Shoreline/LFP city briefs

Shoreline Parade winners honored

Shoreline’s eighth annual birthday celebration went off without a hitch on Saturday, Aug. 16 in North City. The annual birthday celebration began with a parade which dispersed at Ridgecrest School, the site of the Celebrate Shoreline Festival. Celebrate Shoreline parade winners include the following: Girl Scouts won the Overall Award; Lake City Girls Drill Team won best drill team; Shoreline School District Transportation won best vehicle, Central Market won best specialty float, Shoreline All-Stars won best float, Brass from the Past won best band and the Seattle-Korean Association won best neighborhood group.

Pre-primary forums planned

In Lake Forest Park, Friends of Third Place Commons will be holding a pre-primary mayoral candidates forum at 7 p.m. on Sept. 3 at Third Place Commons. The League of Women Voters will moderate a question and answer session for the candidates.

In Shoreline, the Richmond Highlands, Highland Terrace and Hillwood Neighborhood Associations will be holding a pre-primary City Council Candidates Forum at 7 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Shoreline Museum.

Burke Gilman trail updates in LFP

Lake Forest Park City Council will hear a presentation by King County staff on the proposed updates to the Burke-Gilman Trail at the Council’s Sept. 28 study session beginning at 6 p.m. at city hall.

Environmental car washing

The City of Shoreline is offering community groups a way to make car wash fundraisers more environmentally friendly. A Vacuboom is available on loan from the City by calling (206) 546- 2659. The Vacu-boom device collects soapy water and pumps it to a lawn, a sink or to another drain that leads to the wastewater treatment system. Usually when a car is washed in a driveway, the waste water flows down the driveway, along the street and into a storm drain. From there, the soapy water flows directly into Shoreline’s waterways and streams.

Stencil for stream protection

To keep harmful substances out of Shoreline’s lakes and streams, community and school groups can stencil storm drains with the message “No Dumping, Drains to Stream.” The City of Shoreline will loan stenciling kits and instructions to interested groups. For information call (206) 546-2659.