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The Mount Baker View April 2016
The Mount Baker View April 2016
www.mountbaker.org
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COMMUNITY POTLUCK
SATURDAY, MAY 14
Join us on Saturday, May 14 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM for our annual
Community Potluck! Once intended to welcome neighborhood
newcomers, the potluck expanded five years ago to include everyone in Mount Baker. Its now one of our best attended familyfriendly events, and is a great way to kick off the summer season.
There is no admission fee, just pay what you can and bring a salad,
side dish or dessert to share. Beverages will be provided and there
will be a no-host bar serving beer and wine.
Well have games and activities for the whole family, including a
treasure hunt throughout the Clubhouse for the kids, and the upstairs room will be filled with games and fun. We invite you to
contribute a personal story about the Clubhouse or the neighborhood to our interactive storyboard on the history of Mount Baker.
Live music and unique auction items will be available.
Come out and meet your neighbors at this wonderful community event. A big thank you to our sponsors for making this
event possible
Presidents Corner
Spring is the time we start to emerge from our winter hideaways and
meet up with neighbors. Two events at the clubhouse are a great opportunity to do just that: our membership meeting on May 2 and our
annual neighborhood potluck on May 14.
arson fire. Does anyone remember this painting? Do you have any
information about how and when it came to the Club? If so, please
email me at president@mountbaker.com. I would love your help answering these questions.
On May 2 we will elect board members for the coming year. This
is our official membership event. For information about the slate
of board candidates, visit us online at www.mountbaker.org. The
neighborhood potluck on May 14 is always a lively event and a great
way to meet long-time and new neighbors.
And finally, May is the time for Give Big, a day of giving through
Seattle Foundation to local nonprofits. We hope youll remember the
Club on May 3. Visit us online at www.mountbaker.org for details.
CLUBHOUSE MANAGER
Megan Haile, manager@mountbaker.org
Dawn Counts
Julia Janak
Mark Temmel
Corey Rawdon
Clubhouse Staff:
Joe Kadushin
Mary Joy Lopez
Kristen Myers
Rory Deen
Nancy Whitlock, Bookkeeper
The View:
Julia Janak Editor-in-Chief
Ben Bruce Community Editor
Gaelan Kelly Layout and Design
We will all miss her as a staff person, but we expect to see her at
Club events - maybe even tossing an egg at Day in the Park. Thank
you, Erin, and best of luck in your new endeavors!
By Julie Dillon
By Julia Janak
The Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund provides funding to college-bound kids from the Greater South Seattle area. When the Scholarship first began in 1985 the awards were around $250 and today they
are between $3,000 and $5,000. It is because of Bob that the Scholarship recipients get their funds and get them on time, said Jeniphr.
Bob is the model of a committed volunteer: tireless, helpful and giving, said Richard Monroe, an active member and past chair of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund Committee. I shudder to
think where the Scholarship Fund would be without his many years of
service as our Treasurer.
The people on the committee are an excellent, very committed
group of people said Bob. His long service is evident, according to
Judy McBroom, another Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund
Committee member, My own take is that Bob is The History of the
committee. Whenever you want to know what has happened in the
past, you can ask Bob.
Bob said hes looking forward to training his successor soon when
I asked how he envisions his future as treasurer. Its important to
me that my legacy include easing the role of the treasurer to the next
volunteer...any takers? he asked with a smile.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Elections for the Mount Baker Community Club board will be held
at the May 2 community meeting. If youre interested in serving on
or learning more about the board or its committees please email Ron
Suter, Governance and Nominations committee chair, at
governancechair@mountbaker.org.
STAYING
SAFE
MBCC is pleased to announce the creation of the Emergency Pre-
January: Community activist David Berger shared that the Viewpoint Park (on the west side of 31st Avenue South at South Day
Street) has received a Small and Simple grant of $14,000 from Seattle
Departments of Neighborhoods to clear invasive plants and control
trees on the steep slope beneath the park. This pocket park features
informational displays and stone monuments that use rays from the
sun to indicate solstice and equinox times.
February: Kim Calander from South East Effective Development
(www.seedseattle.org) presented Phase IV of the Rainier Court development planned for the area north of South Charlestown Street,
between 34th Avenue South and 35th Avenue South. It will include
affordable apartments and town homes for low- to moderate-income seniors. Extensive cleanup of what was an unregulated landfill in the 1930s and 1940s will be done before construction begins.
We are so grateful for the many willing hands this winter that helped
ready our 100-year-old building for the spring rental season. Besides
helping to beautify the building, all of those volunteer hours count
as a part of the required labor match for our grant from the Seattle
Department of Neighborhoods. We send a hearty thank you to all 26
volunteers for their 80 hours of combined service to the clubhouse.
Over the MLK Jr. Day and Presidents Day weekends volunteers came
from the Association of Black Business Students, Washington Conservation Corps (AmeriCorps), and neighbors from Mount Baker to
wash windows, replace light bulbs, repair miscellaneous items, clean
outside areas of the clubhouse, wash woodwork, sand, patch, prep
and paint. Keep your eyes open for future Volunteer Work Parties in
the summer and fall!
The 2015 The Home Tour was a great success with seven stunning
homes on display. Thank you to the many volunteers who made
As part of its on-going effort the event possible and especially to Craig Norberg for helping to
to address the issues of equal coordinate it all. Between sponsorships, advertising, the craft fair
access and opportunity, John and ticket sales, the Home Tour raised a net total of $20,000 to
Muir Elementary put a very support the Mount Baker Community Club! If you would like
personal twist on its school- to be involved in the planning for the 2017 Home Tour (yes, its
wide Scholastic Book Fair in time to start planning!), please contact Stephanie Cameron at
December. In recognition that stephanie@mountbaker.org.
almost 65% of the student
body receives a free or reduced
lunch and may not be able to
fully participate in this event,
the Muir PTA donated $10
An excited kindergartener at the
to
every
student to spend on books
Muir Book Fair.
at the Book Fair. Students attended
the fair during their school library time with their librarian Steven
Marsh who said at the weeks end, That was the most fun Ive had
all year! Staff and students were deeply appreciative of this unique
effort to equalize the Book Fair. Erica Sternin, the childrens librarian at the nearby Columbia Branch of the Seattle Public Library
was similarly charmed, Ive never heard of a PTA giving out $10
to everyone what an amazing idea!
By Ilonda Palacios
NONPROFIT PROFILE:
COLLEGE ACCESS NOW
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By Judy McBroom
The 32nd annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Award cere- the obstacles they had overcome. Former mayor Norm Rice and formony occurred Friday, March 18 attended by a large crowd. Eleven mer King County Executive Ron Sims introduced the students. The
students were awarded scholarships of $3,000 each, renewable for a keynote address was given by Dwane Chappelle, former principal at
second year with proof of good standing. All of the students spoke Rainier Beach High School and recently appointed the first director
articulately and movingly about their journey toward college and of the Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning.
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By Julia Janak
This year Ive gotten to know a few morning traditions from the Horn
of Africa thanks to some families at John Muir Elementary. If you have
a special morning drink, please share it with us at
newsletter@mountbaker.org
OROMO COFFEE
Lets try to make a cup of Oromo coffee at home. First roast green
coffee beans over hot coals in a brazier. Grind the beans and place
the grounds in a special vessel, called a jabanaa, and bring to a boil.
When the coffee boils up through the long neck of the jabanaa it is
poured in and out of another container to cool off, then returned
to the jabanaa to boil again. Pour coffee for all yoby mr guests by
moving the jabanaa over a tray with small cups until each is full. A
horsehair filter in the spout prevents coffee grounds from escaping.
The grounds are brewed three times: the first round of coffee is
called abol, the second arajaa and the third barakaa (to be blessed).
The Oromo people are an ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia, northern
Kenya, and parts of Somalia. With around 38 million members, they
constitute the single largest ethnicity in Ethiopia and the wider Horn
of Africa. The Oromo language is their mother tongue, also called
Afaan Oromoo and Oromiffa.
SOMALI TEA
Want to learn more? Horn of Africa Services (www.hoas.org), a nonprofit located in our neighborhood, provides advocacy and educational
services to our East African immigrants and refugees, bringing positivity and self reliance to the forefront of peoples lives. HOAS helps people
whove endured tremendous hardships regain control of their lives and overcome obstacles such as learning a new language and culture, finding
jobs, overcoming emotional trauma, all while preserving the morals and customs they deeply value.
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KINDIEPENDENT KIDS ROCK SERIES: Recess Monkey. 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM. Recently named the #3 Kindi band in America by Time Out
New York, Recess Monkey is known for their contagiously exciting live shows. Individual show tickets on sale now at BrownPaperTickets.com.
$5 per person at the door.
MEANINGFUL MOVIES
COMMUNITY MEETING
COMMUNITY POTLUCK. Come meet your neighbors at this wonderful community event. Bring a side dish or dessert. Doors open at 5:30pm
MEANINGFUL MOVIES
COMMUNITY MEETING
YARD SALE. A neighborhood-wide day of yard sales. Get your yard sale on the map provided FREE at the Club.
MEANINGFUL MOVIES
NO COMMUNITY MEETING this month. Happy Independence Day!
NEW!
Saturday, Jul. 9
Thursday, Jul. 28
Thursday, AUG. 25
Sunday, Sep. 11
Monday, Sep. 12
GARDEN TOUR 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Come see the beautiful gardens and backyard spaces of your Mount Baker neighbors. $15 per person.
MEANINGFUL MOVIES
MEANINGFUL MOVIES
DAY IN THE PARK. Meet your neighbors at this wonderful free community event. Enjoy field games, music, concessions and more!
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