June 2017

June 3 - Aug 19
Saturdays 10 am-noon

Learn about the wildlife & plants of Seahurst Park & ways you can help them from ESC naturalists. Each month we’ll have guided walks on the beach or in the woods, hands-on activities, exhibits & arts & crafts to different themes. See more descriptions online. The City of Burien sponsors these fun programs to share what's in our watershed & how you can make it healthier. This Saturday, come see what small critters are in Puget Sound through microscopes and on the big screen!

Themes:
Small Critters & the Big Picture - June 3, July 1, July 29
Beach Walking & Trash Talking - June 10, July 8, Aug 5
Birding & Plant Nerding - June 17, July 15, Aug 12
Who & What’s In Our Water? - June 24, July 22, Aug 19

Please register to enjoy fun, family-friendly activities & hourly guided walks.

TIDE POOLS FOR TOTS - FREE
June - Aug
1st & 3rd Wednesdays
10-11:30 am

West Seattle Outdoor movies come back for 2017 with some films sure to be modern classics. First up is the latest in the Star Wars saga, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on July 22. The West Seattle Outdoor Movies viewing area is located next to the West Seattle YMCA on the new Festival street. The West Seattle Y is located at 3622 SW Snoqualmie St, Seattle.

• July 22 – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
• July 29 – “The LEGO Batman Movie”
• August 5 – “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
• August 12 – “Finding Dory”
• August 19 – “Queen of Katwe”
• August 26 – “Beauty and the Beast” (2017)

All concessions by the Southwest Historical Society.

Bring you blankets, chairs family & friends for the 13th year of the WS Outdoor Movies.

All movies start at dusk and are FREE.

Gates open at 6:30pm.

Concessions and raffles too, all proceeds go to charity.

The Seattle Police Department is asking that people pay more attention to car prowl and auto theft prevention noting a recent uptick in these crimes in the area. Crime Prevention Coordinator Jennifer Burbridge said that "For auto theft, just in the SW Precinct:

2016 Jan-April 179
2017 Jan-April 215

Here is the link for the public crime dashboard where community members can go on and see just their neighborhood and compare it to previous years for various crime types:

https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/crime-dashboard

Auto Theft Prevention Techniques:
• Never leave your car running or the keys in the ignition when you’re away, even for ‘just a minute’, please remember this is illegal in Seattle and in Washington (SMC 11.70.160, RCW 46.61.600)
• Remove remote garage door openers from vehicle
• Always lock doors and roll up windows, even if the car is parked in front of your home
• Never leave valuables in plain view, even if your car is locked
• If possible, park vehicle in a busy, locked, monitored and/or well-lit area
• Utilize anti-theft devices
• If possible, activate alarm

Our District 6 City Council Representative Mike O'Brien will be the special guest at Phinney Ridge Community Council’s next meeting to discuss policies that he and the Council are proposing that could affect our neighborhood. This is an important chance to participate directly with our representative in city government.

June 6 , 2017, 7 p.m. at Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N

Questions for Councilmember O’Brien will be taken in advance. The Community Council’s Board is also developing topics of interest we’d like him to address. Suggestions include how HALA, with its proposed building height increases and no parking required, will impact neighborhoods and housing affordability for all; property ownership requirements for backyard cottages and increasing neighborhood crime.

In addition, you are encouraged to email questions directly to Councilmember Mike.OBrien@seattle.gov. Please reference our upcoming meeting and cc phinneyridge.ccouncil@gmail.com so we can incorporate your questions into our meeting.

For a spirited evening of fiddle music topped off with some audience square dancing, look no further than the Ballard Homestead on Friday, June 16th at 7:00 p.m. The Ballard High Fiddlers will take the stage with their bluegrass and folk tunes to keep your toes tapping. These players come from the orchestra program at Ballard, and they can be found playing classical music at the Ballard High concerts. Clearly, this ensemble enjoys ranging out into the other genres, as well.

In addition to the fiddle group, some members of the Symphonic Orchestra will be playing arrangements of music by Deakin Hicks, an accordion and clarinet duo who play original instrumental tunes inspired by music of the Basque region in Spain. Special guests The Eclectic Strings from Holy Names Academy will round out the program.

Ballard Strings Program director Brittany Newell has been directing the fiddle program until this year, when Shelley Weiss came on board.

Quote of the Week
"I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism” ~Bob Riley

Ballard High School Activities Calendar
May 29-June 2, 2017
Online Calendar Link -
https://goo.gl/TJPTNY

Monday
Memorial Day - No School
Tuesday
Prom Ticket Sales - Lunches and After School - $45/$50
Wednesday
Student of the Quarter - Library - 8am
Prom Ticket Sales - Lunches and After School - $45/$50
Thursday
Prom Ticket Sales - Lunches and After School - $45/$50
Spring Orchestra Concert - PAC - 7:30pm
Friday
Prom Ticket Sales - Lunches and After School - $45/$50

On the Horizon (next week)

June 8 - Fire Drill - 6th per
June 9 - Beaver Day, Moving up Assembly

Everybody wants to change the world – but where do you start?

The answer is literally clear. It’s clean water.

For Seattleite Jeff Peterson, a conversation with his friends about all the stuff they wanted took a turn to basic needs and how to solve them.

“We started thinking - what do we really need?” he explains. “One thing everyone needs is air. Oxygen. Without it you will die in seven minutes or less. Air is free! Everyone has it. It's a basic human right.

“The next thing you need is water,” he continues. “Without it you will die in three days or less. Water is not free. But we believe it is a basic human right just like air.”

Although Seattle enjoys one of the best, cleanest and most abundant water supplies in the world, not everyone has clean water or a toilet – access to which can mean the difference between life and death, poverty and opportunity.

The Fremont Arts Council is inviting everyone to bring their wagons, bicycles, strollers or scooters to the Fremont Powerhouse to transform them into Fremont Solstice® Parade-worthy people-powered pieces of art!

You don’t have to be a professional dance troupe or marching band to hit the streets with the Fremont Solstice® Parade. It is an officially designated Seattle City-Wide Event that is an opportunity for everyone to be an artist! Every year we extend the hours of the Powerhouse Workshop and welcome everyone in our community to help create magic. Workshops like this allow people to have first-hand participation in this amazing event, and to see what resources the Fremont Arts Council makes available to everyone for creating art throughout the year.

Come to the free, guided workshop and create an ensemble of decorated people-powered vehicles to roll in the Fremont Solstice® Parade on June 17th!

The workshop is on Saturday, June 3rd, between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. at the Fremont Powerhouse 3940 Fremont Avenue N Seattle.

For more info visit www.fremontartscouncil.org.

A new local radio station needs your help launching and they have hopes the public will lend a hand with the upcoming Phinney Neighborhood Association Garage Sale Day on June 3.

The sale is an annual event that the PNA sponsors for the neighborhood and is a good way for people to shop, swap, and mingle with their neighbors at over 100 sales featured in the event.

Mackenzie McAninch with KBFG 107.3FM said that the public’s participation would be vital in helping the burgeoning low-power radio station get their start.

“Funds raised from this event will help to pay for the permits that we need to broadcast on the air, advertise who we are, and get us some new equipment to use,” said McAninch.

KBFG 107.3FM is one of a few fledgling low-power FM radio stations getting their start in the region, and they plan to serve and be heard by listeners in Ballard, Fremont, Greenwood, Phinney, north Queen Anne/Magnolia and as far as the University District.

Seattle Police say they think they busted a car prowler in the Fauntleroy neighborhood early Wednesday morning.

They got a report of a man trying car door handles at approximately 12:20 am Wednesday morning and Southwest Precinct officers responded to the 8800 block of 42nd Avenue SW.

Just as they were arriving in the area, the call was updated saying that a witness observed the suspect had apparently made entry into one of the parked cars and was now departing on foot.

Officers located a man matching the suspect description and detained him. A witness was contacted who positively identified the man as the person seen breaking in.

The car's owner later confirmed that items left in the console were missing.

Officers arrested 37-year-old male and later booked him into the King County Jail.

This case has been assigned to a detective for the follow up investigation.