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Ronald Bog Park and the right lane on eastbound NE 175th to close two weeks for Sound Transit trail work

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Ronald Bog park
Photo by Steven H Robinson
Ronald Bog Park closure and right lane closure on eastbound NE 175th between Interstate-5 and Meridian Ave N

On Monday, October 26th, Sound Transit will close the entrance and parking lot for Ronald Bog Park and the right lane on eastbound NE 175th between Meridian and I-5 to work on the trail for the park.

Trucks will be entering and leaving Ronald Bog Park. Flaggers will be on site to direct traffic and assist pedestrians throughout the closure.

Work is scheduled to begin as early as Monday, October 26, 2020 and will last for approximately two weeks.

Lane closures will occur during work hours, from 9:00am to 5:00pm but will be open outside of work hours.



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The future of Ronald Bog - meeting Thursday

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Ronald Bog meadow
Photo by Martin deGrazia


Thursday Meeting About Future of Ronald Bog Park, N 175th and Meridian

This Thursday, April 13, 7pm-8:30pm, in Shoreline City Council Chambers at City Hall, the Shoreline Parks Recreation and Cultural Services and Sound Transit will present plans for transforming a portion of Ronald Bog Park into protected wetlands.

The public is encouraged to attend and give comment.

Potential plans could include

  • closing most of the grass meadow to foot traffic
  • relocating the “Kiss” sculpture
  • removing, rebuilding, and relocating the shelter by the lake
  • possibly building footpaths running parallel to I-5 running north/south.


The proposed change to Ronald Bog Park is due to Sound Transit locating wetland mitigation there to replace wetlands being disturbed / removed near the fire station on 155th related to the elevated guideway.

Shoreline City Hall is located at 17500 Midvale Ave. N. For more information see the Sound Transit webpage or email Juniper Nammi at jnammi@shorelinewa.gov.



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Environmental art demo and knitalong at Ronald Bog Sunday

Thursday, August 23, 2012


Environmental Art Demonstration at Ronald Bog Sunday, August 26, 2012 1pm-4pm

Join artist Meghan Lancaster this Sunday, August 26th, as she begins construction on her woven branch structure to be featured in SummerSet Arts Festival in mid-September at Ronald Bog Park at N 175th and I-5. Learn fiber art techniques and watch the piece grow before your eyes. Attendees are invited to assist the artist if they wish to do so. All supplies/materials supplied. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a chair/blanket. If you wish to help the artist, you may want to bring work gloves.

Community Knitalong at Ronald Bog Park Sunday, August 26, 2012 1pm-4pm

Tree sock knitting for SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog continues. All are welcome and all materials/equipment is supplied. For more info email Cynthia Knox.


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Birds of Ronald Bog

Thursday, June 8, 2023

 
Photos by Kristine Tsujikawa at Ronald Bog

Kristine Tsujikawa spent some time observing and photographing the birds at Ronald Bog. 

Oddly, reports from both Ronald Bog and Bitter Lake say there are no goslings this year. Even the goose pair that took over the new eagles nest at Ronald Bog and drove off the eagles (with help from a flock of crows) abandoned the nest and had no offspring.

--Diane Hettrick


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This can't end well: Eagles and ducklings

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Ronald Bog
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

By Diane Hettrick

There's a lot going on in this Ronald Bog photo by Martin DeGrazia. The two eagles are the ones in the previously published photo, landing in Ronald Bog. (see previous article).

In this photo they are sitting on one of the sandbag barriers put in place to prevent sediment from entering the lake during the park remodeling project.

The large black plastic bags outside and inside the barrier wall are also part of the project.

If you look closely, there are two mother ducks with large broods of ducklings swimming inside the barrier. One has a brood of 13 and the other has 7-9. The eagles are clearly interested.

I asked Martin what happened to the ducklings but he didn't stay to see. 

I did check in with Sound Transit for an update on the park.

Rebecca McAndrew, Sound Transit Senior Environmental Planner reported: 

Most of the work is finished at Ronald Bog. The contractor should be hydroseeding the lawn outside of the mitigation area this week. The ideal time to hydroseed is after March when there is no chance of frost. 
The three interpretive signs to be installed are almost done. I believe the parking lot will need to be restriped and there could be a few other minor things that need to be done before the park is reopened. 
The sandbag wall (also called a cofferdam) isolates the work area from the rest of the pond so sediment-laden water (stirred up while the contractor disturbs soil) doesn’t enter the main pond and flow downstream on the North Branch of Thornton Creek. 
The “fish window” — when in-water work may occur — for Ronald Bog is July 1 to September 30.  
Since work continued after September 30, the wall had to be left over the winter and spring. The sandbags will be removed once the fish window opens again.



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Schedule for Saturday's SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog

Friday, September 14, 2012

Follow the tree socks to SummerSet Arts Festival Saturday
Photo by Susan Armstrong

Colorful knitted tree socks herald the arrival of SummerSet Arts Festival this coming Saturday afternoon from 1pm-5pm at Ronald Bog Park on N 175th at Meridian and I-5 in Shoreline. 35 Knitters spent 2 1/2 months making 54 socks. Susan Armstrong organized the order of the socks and directed the installation last Saturday with much encouragement from passing drivers.

Now it's time to follow the socks to the park for the festival!

The festival schedule includes:
  • 4 tents of Live Acoustic Music including: country, jazz, bluegrass, old-time, cajun, folk, and Renaissance music
  • Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
  • All Ages art-making
  • Jellyfish Storytelling
  • Live Landscape Painting
  • Park and Arboretum Tours

Highlights include:

  • 1 - 3pm - Hula Hooping performance and demonstration
  • 2 - 2:20pm - Duwamish Tribe "Singing Feet" Drumming and Dance Troupe Share Culture
  • 2:30 - 4pm - Bluegrass Jam led by Jack Boyer
  • 2:30 - 3:30pm - Brittain Barber Jazz Duo
  • 3pm - Historical Talk about Ronald Bog - Vicki Stiles, Director, Shoreline Historical Museum
  • 3pm - Family dance led by caller Amy Carroll and accompanied by Whistlepig
  • 4:15pm - 5pm - Paul Anastasio and Elena Delisle-Perry play Music from Terra Caliente, Mexico

Come down, meet your neighbors and enjoy a late summer afternoon together. Mike's Hot Dogz and Yvette's Ice Cream will be on hand, and picnicking is also very welcome. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and spend the afternoon enjoying the recently restored Ronald Bog Park! 

Parking is available at Meridian Park Elementary School located on Meridian Ave N just south of N 175th St. For more information, call 206-218-3302.

SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog is sponsored by Meridian Park Neighborhood Association through a City of Shoreline mini-grant. Shoreline Parks Department endorses the event and Shoreline - LFP Arts Council is a co-sponsor.


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Weaving together a neighborhood through community art-making

Wednesday, August 15, 2012


Artist Cynthia Knox gives a knitting lesson at
Shoreline Farmers Market

After years of watching the parade and hearing about the Fremont Powerhouse and community art-making, Meridian Park Neighborhood studio artist Cynthia Knox signed up last year to assist an artist friend in finishing her giant puppets for the Fremont Solstice parade and was introduced to community art-making and community artists.

“It was a complete eye-opener – being with these artists who were so generous with their knowledge while teaching others, and valuing the group experience over the controlled perfection of the “product”. I witnessed how newcomers with little or no experience and plenty of self-doubt were transformed in their confidence levels around their own creativity and saw how much joy it brought them. Art-making in this community context is the modern day equivalent of a village doing a barn-raising or coming together to create a village-wide evening dance event. The point is, all are invited to create it, then enjoy it”.

Another seminal moment for Cynthia was seeing first-hand that disaster brought out the best in neighbors when her street flooded in 2007. “While we had been a friendly neighborhood, waving to each other from our driveways, we got to know each other on a much deeper level and supported each other like never before as a result of dealing with the shared experience of having ruined furniture and irreplaceable creative works devastated by the water that came into our homes. 

I thought to myself, why is it we have to have a disaster to be more connected to each other?”

Festival knitters at Haggen's cafe
These two experiences propelled the beginnings of the SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog. As neighborhood members have contributed ideas the festival has evolved. The event features a summer of community art-making that is already underway knitting tree socks, building a giant floating turtle sculpture, and making environmental art. The art-making kicked off at the Shoreline Farmer's Market in June, visited the Swingin' Summer Eve, and Shakespeare in the Park events, and is currently parked at Haggen Foods on Thursday afternoons and Ronald Bog Park on Sunday afternoons.

Art-making parties are currently being publicized on Facebook at the SummerSet Arts Festival events page and flyers around town. Art installation for the event begins the second week in September and the process culminates on September 15th 1pm-5pm with a day of celebration at the newly restored Ronald Bog Park at 175th and Meridian.

Art-making for the festival is already underway, with Shoreline Children's Center making a portable labyrinth, and clay turtle mandala, and Spartan Rec Day Campers making decorative flags featuring the animal life at Ronald Bog Park. At SummerSet Arts parties, knitters have been gathering Thursday afternoons at Haggen Market and Sunday afternoons at Ronald Bog Park - making tree socks for the event. These art parties continue through the end of August. All are welcome and no experience is necessary to join in!

All Meridian Park Neighborhood and Shoreline residents and businesses are invited to share your talents at the free September 15th festival event. What's needed? Musicians and music-lovers, art-makers and art-appreciators, folks who love to lift heavy things, folks who like to watch other people work and compliment them, logistically-minded people, party planners, dancers, folks who like to wear costumes, organizers, drivers, you name it – there's a place for you to make a difference and have fun! Contact project coordinator Cynthia Knox at cynthiasjk@yahoo.com.



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Wild creatures among us: Otters

Monday, January 11, 2016

Otter at Ronald Bog
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

By Diane Hettrick

A man I knew who worked in a building on Echo Lake told me a story years ago about being in the building at 5am and seeing animals he didn't recognize leaping and playing in the water. We took the story to the Echo Lake neighborhood association and after a lot of research, identified the creatures he saw as freshwater otters.

Then, people who lived around the lake started telling otter stories. It's apparently one of those things you know about if you live there. My favorite story was the young man who was fishing off one of the docks. He was catching a lot of fish and thought it would be a great idea to keep them in a basket and put the basket under water.

When he was done, he pulled up the basket - and it was empty. The otters were probably delighted with the bonanza.

A rare photo of an otter out of water
running along the shores of Ronald Bog
Adult males are 4 feet in length and weigh 20-28 pounds
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

I have heard many other otter stories since. Martin DeGrazia lives on Ronald Bog and sees otters there regularly. They are very elusive and I have few local photos, so I am pleased that he was able to get a number of photos and share them.

Otters live in burrows with underwater entrances or hidden dens near the water. They spend most of their time in the water, hunting for fish, and other water creatures, such as crayfish. They are a particular boon to Echo Lake, which has the dubious distinction of being home to a species of invasive crayfish.

Otter at Ronald Bog
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

Otters are opportunistic, though, and will follow any good food source. George Piano of Lake Forest Park told a story about coming home to find an otter fishing in his koi pond. She ran off, but not before getting a few of his prize koi. A few days later, she was back, this time using his pond to teach her pup how to fish.

George's home in Lake Forest Park has a steep ravine behind his property, which drops down to McAleer Creek.

Otters playing in the waters of Twin Ponds
Photo by Debbie Arthur

I think it's safe to assume that every body of water and every stream in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park has otters. This week, I received a photo taken by Debbie Arthur of otters in Twin Ponds. Kevin Urie reports they are in Boeing Creek.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife says that "In late fall, the pups leave to establish their own territories. During this time, wandering youngsters are seen far from water, traveling on land between lakes, ponds, and from one stream drainage to another."

Otters at Ronald Bog
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

This is a partial explanation for the stories about otters being seen traveling across the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden in the Richmond Beach neighborhood. Since there are no streams or bodies of water nearby, I am still curious about where they are coming from.

It's also interesting to think that, aside from the occasional fish pond, the otters are finding enough fish in the lakes, bogs, ponds, and streams, to sustain life and breed.



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Third annual SummerSet Arts Festival scheduled for Sept 6 at Ronald Bog

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Tierra Caliente performs at last year's SummerSet

On September 6th, from 12pm-5pm, the City of Shoreline will celebrate at Ronald Bog Park at the third annual SummerSet Arts Festival.

This free event is designed to connect people with Ronald Bog's history and ecology, through the arts.

Clay booth - you are invited to create something

People of all ages are invited to participate in activities including: live music – including sing-alongs, dance and drumming performances, hands-on art making stations and more.

There will be a labyrinth walk as well as a natural materials sculpture exhibition. Local bog expert, Thayer Cueter, of Just Frogs Toads Too! Amphibians Center, will be on hand with live turtles to educate about the area's aquatic wildlife.

Blue Heron canoe group performs wearing
traditional hats

The Shoreline Historical Museum brings special guests, The Blue Heron Family Canoe Group, who will present their giant canoe and share about their Pacific Coast canoe journey, and kw'aX'wad'ad'achi Cultural Family will perform traditional songs and dances.The Museum will offer supplemental historical information about the area for interested festival-goers.

Iconic ponies got dressed up for SummerSet

SummerSet Arts Festival has found tremendous support; it has received grants from the Meridian Park Neighborhood Association and the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council. 4Culture has funded the Shoreline Historical Museum segment of the festival. The City of Shoreline and Rotary International are cosponsoring this exciting summer event designed to connect Shoreline residents with each other and to Ronald Bog Park. 

Felted Rock Wall by Cynthia Knox

More information can be found at the Summerset page online and at the page for the Shoreline Historical Museum: Celebrating the Rich History of Northwest King County – Lake Forest Park, North Seattle, and Shoreline.




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SummerSet Arts Festival celebrates Ronald Bog in style

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Flying ponies
Artists Ann Blanch, Lynn Ahnen Turnblom, and Sue Williams
Photo by Dorrena Ortega


By Cynthia Knox

On Saturday afternoon, September 15th, hundreds of people poured into Ronald Bog Park on N 175th St. After parking at Meridian Park Elementary, festival attendees walked the partial block to the park entrance and were delighted by the sight of a colorful giant floating turtle clambering off a dock, amazed by fluttering iridescent wings affixed to the Shoreline Ponies sculpture, and charmed by the brightly striped tree socks made by local knitters.

Turtle of My Childhood
Cynthia Knox and Marilyn Roy

Welcomed by the Meridian Park Neighborhood Association tent, visitors then began their self-guided park tour. By the parking lot, a clay turtle mosaic was strung between two trees. This piece was made in partnership with Shoreline Children's Center, and Anne and Paddy Guthrie – local turtle aficionados.

Mosaic by Anne and Paddy Guthrie
Moving further into the park, jellyfish costumes and Marshmallow Lane beckoned those who wanted to play. Karla Johnson, children's storyteller and writer, captivated young people with fun and games at this station.

Labyrinth by the Shoreline Children's Center
Photo by Dorrena Ortega

Next stop was the labyrinth walk created with braided cloth rope also made by Shoreline Children's Center youth and supplemented with an assortment of painted sticks. Adventurous kids donned jellyfish costumes and raced around the twisting labyrinth path.

Dripline by the Unearth Collective
Photo by Dorrena Ortega

A step beyond, beautifully subtle, painted leaves swayed with the breeze. The piece, Dripline, was handpainted the day before by The Unearth Collective, one of the sculptors featured in the festival. 

An homage to the lake's history as a Cranberry Bog
Created by Mary Coss
Photo by Dorrena Ortega

Moving down towards the water's edge, one encountered three shapely hypertufa vessels filled with water and floating cranberries, created by Mary Coss – an homage to the area's past as a cranberry bog. Also floating was Coss's giant seashell, entitled Blood and Water, anchored near shore with a soundtrack that alternately soothed and provoked thoughts of family and times past.

Fly By Night by Carol Milne
While at the shelter one could look across the lake and make out the shape and color of Carol Milne's Fly by Night – Red Dragonfly piece. This piece has the added advantage of being lit by night, adding an extra dimension to the sculpture exhibition that continued for another week.

Art-making demonstrations included: Plein Air painters Ann Blanch, Marsha Lippert, Billie Torbenson, Chinese Painting by Fred Wong of Shoreline-LFP Arts Council, and Fiber Artist Meghan Lancaster. 

Half of the Hula Hoop Twins
Photo by Dorrena Ortega
Hula-Hooper twins Dani and Desiree captivated the crowd with lessons and lent out dozens of hoops in early afternoon. 
The Children's Art Shelter bustled with activity
Photo by Dorrena Ortega

The Children's Art Shelter at Ronald Bog was overflowing with art projects including nature crowns and bubble painting. Andy Beveroth, lead art instigator danced around, supporting children and parents with their creative expression. Handmade flags made by Spartan Rec summer campers fluttered over the proceedings.

Members of the Duwamish Tribe sang and danced
Photo by Dorrena Ortega
Mid-afternoon brought the Duwamish Tribe's beautiful and moving culture-sharing with “Singing Feet”, an award winning multi-generational traditional dance, drum, and singing group. This was followed by a historical talk about the area by Vicki Stiles, Director, Shoreline Historical Museum. For plant and tree lovers, Dick Decker, Boni Biery, and Dick Nicholson offered tours and native plantings information.

There was music everywhere
Photo by Dorrena Ortega
And then there was the music – so engaging! Elena DeLisle Perry organized a wonderful selection of acoustic “old-time” music, bluegrass, jazz, country, Creole/Cajun, Renaissance, classical, and the music of Tierra Caliente, Mexico. that fit so well with the park theme. Locals Ed Goldstick, The Peturka Family Band, WhistlePig, and Brittain Barber, and others played in four tents around the park for 3 ½ hours. Along the way there was a Family Dance in the meadow called by Amy Carroll.

Arboretum - weaving with natural materials
Photo by Dorrena Ortega
The 2012 SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog was funded through a City of Shoreline Neighborhood mini-grant through Meridian Park Neighborhood Association. Other sponsors included: Shoreline Arts Council, Walgreens, Starbucks, Haggen Market, Home Depot, Cleanscapes, Aurora Rents, Aurora Church of the Nazarene, and Shoreline Children's Center. If you are interested in creating next year's festival, please contact Cynthia Knox


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Eagles at the Bog

Sunday, March 26, 2023

 
Listen! Agree.
Photo by Jan Hansen

This eagle pair recently set up housekeeping at Ronald Bog - the first eagle nest on the Bog.

Share with your community!
Photo by Jan Hansen

There are no fish in Ronald Bog, so these raptors will be open to other prey. If you live near Ronald Bog, keep your pets inside, or very close to you.

The Bog is between I-5 and Meridian, at N 175th in Shoreline.



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Ronald Bog: Birds on the freezing bog

Monday, December 27, 2021

Cold feet

Shallow Ronald Bog is usually the first to freeze over. The birds that frequent the bog adapt - walking on the ice, sitting / swimming in partially frozen water - and I'm not sure what's going on with the submerged bird with its long neck out of the water.

Photos are by Martin De Grazia.


A family of mallard ducks appear to be half in and half out of the frozen Ronald Bog.


Possibly the first photo of the Bog Ness Monster.

--DKH




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Art Party at Ronald Bog on Sunday August 5th, 1pm-4pm

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Art Party at Ronald Bog on Sunday August 5th, 1pm-4pm


Do you like to play with stuff outside? Come down to Ronald bog Park and explore art-making with artists Jeff Tangen and Cynthia Knox. Using natural materials found in the park, we will create a piece to be displayed at SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog in September. Wear comfortable clothes and bring work gloves if you have them. Also handy, a chair or blanket to sit on. For more info contact Cynthia.


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Shoreline's Ronald Bog Area History and Ecology is Celebrated on September 12

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Ronald Bog
Photo by Cynthia Knox

Shoreline residents are invited to gather at Ronald Bog on September 12th from 12-5pm at SummerSet Arts Festival to connect with the history and ecology of the area as experienced through hands-on art, music, dance, and drumming.

Photo by Cynthia Knox

Blue Heron Heritage Family Group will bring their giant hand carved canoe and kw'aX'wad'ad'achi Cultural Family will perform traditional songs and dances with audience participation opportunities.

As a major sponsor of the event, The Shoreline Historical Museum will be on hand, answering questions about the history of the area. In addition Thayer Cueter of Just Frogs, Toads, Too and Friends will also be there with live animals and answers about Ronald Bog aquatic life.


The festival also includes many other activities including live local music, labyrinth walk, arboretum tours, storytelling, large temporary sculptures, food, and more.

SummerSet Arts Festival is a free, volunteer-generated event sponsored by Meridian Park Neighborhood Association through the City of Shoreline Neighborhood Mini-grant Program and other generous local partners. For more information email or call Cynthia Knox at 206-218-3302.



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Ronald Bog clean up on Saturday

Sunday, May 25, 2014

At a previous work party, a Girl Scout Troop
found out how ivy grows

The Shoreline Breakfast Rotary will conduct its annual Ronald Bog Clean up on Saturday, May 31 from 9am to 1pm at Ronald Bog. 

Other volunteers are invited to come join in. Meet at the north parking lot off 175th Street, west of I-5. Plans are to stake 20 trees, rake trails, add bark, trim blackberries, and remove dead trees .

Bring a shovel or a rake and work gloves. For more information, contact Dick Nicholson 206-362-5129 or Diane Pottinger 206-618-9606.


Shoreline Breakfast Rotary has been volunteering in the Ronald Bog Park, 2301 N 175th Street, since the early 1990’s, before incorporation. They established a conifer arboretum in the northeast part of the park with over 20 different species of native conifers planted in groups. Several years ago, the Rotary added trails and a kiosk, with the help of a grant from the City of Shoreline. 

"We are in need of help to maintain and improve this area. Bring your friends and neighbors and come spend an hour or two on Saturday, May 31st from 9-1, to help with the park maintenance and learn about the different species. Coffee and donuts will be provided."

Shoreline Breakfast Rotary meets each Wednesday at 7:00am at the Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE.

Correction: the park is west of I-5 05-27-2014 9:52am

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Noxious weeds: Parrotfeather discovered in Ronald Bog

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Parrotfeather found in Ronald Bog

According to the King County noxious weed site, parrotfeather has been discovered in Ronald Bog.

Milfoil’s more attractive cousin, known as parrotfeather, is a very difficult to control, aquatic, noxious weed.

So far, it has only been found in a small number of mostly private ponds in King County.

The recent discovery of the plant in Shoreline's Ronald Bog is very alarming indeed. Fortunately it was discovered fairly early and should be manageable at this point.

Once parrotfeather is established in a lake or slow-moving waterway, it can be almost impossible to eradicate. Even small populations are very persistent and can usually only be eradicated with an herbicide.

In addition, given the need to use a product approved for use in water and to obtain a permit from the Department of Ecology, control can be expensive and requires professional contractors or agency staff with the appropriate license and experience.

This is definitely a plant to find early and eradicate quickly!


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Glass artist Carol Milne sculpts with light for SummerSet Arts Festival

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Corrected 07-20-2012 12:27am

Carol Milne, glass sculptor, will exhibit at SummerSet


Carol Milne is an internationally exhibited glass sculptor working in North Seattle creating with her favorite medium, hot glass. Milne has displayed her award-winning work in galleries and art festivals in many corners of the United States and as far afield as Japan and Korea. With glass she has tackled a number of forms including shoes, knitted baskets, disembodied hands, teapots, and more. Three of the production processes she uses in her glass work are kiln cast glass, hot cast glass, and hot stitch knitted glass. 


Milne says “I like glass because it can take on an infinite number of forms and textures. Glass can show an interior image and exterior image simultaneously. It's translucent and transparent. It plays with light. It looks cool when it's hot.” 


While Milne can certainly be considered a glass artist, she also lives in the realm of a fiber artist – using knitting and weaving as ways of working with her material of choice.

The SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog offers Milne a new challenge – translating her love of glass and light into a large scale for the outdoor setting. For warm-up, she is creating an enormous piece for Bellwether, the outdoor sculpture exhibit presented by the City of Bellevue’s Arts Program. Her Bellwether work features sculpted stone-like thick tentacle blades curling from the earth. The surfaces are treated with a knitted covering of shock cord and rope lighting to create a wonderful woven glow. We can't wait to see what Milne comes up with for the SummerSet Arts event! Her work along with 4 other sculptors will displayed at Ronald Bog Park starting the second week of September of this year.

To see more of Carol's work visit her website. SummerSet Arts Festival:Celebrating Ronald Bog, a free to the public event, begins in September with a Celebration Day of music, dance, art-making, and nature appreciation on September 15th. Shoreline residents are invited to join in art-making at month of July Cromwell Park concerts, month of August Sunday afternoons at Ronald Bog Park, and other Shoreline events. For more information contact Cynthia Knox, project coordinator.


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Local sculptor featured in SummerSet Arts Festival this fall

Thursday, June 28, 2012

"Red Glow" by Jeff Tangen
Shoreline metal sculptor Jeff Tangen has shown his work regionally since 1994 in venues such as the Peace Arch in Blaine, Washington, Edmonds Arts Festival, and Bumbershoot Festival at Seattle Center. This year he will be exhibiting his works in Shoreline at the year-long Outdoor Sculpture Stroll and in September at SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog.

On a quiet street in the Ridgecrest neighborhood, Tangen has a spacious studio with a multitude of gathered metal blades, fasteners, wires, and colorful toy parts, in a vast variety of shapes. Tangen strives to make the environment better with his art and he does this by primarily using recycled materials. His orderly studio is outfitted with all the tools required to turn this assortment of parts into entertaining and sometimes kinetic sculptures. In addition to his artistic practice, Jeff Tangen and his wife Marla run a cat boarding business named Purrfect Cat Boarding. The cats have deluxe accomodations and an enviable play area.

For Tangen the sculptor, the creation process starts with a key element and he builds the artwork around it. For his sculpture “Red Glow” scheduled for the Ronald Bog SummerSet Arts Festival, the key elements are the colored glass lenses. When sunlight shines on them they glow, reminiscent of stained glass windows. The lenses are placed above eye level requiring the viewer to look up, thus increasing their impact – similar to looking up at church windows. The lens holders, or pods, are made from discarded tools and pieces of scrap metal. At first glance the individual elements of the pods aren't noticeable, but the identification of the these parts draw the viewer in and prompt more visual investigation. “Red Glow” has an organic shape but it also has the sense of being a machine. Tangen enjoys this conflict and loves hearing people try to decide if the piece is a mutant plant or a crazy stoplight!

SummerSet Arts Festival: Celebrating Ronald Bog connects people, place, and nature through art. Art-making for the event takes place over the summer at the Farmer's Market, Top Foods Cafe, and Ronald Bog Park. Installation begins the second week in September and the event culminates in a celebration day of music, art-making, and dance on September 15th from 1-5pm. The park is located in Shoreline at 175th and Meridian near Interstate-5. The event is free and open to the public. Parking for the event is at Meridian Park Elementary School. For information about how you can participate in the event, contact project coordinator Cynthia Knox.



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Opportunities to help make Shoreline weed-free: Fall 2011 parks and trail work parties in City of Shoreline

Monday, September 19, 2011

Updated 09-20-2011  1:38pm

Look at all these opportunities to be involved, meet people, and make the City of Shoreline look better in the process. Feel free to show up and work a couple of hours at any of these events (unless an RSVP is requested.)


Volunteers at Ronald Bog


Ronald Bog Park Restoration: Blackberry Removal Party
Date: 10/1/2011, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: Ronald Bog Park, N. 175th and Meridian Ave N
Shoreline, Washington 98133

Come join us at Ronald Bog. We plan to remove the blackberries and other invasive plants in the northeast corner of the park that adjoins north 175th and the southbound on-ramp to I-5. This is part of an ongoing effort to restore the park.

Bring your friends and enjoy the pleasure of improving our park. Please bring gloves, and hand tools if you have them. For more information call Dick Decker at 206-542-1552.


Girl Scouts pulling ivy
Photo courtesy City of Shoreline


Boeing Creek Open Space Work Parties
Dates: 10/8/2011 and 10/22/2011, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Location: Boeing Creek Open Space, 601 NW 175th Street
Shoreline, Washington 98133

Join the Friends of Sunset Park and the City of Shoreline to remove ivy at Boeing Creek Open Space. Please wear sturdy shoes and appropriate clothing for the weather conditions. Bring your own gloves if you have them, water and food. Tools and gloves will be provided. Volunteer forms will be available onsite. Children between the ages of 14-18 must have a parent sign the volunteer forms. Children under 14 are allowed onsite but they must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

For more information email Al Wagar with the Friends of Sunset Park or Maureen Colaizzi, City of Shoreline Parks Project Coordinator 206-801-2603.


Blackberry Removal Party at Darnell Park
Date: 10/29/2011 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: Interurban Trail just south of North 165th, 1125 N. 165th
Shoreline, Washington

Come join us at Darnell Park. We plan to remove blackberries and Scotch Broom on the hillock in the northwest corner of the park.  Bring your friends and enjoy the pleasure of improving our park. Please bring gloves and hand tools if you have them. For more information call Dick Decker at 206-542-1552.


Volunteer Event at Hamlin Park: Revegetation Project
Date: 11/12/2011 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Location: Hamlin Park, 15th Ave NE and NE 160th St
Shoreline, Washington

Join Earth Corps, the City of Shoreline and the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation (KBGF) as we restore a ¼ acre site in Hamlin Park to help revegetate this area that is devoid of significant understory.

Volunteers will be planting native trees and shrubs and should expect to learn native plant identification as well as proper planting techniques. Please wear sturdy footwear, dress for the weather, and bring your own water and gloves if you have them. Meet in the Hamlin Park parking lot nearest the picnic shelter, playground and restroom off 15th Ave NE and NE 160th St. Minors 14-18 must have waiver signed by parent. Minors under 14 are welcome with parent/guardian.

For more information about this volunteer event email or call Chris LaPointe, Volunteer Program Manager 206-322-9296, ext. 217. Please RSVP here.




Volunteer Event on Interurban Trail: Weeding Project
Dates: 10/23/2011 and 11/13/2011, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM  (updated)

Location: Between Interurban Trail Bridges
Aurora Ave N at N. 155th; Meet in Denny’s parking lot by the Interurban Trail

Join the Council of Neighborhoods weeding beds and beautifying the Trail as part of their Adopt-a-Trail efforts. Please wear sturdy footwear, dress for the weather. Snacks provided. Information: Arthur Peach 206-412-3198.

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Proposal to extend wetland at Ronald Bog - meeting Apr 13

Friday, March 31, 2017

Ronald Bog wetland to be extended
Photo courtesy SummerSet Arts Festival

The City of Shoreline and Sound Transit are proposing that the main meadow and portions of the lake of Ronald Bog Park be converted to a protected wetlands area with restricted public access.

Portions of the plans include:
  • the “Kiss” sculpture being re-sited elsewhere
  • the shelter by the lake being moved and rebuilt.

The Rotary-planted tree Arboretum on the east side of the park would remain accessible, and new walking / running trails might be built on the same side of the park, parallel to I-5.

The proposed change to Ronald Bog Park is due to Sound Transit locating wetland mitigation there to replace wetlands being disturbed / removed near the fire station in 155th related to the elevated guideway.

City of Shoreline residents are encouraged to attend a public meeting on this topic, to be held in Shoreline City Council Chambers on April 13th, 7pm-8:30pm, at City Hall located at 17500 Midvale Ave N.

For more information on the Lynnwood Link visit SoundTransit LLE, or about the wetland mitigation, email City planner Juniper Nammi


 

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