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Soldier charged with murder in slaying of Juanita woman Friend says suspect, victim knew each other, hung out at teen center Kirkland detectives identified Wolf as a person of interest in the investigahe King County tion earlier this week. Prosecutor’s Office Detectives continue to has charged a Joint explore a link between Base Lewis-McChord Paxton and Wolf, however (JBLM) soldier with firsta close friend of the victim degree murder in the Nov. told the Reporter that they 30 slaying of a Kirkland knew each other. woman. “We used to all hang Dakota Miles Wolf, 19, out at the Kirkland Teen allegedly stabbed 19-yearUnion Building old Scarlett all the time Paxton to together,” said death with a the friend, large chef ’s who asked not knife at her to be identiapartment in fied. “(Scarlett) the Juanita never really neighborliked Dakota hood. too much … Wolf is curpretty sure he rently in cusdidn’t like her tody at JBLM either. I never after being SCARLETT PAXTON thought he’d do absent without something like leave (AWOL) this.” from the army for almost Paxton went for a walk one month. During his absence from the military, with her boyfriend around he stayed in Kirkland at 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 30 near a friend’s house after a their Hidden Firs Apartfalling out with his mother ment complex in the on Nov. 28, according to 12800 block of 132nd Ave. Kirkland police records. N.E. Paxton left shortly Kirkland police have after she became upset issued a warrant for his ar- and told her boyfriend rest and are working with she was going back to the the military to arrange couple’s apartment to call a an eventual transfer of friend, according to police custody. records. Though he has no docuWhen her boyfriend remented criminal history, turned home, he called 911 officials believe Wolf poses at 2:50 a.m. after he found a grave risk to the commu- his girlfriend slumped over nity, so his bail was set at in front of their second$2 million. floor apartment unit. If convicted, Wolf faces [ more MURDER page 8 ] 22-28 years in prison. BY CARRIE WOOD
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Lake Washington High School’s Maddy Tucker (above) and Audrey Robinson (left) will perform during the International Ballet Theatre’s performance of the Nutcracker at the Meydenbauer Theater in Bellevue. Performances run through Dec. 23. Other Kirkland performers include: Clarissa Lambert, Arezu Piroozmandi, Vivian Bernstein, Kalaya De Leon, Vivian Goodman, Annie Charvat, Samantha Park, Cassandra Foy, Julia Lie, Amelia Greenberg, Susan Berkey, Bruce Evans and Suzanne Malcolm. For information, visit www. ibtBellevue.org. CONTRIBUTED
Struggling through college has become more a cliche than a problem with solutions. The thought of a blanket-clad student in a small studio apartment, huddled over a text book, while Top Ramen cooks on the stove has become synonymous with the college experience. But it is not just the cost of tuition that keeps some students up at night. According to the Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, the cost of textbooks has risen 6 percent a year since the 1980s, twice the rate of inflation. Textbook publishing is currently a $9 billion industry. But the Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland is one of the main institutions in the state attempting to curb that cost dramatically through an Open Course Library (OCL). The State Board of Community and Technical Colleges and other learning institutions are trying to utilize the internet to replace the textbook. “We have an A and P (Anatomy and Physiology) textbook in our bookstore that costs $180,” said LWIT librarian Cheyenne Roduin, who has been working on the project. “And most average $150. Our goal is to bring that [ more BOOKS page 3 ]
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