Council adopts plan to make more data available online for the public

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

King County took new steps today toward having more County information available for developers to use in smartphone applications. The Metropolitan King County Council unanimously adopted legislation requiring the county to publish high value data sets creating the possibility for people and businesses to disseminate data to the public through the use of technology applications on websites and cell phones.

High value data sets can provide a variety of information ranging from crime statistics to the hourly amount of wastewater treated to bus schedules to the location of the nearest county park could be published on a county website. The adopted legislation requires that by August 1, the Executive transmit an initial list of the high-value data sets that are being considered for on-line publication.

By November 1, the County should have a website on line to make data sets from that list available. The Executive will select existing data to make available on the website. The data must be in an “open format,” which means platform independent, machine readable, and made available to the public without restrictions. The ordinance also includes privacy protections to ensure that any released data is appropriate for unrestricted public disclosure.

Jurisdictions across the country are turning to new forms of technology to give citizens more access to government. San Francisco recently created a website highlighting applications created by the public with access to the cities’ information and providing data to the public. New York City has also created a similar website that provides data from sidewalk cafes to historic houses.


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Call for Junior Artists for Shoreline Arts Festival 2010

Applications are now available online for the Shoreline Arts Festival’s Junior Art Show. This show is open to all students living in the Shoreline area. The Festival is looking for young artists, photographers, and sculptors for the 20th annual event on June 26 and 27, 2010. 

Students may submit up to two of their favorite art pieces to the Cromwell Room in the Shoreline Center on Wednesday, June 9, 3:00 - 5:30 pm. The Center is located at 18560 - 1st Ave NE. Work is juried for prizes and all work is hung for the weekend. Up to ten pieces will be selected for the Shoreline School District calendar.

The Festival provides two extraordinary days of music, dance, theatre, literary arts, visual arts, and food, plus the Shoreline Philippine Festival. This creative community event, sponsored by the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, will be at the Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE. Visit our website for an application, deadlines or additional information or call the Arts Council at 206-417-4645.


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Thank you for Embracing Shoreline Schools

From Shoreline School District:

Thank you to all those who joined together to Embrace Shoreline Schools

The Shoreline School District would like to express its utmost appreciation and gratitude to the hundreds of volunteers that spent Saturday morning, May 15 working to beautify the grounds of our buildings.

Volunteers from churches, neighborhood associations, staff and PTAs joined in weeding, planting and landscaping at our schools throughout Shoreline and Lake Forest Park.

A special thank you to the Embrace Shoreline Schools committee for organizing the event.

Our building grounds look wonderful. Thanks to everyone that took time out of their weekend to support our Shoreline schools.

Photo of Shorecrest volunteers by Diane Pickrel 

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Memorial Day, May 31 observed at Holyrood Cemetery


Over the Memorial Day Weekend, May 29 – 31, 2010, special Masses will be celebrated at Holyrood Cemetery, 205 NE 205th St, Shoreline, 206-363-8404.

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, the following Masses are scheduled:

1. At 10:30 am the celebrant and homilist at Mass will be the Most Rev. Alexander J. Brunett, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle.

2. At 1:00 pm Memorial Day Mass will be celebrated in Vietnamese for members of the Vietnamese community.

3. On Saturday, May 29, 10:30 am at Holyrood Cemetery, the Filipino community will honor Our Lady of Antipolo, Patroness of the Philippines with Mass and pilgrimage to her shrine at the cemetery.

Holyrood cemetery will be decorated with flags to honor those women and men who have served our nation in the armed forces to protect the values of freedom and justice.

The cemetery grounds are open 7:00 am to 8:00 pm for visitation throughout the Memorial Day weekend.  Everyone is encouraged to visit.


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7 year old walks home from school

According to King 5.com, a seven year old girl, who attends St. Marks in North City, decided at recess that she was going to walk home. The problem is that home is in Lynnwood. The school sounded the alarm when she didn't come in from recess. She was found around noon about two miles from the school.



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Have a pool party at the Shoreline Pool

Shoreline Pool lifeguard supervises the rope swing. Photo courtesy Shoreline Recreation.

The City of Shoreline gives you the opportunity to rent the Shoreline pool on Saturdays or Sundays between 3 pm and 7 pm. You get the entire pool complete with the slide, rope swing and lifeguards. Pool is available by the hour.

Swimming is a great activity for a party or a family gathering. For information, please call the Shoreline Pool at 206-801-2650.

The Pool is located just north of the Shoreline Center 19030 1st Ave NE.


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Shorewood students earn state History Day awards

Shorewood High School student Jacob Ziontz will advance to the National History Day contest June 13 to 17 at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Jacob's paper, "Far Reaching Rights: An Era of Innovation in Treaty Law in Washington State that Impacted the Rights of Aborigines Worldwide," was awarded second place at the state History Day contest May 1 at Bellevue College. The top two entries in each category advance to the national contest.

The culmination of a year-long program in which students choose and research a topic, learning historical research principles and strategies, History Day is part of a national effort to enhance history education and prepare students to become informed and involved citizens. This year's contest theme is "Innovation in History: Impact and Change."

Other State History Day placings from Shorewood included:

Senior Individual Documentary
6th place: Trevor Cronin, "The Stolen Generation: The Story of the Australian Aboriginal Children."

Senior Individual Exhibit
5th place, Rebecca Erickson, "Braille."

Senior Web Site
3rd place, Madison Welsh and Emiko Yamada, "Barcodes: A Revolution in Data Capture."

Mikael Christensen is the students' teacher at Shorewood.

Information from Craig Degginger, Shoreline Schools

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Award winning history day paper


Jacob Zionst's paper won second place in the Washington State History Day competition and will represent the state in the National History Day competition. We thought you'd like to read an award-winning paper, so we are publishing the main paper here. Not included here are the documented images and an extensive annotated bibliography. Jacob is a student of Mikael Christensen's at Shorewood.
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Far-Reaching Rights: An Era of Innovation in Treaty Law in Washington State that Impacted the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Worldwide

By Jacob Ziontz, Senior Division

Today, we see Native Americans in a respectful light. Gone are the old stereotypes of powwows, teepees, and headdresses. Especially in areas like the Pacific Northwest, Native Americans are viewed as a proud people, deserving of our respect and acceptance. This is in no small part due to the reacceptance of Native American treaty rights. These rights were established two hundred years ago by the founding fathers of our country, but were slowly forgotten and neglected. Thirty years ago, legal action taken by Native Americans helped them to regain their treaty rights, and the respect of the general public. The restoration of traditional Native American fishing and whaling rights in the Pacific Northwest in the mid to late 20th century promoted indigenous rights to natural resources not only locally but also nationally and internationally.

The dispute over Native American’s rights to natural resources in the Pacific Northwest began in the 18th and 19th centuries, as the United States government was attempting to expand westward. The government gave its territorial governors one major goal: to procure as much land as possible as quickly as possible for the United States of America. However, they did not want to forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands. Instead, treaties were created that, in essence, traded the land the Native Americans lived on for various rights, privileges, and compensation. In less than one year, Governor Stevens was able to procure 64 million acres of what is now Washington State, leaving only 6 million acres owned by the Native Americans (Chrisman). In 1855, Washington territorial governor Isaac Stevens drew up one such treaty with the local tribes. An image of the treaty and a more detailed description is provided in Appendix I. The language barrier caused inexact translations and Governor Stevens was a crafty diplomat, so the tribes gave away many rights that they might have otherwise never ceded. However, the tribes stood their ground on one important issue: “the right of taking fish and of whaling or sealing at usual and accustomed grounds and stations”. This phrase from the “Treaty Between the United States of America and the Makah Tribe of Indians” guaranteed Native American tribes that they could continue to fish, whale, seal, and generally maintain access to their natural resources even though the land would no longer be theirs. In the fight for treaty rights more than a century later, this statement would be the foundation for Native American claims to rights to natural resources.

For a time, the rights secured by the Native American tribes in their treaty were upheld by all parties. But slowly, the authority of the treaties began to diminish, and the special privileges that Native Americans had because of the treaties were no longer recognized by state law. The treaty rights provided Native Americans the right to fish without restriction at their “usual and accustomed grounds”. To the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, it seemed as though they had given their land in exchange for false promises, and there was little hope of such a small minority having an impact upon the powerful state governments that were opposing these rights.

Mid way through the 20th century, the civil rights movement began in America. But while this phrase is more commonly associated with African-American empowerment, it had major impacts on the rights of Native Americans as well. Former Makah attorney Alvin Ziontz says that “[The legal cases brought forth by Native Americans in the 1960s and 1970s] was the equivalent of the black Civil Rights Movement.” Native American empowerment took place in the form of legal cases brought by the tribes and by individuals. At first, success was limited, and unfavorable rulings for Native Americans were common. Native Americans fighting for their rights were often ruled against in court, and no significant changes occurred. Then, the fight for Native American rights began to make headway in cases such as Satiacum v. Washington in 1973, which was given media attention and legal scrutiny. However, the culmination of decades of legal battle over Native American rights was U.S. v. Washington, a case more commonly identified by its historic conclusion: The Boldt Decision.

In 1970, the United States government, on behalf of the affected tribes, filed a case against the State of Washington in an effort to secure treaty rights for the Native American tribes that lived there. The reasons for this were many, but one of the federal government’s main incentives might have been the Cold War. During this time, the Soviet Union was criticizing the United States government for denying rights to their own indigenous peoples (Ziontz, Alvin. Personal Interview.). The main issue that was being debated was the Native American tribes’ right to fish in Washington State as their treaty provided. In 1974, after several years of legal proceedings and extensive deliberation, Federal Judge George Boldt issued his ruling on the case. In what would later be referred to as the “Boldt Decision”, Judge Boldt granted a major victory for Native American rights. He ruled, among other things, that Native American tribes in Western Washington were entitled to 50% of the annual catch of the salmon and steelhead species at the tribes’ “Usual and accustomed grounds (United States v. Washington).” The U.S. Supreme Court later affirmed Boldt’s decision in 1979, which for the most part ended the legal dispute. In addition, Judge Boldt ruled that Native Americans could not be limited by the state as to where they could fish unless restricted by severe conservation measures. A consequence of this decision was that non-Native American commercial and sport fishermen were substantially limited in their ability to fish. This innovative decision “…sent shockwaves throughout the state (Ziontz, Alvin. Personal Interview).”

The Boldt decision had a significant impact on indigenous peoples in many different respects. A flourishing Native American fishing industry developed, and many previously impoverished and despondent tribal members exercised their secured right as a new career. As a result, problems like Native American alcoholism, violence, and family disintegration were not solved, but were certainly alleviated by the Boldt decision. In addition, the general public’s view of Native Americans changed. Understandably, many non-Native American sport and commercial fishermen were upset about the new restrictions on their lifestyle, but the overall change in public view of Native Americans was positive. Native American history and culture began to be incorporated into public school curriculum, and the Native American tribal governments began to receive recognition in the same respect as state and federal government (Ziontz, Alvin. A Lawyer).

In the 1990’s, the Makah Indian Nation also regained another significant right. The Makah tribe had been hunting whale for thousands of years, but the white commercial whalers had decimated the whale population in the nineteenth century. In 1946, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) created an agreement, signed by many different countries including the United States, that essentially made whaling illegal, consequently stopping the Makah from their ancient practice (“International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling”). This held true until 1999, when the population of the gray whale that the Makah hunted rose to an all time high. The Makah announced that conservation was no longer an issue and that they would once again begin to whale.

The announcement that the Makah intended to hunt whale once again met immense opposition from many different organizations, from government agencies to animal rights activists. But the Makah were determined to exercise their treaty right in order to preserve their culture and strengthen their tribal ties. What truly prevented them from whaling, however, was the IWC’s agreement, which made whaling illegal for the Makah. Fortunately, a solution was found. The Chukchi indigenous people of Eastern Russia had a generous whaling quota allowed by the IWC that they were for the most part not using. The Makah were able to reclaim their right by borrowing whales from this quota for their own tribe’s use. Of the 165 whales that the Chukchi were allowed to hunt every 5 years, they transferred the right to the Makah to take 20 whales every 5 years, or 4 whales every year (Ziontz, Alvin. A Lawyer). This agreement not only benefited the Makah and allowed them to regain their ancient tradition, but also was an inspiring collaboration of two indigenous peoples. On May 17th, 1999, for the first time in 70 years, the Makah people hunted and killed a whale. They were the only Native American tribe in the United States legally able to do so. For more information of Makah whaling practices, see Appendix II. This was a significant victory for Native American treaty rights and one that signified how far Native American treaty rights in the Pacific Northwest had come since the Boldt decision.

The Boldt Decision and cases like it had many impacts locally. But because of its innovative implications, it attracted attention from other indigenous people on a broader scale. In the United States, tribes from many different states used the Boldt decision as an authority for exercising their own treaty rights. The Chippewa tribe of the state of Minnesota had wording in their treaty with the United States government that was similar to that of the Makah treaty. “It shall not be obligatory upon the Indians, parties to this treaty, to remove from their present reservations (Treaty With The Chippewa).” They argued that because of what that wording meant for the Native American tribes of Western Washington, they should have the same rights as those tribes. They used this reasoning to help win legal cases and restore their treaty rights to natural resources. In addition, Native American tribes in Michigan, Wisconsin, and other states used the Boldt decision to win legal cases or to help establish a co-management of fisheries with the state governments.

But the Boldt decision’s impact goes beyond the boundaries of the United States. In New Zealand, the aboriginal Maori people made a treaty with its government similar to the treaty Native American tribes of Western Washington made with the United States government. The phrase “…the right of taking, at all usual and accustomed grounds and stations, is further secured to said Indians, in common with all citizens of the territory… (Treaty Between The United States of America and the Makah Tribe of Nations)” in the Makah Treaty was argued by the Maori to be analogous to the phrase in the Treaty of Waitangi, which gives the Maori “full exclusive and undisturbed possession (Treaty of Waitangi)”. For an image of the original Treaty of Waitangi, see Appendix III. The Maori pointed out this similarity to the governing British Crown in instances such as the Muriwhenua Fishing Claim and were able to retain full authority over their fisheries (“Muriwhenua Fishing Claim”).

In Australia, aboriginal tribes secured land rights in much the same way as Native Americans secured their fishing rights in Washington State. In the words of Australian Native Title lawyer Dr. Lisa Lombardi: “The treaty rights were upheld in a series of cases culminating in U.S. v Washington, more commonly called the Boldt decision. This decision has created an interest in public land in the U.S. very similar to native title interests in Crown lands in Australia…[they] are viable and valuable interests that remain wherever they have not been explicitly extinguished and compensated for.”

And in Canada, First Nations saw the impacts of the innovative Boldt decision and thought they could secure their rights to natural resources in the same manner. In cases such as Sparrow v. The Queen, brought by First Nation tribe member Ronald Edward Sparrow against the Canadian Government, and Regina v. Sparrow, there were significant impacts by the Boldt decision. Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of British Columbia Douglas Harris commented on Regina v. Sparrow saying, “Thus, after conservation the Indian food fishery had priority. But conservation was, in the court’s words, a ‘compelling and substantial’ objective that would justify the federal government’s infringement of an Aboriginal right to fish. To this extent, the judgment mirrored the Boldt decision without citing it.”

It is clear that the Boldt decision was an innovative use of the law, and it had a huge impact on matters of aboriginal rights to natural resources around the world. Unlike many great moments of change throughout history, the innovation of the Boldt decision came not in the form of a new technology or law, but in a unique application of the law. When Judge Boldt implemented the treaty law in such an innovative manner in his historic decision, it was this momentous change that would have an effect on aboriginal peoples worldwide. In the words of Seattle PI columnist Lewis Kamb: “Dozens and dozens of cases, and I’m sure well into the hundreds, have cited Boldt’s precedent-setting ruling.”

The Boldt decision and legal cases like it in the mid to late 20th century had significant impacts on the local communities where they were decided. But they also had impacts on a broader scale. The Boldt decision impacted Native Americans in Western Washington by securing their treaty rights to natural resources. In addition, in the Midwest United States, aborigines in New Zealand and Australia, and First Nation tribes in Canada, impacts of the Boldt decision were present in the form of a legal precedent for future cases. Though it was initially a victory for only a small percentage of native people, it became one of the century’s most significant victories for aboriginal peoples worldwide.


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Evan Smith: Can McConnell get Democrats’ endorsement?


By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

When the 32nd Legislative District Democratic Committee met last week to nominate State Rep, Maralyn Chase for State senate, Rep. Ruth Kagi for re-election and former Shoreline Mayor Cindy Ryu for Chase’s seat, Shoreline City Councilwoman Doris McConnell told the group that she might run against Ryu. She added that she might come back to the Committee to seek an endorsement.

Can the Committee endorse a candidate after it had nominated another candidate? Don’t State Democratic Party rules require local Party organizations to nominate only one candidate for each position?

True, but 32nd District Democrats tell me that Party rules allow local organizations to set local rules on endorsements. District Chairwoman Carin Chase said recently that King County Democrats allow dual endorsements, although the Party considers only one to be the Party nominee, but Snohomish County Democrats don’t allow dual endorsements.

Since the 32nd District crosses the county line, this could bring two different sets of endorsements.

Carin Chase said that in Snohomish County only the Party nominees are endorsed candidates,

However, she said, current 32nd District Democratic rules allow for dual endorsements.

That seems to mean that, unless the 32nd District Democrats change the rule, while Ryu is the nominee and only endorsed candidate in Snohomish County and the nominee in King County, McConnell could also be an endorsed candidate in King County if the District PCOs decide to endorse her.

A “nominee” is the Party’s choice for the office. An endorsement simply means that the party organization approves of a candidate. State Democrats and their local committees began naming nominees after the State adopted the top-two primary, under which there are no State-recognized party nominees.

Republicans don't always pick nominees or even endorsed candidates. The chairman of a Snohomish County Republican committee in a district that has two Republicans seeking the same position told me recently that his committee wouldn't endorse candidates. Another district Republican chairman said his committee hadn't yet decided whether to make endorsements.


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SCC Softball Splits With Everett, Heads Off To NWAACC

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Erika Potts went 4-4 at the plate with a home run on Saturday. Photo by Wilson Tsoi.

The SCC Softball Team split its final regular season doubleheader of the year with Everett Community College last Saturday, winning the first game 5-4 and dropping the nightcap, 8-5. Kimberly Kocik was in the winning pitcher in the first game while 3rd baseman Erika Potts led SCC on offense with four hits including a home run.

The Lady Dolphins head off to the NWAACC Softball Championship this weekend as the Northern Region Champions. SCC won the division with a 21-3 record, 2 games better than Bellevue College. Overall, SCC is 26-10 on the season. Shoreline faces the Community College of Spokane on Friday at 9:30 am at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon.

If SCC wins the opening game, the team will play the winner of Lower Columbia CC and South Puget Sound CC at 1:30 pm on Friday as well. The NWAACC Championship is a 4 day event and will end on Monday, May 24.


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SCC Baseball Finishes Season With Four Game Split

The SCC Baseball Team finished the 2010 season with a four game split over the weekend with Olympic College.

On Saturday at Olympic, the Dolphins dropped both games of the doubleheader, 7-5 and 4-1.

On Sunday at Lower Woodland Park, SCC built leads in both games, lost the leads, but won the games in the last at bat. In the first game, SCC took a 3-0 lead late into the game, but OC tied it up and SCC had to use a bases loaded hit by pitch to win the game.

In the second game, Brady Summers (photo by Wilson Tsoi) pitched 8 1/3 innings of shutout ball, but lost the shut out and then the bullpen lost the lead as OC scored in the top of the ninth to take a 5-4 lead. SCC came storming back in the bottom of the inning to tie it 4-4 and then as OC attempted to intentionally walk a batter, the pitch came to close to the plate it was lined for a base hit and the win.

SCC finished the year, 17-21 overall and 7-17 in the NWAACC Northern Division.

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All Schools Swing Dance on Friday, May 21

On May 21 DANCE IT! is hosting its first ALL SCHOOLS DANCE, a culminating event to bring together students from ten local high schools to take a swing dance lesson, dance, and mix it up with teens who share a common interest in social dancing.

The event will be held at Shoreline Community College in the Student Union Building on Friday, May 21 from 7:30 to 10 pm.

All Shorewood and Shorecrest students are welcome to attend. Only $10 at the door for the entire evening. Free dance bag and ticket to Benaroya dance event for first 50 students (value $35). Swing lesson and music by Mark Kihara. Concessions sponsored by the Shoreline Community band.

Photo (right) of Chase Parker and Katy Lapinsky from Shorewood, courtesy DANCE IT!

DANCE IT! is a Puget Sound area non-profit organization, sponsored by Northwest Dance, dedicated to inspiring teenagers to social dance through their FREE dance program conducted on site at local high schools. This program originated at Shorewood in 2006 and has grown to ten local schools and introduced swing dancing to over 1800 teenagers. For more information or to make tax deductible donations to the dance program contact Lise Baadh by email or 206-546-9088.

Photo left of students in the Shorewood class, courtesy DANCE IT! 

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SCC Film Faculty blaze trail at SIFF

By Donna Myers, SCC Information Officer

The Seattle Film Festival has made a name for itself in the world of film festivals, now ranked as the largest and most well attended in the U.S. It has also become one of the more competitive venues for filmmakers, and this year’s SIFF includes the work of all of the SCC film/video instructors – Tony DoupĂ©, Kristofor Boustedt and Ruth Gregory. What a testament to the creativity and quality of their work.

Tony DoupĂ©’s work has been included in the SIFF lineup for more than 10 years. This year, he returns to the screen in the short film, “Your Lucky Day.” The 17-minute short is one of five films in the Northwest Connections program at the Egyptian Theatre, showing at 4:30 p.m., May 22, 2010. DoupĂ© is also starring in “My Life with Betty,” showing at the Harvard Exit May 21 and May 23 at the Harvard Exit.  Photo, left.

Kristofor Boustedt (and his wife, Lindy) wrote, directed and produced the feature film, “Perfect 10,” a low-budget drama/comedy about a married woman who goes to her 10-year high school reunion sans her husband for a second chance with the boy she loved in high school. The film takes place (and was filmed in just two weeks) in Seattle and in Eastern Washington (where the Boustedts met while going to Eastern Washington University.) “Perfect 10” is scheduled to play on June 7 at 9:15 p.m. and again on June 8 at 4 p.m. at the SIFF Cinema at SIFF Cinema on lower Queen Anne.  Photo, right.

This is the second year Ruth Gregory (left, with Chris and Tony) has had her work included in the SIFF line-up. This year’s film, "I Saw U," is a short documentary about the people who meet via the “I Saw U” ads in the Seattle newspaper, “The Stranger.” Gregory, who co-produced the film, said it was made in five days as part of the International Documentary Challenge, a timed filmmaking competition. The film, which won “Best of First Person Genre" and "Best Soundtrack (The President of the United States)" at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Toronto, features Editor and Chief of “The Stranger,” Dan Savage.

Shoreline Community College film student, Chris Geilos and graduate, Brien Houston worked with the Shoreline film instructors as crew members. 

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Growing Up in Lake Forest Park, Vol II available

The history of Lake Forest Park was written in two volumes by Barbara Bender. These books, Growing Up with Lake Forest Park are now available at Third Place Books. The Shoreline Historical Museum owns the copyright for both volumes. Volume II (pictured left) has been out of print for some time. Third Place Books and the Shoreline Museum have collaborated to reprint Volume II with the Third Place Book Machine.

Drop by Third Place Books and check out the Third Place Book Machine. The store can take orders and print the book in about an hour. Public viewing hours for the press are Tuesdays, 4pm to 6pm; and Saturdays, 3pm to 5pm.

See our previous story on the on-demand Book Machine.

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SCC Tennis Teams Close Out Season at NWAACC


The SCC Tennis Teams finished their season over the past weekend in Spokane, WA at the NWAACC Tennis Championships.

The SCC Lady Dolphin Tennis Team finished 4th at the NWAACC behind the strength of the #2 Doubles team of Blair Stone (photo, left) and Marina Lutsky, who finished second in that division. Blair Stone also finished 4th in #5 singles. Amy Ellsworth, a first year tennis player placed third in #6 Singles.

Other women finishers were: Christine Yang 4th at #2 Singles, Angel Mach 4th at #4 Singles and Angel Mach/Amy Ellsworth 3rd in #3 Doubles.

The SCC Men's Tennis Team finished 5th at the NWAACC with Saffi Redo leading the way as he finished 3rd in #2 Singles and teamed with Mike Stepenski to finish 3rd in #2 Doubles. Other top four finishers for SCC were Chien Da Lui (photo, right) finished 3rd at #4 Singles and Hung Lu finished 4th at #5 Singles.

Photos by Wilson Tsoi.

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Shoreline Police, Sheriff and Fire Train Together in Shoreline

By Sgt. Katie Larson, Shoreline Police
Shoreline Police Eastside Storefront Officer, Greg McKinney, who assists as one of King County’s Marine Unit Rescue Divers and Swiftwater Technicians, attended an interagency training exercise on May 11 at Ronald Bog Park.

The City of Shoreline has several bodies of water: Echo Lake, Ronald Bog and Twin Ponds, and 3.5 miles of shoreline on Puget Sound. Water recreation is common all year in Shoreline. 

Water recreation is expected to increase as the weather warms for summer. To be ready for any potential water rescue scenario, the King County Sheriff Marine Rescue and Dive Unit, Shoreline Police Department and the Shoreline Fire Department came together as one to familiarize and cross train on water with each other. 

Many Shoreline citizens saw some of the Sheriff’s marine rescue equipment displayed at the Shoreline Strawberry Festival on May 8 at Richmond Beach Community Park. See story.

During this training, several exercises were conducted to coordinate efforts among the three agencies to quickly and efficiently work together for swimmer in distress and missing swimmer incidents. In addition, Sheriff’s Marine Rescue Sergeant Jim Knauss and Shoreline Fire Department Battalion Chief Tim Dahl spent part of the day going to various sites to inspect access points to beaches, walking paths and lake access points, such as the new boardwalk at Echo Lake. Training together ensures the most expedient response to any emergency.

Water rescuers are hoping they will not need to put this training to use this summer. Water safety is important and the loss of one life is one too many. 

Be water smart, life jackets float, you don’t.

Photos by Steven H. Robinson 

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Quick Intro to Watercolors: One-Day Workshop

Love to learn watercolors? Pressed for time? Here is the solution: Discover the basics of watercolor from brushes to paper to washes in a 5-hour Saturday workshop. 
By the end of the day you’ll have an understanding of how to do a simple landscape and still life, know the difference between cool and warm colors, and how to set up a studio space in your home. 
Materials are not provided so bring the following: a pad of watercolor paper (not drawing paper), a supply of watercolors that include yellow, blue, and red and watercolor brushes. There will be handouts and demonstrations. Absolute beginners are welcome. Taught by Susan Schneider, MFA.
Date: June 5 from 10am-3pm
Fee: $59

Register at the Shoreline Community College Continuing Education website and search for the course title or call 206-533-6700. The class is held at the Lake Forest Park Campus, next to Third Place Commons in the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Suite A220. The entrance is next to the stage, stairs, and elevator on the south side of the building.

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Evan Smith: Rep. Kagi won’t run for Senate


By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics writer

State Rep, Ruth Kagi told me late Monday that she won’t run for the 32nd District State Senate seat that Sen. Darlene Fairley is vacating.

Last week, the 32nd District Democratic Committee voted to nominate Rep. Maralyn Chase for the Senate, former Shoreline Mayor Cindy Ryu for Chase’s House seat and Kagi for re-election to the House.

Meanwhile, State Senate Democrats were pressuring Kagi to run for the Senate. A week ago, she was weighing the Senate run against a safe re-election run for the House, where she is an Influential member.

She sent me this note Monday:
“After careful consideration and many conversations with thoughtful friends and colleagues, I have concluded that it does not make sense to give up chairmanship of the early learning and children's services committee and the seniority I have in the House to run for the Senate. My current position allows me to provide leadership at the state and national level on a range of children's and education issues”

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Spots available in summer Arts Camp and Jazz Camp


The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council still has spots available in their Summer Arts Camps:

August Arts Camp 2010
August 9 - 13
9 am - 3:30 pm

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is sponsoring August Arts 2010 August 9-13 at Meridian Park School. August Arts is a week-long camp where students explore several areas of the arts with accomplished artist-educators. Students choose a main area of interest for emphasis (core class) where they spend three hours each day. They also choose two other areas as elective classes for the rest of their day. See Registration Form for more details.

This program is open to students who have completed 3rd through 6th grade by August 10 and have a serious interest in learning more about the arts. Cost is $200. A limited number of scholarships up to $100 are available. Each class is limited to 12 and enrollment is on a first-come, first-served, space available basis. So get your form in early. No day of camp forms accepted.


Shoreline Jazz Camp
August 9 – 13, 16 and 17
9 am - 1 pm

2010 Shoreline Jazz Camp for middle and high school students. The mission of the Shoreline Jazz Camp is to provide young musicians the opportunity to learn and play with some of the regions most accomplished teachers and performers. Our program creates a safe and structured learning environment, in which students of varying skill levels are able share in the joy of playing Jazz. The camp includes instruction in large and small ensembles, and a series of master classes that are designed to refine the individual’s skills and understanding of Jazz.

The jazz camp is at Shorewood High School for students currently in grades 7-12. The cost is $315 and some scholarships are available.

Classes include:
  • Jazz Combo/Improv
  • Big Band
  • Jazz Theory and Harmony
  • Sight-Reading
  • The Art of Solo Transcription
  • Ear Training
  • And many more…..

The camp will showcase the students’ hard work in two performances on August 17. The first will be an 11 am lunch concert at Shorewood High School, and the second will be at 7 pm at the Shoreline North City Jazz Walk, 17739 15th Ave NE.

For more information, including scholarships and deadlines, please contact the Arts Council at 206-417-4645 Applications can be downloaded online .

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.


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Update: Explosive device found outside Meridian Park Elementary school

Update, May 17. Shoreline Police say that the device found was a package about the size of a tennis ball. It did have materials in it which could explode, but it would need a fuse and the fuse would have to be lit. The bomb squad was called to the scene and they disposed of the device with no difficulty.

SAN has queried the Sheriff's department and will publish any additional information received.

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Original story:

Notice from Shoreline Schools sent to Meridian Park / Room Nine parents on Wednesday, May 12:

Yesterday evening, around 6 pm, a neighbor notified some Meridian Park staff members about a suspicious object found on the track near the Children’s Center. (The building just south of Meridian Park which is at N 175th and Meridian Ave N). The police were immediately called and they handled the situation with professional expertise. The object ended up being a small explosive device about the size of a tennis ball and wrapped in duct tape. The bomb unit came out and disposed of it. Fortunately, no one got hurt and there are no suspects at this time.

We have notified our entire staff about this occurrence as well as the before and after care staff. The central office has also sent out a district-wide message to the other schools in Shoreline. Here is where your part comes into play. It is important that you remind your children about what to do if they see anything that looks suspicious. Please review with them the protocol to follow. That is, if they see something unusual or odd, please remind them to do the following - do not touch it or pick it up, move away from it and immediately report it to our office asap (or call 911 if after school hours).

Our teachers made a simple statement to the students today in class about the steps to take if they see something suspicious. We did not go into great detail as we are do not wish to heighten their anxiety or add worry to their day. Our goal is to simply educate them on the protocol for safety and remind them of how they can be aware of issues like these.

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Ballinger Community meeting, Tuesday, May 25

Monday, May 17, 2010



Ballinger Community Meeting - Big Picture Issues
Co-sponsored by Ballinger Neighborhood Association and Friends of Aldercrest
Tuesday, May 25, 7:00 p.m.
Aldercrest Learning Center - Small Gym
2800 NE 200th

Meeting Agenda

1. Investing in Our Future: Facing Shoreline's Financial Challenges - Debbie Tarry, Finance Director, City of Shoreline
  • A brief presentation on the City's long-range financial outlook and how it will impact current levels of service we enjoy.


2. Land Use and Transportation Issues in Ballinger Neighborhood
  • WSDOT program about the future of State Route 104 (Ballinger Way NE) as Ballinger's "Main Street" - City of Shoreline Planning Director Joe Tovar
  • Brightwater project request for exemption from permitted hours of construction activity - City of Shoreline Planning Director Joe Tovar and King County Project Manager Bob Peterson
  • The Future of the Aldercrest site - City of Shoreline Planning Director Joe Tovar and Janne Kaye, Friends of Aldercrest

For more information visit the Ballinger Neighborhood website or call Londa Jacques at 206-437-9118.

Information from City of Shoreline




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Shoreline Police Blotter 4-28 to 5-12-2010


Police activity in Shoreline
By Diane Hettrick
My categories - my comments. (You got a problem with that?)

Burglars use rocks for keys

4-28…..11x NE 145. Burglary. Entered home through unlocked side window. (Didn’t need a rock).

5-9…..195xx Aurora. Burglary to apartment above bar. Suspect entered using key. (Ok, so this one didn’t use a rock either. Wonder if resident was in the bar at the time?)

Squatters in unoccupied homes for sale

5-3……18x N 204th Pl. Unoccupied house for sale. Real Estate agent discovered a burglar had been squatting there. He used a rock to break a window to get in. (Real Estate Agents – be careful entering empty houses. I wonder if this is what happened to that real estate agent who was murdered in Bellevue?)

5-11…..18x N 204th Pl. Owner went to check on house for sale and found transient there, carrying two kitchen knives in his waistband. (Previous warning applies to homeowners, too. And remember to remove the knives and hammers. And rocks.)

There’s an endless supply of these guys

4-30…..193xx Meridian. Driving While License Revoked.
5-3…....17xxx Aurora. No vehicle tags. Driving While License Revoked.
5-6……N 185th / Aurora. Driving While License Revoked.
5-6……N 175th / Aurora. Traffic stop for improper turn. Driver booked into King County Jail for Driving While License Suspended out of South Carolina. Found marijuana cigarette. (So, South Carolina has been good about doing the data entry and Shoreline has been good about checking the database. Good job, guys!)
5-7……145xx Aurora, Goldies. Driving While License Revoked.
5-7……N 155 / Aurora, Safeway. Driving While License Revoked.
5-7……N 175 / I-5. Driving While License Revoked.
5-8……205xx Aurora. Driving While License Revoked.
5-9…..16100 Linden, Linden Apts. Driving While License Revoked plus three misdemeanor warrants. Passenger in vehicle had non-extraditable warrant. (They got a two-fer on this stop.)
5-11…..N 192nd / Aurora. Traffic stop. Marijuana.

They say it’s because of the meth epidemic – people with skills are becoming addicts

5-4…….6xx NW 183rd. Someone used victim’s stolen credit card to buy things.
5-5……3xx N 205th. Someone cashed a check at the bank on the victim’s account.
5-7……145xx 28th NE. Victim discovered fraud on her Wells-Fargo checking statement. Four individual charges for I-Tunes. (Wonder what the songs were? Might be a clue.)
5-7……14510 Aurora, Walgreens. Forged prescriptions. (We seem to get about one a week of these. The pharmacies all seem to catch them. Remind me to interview a pharmacist.)

Cars – the movie

5-5……1404 NW Richmond Beach Rd, Meadowbrook Apts. Stole car from parking lot.
5-5……172xx Ashworth. Abandoned vehicle.
5-11…..N 201st / Palatine. Citizen reported abandoned car. Turned out it was stolen from Edmonds.

Testosterone on parade

5-5……3xx NE 159th, track. Two Kellogg Middle School boys got in a fight.

5-8……172xx 12th NE. R refused to leave apartment and got in fight with M. Fight spilled into street. Police called. No one wanted to press charges.

5-11…..15343 25th NE, Shorecrest HS. Suspect grabbed student’s cell phone off desk. (Maybe just a bully… or a kid with poor impulse control… or a future jail inmate.)

5-12…..192xx Aurora, Echo Lake Apts. Domestic dispute over welfare check.

Jack in the Box

5-6……18213 Aurora, Jack in the Box. Suspicious person possibly attempted to lure children earlier in the week. (Wait for it…)

5-8……18213 Aurora, Jack in the Box. Trespassed male. (Ba-da-boom! Got him. Won’t hang out at Jack’s and the police know who he is.)

Oh, dear

5-6……204xx 16th Pl NW. Parents just adopted another daughter recently and their first daughter has been very angry since then. Daughter #1 was at a friend’s house and decided to run away. Friend’s mother called the parents, parents called the police.

5-7……17300 Fremont, Shorewood HS. Student at Shorewood was expelled for using drugs at school. Told school staff he was going to kill himself. (Probably self-medicating with the drugs. Hope they get him on legal drugs that won’t make him suicidal. This country sucks at handling mental illnesses.)

5-9…..145 NE 155, Shoreline Fire. Confused elderly man walks away from assisted living facility. (Not sure if he wandered into the fire station or if the medics were called. I assume he was found, since I didn’t hear about him on the TV stations.)

5-10…..1524 N 204th, AV Transit. Victim fell asleep on bus and someone stole her wallet.

5-11…..167xx 8th NE. Daughter lives with father and his wife in Missouri City. Told her father that she was raped in Shoreline. Father called police.

Check out the neighbors

5-7……1xx NE 147th. Resident found chunks of rat poison in his yard and feels someone is attempting to use it to harm his dogs. (Last time I heard a story like this, there was a drug dealer living next door who didn’t want the dogs barking at his customers.)

5-7…..13x N 165. 165th between Aurora and Ashworth is posted 25, but during commute times vehicles drive 40-50. (No doubt, but it’s probably people who live in your neighborhood. This is where you get into speed bumps and traffic circles and make everyone miserable.)

5-8……15741 Aurora, Sears. Guy shoplifted tool boxes. White male, late 30’s, 5’10” about 240 pounds, brown hair. Wearing black hat, black shirt, green-blue pants. (So if your neighbor has just offered to give you his old tool box…)

You need to know when you’re not wanted

5-7……1335 N 205th, Home Depot. Banned from Aurora Village Home Depot for making rude comments. (Somehow I suspect this is an understatement.)

5-10…..1175 N 205th, Costco. Caught guy trying to steal a digital camera, then discovered he had been previously trespassed from property.

Hey – good folk in Parkwood – heads up!

5-11…..146xx Stone N. Suspicious vehicle parked in known drug area. Driver Driving While License Revoked and had contraband which was submitted for disposal. (So, did you know you were living in a “known drug area”? This is Parkwood – the only neighborhood in Shoreline without a neighborhood association. Looks like it’s time to get one started.)

Probably should go under the testosterone category

5-11…..17077 Meridian Ave. Disposal of explosives, IED located on track behind school. (See story.  Police say it was a small package the size of a tennis ball that needed to have a fuse, lit, in order to explode. Bomb squad disposed of it with no difficulty.)



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