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AFFORDABLE HOUSING | New homes for youth, families and seniors take shape around Kirkland [6]
Man trapped | Kirkland firefighters use Jaws FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013 of Life to free man trapped under vehicle [8]
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Beatles | Kirkland tribute band plays rooftop show [14]
Legendary folk singer Peter Yarrow to perform in Kirkland with the audience, it’s very enjoyable.” Yarrow performed last The 1960s’ musical trio weekend in Monroe, Mich. Peter, Paul and Mary have Calley Duffey, associate become a peace icon in pop executive director of the culture. River Raisin Centre for the But folk music legend Arts, was in awe of Yarrow’s Peter Yarrow, who still plays performance. outside of the band, carries “It was fantastic to have a on that symbol as a peace legend in our midst,” Dufadvocate. fey said. “You don’t realize And this upcomhow influential he ing Sunday, Feb. 3, is. … He talked a Yarrow will bring little about how he his passion for folk is going to Newmusic to Kirkland town, Conn., to do as he performs at 7 a concert there and p.m. at the Kirkland that is very movPerformance Center. ing.” Yarrow’s fame was The small town launched back in the of Newtown was ‘60s as part of the Peter Yarrow rocked in Decemmusical trio Peter, ber when a gunman Paul and Mary. The shot and killed 20 students group won five Grammys and six staff members at and produced 13 top-40 Sandy Hook Elementary. hits (one of which, “Puff In Yarrow’s performancthe Magic Dragon,” reached es, he presents his hit songs, No. 2 on the Billboard Hot but also talks about the 100 in early 1963). Dehistory of this genre. spite all of this, he remains “Folk music is not music grounded. that is … written for the “The concerts I genermoney,” Yarrow said. ally do (are fewer than) “Originally … folk songs 500 seats, small (and) were written by people who intimate,” said Yarrow, who wanted to tell their story was reached by phone on and tell what was in their Jan. 26 as he was traveling. hearts.” “That’s exciting because Peter, Paul and Mary there is so much contact [ more YARROW page 7 ] BY SARAH DEVLEMING
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A man stands at the intersection of Northeast 124th Street and 116th Avenue Northeast on Friday afternoon in the Totem Lake neighborhood seeking money from strangers. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter
City of Kirkland sees slight increase in panhandling BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
Jim’s daily goal is to secure his half of $66.75. After that, he can breathe easy. After that, he no longer needs to worry if he’ll have a bed to sleep in at night. “If we get our room and
a little extra, I’m happy,” Jim said of he and his brother, who are both Kirkland panhandlers. “Then we can get out of here and we don’t have to stand here all night.” Jim stands on the sidewalk of 116th Avenue Northeast in the Totem Lake neighborhood on Friday afternoon. His brother stands across the street from him and they hold up signs that read “hard times, homeless
and broke, anything helps, thank you and God bless.” The two have been homeless for three years, living day by day at Motel 6 in the Totem Lake neighborhood. Throughout the three years, Jim and his brother have only spent three sporadic nights without shelter. During those times, they sat at Denny’s all night long. Things turned for the worst when Jim and his
brother had a roommate who suddenly moved out of their Totem Lake residence at Woodlake Apartments. Jim and his brother “came up $50 short” on their paperwork because he said his brother couldn’t locate one W2 that proved he was working. As a result, Jim said the apartment’s management rented the apartment out from under them. “I had to pack everything up and put it in storage,” said Jim. [ more STREETS page 3 ]
FBI searching for ‘Mustachioed Bandit’ who robbed Kirkland Chase Bank BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
The ‘Mustachioed Bandit,’ who is the suspect in a Kirkland Chase Bank robbery that took place on Jan. 22. COURTESY OF THE FBI
A man wearing a fake mustache with poor handwriting robbed a Chase Bank in the Bridle Trails area Tuesday afternoon. The “Mustachioed Bandit,” wearing dark clothing and a Kangol cap, walked into the bank located at the Red Apple Market at 6625 132nd Ave. N.E., and passed a note to the teller at approximately 3:30 p.m. “The funny thing is
the teller couldn’t read the note,” said Lt. Mike Murray with the Kirkland Police Department. “The handwriting was so bad, she didn’t know what he meant.” But after the man showed the outline of a gun in his pants pocket and yelled that it was a robbery, the teller complied. “It wasn’t a lot of money,” Murray said. The man left but was seen getting into an older
dark green minivan, said Murray. According to the FBI, the minivan was parked nearby and is described as a late 1990s or early 2000s, forest green-colored Dodge or Plymouth Voyager-type vehicle. This is the third Kirkland bank robbery this winter. On Dec. 19, 2012, the Juanita Branch of a Wells Fargo Bank was robbed by an armed man with blue eyes, who wore a half-mask.
The next day (Dec. 20) three unarmed black men robbed a Wells Fargo in the Bridle Trails neighborhood by jumping over the teller counter. “Robberies, at least bank robberies, usually come in clusters,” said Murray. “We’ve had a bit of a run, (within the last few months) there’s been about four or five, but they’re all spread out, not the same people.” [ more BANDIT page 7 ]