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Thursday, December 24, 2009
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Read more...The Rachel Maddow show did a major feature on the Shorecrest / Shorewood video battle on December 22, spending almost the first eight minutes of the show on the story, which was extremely complimentary to the schools, the students, and the video classes. The hapless senator she tied into the story did not fare so well. The schools are referred to as "Seattle area" schools, but the teachers are mentioned by name. The show put links to the school videos on its website.
Watch the Rachel Maddow segment here. It is third on the Most Viewed list for the show.
The Shorecrest video is at 225.638 hits on YouTube. Shorewood is at 481.434. (updated 12/27/09)
Get a head start on those New Year's Resolutions to get more exercise by talking advantage of local resources. Even though Shoreline and Lake Forest Park are urban areas with few sidewalks, there are still places to walk.

KING5 is running a poll on the competing videos from Shorewood and Shorecrest schools. Shorecrest released the first video, which featured several classes, some dance team, cheerleaders and others in a lip-sync of the Outkast song Hey Ya. It went viral on the internet, currently at over 96,000 views on YouTube.
Shorewood then responded with a video of its own, with students, including the men's swim team, lip-syncing to Hall and Oats You Make My Dreams Come True - only they did it backwards. Their video registers 163,000 hits to date on You Tube.
See the KING5 story and vote here.
A committee has been hard at work to develop a plan for the southeast section of Shoreline, which includes the neighborhoods of Briarcrest and Ridgecrest. Community members and planning department met for several months to develop guidelines for the future of the Southeast Neighborhoods Subarea.
The resulting report is available online at the Southeast Neighborhoods Subarea Plan web page, According to Associate Planner Miranda Redinger, it includes the final report, zoning and Comprehensive Plan as well as maps and summaries for most of the meetings.
Proposed Zoning Map
Proposed Land Use Map
Courtesy of the City of Shoreline
Every day, the US Postal Service safely and efficiently delivers millions of checks, money orders, credit cards and other valuable items. Unfortunately, such items of value are also attractive to thieves. That's why Postal Inspectors across the country are at work to protect your mail. But with deliveries to more than 100 million addresses, the Postal Inspection Service can't do the job alone.
The Lady Dolphin Basketball team picked up its first win of the season, but lost two other games at the NWAACC Crossover Tournament at Umpqua Community College (OR) during the weekend.
SCC was defeated by host Umpgua CC on Friday, 103-57, Ana Haberman led Shoreline with 35 points. The Dolphins won their second game of the tournament by forfeit over the Umpqua All-Stars (Umpqua CC Alumni team) and then SCC was defeated by Southwestern Oregon Community College 72-35. Haberman again led the SCC squad with 25 points.
SCC will now take a Christmas break and come back on January 2 to play Bellevue College in the first NWAACC Northern Region game of the season at home at 2:00 pm. Shoreline finishes the non-region schedule 1-7 but has lost two starters to injuries for the year.
Friday, December 4 - Arlington 66, @ Shorewood 41; Taylor Nephew led Shorewood’s effort in the none of the division loss with 10 points.
You may be aware that LFP has been in the process of rewriting our Tree Ordinance. The Council was concerned that Lake Forest Park may be losing its trees and forests. The effort to review and rewrite our Tree Ordinance first started in February of 2006 and the original proposal was submitted to the Council in late fall 2008. The Council had some inherent difficulties with proposal which led to the Council appointing me to lead the Task Force (Urban Forest Task Forest - UFTF) in a new effort.
The UFTF changed the approach from rewriting an existing ordinance to save one tree at a time (one to one replacement) to developing the larger perspective of a "Community Forest Management Plan".
There are 3 elements to this plan; "Introduction", "Goals and Policies" and "The LFP Community Forest Management Plan". The "Introduction and the "Goals and Policies" were presented to and accepted by the Council in its September 10th Council meeting. The CFMP should meet the elements of the "Evergreen Communities Act" which was introduced to our State Legislature by Representative Ruth Kagi. The ECA was enacted in 2008.
The UFTF presented the draft "Lake Forest Park Community Forest Management Plan" to the Council at its December 10 Council Study Session. The three elements of the CFMP will be the basis from which the new "Tree Protection and Replacement Ordinance" will be constructed. Next week the UFTF and Lake Forest Park City Staff will begin the ordinance writing process. It is the goal of the LFP City Council to complete this process and have the new ordinance in place by the end of June 2010.
Thanks and best wishes for the success of Shoreline Area News in 2010 and beyond.
Don Fiene
Lake Forest Park
Seven Shoreline School District teachers have received their certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.Commentary / Evan Smith

At the December 7, 2009 regular board meeting of the Shoreline School Board, Debi Ehrlichman and David Wilson were sworn in, both having been elected to second terms.
Apple, Inc. was designated as a sole provider of computer equipment, in accordance with the law requiring a sole source process in order to make purchases, without a full, formal bidding process.
Superintendent Walker presented a DRAFT Resolution in Support of Bond/Levy and Process for the Board’s consideration and a vote at the January 11, 2010 board meeting.Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Plant of the Month: Holly osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
By Sarah Baker, Kruckeberg Garden Directror
Special to the ShorelineAreaNews English Holly (Ilex aquifolium), with its glossy evergreen leaves and bright red berries, has been valued since ancient times for its beauty during the winter season. It became part of Solstice and Christmas celebrations, and as these traditions spread around the world holly maintained its prominence as a part of holiday décor.
Holly may be a valued holiday tradition, but ecologically it’s a bit of a tragedy. Our Pacific Northwest climate is similar to its native range which allows it to thrive in our area. Birds eat the plentiful fruits, spreading them to our native forests and forest remnants in urban areas. The result is that English holly is now frequently found where it shouldn’t be; naturalizing in Puget Sound lowland forests.
The Shorecrest girls’ basketball team improved its Wesco South record to 3 wins and 1 loss and improved to 4-1 overall with a 57-49 victory at Lynnwood Wednesday night.
Top three 4A to district; Fourth 4A to play-in game; all 3A to district
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Division
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All
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W
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L
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W
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L
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Edmonds-Woodway (4A)
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3
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1
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4
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1
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Jackson (4A)
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3
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1
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4
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1
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Lynnwood (3A)
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3
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1
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3
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1
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Meadowdale (3A)
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3
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1
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3
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2
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Shorecrest (3A)
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3
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1
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4
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1
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Glacier Peak (3A)
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2
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2
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2
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3
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Kamiak (4A)
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2
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2
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3
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2
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Shorewood (4A)
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1
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3
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1
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4
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Mariner (4A)
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0
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4
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0
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4
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Mountlake Terrace (4A)
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0
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4
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0
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5
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Tue., 12/01/09 - @ Shorecrest 82, Everett 55: Shorecrest took a 31-10 lead after the first quarter of the non-conference season opener.
Everett 10 14 18 13 — 55
Shorecrest 31 16 16 19 — 82
Shorecrest—Clevenger 18, T. McCoy 5, Diel 8, Hake 8, Bateman 2, B. McCoy 3, Brown 19, Chibuogwu 17, Johnson 0, Joe Ghebrehiwot 2.
Tue., 12/08/09 - Shorecrest 65, @ Edmonds-Woodway 52: Shorecrest earned a victory in its Wesco South opener. Isaiah Clevenger led the Scots with 21 points.
Shorecrest 14 17 10 24 — 65
Edmonds-Woodway 12 15 12 13 — 52
Shorecrest—Clevenger 21, T. McCoy 0, Diel 6, Hake 11, Bateman 5, B. McCoy 2, Brown 9, Chibuogwu 11, Johnson 0, Ghebrehiwot 0, Shattuck 0.
Thu., 12/10/09 - @ Shorecrest 61, Mariner 31: Shorecrest’s Emmanuel Chibuogwu had 17 points to lead all scorers, and the Scots held the Marauders to 12 points in the second half of the Wesco South game.
Mariner 10 9 4 8 — 31
Shorecrest 16 20 9 16 — 61
Shorecrest—Clevenger 7, Diel 11, Hake 9, Bateman 1, B. McCoy 6, Brown 6, Chibuogwu 17, Johnson 2, Shattuck 2, T. McCoy 0.
Fri., 12/11/09 - @ Shorecrest 64, Glacier Peak 59: Jordan Brown scored 17 points as Shorecrest overcame a seven-point deficit after three quarters of the Wesco South game. Brown also had 10 rebounds. Shorecrest’s Junior Chibuogwu had nine rebounds and 10 points.
Glacier Peak 21 13 14 11 — 59
Shorecrest 12 15 14 23 — 64
Shorecrest—Clevenger 9, T. McCoy 0, Diel 6, Hake 11, Bateman 8, B. McCoy 3, Brown 17, Chibuogwu 10.
Tue., 12/15/09 - @ Shorecrest 68, Lynnwood 56: Isaiah Clevenger scored a team-high 15 points for Shorecrest in the Wesco South victory.
Lynnwood 20 9 12 15 — 56Shorecrest 18 15 23 12 — 68 Shorecrest—Clevenger 15, T. McCoy 6, Diel 11, Hake 8, B. McCoy 7, Brown 12, Chibuogwu 9, Johnson 0, Shattuck 0. Records—Shorecrest, 4-0 tied with Jackson for first in Wesco South; 5-0. overall. | |||
Fri
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12/18/09
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@ Jackson
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Tue
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12/29/09
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@ Burlinton
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Tue
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01/05/10
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@ Meadowdale
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Fri
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01/08/10
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Mountlake Terrace @ Shorecrest
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Tue
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01/12/10
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@ Kamiak
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Sat
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01/16/10
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Shorewood @ Shorecrest
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Tue
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01/19/10
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Edmonds-Woodway @ Shorecrest
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Thu
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01/21/10
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@ Mariner
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Fri
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01/22/10
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@ Glacier Peak
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Tue
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01/26/10
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@ Lynnwood
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Fri
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01/29/10
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Jackson @ Shorecrest
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Tue
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02/02/10
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Meadowdale @ Shorecrest
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Fri
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02/05/10
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@ Montlake Terrace
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Tue
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02/09/10
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Kamiak @ Shorecrest
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Thu
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02/11/10
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