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Rotary to host a capella fundraiser for brain cancer Rotary member David Heyting fights tumor dubbed ‘Goliath’ BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
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avid Heyting is a regular 36-year-old guy who spends his time with his wife and two boys, ages 6 and 8. He works in Kirkland as a certified public accountant, lives in Snoqualmie, enjoys hiking and helping others through the Rotary Club of Kirkland Down-
town. But just two years ago Heyting’s life changed when he underwent brain surgery to remove a golf-ball-size tumor from his right frontal lobe. “I think looking back I was having some mood issues but I never ever would have thought I had [a brain tumor] at the time,” Heyting said. “A lot of people
get headaches and stuff like that, I had none of that.” As part of their many charitable endeavors, the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown will put on their first A capella Concert to raise money for the Chris Elliott Fund, a local nonprofit dedicated to ending brain cancer. But having supported Heyting in the past at the Seattle Brain
Cancer Walk, last year and this past September, members of the rotary felt more could be done and the A capella Concert fundraiser was born. “[The] rotary’s motto is ‘service above self ’ and with David right in our own club and being part of the family, it seemed right to support him and his family in his treatment and the Chris Elliott Fund seemed [ more ROTARY page 5 ]
Supporters of David Heyting hold up “Defeat Goliath” signs. Goliath is the name that his family gave his brain tumor that he is currently battling. The Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown, of which he is a member, will host a fundraiser to benefit ending cancer. CONTRIBUTED
Autistic son inspires mother to push for insurance reform BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ crodriguez@kirklandreporter.com
Shayan Forough watches a car roll over a pine cone he placed in the middle of the street. “Ow,” he said. “Can we watch movies on Christmas Eve?” He asks the question repeatedly to his mother Arzu Forough as they stand by a park near the family’s Kirkland home. Shayan then suddenly breaks out into a song. “Hail to Aurora!” the 17-year-old Juanita High School student sings. To anyone on the outside, Shayan’s communication may seem random. But to his mother, the fact that he can communicate at all is something to celebrate. “He still has limited language proficiency but he is still making progress,” she said. “He is spontaneously asking questions this year that he wasn’t last year.” The two have cleared many obstacles since Shayan was diagnosed with autism at 1 year old. Shayan has struggled with learning to communicate, developing motor skills, making connections with other humans and even overcoming self-injury. But he has made great strides in these areas thanks to behavior therapy. He is also the inspiration
Woman pleads guilty in fatal car collision Prosecutor to recommend 136 months in prison BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
Arzu Forough with her 17-year-old son Shayan, who inspired her to advocate and achieve autism insurance reform in Washington state. Most recently, she achieved Legislative funding for her nonprofit organization to advocate for families needing insurance. CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Kirkland Reporter behind one of his mother’s biggest challenges that she continues to advocate for health insurance reform for her son and other children with autism. During her son’s lifetime, the mother-of-two has pushed for autism insurance reform in two states - including Washington where a bill was named after
Shayan - won a class action lawsuit regarding autism insurance against the state of Washington and, most recently, achieved Legislative funding for her nonprofit organization Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy that will help advocate for families struggling with self-funded health insurance for autism.
But there is still a lot of work to do to ensure all children with autism get the health insurance they need to cover the intensive and costly behavior therapy for autism, she said.
Early struggles Forough knew early on that Shayan was different
than other kids. By his first birthday, other kids in his play groups interacted with each other while Shayan stood alone. “They really wanted to be around others and Shayan seemed to have his own agenda,” his mother said. “He wasn’t connecting to other children, he wasn’t [ more AUTISM page 12 ]
Kirkland resident Kelly Ann Hudson, 43, pleaded guilty Sept. 30 to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving in a collision that killed one Kirkland woman and injured others last year. Hudson originally pleaded not guilty to the charges. According to the King County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Dan Donohoe, Hudson was driving under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs when her minivan struck a car head-on on Aug. 7, 2012. In the car was Joyce Parsons, 81, who died in the collision, Parsons’ brother Arthur Kamm, and two family members Jenny Grieshaber and Daniel J. Grieshaber, who were all seriously injured. Jury selection was expected to begin this week for Hudson’s trial before she changed her plea. Donohoe said prosecutors will recommend 136 months of prison time in a 102-136 sentence range. [ more GUILTY page 3 ]
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Physicians’ group recognizes Sen. Tom’s leadership, work to strengthen state economy
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Proliance Surgeons recognized Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, with its “Distinguished Leadership Award.” The honor – given in recognition of Tom’s leadership and consensus-building during the 2013 legislative session – was presented in a meeting at Proliance’s corporate office in Seattle. “Sen. Tom was instrumental in working to make government leaner while simultaneously creating a stronger economic engine for our state,” said David Fitzgerald, chief executive officer of Proliance. “It would be an understatement to say that his leadership was superb in the 2013 session.” Proliance Surgeons is one of the country’s largest surgical practices, with 185 physicians specializing in orthopedics, ear nose and throat, ophthalmology and
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Northwest Kidney Centers to move, expand its Kirkland dialysis clinic next spring Northwest Kidney Centers has received approval from the state of Washington to move and expand its dialysis clinic in Kirkland. The move, scheduled for next March, will help Northwest Kidney Centers better serve the increasing number of people with kidney failure on the Eastside.
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The new 17,000-squarefoot center, located at 11327 NE 120th St., Kirkland, will replace Northwest Kidney Centers’ 17-year-old clinic in the EvergreenHealth Professional Center at 12303 NE 130th Lane. The new facility, which will double the usable space for dialysis patients, is on the ground level with convenient parking and will be more cost-efficient for the nonprofit Northwest Kidney Centers. It will offer 20 dialysis stations (compared to 15 at the current facility) and will include a training area for home dialysis patients, as well as a conference room open to the community. “We are especially excited to create a comprehensive home dialysis hub for the Eastside where we can train and monitor patients who give themselves dialysis treatments at home,” said Joyce F. Jackson, president and chief executive of Northwest Kidney Centers. “We will continue to offer peritoneal dialysis training and support at the new facility, but now also will provide home hemodialysis support. Previously, Eastsiders had to travel to Seattle or Renton for home hemodialysis training and now it will be available much closer to where they live.” Among all adult Americans, one in seven has the disease and many don’t realize it. Kidney disease has increased 30 percent in the last decade. Northwest Kidney Centers keeps people in western Washington alive with dialysis therapy, educates the public about kidney health and collaborates with UW Medicine in the Kidney Research Institute. It provided 240,000 dialysis treatments last year to patients in 15 centers and 11 local hospitals. Of its 1,526 patients, 257 people give themselves dialysis treatments at home. Northwest Kidney Centers is one of very few community-based, nonprofit dialysis providers in the country.
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Man pleads not guilty to defrauding brother-in-law in federal tax scheme
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Kirkland man pleaded not guilty to one count of wire fraud and five counts of tax evasion in the U.S. District Court in Seattle on Sept. 24. Federal prosecutors contends Kirkland resident Bruce Edwards Bergman, 58, stole a total of approximately $1.2 million from his brother-in-law as he allegedly posed as his accountant for more than 10 years.
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Police Blotter The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police 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 Sept. 20-25, the Kirkland Police Department reported 475 traffic violations, two DUIs, 19 traffic accidents, 25 school zone traffic violations, five animal calls, 33 alarm calls, 18 noise complaints, nine calls of disturbance, 12 thefts, nine car prowls, 13 calls of civil disturbance, seven reported burglaries, 11 domestic violence calls, six calls for harassment, five reports of illegal drugs, one alleged assault, six acts of fraud, five malicious mischief reports, two robberies and seven suicide calls. At least 18 people were arrested.
Bergman started his own accounting firm in Lynnwood called The Bergman Group after leaving an Edmond’s Certified Public Accountant firm. Charging documents state Bergman’s brotherin-law hired him in 1990 to prepare and file federal income tax returns for his brother-in-law’s three businesses in the medical field. Bergman filed his brother-in-law’s tax returns with the International Revenue Service for 10 years until
Sept. 24 Warrant: 5 p.m., 14400 block of 124th Ave. NE. A 16-year-old girl was arrested on her misdemeanor juvenile warrant.
Sept. 23 Domestic violence: 5:30 p.m., 11100 block of NE 129th St. A 50-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly chocked and struck his 21-year-old son in the head. The man is alleged to have also thrown a cell phone at his son, which then struck his son’s wife in the leg. Theft: 6:27 p.m., 12500 block of NE 85th St. A 21-year-old man was charged through investigation for shoplifting Skyy vodka and Jack Daniels whisky from the Rose Hill Safeway.
Sept. 22 Malicious mischief: 10 a.m., 8600 block of 120th Ave. NE. A 58-year-old man was arrested for putting an 18-inch scratch on the hood of a silver Chevy Tahoe. Indecent exposure: 12 p.m., 11000 block of NE 68th St. A 52-year-old man was arrested after he was seen running through a park-
one day in 2001 when he allegedly devised a scheme to defraud his brother-in-law and the IRS by fraudulently concealing facts and making false promises so he could pocket the money, according to the charges. After receiving wired tax payments every month from his brother-in-law to be filed, Bergman would use the funds to buy personal items, charging documents state. One particular wire transfer shows that on Dec. ing lot completely naked by a 65-year-old woman. When the man was detained, he spit on one officer and attempted to spit on another. Domestic violence: 6:11 p.m., 11600 block of NE 124th St. Police were dispatched to a verbal altercation between a 47-yearold woman and a 50-year-old man. The argument was about family issues, according to the police report. Robbery: 9:30 p.m., 10500 block of Northup Way. A 22-year-old man alleged he was assaulted and robbed by a 20-year-old man and an unknown man in the La Quinta parking lot. He reported his back pack, Washington ID, wallet, money, clothing, two iPods and a cell phone are among the stolen items.
Sept. 21 Order violation: 6:54 p.m., 6500 block of 114th Ave. NE. A 53-year-old woman was charged for violating a temporary protection order when she went to a 58-year-old man’s house. When officers arrived, she fled in a 2001 Ford Expedition.
1, 2010 Bergman’s brotherin-law wired $11,480 from High Country Bank in Colorado to The Bergman Group PS Trust Account of JP Morgan Chase. To ward off suspicion, Bergman would provide copies of federal tax returns to his brother-in-law but would simply not file them, the documents continue. Bergman filed a change of address to the IRS in 2001 and 2007 so that his brother-in-law’s home address was changed to Berg-
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man’s business address. This prevented IRS notices of non-payment from getting to Bergman’s brother-in-law. Court documents show Bergman’s sister and brother-in-law owed around $60,000 to $64,000 in taxes every year from 2006 until 2010, when they owed $120,000 in taxes. If Bergman is convicted on the counts before him, he will be forced to forfeit all property, real or personal, that was purchased from the proceeds, including a
Hudson was allegedly traveling south in her blue minivan on Juanita Drive when a woman in a car following her called 911 to report Hudson’s erratic driving and failure to stop at a stop sign. While on the phone with dispatch, the woman witnessed Hudson cross the center line “as though to pass traffic” and hit a silver Toyota Prius headon, according to charging documents. The crash occurred near Fire Station 25 in Kirkland, and firefighters were first on the scene. Three people in separate cars behind the Prius, and a second car behind the minivan, also witnessed the crash, the documents continue. Emergency personnel had to cut open the Prius, which was completely off the roadway to get the victims out of the vehicle. Parsons, who was sitting behind Kamm, died on scene, court documents state. When officers approached the minivan
sum of money comparable to which he stole. If any property or proceeds cannot be located, has been deposited to a third person, has been placed out of the country or substantially has diminished in value, or has been commingled with property, Bergman is to forfeit other property of the same value, according to the indictment. The Bergman Group is no longer in business, according to the Better Business Bureau.
to question Hudson, they noticed signs of intoxication, including the smell of alcohol on her breath, droopy, watery, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, the documents continued. Hudson allegedly told officers that prior to driving she had taken anti-anxiety medication with wine, according to police documents. Kamm and Jenny Grieshaber were transported to Harborview in critical condition. Kamm had internal bleeding, while Jenny Grieshaber sustained a broken neck. Daniel J. Grieshaber was transported to Evergreen Hospital with a broken arm, among other injuries. Hudson, held on a $500,000 bail, initially pleaded “absolutely not guilty” to the four counts on Aug. 23, 2012 at the King County Superior Court. Hudson will be sentenced at 1 p.m. on Nov. 22 before Judge Timothy Bradshaw at the King County Courthouse.
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The optimistic, secure path toward education funding
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Sen. Andy Hill
s Washington’s K-12 and university students begin this new academic year they are no longer captive to a public-education system struggling to meet basic needs and receiving a declining share of the state budget. Instead, the recent legislative session made education funding a priority for the first time in years and put us on course to finally honor this state’s primary constitutional commitment to students and schools. However, when this year’s session convened there was no guarantee any of that would transpire. In past sessions, lawmakers repeatedly shortchanged education by adopting unsustainable budgets. This year, a projected $900 million budget deficit, coupled with the state Supreme Court’s decision mandating new education dollars, convinced many that nothing more could be done to grow early learning, restore K-12 funding or stop doubledigit increases in college tuition. But a new bipartisan makeup in the state Senate offered a unique chance to escape bad habits of the past - short-changing education, skyrocketing tuition, accounting gimmicks and unsustainable budgets - and try a new way to achieve better results. The question remained, though: Could this bipartisan coalition hold together? Could we demonstrate that common-sense bipartisan efforts could succeed? Most thought it would never happen, I’m sad to say. Prevailing wisdom held that the environment was simply too hostile, that any true bipartisan efforts at reform and re-prioritization would surely fail. Even some of my closest friends said they couldn’t imagine us achieving our goals. Did we succeed? Absolutely. As the Senate’s chief budget writer - with a rigorous focus on re-prioritizing spending, living within our means and longterm sustainability - I was able to lead the effort to profoundly change how the state plans and spends taxpayer dollars. Working across the aisle, we fundamentally shifted Olympia’s budgeting priorities. With additional revenue from a growing state economy and
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a disciplined approach, growth in spending was re-prioritized 4:1 for education over non-education completely reversing the 1:2 ratio of the past 30 years and a critical step toward re-balancing and resetting state budget practices. Children who entered public schools this fall will benefit from an additional $1 billion for basic education. College students aren’t seeing tuition increases for the first time in nearly 30 years. And students on waiting lists for high-demand computer science and engineering degrees will have more opportunities because of an additional $18 million to expand enrollment slots. Once our commitment to education was met, we crafted a balanced budget that has the state living within its means - meaning no new general taxes. In fact, more than $600 million of temporary taxes expired on schedule, surprising cynics who simply didn’t believe a tax could be just “temporary” in Olympia. Finally, we created a budget that balances over four years, instead of the usual 24 months. After years of deficits, our new budget projects a $1.3 billion surplus in 2017. That’s quite a swing, and demonstrates a new way of doing business in Olympia. Our creditors agreed; in July two rating agencies upgraded Washington’s credit outlook from “nega-
tive” to “stable,” citing our balanced budget as one reason for their increased confidence. Was this truly a bipartisan budget? Unquestionably. With 89 percent of the votes cast in the Legislature favoring the new spending plan, it received more votes than any budget in the past 20 years - a stark contrast to the usual party-line voting, and proof that bipartisanship can actually work. I’m not a career politician. I sought office three years ago because I believed there was a need for common sense in our budget process and for bipartisan solutions to our most difficult problems. While some people in politics become cynics - occasionally with good reason - I choose to be an optimist, refusing to believe something is impossible simply because someone says it can’t be done. And I believe we have now led Olympia toward a new way of thinking - one more in line with the priorities of the people who sent us there and one that puts the state’s future on a more secure path.
Sen. Andy Hill represents the 45th Legislative District in the Washington State Senate, which includes Kirkland, and serves as chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. He was the chief budget writer, negotiator and sponsor of the final bipartisan state budget.
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Business owner goes above and beyond to reduce glare
City report misdirects and misinforms council
I want to publicly thank Ricky Eng, owner of Beach House Bar and Grill, for going above and beyond in responding to my request to reduce the glare from the security lights in the Beach House auxiliary parking lot on Lake Washington Boulevard. Last winter, I brought to his attention that the lights were unnecessarily bright and shone into the windows of several neighbors as far as a block away. Ricky said he would address it. And he did. The lights are now lower down on the pole, angled more downward, and seem to be even lower intensity. They are definitely no longer a problem. It’s a pleasure to have such a responsible businessman as a neighbor. And the Beach House is by far the best iteration of all the restaurants ever at this location, including the old “Foghorn.” Thanks, Beach House, and best wishes from your neighbors for your continued success.
The staff has prepared an answer to the citizen’s petition about unsafe ingress and egress onto Lake Street South/Lake Washington Boulevard with a “Response to Traffic Petition Regarding Lake Washington Boulevard.” Why did staff change the focus of the issue from whether there are “safe gaps” to get into and out of traffic flow, and instead redirects the discussion to one of “traffic volumes?” Even high traffic volumes can be modified to provide safe ingress and egress. It is the safety, and the ingress and egress difficulty at 10th Avenue South and Lake Street South (the location specifically identified in city documents) that is the focus of the petition. A discussion about traffic completely misses the safety issue that more than 250 citizens have raised Why does staff lean on concurrency? Staff explains that almost any development proposed for this area would pass concurrency. This is because there are no concurrency intersections along this area of the street, so of course any project will pass
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concurrency. This has nothing to do with showing that ingress and egress is less dangerous than the petition claims. It does nothing to erase the fact that city documents identify the “southeast corner of Lake Street South and 10th Avenue South” and the unique challenge of that location. Why does staff again use city accident reports for the location when citizens have shown that the city data is incorrect and that WSDOT shows an accident rate of more than 500 percent in the staff report. These accidents are even at the site of the driveway in this location. Do these accidents even include vehicles with bicyclists or pedestrians? Does staff feel that they can just ignore the higher level of incidents and the fact that their data seems flawed? Why does staff comment that “The City of Kirkland also conducts traffic counts at key locations several times a year in order to develop seasonal factors,” yet staff provides no data of peak season volumes or ingress/egress and “gaps.” If they have this information, why didn’t they provide it? Moreover, staff previously indicated that peak season traffic data does not exist for this area.
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www.kirklandreporter.com [ ROTARY from page 1] seemed the perfect avenue to do that,” said Vince Armfield, the event co-organizer and Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown member, who worked with Steve Eggerman to come up with the idea in March. Armfield said the rotary’s goal is to raise $6,000 through ticket sales. Heyting plans to say a few words before a capella groups Divisi and On The Rocks from the University of Oregon and Furmata and SeaNote from the University of Washington take the reins. Although Heyting will be the first to say his goal is to maintain regular daily life, the advocacy he’s done wouldn’t have happened if he hadn’t had a life-changing experience one November day. In November 2011, at a Starbucks in Seattle’s University Village, Heyting had his first grand mal seizure. Thankfully, he said, he was rushed to the University of Washington Medical Center, which was about a mile away. After an MRI scan, doctors told Heyting he had a Oligodendroglioma tumor, which his family later named Goliath from “David and Goliath.” And his sister created www.defeatgoliath.org to raise funds for awareness and brain cancer research.
“Once I started having seizures, it was a question of whether it was safe to be home with just my boys,” Heyting said. “And so, I took my older son and wrote out all of my doctor’s information and put a spot on the fridge and we had to go through calling 911. [I said,] ‘if dad’s home and he has a seizure, here’s what you have to do,’ which was honestly one of the hardest things I’ve had to do.” Heyting was put on anti-seizure medication and suffered one more seizure before he was scheduled to have brain surgery just two weeks after his first seizure. “I know going into surgery, probably my biggest fear was that I would forget everything I knew - I’d become a different person,” Heyting said. “And one of the risks that I had, based on where [the tumor was] at was that I would be quasiparalyzed permanently or for a period of time.” When Heyting awoke, he couldn’t open and close his left hand but that soon subsided. He started oral chemotherapy, which would last one year, took a month off of work and relied on friends and family members to drive him places when he resumed his job with Hersman Serles Almond PLLC. Heyting now lives his life in most of the same ways he
David Heyting with his wife after surgery. Doctors removed a golfball-size tumor from his brain they discovered after he had a seizure while at a Starbucks in Seattle in 2011. Heyting couldn’t control his left hand after surgery but worked to overcome it. CONTRIBUTED did before “Goliath,” except now he’s an advocate for brain cancer awareness. “Honestly, before this I didn’t know anything about [brain cancer],” Heyting said. “I didn’t really know anybody who had it and then after going through it, you realize it’s very underfunded, and unfortunately, one of the downsides is most people who have it die pretty quickly.” He said he started working with the Chris Elliott Fund because he felt he should have a purpose other than having brain cancer. Heyting said he wanted to help other people because “it’s such a scary proposition” to be diagnosed with brain cancer because there’s not a lot of
answers. According to Heyting, only 20 percent of people with brain cancer live five years. His prognosis is 10plus years, he says. “If you think you’re gonna live, then I think your odds are greater that you are, versus planning to die,” Heyting said. “I’m not going to plan to die, I’m going to plan to live. That’s kind of what my goal has been.” Certain decisions, such as getting genetic testing done on his tumor tissue to decide what type of treatment to do and forgoing radiation treatment because of longterm effects, have aligned with his choice to plan for life. “I think I was pretty determined to not just sit there
and feel sorry for myself,” said Heyting, adding he went on a walk right after surgery. “There’s a few things I look at differently, but at the same time, no I’m not doing a huge bucket list … “ But underneath the determination, Heyting said there’s still some paranoia about his tumor, which doctors could not fully remove because a small part is still attached to his brain. “That’s one of the crazy things, if anything happens, like if I get a headache one day, just normal stuff, I might get a slight cold - do I have a cold or a headache or is the brain tumor doing something?” Heyting said. “There’s a little bit of paranoia out there … but I’m fine, I’m good, you’ve just got to move past it because you can’t be afraid of everything.” To help fight brain cancer, attend the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown’s first A capella Concert at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11 at the Lake Washington High School Performing Arts Center. Adult tickets can be purchased for $25 and $15 for student tickets at www. rckd.org. Tickets at the door will be $35 for adults and $25 for students. For more information or to donate toward brain cancer research, visit www. chriselliottfund.org.
Free movie raises awareness about toxic chemicals Many people are becoming more aware of the toxic chemicals in our homes. The movie “Chemerical” explores the life cycle of everyday household cleaners and hygiene products to prove that, thanks to our clean obsession, we are drowning in sea of toxicity. The film is at once humorous, as we watch the Goode family try to turn a new leaf by creating and living in a toxic free home, and informative, as director Andrew Nisker works with many experts to give audiences the tools and inspiration to live toxin free. “Chemerical” tackles “the toxic debate” in a truly informative and entertaining way, not only by raising awareness, but most importantly by providing simple and inexpensive solutions. Learn more about the toxic chemicals people use in homes and on their bodies. Join us at 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 12 for a free showing of the movie “Chemerical” at Lake Washington Christian Church at 343 15th Ave. in Kirkland. For more information, contact the church at (425) 822-4637 or office@lwchristian.org.
YWCA Here are some things you may not know about the YWCA of Seattle and King and Snohomish Counties. • It’s one of the largest providers of emergency shelter in the Northwest. • It operates a food bank that serves over 1000 people a month. • It helps struggling families to stay in their homes and helps others find housing. • It helps prepare people for careers in banking and business and information technology. • It helps older people find work. • It supports mental health counseling. • It supports domestic abuse programs. These examples are just a small sample of a large variety of programs our local YWCA supports as part of its mission to “advance the quality of life for women of all ages, races and faiths, and their families.” The YWCA has five major program areas in which it tools, support and ongoing services for women and families so that they can live productive, independent lives.
Those five areas are housing, emergency, employment, health and youth. Within each of those areas there are multiple programs that address various needs and issues of the YWCA’s client population. For instance, in the employment category there are programs that help women • to prepare for and find careers in the banking industry, • with job search, training and placement services, • with on-the-job training at a government or non-profit agency, • maintain financial self-sufficiency through education, assistance and training • who are older or veterans find employment • dress appropriately for interviews or new jobs. The YWCA of Seattle and King and Snohomish Counties offers over 40 programs such as these to help women and their families. Men are also included in some of these programs such as Pathways to Work, a program that offers classes to women and
men in Snohomish County designed to help them get back to work. Helping families is a major focus of many of the YWCA’s efforts. That help includes getting mental health counseling for individuals, helping homeless families find temporary or permanent shelter, helping single moms get back to work, providing child care for young children, ages 1 – 5, encouraging leadership and confidence skills in young women, offering employment and education opportunities to teens and young adults, and more.
The YWCA operates 19 locations in our area – 7 in Seattle, 4 East King County, 5 in South King County and 3 in Snohomish County. The YWCA has been helping women and families here in the Northwest for over 100 years. If you would like to donate to the work this great organization is doing for women, on your next trip to QFC please hand a donation card to your checker. If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Ip at amanda.ip@fredmeyer.com. Thank you. Paid Adver tisement
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Art community continues to thrive in Kirkland From sophisticated and international to quirky and colorful, Kirkland’s arts community may take on many guises but its central role in the city’s quality of life continues unabated. A strong sense of community was one reason Ryan James chose Kirkland as the location for his new art gallery. Previously located in Bellevue, Ryan James Fine Arts opened Sept. 12 in Kirkland’s Totem Lake district. The gallery, which handles only Washington state artists, represents three categories of artists: well-known professionals, up-and-comers (the gallery has a partnership with Cornish College of the Arts) and talented hobbyists who may have art degrees but did not pursue careers in art. The gallery has five artist studio spaces for rent and plans to schedule special events throughout the month, from open-mike poetry sessions to music
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Kirkland artist receives international recognition Kirkland artist Shirley
Rudolf received a special recognition award in the 13th Annual Summer Juried Online International Art Exhibition, hosted by Upstream People Gallery. This international exhibition received approximately 120 art entries from around the world and 24 artists were selected by the juror Laurence Bradshaw, professor of art at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. “Shirley … shows a kind of Georgia O’Keefe vision and format of close-ups of flowers,” Bradshaw said. “Her ‘Peony’ in its asymmetry is quite delicately portrayed.” Rudolf said she bought the peony when she was very young. “Every year I kept waiting for its blooms in early spring and there were none,” she said. “I continually cared for it as it was pretty expensive at the time I bought it, and it was planted in the best place to grow, I couldn’t bear to dig it up.” She finally saw the peony bloom after a few years and after that, it flourished with blooms. “I really miss that plant, but when we relocated to another state I couldn’t bring myself to move it
with us since it was in a perfect spot,” Rudolf said. The exhibition can be found at www.upstreampeoplegallery.com in the archives section of the website.
Kirkland Arts Center gallery features multi-media exhibition The Kirkland Arts Center’s gallery “Observations from the New Gold Mountain” features work from Lu Yansheng, a visiting painter from Beijing, China. Complimenting his paintings will be a collection of work by talented, local artists Alan Lau, MalPina Chan, Kathy Liao, Lily Liu, Barry Wong and Ron Ho. Come see how art, culture and personal experience are viewed through the eyes of contemporary Chinese and American artists in this multi-media exhibition, curated by Cheryll Leo-Gwin. The exhibition will run through Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market St., Kirkland.
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www.kirklandreporter.com Do you travel on Juanita Drive with a car or bike or via bus? Do you have an opinion on what’s good or have suggestions for improvements about that primary route serving 10,000 vehicles daily between Kirkland and Kenmore? You are invited to share your thoughts with city of Kirkland staff at a public meeting starting at 5:30 A new book is in the p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7 at works about how bald Finn Hill Middle School. eagles develop, learn to Kirkland City Council fly, and start families of candidates will be in attheir own, and the eagles tendance for a question of Kirkland’s Heritage and answer forum held Park are prominently later. featured. Kirkland Fire Chief “Year of the Eagle,” by Kevin Nalder will also local nature photographer provide an update on the Kevin Ebi, is the result of new Finn Hill fire station nearly 1,000 hours of oblocation search. servation at the Kirkland The open house will nest, in addition to nube held in the school merous trips to rivers in auditorium, at 8040 Washington and British NE 132nd St., with Columbia to study discussion of the the development of KIRKLAND Juanita Drive older eagles. Ebi observed and Happenings corridor. City of Kirkland staff documented three will share its recfull nesting seasons ommendations and in Heritage Park. gather comments until 7 Among his surprising p.m. regarding proposed findings is that young improvements for Juanita eagles will sometimes Drive. play games to help each Preliminary recomother learn to fly. mendations are expected In 2011, there was a sizable gap in the capabil- to be presented to the Council in November. ities of the two juveniles For more background and the book documents information, visit http:// in words and pictures bit.ly/1fvQFaX. how the stronger eagle A Finn Hill Neighborseemed to invent games to help its weaker sibling. hood Alliance meeting will begin at 7 p.m. with “Even though it was the fire department precapable of flying across sentation. the park, it would fly to At 7:30 p.m., a onethe very next tree and hour candidate forum scream at its sibling,” takes place with all CounEbi said. “Eventually, the cil candidates expected to weaker eagle flew to join be in attendance. its sibling. They shared a Five city council posibranch, briefly touched tions are on the Novemwings and the stronger ber election ballot, with juvenile flew to the next two of the seats being tree and repeated the actively contested. process. The Alliance is solicit“As the weaker eagle ing questions from neighgrew stronger, the older borhood residents for the eagle stepped up the candidates to address. games. It would break sticks off trees, get its sib- Questions can be subling to chase it, then drop mitted via email to Matt Pruitt at matt@finnhillalthe stick in midair. It seemed like it was hoping liance.org. The Finn Hill Neighthe younger one would borhood Alliance works try to catch it.” with an active community The project also docuof residents and regional ments how the eagle parpartners to preserve, ents significantly curtail protect and restore the the amount of food they natural environment of deliver when they believe the Finn Hill neighborit’s time for the young to hood of Kirkland, and leave the nest. to promote the welfare For more information, of the Finn Hill commuvisit YearOfTheEagle. nity by engaging in civic com. issues. For more information, visit www.finnhillalliance.org and search for Finn Hill Neighborhood
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It is time to get serious about bullying Patti Skelton-McGougan
Talk with your children
“Bullying is not simply ‘kids being kids.’ Psychiatric Times cites bullying as a major public health problem with devastating consequences.” Patti Skelton-McGougan
Schools are trying to respond to bullying with education and awareness programs. But it’s hard to manage when so much bullying is via electronic communications and away from school. Parents can monitor social media and phone use, but it’s most important to be responsive to your child; encourage your son or daughter to tell you when another child is being hurtful, either physically or emotionally.
Let your child know that you are there to help. Dismissive statements like “It’s no big deal,” will discourage your child from talking to you, since bullying is a very big deal to a child. And kids who don’t have support at home for
problems such as bullying are at increased risk for suicide. It is just as important to talk to your kids about not bullying others, and the devastation it can cause. Don’t tolerate name calling or your child putting down another child. And let your child know that being a bully has negative long-term consequences. Finally, help your child know what to do if he or she witnesses bullying or hears someone talk about suicide. Make sure that your child can name an adult that could be approached for help.
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is Executive Director of Youth Eastside Services (YES). YES is a nonprofit organization and a leading provider of youth counseling and substance abuse services in the region. Since 1968, YES has been a lifeline for kids and families, offering treatment, education and prevention services to help youth become healthy, confident and self-reliant and families to be strong, supportive and loving. While YES accepts insurance, Medicaid and offers a sliding scale, no one is turned away for inability to pay. For more information, visit www.YouthEastsideServices.org.
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today and as adults. Kids who are struggling with bullying may have changes in sleep and eating patterns, and a loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy. Bullied kids also have more health complaints and lower academic achievement. Researchers estimate that on any given day, 160,000 children miss school because they’re afraid of being bullied. Those who are bullied also may retaliate, sometimes through violence. In fact, a study of school shootings in the 1990s found that 80 percent of the shooters had a history of being bullied. But it’s not just the victims of bullying who are being hurt. Studies pub-
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situation is not unique. We’ve had 17 government shutdowns in the past, most recently in 1996. And the overall effect of these shutdowns on the financial markets has not been particularly negative. Stocks dropped during nine of these shutdowns and rose during the other eight. Once the shutdowns ended, the average stock market gain was 2.5% over the following three months and 13.3% over the following 12 months, according to an analysis of the S & P 500 stock market index. Of course, as you’ve no doubt heard, “past performance cannot guarantee future results,” so you shouldn’t necessarily expect the market to turn in similar results once this current shutdown is over. Nonetheless, the history of the market’s performance following government shutdowns does tell us something about the tremendous ability of the financial markets to absorb short-term crises — and then move on. This isn’t to say that you won’t see some volatility in the days and weeks ahead if the shutdown continues for a while. The financial markets
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Shayan’s Law Just before Shayan was enrolled in kindergarten, his family moved back to Washington to be near his mother’s family in Kirkland. Forough had also heard about the University of Washington Autism Center, which supports families affected by autism spectrum disorders through exceptional clinical services and innovative scientific research. “I just felt so ready to move out here and just be mom for a change because the amount of advocacy it had taken to set up those services for Shayan had just been mind-boggling,” she said. “I was confident that we would have exceptional services when we got here.”
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurological disorder that typically appears in the first three years of life. Though every case is unique, ASD typically impacts the ability of a person to socially interact with others, and can (though not always) bring with it a variety of learning difficulties. Like many other neurological disorders, cases of ASD vary widely in severity. Some people with ASD develop significant language and communication difficulties before the age of three. Others do not have these challenges but still experience significant problems with social skills and nonverbal communication. The scope and severity of these symptoms can change over time, with an individual experiencing leaps of progress or serious regression at different stages of his or her development. For more information about the Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy, visit www.washingtonautismadvocacy. org and click on the “find an advocate” tab.
But as soon as they moved to Kirkland, she realized that all of the potential services she thought Shayan would get for his autism had lost funding, including state services through the Developmental Disabilities Administration. Her husband, who had taken a job with the University of Washington so the family could take advantage of the school’s Autism Center, also discovered that the school’s insurance didn’t cover autism treatment. “It was really a surreal experience because we had all of these providers that were providing services, who were billing us and it’s really expensive and we found out insurance doesn’t cover it …,” said Forough. “So I started doing what I know best. I reached out to civic leaders and lawmakers and they couldn’t believe that the state of Washington was trailing the state of Texas.” She also learned that Microsoft Corp. was the only employer in the state at the time that covered autism treatment. She reached out to other families in the state, other advocacy organizations “and realized that the need for people with developmental disabilities was just enormous and there was not a single advocacy organization that was dedicated to people with autism for health care insurances. No one was taking on this subject.” So she did. She eventually launched Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy, which has been instrumental in implementation of mental health parity, ensuring individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders have access to evidence-based treatments for autism since 2010. The organization has been involved in lawsuits that have resulted in insurance and Medicaid benefits for 12,000 children statewide.
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Insurance reform, Shayan’s Fund This empowered Forough to help other children with autism, so she advocated for private insurance and Medicaid reform. She appealed countless insurance denials through her insurance company – the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) program for state employees – without success. So she employed the help of the Office of Insurance Commissioner, which conducted an independent review of her insurance claims for Shayan’s behavior therapy. The reviewer found that his treatment
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was medically necessary and he told the insurance company to reverse the denials. But the review backfired. PEBB eventually changed its internal policy to explicitly exclude treatment for kids with autism, even if it was medically necessary, said Forough. So she contacted an attorney. “I took reams and reams of bills and denials from multiple insurance companies and they studied them and they asked me if I would be interested in [Shayan] being named a plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the state of Washington,” she said. During the case’s first hearing in 2012, the judge told the state insurance company that “they can’t exclude an entire category of treatment for an entire class of patients,” Forough said. She got more families to move forward as plaintiffs in other cases and, in all, there were five class action lawsuits filed involving families with autistic children. They reached a settlement with the state called Shayan’s Settlement, which stipulates treatment for individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities that are in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for mental disorders) will get covered by insurance as long as it’s provided by a licensed provider. In her quest for Medicaid reform, her organization was also involved in a subsequent lawsuit against the Washington State Healthcare Authority over coverage for Medicaid-eligible children. They reached a settlement for 9,100 children who would potentially be eligible to have assessments, diagnosis and treatment for autism coverage. The state Legislature this year also provided a $270,000 grant for her organization to work with families with autistic children who struggle for treatment coverage through self-funded insurance companies. Forough encourages families seeking health-insurance advocacy to get help through the Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy. But she also hopes to someday see an end to her advocacy. “I would like to retire at some point. I’ve always said I’m working to put us out of business. My hope and dream is that we don’t have to continue to do this, that at some point there’s well-established clinical practice guidelines for individuals with autism, the same way there is for diabetes, the same why that there is for migraines,” she said. “A child should be able to be evaluated, be assessed, get a treatment plan and for that treatment to be covered by insurance [without] this un-ending hoop that families and providers have to jump through.”
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But she also pushed the state Legislature to pass a bill known as Shayan’s Law. “It was a bill that would attempt to clarify mental health parity for individuals with autism and all that would mean is to really just clarify a law that had already passed in 2005 [mental health parity],” said Forough, noting that the mental health parity law had “arbitrary gateways set up that really exhaust families to give up. And all of the burden is falling onto the schools, the state and families.” The Lake Washington School District serves about 460 autistic students, or nearly 2 percent of the student population, said Kathryn Reith, the district spokesperson. Forough said there were local lawmakers who listened, including Reps. Roger Goodman and Larry Springer, as well as former Sen. Eric Oemig, who also sponsored the bill that was eventually passed in 2010. Meanwhile, her family struggled to pay for Shayan’s treatment out-of-pocket – approximately $1,000 per week. She said most families cannot afford to pay for intensive autism treatment, which can cost as much as $50,000 per year. And her son began to regress at home and school. “It was frightening to watch this really happy, jolly kid develop debilitating self-injury and aggression, and property destruction,” she said. Shayan’s behavior got to the point where he became eligible for the state-funded program Children’s Intensive in Home Behavior Supports when he was 7. He was the first child in Washington state who was placed in the program. “I can’t begin to tell you what a difference it made in our lives for him to finally have access to intensive supports,” she said. However, she noted there are thousands of children in the state who are in crisis, “but they don’t get to the level of crisis that [Shayan] was, so they wouldn’t qualify for this program.”
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connecting to people; he was connecting to objects.” Shayan was mesmerized with moving objects, such as the breaking news on CNN that scrolled across the bottom of the television screen. “He was becoming really, really detached from us,” Forough said. “That’s how we knew there was something going on, that he was different.” Shayan was diagnosed with autism shortly after his first birthday. Months later, his motor and communication skills regressed so by the time he was about 18 months old, he became completely silent. Forough got involved with autism advocacy in Shayan’s early years, at which time her family lived in Texas. “I just couldn’t understand why children with disabilities couldn’t get developmental services paid for after they turned 3 years old,” she said. “Once they were referred to school districts, it seemed like the health care system and the developmental disabilities system just dropped off.” Her family’s health was covered under her husband’s private insurance with his job at a university but his insurance would not cover behavior therapy for autism. Known as Applied Behavior Analysis, the therapy often uses a reward system to help autistic children learn new behavioral and communication skills. At the age of 3, for example, Shayan learned to make a sound when he wanted a drink of water. His mother’s early advocacy efforts afforded him private and state health insurance coverage by the time he was 4 years old. “Shayan was the first child in [Texas] who had developmental services, speech therapy and behavior therapy, paid for through the state as well as private insurance,” Forough said. “It was huge but it took many years to set that up.”
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Sheriff’s Office given OK to impound boats of BUI drivers The King County Council unanimously passed legislation this week giving the Sheriff ’s Office the authority to impound vessels of boaters who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. King County Council members Rod Dembowski and Reagan Dunn sponsored the legislation to give public safety officials additional authority to protect persons or property. “Those who operate boats while under the influence of drugs or alcohol present a serious threat to public safety,” said Sheriff John Urquhart. “Councilman Dembowski and Coucilman Dunn’s ordinance gives our Marine Unit another tool to hold BUI offenders account-
able and get our deputies back on the water as soon as possible. I thank them for their leadership on this issue.” The King County Sheriff ’s Office Marine Unit patrols Lake Washington, Lake Sammamish, Puget Sound, and many of the rivers and small lakes in King County. The legislation also gives the authority to impound drifting or unattended vessels if the owner cannot be located.
Register for Kirkland youth basketball league Calling all youth hoopsters. Register now for Kirkland’s youth basketball league (third through sixth grades) and have fun developing skills, learning teamwork, and making friends. Kirkland’s program offers equal play and a positive learning environment. Register online at www. kirklandparks.net, or by calling (425) 587-3336 until Oct. 25. The fee is $92 and includes a team jersey. Practice begins the week of Dec. 2 and games begin Jan. 11, 2014 at various elementary and middle schools in the Lake Washington School District. Teams will benefit from working with dedicated, qualified and encouraging volunteer coaches who will lead players through positive interactions and encourage sportsmanship. Interested volunteer coaches are encouraged to call (425) 587-3360 for a coach’s application. The city of Kirkland’s Youth Basketball League, which is sponsored in part by Land O’ Frost, is committed to promoting health and wellness. For more information about Kirkland’s Youth Basketball League,
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Lake Washington’s Signature Programs High school students often complain they don’t see any connection between what they are learning now in school and what they will do after high school. New Signature Programs in the Lake Washington School District are designed to make that connection. These thematic, interdisciplinary three-period instructional blocks combine rigorous academics and “real world” application of learning in areas like global health and sustainability. These courses engage students in problem-based learning and industrybased projects. Community partnerships connect students to the “real world.” Students also will earn academic credit in specified areas required for graduation. For example, Juanita High School’s Global Health Signature Program will provide credit toward graduation in English, anatomy and physiology and biotechnology. The teachers of these three subjects are working together to create opportunities for deeper learning. For example, during a unit on influenza, students will read “The Great Influenza,” by John M. Barry, for English. They will get a historical perspective and learn about some of the
early scientific research on the disease. They will learn about the immune system and lymphatic system for anatomy and physiology. Biotechnology will cover ELISA testing as a technique for diagnosing patient exposure to different strains of influenza. Students will learn how recombinant DNA technology and protein purification are used to protect against novel strains of the disease. In addition, a partnership with EvergreenHealth will give students an opportunity to work closely with health care professionals to job shadow providers across the organization and receive professional advice and insight into the health care industry. The students have already collaborated with EvergreenHealth to create an original logo for the partnership, which is featured on lab coats donated by the health system for each of the student participants. “It is very exciting to see our vision for STEM Signature Programs come to fruition,” said Traci Pierce, superintendent. “We are extremely grateful for the partnership with Evergreen and the opportunities afforded to our students.” “Partnerships like these are so important to the future of the health care field,” said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte. “We’re committed to increasing access to STEM education resources for schools across our community and we look forward to launching this effort with these talented and
bright Juanita students.” EvergreenHealth staff members welcomed students and launched the partnership at a meeting at the hospital on Sept. 18. Students learned more about opportunities to access EvergreenHealth’s people and resources for course projects as well as exposure to careers and post-secondary areas of study. In the influenza unit, students will learn about EvergreenHealth’s public health efforts in their flu vaccination program. The programs that launched this fall are organized around career clusters and pathways in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Later, Signature Programs will address other career clusters. Signature Programs also began this fall at Emerson High School, Redmond High School and the STEM School. Programs will launch in 201415 at Eastlake High School, International Community School and Lake Washington High School. Redmond High’s program is also on Global Health, with a different twist from the Juanita High School approach. This three-course block covers English, social studies and science. Units in this course will cover global nutrition, water supply,
infant and maternal health and health care in conflict and disaster zones. The class will address the causes of and propose solutions for these global health issues. Redmond High’s program is working closely with the University of Washington Public Health and Global Health departments; Swedish Hospital; and Fred Hutchinson’s HIV Vaccine Trials Network. The STEM school will offer two signature programs, in environmental engineering & sustainable design, and in forensics/psychology. Emerson High School’s Signature Program focuses on Sustainability. The Lake Washington Schools Foundation, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Waste Management Inc. have provided funding for new Signature Programs in Lake Washington School District.
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processed items, none of which are particularly health-conducive. The inevitable result is malnutrition, which is harder to identify than actual hunger because the symptoms are less obvious, although the healtheffects are similar in the long run. A number of clinical studies have found strong links between chronic illnesses and malnutrition both in children and adults. One study from the universities of Toronto and Calgary concluded that food insecurities and nutrient inadequacies at any time in life can give rise to chronic diseases and contribute to overall poor health. More surprisingly, further studies by the same researchers re-
vealed that the cause and effect relations work both ways, meaning that patients who suffer from nutrition-related illnesses are also more likely to experience continuing food insecurities due to disabilities and medical costs. In other words, it is easy to get caught up in a vicious cycle. Malnutrition does not only affect the poor, however. Unhealthy eating habits are not exclusively caused by lack of funds but also by cultural preferences and lack of nutritional education. A study by the National Health Service in Great Britain found that a third of the people admitted to hospitals and health care centers are diagnosed as malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Many of
The importance of companionship as people age loneliness and isolation, simply because they are homebound and unable to interact with others. One of the best ways to stay active socially is to get involved in groups or activities, which are commonly found at the local senior centers or assisted living communities. The benefits are plentiful, from making new friends with Sandra Cook
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tive feelings that alleviate stress, and as a result keep the body healthier longer. • Lower rate and risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s: Research studies show that individuals who are socially active and spend regular time with others have a lower rate of developing Alzheimer’s and dementia-related conditions than those who remain alone and in isolation most days. Companionship keeps the mind sharp, especially when humor and wit are introduced into conversation. David Troxel is a well-known author on
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these are elderly with reduced mobility and other conditions that prevent them from getting enough food, whether they are poor or not. Symptoms of malnutrition in children include stunted growth, lack of energy, developmental difficulties, learning disabilities and unhealthy behavior like underage drug, tobacco and alcohol use. In adults, malnutrition can lead to muscle loss, chronic tiredness, depression and increased proneness to infections and illnesses. Obviously, the simplest solution would be to make more food available to low-income families and individuals, and also to seniors who live on a limited budget. There is no shortage of food supply here, but quality items are increasingly out of reach for those who can’t keep up with the ever-
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Premier Periodontics opens new Kirkland office Premier Periodontics, which specializes in all areas of periodontics, recently opened a new Kirkland location. The company also has offices in Bellevue and Mercer Island. The Kirkland office, located at 11830 NE 128th Stl, Ste 102, features Dr. Lakshmi Boyapati, who recently joined the practice. Boyapati is originally from Australia but now calls the Seattle area home. She previously worked at a clinic in Renton, but is excited to be part of the Kirkland community. The Kirkland office is a full-service practice, offering everything from traditional periodontics services to surgical services and implant placement. The company’s aim in opening a Kirkland location is to serve the patients in this area with the same excellent service that Premier Periodontics is known for, in a convenient location. The clinic is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For more information, visit http://www.premierperiodontics. com or call (425) 821-9595.
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Kirkland Woman’s Club members also The total number of SAT test-takers in Lake purchased and collected gently used items to Washington fell for the first time in the past donate to the Department of Health & Social several years, down to 1,129 from a high of Services. 1,212 in 2011. Their goal is to provide 12 complete layettes; Average critical reading scores in the Lake www.kirklandreporter.com 6 for girls and 6 for boys, which are organized Washington School District rose to by five by the Kirkland Woman’s Club. points, from 560 to 565. Reading scores across The Health Department will distribute the the state of Washington fell from 519 last year layettes to needy new moms and babies to to 515 this year. Nationally, reading scores fill essential needs when it’s time to leave the stayed the same at 496. hospital. Lake Washington math scores fell by five Organizers of the Benefit Baby Shower are points to 576 from 581. Last year, the district accepting baby yarn, knitted, gently used or saw a dramatic increase in math scores, up purchased blankets, hats, sweaters, sleepers nine points from 572 to 581. State math scores and monetary donations. For more informaalso fell this year, by seven points, from 530 tion, contact Laurel Rye at Madison House last year to 523 this year. National scores reRetirement & Assisted Living at 425-821-8210 mained at 514 on average for the third straight or activities@mhretirement.com. year. Lake Washington writing scores rose this year by six points, from 554 last year to 560. Washington state scores fell in this category by four points, from 503 last year to 499. Nationally, writing scores stayed the same at 488. Lake Washington School District students scored on average five points higher on the SAT reading test and six points higher on the SAT writing test from the previous year, Lake Washington Institute of Technology is contrary to state and national trends. State average scores fell in both reading and one of Washington’s community and technical colleges named as one of the nation’s top writing while national scores were flat in both military friendly schools. reading and writing. Lake Washington’s averThe 2014 Military Friendly Schools list that age scores in math were five points lower than was recently released honors the top 20 perin 2012, when scores took a nine point leap cent of colleges, universities and trade schools over the previous year. in the country that do the most to embrace Washington state scores also dipped in America’s military service members, veterans math, by seven points over 2012 scores, while and spouses as students and ensure their sucthe national average stayed the same. Lake Washington School District students continue cess on campus. The list was compiled through research and to score well above state and national averages data-driven analysis of surveys from more on all three tests. than 10,000 schools nationwide approved for “Lake Washington students continue to Veteran’s funding. The national accounting improve their scores on the SAT, while state firm of Ernst & Young LLP independently and national scores are trending lower,” noted audited the results, which were based on upon Traci Pierce, superintendent. “While math established weightings and methodology. Lake scores fell on average this year, they still fit Washington was among only 1,868 schools within an overall upward trend.”
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Holy Spirit Lutheran Church to host council candidate forum Oct. 14 A candidate forum for Kirkland city council candidates open to the public will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Juanita. The church is located at 10021 NE 124th St., Kirkland. Childcare to be provided. All candidates for the Kirkland City Council have been invited and will be attending. The forum is expected to last approximately 90 minutes. Candidates will be asked to answer questions during three different stages. The first stage will include questions prepared by the advocacy team of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, the group responsible for organizing the forum. The second stage will be a lightning round where candidates will be asked to answer ten “yes” or “no” questions. The third stage will be questions written on note cards by audience members that will be read by the moderator. This is the sixth annual candidate forum held at Holy Spirit. In past years the church’s advocacy team has organized forums for the Kirkland city council as well as candidates for the 45th state legislative district. Last year they held a forum on marriage equality and have also hosted then Congressman Jay Inslee on a discussion about environmental policy. The advocacy team of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church was created to educate, encourage, and enable church and community members to advocate their point of view to government leaders and elected officials.
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