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King County Metro Transit is planning some significant changes to bus routes this fall and next year. At the Broadview Community Council Board meeting on September 18, 7:00 PM, Luther Memorial Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave. N, representives of Metro Transit will be present to answer questions from the communit. The public is invited.

We know there are and have been some concerns about bus service in Broadview. This will be a chance to connect with Metro Transit about them. The Board will also discuss some planning for 2013 topics. The Board welcomes your input on that also.

Gardening in the NW… Broadview Neighborhood

by Susan George

Posted: September 13, 2012

Wrtten by Michelle Miner,a member of the Broadview Garden Club

At the end of summer, I like to think about what plants worked in my garden, and what changes I might like to make. I have a spot in my front area that seems to cry out for some kind of dramatic plant. The plant I have been very interested in is the Oakleaf hydrangea (H. quercifolia). It is the one with really good-looking leaves plus great fall color. So I went to this website http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/oakleaf.html and here is the description:

Hydrangea quercifolia
Picture from Wikimedia Commons

The Oakleaf hydrangea is a dramatic, white-blooming shrub with four seasons of interest. It blooms best in areas where the summers are somewhat hot, but it is winter hardy farther north than the macrophylla (mophead). A tremendous advantage of the Oakleaf is that it can thrive in much dryer locations than its cousins.

….and then the description contained the magic words, “the Oakleaf hydrangeas thrive with VERY LITTLE ATTENTION.”

Okay, now I am sold on the idea of planting one in my front yard! One of the disadvantages that is listed is that it does lose all of its leaves in the winter, and you are just left with sticks. It is a good idea to have an evergreen or a plant with winter foliage next to the Oakleaf hydrangea.

Some great examples of the Oakleaf hydrangea in the Bitter Lake area, are at the New Haven apartments on Linden and 13000. The plants are on the west side of the building, north of Seattle Mobile Espresso. I am curious to see the leaves change color as our weather becomes cooler.

Enjoy the beautiful fall weather in Seattle, and look for my next posting on winter foliage ideas.

The Broadview Garden Club meeting is tonight. We will be at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in the Fireside room, 13047 Greenwood Ave. N. @ 7:00. If you are interested in joining please feel free to come. Speaker will be Dr. Linda Chalker-She is WSU’s Extension Urban Horticulturist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture. She is the author of three books: the horticultural myth-busting The Informed Gardener and The Informed Gardener Blooms Again, and Sustainable Landscapes and Gardens:

Piper’s Orchard 6th annual Festival of Fruit in Carkeek Park this Saturday

by Dale Johnson

Posted: September 12, 2012

The Friends of Piper’s Orchard in Carkeek Park invite the public to attend its 6th Annual Festival of Fruit. The event runs from 10 AM to 2 PM. Carkeek park is at 950 NW Carkeek Park Road, Seattle, WA 98177. Below is their announcement.

We’re excited to be having another Festival of Fruit, celebrating one of our best years for apples and pears in Piper’s Orchard. We have a great program lined up, with Tim Smith, a highly respected apple expert from Wenatchee, and Kathy Mendelson, an expert on both Seattle history and orchards, to share their knowledge with us. The festival starts at 10AM. You can check out the agenda here. Looks like we’ll have some great weather again this year.

We encourage you to bring an apple pie for the apple pie contest. Entries should be brought to the Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center by 10AM. It’s not mandatory, but to make the entry submissions as efficient as possible, please email jenndunlap@gmail.com if you’re planning on entering a pie. Grand prize will be a $50 gift card from Swansons. If you’re interested in baking a pie (for the contest or just to donate to Tillie’s Café for sale) with apples from the orchard, feel free to come down Thursday 9/13 between 6 and 8PM to pick a few.

In addition to presenters and the pie contest, we’ll be having:

Cider pressing
Live music
Kids crafts
Tilllie’s Café, where we’ll be selling pie and cider
Information booths

Around 1, we’ll head down to the orchard, with experts on a number of topics there to share their knowledge. And beginning around 3PM, in the Rootbound: Heaven and Earth exhibit Orchard Room, there’ll be poetry and conversation.

CKS Student Council helps fire victims

by Michelle

Updated: September 10, 2012

The Christ the King Student Council began the year with a very important service project. There have been so many victims from the Cle Elum fires this summer and the CKS students wanted to help. Led by the Student Council, CKS held a bake goods and crafts sale raising over $200 for the Red Cross to support the victims of the Cle Elum fires. Hudson Patterson, CKS Student Council Service Chair quotes, “Since Cle Elum had a fire, we felt we should raise money to help them. It felt good to help people in need.”

Christ the King Catholic School is a small neighborhood school located in the heart of Broadview. It offers challenging core academics, superior visual & performing arts, and class sizes that promote differentiated learning. For more information about enrollment opportunities, contact cksdev@ckseattle.org or call (206) 859-5109.

www.ckseattle.org

The RapidRide E Line is Coming to Aurora in 2013

by Dale Johnson

Posted: September 7, 2012

King County Metro Transit will launch the RapidRide E Line on Aurora Avenue N in the fall of 2013. What is Rapid Ride? According to Metro’s website:

RapidRide buses come so often, you don’t need a timetable. Just show up to your closest RapidRide stop and a bus will arrive shortly to take you on your way. You don’t need to rely on a schedule or worry about catching a particular trip.

Service at least every 10 minutes during the busiest morning and evening travel hours.
15 minute service during off-peak periods.
Scheduled service for late night/early mornings.
Full service seven days a week!

Metro has more information at http://metro.kingcounty.gov/travel-options/bus/rapidride/

The RapidRide E Line replaces Route 358. The E Line will operate between Shoreline’s Aurora Village Transit Center and downtown Seattle. Between the Aurora Village Transit Center and downtown Seattle, the preferred E Line alignment will primarily follow the path of current Route 358. The one exception is southbound between Winona Avenue N and N 63rd Street, where the E Line will stay on Aurora Avenue N instead of serving Linden Avenue N as Route 358 currently does.

There will be nearly 30 stations and stops along the E Line, spaced an average of 2,100 feet apart (not including stops in downtown Seattle). Stops are spaced closer together along parts of the route where land use suggests higher passenger turnover, and farther apart along parts with few transit attractions.

General public outreach for this service change will begin in fall 2012 and continue through spring 2013.

Candidates Night at Haller Lake Club Sept. 6 at 7 PM

by Dale Johnson

Updated: September 3, 2012

The Haller Lake Community Club is sponsoring a forum for candidates to public office. It will be at the Club building, 12579 Densmore Ave. N, on Thursday September 6, 7 PM.

The following candidates for state office will be there.

Ron Bemis (republican) running for US representative district 7 (against McDermott)

Trudi Inslee, speaking for Jay Inslee, democrat for WA Governor

James Watkins (republican) running for WA State Auditor

John Adams (republican) running for WA Insurance Commissioner (he mentioned that he was on old friend of Dick Marquardt)

State Senator David Frockt, district 46 (democrat, running for re-election unopposed) http://www.frockt.org/

Gerry Pollet, running for State Rep, district 46, pos. 1 (democrat)

Jessyn Farrell, running for State Rep, district 46, pos. 2 (democrat)

After a short business meeting the candidates will be making presentations, followed by a question and answer session. Please attend, and help make this a lively evening!

The League of Women Voters will have a Voter Registration table. To register, you must be –
•A citizen of the United States;
•A legal resident of Washington State;
•At least 18 years old by Election Day;
•Not under the authority of the Department of Corrections.

Information about the Haller Lake Community Club is at http://hallerlake.info/

Metro Transit is Looking for Community Input on Service Changes

by Dale Johnson

Updated: August 27, 2012

King County Metro Transit is organizing a sounding board of community members to advise it on service changes. Below is its announcement.

Are you a bus rider that regularly rides routes in Shoreline or North Seattle?

King County Metro Transit is forming a community sounding board to give us advice about changes to bus service in these areas. We’re looking for a diverse group of members to help us develop service change recommendations for fall 2013. The sounding board will meet 9 to 12 times, from September 2012 to March 2013. Sounding board meetings mostly will be scheduled on Thursday evenings unless a scheduling conflict occurs.

Interested in applying? Fill out our online application by Monday, Sept. 3.

Why change bus service? Starting fall 2013, the Aurora Avenue N corridor will be served by RapidRide E Line between Aurora Village Transit Center to downtown Seattle. The E Line will provide a backbone of new, frequent transit service that other routes in the area can connect to and complement. Working with the sounding board, we’ll be considering changes to improve:

connections to the E Line
bus service in the neighborhoods surrounding Aurora Avenue N
connections between transit activity centers such as Fremont, Wallingford, Greenwood, Greenlake, Northgate and Shoreline

If you’d like us to mail you a printed application, or have questions about the sounding board, please contact: Ashley DeForest, Community Relations Planner at ashley.deforest@kingcounty.gov or via phone at 206-684-1154.

Free Trees Available from Seattle’s Trees for Neighborhoods Program

by Dale Johnson

Posted: August 24, 2012

The Seattle ReLeaf program is again offering free trees for yards and streets.

The Trees for Neighborhoods program helps Seattle residents plant trees around their homes. Participants in the program receive:

Free trees (up to 4 per household)
Watering bags
Training on proper planting and care
Coupon for free GroCo compost
Ongoing care reminders and workshop opportunities

Full information is available at this site.

Aplications for street trees are due Sept. 1. Applications of yard trees are due Oct. 21. Tree supply is limited and applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis, so apply early!

The talk around Broadview this summer…..

by Susan George

Posted: August 22, 2012

The Broadview Community Council Board recently met. The discussion was around subjects/ topics for future meetings, particularly how to get more residents involved in their community and how to get needed projects done in our community. This has been a big question for a long time.

Sadly, Dale Johnson, a long time board member is stepping down in January. He will not be doing our news letter after the first of the year. Yikes! We are talking about our neighborhood newsletter. This is a big deal as not everyone reads this blog. Dale also followed-up with a list of tasks that he will be passing on. We will need an army of 10 to get this stuff done. I might also add that currently nobody on the Broadview Community Council Board wants to take on the newsletter; none of us have the time. We are already busy doing other council related tasks. Help!

We just recently added a link to the front page of the blog on the left side to make it easier to join Broadview Community Council. When you join and give us your e-mail address we can email out important notices related to Broadview. You’ll need to sign up. Hopefully this will be a tool in place of the news letter. The good news is Dale will continue to help with the blog. He will still be a part of our community in several different ways. Thank you Dale for all the work you have done to make our community a better place.

If you have any news or events related to Broadview please let us know. You can email us at: sgeorge@broadviewseattle.org

Disaster Response Free Skills Training Classes Available

by Dale Johnson

Posted: August 20, 2012

The Seattle Office of Emergency Management is offering skills training classes this fall. They are free to the public. Having these skills could make a big difference in responding to a major disaster.

Below is the announcement.