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(Above) A Bellevue family plays together at Bovee Park on Tuesday. The city council has directed the park board to begin the renaming process to remove the first mayor’s association. (Below) The park is at 1500 108th Ave. N.E. Zakir Hussain brings his Indian, Celtic collaboration to the Moore Theatre

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The first mayor of Bellevue was run out of the city more than 50 years ago over allegations he molested several young girls. Now the city council wants to remove Charles Bovee’s name — and the offense it evokes — from the four-acre park that has carried it for half a century.

Bovee Park had only recently been named when Charles Bovee, was arrested in 1959 for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl; the first mayor of Bellevue was also accused by several other young girls.

According to a 1994 article by The Seattle Times — based on the reporting of a Bellevue Christian high-schooler — the charges were dropped when Bovee agreed to leave the city, settling and later dying in Ephrata.

A number of the victims came forward to the council in the 90s to request Bovee Park be renamed.

It was only recently that another victim approached

Final public hearing set for March 18 in Kirkland the council with the same request.

Mayor Claudia Balducci gathered unanimous support from the council Monday to direct the city’s parks and community services board to begin work on renaming the park.

“I think our parks should not be a reminder of painful history … it was the right thing to do,” Balducci said during a phone interview Tuesday. “It was just the right thing to do to not have a park associated with these terrible allegations.”

The parks board is set to begin the park renaming process at 6 p.m. April 14 at city hall.

Councilmember Lynne Robinson, liaison to the

The Washington State Transportation Commission plans to adopt a new rate structure for tolling express lanes on Interstate 405, from Lynwood to Bellevue, on March 18.

A two-lane express toll lane system both ways from Northeast Sixth Street in Bellevue to State Route 522 is expected to add capacity, as is a one-lane system both ways between

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A Bellevue Police lieutenant — demoted two years ago for having an extramarital affair with a fellow officer — resigned from the department last week, before the conclusion of an internal investigation into allegations Lt. John Manning also publicly defamed a fellow high-ranking John Manning officer.

Manning had been on paid administrative leave since the first of the

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Seahawks join Inspiration Playground team The Seattle Seahawks have donated $20,000 toward the purchase of a SwayFun Glider to be installed in Bellevue Downtown Park’s future Inspiration Playground.

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41st District lawmakers to host town hall meeting at Somerset Elementary

Legislators from Washington’s 41st District will hold a town hall meeting 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 14 at Somerset Elementary School. Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, Rep. Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island and Rep. Tana Senn, D-Mercer Island, will share updates from the 2015 legislative session and answer questions from the public. Somerset Elementary is located at 14100 Somerset Boulevard, Bellevue.

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Team donates $20K toward wheelchair accessible swing for Downtown Park STAFF REPORT BELLEVUE REPORTER

The Seattle Seahawks have donated $20,000 toward the purchase of a SwayFun Glider to be installed in Bellevue Downtown Park’s future Inspiration Playground.

The donation supports the Seahawks’ PLAY 60 program, which is a National Football League-wide effort to combat childhood obesity by encouraging youth and families to be active at least an hour a day.

The Rotary Club of Bellevue has raised nearly $2.2 million for the $5.5 million Inspiration Playground project,

with an immediate goal to raise another $500,000 to begin construction this fall.

A wheelchair-accessible swing with benches for multiple passengers, the SwayFun Glider will be decked out in Seahawks colors.

“We are excited to support this project that enables fans of all ages and abilities the opportunity to participate in play together,” said Seahawks vice president of community relations Mike Flood in a statement.

More information about the playground and Downtown Park improvements will be provided during an open house from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E. For updates on the park and its projected construction date visit at bellevuewa.gov/inspiration-playground.htm.

The city is hosting several open houses to gather input from residents about what transportation projects under a facilities plan they’d like to see funded in the next 12 years.

The Transportation Facilities Plan represents a list of projects that could be funded by the city council, and the city is hosting three meetings — one occurred Thursday — around Bellevue where residents can provide input and fill out a survey: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at Crossroads Mall near its mini city hall, 15600 N.E. Eighth St; and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Factoria Mall, 4055 Factoria Square Mall S.E.

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The city will host a grand opening for the newly constructed Bellevue Youth Theatre on Saturday, March 14. A ribbon cutting will be held at 11 a.m., followed by tours and demonstrations at the $8.8 million, 12,000-square-foot facility until 1 p.m. The theater is located at 6051 N.E. 10th St.

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PBL education helping Sammamish students achieve collegiate dreams

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Four years ago Sammamish High School officials rolled out a new educational plan with the help of a $5 million grant and a clear vision, redesigning curriculum to focus on problembased learning.

Also known as PBL in Sammamish’s halls, the commitment to education — which works to solve real-world problems, showcasing its application in the local and greater community — has given its students a chance to pursue careers they wouldn’t have thought possible before walking into the building.

Senior Jeyma Garcia, 18, will be the first member of her family to

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Construction of the new Sammamish High School is on track to open this fall. attend university next fall after she was accepted to the University of Washington Bothell’s registered nurse program.

For a shy student, “terrified” of speaking in front of class, the new structure of Garcia’s classes through PBL allowed her to voice

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her opinions in small groups. She said it forced her to learn to be comfortable with and trust in herself.

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have been accepted or be where I’m at without the support of this school,” she said. “It’s given me the motivation to do something.”

Garcia said one moment in the last four years studying through PBL stood out to her most. In her advanced placement comparative government class they were examining what Russia would look like after the Putin administration.

As part of the class, a Russian studies major earning her master’s degree from UW joined the class discussion, sharing her insight and lending her expertise to the conversation.

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Steven O. Padilla pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in King County Superior Court Tuesday. Padilla stabbed another transient man to death at the Burger King on Northeast 24th Street in Bellevue in August 2014. Jose L. Arias was sleeping at the time he was stabbed.

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A 38-year-old homeless man pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of another transient man at a Bellevue Burger King last August.

Steven O. Padilla approached a 65-yearold Jose L. Arias while he was sleeping inside the Burger King on Northeast 24th Street and stabbed him multiple times in the upper torso at about 3:15 p.m. Aug. 17.

Witnesses said Padilla exited the fast food restaurant restroom and removed a knife from his jacket pocket, reaching over a partition to stab Arias. The victim staggered

out of the restaurant and collapsed in the parking lot, where he was declared dead at the scene.

Padilla fled the scene, but was arrested 1 1/2 miles away. An Everett Police K-9 unit led police to an office complex on the 14300 block of Northeast 24th Street, where a large, fixed-blade knife believed to have been the murder weapon was recovered.

According to a Bellevue Police news release, Padilla pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court Tuesday to the seconddegree murder charge — with a deadly weapon enhancement — and faces 158-258 months in prison when sentenced March 31 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.

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Redmond senator files bill to establish standards for state paraeducators STAFF REPORT

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Paraeducators in Washington would receive a career boost under a plan sponsored by Sen. Andy Hill, which passed in the Senate. Paraeducators provide more than half of the instruction for special-education students leading to a need to create standards as well as certification and endorsement processes to provide a career pathway.

“Our children have

diverse and specialized ways of learning,” Hill said. “Paraeducators are an essential link between many of our children and successful learning. This bill recognizes their expertise and strengthens their path to become teachers that will help close the opportunity gap.”

The legislation would provide the first career standards in the nation for paraeducators. Previously, paraeducators received little training from school

districts with limited state hiring standards. Paraeducators have the most impact on students in Transitional Bilingual Instructional Programs (TBIP), Learning Assistance Programs (LAP), Federal Disadvantaged (Title I), Federal Limited English Proficiency Program and Special Education.

“Many of the students receiving paraeducator support are English language learners,” Hill said. “By giving paraeducators a path

to becoming teachers, we will dramatically increase the cultural competency of our state’s teachers. This is a major step for helping to ensure all students receive a quality education.”

In 2014, Hill introduced legislation to create a workgroup in the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) to establish these standards and processes.

This year’s follow up legislation was developed based on the recommendations from the PESB.

April vote on county’s emergency radio system BELLEVUE REPORTER

Last week the Metropolitan King County Council approved sending the voters in April a nine-year property tax levy lid lift proposal to raise revenue needed to replace the county’s aging emergency radio system.

“Our emergency radio system needs replacement and it’s important for voters to weigh in on new equipment for first responders,” said Council Chair Larry Phillips.

“This proposed ‘new generation’ public safety communications system will be available to our city, district and county first responders,” said Council Vice Chair Jane Hague.

“I ask the voters to carefully consider this replacement of our current radio system.”

The emergency radio system is used to dispatch first responders

(police, fire, EMS) to incidents and allow responders to communicate with each other at those incidents.

The system is owned in equal shares

by King County, the City of Seattle, Valley Communications Center (ValleyCom), and the East Side Public Safety Communications Agency.

“This system will expand coverage more broadly throughout the county to help preparedness county-wide,” said Councilmember Kathy Lambert.

The proceeds of the levy would go toward the capital, financing and other costs associated with the replacement project, the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network project.

PSERN would replace aging components and provide new technology to support emergency dispatch and incident scene communications.

The current system has been in service for approximately 20 years.

It consists of 26 transmitter sites and multiple interconnecting microwave

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Bloodworks donors needed in March

Puget Sound Blood Center has changed their name to Bloodworks Northwest but their mission remains the same.

Blood is always needed.

Each March, the amount of blood donated drops by 10 percent compared to the rest of the year.

The Bloodworks staff said they do not know why. But every month of the year, blood is needed from donors to save lives. In order to make it easier to give, Bloodworks has a new online appointment system, which can be accessed by emailing schedule@BloodworksNW.com.

Donors can also call anytime to set an appointment at 800-398-7888.

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and fiber systems that support more than 100 agencies and approximately 16,000 radio users, each with a portable radio handset and/or installed mobile radio in a vehicle.

The system faces increasing component failures as it ages, and the vendor of the current system plans to discontinue the sale and repair of all components of the system after 2018.

The current system was designed to serve a smaller population over a smaller area when it went online.

If approved by the voters, the new system would provide improved coverage within the existing service area.

If approved by voters, the levy lid lift would be levied at a rate of no more than $0.07 per $1,000 of assessed value. The levy is projected to generate $273 million in revenues.

Based on the 2015 median home value in King County, the cost to the median homeowner would be $26.46 per year.

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stream of bills flowing through the state House and Senate would pour several hundred million more dollars into educating children in Washington.

But little, if any, of that proposed spending would bring the state closer to fully funding public schools, as required by the McCleary state Supreme Court decision.

Lawmakers aren’t sweating it too much — not yet, anyway — because state tax revenue is expected to increase in coming years after years-long recession.

They know that satisfying the court will require a significant sum — in excess of $1 billion — in the next state budget. But there is a raft of other issues involving students and teachers that cannot be ignored, even if they, too, cost a bit of money.

“I think people understand that there are two conversations going on here,” said Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self, D-Mukilteo, Jerry Cornfield vice chairwoman of the House Education Committee. The committee had approved 37 bills as of last week.

“We’ve already been told by the court what has to be funded,” she said. “We have to continue fixing the (entire) system. We cannot put our children on hold. We must work to make sure all children in Washington succeed.”

Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, chairman of the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee, said lawmakers understand a lot more money will be spent on education this session, and getting the most out of those dollars is what other bills address. His panel has passed 39 bills.

“Money has never been the issue. The issue has been the consequences and what you fund and how you fund it,” he said. “How do you get that money to work harder?”

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To the editor Limit vaccination exemptions

Our country is experiencing a significant measles outbreak, on a pace to be the worst year since 2000, mostly thanks to negligent parents who don’t immunize their children.

Washington has one of the worst vaccination rates in the country. In 2012, an alarming 9 percent of Clark Elementary students were unprotected.

At Issaquah High, 65 students were exempt.

Many ask, “My kid is vaccinated, so why worry?” Because no vaccine is perfect. The measles vaccine is very effective, which is why unvaccinated children are 35 times more likely to contract measles, but it’s “only” 95 to 98 percent effective. So if a child with measles enters a classroom full of vaccinated children, the odds are good that one student will become infected.

Do you want your child to be that one?

With 18,000 students in the Issaquah School District, 360 to 900 vaccinated students could become infected.

Several legislatures, including Washington, Oregon, and California, have realized that allowing exemptions for “personal/philosophical” reasons has endangered everyone and have introduced bills to eliminate them. HB 2009 is sponsored by 27 representatives from both parties, including Issaquah representatives Clibborn, Magendanz, and Senn. Please call your legislators and ask them to end the harmful personal exemption.

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Net neutrality finally arrives

With the recent FCC vote in reclassifying broadband Internet service as a “common carrier,” net neutrality has finally arrived in the United States.

Even with the approval of these rules to protect the internet, I wonder what is to come in the legal battle for the future of net neutrality. With companies such as Verizon, and AT&T being some of the largest wireless carriers in the nation, who also opposes the proposal so strongly, it is worrying as to what these big companies will do in response to the laws.

For net neutrality to be especially challenged by the big wireless service providers and cable companies, I think it would seem likely for the ISP’s to file a joint lawsuit against the FCC, in order to go against the rules.

I think the situation is rather tense, when the internet is known to be promoted for its size and openness to the public, that the large support for net neutrality is only recently recognized. I think the situation has become better with the recent vote, as the best interests of the public is to avoid a world where ICP’s could offer consumers higher trafficking priorities, by paying more. The battle isn’t over, but hopefully things don’t take a turn for the worse.

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In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that lawmakers were violating Washington’s constitution by not ensuring the state pays the full cost of a basic education for elementary and secondary students. Justices set a 2018 deadline to comply. Last year they found lawmakers in contempt for moving too slow.

The state will have spent $15.3 billion of its general fund on public schools in the two-year budget that ends June 30.

Another estimated $2 billion to $2.5 billion will be needed to meet the McCleary obligation by 2018 — and that’s without spending money on other education programs.

In December, Gov. Jay Inslee proposed a budget for the next biennium containing roughly $1.5 billion for McCleary-related items, including expanding all-day kindergarten statewide, reducing class sizes in grades K thru 3 and providing a cost-of-living increase for teachers. There’s also money for materials, supplies and operating expenses.

House Democrats are expected to release their budget the week of March 23. Senate Republicans will be the last to put forth a budget this session.

In the meantime, the education committees in the House and Senate had each approved nearly 40 bills as of last week which, if enacted as written, would cost between $300 million and $350 million in the next biennium.

The most expensive is House Bill 1491, introduced by Rep. Ruth Kagi, R-Seattle. It would cost $204 million, with the money spent to expand the state’s pre-school program, known as Early Achievers, and improve the quality of child care services. Litzow wrote a companion measure in the Senate.

Early learning programs are not legally part of basic education, so they aren’t considered part of the McCleary case. But Democrats and Republicans say early childhood education is critically important to academic success in later grades and must not suffer because of the spending elsewhere mandated by the court.

“We’re pouring billions of dollars into K-12. We need to start investing in early learning. It’s the best return on investment,” Litzow said.

Among other bills are ones to provide low-income elementary students breakfast so they don’t start the school day hungry; to ensure students who are removed from school for disciplinary reasons continue receiving academic instruction; and requiring schools to let parents of thirdgraders know if their child is not reading at grade level.

As of Friday, some of the bills had passed one chamber and were headed to the other.

House Minority Leader Dan Kristiansen, R-Snohomish, said this is a key period in the session. The focus of legislators begins to pivot toward the budget, and authors of all those bills try to attract broad enough support to secure consideration.

“Everybody knows more money is going to go to McCleary,” he said. “Nobody knows how much more after that.”

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parks board, said she fully supports removing Bovee’s

name from the park.

“My feeling is that I don’t ever want a victim to feel ashamed about what happened to them,” Robinson told the Reporter Tuesday.

It’s not officially spring, but the market for residential real estate in Bellevue has gotten warmer. Data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) indicate more listings and sales activity occurred in February this year when compared to a year ago.

The number of single family homes and condominiums for sale in NWMLS area 520; which includes all of Bellevue west of I-405, was up more than 50 percent last month. In February, 2014 there were 115 homes and condos on the market. At the end of February this year, the inventory stood at 173 homes. Of those, 104 were condos.

Despite fewer days in February, 79 new listings were added to the market, up from 59 a year ago.

The new listings were split

King County Council OKs update to disaster response plan Updating a disaster response plan in King County requires coordinating with 27 different cities and towns and 26 special purpose districts in a area that is home to more than 2 million people. No small task.

On March 9, the Metropolitan King County Council gave its unanimous approval to the 2014 update of the King County’s Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan. The plan serves as “They shouldn’t be ashamed and they shouldn’t be afraid to come forward. They should never feel ashamed for what happened to them.”

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The number of home sales pending at the end of February was flat with 88 sales in process. There were 89 a

year ago.

As of March 1, there was less than six weeks of inventory available.

The median final sold price for single family homes last month was $477,000 up 7.5 percent from a year ago.

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the county’s blueprint to alleviate the death, injury and property damage that can result from a natural disaster in the region.

The council must update the plan every five years.

“Approving our updated hazard mitigation plan is so important as it’s the foundation of our plans for preparedness,” said Councilmember Kathy Lambert. We know disasters are going to happen and it’s important that we are continually preparing and updating and practicing so we can be ready for them. This vital plan sets us up for coordination with our city and district partners.”

The plan addresses the following natural hazards, listed here in decreasing order of county-wide risk/probability: earthquake, severe

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The plan also provides an overview of how risk from these hazards will change as a result of future climate change impacts. King County has experienced 31 events since 1956 that triggered a presidential disaster declaration, the majority of which have been severe storms and two of which were earthquakes (1965 and 2001).

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As of March 1, there was nearly nearly six months of standing inventory in area 520.

There were 14 single family home sales made final last month in area 520, down from 24 in February a year ago. But the number of single family homes that are in the process of being sold this past month was up 25 percent compared to a year ago. There were 28 home sales pending last year and 35 this year.

The median sales price of single family homes that sold last month in map area 520 was $1.545 million, up from $920,000 a year ago.

In map area 530; that includes all of Bellevue east of I-405, 96 homes and condos were added to the market last month up from 89 a year ago.

Of that amount 60 were single family homes and 36 were condominiums. But

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The city of Bellevue is accepting applications through Monday, March 16 for adult volunteers to serve on the Bellevue Youth Link Board.

The Youth Link Board is comprised of six adult Bellevue residents and six youth attending school within the Bellevue School District. Members are appointed by City Manager Brad Miyake and serve as an advisory board to the city manager, Bellevue City Council and Bellevue School Board.

Applicants must be available for evening meetings.

The Youth Link Board meets on the second Wednesday of each month, 6-8 p.m. at City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E. Terms are three years and members cannot serve more than two consecutive full three-year terms.

Interested residents may apply online at youthlink. com/forms/YouthLinkBoardApplication-Adult.pdf or receive a Youth Link Board application by emailing Helena Stephens, Family, Youth & Teen Services manager, at hstephens@bellevuewa.gov or calling 425-452-2834.

Applications may be handwritten, typed or computergenerated; a resume is not required, but a Washington state background check will be required.

Applications must be received by the Youth Link Office on or before March 16 online or through one of the following means: Hand delivered with attention to Helena Stephens, Parks & Community Services, at Service First Desk City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E.; Mailing Address —P.O. Box 90012, Bellevue, WA, 98009-9012; fax at 425452-2814 or email at hstephens@bellevuewa.gov.

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Bellevue Police report a 31-year-old Seattle man tied to multiple car prowls and identity theft cases in the area was arrested Tuesday in south Seattle.

Jacob B. Larsen is alleged to have broken into a number of vehicles in Bellevue, Mercer Island and at Seatac Airport, the Bellevue Special Enforcement Team identifying the suspect through surveillance footage of him allegedly using stolen credit cards belonging to several victims, according to a police news release.

Larsen allegedly fled from officers in a stolen vehicle when approached by detectives after three days of searching. He was apprehended Tuesday after a brief struggle at a south Seattle store, the release states.

Bellevue, Mercer Island and Port of Seattle agencies expect to file multiple theft and identity theft cases against Larsen.

The Winters House The Frederick W. Winters House, listed in the National Register of

Historic Places, was built in 1929 by Frederick and Cecilia Winters. The Winters purchased 10 acres along Mercer Slough in 1917 to establish a wholesale florist business.

The Winters House is important for both its distinctive architectural character reflecting the Spanish Eclectic style and its association with bulb growing and the floricultural industry in King County and Washington state. It’s one of the few buildings associated with the past agricultural activity in the Bellevue area that remains on its original site and has retained its architectural integrity.

Heritage Corner is a feature in the Bellevue Reporter. To learn more about Bellevue and Eastside history contact the Eastside Heritage Center at 425-450-1049 or visit EastsideHeritageCenter.org.

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The citizens advisory committee for the East Main Station area planning ahead of Sound Transit light rail is ramping up its vision for what redevelopment should look like east of 112th Avenue Northeast.

Currently zoned for office and limited business, the area south of Main Street and the Surrey Downs neighborhood has been targeted by the city for transit-oriented development based on its proximity to a future East Link station.

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“There’s a lot of interest in both the land use … and also looking at other properties on the east side of 112th,” said Kate March, East Link community outreach and relations lead for the city. “Really nothing too substantial has started yet, but that’s about to ramp up.”

The CAC met Tuesday at city hall to discuss transportation issues, such as connectivity to the development area for Surrey Downs residents who will lose access to 112th at Southeast First and Fourth streets once light rail is constructed.

The advisory committee will meet again March 24, where representatives from Wig Properties will discuss and take feedback about redevelopment potential for its newly acquired Red Lion Bellevue hotel.

Leshya Wig from Wig Properties tells the Reporter the development company plans to let the Red Lion continue operating the hotel at 11211 Main St., in the near term.

“We have not yet developed a vision for how the site might be redeveloped — because we first would like to get input from the citizens advisory committee (CAC), the City of Bellevue, and the larger community about what they would like to see on this site,” Wig stated in an email March 5.

Wig Properties acquired the Red Lion Bellevue two weeks ago for $35.4 million after an initial buyer was unable to complete the transaction, said Jason Rosauer, part of the Kidder Mathews team that represented the Red Lions Hotels Corporation for the sale.

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Bellevue city staff expect an independent analysis of future energy demands on the Eastside to be completed ahead of the start of the scoping process for an environmental impact statement needed for Puget Sound Energy to proceed with its Energize Eastmore story online… side project. bellevuereporter.com Utility Systems Efficiencies was contracted by the city in December — at up to $100,000 — to perform an independent technical analysis of PSE’s Energize Eastside project, which proposes 18 miles of 230kV lines between Redmond and Renton and another electric substation to avoid capacity issues predicted as soon as 2017.

USE is now using a 2014 load forecast provided by the energy company through a security portal to determine if PSE is correct in the timing, purpose and need for the project, said Nick Matz, city senior planner. Staff expect to report back more information on March 30.

Bellevue and four other Eastside cities within the PSE project area have recently launched a website (energizeeastsideeis.org) for updating the environmental impact statement process, the energy company contacting 50,000 customers about the site.

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year when information came up during the internal investigation that would have been grounds for termination if found to be true, according to Bellevue Police Ofc. Seth Tyler.

Manning notified the city on Feb. 26 that his last day would be Friday, March 6; Interim Chief Jim Montgomery accepted his resignation on Monday, March 2. Tyler states because Manning resigned before the investigation could be completed, it will be closed with no discipline imposed.

“I am glad it has a resolution at the PD,” said Bellevue Police Lt. Lisa Patricelli, who filed the complaint in October that led to the investigation. “I pride

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Paying the tolls will be cheaper for those using Good To Go! — a pre-paid pass drivers mount in their vehicles. Those choosing to pay by mail face a $2 increment charge. Drivers can also register their license plate for photo identification (Pay By Plate).

For a vehicle to qualify for free carpooling, drivers will be required to use the new Flex Pass, a transponder that lets the driver change the setting to HOV-mode to avoid being charged. This would be used in conjunction with the Good to Go! pass.

A Flex Pass can be purchased at a onetime cost of $15.

Washington State Patrol troopers are expected to conduct emphasis patrols once the express lanes open, but for how long remains uncertain. Anyone crossing into the express lanes at double white lines dividing them from normal lanes or falsely claiming a carpool exemption faces a $125 fine.

A state Senate transportation package — passed to the House — includes funding to continue express lanes from Bellevue to Renton and a State Route 167 direct connector. Express lane toll revenue from I-405 must be used for 405 projects, Pace said, adding WSDOT was asked by the Legislature to suspend its environmental impact study regarding tolling Interstate 90 to complete the State Route 520 bridge, also funded under the Senate package.

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SR-522 and I-5 in Lynwood. I-405 experiences up to eight hours of congestion daily, the transportation department failing to keep HOV lanes operating at 45 mph as required by state and federal guidelines 90 percent of the time.

Tolling equipment was installed on I-405 last year, with the expectation express lanes will open in the fall. The Washington State Department of Transportation will use the summer to educate commuters about the impending change, said Emily Pace for WSDOT’s Tolling Division.

The state transportation commission will hold another public hearing regarding the proposed tolling fees before voting whether to adopt the rate structure 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 at Kirkland City Hall, 123 Fifth Ave., Kirkland.

The recommended average toll for the express lanes will be between 75 cents and $4 at the start of the tolling system.

More congested days would fall between $4 and $10, the latter being the maximum and expected only 10 percent of travel days. Seventy-seven percent of trips are expected to be below $1, according to the WSDOT. But in order to cover operation costs, the state transportation department reports a two-occupancy carpooling system

myself on my integrity and somebody — meaning John Manning — is questioning my credibility and trying to destroy my livelihood … by fabricating a story.”

Patricelli said Manning made derogatory comments to her and to others about her, prompting her to file a complaint. She said more

than her own integrity, she was concerned how a high-ranking officer making statements like Manning was serving the residents of Bellevue.

“The tip of the iceberg was when he basically accused me of falsifying training documents,” she said. “That’s where I drew the line.”

Manning was demoted from major to lieutenant in 2013 by former Chief Linda Pillo for having an extramarital affair with Capt.

Autumn Fowler, who was also demoted to lieutenant as part of the chief ’s disciplinary actions. An anonymous police captain reported the relationship to the department and Manning’s wife. Police reported Manning and Fowler were demoted for not reporting the eight-month affair and

drivers are using now won’t work. Vehicles with two or more occupants can use the lanes for free, but not during peak hours: 5-9 a.m. and 3-7 p.m. Motorcycles, transit vehicles and vanpools will also be exempt.

Commuters were upset with this change and told the commission so during a public comment session at Bellevue City Hall in early February, many claiming they would be unable to find a third passenger to qualify as a carpool and avoid tolling.

Jennifer Rash with the Tolling Division said commuters are encouraged to use rideshareonline.com to either start or find a carpool, and WSDOT is working on an incentive program to minimize the impact from the new carpool requirements. due to department policy requiring officers to avoid conflicts of interest.

The lieutenant had also been the one whose report to department leadership resulted in Pillo removing

Ofc. Dion Robertson from the bomb squad last year, Robertson having attended an unsanctioned Bellevue Swat Team appreciation event at the Issaquah Brewhouse in November 2013.

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Indian music legend Zakir Hussain is playing Moore Theatre March 20, blending his style with Celtic music.

Tabla master Zakir Hussain returns to PNW March 20

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The Broadway smash ‘Billy Elliot’ is just one of the musicals set for Village Theatre’s upcoming season. The lineup also includes a new musical and classics.

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Bellevue Brewery searching for second location on Eastside John Robertson and Scott Hansen have a simple message for their

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Bellevue Brewing Company owners John Robertson, far left, Scott Hansen, center, and head brew master Tony Powell, top, discuss the company’s next steps and expansion plans.

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Bellevue girls finish 5th at state Coach Krautter: 1-2 record ‘doesn’t show or define the season’

BY SHAUN SCOTT BELLEVUE REPORTER

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Bellevue senior Gunther Klimes dives to the floor for a loose ball against a player for the Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks on March 6 at the Tacoma Dome.

Photo courtesy of Don Borin/Stop Action Photography

Bellevue Wolverines guard Mandy Steward dribbles the ball down the court against Lynnwood defender Danielle Hayes March 6 at the Tacoma Dome. team-high 21 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. The Wolverines had a chance to take the lead after regaining possession of the ball with 12.1 seconds left in regulation, trailing 67-66.

The Wolverines put the ball in guard Mandy Steward’s hands. Steward dribbled up the right side of the floor before hoisting a shot from the baseline toward the hoop with two seconds left on the clock. Bishop Blanchet’s defense swarmed

Steward and the shot was off the mark. The Braves added one more free throw on their ensuing offensive possession, preserving a third-place finish courtesy of a 68-66 victory.

Bellevue head coach Leah Krautter said the game plan was to be aggressive on the final offensive possession of the game.

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With the Bellevue Wolverines trailing the Lakeside Lions 57-54 and eightseconds left in regulation in the Class 3A fourth place/sixth place game, Javon Jefferson hoisted a three-pointer from the corner in an attempt to tie the game.

Unfortunately for the Wolverines, the jumper didn’t fall. Lakeside guard Isiah Brown corralled the rebound before being fouled with 5.5 seconds in the game.

Brown made 1-of-2 free throws to clinch Lakeside’s 58-54 victory against Bellevue on March 7 at the Tacoma Dome. Brown

scored a game-high 31 points in the contest. The Wolverines were in the game despite shooting 17-for-49 from the field.

Bellevue junior guard Sharif Khan, who finished with 14 points in the loss, said he wished the seniors had experienced a victory in the last game of their high school careers.

“It is very disappointing we couldn’t send them out with a win,” Khan said.

“We worked really hard and we really wanted it. Unfortunately we just fell a little short.”

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Not even a 68-66 loss to the Bishop Blanchet Braves in the Class 3A girls state basketball tournament third place/fifth place game on March 7 at the Tacoma Dome could dampen the spirits of Bellevue Wolverines forward Tatiana Streun.

The Wolverines, who had a goal of winning the Class 3A state championship, may not have attained their ultimate dream, but Streun and the Wolverines left Tacoma with their pride intact and a fifth-place finish.

“We’re definitely sad because we know we could had done better. It is just disappointing because we had so much talent and it just didn’t work out the way we wished it would have,” Streun said. “Sometimes things just don’t work out.

You have to look at the bright side. We had a great season and we all played very well together. It was great. It was hard to lose this last game but we’ll do better next year.”

Streun finished with a

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wanted to attack the basket and see if we could get a lay-up off of it or a foul call. It just wasn’t there,” Krautter said.

Krautter was proud of

her team’s resolve not only at the state tournament but throughout the entire 201415 season.

“It’s tough to end the season like this because it doesn’t show or define the kind of season we had. I’m really proud of the way we fought. We gave it everything we had,” she said.

Lynnwood dominates Bellevue in semifinals The Lynnwood Royals’ stalwart defense presented a plethora of problems for the Bellevue Wolverines in the Class 3A semifinals on March 6 at the Tacoma Dome.

Lynnwood, who limited Bellevue to just 10 field goals in the contest, cruised to a 63-37 victory to advance to the Class 3A state championship game. Bellevue scored just six points in the second quarter. Lynnwood held Bellevue’s dynamic duo of Shelby Cansler and Steward to a total of 13 points.

“We were focused on Shelby (Cansler) and Mandy (Steward),” Lynnwood head coach Everett Edwards said. “Those were the two players we hoped to pay extra attention to and we did that. We knew those were their two leaders in terms of scoring the basketball and we wanted to limit their scoring.”

The loss against Lynnwood dashed Bellevue’s aspirations of winning a state championship.

“This one hurts really bad,” Krautter said. “We have been here (state tourney) three years in a row, so we will figure out how to get over it. It just wasn’t our day.”

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Bulldogs basketball team turns in special season Bellevue College finishes the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 28-5

BY SHAUN SCOTT BELLEVUE REPORTER

Basketball has been one of my favorite sports ever since I stepped on the court for the first time as a kid in 1989 at Beards Cove’s Santa Maria Park in Belfair.

While I have never been especially adept at playing the game, basketball is a sport I have enjoyed watching since childhood. It didn’t matter if it was professional, college, high school or a recreational league contest— I could never get enough of watching the sport. Nothing beats watching a finely tuned basketball squad work together as a complete unit. This year I was blessed to cover the Bellevue College Bulldogs men’s basketball team. The Bulldogs, who compiled an overall record of 28-5 during the 2014-15 season, captured fifth place at the 2015 Northwest Athletic Conference tournament on March 10 in Kennewick. The Bulldogs went 3-1 at the NWAC tourney, registering victories against Umpqua, SEE REDZONE, 20

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GIRLS BASKETBALL Totems compete in 2A state tournament The Sammamish Totems went 0-2 at the Class 2A state tournament in Yakima. East Valley (Spokane) defeated Sammamish 52-46 in the Class 2A quarterfinals on March 5. The Lynden Lions defeated Sammamish 4324 in a loser-out game on March 6. The Totems finished the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 13-13.

Vikings lose first 2 games at 1A tourney The Bellevue Christian Vikings went 0-2 at the Class 1A state tournament in Yakima. Cashmere defeated Bellevue Christian 51-31 in the Class 1A quarterfinals on March 5. Granger defeated Bellevue Christian 45-31 in a loser-out game on March 6. The Vikings finished the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 18-9.

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Above: Bellevue forward Gunther Klimes makes a move to the basket against the Lakeside Lions on March 6.

Bottom right: Bellevue senior Zack Moore drives past Lakeside defender Kiki Boyle for a basket in the first quarter of play.

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Bellevue dominates Marysville-Pilchuck in loser-out game After suffering a 74-65 loss to the Rainier Beach Vikings in the Class 3A quarterfinals on March 5, the Bellevue Wolverines got back on track with a convincing 81-45 win against the Marysville-Pilchuck

Tomahawks on March 6 in a loser-out contest. Four different Bellevue players consisting of Kyle Foreman, Gunther Klimes, Mikey Henn and Andrew Kenny all scored in double figures. Foreman finished with a team-high 15 points in the win.

“We just played our game today. Yesterday we slipped up a little bit but today we got to our lead and we just kept ex-

tending it,” Henn said. “Everybody was on fire. Everybody was hitting their shots.”

Foreman said his team was determined to right the ship after losing to Rainier Beach.

“We moved the ball and we didn’t rush shots. We knocked down shots today and that was the difference,” Foreman said. “We just played great team ball. I’m proud of these guys.”

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Khan concurred with O’Connor’s sentiment. The Wolverines will graduate five seniors off of this year’s squad this June.

“We had great team chemistry. It got us to this point,” Khan said of the state tournament. “We always worked together and we never gave up. It was great playing with these guys. It’s going to be different next year without the seniors. I’m going to miss them.”

Lane and Highline. I’m not surprised by the Bulldogs’ success this season.

The way they played the game and carried themselves is every coach’s dream. They moved the ball flawlessly and flustered their opponents with their ability to share the basketball.

No one on the Bulldogs roster cared about who scored the points or who got the credit. The first time I watched them play I could tell they were going to be special. They crushed the Whatcom Orcas 76-44. That particular night was a microcosm of the Bulldogs season as five players scored in double figures.

“They’re so fun to coach. They like each other, play together and it’s just good team basketball. It’s about as good of a team brand of basketball I have had in my 12 years here as coach,” Bellevue head coach Jeremy Eggers said on Jan. 28. “It’s unique to have that great of team unity.”

The Bulldogs’ ability to share the basketball was evident during their 14-

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The cupboard will be far from bare next season.

Even though the Bulldogs are losing sophomores Jalen Ward, Dominique Jordan, Dominic Smith and Anthony McLaughlin to graduation, they will return key players Dom Holub, Andrew Medalia, Cory Nevin, Brian Zehr and Addison McIrvin to the roster for the 2015-16 season.

Eggers has a keen eye for recruiting unselfish players who fit specific roles on his squad. I’m sure next year’s incoming freshman class will exude the team first philosophy Eggers fosters and promotes with his basketball program.

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BELLEVUE BOYS was proud of his team for capturing a sixth-place finish at the Class 3A state tournament.

“I told them even though in the end it wasn’t the outcome we were hoping for that they had a lot to be proud of. We had a great year. It’s hard to win a state championship. They have nothing to hang their heads about,” O’Connor said. “The fact that most of these guys have been playing together since grade school is pretty special. They have shown a lot of improvement through their four years of high school. It was very rewarding to be part of and see their growth.”

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Microsoft employees raise $60 million for state nonprofits

BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER

A new program through tech giant Microsoft is helping local nonprofits with millions of dollars in financing thanks to the software company’s generous employees.

In 2014, employees raised a recordbreaking $117 million for nearly 20,000 nonprofits and schools across the globe, the company announced earlier this month.

This year, the company and its workers are aiming to break that figure in a variety

verify what we were studying,” Garcia said.

“She didn’t just know what we were talking about, but agreed with most of it.”

Her classmate, 18-yearold Rosendo Ruiz, said that class showed him it was OK to take a chance and pitch his ideas.

A puzzle junkie, Ruiz said PBL opened his eyes to alternative methods for solving whatever problem was in front of him.

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Building on success Bill Palmer, Sammamish’s instructional technology curriculum leader, said the school’s commitment has given half the student body the confidence to apply to college and pursue their passions.

According to a recent study, more than half of the student population stated if they went to college, they’d be the first in their families to do so, just like Garcia and Ruiz.

Next year, the school’s transformation will take physical form when the new 320,000-square-foot building opens, giving students access to learning spaces at every turn, Palmer said.

Built with PBL and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) curriculum in mind, the physical building will make it possible for even more cross-

some of the world’s toughest problems. But there are so many challenges facing them, a big one being lack of IT expertise to help them extend their work and do more good in their communities.”

Tech Talent for Good is the latest effort from Microsoft encouraging its employees to use their technical expertise to help state and worldwide nonprofit organizations such as the Bellevue Arts Museum with technology training and knowledge to do more and achieve more, according to Lori Forte Harnick, the company’s general man-

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One of Broadway’s most beloved productions from Cole Porter is set to hit the Bellevue High School stage for a four-show run starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19.

“Anything Goes,” the story of high-seas antics

aboard an ocean liner setting sail from New York to London, follows Billy Crocker, a stowaway madly in love with Hope Harcourt, an heiress engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.

The three-day production includes nightly performances March 19-21 and a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, March 21 at the BHS Per-

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answering her last question with ease and earning her the Open Window School championship and her next step toward the National Geographic Bee. Blachman, an eighth-grader at the school, will battle 100 other state students March 27 at Pacific Lutheran University for the right to represent Washington at the geography championships in Washington, D.C., in May. Now in its 27th year, the National Geographic Bee competition has been the standard for geography greatness.

Following Blachman’s win, she and her competitors had to pass a qualifying test, graded by the National Geographic Society. The top-100 scoring students in each state, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in state bees.

Blachman, the third student at Open Window to compete in the bee, said she’s excited about the opportunity to represent her school, her community and her state, if she’s able to outlast the others later this month.

If Blachman wins, she’ll receive $100, the “National Geographic Atlas of the World, 10th Edition,” a medal and trip to the nation’s capitol.

But first she’ll have to conquer questions such as: “Sixtime Super Bowl champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers, play football near the source of the Ohio River in which state — Alabama or Pennsylvania?” and “Balboa Park, with more than 10 museums, performing arts centers and gardens, is located in which southern California city?”

Blachman correctly guessed Pennsylvania and San Diego, respectively.

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During its initial rollout, which began last month, the program will work with a varied portfolio of nonprofit organizations in the state that represent — what she calls — “a broad range of causes from hunger to youth unemployment to health and human services.”

As an added bonus, every hour of time a Microsoft employee gives to a nonprofit through the program, the company will donate $25 an hour in cash to that nonprofit, Harnick said.

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With the new building, the school also will offer new PBL classes, including robotics, CAD (computer-aided design) and some others still in the works, according to principal Tom Duenwald.

“We’re looking at all ways for the students to connect to the community and continue to work on real-world problems,” he said of the potential new classes and those already being offered.

Graduating senior Cory McCartam, 17, said he almost wishes he could attend another year to take some of the new classes and determine what he wants to do in the future.

“I came here because of PBL,” he said. “The idea that you’re going beyond just repeating facts, but being able to apply that knowledge in a real-world scenario.”

For their classmate, 18-year-old Tina Liu, who moved to Bellevue from Taiwan right before her freshman year, said PBL was instrumental in helping her understand English.

“Because we worked in groups, I wasn’t afraid to speak English … it really helped me out,” said Liu, whose application to attend Harvard next fall has been deferred. “I wouldn’t be where I am without this school.”

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Matilda (Tillie) Stockwell passed Sunday, March 8, 2015. She knew she was near her life’s end, and was at peace with its imminence. Her struggle with lung cancer and COPD was prolonged, but rarely painful. She was blessed to spend her final months in the constant company of family.

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Dorothy earned a degree from Bellevue Community College in her 50’s and was an avid swimmer at Samena Club into her late 80’s. She loved to dance, play piano, trap shoot, fish, garden, bake, joke, and play games. Her favorite thing was spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed being told that she wasn’t a ‘typical’ 92 year old and was very young at heart.

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“This season is a celebration of authentic characters and their inspiring transformations,” he said. “A lowly flower girl becomes an elegant debutante; a young African woman boldly breaks the mold of tradition; a boy changes his community by daring to pursue a different kind

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“Tony has been able to maintain the customer pallet while introducing them to new and exciting beers,” Hansen said; Beers like Me-

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“Next up is a Bohemian or Czech-style pilsner,” Powell said. “I’ve wanted to do one of these for a while.”

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success, production is already ramping up to an estimated 10,000 barrels annually at its current location, while Hansen and Robertson scour the Eastside for a second locale.

The plan is two-parts, Robertson said, starting with increased production so that by next year they’ll have 10,000 barrels to sell and distribute.

“The second part is to identify, if not get permitting and start construc-

tion, on a second location that can handle more than 10,000 barrels,” Robertson said.

It’s unclear at this time if the second location will be in Bellevue, but Robertson and Hansen said it will definitely be on the Eastside and that it may feature new beer styles and a different menu than its current location.

For more information about the brewery and its offerings, visit www.bellevuebrewing.com.

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playing for bread and butter, but in far nicer venues and a lot more of each.

Playing with musical legends George Harrison, Yo-Yo Ma, Van Morrison and others, Hussain has more than earned his seat among them and his title of tabla master.

On March 20, Hussain will be joined by an all-star cast of Indian and Celtic musicians at the Moore Theatre as part of his latest tour, “Celtic Connections: The Pulse of the World,” a 22-day, 15-city run showcasing the connection between each of the musical cultures.

“It’s a jam band with a touch of the highlands when Indian ragas meets Scottish strathspeys,” Hussain said of the show.

He said the show reveals the close melodic and rhythmic connections shared by both traditions and engages audiences in ways they may never have experienced.

“In that 2-hour period the worries of the outside world are left where they are,” he said. “Maybe you smile, regenerate, so you can go out and face the world again.”

It’s that love of not just music, but its genuine affect on people that drew Hussain to share his talent starting at age 7, he said.

But his exposure to music, the tabla and the right-hand piece he still plays today, started even earlier.

“I’ve been with this instrument since I was a babe, sleeping with it nightly,” he said. “I still play the acoustic drum because I spoke to it, it spoke to me and we fell in love so long ago.”

Hussain said playing the same right-hand drum throughout his career allows him to give a piece of himself to the audience musically that few musicians get to share.

“It’s like I’m sharing a part of me … something near and dear to me,” he said. “It’s the best toy you could find.”

For more information about the show or to purchase tickets, visit www.stgpresents.org.

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