Sky Nursery: Junior Gardeners grow a real Easter basket - pre registration required

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Sunday, March 25,  2 pm - 3 pm

Junior Gardener Class: Grow a Real Grass Easter Basket

Why have an Easter basket with fake, plastic “grass” when you can grow your own basket of real, living grass? Join us and we’ll help you plant up your very own basket to take home and fill with Easter eggs.

Please register and pay in advance. Cost is $5, cash or check only.

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851

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How to connect with and involve volunteers - free session sponsored by NUHSA


Join NUHSA (North Urban Human Services Alliance) for this free event, the 1st of a 3 part exploration and co-creation of new opportunities for connecting, matching and involving volunteers.

Tuesday, May 1st 3:30-5:00pm
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
14514 20th Ave NE, Shoreline 98155
Refreshments Provided

Come prepared to share ideas, challenges and needs in a World Cafe Conversation. 
Attention Executive Directors, Volunteer Administrators and any paid or volunteer staff who manage volunteers, this event is for you.

Questions: Beth Green  or Tamara Piwen, 206-631-8864



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New Kids - multiple authors of Young Adult books at Third Place Books March 14

Authors Megan Bostic – Never Eighteen; Helen Landalf – Flyaway; Kiki Hamilton – The Faerie Ring; Carole Estby Dagg – The Year We Were Famous; Kathy McCullough – Don’t Expect Magic; Kendare Blake – Anna Dressed in Blood and Alexa Martin – Wonder Girl will appear together at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on Wednesday, March 14.

Activities will include a speed read, QandA and book signing with food and prizes.

Austin Parker won’t live to see his next birthday.

So what DOES he do in NEVER EIGHTEEN?

Northwest author Megan Bostic’s debut YA novel from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Book Group.
Tacoma’s Austin Parker isn’t going back for any more chemotherapy (He’s got to tell his mother) and is never going to see his eighteenth birthday. But Austin has a mission for his final weeks - to help those he loves “fix” their lives: 
“They’re standing still while the world passes them by. They have a future. I want for them what I can’t have for myself.” 
Austin doesn’t have a driver’s license so needs his best friend to drive him to his unannounced visits in her prized possession, a red, 1969 Mustang she bought with “money she made working at the Starbucks in the Lakewood Barnes and Noble.” 
In Tacoma author Megan Bostic’s debut novel, Never Eighteen (Jan. 16, 2012), Austin and Kaylee cruise the Pacific Northwest visiting places Austin loves and taking care of unfinished business ‒ including Austin’s first dinner at the Space Needle, and a kiss he has longed for since third grade. 
Bostic draws on her own experience caring for a family member with cancer to create this realistic account of a teen’s last days as he gently works to change the future. As Kaylee asks near the end of Never Eighteen: 
“Did that turn out the way you wanted it to, Austin?”

Megan Bostic
Megan Bostic was moved to write her first novel in 2002 after closing her child care business in order to provide hospice care for her terminally ill mother-in-law. She lives in Tacoma with her two children and thrives on the challenges she faced on her journey to publication. Megan has recorded her struggles in a humorous, personal video series, Chronicles of an Aspiring Writer,

 She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, The Apocalypsies, The Class of 2k12, and is an avid blogger.

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Lake Forest Park Library March 2012 Events

Lake Forest Park Library March 2012 Events
Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, Suite A-134
17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park 98155
206.362.8860


Children and Families

Pajama Story Times
Thursday, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 7pm
Ages 2 1/2 to 5 with adult.

Toddler Story Times
Wednesday, March 7, 14, 21 and 28, 10am
Ages 24 to 36 months with adult.

Preschool Story Times
Wednesday, March 7, 14, 21 and 28, 11am
Ages 3 to 5 with adult.

More Auntie Lena's African Stories
Saturday, March 24, 3pm
Presented by Thistle Theatre.
Ages 3 and older with adult.
Auntie Lena and her friend Possum are back to tell more stories from West Africa. Puppets help illustrate the stories, Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky and Anansi the Spider.

Teens

Pizza and Books
Tuesday, March 6, 4-5pm
What are you reading? Watching? Listening to? Talk, get and share ideas and eat free pizza!

Teen Writers' Group
Tuesday, March 20, 4-5pm
Come write with other teens in a relaxed, supportive environment.

Study Zone
Tuesday, March 6, 13, 20 and 27, 4-6pm
Grades K-12.
Drop in during scheduled Study Zone hours for free homework help from volunteer tutors.

Adults

Writer's Workshop with Frances Dayee
Thursday, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 10am-Noon
This series of workshops will help you learn to write for fun or for publication, find the right market and tantalize the editor. Benefit from positive feedback from this published author of three books and writing teacher with over 30 years experience.
Drop-ins welcome.

Friends of the Lake Forest Park Library Meeting
Wednesday, March 14, 7pm

Lake Forest Park Library Book Discussion Group
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Wednesday, March 21, 6:30pm

Friends of the Library Book Sale
Saturday, March 31, 10am-3pm
Purchase great books at bargain prices!

Book a Librarian
Free 30-minute appointments to help you with your information needs.
Please call the library to schedule an appointment, 206-362-8860.


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Ridgecrest woman raped and robbed at gunpoint - police ask for public's help in finding suspect

A Shoreline woman was raped and robbed Saturday night when she returned to her Ridgecrest home from work, attacked by a man as she walked towards her garage.
Sketch of Ridgecrest rapist

The incident occurred around 10:30pm Saturday evening in the 100 block of NE 165 Pl. The victim said she had just arrived home from work, pulled into her driveway and opened her garage door. As she walked towards the garage the suspect called out to her and approached her.

The suspect struck the victim with a handgun then took her into the open garage and sexually assaulted her. The suspect took the victim’s purse and other personal items then fled when another man in a car parked nearby yelled that someone was coming.

The suspect is described as a dark-skinned, black male, 30-40, 5’6” to 5’9”, medium build, with short hair and a slight mustache. The victim said he had a distinctive Jamaican accent, slightly yellow teeth and smelled of alcohol. He was last seen wearing a black leather jacket with some sort of emblem on the left breast.

The vehicle is described as an older, olive-green 4 door with black stripes down the side, possibly body molding.

The King County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.

If you have any information related to this crime please call the King County Sheriff’s Office Special Assault Unit at 206-296-7557 or the 24-hour Communications Center at 206-296-3311.



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Human trafficking speaker at RBCC Wednesday

Richmond Beach Congregational Church, UCC is sponsoring a series of discussions on three different social issues – homelessness, immigration, and trafficking.

Adult Faith Formation and Peace and Justice committees are working together to present these sessions. The public is welcome.

The series is on Wednesdays evenings from 7-8:30pm. The church address is 1512 NW 195th, Shoreline 98177.

On March 14, the speaker is Marie Hoffman from Washington Anti-Trafficking Response Network (WARN). Marie will be talking about local issues around labor trafficking and the work that WARN is doing.



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Spring ahead: set your clocks an hour ahead tonight - and don't forget new batteries for the smoke and CO alarms

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Remember the change to extend the weeks of Daylight Savings Time?

Well, we are there now.

This is the evening - Saturday, March 10 - to set your clocks ahead one hour. The official changeover is 2am.

Melanie Granfors of Shoreline Fire reminds us that it is also the weekend to change our smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to replace the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms this weekend for Daylight Saving Time. This year, Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 11. Fresh batteries allow smoke and CO alarms to do their jobs saving lives by alerting families of a fire or a buildup of deadly carbon monoxide in their homes. 
CPSC estimates there was a yearly average of 386,300 residential fires resulting in nearly 2,400 deaths between 2006 and 2008. 
Two-thirds of fire deaths occur in homes where there are no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. That is why it is important to replace batteries at least once every year and to test your alarms every month to make sure they work. CPSC recommends consumers have smoke alarms on every level of their home, outside bedrooms and inside each bedroom. 
CPSC estimates there was an annual average of 183 unintentional non-fire CO poisoning deaths associated with consumer products between 2006 and 2008. CO is called the "invisible killer," because it is a colorless, odorless and poisonous gas. Because of this, people may not know they are being poisoned. Carbon monoxide is produced by the incomplete burning of fuel in various products, including furnaces, portable generators, fireplaces, cars and charcoal grills. 
That is why it is important to have working CO alarms in the home, on each level and outside each sleeping area.

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Shorecrest, Shorewood will start Fall play in new Wesco 3A South division


Sports teams from Shorecrest and Shorewood will play in a new Western Conference 3A South division starting in the new school year.

Shorecrest and Shorewood will join Glacier Peak, Meadowdale and Mountlake Terrace in the Wesco 3A South, as the Wesco 3A splits into two divisions with the expansion from nine teams to 10.

As we reported in January, Marysville-Pilchuck and Stanwood will drop from the 4A to the 3A classification, and Lynnwood will move from 3A to 4A.
  • Marysville-Pilchuck and Stanwood will join Marysville Getchell, Everett and Oak Harbor in the Wesco 3A North.
  • Lynnwood will join Edmonds-Woodway, Cascade, Jackson, Kamiak and Mariner in the Wesco 4A South.
  • Arlington, Lake Stevens, Monroe, Mount Vernon and Snohomish will be in the Wesco 4A North
  • Mount Vernon will move from the Northwest Conference because State reclassification has moved it from 3A to 4A.

The 11 Wesco 4A teams will make up the entire Northwest District 4A lineup, with the District 3A made up of the 10 Wesco teams plus Ferndale of the Northwest Conference, the only 3A team in the NWC along with nine 2A schools and three 1A schools. For the past two years, the NWC has had three 3A schools, but Ferndale stands alone now that Mount Vernon has moved to the 4A classification and Sedro-Woolley has dropped to 2A.

Don Dalziel, who directs sports programs for the Shoreline School District, said Thursday that Ferndale didn’t want to leave the NWC for the Wesco 3A and that Wesco schools didn’t want to travel to Ferndale.

While 4A Mount Vernon would be two classifications away from most NWC schools, 3A Ferndale can fit more easily into the NWC.

Dalziel said that sports administrators from Ferndale and the 10 Wesco 3A schools will decide how Ferndale can qualify for District and State play.

Shorecrest, Shorewood, Everett, Glacier Peak, Lynnwood, Meadowdale, Mountlake Terrace and Oak Harbor have played in a single Wesco 3A division since 2009, with Marysville Getchell joining them for 2010-11.

With nine teams, each team in sport with a limit of 16 contests, like soccer, tennis or volleyball, could play each other team twice. With 10 teams, that wouldn’t be possible without the split into two divisions.

Football
Starting next year, each football team will play each of the other four teams in its division, with the ninth week devoted to games between the two No. 1 teams, the two No, 2 teams etc. Results of those cross-division games will determine seeding to district and quad-district playoffs. Each team will have four open dates for non-league games, allowing school like Glacier Peak, Everett, Meadowdale, Mountlake Terrace, Oak Harbor and Stanwood to play natural rivals.

Softball, basketball, soccer, tennis
Each team in softball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls' soccer and boys’ and girls’ tennis will play 13 Wesco 3A games, two each against the other four teams in its division and one against the five teams in the other division.

Volleyball
Volleyball teams will play each of the other four teams in their divisions twice,

League records in basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball will determine seeding into the Northwest District tournaments in each sport.

Wrestling
Wrestling will keep a similar schedule to the current schedule, with a Northwest District tournament leading to a regional tournament.

Track
Track teams will stay with a regular season like the current one, with division meets leading to a Northwest District meet. 

League officials have yet to determine formats for baseball, cross country, golf and swimming.

Gymnastics
Gymnastics teams will continue with an independent schedule because the two Shoreline schools and the three Bellingham schools are the only Northwest District schools with gymnastics teams.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association reclassifies schools every two years based on enrollment in the fall. The schools are then classified according to percentages, with the largest 17 percent of state high schools placed in 4A, the next 17 percent in 3A, then 17 percent in 2A, 17 percent in 1A, 16 percent in 2B and 16 percent in 1B.



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Congressman Jay Inslee stepping down March 20 to spend full-time on campaign for governor

Rep. Jay Inslee
Congressman Jay Inslee, representing Washington's current 1st Congressional District, has announced he will be stepping down from his seat in Congress, effective March 20.

In an email announcement, he said "I'm stepping down from my seat in Congress to devote myself full-time to my race for governor and to talking to voters throughout Washington about creating jobs and building a new economy for our state."

The 1st Congressional district currently covers most of Shoreline and part of Lake Forest Park, as well as Kitsap County.

Inslee is running against Rob McKenna, currently Washington state's Attorney General.

As of January 2013, the congressional districts have been realigned, and all of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park will be in the 7th Congressional District, currently represented by Congressman Jim McDermott.



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Moms, Kids and Legislators play jumbo version of ‘Chutes & Ladders’ in front of State Capitol Building

Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-32, and some friends playing Chutes and Ladders
on the Capital grounds in Olympia
The jumbo-sized game of Chutes and Ladders features statistics on the importance of
and need for quality, affordable early learning and child care

OLYMPIA –On Tuesday, March 6, at 12 p.m. by the Sundial across from the Capitol Legislative building, Rep. Ruth Kagi and Rep. Zack Hudgins joined local moms and kids from MomsRising to play an oversized version of the board game Chutes and Ladders. 

Why? To remind all legislators that kids need their support too and every move they make impacts their futures.

The board features statistics illustrating the importance of and need for quality, affordable early learning programs in Washington State. The Ladders in the game show statistics on how quality early learning and preschool help kids move forward in life with success. The Chutes demonstrate how children fall behind if they lack proper support before kindergarten.

Last year, Washington State received an incredible opportunity with a Race to The Top Challenge Grant to improve child care and fund early learning programs. This session, legislators will have the chance to continue the momentum that was laid out in the grant, and move our kids forward in life.

“While moms and kids have fun taking turns playing this familiar board game,” said Sarah Francis, campaign director at MomsRising, “it represents the serious roadblocks families face in reaching well-rounded, quality care for their kids. Our children and our communities will all be winners if legislators invest in early learning. We’re grateful that Representatives Kagi, Hudgins and Goodman are joining us with their support.”

In Washington there are over 100,000 low-income preschool age children (those at less than 200% of Federal Poverty Level), which is 40% of the total 3- and 4-year-olds in our state. Yet early learning programs Head Start and ECEAP combined serve fewer than 25,000 children per year. Key programs that will make a big difference for our littlest residents, like quality, affordable child care and quality education programs are vital to this state’s future.

MomsRising is an online and on-the-ground grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to achieve economic security for all families in the United States. MomsRising is working for paid family leave, flexible work options, affordable child care, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes so many mothers. MomsRising also advocates for health care for all, toxic-free environments, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families. In 2011, Forbes.com named MomsRising’s web site as one of the ‘Top 100 Websites for Women’ for the second year in a row.



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SCC Names Joe Bodman and Avery Scharer Co-Players of the Week for the final men's basketball Player of the Week award

Scharer goes up for a shot
Photo by Wilson Tsoi
Sophomore center Joe Bodman and sophomore point guard Avery Scharer have been named the SCC Men's Basketball Player of the Week. This will be the final Player of the Week awards for basketball for 2011-12.

Bodman scored 62 points, grabbed 41 rebounds with 6 assists, 6 steals and 4 blocked shots during the four game tournament for SCC.

Scharer scored 64 points, had 29 rebounds, 36 assists, 9 steals and 1 blocked shot. He was named 2nd Team All-Tournament for the NWAACC Championship.

Scharer led the NWAACC in assists (9.73 per game) in 2011-12, while Bodman was second in rebounds in the league with 11.13 per game.

Scharer was named Player of the Week 6 times this season and Bodman 4 times including this final Co-Players of the Week awards.

SCC finished the season 19-12 overall and went 3-1 at the NWAACC Tournament, and won the consolation championship, good enough for 7th place out of 16 teams.

Bodman scores for SCC
Photo by Wilson Tsoi


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Mathematics Festival hosted by Math for Love on March 18 in Shoreline

Friday, March 9, 2012

Math for Love is proud to host Seattle’s first Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at 9am to noon on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Evergreen School, 15201 Meridian Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133. The festival is open to 4th-12th graders and their parents and teachers.

The festival features an abundance of inspiring mathematical activities for students to explore, led by mathematicians, teachers, and volunteers. These activities will range from levels that older elementary students will enjoy, to levels that will challenge the brightest high school students.

At the festival, there will be tables set up, and each table will be staffed by one or two volunteers to introduce the students to a mathematical problem or puzzle that requires creativity and exploration to solve. 

The activities are designed to engage students for about 20-30 minutes. The students will have an entire morning to explore a number of fascinating, interesting problems in mathematics with the help and encouragement of our volunteers.

The Julia Robinson Festival is challenging but noncompetitive, highlighting rich mathematical problems curated by adults who love math. It’s a perfect place for students who love math, games, or puzzles; for contest-goers looking to see what else math is about; or students who prefer the collaborative, noncompetitive aspects of math to contests.

To sign up, go to the Festival webpage 


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Author of key research on the effects of adverse childhood experiences to speak April 6

Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Health of Society: Progress and Barriers to Change

Join the Eastside Community Network and the Northshore/Shoreline Community Network to welcome Dr. Robert Anda, one of the two co-founders of the ACES study.

April 6, 2012, 10am to 12pm 
at the Chateau at Bothell Landing, 
17543 102nd Ave NE, Bothell, WA 98011, 
425 485-1155. Directions.
Space is limited, so RSVP.

Rob Anda to speak in Bothell
Robert Anda, MD, MS
Dr. Robert (Rob) Anda graduated from Rush Medical College in 1979 and received his board certification in internal medicine in 1982. In 1984 he completed a fellowship in preventive medicine at the University of Wisconsin, received a Masters Degree in epidemiology, and was accepted into the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. He conducted research in disease surveillance, behavioral health, mental health and disease, cardiovascular disease, psychosocial origins of health-risk behaviors, and childhood determinants of health.

In the early 1990’s, Rob began a collaboration with Dr. Vincent Felitti at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego to investigate child abuse as an underlying cause of medical, social, and public health problems. This effort lead to a large-scale study funded by the CDC to track the effects of childhood trauma on health throughout the lifespan. They called it the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study). Rob played a principal role in the design of the study, and serves as its co-principal investigator and co founder.

Data collected from more than 17,000 patients clearly showed that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), were common; that they had a profound negative effect on health and well-being; and were a prime determinant of the past, current and future health behaviors, social problems, disease incidence, and early death in the study population. These findings have resulted in more than 70 publications in major medical and public health journals. The ideas from this work are now influencing the design of similar research around the world.

Findings from the ACE Study have been presented at Congressional Briefings and numerous conferences around the world. The ACE Study is being replicated in numerous countries by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is in use to assess the childhood origins of health and social problems in more than 18 U.S. states.

Rob continues to work as a CDC senior scientific consultant in Atlanta, but his time is increasingly devoted to traveling the nation to consult and speak with leaders in public health, medicine, corrections, judicial and social service systems and with local, state, national, and international organizations about the ACE Study. He is showing how its findings are useful to inform programs, policy, and legislation to prevent disease and disability.

Rob is the author of more than 200 publications, including numerous government publications, and book chapters, and has received numerous awards and recognition for scientific achievements. He has appeared in national newspapers and television networks and is frequently invited to speak about the ACE Study and his experiences around the country working on applications of ACE Study concepts.



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Lasconia of Shorecrest wins Wesco 3A girls' player-of-the-year honors

Bri Lasconia of Shorecrest has won Western-Conference-3A-division girls' player-of the year honors.

Senior guard Lasconia was joined on the six-member all-Wesco-3A first team by two players from division champion Lynnwood and one each from Glacier Peak, Everett and Meadowdale.

Shorecrest senior guard Janie Uppinghouse and sophomore post player Onyie Chibuogwu were joined on the second team by Shorewood junior guard Masha Shtikel and players from Glacier Peak and Lynnwood.

Mickey Greenburg of Shorecrest and Kassie Rasmussen of Shorewood won honorable mention.
Shorecrest placed fourth in the State 3A tournament with a final record of 22-5 after placing second in the Wesco 3A with a 13-3 record and winning the Northwest District 3A tournament.

In the Cascade 2A/1A Conference, Dan Taylor of 1A King’s won coach-of-the-year honors. Seniors Joclyn Kirton and Karlie Storkson of King's won spots on the first team. Freshman Savanna Hanson was named to the second team. King’s tied for first place with 2A Archbishop Murphy with a 13-1 Conference record and had a 21-4 overall record after reaching the regional round of State 1A play.

All-league girls basketball teams
(From our news partner, The Seattle Times)

Teams are selected by players or coaches
WESCO 3A

Player of year — Brianne Lasconia, Shorecrest

FIRST TEAM

G Brianne Lasconia, Sr., Shorecrest; G Margreet Barhoum, Sr., Meadowdale; G Katie Hawkins, Sr., Glacier Peak; G Jasmin Edwards, So., Lynnwood; G Sidney Rielly, So., Everett; P Meghan Cross, Sr., Lynnwood.

SECOND TEAM

G Masha Shtikel, Jr., Shorewood; P Onyie Chibuogwu, So., Shorecrest; G Casey Evans, Sr., Lynnwood; G Janie Uppinghouse, Sr., Shorecrest; G Taylor Rasmussen, Sr., Glacier Peak.

HONORABLE MENTION

Shorecrest — Mickey Greenburg.
Shorewood — Kassie Rasmussen.

Lynnwood — Linda Wilson. Mountlake Terrace — Maddie Kristjanson, Taylor Smith. Glacier Peak — Torrey Hill. Oak Harbor — Annie Leete. Everett — Kiki Harper.

CASCADE CONFERENCE

MVP — Beth Carlson, Archbishop Murphy
Coach of year — Dan Taylor, King's

FIRST TEAM

Beth Carlson, Jr., Archbishop Murphy; Kailyn Campbell, Jr., Cedarcrest; Susan Kenney, So., Cedarcrest; Joclyn Kirton, Sr., King's; Dani Markwood, Sr., Sultan; Peyton Spencer, Sr., Granite Falls; Karlie Storkson, Sr., King's.

SECOND TEAM
Rhiannon Alexander, Jr., Granite Falls; Ellie Greene, Jr., South Whidbey; Savanna Hanson, Fr., King's; Anna Maher, Jr., Archbishop Murphy; Haley Newman, Jr., South Whidbey.



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Justice Friday: Women in Black speak of peace and activism at Edmonds church March 16

Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church (EUUC)
8109 224th Street SW  -  Edmonds WA 98026



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PTA clothing room "The WORKS" needs financial donations

The WORKS needs new items

Volunteers get their photo taken before the doors open for the
2010 Back to School event.
The entire booth was filled with socks and underwear,
most of which was given out that day.
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Due to most of the inventory being distributed during the Back to School Event and the number of new families utilizing The WORKS, volunteers report that there is now great need for new socks, underwear and hygiene products.

A $20 donation can provide all these items for one student. This year The WORKS has just gone over the 1,300 students served mark and half the school year remains.

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SCC men's basketball goes 3-1 at NWAACC Tournament, defeats Bellevue to close out strong season

SCC Men's 2012 Basketball Team and Coaches
The Shoreline Community College Men's Basketball Team defeated Bellevue College on Tuesday at the NWAACC Basketball Tournament to finish 7th out of 16 teams. SCC defeated Bellevue 92 to 88 as SCC superior depth prevailed; the Shoreline bench outscored Bellevue's bench 44 to 19 and SCC defense turned BC's turnovers into points (31 for SCC, 12 for BC).

Shoreline was led by Avery Scharer who scored 17 points and had 7 assists along with Kelly Hong who scored 14 points and Nahshon George who added 12 points and had 10 rebounds. Joe Bodman scored 9 and had 9 rebounds as well.

Avery Scharer in action
Photo by Wilson Tsoi
Shoreline opened the tournament with a 100-93 loss to Mt. Hood Community College from Oregon, the #1 seed from the NWAACC Southern Region. The Dolphins were sent to the consolation bracket of the 16 team tournament and faced Walla Walla Community College and defeated WWCC 96-94 on a last second shot by Avery Scharer. Shoreline then faced Lower Columbia College in the consolation semi-finals and defeated the Red Devils 80-77 and that victory sent SCC to play its Northern Region rival, Bellevue in the consolation finals (and 7th place in the tournament).

SCC was the only NWAACC Northern Region team to win 3 games at the tournament, as #1 seed, Whatcom, was 0-2, #2 seed Peninsula went 2-2 (finished 4th) and Bellevue finished 2-2.

Shoreline finished the season 19-12 overall, 10-6 in the region and went into the tournament as the #4 seed from the Northern Region.

--Douglas W. Palmer, SCC Director of Athletics



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SCC's Avery Scharer Named All-Tournament at NWAACC Championship

Avery Scharer,
All-Tournament
Shoreline Community College’s sophomore point guard, Avery Scharer, was named 2nd Team All-Tournament at the NWAACC Men's Basketball Tournament over the weekend. SCC went 3-1 at the event and finished 7th out of 16 teams.

Scharer scored 64 points in 4 games (16 points per game average), had 29 rebounds, 36 assists, 9 steals and 1 blocked shot. He hit the winning basket with 0.5 seconds left against Walla Walla CC to start the three game winning streak through the Consolation Bracket.

Scharer led the NWAACC in assists, with a 9.73 average per game in 2011-12. He was 13th in steals with 56 (while missing the first 8 games of the year due to transfer rules) and he was 24th in scoring with a 16.36 average.

SCC finished the season 19-12 on the year while averaging 101.58 points a game.



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14th annual Shoreline Math Olympiad Saturday at SCC

2011 SMO Team

The 14th annual Shoreline Math Olympiad will be held on Saturday, March 10 from 8:30am to 2:30pm at Shoreline Community College. The competition is for students in grades four through eight. 

More than 760 students have already registered to participate in the Math Olympiad this year.




Several Shoreline schools use parents to work in small groups with students to have individually appropriate math problems that challenge each grade level. Several non-profit Math Olympiad groups create the problems.

Most programs start meeting in the fall and conclude at the competitions held in the spring. Most programs give homework to the "mathletes" during the week. Typically programs have a quiz day at the end of each month to give the kids a chance to use their skills to see how they stand amongst their peers.

The Shoreline Math Olympiad brings together all the Shoreline School District teams and area private schools for competition, and some students will also participate in the Washington State Math Championships held in Blaine.


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Rep. Kagi points to problems with Senate budget

By Evan Smith

In a recent report to constituents from Democratic State Rep. Ruth Kagi, she said that House budget writers had been able to save a program to allow low-income families to get subsidized child-care so they can remain employed or further their education.

Since then, the Senate passed a budget when three Democrats joined minority Republicans to approve the budget.

Kagi noted that the Senate budget takes more than $200 million out of the temporary-aid-for-needy-families program, something that she said would have severe impact on poor families.

“Last session we reduced TANF by over $400 million to address the budget deficit,” she said. “If we take the Senate's reduction, we will be taking away child care for thousands of low income families who are working to support their families, and cutting families off of TANF a year earlier.”

She said that people all over the State see the consequences of the cuts the legislature had already made.

“In the House we maintain the frayed safety net,” Kagi said. “The Senate budget eliminates many pieces of the net.”

Kagi is a a member of the House ways and means committee and the House committee on health and human services appropriations and oversight, in addition to being chairwoman of the House committee on early learning and human services.

She represents the 32nd Legislative District, which now includes Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, Woodway, south Edmonds, nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County and part of Kirkland. With redistricting, the district will no longer include Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and Kirkland, and will add Lynnwood and part of northwest Seattle.



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Shorecrest High School Highlander Marching Band in final rehearsal for its trip to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day

The Shorecrest High School Highlander Marching Band, consisting of over 100 musicians accompanied by bagpipers, Highland Dancers and Flags, will make its fifth trip to Dublin, Ireland to appear in the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 17.

Saturday parade route through Briarcrest


The Band, Flag team and Highland Dancers will hold a rehearsal parade at 10 am Saturday, March 10 prior to the band’s trip departure. The band will be marching on 25th Avenue Northeast in front of the school and through the surrounding Briarcrest neighborhood.

The Shorecrest delegation of 170 will include 113 band members, seven pipers, 10 flag team members, seven members of the Highland Dancers team, and 32 staff and parents. This year’s band is led by senior drum major Matthew Demmert-Fletcher and band directors Vince Caruso and Alec Wilmart.

The band is an all-volunteer ensemble that rehearses outside of class time and prides itself on its Scottish heritage, proudly wearing the traditional kilt and uniform of the Clan Gordon. The drum line is the heart of the band and their red jackets distinguish its members. Shorecrest is unique among American high schools in that it boasts a bagpipe band, offering bagpipes as a music class. The pipers perform at many school events.

Shorecrest will arrive in Dublin on March 15 and return home March 25. They will march and perform in parades in Dublin and Celbridge on St. Patrick’s Day and later in Limerick. In addition to the parades, the band will perform in the town square of the city of Cobh and tour many sites in Ireland, including Cork, the Blarney Castle, Killarney and the Rock of Cashel. Students and their families have raised more than $40,000 “Dublin Dollars” to help defray the cost of the trip.

Shorecrest travels to Ireland every four years so that students can have this opportunity once in their high school career. In its last appearance in 2008, Shorecrest was selected as Best Youth Band in the Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Over the school’s 50-year history, the band has performed in numerous local, national and international parades.

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Ribbon cutting opens new Shoreline playing fields at Meridian Park on March 13

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Please join us for a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the new Shorewood High School baseball and softball fields at Meridian Park on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 4 pm.

The Shorewood baseball and softball teams will be playing varsity and junior varsity games on the new fields for the first time that afternoon and evening.

The fields are located behind Meridian Park School. The entrance is at North 170th Street and Wallingford Avenue North. Parking is available on site or at Meridian Park School or the Shoreline Children’s Center.

The playing surfaces are FieldTurf and are lighted for evening use. The complex was designed by D.A. Hogan and Associates and the contractor is Terra Dynamics.

Thank you to our community for your support. These fields were paid for from funds from the 2006 bond issue.

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Shoreline Arts Festival calls for artists

Frank Dobrushken – Hot Point - 3rd Place Photography 2011
Photo courtesy SL LFP AC

The Shoreline Arts Festival is looking for artists for the 22nd annual event on June 23 and 24, 2012. 

Juried art sections include 2 Dimensional art, Sculpture, and Photography. New this year: there will be no commission taken on art sales made at the Festival.

The Shoreline Arts Festival provides two extraordinary days of music, dance, theater, visual arts, food and cultural rooms. This creative community event, sponsored by the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, will be held on the grounds of the Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE. The festival runs 10-6 pm on Saturday and 10-5 pm on Sunday. Visit the website for applications, deadlines or additional information.

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Dr. Seuss characters at Children's concert March 24

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and The Sneetches and other stories will be featured at the next Children's Series concert on March 24 at 11 am at the Shoreline Community College Theater, 19101 Greenwood Ave N, Bldg 1600.

At only $7 per ticket, these might be the most affordable ticket in town.

Bring the whole family.



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Junior Chibuogwu of Shorecrest named Wesco 3A boys’ basketball player of the year

Junior Chibuogwu of Shorecrest has been named boys’ basketball player of the year in the Western Conference 3A division.

Joining senior forward Chibuogwu on the six-member Wesco-3A first team were Shorewood junior center Josh Hawkinson, two players from division champion Mountlake Terrace and one player each from Oak Harbor and Glacier Peak.

Semir Kadiric and Ben Andrews of Shorewood were part of the six-member second team along with Keith Shattuck of Shorecrest, two players from Mountlake Terrace and one from Meadowdale. Gage Carroll of Shorewood, and Ryan Canfield and Trevor McCoy of Shorecrest got honorable mention.

Mountlake Terrace won the division championship with a 15-1 record, Shorecrest and Shorewood tied for second with 13-3 records. Shorecrest (17-8 overall) eliminated Shorewood (17-6) in the Northwest District tournament, but Shorecrest lost to Glacier Peak, 53-52 for the District’s No. 2 berth in State play.
Chibuogwu was the Wesco 3A's third leading scorer with 447 points in 25 games for an average of 17.9 points per game. 

In the 2A/1A Cascade Conference, James McCutchen of 1A King's won a place on the all-conference first team, with teammate Christian Taylor on the second team.

All-league boys’ basketball teams
(From our news partner, The Seattle Times)

Teams are selected by players or coaches

WESCO 3A
Player of Year — Emmanuel Chibuogwu, Shorecrest

FIRST TEAM
F Emmanuel Chibuogwu, Sr., Shorecrest; G Mike Washington Jr., Sr., Oak Harbor; P Zach Pederson, Jr., Glacier Peak; P Josh Hawkinson, Jr., Shorewood; P Ryan Shannon, Sr., Mountlake Terrace; G Marquis Armstead, Jr., Mountlake Terrace.

SECOND TEAM
F Semir Kadiric, Sr., Shorewood; G Blake Fernandez, Jr., Mountlake Terrace; G Torin Dooley, Sr., Meadowdale; P Coby Russell, Sr., Mountlake Terrace; F Keith Shattuck, Sr., Shorecrest; G Ben Andrews, Jr., Shorewood.

HONORABLE MENTION
Shorewood — Gage Carroll.
Shorecrest — Ryan Canfield, Trevor McCoy.
Glacier Peak — Jacob Davelaar. Everett — Jace Chacon, Gabe Woods, Reece Hoiby. Lynnwood — Jordan Norde. Marysville Getchell — Nathen Grimm. Meadowdale — Spencer Linton. Oak Harbor — Kevawn Brooks.

CASCADE CONFERENCE
MVP — Zach Taylor, Cedarcrest

Co-coaches of year — Mark Prince, Cedarcrest, and Nate Trichler, Sultan

FIRST TEAM
Zach Taylor, Jr., Cedarcrest; Zach Comfort, Sr., South Whidbey; Dan Haider, Sr., Archbishop Murphy; Shawn Madigan, Sr., Granite Falls; James McCutchen, Sr., King's; Brock VandenEkart, Jr., Sultan.

SECOND TEAM
Zach Gordon, Sr., Archbishop Murphy; Trey Hitchcock, Sr., Granite Falls; Justin Houser, Sr., Cedarcrest; Duston Santon, Sr., Lakewood; Christian Taylor, Sr., King's.

Wesco 3A Scoring Leaders
Player
Team
Games
Points
P/G
Zach Pederson
Glacier Peak
25
549
22.0
Michael Washington Jr.
Oak Harbor
23
427
18.6
Emmanuel Chibuogwu, Jr.
Shorecrest
25
447
17.9
Josh Hawkinson
Shorewood
21
357
17.0
Semir Kadiric
Shorewood
23
300
13.0
Torin Dooley
Meadowdale
19
247
13.0
Marquis Armstead
Mountlake Terrace
26
316
12.2
Blake Fernandez
Mountlake Terrace
26
313
12.0
Jacob Davelaar
Glacier Peak
25
262
10.5
Ryan Shannon
Mountlake Terrace
25
254
10.2
Keith Shattuck
Shorecrest
24
243
10.1
Jace Chacon
Everett
20
202
10.1
Shorewood
23
224
9.7
Ben Andrews
Shorewood
23
221
9.6
Nathan Grimm
Marysville Getchell
18
172
9.6
Drew Washington
Oak Harbor
21
193
9.2
Joe Ghebrehiwot
Shorecrest
11
101
9.2


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