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Kenmore businesses apply for city’s registration program BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@bothell-reporter.com
More than 600 Kenmore businesses registered in the city’s new business registration program. The Kenmore City Coun-
cil voted in favor of the program at a meeting on July 22, 2013. Businesses registered in the program will be on Kenmore’s online directory, set to launch on the city’s website by September.
Assistant City Manager Nancy Ousley said the decision goes way back to when the council was creating an economic development strategy in 2009. “This was one of the ac-
tions that was called for in our five year action plan to support local businesses,” Ousley said. “The best way to be able to support our local businesses is to know who is here so that we can connect
with them better and therefore learn more about what their needs are.” Council members say they want their program to be business-friendly. “That’s one of the reasons
we called it registration and not license,” Ousley said. “We didn’t want it to be costly or burdensome to our business owners, we wanted it to be something they could all [ more PROGRAM page 3 ]
Most Northshore primary races definitive BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@bothell-reporter.com
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Kenmore Summer Concert Series draws big crowds Members of Miss Tess & The Talkbacks performed at Kenmore’s Summer Concert Series this year to a full crowd. The band is from New York and performed in Kenmore for the first time. See full story on page 10. COURTESY PHOTO
he Washington state 2014 primary election took place Aug. 5 and there are very few surprises for races that impact Northshore residents. The results, however, maybe a barometer for the general election. The most hotly contested race was to see who, out of the six challengers, would take on incumbent U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene in the 1st Congressional District during the general election. To no one’s surprise, DelBene is garnering the top spot in the top-two primary with 51 percent of the vote. Two Republicans lead the rest of the pack, as Microsoft engineer Pedro Celis is beating as biochemist Robert J. Sutherland by a little more than 900 votes, 16.41-15.63 percent. In early returns Sutherland held a narrow lead but it swung in Celis’ direction late last week. In a distant fourth
place is John Orlinski with 10 percent. The closest of the primary battles involve Bothell races, as 1st District Rep. Luis Moscoso (D-Mountlake Terrace) is leading his republican challenger, Edward J. Barton (R-Mill Creek), 44-43 percent. But a third candidate, democrat Dave Griffin, is pulling in 12 percent of the vote. Griffin will likely not make it to the general election. Rep. Derek Stanford is running unopposed. The 46th District primary involving Kenmore has less competitive races. State Sen. David Frockt (D-Seattle) leads his challenger, Van Sperry (R-Kenmore), 79-21 percent and State Rep. Jessyn Farrell (D-Seattle) is leading Branden Curtis (R-Shoreline), 82-18 percent. No other candidates are running in these races and all will advance to the general election. Rep. Gerry Pollet is running unopposed.
Bothell resident loses attempt to block key evidence in his murder trial A Bothell man lost a bid Thursday to block prosecutors from much of the evidence they hope to use to prove he murdered his
wife early last year. Alan Smith, 39, is scheduled to go on trial in January, charged with firstdegree murder. His public defenders asked Snohomish County Superior Court
Judge Linda Krese to rule police used seven flawed search warrants to build the case against him. They urged the judge to suppress evidence gathered from Smith’s home, body, bank,
vehicles, cellphones, computers and other electronic devices. The judge for the most part declined. She ruled that police went overbroad in seeking
some evidence. For example, police sought all diary entries Smith had ever made regarding his personal relationships. But detectives proved they had enough
reasons to look for evidence linked to the killing in nearly every place they searched, Krese said. Snohomish County prosecutors allege that [ more EVIDENCE page 3 ]
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