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Bothell looks into banning fireworks
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Bothell finishes regular season 9-0, faces Bethel tonight in State playoffs Bothell running back Sam McPherson breaks away from Inglemoor defenders for a 71-yard touchdown run during the annual Spaghetti Bowl between the two rivals. The Cougars finished the regular season 9-0 with the 55-0 win. For the full story see page 10. GREG NELSON, Special to the Reporter
Inglemooor orchestra to play Carnegie Hall BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
This April, the Inglemoor High School Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will have a chance to play in a world renowned venue when they perform at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. The groups are led by Orchestra Director Jim Rice, who has taught at Inglemoor for 13 years, and Musical Instructor Ted Christensen, who is also the Northshore School District music
program coordinator. To them, playing at these two venues is the opportunity of a lifetime and an opportunity to showcase the musical talent coming out of the school district. “Those two halls are considered among the world’s musicians to be the two premiere concerts halls in the world,” Rice said. “It’s a unique opportunity to play there. We just thought this would be a really neat opportunity for the kids.” “I was excited and really pleased,” Christensen said. [ more MUSIC page 7 ]
Inglemoor High School music teacher Jim Rice conducts the Viking orchestra at Bastyr University in Kenmore last month. The group was selected to play at the famous Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall next year. CONTRIBUTED
When Kendall Wiggins first moved to Seattle last year, one of the things she noticed about city living was coming face-to-face with homeless people on the street on a regular basis. And while the 2012 Redmond High School (RHS) graduate has never had any personal experience with homelessness, she said she felt empathy for these individuals and would want to speak with everyone. “You see it everywhere,” Wiggins said about the homelessness. Seeing so many people in need, the 20-year-old University of Washington Bothell junior decided to do something about it. Students for Students is a project she is starting to connect high schoolaged homeless youth and those in foster care with students at the University of Washington. Wiggins said one of her goals is to show the younger students that people do care about them and what happens to them. Because homelessness and foster care are not openly discussed issues, she said people may not notice when a student is going through this type of situation and may feel isolated as a result. “It’s not really a visible issue,” she said about homelessness in Redmond. “Even [ more STUDENT page 3 ]
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he Bothell Public Safety Committee is looking into changing the city’s ordinance that allows residents to buy and discharge fireworks. The committee took up the proposal after it was suggested by Bothell resident Ron Swicord at the City Council’s Oct. 7 meeting. The city allows residents over 16 years old to buy fireworks starting July 1, but have to be at least 18 years old to discharge them and only on the Fourth of July. Residents can only use them between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. on the Fourth. Swicord, however, said that the rules are not followed and police enforcement does not occur. Not only do people light off fireworks on the wrong days, he said, but they also do so well into the night. Swicord told the council that when he attempts to contact police he is told they can’t respond unless they see a person actually discharging fireworks. In King County, 26 cities prohibit fireworks, including Kenmore and Kirkland. Swicord believes that this causes many residents from those cities to come into Bothell and light off fireworks in neighborhoods like his on Norway Hill. It’s not the fireworks that bother him, he said, but that [ more BOTHELL page 6 ]
Student connects youth with collegiates