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City manager: Project’s future uncertain BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
Lake Washington senior inspires class to elect him Homecoming King
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ouchstone Corp., the developers of the proposed eight-story Parkplace project in downtown Kirkland, has sold the company’s interest in the project to financial giant Prudential, officials announced Tuesday. The two companies bought Parkplace in 2007 for $59
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million, with a goal of building a mixed-use project that would include 1.2 million square feet of office space. “Over the course of the economic downturn, Prudential’s appetite for development changed,” said A-P Hurd, Touchstone’s vice president, adding that Prudential’s PRISA II fund is now more focused on smaller projects and value-added [ more STAKE page 3 ]
Arnold, Marchione lead Kirkland Council races
Incumbents lead EvergreenHealth board races; voters approve continuation of Houghton Community Council
count that King County Elections released at 8:15 crodriguez@kirklandreporter.com p.m. n early returns Planning ComTuesday night, mission member Kirkland City Arnold is poised to Council incumbent join the Council, Doreen Marchione with more than 71 and candidate Jay percent of the vote Arnold hold the for Position 1. His Jay Arnold lead over their chalopponent Martin lengers. Morgan, who is Marchione, the running for the seat city’s current deputy for the third time, mayor who holds has more than 28 the Position 7 seat, percent of the vote. leads with more “I thank Martin than 62 percent of for a good camthe vote. Her chalpaign and discuslenger Bill Henkens Doreen Marchione sion of the issues. has more than 37 One thing was clear percent of the vote, — we both love according to the initial vote [ more ELECTION page 9 ] BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
“He got a little stressed out.” But Tre was again astonished when some of the other senior nominees for homecoming king asked fellow students to cast their votes for Tre. “To be a Kang is to be one person - Tre Walker,” said senior Tommy Oliver during a video clip that all the nominees were required to produce to gain the student body’s votes. “This kid is more of a Kang than any of us
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will ever be in our lives. He owns more purple and white, he goes to more sporting events and, overall, he’s a Kang … Vote for Tre - he’s king.” Senior John Lyon, also a homecoming king nominee, outlined what it meant to him to be a Kang. He reserved the end of his video clip to say, “Vote for Tre.” When Tre watched the videos, he said “it was awesome. It was really [ more KANG page 2 ]
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Tre Walker is like a Lego, his family members say. The Lake Washington Above, Homecoming King High School senior binds Tre Walker and Homecoming people together – friends Queen Maddie Shepard take a at school, students in the lap around the Lake Washington hallway or Kangs football High School football field. players out on the field. CONTRIBUTED But Tre recently unified Right, Walker poses in regal nearly the entire student fashion at his Kirkland home. body when the majority CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Kirkland Reporter of students voted him as homecoming king. the school’s soccer team, he “High school is my life,” plays a bass drum on the said the 18-year-old, who school’s drum line and is a has a rare syndrome in member of the Redmond which he was born with Fire Department’s Explora missing part of his 10th ers program. chromosome. “Being a “We call him the cranKang to me is like helping berry because he gets into out with the football team, all the other juices,” said actively participating in his father, Joe Walker. different activities Tre said he was “We call him and sports.” Though Tre has the cranberry surprised when he to work hard to because he found out students nominated him for do certain things gets into all homecoming king. due to his spethe other “I was actually cial needs, he is juices.” home sick sleeptenacious and does Joe Walker ing when my mom not take no for an startled me with answer, said his this really cool mother, Tawnee Walker. announcement that I got This shows in her son’s nominated for homecomlevel of involvement in ing court,” he said. school and community “He was like, ‘oh my activities. Tre is the mangosh, I need a date,’” ager of the Kangs football laughed Tawnee Walker. team, he’s involved with
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