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Council OKs more red-light, speed cameras for Bellevue Contract extends contract with monitoring firm BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
The Bellevue City Council on Monday approved expanding the use of red light cameras in the city for the next five years. The five-year contract extension with
American Traffic Solutions adds three more red light cameras and an additional school zone camera to the five currently operating in Bellevue. Bellevue Police reported in March a revenue gain of $2.3 million over the four full years of operating the photo enforcement program, paying $249,000 annually for the ATS service. The department also reported a 48-percent decrease in infractions at these
targeted locations from 2010 to 2013. The city had been operating on a monthto-month agreement with ATS since May while council awaited answers to enforcement questions. Traffic enforcement cameras were authorized by the council in 2009, with two school speed zone cameras at Stevenson and Lake Hills elementary schools and redlight cameras at the north and southbound
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selection of foods from around the world, including the cuisine of Greece, Germany, France and fusions from Asia. The Bellevue Festival of the Arts, entering its 30th year, is a juried arts and crafts fair organized by artists allied with the Craft Cooperative of the Northwest. It was founded on the idea that its proceeds should go back into the community. The festival donates to nonprofits such as the Lifelong
The King County Council has approved the first 161,000 hours of Metro transit reductions that cuts seven bus routes and revises two serving Bellevue starting Sept. 27. Monday's vote came a week after the council failed to pass legislation detailing plans for moving forward with a potential 550,000 total cuts in Metro service over a longstanding revenue shortfall. Councilmember Rod Dembowski had called for a delay on July 14 to allow the council's transit committee to review a revised ordinance that was substantively no different than what had been agreed to the week before. The transit committee passed the legislation to council with unanimous approval July 15. "We should be growing the system," Dembowski said, pointing to growing transit ridership. "It's tragic that we're cutting it." Another 188,000 service hours are to be cut in February, barring an upward trend in the county's economic forecast and review by an ad hoc committee that Monday's approved legislation will create. County Executive Dow Constantine will be a member of that committee. Bellevue Transportation Director Dave Berg said the city will continue to oppose revising Route 271, which is to be rerouted from the Bellevue College campus to 148th Avenue Southeast in cuts proposed for next year. Students and faculty also widely oppose the revision. "It's not a very hospitable pedestrian route, especially for
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Arts fairs everywhere More than 300,000 people are expected converge on downtown this weekend for the city’s ninth annual Arts Fair Weekend, the confluence of three simultaneous arts festivals in the city’s core. Bellevue Arts Museum’s ARTSfair, the Bellevue Downtown Association’s 6th Street Fair and Craft Cooperative of the Northwest’s Bellevue Festival of the Arts will showcase more than 730 artists and craftsmiths from Friday, July 25, through Sunday, July 27. In its 68th year, the ARTSfair is the most senior of the three fairs. It is older than the BAM itself and, in fact, led to the Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Association’s founding of the museum in 1975. Exhibitors will include painters like Richard Hall, photographers like Zeny Cieslikowski and metalworkers like Malen Pierson. Fifteen mediums, including fashion, furniture and jewelry, will be represented. The main ARTSfair will be held in the Bellevue Arts Museum and the west parking garage of Bellevue Square. The 6th Street Fair will take place in the courtyard outside the Bellevue Galleria, in the shopping center’s pedestrian corridor, along 108th Avenue Northeast and along namesake Northeast Sixth Street. Under the theme “A Taste of the Arts,” Downtown Bellevue’s fair will offer a large
intersections of 148th Avenue Northeast and Bel-Red Road and southbound 148th Avenue Northeast and Main Street. Council on Monday approved expanding the photo enforcement program to include red-light cameras at Northeast Eighth Street and 116th Avenue Northeast westbound, Northeast Eighth and 112th
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US Attorney’s Office files charges in four Puget Sound hash oil explosions
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Three men whose hash oil manufacturing operation is alleged to have caused the fiery explosion that decimated the Hampton Greens apartment complex in Bellevue last year have been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in conjunction with three other similar cases around the Puget Sound. Part of “Operation Shattered,” U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan announced seven federal criminal charges filed over four recent cases of hash oil explosions during a news conference in Seattle on Tuesday. She said her office and law enforcement will continue to fight the growing threat of illegal operations across the state. “What the demand is creating is a public hazard,” Durkan said of consumer trends toward marijuana-infused products. “We will fight that public hazard.” Residents at the Hampton Greens apartments awoke early Nov. 5 to the sound of an explosion that shook the complex and nearby businesses and residences, causing a fire that ripped through the KK building at 4505 148th Ave. N.E. A Bellevue Police investigative report states David R. Schultz, 32, Daniel J. Strycharske, 28, and Jesse D. Kaplan, 31, were residing in the apartment where the explosion occurred, caused by the ignition of butane gas inside that was part of a hash oil manufacturing operation. Seven people were hospitalized that day, including former Bellevue Mayor Nan
U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan announced Tuesday the charging of seven people allegedly tied to four hash oil manufacturing operation explosions and fires. BRANDON MACZ, Bellevue Reporter Campbell, who later died from injuries she suffered while fleeing the ensuing fire. Schultz, Strycharske and Kaplan were charged Tuesday with endangering human life while manufacturing controlled substances, maintaining a drug involved premises and manufacturing hash oil and marijuana. Durkan said neither state nor federal law allows the making of hash oil. “If you’re doing it, you should stop,” she said, adding communities should be watchful of suspicious activities in their neighborhoods. “We see that it is a threat to
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those communities.” Two people were also charged for an explosion and fire in Puyallup on May 20, and two others were charged with explosions and fires in Kirkland and Seattle that occurred in January. Campbell, 87, told responders at the Bellevue fire she tripped and fell while escaping the blaze, hurting her hip; a Kirkland firefighter noted burn marks on her robe. She died in the hospital on Nov. 19, 2013. The medical examiner’s office determined the cause of death was aspiration pneumonia and urinary tract infection due to prolonged hospitalization and immobility due to pelvic fracture with hematoma. She was elected Bellevue’s first female mayor in 1988 after serving two terms on the City Council. The explosion and subsequent fire caused $1.5 million in damage and the loss of $500,000 in belongings. The Bellevue Police had forwarded its investigation to the King County Prosecutor’s Office in April, requesting attorneys consider filing second-degree manslaughter charges against Schultz, who was staying with Kaplan and Strycharske, and allegedly more involved in the hash oil manufacturing operation. Durkan said the U.S. Attorney’s Office could not find cause to charge the men with Campbell’s death, but there is no doubt her death would have been avoided had the hash oil operation not been started. Schultz is alleged to have denied using the butane method of making hash oil, preferring isopropyl alcohol instead. Eight exploded cans of butane were recorded by
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A construction worker died at Bellevue College this morning after falling from the fourth floor of the campus’ Health Sciences building. Police say the 31-year-old man — identified as Theodore Merry by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office — was working on the fourth floor of the Health Sciences building construction site, when he was unable to move from a ladder to the floor and fell about 50 feet to the ground below. The building had not been framed in, said Bellevue Police Ofc. Seth Tyler. Merry was declared dead shortly after paramedics arrived on the scene and construction stopped to allow police and the state Department of Labor and Industries to conduct their investigation. L&I will look into what safety restraints were being used on the site, and if they were being used properly, Tyler said. Bellevue College’s newest building, the $39-million Health Sciences facility is slated to open in 2015 and will be 79,000 square feet.
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The Bellevue Police Department will host its annual National Night Out Against Crime event from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5. Held at the Crossroads Mall next to the Farmers Market, the event provides residents the opportunity to learn about organizing neighborhoods to fight crime; heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; generate support for local anticrime efforts; meet Bellevue police officers and view police vehicles and equipment; and strengthen neighborhood
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investigators being found in the parking lot and shrubs around the apartment. Strycharske allegedly admitted to investigators that Schultz was “shooting” butane, using tubes and glass found inside their apartment, and that it could take up to five cans to do the job. Undamaged butane cans also were found, according to police and fire reports. Bellevue Police reports also state an officer responded to the apartment complex Schultz was allegedly using to produce hash oil on Oct. 17, 2013 — three weeks before the explosion. A construction worker reported speaking to a man he witnessed assembling parts for what he said was a device for making hash oil for his dispensary. Documents state the officer went to the apartment and cautioned the occupants that making hash oil would be a violation of the lease, which was reportedly only held by one of the men there. With medical marijuana and now recreational marijuana legalization in Washington, Durkan said law enforcement is facing “difficult terrain,” trying to better understand what is and isn’t allowed and how to respond to marijuana-related activities. She added there have been nine recent hash oil explosions reported in California, Colorado and Washington. “I think the state is embarking on something that has never been done before,” she said of these law enforcement challenges.
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Police chief search getting little comment Parking monitors to BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
If Bellevue residents are concerned about who the city will tap for its next chief of police, staff at City Hall didn’t hear it on Tuesday during a public meeting nearly devoid of commentary. The scarcely attended public meeting to gather input about the qualities Bellevue residents are looking for in their next police chief was similar to the turnout on July 17, where specific stakeholders had been invited to weigh in. Information-gathering efforts by the city began in June and close at the end of July, with residents now left with an online survey or email for providing feedback. Once the comment period ends, a nationwide application period will open Aug. 11
and close Sept. 8. “Hopefully by early November you’ll have your next police chief selected,” said Mike Letcher of the Mercer Group, an executive search firm hired by the city, during last Thursday’s stakeholder meeting. The Mercer Group has conducted more than 30 police chief searches nationwide in the past five years, a result of higher rates of retirement among the baby boomers, Letcher said. “It’s not just police chiefs, it’s senior executives,” he said. “In the next five years, all recruiters expect to stay busy.” Evon Hartmann, the city’s human resource analyst, said she hoped the lack of participation during the two public meetings means Bellevue residents are confident the city will make the right decision. She added
online survey participation has also been low. The Bellevue Police Department remains under the leadership of interim Chief Jim Montgomery, who came out of retirement to fill the vacancy left by Linda Pillo, who retired in April. Pillo’s exit came after a string of controversies over the past year, among them a SWAT shooting and inquest, an officer charged with DUI and another officer alleged to have been drinking while in charge of a bomb squad vehicle. To take the survey, leave comments and keep up with the hiring process, visit www.bellevuewa.gov/ police-chief-recruitment.htm. Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
Chamber Foundation awards five scholarships The Bellevue Chamber Foundation has awarded five $1,500 scholarships to Bellevue School District graduating seniors. They are: • Maggie MacMichael, Sammamish High School, Ralph James Family Memorial Scholarship/ Business • Brandon Ngo, Sammamish High School,
Washington Federal Scholarship • Alicia Saxena, Interlake High School, Bellevue Chamber Foundation STEM Scholarship • Logan Schmidt, International School, KeyBank Bellevue Chamber Foundation Scholarship • Cheyanne Wooten, Sammamish High School, Bellevue Chamber Founda-
tion Scholarship Funding for 2014 scholarships was made possible through the support of Washington Federal, Legacy Sponsor of the Bellevue Chamber’s Spirit of Bellevue Run/Walk and other community partners. This year’s Run/Walk & Kid’s Fun Run is set for Sunday, Aug. 10. Registration for the
event can be made at www. SpiritofBellevueRun.com to receive the early bird discount. The event offers a scenic 12K (7.46 miles) route for runners as well as a 5K (3.1 miles) run/walk route for the whole family. Both courses start and end in Bellevue Downtown Park. A Health & Wellness Fair also will be held at the park.
Two advisory votes to be on ballot Two advisory votes will appear on the 2014 General Election ballot this fall. Such votes are nonbinding measures that let voters say whether they think the Legislature should “repeal” or “maintain” revenue-generating bills that the Legislature passed. Lawmakers used revenue generated from two bills to help balance the state operating budget this year. The first of this year’s measures is Advisory Vote No. 8. It is the result of Senate Bill 6505, which deals with the elimination of agricultural tax preferences for various aspects of the marijuana industry.
fix City Hall walk-offs BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
Bellevue City Hall has changed the way it manages parking to discourage nearby retail and restaurant employees from taking advantage of its limited spaces. Soon lot enforcement will include weekend event rates. City Manager Brad Miyake told the City Council on Monday the city was forced to switch from gates to parking monitors a few months ago following an “astronomical” increase in the rate of parking walk-offs. Those mainly consisted of downtown employees parking at City Hall and leaving their vehicles there while they worked, returning for them at night when parking fees are waived, said Frank Pinney, assistant director of Civic Services. The city tapped PRIME Parking Solutions from a list of respondents to a request for proposals and has been using the company for parking enforcement at City Hall under a pilot program. Pinney said the city and PRIME have negotiated how to reduce costs moving
forward, which will include the company installing an automated pay station at the garage in September for weekend parking fees and using a parking monitor to collect. Mayor Claudia Balducci noted the parking problems at City Hall had gone beyond a mild annoyance in the past several months. She said the change in parking enforcement has caused some confusion among violators, reporting they were not notified of the new enforcement measures after months of taking advantage of what they may have assumed was free parking. Pinney said new signage will replace a mix of the city’s and PRIME’s postings at the City Hall garage, which should alleviate the confusion. Those who are incorrectly cited will need to contact a phone number on their ticket to explain they were at City Hall for city-related business. Their license plate numbers will be recorded, added Pinney, should the complainant turn out to be a repeat offender. Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
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120 miles and one week to Grand Mound BY DANIEL NASH
Cale and Jaime Teevan depart on their walk to Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Wash. In all they walked about 120 miles from Eastside King County to Thurston County. COURTESY PHOTO
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A mother and her 7-yearold son arrived on holiday to Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound after departing from their Bridle Trails home. Scratch that: A mother and her 7-year-old son arrived on holiday to Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound after departing from their Bridle Trails home — last Friday, on foot. The journey of noted Microsoft researcher Jaime
Teevan and her son, Cale Teevan, took a week and was live-tweeted by Jaime. The two walked an average of 18 miles a day, sticking near highways, staying nights in motels and keeping in contact with the rest of their family at home. “What’s nice is that no matter how far we go on foot, they’re only an hour away by car,” Jaime said. Jaime and her husband have four sons, each of whom they take on annual individual vacations. This
year, Cale said he wanted to go to his favorite place in the world: Great Wolf. “I explained to him that I didn’t really want to spend an entire week at Great Wolf, and he said ‘Well, why don’t we walk there?’,” Jaime said. “His idea was to take the week walking there, have one day at the park and then his dad could take us back home.” Jaime was excited about the idea from the beginning, she said, but her family was skeptical.
“(Cale)’s an athletic kid, so I’m certain he’s going to have an easier time with the walk than I will,” she said. But Jaime spent the next six months practicing with Cale while researching safe routes and practices. They carried a safety kit that included reflective tape for their clothes and road flares for emergencies. Speaking before they departed, Jaime guessed the most challenging portion of the trip would likely be Joint Base Lewis-McChord. “It’s right in the middle of the route,” Jaime said. “Just in case that causes any problems with walking through, that day’s only seven miles.” According to tweets sent out by Jaime over the week, the journey wasn’t without its problems. The two trudged through an inch of rain — but none of the lightning predicted — on Wednesday. Their emotions were “exaggerated” from the daily strain by the fifth day, Tuesday. “Things always seem to be either dire or the Absolute Best,” she wrote. In total, Cale and Jaime walked approximately 120 miles by the end of the week. A full account of the walk can be read on Twitter account @jteevan. Daniel Nash: 425-453-4290; dnash@bellevuereporter.com
Microsoft alumni groups merge The Microsoft Alumni Foundation and the Microsoft Alumni Network have merged. The network consists of more than 10,000 former Microsoft employees around the world, with large concentrations in the greater Seattle metropolitan area around the technology company’s Redmond. Microsoft alumnus Jeff Raikes, the current chairman of the board for the Microsoft Alumni Foundation, co-founder of the Raikes Foundation and former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will lead the new network as chairman of the newly merged board. All former full-time employees – anyone who possessed a “blue badge” security identification card – are eligible to join the network. More information is available at www. microsoftalumni.com.
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Singles 50 and over Coffee Social: Coffee social to meet singles 50 and over with a variety of interests. 10-11:30 a.m. VFW Hall, 4330 148TH Ave. N.E., Redmond. Free for first two visits. Mercer Slough Nature Walk: Guided tour with a park ranger to learn about the fascinating flora, fauna and history of the park. 2–3:15 p.m. Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, 1625 118th Ave. S.E., Bellevue. Free.
Former Kirkland mayor Joan McBride, in her first legislative race, earned a rating of "Very Good" from the local Municipal League in her bid for representative Position No. Joan 2 in the 48th District. The district McBride includes the northern portion of Bellevue, along with Medina, Clyde Hill and the Points communities. McBride is running against Libertarian Tim Turner, who earned a rating of "Adequate." The seat is currently held by Rep. Cyrus Habib, who is running for state Senate after Sen. Rodney Tom (D-Bellevue) announced he would not seek re-election. Cyrus Habib was one of just two candidates in the district to earn a rating of Habib "Outstanding." Rep. Ross Hunter (DMedina) who is seeking re-election to Position 1, also earned the "Outstanding" rating from the league. Hunter increased his rating from "Very Good" in 2012. Habib's opponent, Republican Michelle Darnell, earned a rating of "Adequate." Hunter is being challenged by Bill Hirt (R-Bellevue), who Ross did not participate in the process and Hunter was rated "Not Qualified." Hirt did participate in the process in 2012 when he challenged Hunter and also earned the same rating. "Outstanding" is the league's highest rating. The league's website defines "Outstanding" as that the can-
July 28 Cheese Making at Home: Learn how to make mascarpone and feta, both great beginner cheeses that can help you get ready for your future cheese making adventures. No previous experience necessary. First come, first seated. Space is limited. 6:30 p.m. Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E.
July 29 Indian Fellowship: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. North Bellevue Community Center, 4063 148th Ave. N.E. 425-452-7681 NW Summer YA Book Tour: Nina Foxx, S.L. Whyte, T.M. Franklin, A.O. Peart, Martina Dalton, Eileen Riccio, Ava O'Shay and Fabio Bueno. 6 p.m. University Book store, 990 102nd Ave. N.E., Bellevue. Free. 425-462-4500 Genealogy Research Help: Volunteers from the Eastside Genealogical Society can help you track the history of your family. Come by for research help and an introduction to the library's genealogy books, periodicals and databases. 7-9 p.m. Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E. Outdoor Movies in the Park: The Lego Movie (PG). Free movie on a 40-foot screen. Free popcorn, too. Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 N.E. Fourth St. Titles subject to change without notice. Donations accepted for a different charity each week. In case of rain, movies will be held at South Bellevue Community Center, 14509 S.E. Newport Way. 425-452-4240. At dusk.
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nside today’s Reporter you’ll find the best things in Bellevue. How do we know? You told us. The results of our Best of Bellevue contest are presented on pages 11-14. There you’ll find the top three vote-getters in a wide variety of categories. But the truth is that there were dozens of nominations in each slot. We don’t have room to print them all. People voted for the best in everything from insurance agent to fine dining, from physicians to baked goods. In all there were 36 categories where people voted for the “best.” Adding to the list of top people and places, there were a number of ties. One thing that binds the top “Best Of ” contenders together is trust, and that’s one of the key reasons for doing this. Top votes imply that the winners have earned repeat patronage, customer satisfaction and perhaps even friendship. We are proud to host this list that supports the excellence in our community.
Medina right to seek reimbursement
Kudos to Medina for asking those putting on big presidential fundraisers in the city to pay for the extra costs it takes to help provide security. There’s no reason taxpayers there should have to foot the bill. The issue came up after former Costco CEO Jim Sinegal hosted a fundraiser for President Obama in his Hunts Point home. Hunts Point contracts with Medina to provide police protection. Credit new Medina City Manager Mike Sauerwein for balking at the expense. Providing police presence for such fundraisers can amount to 10 percent of the city’s police budget. Sauerwein didn’t just make a snap decision on this. Since 2005, a Medina ordinance required those putting on the fundraisers to pay for the extra police costs. That it hasn’t been enforced doesn’t mean the practice should be continued. Sauerwein is right and Medina should be reimbursed. – Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter
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here are hundreds of thousands of residents in the state registered to vote in the primary election now under way. Most won’t. I’ve heard from some eligible voters that they intend to sit this one out and return for the general election in November, “when it matters.” One reason I understand is that ballots often include races with unopposed incumbents or only two candidates, both of whom will advance regardless of their performance due to the top-two format. Jerry Cornfield “What’s the point?” they ask. And, with a couple of exceptions, contests featuring multiple candidates aren’t stirring the passions of voters because many of those running aren’t in it to win it. They’ll tell you they plunked down the money to get on the ballot in order to gain a platform for a cause. If Washington state as a whole breaks the 30 percent turnout bar it’s scaled in
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the past, it will be an anomaly of sorts, as a new study this year found unusual levels of electoral disinterest in many parts of the country. The analysis released Wednesday by the head of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate found in the 25 states that have held statewide primaries for both political parties prior to July 1, voter participation is down by nearly onefifth, compared to the 2010 primary. Fifteen of those states set new lows for turnout, according to the study. Nevada and Iowa didn’t break 10 percent and only four states — Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana and Nebraska — finished above the 20 percent level, according to the study. Curtis Gans, the center director and report’s author, concluded that making voting convenient for voters just isn’t stimulating turnout as envisioned. Four states with election day registration — Colorado, Idaho, Iowa and Maine — all had lower turnout in 2014 as compared to 2010, the report says. Voting by mail doesn’t do the trick either; Oregon and California use it SEE CORNFIELD, 7
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Conservative ideology designed to protect the rich
Conservative ideology is based on protecting rich people from having to pay for the benefits they reap from government: peace at home, government contracts, stable markets, laws, infrastructure, an educated work force, research, potable water, public health, etc. Many corporations (including Boeing, Microsoft, Apple, and GE) pay little or no state or federal taxes; they shift income overseas, or to low-tax states. Conservatives wasted trillions on corrupt, disastrous wars and weaponry, but don't want to pay for it. Conservatives are happy to pay subsidies to corporate farmers and Big Oil, but they’re eager to SEE LETTERS, 7
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. – John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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n my last column I wrote about being dumped onto hard soil by a horse. Since then, walking has hurt. When the pain was at its worst, I couldn’t cover any distance without my hip screaming. The day before the Independence Day holiday, my husband and I made a Costco run. He offered to go alone, but I insisted on accompanying him. How else could I keep a dozen watermelons, 14 chickens and a crate of bananas from jockeying for space in my refrigerator? When I walked into the store, I realized I could never cover the distance on foot. “May I use one of those carts?” I asked the ID checker at the entrance. Ann Oxrieder She nodded. I settled down into the seat of one and tested the knob in front of me. Twist it one way and I moved forward, twist it another and I moved backward, forget which was which and I crashed into the wall behind me. As I tried to leave the wall the checker shouted, “You’ve got to unplug it.” Despite my barely having a learner’s permit, I zipped around everyone with aplomb. And “everyone” the day before a holiday meant more than a few.
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and each recorded the lowest turnouts ever for a midterm primary, the report found. Gans cited a litany of factors contributing to why eligible voters don’t vote. Among them are attack ad-fueled campaigns “that give the citizen a
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ummer is finally here in the Pacific Northwest and that means it is time to dust off that patio furniture and fire up the grill! We interviewed QFC’s Meat Merchandiser, Jason Taylor, for some tips on grilling, picking the perfect cut of meat for your summer BBQ, and how to keep your food safe with the warm summer weather. Q: There are so many great options when you walk up to the meat counter. How do you pick out a good steak?
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Jason: There are many steaks perfect for a summer BBQ! Ask the associates behind the counter for suggestions, or choose your favorites. Here are my top picks:
A bone-in Certified Angus Beef ® brand N.Y. strip steak is delectable option for summer grill gatherings. Strip steaks are one of the lean cuts, yet they also have abundant marbling for tender, juicy flavor. My personal favorite is the Certified Angus Beef ® brand boneless ribeye. It’s priced at $10.99/lb. all summer at QFC. This cut has a rich, beefy flavor that’s hard to beat. And because of the brand’s significant marbling, it will always be tender and juicy. It’s a great option for a summer dinner party. Finally, Certified Angus Beef ® brand boneless tenderloin steaks are amazingly tender. The tenderloin is also flavorful and juicy. This is an ideal steak for a special occasion.
cut food stamps, crush unions, blame teachers, dismantle public transit, deny science, and restrict the vote. They won't raise the minimum wage so the working class can earn a living wage. In Washington state the poor and the middle class pay a higher percent of their income in state taxes than do the rich, because of our regressive sales tax. Hence wealth and power concentrate in fewer hands.
No one looked down at me with terror in their eyes. In fact, no one noticed me at all. They weren’t just oblivious to me, but to all the shoppers they passed. In large stores, shopping malls, casinos, factors such as size of the space, lighting and crowds can unite to overwhelm the senses and turn all of us into zombies. I witnessed a herd of them shuffling along, pushing their carts in single file down each aisle, staring unseeing at the people and merchandise around them. Unlike those on foot, I had to stay alert to avoid maiming a fellow shopper. I had only one accident, an accomplishment for someone who hadn’t taken the written driver’s exam, much less the road test. As I wheeled around a corner, I rammed an empty cart, which knocked a bunch of clothing items off a table. From my low vantage point I couldn’t tell what I’d sent flying, only that I couldn’t imagine one little jolt causing so many objects to slide onto the floor at once. A witness to the accident laughed and shouted, “Now you’ve done it.” For a moment, I felt pride knowing I’d brought life into one of the walking dead around me, a slight compensation for getting caught creating a traffic backup.
Don Smith, Bellevue
City-run class not way to train leaders
Regarding the recent letter about the Bellevue Essential's class, I do not want to pay city employees or big government for this inappropriate and conflict of interest situation to recruit future citizen leaders, molded or selected toward a certain bent. Citizen leaders usually arise due to special needs of their neighborhood and often due to poor response from local government. We do not need mouthpieces of present dominance. City staff has said the first Essentials graduates have applied or been selected to local city commissions. These commissions have potential political input. An example is the Downtown Residents Association. Citizen run? I don't think so. City sends out meeting and event emails. Sound like independent citizen group to you? What a sneaky typical government technique — staff has direct contact to the 10,000 residential population downtown, most of whom are voting age — enough votes to easily sway an election.
Ann Oxrieder has lived in Bellevue for 35 years. She retired after 25 years as an administrator in the Bellevue School District and now blogs about retirement at http://stillalife. wordpress.com/.
perceived choice between bad and awful”; a lack of voters’ faith in government; the ideological bent of the two major parties; inadequate civic education; and the impact of modern technology which has “made grazing the Internet a substitute for reading the news” for many voting-age adults. “Many decades ago citizens turned out to vote out of a sense of civic duty and because of an allegiance to one or
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other major party,” Gans wrote. “That motivation has largely been lost.” Whether that will turn out to be the case will be known when balloting ends Aug. 5.
Humor in letter
I found humor in Larry Brickman’s recent letter with a combination of two Internet lists (“Conundrums and observations”). The first list claims (without evidence or details) that half our population is subsidized but feels they are victims of government neglect. The second list then ironically complains that the recipients Social Security and veteran’s benefits, two of the largest such subsidizes, are victims of government neglect. I suppose that is one way to prove a point.
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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Q: You mentioned the Certified Angus Beef ® brand in your steak options. What is it?
Q: What other food safety tips do you have for cooking outdoors this summer?
J: To put it simply, the Certified Angus Beef ® brand is the best Angus beef available. It is incredibly flavorful, tender and juicy thanks to superior marbling. Other labels may say Angus, but that’s where the similarities end. To earn the Certified Angus Beef ® Small Modest Moderate brand label, beef must grade upper Choice and Prime, passing the brand’s 10 quality standards to ensure great-tasting beef. It’s truly the best of the best — and you can USDA Choice find it at QFC here in the Pacific Northwest.
J: Food safety is our top priority at QFC. There are easy steps you can take to make sure that the products you purchase are always safe and of the highest quality.
Q: What are some tips you have for an amateur griller? J: Our highly skilled meat associates are a great resource! If you’re not sure how to pick out a good steak, how to cook it, or what sides would best complement a particular cut, just ask our folks behind the counter. They are always eager to help make you the hero of the kitchen or grill! There is a balance between cooking meat to a safe temperature, while also ensuring optimal flavoring. You should use a instant-read meat thermometer to be sure beef has reached a safe internal temperature. Ground beef should be cooked to 160 degrees. Steaks should reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees for medium-rare. And don’t forget to allow meat to rest for several minutes before slicing, so those tasty juices can be reabsorbed.
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Q: What if someone is looking for something quick and easy to grill? J: QFC has a variety of high-quality, ready-to-cook meat items at all of our stores. Two of my favorites include our popular Kalbi Marinated Flank Steak as well as our Beef & Vegetable Kabobs. Our ready-to-cook products take most of the prep work time out for you so that you spend less time in the kitchen and more time with friends and family! Paid Adver tisement
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A Bellevue anesthesiologist is being investigated for aiding a prostitution business operated by his girlfriend. The operation involved women brought to the United States by sex traffickers. The physician, employed by an anesthesia provider and who practices at Overlake Medical Center, has taken a voluntarily leave of absence from the provider and no longer practices at the hospital. Overlake adds that the physician's alleged conduct did not impact patient care
in any way. The physician has not been charged with a crime and is still licensed to practice medicine in the state. The situation came to light when the federal Drug Enforcement Administration discovered the doctor was depositing large amounts of money at ATMs and suspected he was dealing prescription drugs. Instead, the doctor was renting houses to be used as residential brothels for women who were working for his girlfriend, herself a prostitute.
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2003. She is survived by her son, Paul Archer, of Bellevue and four grandchildren, Flynn, Shelby, Sophia, and Ian. The family suggests remembrances to St. Vincent de Paul, 5950 Fourth Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108. A funeral mass will be said at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at St. Madeleine Sophie Catholic Church, 4400 130th Place S.E., Bellevue.
Helena Theresa Archer
Helena Theresa Archer of Bellevue died on July 17, 2014 at Overlake Hospital. She was 90. She was born Oct. 13, 1923 in County Mayo, Ireland to Patrick and Annie Athy. On Sept. 24, 1955 she married Denis William Archer. They settled in Bellevue in
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‘Giselle’ plays the Arts Fair
Young Adult fiction far from kid’s stuff for modern readers
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Ballet Bellevue will end its 2013-2014 season with a performance of “Giselle” during the city’s Arts Fair Weekend. The company will pack the Meydenbauer Center Theatre’s pit with 36 musicians, making this weekend the first time the French classic has been performed in the city with a full orchestra. “Giselle,” composed by Adolphe Adam, is the oldest continuously-performed ballet in the art form’s history. It tells the story of a peasant woman, who dies of a broken heart upon learning her beau is a nobleman promised to a noblewoman. She is resurrected by the Wilis, a coven of jilted lovers who seek to dance any man they encounter to death; though Giselle is more forgiving than the vengeful group predicts. “It’s a beautiful, romantic ballet,” Executive Director Mary Ellen Hundley said. “The story is romantic in the primary sense of the word. “It’s a sad tale. The scene of (Giselle) coming back from the grave and having one last dance with her lover is bittersweet. It’s a very high emotional ballet with beauBDA Live at”Lunch Bellevue Reporter Ad tifully written music.
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Nadia Iozzo plays the titular role in ‘Giselle.’ BALLET BELLEVUE, Courtesy Photo The production was chosen to end this season both because of its easy recognition among audiences and because it was the favorite ballet of Carolyn Gracey Greer, the founder of the Ballet Arts Center. Nadia Iozzo, of the Kansas City Ballet, will perform the titular role of Giselle. Christopher Scruggs of the Alberta Ballet will play Prince Albrecht. Some of the orchestral musicians come from the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, fresh off its own production of “Giselle” in Seattle. “Giselle” will play at the Theatre at Meydenfor Week JulyJuly 28.pdf 7/14/14 bauer at 8ofp.m. 26 and1 6:30 p.m. July3:22 27. PM
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Boy wizards. Huntress revolutionaries armed with bows and arrows. Teen lovers caught up in the high and low melodramas of their hormones — and vampiric cravings. For the past two decades, Young Adult fiction has been all the rage, among their target audiences and otherwise. YA’s adult fans are perhaps the worst-kept secret of the publishing world, as evidenced by the droves of grown-ups who join their younger counterparts on release day for big-name titles. Indeed, in photos of midnight release parties for “Breaking Dawn” posted by Stephanie Meyer to her website, adult Twi-hards easily outnumbered the younger members of Team Edward. The 2012 results of an ongoing study of
North American and British book buyers and readers indicated 55 percent were older than 18, more than three-quarters of whom were buying for themselves. The Bowker Market Research study found the largest age group of buyers fell between 30 and 44 years old. “Honestly, as an avid reader of YA myself, I like adult fiction but it mirrors my own life and adults around me too much,” Martina Dalton said. “Sometimes I want to escape from reality. That’s why I like to read YA; it takes me out of my regular everyday troubles.” Dalton, who lives in Newcastle, is the author of “The Third Eye of Jenny Crumb,” a supernatural thriller about a 17-yearold girl with psychic powers. In the book, Crumb hides her ability from her peers like a real-life teen might hide a zit, a social faux pas or another everyday insecurity. Even as they provide escapism, YA books can give readers a sense of connection, Dalton said. “I remember my teenage years, and I don’t think I was a strange teen,” she said. SEE YOUNG ADULT, 10
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“But I sure felt that way growing up. I just wanted to fit in and have a solid group of friends. But that’s not how it works: often, kids become a third wheel in their group of friends, or friends drift apart and, because of that, they have all these insecurities they live with. It’s important for kids to know it gets better and that there are other kids, even if they’re in a book, that share their feelings.” Dalton is part of a growing contingent of authors who self-publish directly to markets like Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Indeed, YA readers are one of the largest adopters of the e-book format at more than 40 percent, according to Bowker. This summer, Dalton has joined a group of nine authors of young adult and “new adult” fiction — the latter a relatively recent category of works that deal with characters in their late teens and early twenties. The Young Adult/ New Adult Northwest Summer Book Tour was organized by Lake Tapps author T.M. Franklin to provide a forum for local genre writers she met and knew from conferences and bookstore signings. Franklin is the author of the “More” trilogy and, most recently, the comedy “How to get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love With You.” The young adult genre’s popularity with adults isn’t as odd as it might seem, Franklin said, because the stories are often serious in their own right. She pointed to author Nina Foxx, whose books “Momma: Gone” and “Catfish” dealt with matriarchal abandonment and identity deception, respectively. “I don’t know that it’s much different to write young adult fiction versus fiction for adults,” she said. “A good story is a good story and you still have all the same character development requirements to write a good book. That being said, as far as being an adult writing as a teenager, it can be a challenge because it’s been awhile. But my last book was heavily influenced by my son, who I can watch grow through these common teenage problems.” Both Franklin and Dalton said they relied on their teenage children as readers of their manuscripts. The Young Adult/New Adult Northwest Summer Book Tour will come to the University Book Store Tuesday, July 29. It will feature eight authors: Franklin, Dalton, Foxx, S.L. Whyte, A.O. Peart, Eileen Riccio, Ava O’Shay and Fabio Bueno. The book store is located at 990 102nd Ave. N.E. Daniel Nash: 425-453-4290; dnash@bellevuereporter.com
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Art Pianos in the Parks: Faculty, students and friends of the Gage Academy of Art have gussied up 20 pianos distributed throughout Seattle and King County parks. Look for Bellevue resident Vikram Madan’s piano in Seattle’s Greenlake Park. On display through Aug. 17. www.gageacademy.org At Your Service: Ariel Brice, Gésine Hackenberg, Molly Hatch, Giselle Hicks, Garth Johnson, Niki Johnson, Sue Johnson, Emily Loehle, Caroline Slotte and Amelia Toelke mess with crockery and other tokens of the domestic table. $8-$10. Through Sept. 21. Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E. bellevuearts.org, 425-519-0770
Books Road Trip!: Loralee Leavitt discusses her book “Road Tripping: A Parent’s Guide to Planning and Surviving the Annual Car Trip.” Free. July 31. University Book Store, 990 102nd Ave. N.E., Bellevue. 425-462-4500 David Sedaris: The humorist and author of works like “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” returns to Benaroya Hall
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Vikram Madan of Bellevue is participating in the Pianos in the Parks arts program that features artistically enhanced pianos created by Gage Academy of Art faculty, students and friends, each placed in one of 15 Seattle and King County parks. Madan’s piano artwork is in Seattle’s Greenlake Park. The artwork will be on display through Aug. 17. COURTESY PHOTO for a one-night reading and signing. He is expected to share both published stories and works in progress. $45-$54. Nov. 17. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. 206-215-4747
Comedy Greg Fitzsimmons: The Howard Stern and “Doug Loves Movies” regular brings his observational humor to the stage. $20-$30. 7:30 and 10 p.m. July 24-26. Parlor Live Comedy Club, 700 Bellevue Way N.E., Ste. 300, Bellevue. 425-289-7000 Guy Code Tour: Chris Distefano and Damien Lemon of MTV’s “Guy Code” co-headline. $20-$30. 7:30 and 10 p.m. July 31-Aug. 2.
Parlor Live Comedy Club, 700 Bellevue Way N.E., Ste. 300, Bellevue. 425-2897000
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Dance Giselle: Ballet Bellevue presents its premiere of the beloved French ballet, with Adolphe Adams’ music by the company’s orchestra. The
Construction Zone: Workshop series of new plays. July 29. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle, acttheatre.org, 206-292-7676 An Evening of One Acts: Three celebrated writers and their trio of short plays stretch the imagination. “Patter for a Floating Lady” by Steve Martin, “Riverside Drive” by Woody Allen and “The Unseen Hand” by Sam Shepard. July 18Aug. 17. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle, acttheatre.org, 206-292-7676 Hold These Truths: Inspired by the true story of University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayshi, “Hold These Truths” follows Gordon during the U.S. government’s decision to forcibly remove and incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. July 31-Aug. 2. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle, acttheatre.org, 206-292-7676 Groucho Returns: Frank Ferrante returns in the role of Groucho for a Central Heat Lab engagement in the Bullitt Cabaret. Aug. 7-24. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle, acttheatre.org, 206-292-7676
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Squash family growing in Bellevue Khans helping expand game, bringing World Championships BY JOSH SUMAN BELLEVUE REPORTER
Azam Khan looks around at the glass encased row of squash courts inside the Pro Sports Club in Bellevue, and can’t help but reminisce. Today, the courts will host a youth camp, along with the many recreational and competitive adult players who call the club home for a sport growing in popularity on the increasingly diverse Eastside. But when Khan first came to the Pro Club in 1991, the idea of a bustling squash scene in Bellevue was far from reality. “We only had one court,” Khan recalled. “And it wasn’t even a regulation court.” The days Khan spent laying the foundation for squash’s popularity on the Eastside seem far off now. It will likely seem even more distant when the Pro Club hosts the Professional Squash Association Men’s World Championships in November 2015, becoming the first locale in the United States to land the sport’s top event. “It’s unimaginable,” Khan said. “It’s going to be good for the club, and the whole West Coast.” The Pro Club has previously hosted women’s championships, as well as the culminating event on the junior squash circuit.
Adding the men’s championships is the final step in cementing the bond between the community and the sport. “The vision I had was believing in the game,” Khan said. “We have built a squash community, and I am proud of that.” Azam’s sister Shabana Khan has also become a large figure in that vision, and was the driving force behind securing the PSA Championships in a US city for the first time. With an accomplished career as a player — Shabana is a former National Team member, and multiple time squash champion — and experience working to bring the women’s championships to Seattle in 1999, she said the chance to host the PSA Men’s Championships was ideally suited for the Pro Club’s connection to the sport. “We’re excited as can be,” she said. “It’s going to really affect the community.” Azam and Shabana said they hope the showcase can reach even deeper into the community to find an interest in squash, which continues a family legacy stretching back half a century. Their father, Yusef Khan, has his own harrowing history in the game that includes days as a barefoot ball boy in India, on a British military base before the Partition of
Azam Khan, center, built the squash program at the Pro Club, while sister Shabana (second from left) secured the PSA World Championships in 2015, with the finals to be held in a glass-enclosed court at Meydenbauer Center. Latasha Khan (second from right) is a nationally ranked women’s player. JOSH SUMAN, Bellevue Reporter India in 1947. He is credited by many for building squash in the Seattle area, something his son and daughter have continued in Bellevue.
“My boys have an opportunity to do what I did when I was younger, just like I did with my father,” Azam said, referring to his two high school aged sons. “That is probably the best part of my job.”
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Bellevue team Koufax champs The Bellevue Warriors 14U baseball team took the Cascade Division championship at the Sandy Koufax Washington State Select Baseball League state tournament recently, beating the Northwest Knights 15-8 in the title game. The Warriors opened with a 7-6 win over Rippers BBC, before falling 13-4 to the Bainbridge Island Mavericks the following day. A 12-1 win over Wildcats BBC and a 7-5 victory over the Northwest Knights sent them to the semifinals, and a 4-3 win over
Spartans BBC earned them a spot in the championship. The team finished in fourth place during the regular season, with a 17-9 record.
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A promising season for the Lakeside Recovery Senior Legion baseball team ended July 20 at Carlon Park in Selah, as Mason won a 7-4 game to bounce Lakeside. Mason beat Lakeside 3-1 in the first game of the tournament, before the team came back to beat the Yakima Beatles 15-7.
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Eastside FC to defend title
The 98 Red girls soccer team from Eastside FC is set to defend its national championship, and will meet a field of the best U15 girls soccer teams from around the nation with another title on the line. Eight teams, including last year’s runnerup from YMS Premier Xplosion, will vie for the crown of U15 national champion in Boyds, Md., with the title game scheduled for Sunday, July 27. Eastside FC and YMS Premier Xplosion both begin in Group B, along with Alliance Academy Black (Mich.) and Legends FC Sanchez from California. Coach Tom Bialek’s Eastside FC team followed its 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship with a state crown to start 2014. Eastside FC earned its berth in the tournament by sweeping three games in a Las Vegas qualifier in April. The team includes six players from Bellevue: Jojo Harber, Sophie Butterfield, Katie Foster, Ellie Bryant, Catie Buck and Maud Van der Kooi.
T-Bird All-Stars win state
Thunderbird Little League is home to the state champions of 9/10 year old Little League baseball, after the All-Stars from Bellevue won the state championship 6-5 over Walla Walla Valley in Richland. The Thunderbird squad, which captured the District 9 tournament title to advance to state, won its first three games at Badger Mountain Park in Richland to reach the semifinals. A 6-2 win over the District 4 representatives got things started, before T-Bird came back to beat District 12 in a 19-8 win the following day. A 9-6 win over Mill Creek’s District 1 champs sent them to the first of three games against District 5 winner Walla Walla, which ended in their only loss of the tournament 9-4. But a 14-4 victory over Mill Creek earned Thunderbird a rematch, and an 8-3 win evened the teams with one loss each before the Bellevue team brought home the state title trophy July 20.
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Microsoft layoffs in Puget Sound a good thing? Tech association CEO sees several upsides BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
Microsoft announced July 17 the most massive series of layoffs in the company’s history. But a 3-percent staff cut in the Puget Sound is being hailed by Washington
Technology Industry Association CEO Michael Schutzler as a win-win scenario. The bulk of the 18,000 positions to be cut over the next year are tied to the recent acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services, and will include 12,500 cuts to professional and factory positions as part of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s vision for future Windows smartphone development. In an email to employees July 17, Nadella states the first 13,000 staff reductions have
already been initiated. Those cuts will be felt in Finland and Hungary, and most laidoff employees will be notified in the next six months. Microsoft will also cut 1,350 positions in the Puget Sound region, representing a 3-percent reduction of its 43,000 local employees. Schutzler said Nadella is making a smart move, following industry trends by cutting out redundancy and consolidating its workforce to focus on growth.
One of those shifts in methodology over the past decade has been consolidating software development and software testing, he said. “It’s pretty clear that the message is software developers will be doing their own testing,” Schutzler said. “That would mean, if you’re a tester, you’re most likely to be on the cut list.” SEE MICROSOFT, 18
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splitting time between two buildings at the former campus. “Our CEO (Sunny Singh) wants everybody close — a truly open-door policy.” Edifecs brought over 250 employees to share in what Dhinsa said is a growing trend in corporate tech office space. But the company’s campus can accommodate up to 450 workers, with the ability to reconfigure the space to take on 700. At the former campus, Dhinsa said Edifecs was down to several workstations, having hired on 100 additional associates in 2013. The new campus was designed with employee comfort and wellness in mind, Dhinsa said, which made the natural backdrop of the Bellefield Office Park a perfect location
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Investment company moves on to next plan for Wilburton subarea BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
The Target Corporation may have scrapped plans for a new retail center in Bellevue’s Wilburton subarea, but that isn’t stopping landowner KG Investment Management from moving forward with another large development across the Fourth Street extension. Target Corp confirmed earlier this month — after months of litigation with the city to expedite construction and amend the city’s land use code — it was pulling out of plans for a three-story retail store at the corner of Northeast Fourth Street and 116th Avenue Northeast. Since then Landowner KG Investment Management has requested a pre-application meeting with city staff to discuss its plans for Bellevue North — a two-story, 81,785-square-foot retail building at the old Dodge of Bellevue site at 316 116th Ave. N.E. Plans submitted to the city of Bellevue for review include a two-story, 314-stall parking structure and renderings for the main building, but does not illustrate what new tenants may occupy
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Nadella also stated in his Thursday employee memo Microsoft’s plans include reducing “layers of management, both top down and sideways,” which includes increasing “the span of control” for those managers who will remain following the tech company’s restructuring. “This is a significant move just to significantly grow the company,” Schutzler said. “That’s awesome for us, as a region.” Microsoft estimates it will spend up to $1.6 billion in severance packages and other pre-tax charges as a result of the re-
Bellevue North. “I don’t think they’ve actually narrowed down who the retailers will be,” said Tom Jordan, project manager with Fuller-Sears Architects. The structure will make room for three retail spaces, he added, with one large store likely on the top and two on the ground floor. SEE WILBURTON, 19
structuring, which Schutzler said will give Puget Sound employees time to find new employment. He added he’s already been contacted by an ex-Microsoft executive now working for Amazon who is interested in hiring on laid-off Microsoft engineers. The WTIA CEO said there are about 5,000 computer science positions currently unfilled in the state. “If you’re a computer science engineer, you’re not having trouble finding jobs here,” Schutzler said. “… The net impact to the region ultimately is going to be positive economic development.” Many mid-level and senior managers for Microsoft have historically gone on to run
their own startup companies, and Schutzler said he expects several to be laid off this year will use their severances to invest in new ventures. Schutzler said it’s important to remember Microsoft’s restructuring was prompted by Microsoft’s plans for future growth, and cutting out redundant positions doesn’t mean the company will not be adding positions necessary as part of its strategic goals. “I think Microsoft will be hiring a lot more people than they’ve laid off over the next couple of years,” he said. “… It’s a courageous move by Satya Nadella, if you think about it. He’s showing he’s got his eye on the ball and he’s a courageous leader. It’s awesome.”
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to take advantage of natural lighting. A green living wall on one level of the building was designed to elevate oxygen levels, and seemed much smaller on paper, he said. Edifecs listened when employees asked for standing desks at their workstations — all of them are equipped with Herman Miller designs — but Dhinsa said employees are encouraged to spend more time collaborating in various lounge spaces on campus. Two kitchens will be available for employees to grab a free organic snack — soda will not be on the menu — or they can wait to grab a bite at the campus restaurant. They can make their own coffee or fresh-squeezed juice, or order some from a “Starbuck’s-quality cafe,” Dhinsa said. The campus also has a yoga room and fitness center available to employees, who can take advantage of an on-site personal trainer. A game room is also planned for Phase 2 of the campus, which begins in October after ZTE USA vacates 7,000 square feet of office space inside the building. “The idea is (employees) should stay as long as they want and work as long as they want,” Dhinsa said of Edifecs’ workplace philosophy. “The idea is to make them want to come.” The operations manager credits the company’s early adoption of medical claim processing efficiencies for Edifecs’ success, and expects the new campus will suit its needs over the next 10 years, however, there could always be another reassessment of space in the next five years. Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602, bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
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Council approves adding staff to handle increase in permit applications, service needs BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
Bellevue’s latest building boom brought Development Services Director Mike Brennan before the City Council on Monday to request additional staff to tackle increasingly high volumes of building permits and shore up resource deficiencies. The council approved 24 Development Services staff positions in late 2013, but Brennan said two more are needed to prevent the department from losing pace with increases in building permit applications, which could affect customer satisfaction with the city. The council approved the positions, the cost of which will be paid through permitting fees. “The work is most definitely there, right now,” said Mayor Claudia Balducci. “It’s always interesting when the cranes fly, and we’re going to see a lot more of that.”
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Security Properties is starting development on a 316-unit residential development within the growing Spring District, which will coincide with Wright Runstadt’s office project. Soma has obtained occupancy for its first downtown tower and will soon start on a second, said Gregg Schrader, city building official. Goodman Real Estate also is moving into its second phase of multifamily construction at the old Angelo’s Nursery site. Larger upcoming projects like Sound Transit’s East Link extension and Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project also will add to the department’s workload, Schrader said. Brennan said staffing is only one facet of Development Service’s goals, looking at about a five-year window for strategic planning. Additional service training and other performance management strategies will also be used to ensure developers and other customers remain relatively satisfied with the process. Brandon Macz: 425-452-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
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Value Village partners with Storrage for donation pick-ups
Bellevue-based Value Village has joined with Storrage, a local storage solution company, to let storage customers donate items to Value Village when they schedule pick-up or delivery of their items. All donations benefit Seattle-area Value Village nonprofit partners, including Northwest Center, SightConnection and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound. “We are focused on creating an ecosystem that makes it easier for people to care for their belongings — whether it’s through our unique storage solution or through partnerships like this with Value Village that remove barriers to the donation process,” added Terry Drayton, CEO and
Bellevue businesses rank high for waste reduction
Eighteen Bellevue businesses and public agencies made King County’s Solid Waste Division’s 2014 list of “Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction.” The businesses and agencies received the nod for adopting creative recycling and waste reduction practices. Those making the list are: Bellevue School District, CDM Smith, CHS Engineers, LLC, City of Bellevue, David Evans and Associates, Inc, GLY Construction, HDR Engineering, Inc., HipCricket, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Jeffrey A. Schur, DDS MSD., Overlake Hospital
Republic opens new customer care center in Bellevue Republic Services has opened its new Customer Care Center in Bellevue. Residents and business owners can now drop off hard-to-recycle items at the center, located at 1600 127th Ave. N.E. Customer service hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Republic Services is the largest recycling company in the region.
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Guilty pleas to arson, wine thefts in Sodo and Bellevue Two Seattle wine thieves on July 14 pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to stealing $650,000 in product from a storage facility in Sodo, with one defendant also admitting to stealing $250,000 worth of wine from a Bellevue businesswoman last year. Samuel A. Harris, 35, pleaded guilty Monday for his part in the November theft from storage lockers at Esquin Wine & Spirits, where he and accomplice Luke A. Thesing, 36, also cut gas lines in an attempt to start a fire at the facility, according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office. Harris pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree arson, second-degree burglary and 10 counts of first-degree theft, for which he faces up to 108 months in prison. Thesing pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and nine counts of first-degree theft, for which he faces up to 68 months in prison. The prosecutor’s office reports it is seeking toprange sentencing for both men. Harris, who was hired by a Bellevue woman last year to build a wine-storage cellar at her business, also admitted to stealing $250,000 in product from her in May 2013. He is alleged to have sold most of that wine. Both men are set for sentencing 1 p.m. July 25.
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Five awarded BECU scholarships The BECU Foundation has awarded $3,000 scholarships to five Bellevue students. They are among 75 students to get the awards. Justina Chen, from Interlake High School, will be attending Cornell University and participated as an inaugural member of the debate team for her main service project. “Debate has influenced my character, short-term goals, and future plans more than any other extracurricular I have ever pursued,” said Chen, “while giving me the most self-confidence, closest friendships and greatest motivation I have ever experienced.” David Conover, who attends the University of Washington, volunteers with Ground Zero. “Ground Zero is a program that operates within the Boys and Girls Club,” Conover said of the arts-based program. “Through this program, teens have a safe and nurturing place to discover who they are and ultimately help spark creative passion that keeps them motivated, excited and self-sufficient.” Sarah Dunn, from Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, will be attending Whitman College and served as student conservation association trail crew member in Olympic National Park. “I spent the last three summers serving on month-long Student Conservation Association trail crews. All my crews consisted of two leaders and five other teens committed to promoting social change through conservation,” Dunn said. Christine Shoemaker, also from Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, will be attending Pomona College and has served as cadet second lieutenant in the US Air Force Auxiliary. “As a Cadet second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol), I have led cadets in many community service events,” Shoemaker said. “I have trained and mentored cadets in leadership, teamwork, academics and national service.” Delaney Ugelstad, from Bellevue High School, will be attending Wellesley College and mentored elementary students through Seattle Music Partners.
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Helena Theresa Archer of Bellevue passed away on July 17, 2014 at Overlake Hospital. She was 90 years old. Helena was born October 13, 1923 in County Mayo, Ireland to Patrick and Annie Athy. She was raised in Castlebar, Ireland where she attended Parochial and grammar school. On September 24, 1955 she married Denis William Archer at St. Joseph’s Church, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. They lived and worked in Great Britain until 1980 when they moved to Chicago, Illinois. Denis and Helena lived in several places around the United States, including Florida, Seattle and Whidbey Island, before settling in Bellevue in 2003. A member of St. Madeleine Sophie Catholic Church, Helena was active in the Catholic Church. In her leisure time she enjoyed dancing, writing and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Her family remembers her as a kind and loving wife and mother who possessed a tender heart and compassionate disposition. She will be deeply missed. Survivors include her son, Paul Archer of Bellevue and four grandchildren, Flynn, Shelby, Sophia, and Ian. In lieu of flowers the family suggests remembrances to St. Vincent de Paul, 5950 4th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108. A funeral mass will be said on Thursday August 7th 11am at St. Madeleine Sophie Catholic Church in Bellevue. Friends are invited to share memories and sign the family’s online guest book at www. flintofts.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory.
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Nearing five decades of service, Bellevue’s Fire Station No. 5 is an example of doing more with less, but Deputy Chief Michael Remington says replacing the old brick-and-mortar structure is also a top priority for the fire department. “It’s served us well. We’re not in a crisis mode. Things aren’t falling down,” he said. That same message applies to all fire stations slated for repairs or replacement under a facilities master plan recently filed into the city’s capital improvement program, which takes a long-term look at population growth and fire and medic response times. Fire Station No. 5 started as a volunteer station 47 years ago in Clyde Hill, serving it, west Bellevue and the Points communities. Like many stations in the city, it was constructed without the structural support now recommended amid concerns for seismic activity in the region. “They say it’s unlikely to survive a substantial seismic event,” Remington said. It also wasn’t built for 24-hour shifts, which meant converting its meeting room to a bunk room. While Remington praises its fitness facility, he said he’d prefer if it wasn’t in the garage. Firefighters clean their clothes mere feet away from where biohazard linens are washed, which the National Fire Prevention Association states should be separate, he said. Fire Station No. 5 is situated next to a singlefamily property owned by the city of Clyde Hill, and Remington said he anticipates some discussion about coupling the two lots together, but other options will be explored.
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MULTI-MEDIA ADVERTISING CONSULTANT – RENTON Be a part of the largest community news organization in Washington! Do you have a proven track record of success in sales and enjoy managing your own territory? Are you competitive and thrive in an energetic environment? Do you desire to work in an environment which offers uncapped earning opportunities? Are you interested in a fast paced, creative atmosphere where you can use your sales expertise to provide consultative print and digital solutions? If you answered YES to the above, then we are looking for you! Renton Reporter, a division of Sound Publishing, Inc. is looking for self-motivated, results-driven people interested in a multi-media sales career. This position will be responsible for print and digital advertising sales to an eclectic and exciting group of clients. As part of our sales team you are expected to maintain and grow existing client relationships, as well as develop new client relationships. The successful candidate will also be goal oriented, have organizational skills that enable you to manage multiple deadlines, provide great consultative sales and excellent customer service. This position receives a base salary plus commission; and a benefits package including health insurance, paid time off, and 401K. Position requires use of your personal cell phone and vehicle, possession of valid WA State Driver’s License and proof of active vehicle insurance. Sales experience necessary; Media experience is a definite asset. Must be computer-proficient. If you have these skills, and enjoy playing a pro-active part in impacting your local businesses’ financial success with advertising solutions, please email your resume and cover letter to: hreast@soundpublishing.com ATTN: REN. Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employee (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace. Visit our website to learn more about us! www.soundpublishing.com
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