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Tuesday, February 9, 20107:30 p.m.

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President’s Message: Page 2February calendar: 2

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School proposals on ballot February 9Shoreline Schools Press Release

Published by the Richmond Beach Community Association, richmondbeachwa.org February 2010

Shorewood High Schools. The 2006 bond approved by voters included funds for the planning and design for the two high school projects, but not for the actual construction costs.

• A four-year capital levy for technology improvements and support. This levy would support the District’s instructional technology program and services and technology equipment replacement.

If all three proposals are approved, the estimated new combined levy and bond rate in 2011 would be $5.25 per $1,000 of as-sessed value, and a stable $5.15 in the years following. Current 2010 rates are $5.29 per $1,000, so this represents no change to the average taxpayer.

Proposition 1: Replacement of Expiring Levy for Educational Programs, Mainte-nance and Operations

The district’s current four-year mainte-nance and operations levy will expire next

Youth Jam is Here! KPLU DJ Jason Parker to be guest judgeBy Scott Becker and Sheri Ashleman

Neighborhood Traffic Action Plan for Richmond BeachBy John Marek

On Tuesday, February 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Richmond Beach Congregational Church, City of Shoreline’s Traffic Services Division staff will attend RBCA’s general meeting to talk about the effort to develop a Neighbor-hood Traffic Action Plan for the Richmond Beach neighborhood. The goal of the plan is to develop a list of priority projects and other recommendations for the neighbor-hood that will help to improve traffic and pedestrian safety, mobility and livability in the community.

This is the first of two kick-off meetings to be scheduled with the neighborhood. Residents are encouraged to come and learn about the planning process and identify any current traffic or pedestrian safety issues that they would like to see addressed in the plan. After the two meetings, city staff will work with a neighborhood traffic advisory committee to develop the recommendations for the plan. The advisory committee will be comprised of volunteer residents from the

neighborhood. If you are unable to attend the Richmond

Beach Neighborhood Traffic Meeting on February 9, but have a specific concern or suggestion, you can download a comment form from the RBCA web site at Richmond-BeachWA.org. There is a button on the right side of the home page. The City of Shoreline will also be mailing out this flyer to every household in Richmond Beach prior to the meeting.

Once the recommendations have been developed, the City will host an open house to present the draft recommendations to the neighborhood for residents to review and comment. If there is strong support for the proposed recommendations, the plan will be finalized and used to help guide future neighborhood improvements.

For more information or status about the Neighborhood Traffic Action Plan process, you may contact John Marek (206) 801-2432 or at [email protected].

FEBRUARY 26 IS THE DAY, so you have a little time left to get your act together for the third annual Richmond Beach Youth Jam. We are excited to have a great panel of musician guest judges again this year, including KPLU DJ and renowned trumpter/flugelhornist, Jason Parker. Mr. Parker and the other judges are excited to be giving out CASH PRIZES to our win-ners, donated by the Richmond Beach Community Association and Jack Malek of Windermere Realty.

The music showcase and contest takes place on Friday, February 26, from 6:00 p.m. to roughly 9:00 p.m., at the lower level of the Richmond Beach Congregational Church. The event is open to any musical performer or group age 18 and under and living in Shoreline and will feature a live audience and professional sound. Musical acts will be organized into showcase segments (two to three songs maximum) and will be judged according to composition, musicianship and performance criteria. Original material is strongly encour-aged, but cover songs are great as well! The show will be recorded, with copies provided later to each performer. The gig is open to every kind of musical style, from classical to hip hop. Play solo, or bring the big band!

Tickets for the show will be sold at the door for $2.50. Each entrant gets discount coupons for the entourage. Pizza and beverages will be available for purchase. It’s a performance, so plan to get your friends and family out to support you—audience participation can make a difference in the judging!

Youth Jam entrants are asked to submit informa-tion, including a brief band bio and a sample record-ing (one song is fine), along with the $20 entrance fee. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2010. For details, questions, and any other reasonable help, call Scott at (206) 533-9112, and check us out at www.myspace.com/rbyouthjam and www.facebook.com/RBYouthJam.

A fund drive for the Shoreline Substance Abuse Program for

The Shoreline School Board has approved three proposals to be placed on the ballot at a special election Feb. 9, 2010.

• A four-year replacement of expiring levy for educational programs, maintenance and operations levy. The levy averages $22 million per year for each of the four years, 2011 through 2014. The mainte-nance and operations levy, which replaces the four-year levy passed by voters in 2006, would provide the district with about 20 percent of its general operat-ing budget.

• A $150 million bond for the moderniza-tion/replacement of Shorecrest and

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Funding ClarificationBy Craig Degginger, Public Informa-tion Officer, Shoreline Public Schools

The District has received a number of questions in recent days about the levy and bond proposals on the February 9, 2010 special election ballot.

The M & O Levy is a replacement of an expiring levy from 2006 and, combined with the proposed Capital Levy for Tech-nology, is not projected to increase tax bills for our residents. In addition, the District has paid off many of our previous bond commitments, creating the capacity to sell additional bonds without increasing payment obligations for our tax payers. In summary, the District projects that the passage of all three measures will NOT in-crease the tax bills for our average resident of Shoreline or Lake Forest Park.

For more information on the ballot measures, visit www.shorelineschools.org.

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February 2010 • Richmond Beach Community News2

There were a number of fac-tors that kept me from providing an article for the January issue of the RBCN but the main reason was just my lack of motivation. Because of the strength of the

rest of the RBCA Board of Directors my job is really pretty easy. I have to run the board meetings, oversee the monthly general meet-ing, attend whatever event we have going on in the neighborhood and provide an article for the monthly paper that has no defined subject. It should be pretty easy, right? Well, in December it was tough to get me motivated outside of my regular job. I look forward to 2010 and the fresh start that it will provide.

For this month’s issue I would like to channel every old curmudgeon that we have met throughout our lives and complain

President’s message, February 2010By Ed Adams

February Point Wells updateBy RBCA Point Wells Subcommittee

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about traffic. I had a meeting with a friend one December evening and decided that we would meet at the Richmond Beach Coffee Company. I arrived first and sat out front and just observed life as it went past.

The main thing I noticed that evening was that about 50% of the people who drive through that intersection actually stop at that light. I saw you in the white Toyota Sequoia with the clam shell on the roof and you in the silver Lexus IS 350. The old “California” stop was alive and well that evening. Being a driver who has been ticketed for the “California” stop in my early days of driving, on Capitol Hill somewhere around 1985 or ’86, I have some experience and would like to offer it to all of you, especially you in the black Subaru WRX and you in the Honda with the coffee can exhaust pipe: “Stop at the light.” It will take you all of an additional five seconds. Dinner with the family will wait. The ad-ditional time will be nothing compared to the time you will waste waiting for the local authorities to run your license, registration and proof of insurance, and you filling out

the necessary paperwork. Your girlfriend’s parents will be happier that you are a safe driver rather than just punctual.

We all face an increasing amount of traffic in and around Richmond Beach, and the pro-posed Point Wells development will ensure that this remains a hot button for years to come. We can all help out the traffic issue by doing our part; stopping at the intersections and watching our speed is just a start. The more we do on our own, the less we have to rely on others to keep us all safe. I will have a new driver in my house around the first week of March and that is worrisome enough, I don’t need to have to worry about whether or not the guy on his phone and drinking a cup of coffee stops at the light or not, I saw you in the blue Nissan Armada.

The February General Meeting of the RBCA will give us all an opportunity to hear and see what the future will hold for our area’s traffic. The City of Shoreline traffic planners will be on hand to record your concerns and suggestions. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, at the Richmond

Beach Congregational Church, on the lower level.

Let’s all do the little things and I will see you in the neighborhood.

——Ed Adams

On January 26, 2010, the Richmond Beach Community Association welcomed all residents of Shoreline to participate in an interactive Point Wells Discussion-Forum. In our ongoing attempt to keep the community informed, we are fortunate to have distinguished panelists available to directly address your questions, comments and concerns regarding the redevelopment of Point Wells.

Since our Richmond Beach Com-munity News publishing deadline occurs at the middle of each month, the Panel Discussion proceedings and a summary transcript of the forum will be published in the March issue.

On February 3, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., the

Snohomish County Council will resume it’s December 9, 2009 hearing regarding pro-posed amendments to Snohomish County’s ‘Urban Center’ ordinances. Some of the main issues that the proposed ordinance changes attempt to address include proximity (or lack thereof) to public transportation, required collaboration with adjoining communities, and restrictions on building heights.

In addition, the Snohomish County Council’s earlier approval of the urban center land-use designation for Point Wells goes into effect on February 8, 2010. The City of Shoreline, Town of Woodway, and Save Rich-mond Beach’s appeals of the decision, which have been consolidated, will engage again in March. A pre-hearing conference among

the plaintiffs is scheduled for March 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Shoreline City Hall in Room 303. The public is invited to at-tend, though no public comment will be taken.

As we continue our work to keep you informed about Point Wells, don’t hesi-tate to return the favor. Please inform us of your thoughts and insights about the issues regarding Point Wells by e-mail. The RBCA Point Wells Subcommittee may be contacted at: [email protected]. Also, please visit our website devoted to information and dialog about Point Wells: www.pointwells.wetpaint.com.

Brightwater Tunnel reportSection from Point Wells to Ballinger Way nearing completionBy Leslie Rankin

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) that was launched in the fall of 2008 from Point Wells in Woodway to mine Brightwater’s west tunnel is scheduled to complete its successful four-mile drive this February when it reaches the receiving portal at Ballinger Way near NE 200th Street in Shoreline.

For the past 17 months, tunnel crews have been mining the 14-foot diameter tun-nel from Point Wells to Ballinger at depths ranging from 80 to 400 feet below ground. Tunneling has progressed on average 70 to 100 feet per day along the tunnel route that

follows the public right-of-way under NW 205th Street.

As it approaches the Ballinger shaft, the TBM will be 210 feet below ground. When it reaches the shaft, it will first push through a stabilized column of frozen ground before it comes up against the concrete receiving shaft. The ground surrounding the shaft has been frozen because of the high water content in the soils.

When the TBM breaks through the con-crete and the drive is complete, the 50-foot machine, its equipment with more than 300

feet of trailing gear will then be lifted in segments to the surface. It will be shipped from the site by truck. The shaft will then be used to receive another TBM now on its way from Kenmore.

For more information about the Brightwater project, or to be added to our mail list, visit http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wtd/brightwater. If you have questions, please call us on the Brightwater construc-tion hotline at 206-205-5989 or email us at [email protected].

Aurora Corridor Project Construction update for the week of January 24, 2010City of Shoreline Press Release

Crews will work at night at the intersec-tions of Aurora Avenue/N 170th and N 185th Streets and traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction. Pavement cutting, which is louder than normal construction work, will occur one night at N 175th Street and Midvale Avenue.

Daytime activities will include temporary paving on Aurora Avenue, continued utility work and digging in some areas on the east side of Aurora to confirm locations of under-ground water lines. Expect periodic lane clo-sures. Drivers should expect delays and take care to be safe in all construction zones.

For current updates see the Aurora Web Page: www.shorelinewa.gov/aurora

Utility work continues on the Aurora ProjectCrews load concrete segments that are transported to the head of the tunnel to complete the tunnel lining.

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year. These are the projected levy amounts beginning in 2011: Year Amount Estimated rate per $1,000

of assessed value

2011 $21.5 million $2.482012 $21.75 million $2.482013 $22.2 million $2.492014 $22.65 million $2.49

The current levy, which is expiring, funds basic education programs, as well as nurses, family advocates, librarians and instructional materials. Funds are also used to support extra-curricular student activities, including music, drama and athletics. The levy helps fund special education, highly capable, re-medial and vocational education programs, maintenance, utilities, and transportation.

Proposition 2: Bonds for Replacement/Modernization of Shorecrest and Shore-wood High Schools

For more than two years, the Shoreline School District has been planning for mod-ernization/replacement of Shorecrest and Shorewood High Schools. The School Board adopted educational goals for the projects. The Shorecrest and Shorewood design teams were made up of faculty, staff and parents from each high school and community rep-resentatives from each of the middle schools and elementary schools in the respective sides of the District. Each team held three community meetings to gather input from the public, which the architects used to help create the preferred designs for Shorecrest and Shorewood.

Upon passage, the district would be au-thorized to sell up to $150 million in bonds. The district would make annual payments on the principal and interest to bond purchasers through proceeds from annual property taxes. The timeline for completion of both Shorec-rest and Shorewood is summer 2013.

Proposition 3: Capital Levy for Technol-ogy Improvements and SupportYear Amount Estimated rate per $1,000

of assessed value

2011 $3 million $0.352012 $3 million $0.342013 $3 million $0.342014 $3 million $0.33

This levy would provide a funding source for technology in all aspects of the district’s program. Currently, the general fund is required to support approximately $2 mil-lion in expenses annually. Such expenses in-clude software, licenses, subscriptions, tech-nology equipment replacement, professional development and training for staff, and in-frastructure to support current and emerging information technology.

To validate these levy and bond proposals, 40 percent of those voting in the November 2009 general election must vote. The two levies require a simple majority to pass, the bonds require a 60-percent majority for approval.

Letter to the Editor

Shoreline Schools’ Bond and Levy Mea-sures deserve a YES! YES! YES! Vote!

We moved to Shoreline in 1989 to avail our children of this excellent school district and the education it provided them. Our children attended 5 schools in the district, learning from dedicated and outstanding teachers & staff with enrichment opportu-nities in the arts and technology as well as a firm foundation in the basics of education. Both of our children were well prepared for advanced studies at universities of their choice, one in-state and one on the other coast. Generations of Shoreline residents ensured this educational opportunity for our children, thus we feel compelled to “pay it

forward” for the current and future genera-tions. Students in our high schools deserve to have state of the art facilitiesº to ensure their readiness for careers in the 21st century. The levy measures will, in part, make up for the woeful under-funding of public education in this state. If you want more information on the facts, read either the school district’s site at http://www.shorelineschools.org/bondlevy/ or http://voteyesforshorelineschools.org/YES/Vote_TES.html

Then please join us in voting YES! YES! YES! for Shoreline Schools this February.

Sincerely, Mary and Dave Bannister

be informed, stay informedBy Sheri Ashleman

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bloodmobile returning march 6Richmond Beach donated 114 units of blood in 2009by Tom Petersen

Ronald School Building agreement reachedBy Craig Degginger, Public Informa-tion Officer, Shoreline Public Schools

The Shoreline School Board and the Shoreline Historical Museum Board have approved an agreement in principle that will address both parties’ interests. This agreement will allow the Museum to support passage of the February 9, 2010 School Bond Proposition #2 and assures the future of the Shoreline Historical Museum in the Ronald School Building. The agreement is dependent upon pas-sage of the School Bond

The Shoreline School Board approved the agreement at a special meeting on Monday, January 25. The Shoreline Historical Museum Board approved the agreement at its meeting on Saturday, January 23.• The Shoreline Historical Museum (Mu-seum) agrees to purchase approximately 19,500 sq. ft. of property adjacent to the Shorewood High School site.• The Shoreline School District (District) agrees to pay for the relocation of the old Ronald School Building, which houses the Museum, to the adjacent property purchased by the Museum, and to pay for the costs associated with the reloca-tion itself, including the move, utility connections, and repair costs attribut-able to the move, resulting in the Ronald School being in the same condition as it was before the move.• Upon relocation of the structure the District will convey the building title free and clear to the Museum at no cost.• The District agrees to allow the Mu-seum to utilize Sunset Elementary School for Museum operations and storage during the structural relocation of the Ronald School Building at no cost. The Museum, however, will be responsible for the operational and utility costs during their occupancy of Sunset Elementary School.• The District and Museum agree to work in good faith to negotiate, resolve and coordinate the details and legal issues involved in implementing this Agreement in Principle, in an effort to accomplish it consistent with the planned Shorewood High School implementation schedule.

The Shoreline School District has posted on its Web site an updated list of questions and answers about the Shore-wood High School Design, the Ronald School and the Shoreline Historical Museum: http://www.shorelineschools.org/news/release.php?releasesid=920

In an effort to keep Richmond Beach resi-dents informed and to continually improve communications, RBCA offers residents the opportunity to sign up to be on its email list. Those on the list receive a monthly email outlining upcoming community meetings and events and other information pertinent to our neighborhood.

To sign up for the email list, simply log onto the RBCA web site at www.Richmond-BeachWA.org, scroll down to a link titled

Two dozen Richmond Beach neighbors came to the Puget Sound Blood Center mo-bile unit in front of the Fire Safety Center in December, pushing the year’s total donations to 114 pints—helping some 250 patients, ac-cording to the Center’s records.

The next donation date is Saturday, March 6. The hours will return to the usual 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. as daylight lasts longer, and to handle what has been a late rush on the last two blood drives.

Appointments can be made on the website,

www.psbc.org, or by calling (800) 398-7888. Walk-ups are welcome and appreciated.

PSBC Drive coordinator Monette An-derson called Richmond Beach a model of generosity and consistency and has pointed to this community as an example for other neighborhoods, such as Fremont, to follow as they start their own blood drives.

The Blood Center also sends its apprecia-tion to D’z Barbershop for their continued enthusiasm for this precious program; The Shoreline Fire Department; and to those

local business that are proud to display the Give Blood poster:

The Little Store, the Rich-mond Beach Library, Spin

Alley, The Grill House, Cloud 9 Dry Clean-ers, Fred Meyer, Highlands West Denta l , and Wi n d e r m e r e Real Estate.

School levy and bondproposal on ballotContinued from page 1

don’t miss youth JamContinued from page 1

youth, a department of the Center for Hu-man Services, will be held at the Youth Jam. Its mission is to reduce/eliminate substance abuse from the lives of youth. They offer pre-vention, intervention, and treatment services. Please support youth in our community by donating generously to this cause. Checks can be made payable to “Center for Human Services.”

If you would like to make a donation, but are unable to attend the Youth Jam, please mail your check to Sheri Ashleman, Rich-mond Beach Community Association, P. O. Box 60186, Shoreline, WA 98160.


WE ENDORSE Proposition 1: Replacement of Expiring Levy for Educational Programs,

Maintenance and OperationsProposition 2: $150 million Bond issue for Modernization/ Replacement of

Shorecrest and Shorewood High SchoolsProposition 3: Capital Levy for Technology Improvements and Support

Tarry & Sang-Won “Sancho” Cho

Tina ChristiansenRon & Vicky ChristiansonMitch CoeVeronica CookSteve & Mandi CounterTodd & Mary CrandellPatty Cummings Mindy & Don DalzielCraig & Melissa DeggingerCinco DelgadoLinda DelgadoMike & Mary DelReJoan DesrosierPaul & Sadrina DornErin DragovichKathy DuceyBill DunbarLeslie EckSherry EdwardsCheryl EdwardsChristian J. EggenDeborah & Peter EhrlichmanMarilyn EnloeJoel & Sarah ErtsgaardPeter & Cynthia EsselmanCathy & Jeff Farley Todd FialaBonnie and Tony Flock Julie FlohrJacky FortneyFrank & Mary FoxNina & Brian FraneyEdith & Alfred FratesJulie & Aaron FredricksonBill FritzJamie FroebeEmily & Matt Gallagher Roxanne GarzonGlen GersmehlBarbara GibsonEric & Jennie GilesJim GolubichMarya GorackeMary GrassleyTheresa GrecoDawn & Kevin GrossmanSuzanne GuggerRich & Nancy GustafsonWill HallGary & Britt Harris Marcia Harris

Denise Hawthorne Lisa HayesPat HegartyCarol & Bill HeimkesLynn HendricksonDiane HettrickPaul D. HillLeanne & Buzz HoffordCaycee & Jeff HoltChris & Sue HopenMichele Earl-HubbardWilliam & Debbie Hubbell Jocelyn HudsonKira IbsenMike & Janelle JacobsJim Jaquish Eric & Sharon JensenLinda JepsenAlisa JerauldAmy & Wyeth JesseeMichelle JohnstonSandra JonesDr. Richard & Mrs. Teri JonesKim & Martin JosundJanne & Ellen KajeDiane KamachoLarry KaplanLee KeimCatherine KernanFrank & Jennifer KleynDean KnightMary KoontzMolly & Michael KostenVicky LatzPriscilla & Dan Lewis Kristi & Dan LinSusie & Duane LocknaneLori Longo Aileen & Larry LorangerMichele LucheBeth & Dale LydinDan & Maureen LyonsNancy MalekMarianne MarchandSherry S. MarlinCathy MartinSunny & Jeff McArthur Keith McGlashanDiane McIntyreCheryl Krocker McKeonMichael McKeonDave & Kristine McLaneShannon McMaster

Dr. James MeadowsKelly and JulieAimee & Paul MinerLarry & Jeanne MongerJack Monpas-HuberHaley MonsonSuzanne & Dori MonsonCorey MurataJim & Cynthia MusarKennan & Lisa MuzzyKim & Dave NashifEd & Cindy NeffJonathan NessanKaren NicholsonFrances NickellJohn & Ruth NielsenKathryn NobleAndi Nofziger-MeadowsKen & Pearl NoreenGeneva & Brion NortonMaren NortonAngie & Mike Nouwens Annalise & Rick NyeHarley & Michele O’NeilDaryl OkamuraRenee & Kanoa Ostrem Kelly OwensDana OxfordCorinne PannDana D. Panteleeff Jenny ParksSarah PetersonEric Peterson, PhDJanet Maines Peterson, PT,

DPTKerry & Brian PetitTrinh PhamGeorge & Betsy PianoAmy & Travis PittsLaura PloudreJohanna PolitRichard & Teri Potter Dave & Cindy PridemoreKristi Lee QueenSean & Christie QuigleyJeff and Cynthia RaeckerRita RequaAlex ReshaJason ReshaJohn ReshaKolya & Vanessa RiceJack RogersTodd & Katie Rohs

Jan & Marty RoodChristine Rusnak Blake & Melissa SargentPatty SchochBrian & Kelley SchultzPaul & Sarah ShanahanCheryl ShdoBrad & Liz SheffieldAaron ShepherdLyn & Michael SherryCole SmithErin SmithLinda & Phil SmithScott SmithMark SpangenbergJill SteinbergTani and Leif StenfjordGordon & Mary StephensonEric StrandbergRene & David Streeter-

DybdahlPeggy & Jack StrotherJeanne SuarezLisa SurowiecElaine SwansonDavid TadlockJim TalbotLaura TaylorBradly & Krista TenneyDirk and JaneTim TraceyJulie Underwood William & Pamela UranMike VanOrdenJulie VaughnKirsten VogelEvan VoltsisAmy & Tony VujovichSue WalkerGina ZadraJohanna Oma WarnessHeather A. WarrenAnna & George Webb Kristin WeberJennifer WelchClark & Suzanne Westmore-

landLinda & David WilsonKristine WittLori WoodfieldSarah-Ann WoodfieldBecky WorrellCarol Worthen

Senator Darlene FairleyRepresentative Ruth KagiRepresentative Maralyn

Chase

Will Hall, Deputy Mayor, City of Shoreline

Doris McConnell, Council-member, City of Shoreline

Chris Roberts, Councilmem-ber, City of Shoreline

Shari Tracey, Councilmember, City of Shoreline Council

Dwight Thompson, Deputy Mayor, City of Lake Forest Park

Don Fiene, Councilmember, City of Lake Forest Park

Ed Sterner, Councilmember, City of Lake Forest Park

John Wright, Councilmember, City of Lake Forest Park

Kendahl & Alain AdjorloloShawn & Heidi AlexanderKen & Jennifer AltenaDom AmorAnaquitaLisa AndersonRich & Sue ArmstrongSheri AshlemanMary & Dave BannisterLynda BartschElizabeth BeckKate BeckTom & Karen BerquistPaige BlaserAmy BooneAlan & Tina BorgidaPam & Raul BorromeoJanet BoyettJill BradyWes & Denise BrandonKathy & Rick BrandstetterDave & Norma BrengelmannShari BrindleBettelin BrownBrenda BrowneKyle BurleighMichael CallahanMary Ellen CavallonAnneMarie ChalcraftCarin Chase

master Plan for Kruckeberg garden By Maureen Colaizzi

The first two public workshops to develop a plan for Kruckeberg Garden were held providing the community a history on the purchase of Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, in-formation on the Master Site Plan process, reviewing ideas for an operations plan, park-ing and restroom facilities as well as provid-ing an opportunity to give feedback in the development of the Master Site Plan.

A full site survey has been completed and an assessment of existing buildings and structures on site has been done. The existing plant collection has been fully documented in a format that will allow Garden staff to better manage the collection over time. The Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation Board has been working on a new mission statement to reflect the values and priorities of the Board.

Public meetings will be held at monthly intervals with a recommended Master Plan emerging from the process in the spring of 2010. The next public meeting will be held on February 24 at 7:00 p.m., Shoreline City Hall Council Chambers, 17500 Midvale Avenue North.

For more information contact Dave Bu-chan at (206) 801-2475, [email protected] or visit our website at: http://www.cityofshoreline.com/index.aspx?page=152

“NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR DIS-CONTENT”: So sayeth Shakespeare in his play, Richard the III. But serious gardeners cannot find discontent in winter or any other season. The plant world turns on different, yet rewarding faces year round. Just after our bout with below freezing weather, we see that the garden is back to its somnolent self preparing for the early bursts of spring. But while in winter’s state, what does winter give us? First is early bloom. The capstone of winter’s visual and fragrant display is Chinese witch-hazel (Hammamelis mollis).

Most years it ushers in Christmas Day, though this year it didn’t bloom until after New Years... no doubt due to the earlier

freezing weather. The same can be said for Hammame-lis X intermedia, the Japanese hybrid witch-hazel. They “adore” winter! Blooming now is the powerfully fra-grant winter box (Sarcococca spe-

cies). All fall the male catkins of silk tassel bush (Garrya sp.) have been inching to their full yellow glory of pollen. The time has arrived! Our earliest native, Indian plum or osoberry, Oemleria cerasiformis, will burst upon us in February with its creamy white male and female flowers. The groundcovers come awake with early spring bulbs: snow drops and winter cyclamen.

But there is more to winter’s bravery than early flowers. The contrast between evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs is at its most dramatic this season. The evergreens smugly show no change in season, while, by now, all deciduous species are naked. Their very nakedness has its attractions. Now leafless, the shrub or tree reveals its bare form in the tracery of its branches and twigs. The winter nakedness reveals bark patterns, which are often distinctive attributes for a given spe-cies. Revel in the sight of the mosaic bark pattern of Stewartia monadelpha, or the vertical striping of—guess what—the striped bark maples.

With all these key features it is no wonder

From the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden

Winter in the gardenBy A. R. Kruckeberg Professor Emeritus, Biology, University of Washington

that botanists for years have written identifi-cation manuals on just winter features. There is even one just for northwest natives.

What came first evolutionarily, evergreen-ness or deciduousness? Though the change may have happened more than once since the emergence of land plants, deciduous followed the evergreen way of life in the post-dinosaur (Tertiary) era as times got colder and drier. Losing one’s leaves in winter prevents tissue damage; ice crystals in leaf cells can rupture cell walls; so evolve deciduousness!

One last thought. We can be assured that there is an evolutionarily adaptedness to evolving cold hardiness. Such a wide-ranging species as red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), for example, has cold hardy races where you would expect them; races in Minnesota are hardier than those here in the coastal Northwest. Plants from here would die in the bitterly cold upper Midwest.

And so, do enjoy winter in the garden; 40 degrees day and night ain’t so bad.

Striped bark maple (Acer capillipes)

Winter box (Sarcococca ruscifolia)

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garden Tour seeks gardenersBy Suzanne Westmoreland

Our cold snap in early December was enough to make us all forget the lush beauty of our backyard oases for a month or two, but if you are like me, you eagerly seek the earliest signs of spring once the New Year rolls around. Are daffodil leaves beginning to poke their heads up to take a look around like they are in my garden? Do you have hellebores that are budding under a comfy blanket of leaf mulch? My neighbor even has an errant cherry tree putting out ambitiously early blossoms!

If a January thaw such as we have had makes your heart race to trade in your ski gloves for gardening gloves, you are a can-didate to be a garden host during the Rich-mond Beach Garden Tour come June!

We are hoping many of our previous hosts will once again welcome us to venture into their gardens, and we are eager to encourage new and willing hosts to show off their hard work and vision as well. Beautiful gardens come in all sizes, and every garden is a work in progress!

If you are interested in hosting this year, on Saturday, June 12, 2010, please contact Suzanne Westmoreland at [email protected] or call me at (206)542-1869. All gardens (yards, landscaping, even greenhouses) in Richmond Beach and surrounding communities are eligible and welcome. Don’t hesitate, call now!

Visioning process begins for new parkBy Maureen Colaizzi

Sunset Park Planning Community MeetingDates: February 23 and April 6, 6:00 p.m.Location: First Lutheran Church, 18354 8th Avenue NW

The Friends of Sunset Park, the Shoreline School District and the City of Shoreline are working together on a community visioning process for the future development and use of the former Sunset El-ementary School site. Community meetings are open to all Shoreline residents and are scheduled for February 23, and April 6 of 2010. All meetings will be held at the First Lutheran Church and will start at 6:00 p.m. A day-long design workshop open to all community members will occur on Saturday, March 6, also at the First Lutheran Church located at 18354 8th Avenue NW.

It is anticipated that a final concept design and report on the process will be presented for adoption by the School Board and City Council in May of 2010.

Following the school clo-sure there has been growing interest within the commu-nity as to the future use of the former Sunset school site and adjacent open space. This interest led to the creation of a citizens group called “Friends of Sunset Park”. This grass-roots Shoreline citizen group

was formed to support the development of a community park and gathering place at the former school site. Funds were raised within the local community to help support a professional “visioning” pro-cess to involve the community in the development of a long range concept plan for the site.

For more information contact Dave Buchan at (206) 801-2475, [email protected] or visit our website at: http://www.cityof-shoreline.com/index.aspx?page=566

get out your green ThumbBy Nora Smith, Neighborhood Coordinator, Community Services Divi-sion, City of Shoreline

Native Plant Volunteer Events at Cromwell ParkSaturday, February 20, 2010; 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.Saturday, March 6, 2010; 9:00 a.m. –1:00 p.m.Location: Cromwell Park, N 179th & Meridian Avenue North, Shoreline 98133

Join the City of Shoreline, the Meridian Neighborhood Association, Rich-mond Little League, Hillwood Soccer and EarthCorps in an effort to revegetate the wetland and natural areas of Cromwell Park as part of the King County Waterworks and Youth Sports Facility Grants. We will be installing native plants to the wetland areas of the park.

Important tips: Dress for comfort and wet weather! The site might be muddy. Tools and gloves will be provided.

For more information, contact Chris LaPointe, Earth Corps Volunteer Program Manager (206) 322-9296, ext. 217 chrisearthcorps.org or Maureen Colaizzi, City of Shoreline Parks Project Coodinator (206) 801-2602 [email protected]


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Health checkThe benefits of “Probiotics”By Dr. Fran M. Pinault MS, LAc, Dipl, ND; Medical Director, Shoreline Natural Medicine Clinic and Age Wisely, a lifespan wellness program

Probiotics are live microorganisms, mostly bacteria that reside in humans in a friendly and symbiotic way. These beneficial bacteria make their homes in the mucous forming tissues of the body, the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, urethra and vagina.

Our first exposure to probiotics comes if we are fortunate enough to experience birth through our mother’s birth canal. During the passage through the vaginal canal the baby ingests the mothers bacteria starting the bacterial process of colonization. This process of bacteria colonizing the baby’s intestinal tract is an important step in creat-ing enzymes for digestion, immune factors and the production of needed vitamins such as Vitamin K.

Scientists are learning more each day about the health benefits live, active bacterial cultures provide. Research has suggested that probiotic bacteria can help reduce the risk of certain gastrointestinal infections that cause diarrhea. Taking probiotic supplements dur-ing travel to countries with poor sanitation reduces the risk of developing “traveler’s diarrhea.”

Bacteria can also assist lactose intolerant people with lactose digestion, enhance im-mune functioning and reducing the devel-

opment of allergies in children. Probiotics also help manage symptoms of inflamma-tory bowel disease and decreasing the risk of certain cancers by competing with more pathogenic organisms whose toxins can cause cancer. The potential of beneficial bacteria in mitigating disease is especially important for the elderly and immune compromised.

What should be considered when choosing a probiotic? The type of bacteria, potency (number of viable bacteria per dose), and purity (presence of contamination). It is con-sidered that probiotic formulas that contain various strains are preferred rather than tak-ing only acidophilus or Bifidobacteria. This gives the body a pool of good bacteria that can provide multiple benefits.

Potency and purity are extremely impor-tant. A study completed at Bastyr University tested one dozen over-the-counter probiotic formulas. Many had undesirable contami-nants, dead bacteria or did not even contain the bacteria the company claimed it to have. It is important to buy probiotics from compa-nies that do quality control experiments and provide analysis data. Your natural health care provider can guide you in choosing the best formula for you.

No dancing for Juvenile delinquents By Dennis McCurdy

Cool, calm and collected, Garold Harford blasted an overtime penalty kick that ensured there would be no danc-ing for joy this year for the Juvenile De-linquents in the 6th Annual Turkey Bowl Father/Son soccer game. After the Bad Influences’ 4-3 vic-tory, Sean McCurdy was heard ruing, “Oh man, now we’re going to have to listen to the old farts brag for an entire year.” Cameron Harford responded glumly, “Hey, at least your dad didn’t score.”

There can be little question but that Mikel “Blast-foot” Selberg, Connor “Call Me Chuck” Santel, Spencer “the General” West-moreland, Case “the Scoring Machine” Mack-lin, Cole “Jabba the” Hutt, Cameron “How Could You Dad” Harford, Hugh “Hey, I’m Not Injured Today” Gaevert, Nick “Don’t Get in My Way” Edney, Finlay “Elbows” Bruce,

Kyle “Stops” Berquist,” Sean “Dribbles” Mc-Curdy and Morgan “Ice” Baylor, would rather have been eating turkey than crow on this cold Thanksgiving morning.

Special thanks to award winning chef Ken Edney, who whipped up individual omelets for all, Eileen Hood for her usual libations, and the football players who let us use part of the Einstein field. And finally, we gathered four full bags of food for those in need. Can’t wait for next year’s game!

sCC’s mLK day Food drive tops goalShoreline Community College Press Release

Question: Can a group of Shoreline Com-munity College students who find inspiration in the words and example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., collect 25,000 pounds of donated food in just one day?

Answer: No, they can collect 26,233 pounds in one day, add to the total the next day and then donate it all to local food banks.

“Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a national day of service by Congress in 1994,” said Kaelyn Caldwell, SCC’s service-learning coordinator. “What better way to honor Dr. King than to bring a community together to help others on his day?”

The project involved putting donation sites and volunteers in front of nine partici-pating grocery stores across the north end of King County on Monday, January 18, 2010. While the project was coordinated through the Center for Service Learning, Caldwell also worked with SCC Veterans Center coordinator Jonathan Phillips and student Ava Munson, who serves in student government as Minister of Social Jus-tice. A number of college administrators and staff also volunteered for the project.

“Local food banks and the people who rely on them are suffering. Demand is increasing while donations are not,” Caldwell said. Food banks in the Shoreline/North Seattle area have reported a 30 percent in-crease in the use of their emergency food services,

she said.The drive’s goal was ambitious, to collect

25,000 pounds of food. What seemed an au-dacious target at the start of the day began to look attainable as the donations piled up. After the 5:30 p.m. project close, volunteers brought the donations back to campus.

The total surprised even the most commit-ted volunteers. “We gathered 26,233 pounds of food,” Caldwell said. “Surpassing our goal was really gratifying.”

The drive continued Tuesday, January 19, at the school with more donations from students, faculty and staff. “This is a great example of what service learning is all about,” Caldwell said. “It’s taking the lessons of the classroom into the community, putting learn-ing to work.”

All donations will be distributed to part-nering food banks, including: Hopelink, the Greenwood Food Bank and North Helpline/Lake City Food Bank.

SCC students collect food in front of the Fred Meyer store.

Turkey Bowl participants

register for reverse 9-1-1Messages you don’t want to missCity of Shoreline Press Release

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The City of Shoreline encourages everyone to register their phone numbers with Reverse 9-1-1. It allows for residents and businesses to receive an alert in the event of hazardous materials spill, evacuations, severe weather conditions, flood, crime, boil water advisories and other critical notifications —messages you, your family and your business don’t want to miss.

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By Tracy Tallman

To the right you will see a 1948 photo of the old Wild Horse Restaurant & Bar Building at 20th NW and Richmond Beach Road. I’ve included a current version photo for those of you who are unfamiliar with the building and its prior use.

Hattie Jones, a local teacher, bought the land in March of 1924 and apparently owned it until Arnold Brown bought the property in January of 1947. Mr. Brown must have started building quickly, as the new structure was occupied in August of 1947. As constructed, the building had five toilets and five sinks. The assessed valuation of the land prior to the sale was $240.

Hattie lived in Richmond Beach with her parents between at least 1910 and 1930 when she was 49 years old as reported in the census. Many of the long-time residents of the area remember her as a favorite teacher at the old Richmond Beach School on the site where the library and park are today. Her parents both died in Richmond Beach in the early 40’s and after that I can’t seem to locate her.

She sold the property, or her estate sold the property, in 1947 to Mr. Brown and he easily found tenants. As you can see in the photo, the local post office was in the west side of the building, a hardware store in the center and a fountain [a fountain sold ice cream and other sugary treats—sort of a Starbucks of years gone by] at the east end.

My friend Steve Crouch once saw the picture above from 1948 and said that his parents were walking across the street at the left of the photo. The Crouchs ran the fountain, and lived in Richmond Beach, but I’m not sure who ran the hardware store. The post office later moved to the top of the hill in a pharmacy about where Ace Hard-ware is now, next to QFC. In the 1990s the pharmacy closed and the post office moved to the Little Store at the bottom of the hill. Only in recent years has it moved to the bowling alley.

In about the 1980s there was an Italian restaurant at the east end of the building and the west end was vacant, and had been so since the post office moved out. Edward Francis Duffy bought the restaurant busi-

ness sometime in the 1980s and had a nice family restaurant there that did a bustling business. He enlarged his restaurant into the vacant post-office space. King County records show that Duffy recorded a lease in 1990 and I believe at about this time he sold the property to Marsha who ran it as the Wild Horse Bar and Grill. When Marsha was unable to get a favorable long-term lease from the owners in about 2007 she was forced to liquidate the fixtures and the building has been vacant since.

Last week I called the owner of the prop-erty to see if it was indeed for sale. Mr. Arno Prinz, a lawyer living in Beverly Hills, Cali-fornia said that he still wants $1,500,000 for the property. He and his siblings inherited the property from his uncle, a Rev. George W. Lindsay. Reverend Lindsay died in 2006 and had once lived in Richmond Beach. Thanks to Mary D of the Seattle Public Library Ask-A-Librarian service, I found that Rev. Lindsay had been affiliated with the United Church of Christ in Richmond Beach and also worked with the Haida Tribes in the Queen Charlotte Islands off Vancouver, British Columbia.

Perhaps his uncle’s church affiliation spurred Mr. Prinz’s suggestion to me that a church move into the building. I had the impression that if they were to lease the building they would rather it not be to a bar/restaurant. But the family would rather sell the property rather than lease, as they are a “family company” rather than a “big corporation.” Their desire to sell kept them from granting the Wild Horse a long-term lease. This lack of a lease basically forced Marsha of the Wild Horse to liquidate her business. Mr. Prinz based his asking price of $1,500,000 on the fact that there are 150 feet along the road, thus allowing three building lots. Although I tried to explain that the original property was platted as a lot and a half, that building lots in Shoreline are 7,200 square feet, and that there would be setbacks with the corner lot, he stuck to his guns. He did say that he would accept a “best offer” price, although I’m skeptical of his flexibility.

So if anyone knows a church that might like to lease the property, they might have

a chance at a favorable lease rate. The building could be many things besides a restaurant—a friend suggested a doggie day care. The only limit is the imagination, but it would be nice to see the property full of people once again.

60-year-old Wild Horse building has a varied past

Top: 1948 photo from 20th Ave NE and Richmond Beach Road. two of the people in the photo are the Crouches, who ran the fountain. Below: Current photo of the vacant building.

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By Anina Coder Sill and Aarene Storms

Happy 100th Anniversary, Richmond Beach Library Friends!

The Friends of the Richmond Beach Li-brary recently received a certificate from Sam Reid, Secretary of State, to commemorate the official 100th anniversary of its incorporation on January 28, 1910.

The Friends group originally formed in 1899 and checked out a collection of do-nated books from shelves located in the Hol-loway Hotel on NW 195th Street (Market Street) and later from the Richmond Beach School before officially filing for incorpora-tion in January, 1910.

In 1911, the first library building was con-structed by the community at 2402 NW 195th place; the doors opened in 1912. The library joined the King County Library System in 1943 and was remodeled and expanded in 1962 with labor and funds provided by the community.

In June, 2001, following a dramatic hand-to-hand passing of the books up Richmond Beach Road, our modern Richmond Beach Library opened in its current location at Richmond Beach Community Park.

The number of items checked out each year continues to increase: in 2009, the annual circulation was over 222,000 items!

I have very fond memories of many special library programs, including fashion shows, pet shows, tea parties, movie programs and parades. Current library programs include

Upper left: 1962, during the 50th anniversary celebration of the library.Lower left: 1987, the sign says “75th anniversary”Above: 2001, passing the books hand-to-hand from the old library up the hill to the new library

book discussions, computer classes, story times, teen video gaming, plant sales, Hal-loween ghost storytelling, and the annual spring Art Show.

Thanks to the collaboration of the Rich-mond Beach community, the King County Library System and the City of Shoreline Parks, the long history of dedication to library service will continue beyond our first century.

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Waste reduction – How to begin and Win $10,000CleanScapes Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards Competition, Fall 2009-Spring 2010By Hannah Swee, Waste Diversion Coordinator

Fourteen-year-old New Yorker Peak Marcello would rather be climbing mountains, but settles for climbing and tagging skyscrapers. When he is caught scaling the Woolworth Building and thrown in Juvenile Detention, Peak’s famous mountaineering father shows up in court and suggests that his son should spend some time away from the city. It is only days later—in Kathmandu—that Peak finally learns his dad’s real plan: to promote a professional mountaineering guide service by pushing Peak to the top of Mount Everest as the youngest person to summit the mountain. To get to the top, Peak will need to simultaneously overcome the physical chal-lenges of the mountain, cope with his mixed feelings about his dad and dodge the political entanglements of Tibet, China and Nepal.

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try to identify where you could make differ-ent choices. If your recycle bin is filled with plastic water bottles, then think about getting everyone their own reusable water bottles. Paper towels can take up a lot of space too in the yard waste can. If you move the paper towels out of sight for emergency use only and replace with kitchen towels and cloth napkins, you should be able to save about a roll a week.

If you have a lawn, think about leaving the clippings where they are. If you have a big yard, consider backyard composting and mulching your yard debris.

To learn more waste reduction tips, sub-scribe to CleanSapesí weekly waste reduction email at [email protected]. To find out more about the neighbor-hood competition, visit www.cleanscapes.com.The neighborhood associations repre-senting the winning area will choose a capitol improvement project from a list of options, including public benches, a pocket park, lighting, signage, public art or other public improvements. No project is too small. You can submit your ideas to [email protected].

CleanScapes, your garbage, recycling, and compost service provider, is sponsoring a $10,000 neighborhood challenge to reduce waste. You donít have to sign up, you don’t have to apply. The only thing you have to do is create less garbage!

To begin reducing waste, start by taking an inventory of the single-use, throw-away, or even recyclable items you use in your daily routines and try to replace these items with reusable, durable and washable items like water bottles, travel mugs, cloth dish towels, napkins, cleaning rags, and shopping bags. You will be surprised by the difference small changes can make over time.

The best way to discover where you can reduce waste is to actually sort through your trash and recycling. It sounds a little gross at first, but you’ll find it is very informative! Lay out a tarp in the garage or in the yard, put on some gloves, and start sorting. Look for what each family member throws away, what could be recycled, which materials take up the most space, and which materials could be replaced by durable materials.

Once you have your list of the common items in your garbage and recycling cans,

Remember how much fun you had at last year’s Strawberry Festival and how yummy the shortcake was? Put the dates of May 7th and 8th on your calendar now so you don’t miss it this year. Photos by Bob Pfeiffer.

Friends of the Richmond Beach Library will also be hosting its 44th annual Art Show on Friday, May 7, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., and Saturday, May 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Richmond Beach Library. Art-ists wishing more information about the Art Show can contact Karen Thielke at 542-3641 or the Richmond Beach Library at 546-3522. Items must be hand crafted.

Mark your calendars now for Richmond Beach Community Association’s 11th annual Strawberry Festival. This popular event is scheduled for Saturday, May 8, from noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Richmond Beach Com-munity Park. The festival will feature music by local musicians, food from local restau-rants, games and activities for kids and more! Sponsors are also being sought to financially support two inflatables ($250 each) and the Shorewood High School Senior Photogra-phy Exhibit ($200). If you are able to help, please contact Sheri Ashleman at [email protected].

rb school reunion PlannedBy Cliff Nixon

The Richmond Beach School Reunion will be held at Rickey’s Bar & Grill at Rich-mond Beach Road and 8th NW. The date is July 31, 2010 at noon. Lunch will be served from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

This will be the nineteenth time this re-

union has taken place. It is for anyone who attended Richmond Beach schools from 1891 to 1971.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact Cliff Nixon at (206) 300-4250.

Cowgirl Band to perform for Rotary Club By Lauralee Northcott

February 13, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. Shoreline Center, 185th and 1st Avenue NE$25 includes dinner and a fabulous eve-ning of entertainment

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2010 shoreline Arts Festival PosterTheme: Let’s StART Creating Our FutureBy Kellee Bradley

What role will the arts play in the future? The world is in a constant flux of change, and with it comes new challenges and possibilities. The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council seeks original artwork and graphic design for the 20th annual Shoreline Arts Festival poster. The 2010 Shoreline Arts Festival theme is Let’s StART Creating our Future, with a focus on how creativity and the arts influence our choices for the future of our community. We’re celebrating two decades of bringing this amazing festival to the communities of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, and we need an inspirational poster to mark the occasion and usher in the next 20 years.

Artwork submitted should be existing work, and graphic design will be created specifi-cally for the poster. An artist/graphic designer may be selected, or an artist and a graphic designer may be selected. The poster will be used to promote this two-day community event celebrating all the arts: music, dance, visual arts, literary arts, theater, film, and crafts to be held at Shoreline Center on June 26 and 27, 2010.

Please send up to 10 images on CD and a resume or bio to:Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2010

Questions? Call the Arts Council Office at 206-417-4645.

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Call to Poets2010 Poetry Month ContestBy Kellee Bradley

The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers. —Alan Bold The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council seeks submissions for its third annual Poetry

Month Celebration. Selected poets will be invited to read at a special event during April, National Poetry Month, which will also feature recognized local published poets, including Kelli Russell Agodon and Jared Leising. Winning poems will be displayed at the Shoreline Arts Festival in June.

Poems will be judged in three separate divisions: • Secondary Student (grades 7-12) • College Student• Non-Student Adult.

Cash prizes will be awarded in College and Adult categories. Submission deadline is March 19, 2010. Application forms are available online at www.shorelinearts.net. For more information please contact the Arts Council office at 206-417-4645 or email [email protected].

Call to Artists for the 2010 Shoreline Arts FestivalLet’s StART Creating Our Future!By Kellee Bradley

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is seeking artists for the 20th annual

Shoreline Arts Festival to be held June 26 and 27, 2020. Juried categories include 2-D art, sculpture, artisan crafts and photography in any theme. Deadline in early June 2010. Ap-plications available online at www.shorelinearts.net in February.

The Shoreline Arts Festival is a community event featuring two extraordinary days of music, dance, theater, literary arts, visual arts and food and more. The 2010 theme is “Let’s Start Creating Our Future.” The event draws approximately 10,000 individuals to the Shore-line Center at 18560 1st Ave. NE in Shoreline, WA.

Please contact the Arts Council at 206-417-4645 for more information, or visit our website at www.shorelinearts.net.

Call to Performers 2010 Shoreline Arts FestivalLet’s StART Creating Our Future!By Kellee Bradley

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council seeks performers for the 20th annual Shoreline Arts Festival to be held June 26 and 27, 2010. Performer applications can be found online at www.shorelinearts.net. The deadline is February 15.

Our 2010 theme is “Let’s StART Creating Our Future” and we’d like to have as many local cultural groups represented as possible, especially those based in or near Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. Storytelling, drama, poetry, dance, music and other disciplines are encouraged.

Please send press kit to:Arts Festival PerformersShoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155Questions? Call the Arts Council Office at 206-417-4645.


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The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council Presents:

The 2010 Children’s seriesBy Kellee Bradley

All shows start at 11:00 a.m.At Shoreline Community College Campus Theater16101 Greenwood Ave N. Bldg 1600 All tickets are $7

Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale as Retold by Steven KelloggFebruary 27, 2010at 11:00 a.m.At Shoreline Community College Campus Theatre. Tickets $7

Johnny Ap-pleseed: a Tall Tale is the story of John Chap-m a n ( b e t t e r known as John-ny Appleseed) an adventurous young man born during the Revo-lutionary War, whose escapades became the stuff of legends. The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council presents this fun, interac-tive show that is both educational and fun on Saturday, February 27 at 11:00 a.m. as part of the 2010 Children’s Series. Purchase tickets by calling the Arts Council at 206-417-4645 or by ordering online at www.Shorelinearts.net

More on Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale: Johnny befriends Native Americans, loves

the great outdoors, challenges woodsmen to tree-chopping competitions, and plants apple orchards. Using Steven Kellogg’s words, Book-It Theatre brings to life the true story of a hero who brings apples and hope to the early settlers of America, and recounts the exaggerated stories that grow out of his extraordinary experiences, incorporating themes of environmentalism, courage and pioneering exploration. Appropriate for grades K–8. www.book-it.org

Shoreline Community College Campus Theater is located at 16101 Greenwood Ave N. Bldg 1600, Shoreline, WA 98133. For more information on these and other Arts Council programs please visit us online at www.shore-linearts.net or call the office between 12–5 Tuesday through Friday at 206-417-4645.

The Wonderland Tea Party by the Zam-bini BrothersMarch 20, 2010

Join us for 40 minutes of non-stop w a c k i n e s s featuring the s i l ly antics of The Mad H a t t e r & The Queen o f Hear t s : wi th musi -cal mayhem, large color-f u l p ro p s, audience interaction and loads of physical comedy. It’s a fun interactive show for kids (ages 1–12) and their families too. www.zambinibrothers.com

Missoula Children’s TheatreJune 26, 2010

The Missoula Children’s Theatre will be

working with local kids to put on a produc-tion TBA. Shows are at 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. and take place as part of the 2010 Shoreline Arts Festival.

For more information on these and other

Arts Council programs please visit us online at www.shorelinearts.net or call the office between 12-5 Tuesday through Friday at 206-417-4645.

sHorELiNE-LAKE ForEsT PArK ArTs CouNCiL18560 1st Avenue NE, Shoreline, WA 98155.

Office hours Monday—Friday, noon–5:00 p.m.

206-417-4645; web: shorelinearts.net; e-mail: [email protected]

shorecrest Performing Arts Center 15343 25th Avenue NE, Shoreline, WA 98155

For information on these and other Arts Council programs and events, see www.shorelinearts.net, call 206-417-4645 or e-mail info @shorelinearts.net.


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An Anonymous Legendby John RuoffMonday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., in the Ballinger Room at Shoreline Center

Full moon Concert seriesEach concert is Saturday night and begins at 7:30 p.m.Cost: $15.00/$10.00 for seniorsShoreline Unitarian Universalist Church, 14724 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA The DomeAdvance tickets can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.comMore information: 206-363-7994 View the complete concert series at www.shorelineuu.org

The Fifth Annual Full Moon Concert Series has the theme of Remarkable Women in Music and in History. With a vast variety of musicians, everyone will find some favorites and some new adventures. The series is presented by Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church and produced by Fred West.

The second of six concerts is January 30th with the amazing music of the Savani World Jazz Quintet. This group will bring arrangements of Latin American Folkloric traditions featuring the great music Diva’s of this culture. Elspeth Savani comes to us from her New Year’s Eve event at Benaroya Hall

Coming this spring and summer;March 6: Christian Swenson, human jazz for the familyMarcy 27: Lexington Ave will bring music from the Swing era in this farewell concertApril 17: Dunava will delight their fans with Balkan songs May 8: City Cantabile Choir will tell the story of Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Mary

through Renaissance musicJune 5: Wiretappers will feature Country and Blue Grass

This month the Shoreline–Lake For-est Park Arts Council’s Readers’ Theater program invites you to tap into your inner beatnik when we present John Ruoff ’s An Anonymous Legend at 7:00 p.m., Monday, February 22 at the Shoreline Center.

John Ruoff’s characters seem to have ma-terialized out of the age of flower children. A group of friends from that time period are reunited as one of them gets out of rehab. Everyone expects him to fail, but he becomes a strong force instead and stays clean. This should be a great trip back to the “hippie-time” for those who lived through it and those who have only heard about it.

More on John Ruoff: John Ruoff was lead singer and trumpet player for Pocket Change, a local band for ten years. John was head comedy writer for The Tricano DeSales talk show in Seattle and worked with Theater

Sports improvisational troupe in the 1980’s. In 1985 John founded the Midnight Mystery Theater and Rain City Players radio comedy companies and was head writer, performing 127 characters to the present day. John has had ten plays and a musical produced and has been acting at Theater Puget Sound and the former NW Actor’s Studio since 2005.

Readers’ Theater productions are present-ed by the talented group of readers who are selected to work with the new plays program. Readings will be followed by cookies, coffee, and a discussion with the cast, playwright and audience.

The Shoreline Center is located at 18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155. For information on this and other Arts Council programs please visit www.shorelinearts.net or call us at 206-417-4645.

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February calendar of community eventsriCHmoNd bEACH LibrAry19601 21st Avenue NWOpen Monday–Thursday 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; Friday 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; closed SundayCall 546-3522 for information

Children and FamiliesToddler Story TimesThursday, February 4, 11, 18 and 25, 10:15a.m.Ages 24 to 36 months with adult, siblings wel-come. Join us for books, finger plays, stories and songs just for toddlers!

Preschool Story TimesThursday, February 4, 11, 18 and 25, 11:00 a.m.Ages 3 to 6 with adult, siblings welcome.Enjoy stories, rhymes, music and movement with other preschool pals as we continue to celebrate the alphabet. This is a great way to get your child ready to read!

Pajamarama Story TimesWednesday, February 3, 10, 17 and 24, 7:00 p.m.All young children welcome with parent or caregiver. Wear your pjs and join us for books, stories and songs!

Fun- Tastic Folk TalesTuesday, February 16, 2:00 p.m.Ages 5 and older. Enjoy fun stories from Afri-can and African-American culture that share important life lessons such as kindness, respect and sharing.

TeensStudy ZoneMondays, 4:00 p.m.,when school is in session.Grades K-12.Drop in for homework help from trained volun-teer tutors.

Game On! & Mural ProjectThursday, December 10, 4:00 p.m.The Game On/Mural Project (GOMP) is video gaming and manga art for teens! Gamers and art-ists in middle and high school play multi-player

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video games and create full-wall mural. Games may include Wii, DDR, Guitar Hero, Cooking Mama and others. Bring your talents to the library and get GOMP!

AdultsTalk TimeTuesday, February 2, 9, 16 and 23, 4:00 p.m.Improve your speaking and listening skills in this English conversation group.

Evening Book DiscussionMonday, February 1, 7:00 p.m.Please join us for a lively discussion. Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

ESL ClassesTuesdays through March 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m.Saturdays through March 13, 10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. FreeLearn and practice daily English language skills. Classes are for low-intermediate to high-interme-diate level students ages 16 and older. Please call the library to register. Attendance at all classes during the 10 week period is important.

Free Tax HelpFridays, February 4–April 9, 10:00 a.m.AARP and IRS sponsored help for Basic Per-sonal Income Tax Returns.

Schedule an appointment with a tax help vol-unteer at the library by calling the Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Senior Center, 206.365.1536.

Appointments have priority; walk-ins will be accommodated as time permits. Bring your last year’s tax return and all information needed to fill out your tax return. All returns must be com-pleted on a computer and electronically filed.

sHorELiNE sCHooL disTriCT CALENdArTo access the Shoreline School District calendar, go to www.shorelineschools.org, click on “District Information,” then go to “District Calendar.”To obtain calendar information for individual schools, go to www.shorelineschools.org, click on “Our Schools,” choose the school, scroll down on the right and click on “School Web site,” then go to “Calendar.”

The Richmond Beach Community Association sponsors a number of community events through-out the year. For more information about these events or to volunteer, contact Sheri Ashleman at [email protected] or 542-9147.

RBCA-sponsored events are highlighted in gray.

RBCA Community MeetingTuesday, February 9, 7:30 p.m.Richmond Beach Congregational ChurchCity of Shoreline’s Traffic Services Division staff will talk about the effort to develop a Neighborhood Traffic Action Plan for the Richmond Beach neighborhood. Bring your traffic concerns and suggestions. Sponsored by Richmond Beach Community Association

Native Plant Volunteer Events at Cromwell ParkSaturday, February 20, 2010; 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.Saturday, March 6, 2010; 9:00 a.m. –1:00 p.m.Cromwell Park, N 179th & Meridian Avenue North, Shoreline 98133

Help to revegetate the wetland and natural areas of Cromwell Park. We will be installing native plants to the wetland areas of the park. See article on page 5.

Important tips: Dress for comfort and wet weather! The site might be muddy. Tools and gloves will be provided.

For more information, contact Chris LaPointe, Earth Corps Volunteer Program Manager (206) 322-9296, ext. 217 chrisearthcorps.org or Mau-reen Colaizzi, City of Shoreline Parks Project Coodinator (206) 801-2602 [email protected]

Sunset/Boeing Creek Park planning sessionsFebruary 23, 2010, 6:00-8:00 p.m. March 6, 2010, 9:00-4:00 p.m. (Community Design Workshop) April 6, 2010, 6:00-8:00 p.m. All meetings will be held at First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, 18354 8th Avenue NW, Shoreline.

Mark your calendars and plan to participate in meetings to help create a community plan for the use and development of the former Sunset Elementary School site.

Richmond Beach Youth JamFriday, February 26, at 6:00 p.m.Basement of Richmond Beach Congregational Church. Admission: $2.50 per personMusical showcase and prize competition for local youth. Entrants contact Scott Becker at 533-9112. Check out the web site for entry de-tails and sign up on the mailing list for updates: www.myspace.com/rbyouthjam. Sponsored by Richmond Beach Community Association

Public workshop to develop a plan for Kruckeberg GardenFebruary 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Shoreline City Hall Council Chambers, 17500 Midvale Avenue North.

A recommended Master Plan is expected to emerge from the process in the spring of 2010. See article on page 4.

For more information contact Dave Bu-chan at (206) 801-2475, [email protected] or visit the website at: http://www.cityofshoreline.com/index.aspx?page=152.

marchBloodmobileSaturday, March 6, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fire Safety Center, corner of Richmond Beach Road and 20th Avenue NW.Appointments can be made on the website, www.psbc.org, or by calling (800) 398-7888. Walk-ups are welcome and appreciated. (See article on page 3)

RBCA Community MeetingTuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.Richmond Beach Congregational ChurchCity Manager Bob Olander will give a brief presentation on services and how the cur-rent long-range financial outlook will impact those services. Come ready to ask questions. Sponsored by Richmond Beach Community Association

Innis Arden Rummage Sale!Saturday, March 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 21 from noon to 4:00 p.m.Innis Arden Clubhouse at 1430 NW 188th in ShorelineFurniture, books and “basics” and designer and vintage wear at great prices!

Help NeededSeek sponsors for two inflatables ($250 each) and the Shorewood High School Senior Photography Exhibit ($200) at the Strawberry Festival on May 8. Sponsors are acknowledged at the festival and in this newspaper. Contact Sheri Ashleman at [email protected].

CiTy oF sHorELiNE PArKs, rECrEATioN ANdCuLTurAL sErViCEsRichmond Highlands Recreation Center: 16554 Fremont Avenue N.Spartan Recreation Center: 8560 1st Avenue NE. (Between Shoreline Conference Center and Shoreline Stadium). For info call (206) 801-2600 Shoreline Pool: 19030 1st Avenue NE. For info call (206) 801-2650Contact: Lynn M. Cheeney, Recreation Superintendent (206) 801-2621, Fax (206) 5467870, [email protected] Contact: Mary Reidy, Recreation Coordinator (206) 801-2641 [email protected]

Tuesday, February 16th,11:00 a.m. to noon CPR refresher with Melanie Granfors from the Shoreline Fire Department.

Happy Birthday Members LunchThursday, February 18th Free lunch to members celebrating a birthday in January.

Red Hat SocietyFriday, February 23rd, 12:30 p.m. In the Bridge RoomThis group is always planning great activities. Come and join the fun.

Computer ClassesThe Computer classes are scheduled for February. Call the Center about dates, times and fees.

Basic Computer Orientation 101 For the very beginner. Using your computer with-out fear! The very beginner with NO computer experience will totally love this class!

Intermediate Computer Must have 101 or equivalent.

Digital Camera Basics Learn to use your digital camera more fully.See your world in a whole new way! Download your work to a computer and edit them in ways to dazzle!

Tax Assistance from AARPFridays, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Service begins on Feb. 5.Make appointments for Income Tax assistance through the Senior Center: 206-365-1536

Location for 2010:Richmond Beach Library

19601 21st AVE NWAppointments through the Senior Center only!

Life Skills & Support GroupsUnder the direction of our Social Worker,

Scott Theisen, MSW., the Center is able to offer several special groups assistance, sup-port and guidance. Scott is at the Center on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Services include an Enhance Wellness Program and several groups: Diabetes, Life’s Transitions, Parkinson’s, Stroke Group and a Caregiver’s Support Group. Scott is also one of the instructors of the Matter of Bal-ance Class.

Teen Program ActivitiesFat Laces ’10Saturday, February 6, 5:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.FREERichmond Highlands Recreation Center16554 Fremont Ave N

Ever watch America’s Best Dance Crew? Well, 2nd place Massive Monkeys are Seattle natives, many of whom grew up dancing at The REC. Talent abounds at the annual breakbattle Fat Laces with b-boys and b-girls from the area showing their skills.

For more information call San @ (206) 801-2643.

Middle School Only NightSaturday, February 27, 7:00 p.m.–midnightFREERichmond Highlands Recreation Center16554 Fremont Avenue N

This is your time to Rule The REC. Games, food and fun for just you and your middle school friends. Parent pick-up required to leave facility.

For more information call San @ (206) 801-2643.

Spartan Recreation CenterStay fit at the Spartan Recreation Center. Join in, be active and maintain your health and well-being through a number of classes offered by the Shore-line Parks Department, including Zumba, Line Dance, Yoga, Pilates and Fitness Boot Camps. Check out our weight room with top of the line cardio and strength training equipment–all for $2.00 per visit, no membership required.Call 206-801-2600 or register online www.shore-linewa.gov/parks.

shoreline PoolFebruary 15–19 (Monday–Friday) 1:15 p.m.– 3:00 p.m. Special Midwinter No School afternoon swim.

February 21st–March 14th The pool be closed for drain work.

Monday February 8th Registration for March swim lessons will begin.

Week of March 15thSwim Classes will begin

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