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Mayfair Agenda for May 17 and 18May 17

◊ Trike/Bike/Scooter Decorating from 4:00-5:00pm at the Madrona Playfield Shelterhouse

May 18◊ Festivities begin at 8:00am with a Pancake Breakfast at Madrona K-8 School◊ The Parade line up begins at 9:15 at Al Larkins Park, and they’re off◊ At 9:30, Mayfair activities begin including Pony Paradise Pony Rides, Face

Painting by Harvard Avenue Preschool, Bouncy Houses donated by Garfield Community Center, an obstacle course supplied by Seattle Gymnastics Academy, Breakdancing instruction by Battle Reflex, a Build-Your-Own birdhouse opportunity for children four to nine provided by Arts Aloft, and sedum pottings for kids by Cambium Landscape. All these activities take place at the Madrona Tennis Courts and Playfield

◊ Charles the Clown will perform at 10:00 in the Shelterhouse Lawn◊ The Reptile Man will perform with his reptile friends at 10:30 at the

Shelterhouse Lawn◊ The entire event is capped off by a FREE Recess Monkeys performance live in

the Playfield at 12:00 noon Throughout the morning, several Madrona restaurants and organizations will be on site to provide delicious food and treats. Each provides time and labor at the event, then donates all profits to the MCC to help support Mayfair activities. Participating restaurants include Pritty Boys Family Pizzeria, Restaurant Bea, and St. Clouds. Madrona Ale House is donating ice and the MCC will be cooking up hot dogs, and the Garfield Community Center will be selling water. The bake sale will offer treats donated by Cupcake Royale, Trophy Cupcake, Hi Spot Cafe, and Golden Wheat Bakery and Italian sodas sold by Madrona K-8.

The MCC gratefully thanks the following sponsors who provided $500 or more to bring these wonderful Mayfair activities to Madrona:

◊ Arts Aloft◊ Cambium Landscape◊ Emily Hawkins State Farm Agency◊ Ewing and Clark Realtors◊ Harvard Avenue Preschool◊ Law Contractor◊ Lakeview Kid’s Dentistry/Dr. Riolo◊ Madrona Dining and Sipping Society

A special thank you to Hannah Wygal with Monster Design for her complimentary design work on all Mayfair marketing materials. T-Shirts for the event are on sale at http://mayfair.spreadshirt.com. All proceeds benefit Madrona Community Council. Volunteers help make this event a success. If you can help out, please email Nikki Lundin at nikki.lundin@comcast.net

Mayfair is a FREE event for our community. We gratefully welcome all donations to support MCC and Mayfair and will have donation boxes available at numerous locations on May 18.

May 2013Issue No. 253

In this Issue2 .........Celebrating Madrona Woods

4 ........ Neighborhood News & Notes

5 ............................Mutt Matchup

6-7 ...............Neighborhood Awards

8 ....................Vintage Collectibles

11 ..................Community Calendar

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Meet MCC Board Member Rob WardRob became an MCC Board member in April 2012, but his direct involvement began right after the first MCC wine tasting event and was en-couraged by the fact that his wife Alix Day had run the Mayfair parade for the previous three years. At first Rob attended meetings to observe, and later to help out as a Board member. He notes that he is still learning the ropes about neighborhood politics, but his observations thus far show him why it is important for the MCC to be a facilitator for community debate.

At his 1986 college graduation, Rob realized there’d be few job opportunities for a professional engineer in Bozeman, Montana. Spurred on by a classmate who’d taken a job at Boeing, Rob said they both packed up their cars to head west. After a short stay in Bellevue, Rob made the move to settle in Leschi/Madrona. He laughingly admits he is hooked on the neighborhood, having lived within a two mile radius of his Madrona home ever since. Happily settled into his neighborhood, Rob also enjoyed an

Rob Ward

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Rob Ward... (cont’d from page 1) A Celebratory Frame of MindBy Judith Starbuck, Grand Ave.

The end of April brought to completion both this year’s grant requirements and the ambitious spring planting schedule. We’re feeling celebratory about actually being finished with the first-pass restoration of the Madrona Woods we started 16 years ago. With the addition of the Madrona Ravine above 38th and the Natural Area at the waterfront, we’ve cleared and replanted more than ten acres. Maintenance and monitoring will continue, but who would have thought we’d ever get to all that ivy, laurel, holly, blackberry, clematis, and morning glory?

Also, the Lake Washington cross-walk from the southeast Woods entrance to the Spectrum Dance Studio has finally been repaint-ed! Thank you Richard Conlin and Seattle Department of Trans-portation! We’ll be clearing around the Woods entrance there to give better visibility and to provide an area where we might post information about the Woods in the future.

Our next monthly work party is scheduled for May 25, from 10:00am – 1:00pm. There may still be some little wetland plants to put into the creek corridor if that task isn’t completed at the April 27 work party with Amgen. Otherwise, weeding will be a high priority. To sign up ahead, go to www.cedar.greencitypartnerships.org and click on CEDAR. Put in Green Seattle Partnership and select Madrona Park. Indicate you’ll be attending, or just show up on the date.

You can find announcements of work parties and all kinds of interesting information and photos on our website: www.madronawoods.org. And we have a Facebook page too.

engineering job, followed by a transition 26 years ago to Geotech Consultants of which he is now a co-owner.

While Rob’s MCC participation provides insight into political aspects of Madrona, his work as a geotechnical engineer gives him plenty of insight into Madrona’s land development, much of which occurred between 1900-1910. Paths and roads were carved into the hills still characteristic of Madrona. Horses were probably used to plow dirt to the downslope on the east; whenever the dirt stopped moving, the plowing also stopped and according to practice at the time no walls were installed to hold the earth. The result is instablilites that affect us today as many Madrona neighbors unfortunately have learned. In Rob’s case, his firm is often the geotechnical engineering company that private companies, homeowners, developers, or others bring in to study soil on which they hope to build or rebuild.

Rob and Alix, together with five-year-old Owen and three-year-old Emme, enjoy lots of outdoors activities. The children very frequently play at the Madrona Playfield within walking distance of their house. They have made good friends there, with parents talking about children as the latter go about the business of being children. The family also enjoys visiting the Madrona Alehouse and Pub as well as Verite where they also meet up with friends. Rob observes that yet another reason to be on the MCC is be-cause of the centrality of Madrona Park and its importance to his family and to other families they’ve gotten to know. Rob enjoys the mountains and biking, skiing, and climbing. He’s climbed Mt. Rainier three times, but as the parent of little children he finds that the bigger trips take a back seat to child-friendly ones like a recent family visit to Cannon Beach. But Owen is now enrolled in skiing lessons, and so Rob’s hopes to get out more with the children are beginning to take shape.

Madrona Community Council Meeting *Draft Agenda for May 7th, 7:15pm

» Mayfair – last update » Street trees - update on SDOT study » MCC and Madrona K-8 annual commitment ideas » Shelterhouse remodel status

*Please be aware that draft agendas can and do change.

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Neighborhood News & NotesMadrona residents who dislike the Blue Angels’ Seafair performanc-es were momentarily cheered by news that the Angels may not fly in Seattle in 2013 because of sequestration cutbacks. But Seafair officials quickly signed a contract with the six-ship Patriots Jet Team that flies Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros planes. The Patriots will appear in August either instead of or in addition to the Blue Angels.

Charley Bush, winner of the MCC’s 2012 Tyrone Love Unsung Hero Award, passed away March 1, 2013.

In January discussions began to initiate a project intended to improve three Central Area community cores: 23rd Ave. and E. Union St., 23rd Ave and E. Cherry St., and 23rd Ave. and S. Jackson St. Expected outcomes are to establish a city-com-munity collaboration yielding an action plan of key priorities and strong partnerships to guide projects in the action plan. Project planning began in Jan.; the action plan is expected to be completed in the fall with implementation occurring over about six years. To learn more about the project and its boundaries, to receive regular updates, and and/or to get involved, go to seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/unionjackson/Overview/default.asp

Here in Madrona, Bottlehouse’s Soni Dave-Schock and Restau-rant Bea’s Kate Perry teamed up to create a map of businesses better to inform residents and visitors about so much of what is available in Madrona. The maps are available from participating merchants, and also will appear elsewhere to let others in Seattle learn more about The Peaceable Kingdom.

Jen Norling and Rachel Katzenellenbogen who organized the Dine Out for Madrona K-8 on April 9 send thanks to the Ma-drona community for participating in this fund raiser to support the School’s arts and music programs. Thanks also go to partici-pating restaurants Bistro Turkuaz, Bottlehouse, Cupcake Royale/Verite, the Hi Spot Cafe, Madrona Ale House and Pub, Naam, Pritty Boys Family Pizzeria, Restaurant Bea, and St. Clouds. Jen and Rachel are already looking forward to seeing everyone return for next year’s event.

Bus Transportation Threatened AgainIn the past two years, Madrona neighbors have twice tangled with Metro over planned bus route changes. But new trouble is brewing. In brief, Metro faces a $75 million shortfall unless steps are taken to replace stop-gap funding set to expire by mid-2014. According to the Metro report titled 2012 Service Guidelines Report, without new funding Metro will eliminate, reduce, or change about two-thirds of current routes; the No. 2 route is high on potential for a major reduction. Neighbors are encouraged to read the report at metro.kingcounty.gov/planning/#guidelines. There are several mechanisms for learning more, sharing your own story, and joining the Metro conversa-tion. All can be explored on the website metro.kingcounty.gov/am/future/ where you can also subscribe to alerts as events unfold. Now is the time to be in touch with Seattle City Council, King County, and State legistlators about Metro funding.

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Madrona in the Middle

By Malcolm Harker, 37th Ave.The fiscal cliff followed by sequestration may be close to non-events for those of us who live on a landslide-prone hillside in an earthquake zone with major volcanoes to the north and south.

It is however reassuring that Congress decided that we can still be middle class with a family income of up to $450,000—even though the President thinks $250,000 is more like it. Regard-less, we no longer have to look around us and wonder “are they or aren’t they?” – even if we’re down by the lake.

Having established that we Madronans are all regular folks, we now know what is important to all middle-class Americans. The essentials include:

• More restaurants than food stores• More private schools than public schools• More Audis than Chevys• More latte’s than Buds• More cupcakes than Twinkies

Of course, if we still want to see how the other 2% lives, all we need to do is stroll down to Madison Park. Now that almost everyone’s income is apparently above average, maybe they’ll even remove the gatehouse from the entrance to Broadmoor.

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Neighborhood Appreciation Awards 2013The Madrona Community Council began Neighborhood Appreciation Awards in 1998, and each year since has stopped to ask: who are our neighbors? how do our neighbors help build this community? MCC members not only nominate people for the awards, they also invite Madrona residents to nominate neighbors whose contributions to the neighborhood have been outstanding. In 2004, Madrona K-8 School decided to join by giving awards that similarly honor school members who also build good community. Then we gather together at the Madrona K-8 School to celebrate award recipients. This year we gathered on March 23 again to honor friends, neighbors, school employ-ees, and student winners. Many thanks to Madrona K-8 School for hosting, and for the many people who contributed to the morning’s activities.

Maureen Bekemeyer for The Nora AwardNamed in honor of Madrona activist Nora Wood, this award is given to a Madrona resident who, over time and in ways large or small, has left a personal mark on the community. Maureen was nominated for this award by more than one neighbor. One nomination read in part: She has always been the ultimate good neighbor. She looks out for your house, she will bring food if you are sick. If there is a problem on the block, she will let people know, and has practical ideas for dealing with a mess. She has been on the Genesis House Board for years and vice-president for at least the past five years. Madrona is a great neighborhood and it is a few wonderful people like Maureen who make it truly special.

Mary Gallwey for the Local Hero AwardThis award is given for an act of heroism, singular kindness, or generosity and it goes to Mary because of the 10 plus years she has worked to develop and nurture the round raised concrete garden at the Spring and 34th Ave. entrance to the Madrona Playfield.

Deirdre McCrary for the Tyrone Love Unsung Hero AwardThis award goes to a Madrona resident for service to others in the larger com-munity. Deirdre’s contributions to the community are many including serving as the MCC secretary, teaching at Epiph-any School, and working tirelessly on the Madrona Woods project. According to those who nominated her:

Deirdre has devoted many hundreds of hours to Madrona Woods recovery efforts, and has probably pulled tens of thousands of ivy plants to make way for the hundreds of plants she and others have placed in the Woods.

Susan Minogue, Maureen Bekemeyer & Holly Smith

Susan Minogue, Mary Gallwey with Holly Smith

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Madrona K-8 Student AwardsThese awards go to students who have made outstanding achievements, demonstrating that they are professional, attentive, thoughtful, and hard working. 2013 winners celebrating student achievement in different grade categories were:

Fitzgerald Beaver-Ford Ishmael Weddington Martenus Davis with Principal Thaxton

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Rachelle Moore for the Go Panthers Award

This award recognizes an in-dividual who has made extra and extraordinary efforts for the education and growth of Madrona K-8. Ms. Moore started as a volunteer tutor at MK-8, finished her

degree, and joined the School as a first grade teacher where

she has taught for three years.

Susan Minogue for the Kaaren Andrews and

Mary Bass AwardThis award goes to the indi-vidual who went above and beyond the call of duty in

linking the community and the School. Examples of her

efforts to link the two include Susan’s leading roles in the

PTSA and the MCC, helping to organize the pancake breakfast for Mayfair, galvanizing action to preserve

the No. 2 bus stop outside the school, and gathering MCC and other community members

for a paint project at the School. Rachelle Moore

Susan Minogue

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William “Mr. Bill’ Vernon & Wisdom “Mr. Wisdom” Bui for the Madrona K-8 Doris Baptist Hickman Staff Award This award is for a Madrona K-8 School staff person who has made a significant contribution to the school.

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Summer Camps Return to Madrona Shelterhouse, Playfield, and Woods Garfield Community Center will sponsor many wonderful 2013 summer camps including Green Teen explorations with Earth-corps and Ultimate Frisbee. But camps vary according to when they meet, cost, targeted age group, and registration require-ments. Call the Garfield Community Center at 684-4788 for details or use the barcode number for listed classes below to learn more from the Sparc website at class.seattle.gov/parks/

Camps Scheduled for Madrona Woods:• 97515—Madrona Woods Junior Nature Explorers Camp

for ages 6-7• 97516—Madrona Woods Junior Nature Explorers Camp

for ages 8-9

Camps Scheduled for Madrona Playfield or Shelterhouse:• 97513—Circus Camp for ages 8-12• 97514—Madrona Summer Lego Camp for ages 5-8• 97517—Spanish Summer Camp for Preschoolers• 97519—Yoga Camp for ages 7-12

Real Estate HealthBy Lisa Sears, 38th Ave.

Current home sales continue to show a healthy recovery in Madrona. We have seen an 80 percent increase in home sales as compared to the same quarter one year ago. This may in part be due to continued low home inventory and a seemingly increased demand, which is illustrated by a 46.2 percent reduction in avail-able properties from last year. But at the same time, the average price per square foot has increased by 21.2 percent during the same time period. This is good news for homeowners thinking about selling their real estate and for those who have been wait-ing for their property’s value to increase. All current indicators suggest that Madrona real estate trends will continue to demon-strate good health. I am a Coldwell Banker Bain realtor and you can reach me with questions at lisasears@cbbain.com.

Madrona Vintage Collectibles Three Madrona shops offer recent and vintage items that make each a great place for discovering collectibles. Although one word for vintage sales might be “resold,” Anne Smith of Studio Montagne describes it as “resouled” when refurbishment gives new life to an old item.

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Garfield Students To Perform West Side Story Garfield High School’s talented students will recreate the epic love story of Romeo and Juliet as reflected in events that unfold between gangs in New York City’s West Side in the 1950’s. Hours of rehearsal and hard work will showcase flawless dance routines and much-loved songs such as “I Feel Pretty,” “Somewhere” and “America. “ Performances run from May 22 through June 1 at the Quincy Jones Performance Center, 400 23rd Ave. Tickets are available on line at www.ShowTix4u.com or if available at the Performance Center on the night of each show.

Definitely bring the whole family for an unforgettable musical experience, and spread the word to fill the house each night and support the Bulldog theater department.

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Nena, located at 1105 34th, offers both old and new items, although owner Nena Peltin’s specialty is vintage treasures. She regularly visits estate sales then conducts research to discover and reclaim the history of older items. Her wish to be in Seattle during the Klondike Gold Rush, the Alaska Yukon Exposition, Prohibition, or the 1962 World’s Fair at the snap of a finger may not be possible, but by offering mementos of those events Nena and her customers reconnect to Seattle’s past.

Nena particularly enjoys giving new life to old items. Some examples include sewing bedding for a vintage doll cradle, repairing broken hinges on vintage luggage—even making throw pillows from vintage handkerchiefs or corking antique bottles to put them back in use. Another joy is to remind people of happy childhood times represented by items like back copies of MAD Magazine, Star Trek memorabilia, and Mary Poppins books. For additional insight, visit Nena’s website at nenaseattle.com.

As is true at Nena’s, Natalie Pearl’s Driftwood Consignment Shop at 1130 34th also features vintage and more recent items that include clothing, jewelry, handbags, shoes, coats, and more. Every visit reveals Natalie’s care to select classic and timeless items. She notes that the type of vintage clothing she is drawn to embodies the spurt of exuberant growth that characterized the 1950s US. In that phase of what Henry Luce called “the Amer-ican century,” the world witnessed the US develop muscle cars, drive-ins, and the kind of clothes, jewelry, and shoes suitable for

those events the whole world was watching. Chosen to appeal to a wide range of customers, on any given day one might find a Prada wool blazer, St. Laurent patent leather pumps, Chanel, Rag & Bone, Alexander Wang, or Isabel Marant designs. The shop also features more recent jewelry and older Art Deco, Native American silver, and vintage handbags that come from estate sales or family collections. Part of the fun is in the search that a visit provides, but also fun is Natalie’s website at driftwoodconsignment.com where the blog tab features models vamping it up in available shoes and clothes.

A third shop featuring collectibles is Anne Smith’s Studio Mon-tagne at 1130 34th Ave. Anne operates her store as a pop-up, meaning she opens it on selected Fri., Sat., and Sun. weekends such as from now through Mother’s Day on May 12. The store features a “hand-curated selection of old and new items,” includ-ing accessories, home décor, and “upcycled” vintage furniture. Anne admits to liking styles that cover a broad time range from antique to mid-century, but she tends to gravitate toward a rustic European style that emphasizes natural elements like wood, met-al, and stone. Anne defines a vintage product as something pre-viously owned and purchased some 20-30 years ago. In the case of a vintage table, what Anne might do to upcycle and instill new soul is to strip, paint, or add a new top. With vintage fabrics she might make a heart shaped sachet to create something com-pletely different. A visit to any or all of these three shops readily shows that each proprietor skillfully brings new life to vintage items and offers a unique experience to Madrona shoppers.

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MONDAYS Tom Bennett and the Rolling Blackouts—Playing every Monday evening at St. Clouds. www.tombennettmusic.com 1:00pm – 3:00pm Let’s Play Seattle!—Playgroup for kids under 5. MLK Communty Center, Jennie.burton@gmail.com; meetup.com/letsplayseattleMON & THURS 6:00am – 7:00am Bootcamp Class – Get up early and get fit! Meeting at Conscious Body Pilates. Nikki Lundin www.nikkfitt.com1st & 3rd TUES 8:00pm Song Writer’s Salon—A not so-open mic at Bottlehouse; contact comalrkin@gmail.com for information about performingWED & FRI 8:40am – 9:00am Meditation—Guided silent meditation led by Peter Drummond. Epiphany Chapel, pieter@stonegroundmeditation.comTHURSDAYS 10:00am – 12:00pm All Threads Together—Conversation, knitting, crocheting, neeedlepoint. Epiphany Library, Trish Stone, twallistone@yahoo.com 11:00am Family Story Time—Bring your preschoolers and toddlers to enjoy stories, rhymes, songs. Madrona Library, 684-4705 6:00pm – 8:00pm Wine Maker Reception & Free Tasting—Support our local winemakers at Bottlehouse, 1416 34th Ave www.bottlehouseseattle.com 7:30pm AA/ALANON Meeting—Great Hall, Epiphany Episcopal, 1805 38th Avenue, 324-2573FRIDAYS 7:30am – 8:30am Madrona/Leschi Citizens Against the War—Quiet demonstration, 23rd & Union, Kathy Barker kbarker715@comcast.netSATURDAYS 2:00pm – 4:00pm Free Wine Tasting at Madrona Wine Merchants—1127 34th Avenue. For more information consult www.MadronaWineMerchants.comWEEKENDS 9:00am – 5:00pm Donate Used Goods—Northwest Center Big Blue Truck. Grocery Outlet parking lot. www.bigbluetruck.org

***************************************************************************************************************May 1 3:30pm–4:00pm BOOM (Business Owners of Madrona) Meeting—Bottlehouse 1416 34th Ave. Officers meet from 2:45-3:30 with an open forum from 3:30-4:00. Contact Soni Dave-Schock at madronabusinesses@gmail.com

May 1 7:00pm Leschi Community Council Meeting—Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th Ave. S. Diane Snell, jdsnell1@comcast.net

May 3 9:30am–10:15am “Fridays with Farah”—Visit Madrona K–8 for a coffee chat with Farah Thaxton, Principal. For information, call 252-3100May 4 9:00am–3:00pm Neighborhood Work Party for the Leschi Natural Area—Rain or shine we will meet at the Park entrance at 36th Ave and East Terrace. Gloves and lunch provided for participants. Contact Bunny and Fran Wood 323-2296 or Diane Morris 322-7648 May 4 5:00pm–8:00pm Miss Umoja Fest Africatown Queen Scholarship Pageant—Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Avenue South umojapeacecenter.com

May 7 7:15pm Madrona Community Council Meeting—Everyone welcome! Madrona Playfield Shelterhouse. Holly Smith, ho2lye@yahoo.com

May 15 9:00am–1:00pm Homeless Cooking Wednesday—Bring a knife and a cutting board. Donations of fresh food (no protein) and money always welcome. St. Clouds Restaurant. Contact John Platt, john@stclouds.com May 17 3:00pm–7:00pm Farmers Market Opens—Grocery Outlet parking lotMay 22–Jun 1 7:00pm–9:00pm Garfield High School Spring Musical, “West Side Story”—Quincy Jones Performance Center. For more information: http://www.garfieldstage.org/

May 23 6:00pm Seattle Police East Precinct Advisory Council Meeting—Seattle University, Chardin Hall, Room 142. Free parking in the Broadway and East Columbia campus parking garage. www.eastpac.org

May 25 10:00am–1:00pm Friends of Madrona Woods Work Party—Meet at the toolbox at Spring and Grand, or contact Deirdre McCrary deirdre_jaymccray@msn.com

r rJune 5 & 8 ~ UW Bookstore Book Fair at Madrona K–8 Schoollook for details in the June Newsletter

June 5 & 8 ~ UW Bookstore Book Fair at Madrona K–8 Schoollook for details in the June Newsletter

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Newsletter of the Madrona Community CouncilPublished monthly except for July and August, with a circulation of 2450,

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May 14, 2013 Next MADRONA NEWS DEADLINE

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