"Turkey Bucks" Are Available at the Burien Albertsons, but they look nothing like this.

Just a quick note from our friends at the Highline Area Food Bank: Turkey Bucks are available at the Burien Albertsons to help hungry neighbors who might otherwise not have a hot Thanksgiving Day meal to enjoy this year.

Here’s how it works: when you shop at Albertsons (the one just north of 160th on 1st Ave South) simply tell the cashier on your way out that you’d like to purchase some Turkey Bucks.

They come in $1, $5 and $10 denominations.

The great staff and crew there will gather up the funds raised and convert them to actual, hot Complete Holiday Meals for people in the Highline community to enjoy on Thanksgiving Day (which, by the way, is Thursday Nov. 27th).

Distribution of the meals is assisted by the folks at the Highline Area Food Bank.

Needless to say, the demand on food banks nationwide is considerably higher than at this time only a year ago. Last year this program served 107 needy families in our area, and we can almost guarantee that there are even more this year.

So every little bit helps.

Turkey Bucks will be on sale at Albertsons until Nov. 24th.

Questions? Here’s the number for the Highline Area Food Bank:  206-433-9900

Albertsons is located at 15848 1st Ave South, Burien (map below):

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Photo of Dick Dahlgard taken by Maureen Hoffmann at the 2005 Highline High School Homecoming game. Maureen says: "Dick was very committed to contributing to this community in many ways. His touch on Burien will be missed."

Just a reminder that the memorial service for Dick “Mr. Burien” Dahlgard will be held Saturday, Nov. 15th at 3pm at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 109 SW Normandy Rd, Seattle, WA 98166 (map below).

In lieu of flowers, donations in Dick’s name can be made to:

Highline Medical Center Foundation
16259 Sylvester Rd SW Suite 101
Burien, WA 98166

In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a video of tributes and memories of Dick from some of his peers:

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Four Studio Artists have teamed up and are having a 2008 Studio Artists Sale at Moshier Community Art Center on Sunday, Nov. 30th and Wednesday, Dec. 3rd at 430 South 156th Street (see map below).

They’ve all taught classes at Moshier and all have donated countless volunteer hours to this amazing facility, its students and the Special Populations program.

Some even attended art classes there with their parents when they were kids – another sign that Burien is fast becoming a major artists’ haven.

Here’s a video tour of Moshier for those unfamiliar with it:

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The coupon above will not only get you a discount on pizza at Burien’s Round Table Pizza, it will help raise money for Glendale Lutheran School:

• $4 donated for every Extra Large Pizza
• $3 for every Large Pizza
• $2 for every Medium Pizza

To use it, just click on the coupon image above, print the resulting page with just the coupon on it, then on Monday, go eat some pie for the kids.

Round Table Pizza is located at 15730 1st Ave South, in the Albertsons/Trader Joe’s shopping area; phone: (206) 431-8600:

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Photo by Janet Grella

Save this image to your hard drive.

Print it out.

Because soon you won’t be seeing this waste of paper products and plastic bags.

Does anyone even use a phone book anymore? I know when my house gets these things, I dump their 3-5lb. hulks straight into the recycling bin.

According to various sources:

The Yellow Pages industry distributed 540 million printed directories this year.

That’s more than one per person.

With the Internet available literally in our hands, is this acceptable?

Like the printed encyclopedia, the obsolescence of the printed Yellow Pages is inevitable. However, considering that in the U.S., 97% of this $14 billion industry is derived from their print division alone, these mammoth media dinosaurs will hold on for as long as possible.

Then, once you savor this soon-to-be-gone vision, do us all a favor by:

• Sign this petition asking to have the choice to opt-out of getting another phone book again
• Go around your own neighborhood, pick these wasteful clunks up and recycle them
• Or…use your phone book paper as mulch and food for all those wonderful decomposer creatures (earwigs, potato bugs, beetles, etc.) that most certainly live in your garden. Our favorite thing to do is rip out specific pages of companies that we don’t like and use those to feed the lil’ buggers…

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It’ll run from 11am to 4pm.

Albertson’s is located at 16th Avenue SW and SW 106th Street, White Center.

We’ll be collecting turkeys and diapers (yes, that’s correct: turkeys and diapers!)

And stuffing and canned vegetables and other Thanksgiving-related food items.

And baby blankets and strollers and high chairs.

The folks at the White Center Food Bank will make available the food (as they do year round) to nearby families in need.

The Food Bank works hand-in-hand with WestSide Baby, a nonprofit organization that collects previously owned items for children and babies and distributes them free of charge to South King County families in need.

In 2007 WestSide Baby served more than 7,000 children.

As always, at any time, here’s how to contact the Food Bank:

White Center Food Bank
10829 8th Ave SW
Seattle WA 98146
www.whitecenterfoodbank.org
Phone: 206-762-2848

You can also donate online directly here.

WestSide Baby:

WestSide Baby
10032 15th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98146
(206) 767-1662
www.westsidebaby.org

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Seattle-based Environmental Artist/Photographer Chris Jordan will be speaking tonight (Thursday, Nov. 13th at 7pm) at the Woodmont Branch of the King County Library, located at 26809 Pacific Highway South in Des Moines (phone: 253-839-0121).

Chris Jordan uses digital photography to look at contemporary American culture and consumerism in his current series, Running the Numbers. Jordan will talk about his work, with special attention to his piece Paper Bags 2007, recently installed at the Woodmont Library.

Jordan’s work has been featured on The Colbert Report, Rachel Ray, and Bill Moyers Journal, and you can view some of his amazing work here.

The following quote is from Jordan’s website, www.chrisjordan.com:

Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month.

This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. Employing themes such as the near versus the far, and the one versus the many, I hope to raise some questions about the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming.

Here’s a video about Chris that shows the whys, hows and whats of his truly impressive work:

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The folks at the new Normandy Park Towne Center tell us that their Grand Opening will be Saturday and Sunday Dec. 13th and 14th, with a Winterfest theme.

Here’s their press release:

Normandy Park Towne Center is proud to announce the Grand Opening of their new building, built by local developer McKittrick Real Estate Group.  Housing tenants such as nutritious (& yet still tasty) vendor Emerald City Smoothie, old favorite hamburger-maker Herfy’s, and Café Mia, a lovely Italian themed restaurant with its own pizza oven, bakery, wine & coffee bar; this addition to the Normandy Park neighborhood promises to be well received.  In addition, NPTC houses the offices of McKittrick Real Estate Group, as well as the local non-profit, the Hear See Hope Foundation.

To introduce the new tenants to the community, Normandy Park Towne Center is hosting a community-wide Winterfest on December 13th & 14th from 10am to 3pm. Be sure to mark your calendars as you will not want to miss out on this festive holiday event that includes a little something for everyone:

• Baked goods offered by Café Mia
• Specially priced Smoothies from Emerald City Smoothie
• Local entertainment from The Hi-Liners, Momentum Music & Dance Academy, TeenSounds, YouthSounds, & KidSounds Northwest Choirs
• Special visits from Rudolf, Frosty and their friends
• Story time and sing-a-long with Mrs. Claus
• Professional holiday photos taken with our Special Guest, Santa Claus!

Yes, Santa Claus truly is coming to “Towne” to partner with the Hear See Hope Foundation to raise awareness about Usher syndrome. Created in 2004 to as a response to the diagnosis of their eldest son Conner, Todd & Lane McKittrick created Hear See Hope as a means to raise funds to support research looking to find a cure.  Four years later, their fourth son, Dalton, was born with Usher as well. Usher syndrome is the leading cause of deaf-blindness in the world. Those with Usher syndrome are born profoundly deaf, and lose their vision by their teenage years. To date, Hear See Hope has raised approximately $850,000, and will not stop until a cure is found.

NPTC is continuing to look for local entertainment that would make the event even better. If you have an idea, let us know by emailing us at info@mckittrickre.com. We will contact you once your information is received. No matter what, plan on joining in on the fun at Normandy Park Towne Center!

Located in-between the City of Des Moines and the City of Burien, Normandy Park Towne Center can be found at 19803 1st Ave South in Normandy Park.

Directions and more information on the development can be found at www.normandyparktc.com.

See you “around Towne”!

Here’s an informational video about the Hear See Hope Foundation:

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BTB Advertiser Elliott Bay Brewery begins offering Brunch starting this Saturday, Nov. 15th from 9:30am - 2:30pm and continuing every Saturday and Sunday morning.

As all good B-Towners know, there’s nothing better than a good solid locally-made, high-quality brunch to make your weekend, and we highly recommend giving your own local, organically-certified brewery’s a try.

Elliott Bay Brewery is located at 255 SW 152nd in downtown Burien (Street View map below), so we’ll probably see you there!

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The City of Burien, along with Discover Burien, is seeking an Event Manager (PDF available here), and have submitted this Request For Proposal (RFP) outlining their needs – could this be your next great gig?:

Position Description & RFP: Event Manager
The mission of Discover Burien is to create and sustain a vibrant business community through promotions and education. Discover Burien is an economic development organization focused on business recruitment & retention, education, promotion and marketing of the Burien community. We are a member-based organization serving the entire community. We work closely with the City of Burien to serve as a liaison between the business community and City Hall.

The Event Manager position is a contracted position reporting to the Executive Director of Discover Burien.

The Event Manager has responsibilities for the overall planning, execution and evaluation of Board-approved community events sponsored by Discover Burien.

Primary responsibilities:

• Annually prepare a complete description of each event, including the measures by which each will be evaluated.
• Annually prepare a full budget for all event revenues and expenditures.
• Provide on-site management of and volunteer supervision for all events.
• Regularly submit written financial and results reports to the board after each event.
• Work under the direction of the DB Executive Director.
• Abide by board-approved policies including ethics and conflict of interest.
• Manage additional board-approved events (for an additional, negotiated fee).

Proposal Instructions:
To be considered as the contractor for Discover Burien’s Event Management, please submit a written proposal which addresses the following:

• Your demonstrated ability to plan and manage the type of community events presented by Discover Burien.
• The process you will use for preparing event budgets and evaluating events.
• Your strategies for volunteer management (volunteer recruitment is the responsibility of the DB Executive Director).
• How you would generate sponsorship for events and what benefits you would propose for various levels of sponsorship. How would you work with the Sponsorship Committee of the Board?
• The promotional strategies you would use for each event
• How you would structure the working relationship with the DB Executive Director, especially in the areas of volunteer recruitment and sponsorships.
• How you would structure your reports to the Board of Directors, especially with regard to evaluation and financial matters.

The Event Manager selected will be expected to provide evidence of professional liability insurance naming Discover Burien as an additional insured.

All proposals are to be submitted by email or in writing to: liz@npcenter.org or to:

The Nonprofit Center
1501 Pacific Avenue, Suite 320
Tacoma, WA 98402

Questions may be directed to Ms. Heath at 253-272-5844.

The deadline for receipt of proposals is 5 p.m. on Monday, December 1st, 2008.

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