[ November 23, 2008; 2:00 pm; ] The Highline Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, Nov. 23rd at 2pm at the SeaTac City Hall, which is located at 4800 South 188th Street (see map below).

This meeting will also feature an encore showing of the Ken Slusher Documentary “The Seike Garden: An American Story.” This 27-minute film tells the [...]

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[ November 12, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Burien Parks is sponsoring a special class on creating a “Rain Garden” on Wed. Nov. 12th from 6:30-8:30pm at the Burien Community Center.

The class will be taught by WSU/Pierce County Extension Educator and stormwater management specialist
Curtis Hinman in a workshop that introduces the basics of rain garden construction.

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 12th from 6:30-8:30 pm

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A couple of weekends ago, we posted notice of a “Tree Gleaning” effort planned for a group of apple trees near SW 128th and SR-509.
Today, we just got this word on results of that job from Suzanne Greive of Sustainable Burien:
Sustainable Burien’s recent apple tree gleaning with Community Harvest of South Seattle (CHOSS) netted around [...]

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[ October 18, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Photos by Brett Fish"][/caption]

The Coho Salmon you see above was photographed at the “Fish House” in Miller Creek (ironically enough by longtime resident Brett Fish) and stands as a signal that yes indeed, the stewardship of both Miller and Walker Creeks is working!

But it’s not over – Sat. Oct. 18th your [...]

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[ October 18, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] The monthly Shorewood Park gardening/cleanup event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18th, from 10 am-12 pm.

No need to RSVP on this one – please just show up if you’re interested, and bring your trusty pruners and gloves if you have them.

Shorewood Park is located at 28th Avenue SW and SW 118th Street (follow Ambaum [...]

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Join a project that’s been going strong in Normandy Park for four years – Stewardship of the Cove!

Help improve Miller and Walker Creeks where they flow into Puget Sound
Volunteers will help plant trees and shrubs or control invasive plants
Work alongside the experienced hands of EarthCorps
Lunch provided!

RSVP: Doug Osterman, 206-878-2578 or Tony Cassarino, 206-246-9941
Here’s a note [...]

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[ October 12, 2008; 2:00 pm; ] Sustainable Burien’s Food Pod is seeking volunteers for a “Tree Gleaning” this Sunday, Oct. 12th at 2pm.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Personally, we hadn't heard of "gleaning" relating to food before (pardon our ignorance folks but hey, at least we're honest) so we looked it up; here's how Wikipedia defines it:
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops [...]

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Driving through our soon-to-be-annexed neighbor to the north this morning, we found this fascinating scene of nature vs man: a blackberry weed-like bush growing through a traffic cone on the corner of SW 107th and 21st SW (possibly cultivated that way by a nearby resident):

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[ September 6, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] We’ve been working hard behind the scenes on this for a while, and are proud to finally be able to make this official announcement:

That’s right folks – Saturday, Sept. 6th, from 6pm on, the B-Town Blog is sponsoring B-Town BlogstockAPaloooza, an outdoor music stage in Olde Burien at the annual Burien Artwalk (aka “Arts A-Glow”).

We’ll [...]

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