A Community News Website for Broadview
The Friends of Piper’s Orchard is holding an apple wassailing party at the orchard next Saturday, from Noon to 1:30 PM. The Sound and Fury Morris dancers, who made music and danced at the orchard 3 years ago, will be back and help bless the orchard to ensure a fruitful harvest this summer. They have created a flyer, below. They would love to have you attend.
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is holding an open house about the Venema Natural Drainage Project on Wednesday January 9. You can find out about the Venema Natural Drainage Project – building swales along three streets to prevent flooding, protect Piper’s Creek, and reduce sewer backups in the Broadview neighborhood. A project open house will be held Wednesday, Jan. 9, 5:30-8 p.m., at Viewlands Elementary, 10525 3rd Ave NW. You can arrive at any time to view information, talk with staff, ask questions, and provide your input. For more information, contact Jeff Massie at jeff.massie@seattle.gov or 206-684-0976.
Local news outlets have reported on the hearing at the Washington State Convention Center on Dec. 13. Opposition has been building to the environmental and health and traffic congestion impacts. Proponents have been presenting their case also. Mayor McGinn has commissiond a report on the impacts
Here is a link to a story about the hearing on the Seattle Times.
Whatever side you are on (or maybe just getting interested) this is a topic that will be get a lot of attention and is worth paying attention to.
Viewlands Elementary School at 10525 3rd Ave. NW re-opened in the fall of 2011 after being closed since 2007. It’s a vibrant place with more students enrolled than Seattle School District anticipated when planning the re-opening. A place to start learning about Viewlands is its web site . Click on the links at the left side of the site.
The Viewlands PTSA is active and has a web site on Facebook. In addition to involved parents the school and PTSA welcome community members to get involved as volunteers.
Having Viewlands back is a welcome addition to the Broadview Community.
Holiday Tree Sale this Saturday and Sunday ( December 8 and 9) in front of the school from 11 AM – 4 PM. We have Douglas Firs (5-6′) and (6-7′) and Noble Firs (6-7′) for sale. We will also have a bake sale with all proceeds going to the Broadview Thomson K-8 school. It would be wonderful if the community could come out and support our school We are also having the Holiday Tree Sale on December 15-16 from 11 AM – 4 PM.
Christ the King Catholic School, located in the heart of Broadview, will host a Preschool and Kindergarten Open House on December 5th at 9am. This is a great time to tour the classrooms and learn about the curriculum and daily schedule. Christ the King offers a full day Kindergarten program with before and after school care options. The Early Education Center (preschool and pre-k) is a half day program running from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm. EEC3 class (3 and 4 year olds) takes place Monday – Wednesday. EEC4 class (4 and 5 year olds) takes place Monday – Friday.
Christ the King offers challenging core academics, a superior visual arts program, and class sizes that promote differentiated learning.
Christ the King Catholic School
415 North 117th Street
Seattle, WA 98133
(206 )364-6890
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has initiated a process to involve members of the community in creating safe communities around the city. Recently at a meeting sponsored by the SPD North Precinct people voiced their comments. They are available for you to view at http://www.seattle.gov/safe/documents/NPrecinctSafeCommunitiesOutreachConversationsfeedback.pdf
The program will continue with additional meetings. As the following web page says, “Get Involved.”
Carkeek Park’s chum salmon have returned to Pipers Creek. Those chum are a gift to the people of Seattle from the Suquamish Tribe for the Piper’s Creek salmon stock supplementation program.
The chum and a few coho return each year to the natural beauty of Carkeek Park. From Saturday, November 10 to Sunday, December 9, Salmon Stewards will be on hand at the park each Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to enhance visitors’ understanding of the life cycle of the salmon. The Salmon Stewards Program is a community volunteer program funded and collaboratively run by Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Restore our Waters program at Seattle Public Utilities. To date, volunteer salmon watchers have recorded 145 live chum and 17 live coho.
The public is invited to the annual Pipers Creek Salmon Celebration, which takes place this year on Friday, November 23, the day after Thanksgiving, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., is one of the best opportunities to see salmon at Carkeek. There will also be treats, warm drinks, music and kids activities to welcome the salmon home.
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Number one priority is safety: stay out of street when raking drains
With a significant rainfall this week, Seattle Public Utilities is urging residents to adopt their local drains, and make sure they are free of leaves and debris.
When bad weather hits this time of year, storm drains can easily become overwhelmed with leaves and the summer’s accumulated street debris, resulting in backed up gutters and drains, and localized flooding. In Seattle, there are about 80,000 storm drains — far more than city crews can clear quickly.
Safely adopting a local storm drain or drainage ditch—that means staying out of the road when raking—by keeping it clear of leaves, snow and other debris is the single most important thing that residents, businesses can do to protect their property.
In addition to adopting a neighborhood storm drain, residents and businesses can take two other important steps to get ready for the storm season:
* This was copy off Seattle Public Utilities
