We Are Taiwan international cultural performance Sunday at Shoreline College

We Are Taiwan  〖看見臺灣〗

Sunday, May 24, 2026
Time: 2:00pm; doors open at 1:30pm
Shoreline College Theater

16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline 98133

In celebration of Taiwanese American Heritage Week, Shoreline College is pleased to share a special opportunity to attend “We Are Taiwan” / 〖看見台灣〗, an international cultural performance taking place at Shoreline College Theater on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 2:00pm.

General admission $20 - purchase tickets here or scan QR code in flyer
20 complimentary student tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This performance features artists from Taiwan who are traveling across the Pacific and through the West Coast to share Taiwan’s music, dance, culture, and stories. It is a meaningful opportunity to experience cultural exchange, celebrate heritage, and connect with the broader community here on our campus.

“We Are Taiwan” is an 80-minute production by the National Taiwan University of Sport Dance Company, one of Taiwan’s leading institutions for dance, performing arts, and arts education. 

Since 1996, the company has performed internationally, including in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Singapore, and was part of the creative and performance team for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei.

This performance is more than a stage show—it is a journey of encounter. Through dance, music, singing, theater, and traditional arts, the performers bring Taiwan’s diverse cultural communities to life, including Minnan, Indigenous, Hakka, and new-generation artistic traditions. 

The program is designed to be interactive and welcoming, allowing audiences to experience culture not only as something to watch, but something to feel, share, and remember.

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Summer Bash at Ballinger Thriftway May 28, 2026

Nibble your way through Ballinger Thriftway's 30 vendors on May 28, 2026

SUMMER BASH!
Start Summer here! Join us for an afternoon packed with food, fun, and an incredible tasting experience featuring 30+ vendors sampling products throughout the store! . Samples from all areas of our store will be included from bakery, deli, meat, beer, wine, and more!!
Mark your Calendars May 28, 2026
4–7 PM
Ballinger Thriftway 20150 Ballinger Way NE, Shoreline, WA 98155
What to expect:
Samples from over 30 amazing vendors
Fresh-off Department made samples.
Discover new local and seasonal products
Fun for the whole family
Great summer vibes all evening long
Come stroll the store, meet vendors, try something new, and celebrate summer with us! And come hungry there will be plenty to taste!

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Kenmore purchases Savage Moose property for stream restoration

Savage Moose sports bar in Kenmore

The City of Kenmore purchased the Savage Moose property (corner of NE 181st ST & 61st Avenue NE) as part of a long-range environmental stewardship plan. 

The property sits on a stream culvert identified as a fish passage barrier. Future planned work will reconnect fish passage in the stream from Lake Washington to the site and ultimately further up the stream. 

The property is adjacent to the former “Jack in the Box” property, which is now a WSDOT stream culvert replacement project; demo work on that site begins this summer. 

The City’s project on the Savage Moose property will connect to WSDOT’s project, once completed. 

Construction is still 4-5 years out for the City project. For the time being, the City plans to maintain the Savage Moose lease with no change to operations for the foreseeable future. 

The funding for the purchase is from dedicated funding sources specific to culvert replacement work including a King County Conservation Futures grant and Surface Water Management Funds – which are restricted funds and can only be used for these types of projects; the funding from this project does not come out of the City’s general operating budget.

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Shorewood takes 69 students to Washington State technology student association conference

Shorewood students at Washington State Technology Student Association (TSA) conference

Shorewood High School brought their biggest group ever to the Washington State Technology Student Association (TSA) conference: 69 students!

The team, led by advisors Tammy Ceesay and Shannon McMaster, had a strong showing in Spokane and exhibited strong leadership, taking on statewide roles for the coming school year.

2nd Place winners
Left: Annabelle Pintea & Ellie Swartzwelder
Right: Grace Halloran & Reese Davison

2nd Place
Animation: Annabelle Pintea & Ellie Swartzwelder
Data Science: Reese Davison & Grace Halloran

3rd Place finishers Velvet Wu, Reese Davison, Coren Murphy

3rd Place
STEM Mass Media: Reese Davison, Coren Murphy & Velvet Wu
Finalists (Top 5)
Catapult: Emily Tian & Zayne Cornelius (5th)
Data Science: Ellery Ang Lee & Sebi Pintea (4th)
Extemporaneous Speech: Reese Davison (4th)
Photo Tech: Yevoa Gomilko (4th) and Jay Olander (5th)
Prepared Presentation: Reese Davison (4th)
Promotional Design: Eloise Reinhardt (4th)
System Control: Corey Ip, Cheng Yang, & Kenneth Chen (4th)

Two Shorewood students are among the six state officers
Reese Davison and Cheng Yang

And, two of our Shorewood students were selected as new Washington TSA State officers! 

• Reese Davison (Vice President, second from left on stage) and 
• Cheng Yang (Sergeant at Arms, second from right). 

They will be two of the 6 Washington TSA Members leading our state during the 26-27 school year.

--Photos courtesy Shoreline Schools

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Don't take the survey

So it turns out that the company running the survey for the city of Shoreline only sent the survey to a random sample and if your name is not listed, your answers will be discarded.

My apologies if you spent time filling it out.

Diane Hettrick

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Shorewood Softball stays alive to Top 12 at State tournament

2026 Shorewood Softball Team and coaches at State Tournament

Story and Photos by Chris Stuvek

Ellie Van Horn

Over the past two days, the Shorewood varsity girls softball team went 2-2 in the State 3A tournament at Lacey WA to finish in the top 12 teams.

Zoey Perrault

Their two victories were against Enumclaw and Central Kitsap. Their two losses were against Sedro-Woolley and Kennewick.

Olivia Adams

Three of the games were played on Friday, May 22, 2026.

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Cartoon by Whitney Potter: Straight

Cartoon by Whitney Potter

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History, Badges, and Big Dreams: Shoreline Scouts leave their mark on the museum wall

St. Luke Girl Scout Troop teams up with the DAR and Shoreline Historical Museum for a day of history, laughter, and a question nobody saw coming: “Who is the Big Sister?”

Submitted by Peter Puget Chapter, NSDAR and St. Luke Girl Scout Troop 45312 · Shoreline, WA

Something remarkable happened at the Shoreline Historical Museum this May. The girls of St. Luke Girl Scout (GS) Troop 45312 arrived ready to learn history — and left having made it. 

They sang songs, suited up in archival gloves for a behind-the-scenes museum tour, traded handmade SWAPs (Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere), earned a Scout badge, and sealed a time capsule for a girl not yet born. Not a bad afternoon for a group of 11 year olds.

The occasion was the “Sisters in Time” program created in partnership with the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Peter Puget Chapter and the Shoreline Historical Museum. 

With 2026 marking America’s 250th birthday, the timing was perfect for a program celebrating the women woven into every chapter of that story — and placing today’s scouts squarely in that line.

The centerpiece is a living timeline, called “Women Who Dared” that the scouts built themselves. Each girl received laminated cards featuring women from 1776 to 2026 — Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Sally Ride, and 19 others — then one by one walked to the gallery wall and placed them in order. 

At the 1912 card for Juliette Gordon Low and the 1890 card for the DAR founding, the girls were asked: “If we are Sisters Through Time, who is the Big Sister?”

(Visit the exhibit and find out!) At the 1920 Women’s Suffrage card, each scout held a collection of real Susan B. Anthony coins and history passed hand to hand.

Then came the letter. U.S. Senator Patty Murray — herself a former Shoreline Girl Scout — sent a personal note to the troop. A Scout read it aloud while the girls stood at the completed timeline, right beside Senator Murray’s own card. “She’s on our timeline!” said one scout, eyes wide. The finished display, “Women Who Dared,” is now on exhibit at the Shoreline Historical Museum.

The day closed with letters sealed in a time capsule, to be opened in 2126. Before writing, the troop was asked: “What do you hope is still the same a hundred years from now?” 

The girls hoped for peace. For kindness. For a world where everyone is treated fairly. And — with great feeling — for Trader Joe’s. (Some things are worth preserving.) 

Those letters, along with SWAPs, empty GS cookie boxes, a GS song book, and a DAR storybook, are now archived and waiting for a scout in 2126 to find them. 

The Girl Scout Leaders and DAR Peter Puget Chapter Regent led the badge ceremony that followed, presenting each girl with her Girl Scout Way badge and an official certificate of participation. With parents in attendance, there were loads of cheers.

These girls are not the end of this story — they are its next chapter. The “Women Who Dared” exhibit is now on display and open to the public at the Shoreline Historical Museum, 18501 Linden Ave N, Shoreline WA 98133. Visit shorelinemuseum.org for hours and group visit information.

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Making sure that firearms surrender orders are enforced

Successful partnership reduced domestic violence crimes

Since 2018, King County’s Regional Domestic Violence Firearms Enforcement Unit has worked to ensure firearm surrender orders in domestic violence cases are actually enforced.

The partnership (between the King County Prosecutor’s Office, King County Sheriff’s Office, Seattle City Attorney’s Office & Seattle Police), has led to a 27% drop in crimes committed by people ordered to surrender firearms and reduced crime severity by more than 20%.

This is life-saving work for domestic violence survivors: because when domestic violence abusers have access to firearms the rate of intimate partner homicide increases by 500%.

Read more here about the results of this work

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Tim Tyler retires from Shoreline Fire after 29 years of service

Tim Tyler retires from Shoreline Fire

After more than 29 years of dedicated service, we honor and congratulate Tim Tyler on his retirement from the fire service.

Tim’s journey started in a way only he could describe—stepping into a line, not realizing at the time it would lead to a lifelong career of purpose, brotherhood, and impact. 

From that moment on, he built a legacy defined by service, humility, and heart.

Over nearly three decades, Tim has been more than a firefighter and paramedic—he’s been a mentor, a steady presence, a trusted partner, and family to those he served alongside. He’s experienced the full spectrum of this job:

• the adrenaline of advancing a hose line into a fire,
• the responsibility of driving the rig through traffic with lights and sirens,
• and the quiet, meaningful moments—coffee at the table, conversations after tough calls, and shared meals at the station.

What stands out most is the difference Tim made in people’s lives on their worst days—and the way he showed up for his crew every single shift.

Tim leaves this career on his own terms—still loving the job, still giving his best, and choosing to step away with gratitude rather than burnout. That decision reflects the same wisdom and perspective he carried throughout his career.

Tim, thank you for your service, your leadership, and the legacy you leave behind.

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Annual Memorial Day Celebration at Evergreen Washelli Cemetery in Seattle May 25, 2026

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Evergreen Washelli in Seattle will host its 99th annual Memorial Day Celebration on Monday, May 25, 2026 honoring the men and women who served and sacrificed throughout the nation’s history. 

The day will begin with flag placement at 10am, where more than 6,000 American flags will be placed by the public throughout the cemetery in tribute to veterans laid to rest on the grounds. 

A remembrance service will follow at 11am, featuring the Washington State Color Guard, guest speakers from Special Forces at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, music by the Northwest Junior Pipe and Drum Band, TAPS on bugle, and the National Anthem.

Following the ceremony, attendees are invited to partake in one of three special activities hosted by Washelli Community Partners including:

• Walk of Honor – Tour of the Washelli Medal of Honor recipients
• Meet the Bees - At the Washelli Apiary with Catacomb Bees
• Nature Walk – Hosted by Seattle Parks and Recreation

As a cemetery where veterans are remembered year-round, the annual event reflects on generations of military service and honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and we hope to see you here.

WHEN/WHERE:

Monday, May 25, 2026
Flag Placement: 10:00am
Memorial Day Service: 11:00am
Evergreen Washelli Cemetery
11111 Aurora Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133

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Building more than a Ramp: Local Builder restores independence and peace of mind for Mountlake Terrace family

(L to R) Joseph Irons, Scarlet Haney, Jon Petkovits, Susan Barnes, Wesley Davis, Jorge Zepeda, Samaria Irons, MLT City Manager Jeff Niten, Melissa Irons, MLT Mayor Steve Woodard

Irons Brothers Construction proudly led a 2026 Rampathon project in Mountlake Terrace, where employees and volunteers rebuilt a critical accessibility ramp for a local family in need.

The home’s existing ramp had fallen into disrepair, creating unsafe conditions and limiting dependable access to and from the residence. On May 14, 2026 the Irons Brothers-led team built a new, durable ramp connecting the front entrance to the driveway, restoring essential access for activities of daily living.

(L to R) Jorge Zepeda, Wesley Davis, Joseph Irons

The project supports a caregiving household providing full-time care for a family member with significant mobility challenges. With limited financial resources, maintaining safe access to the home has been an ongoing burden. The new ramp will make a vital difference, ensuring safe and dependable access for the recipient, caregivers, and emergency responders.

“This project really hits home for our team,” said Joseph Irons, Builder Captain at Irons Brothers Construction. “We’re not just rebuilding a ramp—we’re restoring a safe, reliable way for this family to care for their loved one and respond in moments that truly matter.

"It’s an honor to work alongside our employees and volunteers on something with such a direct and meaningful impact.”

The event also drew support from local leaders, including Mayor Steve Woodard and City Manager Jeff Niten, who attended to recognize Rampathon’s vital role in strengthening the community.

Completed ramp

Rampathon is a long-running program organized by the Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish Counties that builds and repairs wheelchair access ramps for homeowners in need. 

Since 1993, members have built more than 650 ramps for residents across the region. These ramps often serve as a vital lifeline, providing safer access to homes and a stronger connection to the community.

Thanks to the Master Builders Association and the generosity of donors, including Dunn Lumber and Green Latrine, the ramp will be constructed at no cost to the recipient. The program is rooted in a simple but powerful belief: everyone deserves safe, reliable access to their home and community.

“Being part of Rampathon year after year is incredibly meaningful,” said Scarlet Haney, Administrator at Irons Brothers Construction and longtime volunteer.

“These projects go beyond construction—they help families feel safe, supported, and seen. It’s powerful to witness what can happen when people come together to give back in such a tangible way.”

(L to R) Wesley Davis, Jon Petkovits, Joseph Irons

With more than two decades of involvement in Rampathon and other philanthropic initiatives through the Master Builders Association, Irons Brothers Construction continues to demonstrate the impact of builders giving back to the communities they serve. 

By volunteering their time and expertise, the team is not only building a structure—they are helping restore independence, dignity, and peace of mind for a local family navigating daily caregiving challenges.

Learn more about Rampathon here

IBC Team - (front to back) Joseph Irons, Jon Petkovits, Susan Barnes, Scarlet Haney, Melissa Irons, Jorge Zepeda, Wesley Davis

About Irons Brothers Construction

Irons Brothers Construction is a residential design-build firm serving homeowners throughout North Seattle, Shoreline, Edmonds, Lake Forest Park, and surrounding communities. Known for quality craftsmanship and community involvement, the company regularly donates time and resources to local service initiatives, including Rampathon.

Photos courtesy Irons Brothers Construction

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Open House at Shorenorth Co-op preschool May 29, 2026

Shorenorth Co-op Preschool open house on Friday May 29, 2026 from 10am - 12pm

Are you looking for preschool options for next fall? Shorenorth has classes for ages  0-5. 

Here is the RSVP link for the event

Shorenorth is located at 17839 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline WA 98133  Enter from southbound Aurora.

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ShoreLake Arts honors community pARTners at annual Gala

A fashion show of reimagined and upcycled designs from the local chapter of the American Sewing Guild at the ShoreLake Arts Gala

ShoreLake Arts held their annual gala on May 2, 2026 at the Shoreline College PUB. The fundraiser featured the local chapter of the American Sewing Guild with a collection of their reimagined and upcycled designs "to inspire creativity in us all."

Thanks to the support of the community, ShoreLake Arts has been able to keep 97% of their 40+ year-round programs and events free.

During the event, four community members were honored with special awards.

Arts Education Manager Nancy Malek, Executive Director Laura James, Impact Award winner Rose Werelus, Board President Charlie Capp

Rose Werelus - Community ARTS Impact Award

Rose Werelus is a lover of art, and shares that love with the community. Rose hosts Sip and Paint classes at Vault 177. She crafts a specialty cocktail unique to each class sharing her mixing skills. Rose frequently joins the class and often brings her mom. She also hosts art fairs for local artists to share and sell their work. She is tireless in promoting the arts and championing ShoreLake Arts. We honor Rose for her commitment to the Arts and our community!

Executive Director Laura James, Spotlight award winner Kate Ledbetter, Board Presiden Charlie Capp 

Kate Ledbetter - ShoreLake Arts Spotlight Award

Kate Ledbetter is deeply rooted in the community as a parent, business owner and all around Shoreline evangelist. She’s the founder of Destination Shoreline, an online community resource for all that’s happening around town, which she created to strengthen our community through promoting programs, events and beyond. She’s literally puts Shoreline on the map bringing recognition to our city and to ShoreLake Arts with her weekly publications and community calendar.

Diane Hettrick

Diane Hettrick - Community PARTner Award

Diane is likely known to many of us as the Editor of Shoreline Area News, an online publication that serves our community as a primary source of local news and events. 

Using the various contributions to Shoreline Area News, she has significantly contributed to the Shoreline and Lake Forest Part communities as one of our central hubs for information they can trust.

Board President Charlie Capp, HeART award winner Eric Friedli, Executive Director Laura James

Eric Friedli - ShoreLake Arts HeART Award

Eric has been a supporter of Shoreline arts community since 2015 when he started as the Director of Shoreline Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services. Eric found the cultural services aspect of that role to be particularly important to him and as a result, he reached out to ShoreLake Arts to partner in the arts. Eric has always believed that local governments need community-based non-profits like ours to expand services provided to the taxpayers. Since retiring in 2020 he has continued his partnership with the arts by becoming a board member to help further our mission to bring arts events, education and support our local artists.

Options to support ShoreLake Arts

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Book Fair at Shorewood focuses on AANHPI authors and stories May 27, 2026

In conjunction with the AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander) Heritage Month celebration to be held at Shorewood High School on Wednesday May 27, 2026, the Shorewood Library will host a book sale in partnership with Ridgecrest Books.

The sale will focus on AANHPI authors and stories.

Buy books during the sale hours or pre-order for pickup. Proceeds go to the Shorewood Library.

AANHPI book sale
Shorewood High School Commons
17300 Fremont Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133
12 - 3pm and 5 - 9pm

Cash or card preferred

Pre-order using the QR code in the flyer or this link

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