Save The Dates For August

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Ryan

Pinehurstfest will be held Saturday, August 4th from 2-5 PM at the Pinehurst Playfield, 12029 14th Ave NE. Read more about it at the Pinehurst Seattle blog.
The Seattle Night Out Against Crime is scheduled for Tuesday, August 7th. Communities can sign up online with the city and let their neighbors know.  Nobody has registered anything for Victory Heights yet, but stay tuned.
And Saturday, August 11th will be the 10th annual Jokem Fest at Victory Heights Park with music, food and beverages.
 
 

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Meadowbrook Pond Project Meeting June 16th

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Ryan
The Thornton Creek Alliance reports:
Meadowbrook Pond will be undergoing big changes very soon! Join Seattle Public Utilities for a Question & Answer Drop-In Session this Saturday, June 16th, 10am – Noon, near the 36th Ave NE Entrance (at NE 107th). SPU, “Meadowbrook Pond will be CLOSED late-July – September for dredging and to make improvements to restore its water quality benefits and increase the ease and safety of maintenance.” SPU plans to cut down 50-60 trees, build new 15-ft wide impervious asphalt roads, rip out (destroy) mature native vegetation (replacing with tiny gallon starts, etc). But is all of this really necessary? Are SPU’s rushed plans the smartest way to achieve their goals? Come find out on Saturday!

View invitation (pdf file)

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Thornton Creek Work Party Sunday

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ryan

Rick reminds us:

We are meeting this 3rd Sunday of the month for our regular work party. Last time we worked for a couple hours, then went on a leisurely stroll through the park viewing other restoration sites, removing trash, and generally enjoying each others company. This time we’ll be able to check out all the work that the Washington Conservation Corps completed on Wednesday.
Please register via the link below, and feel free to forward this email to anyone.

I hope to see you soon, and friends are welcome!
Meet at the trailhead at the bottom of 17th Ave NE and the creek at 10 AM.  Street parking is located nearby at the intersection of 17th Ave. NE & 104th St.
**17th Ave is only accessible from the North and East**
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Lake City Farmers Market Opens June 14th

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ryan

The annual farmers market season begins in neighborhoods all over Seattle, and Lake City’s opens tomorrow, June 14th at is usual location at NE 125th Street and 28th Ave NE, next to the Lake City Library.  Hours are 3 PM to 7 PM, and will continue each Thursday through October 11th.
Visit their website.

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Solar Cookout and Cooker Building Event July 8th

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Ryan

Sustainable NE Seattle announced a Solar Cookout and Cooker Building event to be held July 8th at the Hunter Tree Farm, 7744 35th Ave NE (next to the Wedgwood Post Office).

Let’s cook dinner together using solar power!
Bring your solar cooker to the Hunter Gathering Place during the day and we’ll potluck feast there together in the evening. Bring your instruments if you’d like to participate in any jam sessions.
All are very welcome, regardless of solar cooking knowledge or ability to stay for the whole event.
Don’t have a solar cooker? Come take the free morning box cooker building workshop!
The workshop will be limited to 20 people max. Email SusNESeattle@gmail.com to reserve your space.
Event schedule:
10am-noon: Solar cooker building workshop
10am-5pm: Solar cooking, socializing and jam sessions
5pm-7pm: Potluck feasting!
Invite your Facebook friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/439913759369763
We are working on setting up a free transportation plan within northeast Seattle for the event. Let us know if you need a ride.

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Compassionate Seattle Plans Moment of Silence June 10th

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Ryan

In response to the recent violence in the city, Compassionate Seattle invites all citizens to pause for three minutes of silent contemplation, prayer, reflection or meditation on Sunday, June 10 at 12:00 noon. At 11:45 AM, everyone can step into the streets to ring our bells as a “call to silence”. A call has been put out to all the Church/community bells to also start ringing at 11:45 AM. At 12:00 PM, three minutes of silence.
They invite people to gather at the actual sites of shootings for a city-wide moment of silence in South Seattle, Pioneer Square, MLK/Cherry, Town Hall parking lot, Seattle Center and Café Racer.
Come to the dialogue later that day from 4 to 7 pm at Seattle Center –
Intiman’s Playbox Theatre.  It will be a time for participants to
express how they have been impacted by violence in the community,
their vision for a just, compassionate, and safe Seattle, and then to
identify compassionate actions we can take to generate positive peace
and strengthen the health and vitality of our city.  (There will be a
follow up dialogue on Sunday June 24).
There is also a Facebook page for the event.

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Burglary Reported On NE 100th St.

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Ryan

The Seattle Police Department reports a forced-entry burglary to a home on the 1500 block of NE 100th Street on the west side of Thornton Creek occurred Wednesday morning.

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Head Rush Espresso Opens As Bikini Stand

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Ryan


The new espresso stand in the parking lot of the former Italian Spaghetti House opened yesterday as a bikini stand. Business was brisk on a wet Thursday afternoon with two scantily-clad young women inside serving drinks to passing vehicles. The large window, which cannot be seen from the street side, affords a good view inside, although walk-up customers will not be served, per company policy.
Some local residents were less than pleased. In a comment on our original post, Alyssa Powers wrote today, “It’s too bad because I would go to it if it was a regular espresso stand.” It certainly doesn’t improve the image of Lake City Way, already the home of two strip clubs and a nearby adult video store.
However, it’s not illegal to wear a bikini in public, and a visit to any local beach on a sunny day affords similar views without having to even purchase an overpriced beverage.
Chime in with your comments, please. Is it the end of civilization as we know it, or life as usual in the 21st Century along a busy state highway?

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District Councils: Representing Victory Heights

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ryan

Wednesday is the next meeting of the North District Council (7 PM, Lake City Library). In this series of articles we discuss the Neighborhood District Councils in Seattle.
Part 1: Introduction to the North District Council
Part 2: How Representatives Are Chosen
Part 3: Is the District Council a squeaky wheel or just public relations?
Part 4: Representing Victory Heights
Shammara Estrada currently is a representative on the North District Council representing the Victory Heights Community Council. How did she originally get involved? Before her, Brad Cummings was the representative from a Victory Heights organization. He bowed out at some point and there seemed to be nobody there to fill the void. Shammara, together with Susan Causin and a few others attended their first NDC meeting to try and get a traffic circle installed at the corner of 23rd Ave NE and NE 105th St.  Although the attempt was not successful, she says, “Somehow I was ‘nominated’ to be our neighborhood representative and Susan became the backup. We loosely reformed the Victory Heights Community Council and I started to attend the NDC meetings. It’s been a great eye opening experience into City process.  It’s also been very enlightening as to what is happening through the City and especially within our immediate area.” There are plans for the Victory Heights Community Council to have a public meeting sometime this summer, we’ll announce when and where in the blog.
If you are interested in seeing neighborhood politics at the grass roots level, or just what is making others in your community hot and bothered, attend a District Council meeting and get involved. The North District Council meets next on Wednesday, June 6th at 7 PM at the Lake City Library.
 

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Forced Entry Reported on 17th Ave NE

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Ryan

The Seattle Police Department reports that a forced entry burglary occurred Sunday morning at a home in the 11500 block of 17th Avenue NE.

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