A Community News Website for Broadview
The Seattle Police Department is holding a meeting about the Safe Communities program at North Seattle Community College on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Doors open at 6:45, the meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Below is a letter from Robin Clark, SPD Captain at North Precinct. Click on it for a larger view.
Two upcoming free events for next week at the Broadview Library:
“We’ve Gotta Be Clean” 6:00 p.m. Thursday October 11th
Make your own basic cleaners for your home with safe ingredients you probably already have. Offered in partnership with the Washington Toxics Coalition.
“Putting Together a Disaster Kit” 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 13th
Part of our Urban Self-reliance Program Series
Learn how to put together your own disaster supply kit during this interactive workshop. Having the right mix of emergency essentials after any disaster can help you stay safe and self-sufficient. What’s the “best practice” recommendation on where to store supplies? Is it better to buy a kit or make one? How much is really enough?
Are there ways to economize during these tight times? Learn the answers to these questions and more during this show and tell workshop presented in partnership with the Seattle Office of Emergency Management.
Stop by the library and pick up our brochure and see our whole series, presented at various branches, including
“Can You Eat Your Lawn?”, “Edible Mushrooms”, “Going Solar in Seattle”.
Submitted by Irene Haines, Adult Services Librarian,
Broadview Library
Mayor Mike McGinn is holding a town hall meeting at the Bitter Lake Commnity Center on Tuesday Oct. 2. Below is the announcement.
The Greenwood Community Council is sponsoring a forum on election issues. It will be at the Taproot Theater, 204 N 85th St. Below is the agenda.
6:30 – Welcome and Introductions
6:40 – Initiative 502 (Marijuana Legalization)
7:10 – Seattle Seawall
7:25 – Initiative 1240 (Charter Schools)
7:55 – 36th District – Gael Tarleton vs. Noel Frame
8:25 – Thanks and adjourn
(Reception to follow)
Please pass this along to others who may be interested. Each campaign/candidate will make an opening and closing statement, with time for audience questions. Following the forum, the community council will host a reception for audience members to meet the candidates.
Thanks to the Taproot Theater for their help to carry on a Greenwood tradition!
Seattle Public Utilities will be hosting a community meeting:
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Viewlands Elementary
10525 3rd Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98178
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is inviting Broadview residents to hear the latest updates on the Broadview Sewer and Drainage Improvement Project. Provide your comments on potential approaches for improving sewer service and reducing health and safety risks related to stormwater flooding in the area. For more information about the project and work underway, read our project update.
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.
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
….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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
