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Juanita High students arrested for sexual assault Victim is special-needs student, case referred to prosecutors for charges BY TJ MARTINELL AND MATT PHELPS Kirkland Reporter
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n official with the Kirkland Police Department has confirmed that the victim
of a sexual assault at Juanita High School on Oct. 22 is a special-needs student. Four Juanita High School students have been arrested for allegedly assaulting the 18-year-old
male student in a locker room. Kirkland police are still investigating the incident but have also referred the case on to prosecutors for charges. A district employee, who did not want to be
named and was the first to confirm to the Reporter that the victim is special needs, also said that the suspects are all freshmen at the high school. The arrests were made
Oct. 23 after the victim and his family told police officers that he was assaulted by several younger male students. The male students were identified and arrested. They were interviewed and released to their parents later that day.
“Students who interrupted the situation put a stop to it, as well as reporting it to adults,” Juanita High School Principal Gary Moed said in a letter to parents. “On Thursday morning, the Kirkland police depart[ more ASSAULT page 3 ]
New store offers style with a purpose BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
Manager Bri Welk helps stylist Gabby Bontrager try on different clothes at Purpose Boutique’s new store in downtown Kirkland off Central Way. It is the second store for the business, which first opened in Bremerton last year and specializes in offering affordable clothing and jewelry while being ethically responsible with the source of their products. The owners also donate a portion of the profits to charity. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter
Purpose Boutique’s owners hope to repeat their successful combination of clothing and charitable giving in Kirkland as they’ve had in Bremerton. The grand opening of their second store is an indication of the business’ popularity after being open for a little more than a year at its first location. Founder Christie Johnson and co-owner Amy Welk believe the affordable clothing and strong focus on the organizations they support will appeal to Kirkland residents looking to make more ethical and responsible purchases. Both Johnson and Welk described the clothing selection as ranging from
stay at home to cocktail dresses, and the styles carry a blend of southern formality and northwestern edginess, according to Johnson, a native of Charlotte, N.C. Johnson said she first opened Purpose Boutique with her husband, Flip, and friend Ashleigh. At the time, she had a one year old and three year old to take care of, which she said proved to be a challenge, especially when Flip, who is in the Navy, was gone on deployment. Eventually she opened a store when she felt there was enough support, but also felt it was a step of faith - a step that found solid ground. She said they met their first month’s sales goals within [ more PURPOSE page 3 ]
City of Kirkland narrows possible sites for new fire station down to two BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
The city of Kirkland has narrowed the possible sites for Fire Station 24 to two, both of which are within .7 miles away from Station 27. What will prove difficult, however, is closing the gap between the city’s current funds and the costs of purchasing the site and constructing the new fire station. Both sites
are located in the Juanita neighborhood. The council will discuss the matter during a study session at its Nov. 18 meeting. The two sites being considered by the city, 9950 NE 132nd St and 10007 NE 132 St, are located roughly two miles away from where Station 24 is now, just west of Fairfax Hospital and north of Juanita Elementary. They are .6 and 1.4 acres respectively. The first site would
cost $6.7 million to purchase, while the second site would cost approximately $7.8 million. The cost to build them would be $5.6 million and $5.8 million respectively. While the consolidated station option would provide better coverage and service to most people in Finn Hill, the study concluded
areas around Holmes Point, where Station 25 is located and receive fewer calls, would have reduced response times. The plan ultimately recommended the dual option because it provides “improved service to north Finn Hill, while maintaining the current service to south Finn Hill,” according to the July
2014 city memo. Kirkland Fire Chief Kevin Nalder also said the long-term plan is to relocate Station 27 east of I-405, where there is only one station currently. In the event of a disaster cutting off access to the eastside of the city, he said it would significantly impact the department’s ability to respond. He also said the new station would be the most
strategic in the city in what he described as the epicenter of call volumes. Station 27 currently receives more calls per year, 3,800 according to Nalder, than any other fire station in King County. “It’s in the need of some support,” he said. “Even in the interim, the support will take a bit of the burden off of station 27 until we can move forward with our [ more FIRE page 9 ]
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Oct. 22 Violation of order: 7 p.m., 12200 block of 112th Way NE. A 49-year-old man was arrested for violating a protection order filed against him by his 51-year-old wife. He had previously been arrested for assaulting her in front of their 14-year-old son. Assault: 11:04 a.m., 10200 block of NE 132nd St. A 26-year-old man was arrested after sucker-punching a 22-yearold man. The victim was knocked unconscious and suffered a skull fracture after hitting the ground. Both were patients at Fairfax Hospital. Violation of order: 12:34 p.m., 600 block of 12th Ave. A 21-year-old man was arrested for violating a domestic violence no-contact order between him and a 19-year-old woman.
Oct. 19 Assault: 5:30 p.m., 12200 block of 112th Way NE. A 49-year-old man was arrested after he got into a fight with
his 51-year-old wife over disciplining their 14-year-old son, who witnessed the incident. She told police she stabbed him with a knife and the man was found to have a superficial abdomen wound. However, officers determined him to be the primary aggressor after the wife and son said they were afraid of being assaulted by him.
Oct. 18 Assault: 6 p.m., 11400 block of NE 132nd St. A 29-year-old man was arrested after grabbing the neck of a 25-year-old woman. He also scratched her neck and broke her cell phone. The two live together have a three-year-old child, who witnessed the incident.
Oct. 17 Assault: 11:39 p.m., 13000 block of NE 70th Pl. A 26-year-old man and 27-yearold man were arrested for assaulting a 40-year-old security guard after he asked them to smoke away from the building.
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if the district believes they impose a danger to ment began an investigaother students or faculty tion of the incident. We are cooperating fully with members, according to Lake Washington School the Kirkland police, who District spokesperson arrested four students on Kathryn Rieth. They can Thursday afternoon. We later be allowed back also began investigating to school if they are no the situation with regard longer determined to be a to school discipline.” danger. Because of student “This incident is the privacy laws, the school exception to the Juanita cannot divulge further High School way,” Moed information, including said. “As a school, we are discipline, according to working hard to create a Moed. safe, caring and an inclu“However, I can assure sive environment. Last you that we have already year, we implemented the taken action with regard Safe Schools to the safety “This incident is the Ambassadors of students exception to the Juanita program. and staff at High School way. As a Our staff and Juanita High school, we are working student leadSchool,” hard to create a safe, ership have Moed said. caring and an inclusive worked hard to The Kirkenvironment. Last year, make Juanita a land Police we implemented the Safe safe place for Department everyone. Schools Ambassadors in a release “I am truly program. Our staff and stated that saddened that student leadership have the Lake this incident Washingworked hard to make ton School Juanita a safe place for could occur at Juanita but am District has everyone.” taken action Juanita High School Principal also proud of the students against the Gary Moed who stepped four students in to stop it. I per displan to do evtrict policy. erything within my power Students are given an to keep safety of students emergency expulsion as our top priority.”
[ purpose from page 1] the first week, and by the end of the month they had tripled their original goal. One of the things that draws people in, Johnson said, is the customized styling experience where the stylists help customers pick out clothing. “People love that when they come in, we are there to give them the best customer service,” she said. “My natural gift is styling. One of the goals was to let women participate in style
no matter where they are.” International, an organiza“The service you nortion that rescues victims of mally pay for, we give it to human trafficking. Welk, them for free,” Welk added. a former consultant for Another goal was to be the Gates Foundation and more conscious of friend of Johnson, said where their money she first started out went. In addition as a customer of Purpose to clothing, they Purpose Boutique, also offer jewelry then acted as an made by women advisor and finally from Third World joined after Johnson countries, allowing them convinced her. Welk said to earn a viable income. her time spent in East AfThey also donate profits rica showed her the value to Hope for Our Sisters, of creating dignified work which helps women in An- for people there. gola, and Rescue Freedom “A business can create so
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alloween has always struck me as a rather peculiar holiday. It’s a holiday in which parents dress their kids up to resemble vicious blood-sucking creatures and other souls that have long kicked their air addiction, splatting their faces with fake blood and fangs as they tell Johnny to stop hitting Suzy with his plastic battle axe. Meanwhile, other parents will dress their girls up in bright pink princess dresses evincing the epitome of grace and gentility, while the boys get Army cams with black and green face paint and a toy AK-47 so they can reenact Dad’s favorite scenes from “Red Dawn.” The parents then walk the kids around the neighborhood and, regardless of their religious persuasion, they will avoid the houses that appear the most safe, and boring, in favor of the scariest possible, complete with gruesome monsters, cobwebs clouding the front porch and spooky music booming through speakers. They knock on the door, then give the owner - who may or may not answer with a chainsaw in hand - one of two options, trick or treat, fully expecting them to choose the latter. The mission, which the kids always choose to accept, is to consume as much candy as possible before tooth decay takes hold. The next day, however, Johnny will reenter a world where suddenly it’s not okay to scare the living daylights out of his sister, candy is reserved only for special occasions, nothing is for free and a SWAT team is called to his school if he happens to point his findex finger at another student, because it’s apparently “too violent.” It’s the sort of surreal scene Lewis Carroll might have originally put in “Alice in Wonder-
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land” before removing it in the event someone of political importance thought him worthy of the loony bin, replacing it with the mad tea party scene in which Alice is told there’s no more room at a huge table with an empty armchair sitting right in front of her. Don’t get me wrong. As a kid, I loved getting the free candy, but the whole thing was confusing. Being moderately rational, I couldn’t understand why one day I’m told to avoid scary looking strangers who offer me candy, yet on Halloween I was supposed to be eager to knock on the door to a house that looked like it’s occupied by Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man and the IRS and ask them for a Three Musketeers bar. But what I really, really don’t get is how the same day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety Five Theses to a church door is now used by full grown adults as an occasion to celebrate their arrested development. I go to Value Village and Goodwill and see a ratio of 10-to-one adult
costumes versus kids. What gives? And half the costumes seem more appropriate for a Lover’s Package store. Lucy van Pelt of Peanuts fame said that a person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to their own personality. If that’s the case, we’re a nation of celibate Amish. Then again, Lucy did proceed to put on a witch mask after saying that. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole trick or treat aspect of it was conceived by the American Dental Association in order to maintain its powerful monopoly. Call me a 10/31 Truther. Just how many kids do you see dressed up as dentists when you answer your door on Halloween? Or maybe I should stop trying to make sense of Halloween and just enjoy it for the mad tea party it is.
TJ Martinell is a reporter with the Kirkland Reporter.
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In reference to the story on the front page of the Kirkland Reporter on Oct. 10, a train over or under north Lake Washington is a smashing idea. And so is a third car bridge - from Sand Point or Magnuson Park to Juanita. But instead of letting the government monopoly Sound Transit do it, I’d let a private consortium do it, and do it for both trains and cars. Wild idea? No, its actually been done in France. There is a beautiful four-lane toll bridge, the “Viaduc de Millau”, in France privately built in 2005 by a Paris-based international consortium. Why can’t the bridge, or tunnel, over north Lake Washington be a private, for-profit one? And include trains and cars? The other two bridges across Lake Washington, I-90 and SR 520, are public monopolies one federal, one state - so why not let a third private one compete? The for-profit, private consortium in France, Eiffage, built the bridge with private financing and leased it, with toll collection rights, from the French government for 75 years. It was built on time and within budget, something governments never do. The Chi-
cago Skyway outside of Chicago, organized in 2002, is a similarly leased private tollway. A fourth bridge across Lake Washington might take four years to complete and the car toll might be $50 for the first four years, but then the toll would come down — and in the meantime there’s a natural financial incentive to take the bus. Further, in the short run we can create water taxis and legalize private ferries across Lake Washington — both passenger and car. The future of transportation in the Seattle area should be private and toll based, rather than government and gas tax based.
Jeff Jared, Kirkland
On plastic bags, forced compliance is not following The city of Kirkland paid tax dollars for a survey regarding a plastic bag ban ... and then flat out ignored the results. PCC Natural Markets’ spokeswoman Diana Chapman advises us “...if you legislate it, people will follow.” Forced compliance is not “following.” The proposed plastic ban and charge for paper bags is a ripoff based on faulty science. The cost and carbon footprint of keeping re-
usable bags clean is higher than that of using new plastic bags. The proposed 5 cent charge per paper bag is just another tax that hits lower income people the hardest. Stores provide a clean environment and clean bags (plastic and paper) for purchases. With flu, bacteria, viruses and Ebola floating around, it would be so reassuring for the city and PCC to order us to bring dirty, used cloth bags into stores.
Virginia Costanzo, Kirkland
Wait for food at Oktoberfest was horrible My husband, Ralph, and I attended the Oktoberfest in Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Kirkland marina. We didn’t mind being “carded,” even though we are in our 70s. The beer was good and the music was good. However, there was only one food vendor and the wait to purchase food was close to an hour. We didn’t just want to have a beer and leave, so we waited it out and ordered the bratwurst. We decided not to attend this function in the future unless we can be assured that there will be more than one food vendor to cut back on the wait. We like to sup[ more LETTERS page 5 ]
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Please put dog poop bags in trash Please allow me a brief rant. The Instructions read: “Take a bag. No poop please. Use trash container.” Our parks department has kindly installed self-service dispensers for plastic bags, which a citizen has even labeled “No Dog Poop” so doglovers can help others pick up after their dogs and keep our parks free of dog poop. People - truly stupid people - are putting full bags of dog poop into these containers - right on top of the supply of clean bags. Some containers (e.g., Heritage Park) are only inches from a trash can, yet people put dog poop in the “bag dispenser.” Who do they think empties these containers? The program is great, but needs to be modified so dogs can explain it to their owners.
We are blessed to be a rich nation with more material goods than most of the rest of the world. We also create more trash, garbage and waste than much of the world’s people put together. If we look to Japan, Great Britain and Europe, who have lived for centuries in limited space with limited resources, we see people that own and carry their own shopping bags. Even living in Venezuela in the late 1950s, I saw no one being supplied with a bag (or sack if you prefer) when they shopped. All carried ‘string’ bags or some sort of reusable cloth bag. Each of us have the freedom to vote our choice in the upcoming election. We are so blessed to be able to do that. I point out to Albert Hern however that there are cloth and collapsible reusable bags available for a small amount in stores, catalogs (see LLBean) and places like Value Village and Goodwill, that can be used practically forever and washed. You have a multitude of choices of handles that are most comfortable. And to Laura Neff - you may opt to drive to another town to shop a store offering plastic bags, but instead of utilizing a petroleum product you are using more petroleum or energy of some kind to get there. You are to be applauded for reusing and not just
Nan Jorgensen, Kirkland
Paper or plastic in Kirkland I am amazed to read that the Kirkland City Council is spending time and city resources on consideration of an ordinance to outlaw plastic shopping bags. Ordinances such as this are an intrusion in the life of every citizen and business in Kirkland and an infringement on our rights to make our own decisions about shopping bags, or any other article in the market place, based on our own economic, practical and moral considerations. Such an infringement by government should only occur when there is a compel-
ling interest in the matter for the protection of the citizens. By no stretch of anyone’s imagination can my selection of “paper or plastic” be considered one in which the city of Kirkland has a compelling interest. Council members, please use my taxes and your time for matters of importance to the city and not in trying to run the details of my life for me.
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he Kirkland City Council has adopted interim regulations to control marijuana odor in anticipation of new businesses moving into the city. The six-month ordinance prohibits marijuana odor from being detected beyond the premise and requiring growers and business owners to install ventilation systems. The interim ordinance will allow the city staff to draft permanent zoning code amendments concerning retail marijuana and manufacturing within the areas already permitted. Planning director Eric Shields said while the city has not yet approved a business license from a marijuana grower or retail store, they took action after citizens contacted them about similar problems occurring in Colorado, where recreational marijuana is also legal. Before they obtain a city
business license, marijuana businesses must receive a marijuana license from the State Liquor Control Board. In May, one such business filed an application at Totem Lake. Shields said the city has, for now, taken a reactive stance to the changes caused by legalizing recreational marijuana in the state because their staff is mostly devoted to working on the comprehensive plan as part of its “Kirkland 2035” initiative. “It has been challenging, and it’s challenging in part because it’s not something we had planned on staffing up for,” he said. “We’ve been in the midst of our comprehensive planning update. If we get into this would we discover other things we haven’t anticipated right now? At this point in time we’ve been a little more reactive than proactive.” Putting interim regulations in place for the next six months, he said, would allow staff the time to create more
permanent zoning codes that could be put into place sometime next year, allowing them to focus for now on Kirkland 2035. In September, the council voted to extend the interim regulations for retail marijuana for another six months. Previously, they voted to prohibit marijuana businesses from opening up in the Norkirk, Moss Bay and Everest neighborhoods and light industrial zones where 50 percent or more of the zone’s boundaries are with commercial zones. In March, the council imposed a moratorium on marijuana stores in the Market Street Corridor and other neighborhoods like Norkirk after residents complained about the potential impact on traffic and crime. Properties that are located next to the designated Kirkland School Walk Routes are also exempt from having marijuana shops.
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During the Oct. 4 raid, police from Kirkland and Redmond found drug paraphernalia strewn inside of the house, as well as 26 firearms that included AK47s, pistols and a sawedoff shotgun, according to police records. The drug operation was just 300 feet from Helen Keller Elementary and so close that a school zone traffic sign is posted outside the residence. Police also discovered an entrance to a bunker located underneath his house inside his bedroom. Initially designed to be a marijuana grow operation, Bjorkstam admitted he has used it as a shooting range. Upon further inspection, police determined that the guns had been fired while aimed at a neighbor’s house across the street. The Redmond police first began investigating the residence in August after receiving information from people claiming narcotics were being sold there, in addition to stolen property.
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hood, which dissolved the district dissolved, the gaps, particularly in North King County Fire District consolidation project reFinn Hill. plans.” 41. In 2004, the fire distained $1.2 million in cash The plan called for two Although the Finn Hill trict first started planning reserves and $4 million in possible options. One was Neighborhood Alliance to consolidate both fire hasn’t taken an official po- on a consolidation project limited general obligation to combine the two fire debt issued. stations into one. The othsition on the station prostations. Th e fi re disAft er the annexation, er option would construct posal, Bill Blanchard, trict initially looked the city looked into 20 a new building for Station a member of the into placing the possible sites to place the 24 and leave Station 25, board of direcFIRE fi re station in Big consolidated station, but located at 12033 76th Pl tors, said they are Finn Hill Park, but later suspended the proNE, as is, redeploying pleased the plan the possible move cess in order to wait for existing staff to run both will allow them to sparked a backlash the findings in the 2013 stations. At the moment, retain Station 25 and from residents and Fire Strategic Plan. The Station 24 is run by volimprove response times to was opposed by the then plan, according to a July unteer emergency medical north Finn Hill. Denny Creek Neighbor2014 city memo, noted technicians between 7 Once the city figures hood Association. When several response time p.m. and 5:30 a.m. out which site they want, however, they will then have to dig up the necessary cash, as well as pay for maintenance work needed on Station 25. The city would first need to pay down the debt service for the $4 million bond, according to the July 2014 city memo. Join Us! er 13 Among possible opemb tions for raising the funds hursday, Nov30 T include a General Capital 5:30pm – 6: pm ness Together g Fit Contingency, which the remony welcomin er Ribbon cutting ce city anticipates will have s, raffle valued ov ge ra ve be , ks ac sn d re te ! ca gs y ba jo En nearly $4 million reserve, ests receive swag $1000. First 50 gu pe-link.org as well as non-voted and food item for ho ed nn ca a g in br se Plea voted bonds, a levy lid lift, and one-time funds. The issue of what to do with Fire Stations 24 and 25 has plagued the city ever Fitness Together of Kirkland 10627 NE 68th St. • Kirkland, WA since the 2011 annexation of the Finn Hill neighborfitnesstogether.com/kirkland • 425.242.1782
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City receives grant money for Totem Lake wetlands projects BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
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he city of Kirkland has received $300,000 in flood grant money from King County, which is expected to cover projects already underway in the Totem Lake Business District. The projects will help properly channel rainwater from Totem Lake to west of Interstate 405, reducing the seasonal flooding on Totem Lake Boulevard and 120th Avenue Northeast, according to Frank Reinart in the Kirkland Public Works Department. At the moment, water that exits through a wetlands south of McDonald’s continues downstream to 116th Street, where a series of obstructions prevent it from flowing out of the culverts. In addition to channel clearing, city work-
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Reinart said was also warding off potential developers, the council adopted the Totem Lake Action Plan that included improvement to reduce the impacts of seasonal flooding. “There was definitely a focus for these property owners coming to the city asking, ‘What can you do about the problem?’” The city expects to have the work completed by September 2015. The King County Flood Control District Board of Directors unanimously voted to approve the grant in September. “I’m excited that the County flood control funds can be used to address the serious drainage problems in the Totem Lake area of my district,” King County Flood District Board Supervisor Jane Hague said in a press release statement. “This project will benefit property owners in the area and will significantly decrease flooding events once it is complete.”
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by including a 15 percent increase to the parking stall per unit ratio based on the The Kirkland Planning King County’s Right Size Commission has recomParking (RSP) project after mended to the City Council their own study showed an changes to loosen parking equal percentage difference requirements for apartments in the ratio. and condos after concerns by According to the commisresidents prompted an exten- sion, the current multision for public comment. family parking requirements The proposed amenddo not take into account ments would allow for 1.2 the bedroom count of units. stalls for a studio, 1.3 stalls Kirkland’s general multifor a one bedroom unit, family zones require 1.7 1.6 stalls for a two stalls per unit and up bedroom unit, 1.8 Kirkland to 0.5 stalls per unit stalls for a three bedfor visitor parking. In room unit, and 10 the central business percent of required district, the current parking spaces set aside multi-family parking for visitor parking. requirement is one stall per However, the amendbedroom with minimum ment would allow for a 15 average of 1.3 stalls per unit, percent reduction to the plus 0.1 stalls per bedroom parking requirements if the for visitor parking. property is located within The planning commission half a mile of the Downtown first took up the matter at a Kirkland Transit Center, as study session in November well as transit subsidies. The 2013. planning commission voted In August, response from to allow transit subsidies for Kirkland residents indicated condos located within a half fears of parking shortages in mile of the transit center, as future residential developwell. ments that could spill over The proposed parking into the surrounding neighrestrictions are intended to borhood. reduce the number of singleDuring the initial public occupant vehicles (SOV) on comment period, the comthe road. The goal is to have mission received emails 65 percent SOV and 35 perexpressing dismay at the cent transit or other modes of transportation by 2022. Kirkland is expected to have 7,300 new mult-family housing units by 2035, according to the King County Growth Countywide Planning Policy growth targets. The city has also responded to the public comments criticizing the proposal, pointing to Juanita Village as an example of what happens when parking requirements are lowered. The problems at Juanita Village, however, are due to time restrictions on the parking spots, which mainly impacts employees, according to an Oct. 16 memo written by Kirkland Senior Planner Jon Regala and Planning Supervisor Jeremy McMahan. They concluded that similar problems in downtown Kirkland are due to the fact that the older buildings “do not have associated off-street parking, and inadequate way-finding/ signage to available parking stalls in parking garages.” However, the memo also states that “having too few parking stalls can lead to spillover parking into residential neighborhoods and puts pressure on the public supply of on-street parking.” Regala said that city officials decided to take a more conservative approach By TJ Martinell
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Former Packer player Donald Driver shares his story of poverty teen, the boy and his mother and four siblings lived in a UHaul truck under a bridge. “We didn’t know where our next meal was coming from. We didn’t know where we were gonna lay our head,” Driver — the Green Back Packers’ all-time leading receiver — told the Reporter before the luncheon, which raised nearly $940,000 for Hopelink, a social services agency that helps homeless and low-income families. “Hopelink is that program that gives those families an opportunity. And when you look at that, that puts a smile on your face, knowing that someone really cares for you,” Driver said. “When they asked me to be the keynote speaker, it was easy because I was able to tell my story. Hopelink is saying, ‘We’re not giving you a handout, we’re giving you a hand up,’ giving you an opportunity to better your life.” The Drivers didn’t have a
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Donald Driver doesn’t hold anything back. When the former professional football player tells his story to people, they get the whole deal. It’s an emotional and riveting ride dotted with harsh times — experiencing poverty and homelessness — that lead to victory in the end. While speaking to the crowd at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue on Monday, Driver stopped for a few seconds as his eyes welled up with tears. As the 1,400 attendees at Kirkland-based Hopelink’s 19th annual Reaching Out Benefit Luncheon fell silent, Driver slowly gathered himself and forged onward to finish his inspirational, gutwrenching speech. Driver, 39, grew up in Houston, Texas, in the menacing 5th Ward neighborhood. For about a month as a
Hopelink-type organization in their area to lean on, but the family picked up its pieces each day and eventually emerged from its tough situation with a wealth of hope and help from others. Dealing with homelessness wasn’t the only misfortune Driver experienced in his early life. In a harrowing, lifechanging incident, Driver was ready to swing a baseball bat at his mother’s boyfriend, who aimed a gun to the teen’s head during an altercation at the apartment they were living in for awhile. Driver wore the man’s sweater to school on a cold day and was confronted when he returned home. Driver rushed the man and the gun came out. “I had an attitude because I really didn’t like him,” said Driver, who admitted to being a bad kid, who was a drug dealer and a thief. “My older brother was standing behind me and he was screaming, ‘Hit him!, hit him!,’ and I’m about to swing and my mother wakes up and jumps in front of both of us.” Driver’s mom took the bat away from her son, but left the man with the firearm. “Because she knew that if she took the gun from him, and left me with the bat, I
might have killed him,” said Driver, who noted that his mom told the kids to leave the apartment and live with other family members because she was protecting her children from her boyfriend. Driver said he now appreciates every day and every moment and strives to be an exceptional person. Of Hopelink, he told the crowd: “Let’s have faith and follow Hopelink. As we say in football, ‘Ready, set, go.’” His Donald Driver Foundation donated $5,000 to Hopelink. With Green Bay, Driver won a Super Bowl and is the only Packer to record seven 1,000-yard receiving seasons (he finished his 14-year NFL career with 743 receptions for 10,137 yards). Driver also won a “Dancing with the Stars” title and is a New York Times Best Sellers list author. “Everybody has an opportunity to be successful,” Driver told the Reporter. “I feel like now in my life that anything is possible, but I have to believe that it is. And I can’t let anyone define who I am — the only person that defines who I am is me. And I think that’s what everybody else has to believe in. Everyone has something. I tell people all the time, ‘If you’re not waking up every morn-
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Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver spoke at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. ANDY NYSTROM, Reporter ing thinking how can you help someone else out, they why are you on this Earth?’” Hopelink luncheon attendees also listened to Jesse Navarro, who spoke about his family’s homeless experience and its journey back to financial stability with Hopelink helping to lead the way. “We lost hope. Hopelink believed in us and that we could make it,” Navarro said. Three other once-homeless families were also featured in a film that told of their
relationship with Hopelink. “The people that you heard from today, the people that have overcome homelessness and overcome all kinds of challenges in their lives — there’s so many of them in our region … it warms my heart to see other people wanting to help other people,” said Hopelink CEO Lauren Thomas following the luncheon.
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