Election Analysis #4: McGlashan scores decisive victory

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

By Evan Smith ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer
Incumbent Shoreline City Councilman Keith McGlashan overcame an aggressive write-in campaign and weeks of negative campaigning to win re-election.
McGlashan held 82 percent of the vote in early returns Tuesday night.
McGlashan's was the only name on the ballot for Council Position 1, but Shoreline Chamber of Commerce President Wendy DiPeso registered as a write-in candidate, raised and spent more money than McGlashan, and won endorsements from both the 32nd District Democratic Committee and 32nd District Republican Committee.
Still, McGlashan held 82 percent of the vote in early returns Tuesday night,
McGlashan ran up his impressive lead despite negative campaigning centered around an arrest at a conference in New Orleans two years ago.
A McGlashan victory could make him the first Shoreline Council member to win re-election in four years.
Other incumbents didn't fare well. Councilwoman Janet Way lost in the primary, Councilman Ron Hansen was trailing badly and Councilwoman Cindy Ryu was trailing in a close race,
Two years ago, the City turned out Councilman Bob Ransom and Councilwoman Maggie Fimia, and Councilman Rich Gustafson didn't seek re-election.
Four years ago, Shoreline voters retained only one of the four incumbents whose positions were on the ballot.

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Election Analysis #3: Hall leads Hale in Shoreline City Council race

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer
In the only Shoreline City Council contest not involving an incumbent, City Planning Commission Chairman Will Hall held a 53 percent to 47 percent lead over opponent Patty Hale.
Hale had led Hall in the August primary, when incumbent Councilwoman Janet Way finished third, but Way threw her support and the support of the 32nd District Democratic Committee behind Hall.
Hale was hurt by criticism of her offering community-service credit for work on her campaign to students at Shorecrest High School,

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Election Analysis #2: Ryu and Tracey in close race

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

Shoreline City Councilwoman Cindy Ryu and challenger Shari Tracey were in a close race Tuesday night for the seat that Ryu has held for four years.
In early returns, Tracey held a 51 percent to 49 percent lead.
A Tracey victory would not only knock off a sitting mayor but possibly end the control of the Council that Ryu and her allies have held for four years.
The campaign was marked by heavy spending and negative campaigning.

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Election Analysis #1: Roberts pulling upset over Hansen

By Evan SmithShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

In the biggest surprise in early Shoreline City Council election returns, challenger Christopher Roberts held a 57% to 42% lead over long-time incumbent Councilman Ron Hansen.
Roberts probably benefited from negative campaigning directed at Hansen and the Seattle Municipal League's withdrawal of Hansen's "very good" rating.

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Third Place Books anticipating Google-branded one-off book printer

Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park recently announced on their Facebook page that they will be receiving delivery of an Espresso Book Printing machine this month. According to their page, "That means increasing the # of titles in our store by over 2 million."

The $100,000 device, developed by Google, in partnership with On-Demand Books, can print a 300-page book in three to seven minutes. This allows readers to purchase single copies of rare books which the store might not otherwise be able to carry. The machine can also print nearly 400,000 public domain books.

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Foster Dog Adoption Event, Sunday, November 15th

Petsmart Charities Holiday National Adoption Weekend is on Sunday, November 15th, from 1 - 4pm.

Petsmart Charities will have Seattle area foster dogs up for adoption on that day, at Petsmart #375 (the one next to K-Mart), located at:
13000 Aurora Ave N.
Seattle, WA
206-361-1634

Petsmart will make a donation of $25 per adoption to ESRA (English Springer Rescue America) for applicants that apply and finalize an adoption before November 20th. They will still be going through their normal adoption process to ensure that the dog is being placed in the best home, so the dogs will still go home with their foster family that day while they complete the approval process.

Spread the word about this event and stop by to meet some great foster dogs!

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District praised for improvements to financial outlook

The Shoreline School District "has made tremendous strides in improving its financial outlook since 2005-06," the assistant superintendent of the Puget Sound Educational Service District said in a recent letter to Shoreline School Board President Debi Ehrlichman.
Stephen Neilsen has provided oversight for the District’s finances since it was placed on binding conditions by the state in 2006. The letter effectively ends those binding conditions, as the District has re-established its fund balance according to Board policy and regained fiscal stability.

"We commend the tremendous work and commitment by the Board, staff and stakeholders. Addressing numerous changes with specific contextual decisions enabled the District to regain fund balance, all the while offering a strong and stable basic education program to the students of the Shoreline School District."

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Shorewood girls soccer recognized as state academic team champions

The Shorewood High School girls soccer teams has been named as an Academic State Champion for the fall sports season.
Shorewood, coached by Nathan Davis, was selected as the 4A academic champions for girls soccer. The team has a 3.77 grade point average among its 21 participants. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, Dairy Farmers of Washington,and Les Schwab Tires announced the awards this week. The Scholastic Awards Program recognizes the team with the highest grade point average among all Washington high schools in their enrollment classification.The winning teams will be presented with a special plaque at the upcoming WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Championships. A complete list of the winning teams can be found by visiting: WIAA Dairy Farmers. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association exists to assist member schools in operating student programs that foster achievement, respect, equity, enthusiasm and excellence in a safe and organized environment.

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Aurora Rents in temporary quarters


Aurora Rents, a veteran Shoreline business, is temporarily located in the old mattress factory at 192nd and Aurora, in the shadow of the Blakeley Senior Living Apartments.

The building itself is large enough; however the lack of parking means that the site is not suitable for ongoing business at that location.

Larry Steele, owner of Aurora Rents, had to demolish his old building at 175th & Aurora to make way for the widening of Aurora Avenue. He successfully negotiated with the city for ownership of the section of the Red Brick Road behind his site.

Site preparation is proceeding on the original site at 175th and construction of a new building will soon begin.

In the meantime, business continues at the temporary location on 192nd.

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Should we pay to elect PCOs?

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews
Politics writer

A Seattle Times columnist raised this question a few months ago:

Should our state and county governments pay for election of precinct committee officers for the state’s major political parties?

Every two years, our ballots include elections for PCOs in hundreds of precincts around King County. Printing and counting the ballots is expensive.

Yet while each city, school district and special-purpose district pays its share of the cost of the election, the parties don’t.

The argument for stopping the practice is that the county shouldn’t subsidize the parties. The counter-argument is that it gives voters influence over the parties.

When people in my neighborhood were unhappy with the local Democratic committee last year, they supported a challenger for the PCO position held by a district Democratic officer.

When we pick those PCOs, we are picking people who do more than influence party policy. When the August primary for a seat on the Edmonds City Council went to a hand recount, local Democrats and Republicans supplied the people who counted the nearly 9,000 ballots.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@verizon.net.

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Shorecrest, Shorewood open soccer playoffs

October 30, 2009

The Shorecrest and Shorewood high school girls’ soccer teams both open Northwest District tournament actions Saturday.

Shorecrest will play at Mount Vernon at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. The winner advances to a second-round game Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Shorewood will host Stanwood in a preliminary round game at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at Shoreline Stadium. The winner will advance to a district first-round game at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 at Snohomish.

--Evan Smith

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LFP reduces school camera hours

By Evan Smith, ShorelineAreaNews Political writer

Cameras that catch speeders in Lake Forest Park school zones will operate fewer hours as a result of City Council action last week.
Cameras have been operating from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on school days. The cameras will now operate from 7 to 9:30 a.m. and 2 to 4:30 p.m.
The school-zone speed limits will be in effect during those hours and any time that children are present. Those rules will be enforced as soon as the City posts signs near the two elementary schools in Lake Forest Park.
While the cameras will enforce the limits during the limited hours, patrol officers will enforce the limits during other hours.

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CleanScapes Community Waste Reduction Rewards Competition

Reduce Waste And Win
Team up with your neighbors to reduce waste and win a community improvement project installed and maintained by CleanScapes, your garbage and recycling company.

  • Pocket park
  • Public bench and lighting
  • Neighborhood entrance landscaping, sign, lighting
  • Neighborhood service day
Why Reduce Waste?
Every day, approximately 60 tons of garbage are collected in the City of Shoreline and buried in the King County landfill. Roughly 75% of that garbage could have been recycled, or better yet, not created in the first place. Yes, we need to recycle our waste, but there is a better way.

Stop waste before it happens!
  • REDUCE purchases of wasteful or unneeded products.
  • REUSE the products you already have.
  • COMPOST at home.
How The Competition Works
To win, simply reduce the total tons of waste (garbage, recycling and food scraps and yard debris) you produce. The neighborhood collection area with the largest percent decrease in total tons during the competition period will win. Contest period is Fall 2009 to Spring 2010.


For more details, visit CleanScapes on the web.

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Northwest Artists' Holiday Show

Tuesday, November 3, 2009


Saturday, Nov 7
Sunday, Nov 8
10 am - 5 pm
$2 donation includes admission, gourmet refreshments, free child care and parking
Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church
8109 224th St SW
Edmonds 98026
craft booths, gourmet food booths, & fine art
Live harp music from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Upstairs Gallery.

Website



Located just west of Hwy 99, on SW 224th

Look for parking signs. Shuttle service between overflow parking lots and main front door of event.

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More politics at a council meeting

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews politics writer

Since I wrote the column below, I’ve watched another televised Shoreline City Council meeting, one where the public comments were even more offensive than they were a week earlier.

Even more people spoke about whether we should vote for or against Councilman Ron Hansen, Councilman Keith McGlashan or Councilwoman Cindy Ryu. The speakers owe the Council members an apology. To turn Voltaire’s quote around, even when I agree with what you say I can’t defend your right to say it.

Campaign in newspapers, campaign on the internet, campaign through the mail, campaign over the phone, campaign at forums, campaign in person, but avoid campaigning where our elected officials are supposed to be doing public business.

After watching the Oct. 26 Shoreline Council meeting, I watched the Edmonds Council meeting. The members and public speakers discussed City issues, but no one mentioned the coming Council elections.

Two Edmonds councilmen are in the middle of expensive, hard-fought campaigns and another lost in the primary, yet citizens left the campaign alone long enough to do city business.
Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2009



Politics at council meeting

By Evan Smith
Enterprise political writer

There they were at the Oct. 19 Shoreline City Council meeting, speaker after speaker blasting council candidates – both incumbents and challengers – or defending them.

Two different challengers spoke during the public-comment period, one defending herself against attacks from other speakers.

The incumbents didn’t have that chance. They had to sit there and take it.

Should they respond? No, but we shouldn’t subject them to such abuse.

I’m told that the public comment period is an open forum; so the council can’t restrict the content. Still, it seems to be the wrong place for electioneering.

We have plenty of places to speak for or against candidates. The council meeting shouldn’t be another.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@verizon.net.
Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Shorecrest boys headed to State cross country - more to the story

Monday, November 2, 2009

The Shorecrest boys did well in their second place at district for the 3A division.
Shorecrest also qualified an individual female runner, 12th grader Dani Lyons.

The Shorewood boys missed qualification in 4A by 11 points.
Shorewood did qualify individual 12th grader Joe Gladow.

The Shorewood girls missed qualification by 20 points. This was without their #1 runner Erin Johnson. Erin came down with the flu 2 days before the district meet. Erin had finished 2nd at Westco the week before.

Joe Gladow at the WESCO Divisional Championships on Oct. 24th. Photo by Grant Gladow.


Shorewood did qualify 10th Grader CharLee Linton, who is making her second trip to the state meet.

CharLee Linton, in Shorewood blue, at the Jim Danner race at the Nike prenationals in Portland last September. Photographer unknown.
--Todd Linton

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Shorecrest boys headed to State cross country

LANGLEY —The Shorecrest High school boys’ cross-country team and Shorewood’s Joe Gladow qualified for the State high school boys’ championships in Pasco, Saturday Nov. 7.

The Shorecrest team qualified by finishing second to Everett in the Northwest District 3A championships at South Whidbey High School, Saturday, Oct. 31.

Gladow qualified by finishing 10th individually in the 4A championships.

Shorecrest took second in the District 3A meet by putting its top five runners among the top 20 finishers. All of the top five Everett runners finished in the top 16 overall.

Joe McConaughy led Shorecrest with a sixth-place finish in 17:05 for the 3.1-mile course, behind first-place Jon Hanson of Meadowdale in 16:28. Other Shorecrest scorers were eighth-place Chris Freeborn 17:12; 13th-place Carter Osborn, 17:38; 15th-place Abiel Tekle, 17:46; and 18th-place Morgan West, 17:54.

The Shorewood team finished fourth in the 4A team standings behind Jackson, Lake Stevens and Cascade. The top three teams and top 15 individuals qualified for the State meet.

Gladow ran the course in 16:49, behind 1st-place Blake Nelson of Jackson, 16:18; Dylan Hopper of Cascade, 16:20; Mitchell Briggs, Jackson, 16:27; Sean Roe, Jackson, 16:32; Nathan Calacat, Jackson, 16:37, Tyler King, Oak Harbor, 16:41, Bryton Reim, Kamiak, 16:42; Connor Frederickson, Jackson, 16:43; and. Juan Castillo, Lake Stevens, 16:44.

The District meet was run on a muddy, bumpy course.
---Evan Smith

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Senior Center Bazaar

Saturday, October 31, 2009

The Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center will hold its annual Holiday Bazaar on Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in their center south of the Shoreline Conference Center at 18520 1st Ave South. Vendors will display holiday items for sale, volunteers will sell food, and the regular gift shop will be open.


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It's not WWI - it's a Park!

Cromwell Park is under construction. The contractor has scraped off the top layer of soil and rebuilding will soon begin.

Plans include swales for on-site retention of excess water. The park is located just south of the Courthouse at about 180th and Aurora.

According to the Shoreline department of parks & recreation, "the renewed park will include an irrigated field, new basketball court, wetland areas, new play equipment as well as an amphitheater and stage area."

Detailed information is available at the City website under Parks & Recreation, Cromwell Park Improvements.

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Record Crowds at Halloween Carnival

Record crowds took advantage of the good weather to enjoy Halloween at the Richmond Beach Community Association's 23rd annual Halloween Carnival on Saturday, October 31st at Syre Elementary school.

The costumed crowd slid down the slightly damp inflatable slide, jumped in the bouncy castle, and tried all of the sixteen game booths. Brave souls dared the Haunted House and the sugar-deprived enjoyed the cake walk and concessions.

Cody Carpp watches his bowling ball go down the alley, while brother Trevor waits his turn. The boys are assisted by their parents, Austin and Kindle Carpp, and King's high school volunteer Ashley Lockridge.

Sheri Ashleman, RBCA board member, says "the Halloween Carnival is one of Richmond Beach’s largest community-building events. It cultivates connections between the adults in our community and youth, gets residents involved in their community, and provides an opportunity for high school students to learn the value of giving back to their community while earning service hours for school."

Volunteer Valerie Speed takes a break from handing out prizes at the bean bag toss at the annual RBCA Halloween Carnival.

Sheri Ashleman points out that "the carnival is a tradition that holds our community together and promotes a sense of identity and a feeling of belonging. Over 150 people volunteer to make the carnival happen, showing that our community values this event for the positive feelings it creates."

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Call to Artists

Friday, October 30, 2009


Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council

Call to Artists
2010 Gallery Schedules
The Gallery at Towne Centre and Shoreline City Hall Gallery

The Arts Council is looking for artists to show in two local galleries: The Gallery at Towne Centre in LakeForest Park and the Shoreline City Hall Gallery.

Artists are invited to submit letter of interest, resume, artist’s statement, 10-15 images on digital media that reflect a cohesive body of work, an image list with title, medium, size and price and Self Addresses Stamped Envelope for return of materials. Please specify if you are interested in showing at either location or both.

The Gallery at Towne Centre features six week, three person exhibits with each artist showing approximately 12 pieces. All work shown in The Gallery must be original and for sale. A 40% commission will be taken on all sales. The Gallery is located inside, on the lower level of the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre at 17171 Bothell Way NE.

The Shoreline City Hall, located at 175th and Midvale Ave N, has three floors of exhibit space in a modern setting. Works are exhibited for three months with approximately 10-15 pieces per artist. A 30% commission will be taken on all sales.

Send materials by December 15, 2009 to: The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Attn: Gallery Director,18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA 98155.

Questions only (206) 417-4645 or email.


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