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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
Local Sikh temple welcomes people from Northshore and beyond BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
Two Sikh girls display their candles in the crowd at the Bothell temple last Saturday night. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
They held candles, some placed their arms around each other and wrote notes on a sign that read, “Sikhs for Peace.” When darkness fell, all in attendance often bowed their heads and closed their eyes and listened intently to the speeches made in honor of the six people who were killed on Aug. 5 during a shooting rampage in Oak Creek, Wis. About 200 people from the Sikh community and a handful of guests gathered Saturday night at The Sikh Centre of Seattle, located on Bothell-Everett Highway in Bothell, for a candlelight vigil. “I think that as many of the speakers spoke about, the fact that everyone is coming together in such a tragic event sheds light
on the fact that we as a community, not just the Sikhs, but as a country, are able to rebuild. We’re very resilient people. So although the mistake of one tends to cloud over everyone’s emotions and sentiments, there’s still hope,” said Sonia Kaur, a member of the Bothell Gurudwara. Gurmit Singh noted that the gunman, Wade Michael Page, who also wounded four others before he took his own life, mistook Sikhs for Muslims, whom he was believed to be targeting. FBI investigations noted that Page was a member of white supremacist groups. “The main emotion people had is, ‘Why us?’ (We’re) very peace-loving, integrating into the mainstream and doing the hard work and trying to make a good living. We’re not fanatics, that’s not the belief, and then suddenly something happens and like, ‘Why us? We didn’t do anything,’” Singh said before the vigil. Singh added that the Sikh community’s main model is [ more VIGIL page 14]
National Night Out means safety tips in Kenmore BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
It was a night for neighbors to mingle and police officers to dispatch important crime- and drug-prevention information. In Bothell, officers visited with residents who opened up their front yards for National Night Out on Aug. 7. Both Kelly Avery Clark and Jeannie D’Ambrosia met with Sgt. Clint Beck and others at their homes around town to discuss safety issues. Over at Kenmore City Hall, the police department hosted a Night Out gathering for community members that featured members of the Northshore Fire Department, King County Sheriff ’s Office, Emergency Services Coordinating Agency (ESCA), King County Sexual Assault Resource Center and other organizations. [ more NIGHT OUT page 13]
Evan Oien, 2, checks out a police car at a National Night Out gathering at Kenmore City Hall on Aug. 7. ANDY NYSTROM, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Police arrest two burglary suspects at Kenmore motel BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
Kenmore Police Chief Cliff Sether said his officers are always aware of what’s happening in other jurisdictions via crime-analysis bulletins. Taking it a step further, a local television station ran a video of two suspects robbing a Woodinville homeowner’s detached shed last week in the 17100 block of 161st Avenue Northeast. The suspects’ vehicle was also captured on the man’s elaborate video system, according to Sgt. Cindi West, King County Sheriff ’s Office public information officer. “The officer happened to be watching TV at the same time the video was on TV and he stored the information in his memory bank,” Sether said. [ more BURGLARY page 14]
Bothell man drowns in Ohanapecosh River BY ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@bothell-reporter.com
Michael Barrett of Bothell drowned in the Lewis County Ohanapecosh River after he was pinned underneath some large logs and rocks on Aug. 11. According to Stacy Brown, Lewis County Sheriff ’s Office public information officer, the 41-year-old camper was first wading in the shallow part of the river and then moved out to the deeper section. Witnesses said Barrett pushed off a rock into the currant, and they believed he intended to ride the small waterfall down into the lower pool as he’s done before, Brown said. Deputies were dispatched to the Mount Rainier Ranger Station at about 2:30 p.m. to survey the scene. The river is located just outside the park east of Packwood. They noticed that some fellow campers and some kayakers had pulled Barrett out of the [ more DROWNING page 13]
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Candles burn bright at vigil for shooting victims