Happening today/tonight: Lowest May tide; two councils

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LOWEST TIDE: Beach Drive Blog notes it’ll be another great afternoon for low-tide lovers. According to the May tables, it’s the lowest tide of the month.

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT COUNCIL: Two guests are scheduled tonight at this monthly meeting of representatives from neighborhood groups and key organizations: West Seattle-residing City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, and Fauntleroy resident Ron Richardson, best known for the sign outside his house but currently advocating for public campaign financing (he stopped to talk with us about it at the Sustainable West Seattle Festival last weekend). The meeting’s at 7 pm in the President’s Board Room @ South Seattle Community College, all welcome.

NORTH DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: Its monthly meeting is at 6:30 tonight at the Delridge Library, and one of the items on the agenda is West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day — the NDNC is one of two local neighborhood groups having fundraising sales on Saturday; its sale at 2512 SW Genesee will raise money for tot-size equipment at Cottage Grove Park, while elsewhere in east West Seattle, the Pigeon Point Neighborhood is having a sale at 19th/Genesee to raise money for Cooper Elementary. Back to NDNC and its meeting tonight – lots more to be discussed, too.

MargL May 7, 2008 (7:58 am)

What’s the best area here in W. Seattle to find tide pools for a 2-year-old to poke around in during low tide? Alki beach? Lincoln park? Someplace else?

Rhonda Porter May 7, 2008 (8:10 am)

Along Emma Schmitz Memorial Park to Constellation Park are areas I bring my nieces and nephews.

Tim McMonigle May 7, 2008 (10:46 am)

Yes, Constellation Park and most of the rocky beach area along Beach Drive are the best places for lots of critters and interesting things to see during low tide. We used to take our kids down there a lot when they were younger.

herongrrrl May 7, 2008 (11:03 am)

Here’s my annual plea to folks who are visiting the beaches at low tides: please, please, please be gentle with the critters!! The beaches here get a huge amount of traffic from school groups from all over King County, and by mid-June there is a noticeable decline in the critter populations there because of careless visitors. Be a good beach guest by leaving animals in the places you find them, touching them gently with wet hands only, carefully replacing any rocks, wood or seaweed you move in order to view them, and not removing any natural materials from the beach. The critters and I thank you!

Seattle Aquarium Beach Naturalists are usually present at Constellation Park (south Alki Point) during low-tide weekends and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the critters you see.

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