Medical examiner identifies two children who died in Lynnwood townhouse fire

Friday, November 8, 2019

Firefighters work on the roof above
the unit where the blaze broke out.
Photo by Larry Vogel


The names of two siblings who died in a Lynnwood townhouse fire Sunday, November 3 have been released by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner. 

The deaths were accidental and due to smoke inhalation, the medical examiner said.

The victims are 15-year-old Victoria Jimenez Lopez of Shoreline and her 7-year-old brother Mardoqueo Jimenez Lopez. 

They were visiting relatives at the Lynnwood Townhouse Apartments in the 6700 block of 196th St SW, when the fire broke out.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated. 

A GoFundMe has been started for the family here.



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Art show opens at Monka Brewery Saturday evening

Lacuna 2
Collage by Margaret Hartley


Come celebrate the opening of Margaret Hartley's art exhibition at Monka Brewery on Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 5 - 7pm.

Margaret Hartley Collage Paintings

Monka Brewery
Shoreline 98155

Come and drink some great beer and say hello!

Show will be running up to January 6, 2020



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LFP officer comes to aid of injured motorcyclist under I-5

Thursday, November 7, 2019

SR 104 freeway underpass
Google maps


According to Lake Forest Park Police, early Thursday morning, Lt. Rhonda Lehman was on her way in to work when she saw a down motorcyclist under I-5 at Ballinger Way NE.

She pulled over to see if everyone was ok and found the motorcyclist had lost his foot from the shin down from the collision with a vehicle. 

Lt. Lehman quickly applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding from his lower leg while Shoreline Deputies and WSP arrived. She kept the victim as calm as possible considering he was in shock and lost his foot.



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Bodi continues to lead Stanford in third day of returns

Challenger Lorri Bodi leads Deputy Mayor Catherine Stanford by 488 votes in the third day of election returns, or 56 to 43%.

Tom French continues to lead Tracy Furutani, 55 to 44%.

Mayor Jeff Johnson ran unopposed. Phillippa Kassover has 76% of the vote in her race.

Lake Forest Park has 10,164 registered voters and a generally high voting rate. King county reports that 4,043 ballots have been counted and that is 40% of ballots in hand.

--DKH




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Shoreline Prop 1 is falling far short of 60% yes vote; Eyman's car tabs initiative passes



An additional 3360 votes were counted today, bringing the Shoreline Prop 1 vote well over the total vote requirement. However, the new votes were as evenly divided as the previous votes.

The approval percentage went up one point to 53%. 60% is the requirement.

At this rate, there aren't enough votes left to increase the Yes vote to 60%.

Initiative 976 is being soundly defeated in King county, but passed in the rest of the state. Since it's a state initiative King county is prohibited from collecting fees, even if voters here approve.

So car tabs will be $30 but Shoreline will not have funds for sidewalks and Lake Forest Park may need to slow its road maintenance.

Sound Transit is meeting to decide what to do to continue system expansion with major funding cut, and Gov. Inslee has halted planned transportation projects.

County and state will be suing to try to get the initiative overturned in court.

--Diane Hettrick



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Shoreline school board election results

In Thursday's results for the Shoreline School Board, the trends of the previous two days held.

In an upset, Meghan Jernigan has defeated incumbent Mike Jacobs, currently 55 - 44%.

Sara Betnel has won the open seat; opponent Joe Cunningham has already issued a concession notice.

Rebeca Rivera was uncontested.

--DKH



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McConnell ahead of Chen by 65 votes in Thursday returns

In the nail biter election for a Shoreline city council seat, incumbent Doris McConnell has pulled ahead of challenger David Chen by 65 votes - 6131 to 6066.

36% of the Shoreline ballots have been counted as of Thursday, November 7, 2019 or 13,643.

Keith Scully and Betsy Robertson have won their respective races to remain on the council. Scully is 4200 votes ahead of his challenger and Robertson is 6300 ahead of hers.

--DKH



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Elsa extended her finest blades,

Photo by Gloria Z Nagler

the better to filet her catch! Saw Elsa on Lake Washington the other day. 
--Gloria Z Nagler


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Neighborhood Community Meeting at Shoreline Community College Nov 14

The PUB
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Neighborhood Community Meeting
Thursday, November 14, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Shoreline Community College


Learn about the College’s future plans – including our beautiful new student residence hall and a new health sciences and advanced manufacturing building in the works.

This is an opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback to College leadership.

Parking is free. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!



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Laughs for the Holidays with Phoenix production of Inspecting Carol


Phoenix Theatre in Edmonds presents a rollicking good time just in time for the holidays with the rip-roaring comedy, Inspecting Carol by Daniel Sullivan.

Running November 29 through December 22, the play follows a struggling theatre company as it scrambles toward opening night of their holiday production of Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol. Looming over the show is a critical inspection that will determine the future of their company and, of course, nothing is going right. Premiered at Seattle Repertory Theatre in 1991 (and remounted by them in 2012), Inspecting Carol has been called "A razzle dazzle of funny characters and ingenious jokes," (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and "A Dickens of a giggle," (The Seattle Times) and continues to bring side-splitting laughter to theatres around the world.

“The play is a hilarious and heartwarming comment on how hardships bring us together,“ says director Keith Dahlgren. “The script is incredibly funny and will be a real holiday treat for Phoenix audiences.”

Under Dahlgren’s direction, the cast features Mark Abel, Cindy Chen, Susan Connors, Tom Cook, Stacy Lynn Gilbert, Jay Jenkins, Raymond Miller, Oliver Sargent, Jim Snowden, Amy Susynski, Jim Thompson, and Ian Wight.

November 29 – December 22, 2019 / Saturday and Sunday @ 7:30pm and Sunday @ 2pm
The Phoenix Theatre, 9673 Firdale Ave, Edmonds 98020

Tickets: $25 adults and $20 Seniors/Students/US Military members and veterans

To purchase: 206-533-2000 and www.tptedmonds.org



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Honoring our veterans - Seattle Wind Symphony offers free admission to concert

Seattle Wind Symphony offers free tickets to veterans
for Veterans Day November 11


In a pretty quick turn around from our season opener at Shorewood, Seattle Wind Symphony is putting on an extra special performance November 11, 2019 at Benaroya Hall to honor veterans.

Veterans and active-duty service members can receive free admission by contacting Benaroya Hall. 

Seniors/Students are $15 and General Admission is $25. Tickets here.

BENAROYA HALL

Tickets local: 206.215.4747
Tickets toll-Free: 866.833.4747
Administration: 206.215.4800

200 University Street, Seattle, Washington



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History of the Buddy Poppies - look for veterans at Fred Meyer Fri and Sat

Shoreline poppies
Photo by Lee Lageschulte
Veterans from the Blackburn-Aurora VFW Post 3348 will be accepting donations for Buddy Poppies at the Shoreline Fred Meyer, 185th and Aurora, on Friday and Saturday, November 8-9, 2019.

Money from Buddy Poppies goes to veterans' causes.

History of the Buddy Poppy

In April of 1915 a battle-weary Canadian soldier viewed the final resting place of thousands of young men who had fallen in the second Battle of Ypres in Belgium. Despondently he contemplated the rows of hastily dug graves – each marked by a lone white cross. Amid the graves he saw little patches of red – wild poppies.

Inspired, Colonel John McCrae sat down and penned the three short verses of his famous poem “In Flanders Fields”. The poem brought a message of confidence to millions of people in the dark hours of WWI and established the Flanders Poppy as a symbol of faith and hope in a war-torn world.

The Buddy Poppy, the small red flower symbolic of the blood that was shed in World War I by millions of Allied soldiers in defense of freedom, was originally sold to provide relief for the people of war devastated France. Later, its sales directly benefited thousands of disabled and down-and-out American veterans.

The VFW conducted its first poppy distribution before Memorial Day in 1922, becoming the first veterans' organization to organize a nationwide distribution. The poppy soon was adopted as the official memorial flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

During the 1923 encampment the VFW decided that VFW "Buddy"® Poppies would be assembled by disabled and needy veterans who would be paid for their work to provide them with financial assistance. The next year, disabled veterans at the Buddy Poppy factory in Pittsburgh assembled VFW Buddy Poppies. The designation "Buddy Poppy" was adopted at that time.

In February 1924, the VFW registered the name Buddy Poppy with the U.S. Patent Office. A certificate was issued on May 20, 1924, granting the VFW all trademark rights in the name of “Buddy” under the classification of artificial flowers. The VFW has made that trademark a guarantee that all poppies bearing that name and the VFW label are genuine products of the work of disabled and needy veterans. No other organization, firm or individual can legally use the name “Buddy Poppy”.

Today, VFW Buddy Poppies are still assembled by disabled and needy veterans in VA Hospitals. The VFW Buddy Poppy program provides compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies, provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans' rehabilitation and service programs, and partially supports the VFW National Home for Children.

The poppy program actually got its start on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Shortly after World War I, Madame E. Guerin, founder of the American and French Children's League, became concerned that the free world was "forgetting too soon those sleeping in Flanders Fields."

Inspired by Colonel John McCrae's poem, "In Flanders Fields," which spoke of poppies growing in an Allied graveyard "between the crosses, row on row," Guerin decided on the poppy as the most appropriate memorial flower.

She began attending the conventions of any serviceman's organization that would allow her to speak. Her request was always the same - to enact the following resolution: "Be it resolved that every member, if possible, and his or her family shall wear a red poppy."

The poppy program was quickly embraced by the people of France, and also secured the sponsorship of the Prince of Wales, the Governors General of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and the President of Cuba. In each of these countries, veteran's organizations and their auxiliaries agreed to sell memorial poppies for the benefit of the children of France.

In April 1919, the "Poppy Lady," as Madame Guerin was now known, arrived in the United States. The Poppy Lady turned to the VFW. In May 1922, the VFW conducted the first nationwide distribution of Poppies in the United States. Then, at its National Encampment in Seattle in August 1922, the organization adopted the Poppy as the official memorial flower of the VFW.

The VFW had great difficulty obtaining enough Poppies for the 1923 sale. From the frustrations of the 1923 sales year, evolved a plan to pay disabled and needy American veterans to make the poppies. This plan was presented to the 1923 National Encampment for approval. Immediately following the plan's adoption, a VFW poppy factory was set up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. All veterans who would be manufacturing poppies for the 1924 sale were sent to a training workshop by the U.S. Veterans Bureau regional manager in Pittsburgh.

It was from these early disabled poppy makers that the name which would be the flower's trademark came. The name just "grew" out of the poppy makers' remembrances of their buddies who never came back from war. Undoubtedly, because it expressed so simply the deepest significance of the Poppy Plan, the name stuck. All over the country, the little red flower became known as the "Buddy Poppy."

After the 1924 sale, some of the larger VFW (State) Departments suggested that it might improve the value of the poppies, if they were made by hospitalized veterans from their own area.

The delegates at the 1924 National Encampment agreed. They ruled that poppies would now be made throughout the U.S. by disabled veterans in government hospitals and by needy veterans in workshops supervised by the VFW. Currently the little red flowers of silk-like fabric are assembled in 11 different locations.

The VA Facilities in which they are made are located in: Leavenworth and Topeka, Kansas; Biloxi, Mississippi; Temple, Texas; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Hampton, Virginia; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Dayton, Ohio; and White City and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

From the start of the VFW's poppy program, the U.S. Veterans Bureau, the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, and other federal agencies have supported the Buddy Poppy. And beginning with Warren G. Harding, U.S. Presidents have also been staunch supporters of the program. Each year, a Poppy Girl or Poppy Boy selected from the National Home's residents starts the annual campaign by presenting the first poppy to the President of the United States.

Today, there are strict rules governing how profits from Buddy Poppy sales are to be used at different levels within the organization. The National organization assesses a tax of 5 cents on every poppy purchased by VFW Posts nationwide.

Profits are used to fund department service work or other programs for the relief or wellbeing of VFW members. Posts receive their profits directly from public donations for Buddy Poppies. National by-laws require that the profits from these sales be placed in the post's Relief Fund to be used only for the following purposes:
  • For the aid, assistance, relief, and comfort of needy or disabled veterans or members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans.
  • For the maintenance and expansion of the VFW National Home and other facilities devoted exclusively to the benefit and welfare of the dependents, widows, and orphans of disabled, needy, or deceased veterans or members of the Armed Forces.
  • For necessary expenses in providing entertainment, care, and assistance to hospitalized veterans or members of the Armed Forces.
  • For veterans' rehabilitation, welfare, and service work.
  • To perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the Armed Forces, and to comfort survivors. 

With help from the VFW, the "Little Red Flower" continues to benefit the needy just as the Poppy Lady believed it was capable of so many years ago.

To date, the VFW has sold over a billion Buddy Poppies. As long as Americans continue to spill their blood in defense of freedom, sales of these blood-red poppies will undoubtedly continue strong.



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Membership Drive - Senior Center



When you go to the Veterans celebration this Friday at the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center stop by the front desk and sign up for a membership.

You'll get November and December free!



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Richmond Beach author Jeffrey D. Briggs at Richmond Beach Library Thurs. 3pm

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Author Jeffrey D. Briggs

Richmond Beach resident and new author, Jeffrey D. Briggs, will be at the Richmond Beach Library on Thursday, November 7, at 3pm to read from his debut novel, Out of the Cold Dark Sea, book one in the Seattle Waterfront Mystery series. 

Set among familiar locations to area readers such as Ballard, Lake Union and Puget Sound, Out of the Cold Dark Sea features Martha Whitaker who waits alone on a pier in the pre-dawn rain for her friend and mentor, Hewitt Wilcox. Fear had laced his last message. Now she must again control her fear as she navigates secrets new and old to clear her name and locate her missing friend. Before anyone else is killed.

The dark, cold waters of Puget Sound can hide its secrets for a long time until mysteries and old grudges arise like ghosts from a history long-forgotten. 
When his empty van is hoisted from the frigid waters, Martha begins the search to find Hewitt. Resourceful, strong, and steeled by inner wounds, Martha is joined by a crusading journalist, who believes Hewitt’s disappearance may reveal secrets about an ugly chapter of American history. 
Together they’re drawn into a sinister world of forgery, murder, and betrayal, and she is forced to confront her own dark past, where violence provided primal justice. In a fight for her life, she finds she’s in a fight for her soul.

Out of the Cold Dark Sea is a gripping debut in the Seattle Waterfront Mystery series from a journalist who plumes the depths people will go to for revenge.

Jeffrey D. Briggs, a writer and journalist, has been writing about the Seattle waterfront since he moved onto his sailboat thirty years ago. He now lives on land with his wife and dog and can often be found on the shores of Puget Sound, wondering what secrets lie hidden beneath those cold waters.

He has published over 350 articles in regional and national magazines. A long-time resident of Seattle, Wash., he took a detour in life and moved to Rochester, Minn., where he became a biomedical science writer for Mayo Clinic, and got to preview all his future diseases. 

He also got to shovel many varieties of snow and experience his first Polar Vortex. Realizing his mistake when he could no longer see out his office window because of snow drifts, he returned home to the Pacific Northwest, dropping anchor in Shoreline’s Richmond Beach, a beachfront community on the shores of Puget Sound.



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Ridgecrest food drive from now to Dec 31

The Ridgecrest Neighborhood is Celebrating 11 years of giving with our November-December Holiday Food Drive for Hopelink – Shoreline’s Food Bank. 

This year's Goal is: 1,300 pounds of food!

You can help by donating non-perishable food items now through December 31st.

Drop off your donations at:
Suggested items include Hearty Soups, Pasta and Tomato Products but all non-perishable food donations are welcome.

--Patty Hale, Ridgecrest Neighborhood Association, Board of Directors



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Shoreline Prop 1 creeps toward validation but 60% Yes vote required

Results for Shoreline Prop 1 as of Wednesday 11-6-19


City of Shoreline Proposition No. 1 General Obligation Bonds for Aquatic, Recreation and Community Center and Parks and Recreation Improvements

In order to pass, the ShARRC vote needs a 60% yes vote with a minimum turnout of 11,589 voters. (Wash. Const. art. VII, sec. 2(b))

As of Wednesday's returns, the total vote was 9863 and 52% Yes. The Proposition needs an additional 1726 votes (yes and no) and the Yes vote needs to increase 7.61%.

Shoreline has 38,342 Registered Voters. So far 10,157 ballots have been counted.

King county elections is forecasting a 49% turnout for the entire county.

--Diane Hettrick



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Jernigan widens lead over Jacobs in school board race

School Board Directors have to live in their District
but every voter votes for all the districts.

Newcomer Meghan Jernigan widened her lead over School Board President Mike Jacobs for School Director #1 in today's returns and Sara Betnel has virtually shut out Joe Cunningham for the open seat in District #5

Jernigan holds 54% of the vote to Jacobs' 46%, with 27% of the votes counted. Betnel has 65% to Cunningham's 35%.

Rebeca Rivera was unopposed in District #4.

The school district includes the cities of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. School Board Directors, i.e. School Board members, have to live in their district but every voter in both cities votes on all the positions.

--Diane Hettrick



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Percentages hold steady in Shoreline council races

An additional 1434 Shoreline votes were counted today in the King county elections office. The number of votes per candidate in the Shoreline council races went up, but the percentages were virtually unchanged.

With 26% of the votes counted, Betsy Robertson and Keith Scully hold commanding leads over their opponents.

The Chen - McConnell race is still too close to call, but Chen continues to hold a slight lead of 83 votes - an increase of 5 votes since yesterday.

--Diane Hettrick



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French and Bodi hold their leads in Lake Forest Park council elections

On the second day of ballot counting in King county, only 223 were from Lake Forest Park.

Tom French and Tracy Furutani held their positions with French gaining 96 votes and Furutani 93. French still leads the contest with 56% of the vote.

Challenger Lorri Bodi and Deputy Mayor Catherine Stanford each gained 98 votes. Bodi still holds a wide lead over Stanford.

Mayor Jeff Johnson and Councilmember Phillippa Kassover have handily won reelection.

--Diane Hettrick











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Ribbon cutting event commemorates Missouri Hanna and the Woman Suffrage Movement in Edmonds

Missouri Hanna
Missouri Hanna, newspaper publisher, champion of women’s suffrage and Edmonds resident of the early 1900s, is finally getting her due. 

A new historical interpretive panel on the corner of Sunset Avenue honors the valiant woman leader. Hanna Park Road, just steps away from the panel, marks the entry to Hanna Park, the residential area she developed and where she lived during her years in Edmonds. 

The interpretive panel was created by the League of Women Voters, paid for by grants, and will be temporarily sited on City of Edmonds right of way for the next year.

The ribbon-cutting is part of the upcoming nationwide celebration marking 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. It will be held at the corner of Sunset Avenue and Caspers Street on Friday, November 8 at 2pm.

Speakers will include Snohomish League of Women Voters President Vicki Roberts-Gassler, Project lead Rita Ireland, and Teresa Wippel, publisher of My Edmonds News, Lynnwood Today, and current Edmonds Citizen of the Year.

Known as the “Mother of Journalism”, Missouri Hanna became the first woman newspaper publisher in Washington State when she purchased the Edmonds Review in 1905. Edmonds was still a young waterfront mill town, and Hanna faced an uphill battle to win the support of the community. In short order The Edmonds Review became known for being politically independent, objective, fair, and a source for reliable local, national and international news.

She brought a civility to the paper that suggested readers to “…always find some good in each and if we cannot, we shall hesitate, look over the beautiful Sound to the snow-covered Olympics and glorious sunset and use our best judgement.”

Five years later Missouri Hanna started Votes for Women, a monthly Northwest suffrage newsletter providing updates on local, state and national activities that added vigor to the suffrage movement. The 32-page journals influenced many women and men, and helped move Washington voters to enact women’s suffrage in 1910, a decade before the 19th Amendment to the Constitution finally gave U.S. women the right to vote nationwide.

What better timing than to honor her now —in celebration of the upcoming 2020 Suffrage Centennial. The spark was ignited when Katie Kelly, Director of the Edmonds Historical Museum, shared Hanna’s documents with Rita Ireland, of the League of Women Voters of Snohomish County.

Ireland’s “Missouri Hanna and the Suffrage Movement” project was awarded two grants this past spring: a “Votes for Women” Centennial Grant from the Washington State Women’s Commission and the Washington State Historical Society, and a grant from the Snohomish County Historic Preservation Commission.

With the help of the LWVSC’s Centennial Committee, led by President Vicki Roberts-Gassler, other educational programs that are part of the project are in progress. These include League volunteers currently reading donated suffrage books to third graders in over 60 school libraries around Snohomish County, from Edmonds to Darrington. Suffragist stories are also being shared on the League’s KSER radio program.

Two more celebratory activities are happening in June 2020. Look for a public forum at the Edmonds Historical Museum and “Where’s Missouri Hanna?”, a children’s scavenger hunt in downtown Edmonds.

Ireland concluded, “Few history books provide more than a sentence or two about the early women’s rights movements. The persistence of women suffragists like Missouri Hanna is worthy of recognition. After all, the long struggle was not smooth. But the more we learn about the courage and boldness of women and men who fought for equality, the more we recognize the light it sheds on how precious our democracy is.”

The panel was designed by Core Creative, a graphic design firm in Edmonds. Check out the QR code on the panel for credits and more information about Hanna’s life.

Information about Votes for Women Centennial events across Washington, here.



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Last Shoreline Peace Dance until spring


Last Chance to Peace Dance (until Spring)
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After this Friday, we will begin our Winter Hiatus. Watch for announcements in the Spring, call, or go to peacedancing.org for other Circles in the area (weekly in Seattle, etc.)

These are simple circle movements to LIVE music, inspired by wisdom traditions from around the globe. Each Dance is taught, no need to bring a partner, no experience necessary. Come as you are or dress elegantly. Comfortable shoes or bare feet recommended.

Friday, November 8, 2019, 7:30-9:30pm

LAST SHORELINE PEACE DANCE UNTIL SPRING

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NAMASTE YOGA STUDIO
The Evergreen Building
18021 15th Ave NE, Suite 101
Shoreline, WA 98155
Ample Parking
ADA accessible
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Suggested donation $5-15. You are welcome regardless of funds.
Got Questions? ...Ginger Hayra, 206 546-6092


Namaste Yoga Studio is a beautiful and inspiring place to meet! 




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Veterans Day Tribute at Senior Center Nov 8



Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center
18560 1st Ave NE, Ste 1
Shoreline 98155



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Sno-Isle Genealogical Society meeting to hear about Evidence

"Evidence" is the topic for the program to be presented by Keith Allred at the monthly meeting of the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at the LDS Family History Library, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace. 

There is a short business meeting at 6:30pm followed by the program at 7pm. Guests are invited. For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday 11-3pm.



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Live and Local for Saturday, November 9

There's a lot of live and local music to choose from each weekend. Most venues have food, some have dancing. Most have a cover charge and require reservations.

All have great local bands and entertainment!

This Saturday, November 9, 2019 here's what's happening:



NORTH CITY BISTRO and WINE SHOP

Frank Anderson - $15 Cover - 8pm - 10:30pm
Reservations and Tickets required
North City Bistro and Wine Shop, 1520 NE 177th St, Shoreline 98155,

Call 206-365-4447 or go to website and fill out the simple reservation request form in order to secure seats for the show. Then buy your tickets here.

Frank Anderson delivers the goods -- old school jazz, blues and soul. With a shout or whisper he'll tell his story, straight from the heart.

That's why folks come to see him - no frills, no schtick ... just good old fashioned soulful music that makes you wanna sing and shout and dance about.

The marvelous trio of pianist Eric Verlinde, bassist Dean Schmidt and drummer Jeff Busch will be right there every step of the way keeping the groove alive!


North Seattle Jazz Orchestra
at Third Place Commons
THIRD PLACE COMMONS

North Seattle Jazz Orchestra - FREE and family friendly. 7:30 - 9:30pm

Third Place Commons Town Center, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way NE in Lake Forest Park.

Formerly known as "Northwest Jazz Big Band," this group has been playing together since the 1980’s. 

Performing the classics from big bands like Count Basie and Buddy Rich to the contemporary arrangements of jazz standards for an evening that surely won’t disappoint!


AURORA BOREALIS

Cory Vincent Acoustic Set - Free but get Tickets - 5-7pm

Cory Vincent: What do you get when you combine the hard edged, dreary sounds of the Pacific Northwest with the soulful, southern themed voicings of the blues? The fans of Cory Vincent have appropriately coined it, “Grunge Blues.”

Drawing inspiration from genre-blending trailblazers like Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, and Jack White; Cory’s songwriting is a throwback to an era where the song was the king. His ability to write straight from the heart, impactful lyrics, along with innovative yet familiar guitar riffs, sets Cory apart from most.

False Sense of Security and Rain City Rewind - Free but get Tickets - 8-11pm

False Sense of Security: Formed in 2017, these Seattle area musicians joined together to start playing some of the best rock & roll songs throughout the decades. False Sense of Security is made up of people with normal jobs and busy lives. All the members share a love for music and similar tastes in genres.

Rain City Rewind plays Alternative Rock – mostly from the 90’s or thereabouts, but focusing heavily on the enormous amount of great music being put out in the 80’s and 90’s from the Northwest and other areas around the globe.

We play Seattle Rock (a retrospective of ALL and ONLY SEATTLE AREA ROCK!) – hard rockin' bands encompassing the Seattle area’s music history


DARRELL'S TAVERN

Clean Lines, Die Nasty, Tuff Talk - 9pm – 1am - $10 cover - 21+

Darrell's Tavern 18041 Aurora Ave N. 206-542-6688.

Heavy rock metal and punk bands at Shoreline's own Dive Bar. Live music, vintage decor, pizza, tacos, hotdogs, and free pool.
Clean Lines - 11pm

Die Nasty - 10pm

Tuff Talk - 9pm


EASY MONKEY TAPHOUSE

Mule Kick - $7 cover - 8 - 10pm

17537 15th Ave NE Suite B, Shoreline 98155
Call for Reservations: (206) 420-1326

We Sing. We Play. You Dance. Jump, Swing, Soul, Americana, Blues, Funk, Gospel, Rockabilly, and Boogie!

Mule Kick brings together the rhythm section of Rick Jacobson and Keith Bakke from Seattle’s highly awarded Wired! Band, Cleveland’s harp player and vocalist Dan Bode, and guitarist Chester Dennis Jones, a 40 year journeyman on Seattle’s scene.


GRINDERS

Edmonds/Woodway High School Jazz Combo - 8-10pm - $10 cover
Reservations highly recommended: call (206) 542-0627

19811 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline 98133



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Holiday Open House Friday at Children's Bargain Boutique

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Holiday Open House at Children's Shoreline Bargain Boutique this Friday, November 8, 2019 from 6 - 7:30pm at their location in Shoreline Place, 15835 Westminster Way N.

Music and Decadent Desserts while you shop - and your dollars support Children's Hospital.



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Expect delays Thursday - Saturday on Burke Gilman Trail

Bicyclists on the Burke Gilman Trail
Photo courtesy King County Parks

People out on the Burke Gilman Trail should expect some delays along the Kenmore section due to scheduled repairs. 

Trail access striping replacement at three sites and bollard removal at one site will be completed over the course of 3 days beginning this Thursday, November 7, 2019.

Flaggers will be on-site during work hours from 7am to 5pm to help users navigate any obstacles.

Cyclists may be asked to dismount their bikes and walk through work zones for safety.



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Statement from Council Chair Dembowski, Transit Union President, Kenmore Mayor on Passage of Tim Eyman’s I-976

Rob Dembowski is the county rep for
north end cities including Shoreline, Kenmore,
and Lake Forest Park

King County Council Chair Rod Dembowski, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 President Ken Price, and Kenmore Mayor and Sound Transit Boardmember David Baker issued the following statements on Tim Eyman’s I-976, which though passing statewide in early results, was rejected by King County voters:

King County Council Chair Rod Dembowski:

“King County voters sent a clear message that they want to continue investments in transit and critical local transportation infrastructure. At a time of record demands for service, we can’t afford to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in transit and transportation projects in King County.
“At King County we stand ready to consider all options to prevent Metro service bus cuts that will cause further congestion on our roadways, diminish service to our most vulnerable riders on Access paratransit, and delay the electrification of Metro’s fleet. 
Further, I believe as a regional government, we should work closely with our city partners to look at restoring funding for critical infrastructure projects like sidewalks, pothole repair, and streets. While I-976 is a roadblock, I am committed to immediately going to work to mitigate the worst of its impacts.”

ATU Local 587 President Ken Price

“The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 is proud to be on the front lines of the nation’s top transit system, delivering excellent customer service to the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on Metro each day to get them to work, school, and their doctor’s appointments. 
We are ready and willing to work to prevent harm to our transit system, our riders, and our dedicated employees, caused by the passage of I-976.”

Kenmore Mayor and Sound Transit Boardmember David Baker:

“Cities in King County are now facing significant holes in our roads and sidewalk budgets. I welcome Councilmember Dembowski’s offer to work regionally with city partners to address this challenge and look forward to working together to explore all options consistent with local voters’ desire to avoid decimating our transit and transportation budgets.”

Background:

Councilmember Dembowski was the author and prime sponsor of King County Ordinance 2013‑0527.2, which created King County’s Transportation Benefit District. The District offers one path to mitigate the lost revenues from I-976, with voter approval of any revenue proposal recommended by the District. The governing board for the District is comprised of the members of the Metropolitan King County Council.



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Shoreline's Prop 1 and Tim Eyman's car tabs initiative

By Diane Hettrick

Tim Eyman's initiative 976 to reduce car tabs to $30 is passing statewide with 55% of the votes in the first returns. The only counties where it is failing are King, Jefferson on the Olympic Peninsula, and Whatcom.

Because it is a state-wide initiative, it removes the ability of individual cities to fund local transportation projects with fees on car tabs.

If this trend continues it will have a devastating effect on local projects, like maintaining roads in Lake Forest Park, and building new sidewalks in Shoreline.

In Shoreline's Prop 1, to fund a municipal swimming pool and recreation center, the initial returns are as divided as the citizens have been on this controversial project.

In the first returns, the Yes vote is 4446 and the No vote is 4042, a difference of 404 votes.

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Shoreline City Council - first returns

By Diane Hettrick

In Shoreline City Council Position #2, incumbent Keith Scully is running 2:1 against challenger Vivian Collica.

In Position #6, Betsy Robertson will keep the seat she was appointed to in January, and Luis Berbesi will go back to expressing his opinions in the 3-minute public comment section of the council meetings.

In Position #4, which always was the race to watch, challenger David Chen and incumbent Deputy Mayor Doris McConnell are within a heartbeat of each other, with Chen leading ever so slightly by 77 votes. Chen led McConnell 2:1 in the primary, but Ginny Scantlebury threw her support to McConnell for the general election.

Even though only 22.75% of the ballots have been counted, I don't expect much shift in the Keith Scully and Betsy Robertson races.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Chen - McConnell race went down to the wire.

Some ballots will still be coming in through the mail as they simply had to be mailed by Tuesday, not received at King county elections.

The next returns will be released on Wednesday at 4pm.


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Shoreline School Board - first vote count


By Diane Hettrick

With 23% of the ballots counted, challenger Meghan Jerrigan is leading incumbent School Board President Michael Jacobs by 751 votes or 54% to 46% of the vote.

Rebeca Rivera is running unopposed.

In the open seat Sara Betnel is far ahead of Joe Cunningham, 6100 to 3298.

The next returns will be released at 4pm on Wednesday.



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Lake Forest Park election night returns


By Diane Hettrick

26% of the ballots that have come in from Lake Forest Park have been counted. It's far too early to call the outcome but it is startling to see well-known incumbents not faring well against their challengers.

Deputy Mayor Catherine Stanford is 423 votes behind challenger Lorri Bodi. Councilmember Tom French is only 298 votes ahead of Tracy Furutani. Furutani had so little name recognition in LFP that his name was misspelled at the candidate forum.

Mayor Jeff Johnson ran unopposed. Phillippa Kassover's opponent didn't campaign or bother to show up for the candidate forum, so it is safe to call the races for the two of them.

2621 ballots have been counted in a town with 10,164 registered voters and a long history of high turnout. Ballots mailed this week have probably not yet reached King county elections.

The next returns will be released on Wednesday November 6th at 4pm.



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Gabriel says: Don't forget to turn in your ballot today

Gabriel is ready to turn in the ballot
Photo by G M Wiegand

By G M Wiegand

Here is Gabriel, giving up a special game of Jolly Ball,
To accompany me on my way to mail my Ballot!

Tuesday, the 5th of November is Election Day.

Return your Ballot at a Ballot Drop Box by 8pm  on Election Day.

If you mail your Ballot by regular mail (no postage necessary)
Your Ballot must be postmarked by Election Day.
(pay attention to the pick up times on the mailbox)

We will do it!
Ms Wiegand and Gabriel, of course!




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Siblings from Shoreline were victims of Lynnwood townhouse fire

The fire scene at Lynnwood Townhouse ApartmentsPhoto by Larry Vogel

Republished with permission from LynnwoodToday.com


South County Fire has released additional information about the two juveniles who died in a fire that engulfed a Lynnwood townhouse Sunday.

The victims found in the Lynnwood Townhouse apartments, in the 6700 block 196th Street Southwest, were siblings — a 15-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy — from Shoreline, said South County Fire spokesperson Leslie Hynes.

The two were visiting an adult male relative who lived in the complex with a woman and her 11-year-old son. The 11-year-old was reported to have escaped the fire but suffered from smoke inhalation. He was treated and released Sunday from Swedish Medical Hospital.

The boy, along with the woman and the man related to the two siblings, were outside the townhome when firefighters arrived, Hynes said. Both were uninjured.

Initial reports indicate that the adults were in the townhouse with the children when the fire broke out. Investigators are uncertain which room the fire started in, Hynes said. Two units next to where the fire occurred were damaged by smoke and water. About 15 residents were displaced as a result of the fire, and are being assisted by Support 7 and the Red Cross.

Hynes said the building where the fire broke — a two-story structure –has seven townhouses

One of the 45 firefighters who responded to the incident Sunday suffered a minor, undisclosed injury. He was treated and released from Swedish Edmonds Sunday.

Fire investigators — including representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — expected to complete their work Monday night but there is no timeline for determining the cause, Hynes said, noting the significant damage to the structure.

“There’s lots to sort through and lots to piece together,” she said.

A GoFundMe has been started for the family here.



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Photo: Good neighbor

Photo by Seattle Poppy


Seattle Poppy took this photo on 8th NW of a man taking a container full of leaves to a neighbor who wanted mulch for his yard.

I can't decide which is the better story - the Good Neighbor sharing his compost - the fact that both are being good environmentalists - or the fact that the Good Neighbor is traveling down the street on a skateboard!

DKH



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Pinky's Passion for Pancakes with Santa Dec 7

Pinky's Passion for Pancakes with Santa. An event for the young and young at heart, fun for kids of all ages.

The event is to be held on December 7, 2019 from 10 am - 12:30 pm at Easy Monkey Event Center, 17537 15th Ave NE, Shoreline

Pancakes will continually be served - 10:15 am until 12:15 pm., all you can eat. Admission price, $25 for Adults and teens (age 13 and over). Admission price for children ages 12 and under - $10. 

Tickets here

Music is being provided by members of the Seattle Ukulele community. Special Guest Mrs. Wigglesworth will be performing as well. Santa will be available for pictures and wishlists from 10am - 12 noon. 

All proceeds go to Pinky's Passion for a Parkinson's Cure.

Schedule of events:
  • 10:15 AM  Ukelele players perform
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Santa visits
  • 10:15 AM - 12:30 PM Breakfast served
  • 11:15 AM Mrs. Wigglesworth will tell a story or two


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Free holiday concert with the Seattle Shores


Free Holiday Concert
For Neighbors, Family and Friends
Seattle Shores Chorus

Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7:00pm

Please join us on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 for a fun evening of holiday music sung barbershop style. This is your chance to enjoy holiday music for no charge and begin getting into the spirit of the season. 




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Gardening for Health and Well-Being Saturday with Diggin' Shoreline


Diggin’ Shoreline free community event
GARDENING FOR HEALTH and WELL-BEING
Saturday, November 9, 2019, 1:00 to 4:30PM


Feeling a bit down with winter coming on? Doctors are prescribing gardening and nature exposure for what ails us—everything from minor anxiety to serious mental and physical health conditions. It’s been scientifically proven that a healthy dose of nature helps everyone!

Get out of the house and join us for an afternoon among friends and neighbors learning just how essential nature and gardening are to our health and well-being. The event starts at 1:00 PM.

You’ll be greeted with refreshments of organic popcorn and apple cider. As you wander the lobby, meet local folks who’ll share simple ways to improve your nature experience. Breathe in the fresh fragrances and feel the foliage of a sensory garden. Learn how to make one yourself.

At 2:00 PM, listen to featured speaker, Zsofia Pasztor, founder and executive director of Farmer Frog. Zsofia is an award-winning landscape designer, permaculturist, horticulturist, and arborist who also teaches restoration horticulture, urban agriculture, and low impact development at Edmonds Community College.

Through her life work she has observed that when people grow food together, we improve our sense of community as well as our health. She’s passionate about the future of our children who may face preventable, lifestyle-and diet-related diseases.

Before and after our featured speaker, catch a series of related video shorts. Of course, no Diggin’ event would be complete without face painting, and nature crafts for both kids and adults.

 

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The Scots fall short in Ferndale

Monday, November 4, 2019

#88 Robbie Oxford defends against the pass


Although the Shorecrest Scots have one final game remaining on their 2019 schedule against Cascade, their pursuit of a WesCo 3A Championship came to an end last Friday Night in Ferndale. A season that many had expected to be one of their best, was over much too soon.

Still there is much to be celebrated. A 2019 Rotary Cup win over Shorewood, a last-minute upset of Snohomish on the road, a 42 – 0 drubbing of Stanwood and a glimpse at what promises to be a strong Senior Class of 2021.

No one expected that traveling to the little town 14 miles south of the Canadian border and returning home with a victory would be an easy task. Known for years as a strong program, from their side of the field the Scots were forced to acknowledge the banner reading (Ferndale Golden Eagles) “Home of the 2005 3A State Champions”.

Early in the week, most of the scuttlebutt seemed to center around 6’5 280lb. Senior Lineman Geirean Hatchett. The word in the locker room surrounded his being highly recruited and having already committed to the UW. Something he and his parents are most certainly proud of I’m sure. However, from the seat I was occupying in the rustic wooden bleachers of Ferndale Field, I was as impressed with the Scots 6’0 285lb. Junior Lineman Jordan Glesener and how he handled his assignment for the night as I was the Golden Eagles Blue Chipper. Going toe-to-toe with Mr. Hatchett all night and looking good doing it, one would hope the scouts were also taking notes on Shorecrest's #58.

The Highlanders took the opening kickoff and it appeared may have some success moving the ball early on. Unfortunately, dropped passes would be the nights Achilles heel. Some due to passes thrown a bit too low, some due to defensive pressure, but each of the Scots main receivers would have trouble finding the handle on the pigskin.

The first Offensive series for the Golden Eagles was uneventful to say the least. On 3rd and 13, Senior Linebacker James Huffman blew up the line of scrimmage and Ferndale was forced to punt, managing only 20 yards on the kick. Subsequently, Shorecrest would have the ball in good field position.

A short time later on a gutsy call, the Scots went for it on 4th down and 4, completing a screen pass for a first down. However, failing to advance the ball any further during the series, on 4th and 1 the Scots sent Gavin Dalziel on to attempt a short field goal which he missed. Considering they had just converted on 4th and 4, the decision to now attempt a field goal puzzled some in the crowd including this reporter.

It wouldn’t be until 10 minutes into the contest that the first points would be tallied by either side. A burst through the Scots Defense would find Golden Eagles RB #20 Jacob Broselle breaking tackles and sprinting towards the end zone. The extra point was made and the home crowd was instantly a bit louder than they had been for much of the first quarter.

With Shorecrest unable to mount any type of offense, Ferndale took possession of the ball again and two plays later scored another touchdown. This time on a 54-yard pass play.

Having been present for every game this season, it is strictly an opinion, but the Scots seem to have difficulty bouncing back after spotting their opponent more than 14 points. Despite a few completed passes and a touchdown to Des Fox, the visitors fell into a 28 – 7 hole and unfortunately, couldn’t quite find a way to dig themselves out.

Another touchdown gave the Golden Eagles a 35 – 7 lead and shortly thereafter, another offensive possession put them in position to score yet again. Credit Ferndale Head Coach Jamie Plenkovich for showing some obvious class by sending out his field goal unit instead of attempting to rack up another 6 points. There are many coaches, given the same opportunity, who would have chosen a much different path to victory.

The Scots managed to score another touchdown in the final few minutes, but failed to convert on the 2-point conversion.

On the ensuing kickoff, in an attempt to salvage some sense of accomplishment from what was destined to be a heartbreaking loss, the kicking team recovered an onside kick, ironically their first attempt all season. Although too little too late, its perfect execution signaled a never-say-die attitude one can only hope will carry over into next season. 

The ride back home to Shoreline was most likely quiet, but for this group of athletes it was a good season and one for which they should be extremely proud.

Always a Scot.

The 2019 Shorecrest Scots will play their final game of the season Friday Nov. 8th at Shoreline Stadium against Cascade.

--Rob Oxford



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Backtrack a capella vocal group Saturday at NPAC in Bothell

Backtrack a capella vocal group
At the Northshore Performing Arts Center


Backtrack those prices!

The amazing Backtrack vocal group is this Saturday at the Northshore Performing Arts Center in Bothell and we are rolling back prices to match. Simply use the discount code Voice during online or phone checkout and save 20% on all tickets. This code is not good at the box office.

Saturday, November 9 at 7:30pm

TICKETS

Backtrack is an award-winning vocal ensemble based in New York City. These five musicians take the stage around the nation at performing arts centers, corporate events, music festivals, schools and more. They infuse heart and humor into every performance and cover genres from pop to Motown to classical, as well as perform original compositions. Their exciting arrangements transform familiar tunes and showcase the top-notch vocal (and beatboxing) abilities of all of the members.

Backtrack got its start on YouTube, where the group now has over 10 million views and 110,000 subscribers! They’ve appeared on PopTV and Scary Mommy’s “Lullaby League” hosted by Parks and Recreation star, Jim O’Heir, Steve Harvey’s daytime show, STEVE!, and Broadway’s Kinky Boots.

Tickets are $42 for adults, $35 for seniors & military (with ID) and $15 for youth (17 & under)
Here a a few video links of their music

Northshore Performing Arts Center

18125 92nd Avenue NE
Bothell, WA 98011
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