Find us at KirklandWindermere.com 737 Market Street Kirkland, WA 98033 | 425-823-4600 Windermere Real Estate/Central, Inc. 530042 ANNEXATION QUESTIONS | City answers new residents’ questions [3] R EP O RTER .com KIRKLAND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING NEWSLINE: 425.822.9166 Postseason | Local high school teams prepare for playoffs and tournaments [13] Happy birthday | Kirkland toasts resident Ruth Hamby as she celebrates 105 years [8] BY MATT PHELPS [email protected]D amien Rommal got dressed for work ursday aſternoon. He put on his furry hands, brown face paint and flan- nel button-up shirt to strut his stuff on the “catwalk.” Dressed as a werewolf, Rommal joined his co- workers for a fashion show like no other at the Kirkland Value Village. “We don’t want them to go shy with it,” said Rommal of his co-workers. “We have very few rules, but we want it to be a little scary but fam- ily friendly, too. It is a fun 10 minutes of madness.” is is the second year that the chain has put on the ghoulish events each ursday aſternoon during October. It is aimed at giving shoppers ideas for Hallow- een costumes. riſt stores have long been a treasure trove for Halloween costumes and the chain has seized on that idea. Some of the fashion shows have a theme in Kirk- land, like the Oct. 13 zombie fashion show. “We got really theatrical with that one,” said Rommal. “We have people who really know how to do makeup and it is just a lot of fun.” Most of the staff is pas- sionate about entertain- ing customers during the fashion shows. “ey get really excited about doing it,” said store manager Paula Keleci. “is is our busiest time of year. Department stores have Christmas, we have Halloween. We put stuff aside all year for this.” e employ- ees at the store change their costumes each day and participate in the fashion show on ursdays in October. is is the second year that the chain has put on the events, with more than 270 stores participating through- out the Northwest. But some stores, like Kirkland, take it further than others. e Kirkland store will also have some extra fashion shows, like last weekend’s superhero theme. “We don’t just throw a wig on and call it a costume,” said employee Will Carlson, who, with his face painted and dressed as the character Cobra from G.I. Joe, held a The Pope, princesses and pirates parade at Village fashion show Above, Value Village employee Zef Gauge dressed as “The Masked Marauder” entertains customers during the thrift store’s Halloween fashion show. Top, employee Damien Rommal dresses as a werewolf for the fashion show. Below, employee Jeff Wright dressed as the Pope. CHAD COLEMAN, Kirkland Reporter BY MATT PHELPS [email protected]Kirkland resident John Overleese, 68, died on Oct. 1 of cancer. But the community will remember Overleese not by his final 18 months but by his life in Kirkland and his big heart. “He was gener- ous to a fault,” said Teddy Overleese, who was married to John for 46 years. “Whenever he saw someone who needed help he tried to help. He just loved helping people. Obviously he will be very missed. He was bigger than life.” Overleese was a Kirkland Rotarian, a member of Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve and the Wisdom Group. “He will be missed because of the little things,” said former Kirkland Mayor Bill Woods, who is also a Rotarian. “He was always the first one there when we needed a volunteer. He was a quiet guy but he made a difference.” But Overleese gave big, too. His biggest impact came from his donations to groups such as the Kirkland Per- formance Center, Kirkland Chamber of Commerce, the Alzheim- er’s Association and the Seattle Symphony. “He donated to all sorts of gatherings. It benefitted so many organizations I can’t even tell you them all,” Rotarian had big heart and did ‘the little things’ John Overleese [ more OVERLEESE page 5 ] [ more COSTUMES page 9 ] Halloween happenings Some of the holiday events around Kirkland [ more EVENTS page 12 ] Are you looking for a fun and safe way to celebrate Hal- loween with your kids? From haunted houses and monster bashes to fun fortune-telling, there are several Halloween happenings going on in Kirkland. ree: Come enjoy the Jack- Haunted House on Oct. 28 at the Kirkland Boys & Girls Club. ere will be lots of games, candy and fun times. e jamboree will be held from 5-7 p.m. and is free for all ages. Everyone is welcome to wear a costume. e haunted house will run from 7-11 p.m. and costs $5 per person. Recom- mended for ages 12 years old and up. Keep in mind the haunted house is scary. e Kirkland Boys & Girls Club is located at 10805 124th Ave. N.E., Kirkland. For more information please contact the club at 425-827- 0132. What kid doesn’t love Hal- loween? What isn’t cuter than preschoolers dressed in clever, imaginative and “oh so cute” Halloween costumes? A great way for preschoolers age five and under to enjoy this year’s Halloween is to come to the City of Kirkland’s 8th annual Pee Wee Monster Bash Carnival from 10 a.m.
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Damien Rommal got dressed for work Th ursday aft ernoon.
He put on his furry hands, brown face paint and fl an-nel button-up shirt to strut his stuff on the “catwalk.” Dressed as a werewolf, Rommal joined his co-workers for a fashion show like no other at the Kirkland Value Village.
“We don’t want them to go shy with it,” said Rommal of his co-workers. “We have very few rules, but we want it to be a little scary but fam-ily friendly, too. It is a fun 10 minutes of madness.”
Th is is the second year that the chain has put on the ghoulish events each Th ursday aft ernoon during October. It is aimed at giving shoppers ideas for Hallow-een costumes. Th rift stores have long been a treasure trove for Halloween costumes and the chain has seized on that idea. Some of the fashion shows have a theme in Kirk-land, like the Oct. 13 zombie fashion show.
“We got really
theatrical with that one,” said Rommal. “We have people who really know how to do makeup and it is just a lot of fun.”
Most of the staff is pas-sionate about entertain-ing customers during the fashion shows.
“Th ey get really excited about doing it,” said store
manager Paula Keleci. “Th is is our busiest time of year. Department stores have Christmas,
we have Halloween. We put stuff aside
all year for this.”Th e employ-ees at the store
change their costumes each day and participate in the fashion show on Th ursdays in October.
Th is is the second year that the chain has put on the events, with more than 270 stores participating through-out the Northwest. But some stores, like Kirkland, take it further than others. Th e Kirkland store will also have some extra fashion shows, like last weekend’s superhero theme.
“We don’t just throw a wig on and call it a costume,” said employee Will Carlson, who, with his face painted and dressed as the character Cobra from G.I. Joe, held a
The Pope, princesses and pirates parade at Village fashion show
Above, Value Village employee Zef Gauge dressed as “The Masked Marauder” entertains customers during the thrift store’s Halloween fashion show. Top, employee Damien Rommal dresses as a werewolf for the fashion show. Below, employee Jeff Wright dressed as the Pope. CHAD COLEMAN, Kirkland Reporter
Kirkland resident John Overleese, 68, died on Oct. 1 of cancer. But the community will remember Overleese not by his fi nal 18 months but by his life in Kirkland and his big heart.
“He was gener-ous to a fault,” said Teddy Overleese, who was married to John for 46 years. “Whenever he saw someone who needed help he tried to help. He just loved helping people. Obviously he will be very missed. He was bigger than life.”
Overleese was a Kirkland Rotarian, a member of Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve and the
Wisdom Group. “He will be missed
because of the little things,” said former Kirkland Mayor Bill Woods, who is also a Rotarian. “He was always the fi rst one there when we needed a volunteer. He was
a quiet guy but he made a diff erence.”
But Overleese gave big, too.
His biggest impact came from his donations to groups such as the Kirkland Per-
formance Center, Kirkland Chamber
of Commerce, the Alzheim-er’s Association and the Seattle Symphony.
“He donated to all sorts of gatherings. It benefi tted so many organizations I can’t even tell you them all,”
Rotarian had big heart and did ‘the little things’
John Overleese
[ more OVERLEESE page 5 ]
[ more COSTUMES page 9 ]
Halloween happenings Some of the holiday events around Kirkland
[ more EVENTS page 12 ]
Are you looking for a fun and safe way to celebrate Hal-loween with your kids? From haunted houses and monster bashes to fun fortune-telling, there are several Halloween happenings going on in Kirkland.
ree: Come enjoy the Jack-
Haunted House on Oct. 28 at the Kirkland Boys & Girls Club. Th ere will be lots of games, candy and fun times.
Th e jamboree will be held from 5-7 p.m. and is free for all ages. Everyone is welcome to wear a costume.
Th e haunted house will run from 7-11 p.m. and costs $5 per person. Recom-
mended for ages 12 years old and up. Keep in mind the haunted house is scary.
Th e Kirkland Boys & Girls Club is located at 10805 124th Ave. N.E., Kirkland. For more information please contact the club at 425-827-0132.
What kid doesn’t love Hal-loween? What isn’t cuter than preschoolers dressed in clever, imaginative and “oh so cute” Halloween costumes? A great way for preschoolers age fi ve and under to enjoy this year’s Halloween is to come to the City of Kirkland’s 8th annual Pee Wee Monster Bash Carnival from 10 a.m.
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The Seattle Times Endorses Toby Nixon “Knitting [the annexed] areas into the
city poses challenges that will require enthusiasm and deft political handling. Toby Nixon, who is challenging the Position 4 incumbent, brings both. The Kingsgate resident worked for the annexation as co-chair of Citizens for One Kirkland; incumbent Jessica Greenway was the lone council vote against annexation.
“Nixon is a seasoned leader with extensive local and statewide connec-tions as a former state representative, former fire district commissioner, chairman of the Kirkland Ethics Task Force and president of the Washington Coalition of Open Government.”
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Kirkland Fire Fighters Endorse Toby Nixon
“Kirkland Firefighters are proud to stand with and endorse Toby Nixon for Kirkland City Council. Firefighters have held a long standing relationship with Toby Nixon in his commitment to Emer-gency Services and the Fire Service in the Washington State Legislature, as a community activist in support of our recent annexation, and as Fire Com-missioner, Fire District 41.… He is ac-cessible and connected to his commu-nity and its affiliates. Public Safety and Emergency Services will remain a top priority as he transitions into the posi-tion of Kirkland City Council.
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Th e Lake Washington School District Board of Directors is embarking on its process to fi nd a successor to Dr. Chip Kimball, who will be leaving aft er this school year.
As the fi rst step, the board is asking parents and com-munity members to provide input into what they should look for in candidates for that position.
“Finding the right indi-vidual to lead our school district is among the most important tasks we do as a school board,” noted Board President Jackie Pendergrass. “We have several very impor-tant initiatives underway as a district, such as the change in grade confi guration of our schools. Given these challenges, we are trying to determine the kind of leader who will best help us com-plete that work.”
Th e survey covers the critical issues facing the district and the background, experiences or characteristics a new superintendent should have. Th is feedback will help the board refi ne their hiring
criteria for the new superin-tendent.
Parents and community members can take the survey by going online to the district Web site, www.lwsd.org, and clicking on the super-intendent survey link.
Other ways to provide feedback to the board on this important subject include sending an email to the board at [email protected], which will send your email to each board member.
Woodall chosen as president fi nalist of LWIT
Dr. David Woodall was unanimously chosen as the fi nalist for Lake Washing-ton Institute of Technology (LWIT) president by the college’s board of trustees at its Oct. 10 meeting.
Dr. Woodall’s selection as the fi nalist nearly completes a year-long process which involved participation from college students, employees and community members.
“Th roughout the selection process, the board gathered input from the college and surrounding community regarding the qualities they sought in the college’s president,” said Bruce J. Reid, chair of the LWIT Board of
Trustees. “Th e board believes Dr. Woodall embodies those qualities expressed by the community and his qualifi ca-tions fi t with both the school’s mission and the board’s
vision.”“Th is is a wonder-
ful college with a fantastic future and I’m pleased to be selected as a candidate to lead the institute,” Dr. Woodall said. “Th e next fi ve years are critical for both the
state and region. While there are funding challenges today, our region is growing and there is a strong demand for a technologically skilled workforce. LWIT provides an impressive range of cutting-edge technology training. We must remain agile and prepared to meet specifi c and general workforce demand as the economy grows.”
Dr. Woodall has served as the college’s interim president since January 2011, when Dr. Sharon McGavick retired.
Prior to coming to the LWIT, Dr. Woodall served in a number of senior leadership positions at the Oregon Insti-tute of Technology including interim president.
Dr. Woodall has a doctor-ate in Applied Physics from Cornell University, and a master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Columbia University.
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The Kirkland City Council held a special meeting with annexa-
tion area residents Oct. 19 at Finn Hill Junior High to discuss issues important to the new citizens of Kirkland.
Residents submitted 48 written questions to the council during the meet-ing, all of which were answered in a recent email to a Finn Hill Neighbor-hood Committee organizer. Th e questions ranged from taxes, parks, and planning, to policing and many other varied topics.
Here are just a few of the questions and answers covered in the response.
One of the hottest topics for Finn Hill residents is the construction of a new fi re station. Residents asked for an update of where the process is currently.
Th e city responded that it is in the selection process for hiring an architecture/engineering fi rm to conduct a siting analysis for potential locations, including two sites that the now-defunct Fire District No. 41 previously considered.
Th e proposal deadline was
Sept. 14 and the selection committee will be interview-ing the top two candidates within the next couple of weeks. Th e next step will be to defi ne criteria for evaluat-ing sites and review public outreach eff orts.
Another resident asked if the issue of banning panhandling in Kirkland has been raised. Th e city has not approached the issue but noted that some sur-rounding cities have passed ordinances to prohibit the practice.
City offi cials said the recent annexation has led to the Parks and Community Services Department updat-ing the city’s Comprehensive Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan (‘PROS’ Plan).
Th e PROS Plan identifi es goals, objectives, and levels of service for the city’s park system and identifi es priori-ties for future development, renovation, and acquisition
projects. For more informa-tion visit the city’s Web site at www.kirklandwa.gov.
A very candid answer came from the city when asked if it will enforce code violations within the neigh-borhoods.
“Th e answer to this question is generally, no,” said city offi cials. “Th e city receives hundreds of complaints and responds on a complaint-based system. However, staff will proactively investigate and follow-up on life/safety and/or environmental degrada-tion situations.”
In another question about junk cars and other code enforcement issues, the city responded: “Code enforce-ment has been very busy in the new neighborhoods with these and other issues. Since June 1, of the 42 complaints fi led having junk vehicle, weeds and property mainte-nance as primary issues, at least 16 have been from the new neighborhoods.”
Citizens may fi le com-plaints on the city’s Web site. Complaints may be mailed to or dropped off at City Hall as well. All will be investigated as soon as pos-sible, offi cials said.
City representatives said
the potential new lacrosse fi eld at Big Finn Hill Park needs to go through the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) processes before progressing.
“King County started this review and will be forward-ing the SEPA checklist and responses to citizen’s ques-tions and comments to the city,” said city offi cials. “Th e city will be issuing a SEPA determination that will include an appeal period. Th e city will also be making a decision on the grading permit application that the county has reviewed pursu-ant to county rules.”
City inspectors will over-see construction of the fi eld. For up-to-date informa-tion, visit the city’s Web site.
On the topic of law enforcement, the city said that data does not support the use of red-light cameras in the city. Th e city also moved to squash ru-mors that it will contract out police offi cers to Kenmore and Woodinville.
On the subject of neigh-borhood watch programs, the city urges residents to contact the Neighborhood Resource Offi cer through
the Kirkland Police Depart-ment.
One resident requested that Kirkland take a look at reducing the speed limit on Northeast Juanita Drive. Offi cials said speed is set by what people are comfort-able with on that particular road and what is reasonably enforced.
“Many, many studies have shown that changing the speed limit has little to do with how fast people travel,” city offi cials said. “Th is is tested by measuring speeds before the change and then aft er the change. Invari-ably, there’s no diff erence in speeds. What changes speed is the ‘feel’ of the road. When
it’s wide and straight, with open expanses on each
side, it feels like you can go faster. People naturally drive slower on streets
One resident requested bike lanes on a portion of street and the city responded that it needs a constant four feet of shoulder to imple-ment the lane.
Th ere were also many questions about installing
new crosswalks in specifi c locations. Many of these requests had to do with kids walking to school.
City offi cials said they work closely with the Lake Washington School District to provide safe walk routes and have applied for many state and federal grants for these projects. Th e city then prioritizes requests.
Th e next Finn Hill neighborhood meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., Nov. 30 at Finn Hill Junior High School. Th e biggest topic will be to approve the proposal for the Denny Creek Neigh-borhood Alliance (DCNA) to become the recognized neighborhood association for the Finn Hill area.
Approval would include changing the organization’s name and expanding the purpose of the organiza-tion to embrace not only environmental stewardship issues but also other matters of interest to the community at large (for example, zoning, transportation and public safety).
To see all 48 questions and answers, please visit the City of Kirkland Web site at www.kirklandwa.gov.
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said Teddy, who is also very involved with the com-munity including her work with the Kirkland Down-town Association and the Greater Kirkland Cham-ber of Commerce. “We estimated that he gave over $200,000. He raised $10,000 for Evergreen Hospital for one tasting.”
Overleese worked in the wine and spirits industry representing premium brands that included: Dom Perignon, Hennessey, Tanqueray, Johnnie Walker and was one of 15 Scotch Masters in the U.S. He would donate tastings to auctions and other fund-raising events.
Woods said that he got a better appreciation for the “finer” drinks after partici-pating in a tasting.
“He knew what he was talking about and it was dif-ferent after you went to one of those things.”
“He loved his job and loved having parties,” said Teddy. “He was known for his knowledge of wines and spirits and he always had the best stuff.”
Overleese was passionate about other things like be-ing a Master Gardener.
“We have a neighbor
who built a ladder to come across the fence so he could enjoy the garden,” said Teddy, who’s yard has nine fruit trees and many dif-ferent varieties of fruit and vegetables. “The grandchil-dren all loved to come to grandpa’s garden.”
Another passion was be-ing a part of Rotary.
“He loved selling Duck Dash tickets,” said Teddy. “He would talk to people about their families and follow them out to their car. I think they would buy one just to get rid of him but he just loved talking to people.”
Woods said that Overleese was pas-sionate about keep-ing Rotary money in the community to help Kirklanders.
“He loved to sell those tickets and he was ada-mant that the money go to community services,” said Woods.
Overleese went into a coma before his death but Woods did get to say good-bye to his friend.
“I held his hand and let him know how much everyone loved him,” said Woods. “And he squeezed my hand.”
Overleese was born on
March 20, 1943 in Califor-nia and lived in the small desert town of Kelso where his father worked for Union Pacific Railroad and his mother was a teacher.
He moved to Las Vegas while still in elementary school and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1960. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Busi-ness Administration and was married in 1965.
Overleese was a Naval Supply Corp Officer aboard the USS Henrico during the Vietnam War and honor-
ably discharged as a Lieutenant in 1969.
He was hired by United Vintners and transferred to the Northwest in
1974 as a states man-ager living in Kirkland.
He is survived by his wife, Teddy, sons Jason and Erik, daughter-in-law Kris, grandchildren Ethan and Tessa.
A service for Overleese will be held at 2 p.m. on Oct. 28 at the Kirkland Performance Center. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, to send donations to Evergreen Hospital Foundation: 12040 N.E. 128th Street, MS#5, Kirk-land, WA 98034-3013.
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Toby will be annexation area’s voice on council
I support Toby Nixon for Kirkland City Council. I’ve known Toby for a few years and I know this about Toby: 1. Toby is dedicated to community service. Every time I have seen him it has been in some volunteer capacity for the community. 2. Toby has an analytical mind and solves problems. 3. Toby is a nice guy. His leader-ship skills enable him to work with people from diverse backgrounds and achieve consensus.
Toby understands that city govern-ment must be aff ordable. Th e council must do a better job of planning. It is unconscionable that his oppo-nent supported a large property tax increase; property tax is the cruelest tax of all. Sales taxes tend to go up and
down as our circumstances change. Property tax just goes up and up. It’s nearly impossible to downsize just to save on taxes and yet property taxes are driving people out of their homes. I would like to ask Toby’s opponent why she didn’t do something about Kirkland streets before it was a crisis and before she had to ask the an-nexation area to pay for the council’s negligence. We maintained our roads, now we are asked to pay to repair their roads.
Toby will actively work to bring business to Kirkland. Th e best way to achieve growth and provide the services Kirkland wants is to have a vibrant business community. Toby will start on day one working to bring businesses to Kirkland. Th e annexa-tion area does not have a voice on the council, which is taxation without representation. Toby will be our voice. Won’t you join me in voting for Toby
Nixon? Jeanie D. McCombs, Kirkland
Greenway has honesty, integrity
Th e qualities I like best about Jes-sica Greenway are her honesty and in-tegrity. Jessica has common sense and lots of energy to get things done. She’s not afraid to make decisions based on what’s best for Kirkland to thrive. In-dependent thinking and knowledge-able decision making are the qualities we want on the city council.
Greenway is the only person on the council with Planning Commission experience. She listens and responds to Kirkland citizens. Kirkland’s way of life, public safety and a balanced bud-get are at the top of Jessica’s agenda. We must reelect her.Lorrie Moore, Kingsgate
Reject rejection and support Sternoff
Th e behavior of the Citizens for Concerned Kirkland, an anonymous Political Action Committee, has compelled me to action.
I am writing a general letter to the community in support of Bob Sternoff , our long-standing and expe-rienced councilman who is running for reelection to a third term. Over the past years, I have attended many council meetings, as well as been part of meetings with council to report on various public art issues related to our Kirkland neighborhoods and downtown streets. When I compare the two candidates, I cannot fathom selecting the opponent over Bob.
In spite of outright attacks, Bob has continued to serve Kirkland tirelessly over the span of
Well, as an editor said, that sure went fast.
Certainly did.
It seems like just a few weeks ago that I walked into
an offi ce in Kirkland and began working
at the smallest newspaper I’d been with
since graduating from college in the ‘60s.
As I wrote then, in August, I was fi lling in
for a reporter who was on medical leave,
and he’s recovered, doing fi ne, and he’s
back at work, so I’m not.
As I also wrote then, in pondering the
roles of information and newspapers in an
age of tiny smartphone screens, the weeks here have been a learn-
ing experience, working on a weekly paper in my hometown after a
career spent on a big-city metro, The Seattle Times.
I wish I could say I’ve discovered some answers. I haven’t.
In a way, the work turned out to be like what I’d done nearly my
entire life. Spell the names right. Make sure the addresses are good.
Try to write so someone might read it.
The experiences also solidifi ed my thinking about what’s the
basis of reporting, the sense of discovery, the sense of surprise.
A story about what seemed like just a foreclosed house on
Seventh Avenue turned out to involve a hundreds-of-millions-of-
dollars business collapse. An apartment project on Lake Washington
Boulevard revolved around the ideas of an engaging guy from Tibet.
But a couple of the major things I thought about weren’t even
really in Kirkland, although I was working for the Kirkland Reporter.
One was the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, which makes its
Eastside landfall in Medina.
Yet that bridge largely determined Kirkland’s fate, since the city
virtually had been destroyed by the Mercer Island Floating Bridge
in 1940, allowing Bellevue to eclipse what had been the bigger city
to the north.
That bridge, part of SR 520, also largely determined my fate, and
the fates of thousands of other drivers who used it daily.
It allowed me to live one place and work in another. At about fi ve
hours a week spent in its four lanes, I fi gure that about fi ve years of
my life passed staring at its concrete over more than 40 years.
Because of the profession I was in, 520 also had other profound
eff ects.
A few years ago, I was surprised to be thumbing through some
fading clippings at The Times and noticed an article about 520,
illustrated with elaborate graphics, of how the state was considering
putting in reversible lanes to solve traffi c jams.
“Wow!” I thought. “This is pretty interesting. I wonder who wrote
this?”
Then I looked at the byline. I wrote it. In 1970. Now, only 44 years
later, in 2014, the bridge might be replaced, leading to a certain
skepticism about when people say they’re going to do things and
when they get done.
There was also another aspect, of other memories, of crooked toll
collectors caught pocketing dimes and quarters in the 1970s, of kids
in a Saab convertible who died while apparently adjusting the car’s
radio on the bridge in 1993, of a thing called the Trans-Lake Study
that went on for years in the late 1990s, looking at everything from
a tunnel under Lake Washington — one end would have to be at
Lake Union and the other in Redmond — to a mythical third lake
bridge, which would have dumped eight lanes of traffi c at about
Juanita Drive.
One event I’ve never been able to erase from my memory took
place in September, 1998, when Stephanie Breeding died on the
bridge.
She was 17, a passenger in the back of an SUV that went off the
bridge near Foster Island, at the west end.
Two young men in front survived. Stephanie, trapped in the back
in the shallow water, died.
She’d gone to Lake Washington High School, then transferred
to Mt. Si High in Snoqualmie, and I went there to learn about her;
inevitably, a receptionist said the school couldn’t divulge anything,
because of confi dentiality laws.
As I turned to leave, and as I’ll never forget, the receptionist said
one more thing.
“I suppose I could tell you about Oprah,” she said.
I turned around, and agreed the Oprah Winfrey show probably
wasn’t a secret, and then learned how Stephanie had undergone a
heart transplant a year
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Give the lady some space, please.Th at’s probably what Ruth Hamby would have told the
crowd of 50 that was gathered at Emeritus at Kirkland on Oct. 20 to celebrate her 105th birthday.
But for a moment, the woman who is known for talking and telling it like it is was temporarily speechless. Perhaps she was overwhelmed by her birthday surprise.
Bill Fenner, executive director of the retirement facility, held a microphone up to a cell phone so Hamby could hear the man talking. Mayor Michael W. Seiber of Earlington, Ky. – Hamby’s hometown – wished her a happy birthday and proclaimed Oct. 20 as “Ruth Hamby Day” from that day forward.
Kirkland’s Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet also wished the woman well on behalf of the city during the event.
“Any words of wisdom?” Fenner asked Hamby.And then the words came and the crowd listened as though
Hamby was reciting the winning lottery numbers.
“Keep busy,” she said.“Enjoy life and be kind to others.”“My mother always said shape up because if you look nice,
you’ll feel nice.”“We were taught right is right and wrong is very wrong.”Born Oct. 20, 1906, Hamby grew up in the small Kentucky
town as the oldest of four. She married her hometown sweet-heart, Earl, in 1927. Th e couple bought their fi rst house for $200 and later moved to Vancouver, Wash., where Earl got a job at the Kaiser shipyards in 1941. Hamby helped christen one of the naval war ships that was built there.
When she was 40 and ready to adopt a child aft er having dif-fi culty conceiving, she fi nally became pregnant with her only son, Jack.
Jack, who was at the event with his wife, Carolyn, was amazed at the City of Earlington proclamation in honor of his mother. “Th at’s really neat mom. I’ll be darned,” he said.
What did he think about his mother turning 105?“I’d say it surprises us, but I’m not so sure it does anymore,”
he laughed, recalling his mom’s splendid banana cream pies and spoon bread.
During the event, Hamby asked Jack to tell her “beautiful grandchildren” that she loves them. She also spoke about her grandson’s wedding that she got to attend a few weeks ago.
“Th ere’s nothing that makes you happier than a happy, married life,” she said, adding love is most important. “No love is ever wasted. Every bit of love that you show is refl ected in others and it makes the world a better place to live.”
Black and white photos displayed throughout the lobby showed Hamby throughout her life: Hamby, a smiling seven- year-old and at sweet 16; Hamby with her infant son; and another photo of her and late husband, Earl, looking out over the location of the soon-to-be constructed Grand Coulee Dam.
In many of the photos, Hamby wore lovely hats.“She’s always dolled up like this every day,” said Merna
Strassner, a resident at Emeritus. “She puts me to shame. She’s a doll, you know.”
Millie Watts met Hamby four years ago when she was visit-ing a friend at the facility.
“Here’s what she said to me: ‘You know, I’m so surprised that I’m still here,” said Watts. “I said, ‘yes, this is a nice facility.’ And Ruth said, ‘No, I mean to be alive – I’m over 100.’ Th at just captivated my heart.”
Resident Barbara Lovett will be 100 this July and says Hamby is her inspiration. “Th at’s my goal to get her age and maybe surpass it by a year. She’s been my goal all these years.”
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Carlson let customers know how much the costume cost, how much of it was new and how much was used.
The range of costumes put together for the Oct. 20 fashion show was very di-verse, ranging from the scary – a Texas zombie, bloody dark Dracula and a horse murderer – to other random characters, including a masked marauder, American Indian, trailer park princess, pirate, hobo, Taylor Swift, goth princess, the Pope, Iron Woman and Kurt Cobain.
“You just find one piece and build off of it,” said Shawnacy Bryant-Sloane, who won the company’s costume competition for her pirate zombie. “We just like to have fun.”
On average, people who dress up for Halloween begin preparing for the holiday 61 days in advance, 13 percent plan an entire year in advance and 20 percent wait until the last minute, according to Value Village.com.
And with just three days until Halloween, many customers might find it
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Value Village staff member Kit Tusynski was one of two Trailer Park Princesses at the Value Village Halloween fashion show in Kirland on Oct. 20. CHAD COLEMAN, Kirkland Reporter
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Council members back Hague
-lighted her depth of support from elected officials on the Eastside.
McConkey of the Town of
of Kirkland, John Marchione
of the Town of Yarrow Point,
Gerend of Sammamish, and -
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opponent.
endorsement of six of the
members; six of the seven Redmond City Coun-cil members; and four of the seven Kirkland City Council
has been endorsed by 32 city council members.
“I am honored to have the support of the majority of mayors and city council members on the Eastside,”
partner with local officials is key to successful leadership as a county council member. It is clear that my colleagues at the local level believe I am the best representative for their neighborhoods and families. I am active in local organizations and charities, while my opponent cannot point to a single Eastside organization in which he has direct involvement.”
Church hosts free medical clinic
in Kirkland is hosting a week-ly free medical clinic on its site beginning mid-October.
-bile medical unit owned and managed by the Puget Sound Christian Clinic of Shoreline and will be staffed by volun-teer doctors, nurse practitio-ners and other medical and spiritual care professionals.
in the community who are uninsured, underinsured, or because of financial stress cannot access medical care.
In an effort to fulfill the church’s wish to “bring hope and help to our neighbors in need” the clinic will be avail-able from 5-8:30 p.m. every
The Juanita girls soccer team ended last week with a tie and a loss to
undefeated Liberty.On Oct. 18, Juanita battled
to a 1-1 tie with Mount Si. Leah Corra scored the fi rst goal of the game for the Wildcats in the 42nd minute, but Kaila Bass tied the game with 66 minutes on the clock to even the game.
On Oct. 20, Juanita hosted the undefeated Liberty Patri-ots, losing 5-3. Sara Holden had the fi rst goal of the game in the 25th minute, but it was followed a minute later by Shannon Daly’s goal for Lib-erty to make it 1-1. Karissa Radke scored next in the 36th minute to give the Rebels an edge, but again it was short lived, as Liberty scored in the 37th minute of the game.
Aft er halft ime the two teams continued to trade
goals, with Radke scoring, this time assisted by Hannah Johnson, in the 43rd minute. It wasn’t until Kailiana Johnson scored in the 62nd minute that Liberty tied the game gain. Aft er that, the Patriots scored two more unanswered goals to give the team the win.
Cross town from Juanita, the Lake Washington girls team traveled to Liberty on Oct. 18, losing 3-0. Th e Pa-triots had the fi rst goal in the 8th minute, followed by the second in the 11th minute. Lake Washington played strong defense, battling until the 65th minute when Liberty scored the fi nal goal of the game.
On Oct. 20, Lake Washing-ton hosted Bellevue during the fi nal home game of the season. Th e team honored it’s six seniors, and beat Bellevue 1-0. Senior defender Jessie Zogg earned the goal, aft er
taking a free kick from a foul on Emma Holm. Zogg’s kick sailed high, bouncing past the Bellevue keeper.
Despite their best eff orts, Bellevue could not capitalize
on chances aft er Lake Wash-ington’s goal and the Kangs took the win.
Th e KingCo girls soccer tournament will take place next week, with the top team
earning an automatic bid to the state tournament. Th e No. 2 KingCo team will play a Metro team with the chance to win the fi nal spot to state from district 2.
VolleyballOn Oct. 19, the Juanita
volleyball team lost to Interlake 3-1. Aft er winning the fi rst game 25-18, the team from Kirkland fell in a close second game 27-25, before Interlake opened the gap with a 25-19 win in game three and 25-21 in game four.
Lake Washington earned a conference win, beating Sammamish Oct. 19 in a three game match. Lake Washington won 25-12, 25-9 and 25-4 for the league win.
Jess Lund had fi ve kills, as did Maddie Lind and Dana Hasert.
Oct. 24 Juanita and Lake Washington faced off in the fi nal game of the regular
season. Lake Washington won the meeting 3-0. Th e Kangs took game one with a 25-8 score, while winning games two and three 25-14 and 25-19.
During the matches, Lund had fi ve kills and four
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Arash Hafi zi, of Lake Washington High School, returns a hit during the KingCo tennis tournament last week at Eastlake High School. MEGAN
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Lake Washington High School senior girls soccer team members were honored during the fi nal home game. Players are, from left, Cassie Lively, Chloe Clowers, Emma Holm, Jayme Dailey, Jessie Zogg and Kennedy Nicholson and are pictured with family members. CONTRIBUTED
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Girls soccer: Rebels, Kangs wrap up regular season
JUANITA WINS RIVALRY GAME AGAINST LW
For the second straight year Juanita held their cross
town rivals Lake Washington scoreless during the Kirkland
rivalry game on Oct. 21.Playing at Lake Washington
High School, Juanita won the battle 48-0.
The Rebels had seven points in the first quarter thanks
to a 38-yard pass from Riley Hilliker to Ryan Reid. The
team followed it up with 27 points in the second quarter.
Trayon McNairy made two of the runs, the first off a
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If you have a son or daughter that has played soccer in the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Associa-tion (LWYSA), then chances are you have visited 60 Acres Park in Redmond, the largest soccer com-plex west of the Mississippi.
Home to LWYSA matches as well as national tournaments and a myriad of other events, the aging park requires as much as $500,000 of maintenance and upgrade costs annually, and a new organization is spearheading the effort to raise the funds needed to keep the park in top shape.
“Our maintenance costs have now approached almost half a million a year,” explained Curt Bate-man, Director of Community De-velopment for the LWYSA Crossfire soccer club. “We fund that solely from user fees and our own budget, so there’s no taxpayer money that goes into this. We’d like to improve the park and there’s several things we’d like to do to make it a better place.”
MORE THAN JUST SOCCERWhat many visitors to 60 Acres
Park may not realize is that the facility’s use goes far beyond its 25 soccer fields.
“Every Wednesday during the summer, the Seattle Area Soar-ing Society comes down and has their club night, and on any given morning you’ll see several guys down here flying their electric planes,” said Bateman, adding the local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts participate in rocket launches at the park. “We’re very pleased to be the only venue that you can do rocket launches on.”
The Potlatch Ultimate Frisbee tournament was held on Fourth of July Weekend, drawing hundreds of the top Ultimate players from the Pacific Northwest and Canada, and the park is conveniently located next to the popular Sammamish River Trail, which connects Eastside
recreational hot spots.In addition, the park hosted the
opening of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure event in September last year, an event that drew 3,000 participants and volunteers, and Bateman met with representatives from Redmond-based Hopelink last week to discuss future plans for a fundraiser, which may involve a 5K run.
“It is right at 5K from Marymoor to 60 Acres, so that works out really well,” Bateman said. “We just did a food drive for Hopelink a couple weeks ago, and the donations were incredible, something like 2,500 pounds of food. We’d like to do something really large to aid them in their quest to make Redmond hunger-free.”
The park is best known for soc-cer, however, and as the hundreds of kids of all ages that use the facility on a daily basis from June to Octo-ber can attest to, it is a vital part of the community.
“Our goal with this organiza-tion is to maintain the fields so that everybody, not just soccer players, gets a chance at this community re-source,” said Redmond City Council member David Carson, who is on the organization’s advisory board. “It’s an amazing resource for the community and we need to take care of it.”
AN ECONOMIC BOOSTCarson, who is also the chairman
of the city’s Lodging and Tax Advi-sory Committee (LTAC), pointed out that a well-maintained 60 Acres Park will drive money into the city of Redmond and the surrounding Eastside region as seen during the park’s hosting of the girls’ national soccer championships, when 120 teams from around the country and 180 from the LWYSA came down for one week during the summer.
Bateman noted that those 300 teams booked out 2,000 hotel rooms for the tournament.
“That’s part of the importance of 60 Acres,” he said. “It drives a lot of tourism dollars into the city.”
Carson went on to describe how he has friends in the Tri-Cities area of Washington who often come to play at 60 Acres, and that the LTAC is now supporting a grant program that provides marketing dollars for an event if it’s in Redmond, a perk that Crossfire happily participates in.
“We get a huge influx of people... some stay at our hotels, and there are not many hotels to the north which is great because Redmond gets the bulk of it,” Carson ex-plained. “To me, that’s the kind of activity we can support on the LTAC. It brings people to us, and that helps not just the hotels, but obviously the rest of the economy.”
PAVING THE WAYBeing that King County “doesn’t
put a lot of money into the park,” according to Carson, the money needed currently comes from the LWYSA budget and park user fees that are included in soccer registra-
tion costs – and now fundraisers put on by the organization.
Friends of 60 Acres’ first big campaign is underway, and it will allow park supporters to purchase engraved pavers. Individuals can purchase 4-inch by 8-inch bricks for $65 or an 8-inch by 8-inch for $120, and business sponsorship oppor-tunities are available at the $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 levels which include larger pavers mounted in a prominent location at the park.
“There are a lot of people that played here 30 years ago, and we’re hoping they’ll pony up and buy a paver, and that some corporations buy one at a higher level,” Bateman said on the fundraiser. “We’re hop-ing to raise a quarter of a million dollars.”
The park’s current maintenance project is a much-needed improve-ment to the water irrigation system, as 60 Acres has had to open late the past two years because it has been too wet, only to not have enough
water once July and the warmer summer weather hits.
“There’s not enough electricity to run a bigger pump, and currently we’re pumping out of the river,” Bateman said. “What we want to do is upgrade that, and be ready for Brightwater, which comes in next year. We want to put some sprin-klers in the ground and buy larger irrigators so we can keep the fields a little softer and grow better grass.”
Added Carson, “This is a way that the community can support (the park), en masse, on a grand scale and get the bang for the buck that you don’t see from government.”
For more information, visit www.friendsof60acres.org. If you are interested in purchasing a paver or becoming a corporate sponsor, click on the “Donations” tab on the left side of the page or contact Bateman at (425) 821-1741 or e-mail [email protected].
Published in the Redmond Reporter on October 21, 2011.
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aces, while Lind had seven kills and five aces. Maddie Stone added six assists and three aces for the team, while Maddy Warnick had 10 assists and three digs. Hasert put up four kills and Katy Harding added five digs and five aces.
This weekend marks the beginning of the post season for volleyball, with the KingCo tournament. The top six teams play for four spots into the SeaKing district tourna-ment next week. The first round of games took place on Oct. 27, after Reporter deadline. Juanita faced off against Liberty on Thurs-day night, while Lake
Washington faced Belle-vue. The winners of both games moved forward Thursday to face either Mercer Island or Mount Si. The losers of the sec-ond round of Thursday games plays at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Sammamish High School, while the winners will play on Sat-urday at 5:30 p.m.
Cross countryLake Washington and
Juanita cross country runners qualified for this week’s district meet at Lake Sammamish State Park after last Thursday’s KingCo meet at the same park. The SeaKing district race took place on Oct. 27, after Reporter dead-
line.In the girls race Juanita
finished in fourth place, to qualify as a team for districts, with 119 points, while Lake Washington took seventh as a team with 146 points. In the girls race the top four teams qualified for dis-tricts and the top 20 run-ners whose team did not qualify moved forward.
Individually for the girls, Juanita’s Alexis Manns was seventh overall with a 19:58 time, while Molly Grager took 10th in 20:19. Teammate Rachel Blanch was 30th with a time of 21:47, Em-ily Peterson was 32nd in 21:52 and Leina Mc-Dermott was 40th with
a time of 22:41. Rebels Regi Lammers took 46th at 23:59, while Kathryn Wuchter was 47th in 24:02. For Lake Washing-ton, Lacy Coan was 13th overall at 20:22, Anneke Kniestedt was 29th in 21:38 and Mackenzie To-her was 31st overall with a time of 21:49.
Also racing for Lake Washington was Riley Toher taking 36th place, Olivia Whiby in 37th, Lauren Gwinn in 38th and Chloe Burns in 45th place.
In the boys race, Lake Washington took sixth place with 118 points, while Juanita finished seventh with 183 points. While neither team made
the district race, the top 20 runners who finished in the top 40 spots at KingCo moved forward.
From districts, the top five teams or top 25 runners whose team did not qualify will move on to the state competition, which will be held on Nov. 5 in Pasco, Wash.
Individually, Devon Grove finished in third place for Lake Washing-ton, with a 16:09 time. Juanita’s Santos Zaid took 10th place with a 16:59 time. Jason Curlanis finished in 25th place, while Aran Kagen took 26th. Both race for the Kangs. Joe Castro finished in 18:14 for Lake Wash-ington, to earn 31st place,
while Kenny Drabble finished with a time of 18:16 in 33rd place. Juanita’s Erik Oldenburger took 37th place in 18:41, while Kurt Lamon from Lake Washington was the last racer to finish from Kirkland to qualify for districts. He finished in 40th place with a 18:47 time.
Also racing for Juanita was Andrew Burt, who was 43rd overall in 18:53 and Lake Washington’s Nathan Maris, who fin-ished in 44th place with a 19:20 time. Ajay Joski was 46th for the Rebels, while Grant Hanner took 47th place and Nathan O’Farrell was 48th.
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the past years. He is experi-enced, dedicated, intelligent, connected to citizens and businesses, hard-working and determined to be a part of “taking Kirkland to the next level.”
Bob plans to work toward a more seamless integra-tion of the annexation area, to analyze and ameliorate the effects of the upcoming bridge toll and to be a proac-tive supporter of managed growth in downtown and Totem Lake. All of the things we need he is working for, has been working for and will continue to work for into the future. There are very few qualities that can substitute for this kind of ground-level, gut-level experience.
The tactics of the citizen group formed to defeat Bob are beneath us. Kirkland is better than this. We cam-paign FOR CANDIDATES. It would be justice in action if all of Kirkland voted for Bob in repudiation of these tactics.Kathy P. Feek, Kirkland
Gardiner is best candidate
I have personally met with both candidates for Kirkland City Council, Position 2, and discussed their background and qualifications for this of-fice. From these discussions, I am convinced that Jason Gardiner is the right choice and is the best candidate for this office.
Jason brings a strong and successful business back-ground as well as a history of service to his country. He is an individual with high ethical standards and communicates and solves problems logically and with good judgment. He brings a fresh perspective to this office and with this, new ideas. The thing that strikes me about Jason is his tendency to ask “why” rather than adopt the
standard line of “this is the way we have always done things.” His interest is to serve the citizens of Kirkland, rather than bow to any particular special inter-est group.
I support Jason and urge those who supported my brief candidacy for this office to lend their support and vote for Jason Gardiner.Chuck Hinson, Kirkland
Nixon, Sternoff are best choices
I’ve been an active partici-pant in Kirkland City affairs for most of the 11 years that I have lived here. I have served on several City of Kirkland committees and boards, from the neighborhood level on up, all of which have inter-acted with the council.
I am endorsing Bob Ster-noff for reelection. Bob has performed above and beyond the call of duty in serving not only on our city council, but also on several regional boards that affect Kirkland. He led the Kirkland annexa-tion efforts, promotes sorely-needed economic develop-ment, and understands the needs of Kirklanders from living almost his entire life in the Kirkland area. He serves on a number or regional
boards, providing input and protecting our interests. His business experience is invalu-able.
In another Kirkland race, I recommend Toby Nixon. Toby has a long record of service from the community level
to the Washington State Legislature, where
he represented Kirkland’s 45th District for several years. Toby is a resident of Kings-gate in Kirkland’s newly an-nexed area, and has a record of service to the commu-nity too long to summarize here. His state government knowledge and connections will be inestimably useful to Kirkland.
Bob and Toby don’t agree on every issue. However, they are collaborative people who can work together coop-eratively and with the other members of council.
Kirkland City Council positions are non-partisan, which I believe is best for our city. The significant issues that come before the council defy categorization into party political platforms. How-ever, one local political party group has chosen to make the races into partisan contests. That is unfortunate. Our city is best served by choosing the best person for the job,
not one with a Republican or Democrat designation next to their name. I consider myself an independent, a moderate, leaning socially liberal but fiscally conserva-tive. Bob Sternoff and Toby Nixon have endorsements from both Democrats and Republicans. You will put the best people in charge if you give them your votes.Glenn Peterson, Kirkland
Gardiner would bring fresh perspective
I feel the council needs change, and Jason Gardiner offers a good start on that path. As the leadership of this city, the council continues to cultivate an environment of erratic and biased application of the Kirkland Compre-hensive Plan, and local and
state codes. The city council drags out “vision” when it’s convenient and sounds good, and then tosses it aside when a bully developer wants to put the Bellevue stamp on the city with a project that will never deliver on the pro-paganda and hype that was used to sell it.
earlier, gone on the Oprah show to tell people not to be discouraged, and I
wondered why someone would survive all that and then die on the bridge. I never
learned that answer, either.
In those years, my wife and I also had our own kids going to Lake Washington,
and Friday night would come, and they’d say they were going into Seattle, and I’d
watch them leave in the old 1986 car we’d bought them, and wonder if we should
throw our arms around them and hug them, since we’d possibly never see them
again.
We never did that, either. Embarrassment is everywhere. They didn’t die.
Sometimes our fears are unfounded.
But it was partly such thoughts that led me to write an article about 520 and its
proposed tolls, scheduled to start in December, for the Kirkland Reporter, to try to
explain how millions of license-plate pictures and toll transactions will be handled,
and how it’s proved to be a daunting task, now a year behind schedule.
I hope it all works, barely a month from now. I’ll be among the people vigor-
ously applauding. I’ve been waiting a long time.
Finally, along with such also-unanswered questions as whether it’s reasonable
to print articles on physical paper when they’ve probably been posted on the
paper’s Web site days or hours before — something I don’t think anyone in the
news business has resolved — there were the truly important stories.
Those are the ones I didn’t write.
Part of those thoughts developed from a visit my wife and I made to some new
houses on Rose Hill in about 2004.
The houses were cute. They looked like cottages. They also got all sorts of
special breaks to allow them to be built, like 2,000-square-foot lots.
As we went through one of them, I noticed a gas stove in the living room. Then I
noticed there was no furnace. The entire house was heated by the gas stove, which
worked fine, but which also meant the builder didn’t have to invest in expensive
things like ductwork.
Yet when the costs were calculated, the houses came in at over $400 a square
foot, even with the shared common spaces and no furnaces.
How, I wondered, could this be considered affordable housing. I even asked
some people about that, like my editors and Larry Phillips, chair of the King County
Council.
The general answer was that it was all part of the new economy, or probably
the state Growth Management Act, which restricted the supply of land. Seattle
was special. The richest guy in the world lived a couple of miles away, in Medina.
The Internet was changing the world. In 1992, Fortune magazine put that richest
guy, Bill Gates, and Seattle Mayor Norm Rice and others on its cover, naming
Seattle the best city in the country for business.
So I didn’t write that story.
Now I’ve just finished a 2009 book titled, “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense,”
about the failure of Lehman Brothers in New York in 2008, which set off our pres-
ent economic despairs.
It’s largely about the housing bubble, and reading it, I thought about how
Kirkland houses once cost $40,000, and then they sold for $400,000, and surely
it seemed they would never go above that, but then they sold for $800,000, and
then $1.5 million in April 2008 — that really happened to one Kirkland house I’m
aware of — and how somehow it all seemed natural, that that was the way the
world should be, that the streets naturally should be filled with Range Rovers.
As we’re learning now, perhaps it wasn’t so natural.
So, as I ruminate over what’s the right strategy for journalism — maybe
somewhere between 10,000-word Sunday New York Times Magazine articles and
140-character Tweets — I think about how with my now-perfect second-guess-
ing, I wish I had written some of the stories I didn’t write, and how there’s certainly
something really important occurring right now, but no one sees it.
I think that’s the true value of journalism, and reporters, and newspapers.
Sometimes, occasionally, they do see such things, and that’s something good.
I wonder if this article will fit on an iPhone screen.
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How should city preserve streets?
Well maintained streets serve everyone in the Kirk-land community on a daily basis.
Th e city continually takes notice of street conditions and is giving serious consid-eration how best to sustain its street network in light of having limited revenue for growing main tenance costs.
If left unattended, the decline of road conditions will accelerate, cost of repair will dramatically increase, and the chance of bringing the streets back to today’s standards will diminish. Increasing the annual street preservation budget will improve Kirkland’s street network and lengthen the life of our streets in a cost-eff ective way.
Th e city is considering additional revenue options for not only maintaining streets, but also restoring funding for neighborhood traffi c calming and cross-walk improvements.
One revenue source has been authorized by the state through a special taxing district called a Transporta-tion Benefi t District (TBD). A TBD would provide funds for specifi cally identi-
fi ed local transportation improvements through an increase in the annual ve-hicle registration fee within Kirkland.
Other options include voter-approved sales or property tax initiatives.
Th e Kirkland City Coun-cil is interested in having the community’s input as it considers additional revenue options. Please visit the TBD Web site, watch the street preservation video, review the fact sheet and take the online survey by Nov. 30 for inclusion in a summary report to the council.
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