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Kirklander to star in NBC’s live Peter Pan production Show to air on Dec. 4, will be Alanna Saunders’ first role since college BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com

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f you’re planning on watching NBC’s production “Peter Pan Live!” Dec. 4 keep an eye out for Kirkland native Alanna Saunders, who will

play Tiger Lily. It’s her biggest role to date, though by no means is it her first, with her first acting role coming at the age of four in Johnny Appleseed with her four siblings, all of whom are also active in the arts. A graduate of Juanita High

School and a University of Miami alumnus, the role of Tiger Lily is the first role for the 22-year-old since she graduated from college. Ironically, Peter Pan was the second performance she participated in at the age of 10, playing the twin lost boys along with her real-life twin sister, Claire, in addition to her three brothers, Heath, Trent and Blake.

“It was probably one of Currently, Trent Saunthe most amazing experiders is on Broadway in ences I’d ever had Disney’s “Aladdin,” at that point in my Blake Saunders is life,” she wrote in the choir teacher an email interview. at Washington “Yes, because of Middle School my siblings, but in Seattle, Heath also because it was Saunders made the first emotional Alanna Saunders his off-Broadway attachment I’d ever debut in “Lennon: had to a show, and Through A Glass to an experience.” Onion” and Claire Saunders

Kirkland Winterfest is this Sunday

IBT’s Nutcracker returns to KPC

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Dedicates performances to former mayor Bill Woods and “Mr. Kirkland” BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com

The International Ballet Theater (IBT) in Kirkland is dedicating their upcoming performances of The Nutcracker at the Kirkland Performance Center (KPC) to two of the most influential men in the city’s history. One of them, former Kirkland mayor Bill Woods, will also be performing in the ballet in the role of the grandfather. The other man is Chuck Morgan, who died in 2009 at age 98. He was simply known

as “Mr. Kirkland” and performed the role of the Godfather into his 90s. Morgan was also the former publisher of the Journal-American and Kirkland Courier, which is now the Kirkland Reporter. Vera Altunina, a choreographer at IBT, said their take on the ballet is based on the traditional version first choreographed in 1892. “I tried to keep on the original version,” she said. “It’s very warm.” The performances, set for Dec. 5-7, signal a [ more WOODS page 3 ]

recently had a feature role in “The Intern” that starred Robert de Niro and Anne Hathaway. Growing up in a family that she also performed with was an experience like no other. “Like all families we had our differences,” she wrote, “But growing up all loving music and the arts allowed [ more SAUNDERS page 6 ]

“Mr. Kirkland” Chuck Morgan playing the role of the Godfather in “The Nutcracker.” Morgan performed the role for four years, stepping down in 2008. Former Kirkland mayor Bill Woods will be playing the part Dec. 5-7 at the Kirkland Performance Center with the International Ballet Academy. CONTRIBUTED

Kirkland Winterfest will be held from 2-6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30 in downtown Kirkland. Celebrate the coming of the winter season with an afternoon of Kirkland traditions thanks to the Kirkland Downtown Association. The annual tree lighting ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. The event also includes the Argosy Christmas Ships, carriage rides, caroling, kids’ activities, games, refreshments and food. Kids of all ages will enjoy greeting Santa’s arrival in Kirkland. For more information visit www.kirklanddowntown.org/winterfest/

Similarities don’t end with Division I basketball

Rebel, Kang girls sign to play in college BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com

Lake Washington High School senior Sydney Shepard will attend the University of San Diego next year. CONTRIBUTED

Two girls from Kirkland have signed on to play Division I basketball. Sydney Shepard, a senior at Lake Washington High school, received a full ride scholarship, the first LWH girls basketball player to do so since around 2000, with the University of San Diego Torreros. Jaisa Nunn, a senior

at Juanita High, has agreed to play for the University of New Mexico Lobos. There are quite a few similarities between the two. Both started out playing soccer, volleyball and basketball as kids. Both had fathers who played college basketball and helped guide them as they pursued their passion. While Shepard said she continued to play volleyball

in high school, basketball was her primary focus throughout the year. “I was never tempted to give up basketball,” Shepard said. “I liked it because you can score a lot of points and a lot of other sports don’t, and you can work on your individual game. But I just felt like everybody can contribute in a way in basketball, and when someone doesn’t, it affects everything.” “I wanted to play everything as a kid,” Nunn said of

her involvement in athletics. By fifth grade, her parents told her she could only pick one sport. The choice, she said, was easy. “I loved playing it,” she said. “I loved hanging around kids with a sport that was very interesting to me. It was an energy burner.”

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Juanita High senior Jaisa Nunn has signed to play basketball for the University of New Miexco on a scholarship. CONTRIBUTED

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www.kirklandreporter.com We wanted to pay tribute home. Now that they are to this man who had so back they are having to much passion and dedica- alter some aspects in order tion to Kirkland.” to accommodate the 85 Woods, who was a close performers on the smaller friend of Morgan, offered stage. to take up the mantle. “It’s going to be pretty “I said if you challenging to are up to the beats get all the dancand you are able ers on,” she said. to dance and not “But I’ve done it afraid of stage, before and it works I am more than pretty well. We happy,” she said. might take out The Reporter some theatrical Bill Woods was unable to effects because… contact Woods the KPC facility for comment is not equipped prior to press deadline. for it… other than that The two men are credited everything is stayed the with efforts to raise the same as choreographed.” $6 million that ultimately The IBT first performed allowed the Kirkland PerThe Nutcracker in 2003. formance Center to open More information about its doors in 1998. Altunina the performances can be said during IBT’s hiatus found at kpcenter.org/perfrom KPC they played at formances/the-nutcracker Meydenbauer Center in and ibtbellevue.org. For Bellevue, but they always more information and felt like Kirkland was their tickets call 425-822-7694.

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BRIEF Choral Society prepares for two holiday concerts Kirkland Choral Society (KCS) will perform

Christmas concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday Dec. 5 at the First Methodist Church in Seattle and at 3 p.m. on Sunday Dec. 7 and Bastyr University Chapel in Kenmore. Among the songs KCS will perform include “O Magnum Mysterium” using the two most famous 20th century settings of the

text, as well as Bob Chilcott’s version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” The First United Methodist Church is located at 180 Denny Way in Seattle and the Bastyr University Chapel is located at 14500 Juanita Drive NE in Kenmore. For more information visit www.kirklandchoralsociety.org.

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return to the KPC after six years performing at other venues in the greater Seattle area. A reception will be held for Woods and honoring Morgan from 6-7 p.m. on Dec. 6. Altunina said the dedication to Morgan and Woods is a gesture of gratitude for the work they did to create the KPC and encourage the arts in the city. “In the past Chuck Morgan was the greatest supporter of our company,” she said. “He also tried to help to sustain our presence at KPC.” She also said they’re paying tribute to the numerous times Morgan played the Godfather role, which he finally relinquished in 2008. “He was amazing,” she said. “He was an absolutely amazing person…

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Forget Black Friday, get a Christmas tree

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he weekend following Thanksgiving, including “Black Friday,” is when many Americans choose to show their gratitude and appreciation for their many blessings in life by storming the gates of retail stores, swarming through aisles and engaging in quasi-mortal combat with another soccer mom over who will ultimately claim possession of the new electronic gadget at a questionably reduced price, only to find out it’s already obsolete by the time they get it to the checkout stand. For my family, this concept never quite caught on. We instead make it a tradition to forsake the chaos of consumerism by participating in the ancient yuletide ritual of selecting that most important symbol, the Christmas tree. If picking out a Christmas tree is a fine art, consider me a tree snob. Some people judge a man by his lawn. I judge him by his Christmas tree, so when I come across ugly artificial spruce trees with obviously plastic branches and hideous LED lights in a front window that make the home resemble a kitsch nightmare worthy of a Thomas Kinkade painting, I can’t help but wonder if Santa has that address on a “no fly” list of his own. Then there are the real trees I recycled as a Boy Scout that were truly a sad sight to behold. Even Charlie Brown would have called them puny. But it’s not just about the type of tree. The ceremonial pageantry is totally unnecessary but the enjoyable rituals are equally as important as that grand, glorious moment when it is put into place in the living room and the angel is made alit without simultaneously shorting out the fusebox. It simply isn’t appropriate to run over to a hardware store and pick up a scrawny already dead twig settled against other trees like stacked corpses after a battle. In a day and age when you can practically get everything done for you without lifting so much as your index finger to click the mouse button and order it, our modern, pampered, over-urbanized population can use a little bit of exercise by chopping down that tree themselves with their own axe, preferably while wearing flannel and a five o’ clock shadow.

While trekking into the wild wilderness and looking for a raw, untamed evergreen to fell, a heightened sense of taste and style has always compelled us Martinells to search across the length and breadth of the many Christmas tree farms in the region. For years my family drove out to a farm in the Cascades run by an elderly couple until they ran out of trees worth selling. I like to think we padded their retirement fund to their satisfaction by the time they closed it. The trouble with tree farms on this side of the mountains is the rain. Nothing is more depressing than setting out to find a Christmas tree amid a hideous cloud cover, rain and all the wet misery that accompanies it. Wandering among the tall rows of trees, one is permitted but a few moments in life to be ridiculously narrow-minded, judgmental, picky, choosy, what name you, without any condemnation whatsoever. In fact, the more judgmental you are, the better the tree you drag out. You think that one tree appears acceptable? Well, it has a bit of a bare patch on that one side. Not good enough. Some appear attractive from afar, but upon closer examination the needles appear TJ Martinell

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too thick and awkward. No go. For me, the Pseudotsuga trees, or Douglas fir, are the most beautiful. If they’re grown properly, they’re full, have a natural symmetry and you don’t have to spray fake scent to make them smell the way they should. Unfortunately, there are these things called family members. They hold these things called opinions, and their opinions are not always harmonious with each other. Or mine. This collision is what you might refer to in some situations as family politics. Whether tempers possibly flared and conflicting beliefs clashed, I can neither confirm nor deny. But if, theoretically, such an event ever took place, it proved beneficial to remind one and all that our circumstances were far better standing together in the field than in some store struggling to avoid an early death by asphyxiation at someone’s hand. So when you’re tempted by that Black Friday ad, consider getting a respectable Christmas tree instead. Trust me, the new gadget can wait.

TJ Martinell is a reporter with the Kirkland Reporter.

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Curious addition in Reporter’s climate change story Thumbs up to the Kirkland City Council for supporting climate change initiatives. Thumbs down to the Kirkland Reporter for the curious addition of an out of context paragraph referencing a recent study by Johnstone and Mantua published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS 2014 111(40) 14360-14365). The article cited describes evidence that natural variation in atmospheric circulation may account for a large part of the temperature variation in the Pacific Northwest over time periods as long as a century. There have been thousands of published articles in the scientific literature on climate disruption in the past two years, including 91 in PNAS, the journal you cite. The study in question does not refute the fact that carbon dioxide emissions as a result of human industrial activity have risen over the past 200 years resulting in a rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration and that atmospheric CO2 reflects heat back toward earth resulting in a rise in mean atmospheric temperature. Nor does it lessen the concern that rising temperatures resulting in ex-

treme weather events and spread of tropical disease pose a risk to human health and safety. It merely describes in detail another variable in the complex process in which a rise in global mean temperature can also alter so called “natural” atmospheric circulation patterns. I am certain that the City Council considered the full body of scientific literature and the potential for serious adverse human consequences in making their decision.

Mark Vossler, MD, Task Force on Climate Change

Treat others the way you want to be treated Have you ever felt like you were less significant than the people around you? I have. Back in sixth and seventh grades, I was living in Ohio, which is a lot different than living in Washington, and I was a skater. My hair was long, my shirts were all ripped, my jeans were tight and I got made fun of constantly. There was even this kid that was just like me just without the long hair and he called me names. One day he was trying to tell me I was bad at skating. Then he threw a hard green nut that had fallen off a tree at me and hit me in the head. I

wasn’t very smart and I reacted quickly and I got into the only fight I’ve ever been in. Humans have always been quick to jump to a fight even in the most unnecessary situations. We are animals with instincts so it’s understandable but people need to learn to be nicer and not jump to violence. People these days are constantly trying to be better than others and act like they’re the coolest and “hardest” around. We as humans have the same potential to go to the same places in life, we all have the potential to succeed and go and become the president or a doctor or an athlete. We all have the potential to fail and become the bum that everybody sees begging for change on the corner of the road. We all can be the best we possibly can, and that should prove we are equal but we, being the humans we are, have the individuality to make the choices we do and to do things differently than others. Just because they are different doesn’t make one of you better than the other. Some people can handle others being rude and hateful but some people really take it seriously and they get down and depressed and then the sad thing is that the majority of people today have depression.

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Three Lake Washington School District schools have been named “Schools of Distinction” by the Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE). Discovery Community School in Kirkland, Evergreen Middle School in Redmond and Kirkland Middle School were among 101 schools statewide in the top five percent for improvement on the state’s Reading/Math index test scores for students. These awards are presented by CEE, the Association of Educational Service Districts (AESD), the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP), Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) and Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA). Each school had to show improvement in their “Reading/Math Index” over the past five years. Each recognized school also had student test scores that, at a minimum, were at or above the state median for the grade band. “I am very proud of these schools for their sustained improvement,” said Dr. Traci Pierce, superintendent. “All of our schools focus on continuous improvement, and the data shows that these schools have worked hard toward achieving their goals.” To be considered, schools had to perform at least at or above the state median in reading and math assessments, as measured on the spring 2014 Measures of Student Progress. Schools had to have data in at least two of three grades to be considered for that level (grades 3, 4 and 5 for elementary schools and grades 6, 7 and 8 for middle schools and junior highs). Schools were evaluated on combined reading and math improvement from 2009 to 2014 based on state assessments. The top five percent of public schools statewide subsequently are recognized with the School of Distinction award. Discovery Community School is a Lake Washington School District Choice school that is housed at Sandburg Elementary School in Kirkland, Wash.

Geoffrey Castle’s A Celtic Christmas will be featured at the Kirkland Performance Center from 8:30-10:30 p.m. on Dec. 12-13. Castle, an internationally recognized electric violinist, brings his Celtic Christmas Celebration to Kirkland for the ninth year. His fun and entertaining

show, complete with his accomplished band, local dance troupes, vocalists and Santa, make for one of the best holiday shows on the Eastside. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for kids. For more information visit www.kpcenter.org. The Kirkland Performance Center is located at 350 Kirkland Ave. in Kirkland.

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Discovery provides handson, interactive learning experiences to three multiage classrooms, with a total enrollment of 73 students. Discovery Community School also received this award last year. Evergreen Middle School, located in Redmond, Wash., serves nearly 900 students. This year is the first that Evergreen Middle School is being recognized with a School of Distinction Award. Kirkland Middle School, located in Kirkland, Wash., serves nearly 600 students. Kirkland Middle School has won this award for three years in a row. The Schools of Distinction Awards will be presented to these and other area schools at a regional awards ceremony at the Puget Sound Educational Service District in Renton.

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us to become the closeknit family we are today. We share a very strong passion for the same things, which means we appreciate and understand each other that much better. If you’re an artist, you know how widely your emotions range on a day-to-day basis and how that gets taken out on those closest to you. By understanding each other, everything feels a lot less personal, in a good way. But being from a family of artists, that also means emotions run high on the regular.” Although she has found success in acting, she wrote she was first attracted to singing. “I started singing in parts and in a choir when I was four as well,” she said. “It came naturally, being in front of people. I started to dance a little later because of a friend, and theater followed that. Music was my passion first.” That passion remained with Saunders as she continued performing in roles and training as an actor through Studio East in Kirkland. In addition to performing in a family band, Saunders played the tenor saxophone in

Collins,” and Diana Moconcert band, as well as rales in “A Chorus Line.” the bass clarinet. She also “Morales was not a sang in the high school character that came choir. naturally to me at first,” But, she said, acting she wrote. “I wanted to has had an indescribable make her softer and more allure for her since she complacent, she needed was young. After studying the opposite. She helped abroad for a semester, the me to find my harder side experience solidified her and expand my abilities desire to pursue acting. and use my vulnerability “The thing that bothin a different way. It also ered me was that I didn’t helped that I think she know why I loved it,” she has the best songs in the wrote. “It was what I had show.” always done and what my Though “Peter Pan family had always done. I Live!” is a live broadcast, hadn’t made the choice it will not be the first myself, so I decided time Saunders has to make some sort been in front of a KIRKLAND of choice all on camera. As a child my lonesome.” she acted in PBS’s Among her “Biz Kids,” as one most favorite roles of the subhosts of prior to college were the show, which she Cinderella in “Cinderella,” described as being “like Beth in “Little Women,” Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Ti Moune in “Once except instead of teachon this Island.” ing kids about science “I think that I fall we taught them about in love with every role money.” that I get to play,” she “This was particusaid. “Being able to live larly different from stage inside another person because a good amount and understand all their of the time we addressed complexities and what the camera, ‘our audience’ makes them beautiful and directly, breaking that human, how could you fourth wall,” she wrote. not fall in love?” “Because it [Peter Pan] While attending the is live, it is actually more University of Miami, similar to stage perforSaunders went on to play mance than other film Clara in “Night Train to projects. Not being able Bolina,” Nellie in “Floyd to edit a performance is

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one of main differences between film and stage, and this concept shortens that gap.” Despite her success in theater, Saunders said she wanted to be prepared to earn another living if it did not pan out. She took pre-med classes in high school and chose to go to a regular university that had a conservatory so she could continue studying. “My original goal going into college was to take as many pre-med classes as possible so that way if I ever decided that I wanted to go to med school I would only need to go back to undergrad for another year or two,” she wrote. “In my mind it allowed me have, in the future, a family that I could support financially. That logic was one of the reasons I went with performing. Not because of what medicine isn’t, but because of what the arts are. Acting and singing and performing feed my soul more than anything else. It is what makes me happy. If I could be in a place I would be okay to not perform, then I could absolutely go into medicine.” “The problem is,” she wrote further, “I don’t think I could survive if I couldn’t sing anymore.”

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Police Blotter The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week. Between Nov. 13-20, there were 427 traffic incidents, 25 traffic accidents, one DUI, 24 general traffic incidents, 44 alarm calls, 11 abandoned vehicles, five burglaries, 10 incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, five cases of harassment, 22 thefts, seven vehicle prowls, six vehicle thefts, 15 warrants served, 10 noise complaints, one animal calls, eight incidents of domestic violence, six incident of malicious mischief, 13 disturbances, one assault and 26 incidents involving at least one arrest.

Nov. 20 Protection order: 5:13 p.m., 11200 block of Champagne Point Ln NE. A 55-year-old man was arrested after violating a no-contact order after his 55-yearold wife reported him at her residence. He was booked into the Kirkland Jail.

Nov. 18 Assault: 9:39 p.m., 11200 block of Champagne Point Ln. NE. A 55-year-old man was arrested for punching his 55-year-old wife repeatedly in the face.

Nov. 16 Assault: 4 a.m., 5400 block of 113th PL NE. A 24-year-old man was arrested after he punched a 27-year-old woman, caus-

ing significant injuries. The two had been drinking and playing cards at her residence when an argument arose. When she told him to leave a physical fight ensued. While not in a committed relationship, the two are “infrequently intimate.”

Nov. 15 DUI: 1:50 a.m., 80 block of Kirkland Avenue. A 45-year-old woman was arrested after being contacted by an officer in the driver’s seat of her running vehicle parked in the middle of the roadway. The woman claimed she was making out with the man in the vehicle. She performed poorly on a field sobriety test and refused to offer a preliminary breath test. Her blood alcohol level was eventually found to be .108. Assault: 10 a.m., 13100 block of 95th PL NE. A 42-year-old man was arrested after he assaulted his 8-year-old son in front of the boy’s 42-year-old mother with the plug end of a phone charger. The child suffered a small scratch.

Nov. 14 Assault: 10:25 p.m., 12700 block of NE 124th St. A 36-yearold woman was arrested after she got drunk and struck and bit her 40-year-old boyfriend. Warrant: 9:40 p.m., 12600 block of NE 124th St. A 23-year-old man was arrested after escaping from the Department of Corrections. He was transported back to the King County Jail. Assault: 8:03 p.m., 11600 block of 127th LN NE. A 34-year-old woman was arrested after she attacked her 30-year-old niece with whom she shared a condo. The niece had told her uncle that he needed to pay his portion of the rent so they would not get evicted. The aunt overheard and became upset and attacked her niece by putting both hands around her throat, punching her in the chest with a closed fist and scratching her in the face and arm.

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Kiwanis tree lot opens tomorrow With Christmas just around the corner, the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland is gearing up for their biggest fundraiser of the year. Since 1971, the club has sold Christmas trees, wreaths, gourmet nuts and See’s Candy, with all funds going to support children in the Kirkland community. For the third year, the tree lot will be located in the parking lot at Juanita Beach Park. It opens Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving. The lot will stay open until Dec. 21 or until the trees are gone. Tree lot hours will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The trees are freshly cut, with the first shipment being delivered just before the lot opens and a second shipment in mid-December, ensuring that the trees are as fresh as possible when you purchase them. For the last two years, they have sold out early, so be sure not to wait too long. This year, there will be a special event happening at the tree lot. On Nov. 30, Girl Scouts Troop 44035 will be adding to the festivities by having a tree decorating/caroling party starting at 4:30 p.m. After the girls have charmed everyone with their caroling, they will be passing out hot cocoa and cider to the tree lot patrons. It will be a great addition to the fun. Everyone is invited whether they buy a tree or not. Come out and support the local Girl Scouts. All of the net proceeds from the tree lot go to programs designed to assist children in Kirkland. They include: Attain Housing (formerly KITH), Music in the Park, student scholarships, Special Olympics, What’s Next Bowlers, Scouting, Kiwanis Camp Casey, Eastside Baby Corner, Kirkland Easter Egg Hunt, the YMCA/Kirkland Teen Union Building and many others. For more information about the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland, visit kirkland. kiwanis.org or contact Matt Gregory at 425-8280231.

St. John Vianney Church to host tree sale St. John Vianney Church in Kirkland will host the 11th annual Christmas tree sale beginning today. The tree lot will be open 5-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information or special orders contact Ken Goodwin at 425-823-6840.

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will host the 2014 Winter Wonderland Wine Dinner from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 5. Proceeds support opportunities for students in the culinary program at LWTech. A very special winter dinner of four courses will be paired with select wines and dessert by students of the culinary arts program. Highlights include crab and apple soup, duck ravioli in a rich duck consomme, roasted rack of lamb and flourless chocolate torte. The event will be held at Chef City Grill at LWTech, located at 11605 132nd Ave. NE in Kirkland. Tickets are $75. To purchase tickets online visit www.lwtech.edu/ foundation.

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Lake Washington School District (LWSD) was named by the College Board to its 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll. That honor is awarded for increasing access to Advanced Placement (AP) coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of three or higher on AP exams. Reaching these goals indicates that these districts are successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are likely to benefit from rigorous AP course work. More than 90 percent of colleges and universities across the U.S. offer college credit, advanced placement or both for a score of three or higher on an AP Exam. Achieving that score may save students and their families thousands of dollars in college tuition. A total of 547 school districts across the U.S. and six Canadian provinces achieved honor roll status. Fourteen districts in the state of Washington achieved this honor. “As a district, we believe in preparing all students for college level work,” said

Dr. Traci Pierce, superintendent. “Our high schools have made a concerted effort to encourage students to take on the challenge of AP coursework as part of that preparation.” The number of AP tests taken by LWSD students increased from 2,825 in 2012 to 3,496 in 2014. At the same time, the rate of students achieving a score of three or higher dropped from 79% percent in 2012 to 76 percent in 2013, but returned to 79 percent in 2014. Inclusion on the 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll is based on three years of AP data, from 2012 to 2014. The criteria follow.

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Google hosts Business Symposium Google hosted this year’s annual Kirkland Chamber of Commerce Youth and Business Symposium on Nov. 13 where 40 Lake Washington School District students from Juanita, Lake Washington, ICS and Emerson High were attendees. The student’s first stop was Google where they were greeted by Western Region Public Relations Manager Darcy Nothnagle, who led to a panel discussion with six various software engineers offering varying perspectives on their careers at Google. After discussing the company’s mission, its functions and how Google’s many products have been adapted and improved, each individual speaker then described their career pathways, as well as a description of their typical “day in the life of a software engineer.” A question and answer session followed, and the

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visit concluded with a comprehensive tour of Google’s facilities. The students and their chaperones then re-boarded their bus to The Woodmark Hotel for a luncheon with the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce. In keeping with the theme of the day, the featured speaker was Vice President of Engineering and Site Director for Google Kirkland, Chee Chew.

Chew addressed students and Chamber members alike with his advice to be passionate with whatever it is you like to do; never have the fear to try new things in your life and to always stay open to new possibilities. The Symposium partnership with the Lake Washington School District has been hosting successful career events for students such as this field trip for more than two decades.

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Juanita’s Gary Moed named Principal of the Year Juanita High School Principal Gary Moed has been selected as the KingCo 3A Principal of the Year. This is Moed’s second selection, having received

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remember, Shepard always wanted to play college ball. Although she played on select teams and summer ball, she said when she entered LWHS as a sophomore there was a giant leap in the level of intensity and competition among the athletes. “Going from ninth grade to high school was completely different,” she said. “I was playing against girls who are 17 or 18, and I was 14. It’s just a…completely different atmosphere.” Fortunately, she said, her father, Cory Shepard, who played basketball for Whitman College in Walla Walla, helped her prepare for the level of competition by playing her a year up and with older girls on select teams. Cory Shepard is also the head varsity coach for Lake Washington girls basketball team and, prior to that, he was hired on to coach the boys basketball team in 1999. “Really, I would credit a lot of my success to him helping me get better as a basketball player,” she said. “He’s seen what a girl has to do. Both my parents are really supportive.” Shepard said she focused on improving certain areas of her game, particularly her agility. As a guard, she worked at protecting the hoop from quicker opponents looking to make a quick shot. Offensively, she spent hours in the gym with shooting machines to improve her aim, including behind the three-point arc. The hard work paid off. Though the Kangs struggled during their regular season with a record of 13-12 last year, they managed to fight their way to their first appearance at the state tournament since 2000, when the school was 3A. During a critical victory against Sumner in February, 51-44, Shepard racked up 12 points, seven assists and six rebounds. She was twice named All KingCo 3A/2A Conference First Team All

the award in 2012 as well. AICE Cambridge program, Moed was chosen in an four-year international recognition of his impact diploma program featuron the culture and climate ing rigorous academic of the school in curriculum which all students and assessment feel welcomed and administered by valued. the University of This culture has Cambridge, in also resulted in an England. academic resurJuanita High gence at Juanita. School PTSA Gary Moed Under his leaderrecognized Moed’s ship Juanita has award at a recent greatly expanded its assembly where Advanced Placement, Hon- the students spontaneors and STEM programs, ously gave him a standing as well as implementing the ovation. League player. While the team failed to place at the state tournament, Shepard said the team was successful because of strong cohesion even though they were underdogs. “We had some talent and yeah, we competed, but honestly we had great team chemistry,” she said. “We all liked each other on and off the court and it makes up for some of the lack of talent. Even if we didn’t have talent, the great team chemistry pushed us further and further.” After being contacted during a summer game in Oregon by the University of San Diego, she signed on after an official visit and will play guard for the team.

Like father, like daughter Nunn too decided she wanted to play college ball at a young age, when she was in middle school. For her, there was something about the speed of the game, as well as the potential for improvement that she loved. Like Shepard, her father also played college basketball at Eureka College and was eventually inducted into their Athletic Hall of Fame. Coaching several of her youth basketball teams, she said he was always offering guidance and advice based on his own athletic career. “He gave me a lot of experience,” she said. “I think it just came naturally when I took this sport.” In addition to her father, she also credited her coaches, including Sam Lee, the head varsity coach for Juanita High School, her Swish Black coaches Sam Adams and Brent Merritt, as well as Steve Klees with the NW Blazers, an elite high school basketball club based in Portland, Ore. Growing to be six-feet, three-inches tall, she found a natural place as a post and power forward. “When you’re there [post], it’s just you, the other post and the basket,” she

said. “When you get the ball you get a chance to prove yourself. I have the ball in my hand, she’s maybe on my right side, and I have to do this move, and you don’t even think about it. You score that point, add two more points on the scoreboard. I just love it when it’s just one-on-one.” As she progressed, she said her father also encouraged her to improve her shooting. “He said if you have this aspect of your game, it will open up so many other doors,” she said. “Eventually I kept shooting and shooting and now I’m so grateful I did that and have that distinct form. If a post is taller than me I can take them outside the key and shoot and make buckets all the time. I basically take my game one step further.” Some of the highlights of her years with the Rebels include an edge-of-the-seat victory against undefeated Liberty High in 2012, 42-41. “It was this game to see,” she said. “There were so many people there. You either have to perform or you are sitting on the bench… They were one of the top teams in the state and knowing we beat them, it just makes me realize ‘Wow, I can do anything now.’” Last season, the Rebels crushed the opposition during the regular season, ending with a 13-1-0 record and a 19-4-0 overall record. Although they lost in the playoffs, they were ranked 20th overall in the state. She signed to play with the University of New Mexico after the coach contacted her in September 2013. When she’s not on the basketball court, she says said she’s thinking of studying engineering. “I like building stuff, how machines work, how they move,” she said. Both players hope to push their respective Kirkland high school teams as far as they can during their senior year beginning Dec. 1.

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vergreenHealth and Valley General Hospital announced Nov. 19 that their respective Boards of Commissioners have voted to approve the third and final phase of an alliance agreement in which Valley General Hospital in Monroe, Washington will become part of the Kirkland-based health care system and managed by EvergreenHealth. As part of the agreement, Valley General Hospital will change its name to EvergreenHealth Monroe effective March 1, 2015. Valley General’s Board of Commissioners ratified the agreement on Nov. 13 by a unanimous vote. EvergreenHealth and Valley General entered into an affiliation agreement in late 2012 in which EvergreenHealth committed to working more closely with Valley General, locating additional physicians in Monroe and sharing some core services. This latest agreement results in Valley General being fully integrated with EvergreenHealth, including changing its name to EvergreenHealth Monroe. “We are pleased to have this agreement in place, giving us the opportunity to further improve the breadth and quality of the services we can provide our growing population in east Snohomish County,” said Eric Jensen, CEO of Valley General. “Since our initial agreement in 2012, we’ve made great strides in stabilizing our operations, financial performance and delivering on the promise we made to our community when they enthusiastically approved a small levy increase to help maintain access to 24/7 emergency and trauma care and

inpatient services.” Valley General was recently recognized by the Washington State Hospital Association with an Achieving Best Care award for its efforts to decrease patient harm through its participation in the Partnership for Patients initiative, a nationwide collaborative effort to reduce the number of hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent and readmissions by 20 percent by the end of 2014. EvergreenHealth Monroe will be governed by a newly formed, integrated board structure for the 72-bed Monroe-based hospital while being part of the EvergreenHealth system. Under the agreement, the two hospitals will create an Alliance Governance Board (AGB), consisting of two Board members from EvergreenHealth, two Commissioners from Snohomish County Public Hospital District #1 (SCPHD #1), and the CEO of EvergreenHealth. The AGB will govern Valley General Hospital’s operations, while the SCPHD #1 Board will retain specific powers and responsibility for the public hospital district’s health needs. “I am proud of our organization’s willingness to step up and help create this alliance, which will go a long way in serving those who rely on Valley General Hospital,” said Al DeYoung, chair of EvergreenHealth’s Board of Commissioners. The financial position of Valley General has improved greatly since the affiliation formed in 2012. The 2015 budget projects a positive net operating income of $1 million, thanks in

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Chair of the EvergreenHealth Board of Commissioners, Al DeYoung, left, and Valley General Hospital Commissioner Tony Balk signed the agreement. COURTESY PHOTO, Contributed part to improved management and added tax support approved in 2012. “I am excited about the potential this affiliation offers, not only to make our hospital and our district stronger, but to provide enhanced medical services in areas that have been underserved in our district,” said Tony Balk, chair of Valley General Board of Commissioners. In the two years since the affiliation was created, EvergreenHealth has added new primary care, prenatal obstetrics, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation care to the Monroe community. In the late first quarter of 2015 a new 34-bed psychiatric hospital, operated by Fairfax Behavior Health, will open at Valley General Hospital in space previously occupied by Valley’s psych unit, which closed three years ago due to financial considerations.

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Offer ends 12/21/14. Restrictions apply. Not available in all areas. New residential customers only. Requires subscription to Starter XF Double Play with Digital Starter TV and Performance Internet. Two-year term agreement required. Early termination fee applies. Equipment, installation, taxes and fees, including Broadcast TV Fee (currently up to $3.50/mo.) extra, such charges and fees subject to change during and after the promotion. Additional outlet fee applies to multi-room viewing. After 12 months, regular monthly charge applies to DVR service (which includes HD technology fee). After applicable promotional periods, or if any service is cancelled or downgraded, regular rates apply. Comcast’s current monthly service charge for Starter XF Double Play ranges from $102.94 – $127.94, depending on area, for DVR service is $19.95, for HBO® is $19.99 and for Streampix is $4.99 (pricing subject to change). Service limited to a single outlet. May not be combined with other offers. TV: Limited Basic service subscription required to receive other levels of service. Not all programming available in all areas. Internet: Actual speeds vary and are not guaranteed. Call for restrictions and complete details. © 2014 Comcast. All rights reserved. NPA156259-0001

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