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LETTERS | Residents voice opinions on potential Saint Edward Seminary lease [4]
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New social media group brings Bothell community together BY SARAH KEHOE
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Bothell resident Heather Heyer started a movement in her community to bring her neighbors together and help each other.
The Buy Nothing Project began as an experimental hyper-local gift economy on Bainbridge Island and in just two months, it has become a social movement, growing to more than 4,000
members in 16 groups from San Jose, Calif. to Seattle. The idea is for local groups to form gift economies that are complementary and parallel to local cash economies. Heyer uses a
Facebook group page to get her neighbors connected. People join because they’d like to quickly get rid of things that are cluttering their lives or simply to save money by getting things
for free. Heyer started the group in Bothell a few months ago and it has around 400 members. “Our Bothell group is one of the largest and most
active groups in the project and we are growing every day,” Heyer said. People can post on the group page if they have a need for something or post [ more NEIGHBORS page 3 ]
Top 10 most-read stories of 2013 BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@bothell-reporter.com
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tories about a Bothell man charged with murdering his estranged wife were the most-read headlines this year, as the murder, investigation and eventual arrest occurred throughout the year. Bothell/ Kenmore Reporter readers also paid close attention to a scandal involving Bothell Mayor Mark Lamb and chipped in to help a Bothell family whose mother battled a brain tumor. Here are the top 10 mostread stories in order, according to Google Analytics: 1. “Bothell residents ask Mayor Lamb to step down over affair”, Dec. 14, 2012. Several Bothell residents asked Mark Lamb to resign from his position as Bothell Mayor, claiming his admitted affair has drawn embar-
rassment to the city and distracted the council from important issues, during a council meeting. A former employee of the North Creek Law Firm, Micaela Mae, 23, sued the business, Lamb and his wife for wrongful termination and invasion of privacy over the two-year affair between the employee and mayor. Mae filed the civil suit in Snohomish County Superior Court on Oct. 29, 2012 seeking unspecified damages for lost wages, future wages and emotional distress. Lamb admitted to a sexual relationship with the woman in court filings on Nov. 8, but denied most other claims in her suit. City Manager Robert Stowe said the city would not take any measures to remove Lamb from his position or investigate the issue. “It’s not [ more 2013 page 3 ]
Jumping with joy New gymnasium for kids opens in Bothell Eliana Bender, 4, shows off her jumping skills during a class at the new Bothell Gymnastics Club. For more on the club see full story on page 2. SARAH KEHOE, Bothell Reporter
Parks to host meeting on potential lease of seminary building skehoe@bothell-reporter.com
Washington State Parks is beginning a planning process to evaluate a potential longterm lease of the seminary building located at Saint
Edward State Park in Kenmore on the boundary with Kirkland. The public is invited to a workshop Jan. 14 to give their input on the building’s future. The meeting is from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Northshore Utility District Meeting Room, located at 6830 NE 185th St. in Kenmore. “I just really hope that this meeting tells us all what we
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surrounding this building over the years and so many rumors. Basically, the most important thing to me is that we keep the integrity of the park.” The Saint Edward Semi-
nary, situated within Saint Edward State Park, is a historic property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The seminary is in poor condition and contin[ more SEMINARY page 9 ]
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want to know; and that is, what will happen to the park surrounding this building,” said Tom Fitzpatrick, member of the Friends of Saint Edward State Park. “There’s been so many issues
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