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Two marijuana businesses submit license applications for Kirkland

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wo applicants have filed for a marijuana retail license with the intent of putting a pot shop in the Market neighborhood of Kirkland.

Business owners of Biloxi

Green LLC and McCormack Green both submitted marijuana retail license applications to the Washington State Liquor Control Board two weeks ago for the same property located at 1818 Market Street.

The current houseturned-office space is

hidden and vacant but surrounded by condos, apartments and houses.

According to Kirkland city officials, no other applicants have filed for other Kirkland properties.

However, applicants have until Dec. 29 to submit applications to the Liquor

Control Board.

Todd Spaits, co-owner of Biloxi Green LLC with Bilye Miller, said he’s very pleased with the Market neighborhood location because it’s within the zoning code requirements but also because he lives only 500 feet away.

“Our hope for the retail outlet in Kirkland is to make it an upscale establishment,” said Spaits, who’s lived in Kirkland for eight years. “We’ll be catering to the higher income level customers in Kirkland.”

Spaits also plans to apply for a marijuana retail

license in Bellevue and possibly Seattle.

He said he doesn’t know much about the other applicant but expects there will be a lottery near the end of the process to figure out which business gets the spot. [ more MARIJUANA page 7 ]

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Turkey Trot takes over downtown for a good cause Forecasted to draw more that 800 people, Hopelink’s 13th annual Turkey Trot 5k family fun run drew a record 1,484 participants who signed up to walk or run Sunday (Nov.24).

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helps provide emergency services and holiday assistance to low-income families in east and north King County during the winter months and is presented by Fred Meyer and supported by a host of other local businesses.

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Kelly Ann Hudson, 43, was sentenced to nearly 11 years on Friday for killing an 81-year-old Kirkland woman and injuring three others in a DUI collision that occurred in August 2012.

King County Superior Court Judge Timothy A. Bradshaw sentenced Hudson to 130 months of prison time for one count of vehicular homicide, one count of vehicular assault and one count of reckless driving.

Hudson pleaded guilty to the charges in September but initially pleaded “absolutely not guilty” to the charges

KAC open house and Holiday Art Market Dec. 7 The Kirkland Arts Center is opening its doors to the Kirkland community for a Holiday Art Market and open house from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 7.

Community members are invited to tour the Peter Kirk Building, a charming 121 year old Victorian brick structure constructed by Kirkland’s founder, Peter

more than a year ago.

Hudson drove under the influence of prescription drugs and alcohol when her minivan struck a car head-on on Juanita Drive Northeast on Aug. 7, 2012.

In the car was Joyce Parsons, 81, who died in the collision, Parson’s brother Arthur Kamm and two family members Jenny Grieshaber and Daniel J. Grieshaber, who were all seriously injured.

A witness called 911 to report Hudson’s erratic driving and failure to stop for a stop sign the night of the accident. While on the phone with police, the witness saw

Hudson cross the center line “as though to pass traffic” and hit a silver Toyota Prius head-on, according to charging documents.

The crash occurred near Fire Station 25 in Kirkland on Northeast Juanita Drive, and firefighters were first on the scene. Three people in separate cars behind the Prius and a second car behind the minivan also witnessed the crash, the documents continue.

Emergency personnel had to cut open the Prius, which was completely off the roadway, to get the victims out of the vehicle. Parsons, who was sitting behind Kamm,

Kirk. Demonstrations in ceramics, printmaking and watercolor will be featured in various KAC studios throughout the day culminating with an Iron Potter competition in the ceramics studio at 5 p.m. Drew Nicklas, a returning Iron Potter contender from 2010, and teammate Merilee Mendrick will face off against new challengers Robert Moreno and Rupa Palasamudram in an exciting timed sculpting challenge.

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When officers approached the minivan to question Hudson, they noticed signs of intoxication, including the smell of alcohol on her breath, droopy, watery, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.

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Kamm and Jenny Grieshaber were transported to Harborview in critical condition. Kamm had internal bleeding, while Jenny Grieshaber sustained a broken neck. Daniel J. Grieshaber was transported

drugs or alcoholic beverages. She is not to set foot in establishments where alcohol is primarily sold, she is to undergo a DUI victim’s impact panel, and she is ordered to provide 120 community service hours to Mother’s Against Drunk Driving.

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Where in Kirkland do you live?

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or the past five-plus years as editor of this newspaper, I have answered this question several ways.

In the beginning, when folks in the community asked me, I praised the Lake Washington School District and told those who inquired that I was looking for a place for me and my family to live in Kirkland, where my kids could receive a top-notch education.

As time went on and I still hadn’t found a place yet in the city to live, I quipped that I worked and played in Kirkland. Or I would describe that the Reporter office is located in Totem Lake.

But lately when people have asked me where I live, I tell them outright.

I don’t live in Kirkland.

In fact, I don’t live on the Eastside – not even close.

It’s taken me a long time to tell people that without feeling embarrassed that I cannot afford to live here. So why am I disclosing this information now?

Well, over the years I have used this editorial space for many purposes, from urging residents to donate for good causes to defending an editorial decision. But as I leave the Kirkland Reporter this week and step down as editor – instead of giving you the run-of-the-mill goodbye and a list of all those who I will miss – I find it more useful to dedicate this space toward a more worthwhile cause.

So where do I live?

Every weekday for nearly six years, I have made the 20-mile trek along Interstate 405 from my home in Des Moines to the Reporter office in Kirkland. And if you’re familiar with I-405, you understand that 20 miles equates to at least one hour, one way – in normal traffic. If there’s an accident on the freeway, you can add at least another half-hour to that commute.

So if you add up all the hours that I spend commuting to work in both directions every weekday, I essentially spend an extra business day commuting.

To get me through my long commute each day, I have learned to wait until I hit the Renton “s-curves” before I begin my morning cup of coffee, as I know it will take me a good 20 minutes to break a quarter mile. I need a positive pick-me-up to get me through that negative, never-ending winding stretch of freeway.

However, I do not lay this equation out before you to garner personal sympathy, but to highlight the bigger issue of affordable housing in Kirkland.

Kirkland officials have made great strides in creating more affordable housing in the city. The Reporter has commended those efforts before, including the South Kirkland Park & Ride transit-oriented development that will include affordable housing.

The Council in 2004 adopted a package of incentives to promote more affordable housing, including the ability for developers to build more housing units, tax exemptions and fee waivers for projects that include some affordable housing units in market rate housing developments.

The Council has also stated a vision that those who work in Kirkland should have an opportunity to live here. Approximately one-third of the jobs in Kirkland in 2008 were lower paying retail and service sector jobs.

As editor, my salary is comparable to an entrylevel teacher in the Lake Washington School District. And there are probably many other employees within the aforesaid industries who can’t afford to live in Kirkland either. Over the years, I have spoken with many of these people, including teachers, Carrie Rodriguez

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police officers, firefighters and administrative staff for various companies.

This is a huge problem.

When communities don’t have enough affordable housing, many people are affected. A long commute is only one consequence of being unable to afford to live in Kirkland.

A congested freeway is another.

Traffic congestion worsens when people must commute long distances to work.

The capacity on I-405 is full and officials are currently studying options to implement a toll for drivers to use the carpool lane. A deeper look at affordable housing in neighboring communities would certainly benefit this conversation between city officials as they look to find ways to ease traffic.

When I head back home during rush hour and look out over the rows of streets clogged with cars, I have often wondered how many people like me are driving long distances to get back home to their families after a long work day.

My family is also affected because I cannot afford to live in the city where I work. I give up at least 10 hours per week that I could be spending with my 1-year-old daughter and my teenagers. That’s a lot of time for homework help, playing and laughing.

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Don’t penalize drivers who use smart cars With regard to the commission and WSDOT and Mayor Joan McBride’s comments about citizen input supporting three-plus free in the HOV lane it’s bogus.

The Kirkland Council voted without citizen input on the three-plus option on Interstate 405. Two Council members voted no and the majority voted yes. I have written Charlie Royer (it’s a forgone conclusion that the three-plus option is coming) asking the commission to review the option as it applies to smart impact urban vehicles such as the Smart Car where there are only two seats I gave Charlie a list of similar vehicles that cannot haul three people. It is absurd to penalize drivers who drive vehicles that take up less parking space, use less fuel, and do less damage to the highways.

Dave Condon, Kirkland

Thanks for keeping restrooms open This is a letter of appreciation to the Kirkland

Parks Department. They have allowed the Marsh Park restrooms to remain open during the fall months and hopefully will continue it through the winter months.

For senior citizens, and others, it is a long walk between Marina Park and Carillon Point.

Marsh Park is about half way between them. It is a welcome and sometimes necessary resting point. Thank you.

Edward Bell, Kirkland

Kirkland has bigger fish to fry than leaf blowers A recent letter to the editor suggested that leaf blowers should be banned in Kirkland because they create emissions and toxic exhaust, disburse irritating substances and create noise. Those nasty leaf blowers probably are causing the polar ice caps to melt, creating rising sea levels and are the direct cause of the extinction of thousands of species on earth. Let’s blame global warming on leaf blowers. Forget about burning coal, carbon emissions and millions of cars on the roadways.

Let’s all get out our rakes, including the city of

Kirkland Parks Department and rake hundreds of acres of park land so we can have a clean and quiet community. So what if it will take a hundred park employees with rakes to do the work of ten employees using blowers. And while we are banning leaf blowers, lets ban gas powered lawn mowers, gas powered edgers, chainsaws, generators, pole pruners, thatchers and all gas powered equipment. Let’s ban diesel trucks, backhoes, construction equipment and while we are at it, let’s ban cars from Kirkland, too.

Cars create emissions, toxic exhaust and create noise. Maybe we should ask the Port of Seattle to reroute planes around the city of Kirkland because jet fuel might fall on Kirkland creating a environmental hazard when jets fly over head.

Maybe it might be better for the Kirkland City Council to focus on the bigger legislative and community issues like: Why Totem Lake Mall is still languishing after a decade; Why most large development projects in Kirkland are contentious with many ending in lawsuits; Why we have declining service levels and higher taxes in Kirkland; or why our roads and public sidewalks are falling apart? I [ more LETTERS page 5 ] don’t think the State

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www.kirklandreporter.com [ editorial from page 4] affordable housing, businesses also have trouble recruiting and retaining qualified workers, as employees are less likely to stay at a job if they cannot afford to live nearby.

I am lucky enough that I found a position as editor for another newspaper within my company at the Federal Way Mirror where I will finally be closer to home.

However, for the others who currently work in Kirkland but can’t afford to live here, I urge Kirkland officials to look beyond the city’s packaged incentives and stated visions for affordable housing.

I encourage city officials to speak with employees in Kirkland, whether it’s your barista, your child’s teacher or your bank representative. Do they live in Kirkland? If not, why not?

Implement a city-wide survey for all business employees that asks these questions and more.

This is my last wish for Kirkland, the city I have grown to love over the years.

The city I have worked and played in. The bedroom community that I hope one day all Kirkland employees can call their home.

Carrie Rodriguez is the former editor of the Kirkland Reporter newspaper.

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the Council should be making the banning leaf blowers a top priority. There are bigger fish to fry.

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Find another solution other than reusable bags I have been reading, with interest, about the discussion on the banning of plastic bags in Kirkland and have been impressed by the research presented to support this argument.

However, the solution of reusable bags has not received very close scrutiny. The validity of the argument that reusable bags are the eco-friendly solution depends upon how many times the bag is used before it is discarded. A study from the United Kingdom found that shoppers must use a reusable bag 131 times in order to see environmental benefits. Real-world data, however, does show that these bags are actually harming the environment.

Another problem with reusable bags is the fact that they are cesspools for bacteria, such as E. coli and salmonella. This is the result of the cross contamination that occurs when raw meats and unwashed fruits and vegetables are

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placed in the bag with such other grocery items as yogurt and bakery goods. This problem can be minimized by washing the bag in hot water and bleach after each use, but a poll conducted by the researchers from the University of Arizona revealed that 97 percent of the shoppers never washed or bleached their bags. It should be noted that washing these bags in hot water and bleach uses energy.

A further problem with reusable bags was discovered by the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom. They released lab results that showed many of the major retailers’ reusable bags contained excessive levels of lead, that is in amounts in excess of 100 parts per million (ppm). Some of the bags contained levels that were almost seven times this limit. CVS is the only retailer that has recalled its bags for this problem.

A side effect of the plastic bag bans has been the substantial increase in shoplifting. According to Jan Gee, president of the Washington Food Industry, one in five Seattle businesses have stated that the increased shoplifting due to the plastic bag ban is a problem. Store owners report that people walk into stores, hide items in their reusable bags and walk out. The problem is determining what comes into the store

The following roads will be closed and detours will be in place from 2-9 p.m.: Lake Street South between Central Way and Second Ave. S.; Kirkland Avenue between City Dock and Main Street; and Park Lane from Lake Street South to Main Street.

The annual event will include the tree lighting, a visit from Santa, music, gingerbread house competition and other holiday activities. Event goers are

encouraged to walk, bike or carpool, and plan for parking in advance. For public parking, including the Kirkland Municipal Garage, go to www. kirklandwa.gov/parking.

For event information go to www.explorekirkland. com.

Kirkland Choral Society celebrates 25th

concealed in the bag versus what goes out. The problem of increased shoplifting is prevalent in all cities nationwide that have adopted plastic bag bans.

Since the global warming alarmists want to ban plastic bags and common sense points to the banning of the solution - reusable bags - the question becomes “What should be used ?”

Costco has found the answer. The cardboard boxes that the goods were shipped to the store in originally. Cardboard boxes were used by the grocery stores almost exclusively in the 1950s and the customer always had many uses for them after they were brought home. These boxes can be used to pack gently-used clothes and toys given to charities, for moving, for weed control in the garden or they can be flattened and placed in the recycler.

I hope that the city of Kirkland doesn’t kneejerk and jump on the plastic bag ban bandwagon without really thinking it through. The idea of a five-cent fee for a disposable bag is not going to help Kirkland’s businesses. Kirkland should take measures to encourage people to shop in Kirkland, not drive the customers to Bothell, Woodinville or Redmond.

Laurel D. Lupton, Kirkland

anniversary The Kirkland Choral Society will host the start of its 25th anniversary season at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6-7 with the “Welcome All Wonders” performance. The silver anniversary season will be celebrated with favorite traditional carols as well as works by prominent contemporary composers Stephen Paulus, Ola Gjeilo and Kirke Mechem, ac-

companied by handbells, oboe, harp, and strings.

The choral group will perform on the Kenmore and Kirkland boundary at the Bastyr University Chapel on Dec. 6 and at the First United Methodist Church on Dec. 7.

Tickets for both events cost $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students.

For more information visit www.KirklandChoralSociety.org.

Help Stem Hunger during the Holidays D

ecember marks the second month of QFC’s annual charitable giving program, Bringing Hope to the Table, to raise cash and food donations for hungry people in the Northwest. This program began at QFC in 2002 and benefits two outstanding non-profit organizations that are working to end hunger in the northwest, Food Lifeline in the Seattle area and the Oregon Food Bank in the Portland area. Between them, these organizations distribute food to hundreds of food banks, meal programs and shelters every week.

In the course of a year Food Lifeline will distribute over 36 million pounds of food, or more than 30 million meals, to over 744,000 people.

“Due to the continued recession and long-term unemployment, the number of hungry people in our communities continues to grow, but QFC customers are making a difference!” notes Amy Shipman, Grocery Rescue Program Manager at Food Lifeline. “During the winter months, many families make the tough decision to pay the heat bill or buy food for the table. Bringing Hope to the Table makes sure that families

have enough to eat beyond the holidays and whenever there is need.”

According to Food Lifeline, “the very low income people that food banks and meal programs have traditionally served still have tremendous need and represent 53% of the people who seek food assistance in Western Washington.” Of the clients that Food Lifeline serves, 35% are children and 14% are seniors. Oregon Food Bank reports similar numbers. Children age 17 or younger make up 34% of the recipients in the households served by OFB and adults 55 and above account for 18% of their clientele.

The donations that QFC collects during this two month period will help feed hungry people for several months to come. Food donations typically drop in quantity after the holidays, so the surplus donations collected now will help fill the gap until donations pick up in mid to late spring. Your cash donations are also vital to keeping the food collection and distribution operations going. They help pay operating expenses to keep the freezers running and the trucks on the road.

There are many ways in which QFC customers can help support Bringing Hope to the Table. You can buy a pre-made bag of groceries for $10 that contains dry-good grocery items. You can also purchase food bank recommended items and donate those in our donation bins. There will be items throughout the store marked with special tags to make it easy to know what

to purchase and donate. QFC will also have $1 and $5 donation cards available at the checkstand as well as $10 virtual bag donation cards. You can also donate your spare change into coin collection boxes available at your checkstand. Thank you for supporting QFC, Food Lifeline and Oregon Food Bank to help feed the hungry during the holiday season and beyond.

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But one neighbor to the If not, there are back potential marijuana store up locations in Kirkland, is surprised and finds it Spaits said. “… I do think there’s cer- strange the shop would be located in the Market tainly room for two people neighborhood, a heavily to do a lot of business in residential area.

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“I mean it’s weird to Spaits and Miller started have that in Kirkland,” said Biloxi Green LLC about a Amin Besharat, who lives month ago and “I personally kind in a condo to the also run a social north of 1818 media monitorof like the look and Market Street. ing app called feel of that location. “I’ve lived here Skyfu.com.

I think it could my whole life so Although help. With the right -- born and raised Spaits professed touches, it could -- and I have a to not using be a cute, upscale little girl, a baby marijuana, he is boutique.” girl, so I really confident there Todd Spaits wouldn’t want will be a type of that around my “marijuana tour house.” industry” in the Besharat future and that demand was one of a handful of will be high -- especially in residents whose doors the Kirkland.

Reporter knocked on to Their business will also understand how the public sell premium edibles as a feels about the potential way to cater to the “foodie marijuana store location. type of mentality” in KirkSeveral residents were not land, he said. home and one woman And even though the spoke about the subject but partners don’t have a lease did not want to go on the secured, Spaits said the record. owner of the property is “I don’t smoke weed,” Beopen to remodeling. Alsharat said. “I have friends though, the homeyness that do but I think it’s kind could be exactly what will of strange for it to be in draw people in.

Kirkland, especially around “I personally kind of like a residential area. You the look and feel of that go east of Market … and location. I think it could there’s Peter Kirk [Elemenhelp,” he said. “With the tary] right up the street, so right touches, it could be a it’s just kind of weird.”

I-502, a voter-approved initiative that legalized the recreational use of marijuana in November 2012, states licenses for marijuana operations and sales can only be issued for stores and manufacturing facilities located 1,000 feet from elementary or secondary schools, playgrounds, child care centers, public parks, public transit centers, libraries or any game arcade where minors are allowed.

In August, the city identified zoned areas that could allow for sales, production and processing of marijuana, per the rules under I-502.

“Kirkland’s zoning code does allow for retail uses in the proposed location and it appears to meet the [Liquor Control Board’s] criteria for retail outlets,” said Eric Shields, the Kirkland director of planning and community development, in a news release on Dec. 2.

“The state Liquor Control Board will have final say as to whether the location is allowed under their rules.”

The current Kirkland localities zoned for marijuana sites include limited areas in the Totem Lake Business District on the west side of the I-405 and Northeast 124th Street interchange; the Rose Hill business district along Northeast 85th Street near I-405; the

Two business owners submitted applications for a marijuana retail license to be located at this office building at 1818 Market Street. The building is surrounded by condos, apartments and houses. RAECHEL DAWSON, Kirkland Reporter

Market Street Corridor Business District located between Fifth Street West and 14th Avenue West, and a surrounding office zone; the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Sixth Street of the Central Business District; and a small portion of the Carillon Point area.

In September, the Liquor Control Board allotted two marijuana retail outlet stores for the city of Kirkland, not taking into account the annexed areas.

The allocation was based on several factors, includ-

ing population data from the 2010 Census.

If the Liquor Control Board approves the license and location of the applicants, operators will still need to submit an application for a Kirkland business license, which is reviewed by city officials for compliance with local regulations.

There have been no applications for marijuana producers or processors filed within the Kirkland city limits, thus far.

The Liquor Control Board will accept public comment on the proposed

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licenses and comments should include the trade name, license number and address of the business and can be sent to Washington State Liquor Control Board, Licensing and Regulation, P.O. Box 43098, Olympia, WA 98504-3098.

For more information on I-502 rules and licensing requirements, visit liq. wa.gov/marijuana/I-502.

For information about the city’s zoning regulations, visit www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/planning/ I502.htm.

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Kirkland man sentenced to 10 years for trying to rape girlfriend’s daughter

By Raechel Dawson

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Ryan David Firoved, 37, filed a notice of appeal just a few days after he was sentenced by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North on Nov. 1.

A jury found Firoved, a previously convicted child rapist, guilty of first-degree attempted child rape on Oct. 9.

Firoved was arrested on July 5, 2012 when he went to the Baymont Inn in Kirkland expecting to meet his girlfriend and her 9-year-old daughter

for a sexual encounter.

The woman’s daughter was not at the hotel at the time and the mother was cooperating with the sting, according to police records.

Firoved, who was married to another woman at the time, told his girlfriend that he wanted to have sexual contact with her daughter in phone calls that the Kirkland police recorded, court documents state.

His girlfriend told Kirkland police in June 2012 about the conversations she had with

Firoved about sexual encounters he told her about involving himself and minors, one as young as 8-years-old, the documents continue.

“I guess you could say I am a pedophile, but at least I’m not a predator,” he told her, according to charging documents.

“People come to me and I make it consensual.”

Firoved then told his girlfriend that he would like to have sex with her daughter. Officers reviewed text messages that confirmed his desire to have sex with the woman’s

daughter.

His girlfriend told detectives that she played along, leading him to believe she was in agreement, court documents state.

Seattle police informed Kirkland detectives that they had also investigated Firoved in 1999, when he was convicted of raping a 14-year-old who he met online. Firoved had answered an online ad looking for people who had an interest in exploiting minor female children, but the ad was set up by the Seattle Police Depart-

ment task force on child sex crimes.

In the recent case, Kirkland police recorded a phone call wherein Firoved stated he wanted to have sexual contact with the woman’s daughter. They also recorded a phone call of the couple setting up the meeting at the Baymont Inn with the woman’s daughter.

During the call, he was very apprehensive about details and paranoid about police, according to court documents. But the woman got him more comfortable by ask-

ing him about previous sexual encounters he had experienced with other minors.

When Firoved arrived at the room, detectives arrested him after he attempted to flee.

As he was arrested, he told detectives he was there to break up with his girlfriend but later admitted in a written statement that the content of the recorded phone conversations was “made up, sick and a fantasy” but at the end of the day, he “never touched anyone,” according to court documents.

apartment complex they stole from for a minimum of 10 years.

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Kirkland police caught Blankenship also must the two burglars - thought attend Narcotics Anonyto be connected with 100 mous meetings one crimes - on April 25 time per week or after they received participate in a the Washington’s Kirkland formalized treatMost Wanted tips. ment program Surveillance monitored by a cameras at a condo doctor. Petrin and in the Moss Bay Blankenship were orneighborhood caught dered to have no contact Petrin entering the garage with the victims from the and stealing an iMac computer from the tenant

mail drop. The video also captured images of Blankenship stealing a bicycle.

Police later arrested the couple at their Seattle apartment, which they searched and found a stolen shotgun and guitar.

They also found a safe containing baggies of meth and crack cocaine and a cellphone that police believe was used to sell drugs.

Petrin’s criminal history includes 12 felony convictions, three of which are

serious offenses that disqualify him from possessing firearms, according to court documents.

The couple pleaded guilty on Aug. 27 to several burglary counts and possession of methamphetamine after being arrested for burglarizing a Kirkland condo complex last April. They initially pleaded not guilty on May 9.

school zone traffic violations, three animal calls, 18 alarm calls, seven noise complaints, 11 calls of disturbance, 11 thefts, 16 car prowls, four car thefts, 21 traffic accidents, nine calls of civil disturbance, 12 reported burglaries, four domestic violence calls, eight calls for harassment, four reports of illegal drugs, four acts of fraud, 12 malicious mischief reports, one sex offense, one case of arson, one robbery and one vice report.

At least 29 people were arrested.

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Preliminary breath tests revealed a .056 and a .039.

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Illegal drugs: 5:44 p.m., 13000 block of NE 128th Place. A 20-year-old woman was cited for possession of heroin, methamphetamine, Clonazepam and an unidentified pill that she said was morphine. The drugs were hidden in her bra. A concerned citizen initially called police to the residence for a domestic violence altercation.

Arson: 4:26 p.m., 4500 block of 110th Ave. NE. A caller reported seeing four juvenile males start a fire in the park near the “peace bowl.” A witness said the males attached something to a tree and lit it on fire, however, when firefighters arrived there was no fire.

Kirkland condo burglars sentenced to jail time

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Seattle burglars caught stealing several items at a Kirkland condo last April, were sentenced to serve time in prison on Nov. 22.

King County Superior Court Judge Laura Gene Middaugh sentenced Eric John Petrin to 3.5 years of jail for burglary,

residential burglary, possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine. Maegan Ann Blankenship received a one year prison sentence for burglary, possession of methamphetamine and possession of stolen property. Blankenship has the option of spending her last 90 days of jail time in Electronic Home

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Vice: 8:26 p.m., 10500 block of Northup Way. A 22-year-old known prostitute on backpage.com was contacted by police at the LaQuinta Inn and Suites.

With cooperation from management the woman was removed from the hotel, placed on a no rent list and was told to “spread the word.” The hotel then informed Kirkland police there has been an upsurge in activity and expressed interest in working with the police department.

Obstructing: 2 a.m., 13000 block of NE 70th Place. A 26-year-old man was arrested for starting to walk away from an ongoing physical disturbance at Tech City Bowl. The man was involved in the group who started the disturbance.

Nov. 24 Liquor violation: 6:55 p.m., 12200 block of 113th Ave. NE. A male and female, both minors, were arrested

Warrant: 2:50 p.m., 8200 block of 122nd Ave. NE. A 22-year-old man was arrested on a Department of Corrections escape from home custody warrant after he was accused of stealing a 44-yearold man’s diamond ring.

Assault: 2:15 a.m., 12100 block of NE 124th St. A 24-year-old man was arrested for assaulting a 23-year-old woman at Denny’s Restaurant.

Trespass: 11:30 p.m., 11800 block 98th Ave. NE. A 21-year-old man was arrested on an Issaquah marijuana possession warrant after he and a 20-year-old man trespassed Bishop’s Alehouse. The two refused to leave and “acted up.”

Domestic violence: 1:19 a.m., 12200 block of 82nd Ave. NE. A 30-year-old man was arrested for grabbing his 28-year-old girlfriend’s arm, hand and stomach during an argument. The woman told her boyfriend several times to stop and that he was hurting her but the man persisted. The woman defended herself by pushing him away.

Nov. 27 Domestic violence: 1 a.m., 13100 block of 107th Place NE. A 37-yearold man was arrested for hitting and grabbing his 36-year-old girlfriend.

As she tried to call 911, he took her phone. According to the police report, their 21-month-old son witnessed the incident. The man fled the scene but officers located him some time after.

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people trying to decide what to buy, what to serve and thinking whether or not they’ll have food on their table. Thanks to this event a lot of people will have that chance.”

The three-mile course ran from Marina Park to Carillon Point and back, for both runners and walkers. Runners began the race at 11 a.m. and walkers followed at 11:05 a.m.

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area resident, Jason Nadeau was the first to cross the finish line. He completed the course in less than 20 minutes, one of his best races, he said.

“It’s the Thanksgiving season, so what better way to prepare for the Thanksgiving feast than to run it off beforehand,” he joked.

“This event is just really great; my mom registered me. I had no idea that this event existed let alone that it was the 13th year that it’s been around.

I’m happy to be contributing to a good cause,” Nadeau said.

Hopelink has not yet released a monetary donation total. Last year, the Turkey Trot raised more than $300,000, including post-event donations.

The estimated amount raised for this year’s race was about $160,000 on the day of the race.

Betker indicated that donations will continue to pour in during the next couple of weeks.

While almost all of the participants chose to run or walk, “L-Bow the Clown” decided to unicycle the course at the annual Turkey Trot in Kirkland. CHRISTOPHER DUCLOS, UW News Lab

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Challenge the Process As parents, we are our biggest advocates for our child and we should be!

We want the best for our children. Sometimes, there are disagreements. This is okay. However, the way we go about “challenging” the process is key. Parents who disagree with a teacher on how something is handled should first go to that teacher and discuss the issue. Many times the issue is just a simple miscommunication that can be solved with a quick conversation.

Other times, this is not the case especially if the same problem keeps repeating itself with no solution. If we as parents feel the problem has not been solved after exhausting communication efforts through emailing, conversing, and trying to solve the problem, only then would that be the time to get the principal involved.

We as parents also must pick our battles at times.

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As it has done since the 1980’s, the Kirkland Fire Department is hosting a toy and food drive to benefit Hopelink. New, unwrapped gifts and non-perishable food items will be accepted at City Hall, 123 Fifth Ave. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, and the following fire stations from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Sunday beginning Nov. 21 through Dec. 31: • Fire Station 21/Forbes Creek, 9816 Forbes Creek Drive • Fire Station 22/Houghton, 6602 108 Ave. NE • Fire Station 24/Finn Hill, 8411 NE 141 St. • Fire Station 25/Holmes Point, 12033 76th Place NE • Fire Station 26/Rose Hill, 9930 124th Ave. NE • Fire Station 27/Totem Lake, 11210 NE 132nd St. Donations are provided to the Kirkland/Northshore Hopelink location. Donations can also be delivered to the site, which is located at 11011 120th Ave. NE in Kirkland.

For more information about the Kirkland Fire Department, visit www. kirklandwa.gov/fire. For more about Hopelink, visit www.hope-link.org.

Sternoff honored as “Member Emeritus” Former Kirkland City Council member Bob Sternoff was honored as “Member Emeritus” during the November 2013 Sound Cities Association (SCA) Annual Meeting and Dinner. Member Emeritus is the highest honor that can be given to an SCA Member.

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Crews were dispatched to the home in the 15700 block of 119th Ave. NE at 5:17 p.m. for a cardiac arrest call. The initial report stated that child CPR was being performed.

Aid 27 crew confirmed the cardiac arrest and initiated King County EMS life saving protocols and shocked the patient with the newly acquired FR3 defibrillator.

Redmond Medics arrived moments after Aid 27 and took over the life saving efforts. Woodinville units and Kirkland Ladder 27 soon arrived and further assisted with the lifesaving efforts.

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Thanks to the efforts of Nizhoni Newman and the assistance of her six-yearold brother Ayeteway, their father Turak Newman survived this traumatic event.

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“From Nizhoni’s heroic efforts, to the 911 dispatcher giving telephone CPR instructions and the EHMC ED team, this was a cardiac arrest success story for the King County EMS system,” said Battalion Chief Mike Haschak. “Mr. Newman was able to spend Thanksgiving at home with his family.”

Finn Hill Middle School musicians selected for 2014 Junior All-State performances Finn Hill Middle School student musicians Samantha Ellis, Nathaniel Skiles and Raegan Samoluk were selected for the 2014 Junior All-State band and choir performances. Ellis, a seventh grader, plays flute and Skiles, an eighth grader, plays french horn, while Samoluk is a seventh grade vocalist.

To earn a position in these highly prestigious ensembles the students had to submit recorded auditions along with hundreds of other music students from across the state. The Junior All-State performances will

Finn Hill Middle School student musicians, from right, Samantha Ellis, Raegan Samoluk and Nathaniel Skiles were selected for the 2014 Junior All-State band and choir performances. CONTRIBUTED take place at the Washington Music Educators convention on Feb. 15 in Yakima, Wash.

Church and the Early Music Guild presents The Tudor Choir Dec. 13 Kirkland’s Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church and the Early Music Guild will host The Tudor Choir at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 13.

Doug Fullington conducts the eight-voice Tudor Choir in a program

of unaccompanied carols and motets for the season of Advent. The concert will open with Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria’s “Alma redemptoris mater,” a double-choir setting of the Marian antiphon for Advent. The Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 315 3rd Ave S. in Kirkland.

Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors and $10 for students and NUUC members.

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Joan Newberg of Kirkland,Washington died November 20, 2013 at Providence Medical Center in Everett, Washington.

Joan was born in Evans, Pennsylvania on June 20, 1931 to Ceylon and Hilda Popple.

She spent her youth in a small town in upstate New York where she was one of 7 children.

Joan had lived in Kirkland for the past 35 years where she worked at a number of restaurants as both a cook and waitress until retiring. More recently, Joan has been a member of the Peter Kirk Community Center where she volunteered for various positions. Joan thoroughly enjoyed her time at the senior center. She attended numerous center-sponsored events, served on the advisory board, enjoyed dining out with the lunch bunch and was a member of the “Hattitudes”!

She was preceded in death by her son Rick and is survived by her brother Tom (Danny), sister Margaret (Maggie), her daughters Lori (Ren), Debbie, Cecilia, and Shelly (Jon), grandchildren Desiree, Tony (Mandy), Brenden, Kristy, Danielle, Nicholas, and Allie, and five great-grandchildren.

A memorial Service will be held at the Peter Kirk Community Center Center on December 10, 2013 at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Homeward Pet No-Kill Animal Shelter in Woodinville, Washington.

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That “stuff ” is encompassed in the Basic Food, Employment and Training program, or BFET. BFET is a federally funded program designed to support students who are receiving food stamps. The partnership with YWCA and DSHS allows students, who are not participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, an avenue to get the education needed for a career.

Students who enroll in BFET can receive benefits that may include money for books, childcare assistance,

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Xavier Chavez, 77, passed away peacefully in Bellevue, WA on November 22, 2013. Born in 1936 in Mexico, his family immigrated to the United States settling in EI Paso, TX, where Xavier became an American citizen at the age of 12. He later married and had two children: Xavier, Jr. and Rita. He earned a civil engineering degree from UTEP and served in the US Army, where he earned his lifetime nickname “Charlie” because most of the young GI’s could not pronounce Xavier. When his first marriage ended, and his time in the army over, he started a career with the US government. The government work took him to Germany, where he met and married Connie Sue McConnell, an American teacher on her own adventure. Connie and Charlie had three daughters, Elisa, Cris, and Angie, and were married for nearly forty years until her death in 2003. While attending a bereavement support group, he met Deena whom he married in 2007 and shared the remaining years of his life.

In 1989, Charlie opened CAD Connection enjoying the freedom entrepreneurship allowed, finally retiring in 2012.

The final years of Charlie’s life were devoted to volunteerism and service through Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, and What’s Next. Some of the ways Charlie made a difference in his community include: serving food for KITH, selling Kiwanis Christmas trees, packing boxes for our troops and his connections helped Helen Keller Elementary start their Backpack for Hunger program, feeding nearly 40 children a week during the school year.

As a lifetime bowler (with a wicked curve) Charlie’s favorite volunteer activity was working with What’s Next where he organized tournaments and coached players with disabilities.

He also contributed many a strike to the Kiwanis X-Men bowling team, comrades who were his greatest friends.

Xavier “Charlie” Chavez is survived by his wife Deena, three surviving brothers, five children, nine surviving grandchildren countless nieces, nephews, friends, and colleagues who loved him and perhaps a couple of people who didn’t. Charlie was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, uncle, community member, entrepreneur, parishioner and friend. He will be greatly missed.

A Rosary will be said in Charlie’s honor at Holy Family Parish of Kirkland on Friday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. An Open House to celebrate Charlie’s life will be held Saturday, December 7 from Noon-6:00 at Charlie and Deena’s Bellevue home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests an act of service to your community in Charlie’s honor so as to perpetuate his legacy of volunteerism or a gift to Children’s Hospital of Seattle.

eligibility for food stamps, personal support, career planning and more.

The program is currently offered at many Washington colleges and vocational schools.

It’s this model that Congresswoman Suzan DelBene is working hard to implement nationwide through the Farm Bill this month, despite the many controversial funding cuts currently on the table.

“I have in the Farm bill right now, in the version that passed the House, an expansion of this program in other states across the country because Washington’s program has been so successful,” DelBene said at a roundtable meeting with LWIT students and officials on Nov. 26.

As a member of the conference committee working on the Farm Bill, DelBene is one of the leading members in Congress working to negotiate a final Farm Bill before the end of the year.

However, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food stamps, is a controversial portion of the

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PUBLIC NOTICES Potala Village Kirkland, LLC – 2804 Grand Avenue Ste-308 Everett, WA, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater General Permit.

The proposed project, Potala Village, is located at the intersection of Lake Street and 10th Avenue South, Kirkland in King County Washington. This project involves 1.25 acres of soil disturbance for clearing, grading, stockpiling approximately 50,000 CY of grading material onsite in the location and manner approved in the SWPPP, utilities, Stormwater conveyance system, access road and parking, Mixed use project (Commercial and residential) and associated landscaping construction activities.

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their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Kirkland Reporter on 11/29/13, 12/06/13 #930197.

Farm Bill.

Currently, the House version of the bill calls on $39 billion in cuts to the nutrition assistance program during the next 10 years.

But earlier this year, DelBene amended the Housepassed Farm Bill to include a three year, $30 million competitive grant fund to encourage states to provide targeted employment and training programs similar to Washington State’s BFET program.

It is this aspect among many others that she’ll be advocating for.

“I think it’s really important to remember that these investments that we make not only have an incredible impact on peoples lives and their families, but an incredible impact on the economy,” DelBene said.

Others like Doty not only have a newfound career to work toward during hard times but have a newfound confidence as well.

When Nova Beckwith dropped out of seventh grade and was a runaway for nearly all of her teenage life, it wasn’t until she was 24 years old that she could take control and enroll herself in the BFET program.

“My tool list for class is very extensive and every quarter they have been helping me out with some money to help get the tools I need for school and the tools I’ll need after I graduate,” said Beckwith, who is studying the dynamics of motorcycle, marine and power equipment. “…

BFET and worker retraining has really kind of taken my hand and guided me through how to reach my goals, how to talk to people, how to find what I need to find, how to be resourceful and the end goal is the job. Not just a job, but a career, something that isn’t

7-Eleven or Taco Bell.”

Demetra Biros, the Director of Workforce Development and Employment Services at LWIT, said BFET is also for people who might not have qualified for food stamps or welfare benefits but aren’t quite to the point of self sufficiency yet. BFET is also available for those who need their GED or for people who may need more help with the English language.

“The fact is most people don’t have the goal of being on public assistance forever,” Biros said. “They really don’t want to do that but until BFET came around, there wasn’t a lot of support for people to get out of poverty.”

And with the YWCA and DSHS partnership, people can get individual “wraparound” support.

A mom of two who lost her job, Lynn Treadway Cox, relies on gas cards provided by BFET in addition to book assistance.

“They even paid for one quarter of tuition because I hadn’t qualified for (federal student aid) FAFSA yet,” she said.

At 52, Treadway Cox got her GED and enrolled herself in the social human services program so that she could help runaway teenage girls.

“They need to know that even though they’ve had problems in their families or drugs, that you can come out of that and finish your education and make something of yourself,” Treadway Cox said, who is currently doing an internship at Friends of Youth. “I want to be a role model.”

BFET has helped more than 45,000 people receiving food stamps since 2005.

For more information how to join the BFET program at LWIT, visit www. lwtech.edu/bfet.

Kirkland water main break floods downtown Kirkland on Friday

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Kirkland firefighters and public works officials responded to a water main break on Friday evening that caused thousands of gallons of water to spill from a water main around downtown Kirkland.

Kirkland water division manager Greg Neumann said approximately 8,000 gallons of water a minute pumped through the old pipe at the corner of Third Street and Fifth Avenue.

Kirkland Fire Battalion Chief Mike Jeffery said firefighters with Engine 22 responded at around 6:30 p.m. and helped block off the road, making the scene safe until public works crews secured the break.

Although the water main is now repaired, crews will be fixing a portion of Third Street today that was damaged from the flooding, Neumann said.

No flooding or damage occurred on private property.

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