Wayne's Wabbits do the bunny hop

Wednesday, April 21, 2021


Put your right foot forward
Put your left foot out
Do the Bunny Hop
Hop Hop Hop


Dance this new creation
It's the new sensation
Do the Bunny Hop
Hop Hop Hop


It was truly a new dance sensation back in 1954. A very simple and popular line dance with teenagers of the time. You could make the floor bounce if the crowd was in sync! My wabbits are still practicing.

-- Text and photos by Wayne Pridemore



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Shorecrest girls varsity tennis 4-20-21 v Mountlake Terrace

Photo by Michael Davis


Shorecrest varsity girls tennis
Home game at Shoreview Park
Shorecrest 4 - Mountlake Terrace 3
SC overall record 3-1
Coach Rob Mann

Next game is Friday April 23, 2020, 3:30pm, away game at Mariner High School in Everett.



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Flags at half-staff for Former Vice President Walter Mondale

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities continue to remain lowered to half-staff, in honor and remembrance of former Vice President Walter Mondale.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on the day of interment.

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

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.







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Shoreline Police: Brazen thief taken off the streets

Tool kit for stealing catalytic converters
From the King County Sheriff's Office

This brazen thief was caught in the act, in broad daylight.

On 04/15/2021 at 1:23pm, deputies were dispatched to a car prowl in progress at the 17500 block of Linden Ave N in Shoreline.
 
A resident heard the sound of power tools and looked out the window to see a male, on his back, underneath the family's Toyota Prius. The suspect was described as a white male in his 30's, wearing a blue shirt and sweatpants.
 
Deputies arrived at the scene to find the suspect walking away from the Prius. He was carrying two bags with him. Deputies immediately detained him.

A search of the suspect's bag yielded a jack, an electric saw, and an impact drill – tools needed to steal catalytic converters.

The suspect was arrested and booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Theft in the Second Degree.

A new analysis from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) found that catalytic converter thefts skyrocketed in the past year with an average of 2,347 thefts per day nationwide.
 
Be vigilant. 
If you see something, say something. 
Don't hesitate to call 911 if you see anything suspicious.

Shoreline is a contract department of the KCSO.



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Spring in the garden

 
Photo by Dale Bauer

Thanks to Dale Bauer for sending this photo of the beautiful oxalis blooming in his garden right now.



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Police report LFP: Linden Highlands Apartments fire and saving the finger of a car thief

Linden Highlands Apartments fire
Photo courtesy KCSO
Linden Highlands Apartments fire

LFP Officers were called to assist Shoreline Deputies at the scene of the large and rapidly spreading Linden Highlands apartment fire (see previous story

LFP officers responded and helped successfully evacuate several disabled residents, kept an intoxicated and agitated resident from re-entering the fire, and ensured displaced residents were given blankets while waiting for the Red Cross. 

During this event, four deputies were injured and transported to Harborview Medical Center. No LFP Officers were injured.

Suspicious vehicle

Officers were called to a suspicious vehicle that had been sitting at a stop sign “for hours”. When officers located the vehicle and driver, they discovered the vehicle was stolen. After taking the driver into custody, they found he had a ring on his finger that was severely cutting off circulation. 

He was transported to the hospital where doctors successfully removed the ring. The Dr. told officers he was within hours of losing his finger had they not sought out medical attention for him.


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Free “Shoreline Walk” this Saturday, April 24th

Shoreline Community College campus
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Join walk leader Donna on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 10:00am for a free walk around the Shoreline Community College campus, Shoreview Park and the surrounding neighborhood. 

The guided walk begins in the parking lot of Highland Terrace Elementary School, 100 N 160th St and is 2.7 miles long with a rating of “moderate” for some uneven trails and hills.

The free group walk is part of the City of Shoreline’s “Shoreline Walks” community walking program helping Shoreline adults stay active, meet new people (or connect with old friends) and feel safer and more confident exploring our city by foot. 

No need to sign up, just show up with your walking shoes (and your face covering). 

For more information on Shoreline Walks, visit www.shorelinewa.gov/shorelinewalks or call Recreation Specialist, Marianne Johnson at 206-801-2638.



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Case updates April 18, 2021

  Vaccine Locations
In King county cases and hospitalizations are going up in numbers but deaths are going down.

Case updates April 18, 2021


United States 
  • Total cases 31,484,148 - 46,032 in one day
  • Total deaths 564,292 - 355 in one day

Washington state  - not updated
  • Total cases 386,920 -  1,371 new cases in a day  
  • Total hospitalizations 21,493 - 59 in a day 
  • Total deaths 5,394 - 14 in a day 

King county 
  • Total cases 93,937 - 83 in a day  
  • Total hospitalizations 5,590 - 17 in a day  
  • Total deaths 1,493 - 0 in a day  

Seattle - population 744,995 (2018) 
  • Total cases 23,140 - 32 in a day
  • Total hospitalizations 1,299 - 3 in a day
  • Total deaths 384 - 0 in a day

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018) 
  • Total cases 2,217 -  1 in a day 
  • Total hospitalizations 194 - 1 in a day
  • Total deaths 92 - no change

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018) 
  • cases 303 - 0 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 17 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 4 - no change




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Local Buzz: Build it and they will come


Story and photos (and bees) by Jan Hansen

I provided a home, and they came.


Our native mason bees are working hard. 
They provide pollination for the trees that are in blossom now. 


I’m looking forward to enjoying apples; thank you bees.



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New dean at School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell

Dr. Brinda Sarathy, new Dean
of IAS at UW Bothell
Dr. Brinda Sarathy
, professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, has been named dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell, effective July 1.

Sarathy succeeds Dr. Bruce Burgett, the inaugural dean of IAS, who is returning to the faculty after 14 years of administrative service.

One of the largest schools at the University, IAS employs close to 100 full and part-time faculty and educates more than 1,000 students each year. 

IAS is at the core of the mission and vision for UW Bothell, said Dr. Sharon A. Jones, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs.

“When approaching this search, my primary goal was to find a leader whose background and values closely align with our cutting-edge School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences so that we can further advance the transformational impact of the liberal arts,” Jones said.

Sarathy said she was struck by how closely the mission of IAS resonated with her own work at Pitzer, a private, liberal arts college that is part of the Claremont consortium in Southern California. The “values and commitment to social and environmental justice aligned with me,” Sarathy said.

“I was also impressed by Bothell’s strong emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion, and its track record on social mobility for first-generation students,” she said.

Sarathy received a doctorate in environmental science, policy and management at the University of California, Berkeley, where she researched race and resource management. Her dissertation gave rise to her 2012 book “Pineros: Latino Labor and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest.”

At Pitzer, Sarathy also directed the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability, which is a research and teaching center adjacent to a field station near the college. Sarathy is currently on an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship, working on a book about the Stringfellow Acid Pits, California’s first Superfund site.

The search to replace Burgett as dean began last year. Jones, the vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, thanked the Isaacson Miller firm and the search committee at UW Bothell, particularly the chair, School of Business Dean Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy; Kathryn Rich, executive assistant who managed the leadership search in a virtual context; and inclusion advocate Dr. Wayne Au, professor in the School of Educational Studies.



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AG-request legislation increasing consumer protection penalties passes Legislature

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson
The Washington Legislature Monday passed the Consumer Protection Improvement Act, an attorney general-request bill that increases the maximum civil penalties for Consumer Protection Act violations from $2,000 to $7,500. 

This bill will update these penalties for the first time since they were adopted in 1970. Strong consumer protection penalties provide accountability, deter future violations and ensure a level playing field for business.

Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island, sponsored the Consumer Protection Improvement Act, Senate Bill 5025. The measure, which passed in a bipartisan vote of 31-18 in the Senate and 57-41 in the House, now heads to the governor’s desk.

Washington currently has some of the lower per-violation consumer protection penalties in the country. Only four states have penalties lower than Washington’s, which is why the National Consumer Law Center characterized Washington’s current consumer protection penalties as “weak.”

SB 5025 also increases Washington’s penalties for antitrust violations and creates a first-of-its-kind enhanced penalty for consumer protection violations that target vulnerable communities and protected classes.

“Washington’s Consumer Protection Act penalties have not changed in more than 50 years,” Ferguson said. 
“Today, the Legislature took an important step to fix that. Strong penalties deter illegal conduct that harms Washingtonians and allow my office to hold violators accountable. This new, strengthened law will provide Washingtonians with greater protections against illegal, unfair and deceptive business practices.”


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Shoreline Fire in Auburn Monday to provide support to fight Green Valley fire

Shoreline Fire crew in Auburn
Photo courtesy Shoreline Fire

Shoreline Fire was in Auburn Monday dispatched on a strike team providing structural protection against the Green Valley fire. 

State fire assistance was mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Green Valley Fire located in King County, near Auburn.

The Green Valley Fire is burning in grass, brush, slash and timber. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on April 19, 2021, at 3:00pm at the request of Fire Chief Greg Smith, King County Fire District 44.
 
The Green Valley Fire started on April 18, 2021, at approximately 4:34pm. This fire is estimated at 50 acres and growing. It is threatening homes. Level 2 evacuations are in effect at this time. The fire cause is currently under investigation. Mobilization specialists from the Fire Protection Bureau have ordered a helicopter, heavy equipment and two hand crews.



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Shoreline Police: Not a vandal - a burglar

Story and photos from King County Sheriff's Office

This incident must have been frightening for a homeowner who initially believed she was the victim of simple vandalism. 

On 04/08/2021 at 1:07pm, our 9-1-1 communications center received a call from the 19300 block of 5th Avenue NE. in the city of Shoreline.
 
The 9-1-1 caller told arriving deputies she heard loud noises around 12:58am. When she went downstairs to investigate, she looked towards a window and yelled out, “Who’s there?” and saw a silhouette of someone running away.

The deputies checked the scene and determined what was initially reported as vandalism was actually an attempted burglary.

Deputies found a window screen had been pried off and was lying on the ground. Next to the screen was a pry tool that the suspect left behind.
 
Deputies also found two rocks inside the home below a broken window. The holes in the window were consistent with the size of the stones located inside.

The victim believes the suspect may have been a woman, about 5’7 foot tall, wearing dark clothing, a dark surgical mask, and a beanie-type cap pulled low.

We applaud the homeowner's quick reaction to the noises she heard. Her rapid call to 911 likely kept the burglar from entering her home.

Shoreline Police are a contact department from KCSO.

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Scene on the Sound: Identifying mountain peaks: Mount Washington

Monday, April 19, 2021

Photo by Jan Hansen

Photo and mountain identification by keen observer and life-long learner Jan Hansen. 




 

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Explore the Poetry of Rumi in This Upcoming Online Class

Explore why Rumi is considered one of the greatest “spiritual” poets of all time and the best-selling poet in America today in Rumi: Poet of the Heart, an online course offered by Continuing Education at Shoreline Community College.

Join facilitator Robert Stahl to experience the work of Rumi, a Persian “Sufi” poet working in the 13th Century, and understand why his mystical verse still resonates deeply.

His poems deal with themes such as: love, longing, friendship, joy, silence, loss, and the “unseen world.” The text for this class will be Rumi: The Big Red Book by Coleman Barks.

Fee: $99
Dates: 4/21/21 - 5/12/21 (Wednesdays)
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: Online via Zoom

Click here to view the full details for this course and register today! Questions? Please email continuing-ed@shoreline.edu



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Echo Lake Neighborhood says goodbye to Shoreline Schools Superintendent Rebecca Miner


The Echo Lake Neighborhood Association's Tuesday, April 20, 2021 meeting will welcome Shoreline Schools Superintendent Rebecca Minor as she prepares to leave her position after seven years leading the district.

"Looking Forward - Looking Back"  - she will talk about the highlights and challenges of the past seven years and what she sees for the future.

ELNA meets virtually on zoom, 7-9pm on the third Thursday of the month. It is the neighborhood in the north - central part of Shoreline and has been meeting consistently since December 1995.



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Register for Saturday's LFP Town Hall: Building Climate Resiliency


The Building Resiliency Town Hall –reducing your carbon impact. Making a difference comes from taking actions both large and small.  

The Town Hall will provide an opportunity to meet in breakout rooms to discuss with leaders in their field about how to live lightly on the planet.

The Breakout Rooms will be an opportunity to learn and ask questions. 


The Breakout rooms are just part of the Building Climate Resiliency Town Hall. Be part of the solution, sign up for the Zoom Lake Forest Park Town Hall: Building Climate Resiliency, Learn, Ask, Learn

For more information click here


Contact: LFPTownhall@gmail.com



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City of Shoreline urges citizens to take the Sound Transit Realignment survey to preserve bus service to Shoreline South station


This? or 70 cars on the roads
Sound Transit is making some important decisions about the future of its regional transit system that could impact our community, and they need to hear from you! 

Rising real estate and construction costs have created major challenges for completing some voter-approved transit projects on their original schedules.

According to Sound Transit, “Before we consider delaying, phasing or modifying future transit projects, we want to hear what’s important to you.”

Sound Transit is providing an opportunity to weigh in through a community survey

Of particular interest to Shoreline is Sound Transit’s Bus Rapid Transit project, or Stride 522, which runs along Bothell Way and 145th and connects Bothell, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, and Shoreline to the new Shoreline South/148th Street light rail station. 

This service will make it easier for our neighboring city residents to catch a bus to light rail, instead of driving to the Shoreline South Station.

Let the Sound Transit Board know that Stride 522 should not be delayed as part of their decision making. Stride 522 will be one of the few high frequency east-west routes in the north end, is a low cost and efficient way to move people quickly (22 minutes between Shoreline South station and Bothell), and needs get up and running as soon as possible so it can connect our community to the new light rail system.

Through April 30, community members can provide input on realignment through several options:
  • Visit an online open house and complete the short survey by April 30. Information and surveys are available in English, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
  • Email realignment@soundtransit.org.
  • Leave a voicemail at 206-553-3400.

The agency will compile and present input to the Sound Transit Board in May in advance of upcoming realignment discussions.

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LFP Council Committee of the Whole meets Monday in second session of council retreat

LFP City Council photo courtesy City of LFP


The City Council Committee of the Whole of Lake Forest Park will meet on Monday April 19, 2021, 6pm in the second session of a three-part Council Retreat.

Meeting to be held virtually - click link to join meeting: https://zoom.us/j/92880527494 

Agenda:
  • 2016 – 2020 Strategic Plan - Identify Challenges and Opportunities
  • Introduction of Ordinance 1222/Adopting a New Chapter 11.05 LFPMC, Required Wearing of Personal Floatation Devices, Mandating Users of Human Powered Watercraft to Wear U.S. Coast Guard Approved Personal Floatation Devices

Citizen Comments (Each speaker has three minutes to comment)
Documents:

1. 2020 Council Initiatives (pages 3-5)
2. 2020 Council Retreat Notes (pages 6-13) 3. Ordinance 1222 (pages 14-19)

Related links:


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Case updates April 17, 2021

Positive cases in King county continue to rise


  Vaccine Locations
In King county cases and hospitalizations are going up in numbers but deaths are going down.

Case updates April 17, 2021


United States 
  • Total cases 31,444,706 - 60,947 in one day
  • Total deaths 563,980 - 694 in one day

Washington state  - not updated
  • Total cases 385,549 -  1,655 new cases in a day  
  • Total hospitalizations 21,434 - 66 in a day 
  • Total deaths 5,380 - 0 in a day 

King county 
  • Total cases 93,854 - 344 in a day  
  • Total hospitalizations 5,573 - 4 in a day  
  • Total deaths 1,493 - 0 in a day  

Seattle - population 744,995 (2018) 
  • Total cases 23,108 - 71 in a day
  • Total hospitalizations 1,296 - 0 in a day
  • Total deaths 384 - 0 in a day

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018) 
  • Total cases 2,216 -  8 in a day 
  • Total hospitalizations 193 - 0 in a day
  • Total deaths 92 - no change

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018) 
  • cases 303 - 1 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 17 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 4 - no change


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First half of 2021 property taxes due April 30, 2021

King County property owners who pay their property taxes themselves, rather than through a mortgage lender, have until Friday, April 30, 2021 to pay the first half of their 2021 bill. 

After that date, interest charges and penalties will be added to the tax bill.

While the first half payment deadline was extended in 2020 due to the then-emerging COVID-19 pandemic, the second half deadline was not. Timely receipt of property tax payments is essential for the many jurisdictions that rely on these revenues to make debt service payments.

To make the payment process easier, King County provides several ways for property owners to pay their taxes quickly and conveniently. Payments can be made:
  • Online using King County's secure online eCommerce system at kingcounty.gov/PropertyTax. Taxpayers may pay with a credit card, debit card, or an electronic check. (A service fee applies to this option.)
  • By mail if postmarked no later than April 30, 2021. Taxpayers should write their property tax account number on their check or money order. Cash should not be sent through the mail. Taxpayers do not need to include a tax statement with the payment as long as the property tax account number is on the check or money order and payment is for the exact amount due.
  • Customer service counters at King County facilities remain closed to in-person payments. However, taxpayers can use the specially-marked, secure dropbox located at the King Street Center, 201 S Jackson St in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood, to make payments by check or money order. Cash should not be left in the dropbox.

Payment Plan Program

To help taxpayers impacted by economic hardship, King County has a payment plan program available for real property homes, commercial businesses, land, and mobile homes. 

To participate, property owners must sign an agreement with King County Treasury. If participating owners also have a mortgage, they need to notify their lender about the payment plan. The program is administered through a third-party vendor and monthly payments are credited to the property tax account once the terms of the payment plan are met.

King County will waive the payment plan program's $75 setup fee, but participants will need to pay a monthly processing fee charged by the vendor. Those taking part in this program will also need to pay interest of 1% each month on the outstanding amount of their tax bill, as required by Washington state law. 

However, taxpayers enrolled in a 2021 payment plan before June 1 can avoid the 3% and 8% penalties applied in June and December, respectively. A payment plan for 2021 taxes can be made for a term of up to 18 months. 

For more information on the payment plan program, visit kingcounty.gov/PaymentPlans or email paymentplans@kingcounty.gov.

For questions about missing tax statements or other tax payment information, visit kingcounty.gov/PropertyTax, contact King County Treasury Operations at propertytax.customerservice@kingcounty.gov or 206-263-2890.

Information on exemption and deferral programs for seniors, people with disabilities, or other qualifying conditions can be obtained from the King County Assessor's Office at TaxRelief.kingcounty.gov, by emailing exemptions.assessments@kingcounty.gov, or calling 206-296-3920.



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Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services/Tree Board meeting Thursday

Parks board 2020

Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services/Tree Board meeting, Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7pm on zoom.

Link to zoom meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97515984680

Agenda Highlights
  • ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
  • DIRECTOR’S REPORT
  • SOUND TRANSIT UPDATE
  • PROGRAM UPDATES-PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
Link to Full Meeting Packet [PDF] here

Comment on Agenda Items here

About the PRCS/Tree Board here



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Op-Ed: Honor the legacy of Joe and Jennie Ching by preserving their garden

Sunday, April 18, 2021

A magnificent fig (to the left of the larger tree)
Photo by Kathleen Lumiere

A little known and currently neglected historical property is on Greenwood Avenue in Shoreline, directly across the street from Shoreline Community College.

It belonged to the Ching family, among the first Asian American residents in the area. They wanted to raise their three children in Shoreline because of the excellent schools. In 1957 red-lining had made property ownership by Asian and Black people impossible here. 

Joe Ching’s employer, Peter Canlis, bought the property and went door to door asking if the neighbors would mind living next to an Asian family. They all said that would be fine, and Peter eventually sold the property to the Chings.

Joe Ching was the first head chef at Canlis, a world-class restaurant and Seattle institution. A Chinese American veteran from Hawaii (he joined up after Pearl Harbor), Joe came to the Northwest with his wife, Jennie, a Japanese American from Arizona who spent WWII in an internment camp. 

After helping Peter Canlis launch the restaurant, Joe was one of only two chefs to work there for the next 50 years.

Joe Ching also achieved fame as a pioneer of organic gardening. His lush fruit trees: hearty apple varieties, figs, Asian pears, and persimmons were nourished by rich black soil --- the product of decades of coffee grounds compost from the Canlis restaurant. 

The fruit trees remain but the property is overgrown
Photo by Kathleen Lumiere

He had a vast vegetable garden, and let neighbors garden there when he became too infirm to work the beds himself. Before then, he and Jennie threw parties for the neighborhood, cooking salmon and the vegetables they grew themselves. 

Ed Hume, an educator and promoter of organic farming, met Joe when he and his wife drove by his house one day, and stopped because of the beautiful garden. Joe became a regular visitor on Hume's television program "Gardening in America."

Here is an article from The Seattle Times with more information about Joe Ching, and his home here in Shoreline: Chef Joe Ching shared passion for food and gardening

Now the Ching home is returning to the earth. The many fruit trees are still lush, but wild. Unbelievably tasty grapes climb to the north side of the property, and stands of black bamboo flank parts of the east and south. Also to the east, 40-60 foot Doug firs mark the boundary line. They seem to be magnets for migrating birds.

I live close to this property, and so have had a chance to see its seasons over years.

This seems like an opportunity to preserve a spot of great historical value. If the property were to be used as something like a city garden and pea patch, it could best honor Joe and Jennie Ching's legacy, and show our appreciation, joy and pride in Asian American community heritage.

With enough support, this lovely and significant site may be protected as a shared treasure.

Kathleen Lumiere is a Shoreline resident


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Cartoon by Whitney Potter: Shoreline Parks Bond

 

Previous cartoons by Whitney Potter here



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Vulpine Taproom opens in Town Center this week with beer, food, and board games

*Vulpine: relating to a fox or foxes
Story and photos by Cynthia Sheridan

Vulpine* Taproom is officially opening on Thursday, April 22, 2021 in a brand new establishment on the upper level of Lake Forest Park Town Center.

Town Center is located at the intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way.

The Taproom mission is to give customers a locally focused space to explore beer and wine culture in a friendly, welcoming environment.

They are providing a variety of board games and a selection of local art from Red Sky Gallery (located next door to Vulpine Taproom). 

Furnishings and designs have been specially crafted / sourced from the local community.

Pub owner Joshua Anderson graduated from Cascade High School, and studied fire science at Everett Community College. Most recently he was employed by Granite Falls as an EMT.

According to the website “This is a great place to socialize and enjoy longer visits.” Dogs welcome.

Vulpine Taproom offers 12 beers on tap as well as a good selection of wine. Food menu includes excellent pairings from cheeses, sandwiches, and other light snacks.

MENU:
  • Sandwiches: Grilled cheese and reuben 
  • Plates: barbeque pork, garden salad, hummus
  • Snacks: Tim’s chips, Uncle Bud’s deep-fried peanuts
  • Refreshing Waters: Milla (watermelon water), Kimino (sparkling water)

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Tues- Fri: 3pm - 10pm 
Saturday: Noon-10pm 
Sunday: 11am - 8pm
Closed Monday



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Flags at half-staff for victims of shooting in Indianapolis, Indiana

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in honor of the victims who tragically lost their lives on April 15, 2021, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

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

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Gloria's Birds: No lie, photog, that fish was this big!

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z Nagler

(Mallard bearing witness to the one that got away:)
--Gloria Z Nagler


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Coming up at King County Council, April 19-23


Next week is packed with action at council, including committee action on the next emergency COVID budget ($600M), a proposal to ban the use of facial recognition software countywide, and the Strategic Climate Action Plan, while full council will take up sending the renewal of the Best Starts for Kids levy to voters.

Here’s what’s coming up at King County Council:

The $600 million emergency supplemental COVID budget is the seventh supplemental since the pandemic began, and will spend money across a variety of services, including vaccination efforts, community supports, public health response, economic recovery and more. 

This represents the largest appropriation by far and is likely to warrant a robust discussion at the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee. Once approved by committee, the measure will go to full council by May 11. The committee meets at 9:30am on Tuesday, April 20.

Full council is set to vote on legislation to renew the Best Starts for Kids levy for another six years. The new proposal would set a first-year levy rate of $0.19 per $1,000 of assessed property value with annual growth capped at 3%. If approved, the proposal will appear on the August 3 primary ballot. Council meets at 1pm on Tuesday, April 20.

A proposal that would ban county government use of facial recognition software will be the focus of the Committee of the Whole on Wednesday. The proposal, sponsored by Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, would include prohibiting use of such software by the King County Sheriff. The committee meets at 9:30pm on Wednesday, April 21.

Legislation to formally adopt the Strategic Climate Action Plan could move out of the Mobility and Environment Committee on Thursday (which is also Earth Day). It would implement a five-year strategic plan of strategies, targets and priority actions to address climate change. The committee meets at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 22.

All meetings continue to be held virtually to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Meetings can be livestreamed on KCTV unless otherwise stated. View meeting agendas and legislation here.



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Case updates April 16, 2021 - case numbers continue to climb

King county case numbers continue to climb

 
 Vaccine Locations
Case updates April 16, 2021


United States 
  • Total cases 31,382,266 - 76,629 in one day
  • Total deaths 563,216 - 901 in one day

Washington state  
  • Total cases 385,549 -  1,655 new cases in a day  
  • Total hospitalizations 21,434 - 66 in a day 
  • Total deaths 5,380 - 0 in a day 

King county 
  • Total cases 93,510 - 464 in a day  
  • Total hospitalizations 5,569 - 37 in a day  
  • Total deaths 1,493 - 0 in a day  

Seattle - population 744,995 (2018) 
  • Total cases 23,037 - 127 in a day
  • Total hospitalizations 1,296 - 17 in a day
  • Total deaths 384 - 1 in a day

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018) 
  • Total cases 2,208 -  9 in a day 
  • Total hospitalizations 193 - 2 in a day
  • Total deaths 92 - no change

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018) 
  • cases 302 - 4 since yesterday
  • hospitalizations 17 - 0 since yesterday
  • deaths 4 - no change


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