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Kirkland imposes new temporary marijuana zoning regulations BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
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he Kirkland City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on March 18 that replaces the marijuana interim zoning regulations that were originally passed in early February. Ordinance 4439 temporarily prohibits marijuana retail shops in the Market Street Corridor (MSC) 1 zone and the MSC 2 zone, which was previously excluded from the ban. Properties that abut the designated Kirkland School Walk Routes are also exempt from having marijuana shops. But instead of only taking away places for marijuana retail shops, the ordinance adds an additional three new zones for pot-shop hopefuls. The Light Industrial Technology zone and Totem Lake 7 and 9 zones, once available for processing and producing licenses, are now viable locations for marijuana sale per city law. This ordinance was greeted more warmly than the previous ordinance by council and community members alike.
The Kirkland City Council meeting on March 18 was packed with residents during a hearing about marijuana retail regulations in the city. Those opposed to retail on Market Street wore yellow scarves in solidarity. RAECHEL DAWSON, Kirkland Reporter “The fact is, at least my impression, was that people were concerned by eliminating the MSC 2 zone, that we would lose a fourth of the possible locations [for marijuana retail],” said Councilman Toby Nixon at the Council meeting. “By adding the light industrial zones, we reached a compromise.” At least 12 Market and Norkirk neighborhood advocates, many in yellow scarves, spoke at the public hearing, which lasted nearly two hours. Several voiced support for the compromised approach
and many encouraged council members to continue research with a strategic task force on permanent zoning codes that involved all of the stakeholders. “I think it’s great,” said Market neighborhood resident Kirstin Larson after the ordinance passed. “I think the council did a good job of looking at solutions for people trying to find retail as well as listening to the concerns of the community.” Kirkland resident Sharon Whitson, the general manager of Seattle Hempfest and medical marijuana user herself, also praised the city and community for working [ more MARIJUANA page 5 ]
Kirkland Choral Society celebrates 25 years BY LAUREL RICE UW News Lab
The Kirkland Choral Society began as eight musicians in a basement. Now, 25 years later, it is a large thriving organization. Jessica Martin, Managing Director for the group and soprano in the chorus, knows that it’s the members who utilize their time, money and talents for the betterment of the group. “Over the years we have become one of the premier choral groups on the Eastside, and we now have over
90 members,” said Martin. “We sing a lot of difficult repertoire and masterpieces. For us it shows a huge period of growth and improvement.” In addition to their faithful audience, the programming and quality of performances, there is a sense of community within the group. The Kirkland Choral Society has a total of three main programs per year. The first one of the season was in December 2013 and the remaining two are coming up during the next few months. The group will be performing their Brahms Fest
program in collaboration with Philharmonia Northwest chamber orchestra and Bellevue Chamber Chorus. This concert is scheduled for March 29 in Meany Hall at the University of Washington. “It means a lot for a group to be able to collaborate with other groups because it just changes the dynamic of everything,” said Martin. “There is really nothing quite like having 125 singers with a full orchestra.” They will be performing the Brahms Requiem. It consists of seven movements and [ more CHORAL page 6 ]
Kirkland business owner John Bagge leans in with Gov. Jay Inslee as a bill to allow caterers to serve alcohol is signed into law. CONTRIBUTED
Leveling the catering field Local legislators help Kirkland business owner get bill signed into law to allow caterers to serve alcohol BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
In the past, John Bagge, president of Twelve Baskets Catering in Kirkland, has lost a $40,000 catering event for a local software company because his business couldn’t serve alcohol. “It’s happened several times,” Bagge said, who unsuccessfully applied for a liquor license in October. “We’ve lost several hundred thousand [dollars] in sales.” Bagge’s business isn’t a
bust, in fact, it’s had $2 million in sales and is highly insured, he said. But because his catering business doesn’t operate a restaurant, tavern, bar or tiny “fake” cafe, the Washington State Liquor Control Board isn’t authorized to issue the business a liquor license. Bagge’s business, which has been operating for 38 years, used to be a restaurant where they did have a liquor license. But he got out of the restaurant business 15 years ago and has
no wish to go back. He currently operates Twelve Baskets Catering in an 8,000-square-foot warehouse-type kitchen, which isn’t conducive to open a cafe or restaurant, he said. “[Many caterers] will have a kitchen set up, a little dining area, to appease the Liquor Control Board,” he said. “Once they get the cafe set up it’s pretty much done, so they can obtain a license. But once [the Liquor Con[ more CATER page 5]
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The city of Kirkland Park Board will recommend the North Kirkland Community Center site for a new aquatic facility. The recommendation will be formally made to the Kirkland City Council during its regularly scheduled meeting on April 1. During the Park Board meeting at Kirkland City Hall, the board took public comments and heard a presentation by staff on each location. About 15 people spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting and the board decided between three locations, which also
included South Norway Hill Park and Juanita Beach Park. All but one member of the board voted in favor of recommending the community center site. The board member who voted against the measure wanted to keep the Juanita Beach Park site an option. “Those of us on the Renew the Legacy Committee and the larger aquatics community are very pleased about this,” said Rob Martin, who is an avid swimmer and was in attendance for the meeting. Members of the aquatics community, along with representatives from WAVE Aquatics, were among the 50-60 people in attendance for the meet-
ing. among other features. The Park Board also will The site recommendarecommend the largest of tion is based on the need the options for the 5.5-acre for a new facility, as the site, which would include a Juanita Aquatic Center 72,000-square-foot aquatic at Juanita High School and recreation center with is reaching the end of its a 50-meter pool. That useful life. It is also based recommendation is less on community input and important, as funding communication with for the project has WAVE Aquatics not been secured. representatives, Kirkland The larger facilwhich currently ity could include manages the Juanone court gym, a ita Aquatic Center fitness room, wood and has expressed its floor studio, community desire to be a part of any kitchen, child-watch activ- plans for a new facility. ity room, multipurpose WAVE has also initiated a classroom, eight-lane lap fundraising campaign for a pool with diving, recrenew facility. ation pool, spa/warm water The need for a new pool therapy, seating for 250 is great within the Lake and a special events room, Washington School Dis-
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trict, as both Juanita High School and Lake Washington High School aquatics programs use the pool for meets and practice, along with the community as a whole through WAVE’s management. Inglemoor High School and Bothell High School, which are a part of the Northshore School District, also utilize the facility. City officials are also considering the feasibility and a cost analysis study on converting Peter Kirk Pool, in downtown Kirkland, to year-round use as an interim solution if the city cannot finish a new aquatic center by 2017, when the Juanita Aquatic Center is projected to
close. City Council members removed the Mark Twain Park, Snyder’s Corner Park and the former Juanita Albertsons sites from consideration due to challenges with size, accessibility and land acquisition. The North Kirkland Community Center site still faces some huge hurdles besides funding. The site is a tight fit and has a steep slope to the land, requiring a threelevel recreation/aquatic center. A traffic signal and left turn lane would also need to be installed, making the North Kirkland Community Center the most expensive in terms of construction cost.
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ist and his partner, hula dancer Moanalani Beamer, create music that incorporates ancient Hawaiian musical instruments into inventive arrangements of both well-loved Hawaiian music and contemporary songs for something entirely new. Keola is a Hawaiian music legend. One of Hawaii’s premier singer-songwriters, arrangers, composers and masters of Hawaiian slack key guitar, his breadth of talent springs from five generations of one of Hawaii’s most illustrious musical families - one that pre-dates Western contact. Keola’s mother, Nona Beamer, a hula dancer and teacher, exposed her son to non-Hawiian music as well; at the age of four Keola was listening to traditional island music and also to the music of Chet Atkins, the Kingston Trio. The marriage of cultures has resulted in a style of slack key composition that is singular, Keola’s own sound. Texasbased singer-songwriter Willie Nelson is a huge fan, calling Keola’s guitar playing “the best slack key guitar anywhere on the planet.” Keola’s music was recently featured in the soundtrack for the Oscar-nominated film “The Descendants,” starring George Clooney. That music has just been nominated for a Hawaiian music Grammy Award. Tickets for the concert are available online at www. kpcenter.org, or by phone at 425-893-9900. Tickets are $25 each, and will also be available at the door on the night of the show. The Kirkland Performance Center is located at 350 Kirkland Ave. in Kirkland. For more information about this event email upwestarts@gmail.com
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n February, the Lake Washington School District’s Proposition 3 fell just short of the 60 percent yes votes needed to approve the $755 million bond to address our urgent growth crisis. In the April 22 special election, the district’s Proposition 1 asks voters to approve an updated bond measure of $404 million. Proposition 1 funds our most urgent needs for seven new schools. The remaining $351 million originally proposed in February for the Strategic Modernization Plan will be proposed to voters in future years. The district’s website, www.lwsd.org, details more information under “April 22 Bond Measure.” The anti-schools lobby that fought the February bond measure is again fighting this new proposal. So who is behind the antischools lobby and what are their real goals? The arguments against Proposition 1 in the Voters’ Guide were written by Kirkland residents Mike Nykreim and Steve Swedenburg. They want you to believe they care about our schools and if only the school district were more transparent and more fiscally responsible, then they wouldn’t oppose investing in new schools. Is that really true? They tell us that they support quality schools, yet Jill Stoddart
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their public record shows that they only want to do this if it meets their definition of quality. They want the school district to build cheaper buildings and mega-sized institutions instead of community schools. They don’t want to spend dollars up-front for environmentally sustainable heating and cooling systems, roofs and exteriors, despite evidence that it provides cost savings in the longer term. They equate 21st century learning environments,
which include science and engineering classrooms and flexible learning spaces, with “palaces.” If we allow their vision of public education to become a reality, my daughters will be sitting in a big one room schoolhouse with a wood-burning stove in the center.
Jill Stoddart is the Chairperson for the Redmond Action Group for School Overcrowding.
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This year’s Viva Volunteers! Fair in Kirkland celebrates the start of 2014 National Volunteer week. The event will take place from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on April 5 at the Peter Kirk Community Center. Volunteerism has always been a part of our country’s history and culture – a way of life. It is who we are as Americans and recognized worldwide. The Viva Volunteers! Fair is a great opportunity for citizens of Kirkland to learn about a wide variety of local volunteer programs that benefit people of all ages within our community. The Viva Volunteers! Fair is free, and is sponsored by the Kirkland Senior Council. This event is a wonderful way for families and friends to share quality time together, experiencing and participating in the legacy of volunteerism that continues to make America strong.
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Why I am voting yes for LWSD bond For the past 14 years, I’ve been involved in Lake Washington public schools as a parent volunteer, PTSA officer and more recently as a board member with the Lake Washington PTSA Council. Throughout this time I’ve seen firsthand the remarkable work our schools, teachers, and families do every day to ensure our kids receive a world-class education. Both of my sons graduated from Redmond High School and are currently at university -- one attends the University of Washington Bothell and the other attends Lancaster University in Lancaster, England. Excellent schools require a commitment and an investment by all of us – commitments of time, energy, effort, and yes, resources. The
Lake Washington School District has a sucEven though I no longer have children attending cessful track record as responsible stewards of school in the district, I will be voting yes to enthose resources. Over the years, I have seen that sure that not only do we keep all of our schools responsible stewardship in all of my conversaat that same level, we also provide our students tions with school district administration and at with ample classroom and building space so that all of the school board meetings I have attended. they can continue to learn and thrive. That’s why And that is why, without hesitation, I am voting I encourage you to vote yes for Lake Washington yes by April 22 for the bond measure for Lake schools by mailing in your ballot by April 22. Washington schools. Shelley Flores, Currently, 20 of our 27 elementary schools are Lake Washington PTSA Council closed to variances. That means that they are at or beyond capacity. Our student population is still growing at a record pace. While we are gratified that this growth is the best vote of confidence we could ask for Kirkland thrives on programs and from our community, the reality is we events that make heavy use of voluncannot keep pace with our current rate KIRKLAND teers. We enjoy celebrations and events of growth. Lake Washington is expected that could not exist without the work to grow by 4,000 students in the next of volunteers. Our children, our older eight years – that means we need to build adults, citizens going through hard times one new building per year to keep pace. In and neglected pets all depend on programs fact, our schools face a 180 classroom shortfall if run by volunteers. we do nothing. Too often these programs fall short of their Moreover, at this critical juncture, doing noth- goals because they don’t have enough people ing also means our schools will face dramatic on board. People think about volunteering, but changes in how we serve our students. Without haven’t got around to finding a niche or don’t passage of the bond, our district will be forced to know where to start. consider these options: Viva Volunteers! From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Reducing or eliminating all-day kindergaron April 5 at Peter Kirk Community Center ten Viva Volunteers! will hold an event for those • Double-shifting elementary, middle schools, who want to pitch in. More than 20 volunteer and high schools programs will offer information about their • District-wide re-drawing of boundaries opportunities for service and a chance to talk shift neighborhoods to different schools first-hand with people in the programs. • More portable classrooms at more schools There will also be a series of short sessions • Changes in how district programs are served on informative and interesting topics, from – reduce or eliminate before and after-school identity theft to flower arranging. Free medical activities screenings and a cooking demonstration will be Lake Washington is a top-ranked district available all day. with nationally ranked schools. As a PTSA Light snacks will be provided and door prizes representative, I have taken calls from parents from local merchants will be awarded every half in Maryland and California asking me which hour. Admission is free. schools are the best in our district. I have always Dave Wagar, Kirkland responded that all of our schools are excellent.
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www.kirklandreporter.com [ MARIJUANA from page 1] cities in Washington and that together. “I think that this is the time for cannabis medical patients as well as recreational users to really stand up and show that we’re good citizens,” Whitson said. “We’re parents, I’m a PTA class mom for all six years of my son’s elementary school, a cancer survivor, but I also want to protect our children as well.” Whitson said she’s proud the council decided not to ban recreational marijuana outright like many other
they’re being mindful of the traffic impact that cities in Colorado have experienced. But not everyone was pleased with the ordinance. Two testifiers at the public hearing said they were concerned because, despite the addition of the three industrial zones, they believe the interim regulation still isn’t a solution to the hardship marijuana license applicants are facing. “I think this map is extremely restrictive,” said Highlands neighborhood resident Laurent Bentitou,
who is also in the marijuana industry. “… I’ve worked with the Liquor Control Board almost daily for the last part of the year, providing advisory council for them.” Bentitou said although he agrees that marijuana retail shops shouldn’t be in the Market Neighborhood or near school walk routes, he said that many of the businesses in the available areas will not lease to marijuana business owners while recreational marijuana is still illegal on a federal level. Juanita resident Bobby
Mulder is also concerned the city is cutting off a lot of options for marijuana retailers when the availability is already slim. “Before I lived in Kirkland, I lived in the University District … and there’s about 1525 churches and co-op based elementary schools,” Mulder said, “and the decade I was there, I would see groups of 30, 40, 50 sometimes 100s of elementary school children walking past several medical marijuana stores with no problems at all.” The council also passed two amendments that struck
down extra measures for marijuana odor control and the requirement of additional security features, such as incorporating a wall-attached safe. Prior to passing the ordinance, the council asked city staff to develop several scenarios for new interim regulations. Other scenarios excluded sales within 100 feet of a single or multi-family residence and the exclusion of allowing sales in the light industrial technology zones, which were not adopted. “I’m really satisfied there’s such a variety of views,”
Councilman Dave Asher said at the public hearing. “Nothing is locked in concrete. We are beginning a learning process that will go on for probably the next five years. Have we got it right? Probably not. Will we adjust along the way? Certainly, we will. The great part about local government is that it’s responsive. Sometimes the problem with local government is it’s responsive. But we’ll figure that out as we go.” For more information, visit www.kirklandwa.gov/ Community/I502.htm.
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and it’s hurting small caterers,” he said. “It seems like it’s discriminatory.” A few weeks later, Bagge contacted Springer’s office for an update and discovered Springer had been working on drafting House Bill 2680. “It was a rule by the Liquor Control Board I was unaware of,” Springer said. “I said ‘I think we can fix that,’ but I wasn’t sure we could do it this session. But everything fell into place.” Springer said the bill swiftly passed in the House Rules Committee, it overwhelmingly passed on the House floor and was sent to the Senate Ways and Means Committee. “Nothing ever passes in Olympia that doesn’t get through the House and the Senate,” Springer said. “Near the end of the session, we had to get the bill onto the floor for a Senate vote as well, so I called Sen. Hill and asked for help.” Hill said it’s often tough getting a bill passed once it’s in the opposite chamber and that Larry asked him to “shepherd” it. “You look at it and the question is why don’t we do this already,” Hill said. “It’s
clearly going to help businesses, but it’s also better service for the customers. It’s one of those common sense laws.” The Senate also passed the bill with a majority and it was delivered to the Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk by March 10 and was officially signed into law March 17. “It was all because of the letter I had written to these guys,” Bagge said, while he was on his way to watch the governor sign the bill into law. “It’s kind of a shock because usually when you write a letter to a politician they understand but you don’t hear back.” Bagge said it was his first time writing to his legislators. The law goes into effect 90 days from March 18, and Bagge said he’s definitely going to be applying for the liquor license as soon as he can, which will cost $1,000 for the ability to sell beer, wine and spirits; $200 for beer or wine alone, and $400 for just beer and wine. “From the sense of fairness, it was obvious to me that there was no particular reason why a caterer couldn’t sell beer and wine like a restaurant,” Springer said. “But the ironic part of this is prior
to this law going into effect, it was an advantage to guys like me.” Springer and his wife Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet own Grape Choice, a wine shop
in Kirkland. And often, his business would get sales for events what caterers couldn’t provide alcohol, he said. “It might take away business from him, but the right
thing to do is to have licenses for caterers,” Bagge said of Springer. “He’s the hero for all caterers across the state right now.”
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trol Board] issues the license, they wouldn’t check up on it.” Catering companies without those features can cater events, such as a wedding, and they can serve alcohol if they had the appropriate licensed professionals, but they couldn’t sell alcohol to guests. The wedding party would often have to buy the alcohol from another business. Frustrated, Bagge sought out officials with the Liquor Control Board for some answers. “They said they’d like to give a license for a caterer but it wasn’t available,” Bagge said. “They can’t issue a license they don’t have.” It was then Bagge decided to write to his legislators, Rep. Larry Springer (D-Kirkland), Rep. Roger Goodman (DKirkland) and Sen. Andy Hill (R-Redmond) of the 45th Legislative District. “Within a week I got an email back from Mr. Springer saying he wanted to listen to what I had to say,” Bagge said. Soon, Bagge found himself giving Springer a tour of the warehouse and explaining the dilemma sometime in December. “It’s hurting our business
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Firefighters respond to the Kirkland lab hazmat call. CONTRIBUTED small fire at a laboratory. Units from Redmond, Snohomish County Fire District 10, Bellevue and Woodinville also responded
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Kirkland Choral Society Director Glenn Gregg said it is likely one of the largest performances the society has done. “The reason we want to perform it is it’s one of the greatest pieces ever written,” said Gregg. “Brahms’ music speaks to our hearts.” A Silver Celebration is the final program of this season. The first performance is scheduled for May 16 at First Methodist Church in Seattle and the second is May 18 at Bastyr University Chapel in Kenmore. “The interesting thing about our May performance that is coming up, is for the first time, for this 25th anniversary season, we commissioned a living composer to write a
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The Kirkland Choral Society celebrates 25 years of making music this season. Their next concert is on March 29 at Meany Hall. CONTRIBUTED piece for Kirkland Choral Society, and that composer is Kirke Mechem,” said Gregg. Gregg said Mechem is planning to attend the May concerts. “So we will be giving the world premier of the new work that he built for Kirkland Choral Society,” said Gregg. The organization will also be performing three of Mechem’s other pieces and works from additional composers. Gregg hasn’t written a major piece for the chorus until now. He wanted to create something for the 25th anniversary season.
In 1998, the group became an auditioned chorus -- one that requires an audition for admittance -under Gregg’s direction. “I can see the future will be continuing to develop musically and our skill level, continuing to develop our community outreach and community involvement and also sharing new beautiful music with new people all the time, that’s our passion, all of us, that’s why we commit so much of our time,” Martin said.
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Longtime Kirkland veterinarian remembered Seattle veterinarian Sandy Willis remembers the time when she and Dr. W.B. “Skip” Nelson did a segment on a local radio show called “Ask a Vet.” “He explained how to do anesthesia on a fish to remove a tumor,” said Willis. “He loved animals. He was a wonderful man and veterinarian.” Nelson, a longtime Kirkland veterinarian, died on Feb. 18. He was 75. He was known for his love of animals of all kinds — wild animals, domestic animals and exotic pets. Nelson worked in his
privately owned clinic before providing in-home euthanasia services in the Greater Seattle Area. Being no stranger to the Woodland Park Zoo, he was always on their speed dial in case of emergencies, according to his wife Rosemary Nelson. Nelson was born in 1939 in Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and, after moving to Kirkland in 1973, he built Central Way Veterinary Clinic. It later became Exotic Pet and Bird Clinic/Kirkland Cat Care when he moved the clinic closer to home. He closed his clinic in 2008 and started House Call Euthanasia four years later.
His love for animals started early, and that was how he met his wife. “When I was still teaching in a grade school in Seattle, he brought in a tiger cub to my class,” said Nelson. “He was always up for an adventure, surprising me all the time.” He didn’t stop there, his wife said. “He was such a romantic,” said Nelson. “He always brought flowers for me at school. He always knew how to sweep me off my feet. I will miss not being able to grow up with him.” He also had a passion for practicing with his two bands: Mountain Thyme and Route 66.
Peter Blake, one of Nelson’s Mountain Thyme bandmates for more than 30 years, described him as the corniest person he ever met. “He was such a character. I will miss his smile, and his need to tell the corniest jokes,” said Willis. “That time when the Spice Girls broke up, he told [his band mates] that he will be quitting Mountain Thyme and joining the Spice Girls. He wanted to be known as ‘Old Spice.’” Nelson is survived by his wife and his sons Craig, Scott and Patrick Nelson, and his daughter Kirsten Mohan and his grandchildren Joely Nelson, Sacha Mohan and Julian Mohan.
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Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland has announced that it will offer two new degrees beginning in September. The new bachelor degrees are available in Applied Science in Public Health and Applied Science in Transportation and Logistics Management, with the programs providing a pathway for current workers to upgrade their skills and earn new credentials. Public Health: The new degree will allow current students in health and social service programs to use their two-year associate’s degree as the first two years of the bachelor-level program. It also provides a pathway for high school students enrolled at the Lake Washington Technical Academy to earn their high school diploma and move directly toward completing their associate’s and bachelor’s degrees. “Like our Bachelor of Technology in Applied Design, this Public Health degree combines rigorous academics and well-rounded professional training to give students the skills and credentials needed for success in the public health sector,” said President Amy Morrison Goings. “This new bachelor’s degree will help people move into or further into those careers.” The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health estimates 250,000
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Celine Djohan is a University of Washington News Lab student and special to the Reporter. new public health workers will be needed in the U.S. by 2020. Shortages are expected both from existing employee retirements and the need for newly trained workers. The bachelor’s degree program will be housed in the new 83,000 square-foot Allied Health building on the LWIT Kirkland campus. The building features classrooms, offices, clinical facilities and lecture halls dedicated to allied health education. The college currently offers twelve health and social services degrees, including RN-Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Physical Therapist Assisting, Occupational Therapy Assisting, Funeral Service Education and Medical Assisting. Transportation and Logistics Management: Transportation and Logistics Management is a growing industry, with promising career paths, each of which require practical knowledge as well as industry-specific skills. “This Bachelor of Applied Science in Transportation and Logistics Management combines rigorous academics and practical hands-on training to give students the skills and credentials they need for today’s careers and tomorrow’s opportunities,” said President Amy Morrison-Goings. “Our purpose is to be the college of choice for workforce education. The transportation and logistics management area promises many jobs and many career paths. This new bachelor degree will help people move into those careers.” The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, in its 2011 Talent Pipeline Study, estimates that the local manufacturing sector will create more than 18,000 jobs 2014-2019.
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March 20 Assault: 8:30 a.m., 10000 block of NE 138th Place. A 25-year-old man was taken into custody for assaulting his 20-year-old girlfriend of eight months. He also broke several plates and two of her dining room chairs.
Eluding police officer: 8:35 p.m., 12000 block of NE 80th St. A 17-yearold boy was taken into custody for attempting to flee officers as they made a traffic stop. Through an investigation, officers found a rope with a noose in the boy’s vehicle and he was involuntarily committed to EvergreenHealth Medical Center. He later admitted to wanting to hang himself at the high school that night.
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March 18 Warrant: 3:10 a.m., 13800 block of 108th Ave. NE. A 24-year-old woman was arrested on her Seattle felony warrant for the possession of prescription pills.
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Assault: 2:22 a.m., 13500 block of 118th Ave. NE. A 14-year-old boy was arrested for assaulting his 57-year-old father with an air soft gun, homemade sock weapons filled with metal parts and two steak knives that were thrown. After the series of confrontations, the boy grabbed a butcher knife and stabbed his father in the back. His father was treated at Harborview Medical Center. Several items at the scene were taken as evidence, including a towel used to
Warrant: 3:44 p.m., 20 block of Central Way. A 45-year-old man was arrested on an indecent exposure warrant from Seattle.
March 15 Domestic violence: 10 p.m., 12700 block of NE 124th St. A 20-year-old woman and 23-year-old man got into a verbal argument over their relationship issues. The man attempted to grab his girlfriend’s arm as she walked away from the argument. She broke away from him and ran into Sherman Williams Paint where she was able to call police. The police report states no crime occurred. Assault: 12:36 a.m., 200 block of Central Way. A 28-year-old man was arrested for punching a 22-year-old man in the mouth as he left from Time Out Tavern. Warrant: 9 a.m., 6900 block of 116th Ave. NE. A 43-year-old transient man was arrested on an outstanding warrant after some “name game play” at the South Kirkland Park and Ride.
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An Oral Treatment Option for Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) An informative event for people living with MS and their caregivers. Theodore Brown, MD • MS Center ‐ Evergreen Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 10:00 AM Pacific The Heathman Hotel, 220 Kirkland Ave Kirkland, WA 98033
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