Once again Girl Scout cookie season descends on Seattle! This yearıs sale began Feb. 23 and will continue through March 11.

Warning, dieters: with over 13,000 Girl Scouts in the Northwest pushing eight different kinds of cookies including Thin Mints, peanut butter Tagalongs and (perhaps naughtiest of all) Samoas, no one will escape.

In fact, this year, the Girl Scouts-Totem Councilıs cookie storage area (known to Girl Scouts as a ³cupboard² ) is located in Fremont at 3409 Woodland Park Ave. N., just down the street from the Totem Councilıs headquarters (3611 Woodland Park Ave. N).

That means easy accessibility for all of North Seattleıs weak-willed cookie lovers.

Fremont Dock Co. is donating the cupboard space to the Girl Scouts. ³Itıs sure nice to have the Girl Scouts at the Center of the Universe² (the nickname for the Fremont neighborhood, said Suzie Burke, president of Fremont Dock Co.

Burke has a granddaughter, Amina Kapasozoglu, age 8 who is a Girl Scout. Burke proudly notes that Amina has already sold more than 300 boxes of cookies so far and hopes to sell 800, which will qualify her to earn a badge and win five free days at the Girl Scouts summer camp. Amina belongs to Girl Scout Troop 374, which meets at the Magnolia Community Center, but which has several members who live in North Seattle.

Aminaıs mother, Gwen, is a volunteer ³cookie mom² with the Girl Scouts.

The cookie sale drive is an annual fund-raiser for the Girl Scouts. Founded in 1912, ³Girl Scouting helps cultivate values, a social conscience and self-esteem in young girls, while also teaching them critical life skills that will enable them to succeed as adults,² says Tina Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts-Totem Council, which serves King County.

March 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouting in the United States. All week long, from March 11-17, Girl Scouts nationwide will launch community service projects, showing off freshly-pressed uniforms at local government declarations of Girl Scout Week and hosting celebrations, all to honor the movement that helps girls grow strong.

For more information, call the Girl Scouts-Totem Council at 633-5600.