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FRIDAY, February 17, 2012
A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING
Council newcomers are set to make a difference Smith and Rheaume step into their positions on Kenmore and Bothell city councils By Andy Nystrom anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
When Brent Smith attended Kenmore City Council meetings as an outsider, he didn’t always see things running smoothly. From his spot in the crowd, the longtime resident often witnessed a lack of communication between the elected officials and bits of dysfunction creeping into the gatherings. So Smith ran for council, hoping to inject some unity into the system. Over in Bothell, Andy Rheaume saw running for city council as a way to become involved with his hometown, the place where as a child he played in the woods and rode motorbikes and bicycles. When he heard about the city’s downtown revitalization plan, he started keeping an eye on what was transpiring at council meetings. Since he wanted to dig into city government even deeper, Rheaume threw his proverbial hat into the ring and ran for a council position. Both Smith, 48, and Rheaume, 36, snagged council seats last November and have since begun their govern-
Two new guys: Kenmore’s Brent Smith (above) and Bothell’s Andy Rheaume (right) have both started their first terms on their respective city councils. Smith hopes that Kenmore can improve its image, and Rheaume is looking forward to witnessing downtown Bothell’s revitalization. photos by andy nystrom, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
mental careers. Here’s a look at each Kenmore and Bothell councilmember:
FROM BALLFIELDS TO CITY HALL
Twenty-five years ago this week, Smith and his wife, Brenda, moved to Kenmore. The University of Washington economics major got into mortgage banking, and about a decade later started his own real-estate-appraisal business. In 2004, Smith moved his office from Seattle to Kenmore, and community involvement soon became his calling card. He started coaching his kids’ (Carlie and Cooper’s) sports teams, helped out with parks and recreation issues and now he’s a councilmember. Smith first got a taste of city matters when his group Families for Active Parks in Kenmore worked with the city of Kenmore and Bastyr University to land a 10-year lease to secure and renovate a pair of ballfields at the natural-health-education institution next to St. Edward State Park. [ more council page 4]
T-Mac Award to honor outstanding Inglemoor High student Alex Acacio and her family were tight with Tina MacRae. For more than a decade, they were friends in the community and at Inglemoor High. Last Feb. 27, Tina — also known as T-Mac — passed away at the age of 41 from an infection related to Crohn’s
disease. The Viking the Northshore teacher and activScholarship Foundaity coordinator left tion. The memorial behind her husband, scholarship will be Keith, her daughter, presented beginDarian, and son, ning with the class Drake. of 2012, and will be Tina MacRae Nearly a year later, awarded annually to Alex’s mom, Kim, an Inglemoor senior and Keith have helped who has shown found the T-Mac Award with great school and community
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By Andy Nystrom anystrom@bothell-reporter.com