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I got sent some more info on the Lake City Salmon Bake which is part of Pioneer Days.
Lake City Community Center holds its annual fundraiser this week, August 6 & 7. The famous Salmon Bake offers a wonderful alder-smoked, grilled salmon dinner with typical picnic fare. Details of the 61st Salmon Bake are below:
Friday August 6, and Saturday August 7; noon to 7 p.m. each day
Grilled salmon dinner with potato salad, baked beans, and garlic bread
Salmon dinner includes beverage and ice cream —
Adults $9, seniors and children 12 yrs. and under $8.50
Hot Dog Plate: $3
Fish only and to-go plates available
Free Interactive Train Exhibit with hand-on running of trains for children 3-12 yrs.
Location: 12531 28th Ave. NE, just north of Lake City Library
Tuesday, August 3rd is Seattle Night Out 2010.
Are you having a party with your neighbors? Post your location in the comments if you’d like invite fellow Pinehursters!
Lake City’s Pioneer Days are August 6th and 7th!
Friday, August 6th
12-7 pm Salmon Bake
12-7 pm Model Railroad
Saturday, August 7th
10 am Street Fair, Entertainment, Family Fun, Vintage Car Show
12-7 pm Salmon Bake
12-7 pm Model Railroad
4 pm Vintage Car Awards
5:45 pm New! Kid’s Dash
6:00 pm New! 5K
6 pm Rotary Kids Parade
7 pm Grand Performance Parade
PS
Oddly, 2008’s web site is still online here. Be sure to use www.lakecityfestival.com.
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I added a link to more info on the Lake City Salmon Bake (http://www.pinehurstseattle.org/2010/08/02/lake-city-salmon-bake/)
Sheikh Abdul Kadir Idriss Mosque is holding their annual community BBQ on Sunday, August 8th from 2:00 to 5:00PM. The mosque is located at the corner of 15th and Northgate (1420 NE Northgate Way).
For more information, contact ask@sheikhidrissmosque.org or 206-363-3013.
Seattle Musical Theatre presents Broadway in Concert, a gala fundraiser featuring your favorite local talent singing your favorite musical theatre songs, on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at 3:00pm and 7:30pm.
Facing a slumping economy and stiff competition for grants, Seattle Musical Theatre is raising money towards production costs, replace aging equipment and make improvements to the space.
Installing a bathroom and running water in the dressing room would improve working conditions for actors, crew and musicians who currently have to use a single portable toilet during the run of a show and is high up on Seattle Musical Theatre’s wish list. However, it is often a challenge to cover staff and production costs and extra money is not readily available for this and other such projects.
A fantastic group of actors, who have all been involved with Seattle Musical Theatre (or Civic Light Opera, as they were known up until 5 years ago) at one time, are donating their time, energy and talents to sing a wide selection of musical theatre songs. There will be songs from past shows, current and future shows, as well as some numbers from wonderful musicals that will most likely
never grace the SMT stage for one reason or another.
Resident Music Director Paul Linnes will provide accompaniment on the piano. There will be two performances. One in the afternoon at 3:00pm and one in the evening, at 7:30pm. For the 3:00pm performance kids under 12 are invited to attend for free (up to two kids per paying adult). Tickets are $20 per person.
The concerts are held at the Magnuson Park Theatre, 7250 62nd Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115. For reservations or information, call 206-363-2809 or visit www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org
…before winter comes around and it starts getting dark early.
Renee mentioned how you can report burnt out or malfunctioning streetlights back in October but the system has continued to improve since then. You can report them electronically, using the Streetlight Trouble Report Form, via phone at (206) 684-7056 or via email at street.light@seattle.gov.
The cool new part is the Streetlight Tracker (http://www.seattle.gov/light/streetlight/tracker.asp) they’ve added. Now you can see what streetlights they’re working on before going to the trouble of reporting it.
From Bruce A. Harrell, Seattle Councilmember:
More great news regarding our city’s streetlights! As you know, City Light has made great strides in improving the streetlight functionality in our city. Repairs are on a ten-day-turn-around (unless it requires more than a bulb change) and we have begun our transition to the brighter, more efficient LED streetlights. Now, there is an online system that enables customers to track streetlight repairs for reported outages. This is particularly useful in the summertime when streetlights do not come on until nearly 10:00. Many people are in for the night by that time and would have no way of knowing whether the streetlight had been repaired. With the new online tracking system that information is easily accessible. As I have noted before, properly functioning streetlights are a core service provided by the city that are essential to enhancement of public safety. This repair tracking system is another tool to advance our streetlight efforts.
Back in 2004 more than 23,000 streetlight outages were reported and sometimes it months for a light to be repaired. Because of my concern for safe neighborhoods, I polices and demanded implementation that has reduced the backlog to nearly 1,000 with nearly 90 percent being repaired within 14 days or less. This is great progress!
Please go to http://www.seattle.gov/light/streetlight/tracker.asp to see the map, report streetlight outages and to track their repair.
If you have questions please feel free to contact my office at (206) 684-8804.
The Merlin falcons we talked about in a January 12, 2010 post are winding down this year’s breeding season. That’s right; they came back again this year – the third year in a row! They chose a crow’s nest in a fir tree a block away from last year’s nest. The nest was harder to see this time, so the bird watching activities only picked up when the babies started to leave the nest. Again there were five babies – Thor and Spike have had five babies each year! Since the babies are flying farther and farther afield now, you may chance across one bathing in your birdbath (or an upside down garbage can lid), or taking a dust bath by the side of the road. Or perhaps you’ll look up and notice a noisy little falcon perched in the top of a tree, especially if the top is dead, or sunning on a south-facing roof. Keep your eyes peeled!
Last week we had two Merlin media events. A Seattle Times photographer came out one evening and got some great shots that were in the Times on July 22nd. You can see the six photos here. There was also a radio spot on KBCS the same day. You can hear radio host Martha Baskin interview several experts and some neighbors on Green Acre Radio here. She spent several hours at the site chatting with neighbors and bird watchers as they sat out in the evening, like they have been doing many nights this summer.
Once again I want to stress the benefit of having these little birds in our neighborhood. Year after year they are binding neighbors together in a fun activity, and giving us an excuse to sit outside and socialize. Neighborhoods whose residents know and care for each other are safer neighborhoods. The birds are also ambassadors to the natural world. Many neighbors out strolling have stopped, looked and learned about Merlins. And they have learned about the importance of our fir trees. We’re very lucky to have so many tall trees in our neighborhood. We need to preserve them, both to provide wildlife habitat and to protect the special character of our area.
Make sure to catch the previous post on Bow Wows and Books at BARK! Espresso but I also wanted to pass along this message from Great Dog Shoppe.
Great Dog Shoppe is extending our sidewalk sale for another week! Up to 85% off sale items! You can’t beat the prices on these close out items. Leather collars, dog sweaters, cat stuff too! Great Dog Shoppe is open Monday – Friday 7am – 7pm, Saturdays 9am – 6pm and Sundays 10am – 5pm.
Project Canine, Great Dog and BARK! espresso launches a new reading and literature program for neighborhood children. Every Thursday, we invite you and your children to join therapy dogs for complimentary children’s story time at BARK! espresso. Held in the Hound Hangout side of Bark, right next door to Great Dog. Stores are selected for the under 7 crowd and a short, fun presentation will be given to help teach kids how to be safe around dogs. 3pm – 3:45pm every Thursday.
Project Canine, a 501c3 non-profit organization, consists of a compilation of programs that provide solutions to urban living with canine companionship. Project Canine endeavors to bring enrichment to our population dense communities through humane education, bite prevention programs for children and a therapy dog endorsement. Project Canine also embraces a program that certifies dogs to live harmoniously and respectfully with neighbors in supporting apartments, condos and alternative dwellings.
Project Canine strives to provide our community, the greater Puget Sound area, with educational programming in the following areas:
- Canine Urban Living Certification
- Animal Assisted Therapy Dog Endorsement (lead by our Connecting Canines program)
- Animal Assisted Therapy Outreach (lead by our Connecting Canines program)
- Humane Education (lead by our Bridges to Compassion program)
- Canine Safety & Bite Prevention (lead by our Operation Opie program)
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For more information on Project Canine, please see www.projectcanine.org. We are excited to announce that we recently were approved by the IRS as an official charity status and can accept tax deductable donations! This hardworking non profit is right in your neighborhood!
Want to help Seattle restore 2,500 acres of urban forest land by 2020? Right in our neighborhood maybe? Seattle Parks & Recreation and EarthCorps are partnering to provide community volunteers to become citizen scientists. Volunteers older than 18 get four hours of in-depth training August 14 from 9 am to 1 pm in the scientific methodologies used to collect vegatation data at Green Seattle Partnership restoration sites. It includes plant identification, survey plot establishment, use of a compass, how to measure tree density, and more.
In return for the training, volunteers are asked to commit to establishing monitoring plots and collecting data in the Seattle area from August to October 2010, with support from EarthCorps. The data collected helps Parks staff and community groups to determine restoration priorities in the city. I’m signing up for this training, and it would be great if some other neighbors did too, so we could work together.
To sign up, contact Malia Caracoglia at 206-322-9296 or malia @earthcorps.org.
For more information on the goal of restoring 2,500 acres of urban forest land by 2020, see http://greenseattle.org/
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