Richmond Beach
Community Association
Next Meeting
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
7:30 p.m.
President’s Message: Page 2
February calendar: Page 12
Right: Chinese witch-hazel (Hammamelis mollis); far right: Silk tassel
bush (Garrya issaquahenis). See
“Winter in the Garden” on page 4
Topic: Neighborhood
Traffic Action Plan
Richmond Beach
Congregational Church
1512 Northwest 195th
Published by the Richmond Beach Community Association, richmondbeachwa.org
February 2010
School proposals on ballot February 9 Neighborhood Traffic Action Plan
for Richmond Beach
Shoreline Schools Press Release
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 maintenance 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 operating budget.
• A $150 million bond for the modernization/replacement of Shorecrest and
Funding Clarification
By Craig Degginger, Public Information Officer, Shoreline Public Schools
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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 Technology, 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 increase the tax bills for our average resident
of Shoreline or Lake Forest Park.
For more information on the ballot
measures, visit www.shorelineschools.org.
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 assessed 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, Maintenance and Operations
The district’s current four-year maintenance and operations levy will expire next
Continued on page 3
By 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 Neighborhood 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 neighborhood 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
Youth Jam is Here!
KPLU DJ Jason Parker to be guest judge
By Scott Becker and Sheri Ashleman
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 winners, 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 encouraged, 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 information, including a brief band bio and a sample recording (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
Continued on page 3
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 RichmondBeachWA.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 jmarek@shorelinewa.gov.
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February 2010 • Richmond Beach Community News
President’s message, February 2010
By Ed Adams
There were a
number of factors 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 meeting, 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
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 additional 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 proposed 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
February Point Wells update
By RBCA Point Wells Subcommittee
On January 26, 2010, the Richmond
Beach Community Association welcomed
all residents of Shoreline to participate
in an interactive Point Wells DiscussionForum. 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 Community 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 proposed 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 Richmond 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 attend, though no public comment will be
taken.
As we continue our work to keep you
informed about Point Wells, don’t hesitate 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: PointWells@RichmondBeachWA.org. Also, please visit
our website devoted to information and
dialog about Point Wells: www.pointwells.
wetpaint.com.
Beach Congregational Church, on the lower
level.
Let’s all do the little things and I will see
you in the neighborhood.
——Ed Adams
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Brightwater Tunnel report
Section from Point Wells to Ballinger Way nearing completion
By Leslie Rankin
Aurora Corridor Project
Construction update for the
week of January 24, 2010
City of Shoreline Press Release
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 concrete 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 construction hotline at 206-2055989 or email us at BrightCrews load concrete segments that are transported to the head of the tunnel water@kingcounty.gov.
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 tunnel 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
to complete the tunnel lining.
Crews will work at night at the intersections 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 underground water lines. Expect periodic lane closures. 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
Anina Coder Sill
Sheri Ashleman
Chris Riveland
Tracy Tallman
2009-2010 Community Association
Board of Directors
Ed Adams, President
President@RichmondBeachWA.org
Tom Petersen, Vice-president
VicePresident@RichmondBeachWA.org
Steve Kerr, Secretary
Secretaru@RichmondBeachWA.org
Jack Malek, Treasurer
Treasurer@RichmondBeachWA.org
Sheri Ashleman, Information Officer
InfoOfficer@RichmondBeachWA.org
Scott Becker, Board
BoardMember1@RichmondBeachWA.org
Amy Boone
BoardMember2@RichmondBeachWA.org
Aaron Harrington, Board
BoardMember3@RichmondBeachWA.org
Sherry Edwards, Board
BoardMember4@RichmondBeachWA.org
To contact all Board Members at once:
Board@RichmondBeachWA.org
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Scott Keeny, Membership
Membership@RichmondBeachWA.org
Sheri Ashleman, Events
Events@RichmondBeachWA.org
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AdManager@RichmondBeachWA.org
Andie Piteo, Webmaster
Webmaster@RichmondBeachWA.org
Utility work continues on the Aurora Project
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Circulation@RichmondBeachWA.org
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Richmond Beach Community News • February 2010
School levy and bond
proposal on ballot
Continued from page 1
year. These are the projected levy amounts
beginning in 2011:
Year Amount Estimated rate per $1,000 of assessed value
2011 $21.5 million $2.48
2012 $21.75 million $2.48
2013 $22.2 million $2.49
2014 $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, remedial and vocational education programs,
maintenance, utilities, and transportation.
Proposition 2: Bonds for Replacement/
Modernization of Shorecrest and Shorewood High Schools
For more than two years, the Shoreline
School District has been planning for modernization/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 representatives 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 authorized 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 Shorecrest and Shorewood is summer 2013.
Proposition 3: Capital Levy for Technology Improvements and Support
Year Amount Estimated rate per $1,000 of assessed value
2011 $3 million $0.35
2012 $3 million $0.34
2013 $3 million $0.34
2014 $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 million in expenses annually. Such expenses include software, licenses, subscriptions, technology equipment replacement, professional
development and training for staff, and infrastructure 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.
Don’t miss Youth Jam
Continued from page 1
youth, a department of the Center for Human Services, will be held at the Youth Jam.
Its mission is to reduce/eliminate substance
abuse from the lives of youth. They offer prevention, 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, Richmond Beach Community Association, P. O.
Box 60186, Shoreline, WA 98160.
Ronald School
Building agreement
reached
By Craig Degginger, Public Information 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 passage 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 (Museum) 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 relocation itself, including the move, utility
connections, and repair costs attributable 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 Museum 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 Shorewood High School Design, the Ronald
School and the Shoreline Historical
Museum: http://www.shorelineschools.
org/news/release.php?releasesid=920
Letter to the Editor
Shoreline Schools’ Bond and Levy Measures 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 opportunities 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 generations. 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
Bloodmobile returning March 6
Richmond Beach donated 114 units of blood in 2009
by Tom Petersen
Two dozen Richmond Beach neighbors
came to the Puget Sound Blood Center mobile unit in front of the Fire Safety Center in
December, pushing the year’s total donations
to 114 pints—helping some 250 patients, according 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 Anderson 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 appreciation 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 Richmond Beach Library, Spin
Alley, The Grill
House, Cloud
9 Dry Cleaners, Fred Meyer,
Highlands West
Dental, and
Winder mere
Real Estate.
Be informed, stay informed
By Sheri Ashleman
In an effort to keep Richmond Beach residents 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.RichmondBeachWA.org, scroll down to a link titled
“Join Our Mailing List” and enter your email
address. You can also sign up by checking the
appropriate box when you become a member
(see membership form below) or when you
renew your membership.
RBCA will not share your email address
with third parties. If you no longer wish to
receive these communications, you may opt
out at any time.
Stay informed! Sign up today.
Join now and support the Richmond Beach community. There are many opportunities to be involved; you and your
family will enjoy the fun and satisfaction of working with others to make our community a better place to live.
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February 2010 • Richmond Beach Community News
Master Plan for
Kruckeberg
Garden
From the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden
Winter in the Garden
By A. R. Kruckeberg Professor Emeritus, Biology, University of Washington
“NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT”: 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
Winter box (Sarcococca ruscifolia)
freezing weather.
The same can be
said for Hammamelis X intermedia,
the Japanese hybrid
witch-hazel. They
“adore” winter!
Blooming now is
the powerfully fragrant winter box
(Sarcococca species). 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 species. 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
By Maureen Colaizzi
Striped bark maple (Acer capillipes)
that botanists for years have written identification manuals on just winter features. There
is even one just for northwest natives.
What came first evolutionarily, evergreenness 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.
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, information on the Master Site Plan process,
reviewing ideas for an operations plan, parking and restroom facilities as well as providing 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 Buchan at (206) 801-2475, dbuchan@shorelinewa.gov or visit our website at: http://www.
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Richmond Beach Community News • February 2010
Garden Tour
seeks gardeners
Visioning process begins for new park
By Maureen Colaizzi
By 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 candidate to be a garden host during the Richmond 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 gardentour@
richmondbeachwa.org or call me at (206)5421869. All gardens (yards, landscaping, even
greenhouses) in Richmond Beach and
surrounding communities are eligible and
welcome. Don’t hesitate, call now!
Sunset Park Planning Community Meeting
Dates: 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 Elementary 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 daylong 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 closure there has been growing
interest within the community 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 grassroots 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” process 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,
dbuchan@shorelinewa.gov or visit our website at: http://www.cityofshoreline.com/index.aspx?page=566
Get out your Green Thumb
By Nora Smith,
Neighborhood Coordinator, Community Services Division, City of Shoreline
Native Plant Volunteer Events at Cromwell Park
Saturday, 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
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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.
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February 2010 • Richmond Beach Community News
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 dancing for joy this year
for the Juvenile Delinquents in the 6th
Annual Turkey Bowl
Father/Son soccer
game. After the Bad
Influences’ 4-3 victory, Sean McCurdy Turkey Bowl participants
was heard ruing, “Oh
man, now we’re going to have to listen to the Kyle “Stops” Berquist,” Sean “Dribbles” Mcold farts brag for an entire year.” Cameron Curdy and Morgan “Ice” Baylor, would rather
Harford responded glumly, “Hey, at least have been eating turkey than crow on this cold
Thanksgiving morning.
your dad didn’t score.”
Special thanks to award winning chef Ken
There can be little question but that Mikel
“Blast-foot” Selberg, Connor “Call Me Edney, who whipped up individual omelets
Chuck” Santel, Spencer “the General” West- for all, Eileen Hood for her usual libations,
moreland, Case “the Scoring Machine” Mack- and the football players who let us use part
lin, Cole “Jabba the” Hutt, Cameron “How of the Einstein field. And finally, we gathered
Could You Dad” Harford, Hugh “Hey, I’m four full bags of food for those in need. Can’t
Not Injured Today” Gaevert, Nick “Don’t Get wait for next year’s game!
in My Way” Edney, Finlay “Elbows” Bruce,
SCC’s MLK Day Food Drive tops goal
Shoreline Community College Press Release
Question: Can a group of Shoreline Com- she said.
The drive’s goal was ambitious, to collect
munity College students who find inspiration
in the words and example of Dr. Martin 25,000 pounds of food. What seemed an auLuther King, Jr., collect 25,000 pounds of dacious target at the start of the day began
to look attainable as the donations piled up.
donated food in just one day?
Answer: No, they can collect 26,233 pounds After the 5:30 p.m. project close, volunteers
in one day, add to the total the next day and brought the donations back to campus.
The total surprised even the most committhen donate it all to local food banks.
“Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared ted volunteers. “We gathered 26,233 pounds
a national day of service by Congress in of food,” Caldwell said. “Surpassing our goal
1994,” said Kaelyn Caldwell, SCC’s service- was really gratifying.”
The drive continued Tuesday, January
learning coordinator. “What better way to
honor Dr. King than to bring a community 19, at the school with more donations from
students, faculty and staff. “This is a great
together to help others on his day?”
The project involved putting donation example of what service learning is all about,”
sites and volunteers in front of nine partici- Caldwell said. “It’s taking the lessons of the
pating grocery stores across the north end of classroom into the community, putting learnKing County on Monday, January 18, 2010. ing to work.”
All donations will be distributed to partWhile the project was coordinated through
the Center for Service Learning, Caldwell nering food banks, including: Hopelink, the
also worked with SCC Veterans Center Greenwood Food Bank and North Helpline/
coordinator Jonathan Phillips and student Lake City Food Bank. Ava Munson, who serves
in student government as
Minister of Social Justice. 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 increase in the use of their
emergency food services, SCC students collect food in front of the Fred Meyer store.
Health check
The 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 creating 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 during 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 immune functioning and reducing the devel-
opment of allergies in children. Probiotics
also help manage symptoms of inflammatory 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 considered that probiotic formulas that contain
various strains are preferred rather than taking only acidophilus or Bifidobacteria. This
gives the body a pool of good bacteria that
can provide multiple benefits.
Potency and purity are extremely important. A study completed at Bastyr University
tested one dozen over-the-counter probiotic
formulas. Many had undesirable contaminants, dead bacteria or did not even contain
the bacteria the company claimed it to have.
It is important to buy probiotics from companies that do quality control experiments and
provide analysis data. Your natural health
care provider can guide you in choosing the
best formula for you.
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Richmond Beach Community News • February 2010
60-year-old Wild Horse Building has a varied past
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 Hardware 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 property to see if it was indeed for sale. Mr. Arno
Prinz, a lawyer living in Beverly Hills, California 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
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.
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.
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February 2010 • Richmond Beach Community News
By Anina Coder Sill and Aarene Storms
Happy 100th Anniversary, Richmond
Beach Library Friends!
The Friends of the Richmond Beach Library 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 donated books from shelves located in the Holloway Hotel on NW 195th Street (Market
Street) and later from the Richmond Beach
School before officially filing for incorporation in January, 1910.
In 1911, the first library building was constructed 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 handto-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
book discussions, computer classes, story
times, teen video gaming, plant sales, Halloween ghost storytelling, and the annual
spring Art Show.
Thanks to the collaboration of the Richmond 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.
Happy Anniversary!
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
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By Roland Smith
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 challenges of the mountain, cope with his mixed feelings about his dad and dodge the political
entanglements of Tibet, China and Nepal. Peak’s wry voice tells an engagingly suspenseful story of physical hardship, filled with the
intensity and detail of life and death on Mount Everest. No cussing, kissing or sex; Peak does
(tactfully and humorously) describe the difficulties of bodily functions at extreme altitudes.
Highly recommended for readers who enjoy realistic books of adventure and adversity, ages
12 to adult. Peak is an excellent choice for book groups and classroom discussions.
Strawberry Festival and Art Show
By Sheri Ashleman
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 Community Park. The festival will feature music
by local musicians, food from local restaurants, 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 Photography Exhibit ($200). If you are able to help,
please contact Sheri Ashleman at Events@
RichmondBeachWA.org.
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. Artists 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.
By Hannah Swee, Waste Diversion Coordinator
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,
try to identify where you could make different 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, subscribe to CleanSapesí weekly waste reduction
email at EducationOutreach@cleanscapes.
com. To find out more about the neighborhood competition, visit www.cleanscapes.
com.The neighborhood associations representing 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 EducationOutreach@cleanscapes.com.
RB School Reunion Planned
By Cliff Nixon
The Richmond Beach School Reunion
will be held at Rickey’s Bar & Grill at Richmond 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 evening of entertainment
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.
Rotary Club of Shoreline Presents Horse
Crazy Cowgirl Band. This nationally recognized cowgirl band features wonderful music,
rich harmonies and stage presence that will
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During the evening’s events, there will also
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February 2010 • Richmond Beach Community News
Call to Artists for the
2010 Shoreline Arts Festival Poster
Call to Artists
Theme: Let’s StART Creating Our Future
for the 2010 Shoreline Arts Festival
Let’s StART Creating Our Future!
By Kellee Bradley By 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 specifically 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 Council
18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155
Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2010
Questions? Call the Arts Council Office at 206-417-4645.
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council Announces:
Call to Poets
2010 Poetry Month Contest
By 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 info@shorelinearts.net. 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. Applications 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 Shoreline 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 Festival
Let’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 Performers
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council
18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155
Questions? Call the Arts Council Office at 206-417-4645.
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SHORELINE-LAKE FOREST PARK ARTS COUNCIL
18560 1st Avenue NE, Shoreline, WA 98155. Office hours Monday—Friday, noon–5:00 p.m.
206-417-4645; web: shorelinearts.net; e-mail: info@shorelinearts.net
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.
An Anonymous Legend
by John Ruoff
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council Presents:
The 2010 Children’s Series
By Kellee Bradley
All shows start at 11:00 a.m.
At Shoreline Community College Campus Theater
16101 Greenwood Ave N. Bldg 1600
All tickets are $7
Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale as Retold
by Steven Kellogg
The Wonderland Tea Party by the Zambini Brothers
February 27, 2010at 11:00 a.m.
At Shoreline Community College Campus
Theatre. Tickets $7
March 20, 2010
Monday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., in the Ballinger Room at Shoreline Center
This month the Shoreline–Lake Forest 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 materialized 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 “hippietime” 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 presented 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. Full Moon Concert Series
Each concert is Saturday night and begins at 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $15.00/$10.00 for seniors
Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church, 14724 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA The Dome
Advance tickets can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com
More 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 family
Marcy 27: Lexington Ave will bring music from the Swing era in this farewell concert
April 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 music
June 5: Wiretappers will feature Country and Blue Grass
Johnny Appleseed: a Tall
Tale is the story
of John Chapman (better
known as Johnny Appleseed)
an adventurous
young man born
during the Revolutionary War, whose escapades became the
stuff of legends. The Shoreline-Lake Forest
Park Arts Council presents this fun, interactive 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.shorelinearts.net or call the office between 12–5
Tuesday through Friday at 206-417-4645.
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For more information on these and other
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Sunday worship is at 10 a.m.
Sunday school and nursery care provided
We offer hospitable, joyful and meaningful
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February 2010 • Richmond Beach Community News
February calendar of community events
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
The Richmond Beach Community Association
sponsors a number of community events throughout the year. For more information about these
events or to volunteer, contact Sheri Ashleman at
Events@RichmondBeachWA.org or 542-9147.
RBCA-sponsored events are highlighted in
gray.
RBCA Community Meeting
Tuesday, February 9, 7:30 p.m.
Richmond Beach Congregational Church
City 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
Park
Saturday, 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 Maureen Colaizzi, City of Shoreline Parks Project
Coodinator
(206) 801-2602 mcolaizzi@shorelinewa.gov
Sunset/Boeing Creek Park planning
sessions
February 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 Jam
Friday, February 26, at 6:00 p.m.
Basement of Richmond Beach Congregational
Church. Admission: $2.50 per person
Musical showcase and prize competition for
local youth. Entrants contact Scott Becker at
533-9112. Check out the web site for entry details 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 Garden
February 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 Buchan at (206) 801-2475, dbuchan@shorelinewa.gov or visit the website at: http://www.
cityofshoreline.com/index.aspx?page=152.
March
Bloodmobile
Saturday, 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 Meeting
Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.
Richmond Beach Congregational Church
City Manager Bob Olander will give a brief
presentation on services and how the current 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
Shoreline
Furniture, books and “basics” and designer and
vintage wear at great prices!
Help Needed
Seek 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
Events@RichmondBeachWA.org.
18560 1st Avenue NE, #1 • Shoreline, WA 98155 • (206) 365-1536
Tuesday, February 16th,11:00 a.m. to noon
CPR refresher with Melanie Granfors from the
Shoreline Fire Department.
Happy Birthday Members Lunch
Thursday, February 18th
Free lunch to members celebrating a birthday
in January.
Red Hat Society
Friday, February 23rd, 12:30 p.m.
In the Bridge Room
This group is always planning great activities.
Come and join the fun.
Computer Classes
The 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 without fear! The very beginner with NO computer
experience will totally love this class!
Intermediate Computer
Must have 101 or equivalent.
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Open 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 Sunday
Call 546-3522 for information
Children and Families
Toddler Story Times
Thursday, February 4, 11, 18 and 25, 10:15a.m.
Ages 24 to 36 months with adult, siblings welcome. Join us for books, finger plays, stories and
songs just for toddlers!
Preschool Story Times
Thursday, 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 Times
Wednesday, 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 Tales
Tuesday, February 16, 2:00 p.m.
Ages 5 and older. Enjoy fun stories from African and African-American culture that share
important life lessons such as kindness, respect
and sharing.
Teens
Study Zone
Mondays, 4:00 p.m.,when school is in session.
Grades K-12.
Drop in for homework help from trained volunteer tutors.
Game On! & Mural Project
Thursday, December 10, 4:00 p.m.
The Game On/Mural Project (GOMP) is video
gaming and manga art for teens! Gamers and artists in middle and high school play multi-player
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!
Adults
Talk Time
Tuesday, February 2, 9, 16 and 23, 4:00 p.m.
Improve your speaking and listening skills in this
English conversation group.
Evening Book Discussion
Monday, February 1, 7:00 p.m.
Please join us for a lively discussion.
Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
ESL Classes
Tuesdays through March 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Saturdays through March 13, 10 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Free
Learn and practice daily English language skills.
Classes are for low-intermediate to high-intermediate 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 Help
Fridays, February 4–April 9, 10:00 a.m.
AARP and IRS sponsored help for Basic Personal Income Tax Returns.
Schedule an appointment with a tax help volunteer 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 completed on a computer and electronically filed.
SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT CALENDAR
To 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.”
CITY OF SHORELINE PARKS, RECREATION AND
CULTURAL SERVICES
SHORELINE–LAKE FOREST PARK SENIOR CENTER
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Digital Camera Basics
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Tax Assistance from AARP
Fridays, 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 NW
Appointments through the Senior Center only!
Life Skills & Support Groups
Under the direction of our Social Worker,
Scott Theisen, MSW., the Center is able to
offer several special groups assistance, support 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 Balance Class.
Richmond 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) 801-2650
Contact: Lynn M. Cheeney, Recreation Superintendent
(206) 801-2621, Fax (206) 5467870, lcheeney@shorelinewa.gov
Contact: Mary Reidy, Recreation Coordinator
(206) 801-2641 mreidy@shorelinewa.gov
Teen Program Activities
Fat Laces ’10
Saturday, February 6, 5:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
FREE
Richmond Highlands Recreation Center
16554 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) 8012643.
Middle School Only Night
Saturday, February 27, 7:00 p.m.–midnight
FREE
Richmond Highlands Recreation Center
16554 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) 8012643.
Spartan Recreation Center
Stay 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 Shoreline 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.shorelinewa.gov/parks.
Shoreline Pool
February 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 15th
Swim Classes will begin