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Bellevue getting apartments for low income, homeless BY BRANDON MACZ

From left: LIHI Executive Director Sharon Lee, HUD Regional Administrator Bill Block, John Tarrant of National Equity Fund (NEF), Bellevue City Councilmember Lynne Robinson, King County Housing Authority (KCHA) Executive Director Stephen Norman, state Rep Tana Senn (D-41st) and Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci.

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The Low Income Housing Institute anticipates opening up its first Eastside apartment in Bellevue next year after construction began earlier this month on its $16.6 million, 57-unit building project. Bellevue Apartments units are being constructed at 111th Avenue Northeast to house individuals and families making 60 percent or less of the area median income. For a family of four, that's $52,000. Twelve units are being set aside for the homeless, eight for veterans, three for families with developmental disabilities and one for a resident manager. Sound Mental Health is the social service provider. "This is our first project on the Eastside, the

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Performing arts center asks city for partnership BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

Bellevue councilmembers agree the city is in need of a performing arts center, but are hesitant to commit to a public-private partnership to erect the Tateuchi Center downtown until more due diligence is done. The 175,000-square-foot performing arts center, proposed to be constructed at the corner of Northeast 10th Street and 106th Avenue Northeast, is funded at $65 million to date. That's far shy of its $160 million goal. The largest contribution came from the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation, for which the center is now named. City councilmembers heard another appeal for a public funding partner-

The Tateuchi Center has raised $65 million toward its goal of $160 million for a performing arts center. COURTESY PHOTO ship from Performing Arts Center Eastside Executive Director John Haynes on Monday night, as well as from resident advocates for the center's construction. "Tateuchi Center will bring the world's greatest performing artists to downtown Bellevue," said Haynes. "… Everything about Tateuchi Center is like Bellevue — first class, but not over-the-top." The performing arts center started as a solely private venture by PACE, but the recession in 2008 caused a huge hit to fundraising efforts. Haynes told the Reporter the design is complete, permits are issued, but funding is the final impediment to construction. There was no discussion Monday about how substantial a monetary commitment PACE is requesting for

the Tateuchi Center, and the City Council will be provided with a more thorough report at its next meeting. Councilmembers said they support a performing arts center in Bellevue, but need to know what they're legally allowed to contribute by way of public funding, how a public-private partnership would work and what assurances they would have that the center will be completed. "I think it's a regional project that would provide a regional benefit," said Councilmember Jennifer Robertson. "… Because it's a regional project, it's going to be a partnership with the region and the private partners." Deputy Mayor Kevin Wallace said all of the city's revenue streams have been allocated for other purposes,

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Bellevue Apartments. Likely, it's final name will not be the Bellevue Apartments," said Aaron Long, LIHI executive assistant, adding the apartment building will likely be named in honor of a deserving person from the community. "Bellevue is very underserved for low-income housing, and we wanted to get into that area." The institute reports the average rent in Bellevue has increased 9.4 percent over the past year to $1,692 per month, the highest in the region. "Many people employed in Bellevue's retail, hotel and service industry cannot afford to live near where they work," said LIHI executive director Sharon Lee in a news release. "We are thrilled to construct 57 new apartments for SEE APARTMENTS, 6

Prosecutor says jealousy behind I-90 road rage case BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

The King County Prosecutor's Office alleges jealousy was a contributing factor in the Jan. 15 two-vehicle rollover on Interstate 90 in Bellevue, where one man is charged with ramming into his girlfriend's car multiple times at more than 100 mph while another man was behind the wheel. Desi C. Beltran is facing two counts of seconddegree assault and one count of second-degree assault (domestic violence) after he allegedly waited for his girlfriend's vehicle to pass by his along I-90 and instigated a high-speed chase, striking Karen M. Hardtke's Ford Freestyle multiple times before it and his Ford Explorer wrecked in Bellevue. According to police reports, Hardtke was with a SEE ROAD RAGE, 6

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A Bellevue man who pleaded guilty in October to charges he conspired with his brother to send out more than 250 shipments of firearm components to Thailand was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of supervised release Jan. 24 in U.S. District Court in Seattle. In a plea agreement, Nares Lekhakul, 36, admitted receiving firearm parts at his Bellevue residence requested by his brother, Naris Lekhakul, 42, to be delivered to Thailand. Both men were arrested and charged in June. Nares admitted to attempting to hide the contents of the shipments using false packaging, false identities and invoices to avoid detection, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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Naris Lekhakul, a Thai citizen, was sentenced to three years in prison this morning. The U.S. Attorney's Office lists as examples of false packaging and invoices that the men shipped .45-caliber magazines labeled as vented steel cases for electronic

The Bellevue Regional Library Board has a vacancy and city residents have until Feb. 24 to apply for the vacant seat. The successful candidate will complete a term that expires on May 31, 2015, and is eligible for reappointment. The library board, which serves as an advisory board to the King County Library System, is comprised of seven Bellevue residents who are appointed by the mayor with the concurrence of the City Council. Terms are four years and no member can serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. Applicants must be available for evening meetings. The library board meets on the third Tuesday of each month, at 5 p.m. at the Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd.

components while other shipments were passed as hobby parts, glow-inthe-dark marker sets, etc. The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Interested residents may apply online at www.bellevuewa.gov/library_board. htm or pick up a community service application from the City Clerk's Office or Service First Center at City Hall. Residents also may request that a form be faxed to them by calling 425-452-6466. Applications may be handwritten, typed or computer-generated; a resume may be attached. Applications must be received by the deputy city clerk on or before Feb. 24 online or through one of the following means: Hand delivered: Service First Desk City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E.; Mailed to P.O. Box 90012, Bellevue, WA, 98009-9012; FAXed to 425-452-5247; or emailed to carredondo@bellevuewa.gov.

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One Night Count finds fewer unsheltered on Eastside

Steve Roberts, a coordinator for the One Night Count’s Eastside groups, instructs volunteers to be cautious and respectful of any homeless camps they come across. DANIEL NASH, Bellevue Reporter counted compared to last year’s 2,736. Seattle carried the brunt of the increase, seeing its count rise by 403 people. Kent, Federal Way, Renton, Auburn and the area’s overnight buses all saw at least moderate increases in their counts; Auburn had the greatest percentage increase, going from 57 homeless in 2013 to 97 this year. The remaining areas were down — in the case of Northend King

County, drastically so. The Eastside saw a slight decrease from 197 to 178. Specific groups’ counts are not cleared for publication, but Stephanie Beighle, a Count veteran and the leader of the Bellevue team shadowed by the Reporter, noted her count was half what she would normally expect. “That’s good,” she said toward the end of the night. “It means more people are using the winter

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t was quiet in the wee hours of Jan. 24. And for some Eastside volunteers of the One Night Count, the annual census of King County’s homeless, the evening was mostly uneventful. That’s not a bad thing when you’re talking about men, women and children sleeping unsheltered in the winter. One night a year, the Seattle-King County Coalition on Homelessness gathers volunteers to venture out and count people sleeping in cars or known campout areas. Those figures are combined with the number of residents in recognized homeless camp sites, such as Tent City, to create an unsheltered count for the year. The figure is an assumed undercount due to limitations of time and manpower — not to mention the desire of some homeless not to be found — but the figure provides clear data on where the problem of homelessness stands year-to-year. King County’s numbers were up 14 percent in 2014, at 3,117 persons

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shelters.” Beighle has been a participant in the Count since its second year, and a count leader for almost as long. It’s a responsibility she doesn’t take lightly. She conducted two daylight pre-counts earlier in the week to gain an idea of where the likely campout sites were, and in previous years she’s brought her daughters along to help. “For me, personally, the count used to be a little scary,” Beighle said. Later, after the group overheard voices while counting underneath a city overpass, she elaborated that she had been afraid of coming across people who might be hostile to strangers near their hidden campsites. These days, she trusts in the safety of working in groups and taking every precaution in respecting the personal space of the Count’s subjects. “Remember, we’re walking through someone’s bedroom” is the motto repeated early and often throughout the night. It’s more apt some years than others. “One year, we found a whole bedroom set outside,” Beighle said. “For a family. I think that was the worst of the families we counted that year.” Beighle was joined by three other veteran counters — Leslie Miller of The Sophia Way, and Emily Leslie and Alex O’Reilly of the Bellevue SEE COUNT, 16

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Governor puts education, taxes back on Legislature’s table

ov. Jay Inslee’s call to raise money for schools by closing tax breaks put the education funding debate back in the laps of lawmakers this week and in the conversation with voters this fall. Inslee’s plan to generate $200 million in new taxes by eliminating or revising seven exemptions is a slimmed down version of the billion-dollar plus tax package rejected by a Republican-led majority in the Senate a year ago. There’s no evidence things will turn out differently for him and his Democrat allies in 2014 because the balance of power is the same. Republicans say lawmakers put roughly $1 billion additional dollars into schools in 2013 and can wait to make another hefty investment in 2015. Jerry Cornfield Inslee didn’t seem concerned about the prospect of another defeat when he unveiled his scheme Tuesday. Rather, he sounded as if he was test-driving messages Democrats can use this fall as the party tries to regain a working majority in the Senate. And he cast Republicans as a reluctant bunch whose minds might change before the Legislature is set to adjourn in early March. “The other party has said they don’t want to spend another dime on our children’s education this year,” he told reporters, adding later he hoped it was only “a temporary condition.” And he suggested lawmakers are wrong to think voting for his tax plan to fund schools will doom their re-election. “I believe very deeply that it is a winning issue for a candidate to face his public and say ‘I stood up for funding our schools and our kids’,” he said. “I will tell you candidates who do that are going to win elections this November. I believe this is where the people are (at) in the state of Washington.” Time will tell if he’s right. Jerry Cornfield is a political reporter who covers Olympia for The Daily Herald in Everett, which is among the Washington state newspapers in the Sound Publishing group. He can be contacted at jcornfield@heraldnet.com.

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Thanks for support I appreciate the votes and support of all those who elected me to the East Bellevue Community Council. We were sworn in by Judge David Steiner at the first meeting of the year, Jan. 7, and were honored to have Mayor Claudia Balducci attend the meeting. I plan to follow in the footsteps of my predecessor, Ken Seale, who has promised me to attend meetings and keep us updated on transportation and neighborhood issues, as well as provide his historical perspective. I look forward to introducing myself to local community groups, and addressing their concerns at the community council meetings. I hope to see more constituents at our next regular meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 4 ( two days after the Seahawks win the Superbowl) at the Lake Hills Clubhouse.

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Obama right on Syria It seem President Obama was right to take it easy in regards to making decisions about whether to get involved with the conflict in Syria or not. From what I am hearing recently, the opposition is dominated by Islamist groups bent on turning the country into a religious state, which would lead to all sorts of human rights violations. We owe the president thanks for not allowing Sens. McCain and Graham as well as FOX News, among others, who put lots of pressure on him to get this country militarily involved. The Republican Party, by its insistence that the military budget be increased in the latest budget agreement, is proof positive that its only interest is in funding the military industrial complex and the wealthy

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mayor, Claudia Balducci. Mayor Balducci will bring smart progressive leadership to one of the state’s fastest growing and fastest changing cities. We look forward to working with Mayor Balducci to expand transit access, increase sustainable development, and improve the city’s ethics policy.

who control it. It is telling that three-fourths of economist now state that the country is slow to recover because all increases in GDP have gone to the very wealthy. They state that in order for the country to really prosper there must be a more evenly distribution of resources. I am still waiting for the mass media to start reporting news that will give the public all the information needed to make wise decisions in regards to policy decisions.

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Medicare cuts will hurt dialysis patients As group facility administrator at Bellevue Community Dialysis Center, I, the caregiving team and patients share our appreciation to U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, who visited our facility recently to learn more about quality kidney care and the lives of the 60 patients we care for every day. Medicare cuts, issued earlier this month by the administration, will drastically cut funding for the

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Heritage Corner A look at Bellevue’s past

BY WARD URION Whether you’re a fair weather fan or a diehard Seahawk’s devotee, the last couple of weeks have given us a lot to celebrate as our beloved team heads to New Jersey to compete in Super Bowl XLVIII. We at LifeWire are proud of our team and celebrate their success. We also have followed the tumultuous media coverage of both Richard Sherman’s outstanding defensive victory, and his subsequent controversial interview. In the wake of the resulting media onslaught, what hasn’t been highlighted nearly as much are the actions and words of head coach, Pete Carroll. Carroll took the opportunity, not to publicly distance himself or endorse the behavior of his star defensive player, but to coach Sherman in his role as a star player. With Carroll’s guidance, Sherman was able to focus the energy on his team’s accomplishment. Carroll also went on radio and responded to reporters by supporting his player praising his character, intellect, work ethic an d team leadership, saying, “We try to grow and determine how we want to be and project and so this created a great opportunity. When you have a player you treat him like you would your own son,

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Metke Ford Metke Ford Motors was founded in 1954 by Herbert Metke. He was the one-time president of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, and was active in other civic leadership groups in the early and mid 1950s. This was the first Ford dealership to serve the Bellevue area and was the only “factory direct” location. Metke Ford sold Fords, Fairlanes, Falcons, Thunderbirds, as well as other new and used cars. Metke Ford was located at 10641 N.E. 8th St. Though located off of Bellevue’s famed Auto Row on 116th Street, Metke Ford was still one of the largest dealerships in Bellevue in the 1950s and 1960s. Metke Ford closed in the 1970s. To learn more about Bellevue and Eastside history, contact the Eastside Heritage Center at 425-450-1049 or visit www. EastsideHeritageCenter.org.

dialysis necessary for the survival of hundreds of thousands of kidney failure patients across the country and here in the Bellevue area — reducing payments for this lifesaving care by 12 percent or $30 per dialysis treatment. Dialysis is a lifeline for our kidney failure patients, more than 80 percent of whom rely heavily on Medicare which already falls short of covering the full cost of patients’ treatments. The cuts will seriously undermine the affordability, reliability, and quality of dialysis care — further stripping scarce resources out of the dialysis program and forcing providers to make difficult decisions to reduce operating hours or reduce their staffs. It is critical that Congress intervene immediately to ensure that Medicare reimbursement for dialysis care adequately covers the cost of care for our patients who rely on this life-saving care. I hope readers feel compelled to contact Congressman Smith to ask for his support.

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you stick by him, you love him and care for him and help him be everything he can be and give him the best chance to be all he can be.” It’s this attitude and ethic that has made Pete Carroll a great coach, community leader and leader of other coaches. Ten years ago, coach Carroll lent this expertise to help develop a prevention program for schools called Coaching Boys Into Men. Developed by Future’s Without Violence, this wonderful project equips middle and high school coaches with tools to help their young athletes build respectful, non-violent relationships. This evidence-based curriculum is extremely important considering one in three teenage girls will experience abuse in their dating relationships with young men thereby increasing their risk of future violent relationships, unwanted pregnancy, and attempted suicide. LifeWire has talked with hundreds of coaches around Washington state who are now committed to going beyond game strategy and athletic development to build the characters of their young athletes. Right now, several coaches in the greater Seattle area are using the Coaching Boys int o Men curriculum with their high school athletes, working to build a team of winners in life, not just on the court. These coaches represent the best in coaching as they set about developing young leaders to become role models demonstrating respectful, non-violent relationships off the court, and the best competitive athletes they can be at the buzzer. Thank you coach Carroll. Go Seahawks!

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friend, Hugo Yanez, at a casino before driving to Cle Elum to pick up her 2-yearold son from her mother. Yanez offered to drive the vehicle, but was told to avoid being seen by Hardtke's mother, who reportedly told authorities the 2-year-old was snatched from her arms by Yanez before recanting her story. Beltran told police following his arrest he had learned from Hardtke's mother that his girlfriend had been there with another man and suspected her of cheating on him, according to court records. He said he waited for Hardtke's Freestyle to pass his vehicle

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Area Methodist churches face food drive challenge from Denver Residents can help feed the hungry and beat Denver by donating canned food to the First United Church of Bellevue. The church, along with more than 70 others in the greater Seattle area, have been challenged by Methodist churches in Denver to see who can collect the

most canned foods before the Super Bowl. Donations may be dropped off at the church, 1934 108th Ave. N.E. any time before 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3. More information is available at www. unitedinblue.org.

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"In our business you need to be kind of opportunistic," said Long. "We acquired the property during the housing crash. Right now, we probably wouldn't have been able to buy that property." Leasing for the Bellevue Apartments has not started and LIHI is still working out those finer points before the process begins. Units will be a mix of studio, two-room and three-room apartments.

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working families." Funding partners for the project are: A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH), Wells Fargo, National Equity Fund, King County Housing Authority, the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, HUD, Washington State Housing Trust Fund, Washington Community Reinvestment Association and the Home Depot Foundation.

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Best Buy is seeking construction permits from the city of Bellevue to remodel its storefront on 120th Avenue Northeast to make way for a city project to extend Northeast Fourth Street and recover lost retail and parking space. A new five-lane arterial Northeast Fourth is planned to cut through the south end of the Best Buy store and parking lot during Phase Two of the project, slated to start in 2015, with the entire roadway opened by fall 2016. The city is exercising eminent domain to run its transportation project through a portion of the Best Buy store. However, the retail company also has filed suit over the city’s actions. Both the city and Best Buy are now working toward a settlement, the details of which are not being commented on, said Emily Christensen with the city of Bellevue. The Northeast Fourth extension, from where it ends at 116th Avenue Northeast to 120th Avenue Northeast, is part of several projects to improve mobility between downtown Bellevue, the Bel-Red corridor and Overlake area. Best Buy is requesting the city’s permission to demolish 11,021 square feet of retail space on the south side of its Bellevue store and add 9,964 square feet to its north side. The store also is seeking to construct a single-story parking garage on its east side to accommodate up to 226 vehicles.

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we try to appeal to a wide market.” Scotty Browns is slated to open 5 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Element’s Building Complex at 958 111th Avenue N.E. with a grand opening to occur several weeks after, said Cooper. A staff of about 50 is still being trained this week, but Scotty Browns in Bellevue will continue hiring through the month of February, he said. The restaurant boasts a lively bar and lounge, flatscreen TVs, daily specials and late-night dining in downtown Bellevue. The Bellevue location is currently in the final stages of remodeling. “All of our stores are designed differently,” Cooper said, “we’re definitely not a cookie-cutter store in that respect.” To keep up with Scotty Browns developments, like it at facebook.com/scottybrownsbellevue.

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BDA president Patrick Bannon. Land use is still very important to the BDA, said Schooler, a former BDA chairman, but the association has branched out over the years to take up business development, public relations and celebrated local events, such as producing several weeks of wintertime festivities known as Magic Season. Board Chairman Ross Jacobson said the BDA worked hard to bring a young Bill Gates and his Microsoft company to Bellevue in the early ‘80s, at a time when tech companies hadn’t yet realized the Eastside’s potential for incubating such business. Though Microsoft moved from Northup Way to Redmond, the current influx of tech companies into Bellevue has led to low office vacancy, high rental rates downtown and a rush to develop more high-rises to meet future SEE ASSOCIATION, 16

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A typhoon threatens the coast. Civilians, animals and valuable equipment are all threatened by the waves. Conditions are bad enough to prevent any rescuers other than remote-controlled recovery automatons — robots. And the only operators competent enough to deploy them are a team of Puesta del Sol fourth-and fifthgraders. Three teams of Puesta del Sol Elementary students competed in the Washington FIRST Robotics Lego League regional qualifiers in Edmonds on Jan. 18. One team, the Mustache Monkeys, will move on to the semi-finals; The Stormbots won a Core Values award for Inspiration and team Phenomenon finished in a solid 37th. Lego League is the venue where kids a decade shy of being able to operate heavy machinery go to flex their engineering and problem solving skills. Here they can build and program Lego robots to complete objectives on a tabletop course — known as the “robot game” in competition — or develop concepts for theoretical robots to solve serious environmental crises. In the game, competitors place their robot on a course with a number of preset missions, each worth points. Their goal is to complete as many missions as they can in 150 seconds. It requires a great deal of planning, testing and cooperation among team members. “Success is probably more about teamwork and working together to solve these problems than anything else,” team adviser and fourth-grade teacher Jenny Ferries said. On the Thursday afternoon before

Torin Smith and Madeline Justice test their robot in the Puesta del Sol Elementary gymnasium. DANIEL NASH, Bellevue Reporter competition, the team members of the Phenomenons are huddled over their “Phenomabot.” Olivia Boysen, Sungjin Park and Ethan Tampa had already picked the missions they believed they could complete in the allotted time; the next step was to fine tune their machine to finish without a hitch, adjusting variables like gear rotations to the sweet spot that would send the Phenomabot exactly where they intended.

“We have to do it one step at a time,” Park said. “We try to keep as many attachments on (the robot) as we can,” Tampa said. “We want to do more missions in one run … that’s how it has to stay, or we change all the attachments and all the programs in the middle and that takes up some of our time.” For their concept presentation, the StormBots were tasked with imagining a

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For Brian Nemhauser, sports fandom runs deep. From his days as a youth in California to later years in Portland, college in Washington D.C. and finally a home near Eastgate and Lake Sammamish, Nemhauser has always found reason to cheer. Like many others with roots in the Pacific Northwest, the loudest cheers are reserved for the Seattle Seahawks. “I’ve just always loved Sundays,” he said. Even before his family moved to the region, Nemhauser remembers watching the Hawks on television, drawn in by their blue and green uniforms and hooked by the thrilling brand of play that defined the Dave Krieg era. When he was 13, his parents’ Bar Mitzvah gift was a trip north to Seattle for the weekend, with a pair of football games on the itinerary. After taking in the sensory overload that is a fall afternoon on Montlake, Nemhauser was in for an even bigger treat that Sunday, when he ventured inside the Kingdome for the first time to watch the Seahawks. “Just to be in there back then, with the wave, that was a big deal,” he said. “That was my team.” As the years went on, Nemhauser’s love of the Seahawks grew, alongside other deeply rooted passions for the Mariners and Portland Trailblazers. He moved from Fremont to the Eastside in 2003, developing a career in the area’s flourishing technology industry and also growing his family, with two young sons and a wife named Rachel. But when it came to digging into the nuances and tendencies that could help forecast the impending seasons of his favorite teams, Nemhauser found a void in the marketplace. So he began writing. It began with a preseason email blast sent only to his friends, and focused on the Mariners. When he applied that concept to the Seahawks, a friend suggested he take it a step further and publish a blog. “I had questions, and I wanted answers,”

Nemhauser said of the birth of Hawkblogger.com. “I didn’t want quotes or mindless national stuff.” Rather than repurposing story lines or materials from traditional media outlets, Nemhauser set to make Hawkblogger a congregating place for those with an analytical eye on the gridiron. As he does in his career with Adobe, and in most every other area of his life, he focused on the data. “I look at everything - my businesses, my employees, my life - how to get better,” he said. “The more you’re able to see a pattern, the more you can anticipate what comes next.” Nemhauser said most of his blog posts begin with a question or belief about the team, its matchup that week or a trend that seems to be developing throughout the season. From there, he scours online databases for statistics, analyzing and dissecting them to provide the evidence for an argument. But for the first several years the blog existed, there weren’t many people to argue with. “I was blogging mostly to myself,” he said. “There was a guy in Alaska and a soccer mom here locally. I literally had a couple of readers.” The lack of exposure was no problem for Nemhauser, but when he connected his work on the blog with an expanding and increasingly powerful sharing entity in Twitter, the visibility increased. “That was, I found, the place I could find other people,” he said. “Connecting those things together has been huge.” The exponential growth in his readership via social media overlapped with the franchise’s overhaul, from front office changes that brought in general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll to the hundreds of player transactions that followed. As the team built its foundation, Nemhauser built upon his. When a friend hosted an undrafted rookie wide receiver during training camp in 2011 at his home on the Eastside, Nemhauser offered to chronicle his process with the team. Chris Carter didn’t end up making a name for himself with the Seahawks,

Nemhauser called the Seahawks’ NFC Title Game win over the San Francisco 49ers, “A classic, a game we will always remember.” COURTESY PHOTO but the player who beat him out did. “His name was Doug Baldwin,” Nemhauser recalled. “After one practice, it wasn’t a competition.” He began reaching out to players through Twitter and eventually connected with Baldwin on a feature story, something uncommon in the NFL among non-credentialed media. That led to more sit-down interviews with players, and a regular spot with Dave “Softy” Mahler on 950 Sports Radio KJR, a Bellevue High grad. It also helped him garner honors and awards among Seahawks blogs. As the visibility crescendoed, Nemhauser, who had received advertising inquiries

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from the blog and benefit a charity that connects to me personally,” Nemhauser said. Ben’s Fund has a grant through Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT) of Washington, which provides financial assistance for autism spectrum related services. The donation has increased each year since he began making the annual pledge, which includes 100 percent of the revenue

generated by the blog. He said the hope this year is to make it a five-figure sum donated to Ben’s Fund. “It is cool,” he said. “It has become hours per day.” Nemhauser left for New York Tuesday, with a ticket to the biggest game in the franchise’s history and the hope that a memorable season can bring one more dream finish. As for his prediction, the outcome should be obvious: a Seattle triumph. “I’ve got so much to do at work, and all I can think about is going to New York,” he said. “It feels like it has been a long time coming.”

Juanita 37 Sammamish 71 The Totems jumped on top with a 20plus point advantage after the first quarter and never looked back, beating Juanita 71-37 behind a game high 14 points from Noah Pratt. Sammamish, which surrendered only seven first half points, also got 13 from Zachary Legab, 11 from Kyle Tracy and 10 from Robert Ambartsumyan. Bellevue 53 Lake Washington 41 Bellevue stayed unbeaten in the conference, beating Lake Washington 53-41. Kyle Foreman scored 18 to lead the way for the Wolverines, while Gunter Klimes added 16 more in the win. Liberty makes the trip to Wolverines Way tonight for an 8 p.m. tip. Eastlake 57 Newport 59 Jake Higgins put in a game-high 21 points and Will Ferris added 17 more for Newport, which erased a first quarter deficit to get the win.

Girls basketball Newport travels to Roosevelt tonight for a 6:30 p.m. tip after facing fellow division leader Eastlake Wednesday. Bellevue hosts Liberty in 3A KingCo game, also at 6:30.

Newport, BC wrestlers make finals at invites Newport’s David Yingling made the finals at the Lynden Annual Invitational wrestling tournament last weekend, falling in the championship match at 113 pounds in a 9-6 decision. Diego Dwyer made the finals for the Knights at 120 pounds, losing the championship match by fall. Bellevue Christian’s Michael Dougherty

won the championship at 182 pounds by pin at the Mid-Valley Classic wrestling tournament. Tate Razor took the title at 195, also winning his final match by pin. Terry Aguirre was a third place finisher for the Vikings at 145 pounds, as was Scott Graves at 152. Garrett Olerud was fourth at 170.

Boys swim and dive Interlake 94 Lake Washington 89 The Saints took the dual meet win in the pool getting wins in the 200 medley relay and a host of individual events. Michael Lorr took the 200 free in one minute, 54.29 seconds, just in front of teammate Karn Dalmia. Jason Cummings was the winner in the 500 free, while Albert Furlong won the 100 backstroke in 58.47 seconds. Bothell 87 Sammamish 72 Conrad Karwal won the 200 individual medley for Sammamish in two minutes, 14.82 seconds, and Jackson Gode took the win in the 50 free as the Totems fell to Bothell. Evan Berger swam 1:06.22 to win the 100 fly, and the Sammamish also took the win in the 400 medley relay. The KingCo Invitational, which provides the last chance for swimmers not qualified for the conference championship meet to swim a league standard, takes place Friday at the University of Washington Pavilion Pool.

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In one of the play’s funniest scenes, Charlie (Erik Gratton) and Ellard (Anthony Lee Phillips) share breakfast together. TRACY MARTIN. Property of Village Theatre. vanilla life. At first Charlie absolutely refuses to take part in the ruse, until he accidentally overhears a personal conversation between Catherine and David, who are engaged. Gratton, as Charlie, is priceless. Not speaking much at all throughout the first

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help but laugh every time. Ellard (Phillips) is hysterical as the dimwitted brother of sweet, former debutante Catherine. Charlie picks up on David’s attempts to convince everyone that Ellard is incompetent to handle the $112,000 he is due to inherit. David wants all the money once he and Catherine are wed. Charlie asks Ellard to “teach” him to speak English. With the southern inflection each lesson is side-splitting. Catherine, ignored by David, grows fond of Charlie because he’s such a good listener. She pours her heart out, not thinking he understands a word. Betty (Maynard) dotes on Charlie, and thinks yelling her words will help him understand. Rounding out the cast is Eric Ray Anderson as Owen Musser, a good-ol’-boy who is rude and obnoxious to Charlie from the moment he lays eyes on him. Owen clearly doesn’t like a foreign-

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er in his parts. Owen and David are up to no good, and Charlie is on to them sooner than they think, and is able to use his disguise to his advantage to put them in their place. The variety of accents and physical humor by Gratton are gut-busting funny. A recent transplant to Seattle from New York, Gratton has performed all over the country in new plays and many of Shakespeare’s most fun roles. He is a gifted comedic actor. The set, a log-sided fishing lodge, is authentic, with lighting and special effects that work in just the right places. “The Foreigner” was written by the late Larry Shue. Following a record-breaking run of 700 performances at New York’s Astor Place Theatre, it has been produced successfully internationally. “The Foreigner” will continue at Village Theatre through March 2, before beginning a run at the Everett playhouse through March 30. For tickets visit www. villagetheatre.org.

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Craig Douglas Hancock, longtime Bellevue resident, died peacefully in his sleep the last day of 2013. He was 64 years old. Craig was born in Beach, North Dakota to Warren and Rose Hancock, now deceased. The family moved to Bellevue in 1965 after living in Montana and Illinois. Craig graduated from Sammamish High School and the University of Washington. He was interred at Tahoma National Cemetery with military honors. His brother, Dennis, and sisters, Marie and Bernice, already miss him.

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Human Services Division — and two newcomers: Councilmember Lynne Robinson and her husband, Dan, an administrator for the King County Housing Authority. “I’m here to find out more about the city’s homeless situation,” she said. “Affordable housing is an important issue for both myself and Dan.” Robinson said she would like to bring more affordable housing into the city of Bellevue, through tax incentives for residential developers or other means. She and Dan note that most apartments are prohibitively expensive for people earning a lower income. “I don’t know exactly what the average rent is for the city, but it’s more than $1,000,” Dan said. Beighle’s Bellevue group primarily checked under overpasses and other off-thebeaten paths for campsites, and in parking lots for car dwellers. Throughout, she kept the group on top of protocol: stay together, stay quiet, keep your flashlights aimed at your feet. Observe from afar. Two voices were the only direct evidence of people the group was able to count. The rest was determined by found campsites. Beighle found the lion’s share, noting hideaways easily missed

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Clyde “Bud” Smith was born to Raymond and Ellen Smith in Centerville Iowa on February 4th 1923. He left us on January 16th 2014. He left Iowa as a 17-year-old heading west with a friend. He ended up enlisting in the Navy and living in Bremerton Wa. There he met and married Athena Kreymer and had two children, Guy Smith and Claudia Westbrook. He worked as an accountant, a credit collector and found his calling building and selling homes here in the Seattle area. He met and married Mary Dallas in 1958 and had three children. Stephanie Leckness, Marcia Garcia and Angela Butoryak. He was also a bonus father to Mary’s son Jimmy from a previous marriage.The family settled in Kirkland where they would raise their family. Clyde taught his kids about skiing, horses, and the love of the outdoors. He loved family gatherings. Clyde leaves behind eight grand children, five bonus (step) grand children and six great grandchildren. He also leaves behind his life partner Pam Lyon (as well as her children and grand children) of Carnation WA. “Bud” was loved by all that had the pleasure to have known him and will be missed by all… May his memory be eternal.

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by everyone else. “After so many years doing this, you learn what to look for,” she said after pointing out one well-hidden camp. “They’re usually camouflaged really well. They don’t want to be found.” Over the course of the night she said she was surprised to find many campsites broken down and abandoned — including ones that appeared occupied during her daylight precounts. It was a potential good sign, if it meant the occupants were making use of the winter shelters. The turn of events makes each return to her car into a minor negotiation. Was a camp intact? Did it appear abandoned? And, ultimately: should it count? The group was heartened by its low numbers as it returned to the Eastside base camp, Bellevue Presbyterian Church. But they were aware their results were likely a sign of better shelter services, and not necessarily a decline in the homeless population. The higher numbers from other Count areas would confirm the latter, and a Jan. 28 email from Hopelink Housing Director Meghan Altimore, an Eastside coordinator for the count, would confirm the former.

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demand. The BDA is now focused on a downtown transportation plan being developed by the city and the Downtown Livability initiative, said Bannon, which will be adopted this year and incorporate elements from the transportation plan. Vander Hoek, who has been a member of the BDA for more than 30 years, said the

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Blind pianist Mac Potts entertains member of the Rotary Club of Bellevue during a Tuesday luncheon. The 22-yearold musician will be among 10 performers at this year’s Ten Grands Seattle concert. BRANDON MACZ, Bellevue Reporter “While (East King County numbers are) down from last year, we can’t forget that there were an

additional 125 men, women and children sleeping at our Eastside Winter Shelters,” she wrote to volunteers.

association is an effective partner in this, considering since 1986 its transportation management association, TransManage, has been advocating downtown traffic improvements and assisting employers with making smart decisions about parking. Jacobson said the association is now working harder to reach out to downtown residents, a population that had only been about 400 just 15 years ago. The city now reports a downtown population of 10,500 and

is working to establish a residents association there. Vander Hoek, a developer, said affordable housing also remains an issue, and something that will need to be addressed through reforms in building regulations. Whatever the issues, members of the BDA are looking decades ahead at what could be and decades back at how far the association and downtown Bellevue has come. “How many downtowns get an opportunity like we’ve had?” said Vander Hoek.

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