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AG says cities, counties may ban pot businesses

BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

Conditions for using HOT lanes on I-405 by carpool drivers would vary by peak traffic times. BELLEVUE REPORTER PHOTO

Carpool lanes on I-405 may get HOT Tolls planned from Lynnwood to Renton

BY BILL SHEETS THE HERALD

A long-term plan for toll lanes on I-405 has been sent to state lawmakers.

The I-405/SR 167 Corridor Funding and Phasing Report was submitted by the state Department of Trans-

portation to the Legislature and the governor on Friday, Jan. 17.

The report outlines a two-phase approach for creating a toll-lane system from Lynnwood to Renton on I-405, connecting to existing toll lanes on Highway 167 in south King County.

The state is spending $334 million to convert existing carpool lanes into toll lanes, or "HOT" lanes, on I-405 from Lynnwood to Bellevue. Work on paving, striping and barriers for the project has begun. The lanes are expected to be ready for use as toll

lanes in 2015.

The report recommends allowing two-person carpools to ride for free during off-peak hours and carpools of three or more people to ride for free at all times. Otherwise, drivers using the carpool lane would be charged an electronic toll.

Rates have not been set. They will depend partly on how far a driver will travel. The toll will automatically increase and decrease based on how SEE I-405, 17

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued an opinion Jan. 16 that local governments are not prohibited from regulating or banning recreational marijuana businesses.

Ferguson issued the opinion at the request of Sharon Foster, chair of the Washington State Liquor Control Board.

The opinion states: “Under Washington law, there is a strong presumption against finding that state law preempts local ordinances. Although Initiative 502 establishes a licensing and regulatory system for marijuana producers, processors, and retailers in Washington State, it includes no clear indication that it was intended to preempt local authority to regulate such businesses. We therefore conclude that I-502 left in place the normal powers of local governments to regulate within their jurisdictions.”

A statement by the AG's office points to a failure by I-502 drafters to word the initiative to require local governments to accept marijuana businesses, adding it would be up to the state Legislature whether to amend the law to do so.

Ferguson's opinion would not preclude a court challenge against any local municipality that opts to ban recreational marijuana businesses within its jurisdiction. The liquor control board issued its own statement following the opinion that local bans will impact public safety by continuing the illegal marijuana market and also reduce projected tax revenue from commercial sales.

The Bellevue Planning Commission is in the process of reviewing an interim city ordinance regulating where and how production, processing and retail will occur here, and anticipates a recommendation for a permanent ordinance to vote on in the future. Mayor Claudia Balducci said the city has spent a lot of time and energy preparing to accept recreational marijuana businesses in Bellevue and she doesn't anticipate the city council will change gears now.

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Ballots have been mailed for the Feb. 11 special election, in which voters will approve or deny two property tax levy renewals and one bond measure for the Bellevue School District.

Two propositions, if approved, would renew the district’s Educational Programs and Operations levy, and its Technology and Capital Projects levy. The current incarnation of the programs and operations levy presently funds about 27 percent of the district's day-to-day expenses, includ-

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Bellevue provides park updates to downtown residents

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Attendees of a Jan. 16 meeting with the city of Bellevue to form a downtown residents association received the latest update on a number of projects that the group eventually will be scrutinizing — many for years to come.

Downtown Park

Funded through a 2008 parks and natural areas levy, the Downtown Park is in design to lose its Pac-Man image and "complete the circle," said Glenn Kost, parks and community services planning manager.

This will involve placing a major entryway at 102nd Avenue Northeast, including a cascading water feature smaller than the waterfall structure already in

the park. The parking lot also will be expanded on 100th Avenue Northeast to accommodate more visitors. Construction is slated for July 2015 with spring 2016 for completion.

The Bellevue Rotary Club has raised $800,000 toward its commitment for Inspiration Playground to be constructed at the park, said Kost, adding he's hopeful for a fall start. The club has set a $4.3 million goal.

"We are going to, obviously, do this in phases," he said. "Until they can raise $1.5 million, that's the threshold for Phase One."

Meydenbauer Bay Park

Phase One for the ambitious Meydenbauer Bay Park project is set to start in 2017 starting west of 99th Avenue Southeast

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and past what is now Meydenbauer Beach Park. Kost said the city is in the process of retaining a design team to realize the vision for the park laid out in the adopted master plan.

The city will continue to work toward acquiring and demolishing properties within the park area, including four homes slated to be torn down on Lake Washington Bou-

City to form downtown residents association

BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

Getting membership for a Downtown Bellevue Residents Association won't be a problem as Thursday's kickoff meeting included a packed crowd with plenty of ideas on how to make downtown a better place to live.

Downtown Bellevue boasts 10,500 residents, 43,300 jobs, more than 40 high-rises and 4.5 million square feet of retail space. By 2030, the city projects an additional 27,000 jobs will be created there and a population growth of 8,500.

"We still have about halfway to go," said Emil King, strategic planning manager, about building downtown.

For Arlene Alton, a resident of the Pacific Regent Bellevue retirement home, she wants to make sure green spaces, such as Ashwood Park, don't disappear in the development race downtown.

Several participants said they wanted the design for downtown to have a greater focus on accommodating pedestrian traffic. One resident said he's bothered by a lack of street parking, which discourages friends from visiting him. Another called for a downtown fire station.

From the strong crowd at Thursday's meeting a smaller group will form as official neighborhood association members in February and receive training to run the organization in April.

levard this summer. Beginning in spring, the city also will replace a failing water main running along Meydenbauer Bay. Fourteen new moorage slips have been completed at Pier 3 and will open in the spring.

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Bellevue Way southbound to close Saturday Bellevue Way southbound will be closed 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday while a tower crane is erected at the Bellevue at Main construction site. The mixed-use building will be constructed by SRM Development and include 33,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, as well as 262 residential units.

Two northbound lanes will remain open Saturday with flagger anticipated to stop traffic at times when trucks need access to the development site.

Southbound traffic on Bellevue Way can access I-405 via Northeast Fourth Street and 112th via Main Street.

The signed detour will be via 112th Avenue Southeast, but local traffic may use Main Street westbound to get to 102nd Avenue Southeast.

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Community Roundup What’s happening in Bellevue and nearb y

Work to close 520 on-ramp Crews will close the Bellevue Way on-ramp to westbound SR 520 on the weekend, Jan. 24-27, to pave a section of the ramp and install lighting along the new Bellevue Way on-ramp to westbound SR 520.

Work will be done from 11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27.

A posted detour route will direct drivers to access westbound SR 520 at 108th Avenue Northeast.

This work is weather-dependent and could be delayed in the event of a major storm.

K-9 unit activity causes temporary street closures A Police K-9 unit caused several streets in the Eastgate neighborhood north of Bellevue College to be temporarily blocked off Wednesday afternoon during an investigation into an alleged assault.

The street closure was necessary to allow the K-9 unit to move through the area, including streets, safely. No suspect was located and officers are uncertain whether an actual assault occurred.

Display shows change over time in Bellevue Watch Bellevue transform through photos and displays from its rural roots in the 1880s to today's high-rises during the Bellevue Collection's Living In Style event now through

Feb. 7.

Located in Bellevue Square by the Eastside Heritage Center, displays will show what historic room settings looked like from the 1880s to today. This is part of a larger showcase for home and home organization stores at the Bellevue Collection, which will offer patrons numerous ideas on how to live in style on the Eastside.

To learn more about Bellevue and Eastside history, contact the Eastside Heritage Center at 425-450-1049 or visit www.EastsideHeritageCenter.org.

Blood drive set Saturday A blood drive will be held Saturday, Jan. 25 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Factoria. The event is part of an effort by Eugene Hong of Bellevue to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor that can be awarded to a Boy Scout.

Hong hopes to attract 50 donors for the drive.

Anyone age 16 or older is eligible to donate. Those who are age 16 or 17 can only donate with a permission form from the blood center signed by their parents. The form can be downloaded at http://www. psbc.org/programs/permission.pdf More information about times is available by contacting Eugene at eugeneh98@ gmail.com or calling or texting 425-4950483 with their name, contact information, and desired time to donate.

The church is located at 4315 129th Place S.E., Bellevue.

Constantine to chair ST board King County Executive Dow Constantine has been elected to serve as chair of the Sound Transit board for the next two years starting Jan. 1. Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland and Everett City Councilmember Paul Roberts will serve as vice chairs.

Bellevue mayor steps down as county jail director Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci has resigned from her position as King County Director of Adult and Juvenile Detention effective Jan. 31 to take on a new position with the county's criminal Claudia Balducci justice system.

Elected mayor on Jan. 6, Balducci states in a news release she feels the time is right to make the change after 15 years with the DAJD, three as its jail director.

"Although I will be leaving the Department, I am excited to continue to work in support of public safety at King County," Balducci states, "and an effective and humane criminal justice system."

Cmdr. William Hayes for the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent will serve as the active jail director while a recruitment process is drafted to find a replacement for Balducci, whose new role will be strategy section manager for criminal justice in the King County Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget.

PSE lining up cable replacement projects

BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

Puget Sound Energy is working to reduce the potential for cable failure that would affect Bellevue residents with one replacement project underway and another ready for permitting.

PSE contractor Potelco was about 500 feet into boring along Northeast 28th Place, Northeast 29th Place and 172nd Avenue Northeast on Tuesday for Phase One of a project to replace aging power cables in the Parkhaven neighborhood.

"It looks like this job is about 1,700 feet of trenching or boring, which is six cables that we're replacing," said Jeremy Tuntland, project manager. "The cable that we're replacing now are about 30 years old now, and they're inferior cables, from what I'm told."

Amperage won't change, but the cable

replacements could last up to 50 years. The addition of a conduit also will allow for easier replacements in the future, said Tuntland.

Once the conduit piping is installed, Phase Two will involve running the replacement power cables through them and decommissioning the old lines. Tuntland said that will likely occur between March and April and require a five-hour power outage.

PSE is also preparing to submit design plans to the city for permitting a cable replacement project in the Crossroads neighborhood. Tuntland said the project will replace 80,000 feet of aging cable and Potelco hopes to start work on the project within the next three months.

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All-City Jazz sets sights on Big Apple Students in the Bellevue School District’s first All-City Jazz Ensemble have their sights set on New York City.

Nineteen students from Bellevue, Interlake, International, Newport and Sammamish high schools were invited to audition for the district-wide jazz band in November. So far, they’ve rehearsed five times as a group. The day after the International concert, the band went into the recording studio to perform and record their entry for the well-known Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival, an annual high school jazz festival and competition held each May at Lincoln Center in New York.

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together a group that would hopefully give students from our district a chance to work together and audition for a spot in the festival.” The festival recently changed its rules to allow “conglomerate groups” of bands made up of students from multiple schools to enter together.

The All-City Jazz Ensemble will find out in mid-February if the band has been accepted into Essentially Ellington.

Gavish named head of Jewish Day School schools in Southern California and Atlanta.

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Heldana Daniel was one of several sixth- and seventh-grade Eastside Christian School students collecting socks for the homeless outside Fred Meyer Jan. 18. Volunteers collected 2,000 socks, to be distributed by The Seattle Union Gospel Mission. The collection was part of the school’s participation in Free the Children’s We Day, a philanthropic campaign encouraging kids to make positive change locally and globally. ECS will raise money to support clean water in Kenya through a three-on-three basketball tournament Jan. 28.

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Guiding Mercy Corps to bring help, hope around the globe

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to fund the rebuilding of six campuses, as well as improvements to the Big Picture School and International School.

Monies raised also would fund the construction of two new campuses — likely elementary schools in Bel-Red and downtown areas, said Deputy Superintendent Melissa deVita.

“We anticipate building a small configuration of elementary schools,” Supt. Tim Mills said, though planning won’t begin in earnest until the district knows it has the backing of voters.

Under its capital construction campaign the district has rebuilt 18 campuses since 2002. Pending work on Tillicum Middle School – planning is scheduled to begin later in 2014 – will mark the end of the campaign’s current phase.

Each project has brought the district further away from the pod buildings and open-air campuses marking rapid campus constructions in the 1970s, a period of heavy population growth.

“The district’s average growth has been 2 percent per year and I believe it has been since 2000,” Mills said. “I recently saw a 50-year enrollment pattern for the district and, looking all the way back to 1960, enrollment was 12,000. But then we had a period of rapid growth, up to 25,000 students over the next decade. Then we had a slow decline to 14,000, up until the period of slow growth we’ve been seeing.”

The district expects to have 20,000 students enrolled in the next three years, Mills said.

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After living in Israel during the Yom Kippur War and then witnessing the Cambodia killing fields in the late 1970s, O’Neill realized he wanted to focus his life on the human consequences of war.

“It seemed to me that we should do something, as Americans,” said, who lives in Sammamish.

During this time, O’Neill called First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who invited him to work on the White House Cambodia Crisis Committee.

“She was very touched and emotionally invested in what was happen-

ing there,” he said.

O’Neill and Carter put together a team and started a one-year task force to combat the issues facing Cambodia.

At age 31, O’Neill was selected to be the committee’s executive director.

“I thought it would last about a year,” he said.

One year turned into a lifetime as the project transcended into the 1979 founding of Mercy Corps.

As one of the top humanitarian groups in the world, Mercy Corps prides itself on empowerment and long-term sustainability, as opposed to simply providing supplies.

“Early on, we moved into a philosophy of local leadership,” he said. “We weren’t Americans telling people on the ground how to live.”

O’Neill said that Mercy Corps’ staff

Modernization has seen campuses shift to centralized buildings, allowing improved energy efficiency and lockdown capability in emergencies.

Bellevue schools’ 27 percent reliance on operations levy dollars makes it somewhat of an anomaly among Washington state school districts. Every district has the ability to seek local levy dollars to fund part of their budget, but most are capped to 20 percent. The Bellevue School District was grandfathered in to allow a greater percentage of local funding, said school board member Chris Marks. “(Because of those funds) we’re way ahead of the game in terms of meeting state expectations,” Marks said. “An example is, for a long time, there has been an assumption that our kids will take a math class every year. They don’t have to do that under state requirements, but that’s a real difference in their life.”

Operations levy dollars have become crucial in funding arts programs in the district’s elementary schools, world language in middle schools, gifted and special education

consists mostly of indigenous people who know the country, the people and the culture.

“There was a sense that we were empowering them to take control over their own lives,” he said.

And while Mercy Corps is considered to be a mid-sized non-governmental organization with an operating budget of $350 million a year, O’Neill said they are very cost-efficient.

“We take people’s donations very seriously,” he said.

Mercy Corps has recently reached out to the Philippines’ victims, helping more than 18,000 people in some of the most remote areas of devastation.

O’Neill said they have focused a lot of their attention on children who have SEE MERCY, 20

programs, and staffing for optional additional class periods.

If any of the measures don't, the district will have the option to resubmit again to voters in May. All three funding measures have gained the backing of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, Seattle/King County Realtors and Bellevue Quality Schools.

“I’ve had so many parents tell me (they) moved here because of the school district,” Quality Schools Co-Chair Tobey Bryant said. “... But (among childless voters) people also believe in their communities. A common thing I’ve heard people say is ‘good schools mean I will have good neighbors.’”

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EDITORIAL

Vote ‘yes’ to keep quality schools in Bellevue

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n important ballot will arrive in Bellevue-area mailboxes beginning today. The Bellevue School District is seeking approval of two levies and a bond measure to improve the schools.

All three measures deserve a strong “yes” vote.

Bellevue schools rank in the top 5 percent of public schools nationally. Several magazines put several of the schools among the top 100 in the country.

Such success doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a result of dedicated teachers and district administrators backed by the strong support of local taxpayers.

Yes, the state provides some of the money for Bellevue schools, but not nearly enough. In fact, 27 percent of the district’s day-to-day operating funds come from local support. Local money also is needed to provide technology in the classrooms and rebuild out-of-date schools.

Proposition No. 1 is a levy that will let the district raise $58 million to $68 million from 2015 to 2018 to pay teachers; provide art and music in elementary schools; support gifted and special education programs; and continue the seven-period day that lets students in middle and high school take the extra classes they’ll need to succeed.

Proposition No. 2, another levy, will replace aging technology in the classroom and repair and improve existing school buildings. It would raise $104 million over five years.

Proposition No. 3 is a bond issue that would raise $450 million over 20 years to not only rebuild five schools to the same standards as others in the district, but also build two new elementary schools to meet a growing school population.

All three are critically important.

In 2013, the owner of a home assessed at $448,000 paid $1,465 in local school taxes. If all three propositions are approved, the yearly cost only would rise by an average of $66 a year — just $5.50 a month.

The school district has been a good steward of the money Bellevue-area voters have given it. The Bellevue Reporter recommends a “yes” vote on all three measures.

– Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter

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School support makes a difference When my family moved here in 1972, my father chose to live here because of the Bellevue School District’s outstanding reputation. I moved back to Bellevue after graduate school, because of the school district.

On Feb. 11, two levies and one bond will be voted upon for the Bellevue School District. Some of the things these measures will do include: building better and safer schools, funding large scale maintenance projects, and creating enough classrooms so that class sizes can be optimal for learning.

Also, they would finish building or remodeling the remaining schools in the district that need upgrades.

Interestingly, there are many more kids living in the growing downtown area than was projected. The district is trying to figure out the best way to educate those kids. Included in these measures on the ballot are building two new schools — as our district is still growing.

Other pieces of the measures include the ability to maintain and offer a broad range of course offerings in middle schools and high schools, helping Bellevue students be more advanced in technology, and keeping the technology infrastructure up to date for all students.

There is so much good that can be done because of these measures, please read online at bellevuequalityschools.org or on the district website for details and vote on Feb. 11 with your support.

Nancy Huenefeld Gese, Ph.D., Bellevue (Bellevue High ’84, Arizona ’89, Kentucky ’91, Penn State ’98)

Homework good if it helps education I read Fina Short’s column (Why kids are doing too much homework).

As a new parent I would like to offer some words that I would hope to share with my teenager one day.

I certainly remember the frustration as a teenager after spending a whole day at school only to come home to rush through the homework. However, how is that different than what most American adults do every day? Most parents work

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more than the usual school day i.e. 32.5 hours plus 10 hours of homework time.

Then they come home to household duties and take care of their kids.

I believe the real problem is not the quantity of time spent with schoolwork, but the quality of education garnered from the homework assigned. Are the hours of homework you are completing each week providing you with value and preparing you for the adult world? If not, then I would argue that this is the core of the change that is needed.

Homework should help prepare students for what will come for them in the real world. It should provide more emphasis on economics, finance, political science, communication and negotiation, and other real life topics.

What kind of homework would I like for my son? A list of presidents and what they overcame to become leaders of our country. A list of businessmen who started from nothing, overcame bankruptcies and still practiced business with ethics. A list of mentors who are long gone who still speak wisdom to young minds. The knowledge is out there. It just requires a willingness to dedicate the time to learn it. I’d like my teenager one day to know, “Everything worth having is worth working for.”

Kyle Luna, Kirkland

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Fix SR 520 issue by cutting costs, making users pay T

he SR 520 Bridge project cost overruns not only endanger the completion of this critical highway project, but also the entire state transportation package. However, there is an obvious solution to address 520’s financial woes that doesn’t require taking money from other important state projects to fix this mess.

Simply cut the project’s costs, and charge all the Todd Woosley bridge’s current and future users. It’s only fair.

There is no doubt the SR 520 Bridge replacement needs to be completed, including the unfunded segment from I-5 to Lake Washington. The new highway bridge will: • Increase the safety of the four existing general purpose lanes it will replace, • Add significant transit capacity with two new diamond lanes, and

• Provide a bicycle/pedestrian lane that will be wider than any of the motorized vehicle lanes.

However, a series of political, management and engineering missteps has led to a project that is economically unsustainable. This financial predicament becomes even more apparent with the recent announcement that it will take another $170 million to do the job right. These new costs will push the total project to nearly $5 billion. Just eight years ago, the state was telling us the cost would only be about half this amount.

The latest cost overruns not only threaten the ability to complete the SR 520 project, and short-change other critical WSDOT projects, they could be the determining factor in the success or failure of the state government to pass a much needed transportation package. The consequences of a failure to fund transportation would be catastrophic to Washington.

Now is the time for the state to demon-

strate it has the willingness and ability to take the steps necessary to get the project back on track, as well as show the voters it is serious about reforming how WSDOT operates. Quick corrective action on the SR 520 project would go a long way toward improving the public’s perception of the state’s qualifications to handle more hardearned tax dollars.

Specifically, the state should reduce the cost of the project, particularly the remarkably expensive west segment. There must be some savings to be found in a state highway that will cost $1 billion per mile. In addition, the state should ensure that all users of the new facility would pay for it, before taking another penny from other projects or taxpayers.

This can be accomplished by tolling the unfunded section between I-5 and Montlake as soon as possible. This section carries about 25 percent of 520’s traffic, but its users are not currently contributing to its replacement cost like those that are already paying tolls to cross

Lake Washington.

In addition, the Legislature should set a policy that all users of the new bridge will pay a toll. It is not enough that only car and truck drivers will be charged for the new bridge.

HOVs, transit, bicyclists and pedestrians also must contribute to pay for the new capacity being built specifically for them. The state no longer can afford to give special interests groups a free ride. Users of all seven lanes should pay their way.

Taking leadership and implementing these cost saving and revenue-generating reforms would demonstrate to the gas tax and tollpaying public that the state of Washington is serious about its responsibility to effectively deal with its transportation issues.

Todd R. Woosley is a land use consultant focusing on increasing the capacity of our region’s urban transportation system to accommodate growth and reduce congestion.

He lives in Bellevue.

Senate needs to deal with transportation plan – or Eastside will pay is not safe in the event of an earthquake.

But more than a billion more is needed to build the highway ramps and other connections on the Seattle end of the bridge — and without them, the bridge won’t “bridge” anything.

There’s been a lot of talk in Olympia about slapping tolls on I-90 to raise money to finish the 520 project, if no other source of financing is approved. That might be fine by the folks in Spokane and Walla Walla, but it’s a lousy solution for Eastsiders, Mercer Islanders and the Seattle area in general: It’s a direct hit on the pocketbooks of commuters, and it simply adds to the cost of transportation along a corridor crucial to the region’s economy. What’s more, it requires federal approval, which many believe is unlikely at best.

That’s why I have spent the past year arguing to leaders from both parties that we should not rely on I-90 tolling to complete the 520 project. Last year, my colleagues

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So it is with the transportation funding package now languishing in the state Senate.

For residents of King County — and particular for those on the Eastside and Mercer Island — failure to adopt a method for financing critical transportation projects Cyrus Habib likely leads to one of two outcomes, both bad: A State Route 520 “bridge to nowhere,” or tolls on the Interstate 90 bridge across Lake Washington and Mercer Island.

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Now the ball is in the Senate’s court.

They need to play — or we on the Eastside and Mercer Island will pay.

Rep. Cyrus Habib, D-Kirkland, represents the 48th Legislative District, which includes part of Bellevue, Clyde Hill and the Points communities.

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Atkinson appointed to Renwick Gallery From left, Angela DiMarco, Eric Ray Anderson and Patrick Phillips co-star in ‘The Foreigner’ as Catherine Simms, Owen Musser and Froggy LeSueur, respectively.

The play runs at the Issaquah Village Theatre through March 2. PHOTO BY MARK KITAOKA, Village Theatre

Yorkey to direct ‘The Foreigner’ “The Foreigner” opened to Village Theatre audiences Thursday, beginning a sixweek run of the Larry Shue written comedy at the the company’s Issaquah playhouse.

First opening in New York City in 1984, “The Foreigner” follows a distraught Charlie Baker (Erik Gratton, in a debut performance) on a fishing trip to rural Georgia.

His friend Froggy LeSueur (Patrick Phillips) tells the owner of their lodge Charlie is a foreigner who speaks no English. Charlie soon discovers what people reveal when they think no one can understand them.

Returning once again to direct is Issaquah native son and Broadway playwright

Brian Yorkey. Yorkey is perhaps best known for writing the rock musical “Next to Normal,” which won three Tonies in 2009, and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In the past decade, Yorkey has directed 12 shows for Village Theatre, including “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Lost in Yonkers.”

Joining the cast are Eric Ray Anderson, Angela DiMarco, Jonathan Crimeni, Sharva Maynard and Anthony Lee Phillips.

“The Foreigner” will run in Issaquah through March 2, before beginning a run at the Everett playhouse through March 30.

Tickets are on sale now. Showtimes and admission can be found at villagetheatre.org.

Bellevue Arts Museum curator Nora Atkinson has been appointed to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery.

The Renwick Gallery is the Smithsonian branch which handles American

crafts and decorative arts from the 19th century to the modern era.

Atkinson has curated shows for the BAM since 2006.

“It makes me proud that no better curator could have taken this position at the Renwick than our very own Nora,” said Stefano Catalani, the BAM’s director of art, craft and design.

Atkinson’s position begins in March.

Lunar New Year at Bellevue Collection The Bellevue Collection has partnered with three Chinese affairs groups to host a Lunar New Year celebration at Bellevue Square Feb. 8 and Feb. 9.

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The Killing Woods Authors Lucy Christopher and Sara Larson will be on hand 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Bellevue University Book Store to discuss “The Killing Woods,” a mature young adult novel about a girl trying to prove her father’s innocence in a murder case.

Where have all the newsies gone?

Sandra Walker, author of “Little Merchants, The Golden Era of Youth Delivering Newspapers,” will visit the Bellevue College Bookstore 6 p.m. Jan. 28 to discuss the history of newspaper delivery. She will conduct a reading of her book.

Bellevue Youth Theatre winter season The Bellevue Youth Theatre begins its winter 2014 season March 10, but tickets are available in the latter half of January.

The company will run productions of “Winnie the Pooh,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “The Tempest” and “Peter Pan” from March through May. First week showings will cost $12 admission, but tickets purchased in advance are $10. Prices go down when tickets are purchased in bulk. All tickets for “The Tempest” will be $5.

Call 425-452-7155 to be placed on a wait list for when tickets become available. Show schedules and further ticket information can be found at www.bellevuewa.gov/byt-productions.htm

Music group sets open house Pacific Sound Chorus will hold an open house for women who love to sing from 7-9:30 p.m. Feb. 4.

The group performs a cappella music in a variety of settings and features 4-part harmony. All ages and abilities are welcome.

The open house will be at Music Works Northwest, 14360 S.E. Eastgate Way, Studio B, Bellevue.

More information is available at pacificsound.org.

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4Culture will offer a free, public workshop in Bellevue on Feb. 12 to help applicants seeking funding for arts, heritage and preservation projects. The funding is open to individuals or groups and provide step-by-step guidance through the application process.

4Culture is a cultural services agency for King County.

The workshop will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E.

Library Connection @ Crossroads reopens The King County Library System reopened its storefront location, Library Connection @ Crossroads, on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The satellite library had been closed for renovations.

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A 30-year venture

Neighborhood signs a good start Newport Hills gets shopping signage

Barrier Porsche acquiring new location, building

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Barrier Porsche will move to Northeast Eighth Street following construction of a new dealership later this year. BRANDON MACZ, Bellevue Reporter

Barrier Motors had to wait nearly 30 years, but partner Michael Vena says the timing is now perfect for constructing a new, expanded Porsche dealership and service center in Bellevue.

The current dealership at the corner of Bel-Red Road and 120th Avenue Northeast is slated to be removed when the city expands 120th to five lanes. That phase, between Northeast eighth and 12th streets, is slated for June.

Acquiring properties along Northeast Eighth Street was the biggest challenge, said Vena, as Barrier had spent several years working to purchase the Lake Bellevue Shopping Center and Eastside Rental properties, among others. Permits were issued early in December and five properties were demolished.

“For the first time in all these years I have a complete view of the Bellevue skyline,” said Vena of the 33,000 square feet of cleared space now available for construc-

tion. “It will be a nice little show piece for us.”

The city reported late last year that 2013 auto sales in Bellevue exceeded even pre-recession figures, and all Barrier dealerships shared in that success, said Vena. He added automotive companies are also creating a need for expansion with increases in vehicle production and model types.

A new Barrier Porsche store is anticipated to be completed by December with the current dealership operating through construction, said Vena. Construction will start following clearing and grading.

“It’s been part of our vision since way back in ‘85,” said Vena. “Finally accomplishing that, that was 30 years in the making and we’re really excited about that.”

Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter. com

Signs are up along Coal Creek Parkway directing traffic to the Newport Hills Neighborhood Shopping District. But it’s going to take more planning to ensure the community’s retail success.

“We needed those signs as a jumping-off point,” said Heidi Dean, president of the Newport Hills Community Club, adding she’ll likely wait a while before asking the city for more.

“That might be something later that we look at because we do have a back entrance at Lake Washington Boulevard.”

Bellevue City Council approved spending $2,700 to manufacture and install two green, double-sided designation signs on Coal Creek Parkway after Newport Hills residents asked the city to improve visibility and awareness of the community’s shopping district. The signs were placed at 119th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 60th Street in late December.

“Before the signs on Coal Creek Parkway, there was no visibility at all,” said Bill Pace of Bill Pace Fruit and Produce.

“Now that they have the signs up there, I haven’t had anyone get lost.”

Pace is going a step further in an effort to direct consumers to his store and coffee shop in the Newport Hills shopping center. He’s applying to the state transportation department for signage along I-405, preferably at Exit 9 near the Newport SEE SIGNS, 12

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Business Roundup

Businesses and business people making news

MOD Pizza to reopen after remodel

Bellevue’s MOD Pizza closed on Jan. 19 for remodeling and will reopen 11 a.m. Jan. 27.

It will introduce fresh-pressed organic dough, house made lemonades and iced teas, local micro-brew on draft, new graphics and a wall of fame.

MOD Pizza is located at 317 Bellevue Way.

Chamber sets business showcase

The Bellevue Chamber of Commerce will present Eastside Business Showcase 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Bellevue Downtown Courtyard by Marriott, 11010 N.E. Eighth St. The event provides a connection for companies doing business on the Eastside to potential customers.

Admission is $10 and may be purchased online at www.bellevuechamber.org, by calling 425-454-2464, or at the door.

Jacobson gets BDA board chairmanship Ross Jacobson has been named the board chair for the Bellevue Downtown Association. He is an attorney for Williams Kastner.

“I’m proud to serve this board as we build on the organization’s 40-year legacy of leadership in shaping a thriving downtown,” said Jacobson. “Strong civic engagement in support of a shared vision is a hallmark of the BDA’s work.”

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Dealing in inventions Intellectual Ventures president speaks at chamber luncheon

BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

If necessity is the mother of invention, Intellectual Ventures is its financial backer and strategist.

Adriane Brown, company president and chief operations officer, shared her passion for investing in and supporting inventors during a Jan. 16 Bellevue Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Intellectual Ventures assists inventors in patenting and marketing their work, and acquires its own patents.

“Life is changing with technology in a way that really none of us can comprehend,” said Brown.

It can take as many as 30,000 patents to piece together a smartphone, she said, calling companies “crazy” to try to invent everything needed for various technological devices in-

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“The only thing right now that’s holding me up is the money,” said Pace, adding he anticipates other Newport Hills business owners will follow suit.

But Dean says the issue

house. What they need, she said, is a smart intellectual properties strategy.

Intellectual Ventures buys patents from inventors that meet its company mission and invests in their work. Brown said the company spent $2.3 billion in cash to support the invention community.

“If you’re an inventor, you may not be a great business person,” she said, adding Intellectual Ventures can fill that gap and monetize creativity.

“We have become a place for those inventors.”

Intellectual Ventures is headquartered in Bellevue, but has offices worldwide. Patent growth is on the rise in the United States, and Brown said even the Chinese government is trying harder to enforce international patent protection, so its companies are less likely to copy

now is beautifying the Newport Hills entryway at 119th Avenue Southeast and growing community activities and partnerships with neighborhood businesses.

Planting beds are being added at the Newport Hills Community Church with plans for the city to tie in with its own beds after,

Intellectual Ventures president Adriane Brown speaks at a Bellevue Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Jan.16. BRANDON MACZ, Bellevue Reporter American inventions. She said she is concerned by talks about continuing patent reform in the U.S., when the America Invents Act was just passed in 2011. It is important not to weaken the ability to enforce patent protection, Brown said.

“Sometimes when the pendulum swings, it can swing too far.”

and more landscaping is planned at bus shelters near the shopping center, said Dean.

She added she is still waiting for the city to finish up public art installations in the neighborhood.

As for attracting customers to the shopping district and getting them to come back, Dean said

the community club continues to work with area business owners on event planning. The club also wants to promote more programming and using vacant space for community activities.

“We’re just looking at what can we do to bring people from the outside in.”

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BY JOSH SUMAN BELLEVUE REPORTER

Ming Yu and his wife, Helen, remember when they took their twin boys, Thomas and James, to Robinswood Tennis Center in Bellevue for the first time.

Even though the boys weren’t quite four years old, the youngest age Robinswood accepts for its Little Lobbers program, the parents knew they had to do whatever it took.

“They were three and a half,” Ming said.

“We kind of snuck in.”

Eight years and nearly a dozen USTA junior championships later, including this year’s Winter 12 and Under Championships, that choice continues to pay off.

“It is nice they can play and learn together,” Helen said. “We want them to learn problem-solving and become mentally tough.”

The boys have begun to build those traits on the court while also building their profile as some of the area’s top players, garnering a spot in the region’s singles and doubles rankings and capturing tournament titles together and on their own.

Their coach, Dan Willman of Northwest High Performance Tennis in Kirkland, said the two each have unique traits they

WHO’S WHO? There are always a few subtle differences between identical twins, and the Yu Brothers are no exception.

Thomas: Left-handed, six minutes older, outgoing James: Right-handed, taller and slightly bigger, quiet and shy, wears retainer bring to the court, and combine to form a formidable doubles pair by playing with an innate sense formed only through biology.

“They’ve played together so long and obviously live together, so they know each other’s games and emotions really well,” Willman said. “They are able to read where they are on the court and you can’t put a price on that.”

Willman would know, having played in his native New Zealand as a junior and eventually reaching the Davis Cup, along with coaching international junior teams.

Thomas exudes confidence, with a mental toughness that translates to consistency, while James is the bigger hitter and plays a

Thomas (left) and James Yu stand on a tennis court near their former home in Factoria, where they used to practice. JOSH SUMAN, Bellevue Reporter more aggressive style.

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Hoops squads get back to it tonight Girls teams after postseason spots

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Bellevue beat Sammamish 76-31 Tuesday behind a game high 17 points from Kyle Foreman and 16 more from Mikey Henn.

Robert Ambartsumyan scored eight to lead the way for the Totems in the loss.

The Wolverines, still unbeaten in conference play at 9-0, face Juanita at home tonight with a scheduled 8 p.m. tip.

Sammamish plays Lake Washington tonight at 8 p.m. in a matchup between the conference’s 2A squads. The Kangs need only one win or one loss by the Totems in the final two-plus weeks of the season to clinch KingCo’s only 2A playoff spot.

Interlake beat Liberty 57-51 Tuesday to pick up its second conference win of the year, getting 22 points from

Austin Clark and 10 more from Nate Webner.

The Saints erased a halftime deficit to take care of the Patriots and face Mercer Island tonight at 8 p.m.

Newport won its first 4A KingCo game of the season Tuesday, beating Woodinville 61-60.

The Knights play Skyline tonight at 8 p.m.

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Newport’s girls basketball team, still leading the pack in the Crown Division of 4A KingCo, faces Skyline tonight in a 6:30 p.m. tip.

The game is also the team’s annual Cancer Awareness Night, with the girls team wearing pink uniforms and proceeds being raised for awareness and treatment.

The boys team will also wear pink as part of their uniform for the fifth annual event.

For more information or to make a direct donation, contact girls basketball coach Travis Whitaker at twhit22@ gmail.com.

Interlake hosts Mercer Island and Sammamish visits Lake Washington.

Bellevue, which finds itself in third place in the conference, meets Juanita.

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Area wrestlers crack top-10 on mat

BY JOSH SUMAN BELLEVUE REPORTER

Bellevue junior Christian Villani, last year’s 3A state champion at 132 pounds, is currently the top-ranked wrestler in Class 3A at 145 pounds, according to Washington Wrestling Report (washingtonwrestlingreport.net).

Teammate Garrett Williams is ranked 12th at 138 pounds.

Sammamish senior Juan Quijada is ranked 12th in Class 2A at 120 pounds, with teammate James Tate 10th at 170.

Senior Jake Johnson is just outside the top-15 for the To-

tems at 220 pounds, while Max Hummer is the fifth ranked 2A competitor at 182.

Newport’s David Yingling is 10th at 113 pounds and is the only wrestler for the Knights included in the rankings.

Bellevue Christian senior Tate Razor is 10th in Class 1A at 220 pounds.

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The duo said they train six days per week, when they’re not traveling for tournaments.

While the trophies and gold balls awarded by the USTA are welcome accolades, both James and Thomas said the real goal is to use tennis as an avenue to a college education and career.

“College is so important,” their father Ming said. “Not many people make it to the pros.”

But with their collegiate and even prep careers still years in the future, the twins said enjoying their time together on the court, even if they are across the net from one another, is vitally important.

“In a big match, I’d rather play someone else,” Thomas said. “If I beat him in singles, he’s mad when we play doubles.”

Their parents estimated the two have faced off on the singles court nearly a dozen times with a championship on the line, and said while it can be stressful watching their sons compete against one another in high-stakes situations, the grit they gain from those moments will pay dividends away from the court in their futures.

“It is a great experience, physically and mentally,” Ming said. “When they play each other, it doesn’t matter who wins, because it is in the house.”

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Newport diver qualifies for state, Mercer Island nips Bellevue in dual

BY JOSH SUMAN BELLEVUE REPORTER

Newport junior diver Oey Chang earned a fourth place finish at the District 2 Qualifying meet, earning a score of 345.10 in the finals and punching a ticket to the 4A state swim and dive meet in February at King County Aquatic Center.

Chang scored 171.10

in the preliminary round before coming back with a mark of 254.10 in the semifinals.

280.6 in the finals.

Jones scored 117.95 in the prelims and 189.3 in the semi-finals and was the second highest 3A KingCo finisher at the meet.

Bellevue’s Jones qualifies Newport falls Bellevue junior Chase Jones was a district qualifier to Issaquah in Class 3A for the Wolverines, earning a score of

Issaquah beat Newport 96-90 in a 4A KingCo dual

meet last week.

Andrew Pana won the 200 yard individual medley for the Knights, swimming a time of two minutes, .31 seconds.

Dave Makhervaks won the 100 fly in 55.87 and Aaron Elhajj took the 100 free in 51.15. Pana also took the 500 free and helped his team to a win in the 400

free relay.

long and Alex Lorenz did likewise in the 50 free.

Saints qualify in Bellevue splits dual meet loss Bellevue lost to Mercer Interlake fell 115-70 to 4A Inglemoor in a dual meet, but got a host of postseason qualifying times in the process.

Jake Beauchamp earned a district time in the 200 free, while teammate Eric Yang punched a KingCo meet ticket in the same event.

Michael Lorr, Todor Dimitrov and Tsukasa Ito all earned postseason spots in the 200 individual medley, while Albert Fur-

Island in a 3A KingCo dual meet by a single point, 93-92 Tuesday.

The Wolverines took the win in the 200 medley relay, as Michael Stanchi, Morgan Ciliv, Todd McCarthy and George French swam 1:40.06. Stanchi also touched first in the 200 free in a time of 1:49.70, with Ciliv the winner in the 200 individual medley in 1:57.87.

McCarthy won the 100 fly for the Wolverines in 53.11 and took the 100 backstroke in 55.31.

Bellevue also took the 200 and 400 free relays, with French, Daniel Prang, Marco Stanchi and Ciliv winning the 200 and Prang, Sebastian Steen, Michael Stanchi and McCarthy taking the victory in the 400.

Bellevue also beat crosstown Newport in a KingCo dual meet, winning 114-71 behind a sweep in the relay races.

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The KingCo swim and dive meet is Feb. 7-8 at the University of Washington and Juanita High School.

The first session of preliminary heats begins at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at UW and includes Newport, Interlake and Sammamish.

The second preliminary session begins at 6:30 p.m. and includes Bellevue.

The finals are slated for the following day, with heats starting at 3:45 p.m.

The diving finals take place at Juanita at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 8.

The 3A Sea-King District meet is Feb. 14 and 15 at Mary Wayte Pool (8815 S.E. 40th St., Mercer Island).

The top five finishers in each event qualify for state, with the top five teams punching state tickets in relay events.

The 2A bi-district swim and dive meet is set for the same dates at Fidalgo Pool in Anacortes, and will include district qualifiers from Sammamish and Lake Washington.

The state swim and dive meet is scheduled for Feb. 21-22 at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. Visit the Reporter online at bellevuereporter.com for updated prep sports scores.

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lake’s vice president of fund development and executive director of the foundation and auxiliaries. “We’re committed to providing the Eastside with the highest caliber of care available, and the funds raised at this year’s event will allow us to continue to do just that.”

One of the Eastside’s premier social events, the Bandage Ball is expected to gather more than 800 community leaders. First held in 1960 to celebrate the opening of Overlake Hospital, the Bandage Ball has raised more than $10 million in the last 16 years. Last year’s event raised $1.1 million for the David and Shelley Hovind Heart and

Vascular Center.

This year’s event will feature auctioneer Mark Schenfeld from Stokes Auction Group and be emceed by local media personality and Puget Sound Business Journal columnist Patti Payne. The event includes dinner, dancing and an auction featuring items such as trips to Tuscany, Maui and a private chef ’s dinner at the Columbia Tower Club.

Tickets are $300 per person or $3,000 for a table of 10. For tickets or to volunteer, contact Jennifer Fischer at 425-688-5526 or events@overlakehospital.org. More information is available at bandageball.org.

Millionaire sentenced for defrauding government A Taco Bell franchise owner was sentenced to six months in federal prison Monday and ordered to pay back nearly $200,000 in Social Security benefits he collected for his mother, a recipient who should have stopped receiving those payments when she died more than 20 years ago.

Raymond C. O'Dell, formerly of Bellevue, was sentenced Monday (Jan. 13) in U.S. District Court for fraudulently collecting Social Security benefits for his deceased mother through a joint account since her death in 1989 and furthering the deception by providing false information to the government to keep the fraud going. O'Dell, 70, who now resides in Arizona, is reportedly worth $4 million and made his fortune through ownership of a number of Taco Bell fran-

chises in the Seattle area.

The long-term fraud case ended in May 2012 after a Social Security Administration representative called O'Dell and asked to speak with his mother. The U.S. Attorney's Office reports O'Dell lied to the representative before contacting his own lawyer, who alerted the attorney's office.

On top of his six-month prison sentence, O'Dell will pay $188,436 in restitution, a $20,000 fine for theft of government funds and serve another six months under house arrest. O'Dell is also scheduled to enter a plea and be sentence later this week for fraudulently collecting $100,000 in pension benefits from the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.

Council OKs improvements at Hidden Valley Park The Bellevue City Council approved a $4.21 million contract Jan. 6 to complete athletic fields and other site improvements at Hidden Valley Park. The project is a partnership between Bellevue and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bellevue.

Bellevue and youth organization will share equally in the cost of the site improvements, which include the installation of synthetic turf on the exist-

ing ball fields, construction of a fourth field and expansion of the parking lot. The city will pay the full cost of $76,650 for a separate maintenance building.

Under an agreement, the city will lease a one-half acre parcel of the 17-acre Hidden Valley Park to the organization for $1 per year for 50 years. The boys and girls clubs will construct, operate and maintain a 21,500-square-foot gymna-

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The city will be able to schedule programs in the gym when it's not being used by youth organization.

Site work is expected to begin in February; gym construction is slated to start in April. The city and boys/ girls clubs also will share an estimated $650,000 in additional "soft costs" for services

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As drivers approach the entry point to the express toll lanes, they will see a sign listing up to three destinations. The toll for each destination at the time is the price of that trip.

The lanes would be divided into three areas — Lynnwood-Bellevue, Bellevue-Renton and Renton-Pacific. One study assumed a minimum toll of 50 cents per area to start, increasing to 75 cents in 2018.

Buses and registered vanpools will travel tollfree in the lanes.

The second phase would require a new lane to be built from Bellevue to Renton and ramps constructed to connect the lane to existing carpooltoll lanes on Highway 167.

That project, expected to cost more than $1.1 billion, has not been funded.

The new report recommends using $960 million from the gas tax and collecting the remaining $215 million through tolls to cover the cost. The report is unclear on whether an increase in the per-gallon gas tax would be required

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Overlake Medical Center Foundation & Auxiliaries will host its annual Bandage Ball gala and auction on Saturday, March 29 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. Proceeds from the event will go toward the establishment of the most advanced, comprehensive cancer center on the Eastside.

The Bandage Ball marks the official kick off of the Overlake Foundation & Auxiliaries’ $10 million campaign to raise funding for the $15 million stateof-the-art project.

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House Bill 1817: Adding eligibility criteria for higher education financial aid. Passed the House on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, by a vote of 71 to 23. Known as the “Washington State Dream Act,” this bill would allow access to financial aid for state college students who were illegally brought to the United States as children. House Bill 1817 passed the House during the 2013 session by a vote of 77 to 20, but did not see action in the Senate.

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■ Aubrey C. Devine of Bellevue was named to the Rhodes College honor roll for the 2013 fall semester. Devine is a graduate of The Overlake School.

■ Corinne Fowler and Tyler Ramsey were married Nov. 9, 2013, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, by Pastor Emma, a close friend and sorority Corinne and Tyler Ramsey sister.

The bride graduated from Century High School in Pocatello, Idaho, in 2004. She was active in student life, played soccer and basketball and was senior class president. She played on the golf team for the University of Puget

Sound and graduated in 2008 from the Business Leadership Program. She has worked for the Seattle Mariners and the American Heart Association. She currently works in public relations for a startup company in downtown Seattle.

The groom graduated from Bellevue High School in 2004 as a three-sport athlete. He led his football team to two state championships as quarterback. He majored in accounting at the University of Washington. He works for the Seattle Seahawks as their West Coast college scout.

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■ Nineteen Bellevue School District educators have been named National Board Certified Teachers in 2013.

Elementary school teachers awarded certification are Tracy Nishimura Shulman of Bennett, Karen Greytak of Enatai; Stephanie Brown of Newport Heights; Karen Berry and Christina Maricich of Phantom Lake; Katherine Kikawa of Sherwood Forest; Allison Snow of Woodridge; and Jennifer Hampshire, Ann Harkness and Melinda Pederson of Somerset.

Middle school teachers awarded certification are Joseph Achelpohl and Shari Gehrke of Chinook; and Jenni Eicher of Highland.

High school teachers awarded certification are Adrienne Dickinson, Kimberly Kaufman, Kevin Kincaid and Lisa Neshyba of Sammamish; and Taryn Hope and Rachael Yeager of Interlake.

Certification is an advanced teaching credential offered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. It requires a review process, including self analysis of teaching methods, video submissions of classroom teaching and evidence of student growth and achievement under the teacher.

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Drive sober effort nabs 656 A a total of 656 motorists were stopped and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement campaign in King County. Statewide, law enforcement officers arrested 2723 drivers for DUI. The campaign was conducted from Nov. 27, 2013 through Jan. 1, 2014.

Last year in King County, during the same time period, officers on routine and extra patrols arrested 795 people for DUI. The Bellevue Police Department was part of the campaign.

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A look at Bellevue’s past

Voices of Bellevue: Duckie Ulrich Eastside Heritage Center’s oral history collection contains more than 200 interviews. In the following excerpt from her 2001 oral history (edited for clarity) Duckie Ulrich talks about the process she and her new husband went through to purchase land for a home in the early 1930s.

Interviewer: When we talked before, you mentioned some property that you wanted to buy when you first came back to Bellevue. Tell me about that.

Duckie Ulrich: “Well, we had lived with the folks for a year. And the baby was a year old. And I wanted a house for my own, and my mother thought that was fine. My dad thought that was very foolish that we should move out, and that the same heat and the same lights and the same water and all that sort of thing would house us all.

Well, the main thing was he didn’t want us to take that baby away. I don’t think he thought we knew how to take care of it. [chuckles] Anyway, we finally decided that we’d like to buy a house. And Dad said, well, he thought the ideal would be for us to buy a lot. And at that time, you could buy any lot in town for $100. And so, he said, “Where would you like it?” And I said, “Well, I’d like one right across the street,” which is where Kay Lumber was built later — a good deal later. [chuckles] So he said, “Well, Mr. Ditty owns it, and we’ll have to go and talk to him about it.” He said, “Well, you could buy the lot, and then continue to live here. And then you’ve got the lot paid for, and then you could probably borrow money through Shinstrom at the bank.”

So we went over to see Mr. Ditty — we already knew him from years before — and he was delighted. It was fine. He’d be glad to sell us the lot and everything. We talked about what we would do and all, and he thought that was just — really, he was just very up-and-coming about it. We asked him how much he wanted for it, and he wanted $300. Well, that was just a real shock. [chuckles] And we came home, and my dad said, “What did Mr. Ditty have to say?”

And I said — you know, my dad was not a man who swore or anything — but the first thing he said when we told him he wanted $300 for it, my dad said, “What in the hell has he got buried over there? Gold?” And we later found out he had gold buried there, all right. The whole block was gold! So, we didn’t buy a house, or even a lot. And that’s about the time that we rented that little double house that was down off of Main Street, and lived in that. I think we paid $12 a month rent for that.”

To learn more about Bellevue and Eastside history, contact the Eastside Heritage Center at 425-450-1049 or visit www.

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BY BELLEVUE COLLEGE PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM This year marks the 75th year Washington State Community and Technical Colleges have been supporting families through research-based parent education and early childhood education experiences.

Last year alone, over 900 families participated in Bellevue College’s affordable parent education program that provided Eastside parents with their infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners enrichment and learning opportunities to last a lifetime.

The Bellevue College Parent Education classes enable parents to: Get involved in their child’s schooling. Contemporary researchers suggests parent education is the best predictor of a child’s success in school.

According to Joyce Epstein of Johns Hopkins University, “The earlier in a child’s educational process parent involvement begins, the more powerful the effects. . . . Decades of research show that when parents are involved students have higher grades, test scores, and graduation rates; better school attendance; increased motivation, better self-esteem; lower rates of suspension; decreased use of drugs and

To learn more about the Bellevue College Parent Education program, visit: http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/health/ parented/

Nominations sought for King County’s Earth Heroes King County wants to honor the very best students, teachers, staff, school volunteers, programs and even entire schools that are contributing to student environmental education and environmental protection, through the county’s Earth Heroes at School awards program.

Nominations for the 2014 awards are due March 10, and winners will be honored at an event this spring. Earth Heroes can be nominated by colleagues, classmates and the public.

Self-nominations are also encouraged.

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alcohol; and fewer instances of violent behavior. Family participation in education was twice as predictive of students’ academic success as family socioeconomic status.”

Participate in an organized research-based parent education forum. Raising children today is different than for parents in earlier generations. In recognizing this, the BC parent education program is based upon positive parenting techniques that increase the likelihood of better outcomes.

Classes focus on managing emotions, improving family communication and learning about temperament differences that affect family dynamics. Research indicates that this authoritative/responsive parenting style increases the likelihood of better academic performance and better friendships.

Support their child’s social development and develop friendships. Parents love to make new friends, and so do their children. Friendships easily develop in the classroom setting because parents and children are sharing fun experiences.

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Hans Heinrich Lenschow

Hans Heinrich Lenschow, Jr. peacefully passed away in his sleep at age 90 on January 16, 2014 in Bellevue, Washington.

He was born in Oslo, Norway to Hans Heinrich Sr. and Margit Lenschow on June 22, 1923. After WW11, Hans came to the US and studied Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1952. There he met Leona Patricia Henricksen. They were married in Kalispell, MT on September 9, 1952. He and his family resided in Norway and the US until 1966 when he and the family established permanent residence in Bellevue, WA. Hans was a Boeing engineer when he retired, but his life was ultimately characterized by his dedicated service to God, his family and the community.

After retiring, Hans and Leona traveled often to Cimpulung, Romania, where they volunteered their time and effort at an orphanage. Hans was an active Board member for Maritime Ministries, which serves foreign sailors visiting the Ports of Seattle and Everett. He also served on the board of Lutheran Bible Institute (now Trinity Lutheran College), and in various capacities at their church. He loved the outdoors and spending time at their cabin in Canada. He was a passionate tennis player and skier, and loved working in his garden. When he wasn’t outside, you would find him doing woodworking in the garage or working on his extensive stamp collection.

Hans is survived by his loving wife, Leona, and his cherished daughters Chrissy Gelmini, Linda Spencer, Kari Hineline, and Heidi Schiffer. He has 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

He is also survived by his brother Asbjorn of Sweden and was predeceased by his sister Eva of Oslo, Norway in 2011.

Burial will be 1:00pm on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Flintoft’s Funeral Home, 540 E Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA. 425392-6444 www.flintofts.com. Open viewing will be from 11:00am-1:00pm.

A CELEBRATION OF HANS’ LIFE will be held at 3:00pm on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 411 156th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA. Reception following ~ all are welcome.

In lieu of flowers, Hans kindly requested memorial donations be made to Trinity Lutheran College, 2802 Wetmore Ave, Everett, WA 98201.

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gone through traumatic experiences, such as losing a loved one.

“After 9/11 in New York, when so many kids were particularly vulnerable to trauma, we came up with a response called ‘Comfort for Kids,’” O’Neill said.

The program provides tools and resources to children and their caretakers to help deal with the psychological shock of traumatic events, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and war. The program is up and running for Syrian refugees in both Lebanon and Jordan.

Locally, Mercy Corps is assisting immigrants, poverty-stricken people and incarcerated women who are about to be released through Mercy Corps Northwest. Their programs work to increase economic self-sufficiency and community integration through development and self-employment.

Their goal is to reduce unemployment, grow personal incomes and increase economic growth.

O’Neill said the most visible thing Mercy Corps does is offer donors the opportunity to provide a life-changing gift to someone in need. The gifts range in price and help

Dan O’Neill in a family photo, circa 1992. COURTESY PHOTO people in numerous areas, from education to vaccinations.

“It’s a donation, but it’s something that people can see put in front of them and say, ‘I’m participating in this,’” O’Neill explained.

Mercy Corps is in 42 countries with a staff of about 4,200 – 90 percent of whom are indigenous.

O’Neill has been to over 75 counties and lived overseas for periods of up to two years. And while travel-

ing is a huge part of his life, O’Neill said he always ends up at his Sammamish home where he has lived for 27 years.

“Coming back to familiar territory is a good thing,” O’Neill said.

He is married to his wife, Cherry, who also is actively involved in the community, and has five children between the ages of 21 and 32.

O’Neill said that he hopes Mercy Corps will

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Infections are on the rise locally, as seasonal influenza has gone from barely detectable levels in early December to widespread in King County.

Locally and across the U.S., healthcare providers are reporting an increase in severe influenza infections – requiring intensive hospital care for young and middle-age adults.

The predominant strain circulating currently is influenza A H1N1, responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic. The virus causes infections and severe illness in all ages but, compared to other influenza strains, it causes higher rates of illness and death among young and middle-age adults.

Pregnant women should get vaccinated at any stage of pregnancy. The flu vaccine is both safe and effective for pregnant women, including during the first trimester. Vaccinating during pregnancy protects not only the mother but also the fetus and child as well. Newborn infants can’t be vaccinated until they’re six months old.

Other members of the community at increased risk for severe influenza include the elderly and people who have long-term health problems, like diabetes, asthma, and heart or lung problems.

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continue to adapt to the rapid change in the world and continue the legacy of risk-taking innovation, all with the hope of reaching out to the world’s “bottom billion.”

“There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing positive change,” he said.

“One person can make a huge difference in people’s lives.”

O’Neill referenced Helen Keller, stating that while the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

“Hope is a key word,” he said.

And because of that, O’Neill doubts he’ll ever retire from humanitarian work.

“We have a saying here.

Once you’re in Mercy Corps, always in Mercy Corps.”

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Bellevue School District ✔ Vote YES Educational and Operations Levy ✔ Vote YES Technology and Capital Projects Levy ✔ Vote YES School Construction Bond

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