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Let the voting begin: annexation appeal dismissed
Singing strong on Senior Day
BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
Bothell’s Rebecca Young sings with the Northshore Senior Center Variety Band on Tuesday morning during Senior Citizens’ Day in downtown Bothell. Young said she’s “in her 80s,� with a smile. Story on page 4. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Appeal rejected, voting time is near. On Sept. 7, attorneys dismissed an appeal from unincorporated Snohomish County resident Jeff Berg to try and block Bothell’s annexation plans. Voters will have their say in the Nov. 8 general election on whether the NEWBA (North, East and West Bothell Annexation) area — which consists of 5.6 square miles of unincorporated Snohomish County territory with a population of 22,283 — will become part of Bothell. “I’m glad that the people in that area will have the chance to decide their own destiny,� said Bothell Mayor Mark Lamb. In one part of Berg’s appeal, according to court documents, he noted that the proposed annexation area’s boundary line dissects neighborhood institutions and communities, including the Lockwood Elementary School boundary in the Northshore School District and the Country Club Senior Mobile Home Park. Later, the appeal notes that the area severs a wetland area of Blueberry Creek near Country Club Senior Mobile Home Park. Lamb and Bothell Community Development Director Bill Wiselogle noted that
the city’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss because Berg didn’t participate in any of the Boundary Review Board’s annexation deliberations. Wiselogle added that city leaders felt confident that Bothell would prevail in getting a dismissal or if it had to go to trial. “We knew it was a good annexation and we made a strong case for it. We felt we had been very, very deliberate throughout the annexation procedure. We had crossed all our T’s and dotted all our I’s,� said Wiselogle, noting that Bothell worked with the nearby city of Brier and fire districts 1 and 10 in establishing the appropriate boundaries that Berg disagreed upon. Attorneys for Bothell, the Boundary Review Board and Berg all agreed to dismiss the appeal. The city of Bothell has scheduled informational open houses on: t 4FQU Q N BU 1BSL 3JEHF $PN munity Church, 3805 Maltby Road; t 0DU Q N BU /PSUIMBLF $ISJT tian Church, 19029 North Road; t 0DU Q N BU -PDLXPPE &M ementary School, 24118 Lockwood Road; t /PW Q N BU /PSUIMBLF $ISJT tian Church.
9/11: LOOKING BACK 10 YEARS AGO BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
Henry Magill of Bothell checks out the Twin Towers artifact last Sunday at the Northshore Fire Department. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
As Henry Magill glanced at a piece of steel from the Twin Towers, he sighed and shed a few tears. The 94-year-old Bothell resident visited the Northshore Fire Department in Kenmore last Sunday morning — on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC — to view an artifact from those iconic structures and talk about that fateful day in American history. “I thought I’d better get down there and take a look,� said the former 25-year Seattle
Fire Department employee. “I was up at 5 o’ clock and I watched (a 9/11 program) on the TV. I felt sorry for them (the first responders), they really didn’t have a chance ... the way that thing came down on them.� Northshore Battalion Chief Doug Knight noted that the local department is one of 18 in Washington state — and 1,218 worldwide — that received steel pieces from the New York-New Jersey Port Authority. Knight praised Lt. Steve Loutsis for informing him of the requests for Twin Towers artifacts. “We are very privileged and honored to be among those agencies awarded an artifact for
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public display,� Knight said. Added Loutsis about the 9/11 anniversary: “I’m just thinking about what happened and what it did to the country. Just a day to remember.� Last Sunday, about 100 people — citizens, police officers, firefighters and Kenmore City Councilmembers — visited the station to view the artifact and remember those who lost their lives on 9/11, according to Fire Commissioner Dave Maehren. One man donated a photo of downtown Manhattan and another man, who lost three close friends and relatives on 9/11, attended the gathering. [ more 9/11 page 6 ]