BELLEVUEREPORTER.COM BELLEVUE BELLEVUE BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER Following two days of inter- views last week, Bellevue City Manager Brad Miyake—having promised a quick turnaround —has chosen Texas lawman Stephen Mylett to be the city’s next police chief. Currently chief of police in Southlake, Texas, Mylett was one of four finalists tapped by the Police Executive Research Firm in the city’s second-round search for a new chief, follow- ing Linda Pillo’s retirement last April. Miyake passed up on four candidates for the position in November, aſter hiring the Mercer Group to conduct the first search for $21,000; a fiſth candidate declined an offer to continue the hiring process. Mylett served 23 years with the Corpus Christi Police before joining the Southlake PD as chief in 2011. Mylett also spent six years as a security police officer for the Air Force. He will join the Bellevue Police in April, pending completion of further background checks and an on-site visit and interview Miyake tabs Texas’ Mylett as next police chief Brandon Macz, Bellevue Reporter Stephen Mylett will be the next police chief. SEE CHIEF, 17 Co-sponsor Steve Litzow happy with included road projects BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER Washington Sen. Steve Litzow says he’s confident the Senate transportation package he cospon- sored won’t affect the state’s ability to pay for education, though he expects changes to be made in the House. e Senate passed its $15 bil- lion state transportation package Monday, which includes funding for major projects on the Eastside and an 11.7-cent per gallon gas tax increase phased in over three years. “I think the biggest surprise was we had about 33-34 senators vote for the actual spending, and then 27 actually voted for the way to pay for it,” said Litzow, R-Mercer Island. ere were 19 Republicans and eight Democrats supporting the revenue bill. Senate passes transportation package SEE TRANSPORTATION, 17 Josh Stilts, Bellevue Reporter Students at Interlake High School are loaded onto buses on Feb. 27, after unsubstantiated rumors of a shooting were posted on social media. Two days before, Bellevue police, school district officials held active shooter preparedness seminar. BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER Two days before Interlake High School went into lockdown fol- lowing alleged threats and rumors of a shooting the Bellevue School District and Bellevue Police Department held a joint seminar discussing what to do in an active shooter situation. According to police, the cause of the lockdown at Interlake was “un- substantiated rumors of a shooting incident at the school posted on social media.” Aſter police de- termined there was no incident, school district officials decided to release students classroom by classroom. e investigation into who posted the threats and rumor of a shooting is ongoing and anyone with any information is encour- aged to contact the Bellevue Police Department. e seminar held at Bellevue High school, led by Officer Scott Montgomery, the department’s ac- tive shooter trainer, the hour-long seminar was attended by roughly 50 members of the public, district officials and school faculty. It was the most well attended of the four meetings held in the last several months. e two previous audienc- es averaged between 15-20 people. Police: Active shooter not a case of if but when SEE SHOOTER, 17 Arts [ 10 ] News [ 02 ] Business [ 04 ] 5th Avenue’s youth project to showcase more than 100 students in ‘Carousel’ Bellevue woman works to find a photo of every name at the Vietnam Memorial Newport Knights senior Diego Dwyer reflects on his wrestling accomplishments Nick Leisos celebrates his restaurant’s longevity and what’s ahead for the Greek and Italian mainstay Sports [15 ] Eastside’s Rising Stars A memorable career Putting a face to a name 35 years of satisfaction FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 @BelReporter FREE Quick Diagnostic! NEW CUSTOMERS ONLY ~ WITH THIS AD. Tablets, Smart Phones, Projector & TV Repair Senior Discount $89 Flat Charge Weekend and 24-hour Emergency Service Available • pcdrweb.com Call Today 888-328-5177 • 12121 Northup Way #105 Bellevue 98005 Computer Slow? Having Problems? $ 45 Value Serving all of Puget Sound since 1989
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BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
Following two days of inter-views last week, Bellevue City Manager Brad Miyake—having promised a quick turnaround —has chosen Texas lawman Stephen Mylett to be the city’s next police chief.
Currently chief of police in Southlake, Texas, Mylett was
one of four finalists tapped by the Police Executive Research Firm in the city’s second-round search for a new chief, follow-ing Linda Pillo’s retirement last April. Miyake passed up on four candidates for the position in November, after hiring the Mercer Group to conduct the first search for $21,000; a fifth candidate declined an offer to continue the hiring process.
Mylett served 23 years with the Corpus Christi Police before joining the Southlake PD as chief in 2011. Mylett also spent six years as a security police officer for the Air Force. He will join the Bellevue Police in April, pending completion of further background checks and an on-site visit and interview
Miyake tabs Texas’ Mylett as next police chief
Brandon Macz, Bellevue Reporter
Stephen Mylett will be the next police chief. SEE CHIEF, 17
Co-sponsor Steve Litzow happy with included road projectsBY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
Washington Sen. Steve Litzow says he’s confident the Senate transportation package he cospon-sored won’t affect the state’s ability to pay for education, though he expects changes to be made in the House.
The Senate passed its $15 bil-lion state transportation package Monday, which includes funding for major projects on the Eastside and an 11.7-cent per gallon gas tax increase phased in over three years.
“I think the biggest surprise was we had about 33-34 senators vote for the actual spending, and then 27 actually voted for the way to pay for it,” said Litzow, R-Mercer Island. There were 19 Republicans and eight Democrats supporting the revenue bill.
Senate passes transportation package
SEE TRANSPORTATION, 17
Josh Stilts, Bellevue Reporter
Students at Interlake High School are loaded onto buses on Feb. 27, after unsubstantiated rumors of a shooting were posted on social media. Two days before, Bellevue police, school district officials held active shooter preparedness seminar.
BY JOSH STILTSBELLEVUE REPORTER
Two days before Interlake High School went into lockdown fol-lowing alleged threats and rumors of a shooting the Bellevue School District and Bellevue Police Department held a joint seminar discussing what to do in an active shooter situation.
According to police, the cause of the lockdown at Interlake was “un-
substantiated rumors of a shooting incident at the school posted on social media.” After police de-termined there was no incident, school district officials decided to release students classroom by classroom.
The investigation into who posted the threats and rumor of a shooting is ongoing and anyone with any information is encour-aged to contact the Bellevue Police Department.
The seminar held at Bellevue High school, led by Officer Scott Montgomery, the department’s ac-tive shooter trainer, the hour-long seminar was attended by roughly 50 members of the public, district officials and school faculty. It was the most well attended of the four meetings held in the last several months. The two previous audienc-es averaged between 15-20 people.
Police: Active shooter not a case of if but when
SEE SHOOTER, 17
Arts [ 10 ]
News [ 02 ]
Business [ 04 ]
5th Avenue’s youth project to showcase more than 100 students in ‘Carousel’
Bellevue woman works to find a photo of every name at the Vietnam Memorial
Newport Knights senior Diego Dwyer reflects on his wrestling accomplishments
Nick Leisos celebrates his restaurant’s longevity and what’s ahead for the Greek and Italian mainstay
Sports [15 ]
Eastside’s Rising Stars
A memorable career
Putting a face to a name
35 years of satisfaction
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Six years ago, Janna Hoehn and her hus-band made their first trip to Washington, D.C. When they set out to see memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Wall was first on her list.
“The Vietnam war was going on while I was in high school,” Hoehn said. “Even though I never knew anyone killed in Vietnam, I wanted a rubbing of one of the names.”
The name she chose was Gregory John Crossman, listed as missing in action. When Hoehn returned home, she decided to research Crossman and find his family.
“In the event they were never able to go to the Wall, I would send them the etching, hoping they would share a photo with me of Gregory,” Hoehn said.
Unsuccessful at first, she enlisted her cousin, the family’s historian, and was able to find a college photo of Gregory after six weeks of searching.
Jump forward two years and Hoehn, a resident of Maui, Hawaii, saw a story about the “Faces Never Forgotten” for the Viet-nam Veterans Memorial Fund. The goal, to put a face with every name that is etched on the Wall.
Hoehn sent in the photo she had of Gregory Crossman. Five days later she received an email from Jan Scruggs, the founder and president of the Vietnam Wall, saying it was the first for that soldier and asking her if she could help him find the
photos for the 42 Maui County soldiers who were killed in Vietnam.
“I told him it would be an honor,” said Hoehn, adding that she always hoped she
could to do something for the Vietnam vet-erans because of the way they were treated when they returned home.
“What I thought would be a very easy
project, with Maui being so small, was anything but easy,” Hoehn said.
She combed phone books, calling every like name of each soldier and found 10. Next, she searched archived yearbooks for every high school on Maui and found a few more soldiers. Finally, the Maui News ran an online story about her efforts and over time she found all of the photos.
Next she turned her efforts to her home-town, Hemet, Calif., and eventually the whole state.
“I have collected over 1,200 photos since May 2013,” Hoehn said.
Now her search has turned to King County.
Hoehn has collected the names of sol-diers (see list) from King County without a photo to link with the Wall.
“If anyone is related, a friend or a class-mate to any of the young men on the list I would very much appreciate hearing from you,” Hoehn said. “Even if you don’t have a photo, but know which school any of these young men attended, it would be so helpful.”
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall has the names of 58,300 etched on its face. To date, only 39,500 photos have been col-lected.
Those who have photos or information can contact Hoehn at [email protected]. She also is seeking a volunteer to “do some footwork” in the community if all the photos aren’t found.
Bellevue woman works to honor faceless Vietnam vets
Photo courtesy of Janna Hoehn
Janna Hoehn stands by photos of some of the Vietnam veterans she has found to connect to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
Over the past 18 years Patti Skelton-McGougan has served as executive director of Youth Eastside Services, drugs have be-come stronger and children more suscep-tible to feelings of depression and anxiety — but YES has and continues to be there to help youth and parents recover.
Last year YES provided 38,000 teens and parents with education and prevention pro-grams dealing with alcohol, drugs, LGBTQ support, antibullying and at-risk Latino youths, with 5,000 teens receiving one-on-one counseling, said Skelton-McGougan.
“I’m proud to say we never give up on kids who are suffering through a hard time,” the executive director told a packed crowd at Wednesday’s Invest in Youth breakfast and YES fundraiser.
Those helped by YES included Julianna, who will graduate in June, after a long struggle with substance abuse that started early in life following a bout of family losses. She said she was blessed to have been caught with drugs at school, which meant being put into programming at YES and on her way to recovery.
“I didn’t know any other way of living and this was the life I knew,” Julianna said of her addiction to drugs and bad friends, but YES gave her a way to build up her self-esteem and share the emotions she’d kept to herself for years. “I have a future I never
thought I’d have.”“I’m not the gangster I used to be,” said
Placido, who joined a gang and began abus-ing drugs shortly after the death of his little brother. Through YES’ Latino Hispanos en Acción Together (Hispanics in Action Together) Placido went from graffitiing walls to painting on canvasses, his art being displayed by the Bellevue Art Museum. “I paint because that’s a way to find myself.”
Keynote speaker Penny LeGate shared a different story on Wednesday, about her daughter’s long struggle with addiction that ended in her death. Marah Williams was just one of 3,665 people to die from a heroine overdose in 2012. She would have been 22 this month, her mother said.
“She once confessed to me, ‘Mom, the only time I feel normal is when I’m using,’” LeGate said of her daughter, who had an af-finity for hats and was a star softball player in high school. “When Marah headed down this dark path, we tried everything.”
LeGate said her mission now is to im-prove access to treatment and its afford-ability for those suffering from addiction, pointing out Washington needs in-patient programs that run at least 90 days, and not 30 as they are now. She also advocates for early education for children and continu-ing education about substance abuse for parents, teachers and the public at large.
“The world would have been so much better with her in it,” LeGate said of her daughter, “better than we’ll never know.”
(Left) Northwest television personality Penny LeGate shares the story of her daughter’s struggle with heroin addiction that ended with her death in 2012 during Wednesday’s Invest in Youth breakfast, a fundraising event for Youth Eastside Services. (Right) High school senior Julianna hugs emcee Meeghan Black after sharing her YES success story.
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BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
A Shoreline woman who made headlines last year when she allegedly falsely accused Marshawn Lynch of beating her in a Bellevue apartment is facing more court trouble in 2015.
Jammie Ficarelli, 31, was arrested for suspicion of DUI on the 1700 block of Bellevue Way early Satur-day morning, following a
traffic stop by a Bellevue Police officer for allegedly pausing at a green light and also drifting in her lane.
She was also booked for allegedly failing to install an interlock ignition device in her vehicle, which she is required to have due to two prior DUI convictions.
Ficarelli was charged with making a false report last year when she reported to Bellevue Police being
accosted by the Seattle Seahawks running back in a downtown apartment in August, an investiga-tive report determining the woman had drunkenly misidentified another man as Lynch; that man was also cleared of any assault claims.
She is set for a pretrial conference for that charge on April 8 in King County District Court in Bellevue.
Marshawn Lynch accuser in more court troubleShoreline woman arrested for DUI, ignition lock violation
A Seattle development company is proposing the construction of an eight-story, 26,450-square foot residential apartment building on Northeast
Second Place in downtown Bellevue.
Evergreen Plaza would be erected where three buildings totaling 4,300 square feet currently sit, at 10845 N.E. Second Place, and is proposed by Ever-green Point Development, LLC. The building would include 154 units on top
of three levels of subgrade parking.
The project is estimated to be completed by spring 2016.
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BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
Spring District develop-ment company Wright Runstad has partnered with Security Properties for the construction of a block of five mixed-use residential buildings over 2.53 acres of the district’s 36-acre site.
Security Properties
spokeswoman Jeanne Muir tells the Reporter the developer’s approach is to create an urban, modern apartment complex for tech-oriented people in
their 20s and 30s, as well as offering family-friendly units like three-bedroom town homes with as
BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
Nick Leisos credits his customers for keeping him in business these past 35 years, commemorating the feat Tuesday by busy-ing himself in the kitchen and keeping the orders coming out.
Leisos came to the United States on a merchant ship from Greece 43 years ago, starting as a chef at an Italian restaurant on the East Coast, eventually settling in Bellevue, where he opened Villa Capri. He later changed the name to Nick’s Greek and Italian Cuisine due to the fact most people simply described the trek to the restaurant on 140th Avenue Northeast as “going to Nick’s.”
“I have two things in my life — hard work and dedication,” Leisos said during Tuesday’s 35th anniversary celebration. “I treat my customers with respect; I never trick or mislead my customers.”
“He’s got to live on the repeat custom-ers, because he doesn’t do any advertising,” said Joe Hesketh, who has been coming to
Nick’s with his wife, Helen, since it opened back in 1980.
Leisos relies on little help in the kitchen, whipping together Greek and Italian meals from scratch. His wife, Pam, takes care of the customers up front, occasionally calling
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much as 1,700 square feet of space. Nearly half of the site will be used for a 50,000-square-foot pedestrian-only plaza. The pedestrian gateway will be “The Hillclimb,” which “connects residential uses with the street at the cor-ner” of Northeast 12th and 120th, according to design documents.
The five buildings will range from four to nine stories and total 390,924 square feet, not including several underground park-ing structures, according to the city of Bellevue’s Weekly Permit Bulletin: One will be six stories with 62 units and ground-floor retail; another is nine stories with
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her husband out to chat up loyal customers. Helen Hesketh said Leisos is always tinkering with reci-pes, so it’s interesting to see what he might do with a menu item next.
“He does everything
from scratch,” said Pam Leisos. “He’s just back there putting things together.”
The owner of Nick’s Greek and Italian Cui-sine is very proud of his cheesecake’s selection as best dessert at the Bite of Seattle food festival, first earning the award in 1994.
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He received the award two more times, in 1995 and 2002.
“I’m trying to satisfy the people who know how to eat,” Leisos said. “The
people who don’t know how to eat, I don’t want them to come here.”
Nick’s Greek and Italian Cuisine is located at 2285 140th Ave. N.E.
BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
Bellevue-based Wig Properties made a financed purchase of the Red Lion Hotel Bellevue for $35.4 million, and intends to keep it operating as such in the near future.
“The hotel is actually in remarkably good shape,” said Jason Rosauer, part of the Kidder Mathews team that represented the Red Lions Hotels Corporation for the sale. “It’s a very suc-cessful hotel. It would make no sense to eliminate it at this point in time.”
The five-building, two-story hotel was constructed in 1969 and has 181 guest rooms and 5,700 square feet of meeting space.
Wig Properties purchases Red Lion
Express/Staybridge Inn Suites hybrid hotel is pro-posed to be constructed on 118th Avenue Southeast in late 2015.
The dual-branded hotel will include 109 Staybridge Suites for extend stay guests while the 170-room Holiday Inn Express por-tion will continue to cater to business and leisure travelers, according to Abby Jensen with IHG media relations.
Construction proponent Abbey Road Group Land Development Services, LLC., will handle construc-tion of the 199,782-square-foot hotel following the raz-ing of a 6,342-square-foot structure on the property now at 969 118th Ave. S.E. The hotel hybrid is expected to open in mid-2017.
ROUNDUPCONTINUED FROM PAGE 4Permits confirm upscale grocery
store coming to Bellevue Square
BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
Kemper Development is more than just considering an upscale grocery store to fill a portion of the shuttered J.C. Penney building at Bellevue Square, according to per-mit documents recently published by the city.
The major downtown developer has been mum regarding rumors a Whole Foods would occupy the ground floor of the 198,000-square-
foot Penney building, brought on by a Hebert Research survey of residents hinting at the possibility. Whole Foods told the Reporter the development company was only using its name to gauge interest in an upscale grocery store at Bellevue Square.
According to Bellevue’s recently released Weekly Permit Bulletin, long-time Kemper Development architecture firm Sclater Partners proposes modifying the J.C. Penney building into the South Commons Shops, and converting the ground level into a 30,500-square-foot up-scale grocery store while using an-other existing 35,500 square feet for an additional 65 parking stalls. An
escalator will remain for accessing the second level of the three-story Penney building.
“The retail grocer at the ground level will offer pedestrians and park patrons a walkable, street level accessed, option for food and shopping,” Sclater reports in its de-scription of the project in a permit attachment.
The existing two upper levels of the building will be converted into smaller tenant spaces, accord-ing to permit documents, with a 12,152-square-foot common mall area. Work is expected to be com-pleted by this June.
Longtime Editor Craig Groshart retired from the helm of the Bellevue and Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter news departments last week. With a journalism
career spanning over four decades, Craig has done a great job epitomizing the ethos of community news in Bellevue, Issaquah and Sammamish and beyond for many years.
Craig’s professionalism and experi-ence, as well as his affable, ‘Can-Do’ at-titude has been an asset to both Sound Publishing and to the communities he has covered. Craig calls the next phase of his life “retirement,” but we here at Sound Publishing and the Reporter newspapers group know that with his deeply rooted community ethos, Craig will be soon be involved with many local organizations and service efforts on the Eastside. Although I knew him during my days at the Journal-American and the King County Journal, it has been a pleasure to work closely alongside Craig for nearly three years at the Bellevue Re-porter . He will be missed.
We are pleased to announce that Mercer Island Reporter Editor, Mary L. Grady, is stepping up to an expanded role as Regional Editor of the Bellevue, Issaquah-Sammamish and Mercer Island Reporters. With thirteen years experi-ence as a prolific and multi-faceted reporter and editor at the Mercer Island Reporter, Mary is well-versed in the complex and interrelated issues that affect the communities of the Eastside. She is especially eager to tell the stories of the people and who live and work here. Please join me in congratulating Mary in her new role, and in wishing Craig well as he begins his new journey.
William Shaw, Regional PublisherBellevue Reporter, Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter,
Mercer Island Reporter and Snoqualmie Valley Record.Sound Publishing, Inc.
William Shaw
116th bike lane is an excellent project
As a Bellevue motorist, I’d like to comment on last week’s report on the Northeast 116th Avenue overlay project. The only voices against the plan were two pensioners living in the Aegis facility close by and a property owner whose concern is that the bike lanes end before the intersection — the same concern that the people who ride bikes down that road have. A total of 90 percent of respondents to the city said they were for the 116th plan. Six out of seven of our councilors voted for this excellent and inexpensive project.
Yet the top billing in a negatively toned article went to Councilmem-ber Kevin Wallace’s irrational misgiving that if we go ahead and make that road safer for all users, people will only want the city to make other roads safer, too.
Transportation Commissioner Vic Bishop was quoted to say that there are only 160 people who ride bikes on city streets each day (though he does qualify that num-ber by saying no-one has any idea really and it’s just a wild guess). I’d like to point out that the city spent months debating Kemper Freeman’s helicopter landing pad, despite no one actually flying helicopters downtown. What a waste of time that was.
Build it and they will come. Just like they have in Redmond, Kirk-land and Seattle. Has no-one seen Field of Dreams?
Yes, I am a Bellevue motorist. I also like to get around by bike. And on foot. I’d even fly a helicopter if I had one. It’s just a shame there’s nowhere to land it.
Lyndon Heywood, Bellevue
Minimum wage in Washington is high enough
The Senate should reject the House-passed bill to increase the minimum wage to $12. Washington already has the highest minimum wage in the nation at $9.47, and ad-ditional increases could further limit opportunities for younger workers.
Despite claims to the contrary, most minimum wage workers work fewer than 40 hours (78 percent in 2013) and the majority are younger than 25 (56 percent). Washington already has one of the highest teen unemployment rates at 22 percent.
Increasing the cost of hiring these workers will lead to fewer of them being hired. The trade-off for this group is less likely to be between a job paying the old minimum wage or the new one, but between work-ing and no job at all. These first jobs are essential to building skills and act as the first rung on the ladder to prosperity.
One study found that part-time work during the senior year of high school resulted in annual earnings that were 20 percent higher 6-9 years after graduation. Increasing the minimum wage for these teens will limit their options and depress their earnings potential for years to come. The Senate should vote down the bill to further increase the
minimum wage.
Charles Hughes, Washington , D.C.
GOP needs to stand firmSo now Director of Homeland Se-
curity Jeh Johnson is trying to terrify the American people into passing Obama’s budget. If Congress doesn’t pass it then the malls are unsafe.
There’s just one problem. How does it make us safer if 4,500,000 illegal immigrants are given a free pass?
In coupling the immigrant budget with Homeland Security, Obama is trying to fund his illegal actions.
It’s time for the Republicans to stand firm and not allow that to hap-pen. If they cave on this issue, then being in the majority is of no value whatsoever.
Denny Andrews, Bellevue
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BY DAN AZNOFFSPECIAL TO THE REPORTER
The director of housing development at Imagine Housing estimated there will be the need for an additional 936 units of subsidized housing every year until 2025 just to keep up with the demand on the Eastside, with major percentage of the additional units dedicated to low-income seniors.
The number of seniors in need of housing assistance will more than double in the next 10 years, predicted Sibyl Glasby. She said the elderly will represent 23 percent of the population in King County within a decade.
“We, as concerned citizens, we cannot sit back and wait for this crisis to become worse,” she said. “Lawmakers in Olympia should be urged to invest $100 million from the capi-tol budget in the Housing Trust Fund administered by the state Department of Commerce.”
Each dollar invested by state, she said, can be lever-aged into $6-$10 to pay for affordable housing and pro-grams for residents. Before the recent cuts to the state budget, the housing trust fund had received between 3-4 percent of the Supple-mental Capital Budget each year to fund its programs.
Imagine Housing is the only non-profit
organization dedicated to developing low-income rental housing in East King County.
Seniors made up 25 per-cent of the 6,400 individu-als accounted for in shelters and temporary housing during the One Night Count of the homeless in King County in January of 2014. The survey did not breakdown the age of indi-viduals living on the street.
The City of Bellevue has coordinated its efforts to expand affordable hous-ing with the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI). The joint projects include proposed housing complex-es in the Bel-Red corridor and the new 57-unit apart-ment complex downtown on 111th Ave NE.
The five-story down-town property was built with a combination of tax credits, subsidies from the city and $2.5 million from the Housing Trust Fund to offset the total cost of $16.6 million. Many of the new apartments have been re-served for military veterans, but none of the units were designed to accommodate the special needs of seniors.
Bellevue currently has less than one dozen apartment communities, with fewer than 400 units, funded through A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) that are qualified to accept Section 8 vouch-ers for low-income seniors.
LIHI also has proposed
units in Redmond and Issaquah, as well as the Kingsgate and Totem Lake areas of Kirkland set to be completed in the next three years. But only the Kirkland properties have units set aside for seniors.
Kelly Rider, the policy director for the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle King County, said senior housing needs to be more than just a safe place to live. Senior communities should be built to encour-age residents to participate in group activities and have meals together so caregiv-ers can keep tabs on the residents without violating their privacy.
Rider likes the plans for senior housing along the Bel-Red Corridor because it provides easy access to public transportation and health care.
“Independent living is much less expensive than moving a senior into a pri-vate assisted living facility or anything with in-house medical care,” Rider said. “It’s better for the senior and more cost effective to the taxpayers of the community.
“Making sure they show up for bingo is far less intrusive to a senior than knocking on their door.”
Dan Aznoff is a freelance writer and member of the Bellevue
Network on Aging.
Need for more senior housing is becoming acute
Help with heating bills still available through Hopelink
Despite the early spring weather, it still is consid-ered too early to assume we don't still have to turn up the heat in homes. Local low-income residents, it’s not too late to receive up to $1,000 to help with energy bills.
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BY JOSH STILTSBELLEVUE REPORTER
Interlake High School closed Friday, Feb. 27, after police responded to the school shortly after 8 a.m., after receiving calls of a planned shooting.
The school was placed into lockdown following the alleged threat and ru-mors posted on Facebook stating there was a shoot-ing planned there.
The threats were deemed unsubstantiated by police at the scene, but there has been no information as to the source of the rumors posted via social media. Police are asking any-one with information to contact the Bellevue Police Department.
At the scene more than 20 officers from the Bel-levue Police Department arrived on scene, canvass-ing the building and found no threat or any evidence of a shooting. In an effort to control the situation, each classroom was let out one-by-one as police searched investigated the scene.
Marie Leou, a 15-year-old freshman at the school said her teacher handled the lockdown very well.
“The teacher kept every-thing really calm,” she said. “We were a little freaked out but he was reading us the email updates from the principal so we knew it was OK.”
The situation was far more tense for Marie’s mother, Amy, who had homeschooled her daugh-ter until this year when Marie enrolled in Interlake ‘ gifted program.
At first Amy wasn’t to get a hold of Marie, but after what she said felt like an eternity, Amy was able to text her mother that she was fine and everything was OK.
“It’s a lot tougher on the parents,” Amy said. “We’ve never gone through anything like this.”
Marie said the situation wasn’t going to keep her from attending Inter-lake nor did it affect her thoughts of the school.
“Anywhere you go you’re going to face situa-tions like this,” Marie said.
Students who take Metro buses or are picked up by their parents were bused to nearby Highland Middle School at 15027 N.E. Bel-Red Road to await transportation while students who use personal transportation were escort-ed to Interlake’s parking lot and allowed to leave.
Although no incident took place, the Bellevue School District, in con-junction with the police decided to close the school Friday.
Bellevue Police Ofc. Alina McAnnally said no arrest had been made as of Friday afternoon and that several police officers were still on scene as the inves-tigation into the rumored threat is ongoing.
Two parents waiting to pick up their children told The Reporter a suspicious, threatening letter was found in one of the school’s bathroom.
Josh Stilts, Bellevue Reporter
Interlake High School students were bussed off campus following a shooting threat Feb. 27.
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Richard Akutagawa has a simple mes-sage for all writers:
“Do it, do it now, because you never know when you won’t have now any-more.”
Akutagawa’s real life has had enough drama in it to be its own novel, which is why he so often draws on it for mo-ments in his fiction writing, especially in his first published book “Mirage in the Desert.”
Based loosely on the life of his mother-in-law and her time as a teenager in an Arizona Japanese internment camp dur-ing World War II, Akutagawa masterfully captures the hope of an older child trying to find beauty as she transitions into adulthood in a horrible place.
Next month the Issaquah resident will turn 70, a birthday he never thought he’d see 10 years ago.
In May 2004 he was diagnosed with stage-four plus laryngeal cancer — es-sentially a death sentence — after years of heavy smoking. The cancer had spread to his lymph nodes and he was given just 45 days to live.
But he wasn’t about to go down without a fight and thanks to Dr. Audrey Tran, he avoided a tracheotomy and was able to beat the odds and cancer.
The treatment and the chemotherapy took its toll on him, but Akutagawa had something to focus on: writing his novel.
“After radiation and chemo the only thing keeping my mind focused and sharp was writing this book,” he said.
But it took another tragedy before he could get it published.
In August 2014, Akutagawa’s wife of 36 years, Jane M. Kato died, leaving him broken and alone. Melancholy and depression followed immediately. Thank-fully, he said, it didn’t last and he was able to use his wife’s words and his writing to cope with the loss.
Before she died, she told him, “Rich-ard, you can’t be fooling around with this book. Time is precious.”
The words were “heartbreaking” for him to hear, but in publishing his first
book, Akutagawa said he hopes to honor the love of his life through his writing.
“She was just a really cool person,” he said tearfully. “Everyone said she was always the most pleasant person.”
As the organized one in the relation-ship, Jane would organize Richard’s pills, his appointments and ensure he was eating properly. She’d also be a constant yet gentle reminder that he should be writing.
In the months following her death, Richard set to work on the charge his wife had given him. Recreating her im-
age, along with several other women he’s known, admired and loved, Akutagawa created Kitty Kirei, “a teenager caught in the maelstrom of fear after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.”
Throughout her experiences in the Gila Internment Camp in Arizona, Kitty meets three adults, combined personas of Akutagawa’s most cherished people, who befriend Kitty and plan a daring escape.
“She is a mirror who sees and reflects everything, a young lady who evolves into a woman in a tattered milieu, where all is topsy-turvy,” he wrote of his character. “She discovers her broad talents and becomes aware of her large possibilities.”
The story is a gripping tale with artis-tic language that reads like an orchestral concerto. It’s easy to identify his pain in his writing without being burdensome or overdone. It pulls at the heartstrings making it difficult to put down.
Although self-published currently at $4,000 for editing and 116 copies printed, Akutagawa is working with Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon to carry his book.
While the later years of his life have been difficult, he said he’s grateful for what he’s been given and the opportunity to share his writing with the world.
“If I never had the cancer I might never have written anything of importance,” he said.
For more information about the book contact Richard at [email protected].
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CRY Seattle brings Holi festival back to BellevueBY REPORTER STAFF
A Hindu festival of colors and love, Child Rights and You Seattle will again host its annual Holi festival in Bel-levue, this time at Crossroads Park noon to 4 p.m. Satur-day, March 7.
CRY Seattle hosted last year’s Holi festival at Bellevue Downtown Park to raise awareness about its projects, most of them in India but some in the U.S., while also celebrat-ing one of the biggest and most well-known holidays in Indian culture.
BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER
The Bellevue City Council on Mon-day approved selling up to 20,000 square feet of bonus floor area to Schnitzer West for its 16-story office tower project at the corner of 106th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Fourth Street.
Bonus floor area is granted to de-velopers that include public amenities in their projects, the city earning its own by constructing its plaza space at city hall a decade ago.
Schnitzer West proposed pur-chasing up to 20,000 square feet of the city’s bonus floor area to allow flexibility in constructing its office
project, said Emil King, city strategic planning manager.
The city sold bonus floor area to Schnitzer between 2007 and 2010 at $7.50 per square foot, King said, this time negotiating for $15 per square foot.
The development company has the option to purchase for up to five years, and the project’s gross build-ing area is still planned to be 317,195 square feet at 16 stories.
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Although The 5th Av-enue Theatre’s professional production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel” closed March 1, area youth from across Washington have been shadowing their mentors to perform their own show through The Ris-ing Star Project.
The Rising Star Proj-ect’s “Carousel” kicks off 7 p.m. March 13 with a 2 p.m. matinee March 14. Tickets may be purchased in person or at the Box Office by phone at 206-625-1900 or online by visiting www.5thavenue.org.
Directed by Mathew Wright, with choreography by Trina Mills and music direction by John Callahan, the young artists will be producing a Broadway cali-ber show in the same time as professionals would, but none of the directorial staff has any worries.
“The students in The Ris-ing Star Project are some of the most driven, passionate and intelligent young people I’ve ever met,” Wright said. “The growth they achieve over the course of this event goes so much further than learning a complicated dance step, how to fill a lyric with intention or how to play a scene with life and drive … it’s a kind of deep, personal growth that is hard to describe, but incredible to watch.”
The tuition-free program was created by The 5th for teenagers as a way to encourage a passion for the arts and give them access to those who have chosen the arts as a career.
Each of the students was selected after auditioning or interviewing for their posi-tions on the team, accord-ing to Bridget Summers, 5th Avenue’s communica-tions manager.
She said most come directly from school to rehearse, prepare backstage and work in the adminis-trative offices.
This year seven students from the Eastside were selected to the orchestra, including Mary Elizabeth Adler, 15, Newport High School; Leo Dage, 14, In-terlake High school; Emma Hasselbach, 17, Bellevue College running start; Em-ily Kraynak, 15, Eastlake High School; William Ror-neburg, 16, Redmond High School; Ryan Saathoff, 15, Eastlake High School; and Romil Sirohi, 16, Issaquah High School.
“The students not only experience the joy of performing and collabora-tion on one of the most beloved stages in the state, they learn professional re-sponsibilities and essential life skills,” Summers said. “Through the Rising Star Project’s ‘Carousel’ students are able to gain first-hand experience in the process of staging a full-scale musical with participation in all as-pect of production; acting,
dancing, singing, musician-ship, stage management, technical crew, producing and even marketing and fundraising.”
Hasselbach, a 17-year-old Snoqualmie resident study-ing at Bellevue College through the Running Start program, applied for two different positions, in the orchestra pit leading the string section and in the marketing office helping with promotions.
For her, the experience has been unlike anything she imagined.
“It’s challenging and dif-ficult, but I’m enjoying ex-ploring new things I didn’t
know about the theater,” she said. “It’s really opened up my mind as to what there is to offer in theater. There’s so many moving parts behind the scenes that go into mak-ing a show successful.”
She added, she hopes the experience is a jumping-off point to future job opportu-
nities in the theater.Her fellow orchestral
musicians from the Eastside each said the opportunity is a “once-in-a-lifetime” and each is cherishing every moment.
“These musicians are all world-class and it’s a privilege to play with them
and learn from them,” Rorneburg said. “This is an opportunity we don’t get otherwise.”
For more information about The Rising Star Proj-ect, visit www.5thavenue.org/show/the-rising-star-project1.
Eastside youth get behind the scenes education at 5thTheater’s Rising Star Project production of ‘Carousel’ gives young performers the chance to show their skills on the big stage
Josh Stilts, Bellevue Reporter
The 5th Avenue’s Rising Star Project presentation of ‘Carousel’ will feature more than 100 talented youth musicians, actors, dancers and performers including 17-year-old Emily Hasselbach (left), a Running Start student at Bellevue College.
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Next week, Bellevue College will kick off a four-night run of “Carnival.”
With support from the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts in Seattle, the show, which runs every night at 7:30 p.m. from Wednesday March 11-14
is set to dazzle audiences with magic and circus skills under the big top in the Carlson Theater (Building E 200) on the college’s campus.
“Carnival,” which cen-ters on a girl named Lilly who finds herself working
in a traveling circus and the many colorful charac-ters she meets, is based on the book by the same name by Michael Stewart, with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill.
Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10
for students and Bellevue College faculty and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com.
For more information, contact Lyneen Patnoe at (425)-564-3114 or via email at [email protected].
North Bend Jazz, which has musicians performing at 22 venues in historic downtown North Bend, will take place from 6 p.m. to midnight, with high school big band performances taking place one hour before the walk, at 5 p.m. in the North Bend Theatre.
Some of the performers will include Jay Thomas and the Cantaloupes, Human Spirit, the Danny Kolke Trio and Endemic Ensemble.
Some of the venues include the Pour House, Pioneer Coffee, Snoqualmie Valley Moose Lodge and Birches Habitat.
Adults and children are welcome. Admission is $25 for adults and $15 for children. There is a $5 discount for tickets purchased in advance. Tickets and information can be found at www.northbendjazzwalk.com.
Four productions are on tap for Bellevue Youth Theatre’s spring season: “Oblio and the Pointless Forest”, “Rapun-zel”, “Once Upon a Mattress”, and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” All will be performed at the organization’s new theater at Crossroads Park, 16051 N.E. 10th St.
“Oblio and the Pointless Forest” is based on Harry Nils-son’s “The Point.” It includes all classic songs, such as “Me and My Arrow,” and is suitable for all ages. Performances will be from March 20-29.
Next up is “Rapunzel”, a version of the timeless tale that is full of surprises and laughs. Performances will be from April 17-26.
“Once Upon a Mattress” is the musical comedy, “The Princess and the Pea,” featuring lords, ladies, a mute king and an evil queen, plus a ton of princesses competing for the hand of Prince Dauntless the Drab. Performances are set from May 1-9.
The final production, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, is one of Shakespeare’s most popular productions. The story includes intrusive fairies, lovesick teens and a rather unfortunate troupe of actors. With some modern adapta-tion, this show is appropriate for all ages. Performances are set from May 15-24.
Tickets for the spring productions will be available in late January. People may add themselves to the wait list by calling 425-452-7155 and will be notified when tickets are available. All seats for the spring season will be reserved.
Tickets are $10 in advance and go up to $12 if purchased during the week of the first show. Some shows cost only $5 a ticket. More information is available at www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/BYT.htm.
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Federico and Faviola Ramos, owner/operators of Agave Cocina & Tequilas Restaurants are expanding
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Federico and Faviola Ramos, owner/operators of Agave Cocina & Tequilas Restaurants are expanding
their eastside location by one-quarter, adding a retractable seasonal patio adjacent to the restaurant’s front door.
“Not only are we adding seats to a relatively small interior restaurant space, but we are hopefully also solving a problem we have had since day one, they explain, keeping the elements out. � e seats near the host area are sometimes plagued on cold, windy, wet Northwest days; our guests comfort is really our
ultimate motivator.” Look for the new patio later this spring! About Agave Cocina & Tequilas
Restaurants: Serving Contemporary Mexican
Cuisine, family owned and operated since 2009. Using organic meats & � sh, plus the freshest of vegetables, many vegan, vegetarian and gluten free selections available at all meal periods. � e largest, curated sipping Tequila selection (160+) in the Northwest. Owner Federico Ramos is a Tequila authority, a spirit produced in his home state of Jalisco, Mexico.
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Chinoise restaurant was created to offer our guests a taste of Asia. The menu features authentic Pan Asian cuisine, designed and created by Chef de Cuisine Thoa Nguyen. At Chinoise Cafe, we prepare delicious dishes from across Asia, spanning Vietnam, Thailand, China to Japan. Our chefs have extensive training, with years of experience. We specialize in fresh sushi delicacies, seafood & vegetables cooked in an open kitchen. All our menu items are cooked to order, using only the highest quality ingredients. Our culinary delights offer � avor and freshness in every bite. Bon Appetite!
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The Sammamish Totems girls gymnastics team captured a fourth-place finish at the Class 2A/3A state competition, tallying 162.725 points on Feb. 21, at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall. Sammamish athlete Nykaela Dodson turned in a memorable performance, capturing a first place title in the All-Around event, tallying a score of 38.125. Dodson also earned second-place finishes in floor, bars, beam and vault. McKenna Troje collected a ninth-place finish in vault as well.
BY SHAUN SCOTTBELLEVUE REPORTER
Bellevue Wolverines girls basketball player Shelby Cansler rose to the occasion in a winner-to-state, loser-out regional basketball showdown against the Lincoln Abes.
Cansler, who scored 19 points in the second half, propelled the Wolverines to a 60-47 victory against the Abes on Feb. 28 at Bellevue College. Lincoln led Bellevue 30-28 with two minutes left in the third quarter, but the Wolverines outscored the Abes 32-17 in the final 10 minutes of play to put the game away. Bellevue head coach Leah Krautter said Cansler is the ultimate competitor.
“Shelby has been some-one who has been tough to stop all season. While they (Lincoln) were fast, she has the size and the length. She is not going to get down after an early slump. She wasn’t going to let us lose that game,” Krautter said.
The Wolverines, who nabbed third place at the Class 3A state tournament last season, are deter-mined to make history on hardwood this weekend.
“We want to win state,” Cansler said following the victory against Lincoln.
Bellevue (23-3) faced the Prairie Falcons in the first round of the state tournament on March 5 at the Tacoma Dome. As of press time, results of this contest were unavail-able. Krautter said her squad is focused on the opportunity to compete for a state championship.
“We have a lot of confidence. We know that we can compete with any team in the state. I met with each of the girls indi-vidually after last season and all of them on their own said we want to win it (state title) next year. They have had that goal in mind all year,” Krautter said. “They have worked really hard for it in the off-season. We’re not going to be happy with anything else frankly.”
Bellevue punches ticket to compete in state tourneyBellevue senior Shelby Cansler comes through in the clutch against Lincoln
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Sammamish advances to Class 2A tourney
The Sammamish Totems registered a 51-37 victory
against Sehome in a winner-to-state, loser-out regional playoff game on Feb. 27 at Renton High School. The To-tems (13-11) faced East Valley (Spokane) in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament on March 5 in Yakima. As of press time, results of this contest were unavailable.
Vikings earn trip to Class 1A state tourney
The Bellevue Christian Vikings defeated Seattle Acad-emy 38-33 on Feb. 28 in a winner-to-state, loser-out
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regional playoff game on Feb. 28 at Renton High School. The Vikings (18-7) faced Cashmere in the first round of the Class 1A state tournament on March 5 in Yakima. As of press time, results of this contest were unavailable.
BOYS BASKETBALLBellevue clinches berth at Class 3A tourney
The Bellevue Wolverines collected a 68-64 win against the Foss Falcons in a winner-to-state, loser-out regional playoff game on Feb. 28 at Bellevue College.
The Wolverines (23-3) faced the Rainier Beach Vikings in the first round of the Class 3A state tournament on March 5 in Tacoma. As of press time, results of this contest were unavailable.
Clarkston conquers SammamishClarkston defeated the Sammamish Totems 63-59 in a
winner-to-state, loser-out regional playoff game on Feb. 28 at Cheney High School. The Totems finished the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 20-6. The Totems defeated the North Kitsap Vikings and Lindbergh Eagles in loser-out games in the district tournament to advance to the regional game against Clarkston.
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KNIGHTS QUARTET SIGNS ON THE DOTTED LINE
Photo courtesy of Gill James/Newport High School athletic director
Four Newport Knights senior student athletes signed a letter of intent to compete in collegiate athletics on Feb. 4, in the Newport High School gymnasium. At left, Marianne Li (golf), committed to the University of California (Berkeley); Caroline Snyder (rowing) committed to Southern Methodist University; Ethan Paul (baseball) committed to Vanderbilt University; and Calvin Throckmorton (football) will play for the University of Oregon.
BY SHAUN SCOTTBELLEVUE REPORTER
Newport Knights senior 126-pound grappler Diego Dwyer captured a sixth place finish at the Class 4A Region II tournament at Ingelmoor High School in Kenmore.
Dwyer, who finished just two wins shy of advancing to the Mat Classic
Class 4A wrestling state tourna-ment, registered a 14-5 win against Mount Si’s Connor Holt before suffering losses against Issaquah’s
Gunner Starren and Skyline’s Scott Huff.
Dwyer said Newport Knights wrestling head coach Michael Chenoweth is one of his favorite coaches of all time.
“Coach is someone who has my back all the time. I consider him more than just a coach to me, he is a men-tor,” Dywer said of Chenoweth. “He is definitely some-one who helps me a lot. I look up to him. If I ever have a question in the wrestling room, I feel free to ask him.”
Recently the Bellevue Reporter had an opportunity to ask Dwyer a few questions about his life away from the wrestling mat.
Newport Knights senior grappler Diego Dwyer was a pillar of the wrestling team
Dwyer turns in memorable career with the Knights
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Diego Dwyer: “The Lion King.” It’s a classic movie. I used to watch it with my brother when I was a kid. Whenever I watch it now it reminds me of childhood memories. It brings me back in time.
BR: What is your favorite eatery in Bel-levue?
DD: Chipotle Mexican Grill. It’s nice and easy. Whenever your hungry and you don’t want to wait a long time its good. They have a lot of variety and its always fun to go with friends.
BR: How many text messages do you send per day?
DD: I probably send about 100 per day. Most of them are to my mom. She always checks on me to see if I’m doing well.
BR: What is something unique about you
that nobody would know?DD: I was born in Chile. In sixth grade I
moved to the United States. I didn’t speak any English. Going to school was a struggle but God helped me succeed. Trying to learn the school subjects and the language (English) at the same time was a big chal-lenge. I made it through and everything is easier now.
BR: Who was your favorite sports team growing up?
DD: The University of Chile men’s soccer team. We watched soccer all of the time as a family when I was growing up.
BR: What is your favorite hobby away from wrestling?
DD: Surfing. The coast in Chile is always nice. I haven’t surfed in the United States yet but it is something I’m looking forward to.
BR: If you could pick one individual to go to dinner with, who would it be?
DD: It would definitely be Jesus Christ. He is someone I look up to.
BY SHAUN SCOTTBELLEVUE REPORTER
This weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for high school basketball enthusiasts across Washington.
There are four teams from the Bellevue Reporter/Is-saquah Reporter coverage area consisting of the Bellevue Wolverines boys basketball team, Bellevue Wolverines girls basketball squad, Issaquah Eagles boys basketball team and the Eastside Catholic Crusaders boys basketball squad competing in the Class 3A/4A state tournaments at the Ta-coma Dome. All four teams have the talent to make a run at a state championship in their respective classifications.
I will be courtside at the Tacoma Dome covering the quartet of local teams today and tomorrow. These aren’t the only basketball programs vying for a state championship.
The Bellevue Christian Vikings and Sammamish Totems girls basketball teams will make the 140-mile trek to Yakima for the Class 1A/2A state tournaments. While I thoroughly enjoy covering sporting events at the Tacoma Dome, the Yakima SunDome has always been one of my favorite places to cover high school athletics. The venue, which seats 6,195 fans, is the perfect environment for high school basketball matchups.
The Totems, who defeated Sehome 51-37 in a winner-to-state, loser-out regional playoff game on Feb. 27, have
won four of their past five games and are peaking at the right time. Sammamish has lost just one game since Feb. 4. Bellevue Christian is back at Class 1A tournament after a three-year hiatus. The Vikings advanced to the state tourney in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011 but didn’t get past districts the past three seasons.
“We had a nice run of state appearances and that’s always the goal to see if we can get back there,” Bellevue Christian head coach Mark DeJonge said this past December. “I think we can for sure and I think we are right there.”
DeJonge’s statement in December proved to be prophetic when the Vikings conquered Seattle Academy 38-33 in a winner-to-state, loser-out contest on Feb. 28 in Renton. It’s awesome to see six teams from the area advance to the promised land on the hardwood. Following this weekend’s festivities, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the majority of the teams competing this weekend bring home some hardware from their respective tournaments.
A basketball extravaganza on display
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Sen. Cyrus Habib opposed the package, first when it was before the Senate Trans-portation Committee, and again when it hit the floor. Habib, D-Kirkland, told the Reporter last week he did not support the inclusion of a policy that would strip fund-ing for transit, pedestrian, bike path, state patrol and local improvement projects and put it into roads should Gov. Jay Inslee issue an executive order setting low-carbon fuel standards.
“We’ve been very upfront. We don’t think the governor should work without the Legislature in putting additional taxes in the gas pump,” Litzow said, adding there needs to be consequences should the gov-ernor choose not to work with lawmakers. “That was a negotiated point of the trans-portation package with the Democrats.”
Bellevue Deputy Mayor Kevin Wallace told the Reporter Tuesday Habib’s lack of support for the package was troubling, adding he feels it is a good example of
bipartisan collaboration.“I’m feeling as optimistic as I’ve ever
been …” he said of a transportation pack-age passing the Legislature.
Litzow said he’s happy to see funding for major Eastside projects in the package, adding talks of tolling Interstate 90 to com-plete the State Route 520 bridge should not be starting up again.
“My primary goal was to make sure we complete the 405 master plan, we add improvement to the I-90 corridor, we finish the 520 bridge and we don’t toll I-90,” he said. “As long as Judy Clibborn (House Transportation chairwoman) and myself and (Rep.) Tana Senn are in the Legislature, I don’t see that coming back any time soon.”
When asked whether he would support a special session should the Legislature not pass a package in time, Litzow said he has every confidence lawmakers will be done with work by April 26.
— State legislators from the 41st District will hold a town hall meeting 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 14 at Somerset El-ementary in Bellevue. The school is located at 14100 Somerset Boulevard.
The first meeting, held in December at International School was unattended and ultimately cancelled, just days before the school was shutdown and classes cancelled following alleged threats from one of its students who claimed he was going to “shoot up” the school. The second meeting was held at Interlake on Jan. 27.
The irony wasn’t lost on Montgomery who said, “it isn’t a matter of if this is going to happen in Bellevue, but when.”
“As the Bellevue community, we are lulled into a sense of security,” he told the crowd. “What happens if some guy walks in out that back door and starts unloading on people? Are you ready? What would you do?”
During the presentation Montgomery simplified what people should do to three scenarios; “Run, Hide or Fight.”
The average active shooter incident in the United States from the first shot lasts five minutes. What people choose to do in that time could save a lot of lives, he said.
“In an active shooter situation all bets are off,” he said. “Be familiar with your surroundings and environment before an emergency occurs. Know the entrances and exits, areas where you can hide and objects that can be used as weapons. If you think you can get out, get out. Don’t stick around. Don’t wait to be slaughtered.”
Montgomery said the only way students are going to be prepared for it when it comes is to train for what to do.
“If you are not mentally prepared, you
are placing the safety of yourself, your students and your co-workers in jeopardy,” he said. “Observe, orient, decide and act … action always beats reaction. No action is no longer acceptable.”
He also said simply locking down the school in an active shooter situation “cre-ates victims.”
“Basically you’re saying I’m locking myself in the room and waiting for the bad guy to come kill me,” he said. “Our objec-tive here is to offer you options that will mentally prepare you for an active shooter incident.”
The decision to lockdown Interlake High School last week was made only after the alleged threat was determined to be unsub-stantiated, according to police spokesper-son Officer Seth Tyler.
A representative for the school district said a series of age appropriate videos is being developed to get as many students trained as possible. Officials are also working to have Montgomery’s training instituted in all Bellevue School District buildings as an annual training.
A teacher at the International School said she and other staff members have had dis-cussions about “Run, Hide, Fight” for the last year with each other and conversations with students about coming forward with information and how they can take care of others in crisis.
Montgomery ended the seminar stating he was willing to give the training any-where, anytime for free. For more informa-tion about the training contact the Bellevue Police Department’s non-emergency line at (425)-452-6917.
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Josh Stilts, Bellevue Reporter
Bellevue Police Officer Scott Montgomery led the last of four Active Shooter Preparedness seminars at Bellevue High School in front of a crowd of roughly 50 people on Feb. 25.
with Miyake and interim Police Chief Jim Mont-gomery this week.
While most second-round candidates showed up for interviews, panels and a meet-and-greets Thursday and Friday, Mylett said Thursday he arrived in Bellevue earlier in the week to familiarize himself with the city.
“I think we were all very happy to see that selection,” Bellevue Mayor
Claudia Balducci said during a Monday council briefing by Miyake.
The city highlights a 30-percent decline in property crimes in Southlake, Texas, since Mylett joined the force there; property crime has become a growing concern in Bellevue.
Mylett will also be charged with leading the police department under a city diversity initiative that calls for the city’s work-force to better reflect the population it serves. The Bellevue Police Depart-
ment is more than 80 percent white men.
According to 2010 U.S. Census data, Southlake is more than 88 percent white and about 6.2 per-cent Asian with a popu-lation of 28,234, while Bellevue - at a population of 133,992 - is 59 per-cent white and nearly 28 percent Asian. Forbes.com named Southlake the most affluent neighborhood in the United States in 2008, the median house-hold income at $172,951, compared to $90,333 in Bellevue.
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...obituariesMargaret Jean Turner
Margaret Jean Turner (Jeanie) died 2-22-15, Sunday at home, after a 20 year battle with breast cancer. She was born to Philip Miner Hoadley and Lois Eva Blake Hoadley on 11-8-48 in Escondido, Ca. Jeanie grew up there with her beloved siblings: Joanna, Phil jr, Debbie, and Katie. Jeanie loved all living things. Jeanie relandscaped her yard to accommodate more of her beautiful � owers and plants. Jeanie had a dog, three
cats, a bird and 6 gold � sh. Jeanie was a hard working woman. She got her bachelor of computer science at Seattle U in her 40’s and worked in the � eld all her working life.
Jeanie’s working years included 7 years with her Wacap adoption agency, 7 more years with Westek software company and 2 more in her audio-visual tech at Highlands middle school. Cancer forced her retirement in 2008. She enjoyed BCMetz web exchange of cancer knowledge, listening to her Prairie Home Companion, and road trips and cruises with her husband, Steve Turner and Kara and Jacob Edwards-King.
She is survived by daughters Annmarie, Jennie, Tai, Kara, Marion, Tracy and Kelly and her son Jamal; grand children: Hailey and Aurora, Cole and Leah.
Special thanks go to Kara Soo Edwards-King, who made sure she had everything that she needed so she could live at home until her passing.
A memorial will be held at KIRKLAND CONGREGATION-AL CHURCH 106-5TH AVE, KIRKLAND, WA FELLOWSHIP HALL IN THE BASEMENT DATE: 3-7-15 from 2pm to 4pm.
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Joene BushAfter 80 wonderful years, Joene Agnes
Bush (nee Riggs), our wife, our mother, and our friend passed away on February 25, 2015 in Scottsdale Arizona.
Joene was born in Boise Idaho, December 17, 1934, to Teresa and Joseph Ryan. She Attended school at Holy Names Academy in Spokane WA, and worked for Paci� c Bell Company as a telephone operator. Joene met her
husband, Clay, the love of her life, when he was serving in the Air Force. They were married in Spokane, working together, for Clay’s diploma at Gonzaga University. They moved to Bellevue and raised their � ve children and retired to Scottsdale AZ.
Joene adored spending time with her family, reading, scrapbooking, sewing, quilting and her two cats, Josie and Willow. Joene was such a kind hearted, loving, and sensitive sole who would do anything for her friends, neighbors, and family.
She is survived by her husband, Eldon Clay Bush and her � ve children; Cathleen, Laureen, Stephen, Jennifer and Joseph. Eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
God has called for Joene and now will be our Angel, to give us strength and hope. We know she listens and hears our prayers, wishes and dreams.
May she be resting peacefully and happily with those who were so dear. Joene’s beloved Mother, Teresa Ryan Riggs and her Father Joseph Ryan, her brothers Michael Riggs and Richard Riggs.
Services for our mother will be held on March 6th @10:30am, in the St. Katharine Drexel Chapel at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. 3801 E. Greenway Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85032
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Jane EnnsJane Enns died peacefully in her home
in Bellevue on February 25 at the age of 86. She is survived by her children Tom Enns of Burien, Rod Enns of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Kathryn Gaston of Bellevue, and Connie Jory of Mountlake Terrace; her grandchildren Nathan Enns, Samantha Burks, Brett Jory, Austin Enns, Marissa Gaston, and Kendra Jory; her great-granddaughter
Fiona Burks; her sister Nancy Beltz; and her brother Mick McElhinney. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Harold Enns, and her granddaughter Erica Enns.
Jane was born Martha Jane McElhinney on February 20, 1929, in Sylvia, Kansas, to Madge and Fred McElhinney. She received her degree in nursing in 1951 from Wesley Hospital in Wichita, and moved with her family to Bellevue in 1961. A longtime and dedicated member of St. Peter’s United Methodist Church, Jane’s life was grounded in faith and family, and the joy of giving to others. She was devoted to her children, and enjoyed her many dear friends, especially those in the dinner bridge group and at St. Peter’s Methodist Church.
A memorial service was held March 5th at St. Peter’s UMC in Bellevue, followed by a private graveside service. A viewing was held at Sunset Hills Funeral Home in Bellevue. Donations may be in Jane’s memory to SmileTrain at www.smiletrain.org., or to St. Peter’s UMC. Condolences may be left at www.
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With Metro fares up as of March 1, King County Executive Dow Con-stantine is encouraging riders to find out now if they qualify for the new reduced-fare bus pass.
The program, ORCA LIFT will provide a discounted rate of $1.50 per trip for residents who earn less than 200 percent of the federal poverty rate, or $23,340 per person. Constantine and the Metropolitan King County Council created the program to ensure that public transportation remains ac-cessible after the transit agency’s sixth fare increases since 2008.
“ORCA LIFT will help people across our region get to work and school each day even as bus fares continue to rise,” Constantine said. “By taking advantage of the strong network of community partners that we’ve built in recent years, we’re making it convenient for riders to find out if they qualify for this new opportunity.”
Riders can visit www.orcalift.com or call 206-553-3000 to find out if they qualify for the card. They can also
visit Public Health – Seattle & King County locations across King County for enrollment assistance. The number of locations will grow to more than 45 this month when the eight partner agencies are fully trained.
Metro is tapping into the network of community partners that King County created during its effort that has helped nearly 200,000 local residents
enroll under the Affordable Care Act. Representatives can assist residents in multiple languages to determine their eligibility for multiple programs and services at once.
Riders can start using ORCA LIFT cards in February, though it will not begin charging the reduced fare until March 1. The cards will be provided to riders at no charge. There will be a $5
fee to replace a lost or stolen card. Riders must re-verify their eligibility every two years.
Reduced fares can be used to ride Metro, Sound Transit Link Light Rail and the Seattle Streetcar. Reduced fares for the King County Water Taxi will range from $3 to $3.75 and $1 per trip on Kitsap Transit buses.
For more visit www.orcalift.com.
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King County Parks is redesigning some portions of the southern segment of the East Lake Sammamish trail.
Trail work | Design work continues on the southern segment of the East Lake Sammamish Trail. The Sammamish City Council asked King County to redesign key features of the trail to respond to concerns that trees might be cut down to widen the trail and other issues. Residents believed that comments made were not fully considered in earlier designs. Planners will also address drainage and ‘line of sight’ issues at key intersections. Construction along the northern segment of the trail is nearing completion.
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Overlake Medical Center Founda-tion & Auxiliaries will host its annual Bandage Ball gala and auction on Saturday, March 21 at the Hyatt Re-gency Bellevue. Proceeds from this year’s event will support Overlake’s mental health services.
One in five adults — ap-proximately 61.5 million Americans — experience mental illness in a given year.
In addition, mental illness is the number one cause of disability among 15 to 44 year olds, with millions of Americans suffering from clinical depression, schizophre-nia and bipolar disorder.
Despite the fact mental health is one of the most relevant health issues facing our country, the resources for care are limited.
Overlake is the only hospital on the Eastside to provide a full con-tinuum of mental health services for adults, including inpatient mental health services.
Funds from the Bandage Ball
will directly strengthen and expand Overlake programs. Specifically, donations will support Overlake in more fully integrating psychi-atric services with primary care and expanding the medical center’s community mental health education programming.
“Mental health is a serious issue facing our country and community,” said Overlake CEO J. Michael Marsh. “We believe it deserves focused investment and are doing our part
by dedicating pro-ceeds from this year’s Bandage Ball toward strengthening the care available for those who suffer from mental illness.”
One of the Eastside’s premier social events,
the Bandage Ball is expected to gather more than 800 community leaders in support of Overlake’s men-tal health services. First held in 1960 to celebrate the opening of Overlake Hospital, the Bandage Ball has raised more than $11 million in the last 17 years. Last year’s event alone raised nearly $1 million to support the building of Overlake’s new state-of-the-art cancer center.
As a nonprofit hospital that receives no public tax support, Overlake relies on gifts to help support program, technology and
capital needs and care for patients and families coming to the 349-bed regional medical center and network of clinics.
“The Bandage Ball is one of the many ways our community lead-ers come together to make sure our neighbors in need have access to the best care possible,” said Molly Stea-rns, Overlake’s vice president of fund development and executive director of the foundation and auxiliaries. “It is always a pleasure to be able to wit-ness the powerful impact this event has in strengthening health care on the Eastside.”
This year’s event will feature auc-tioneer Mark Schenfeld from Stokes Auction Group and be emceed by media personality and columnist with the Puget Sound Business Jour-nal Patti Payne.
The event includes dinner, a raffle, wine toss, dancing and an auction featuring items such as trips to Sun Valley, Bordeaux, Lummi Island, a catered Lake Washington cruise and Taylor Swift concert tickets. Tickets are $300 per person or $3,000 for a table of 10.
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Overlake Hospital’s annual Bandage Ball set for March 21REPORTER STAFF
Three well known Eastside business leaders will be inducted into the Junior Achievement Puget Sound Busi-ness Hall of Fame on April 23.
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Gene Juarez, founder of the Bellevue-based Gene Juarez Salons & Spas, Inc. Juarez created 10 full-service salons, two cosmetology schools, and the Gene Juarez Advanced Training Salon.
Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco Wholesale. His in-novations made Costco the first warehouse club to include fresh food, eye-care clinics, pharmacies, and gas stations.
The inductees will be honored at a celebration in partnership with the Puget Sound Business Journal at Bell Harbor International Conference Center.
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10564 5th Ave NE, Ste 102 • Seattle, WA 981251240 116th Ave NE, Ste 101 • Bellevue, WA 9800423914 100th Ave SE • Kent, WA 98031
www.USAVeinClinics.com
YOU MIGHT HAVE VARICOSE VEINS AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT
My LegsWereKilling Me
Then I FoundUSA Vein ClinicsMy varicose veins bothered me but I
had no idea that the pain and burning
meant that I had a serious medical
condition. If left untreated, varicose
veins can lead to DVT or pulmonary
embolism -- both life threatening
conditions. Why did I wait so long?
Do you have any of these symptoms?
If you answered “Yes to ANY of these questions,you may have a serious medical condition
called Venous Insufficiency.
Leg heaviness or aches
Burning, tingling or itching legs
Swelling in legs or ankles
Blue or brown skin discoloration on legs or angkles
Red, dry skin on legs
Leg cramps, especially at night
Non-healing wounds in ankle areas
Spider veins on legs and/or ankles
Leg veins that appear very dark blue or purple
Increased leg pain after sitting or standing or long periods of time
Parents or grandparents with varicose veins
Restless legs
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(425) 880-9395
Neighborhood care when you need it, 7 am to 11 pm, 7 days a week
at one of our conveniently located six primary care and three urgent care clinics. You’ll see a highly
skilled provider right away.
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