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JULY 2020 PUBLISHER

Jennifer Simpson | jennifer.simpson@lifestylepubs.com AD DESIGNER

Miranda Williams

Welcome Back, Kirkland! WE DID IT. We stayed home, we flattened the curve, and we refrained from overloading the healthcare system. Now, who is ready to get back to our “normal” lifestyle? Our Kirkland Lifestyle. I’m so very happy to see our city reopening!

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Matthew McCauley, Lindsay Sellin; ARNP, RD, Sydney Simmons, Karoline Simmons; Cherished Vintage, Jennifer Simpson CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Our hearts go out to those who suffered any tragedy or loss due to this virus, and we will continue to pray for your families. This is far from over, but we are encouraged to see the light at the end of the tunnel and excited to get back to some semblance of normalcy.

Kirkland Heritage Society, King County Archives, City of Kirkland, Kirkland Wednesday Market, Kirkland Downtown Association, Lindsay Sellin; ARNP, RD, Karoline Simmons; Cherished Vintage

While staying apart, our city came together to provide relief to small businesses. We all did our best to stay open and modified our practices accordingly. We supported each other in any way possible as we stared fear in the face and embraced each other from afar. It makes me happy to see Kirkland go back to it’s roots of togetherness. We lent each other a helping hand where it was needed while remaining hands-off. My hope is that never again in any of our lives or our childrens’ lives will we see this kind of crisis, but I take comfort in knowing that our community is here for each other.

CORPORATE TEAM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Steven Schowengerdt CHIEF SALES OFFICER Matthew Perry CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DeLand Shore ART DIRECTOR Sara Minor OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Janeane Thompson

Enjoy your freedom during this 4th of July holiday with your families, friends and neigh-

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bors (even if from a distance), and when you see a decorated old-time Kirklander don-

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ning a veteran war hat, be sure to thank him or her for their service to this great country.

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INSIDE THE ISSUE JULY 2020

FEATURES 16 Patriotic Porch Decor Dress Up Your Front Porch With These Star Spangled Decor

18 The History of Juanita Beach Juanita Beach Is Likely The Most Historic Property Owned By The City of Kirkland

18 28

28 Strawberry, Goat Cheese & Grilled Chicken Salad With Creamy Balsamic Itâ€™s Officially Summer! Time To Heat Up The Grill And Eat Outside!

10 DEPARTMENTS 4

Lifestyle Letter

Good Times

Around Town

Renovate & Refine

Times Past

28 Culinary Creations 32 DIY

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GOOD TIMES

Kirkland Wednesday Market Is Open With New Guidelines In Place The market is open! New guidelines are as follows: Stay 6' away from others, wash or sanitize hands before entering, stay home if you're sick, maximum of two people per household, wear your mask, no food consumption, one way walk-through, limited to 15 vendors, controlled number of shoppers, extra space available to socially distance. Have fun and be safe!Â Â

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AROUND TOWN

SIGN UP FOR KIRKLAND’S BIZ NEWS LIST Sign up to the Biz News email list to receive updates, resources, and support information from the City of Kirkland’s Economic Development program. https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/ WAKIRK/subscriber/new?topic_id=WAKIRK_79 Resources for Kirkland Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 The City of Kirkland has compiled and regularly updates a webpage of resources for businesses impacted by COVID-19. Resources for financial assistance, employee assistance, workplace health, and more can be found here: www.kirklandwa.gov/BusinessSupportCOVID

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FREE ONE-ON-ONE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE A collaborative city effort between Kirkland, Bellevue,

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tection equipment, including face masks, gloves and

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to Eastside small business owners in partnership

We are so grateful for the continued support from our community during these challenging times.

"WHAT'S OPEN EASTSIDE" BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND MAP

with Business Impact NW. This program provides assistance to business owners navigating city, state, federal, and private economic relief programs related to COVID-19. Visit https://re.startup425.org/ to find resources,

The City of Kirkland, in partnership with other

submit questions and request technical business

eastside cities, invites you to participate in a new,

assistance. Resources and assistance are available

free business directory and map called What’s

in multiple languages

Open Eastside. What's Open Eastside is a free opportunity for you to publicize what services your business offers and any updates on the status of your operations. You can enter basic information such as hours, pickup and delivery options, and virtual offerings so that customers can search for the services they need. You can manage your own listing in real-time, making updates as operations and business needs change. What’s Open Eastside was created in partnership through (re)STARTUP425, a collaboration of the cities of Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue, Issaquah, and Renton. (re)STARTUP425 also provides free, one-on-one guidance for small businesses and nonprofits on how to navigate relief funding from various sources. The Eastside’s economy doesn’t recognize borders, so we are

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RENOVATE & REFINE

ARTICLE KAROLINE & SYDNEY SIMMONS PHOTOGRAPHY KAROLINE SIMMONS, CHERISHED VINTAGE

DRESS UP YOUR FRONT PORCH WITH THESE STAR SPANGLED DECOR

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DECK THE PORCH WITH THESE FESTIVE CREATIONS FROM OUR LOCAL FAVORITE, CHERISHED VINTAGE. July 4th is a time to reflect on our freedoms and remind ourselves how lucky we are to live in this great country. Despite our differences and our political divide, these past few months have proven that when times are tough we rally the troops and support each other. We are all in this together, even from afar. The colorful cheer of patriotism is inspiring no matter which way you lean, so let’s try to remember that we are stronger together - Kirkland Strong. Be sure to follow @cherishedvintage on Instagram for more decorating inspiration.

No party is complete without the shock and awe of dazzling sparklers. Set them atop a cake as a precursor for the night’s eventual firework show. 16

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A driftwood log can be made festive for the Fourth with some simple craft paint and votive candles. Perfect for a midsummer nightâ€™s dinner table centerpiece!

Quick and easy DIY jars paired with some twine and a handful of pearly shells are the ultimate addition to a patriotic celebration.

A calming view of the water accented with a touch of red, white, and blue makes for the epitome of relaxation and a summer day well spent.

No matter the size of the party, a fun display of handwritten chalkboard art puts guests in the mood for making memories.

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TIMES PAST

T h e H i s t o ry o f 01

J u a n i ta B e a c h JUANITA BEACH IS LIKELY THE MOST HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF KIRKLAND

JUANITA BEACH IS LIKELY THE MOST HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF KIRKLAND, YET ONE MIGHT NEVER REALIZE THAT. Today it has a vastly different feel and look than it had throughout most of the 20th century, part of an apparent effort by the city to achieve

ARTICLE MATTHEW MCCAULEY

homogeneity throughout its park system at the cost of a

PHOTOGRAPHY KIRKLAND HERITAGE

park’s historic character.

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01 View east from L. L. Forbes’ Juanita Beach, mid-1920s. The first Juanita Beach bath house is at right, Juanita Junction is in the distance and today’s NE 116th Street cuts through the trees up what was then called Little Finn Hill (Today’s Finn Hill was to the photographer’s back and was then called “Big Finn Hill”). The paper squares hanging from the radiator caps of some of the cars served as proof the entrance fee had been paid.

02 The Juanita Beach Cabins was a separate business from L. L. Forbes’

Juanita Beach, but Les and Alicia Forbes managed that business for its owners for many years. They were painted white with white trim and locals often referred to them as simply the “red and white cabins”. They remained for about 15 years after King County created Juanita Beach Park, but in their latter years fell into disrepair and became more of a low income rental property than resort cabins. They were demolished in the early 1970s, but one was salvaged and remains today as an outbuilding on private property on Finn Hill.

03 September, 1969. Bill McCauley captured

this image of his kids, Marla and Matt (this article’s author), walking on the sandbar near the mouth of Juanita Creek. The old Sandy Beach pier is behind them.

04 C. 1959, If you were a local kid in the

1960s or ‘70s you probably remember this slide. On hot, sunny days the sheet metal would get uncomfortably warm, so you had to get moving quickly!

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Kids during the 1920-30’s used to enjoy finding arrowheads and spear points at what is now the north end of the park (north of NE Juanita Drive) which suggests natives once camped or hunted there. Prior to 1916, Lake Washington was nine feet higher and the land south of NE Juanita Drive was submerged. In 1870, a 19-year-old logger named

Lake Washington’s 1916 lowering revealed con-

Martin Hubbard staked his 160 acre homestead

siderable acreage on shallow Juanita Bay. Unlike

claim on the north side Juanita Bay, then called New

most of the lake shore, instead of smelly, gooey mud,

Year’s Bay, and built his crude cabin on the site of

Juanita Bay’s northern shore revealed an inviting sand

today’s Juanita Village development. His friend and

expanse, thanks to millennia of deposits courtesy of

fellow logger, Henry Goldmyer, also about 19-years-

Juanita Creek and its tributaries as they gradually ate

old, claimed the eastern side of the bay. Goldmyer

away at rocks farther up the watershed.

only owned his claim for a few years before selling

Juanita Bay’s northern edge quickly gained pop-

it to Seattle pioneer Mary Terry, widow of Seattle

ularity among locals as a swimming and picnicking

co-founder Charles Terry. It was she who first called

spot. Seeing a great business opportunity, one of the

the bay and surrounds Juanita.

Forbes’ entrepreneurial adult sons, Leslie “Les” and

In 1877, Dorr and Eliza Forbes of Iowa came to

his wife, Alicia, decided to turn the property into a

Juanita with their children and staked a claim on Rose

privately operated bathing beach, a type of private

Hill on the small lake that today still bears their name—

resort popular in the northwest before municipal and

Juanita Beach is likely the most historic property owned by the City of Kirkland, yet one might never realize that. as does Forbes Creek, which drains the lake into Lake

state parks were common. So, in 1921 Les Forbes’

Washington—but a decade later sold their claim to

Juanita Beach was born. The original Juanita Beach

Peter Kirk and S.J. “Leigh” Hunt’s fledgling Kirkland

was a narrow strip of the Forbes property at the east

Land & Improvement Company and purchased a nar-

edge of today’s park, later two other, larger private

row strip of Hubbard’s claim for use as their home and

beach resorts opened to the west, Sandy and Shady

a shingle mill on a log pond Dorr created by damming

beaches, all separated by chain link fences. Each

Juanita Creek. Their original house from the mid-1880s

had piers with diving boards (Juanita Beach even

burned, but their second home, built in 1905, still

boasted a 32-foot high diving platform) and water

stands on the park property adjacent to the baseball

slides. Revenues were derived by entrance fees,

field, though it was remodeled in the 1930’s.

concessions and changing room locker and swimsuit rentals. Shady and Sandy beaches were later consolidated and operated as Shady Beach by the D’Alessandro family. Modern Juanita Beach Park comprises the land occupied by the three resorts. CONTINUED >

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05 A 1940s winter polar bear plunge at the

Juanita Beach bathhouse.

06 Late 1950s view across Juanita Drive NE at the filled to capacity Juanita Beach Park parking lot, it was an enormously popular local recreation destination for decades.

07 Cooley’s Burger Mart opened across Juanita Drive NE

from Juanita Beach Park in 1960. It did not operate very long and soon became the home of Juanita’s iconic Spud Fish & Chips, which it remains today

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08 08 The 1920s roared for the beaches at Juanita as well! Here in the mid to

late 1920s we see Juanita Beach has gone to a .25 cent admission charge, by the carload. This was a problem at first because groups would come in several cars, park all but one outside the resort and then pile everyone into one car just to ends for the fixed price of a quarter. At left are the Juanita Beach cabins and in the distance coming off the Juanita Trestle is a gravel wharf where a barge is being loaded. This wharf’s ruins are still visible today from the now pedestrian-only trestle. A gravel pit owned by the City of Seattle stood on the site of today’s Juanita High School and gravel was hauled by dump truck to the wharf and dumped into barges, where it was taken to Seattle for use as aggregate in road building.

09 A Shady Beach picnic shelter, seen in 1939. 10 Late 1950s-early-1960s, water skiing dock starts and other summer fun at King County’s crowded Juanita Beach Park.

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The 1920-40’s were a busy time for the beaches at Juanita. Summers brought throngs of bathers from Seattle and outlying areas. Bath houses, dance halls, concessions, rental cabins and other amenities contributed to Juanita as a summer resort community. In 1956 Juanita and Shady beaches were both sold to King County and the entire property, including with

area, so over time the water depth decreased dra-

the 1905 Forbes family home, which renamed the

matically and the county removed the diving boards

entire parcel Juanita Beach Park. Les and Alicia, then

rather than re-dredge the diving area. The park

into their senior years, relocated to Camano Island.

was popular for decades, but by mid-1970’s the

Les told his daughter Dorris (Forbes) Beecher at the

invasive Eurasian watermilfoil began choking Lake

time that he thought Juanita was overdeveloping and

Washington’s shallows and by the 1990’s the county

the Camano Island of 1956 reminded him of Juanita

let the park fall into disrepair and it was overrun with

during his 1890s boyhood.

waterfowl, particularly pesky, aggressive Canada

King County removed some of the oldest struc-

geese, whose feces had created serious beach and

tures, including the aging dancehall, and added

water quality concerns. Between the milfoil-choked

some new playground equipment, lifeguard towers—

swimming area and the goose feces wreaking havoc

for years the lifeguards wore signature red swimsuits

on the water quality and beach the throngs of sum-

with white pith helmets--built cinderblock changing

mer swimmers and picnickers dropped dramatically.

rooms, one with a caretaker’s residence on a second

King County transferred the property to the City of

floor, and various other improvements. In 1973 the

Kirkland in 2002 and that began a new chapter in the

county removed the old wooden swimming piers,

Juanita Beach story.

The 1920-40’s were a busy time for the beaches at Juanita. Summers brought throngs of bathers from Seattle and outlying areas. replacing them with the distinct concrete “U” shaped

Over the next few years a master plan for the park

pier there today—considered two piers connected

was developed and extensive renovations began, with

by a breakwater--which until a few years ago had

the park reopening in 2011. It boasts 21.94 acres and

wooden baffles around the outer edges designed to

about 1000 lineal feet of Lake Washington waterfront.

reduce wave impact on the newly enclosed swim-

Current features include: swimming beach, picnic

ming area. The water within the swimming enclosure

tables, kids’ playground, public dock, fishing area,

was dredged and thus significantly deeper then,

beach volleyball, restrooms/changing rooms-closed

and the new pier even boasted a popular diving

in the winter, lighted tennis courts, little league ball

board platform. Unfortunately, the anti-wave baffles

fields, a new Juanita Creek nature area, open lawn

helped to trap sediment in the enclosed swimming

areas and the historic Forbes House. The Juanita Neighborhood Association worked with the Kirkland Parks and Community Services Department to place several historic signs in the park to inform visitors of its colorful and important past.

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11 There were several vacation cabin rental businesses in the Juanita Junction area. The Kuivas family operated one on a narrow strip of property at about today’s 11410 98th Avenue NE--some of the old cabins are still standing and can be seen from 99th Pl NE (across from the Shumway Mansion). This was the office, on the old 98th Avenue NE (which took cars over the Juanita Trestle, now pedestrian only). Seen here in 1939, it was demolished in 1968.

12 Juanita Pioneers Eliza and Dorr Forbes with their sons in the

1890s. Their youngest, Les, is seen just behind Eliza and with his wife, Alicia, founded L. L. Forbes’ Juanita Beach on his family’s strip of waterfront property in 1921.

13 This dance hall was located east of Juanita Beach and Juanita Beach Cabins, providing some of the nightlife for visitors and locals.

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ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY LINDSAY SELLIN; ARNP, RD

STRAWBERRY, GOAT CHEESE, AND GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD WITH CREAMY BALSAMIC DRESSING It’s officially Summer! Time to heat up the grill and eat outside! Entree salads are perfect for summer, and this salad is no excep-

SERVES 4 AS AN ENTREE,

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6 AS A ASIDE SALAD

grill, so you avoid heating up the house. This salad is simple but elegant enough for entertaining, and very flavorful with a homemade creamy balsamic dressing. I recommend

INGREDIENTS

using a really good, aged, thick balsamic vinegar. If you don’t have

SALAD:

such on hand, you can simmer your balsamic vinegar to reduce it

+ 16 oz (1 large tub) of mixed greens,

and concentrate the flavors. The honey in the dressing is optional,

spinach, or romaine lettuce.

and depends on the sweetness of your balsamic dressing. Whisk

+ 1 pint strawberries, sliced + 4 oz goat cheese crumbles

everything together, taste, then add the honey if needed.

+ 4 chicken thighs, grilled and sliced + 1/4 cup slivered almonds + Salt and Pepper DRESSING:

+ 1/4 cup aged or reduced balsamic vinegar + 1/2 cup olive oil + 2 Tbsp mayonnaise + 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard + 1 garlic clove, minced + 1/2 tsp salt + 1/2 tsp ground black pepper + 1 Tbsp honey (optional)

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ARTICLE NICOLETTE MARTIN

beat the summer heat

AS THE WEATHER STARTS HEATING UP, WE’RE ALL ABOUT COOLING DOWN. And what’s more refreshing than ice pops filled with your favorite fresh fruit? Don’t get in a rut—here are some options that you can enjoy all summer long. Don’t be afraid to try your own! Simply freeze your favorite fruit juice and chunks of fruit in popsicle molds and enjoy. Here are some of our favorites.

frozen fruit pops P E AC H Y K E E N .

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H 2 0 M E LO N .

+ Combine simply peach juice

+ Puree strawberries with your

+ Combine watermelon,

and sliced peaches

favorite fruit juice

cucumber and lime

TEA TIME: Change it up by

LIME IT UP: Combine pureed

HYDRATION STATION:

using sweet tea and peach juice

strawberries with homemade

Did you know watermelon

as your base and some ginger

limeade (water, limes + simple

and cucumber are two of

ale for a little fizz or add some

syrup) for a frozen twist on a

the most hydrating fruits +

lemonade for a tart twist!

summer classic.

veggies? Load it up!

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awesome aloe

Put your plants to use by harvesting aloe gel from the leaves of your window plant rather than option for store-bought.

TIP ONE.

Thereâ€™s some yellow sap that will come out of the leavesâ€” this is the aloe vera latex. Go ahead and just dispose of it.

Choose thick, healthy leaves from the

T I P T W O.

outside, trim the edges with a knife, then

Store your fresh aloe longer by transferring the gel to ice

separate the interior gel from the exterior

cube trays. Then use the frozen cubes anytime on sunburns

of the leaf.

or dry skin.

no-bake icebox cake

INGREDIENTS

+ 3 cups heavy cream, cold + 1/2 cup powdered sugar + 1 tsp. vanilla extract + Chocolate ice cream + Cookie crumbles, pre-made cake, chocolate candies, crushed graham crackers and anything else you want

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to layer your cake with

1. In a large bowl, beat heavy cream, sugar and vanilla with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form in the mixture. 2. Start with a thin layer of whipped cream on the bottom of a springform pan (determine the size by how large or small you want your icebox cake to be). Then top with an even layer of chocolate (or your favorite kind of ice cream). 3. For the next layer, top with an even layer of cookie crumbles, cake crumbles, chocolate candies, crushed graham crackers or anything else you want to layer your cake with. 4. Continue with layers of whipped cream, ice cream and toppings until you have reached the top of your pan. 5. Refrigerate at least 4 hours, top with more cookie crumbles or chocolate sauce, slice and enjoy!

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