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Body found in vacant Bellevue apartment Woman identified; cause of death pending
at Ridgedale on the 600 block of 141st Court Southeast. Bellevue Police Det. Amanda Jensen said the department will meet with the medical examiners who autopsied Harrison to determine what, if any, new information will be released. Maintenance workers told police they had not been to that construction area for at least three weeks, and no identification was found on or near the woman's body, Jensen said. According to the medical examiner's office, Harrison died on Wednesday, Feb. 4, three days before her body was found. The autopsy was performed Monday, but a toxicology report could take several weeks to complete.
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The King County Medical Examiner's Office has released the name of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found by maintenance workers in a vacant Bellevue apartment on Saturday, but a cause of death is still pending the results of a toxicology screening. Maintenance workers were responding to turn off water to all apartments due to reported flooding Saturday, Feb. 7, when they found the body of Annelise Harrison around 2 p.m. Many apartment buildings are under construction
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Police are still working to determine what caused the death of 29-year-old Annelise Harrison whose body was discovered by maintenance workers in a vacant Ridgedale apartment on Feb. 7.
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On Wednesday first-graders at Phantom Lake Elementary visted some of the residents at Aegis of Bellevue, an assisted living facility, delivering Valentine’s Day cards. Each student read the inscription they wrote inside the cards to the residents. Teary-eyed, one said, “This is something I’ll keep for the rest of my life.”
An independent consultant reported to Bellevue councilmembers Monday that raising up a successful performing arts center will be difficult, but not impossible. The council commissioned B Squared Consulting to analyze the current and future financial position of the Performing Arts Center Eastside and suggest steps the city could take if city council decided to invest in the project to make the long-awaited Tateuchi Center a reality in downtown Bellevue. That work started in November. B Squared principal Steven Bronfenbrenner said a statement of support from the city is critical to instilling confidence in the private sector, which is where the PACE board is looking for the lion's share of a $138.4 million construction funding shortfall to complete the center. PACE has raised about $65 million since 2002 — donations slowing immensely during the recession — and is now reenergizing its fundraising efforts and working to double its board members. Bronfenbrenner proposed design changes for the Tateuchi Center to realize cost savings, as well as creative solutions to tackling an estimated annual operating budget deficit of $750,000 that is expected to drop to $250,000 by year five. Removing a cabaret space component in favor of an education center will reduce costs and increase revenue under this plan, Bronfenbrenner said. It also provides space for community engagement, education and programming. PACE has gained interest from the Seattle Symphony SEE TATEUCHI, 7
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Bellevue parents call for improved safety and information sharing following teacher’s arrest, sexual assault allegation BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER
While police continue to investigate whether a Bellevue School District art teacher molested an elementary student, district officials met with parents Monday night to discuss the next steps and how they can talk with their children about the alleged incident and how to prevent it in the future. Superintendent Tim Mills led two listening sessions at Cherry Crest Elementary and Clyde Hill Elementary, the two schools where 50-year-old Regan Brewer taught art until Jan. 27, when he was arrested during a traffic stop and questioned about allegedly molesting a student from 2003-2007. Mills told parents the student is not in the district currently. Brewer, who was released from King County Jail the next day, was placed on paid administrative leave following the arrest and will continue to be pending the results of the investigation, a district official told the Reporter. Mills said although "the allegation was deemed credible enough
to arrest him (Brewer)," Mills reminded parents and members of the media in attendance that no formal charges have been made and that the investigation could take several more weeks. "These are still allegations at this point," he said. The superintendent reiterated what police told the Reporter in a previous story, that there continues to appear to be a single victim at this time. Many parents thanked the school officials for their work following the news of the allegations, but most wanted the district to do more and be more proactive. Kevin Dillion, a parent of a Clyde Hill Elementary School student, asked Mills what's being done to ensure children are safe. "It often takes an earthquake before we plan for earthquakes," he said. "We shouldn't be reactive, we should be proactive." Mills let Laura Lurry, resource line director of the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, answer the question. "Giving a voice to sexual assaults is the most important thing we can do," she said. "We don't have to be investigators or police officers but we always get to be
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Regan Brewer, an art teacher at Cherry Crest Elementary, was arrested Jan. 27 for allegations of child rape and molestation. Brewer was put on administrative leave pending the investigation, according to a Bellevue School District spokesperson. mom or dad." In that capacity, Lurry encouraged parents to have open discussions with their children about knowing the difference between "an OK touch, a bad touch and a confusing touch." She added it's equally important for the children to understand that reporting incidents of bad touching and confusing touching, which she described as having "an uh oh feeling" is safe and that they
won't get in trouble for doing so; that it isn't their fault. Mills said the district is working on specified programs to roll out in the fall across the district to further detail what students can do to protect themselves and what they should do if they ever find themselves in one of those situations. Heather Snyder, a former teacher whose children attend Clyde Hill, asked what would hap-
pen if Brewer was found innocent; would he be allowed to return to teaching, and if so where? "In that case we will have to look at what we do with this employee," Mills said. The superintendent added Brewer would not "automatically" be reinstated at Cherry Crest or Clyde Hill, as it would be up to district officials as to where to place him if that situation arose. Snyder said she would feel "uncomfortable" if Brewer returned to Clyde Hill, whether he was guilty or not. "We've put this teacher in a situation where he can't come back," she said of the information about Brewer’s arrest and the allegation. "It quickly becomes a witch trial that no one can survive." Mills wouldn't commit to any scenario about Brewer's potential return until the police investigation is complete and the district has completed its own investigation. He did say Cherry Crest principal Liz Ritz and Clyde Hill principal Mary Olin will be sending out weekly updates to parents, but Mills cautioned parents that there may be weeks where no new information is given.
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Sound Transit finalizing mitigation of park and ride closure rail construction. Program manager Paul Cornish says community outreach will be critical in this effort. The agency anticipates the park and ride could close as early as spring 2016 for the construction of a light rail station, 1,500-stall parking garage and rail guideway. Sound Transit continues to explore potential sites where lots could be leased to handle the loss of the park and ride
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Sound Transit is still finalizing its plans for mitigating traffic impacts to be caused by a 5-year closure of the South Bellevue Park and Ride next year for East Link light
Closures coming for NE 12th Street City replacing stormwater pipes Stormwater pipe replacements on Northeast 12th Street will cause three weeks of intermittent road closures between 108th
to 3 p.m. weekdays on Northeast 12th from March 5-12. Drivers should plan ahead and use caution when traveling through construction zones. Please obey flaggers and construction signing. For questions about this work, contact Utilities Construction Inspector Brian James at 425-4526913.
and 112th avenues beginning Tuesday. All westbound lanes on Northeast 12th will be closed from 112th to 110th avenues northeast 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, from Feb. 17-24. Eastbound lanes on Northeast 12th will close Feb. 25-March 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. There will be one single-lane closure 9 a.m.
— tentatively set for March 2016 — as well as what Metro bus routes could be revised. Existing park and rides — Sammamish, Tibbets Creek, Newport Hills and South Kirkland — also could be used for displaced transit riders based on their connections to routes entering Seattle, Mercer Island and downtown Bellevue, Cornish said. Metro Route 550 is expected to continue operating in south Bellevue, with the
New sidewalk coming for Newport Way Construction of new sidewalk and bike lanes on Southeast Newport Way starts Tuesday, between 150th and 152nd avenues, and is expected to last through August. A sidewalk will be built on the south side of that two-block stretch of Newport Way, with bike lanes being added on both sides of the roadway. The crosswalk at Eastgate Elementary will be upgraded. The project includes storm drainage improvements, repaving work on Newport Way, water main replacement, irrigation and landscaped planters. Design work for improvements to the stretch of Newport Way between 150th Avenue and Somerset Boulevard will begin later this year. Standard work hours will be 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The work will require lane closures, but two-way traffic will be maintained at all times. Details are available at www.bellevuewa.gov/se-newport-way-sidewalk.htm.
Newport Presbyterian to present two-act musical The musical, “Children of Eden” will be performed at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at Newport Presbyterian Church in Bellevue. The two-act musical, based on the Book of Genesis, will be performed by the Westminster Choir from the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, N.J. The youth in grades 8-12 also have performed Jesus Christ Super Star, Godspell, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Urinetown and Pippen. The group has toured nationally and
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frighteningly high percentage of kids in some Bellevue schools are not vaccinated against measles. It’s an invitation to sickness — mild for most —but for a small fraction of the population, complications like pneumonia and encephalitis can occur. Given the safety and benefits of a measles vaccine, there is little reason for parents to not take this preventative measure for their children. Measles vaccinations are required for kids, K-12, to attend state schools, but parents can — and do — opt out of getting their children vaccinated for several reasons: religious beliefs, medical issues, or for some a “personal” reason. The first two are understandable. The latter is not. Nationwide, about 95 percent of children have had a measles vaccination before they enter kindergarten. But, according to state health data for the 2011-2012 school year, in some Bellevue schools the number is shockingly low with most of the objections not religious or medical, but personal. At Interlake High School, 436 students, or 28.90 percent, were not vaccinated against measles. Of those, most were for personal reasons. Chinook Middle School had 23.8 percent, again, most for personal reasons. Others with high numbers for personal reasons for opting out were Lake Hills Elementary and Bennett Elementary schools. The rest of the schools were under 10 percent, but only eight schools were less than six percent, or close to the national average. Some parents think the vaccine can cause autism, perhaps based on a 1998 study in a British medical journal. Not true. The paper was later retracted and thoroughly discredited. Other studies have found no link. House Bill 2009, introduced by Rep. June Robinson, DEverett, would remove the personal or philosophical belief exemption. The Washington State Medical Association, for good reason, supports the bill. The Legislature should take swift action on this and make our kids‚ and everyone‚ healthier and safer. Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter
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awmakers, teachers and the state public schools chief are gearing up for another battle over whether student test scores should be used to evaluate teachers and principals. State Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, introduced two bills last week that would require that results from state student assessments be calculated into teacher performance reviews, starting with the 2016-17 school year. JERRY Federal educaCORNFIELD tion leaders are demanding that Washington chisel the requirement into law if the state wants to regain a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. The state lost the waiver last year, meaning the state and 297 public school districts couldn’t spend about $40 million in federal money the way they wanted. It also meant that 1,916 schools across the state were deemed
failing by the U.S. Department of Education, and letters had to be sent to parents explaining why. Through much of the 2014 legislative session, Litzow, Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn and Gov. Jay Inslee tried to get lawmakers on board. But they collided with the statewide teachers union, the Washington Education Association. Its leaders staunchly oppose the federal dictate and insist that the evaluation process created by state lawmakers is working as intended, weeding out lesstalented teachers. The union flexed political muscle to keep most Democratic allies from bending. And in a deliciously dramatic moment in the state Senate last session, a bill originally crafted by a Democratic senator to appease the feds was brought up for a vote by Litzow. It was defeated 28-19, with 20 Democrats — including the original author, Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe of Bothell — and eight Republicans voting against the measure. That didn’t end the scuffle. In the ensuing days, Inslee met
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with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to verify what the state needed to do to avoid becoming the first to lose its waiver. Then he and Dorn drafted a new bill and tried to persuade lawmakers to vote on it, which they wouldn’t. “I take my hat off to the WEA,” Dorn said in August of the teachers union. “They did a better job than we did. Maybe this time we can get past the rhetoric and propaganda and do what’s right for kids.” Litzow isn’t predicting how the legislative rematch will turn out. He thought he had enough Democrats in tow last year. He won’t make the same mistake this time. “We’re going out and having conversations right now,” he said. Inslee expended political capital last year trying to get lawmakers to implement a test-scores provision for evaluating teachers, and he has nothing to show for it. It’s not clear how hard he’ll push this go-round. Litzow said he’s not spoken with the governor on the subject. Superintendents of school districts
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Updating Bellevue’s comprehensive plan
Utilities: Keeping the pipes and lines working Editor's Note: The city of Bellevue is updating its comprehensive plan. Over the next four weeks, city officials will discuss different parts of the plan on this page. See box on this page for how to comment on the plan and attend an open house.
COMMENT ON THE CITY’S COMP PLAN
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For five years, Kim and Rebecca Pittenger delayed replacing a section of sewer line that ran from their home in the Lakes neighborhood to the street. It would have cost a lot of money at a time when three of their four children were attending college at once. Instead, they paid a plumber a few hundred dollars a year to keep the line open using a high-pressure jetting machine. Once the financial burden of paying for university educations eased, the couple spent more than $12,000 to have the broken section of sewer line replaced. “We literally waited until our kids got out of college before we did this,” said Kim Pittenger. “It cost us a lot more money in the long run to keep doing makeshift repairs.” The Pittengers, both doctors, have lived in their rustic log home, built in 1937, for 29 years and are no strangers to plumbing work. In 1992, they paid out about $4,000 to replace a different section of the same line. Sewer lines don’t last forever, and replacing or repairing them is a story that many homeowners know all too well. Like the Pittengers, the city of Bellevue must repair and replace its sewer lines. But in-
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Kim and Rebecca Pittenger stand near where they installed a replacement sewer line. stead of replacing 40 feet of pipe from a house to the street for $16,000, our Utilities Department maintains 680 miles of sewer pipe, serving about 37,000 customers. The department currently spends more than $4 million a year to repair sewer facilities. Most sewer pipes are buried from three feet to 30 feet underground. Some are even buried under water near the shores of Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish. Accessing those pipes can be a real challenge for our crews. Much of Bellevue’s piped system, which also includes drinking water and storm water, is more than 60 years old —well beyond its midlife — and some already are requiring
replacement. Currently, we’re replacing or relining less than one mile of sewer pipe per year, but that length eventually will need to grow to six or seven miles a year. Our goal is to stay ahead of failures, which can damage property and the environment, inconvenience customers and increase cost. Through an asset management program, we monitor and maintain pipes to get the maximum use from them before replacement. The importance of smart asset management is reflected in the city’s Comprehensive Plan. The Comp Plan, which is currently being updated, is the community’s vision for Bellevue’s future, establishing policy and guiding investments in infrastructure. It helps
The city of Bellevue is updating its Comprehensive Plan, the community’s plan for shaping the future of the city. Your thoughts and suggestions are encouraged. If you want to comment on the topic highlighted in today’s story, or any other section of the draft Comp Plan Update, here are ways to do it: • Online Open House: www.bellevue2035. publicmeeting.info • Planning Commission public hearing: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E. • More information: www.bellevuewa.gov/ comp-plan-update.htm
define the kind of city we want Bellevue to become. Draft language in the Comp Plan Update notes the importance of “cost effective management of utility systems over their lifetime, including planning for renewal and replacement, balancing risk, and maintaining customer service.” Kim Pittenger can relate to the balancing act. “I’m making budget decisions just like the city,” he said, “balancing the risk of not doing a repair against the cost of doing it with borrowed money.” Nav Otal is director of utilities for the city of Bellevue. City staff contributed to this story.
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onsider yourself “piratized,” said the nurse as she finished taping a patch over my right eye. “I’m nervous about this.” “I’ll give you a pill to calm you and drops to numb your eye.” But what if the pill didn’t work? What if I felt the incision in my cornea and screamed out in pain? As it turned out, that scenario was no more realistic than the stories my grade school friends and I told while camping in my backyard; the ones about spider ANN mothers laying eggs OXRIEDER under our skin, then watching us scratch ourselves to death as the eggs hatched. Friends who preceded me in undergoing cataract surgery assured me it would go fast and be both painless and effective. Still, I had to experience it to believe it. The operation took about 15 minutes. During that time, I could hear the surgeon and other operating room staff talking.
The only added sounds were mechanical; they reminded me of symphony members attempting to tune their instruments, but failing because they never agreed on the pitch. The noises were helpful distractors from the bright white lights and the blue and magenta colors that flashed before me. Soon, someone wheeled me to recovery — a recliner near the coffee maker — where a nurse offered me a cup of tea and, before I’d taken a sip, told my husband it was time to get the car and pick me up. I was back home in less than two hours. That same day we took a walk through the neighborhood. Every few feet, sounding like an excerpt from a Dick and Jane reader, I announced, “I can see that sign. I can see that tree. I can see the sidewalk.” I experienced no discomfort, except when it was time to sleep and I had to tape on an eye guard that looked like a large tea strainer. My vision improves a little every day. I’ve worn glasses since I was in third grade, have been nearly blind without them. So there was never a waking moment I didn’t know where to find them. They were always on my face. Now I scurry from room to room asking my husband if he’s seen any of my temporary glasses. When the technician was measuring my eyes for the new lenses, she said, “This is the one procedure that truly defies aging.” Now that I can see myself clearly in the mirror, I wish there were more. Ann Oxrieder, a long-time Bellevue resident, blogs about life at http://stillalife@. net. She is currently writing a novel.
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Energize Eastside project includes power to Canada
Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project primarily satisfies federal energy requirements, and as such it should qualify for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review. From the Bonneville Power Administration News 2007: “BPA’s automated transmission curtailment procedure for the Puget Sound Area arises from the requirement to meet Columbia River Treaty Canadian Entitlement (U.S. generated power supplied to Canada. Over the years increased congestion in the Puget Sound area has made return of the entitlement difficult. Several times in the 2000s, British Columbia did not receive its full entitlement.” The 2010 BPA/ColumbiaGrid “Sammamish-Lakeside-Talbot” project was
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mostly avoided the fray in 2014, but might be engaged this year. At legislative hearings last fall and earlier this session, superintendents expressed frustration at receiving federal money they couldn’t spend due to restrictions related to the loss of the No Child Left Behind waiver. A requirement to ensure student access to private tutors exposed some families
conceived to address needed trans-national grid reinforcement. In 2013, PSE “rebranded” the project as “Energize Eastside,” and began marketing it to PSE ratepayers as a solution to address local load growth. No reference in PSE’s media campaign has ever acknowledged the larger grid reinforcement purposes of “Energize Eastside” to satisfy Columbia River Treaty “Canadian Entitlement” requirements. Why the deception? Why are PSE ratepayers being asked to bear the majority of the costs to satisfy the “Canadian Entitlement”? Energize Eastside is a “Blended Project” — BPA grid reinforcement plus local load growth. By combining these projects, Puget Sound cities on the Eastside and Washington state are unable to evaluate the merits of each project on their own accord. Smaller, scalable projects can serve the Puget Sound eastside load growth equally well.
to unscrupulous hard-sell tactics, the superintendents said. Oh, and sending letters to parents telling them their child attends a failing school hurt morale, they said. The WEA, meanwhile, is still opposed to using student test scores in evaluating teachers. “It makes no sense to dramatically change our successful teacher evaluation system when Congress appears ready to rewrite the federal law,” said WEA
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spokesman Rich Wood. “To really help our state’s students, the Legislature should focus on its paramount duty to fully fund K-12 education this session.” Let the battle begin. Jerry Cornfield is a political reporter who covers Olympia for The Daily Herald in Everett, which is among the Washington state newspapers in the Sound Publishing group. He can be contacted at jcornfield@ heraldnet.com.
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WSP: Misdemeanor charges for couple in early morning assault
The couple then allegedly assaulted the driver and then fled. Bellevue Police set up a staging area for WSP at the park and ride and Kirkland provided a K-9 unit, said Bellevue detective Amanda Jensen. The King County Sheriff’s Office provided air support, and the two suspects were found hiding nearby when police used a thermal imaging camera. The driver was taken to Overlake Medical Center to be treated for her injuries and then released, Webb said. “It’s going to be misdemeanor (domestic violence) assault,” the trooper said, adding reports of the suspects having a knife or machete were unfounded. “It was just somehow they assaulted the driver.”
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A couple in their 20s is facing domestic violence charges, state police say, after they allegedly assaulted the woman’s mother in her car during a dispute in Bellevue around midnight last Friday. Washington State Patrol Trooper Chris Webb said
a woman was driving her daughter, 20, and the daughter’s boyfriend, 22, southbound on Interstate 405 when an argument ensued. The driver exited the interstate and stopped at the Newport Hills Park and Ride on the 5000 block of 113th Place Southeast, where she demanded the couple get out of her car, Webb said.
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Stone Karaoke opening for singing fans Vivo 53 to replace Bar features 11 private rooms, small-plate menu BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
Stone Si grew up in China, where his love for singing and karaoke bars was forged. Now the young entrepreneur is putting an American twist on the popular Asian pastime with Stone Karaoke in downtown Bellevue. “Personally, I love singing. My mom used to be a singer,” said Si, who emigrated to the United States to study at the University of Washington, graduating in 2013. “Before I came here, I did a lot of karaoke; probably every weekend.” Rather than just having a lounge and stage — Stone Karaoke has those, too — there are 11 private rooms to accommodate party sizes ranging from 5-6 to about 20. Each room comes with its own interior style, large flatscreen television, karaoke machine and sound system, the sounds from which are contained behind walls double layered with sound board and rigid fiberglass. “I’m trying to make karaoke a high-end concept, and I think that
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Stone Karaoke owner Stone Si channels love of singing into a high-end concept. would be a great fit for Bellevue,” Si said, adding his goal is to open another karaoke bar, possibly in Seattle’s University District, by the end of this year. Wall-mounted interactive screens allow customers to call up room service, Stone Karaoke offering craft cocktails, beers and an assorted wine list. Si said his original concept for the bar included sushi, but he decided to focus on karaoke and offer
a small plate menu that works better with the bar’s limited kitchen space and caters to American tastes. Stone Karaoke’s private rooms also were not designed for restaurant-style dining. Customers don’t have to sing, Si said, and can use the rooms to listen to music, watch a sports game or even host a private meeting. “People can have karaoke in these rooms,” he said, “but they can also have their own party.” Si said he loves the building — formerly AquaQuip — at 1020 Bellevue Way S.E., because it’s free-standing and includes a parking lot. Stone Karaoke will offer valet parking. “Our own parking lot, that’s priceless in downtown Bellevue,” he said. Stone Karaoke will have a soft opening next week, with hours starting at 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. SundayWednesday and 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday-Saturday, with plans to expand hours at a later date. Si said hourly rates for private rooms are still being finalized. The official soft opening date will be updated on Stone Karaoke’s Facebook page. Find out more at stonekaraokebellevue.com. Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602; bmacz@bellevuereporter.com
Boom Noodle shop Restauranteur plans August opening BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
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Commercial property executive Paul Daneshrad put himself through college waiting tables and managing restaurants, telling himself someday he would open his own place. “It has been a dream and a passion, and that’s what led me here,” said Daneshrad, CEO of Starpoint Properties, a real estate company based in Beverly Hills. The new restauranteur will open Vivo 53 Pizzeria next week in Fort Worth, Texas, with a second location to open later this year in the old Boom Noodle space at Bellevue Square; the space was briefly occupied by Kaisho, the izakaya restaurant relocating to Capitol Hill last August. “Each location will have a different design. At the Bellevue location it’s going to be a little more modern than the Texas location, and I would say it’s going to be a little more edgier,” Daneshrad said. “What’s going to be similar is it’s going to be a wood-burning oven and a dough (the recipe taking three years to perfect) that is completely artisan in its nature.” Permits have been submitted with the city, and Daneshrad expects construction to start sometime in April. He said a display kitchen will wrap around the large oven, allowing customers to watch their pizzas being made. The pizzeria also will serve pastas and chopped salads customers can design their way.
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Bellevue College closer to offering two new applied bachelor’s degrees BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER
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Newport High School’s jazz band is gearing up for its return to the Swing Central Jazz High School Jazz Band Competition and Workshop in Savannah, Ga., from March 25 to 27.
Newport jazz band in sync BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER
Even in the early hours before daylight, before school begins, the members of Newport’s jazz band find their syncopated rhythms amongst themselves and in each other. Dozens of trophies along the back wall serve as a reminder of the school’s prior success and a goal for what the group could accomplish next month at the Swing Central Jazz High School Jazz Band Competition and Workshop in Savannah, Ga. It’s a return trip for Newport, which missed a top place finish last year, but who are determined to grab honors this year, said senior Kevin Kang, the group’s concert president. “I think we have the potential to get there but it’s going to take a lot of extra work and extra hours of practice,” Kang said, adding
the jazz band will probably have to meet several times throughout the upcoming mid-winter break. This week was really the first time the group had to play two of the three pieces for the competition, “Whirlybird” and “Don’t Get Sassy,” he said. In the past couple weeks the band had been spending a lot of its time practicing for last week’s concert with local TV hose John Curly at Seattle’s Triple Door. Senior Jami Deszo, 17, the band’s drummer, said the group has fused together, which has led to better playing and “improv” opportunities for her and others during solos. “You don’t have to stick to anything,” she said. “It’s all written out but you get to make it your own.” Their teacher and conductor, Meagan Mangum, said the key to their success will be not missing notes.
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Bellevue College students could begin pursuing a new fouryear degree in applied accounting as soon as next fall. from the regional accreditation agency, the Northwest Commission for Colleges and Universities, but Bellevue College officials are hopeful each will be accepted in the next few months. “We anticipate approval by the NWCCU sometime in spring for both programs,” said Evan Epstein, a spokeswoman for Bellevue College. Research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, local job postings as well as student and employer surveys showed a growing
need to offer additional four-year degrees, she said. “It is clear that for many positions the bachelor degree is now the minimum level of education necessary,” she said. “The degrees serve the community by providing graduates who are well trained in applied skills and knowledge that transfer to the work place immediately. These students are equally trained in the so called ‘soft skills’ — such SEE DEGREES, 16
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‘Kurios’ defying laws of gravity BY SAMANTHA PAK REPORTER NEWSPAPERS
In Cirque du Soleil’s latest production, audiences are discovering a hidden world filled with crazy ideas and grand dreams. “Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities,” directed by nine-year veteran Michel Laprise, opened Jan. 29 at Marymoor Park near Bellevue. The show follows an inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him. According to the show’s website, “the visible becomes invisible, perspectives are transformed, and the world is literally turned upside down.” Karl L’Écuyer, who plays Mr. Microscosmos (one of the main characters in the show), said the production premiered in April 2014, opening in Montreal and playing in Quebec City and Toronto before its run in San Francisco, which ended in mid-January. He said it
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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities’ continues to wow audiences at Marymoor. takes crews about a week — including two days for travel — to tear down the show in one location and set it up in a new one. After the show received strong reviews during its San Francisco run 32 ad-
ditional performances were added. “Kurios” performances at Marymoor run through March 22. L’Écuyer said there are about 46 artists in the show representing more than a dozen nationalities.
L’Écuyer, an Acro Net artist, said as one of the artists, he and his show mates perform acrobatics on a tightened trapeze net — similar to a large trampoline, measuring
Members of the Bellevue Festival of the Arts are still accepting final submissions for this year’s event. The annual event, held the last weekend in July, is a free arts and crafts fair that highlights new and veteran local artists. Ann Sutherland, of Craft Cooperative of the Northwest, said the event always shines the spotlight on works of talented artists who may not otherwise have a venue to showcase their pieces.
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Bellevue earns bragging rights Wolverines end undefeated KingCo season with 59-41 win over MI BY SHAUN SCOTT BELLEVUE REPORTER
A second half surge unveiled by the Bellevue Wolverines girls basketball team proved to be too much to handle for the Mercer Island Islanders in a battle between Class 3A juggernauts on the hardwood. Bellevue outscored Mercer Island 37-21 in the final 16 minutes of regulation, earning a 59-41 win on Feb. 6 at Bellevue High School in Bellevue. Bellevue improved its overall record to 17-3 including a perfect 12-0 in Class 3A KingCo league play. The Wolverines have won 10 consecutive contests and had already clinched the KingCo 3A regular season league title before they took the floor against the second place Mercer Island squad. The Islanders kept the game close in the first half
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Bellevue guard Shelby Cansler drives to the basket in the third quarter against the Mercer Island Islanders on Feb. 6 in Bellevue. before the Wolverines took over in the third and fourth quarters. Bellevue led Mercer Island 22-20 at halftime. The paltry two-point lead got the attention of
the Wolverines during the halftime intermission. "We just needed to step up our defense," Wolverines junior guard Shelby Cansler said. "We know that defense
is our strong suit and is what creates our offense. In the first half we weren't playing great defense. We just kept hustling in the second half and just got done what we needed to do." Cansler finished with a game-high 20 points against Mercer Island. Bellevue head coach Leah Krautter admitted her team had a case of the nerves before taking the floor. Mercer Island High School and Bellevue High School are separated by a mere five miles and the Wolverines consider the Islanders to be one of their top rivals. "We talked in the locker room about how we haven't lost at home this year and how this was a big game for us as far as keeping an undefeated KingCo season," Krautter said. "We started off the game a little jittery. We tried to do too much and played too fast in the first half. We just had to slow down and play our game. We ended up playing a lot better in the second half." Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@bellevuereporter.com
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The Bellevue Wolverines wrestling team won the Class 3A KingCo district wrestling tournament for the first time in school history on Feb. 7 in Bellevue.
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The Bellevue Wolverines wrestling team is peaking at the right time. Bellevue finished the regular season with an undefeated dual meet record of 6-0. The Wolverines captured first place at the Class 3A KingCo district wrestling tourney with a total of 241 team points on Feb. 7 in Bellevue. Mercer Island finished in second place with a total of 226 points. Wolverines grapplers winning individual titles in their weight classes consisted of Brennan Holmes (106), Christian Villani (152) and Alec Palander (220). SEE ROUNDUP, 13
Wolverines boys clinch league title with win against Islanders Bellevue fends off Mercer Island's third quarter rally BY SHAUN SCOTT BELLEVUE REPORTER
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discouraged despite trailing the Bellevue Wolverines 31-16 at halftime with the Class 3A KingCo league regular season title on the line. Mercer Island went on a 10-0 run at the beginning of the third quarter, cutting the Wolverines lead to 31-26 with 5:42 left in the third period.
It was the closest the Islanders would get the rest of the way. Bellevue got on track, outscoring Mercer Island 28-19 in the final 17 minutes of regulation en route to a 59-45 win on Feb. 6 at Bellevue High School in Bellevue. The Wolverines clinched the Class 3A KingCo regular season championship with the win
and improved their overall record to 18-2. Mercer Island dropped to 15-6 overall. Wolverines' guard Kyle Foreman said his team regained its focus after calling a timeout midway through the third quarter. "We just had to keep our composure and SEE BELLEVUE BOYS, 13
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slow things down. We weren't moving the ball on offense. We needed to get everyone touches and wind the clock down. Moving the ball is the key to finding open shots. That's what we did. We persevered," Foreman said. Bellevue head coach Chris O'Connor was glad to see his team rebound from its woeful showing during the onset of the third quarter. "We started to gamble too much on defense and just weren't very solid. We gave up too many opportunities to the basket. We just had to clean that up," O'Connor said. Capturing a league title was a legit feeling for the Wolverines, but defeating the rival Mercer Island Islanders to do it was especially sweet. "It’s better than ever. We had a packed crowd tonight. The fans were behind us. It was a great team win," Foreman said. Foreman believes the Wolverines have the talent to make a run during the playoffs. "As long as we're playing together, I don't think anyone can beat us," he said. "When we play together it’s good ball and no one can stop it." O'Connor is excited about his team's chances for success in the playoffs. "We can't take winning for granted. We got to keep working hard and get better every day. If we can do that, I think we will be pretty tough," he said.
Bellevue wrestlers earning second place were Aidan Robinson (120), Garrett Williams (145) and John Mancuso (170). Clayton Peloquin (126), Zach England (195) and Zavier Powe (220) collected third place finishes. Leland Seiver (106), Cole Ransom (113), Nick Luera (120) and Cameron Peloquin (138) captured fourth place in their weight division. Ander Robinson (145) placed fifth in his weight class.
Saints takes third at district tourney
A multitude of Interlake Saints wrestlers rose to the occasion at the Class 3A KingCo district wrestling tournament on Feb. 7 in Bellevue. The Saints captured third place at the tourney, finishing with a total of 187 team points. Kenny Hoang (120) and Brandon Gim (126) collected first place finishes. Albert Chen (113), Jon Palgashvili (190) and David Khanatyev (285) captured second place. Saints grapplers nabbing third place in their weight divisions were Aidan Campana (120), Cole Manchester (126) and Vamsi Anam (170). Devansh Dwivedy (132) and Vivek Bangalore (145) finished in fourth place. Jared Sheneman (132) and Lucas Varlea (152) earned sixth place finishes.
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Bellevue Wolverines senior point guard Kyle Foreman drives to the hoop while being guarded by Mercer Island's Sam Nordale in the first half of play.
The Newport Knights may have finished in eighth place as a team at the Class 4A KingCo wrestling tournament on Feb. 7 in Issaquah, but that didn't deter the Knights from having a wide array of stalwart performances across the board. Diego Dwyer (126) captured second place at the tourney. Humza Talat (152) and Nolan Richardson (220) tallied third place finishes. Logan Anderson (195) nabbed a fifth place showing while David Zobel (113), Andrew Coyle (145) and Jin Choi (152) attained sixth place in their respective weight classes.
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Planned Parenthood merges Issaquah facility into Bellevue
Planned Parenthood’s Issaquah Health Center has merged with the newly opened Eastside-Bellevue Health Center. The change occurred on Jan. 1. The Eastside-Bellevue Health Center, located at 14730 N.E. 8th St., will offer a comprehensive range of high-quality reproductive health care, including affordable access to birth control, well-woman exams, breast and cervical cancer screening, emergency contraception, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, abortion services as well as sexual health education and information. Planned Parenthood said it would offer a seamless transition to the new location and patients will have no lapse in service. The Eastside-Bellevue Health Center is open five days a week — Monday through Friday.
Baha’i to show documentary
The Baha’i Faith community of Bellevue will host a public event on Saturday, Feb. 21, to commemorate the nationwide “Education is Not a Crime” campaign. The event will take place 2 p.m. at the Eastside Baha’i Center, 16007 N.E. Eighth St., Bellevue. The free event will include a screening of the documentary “To Light a Candle,” produced and directed by journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist Maziar Bahari. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. More information is available by contacting Mandana Kazempour Matanagh at 206-354-8541 or Mandana58k@ yahoo.com.
Independent designers in Washington have a chance to become one of a handful of featured designers at the fourth annual Independent Designer Runway Show at the 10th annual Fashion Week at The Bellevue Collection. Applications are now being accepted for the show, set for Sept. 23. One winning designer will be awarded a cash prize and featured display in Bellevue Square. Designer applications are due March 15. Selected designers will be interviewed by the panel of judges with final selection to be announced April 17. To apply, visit BellevueCollection.com/FashionWeek. Send applications or questions to Julie.Hamasaki@kemperdc.com. For more information, go to BellevueCollection.com/FashionWeek.
Symphony sets Spanish concert
The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra will take its audience to Spain through the music of Ravel and Rodrigo at its España concert Feb. 20. Under the direction of guest conductor Adam Stern the symphony will perform Ravel’s Boléro, a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). MICHAEL Featured guest, internationally PARTINGTON renowned classical guitarist Michael Partington, will perform Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, a composition for classical guitar and orchestra by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Also on the program will be Curtis — Souvenier of Guanajuato Suite and Ginastera — Panambi Ballet Suite. The 7:30 p.m. concert will be at the Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students and $10 for children age 10 and under. Tickets available at the door or through www.ticketweb.com.
Three Bellevue projects get grants
The King Conservation District awarded a total of $1,090,595 in grants to 30 local governments and nonprofit organizations across King County in 2014. Nearly $130,000 was awarded for three projects in Bellevue. A $50,000 grant was given for a green roof at Bellevue City Hall. The project will replace a current gravel and concrete area with a 3,000 square foot demonstration green roof outside the third floor deli. The Bellevue Youth Theatre was awarded $36,000 for interpretive signage to design and fabrication six interpretive panels located throughout the project site.
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Food Lifeline gets $18,250
Hundreds of PSE electric customers helped make a significant contribution in feeding local families this past holiday season. At the same time, those customers also saved money every month on their PSE bill. Between Oct. 17 and Dec. 15, 2014, 345 customers chose to turn their old working fridge or freezer into meals. With a total of 365 units of old appliances recycled for free, customers opted to donate their $25 rebate to Food Lifeline. As part of the campaign, PSE matched each donation for a total contribution of $50. In the end, $18,250 was raised for Food Lifeline — enough to provide 73,000 meals and feed 365 families of four for two weeks. Recycling old fridges and freezers resulted in up to $73,000 in energy costs a year and collected 44,348 pounds of glass, metal and plastic for reuse.
Fluorescent lights now recycled
Washington residents can now recycle fluorescent lights and other mercury-containing lights for free at 130 sites throughout the state, with more being added. LightRecycle Washington collection sites will take traditional fluorescent tubes (including straight, curved and circular tubes), the twisty compact fluorescent lights and high-intensity discharge lights, which are commonly used in outdoor lighting fixtures. The program does not accept lighting fixtures or ballasts. Both individuals and businesses can drop off lights for recycling, although there is a limit of 10 lights per day. Visit www.lightrecyclewa.org to find collection sites. There are numerous sites in Bellevue, some taking only CFL lights and others taking CFL, HID and traditional fluorescent tubes.
Rabbi gets permanent position
The board at Temple B’nai Torah has unanimously voted to offer the job of permanent senior rabbi to Rabbi David Alan Lipper, who has been serving as the interim clergy. The move is unusual as the organization that governs reforms synagogues and rabbi selection strictly forbids offering the permanent job to an interim rabbi. Temple B’nai Torah applied for a waiver after a 24-month search that included 60 applicant interviews, countless conversations via telephone and Skype and personal visits by four finalists.
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Officers from the Bellevue Police Department and community members will come together Feb. 18 in an informal, neutral space to discuss community issues, build relationships and drink coffee. All community members are invited to attend. The event begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Top Pot Doughnuts, located at 10600 N.E. Ninth Place. Questions about the event should be directed to Det. Amanda Jensen at 425-452-6915 or CrimePrevention@ bellevuewa.gov. Coffee with a Cop provides an opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the department’s work in Bellevue’s neighborhoods. The majority of contact law enforcement has with the public happens during emergencies or emotional situations. Those situations are not always the most effective times for relationship building with the community and some community members may feel that officers are unapproachable on the street. Coffee with a Cop breaks down barriers and allows for a relaxed, one-on-one interaction. “Our hope in implementing this program is to give every resident and every officer the chance to have just a simple conversation over a cup of coffee that wasn’t instigated by a 911 call,” said Bellevue Police Lieutenant Lisa Patricelli. Coffee with a Cop is a national initiative supported by The United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The program aims to advance the practice of community policing through improving relationships between police officers and community members one cup of coffee at a time.
Group seeks state funds for parks, including Inspiration Playground The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition, a group of 280 businesses and nonprofits, has urged the Legislature to allocate $97 million for the Washington Wildlife & Recreation Program that includes money for Bellevue's Inspiration Playground at the Downtown Park. Gov. Jay Inslee on Dec. 28 announced funding for WWRP at $70 million. WWRP is the state’s premier grant program for outdoor recreation and conservation projects. Since its creation in 1990, the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program has secured more than $1.1 billion in public and private support for projects in every corner of the state. "The WWRP is a valuable tool for communities across the state that rely on the outdoors for their quality of life and economic vitality,” said Joanna Grist, executive director of the coalition. “It's absolutely imperative that legislators in both houses and from both parties work together to maximize funding to safeguard our natural heritage and the 227,000 Washington jobs that depend on outdoor recreation. There is never a more cost effective time than now to protect our outdoors.” At $70 million, 80 projects would be funded across the state. The WWRP, funded by the capital construction budget, is separate from the operating budget. which funds things like law enforcement and teachers’ salaries.
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Fleeing Cuba
Bellevue man recalls parents' narrow escape in 1962 BY DAN AZNOFF SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER
President Obama’s decision to restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba hit close to home for a Bellevue man whose parents made a clandestine escape from the island nation more than 50 years ago. Gabe Sterns remembers clearly how it took dramatic action from both U.S. senators from Washington state and the FBI to help get his parents to Florida after Fidel Castro came to power in Havana. The former Boeing engineer said he turned to the federal government for help after the resident visas issued to his parents were revoked. “Pan Am was still providing commercial flights to Cuba at the time,” said Sterns. “But my parents were having trouble getting into the United States after the communist government seized their property and nationalized the pharmaceutical factory my father established after the war.” Sterns had only been with Boeing a short time when he made the impassioned plea for help in 1962. Sens. Warren G. Magnuson and Henry “Scoop” Jackson responded to his request, clearing the way for his parents to fly to Miami. But the trouble did not stop there. Wilhelm and Margarite Stern asked their son to send $10,000 (the
equivalent of more than $70,000 in today’s dollars) to them in Boca Rattan, hoping the communist government would release personal items and pieces from the art collection they brought across the Atlantic after their escape from Europe. “This was way before the Internet scams for money from relatives you read about today,” Sterns said with a sly smile. “I knew immediately it was a hoax and called in the FBI to intervene.” Sterns moved his parents across the country and into his house on Mercer Island. They eventually used the $10,000 for his father to establish his medical practice in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of New York. Wilhelm used an exception to the law that allowed doctors from Europe who had earned their degrees before 1919 to be licensed in the United States. Gabe added an ‘s’ to his last name several years after he moved to the United States, so it would not sound “quite as Jewish.” The surreptitious exit from Cuba was the third time the elder Stern escaped from the evil intentions of an infamous government that persecuted its citizens because of their religion. Wilhelm had been a prominent physician and the owner of a factory that produced pharmaceuticals in his native home of Transylvania when his family
...obituaries Ernest “Tony” Reinhard, Jr.
Ernest “Tony” Reinhard, Jr. of Maple Valley, WA, passed away on January 31, 2015, after suffering a traumatic head injury. Tony was born in May 1960, to Ernest Reinhard, Sr. and Virginia Reinhard (Perkins) in Renton,WA. He graduated from Tahoma High School. Tony was actively involved in the lives of his two sons,Thomas and Ernest “Trey” Reinhard III. Tony always made time for family and friends. Tony is preceded in death by his mother,Virginia Reinhard, and is survived by his wife Lisa, their two sons Thomas and Trey, his sister Kathy with husband Gary along with their children, his brother Don with wife Monica and their son, and his father, Ernest Reinhard, Sr. Please visit www.greenwoodmempark.com for full obituary and designated preferred donation sites. 1250895
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Wilhelm (left with dog) and Margarite Stern in a rural area of Cuba with a family friend. The European immigrants were forced to abandon Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power and nationalized the pharmaceutical laboratory Wilhelm had established on the island in 1947. avoided being shipped off to a concentration camp by fleeing Budapest. Wilhelm returned to what was then Romania after the war, only to pack up again when the oppressive policies of the Soviet Union threatened his family and business. He moved to Cuba in 1947 at the invitation of his Uncle Zollie, who had established a new home on the Caribbean island eight years earlier. Gabe was only 13 years old when his family landed on the shores of the island 90 miles south of the United States. He attended the high school at the academy known as Candler College in Havana and obtained a resident visa that allowed him to continue his studies at Auburn University in Alabama. He graduated in 1958 and returned to Cuba to do research in the sugar fields for the B.F. Goodrich
Corporation. The younger Stern moved to Miami to work with two corporate airplane manufacturers before accepting his position with Boeing in 1961. Dan Aznoff is a freelance writer who lives in Bellevue who specializes in capturing the memories of past generations. His website is www. DAJournalist.com. He can be reached at da@dajiurnalist.com.
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PUBLIC NOTICES State of Washington Department of Ecology Notice of Application to Change An Existing Water Right TAKE NOTICE: That John & Elizabeth Tinkham of Yarrow Point, Washington on July 17. 2014, have filed an application of change to Ground Water Claim G1-158498CL. Cla imed use is for 900 gallons per minute (gpm), 1440 acre-feet per year for municipal supply, continuously, with a claimed priority date of 1888. That the original point of withdrawal is located in the NW 1/4, Section 17, Township 25N, Range 5E, W.M. in King County. The claimed place of use is the Replat of Yarrow Section 18, Township 25N, Range 5E, W.M. The request here is to change the point of diversion, place of use, and purpose of use for a portion of this water right claim 16 gpm (0.036 cubic feet per second) and 1.2 afy. The proposed new point of diversion will take water directly from Lake Washington in the SE 1/4, Section 18, Township 25N, Range 5E. W.M. The new place of use will be tax parcel 9808700762 in the SE 1/4, Section 18, Township 25N, Range54E. W.M. The new pur-
pose of use will be irrigation of 040 acres during the irrigation season. No increase will be made to the instantaneous withdrawal rate or annual quantity. Protests or objections to approval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections: protests must be accompanied with a fifty-dollar ($50.00) NON-REFUNDABLE recording fee (PLEASE REMIT CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY) and filed with the Department of Ecology at the address shown below, within thirty(30) days from February 20, 2015 Department Of Ecology Cashiering Office- NWRO-WR PO BOX 47611 OLYMPIA W A 98504-7611 Published in Bellevue Reporter on February 13, 2015 and February 20, 2015. #1251820.
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“got hooked” on the feeling of flying. The love of trampolining led to a spot on the Canadian national trampoline team, even while he was attending university earning his engineering degree. Instead of pursing a career in design or construction, he followed his passion and joined Cirque du Soleil roughly seven years ago. His first show, “OVO” allowed him to travel throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia and he’s got high hopes for his second show. L’Écuyer, who has been with “Kurios” since its inception, said in his role as Mr. Microscosmos, part of his costume is used to conceal a small woman. Her reveal to the audience is one of his favorite moments. For more information about the show or to purchase tickets, visit www. kurios.com.
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as communications skills and team cooperating project management skills.” Each of the applied baccalaureate degrees is setup in a two by two model, where students spend their first two years earning an associates degree in a related field to the degree, then the latter two years in “upper level courses,” she said. The baccalaureate degree will be an ideal path for any Bellevue College graduates of the two-year technical degrees in accounting, transfer students from other state community and technical colleges with accounting-related associate degrees and people currently in the field needing to add advanced skills, Epstein said. The college is also working on its application to offer a bachelor of applied science degree in health promotion and management.
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