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Couple gives Bears to kids
Each year Phil and Susan Ershler buy stuffed bears for kids. This year the furry friends were delivered to the Bellevue Boys and Girls Clubs’ Hidden Village site.
Business [ 08 ] ‘Store of the Future’
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BELLEVUE
REPORTER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2014
Inslee wants taxes for schools, roads Governor meets with Sound Publishing staff to discuss budget details BY BRANDON MACZ REPORTER NEWSPAPERS
AT&T opens one of four sites for new design elements at Bellevue’s Lincoln Square
Arts
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Rising Stars
Bellevue Arts Museum exhibit showcases disabled artists
Sports
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Battle tested
Newport’s Justin Lau’s skills in lacross will take him to college in North Carolina.
Education [12 ] Seahawks ‘hero’
With opposition to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's proposed 2015-17 biennial budget coming from both sides of the aisle, the state's top executive says it's up to the Legislature to provide a better alternative. Inslee revealed his budget last week in separate portions, ending with his revenue strategy on Dec. 18. Staff members from Reporter newspapers met later that day in Bellevue to discuss the budget with the governor. Inslee’s budget would fund a number of major state transportation projects over the next 12 years, including completing the State Route 520 floating bridge and
Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter
Staff members from Sound Publishing newspapers question Gov. Jay Inslee on Dec. 18 about the revenue portion of his budget. From left are: Joe Livarchik, Mercer Island Reporter, Daniel Nash, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter; Brandon Macz, Bellevue Reporter; Gov. Jay Inslee; and Jon Bauer, the Everett Herald.
SEE INSLEE, 13
Overlake honors physician leader as ‘Dr. Overlake’ Overlake Medical Center has honored Emergency Department Medical Director Steve Marshall, M.D. with a new honorary title – Dr. Overlake. The honor of being named Dr. Overlake is an annual award handed out by the medical staff of Overlake to a physician who has gone above and beyond the standard to pursue excellence and to contribute to the betterment of the Eastside community. Marshall is the first recipient.
STEVE MARSHALL
“This award recognizes an individual who has dedicated years of their career to serving patients and staff in the true spirt of the mission and goals of Overlake Medical Center,” said Overlake Medical Center Chief of Staff Dr. Tom Miller at the hospital’s recent Medical Staff Appreciation dinner.
Marshall joined the medical staff of Overlake Medical center in 1986 as the hospital’s first residency-trained emergency medicine physician and would later become medical director of the Emergency Department in 2003. In his first 15 years in the Emergency Department he treated more than 50,000 patients. He later served as Chief of Staff at the hospital from 2007-2008. SEE DR. OVERLAKE, 13
Protest ends peacefully Saturday at BelSquare A planned and peaceful protest took place at Bellevue Square on Saturday afternoon by people advocating that "Black Lives Matter." The phrase has been used elsewhere in demonstrations following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black
man in Ferguson, Mo. Approximately 40 people entered the mall around 2 p.m., staged a "diein" by lying on the floor and then left the mall around 3 p.m. after they were notified they were trespassing. No arrests were made. Bellevue
Teacher at Bellevue’s Puesta del Sol school honored for his skills in the classroom
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Interstate 405 projects between Renton and Bellevue. About $4.8 billion of that money would come from a cap-and-trade plan on carbon emissions that affects 130 of the state's biggest polluters. That, the governor said, would advance the state’s clean air obligations without raising the gas tax. He added this has been a proven method in the United States and other parts of the world. "This is not a rocket ship to the moon where we have to invent a new science," the governor said. "This is a well-known, wellaccepted, successful policy, so I don't think there's any reason we shouldn't be able to learn from the experience of other states." The governor said he's open to other ideas, adding his budget has encouraged Republican lawmakers to reconsider raising the gas tax for the 2015-17 biennium.
Police said the protestors continued to demonstrate outside the mall and eventually dispersed about 4 p.m. Police and mall personnel were aware of the planned protest in advance and the city made arrangements for media to park offsite if
they wished to cover the event. Protest backers, who called themselves Outside Agitators 206, said on a Facebook page that they wished the event to be a peaceful demonstration and that everyone be kept safe.
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