Girls’ swimming results, Thursday, September 16

Sunday, September 19, 2010


Shorecrest 94.5, Stanwood 88.5

200 medley relay — Shorecrest (Emily Strathy, Amy Glaskova, Sarah Semon, Angie Bonato) 2:02.01. 200 free — Bonato, SC, 2:07.91. 200 IM — Stang, ST, 2:19.88. 50 free — Uy, ST, :26.34. Diving — Jacqueline Blackmore, SC, 197.35. 100 fly — Semon, SC, 1:04.72. 100 free — Bonato, SC, :58.05. 500 free — Iverson, ST, 6:22.28. 200 free relay — Stanwood 1:48.18. 100 back — Stang, ST, 1:05.28. 100 breast — Uy, ST, 1:16.44. 400 free relay — Shorecrest (Semon, Strathy, Brittney Hahn, Bonato) 4:05.61. Record — Shorecrest 1-1.

Marysville-Pilchuck 95, Shorewood 91

200 medley relay — Marysville-Pilchuck 1:57.71. 200 free — Dana Michaels, SW, 1:56.88*. 200 IM — Schaufler, MP, 2:18.34. 50 free — Taylor, MP, :25.10. Diving — Eastman, MP, 210.50. 100 fly — Michaels, SW, :59.73. 100 free — Taylor, MP, :54.27*. 500 free — LeValley, MP, 5:37.13. 200 free relay — Shorewood (Alicia Hoverson, Tyanna Denova, Megan Ransom, Anni Hecker) 1:48.34. 100 back — Annika Stenfjord, SW, 1:04.10. 100 breast — Coleman, MP, 1:12.64. 400 free relay — Marysville-Pilchuck 3:58.45. Record – Shorewood 2-1.

* - State qualifying time

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Zumba Gold class at Senior Center


Carolynne Kast, Zumba Instructor.
A new evening class at Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center starts Tuesday, September 21, 6:30-7:30 pm.

Zumba Gold is based on the popular Latin dance- workout of regular Zumba without all the jumping and twisting--more of a low-impact "Ditch the Workout, Join the Party" concept. Simple dance routines will be done that will use samba, merengue, salsa, chacha, tango and even some Flamenco. Lot's of fun, co-ordination and good cardiovascular. Wear flexible, yet supportive shoes, no rubber soles, and loose, comfortable clothing.

Instructor Carolynne Kast is a certified Zumba Gold instructor. She teaches Gentle and Chair Yoga at Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center. She has also taught tap and is a certified exercise instructor.

Drop in fee $10 per class or purchase a ticket for 6 classes for $50; good for 2 months. Minimum number of students 6

Sign up at the Senior Center, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. You may also call in with your credit card at 206-365-1536 or just come to the Tuesday evening class.

Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center is located at 18560 1st AVE NE #1, Shoreline 98155, 206-365-1536.

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Arts Crush events in October


The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council and the City of Shoreline Present
Arts Crush
During the Month of October
Various Locations in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park

October is “Arts Crush” month throughout the Puget Sound Region and the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council and the City of Shoreline are joining in the festivities. Come engage your senses and explore new and exciting mediums of artistic expression.

Arts Crush is a month-long festival that connects artists and audiences with invigorating new experiences at hundreds of events across the region. More than 200 arts organizations and innumerable artists from all over the Puget Sound have come together as a united arts community to share arts experiences with people of all kinds. For more information visit the ArtsCrush website.

Monday – Friday, October 4- 8
Shoreline Artists in Action
Shoreline City Hall *
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Ever wondered why artists pick certain colors or need so many brushes? Now is your chance to find out. Stop by and view works in the making, ask questions of the artists and experience the unique Gallery at Shoreline City Hall during this five day event. Artists include Amy Pleasant and Marsha Lippert. Please visit the ArtsCrush website for more information.

Friday, October 8
Culmination of Combinations Exhibit
The Gallery at Towne Centre **
4-6 p.m.
The Gallery at Towne Centre will be presenting a closing reception for this extraordinary exhibit featuring the works of Jennifer Nerad and Hye Young Kim, two exciting Seattle-based mixed media artists who use paint and fiber to create emotional and social statements.

Wednesday, October 20
Reader’s Theater at Shoreline City Hall *
7 p.m.
Join us for a live reading of The Days of Wakefield’s Bar by George Savage and George Savage Jr.
The Days at Wakefield's Bar takes us into the lives of real cowboys, their relationships with each other and the women who love them.
Appropriate for ages 14+

Saturday, October 30th
Clogging - A True American Folk Dance
Featuring the Emerald City Cloggers
Cromwell Park in Shoreline ***
10:00 a.m.
Experience the thrill of clogging -- a true American folk dance! Emerald City Cloggers will perform various routines showcasing this fun form of dance. A short introductory session will be conducted for those wanting to give clog dancing a whirl. RSVP Requested, but Drop-Ins Welcome! Please call 383-4880 to make reservations.
Appropriate for ages 10+


* Shoreline City Hall is located at 17500 Midvale Ave. N, Shoreline, WA 98133. For more information please contact the Arts Council at 206-417-4645 or Ros Bird, City of Shoreline Public Art Coordinator.

** The Gallery at Towne Centre is open Tuesday through Saturday 12-5 and is located on the lower level of the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre. The address is 17171 Bothell Way NE, Suite A-141, Lake Forest Park, WA 98133. For information on the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council call 206-417-4645, see the website or e-mail.

*** Cromwell Park is located at 18030 Meridian Ave N. Shoreline, WA 98155

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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Sustainable Shoreline Meeting, Friday September 24


The Sustainable Shoreline Education Association meeting on Friday September 24 at 7:00 pm, will focus on "Indicators of Shoreline Sustainability" and an update on other SSEA projects. 

The meeting will be held at 14555 25th Ave NE, Shoreline 98155, First Christian Reformed Church, Room 210.

Agenda:
1. Results of survey on prioritization of Shoreline Sustainability
  • What indicator data do we have?
  • What indicator data do we need?
  • How to get indicator data?
2. Updates on the Community Wildlife Habitat Project, Ronald Bog and Brugers's Bog Restorations, Shoreline Community Gardens, and Tool Library

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Gardening with Jennifer: Xeriscaping

Saturday, September 18, 2010



By Jennifer Rotermund

It is September and our beautiful Northwest Summer we all waited so long for now feels like it has already passed us by. It is as if sometime in August we fell victim to an old cliche as we blinked and, just like that, missed Summer. If any of you were like me, though, during that blink that was the sudden heat and drought of August, you were taken off guard by the lack of rain and scrambled to irrigate your gardens and lawns. Perhaps knowing that our droughts are usually short-lived, you gave your gardens every drop of water they could take - after all there were no water shortages declared this year! - and now you’re dreading the arrival of your water bill? 
 
Some of you (and I know you’re out there) have already stepped off the August - and hopefully late September/early October Indian Summer - irrigation hamster wheel and have created for yourself the elusive promised land of the “low-maintenance” garden. Xeriscaping (pronounced “zeer-i-scape-ing”) means landscaping with drought-tolerant plants and in a way that uses less water and requires a lot less maintenance. Xeriscaping can be as simple as replacing those water needy plants with drought tolerant plants or as radical as replacing your lawn with a dry creek bed of river rock surrounded by native plants and wood chip mulch that creates the look of our local forests right in your own backyard. You’ll have to water the new plants for the first season, in order to get them established, and you’ll still have to pull some weeds from time to time, but mostly you’ll spend your time sitting back and enjoying your landscape’s natural beauty.

For an added bonus, a number of drought tolerant plants are also edible! Have you ever walked through a wooded park or local forest in the summer grazing on Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Oregon Grape or Evergreen Huckleberry? I have a friend who gathers a little Wild Ginger, when out on fishing trips, to season her day’s catch over an evening camp fire. Or consider the herbs we have inherited from dry climates around the world like, Rosemary, Lavender and Thyme. All of these plants and more are drought-tolerant, require very little maintenance, and could find a happy home in your garden. They even provide important food and habitat for our local wildlife.

If you’re ready to give Xeriscaping a try, I recommend you start by checking out Go Natives! - a Shoreline-based business that sells a wonderful variety of native plants - and attend one of their next sales. Also, visit our local Cromwell Park to see Xeriscaping in action. Then, take Xeriscaping to its highest form, by purchasing and installing your new drought-tolerant plants in the Fall or Spring when our rainy season will do the initial irrigation work for you!

Jennifer Rotermund is the Lead Gardener for Garden of Weedin’ (a local pesticide-free garden maintenance company), owner of Gaiaceous Gardens (an urban vegetable and herb farm and certified wildlife habitat in Shoreline) and a Habitat Steward.

Photos by Jennifer Rotermund

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Echo Lake teacher honored as Hero in the Classroom


Kathryn Pihl, center, with Echo Lake principals Mary Koontz and Paul Shanahan.  Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools.
 Kathryn Pihl, first grade teacher at Echo Lake Elementary, is the first Shoreline School District recipient of the Heroes in the Classroom program sponsored by the Seattle Seahawks and Symetra Financial.

Symetra Heroes in the Classroom is a community program that recognizes Shoreline, Renton and Seattle teachers for outstanding leadership and instructional skills during the Seattle Seahawks season.

Pihl was honored by Symetra and the Seahawks at a special assembly at Echo Lake on September 10 and was recognized during the Seahawks opening home game on September 12. She received a team jersey; two tickets to the Seahawks game and on-field passes; and a $350 Office Max gift card for classroom supplies.

Pihl was nominated by an Echo Lake parent who wrote in part: "Her amazing ability to make all kids comfortable and enjoy school is rare and very much appreciated by her students and their parents. She is the type of teacher I wish I would have had when I was in school."

Twenty-four teachers from the three districts will be selected and honored in their classrooms and on the field during Seahawks home games this season.

In addition, Symetra and the Seahawks will make a $10,000 donation to three participating schools following the 2010 season. Funds will be designated to support a specific student achievement program at each school.

Nominations of teachers can be made at the Seattle Seahawks/Symetra Heroes in the Classroom Web site.

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$1 clothing sale at Senior Center Thrift Shop

Clothing sale - every item $1.

Men's, women’s and kid's > shirts, pants, jackets, coats, nightwear. All in very good condition. Just clothes – no shoes, purses, hats, jewelery – so how about a snazzy new raincoat?

Now through October 1 at the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center Thrift Store, 185th and 1st NE, open 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday. Not just for seniors!

Proceeds go towards Senior Center services and activities.

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Needed: 35mm SLR cameras for Shorecrest photography classes

Vitivar

Pentex


Canon Rebel

Shorecrest High School’s Photography classes are in need of donated 35mm SLR cameras, working or not. Yes, classes in black and white film photography (with darkroom developing) are still offered, but as technology takes over, fewer and fewer students have access to these cameras. 


Tax deduction for your donation is a possibility. Contact teacher Brian Story if you have one of these relics in your attic that you would be willing to pass along to eager students. 
Konica
Minolta
Olympus
All cameras pictured are for sale at Amazon.com.  The class welcomes any kind of 35mm SLR camera, not just those pictured.

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Shoreline has five National Merit Semifinalists

Photo of Shorewood 2011 National Merit Semifinalists with Principal Bill Dunbar
From left to right: Jessica Van Horne, Nate Matthews, Principal Bill Dunbar, Tori Lewis, Matt Delaney. Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools
Five Shoreline School District seniors have qualified as National Merit Semifinalists: Alec Wagner from Shorecrest High School, and Matt Delaney, Tori Lewis, Nate Matthews and Jessica Van Horne from Shorewood High School.

These students have the opportunity to compete for Merit Scholarship awards by qualifying as a National Merit Finalist. About 16,000 seniors nationwide will be competing for some 8,200 Merit Scholarships.

More than 1.4 million juniors in nearly 21,000 high schools entered the 2011 National Merit Program by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

To become a Finalist, a Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

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Live telecasts set for Shorecrest, Shorewood teams this fall


The Live Video Production class from Shorecrest and Shorewood will telecast several athletic events this fall. 

The telecasts appear on the Shoreline School District Education Access Channel 26 or 36, depending on which cable provider you subscribe to.

The live telecasts begin at 7 pm, with Frank Workman calling the play by play, and are repeated at the same time the following week on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

The schedule:
September 24, Friday, football: Shorecrest vs. Shorewood
October 8, Friday, football: Shorecrest homecoming vs. Lynnwood
October 15, Friday, football: Shorewood homecoming vs. Mountlake Terrace
October 21, Thursday, soccer: Shorecrest vs. Shorewood girls
October 25, Monday, soccer: Shorecrest girls vs. Glacier Peak

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Pallets for Tent City #3



Tent City #3. Photo by Patty Price
According to Patty Price, volunteer advocate for Tent City, all the living surfaces at Tent City #3 are on pallets covered with painted plywood.
The Tent City lay-out planner, Roger, says they are always in need of these two items - could use a 1,000 pallets!
Currently, a company in Woodinville has donated some pallets. Tent City needs volunteers with pick-ups to get the pallets and bring them to the Shoreline location this week, before Tent City #3 moves to Capital Hill in Seattle. Contact Patty at 206-546-6717 if you can help.

Photo by Patty Price: Randy (in blue) from Dunn Lumber and TC helper, Michael, with sheets of plywood.
To be usable, the pallets are covered with sheets of painted plywood. Dunn Lumber on N 185th Street by Aurora was asked if they could help and they immediately agreed to donate the plywood, which they cut to easier handling size and loaded it to be taken to the needed location.

A stop at Tweedy and Popp Ace Hardware on NW 185th in Richmond Highlands found more willing help with paint rollers to paint the boards.
"That's what's nice about living in Shoreline!" said Patty.
At the site, several helped to get them ready for painting and later use under the tents and community areas.

Organizing the boards at Tent City 3 with Roger in the lead.  Photo by Patty Price.
Patty Price is a volunteer at the Senior Center Thrift Shop who discovered Tent City #3 when she helped take donated clothing from the Thrift Shop to the TC residents.  She has been an ardent supporter ever since.

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Letter to the Editor: the Shoreline School District has taken over the Shoreline Historical Museum


To the Editor:

Just like a school yard bully the Shoreline School District has taken over the Shoreline Historical Museum. Why? Because they can. How is that possible? Because they are getting away with it. They propagandized residents into believing that all was going well, all was for the best. In retrospect they have deceived the public, not to mention the Museum, at every turn.

The public has a tradition of trusting the SSD to do the right thing. It's so American, so apple pie. In this case, however, the SSD does not have the best interests of the public (or their children) at heart. Instead they will selfishly and arrogantly be spending millions of dollars to incorporate the empty shell of a once meaningfully functional historical building into the modern design of a high school which has become a monument to egos gone off track.

Not only will they be spending millions of dollars to destroy a thing of great value to us, but they are losing for the City a future source of income in the form of tourism. We have cultural, environmental, and historical assets we can and will some day share with visitors. The actions of the SSD have made certain that the Museum will never be a part of this source of pride and financial boon. Their plan instead is to gut the landmarked one hundred year old Ronald School House and send the Museum Board, the Director, the displays and the archives packing and off to an indefinite future in an as yet undetermined location. And there was absolutely no reason why this needed to be done. What a waste!

Vicki Westberg
Shoreline

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Ivy OUT at Grace Cole on Friday, September 24


The Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation will hold an Ivy OUT Work Party at the Grace Cole Nature Park on Friday, September 24, from 10 am to 2 pm.

Some tools will be provided, but bring your own favorites. The work on Ivy is largely done with the hands. Dress for the weather and expect to be working on on high ground. Lunch will be provided. Bring a refillable water bottle to reduce waste.

Grace Cole Nature Park is located at 30th Ave NE and NE 165th Street. Go south on 28th from NE 178th in Lake Forest Park and drive about 1/2 mile until just before the road turns. Grace Cole Nature Park is on your right.

These work parties are a collaborative effort between the Stewardship Foundation and the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed.

Call 206-364-4410 for more information.

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Shoreline Caucus meeting Tuesday, September 21


The community is welcome to join the Shoreline Caucus next Tuesday evening for a presentation by Shahram Hadian, Primary candidate in the 44th Legislative District and, and Kerry Hooks, Act! for America.

Shahram was born in Iran and, now an American citizen, serves as pastor of Christ the King Community Church in Lynnwood. Act! for America was founded by Brigitte Gabrielle, a noted national speaker, and together Shahram and Kerry will give us a compelling presentation on the real and very long-term danger of radical Islam – that of using our own legislators and laws to move our country to resemble England, France, the Netherlands, and other countries where Islamic law plays a strong and increasing role in those countries’ governance.

Their message is clear – with the election approaching, we must elect legislators who respect all individuals and faiths, but who clearly see the long-term danger posed by Islam, and who are willing to stand up to political correctness and work for the Founders’ vision of America.

Tuesday evening, September 21
6:30 pm (refreshments), 7:00 pm program
Innis Arden Clubhouse
1430 NW 188th St
Shoreline 98177

RSVPs helpful but not required.

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Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Plant of the Month – Pére David’s Maple

Friday, September 17, 2010


Acer davidii.  Photo by Sarah Baker.

By Sarah Baker, Garden Director

Pére David’s maple (Acer davidii), also known as a stripebark or snakebark maple, is appreciated at the Garden for its golden fall color. With alternating green and white stripes, the plant’s eye-catching bark is its other notable feature. Acer davidii belongs to a group of maples collectively referred to as snakebark maples that are characterized by their striped bark in varying shades of green, light pink, white and brown.

This Chinese native was named for Pére Armand David, a French Catholic priest sent to China in the 1860’s. Though he went as a missionary, he also began to collect specimens for the natural history museum in Paris and brought numerous Chinese plants and animals to the attention of western science. He has other plants named for him as well, including the Chinese white pine (Pinus armandii) and dove tree (Davidia involucrata).

Pere David’s maple grows well in our climate. It prefers full to partial sun and tolerates various soil types. It is fast growing when young, slowing as it reaches its ultimate height of 30-50 feet. Plant it where the bark can be appreciated up close, and where the plant’s pendulous seed clusters can be viewed higher in the tree. Acer davidii shares space at the Garden with two other snakebark maple species. They readily hybridize, producing seedlings that are often a mysterious mix of parentage.

Want to learn more about maples? Join our Maples Tour at the Garden on September 23. See the Kruckeberg website for more information.


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Seed Collecting and Cleaning class at Kruckeberg Saturday


The Kruckeberg Botanic Garden still has a few spaces available for Saturday's seed collecting and cleaning class:

Seed Collecting and Cleaning: Sept. 18: 1–3 pm

Learn the basics of harvesting seeds from your own garden or the wild. Includes hands-on seed collecting, examples of seed cleaning and storage techniques, and information about sowing the seeds you collect. Workshop is $35, plus $5 supply fee. KBGF Members get a discount.

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SPU Students start new school year volunteering in Shoreline

Nearly 800 freshmen and transfer students at Seattle Pacific University will experience their first day of college off campus fixing up houses, removing graffiti, cleaning up parks, and countless other projects throughout the Seattle area.

This annual community service orientation called “CityQuest” is one way students live out the SPU mission of “engaging the culture and changing the world.”

On Saturday, September 25, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm, SPU students and staff will be at:
  • Food Lifeline at 1702 NE 150th St. They may be labeling canned goods, repacking 1500 pound totes of frozen vegetables, or sorting and inspecting donated food products.
  • World Concern at 19303 Fremont Ave N. They will write thank you cards for donors, and may also assist with sorting and packaging of Gift In Kind inventory (clothes, medical supplies, etc).
CityQuest brings together students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni to work in more than 30 different community service projects throughout Seattle.

For more information on Seattle Pacific University's CityQuest in your neighborhood, call 206-281-2977.


Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University is a premier Christian university that equips people to engage the culture and change the world. Its comprehensive academic program serves 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Known for both their competence and character, SPU graduates are bringing about positive change in communities around the globe.

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Remembering summer: field dedication at Highland Terrace

Photo by Frank Kleyn
Back when the sun was shining and kids could play outside, Highland Terrace Elementary School celebrated the re-opening of their playfields with a ribbon-cutting and a joyous rush of kids onto the fields. 

The HT fields, along with Syre, and Lake Forest Park, were upgraded as one of the final projects from the 2006 capital projects bond and dedicated on August 30 and September 1. 
Photo by Frank Kleyn: School board member Debi Ehrlichman, Highland Terrace Principal Mike van Orden, and Superintendent Sue Walker cut the ribbon.


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Constantine completes tour of King County’s 39 cities and towns


Dow Constantine
When King County Executive Dow Constantine visited the town of Skykomish on September 14, it completed his schedule of visits to each of the County’s 39 incorporated cities and towns.

“There’s simply no substitute for being there when it comes to getting a feel for a community, its people, and its issues,” said Constantine. “I met every mayor in King County on their own turf and let them set the agenda for our discussion.”

His first visit was to the four Valley cities of Duvall, Carnation, North Bend, and Snoqualmie on February 17. From then on, Constantine averaged more than five city visits per month. He was accompanied on most of the visits by Regional Relations Manager De’Sean Quinn.

Each visit included a sit-down discussion with the mayor and other city officials, and many included driving or walking tours of local sites and meetings with business and community leaders. One of the more memorable driving tours was piloted by Algona Mayor Dave Hill in his own antique car. Constantine also completed at least a half-dozen walking tours.

His shortest trip was the two blocks he walked from his office in the County’s Chinook Building to Seattle City Hall to address a morning meeting of the Seattle City Council. By contrast, Skykomish (population 210) is a 69-mile journey from the county seat.
“Each city is unique, and this tour provided me with a great opportunity to see the diversity and local character of King County,” said Constantine. “It was an amazing experience. Even as someone who has lived here his whole life, there is plenty new to learn and see.”

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Iron Brothers Construction team to walk in Seattle AIDS Walk

On Saturday, September 25 Joseph and Melissa Irons, along with the Irons Brothers Construction staff, friends, family, and colleagues, will participate in this years 24th annual Seattle AIDS Walk in Seattle's Volunteer Park.

For over 5 years Irons Brothers Construction has been walking in this local fundraising event to raise money, support, and awareness for the work Lifelong AIDS Alliance does to care, treat, and support those living with HIV/AIDS in our local community.

If you would like to support them by making a pledge, go to their webpage.


Since 1983, Lifelong AIDS Alliance has been providing our local HIV/AIDS residents with vital resources and programs. They provide care, prevent new infections, advocate for change, and create community for those living with HIV/AIDS in our local area.

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Evan Smith: Feeling betrayed on the loss of the Museum at Ronald School

COMMENTARY/Evan Smith

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

I was one of the 426 voters who provided the margin that the Shoreline School bond issue needed to exceed the required 60 percent for passage.

A few weeks before the February election, I was prepared to vote against the school-construction bond issue because building the new Shorewood High School meant moving the Shoreline Historical Museum from the 98-year-old Ronald School building that it has occupied for 35 years.

Then, in late January, the School District and the Museum board announced the now-famous “agreement in principle.” under which the School District would give the Museum clear title to the building in exchange for the Museum’s moving the building to an adjacent site and dropping its opposition to the bond.

The deal seemed impractical, particularly moving the old stone building, even if it was just across a parking lot, and it seemed to favor the School District, which could build the new high school without having to keep the historic façade of the Ronald building.

Yet, many of us dropped our skepticism when we saw people from both sides celebrating the agreement. People who rarely agreed on anything were joining to promote the bond issue.

Now, we see that it was a sham agreement between a cynical School District and a gullible Museum board, both of whom should have known that there was a possibility that someone else would buy the land to which the building was to be moved.

There’s a tendency to accuse the School District of a land grab, but the District probably knows that the School will be harder to design and build around the Ronald building than it would have been with the building gone.

The Museum board has never been very adept at asserting its position. When the Museum needed space to add an elevator to make it accessible to the handicapped, it gave the School District the right to buy the building for a nominal payment.

I need to take some responsibility. If we cripples hadn’t been so assertive in the 1990s, organizations like the Museum wouldn’t have felt the need to add elevators. In retrospect, I would give up my right to use the Museum in exchange for its being available to my children.

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Piano Concert at The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore

Grand piano at Church of the Redeemer
The community is invited for a concert of short pieces, featuring soloists mezzo-soprano Victoria Chausee, baritone Glenn Guhr, soprano Jeananne Houston, pianist Kristina Przyjemksi, trumpeter Judson Scott, mezzo-soprano Julia West, and cellist Nathan Whittaker. The program will showcase Redeemer's grand piano.

The musical event will take place on Saturday, September 25, 7:30 pm, at The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 6211 NE 182nd Street, Kenmore 98028. For more information, email or call 425-486-3777.

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Shorewood takes 3-1 soccer record into Saturday home game with Kamiak


The Shorewood girls’ soccer team takes a 3-1 record into a Saturday home game against Kamiak.

Kamiak leads the Wesco 4A South Division with a 3-0 record (3-0-1 overall). Shorewood is tied for second in the Wesco 3A with a 3-0 division record, behind Shorecrest’s 4-0 record.
      
The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Shoreline Stadium.

Through the first four games, Jennifer Franklin leads Shorewood with two goals, Lisa Echert has one goal and two assists, Kelsey Johnson has one goal and one assist, and Lisa Sabtrich and Bailey Wilson each have one goal, Goal tenders Kelsey Jang and Karlie Leclair have recorded shutouts.
Wesco 3A Standings

Conference
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Points

W
L
T
Points

Shorecrest
4
0
0
12

4
1
0
12

Glacier Peak
3
0
0
9

3
0
1
10

Shorewood
3
0
0
9

3
1
0
9

Everett
1
1
0
3

2
1
1
7

Meadowdale
1
3
0
3

2
3
0
6

Oak Harbor
0
2
0
0

1
3
0
3

Mountlake Terrace
0
3
0
0

0
4
0
0

Lynnwood
0
3
0
0

0
4
0
0

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