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FRIDAY, July 6, 2012
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Keller gives kids a hand at camp
SPORTS | Bothell High’s hoopster Zach LaVine commits to UCLA. [Page 12]
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Former World Cup goalkeeper Kasey Keller coaches Jordan Thompson, left, and other players last week at the Northwest Soccer Camp at Bastyr University. See story on page 12. PHOTOS BY ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Kenmore is on board with curve project BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
Char Crawford, former Kenmore mayor Jack Crawford’s widow, chats with Bothell City Councilman and longtime friend Bill Evans at last month’s Wayne Curve Project ribbon cutting. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Wayne Curve may be located in Bothell, but with Kenmore just up the road on the shared State Route 522, the two cities are sometimes mentioned in the same sentence when people discuss local happenings. The cities’ schools are all part of the Northshore district, and when Kenmore was noted in recent years by Seattle and national publications as being an ideal place to live, its close proxim-
ity to the University of Washington-Bothell and Cascadia Community College campus was on the best-of list. So, when Bothell Mayor Mark Lamb recently spoke at the Wayne Curve Project completion event near its location on SR 522 and 96th Avenue Northeast in Bothell, he included Kenmore in the presentation. “To me, this a great story about people working together. There’s very little that we can accomplish in public life or in government when we work alone,” said Lamb, noting that Bothell partnered with Sound Transit, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Transportation Improvement Board, the Federal
Highway Administration and King County — along with Kenmore and Kirkland — to bring the approximately $22 million project to fruition. The project, which was completed in December 2011 and received the Urban Vitality Grant through the State Public Works Board, is “designed to ease congestion and promote safety. It’s the first capital investment project finished as part of the downtown redevelopment of Bothell,” said City Manager Bob Stowe. The construction of a road divider between the four lanes and additional lanes for public transit are important parts of the project, officials say. Lamb said that when he became a councilmember
eight years ago, Wayne Curve was one of the first projects up for discussion. It was six years after Mary Stewart was killed in a head-on accident on the curve and safety was a top priority. “This is going to be a project that, literally, I think will save lives. This was an extremely dangerous corner,” Lamb said. “Every time I would be driving home from Seattle, it was dark and rainy and I’d always think about it. I was like, ‘All it would take is one person to just veer over that little tiny line and somebody would die.’ There were horrible accidents on this corner, and it’s something that makes a big difference in people’s lives.” [ more CURVE page 5]
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Former mayor Jack Crawford supported SR 522 improvements