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Bothell sisters refuse to let arthritis slow them down Tessa and Isabel Lawson fight through pain and discomfort to enjoy active lifestyle BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com
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ooking at 11-yearold Tessa Lawson, it would be nearly impossible to tell the Bothell sixth-grader, who enjoys Sour Patch Kids, martial arts and soccer, is
battling a largely unpublicized and invisible illness: linear scleroderma. Or, that her 16-year-old sister Isabel Lawson is fighting idiopathic arthritis, another painful autoimmune disease. “It’s difficult at times, but I’ve had it since sixth
grade,” Isabel Lawson said, who before her diagnosis said she never thought about having a chronic disease. “I never really thought ‘What if that happened,’” she said. Idiopathic arthritis is a disease which fills
the joints with fluids and wears down connective cartilage. Linear scleroderma causes skin to harden in lines along the body, which can cause difficulty moving, particularly if it grows over joints. The Arthritis Foundation is
a national advocacy and support organization, and considers both conditions similar enough to address both. A commonly cited figure estimates there are around 300,000 children suffering from juvenile arthritis in America. Both conditions can cause pain and discomfort, but that hasn’t
stopped either of the sisters from following their passions. Tessa Lawson loves Taekwondo, particularly choreographed routines, where she’s earned her blue belt which is the sixth-highest rank. She recently held a boardbreaking demonstration [ more SISTERS page 2 ]
Upcoming holiday events in Northshore BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com
This holiday season there’s an assortment of festivities and events around Northshore to keep the whole family entertained. Here’s a few to check out, but there’s plenty more online at the Bothell/Kenmore Reporter calendar, with new events added daily. Today and tomorrow check out Chick n’ Coup Crafts Holiday Bazaar down at Country Village from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will include shopping for unique gifts, chickens, peeps and hens and doesn’t cost a dime. Santa’s Workshop is also opening at 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. to-
Learning at Sorenson often includes activities designed to improve fine and gross motor skills and communication. A teacher helps students play a game in a mixed classroom comprised of both typically developing and special needs students. AARON KUNKLER,Bothell Reporter
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From the outside, Sorenson Early Childhood Center looks like a familiar Northshore School District facility and at first glance it would be impossible to tell the humble building holds one of the most specialized schools
in the district. three years. It is staffed by an ener“What we try to do getic and highly trained is have a continuum of group of professionservices for students als, many of whom to meet their indiNORTHSHORE have been with vidual needs,” she the school for ten said. “One of our years or more. primary goals is Doreen Milburn for our kids to leave has headed the Bothwith a functional ell school over the past communication system.”
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While many of the nearly 180 children, ages 3 to 5, are typically developing, the school focuses on children with special education needs. Many of these children need extra help developing fundamental skills due to developmental delays, particularly
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day at Country Village and will continue through Dec. 24. Come down and get a picture opportunity with Santa, voting on gingerbread houses as a fundraiser for the Northshore School District, and two live reindeer. Pony and train rides will also be available. Mrs. Claus will be joining Santa in offering cookies on weekends beginning Dec. 12 at Country Village. Bastyr University will be showcasing regional
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NSF honored as 2015 top-rated nonprofit The Northshore Schools Foundation has been honored with a prestigious 2015 TopRated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. “We are excited to be named a 2015 TopRated Nonprofit and are very proud of our accomplishments this year … The Foundation is strongly committed to the District’s mission of ‘Strengthening Our Community Through Excellence in Education,’” said Northshore Schools Foundation Executive Director Carmin Dalziel in a release. “To that end, the Foundation Board has elected to track our performance and align our funding priorities to the four Northshore School Board goals that guide the District’s ongoing improvement efforts. We are addressing 22 of the School
Board 28 performance measures for those goals through our focus on Literacy; Teacher Excellence; Music, Health & Enrichment; Struggling and Advanced Learners and STEM and College & Career Readiness.” The Northshore Schools Foundation is a nonprofit organization that raises funds and builds partnerships to support Northshore School District priorities of excellence and academic success for all Northshore students. The Top-Rated Nonprofit award was based on the large number of positive reviews that the organization received – reviews written by volunteers, donors and clients. People posted their personal experiences with the nonprofit. ”Northshore Schools Foundation has blossomed into a marvelous, nearly miraculous, source for teachers at every level within our District,” one post read. “They have allowed instructors to extend their curriculums beyond the immediate classroom and into projects that have had long term impacts on their students and the community. The leaders of the Founda-
www.bothell-reporter.com • www.kenmore-reporter.com tion do an amazing job of rallying the constituency behind our teachers and showcasing the results!” While the Top-Rated Awards run through the end of October, Northshore Schools Foundation was part of the inaugural group to qualify. In addition, the organization has been added to GreatNonprofits #GivingTuesday Guide — an interactive guide to top nonprofits throughout the years. “Savvy donors want to see the impact of their donations more than ever,” said GreatNonprofits CEO Perla Ni. “People with direct experience with Northshore Schools Foundation have voted that the organization is making a real difference.” Dalziel said that being on the Top-Rated list gives donors and volunteers more confidence that the Foundation is a credible organization. “The reviews by volunteers, clients and other donors show the on-the-ground results of this nonprofit,” Dalziel said. “This award is a form of recognition by the community.”
The Lawson siblings, including Tessa, 11, far left, and her older sister Isabel, 16, second from left, are all running on the T-Bel & Crew team for the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, Charity Lawson
[ SISTERS from page 1] around a foot long. “With arthritis and sclerofor other children. derma, it comes in waves,” Both girls love and play Charity Lawson said. “You soccer. Isabel Lawson plays have a good day, and without for the Northwest Christian any rhyme or reason the next Sports League. day you have a bad one.” “My friend in first-grade Treatment often includes asked me if I wanted to be on a whirlwind of injections, her soccer team, and I said checkups and cocktails of yes,” she said, even though drugs ranging from cheshe thought she wouldn’t like motherapy prescriptions it, she’s stuck with the game. to anti-inflammatory Aside from sports, medications. Tessa Lawson loves NORTHSHORE The ultimate goal animals, and cracks of these treatments is a huge smile as she to send the disdescribes the family’s eases into remission, two cats, dog, bunny defined as going one and two fish. year without a flareup. This is Her sister, like most where Isabel Lawson is, and teenagers, enjoys hanging her sister Tessa’s condition out with her friends, but also has stabilized. painting, particularly with Charity Lawson said one of acrylic paints. the biggest sources of help in Treating these chronic diseases is a lengthy battle. Char- helping her and her daughters fight the disease has been ity Lawson, the girls’ mother, the Arthritis Foundation. carries three homemade “It’s been such a blessing necklaces, each full of large for us,” she said. beads. These are Beads of Both Charity Lawson and Courage necklaces, and Tessa Lawson receives one bead for her daughters said one of the hardest parts of dealing each treatment she receives. with an invisible disease was “Each bead represents a people’s misunderstandings. milestone in their journey,” “You’ll have people who their mother said. you’ll talk with them about it, The necklaces are each and they’ll say ‘At least it’s not
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cancer,” Charity Lawson said. The family hopes events the Arthritis Foundation puts on will help raise awareness. Tessa Lawson was recently named the Youth Honoree for the foundation’s annual Santa Breakfast, a charity event which raises money and awareness for children’s arthritis programs. Both girls are co-captains of their Jingle Bell Run/Walk team, T-Bell & Crew, which is held every year in Kirkland to raise money for the Arthritis Foundation. According to the Jingle Bell Run/Walk website, more than $205,000 has been raised towards their goal of $755,800. Through all their struggle, Charity Lawson said the children’s grandmother is a source of inspiration to them. She has had multiple sclerosis and brain tumors. “She would just push through so much pain,” Charity Lawson said. It seems Charity Lawson may be right in that, as her daughter Isabel had a piece of advice for other children living with similar conditions. “Don’t become the disease,” she said. “Don’t let it define you.” snapshot: · Sales of vehicles and auto parts jumped 11.14 percent to $3.85 billion. · Purchases in building materials and gardening stores rose 11.38 percent to $1.76 billion · General merchandise stores reported $2.62 billion in taxable sales, up 4.66 percent · Figures from accommodations, restaurants and bars statewide increased 10.64 percent to $4 billion Third quarter 2015 data should be available in late January 2016.
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Northshore Wranglers presents The Music Project Northshore Wranglers presents The Music Project with Bernadette Bascom from 7-9:30 p.m. on Dec. 4 at Northshore Senior Center. This event is free with donations accepted support-
again on the 12th and [ TREE from page 1] 13th, is a production of chorus performances in ‘The Nutcracker’ by the their ‘A Tapestry of MusiEmerald Ballet Theatre at cal Wonder’ concerts Satthe Northshore Performurday and Sunday in the ing Arts Center beginning Bastyr University Chapel at 4:30 p.m. Tickets start at 7 p.m. tomorrow and 4 at $25. p.m. Sunday. Tickets start Need some alone-time at $20. to scout out the perfect The city of Kenmore gifts for the kids, friends will be hosting a or family? The Christmas tree Northwest Comlighting on Dec. 4 NORTHSHORE munity Church is at City Hall and hosting a Holiday Kenmore Camera Drop and Shop between 6 p.m. at their North and 8:30 p.m. The Creek Parkway South event will also include location Dec. 12 between a visit from Santa, arts 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. and crafts, holiday cookie Bothell United Methoddecorating, carousel ist Church is performing bouncy house, face painta “Season of Wonder” ing and much more. holiday concert Dec. Country Village’s tree 12 as well, with choral lighting and grand Santa performances of secular arrival is scheduled for and religious music at its Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., accom92nd Avenue Northeast panied by choirs, reinlocation from 7:30 to 9:30 deer, the Grinch and local p.m. Tickets range from shopping. The Village $5 to $20, depending on opens at 10 a.m. age. Also on Dec. 5, and
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attend both morning and afternoon sessions instead of the usual two-and-a-half hour classes. This year is her son’s last at Sorenson, after which he will move on to kindergarten. Dierksen doesn’t know if he will move into a general education school, or require further specialized education. Those decisions will be made towards the end of the school year based on evaluations and cumulative data. Dierksen believes that, either way, Sorenson was the right fit for her son, and that other special needs children and their parents can benefit, too. She’s even thinking of sending her younger son, who hasn’t shown signs of special needs, to the school because of the positive experience her first son had. “I’d say get in the school if you can,” Dierksen said. “It makes a huge difference.
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not. Her son is in his third year at the Sorenson, before which she said he was enrolled in community preschool. Days after he started, his teachers approached Dierksen saying they didn’t have the resources to teach her son, and recommended she take him to Sorenson. Her decision to enroll her son at the school has proven to be life changing. “It’s been wonderful, it’s made a huge difference,” she said. “Anything we did need, the teachers were there.” She said Sorenson not only supported her son, but she and her husband, too, creating a communal atmosphere. “We’re a community, the parents [who] you get to know, the teachers [who] you get to know,” she said. Her son was helped in particular by an extended day program, where students
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when they are referred from are encouraged to become various schools throughout active participants in their the district while typically children’s education, and staff progressing students pay members host events year$150 a month. round to educate parents on For some children at Sohow to work with their chilrenson, scheduling and time dren at home in skills from management can be a source communication to reading. of confusion and stress. “They really give back, and Many activities they give a lot of “It’s been at the school are time and energy laid out in a visual wonderful, it’s made into their children’s a huge difference. preschool experiform, consistAnything we did ence,” she said. ing of a pictorial need, the teachers representation of Many parents were there.” each activity and take this opportuJackie Dierksent the order in which nity to engage with it occurs, from the school comcircle time to munity, including washing their hands. These the mother of one student, implements are described as who stuck in Baker-Laws visual rich environments and mind. allows students to pick up on “(She) saw such a great concepts visually with which change in him that she went they may otherwise struggle. and pursued her masters “These visual cues or degree and did her student visual imagery makes that teaching in my class,” she connection with them,” said said. teacher Martina Andela. For parent Jackie DierkMilburn said the school sen, Sorenson was the differenjoys a strong parentence between her son being teacher relationship. Parents able to attend preschool or
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involving communication skills. “You’ll have kids who come in without saying a single word, and leave and go into general education,” said teacher Molly Knapp, giving an example of the progress the staff has seen with students. “Seeing that growth over a few years is really awesome as well,” said teacher Tammy Baker-Laws. Staff at the school say the environment for both students and faculty is a cut above, with many educators holding bachelors or masters degrees. Teamwork plays a critical role at Sorenson. Teachers communicate and collaborate with each other to design programs which are tailored for each student’s individual needs. Activities and performance are recorded, adjudicated and either repeated or passed, based
on an intensive data-driven records system. But as the preschoolers assemble magnetic towers, sort items with tongs and play games with each other, it seems unlikely they know these activities are tailored to improve fine motor skills. Various rooms hold equipment ranging from installed swings and slides, to coloring boards and climbing towers, all designed to help improve students’ physical, mental and emotional abilities. Both special needs and typically developing children attend Sorenson, which has three overarching programs. A developmental preschool classroom is made of around 11 students, with the the majority of them having special needs. A Ready Start classroom has an even split ratio, and finally, a peer model program where typically developing students work with students with special needs. Special needs students attend Sorenson at no cost
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n Nov. 10, the Northshore School District Board of Directors approved a purchase and sale agreement with Snohomish County to acquire the former Wellington Hills Golf Course as a site for future schools to address expected enrollment growth in the coming years and decades. This 104-acre site will provide much needed flexibility for the future of our district. Preliminary feasibility studies indicate that the Wellington site should accommodate at least two schools of any grade configuration that may be necessary in the future. Last June, the School Board approved the recommendation of the Enrollment Demographics Task Force (EDTF) to begin planning for a new school to be built on property the district currently owns on Maltby Road. Funding for this new school will be included as part of the district’s 2018 bond measure. Should that bond measure be successful, we anticipate opening a new school on that site in 2020 to address continued north end enrollment growth. Based on the district’s current four-year bond cycle, the earliest a school may be considered for the newly purchased Wellington site would be 2022 or later. Since Snohomish County purchased the Wellington site from the University of Washington in 2011, there has been much publicity surrounding objections of the Wellington neighbors and the city of Woodinville to Snohomish County’s planned use of that site for a sports complex. Snohomish County decided to pursue their sports complex at a
different site, which made the property available for us to purchase. Unfortunately, the Wellington neighborhood group and the city of Woodinville filed new lawsuits against Snohomish County once the purchase and sale agreement was publicly announced. Because of those lawsuits, our purchase agreement with Snohomish County was revised to require that the lawsuits against the County be satisfactorily resolved before the purchase would officially close. In the meantime, the purchase funds will be held in an interest bearing account, and in the event the lawsuits are not satisfactorily resolved to complete the purchase, the purchase funds will return to the district with the accrued interest. This provision Larry Francois
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of the purchase and sale agreement protects the interests of the district taxpayers while placing the property under contract with the district. While the lawsuits are unfortunate, we are confident that they will be resolved, enabling the sale to be completed. In future years as continued enrollment growth causes us to consider constructing schools on the Wellington site, we are committed to working cooperatively with all affected parties to address the impacts of new schools in new neighborhoods. Our recent experience with the construction of North Creek High School demonstrates our commitment and ability to be good neighbors and cooperative partners.
Larry Francois is the Northshore School District superintendent.
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No race is exempt from micro aggression Have you ever had that moment when you were questioning whether somebody made a racist advance towards you? Was it racist, or are you being overly sensitive? You might make excuses up for them such as, “Maybe they were having a bad day…” More than likely they were being subtly racist, intentionally or unintentionally. Racial micro-aggression is a problem. Everyone experiences some type of racism no mater what race you are. For example, my dad used to live in San Francisco. Now, every requirement for high school students is P.E., and his teacher was a middle aged Chinese woman. His class consisted of mostly Chinese students, and my father was one of the few white males in that class. Whenever the class was assigned to do an activity, the teacher was more affirming to the Chinese students. With the white males she would grimace at them and give them a hard time because she liked the Chinese students better. As a mixed young woman, I’ve also had odd micro aggression instances. I’ve had a classmate ask me if I was A-rab. They looked at me with a disgusted face. Almost like if I said “yes” she would throw insults at me. When I said no, she then asked me, “What are you then?” I’ve had people ask me if I speak Mexican. Not all Latinos are Mexican and you don’t speak Mexican! I had a teacher tell me I had to go wash my hands in a healthcare setting because Hispanic hands are dirtier than other races’ hands.
I believe this is a problem because it is still a form of racism that is relatively acceptable. People play it off as, “Oh I didn’t mean it like that.” Well then you should be mindful of how other people perceive you. Of what you say or act like. I feel like a lot of times people say subtly racist things and pay no mind to it. Nobody really cares because you’re not actually being racist to their faces. Then the person who has talked to like that will think… “Were they being racist or am I just being too sensitive?” The whole cycle is vicious. What I am asking you to do is simple. Be mindful of what you’re saying to people. Don’t just blurt out what you’re thinking. Try to assess the situation. Is your statement offensive to strangers? No race is exempt from micro aggression, it doesn’t matter if you’re Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, or of African descent.
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TTP can help in combating cancer I recently attended a town hall hosted by Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-2) to discuss important issues facing our country. As a cancer survivor I want Congress to do everything to help defeat cancer – not just in here, but around the world. Congress will have an important opportunity to do just that next year when it considers the recently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) trade agreement. The TPP would prohibit the tobacco industry from using the agreement to undermine lifesaving tobacco control laws in the United States
and the 11 other countries that are part of the pact. The TPP would help countries protect laws that discourage tobacco use and promote public health from tobacco industry lawsuits that are intended to delay or undermine such laws. This is a big step in the right direction, especially considering that tobacco use is on track to kill 1 billion people globally in this century. Countries around the world are acting to prevent the public health calamity caused by tobacco use, and the TPP would help them do it. Smoking rates in the U.S. are at an all-time low, thanks in part to smoke-free workplace policies, tobacco taxes and proven programs that help people quit. Tobacco companies try to protect profits by overturning policies like these in any way they can. By approving the TPP, Congressman Larsen and his colleagues could help to stop them.
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If they ask for money, it is a scam I have been getting calls from an individual, located in Vegas, [who] says I won PCH,and they wanted to give me $10 million dollars. Upon further investigation, I found out this is not true but he said he needed me to give them $5,000 first… not true. Then he calls again, saying I won the Washington State Lottery, “not true,” same scenario, I did not fall for this one either.
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r. Charles “Mac” Powell was chosen as Bastyr University’s newest president earlier this year. Since then, he has collaborated with the community on and off campus to develop a continuing vision for the university. “I think that the vision should come from the faculty and staff and students,” Powell said. Through meetings and conferences with faculty, staff, alumni, students and the community, Powell said a decision was reached for the university to focus on attracting world-class students and faculty, seek grants to fund activities and programs, minimize or
eliminate tuition increases and collaborate across disciplines internally and with the community in the greater Seattle area. One way Bastyr is trying to accomplish this is by working with the American Council on Education, a coordinating body for higher education representing more than 1,600 schools, to develop an alternative credit program. This program allows universities, such as Bastyr and nearly 40 others, to grant credit for more than 110 general education online courses from non-accredited course providers. “The council program really is the flagship program right now, and it’s exciting for Bastyr to be a part of it,” Powell said.
Powell thinks this program will allow more students to attend Bastyr, which does not offer general education courses. Bastyr offers courses and degrees in a wide range of subjects including homeopathy, acupuncture and nutrition. Powell said as patients in the area want more choices in their healthcare, the demand for their students will increase. “We see our programs growing and being successful,” he said. “I see a very fast acceleration curve.” Bastyr opened a San Diego branch in 2012 and the first wave of graduates will be graduating this spring. Powell is president of both branches, and Bastyr clinics. The university will be
looking at doing distance learning between the two campuses, which already collaborate in many areas, in the near future, Powell said. This is Powell’s third university presidency, and he previously worked as president at the John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, Calif. So far, he says he enjoys the area. “Being in a new city is a great opportunity, but it takes a lot of time and energy to get to know everyone,” he said. He said he and his partner are settling in, and being foodies, they really enjoy the area’s eats. “The Thai food in Seattle is exceptional,” he said, along with fresh sea food. “It’s been a culinary extravaganza so far.”
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Philip Akers has been named the new vice chancellor for advancement and external relations at the University of Washington Bothell. Akers will succeed Dr. Richard Penny, who will retire in January 2016 after nearly eight years of service with the university. Akers will join UW Bothell on Feb. 1. As vice chancellor, Akers will be responsible for leading the overall direction for advancement,
alumni, communications and external relations programs. He will work closely with the campus advisory board and volunteer leadership, as well as university advancement. “We are delighted to welcome Phil to our campus,” says Chancellor Wolf Yeigh. “He has an impressive track record in building strong partnerships and financial support in higher education. He will provide outstanding
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Joe Comstock, member of Scout Troop 574 in Bothell, participated as an Instructor Counselor at BSA Camp Meriwether in Oregon. He applied for this position in January 2015, followed by a personal interview in February. Joe had attended resident camp at Camp Meriwether in 2010 as a Scout. This summer, Joe worked the 10 week session of Scout resident camps being an instructor for merit badge sessions in Oceanogra-
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velopment for Washington State University Spokane. Akers holds a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Portland. He is active in several organizations including the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and served on the CASE Board of Trustees from 2008-2011.
ence the marine life and tide pools. Joe used his leadership skills as a ranger for troops in order to help scout troops become oriented with the camp and scheduled activities. “Being a ranger is all about building relationships and being helpful,” Joe said. Joe met scouts from all across the US, with the furthest travelling from Anchorage, Baltimore, and Houston. His home Troop 574 in Bothell also attended Camp Meriwether and enjoyed reuniting with Joe at summer resident camp. In his free time on the single day between camp weeks, Joe traveled to the community of Beaver to attend church, and also explore the BSA Camp Meriwether property.
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Shop Local this Holiday Season Support Kenmore’s growing small business community by shopping at local retailers this holiday season. You can avoid the large-scale shopping frenzy and explore the smaller side of independently-owned businesses such as Snapdoodle Toys, Ostroms Drug & Gift, Micro Homebrew, Maser’s Pet Boutique, and more. Here are 5 great reasons to shop locally this year.*
1. Improve our local economy. Remember that every time you spend a dollar, you are impacting the big picture of our hometown and contributing to community liveliness. Most likely, the small businesses you are patronizing are owned by someone who lives in our community. That means that the money you spend locally will be recycled back into our local economy. 2. Generate opportunity. Not only do locally owned businesses employ more people directly per dollar of revenue, they are the customers of other local businesses, which in turn creates an expansion of opportunities for local entrepreneurs.
3. Enrich our community. A small business culture is the heartbeat of every thriving hometown. While franchises and national chain stores play a role in the national economy, small businesses provide an undeniable energy and unique sentiment that is the backbone of our community life.
4. Experience a one-of-a-kind connection. Shopping with local business owners offers a sincere customer-owner connection. Small business owners are experts on the product they create and sell; merchandise is carefully selected based on the customer's interests and needs, and owners will go the extra mile to guarantee personal attention to the customer. 5. Create a healthier environment. Independent businesses build robust communities by making more local purchases and supporting vibrant town centers, which essentially reduces traffic, habitat loss, and pollution.
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Just over a year after ground was broken on the new North Creek High School in unincorporated Bothell, the fourth Northshore School District high school is taking shape. Deputy Superintendent Carolyn O’Keeffe said that when the high school is finished it will incorporate three buildings, multiple sports fields, parking lots and a restored wetland with a boardwalk, all of which are coming along quickly. “We’ve been very lucky, we’ve got great crews,” she said, also citing the weather as a positive contributing factor. Two of the large buildings will be focused on academics, with faculty offices, classrooms, a library and smaller meeting rooms in the main hallways, called collaboration cubicles, for students. Environmental impact was high on the district’s list of concerns said Planning Principal Eric McDowell. From the porous con-
crete, which allows water to seep all the way through it and down to rain water reservoirs, to insulation and wide-open exterior windows, the idea of conserving resources is front and center. “We don’t want this to be an energy drain - a money drain - on the system,” McDowell said. The school was designed with collaboration and cross-disciplinary engagement in mind. Many classrooms have a glass wall, which can be slid open facing the hallway, and lets teachers utilize hallway space in their lessons. Technology will be central to the new school, with charging stations, televisions and a bring-your-own electronic device emphasis. Laptops and other necessary technology will be kept on-hand for students who don’t have their own. What looks like an oversized staircase is actually a tiered seating space for students and faculty to use for presentations, movies or collaboration, which will be completed by two large
flatscreen televisions. The school also has rooms for students interested in science, technology, engineering and math careers, known as STEM courses. One of the academic buildings holds a preengineering room where students can develop designs and ideas, and in the third building there is an engineering lab which, among other things, will house a 3D printer and laser engraver. Also in the third building are the arts and music departments, a large commons and cafeteria which will house 800 people at a time, two sports gyms and weight rooms. A large theater is also included in the building. North Creek has a plot of wetland on campus which the school district agreed to revitalize, McDowell said. The district hopes to construct a boardwalk around the restored wetlands, as well as installing a walkway through campus connecting nearby Fernwood Elementary School and
surrounding communities, allowing nearby residents easier area access. A combination track, soccer and football field is also included. A second practice soccer field will be installed, as will a tennis court and a shot-put field. O’Keeffe said the new campus will be a 4A level school, and offer students the same athletic and sports opportunities as the other high schools in the district. The school will be open for the 2017-2018 school year for freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Seniors will stay at their current schools to finish out their diploma that year to prevent distraction. Traffic concerns from neighbors led the district to install sidewalks and create three traffic access points: one for buses on 39th Avenue Southeast, one for visitors on 192nd Street Southeast, and access to the student parking lot off 188th Street Southeast. McDowell hopes these help disburse school traffic through nearby areas so no one neighborhood has
North Creek Planning Principal Eric McDowell and Northshore School District Deputy Superintendent Carolyn O’Keeffe stand in Building One of the new Northcreek High School in north Bothell. AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter to bear the brunt of traffic flow. The northern end of the Northshore School District has been growing quickly in recent years district spokes-
woman Leanna Albrecht said, prompting the district to create the new high school. When finished, it will be able to hold 1,600 students.
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Local doctor’s medical license restricted by Department of Health EvergreenHealth, which filed a complaint with the Department of Health, according to Bothell doctor’s med- the charging statement. ical license has been A non-criminal chargsummarily restricted ing statement dated Oct. 30 by the Washington State names Riegel as the responDepartment of Health dent in documents filed relating to allegations by the state’s Medical that he improperly Quality Assurance DEPARTMENT OF prescribed more Commission, which controlled subaccuse Riegel of stances than any violating Washington other doctor in the state law determining state, according to a press how pain medications are release from the Department prescribed. of Health. Riegel is alleged to have Dr. Daniel J. Riegel has improperly prescribed been a doctor since 1989. He opioids for treating chronic was reported initially in 2013 non-cancer pain, not by his previous employer, complying with prescription BY AARON KUNKLER
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