Readers' Theatre Monday, April 25

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council’s Readers’ Theater Presents:

Comedy/Tragedy Night: Two One Act Plays
Kafka's Getting Married
Flame in the Mirror
by John Ruoff
Monday, April 25, 2011, 7 pm

Comedy/Tragedy Night is presented by playwright John Ruoff, one of the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council’s Readers’ Theater’s talented readers. Ruoff has mixed comedy, tragedy, reality, and philosophy to create a pair of one-acts that will challenge the audience to listen and think as the readers present their interpretation of the playwright’s vision of life through a host of unusual characters, like Kafka in a graveyard conversing with giant rats. 

Join us Monday, March April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Ballinger Room at Shoreline Center for this night of contrasting plays. There is no admission charge.

Readers’ Theater productions are presented by a talented group of readers who are selected to work with the new play’s program. The reading will be followed by cookies, coffee, and a discussion with the cast, playwright and audience.

More on Playwright John Ruoff:
John Ruoff was lead singer and trumpet player for Pocket Change, a local band for ten years. John was head comedy writer for The Tricano DeSales talk show in Seattle and worked with Theater Sports improvisational troupe in the 1980’s. In 1985 John founded the Midnight Mystery Theater and Rain City Players radio comedy companies as head writer, performing 127 characters to the present day. John has had ten plays and a musical produced and has been acting at Theater Puget Sound and the former NW Actor’s Studio since 2005.

The Shoreline Center is located at 18560 1st Ave. NE, 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. For information on this and other Arts Council programs please visit the web page or call us at 206-417-4645.

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Rep. Ryu's Innovation Partnership Zones bill signed into law

Rep. Ryu receives a pen used to sign her first bill into law by Gov. Gregoire.

On Friday, April 15, 2011, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the first state law authored by Rep. Cindy Ryu. The law creates a new economic development tool that enables communities to invest in cutting edge research and job opportunities.

Ryu’s measure, House Bill 1937, allows communities to use Local Improvement District funding to finance local research laboratories, training centers, and other key facilities that are built in Innovation Partnership Zones.

“I’m proud that my first law focuses on a new way to help communities create jobs and business opportunities,” said Ryu (D-Shoreline). “All of our goals for our state depend on how quickly we can recover our prosperity.”

Innovation Partnership Zones, or IPZs, were created in 2007 to fuel public-private partnerships that are tailored to local skills and resources. The Walla Walla IPZ, for example, focuses on viticulture and winemaking, while Seattle’s South Lake Union Global Health Innovation Partnership Zone has created an estimated 1,505 jobs tied to medicine and biology.

Twelve IPZs are currently operating in Washington.

The problem is that state funding for IPZs has plummeted due to the budget crisis, falling from $5 million in 2007 to $1.5 million in 2009. The 2011-13 budgets proposed by Gov. Gregoire and the House do not include funding for IPZs, and the Senate is proposing only $350,000.

The Washington Economic Development Council concluded in November 2010 that IPZ's “can play an important role in the state’s economic recovery” but to fulfill their potential needed greater access to capital, including new “local financing tools.” Ryu’s law addresses that need.

Sen. Maralyn Chase (D-Edmonds), who worked with Ryu to create a local financing option for IPZs, hailed the opportunities created by the new law.

“It is critical that we continue to invest in our economy, and HB 1937 allows local communities to invest in new technology and jobs in their areas,” Chase said.

Communities use Local Improvement Districts (LIDs) to finance a variety of public improvements, often through assessments on property that is specially benefited by the improvement. But until now they could not be used for the economic development purposes outlined in the new law.

Ryu emphasized that her bill creates options, not mandates, and makes no changes to the public protections that communities must respect when creating LIDs.

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Doug’s Northwest Cadillac honored by Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Club

Pictured:
  • Pete Rigby – Director of Therapies, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center
  • Mary Filipovic – Nursing Supervisor, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center
  • Mark Ikegami – General Manager, Doug’s Northwest Cadillac
  • James Abbott – President, Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Club
  • Garry Schriefer – Service Manager, Doug’s Northwest Cadillac
  • Bill Dunbar – Vocational Services Chair, Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Club

On April 13, 2011, the Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Club awarded its Business of the Year Award to Doug’s Northwest Cadillac for its exemplary contributions to the community.

During the December 2008 ice storms that paralyzed most of Seattle, Mark Ikegami, Marilyn Greenberg and the rest of the staff at Doug’s stepped up and provided transportation to Northwest Hospital patients and staff who would otherwise have been stuck in the hospital. They cheerfully reprised that incredible feat each time they were called upon since then. In fact, Doug’s Cadillac is now included in Northwest Hospital’s disaster plan as a resource for transportation support.

If a hospital cannot discharge patients who are ready to go home in a timely fashion, it can lead to the hospital not being to take in patients needing to be admitted. It is also critically important for a hospital to refresh staff. The ice storms of December 2008 severely affected Northwest Hospital’s ability to discharge patients and rotate staff.

Outside of the box thinking led to a call to Doug’s Northwest Cadillac and Hummer. Mark and his team didn’t hesitate – they immediately sprung into action and rounded up drivers and vehicles to transport patients and staff. Working long hours and on treacherous roads in neighborhoods as diverse as – West Seattle, Magnolia, Queen Ann, and Richmond Beach to name a few – the team kept hospital beds open and refreshed staff. 

Mary Filipovic, Nurse Supervisor at Northwest Hospital, marveled that Doug’s Cadillac even “refused to accept reimbursement for gasoline expenses.”

For service above self, Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Club was pleased to recognize Doug’s Northwest Cadillac dealership with its Business of the Year Award.

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Bachelor's degree to be offered at Shoreline CC in a collaboration with City University

City University of Seattle and Shoreline Community College (Shoreline) will host a kick-off event at Shoreline’s campus from 12 to 1:30 pm on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in the PUB, room 9201 to unveil an undergraduate program especially designed for Shoreline students to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Management. 

This groundbreaking academic partnership is the first joint agreement for the community college and allows students the opportunity to earn a four-year degree without leaving Shoreline.

This special event will feature honored guests King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson, notable Shoreline community and school board officials along with Shoreline President Lee Lambert and CityU of Seattle President Lee Gorsuch. University representatives will be available to answer student questions and distribute information about the program, which is a part of CityU’s School of Management.

Starting this fall, the Bachelor of Arts in Management program will be taught on the Shoreline campus by CityU faculty — experts who work in the subjects they teach. Students preparing for the program can chart their own future by receiving dual admission to both Shoreline and CityU. Students start with Shoreline classes, then seamlessly transfer up to 90 credits from Shoreline or another community/technical college for use toward their bachelor’s degree. For more program information, visit the CityU SCC website.

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Shoreline family featured in Seattle Times story about new limits to Medicaid

A Shoreline family is featured in a front-page story in The Seattle Times. Karen and Bruce Smith are long-time foster parents, who specialize in medically fragile children. They have biological children, adopted children, and foster children, and are leaders in the loose alliance of foster care families in the area.

The story is about the state budget cuts to Medicaid, emergency room visits, and the potential for harm for children currently covered by Medicaid.

The story by reporter Carol Ostrom "Doctors: State plan to limit Medicaid ER trips risks lives" tells how a list created by a researcher who intended to "help officials find out where patients have trouble accessing primary care and help figure out if particular programs work well" will be used to limit conditions that would be covered under Medicaid.

"The state's plan to cut Medicaid would limit visits for potentially serious conditions such as breathing trouble and more.

Medicaid officials say the vast majority of Medicaid patients visit an ER — for any reason — no more than twice a year. Only about 2 percent — mostly adults — visit four or more times.

Some of Karen Smith's children have been in that 2 percent.

She and her husband, Bruce, residents of Shoreline, have had a lot of children — biological, adopted and fostered, including "medically fragile" kids. Medicaid covers foster children and those adopted later.

As her children were growing up, Smith said, she often couldn't tell what was an emergency and what could wait.

And she's a nurse.

"This is scary for me," Smith said. "I can't imagine how it's going to be for parents who have no medical background to decide, 'Is my child sick enough to go to the emergency room?' "

Taiana, her first adopted child, was born with sickle-cell anemia — an excluded condition on the list but one that could qualify as an exception.

For sickle-cell crises, including two strokes, Taiana was treated in the ER 21 times by age 2 — often at night.

"You have nowhere else to go," Smith said. "They need to open up 24-hour walk-in clinics. That's where they have to find a way to fill in the gap, if they're going to cut down on the ER visits.""


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Breakfast on Thursday, May 5 to benefit the Senior Center

Guests at 2010 Breakfast
The Annual Fundraising Breakfast for the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center will be held on Thursday morning, May 5, 2011, in the Senior Center dining room, 18560 1st Ave NE, southernmost building. For more information email or phone 206-365-1536.

Suggested donation of $45 per person or $360 for a table of eight. RSVPs to the Senior Center are requested by April 22.

If unable to attend, donations may be taken or mailed to the Senior Center. Donations are deductible to the full extent allowed.

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Captain Smartypants and Sensible Shoes in concert Friday, April 29

Captain Smartypants
Captain Smartypants and Sensible Shoes in concert, Friday, April 29, 8 pm, at the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church (EUUC), 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds WA 98026.

Captain Smartypants and Sensible Shoes are premier vocal ensembles of the Seattle Men's and Women's Choruses. Their tight harmonies, intricate arrangements and mix of music, both beautiful and humorous, will create a memorable evening for all.

Captain Smartypants has performed all over the Pacific northwest and beyond, thrilling, delighting, and alarming audiences from Washington DC to San Francisco.

Sensible Shoes
Sensible Shoes, an ensemble of Seattle Women's Chorus, is a pop and vocal jazz group in the tradition of groups like Zipper and Emerald City Volunteers. This group of women balance great vocal delivery with fun, innovative staging.

Both of these groups have sold out shows throughout the Seattle area. Tickets are $20, $15 youth. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets or 1-800-838-3006. Event 117447.

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What if everyone had a garage sale the same day?

Sunday, April 17, 2011

A bargain-hunter's paradise is planned for Saturday, June 4, 2011, from 9am to 4 pm in three east-side Shoreline neighborhoods.

Ridgecrest, Briarcrest, and North City neighborhood associations are encouraging residents in those three neighborhoods to hold a garage or yard sale that day.

The neighborhood planners will provide the publicity, including maps to sale locations for shoppers.

There is precedence. The Richmond Beach neighborhood has done a garage sale day successfully for many years. Ridgecrest did their first neighborhood-wide sale last year, signed up 30 households, and brought hundreds of shoppers in. This year, with three neighborhoods, they expect to triple the number.

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Garage Sale map: Ridgecrest, Briarcrest, North City

The map shows the areas of three Shoreline neighborhoods:  North City, Ridgecrest, and Briarcrest.  

The three neighborhoods are planning a garage sale day on Saturday, June 4, 2011 and encouraging everyone who lives in these neighborhoods to have a private garage sale on that day.  They have provided some Tips for a successful sale, and will do the publicity.

North City in dark green, Briarcrest in turquoise, Ridgecrest in medium green. Fircrest is state land.

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Tips for a successful garage sale

From the Ridgecrest Neighborhood, which is planning a three-neighborhood garage sale on Saturday, June 4 and would like to have everyone in Ridgecrest, Briarcrest, and North City participate (and have everyone in the Shoreline Lake Forest Park area come to shop and buy).

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Quick-Start Shoreline Business Workshop Tuesday, April 19 at noon

The Tuesday Quick-Start Shoreline Business Workshop for start-up, existing or potential business owners will be held on April 19 from 12 noon to 1:30 pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. The sessions are free and open to the public; feel free to bring a brown bag lunch or a snack.

Title: Qualifying yourself or your business for a loan. 
Learn tips and tricks from Janet Silvers from Alaska USA Mortgage Company.

Janet Silvers
Janet is an experienced loan officer who's been helping clients with residential loans for 12 years. 

Her philosophy is to listen to clients' needs, ask questions, and find a home loan solution that fulfills their goals. She has built her reputation on being a trustworthy resource for clients on their path to homeownership.

Janet strives to create quality relationships with her clients and has been doing so since the beginning of her career in the mortgage industry. 

Having 90 percent of her business coming from referrals, it's clear that she believes in providing exceptional service.

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Poem: A Lot to live for: a life in service to others

Bob Barta is a well-known volunteer who does, indeed, live his life in service to others.

“A Lot To Live For: A Life In Service To Others” ©2009 by Robert J. Barta

Hello Mr. farmer,
there you go tilling your fields to and fro,

Day by day and year after year you have patiently
endured the strain of the Sun, the wind and the rain,
so that others could benefit from the fruits of your grains.

Would you please explain to me Mr. farmer, what is the redeeming value
of the strain you patiently endured from the sun, the wind, and the rain?

Come sit and listen said he.

As the years have gone by, I have come to realize that neither money, social status,
nor the honors bestowed upon me, defined me or fulfilled me, it was the day-by-day
joy and pride I experienced in being of service to others.

Said he, my friend, I urge you to go through each day with this question in mind:
Just for today, just for right now, how can I serve and whom can I serve?
In addition, be aware in what way do they wish to be served?

Each day as you retire, think about and experience the joy and the pride in the special
ways that you have been of service to others; in turn, think about how others are
serving you and graciously be thankful to them at every opportunity.

In addition, the truth is, life and living is not about what others can do for you,
life and living is about the redeeming value of service to others.

And now you know why, day by day, and year after year, I have patiently
endured the heat of the sun, the bite of the wind, and the chill of the rain.

As he went on his way said I, thank you Mr. farmer for
explaining to me that the redeeming value of enduring our
day-by-day stresses and strains lead to joy
and pride as we live our life in service to others.

A life in service to others nurtures courage,
sustains hope, maintains pride and belief in oneself.
Indeed we have a lot to live for
when we live our lives in service to others.

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“The best way to know who you are and what you are is to/
lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi

“ I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know,
the only ones who will be really happy are
those who have sought and found how to serve.” -Albert Schweitzer.

“What we do for ourselves dies with us.
What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal”. Albert Pine. 1851

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Evan Smith: Kagi calls proposed House budget ‘ugly’

Rep. Ruth Kagi D-32
By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

State Rep. Ruth Kagi, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, calls the committee’s proposed budget “ugly.”

Kagi said Monday, April 11, that the budget includes steep cuts to higher education, the basic health plan and the disability lifeline and relies on suspending citizen-approved initiatives on reduced class sizes and pay raises for teachers.

But, she said, she is happy that the committee preserved support for basic education without cutting days from the school year.

Kagi said the proposal would keep a reduced health plan and disability lifeline. Before the legislative session, Gov. Christine Gregoire had proposed eliminating both programs.

Instead, Kagi said, the proposal simply reduces the number of people on basic health and the number of hours of help that people on disability lifeline would get.

Kagi said that Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ed Murray had told her that the Senate budget would be little different from the House budget. The biggest difference, Kagi said, would be that the proposed Senate budget wouldn’t include the House plan to sell the state’s wholesale liquor distribution center.

When the Senate ways and means committee’s budget came out at mid-week it also included a 3 percent pay cut for teachers, while the House plan simply freezes the amount of money for teacher pay.

Democrat Kagi represents Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and the rest of the 32nd Legislative District.

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Echo Lake Neighborhood Association on Tuesday: 911 and the police

Echo Lake Neighborhood Association (ELNA) meeting Tuesday, April 19, 7-9 pm, Shoreline City Hall, Room 301, 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline WA 98133. Free parking in City Garage or in lots on Midvale.

  • What happens when you call 911? 
  • How do you form a block watch? 
  • What would happen if we had an earthquake like Japan's?

Echo Lake Neighbors wondered about these things, so they decided to find out.

Susan Chapin, King County Communications Supervisor, aka 911 Dispatch, will speak at the Tuesday, April 19, 2011 meeting of the Echo Lake Neighborhood Association, and will explain just what happens in the dispatch center.

Continuing the police theme, Officer Greg McKinney of the East Storefront will talk about how to form a block watch with your neighbors. He'll also explain what the services are offered at the Storefront - officially called the Police Neighborhood Center and sometimes called East Precinct.

Rounding up the lineup is Jill Rucker, Shoreline Emergency Preparedness Program Assistant, to talk about the Ready Neighborhood and how to be prepared for disasters.



ELNA is open to all who live or work in the rectangular area bounded by Aurora, 205th, I-5, and 185th. For more information, email or check the website.

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Shorewood victory over Redmond improves Thunderbirds’ baseball record to 10-2

Saturday, April 16, 2011

SW fans enjoy the game but not the weather.  Photo by Wayne Pridemore.

The Shorewood baseball team improved its season record to 10-2 with a home non-league victory over Redmond of the Kingco 4A Conference.

The Thunderbirds return to Wesco 3A play Tuesday, when they take their 6-0 division record into a 4 p.m. game at Mountlake Terrace. Mountlake Terrace plays at Shorewood Wednesday.

Shorewood 7, Redmond 3 at Shorewood, Saturday

Shorewood pitcher, Henry McAree, delivers a fastball.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore.
Shorewood's Cameron Sterne beats out the throw to first base. 
Photo by Wayne Pridemore. 

Shorewood first baseman, Trevor Mitsui, watches the pitch that he hit for a single. 
Photo by Wayne Pridemore.

Connor Mckeever took over in the 6th inning as Shorewood's coach Wyatt Tonkin rotated his pitchers during the game.  Photo by Wayne Pridemore.

Shorewood's Connor Mckeever forces out the runner as he gets ready to relay the throw to first base.  Photo by Wayne Pridemore.
Shorewood pitcher Blake Snell receives high fives as he closed out the 7th inning in Shorewood's 7 to 3 victory.  Photo by Wayne Pridemore.
Battling Highlights:
Redmond
AB
R
H
RBI
2B
3B
HR
SB
Colin McBride
3
2
1



1

Shorewood
AB
R
H
RBI
2B
3B
HR
SB
Duncan Hendrickson
3
2
2

1

1

Pitching:
Redmond
IP
H
R
ER
K
BB
Peter Hendron (L)






Shorewood
IP
H
R
ER
K
BB
Henry McAree (W)




6
 

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Photos: Shorewood soccer vs Mountlake Terrace, Friday April 15

by Wayne Pridemore

Shorewood soccer vs Mountlake Terrace Friday evening April 15, 2011 at Shoreline Stadium. Final score Shorewood 8 Mountlake Terrace 0.

Kelly Price battles two MLT players. Photo by Wayne Pridemore.
Shorewood's Kelly Price, number 2, battles two Mountlake players at midfield for the ball. Jarren Petit, Thunderbird number 4, watches the action.

Hayk Avanesyan heads the ball. Photo by Wayne Pridemore.
Shorewood forward Hayk Avanesyan, number 5, heads the ball to another Thunderbird player. 


Tanner Jones fights for the ball. Photo by Wayne Pridemore.
In second half action Shorewood's Tanner Jones, number 10, fights for the ball.

Conor McKnight brings the ball upfield. Photo by Wayne Pridemore.
Shorewood's Conor McKnight, number 18, brings the ball upfield against a Mountlake defender. 


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Shorewood soccer team to host Meadowdale Monday after 8-0 home victory over Mountlake Terrace Friday

The Shorewood soccer team takes a 7-2 Wesco 3A record (8-3 overall) into a 7 p.m. Monday home game with Meadowdale after defeating Mountlake Terrace 8-0 Friday, April 15.
 
Kelly Price scored two goals for the Thunderbirds Friday, and goalkeeper Simon Asppinal got his fifth shutout of the season with shutout relief from Max Wright,
 
Shorewood 8, Mountlake Terrace 0
At Shorewood, Friday, April 15

Shwo -- Simon Asppinal Shutout
Shwo -- Max Wright Shutout
Shwo -- Kelly Price (Jaren Petit) 17:00
Shwo -- Kelly Price (Hamza Haddadi) 1:00
Shwo -- Tanner Jones (Andreas Gobel) 28:00
Shwo -- Sahil Kahn (Andreas Gobel) 32:00
Shwo -- Hayk Avanesyan (Sahil Kahn) 47:00
Shwo -- Hamza Haddadi (Tanner Jones) 50:00
Shwo -- Andreas Gobel (Tanner Jones) 64:00
Shwo -- Ellis Miyuoka (un) 73:00


Season Totals

Player

Goals
Assists
Points
Sahil Kahn

9
4
22
Hayk Avanesyan

7
3
17
Eugene Holley

4
3
11
Tanner Jones

3
4
10
Kelly Price

4
2
10
Andreas Gobel

2
4
8
Hamza Haddadi

2
1
5
Christian Holmquist

2
1
5
Daniel Yun

2
1
5
Abdul Abdulla

1
1
3
Abdul Abdullah

1
1
3
Conner McKnight

1
1
3
Ellis Miyuoka

1
1
3
Jaren Petit

0
3
3
Colin Wilkins

1
1
3
Simon Asppinal

1
0
2
David Ball

0
1
1
Matt Pettersen

0
1
1
Nick Shriner

0
1
1
Totals

41
34
116


Goal keeper


Shutouts
Simon Asppinal

5

Daniel Nadeaw

1

Max Wright

2
 

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