Photos: Hamlin Park
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Lake Forest Park Planning Commission has two vacancies. Applicants who have submitted formal letters of application for the position:
Elijah Lovejoy’s Fight for Freedom tells the life story of abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy. Two decades before the Civil War, Lovejoy used his Midwestern newspapers, first in St. Louis and then in the Illinois river town of Alton, to call for an end to slavery. His beliefs were dangerous enough. Taking his cause public proved deadly. Angry mobs destroyed his printing equipment three times. Then, two days before he turned 35, a mob shot and killed Elijah as he defended a fourth press.
Project contact information: Hotline (206) 801-2485, website.
Construction hours: 8 am Sunday through 5 pm Friday. There will be no construction on Saturdays.
Temporary signal work and road striping
This week at night crews will complete preparations to shift traffic to the west so construction can begin on the east side of Aurora. Work includes installing temporary signals at the intersection of N 175th Street and Aurora and striping new lanes between N 165th and N 175th streets. After new lanes are striped, traffic will be shifted west to allow construction to begin on the east side of Aurora. Two lanes of traffic will be maintained in each direction. Due to space limitations, center lanes will be closed and left-turn lanes onto N 175th Street from Aurora will be reduced to a single turn lane.
Temporary lane closures at Midvale Ave and N 175th St intersection. Also at night, crews will continue trenching and drainage work at the intersection of N 175th St and Midvale Ave N. Traffic on N 175th St will be reduced to one lane in each direction from 8 pm to 5 am. The entrance to Top Foods at this intersection will be temporarily closed during the daytime. Drivers should access Top Foods from its Aurora entrance off Ronald Place (brick road) or its east entrance off N 175th St.
Vault installation work on Aurora Avenue N
Once traffic has been shifted to the west, crews will install underground utility vaults at three locations in City right-of-way on the east side of Aurora between N 165th and N 175th streets. Each installation is expected to take two to three days to complete.
Schedule
Construction on the project is expected to be complete in summer of 2011, weather permitting. Construction of the N 185th to N 192nd segment is anticipated to begin in 2010.
Photo of Aurora by Steven H. Robinson for the ShorelineAreaNews

By Douglas W. Palmer
Director of Athletics and Recreation/Wellness
Shoreline Community College
The SCC Men's Basketball Team defeated Olympic College on Saturday afternoon in the SCC Gym, 97-72. The Shoreline team broke open a close game in the first part of the first half and led 50-32 at half-time. The Dolphins never let Olympic back in the game in the second half, maintaining a double figure lead at all times and then pushed the final lead up to 25 points as they dominated play late in the game.
Shoreline had 5 scorers in double figures, led by freshman Jesse Vaughan with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Shawn West added 16 while Sean Jones hit 14, Alfie Miller-Soukasen 13 and Spencer Wozeniak 10 as the balanced SCC attack was too much for the Rangers.
Shoreline moved it record to 14-4 overall, 8-2 in the NWAACC Northern Region. Shoreline maintains its position at the top of the region standings. Olympic fell to 2-9 in the region, 4-14 overall. Shoreline visits Skagit Valley College on Wednesday in Mt. Vernon, WA for a 7 pm tipoff.
The North City Neighborhood Association invites you to the first neighborhood get-together of 2010, a dessert potluck on Wednesday, February 10, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Bethel Lutheran church hall at the corner of NE 175th and 8th NE.
Speakers start at 7 pm - Boni Biery, Backyard Wildlife Habitat; 7:30 pm, Dick Deal, city finances.
Boni Biery, Habitat Team Coordinator, Shorelineʹs Community Wildlife Habitat Project
Shoreline’s Community Wildlife Habitat Project is a volunteer based community effort. Such projects
increase awareness and empower residents to act on behalf of wildlife. Shoreline’s Community Wildlife Habitat Project serves to rally the entire community around preserving, restoring, and creating attractive, low maintenance wildlife habitats.
Dick Deal, PRCS, Investing in Our Future: Facing Our Financial Challenges
The current recession has resulted in a sharp drop of sales tax & development revenues. Budget costs
have gone up. Mandates, and voter‐approved measures have either increased costs or reduced resources. The City of Shoreline will determine later this year whether to place a property tax levy lid lift on the ballot in 2010.
From The Friends of Sunset Park
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the upcoming community meetings to continue developing a vision for Sunset Park/Boeing Creek Open Space:
Community Meeting #2
is Tuesday, February 23, 6 to 8 pm
at the Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, 18354 8th Ave NW, Shoreline.
We will build on the great work accomplished at the first meeting on January 19. Those who were not able to come to the first meeting are welcome to join the February 23 meeting. To prepare for this meeting, please review the minutes of the our first community meeting on January19 at Sunset Park/Boeing Creek Open Space.
Tours of the two sites will be offered before the meeting; meet at the church at 4:30 pm.
Community Design Workshop
on Saturday, March 6, 9 am to 4 pm
at the Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, 18354 8th Ave NW, Shoreline.
Based on the work accomplished at the January 19 and February 23 meetings, we will turn our shared vision into drawings. All are welcome to drop by during the day to participate and comment on our progress.
Community Meeting #3
on Tuesday, April 6, 6 to 8 pm
at the Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, 18354 8th Ave NW, Shoreline.
A conceptual design and report describing our shared vision for the Sunset Park/Boeing Creek Open Space will be presented to the community and an “early success” project will be identified to begin moving our plan into action.
The U.S. Census Bureau is accepting employment applications for 2010 Census work. Hired workers will earn good pay, get paid weekly, work flexible hours, receive paid training, and receive other benefits. As a Census taker, you'll help to make sure that everyone in your community is counted. You may qualify for Census work if you are a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have a valid Social Security Number, pass a written test of basic skills, and meet other requirements. To apply, contact the website or call the phone number listed. The tests are being scheduled in February on the Shoreline Community College campus. Find more complete information at the census web site or call 1-866-861-2010 to schedule a test in your neighborhood. Help your community have a successful 2010 Census.
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The Shoreline Fire Department Board of Commissioners recently advertised to fill two vacancies on its new five-member board. The filing for letters of interest and resumes closed on January 31.
By Craig Degginger, PIO
Shoreline Schools
Please consider nominating a certificated staff member for 2009-10 Shoreline Teacher of the Year. Nominations may be made by staff, students, parents, and other community members. Only a single nomination letter is required and the nomination form is available on the district Web site.
Nominations for Teacher of the Year are due in the Public Information Office at Shoreline Center by Friday, March 12. The recipient will be recognized at a reception May 3 before the School Board meeting.
Teacher Appreciation Week will be celebrated May 3-7. The Shoreline Teacher of the Year receives a $500 award from the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation, and is forwarded for Washington State Teacher of the Year consideration.
Contact the Public Information Office at 206-361-4412 if you have any questions about the form and process.
Photo from George Eastman House
From the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation
The Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation is proud to sponsor a new salmon tank at Ridgecrest Elementary School. This adds a new site to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) program of "Salmon in the Schools," and supplements the existing programs coordinated by Diana Bettelli at Lake Forest Park Elementary, and Katie Johnson at Brookside Elementary.
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council seeks submissions for its third annual Poetry Month Celebration. Selected poets will be invited to read at a special event during April, National Poetry Month, which will also feature recognized local published poets, including Kelli Russell Agodon and Jared Leising. Winning poems will be displayed at the Shoreline Arts Festival in June. Poems will be judged in three separate divisions: Secondary Student (grades 7-12), College Student, and Non-Student Adult.
Cash prizes will be awarded in College and Adult categories. Submission deadline is March 19, 2010. Application forms are available online at the Arts Council website. For more information please contact the Arts Council office at 206-417-4645 or email.
The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers. - Alan Bold
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.
KOMO has photos of the damage to Shorecrest right after the event took place. Check out their blog post.
Our original article is here.
ShorelineAreaNews photographer Steve Robinson took some shots today which show the start of clean-up.

On Saturday, February 20 from 9 am to 4 pm, enjoy a full day of free pruning and garden planning demonstrations, talks and slideshows at Sky Nursery. Topics include: Pruning Fruit Trees, Roses, Japanese Laceleaf Maples, My Rhodie’s Too Big!, How to Prune and Renovate the Overgrown Garden, and more. Author and PlantAmnesty founder Cass Turnbull and a host of other gardening experts will be presenting. For more details on seminars, call Plant Amnesty, 206-783-9813.
Professional Designers - PlantAmnesty approved designers will be on hand to provide 15 minute free 'design solution' consultations for your garden area. You bring -- photos, estimated square footage, soil type (sand, clay or in-between), light and direction of exposure (eg. full sun, south-facing or part shade, north-facing).
Representatives from various plant societies will be there to answer your questions: Master Gardeners, International Society of Arboriculture, Seattle Tree Fruit Society, PlantAmnesty, Seattle Tilth (organic vegetables) and the Seattle Rose Society.
Father Weedo Sarducci will be here with his confessional. He will hear your gardening sins and, when appropriate, dispense forgiveness. Also Lawenda, the beautiful and intriguing plant-channeler, will be there to read your horticultural fortune.
*Sky Nursery will donate a portion of the day's sales to PlantAmnesty, which is a non-profit organization promoting better pruning. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851
Shoreline resident Tom Petersen, a teacher at Kenmore Junior High in the neighboring Northshore School District, won Honorable Mention in the annual Lesson Plan Contest sponsored by the International Bluegrass Music Association. His entry, Bluegrass Topics for the National History Day Contest described how various aspects of the history, technology, artistry, and lore of Bluegrass, Country, and Americana Music often fit the themes of the National History Day contest. His students have done projects on the medicine show roots of country and jazz, folk legend Jean Ritchie, and innovations in bluegrass.
Lieutenant Pete Van Dusen received the Employee of the Year award at the 2009 Northshore Fire Department Awards Banquet held at the Elks Lodge on January 29. Pete began his fire service career in 1984. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1994. Pete has been an outstanding mentor for many years, and was instrumental in the professional development of several of the Department’s new employees. Pete also received a 25 Year Service Award. Awards for 15 Years Service were presented to firefighters Bjorn Hodneland, Todd McInturff, Gene Piana and Alex Salvador.
Photo courtesy of Northshore Fire Departmen
Action Item: Approval of Agreement in Principle Between Shoreline School District and Shoreline Historical Museum re: Ronald School Building
Meridian Park students cheered and waved signs today to encourage residents to remember to vote and "HONK for Schools!" They got 1,515 car horn honks from supporters in two hours.
By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer
The Shoreline Fire District is expanding its board from three members to five.
The three current commissioners will select the new commissioners from a among nine people who submitted applications by the Jan. 29 deadline. The board will decide how to screen and select the new members.
One of the new commissioners will serve until the 2011 election, the other until the 2013 election. At those elections, candidates can run for full six-year terms. Which appointee gets the longer term will be determined by a lot draw or coin toss. That means that District voters will choose two commissioners at each of the 2011 and 2013 election, and one at the 2015 election.
State law requires that when a District has only full time paid firefighters, it must have a five-member Board. Shoreline ended its volunteer program as of Jan. 1' so now as a full-time, career fire department, it must add two members to its board of commissioners. The number of volunteers had fallen to one or two by the end of 2009.
The Fire District serves the same area as the City of Shoreline although it is an independent agency.
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