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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2012
Kenmore receives $5.2 million for SR 522 improvements BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@bothell-reporter.com
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The City of Kenmore will receive a grant of $5.2 million to help renovate the west end of SR 522, including this intersection at 61st Avenue Northeast. MATT PHELPS, Bothell Reporter
he City of Kenmore will receive the largest grant from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board for the current cycle at $5.2 million. The announcement came Nov. 15-16 in Bellingham during the TIB’s 2012 meeting. The state agency will give $104 million to 168 different transportation projects in Washington state. “This is no small thing,”
said Kenmore City Manager Rob Karlinsey. “This $5.2 million will be combined with about $6 million of other grants and local money we’ve secured to complete the ‘west A’ segment of SR 522.” The city also received a $178,000 grant for sidewalks on 68th Avenue from N.E. 182nd St. to N.E. 185th St. The final segment of SR 522 is “west B,” which runs from 61st Ave. N.E. to the Lake Forest Park city border. The west A segment of
State Route 522 runs from 60th Ave. N.E. to 65th Ave. N.E. Some of the planned improvements to the segment include widening SR 522 from west of 61st Ave. N.E. (Cat’s Whiskers Road) to 65th Ave. N.E., widening 61st Ave. N.E. from N.E. 181st St. to N.E. 175th St., adding lanes at the intersection of 61st Ave. N.E. and SR 522 to increase capacity, converting to underground utilities and adding new sidewalks, street [ more 522 page 2 ]
Bothell sisters organize donations for Hopelink About 1,000 pounds of food were donated to Hopelink two weeks ago thanks to Evergreen Academy’s “star student,” Ellie Sivesind. Ellie and her older sister Emma often donate food and other items with their mother, Kimberlee Koplan. Koplan, who lives in Bothell, started the monthly tradition with her girls in April after her husband lost his job. “It puts things in perspective. You really start to realize what you’re thankful for,” said Koplan, who was six months pregnant at the time. “We turned our energy into being thankful for what we do have. We could still put food on our table and other people can’t, so it made us more passionate about giving back.” This was the same concept Koplan ingrained in her girls. Their family has
donated goods for the last two years. Koplan said she wanted her girls to learn at a young age that there are others out there who are in need. “It’s important because people need food to survive,” Ellie said. “Some of the people who go to the food bank might have lost their job and don’t have enough money to pay for food now - they could only have enough money to pay for their house or apartment.” So when Ellie was chosen as “star student,” she got to work - with help from her mom and sister, of course. Ellie and Emma decided to have a competition between Ellie’s second grade class and Emma’s fourth grade class. They had about a week to donate as much food as they could before they were able to present the goods during a field trip to Hopelink in Kirkland. “It was great what they [ more HOPELINK page 2 ]
Ellie Sivesind stands with her second grade class from Evergreen Academy at Hopelink. Sivesind helped organize the donation of 1,000 pounds of food to families in need. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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