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Parks & Recreation HAVING GROWN UP EAST OF MARKET STREET, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ENJOY ALL OF KIRKLAND’S PARKS AS A YOUNG GIRL, BUT NEVER KNEW JUST HOW LUCKY I WAS.

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FEATURES 08 Fabulous Farro Salad Plant-Based Diets Are Having A Moment, And There’s A Good Reason

10 Juanita Beach Bath House City Breaks Ground on New Juanita Beach Park Bathhouse and Picnic Pavilions

14 A Tribute To Al Locke Kirkland’s Parks and Recreation Would

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PLANT-BASED DIETS ARE HAVING A MOMENT, AND THERE’S A GOOD REASON

PLANT-BASED DIETS ARE HAVING A MOMENT, AND THERE’S A GOOD REASON. Not only are they good for your waist line and your cholesterol levels, but plantbased diets are also eco-friendly. Eating less meat can reduce your carbon footprint because animal products contribute a majority of the greenhouse gas emissions that come from all food production. Most of this comes from the methane gas animals produce and the amount of water it takes to raise livestock. Each meatless meal you eat can help! But plant-based diets aren’t only about limiting animal products, they are also about eating MORE plants! This whole grain salad packs in a lot of colorful vegetables, so you can really eat the rainbow. *The dressing for this salad includes a vegan mayonnaise, but any mayonnaise would be fine.* The ingredients in this salad can also easily be substituted. Try a Greek version with garbanzo beans and oregano instead of edamame and dill, plus add Kalamata olives. Or go Tex-Mex style with black beans, cilantro, lime juice, and cumin substituted for the edamame, parsley, lemon juice, and dill. Experiment!

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INGREDIENTS + 1 cup dried farro, cooked according to package directions + 1 12 oz package frozen shelled edamame + 3 small carrots, diced + 3 ribs celery, diced + 1 English cucumber, diced + 1 bell pepper (any color), diced + 1/2 yellow onion, diced + 1/2 cup chopped green onions + 1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced + 1/2 cup vegan mayonnaise + Juice of 1 lemon + 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar + 1 clove garlic, minced + 1 tsp dried dill + 1/2 tsp salt, more to taste + 1/4 tsp freshly cracked black pepper DIRECTIONS 1. Cook farro according to package directions. 2. Place farro, edamame, and all the vegetables into a large bowl. 3. In a separate small bowl, stir together the rest of the ingredients (cottage cheese on down) until well combined. 4. Add dressing to the large bowl and gently stir the salad until it is thoroughly coated with the dressing. 5. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving to let the flavors blend. Keeps well in the fridge for up to 5 days. Follow @SheEatsToLive on Instagram for more heart healthy recipes. April 2020 | Kirkland Lifestyle

WATER & WOODS

J U A N I TA BEACH B AT H HOUSE CITY BREAKS GROUND ON NEW JUANITA BEACH PARK BATHHOUSE AND PICNIC PAVILIONS

ARTICLE KELLIE STICKNEY PHOTOGRAPHY CITY OF KIRKLAND

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THE CITY OF KIRKLAND BROKE GROUND THIS

“When completed, the improvements to the

MORNING ON MAJOR UPGRADES TO JUANITA

park will make Juanita Beach Park an even more

BEACH PARK THAT WILL INCLUDE A NEW

incredible asset to our community,” said Mayor

BATHHOUSE, TWO PICNIC PAVILIONS AND AN

Penny Sweet. “This is one of our most heavily

ACCESSIBLE-TO-ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND.

used parks and to be able to make these invest-

The new bathhouse will be oriented to provide

ments ensures that this space will continue to

westward views of Lake Washington from the

be enjoyed by future generations.”

park. Its restrooms will be heated, open year-

Construction is anticipated to be completed

round and will have space for dressing. The bath-

later this summer. During construction visitors

house will also offer expanded space for conces-

to the park will still have access to the trails,

sions and lifeguards and outdoor showers.

paths, and volleyball courts. There may be very

The playground will be centered between the

short, intermittent closures which will be com-

bathhouse and the new picnic pavilions and will

municated as soon as feasible via the City’s

provide easy access, as well as open views of the

social media channels, weekly newsletter, and

beach and lake. The new playground’s synthetic

the City website. The far western portion of the

turf and play elements will make play accessible

parking lot will be closed to the public for the

to people of all abilities. It will be wheelchair

duration of the construction. The remaining

accessible and is designed to help develop phys-

parking lot to the east will remain open. The

ical, cognitive, sensory and social skills. Inclusive

Juanita Friday Market will be held across the

playgrounds provide a platform for social equity

street (Northeast Juanita Drive) at the north-

and allows family members of all abilities to enjoy

ern portion of the park. More information on

time together. The existing playground equip-

the project is available on the City website at

ment will be relocated to Windsor Vista Park.

http://bit.ly/JuanitaBeachRenovation.

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TIMES PAST

KIRKLAND'S PARKS AND RECREATION WOULD

a tribute to

al locke IF YOU WERE MAGICALLY ABLE TO TRAVEL BACK TO KIRKLAND IN 1968 AND JOIN THE LUNCH RUSH AT THE OLD SURF RESTAURANT NEAR THE FOOT OF KIRKLAND AVENUE AND DESCRIBE TO THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CROWD WHO CONGREGATED THERE WHAT 2020 KIRKLAND IS LIKE, WITH ITS MULTI-

into being, one a former city council member

MILLION DOLLAR HOMES, LARGE, MIXED USE DEVEL-

and insurance broker, the late Richard “Dick”

OPMENTS AND BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT PARKS ON

Shinstrom, and the other Kirkland’s first city

A CLEAN LAKE WASHINGTON, INSTEAD OF SHOCK OR

manager, the late Allen “Al” Locke. Though not

DISBELIEF SEVERAL KEY LEADERS WOULD PROBABLY

present at this interview, I had also enjoyed

LOOK AT EACH OTHER WITH SMILES AND TELL YOU

several other shorter conversations with Dick

THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT THEY EXPECTED IT TO BE.

Shinstrom and former council member and

In September, 2011 I was privileged to conduct a

mayor Bill Woods, a retired pharmacist.

lengthy, very candid interview with two of the men whose

Kirkland of the late 1950s had been a sleepy

vision in the 1960s and 70s brought today’s Kirkland

small town whose city limits in those days were much closer to the downtown and Market and

Norkirk neighborhoods and whose nearest neighbor was the Town of Houghton, then an independent municipality. Juanita, Rose Hill, Finn Hill, Totem Lake (a name created in March, 1972), Kingsgate/Evergreen Hill—all still rural, unincorporated King

ARTICLE MATTHEW MCCAULEY | PHOTOGRAPHY KIRKLAND HERITAGE SOCIETY

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County communities. It had small town charm, remembered nos02

talgically today by most who were there, but it also had small town problems. Kirkland Police Department corruption created an embarrassing scandal, the streets’ condition was poor, sewage was an issue, it was treated at a facility in the middle of downtown—complete with several open holding tanks—and its effluent pumped through an outfall into Moss Bay. In 1960 the City of Kirkland’s population was 6025, the Town of Houghton’s was 1065. About 1963, a faction of council members and business leaders created Kirkland Forward, a group dedicated to improving Kirkland’s future. Kirkland’s mayors were part time, elected directly by the voters and had full executive authority, as is still the case in cities like Seattle. A new form of city government was then gaining CONTINUED >

01 - Marina Park about 1958, mostly an open, muddy parking lot with concrete rubble along the shoreline. The US Air Force Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw rescue helicopter that landed there clearly generated a great deal of interest. 02 - Former mayor and council member Bill Woods and former council member Dick Shinstrom jog through Peter Kirk Park in 1969 with Miss Washington, Carol Pavel. Both men played an important role in promoting the Kirkland Forward agenda, which included creating the city manager position and hiring and supporting Al Locke.

03 - The old Kirkland City Hall served from the 1940s until 1982. All city departments were run from this building. It was located on 3rd Street at Central Way.

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Al Locke's well-remembered hollow log at Marina Park, much beloved by 1970s and 80s Kirkland kids.

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popularity in small suburban cities, the city manager/city

He said one of his key management principles was

council system, in which the mayor’s executive duties are

to name strong, highly competent department direc-

removed and assumed by a professional city manager

tors, among them Art Knutson in public works and

who is hired by the council. Under this model the mayor is

David Brink in parks.

no longer elected by the citizenry, the position becomes

Council members marveled at Locke’s uncanny ability

largely ceremonial and the mayor is also chosen by the

to fund his projects. He was able to expertly navigate

council, not voters. Kirkland Forward members believed

state and federal government bureaucracies like no one

that Kirkland needed a professional, full time executive to

most of the part time council members, mostly business

bring Kirkland to its full potential.

and professional people, had ever seen.

Kirkland voters passed the ballot question adopting a

Dick Shinstrom gave a great example of Locke’s fund-

council-manager system in 1964, the third try. Council

ing finesse, he said that in the 1960s, unbeknownst to

members Lee Lanham and Al King began a nationwide

most small town leaders, a great deal of federal money

search and met with Allen Locke, 33, the city manager

had been earmarked for highway beautification, a pet

of Bemidji, MN. Locke was a Michigan State University

project of then first lady Lady Bird Johnson. In those days

graduate who had majored in the then new field of public

Kirkland had unsightly wires strung between utility poles

administration. Bemidji is a small lakefront resort city,

all over the downtown area. Locke shrewdly managed to

with a population of almost 10,000 in 1960.

secure sufficient federal highway beautification dollars to

Locke visited Kirkland and described his first impres-

bury the unsightly wires, remove the poles and even had

sions. He said it was a “blue collar town” and those

enough left over to construct the planting medians that

with wealth “did not flaunt it”. He described the streets

we still enjoy today in the center of Market St.

as generally poor and overgrown. He said State Street

In 1968 Kirkland and Houghton voters agreed to merge

was the nicest, but described Lake Washington Blvd as

into a new City of Kirkland, which brought in some of

“deplorable”. There was a financial crisis, growth was

Houghton’s far sighted council members, like the late Bob

stagnant, the waterfront was “messy” and the water,

Neir and the late Doris Cooper. It also presented several

sewer and storm drainage systems were inadequate.

great Houghton waterfront opportunities, like the rust-

He saw amazing potential, however, and knew he

ing, rotting remains of the old Lake Washington Shipyard

could put into action plans to turn Kirkland around. He

and a decrepit Standard Oil tank facility. Instead of the

took the position, becoming Kirkland’s first city manager

industrial Houghton waterfront some had envisioned,

in 1965. He said his first priorities were to restore fiscal

these were eventually transformed into the Carillon Point

soundness, fix the streets, take advantage of the water-

development and Doris Cooper Houghton Beach. When

front by acquiring parks, and to address the sewage and

the soggy 9-hole Juanita Golf Course property became

storm drainage problems. With the 520 floating bridge

available it was acquired and preserved as a wildlife rich

having opened in 1963 and with construction on I-405

park that lets us glimpse Juanita Bay in a natural state.

underway, Locke knew significant development pressure

Locke also made deals with the late Louie Marsh and

was in the offing. He and his supporters on the council

Louie Sands, of Sands Lumber Company, to acquire their

worked to end the increasing development trend of “shoe

waterfront parcels, today’s Marsh and David Brink parks.

box” apartment buildings being built on pilings out over

Marina Park in those days was a rotting 1930s-era

the lake. They also anticipated high rise buildings on the

former ferry wharf and a muddy parking lot with a small

waterfront, so they put height restrictions into place to

boat ramp and unsightly broken concrete rubble placed

preserve the views of Kirklanders who lived inland.

along the lake edge to prevent erosion. Locke and the CONTINUED >

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council wheeled and dealed and worked to create the Marina Park and Pavilion we know today, what he described as a place for families to enjoy while enhancing and protecting the shoreline. Most Kirkland kids of the early 1970s have fond memories of another example of Locke’s frugality and inventiveness. He heard that a sizable hollow log that had washed ashore at Alki and he hopped into his car and drove out to have a look. Inspecting the log he decided it would be perfect for the use he intended. But he had to work fast, the tide was 01

coming back in. Locke called someone he knew in management at the old Puget Power Company and convinced them to send out a pole truck—a type of crane truck used to lift and install utility poles. They

backed the pole truck as close to the beach as they could get it and then ran wire rope to a choker set around the log and then winched it up the beach until the pole truck’s boom could hoist it up and lay it into the truck bed. They drove the log to Kirkland and Locke said the Puget Power truck operator was a little surprised when Locke asked him to just drop it on the sand near the water’s edge at Marina Park. Transforming that log from driftwood into what is doubtless the most creative and one of the best loved and well-remembered, yet least expensive items of play equipment in Kirkland’s history.

01 - Another shot of the old city hall, "spring cleaning", year unknown, c.1955 02 - The Standard Oil Company tank facility stood for several decades on the Houghton waterfront. today the site is Doris Cooper Houghton Beach.

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served as interim city manager for several newly created cities, including Mill Creek. He died in 2014 at 82 and is rightly remembered as one of the key figures who spent a career creating for us the high quality of life Kirklanders enjoy today.

01 - Pat and Dick Shinstrom, and Al Locke, 2011. I took these photos during my lengthy interview at the Shinstrom home where they and Al kindly spent several enjoyable hours sharing their recollections of remaking Kirkland in the 1960s and 70s, providing the information for this article. Dick's father, Clayton, started the Shinstrom family enterprise in Kirkland in 1912, originally a bank and insurance firm, and today the Shinstrom & Norman Insurance Agency is still family-run and has the distinction of being Kirkland's oldest business. Pat "Meema" Shinstrom grew up on Hunt's Point and was still water skiing on the lake into her 80s! She and Dick married in 1954, she passed in 2014 and he in 2016

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02 - Al Locke, 1992 03 - East Side Journal newspaper clip discussing the impending transformation of the Standard Oil facility into park 04 - Kirkland downtown 1970 05 - Sands Lumber Company was located at 533 Lake Street. Al Locke purchased the property on the city's behalf from Louie Sands in 1970. The site is today's David E. Brink Park, named for Locke's park director, a man who played a major role in the creation of many of today's most popular parks. Brink is less remembered for the valuable role he played in restoring and organizing the records of the Kirkland Cemetery.

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T H I N K O U T S I D E T H E S C A L E . T R Y TA K I N G N O T E OF HOW YOUR FOOD MAKES YOU FEEL AFTER Y O U E AT I T. I T ’ S E A S I E R T O M A K E H E A LT H Y CHOICES WHEN YOU CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE!

nutrition MINDFUL EATING MEANS KNOWING WHAT IS IN YOUR FOOD, HOW IT IS AFFECTING YOUR BODY AND TAKING THE TIME TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE NUTRIENTS AND FLAVORS YOU ARE TAKING IN. Whether or not you are trying to lose, gain or maintain weight, reading labels and understanding nutrition facts will help you make better choices for your body and ultimately feel better in your day-to-day.

PROTEINS Protein makes you feel full longer. If you eat a meal with little protein, you’ll feel hungry again pretty quickly, and it can be discouraging. But you don’t have to eat a huge steak to get enough protein. You can find it in cheese, nuts, seeds, spinach, eggs, avocados, broccoli, hummus, lentils—the list goes on and on! Mindful eating means taking note of how hungry you feel and eating enough protein to satisfy that hunger in a way that will last.

C A R B O H Y D R AT E S Carbohydrates are not your enemy. But, it is important to pay attention to how you feel when you eat them. If you eat a lot of carbs in one sitting, it can cause your blood sugar to spike, and when it drops back down, you can feel lethargic and maybe even irritable. By spreading your carbohydrate intake throughout your day and always pairing it with a protein, you can help your body regulate your blood sugar more effectively and feel more alert all day long.

F AT S Fats also help slow carbohydrates down so they don’t instantly turn into sugar in your bloodstream. Fats are important for energy, and it’s especially important to eat the right kinds of fats for your brain. For better concentration and memory, try to incorporate foods like salmon, avocados, nuts, seeds and olive oil.

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