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Kenmore resident knighted for service in World War II BY DEANNA ISAACS
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enmore resident and Bothell Fire Commissioner Jack Van Eaton not only turned 91 years old on Feb. 17, but was also knighted as a Chevalier in France’s Legion of
Community issues highlighted in city manager address BY DEANNA ISAACS disaacs@bothell-reporter.com
The city of Kenmore held its first ever State of the City address on Feb. 25. Kenmore City Manager Rob Karlinsey addressed the audience about many of the issues facing the municipality, including the city’s finances and five key initiatives. The address was hosted by the Greater Bothell Chamber of Commerce and was held at the Inglewood Country Club, in Kenmore. Multi-modal safety has been a key issue within Kenmore. Along with a new sidewalk grant and the Target Zero initiative for pedestrian and bicycle safety, the city of Kenmore [ more ADDRESS page 6 ]
Honour, the nation’s highest honor, for his actions during World War II (WWII). The story started in 1944, when Jack Van Eaton enlisted in the Army with his brother, hoping they’d both go to flight school. While his brother would fly 23 missions in a B-29 bomber
over Japan, Jack would head to Europe and take up arms against the Nazis. “That was my brother,” Van Eaton said. “He flew and I walked [the war].” From armored infantry training, Van Eaton went to train in the Tennessee backwoods.
“Maybe 100,000 people were transferred out of the Air Corps into the infantry, so then I ended up in the 78th Infantry Division,” Van Eaton said. “We went to Tennessee to do maneuvers in the swamp and chase poisonous rattlesnakes across the streams in
front of us.” One day, he was told to muster with all his gear in the parade grounds. “Finally, I think they thought we were well enough trained and sent us to a ship in New York harbor. The ship I went on had previously been a
British cruise ship designed to carry 600 people. There was only 3,500 of us that got piled into there, which probably exceeded the limit.” He then learned he’d be heading over the Atlantic Ocean to fight in the thick [ more KNIGHTED page 11 ]
Students protest lack of diversity center at UW Bothell
The State of Kenmore
BY DEANNA ISAACS Disaacs@bothell-reporter.com
Kenmore City Manager Rob Karlinsey gives the first ever State of the City address at the Inglewood Country Club. FELICE LINEBERRY, Kenmore Reporter
Students at the University of Washington Bothell campus staged a walk-out from classes, on Feb. 25, to protest the lack of a diversity center on campus. While the protest was held in conjunction with the Black Lives Matter protests occurring at the UW Seattle and UW Tacoma campuses, the UW Bothell campus students were protesting for the creation of a place where students can come together to overcome and learn about diversity issues, while also feeling included in the campus community. “Our plan here is that we want a diversity center and [ more UW page 7 ]
Kenmore mayor addresses transportation commission on 405 tolls during public hearing The proposal to toll Interstate 405 from Bellevue to Lynnwood received less than an enthused response at a public meeting held at Kirkland City Hall Feb. 19. A presentation by Tolling
Division Assistant Secretary Craig Stone to the State Transportation Commission (WSTC) at the beginning of the meeting intended to relieve some concerns about the proposal, as well as explain the necessity for it on a highway which Stone
said is among the worst, if not the worst, in the state when it comes to traffic congestion. Traffic is so bad, he said, the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane is not meeting state and federal requirements for vehicles to be traveling at 40 miles per
hour 90 percent of the time. Instead, Stone said, vehicles are driving at that speed only 60 percent of the time, despite adding nine transit centers, 5,000 new park and ride parking stalls and 1,700 vanpools since 2002. The proposed toll would
charge for the use of the existing carpool lane from SR 522 to I-5, along with two lanes between Northeast 6th Street in Bellevue and SR 522 in Bothell, or 17 miles, for those with less than the specified occupancy. Motorcycles, and buses that seat
at least 16 people, would be exempt from the toll. Stone cited tolled highways in Miami and San Diego as evidence of how the proposal would reduce traffic congestion. Though the commission has yet to determine [ more TOLLS page 10 ]
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