Redmond Reporter, December 02, 2011

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COMMUNITY | Sensory art classes encourages toddlers to be messy, creative [7] CRIME WATCH | Redmond Police Blotter [10]

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LOCAL | Redmond’s Together Center looking to FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011 fill empty space with more human services [6]

PART 1 OF 2-PART SERIES

City officials considering bond issue for next year

Sky’s parents struggled with a heated past

Survey to help gauge voters’ wants, needs

Still no solid leads on the whereabouts of missing Redmond 2-year-old

BILL CHRISTIANSON bchristianson@redmond-reporter.com

MATT PHELPS Reporter Newspapers

The case of missing 2-year-old Sky Metalwala has baffled authorities for weeks. Investigators have not ruled out any possible theories as to what happened to the boy, despite over 1,000 tips from the public and expanding the search. Julia Biryukova, the boy’s mother, has told police that she left the boy in the car after it ran out of gas in Bellevue on Nov. 6. She claims to have walked with ONLINE her daughter to get National group help and when she lobbies to return Sky returned the boy Metalwala’s sister was gone. to father. To read story, go to www. As the investiredmond-reporter. gation into Sky’s com whereabouts has largely focused on the parents, the Reporter took a closer look at the couple’s contentious past. This is the first of a two-part series that examines the parents’ combative marriage and allegations against each other.

MARITAL CONFLICT Domestic violence has allegedly followed Biryukova, who was born in Russia and became a U.S. citizen in 1999. She described in court documents daily beatings from her parents during much of her childhood. She felt like she could not do anything right, as she was also taken for a variation of electroconvulsive shock treatment in Russia for punitive reasons, according to court records. Biryukova describes being “controlled” by her husband Solomon Metalwala as well. Hundreds of King County Court [ more COUPLE page 3 ]

Pickin’ the perfect Christmas tree ABOVE: Kaden Anderson, 9, of Bellevue, in purple, and Wil Durrell, 9, carry a fresh cut tree at McMurtrey’s Red-Wood Christmas Tree Farm in Redmond Wednesday afternoon. RIGHT: Employee Brad Ashdown makes a fresh base cut for a customer at McMurtrey’s Red-Wood Christmas Tree Farm. The farm is open is open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Dec. 20. For more information, visit www.redwoodfarm.com, call (425) 482-6795 or e-mail info@red-woodfarm.com. CHAD COLEMAN, Redmond Reporter SLIDESHOW ONLINE

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The City of Redmond may be looking for taxpayer help in 2012 to help fund parks and transportation projects. But the big question is: Will residents be in the giving mood? City officials are considering a funding option to put a capital improvement bond for parks and transportation projects on the November 2012 ballot. A voter-approved bond would allow the city to fill in the gaps of current projects and to address some of its big-ticket capital projects sooner than later, according to city officials. The size and scope of a possible bond measure has yet to be determined, according to Redmond Mayor John Marchione. “We have 6-year and 20-year capital plans for all city functions,” Marchione said. “We use a variety of tax sources to fund these plans. Adding a voterapproved bond issue will allow us to tackle some larger projects sooner. The question for the community is: Is now the time?” The city also has the option of adding a new vehicle license tab fee to help fund transportation projects, according to the city’s transportation services manager Don Cairns. This fee would be in addition to the $20 car tab fee recently approved by King County Council to fund Metro Transit services, along with the other fees on your car-tab bill. A city vehicle tab fee is not being explored as a funding option

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