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See pages 11 to 13 and 16 in today’s paper ➤
BY NAT LEVY
Bellevue Reporter
Rep. Adam Smith is facing o� against four challengers in the Aug. 7 primary election in pursuit of his ninth term in the 9th District, which looks a lot di� erent than it did four years ago.
District boundaries changed greatly this year making it the state’s � rst district where non-white residents are the majority. � e district’s boundaries also shi� ed northward, adding Bellevue and Mercer Island to Renton and a number of South Seattle cities. Bellevue used to be in the 8th Congressional District and represented by Dave Reichert.
It also became a more Democratic dis-trict, according to voting records, with more than 60 percent of the area’s residents voting Democrat in three previous key elections, according to the Tacoma News-Tribune.
“You can’t really draw a line around the old and new 9th District,” Smith said. “We are a regional economy stretch-ing at least from Everett to Olympia.”
Smith said jobs and the economy are his biggest priority, with the education system and transportation projects close behind. He promoted his record of working with businesses, which he said will serve him well in the new 9th, which includes many of the state’s largest and most
Bellevue voters face new names, new congressional district
Dave Christie
John Orlinski
Tom Cramer
Jim Postma
Adam Smith
BY NAT LEVY
Bellevue Reporter
As Bellevue’s growth continues, so do the number of cars on the roads. While planners have worked for years
on road projects to add more capacity, the city is also taking steps to make its infrastructure smarter.
� e six-year, $4.5 million project allows city crews to install “intelli-gent” tra� c lights in various parts of town. � e system, known as Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Tra� c System (SCATS), allows tra� c engineers at the city to collect data in real time – and
then adjust how long lights stay red or green.
� e project, which began in 2009, already has such “smart” tra� c lights at 69 intersections. When complete, a total of 184 will be upgraded, said Mark Poch, Bellevue’s tra� c engineer-ing manager.
Mark Poch, Bellevue tra� c engineering manager, at the home base of all tra� c matters in the city. The area usually has one or two people monitoring tra� c at any given time. NAT LEVY, Bellevue Reporter
Bellevue getting ‘smart’ about traffic
More than 300,000 people are expected to attend three fairs in downtown Bellevue this weekend.
� e BAM ARTSfair at Belle-vue Square, the Sixth Street Fair at the Bellevue Galleria, and the
Bellevue Festival of the Arts in the Cost Plus World Market park-ing lot mean several downtown streets will closed to tra� c.
Here is a list of street closures:■ 100th Avenue Northeast
will be closed southbound from Northeast Eighth Street to North-east 10th Street on Sunday, July 29 from 5:30-10 p.m.■ 106th Avenue Northeast
will be closed in both directions
between Northeast Fourth and Northeast Sixth streets until Sun-day, at 11 p.m.■ Northeast Sixth Street will
be closed in both directions from Bellevue Way to 106th Avenue
Northeast until 11 p.m., Sunday.■ 102nd Avenue Northeast
will be closed in both directions between Northeast Eighth and Northeast 10th streets from 7 a.m. Friday until 11 p.m., Sunday.
300,000 expected at arts fairs; some downtown streets to close to tra� c
High-tech tra� c lights help keep things moving
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Burglars hit Quilt Works Northwest in downtown Bellevue at 6:15 a.m. July 24, taking an estimated $40,000 to $50,000 in sterling silver and gold plated small jewelry making inserts.
Burglars likely smashed a window on the front door of the business in the 100 block of 107th Avenue Northeast.
A person who reported the incident told police that three individuals, who has baseball bats, ran from the
location and got into a wait-ing vehicle, described as a silver four-door Mitsubishi with a rear spoiler.
Bellevue Police are asking local gold and silver buyers to be aware of stolen items. Buyers who recover any of the stolen property are
asked to contact 911 in reference to Bellevue Case 12-29480.
Burglars take $40,000-$50,000 from downtown Bellevue store
A security camera shows a silver four-door Mitsubishi with a rear spoiler at the burglary scene. COURTESY PHOTOS, Bellevue Police Department
Pictured are similar items taken in the burglary.
Bellevue College’s Geer Planetarium will host “Stars,” a program that explores the beauty and destructive power of these distant celestial bodies. Also featured will be objects viewable in the skies during the summer, including the history and location of various constellations.
Two nightly shows will be held on three di� erent Fridays during the sum-mer: July 27, Aug. 17 and Sept. 14. � e cost is free; required entry tickets can be reserved one week before each show by visiting http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/260820, with a small number of
tickets available at the door. � e planetarium is located in Building
B, room 244 on Bellevue College’s main campus, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE.
� e shows are sponsored by the college’s Science and Math Institute (SAMI), created in 2008 to encourage students to study science and math, and promote an interest in these subjects among members of the community, through innovative program-ming and events.
For more information about SAMI and the planetarium shows, visit http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/sami/.
Bellevue College to give freeplanetarium shows about stars
A strike by garbage and recycling work-ers in King and Snohomish counties won’t a� ect the Bellevue area. � e hauler for this area, Republic Services, and members of Teamsters Local 117 rati� ed a 5-year agree-ment with Republic Services in June.
“Our agreement was the outcome of a col-
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The Garden ClubI n d e p e n d e n t R e t i r e m e n t L i v i n g
By Nat Levy
Bellevue Reporter
It wasn’t long ago that Marilyn Knapp’s backyard was nearly bare. A few plants here and there darted the landscape, but nothing special.
Then, the long-time mem-ber of the Pine Lake Garden Club heard of a fundraiser for Lake Washington Tech-nical College.
Suddenly, an idea began to bloom. Today, her garden, which she describes as an “explosion of colors,” is now filled with orange and purple plants, and homemade sculptures.
For Knapp, 75, the gar-dening experience is calm-ing because you can depend on plants like few other things in the world.
“You put them where you want them and they stay there,” she said. “And that’s a very satisfying thing because life is not like that.”
Her garden along with nine others, will be part of a tour this weekend in Belle-vue and on the Sammamish/Issaquah Plateau. Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 28, people will have a chance to tour 10 gardens for $10. All
of the proceeds will go to the Lake Washington Techni-cal College Environmental Horticulture Program.
Don Marshall, head of the program, has been a fixture at the club’s meetings, and a supporter for more than 18
years. The club - and others throughout the area as well - has supported the pro-gram through scholarships. Marshall said more and more students are declining to take classes because of money problems.
The club, which has about 30 members mostly in Sam-mamish, is hoping to raise $3,000. The club will match
that total. The genesis of the idea
came a little more than a year ago. After hearing from Marshall that students were having problems finding financial aid, the gardeners, lead by club chair Barbara Flynn, planted seeds for the fundraiser.
Flynn, whose garden also will be featured, said the
club is helping out because the program doesn’t have the fundraising capacity of traditional schools.
“K-12 has PTAs who can fundraise, and the Univer-sities have alumni donors,” she said. “The trade col-leges, they don’t have that base.”
Marilyn Knapp painted an old duvet cover with a picture of a poppy flower. The cover is pinned in her backyard as the centerpiece of her garden. NAT Levy, Bellevue Reporter
Bellevue woman gardens for a good cause
Tickets for the tour cost $10 and are available for purchase at John L. Scott Realty, located at 718 228th Ave. NE in Sammamish. For more information, contact [email protected]
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Marilyn Knapp refers to her garden as an explosion of color, with hints of orange and purple mixed with the lush greenery. NAT Levy, Bellevue Reporter
Garden part of fundraising event for college program
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When the program is complete, Bellevue will have created 184 “intelligent” intersec-tions in Bellevue. � e � rst section was completed in 2010. Phase 2, which was completed in January, � nished out the main downtown streets and the Hospital District, while Phase 3 involves 148th Avenue. Phases 4, 5 and 6 will be com-pleted over the next three years. Phase 4, scheduled for comple-tion in 2013, will focus on the main roads in the Bel-Red corridor. Phase 5 will improve lights through South Bellevue, and Phase 6 will � ll in some gaps throughout the city, primarily on down-town side streets.
GETTING SMART
“It’s counting cars, just like engineers, except it’s doing it a lot faster than we could ever hope to do it,” Poch said.
� us far, Bellevue has cre-ated smart lights in Factoria, downtown and the Hospital District. Work this year is adding intersections along 148th Avenue from State Route 520 south to Eastgate.
Bellevue is the only city in Washington using such a system, Poch said. Most cit-ies use a signal pattern that changes based on time of day, but without the ability to adapt to tra� c minute by minute.
Bellevue o� cials went around the world to � nd the system, which was originally developed in Australia, Poch said. � e system lets the city improve tra� c � ow without undergoing as many high-expense road projects, Poch said.
“By systematically improving intersections, without adding concrete, without widening the roads, at that level of cost is really bene� ting the city,” he said.
Poch said things are work-ing well so far. Travel time on various routes downtown has decreased according to city � gures that measured levels on random days.
� e bene� ts of the system can be seen � rst hand at Bel-levue’s tra� c control center in City Hall. Here, informa-tion about light schedules sit side by side with tra� c cameras on a wall of screens. All major weather events, construction and tra� c are monitored, helping engineers and decision makers make the right calls to keep tra� c moving.
Fred Liang has been with the city as a signal engineer for 26 years. Every decision he makes with tra� c lights comes down to priorities. He has to balance what is best for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists.
� e intelligent tra� c lights take some of the bur-den o� him by adjusting to tra� c patterns, allowing him to focus on the bigger issues.
“Everybody has an inter-est,” he said. “We have to make decisions on what is best for each group while still keeping a balance.”
The long-awaited improvements to a key arterial in southeast Bellevue have been completed. The work, on 145th Place Southeast, from Southeast 16th to Southeast 24th Street, and on Southeast 22nd Street, from 145th Place to 156th Avenue Southeast, included new bicycle lanes, sidewalks, medians and center turn lanes. Another aspect of the work is the environmental sustainability built into it, with features such as pervious concrete sidewalks, which allow water to soak through to the ground below, and rain gardens to reduce runo� and improve water quality. The $6.8 million e� ort is the city’s largest transportation project this year, and adds to an earlier phase of the 145th Place work, between Southeast Eighth Street and Southeast 16th Street, completed in 2007. CRAIG GROSHART, Bellevue Reporter
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Everyone is talking about the Colorado man who killed 12 people and injured 58 others at a theater showing the new Batman movie last week. But
that’s not the real story.� e focus should be on the heroes in the audience
who, in several cases, protected people near them and in doing so sacri� ced their own life.
Matthew McQuinn gave up his life to shield his girlfriend from the attack.
Jonathan Blunk, 26, a father of two, also died while saving his girlfriend.
� e girlfriends of McQuinn and Blunk said neither man hesitated to protect them.
People o� en wonder what they would do if faced with such a choice. Fortunately, that rarely happens. But that night in a Colorado movie theater, hundreds of people made that decision.
Some dove under seats and then helped people crawl to safety during the massacre. Others worked to lead people to exits and safety.
� e criminal case against the shooter, James Holmes, likely will go on for several years. But let’s never forget the day it hap-pened – and the individu-als who gave so much so that others could live.
– Craig Groshart,Bellevue Reporter
City limits? Who cares?Glad to see the Bellevue Reporter recognizes that actual
city limits are not all that important to most folks. We welcome inclusion with Seattle as part of the bloom for Tacoma.
And when I go tire shopping, I don’t need to spend any time trying to � nd a Costco in (� e Best of) Bellevue. Don Riggs, Bellevue
Hank Myers the only choicefor House seat in 48th District
As a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, resident of Redmond since 1976 and with over 25 years of community involve-ment, this small business owner’s company designed and managed Microso� ’s � rst Commute Trip Reduction pro-gram, winning multiple awards. Hank’s expertise earned him appointments to three Metro Transit citizen sounding boards.
Dedication to schools via curriculum committees and volunteerism with human services agencies (such as the Together Center in Redmond) sets him apart by making lives better for citizens in our community.
As a member of the Redmond City Council – now serv-ing a second term – Hank will take to Olympia a record of transportation expertise, educational advocacy and concern for the environment.
� is readiness to serve and the ability to quickly “go to work” in Olympia in January 2013 is of paramount impor-tance to the 48th Legislative District.
To work with 95 other members of the state House of Representatives for 105 days, resulting in a workable bud-
get, this individual MUST bring proven experience to the table, especially in light of these tough economic times.
Olympia in January will NOT be the place for a neo-phyte. Hank Myers – a proven public servant – deserves your vote in November. Dave & Jeanne Elliott, Bellevue
$10 charge to sit at Lake Sammamish State Park unfair
During the summer, a few people take their lunch to the boat launch at Lake Sammamish State Park. � ey are taking a little break from their o� ce to enjoy the nice grass and a view of the lake.
During the week, the park is very quiet with maybe 10 boat trailers.
I was sitting, reading a magazine and a park ranger came over and said there was a $10 fee to sit on the grass.
I can understand the fee for people to launch their boats, but to spend 30 minutes to have a sandwich? � at is ridiculous.
� e property at the boat launch was gi� ed years ago to the state from an Issaquah family for free.
� e taxes in Washington state are driving business and people out of the state. I pay $7,000 yearly in property taxes. What’s the next tax, the air we breathe?Bob Jennings, Issaquah
Colorado shootingWell, it looks like the NRA has a shoo-in for its Second
Amendment Award this year. It takes poison genes to make a psychotic killer but only
takes the NRA and the US Supreme Court to assure that he’s appropriately armed.Laurence Shaw, Bellevue
Business RoundupBusinesses and business people making news
Core Bank movesCore Business Bank has moved o� ces to the Bellevue
Corporate Plaza at 600 108th Ave. NE #600, just north of the downtown Bellevue transit station.
� e bank serves the Puget Sound area small businesses and their owners. � e bank has 14 employees. It opened in Bellevue in 2008.
Riley joins Jones Lang LaSalleRiley Shephard has joined the Bel-
levue o� ce of Jones Lang LaSalle as an associate. He will specialize in leasing as a landlord representative in the com-mercial o� ce sector.
Shephard has represented landlords in lease transactions since 2005. He began his career in real estate with Cushman & Wake� eld a� er graduating from the University of Portland with a degree in Business Finance. He was most recently with CBRE.
Bellevue Towers gets 300th saleBellevue Towers has closed its 300th sale. � at makes the
66th sale of the year.Remaining homes include studio and one-bedroom resi-
dences priced from $300,000, two-bedroom homes priced from $600,000, and spacious penthouses priced from $2 million.
Networking for professional women
Business Professional Women will host a happy hour networking event Wednesday, Aug. 1. � e event begins at 5 p.m. at Eastside Bar and Grill, 625 116th Ave. NE.
Bellevue BPW’s focus is on supporting women wherever they are in their career-whether it’s to celebrate special achievements or encouraging someone going through a transition.
Partnering with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, BPW is recruiting 100,000 women volunteers to mentor 100,000 women veterans transitioning back into civilian life.
For more information contact Estrella Chan, president of BPW at [email protected]
Items for Business Roundup should be submitted via e-mail: [email protected]; FAX: 425-453-4193; or mail: Bellevue Reporter, Business People, 2700 Richards Rd., Ste. 201, Bellevue, WA 98005.
Shovels were at the ready July 25, as CamWest a Toll Brothers company broke ground for the Belvedere, an 81-home luxury community atop Cougar Mountain. The property overlooks the Golf Club at Newcastle (in foreground, below) and the Seattle skyline. MARY JEAN SPADAFORA, Bellevue Reporter
BY MARY JEAN SPADAFORA
Bellevue Reporter
Members of the real estate commu-nity, along with Bellevue Mayor Con-rad Lee, gathered at the top of Cougar Mountain for a groundbreaking ceremony July 25 to introduce a new luxury home community to Bellevue. � e Belvedere, developed by CamWest, a Toll Brothers company, will bring 81 homes to the Eastside – an area the developers say is high in demand.
“[Bellevue] has good schools, good businesses,” said Eric Campbell, presi-dent of CamWest. “It’s where people want to live and there’s not much land close in.”
� e property was originally acquired by four di� erent banks a� er previ-ous owners went through foreclosure. CamWest had interest in the property, but the banks were unwilling to give property loans for the troubled assets.
But a� er CamWest merged with Toll
Brothers, a national housing developer, in November 2011, CamWest � nally had the � nancial backing – $20 million – to purchase the land for development.
In February 2012, CamWest and Toll Brothers announced their plans for building a luxury home community that would include 81 half-acre proper-ties, containing homes ranging from 12,000 to 29,000 square feet. Nestled into the side of Cougar Mountain Wildland Park, the homes would have a view of the Olympic Mountains, Newcastle Golf Course and the Seattle skyline.
� e homes are expected to range from $900,000 to $1.3 million.
Belvedere construction follows a report from Seattle-based online real estate company Zillow, Inc. show-ing the U.S. housing market is on an upward trend for the � rst time since 2007, with home values increasing 0.2 percent since June 2011 (Bellevue saw a 2.5 percent increase in home values in the last year).
But despite a slow housing market recovery, CamWest and Toll Brothers do not anticipate a hard sell for their
homes.“� e homeowner they’re going a� er,
the economy in that bracket is more stable,” said Josh Caitin, spokesman for CamWest and Toll Brothers.
Homes will be sold on a pre-sale basis with construction beginning a� er homeowners buy their plot. CamWest anticipates it will take seven to nine months for homes to be built, once homeowners purchase their land and permits are acquired. For homeowners who need a quicker turn around, devel-opment is expected to take � ve months.
But the speed of development also depends on what customers want.
“� ere hasn’t been this kind of demand [in this area] in decades,” Campbell said. “It really depends on customer demand and buyers are very discriminatory and its hard to deter-mine exactly what they want.”
Prices are expected to be released by CamWest Saturday, July 28.
For more information on the Belve-dere, visit belvedere.com.
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in� uential companies.Challengers to the seat include two Repub-
licans, a progressive Democrat, and a member of the LaRouche Democrats. Each has voiced di� erent political philosophies, but the one similar message among them is change.
� ose on the right side of the aisle want to see change in terms of balancing the budget, whereas the Democratic candidates want to see a supportive Congress that makes job creation easier.
Several of Smith’s challengers see an open-ing with the changing district lines, though none have yet to pose a serious threat to the Seatac Democrat in terms of � nancial support. Smith has raised nearly $800,000, according to opensecrets.org, while his closest opponent, Jim Postma – whom Smith defeated in 2008 by a 65-35 margin – has raised $50,000.
Postma, an engineer and former Air Force o� cer, believes the new district boundaries may be able to get him the additional 15 per-cent he needs to draw even with the long-time incumbent.
Postma, who said he has several Indonesian grandchildren, said the new demographics of the district will be bene� cial for his candidacy.
“Having lived with minorities for 20, 30, 40 years, I understand them, and I think it could help me in this election,” he said.
Postma, whose number one priority is pay-ing down the national debt, will likely compete with Tom Cramer, Dave Christie and John Orlinski for a spot against Smith in the Gen-eral election. None of them has held a state or federal o� ce.
Cramer, who has a long-standing relation-
ship with President Barack Obama from a failed attempt to run for Congress in Illinois, bases much of his candidacy on � xing the growing income gap in the country. He would like to see middle class citizens retain lower tax rates, with some of the burden shi� ing to the country’s upper crust, who Cramer said faced less tax responsibility as the decades passed.
“I want to represent this middle class, the working class, the poor class in this country who want a better deal and more jobs,” Cra-mer said.
Orlinski is a Republican who supports Mitt Romney, but he de� es some of the party’s core platforms. Like Postma, he places high im-portance on balancing the budget, but unlike many Republicans, he would like to see some higher taxes, including the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, at least for the rich. He says he believes in some of the policies propagated by Ron Paul, such as ending military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and scaling back federal government responsibilities to the core values of protecting the country and running the most essential services.
“We are borrowing too much and spending too much,” he said. “I don’t think we have the rights to do this to our future children and grandchildren.”
Christie, one of � ve members of the na-tional LaRouchePAC slate, did not respond to calls requesting comment. He has based much of his campaign on the desire to impeach President Obama on various accusations including taking the country to war without congressional consent.
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For Tom Waldron, climbing is a pastime. He spent much of his childhood in Massachusetts with
friends at a local quarry, learning to navigate up and back down with little more than blind courage.
“It was just a big hole in the ground,” Waldron said of the favorite haunt of his youth. “We used to climb all the time, but not with so much safety equipment.”
While his younger, more reckless days of climbing have long since passed, Waldron still has a passion for the sport, one he and his company Mini Mountain share with youth in Bellevue throughout the summer with week-long camps at South Bellevue Community Center.
A� er coming to Bellevue in the early 1980s to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Washington, Waldron founded Mini Mountain in 1983 in an e� ort to teach ski lessons year-round at the specially furnished indoor facil-ity. Shortly a� er, the program extended to climbing lessons and was contracted to operate the city of Bellevue’s climb-ing camps at the South Bellevue Community Center when it opened in December 2005. While his sta� ers from Mini Mountain o� en operate the camps, Waldron said he still enjoys bringing climbing to another generation.
“� ey are doing stu� that makes them nervous and afraid, but they still do it,” he said. “� at is something they will need in life.”
Climbing experience is a necessity for Waldron’s instruc-tors, but he said � nding people with an a� nity for teaching children is the most crucial factor.
Taylor Barrett, a Washington State University student who began climbing four years ago, is one of the leaders of the camps and teaches alongside his sister Victoria. � e pair cover everything down to basic knot tying and Taylor said watching campers progress from their introduction to the indoor wall to their � rst outdoor climb is an exciting experience.
“It’s really fun to watch that,” he said. “� e best part is being able to share these resources.”
13-year-old Tudor Muntianu has been climbing for four years a� er getting a taste of the sport on vacations with his parents. He is on his third go-around at climbing camp. Along with a love of hiking and the outdoors, Muntianu
Climbing to their potential
The 33-foot high climbing wall at South Bellevue Community Center was sculpted to feel like Index granite. JOSH SUMAN, Bellevue Reporter
BY JOSH SUMAN
Bellevue Reporter
Bicyclists that encounter trouble on Washington roadways now have another option for service, and it’s a familiar name providing the care.
AAA Washington launched a new bicycle service on July 1 that comes without additional charges or signups to all AAA members. The service provides transporta-tion to a safe place, whether home or a bicycle repair shop, within the perimeters of the membership.
“The Northwest is a bicycle mecca,” AAA Washing-ton spokeswoman Jennifer Cook said. “It makes perfect sense for us to extend our program.”
AAA began a pilot program in its Oregon/Southern Idaho division last year and after seeing its popularity among members, extended that service to Washing-ton/Northern Idaho this year. British Columbia has a bicycle service program also, and members of any of the three can obtain service anywhere in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia.
Cook said AAA has carried out the service for nine members around the state in the first three weeks, including a member of the WSU cycling team that was stranded after running over a piece of glass.
While roadside transportation is available, the service does not include mechanical repairs or flat tire replace-ment for bikes.
Cook also said while AAA does not currently offer a bike-only service package, members and not their ve-hicles are covered, meaning a cyclist who had coverage and was in another person’s automobile at the time of trouble could utilize their service to cover that vehicle. She added that depending on the results and feedback of the program, a bike-only option could be made avail-able in the future.
“I think it’s a great idea,” she said. “If we see this tak-ing off, we know there are people out there with a bike and no automobile.”
AAA Washingtonnow o� ering optionfor bicycle service
Where: South Bellevue Community Center, 14509 Southeast Newport WayWhen: Week-long camps at SBCC from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Who: Children ages 8-13What to bring: Rubber-soled shoes or climbing shoes, all other required equipment provided
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Tudor Muntianu checks his route near the top of the climbing wall at South Bellevue Community Center, “The Crag.” JOSH SUMAN, Bellevue Reporter
City partneringon fencing camp
� e city of Bellevue is o� ering a host of youth sports and recreation camps this summer (full list avail-able online at www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/parks) and is bringing the forgotten pastime of swordplay into the equa-tion with the help of Washington Fencing Academy.
Washington Fencing Academy will host a camp teaching participants age 9-16 the basics of Olympic fencing and take part in a mini-tournament.
Girls and boys of all � tness levels are welcome and no prior experience is required.
� e camp will take place at South Bellevue Community Center from Aug. 6-10 from 1-4 p.m. and cost is $150 for residents and $180 for non-residents.
Local dojo nabs six medals at nationals
Bellevue Dojo, a member of Wash-ington Karate Association, nabbed six medals at USA Karate Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. competing against the top competition from around the country.
� e four-day competition featured Kata (forms) and Kumite (sparring)
and saw a host of Bellevue Dojo ath-letes capture medals.
BC standout hosting two hoops camps
Kyle Keyes, formerly a standout at Bel-levue Col-lege and a player with the Globe-trotter’s Harlem All-Stars, is hosting
the � nal two basketball camps of the summer for kids age 6-15 through i-Ball.
� e � rst is at International School on July 30-Aug. 1 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m each day while the second is at Cross-roads Community Center on Aug. 27-31 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
For information on cost and registration, visit the city of Bellevue website.
Bellevue woman sinks hole-in-one
Susan Ho� man, a Bellevue resident, made a hole-in-one at the 15th hole (112 yards) at Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters, Ore. over the week-end.
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Washington Fencing Academy youth students. Courtesy Photo
Keyes had NBA dreams before injuries ended his career.
Muntianu said the challenges presented by rock climbing are what gravitates him to the sport.
“It’s just a great atmosphere,” Muntianu said. “� ere’s no pressure at all.”
A� er beginning each session at the community center, campers get an opportunity to truly experience climb-ing with daily trips to a popular spot o� I-90’s Exit 38 or Marymoor Park in Redmond. While the techniques taught at the indoor rock wall are a vital piece of education for any aspiring climber, both Muntianu and Waldron said taking the practice outdoors is where the real payo� comes.
“It’s a whole di� erent environment,” Waldron said. “We have kids that show up afraid to touch the bushes. A lot of them haven’t spent much time outdoors and it isn’t like we are climbing in the parking lot.”
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Wayne Gretzky, who was seen at a Seattle Mariners game Wednesday, July 25, took a meeting with Bellevue o� cials to discuss the possibility of a NHL arena in the city, according to
KJR radio’s Dave “So� y” Mahler. Bellevue spokesman Claude Iosso said he
was unaware of the meeting. A source close to the situation said talks
between Bellevue and a number of potential suitors for an NHL arena have been ongo-ing, but the source did not want to discuss any particular individuals.
“� ere are people working on it,” the source said.
But no proposals have been turned in, the source added. Were an arena plan to materialize, no Bellevue dollars, not even in the form of bond � nancing, would be included, the source said. Anything else is a non starter. � is position has been echoed in the past by Bellevue o� cials.
Bellevue has been active in arena discussions with a variety of potential owners in recent years. Rumors swirled last sum-mer when Don Levin, an owner of a minor league hockey team in Chicago, was linked with Bellevue o� cials to build a potential arena.
Rumors on the Eastside cooled when hedge fund manager Chris Hansen earlier this year came forward with an NBA/NHL arena proposal in Seattle’s SoDo district. But Hansen, and Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, a principal supporter of the Seattle plan, have said that if political opposition overcomes the project proposal that it may not be long before other suit-
ors, potentially from Bellevue, step up. According to the source, the city would not necessarily back
o� an arena plan if Hansen’s arena houses only an NBA team.Gretzky, who has no ties to the area, was part of the owner-
ship group of the Phoenix Coyotes until 2009. � e Coyotes have faced � nancial troubles for years and have o� en been linked with this area as a potential team that could be had, should an arena plan materialize. � e team is in the process of being sold to a new owner, but the proposal is not without its own opposition.
Report: Gretzky talking to Bellevue o� cials about NHL arena
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ObituariesJohn Leroy Hoots
John Leroy Hoots, formerly of Bellevue, died on Sunday, July 8, 2012. He was 76.
Mr. Hoots was born on April 2, 1936 in Minneapo-lis, Minn., the son of Roy and Ebba Hoots.
Mr. Hoots moved to Is-saquah in 1973 to work in the printing industry. He moved to Bellevue in 1997, where he remained a resi-dent until health forced the family to move in 2010.
He is survived by his wife of 11 years, Diane Stillwell Hoots of Kirkland; daughters, Linda Ho� mann of Bellevue, and Charlotte Moore of Kirkland; son, David Hoots of Seattle; stepdaughters Olinda Browne-Blackburn of Kirkland and the late Robin Webb of Blu� on, S.C.
A committal service will be held at 2 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Tahoma National Cem-etery, 18600 SE 240th St., Kent. � e family suggests remembrances go to the Seattle Humane Society.
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The highlight of my year came last week at the Paci� c North-
west Writers’ Association annual conference. � e highlight was “� e Power Pitch Block,” 90-minute
periods in which a few hundred sup-plicants took turns present-ing their cases to a lineup
of some of the top literary agents and editors in the country.
Each has three minutes to convince an expert that his or her book has something new, special or timely to o� er the reading public. A bell rings and some shi� one seat closer to the prize agent, while those who complete their pitches take their hopes to the back of a new line to face a new agent.
Early on day two of the conference, panels of agents and editors instructed us on how to pitch.
� e panelists also gave us warnings. “Don’t tell us your book is the next Hun-ger Games or � e Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, or that it’s a cross between Harry
Potter and Gone with the Wind.
My � rst attempt to pitch at the writers’ conference last summer ended badly. I didn’t have a good pitch; the agent made it clear that she
agreed, asking, “Why would anyone in Ohio care?” be-fore sending me on my way.
In contrast to last year, the three agents I saw were warm and positive. “Send me chapter one,” said the � rst one. � e second asked for the � rst three chapters, and the third for the � rst 50 pages.
According to the website of the conference’s � nal speaker, Christina Katz, “...the distance between totally unknown writers and book deal is longer and steeper than ever.”
I know that both these
statements are true. Al-though I understand the odds of getting published are small, that doesn’t take away from the memory of having someone who matters ask to see my work. Even better, none of them brought up any doubts con-cerning readers in Ohio.
Ann Oxrieder has lived in Bellevue for 35 years. She retired a� er 25 years as an administrator in the Bellevue School District and now blogs about retirement at http://stillalife.wordpress.com/.
The race is on to become published
Ann Oxrieder
STILL A LIFE
Years ago, as an undergrad, a popular study space I haunted was an all-night pancake house. A group of us would get o� work and meet over a short stack of
buttermilk pancakes or wa� es and co� ee. Lots and lots of co� ee.
� e dining room crowd would thin out around 10 and by that time we’d be immersed in math, literature or organic chemistry.
On the rare occasion a true all-nighter was needed, the waitresses would let us get up and re� ll our own co� ee mugs. Near midnight the phone would ring and I’d hear the night manager answer, “yes, we are open. We are always, always open.” He had to say this � ve to six times a night.
If I needed a key piece of information, the library was closed until morning and sometimes the friends who held my hand through math weren’t available. I had no-
where to turn but a pancake house and a pile of text books. It wasn’t always a successful model.
Luckily, libraries aren’t like that anymore. Our databases and downloads are available 24 hours a day. You only need an active KCLS library card number and PIN.
Some of our strongest library users never darken our doorsteps and choose to conduct all business online.
If it’s three a.m. and a quick Google search won’t satisfy your information need, try visiting our database page. � ese online resources are not websites, they are subscrip-tion-only electronic resources like reference books and articles and they are free to library card holders.
If you get stuck in a database, you can log on to chat with an a� er-hours librarian. � at person will connect you with an appropriate database, website or make search sugges-tions. If polynomials are making your head hurt, online tutors are available until midnight.
Log in to our many databases and collections from the comfort of home or a pancake house. We’ll provide the re-sources, and you can brew the co� ee. We’re always, always open.Darcy Brixey is the teen services librarian at the Bel-levue Library. She’d like to tell you she loves to read, but it’s an expectation of the job.
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“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou
J.P. Patches made people feel – good, especially kids. Even a� er those kids became parents, and even grandparents.
� e J.P. Patches Show reigned for nearly a quarter century around here, perhaps
the longest run that any local kids’ TV program anywhere has ever had. And the man beneath the clown makeup – Chris Wedes – never really took the � nal bow before his adoring public until the curtain fell less than a week ago, when he died at the age of 84.
At the time I began my Seattle radio career in the early 1990s, I had
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I was new to talk radio – nervous and di� dent from the start. I had nightmares of the microphone going on – and me being unable to think of a single thing to say.
� en one day, in the middle of an on-air conversation with phone calls from listeners – my female sidekick suddenly began acting strangely, then writhing, then convulsant – and � nally tumbling out of her chair onto the � oor.
She was having an epileptic seizure. I’d never witnessed one before. She looked deathly. I quickly tossed to a commercial break as 9-1-1 was dialed and medical care came running.
We � lled the on-air time with public service announcements and music – but once my co-host was safely on the way to the hospital, I was told to resume normal programming.
I was so shaken that all I wanted to do
was duck under the console – or go home. Instead I came back on and said that my co-host “wasn’t feeling well” and we would return “to your calls.”
In fact, there was only one caller on the line – a Chris from Edmonds. I punched it up – and an unmistakable voice began talk-ing. It was J.P. Since he had no idea of what had just happened in our little studio, the great clown began cracking wise – fun and funny – and immediately sending a wave of calm over me and everyone else on the radio sta� . I sailed through the rest of the show as if nothing had happened.
Great talent is rare. Chris Wedes had that. But great character and genuine sweetness is even more rare. Chris Wedes
had that too. And you didn’t have to grow up watching him on TV – or even have the slightest notion of who he was. He was transformative – even charismatic – in his enormous appeal.
Occasionally, J.P.’s legendary TV show would feature famous folks who happened to be in town – like my favorite, the Lone Ranger. Every episode of the Lone Ranger would end in the same fashion: � e Ranger, a� er performing some act of heroism, would ride o� before being thanked. � en, some-one would ask, “Hey, who was that masked man?” And the reply would be, “Him? Why he’s … the Lone Ranger!” Music up.
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■ “Stars”: Bellevue College’s Geer Planetarium program explores the beauty and destructive power of these distant celestial bodies. Entry tickets can be reserved at www.brownpapertickets.com (there will be a small number of tickets available at the door). Friday, July 27. Free. Bellevue College planetarium; 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue - Building B, room 244.
■ Shakespeare in the Park: “Twel� h Night”: 7 p.m on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28. Free. Luther Burbank Park Amphitheatre, 2040 84th Avenue SE Mercer Island.
“� e Winter’s Tale”: 7-8:45 p.m., Saturday, July 28. Jealousy and suspicion tear at the heart of King Leontes, a man who seems to have everything. Accusing his wife of in� delity, his rash choices plunge himself and those he loves into a winter of despair and regret. Free. Pine Lake Park, 228th & SE 24th Street Sammamish.
■ Grand Parent Alliance Launch Party: Featuring Celtic music trio, the Gothard Sisters, the event includes dinner and a live auction. 7-9:30 p.m., July 27 at Alki Lodge #152; 4736 40th Ave. SW, Seattle.
■ Fire in the Grass: � is outdoor concert for charity is sponsored by the WSCFF Burn Foundation and silent auction, ra� e, and opportunities to meet and interact with your local � re departments. 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, July 28, Redhook Brewery; 14300 NE 145 St, Woodinville, 98072.
■ “The Producers”: Mel Brooks’ record-breaking, 12-time Tony Award-winner continues at the Village � eatre. Tickets/details at 425-392-2202; 303 Front St. N, Issaquah. � rough July 29.
■ “Artists in their Nineties”: An exhibit of art featuring paintings by artists in their nineties opens Aug 1 at the Daniel SMith Store; 15112 NE 24th St., Redmond.
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BY KEEGAN PROSSER
Bellevue Reporter
Seattle-based singer-songwriter Kris Orlowski has been making the rounds in the Northwest music scene for seven years now, but just recently began to generate major buzz for his thoughtful, indie-rock tracks.
Orlowski, who moved to Seattle from Bellingham, recently played the Capitol Hill Block Party - and will be stopping by Bellevue’s Bake’s Place on Friday, August 3, for an intimate set at the new downtown club. � e Bellevue Reporter caught up with Orlowski to � nd out what the audience can expect from the singer and his band:
Reporter: How’d you originally get in to music?KO: I’ve been playing music since I was a kid. But I really
fell in love with music in college - when I was studying abroad in London. � ere was an acoustic guitar in my host family’s house - and that’s when I really discovered it for myself - and not because girls liked it when I played.
Reporter: You originally performed as a solo artist,
but in the last few years have added a band; How did this evolve?
KO: To me, they serve two di� erent purposes. � e band sound is for big live shows. I am so infatuated with the aesthetic side of music - when you hear all these di� erent sounds - and how they sound so beautiful together. And how, when you add pedal steel [guitar], and a second vocal and bass drum - it puts it on a whole other level.
Reporter: Has forming the band changed the way you make music?
KO: Well, when I write songs I have certain parts in
mind. Like, I was just working on this song (“Cables,” being released in the fall) and I was thinking of this band, � e Shins, who I really love. � e song has this Wurlitzer sound to it. I wrote it a certain way knowing the band could come up with that sound. And I wouldn’t have written it that way if I was doing it solo.
Reporter: Your current album, “Warsaw,” was produced by Kory Kruckenberg of Pickwick; how did this come about?
KO: I connected with Kory over the last year. Kory just does good work. He really worked with budget, and the ideas we had, to say ‘this is how much time we have, this is how much money we have, let’s make it happen. And the fact that he had a Grammy under his belt, of course, made us feel like he really knew what he was doing, and we could trust him.
Reporter: Do you have any plans to collaborate with other local artists in the near future?
KO: � ere are a lot of collaborations for this next album. It’s going to be really big. It’s with a full 17-piece orchestra for all � ve songs. Allen [Stone] sings on it, Noah Gun-derson, Mike and Matt Gervais from Curtains For You, Mychal from Camp� re OK, Melody from Camp� re OK.
Reporter: You are playing at Bake’s Place next week. Can you speak to how the size of this venue changes your live performance?
KO: A venue like Bake’s Place gives us the opportunity to show more subtleties in my music and in the the band. A
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Kris Orlowski will stop by Bake’s Place Friday, August 3. The band last played the Bellevue jazz club in May. COURTESY
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“� e Dark Knight Rises” is very intense and its several signi� cant plot twists keep you on the edge of your seat. De-spite being less dark and grim than the last Batman movie, the � lm illuminates the social issues in Gotham as well as the personal challenges the characters face.
� e action is exhilarating and Batman’s technology, such as his incredible motorcycles and � ying car, make the confrontations even more exciting.
� is third installment of the Bat-man trilogy begins with Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) still in hiding eight years a� er the second movie in which he was cast o� by the city of Gotham as a villain and murderer. With a great deal of coax-ing by those closest to him, as well as an insightful young detective named Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), along with the emergence of the powerful and mysteri-ous criminal, Bane (Tom Hardy), threat-ening to destroy Gotham, Wayne � nally
decides to return to society and resurrect Batman. When there aren’t battles, great drama between the
characters keep the movie enthralling. A love triangle even surfaces between Batman, Miranda (Marion Cotillard), an investor in his failing company who he puts his trust in, and Cat Woman (Anne Hathaway).
When I � rst learned Anne Hathaway would be playing Cat Woman, I was uncertain how well she would � t the character. But Hathaway pounced perfectly into the bold role and dominated the screen with an amazing and enter-taining performance.
Christian Bale does very well portraying a broken hero revived, while Bane, played by Tom Hardy, is the new vil-lain, forced to wear a ghastly mask because of childhood injuries and possessing as much � ghting skill as Batman.
Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman return as Batman’s allies, Commissioner Gordon and Lucius Fox, while Joseph Gordon-Levitt as detective Blake, who shares Batman’s troubled upbringing and passion for � ghting crime, be-comes a new one.
Overall, “� e Dark Knight Rises” is a stellar conclusion to the Batman series. � e storyline is complex and grip-ping although there are a few confusing and unexplained moments. � e action-packed � lm holds plenty of drama and thrilling scenes. � ose who enjoyed the previous two Batman movies will undoubtedly relish the � nal chapter to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.
Note: My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families touched by the tragedy that took place in Aurora, Colo., the night of the premiere.
Aran Kirschenmann, 15, is a contributing writer for the Bel-levue Reporter and a sophomore at � e International School in Bellevue. You may reach her on her Facebook page “� e Young Critic.”
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Jacquline Hurlbert knew she wanted to work with her hands from a very early age. Even if it was just in the mud.
Growing up in a small Nebraska town, Hurlbert didn’t have much access to art classes, but devoured her high school courses. She went on to study ceramic sculpture at the University of Nebraska, and later, at the University of Northridge in California.
Now, a veteran of the Bellevue Arts Museum ARTSfair, Portland-based Hurlbert is showing her work in three cat-egories at the festival this year: ceramic sculpture, painting and multimedia.
An experienced ceramic sculptor, Hurlbert got her � rst taste of outdoor art shows while showing her sculptures at Portland’s Art in the Pearl show 10 years ago.
“It gave me a whole new way of presenting my artwork to people who had never seen my work before.”
She says she appreciates the varied personalities in the crowd - and the opportunity to really connect with her viewers.
“� ey don’t know that I am the artist, initially,” Hurlbert says. “It is wonderful to hear the comments, and to see them get up closer to the pieces and � nd details.
In regard to her art, Hurlbert says she is inspired by the complexities of life. Whether it be something in the news, something humorous, something traumatic or something fun, Hurlbert says she is constantly inspired.
Her pieces are colorful and textured, quirky and dark. And while her art spans a variety of mediums, there is a theme that seems to tie them together: psychological edge. In this vein, Hurlbert says her work revolves around the
question “Who shall I wear today?”“I’m trying to convey that every day you wake up, you
are somebody di� erent,” she says. “And you are in charge of what personality you choose to wear.”
Her paintings keep with this theme, exploring the com-plexities of life – both good and bad.
As for her painting process, Hurlbert says she starts with the � rst layer – a person or scene – and then paints three to four complete scenes on top. � e idea being to carry bits and pieces of each layer to the next, developing a history along the way, while creating rich textures.
ARTSfair attendees can expect a wide array of work from Hurlbert, who plans to bring nearly every piece currently in her studio. She does this, she says, because it allows her to provide a more thorough selection for viewers. Her original paintings (36 by 48 inches) start at $1,500; she’ll also have large prints (17 by 22 inches) starting at $85.
For more information on Hurlbert’s work, go to www.jhurlbert.com.
You can also � nd her at the ARTSfair this weekend, tak-ing place at the Bellevue Arts Museum and Bellevue Square as part of Bellevue Arts Week.
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show at Bake’s Place - or the Triple Door - is where I think we shine - [because] we have these subtleties. It really comes down to the subtleties versus energy.
Reporter: Have you played at Bake’s Place before?KO: We played at the old venue once before, and I was
like, ‘� is is cool, but it’s so far removed.’ It was hard to get fans to come out that far. We played the new venue when it � rst opened - and now it’s the perfect size. � e sound there is amazing. And I think our crowd is going to be great.
Reporter: What are you looking forward to most about this show?
KO: I’m really looking forward to getting back to my roots - doing something more intimate. I might do some songs solo because getting to play solo is still really fun for me. I’m looking forward to really connecting with friends and fans.
Reporter: You mentioned earlier you are working on a new album. Can you share any details?
KO: � e record is called “Pieces We Are.” And we are actually showcasing a number of other artists with the release. We have � ve photographers taking pictures [inspired by] songs we sent them. I just got a photo from Tyler Karlberg [photographer/videographer on tour with the Head and the Heart]; he sent me a picture for this song “I Will Go.” It’s a polaroid looking picture he took when he was sailing near the Tacoma Narrows by Pt. De� ance Park. It’s going be a great opportunity to showcase other art with our music.
Kris Orlowski performs at 8 p.m. on Friday, August 3 at Bake’s Place in Bellevue. “Pieces We Are,” will be released October 16. Tickets for their CD release party, Oct. 13 at the Triple Door, are on sale now.
TV design star in BellevueBY KEEGAN PROSSER
Bellevue Reporter
TV design star Tracy Hutson stopped by Bel-levue’s own Greenbaum’s Home Furnishings on Monday morning as part of a competition presented by Guardsman’s “Stop Cleaning, Start Caring” campaign.
A leading furniture care and repair company, Guardsman recently asked consumers to share a story about their favor-ite piece of furniture for the chance to win $1,500 room re-accessorizing and shopping experience with Hutson; Everett resident, Kristin Lucken, was the lucky winner.
As part of her prize, Lucken spent the morning shopping with Hutson at several stores in Bellevue. � e goal? To � nd the per-fect accessories to comple-ment the bu� et hutch now sitting in the living room of Lucken’s Everett home.
“It’s all about mixing splurge pieces with items that are more a� ordable,” Hutson said.
Bellevuegets awardfor use of Segway
� e city received a national transportation planning award for its part in the development of a “streetwise” Segway scooter now used by a number of cities to track the accessibil-ity of their sidewalks.
In 2007, the city equipped a Segway Human Transporter with high-tech hardware, including a displacement laser and gyroscope, to complete an inventory of Bellevue side-walks. Interns rode the “Ul-tra Light Inertial Pro� ler,” collecting data that showed locations where sidewalks had buckled or were other-wise di� cult to navigate for people with disabilities.
Use of the pro� lers is now considered a national best practice. On July 8 the city received the 2012 Transportation Planning Excellence Award, a bien-nial award sponsored by the Federal Highway Adminis-tration and Federal Transit Administration.
Franz Loewenherz, senior transportation planner of the city of Bellevue’s Transportation Department, shows the city’s Segway out� tted with its high-tech hardware. COURTESY PHOTO, City of Bellevue
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BELLEVUEMOVING SALE! Guys/ girls items, tools, house hold, furniture and much more! Great stuff, see you here! July 28th & 29th f rom 9am to 4pm, no early birds, at 4029 149th Ave SE. Cash only. Rain or shine!BellevueMULTI FAMILY Sa le, July 27th and 28th, 8am - 2pm, 1656 172nd Ave NE, Bellevue. Exercise Equipment, Household, Tools and More!Mercer IslandDOWNSIZING SALE, Friday & Saturday, July 27th & 28th, 10am-5pm. 7515 Mercer Terrace Dr. 50 years accumulation o f m i s c . h o u s e h o l d goods and garage items.
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A Signature Lakemont Estate…The Dramatic 2 Story Foyer Greets you upon entering this Murray Franklyn Masterpiece. It was Meticulously Crafted in 2004 and Includes 6,500 Square Feet with 5 Bedrooms, 4.25 Bathrooms, 2 O� ces, Workout Room, Media Room, Massive Rec Room in the Basement and Spacious 3 Car Garage. The Ideal West Facing Vistas Appreciate Memorable Sunsets with Views of the Olympic Mountains, Seattle Skyline, Lake Washington and Newcastle Golf Course.
LAKEMONT $1,300,000 MLS# 336424
Consistently exceeds client’s expectations! David Eastern and his team create individualized marketing programs unparalleled in the real estate industry today. Over the past 18 years, David has a proven track record of � nding ‘the perfect home’ for his clients by focusing on their needs and dreams. David utilizes a large variety of online and print photography, and experienced staging techniques to create a powerful marketing presence.
Free from the hustle and bustle of downtown, yet so close when you need to get there. Private dock, boat lift and views to be proud of. 50 yard line of Meydenbauer Bay w/ Southern and Western exposure. Great room lends itself to e� ortless entertaining. Passions of cooking invigorated inside this kitchen. Downstairs, � nd bonus room with full wet bar, as well as 1,200 bottle wine cellar. Master on main. Apartment over garage is perfect for weekend guests.
Art has been selling Real Estate on the Eastside for 30 years and has established himself as one of the top agents in the region. He has been a Broker in the Bellevue West Windermere Real Estate o� ce for 11 years and understands why the network of Windermere agents continues to be such an asset to the community. Throughout weak and strong markets, Art has continued to be a leader in the world of luxury Real Estate, as well as new construction and is dedicated to providing his clients with the � nest experience possible.
Fabulous location in the heart of downtown Kirkland just a block away from the Boulevard and the Lake with panoramic Lake Washington, Mountains and Seattle skyline views. Absolutely beautiful 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, nearly new construction home o� ering a rooftop deck, all stucco exterior, grand entry, high ceilings, 3 natural stone � replaces, Brazilian cherry hardwood � oors, ceramic tiles, granite countertops, stainless steal Viking appliances and lots of gorgeous details throughout. Walk to downtown shops and restaurants, beaches and parks.
KIRKLAND $1,188,000 MLS# 367269
Csaba Kiss, Associate Broker with 22 years of experience has a passion for Real Estate, focused on meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of his clients. Csaba knows having a keen sense of the market place is invaluable in helping advise you on maximizing your real estate objectives. As a listing agent, he will create a plan proven to get homes sold successfully. As an Accredited Buyer’s Representative, Csaba is trained to help you � nd and negotiate the best property and value for your needs.
The cover of House Beautiful! Rarely a home so breathtakingly remodeled. A showcase of style and luxury materials. Elegant yet superbly functional. Shy 4000 sq ft of form and function. 5 bedrooms, 3.75 baths, 4 frpls, o� ce and MIL or great bonus. Stunning 5 star kitchen. High style baths. Gorgeous landscaping, columned slate front porch, circular drive and patios of pavers for alfresco dining. A stellar Newport Shores address with the legacy of a remarkable close in waterfront community.
NEWPORT SHORES $1,375,000 MLS# 377584
Matching exceptional people with great homes in communities they love, Sharalyn has been keeping Newport Shores, and other � ne Eastside properties moving, one home at a time since 1992. The heart of a stylist, the soul of a matchmaker, she tells the unique story of each home with creative staging, both interior and exterior, evocative architectural photography and a passion for real estate. Selling Eastside lifestyle with innovation, expertise and results.
