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FRIDAY, September 16, 2011
Kenmore jumps onto Playful City USA list STAFF REPORT
Northshore Fire Department Lt. Steve Loutsis, left, and Battalion Chief Doug Knight stand in front of a Twin Towers piece of steel, which is permanently on display at the Kenmore station. About 100 people visited the station last Sunday on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
9/11: LOOKING BACK 10 YEARS AGO BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
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
“I’m just thinking about what happened and what it did to the country. Just a day to remember.” Northshore Fire Department Lt. Steve Loutsis
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 YorkNew 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 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 ]
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Kenmore Mayor David Baker says the city strives to increase play opportunities for the community. The national nonprofit KaBOOM! has taken notice, and for the second straight year has included Kenmore on its 2011 Playful City USA list. Auburn and Mercer Island also made the national list of 151 cities and towns. “In the past couple years, the city has installed a basketball court, new playground equipment, signed an agreement with Bastyr University for use of the sports fields and there’s more park improvements planned in the near future,” Baker said. In addition, joint-use agreements are used to share playspaces between the city and local schools. KaBOOM! created Playful City USA in 2007 to help local governments address the play deficit by ensuring their children have the time and space they need to play. “The play deficit continues to harm our children and stifle their mental and physical development, while directly facilitating the ongoing childhood obesity crisis,” said Darell Hammond, KaBOOM! founder and CEO and author of The New York Times best seller “KaBOOM!: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play.” “These 151 Playful City USA communities have joined KaBOOM! in making a collective statement that we will no longer accept the misconception that play is a luxury when the reality is that play is an absolute necessity for children.”