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Special Events and Guests
1. Schmitz Creek Daylighting Dedication
    May 21, 2003		 5. John Dixon, January 2004
2. Starbucks, Earth Day 2003 6. Beta Alpha Psi, August 2004
3. Cisco Morrison, August 30, 2003 7. Environmental Science Academy, October 2004
4. Douglas Jackson, November 2003 8. The Home Depot, Earth Day 2005

Schmitz Creek Day-lighting Dedication
 May 21, 2003

Seattle Parks Superintendent Ken Bounds
and Project Manager Toby Ressler enjoy
 their moment in the sun. Congratulations
for a job well done!

 Mayor Greg Nickels speaks to a large audience including Alki Elementary School students, staff, parents, neighbors and Parks Department employees.

Alki Elementary School third grade students perform under the direction of music teacher
Linda Blair at the recent dedication of the daylighting of Schmitz Creek.

 Lead FOSP volunteer Ken Shaw receives letter of recognition from Alki Advisory Chair Will Winter.

Cecile Hansen, Chairwoman of the Duwamish dedicated Schmitz Creek.

Question and answer with the mayor.
In celebration of Earth Day 2003,
Starbucks employees showed up
in force to plant, weed and remove litter. Husbands, wives and children  joined in
as well to restore the slopes above the
newly day-lighted Schmitz Creek.
Danielle Jones, Shift Manager from the Admiral Way store, was ready to greet volunteers at the entrance gate. Passing motorists were sure to notice her grande
 size Starbucks banner.
     

Jennifer Reynolds, from the 23rd and Jackson Street store, clears muck from the bridge sidewalk. FOSP co-leader Jefferson Saunders assists
Steve Fisher with a load of English ivy. Steve
is the husband of Stephanie Fisher from the corporate office.
     
Ibrahim Rahman, 23rd and Jackson Street Store Manager, shows his son Khalil the
proper way to plant black twinberry
(Lonicera involucrata).		 Ibrahim's wife Janice Rahman and younger son
Emil check out a pail of common dandelions
(Taraxacum officinale).
     

Thanks to all the Earth Day volunteers!

 		 Radio host and Master Gardener Cisco Morrison, center, featured FOSP Co-leader Jefferson Saunders and volunteer Kathleen Anderson on his show which was broadcast from the Alki Market on August 30, 2003.
 

 		 Douglas Jackson,  landscape architect and president of Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks, leads a group along the trails of Schmitz Park. The guided tour is part of the continuing centennial celebration of the Olmsted Brothers park and boulevard plan for Seattle.
Learn more about : The Olmsted Brothers Plan and Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks

John Dixon measures the circumference of a western redcedar (Thuja plicata) as a possible Seattle Heritage Tree . Dixon is owner of Native Son Gardening, chairman of the Washington Native Plant Society Stewardship Program and a longtime advocate of northwest native trees.

Find out more about: The Seattle Heritage Tree Program and the Washington Native Plant Society.

University of Washington
students from Beta Alpha Psi, a national scholastic and professional accounting organization brought their talents and energy to Schmitz Park recently and removed non-native plants. Beta Alpha Psi participates in many service activities throughout the year.
Contact Diana Nguyen for more information.
Learn more about Beta Alpha Psi.
And they are off !

Dawn and Allison

Carlos Arciaga of the Seattle Parks Department Natural Areas Crew leads the group.

Delta Chapter gathers at Schmitz Creek.


West Seattle High School Environmental Science Academy students plant a young Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir) with guidance from Darrell Davis of the Seattle Parks Natural Area Crew.

  
Earth Day 2005
The Home Depot volunteers joined FOSP and Seattle Parks Natural Area Crew Lead Jason L. Goetz to remove non-natives, replant and improve the Hanford Street End trail.

 

 


 

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