BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]It’s every child’s dream to be an action figure. Now, thanks to You Kick Ass, that dream can now be a reality, not just for kids but adults as well. Recently, the Seattle area-based company landed a Shark Tank deal with billionaire businessman and investor Mark Cuban, who has agreed to help take them to the next level. You Kick Ass was co-founded by Keri An- drews, Alesia Glidewell, and Douglas Jordan. Chief Marketing Offi- cer and Kirkland resident Tracey Northcutt said the founders first came up with the idea after Glide- well was used as the model for the main character in the Portal video game series and was later turned into an action figure. “After that, they were talking about how it would be cool to give other people the op- portunity to be their own action figure hero,” Northcutt said. “That was where the concept was born.” As they began working on the idea, they started working on a business plan and conducted consumer research to determine what type of superhero people wanted to buy. Although they had their own ideas for the type of product they wanted to sell, she said they looked at what people were interested in buying. FUNDRAISING | Kirkland Summerfest organizers working to put together annual event [9] FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING Lemonade | Sign up to Stand for a Cause [7] R EP O RTER .com KIRKLAND NEWSLINE: 425.822.9166 BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]Now that the city of Kirkland is trying to make better use of avail- able parking downtown and giving residents access to the City Hall lot to meet demand, it is looking toward long-term solutions for increasing the supply. One of the ways it may do this is by opening up Lake Avenue West, one of the few streets in the city to have permit-only park- ing, to both resident and downtown employees as part of an effort to make more parking availabile for customers. The Kirk- land City Council voted at its June 16 meeting to have city staff come back with options for their July 7 meeting to allow such permitting at all times, seven days a week. Meanwhile, the city is implementing solutions approved by the council in May in an effort to increase use of existing parking stalls in places where drivers either don’t know they exist, such as underground parking, or at the Kirkland Library parking garage by adding signage. They have also signed off on mainte- nance work inside the library garage. The city has also opened up the City Hall parking lot during the evenings and weekends and by July 6 will extend the paid parking times at the lot on Lake and Central near Marina Park to between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Previously, the paid parking time started at 5 p.m. The Kirkland Alliance of Neighborhoods (KAN) has also established a task force to tackle the issue of parking that spills over into residential neighbor- hoods. Among the places where the city might add more parking is at one of their properties south of City Hall. According to city of Kirkland Trans- portation Engineering Manager David Godfrey, if the city were to make it a paved lot rather than just gravel there would be minor differences in what the city would have to do, though city staff have recommended retaining a consultant to study it more thoroughly before taking any action. The council’s vote on Lake Avenue West came after a presentation by City considers allowing employees to park on Lake Avenue West [ more PARKING page 6 ] Kirkland resident Brian Toba shows off his action figure made by You Kick Ass. Kirkland resident Tracey Northcutt, left, is the chief marketing officer for the new business that allows people to purchase an action figure of themselves. CONTRIBUTED Kirkland resident helps new superhero business take flight City approves $50,000 for ARC site analysis on church property BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]T he city of Kirkland is currently ex- amining a church property in the Totem Lake neighborhood as a potential future location for the Aquatic, Recre- ation and Community (ARC) Center. The City Council approved $50,000 in funding at their June 16 meeting for a site analysis of the Christ’s Church property located at 11725 NE 118th St, across the Kirkland Justice Cen- ter. According to Parks Director Jennifer Schro- eder, the site analysis will examine the utility services on the 12-acre property, as well as assess the foundation system, all of which impact the costs of construction. The site analysis would also allow them to determine what amenities could be included in the ARC. City Man- ager Kurt Triplett said that although there has been no formal offer or price given by the church congregation, so far the discussions be- tween the city and church representatives have been positive. If they were to purchase the property, Triplett said they esti- mate it would cost between $15-20 million. Ac- cording to the King County Tax Accessor, the property is valued at ap- proximately $8.8 million. “That’s a big chunk,” he said. “I think that’s what the council is work- ing through. They really want to be responsible with the public’s money and weigh the tradeoff between cost and benefit.” In the meantime, the site analysis will help them decide whether the property will be ideal for the ARC. “It looks extremely promising,” he said. “We just have to spend a little more money to see what would the layout of the property be…basically everything we know it should be a great site, but we need to make sure there’s nothing missing.” Another aspect of the property they will look at are the three acres of forested hill on the property and whether it would be useable. It is the largest property the city has considered for the ARC. Juanita Beach Park, by comparison, was nine acres. “The good news is the Tax records show property worth $8.8 million, city expects to pay $15-20 million [ more ARC page 3 ] [ more FIGURE page 8 ] Tracey Northcutt
It’s every child’s dream to be an action figure. Now, thanks to You Kick Ass, that dream can now be a reality, not just for kids but adults as well.
Recently, the Seattle area-based company landed a Shark Tank deal with billionaire businessman and investor Mark Cuban, who has agreed to help take them to the next level. You Kick Ass was
co-founded by Keri An-drews, Alesia Glidewell, and Douglas Jordan.
Chief Marketing Offi-cer and Kirkland resident Tracey Northcutt said
the founders first came up with the idea after Glide-well was used as the model for the main character in the Portal video game series and was later turned into an action figure.
“After that, they were talking about how it would be cool to give other people the op-
portunity to be their own action figure hero,” Northcutt said. “That was where the concept was born.”
As they began working on the idea, they started working on a business plan and conducted consumer research to
determine what type of superhero people wanted to buy. Although they had their own ideas for the type of product they
wanted to sell, she said they looked at what people were interested in buying.
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Now that the city of Kirkland is trying to make better use of avail-able parking downtown and giving residents access to the City Hall lot to meet demand, it is looking toward long-term solutions for increasing the supply.
One of the ways it may do this is by opening up
Lake Avenue West, one of the few streets in the city to have permit-only park-ing, to both resident and downtown employees as part of an effort to make more parking availabile for customers. The Kirk-land City Council voted at its June 16 meeting to have city staff come back with options for their July 7 meeting to allow such permitting at all times,
seven days a week. Meanwhile, the city is
implementing solutions approved by the council in May in an effort to increase use of existing parking stalls in places where drivers either don’t know they exist, such as underground parking, or at the Kirkland Library parking garage by adding signage. They have also signed off on mainte-
nance work inside the library garage.
The city has also opened up the City Hall parking lot during the evenings and weekends and by July 6 will extend the paid parking times at the lot on Lake and Central near Marina Park to between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Previously, the paid parking time started at 5 p.m.
The Kirkland Alliance of Neighborhoods (KAN) has also established a task force to tackle the issue of parking that spills over into residential neighbor-hoods. Among the places where the city might add more parking is at one of their properties south of City Hall. According to city of Kirkland Trans-portation Engineering Manager David Godfrey,
if the city were to make it a paved lot rather than just gravel there would be minor differences in what the city would have to do, though city staff have recommended retaining a consultant to study it more thoroughly before taking any action.
The council’s vote on Lake Avenue West came after a presentation by
City considers allowing employees to park on Lake Avenue West
[ more PARKING page 6 ]
Kirkland resident Brian Toba shows o� his action � gure made by You Kick Ass. Kirkland resident Tracey Northcutt, left, is the chief marketing o� cer for the new business that allows people to purchase an action � gure of themselves. CONTRIBUTED
Kirkland resident helps new superhero business take flight
City approves $50,000 for ARC site analysis on church property
The city of Kirkland is currently ex-amining a church
property in the Totem Lake neighborhood as a potential future location for the Aquatic, Recre-ation and Community (ARC) Center.
The City Council
approved $50,000 in funding at their June 16 meeting for a site analysis of the Christ’s Church property located at 11725 NE 118th St, across the Kirkland Justice Cen-ter. According to Parks Director Jennifer Schro-eder, the site analysis will examine the utility services on the 12-acre property, as well as assess
the foundation system, all of which impact the costs of construction. The site analysis would also allow them to determine what amenities could be included in the ARC.
City Man-ager Kurt Triplett said that although there has been no formal offer or price given by the church congregation, so far the discussions be-
tween the city and church representatives have been positive. If they were to purchase the property, Triplett said they esti-
mate it would cost between $15-20
million. Ac-cording to the King County Tax Accessor, the property
is valued at ap-proximately $8.8
million.“That’s a big chunk,”
he said. “I think that’s
what the council is work-ing through. They really want to be responsible with the public’s money and weigh the tradeoff between cost and benefit.”
In the meantime, the site analysis will help them decide whether the property will be ideal for the ARC.
“It looks extremely promising,” he said. “We just have to spend a little more money to see what would the layout of the property be…basically
everything we know it should be a great site, but we need to make sure there’s nothing missing.”
Another aspect of the property they will look at are the three acres of forested hill on the property and whether it would be useable. It is the largest property the city has considered for the ARC. Juanita Beach Park, by comparison, was nine acres.
“The good news is the
Tax records show property worth $8.8 million, city expects to pay $15-20 million
[ more ARC page 3 ]
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Celebrate Kirkland! Presents
2015 4th of July
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Schedule of Events: 7:00 AM
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site is large enough that if you initially encounter something you could go around it,” Triplett said. “But we want to make sure we’ve done the due diligence before we keep going.”
While the city looks at the property, Triplett said they are still con-sidering other potential sites such as the North Kirkland Commu-nity Center. Although it is city-owned prop-erty - resident feedback indicated a preference for the ARC to be located on privately-owned land - it offers many benefits the church property would not, such as saving costs by eliminating the need to purchase property. At the same time, however, the city would probably have to purchase abutting homes nearby, as well as deal with higher traffic volume compared to the church property, accord-ing to Triplett.
“It was a really tight size from the first time around,” he said. “I think that’s something we’d need to look at it. Do we need to build a bigger space? We don’t know that but it certainly does look it…there’s defi-
nitely two very different choices. It just depends on what we hear from the public.”
Many of the coun-cilmembers have also stressed the importance of having a list of likely sites for the ARC’s loca-tion by the time of the November election, when they are looking to have a ballot measure for the creation of a metropoli-tan park district (MPD). Ideally, Triplett said, the city would have an option or a right of first refusal for the property by then so vot-ers would have a strong idea of how much they would be taxed under the MPD to pay for the total project.
One of the problems the city has dealt with as it has tried to move forward with plans for the ARC has been numer-ous uncertainties due to the lack of a specific location, according to Triplett. To fund the ARC and purchase a property, they need the funding to cover the costs, but until they know where exactly, it is difficult to estimate how much it will cost taxpayers, how big it will be, and where it will be located.
MPDs are junior taxing districts, and if approved by a majority of Kirkland voters, the district would act as a funding source to purchase the prop-erty and construct the ARC, though a district can also be used to fund other community centers within the city or in cit-ies outside the district. The city has also looked into possibly partnering with other cities to share the costs for community facilities. Differences in
planning stages, site location preferences
and facility ameni-ties have made such a partner-ship on the ARC
unlikely, albeit cities like Bellevue
have expressed interest in a possible future partner-ship.
The council will hold a public meeting on the proposed MPD and the interlocal agreement be-tween the district and the city on July 7. The coun-cil is expected to vote on the matter by July 21.
If the ordinances are ultimately passed, the council will appoint com-mittee members to write pro and con statements for the ballot.
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Kirkland to celebrate Kalakala’s 80th anniversary
� e city of Kirkland is honoring the Kalakala ferry eighty years a� er the boat made its maiden voyage from the Lake Washington Shipyards in Kirkland.
� e city’s Cultural Arts Commission is hosting a celebration on July 3 com-memorating the exact day the iconic ferry launched from Kirkland, the city of its birth.
� e celebration will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kirkland’s Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive.
Miss Rose and Her Rhythm Percolators will perform jazz music from the 1930’s, recalling dances that took place on the deck of the boat.
Learn more about the design of the Kalakala, share your stories about the Art Deco boat that ferried passengers between Seattle and Bremerton, and suggest how the city could reuse salvaged pieces of the
Kalakala that it recently purchased. Light refresh-ments will be served.
� e Kalakala was built between 1933 and 1935 at the Lake Washington Ship-yard in Kirkland’s present day Carillon Point. � e Kalakala was dismantled in Tacoma and the city seized an opportunity to salvage some of its own history by purchasing the wheel-house, auto doors, valve wheels, several sections of ornamental hand railings, and the top window sec-tion above the car entrance doors in the bow of the ship that incorporates the rounded portholes that are the most recognizable and treasured elements of the ferry.
A committee with members from the city’s Cultural Arts Commission, Park Board, Transportation
Commission, interested citizens and Kalakala advocates has been formed to develop concepts, seek artists, and raise funds to refurbish and eventually create an art installation that incorporates the his-toric pieces the city bought in February.
With opportunities to showcase Kirkland’s heri-tage on the Cross Kirkland Corridor, the Kirkland City Council recently approved an art integration plan-ning process to coordinate the community input and create a uni� ed commu-nity vision for art along the CKC. � e process has begun with the release of an RFP for an art planning consultant. Public input will take place in the fall with City Council adop-tion of the plan slated for December.
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Write your legislator about bicycle laws
In less than 90 days bicycles in Washington State can run red lights. SSB 5438 signed into law by Inslee adds bicycles to SB 5141 which allows motorcycles to run red lights.
Motorists really need to contact their legisla-tor to bring about major bicycle reforms. A few examples are: (1) Bicycle riders DO NOT have to walk their bikes through crosswalks, meaning as a motorist if you hit one of those speeding two wheels in a crosswalk you most likely are liable. (2) Bicycle riders are not re-quired to use bike lanes even if bike lanes are present according to RCW 46.61.770. (3) Bicycles are not required to have taillights in the dark, merely a re� ector according to RCW 46,61.780. (4) A bicycle rider may go slow and impede tra� c up to � ve vehicles according to RCW 46.61.425, and (5 ) Finally, the bicycle rider can legally operate a bicycle on a shared highway drunk and I suppose now stoned as well, according to RCW 46.61.790.
� e seriousness of these outdated bicycle laws bring peril to both the bicycle operator and motorist alike.
In the meantime the Kirkland Police must enforce RCW 46.61.050 which simply states bicycles must obey tra� c laws. � e PD needs to write citations for bicycle violations. In the
meantime the Kirkland City Council needs to install stop signs for bicycles on city owned bicycle trails that cross busy roadways for the safety of bicycle riders and motorist alike. � e city has gone to great expense to install � ash-ing warning lights at major crossings. Some of the these inconsiderate bikers simply choose to ignore pushing the � asher button which alerts motorists with an amber warning light.
Many of us motorists “get it”... with vehi-cle tra� c gridlock, the bicycle for some
is a smart alternative for commuting. However, the current rural bike laws do not � t the urban bicycle setting. � ere is an extreme need for updated
urban bicycle legislation to protect both bicyclists and motorists on shared highways.
Write your legislator.� e bicycle RCW data was taken from the
Bicycle Alliance of Washington. � eir web is wabikes.org.Dave Condon, Kirkland
Editors note: SSB 5438 has added bicycles to the law allowing motorcycles to go through a red light if the bicycle has sat at the red light through one full light cycle and the sensor has not picked the vehicle up.
If you walk your dog pick up its poop
DOG POOP!I � nd it appalling and hard to believe that
people who own dogs think it is OK to leave poop on the ground.
We walk our dog every day at Juanita Park/Beach and it never fails that we � nd piles le� around.
We always carry extra bags and scoop other dogs’ poop so it won’t be stepped in.
If you own a dog, it is your responsibility to clean up a� er it and it is your responsibility to carry bags with you.Lana Starr. Kirkland
Courts again say no to Potala – Is Dargey wasting money on court cases?
In the � rst set of court cases, Mr. [Lobsang] Dargey and Potala attempted to claim that al-though they had never � led a building permit they had vested by merely � ling a permit that evaluates area within the shoreline jurisdiction. � is permit only evaluates speci� c shoreline issues, it does not evaluate an entire project.
A� er the Superior Court, Court of Appeals and a request to Supreme Court, these cases determined that Mr. Dargey and Potala were not vested and could not build the proposed Potala Village.
� e second case was decided on May 26 by the Superior Court.
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Since 1952, Western Pneumatic Tube Company (WPT) has been manufactur-ing cutting-edge welded tubing for in-
dustries ranging from aircraft to solar energy to food processing. Our reliable and high-quality products allow us to be the leading manufacturer for a wide variety of materials and configurations, while maintaining the capacity for large production runs with certi-fied quality and integrity. WPT’s success has been driven by our innovative developments of this specialty technology, with innovations that we must protect.
For companies like ours – that pride themselves on developing valuable and game-changing technology – new trade agreements that open markets and protect innovation with high standards on intellectual property and other issues are important to expanding our market overseas, which in turn supports and creates high-quality jobs in Kirkland and cities across the United States. Our state is one of the top exporters, shipping nearly $75 billion in manufactured goods in 2014. This already strong export market will become even more robust with market-opening, high-standard trade agreements that promote innovative and advanced U.S. manufacturing and ultimately create high-quality jobs, spur-ring economic growth and increased con-sumption that will move the U.S. economy forward.
When barriers are eliminated overseas and high standards are in place, such as in the 14 free trade agreements (FTAs) the United States has negotiated with 20 countries around the world, the U.S., our industries and our workers succeed. But complex trade agreements cannot be negotiated without Congress and the President working together through the important Trade Promotion
Authority (TPA) partnership. TPA sets the objectives that U.S. executive branch negotia-tors should seek in new trade agreements, holds them accountable and provides for input and consultations with Congress and the private sector. In return, the President is assured of an up-or-down vote on the final trade agreement – providing our negotiators the strongest possible leverage to get strong outcomes from foreign countries that still have in place high barriers and weak stan-dards.
During the last two weeks, a majority of the House of Representatives passed TPA — twice. Several of our state’s representatives, such as Kirkland’s Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, stood up for innovative manu-facturers and their employees in Kirkland and across America by supporting TPA. We applaud Rep. DelBene’s support for the type of trade framework that will promote strong
and advanced manufacturing.But the effort is not over as TPA now
moves back to the Senate for a final vote on passage. Last month, both Washington Sena-tors, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, also supported TPA. We urge them to do so again in the next few weeks.
Passing TPA is critical for the growth of innovative manufacturing in Washington and across the United States that will support and create the higher-paying jobs that will drive our economy. The U.S. manufacturing renais-sance is continuing but we need new mar-kets, a level playing field and high standards globally to continue that growth. A vote “yes” for TPA is a vote that ensures a flourishing future for American innovation.
Simon Prior is the aerospace unit president for Western Pneumatic Tube Company located in Kirkland.
TPA critical to innovation for Washington manufacturers
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Again, Mr. Dargey and Potala were told no for the Potala project. Potala claims it should have been able to pick up a building permit the day after the Court of Appeals had ruled. This is in spite of the fact that zoning had changed and the prepared building permit application did not comply with the rules in place at the time.
Also, it appears that Potala had not paid the fees and had not provided the required agreement for the building permit (Lot Con-solidation Agreement to al-low building across property lines without the required setbacks).
Clearly, IMHO, the build-ing permit requirements had not been fulfilled by Dargey.
And yet, Dargey again files with the courts as of June 17. This all seems like a waste of money and a delay to investors, in my opinion.
For the neighbors, it would be nice if the inves-tors would clean up the contamination that remains migrating from the property and did something other than park unused machinery on the vacant lot.
We did have neighbor-hood businesses at this loca-tion. We would walk to the site to pick up our laundry or grab some food. We would run into neighbors and catch
up on their news Dargey and Potala took down the busi-nesses and provided us (and visitors to Kirkland) an ugly fenced in eye-sore.
Nothing that the devel-oper has proposed to date meets with the zoning or answers the EIS complaint of incompatibility with the neighborhood – size, scale, lot coverage, etc. Are these court cases merely to cause some intentional delay? I’m totally stumped as to why the developer does not get moving on a compatible project that could be profit-able for him and his inves-tors. The financing cost of the unused property must be a real drain on the financial resources of Potala. And I think there are multiple fatal flaws with Potala that would always keep an incompat-ible project from being built, regardless of current court filing and result.Karen Levenson, Kirkland
Progressive ideals in editorial are misguided
Congratulations to Lara Lewison from Eastside Prep for a well-written editorial. If I may, I would like to dis-avow you from some of the progressive ideals (spin) you have been taught in school.
First of all, ‘Food Insecu-
rity’ is a trope of progres-sive idealism, in which the panacea is “everyone shops wisely,” at Whole Foods. The “misconceptions and para-doxes” you cited about the “state of hunger” in the U.S. have more to do with the concept that “more govern-ment will solve everything” than it does with the actual ability of residents to pur-chase food via government largesse (funded by taxpay-ers, FYI).
Resourceful people can usually find a way to game government systems, no matter how these well-intentioned they may be. Thus, when food stamp recipients trade or sell their food stamps to buy chips, beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets, they are expressing their “freedom to make bad choices.” This is not the fault of the government program; it is an inherent defect of progressive idealism.
Second, real ‘Food Insecurity’ is (should be) defined as the ability to have physical and economic access to sufficient food for survival. People of the third world understand this implicitly. People of the first and second world think that if one cannot afford organic, free-range, non-GMO, gluten-free products, one is food insecure.
Third, rice, potatoes, raw fruits and vegetables, and
day-old bread are all ex-amples of inexpensive food products that are widely available. None of these are “junk food,” and if food stamp recipients spent their allotment on these staples, their families would not be food insecure. Granted, they might be bored with their limited food choices, but (I thought) the purpose of the program is nutrition, not excitement. Further, charitable organizations do not dispense junk food, unless you believe a can of beans and a block of cheese are junk food. Who taught you this?
Finally, you rightly call out the U.S. government farm subsidy program for criticism. As most gov-ernment programs do, it started out simple and was well-intentioned, but inevitably grew and grew, becoming outdated, bloated, convoluted, and co-opted by special interests, as most government programs do. No, I’m not talking about the agribusiness lobby; our farming industry is the most efficient and productive in the world. I’m talking about the ethanol lobby; who seeks to maintain subsidies for farmers to grow excess corn - not to feed the world, but to be used in the production of ethanol fuel.
Nothing illustrates the unintended (or intended)
consequences of progres-sive ideals better the ethanol lobby, whose “environmen-tally-friendly” goal is to take a high-nutrition foodstuff (corn) and convert it into a motor fuel. When the mar-ket wouldn’t pay the premi-um for this inferior product, the ethanol lobby stepped up to (make campaign dona-tions, then) coerce, cajole and/or goad legislators to pass laws that made ethanol use in motor fuels manda-tory. The fact that farmers benefited financially from this market manipulation is true, but secondary to the “more important” progres-sive ideal of reducing our consumption of fossil fuels, even if only by a marginal amount, no matter what it costs.Roger Clarke-Johnson, Kirkland
Time to end the bickering and pass Hill’s budget
It’s time for the legislature to pass a budget and come home; the wasteful extra sessions are unnecessary. Democrats are stalling, refusing to do their jobs; they’re threatening a govern-ment shutdown because they want a new form of taxes, despite the fact that the state received unexpected tax revenue above expecta-
tions by about as much as the Democrats want to raise taxes.
The three representatives from the 45th District have offered two distinctively dif-ferent budgets.
Senator Andy Hill’s budget fully funds education to meet the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision; Repre-sentatives Larry Springer’s and Roger Goodman’s doesn’t.
Sen. Hill’s budget allows state college tuition to be cut by over 20 percent; Spring-er’s and Goodman’s doesn’t allow for any tuition cut.
Sen. Hill’s budget rein-forces the safety net for the most vulnerable; Springer’s and Goodman’s generally does too.
Sen. Hill’s budget put over 80 percent of the $4 billion tax windfall to education, $4 billion that was raised with-out raising taxes; Springer’s and Goodman’s put less than 30 percent of it to education.
Sen. Hill does more with-out raising taxes; Springer’s and Goodman’s does less and has to raise taxes to do less.
Isn’t it time for the legis-lature to put aside partisan bickering, pass the better budget and save the cost of yet another special session by coming home?Jeanie McCombs, Kirkland
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Once in awhile, when the sun was so hot and the days were so long, even Mom couldn’t resist the allure of the “swimming pool”! She would try to cool off alone and my brother and I would have nothing of that, in we’d go and spoil her moment to chill and relax.
Now I’m her caregiver with life responsibilities and kids of my own. And I know what she knew back then – summers fly by in an instant.
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Godfrey that included recommendations made by the Planning Housing and Economic Develop-ment Committee to allow permitted parking for downtown employees, al-beit with time restrictions in order to minimize the impact on the neighbor-hood.
Not everyone on the council, however, was sup-portive of the idea. Coun-cilmember Toby Nixon said that a city-wide policy on permit parking based on specific criteria should be established first, as other neighborhoods will ask the city for permit only parking as more parking is pushed onto their streets.
Councilmember Dave Asher also shared his apprehensions about the proposal, stating that parking is a problem for all neighborhoods in the city.
“This is not a down-town problem, this is a city of Kirkland problem,” he said. “I’m not willing to open up neighborhoods to overflow parking at this time, but we need to do some kind of mitigation and some kind of ap-proaches other than that,
and I think we ought to move forward as quickly as we can.”
Councilmember Penny Sweet, who runs the wine business Grape Choice across from the Lake and Central parking along with her husband, State Rep. Larry Springer, said that the parking situation in downtown necessitates opening up Lake Avenue West now.
“There is capacity on Lake Avenue West,” she said. “We are talking about a temporary experi-ment that, in my mind, will control employee parking and actually work better than opening it up. I think we would end up in a longer term process… but it would give us some immediate relief.”
Sweet also said that this would provide immediate relief for downtown busi-nesses while KAN’s task force looks into possible parking permit policy criteria.
“I do believe that it (KAN’s task force) is go-ing to be somewhat of a lengthy process,” she said. “It’s summer, we don’t have parking downtown and it is worse every single weekend.”
Mayor Amy Walen voiced her support for opening up Lake Avenue West, albeit she also expressed concerns over the impact to the neigh-borhood.
“Whatever action we take isn’t going to be
carved in stone,” she said. “If there are problems we will quickly respond to them.”
She also said that creat-ing downtown employee permit parking would just add more to a system she doesn’t believe should exist.
“But I am going to sup-port this because I feel the time has come and we need to move forward,” she said. “It has been dif-ficult to take a wonderful thing from a neighbor-hood. If it’s a disaster we will be responsive and take care of it.”
During the public com-ment section of the June 16 meeting, several resi-dents spoke in opposition to the Lake Avenue West proposal, arguing that it shouldn’t be used as a parking lot for downtown employees.
One woman who spoke cited city policy G-11, which pertains to down-town parking. A section of the policy reads “Parking in the Peripheral Area (boundary) is intended to serve residential demand and uses generating demand from within the zone. It is intended that ‘spillover’ from other parking zones within the CBD (Central Business District) be mitigated.”
She also said that Lake Avenue West has along acted as a woonerf - a walking street - long before Park Lane improve-ments intended to make
the road more pedestrian friendly, and that if the city were to open it up to parking they would have to improve street condi-tions first.
Another long-term solution considered by the council was study-ing the feasibility of an underground parking garage beneath Peter Kirk Park and the Lee John-son Field, though they ultimately rejected the notion. Councilmembers such as Nixon commented that they shouldn’t look at any underground park-ing garage at Lee Johnson Field until the library parking garage is be-ing fully utilized, while Councilmember Doreen Marchione said they don’t know the ultimate impact of a Parkplace redevel-opment on downtown parking. Councilmember Shelly Kloba also agreed, saying that the City Hall parking lot is not being used to full capacity.
Instead, the council ex-pressed interest in study-ing the possibility of a parking structure on Lake and Central, which Nixon described as a multilevel city-owned parking struc-ture with retail on the first floor and a restaurant rooftop plaza.
“It could be very com-mercially successful,” he said. “I think that would be a better use of our limited resources right now than digging up the baseball field.”
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“Symphony of Gardens” tour for LWSO is Sunday
The second annual “Symphony of Gar-dens” tour, benefitting the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, will be held between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., June 28. The tour will feature five beautiful gardens in Kirkland, Bellevue, Beaux Arts, and Mercer Island. Live music will be played by orches-tra members at each garden between 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
The Kirkland garden is a wonderful subur-ban wildlife oasis - 2/3 of an acre with a creek in front, veggies in back, and many orna-mentals and viewing areas in between.
The garden in south Bellevue is a tranquil, secluded woodland setting featuring orna-mental maples, hostas,
ferns, hellebores and lots of birds. There are several unique garden art pieces to enjoy as you wander the path-ways.
The garden on two lots in Beaux Arts, dubbed “Little Bit of Heaven” by its lov-ing creator, contains many secret spaces and surprises.
The two Mercer Island gardens are as different as can be. One is quite compact and contains a treasure of rare and unusual flowers, many planted on a steep bank. The other garden is two acres of old growth trees, mature rho-dodendrons, lots of garden art including a Dudley Carter totem, and many other plant-ings overlooking Lake Washington.
Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at Island Books (Mer-cer Island), Bellevue Nursery, Wells Me-dina Nursery, or Grape Choice in Kirkland; through BrownPap-erTickets.com, or by phoning 206-307-7418.
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The all city Kirkland Coast league title game started the
way it ended - with Logan Norris, the Tigers leado� hitter and starting pitcher.
� e game was the fea-tured contest on June 15 at Peter Kirk Park, as the Kirkland American Little League Tigers defeated the Kirkland National League’s Bulls, 16-15, in a high-scoring o� ensive a� air.
Norris began the game with a 1-2-3 inning on the mound. During his � rst at-bat he drew a walk and was drawn into a � elder’s choice. But the play sparked his team, as the Tigers batted around their 10-man lineup to take a 4-0 lead.
However, the KNLL’s Bulls matched their opponent’s o� ense, as each team scored during seven of the eight in-nings played. � e teams combined to use eight pitchers during the game. � e fourth inning was the lowest scoring inning, with the total score in-creasing by just two runs.
� e Tigers found themselves down 9-6 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning but by the start of the seventh
the contest was tied 12-12.
Before the start of the eighth inning, the umpires informed both managers it would be the last inning even if the game � nished in a tie.
� e Bulls would take a 15-12 lead into the bot-tom of the inning before the Tigers 7-9 batters all walked to start the team’s � nal at-bats.
Norris walked to the plate with the bases loaded and a chance to be a hero. � e � rst pitch was a ball. � e second pitch, a strike. � ird pitch belonged to Norris, nick-named Lo-No a� er Logan Morrison of the Seattle Mariners (Lo-Mo).
Norris swung hard, belting a walk-o� grand slam home run.
“I was trying to walk home,” said Norris’s team-mate Goldberg who was standing on third for the big hit. I was jogging, and then I realized I would be the go-ahead, walk-o� run. So then I stopped, and just jumped on home plate, enjoying the mo-ment. A� er that, it was chaos, we were dog-piling Logan.”
Hayden Andrew is a 12 year old Kirkland resident.
Tigers beat Bulls for Kirkland Coast league title thanks to No-Lo
Clari� cationIn the June 6 edition,
the article detailing Ka-miakin’s Band Program did not include the quarterly award recipi-ent for Jazz Ensemble, Andrew Ellis; trombone.
Applications being taken for 2015 (Lemonade) Stand for a Cause
Simplicity Decor and Simplicity ABC are o� ering an opportunity for kids and their family to fundraise for their favorite organizations this summer.
� is year the event will be held on weekends between 1-4 p.m. from June 26 to Sept. 6. New this year is a Friday evening slot between 6-8 p.m.
Simplicity Decor and Simplicity ABC on Park Lane will be the place for kids to hand out lemonade with a suggested donation.
Simplicity Decor and Simplicity ABC will also do-nate 10 percent of the store’s proceeds the group’s chosen cause, during each shi� at the stand. Participants just need to bring some lemonade and excitement.
During the past three years more than 55 groups have worked and raised more than
$5,000 on top of what kids raised from the stands.
� is community program not only supports the local non-pro� ts and/or causes but also teaches kids about work-ing for others and boosts their con� dence.
Applications will be ac-cepted until spots are � lled on a � rst-come, � rst-served basis.
Contact Simplicity Decor or Simplicity ABC for an ap-plication for the program.
For more information contact “A” Liengboonlertchai at [email protected].
Kirkland kids man the 2014 (Lemonade) Stand for a Cause, which raises money for local charity and teaches children about community service. CONTRIBUTED
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“When we’re looking at the numbers and the margins we had, we thought this could actually be some-thing viable,” she said. “You gravitate towards what you’re interested in but that’s not necessarily what the market gravitates towards.”
Among their research � ndings, she said, was that the overwhelming percent-age of respondents in their surveys, 80-90 percent, would buy an action � gure for someone else. � e research also settled on a price point of $59.99
“Somebody might be willing to spend it $100 for themselves, but Christmas or birthday not so much,” she said.
Also, rather than have their face placed over a previously established superhero, respondents wanted the ability to come up with their own super-hero name and power.
“We thought people would be very much inter-ested in purchasing Iron Man and then having their face on it. I think that’s something kids are really interested in.”
Another thing they discovered is that their
idea had a strong appeal to adults, or at least the child inside of them.
“Instead of going a� er the child audience we wanted to go a� er the adult audience,” she said.
� e more mature buyers re� ect the name of the company, though North-cutt said it’s not intended to be o� ensive.
“It’s a term people use to describe somebody being awesome,” she said. “� at’s what we wanted to get across with our product. Our product allows people to express themselves and to thank others and com-municate what they mean to them…It is a little edgy, but I think for the most part ‘ass’ is hardly thought of as a profanity. It’s a more of a celebratory way to think about it.”
Northcutt got involved as the Kickstarter cam-paign got o� the ground in order to secure the neces-sary funding for the equip-ment. It was then that they were contacted by Shark Tank, a reality TV show in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of “shark” investors who can then o� er deals.
“I think it was a surprise to all of us,” Northcutt said.
Featured on May 8, Andrews and Glidewell ultimately presented their idea to the sharks, which included Mark Cuban. In preparation, Northcutt said, they anticipated all the questions the sharks would most likely ask.
“It’s better to be over-prepared than under-prepared in that situation,” she said. “You have no control how the show is edited. You have to be as prepared as possible and we really focused on trying not to predict as much as be prepared.”
Even the amount they asked for, $100,000 for 10 percent of the com-pany, had to be carefully selected.
“If you’re too greedy they can change the terms to make it worse or re-scind,” Northcutt said. “It’s a really hard balance. It’s ok to ask if other sharks have an o� er, but once they outline their o� er,
trying to negotiate back and forth…I’ve seen it fail more than succeed.”
Fortunately, they got what they wanted from Cuban.
Another positive side of the show, which was taped in September, is that the feedback from the recording has helped them improve the product now that the episode has aired.
“� ere were criticisms of the product which were legitimate, but the product has dramatically improved since then,” she said. “We ended up taking in a lot of feedback to improve the product, which was great. I think from watching the segment that even with some of the imperfec-tions we were able to close the deal and get what we wanted.”
A� er the deal with Cu-ban was � nalized, North-cutt, a former Microso� employee whose husband owns a start-up, joined
You Kick Ass.“When I found out we
got a deal on Shark Tank that was the big deciding moment for me where I thought I could leave my job and try this out,” she said. “It’s a lot to leave your job at Microso� to start a company. You have to plan for the move � nancially if you’re married that they’re on board and they’re will-ing to support that.”
You Kick Ass action � gures are created using a manufactured body based on several models. � e faces are then created based o� of photos of a person the customer sends to them. Using so� ware to manipulate aspects of the photo to convert it into a 3-D model of the person’s head, they create the ap-propriate hairstyle and color. � e head is then cre-ated through a 3-D printer, dipped into chemicals and then glued onto the body the customer has chosen.
� eir long-term plan is to have the action � gure’s body 3-D printed as well in order to decrease the amount of inventory, in addition to possibly creat-ing a kid’s side brand name for their child superhero characters.
“Our main priority is to continue to develop more products over time,” she said.
� ey also hope to license their so� ware and create sports-version su-perheroes, where they see strong potential.
“If you think about it, sports is a really big op-portunity,” she said. “I’ve had people reach out and say, ‘Hey do you have a golf character we could purchase?’”
For Northcutt, You Kick Ass also allows her and others to provide a direct service to people.
“When people see the product, they are so happy,” she said. “We’re making people smile. When I worked at Micro-so� , you’re so far removed from the customer you don’t get to see the impact of what you’re doing.”
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With the annual Kirk-land Summerfest on Aug. 7 and 8 fast approaching, organizers have come up with creative fundraising efforts to cover the costs of the festival.
To track their fundrais-ing, Hallmark Realty in downtown has a thermom-eter banner that shows how close they are to their desired goal of $110,000. Planner Sue Contreras said they have raised about half that so far. To help raise awareness, Contreras said they’re placing dona-tion boxes at businesses throughout the city.
Summerfest is Kirkland’s largest festival and open to the public. This year, it will feature over 100 vendors. The donations help cover the costs for police, bar-ricades, signage and the other incidental expenses. The festival will include live entertainment at Ma-rina Park on stages, cold refreshments in the beer garden, juried artists’ ex-hibits on newly renovated Park Lane, the Fish Frolic, the Rotary Duck Dash, and cardboard boat races.
For families with kids, the festival will offer inflat-able rides, face painters, balloon twister, stilt walker,
Star Wars characters, Touch a Truck, kids yoga, obstacle course, Youth Art Exhibit.
It is managed by vol-unteers with the help of the Kirkland Downtown Association and Kirkland Chamber, as well as local businesses.
One of the major chang-es this year compared to prior years, Contreras said, is shortening the festival to two days rather than three. They also plan to have new entertainment, includ-ing Cream Tangerine that includes Kirkland Perfor-mance Center Executive Director Jeff Lockhart.
Donations can be made online at www.kirklandsummerfest.com/community donors, or by dropping a donation in Summerfest collection boxes at participating busi-nesses.
Donations of $100 or more will include the per-son’s name on a ‘thank you’ banner at Hallmark Realty, while donations of $500 and more will be recog-nized at Summerfest and on the event website.
For sponsorship op-portunities please contact Scott Becker (425) 822-0200.
Festival details and en-tertainment schedules can be viewed online at www.kirklandsummerfest.com
Summerfest organizers get creative with fundraising
Kirkland students awarded scholarship
The Overlake Alumnae Panhellenic (OAPH) has announced 12 recipients of this year’s scholarship fund and two are Kirkland students.
Anneliesa Stubb of Juan-ita High School and Grace Muenz of Lake Washing-ton High School received a Certificate of Merit and a monetary award to be applied towards her educa-tional goals.
These recipients were recognized for their outstanding academics, leadership and community service.
For more information on OAPH scholarships visit http:// www.over-lakealumnaepanhellenic.org.
Tesla STEM students prove “there’s an app for that”
Three teams from Tesla STEM High School developed winning apps as part of the Youth Apps Challenge sponsored by the Technology Alliance.
Each team member won a Kindle Fire and a training opportunity with profes-sional app builders. Almost 500 students participated in the 2015 Youth Apps Challenge competition and submitted 154 apps for review. Award ceremonies will be held in both eastern and western Washington acknowledging the stu-dents’ hard work.
The Kirkland residents from Tesla STEM who won were:
The Youth Apps Chal-lenge offers middle and high school students a chance to design and build apps for tablets and smartphones. Teams of up to five students are eligible to participate and to win prizes that include tablets, visits to local technology companies, and more.
Kirklanders graduate from the University of San Diego
The following five students from Kirkland graduated from the Uni-versity of San Diego on May 24.
Jordan Cox earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance.
Alexi Duenas earned a bachelor’s degree in Chem-istry. Duenas graduated cum laude.
Lucy Hill earned a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Theol-ogy & Religious Studies. Hill graduated magna cum laude.
Adam Krebs earned a bachelor’s degree in Me-chanical Engineering.
Tyler Mooney earned a bachelor’s degree in Fi-nance. Mooney graduated cum laude.
LWSD team sets state record at math
competitionA team of students from
three Lake Washington School District schools took fourth place at the American Regions Math League Competition held from May 29-30 in Las Vegas, Nev. That is a state record for the highest placement of any team from Washington at this event.
The competition was a national event that took place at four locations around the U.S. on the same day.
The team included Dalai Chadraa (RHS), August Chen (RHS), Jonah Joughlin (LWHS), Daniel Liu (RHS), Aditya Murali (RHS), Mayukha Vadari (RHS), and Albert Xu (Tesla STEM). In addi-tion, Daniel Liu placed in the top 25 from the West Coast.
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The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statisti-cal round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. 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 June 11-18, there were 404 traffic incidents, 50 traffic accidents, 10 DUIs, 100 general traffic incidents, 80 alarm calls, 26 abandoned vehicles, 24 burglaries, 22 inci-dents of fraud, 22 civil incidents, 10 cases of harassment, 50 thefts, 36 vehicle prowls, 12 vehicle thefts, 30 warrants served, 42 noise complaints, 16 animal calls, 34 incidents of domestic violence, 22 incidents of malicious mischief, two rapes, 40 disturbances, eight trespasses, two sex offenses, 16 assaults, 12 hit and run and 86 incidents involving at least
one arrest.
June 17Protection order: 4:56 p.m., 10800 block of 115th Ct. NE. A 27-year-old woman was discovered with her mother during a traffic stop in violation of no-contact order for domestic violence. The woman was arrested without incident.
June 16Assault: 7 p.m., address redacted. A 17-year-old girl was arrested after hitting her 19-year-old ex-boyfriend over a child care issue.
Burglary: 7:16 a.m., 12400 block of NE 145th St. A 31-year-old man was arrested for violating his no-contact order with two females after prying into a rear window at their residence. The man retreated to the bedroom where police eventually negoti-ated with him to come out. He was taken into custody without further incident.
Protection order violation: 4:20 p.m., 12800 block of NE 108th Pl. A 26-year-old man was arrested after his roommate
reported him inside their house in viola-tion of a temporary protection order listing the residence as a restricted area and two children that were with the roommate at the time as protected parties. The man was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Kirkland Jail.
June 14Disorderly conduct: 5:05 p.m., 11100 block of NE 124th Ln. A 20-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man were arrested after they were found involved in a loud argument in a wooded area. Both were yelling and causing residents of the nearby condo to become alarmed to the point where police were contacted. Officers arrived to find the two still arguing in the woods. Both were arrested for disorderly conduct. After their arrest, officers found heroin and drug paraphernalia on them.
Disorderly conduct: 2:22 p.m., 100 block of Kirkland Ave. A 22-year-old man and 25-year-old man were arrested after they were discovered fighting in the alleyway behind the Central Tavern. When police arrived they both tried to flee but
were apprehended. They were then booked for disorderly conduct.
Assault: 12:20 a.m., 11200 block of NE 132nd St. A 33-year-old drunk man assaulted his 34-year-old wife and was arrested and booked into jail.
Harassment: 12:10 a.m., 10600 block of 132nd Ave NE. A 26-year-old man was arrested for harassment after he made multiple racial slurs and threatening statements to another person.
June 13Assault: 5 p.m., 10700 block of NE 37th CT. A 29-year-old woman was contacted by officers at Overlake Hospital after she assisted her 24-year-old ex-boyfriend in checking himself in for psychi-atric help. The woman then checked herself in for injuries she had sustained the night prior when her ex-boyfriend had invited himself over and hit her. She sustained a swollen nose, ribs and a bite mark to the arm. The man was arrested at the hospital on a warrant for domestic violence and fourth degree assault.
June 12Assault: 11:41 p.m., 6900 block of NE 139th St. A 52-year-old woman was ar-
rested after officers responded to a domes-tic violence call at the residence between herself and her husband. While at the scene one of the officers was assaulted by the woman, who was taken into custody. They discovered her blood alcohol content was so high she had to be transported to EvergreenHealth to be medically cleared. While at the hospital the woman spit on
and kneed an emergency room techni-cian. After being finally
cleared, she was booked into the King County Jail for third degree assault.
Residential bur-glary: 10:15 p.m., 8800
block of NE 116th Pl. A 37-year-old man was
arrested for breaking into the garage of a 32-year-old
woman. Officers arrived and arrested him.
Theft: 5:15 p.m., 12400 block of Totem Lake Blvd. NE. A 25-year-old woman was caught shoplifting in Rite Aid.
Protection order violation: 4:58 p.m., 12600 block of NE 145th PL. A 31-year-old man was arrested for an order violation.
Theft: 3:30 a.m., 200 block of Parkplace Ctr. A 21-year-old man was arrested at the QFC when the night managers observed him try to take a drink off the shelf and put it into his sweatshirt pocket. The man
was also seen putting lunchables in his pocket and then go up to the employee bathrooms. The manager went into the bathroom and found the packaging in the trash. The man was contacted exiting the store with food items bulging out of his sweat pants and shirt. Police arrested him for theft and removed from the property.
June 11Theft: 9 a.m., 12700 block of NE 124th St. A 30-year-old woman was arrested after an espresso stand owner reported her stealing money from the business multiple times, which was recorded on video surveillance. She was arrested for theft.
Protection order violation: 2:48 a.m., 12500 block of 116th Ave NE. A 37-year-old man was arrested after an officer observed him exiting a woman’s vehicle at the Value Village parking lot in violatio of a no-contact order between the two, with him being the respodent. When confronted the man fled on foot, but officers eventu-ally caught him.
Warrant: 2:18 a.m., 10900 block of 124th Ave NE. A 39-year-old man was arrested after someone called police saying they had almost struck him while he was laying on the road. When officers arrived they found a very drunk man who was later identified as having a warrant out of Seattle. He was taken into custody without incident.
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Emily SkulecEmily Skulec, a theatre
major from Kirkland, earned dean’s list rec-ognition at George Fox University after earning a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the 2015 spring semester. Skulec is academically considered a sophomore based on the number of credits earned. All told, more than 800 students earned dean’s list honors for the semester.
Jesse KlugKirkland resident Jesse
Klug has been inducted to the Mortar Board Honor
Society at Bucknell Univer-sity.
Klug is a graduate of The Overlake School.
Karissa RadkeSaint Martin’s Univer-
sity has issued its spring semester 2015 dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement, which in-cludes Kirkland resident Karissa F. Radke. She is a junior majoring in Social work/Psychology.
To earn academic honors at Saint Martin’s, undergraduate students must earn a 3.5 grade point average or higher (based on a 4.0 scale), carry at least a 12-semester-hour course load and complete all coursework undertaken for the semester.
Davis PruettKirkland resident Davis
Pruett, a senior electronic media production major at Harding University, is among more than 1,200 University students included on the dean’s list for grades achieved during the spring 2015 semester.
The dean’s list is published each semester by Dr. Larry Long, University provost, honoring those who have achieved high scholarship. To be eligible, a student must be carrying 12 or more hours with a 3.65 or higher grade-point average and no incompletes.
Adam Taylor Youtsey
The Kirkland resident Adam Taylor Youtsey has
been recognized on the dean’s list at Norwich Uni-versity for the spring 2015 semester.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians.
Hannah BrownHannah Brown of Kirk-
land was awarded a bachelor of science degree in me-chanical engineering with distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Zachary BrettZachary M. Brett, son of
Alexa and Lawrence Brett of Kirkland, has been named to the dean’s list at Hamilton College for the 2015 spring semester.
To be named to the dean’s list, a student must have carried throughout the se-mester a course load of four or more graded credits with an average of 3.5 or above.
Brett, a junior majoring in history, is a graduate of Lake Washington High School.
Oliver FahlingKirkland resident Oliver
Fahling has been named to the dean’s list at Missis-sippi College for academic success in the 2015 spring semester.
To be eligible for the dean’s list a student must maintain a 3.5 or better grade point average based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses
impacting their grade point average.
Oliver is the son of Brian and Suzie Fahling of Kirkland. He is a graduate of Inglemoor High School. Oliver is a member of the Mississippi College men’s soccer team and majoring in International Studies with a minor in Spanish.
Lauren Westphalen
Kirkland resident Lauren Westphalen has been selected for the dean’s list at Carroll College for the 2015 spring semester.
To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade-point average or better for the semester and take at least 12 credits.
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Ending domestic violenceWhy don’t victims just
leave?” Those of us who work at
domestic violence programs hear this question all the time. The truth is, they do. Every day we hear from survi-vors of abuse who were able to find the support and resourc-es they needed to be safe and self-sufficient.
Every day we also hear from people who are unable to leave because they fear the abuser will be more violent if they do. This fear is very real. According to the Washington State Domestic Violence Fa-tality Review, in at least 55% of homicides by abusers, the victim had left or was trying to leave.
Many people are unable to leave an abusive relationship because they have nowhere to go. Our communities don’t have enough affordable hous-ing, and shelters and transi-tional housing units are limit-ed. On just one day last year, domestic violence programs in Washington could not meet 267 requests for housing. Peo-ple often stay with or return to an abusive partner because they don’t have the money to support themselves or their children.
We also hear from people who don’t want to leave, but want the abuse to stop. Re-search consistently shows that people in an abusive relation-ship make repeated efforts to be safe and self-sufficient, but there are many barriers—both external, such as limited resources or support; and in-ternal, such as an emotional connection to their partner or a desire for their children to be with both parents— that makes this very difficult.
But here’s the thing: This is absolutely the wrong question to be asking, as it implies that victims are responsible for ending violence. They aren’t. Instead, we should be asking what we can do to stop abus-ers from being violent and controlling.
To find the domestic vio-lence program in your com-munity, visit wscadv.org or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY).
To raise money and aware-ness for domestic violence prevention, register today for the Goodwill Refuse To Abuse® 5K at Safeco Field at refusetoabuse5k.org. Kelly StarrDirector of CommunicationsWashington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence206-389-2515, ext. [email protected]
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I have to be honest; my initial reaction when I heard about the con-
cept behind You Kick Ass was, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
I’ll bet a lot of other people who read the story think the same. Reminds me of a Sherlock Holmes quote: “� ere is nothing more elusive than an obvious fact.”
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster- er, a superhero. No kid’s life is complete without the requisite superhero action � gures. I don’t care how cool the latest thin-screen portable gaming system Nintendo or Sony man-
ages to put out - and I’m sure they are. No electronic distraction will ever e� ec-tively replace the ability of an action � gure to prop-erly distract them for the amount of time desired by
a parent. You also can’t
aspire to be an electronic game. � is is why we in-vented Halloween - or so my unnamed sources tell me. Before it became
the ridiculous spectacle it is today, in which adults participate as enthusiasti-cally as their kids, it was a chance for me to live out the life of the action � gures � lling up the toy box in my room.
I had quite a few. To
“celebrate diversity” meant having three Batman action � gures from the Adam West TV show, Tim Bur-ton’s � lms, and the Warner Brothers Animated Series. Being “sophisticated” meant knowing the di� er-ence between them.
When the (inferior) Kevin Costner � lm “Robin Hood Prince of � ieves” came out, my parents got me the Sheri� of Notting-ham and Robin Hood ac-tion � gures. When I asked a family member who shall not be named what Robin Hood’s super powers were, unnamed family member replied he’s the one guy who has a proper relation-ship with his tax collector and local law enforcement.
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ones. One of the most downright strangest action � gures were the Crash Dummies series that came out in the early 1990s. Why kids like myself got all giddy about an action � gure whose superpower was the ability to fall apart on command is beyond me. Maybe it was because, un-like our siblings, the dam-age incurred to the � gure was not permanent.
� en there were the GI Joe action � gures based o� of the 1980s cartoon show. � eir superhero power was the capacity to survive repeated family summer vacations in which they were subjected to burials in mud, thrown across � elds, smashed by rocks, and tossed into creeks tied to a
thin piece of string. But all these action � g-
ures had the same super-power: � e ability to spark a kid’s imagination. Before they wake up and realizes that there is no master’s degree in superhero saving at the local state university (though you never know, considering the type of de-grees they o� er today) a kid needs to live out his dream of defeating egomaniacal villains in the most grandi-ose fashion with whatever superpower he wants.
� ey can also become an adult and come up with a kick ass idea that lands a business deal with a bil-lionaire.
Now that is a superhero power we all wish we had.
TJ Martinell is a sta� writer with the Kirkland Reporter newspaper.
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Upcoming city open houses and public hearings
Kirkland residents and business owners are encour-aged to attend upcoming open houses and public hear-ings on proposed updates to the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Neighborhood Plans and Citizen Amendment Requests.
Open houses July 23 and Aug. 13 as an opportunity to talk with sta� about speci� c changes being proposed to the Planning Commission, and where appropriate, the Houghton Community Council and Transportation Commission.
Open houses will be held from 5-7 p.m. at Kirkland City Hall, 123 5th Avenue, followed by the public hear-ings to be held in the Council Chambers.
� ose who are unable to attend can submit comments via email to [email protected]. Planning Commission meetings are televised live on Comcast Channel 21 and
Frontier Channel 31 and can be streamed from the City’s website at www.kirklandwa.gov and search “Planning Commission Meetings Online.”
� e Planning Com-mission, Transportation Commission and Houghton Community Council held the � rst joint Public Hearing on June 25 concerning the dra� Transportation Master Plan.
� e Planning Commission will hold its deliberation at its July 9 meeting on all items as part of the public hearings held on June 25.
Open houses and public hearings will be held again on July 23 and Aug. 13. Homes and businesses were recently mailed a special edition of the City’s newslet-ter, City update, (PDF) which contains more about these public events and meetings.
Peter Kirk Pool open
Kirkland’s Peter Kirk Pool is now open for the sum-mer. Enjoy lap swims, public swims, and wading pool swims.
Programs o� ered include
synchronized swimming camps, swimming lessons, and swim teams. Enjoy Fri-dayNight Fun Nights; sign up for Aquarobics.
� e pool is available for party rentals.
Lifeguards will be on duty at the city of Kirkland’s only outdoor public pool.
� e pool is located at 340 Kirkland Avenue in down-town.
For more information on programs and classes at the Peter Kirk Pool and for public swim schedules visit: www.kirklandwa.gov/aquatics.
Group lessons and private lessons are available for in-fants, youth, teens and adults. Trained instructors will teach students the important life safety skill of swimming. To register for lessons visit, www.kirklandparks.net.
Arts Commission seeks grant applications
� e Kirkland Cultural Arts Commission seeks innova-tive and creative art events and activations that showcase Kirkland’s arts, culture, and heritage.
Artists and arts organiza-
tions who have a unique proposal that promotes per-formance art, literary art, and other artistic ventures can apply for funding available through the Commission. � e Cultural Arts Commis-sion will give special interest to programs that expose art to new audiences.
Proposals are due by 4 p.m. on July 13. � e Com-
mission has up two $1,000 grants available in funding. Proposed activities must occur within Kirkland city limits and occur before Dec. 15.
� e grant application form is available online (PDF) at www.kirklandwa.gov or by contacting Ellen Miller-Wolfe at [email protected] or 425-587-3014.
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CREATIVE ARTIST (EVERETT, WA)
Sound Publishing, Inc. has a Creative Artist po- sit ion available at our Print Facility in Everett, WA. Position is FT and the schedule requires flexibility. Duties include performing ad and spec design, trafficking ads & providing excellent cus- tomer ser v ice to the sales staff and clients.
REQUIREMENTS:Experience with Adobe Creative Suite 6, InDe- sign, Photoshop, Illustra- tor, and Acrobat ( fo- c u s e d o n p r i n t ) . Excellent customer ser- vice, organization and communicat ion ski l ls. Ability to work indepen- dently, as well as part of a team, in a fast-paced environment. Newspa- per experience is pre- ferred but not required. AdTracker/DPS experi- ence a plus! Must be able to work indepen- dently as well as part of a team. If you can think outside the box, are well organized and would like to be part of a highly en- ergized, competitive and professional team, we want to hear from you! Please email your cover letter, resume, and a few work samples to:
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Sound Publishing, Inc. has a Creative Artist posi- tion available at the Daily Herald in Everett , WA. Posit ion is PT and the s c h e d u l e r e q u i r e s flexibility. Duties include performing conceptual design for ads, logos, page layout, marketing campaigns and collateral. The position will require providing excellent cus- tomer service to both in- ternal and external cus- tomers.
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CREATIVE ARTISTSound Publishing, Inc and The Whidbey News Times, a twice-weekly community newspaper located in Coupevil le, WA, has an immediate opening for a full-time Creative Artist. Duties in- clude performing ad de- sign, designing promo- t i o n a l m a t e r i a l s , providing excellent inter- nal and external custom- er service. Requires ex- cellent communication skills and the ability to work in a fast paced deadline-oriented envi- ronment . Exper ience w i th Adobe Crea t i ve Suite, InDesign, Photo- shop, Illustrator and Ac- robat strongly preferred, as is newspaper or other media experience. Must be able to work indepen- dently as well as part of a team. We offer a great w o r k e n v i r o n m e n t , health benefits, 401k, paid holidays, vacation and sick time. Please e- mail your resume, cover letter, and a few sam- ples of your work to:
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING
COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTOR (Everett, WA)
Sound Media, a division of Sound Publishing Inc., is seeking a Contractor to lead its social media and marketing communi- cations. Requires some- one who is passionate about Social Age Tech- no log ies and under - stands the cross channel campaign strategies of- fered by an innovative, 21st century consultative marketing team. Among many other things, this person will be respon- sible for:· developing enterprise- level online and offline marketing communica- t ions p lans and exe- cutable strategies, to be delivered and managed across multiple channels written for unique target audiences.· developing content and copy appropr ia te fo r press releases, online channels (web, digital), and marketing campaign messaging. · fo r mu la t i n g cu s t o - mizable marketing com- munications solutions for e a c h u n i q u e c l i e n t t h r o u g h a t h o r o u g h needs-assessment, en- sur ing recommended campaign strategies and related tactics meet or exceed client expecta- tions.Position may require a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experi- ence in the field or in a r e l a t e d a r e a , o r a n equivalent combination of education and practi- ca l exper ience. Must possess a reliable vehi- c le, val id Dr iver ’s L i - cense, and proof of cur- rent vehicle insurance coverage. This is an in- dependently contracted position and is paid as outlined in the contract.
in the subject line. Check out our website to find out more about us! www.soundpublishing.com
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REPORTERThe Snoqualmie Valley Record, a div is ion of Sound Publishing Inc. is seeking a general as- signment reporter with a minimum of 1-2 years writing experience and photography skills. This position is based out of the Nor th Bend office. The pr imary coverage will be general assign- ment stories. Schedule includes evening and/or weekend work. As a re- por ter for Sound Pub- lishing, you will be ex- pected to: be inquisitive and resourceful in the coverage of assigned beats; produce 5 by-line stories per week; write stories that are tight and to the point; use a digi- tal camera to take photo- graphs of the stories you c o v e r ; p o s t o n t h e publication’s web site; blog and use Twitter on the web; layout pages, using InDesign; shoot and edit videos for the web . We are looking for a team player willing to get involved in the local community through pub- l icat ion of the weekly newspaper and da i ly web jou r na l i sm. The ideal applicant will have a commitment to com- munity journalism and everything from shor t, brief-type stories about people and events to ex- amining issues facing the community; be able to spot emerging trends; wr i te clean, balanced and accurate stories that dig deeper than simple features; develop and in- stitute readership initia- tives. Candidates must have excellent communi- cation and organization- al skills, and be able to work e f fec t ive ly in a deadline-driven environ- ment. Must be proficient with AP style, layout and design using Adobe In- Des ign ; and use the publ ica t ion ’s webs i te and online tools to gath- er information and reach the community. Must be organized and self-moti- vated, exceptional with the public and have the ability to establish a rap- port with the community. We offer a competitive hourly wage and bene- f its package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and 401K (currently with an em- ployer match.) Email us your cover le t ter, re- sume, and include five examples of your best work showcasing your reporting skills and writ- ing chops to:
or mail to: Sound Publishing, Inc., 19426 68th Avenue S.
Kent, WA 98032, ATTN: HR/SNOQ
Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Em- ployer (EOE). Check out our website to find out more about us!www.soundpublishing.com
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EDITORSound Publishing has an immediate opening for Editor of the Journal of the San Juans in the beautiful San Juan Is- lands o f Wash ing ton state. This is not an en- try-level position. Re- quires a hands-on leader with a minimum of three years newspaper experi- ence including writing, editing, pagination, pho- tography, and InDesign skills. editing and moni- toring social media in- cluding Twit ter, Face- Book, etc.
We offer a competitive compensation and bene- f its package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and 401K (currently with an em- ployer match.) If you are interested, please email your cover letter, resume, and up to 5 samples of your work to:
Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Em- p l o y e r ( E O E ) a n d strongly supports diver- si ty in the workplace. Check out our website to find out more about us! www.soundpublishing.com
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EDITORSound Publishing has an immediate opening for Editor of the weekly pub- l i ca t i on on beau t i f u l Va s h o n I s l a n d , T h e Vashon Island Beach- comber, in Washington State. This is not an en- try-level position. Island residence is required.The successful candi- date must have a dem- onstrated interest in lo- cal political and cultural affairs, possesses excel- lent writing and verbal skills, experience editing reporters’ copy and oth- er submitted materials and be proficient in de- s ign ing and bu i ld ing pages with Adobe InDe- sign. Must represent the newspaper in the com- munity and know the val- ue and have experience with social media. Must lead, motivate, and men- tor a small staff.We offer a competitive compensation and bene- f i t s package tha t in - cludes medical, dental, vision and life insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and a 401K with an employer match. If you are inter- ested, please email your cover letter, resume, and samples of your work to:
Sound Publishing is the largest community news organization in Washing- ton State and an Equal Oppor tunity Employer. Visit our website to learn more about us!www.soundpublishing.com
REPORTER(EVERETT, WA)
The Daily Herald, a divi- sion of Sound Publish- ing, Inc. is looking for a productive journalist with the steady habits of a beat reporter, the human touch of a feature writer, and the voice of a col- umnist. Our community n ew s p a p e r w a n t s a spor ts repor ter who’s ready to become a fan favorite. Readers count on the Daily Herald to do a great job wi th high school and community spor ts in Snohomish County, WA. And they love our first-rate cover- age of professional and college sports in Seattle. Can you he lp us do both? Candidates need to be self-star ters and should be comfor table working for both pr int and digital platforms -- maintaining a blog and feeding a Twi t ter ac- count. Experience as a beat wr i ter preferred. Column-writing experi- ence a plus. Please email resume, cover letter, and up to 5 samples of your work to:
in the subject line.Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Em- p l o y e r ( E O E ) a n d strongly supports diver- si ty in the workplace. Check out our website to find out more about us!www.soundpublishing.com
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REPORTERT h e a w a r d - w i n n i n g n ew s p a p e r W h i d b ey News-Times is seeking an energetic, detailed- oriented reporter to write articles and features. Ex- perience in photography and Adobe InDes ign pre fer red. Appl icants must be able to work in a team-oriented, dead- line-driven environment, possess excellent writing skills, have a knowledge of community news and be able to write about multiple topics. Must re- locate to Whidbey Is- land, WA. This is a full- t ime posi t ion that in- cludes excellent bene- fits: medical, dental, life insurance, 401k, paid vacation, sick and holi- days. EOE . No cal ls p lease. Send resume with cover letter, three or more non- re tu r nable clips in PDF or Text for- mat and references to [email protected]
or mail to:HR/GARWNT
Sound Publishing, Inc.11323 Commando Rd
W, Main UnitEverett, WA 98204
REPORTERT h e a w a r d - w i n n i n g w e e k l y n e w s p a p e r , Bainbr idge Island Re- view, on Bainbridge Is- land, WA, has an open- i n g f o r a g e n e r a l assignment reporter. We want a skilled and pas- sionate writer who isn’t afraid to tackle meaty news stor ies. Experi- ence with photography and Adobe InDes ign pre fer red. Appl icants must be able to work in a team-oriented, dead- line-driven environment, possess excellent writing skills, have a knowledge of community news and be able to write about multiple topics. Must re- locate to Kitsap County. This is a part-time posi- tion, up to 29 hours per week, and includes paid vacation, sick and holi- days. EOE. No ca l l s p lease. Send resume with cover letter, three or more non- re tu r nable clips in PDF or Text for- mat and references to [email protected]
or mail to:HR/GARBIR
Sound Publishing, Inc.11323 Commando Rd
W, Main UnitEverett, WA 98204
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LIFESTYLES EDITORThe Daily World at Aber- deen, Wash. , has an opening for a Lifestyles editor. We are looking for someone who has an eye for design and a knack for finding the sto- ries and trends that shed light on what life is like in our community. The sec- tion also includes ar ts and entertainment news. The ideal candidate will have a bright, lively writ- ing style, a talent for so- cial media and be skilled in InDesign. Magazine experience would also be a plus. Aberdeen is o n t h e Wa s h i n g t o n Coast, an hour from the Olympic Rain Forest and two hours from Seattle. This is a full-time posi- tion. Benefits include, but are not l imited to, paid vacation, medical, vision, dental and life in- surance and a 401(K) p lan wi th a company match. Send a cover let- ter, resume and writing and design samples to:
[email protected] learn more about us, please visit us on the web at www.soundpu- blishing.com. The Daily World is an equal oppor- tunity employer.
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Cats
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DRIVER (CLASS B)Sound Publishing, Inc. is looking for an experienced truck driver with a CDL-B to drive out of Paine Field area in Everett, WA. Must have excellent driving record, be able to lift 50 lbs and load/unload truck.
Position is Full-Time, 40 hrs a week and include excellent bene� ts. The schedule varies and requires � exibility. Must have knowledge of the Puget Sound area. Must provide current copy of driving abstract at time of interview.
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Accepting resumes at:[email protected] by mail to:19426 68th Avenue S, Kent, WA 98032ATTN: HRPlease state which position and geographic area you are applying for.
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