46th District Democrats meet Thursday

Thursday, June 19, 2014

The 46th District Democrats General Meeting is Thursday, June 19th, 7:30pm at North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N, Baxter Room. Baxter is located on the ground floor of the College Center Building.

Follow this link and type "baxter" in the room finder for additional help finding the room.

Parking is free in any lot between 5:00pm-10:30pm with a permit. Print a copy and place face up on your dashboard.

Program Reminder
Overcrowded schools: Can we reduce class sizes when our classrooms are already horrifically overcrowded? Has the State's school construction formula hurt urban districts while paying for sprawl? How have Seattle's land use decisions made the overcrowding worse? Would impact fees help, and why is Seattle one of the few cities in the region without them? We'll hear from a panel including Seattle School Board, parent activists and Rep. Gerry Pollet.

Also, Shari Song, candidate in the 30th LD to take back the Senate, will address us about her crucial race.


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Music Center Summer Chorale

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Music Center's summer choral ensemble rehearsals will take place at Music Center on Sunday nights from 7:00 - 8:30pm. 901 N 96th Street, Seattle, 98103.

Everyone is welcome whether you've had experience singing in a choir or not. If you or your children are Music Center students the fee will be waived. Contact the office for more information or to register.

Sundays, 7:00-8:30, June 22-August 17 (8 weeks) (no rehearsal July 6)
$75/summer term (FREE for students enrolled in another Music Center class, ensemble, or lessons)
Director: Chris Vincent


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Flag Lowering - June 21, 2014 (Cpl. Justin Clouse)

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Army Cpl. Justin R. Clouse, 22, of Sprague, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Saturday, June 21, 2014. Cpl. Clouse died on June 9 during a security operation in southern Afghanistan.

The Governor’s Office has no objection to agencies lowering the flags at the close of business on Friday, June 20, 2014. Flags should remain at half-staff until the end of the day on June 21 or first thing Monday morning, June 23, 2014.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Services will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at 9:00am at the Life Center Foursquare Church, 1202 N Government Way, Spokane, WA, 99224. Graveside service with Military Honors will follow at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery.

Call 360-239-1317 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.


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Jobs: Development Director at Kruckeberg Botanic Gardens

KBGF is soliciting resumes for a Development Coordinator. This position is located at the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden with primary responsibilities of coordinating the solicitation of up to $100,000 in donations, sponsorships and grants, recruiting new members, and coordinating fundraising events. The position is half time and is compensated with hourly wages of $18/hour. 

Job Title: Development Coordinator 
Category: Exempt
Location: Shoreline, WA 
Date: January 2014
Reports to: KBGF Executive Director 

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

Donations
  • Implement strategies for cultivation of new major donors; 
  • Develop and implement strategies to enhance major donor giving to the garden; 
  • In partnership with the Executive Director, prepare and submit grants; and
  • Generate gift acknowledgments (with support from volunteers), identify candidates for mailings, and ensure timely submissions of required documentation. 
Membership 
  • Implement strategies to attain the Garden’s annual membership goals; and 
  • Implement strategies for cultivation of new major donors 
Sponsorship 
  • Coordinate the production of a range of materials for sponsor solicitation; and
  • Meet with sponsors and maintain sponsorship program.
Event Support 
  • Take responsibility for assigned tasks for major events, including GardenParty (dinner and auction event), Annual Membership Meeting (lecture and meeting), Mother’s Day Sale (membership outreach at nursery), and other events; 
  • Take responsibility for coordinating with board members and major donors to organize small dinner party fundraisers; and
  • Coordinate one “fun” fundraising event per year (e.g., bowl-a-thon, restaurant fundraiser)
Other Duties
  • Meet regularly as needed with the Executive Director and Development committee members.
  • Represent KBGF as staff at special events. 
REQUIREMENTS: 
  • Proven experience in fundraising strategies.
  • Proven experience in coordinating fundraising events. 
  • College graduate or equivalent relevant experience. 
  • Self-starter who can work independently on concurrent projects and meet deadlines. 
  • Team player with good interpersonal skills and strong communication skills. 
  • Creative and strategic thinker with excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
  • Consistent in matters of accuracy, presentation, and attention to detail. 
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. 
  • Familiarity with databases preferred. 
  • Required to work occasional evenings and weekends at special events. 

To apply, submit a cover letter and resume by June 30 by email to: Brianne Zorn 
Questions? Contact Brianne at 206-546-1281 x20


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What's cooking at Central Market

If you're looking for inspiration, answers, tips or new recipes - come by the Culinary Resource Center near Produce at Shoreline Central Market, upper level Aurora Square on Westminster Way.

There's often something to sample, and always recipes for the taking. Below is the lineup for demonstrations.The kiosk is staffed 10 am-6:30pm daily (9 am-5:30pm Sundays) with sampling noon to 4:30pm. If a line appears under the recipe or if the name is in color, you can click to go to the full recipe.

Thurs, June 19 Easy Shrimp Cocktail Salad
Tues, June 24 Lynnae’s Pickles - Taste this amazing local pickle!


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SCC gets grant to train aerospace workers

A student works on a part during a CNC open house May 29th
Photo courtesy SCC

A pipeline to good jobs in the aerospace industry is getting bigger thanks to a state grant.

Shoreline Community College is getting $152,614 from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to put more students in CNC Machinist program. The money will also make it so more can attend classes, upgrade technology and then help graduates get jobs.

“This grant is wonderful news,” said Dean of Science Susan Hoyne, who oversees the machining program. “These students are learning skills that get them good, well-paying jobs at companies like Boeing and the hundreds of aerospace suppliers in the region.”

CNC, or computer numeric controlled, machining involves very large machines that can turn blocks of metal into intricately machined parts. Students not only learn about the materials and the machines, but also the computer programs that are required. Over the past several years, Shoreline has led the way in aligning machining curriculum with the needs of the aerospace industry.

Besides opening new slots for students, the grant will pay for a career navigator position.

“The career navigator is key to the success of the student,” Hoyne said. “The navigator helps recruit students and helps monitor their needs that may affect their performance. Most importantly, the navigator stays in touch with employers in the region and helps match students with jobs.”

More CNC program information The CNC program currently runs sections during the day, evening and weekends, but many potential students still have barriers to attending. The grant will increase access for more students by funding faculty to create hybrid versions of the courses. Students in hybrid classes will do some work done online and the rest done with hands on the machines at the college.


A CNC machine cuts a part during an open house event on May 29
Photo courtesy SCC

In addition to the navigator and the main instructor, the program includes another instructor who helps on math and English while students are in the classroom or online. Called I-BEST, or Integrated Basic Skills and Training, that model was pioneered at Shoreline and other Washington colleges and is now considered across the nation a best-practice.

The grant specifically targets veterans, women, incumbent underemployed workers and the unemployed. The CNC program starts with three certificates that can be stacked. Students can also choose to go on to two-year and potentially four-year degrees.

Shoreline’s grant is one of 21 recently announced for Washington community and technical colleges. The grants are an important element of the state Legislature’s package to guarantee the Boeing 777X would be built in the state.

“We committed to continuing investment in the aerospace training programs that matter most to the industry,” Gov. Jay Inslee said.

A subcommittee of the Washington Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Pipeline Advisory Committee worked with state board staff to review and select the winning proposals. In all, 40 proposals were submitted from 24 colleges.

The programs will begin in the 2014-15 school year. Outcomes will be monitored and future funding will be dependent on the institutions meeting their stated program capacity. “We are grateful for this investment,” said Marty Brown, state board executive director. “We intend to continue to work closely with the Pipeline Committee and incorporate its recommendations to make sure in-demand programs.”

More information here about the CNC Machinist program at Shoreline Community College.


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Pianos still needed for summer Piano Time in Shoreline

Tide Pool by the Sea Hags 2013

Do you know a piano that is well-loved but no longer in use and would love to be painted and played outdoors? The City of Shoreline is planning its third annual Piano Time “street piano” event for August 2014. Visual artists will paint or otherwise decorate the pianos but they must be in reasonable musical shape and not need any major repairs.

Professional pianists will play at the Arts al Fresco opening on August 7th and the finale concert on August 27th. The rest of the month you and other passers-by may tickle the keys. Back by popular demand the goal of this project is the same: to enliven our summer environment with colorful sounds and sights. 

Lounge Lizard by Carol Meckling 2013

If you know of a piano that might be just right for Piano Time, email Ros Bird, Public Art Coordinator, with the details and contact information or call 206-801-2661. Prosser Piano will help us check it out for suitability.


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Drive High, Get a DUI


Extra Summer DUI Patrols Kick Off July 1

With marijuana retail stores slated to open in early July, the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) is launching a campaign to remind those planning on patronizing the new businesses that driving high is illegal. The campaign is called “Drive High, Get a DUI.”
 
The new messaging coincides with Summertime DUI emphasis patrols kicking off July 1 and will feature three 30-second television commercials. The Colorado Department of Transportation produced and aired the commercials in Colorado earlier this year as part of their efforts to combat high driving.

The ads show individuals attempting activities while high. On-screen text points out that while it’s now legal to do these things while high, it is still not legal to drive under the influence of marijuana. You can view the ads here: 
Although Initiative 502 did not provide funding for public education prior to legalization, the WTSC believes this campaign is critical to preventing impaired driving.

These and all extra patrols are part of Target Zero — striving to end traffic deaths and serious injuries in Washington by 2030. Additional information on the Washington Traffic Safety Commission can be found on the website.


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Shorecrest students are winners in the NWABR Student Bio Expo

Sophie Ziliak won first prize in creative writing

On Thursday May 22, 2014 at Shoreline Community College, 265 high school students from Washington schools attended the 14th Annual NWABR Student Bio Expo. NWABR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting public trust in biomedical research and its ethical conduct. At the Student Bio Expo students showcase their creativity and knowledge of biotechnology, biomedicine, and bioethics. 

The Expo supports personalized learning by encouraging students to express their knowledge of science through multiple disciplines such as language, art, music, multimedia, dance and lab research. Students work on their projects for several months during STEM related classes, often with the advisement of a professional mentor.

The students present their project to the community at a culminating Expo where they are reviewed by a panel of professional judges. At the Expo, students heard from Damon May, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, who spoke on Project Violet, toured Shoreline Community College’s Biotechnology Lab, and celebrated the student winners.

Students from Shorecrest High School received awards at the Student Bio Expo, while competing against the area’s best and brightest students. The following students were winners:

Creative Writing
First Place - Sophie Ziliak - Forensic Genetics: Scientific Sleuthing

Journalism
First Place - Zhoulang Li - The Salamander Project 

Multimedia
Hon Mention - Evan Kau - Simulation of Modern Day Cropping

Music
Third Place - Kent Preston - Hyperstorm

Website
Third Place - Holly Cheung - Bioluminescence


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Paving next week on 12th Ave NW in Shoreline

Paving crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation will work on 12th Avenue Northwest in the Innis Arden area of City of Shoreline next week on a job for Seattle City Light and the City of Shoreline.

They will grind and pave 12th between Northwest 175th Street and 13th Avenue Northwest, Tuesday through Thursday, June 24-26,  working from 7am to 7pm each day.

For this work, 12th Avenue Northwest will be closed and on-street parking will be restricted. The detour route will use 13th Avenue Northwest, 14th Avenue Northwest, and 15th Avenue Northwest.  

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New support groups for adults with a mental illness

Peer Support Group for adults with a mental illness, meets on the second Monday of each month, 6:30-8:00 pm, Calvin Presbyterian, 18826 3rd Ave West, in Shoreline. Join them in the Fireside Room. FREE.

This is a peer support for adults living with Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Borderline Personality, Schizo-affective disorders – or any mental health challenge. NAMI Eastside Recovery Support Groups are confidential and peer-facilitated. This group is presented by NAMI Eastside of Redmond, WA 425-885-6264.

This group is not religiously affiliated and is GLBTQI friendly.

For more information see the website or contact Maya Martin 206-353-5255.

Family and Friends Support Group, 4th Monday of each month, 6:30-8:30 pm, Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church, 14724 1st Ave NE, Shoreline.  FREE. Contact Barbara at 206-367-9485.


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Shoreline City Manager report week of 6/16/2014

Weekly Update for Week of 6/16/2014

Council Meetings

June 16
·         Adoption of 10 Year Financial Sustainability Plan (10 YFSP): Council adopted the 10 YFSP. The plan consists of the following strategies that Council had previously reviewed:
1)     Achieve the development of an additional 160 units of multi-family residential housing and 7,500 square feet of retail redevelopment annually, beginning in 2014.
2)     Reduce the expenditure growth rate to 0.2% below the average projected ten year growth rate and attempt to maintain existing service levels, beginning in 2015. Continue to seek out efficiencies and cost-saving strategies.
3)     During 2014, research ways to increase investment returns by 100 basis points (1%) per year, and implement strategies to accomplish this.
4)     During 2015, perform a study that will evaluate higher cost recovery percentages for an appropriate combination of fee based programs. The results will be reviewed, with target implementation beginning with the 2016 budget.
5)     In 2014, begin to identify ways to replace the $290,000 transfer from the General Fund to the Roads Capital Fund with another dedicated source of funding.
6)     In 2016 or later, engage the business community in a discussion regarding the possible future implementation of a Business and Occupation (B&O) Tax, to include a threshold exemption on a certain amount of gross receipts.
7)     Monitor the City’s progress in relation to the Financial Sustainability Model. In 2016 or later, engage Shoreline residents in a discussion regarding the possibility of renewing the property tax levy lid lift.
·         Discussion and Update of the Capital Improvement Plan: Council reviewed the status of the four capital funds – General, Roads, Facilities, and Surface Water – and provided input and direction to staff for the development of the 2015-2020 CIP

June 23
·         Dinner Meeting (5:45 p.m.)
o   Solid Waste Contract Options: The City’s current contract with Cleanscapes/Recology goes through March 2015. The contract provides for two, two year extensions. State law does not require that solid waste contracts be competitively bid, although the City’s purchasing policies require that service contracts in excess of $50,000 should be let through a Request for Proposal process with some limited exceptions. In discussions with Recology there is the potential to extend the contract beyond the four year extension period in the current contract to obtain longer-term rate benefits and further investment by Recology such as converting trucks to natural gas, etc. One policy question that staff will discuss with Council is whether garbage collection should be mandatory, meaning that all households need to sign-up for garbage collection. Currently approximately 30% of Shoreline households do not have garbage service and are considered “self-haulers.” This means that they dispose their garbage in some other means – most likely self-hauling to the local Transfer Station.
·         Regular Meeting
o   Shoreline Community College Business Accelerator Program: This is a contract to continue the Tuesday, Business Accelerator Program, currently provided in partnership with the Shoreline Community College.
o   Resolution No. 359, Amending the Personnel Policies: This item is on the consent agenda and reflects the changes discussed by Council on June 9. There will not be any language to change the 240 hour vacation cash-out cap for retirement eligible employees.
o   Resolution No. 360, Ratifying the King County Countywide Planning Policies: On March 31, 2014, the Metropolitan King County Council approved and ratified amendments to the King County Countywide Planning Policies (CPP). The one amendment the County Council approved and ratified was to add the Central Issaquah Urban Core as an Urban Center. In accordance with the Countywide Planning Policies, G-1 (e), amendments must be ratified within 90 days of King County approval and require affirmation by the county and cities and towns representing at least 70 percent of the county population and 30 percent of those jurisdictions.
o   Executive Session: Property Acquisition – This will be an opportunity to update Council on the status and strategy for acquiring SPU assets in Shoreline.

Point Wells Update
We have asked several Richmond Beach representatives to meet on June 24, along with their respective traffic engineers, to review the assumptions we have asked BSRE to use for their next iteration of their traffic analysis. We have also asked property owners/residents that live within the 195th/196th triangle to attend a workshop on June 25, to help identify the mitigation needed to address projected traffic impacts in this area. We have targeted this meeting to those specifically living within this area. We have also asked for a couple of representatives from the Apple Tree Lane residents to attend.

Light Rail Update
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) has been issued for the 185th Station. Here is a link http://shorelinewa.gov/home/showdocument?id=17377. The comment period ends on July 10. This is the same evening that the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the DEIS. We had approximately 100 people attend the DEIS Workshop on June 3. On June 12 we had nearly 100 people attend the 145th Light Rail Design Dialogue Workshop. Although some attendees had concerns with how the station may change their existing neighborhoods, many are excited about the possibilities that will come with the new station and the transformation that this will bring.

Youth Parks Board Applicant
This week Parks Director Dick Deal interviewed Lauren Smith, who submitted an application to serve as a youth member of the PRCS Board. Dick is recommending that she be appointed.

Important Meetings
During last week's Mayor/Deputy Mayor meeting, Mayor Winstead, Deputy Mayor Eggen, and Councilmember Hall met with Katie Whittier, King County Director for U.S. Senator Patty Murray, to talk about the need for future funding for 145th and opportunities that there may be for the Federal Government to partner with Shoreline for this project.

This and That
·         Washington State Department of Transportation will be replacing concrete panels on I-5 between Northgate and Mountlake Terrace starting in July and will be done at night – so there will be noise for those living close to I-5.
·         Recology issued a press release announcing that they have awarded a $2,000 college scholarship to Althea Surowiec, a senior at Shorewood High School. This award was for the waste reduction video that she developed.


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City Council Work Session Meeting Schedule Change

Lake Forest Park City Council has changed the day and time of its regularly scheduled work session meetings from the fourth Monday of the month at 6:30pm to the second Thursday of each month, beginning at 6:00pm.

The Council’s work session will now precede the first regular business meeting of the month, which begins at 7:00pm. City Council meetings are open to the public and, unless otherwise noted, held at Lake Forest Park City Hall, 17425 Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park.


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Former Fircrest employee writes suspense novel set in rehab center

Local author, Mark Allan Johnson, born in Port Angeles, presently living in Everett, worked for more than thirty-five years with the intellectually challenged at Fircrest in Shoreline. He has written a novel which explores their seldom seen world.

The Havenwood Rehabilitation Center is “The Last Resort” that offers care to those with the most profound needs. This mystery weaves suspense and humor in a story of the residents at Havenwood, their care staff and those determined to close the facility, disguising political and financial ambition with a politically correct agenda of privatization into community homes.

THE LAST RESORT”

Mark Allan Johnson

294 pages
Fiction / Mystery & Detective

Available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com

The Last Resort by Mark Allan Johnson

The Story: Patrick Curran works the nightshift at Havenwood, a State facility for the intellectually challenged on the outskirts of Seattle in the newly incorporated City of Bitter Bay. He feels sheltered under the cover of darkness until the morning one of his residents discovers a skeleton in the crawlspace of an abandoned cottage slated for demolition.

State Senator Mason Manning is campaigning to close Havenwood as a costly and obsolete institution. He also wants to be governor. Unfortunately for him, the skeletons in his closet include the one found under Ash Hall where he worked the summer between high school graduation and college entrance.

Jillian Danvers, lawyer and legal guardian for her brother Danny, who lives at Havenwood, receives a letter from his housemate, Grady Hayward, claiming he can identify the skeleton, sending Patrick and Jillian on a perilous hunt with her crisis-craving law partner, Lisa Adler.

On the treacherous trail to the Quileute Reservation town of La Push, they are pursued by deceitful handymen and unskilled kidnappers before teaming with Tribal Police Officer, Andrew Jackson, who harbors a deep distaste for casinos, smoke shops and bodies washing up to defile his holy beach. This unlikely company of strangers discovers a truth that refuses to remain buried.


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CPR classes offered this summer at Shoreline Community College



CPR WA is holding CPR classes for students and adults this summer at Shoreline Community College.

They offer several American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR/AED and First Aid classes. Check out the class calendar online and sign up for a class at SCC, or contact them to arrange for a group class.

They service the Greater Puget Sound region, and offer private classes for businesses, schools, healthcare providers, hospital staffs, recreational staffs, small office groups, mothers groups, large corporations and at home family training. Instructors are all AHA BLS Instructors with an array of EMS field experience. Contact Tony Mc Nair for more information.


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Shoreline Planning Commission meets Thursday to consider updates to Hazardous Management Plan



Thursday, June 19, 2014 – Regular Meeting
7 pm 

Council Chamber, City Hall
17500 Midvale N
Agenda Highlights - full agenda here
- Hazardous Management Plan Update

You can comment on agenda items in person at the meeting or via email
Meeting are not televised or streamed on the web.





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Recipe for the season: Fruit Pizza

Lake Forest Park resident Karen Dixon shares this recipe with us - perfect for the beautiful strawberries available at our farmers' markets. Karen says, "It is really very easy to make and I look for ideas for arranging fruit from pictures - usually from the grocery store ads."

Fruit Pizza
Photo by Karen Dixon

Fruit Pizza

There are a lot of fruit pizza recipes with different crusts (you can use a pie crust or even brownies), different cream cheese toppings and, of course, different fruit. I buy my pizza pans from the Dollar Store. You can also get a pizza cutter at the dollar store, wrap this pizza up in cellophane and you have a delicious gift. This is the recipe that has worked best for me.

1 roll of refrigerated sugar cookies
1 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Assorted fruit (I used frozen peaches which I thawed and blotted with a paper towel so they wouldn't be wet)
1/2 cup apple jelly (optional)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12 inch pizza pan. Press the cookie dough onto the bottom of the pizza pan to form the crust.
Bake approximately 20 minutes until the crust is golden brown and then cool it completely.
Beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with a mixer until fluffy and spread onto the cooled cookie crust.
Arrange the fruit on top of the cream cheese. Stir the apple jelly until it is smooth and brush it over the fruit. Make sure to keep the jelly off of the cookie crust or it will get soggy.   
Refrigerate until chilled, cut into pizza slices and ENJOY!


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FOUND: Canon Rebel camera bag on June 7, 2014 - Saturday

Tuesday, June 17, 2014


FOUND: Canon Rebel camera bag on June 7th, 2014 - Saturday

First of all, I want to apologize that this is late in sharing and worrying the person who owns this very nice canvas Canon Rebel camera bag.

This canvas camera bag was found on a picnic table where the Shorewood High School Prom photos were taken down in the Richmond Beach Saltwater Park on June 7th, 2014 - Saturday.

I am not sure if it belongs to the photographer who was hired to take the photos of the students for the Shorewood High School Prom or if this belongs to someone else who happened to be in the same area as we were that evening.

Please send an email if this is yours.

To verify the true owner of this camera bag, you will need to tell me what is in it.

--Lien Tisdale Titus



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Shorewood graduation

Shorewood High School’s 2014 Commencement was held Sunday, June 15, at the Everett Event Center.

Photographer Wayne Pridemore was there and brings us these shots.


While everyone was waiting outside to line up for the processional, there was time to take a few posed shots. (if you can identify the people in the photos, let us know who they are)

Graduate Rikio Campbell


Inside, the audience of family and friends waited patiently.


During the ceremony

Jessika Hansen waves at family in the audience

And finally, they are graduates.





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Shoreline Arts Festival – Artist Marketplace Preview

Monday, June 16, 2014

Shoreline Arts Festival – June 28 & 29
Shoreline Center 18560 1st Ave NE

The Artist Marketplace is the beating heart of the Shoreline Arts Festival, with approximately 60 artists of all kinds; this section of the festival is a hard-won, hand-made dream.

Pursue paintings, ceramics, jewelry, and pretty much every other kind of art as you saunter through the sunshine and decide which of the masterpieces on offer will grace your mantelpiece. Enrich your home with hand-made art, support local artists, and show the world where you stand as a curator of great taste. Here's a quick preview of a few artists who will be selling their work at the festival:

Abigail Heyer
Abigail Heyer Fine Art

Abigail Heyer - Abigail Heyer Fine Art

Describe a typical day in your studio.

The first thing on my mind when I wake up in the morning is my art, so a typical day in my studio begins in the morning when I pickup where I left off the day before. My work consists of three phases -- either I am working on putting together a still life, which is slow going to get it just right, or I am constructing a tiny paper house which features in much of my work, or else I am slowly painting a canvas. No matter what, I am always a little disappointed when it is time to stop and accomplish other things!

What advice would you give a young artist?

My best advice for any aspiring artist would be just to do it! So much of the time I hear people who want to pursue an artistic lifestyle but just don’t. Their voice fills with longing and they seem sad that they are not fulfilling their dreams. I say that even if you sit down to make something only once a week, you will still make progress. You can’t be an artist without making art, so the best thing to do is to just start making something.

Tamera Mickelson
T.M. Originals

Tamera Mickelson – T.M. Originals

If you could use only one color what would it be?

Black - because I could at least make graphic images and it goes with everything!

Describe a typical day in your studio.

When I'm doing a batch of resin work I will typically spend most of a day sorting and laying out watch parts into frame pendants and such until I arrive at a layout that pleases me. I often work in layers so this process may be repeated the next day and over several days for larger items.

Are you a full-time or part-time artist?

I started as a part time artist. After the bottom dropped out of the economy and I had spent 2 1/2 years looking and interviewing for work, I decided it was a sign that it was time to get serious about my art. I work part time jobs for two other artists to help make ends meet.

Antoinette The Henna Artist
Magic Magpie Studio

Antoinette The Henna Artist – Magic Magpie Studio

What makes your work new or fresh?

I spend a LOT of time on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram looking at art. Other henna artists, tattoo artists, typographers, illustrators, painters, sculptors, crocheters and knitters ... I find inspiration in a lot of places. I will sometimes find an artist that particularly interests me, and then look at their work over and over until the way they create a design is embedded in my brain. Then I'll turn around and incorporate those designs into my own work. I'm constantly evolving my art!

What advice would you give a young artist?

Don't stop. Practice ALL the time. Find that thing that makes your heart beat faster and your fingers itch, and then do it, over and over and over. You will be horrible at it, and your art will look nothing like you expect it to. And then there will be a small change, some kind of shift, that will give you a glimmer of the artist you will become, and that will give you hope. Keep practicing. Fail miserably, and come to the moment of "I will NEVER be able to do this right." And then don't stop. Keep practicing. Only through long hours, months, years of practice will you become satisfied with your work. And because it makes your heart beat faster and your fingers itch, you will do it. You will keep on failing and you will keep on going. Also, save at least a representative portion of your art. Put a date on everything. So 5 years down the line, you can pull out your practice work from now, and say "Wow. Holy cow. Look how far I've come!" That will give you the best pick-me-up when you feel like you should stop. And then ... don't stop.

Are you a full-time or part-time artist?

I have been a full time artist for 6 years, however I have only just recently been able to quit my part-time "paycheck" job and become even more of a full-time artist!  I am so excited!

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

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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Recology CleanScapes opens new materials recovery facility

Recology CleanScapes employee owners look on as
the region's newest recycling facility is started up

In front of elected officials and community members, Recology CleanScapes opened a 75,000 square foot Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in South Seattle on May 22. The facility will process commercial and residential comingled recyclable materials.

The state-of-the-art MRF system was designed, manufactured and installed by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) and is capable of processing more than 90,000 tons of recyclables annually – the equivalent of nearly 10 Space Needle structures.

“We are very proud to introduce this state-of-the-art facility to expand recycling capacity in the Pacific Northwest,” said Recology CleanScapes General Manger Dan Bridges. “This facility will play an important role in helping the region meet its environmental goals.”

Regional leaders from around Puget Sound push the button to begin operations
at the Recology CleanScapes materials recovery facility

The MRF, located in the industrial district of South Seattle, will employ the recycling industry’s most advanced technologies, including screen, air and optical solutions from BHS. This modern recovery system will enable Recology CleanScapes to recover high quality recyclable materials that will be re-introduced to the market.  

Recology CleanScapes currently provides solid waste and recycling collection service for the cities of Seattle, Shoreline, Des Moines, Issaquah and Carnation. Service for Burien, SeaTac and Maple Valley will begin later in 2014. Recology CleanScapes is a subsidiary of Recology, an employee-owned company that sees a world without waste, where resources are used and re-used in a sustainable ecosystem that strives for their best and highest use.


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Homelessness photo exhibit extended through June at Shoreline City Hall

Photo exhibit on homelessness extended to end of June
at Shoreline City Hall

Looking into Light, Family Homelessness in Washington State: A Photo Exhibit, currently on view at Shoreline City Hall, has been extended through the end of June.

The exhibit is part of the City's effort to inform housing discussions related to achieving Vision 2029 where "The city offers a wide diversity of housing types and choices, meeting the needs of everyone from newcomers to long-term residents." This work started in March with the Housing For All Forum showcasing 14 Shoreline families who were or had faced homelessness.

The photos are the work of award-winning photographer Dan Lamont. The touring photo exhibit was provided by Seattle University's Project on Family Homelessness with assistance from Ronald United Methodist Church.

"The photos tell the stories of families in Washington state and highlight the region’s progress toward ending family homelessness,” said Barry Mitzman, director of the Project on Family Homelessness. The exhibit has toured the state and spent  time in the Capitol Building in Olympia and at the Seattle City Hall.

The exhibit documents the experience of family homelessness in Washington State. Included are 20 black and white photos by Lamont, a 2010 Seattle University Journalism Fellow. The stunning photographs illustrate family homelessness in Washington state with a special emphasis on telling the often overlooked stories of homeless families in suburban and rural areas. Lamont followed several Washington state families during his fellowship, including Marine Corps vet/ single dad Corey McKay of Bellevue and "cowgirl"/ young single mom Jesse Morgan of Okanogan.

Lamont received one of the project’s first journalism fellowships. A photojournalist, Lamont has covered issues of social concern since the late 1970s. His stories have appeared regularly in Time, Life, Newsweek, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, US News & World Report, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, Stern, Der Speigel, GEO, Paris Match, LeMonde, and many other publications.


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Crime in Shoreline - new this week - prostitution and embezzlement

Shoreline Police Station
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Crime in Shoreline A - Z
5-19-2014 to 5-27-2014

Every week - death investigations, suicide attempts, domestic violence, violent people with mental issues, suicide attempts, arrest warrants, drivers with suspended license, credit card identify theft, runaway kids, wandering seniors, well-being checks, natural deaths, driving violations with DUI drivers, tracking sex offenders - and here's the rest:

A - Car stolen for second time from Shoreline Park n Ride

Alcohol / Drugs - two females passed out in car at 153xx Aurora high on heroin / Heroin overdose in restroom at Echo Lake Park / Intoxicated female passed out in parking lot of Rodeway Inn / Intoxicated person trespassed from Ballinger Village shopping center / Man arrested for urinating on bus stop at Aurora Transit Center 

Area check - broken window found at abandoned Pizza Hut - owner contacted and requested to board up window 

Assault - 3 women exited the Arabella in North City and assaulted a couple walking to the bus stop

Burglary, residential - Burglary at Ballinger Homes / 3xx NE 194th / 170xx 12th NW / Kicked in front door at 192xx Wallingford / Shattered glass pane of back door at 193xx 1st NW, stole laptops and camera / Guns stolen from home belonging to deceased person / 160xx 12th NE burglar popped window from casement while family was out 

Burglary, commercial - Car prowl netted a garage door opener, entered garage but unsure if anything taken / Rear door forced at Desert Sun Tanning / 2 guns stolen from storage unit at 14900 Aurora 

Car prowl - Truck entered last month at 157xx Midvale, landscaping tools and checkbook taken, check cashed this month / Vehicle at Shoreline Park n Ride at 188th Aurora / 20xx N 148th / Park n ride at 175xx Meridian / N 165th and 28th NE - 7 unlocked vehicles prowled / 160xx 27th NE / Highland Square Apts

Cars and parts stolen – Attempted car theft 177xx 10th NW / Auto theft from Highland Square on Richmond Beach road / Car stolen from Shoreline Motel / Car stolen from auto repair shop 159xx Aurora / Vehicle stolen from park n ride at 175xx Meridian / Black Honda Civic stolen from driveway 17xx Ashworth / 157xx Densmore White Honda Civic / Attempted auto theft at Rodeway Inn was interrupted by car owner 

Embezzlement - Employee writing checks on employer's account 

Found - Stolen vehicle with stolen plates 146xx Whitman / Large amount of mail and safe with documents from long-deceased females found at Aldercrest Annex / Car found 177xx 1st NE / Cellphone at Aurora Safeway / Stolen vehicle found in Goodwill parking lot / Stolen car found in park n ride at 175th and Meridian

Fraud - Auto body repair scam at Costco / Attempt to pass counterfeit money at Goodwill / Someone used victims SSN to open a Best Buy credit card 

Larceny, public places - 2 large potted plants stolen from in front of Pho Tai 15210 Aurora / Female at Home Depot puts items in purse / iPad at Shorewood / Regular customer stole scanner from 7-11 at 185th / 2 different women arrested for shoplifting at Fred Meyer / 2 incidents of Alcohol theft from North City Safeway / Automotive items stolen from Fred Meyer / Bike stolen from rack at GNC Bank / Catalytic converter from vehicle at North Jackson park n ride / Wallet stolen diner at SCC cafeteria / Items stolen from lockers at Y / Sears security followed a shoplifter outside, she threw away the goods and ran / Walgreen's at 145th and Aurora - shopper left her wallet on the counter and it was taken by the next person in line / Cosmetics stolen from grocery store 153xx Aurora / Stole merchandise from Sears - got away from Security but arrested on Interurban Trail 

Larceny - iPhone stolen at Day's Inn / 18xx NE 170th male and female stole gas from car in carport / Bike stolen from front porch at 173xx Ashworth / 10xxNE 188th someone climbed over chain link fence to steal bicycle / Victim allowed recovering meth addict to stay at her home and he stole from her

Mail theft - FedEx box ripped open, contents from Edmonds address left at 17xx NE 150th / Mail stolen from one box opened and stuffed into next box 178xx 6th NW / Mail stolen in Seattle found along street on Wallingford / 153xx Interlake Ave N - credit cards taken and used

Prostitution - two hookers and a john picked up from upper parking lot at Sears 

Robbery - Thief steals from Bartells, then threatens to beat up clerk 

Threats - Road rage led to threats with tire iron 2:45am at NW 175th Ct and 5th NW

Trespass -  From Rodeway Inn after payment dispute with manager / Pho Tai - after the third time a customer spent 45 minutes in the rest room, management had him trespassed / Person found taking a shower at the Y after hours, was trespassed / Neighbor reported someone walking around Discount Tires after closing hours - person was trespassed / From Ballinger Thriftway / Aurora Village Starbucks 

Vandalism - Tags at Spin Alley / 4xx NE 165 vehicle in apt parking lot damaged / Couple broke up after 20 years and he has been stealing and vandalizing her cars ever since / Garage doors at Polaris Apartment deliberately damaged to stay open 

Vandalism, parks, schools - Car prowl Twin Ponds parking lot / Graffiti in bathrooms at Echo Lake Park

Z - Shopper who put on several layers of clothes from Marshalls and walked around store was trespassed

For other weeks of Crime in Shoreline, see the Features section on the front page.


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WeatherWatcher: Weekly Weather Forecast, El Niño Watch

Forecast 
El Niño Watch Issued 
Last week's data

Forecast: The next 7 days will slowly transition from our current gray and wet to more summer like weather. We have another band of rain that will blow through from the north overnight. Tuesday will have some morning showers followed by partial clearing. Thursday we might have some more showers as a weak system moves through before high pressure rebuilds. High temperatures will run from the mid-upper 60's and into the mid 70's later in the week and weekend. Our first day of summer should be very nice with mid-upper 70's for a high.

El Niño Watch Issued: The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Niño watch. This means conditions are favorable for an El Niño to develop lasting through the summer and into next winter. I do not think this will be the "Super El Niño" that the media has been hyping it up to be. The El Niño is not predicted to be moderate, let alone extreme at the moment. That and the fact that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is in a cold phase, which tells me a strong or even moderate El Niño is unlikely, as it hasn't really happened in the past 100 years during cold PDO's. As result I am expecting a slightly drier, warmer summer. Late July through August is likely to have more humid days than normal (where the term "muggy" returns.) This also means thunderstorm activity may be increased above normal as well for that period of time.

Last week's data:

High temperature: 77.3°F
Low temperature: 47.8°F
Rainiest day: 0.2 inches
Total rainfall: 0.24 inches
Warmest day: 61.9°F
Coldest day: 54.9°F
Average temperature: 59.1°F
3-year historic average: 57.3°F

For current weather conditions and updates, see http://www.shorelineweather.com


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