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A large wind and rain storm last week wreaked all sorts of havoc in Seattle, causing power outages for many and downing utility lines and trees throughout the city, including one in front of the Seattle Pacific University Student Union Building. On Friday afternoon, the area in front of the building was cordoned off and the remnants of the tree and its root system had yet to be removed. As a result of the power outages, West Point Treatment Plant in Magnolia experienced a series of voltage fluctuations that caused the in-plant pumping station to shut down repeatedly between midnight and 2 a.m., Jan. 13. According to a county press release, the emergency caused an estimated 11 million gallons of stormwater and sewage to overflow without treatment into Puget Sound. Approximately 80 percent was stormwater and 20 percent was sewage. King County also reported that large volumes of rainfall throughout the day and into the night exceeded the capacity of the Richmond Beach and Medina pump stations. These two stations overflowed estimated volumes of 165,000 and 80,600 gallons, respectively, according to the press release. Beaches at Discovery Park, Madrona, Carkeek, Golden Gardens, Richmond and Medina Park were closed following the storm, and people were warned to avoid contact with the water while it was tested. As of Monday morning, all the beaches, except for the one at Discovery Park, had been reopened.
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Residents still have time to comment on three different development efforts taking place in Queen Anne and Magnolia.
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The Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections is currently reviewing the Master Use Permit application for the proposed Safeway and housing development at 2550 32nd Ave. W., Magnolia. The project calls for a seven-story, 146-unit apartment building with a Safeway
and parking for 221 vehicles. The developer is seeking approval for the design review and the SEPA Environmental Determination. Residents have until Jan. 25 to submit comments to SDCI. According to the public notice, this may be the only opportunity residents may have to comment on
the environmental impacts of the proposed development. To learn more about the project or see past documents, go to the Seattle Services Portal, https://cosaccela. seattle.gov/portal/welcome.aspx,
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The Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors has opened the application process to fill a vacant seat following the resignation of District IV member Eden Mack Jan. 7. Mack, a Magnolia resident, was elected to the board in November of 2017. Her term was set to expire in November of this year.
Per district policy, the School Board of Directors will appoint someone to fill the vacant seat until the November general election, which is when Mack’s term would have expired. The appointed board member may choose to run for the position in the 2021 election.
To apply for the position, interested people must submit a photograph, a letter of interest and a resume/list of work experience with a candidate interest form, www.seattleschools.org/ district/school_board/director_ap-
Seattle Parks and Rec seeking input on park concept designs
Seattle Parks and Recreation is seeking public input on three concept designs at Salmon Bay Park play area, 2001 N.W. Canoe Place, in Ballard. SPR incorporated the community’s early input for the play area renovation project into the three concept designs, which include new play equipment layouts, adjusting equipment locations, potential access improvements and locations for new and replaced site furnishings.
The public is invited to participate in the design by first viewing the design team project presentation at https://youtu.be/ ecraZ07Gs4E and then taking a short survey, https://seattle. surveymonkey.com/r/SalmonBayDesign.
SPR will be hosting an online open house to answer additional questions and gather further input from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The open house will be hosted on Webex, http://bit.ly/ SalmonBayOpenHouse, which can be accessed through a web browser.
All links and additional information can be found on the project website, http://www. seattle.gov/parks/about-us/current-projects/salmon-bay-parkplay-area-renovation.
Students invited to participate in scholarship opportunity
Three student essayists will split $10,000 this spring for the Stim Bullitt Civic Courage Scholarship, sponsored by The Seattle Public Library Foundation.
Submissions are now being accepted for the contest until March 15.
The scholarship is hosted by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and funded by the family of the late Stimson Bullitt, a Seattle attorney, civil rights activist
pointment/candidates. After the application materials are received, candidates will be asked to complete a questionnaire and a video statement.
To be eligible to serve, candidates must be a U.S. citizen who is registered to vote and who lives within District IV, which includes Magnolia and Queen Anne.
To see the District IV boundary map, go to www.seattleschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/ Server_543/File/District/Departments/Enrollment%20Planning/ Maps/DirectorDistricts/DirDist_ portrait_2019_20_DD4.pdf.
Application forms will be accepted until 5 p.m. Jan. 29. On Feb. 1, questionnaires will be distributed to candidates. Feb. 1 through Feb. 5, candidates will record video statements remotely to be posted on candidate webpages.
and environmentalist.
The contest challenges local college-bound high school students and current college students to write about a Washington state figure or group of people who created change in their communities by demonstrating civic courage.
The winner earns $5,000 for college tuition aid, while two runners-up win $2,500.
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On Feb. 5, individual candidate webpages will be published, including letters of interest and resume/work experience. Candidate video statements and completed questionnaire’s will be added once complete.
Depending on the number of qualified candidates, the SPS Board of Directors may host a special meeting to select finalist candidates in late February. A District IV candidate forum for the finalist candidates will be scheduled in mid-March, with the school board set to make the appointment at the March 24 regular board meeting.
The appointed member will be sworn in and take office immediately.
For detailed information on the application process, go to www. seattleschools.org/district/school_ board/director_appointment.
The top three essayists will also have their submissions catalogued in The Seattle Public Library’s Special Collections.
More details, including the rules, eligibility requirements and resources for research, are available at the Foundation’s Stim Bullitt scholarship page, https:// supportspl.org/what-we-do/ scholarship/.
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When you take a whiff of stinky cheese, that smell is coming from one of its very important ingredients: microorganisms.
Microorganisms are so small, you’d need a microscope to see them, but sometimes they give off a big stink. To find out more about stinky cheese, I talked to my friend Minto Michael.
Michael is a professor of dairy science at Washington State University and told me microorganisms do a few different jobs to help make cheese. These microorganisms can consist of bacteria, yeasts or molds, but bacteria are the most important in cheesemaking. When cheesemakers add lactic acid bacteria to milk, the bacteria help get the milk ready for another ingredient called rennet, an enzyme. This enzyme helps turn the milk from a liquid state into more of a solid that will become cheese.
While the bacteria may do a lot of work to help make the cheese, there are benefits to the job.
“These bacteria eat up the milk sugar, milk proteins and milk fat, so that they can get energy and multiply,” he said.
As the bacteria eat to get energy, they can also produce a stinky gas. The gas is made up of molecules. Some of these molecules that include ammonia or sulfur compounds are responsible for the smell in a lot of stinky cheese.
When certain molecules come in contact with receptors in your nose, your brain helps you figure out what you are smelling. Maybe your brain tells you to stay away from stinky cheese — or maybe it makes you want to try it.
Michael told me about some of the most smelly, or pungent, cheeses. One of them is called Roquefort cheese. This is a kind of a blue cheese that gets its odor from a mold named Penicillium roqueforti. If we looked at it under a microscope, we might notice that it
is a kind of paint-brush shape. Penicillium in Latin means “painter’s brush.”
Meanwhile, a different kind of bacteria called Brevibacterium linens is responsible for the smell and flavor of some other blue cheeses. Brevibacterium linens is not only the bacteria responsible for one of the smelliest cheeses on the planet called Époisses, but is also the same bacteria that makes the smell of human body odor.
When people make cheese, sometimes they will let it age for a while. For some cheeses it may be two months or even two years before they are eaten. As the cheese ages, the aromas
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It is long past time for the Queen Anne Library to be opened for returning books and picking up holds. Due to the pandemic, families and students dealing with online schooling and all citizens of Queen Anne Hill have had our world diminished and constricted. We need access to books now more than ever.
The library has been closed since March. While many other libraries are open for returns and pick-ups, Queen Anne is still closed. My requests have been met with vague statements about the governor’s requirements and staff limitations, but these no longer suffice.
often start to get stronger and stronger. Of course, not all microorganisms produce gases that are stinky.
One of my favorite non-stinky cheese varieties is made at Washington State University. It’s a sharp white cheddar called Cougar Gold that comes in a can.
After investigating your question, I was curious to find out what kind of bacteria is in this cheese. It turns out the answer is a topsecret recipe even I’ll never know. But it’s no secret that it tastes and smells delicious.
Sincerely,
Dr. Universe
Local architect and advocate Andrew Grant Houston has declared his candidacy for the mayor of Seattle. Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced in the fall that she would not be running for reelection.
Houston, a Capitol Hill resident, is a member of AIA Seattle, a board member of Futurewise and a member of Share The Cities, The Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Council, The Sunrise Movement and the 43rd Democrats. He also currently serves as the interim policy manager for City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda.
I have heard nothing of staff layoffs during this time, which begs the question of what are they doing that means they cannot provide service to Queen Anne?
We have a beautiful library, but the lesson I have learned is, what Andrew Carnegie giveth, the City of Seattle taketh away.
It appears to me that it is time to hold to account the chief librarian, the library board and the City Council for their failure to take even small steps to restore library service to Queen Anne. It would take almost no budget to open a book drop. While staff might be needed to operate a pick-up site, their numbers and hours could be few. Staff would face no risks at Queen Anne that are not already being viewed as acceptable at other locations, including Magnolia and Ballard.
John Rose Queen Anne
According to a press release, Houston decided to run for mayor after years advocating for more housing at all income levels and following a lack of response to the climate crisis this past September, when the Puget Sound registered the worst Air Quality Index score the region has ever seen.
According to the release, Houston is a queer Black and
Latino architect, a small business owner and activist “with a vision of transforming Seattle into one of the most vibrant, sustainable cities in the world: a city where no one has to sleep outside, where local businesses and culture thrive, and where orcas start to visit once again.”
According to his release, Houston believes the economy needs to transform with climate change uncertainty in mind.
“Andrew knows that means fair wages, worker ownership and a mass investment in sustainable infrastructure as well as the enhanced support of local farmers, support of Seattle’s arts, increased funding for community-led public safety, cleaning up the Duwamish and Elliott Bay and ensuring the existing housing demand is met while increasing the stock of publiclyowned housing and community land trusts,” according to the release.
For more information, visit his website, www.agh4sea.com.
Last week, the City of Seattle launched its first mobile vaccination teams to support ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Seattle and Washington State.
Earlier this month, the Washington State Department of Health signed off on Seattle serving as a vaccine distributor, which allows the city to receive weekly shipments of the vaccine and administer it to residents and workers.
As part of the vaccination effort, the Seattle Fire Department has launched two mobile vaccination teams to inoculate nearly 1,000 residents and staff at adult family homes, according to a press release from the city. AFH’s serve both older adults and people with disabilities.
“While we had a difficult start to 2021, I believe we have so much hope on the horizon with vaccinations,” Mayor Jenny A. Durkan said in the press release. “Seattle continues to have the lowest cases and hospitalizations of every major city, and our bold collective action shows that together we can save lives and combat the pandemic. There is so much at stake to quickly get our communities vaccinated. Most somberly, more than 375,000 people have lost their lives in our country due to the COVID-19 virus. And the burden of the pandemic has fallen disproportionately on our Black, indigenous, and Latinx communities.
“We know that Seattle’s road to reopening and economic recovery starts with vaccinations, and today is the first step in the City’s efforts to significantly increase the vaccination rate and ensure the vaccine is easy and accessible to our City’s workers and residents,” Durkan continued in the release. “Even as more of us begin to get vaccinated, we’ll need to continue wearing masks, practicing social distancing and following all public health guidance.”
According to the press release, the city is distributing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and will request vaccine allocations from DOH weekly.
“It is crucial that we step up efforts to rapidly vaccinate vulnerable Seattle residents,” City Councilmember Lisa Herbold said in the press release. “The City of Seattle has shown true leadership in the fight against coronavirus from the start, in the absence of federal coordination. Early on, we stood up City-run COVID testing sites that have provided more than 560,000 free tests for Seattle residents, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of the Seattle Fire Department, coordinating with Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, Public Health – Seattle & King County, Finance & Administration Services, Seattle Police Department and others. This new effort to speed vaccination will save lives and help us not replicate the unacceptable disparities we have seen in infection rates in BIPOC communities.”
The Seattle Fire Department’s mobile vaccination teams began vaccinating at adult family homes Thursday.
The mobile vaccination teams are comprised of two registration technicians and one firefighter/EMT or firefighter/ paramedic. The teams were expected to vaccinate 10 AFHs per day. The SFD teams are serving AFHs not included in the federal government’s partnership with CVS/ Walgreens, according to the press release. Public Health — Seattle & King County helped identify the locations to be served.
The SFD teams expect to vaccinate every AFH in Seattle not served by the federal program by Jan. 24, with the second booster dose provided Feb. 21. 24.
According to the press release, Seattle Fire is the first fire and emergency medical services agency in the state to be approved to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, we sought approval to test community members for COVID-19, and we are prepared to pivot our work again to help in this new capacity,” Fire Chief Harold Scroggins said. “Through our Mobile Vaccination Team program, we will be able to deploy to congregate facilities to administer the vaccine to those who need it most. I am proud of our members for stepping up to serve others once again, and know that through widespread vaccination, we can save lives … and we can end this.”
Based on vaccine supply, Seattle can broaden its mobile vaccination efforts between the first and second vaccination doses given at the initial group of AFHs. During the expanded vaccination efforts, SFD will likely partner with communitybased organizations and providers serving older adults who may be unable to receive a vaccine through traditional health care systems, according to the press release.
As vaccines become more widely available in Seattle, the City is prepared to partner and launch mass vaccination hubs, similar to the existing COVID-19 mass testing sites. More information will be available in the coming days.
The State Department of Health determines who is eligible to receive a vaccine and when. Currently, Washington is vaccinating people identified in phases A1 and A2: high-risk workers in health care settings, high-risk first responders and long-term care facility residents.
Later this month, Washington will begin phase B1 of vaccinations for people over 70 years old and people over 50 who live in multi-generational households For more information visit https://coronavirus. wa.gov/.
Residents are advised to continue to follow all public health guidance and go to https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/ covid-19.aspx for more information.
January 20, 2021
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and enter the project number 3034353-LU. Comments for the project should be sent to planner David Landry, either by email at PRC@seattle.gov or to Department of Construction & Inspections, ATTN: Public Resource Center, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.
In addition, residents can comment on the proposed Safeway and housing development at 2100 Queen Anne Ave. N. The project calls for the existing Safeway to be demolished and a seven-story, 324-unit building with retail — a 50,000-square-feet Safeway — and parking for 344 vehicles built in its place. The project is coming before the Design Review Board for a second recommendation meeting, Feb. 3. SDCI will accept written comments regarding the design of the new development through Feb. 2. Submit all comments and requests to be made party of record to PRC@seattle. gov or Department of Construction & Inspections, ATTN: Public Resource Center, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.
The meeting will take place at 5 p.m. Feb. 3 online, https://bit. ly/Mtg3034141. Listen Line: 206-207-1700 - Passcode: 146 691 0786. People can sign up for public comment at https://bit.ly/ Comment3034141.
To learn more about the project or the previous documents
submitted, go to https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/welcome and type in the project number: 3034141-LU.
As well, residents have until Jan. 25 to comment on what they would like professionals to study when they complete an Environmental Impact Statement on elements included in Seattle Pacific University’s proposed 20-year Major Institution Master Plan. Suggested scoping topics include proposed height, bulk and scale of new buildings; land use; parking; traffic and transportation; and shadows on open space. The Citizens Advisory Committee for the MIMP project further refined the scope of the EIS by requesting closer looks at parking, historic buildings, plans for open space and impacts on neighbors from additional residence halls proposed in the plan.
At a meeting last week hosted by the Queen Anne Community Council Land Use Review Committee, members discussed what they would like to be studied as part of the EIS. One source of concern was what impact closing certain streets could have on residents, especially those who travel through the neighborhood to get to Nickerson Street, as well as impacts to traffic because of those closures.
Resident Amy Carlson said she would like SPU to include dedicated traffic signals at some
of the intersections on campus. While there is a left-turn signal on Nickerson for drivers turning onto Third, there is no left-turn signal for drivers on Third turning left onto Nickerson. When students are crossing Nickerson at Third to get to or from classes separate from the main campus, traffic on Third backs up during those times, and a left-turn signal could help alleviate problems.
QACC member Sharon LeVine said she wants to ensure the study takes into account cumulative impacts the MIMP will have in the neighborhood.
“They need to look at what’s going to happen to our community in years to come,” LeVine said.
To comment on what should be included in the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement, people can mail their comments to Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, Attn: Abby Weber, Land Use Planner, PO Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124. Comments can also be emailed to prc@seattle.gov.
People can review the SDCI project file by going to http:// web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/ and entering in the project number, 3035844-LU.
To review the concept plan at the Seattle Department of Neighborhood’s website, http:// www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ programs-and-services/majorinstitutions-and-schools/majorinstitution-advisory-committees/ seattle-pacific-university.
The Ballard High School music program has been busy recording and mixing a virtual concert that showcases over a dozen ensembles in a wide variety of styles and that promises to offer a little something for everyone. The free performance airs online at 7 p.m. Friday. The concert will be a collection of videos recorded by students in three orchestras, six band ensembles and four choirs. According to a press release, to prepare for the concert, students rehearsed in virtual ensembles using the Upbeat music app, funded by donations from BPA families and supporters. The music directors hired professional expertise for audio mixing and video post-production for the concert to assure high quality in showcasing the talent of these musicians. A link to the performance will be posted on the Collage Concert page, https:// www.ballardperformingarts.org/ collage-concert, before showtime Friday.
About Ballard Performing Arts:
The award-winning Ballard High School Performing Arts Program has gained regional, national, and international acclaim for its dynamic and inspired performances. The Music Department includes three concert bands, three concert choirs, three concert orchestras, percussion ensemble, two jazz bands, one jazz choir, multiple chamber ensembles and a marching band of nearly 200 musicians. The Theatre Department offers classes in Technical Theatre and Theatre I and II while the Ballard Playmakers produce two plays and one musical theatre production each year. More than 450 students—about one fourth of the school—participate in these music and theatre opportunities. Ballard Performing Arts sets a high standard of excellence for all students, ensembles, and productions while developing individual artistry through the study of high quality repertoire and exceptional performance opportunities. Learn more at ballardperformingarts.org.
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