Strawberry tree flowers and fruits at Paramount School Park

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

 

Arbutus Fruits

Arbutus Flowers

Hitomi Dames found the Strawberry Tree in the Paramount School Park. According to the site Fine Dining Lovers, the plant is native to the Mediterranean. It's planted as an ornamental but the fruit is edible.





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Call for Short Films: 2021 Shoreline Short Short Film Festival

Submission Deadline: February 15, 2021

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is currently accepting submissions for the 2021 Shoreline Short Short Film Festival. Now celebrating its 5th year! 

This festival aims to support emerging and developing filmmakers in Washington State and encourage appreciation for the art of filmmaking in our community.

Entries of “short short” films must be between 3 and 13 minutes and will be judged by an esteemed jury of filmmakers and film advocates. 

Jurors include Tony DoupĂ©, SAG/AFTRA Actor and Shoreline Community College Film Department Professor; Vivian Hua, Executive Director at the Northwest Film Forum; Amy Lillard, Executive Director at Washington Filmworks; and Zubi Mohammed, Supervising Producer for Magnussen Media Group. 

Accepted films will be screened on Saturday, April 24, 2021 in a pop-up drive-in style event, and the best of the best will take home an artsy Golden Sasquatch Award as well as cash prizes!
  

AWARDS and PRIZES
  • Best Picture – $500
  • Best General Category Film –$250
  • Best Music Video – $250
  • Best Animation – $250
  • Best Comedy – $250
  • Best Student Film – $250
  • People’s Choice Award – $250 
Entry fees for this year include a $15 standard fee for all categories except in the Student category. The Student category fee is $10. Thank you!

All winners will also receive a Golden Sasquatch Award that is sure to be the envy of any Pacific Northwest filmmaker!

Film Specifications

*FILMS MUST BE MADE BY FILMMAKERS WORKING IN WASHINGTON STATE*
  • Films should be 3-13 minutes in length, including credits
  • Filmmakers must have proper license to all copyrighted music, video, and images included in the duration of their submission(s)
  • Films must have been completed after January 1, 2019
  • All non-English films must have English subtitles
  • Submissions must be made online. DVDs and Blu-Rays will not be accepted

Submission and Acceptance
  • There is a $10 entry fee for Students
  • There is a $15 entry fee for all other categories
  • Please submit to one category
  • Notification of acceptance will be sent via email by March 15, 2021
  • Filmmakers may submit only one film
  • Still shots and/or excerpts from selected films may be used by the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council for publicity purposes
  • All entries are final and may not be withdrawn from the festival once submitted

By submitting an entry to the Shoreline Short Short Film Festival, you attest that all information provided is accurate and complete, that you have the authority to submit said entry for consideration, and that you have read, understand, and agree to all terms of entry.

Additional information on our website!

Sponsorship opportunities for this event are available! Feel free to email Kevin at film@shorelinearts.net

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate creativity and inspire our community through the arts. Established in 1989.



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Secretary of State’s Office certifies 2020 General Election

Kim Wyman,
Secretary of State
OLYMPIA — More Washingtonians voted in the 2020 General Election than in any election in the state’s history.

According to vote totals certified today by Secretary of State Kim Wyman, 4,116,894, or 84.14%, of Washington’s 4,892,871 registered voters made their voices heard Nov. 3. The 84.14% turnout rate is less than half a percent shy of the all-time record (84.61%, set in the 2008 General Election).

“Throughout this election season, voters were energized, engaged, and eager to make their voices heard,” said Wyman. “The nearly 4.2 million people who cast their ballots felt empowered to exercise their right to vote, and have a say in their future and the future of our country.”

Wyman thanked Washington’s election officials and the local, state, and federal agencies that helped ensure a safe and secure election that balanced better access and greater security.

“Our 39 county election officials worked tirelessly to process and count more ballots than this state has ever seen,” she said. “We believe this election’s success is also due to our strong relationships with the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, U.S. Postal Service, and Washington National Guard that helped secure our elections and earn voter confidence.”

Also contributing to this historic turnout was the state’s efforts to register more voters. In the two weeks leading up to Election Day, over 55,000 people registered to vote. Nearly 20% of them were able to register on Election Day, thanks to Washington’s same-day voter-registration laws.

Eligible Washingtonians can register to vote or update their registration online at VoteWA.gov, or by U.S. mail or in person at a county elections office.

For more election information, including results, statistics, and voter resources, visit sos.wa.gov/elections.



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Case updates November 30, 2020; most COVID-19 exposures are in households and gatherings

The new report on outbreaks and exposure settings from Public Health—Seattle & King County describes where people may have become infected with the novel coronavirus.

The report finds King County’s most commonly reported sources of potential exposure in recent weeks are in households and in community or social gatherings. 

Gatherings include get-togethers with family and friends, house or dinner parties, larger celebrations such as weddings, activities at a place of worship, or visiting restaurants and other businesses. 

This is different from early in the pandemic, when most cases were concentrated in long-term care facilities

Case updates November 29, 2020



United States
  • cases 13,447,627 - 152,022 cases since yesterday
  • deaths 267,302 - 1,251 deaths since yesterday

Washington state
  • cases 167,216 - 2,197 since last report
  • hospitalizations 10,920 - 25 since last report
  • deaths 2,805 - 31 since last report

King county
  • cases 45,138 - 732 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 3,235 - 8 since yesterday
  • deaths 868 - 9 since yesterday

Seattle
  • cases 11,305 - 168 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 755 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 202 - 3 since yesterday

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018)
  • cases 1,146 - 17 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 132 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 71 - 1 since yesterday

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018)
  • cases 135 - 1 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 6 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 2 - 0 since yesterday


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Cartoon by Whitney Potter: Steve

 



Previous cartoons by Whitney Potter HERE




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North City Tech Meetup: Plasma Physics for the Inquisitive Mind

Jay Bowles on Plasma Physics
Plasma Physics for the Inquisitive Mind with Jay Bowles

Monday, December 7 , 2020 from 7 to 9pm - Online Zoom meeting. Free and open to everyone

High voltage demonstrations, conceptual plasma physics, and real world applications, Jay from Plasma Channel shows it all. 

Dive deep into the world of Plasma Physics, in this 60 minute presentation involving Tesla coils, fire bending, and levitation. 

Plenty of time after the presentation will be available for Q and A.

Jay Bowles is a public educator on YouTube and television, sharing a passion for plasma physics and building a global community of backyard scientists and experimenters. Having built most high voltage devices, he finds enjoyment in DIY projects, and believes that the best way to learn is to use your hands.


FREE and Open to All! No RSVP required.

ZOOM Information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83984523484?pwd=K2hvVEZnNjlQNzFhRnBtU0VpM3RaZz09

Meeting ID: 839 8452 3484
Passcode: 860462

The North City Tech Meetup is a free meetup, usually the first Monday of each month at one of our local libraries: Lake Forest Park, Shoreline or Kenmore. People of all levels of interest and experience are encouraged to attend. There is always time for introductions and discussions. Skip the traffic and join with your fellow north-enders once a month for interesting presentations and discussions. For the time being all North City Tech Meetups will be online using Zoom.

Group site: https://www.meetup.com/northcitytech/

Upcoming Events for 2021
  • January 11th, Jarrod Kinsey: A real laser made from household scrap.
  • February 1st, Dave Gunderson: Managing Electricity and Water at a Massive Scale: Inside the Hoover Dam
  • March 1st – More lasers! (Details TDB)
  • April 5th – North End Makers – Working together on project XXX (Lasers? Plasma?)


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Jobs: City of Shoreline

City of Shoreline
Associate Planner

CLOSING DATE: 12/15/20 11:59 PM

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Shoreline is an inclusive City that endeavors to build a work culture which embraces diversity, encourages participation, and promotes equity.

Attached cover letter and resume are required. In your cover letter please describe your experience performing current planning review.

Shoreline Planning and Community Development Department has 22 employees that include long-range planning, development review, building and fire code reviews and inspections and permit intake. The department has won awards for its green building code, sustainability programs, and the community planning to create vibrant, mixed use neighborhoods around the two future light rail stations. Shoreline is committed to eliminating structural racism and applying an equity lens to City procedures and regulations.

Development review, including critical areas permitting, is the primary role of this position. However, depending on the individual’s interests or skills there will be opportunities for involvement in long-range planning projects and code development initiatives.

DEFINITION

To participate in the development, implementation, monitoring, enforcement, evaluation, and modification of the City's land use, development, housing, environmental, and transportation activities; to provide responsible planning services in support of land use and development; and to perform a variety of planning or development functions relative to assigned area of responsibility.

Job description and application



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Sound Transit light rail trains now running on clean energy

Photo courtesy Sound Transit
Sound Transit’s Link light rail system is now running on 100 percent carbon-free electricity, making it the first major light rail system in the country to achieve this milestone.

The accomplishment is made possible through an innovative agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to purchase wind energy directly from the utility’s Green Direct program.

The agreement with PSE is projected to save more than $390,000 in electricity costs over the 10-year contract while also supporting the creation of local clean energy jobs.

“Innovative projects like PSE’s Green Direct program demonstrate how Washington state continues to be a national leader in the clean energy economy,” said Gov. Jay Inslee. 
“Puget Sound residents can now travel on Sound Transit’s carbon-free light rail while supporting our local economy and homegrown solutions to solve our global climate crisis.”

“Sound Transit is now at the national forefront of operating carbon-free transit,” said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff.

In addition to continuing to partner with the Green Direct program, in the coming months Sound Transit will be adding a 100KW solar power installation to the Operations and Maintenance Facility– East.

In 2021, the agency will receive additional renewable energy from Phase 2 of the Green Direct Program to power the remainder of its PSE accounts, which will enable Sound Transit to reduce its agency-wide greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 96%.

More information on Sound Transit’s sustainability program is available on soundtransit.org/sustainability.



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KSER radio announces new vintage synth, space, and New Age radio show hosted by Shoreline resident


Dead Electric may be the first on-air show in the US to play synth music solely from the 70s and 80s


Everett, Washington---Public radio station KSER has announced a new radio show: Dead Electric, which plays synth, space, and new age music exclusively from the 70s and 80s. But more, it might be the first radio show in the US to do so.

“Radio shows playing oldies, old school hip-hop, or classic swing or roots music are a staple of on-air programming,” said Shoreline resident David Haldeman, the show’s host. 
“Yet I couldn’t find any that are dedicated to vintage electronic music. I’m hoping the show will finally give this beautiful, fascinating period in music its due.”

In a given show, artists might include Tangerine Dream, Laurie Anderson, Giorgio Moroder, Vangelis, Kraftwerk, Clara Rockmore, Isao Tomita, Laraaji, Delia Derbyshire, Jonzun Crew, or Klaus Schulze, and genres like synthpop, ambient, electro, 8-bit Nintendo soundtracks, German kosmische, and progressive rock.

Dead Electric airs every Friday night from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on independent public radio station 90.7 KSER in Everett, Washington, and 89.9 KXIR on Whidbey Island. The station can also be heard in north Seattle and throughout Snohomish and Island counties. It can also be streamed from anywhere in the world on KSER.org . Past shows are available for listening two weeks after the initial show date.

Go to the Radio Replayer on KSER’s website to listen.

In the past several years, there has been a massive surge in interest in synthesizers and electronic music. A headline in The Atlantic magazine even read, “Buy the Hype: Why Electronic Music Really Could Be the New Rock and Roll.” 

From the wild popularity of the retro-80s synth soundtrack of the TV show Stranger Things, to the surge in sales of modular synthesizers, to 70s synth pioneers Jean-Michel Jarre and Giorgio Moroder recently packing the Neptune and the Paramount respectively, “it’s becoming clear that there is a particular fascination right now with the dusty, eerie, and beautiful sound of older electronic music,” said Haldeman.

The radio show also has a website where listeners can make requests, view playlists, read blog posts about the genre at deadelectricfm.com . The show is also on social media on Instagram and Twitter



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Fatality crash at SR 104 and I-5

Photo courtesy WSP
Washington State Patrol reported a one car rollover collision on the off ramp to SR 104 from SB I-5 around 5pm on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. 

Trooper Axtman then reported that "Sadly, this crash on the off ramp to SR 104 from SB I-5 crash is a fatality."

The ramp was fully blocked, then remained closed for the investigation.




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Harvest moon surrounded by an aura of clouds

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Photo by Jo Simmons


Clouds obscured the rising of the moon but then this.
--Jo Simmons 



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New Comcast program aims to empower Washington state small businesses owned by people of color

Comcast has launched the next phase of Comcast RISE, a multi-year initiative to help strengthen small businesses owned by people of color hit hard by COVID-19. Eligibility includes all Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned, small businesses across Washington state.

Launched in October, the first phase of Comcast RISE focused on Black-owned small businesses only, which were hit hardest by pandemic, according to a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The program is now open to all business owners in the BIPOC community in Washington state to apply for grants and other forms of assistance.

Comcast RISE, which stands for “Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment,” is designed to help the hardest hit small business owners get a fresh start and boost their operations during this difficult time, Comcast said. It offers grants, marketing and technology upgrades, including media campaigns and connectivity, computer and voice equipment, as well as free marketing insights to all applicants.

Comcast RISE is part of a larger $100 million Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative that Comcast launched this summer. In June, Comcast NBCUniversal announced the development of a comprehensive, multiyear plan to allocate $75 million in cash and $25 million in media over the next three years to fight injustice and inequality against any race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or ability.

Visit www.ComcastRISE.com to apply.



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Not only seagulls have two heads

 

Photo by Jan Hansen


After seeing Gloria Z Nagler's two headed seagull https://www.shorelineareanews.com/2020/11/the-rarely-seen-two-headed-seagull-at.html Jan Hansen sent in a photo of another two-headed bird - no idea what bird this is but it speaks with an Irish accent.

(Note: you really do know it's not a two-headed bird, right? Just checking)

Update: probably a jackdaw (smaller than a rook)

Jackdaw | Cág | Corvus monedula
L 32–34cm WS 68–72cm AY CB Suburban/Urban/Farmland Smaller than Rook; a very neat-looking crow. All ages: silver-grey nape and side of neck; rest of the head black; pale blue iris; body a duller silver-grey; wings and fairly short tail black; fairly short stout, straight, black beak; legs black. In flight: short primary ‘fingers’;



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Gov Inslee and Department of Health launch COVID-19 notification app for smart phones

If you ignored the notification on your iPhone,
here's how to enable the COVID-19 app

Gov. Jay Inslee, along with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), today announced the launch of WA Notify, a simple, anonymous exposure notification tool to help stop the spread of COVID-19. 

By adding WA Notify to their smartphones, Washington residents will be alerted if they spent time near another WA Notify user who later tests positive for COVID-19.

WA Notify uses privacy-preserving technology jointly developed by Google and Apple and works without collecting or revealing any location or personal data.

“Secure, private and anonymous exposure notification technology is an important tool for Washington,” Inslee said Monday. 
“We’ve deployed WA Notify in 29 languages so as many Washington residents as possible can protect themselves, their loved ones and their communities. I encourage everyone to start using WA Notify today so we can continue to work together to contain this virus.”

Data models for three counties in Washington found that COVID-19 infections and deaths could be reduced if even a small percentage of people enabled WA Notify. Studies from Oxford University and Stanford also show that the more people who use exposure notification technology, the more effective it is.

“WA Notify complements the actions Washington residents are already taking, like wearing masks, physical distancing and keeping gatherings small,” said Secretary of Health John Wiesman. 
“We’re excited to be joining the states already using this safe and secure technology and encourage all Washingtonians to join the effort.”

Over 200,000 people signed up for the app within the first few hours.

When voluntarily activated, phones with WA Notify use Bluetooth technology to exchange random codes with the phones of other users they are near. It does this without revealing a user’s identity or location. 

Users who test positive for COVID-19 can enter a verification code provided by public health into WA Notify, so that other users who have been near them within the last 14 days can be anonymously alerted and take appropriate action.

WA Notify is free and can be enabled in iPhone settings or downloaded as an app from the Google Play Store for Android phones. Users can opt out at any time. Several states including Virginia, New York and Colorado are using this tool. Countries successfully using this technology include Ireland, Canada and Germany.

“People are understandably concerned these days about being tracked and having their personal information compromised,” said Associate Professor Stefano Tessaro with the UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. 
“However, the technology behind WA Notify has been vetted by security and privacy experts across the world, and it does not collect or store any information that personally identifies its users. I plan to add WA Notify to my phone and I will encourage my friends and family to use it as well.”

Before launching WA Notify, Washington state received a recommendation to adopt the technology from an oversight committee which included security and civil liberties experts and community leaders representing communities of color, individuals with disabilities and other communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The committee originally examined an app developed by the University of Washington (UW) that informed the technology for the Google Apple solution.

UW contributors to the app include the schools of computer science, medicine, public health and nursing, as well as support from the Brotman Baty Institute. The UW tested WA Notify with students during the month of November to help inform a successful statewide roll-out.

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Student Well-being and Engagement During Remote Learning and School Closure - webinar for parents from Shoreline Schools

Cher Anderton, MSW, LSWAIC
Shorewood and Einstein parent communities will host two live webinar opportunities on social/emotional health that supports school engagement for teens during "remote learning." 

These sessions are open to all Shoreline parents. Panelists will include school district counseling staff and Cher Anderton, MSW, LSWAIC, mental health therapist, consultant and parent educator.

Friday, December 11, 2020 at 12:00-1:00pm
-or-
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:00-9:00am 

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86222979394?pwd=eFdGQkRzUGF2V2ZXdlhHaDk2TVJWdz09
Passcode: TBird
Or iPhone one-tap: US: +12532158782,,86222979394# or +13462487799,,86222979394#



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Case updates November 29, 2020

Case updates November 29, 2020


United States
  • cases 13,295,605 - 152,608 cases since yesterday
  • deaths 266,051 - 885 deaths since yesterday

Washington state
  • cases 165,019 - 2,319 since last report
  • hospitalizations 10,895 - 136 since last report
  • deaths 2,774 - 71 since last report

King county
  • cases 44,406 - 666 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 3,227 - 37 since yesterday
  • deaths 859 - 1 since yesterday

Seattle
  • cases 11,137 - 132 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 755 - 7 since yesterday
  • deaths 199 - 1 since yesterday

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018)
  • cases 1,129 - 21 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 132 - 1 since yesterday
  • deaths 70 - 0 since yesterday

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018)
  • cases 134 - 2 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 6 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 2 - 0 since yesterday



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GivingTuesday

GivingTuesday, December 1, 2020, strives to build a world in which the catalytic power of generosity is at the heart of the society we build together, unlocking dignity, opportunity and equity around the globe.

The focus is on one particular day each year when people are encouraged to donate to social service organizations of their choice.

It is so important in this year of COVID-19 when organizations have had to cancel their income-producing activities but still have expenses.

The GiveBig page has the place to find organizations. If you want to donate to local organizations, you can put in the specific name, or you can use zip codes to find local organizations: 98133  98155  98177

Find your organization: https://www.givebigwa.org/



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Join the poets from poetry-in-the-parks on Wednesday in free webinar

Paramount Open Space photo courtesy
City of Shoreline
Free webinar this Wednesday December 2, 2020, 4-5 pm
, on the poetry project in Shoreline Parks in cooperation with Michigan Tech University.

Preregistration required through Direct Zoom webinar link: https://michigantech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qh6rpPpfSq6IEnxMHWpUDA.

"Voices in the Forest" is a poetry-in-the-parks project conceived of and curated by Shoreline Public Art Coordinator Dr. David Francis for visitors to urban parks and forests throughout the City of Shoreline. 

The poetry also lives online as text and audio in multiple languages. 

Join several of the poets (RaĂąl Sanchez, Hop Nguyen, and Prof. Anne Beffel) with Professor Carlos M. Amador for a livestreamed interview with the project curator and a reading of a group of poems seemingly about the same subject: a lone willow tree at the edge of a meadow [in Paramount Open Space] that each writer examined from their unique perspective. 

Their shared subject matter will allow us to compare and contrast our experiences, creative processes, and our resulting poems.

For more information, please see the project website at https://www.shorelinewa.gov/government/departments/parks-recreation-cultural-services/events-arts-and-culture/public-art-program/voices-in-the-forest

This event will stream via zoom webinar, register by clicking the "view/stream" button, or if you would like a more interactive viewing experience, the event will also stream on the Rozsa facebook page.



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WSDOT seeks input on Statewide Human Services Transportation Plan from customers

Van donated to Senior Center from King county
via Councilmember Dembowski
Every day, people across the state rely on human-services transportation as their sole source of access to jobs, medical appointments, and much more. 

For three weeks in December, the Washington State Department of Transportation is asking the public to share personal experiences about access to mobility that will help determine future investments in communities across the state.

WSDOT is currently hosting an online open house to gather public input on the Human Services Transportation Plan, including confirming unmet needs and strategies to address those needs.

Open house information

Now until Tuesday, December 22, 2020, online. Materials are available in English, Spanish and Russian.

The plan identifies gaps and barriers that create mobility challenges for people with special transportation needs and develops strategies to address those barriers. While WSDOT relies on input from subject matter experts, transportation providers, social-service organizations and other stakeholders, it’s the perspective of the riders and others in the public whose perspectives often prove to be the most insightful.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the plan and how community input shapes it, as well as help WSDOT confirm community needs and strategies to meet those needs. This statewide plan will in turn guide planning efforts at the local and regional levels.

WSDOT intends to finalize and publish the plan in early 2021.

Free WiFi hotspots for participation

Online open house: engage.wsdot.wa.gov/statewide-human-services-transportation-plan-open-house/

Human Services Transportation Plan: wsdot.wa.gov/transit/2021-human-services-transportation-plan

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WSDOT keeps people, businesses and the economy moving by operating and improving the state's transportation systems. To learn more about what we're doing, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/news for pictures, videos, news and blogs. Real time traffic information is available at wsdot.com/traffic or by dialing 511.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information
Accommodation requests for people with disabilities can be made by contacting the WSDOT Diversity/ADA Affairs team at wsdotada@wsdot.wa.gov or by calling toll-free, 855-362-4ADA (4232). Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may make a request by calling the Washington State Relay at 711.

Title VI Statement to Public: It is WSDOT’s policy to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise discriminated against under any of its funded programs and activities. Any person who believes his or her Title VI protection has been violated may file a complaint with WSDOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity. For additional information regarding Title VI complaint procedures and/or information regarding our non-discrimination obligations, please contact OEO’s Title VI Coordinator at 360-705-7090.



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WeatherWatcher: Photogenic end to a Thanksgiving weekend

Monday, November 30, 2020

From a balcony in North City, overlooking the McAleer and Lyon creek watersheds towards Mt. Baker. You can see the shallow layers of fog in the valleys. Photo by Jon Ann Cruver

A rare break in late November weather gave way to a brilliant sunny day with a mix of patchy fog and high clouds in the area. Clear skies overnight Sunday morning produced some radiative cooling, an effect that often occurs during the longer clear nights between the fall and spring equinox. 

Infrared radiation from the surface radiates back out to space, causing the ground to cool down faster than the air above it. With relative humidity levels at near 100% as the ground cooled, a shallow layer of fog formed in lower elevation areas.

We were also between weather systems on Sunday, with our next rainmaker threatening to arrive sometime after midnight Monday morning. 

The approach of this storm front produced the high clouds, particularly the lenticular clouds north and east of the Olympic Mountains. You'll notice our sunset was rather red in the photos below, indicating the approaching storm front isn't far off.

Several of our readers sent in photos from across Shoreline from Puget Sound to North City. I'll start with the east side, from the North City neighborhood:

Sun filtered by fog on top of a ridge in North City.
Photo by Cynthia Sheridan

Then we transition over towards Richmond Beach and the Puget Sound where the fog was thinning. You can still see a hint of the fog very close to the water.

Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains with lenticular clouds from Innis Arden.
Photo by Jan Hansen

Finally we'll finish off the day with yet another spectacular sunset at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park. The park was full of visitors, many of them enjoying the view on walks around the park.

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Those red skies I mentioned earlier, demonstrate one of the oldest meteorological rules of forecasting. Red skies at sunset or sunrise indicate an approaching or departing storm front. 

The old sailor's saying: "Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red skies at night, sailors delight." In our case though, the red sky is the approaching storm this time, as it will hit overnight, not after sunrise.

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Forecast for Monday is a stormy one, as we are expecting a round of rain to arrive overnight, with winds increasing as well. Gusts could get as strong as 40mph in the morning before easing a little in the afternoon to 20-30mph.

Once we get through the storm on Monday though, high pressure rebuilds and clears us up with patchy fog in the mornings, sunny afternoons, and clear and chilly nights. We could see patchy frost in places through the rest of the work week and into next weekend. 

Careful on those morning commutes if it takes you out on exposed side streets before sunrise.


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Home for the Holidays: SeaChordsmen go virtual


 
The Seattle SeaChordsmen present their annual holiday concert online this year. Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7pm.

The show will be broadcast on YouTube. The YouTube event is here: https://youtu.be/958Gj3R2AY8

The chorus web site is here: http://seachordsmen.org/. It has information on how to join. We already have Shoreline and Edmonds members!

Your generous donations will go to area food banks.



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Briarcrest Neighborhood: Collecting much needed supplies for our neighbors in Tent City

Tent City 3 February 2009, photo copyright Marc Weinberg
We are expecting another cold winter

By Jean Hilde

This week, from Monday, November 30 through Friday, December 4, the Briarcrest Neighborhood Association is sponsoring a collection for our neighbors living in Tent City.

Everyone is invited to participate! 

With winter coming on, we're hoping to help provide much-needed food, shelter, clothing and personal hygiene items from the below list. 

If you'd like to contribute, please bring your donations to Patty Pan, 15550 27th Ave NE in Shoreline (look for the tent in front) from Monday through Friday this week.

What's needed
  • Food: Canned or instant soups, chili, tuna, peanut butter, coffee, sugar
  • Disposable plates, cups and utensils (compostable is best)
Clothing can be used or new
  • Work clothing: for both physical labor and office work, adult men's and women's sizes
  • Long underwear: adult men's and women's sizes
  • Sweaters, wool caps, gloves, scarves, socks, hand and foot warmers
  • Boots
Personal items: toilet paper, hand sanitizer, laundry detergent
  • Toothbrushes and toothpaste, shampoo, hand lotion
  • Aspirin, cold remedies, other over the counter medications
Sleeping bags, blankets
  • Cots, air mattresses, sleeping pads
Tarps and tents (these are in high demand)
  • Pallets and nails


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Giving Thanks to Sunshine Espresso

Lori Joubert takes a selfie with the staff of
Sunshine Espresso



Story and photo by Lori Joubert

The staff at Sunshine Espresso does more than serve beverages and pastries.

They do a whole lot of listening to our Shoreline community members and make us feel valued.

The coffee kiosk is located in the North City Business District at 17705 15th Ave NE, Shoreline 98155 



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Case updates November 28, 2020

Case updates November 28, 2020


United States
  • cases 13,142,997 - 143,333 cases since yesterday
  • deaths 265,166 - 1,210 deaths since yesterday

Washington state
  • cases 162,700 - 2,066 since last report
  • hospitalizations 10,759 - 96 since last report
  • deaths 2,703 - 0 since last report

King county
  • cases 43,740 - 356 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 3,190 - 26 since yesterday
  • deaths 858 - 2 since yesterday

Seattle
  • cases 11,005 - 120 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 748 - 9 since yesterday
  • deaths 198 - 1 since yesterday

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018)
  • cases 1,108 - 17 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 131 - 1 since yesterday
  • deaths 70 - 0 since yesterday

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018)
  • cases 132 - 0 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 6 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 2 - 0 since yesterday



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Gallery North announces December’s Holiday Show: “Gifts of the Season”


Gallery North in Edmonds is celebrating the holiday season with “Gifts of the Season” featuring unique works of art created by our 20 local artists. 

This exhibit will feature various creative interpretations of artful gifts that provide wonderful, unique items for gift-giving to yourself, or for family members and friends. Gift possibilities include more than traditional paintings and photography.

Winter-worn by Ben Groff

Gallery artists have created beautiful items to decorate the home, small artworks, jewelry to address the uniqueness of the wearer, hand-crafted wood, medallions, pottery, and glass designed to enhance any decor.

This year’s holiday show opens December 1, 2020 at Gallery North in downtown Edmonds. All artwork and gift items are available for purchase during the show which is open to the public throughout the month of December, Tuesday through Sunday, 11-5.

Christmas Eve by Leanna  Leitzke

About Gallery North: In operation for almost 60 years, Gallery North is one of the longest running artist-run cooperative galleries in the nation. It continues its mission to promote and sell local art in the heart of downtown Edmonds. 

Open 6 days a week, Gallery North is located at 401 Main Street, Edmonds, Washington. For further information, call the gallery at 425-774-0946 or visit the website at www.GalleryNorthEdmonds.com



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Restoring a section of McAleer Creek with herbicides and physical removal of invasives

Hand removal and pesticides were used to clear invasives from a section next to McAleer Creek.
Photo courtesy City of Lake Forest Park

The Lake Forest Park Tree Board has recognized invasive species as one of the detriments to the health of our urban canopy. English Ivy for example, suppresses and excludes vegetation better suited for wildlife and native plant species.

In fall 2019, the Lake Forest Park Tree Board applied for and received a grant for $45,000 from the King County Council, administered by King County Waterworks.

The goal of the grant is to restore a section of McAleer Creek along Perkins Way to improve the creek’s water quality and aid in the restoration of Kokanee salmon. 

The grant was officially awarded in May 2020, and the project started shortly after. The grant-related work must be completed by December 31, 2022.

After grant approval, the Tree Board and City contacted the affected landowners to obtain permission to access their property for the proposed work. These permissions were all granted by August 2020. 

During the summer, five ecological restoration companies were invited to bid on the project. Applied Ecology was selected to perform the removal of the invasive plants along the Creek.

Applied Ecology treated invasive plants for four days in August, using both physical removal and targeted herbicide applications. 

Invasive larger trees and/or shrubs such as English Holly and Laurel were injected with pellets of herbicide. 

Aquatics-approved herbicides were employed on the ground surface, and care was taken ahead of their use to isolate and protect native plants already in the area.

Those invasive plants overhanging or right beside the creek were not sprayed but were left for later removal by hand. The company conducted this hand removal over a three-day period in November.

Further invasive removal is scheduled for summer 2021, followed by native plant restoration plantings in both fall 2021 and in winter and fall of 2022.



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Shoreline Planning Commission to review 185th Street Subarea Plan progress report


Shoreline Planning Commission Meeting
Regular Meeting
Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7:00pm
Held Remotely on Zoom

Click Here to Watch Online Live Streaming Video of the Meeting
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Call into the Live Meeting: 253-215-8782 or (Webinar ID: 930 9892 9154 passcode: 603720)

Click Here to Sign-Up to Provide Oral Comment at the Meeting via Calling-In

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Baby otters at Ronald Bog

When you have the feeling you are being watched. There are two kits in this photo.
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

A mother otter has been making appearances around Ronald Bog with her two kits. It's more than a little challenging to get all three in the same photo, but Martin DeGrazia aka Bog Whisperer is working on it.

Freshwater otters are different from the seagoing kind but they have been known to share territory. Photo by Martin DeGrazia

Seems like the only time they are all in frame is when they are swimming in the Bog. You get to see a nose and occasionally some teeth.

Three at once! Photo by Martin DeGrazia

There's a mom and baby in Echo Lake, as well. Probably in their other locations - Twin Ponds, McAleer Creek - but they have not yet posed for the camera.



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Black Voices Read-Along Tuesday at Third Place Books

Join Shoreline Schools for a special Black Voices Read-Along in partnership with Third Place Books Lake Forest Park beginning on December 1, 2020.


The featured author is Jewell Parker Rhodes and participants can choose from two of her books, Ninth Ward or Ghost Boys, for the read-along.

Learn more and sign up at https://www.shorelineschools.org/Page/7877 (If necessary, copy the link and paste it into your browser)

In preparation of our read-along, please make sure to get a book! Thanks to our generous sponsors at Third Place Books, readers are able to use a coupon to purchase a copy of the Black Voices books for 20% off at the Lake Forest Park store.




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HistoryLink: Mountlake Terrace incorporates on November 29, 1954

New Mountlake Terrace councilmembers H. Scott Wilson,
Harley McFarland, Gilbert Geiser, Lester Steele, Patricia Neibel,
November 1954. Photo courtesy City of Mountlake Terrace
Mountlake Terrace incorporates on November 29, 1954

By Phil Dougherty
Posted 3/18/2008
HistoryLink.org Essay 8531
https://historylink.org/File/8531

On November 29, 1954, Mountlake Terrace, located in south Snohomish County, formally incorporates, after a close vote approving incorporation the preceding week.

The fledgling city has mushroomed from a few scattered homes in 1949 to a tightly packed community with more than 5,000 residents in just five years.

A newly elected five-member city council names Gilbert "Gil" Geiser (1919-1987) acting mayor of the new city.

A Terrace, A Lake, and A Mountain

Mountlake Terrace can trace its beginnings to 1949, when the development team of Peterson-LaPierre, Inc., bought an abandoned airport just north of present-day 244th Street SW, between 60th and 61st avenues W (just east of today’s I-5). They found that the flat airport runway looked like a terrace, and that some parts of the property had views of both Lake Washington and Mt. Rainier. Thus Mountlake Terrace seemed like a natural name for what started out as a housing development.

Then the housing development grew in leaps and bounds. The economy was booming, and with World War II veterans starting families and settling down, there was a huge need for housing. Within five years the housing development had grown into a community that encompassed about one square mile covering an area between present-day 216th and 244th avenues SW and 48th and 68th avenues W.

Growing Pains

But although the number of houses and families in the new community boomed, the infrastructure needed to support them did not. People moving to Mountlake Terrace had to wait for a year to get a telephone -- and when they did they were on a 10-party line. There were no paved streets, and storm drains were open ditches. Police protection was provided by the sheriff’s office in Everett, 15 miles away.

Things finally came to a head one night in the summer of 1953 when someone tried to break into the home of Patrick McMahan (1930-2013), a Seattle firefighter who lived in Mountlake Terrace. The culprit was evidently scared off when he realized that McMahan’s wife, Beverly, was home. Beverly McMahan called the sheriff’s office. The sheriff did not respond until late the next afternoon. Patrick McMahan decided there had to be a better way.

McMahan approached the Edmonds city council and inquired if Edmonds was interested in annexing Mountlake Terrace, but the council turned him down. He then organized the Mountlake Terrace Study Committee to determine the feasibility of incorporating the small community. McMahan and another Mountlake Terrace resident, Fred Smethurst, were named co-chairmen of the committee; Levy Johnston and Bill Hennessey, two local attorneys, were also early and active leaders on the committee. They prepared a petition for incorporation as a third-class city, which was approved by the Board of Snohomish County Commissioners. On August 24, 1954, the commissioners set the vote on incorporation for November 23.

Incorporation

There was considerable give-and-take between local residents over whether to incorporate during the autumn of 1954. This finally culminated in a meeting on November 16 at the Mountlake Terrace Elementary School, where council candidates spoke and issues were discussed. On Election Day, precisely 1,000 people voted. The incorporation measure passed, though by a fairly close vote of 517 to 483. The measure was defeated in several precincts, mostly notably the precincts that voted at the Mountlake Terrace Elementary School.

The election ballot actually had two questions. The first was on the issue of incorporation, and the second was to name five residents to serve on the city council if incorporation was approved. Twenty people ran for the five positions. Elected were Gilbert “Gil” Geiser, 35 (Geiser received 540 votes, more than the total vote to incorporate), Harley McFarland, 36, Patricia Neibel, 26, Lester Steele, 31, and H. Scott Wilson, 32. Neibel had actively opposed incorporation but ran for a council spot, saying that if it passed, someone who had questioned the need for a city should be on the city council.

The new council had its first meeting on the evening of November 24 and named Geiser the first city mayor. The next Monday, November 29, 1954, Mountlake Terrace’s incorporation became official under a council-manager form of government, and the council appointed Evan Peterson as the first city manager.

County officials estimated the city’s population at 5,104 in 1954; the 2000 U.S. Census pegged the population at 20,362, with a population density of 5,036 people per square mile, making Mountlake Terrace one of the most densely populated communities in Washington state.

This essay made possible by: Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Sources:

David A. Cameron, Charles LeWarne, M. Allan May, Jack C. O’Donnell, Lawrence O’Donnell, Snohomish County: An Illustrated History (Index, WA: Kelcema Books LLC, 2005), 298-302; “Mountlake Will Become City,” The Seattle Times, November 24, 1954, p. 4; Charles Russell, “Mountlake Terrace Is Newest City,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 25, 1954, p. 26; “Census 2000 Data for the State of Washington”, U.S. Census Bureau, website accessed March 12, 2008, (http://www.census.gov); "History," The City of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, website accessed March 12, 2008 (http://www.ci.mountlake-terrace.wa.us).

Note: This essay was updated on September 24, 2013.



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You see what you want to see

Sunday, November 29, 2020

 

Photo by Jan Hansen


Go right ahead and admire the shapes and shadows, the perfect placement for the path of moonlight on the Sound. See how the clouds try to pretend they are a mountain range and the land is an anonymous ribbon of darkness.

All I can see are the two trees, holding hands in the moonlight and leaning affectionately toward each other as they watch the sun set.

DKH



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The Science of Star Trek


The Science of Star Trek
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 7-8pm
For teens and adults.

Register here: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/5f99e67f9aadc72f00582f3a (If necessary copy link and paste into your browser)

Join Dr. Michael Wong on a journey through the cosmos to uncover the real-life science behind the fictional universe of Star Trek! Dr. Wong is a Post-Doc at the University of Washington where he studies planetary atmospheres, habitability, biosignatures and the emergence of life.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Woodmont Library.

Please register. You will be sent a Zoom link two hours before the program. Registration closes three hours before the start of the program. This event will not be recorded.



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Race and Equity Training: How to BE Anti-Racist!

Race and Equity Training: How to BE Anti-Racist!

Four dates offered:
Select date and register online ($40) to receive zoom link.

Ranice Innocent, educator and trainer with Let’s Do Work, is offering training to learn ways to build awareness around racial injustice and inequities to become anti-racist.

She will review “cultural competency” pillars; identify cultural filters, stereotypes and biases; discuss intent vs. impact, implicit bias; and “why” in walking with racial equity and an anti-racist lens. 

Contact Ranice at ranicei@yahoo.com with any questions.


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