CROSSWALK | City responds to neighbors’ concerns about traffic safety [6] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING Guest column | Former Kirkland mayor talks about being freshman representative [4] Rally | Kirkland parents, students and teachers visit Olympia for education [9] R EP O RTER .com KIRKLAND NEWSLINE: 425.822.9166 Kirkland’s first marijuana retail store to open this month BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]M ore than two years aſter Initiative 502 was passed legaliz- ing recreational marijuana in Washington, Kirkland’s first marijuana retail store is set to open in the Totem Lake neighborhood. Higher Leaf’s owner, Molly and Andrew Honig, announced that it will be opening in the middle of February at 12525 Wil- lows Road Northeast Suite 60, near the boudary with Redmond. According to a press release statement, they received their final inspec- tion by the Washington State Liquor Control Board on Monday. Molly Honig, a stay- at-home-mom with two children, said they have hired a general manager and a staff of nine to work at the store. She said they were inspired to open the store out of a belief in personal choice. “I think the legalization of marijuana is one of the most exciting things our state has done,” she said. “My husband and I wanted to bring some- thing that was once a shady business into the light. We really believe in openness and regulation being a posi- tive thing for the state and the industry. We’re hopeful we’ll be successful at that.” Out of the numerous cities on the Eastside, they decided on Kirkland, which was not only most convenient but had the most transparent process as to which locations were permissible to use, ac- cording to Molly Honig. Yet, she described the difficulty in obtaining a license from the liquor control board, chiefly due to the lack of feasible loca- tions. “Of the 36 businesses that originally applied to open a retail store Kirkland only 11 were able to meet the requirements to enter the license lottery,” she states in a press release. “Of those 11, the liquor board is process- ing applicants in the order of their lottery position and four out of the five applicants processed so far have been rejected because of problems [ more MARIJUANA page 3 ] BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]Andre Feriante’s upcoming concert at the Kirkland Performance Center marks his 20th year performing on Valentine’s Day. For the award- winning virtuoso guitarist, it also marks 20 years of showcasing his blend of flamenco, classical and Brazilian music. Playing at Benaroya Hall for years, he recently brought his unique, multi-instrument experience to the Eastside. Playing for Valentine’s Day seems appropriate for Feriante, as love is a common theme in much of his artistic work that also includes poetry and painting. Although he has a had a strong affection for Spanish-style guitar playing since his teens, his repertoire now includes ukulele, banjo and the harp guitar. e son of an Italian father and American mother from Eastern Washington, Feriante grew up near Rome, where he lived until he was 17. ere, he was immersed in a millienia-old culture and architecture that helped encourage his artistic passion when he first started to play the guitar at 13, studying at the Overseas School of Rome. One of the things that attracted him to the in- strument, he says, is its nostalgic voice, its capacity to express the bittersweet and the mysterious. As a teenager, he said, its power fascinated him. “As an adolescent our feelings are so deep,” he said. e sense of mystery that came with the instru- ment seems to fit well with Feriante, who says he was destined to be a musician. At a Washington summer camp, years before he picked up the guitar, he said he and a friend were discussing what they would do when they grew up. For some reason, he declared he would be a guitarist, despite [ more KPC page 11 ] School district’s reboundary decision praised, criticized BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]e Lake Washington School Board approved changes to the school zone boundaries preserving the current configuration for several neighborhoods such as Yarrow Ridge, yet the effects on special education children remains to be seen. e final recommenda- tion brought to the school board Jan. 26 for the Lake Washington Learn- ing Community involved moving 53 middle school- ers to the Juanita Learning Community, the latter of which shuffled around 113 students as part of what the school district intended to be a more even distribution of the growing student population. e vote was a victory for Yarrow Ridge residents in the Lakeview School Zone. In Decem- ber, all three scenarios for the learning commu- nity involved moving their neighborhood from Lakeview to Ben Franklin Elementary and Rose Hill Middle School. Mean- while, a subsidized housing complex located across the South Kirkland Park and Ride on Northeast 38th Place was slated to be a part of Lakeview Zone. Aſter organized protests against the school district’s proposed scenarios by Lakeview parents that in- cluded possible legal action, the three scenarios were whittled down to two. One of the options would have still moved them, while the other would not. Bellevue resident Deanna Androski, a parent with two children in the Lakeview Zone who was among the Yarrow Ridge residents against the proposed move, said they are pleased with the vote. At the same time, they are surprised by the final bound- ary changes that bear little resemblance to the original scenarios first presented. “Ultimately it’s a relief that they’re not only not moving any to Franklin but anyone in the south end,” she said. “We think there are better neighborhoods to choose. I think it would be [ more BOUNDARY page 3 ] Spanish guitar for Valentine’s Day at performance center “Ultimately it’s a relief that they’re not only not moving any to Franklin but anyone in the south end.” Deanna Androski Spanish guitarist and artist Andre Feriante will perform on Valentine’s Day at the Kirkland Performance Center. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Location regulations made process extremely long for new business owners Award-winning musician moves show from Benaroya Hall to Kirkland
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Kirkland’s first marijuana retail store to open this monthBY TJ MARTINELL
More than two years a� er Initiative 502 was passed legaliz-
ing recreational marijuana in Washington, Kirkland’s � rst marijuana retail store is set to open in the Totem Lake neighborhood.
Higher Leaf ’s owner,
Molly and Andrew Honig, announced that it will be opening in the middle of February at 12525 Wil-lows Road Northeast Suite 60, near the boudary with Redmond. According to a press release statement, they received their � nal inspec-tion by the Washington State Liquor Control Board on
Monday. Molly Honig, a stay-
at-home-mom with two children, said they have hired a general manager and a sta� of nine to work at the store.
She said they were inspired to open the store out of a belief in personal choice.
“I think the legalization of
marijuana is one of the most exciting things our state has done,” she said. “My husband and I wanted to bring some-thing that was once a shady business into the light. We really believe in openness and regulation being a posi-tive thing for the state and the industry. We’re hopeful we’ll be successful at that.”
Out of the numerous cities on the Eastside, they decided on Kirkland, which was not only most convenient but had the most transparent process as to which locations were permissible to use, ac-cording to Molly Honig.
Yet, she described the di� culty in obtaining a license from the liquor control board, chie� y due to the lack of feasible loca-tions.
“Of the 36 businesses that originally applied to open a retail store Kirkland only 11 were able to meet the requirements to enter the license lottery,” she states in a press release. “Of those 11, the liquor board is process-ing applicants in the order of their lottery position and four out of the � ve applicants processed so far have been rejected because of problems
Andre Feriante’s upcoming concert at the Kirkland Performance Center marks his 20th year performing on Valentine’s Day. For the award-winning virtuoso guitarist, it also marks 20 years of showcasing his blend of � amenco, classical and Brazilian music. Playing at Benaroya Hall for years, he recently brought his unique, multi-instrument experience to the Eastside.
Playing for Valentine’s Day seems appropriate for Feriante, as love is a common theme in much of his artistic work that also includes poetry and painting. Although he has a had a strong a� ection for Spanish-style guitar playing since his teens, his repertoire now includes ukulele, banjo and the harp guitar.
� e son of an Italian father and American mother from Eastern Washington, Feriante grew up near Rome, where he lived until he was 17. � ere, he was immersed in a millienia-old culture and architecture that helped encourage his artistic passion when he � rst started to play the guitar at 13, studying at the Overseas School of Rome.
One of the things that attracted him to the in-strument, he says, is its nostalgic voice, its capacity to express the bittersweet and the mysterious. As a teenager, he said, its power fascinated him.
“As an adolescent our feelings are so deep,” he said.
� e sense of mystery that came with the instru-ment seems to � t well with Feriante, who says he was destined to be a musician. At a Washington summer camp, years before he picked up the guitar, he said he and a friend were discussing what they would do when they grew up. For some reason, he declared he would be a guitarist, despite
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School district’s reboundary decision praised, criticizedBY TJ MARTINELL
� e Lake Washington School Board approved changes to the school zone boundaries preserving the current con� guration for several neighborhoods such as Yarrow Ridge, yet the e� ects on special education children remains to be seen.
� e � nal recommenda-tion brought to the school board Jan. 26 for the Lake Washington Learn-ing Community involved moving 53 middle school-ers to the Juanita Learning Community, the latter of which shu� ed around 113 students as part of what the school district intended to be a more even distribution of the growing student population.
� e vote was a victory for Yarrow Ridge residents in the Lakeview School Zone. In Decem-ber, all three scenarios for the learning commu-nity involved moving their neighborhood from Lakeview to Ben Franklin Elementary and Rose Hill Middle School. Mean-while, a subsidized housing complex located across the South Kirkland Park and
Ride on Northeast 38th Place was slated to be a part of Lakeview Zone.
A� er organized protests against the school district’s proposed scenarios by Lakeview parents that in-cluded possible legal action, the three scenarios were whittled down to two. One of the options would have still moved them, while the other would not.
Bellevue resident Deanna Androski, a parent with two children in the Lakeview Zone who was among the
Yarrow Ridge residents against the proposed move, said they are pleased with the vote. At the same time, they are surprised by the � nal bound-ary changes that
bear little resemblance to the original scenarios � rst presented.
“Ultimately it’s a relief that they’re not only not moving any to Franklin but anyone in the south end,” she said. “We think there are better neighborhoods to choose. I think it would be
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Spanish guitar for Valentine’s Day at performance center
“Ultimately it’s a relief that they’re
not only not moving any to Franklin but anyone in the south
end.” Deanna Androski
Spanish guitarist and artist Andre Feriante will perform on Valentine’s Day at the Kirkland Performance Center. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Location regulations made process extremely long for new business owners
Award-winning musician moves show from Benaroya Hall to Kirkland
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with their location.”The city first tackled
marijuana regulations in 2013 when it voted to ap-prove the regulations found in I-502 without adding any additional rules. They later voted to prohibit marijuana businesses from opening up in the Norkirk, Moss Bay and Everest neighborhoods, along with light industrial zones where 50 percent or more of the zone’s boundaries are with commercial zones. In March, the council imposed a moratorium on marijuana stores in the Market Street Corridor and other neighbor-hoods such as Norkirk after residents complained about the potential impact on traffic and crime. Properties that are located next to the designated Kirkland School Walk Routes are also exempt from having marijuana shops.
The Honigs originally had a leased property but the landlord decided against it due to concerns about bank-ing regulations, as marijuana is still illegal under federal law. They then attempted to purchase and develop property in Rose Hill, but discovered wetlands made it impossible to develop. Their plans at a third possible site, this time an industrial build-ing in the Market neighbor-hood, fell apart when the city changed the zoning. At one point, the liquor control board told them that if they didn’t find a property within 60 days their license would go to the next applicant.
“There were many points throughout that we thought about giving up… we were thinking ‘There’s no way this is going to happen.’ We would be close to giving up and then think, ‘Well we have to keep trying.’”
Within a month, after going through nearly 100 dif-ferent landlords, they finally found the property at 12525 Willows Road, where the owner was willing to sell.
Molly Honig said they intend for the store to be inviting, not only to current customers but people new to the industry who are curious about it.
“We think the residents of the Eastside and Seattle have come to expect a certain level of quality,” she said. “We hope to replicate that. We want to be a fun, clean retail store. You walk in and feel good about being there.”
While the city has imposed numerous regulations on retail marijuana stores, many of the council members consider state law to be too restrictive. Their hope is that the legislature and the liquor control board will remove certain restric-tions on where they can be located. State regulations, for example, prohibit such stores from being located less than 1,000-feet away from daycare centers and parks. While the intentions of such regulations may be good, the unintended consequence is that cities with evenly-distributed parks or lots of daycare centers can result in a de facto ban on stores in an entire city.
Councilmember Toby Nixon said I-502 is overly strict in this regard and cities like Kirkland need to be allowed to have discretion in deciding where a marijuana store can be located. Many ideal locations for such busi-nesses, he said, are ruled out because they are too close to a park.
“Maybe if we have done a worse job and had a big park instead of little parks,” he said. “That’s not the way it should
be. I’m hopeful that we would be able to get some flexibility in that regard.”
Removing the daycare cen-ter restriction in particular, he said, would make a lot of potential locations available for prospective marijuana businesses.
“It doesn’t seem reason-able,” he said of the ban. “There are areas like the Totem Lake west area that I think would work really well, except there’s a daycare center across 124th, south of the Wendy’s. It’s unreasonable to me to think even being 500 feet from a daycare should prevent that kind of business from operating in a retail area. Nobody sends their three year old to daycare, they’re always dropped off by their parents.”
Nixon added that fears of marijuana being sold to minors makes no sense with infants, and that the federal Drug Free Zone Act the regu-lations are based on doesn’t mention daycare.
“I think the solution is going to be cities who have a very open regulatory process, as we do, ought to be able to have some flexibility on that 1,000-foot limit,” he said. “That would open up more spaces.”
Kirkland Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet, who said she has been invited to Higher Leaf ’s grand opening, also thinks state regulations are too restrictive in regard to parks and daycare centers, but also believes the city did the right thing by creat-ing their own regulations intended to protect school walk routes. Until the state restrictions are loosened, she said, it will be very hard for additional stores to open.
“There are very few spots where they can go,” she said.
“We have daycare centers all over.”
If and when the state legislatures gives cities more discretion on the matter, Sweet believes they should also look into creating a more specific definition of parks that would have the 1,000-foot buffer. Some parks, she said, do not need one and needlessly prohibit stores in their neighborhoods.
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a better long term solution to do so.”
For parents spending hours of their week attempt-ing to influence the final recommendation, Andro-ski said it was “incredibly nerve-racking” waiting to see whether or not their efforts to keep their children at Lakeview would ultimately work.
“We’ve spent so much time and energy and emo-tion in trying to keep our neighborhood intact. When the proposal was posted we weren’t included, we were super excited but not trying to celebrate before the final decision because you never know what will happen at the eleventh hour. When we got the final decision we could finally exhale and breathe and be relieved. But not until it became final.”
Aside from having to drive their children outside of their neighborhood and away from a school where the parents have volunteered, parents who work in real estate said the change would have negatively impacted the value of their homes.
Now that they will remain in their school, Androski said, parents such as herself are looking to advocate for a new levy.
“Now we still have to deal with overcrowding,” she said.
Kathryn Reith, spokesper-son for the LWSD, described the process as difficult, but ideally will enable the district to handle the overcrowd-ing until they can present a new bond measure for voter approval. The boundary changes will remain in place for three years, at which point the district hopes to have the funding needed to
build new schools. Last year Proposition 3,
which included a $755 mil-lion bond, failed to gain the 60 percent majority needed for approval.
“The goal was to have something that would enable schools to continue for three years with our projected growth,” she said. “We can’t control who builds or grows or has kids, so obviously things could change and we will keep monitoring very closely.”
Not all people, however, are pleased with the changes. In a letter to the editor, Kirkland resident Rob Tep-per criticized the district for how the changes will impact special-needs students at Lakeview Elementary.
“While my three children are not a part of the special needs program at Lakev-iew Elementary, I think it’s
disgraceful that the Lake Washington School Board’s new strategy is to put special-needs kids in the crosshairs,” he wrote. “The stress of relo-cation is more likely to have harmful effects on a special needs child than anyone else… Perhaps the School Board theorizes that they’ve now found the parents who are too consumed and exhausted in their every day lives to take on yet another battle.”
Reith said the decision to move the special needs program hasn’t been set in stone yet, as the district has not finalized all the details. She added that they have also moved QUEST programs around as well.
“When that happens we communicate with the families but they aren’t an-nounced,” she said. “There’s a lot going on people don’t
know about… This is the kind of thing we actually do from time to time, and oftentimes it’s because the space that’s really needed for a particular program isn’t available… in this case, the boundary committee studied all sorts of possibilities. We struggled with finding a vi-able boundary for Lakeview, so now we’re looking at ‘Is there a viable program move for Lakeview?’ but we’re looking at it and really trying to determine are there things we can now do through
program moves that we couldn’t do through bound-ary moves.”
“Those kinds of things, it takes some time, because you have to look at the things for the program and space for schools,” she also said. “All those things have to be reviewed and taken into consideration.”
Information about the ap-proved boundary changes can be found at www.lwsd.org/News/Reboundary.
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Lake Washington School Board continues with pattern of blunders
Overcrowding in the schools of the Lake Washington District is a part of the many repercussions of a twice failed 2014 bond proposal. Solutions agreed upon by the Lake Washington School Board at the Jan. 26 meet-ing have furthered the folly.
I � nd it ironic that educators today go to extreme lengths to teach students how to spot bullying characteristics before they can cause any harm, yet the school board’s new strategy revolves around picking on a part of the community that is least likely to defend itself.
On Dec. 2, re-boundary scenarios were unveiled for the public schools in the Kirkland, Redmond and (parts of) Is-saquah region. I empathized with the families of the 44 children who were informed that they wouldn’t be continuing at the Lakeview Elementary School in Kirkland in the fall of 2015. I rallied around the irate voices of the a� uent Yarrow Bay parents as they promised to “lawyer up.” I rooted for them as they vowed that their children were not to be relocated. While, clearly, something transpired in the month that followed to allow them to win this di� cult � ght, I was angered to hear that the cowardly new solution is to usher out the spe-cial needs boys and girls who also call Lakev-
iew Elementary their home.While my three children are not a part of the
special needs program at Lakeview Elemen-tary, I think it’s disgraceful that the Lake Wash-ington School Board’s new strategy is to put special needs kids in the crosshairs. � e stress of relocation is more likely to have harmful ef-fects on a special needs child than anyone else. For children on the autism spectrum, a regular routine provides a vital comfort level that is now to be callously disrupted.
Perhaps, the School Board theorizes that they’ve now found the parents who are too consumed and exhausted in their every day
lives to take on yet another battle. It should be incumbent upon a school board to try to lessen these families’ day to day hardships as opposed to increasing them.
Moreover, it is a steady stream of Lake Washington School Board blunders
that have put the district in this predicament. Asking voters for over three quarters of a bil-lion dollars in extra tax money on the Febru-ary 2014 ballot was far-fetched and egregious. Adding to the “sticker shock” was the lack of any e� ort to explain or communicate to East-side residents why it was necessary to request so large a dollar � gure. � e school board’s lack of communication with the public, in turn, seemed arrogant and aloof. It basically came down to: “here’s what we need, trust us.” And while I still voted “yes” to the bond proposal, I don’t begrudge anyone who sco� ed at what
was ultimately deemed a � scally irresponsible and poorly communicated event.
Now, a year later, classroom sizes are getting larger, playgrounds are without room to play and school buses are so over capacity that stu-dents are literally sitting in the aisles.
Oh, and the bullies you were warned to steer clear of just may be the � ve members of Lake Washington School Board who have unfor-tunately been making one bad decision a� er another.Rob Tepper, Kirkland
Heroes at � re station 27 in Kirkland
My new heroes are the � re� ghters at station 27 in Kirkland.
My chirping smoke alarm was driving me over the edge.
I stopped at station 27 to ask questions. � e � re� ghters sent me on my way with ideas to trouble shoot the problem and a new batterys (just in case the new battery I installed was defective).
� e � x is in! � e chirping has stopped & I am a happy woman. Appears the new battery I installed was defective. I guess we do not always get what we pay for. Lesson learned.
I will always send a grateful nod toward sta-tion 27 as I pass by.
� ank you for the great service.M.A. Barton, Kirkland
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This morning beneath the brighten-ing sky, I walked the few blocks from my weekday home in Olympia to the
Washington State Capitol and my new job as a state representative. Usually, the morn-ings are shrouded in fog. I keep my eyes on the Capitol dome and let the light that shines from the top guide my way.
Nearly 50 years ago, on a school field trip to the Capitol, I recall standing near the state seal on the floor of the rotunda and listening to the sounds of voices and foot-steps echo through the airy main foyer and bounce off high marble walls.
Today, I work in the Capitol Building. Every day I have the same thrill I felt as a child walking up the grand staircase. There are the fun and historic things to know about the Capitol. There are urban legends like connecting tunnels. There are a couple of obscure, narrow and dark granite staircases that are a claustrophobic’s nightmare. Who knew all the chandeliers at the Capitol were designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany? Who knew that in the mornings the entire first floor smells like bacon from the basement cafeteria?
As a schoolgirl from Kirkland long ago, I didn’t think I would ever be a part of our state government. I didn’t know what it would mean to work in the people’s house and for our great state.
In my new job, I am constantly on my toes. There are a huge number of people to know and issues to learn. As mayor of Kirkland, I
worked with a team of seven. Here in Olym-pia, I am on a team with 146 colleagues, and those are just the legislators.
Every 15 minutes a new meeting takes place in my office and the topics vary from food insecurity to articulated tug-barges to mental health law. The sheer number of is-sues is overwhelming, but each is deserving. And I am never too busy for my constituents. In fact, I am delighted when my calendar shows the next meeting is with constituents from our great 48th District.
When I do have a moment between meet-ings, I think about what a privilege it is to be here. This will be a tough legislative session, some say the most critical one in decades. Education, transportation, mental health, economic development – all are criti-cally important issues and there are no easy
answers. And in Olympia, although there are many shared values, there are many op-posing political views. Still, I am optimistic. The grandeur of our Capitol, the history that resides here, call us, as lawmakers, to get the people’s work done, justly and with haste.
As I walk through these halls, I have the same feelings I did as a schoolgirl five de-cades ago, but once I get to my office, I roll up my sleeves and get to work. And if the day gets long and the debate falters, I look out my window at the light atop the Capitol and remember if that light can lead me to work and follow me home, I can get the work done. Joan McBride represents Kirkland and Red-mond in the 48th Legislative District and is the former mayor of Kirkland.
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Myers letter on bag ban hits the mark
Kudos to Mr. Todd My-ers for bringing common sense to the misguided cause du jour movement to ban plastic bags. And congratulations to the Kirkland Reporter for providing a reality check to your readers. Decisions whether to ban a widely accepted and, based on scientific research, envi-ronmentally preferable product with a variety of environmentally friendly uses, should be based on scientific research, not on unsupported speculation, emotion and anecdotal events.
I prefer plastic bags over other available options and use them in an environ-mentally-friendly way by using them for trash bags and storing them in the event that the misguided advocates prevail and force me to provide my own plastic bags.Mike Main, Kirkland
Comments on the proposed changes to I-405
The Transportation Commission has request-
ed input regarding the im-plementation of proposed changes with I-405. I feel compelled to comment on several items.
First, let me describe my typical use of I-405. I personally am not a heavy carpool lane user. I drive from Kirkland to south Everett every morning, and then make the reverse commute in the evening (traveling in the opposite direction of the bulk of traffic).
At the times and in the directions that I drive, the carpool lane is highly underutilized. It often seems to me like a better design would be to have reversible lanes, as used in many other locations, such as Seattle.
Points to consider:1. The definition for
what constitutes a “car-pool” is now proposed to be changed from two occupants to more than two occupants. I am told that the reason for that proposal is that exist-ing law dictates that the carpool lane or “hot lane” shall maintain a mini-mum speed of 45 mph. I do not know if a formal “census” study has ever been performed on I-405 carpool lane users, but based on my daily (week-days) observations,
I note that it seems ap-
parent that very roughly 10 cars in 100 use the carpool lanes and of those 10 carpool vehicles, only about 1 contains more than two occupants. If those numbers are true (and I will be the first to admit that my numbers are only an estimate), then it seems that (during work hours on weekdays) only 1 in 100 cars would have three or more oc-cupants. If the carpool definition were to change, then those other nine cars would be expected to be “pushed” into the non-carpool lanes, with potential impacts on the overall traffic flow.
2. The change in carpool definition would also penalize those who currently carpool with two-seat vehicles.
3. The “hot lane” would be used by rare remain-ing carpool vehicles (3 or more occupants, see above paragraphs) and those individuals able to pay an extra “tax” to use the lane. Although paid for by all citizens, it would basically become a rich person’s lane. Note that this is not my personal is-sue, as I personally could afford the toll, but it seems unfair to the daily workers whom I see going to work at Boeing every day.
4. Currently (although many are not aware of this fact), the carpool lane is open to everyone after 7 p.m. and before 5 a.m. It is now proposed that the hot lane will operate 24 hours per day, but with different fees tolled based on whether use occurs during “peak” hours and “non-peak” hours.
My perception of this particular action is not as one designed to relieve traffic congestion, but rather as an action in-tended to increase funds received into the coffers of the State’s general fund (or wherever it is that such tolls end up going).
Assuming that re-versible lanes are not a
feasible idea, here is what I propose:
1. Make the Hot Lane hours of operation only between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. Outside of those hours, turn off the equipment and make the lane free to anyone who may choose to use it. Other than extracting more money, what would be the point of operation outside of those hours?
2. Maintain the current definition for a carpool as two or more occupants. If the law dictates that “45 mph or above must be maintained,” then change the law.
3. Support the Gover-nor’s proposal to allow electric vehicle use of the
lane for free. Even better, formally study California’s experience with allow-ing hybrid vehicles to use the carpool lanes gratis (California may or may not currently do that, but that state did allow free use of carpool lanes by the new hybrid vehicles back when I was stationed in the military there in the early 1990s).
This would encourage the purchase of more en-ergy efficient vehicles with positive environmental and national security impacts.
Thank you for your at-tention.Stanley D. Adams, M.D., Kirkland
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Although the city of Kirkland declined to � le charges against a
driver who hit and killed a Kirkland resident last year, local residents in the neigh-borhood, as well as the city, are looking to improve safety at intersections.
For more than a year the city has received emails from residents in the Kingsgate neighborhood complaining of dangers posed by speed-ing drivers. � e Reporter obtained the emails through a public information request.
In the emails, residents have also called on the city to step up police patrols and tra� c enforcement in the area. Police documents detailing tra� c complaints in that area indicate it has been a problem since at least 2012. Most of the complaints pertained to excessive speed-
ing and/or failing to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
In June 2014, a collision spurred residents from the High Woodland Homeown-er’s Association to approach the city on improving safety.
In response, the city installed tra� c counters on several streets and placed pedestrian � ags at the crosswalk at 117th Place Northeast and Northeast 140th Street.
In a Sept. 23 email to Council member Toby Nixon, Jim Eagan, president of the Evergreen Neighbor-hood Association, cited the results of the one-week tra� c study conducted by the city, which showed 30 percent of all vehicles were driving 30 mph or over in a 25 mph zone. Of the cars go-ing southbound in the area, 36 percent were going over 30 mph.
“For a neighborhood street, these numbers repre-
sent a dangerous situation,” he wrote.
Prior to the September accident, one person who has lived in the area since 1992 wrote to the city com-plaining about cars driving at excessive speeds in the neighborhood that have put children and other residents in danger.
“In that time, there have been several serious incidents at the intersection of our small cul-de-sac…all of which have included cars traveling at excessive speeds,” they wrote. “Most have caused property dam-age. It is by sheer luck there have been no serious injuries to bystanders.”
� e September accident, in which Kyle Warnick was killed while walking in the crosswalk, led to discus-
sion on how to address safety concerns at the High Woodland Homeowner’s Association’s Oct. 6 board meeting. According to the meeting minutes, the KPD explained the most recent accident had not been due to speeding. � e driver who killed Warnick was traveling
an estimated 14-19 mph, below the posted
speed limit. � ey also
stated that in the previous month, they had issued 15
citations for drivers in the area
and � ve collisions reported during the year. In 2013, there was only one col-lision in that area, according to the minutes.
In November, Kirkland resident Christina Olson wrote the lack of tra� c safety improvements had contributed to “an unsafe
walking environment for vulnerable populations” in the neighborhood.
“In addition, joggers, mothers walking with strollers, skateboarders, and others who frequently use 117th Place Northeast and 119th Avenue Northeast are at risk from speeding drivers and lack of driving attention at crosswalks,” she wrote.
Since then, the city’s tra� c engineering department has been working with a group of local residents on possible safety improvements, though Kirkland Neighborhood Tra� c Control Coordina-tor Kathy Robertson said the city already has plans to add speed check signs along 119th Avenue Northeast as well as road striping some-time this year.
Other possible im-provements could include enhanced speed signs, tra� c circles and speed bumps, according to Nixon.
Nixon, who lives in the Kingsgate neighborhood, said that as part of the 2015-2016 budget, the city approved $50,000 to be used for tra� c safety measures.
Nixon added that neigh-borhoods can also submit project proposals for fund-ing out the 2012 road levy, which allocates $300,000 per biennium toward safety projects. While he hopes they will be able to � nd a solution, he added that they have to also avoid imple-menting safety measures that turn out to be counter-productive.
“It’s just a di� cult prob-lem when it seems like the issue to me is not so much the design of the roadway, as it is it’s drivers who just choose to exceed the speed limit,” he said. “It’s people who live there as well, and people who aren’t adequately paying attention to what’s going on around them.”
City responds to neighborhood concerns about traffic safety
Kirkland man pleads guilty to making threats against policeBY TJ MARTINELL
A Kirkland man with a criminal history has pled guilty in Seattle to mak-ing threats on Facebook to kill white police o� cers in Ferguson, Mo., includ-ing former Ferguson Police Department o� cer Darren Wilson.
Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar pleaded guilty on Monday while at the U.S. District Courthouse in Seattle. He had been arrested in early December by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for three counts of interstate threats, two of which are ex-pected to be dropped at his sentencing in June, accord-ing to court documents.
Abdul-Jabbaar began making the comments start-ing in August, when Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9. Wilson recently stepped down from his position a� er a Grand Jury declined to indict him on charges of manslaughter.
Abdul-Jabbaar came to the
attention of the FBI’s Interna-tional Terrorism squad when he allegedly called for killing cops on his Facebook ac-count. A Philadelphia native, Abdul-Jabbaar also lived in Michigan and claimed on his Facebook page to have just moved into a Kirkland apart-ment. Investigators were able to con� rm his residence through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, from which he received subsidized housing bene� ts.
Five days a� er the shoot-ing, Abdul-Jabbaar allegedly posted a message complain-ing that the police hadn’t released the name of the police o� cer.
“� en we can � nd where that cop’s child goes to school at and hope that the same can be returned back to that white [racial slur],” he alleg-edly wrote according to the charging documents.
On Aug. 30, Abdul-Jabbaar allegedly reposted a news report claiming video surveillance contradicted the o� cial story of what had happened during the Fer-
guson shooting, writing “we really need to start killing the police.”
Other messages and posts included “I would love to smoke a white motha [exple-tive] cop,” as well as “We the oppressed people need to kill this white cop” along with a repost of a news story con-taining Wilson’s address.
On Nov. 11, Abdul-Jabbaar allegedly wrote “Are there any REAL BLACK MEN that would love to go down to Ferguson Missouri to give back those bullets to Police O� cer [D.W.] � red into the body of Mike Brown. If we’re unable to locate O� cer [D.W.], then We’ll return them to his wife and if not her then his children.”
Two days before the Grand Jury’s decision whether or not to indict Wilson was announced, Abdul-Jabbaar allegedly wrote “I got my money to go to Ferguson… Who else is going to put in some work?”
When the Grand Jury decision was announced on Nov. 24, Abdul-Jabbaar
allegedly re-posted a news report containing Wilson’s name and photograph with the message “Ready to go and kill some cops.” He later allegedly wrote “We need to kill this white motha [expletive] and anything that has a badge on.” A day later he posted a cartoon graphic depicting a black man shooting a police o� cer in uniform. Above the graphic he allegedly wrote “We black folks shouldn’t been doing this to the police last night. We MUST arm ourselves against the white oppressors that wear guns and badges. It’s time to start carrying guns as well to kill the white oppressors.”
Facebook records show that he allegedly attempted to acquire a handgun in late October despite being a convicted felon for unlaw-ful possession of a � rearm in 2009. � e conviction stemmed from a shooting arising from a domestic violence incident with his friend’s sister, according to the prosecutors. He was also convicted on drug charges.
LWTech students, pros o� er free dental care for kids
It’s National Chil-dren’s Dental Health Month, and the Lake Washington Dental Hygienists’ Society is setting aside a day to reduce cavities for chil-dren in our commu-nity by placing dental sealants and fluoride treatments at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Dental Clinic.
Washington State dental hygienists, den-tists, dental assistants and dental hygiene and dental assisting students will offer free dental sealants, dental exams, x-rays, and fluoride varnish from
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 21 to children ages 5 to 15 who would not otherwise be able to receive this cavity-prevention treatment. Sealants are white coatings applied to the chewing surfaces of the back teeth. They protect teeth from cavities and are non-toxic. Placing sealants is painless, can protect a child’s teeth for six to eight years.
To set up your child’s appointment, call 425-739-8100. When you reach the college an-swering machine, press eight and then enter extension 8612. Leave a message if there is no answer. Spaces are limited.
Lake Washington In-stitute of Technology is located at 11605 132nd Ave NE in Kirkland.
Directions can be found at wwwl.wtech.edu/directions. Admis-sion and parking are free.
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rally was organized by the city of Kirkland in cooperation with Terri Fletcher of Hallmark Realty not as reported in the Jan. 30 issue of the Reporter.
� e Reporter regrets the error and strives for accuracy in all reportage.
Kang dance team scores well at recent competition
� e Lake Washington High School dance team placed second during the Pom and � rst in Military at the competition held at Edmonds-Woodway High School.
� e team will compete � ve more times during the next three months, includ-ing: Feb. 7 - Eastlake, Feb. 28 - Kentwood, March 7 - Districts and March 27 - State meet in Yakima.
Follow the team on their Facebook page.
Go to the WIAA website for further information and also to watch the State competition live.
The Lake Washington High School dance team has two more competitions before they gear up for the District and State competitions. The team finished second during the Edmonds-Woodway High School competition last month. CONTRIBUTED
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Parents make trek to Olympia to advocate for education
A group of Lake Wash-ington School District parents were among many from all over the state who recently visited Olympia for Focus Day, advocating for education with lawmakers. � e LWSD group of more than 50 people took a bus to Olympia and talked with local legislators Sen. Andy Hill and Rep. Roger Good-man on Jan. 19.
� e visit also included a rally on the Capitol steps at noon, where many legislators spoke about the importance of advocating for education. One of the legislators even mentioned the large size of the LWSD group.
“� is year’s Focus Day was a huge success,” said Kirkland Middle School parent Irene Neumann, who made the trip with her two children Sophia and Isabel. “We would espe-cially like to highlight those KiMS parents and students who spent MLK Day in Olympia to support this paramount cause, including Hae Sue Park, Natalie Ada, Rosalind Vasquez, Debbie Ohman and Kathryn Lee, Liz and Paul Hedreen, Dan
and Nina Olson, Alison and Adeline � omas.”
� e meeting with Hill was so crowded that it had to be moved outside.
“I always like seeing some friendly faces in Olympia, so I was glad to see the biggest group of participants from the 45th District on ‘PTA Focus Day’ that I have ever seen,” said Hill in his newsletter. “� is past Monday I met with parents, teachers and students to talk about the budget issues we’re facing and the importance of � ghting for high quality student learning. � ank you to all those who took the time to come down to the capitol to advocate for great schools.”
� e group met with Goodman during the a� ernoon.
“… [We] got his take on education and other issues set for this legislative ses-sion,” Neumann said. “… this legislative session, a lot of emphasis is being put on fully funding McCleary, making sure Washington state is living up to its constitutional promise for the ‘ample provision’ of education for all children. It’s unclear what action, if any, will be taken on I-1351, the citizen initiative to limit class size approved by vot-ers in November. It should be an interesting legislative session.”
Focus Day is open to all parents and kids.
For more information on next year’s trip and how to get involved contact KiMS Advocacy Chair Irene Neumann at [email protected].
Sen. Andy Hill addresses parents, students and teachers on Jan. 19 in Olympia. CONTRIBUTED
LWHS senior is honored by WIAA
Lake Washington High School senior Sydney Shepa-rd was selected by WIAA sta� as one of the Athletes of the Week for achievements in basketball.
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The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police o� cers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
Between Jan. 16-22, there were 305 tra� c incidents, 27 tra� c accidents, six DUIs, 27 general tra� c incidents, 40 alarm calls, eight abandoned vehicles, eight burglaries, � ve incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, eight cases of harassment, 17 thefts, 10 vehicle prowls, � ve vehicle thefts, 15 warrants served, 15 noise complaints, three animal calls, nine incidents of domestic violence, � ve incidents of malicious mischief, 18 distur-bances, three trespasses, two sex o� enses, three assaults, 12 hit and run and 40 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Jan. 28
Assault: 7:20 p.m., 1200 block of 100th Ln NE. A 48-year-old man assaulted his 12-year-old son by hitting him with a broom on his shoulder and rear. He then � ed in a Honda and was later arrested by police.
Jan. 27Assault: 2:54 p.m., 8400 block of NE 132nd Pl. A 23-year-old woman assaulted her 29-year-old � ancé and was arrested.
Obstruction: 11:33 p.m., 12200 block of NE 116th St. Two women, a 28-year-old and a 24-year-old, were reported possibly doing drugs in the restroom at Shari’s and were asked to leave. The women both lied to police about their names, which o� cers later found out was due to their outstanding warrants out of Bellevue and Federal Way. They were arrested for making false statements and booked on their warrants.
Trespass: 12 a.m., 5500 block of 108th Ave NE. A 30-year-old man was observed by
Northwest University security guards entering the apartment of a 27-year-old woman who was in the process of being evicted and not allowed to have men in the apartment. The woman later arrived and said nobody had permission to be inside, while the 30-year-old man claimed he had known her for a few days and had permission to retrieve his backpack. He was arrested and charged with
trespassing.
Jan. 26Drugs: 3:43 p.m., 12400 block of NE 116th St. A 22-year-old man passed out in a booth at Jack in
the Box for several hours. When contacted by police
he provided a false name due to having a felony war-
rant from the Department of Corrections. He was arrested and
booked into the Kirkland Jail.
Trespass/weapons/warrant/mali-cious mischief: 7 a.m., 11800 block of 124th Ave NE. A 42-year-old woman and 30-year-old man were arrested after they were found sleeping in a man’s motorhome. The owner had left one of the windows open, which the two crawl through, and when he returned he found a pair of shoes and a person sleeping in the boot of the motorhome. In addition to trespassing, the 30-year-old man was arrested for possess-ing a dangerous weapon and making false statements to police.
Jan. 25Warrant: A 31-year-old man was arrested on two outstanding felony warrants out of Snohomish County after he was found play wrestling with a 32-year-old man.
Jan. 24Malicious mischief: 3:16 a.m., 13000 block of 116th Way NE. A 15-year-old boy was caught by police throwing away a can of spray paint. He was arrested by the police and found to have blue paint on his hands. Further investigation found fresh tagging on a nearby signal box. The boy was processed and released to his mom.
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...obituaries
David Lee Olson1939 - 2015Dave Olson of Woodinville, WA passed
away quietly on January 25, 2015. He was surrounded by the love of his family and friends.
Dave was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin September 9, 1939. Dave’s family moved to St. Charles, Illinois where he would live most of his early life. He served in the US Army 1958 – 1961, married and started his family.
In 1965 he moved them to Kirkland, WA where he owned and operated Tip Top Tree Service; he loved working outdoors and driving around in his red truck. Dave retired in 1998; he and his wife re-settled in Woodinville and began traveling, making yearly visits to Palm Springs. Dave was a loving husband, father; he enjoyed � shing, gol� ng, coaching & watching sports and always had a good joke. Dave was a friend to everyone he met.
He is survived by his loving wife of 56 yrs. Karon, family and countless friends he met along the way, he leaves warm memories.
Think of Dave as living, in the hearts of those he touched.Nothing loved is ever lost, and he was loved so much.
In Loving Memory of Dave Olson
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Richard Lee Evans1942 - 2015Richard Lee Evans passed peacefully on
January 17, 2015, at the age of 72, from complications of diabetes. He is survived by two brothers, Roger and Ken, his sons, Brandon and Chad, their spouses and several grandchildren.
Richard served four years in the Navy, retired from Boeing, loved playing piano and was an avid pool player.
He will truly be missed.A celebration of life will be held February 8th at 3pm, at Emerald Gardens in Juanita.
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the fact he had little to no interest in it at the time.
“It kind of just came out,” he said. “I kind of knew guitar was going to be my life... The guitar had chosen me. I didn’t have a choice.”
After studying at a con-servatory for five years, he performed his first concert in Rome at 17. Traveling to Colombia, he played concerts before coming back to the States to study at Whitworth College in Spokane, where he found himself heading up the guitar department at age
19. While teaching, he was accepted to study in Spain under guitar master Andres Segovia, now regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Training under him, Feriante said, was the highlight of his musical studies.
After a brief stint in computer programming, Feriante moved to Seattle and began a 13-year career playing at a downtown club. It was also then he began exploring other artistic outlets, writing poetry and painting.
“My true self rushed in,”
he said.It was also around this
time he played his first St. Valentine’s Day concert, which proved to be a hit. He would go to perform it for years at Benaroya Hall until he decided to bring it over to Kirkland two years ago.
“I noticed there was a big appreciation for what I’ve been doing,” he said of the Eastside.
Over the years, he has released numerous CDs, mostly solo, including “Bo-hemian Boulevard,” which won “Best World Album”
NAR Lifestyle Awards. Oth-er albums include “Novella, Ukulele Mosaique,” and “Beatles Masquerade” in which Feriante plays classic Beatles’ songs.
Though he sets the ap-propriate tone for his audi-ence, he likes to create a conversational atmosphere that personalizes the music.
“I respect my audience,” he said. “I basically put the energy out there like an open door… My music affects everybody differ-ently. There is an intention behind it for people to look inwardly.”
At the same time, Feri-ante also believes silence plays an integral part of a performance.
“Music is all about play-ing with silence,” he said. “And silence is really what you are. That is your actual essence. I want you to actu-ally go inward and enjoy the beauty of the mystery of the human experience.”
Recently, Feriante said he has also sought to incor-porate other instruments into his concerts. He’s also performed alongside other musicians. At his upcom-ing concert, he will be
accompanied by tenor Steve Thoreson, pianist Overton Berry, dancer Stella Rossi, with Steve Kim on the bass and Anil Prasad on the tabla - a pair of hand drums. In addition to gypsy songs, there will also be tribute songs to Segovia and the Beatles.
The concert will be held at 8 p.m. at the Kirkland Performance Center. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.kpcenter.org.
Listen to Feriante’s music and purchase his CDs at www.andreferiante.com.
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Apply to city advisory boards by Feb. 12
The city of Kirkland has adult and youth vacancies occurring on several of its advisory boards and com-missions. Eligibility require-ments differ for each board or commission. Interested citizens are invited to apply. Some incumbents on these boards and commissions have served one term and are eligible to apply for re-appointment. Completed applications must be received by the City Clerk prior to 4 p.m. on Feb. 12. To learn more about each board and to obtain the community service application, go to www.kirklandwa.gov, visit Kirkland City Hall or call the City Clerk’s Office at 425-587-3190.
Adult vacancies are avail-able on the following boards and commissions: Cultural Arts Commission, Design Review Board, Human Ser-vices Advisory Committee, Library Board, Park Board, Planning Commission, Sal-ary Commission, Tourism Development Committee and Transportation Com-mission.
Youth vacancies are avail-able on the following boards and commissions: Cultural Arts Commission, Human Services Advisory Com-mittee, Library Board, Park Board and Transportation Commission.
With the exception of some of the positions on the Cultural Arts Commission, the members of the advisory boards listed above are ap-pointed by the City Coun-cil. The City Council will interview qualified applicants on March 24 beginning at 6 p.m. Most boards/commis-sions hold monthly evening meetings.
Patination sculpture donated to the city of Kirkland
Ken Davidson, developer of the Kirkland Gateway Project, signed an agree-ment donating Julie Speidel’s “Patination” to the city of Kirkland on Jan. 7. The sculpture occupies the corner of Northeast 85th Street and Kirkland Way on city-owned property. The sculpture has been displayed by the city on a long-term loan basis since the year 2000.
In 2000 when the Kirkland Gateway Building was under development the property owners realized their loca-tion is a “gateway” to the city and wanted to acknowledge this with a significant work of art.
“We knew Julie Speidel and her work and thought a sculpture by her would be an excellent addition to Kirkland’s public art scene,” Davidson said. “We commis-sioned her to create a work especially for this gateway into Kirkland. ‘Patination’ ex-ceeded our expectations and we are pleased to make it a permanent part of Kirkland’s art collection.”
Speidel is a renowned Northwest artist whose pub-lic art resume includes instal-lations for the Tacoma Art Museum, Swedish Hospital, Arizona State University, Meydenbauer Performing Arts Center and the Univer-sity of Washington. Her art is recognizable by her use of local natural materials and totemic forms that express spiritual or mysterious quali-ties.
“Patination was designed as a portal, a gateway piece to welcome visitors to the city of Kirkland. This is my interpretation of an arch fragment sharing the sense of a tree trunk with abbrevi-ated branching,” Speidel said. “The design is ambiguous but simple and grounded in nature. The interrelationship
of scale reflects the large scale of the trees, the human scale and a smaller scale inviting one to sit and interact with the sculpture.”
The sculpture is made of structural bronze and consists of three sections on a 10-foot by 10-foot pedestal and is approximately eight feet tall.
The Cultural Arts Com-mission reviews city of Kirkland public art acquisi-tions and unanimously ap-proved the recommendation to permanently acquire the sculpture.
“We are delighted to per-manently add this incredible piece to the city of Kirkland’s growing public art collec-tion,” said Cultural Arts Commission Chair Melissa Nelson.
Local students at educator’s conference
Kamiakin Middle School’s music department will be well-represented
at the Washington Music Educator’s Conference with six students. This year, the musicians will rehearse and perform in Spokane on Feb. 14.
After working for months on their excerpts and then submitting rigor-ous, recorded auditions to the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) last October, the following students were selected as being qualified for a spot in the 2014 Ju-nior All-State Band or Or-chestra: Claire Longcore,
saxophone; Skylee Lorenz, clarinet; and Kelly Chen, cello.
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Kirkland based Evergreen-Health hospital has recently introduced a new program to help patients determine their out-of-pocket costs for medi-cal procedures.
Designed to help patients considering various op-tions and provide stronger healthcare transparency, hospital officials have said the program has received positive feedback from patients who have used it since they first started using it in December.
“Just in the few months that we’ve been offering this service to our patients, we’ve been pleased by both the volume of inquiries by our patients, and by the positive impact it has on their care,” said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte in a release. “We’ve had patients tell us that amid the tumult associated with any medical procedure, having clarity around cost relieves them of the stress that many patients experience.”
They also say their esti-mates, so far, have matched that of actual out-of-pocket expenses patients end up paying.
Chrissy Yamada, Ever-greenHealth’s chief financial officer, said the program is part of an overall trend for
healthcare systems provid-ing greater transparency for patients in order to avoid unnecessary or unexpected costs. One of those areas is out-of-pocket expenses, which is what a patient pays directly for procedures.
“This is all in the spirit of trying to be transparent for health care costs and how much patients have to pay,” she said. “We started to think about how we could do it more transparently with a tool that provides actual out-of-pocket [costs], not what we charge.”
Yamada said that whereas before the hospital would have to have determine the costs manually, the program takes care of the calculations for a procedure using the pa-tient’s insurance information, their to-date coinsurance and deductible, as well as the hos-pital costs of the procedure, to determine what the patient will pay themselves. Though it is an estimate and does not account for unknown changes, such as complica-tions before, during, or after the procedure, Yamada said
it allows patients to be more aware when they make medi-cal decisions.
“If everything goes accord-ing to how it should, then the estimate is quite accurate,” she said.
One example of this, Yamada said, was when a patient was inquiring about the cost of a radiology service at the hospital. The program was able to determine the costs and compared it to one of the hospital’s joint ven-tures, which offered the same service for a much lower price. In the end, the patient saved several hundred dollars in out-of-pocket expenses, Yamada said.
“We hope consumers will become more informed and asking questions,” she said. “We think our tools are very, very unique and the first in the Puget Sound area. We think it’s empowering to pa-tients when they know how much it’s going to cost.”
Patients can obtain quotes by visiting www.evergreen-health.com/estimate or by calling 425-899-3632.
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Ferguson proposes increase in smoking age
Washington has long been at the forefront of the fight to protect youth from the dangers of smoking. Continuing that leader-ship role, Washington state Attorney General Bob Fer-guson announced on Jan. 21 a bill that would make the state the first to raise the legal age for purchasing and possessing tobacco and vapor products to 21.
The harmful conse-quences of tobacco are clear. Smoking kills 8,300 Wash-ingtonians every year, and $2.8 billion in health care costs are directly attributed to tobacco use in the state. Washington state taxpayers pay nearly $400 million in taxes to cover state govern-ment expenditures caused by smoking. According to a recent report by the U.S. Surgeon General, over 100,000 of today’s Washing-ton youth are projected to die prematurely due to the effects of smoking.
“The damage tobacco does to the lives and health of Washingtonians is devastating,” Ferguson said. “Research shows the young adult brain, still developing between 18 and 21, is highly susceptible to nicotine ad-diction. We must do more to protect our youth from tobacco’s grip, and this bill is an important step toward keeping nicotine out of the hands of kids and young adults.”
The bill, Senate Bill 5494 and House Bill 1458, is agency-request legislation sponsored by Sen. Mark Miloscia (R-Federal Way) and Rep. Tina Orwall (D-Des Moines).
A 2012 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report found that more than 90 percent of smokers began before leav-ing their teens. Research shows more than a quarter of smokers move from experimentation to daily use between ages 18 and 21. The bill would raise the legal age to purchase and possess tobacco and vapor products to 21, effectively reducing access among younger teens and provid-ing long-term savings in health care costs.
Like tobacco, most vapor products contain nicotine, which is highly addictive
and impacts adolescent brain development. Vapor products currently have minimal state regulation, and some contain carcino-gens.
Nationally, the percent-age of middle and high school students who have used vapor products more than doubled from 2011 to 2012. By 2014, 17 percent of high school seniors had tried e-cigarettes.
Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey and Utah already prohibit the sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 19, and some cities and counties have increased their smoking ages to 21. Needham, Mass., became the first city to do so in 2005 and has seen its high-school smoking rate drop by more than half between 2006 and 2012.
In 1998, then-Attorney General Chris Gregoire took on Big Tobacco when companies were using cartoon animals and other efforts to market cigarettes toward children. A multi-state, multi-billion dollar agreement banned tobacco companies from marketing to kids and brought billions to Washington, funding anti-tobacco efforts and health insurance for low-income Washingtonians.
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SEATTLE Be a part of the largest commun i t y news o r - ganization in Washing- ton ! Do you have a proven track record of success in sales and en- joy managing your own territory? Are you com- petitive and thrive in an energetic environment? Do you desire to work in an environment which offers uncapped earning opportunities? Are you i n t e r e s t e d i n a fa s t paced, creative atmos- phere where you can use your sales expertise to provide consultative pr int and digital solu- tions? If you answered YES to the above, then we are looking for you! Seattle Weekly, one of Seattle’s most respected publications and a divi- sion of Sound Publish- ing, Inc. is looking for self-motivated, results- driven people interested in a multi-media sales career. This position will be responsible for print and digital adver tising sales to an eclectic and exciting group of clients. As par t o f our sa les team you are expected to maintain and grow ex- is t ing c l ient re la t ion- ships, as well as develop new client relationships. The successful candi- date wil l also be goal oriented, have organiza- tional skills that enable you to manage multiple deadlines, provide great consultative sales and excellent customer ser- vice. This posit ion re- ce ives a base salar y plus commission; and a benefits package includ- ing heal th insurance, paid time off, and 401K. Position requires use of your personal cell phone and vehicle, possession o f v a l i d W A S t a t e Dr iver ’s L icense and proof of active vehicle in- surance. Sales experi- ence necessary; Media experience is a definite asset. Must be comput- er-proficient. If you have these skills, and enjoy playing a pro-active part in impacting your local bus inesses ’ f inanc ia l success with advertising solutions, please email your resume and cover letter to:[email protected]
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