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Bothell star on Main Street once again dressed up for Christmas BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com
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here’s an old hometown superstar in Bothell, one that has been seen in the pages of the Seattle Times and in international headlines. It has been silently keeping a watchful eye on genera-
tions of locals. Now, many are a seeing it in all new lights. The massive pine tree along Main Street and 102 Avenue Northeast has called the same spot home since at least 1911, and recently, Main Street Antique owner Linda Dorset decided to do her home-
work on their coniferous neighbor. “It’s a famous tree that’s brought a lot of happiness to the people of Bothell,” she said. According to her research, beginning in the mid 1930s the tree was strung up with Christmas lights in an annual tradi-
tion. Local businesses would rally together and finance the decorations, and Nims Electric would wire it up. The lighting ceremony was stuffed with ceremony and tradition, with Santa and his wife making annual visits. The tree appeared in the
Seattle Times in 1968, and was hailed as the tallest Christmas tree in the world by Time Magazine in 1962. It was such an icon that McMenamins commissioned a painting of it for their Anderson School campus. The tree sat on the same plot as the iconic Lytle
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House, which has since been moved to the Park at Bothell Landing. Dorsey thinks when the house was moved some branches were damaged, causing the tree to be topped in the the late 1970s to save it. [ more TREE page 3 ]
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Investigators continue to search for missing Bothell man and Seattle firefighter Joshua Ryan Milton after he went missing last Thursday afternoon and his car was found near Deception Pass Saturday. The 36-year-old was last seen near Harborview Medical Center around 3:30
Owners Glenn and Janelle Reckard own Just Playing Around Toys, a home-based Lego store in Bothell. Glenn started the business as a way to support his wife when she was diagnosed with cancer. For the full story see page 6. AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter
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‘Tis the season for scammers and thieves, beware of fake IRS calls BY ARRON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reproter.com
A Kenmore man fell victim to scammers last month after sending them $11,000. On Nov. 30, the man received a call from
someone claiming to be with the Internal Revenue Service, King County Sheriff ’s Office spokeswoman Cindi West said. They said he owed $10,000 in back taxes which he had to pay immediately, and instructed
the victim to buy 22 $500 Green Dot Visa cards. The victim bought the cards, and read off the numbers, expiration dates and security codes over the phone, after which the scammers said he would receive a confirmation call the next day. When the man did
receive a call the next day, the scammers said the cards he supplied were expired and he needed to purchase another $11,000 worth. The victim became suspicious and found the number listed as a known scammer online, after which he contacted
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police. Other scams have been circulating the area recently, the Sheriff ’s office said, including one where victims receive a call saying there is a warrant for their arrest for missing jury duty, and they must pay to cancel the warrant. West said the scam-
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Since then, the tree has remained dark on Christmas. That is until this year, when Nancy Pipinich, a local State Farm agent, bought the property and moved in Dec. 26 of last year with some plans in mind. “We wanted an old fashioned Christmas. We wanted one that was a gift to the community,” she said. So Main Street merchants rallied together to fund a tree lighting this year. Bothell City Manag-
City officials are asking those residents who received a call regarding Imagine Kenmore to participate in the voluntary 10-minute survey. The more community input the city receives, the more they can direct our efforts toward what the community values and what the city needs most. For more information, visit www.imaginekenmore.com.
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Association of Community and Technical Colleges, we, along with our fellow presidents, are committed to working with our state legislators to find a way to backfill these budget gaps. If they aren’t closed, our colleges will have to look at additional cuts to important workforce education and transfer programs. As our legislators prepare for the upcoming short session, we encourage them to adjust the operating budget, making our colleges whole. Without that, the impact will not only be felt on our campuses by our students, but also throughout our communities. Our economy is strong, and at a time when employers are in desperate need of a trained workforce, we are in an uncomfortable position of not being able to respond fully to those Dr. Eric Murray
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needs. Without additional funding, we won’t be able to expand our program offerings in highdemand areas, and will be at risk of cutting programs, preventing us from responding to the needs of our communities. While we appreciate our hardworking legislators and the time and effort they put in during the legislative sessions last year, more needs to be done. Our state community and technical colleges provide a critical path for students to get an education, and directly enter the workforce. Without additional funding from the state legislature, all of our communities are at risk of feeling the economic impact for years to come.
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18,000 paralyzed veterans across the country who are members of Paralyzed Veterans of America, with more than 400 living right here in Washington. There are countless stories of neighbors picking up a restaurant tab or saluting a soldier in the streets, but it is often hard to find a way to truly give back to those who have sacrificed so much. The Paralyzed Veterans of America are making it much easier through Wheels Helping Warriors, a vehicle donation program that raises funds to help provide veterans access to free employment counseling, benefits assistance, advocacy, adaptive sports and recreation programs and more. They take all types of vehicles for donation including motorcycles, motorhomes, cars, trucks, boats, tractors, etc., regardless of the condition. Donations are tax-deductible. More importantly, money raised through donations goes directly back to the veterans who need it most. This holiday season, let’s truly give back. I urge you to consider donating a vehicle, or spreading the word to others who might
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What happened to the good-faith negotiations Whatever happened to the Wayne Golf Course, and the so-called “goodfaith negotiations?” Did Bothell Mayor Joshua Freed decide to continue to develop and pave it over? Where will all the trees and wildlife go? What about the salmon, eagles, ducks, raccoons, beavers, etc.? Did Bothell City Councilman Mark Lamb continue to say that “all is well” with the “good-faith” negotiations, while surveyors are scouting the land? Will 50-plus houses be enough for Mayor Freed (rhymes with greed), to take this last piece of open space from the Bothell public? While it appears that the surveyors are getting ready to cut down the trees, and create a possible land-slide area,
will the Bothell citizens allow these developers to continue their schemes? Is the mayor trying to inflate the price with more surveys, which will cause the price of the land to be too expensive for the Bothell citizens? Will lawyer Mark Lamb (rhymes with scam), reveal that they were able to steal it from the public in “executive session” of the city council? Will the fact that the Seattle newspapers, and all of the television and radio stations in the area, are portraying our mayor and his lawyer as disreputable people, make any difference? Will the fact that the rest of the city council, King County, and the state of Washington, all want the land to be preserved, have any effect on these Bothell developers? And, in the long run, with traffic even more out of control, and public safety at risk for emergency vehicles, how do we get to Evergreen Hospital? You can’t get there on 405. With the green space gone, and the fish and wildlife gone, who will really know? Except for the developers and their pocketbooks who profited, and the lack of any more open space in the whole south of Bothell? What
happened to the goal of parks and recreation for future generations? It appears that with all of these questions, perhaps it will take the courts and a judge to finally answer them? Especially the part about the land being obtained without public knowledge, through “insider trading,” in the executive session of the council.
Dr. Robert Tadlock, Bothell
Northshore School District elementary schools are bursting at the seams The [owners of the] Raven Ridge development, [which is behind our property,] has sent a proposal to the city of Bothell to fill in the wetlands. This would give them more land to develop and the property that abuts the wetlands, adjacent to this property, would be able to sell and develop if the wetlands were filled. We have enjoyed, for 33 years, looking out our backyard and seeing deer, red hawks, owls and geese. This proposal would, if the city of Bothell gives
them the green light to fill, take away the wetlands where the wildlife have enjoyed years of grazing in the field. This would also change the zoning code and allow more developments and homes to be built. This property will have 17 houses with wetlands not filled. The property next to it cannot develop a large number of homes if the wetlands are not filled. If the city gives the okay to fill the wetlands, we are looking at 55-plus homes, on two separate pieces of land, two blocks north of West Hill Elementary. Where are the families going to put their children with the schools of Northshore overflowing now? There is so much land being developed. Is there land for schools if it is needed? Or will your children in the future be bussed outside your school district so the city of Bothell can keep changing land zones and all the land is developed? I am against having the wetlands filled and I feel the neighborhoods in and around this property on 88th and 203rd Street need to really get informed and attend the meetings. Thank you,
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Northshore boys sing with elite Northwest Boychoir Robert Waltenbaugh, a student at Skyline Junior High, has risen through the ranks of the Northwest Boychoir to its elite performing choir. Now in its 37th season, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradition that showcases the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle, all talented young people ages 10-18 who attend 53 local schools. The eight regional performances culminate at Benaroya Hall on Dec. 23, when the Seattle Symphony, with members of the Northwest Sinfonia, presents the final performance of A Festival of Lessons & Carols. Another Northshore boy, Evan Anderson, who is a senior at Inglomoor High School, is a graduate of the Northwest Boychoir who sings in Vocalpoint! Seattle.
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Bothell man quits job, starts up Lego business to care for family BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com
In his old life, Glenn Reckard was a Seattle chef working long hours every week at a Queen Anne restaurant to help support his wife and five children. That all changed when Glenn’s wife, Janelle Reckard, was diagnosed with cancer. They decided he couldn’t keep working such long hours so far from their Bothell home, and also help Janelle fight the disease. So he quit, with a $700 check on its way, and an unknown ace in the hole. Glenn Reckard’s son gave him five mini figure Lego sets, and told him to sell them. At first, Glenn said he was skeptical, right up until he sold them for $125 a piece. “Once we sold those… I was hooked,” he said, standing in the couple’s bulk and specialty Lego store, Just Playing Around Toys. “It’s re-
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ally incredible how big it is.” The bulk and specialty Lego retail market, that is. BrickLink is one of, if not the largest online Lego marketplaces. As of Dec. 2 the site had nearly 670 million visitors, boasting more than 320 million items for sale. Just Playing Around Toys, the couple’s garage-based store, serves the same role. The small space has been renovated to house floor to ceiling racks of Lego sets, figures and large tubs of various pieces. The garage doors were removed, replaced with house doors and a lit display case holds coveted parts, pieces and figures. The Reckard’s got two big breaks as they were starting their business in 2014. First, Glenn Reckard said he was talking with a woman who was selling a large order of 600 used sets, 100 used sets and 200 pounds of bulk Lego for $25,000, which was too much for the couple. While he was in a Bartell
Drug store in Maple Valley looking at Lego sets, a woman struck up a conversation with him about Legos. It turned out to be, he said, the sister of the woman who was offering the bulk sale. She put in a good word for him, and her sister sold the entire order to the Reckards for $7,000. Some time after this, Glenn Reckard said, he was at a Wal-Mart in Wenatchee looking at more Legos when he was approached by a man willing to trade information for a free lunch. The man, according to Glenn Reckard, was a recently fired store manager who knew all the distribution and resale times for Lego products at Wal-Marts in Washington and surrounding states. Knowing these schedules, Glenn Reckard is able to cycle between stores, buying up sets at a wholesale price, sometimes up to 60 percent off.
He said these prices are unheard of in the Lego community, as official Lego vendors are only given around a 20 percent discount when buying from the company. This allows Just Playing Around Toys to undercut other vendors by up to 30 percent, even filling orders for other area Lego stores. While the store sells Legos to many children, Glenn Reckard said their typical customer doesn’t fit that bill. “There’s more adults buying for adults than there is adults buying for kids, but it’s just such a mix,” he said. Business at Just Playing Around Toys was booming for the first six months after they opened in September 2014, serving more than 7,500 customers that year. But lately, they said business has been tapering off. On their Black Friday sale this year, they said only around 50 people showed up. Visibility and location may play into this decrease, and
the Reckards are looking to open a second store, either in downtown Bothell or at James Village in Lynnwood. And while business is down for now, the couple still believes their store will make it. “The reason we got in it is what sets us apart,” she said. “Nobody just up and quits their job like my husband did. Glenn really went out on a limb, and it really paid off.” And for the couple, especially Janelle Reckard, Legos are more than just a cool way to earn a living. Her cancer treatment left her with brain damage. As part of her recovery, she worked with Legos to regain mobility and brain function. “That’s why we have such a passion about it,” she said. Just Playing Around Toys is open Wednesday through Friday from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 21926 7th Place West, Bothell.
on a King County wastewater pipeline in Bothell on Saturday. Crews with King County’s clean-water utility responded to the wastewater overflow from a manhole on the North
Creek Interceptor, a major regional sewer line in service since 1970. The overflow occurred near the intersection of 208th Street Southeast and 14th Drive Southeast in Bothell. The North Creek Interceptor carries wastewater from homes and businesses in the Bothell area to the Brightwater Plant for treatment. King County reported
the overflow to health and regulatory agencies, and employees with the County’s environmental laboratory will sample and monitor water quality in the wetland as well as nearby North Creek over the next few days. Construction is underway on a project to upgrade the pipeline and add new capacity to support the growing community. The
project will be completed next fall. King County’s North Creek Interceptor Project entails construction of approximately 10,000 feet of new sewer line. King County’s project team is currently working closely with project neighbors to keep people informed about construction-related activities and schedules. Detailed information about the project is available online at www. kingcounty.gov/NCI.
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Fireworks ban advisory vote to be on November 2016 ballot in Bothell BY AARON KUNKLER
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othell voters will be asked to provide feedback to the City Council on next November’s ballot concerning a potential fireworks ban. During their Dec. 1 meeting, council members voted to place an advisory vote on the November 2016 ballot, asking voters whether they would support a fireworks ban. While the ballot measure would not be binding, council members were unwilling to take an official vote without citizen input. “Since it’s such a controversial topic and because people feel so strongly about it, the council decided that (instead of) just enacting a ban, which is in it’s prevue, they want to get a clear understanding from the people what their desire is,” Councilwoman Tris Samberg said.
The issue of a fireworks ban has come before the council in the past, but this year’s intense wildfires and continuing drought have fire officials concerned. “For the state of Washington, this is unprecedented in our history,” Bothell Fire Marshall Frank Shasky said at a Sept. 8 study session. This year’s fire season saw record-setting property loss across the Northwest states, Alaska and California, resulting in 7.5 million acres burned, Shasky said. In an email, Bothell Fire Chief Bob Van Horne said on average his department responded to 69 fireworks related incidents a year since 2011, generally brush and grass fires. From 2011 to 2014, there were eight fireworks incidents within the city limits. In 2015, there were 12, he said. This prompted the department to operate an
additional engine during this year’s Fourth of July celebrations. Van Horne also noted a ban has area precedent. “The surrounding cities of Woodinville, Kirkland and Kenmore ban fireworks, and while it does not completely eliminate all fireworks incidents in their cities, it does dramatically reduce the potential of fires or injuries resulting from fireworks. Bothell would likely experience the same reductions,” he said. Councilman Bill Evans has lived in Bothell since 1972, and remembers lighting off fireworks with his family. “Way back when I had children at home, we used
to have fireworks in our cul-de-sac,” he said, but now that he’s older he sees why residents are concerned about disturbance and fire. State law requires a one year moratorium before newly passed legislation takes affect. If a fireworks ban was passed in December 2016, after the advisory vote, it would not be enforceable until December 2017. This was a problem facing municipalities across the state after a drought emergency was declared on May 15, and an emergency fire declaration July 2. The council will consider adopting a separate emergency fireworks ban, allowing the city manager, fire marshall and police to issue emergency fireworks bans dependent on fire conditions. The uncertainty of a temporary ban concerned Councilman Mark Lamb,
as he noted some nonprofits have used fireworks sales in the past as a way to fund their organizations. Banning fireworks sales after such a group had already bought a year’s stock could financially hurt them. He said the decision on a permanent fireworks ban should be up to the people and supported an advisory vote. The language of the advisory proposition was also discussed at the meeting. The proposition asks voters if they would consider a ban on ‘safe and sane,’ or commercial-grade retail fireworks available at fireworks stands. Samberg believed this language could cause confusion on the ballot, which could have lasting consequences for the city. “We don’t want to have a situation where we’re endangering lives, property, our first responders,” she said. The advisory vote will coincide with the 2016 presidential election, which city leaders hope will encourage a wider swath of residents to vote on the measure.
More than 22,000 residents sign petition against I-405 tolls BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com
More than 22,000 people have signed a petition calling for the elimination of toll lanes on Interstate 405. The lanes have proven to be unpopular with commuters since they were implemented in late September, but many drivers seem to have had it with what many regard to be an ineffective way for Washington State to reduce congestion along the notoriously tedious stretch of road. Grievances laid out in the petition include forcing two-person carpool
vehicles into the general lanes, which charges three-person vehicles $15 for a FlexPass on top of a residual required balance and infrequent toll lane access points. A Washington State Department of Transportation blog post from late October said they had seen a decrease in average commute times. The post claimed there had been a 50 percent reduction in travel times from a 40-minute commute in 2014. Evening commuters, the post ceded, saw little reduction in congestion, if any.
Along with the moveon. org petitioners concerns was the creation of new congestion points, an issue which the WSDOT blog post also addressed. In the blog post, I-405 north of State Route 522 and Lynnwood increased congestion, creating longer commutes for drivers traveling shorter distances between the two cities. It also did not signifi-
cantly reduce congestion between Bellevue and SR 522, with stop-and-go traffic in Kirkland before traffic breaks up until it meets new congestion points near Bothell. The petition states that as much as 75 percent of toll revenue is being shipped to the out-of-state tolling company, with the remainder staying in-state, and states only an estimated 10
percent of the money collected is reinvested in road maintenance and improvements. The petition asks lawmakers to eliminate toll lanes and restore carpool lanes, remove double lines on the lanes and allow drivers to use carpool lanes for free during night hours. This past week tolls for the I-405 lanes reached an all-time high at $10.
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oeing’s investment of $25 million – combined with an equal amount contributed by Microsoft and matched by the state of Washington – is enabling nearly 14,000 students to earn technology degrees within the decade. So far, scholarships have been awarded to 5,500 low- and middle-income students in Washington state, with nearly 60 percent being the first members of their families to attend college, according to Stan Deal, Boeing senior vice president - Commercial Aviation Services and a member of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship board of directors speaking at an event to raise funds for additional scholarships. Addressing more than 300 community and political leaders in Seattle, Deal noted Boeing has “a vision of a future in which all students have access to educational opportunities so they can develop their skills, pursue their dreams and build a better world. “We are investing billions of dollars to design and produce the next generation of airplanes right here in Washington,” Deal added. “Through the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, we are also investing in the next generation of employees in our community so that they can learn the skills they need to capture opportunities that Boeing and other leading companies
$25 million investment helps provide science, technology, engineering and math scholarships are creating.” Established five years ago, the scholarship provides financial assistance, creates research opportunities and matches recipients with mentors in business and technology. That includes Boeing Engineering leaders who mentor the students pursuing both undergraduate and advance degrees through the Opportunity Scholarship program. The public-private scholarship “ensures that our kids, who grew up here, have the opportunity to get a
high-tech degree,” said former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, adding that the program will enable the state’s leading companies to remain “among the best in the world.” Mahdi Ramadan, who is using his scholarship to research applying computer technology to assist individuals with neurological disorders, told the crowd, “My dreams are scary big, but so are the dreams of thousands of individuals like me.” Ramadan recounted how his family immigrated to the United States, when he was 11 years old, after being evacuated by U.S. Marines on a humanitarian mission during civil strife in Lebanon. The scholarship gives individuals “an opportunity to follow their dreams despite the financial limitations of their families,” the University of Washington student said. Microsoft president Brad Smith noted Washington currently has more than 20,000 unfilled jobs in science, technology, engineering and health care. “This program is all about empowering the next generation so they can achieve more,” Smith said. By training the next generation of researchers, engineers and technical employees, the scholarship also “solves problems for all of our companies and for the economy as a whole.”
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When did Boeing hire its first engineer? In 1916, Wong Tsu was hired as Boeing’s first aeronautical engineer. He helped design Boeing’s first Model C production seaplane.
What was Boeing’s first jetliner?
Have Boeing planes always been used for Air Force One? In 1962, two 707-320B jets were adapted for use by President John F. Kennedy, earning designation Air Force One” when the president is on board. Since then, Boeing 7-7 series airplanes have continued to be the official aircraft of the U.S. president.
Did Boeing have influence with NASA’s Project Apollo’s nine manned and unmanned expeditions? Virtually all of Project Apollo’s spacecraft and launch vehicles— including the Saturn V rocket, Apollo command and service modules, and Lunar Roving Vehicle—were designed, developed and built by Boeing.
Why is the 777 significant in Boeing’s 7-7 series airplanes? The 777 was the first commercial jet to be 100 percent digitally designed. When complete, the new 777x series will be the world’s largest and mostefficient, twin-engine jet.
Is the Dreamlifter the largest airplane in the world? No.
The largest airplane in the world is currently the Antonov An-225 Mriya. However, the Dreamlifter’s 65,000 cubic feet (1,840 cubic meters) cargo hold is the largest in the world, and it can hold three times the volume of a 747-400F freighter.
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The delivery center’s newest addition is partially due to the increasing volume of 737s being built, delivered and yet to be delivered. Over the next decade Boeing will be delivering an average of two airplanes every weekday, month-after-
month, for the foreseeable future. “This facility is a sign of our continued commitment to the community and the Puget Sound region,” said Pat Shanahan, senior vice president of Airplane Programs.
Boeing teams with Northwest Harvest to nourish children over holiday break No child should go hungry, especially during the holidays. This is why more than 30 Boeing volunteers formed an efficient assembly line, packing nearly 1,000 backpacks full of food for low-income children to bring home to help feed their families over the holidays. Northwest Harvest fills this gap in services for low-income students who rely on school and summer meal programs and often have a tough time during these longer school breaks.
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USO & Boeing Lifting the spirits of our military and their families.
Left to right: Robert Malone and Pam Valdez, Boeing, were joined by Terry Oxley, Chairman, USONW Board of Directors; Thomas F. Cole, Major General (Ret), US Army, USO Northwest Board of Director; and former Washington state Congressman Norm Dicks for presentation of the Order of Distinguished Service.
ach year thousands of military members and their families transit our region, often tired and in need of support. To help make their journeys easier, the USO Northwest recently opened a new welcome center at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that was made possible in part by a $335,000 grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound. In special recognition of this and past efforts, the USO Northwest recently honored Boeing and its employees with its Order of Distinguished Service at its annual Gala and Auction in Seattle. This award is the highest level of recognition by USO Northwest and is reserved for individuals and organizations having demonstrated exceptional service to military members and their families through sustained support of the USO Northwest. “Military service puts a tremendous burden on our military and their families,” said Robert Malone, president of
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Giving Back... Boeing employees are making a significant difference in communities where they live and work. ECF grants enable local Health & Human Service agencies to purchase equipment, renovate their facilities and build new construction that directly benefit thousands of people in need. Last year, more than $9 million in grants were awarded to community nonprofits throughout the Puget Sound region. Here are some recent grant recipients:
$40,000 delivers new transit van SEATTLE — Immanuel Community Services (ICS), located in Seattle’s Cascade neighborhood was granted $40,000 for a new 2014 Ford Transit van for food collection and to transport clients. The agency, an independent offspring of Immanuel Lutheran Church, provides assistance to the homeless, the needy and those with drug addictions.
The new 44,000-square-foot facility will preserve care for the 7,000 patients currently provided at Neighborcare Health’s Greenwood Medical Clinic and Public Health’s North Public Health Center, and will double access to provide a health care home for at least 14,000 patients.
$259,100 grant for new Meridian Center for Health
SEATTLE — Neighborcare Health was granted $259,100 toward the purchase of dental chairs and furnishings for its low-income dental clinic located at the new Meridian Center for Health in north Seattle. Neighborcare Health is Seattle’s largest provider of community-based primary medical and dental care, serving 52,000 individuals through 26 medical, dental and school-based clinics.
$25,000 grant allows for needed renovations
$32,000 for ARC WHITE CENTER — Westside Baby, located in Seattle’s White Center neighborhood, was funded $25,000 for renovations to its bathrooms and staircase to meet ADA codes and make the distribution center more accessible to clients and volunteers. More than 120 local social service agencies, including shelters and food banks, rely upon Westside Baby to provide critical necessities for low-income families. In 2014, they distributed more than 1 million free diapers along with 826 car seats, 267 cribs and clothing for infants and children up to size 12.
$40,000 grant for campus improvements REDMOND — Together Center was granted $40,000 for exterior renovations and paint for four buildings at its direct service campus located in Redmond. More than 37,000 residents and their families use the services at the campus each year. Twenty independent health and human service agencies offer medical and dental care, overnight shelter for youth, low-income housing and homelessness assistance, mental health counseling, therapeutic programs for disabilities, child care support and much more.
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Bothell’s first distillery is passion play for owners
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Tucked away underneath Beardslee Public House in Bothell is the city’s first distillery, which opened its doors for business last Friday. Wildwood Distillery is a collaborative creation of distiller and co-owner Erik Liedholm, distiller Mike Taib and chef John Howie. “It’s kind of a passion play for me, for sure,” Liedholm said. Liedholm has work with Howie for around 14 years since he was hired on at a restaurant as a wine steward. He said he’s always had a passion for brewing beer and wine, and distilling was the next logical step. The Wildwood Distillery includes a small tasting room and wide-open windows to the distillery, where the towering distilleries sit, pumping out spirits. Wildwood only distills vodka and gin, but eventually hopes to begin producing brown spirits in the future. “The key is just maintaining the same level of quality
as the vodka and the gin,” Howie said. Taib said the decision to produce the two liquors was as much a decision of preference as business sensibilities. “Gin is becoming extremely popular, and it’s running out,” he said. It’s also part of the process. “To make gin, you first have to make vodka,” Liedholm said. Bottles sell for nearly $28. All John Howie restaurants
There was a give and take between them and the Bothell City Council, he said, but ultimately the city allowed them to open up. “We’re excited to be in Bothell, and we hope our neighbors in Bothell are equally excited,” he said. Wildwood Distillery is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily and is located at 19116 Beardslee Boulevard in Bothell.
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and around 80 other suppliers sell the spirits. Wildwood has already won two awards from the New York World Wine and Spirits and the San Francisco World Spirits competitions, which is no surprise to Howie. “I knew that (Liedholm) had a passion for the business, and a palate that was pretty much unmatched throughout the country,” he said. Though the distillery is Bothell’s first, Liedholm said he’s optimistic. “Breaking new ground is kind of an exciting thing,” he said.
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Study finds NSD paraeducators underpaid compared to other districts BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reproter.com
Northshore School District support staff are underpaid by around $6-per-hour district-wide when compared to other paraeducators, school assistants and nurses in King County, a disparity which advocates say stems from financial shortcuts and gender inequality. A study commissioned by the state legislature in 2011 and completed by the Compensation Technical Working Group looked at wages for educators in the state. It found that compared to other school districts, Northshore’s pay rates were substantially below other districts in the area for support staff, particularly Seattle’s. This has prompted support staff in the district to push for increased wages, with concerted efforts beginning last spring, and negotiations continuing between the district and the Northshore Educational Support Professionals Association. Kraig Peck works for Washington Education Association, and has been involved with negotiations. “In relation to the state recommendations, paraeducators, school assistants and nurses are the farthest away,”
he said. “There’s no other group in the district, including teachers, that are that far away from what the market rate is.” The wage gap can be staggering. In Seattle, paraeducators make between $10,000 to $16,000 more annually. The first rung of support personnel in the Northshore School District make $15.50 an hour, with wages capping at just over $19 after 15 years with an average wage of just under $18 an hour. In contrast, state guidelines peg recommended average wages at $23.69 per hour, nearly six dollars higher than Northshore’s average. The disparity is more stark for registered school nurses who were making around $30 per hour on average in Northshore School District in 2014, while the state study recommended paying them $37 per hour during the 2015-2016 school year. Hours are also kept short, with almost half of support staff working only or under four hours a day, disqualifying many from receiving benefits. Support staff advocates say this saves the district money, but shifts the cost to students, who receive a lower level of education, and teachers, who are forced to cover
Paraeducators make a show of force at the Dec. 8 Northshore Board Meeting in support of increasing wages and hours. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO vacant support staff positions and train new paraeducators. Northshore Education Association President Tim Brittell said this has caused an increase in support staff turnover as neighboring districts that offer higher wages and benefits siphon off staff. At a Dec. 8 Northshore School Board meeting, hundreds of teachers, paraeducators, school assistants and nurses turned out wearing red in a show of solidarity, asking for higher wages. “We are educators who are substantially underpaid by the state’s own study,” said Jeani Schwenk, co-president of the Northshore Educa-
tional Support Professionals Association. “We demand to be treated fairly.” Women made up the vast majority of those in attendance, a phenomena that has not gone unnoticed. In a statement given at a June school board meeting by Schwenk, she attributed low wages to a high number of women filling support roles. Schwenk cites institutional bias as a reason for wage discrepancies. “We live in a society where racial bias, and gender bias, are ubiquitous and insidious. In a society where women make substantially less than me, and where African
Americans make substantially less than whites, these biases are real, systemic problems,” she said. In a press release, Schwenk said these were jobs previously thought of as secondary income jobs, largely for women, from a time when men were thought of as the primary sources of income. Seventy-five percent of support staff bear either the majority or a substantial portion of financial burdens for themselves or their families, the statement said, with nearly one-third of support staff working a second or third job. Elections last November
Bothell entered into construction with the goal of becoming certified, Anderson said, which made it easier for the Crossroads project, encompassing State Route 522 improvements, to receive a Silver rating. The boulevard along State Route 527 received a Bronze rating. Anderson said both projects were different, and both scored highly as no project to date has gotten a Gold or Evergreen certification. The Crossroads project scored 43, only three points
below the highest ranked project statewide in Kirkland. “It’s still really difficult to get certified, it’s a major, major milestone for the city,” Anderson said. Scores are calculated by receiving points in categories ranging from environment and water guidelines to materials used and pavement technologies. Some positive developments included opening up, or ‘sunlighting,’ the fishfriendly Horse Creek after 50 years of it being buried. Another was installing water runoff filtration systems using trees planted in soil under the storm drain. As water runs into the drain, it is slowed and cleaned as it
passes through layers of soil, and toxins are sucked out by the planted tree. The water then drains into underground holding chambers where it is slowed once again and allows contaminants to settle in a series of tiered pipes and vats. “You don’t really think about roads as something that can clean water,” Anderson said. “The road itself is performing an environmental function.” For the boulevard project, points were awarded for water filtration as well as incorporating mass transit design. Bus lanes which facilitate and ease public transit count in the city’s favor. Recycled asphalt makes up
resulted in two new members on the Northshore School Board, including David Cogan. The Dec. 8 meeting was his second, and a study session is planned for later this month or January. “I was really happy for the turnout, and the people that spoke,” he said. “I definitely recognize that these people make a huge contribution to the success of our students.” No dates have been set for a study session, but support staff advocated hope the new board will be receptive to their concerns. “That’s what we’re seeking, is to phase in something that would allow people to get to market rate,” Peck said. Northshore School District spokeswoman Leanna Albrecht provided a district statement saying they are working in good faith towards a personnel agreement. “We are confident that our joint work will result in a bargaining agreement that meets the needs of both sides,” the statement read. Negotiations between the school board and the Washington Educators Association began last March, and are expected to continue until a new contract can be agreed on.
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20 percent of pavement on the Crossroads project, which is anticipated to last 40 years. A one mile stretch of single-lane road, Anderson said, requires enough energy to construct as it would to power 100 homes for a year. Using recycled material, she said, saves upwards of 20-homes-worth of energy. LED lights along the road also save some energy. The city will be seeking certification in upcoming projects, such as the Downtown Revitalization Phases Two and Three, Anderson said. The Crossroads project began in 2010 with the demolition of 14 buildings as the city embarked on a mandate to revamp downtown Bothell.
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and Multiway Boulevard construction projects. Greenroads is an independent nonprofit which cities hire to monitor and certify projects. Certification can lend validation to green policy commitments the city makes, as well as helps them monitor sustainability milestones such as using recycled material or using long-lasting materials, Greenroads director Jeralee Anderson said. “With a little bit of an up front investment, there’s a lot of payback,” she said.
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Darin Stanchfield is in the currency security business in Bothell, but instead of riding shotgun in an armored car or investigating counterfeit money, he deals with Bitcoins. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, meaning it exists solely online without any central regulation. Their value fluctuates based on demand, and produced at a predictable pace to avoid inflation. People who want to use Bitcoins can buy into the currency at various websites, exchanging hard currency like the U.S. dollar into an equivalent portion of coins. One Bitcoin is worth roughly $360 today. Prices peaked in 2014 when the price of a single Bitcoin reached nearly $1,200. There is no ‘central bank’ or regulatory agency for Bitcoins, which means users are entirely responsible for their coins’ security, even with some virtual middlemen offering greater security. “You have to practice good security, and it’s hard,” Stanchfield said. Bitcoins are transferred directly from the buyer to seller, and once they’ve been sent, they can’t be recalled. So if a hacker or virus gains access to a user’s unprotected digital ‘wallet,’ it can clear
it out irreversibly. Over the course of the currency’s history, this has happened numerous times. Concerned about security, Stanchfield said he wanted to develop a product which secures his customers’ Bitcoins, so he invented KeepKey. In the physical world, a KeepKey is a sleek black rectangular box around three inches long. In the digital world, it’s a powerful virtual key, securing a Bitcoin storage cloud. As Stanchfield describes it, coins are stored in a wallet which can only be opened with a key generated by the KeepKey. When the KeepKey is plugged into a computer via a USB cable, it generates a key that is required to access the wallet. The authorization code itself never leaves the device or the cloud, rather the KeepKey sends an authorization signal to the computer, authorizing it to access the cloud, and the owner to transfer funds. The KeepKey never connects to the internet, creating greater security. In addition to the virtual key, the user also must push a physical button on the device to authorize a transaction. While all this may sound a bit technically daunting, Stanchfield said they tried to make the process as simple as possible for the layman. Once
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purchased, the owner installs an app on their web browser which guides them through the process. “We try and gear it towards people who aren’t engineers,” he said. Stanchfield said he’s met many people who encrypt their Bitcoins on a thumb drive. He said this works well until they have to decrypt the coins to use them, at which point they become vulnerable to hackers and malware, which can steal the currency. “(KeepKey) is the peace of mind, the confidence, that there’s no way [other people can] get to your Bitcoins on this device,” Stanchfield said. A KeepKey sells for $239 currently, and Stanchfield said they’ve already had a
Appliance recycler Jaco shuts down, lays off 154 BY JIM DAVIS Herald Business Journal
Jaco Environmental, a company that billed itself as one of the largest appliance recycling services in the United States, has shut down, laying off 154 employees in Everett and Bothell. Jaco Environmental started 26 years ago in Snohomish County. The company, based at 18323 Bothell Everett Highway, had operations in 28 states, according to its website.
A message on the company’s phone system said Jaco ceased operations Nov. 23. Jaco had apparently canceled rebate checks and appointment pick ups in other states. A story on Mlive.com in Michigan said the company had filed for bankruptcy protection on Nov. 18. Jaco recycled more than 400,000 units each year working with local and regional utilities, according to its website. The company
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good reception in the business world. He and Doug Miller, KeepKey’s business developer, said businesses from multi-national companies down to hair salons and wine retailers have contacted them. Bitcoins were developed in the late 2000s, with its first actual transaction occurring after a programmer offered to purchase a $25 pizza on a Bitcoin forum with 10,000 Bitcoins. Bitcoin also has a complicated history with illicit trades. Most notably the cryptocurrency came into the spotlight after the massive online drug market called Silk Road was shut down by the federal government, resulting in $3.6 million in Bitcoins seized, according to historyofbitcoin.org. Various hacking incidents through the history of the currency have prompted third-party vendors and even digital banks to organize and set up shop, offering greater security. Recently, China’s central bank banned Bitcoin transactions, and the U.S. government has looked at regulating the currency in the past. As Bitcoins increase in popularity and legitimacy, markets have adjusted to accommodate. There are Bitcoin ATMs in the Seattle area, with at least one located
in the Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Miller said. Legal marketplaces have also sprung up recently, such as bitpremier.com, which lets users pay for luxury goods like high-end cars and real estate with Bitcoins. Stanchfield said he anticipates Bitcoin use to increase in two key markets: businesses and developing economies. For businesses, Bitcoin allows them to receive payment without fees associated with banks or credit agencies, as well as receiving instantaneous payment with no ambiguity. The transaction ends once the money has been transferred, no more bounced checks or overdrafted credit or debit accounts. In developing economies, where sellers may be wary of a national institution’s ability to guarantee credit payment, Bitcoin allows buyers to circumvent centralized credit agencies and pay for goods and services directly. And as far as choosing to base KeepKey in Bothell, Woodinville resident and engineer Stanchfield said it’s a mix of availability, low fees and surrounding technical talent. “Bothell’s actually a really great place for a business in the Seattle area,” he said. KeepKeys can be ordered at KeepKey.com.
Hollyhills craft fair in Bothell Hollyhills will hold a community craft fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 12 in Bothell. This is a family event and admission is free. There will be a raffle, bake sale and food drive to benefit the Meals on Wheels program at the Bothell Senior Center. Those who would like to display and sell crafts, email Jennifer at activities@hollyhillsowners. com or call the office at 425-483-1661 and leave a contact phone number. For more information visit www.hollyhillsowners.com.
Charlie Brown Christmas Northwest Community Church in Bothell will present A Charlie Brown Christmas from 7-9 p.m. on Dec. 23. The live presentation, created by the cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, is based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. The stage adaptation is by Eric Schaeffer, with a special arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson. For more information, visit www.northwest.org.
PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF VACANCIES CITY OF BOTHELL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 2016 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Bothell will accept applications from January 6, 2016 through February 12, 2016 to serve on the following advisory boards and commissions: Landmark Preservation Board
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Note: Appointments to full-term vacancies will take effect on April 1, 2016, unless otherwise noted. Appointments to partial-term vacancies will take effect immediately upon appointment. Interviews before the City Council are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 8, 2016 with appointments tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The filing period for these positions closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2016. Applications are available at the City Clerk’s office, Bothell City Hall, 18415 - 101st Avenue NE, (425) 806. 6100. Please consult the City Clerk’s office for membership requirements, meeting times, and locations for the various boards and commissions. Information is also available on the City’s website www.ci.bothell.wa.us Laura Hathaway, City Clerk Published in the Bothell/Kenmore Reporter on December 18, 2015. #1490857.
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