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Latinos struggle to find success

Bellevue’s budget takes $1 million hit

Worries persist over the Latino population leading the way in growth, falling behind in education

Budget balancing moves hurt, but could have been worse

BY GABRIELLE NOMURA Bellevue Reporter

Andrea Torres is not your typical criminal.

Squinting through rectangular glasses in the April sunshine, the 21-year-old with a youthful face blends in with the other students as she walks across the Bellevue College campus. Last quarter, she got straight A’s.

But, while she may wear Converse sneakers and carry a Hollister book bag, it’s the writing on Torres’ T-shirt, “Undocumented, unafraid and unashamed” that might make a person take a second look.

Torres, a Mexican American, is an illegal alien.

“I remember my dad saying, you’re an immigrant – you’re going to have to work so much harder than everyone else,” said Torres, who came from Mexico as a child to live in North Carolina, and then Washington – where she now lives in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood.

The family knew life in the U.S. would be hard.

Torres said her father, who has a valid driver’s license, was pulled over in North Carolina several times – despite the fact that he hadn’t been speeding, swerving or driving with a busted tail light.

In high school, she remembers when some of her classmates would say, “Illegals, go home,” or the time she ran to the bathroom in tears after a community college representative singled her out in front of the class,

Andrea Torres is a student at Bellevue College. Her T-Shirt says she is “undocumented, unafraid, unashamed.” GABRIELLE NOMURA, Bellevue Reporter

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The city of Bellevue lost an estimated $655,000 to $1 million in revenue when the Legislature adopted the state budget last week. But it could have been worse – a lot worse, city officials say.

As the governor and lawmakers in Olympia looked for ways to cut the state’s large budget deficit this year, sharing less tax revenue with cities was a recurring option.

A collection of legislative proposals had the potential to eliminate $11 to $15 million from Bellevue’s annual revenue.

Bellevue will lose $651,000 over the second half of this year and the first half of 2013 because the Legislature routed a fiscal year’s worth of liquor excise taxes from local governments to the state budget. Exactly how the lost revenue will impact Bellevue’s budget has not yet been determined.

However, many proposals calling for the state to take more local revenue were defeated or resolved in other ways.

Administration of state B&O tax will stay local and the cell phone sales tax remains.

The annexation sales tax credit will still be available. Bellevue is still eligible to claim the credit, which would provide up to $1.2 million annually to help cover costs associated with providing services to South Bellevue areas that have petitioned to be annexed.

Bellevue weighing option of leading animal control effort

BY NAT LEVY Bellevue Reporter

Bellevue hasn’t opted out of animal control services from King County, but it hasn’t indicated it will stay either.

The City Council was expected to make a decision Monday on whether to stay with

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Council members registered a wide range of opinions in the debate. What it came down were questions of whether opting out of the county model would save the city money, and would it lead to more requests from the public for service.

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New Coal Creek culvert to benefit fish and people Replacement of a culvert intended to improve the passage of water and salmon will also make it easier for people to travel beneath busy Coal Creek Parkway.

The City Council on April 9 approved additional funding for design of a six-footwide walkway that will be part of a previously planned culvert replacement. The new 39-foot-wide concrete box culvert will replace a nine-foot-diameter corrugated metal culvert, which was built in the early 1980s and is now heavily corroded.

The culvert is located where the creek passes under Coal Creek Parkway Southeast, a short distance from the street’s intersection with Forest Drive in south Bellevue. Replacement of the culvert addresses the need to maintain the city’s stormwater system, and the desire to enhance salmon

populations by removing barriers to upstream habitat.

The council’s decision adds $93,000 to the project, bringing the cost of the culvert design to $934,000. The total budgeted for design and construction of the culvert is $6 million.

The addition of the walkway is expected to save approximately $60,000 – what it would have cost to build a trail extension allowing pedestrians to cross Coal Creek Parkway at an existing crosswalk. Walkers will be able to avoid the four-lane roadway altogether, improving safety.

The additional funding for the walkway will come from a voter-approved 2008 Parks and Natural Areas Levy that includes money to build “missing links” in Bellevue parks and trails.

Sen. Litzow honored for bi-partisan leadership The Municipal League of King County has awarded Sen. Steve Litzow, R-41st, with its Warren G. Magnuson Memorial award, in recognition of his bipartisan Steve Litzow leadership during the 2012 legislative session.

Litzow, of Mercer Island, and Sen. Ed Murray of Seattle, received the award for their roles in passing the bill that created Washington’s marriageequality law in February. The 41st District includes the southern portion of Bellevue.

“It was an absolute honor to be recog-

nized and stand alongside Senator Murray to receive this commendation,” Litzow said. “I am pleased to have been part of this historic legislation because I believe it was the right thing to do.”

The accolade, named for the longtime Washington congressman, is presented to those who have made significant contributions to local government while serving in public office.

The Municipal League of King County is a non-profit organization that promotes productive and transparent government by working to help increase the caliber of elected officials and policy-making decisions.

Renton man killed in I-405 accident; 2 others injured A 21-year-old Renton resident was killed early last Saturday morning when a car in which he was riding struck a jersey barrier head-on at Northeast Sixth Street and I-405.

The accident occurred when the driver of the car, Viorel G. Palanchuk, 31, also of Renton, failed to negotiate a turn at the site. Washington State Patrol Troopers

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Palanchuk was taken to Harborview Medical Center.

Another passenger in the car, Jessica E. Tucker, 19, also of Renton, was injured and taken to Overlake Hospital Medical Center.

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Sound Transit completes purchase of rail line portion Sound Transit has finalized a purchase of 1.1 miles of former BNSF track in Bellevue for construction of East Link light rail, as well as easements for future access to 37 miles of the Eastside rail corridor. The land was owned by the Port of Seattle.

“Building East Link will create an estimated 40,000 direct and indirect jobs for our region while establishing a long-awaited mass transit connection across Lake Washington,” said Sound Transit Board Chair and Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy. “Thanks to the strong partnership between Sound Transit and the Port of Seattle, this transaction not only acquires essential property for East Link, but secures easements that could reduce the costs of future transit expansions.”

Sound Transit’s $13.8 million purchase from the Port of Seattle supports work to start construction of East Link light rail.

The 37-mile easement was also part of the purchase package offered by the Port of Seattle. The easement provides the ability to consider future voter-approved rail transit

investments between Woodinville and Renton. Sound Transit would need to build new tracks to support the safety features and operating speeds needed for passenger rail service.

The Sound Transit Board voted to approve the purchase in 2011 following a 2009 nonbinding memorandum of understanding that was negotiated between the Port of Seattle, Sound Transit and other parties.

In addition to the 37-mile easement, Sound Transit also received rights to access the portion of the rail corridor located within Redmond’s city limits, allowing for future construction of a light rail extension between the city’s Overlake and downtown areas. Last year Sound Transit identified a route for building the extension at such time funding becomes available.

“This transaction gets the residents of Redmond, Bellevue and the entire Eastside closer to enjoying congestion-free transportation on fast and efficient light rail trains,” said Sound Transit Board Member and Redmond Mayor John Marchione.

Bellevue OKs money for downtown housing

The $15 million project would serve families and individuals with household incomes at 30, 50 and 60 percent of the area median income. LIHI is applying for $10 million in low-income housing tax credits.

ARCH, a partnership of King County and Eastside cities pooling resources to increase affordable housing in the region, is lining up funding from the county and the other 10 cities in the coalition for the project.

The council also allocated $200,000 for expansion of the Sophia Way women’s shelter, now in the First Congregational Church downtown.

The Bellevue City Council has approved funding for a 56-unit low-income apartment complex downtown and a women’s shelter in north Bellevue.

The city will contribute $635,000 from its Housing Fund for the Low Income Housing Institute’s Downtown Bellevue Apartments. Endorsed by ARCH (A Regional Coalition for Housing), the six-story building is to be built on a lot at 204 111th Ave. NE that LIHI purchased in 2009.

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Police volunteers get taste of life behind badge

BY NAT LEVY Bellevue Reporter

Volunteering has always left Glen Newton fulfilled.

As a double-duty volunteer, Newton meets all kinds of people. He is a volunteer theologian at his church, and he also runs the office at the Factoria Bellevue Police station.

The former U.S. Navy Seal helps officers with paperwork and is often a go-between for the people coming in for help and the police trying to assist them.

“It’s a lot of fun to be able to help people by giving them guidance, or maybe just helping people calm down,” he said.

Newton is one of many hard-working volunteers who help the Police Department go. This week, Bellevue police is showing its appreciation to volunteers by letting them try out some of their cutting-edge technology. Monday, volunteers strapped into bomb squad outfits and watched a simulated explosive disposal. Throughout the week, volunteers toured a virtual firing range, and the department’s forensic labs.

At the virtual range Tuesday afternoon, four volunteers got a taste of the life-or-death decisions officers have to make. Volunteers practiced on the 180-degree virtual range that employs real weapons, without ammunition, a practice that saves thousands of dollars. After target practice, they were sent through a scenario where

Glen Newton, who volunteers at the Factoria station, takes a shot at Bellevue Police’s virtual firing range Tuesday. Police volunteers were invited to try out some of the department’s cutting-edge technology. NAT LEVY, Bellevue Reporter various individuals entered a room. Some were armed, others weren’t, and it was up to the volunteers to decide when to take a shot.

“If someone is determined to shoot at you, you can’t get your shot off first,” said Officer Yong Lee, lead firearms instructor for Bellevue police. “All you can count on is your judgment and tactical advantage.”

Since 1994, Bellevue Police volunteers have served in excess of 167,000 hours, equivalent to more than $3.5 million in labor value. In 2011, volunteers contributed more than 8,000 hours working a wide-range of assignments throughout the department. Volunteer police programs enable expanded services like operation of the Crossroads and Factoria police community stations, pick-up and process-

ing of found bicycles, and disabled parking and fire lane enforcement, which frees officers to focus on proactive law enforcement activities.

“These volunteers are here week after week, year after year, and we consider them to be part of our police family just like any other staff member, maybe even more so because they are here without the benefit of a paycheck,” said Marji Trachtman, Bellevue Police volunteer coordinator.

“They are here simply because they believe in the department’s mission and want to support the work our officers do, and our officers truly appreciate that.”

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Don’t be a crime victim once – or twice

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any of us have heeded police officers’ advice to make our vehicles less attractive to thieves.

Store your valuables out of sight or take them out of the car if you can. Do not leave purses or briefcases where potential thieves can see them.

Apparently, this may not be enough anymore.

The Eastside has been hit with a series of motor vehicle prowl and burglary incidents during the past few weeks.

Police believe several recent cases involving similar scenarios may indicate thieves are using a new strategy to burglarize homes.

Here’s what’s happening: A person goes out to see a movie or eat at a restaurant and parks their car. A thief prowls their car and takes the person’s vehicle registration. Police believe the registration information is used to lead thieves to the unoccupied homes.

The Kirkland Police Department has seen at least two of these incidents in the past few weeks, says Sgt. Rob Saloum.

“There has definitely been an increase (in these cases) recently,” he said.

In one case, someone’s car was prowled while parked in Kirkland and then the thief burglarized their Woodinville home. Another victim’s car was prowled while parked in Woodinville, and then the thief burglarized their Kirkland home while it was unoccupied, said Saloum.

Redmond also recently had a string of these incidents. In one of the cases, the victim was a Medina resident but their car was broken into while in Redmond.

In another case, a vehicle was broken into in the parking lot of the Regal Bella Bottega movie theater in Redmond and then the victim’s home in unincorporated King County just outside of Redmond was burglarized.

In a third incident, A Redmond resident’s car was prowled while in the parking lot of a Woodinville movie theater. While the victim’s home was not burglarized, Redmond police say they received a report of suspicious circumstances in that neighborhood, which may have been tied to the vehicle prowl.

Redmond police said they are aware of more incidents in at least nine neighboring jurisdictions, including Bellevue, Issaquah and Bothell.

Protect yourself.

The best thing you can do is keep your vehicle registration information on your person and not in your vehicle, said Saloum. Go through all the contents of your car and make sure there is nothing with your home address or other identifying information on it.

Also, if you are a victim of a vehicle prowl, let police know if your registration information is missing so that they may make sure your home is safe.

That’s not a lot to do to protect yourself from becoming a victim - twice.

Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter

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LETTERS

Driver’s Ed 101 An April 6 letter incorrectly explained the rules of right of way at four way stop signs. The WA Driver’s Guide states the following on page 42: “At a four-way stop the driver reaching the intersection first, goes first (after coming to a complete stop). If more than one vehicle arrives at the same time, the vehicle on the right goes first.”

I wholeheartedly agree with the premise of that letter, which advocated for more frequent driver license renewals with more rigorous testing. If such a system were in place, perhaps the author of that letter would have had more opportunity to review the rules.

Barbara Eisenstein, Bellevue

First things first I hope the Bellevue City Council is wise and makes good changes to the budget, just like the state needs to. I hope they will be wise enough to table a lot of plans that aren’t necessary to the opera-

tion of the city at times when the money is tight, and to continue to fund the plans that must be taken care of or to support maintaining what we have.

Clearly we need the new light rail and must put in our part of the funding. However I believe we can wait for things like the development of the Bel-Red Corridor. I can’t agree to an increase in property taxes so we can do “everything that the council had on the plate previously”.

Let’s make the plate smaller and see what the current money will support before we think about a

big rise in property taxes or sales taxes.

Marilyn Watt, Bellevue

Oh, the irony And now we find out that women in Columbia are required to leave a copy of their identity cards before going into a hotel room.

Does anyone see the irony here? It’s more stringent to be a prostitute in Columbia than it is to be a voter in the United States of America.

Denny Andrews, Bellevue

Assimilate this, Seattle I

’m a nerd.

A few weekends ago my husband agreed to take me to Emerald City Comicon for a date night.

While I’m only an ensign on the geek status, I get a kick out of watching the captains of comic show off their costume designs. I also wasn’t going to give up the chance to meet Christopher Judge, the man who “indeed” played Teal’c on Stargate SG-1.

Celeste Gracey The drawback on my jaunt to the Washington Convention Center wasn’t the long lines of people with bad gas (or maybe it was just bad hygiene), it was the hour of circling around downtown Seattle trying to find parking.

Before criticizing me for refusing to embark on a bus, let me fill you in on the bus systems on the Eastside.

I have to walk a mile from my condo to even reach a stop. Once I get there, buses that may or may not connect me to where I want to go fly by maybe every 30 minutes.

No, I don’t live on Titan, I live in West Bellevue.

You may call me a “stuck up half-witted, scruffy looking nerfherder” for discounting the Park and Ride option, but consider that while the parking may be free – assuming you can find a spot – the round-trip bus fare for two people hits $10. We paid that for the private parking spot we eventually found.

Although we added our car to downtown Seattle’s traffic for an hour, we moved at warp speed compared to poorly timed bus routes.

Our contribution to the hole in the Ozone might have been cut short, had there been an open parking garage within a mile radius of downtown.

After idling a loop around the Convention Center, we decided to give street parking on Capitol Hill a try. It seemed a practical idea, until we realized we would have to refill the meter twice and shell out $24 for public parking.

What is wrong with you, Seattle?

Not only is the Convention Center as poorly placed on I-5 as NBC’s The Event was on primetime, but it doesn’t even have enough parking to host a nerd expo.

Apparently, the city’s transportation policies are as cold to outsiders as Mr. Freeze’s cryogenic suit. While Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn touts about his new spandex bike shorts as a solution to his offensive parking rates, his Utopian dreams ignore the reality that most bound for Seattle have little choice.

It’s like the Eastside is full of Romulans, and he’s trying to ward off an invasion.

He’s also forgotten that traffic that flows and parking lots that always have a few extra spots are good for business. There isn’t a social service agency that can replace a real job.

If Seattle wants to keep Eastsiders coming to its performing arts venues, eating at its delectable restaurants and hanging out at its convention center, it needs to address its attitude toward the suburbs.

Otherwise someday we’ll be fist bumping George Takei on the Eastside of the galaxy.

Celeste Gracey is a staff writer with the Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter. She can be contacted at cgracey@issaquahreporter.com or 425-391-0363, ext. 5052.

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Let’s do a study to study all those studies Surely there are jobs out there where people are strictly hired to study – studies.

It certainly must be steady work, because it seems studies of all kinds are being created and devoured as quickly as Twinkies these days. The difference is, in the case of too many studies, it’s the

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brain that gets soft and fat – creating a cognitive crèmefilling in the head.

You name it, there are a multitude of studies for it: education, medicine, science, culture, hypnosis and religion – not to mention studies about moles, both the kind on your back and in the yard.

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So did Virginia Tech really need to do yet another Pat Cashman study?

After careful study, they concluded the answer was “yes.”

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Volunteers with average IQ’s of 126 were put in problem-solving groups.

The first problem was who would sit where. That settled, they went to work.

Before long, a pecking order emerged. (“Pecking order” is a term that comes from the chicken world (average IQ: 4) – and has to do with their hierarchy.

Those lowest in the poultry pecking order are among the first to arrive at KFC.) In the Virginia Tech study, the lower IQ folks showed a high response in the part of the brain that deals with fear – in other words, the IRS portion of the brain. The higher performers tended to drop down to the lower level – just the way Macy’s shoppers drop down to the bargain basement.

The end result? A greater collective dumbness than if just one smart person had

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done the problem solving alone.

This phenomenon seems abundant in everyday life.

Anyone who ever went to a bachelor, office, frat or tailgate party has witnessed first-hand what sometimes happens when otherwise intelligent humans congregate.

Of course, knuckleheaded-ness is even better guaranteed when alcohol is added to the recipe. My own studies have shown that IQ points diminish in direct correlation to adult beverages consumed. It is known as the Tequila to Brain ratio.

In recent news events, exhibit A in this notion of lessened group thinking is the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia.

Eleven agents – collectively – came up with a alcoholfueled boondoggle that perhaps no single agent would have thought of alone. A federal investigation is under way since training with hookers and hooch is not usually part of an agent’s job description.

Simultaneously, yet another branch of government, the G.S.A. (General Services Administration)

is finding itself in V.D.D. (Very Deep Doo-doo) over an $800,000 gathering in Las Vegas. The “conference” included taxpayer monies spent on a clown show and a mindreader. (The mindreader said later he could see the brouhaha coming.)

However, in its defense, the G.S.A. did not hire any mimes.

So while, the concept of team – combined intelligences and talents – is certainly essential to efforts like baseball, theatre, relay races and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir – it’s no sure thing that group brainwork matches up all that well with individual genius.

It’s possible that if he worked within a group, rather than by himself, Shakespeare might never have turned out Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear and Othello. That is, unless the members of his group were Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear and Othello.

Then, they’d all be off to Vegas for a two-week engagement at the Mirage.

Pat Cashman can be reached at pat@patcashman.com.

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Beatty gets five star award Jim Beatty, financial consultant and senior partner of Sound Consulting Services in Bellevue, recently received the 2012 Five Star Wealth Manager Award. This is the second consecutive year that Beatty has received the honor.

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Protesters lined Southeast 36th Street in Bellevue near the headquarters of T-Mobile during a rally decrying the company’s decision to close seven call centers. NAT LEVY, Bellevue Reporter

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More than 100 former employees, union representatives and others lined the streets outside T-Mobile’s Bellevue headquarters Monday to protest the company’s decision to close seven call centers nationwide.

Protesters alleged that T-Mobile closed the call centers with the intention of opening new centers overseas in areas such as Honduras and the Philippines.

“They’ve dropped the call on this one,” Lynne Dodson, secretary of treasury for the Washington Labor Council, said of the Bellevue-based organization.

Representatives of the company denied this charge.

Several workers from the call centers proposed to be closed over the next couple months joined the protest.

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Ross said he will continue to be vocal because he wants to see other call centers survive.

“I feel if we can spark some kind of change here for other call centers, they can still do something,” Ross said.

The group was spread throughout several blocks, and a combination of police and private security kept watch.

Security led representatives from the labor council and the Communications

Workers of America to the primary offices of the company to present a small sample of 100,000 petitions signatures gathered to “keep jobs here.” After extensive dialog with security they were not let inside, and the petitions were left to be delivered.

The groups claimed that T-Mobile has taken more than 6,000 jobs overseas to take advantage of cheaper labor. The decision to close the seven call centers will affect 3,300 workers, with the possibility of 1,400 of them moving to other centers. T-Mobile released a statement, saying that the company is still committed to keeping its jobs in the U.S. “These allegations are wrong,” the statement read. “T-Mobile is proud of its job-creation record and its careful compliance with local incentive programs. Our recent decisions to SEE T-MOBILE, 8

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Costco reported net sales of $56.34 billion, an increase of 11 percent from $50.79 billion during the similar period last year.

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Kirkland broker sentenced for defrauding investors of $7 million

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A Bellevue resident and former Kirkland securities broker was sentenced to four-anda-half years in prison April 13 for defrauding investors of $7 million, including friends and family members.

Richard A. Finger, Jr., 32, pleaded guilty to federal wire-fraud charges in November 2011.

U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez also ordered Finger to serve an additional three years of supervised release and pay restitution of more than $7 million.

Finger is free and will be assigned to prison within four to six weeks, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The charge could have resulted in a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Prosecutors asked for a six-and-a-half year prison sentence. A civil lawsuit, filed by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, is still pending.

Finger, who operated Black Diamond Securities LLC at 516 Sixth St. S. in Kirkland, used

customers’ brokerage accounts for personal gain and issued false account statements. He also forged customer letters to indicate that they had approved trades. The moves lost millions of dollars for clients while Finger collected high commissions.

In one instance, Finger told a client the account was at $1.2 million when in actuality it only had $550,000.

One client invested $1 million in Black Diamond Securities and Black Diamond Capital Management in June 2011. Out of the $5 million invested since February 2011 only $500,000 remained in accounts.

“Finger’s activity, while disastrous for his customers, helped fund his lifestyle,” said SEC charging documents.

Much of the money that Finger made went to fund a $2 million home, pay personal credit cards and cover $84,000 for a Cadillac Escalade and a Ducati motorcycle, the SEC investigation revealed.

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consolidate call center operations to 17 facilities included an invitation for affected call-center representatives to transfer to our remaining call centers, with relocation benefits, where we are increasing staffing by 1,400 positions to continue fulfilling our customer-service needs.”

T-Mobile is the smallest of the four national carriers and is dealing with steep subscriber loses, resulting in fewer calls to its call centers.

In last year’s fourth quarter, T-Mobile lost a net 802,000 subscribers on contract-based plans, which are the most lucrative. It is the only national carrier not offering Apple’s

iPhone, the popular device now carried by all three of the company’s larger rivals.

T-Mobile said it will restructure other parts of its business during the second quarter.

That includes plans announced previously to modernize its network, add new technology and hire more sales staff. T-Mobile said in February it will improve its wireless data network this year, making it compatible with iPhones and other smartphones.

T-Mobile’s decision to consolidate call centers will lead to the closing of facilities in Allentown, Pa.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Frisco, Texas; Thornton, Colo.; Redmond, Ore.; and Lenexa, Kansas.

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Former Newport student headed to Russia for World Race Walking Cup Bellevue resident Katie Burnett, who spent a year at Skyline and another at Newport, recently qualified for the U.S. National Team for the 20 km race walk at the World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia on May 12 and 13.

Burnett, who began race walking with the Cascade Striders youth track club in middle school, finished fourth at the IAAF Trials to earn one of the five spots on the team.

“I’m really looking forward to going to Russia,” Burnett said. “I’m excited to have a chance to compete against the best in the world.”

Strictly enforced rules govern the parameters for race Katie Burnett was a collegiate walking and state that to the race walker at William Penn naked eye, competitors must and will head to Russia in May. always appear to have one COURTESY PHOTO foot on the ground.

The 23-year-old Burnett graduated from William Penn University (Iowa) and was a four-time NAIA All-American for the Statesmen.

Community fitness on display Emerald Cup begins today at Meydenbauer Center

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More than 500 competitors from various walks of life and fitness backgrounds will converge on Bellevue’s Meyedenbauer Center today for the 31st annual Emerald Cup, the only NPC tour bodybuilding event in the Greater Seattle area.

While many of the men’s categories will be populated by the expected larger-than-life physiques, AmyJae Springer and Danena McCants will be out to show that on the women’s side, things aren’t always what they seem.

Springer may not immediately stand out among the usually hulkedup physiques, but if history is any indication, she will still leave a mark.

Despite standing only 5-foot-2, Springer began boxing at age 19 and currently has a 4-2 mark in the ring.

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and affirmed about herself through fighting (she has also been in a pair of kickboxing bouts), perhaps the most important is her response to adversity.

“My whole persona changes in the ring,” Springer said. “I’ll pick up a spider and set it outside instead of killing it. But once I get hit, my reaction is to come back full force.”

And that truth extends beyond the ropes as well.

After working as a personal trainer at a studio in Bellevue with more than 150 clients and eventually becoming manager, Springer was blindsided when the owner decided to shut the doors with only a few weeks notice.

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Eventually, she gathered her business proposal and turned to her grandfather.

“He had his lawyer and accountant there to take a look and they were all really impressed,” Springer said. With financing secured, Springer and many of the trainers from her former gym began the project of renovating the space for Extreme Fitness Studios.

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Bellevue’s Foreman signs with Rhode Island to play baseball Connor Foreman, a senior baseball and football player for the Bellevue Wolverines, will continue his career on the diamond and education at the University of Rhode Island.

Foreman, who was named a 2012 preseason AllAmerican in baseball by UnderArmour, plays his summer baseball with Baden Baseball Club and will join coach Jim Foster’s squad in the Atlantic-10 next year.

Bellevue Bike to Work Day This year’s Group Health Commute challenge gets underway on Tuesday, May 1 with Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 18 and the city of Bellevue is offering professional instruction for cyclists on how to share the road and remain safe on their commute.

The class will be at Bellevue City Hall, Room 1E-113 and will be taught by certified a Cascade instructor. The course will last roughly 30 minutes and cover choosing and adjusting a bike, clothing and gear, helmets, bike maintenance and most importantly, how to share the road with motorists and remain safe on the commute.

625 residents and 373 people who work in Bellevue participated in the challenge last year.

Cougar Mountain Running Series The 10th annual Cougar Mountain Trail Running Series returns next month with the first of five races along the mountain’s 36 miles of trails. The series includes runs of five, 10, 13.1 and 31 (with a 20-mile alternative option) miles through August.

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McCants, who lived in Arkansas until moving to the Pacific Northwest seven years ago, was an athlete throughout her youth and played basketball through her first year of college.

But when she stepped away from the game, old eating habits began to get the better of her and lay the foundation for a lengthy struggle with obesity.

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“I had a dream about running a marathon,” McCants said. “The very next day, I was catering an event with a man running his first marathon. So I started asking questions.”

She lost enough weight in the seven months leading up to the race to cut another 13 percent body fat and was finally beginning to again feel like the

passionate individual she was before obesity overtook her life.

“It’s a process, not just a diet,” McCants said. “You have to love yourself first.”

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by Kirkland-based Craig Productions, a promotions organization that began operating events 31 years ago. Brad Craig, who operates the business with his wife Elaine, said giving women like Springer and McCants an outlet for their love of fitness and promote health and wellness is their motivation.

“It’s tremendously rewarding for us to see someone reach their goals,” Craig said.

The WIAA Representative Assembly voted down a proposed amendment that would have banned use of school owned helmets and shoulder pads during the off-season, with 43 of 48 voters opposed.

Amendment Six was first proposed in February and discussed by the representative assembly, which is comprised of administrators from WIAA member schools, before voting took place. A 60 percent super-majority was required to pass an amendment.

If passed, the amendment would have prohibited the use of helmets and shoulder pads for out-of-season activities such as passing tournaments and collegiate camps, which are attended by entire teams as well as individuals.

It also would have discontinued padded practices during the spring practice period, which many coaches use to acclimate new players to the game and offer an opportunity to test the physical part of the game before deciding on turning out for the team in the fall. Several coaches said taking pads out of spring practice could result in more injuries for new players when in-season practices begin in the fall and preparation becomes more focused on games.

Coaches were largely opposed to the idea and many stated it would have the unintended consequence of putting players in harms way by exposing them to unintended head-to-head contact without the protection of a helmet.

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Bellevue lacrosse earns three wins on New York trip

Jones each chipped in with two. Goalie Austin Boyd finished the night with 15 saves including several in the waning minutes with his team clinging to a one goal lead.

Defending New York state champion Farmingdale was the final opponent and once again it was Bellevue leaving with a win, 12-5 behind five goals from Johnson and solid play from defenders Sam Leggett, Blake Becker and Clayton Federspiel as well as Boyd in goal.

“It kind of redefined our team,” Baumann said of the trip. “We had lost two conference games right before we left and we responded by beating some really good teams on the East Coast.”

After winning all three of the games on the six-day trip, the Wolverines took some time in Roosevelt, a Long Island community that is home to many children who do

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The Wolverines will resume league play against Eastlake on Saturday and Baumann hopes the success on the trip can act as a springboard for a state title run.

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The first game of the trip came against head coach John Baumann’s alma mater, Oceanside, which still has the same coach as when he was a player. Hank Bethke led the Wolverines to an 8-4 win and Blake Samuel scored two more to open the trip.

Long Beach, a top-20 prep team nationally, was waiting next for Bellevue but after taking an early lead and holding off the final attack from the Marines with seconds remaining, Bellevue escaped with a 10-9 win.

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Bellevue Biographies: Albert Burrows

New I-90 HOV now open

Bellevue pioneer Albert Burrows was born in Indiana in 1837. In 1857 he moved to Iowa and married Martha James. They had four children: Calanthia, Lillian, Maud and Albert S. (Selden).

Martha Burrows died in 1876, and soon afterwards Albert and children travelled to the West Coast to start a new life.

Commuters have a better option for passing heavy traffic on I-90 from Mercer Island to Bellevue with the opening of a new, 24-hour HOV lane.

The opening marks completion of the second stage of a project to maintaining traffic flow across Lake Washington. The final phase of the project will culminate in full-time HOV lanes in both directions of I-90 between Bellevue and Seattle.

When WSDOT opened the I-90 reversible express lanes more than 20 years ago, they served traffic well because rush hour was 50 percent heavier westbound to Seattle in the morning and back to the Eastside in the evening. Today, traffic is heavy in both directions and peak periods last about an hour longer, so dedicated lanes for carpools and transit are necessary in both directions at all times to operate I-90 efficiently, highway officials say.

Not only will the project help ease traffic by making ridesharing a other modes better options, but also make way for construction of light rail from Seattle to Bellevue and Redmond.

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Heritage Corner After a stop in Sacramento, the Burrows family arrived in Seattle in 1882. Albert was a Civil War veteran, so he could claim 160 acres of land for homesteading. He chose

a spot on the east side of Lake Washington in what is now the Killarney area.

The cabin he built there in 1883 still exists, although it has been moved to 112th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 12th Street.

In the spring of 1884, he donated land for the first school in Bellevue and helped to build the oneroom schoolhouse. The first

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teacher was his daughter, Calanthia. She received $40 for three months’ work.

In 1894, Albert became a member of the state Legislature. He died just a short time later in 1895 or 1896.

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Top Gun of Bellevue, located at 12450 SE 38th St., was closed by a Public Health food inspector April 5 for numerous violations.

The establishment successfully passed inspection the following day and reopened.

Native plant society sets sale The Washington Native Plant Society’s spring plant sale will be held May 12 at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens.

The event is from 9-10 a.m. for members, and 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. for the general public,.

Those who wish to shop early can purchase a society membership on the spot from 9-10 a.m. The gardens are located at 12001 Main St.

Job fair set for veterans Hire A Hero, job event for veterans, will held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17 at the VFW Hall, 4330 148th Ave. NE, Redmond.

Housing service coming Families without a place to stay will have an easier way to connect to housing resources at the Together Center in Redmond – and later in Bellevue. Family Housing Connection will provide a single access point for families seeking housing and shelter resources in King County.

Starting April 23, the organization will begin scheduling housing assessments with families who are not currently in shelters or on waiting lists. Families can connect by calling 2-1-1 on or after that day.

Hopelink gets Walmart grant Hopelink has received a $45,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, one of 10 grants totaling $375,000 the retailer made to social service agencies across the state.

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St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Bellevue is collecting tents and ourdoor-rated sleeping bag for those in need. The drive coincides with the closing of the severe weather overnight shelters in Bellevue.

Donations can be dropped off at the church, 3030 Bellevue Way NE, from Monday – Thursdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. or Sundays during worship times between 8:30 a.m. and noon.

Food drive volunteers needed The Kiwanis Club of Bellevue is seeking volunteers to help with its food drive this weekend and next.

The club needs adult drivers with vehicles, and adult passengers to pass out food donation bags.

Food bag drop off will be from 10 a.m.. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Food bad pickup will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 28.

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CIVIC PRIDE

83-year-old East Bellevue Community Council member has spent decades working for his community

By Nat Levy Bellevue Reporter

Ken Seal, who has served on the East Bellevue Community Council since 1994, at the woods behind Kelsey Creek Center. NAt levy, Bellevue Reporter fully annexed. Seal did just about everything to help make it happen, from organizing people to working on publicity.

A law allowing municipal corporations emerged that year, which later spawned community council in Bellevue. The community council was the catalyst that made the final annexation vote happen.

“It gives us, the unelecteds, the people residing in the community, some control over land use in our areas,” Seal said.

Since Seal joined the East Bellevue Community Council, he has fought for the things he believes in. His biggest interest has been trying to keep a balance between the growing nature of the city, and the single family home neighborhoods that are the backbone of East Bellevue.

Steve Kasner, chair of the council said Seal has taught him a lot about the political process. The experience he brings is important in an inherently intense situation, where the council often has to critique, or even oppose the city on projects.

“Ken uses a very logical thought process when considering very difficult issues which helps to diffuse some very tense situations,” Kasner said. “Ken also brings a prospective of those single family homeowners that this area was founded upon as the Lake Hills neighborhood years before they/we decided to become part of Bellevue.”

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When Ken Seal first came to Bellevue, it was not the towering, simmering urban center it has become, but a rolling expanse of farm land and small homes. It was a bedroom community for Boeing employees looking for a quiet place to settle as the company continued to grow.

But even then, the signs of change were coming. And Seal, always politically motivated, began to get involved in his community. He pushed for thoroughfare roads because the area was primarily a driving community. He also wanted wellplaced stop signs.

This was the early 1960s. Today, more than 50 years later, Seal is still civically active and involved in some of the city’s most important decisions.

His decades of involvement have kept him spry. Even at age 83, he looks about 20 years younger.

Seal, a former Boeing engineer, has been a member of the East Bellevue Community Council since 1994. The council represents residents in a portion of East Bellevue on land use decisions. It even has the power to veto city land use decisions in its coverage area, something Seal fought very hard to retain during a Supreme Court case in the late ‘90s.

Going all the way back to the 1960s with the Lake Hills Community Club, before the area became a part of Bellevue, Seal has had his eye on the future.

“When Kelsey Creek Center was developed over the protestations of the community club, they considered it over-zoning,” Seal said, while sitting in the Kelsey Creek Starbucks, in the shadow of construction on the mall. “Now it doesn’t look so out there given what’s happened between then and now.”

Of all the issues Seal has been a part of, perhaps the most stressful, time consuming and rewarding was the area’s annexation into Bellevue. Because the residents in Lake Hills were such a small voting block, it didn’t behoove the county to spend extra time on their interests. On several occasions attempts to join Bellevue failed. But in 1969 the area success-

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YES recognizes Hispanic youth Youth Eastside Services’ Latino HEAT program has chosen three students of Sammamish High School to honor as part of a Cesar Chavez Celebration held April 4 at the organization’s Bellevue office.

Each of the youths have overcome difficulties and transformed themselves into responsible, hardworking students and leaders in their school. The Cesar Chavez Living Legacy Awards recognize the youth’s embodiment of the principles Chavez stood for—service, leadership and justice.

Trouble with drugs and fighting first brought Joey to Youth Eastside Services (YES) when she was in middle school. Today, she is a leader in the Latino HEAT program, an excellent student and active in her community.

Placido began turning to drugs to cover the pain and grief of losing his little brother to drug-related violence. Thanks to a caring community that included YES Counselor Tina Morales, today he expresses himself with art and hopes to be an artist someday.

Also recognized was Luis, who won a special “Determination” award for

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Volunteers sought for Rotary event The Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club (BBRC) needs volunteers for the 6th Annual Bellevue 10K Run/5K Run/ Walk and Kids Dash on April 29 to fill the following positions on April 29: Pre-race Volunteers - These valuable team members do everything from Race Village set-up, to course set-up, to registering racers.

During Race Volunteers – Course monitors who look out for the safety of our racers along the course. In addition, we need teams back at Race Village preparing for their return.

Post-Race Volunteers - Help us get the racers safely on their way home, tear down the village, and clean up the park area in truly record time.

Sign up at http://www.bellevuerun.com/volunteering. html to help with the race.

Humane Society has deal on Chihuahuas Placido, Joey and Evalia, hold Cesar Chavez Living Legacy Awards. Evalia accept a special ‘Determination’ Award on behalf of her grandson, Luis, who is recovering from cancer treatment. COURTESY PHOTO, Youth Eastside Services

graduating on time, despite three bouts of leukemia and a recent stem cell transplant.

His grandmother, Evalia, was a speaker at the event and recognized Luis’ choice to enjoy life, despite the difficulties dealt him. She urged kids to honor Luis by making decision that help them thrive, rather than choosing gangs or drugs.

Latino HEAT stands for Hispaños En Ación Togeth-

er and is a leadership, community service, and cultural empowerment group that meets at Sammamish High School. Members take action and address problems in the community and participate in many fun and educational cultural activities. The program is run by YES as a means to deter drug and gang involvement in Hispanic youth.

“These kids are on a path of transformation that em-

bodies the values of Cesar Chavez, and I am immensely proud of them,” said Morales, who counsels the students in Latino HEAT to live healthy, drug-free and violence-free lives.

Since 1968, YES has provided help for kids and families, offering counseling, treatment, education and prevention services.

More information is available at YouthEastsideServices.org.

Bellevue, Sound Transit set open house The city of Bellevue and Sound Transit will host a joint open house to share the latest design options and costsaving ideas for the East Link light rail project, and to get feedback from the public.

The open house takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E. Sound Transit, which is building East Link, and Bellevue, earlier this year launched a collaborative design process intended to reduce the city’s financial contribution for a

downtown light rail tunnel, and lower overall project costs.

Attendees can learn about concepts for the portion of the project in Bellevue. The goal is to review the merits of the ideas and learn from the public what other considerations need to be addressed as the concepts are developed. There also will be information about cost-saving ideas that were considered and rejected, the status of the project, and the latest schedule.

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Safeway to taste organic wines The downtown Bellevue Safeway will celebrate Earth Day with an organic wine tasting event. Wines will include Sterling Organic Sauvignon, Columbia Crest Les Cheaveaux Red H3, and Pacific Rim Organic Riesling.

The free tasting will be from 3-7 p.m. Friday, April 20 at Bellevue Safeway, 300 Bellevue Way NE.

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Bellevue women of all ages, faiths and cultures are encouraged to attend the meeting and participate. It is free, and refreshments will be served.

More information is available by contacting Julie Ellenhorn at 425-452-5372 or jellenhorn@bellevuewa.gov.

Newport High Drill Team takes second in state

The Newport High School Drill Team won 2nd place at the state competition last week, capping off a season that saw them win the district competiton. The team achieved second highest overall score at the state competition. The team won four first-place finishes during the season. COURTESY PHOTO

Lake Hills Elementary gets math grant Students at Lake Hills Elementary School are getting an extra boost to prepare for their upcoming MSP (Measurements of Student Progress) tests in May thanks to BECU, Washington’s largest credit union and Whizz Education, creator of the online math tutor for elementary and middle school students that makes learning math fun. For the second year in a row, BECU is awarding Lake Hills with a $2,500 grant to purchase access to Math-Whizz, which all 470 students at the school will use to learn math.

Salvation Army raises $25,000 The Salvation Army Eastside Corps raised $25,000 at its inaugural breakfast Wednwsday at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. The event included speches by prominent elected officials including US Congressman Adam Smith, King County Councilwoman Jane Hague, and Bellevue City Mayor Conrad Lee.

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Cultural Conversations, a discussion group for women of many faiths and cultures, will focus this month on cultural or religious norms that can make receiving good health care challenging.

The meeting, 1 to 2:45 p.m., Tuesday at the Crossroads Community Center, will feature guest speaker Yris Lance, community relations liaison from the Governor’s Council of Health Disparities. She will provide a framework for discussion of how culture and religion can affect an individual’s health care and how cultural needs can be met in a

April is Adopt-A-Chihuahua month at the Seattle Humane Society and the agency is offering $50 off adoption fees for Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes 5 years and older. The society is located in Bellevue at the intersection of I-405 and I-90. It is open seven days a week from noon to 6 p.m. For directions call 425-641-0080.

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and told her she wouldn’t be eligible for college.

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...obituaries Margaret Cecilia (Waham) Randish

Margaret Cecilia (Waham) Randish was born February 3, 1927 and passed on April 16, 2012. She was one of Bellevue’s founding families living on the family farm on 116th Ave. She was the last child born to parents George and Rose Waham, who raised chickens and produce and sold it the Seattle Public Market weekly, taking the Mosquito Fleet from Medina dock to Seattle.

Her parents immigrated Margaret and Marion to Bellevue from Lebanon after their first-born daughter Elizabeth arrived. There they raised eight daughters and one son.

Margaret was the only identical twin with her sister Marion (pictured on the right). She and her many sisters helped with the family farm.

Margaret went to school in Bellevue from elementary through high school. After graduation Margaret worked in various retail jobs. She enjoyed interacting with people. She worked with cousins in a record store for Decca Records, and then worked for a local jeweler in Bellevue, where she would meet her future husband, Matthew J. Randish.

Margaret and Matt married in June of 1949 in Bellevue at the original Sacred Heart Church. They raised a family in Bellevue, first daughter Joan, and then son Matthew. There were always many family functions with plenty of sisters and brothers and many cousins, wives and husbands all enjoying the food and family time together. Most of the immediate family lived in close proximity to each other where annual family reunions would be celebrated.

Margaret enjoyed being a homemaker and a mother. She was an avid gardener and loved growing her vegetables and using them to make her wonderful Lebanese recipes. She also loved flowers and always had the most wonderful and meticulous gardens around her home.

In 1983 soon after the arrival of their first-born grandchildren, Jennifer then Christopher, to their son Matthew and wife Marie, Margaret and Matt decided to move to Bainbridge Island to be near them. They had a lovely home and garden on Yeomalt Point where Margaret could enjoy time with her grandchildren and continue with her gardening. Margaret made many friends on Bainbridge, enjoyed taking long walks in her neighborhood and getting to know them. Margaret was very close to her grandkids, which was the highlight of her life.

Margaret and Matt in later years returned back to the Eastside in Kirkland in 2000.There they downsized to a condo, which was also close to their daughter Joan. There they stayed until Matt Sr’s passing in 2004. Margaret later moved back to Bainbridge Island to be near her son and daughter in law.

Margaret always had a smile and generous heart to her friends and family, and will be greatly missed by them.

Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the memorial mass this Saturday,April 21 at St Cecilia’s Catholic Church on Bainbridge Island at 10am. Reception to follow. Graveside service will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:30am at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Bellevue. Please sign the online quest book at www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com 613514

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ment, they still remain the least educated major racial or ethnic group.

Some are worried about this trend, coupled with the fact that an influx of immigration and high birth rates have made the Latino population skyrocket in Washington and across the U.S. – where they are projected to account for one-third of the population by 2050.

“Imagine being a student in a society that is moving forward with technology and you are being left behind further and further,” said Enrique Morales, associate vice president for access, policy and planning in the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity at the University of Washington.

But it’s not just Latinos who miss out.

Tom Finaly, the chief operations officer of Southern California-based United States University that primarily serves Latino and military families, said the booming Latino population could be instrumental in filling positions in the healthcare industry for example, especially as Baby Boomers retire.

“If you look at it from a national standpoint, we are going to lose the fastestgrowing population to unskilled labor – and we already know that unskilled labor is not the future,” Finaly said.

In the end, if one-third of the U.S. population is

The Latin America Culture Club, the Black Student Union, and the Associated Student Government take a minute at Bellevue College to support the Dream act. The National Immigrant Youth Alliance collected photographs like this online from across the nation. COURTESY PHOTO predominately low-income unskilled laborers, it’s the U.S. economy that takes a hit, he said.

“There won’t be enough money capital or human capital for us to move forward.”

Lack of Resources Despite the fact that House Bill HB 1079, signed under Gov. Gary Locke in 2003, gave undocumented students the right to pay instate tuition at colleges and universities, Henry Amaya, a retention specialist at Bellevue College, said the law caters to only a portion of students.

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The reality is, many young Latinos grow up constantly moving from place to place, wherever their families can find work – often picking fruit or working construction jobs.

What Amaya and others see as crucial to helping students, such as Torres, is the passage of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a federal bill in both the House of Representatives and the Senate that would grant certain undocumented students temporary legal residency and would allow them to work towards permanent legal residency.

The DREAM Act has gained momentum, including gaining the support of corporations such as Microsoft and multiple Washington colleges. But it’s still been almost 10 years since it was first introduced, said Bárbara Guzmán, a program manager for Seattle-based Latino/a Educational Achievement Project (LEAP).

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“So many students have been disillusioned when the DREAM Act didn’t pass the first time. Some contemplated suicide.” Guzmán said.

“We’re very worried about that desperation.”

These students feel left without options much of the time. They’ve have been brought here as children by their parents, and have no choice but to deal with the consequences said Adrian Morales, a founder of Campaña Quetzal coalition to improve Latino educational success.

“It’s not their crime, it’s their parents’ crime – but is it really a crime to want a better life for yourself and your families?,” Morales said.

If there’s any consolation for such students, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office concentrates on removing convicted criminals and not non-criminal immigration violators. It has the funds to remove about 400,000 of the more than 10 million individuals estimated to be in the U.S. who lack lawful status or are removable because of a criminal conviction.

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“Given this reality, ICE must set sensible priorities,” said Andrew Munoz, Public Affairs Officer in ICE’s Seattle Field Office.

Multiple causes It’s not just undocumented Latino students who struggle to get to the dorm rooms and lecture halls of four-year universities.

Because Latinos are family-oriented, they tend to make decisions, even the choice to go to college, as a group, said Amaya, who recently helped Bellevue College and the Bellevue School District host its first “Latino Night” for middle and high school students and their families.

“For some of these students, their parents are low-income and working two to three jobs to support their children,” he said.

For this reason, students like Gabriella Gonzalez, 21, are left to choose between their studies, and their family being able to have food to eat and a place to live.

Gonzalez grew up being told ‘Échale ganas,’ do your best in life, work hard and go on to college. But despite her supportive parents, the Renton resident took a year off from Bellevue College to work two full-time jobs, one at the mall, the other at a Wendy’s.

The money from her 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. shift would go toward her family’s groceries, rent and utility bills.

Finding Hope In many cases, the hard work of students like Gonzalez is continuing to

improve Latino success in education, but there’s still a long way to go, Guzmán said.

For example, parents in Seattle pushed for more dual language instruction in schools, which is thought to improve students’ selfesteem.

Additionally, Washington has seen an improvement in high school graduation rates for Hispanics in the past 10 years, jumping from less than 50 percent in 2002 to 64.5 percent today. Still, that’s less than whites, Asians and Pacific Islanders, about on par with black students, and higher than American Indians, according to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

As the immigrant Latino population continues to deepen its roots in Washington, students will have more people in their life who have attended college, a cousin or older sibling enrolled in college, or even a teacher or local politician, Guzman said.

“Without realizing it, a Latino student going on to college becomes a role model for the next generation.”

Taking a stand Latino role models have certainly inspired Torres.

“Every time I hear of an undocumented person graduating from a university, it inspires me to keep going,” she said.

Those moments, in addition to her passion for drawing and painting, are a comfort to Torres when she is feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with life.

Without a Social Security number, Torres can’t get a driver’s license; she takes

an hour-long bus ride to Bellevue College; she doesn’t qualify for financial aid, and she can’t get a job to help pay for her school.

Instead, she relies on money from her father when he can spare it. He has a government-issued tax identification number that he uses to pay taxes on his own tiling business, but it would be illegal for him to hire his daughter.

When Torres has needed money for books, she’s volunteered on campus in exchange for vouchers at the book store.

Nothing comes easy.

Money is always a problem.

And even if she can raise the money to transfer to a university, she’ll still have trouble finding employment without a Social Security number.

Torres shocked her friends and family when she first put on her “undocumented” T-shirt, explaining it was the only way she could feel comfortable being herself.

She wears it to let people know that she’s proud of her Mexican roots – but, like many others who grew up in the U.S., she too has an American dream.

As Torres sees it, her education and future are at stake if the laws don’t change.

With 10 years since it was first introduced and still no Dream Act, Torres continues to put her goals on hold, in hopes she can finish her Associates of Arts degree, transfer to a university, and ultimately, become an art therapist.

In the meantime, she’ll be waiting – undocumented, unafraid and unashamed.

Teens start nonprofit to help others

As an eighth grader at Beaver Lake Middle School, Kevin Vu didn’t realize that a simple day of volunteering would develop a passion for helping others and that it would lead to the establishment of his own non-profit, Students Helping Students.

Today SHS is a youthrun organization based at Bellevue’s Interlake High School committed to providing educational supplies to underserved children both locally and abroad.

SHS has raised thousands of dollars in the past few years through fundraising and grants. However, instead of keeping the profit from their revenue, SHS uses the money it earns to purchase school supplies and deliver them directly to those in need.

Kevin founded Pencils Fight Poverty, the precursor to Students Helping Students, in November 2009 after being inspired by his eighth grade teacher, Curtis Betzler. One day he volunteered to box school supplies for the Generation Joy Foundation, an organization which donates supply boxes to South Africa.

“I was deeply inspired by the way Betzler took his ‘ordinary’ life and used it to do something extraordinary,” Kevin said. However, he never could have fathomed how far he could take his nonprofit.

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April 20, 2012 [27]

Volunteers work to keep Snoqualmie Point Park a destination for outdoor enthusiasts here; it’s basically the gateway to the Cascades,” said Margaret Ullman, membership and community manager for Mountains to Sound Greenway, an organization that works to preserve natural attractions through the Interstate 90 corridor.

But plants and trees at times have a tough time growing in the soil. The park is littered with invasive species and weak soil that organizers and volunteers worked to remedy.

Volunteers had a variety of reasons for helping out. Some were outdoor junkies who wanted to see a park they frequented preserved. Dusche and her group of high school cohorts were there as part of

their involvement in the National Charity League.

For Ron Fues, a Seattle native, it was about teaching responsibility. Fues brought with him his two children, Sonya, 8 and Tony, 5. While Fues raked tirelessly through a field to prepare for flower planting, he urged the children to join alongside him. Fues hoped to impart in his children a sense of duty and willingness to undertake community service projects in the future.

“I want to make it a habit to make it seem more natural when they grow up.”

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“I really like dirt and getting dirty,” said 17-year-old Michele Dusche, a junior at Eastlake High School in Sammamish. “The real perk is this view you don’t get to see everyday.”

The park was set to become an office area in the late 1990s before a consortium of businesses, government organizations, and nonprofits stepped up to buy the area with the intention to keep it a public park.

Since 1999, when the park was purchased, groups continued work to beautify the area, which is one of Snoqualmie’s top outdoor destinations.

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