October
2001
Next Board
Meeting
November 13th 7:00
PM
A bit of Innis Arden History—By C.A. Taylor
Innis Arden was put on the market in October 1940. The Boeing Company bought the land from the Puget Mill Company (Pope and Talbot). The land had been logged off and was just plain stump land. Boeing cleared the land, laid out the streets and then plotted the first addition. The highest priced lots in October 1940 were $1,750.00 and some as low as $1,000, according to location. Hugh Russel was the sales agent on the ground. I asked Mr. Russel where they got the name "Innis Arden." He told me that it was named after Mrs. Boeing's girlhood home in Connecticut.
The first homes built in Innis Arden were near the entrance at Innis Arden Drive and Richmond Beach Road. The first two homes were built by a Mr. Allard and the Perrfield Sisters. Allard on the south side of Innis Arden Drive and the Perrfield Sisters were on the north side of Innis Arden Drive. This was in 1941.
Pearl
Harbor came along in 1941 and the government put an end to all building.
I had nearly all of the material bought and on hand and because I had
not started the basement, I had to wait until November 1943 before I could
get a government O. K. to build. So the Taylors started home number 3
in Innis Arden in early November of 1943. We moved into our new home in
August 1944.
-- From Shoreline Memories by the Shoreline Historical Society, 1975
The home-to-be of Henry and Eve Weber, one of the first
to be built in Innis Arden III
The first Town Meeting attracted about 20 people. 44 ideas for improving our community were generated. Further work by this group and any other people who wish to join in will require refining and grouping ideas into more manageable and targeted subjects. The ultimate objective is to present the community with a survey of questions, the answers to which will reveal both direction and commitment of our membership. Our Board of Directors will then have the guidance they need to focus their efforts and create an agenda for the future.
Please
plan to attend the
November Town Meetings
Nov. 8th and 14th
7:30 - 9:30 PM
Questions contact, Marc Weinberg 546-8952
Newcomer Diana Dillard just became a published author for the first time, co-authoring a cookbook with John Sarich from Ste. Michelle Winery. The book is titled "Entertaining Simply" and contains 12 seasonal menus for entertaining with beverage recommendations and culinary as well as decorating tips.
Another new resident, Guenter Risse, has written several books including “Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals”. This book describes not merely the social history of medicine but also the history of an entire culture. “He traces the evolution of the hospital from its initial role as a house of mercy, refuge, and dying in late Christian antiquity through its role as a house of rehabilitation at the time of the Renaissance, of cure in the 18th century, of teaching and research in the 19th century, of surgery after 1850, of science in the early 20th century, and of high technology in the late 20th century.” (Taken from The New England Journal of Medicine, November 4, 1999)
Partisans: Marriage, Politics and Betrayal among the New York Intellectuals by local author David Laskin has been award a Washington State Book Award. Award ceremony honoring this and 9 other books by state authors will be held at Museum of History and Industry on October 24 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Meet the authors at reception and book signing. Event is free and open to the public. For directions, call 206-324-1126.
Minutes
of the Meeting of the
Innis
Arden Club, Inc. Board of Directors
7:00 p.m., October 2, 2001,
Innis Arden Club House
Meeting called to order at 7:06 p.m.
Kate O’Neill Laskin recorded the minutes.
Board Members present: Roger Lowell (President), Kate O’Neill Laskin (Vice President), Bob Allen (Buildings and Remodels), David Fosmire (Clubhouse), June Howard (Treasurer), Jim Skeel (Grounds), Pam Smit (Activities) and Al Wagar (Reserves). Elaine Phelps (Secretary) absent. About 20 community residents attended.
Announcements and Community Concerns:
Aurora Corridor:
Larry Bowman, Assistant City Manager of Shoreline, and Kirk McKinley, Planning Manager for Planning and Development Services, presented information on the Aurora Corridor Project. Mr. Bowman explained that the project is still in the proposal stage and the design is subject to change. An environmental impact statement is being prepared. Significant details include an expansion from four lanes to six, with left turning and transit & business access lanes: 7 ½ feet sidewalks with landscape amenities, and a raised median. Goals include: increasing safety for cars and pedestrians, increasing capacity to move freight, transit and passenger vehicles, inspiring reinvestment in the commercial properties along Aurora, and improving the image of Shoreline. The project cost is estimated to be $70 million. $23.8 million has been secured. Most of the balance is to be paid for by county, state and federal government, with Shoreline matching 10.2%.
There will be a public hearing on the environmental impact statement in January 2002. The draft statement is due in November 2001.
Fire Hydrants
The water pressure in Innis Arden is insufficient to meet Fire Department standards. New construction and remodels will be required to install in – home sprinkler systems. The Fire Department will be making a presentation (TBA) to the community.
Dr. Guenter Risse volunteers to organize the Club records.
Dr. Risse, an historian and Innis Arden resident, has volunteered 20 hours of his time to help organize the Club’s records.
Action: The Board unanimously approved a motion by June Howard to appoint Dr. Risse to this task.
Action: The Board unanimously approved a motion by June Howard to support Dr. Risse’s work by authorizing Howard to spend up to $1500 on a copier, supplies and locking file cabinets.
Restrictive Mutual Easements
Judy Allen would like to hear from anyone who has information on other communities’ covenants. Judy is spearheading an effort to update the covenants and would like information on what works and what doesn’t. Please call her at 542-3219 or 467-8900.
Committee Reports:
Treasurer: Rental income from the clubhouse is down.
Activities: Salmon Barbecue was a success. New playground equipment has been installed and new, clean wood chips spread thanks to community residents.
Activities needs volunteers to chair or co-chair the Holiday Party. Please contact Pam Smit if you are interested.
Clubhouse: The furnace, which is 46 years old, is not functioning properly and is in an unsafe condition. Dave Fosmire solicited three bids. The best proposals involve twin furnaces to improve airflow and speed up warming.
Action: The Board unanimously approved a motion authorizing Dave Fosmire to select a furnace installer based on personal recommendation from residents and to spend up to $5,000. Dave will keep the Board informed by email.
Action: The Board unanimously approved a motion authorizing June Howard to pay $206.72 for a broken window caused by a rock tossed up by the Club’s lawn mower instead of filing for insurance.
Reserves: On October 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clubhouse there will be a meeting to discuss Reserves and needed revisions to the current Vegetation Management Plan.
Salmon are running for the next three months. Interested parties should call Ed Barnes, 542-5242.
The previously authorized mapping of the soils in the Reserves is way behind schedule. The people from U/W should get the job done in another month or so.
Grounds: A resident has notified the Board that Boeing Creek is cutting into his property and would like the Board to write to the City. The matter is currently pending before the Court of Appeals.
Jim Skeel presented information on costs and possible schedules for patrols by King County Off Duty Police Officers. A motion to authorize $2400 to hire the officers on a trial basis to patrol Innis Arden in 4 hour sessions in 15 separate visits from 10/23 to 11/30 was defeated with seven no votes and one yes. A suggestion was made that this issue might be presented at the Town meetings organized by Marc Weinberg. It will be revisited, along with a discussion of fences for Blue Heron Reserve, at the November meeting.
Buildings and Remodels:
Action: The Board unanimously approved a motion to approve the Smithhart (17250 12th Ave. NW) proposed remodel, excluding the garage and master bath extensions, contingent upon receipt prior to the beginning of work of revised plans reflecting the Smithhart’s withdrawal of those proposed extensions.
Meeting Adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
- Anastasia
Chopalis & J.Michael Brown
16945 NW 14th - Patricia
& Gregory Davis-Court
18219 NW 13th - Susan
& Stephen Dunn
18251 NW 13th - Elaine
& Robert Lau
1260 NW 175th
Do you have any new neighbors? If so, please contact the Hospitality Committee so they can deliver a welcome packet. The hospitality committee is:
Kathleen
Malarky 546-2341
Sylvia Moren 546-4221
Bunny Renouard 542-3803
NEWCOMERS WINE AND CHEESE PARTY
The Hospitality Committee extends an invitation to any newcomers to Innis Arden to join us at a Wine and Cheese Party. If you have recently moved to Innis Arden, this year, please join us for Wine and Cheese. It is an opportunity for you to meet us and other newcomers to the community.
Date:
Monday, November 5th
Time:6:30-8:00
Place: Kathy and Ian Malarky
823 Innis Arden Dr
R.S.V.P.: 546-2341
David Laskin, a resident of Innis Arden, has written a captivating book, Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals. In it he weaves together the lives of ten authors whose works were frequently published in the “Partisan Review”, an intellectual literary magazine published in New York City from the 1930s through the 1960s.
The Partisan Review published such literary greats as Robert Lowell, Lionel Trilling, James Agee, and Wallace Stevens. Laskin tells the stories of such disparate writers as Mary McCarthy (a Seattle native) and Robert Lowell (a scion of the intellectual Lowells of New England), Hannah Arendt, Caroline Gordon and Allen Tate.
While the “Partisan Review” featured mainly male authors, Laskin focuses as much on the women who wrote for the magazine as he does the men. He describes how women like Mary McCarthy and Elizabeth Hardwick managed to not only fulfill traditional female roles, but were also able to build successful literary careers of their own. Furthermore, they seemed find no conflict between being traditional wives and mothers and at the same time working fulltime at a successful career. As a result, they overlooked and were overlooked by the feminist revolution becoming anachronisms by the late sixties and early seventies.
Laskin manages to intertwine the lives of these writers into an entertaining story of their marriages, their alcoholism, their Marxist anti-Stalinist political leanings, their self-destructive impulses, and their friendships. His lively and dramatic writing style gives the reader a deliciously gossipy sense of “being there” when he describes the possibly “purposeful” auto accident causing grave damage to a spouse’s face, the commitments of wives to mental hospitals, the manic episodes experienced by Robert Lowell and the puritanical strain of his adopted Catholicism. He delves into the close friendship of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy and portrays the betrayal of friendships and even family intimacies by others in the group.
While vividly describing manic episodes and alcoholic binges, coverage of the implications of the mental health and alcoholism issues as confronted by the writers could have provided a fuller insight into their lives and motivations. For example, Robert Lowell was an early user of lithium after it was discovered to moderate the wildly swinging moods of manic depression. It was while he was on lithium that he was able to enter a highly productive period of his writing career. Yet, Laskin mentions the treatment only in the caption of a picture of Lowell in 1967.
While
Laskin has produced a work that is as captivating as the best page-turner,
he has also brought to life the people of an important era in American
letters. It is their indomitable human spirit that enabled these writers
to pursue their art throughout their personal difficulties and to produce
works that in many cases personify the best of American writing and intellectual
life.
—June Howard
This summer we had 95 junior tennis players taking lessons and 20 players on the tennis team. It was a very good tennis summer—only one day of rain!
The boys tennis team placed third in the top division of the North End Junior Tennis League this summer. Klahaya and Harbor Square placed ahead of us. Thank you to the few girls who turned out to play on the team this summer – we really need more girls and would love to see you out there next summer!
Many thanks to the drivers who drove carpools to the tennis matches, including Kimber Bang, Jane Cho, Susan Dunn, Johanna and Erin Warness, Kurt Manchester, and Paul Larson. Special thanks go to Kit Hart, who organized the carpools. We also had a super end-of-season party thanks to the efforts of Kimber Bang.
Would
anyone be willing to assist with the junior tennis program next summer?
I will be coordinating the tennis program for one more year and would
like to work with one or two people to take my place. Please call me at
546-2722 if you can help. Thanks.
- Joyce Michelson
Mark your calendars!!! WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT 10 A.M. (yes, that's right a.m. meaning morning) the Activities Committee will be meeting at Chris Joy's house to talk about what's in store for your social calendar in the coming months. Want to see the Hiking Club start up again (even if it's that jaunt up to Starbucks for a cup of coffee)?? How about joining a neighborhood Book Club? If you are interested in being a part of any of these you need to come to this next meeting!! Meetings are not just about doling out jobs to people but making your voice known, brainstorming new ideas and finding out what's happening in YOUR community.
WHAT:
Activities Meeting
WHERE: Chris Joy's house at 17768 13th NW
WHEN: Wednesday, November 14th at 10:00 am
The Activities Committee is a group of self-selecting volunteers who finance, organize and execute a variety of activities open to the entire community. Traditionally, these activities have included: Rummage Sale, our main community fundraiser, Salmon BBQ, Holiday Party, Ladies and Youth Tennis programs. Pam Smit is the Activities Chairperson and Chris Kocher is her Co-Chair. They need your help! So far nobody has offered to Chair the December Holiday Party. Please, please call or email Chris (533-1223 or chriskocher@mindspring.com) or Pam (533-0240 or p.smit@gte.net) to volunteer your time and efforts. Thank you to all of you who have made these events possible in the past and to those of you who will make the upcoming ones happen as well!
Salmon
BBQ Thank You!
Barb Bartz, Wayne Bartz, Marilyn Cottingham, Claire Eadie, Shelly Fosmire,
Diane Geary, Jim Hart, Kit Hart, Damon Igl, Bonnie Jardine, Chis Kocher,
Shelly Krottape, Betty Lamb, Loys Lamb, David Laskin, Jane Lowell, Tracy
Marcuse, Lisa Maryatt, Lisa McGeorge, Bonnie Melton, Pat Melton, Ellen
Morley, John Neumaier, Jim Shea, Karen Sheldahl, Catherine Slack, R.L.
Smith, Marion Snyder, Ed Stay, and to the slicers and dicers who created
beautiful fruit platters: Sylvia Moren, Nancy Rust, Johanna Warness, Chris
Joy, Linda Wilson, Tracy Landboe, Ewa Sledziewski, and Bonnie Jardine.
If you are interested in reviving and/or joining a Hiking Club please call Kathy Malarky at 546-2341 or Bonnie Jardine at 546-2172.
If you are interested in joining a Book Club call Kathy Malarky 546-2341.
Water and fire fighting in IA vs home sprinkler systems:
Several
questions have been asked about the adequacy of the fire hydrants in IA
and the requirements for installing home sprinkler systems during remodels.
The Shoreline fire department is in the process of developing a pamphlet
on the subject. The pamphlet will be available in the next few weeks both
electronically and in writing. Once its available we will post it on the
IA web page and we will have a representative of the fire department address
our community meeting probably during the December meeting.
—Roger Lowell
The next 3 months will be a fantastic time to take a walk along the stream and view the returning adult salmon that were planted 3 years ago by Innis Arden residents and area school children into Boeing Creek!
Residents
are encouraged to give me a call at 542-5242 and I can give hints on where
to view these adult Coho and Chum salmon. Perhaps we can even go down
to the creek together! It can be a wonderful experience to see the salmon
doing their best to avoid the eagles, hawks and other predators while
trying to spawn in the stream.
—Ed Barnes
The community of Innis Arden is invited …
to an Eagle Court of Honor for Devin Howard on Saturday, November 3, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach. Devin built a bridge in the Eagle Reserve as his Eagle Scout project. James Wisell, another Scout from Troop 325 built another bridge in Eagle Reserve. Two brothers Aaron and Brent Woodham built stairs in Blue Heron Reseve. These three fellows will be having their Eagle Courts of Honor a future dates.
Local
piano teacher seeks students
Maria Koshkina, based in Edmonds, has been our daughter's piano teacher for
years. We highly recommend her. Call her to arrange lessons
at 425-775-1384 or 425-744-0569.
Saturday,
November 10, Second Saturday Cajun Dance with CAYENNE
At the Richmond Masonic Center, 1 block West of Aurora Ave. North on North
185th in Shoreline. Dance 8:30 PM. $7 includes dance class at 8:00 PM.
For more information call Valorie at 253-833-7632 or Janis at 206-542-5407
These dances are fun, easy, close and friendly. Try it out! You do not need a partner.
Mother’s
Helper Needed
To help care for infant triplets, part-time, flexible hours. High school
students o.k. Person/Persons needed starting in January. If interested
call Carol Oldham @ (206) 546-2119
BRING
YOUR RUMMAGE!
Pack up those objects you no longer use or need and let us take them off
your hands. The next scheduled dates are Saturday Oct 27th, Monday, November
5th and Saturday, Nov 17th 10:00 AM to noon at the pool house. Sorry,
we cannot accept construction material, TV's in cabinets or non-working
appliances. If you have any questions, please call Kit Hart 546-0871 or
Johanna Warness 542-6984.