September 2013

The Burien City Council on Sept. 16 voted to enter into a contract for collection of garbage, recycling and compost/yard waste with CleanScapes, a Seattle company. Service will begin under CleanScapes on June 1, 2014. The new seven-year contract replaces the current contract with Waste Management which expires on May 31, 2014.

Under CleanScapes, residents and businesses will see lower rates on their monthly bills and expanded services including more curbside collection options like plastics, motor oil, bottled kitchen fat/oil/grease, scrap metal, household batteries, fluorescent tubes, and bulky items. Additionally, CleanScapes will be adding a retail store and customer service center in Burien .

“We are excited to be partnering with CleanScapes the City of Burien’s next garbage and recycling hauler,” said Mayor Brian Bennett. “The new contract provides cost-savings to residents and businesses at a time when everyone could use more money. We are also pleased to see expanded service options for our City in this contract.”

By Matt Wendland, www.BurienDaily.com

Eric Mathison, former editor of the Highline Times, became the newest member of the Burien City Council’s Parks & Recreation Citizen's Advisory Board after a unanimous vote by the seven members of the Burien City Council at their meeting on the evening of Monday, September 16th.

Mathison announced his retirement from the Highline Times and decades of journalism just over one month ago as he approached his now passed 66th birthday on August 22nd. Eric left a record of 13 years as the editor of the Highline Times, leaving him second only to the late Reid Hale who left Robinson News after 18 years of editing.

In an interview in the days following his appointment to the City of Burien’s Parks Board, Mathison gave this statement:

“Once I retired as the editor of the Highline Times, I wanted to find a way to stay involved in the community. My family has always been part of the community and actually donated what is now Mathison Park. I was practically born to be on the parks board since I grew up in what's now one of our parks. It seemed like a good fit.”

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GriefShare Support Group
Grace Church
10323 28th Ave. S.W.
Saturdays, starting Sept. 7th for 13 weeks, 10 a.m.—noon. This international grief recovery support group is open to anyone who has lost a loved one to death. You can start at anytime and it doesn’t matter how long ago the death occurred. There is a one time cost of $15 for a journal. Contact: Barb at 206-932-7459 or Grace Church 206-937-8400.

African Dinner and Drums Event
St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
3050 California Ave. S.W. - Parish Hall
Sat., Oct. 5, 5:30-8 p.m. Books and Bricks mission to Kenya will host this event. All proceeds benefit scholarships in Mulundi Village. Suggested donation $10. For more information and to rsvp: Mike at 206-280-2440, exforester2004@yahoo.com or www.booksandbricks.org/

Music Northwest Presents “Chamber Music from the Light Side”
South Seattle Community College
Olympic Recital Hall
6000 16th Ave. S.W.

Prudential Northwest Realty launched their new mobile app at their celebrated launch party on board the Argosy cruise ship in the salty Seattle waterfront of Elliot Bay in Puget Sound.

More than three hundred managers, brokers and staff from their six local offices joined together to share in the excitement. Mike Gain, President and CEO of Prudential Northwest Realty, said, “We are always bringing new online tools and mobile applications to our customers and brokers. Our new Prudential Northwest Realty Mobile App can be immediately installed from the App Store and each of our agents has been given an agent-branded app as well. If their clients see a home they want to preview, all they need to do is tap the screen to have direct access to their agent.”

The Prudential Northwest Realty mobile app, developed by Mobile Realty, features an easy to use improved design, enhanced searching, and larger high resolution photos with custom navigation not seen in other real estate apps.

Prudential Northwest Realty launched their new mobile app at their celebrated launch party on board the Argosy cruise ship in the salty Seattle waterfront of Elliot Bay in Puget Sound.

More than three hundred managers, brokers and staff from their six local offices joined together to share in the excitement. Mike Gain, President and CEO of Prudential Northwest Realty, said, “We are always bringing new online tools and mobile applications to our customers and brokers. Our new Prudential Northwest Realty Mobile App can be immediately installed from the App Store and each of our agents has been given an agent-branded app as well. If their clients see a home they want to preview, all they need to do is tap the screen to have direct access to their agent.”

The Prudential Northwest Realty mobile app, developed by Mobile Realty, features an easy to use improved design, enhanced searching, and larger high resolution photos with custom navigation not seen in other real estate apps.

Prudential Northwest Realty launched their new mobile app at their celebrated launch party on board the Argosy cruise ship in the salty Seattle waterfront of Elliot Bay in Puget Sound.

More than three hundred managers, brokers and staff from their six local offices joined together to share in the excitement. Mike Gain, President and CEO of Prudential Northwest Realty, said, “We are always bringing new online tools and mobile applications to our customers and brokers. Our new Prudential Northwest Realty Mobile App can be immediately installed from the App Store and each of our agents has been given an agent-branded app as well. If their clients see a home they want to preview, all they need to do is tap the screen to have direct access to their agent.”

The Prudential Northwest Realty mobile app, developed by Mobile Realty, features an easy to use improved design, enhanced searching, and larger high resolution photos with custom navigation not seen in other real estate apps.

Serial exposer at work?

Hidden within the old warehouse building on NW Market St and 28th Ave NW is a treasure that is growing more and more rare these days: a multipurpose space with a light studio and darkroom for photographers. It's called Market Studios.

But now, Market Studios has fallen on hard times. Money has grown tight and interest in it has started to wane -- people have either grown busy, moved or couldn’t afford rent for one reason or another. Time is running out fast for the space; it could be gone as early as next month.

Sam Meakin (you can email him at speakintomeakin@gmail.com), a photographer who has lived in Ballard more on than off for about 20 years, said he is looking for about eight to 10 interested people to sign on to a three-month lease. Tenants don't have to be photographers, and the main room can be used for a variety of other purposes: videography, music, painting, what have you.

By Maggie Nicholson

As a boy, John Nitkey learned to swim the clear waters of C’oeur D’Alene Lake. The sun was amber honey, sticking to the air. John waded in to his skinny shoulders, his legs merging with blue. He was the only swimmer in the family. His mother Louise, father Andrew and sisters Mary and Evelyn, never learned. John lived with his sisters and parents in a small log cabin in Harrison, Idaho. Andrew built the cabin by hand, out of trees he cut down on their land. The cabin squatted on a 160-acre plot. The land was impenetrable: thick with quiet pine trees whose branches were taut and crisp and filled with shuffling forest birds. Andrew and Louise were given the homestead for free, on the condition that they work it.

Before moving into the cabin, the family had lived with Andrew’s brother in a house in Lane, Washington. The house burned down after pitch from the wood caught the residence on fire.

Information from King County

King County government would like to invite all 2 million people in the region to visit www.OneKingCounty.info to provide input on the next iteration of the Strategic Plan, which will shape the future of county government over the next five years.

"I’m excited to receive gather the opinions and insights that will help guide the future of county government," said King County Executive Dow Constantine. “Our goal is to create an environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive, and public input is critical to understanding how.”

In the past, King County has held in-person meetings to gather public input. While effective, these meetings only reach a small percentage of the population, and King County wants to engage as many people as possible. The interactive website www.OneKingCounty.info has been designed to be a shared conversation between local government and the residents of King County. Using a platform called Mind Mixer, residents are able to add ideas, support good ideas that have been submitted, and share ideas with friends using social media.