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Public Health Clinic in Bothell faces closure from state cuts BY SARAH KEHOE
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he Public Health clinic in Bothell faces closure as Public Health-Seattle and King County faces a $15 million
shortfall per year for the next two years. “We’ve run out of rabbits we can pull from our hat,” said David Fleming, director and health officer for Public Health. “To operate
with a balanced budget, we may be compelled to reduce staffing and services.” The agency’s biggest budget challenge is with its Public Health centers, where expenses have
outpaced revenue. This has created around a $10 million annual gap in both 2015 and 2016, according to the agency’s website. As a result, much of the agency’s cuts will occur at the
centers. Public Health proposes to close four of its 10 public health clinics: Federal Way, Auburn, Northshore in Bothell and Greenbridge in White Center. The Bothell clinic at
Kenmore woman turns 100 years old
Legislators discuss progress in Olympia
BY SARAH KEHOE
BY SARAH KEHOE
skehoe@bothell-reporter.com
skehoe@bothell-reporter.com
State representatives were invited to the Bothell Chamber of Commerce luncheon July 9 to speak about their part in the latest legislative session. Rep. Luis Moscoso, Rep. Derek Stanford and Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe of the 1st District also went from table-to-table for a timed question and answer segment with attendees. Moscoso reported he is unhappy with the state legislature’s decision to not move forward on transportation funding. “It’s frustrating, we are at a gridlock with our transportation issues,” he said. “Fixing our bridges [ more CHAMBER page 13 ]
10808 NE 145th St. serves more than 4,200 clients per year and employs 17 total staff, said Keith Seinfeld, Public Health public information officer. [ more CLOSURE page 3 ]
Rep. Derek Stanford , second from left, talks about the economic state Washington is in and how it will affect Bothell at the Bothell Chamber of Commerce luncheon held at Country Village. Stanford also stuck around to answer questions directed by attendees. SARAH KEHOE, Bothell Reporter
Helen Warburton used to sit on her parents’ farm in Logansport, Ind. and dream of adventure. She was born in 1914 at a time when women were trained to be homemakers and tended to settle in the same town they were born. But Warburton said she knew deep down she was destined for an interesting life. “I was always fascinated by the brain and wanted to become a surgical nurse to a brain surgeon,” Warburton said. “But I wasn’t able to go to college.” Warburton felt stuck, wondering what she would do with her life. [ more 100 page 6 ]
Bothell teen from Issaquah club is national fencing champion Bothell High School sophomore Matthew Comes couldn’t find a sport he enjoyed until he tried a fencing camp at the local YMCA.
“I enjoyed it immediately,” he said. “I have never been much of a ‘team player.’ I really like to do things individually and to challenge myself.” Comes has fenced ever
since and this month he took home the gold medal in the Men’s Division III Epee competition at the USA Fencing National Championships in Ohio. Comes represented Issaquah’s Washington Fencing
Academy and competing in his third national championship, starting the day seeded third overall out of 125 fencers from around the country. “I started the day off feeling really good and was
really excited to be there,” Comes said. “Winning felt pretty cool.” The standard format for the event is a pool round followed by a direct elimination bracket. Comes swept his
pool bouts going 6-0, placing as the fourth seed going into the direct elimination round. Fencing at the top of his game, Comes earned a bye in the round of 128, [ more FENCING page 2 ]
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BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@bothell-reporter.com