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Square Meal reviewed by serious foodies

There is a positive review of Pinehurst’s Square Meal in Amazon’s Al Dente food blog. Read it here.

North District Council Meeting – May 6th

North District Council
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Lake City Library
12501 28th Ave. NE

Agenda
7:00 Call to order/Introductions
7:05 Pedestrian Master Plan – Jennifer Wieland, Seattle Dep’t of Transportation
7:35 Parks and Community Center Programming – Terri Burns, Seattle Parks & Recreation Dep’t
8:05 Eritrean Orthodox Church (Pinehurst) community outreach – Tsegay Berhe
8:25 Reports from participating neighborhood groups
9:00 Adjourn

Next meeting – Wednesday, June 3, 2009

For more information, please contact North DC Chair Phil Shack philip.shack@gmail.com 954-8179 or Ed Pottharst ed.pottharst@seattle.gov .

Poll results: Ingraham Trees

Do you support Garth Ferber’s proposal to send a letter from the Pinehurst Community Council asking the Seattle School District to leave the existing tree grove and to find other ways to increase classroom space at Ingraham High School?

Yes	34 (91%)
No	3 (8%)

Votes: 37

Pets of Pinehurst: Darling Dexter

Dexter is a miniature schnauzer who is about 2 1/2 years old. Dexter owns my coworker, Lisa, and they both live in Pinehurst. Dexter is pretty smart, but I think Lisa’s pretty amazing too. For example: she created the website of our mutual trainer, Jeannette Stewart, owner of Practical Dog Solutions. If you check it out, you may find another photo of Dexter on her website!

Dexter was adopted from PAWS a little more than 2 years ago. With lots of love, patience, consistency and training, he is now a happy, mostly well-behaved dog.

Thanks to Lisa and Jeanette’s hard work, Dexter now has excellent house manners. He knows the standard commands such as “sit”, “stay”, “wait” and “shake.” But he also knows some trickier tricks such as “high five” and “crawl.”

He loves playing with empty pop bottles and plastic flower pots in the yard (see videos, below). His favorite foods are little carrots, frozen green beans or frozen peas.

Wherever Dexter originally came from, he obviously had cats because his best friend is a cat named Rico!

Dexter’s only fault is that he gets very excited when he goes on a walk and he sees other dogs or people. If you see him and Lisa on a walk, he will be happy to meet – you just might plug your ears for the first few minutes! He can also be heard (and seen) outside Amante’s Pizza every so often while Lisa is picking up dinner.

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Dexter and the flower pot video:

Dexter and the pop bottle video

Volunteers needed for Pinehurstfest 2009

Are you looking for a way to get involved in your neighborhood? to meet more neighbors? to have some fun?

Please join us in planning and/or helping on the day of Pinehurstfest 2009. The event will be Saturday, 7/18/09 from 2 to 5 PM at Pinehurst Playfield (12029 14th Ave. NE).

We are planning for children’s activities, a craft sale, refreshments, a Pinehurst cake walk, live music and more. We need help planning the event, fundraising, getting word out about the event, and managing the logistics on the actual day of the event.

Check out more of the photos from last year’s event (yes, it rained, but we have tents this year, so it definitiely will not rain this year!) here.

Interested or want to know more, e-mail me or call me at 366-9472.

Get your own Mike’s Seeds tomorrow at the Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale

Michael McGinn, candidate for Seattle mayor, will be distributing seeds that he, his family and friends collected from his family garden. There will be kale seeds and seeds for other healthy, good things. But, come early, because there are only 300 seed packets available. (That still seems like a lot of seeds to collect for distribution!)

Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale
Meridian Park
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N
Seattle WA 98103

The sale opens at 9am on Saturday, May 2nd and goes until 3pm. On Sunday, May 3rd, the sale re-opens at 11am and closes at 3pm.

Jordan Royer: Candidate for Seattle City Council Position 8

Note: In the interest of helping Pinehurst neighbors to learn about the candidates who are running for local office in 2009, I invited all candidates to submit information about them and their campaigns to post on the Pinehurst Blog. This is the fourth post in the series.

Jordan Royer is running to bring common sense back to city government. He was raised and educated in Seattle – graduating from Roosevelt High School and the University of Washington. Today, Jordan and his wife are raising two daughters in north Seattle. His mother and sister have a small business that specializes in matching childcare professionals with families. His father, a former mayor of Seattle, advises organizations on urban policy issues.

Jordan has dedicated his career to fighting for public policies that create jobs, and build and strengthen communities.

Recognizing the importance of international trade to Seattle, Jordan was drawn to work for an association that advocates on behalf of the 250,000 people who have jobs that depend on the freight shipping industry in our state. The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association is the region’s leading voice on behalf of the industry that employs dockworkers, ship crew, truck drivers, warehouse workers and train operators. As a council member, Jordan will put that experience to work by focusing on strategies to expand Seattle’s jobs-creating industrial base.

Earlier, Jordan served as a senior policy advisor for the City of Seattle on public safety and neighborhood issues. Under two mayors, he advised the mayors’ administrations, police chiefs and city council members on strategies for addressing chronic crime problems throughout the city.

He also worked as the Manager of the Neighborhood Action Team in the Department of Neighborhoods organizing departments and communities to fight crime and build community. He has worked on Beacon Hill, South Delridge, Pioneer Square, the U District, Lake City, the Rainier Valley and many other neighborhoods. Jordan takes pride in being accessible and always answering his own phone and promptly returning calls and solving problems. He will bring that strong service ethic back to city government – an ethic that was developed during his years of restaurant work beginning with working for Victor Rosellini at his Four Ten Restaurant.

Jordan gained experience in national policy issues from his time as an aide to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. Much of the time, he worked out of the senator’s California office helping local governments, small businesses and individuals cut through federal government red tape to solve problems and create opportunities.

Jordan enjoys playing basketball, playing music with his daughters, and cooking for family and friends.

Learn more about Jordan at http://www.jordanroyer.com/.

Above: Jordan Royer and his father, Charley Royer.

Sidewalks. Swales. Trees.

More from Jodi:

Today, “no parking” signs are being put on both sides of the street in preparation for the sidewalk construction work to start next week. SDOT expects that the project will take about three weeks to complete. Next week, they will start working on the sidewalk on the north side of the street (which is what you will see on the plans), but there is also a plan to complete a small stretch of sidewalk on the south side of the street between the existing church sidewalk and 5th Ave. NE. They are working through some final issues regarding new drainage regulations before the plan for that side can be finalized, but I will let you know more when I have more information.

Also, according to Shauna Walgren (Shauna.Walgren@Seattle.Gov), the project manager at Seattle Department of Transportation who is working on the project, they are going to try to put a tree wherever it will fit in the new planting strips. Property owners who will have a planting strip in front of their homes are encouraged to let Shauna know if they have a preference for a certain type of tree.

Swine (H1N1) Flu: not in Pinehurst yet (as far as I know)

My daughter was reading the news on pandemic flu last night and asked me this morning, “So, is the flu in Seattle?” I answered that it sounds like it may be. She replied, “Well, where is it? Is it in Pinehurst?” I told her I don’t think it is. She let out a sigh and said, “Okay. As long as it is not in Pinehurst, we are fine.”

There is useful information on pandemic flu here. And, here is some of what the site has to say about preventing the flu and keeping yourself healthy:

Preventing the Flu: Good Health Habits Can Help Stop Germs
The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good health habits like covering your cough and washing your hands often can help stop the spread of germs and prevent respiratory illnesses like the flu. There also are flu antiviral drugs that can be used to treat and prevent the flu.

Avoid close contact.
Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.

Stay home when you are sick.
If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.

Cover your mouth and nose.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick.

Clean your hands.
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.

Practice other good health habits.
Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.

No more pedestrian or bicycling advocacy programs at the Seattle Department of Transportation?

The draft Pedestrian Master Plan is scheduled to be released this coming Monday, May 4th. The plan that was developed over the past two years, lays the framework for future pedestrian investment in Seattle. (Representatives from the Pedestrian Master Plan will be presenting about the Plan to the Pinehurst community on Monday , May 4th at our Pinehurst Community Meeting.)

However, due to budget cuts driven by the significant challenges to our economy, Seattle plans to consolidate the pedestrian and bicycling advocacy programs into the traffic management division.

I understand the need to conserve resources, but am concerned about the consolidation given the upcoming release of the Pedestrian Master Plan and the significance of the proposals in the Plan to neighborhoods like Pinehurst. If the divisions are consolidated, I hope that the City can continue the same level of effort toward making Seattle a more walkable city.

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