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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014
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Hawks’ 12th (business) Man ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
If you’re hanging around CenturyLink Field tonight, you might spot Bob Morgan Jr., president of Redmond’s Washington Graphics. He plans on visiting downtown Seattle’s Pioneer Square to hand out company-made Seahawks 12th Man banners and posters to fans who will be getting into the playoff spirit early. Come kickoff time at 1:35 p.m. tomorrow — when the Seahawks (13-3) will take on the New Orleans Saints (12-5) — Morgan Jr. hopes to have some of those 3-by-4-foot banners hanging from some of the railings inside the stadium. In Redmond, a much bigger, 8-by-10-foot banner hangs on the outside of the Washington Graphics building on 151st Avenue Northeast. The Redmond company clearly has Seahawks fever. “Our motto is dream big, print big,” said Morgan Jr., adding that his company has come together with its Seahawks support just like the football players have gelled on the field. “Russell Wilson as a quarterback — as a human being — is infectious. Pete Carroll is a great coach. They’re such a
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City prepares for construction on new Redmond Bike Park SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
Bob Morgan Jr., president of Washington Graphics in Redmond, stands in front of the 8-by-10-foot Seattle Seahawks 12th Man sign, which his company made and hung on the front of its building. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter great story now.” While Seahawks fans have embraced the Blue Friday tradition, Morgan Jr. said that Washington Graphics has taken it a step further with its
mammoth banner and employees wearing Seahawks garb all week long. “Blue Friday needs to step down, because now it’s Blue 247,” he said. “Ride that wave.”
After a two-year-long appeal process, the wheels are back in motion to begin construction on the Redmond Bike Park south of Hartman Park on Education Hill. Earlier this week, the City of Redmond posted a public notice sign at the site to notify the community about the revised permit and plans. Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods also received written notice about the Bike Park plans in the mail. Carolyn Hope, park planning and cultural services manager for the City of Redmond and project manager for the Bike Park, said once the letters were sent out, it triggered a 21-day commenting period for people to provide feedback. “If we don’t get any appeals … then we would move forward with the plans,” Hope said, adding that they would like to begin construction in May. Permits for the Bike Park were first submitted in April 2011. Neighbors, citing concerns about noise, privacy and the park’s potential impact on the wetlands on the site, appealed the project in May 2011. According to the city website, the appeal was heard in the fall of 2011 and the hearing
examiner’s decision was made in favor of the city. In winter 2012, the neighbors appealed the decision to Redmond City Council, who also ruled in favor of the city. They also appealed the project to King County Superior Court, but before the case was heard, the two parties began settlement discussions. A settlement agreement was finalized in spring 2013 and City Council approved it on April 16, 2013. Hope said per the new agreement, the features of the bike park have been moved away from the southeast corner of the property and the wooden ladder bridges that were part of the original plan have been removed due to the neighbors’ concerns about noise. In addition, the new plan features expanded vegetation in areas closest to resident homes. According to earlier reports, plans for the Bike Park began in 2009 when Redmond Mayor John Marchione instructed staff to look into legitimizing the dirt jumps — which residents have been constructing (only to have the city bulldoze them down when they got too high or dangerous) for about 20 years — in the wooded area near Hartman Park into a city park. The Bike Park was the solution city staff and the community [ more PARK page 8 ]
Brain cancer organization helps patients and families with treatment and more SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
Doctors first diagnosed Chris Elliot with a brain tumor after he had a seizure in 2000. Healthy and active until then, the 39-year-old and his family quickly learned that he had brain cancer. Elliot
fought a 22-month battle before he died on June 13, 2002. Toward the end of that battle, he and his wife Dellann Elliot Mydland reflected on their experience. Two things they realized was how difficult it was to maintain a sense of normalcy — taking care of day-to-day tasks and raising their two children — while
fighting the disease and how disappointed they were that they had not been referred to a brain tumor specialist during Elliot’s treatment. Elliot asked Mydland to “do something” about the disease, so three weeks before he died, they co-founded the Chris Elliot Fund (CEF), a nonprofit organization
guided by its mission to end brain cancer by expanding access to specialists, advanced treatments and comprehensive support programs. CEF operated out of Mydland’s Sammamish home for 10 years, where she still lives, but the organization recently opened a patient support [ more CEF page 9 ]
Dellan Elliot Mydland and others cut the ribbon at the opening of the Chris Elliot Fund patient services center. Courtesy of NityiaPhotography.com
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