Friday deadline to meet Rotary fundraising for Shoreline Schools students

Sunday, May 10, 2020

The Rotary Gift Card Challenge, in partnership with Embrace Shoreline Schools and Shoreline School District PTA Council, has until Friday to make its fundraising goal.

We are more than 1/2 way through our 30-day Challenge Grant aimed at encouraging donations through Embrace Shoreline Schools for the purchase of Gift Cards to be distributed by the School-based Family Advocates to students/families in need.

The Challenge to the community was to donate to this flexible spending program and Shoreline Rotary would match your donation, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $5,500.

As of the last report, more than 50 individual donors have stepped up and exceeded our challenge donating nearly $8,000.

With our matching funds, we are getting closer to our goal of $20,000. We still have until May 15th for the 30 day challenge - community members and Rotarians are encouraged to continue to donate to this worthy cause!

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Everyone's back yard - the Arboretum

Photo by Mike Remarcke


The Arboretum is open, although the parking lots and visitor's center are closed and classes are cancelled.

Technically the Washington Park Arboretum, University of Washington Botanic Gardens, it is located south of the University of Washington on the south side of the Montlake Cut / Union Bay and the 520 floating bridge.
The Visitor's Center: 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA 98195 is on the north side of Union Bay.




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Volunteers help lighten the load at the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center

Jersey Mike's donated 100 sub sandwiches
to the Shoreline Senior Center


From the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center

We have a great big thank you to Jersey Mike's in Aurora Village for providing 100 sub sandwiches for our Wednesday meal deliveries to over 60 seniors staying home and for our volunteers doing the delivering. Thanks Jersey Mike's!

The Drummond family have volunteered for the Senior Center
for seven weeks. Here David, Annie, and Jack get ready to
delivery Mother's Day flowers and cards


Additionally, we'd like to thank one family who has been volunteering with us for the last seven weeks, the Drummonds! Annie, David and Jack pictured here are delivering mother's day flowers along with lunch and cards made by Nathaniel and Charlotte Philbrick.

Our efforts wouldn't be possible without communal support from individuals, businesses, and other organizations so we give our utmost thanks to these folks working to support our community seniors!



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Teacher appreciation week

Lilly Ingle


Story and photos by April Ingle

Taking a break from their studies, Friday was community service day for Isaac and Lilly Ingle (grades 5 and 2 respectively, Briarcrest).

Lilly Ingle and Isaac Ingle


In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week they helped their mother tend the overgrown culinary gardens at Shorecrest High School as a thank you to SC teachers and staff.


Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!



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Low tide at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park this weekend

Aerial photography, copyright Marc Weinberg


By Marc Weinberg

Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 1:04pm there was an exceptionally low tide in the Seattle area. It was a minus minus 3.02 and the high in the evening just after 8pm was 12.17 which makes for a 15 foot swing.

During my sailing days that would mean being very careful where I anchored and to leave plenty of chain out to manage that swing and also make sure I didn't wind up sitting on the bottom.

Richmond Beach Saltwater Park at low tide
Aerial photography, copyright Marc Weinberg


This kind of tide makes a wonderful opportunity for beach walking and exploring tide pools.

With so much beach exposed it didn't seem to present any problem for physical distancing at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park.

Sunday and Monday will be nearly as low and then it tapers off.

The park is open but the parking lot is closed.



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Shoreline PTA Council announces 2020 Award Winners


From the Shoreline PTA Council

Each year, PTAs across the country recognize outstanding volunteers and advocates who help to further the mission of ensuring the education, health and well-being of every child.

This year, due to the pandemic and school closure, the Shoreline PTA Council was not able to celebrate our honorees in the same way.

Their contributions, however, are significant and particularly now, it is important to celebrate the spirit of giving and caring and honor those who do so much to support our students and families.

Please join us in celebrating the following outstanding individuals – and make sure to read more about their accomplishments HERE

Neha Raichur, Golden Acorn

Neha Raichur, Golden Acorn

Neha has been a PTA member and volunteer all the years her children, now an 8th grader at Kellogg and a Sophomore at Shorecrest, have been Shoreline students. 

She spent an inordinate amount of time at Ridgecrest Elementary School serving the PTA in a myriad of ways, always stepping in wherever it was needed. 

As if this wasn’t enough, she also became a part-time paraeducator. She then transitioned to become treasurer at PTA Council, and when it became clear Shorecrest also needed a treasurer, she volunteered for this position simultaneously. 

Neha has also helped lead the Holiday Baskets Committee for over 5 years, providing hundreds of students and families with food and gifts each year. 

She has an enormous capacity for giving of her time, expertise and energy and is known for her generous and kind spirit – her delicious homemade Indian dinners always make serving on mid and end-year audit committees a pleasure. Thank you, Neha, for your extraordinary commitment to our community!

Suzanne Gugger, Outstanding Advocate

Suzanne Gugger, Outstanding Advocate

Suzanne joined PTA at Sunset Elementary School over 20 years ago, and now with her youngest daughter a Shorewood senior, leaves behind a long legacy of advocacy in the district focused on the well-being of our youth and also on art appreciation and education. 

Suzanne has led art docent and enrichment programs and served as Reflections, Communications and Legislative Chair at multiple schools, even teaching ceramics classes while organizing after-school programs. 

At the Council level, Suzanne has served as Chair for Legislation, Reflections, Awards and Communication and has inspired and mentored many newer PTA leaders. Even though Suzanne’s many years as an involved Shoreline parent are coming to a close, she has generously offered to continue her many contributions to Shoreline PTA Council and will undoubtedly continue to build and strengthen this community in a myriad of ways.

Suzanne is an advocate at heart, always connecting people and ideas to action and constantly thinking outside of the box to better serve students, families and our community. Thank you, Suzanne, for your many years of dedicated service and commitment!

Dr. Tanisha Brandon Felder, Director
Dept. of Equity and Family Engagement
Shoreline School District


Outstanding Organization

Dept. of Equity and Family Engagement, Shoreline School District
  • Dr. Tanisha Brandon Felder, Director
  • Kim Darcy, Instruction Secretary
  • Susie Moore, Lead Family Advocate

Since her hiring and the creation of the Equity and Family Engagement Department, Dr. Brandon Felder has brought equity to the forefront in the Shoreline School District. 

She has led the District in examining the impact of historical and current institutional racism and in implementing changes to the policies and practices that keep inequities in place.

Kim Darcy, Instruction Secretary
Dept. of Equity and Family Engagement

The Equity Department led a committee of staff, parents and community members in developing the district's Race and Equity policy, which identifies a directive that is paramount to the success of all students: 

"Race, as well as socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and ability, must cease to be a predictor of student success."

Shoreline PTA Council greatly appreciates the many ways that we have been able to partner and collaborate with the Equity and Family Engagement Department in service to this directive.

This was to be the 5th year that we partner on the annual district-wide LGBTQ Potluck, and this past year Council has worked with the Department on new programs, including the first Transgender 101 workshop and Black Voices Week, which successfully brought awareness to inequities and challenges in supporting our youth of color through workshops, lectures and a book fair benefiting our school libraries.

Susie Moore, Lead Family Advocate
Dept. of Equity and Family Engagement


Before the school closure, efforts were underway to provide a Racial Literacy training for PTA leadership, and through the lead Family Advocate (and Council FACE Chair) Susie Moore, Council has provided a focus and education on ensuring family engagement through PTA that goes beyond hosting events to engaging all of our students and families. 

Finally, Council has worked closely with Dr. Felder and Ms. Moore during the school closure to ensure a system of support for families in need, including a food drive and a gift card program that continues to provide over 300 families with support. 

Thank you, Dr. Brandon Felder, Ms. Darcy and Ms. Moore for your outstanding dedication and commitment to all youth in our community and for your partnership with PTA Council!


Please join us in celebrating these outstanding individuals! Thanks to their extraordinary commitment and advocacy, the health and well-being of our youth is improved and our communities are stronger. 


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Firefighters tour Shoreline neighborhoods

Shoreline Fire Department rolling through various neighborhoods
with music, lights and sirens blaring.
 Photo by Dennis Terpstra


By Diane Hettrick

Shoreline Firefighters rolled through Shoreline neighborhoods on Friday and Saturday evening. They played loud music, flashed their red lights, hit the siren, and waved to the neighbors.

It was billed as an appreciation event for how well Shoreline residents have handled the Stay Home / Stay Healthy order. But at least one of the ladder trucks had a big sign congratulating graduating seniors.

Neighbors came out to see
Photo by Dennis Terpstra


People were alarmed at first (except for the ones who thought it was a really big ice cream truck) but that turned to fun when they saw what was happening. 

The firefighters were thanking the neighbors but the neighborhoods had a chance to, as Dennis Terpstra said, "thank them for the marvelous job they have been doing during these times."

A parade of fire vehicles
Photo by Dennis Terpstra


This weekend they seem to have covered the Echo Lake Neighborhood pretty thoroughly.

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Remember when everyone got upset about bags full of dog poop?

Hamlin Park
Photo by Andrew Smith
By Diane Hettrick

I once read 125 comments on Next Door by people who were beyond incensed that a dog walker had put a bag of dog poop in a neighbor's garbage can.

Then one of our photographers found bags of dog poop hanging on a fence in Hamlin Park.

Reader Andrew Smith took this photo Friday morning, beside one of the trails in Hamlin park.

"Toilet paper strewn everywhere. Less than 100 feet back from 15th Ave NE and NE 165th st." 

At least the dog owners bag theirs.

Watch where you step.



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Online class to elevate your communication skills - Shoreline Community College



Online Class! Mindful and Assertive Communication: 
Practical Exercises and Techniques to Elevate Your Communication Skills 

Would you like to feel more comfortable and confident communicating with other people in a way that leaves you feeling like you said what you needed to say? 

In this fun, 2-hour class, join facilitator Megan Toney as you engage in a variety of exercises to practice mindful/ assertive communication and active listening in a positive way.

Register today at shoreline.edu/continuing-ed or contact continuing-ed@shoreline.edu for more information!




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Birds and bees: new tenant after rejection by mason bees

Saturday, May 9, 2020



Story and photo by Jo Simmons

We built this little house for mason bees three years ago. The front was open and it was filled with tubes. The mason bees were not interested.

So when we saw a chickadee checking out the frontless house (we’d taken out the tubes) we decided to turn it into a chickadee house.

This happened the same week! So exciting!



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Shorecrest drama brings us a song from their cancelled production of Les Misérables

Shorecrest High School Drama would have premiered their production of Les Misérables this week.

The Drama program is known for its professional level productions.

While we're not able to experience their performance of the renowned Broadway musical, the stars of the show decided to give us a taste of the incredible talent we're missing seeing on stage. 

Check out their performance of the show's song "One Day More." HERE

  

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Shoreline Public Schools receives Electric School Bus Grant


Shoreline Public Schools has been awarded more than $600,000 in grants from the Washington State Department of Ecology to help in the purchase of two zero-emission electric school buses. The grants are intended to cover the difference between an electric bus and a conventional diesel bus.

Shoreline will use the grants to purchase two electric school buses along with electrical charging stations. The district will receive a $300,000 reimbursement for each bus and $14,000 for charging stations.

The district will purchase one electric bus in the summer of 2021 and another in the summer of 2022. Each bus will have an estimated range of 100 miles.

“We are really excited to have been selected receive these grants,” said Shoreline Schools Transportation Director Mary Sherman. “Adding these electric school buses to our fleet will allow us to reduce our carbon emissions and improve air quality for our students and community members.”

Shoreline Public Schools is one of 22 school districts across the state selected for the grants, which total almost $12 million statewide. Funding from Washington’s Volkswagen diesel emission settlement will pay for the buses.

The Volkswagen settlements stem from the discovery that the carmaker illegally installed software on its diesel cars that activated emission controls only when it detected the emissions were being tested, violating the state and federal Clean Air Acts.

According to the Department of Ecology, the grants are intended to accelerate replacing older diesel school buses and help cover the additional costs of purchasing an electric bus. School districts can also use some of the funding to pay for charging stations for the buses. 




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City of Shoreline discourages crowding at parks this Mother’s Day Weekend

From the City of Shoreline

The Governor’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy order remains in effect through May 31. Abiding by the Stay Home order is critical to stopping the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Our frontline medical workers, vulnerable residents, and displaced workers need you to stay home. People across the state have been doing their part to stop the spread of the virus and the results are encouraging. However, now is not the time to relax. Even as we slowly begin to open, we still need to abide by social distancing guidelines and stick close to home as much as possible.

Mother’s Day is typically one of the busiest days of the year in our City parks. This year, social distancing is critical, and we need to follow the guidelines given to prevent crowding at parks during this holiday.

We urge everyone, even people who are young and healthy, to continue to stay close to home to slow the spread of COVID-19. If you must go out, stay at least six feet apart from others. This includes in our parks and at the beach. Staying close to home and avoiding all non-essential contact with others is the best way to stay healthy, keep others healthy, and prevent the virus from spreading and overwhelming our healthcare system.

The virus that causes COVID-19 is highly contagious, and each face-to-face interaction is an opportunity for it to spread.

Reminder about parks and park activities
  • Enjoy the parks close to home: If you have to get in the car, it’s probably too far. Use your backyard if you have one, walk in your neighborhood, or visit a park closer to home. Please do not crowd popular parks, such as Richmond Beach Saltwater Park. They will still be there when this is all over. Now is the time to enjoy the parks close to home.
  • Keep at least six feet of distance between you: The most effective tool we have to slow the spread of COVID-19 is to physically distance ourselves from others. Hiking, biking, and walking are all great ways to enjoy parks right now, just remember to keep at least six feet between you and those around you.
  • Do not access off limits equipment or areas: Shoreline has CLOSED all playgrounds, picnic shelters, basketball and tennis courts, ball fields, and the skate park.
  • Do not congregate in parks: This means no pick-up games, picnics, BBQs, parties, or bonfires. This is not the time for beach parties.
  • Stay home if you are sick.
  • WASH YOUR HANDS!
  • Richmond Beach Saltwater Park closed to vehicle access: While we encourage people to get outside and exercise, Richmond Beach Saltwater Park continues to draw large crowds, particularly when the weather is nice. This does not meet the goals of the Governor’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy directives. Therefore, we have closed the park to vehicle access. If you have to drive to Richmond Beach Saltwater Park, then it is too far. Enjoy a park closer to home.
  • Kruckeberg Botanic Garden is CLOSED. Kruckeberg Garden and MsK Nursery are closed until further notice. Online plant sale orders will be available for pick up 10am to 3pm Tuesdays and Fridays. During these times of extended school closures and social distancing, Kruckeberg Botanic Garden is dedicated to offering resources for students, families, and individuals. Activities, worksheets, and other resources for youth and students and resources for adults can be found on their website at kruckeberg.org.
Cloth Face Coverings

CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.

MORE INFORMATION



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CORRECTION: COVID-19 cases in Shoreline care facilities - not 1-5 deaths

In the article published yesterday, I listed five care facilities in Shoreline and several in North Seattle and stated that they reported 1-5 deaths.

That was not correct.

They are facilities that have COVID-19 cases among their residents.

They are working with the state and county health authorities and the UW, and following all protocols. The patients are isolated away from healthy residents, do not require hospitalization and are being taken care of.

King county and Seattle public health is not reporting facilities with fewer than five deaths, but does list every care facility in the county that they are monitoring and helping.

The original article has been updated.

Specifically, Aegis of Shoreline contacted us to report they have no deaths or cases at their community and Fircrest reported 8 cases and no deaths.

--Diane Hettrick

Update: Aegis of Shoreline reports they have no cases.

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Online: Baby Story Time!

Stock photo
Online: Baby Story Time!
Wednesdays, May 13 - June 24, Noon

Get comfortable with your baby and your laptop (or another device) and get ready to connect with other caregivers and their infants! 

We will enjoy a short program of songs and rhymes, followed by time for adults to share with each other around their questions, concerns and baby successes. 

Napping babies are welcome! 


Please also send your email address to lfield@kcls.org with the subject line: Baby Story Time, by 9pm on Tuesday. 

Include your name and your baby’s name in the body of the email. You'll receive an invitation to a Zoom meeting to join our live Story Time by 10am on Wednesday morning.

--Shoreline Children's Librarian Laurie Field



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Case updates: COVID-19 transmission rate could be rising in King County

Confirmed cases by county
Department of Health


After dropping throughout March and into early April, the transmission rate of COVID-19 is no longer falling and could be rising again in western Washington, according to the latest report from Bellevue-based Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM).

A previous report issued last week found that the effective reproductive number—the number of new cases stemming from each COVID-19 infection—had dropped below the critical threshold of 1.0 in King County between March 29 and April 15.

However, updated case and mortality data from the Washington Disease Reporting System revised that estimate upward, showing the reproductive number had no longer been falling and likely has been inching up again since roughly April 6.

Because most of the population remains susceptible across the state, relaxing distancing policies will likely result in increased transmission.

However, researchers’ ability to measure these increases are retrospective, delayed by weeks because of the time until symptom onset and delays in case reporting.

“This report once again reminds us that our position is precarious and COVID-19 transmission and new cases remain unacceptably high,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle and King County. 
“We need to double down on distancing and other prevention steps at home, in the community, and in workplaces and we must see these numbers improve before relaxing our current restrictions.”

“It’s clear that the course of the epidemic in Washington remains sensitive to changes in social distancing,” said Dr. Mike Famulare, Principal Research Scientist at IDM. “We all—scientists, policymakers, everyone in Washington—face a difficult challenge in the coming weeks as our day-to-day lives will be in flux as we are forced to respond quickly to slow transmission and save lives.”

Case updates

46 people are currently staying in King County isolation, quarantine and recovery facilities, including Shoreline.

United States
  • 1,248,080 known cases
  • 75.477 deaths
State of Washington
  • 16,388 known cases - up 157
  • 905 deaths
King county
  • 6940 known cases
  • 485 deaths
Shoreline
  • 316 known cases
  • 49 deaths
Lake Forest Park
  • 29 known cases
  • 1 death


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Sound Transit crews night work at SR 104 interchange this week

Exit to SR 104
Photo by Carl Dinse
As early as Monday, May 11, Sound Transit's contractor will begin night work on the ramp from eastbound State Route 104 to the northbound ramp of Interstate 5.

Both the on and off ramps will be closed while this work is being done.

The contractor has obtained a Temporary Noise Variance to complete this work.

This work is weather-dependent and may need to be rescheduled.

This is preparatory work for a temporary signal.

Work will include trenching, boring, electrical work, demolition of asphalt and concrete, earthwork, and trucking concrete and asphalt placement.



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Work begins on a second lane for the Edmonds Ferry ticket booths Saturday

Photo courtesy WSDOT

To alleviate congestion and reduce State Patrol’s need to direct traffic between the holding lanes and the Edmonds Ferry ticket booths, crews will create a second lane on SR 104 for the ferry queue.
 
Maintenance crews will begin work on the highway from 6am to 3pm Saturday, May 9. 

Depending on weather, they will return on Monday, May 11 to complete asphalt repair.

Drivers will be unable to turn right from northbound SR 104 to Dayton Street until the shoulder of the road is replaced and an updated right-turn signal added, making it safer for drivers.

Work on the intersection of SR 104 and Dayton Street is expected to take two to eight months to complete.



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Air Force Flyover honors front line COVID-19 workers

Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 62nd Airlift Wing stationed at McChord Air Field conducted a flyover at 30 health facilities and areas of interest in the Puget Sound region on Friday May 8, 2020.

This is to say thank you to all of the American heroes at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore


The helicopters arrived about four minutes before the C-17s over Shoreline on Friday.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

According to an Air Force fact sheet:

The C-17 Globemaster III is the most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations. The inherent flexibility and performance of the C-17 force improve the ability of the total airlift system to fulfill the worldwide air mobility requirements of the United States.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

From the fact sheet:

The C-17 measures 174 feet long (53 meters) with a wingspan of 169 feet, 10 inches (51.75 meters). The aircraft is powered by four Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofan engines, which are based on the commercial Pratt and Whitney PW2040 used on the Boeing 757. Each engine is rated at 40,440 pounds of thrust and includes thrust reversers that direct the flow of air upward and forward to avoid ingestion of dust and debris. Additionally, thrust reversers provide enough thrust to reverse the aircraft while taxiing backwards and create in-flight drag for maximum rate descents. The design characteristics give it the capability to operate into and out of short runways and austere airfields carrying large payloads. Maximum use has been made of commercial off-the-shelf equipment, including Air Force-standardized avionics.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

From the fact sheet:

The aircraft is operated by a crew of three (pilot, co-pilot and loadmaster), reducing manpower requirements, risk exposure and long-term operating costs. Cargo is loaded onto the C-17 through a large aft ramp and door system that accommodates virtually all of the Army’s air-transportable equipment such as a 69-ton M1 Abrams main battle tank, armored vehicles, trucks and trailers.

Additionally, the cargo floor has rollers that can be flipped from a flat floor to accommodate wheeled or tracked vehicles to rollerized conveyors to accommodate palletized cargo. The C-17 is designed to airdrop 102 paratroopers with their accompanying equipment.

Fact Sheet



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Taiwan Can Help


Taiwan is helping Washington's COVID-19 response, donating 100K masks for medical personnel, first responders, and other crucial staff. 

On Friday, Dir Gen Alex Fan of TECO in Seattle generously delivered hundreds of masks to Secretary of State Kim Wyman to be used by essential election workers.



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Richmond Beach Community Association’s annual events looking different this year

Unfortunately, with the City of Shoreline’s recent announcement of the citywide cancellation of summer events in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Richmond Beach Community Association (RBCA) will be unable to host some of their summer events this year including the Sandcastle Contest, Food Trucks and National Night Out. 

“It pains us to announce the cancellation of our beloved summer events.” said Teresa Pape, Executive Director of the Richmond Beach Community Association. 
“Families come together during the summer to build sandcastles, enjoy food trucks and get to know neighbors. We must follow the lead of the City of Shoreline because the health and safety of our community is a priority at this time.”

The RBCA is dedicated to bringing the community together, now more than ever.

“Things just need to look a bit different this year and that’s okay.” commented Pape.

The RBCA is experimenting with new ways of hosting favorite events. For example, the Garden Tour is going virtual this year.

“We didn’t want to miss out on an opportunity to showcase the wonderful gardens in our community.” said Pape. 

The RBCA Board has formed an event planning committee, ready to create new ways of bringing the community together.
“We’ve got some ideas in the works and we may even create a new family favorite event.” commented Pape enthusiastically.

The Richmond Beach Community Association presents 15 events a year including the Strawberry Festival, Halloween Carnival, Turkey Day Fun Run and the Community Tree Lighting, however it is the smaller sized events like the Garden Tour, Sandcastle Contest, Food Trucks and National Night Out that make the Richmond Beach community so unique.

“We are all living in this new world and learning to adapt. I believe Richmond Beach is resilient and we will find ways to continue building community together.” shared Pape.

You can support the RBCA by becoming a member, renewing your membership or making an additional financial donation. The cost for an annual individual membership is just $20. Or if you simply want to donate to help support the RBCA, you can do so online through their webpage or by sending a check to P.O. Box 60186 Richmond Beach, WA 98160.




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Jobs: Shoreline Community College

Shoreline Community College is recruiting for the following position


Fiscal Analyst 3 – Financial Services/Budget

Date of first consideration: May 18, 2020

Job description and application

Interested applicants may apply at www.shoreline.edu/hr for our full-time and part-time positions. It’s easy to search for open positions using the search bar and filtering tools.




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Haiku and flowers



Again Shoreline blooms
Post rains and in the full sun
Breathe deep and exhale



Haiku and photos by Zoë M. Harris



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Jobs: City of Shoreline

City of Shoreline


Public Works Maintenance Worker II
SALARY: $27.14 - $34.40 Hourly
CLOSING DATE: 05/24/20 11:59 PM

Note: This job is being reposted. If you have recently applied for it, there is no need to reapply.

To perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled duties in the maintenance, repair, inspection and construction of streets and surface water facilities, including streets, sidewalks, alleys, rights-of-way, traffic control devices, roadside vegetation, snow and ice control, bridge maintenance, and storm drainage maintenance and repair work, to assure the safety of vehicle and pedestrian traffic; operate the City's asset management system; operate a variety of heavy and light vehicles, specialized equipment, hand and power tools.

This is the full journey level class within the Public Works Maintenance Worker series. Public Works Maintenance Worker IIs perform skilled and specialized street and surface water maintenance repairs and construction duties; operate trucks and equipment; may serve as lead worker to Maintenance Worker Is, part-time, and seasonal employees as assigned. Employees at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise, and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work team. The Public Works Maintenance Worker II is distinguished from the Public Works Maintenance I by the possession of a commercial endorsement on the driver's license (CDL class A) and by more public works maintenance work experience.

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Five Washington counties approved for early move to next phase of reopening

The bright colors are to help distinguish the borders of the counties


On Friday Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman approved applications from Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties in the eastern part of the state to move into Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Safe Start plan early.

“We recognize COVID-19 is impacting some parts of our state in different ways and some counties will be ready to move forward earlier than others,” Secretary Wiesman said. 
“While recognizing that reality, we set cautious, thorough requirements for counties that want to apply for a variance. Each of the counties approved to enter Phase 2 has demonstrated strong planning and capability in the areas necessary to protect public health in their communities.”

Businesses in the counties approved to move into Phase 2 must wait to reopen until guidance has been released for their industry on how to keep workers and the public safe. They must comply with all health and safety requirements outlined in that guidance to reopen.

To apply for a variance, counties must have a population of less than 75,000 and no new cases of COVID-19 in the last three weeks. The application process requires support from the local health officer, the local board of health, local hospitals, and the county commission/council.

Each county must demonstrate they have adequate local hospital bed capacity as well as adequate PPE supplies to keep health care workers safe.



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Online class at Shoreline CC - Gardening 101 - From the Ground up!

Friday, May 8, 2020



Online Class! Gardening 101: From the Ground Up! 

Are you new to the area or just want to grow your own food? Let’s get started with the basics! 

In this 2-hour class, facilitator and Water Ecologist Kathy Anderson will explore the watershed you live in and teach you how to use this water to your benefit. 

Class will include a light lecture followed by a Q.A session, so please come prepared with your gardening questions or project inquiries. Students are encouraged to send pictures of your garden or proposed project space prior to the start of class.

Register today at shoreline.edu/continuing-ed or contact continuing-ed@shoreline.edu for more information!



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Shoreline Fire is doing a neighborhood 'thank you' tour with music and lights

Fire truck on 15th NE
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Starting Friday evening, a Shoreline Fire engine is going around Shoreline neighborhoods to thank residents for how they are handling this time.

“Thanks from Our Family to Yours” will be from 5-8ish Friday May 8, 2020 in the SE neighborhoods, starting around 145th and 28th and heading up to around 175th.

On Friday, a truck also toured a far north neighborhood on the county line.

Saturday night they will tour more neighborhoods and they will do it again next Friday and Saturday.

What you will hear is very loud music. When you go outside, you will see a slow moving fire engine with its lights flashing.

Smiling firefighters will wave at you. Wave back.

We encourage people to stand on their porches or at the edge of street/sidewalk (socially distanced) so we can see them and wave as we drive by. 


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Do you like butter?

Photo by Phyllis Johnson


These are growing in abundance all along the roadside streams in LFP. When I was a kid we used to hold them under our chins and ask “ do you like butter?” the thought being that if there was a yellow reflection, you did!

--Phyllis Johnson



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CORRECTION: 8 skilled nursing facilities in Shoreline have COVID-19 cases

This article has been updated

Facilities in Shoreline and North Seattle that were listed as having 1-5 deaths, are actually facilities reporting that they have COVID-19 cases they are dealing with in conjunction with the health authorities.

King county has issued information about the COVID-19 cases in skilled nursing facilities in the county.

303 deaths from COVID-19 in King county were in assisted living / skilled nursing facilities. This is 63.5% of the 480 total deaths in King county.

15 cities have at least one facility with a COVID-19 case. Seattle has the most with 26. Kirkland, where it all started, has 5. They have the highest number of deaths, because of the LifeCare Center which has 45. Enumclaw Health and Rehab reports 23 deaths and Issaquah Nursing and Rehab reports 19.

Shoreline has 8 facilities with cases - the highest number of facilities in the county reporting COVID-19 after Seattle.

Facilities in Shoreline reporting more than 5 deaths:

18  Richmond Beach Rehab 19235 15th Ave NW
18  Park Ridge Care Center 1250 NE 145th St
11  CRISTA Rehab and Skilled Care 19301 Kings Garden Dr N

Other Shoreline facilities with COVID-19 cases:

Aegis of Shoreline 14900 First Ave NE
Courtyard at Cristwood 19303 Fremont Ave N
Fircrest Residential and Rehab 15230 15th Ave NE
Oaks at Forest Bay (formerly Arden) 16357 Aurora
Shoreline Health and Rehab 2818 N 145th

In Kenmore:
6 deaths at Sunrise . Kenmore Senior Living 7221 NE 182nd

In North Seattle

10 deaths at Columbia Lutheran Home 4700 Phinney Ave N

North Seattle facilities reporting COVID-19 cases:

North Haven Senior Living 531 NE 112th St
University House Wallingford 4400 Stone Way N
Foss Home and Village 13023 Greenwood Ave N
Hearthstone Greenlake 6720 E Greenlake Way N

Of 1164 licensed group homes, there were only 26 facilities had cases. They accounted for 28 deaths.

Long term care data dashboard


Update 5-8-20: Aegis of Shoreline reports that they have not had any COVID-19 related deaths among patients. We are checking further - stand by for more updates.

Updated 5-9-20


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Case updates - and wash your car



Automated Car wash services: New guidelines outline how to safely operate and access automated car wash services. Click here for more information. Brown Bear will be open on Friday at all their locations, including their tunnel wash on Aurora.

Another 326 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Washington, bringing the total number of cases to 16,231, including 891 deaths, according to the state Department of Health.

United States (CDC dashboard)
  • 1,219,066 cases includes 25,253 new cases in 24 hours
  • 73,297 deaths includes 2,495 deaths in the past 24 hours
Washington state (DOH dashboard)
  • 16.231 known cases
  • 891 deaths
King county (Dashboard)
  • 6863 known cases includes 83 new cases
  • 480 deaths includes 6 since yesterday
Shoreline
  • 311 known cases
  • 49 deaths
Lake Forest Park
  • 29 known cases
  • 1 death



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COVID-19 cases at Richmond Beach Rehab

Richmond Beach Rehab entryway
Richmond Beach Rehab, a 140-bed skilled nursing and rehab center in the Richmond Beach neighborhood of Shoreline provides short-term therapeutic rehabilitation, outpatient therapy and respite care, as well as, long-term care.

They have had 18 deaths from COVID-19 which could include patients, staff, or visitors. 

Their statements about their current situation with COVID-19

Currently we have confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in our building.  
We have isolated those residents with confirmed cases and/or symptoms while adhering to the recommendations put forth by CMS and the CDC. 
We have created a COVID-19 recovery unt to help prevent the spread to other skilled nursing facilities within the state of Washington.

Our residents have presented with mild symptoms and we are continuing to monitor and to treat in place.

Designated family members / Loved ones of residents exhibiting symptoms or on isolation precautions will receive a daily call and status update.

We have continued to increase our infection control measures as well as regular communications with the local health officials to mitigate the potential spread of the virus. 
We understand that this could cause additional stress, but we assure you that we are taking additional steps to reduce the risks as well as keeping you informed.


They are also working to maintain contacts between patients and families, encouraging phone and video calls. They offer the use of a table for video conferencing and help arrange window visits.

They provide daily recorded updates at a toll free number: 1-844-604-69463


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State Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) update

Source: DES. Data as of 5/4/2020 9pm


The state continues its aggressive procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE). 

For the first time this week, limited distributions beyond tier 1 have been possible primarily to over-supply of some very specific item types within broad categories - KN95 respirator masks, surgical masks, and some types and sizes of gloves and gowns - rather than adequate and sustainable supplies across categories. 

TIER #1
  • Long Term Care Facilities with confirmed cases
  • Hospitals with the most number of confirmed cases
  • EMS and first responders – who are being asked to transport confirmed cases
  • Healthcare workers carrying out support to Long Term Care Facilities with confirmed cases

The state is working to expand access to PPE products and supplies so we can better address tier 2 through 4 needs as well as begin to address longer-term, ongoing needs of others at high risk. 

Purchases are the primary way the state has secured PPE, accounting for more than 80 percent of items received so far - a percentage that is growing. Most of what has been ordered is still on the way. 

As of today, the state has distributed more than 18.8 million PPE items, including 6.8 million items distributed in the past couple of days – up from a total of about 6 million items distributed overall three weeks ago. 

Information about purchasing and distribution of PPE is available on the state’s coronavirus website and as part of the available data on the Governor’s Risk-Assessment Dashboard.



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Approach of the Bombus melanopygus (Black-tailed Bumble Bee)

Photo by Gloria Z Nagler


Look at her loaded pollen baskets -- one hard-workin' bombus! (Got a new macro lens for my b'day so prowled the garden for likely subjects the other day)

--Gloria Z Nagler




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Motorcyclist dies in crash by Aurora Village

Photos courtesy King County Sheriff's Office


At approximately 8:35am Thursday morning May 7, 2020 an SUV struck a motorcycle as the SUV attempted to turn in front of the rider.

The collision happened at the entrance to Aurora Village by the UW Clinic and Home Depot in the 1300 block of N 205th in Shoreline.

The motorcyclist, a male in his mid 40's, passed away on scene.

The cause of the collision is under investigation but neither alcohol or drugs appear to be involved.

Location of motorcycle - vehicle collision Thursday
A large response from police, fire, medics, and investigators closed the eastbound lanes for several hours. 

King county police remind us that "as the weather warms, more motorcycles are on the road. We ask vehicle drivers to be extra cautious and alert for the safety of all."



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