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The City of Seattle opened a brand-new 鈥渢ransfer station鈥� in Wallingford late last year. As this is a modern 鈥渃ity dump鈥� in progressive Seattle, along with places to unload trash and recyclables, the facility also includes a terrific new park and playground (as Dori Monson railed about at the time)

But there鈥檚 one problem. The park doesn鈥檛 have an official name, and one local that people are starting to call it 鈥淒ump Park.鈥�

Can鈥檛 we all just agree right now that a much better official name would be 鈥淛.P. Patches City Dump Park”?

I tried and failed several years ago to have the entire transfer station named for the Pacific Northwest鈥檚 favorite TV clown.

Chris Wedes, who played J.P. for 50+ years on TV and in real life, was a friend and mentor, and one of the most talented, kind and generous people I鈥檝e ever met. As I鈥檝e written here before, even years after Chris鈥� death, J.P.鈥檚 legacy聽lives on.

Jean Godden, then a Seattle City Councilmember (and always a good friend and 鈥淧atches Pal鈥�) helped with the transfer station naming effort back in 2011 and 2012. It was tough to get support from the rest of the council, and all that got named for J.P. was a little room inside the transfer station where kids get to look through windows at the garbage and garbage trucks 鈥� think of it as an 鈥淚CU2TV鈥� for aspiring waste managers.

With the just a few blocks away in Fremont, naming the transfer station park and playground for J.P. is a no-brainer. By the way, for you uninitiated recent arrivals, J.P. hosted a kids鈥� show on 成人X站 TV from 1958 to 1981, and it was set at the City Dump.

If you support this effort, there are several ways to help remember and commemorate the great J.P. Patches by officially naming the transfer station park.

Here鈥檚 a custom 鈥淧atches Pal Checklist鈥� (J.P. loved his checklist!) of how you can become civically active for your favorite clown:

1. Show your support in the COMMENTS on this article.

2. Share this article on social media.

3. Reach out via email to (who chairs the committee that oversees Seattle Public Utilities) and let her know.

4. Reach out via email to Seattle Public Utilities general manager and and let her know, too.

One word of caution, Patches Pals: even if the park is officially named for J.P., I鈥檓 guessing that 鈥淒ump Park鈥� (for short) might really catch on!