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UW Bothell professor honored at Library of Congress BY DEANNA ISAACS disaacs@bothell-reporter.com
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he Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, and now it holds the videographic oral history from University of Washington
Bothell Chancellor Emeritus and professor, Warren W. Buck. Buck was chosen by HistoryMakers, a collection of video oral histories of African Americans who have made significant contributions to their fields,
due to his work in physics and other areas. “I wanted to be a physicist before I knew what physics was about,” Buck said. “My younger brother and I used to always talk about the stars and why they twinkled, why the moon was the
way it is, and the sun, how it comes up and down. What really makes this whole thing tick.” Later, that desire to learn about how the universe ticked developed into a yearning to learn more about mathematics and
physics. “I’m still in love with [physics], it’s the greatest subject in the world,” Buck said. “It’s a great feeling, it’s a feeling that drives lives when you have a passion you can follow.” His passions have
motivated him through a bachelors in math from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md., a masters in experimental and theoretical plasma physics and a doctorate in theoretical relativistic nuclear physics [ more BUCK page 2 ]
Sports memorabilia, coins and a Picasso auctioned in Kenmore
Signing day at BHS
BY DEANNA ISAACS disaacs@bothell-reporter.com
Bothell High School held a ‘signing day’ for four students on Nov. 19. From left, Charlie Barringer (cross country) and Ryan Croson (track) committed to the University of Washington, Karly Ernster committed to Concordia University, Portland for volleyball and Ross Bowers signed to play quarterback for the University of California Berkeley football team. All signed their Letters of Intent to their respective colleges in front of their friends, family and coaches. DEANNA ISAACS, Bothell Reporter
The James G Warren auction house, in downtown Kenmore, sells off tons of interesting items each year - some part of normal auction dealings and some from the Department of Revenue’s (DOR) safe deposit box holdings. On Nov. 19 and 20, one such DOR auction took place in Kenmore. The most notable piece, by far, being the auctioning of a supposed Pablo Picasso sketchbook from 1912. Though the book is unauthenticated, it garnered a lot of attention.
“We didn’t authenticate it because of the expense that it would have cost, there’s not a lot of Northwest people who could do the authentication,” said Barbie Proffitt of the Department of Revenue. The sketchbook sold for $112,500. “Its up to each individual buyer to inspect it and create their own conclusion,” said Colin Murphy of the Murphy auction house. Even when items are auctioned off, the Department of Revenue will continue to attempt to contact the heirs of items - auctioned or not - to reconnect them to their [ more AUCTION page 6 ]
Citizen reporting to city required to impact Kenmore odor issues The city of Kenmore recently partnered with the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) in order to ensure that citizen complaints about the odor around town is
promptly and properly addressed. By cooperating with the city of Kenmore, the PSCAA will be able to investigate odor complaints in a much more timely manner. Instead of sending their own investigator out,
the city of Kenmore will send a public works official to investigate complaints. According to Greg Lum, code compliance building inspector for the city of Kenmore and the city’s investigator for the PSCAA, the interlocal agreement is
the culmination of about a year’s worth of work between city officials and those at the PSCAA. “There aren’t really challenges to this, it’s a fairly straight-forward process,” said Mario Pedrosa, supervising inspector at PSCAA.
“The most difficult part is to get a timely response were we can get an inspector…there so they can actually say ‘Yes, there is an odor here’.” As soon as the offensive odor is smelled, residents, business owners or employ-
ees of Kenmore businesses are encouraged to file a nuisance odor complaint, but don’t walk off. In order for complaints to be successfully submitted to the PSCAA, an investigator must come out and verify the odor for [ more SMELL page 2 ]
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