Photos: It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

It was a beautiful day today - here is some photographic sunshine from Lee Lageschulte for you to keep.

Daisies?



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Purrfect Pals Shelter asks for your vote

Get him out of kitty jail!
Available for adoption

The Purrfect Pals cat shelter has entered an online contest which ends on Sunday. The shelters receiving the most votes are awarded cash prizes.

There is less than one week left in the Shelter Challenge! While first place sadly looks out of reach, there are two $2,000 runner-up prizes up for grabs (for the #2 and #3 shelters), and right now we are in third place. However, the fourth place shelter has been gaining on us FAST the past several days. If we all vote every day and share this link, we can still win! This grant would buy a lot of kitten food which we are going to need desperately very soon.

Voting is quick, easy and free! Visit the website to vote today with just a free clicks.

[Editor's note: you may have to register with the site to vote. I apparently registered a long time ago and have not received junk mail, solicitations, or had any difficulties]

Remember, you can vote every day now through Sunday, April 10th. [or you could just donate money to the shelter]

Purrfect Pals holds the Average Joe Cat Show every year at the Shoreline Center. The 13th Annual Average Joe Cat Show will be taking over Shoreline’s Spartan Rec Center on Saturday, May 7th! To join them for this fun, family-friendly event, visit the AJCS page to enter your cat (or cat photos!) in the show, sign up to volunteer or learn more!



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LFP Rotary meets with community partners

LFP Rotary members and community partners

On Monday April 4, the Lake Forest Park Rotary hosted its fifth annual Community Partners Forum at the Shoreline Center.

Seventeen representatives from schools and community agencies were in attendance as well as 14 Rotary members.

The purpose of the event is to encourage community agencies to bring their needs to the Rotary group and to find ways to develop partnerships and network solutions.

The group is also encouraged to apply for grant funding for their projects. Six mini grants were awarded at the event.

There was a great deal of enthusiasm from participants.

Rotary members were happy to see new faces which enriched the discussion. Rotary believes it is important to have these interaction with our community partners to provide for the ongoing needs of our community. We thank everyone who participated.


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Track meet 4-7-16 Shorewood, Shorecrest, Shoreline Christian & Monroe

Shorecrest and Shorewood relay team at a baton exchange in one of the meet's races.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Track meet at Shoreline Stadium
Thursday, 4-7-2016
Teams: Shorewood, Shorecrest, Shoreline Christian, and Monroe

Shorewood's Chris Diaz pulls ahead in the 110 high hurdles and wins in a time of 14.72
Photo by Wayne Pridemore


TEAM SCORES

--Vicki Klein
T-Bird Ronnie Gray soars in the broad jump with a leap of 20.07.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore




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Shoreline City Council will adopt 145th Corridor preferred design concept on Monday April 11

Shoreline City Council Meetings Monday April 11, 2016.

Workshop Dinner Meeting at 5:45pm.
  • Citizen Satisfaction Survey Review
Regular Meeting 7:00pm.
Agenda Highlights
  • Proclamation of Volunteer Week
  • Appointment of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Board Member
  • Appointment of Library Board Members
  • Adoption of the 145th Multimodal Corridor Study Preferred Design Concept
  • Discussion of Ord. No. 743 - 2015 Budget Carryover
  • Discussion of Ord. No. 744 - 2016 Budget Amendment
Link to full Agenda


Meetings are held at City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133.



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ICHS in-person assisters help more than 6,300 people enroll into affordable health insurance during open enrollment

The ICHS In-Person Assister (IPA) team was recognized by The Health Benefits Exchange and Public Health Seattle and King County on April 1 for exceeding the targets for health insurance enrollment. In the picture, from left to right: Michael McKee, Ban-Tam Hoang, Sharissa Tjok, Kathy Bohn, Jiwon Kim, Sam Lam, Eduviges Monteros, Aleksandra Poseukova, Blanca Westrich, Minh Nguyen-Wichman.

International Community Health Services (ICHS) enrolled more than 6,300 people into health insurance through the Affordable Care Act during the last open enrollment period, exceeding the targets set by the Health Benefits Exchange and Public Health Seattle and King County.

ICHS In-Person Assisters (IPAs) Kathy Bohn and Sam Lam also were recognized among the top performers in the state for enrolling the most number of people.

They, along with the ICHS IPA team, were honored by The Health Benefits Exchange and Public Health Seattle and King County on April 1, for exceeding the targeted health insurance enrollment number.

Bohn enrolled the second most number of people in Washington with a total of 653 people during open enrollment.  Lam had the 14th highest enrollment in the state with 468 people enrolled.

“We are very happy to help so many people enroll into affordable health insurance, and very proud of our IPA team, especially Kathy and Sam, for the great work in signing people up for health insurance,” said Michael McKee, ICHS director of health services and community partnerships. “It is truly a team effort and involves staff in administration, medical, dental, clinic operations, and health services,” he said. 

For more information about ICHS, you can visit their website here. The Shoreline ICHS clinic is located at 16549 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline 98133, 206-533-2600 and offers both medical and dental appointments.



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Shoreline Girls' Try Hockey for Free session this Sunday April 10


Girls’ Try Hockey For Free session will be hosted by Western Washington Female Hockey Association this weekend at Highland Ice Arena in Shoreline. Come try the great sport of ice hockey. We want to see more girls on the ice enjoying the game.

Please Join Us - It's FREE
  • Date: Sunday, April 10th
  • Time: 12:45pm - 1:45pm
  • Note: Please arrive 30-45 minutes early to get skates and equipment sized
  • Location:  Highland Ice Arena 18005 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline
What to Bring
  • A bike helmet, warm clothes/sweats, and mittens/gloves
  • We will provide skates and sticks... and other hockey gear - while supplies last
  • If you own hockey equipment bring it, but if not -- no worries.
Register
  • Please pre-register online so we can plan skates, equipment and sizes – space is limited
  • More information and to register visit the website.


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Woodway petition seeks to annex bluff above Point Wells

By Evan Smith


The Town of Woodway is seeking to annex the Upper Bluff east of Point Wells, the industrial site where a developer proposes to build a 3,081-unit condominium project.

The owner of the bluff is not related to the developer of the Point Wells condominium project, BSRE.

Woodway has sent the request for annexation to the Snohomish County Boundary Review Board.

The Boundary Review Board clerk said Monday that the request isn’t official until it has a finding of legal sufficiency. Only then does a 45-day comment period start.

After the comment period, a decision comes from the boundary board. The five-member County Boundary Review Board consists of two members appointed by the governor, one appointed by the Snohomish County Council, one appointed by the Snohomish County Cities Association and one appointed by representatives of special-purpose districts around the county. A board decision can be appealed to the Snohomish County Superior Court.

The annexation is made up of a 40-acre unincorporated area of southwest Snohomish County adjacent to Woodway.

Woodway Town Administrator Eric Faison said Monday that only about nine acres in the area are developable, with the land including some environmentally protected areas and some terrain unfit for building.

Faison said he expects the developer to build about 36 single-family houses on the bluff.

Both Faison and County Planner Ryan Countryman said Monday that the Bluff annexation wouldn’t affect the Point Wells condominium development.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.



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WSDOT: Traffic news

Workers install warning signs on Aurora Bridge
Photo courtesy WSDOT
From WSDOT

Busy weekend ahead in downtown Seattle
A weekend of good weather and great events in downtown Seattle is sure to cause some traffic headaches if you don’t plan ahead. We’ve got the Emerald City Comicon going on at the Washington State Convention Center and the Mariners first home series of the season. If you’re heading into town, be aware that the I-5 express lanes HOV-only ramp to and from 5th Avenue / Columbia Street will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 9, for a Seattle DOT project. In addition, Stewart Street will be reduced to one lane near Denny Way from 7 p.m. Friday, April 8, to 6 a.m. Monday, April 11, for a Seattle City Light project.

Westbound SR 520 traffic switches to new bridge Monday, April 11
In four days, drivers going from Bellevue to Seattle will have a chance to be one of the first to navigate across the new SR 520 floating bridge! In order to switch westbound traffic to the new bridge, contractor crews will have to close both directions of SR 520 between Montlake Boulevard East/SR 513 and 92nd Avenue Northeast from 11 p.m. Friday, April 8, to 5 a.m. Monday, April 11. Eastbound traffic will switch over to the new bridge following another full weekend closure April 22-25.

Aurora Bridge makeover
Northbound SR 99 Aurora Bridge nightly lane closures begin next week Seattle’s SR 99 Aurora Bridge is in the midst of a makeover and crews will need some extra space on the right side of the northbound lanes to move the work platform as part of their bridge painting and preservation project. Expect up to two right lanes of the northbound direction of the bridge to be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly, beginning Monday night, April 11, and continuing into the first part of May. No lane closures are allowed on Friday nights.



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Haggen stores will be back to Albertsons and Safeway

Safeway again - Shoreline store at 155th and Aurora
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

By Diane Hettrick


Locally, the Haggens in Lake Forest Park will go back to being an Albertsons and the Haggens in Shoreline will go back to being a Safeway. Both will be owned by Albertsons LLC.

Haggens is history in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, but not in Bellingham and a handful of other Northwest stores, where the Haggen name will be retained once the new owners take over.

According to the grocery story blog Coupons in the News, "...just over a year ago, Haggen was a small, regional grocer operating 18 stores in the Pacific Northwest. Going forward, it will be a small, regional grocer operating 15 stores in the Pacific Northwest, the only difference being that it will be operating under new ownership."

Except for a former Safeway in Oak Harbor, all those stores were part of the original Haggens, and will continue to be operated from Bellingham, where the chain originated.

According to Coupons in the News, Albertsons LLC is expected to acquire, pending the bankruptcy court’s approval, the Lake Forest Park store at 17171 Bothell Way NE. Since the conversion, it has been in continuous operation as a Haggens. It will be converted back to an Albertson's.

The Shoreline store at 15332 Aurora Ave N, which was formerly a Safeway, was bought by Albertsons LLC at auction on November 11, 2015. Haggen's closed the store and sold off the contents. Albertsons LLC is almost done converting the Shoreline store back to a Safeway.

Haggens started locally in Edmonds with a Top Foods store on SR 99 and 224th. It later opened a Top Foods in Shoreline on N 175th. Haggens, which had been in financial difficulty for some time, acquired financial backing from a merger with Comvest Partners and started converting some of its Top Foods stores, including the Shoreline store in July 2012, to a supposedly higher end Haggens Fresh. The store was unsuccessful and was closed in July 2013.

Nationally, two huge grocery chains - Albertsons LLC and Safeway - merged, with Albertsons LLC being the dominant partner. Before approving the merger, the Federal Trade Commission required the new Albertsons LLC to divest itself of 168 stores nationwide.

Haggens, with financial backing and encouragement from its new partner, swooped in and bought 146 of the west coast stores, mostly Albertsons (Lake Forest Park) and Safeway (Shoreline). Haggens converted all the new stores to Haggens Fresh during the first half of 2015.

Haggens was in financial trouble almost immediately, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Its creditors eventually forced it to sell most of its assets, including the stores in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park.

The original Tops Foods / Haggen Fresh store on N 175th in Shoreline was purchased by commercial property company Merlone Geier, which also owns Town Center in Lake Forest Park. Merlone Geier calls the property Shoreline Marketplace and has leased the space to Trader Joes, Mud Bay, and the Everett Clinic.



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Attorney General: Refunds for LCD product purchases 1998-2006

Did you purchase a television, smart phone, monitor, notebook computer, color-screen cell phone or color-screen iPod with an LCD flat screen during the time period of 1998 through 2006? If so, you may be entitled to a refund.

The Attorney General’s Office has secured a $63 million recovery — one of the largest in state history — from nine liquid crystal display (LCD) panel manufacturers who conspired for years to drive up prices of their products. Because of the ubiquitous presence of LCD products in the everyday lives of consumers, millions of people may benefit from the recovery.

Here is everything you need to know about the recovery and the free claims process now available on our website.

It is important to act soon in order to qualify for a share of the recovery money.

Meanwhile, we have alerted consumers to avoid a third-party agent that has also set up a claims website, but will charge a hefty fee for the service. As explained in this release, with the official free and easy claims process in place, there is no reason for consumers to pay a fee to seek restitution from the LCD settlement.




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Shoreline Public Schools Foundation’s Growing Great Minds event raises over $90,000

Attendees at the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation
Breakfast fundraiser
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Last week, the Shoreline Center came alive as business leaders, community members, educators, parents and students gathered together to promote learning and support students in every Shoreline Public School.

More than 300 guests had the opportunity to invest in our community’s greatest resource, our children, with their support of the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation’s Annual Spring Fundraiser, Growing Great Minds.

The day showcased our ability as a community to expand learning opportunities in our public schools as students and educators shared their stories on how your gifts to the Foundation directly impact student learning, enrichment opportunities and academic excellence.

A huge “thank you” to all who invested in our children’s academic future at this event!!

Due to the generosity of the following sponsors, 100% of the money raised at the event will go to supporting learning opportunities during the 2016-2017 school year.

BSRE Point Well, LP
Spee West Construction
Umpqua Bank
Boeing
Carter Subaru
Stoel Rives LLP
D.A. Davidson & Co
Dale Turner Family YMCA
Heritage Bank
Lake Forest Bar & Grill
The Lumley Team/ Windermere
Shoreline Center Administrators
Shoreline Principals Association
Spiro’s Pizza and Pasta
Whizz Kids Academy
Coastal Administrative Services
D.A. Hogan & Associates
Dunn Lumber
Foster Pepper, PLLC
James Alan Salon



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Mud Bay grand opening Saturday

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Store Manager Lizzie and pal Sodo welcome you to the
Mud Bay Grand Opening celebration on Saturday
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The new Shoreline Mud Bay store is hosting a Grand Opening Celebration this Saturday, April 9, from 11am to 5pm, 1201 N 175th St #106, Shoreline 98133.

We’ll have refreshments for people, a free treat bar for dogs and cats, and a raffle for a $100 Mud Bay gift card.

A professional photographer will take free photos of pets or pets and their people.

Deputy Mayor Shari Winstead will kick things off at 11:00am with a ribbon cutting, giant scissors and all!

The store will be open its normal Saturday hours 9am to 9pm but the celebration is 11am to 5pm.



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Shorecrest - Shorewood varsity girls tennis 4-6-16

Varsity Girls Tennis WesCo 2A/3A
Hosted by Shorecrest
4-6-16 at Kellogg courts

Shorecrest 2 - Shorewood 5

The schools' number one singles meet at the net
Anna Burke SC (left) vs Sasha Geath SW
Photo by Wayne Pridemore
Singles
1.  Anna Burke SC vs Sasha Geath SW, 0-6, 1-6 SW

Scot Eli Parsek uses a two-handed back swing
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

2.  Eli Parsek SC vs Ellie Allen-Hatch SW, 4-6, 2-6 SW

T-Bird Ellie Allen-Hatch plays off the net for a return shot
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

3.  Sophie Ivens SC vs Emily Wright SW, 6-0, 0-6, 6-7 SW
4.  Bella Saunders SC vs Bretta Petersen SW, 1-6, 4-6 SW

Shorewood's number one doubles team, Katie Taylor on left,
and Meredith Rand watch for the return.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore
Doubles
1.  Tessa Farnam / Victoria Nguyen SC vs Katie Taylor / Meredith Rand SW, 5-7, 2-6 SW
2.  Emily Paulsen / Shiyao Li SC vs Tina Chi / Maya Talbot SW, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 SC
3.  Julie Moss / Jillian Zhao SC vs Kate Drake /Brenna Day SW, 6-3, 6-1 SC

Tessa Farnam, plays the net for a return as Victoria Nguyen moves to back her up.
The two girls are Shorecrest's number one doubles players.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore
--Robert Mann




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Parkwood PTA seeks donations for auction

We at the Parkwood Parent Teachers Association are dedicated and committed to the education of our students and work to raise funds to support the school.

On Friday, May 20, 2016 we will be hosting a silent auction. The money raised at this event will be used for producing and contributing to student enrichment programs, community building events, safety programs, and teacher grants.

We are looking to members of our community to help support our efforts to strengthen the educational experience of our students by donating items or experiences for our auction.

Please complete the enclosed Silent Auction donation form to pledge your tax deductible contribution. If you have any questions or need further information contact the volunteer chair 206-364-5971.

Procurement deadline is May 6, 2016. We hope you will consider donating to our school auction.



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SW Soccer 4-6-16

Shorewood hosted Everett in a conference game Wednesday, April 6.
Shorewood 4 - Everett 0

The Thunderbirds came out hot with a goal in the 5th minute by Ousaino Bojang and then one minute later by Nick Trajano assisted by Garrett Miyaoka.

Later Emsud Kandzik scored and the final goal of the game was by Quinn Panek for a 4-0 Shorewood win.

Christian Rincon was in goal for Everett 1-3-0, 1-5-2 while Nathaniel Poole and Ryan Peterson covered the nets for Shorewood 4-1-0, 6-1-2.

--Bill Wilkins



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Dollars For Scholars scholarships available


The Shoreline Chamber of Commerce Dollars for Scholars Scholarships are open for application by all Shoreline and Lake Forest High School Seniors.

This includes students attending Shorewood, Shorecrest, Kings, or Shoreline Christian High Schools, those living in Shoreline or Lake Forest Park but attending other schools, or students home schooling and living within the boundaries of the Shoreline School District.

Applications may be submitted any time before April 30. Applications are online. For questions on process, contact the Chamber or the Chairperson.



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Brick builders Friday at Shoreline Library


Brick Builders on Friday, April 8 from 4 to 5pm at the Shoreline Library!

For kids 6 and older and their families. Library will provide the LEGOs; you provide the creativity and fun!

345 NE 175th, Shoreline 98155.



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Chase: ‘Economic gardening’ can expand businesses, create jobs

Hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the state may one day enjoy new tools to expand and create more jobs, thanks to legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee.

Senate Bill 6100, sponsored by Sen. Maralyn Chase, D-Edmonds, establishes a pilot program in the state Dept. of Commerce to provide strategic business assistance services to businesses that employ more than six but fewer than 99 employees and annually gross between $500,000 and $50 million. The assistance includes market research, business modeling, identifying qualified sales leads, and assisting with innovation strategies.

“We have plenty of folks who are skilled at a product or service or specialized business niche but who don’t necessarily possess the knowledge or staff required for expanding a business,” Chase said. “With a little help, these small businesses can expand market share and create jobs.”

Of the 600,000 businesses in Washington state, only 176,815 have workers on the payroll. The vast majority of businesses are self-employed entrepreneurs who lack either the time or knowledge — or both — to grow their businesses into larger, more robust enterprises.

To implement the pilot project, the Dept. of Commerce will coordinate with chambers of commerce, associate development organizations and other economic development organizations. The strategy is called “economic gardening” because it is designed to nurture fledgling businesses the way a gardener oversees the growth of a garden.

“If you expand these businesses, they can hire people,” Chase said. “It’s great for our economy and great for our working families.”



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Sherman Alexie to speak at University of Washington Bothell’s 25th Commencement

Sherman Alexie to speak at UW Bothell
Noted author, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie will deliver the commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of the University of Washington Bothell.

The 25th Commencement Ceremony is expected to be the university’s largest to date with about 1,300 of the 1,800 spring grads participating. The ceremony will take place at 1:45pm on June 12 at UW Seattle’s Alaska Airlines  Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian who often talks about growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and being the first person in his family to go to college.  At UW Bothell, nearly half of first-year students are the first in their families to earn a four-year degree and 64 percent are from diverse backgrounds.

Alexie won a scholarship to Gonzaga University where he thought about becoming a doctor until he found he was squeamish in anatomy classes. He transferred to Washington State University where a creative writing class inspired him to work on The Business of Fancydancing, his first published collection of stories and poems.

Alexie’s 24 books include the semi-autobiographical The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which won a National Book Award, Reservation Blues,  Indian Killer, and  The Toughest Indian in the World, and his most recent collection of stories, Blasphemy. His works are read by UW Bothell students.

In 1998, Alexie wrote and produced the film  Smoke Signals, an adaptation of his book  The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.  The movie won the Audience Award and Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival.  Alexie made his directorial debut with 2002’s  The Business of Fancydancing .

Alexie now lives in Seattle with his family. He is currently working on a sequel to both  The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven  and  True Diary of a Part-Time Indian  and co-hosting the podcast  A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment  with best-selling author Jess Walter.



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Eastside CHADD: Tuesday Apr 19, everything you need to know about ADHD

Harlan Gephart, M.D., Emeritus Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Univ. of Washington School of Medicine, explains ADHD. Dr. Gephart trains pediatricians across the country to help children and their parents understand ADHD.


What is ADHD? How do we diagnose and treat ADHD? Bring your questions so you can help your children, their teachers, and you effectively work with these challenging conditions.

CHADD Members - Free; Non-Members: Suggested Donation - $5

The meeting will take place Tuesday, April 19 at Evergreen Healthcare (Formerly Evergreen Hospital Medical Center), Surgery and Physicians Center, 12040 NE 128th St, Kirkland 98034, Room TAN 101 (downstairs).

Doors open at 6:30pm. Please arrive early to volunteer. Eastside CHADD is an all-volunteer group.
Meeting starts at 7:00pm and is over at 9pm.

More information at the CHADD website.



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North City Neighborhood Association Meeting Tuesday Apr 12

On the Future of Shoreline’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services

The North City Neighborhood Association invites you to a presentation and discussion of future directions for Shoreline’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 12, 7:00pm – 8:30pm, North City Water District meeting room, 1519 NE 177th St, Shoreline 98155.

The Shoreline Parks, Recreation and Cultural Service (PRCS) Department has begun an eighteen month planning process to update the PROS Plan, a document that creates a 20-year vision and serves as the framework for Shoreline’s recreation and cultural programs and park and open space facilities.

At our meeting, City staff will be on hand to provide a look at the past and discuss and listen to your input on future directions. What do you want your parks, recreation, and cultural services system to be, and what are you willing to support?

The meeting will start with a brief introduction on the North City Neighborhood Association — who we are, and what our plans are. The presentation by PRCS and discussion on the future of Shoreline’s parks will follow.

North City boundaries in dark green


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Fill the van for the band this Saturday



Help support Shorecrest’s Band department! Fill the van for the band….

Bring your quality reusable clothing and household items to Shorecrest High School on Saturday, April 9 from 10am to 2pm.

Goodwill normally does not pay for donations – but they have a special fundraiser program for schools.

They pay up to $500 for a full 24 foot box truck – and up to $500 for each truck thereafter. While donors are helping Shorecrest Band go to Victoria – their donations are also helping Goodwill provide free education to over 8500 people in Western Washington!

All electronics are accepted, including televisions, computer monitors, desktop computers and laptops. No furniture bigger than an end table will be accepted at this time.

Shorecrest is located at 15343 25th Ave NE, Shoreline 98155.



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Amazing Annuals at the LFP Garden Club meeting Tuesday

Nita-Jo Rountree at the LFP Garden Club
Nita-Jo Rountree will be the featured speaker at the Tuesday, April 12 meeting of the Lake Forest Park Garden Club at Third Place Commons, LFP Town Center, 9:15am.

Nita-Jo has extensive gardening credentials:

  • Past President of the Northwest Horticulture Society
  • Heronswood Steering Committee
  • Board of Directors, Bellevue Botanical Garden Society
  • Lifetime Georgia Master Gardner
  • Frequent speaker at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show

She will talk on "Amazing Annuals - Big Bangs for the Bucks."

New and unusual as well as tried and true, annuals are not just for containers; use them in your planting beds as well. Photos and descriptions of a variety of annuals used in combination with mixed beds and containers will illustrate uses. Money saving easy propagation methods will be highlighted.

General meeting starts at 9:15am and then a short break for coffee / tea and goodies and then at 10:30 the speaker will talk. The club meets at the LFP Town Center, corner of Ballinger Way NE and Lake City Way NE, upper level, in the stage area.

Please come and join us for this interesting talk as it is open to the public.



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Comedy for a Cause Sunday at Shorecrest

Tuesday, April 5, 2016


Comedy for A Cause, Sunday, April 10 At Shorecrest Theatre, 15343 25th Ave NE, Shoreline 98155.

Join the hilarity this Sunday, April 10th at the Shorecrest Theatre with five famous comedians perform to help raise money for the Shorecrest Senior Spree Fund and the Shorecrest Track team.

These comedians have all toured and been featured on late night television and this is your chance to see them live for the low price of $12 in advance or $15 at the door!

No driving downtown in traffic and paying expensive cover charges for this event! It’s in our own backyard and the proceeds will help support the Class of 2016 Spree Committee pay for the all night drug and alcohol free party the night of commencement keeping our graduates safe and providing a venue for their last night as a class.

Doors open at 6:30. Advance tickets can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets for $12 or at the door for $15.

Don’t miss the fun and the hilarious anecdotes from Brad Upton, Travis Nelson, Scott Losse, Lisa Wallen and Kermet Apio!



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25th annual Putnam County spelling bee comes to Edmonds

Jon Woods as Panch, Ireland Woods as Logainne (Schwartzy), Dakota Daley as Barfee, Laura McFarlane as Olive, Michael Yichao as Chip and Mason Beaver as Mitch.

Edmonds Driftwood Players prepares for a riotous ride complete with audience participation. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful den of musical comedic genius.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy which centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley. Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups. As our spellers compete, flashbacks and insight reveal personal details about each of them in this musical that explores the idea that winning isn’t everything.

Director Pauls Macs says of Spelling Bee: This is one of my very favorite musicals. There's nothing else like it in the musical theatre canon. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, the show lovingly plays with musical theatre conventions, and the audience participation makes each performance unique. I'm so grateful to Edmonds Driftwood Players for letting me tell this story. Only one speller can be champion, but each of the contestants learns what it means to be a winner at our bee.

About the Playwright: Conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss. Feldman, the conceiver of Spelling Bee won a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk and Tony Nomination for Best Musical for her work. She directed the world premiere in the summer of 2004. Sheinkin has written book for a number of musicals and earned a Tony award and a Drama Desk Award for best book of a musical for Spelling Bee. She teaches musical theatre writing at Yale. William Finn is an American composer and lyricist who has won many awards including those for Bee.

Parental Advisory: Contains Explicit Content

Performances: April 22 – May 8, 2016
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00pm

Performances are at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St Edmonds, WA
Tickets are $25. Senior/Junior/Military $22.
Purchase tickets here or 425-774-9600 option 3.



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Shoreline City Council proclaims April Sexual Assault Awareness Month

On April 4, the Shoreline City Council proclaimed the month of April Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual Assault Awareness Month calls attention to the fact that sexual violence is widespread and impacts every person in this community. The statistics are staggering and show that we must do more to address this issue in our community.

  • Rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment harm our community, and statistics show one in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives (Black et al., 2011).
  • Child sexual abuse prevention must be a priority to confront the reality that one in six boys and one in four girls will experience a sexual assault before age 18 (Dube et al., 2005).
  • Young people experience heightened rates of sexual violence, and youth ages 12-17 were 2.5 times as likely to be victims of rape or sexual assault (Snyder and Sickmund, 2006).
  • On campus, one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted during their time in college (Krebs, Lindquist, Warner, Fisher, & Martin, 2007).

We must work together to educate our community about sexual violence prevention, supporting survivors, and speaking out against harmful attitudes and actions. Prevention is possible when everyone gets involved. The first step is increasing education, awareness, and community involvement. It’s time for all of us to take action to create a safer environment for all.

The City of Shoreline joins advocates and communities across the country in taking action to prevent sexual violence. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and each day of the year is an opportunity to create change for the future.



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Friday Roundtable: Start a home-based business


This Friday's roundtable: Start a home-based business - featured guest: Annie's Walk and Talk Founder, Ann Conklin.
Friday April 8, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
“After attending several of Ron’s Roundtable sessions, I met Tiffany Mcveety, who was a guest speaker and teaches entrepreneurship at SSC. My sister and I spent nine months on a novel idea and took all of the steps necessary to start a business and a full-fledged business plan. Though I shelved the idea in October of 2014, the process enabled me to start Annie's Walk and Talk that December. Simply dog walking and pet sitting. I knew I needed another stream of income that was dog oriented and something of consequence that I believed in. In March of 2015, I found the perfect company to help fulfill my wishes. Using a direct sales model, PawTree offers a customized nutrition program that utilizes an algorithm to identify the best food/dry kibble and supplements for your dog’s needs.”  -Ann Conklin

Not too long ago, Ann told me she sometimes has more business than she can handle and has in the process networked for other great ideas. 

Come by and hear her success and even the failure or two that lead up to her awesome idea.

Also, I have something current on the psychological and practical angles of “dressing for success” – probably not what you think.

As always, strong coffee and sweet treats play a part in this, compliments of Central Market.

Shoreline Community College Room 5116, Building 5000 (ground floor), 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline 98133, SCC Campus MapParking.

Ron Carnell, Workforce Coordinator

Continuing Education / Bridges at Shoreline Spring Class Schedule



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Moms Demand Action on gun violence

Gun Violence: What to do about it.

If you’re concerned about gun violence, and you want to know what you can do about it, come and learn about an organization actively engaged in promoting common-sense, gun safety legislation.

A presentation on Moms Demand Action will be held in Shoreline on Sunday, April 10 from 3 to 5pm.

This meeting will be for information-sharing and no money will be solicited. Refreshments, on the other hand, will be offered.

If this is something you’d like to participate in, please RSVP for Shoreline location



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Republic Services expands recycling options in LFP

Photo by Anton Fomkin

Beginning April 4, 2016, Republic Services will collect household batteries and used cooking oil from Lake Forest Park residents.

For single family residential customers only, place household batteries (alkaline, button cell, and rechargeable batteries) in a clear plastic bag (such as a ziplock) on top of the recycling container (not inside the recycling container).

Used cooking oil, free of large solid material, should be placed in a clean/clear, screw top, one gallon jug. The container must be labeled with your name and address and placed next to your recycle container. There is a limit of three oil containers per collection, with no more than 10 per year. 

For additional information view the special handling guide here.



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Point Wells draft statement now expected in July

By Evan Smith

Progress on the proposed Point Wells project keeps getting slower.

A Snohomish County planning official said Monday that the county expects to release its draft environmental impact statement for the project in July rather than in June as reported here a month ago.

After the county releases the draft statement there will be a 45-day period for comments before officials start work on a final environmental impact statement.

County Planner Ryan Countryman said that the draft statement won’t have information about developer BSRE’s response to a request for plans to meet a requirement for a second road to and from the proposed condominium development.

Developer BSRE has proposed building 3,081 condominium units along with 125,000 square feet of retail and commercial space on the industrial site in southwest Snohomish County across the King-Snohomish county line from Richmond Beach. The site is within the urban growth area of the Town of Woodway in southwest Snohomish County.

After the comment period, contractors working for the county planning department will write the final environmental impact statement, something that Countryman expects by the end of 2017.

To write the final environmental impact statement, Countryman says, planners need the developer to respond to requests for several pieces of information.

He said that the developer still hasn’t replied to questions about the correct number of condominium units, the correct number of parking spaces and a second road.

The only way into and out of Point Wells is by a two-lane road, Richmond Beach Drive NW in Shoreline, a road that crosses the King-Snohomish County line into the southwest corner of Woodway before reaching Point Wells.

Snohomish County’s fire code requires at least two ways into and out of any large residential development.

Once county planners have the final environmental impact statement, they can make a recommendation to a Snohomish County hearing examiner for planning and zoning matters.

Countryman said in February that, without the missing information, county planners could not recommend approval of the project.

The hearing examiner will consider written and oral testimony before deciding whether to approve the plan, reject the plan, approve the plan with conditions, or remand it to the Snohomish County planning department for further revisions.

Approval with conditions could include asking for a smaller development.

A hearing examiner’s decision can be appealed to the Snohomish County council, with a possible further appeal to the Snohomish County Superior Court.

In addition to getting a permit from Snohomish County, the developer needs to get approval from the state Department of Ecology of an environmental cleanup on the site, which for decades has been used for petroleum shipping and storage. The operator of the oil facilities has yet to start the cleanup process.

Also, the project needs approval from a county design review board.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.



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Shorewood softball vs Mountlake Terrace 4-4-16

Allison Namba at bat
Photo by Chris Stuvek

Shorewood vs. Mountlake Terrace at Meridian Park Field
Monday 4-4-16

Shorewood 3  Mountlake Terrace 10

Shorewood lost a 10-3 softball game to Mountlake Terrace Monday on Shorewood's home field at Meridian Park school.

Alison Feise hit 2 for 4 with a double and a triple, Abby Gustafson hit 2 for 4 with a double, and Kendall Adams hit 2 for 4.

Mountlake Terrace holds second place in the Wesco 3A South with a 6-2 record (8-2 overall). Shorewood takes a 0-6 (0-7) record into its Saturday game with Shorecrest.


Lauren Smith
Photo by Chris Stuvek

BATTERY

MLT: Kira Doan, Gabby Calhoun (5) and Amaya Kaupp (catcher)

SW: Kendall Adams and Lauren Smith (catcher)

--Paul Jensen



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Northwest Kidney Centers' Breakfast of Hope May 5

Northwest Kidney Centers’ 14th annual Breakfast of Hope will be held Thursday, May 5, 2016, to raise money for patient support services. It runs from 7:30 to 8:45am at the Westin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Ave. Jean Enersen, host of KING 5’s “HealthLink,” will be the master of ceremonies.

Ben Ruback
Keynote speaker will be Ben Ruback of Boston, a passionate advocate for the rights of kidney patients. Ruback has been without working kidneys since he was in the fourth grade 20 years ago.

While on life-sustaining dialysis, he earned a degree from Harvard and embarked on a career teaching high school chemistry. He uses his personal health experience to bring science to life and inspire his students.

The event is free to attend thanks to underwriting from sponsors, and a $150 donation is recommended. Register on the website, phone 206-720-8585 or email

Why is this event important? It not only helps Northwest Kidney Centers patients, but the community as a whole. Did you know:
  • 1 in 10 adult Americans have chronic kidney disease. Because the disease is without symptoms, most don’t know until the damage is severe.
  • Kidney damage can be slowed with nutrition, exercise and medication.
  • Philanthropy helps fund Northwest Kidney Centers programs that promote transplantation, educate the public, support kidney research, and offer charity care.
  • Forty-two percent of Northwest Kidney Centers’ patients live in poverty. Gifts help patients whose insurance does not fully cover dialysis or medications. Charity care also provides transportation assistance, emergency grants and nutritional supplements to patients in need.

Northwest Kidney Centers is a regional, not-for-profit, community-based provider of kidney dialysis, public health education, and research into the causes and treatments of chronic kidney disease, with a clinic in Lake Forest Park.



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Join community members who want to reopen pool and activity center at Fircrest

Swimming pool at Fircrest is currently closed

Would you like to see a community recreation center open for the Shoreline community?

Join a group of concerned community members who have been working for some time to reopen the pool and activity center on the campus of Fircrest  to benefit the whole community including the residents of Fircrest.

The closed activity center contains two pools, a gym with bleachers, a performance stage, several meeting rooms, a kitchen and banquet room and outside of the center is a large natural space that would be a fantastic garden area.

The agenda of the meeting will include discussion of our objectives, review some previous master planning ideas and will be open for general comments, questions, interests and concerns.

The open meeting will be held April 13th from 7- 9pm at the Fircrest Activities building, Fircrest Campus, 15230 15th Ave NE, Shoreline, WA 98155.

Directions: The entrance to Fircrest is where 155th meets 15th Ave NE, enter the campus, make a sharp left and then the first right. The Activity Center is on the hill, there is parking there in front of the building.



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SW soccer 4-4-16

Shorewood 4 - Arlington 1

Arlington hosted Shorewood at Arlington stadium on Monday, April 4.

Shorewood opened the scoring in the 25th minute on a goal by Jared Sanagustin assisted by Kyan Feller. Five minutes later Shorewood's Garrett Miyaoka scored to make it 2-0 Shorewood and that is how the half ended.

Arlington came out fired up and Aaron Paloalto scored in the 48th minute to make it 2-1. Shorewood put the game away on goals by Edwin Montiel and then Ousainou Bojang to finish the night 4-1.

Nick Mcdonald was goalie for Arlington 0-3-0, 2-4-1 and Nathaniel Poole for Shorewood 3-1-0 and 5-1-2.

--Bill Wilkins



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Shorenorth preschool carnival Saturday Apr 9

Shorenorth Family Carnival
and Silent Auction
Shorenorth Coop Preschool will hold a family carnival and silent auction on Saturday, April 9at the North City Learning Center, 816 NE 190th St, 10am to 2pm.

Admission is free and game and activity tickets are family-friendly prices.

Kids ages 1—8 will win prizes playing games like Treasure Dig, Hockey, Bean Bag Toss, Deep Sea Fishing, Angry Birds and Bowling.

Little artists will create in the Art Pavilion and budding bibliophiles will read stories in the Story Time Tent. Trade your carnival prizes for gently-loved toys and books. Come hungry — the food is delicious.

Shop your way through our silent auction featuring truly unique handmade arts and crafts donated by our talented preschool community. You will also find great goods and services from local shops, restaurants, arts organizations and sports teams.



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Are You There Cod? It’s Me, Margarita - The incredible Edible Book Festival

Ellie Patterson "Pear Wants S’more"

Text by Pam Thompson, Photos by Bob Pfeiffer

What event had people of all ages exclaiming over creative entries, puns, literary interpretations, humor and good taste? Why of course it was another incredible edible - the 4th Annual Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council Edible Book Festival.

This year there were 41 entries comprised of 28 Adult and 13 K-12 interpretations of literary tomes. 202 people voted for their favorite entry – The People’s Choice Award.

Kali Esancy "20,000 Leeks Under the Sea"

Thirty prizes were awarded in front of a large crowd of hungry hordes. It was estimated that approximately 300 people came to admire and exclaim over the creative entries.

Many thanks to Third Place Commons for the use of their space, Third Place Books for the ten first place prizes, Friends of the Lake Forest Park Library for a terrific book selection for prize-winners, our wonderful judges - Patricia Byrnes, Scott Davis, Susan Jones and Kalee Shearer.

Hana Butler "Escape From Mr. Lemon Jello’s Library"

A big thank you to the Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Arts Council for their support and Edible Book Festival “swag” (tea towels and aprons silk-screened with the Edible Book Festival Logo). Look for them at the Arts Council Gallery at Lake Forest Park Town Center. A special thank you to all the wonderful friends and volunteers who made this event go smoothly.

After prizes were awarded, everyone was invited to devour the books. It was an unforgettable and delicious time.

Anjala Berryman "Starry Sliver of a Pie"

Do you want to do more than eat your words?

Mark your calendar for next year’s festival which will be held on Saturday, April 1, the actual birth date of of French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826), famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. It was in his honor that the International Edible Book Festival was begun in 2000. Start planning now for your entry for next year. Each year is better than the last.

Would you like to improve next year’s event? Email your suggestions for prize categories. 

Bennett Haselton "Are You There Cod? It’s Me, Margarita"

Drum roll please! Here are the 2016 Winners

PUNderful

Adult
  • 1st Place Bennett Haselton Are You There Cod? It’s Me, Margarita
  • 2nd Place Kali Esancy 20,000 Leeks Under the Sea
  • 3rd David C. Atlas Slugged
K-12
  • 1st Place Ellie Patterson Pear Wants S’more
  • 2nd Place Hana Butler Escape From Mr. Lemon Jello’s Library
  • 3rd Place Anjala Berryman Starry Sliver of a Pie
David C. "Atlas Slugged"


Best Visual Presentation

Adult
  • 1st Place Norma Middleton Bird By Bird
  • 2nd Place Doug Subcleff Tibetan Peach Pie
  • 3rd Place Carla Fisher Cheerios of Fire
K-12
  • 1st Place Alex Gonzalez The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • 2nd Place Theo Morehead Big Bait Strikes Again
  • 3rd Place Emma Markwardt Mr. Popcorn’s Peepquin
Jen Wilkinson "Green Legs of Spam"

Most Creative Use of Ingredients

Adult
  • 1st Place Jan Fahey Words on Birds
  • 2nd Place Scott Shiebler Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
  • 3rd Place Lynne Wilson It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
K-12
  • 1st Place Kiran Berryman Go Hotdog Go 
  • 2nd Place Sarah and Katherine Haycox The Wonton and Only Drive In
  • 3rd Place Eva and Sophie Katsilometes Skippy Jon Scones
Herb Bryce "The Old Man and the C"


Special Judges Award

Adult
  • 1st Place Jamie Untz Portrait of a Lady(finger)
  • 2nd Place Herb Bryce The Old Man and the C 
  • 3rd Place Jen Wilkinson Green Legs of Spam
K-12
  • 1st Place Isaac Liljegren Two Little Savages
  • 2nd Place Madelyn Sololowski The Lightning Beef
  • 3rd Place Naomi Butler Ever After Pie
Kiran Berryman "Go Hotdog Go"


People’s Choice Award

Adult
  • 1st David C. Atlas Slugged
  • 2nd Herb Bryce The Old Man and the C
  • 3rd Bennett Haselton Are You There Cod? It’s Me Margarita
K-12
  • 1st Ellie Patterson Pear Wants S’more
  • 2nd and 3rd place tie
    • Sarah and Katherine Haycox The Wonton and Only Drive In
    • Kiran Berryman Go Hotdog Go 

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council was primary sponsor of the 4th Edible Books Festival, with Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park as sponsor and venue location.



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