the pedestrian and explosive device are related.

The community is invited to tour the newly-reopened Viewlands Elementary School, 10535 3rd Ave. NW, from 4-7 p.m. today.

Viewlands closed in 2007, but is reopening on Sept. 7. School hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.

There’s also a grand opening celebration at 5 p.m. on Sept. 1, and a school beautification work party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 3.

Phinney Market Pub & Eatery, at 5918 Phinney Ave. N., is now open.

The family-friendly restaurant is in “soft open” mode. It opens at 7 a.m. with coffee; lunch service is from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., dinner from 5-10 p.m., and a bar menu from 10 p.m. to close.

Check out their website for lots of pictures inside, including a small play area for children with a train set.

Deluxe Hair, which moved into Sugarcomb Salon temporarily last month after a flood in the upstairs unit at 6512 Phinney Ave. N. caused a lot of damage, has decided to permanently merge with Sugarcomb, at 780 N. 73rd St.

Deluxe Hair stylists Lisa and Isabella are keeping their old phone numbers for appointments: Lisa — 206-297-2002; Isabella – 206-954-8811. Their business will be called Deluxe Hair at Sugarcomb.

Phinney Ridge-Greenwood is only a few miles behind second place in one category of the city’s Walk Bike Ride Challenge, a two-month program aimed at getting people out of their cars.

Phinney-Greenwood is just 20 miles behind Queen Anne in the number of miles saved – 6,784 for our neighborhood, and 6,804 for Queen Anne. Ballard is way out in front with 10,772 miles saved.

Walk Bike Ride Challenge is put on by Seattle Department of Transportation. SDOT says more than 1,200 people are participating, with more than 150,000 miles of driving saved, and more than 75 tons of pollution avoided.

This round of the Walk Bike Ride Challenge runs through the end of August. Participants have the chance to win prizes like an electric bike, iPad, hotel stay, and more.