tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40023164337012525222024-03-05T03:25:46.048-08:00Of Paramount ImportanceA Blog About the Environment, Land Use, Preservation, Politics and Life, In and Around Shoreline, WAJanet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.comBlogger619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-67836368046514440052012-11-29T20:49:00.002-08:002012-11-29T20:51:01.573-08:00Rep John McCoy - "Cindy listens to the people and is a person of action."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Rep John McCoy Gives Cindy Ryu Strong Endorsement for King County Council</span></b><br />
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<b>J</b>ohn McCoy represents the 38th Legislative District, which includes Marysville, Everett and the Tulalip Tribal Lands and other unincorporated areas. He is Chair of the House Committees on Technology Energy & Communications, Education, and State Government and Tribal Affairs.<br />
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He submitted the following letter of endorsement of Cindy Ryu for the King County Council appointment for the 1st Council District (to replace Bob Ferguson), to the King County Executive and King County Councilmembers:<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please accept this letter of endorsement on behalf of Cindy Ryu for the King County Council District 1 position. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cindy is hard working; she listens to the people and is a person of action. In the years I have known Cindy, I am continually impressed with her leadership and her can do attitude. She has positively served the citizens of this State and the constituents of her district. I commend her for her ability to work across diverse communities and bring people together for the common good. Cindy’s extensive experience in State and local politics will continue to prove beneficial for the people of King County. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Although she will be missed, I have great confidence Cindy will continue to tackle the serious issues our State and local communities face with the same determination and tenacity as she did in Olympia. Without hesitation, I recommend Cindy Ryu for the King County Council District 1 position.</span></span></i></div>
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Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-2972383726851450422012-11-25T18:14:00.002-08:002012-11-27T12:17:27.230-08:00King County Council Appointment Process Ramps Up - 32nd Dist Rep Cindy Ryu Steps Forward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><b>Who will replace Bob Ferguson on King County Council?</b></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">UPDATE: Please note a correction below on location and time of the 46th LD meeting and candidate forum. December 13th at Olympic View Elementary School.</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">After Bob Ferguson won the Attorney General race decisively, the next question is who will replace him in his King County Council District #1seat. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Thus far at least seven people have stepped forward expressing interest in the seat. The position is non-partisan.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"><a href="http://www.cindyryu.org/">Rep Cindy Ryu</a></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"> currently represents the 32nd Legislative District as legislator and has now thrown her hat into the ring. Cindy also served as Mayor of Shoreline and City Councilmember and President of the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce. Her district includes Shoreline, and parts of North Seattle, Edmonds and Lynnwood. <a href="http://shoreline.patch.com/blog_posts/rep-cindy-ryu-to-seek-appointment-to-kc-council-seat">She submitted a statement</a> and applied for the position. </span><br />
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Also stepping forward are:<br />
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• Seattle lawyer, Rod Dembowski<br />
• Shoreline Councilmember Will Hall<br />
• Shoreline Planning Commissioner Keith Scully<br />
• Kenmore Mayor Dave Baker<br />
• Assistant King County Ombudsman Chuck Sloan<br />
• Democratic State Committeewoman and Legislative Activist Sarajane Siegfriedt<br />
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<a href="http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/news/release/2012/November/15CouncilVacancy.aspx">King County Executive Dow Constantine has established a process to select the next King County Councilmember.</a> His office will appoint an "advisory committee" to review the applicants and send three names to the King County Council. All applications must be submitted by Dec 3rd, 5pm. Questions about the process should be submitted to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:kcexec@kingcounty.gov" style="color: #396bac;">kcexec@kingcounty.gov</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 32nd District Democrats voted to endorse three candidates at their last meeting; Cindy Ryu, Rod Dembowski, and Keith Scully and forwarded those names to the King County Executive. The 46th LD will hold a forum for the candidates on Dec 13th at their special meeting, which wil</span>l be held at the Olympic View Elementary School at 7pm.Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-51073559499321471722012-06-26T13:18:00.003-07:002012-06-26T13:19:45.714-07:00Doe a Dear!<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">A deer was spotted near NE part of Shoreline, in Lake Forest Park</span></b><br />
yesterday (Monday), according to <a href="http://shoreline.patch.com/articles/video-deer-spotted-near-shoreline-lfp-border">Shoreline/LFP PATCH</a>!<br />
Shoreline resident Sonja Groset.<br />
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This is pretty remarkable! And a sharp eye and camera for Ms Groset!<br />
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Last year a deer was also sighted in Lake Forest Park. Deer have also been spotted in Kenmore, and Kirkland in the last year.<br />
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We always appreciate reports of wildlife sightings, and efforts to improve wildlife habitat in the Shoreline area.Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-84530128621693919582012-06-25T09:53:00.005-07:002012-06-25T19:06:20.630-07:00It's About Pride!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yesterday the Pride Came Out Big Time in Seattle!</span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Governor Chris Gregoire was Grand Marshall<br />
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She became a champion this year when<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Thousands of enthusiastic supporters of Gay Pride lined Fourth Avenue and cheered the many participants in the annual parade. Many elected officials and candidates joined them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Excellent weather! Great participation and a banner year for Gay Rights.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Drew is an enthusiastic supporter of civil rights<br />
for all people. She is running for Secretary of State and<br />
is the only Democratic woman running for statewide office.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">KC Councilmember Bob Ferguson is running<br />
for Attorney General and is a supporter of<br />
Marriage for All.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Democrats were out in force!<br />
Sen Maria Cantwell joined forces with the 2012<br />
Obama Campaign. President Obama<br />
recently declared his support for<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">The Parade showcased the many faces of "Pride" including:</span></b></span></td></tr>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">• US Military celebrating the end of DADT (Don't Ask, Don't Tell).</span></b><br />
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• <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">"Washington Bus", which is a Coaliton representing all aspects of the voting populace</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chief Diaz and Seattle Police marched and kept the<br />
parade moving along efficiently. The Chief recently<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An amazing array of people and sights<br />
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</div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-67436796099274469772012-06-19T10:32:00.000-07:002012-06-20T08:27:22.530-07:00Shoreline's Trees: A Triumph of Hope Over Fear<b>Trees Represent Hope and Hope Is Alive in Shoreline</b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">Last night, June 18th was a turning point for Shoreline's Trees. At the </span><a href="http://cosweb.ci.shoreline.wa.us/uploads/attachments/cck/Council/Staffreports/2012/Staffreport061812-8a.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">City Council meeting</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">, four coucilmembers (Will Hall, Chris Roberts, Jesse Salamon and Chris Eggen) voted to protect trees.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">They voted for some amendments in the Development Code crafted by the Shoreline Planning Commission. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">The major changes will be to require a permit for cutting a tree 30" in diameter or larger, AND for a </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">provision which will be the cornerstone of a new policy. That is, no longer will any property owner be able to cut 6 trees in 3 years. Only those with lots of 1 acre in size. Smaller lots will be allowed to cut significant trees in smaller increments.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">The Council agenda item is </span><a href="http://cosweb.ci.shoreline.wa.us/uploads/attachments/cck/Council/Staffreports/2012/Staffreport061812-8a.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"> and the public can watch the meeting </span><a href="http://www.cityofshoreline.com/index.aspx?page=71"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">online here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">There were over a dozen speakers and most spoke in favor of the Planning Commission amendments. Over 30 members of the public had sent comments to the council in favor of those amendments as well.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">These new amendments to the Development Code cap a 10 year struggle to put in place protections for Shoreline's tree canopy. The </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Shoreline Preservation Society</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"> and others, including Thornton Creek Alliance, Interurban Trail Tree Preservation Society, and members of Sustainable Shoreline, and people from all over Shoreline advocated to better protect trees.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Councilmember Will Hall made the motion to move the Planning Commission amendments forward. There were some attempts to amend and some of the provisions were altered or removed, such as one that would have prevented pre-emptive cutting of trees for possible development before any proposal was submitted. According to one councilmember, this happened probably because the item was confusing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Longtime Briarcrest Neighborhood Association member, Bettelinn Brown testified that the community had voted by over 70% to protect trees such as Southwoods and the Kruckeberg Garden in 2006, in the </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Boni Biery, who is a Sustainable Shoreline boardmember testified about how many trees have been lost over the years surrounding her home.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">There were implied threats made by some view neighborhoods that legal action could follow, and that remains to be seen. But, other legal experts have asserted that under the Growth Management Act, cities and city councils are clearly permitted to take these actions. In related case law:</span></div>
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<b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b>So for now, Shoreline's trees have a shot at survival. Trees are a triumph of hope over fear for Shoreline.</b></span></div>
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</div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-63944634218312840612012-05-10T20:38:00.000-07:002012-05-10T20:40:24.590-07:00May in Paramount Park - Peaceful Now, but What Will the Future Bring?<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of Paramount Importance - Back Again!</span></span></b><br />
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<b>Been out of touch for a little while - but lot's going on. Will try to catch up on some local stories.</b><br />
<b>For now, here's a tour from today of our jewel of a park.</b><br />
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<b>So beautiful sunshine today got the shutter going. Here are the results from our beautiful Paramount Park.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Devil's Club is tall and quite spectacular. It likes wetlands</td></tr>
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Many of the plantings we put in years ago are now getting quite mature. Like this one.<br />
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Exciting to see our native Rhodadendron blooming nicely in a secluded place.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">And Littles Creek, (the best creek in Shoreline, according to the city's own description some years back), sparkles and glitters its way down towards Seattle. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">But, what will the future hold for Littles Creek, Paramount Park and our neighborhood. Changes may be coming.</span></div>
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</div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-79511378306505773012012-04-08T18:09:00.000-07:002012-04-08T18:09:31.958-07:00Easter Green at Paramount Park!<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">A Delightful Easter Sunday in Our Neck of the Woods.</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lower pond at Paramount Park with spring raiment</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">A spring walk in our wetland restoration always reveals new things and old things with a new view.</span></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Swamp Lanterns" (Skunk Cabbage) and Oxalis (Shamrock)<br />
next to Littles Creek</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Early spring displays delicate flowers.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salmonberry now in bloom</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">And new growth - Fiddleheads!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bracken fern fiddleheads next to Upper Pond</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">And releflections, always a revelation.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper Pond spring relections</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">And trillium, a rare treat!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shy Trillium showing it's head</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy Spring from Paramount Park!</span></span></span></div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-46768237347145987542012-03-28T14:01:00.006-07:002012-04-01T20:34:02.557-07:00SWEL Timebank - Making Your Volunteering Pay Off!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Q: What is S.W.E.L. Timebank? </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">A: It stands for Shoreline, Woodway, Edmonds, Lake Forest Park</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">"Timebank."</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">SWEL Timebank is a local group, that is helping people in the community connect their skills</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><br />
</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">in a way that is a mutual benefit. The group formed last year after an "Aging Your Way" workshop held at City Hall in Shoreline. </span></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Q: </span></b><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">What are the benefits of joining?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">A: Joining the SWEL Timebank gives you access to the talents, time, and skills of your neighbors, while giving you an opportunity to help others in meaningful ways. It's a great way to get connected with others in your community.</span></b></span></b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A: Joining the SWEL Timebank gives you access to the talents, time, and skills of your neighbors, while giving you an opportunity to help others in meaningful ways. It's a great way to get connected with others in your community.<br />
</span><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">Q: What kind of services are typically offered by Timebank members?</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><br />
A: Timebank services encompass many forms of services, skills, and assistance: animal care, life coaching, tutoring, teaching crafts and hobbies (knitting, fishing, etc.), running errands, cooking, reading aloud, housecleaning, sewing, taxi service, hair cutting, computer help, gardening, yard work, and more...</span></b></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Wednesday, April 11, 20127:00 - 8:30 pm Lake Forest Park Library17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 98155(inside Lake Forest Park Town Center, lower level, below</span></b></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Third Place </span></b></b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Books<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_360517780">)</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><a href="http://www.sweltimebank.org/">http://www.sweltimebank.org/</a></span></b></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Come meet SWEL Timebank members, meet other people interested in timebanking, and ask any questions you may have. Bring an appetizer or dessert to share!</span></b></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></b></div><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><b><b><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.sweltimebank.org/HowtoJoin.aspx" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">SWEL Coordinator</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> for more information on how to get involved and put your skills to good use!</span></strong><br />
<a href="mailto:sweltimebank@gmail.com" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0044aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">sweltimebank@gmail.com</a></b></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPg45WwstXoxCqFMqDfibsMIF3VljVia5v2VvV2KbAsexlq0OuNd2xhxylStzKKH9oNfaM9ciM7TU-qWwZawLgqA3tarxejl1KYN_pnBeYfGaapfT678TGyZsWACKRNNq7g5Rudmr2wr4/s1600/SWELWeb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPg45WwstXoxCqFMqDfibsMIF3VljVia5v2VvV2KbAsexlq0OuNd2xhxylStzKKH9oNfaM9ciM7TU-qWwZawLgqA3tarxejl1KYN_pnBeYfGaapfT678TGyZsWACKRNNq7g5Rudmr2wr4/s320/SWELWeb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><b><br />
</b></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Here's more information about what </span><a href="http://www.sweltimebank.org/HowtoJoin.aspx" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">SWEL</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"> has been up to and is about from local </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">SWEL founding member, Jan Stewart. </span></b><br />
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</b></b></b></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">Local </span></b><i><a href="http://www.sweltimebank.org/HowtoJoin.aspx" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">SWEL Timebank</span></b></a></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"> Showcased at Aging Your Way Summit</span></b><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Showcase was sponsored by AARP, United Way and others) </span></i></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></i></div><i><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Over 700 Baby Boomers attended workshops held all around King County in 2010 to envision what they want in their communities to support them as they age. This </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Aging Your Way</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> initiative from Senior Services produced citizen-driven efforts with a range of themes, including Arts, Entertainment, Housing, Transportation, and Local Economies. Last week, the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Aging Your Way </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Summit was held in Seattle to showcase twenty-one programs. Our local </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">SWEL Timebank</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> was one of Local Economies Programs that gave presentations to many of the 250 key leaders who attended the summit from nonprofits, government, and business, as well as individual community members in the Puget Sound area.</span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">SWEL Timebank</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> launched in our area in late 2011 to serve </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">S</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">horeline, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">W</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">oodway, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">E</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">dmonds and </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">L</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">ake Forest Park, and now its membership is starting to grow. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Timebanks offer an effective means for sustaining and the strengthening the communities they serve. That’s why they are found all over the world. There are hundreds in the United States, with an increasing number in our region, including on Bainbridge and Lopez Islands, in Marysville and Renton, on the Eastside, and West Puget Sound in Kitsap County. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg-3wiRJlANMDBRnHXekGwiX22A6Hz5KbwzKbuGWAk9wSwwsm0ASf8FBw952dMqD8T1Bql-7bwlKwksSWfbnmIp_Ku44no2mMSj6j7ZsAACo7c98djpC57xBhaeZa5TdBdOBoZJrcvJs/s1600/rakingleaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg-3wiRJlANMDBRnHXekGwiX22A6Hz5KbwzKbuGWAk9wSwwsm0ASf8FBw952dMqD8T1Bql-7bwlKwksSWfbnmIp_Ku44no2mMSj6j7ZsAACo7c98djpC57xBhaeZa5TdBdOBoZJrcvJs/s320/rakingleaves.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Guiding Principles</span></b></u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Communities of support, strength and trust are formed by people helping each other. The contributions of all individuals are valued equally, including those overlooked by the monetary economy. The unique gifts, talents and resources that each person has to share are honored, regardless of age, employment or ethnicity. The exchanges of talents and skills within a Timebank create connections throughout the community, expanding networks of family, friends and neighbors. The result is a natural mutual support system, and a kind of local gifting economy that matches community residents’ needs with local resources. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Aging in place becomes easier when seniors can get help with the things they may no longer be physically able to do, while staying connected and engaged by offering any number of skills acquired over a lifetime. But Timebanks aren’t just for seniors. For people new to the area, or for those whose family has relocated elsewhere, the Timebank can be a ready-made community network. Members ease the pressure within their budgets of having to pay for all the services they need. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">How it works:</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> SWEL Timebank facilitates exchanges of volunteer time between individuals through a web-based system connecting members, allowing them to list, exchange and track services, while having the comfort of knowing all members have passed a basic screening process. Unlike bartering (a two-way taxable exchange of goods and services based upon monetary value), exchanges of time within the Timebank are all valued equally. Time hours have no monetary equivalent, are non-taxable, and exchanges are for services only. (Any expenses are paid by the recipient.) The Timebank is more of a Pay-It-Forward system: When you volunteer to help someone through the Timebank, you receive credit for that time into your account. Then, your time hours are spent by having any member do something for you. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volunteering with benefits!</span></b></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Members are able to volunteer their time doing for others the things they enjoy doing, and receive help with the things they would rather not do, or are unable to do for themselves. For example, you might help your neighbor by doing errands or shopping while she is recuperating from surgery. She may have earned some of the time spent on your help by giving music lessons to someone else, who earned time credits by training another person’s dog. The dog owner may have earned his credits by painting your living room, or by preparing Thai food for another member’s birthday party. The possibilities for the types of exchanges in this self-organizing system are virtually unlimited.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">SWEL Timebank holds monthly potlucks, where members can meet in a social setting, get to know each other, or arrange exchanges. The potlucks also serve as venues for potential new members to learn about SWEL, go through an orientation process and join. The next potluck will be held April 11</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> at the Lake Forest Park Town Center Library. For more: See SWEL’s Facebook page or the website at sweltimebank.org .</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_360517773"><br />
</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_360517773"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Links for more about Timebanking: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/a-community-time-bank/?emc=eta1http://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-02-2012/time-banking.html?cmp=NLC-WBLTR-CTRL-030912-F5-25&USEG_ID=13798274682http://www.nlc.org/news-center/nations-cities-weekly/articles/2011/december/time-banks-service-is-in-season-all-year-long?utm_source=delivra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NCW%2012/12/2011</span></a><b><a href="http://www.pbs.org/now/fixing-the-future/get-involved.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">http://www.pbs.org/now/fixing-the-future/get-involved.html</span></a></b></b></b></span></div></i></span></b></b></span><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"></span></b></b></span></b></b></span><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"></span></b></b></b></div></span></b></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-79945214112942851042012-03-25T10:59:00.003-07:002012-03-25T18:21:52.120-07:00Dr Art Kruckeberg 92nd Birthday Celebration<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Happy Birthday Art Kruckeberg!</span> </b><br />
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and friends celebrated his 92nd Birthday at Kruckeberg Botanic Garden</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">Friends, Family and <a href="http://www.kruckeberg.org/about/history">Kruckeberg Garden Foundation</a> celebrated Dr Kruckeberg's 92nd Birthday </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">yesterday at the garden. </span></b><br />
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Dr Art, spent the afternoon reminiscing and "holding forth" on his career and topics of interest.<br />
Art talked about lots of subjects, including the future of the garden that he and his wife Mareen created at their home in Richmond Beach. He said they bought the property in 1958, and started gardening "the very next week." He also pointed out the building the party was held in, a small house that serves as an office and home for Roland (above), was originally a run down garage. His father-in-law remodeled it and resided there until his death.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kruckeberg.org/about/history">Dr Kruckeberg is a professor emiritus of Botany at the University of Washington </a>and author of many important botanical and gardening texts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art's favorite plants featured at the party</td></tr>
</tbody></table>One tree that the Kruckebergs planted long ago at the garden is now huge. It is a Sequoia tree that was measured yesterday at 3ft level to be 19ft in circumference!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">California Sequoia tree<br />
<i>sequoia semperviron</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely fountain sculpture was created in<br />
dedication to Mareen Schultz Kruckeberg.<br />
It is located right next to her greenhouse.</td></tr>
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He and his wife Mareen Kruckeberg developed their property into a magnificent botanical garden over the decades. Almost all of the plantings, both native and exotic were grown from seed. Mareen started the <a href="http://www.kruckeberg.org/msk">MsK Nursery</a> there and began selling some of the plants propagated on site.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">MsK Nursery<br />
Hrs -</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Open Friday-Sunday</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">March 1 to October 31: 10 am—5 pm</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">The <b><a href="http://shorelinewa.gov/index.aspx?page=152">Kruckeberg Botanic Garden</a></b> is now a City of Shoreline Park as of 2008. It is a very unique garden, nestled within the Richmond Beach neighborhood. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Sign at Park Entrance</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/T5hK" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">20312 15</a></span></b><sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/T5hK" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">th</a></span></b></sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/T5hK" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ave NW<br />
Shoreline WA, 98177</a><br />
<a href="http://kruckeberg.org/">http://kruckeberg.org/</a></span></b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;"><b>And the </b><a href="http://kruckeberg.org/"><b>Kruckeberg Botanical Garden </b></a><b>welcomes Spring!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The garden offers a great array of plantings to enjoy. Many are starting to bloom now. But the garden is fascinating any time of year.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Many spring plants are on view, blooming and for sale.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhodadendrons are already in bloom at<br />
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicate Faun Lily grows near the<br />
house amidst an array of Cyclamen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The garden has three distinct areas. The Upper Garden, in the front yard; the Green house area, which leads down the path to the lower "Meadow." The garden features many "Champion Trees" which are either the largest in the City or State.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Oregon Ash is a City "Champion Tree"<br />
designated in the Community Backyard Wildlife<br />
program</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grove in lower meadow area</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Dr Kruckeberg's work on the garden features his interest in promoting native plants. He has written several texts and books on NW Natives and was one of the founders of the <a href="http://www.wnps.org/history/history.htm">NW Native Plant Society</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall Oregon Grape featured in<br />
lower meadow area</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Many of the lovliest species to be seen at Kruckeberg Garden are very small and close to the ground, so remember to step carefully and look closely for treasures near your feet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cyclamens are found throughout the garden. They have many different<br />
patterned leaves and colored flowers. According<br />
to Mareen Kruckeberg, the seeds are carried by<br />
ants and that's one way they spread!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowering Tree near Garden house</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">So Happy Birthday Art Kruckeberg! We are so proud to have you as a citizen of Shoreline and enjoy your legacy in the garden!</span></b><br />
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</div></div></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-30797230613943840502012-03-21T18:42:00.001-07:002012-03-21T18:44:31.708-07:00Nurse Logs and Dead Trees = New Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Healthy Forests, Even in Urban Areas Need Dead Wood!</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This "Nurse Log" is a tiny garden hosting a little hemlock<br />
two different colored huckelberry bushes<br />
and some ferns (also, unfortunately some English Ivy</td></tr>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Why? Because they actually nurture an incredible amount of plant and animal life.</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ancient Cedar Stump hosts new growth. Hemlock trees'<br />
often get their starts by seeding in dead cedar.<br />
The roots of the new trees frame the old stump.</td></tr>
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<b><a href="http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=26100">KUOW, local NPR station featured the Nurse Log in it's series "More Than a Tree" this week, on interesting Northwest Trees.</a></b><br />
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<i>"There's more life in this nurse log....than there ever was as a standing tree"</i> says Larry Daloz, author and naturalist. "<i>May our legacy, what we leave behind be richer than what we found when we came."</i><br />
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In Paramount Park there are many examples of "nurse logs" and stumps hosting new life.<br />
It starts with a log or stump. With our restoration project in 2001 we added a great deal of LWD (Large Woody Debris) to add complexity and life giving dead wood to our wetland.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It starts with a dead stump and lichens and mosses<br />
begin to break down the wood.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Then more life takes hold like ferns, small trees, and shrubs which continue to break down the dead wood. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sword Fern inhabits an old stump intentionally<br />
placed in Paramount Park Natural Area<br />
restoration<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Also, many standing dead trees become habitat, providing food and nesting places for birds, insects and small mammals.</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Tree Snag in Paramount Park with lots of holes created<br />
by industrious woodpeckers<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Red Breasted Sapsucker - ph credit, Steve Schneider<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Paramount Park is the largest wetland in Shoreline at about 6 acres. The wetland restoration project originating in 1998 by Paramount Park Neighborhood Group, recreated wetland ponds and reconnected existing wetlands to the east to the stream system of Littles Creek, tributary of Thornton Creek. It is located in the SE section of Shoreline just north of NE145th, The wetlands and ponds are great places for stumps, logs and dead wood to host new life.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stump in the lower pond hosts sword ferns, and a good sized<br />
tree (Oregon Ash?)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Another stump in the upper pond hosts a healthy growth of salal bush and provides a lovely reflection.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">To restore healthy forests, especially in urban areas, we must make a point to include "Large Woody Debris, logs, old stumps to bring diversity and "feed the forest" and provide opportunities for new life.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">"Shamrocks" or the NW equivilant "Oxalis"<br />
cover this old stump next to Littles Creek</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-13899909644197882442012-03-03T11:17:00.001-08:002012-03-03T11:24:03.265-08:00"This Is a Breaking of Faith" - Majority Leader Lisa Brown<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> WA State Capital- Olympia</td></tr>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">Last night was a "Roll Call Hall of Shame" according to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000061963832">Rep Gerry Pollett</a> (D-46)at the State Capital. Democrats who watched TVW last night witnessed a rather shocking display of disloyalty when three Senate Democrats crossed the "aisle" in a "take-over" move by Senate Republicans.</span></b><br />
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Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown and Sen Ed Murray issued this statement early this morning on the <a href="http://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/">Senate Democrats Blog</a> about the actions of the renegades.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 0.7em/normal Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“This is a breaking of faith and the bipartisan agreement we reached last year. Since the fall, we have worked personally with ranking Republican Sen. Zarelli in countless meetings. Our team consistently asked to see a Republican counterproposal to our ideas. We saw it on day 44 of a 60-day session this year. We continued to meet with our Republican counterparts and seek a bipartisan solution. It didn’t come. Promising and not delivering is not how you write a budget.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: normal normal normal 0.7em/normal Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Skipping a pension payment, gutting state services and subverting the public process is not how you write a budget. Ignoring the stories of the people who spent 12 hours in committee hearings talking about how their lives would be changed by the budget cuts we faced, the people who would lose a quality education, the people who feared they would become homeless – disregarding our citizens – that is not how you write a responsible budget.”</span></span></div></span></blockquote><br />
The three Senators who joined forces with Republicans were Jim Kastama <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(D-25, Puyallup)</span></span>, Tim Sheldon<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(D-35, Potlatch)</span></span> and Rodney Tom <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(D-48, Bellevue)</span></span>. This maneuver was considered a rarely used tactic. But according to the <a href="http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2012/03/democrats-speak-out-following-republican-takeover-of-washington-state-senate.html">Blog "Northwest Progressive Advocate" </a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Washington State Senate Republicans, acting in concert with three Democrats in Name Only (Jim Kastama, Rodney Tom, and Tim Sheldon) have seized control of the floor of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Legislature’s upper chamber, effectively turning the remainder of the Senate Democratic caucus into the minority party with a week left to go in the 2012 regular session.......</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">.......The Republican takeover of the Senate all but guarantees that there will need to be a thirty-day special session called to continue working on a supplemental operating budget. House Democrats have made it plainly clear that the Senate Republicans’ budget proposal will be dead on arrival in the House, and Governor Chris Gregoire – whose signature is needed to enact any budget – has also strongly condemned it.</span></span></blockquote>The end result, for the time being is that Senate Republicans with their three Democratic allies, have virtually ensured a special session and have in effect hijacked the budget process.<br />
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<a href="http://publicola.com/2012/03/02/update-on-attempted-budget-coup-senate-at-ease-as-both-sides-plot-next-move/">Publicola summed it up </a>-<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Republican budget leader Sen. Joe Zarelli (R-18, Ridgefield) passed his budget shortly after midnight, Saturday morning, 25-24, with three Democrats joining all 22 Republicans in an impressively disciplined, well-calibrated series of votes starting </span><a href="http://publicola.com/2012/03/02/breaking-republicans-commandeer-senate-floor-in-budget-power-play/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Friday afternoon</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> as the GOP wrested control away from the Democratic majority.</span></span></blockquote><br />
So why does this matter you ask? Because a lot is at stake. Education, Environment, funding for the "social safety net", and everything else that the State government does is all at risk. Many items that people care about are in effect, being held hostage by this action.<br />
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This happened amidst other earthshaking political developments this week. Congressman Norm Dicks announced his intention to retire, and two long-time Seattle Democratic Representatives also announced their retirement. Rep Phyllis Guitierrez-Kenney (D-46, N Seattle) and Rep Marylou Dickerson<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">D-36, Ballard).</span></span> have both served in Olympia for over a decade.<br />
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The drama will continue for the rest of the session, which had been scheduled to end next week, but may not, after last night's happenings.<br />
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And of course, today are the Republican Caucuses!Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-1016865457719419252012-03-01T09:19:00.001-08:002012-03-01T09:21:54.935-08:00Rep Cindy Ryu's Rescue and Evacuation Bill Passed - Headed for Governor's Desk<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rep Cindy Ryu (D-32)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><h2 style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">OLYMPIA—The Senate today agreed unanimously with state </span><a href="http://www.housedemocrats.wa.gov/roster/rep-cindy-ryu/" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Rep. Cindy Ryu</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"> that air rescue and evacuation services deserve a regulatory safe harbor that will help them to continue operating in Washington state.</span></span></h2><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">“Relieving businesses of unnecessary regulatory burdens is good for them, their workers and our economy,” said Ryu (D-Shoreline). “We worked closely with consumers and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner to ensure that consumers will continue to be well-protected without adding a costly layer of government mandates.”</span></span></div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Travelers subscribe to air rescue and evacuation services such as Global Rescue LLC to ensure they will be rescued from potential disaster in case of serious injuries, earthquakes, political instability or other threats to life and limb.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Travel-rescue contracts have traditionally been regulated as subscription services in Washington. But a review of these contracts by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner concluded that technically the law requires them to be regulated as insurers. Ryu’s reform prevents air and rescue services from being reclassified as insurers and subjected to extensive—and expensive—new regulatory costs.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Industry spokesman Mel Sorenson told lawmakers in January that it was “exceedingly likely” that the industry could not continue serving Washington residents and businesses without the regulatory safe harbor provided by Ryu’s legislation, </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2188&year=2011" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">House Bill 2188</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">“Air rescue and evacuation services can make the difference between life and death for some travelers, while providing peace of mind to others,” said Ryu. “Keeping these services available to our citizens is important, and the unanimous House and Senate support we received shows that we achieved this goal while maintaining high standards of consumer protection.”</span></span></div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1709837361MsoNormal" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">The measure now needs only Gov. Chris Gregoire’s signature to become law.</span></span></div><br />
Cindy Ryu was elected in 2010 to the State Legislature, representing the 32nd Leg District. She posed for a photo with other "Freshman Legislators" there yesterday. The Freshman Democrats are tackling budget problems, by proposing different solutions.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"> Finally, the chance to talk about real revenue reform<br />
with my freshman colleagues<br />
</span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=689790760" href="http://www.facebook.com/andy.billig" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Andy Billig</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1625359304" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1625359304" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Connie Ladenburg</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1350944508" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1350944508" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Derek Stanford</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">,<br />
</span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1207551003" href="http://www.facebook.com/luis.moscoso" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Luís Saul Moscoso</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1166611299" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1166611299" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Kris Lytton</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1053605171" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1053605171" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Cindy Ryu</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=113100284" href="http://www.facebook.com/joe.fitzgibbon" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Joe Fitzgibbon</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">,<br />
</span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000061963832" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000061963832" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Gerry Pollet</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000529278628" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000529278628" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Chris Reykdal</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">, </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000066057912" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000066057912" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Sharon Wylie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"> and Steve Tharinger</span></span></td></tr>
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</div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-1057336298763147052012-02-25T08:22:00.001-08:002012-02-25T08:34:39.445-08:00Pretty February Snow in Shoreline<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">A Pretty Sight on a Late February Morning. </span></b><br />
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<b>Big Snowflakes! Will it last? </b><br />
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</b>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-50456359712910812412012-02-12T11:45:00.000-08:002012-02-12T11:45:00.477-08:00Trees Are Fundamental to Shoreline's Character<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Trees are front and center again in Shoreline.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"> </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">"To Tree or not to Tree, that is the question!"</span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(apologies to William Shakespear!)</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trees that are now gone<br />
from Bear Reserve, part of Innis Arden<br />
7/11 - ph credit Janet Way</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">At <a href="http://cosweb.ci.shoreline.wa.us/uploads/attachments/cck/Council/Agendas/Agendas2012/021312.htm">Monday's City Council meeting</a> the Trees and Tree Board topic will be on the agenda. Council will take up Ordinances #617 and #627 which address respectively: creating a Tree Board and Tree Cutting Permits for the Right of Way. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The agenda link is <a href="http://cosweb.ci.shoreline.wa.us/uploads/attachments/cck/Council/Agendas/Agendas2012/021312.htm">here</a>. Councilmeetings begin at 7pm, and public comment on this item will be at the beginning, but the discussion and potential vote will begin after about 7:45pm. You can contact the Council directly at:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://www.shorelinewa.gov/index.aspx?recordid=10&page=36">http://www.shorelinewa.gov/index.aspx?recordid=10&page=36</a></span><br />
or City Manager's office: 801-2213<br />
<a href="http://www.shorelinewa.gov/index.aspx?recordid=11&page=648">http://www.shorelinewa.gov/index.aspx?recordid=11&page=648</a><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Citizens who care about protecting our trees have been contacting the Council for years about these concerns and recently have taken other actions.</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The Shoreline Preservation Society, a local non-profit organization is raising many concerns about these proposals and the potential impacts to our environment, health and character of the community. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">SPS (Shoreline Preservation Society) is now sponsoring <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protect-shorelines-urban-forest/">an online petition, through The Petition Site/Care2,</a> asking the community to support the protection of our trees through and independent, stand-alone tree board, not just creating a board ordinance that facilitates cutting more trees and benefits one neighborhood's "views". </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The petition has garnered over 230 signatures in just 5 days. You're invited to sign at:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protect-shorelines-urban-forest/">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protect-shorelines-urban-forest/</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">In Shoreline, tree preservation has been a continuing controversy for many years, and is fundamental to the community's image, quality of life and central to the political identity of different neighborhoods and factions.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some magnificent London Plane Trees grace<br />
Meridian Ave N, and provide shade and a beautiful<br />
"tunnel of green"<br />
ph credit, Janet Way</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Some of the major concerns about these ordinances are:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">• Need for SEPA Review to assess the actual environmental impacts of this ordinance </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">• Tree Board needs to be an "independent, stand-alone" body, not just the Parks Board </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">• Accompanying "Street Tree List" to the ordinance does not contain conifers, native trees or most of the existing street trees, when our current streetsides now are made up of over 40% conifers. </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">• Permit process is designed to benefit one neighborhood, Innis Arden to facilitate cutting for views</span></blockquote><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Major Concern:</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">So, if all the trees that are now in the "Right-of-Way" (existing Street Trees) are not on the "approved list" in the proposed ordinance, they are all vulnerable to cutting, with just a simple permit.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Many of us are still asking are we Shoreline, Innis Arden or Shorelinnisarden? </span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Thousands of beautiful trees are at stake in Shoreline and the Council has a responsibility to consider the legacy we leave for the future in our City.</span></b><br />
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</span></b>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-67677210204321633672012-02-11T12:38:00.000-08:002012-02-11T12:38:49.236-08:00Douglass Squirrels Sighted in Briarcrest<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Wildlife enthusiast, Chris Southwick sighted native Douglass Squirrels (</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Tamiasciurus douglasii)</span> </i></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">in her backyard habitat last week.</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Douglass Squirrel - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i>Tamiasciurus douglasii</i></span><br />
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Douglass Squirrels are one of the "Native" species of squirrels in WA State, but they are increasingly rare since their habitat has been overrun by the common Eastern Gray Squirrels shown in the photo.<br />
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They have also been sighted at Hamlin Park and in Boeing Creek Park areas.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_squirrel/">WDFW has information </a>on most of our native wildlife species. They recommend building nesting boxes to attract the Douglass Squirrel. Plans for constructing a nesting box can be found at the WDFW site at this <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/projects/squirrel.html">link</a>. </span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Douglas' squirrel</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">(Tamiasciurus douglasii)</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Body: 7" Tail: 5"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Douglas' squirrels are small native tree squirrels. They are dark chestnut on the back fading to a reddish- or brownish-gray on the sides; their underparts are orange to gray and are offset by a short black stripe. The eye ring is pale orange. Their tails are somewhat bushy, slightly flattened and have a black tip. Douglas' squirrels vocalize often and have a range of calls from a low "chirr" to a sharp staccato "cough".</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Chris Southwick serves on the board of the Puget Sound Bird Observatory and conducts permitted "bird banding" actions at her Briarcrest home. She lives near the Grace Cole Nature Park, which is located in Lake Forest Park, but is adjacent to Shoreline.</span></span>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-39890171606153041462012-02-11T12:16:00.000-08:002012-02-11T12:16:47.229-08:00Rep Ryu's Special-Needs Transportation Bill Clears House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaI8wxvz9ot__IE18Gd82tmseeT9iI2WEx9kIIbSe_m07NYUiY3AGhCuOKvKw8sYe8oKu_zrwJ22v7XG0ZGaCzpHxAQHvpFogQ1s7LlbQ6GV8NacQoxcgBRB6cnYAcHftqe4VyE40ot80/s1600/0005_4x6-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaI8wxvz9ot__IE18Gd82tmseeT9iI2WEx9kIIbSe_m07NYUiY3AGhCuOKvKw8sYe8oKu_zrwJ22v7XG0ZGaCzpHxAQHvpFogQ1s7LlbQ6GV8NacQoxcgBRB6cnYAcHftqe4VyE40ot80/s320/0005_4x6-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">“Thousands of our neighbors with disabilities depend on public transportation to get to jobs and everywhere else they need to be. We owe it to them and to our communities to make special-needs transportation as accessible and efficient as possible." Rep Cindy Ryu, D-32</span></i></blockquote><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Shoreline, home base for Rep Cindy Ryu has a high proportion of "special needs" residents, including school age children. Special-needs children and residents are disproportionately affected by budget cuts to public transit and school transportation. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Rep Ryu is concerned about these impacts and is sponsoring </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2725&year=2011" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1328985937_0" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">House Bill 2725</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> . </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Contact Rep Ryu's office with questions or comments at:</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Olympia Office:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br />
324 John L. O'Brien Building<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">OLYMPIA—The statewide council responsible for coordinating special-needs transportation may live beyond June, if the state Senate follows the lead of Rep. Cindy Ryu and the House of Representatives.</span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The House voted 56-41 on Friday for Ryu’s proposal to expand, reform and permanently reauthorize the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Agency Council on Coordinated Transportation (ACCT), which would otherwise expire on June 30.<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Opponents of the bill argued that the Legislature should allow agencies with sunset provisions to die. Ryu countered that the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Agency Council on Coordinated Transportation</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> is the only statewide organization that brings together all the major players who play a role in providing transportation to people with special needs.</span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1328985920743492" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">“Thousands of our neighbors with disabilities depend </span></span><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1328985920743491" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">on public transportation to get to jobs and everywhere else they need to be,” said Ryu (D-Shoreline). “We owe it to them and to our communities to make special-needs transportation as accessible and efficient as possible.”</span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1328985920743483" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">In addition to permanently reauthorizing ACCT, Ryu’s </span><a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2725&year=2011" rel="nofollow" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1328985937_0" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">House Bill 2725</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> directs the council to place a high priority on projects that deliver measurable performance benefits, promote cost- and ride-sharing, match transportation with human services, and address the needs of underserved populations.</span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Witnesses lined up in support of Ryu’s bill during a Feb. 1 public hearing.</span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">“There is not one area in this state where transportation is not a problem and where people don’t have big issues about getting to health care clinics or mental health clinics or even a grocery store,” said Jim Morris, who spent 15 years on the Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment.</span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">“This coordinated transportation approach is the best conceivable way of trying to match scarce resources with a variety of users,” Morris said.</span></span></div><div class="yiv942507551MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Southwoods Park located next to Shorecrest<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Southwoods Park was created in a grassroots effort by <a href="http://savesouthwoods.org/indexsimple2.htm">South Woods Preservation Group</a>, and succeeded when the City of Shoreline purchased the nearly 16 acre parcel in 2007. This was after a multi-year effort by the organization and the successful 2006 Shoreline Parks and Recreation Bond passage. The property had previously been owned jointly by Shoreline School District and Shoreline Water District. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The park is one of the largest coniferous open spaces in Shoreline or Seattle. The property had been previously owned by the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) and before that had housed officers for the Navy hospital at what is now Fircrest School.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi6JF4ORLOyX4az5cOWbQqOZIcoBzeLCSgYO6EDHFliYbmtF8ZhGiyQc4ZhFYP3OeXOlRSTTS0yhkivzWCN5WNtvqOUX6Re_8cZrUWGOxclRRgj5SI-CmX2C9ydV7f26VmDLOSHmyAHc/s1600/logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi6JF4ORLOyX4az5cOWbQqOZIcoBzeLCSgYO6EDHFliYbmtF8ZhGiyQc4ZhFYP3OeXOlRSTTS0yhkivzWCN5WNtvqOUX6Re_8cZrUWGOxclRRgj5SI-CmX2C9ydV7f26VmDLOSHmyAHc/s1600/logo.png" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Now <a href="http://mtsgreenway.org/explore-the-greenway">Mountains to Sound Greenway</a> organization has held two work parties to plant native conifers in the park. Mountains to Sound is hosting a number of work parties this winter all throughout its territory, which stretches across the Cascades and 1.5 million acres and 800,000 acres of public lands. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://mtsgreenway.org/explore-the-greenway">http://mtsgreenway.org/explore-the-greenway</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"><b>Mountains to Sound and is celebrating its 20th year and its mission is:</b></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leads and inspires action to conserve and enhance the landscape from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature.</span></span></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Another goal of Mountains to Sound is to ask Congress to designate the "Greenway" as a <a href="http://mtsgreenway.org/designation">National Heritage Area. </a></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">This past weekend, about 30 volunteers helped plant about 168 Western Red Cedar and Grand Fir trees. The trees and the program are supported in part by locally based <a href="http://www.cartersubarushoreline.com/carbon.htm">Carter Subaru</a> in its "carbon neutral project" campaign. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://www.cartersubarushoreline.com/carbon.htm">Carter Subaru</a> has a dealership on Aurora Ave N and has contributed funds to support the planting of thousands of trees. Th</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">e program offers automotive shoppers a way to help the environment</span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">CARTER SUBARU'S CARBON NEUTRAL PROJECT</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"><br style="font-family: Arial;" /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Planting a Forest….. One Test Drive at a Time. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNs0muxK4rOydFiHukMKfzl98nSnU1g_VqLNHnxY8MTO2HGPJfEF5jEpp6ysu0AKyxyrwMf-pfCltCio7UGRqNyJaSQNEXxkiNFxO6cqlvLryE7JbD_Hy9o0cZGb3kQyL6A_3w1T2cYM/s1600/5c8287ca4046387201fb756521de31af.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNs0muxK4rOydFiHukMKfzl98nSnU1g_VqLNHnxY8MTO2HGPJfEF5jEpp6ysu0AKyxyrwMf-pfCltCio7UGRqNyJaSQNEXxkiNFxO6cqlvLryE7JbD_Hy9o0cZGb3kQyL6A_3w1T2cYM/s320/5c8287ca4046387201fb756521de31af.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">Our commitment to doing something that off sets the 150+ cars that we sell monthly is our Carbon Neutral Project.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;">For each car test-driven at Carter Subaru, one tree will be planted in the Mountains to Sound Greenway, funded by Carter Motors. For each car purchased, three additional trees will be planted. So, if you test drive a car and buy it there will be four trees planted in the Greenway!</span></span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kellogg Middle School student and her dad<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Since 2005, the </span><a href="http://savesouthwoods.org/indexsimple2.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">SWPG</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> has advocated for the Southwoods property, and worked to remove acres of invasive plants such as English Ivy, English Holly, Himilayan Blackberry, and others. The park provides trails and respite for the southeast section of Shoreline, including the Briacrest neighborhood. It also provides fresh air, water conservation and habitat for wildlife. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forest canopy is a valuable resource for Shoreline</td></tr>
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</div></div></div></div></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-82991430848357037722012-02-04T16:28:00.000-08:002012-02-04T16:28:31.563-08:00Late Afternoon Light - Greenlake<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">A beautiful weekend in Seattle begins on Friday afternoon. </span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crew teams practicing in late afternoon</td></tr>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">The golden glow of late afternoon light gives Greenlake a magical quality. </span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>The three mile walk is always a delight, as the ever changing scene unfolds, depending on the time of day or time of year.</b></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">Friday was busy at the path as hundreds of walkers, cyclists, moms and strollers and skaters enjoyed the sunshine.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">Greenlake is a neighborhood and a destination. Greenlake Park is said to be the most frequently visited park in the State! On a beautiful afternoon, it is easy to see why.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;"><br />
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</span></b></span></div></div></div></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-7416163444789392092012-02-02T17:25:00.000-08:002012-02-11T20:10:19.836-08:00Move Over Groundhogs - It's Also World Wetlands Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;"><b>So what's so great about Wetlands? Thank you for asking. </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paramount Park Upper Pond in Winter Whites<br />
Ph Credit - Janet Way</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>For me it's about extraordinary beauty and life! </b><br />
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</b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">But at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, they are celebrating because there are FIVE main reasons for</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">why we should celebrate and protect wetlands. Last year the World Wetlands Day celebrated its 40th anniversary.</span></b></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"> It celebrates the day the Ramsar Wetlands Convention was signed in 1971. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">The Wetlands Convention promotes the conservation and wise use of wetlands through international cooperation. Today, 1,994 Ramsar sites covering more than 474 million acres have been designated as Wetlands of International Importance.</span></span></blockquote>Paramount Park Natural Area is Shoreline's largest wetland at about 6.5 Acres. But we also have others such as Meridian Park, Ronald Bog, Cromwell Park, Twin Ponds and Echo Lake.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Blue Heron at Ronald Bog<br />
Shoreline<br />
ph credit - Janet Way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beaver Pond Natural Area at Thornton Creek<br />
ph credit - Janet Way</td></tr>
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The US. Fish and Wildlife Service <a href="http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2012/2/2/5-Things-you-Need-to-Know-About-Wetlands">"Open Spaces Blog"</a> wants us to know the top FIVE reasons and here they are. So visit your nearest beautiful wetland soon and get to know it and protect it. They are disappearing with alarming regularity due to development and other misguided policies.<br />
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<div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">5 Things You Need to Know About Wetlands</span></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">1. </span></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Wetlands give us drinking water!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> The groundwater that humans depend on for drinking and other uses is cleaned and purified by wetlands – bogs, marshes, swamps, and other wetland areas actually make our water drinkable. There are about 33 trillion gallons of groundwater in the U.S. today!</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">2. </span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Wetlands provide amazing services that affect everyday life for humans and wildlife.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> They slow down floodwaters, they help stop erosion on beaches and riverbanks, and they make local weather patterns less extreme.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wooducks and Hooded Meganzers at <br />
Beaver Pond Natural Area at Thornton Creek<br />
ph Credit - Don MacCall</td></tr>
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<div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">3. </span></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The United States has </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">30</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> Wetlands of International Importance!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> These sites have received recognition from the international community for their unique biology, incredible diversity, and the important habitat they provide for species that migrate around the world. </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Ten</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> of these are on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://www.fws.gov/refuges/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">National Wildlife Refuges</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"><a href="http://www.fws.gov/refuges/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">4.</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Wetlands host a variety of habitats and support a diversity of life including some </span><a href="http://www.fws.gov/endangered/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">threatened and endangered species</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> The Chinook salmon, the Northern spotted owls, and the Roswell springsnail all call wetlands home.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span><br />
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<div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">5. </span></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Wetlands are vital to </span><a href="http://www.fws.gov/FHC/" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">fish and the angler community</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> Wetlands provide important nutrients and habitat for many different kinds of aquatic animals and help ensure the healthy waterways. According to the 2006 National Survey (link), fishing contributes $42 billion to the U.S. economy.</span></div><div><br />
</div></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-40951855210718022282012-02-02T11:20:00.000-08:002012-02-02T11:20:13.075-08:00Vote Linda Stein's Solar Fest Image on Shoreline Facebook Page<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Local artist Linda Stein's image is up for a vote on the City of Shoreline's Facebook Page for the Parks Recreation Guide. </span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">By voting for this image, you will bring attention to our great <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ShorelineSolarProject?ref=ts">Solar Fest sponsored by Shoreline Solar Project.</a></span><br />
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Hope you'll vote for Linda's beautiful photo!Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-86313017315576895492012-01-31T09:25:00.000-08:002012-01-31T09:31:47.241-08:00Stormwater Visionary Tom Holz Has an Opinion on Proposed Regulations<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Tom Holz is an engineer</span></b>.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAW0gpGt08moai9o-4k7aIquYpKe7FhCeDHcwLxYhAandhcponmjmkJGkl6viK5sSWfP3VPt4dXBVd4BVIQR0eEyl1k_lzg_mOPEJgx3KPZgIdjxWdfUCWKQh9lJSwzD1ENx8L5KHWt4/s1600/Mug2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAW0gpGt08moai9o-4k7aIquYpKe7FhCeDHcwLxYhAandhcponmjmkJGkl6viK5sSWfP3VPt4dXBVd4BVIQR0eEyl1k_lzg_mOPEJgx3KPZgIdjxWdfUCWKQh9lJSwzD1ENx8L5KHWt4/s320/Mug2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>For decades he's been promoting the concept of <a href="http://www.tualatinriverkeepers.org/lid_website/text/holz_zid.pdf">"Zero Impact Design"</a> to educate the stormwater community about the destructive impacts of stormwater runoff to our ecosystems and especially to Puget Sound. He was among a group called the <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/dbooth/Partnership_Science_from_14_scientists.pdf">"14 Scientists"</a> that crafted a letter to Department of Ecology, that ended up rocking their world. The group was sounding the alarm to that the Northwest ecosystem was crashing into serious decline, with salmon and other iconic wildlife listed as "Threatened Species" by the ESA.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Holz is a Board Member for<br />
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</tbody></table>To make a long story short, that letter and Tom's testimony in a case brought by People for Puget Sound and Earthjustice to the Pollution Control Hearings Board, ended up drastically changing the Stormwater Regulations for Cities. In the Boards ruling in 2009, cities were required to implement "Low-Impact Development" techniques. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/environment/files/library/PCHB_s_so-called_Phase_II_stormwater_ruling.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">PCHB’s so-called Phase II stormwater ruling</span></span></a></span><br />
<div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">The Board concludes the (Washington Department of) Ecology must modify the permit to require permittees to identify barriers to the implementation of (low-impact development) and identify actions taken to remove those barriers, to establish goals for the future use of (low-impact development), and to require other specific actions on reasonable and flexible time frames, both during this permit cycle and in anticipation of future permits.</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/environment/files/library/PCHB_s_so-called_Phase_II_stormwater_ruling.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span>In other words, cities must clean up their acts!<br />
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Now Tom Holz is raising the alarm again. The Department of Ecology is again asking for comments on their latest round of regulations. People for Puget Sound is urging citizens to submit comments by Friday to DOE to<br />
<h1 style="font-family: Geneva, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Stop polluted runoff and save our Sound</span></span></h1><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5430/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9366">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5430/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9366</a><br />
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Tom Holz says they are still not getting it.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">Will DOE PLEASE LISTEN? </span></b><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Washington State Department of Ecology Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington, 2012 Update</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Thomas W. Holz</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">The manual is based on deeply flawed assumptions. Stormwater management depends on a computer program (WWHM) to impose a standard for development. Although the program is derived from HSPF, a venerable and reasonably reliable stream flow simulation program, it was modified (originally by King County) to become a pond-sizing program for development projects. The assumptions made in coding the pond-sizing program are unjustified, and the program is thus invalid for the purpose of serving as a test for acceptability of a development project. </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">For example, it is assumed in the coding of ECY’s program, that a stream flow model (HSPF), which requires calibration to two years of stream flow to be valid, can somehow be converted to model runoff on discrete sites. On such sites, stream flow data is non-existent and, more often than not, there is no stream to calibrate to. The most egregious and invalid assumption buried in the WWHM model is that predevelopment overland flow is defined as the sum of predevelopment surface overland flow (near zero) plus groundwater flow. This totally invalid assumption allows the developer to collect all precipitation on a site and route it as overland flow to the nearest stream (with catastrophic results on streams and aquatic life).</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">If WWHM is to continue to serve as the standard for development, it must be converted to a water balance model. The water balance model would recognize the predevelopment fate of precipitation that falls on most discrete sites in a watershed:</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">1.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Evapotranspiration (ET) comprises about 18 inches per year (Beyerlein, 1999). Maintenance of ET is critically important to a healthy watershed.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">2.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Precipitation exceeding the volume evapotranspired is infiltrated (usually up to the 100-year storm event).</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">3.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Overland flow runoff in a typical watershed is less than 1% of stream flow.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Thus the water balance model would provide the developer with the tools to assess whether the practices employed on his project will maintain a water balance in close approximation to predevelopment water balance. It is clear that, in this paradigm, evapotranspiration is the important parameter and its decline must be severely limited.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Without this change, and others that tend to reinforce low impact development practices, Puget Sound and its watersheds will continue on a path of steep decline.</span></blockquote></div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-55152570589100515172012-01-29T12:57:00.000-08:002012-01-29T13:02:00.811-08:00Citizen Action Works! NWF Caves!!<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">In a Stunning Reversal the </span></b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NationalWildlife"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">National Wildlife Federation</span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> ENDED their misguided action to "partner with Scott's/Miraclegrow/Monsanto!!! </span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">This was after a long few days since the original partnership was announced in which hundreds of members and supporters joined forces, creating a petition and additional <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Scotts-and-NWF/300966579950369">Facebook Pages</a>, with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Scotts-and-NWF/300966579950369">Boycotts </a>and Refund demands underway. <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-nwf-from-partnering-with-scottsmonsanto/">The petition had garnered nearly 500 signatures thus far</a>.</span><br />
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On the NWF Facebook Page today is the following statement:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">After learning of Scotts’ pending legal settlement, we've agreed to end the partnership. </span></b></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #421d08; font-size: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="content_0_maincontent_0__pnlPageTitle" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">National Wildlife Federation and ScottsMiracle-Gro Partnership</span></div></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Joint Statement from ScottsMiracle-Gro and National Wildlife Federation</span></h3><h5 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">January 29, 2012</span></h5><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">The National Wildlife Federation has worked together with ScottsMiracle-Gro over the past two years on programs to educate gardeners about global warming, connect children to the outdoors and help restore habitat following the Gulf oil disaster. Both parties recently announced plans for an even broader partnership that was based on our common interests.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Since that time, Scotts announced a pending legal settlement related to events in 2008 that predate our partnership, which has made it clear that the partnership is not viable. Therefore, NWF and Scotts will work together to end the partnership in a friendly and mutually beneficial way.</span></div></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">BUT</span></span></b>..... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">NWF is still not entirely getting it. They are still trying to split hairs even as they first claim they're ending the partnership. In the latest chapter:</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Stay tuned.........</span></b>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-33632747911490878622012-01-28T14:48:00.000-08:002012-01-28T14:48:42.504-08:00National Wildlife Federation Deal with Scott's/Monsanto Leaves Supporters Angry and Grief Stricken<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">"This makes me ill"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;"> said local garden expert Jennifer Rotermund.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">Hundreds of shocked supporters of NWF lit up their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NationalWildlife">Facebook Page</a> in the last three days to complain, quit, and ask for refunds. Many local supporters posted their objections. NWF's self inflicted PR nightmare is going viral.</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>CEO of National Wildlife, Larry Schweiger held a webchat and stated they made the deal, a "partnership" and were trying to "help" Scotts' become more eco-friendly. </b></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">National Wildlife Federation and The ScottsMiracle-Gro Company are working together to help families reconnect with nature by using yards, parks and other green spaces as a starting point for outdoor play and nature discovery.</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">But most supporters were having none of it. Some pointed out that NWF had trouble with fundraising and needed the money. Apparently, there was a payment of $50k to NWF from Scott's. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">A supporter named Ken complained,</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">I have been a member of the NWF since 1977. This whole story about NWF and Scotts makes me sick. This isn't the organization I joined 35 years ago. I can no longer in good conscience remain a part of an entity that has obviously corrupted it's original vision. I have a feeling I won't be the only one leaving.</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">The reasons for the ire became clearer, when articles surfaced yesterday. Scott's, a lawn chemical supply company had apparently been fined $4.5 million and plead guilty of lying in court records and selling 73 million units of "tainted bird seed".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">Shoreline is among a number local communities that had enthusiastically and sincerely recruited over 300 new members to "certify" their yards as "Backyard Habitats", by replanting and creating special habitat areas to qualify. Several schools and businesses also participated. People here were proud of the accomplishment.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">On</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">e angry former supporter has organized a nationwide petition to object. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-nwf-from-partnering-with-scottsmonsanto/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e8a02c; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-nwf-from-partnering-with-scottsmonsanto/</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Over 400 signatures were gathered in just over 2 days. Anyone who is upset at this "partnership" is encouraged to sign. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Signers said:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I cannot imagine what NWF was thinking. They have received their last donation from me and I plan to tell everyone I know about this situation" while another says "NWF should be ashamed to even consider such a partnership. Supporting Scotts and Monsanto when you claim to be for the long term protection of our wildlife and wild-lands. Ridiculous."</span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From the point of view of <a href="http://ofparamount.blogspot.com/">our blog</a>, this is one of the most cynical cases of "astro-turfing" we've ever seen. It's also known as "greenwashing" and shows a contempt for the intelligence and trust so many sincere wildlife lovers had placed in this internationally known organization. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's obvious they've been bought out and their reputation will probably never recover.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An article from the </span><a href="http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/amidst-wildlife-federation-firestorm-scotts-miracle-gro-fined-4-5-million-for-toxic-bird-seed-falsifying-records/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blog "SafeLawns" has the story</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> on the guilty plea by Scott's.</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The company, many folks believe, must have known this ruling in federal court was coming down for several months. The timing of the sponsorship with the National Wildlife Federation,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/News-by-Topic/Get-Outside/2012/01-18-12-National-Wildlife-Federation-and-ScottsMiracle-Gro-Create-Partnership.aspx" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">announced by NWF</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">on Jan. 18, was clearly designed to draw attention away from what is believed to be the largest fine ever levied on a pesticide company.</span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><h2 class="singleh2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em !important; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/amidst-wildlife-federation-firestorm-scotts-miracle-gro-fined-4-5-million-for-toxic-bird-seed-falsifying-records/" rel="bookmark" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Permanent Link to Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records</span></a></h2><div class="date-comments" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; height: 30px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="fl" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Fri, Jan 27, 2012</span></div><div class="fr" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/category/pesticide-toxicity/" rel="category tag" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="View all posts in Pesticide Toxicity"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Pesticide Toxicity</span></a></div></div><div class="entry" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">UPDATE: Petition Asks NWF to Say No to Scotts’ Sponsorship: </span><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-nwf-from-partnering-with-scottsmonsanto/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-nwf-from-partnering-with-scottsmonsanto/</span></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">HOW’S THIS FOR SUSPICIOUS TIMING?</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">On the same week Scotts Miracle Gro </span><a 01="" 2012="" article="" blog="" href="http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/amidst-wildlife-federation-firestorm-scotts-miracle-gro-fined-4-5-million-for-toxic-bird-seed-falsifying-records/onclick=" index.php="" javascript:pagetracker._trackpageview('="" miracle-gro-deal-with-wildlife-federation-outrages-environmental-community="" outbound="" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" www.safelawns.org="" www.thepetitionsite.com');"http:=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">tried to buy an image upgrade</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> by sponsoring the National Wildlife Federation, word has come out of a federal court that the company will pay millions of dollars in fines for selling bird seed it knew was tainted with pesticides toxic to birds.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Though the company had no comment yesterday, it pleaded guilty to charges that it sold 73 MILLION UNITS of tainted bird seed from 2005 to 2008. According to an article in</span><a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2012/01/27/scotts-to-pay-4-5m-in-fines.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"> today’s Columbus, Ohio, newspaper</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">, the company continued to sell the bird seed “despite warnings in the summer and fall of 2007 from a pesticide chemist and an ornithologist, both of whom worked for the company.”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">The company also pleaded guilty yesterday to falsifying documents with the Environmental Protection Agency so that it could rush new weed ‘n feed and ant killing products to market back in 2006. When Scotts’ fallacy was revealed — after the products containing cancer-causing agents had already been on the market for two years — the company blamed the actions on a single female employee, who was abruptly fired after years with the com</span></div><a name='more'></a></div></blockquote>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-23315114070232455842012-01-28T09:58:00.000-08:002012-01-28T10:22:06.483-08:00More Trees at Shorecrest at Risk<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Two More Trees at Shorecrest HS are slated for removal in site plans!</b></span><br />
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Neighbors were shocked to see four Giant Sequoias were cut last month by contractors in the Shorecrest remodel. They were permitted for removal as part of the driveway access project. They were not next to the new buildings.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5s1nWV_sJlgrSf2L3_rzbHulyQs21ZMFqjrJnZUb2frk6K4GMeOsTsXle0iN3AgOAUnSOB6du8_uwpT9BhIBgX-jJBg2qrSVo1zGD37LW1lGf-U3Je9nPqBC0tUDLClghpqUz0iHT4ao/s1600/Shorecrest+trees+1-26-2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5s1nWV_sJlgrSf2L3_rzbHulyQs21ZMFqjrJnZUb2frk6K4GMeOsTsXle0iN3AgOAUnSOB6du8_uwpT9BhIBgX-jJBg2qrSVo1zGD37LW1lGf-U3Je9nPqBC0tUDLClghpqUz0iHT4ao/s320/Shorecrest+trees+1-26-2012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Pines <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">in front of </span></b><br />
Remaining Sequoias at Shorecrest HS North Entry</td></tr>
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Briacrest resident, Charlie Brown discovered the removal plans when studying the approved site plans.<br />
The two pine trees, while not as large and iconic as Sequoias, are still significant. They are beautiful, probably the same age and make the entryway attractive. They are conifers, which makes them extra valuable for the services they provide.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of two pine trees slated to be cut<br />
at Shorecrest<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_ZASiP4o2Jcf_SOreADqCuoAXHGJ406VI2mMCff5QyJXGlU5mzytlyRo4icnSFU3PmGjGoh20JEuCk5Gf9_R6Fd-aXRtBxsCOMvpNt9f3uPf6h5gJkaFCMEOP_wowBrdGtHq9Xtv3mQ/s1600/IMG_2118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_ZASiP4o2Jcf_SOreADqCuoAXHGJ406VI2mMCff5QyJXGlU5mzytlyRo4icnSFU3PmGjGoh20JEuCk5Gf9_R6Fd-aXRtBxsCOMvpNt9f3uPf6h5gJkaFCMEOP_wowBrdGtHq9Xtv3mQ/s320/IMG_2118.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Pines at front of North Entry to Shorecrest HS,<br />
in front of Theater.</td></tr>
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</div>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-34130340177790748072012-01-27T19:46:00.000-08:002012-01-27T19:55:56.912-08:00Snowy Owl!! In Edmonds!<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">The year of the Snowy Owl -</span></b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkSwWu0Lgc3W2sZPRiMcm2oCfKtORueqEckMrv63rLc-xgpmF0bFwwnuY7N6a4JCgz7KLc0FOpQ7JYeqHdEb62JDsdTzXBHyLYf3j4-8yYqhG4tAy_84aT6rZAG63ca4ajoL-9VpiCSo/s1600/427311_3010471016100_1092212260_3130791_1332644999_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkSwWu0Lgc3W2sZPRiMcm2oCfKtORueqEckMrv63rLc-xgpmF0bFwwnuY7N6a4JCgz7KLc0FOpQ7JYeqHdEb62JDsdTzXBHyLYf3j4-8yYqhG4tAy_84aT6rZAG63ca4ajoL-9VpiCSo/s1600/427311_3010471016100_1092212260_3130791_1332644999_n.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowy Owl in Edmonds, WA<br />
ph credit - Maggie Fimia</td></tr>
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<b>Across North America, the Snowy Owls have been popping up nearly everywhere across the Northernmost part of the US.</b><br />
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Maggie Fimia (former KC Councilmember and Dep Mayor of Shoreline) spotted this owl near her home.<br />
She said there was a big commotion of crows in her backyard. And there was the owl in the tree. He stayed there all day until dusk and then flew off. What a thrill!<br />
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The<b><a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478&ac=ac"> Cornell Lab of Ornitholgy</a></b> has a great site for information on all North American Birds, and particularly on this magnificent bird.<br />
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Watch this cool video of the Snowy Owls story on <a href="http://Youtube./">Youtube.</a><br />
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<tr id="yui_3_2_0_1_13276964221471311" style="display: table-row; vertical-align: inherit;"><td class="yiv281046977bodyContent" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13276964221471310" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: black; display: table-cell; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><h2 id="yui_3_2_0_1_13276964221471309" style="display: block; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">The Journeys of </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1327720086_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Snowy Owls</span></span></h2><div><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1327720086_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478&ac=ac">http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478&ac=ac</a></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Snowy Owls are nomads; their arctic journeys can span continents as they search for food. This winter, bird watchers are reporting an exceptional influx of Snowy Owls from coast to coast in the Lower 48 states.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.com1