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3 businesses close to make way for 5-story apartment complex rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
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coffee stand, a car wash and a gas station are being shut down to make way for a five-story apartment complex along Central Way in downtown Kirkland. The two small businesses - Coffee Crossing and White Swan car wash - have been with the Kirkland community for more than 20 years but the combined 20 or so employees will soon be displaced. White Swan car wash and Chevron are expected to close “for good” Saturday,
Aug. 31 with Coffee Crossing’s last day on Sept. 3. “It has been our privilege and great joy to be a part of a great city,” said White Swan general manager Dave Ridley about the 40-yearold car wash. “Other than the ownership changes, the business is considerably less than it used to be. When it opened, there was no other gas stations or car washes. Now there’s competition up the street.” White Swan has won an award from the Legends Car Club in 2000 and 2007. They’ve won Best Car Wash of the year by City Search [ more BUSINESS page 2 ]
Coffee Crossing owner Brandee Krumbah (right) stands with a barista at their drive-thru coffee stand at 324 Central Way in downtown Kirkland. The coffee stand is expected to close on Sept. 3 to make way for a five-story building. In addition, the White Swan car wash and the Chevron gas station will close Saturday, Aug. 31. RAECHEL DAWSON, Kirkland Reporter
Former Councilman dies at 91
Man charged for stealing mail from Kirkland BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
At 21 years old, Joseph Armand Martineau lost his eye after being hit by flak, or antiaircraft fire, while flying a B24 aircraft during a World War II in Germany. He was left with two-anda-half years of hospitalization, physical therapy and an eye patch. About 20 years later Martineau took more flack as a Houghton City Council member when he advocated
Former Kirkland Councilman Joseph Martineau passed away Aug. 11 at the age of 91. He also served on the Houghton Community Council. CONTRIBUTED for the merge of Houghton and the city of Kirkland. “He was not afraid to say or do what he felt was the right thing for the city and its citizens, regardless of how it would affect his popularity,”
said his daughter Yvonne Martineau. Later, he went on to serve as a Kirkland City Councilman for 25 additional years. “Joe” Martineau, also [ more COUNCILMAN page 3 ]
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A Seattle man was recently charged with two counts of possession of stolen mail after he allegedly took mail from six Kirkland residents among 40 others in the Puget Sound area. Hossein Shaghaghi, 26, was supposed to be arraigned Aug. 22 but did not appear. He now has a $5,000 bench warrant out for his arrest. On Dec. 13, 2012, a Kenmore deputy saw Shaghaghi, who was driving a silver Mitsubishi Gallant, reach into a mailbox with gloved hands on 78th Avenue Northeast, just at the boundary of Kenmore
and Kirkland. The deputy ran Shaghaghi’s license plate and discovered the vehicle was registered out of Seattle, which caused the deputy to believe he may be stealing the mail. The deputy saw Shaghaghi pull into a driveway, but because the deputy often patrols the area at least twice a day, he did not recognize Shaghaghi’s car belonging to that home. The deputy approached Shaghaghi, who informed the officer he had been at a friend’s house down the street and was placing blue flyers from his church in the mailboxes in the area. “While talking to Hos-
sein, [the deputy] noticed a large military style duffle bag on the front passenger side floor board that appeared to be three quarters full,” probably cause documents state. “… On the front passenger seat [the deputy] saw the glove he had removed and what [he] recognized through training and experience as a black plastic homemade smoking pipe often used to smoke prescription pills off the surface of tin foil.” The deputy said he did not see any blue flyers but the car was filled with assorted boxes, bags, tools and food in the backseat. Shaghaghi, appearing [ more MAIL page 5 ]
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