October 2008 Bulletin Board Members Innis Arden Authors Release New Books

President-Mike Jacobs "Cobain Unseen," a new book from Innis Arden Vice President-David Fosmire author Charles Cross, brings out a side of Nir- vana rocker Kurt Cobain that fans won't have Secretary-Shannon Martsolf seen before, including intimate family photos Treasurer-Pat French and images of his childhood. The Seattle Times reviewed the book in its October 26th issue. Activities-Brian Branagan Taken from a review on Amazon: Building and Remodel- After briefly covering the major events of Kurt Robert Allen Cobain's childhood, Cross explores his ram- shackle youth and growing musical abilities -- Clubhouse-Harley O’Neil culminating in Nirvana … one of the most Grounds-Kathi Peterson groundbreaking bands of the 1990s. There's a brilliant array of personal photos -- a laughing Reserves-Richard Leary Cobain posing with his baby daughter, playing with a steering wheel as a baby. They show him from all emotional angles. But most unusual is the assorted fold-outs and removable items -- Inside this issue: ads for Nirvana, a copy of Kurt's high school diploma, a CD of old songs, X-rays, handmade cards, and even an old handwritten draft of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." It makes the book seem like less of a biography, and more like a collage of vari- Innis Arden Authors 1 ous fragments from Cobain's lifetime.

Mr. Cross will appear at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at Barnes & Noble (University Village), 2675 N.E. University Village St., Seattle.

Meeting Agenda Innis Arden writer Ivan Doig enlarges his canvas in 'The Eleventh Man'. The Se- Happy Birthday Art 2 attle Times reviewed the book in its October 16th Blockwatch issue. Taken from a review on Amazon: The Eleventh Man is Ivan Doig's fictional medita- tion on the perplexing question of why a given Activities Announcements 3 group of far-flung American active combatants Notice of Special Meeting might suffer far higher mortality than the national average. Ben Reinking was one of the 1941 "Supreme Team" of Montana's Treasure State University (based loosely on real Montana college September Minutes 4 players). The former teammates all served their country after Pearl Harbor, believing most of their number would return home and continue on with their lives. What if, however, this group hung out on the edge of the probability bell curve where October Minutes 5 "bitter arithmetic" held sway, where the law of av- erages was out of whack? Mr. Doig will discuss 'The Eleventh Man' at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Town Hall, 206-634-3400; 7 p.m.; Bulletin Board 8 Nov. 13 at Parkplace Books in Kirkland, 425-828- 6546.

1 Agenda for the November 18th, 2008 7:00 PM Board Meeting Do you have any new neighbors? 1. Approve minutes 2. Committee Reports If so, please contact the Hospitality Commit- A. Treasurer tee so they can deliver a welcome packet. B. President/Vice President The hospitality committee is: C. Secretary D. Building and Remodels — Lella Norberg 542-4949 E. Activities F. Grounds G. Clubhouse H. Reserves 3. Board Agenda—2009 Budget 4. Community Comments Blockwatch Reminder 5. Adjourn Please report criminal activity to police at 911 (emergency) or 296-3311 (non- Reminder emergency) as well as to your Block- watch captain. If you plan on changing or adding any structure on your property (deck, garden shed, patio, remodel/addition) • Innis Arden I—Brian Branagan 546- contact the Building and Remodels 6773 chair Robert Allen at 542-3219. This [email protected] is your responsibility and obligation • Innis Arden II— We need a person to as a member of a covenanted com- fill in as Blockwatch captain for this munity! subdivision • Innis Arden III—Tracy Landboe 542- 1807 Happy 90th Birthday Art Beres! [email protected]

If you don’t know what Innis Arden subdi- vision you live in, refer to the address la- bel of this Bulletin. In the upper left cor- ner, subdivision, block and lot numbers are printed.

• 9-30 Attempted car break-in at 4:45 AM. The car was locked and the alarm scared off the culprits (185th and 15th NW) • 10-13 at 7pm a resident came home to find a man in the house. He was Caucasian, average height and build, close cropped white beard, 60ish, dark jacket and with baseball cap. At that point he left through the sliding door. Nothing was taken as he was likely caught in the act. He entered through a kitchen window. The screen was down and window was Friends and Family gathered to celebrate longtime Innis likely unlatched. Police searched with Arden resident Art Beres 90th birthday. Ninety years a canine unit but no one was found. th th and still going strong! Art’s garden is still the envy of This occurred near 180 and 13 NW. the neighborhood.

2 INNIS ARDEN SKI SWAP Save the date, save your gear!

Innis Arden’s first (possibly annual) ski swap will happen on Saturday, November 8th at the Club- house from 9 – 12 noon. All snow-related equip- ment, gear and clothing can be brought in for sale.

Equipment check in date: Friday, November 7th from 6-8 p.m. At that time your equipment will be tagged with name/phone number info, brief item description and desired price.

Volunteers are needed to help with check-in and during the sale!

This is a cash-only event. Please plan to return to the clubhouse by noon Saturday, November 8th to pick up any unsold equipment and your cash. All items not picked up will be donated.

If you require special arrangements, call Lella or Derek Norberg @542-4949.

Oktoberfest Attended by 80— Karaoke was a big hit!

Notice for Special Meeting

Reserve M and Bond Project Update

By Dick Deal Director of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services

7 to 8 pm Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Innis Arden Reserve M (entrance at 15th NW cul-de-sac) has been a Shoreline City Park since 1997. The City of Shoreline is planning to improve the park. Dick Deal will start the process of presenting ideas and getting feedback from Innis Arden Residents. He will also update us on the other nearby Park Projects.

3 September 16, 2008 Minutes been cut down in Bear Reserve. We will be rent- Innis Arden Board Meeting ing a chipper to grind up the Laurel branches sometime in October. The meeting was called to order by Board Vice- • Boeing Creek Reserve. The Highlands Sewer President Dave Fosmire at 7:10 p.m. District has gotten permission to access the sew- age pipe line that currently crosses Boeing Creek Board members present: Dave Fosmire, Rick Leary, in front of the damn. The hillsides, particularly on Shannon Martsolf, Harley O'Neil, Bob Allen, Brian the Highlands side, will be stabilized using a pro- Branagan, and Kathi Peterson. Board members ab- cess called Soil Nailing. A new siphon pipe will sent: Mike Jacobs and Pat French. be drilled under Boeing Creek and then extended to the pumping station just inside the Boeing A motion was made and seconded to approve the Creek Reserve gate. A permit to perform this August 12, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes. Motion work is currently being applied for at both the City passed 7-0. of Shoreline and the Washington State Depart- Committee Reports ment of Fisheries. This work could start as early as late September and will take until September A. Treasurer Report - Pat French: The cash balance 2009 to complete. The primary access to the at the end of August was $246,329. This is a de- work site will be by the Highlands Beach Drive crease of approximately $31,000 from the prior with the Boeing Creek Reserve gate only being month. The reason for this decrease was normal used when necessary. operating expenses and costs associated with legal • Eagle Reserve Walk. (The walk already hap- fees of $19,800. The cash balance is broken down pened and was a great success.) by $87,000 for reserves and $159,000 for operating • Bird Houses. I am seeking volunteers to help expenses. Year to date, expenses are currently un- build simple birdhouses to be placed in the re- der budget, and revenues are currently in line with serves. Using scrap plywood I constructed 3 the 2008 budget birdhouses suitable for wrens, chickadees, and downy woodpeckers. I am also seeking donation B. Vice-President Report - Dave Fosmire: Robert of scrap lumber of various size to be cut down to and Janet Carlson had petitioned the Washington make more wren birdhouses and also larger flick- State Supreme Court for review of the Carlson I law- er birdhouses. I have several simple plans. suit Appeals Court decision and they had appealed Please contact me at 206-546-2516 or rick- the Carlson II decision in King County Superior Court [email protected] if you can help or if you have to the State Appeals Court. One new compliance scrap lumber that you can donate. matter has been received by the Compliance Com- • Storm Creek Waterworks Grant. We are seeking mittee and the respondents have 30 days to answer to apply for a grant from King County to study the complaint. and prepare a report proposing how we can con- trol the erosion problems created by the storm Presidents Report - Mike Jacobs absent. water surges through Eagle Reserve as the creek makes its final descent to the Puget Sound. We C. Secretary Report - Shannon Martsolf: Prepara- have contacted Myers Biodynamics, a company tions are beginning for our Annual Meeting in Janu- that specializes in slope stabilization and erosion ary. If you've volunteered in the past we would grate- control along coastal waters, about proposing fully welcome your support again in 2009. If you have how we can solve the Storm Creek erosions thought of volunteering before and haven't, now is problems. We are working with Mark Relph, Di- the time. We need tellers, greeters, set-up and more rector of Public Works at the City of Shoreline support. Contact Shannon Martsolf 206.533.1858 or and with Ken Pritchard, a counselor for King [email protected]. Thanks. County Councilman Bob Ferguson to complete the application. D. Reserves Report - Rick Leary • Reserve M. Dick Deal, Director of Parks and • Bear Reserve. We are waiting for fisheries ex- Recreation for the City of Shoreline, would like to pert evaluation of the intermittent stream in the introduce initial plans for upgrading Reserve reserve. Once we have the stream classified the M. Reserve M was sold by the Arden Corpora- geotechnical engineer can finish his report and tion to King County in 1995. It was then turned make his recommendations about how to pro- over to the City of Shoreline in 1994. Reserve M ceed with cutting some of the trees in Bear Re- is currently an undeveloped dawn to dusk park in serve. I have written as much of the vegetation the City of Shoreline park system. Mr. Deal has management plan for Bear Reserve as I can tentatively plans to come to the February 2009 without these recommendations. In the mean- board meeting to introduce the plan and get input time approximately half of the English Laurel has (Continued on page 5)

4 (Continued from page 4) Clubhouse, Bob Allen- Buildings and Remodels, Bri- from Innis Arden residents. an Brannigan- Activities, Rick Leary- Reserves, Kathi Peterson- Grounds. E. Buildings and Remodels Report - Bob Allen White Water LLC, 915 NW Richmond Beach Rd, A motion was made and seconded to approve the new home: The application for a new residence was 2008 September Board Meeting Minutes. Motion reviewed and IA resident comments heard. The passed 9-0. Board voted to approve the application contingent Committee Reports upon Mr. and Mrs. Howard approving the height of the SW corner of the proposed building roof. The A. Michael Jacobs - President: The Club is pursuing determination will be made using the photo taken by collection of its judgment against Mr. Tronsen. We Mrs. Howard from her living room and the roof lines reached an agreement in the Rust lawsuit whereby distant from the SW visual aid pole. The architect the Club will not assert the statute of limitations con- will determine the distance from the known height of cerning the imposition of fines as a defense in the the pole to a point on the pole no higher than a line future should the Rusts re-file the lawsuit. The suit between a line the roof tops immediately distant from will be dismissed against the Club and the Morales the SW pole. White Water LLC has a copy of the digi- with this standstill agreement in place. The Club re- tal image from which the determination will be made cently filed its Answer to the Carlsons' petition for and will work directly with the Howards. Howards will review to the State Supreme Court in Carlson I. With regard to the Hollinrake and Jones covenant compli- advise the Board, through the B & R chair, Bob Allen, ance petition matter, the Board voted to hold a hear- of their approval. ing on November 19th at 7:00 to consider whether to

refer this matter to an outside arbiter in light of Mr. F. Grounds Report - Kathi Peterson Carlson’s contention that the Board is biased against The Board approved the purchase of a windscreen to him and cannot act impartially. be hung on the south side of the tennis court. It has arrived and will be installed. The Board also ap- Dave Fosmire Vice President: The Compliance proved the construction of fencing around the exist- Committee has two compliance matters that are still ing dumpster. After bids were received from three pending awaiting the respondents' replies to petitions local companies, the lowest bid was approved. Town for covenant enforcement. The Board will notify the and Country Fencing is currently scheduling for the parties in the Hollinrake, Jones, Staley v. Robert and end of September and first week of October. Con- Janet Carlson petition of a hearing November 19, struction will begin as soon as their schedule allows. 2008 to discuss assignment of the matter to an arbi- It will replicate the fencing around the swimming ter. pool.

B. Shannon Martsolf - Secretary: To my dismay, after G. Clubhouse Report - Harley O'Neil sifting through some of the nearly 300 emails, I dis- The income for the Club House was $1,000 for the covered that the minutes I had sent out on Septem- month of August and the expenses were $450.00. ber 25 (Thursday evening,) had a delivery failure due Harley met with Brian Branagan, Jerri Jacobsen and to an over limit storage issue and you didn't receive Karen Sando to discuss the remodel of the kitchen them. They will be included in the October bulletin. area. Jerri agreed to determine the dimensions of the cabinets and Karen agreed to look into commer- It is time to begin preparations for the Annual Share- cial dishwashers. It is hoped that more secure stor- holders Meeting in January. Volunteers are being age will be provided in the kitchen area and that a sought to help with the many committees needed to newly remodeled kitchen will be attractive to potential handle voting. We are hopeful that the Activities renters. Committee will once again furnish cookies and coffee

for the event. Contact [email protected] Meeting was adjourned at 8:57pm. or 206.533.1858 if interested in volunteering.

October 14, 2008 C. Pat French - Treasurer: The cash balance at the Innis Arden Board Meeting end of September was $234,357. This is a decrease of approximately $11,000 from the prior month. The The meeting was called to order by Board President reason for this decrease was normal operating ex- Michael Jacobs at 7:06 p.m. penses and additional delinquent dues that have been received. The cash balance is broken down by Board Members Present: Michael Jacobs-President, $87,000 for reserves and $147,000 for operating ex- Dave Fosmire- Vice President, Shannon Martsolf- penses. Year to date, expenses are currently under Secretary, Pat French- Treasurer, Harley O'Neil- (Continued on page 6)

5 (Continued from page 5) north side of the clubhouse, complete the fire pit budget, and revenues are currently in line with the area, install a water feature and build the stage 2008 budget. area according to the Boxwood design plan. Rick Leary was also an invaluable source of help to D. Kathi Peterson - Grounds: me this past year. We shopped together for trees • Tennis Court Windscreen: A new windscreen and plants and worked with our landscapers in was purchased from Gamma Sports and has planting the flowerbed area surrounding the club- been hung on the south side of the tennis court. house patio. Harley O'Neil volunteered the use of It replaces one which apparently became too old. three of his employees to install the new irrigation It'll act as a windscreen for tennis players and system around the clubhouse, plant the grass also serve as a visual screen for nearby home- between the clubhouse and the tennis court, and owners. install curbing around the patio area. Harley and • Dumpster: The forms for a fence surrounding the his son Connor donated 8 large rhododendrons dumpster have been installed. Towne and Coun- which they planted around the new patio. Harley try Fence will be returning within the coming and his crew also moved and planted most of the week to install the chain link fence with dark mature, gorgeous plants which are now in the green slats, replicating the fencing around the flowerbed just outside the main clubhouse door. swimming pool. Darrin French, our landscaper, has volunteered • Field Rental: We had an inquiry from Dan Far- to us the use of his workers on several occasions row of Seattle Marine regarding the possibility of to help restore the flowerbeds to the gorgeous using the clubhouse field for a publicity photo state they are now. IA resident John Hushagen shoot. Seattle Marine sells a variety of products noticed many of the transplanted hydrangeas including netting for lacrosse fields. They want to and rhododendrons along N.W 188th St. were stage a typical lacrosse field set-up to show a dying due to lack of irrigation this spring. variety of ways their netting may be He adopted the plants and designed a watering used. The photos will be used in an advertise- system to save them using his own hoses. John ment in Lacrosse Magazine. The photo shoot will donated homemade mulch and he and Rick happen in one session of about three hours. After Leary spread it. John tended the plants regular- contacting IA President Mike Jacobs, I called Dan ly until the irrigation system was completed in and made final arrangements. Seattle Marine has that area. My sincere thanks to everyone who already paid the IA Club $100 for the use of the pitched in this year to help with the needs of the field. IA Club has also been placed on the insur- Innis Arden grounds. ance policy for Seattle Marine to cover any possi- ble damage. The photo shoot will occur some- E. Bob Allen Buildings and Remodels: time within the next week, pending good weather • White Water, LLC, 915 Richmond Beach conditions. Dan Farrow is a Richmond Beach Road, has changed the height of the visual aids resident. He often drives through Innis Arden on for their new home by lowering the strings and his way to work in Ballard. This past summer he flagging 3 feet. This is agreeable to the How- noticed how gorgeous the clubhouse grounds ards. have become and felt that our property would be • Ron Salvino, 826 NW 180th St., is preparing to the perfect backdrop for their advertising photos. subdivide his lot which is approximately 1 acre. • The beautiful, restored Innis Arden grounds are a testament to the hard work of many Innis Arden F. Rick Leary Reserves: residents who helped to restore the clubhouse • King County Grant: The club is applying for a grounds this past year. Special thanks go to Judy King County grant to work on erosion and bank Allen for her professional expertise in placement stabilization of Storm Creek as it passes through of the large landscape stones. She also allowed Eagle Reserve. Our grant application passed the us use of her landscaping license to purchase first round of eliminations. We will have submit- the Japanese Maples at a reduced rate for the ted a final grant proposal on October 15th. We entrance to the clubhouse. Judy and Bob also will probably find out if the grant will be funded by moved the rhododendrons from the back side of the end of October. Judy Allen has been instru- the clubhouse to the front, during the pouring rain mental in making contacts and working with the one day. Hopefully residents noticed and appre- City of Shoreline. Al Wagar has critically re- ciated how gorgeous they looked this past May. viewed the applications and made many helpful Judy has worked with Jeremy Redding from Box- suggestions to improve the application. Greg wood in the design plan for the landscape. Some Johnston from the Watershed Company of Kirk- elements of the design are the current new patio land has been very helpful in reviewing the appli- and cement area for the fire pit. In the future, cation and making suggestions. funds allowing, we will erect the arbor along the (Continued on page 7)

6 (Continued from page 6) November 8 Annual Ski Swap from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. • Birdhouses. We will be making birdhouses to put December 7 Annual Christmas Party into the reserves. We will be making wren hous- es, robin platforms, and flicker boxes. We will put As for the kitchen, the $20k ($10k from the IA Club out 1 house per acre in each reserve. Kimberly and $10k from Activities) may not be enough to up- Bell’s Girl Scout Troop will be assembling the grade it to a catering kitchen suitable for community birdhouses later this year. We still need dona- events and rentals. We have yet to finalize a design tions of wood at least 6 inches wide. Wood can and bid it out. Also, the bid for an under-counter be recovered from weathered fences and deck commercial dishwasher that was requested by board rails that are being replaced. members and from members of the community in our • Bear Reserve. Greg Johnston from the Water- September meeting is an additional $5-6,000. shed Company has observed the waterway through Bear Reserve. He will be classifying the Consider also, that we need to coordinate both the waterway so that we can finalize the Bear Re- floor removal and the kitchen remodel at the same serve Vegetation Management Plan. Bear Re- time since the flooring in the kitchen needs to be re- serve is a little messy right now. Approximately moved at the same time and would involve demoli- half of the English Laurel has been cut tion of the current cabinets and sinks rendering the down. Once the cutting is complete we will rent a kitchen unusable until the flooring is finished. chipper to turn the branches into mulch. • Wind Storms. While our reserves can be very I believe all this is doable. We just need to build a nice to enjoy, the trails can be treacherous during detailed specification that can be bid out and sched- out winter wind storms. Since our reserves have uled. many trees nearing the end of their life, they tend to shed major branches during the major wind Due to some scheduling conflicts, the date of the storms. A Big Leaf Maple shed a major limb on next Board meeting will be November 18th. Boeing Creek Trail late one Saturday afternoon; it was a Widower Maker, really big. An alder in The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m. The Board Blue Heron Reserve shed a fairly large limb reconvened several minutes later to go over the pro- across the trail near the Springdale Court en- posed budget for 2009. trance. Therefore, use your judgment during the windstorms and pay attention. • October Boeing Creek Walk. Approximately 12 people joined for the Boeing Creek Walk. Al Wagar discussed trail maintenance and land slide problems. John Hagman pointed out the location of an active Osprey Nest. I provided some history on the abandoned sewage plant in the reserve. We had a good time.

G. Harley O'Neil Clubhouse: The income for Septem- ber was $2,630.00 and the expenses were $832.10. Representatives from Echo Lake Elementary School are already in the planning stage for their annual 6th grade party. When calling to make the arrangements, they learned that our rental rates have increased. They are seeking a reduction in the rate to that of previous years, hoping to pay the same as Innis Ar- den homeowners. A motion was made to allow a re- duction in the rates for Echo Lake Elementary School. After considerable discussion both for and against, the motion failed, 5 to 4.

Judy Allen procured, delivered and she and Bob in- stalled the new granite bench which sits at the entry to the clubhouse.

H. Brian Branagan Activities: October 25 Annual Oktoberfest at the clubhouse. Costumes are encouraged.

7 INNIS ARDEN CLUB PRSRT STD P.O. Box 60038 U.S. Postage Richmond Beach, WA 98160 PAID Seattle. WA Permit No. 12410 COMING EVENTS Activities Meeting November 3rd, 7 PM At Chris Kocher’s Ski Swap November 8th, 9-noon Board Meeting November 18th, 7:00 PM At the Clubhouse

Deadline for November Bulletin— November 16th

Community Notices (no anonymous items) Carol Solle, 542-4978 [email protected] 17061 12th Avenue N.W.

Remodels—Robert Allen 542-3219

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Skiers!! into the neighborhood, please contact Niels and Helen It is time to start thinking about dusting off those Bakker at 546-8710. skis and poles – Winter is on its’ way! Rummage Collection Dates: The Innis Arden Ski Bus is preparing for the new sea- • Monday, November 17th, 10-noon son, and there are some seats available on the weekly • Saturday December 6th, 2-4 PM bus. The ski bus leaves from the Club House on Thursday mornings, beginning in January, and takes Board Positions Open in January 2009 the greatest group of “fun” skiers you can imagine to Two Directors will be elected to the Innis Arden Stevens Pass and Crystal Mountain on alternating Board at the annual shareholders’ meeting on January weeks. A week long ski trip is also planned for those 21st, 2009, and shareholders may ratify the Activities who can make the trip. Chair. Candidates running for the Board positions must give notice to the Board Secretary, Shannon Martsolf If you are interested in sign- by hand-delivery, mail, or email at martsolfshan- ing up for the ski bus as a [email protected] by the end of the December 9th regular, or an alternate, con- Board meeting, if they want their names to appear on tact Ida Callahan at (206) the printed ballot. 546-2684

Want to sell us your house? Innis Arden couple looking to move to a larger view home within Innis Arden. If you are considering putting your home on the market or have people interested in moving 8