July 2014

By Andrea Reay, Executive Director, Discover Burien

Having just completed 3 weeks of travel, some for work, some for pleasure, I can honestly report, there is no place like home. With the time and expense required to plan an extended time away (in my case with two small children), I have decided to never leave again (there are only so many times you can watch the LEGO Movie on the iPad and retain your sanity). Besides, Burien has everything I need to plan a perfect “get away” without ever having to leave town.

July 19th 1-3pm
Burien Books is hosting a free local community event in the form of a book signing and talk from writer, photographer, Washington native and former Burienite Victoria Redhed Miller, on her new book, Pure Poultry: Living Well with Heritage Chickens, Turkeys, and Ducks on Saturday July 19th from 1-3pm.

This author is also available for more in-depth info as she gives many talks in the greater Puget Sound area about raising chickens, sustainability and her experiences.

"Brimming with quiet humor, Pure Poultry is an immensely readable "how-to and why-to" based entirely on personal experience - including plenty of lessons learned the hard way. Pure Poultry shows how heritage-breed poultry can enhance and deepen anyone's quality of life, whether you have a farm, a small backyard, or a neighbor with space to share."

To learn more go to https://www.newsociety.com/Books/P/Pure-Poultry

July 26th 1-3pm

Come learn more about how we’re working to improve our local streams! Earlier this year, the Miller-Walker Basin Partners – Burien, Normandy Park, SeaTac, the Port of Seattle and King County – began a stormwater retrofit analysis to identify, evaluate and select stormwater projects to help clean up our local waterways and reduce flooding and erosion. The analysis is funded by a Washington State Department of Ecology grant through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The future stormwater retrofit projects, located on public property, will manage the flow of stormwater and help clean polluted runoff. A variety of stormwater management strategies are being considered, including green stormwater infrastructure, such as permeable pavement and rain gardens, which absorb and filter rainwater with plants and soil. More traditional methods, like underground vaults, could also be used to collect stormwater and release it more slowly.

Last week, local brew favorite, Reuben’s Brews, found themselves’ among the top ten breweries placing in the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship.

Out of three thousand beers from 300 breweries hailing from 20 different countries, the Ballard brewery tied for fourth place in the “Top 10 Breweries 2014” category. Judges ranked beers from 79 different categories. Reuben’s was awarded four medals: bronze for the Dry Irish Stout, silver for the American Brown and Auld Heritage, and gold for the Roggenbier. This year is the second time Reuben’s made a top ten finish in the competition, placing sixth last year.

Among the awarded brewers, Reuben’s Brews was the only Washington brewery to be in the top ten ranks. Placing ahead of Reuben’s was Wormtown Brewery from Worcester, Mass. (First), Stone Brewery from Escondido, Calif. and Deschutes Brewery from Bend, Ore.

Adam Robbings, head brewer and cofounder of Reuben’s Brews, explained that brewers from around the world mail in their samples to judges and then wait with anticipation for the results.

Robbings said, “We were very excited to hear how well we did this year.”

The proposed mixed use apartment/retail project at 2626 Alki Ave SW is the subject of a Southwest Design Review Meeting July 17, 6:30 pm at the West Seattle Senior Center 4217 SW Oregon St

This is an EDG or Early Design Guidance meeting for the project dubbed the Alki Landing being developed by Borge Steinsvik

Steinsvik owns the 13,700 ft. lot that Alki Beach Properties and Saigon Boat Café currently call home. Roger H Newell AIA Architects have produced the proposal (see the link above that call for a mixed-use residential and commercial space with surface parking and “one or two eating establishments on the main floor of the building with possible commercial uses on the upper floors.”

The proposal calls for a 3-story structure containing 13 residential units in 11,561 sq. feet, 2 retail/restaurant spaces in 3716 sq. feet, 5 office spaces in 6421 sq. feet Existing structures would be demolished and 23 ground level parking stalls would be provided.

Newell had previously explained the preferred design direction:

RICHLAND--It was a short stay at state for the West Seattle age 9-10 Little League baseball all-star team.

West Seattle opened state tournament action at Badger Mountain Park in Richland by taking a 16-4 loss to Walla Walla Valley on Saturday, then bowed out with a narrow 6-5 loss to Montesano on Sunday.

West Seattle came into the tournament as the District 7 champions, earning the trip to Eastern Washington by coming back through the loser's bracket.

The West Seattle team was managed by Isaiah Brent, who was assisted by coaches Corey Helmstetler and Mike Triol.

Players this year included Matt Acarregui, Maddox Brent, Liam Floyd, William Godwin, Nicholas Hazlegrove, Jaxton Helmstetler, Jayden Holloway, Jack Leers, Jack Peterson, Felix Schlede, Milo Sorensen, James Triol and Nolan Whorton.

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Writer, Photographer Victoria Miller Presents “Pure Poultry: Living Well with Heritage Chickens, Turkeys, and Ducks”

Burien Books
824 S.W. 152nd St.
Sat., July 19, 1-3 p.m. Free community event with talk and book signing by Washington native and former Burienite, Victoria Redhed Miller. The “how-to and why-to” of raising heritage poultry, including lessons learned the hard way. The author is available for more in-depth information as she gives many talks in the Puget Sound area about raising chickens, sustainability and her experiences.

Advance Directives: Your Life, Your Choices

Des Moines Activity/Senior Center
2045 S. 216th St.

by Dan Rosner

The Highline School Distict's Raisbeck Aviation High School in Tukwilla, a national leader in STEM-based education, recently admitted 105 students to their class of 2018 from a pool of 325 applicants. Statistical analysis of their admissions data show that students who self-identified as caucasian on the school's application form were significantly more likely to be selected for admission. Moreover, the youngest children applying were least likely to be chosen while 10% of those admitted were old enough to sit in the next higher grade.

Taken together, these data demonstrate that relatively older, white children have a huge advantage with regard to gaining access to the school. Overall, 39% of white children applying were admitted compared to a 25% acceptance rate for students of color. Only 3 of the 29 nonwhite boys in the youngest age quartile were admitted. I would not advocate affirmative action but these outcomes seem hard to justify when 15 of the 26 oldest white girls applying to the school were chosen. Publicly funded STEM programs should be more inclusive.

A forwarded message from CalSeattle and the Seattle Displacement Coalition

The City Council has called a special hearing in Ballard to look at impacts of growth on housing in all of Seattle’s neighborhoods. Please join Ballard community groups and folks from grassroots organizations from across the city under the banner of the Coalition for an Affordable Livable Seattle to call on our electeds to stand up and do something about the continuing loss of both the physical and social character or our neighborhoods at the hands of runaway growth. (See attached op-ed in Seattle Times)

We are asking you to join us to show Councilmembers how widespread this concern is and to call on them to implement immediate controls on runaway growth, including:

· developer impact fees

· one-for-one low-income housing replacement requirements

· and placing a hold on further upzones and permitting until impact fees are imposed and developers pay their fair share of the costs of growth for needed infrastructure their projects demand