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Miss Washington has Bellevue ties Sterling Banks’ Cassandra Searles wins crown on her fourth time in pageant BY ANDY NYSTROM Reporter Newspapers
At least some of her kids encouraged her to sell it, Kelly Pezoldt, the youngest of the six kids who grew up there, said. “She was always buying lottery tickets, and my sister used to say, ‘Why don’t you sell your house? You’re sitting on the lottery. She should have sold it then. It’s amazing
“Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.” That’s what Cassandra Searles said to herself when she stood at the front of the stage with fellow top-two finalist Whitney Young, waiting to see who would be crowned 2013 Miss Washington USA last Sunday at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien. “Don’t pass out.” Another thought that popped into Searles’ head when the two women waited to see whose name would be called as the winner of the two-day event, which featured swimsuit and evening-gown competitions and private and on-stage interviews. In her fourth year competing for Miss Washington USA, Searles, 24, who works as a commercial bank representative at Sterling Bank in Bellevue, finally grabbed the title, sending a wave of emotions through her body while the coveted crown sat perched atop her head. “I think I had a pucker face, as if I’d just eaten a lemon,” said Searles, a Cassandra Searles, who received her crown Sunday, University of Washington, wants to work for the FBI someday and help Bothell graducounter terrorist efforts, such as money laundering ate and Redthat funds terrorism. COURTESY PHOTO
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Mike Pezodt has fond memories of growing up in the family home on Clyde Hill. The home is in the process of being sold now that his mother has passed away. KAITLIN GROVES, Bellevue Reporter
OLD FAMILY FRIEND Family recalls a house full of memories growing up in Clyde Hill
BY KAITLIN GROVES Bellevue Reporter
Mike Pezoldt doesn’t seem to see the cobwebs, dirt, broken windows and garbage that have made the 1925 house at 9420 NE 5th St., near Clyde Hill, rather frightening. He sees the home where he grew up. So did his mother, Margaret Pe-
zoldt, who refused to sell it for more than $1 million, before the housing bubble burst. She said, “I’m not interested. Never bother me again,” Mike remembers. “Money didn’t matter to her. She didn’t understand it, and she didn’t care. This was her house - where she raised her kids - and she didn’t want to sell it.”
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