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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
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Remains found in St. Edwards Park identified as Kenmore man MacDonald was missing for six years BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@kirklandreporter.com
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he human remains found by two students in St. Edwards Park last Thursday have been identified as a missing Kenmore man. The King County Medical Examiner confirmed the re-
mains belonged to Kenmore resident Brian MacDonald, who was reported missing on April 4, 2006. MacDonald, who was 46 at the time of his disappearance and lived just five blocks from the park, dropped his daughter off at school and told her he was going for a walk. He was
never seen again. Detectives disappearance. The site also said they are looking states that McDoninto MacDonald’s ald often took long activities at the time walks. He also left of his disappearance his wallet at home. but there is no indiMcDonald’s cation of foul play. remains were found A post on last Thursday in a missingin.org states wooded area in a that McDonald was BrianMacDonald remote corner of in the process of the Bastyr Univera divorce and unsity campus in St employed at the time of his Edwards Park, about 100 feet
from the intersection of N.E. Juanita Drive and N.E. 143rd Street near the Kirkland border. Detectives were called to the wooded area about 10 feet from a busy trail used by hikers and mountain bikers. The students originally found a skull and some long bones and reported it to Bastyr University, which in turn contacted the Kenmore
Woman battles anorexia, bulimia with baked goods
Kirkland Albertsons to close midOctober BY RAECHEL DAWSON
Kirkland’s Camilla Kuhns needs community’s help to pay for treatment
under 100.” After three months of baking desserts while Kirkland resident Cablogging about her disormilla Kuhns has a passion der and posting photos of for baking desserts. She her sweets, she’s earned attended Juanita High $5,000 to help contribute School, graduated from to the cost of treatment. Brigham Young UniverSubstantial help from her sity with a 3.78 GPA and grandparents, a second she loves her church, The mortgage taken out on Church of Jesus Christ of her family’s home and Latter-day Saints. help from her Kirkland But what many may not church will help cover the know is Kuhns rest of the steep “I’d like to be price it takes for has harbored eatunder 100 ing disorders for Kuhns to get inmost of her life. (pounds). Well, patient treatment Kuhns, who I’d like to be at the Center for weighs 102 healthy, but Change in Utah. pounds and is my eating “Not every5 feet 8 inches disorder would body has help or tall, will embark like to be amazing support on her recovery under 100.” systems that will on Oct. 15 after donate money,” Camilla Kuhns nearly 18 years of said Kuhns, who fighting anorexia bakes everything nervosa and from pies, truffles, and bulimia. And she’s using cookies to bread. “I am so her disorders’ adversaries lucky … I cannot imagine - cookies, brownies and trying to do this without other sweets - to battle it support. It’s so isolatout. ing and lonely, private “I’d like to be under 100 and shameful that if you (pounds),” said Kuhns, don’t have people that say 29. “Well, I’d like to be you matter, then I totally healthy, but my eating understand how people disorder would like to be [ more KUHNS page 10 ]
Police Department. The King County Medical Examiner confirmed Thursday the original remains were human. The King County Sheriff ’s Office Major Crimes detectives were out at the scene by 1 p.m. on Friday searching a small 40-foot area. On Saturday, more remains were found by Search and Rescue personnel as they searched a wider area.
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BY RAECHEL DAWSON
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Kirkland resident Camilla Kuhns weighs 102 pounds and is 5 feet 8 inches tall and will embark on her recovery on Oct. 15 after nearly 18 years of fighting anorexia nervosa and bulimia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The long-time Albertsons in Kirkland’s Juanita neighborhood will close mid-October, leaving many out of work or forced to relocate to another store. The nearest Albertsons is in Woodinville. “(The store) was not meeting its numbers,” said Lilia Rodriguez, communications manager for Albertsons. “(Supervalu’s) goal is to ensure the success of the entire company.” In early September, Supervalu Inc. announced the closure of 60 underperforming and “nonstrategic” stores across the U.S. Twenty-seven Albertsons, 20 Save-ALots, four ACME’s and one Jewel-Osco will close before Dec. 1. Washington’s 10 closures include Albertsons stores located in Kirkland, north Marysville, Benson and 208th in Kent, Lacey, north Auburn, Bonney Lake in Sumner and SaveA-Lots closures in Port Orchard and Tacoma. Nineteen stores will close in California and eight in Oregon. [ more CLOSE page 6 ]