Download old computers into recycle bin
Clean out the closet and basement. Microsoft, Dell and Intechra are offering free computer recycling from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Safeco Field’s Safeco Parking Plaza at Edgar Martinez Way near Occidental Avenue South. To mark America Recycles Day, the collections event will accept any make or model of computers and related equipment, including computers, monitors, printers, scanners, keyboards, mice and laptops. Gaming consoles and mobile entertainment devices also will be accepted. Electronic items not accepted include televisions, stereo equipment, cellphones and appliances.
Participants are asked to remove all data from their computer’s hard drive and any removable media such as disks, PC cards, flash drives and CD-ROM’s. Drop-off is free, and all equipment will be refurbished or recycled. The first 500 participants will receive free energy-saving, compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Civic calendar
Lung cancer awareness
Today: Swedish Cancer Institute education event, “Take Action to Stop Lung Cancer” scheduled at 6 p.m., Glaser Auditorium, Swedish Medical Center/First Hill campus, 747 Broadway, Seattle. The free event features the latest information on research and prevention, screening and early detection.
Ask the mayor
Today: “Ask the Mayor” live call-in show with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels airs at 7 p.m. on Channel 21 in Seattle and streaming live at www.seattlechannel.org.
Flood-control vote
Today: The King County Flood Control Zone District board of supervisors is scheduled to vote on a proposed 2008 budget and work plan that provides for maintenance and repairs to the county’s aging system of 500 levees and embankments that protect residents, businesses, public infrastructure and roads. The vote is set for 10:30 a.m., County Council chambers, King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave., Seattle.
Book recommendations
Wednesday: Librarians will offer suggestions on what books to give as gifts to the children, teenagers and adults during a “Books for Giving” fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle. For more information check, www.spl.org.
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Nov. 13, 1851: The Denny Party had traveled on the Oregon Trail from Indiana to Portland, but found the Willamette Valley too crowded. David Denny and John Low were sent to scout the Puget Sound area and hooked up with Lee Terry along the way. They arrived at the mouth of the Duwamish River on Sept. 25, 1851, and Low and Terry staked claims along Alki Beach three days later. Low returned to Portland with a note from David Denny urging his older brother Arthur to “come at once.”
Arthur Denny, Low, eight other adults and 12 children set sail aboard the schooner Exact and arrived at Alki Point, not far from the site of the future Seattle, on Nov. 13, 1851. A pylon marks the event.
Source: Historylink.org