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Penalties tacked on to unpaid tolls For those who haven’t paid their bills to cross State Route 520, the bell tolls for thee.

Registered vehicle owners who haven’t paid tolls within 80 days or more were being mailed civil penalty notices beginning this week, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. The notices are part of the state’s new enforcement process to help collect overdue toll bills accrued after crossing the Tacoma Narrows and SR 520 bridges.

“This new enforcement program is designed for the unique nature of our photo tolling system,” said WSDOT Toll Division Director Craig Stone. “The new process strengthens one of the main reasons we’re tolling these bridges – to pay for them. This effort allows us to put collected tolls, fees and penalties back into each bridge program.”

WSDOT, which manages the state’s two tolled bridges – SR 520 across Lake Washington and the Tacoma Narrows – will mail the first civil penalty notices to registered owners of vehicles that crossed either bridge more than 80 days ago but have not paid the toll. The notices will include an initial toll amount, a $5 reprocessing fee for each reminder bill plus an added $40 civil penalty for each unpaid toll transaction. Those registered vehicle owners will have up to 20 days to respond to WSDOT with payment or to dispute the civil penalty.

The penalty notice includes a photo of the license plate

150-foot-long suspension bridge close to opening

BY NAT LEVY Bellevue Reporter

The Bellevue Botanical Gardens has become famous for its annual illuminated initiation during the holiday season – Garden D’Lights. For many that’s all they see of the gardens.

Now, an attraction opening next month may bring back these once-ayear visitors and give regulars another reason to spend a sunny day walking along the winding trials.

Starting in May, The Ravine Experience will give garden guests the ability to traverse a 150-foot-long suspension bridge, approximately 40 feet above a breathtaking view of the gardens.

It’s part of a 1/3 mile nature trail that will cross a deep ravine into the most pristine of the gardens’ wild spaces.

“It’s such an experience to be so deep in the woods,” said Botanical Gardens Volunteer Program Manager Lisa Scott. “You can’t even tell you are in the middle of a big city.”

This new addition to the woodsy getaway has been in the park’s plans for some time. The $650,000 project was funded primarily through contributions, with the PJA Foundation responsible for a $500,000 naming rights gift last year.

The foundation, which promotes a love of horticulture, has been a longstanding donor to the garden. Its grants over 14 years have supported the garden’s education and outreach

activities, as well as garden development including the Alpine Rock Garden and the waterfall and ponds in the Shorts Ground Cover Garden.

“We have had a wonderful longterm relationship with the garden and are very proud that the garden has become an important institution in the region and nationally,” said foundation President David Ketter. “We believe that the Growing a Living Legacy capital campaign will

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result in garden improvements that enhance an already distinguished public resource.”

The construction of the ravine project is in its final phases, with planting going on around the structure.

The new bridge will open May 13, in conjunction with the garden’s annual Mother’s Day Social.

Bellevue Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects involved in Bellevue and Renton burglaries.

In the Bellevue case, a mother and her 9-year-old son passed a black GMC Denali driven by a white female just as they arrived home on March 22 and discovered three suspects walking out of her home with bags of stolen property in hand.

A few hours earlier, the same three suspects were seen burglarizing a Renton home. In that case, the Renton resident arrived home just in time to find the three armed, male suspects breaking into his home. He was threatened and robbed at gunpoint of a large amount of traditional gold East Indian jewelry.

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Boat traffic may close 520 Construction crews are removing trees in Medina and prepping to install anchors in Lake Washington for a new State Route 520 floating bridge. With more work in the water, drivers on SR 520 could see occasional intermittent closures of the highway for boat traffic.

Crews are removing trees and brush to create a work zone north of the highway – a necessary move that allows construction of an access road, the future highway alignment and a new bridge maintenance facility. Most of the trees and brush removed will be mulched and reused. Full landscaping is planned around the future maintenance facility, which eventually will be tucked under the new SR 520 highrise.

Now that SR 520 construction barges are stationed within the eastern navigation

channel, updated Coast Guard rules require the Washington State Department of Transportation to occasionally close the SR 520 floating bridge to allow taller boats to pass through the bridge’s movable drawspan – a process that can take up to 30 minutes.

Under the new rules, taller vessels must give 12 hours notice if they wish to pass through the floating bridge drawspan on weekdays between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. Vessel pilots need only give two hours notice to pass through the SR 520 drawspan between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. on weekdays and anytime on weekends when traffic volumes are typically lower. Previous Coast Guard rules prohibited drawspan openings from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays.

The new drawspan opening rules are expected to be in place until August 2015.

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Schumacher said he killed his wife in her room. According to court documents, Schumacher and his wife got into an argument the night before, and she threatened to divorce him. She retreated to her bedroom, and locked the door.

Schumacher told detectives he stayed up all night, pacing in his separate bedroom, stewing over the argument. In the morning, he went to the garage and took a hatchet. He broke into her bedroom and hit her in the head six times while she slept. He told detectives he then placed the body under her bed, where it remained for the next two days.

Schumacher said his original intention was to scare his wife.

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The 71-year-old Bellevue man who confessed to police that he killed his wife with a hatchet last month pleaded not guilty to murder charges Tuesday.

Prosecutors say that James W. Schumacher killed his, wife, Jean on March 21.

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The slide and resulting construction work closed the street from Northeast Second Street at Northup Way to Southeast 26th Street, forcing motorists to take detours. On a typical day, approximately 11,800 vehicles travel this section of the Parkway.

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Boat safety classes start this month For those getting ready to take to the seas for another summer, it’s time to get update on the latest safety regulations The first of a series of three boat safety classes this spring will be April 28 in Bellevue.

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EDITORIAL

Lawmakers finally agree on a budget, whatever it is

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ere’s the good news: the Legislature finally passed a budget.

Here’s the bad news: The public doesn’t have a clear idea as to what it says.

Once again, we will have to trust that legislators did the right thing. After all, the budget deal didn’t get finalized until the wee hours on Wednesday and the public didn’t get a chance to read, let alone comment, on the details.

If there’s any consolation, it’s that the budget deal is a compromise between the House and Senate, and Democrats and Republicans.

That means there was give and get all around. As Rep. Ross Hunter, head of the House Ways and Means Committee, put it, “I think we accomplished that.”

To their credit, legislators preserved key health programs such as Disability Lifeline. That program provides help to those on the bottom rung of the economic ladder who aren’t able to work. Without state help their future is bleak.

The budget also funds education with no cuts. Yes, times are tight, but we can’t shortchange our future by gutting our kids’ education.

The Legislature also passed the $1 billion Jobs Now package which, we hope, will put tens of thousands of people to work.

Doing any of this was complicated by the need for lawmakers to close a roughly half-billion dollar shortfall for the two-year budget cycle that ends June 2013. They did this, but it included at least one budget trick.

The state is going to hold on to $238 million in local sales taxes for about a month after they are collected before sending the money to other jurisdictions. The accounting maneuver gives the budget a temporary boost.

The budget also boosts a few taxes. One is projected to raise $14.5 million by eliminating a tax deduction for some large banks. The other anticipates an additional $12 million by changing rules on roll-your-own cigarettes.

We hope that’s true, but revenue streams in budgets don’t always come true.

The budget also scales back pension benefits for state workers hired after 2013 that will keep them from collecting a full pension even when they retire early. Sounds like what the private sector does now.

A final point worth noting: the budget leaves about $320 million in reserves. A bank account is always a good thing, for states as well as people.

This and that The on-going story over wasteful spending by the General Services Administration turns up some interesting numbers. A source told CNN that the agency’s budget for its biennial conference went from over $655,000 in 2008 to $820,000 in 2010, then noting that the increase was only 28 percent higher. What is it about “only” and “28 percent” that makes some people think they belong together?

– Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter

Speak up for your pets

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ompanion animals – dogs, cats and small animals – are an integral part of everyday life for so many people. Many of us can’t imagine waking up without a warm set of eyes to greet us, or a tail wagging in anticipation of the morning walk.

The thought of our companions becoming lost – and what would happen if they became stray, or where they would go when picked up by animal control – concerns everyone who loves their pets.

The Bellevue-based Seattle Humane Society, the region’s largest private non-profit animal welfare agency, has heard from many supporters on the Eastside about this David Loewe important issue. Bellevue and other cities currently contract with King County for sheltering of lost and stray animals, and those contracts are up for renewal.

Recently, many cities have opted out of the county system due to high costs, lack of responsiveness to citizen’s calls, and geographic distance from the county shelter in Kent. Media reports have highlighted the cost concerns about more than $1,200 charged per animal for a lost bunny and two guinea pigs collected in Kirkland.

Five Eastside cities – Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Mercer Island and Newcastle – are working

closely to form an alternative option for animal control and sheltering that is better for pets and people.

This “Sub-Regional Model” will allow communitybased animal control officers to meet the needs of Eastside cities, retain animal license revenues for each city, and utilize Seattle Humane Society as the sheltering partner – just as we’ve successfully done with the city of Renton for more than 30 years.

This not only results in better service to the community and a significant savings to taxpayers, but also it provides assurance that stray companion animals will be brought to the nation’s leader for saving lives – Seattle Humane Society. If your companion goes missing on the Eastside, you will be able to reclaim him or her on the Eastside, at Seattle Humane Society in Bellevue.

How can you help? If you live in Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Mercer Island or Newcastle, please let your city council members know that you support the Sub-Regional Model. An important decision will be made on Monday, April 16 by the city of Bellevue, the city taking the lead in this model. Let your voice be heard and join Seattle Humane Society in speaking for animals who do not have a voice of their own.

David Loewe is CEO of the Seattle Humane Society.

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Learn traffic rules Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!! Kevin Endejan’s March 30 article on merging traffic is what I have been saying since I moved here in 1977. I do not understand why merging is such a foreign concept to Washingtonians.

Simple physics tells one that an immovable object cannot join

forces with one that is moving, without consequences.

I wish you would also address another issue that is the cause of many accidents: On a city street with two lanes of traffic each way, a car has a green light and yet stops, waits and motions oncoming traffic to turn left in front of them in front of oncoming traffic proceeding legally at 35 MPH in the right lane. The offender is laboring under the misunderstanding that he is being neighborly

when in fact he is causing an accident. Please tell all of Washington “only stop to allow someone to turn left in front of you if it is a legal maneuver, which when translated into Washingtonianese means you have a red light, and all traffic proceeding in your direction has stopped.

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Cars on the beach, really?

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ast weekend, the wife and I took a trip to the coast to see a couple of old friends get married in Ocean Shores. The bride dreamed of a wedding on the beach, with the sun shining, and locks of hair flowing in the wind. She got her wish, but it was a little different than we’d all imagined.

Just a few feet from the nearby hotel, Nat Levy the beach seemed like the perfect place.

But as we headed down the paved path to the beach, we really followed an unending stream of SUVs and sedans. When we arrived at the beach, we found what was closer to a parking lot then a sandy getaway.

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I believe that if all of these concepts were followed, we would have a much better, safer commute.

Bonnie Connors, Redmond

Don’t change Prism program As a grandparent of a 4th and 7th grader who have thrived in Bellevue School Prism program, I was dismayed at the changes the district has proposed.

My understanding is the changes are, at least in part, a response to parents of students in the district’s

Enrichment program who are dissatisfied with the part-time nature of that program. As a result, elementary Prism students will be combined with those in the Enrichment program with the combined classes split into two different school paths.

I understand that the addition of the Enrichment students would double or triple the number of students included. If so, surely there are enough Enrichment students to justify full-time classes at each school.

Combining the two groups also would seem to reduce the Prism program’s appeal to those from other school districts resulting in less revenue for the district.

The costs involved in train-

Really, cars on the beach?

As readers may know, I grew up in Oregon. I was just an hour or so away from the coast at all times, and I took advantage of that. I was there on weekends, and even a few days of skipped school. I’d certainly seen a few dune buggies and ATVs, but I was not ready for the deluge of automobiles here in Washington.

On this popular beach, I saw the incoming tide appear closer to a rust brown and blood red than the blues and greens typical of Pacific Northwest oceans. My wife asked me, “there’s no way this is legal, right?”

Unbeknownst to me – I’ve only lived in Washington for about three years – it is, and people have fought vehemently for it in the past.

According to state law, beaches are technically classified ing teachers for the new enrichment program would be far less than training them for both enrichment and Prism-level students.

Bill Hirt, Bellevue

Too much largesse I am dumfounded by the misdirection of partisan politicking and union (public and private) indulgences that seem to camouflage the destructive largesse of the recent past that has caught

up to us.

The developed countries have appeased their unions, governmental employees and disadvantaged citizens with increased handouts, salaries, employment and benefits that belie any concept of competitive economics.

Second, our politicians have accomplished this, in pursuit of re-election, with deficit spending and increasing amounts of shortterm government debt as a percent of GNP.

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as state highways, and 40 percent of beach land, separated into three different regions through the state, must be available for automobile use between the day after Labor Day, and April 15 of the following year. Politicians have tried to get this law – which dates back to when beaches were more easily navigated than the marshy wetlands inland – overturned several times only to be rebuked by representatives near the beaches who say the practice is a tourist draw.

I can see some reason in that, especially for large families trying to show off the area to small children. I’m not anti-car, but in no realm does a hulking Ford Explorer belong 10-20 feet away from the shoreline without any sort of system to filter out runoff. It’s bad for the beach, it’s bad for the animals who live nearby, and in general, it’s not great for cars. Obviously it isn’t going away anytime soon, but this left me with a sour taste. I guess I’ll have to wait awhile to check out a mostly pristine beach.

Nat Levy: 425-453-4290; nlevy@bellevuereporter.com Finally, the problem has been compounded this past decade with extensive damage to our financial system by our “gatekeepers” not enforcing regulatory authority in the areas of bank lending, debt securitization, debt rating methodology and government agency oversight.

We need to back off the proportion of GNP dedicated to governmental affairs, streamline regulation, apply meritocracy to

bureaucrats, and roll back the suffocating excesses of wages, seniority, nonproductivity, and benefits of government, municipal and union employees.

I know it is an election year, but I am seriously concerned for the fragility of our recovery and the debt crisis precipice that is clearly visible.

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The penalty notice includes a photo of the license plate for each unpaid toll and lists the date, time and location of each bridge crossing. Vehicle owners who receive a notice should carefully follow instructions to pay or dispute the toll. Vehicle owners may request a hearing with a state administrative law judge who presides over WSDOT’s toll enforcement hearings.

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Unlike traffic court, this process does not allow toll enforcement judges to reduce penalty amounts or unpaid toll amounts owed – they make a judgment on whether the vehicle crossed the bridge and that the penalty notice names the vehicle’s legal owner.

Registered vehicle owners found liable then have 10 days to pay the tolls and all accrued fees and penalties. If the tolls, fees and penalties remain unpaid after this time, a hold will be placed on the vehicle’s license renewal and the debt is sent to collections.

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Surveillance video showed that the suspects used two vehicles — a black GMC Denali and a Silver Nissan Altima. Witnesses agree that the Denali bore out of state plates — possibly Idaho or Oregon.

The driver of the Nissan was not seen. The driver of the Denali was described as a white or Hispanic female with long dark hair, 25-30 years-old.

Police cited several factors shared by both cases: Three similarly described Black male adult suspects in

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In April, we are pleased to continue our association with The Nature Conservancy as our Charity of the Month. This is a partnership that goes back over 20 years. The Nature Conservancy is doing important work to preserve plant and animal biodiversity in every state in the U.S. and over 30 countries around the world.

For over a decade, The Nature Conservancy has been using a collaborative, sciencebased approach combined with key analytical methods to decide where to work and what to conserve. This approach is called Conservation by Design. The concepts of Conservation by Design include: setting goals and priorities, developing strategies, taking action and measuring results. Using these concepts, The Conservancy focuses on finding the highest priority solutions in places where they can have the greatest impact.

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The Nature Conservancy notes that “Puget Sound is slowly dying from toxic runoff, changes in the quality and quantity of fresh water, continued loss of natural shorelines and the effects of rising sea levels.” To clean up and protect the Sound, the Conservancy is working to reduce toxic runoff and to make conservation more profitable for for farmers, timber managers and shellfish growers, and the lands and waters they manage. It is working to protect and restore important rivers and shorelines to safeguard the clean water and habitat they provide.

The numbers of wild salmon on the Washington coast have plummeted over the last few decades. Salmon need the clear, cold waters of Northwest rivers in order to spawn and survive. Protecting salmon on the coast becomes possible by restoring and protecting the rivers where they spawn. Recently, the Conservancy purchased 3,088 acres in a corridor along the Clearwater River and plans to restore the forests along the river. This restoration work will provide jobs and create an

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Restoring forests in eastern Washington is also one of the Conservancy’s priorities.

Large-scale restoration projects will help protect habitat for wildlife and strengthen the overall ecosystem to protect against mega-fires and insect outbreaks. The Conservancy works with local communities and with public and private managers across ownership boundaries to pursue beneficial forest management practices.

Washington’s sagelands contain hundreds of unique plant and animal species.

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The Conservancy is working with farmers and ranchers to restore sagelands and to provide a place for wildlife to roam free.

The Nature Conservancy is working to preserve and protect our natural heritage for future generations. If you would like to contribute to their efforts you can do so at your local QFC during the month of April.

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Study says Walmart will hurt income, wages

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A new study asserts that the arrival of Walmart stores in local communities leads to a drop in spending in the economy and lower income for workers.

The study was commissioned by Puget Sound Sage, a coalition of

labor, faith and community groups that works toward higher paying jobs. The study, which was conducted by Christopher Fowler, owner of C.S. Fowler Consulting, attempts to counter a study released by Hebert Research in February. That study concluded that the existence of two planned Walmart stores in Bellevue will create new jobs and spending in

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increase the money people spend on goods, especially in the case of groceries; they will only redistribute those dollars.

“When a Walmart comes into a neighborhood there is a net loss of both wages and income over the life of that store,” said David West, Executive Director of Puget Sound Sage.

The study argues that because people will migrate to Walmart, competitive stores, which may pay higher wages, could face declining profits and layoffs. In addition, the study asserts that a new Walmart store would divert more than $25 million a year in sales from other SEE WALMART, 8

Former gymnast dedicates himself to keeping athletes healthy

BY NAT LEVY Bellevue Reporter

As a gymnast, Neil Chasan spent more time on the rehab table than the floor, as he bounced between treatments for injuries while yearning to get back out there and compete.

But along the way, something happened for the young South African; he became enamored with physical therapy.

He married this passion with his interest and knowledge of computer science and began building the seeds for his practice in Bellevue, which employs some of the world’s best recovery technology.

Chasan has been in the physical therapy business since 1983 after he graduated from the University of Washington. He came to the U.S. shortly before age 18 when the political SPORTS REACTION situation in South Africa was deteriorating.

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“When I graduated, I realized I didn’t want to work in a hospital setting,” Chasan said. “I wanted to be around athletes because I’ve been around athletes my whole life. If there was competitive tiddledywinks, I’d watch it.”

For nearly 15 years, Chasan has tailored his services at Sports Reaction Center to athletes. He spends much of his resources on amateur athletes: runners, rugby players and soccer players.

Chasan’s facility sponsors several club teams in the area, providing free rehab services and preventative treatment.

Jerry Zyskowski has been running for more than eight years.

Now with Club Northwest, he has been a part of an elite run-

Neil Chasan, owner of Sports Reaction Center physical therapy, records movement information as therapist Michelle Kebel demonstrates OptoJump technology. CHAD COLEMAN, File Photo ning team that has won national championships. But, Chasan said, like seven out of 10 runners, Zyskowski has battled injury issues.

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Collins to speak at conference Chuck Collins, CEO at Cascade Power, will be a speaker at GoGreen Seattle Conference on April 25.

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mounted on a treadmill that photographed Zyskowski’s stride every time he lifted his feet. There he learned that an issue with how he rotated his back was the cause of the pain.

“Nobody else could look at my running gate,” said Zyskowski, now a vice president at Club Northwest. “It was a real eye opener to get a before and after snapshot.”

Based on various factors, Chasan can see which parts of the body need to be strengthened during recovery, without damaging the rest of the body.

To stay in shape, people come from all over the region to use the AlterG treadmill, a machine that hooks the runner up to a plastic cover that inflates, decreasing the amount of weight put on the runner’s stride.

For many athletes who want to get back to work quickly, Chasan’s technology can be a blessing. It gives them the ability to continue training without further risk of re-injury.

“Telling them not to workout is simply not good enough,”

Walmart million a year in sales from other retailers, resulting in a drop in overall payroll of $655,000. This holds true, according to the study, when any new grocer that pays below average wages opens up shop.

The hardest hit, according to the study, will be small convenience stores and grocers. They don’t have the size to compete with larger stores such as Walmart, and they operate on tighter profit margin, leaving less room for a reduction in sales.

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West said this study represents the first of its kind. Other studies have estimated the store’s potential impact on the community, but West said this study actually shows who gains and who loses in the presence of Walmart.

The obvious one to gain is the property owner, West said, specifically in a case like Kelsey Creek where the building that will house the new Walmart grocery store has sat vacant for nearly a decade.

“For the owner of that property, it’s like manna from heaven,” West said. “They’ve got a tenant paying rent. For the city as a whole it is a net loss in income and wages.”

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“Neil and his team are very good at setting clear expectations and informing the athlete what they ‘can’ do and not what they can’t,” Bigglestone said.

used incorrect data for Walmart’s wages, and assumed that all grocery store jobs are unionized with higher pay and benefits. Hebert went on to say that had Fowler used average King County wages, the results would have shown a small positive impact.

Steven Restivo, a spokesman for Walmart, said the company has a track record of helping small businesses nearby, specifically restaurants and specialty shops. The study doesn’t take into account the positive impact stores have on these types of businesses, he said.

00 “It’s clear our stores help stimulate economic development and jobs outside of the Walmart stores,” he said. “Small, medium and large stores around us that offer products we don’t have or areas we

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Fish culvert to close Bellevue Way Bellevue Way Northeast will be closed from 10 p.m.

Friday night to 5 a.m. Monday morning (April 13-15) over SR 520 for installation of a fish-friendly culvert.

Parent-coaching expert to speak at BC What effect does technology have on children? Noted author and parent coaching expert Gloria DeGaetano will address this topic with her lecture “Digital Media and the Developing Mind: When, Where and How Much?” presented by the Bellevue College Parent Education Program and Parents Advisory Committee. Proceeds will benefit a scholarship fund for the program’s students.

The event will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in the Carlson Theater on the college’s campus, located at 3000 Landerholm Circle SE in Bellevue. Tickets can be purchased before the event for $12 by emailing bcspringlecture@gmail.com or $15 at the door. For more information, visit http://bcparents.org/Fundraisers.html.

Therapist to discuss dyslexia, ADHD Barbara Bennett, an educational therapist/educational consultant, will discusses up-to-date scientific theories about dyslexia and ADHD. Bennett, who trained with key national figures in both fields, will discuss the reasons for a comprehensive evaluation and for an individualized treatment model that works including such topics as: what is the role of accommodation in the process of skill acquisition; and can your child truly be an independent, functional student who can read, write, spell, do math, think, problem-solve, speak articulately - and turn his or

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The meeting will be 7-9 p.m. April 17 at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center’s Surgery & Physicians Center, 12333 NE 130th Lane, Kirkland.

Humane Society seeking pet food The Bellevue-based Seattle Humane Society is asking the public’s help in refilling its pet food bank.

The society says the greatest needs are wet dog food and dry cat food.

The society collects pet food donations for the pets of seniors and low-income community members.

Donated food can be dropped off at the Bellevue shelter, 13212 SE Eastgate Way.

Bike drive to benefit people in Ghana A drive to collect bicycles for villages in Ghana will be held from noon to 3 p.m. April 28 in the parking lot of the French Immersion School of Washington, 4211 West Lake Sammamish Parkway SE, Bellevue.

Organized by Tinuola Dada, a 9th grader at Eastside Catholic High School on the Sammamish Plateau, the project benefits ARAS, an organization that helps Ghana residents get to school or work in an easier manner.

People can donate bikes of any size or quality, but scooters or tricycles can’t be accepted.

Volunteers sought for gala

Hopelink is seeking volunteers to help with its 40th anniversary gala.

All gala volunteers will receive an auction bidder number and dinner at the event set for Saturday, May 19, at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. Volunteer positions will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

Volunteers are needed for such activities as registration, prep and set up of auction items, auction item security, greeters and more.

Those interested can contact Janelle Kitson at jkitson@ hope-link.org or 425-897-3721.

Encompass, a non-profit, children’s and family-services organization with offices in Issaquah and North Bend, is seeking volunteers to help with its upcoming spring gala, April 21 at the Golf Club at Newcastle. Funds from the event will to fund programs for children and families.

Volunteers must be 21 and are needed from 6:30-10:30 p.m. and need to dress semi-formal or business classy.

There are a variety of tasks: live and silent auction, registration, check out, wine runner and more. Volunteers also are needed for morning set up for the event.

Those interested can contact Michelle McCormick, 425888-2777 or michelle.mccormick@encompassnw.org.

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Holy Cross Lutheran Church will present Meaningful Movies at 7 p.m. Tuesday with the showing of “The Revenge of the Electric Car.” The movie is another in the church’s periodic series that welcomes friends and neighbors to share conversation on timely topics. The film is rated PG-13.

The church is located at 4315 129th Pl. SE, Bellevue.

The Overlake Golf & Country Club golf course has achieved designation as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses.

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Volunteers set to star on Arbor Day/ Earth Day in Bellevue

Eastside homeless get help from sock drive

1,200 pairs of socks were gathered for the Together Center’s March Sock Drive to be used by homeless men, women and children on the Eastside. Most homeless people must dispose of one pair of socks per week due to lack of laundry facilities and heavy use.

The organization’s initial goal was to collect 480 pairs of socks for 40 people. With a pickup of more than 650 pair of socks from Alexander, Morford & Woo in Seattle, the total quickly was increased.

“Together Center’s drive will also now provide socks to Tent City, where 90 people are in residence,” noted Sondra Sciola, Together Center’s operations coordinator and the drive’s leader.

Sammamish resident Sam Alexander, a partner at Seattle’s Alexander, Morford & Woo, said he sees the homeless sleeping in city doorways every morning.

“When I was recovering from a health event, people provided food and transportation and more. I

Hundreds of volunteers are expected to participate in park enhancement projects at Bellevue’s 22nd annual Arbor DayEarth Day event, with a family-oriented festival at Lewis Creek Park to follow.

Set for Saturday, April 21, this year’s celebration also marks the city’s 21st year of being recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.

Events will include: Volunteer Projects, 9-11 a.m.: Approximately 400 volunteers will participate in park enhancement projects at Lewis Creek Park, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. SE., and other parks across the city. Projects

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Sondra Sciola and Sam Alexander show socks donated for the homeless. COURTESY PHOTO, Together Center wanted to provide the same kind of help to our homeless neighbors,” Alexander said.

Leadership Eastside, Arden Realty and Assistance League of the Eastside also partnered on the event.

There was also a competition to see which firm could collect the most socks with the winner getting a pizza, but the pizza money instead was used to buy socks.

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will include planting, trail resurfacing and removing invasive species. Space is limited and online preregistration is required by April 19 at www.earthcorps. org/volunteer.php?dateId=1054.

Family Festival, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: The festival, at Lewis Creek Park Visitors Center, will feature local environmental organizations hosting free activities, ranger walks and demonstrations. Stewards of all ages are welcome. Children can obtain an Arbor Day Passport from a ranger, and journey through the park to various eco-stations to receive passport stamps along the way. Completed passports can be turned in for a prize.

Arbor Day-Earth Day ceremonial tree planting, 11:30 a.m.: City Council members are expected to participate in the ceremony to plant a tree and recognize volunteers and community groups.

For more information about Arbor Day-Earth Day, contact Alexandra DySard at 425-452-4195.

employees at his firm won $160 from a lottery ticket and donated that money to the sock drive, too.

Together Center is a nonprofit agency that operates a regional human services campus in Redmond. Services include shelter, medical and dental care, child care assistance and youth and family counseling.

Call 425-869-6699 or visit www.togethercenter. org for more information.

Sustainability and environmental awareness will be front and center April 16-20 as Bellevue College celebrates “Earth Week” with a variety of events.

Here’s what’s in store over the five days: • A fashion show at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the cafeteria will feature outfits created from used and second-hand materials.

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Mexican-born small business owner Santiago Ramos announced Tuesday he is ending his bid for state representative, Pos. 2 in the 48th Legislative District.

“My business has been picking up in the last couple months to the point where I would not have the time I believe it will take to run a competitive legislative campaign,” said Ramos

in a press release. “I will continue to look at public service because I want to give back to a community that has been such a big part of my Santiago Ramos life. However, I have decided now is not that time.”

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Eddy announced in March that she will not run for another term in the state Legislature.

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Both events are free to the public, and will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at St. Thomas School 8300 NE 12th St, Medina, WA 98039

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Prep soccer players stuck in the middle

BY JOSH SUMAN jsuman@bellevuereporter.com

David Smith is a longtime club coach and administrator with Crossfire Premier and has been the Bellevue High School head soccer coach for the past four seasons. With one foot in each of youth soccer’s worlds, Smith is wellversed in the intertwined existences of the two separate, and drastically different, soccer entities.

So when U.S. Soccer re-enacted the rule stating development academy players would have to choose between clubs and their local prep teams, he was conflicted.

“I’m a full-time coach so I see it from both sides of the fence,” Smith said. “I don’t think there is any way of pleasing both parties.”

Participation with prep squads along with Development Academy teams was briefly allowed by U.S. Soccer but in 2012, top players around the area were again forced to choose. Smith lost his three most experienced returning varsity players to the rule in Garret Jackson, Cole Mora and Ryan Harber. Sammamish’s Austin Allison is also absent from the prep side this season after helping the Totems to the 3A state quarterfinals in 2011.

Crossfire Premier and Sounders FC Academy are the two U.S. Soccer Developmental squads in the Puget Sound region and each runs a U-18 and U-16 squad along with the pre-academy team, which includes players as young as 14.

Bernie James is the coaching director at Crossfire Premier and coaches the U-18 and pre-academy teams and has been involved in the organization since its original incarnation as Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association.

He and Smith have worked together throughout the years and dealt firsthand with the ebb and flow of U.S. Soccer and its desire to create a more comprehensive feeder system for the national team.

“Bernie has always released players to myself and other high school programs in the years when it was allowed,” Smith said.

While the academy’s schedule and policies are controlled by U.S. Soccer and not individual clubs, James was adamant that the mission of raising the competitive profile in international competition is best achieved through the developmental system.

“Our club had six players in the MLS Draft this year,” he

Prep athletes who also play for a developmental academy team again find themsleves in the middle of the decision. FILE PHOTO said. “If we have 18 players on a U-18 team, on average, 14 of them will play college soccer. It’s a good program, but it is for kids who are really serious.”

One player with Eastside ties who has been serious in the game since his youth is Kelyn Rowe.

Despite growing up in Federal Way, Rowe played at Redmond-based Crossfire for four years before taking the pitch for UCLA and being drafted by the New England Revolution with the third overall selection in the last MLS Draft.

Kelyn Rowe “At first it was a long drive, but we got used to it,” Rowe said. “What I got out of the program made it worth it.”

What he got out of the program was exactly what James SEE SOCCER, 15

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ara Lohman has an unconventional interpretation of Spring Break.

While her peers relax on vacation or focus on their own dreams at national sports showcases, Lohman is part of a group of around 500 high school students from Greater Seattle who are working for the dreams of others.

Lohman is no slouch in her own right on the court – part of two Cougars’ state tournament teams, including their 3A state title season in 2010-11, and a club softball player with the Bellevue Blast.

But for the second straight year Lohman is putting her own ambitions on the Josh Suman back burner for a week to spend time in New Orleans with Shirts Across America, a non-profit that has been building and repairing the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina violently altered the landscape and culture in 2007.

It didn’t take long on her first trip for her to realize the storm’s damage remained long after the water receded.

“It probably started the minute we got into the busses,” Lohman said from the campus of Tulane University, where the volunteers took a visit earlier this week. “There were cement slabs where houses used to be, overgrown lots that looked like fields and other houses that were boarded-up or abandoned.”

With a first-hand perspective of the breadth of the destruction that remained, Lohman knew a week would not be long enough. So she’s back again in 2012.

To date, Shirts Across America has completed construction on eight homes Cara Lohman in New Orleans and Mississippi and worked to repair over 100 more. Lohman said the impact is starting to show but was adamant that only continued efforts will maintain that trend.

After being named a core team leader for this year’s trip, she was tasked with recruiting fellow students to sacrifice a week of freedom to join her thousands of miles away, working to help people they did not know. It was far from easy, but the junior eventually lived up to the expectation her school has set, signing up around 50 of her classmates.

“In some ways it looks like the community is still not here, but the sense of love is still tangible,” Lohman said of “NOLA”, as it is affectionately referred to. “The fact people have that sense of community without even having homes to live in is promising.”

Thanks to Shirts Across America and hundreds of area teens willing to rethink the meaning of Spring Break, the future of the Gulf Coast and its people have some promise, too.

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Jim Mora Golf Classic coming to The Golf Club at Newcastle UCLA head football coach and Bellevue resident Jim Mora Jr. will be at The Golf Club at Newcastle on Monday, June 25 for his sixth annual fundraising tournament to benefit local children’s charities.

There will be a round of golf matching Jim Mora Jr. foursomes with a celebrity from the sporting and entertainment world followed by a special happy hour and dinner auction with items ranging from unique sports memorabilia to golf tours or even a trip to Super Bowl XLVI. Contact Casey Kennedy at casey.k@comff.org with the Jim Mora Count on Me Foundation for more information.

Registration open for Bellevue run/walk event Registration is open now for the sixth annual Bellevue Run Home, which will include a 10K run, 5K run/walk and a children’s dash.

Fees are $30 for the 5K, $35 for the 10K and $10 for the kid’s dash, which is open to youths ages 10 and under.

The races will take place on Sunday, April 29 at the Bellevue Downtown Park and registration closes at 6:45 a.m. on race day Route maps for each of the races and more information are available online at bellevuerun.com.

Former pro pitcher, scout bringing camp to Bellevue Former professional pitcher and Atlanta Braves scout Steve Goucher will partner with the city of Bellevue to host two baseball camps for youths of all skill levels and abilities.

Both camps will be held at Newport Hills Community Park from Monday - Thursday.

The first will run from July 23-26 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and the second from August 20-23.

Contact the city of Bellevue at 425-452-6419 for more information or to register.

Bodybuilding coming to Meydenbauer Center The Emerald Cup Bodybuilding Championships will be at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 for the 30th Anniversary of the competition.

Over 500 men and women will compete across 40 divisions in an event that is part of the National Physique Committee tour and is the only one on tour in the Greater Seattle area.

Judging starts at noon on Fri. and 10 a.m. on Sat. with finals beginning at 7 p.m. both evenings. Categories include physique, bodybuilding, fitness, bikini and more in various age ranges for both men and women.

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spoke of – an opportunity to play with and against the best competition the country had to offer in his age group. Rowe played for James during his time with Crossfire and said the coach continued to push he and his teammates to improve to a level that would carry them to national team consideration and a professional roster.“I had a great team and a great coach who pushed me every day,” Rowe said. “I wasn’t gaining anything playing high school soccer. It was just for fun.”

Smith agreed with Rowe’s sentiment that those who are serious about a professional career in the game will ultimately serve themselves better on a development academy team. He also took issue with the notion that it is the clubs that are the driving force behind implementing the rule, citing WIAA Handbook rule 18.22.4, which reads: “Schools may not give students special treatment or privileges on a regular basis to enable them to participate in non-school athletic activities, such as reduced practice times, special workouts, late arrivals, or early dismissals.”

Smith believes that rule could be interpreted by the WIAA to remove all academy players, who would inherently be required to meet club standards for practice and game participation, as well as conditioning work.

“I think the academies have been made out to be the evil-doers,” Smith said. “I think it has been a mutual thing.”

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’m chalking up the entire mess in the kitchen last week to the fact that we never lived in a home with a dishwasher until 2008. It’s not that I wouldn’t have made the same mistake if I had spent my whole life with a dishwasher. It’s just that I’d have learned my lesson by the time I was 14, rather than having to wait until 65.

Here’s what happened. I poured the wrong soapy liquid into the detergent dispenser. I realized my error before I was through pouring, but couldn’t figure out how to remove the soap without sucking it out through a straw.

Ann Oxrieder And at 10:30 p.m. I wasn’t feeling especially creative.

“I wonder what will happen,” I said to my husband after making my confession.

“Probably not much,” he answered.

Half an hour later we were upstairs, and I had already settled in bed with a good book. My husband went downstairs to search for something and soon I heard my name. I went down when I heard him say, “There’s water all over the kitchen floor.”

When I got there I was reminded that he is a master of the understatement. The water on the floor came from cascading sheets of liquid soap bubbles flowing out of one side of the dishwasher. We weren’t certain what would happen if we opened the dishwasher mid-cycle, but we could see what would happen if we didn’t. The image created by this act changed immediately from soapy waterfall to winter wonderland, like someone had vigorously shaken a snow globe.

In the lower rack, the bowls set against the outer rim and plates closer in created a ski jump diorama. When we pulled the rack out of the dishwasher, icebergs emerged behind it.

The winter image reverted back to a bathtub scene when I started grabbing clumps of soap, which required submerging my hands in hot water.

We pulled out and rinsed the plates and bowls before deciding on next steps. We couldn’t remove all the soap, especially the layer stuck to the bottom of the upper rack that held the cups, so we proceeded to run the washing cycle one more time.

At midnight, we gave up on waiting for the wash to finish and went to bed. The next day I found a new home for the detergent that goes in the pump behind the sink.

Ann Oxrieder has lived in Bellevue for 35 years. She retired after 25 years as an administrator in the Bellevue School District and now blogs about retirement at http://stillalife.wordpress.com/.

PUBLIC NOTICES Self Storage Lien Sale Monday, April 23rd 11:00 AM Sale will be held at Bel-Red Storage, 1405 130th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98005 425-455-2600 Published in Bellevue Reporter on April 13, 2012 and April 20, 2012. #611299.

The Honorable Douglass A. North Trial Date: 05/13/2013 In the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of King RANDAL K. GRAY AND DEETTA M. GRAY, a married couple, Plaintiffs, vs.

D.C. GRANGER, INC., a Washington Corporation, Defendant.

D.C. GRANGER, INC., a Washington Corporation vs.

Third-Party Plaintiff, ABC CONCRETE, INC., a Washington Corporation; ANDREY’S PLASTERING SYSTEMS, INC., a Washington Corporation; COLBOND, INC., a Delaware Corporation; MASTER ROOF, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company; NORTHWESTPLUMBING CONTRACTORS, INC., a Washington Corporation; TAYLOR MADE CONTRACTING & RESTORATION, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company; WINDSTAR CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Washington Corporation; and WASHINGTON INSULATION, INC., a Washington Corporation, Third-Party Defendants No. 11-2-40732-2 SEA AMENDED SUMMONS TO WINDSTAR CONSTRUCTION, INC. The State of Washington to: Third party defendant WINDSTAR CONSTRUCTION, INC. TO THE THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT WINDSTAR CONSTRUCTION, INC.: A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled court by thirdparty plaintiff D.C. Granger, Inc.

Third-party plaintiff’s claim is stated in the written complaint, a copy of which is served upon you with this summons.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the complaint by stating your defense in writing, and by serving a copy upon the person signing this summons within 20 days after the service of this summons, excluding the day of service, or a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where plaintiff is entitled to what has been asked for because you have not responded. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered.

You may demand that the plaintiff file this lawsuit with the court. If you do so, the demand must be in writing and must be served upon the person signing this summons. Within 14 days after you serve the demand, the plaintiff must file this lawsuit with the court, or the service on you of this summons and complaint will be void.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

THIS SUMMONS is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Superior Court Civil Rules of the State of Washington.

Dated this 12th day of January, 2012. s/ Shilpa Bhatia Shilpa Bhatia, WSBA no. 28012 WILSON SMITH COCHRAN DICKERSON 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98164 Telephone: (206) 623-4100 Fax: (206) 623-9273 E-mail: bhatia@wscd.com Attorneys for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff D.C. Granger, Inc. Published in Bellevue Reporter on March 9, 16, 23, 30 and April 6, 13, 2012. #594531.

The Honorable Douglass A. North Trial Date: 05/13/2013 In the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of King RANDAL K. GRAY AND DEETTA M. GRAY, a married couple, Plaintiffs, vs.

D.C. GRANGER, INC., a Washington Corporation, Defendant.

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Third-Party Plaintiff, ABC CONCRETE, INC., a Washington Corporation; ANDREY’S PLASTERING SYSTEMS, INC., a Washington Corporation; COLBOND, INC., a Delaware Corporation; MASTER ROOF, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company; NORTHWESTPLUMBING CONTRACTORS, INC., a Washington Corporation; TAYLOR MADE CONTRACTING & RESTORATION, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company; WINDSTAR CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Washington Corporation; and WASHINGTON INSULATION, INC., a Washington Corporation, Third-Party Defendants No. 11-2-40732-2 SEA AMENDED SUMMONS TO ANDREY’S PLASTERING SYSTEMS, INC. The State of Washington to: Third party defendant ANDREY’S PLASTERING SYSTEMS, INC..

TO THE THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT ANDREY’S PLASTERING SYSTEMS, INC..: A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled court by third-party plaintiff D.C. Granger, Inc. Third-party plaintiff’s claim is stated in the written complaint, a copy of which is served upon you with this summons.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the complaint by stating your defense in writing, and by serving a

copy upon the person signing this summons within 20 days after the service of this summons, excluding the day of service, or a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where plaintiff is entitled to what has been asked for because you have not responded. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered.

You may demand that the plaintiff file this lawsuit with the court. If you do so, the demand must be in writing and must be served upon the person signing this summons. Within 14 days after you serve the demand, the plaintiff must file this lawsuit with the court, or the service on you of this summons and complaint will be void.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

THIS SUMMONS is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Superior Court Civil Rules of the State of Washington.

Dated this 12th day of January, 2012. s/ Shilpa Bhatia Shilpa Bhatia, WSBA no. 28012 WILSON SMITH COCHRAN DICKERSON 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98164 Telephone: (206) 623-4100 Fax: (206) 623-9273 E-mail: bhatia@wscd.com Attorneys for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff D.C. Granger, Inc. Published in Bellevue Reporter on March 9, 16, 23, 30 and April 6, 13, 2012. #594535.

To place a Legal Notice, please call 253-234-3506 or e-mail legals@ reporternewspapers.com

Workshop to focus on involvement Bellevue residents interested in hands-on community improvement projects are invited to move from vision to action at a workshop at City Hall on April 19.

The third and final neighborhood forum focused on the common good, the workshop will be 7-9 p.m. At the workshop, participants will be asked to contribute ideas, identify projects and join others to form small brainstorming groups focused on important community issues – with the goal of taking on a community project.

The workshop will be led

by Bill Grace, director of Common Good Works, an organization that provides training and education for groups and individuals seeking to act for the common good.

The neighborhood

forums in February and March addressed key community issues, including affordable housing in Bellevue, caring for the needs of youth and thriving in a culturally diverse community. Workshop participants may choose one of these themes or identify a different community issue as the focus of a project.

Neighborhood Outreach staff will be on hand at the workshop and as an ongoing resource to help with projects, and to provide resources and referral. This format provides the opportunity for residents to get involved in the community in a big or small way, with the support of their neighbors and the city.

The workshop is free and open to the public. Attendance at previous forums is not necessary.

It is so much more than a 5K Run On May 11, we’ll be publishing a 12-page edition for Susan G. Komen and the Komen Race for a Cure.

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Registration open for Bellevue youth conference

Bellevue Biography: John Zwiefelhofer John Zwiefelhofer was a cabinetmaker who emigrated from Austria to the United States in the 1860s. In 1879 he and his family settled in Bellevue near the modern intersection of Northup Way and 124th Ave NE. He spent the weekdays in Seattle at his cabinetmaking business and returned home to Bellevue on weekends, commuting by skiff. John later took a job as a “powder man” BELLEVUE’S for King PAST County road This week’s… construction and also did private dynamiting jobs for his neighbors. (Dynamite was a standard tool for local farmers at the time; it was especially useful for clearing land and removing stumps.)

According to a family history in the Eastside Heritage Center’s reference files, John and his first wife, Annie, had four children – Lena, Frank, Ann, and William. When Annie died of tuberculosis in 1881, John sent away to Austria for another wife.

A widow named Eloise (also spelled Louise, Aloisa or Louisa) arrived with her daughter, Theresa, in 1883. Louise and

Bellevue teens can learn leadership skills, identify youth priorities in the community and connect to volunteer opportunities with community service agencies at a conference on April 27 at City Hall.

At the Youth Involvement 2012 Conference, hosted by Bellevue Youth Link, the theme is “Stand Up, Speak Out, Break Thru.” From 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27, Bellevue middle school and high school teens can attend workshops about a variety of topics such as technology, youth philanthropy, money management, high school and college life. Some sessions will be led by youth, and at the lunch hour,

Heritage Corner

Lena Zwiefelhofer Kamber, one of John and Annie Zwiefelhofer’s daughters. COURTESY PHOTO, Eastside Heritage Center

John married and had two more children – Louis and Joseph. John died in 1910, Eloise in 1927. Both were buried in the Midlakes Cemetery, and their bodies were later reinterred at Sunset Hills Memorial Park.

Heritage Corner is a feature in the Bellevue Reporter. Material is provided by the Eastside Heritage Center. For more information call 425-450-1049.

Police foundation seeking director The Bellevue Police Foundation is seeking an executive director.

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students will have the opportunity to meet with local elected and community leaders about their concerns.

Featured speakers include Chirag Ved, a Bellevue High School senior and CEO/ founder of “Linking Opportunity” – an organization that connects high school students with volunteer opportunities – and Kevin Vu, Interlake High School senior and director of “Students Helping Students.”

Registration must be received by April 18, and space is limited to the first 300 registered participants. Registration is available online at www.myparksandrecreation.com.

ing the foundation and its activities, soliciting contributions, monitoring the budget, overseeing the website, organizing and coordinating all fundraising events, serving as the public spokesperson, recruiting new board members, and

preparing quarterly meeting agendas and attending the meetings.

For more information or to request an application, contact Marjorie Trachtman at 425-452-6017 or mtrachtman@bellevuewa. gov.

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Fiestas d Alfabetizacion Temprana en Espanol: 10:30 a.m. to noon. Para familias hispanas con niños recién nacidos hasta 5 años.

8 series de talleres gratuitos. Newport Way Library, Meeting Room, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue.

Free Tax Preparation Assistance: All Day. Volunteers from AARP will provide tax assistance on a first come, first-served basis. Free. Lake Hills Library, Meeting Room, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue.

On the Job Communications Class: 9 a.m. to noon.

Free job preparation classes for immigrants, refugees, permanent residents and U.S. citizens living in Bellevue. Develop business communication skills; understand the American culture. Bellevue College, Main Campus, R101, 3000

Working in English Class: 9 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Free job preparation classes for immigrants, refugees, permanent residents and U.S. citizens living in Bellevue.

Learn to listen to requests; complete forms; speak with co-workers, supervisors and customers; read notices and pay slips. Bellevue College, Main Campus, R308, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue AARP Tax Help: 12:30-5 p.m. No appointments and individuals are helped on a first come, first-served

Bellevue Worship Directory PRESBYTERIAN

LUTHERAN

Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday.....................5:00 p.m.

Sunday..........9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart School 451-1773

445877

9460 N.E. 14th, Bellevue 425-454-9536

ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE CHURCH

Grace Lutheran

Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

wednesday worship 7:00pm

311153

141 - 156th SE, Bellevue 425-747-4450 Weekday Masses:

Mon. thru Fri...........................................9:00 a.m.

First Saturday ...........................................9:00 a.m.

Saturday Vigil ..........................................5:00 p.m.

Misa En Espanol Sabado ......................7:00 p.m.

Sunday Masses:

7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Misa En Espanol Domingo..................1:00 p.m.

1836 156th AVE NE, Bellevue, WA 98007 425-746-8080 • Pastor Roger Nicholson

9625 NE 8th Street, Bellevue www.bellgrace.org 425.454.4344

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UNITED METHODIST FIRST

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST - BELLEVUE

Informal Praise Service 8:45am Adult Education 10:00am Traditional Service 11:00am Church School 8:45am & 11am Nursery & Child Care provided on Sundays

Sunday Service & Sunday School...10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Meeting.............7:30 p.m.

Reading Room: 1112 110th Ave N.E. • 425.454.1224

HOURS: M-F 9:30 to 4:30, SAT 10:00 to 1:00 Child Care at Services

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Thursday 4-19

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Bellevue Friends of the Library Book Club: 10-11:30 a.m. “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese. Free.

The Bellettini, 1115 108th Ave. NE, Bellevue.

Genealogy Research Help: 1-3 p.m. Volunteers from the Eastside Genealogical Society can help you track the history of your family. Free. Bellevue Library, Room 6, 1111 110th Ave. NE, Bellevue.

Fiddle Tunes of the Civil War: 7-8:30 p.m. Tunes of the Civil War, along with accounts from Civil War diaries and memoirs. Free.

Newport Way Library, Meeting Room, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue.

It is so

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Personal Bible Study

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Tuesday 4-17

Taize/Iona/Holden Contemplative Evening Vespers

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EVERY SUNDAY: Bible Study Classes All ages........9:00am Worship........10:15am Youth, Young Adult, and Women's Ministries Small groups throughout the week

Citizenship Preparation: 7-8:30 p.m. Get help with the interview process, including civics and government questions and practicing your interview skills.

Free. First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Upper Campus, Room 207, 1717 Bellevue Way NE. Newport Way Book Group: 7:30-8:45 p.m. Discuss “Kindred” by Octavia E. Butler. Free. Newport Way Library, Meeting Room, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue.

Preparing for Work Class: 5:30-7:20 p.m. Free job preparation classes for

Sunday worship 10:00am Woven Worship: the best of traditional with the best of the new

ST. LOUISE CHURCH

WORSHIP Sundays @ 10 AM

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4400 130th Place SE, Bellevue,WA 98006 425-747-6770 ext. 100 St. Madeleine Sophie School ext. 201

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Wednesday 4-18

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• Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Washington women.

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Preparing for Work Class: 5:30-7:20 p.m. Free job preparation classes for immigrants, refugees, permanent residents and U.S. citizens living in Bellevue.

Learn to write a resume, letters and application forms. Bellevue College, Main Campus, R101, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE.

Friday 4-20 Conversation on Creative Aging: 2-3:30 p.m.

Small group talk on what it means to grow older in a creative and meaningful way. Free – registration required, space limited.

Lake Hills Library, Meeting Room, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue.

Fiestas d Alfabetizacion Temprana en Espanol: 10:30 a.m. to noon. Para familias hispanas con niños recién nacidos hasta 5 años.

8 series de talleres gratuitos. Newport Way Library, Meeting Room, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue.

Saturday 4-21 On the Job Communications Class: 9 a.m. to noon.

Free job preparation classes for immigrants, refugees, permanent residents and U.S. citizens living in Bellevue. Develop business communication skills; understand the American culture. Bellevue College, Main Campus, R101, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue Working in English Class: 9 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Free job preparation classes for immigrants, refugees, permanent residents and U.S. Learn to listen to requests; complete forms; speak with co-workers, supervisors and customers; read notices and pay slips. Bellevue College, Main Campus, R308, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue

On May 11, we’ll be publishing a 12-page edition for Susan G. Komen and the Komen Race for a Cure.

Help us get the word out so women, men and families can get the help they need in the fight against breast cancer.

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To be associated with this edition with your advertising, call 425-453-4270. Deadline is this Monday, April 16.

call Jen Gralish 425-453-4623 jgralish@bellevuereporter.com

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Bellevue Probus Club: 9-10:30 a.m. Dr. James Monahan, the “Armchair Traveler,” will show pictures on his recent trip to Saigon and Vietnam. Free. North Bellevue Community College, 4063 148th Ave. NE.

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basis. Free. Newport Way Library, Meeting Room, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue.

Hearing Loss Association of Bellevue: 1 p.m.

Candace Kukino, audiologist, will speak and answer questions on Meniere’s Disease, a disorder of the ear characterized by multiple symptoms including fluctuating vertigo (dizziness) and hearing loss. Free. Lake Sammamish Foursquare Church, 14434 NE 8th St., Bellevue, zbev@msn.com.

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Conversation on Creative Aging: 2-3:30 p.m.

Small group talk on what it means to grow older in a creative and meaningful way. Free – registration required, space limited.

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Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue

immigrants, refugees, permanent residents and U.S. citizens living in Bellevue.

Learn to write a resume, letters and application forms. Bellevue College, Main Campus, R101, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE. Eastside CHADD: 7-9 p.m.

Barbara Bennett, M.A., Educational Therapist/ Educational Consultant, discusses up-to-date scientific theories about dyslexia and ADHD. CHADD is a support group for children and adults with ADHD and meets at the Evergreen Hospital Medical Center’s Surgery & Physicians Center. www.eastside-chadd. org

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Arts

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What’s happening in the world of art

Music

■ Charles Rus, a musician and liturgist, will perform at 5:15 p.m. Sunday, April 22 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina. The show will include an organ concert featuring pre-Bach Germanic composers. Suggested donation is $10. The church is located at 8398 NE 12th St., Medina.

■ Bake’s Place, a jazz and diner club opening soon in Bellevue, will feature jazz singer Dee Daniels from May 1113. It will be located at 155 108th Ave. NE. bakesplacebellevue.com

Theater

The Newport High School Marching Band is one of the programs that will benefit from the gala.

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and our community would lose the ability to run this department effectively, and ultimately it’s our kids who will feel that pain.”

Newport’s top jazz band recently was one of 12 bands in the nation to compete at the Swing Central Jazz Festival in Savannah, Ga. While Newport did not make the finals this year, as Director Cory Edwards said, “Our jazzers prove time and time again that they are truly awesome per-

formers and entertainers.”

Students saw the benefits of their preparation at the festival, too.

“There is nothing more inspiring than jamming with the best jazz players in the world,” said senior bassist Aurora Kraus. “We were so lucky to get such an amazing educational experience.”

Jazz does not define Newport’s program, nor does it receive most of the proceeds from the gala.

Newport’s marching and

concert bands are very successful as well and enjoyed by many students.

“I’ve met so many wonderful people in band and we’re just all one giant dysfunctional family,” said senior Drum Major Anna Samudovsky.

To buy a ticket, volunteer, or donate an item to the gala visit www.newportband.maestroweb.com.

More information is available via email at newportband@maestroweb.com.

Jazz orchestra sets two performances The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra will celebrate Seattle’s legacy of jazz composition with two weekends concerts at 7:30 p.m., April 21 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle and 3 p.m. April 22 at the Kirkland Performance Center.

Regular ticket prices range from $21 to $39 and can be purchased from the SRJO offices (206-5236159) and on-line at www. srjo.org.

■ Bellevue Youth Theatre will present “Grease” from April 19-22 at the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center. The production, featuring youths 8-13, will be suitable for the whole family. The original version of “Grease,” with teen actors, also will be performed. Tickets/details at www.bellevuewa.gov/BYT-productions.htm. Bellevue Youth Theatre is located at 11100 NE Sixth St. Bellevue.

■ “It Shoulda Been You,” a new musical described as Mazel tov with a twist (a.k.a a Jewish bride and a Catholic groom) continues through April 22 at the Village Theatre.

Tickets/details at 425-392-2202. Village Theatre is located at 303 Front St. N, Issaquah.

Opera

■ Madama Butterfly closes Seattle Opera’s 2011/12 season with Puccini’s searing tragedy of East and West.

Eight performances are set May 5 through 20. Tickets, $25 and up, are at 206-389-7676 or at the box office, 1020 John St., Seattle. Note: A free HD simulcast of the opera will be offered on opening night, May 5, at KeyArena, 305 Harrison St., Seattle. seattleopera.org

Family

■ Teatro ZinZanni (222 Mercer St., Seattle) presents “In Tents” with “kindie” rockers, Recess Monkey, circus performers, aerialists and ballerina, Ariana Lallone. Tickets are on sale now at dreams.zinzanni.org/intents.htm.

In concert

■ “Titanic: The Concert,” featuring a 25-piece orchestra and 80 voices of the Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union, will be presented April 13-14 at 1308 5th Ave, Seattle. www.5thavenue.org ■ Sammamish Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with Everett Chorale, Master Chorus Eastside and Sacred Music Chamber, will perform at 2 p.m., April 22 at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. www.sammamishsymphony.org

Art

■ Seattle Art Museum will extend its hours for “Gauguin & Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise” exhibit. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, April 23-Sunday, April 29, when the exhibit ends. Visitors are encouraged to buy tickets ahead of time at www.seattleartmuseum.org/gauguin.

■ Northwest Watercolor Society’s 72nd Annual International Open Exhibition will run from April 23 to May 25 at the NWWS Gallery at the Seattle Design Center, 5701 6th Ave S., Suite P262, Seattle. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. It’s free.

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The Newport High School Band Program will host its sixth annual Jazz Gala on Friday, April 20 at the Golf Club atNewcastle.

This year’s gala features performances by all three Newport jazz bands and professional jazz trumpeter Terell Stafford, who has played on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and at Carnegie Hall. There also will be live and silent auctions and a gourmet meal.

All proceeds from the event (which is open to the public) fund the entire Newport band program, which serves more than 200 students and their families. It costs approximately $45,000 a year to pay for the program, which includes everything from new piccolos to uniforms to student fee scholarships.

“Newport’s band program is one of the best in Washington, and that’s mostly because of the gala,” said Director Meagan Roby.

“Without the money from this event, our students

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