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Emergency ordinance coming for recreational marijuana BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
Bellevue City Council is ready to finalize an ordinance regulating where collective gardens for medical marijuana can be located within the city and weighed in Monday on concerns they want addressed ahead of adoption of an emergency ordinance for recreational pot later this month. Collective gardens – cooperatives where up to 10 qualifying patients may grow medical marijuana – have been
limited to light industrial, general commercial, Bel-Red general commercial and medical institution zones within the city since the passing of an emergency ordinance in May 2012. A revised ordinance proposed by the Planning Commission would remain mostly the same, but exclude medical institution districts. Commission Chairwoman Diane Tebelius told councilors Monday they did not want there to be competition within the medical zones, which are al-
ready fairly small. Gardens would be located at least 1,000 feet from school zones and administrative conditional use permits would be issued for the structures. Gardens would also be separated by at least 1,000 feet. Deputy Mayor Jennifer Robertson said she wanted the final ordinance, which will be brought before the council for a vote on Oct. 21, also to address concerns about
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Bellevue man accused of using mail for drug sales BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
Mukta Mann, a volunteer for the Bellevue School District’s VIBES (Volunteers in Bellevue’s Education System) program works with students at Stevenson Elementary School. The district is looking for more people to work with students this year. Story on Page 8. COURTESY PHOTO
School board candidates talk bullying, building BY CELINA KAREIVA BELLEVUE REPORTER
School board candidates—at least half of them—spoke at a candidate forum in Newport Hills on Tuesday night. Present were Ed Luera and My-Linh Thai for District Director 5 and Krischanna Roberson for District Director 4, facing Tracy Trojovsky, who was unable to attend. The third board seat will be filled by Chris Marks, who is uncontested. Luera has coached community football
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and track teams in Bellevue and is vice president for Clise Properties, a real estate company. Thai, a pharmacist, has volunteered extensively with the school district, on the board of the Bellevue PTSA council, organizing the Math Olympiad for Tyee Middle School and has chaired national arts competition, Reflections. Roberson is SEE SCHOOL BOARD, 8
A 40-year-old Bellevue man is facing federal drug charges in U.S. District Court after authorities allegedly tied him to narcotics sales through the online black market site, Silk Road. The year-long investigation was prompted by the discovery of heroin in a mailed package pulled by the U.S. Postal Service. Steven L. Sadler allegedly sold cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine through Silk Road, which uses Tor technology to conceal the identity of online users through encryption and redirecting of Internet traffic through multiple volunteer services, and used the Postal Service as a major delivery system for his illegal enterprise. Court documents state Sadler, under his Silk Road username, "NOD," was listed in the top 1 percent of sellers on the site. Silk Road was shut down by the FBI on Oct. 2 and its operator, Ross W. Ulbright was arrested on charges of narcotics trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering. A postal inspection service inspector first removed a package from circulation in September 2012, according to court documents, which was identified by a narcotSEE DRUG SALES, 7
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Bellevue firefighter Will Dunne demonstrates the dangers of a fire on a stove to onlookers at Fire Station No. 3 in Crossroads on Saturday morning, Oct 5. The activity was part of a citywide open house at Bellevue fire stations to celebrate Fire Prevention Week, which starts Sunday. Dunne, who works at Fire Station No. 1 in downtown Bellevue, said the majority of fires the department responds to in the downtown area are kitchen fires. Dunne was showing people that pouring water on a grease fire only makes the situation worse. His recommendation: Call 9-1-1. CRAIG GROSHART, Bellevue Reporter
Chamber seeks applicants for Young Entrepreneurs Academy The Bellevue Chamber of Commerce is seeking enterprising youths in grades 6-12 for its Young Entrepreneurs Academy, a program that teaches students all about business by putting them in charge of one of their own. Started in 2004 at the University of Rochester and adopted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, YEA! is a 30-week program where students create and run their own businesses with the aid of more than 100 instructors and business leaders serving as mentors. “We’re one of the first to do it in Washington state,” said Betty Nokes, president
and CEO for the Bellevue Chamber. The chamber will take applications through Oct. 18, and judges will select just 24 students to participate. Students will come up with a business plan, apply for a business license, open a checking account, create a company website and even pitch their enterprise to judges for a chance at seed money, Nokes said. YEA! participants will meet 2-5 p.m. Wednesdays at the DeVry University campus in Bellevue for instruction, mentoring and field trips. To receive an application, call 425-2131211 or email at kfredericks@bellevuechamber.org.
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Boating classes offered in Bellevue area The Bellevue Sail & Power Squadron will offer a number of boating classes on the Eastside. Two classes will be taught for new boaters. Everyone passing the final test of the courses can obtain a Washington State Boater’s Card. A seven-week America’s Boating Course will be held from 7-9 p.m. Thursday Sept. 19 at Lake Hills Elementary School, 14310 S.E. 12th St., Bellevue. Cost for the class is $85. An all-day American Boating Course class will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12. Cost for the class is $75.
In addition, the organization will offer a number of advanced classes and electives, including classes in sail, piloting, weather, junior navigation, and skipper saver. Several two-hour seminars, taught by experienced, certified instructors, also will be offered from 6-8 p.m. at Bellevue West Marine, 13211 N.E. 20th St., Bellevue, including Anchoring, Wednesday, Oct. 16; Mariner’s Compass, Wednesday, Oct. 23 and VHF Radio, Wednesday, Nov. 13. More details are available at www.bellevuepowersquadron.org/Education.
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eports out of Washington, D.C., indicate there may be hope of ending the stalemate over the government shutdown. It’s about time. Representatives of both parties were said to be hinting at allowing a short-term increase in the national debt to give members of Congress more time for budget negotiations. In fact, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, a Republican, urged members to find some common ground. “We need to open the federal government. We need to pay our bills today – and make sure we can pay our bills tomorrow. So let’s negotiate an agreement to make modest reforms to entitlement programs and the tax code,” Ryan said. Ryan’s words echo what most Americans are saying, only his don’t come with various expletives that you hear from people on the street. The danger to the country goes far beyond the annoyance or inconvenience of having our national parks closed. Carried on long enough – Oct. 17 is considered the critical date – we as a nation won’t be able to pay our bills. We hope no one in Congress sees this as a win. Unfortunately, Sen. Ryan can’t make this happen alone. While Ryan’s message was being read in the Wall Street Journal, negotiations between Democrat House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner failed to get sanity restored to the shutdown situation. As a sign of how bad things may be, neither side could even agree on who actually called a meeting between the two. We understand many Republicans don’t like the Affordable Care Act and Democrats don’t like being blackmailed into putting the act up for negotiation. But hobbling the federal government and damaging the country’s credit is not the way to make a point. Where are the leaders in Congress when we need them? – Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter
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welve Democratic and Republican state lawmakers will gather this morning in Seattle to continue formulating a strategy for convincing the Boeing Co. to assemble the 777X in Washington. This will be their second sit down in two weeks and will take place behind closed doors in an unannounced location. (I hear if you hang out near the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce building around 9:30 a.m. you might catch sight of them.) And if it’s like the inaugural meeting in Everett last week, materials handed out will be collected before anyone leaves the room. This dozen, along with representatives of the Machinists, aerospace Jerry Cornfield engineers, Washington State Labor Council and Aerospace Futures Alliance, are trying to craft a secret sauce to sway company executives and don’t want its ingredients known prematurely. They are under some pressure. Gov. Jay Inslee, who cooked up the idea of the task force, wants something tangible before the international air show in Dubai begins Nov. 17. That’s when Boeing is expected to formally launch the 777X program and maybe hint where it will build the next generation of its popular jetliner. There’s good precedent for such an exercise. A decade ago, a select group of lawmakers drew up significant changes in Washington laws on such things as
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taxes, workers compensation and unemployment then got them approved by their colleagues. The result: Boeing chose Everett for its 7E7 — now 787 — program. This time around is different in two major respects. Then, Boeing laid out pretty clearly what it wanted and conducted a formal process to solicit proposals from communities and states. This time around, the company isn’t saying anything about its desires for the 777X. “The whole genesis is different,” said Rep. Jeff Morris, D-Mount Vernon, who chaired the 2003 task force and is on this new panel. “We really don’t know what we’re responding to.” The political climate is different, too. Then, the governor was Gary Locke, a moderate Democrat. Faced with a Republican-run Senate, he found common ground with moderates in the GOP and his own party in order to push through sweeping policy reforms which helped land the groundbreaking Boeing program. Now, the governor is Inslee, a progressive Democrat. He, too, faces a Senate controlled by Republicans. And, like in 2003, there are divisive issues such as transportation funding, workers compensation and fish consumption which may need tending to in bipartisan fashion to sway Boeing. Unlike Locke, Inslee’s shown a mostly take-no-Republican-prisoners attitude in his dealings with the Legislature in his first year. For some task force members, it’s tempered SEE CORNFIELD, 5
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Second Amendment keeps us free I'm so happy that C.F. Baumgartner is a psychic and can tell us what our Founding Fathers really meant when they wrote our Constitution (Other Voices, Sept. 13, 2013). The Constitution is four pages and the Bill of Rights one page. Both were written very concisely to eliminate interpretation. Rather, our forefathers wrote that changes were to be by amendments. In the history of the world, both before and after the Constitution, the first thing a tyrant and his cronies did was to take away the right to bear arms and then to punish freedom of speech. Citizens without arms are like sheep being led to the slaughterhouse. There are now pundits who say we should limit or ban automatic rifles, round capacity, etc. The right to bear arms does not limit the method. If your foe has a Gatling gun, having a musket does not help you defend yourself. Our very core of our freedom is amendments one and two. Once either is changed we are no longer free.
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Elected officials doing their job Regarding the Oct. 4 editorial comment on health care coverage, just remember that 47.1 percent of the 2008 voters in the U.S. did not like the president’s plan and did not want to pay for it. That percentage may also carry over to your customers. That is why their representatives are voting the way they are. They are representing their constituents.
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Slatter doesn't understand city The future of Bellevue depends on a well qualified City Council. The election in November offers a clear choice for Council Position 6. Vandanna Slatter, the unknown woman running for that position, has shown a total lack of understanding of the role of a municipal government. None of her touted experience qualifies her to sit on the council. NARAL and abortion rights are not a municipal issue; serving on the state pharmacy board has no relationship to municipal government, nor does sitting on an unrelated foundation board. Her employer is not a Bellevue business. She shows no knowledge or experience dealing with the complex issues and finances of Bellevue. The majority of her money for the primary election came from out-of-state; pharmaceutical companies, and their executives, and people who do not live in Bellevue, or from her own wealth. It was the most expensive race in city history. Hopefully we do not sell seats on our City Council. Elect a well known local long time community leader instead – Lynne Robinson.
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ics dog as containing a controlled substance. Heroin was reportedly found hidden inside a birthday card and scented markers. Multiple other packages were removed from the mailing stream over the course of the investigation from various post offices and UPS stores. Federal agents seized a package in March containing heroin and cocaine, and contacted the recipient, court documents state, who told authorities he'd purchased the drugs on Silk Road from "NOD." The purchaser cooperated with law enforcement in making controlled purchases from "NOD" through Silk Road, which agents also seized.
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Tracking devices were placed on vehicles owned by Sadler and also driven by his girlfriend, Jenna White, who also is alleged to have been involved in the sale and delivery of illicit drugs. The vehicles were tracked to numerous post office locations around the region, including Bellevue, Renton, Olympia, Lakewood, Spanaway, Tacoma, Puyallup, Issaquah, Federal Way, SeaTac, Kirkland, Auburn, Mercer Island and more. Postal workers also identified Sadler as a frequent sender of packages under false names, documents state. Sadler and White were arrested on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 respectively, appearing in U.S. District Court in Seattle where they were released on personal recognizance bonds. Sadler is set to appear in court again 1 p.m. Tuesday, and White is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday. Both are charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin
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ing and processing marijuana, and city staff is recommending those functions only occur inside a structure within light industrial zones. Land Use Director Carol Helland told council that attorneys for prospective growers have indicated western Washington's climate is not conducive to producing marijuana outdoors, which means it would likely all be grown inside. Robertson said the council should avoid impeding the process of bringing recreational marijuana production and sales to Bellevue, but she favors tighter regulations in an interim emergency ordinance that may be loosened in the final version. If the emergency ordinance were too loose and certain zones were later eliminated, it could leave behind growing, processing and retail operations that no longer conform to the zones they're in. "We want to make sure they know where in Bellevue they can go," said Robertson, adding she wants to make sure the point where marijuana is being loaded for shipment also is contained. "We don't want kids walking by seeing bales of marijuana being loaded into trucks." Should the council likewise adopt the emergency ordinance on Oct. 21, a public hearing would need to be held within 60 days. Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
and methamphetamine. In the last four months of sales documented on Silk Road, the criminal complaint alleges Sadler sold more than 2,600 grams of cocaine, nearly 600 grams of heroin and 105 grams of methamphetamine. There are eight months of suspected drug sales the amount of which could not be determined. Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
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marijuana being visible and its odor offending abutting or adjacent properties. "The whole point is, we don't want the view or the smell of it to leave the property where they're selling it," she said. Councilor John Chelminiak said he is concerned there needs to be an emphasis on security more than the required cameras and alarm system. Mayor Conrad Lee agreed security needed to be a strong component of an ordinance. "It's simply because the product still has value on the black market," Chelminiak said. As the Washington State Liquor Control Board aims to begin accepting applications for three licenses related to the growing, processing and sale of recreational marijuana in November, Legal Planner Catherine Drews said there is not enough time to address a land use code amendment, so an interim emergency ordinance should be passed. This would allow the Planning Commission more time to address revising the code. Bellevue has been allocated four marijuana retail stores by the liquor control board, and Drews said the 11 at-large licenses would only be possible in cities without stores already allocated or unincorporated areas within King and other Washington counties. Staff has identified zones for retail under the assumption restrictions, such as the 1,000-foot rule, will assist in limiting where they are eventually located. There can be dual licensure for grow-
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A 39-year-old Seattle man who allegedly attempted to hire an undercover police officer posing as a hit man to shoot his girlfriend in the leg and slash her face is being held on a $1 million bond at the King County Jail, along with his 22-year-old cousin who reportedly helped set up the assault. Francisco Lopez-Agudo is alleged to have first sought someone to kill his girlfriend, whom he suspected of cheating on him. His cousin, Sergio Ruiz Lopez, made contact with a confidential informant who alerted a Bellevue Police detective of the murder-for-hire plot, according to court documents. LopezAgundo has a wife in Mexico. "We got the tip and we called Seattle (Police), and they said work it," said Carla Iafrate, public information officer for BPD, who confirmed such an investigation doesn't come up often. "I haven't looked at how many we have, but it's rare." Police recorded multiple phone conversations between the informant and Ruiz Lopez in early September, as well as a meeting at a Seattle taco stand, where the Bellevue Police Special Enforcement Team conducted surveillance. Ruiz Lopez met the informant again in late September at a Bartell Drug store. His brother, Margarito Ruiz Lopez, is alleged to have driven him there. He is being held on a $20,000 bond for first-degree rendering criminal assistance.
Court documents state Lopez-Agundo and Ruiz Lopez eventually agreed to meet with the "hit man" around 12:30 a.m. Oct. 2 in the Burien Safeway parking lot. Translating for his cousin, Ruiz Lopez is reportedly told the undercover officer that Lopez-Agudo wanted his girlfriend shot three times in the leg and her face slashed. The officer was also provided with a photo of the girlfriend, her name and address. When the officer told the cousins the woman might die from three shots to the leg, court documents state they lowered the request to one shot, but also did not mind if she died in the assault. He allegedly wanted the assault to occur that weekend while the mother-of-two was at work. The officer and cousins reportedly worked out a payment of one ounce of heroin to start, and another two ounces and $500 after the assault. Both men were arrested in Seattle's University District following the meeting. The intended victim was notified of her boyfriend's plot and placed in an undisclosed location for her safety. All three men were charged by the King County Prosecutor's Office with first-degree conspiracy to commit assault (domestic violence) and first-degree solicitation to commit assault (domestic violence). They are set for arraignment on Tuesday.
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assistance, or may work with small groups of students. Opportunities are available at every school across the district. College Corps: Help high school seniors with college research, applications, personal statements, and scholarship essays. College Corps runs from early October through January. Opportunities are available at Bellevue, Interlake, Newport, and Sammamish high schools. Dual-language programs: Fluent Spanish and Mandarin speakers can put their skills to work supporting individual students, small groups, or entire classrooms while at the same time modeling language skills. Transition Services Center at Interlake High School: Work with 18-21-yearold students with disabilities to help them reach their potential as independent adults. Opportunities include one-on-one conversation and support, group discussion facilitation, and more. Bellevue Big Picture School: Share your expertise and passion with students interested in your profession. Mentor a
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Woolley-Wilson’s own route to DreamBox wasn’t what you might expect. Her parents are immigrants from It’s hard to imagine many students getHaiti, having come to the country with ting excited about math. But CEO Jessie only their “faith, family and education,” Woolley-Wilson of DreamBox Learnshe says. The importance of academics ing, a Bellevue-based digital education was instilled in her from a young age company, swears it’s not only possible, but and Woolley-Wilson often volunteered in some school districts, teachers actually her time as a tutor. reward their students with the subject. After majoring in English at the “We believe there are a lot of kids University of Virginia, she went on to who are not doing well because we’re get her MBA from Harvard University. not teaching them in a way they need to She worked for Chase Manhattan Bank learn,” says Woolley-Wilson. and American Express before a colleague DreamBox uses intelligent adaptive encouraged her to apply her passion for technology to customize a math curricueducation at Kaplan. Woolley-Wilson lum specific to each student, maintaining followed it with positions at collegeboard. just the right amount of difficulty and com and LeapFrog Learning. In 2010 she understanding. The company is now in joined DreamBox, soon after the com48 states, the District of Columbia and pany was acquired by Netflix CEO Reed three Canadian provinces. And demand Hastings and the nonprofit venture capiis only growing. tal firm Charter School Growth Fund. In 2011 the Bellevue School DisWoolley-Wilson admits there are trict launched its own DreamBox pilot skeptics. She cautions against too much Students crowd around a DreamBox lesson plan. The Bellevue-based company develops interactive program. The following school year it screen-time for kids, and says program math programming that tailors its curriculum to the needs of each student. After a pilot program in was adopted for students in kindergarten 2011, the Bellevue School District formally adopted it for kindergarten through fifth grade. COURTESY use should be gradually increased. through third grade, and has since been “I can’t imagine kids 24/7 in front of PHOTO expanded through fifth. the screen, but I do see kids leveraging “Think about the best teacher you ever technology to optimize their learning exDepending on a student’s math proficiency, programhad in your life. How is that teacher going to prioritize and ming leads them through a maze of games, pausing to help perience,” she says. “Let’s not underestimate what kids can personalize for a (classroom) of 30 kids instantaneously?” do. Kids are already consuming technology. The question is those who need more attention and moving on to later lesasks Woolley-Wilson. “At DreamBox we know there are what technology they are consuming, and is it an engaged, son plans for those with a better grasp. Not only does it ofa lot of different ways to solve a problem, but it’s how you fruitful, benevolent learning experience.” fer a customized version of learning, says Woolley-Wilson, solve it that gives you insight into how ready that kid is for That “sweet spot” of learning, as she calls it where but it also instills in students a set of critical thinking skills a certain level of instruction.” students are both confident and challenged by their curthat will serve them well beyond their K-12 years. Unlike other tech education companies that prioritize riculum, is in part thanks to DreamBox’ partnerships. “Most educational technology shows you, ‘Here’s how entertainment, Dreambox – started in 2006 by Lou Gray Instead of solely using software engineers to develop you subtract fractions using a common denominator, now and former Microsoft executive Ben Slivka – measures how go do it.’ Kids don’t actually have to think. That’s part of programming, the company recruits teachers to share students respond to a question to assess their understandtheir input. the problem,” explains Tim Hudson, Ph.D., curriculum ing of a topic. Using games illustrated by jazzy characters “We’re compressing the time between that instructional director for the company and a former high school math and chirpy dialogue, DreamBox takes a sort of “choosemoment and the epiphany. Now we have technologies that teacher. “(Under that model) we’re cultivating a learned your-own-adventure” route to learning. can impact learning at the moment of instruction, in real helplessness.” Woolley-Wilson notes ballooning class sizes, alarmist time. That’s never happened before,” says Woolley-Wilson. DreamBox launches students into an activity with headlines about the U.S. lagging behind other countries “I believe we’re helping teachers return to the art of teachlimited instructions, forcing them to immediately begin in math and science, and increasingly technology-infused ing.” interacting with their curriculum. Under a lesson plan on lifestyles. DreamBox, she says, is meeting the challenges subtracting fractions, Hudson demonstrates using his son’s and demands of a new educational landscape. 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Office buildings tower over 108th Ave N.E. in Bellevue. BRANDON MACZ, Bellevue Reporter BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
A global real estate service firm has identified 108th Avenue Northeast in Bellevue as the 12th most expensive central business district street in the country, and its experts say future office space will likely cost even more. The average rent on 108th Avenue Northeast was $38.58 a square foot, and topped out at a little more than $45 a square foot, according to a study released
by Jones Lang LaSalle that examined 40 office markets in the United States. “Bellevue is in one of the tightest CBD office markets in the country, because they’re in such a strong demographic, a strong workforce,” said Trisha Raicht, LaSalle vice president for research in the Northwest. “The downside is with a healthier market comes inflation and the market for office space is significantly tighter for office space than it was a few years ago.” But Bellevue and its downtown real SEE RANKING, 11
Puget Sound Energy is seeking a 1.5 percent increase in the rate it charges residential natural gas customers due to an increase in the wholesale cost. It is seeking a 1.6 percent increase for commercial customers. A small increase in the wholesale cost of natural gas has prompted Puget Sound Energy to seek a 1.5 percent increase in the rates its charges its residential natural gas customers in Western Washington. If granted by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Board, the average residential customer would pay $1.07.
FDIC removes consent order with Seattle Bank The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has lifted a consent order with Seattle Bank, another major step forward for the 69-year-old institution as one of Seattle’s leading locally owned banks. Seattle Bank has branches in Bellevue, Belltown, Wallingford, Southcenter and Tacoma.
The consent order, issued by the FDIC in July 2009, was connected to practices in the bank’s mortgage division, as well as losses associated with the economic downturn, when the bank had different owners and different management. The bank subsequently was sold to and recapitalized by a new ownership group, which invested $62 million in 2011. Seattle Bank’s total assets are $250 million, with $46 million of capital on hand.
Law firm opens office The Murthy Law Firm has expanded to the West Coast with an office in Bellevue. The firm practices exclusively in US immigration law. The office is located at Key Center, 601 108th Ave. N.E., Suite 1900.
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Village Cleaners has moved to a new location at 3710-D Factoria Blvd., in Bellevue.The business moved from the Crossroads area where it had operated as Anna Cleaners for 12 years. Items for Business Roundup should be submitted via e-mail: news@bellevuereporter.com; FAX: 425-453-4193; or mail: Bellevue Reporter, Business People, 2700 Richards Road, Ste. 201, Bellevue, WA 98005.
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Bellevue Galleria, a 204,000-square-foot shopping and office complex just west of the downtown transit center, sold on Oct. 4 for $87.6 million, or $429 per square foot, according to county documents. The buyer is MPH-1 Bellevue LLC, which shares an address with DC real estate company, Madison Marquette. Bellevue Galleria, built in 1999, is located at 550 106th
The Bellevue Galleria in downtown Bellevue sold for $87.6 million to owner MPH-1, which has ties to a DC real estate company. COURTESY PHOTO Ave. N.E. In 2007, RP Realty Partners of Los Angeles bought the same property for $53.4 million, converting the center’s theater and retail to office space two years later.
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than some other West Coast markets, which is drawing in more and more tech companies that also benefit from recruitment opportunities here, Raicht said. San Francisco’s California Street ranked fourth in the CBD market at a little more than $62 per square foot. Closer to Bellevue, Seattle’s Union Street - between Second and Seventh avenues - ranked 10th at $38.92 per square foot on average. In the top ranking is Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue at an average of $102 per square foot. Businesses not getting squeezed out of 108th Avenue Northeast are making tighter space work to their advantage, said Riley Shephard, an associate with Jones Lang LaSalle. He said tech companies are fitting more employees into smaller spaces and accepting the higher cost because of the quality of the buildings and the ability to be in an area where top-tiered talent can be recruited. “You kind of have to have that cool
October 11, 2013 [11] office space,” Shephard said. “You have to sort of have that next best thing and that’s just how it’s evolved. … The buildings that are there can accommodate the denser footprint of these employers.” “It’s more important for them to have the space where they want it and accommodate their growth,” added Raicht, “than having their real estate constraining their business growth.” Businesses are not shying away from 108th Avenue Northeast, which means a shortage of vacant space coupled with a lack of other options. Shephard said the cost of constructing new buildings is so expensive, it would push rates higher to justify the cost. “The reason we haven’t seen some of the new construction take off … our rates almost aren’t high enough to justify the new construction,” he said, adding of future buildings, “It’s probably going to be between $35 and $38 net, so add $10 or $12 to that sum and you’re going to be in the upper 40s upper 50s, and I don’t think we’re too far from getting these on 108th.” Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
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Neighborhoods get attention at Bellevue candidates’ forum BY CELINA KAREIVA BELLEVUE REPORTER
The six city council candidates on this fall's ballot met again Tuesday night at a forum in Newport Hills, this time focusing primarily on neighborhood issues, like the revival of the local shopping center and traffic congestion. In Position 2, Mayor Conrad Lee is running against Lyndon Heywood, a graphic designer who emigrated from London in 2004. Incumbent councilmember Kevin Wallace faces Steve Kasner, a member of the East Bellevue Community Council for Position 4. And in Position 6, Lynne Robinson is facing Vandana Slatter after both polled more votes than incumbent councilmember Don Davidson. “That particular proposal got washed out in the sea of light rail. It never saw the light of day again,” said Kasner of efforts to revamp zoning and business in the Newport Hills Shopping Center. “And once again you were left holding the bag.” Like Lake Hills and Kelsey Creek before, the neighborhood of Newport Hills has struggled to keep a shopping center afloat after it was hit hard by the recession and the loss of its anchor business, Red Apple, in 2009. Bill Pace has since opened a fresh produce market in the center, but that has also attracted less business than originally hoped. Candidates agreed that the issues facing Newport Hills were indicative of changes citywide. “The neighborhoods and communities definitely took a little bit of a backseat (to light rail)” said Slatter, a medical liaison for Amgen Inc. When asked how candidates could update
The six candidates for three seats on the Bellevue City Council debated the issues in a forum in Newport Hills, one of many neighborhood forums throughout the city. COURTESY PHOTO, Al Garman the shopping center, ideas ranged from building a senior living facility, first put forward by Robinson, to infusing the center with small storefronts and “third places.” “With all this development going on in the downtown and in the Bel-Red corridor...we need to look at our our own infrastructure here," Robinson said. "Because as has been said, it's crumbling. We have sidewalks and streets crumbling. Newport Hills has great opportunities to make changes and improve-
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plishment of the current council, saying the last few years had presented some of the city’s biggest challenges, including a budget ravaged by the recession. He noted despite the tough times, during his last four years on council, property taxes were not hiked. Wallace and his opponent, Kasner, have been vocal about their differing stance on taxes. Wallace has promised not to raise property taxes without a vote. Kasner has said the city is too dependent on a sales-tax model, which he says is only beneficial during times of growth. “The biggest challenge we have is maintaining the balance of the city. The reason Bellevue is the great city it is, is because the present council and the council before, have kept that balance...we keep doing (projects) in each area,” Wallace said. “Newport Hills is an example of that. In the last four years, despite being in a recession, despite having declines in our revenue, we have acquired new park property, redeveloped [it] with a turf field... We've continued to make the neighborhood vibrant.” Ballots for the November election go out Oct. 17.
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Newport alum makes Elite 8 on tennis court for George Fox Chris Lilley, part of the 2012 Newport boys state title tennis team and third place doubles pair for the Knights, has continued to make a name for himself at the collegiate level and was recently named Men’s Athlete of the Week at George Fox University. He also picked up honorable mention honors for conference Athlete of the Week. Lilley was the sixth seeded player in the USTA/ITA Small College Northwest Regional Tournament and made the Elite 8 in singles, a feat he has now accomplished in each of his two years with the Bruins. In doubles, Lilley and partner Justin McClain advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament before being beaten. The 2012 Newport grad was named first team All-Conference last season as a freshman and finished the year 13-2 in singles and 9-9 in doubles. During his senior season at Newport, Lilley and teammate Dylan Harlow were the third place finishers in the 4A state doubles tournament after reaching the semi-finals as the Knights won the first of back-to-back team titles.
(Left to right) Edna Gossage, Karen Schmid, Alicia Scott, Sue Junker, Jason Chapman, Jill Olkoski, Susan Casabona, Heidi Kay Person and Kristine Kleinsmith (Captain) after winning their National Championship. COURTESY PHOTO
Bellevue, Interlake in top-10
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A pair of local teams remained in the cross country coaches poll, as the Bellevue boys and Interlake girls continued their stay in the top-10. Bellevue was seventh on the boys side and the only 3A KingCo team in the rankings. District foes Nathan Hale (third), Seattle Prep (sixth), Blanchet (eighth) and Bainbridge (tenth) should make for a spirited and fast Sea-King meet later in the season. Interlake checked in ninth on the girls side in Class 3A, behind conference foes Liberty (fourth) and Mercer Island (seventh). 3A Boys North Central; Kamiakin; Nathan Hale; Mount Spokane; University; Seattle Prep; Bellevue; Blanchet; Columbia River; Bainbridge; Others: Lakes, Glacier Peak, Oak Harbor, Shorewood. 3A Girls Glacier Peak; Kamiakin; Mount Spokane; Liberty; Prairie; Peninsula; Mercer Island; North Central; Interlake; Lakeside; Others: Hanford, Southridge, Lindbergh, Oak Harbor.
After dozens of matches, months of competition and trips around the country, Robinswood Tennis Center in Bellevue is home to a National Champion. The women’s 2.5 team won the 18 & Over title at the USTA National Championships in Indian Wells, Calif. recently to bring home the honor after winning a series of other titles to advance to the final tournament. The National Championship is the second for Robinswood Tennis Center, the first for a women’s team, and the first for coach Jason Chapman. The Robinswood team won a round robin flight to advance to the semi-finals, where they won a match over a team from Warrenton, Va. 2-1. There, they defeated a team from West Virginia 3-0 to capture the national title. For Chapman, who said he has been to the biggest stage of USTA tennis more than a dozen times as a player and coach, the moment was a culmination. “I basically cried,” said Chapman, who had his pregnant wife and pseudo assistant coach by his side for his first national title. Robinswood won its first match 3-0 at the National Championships before defeating the Texas squad 3-0 later in the day. A tiebreak scenario left Chapman knowing his team only needed to win two sets in three matches to advance from pool play and used the opportunity to mix and match play-
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Bellevue, Newport after Bellevue’s Baker gets spot crucial league wins on gridiron in All-American game Bellevue (5-0, 3-0) VS. Interlake (0-5, 0-3), 7 p.m. Friday
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Newport (4-1, 1-1) VS. Roosevelt (3-2, 0-2), 7 p.m. Friday The Knights moved back into the win column last week and evened their Crown Division record in the process with a 38-26 win over Ballard. A win over Roosevelt would be another boost before facing perennial power Skyline the following week. The Roughriders have dropped their last two games after beginning the season with three straight wins and have been outscored 71-13 the past two weeks.
Each January, the top senior football players gather in San Antonio, Texas for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. In 2014, for the second straight year, the Bellevue Wolverines will be represented. Senior all-around threat Bishard, “Budda” Baker became only the third Bellevue player in program history to be named to the Budda Baker prestigious roster, following the path of 2013 graduate and current UCLA Bruin Myles Jack and former offensive lineman Stephen Schilling, now with the San Diego Chargers. David Decastro, a 2008 graduate who went on to play at Stanford, played
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quicker than anyone I’ve seen at the high school level.” His collegiate choices have reportedly been narrowed to UCLA, where head coach Jim Mora has several Bellevue ties, Oregon and Washington, where former Bellevue assistant Danny Razore is a graduate assistant. But before he can turn his attention to the droves of major colleges recruiting him, or even the AllAmerican Bowl in January, he knows he has one more thing to do with the Wolverines. “I’m really excited,” he said of the honor, adding he has been able to measure himself against some of those same All-Americans at Nike’s The Opening, a combine event for top recruits. “I hopefully made a name there and hopefully I can again, but right now I’m just focused on this state championship.” Baker, who is one of two Washington preps selected along with Mountlake Terrace running back Devante Downs, was recognized Thursday, Oct. 10 at 2:45 p.m. in a ceremony at Bellevue High School after the Reporter’s deadline.
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Eileen Ficken
Eileen Murial Ficken passed away peacefully on October 2, 2013. Eileen was born to Sam and Ina Bell in Seattle on Octboer 12, 1926. She is survived by her husband of 60 years; Marvin Ficken. Eileen’s passing is also mourned by her two children: Dean (Katherine) Ficken and Janet Smith; and her four gradnchildren: Brian (KC) Ficken, Mandi Smith, Tia (Michael) Case, and Crystal Smith. Eileen was a gentle, generous spirit with a love for her family. A Celebration of Life will be held at Bellevue Presbyterian Church, 1717 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue, WA 98004 on Saturday, October 19 at 2:00 pm. Memorials for Eileen Ficken are suggested to go to the Caring Community Fund at Bellevue Presbyterian Church. 899679
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Effie Tutko’s dance talent already has put her into a video game. COURTESY PHOTO, Diana Baker
Bellevue girl 'Teen Dancer of the Year' BY DANIEL NASH BELLEVUE REPORTER
A Bellevue Big Picture freshman has become Hollywood Vibe's Teen Dancer of the Year. Effie Tutko, 14, beat out 50 finalists competing in Anaheim, Calif., with a lyrical dance set to Charlotte Sometimes' "Build The Moon." "I am amazed," she said. "It was a shock when I found out I'd won." Tutko has practiced dance for eight years and presently studies at Allegro Performing Arts Academy in Kent. She's attended conventions and competitions such as Spotlight Seattle and Hollywood Connection. Her talents have even put her in a video game: Tutko was a full motion video actor in "Just Dance Kids II," a title released for motion sensing consoles. "It was so exciting," Tutko said. "It was a real world opportunity to dance." Tutko began with ballet, but said she soon fell in love with all styles, including jazz, hiphop and ballroom. Her competition winning dance was lyrical. "Lyrical dance is basically dance that relates to the music," she said. "Your motions match what's playing."
Tutko entered the competition when Hollywood Vibe toured to Seattle. She advanced to semifinals in San Jose, Calif., and then to nationals in Anaheim. "Competition was intense (and) it inspired me to be a better dancer," Tutko said. "I had to go down with my solo performance. You did it once to compete and then the judges picked the top two dancers." She was called to perform again for the top two and was picked by the judges over her competitor. For her national win, Tutko received a scholarship for continued dance lessons, as well as membership to the Hollywood Vibe Dance Company. Company membership gives her the opportunity to assist their choreographers in demonstrating lessons at conventions and competition. Past Hollywood Vibe National Dancers of the Year have gone on to acting and dancing careers in Los Angeles, appearing in shows, such as "Glee" or "Hit the Floor." As for Effie's future? "I definitely want to continue competing," she said. "And I have dreams to be a convention teacher. I love to teach." Daniel Nash: 425-453-4290; dnash@issaquahreporter.com
Bellevue Reporter wins first-place award The Bellevue Reporter won a first-place award in the recent Washington Newspaper Publisher Association contest, as did a member of the Sound Publishing team based in the Bellevue office. Editor Craig Groshart won first place for Best Editorial. In an Aug. 16, 2012 editorial, “Keep state parks for everyone,” Groshart criticized the state Legislature for a “stupid” attempt to make state parks self-sustaining, which would make them inaccessible to many residents. The judges’ comments said: Editor Craig Groshart minced no words in describing Legislature’s designs on charging additional fees (beyond taxes) to use state parks. “Stupid” did
Chamber to host health care workshop The Bellevue Chamber of Commerce will present a workshop on health care reform from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Oct. 16. BizSmartz Workshop: Healthcare Reform – What Your Business Needs to Know
it. Every editorial should be so edgy.” Market Development Manager Katie Morgan won a first-place award for an ad, “We earned so many freaking awards,” in the contest’s advertising section. The judges’ comments said: Funny and powerful. The kind of promotion that will have readers saying, “Did you see that ad ...” The Bellevue Reporter is part of Sound Publishing, which together won a total of 218 awards, including 75 first place awards, 72 second place awards, 67 third place awards and four awards for reporters who were finalists for news writer of the year and sports writer of the year.
- will feature Regence BlueShield Sales Vice President Chris Gorey, who will share what is happening now and what businesses can expect over the next several months regarding healthcare reform. Pre-registration can be done at www.bellevuechamber.org or by calling 425-454-2464. The workshop will be at the Chamber's office, 302 Bellevue Square, Bellevue.
By Nancy Woodward I just retired three years ago from the Bellevue Galleria Gene Juarez Salon, after having worked at Gene Juarez for more than 26 years, 23 in Bellevue. I filled a number of roles at the Bellevue salon, including general manager. The last few years, I served as the guest relations manager, and so I was involved in the salon’s first mammogram screenings. Gene personally felt very strong about providing women this Nancy Woodward (left) and her daughter, Elizabeth Herbold. service. He initiated the first screenings COURTESY PHOTO in his salons close to nine years ago. Puget Sound. You meet women who have Even though I am retired, I want to just gotten divorced, lost their health continue my involvement with the Gene insurance and have not been screened Juarez mammogram program. It is a way for four or five years. If you are uninI can continue to give back. I think all of sured, all you have to do is fill out some us know someone whose life has been paperwork with help from the lovely touched by breast cancer. My first cousin ladies from the YWCA and Komen Puget is a survivor. I also have a lot of friends Sound. And it is taken care of. who are Gene Juarez clients and are Many women tell me a Gene Juarez breast cancer survivors. I was in the salon screening is absolutely the most pleaslast week just to visit with a client I know. ant way to have a mammogram that you She is a survivor and has been cancer free can imagine. We take you into the spa for five years. area. You change into a spa robe and sit While I personally have not had to in a beautiful, quiet, dimly lit room for deal with breast cancer, I was diagnosed a foot soak. A spa attendant gives you a with melanoma a few years ago. I would little foot massage and some herbal tea, not be alive today if my doctor had not if you want it. After your mammogram, diagnosed my cancer early, and it is the you leave with a nice gift bag too. All you same with breast cancer. I lived on Merhave to do is make an appointment, show cer Island for more than 17 years, and a up at the appointed time and you will be neighbor of mine had the disease.They taken care of in a very nice way. treated it and, because they detected her The 2013 Bellevue Galleria Gene breast cancer early, she is now doing fine. Juarez screening takes place on Oct. 23. At Gene Juarez, we provide breast To schedule an appointment, call 888cancer screenings for women who are 233-6121. For more information about insured, but also for women who have no Gene Juarez mammogram screenings, insurance through the support of Komen go to komenpugetsound.org.
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In-house borrowing to fund city upgrades The Bellevue City Council on Oct. 7 approved temporarily borrowing $30 million from the city’s Utility Capital Investment Program Fund, moving it to the General CIP Fund to pay for transportation projects. The loan will be used to fund the extension of Northeast Fourth Street, improvements on 120th Avenue Northeast, design work for other street upgrades and neighborhood projects in various locations. The city will pay back the Utility CIP Fund, with interest, within three years.
Park gets a name Community members have voted on a name for Bellevue’s newest park, and the winner is: Bridle Trails Corner Park. Bridle Trails Corner Park is located at Northeast 24th Street and 134th Avenue
Bellevue man arrested A Bellevue man was arrested following a fatal collision Oct. 4 between a car and a motorcycle. Bellevue Police say the man, driving an Acura coup, attempted to make a left hand turn to north bound 102 Avenue Northeast from Northeast 10th Street when the vehicle struck a motorcycle. The accident occurred at 6 p.m.
I-90 death seen as suicide The Washington State Patrol says it is investigating the death of a 70-year-old Washington woman Sept. 29 on westbound Interstate 90 at 142nd Place Southeast in Bellevue as a suicide. The Patrol said the woman apparently jumped from the overpass around 9:45 p.m. and was by a motorist. Trooper Chris Webb said a motorist stopped after they realized they struck something in the roadway, and several emergency calls were received by WSP after. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
PUBLIC NOTICES Puget Sound Energy, PO Box 97034, Bellevue WA 98009, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, PSE 120th Ave NE Utility Improvements is located on 120th Ave NE between NE 8th Street and NE 12th Street in Bellevue, in King County. This project involves 0.5 acres of soil disturbance for gas and electrical utility construction activities. Stormwater may be discharged to Sturtevant Creek. Any person desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication or this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology, Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater, PO Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696. Published in Bellevue Reporter on October 4, 2013 and October 11, 2013. #889308. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for the County of King KY CALDER, Plaintiff, vs. STEVE MARZOCCO, individually (as promoter for Healthmate Medical L.L.C.), ECRONA HOLDINGS, LLC, a
Washington limited liability company, TDI-PFO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, and CHECKPFO CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Defendants. Case No. 13-2-32640-0 SEA SUMMONS The State of Washington to: Steve Marzocco, defendant You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after the fourth day of October, 2013, and defend the above-titled action in the above-titled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Ky Calder, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff at their office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The complaint alleges personal liability of Mr. Marzocco on a promissory note dated March 10, 2011 totaling $50,000 plus interest exceeding $7,257.53 and continuing to accrue at a per diem amount of $8.22. The complaint also seeks costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses. DATED October 1, 2013, at Seattle, Washington. CABLE LANGENBACH KINERK & BAUER LLP /s/ Lawrence R. Cock Lawrence R. Cock, WSBA No. 20326 Attorneys for Plaintiff CABLE, LANGENBACH, KINERK & BAUER, LLP Suite 3500, 1000 Second Avenue Building Seattle, Washington 98104-1048 (206) 292-8800 phone
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Adam Greisz, Toth Construction, Inc., 6506 Second Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project,McDonald Residence is located at 3847 Hunts Point Road, in Hunts Point, in King County. This project involves 1.14 acres of soil disturbance for residential construction activities. Stormwater will be discharged to Lake Washington. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Bellevue Reporter on October 11, 2013 and October 18, 2013 #899545.
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ongratulations to the class of 2014. It’s early yet, but reality is only a few months away. Whether you are graduating from a nationally ranked high school, working on your GED or taking college classes for Running Start – Real Life looms. Welcome. Real Life doesn’t care if you were the valedictorian, the first chair, a class clown or (gasp!) a completely average kid. Real Life can be a vicious, snarling monster or completely indifferent. Darcy Brixey The only way to survive Real Life is to participate. How will you participate? You will face choices such as college or work, travel or philanthropy. Perhaps you will march directly into the work force, resumé in hand, or you will enlist in a branch of the military. All choices count. It’s making that choice that’s the tough part. Life After High School is a program series offered by King County Library System to support the choices you will have to make. From October through November you will have a variety of options of programs from across the library system. There are events for SAT prep, getting into college and paying for your education. This
series recognizes that not everyone heads off to college so there are programs for resumé and cover letter writing and interviewing. All programs are listed on the Life After High School website: http://www.kcls.org/lifeafterhighschool/. In addition to the events in the libraries, there is a special collection of resources that includes books, websites and databases at guides.kcls.org/lahs. Life will take you on unexpected side journeys. Majors will be changed. Relationships will ebb and flow and things that were once important are replaced by things that you never expected. Years down the road that treasured volume of Tennyson poetry that sat on the esteemed book shelf of bound classics will later perch on top of a hamster cage to deter a furry escape artist. Your children will laugh at your yearbook photos. You might get excited by the things like cooking magazines and Vitamix blenders. All that is far into the future. Your first step is to choose a path. There are many choices in life. Know your options. It’s up to you. Just remember, there is life after high school and it’s even better. Darcy Brixey is the teen services librarian at the Bellevue Library. She’d like to tell you she loves to read, but it’s an expectation of the job.
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CREATIVE ARTIST The Bainbridge Island Review, a weekly community newspaper located on beautiful Bainbridge Island, WA, has an immediate opening for a full-time Creative Artist. Duties include ad design, designing promotional materials and providing excellent internal and external customer service. Requires excellent communication skills and the ability to wo r k i n a fa s t p a c e d deadline-oriented environment. Experience w i t h A d o b e C r e a t i ve Suite, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat strongly preferred, as is newspaper or other media experience. Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team. We offer a great work environment, health benefits, 401k, paid holidays, vacation and sick time. Please email your resume, cover letter, and a few samples of your work to: hr@soundpublishing.com or mail to: BIRCA/HR Department Sound Publishing, Inc. 19351 8th Avenue, Suite 106, Poulsbo, WA, 98370.
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