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Commission approves I-405 express tolls WSDOT says rideshare site to aid drivers facing new carpooling requirements BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
Sunwest Bank has set up its Washington base at One Bellevue Center downtown
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The Washington State Transportation Commission adopted a new rate structure for tolling express lanes on Interstate 405 between Bellevue and Lynwood on March 18, declining appeals from Eastside residents and one commissioner to change a controversial policy for carpooling that starts later this year. The WSTC took public comment from a crowd of more than 100 Eastside residents for about an hour and discussed the new rate structure for about 20 minutes in executive session last Wednesday at Kirkland City Hall. The rates and corresponding policies were approved unanimously. A two-lane express toll lane system both ways from Northeast Sixth Street in Bellevue to State Route 522
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(Right) An I-405 motorist named Tony was brought out by WSDOT in Bellevue Monday to demonstrate installing a Flex Pass (Above) needed for express lanes.
is expected to add capacity on I-405 when it comes on line , as is a one-lane system both ways between SR-522 and I-5 in Lynwood. But in order to cover operation costs, the state transportation department reports a three-occupancy carpooling system must replace the typical two-occupant requirement needed for high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Vehicles with two or more SEE TOLLS, 11
Affordable senior housing Lincoln Square expansion includes W Hotel coming to Crossroads Mall BY BRANDON MACZ
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SHAG constructing 6-story, 185-unit apartment community with retail BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
The Senior Housing Assistance Group plans to construct an affordable rental apartment community on the northeast corner of the Crossroad Mall that will include 1,600 square feet of retail that caters to residents. “I think it’s a really exciting opportunity and, quite frankly, it’s a model for great opportunities in the senior housing arena in particular,” said Jay Wolford, SHAG executive director. “We have long wanted to be able to provide affordable housing on the Eastside.”
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Kemper Freeman used Lincoln Square’s new studio showcase room Monday to announce a W Hotel will be a significant feature of the Lincoln Square expansion when it opens in 2017. “It was a lot of lobbying — a lot of selling — that really brought him around to being a hip W follower,” said Carla Murray, vice president of Northwest operations for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, which operates W Hotels and the Westin at Lincoln Square. “That made the people back at my headquarters very happy.” “I’m on the outer edge of who stays there, at 73 (years old),” Freeman later remarked of W Hotels’ young, techy clientele. The luxury hotel will have 245
guestrooms in 14 stories of the first tower adjacent to Lincoln Square, and sit on top of three levels of retail, restaurants and theaters, Freeman said, with 2,200 parking stalls in six levels of underground parking below that. Upscale apartments will occupy the upper levels above the W Bellevue, Freeman said, adding 10 percent of those units are already preleased. The parking structure is expected to be completed in time for a June construction start for the W Hotel in order to open in spring 2017. Kemper Freeman Company will own the hotel, Starwood will operate it and the two will share the profits as negotiated under a long-term contract, said Anthony Ingham, vice president of W Hotels Worldwide in North America. SEE W HOTEL, 9
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Summ On a chilly day like today, it’s hard to believe that the warm weather will be back in a few short weeks. Summer is just around the corner, and it will soon be time for your children to go off to summer camp or to day camp. Have you started thinking about what you’d like them to do? You’d better get busy, because now is the time to register if you want those earlybird prices.
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they have in mind when they think about going to camp. Of course, traditional camps are always available; they are ideal for children who love a bit of everything. Other camps are more specialized, and some offer activities that are really off the beaten path. Think about the following possibilities: sports, outdoor activities, dance, martial arts, sciences, languages, performing arts, visual arts, music, cooking, archeology, soccer, horse riding, deep-sea diving, circus, and the list goes on.
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When your children have made their choices and are registered, give yourself a pat on the back. Attending summer camp—with all its challenges, experiences, and learning opportunities—will have a positive effect on your children’s development. Children who attend camp develop their socializing skills, emotional intelligence, self-confidence, physical abilities, and environmental awareness.
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In addition, many cooking camps offer a mouth-watering formula for foodloving parents; children get to take home the dishes they prepared. That way, the whole family can enjoy tasting the recipes concocted by their budding chefs. Yum!
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There are so many good reasons for learning to cook. At this type of camp, your children will learn to appreciate one of the great pleasures of life while learning to eat healthily. Cooking a real meal teaches a child to follow a balanced diet that contains less fat, salt, and sugar than processed foods.
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If your children would like to try camp this summer, they’ll have lots to choose from, with camp themes ranging from traditional nature-based activities to specialized ones. If learning something new and unusual appeals to them, they can choose a camp that matches their interests. Cooking camp, for example, is a great option for children interested in the culinary arts.
Going to cooking camp also helps children develop autonomy, as they discover new foods and different cooking techniques. They also learn to use utensils safely and follow good food handling practices, such as personal hygiene and food storage.
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At riding camp, some or all of the following activities will keep your children busy throughout the day: riding lessons, equestrian techniques, learning to care for and prepare horses, games, trail rides, and complementary outdoor activities. Some establishments even organize an equestrian show at the end of the camp.
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Are you looking for something unique for your children to do this summer? An outdoors activity, where they’ll get lots of fresh air and exercise but will also feel as if they’re on vacation? What you need is an equestrian camp. Your children are sure to love riding camp, whether they’re beginner or expert riders. Generally speaking, these camps are accessible to children of all levels of skill and experience. Children are assessed and placed into small groups that take into account riding ability and age, and mandatory riding helmets help assure the safety of all campers, no matter how experienced they are.
An introduction to riding includes a bit of theoretical knowledge (anatomy, colors and markings, disciplines, shoeing, reproduction, and breeds) as well as riding basics and care (diet, vital signs, bandages, veterinary care, feeding, and grooming). At riding camp, children can learn more about the behavior of horses, how to groom them, clean their shoes, saddle them, and ride them while improving their sense of balance. Best of all, children develop a meaningful partnership with the horse, a relationship that builds selfesteem and determination.
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City manager makes interim fire chief’s job permanent national search for a new fire chief, but was delayed by the city manager’s search for a new police chief to replace Mark Risen has been tapped by City Linda Pillo, who retired last April. “They opened it up and Manager Brad Miyake to conthen pulled it right back off tinue serving as Bellevue fire the market,” said Bellevue chief permanently, after taking Fire Lt. Rich Burke. “That on the position in the interim was 6-8 months ago.” 10 months ago. The city manager had Risen has served with the determined last year the Bellevue Fire Department for police chief would need to 32 years, taking on the posibe replaced before finding a tion of interim fire chief last Mark Risen permanent fire chief. After June, succeeding retiring Chief failing to find a viable candidate out Mike Eisner. Eisner retired last May of five police chief finalists — one after serving 40 years with the BFD. pulled their name from consideration The city had plans to conduct a BY BRANDON MACZ
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Auto theft suspect drives to WSP HQ BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
The Washington State Patrol didn’t have to look far to find a car theft suspect, the 36-year-old man allegedly arriving at WSP headquarters in Bellevue in the stolen vehicle on March 18, where he was quickly arrested. Micah S. Hatcher was reported driving around Issaquah in a stolen vehicle by a witness last Wednesday, who recognized the car from a posting on a European motorist Facebook club, according to WSP. The witness used his cellphone to contact law enforcement, then proceeded to follow Hatcher as he headed toward Bellevue on Interstate 90 — taking video of Hatcher in the stolen car, according to a news release. “Apparently there was
— tapped by an independent consulting firm in October, Miyake selected Stephen Mylett to lead the department last month, following a second-round search. “They had the police chief that they went out for twice, and I don’t think they wanted to do both of them at the same time and things have been going so well,” Burke said of Risen’s selection as fire chief. “Things have been going really well under his leadership.” Joining the department in 1983, Risen moved up the ranks to deputy chief, and recently served as interim chief in Woodinville during a sixmonth period.
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WSP troopers arrested a car theft suspect after he drove to their headquarters March 18. some sticker on the car that really set it off,” said Trooper Chris Webb. “The witness actually called 9-1-1 or our dispatch center and followed the guy, who came right into our office.” Hatcher was arrested on drug charges and outstanding warrants on March 15, and had gone to the state patrol’s headquarters in Bellevue to retrieve belongings from WSP’s evidence locker, Webb said. Detectives put the auto theft arrest down as the easiest they’d ever made.
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More seniors homeless on Eastside BY DAN AZNOFF SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER
A tear ran down her cheek when Abby Durr was asked why more and more seniors are living out their lives on the street during what should have been the happiest times of the lives. Durr spends her life surrounded by seniors. The Issaquah resident founded the Silver Age referral service that helps families find safe housing for aging parents and grandparents. She has seen too many seniors squeezed between the desire to
maintain their independence and financial reality of living on the Eastside. The social safety net created to assist the most vulnerable members of our community, Durr said, has left gaping holes that have allowed too many elderly residents fall into poverty. “Sadly, seniors with limited incomes will only qualify for Medicaid assistance if they suffer from one or more health concern,” Durr said. “The high cost of housing on the Eastside limits how much seniors can spend on food and pay for medication. “The result is that many of the most vulnerable seniors end up living on the street or on the backseat of their car.” The lack of affordable housing has increased the number of homeless among the elderly population across the country by more than 33 percent since 2009, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. The Crisis Clinic operated by King County estimates that the percentage of seniors among the homeless in
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Foggy windows. Choosing between food or shelter leads some Eastside seniors spending nights in their car in area parking lots.
March 27, 2015 [7] communities east of Lake Washington has jumped by close to 50 percent in the past five years. Almost 10 percent of the 105,000 calls to the Crisis Clinic last year were from older adults on the Eastside in search of basic human services, including rent assistance and protection from eviction. That is a 13 percent increase over the number of seniors who contacted the agency only two years earlier. “Homelessness among seniors is a huge problem in King County, and a crisis that has been totally overlooked by cities on the presumably affluent Eastside,” said Kathleen Southwick, executive director of the Crisis Clinic. The Eastside can be an expensive place to live, said Southwick. With limited incomes, many seniors do not have the financial ability to relocate to communities that offer a lower cost of living. SEE SENIORS, 11
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Easter meals with a festive touch
Easter is a time for turning our backs on winter and celebrating sunlight and the return of warm weather. It’s also the perfect opportunity to gather friends and family around the table. Here are some ideas to bring a spring look and feel to this holiday feast.
Dress up in your most festive colors to welcome your guests, and invite your guests to do the same. Easter is a time of joy, hope and the return of Mother Nature in all her glory. Dress in bright or pastel green, purple, yellow and orange. And don’t forget your fanciest hat: old-world tradition calls for a new bonnet to celebrate this happy day. Treat yourself to a pretty brimmed straw hat or one made of floral fabric.
Dress the table with flowers
Dress up the table with a few simple, decorative items to put your guests in the mood. Fresh flowers in pots or scattered between the plates on the table will brighten up your dining area beautifully. Choose daisies, daffodils, lilies
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or lilacs. Place some traditional painted eggs in a straw nest for a perfect centerpiece. For even more effect, collect some twigs that have fallen from trees over the winter and arrange them in a “bouquet” in a flower pot. Tie ribbons around emptied, decorated eggs and hang them on your pretty Easter tree.
A feast for the taste buds
Even though lamb, ham and chocolate are usually the traditional Easter fare, you could also surprise your guests with an exotic touch by serving them mämmì, a Finnish Easter dessert made of water, rye flour, molasses and orange zest. After baking, store the mämmì in the fridge for three to four days and serve it with sugar and cream. Happy Easter!
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Obama’s Community College for all proposal
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n January, President Obama outlined his proposal to offer two years of free community college tuition for students. His intent: get more high school graduates into college and enable them to finish school without debt. Obama’s plan would provide tuition-free classes for students going to school at least half time, who maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students must be making steady progress toward a degree or transferring to a four-year institution to remain eligible. The plan would also apply for adults returning to school to look for a better job. It sounds like a great idea. But will there be enough capacity for more students? Who would pay? In our state, there are already many ways to pay for college. According to the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges, 182,677 students were enrolled full-time across our state for the 2013-2014 academic year. Of those, just 3 percent paid for all of their own tuition. Others applied for grants, scholarships and loans. A good number of high school students attend community colleges through the Running Start program. Their tuition is paid through their school district. Washington education technology professionals met in Spokane earlier this month at the first Washington State Higher Education Building Bridges Technology Conference. It sold out. The two-day event focused on technology topics related to adult and post-secondary learning. With a renewed emphasis on STEM topics and the growing need for highly-trained employees for the technology sector, the demand for degrees from community and technical colleges will only increase. If Obama’s idea was implemented, could the community college system in Washington handle the load? How would such a initiative play out with colleges such as Bellevue College merging with state universities? For students, the future awaits.
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Letters to the editor Republicans want taxes?
Republicans in the state Legislature want to raise your taxes. The transportation bill that passed the Senate early this month imposes an additional 11.7 cent tax on gas. Wait. I thought Republicans hated taxes. Oh no, that only applies to progressive taxes on the wealthy. Republicans are quite willing to make the middle class pay a regressive gas tax or sales tax, but they wouldn’t dare tax the rich, even though Washington State has the more regressive tax system in the nation.
Don Smith, Bellevue
No parking available
I am writing out of frustration due to receiving a parking ticket today at the Bellevue Park and Ride. Every day, I pull up to the Bellevue Park and Ride between 8 a.m. and 8:05 a.m. Every day, there are no spots left. So what do I do? I do what the other 20-30 other people do that can’t find a parking spot, park in one of the 15 fire lanes Bellevue has put aside rather than building more parking spots. When I first started commuting via the bus, I tried using the Mercer Island Park and Ride. Unfortunately, there was little chance of finding parking if you show up even a minute after 7:45a.m. To those reading this article you may ask, “Well why she doesn’t leave earlier?” Great question! I could leave earlier, but that doesn’t change the fact that the other 30 riders that continue to show up at 8am will be left without a legal parking spot. I am not advocating others to park in fire lanes, I know these are very important should a fire occur, so I completely understand why I received a parking
ticket. My frustrations lie with the King County transportation services and the lack of parking they supply for my fellow public commuters. Parking rates in Seattle increase almost monthly it seems. If I want to park within 4 blocks of my building, I am paying a minimum of $17.50. 6 Months ago, this same parking lot was charging $14.00. I know I am not the only King County public transportation rider to be frustrated with these daily issues. Whether it’s adding more park and rides or adding more spots to these park and rides, something needs to change.
Shaina Cordova, Seattle
President’s community colleges proposal a good one
I don’t always agree with our President but he cares about young people as evidenced by one of his educational proposals. One of his proposals would provide two years of community college free to students willing to make a commitment of attendance and maintaining a 2.5 GPA or better. It is an excellent idea. Speaker of the House Boehner, does not agree. We seem to be able to spend billions helping other nations while neglecting our own in the United States. A program such as this will help get kids off the streets and into productive employment and careers. This educational proposal would help give kids the incentive and opportunity to participate in programs that could lead to immediate jobs or the ability to transfer into a four year institution. I urge you to get in touch with your Representatives and Senators to support this program.
Kenneth Lohman, Bellevue
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Sunwest Bank working on WA expansion strategy tion and new Los Angeles office. He worked for East West Bank in Bellevue as a senior relationship manager Sunwest Bank has opened its prior to joining Sunwest. second Washington branch in the “The bank recognizes that there’s lobby of One Bellevue Center, tremendous growth potential where newly appointed in King County,” Smith said. market area president Steve “We want to be closer to the Smith will assess expansion activity, especially in Bellevue.” potential throughout the state He said too many banks and and expects to issue millions bankers in the area has led in business, development and to the loosening of crediting construction loans. terms and a decrease in profits Steve Smith Smith is one of four new for financial institutions, “But executives hired by Sunwest there’s still demand for creative Bank to advance its expansion goals, financial solutions. This would be sowhich included a first Utah localutions that would take a more holistic BY BRANDON MACZ
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approach to the overall credit risk of the borrowers.” Sunwest Bank anticipates meeting clients at their offices, providing equipment for online banking and check depositing when needed. Smith said he anticipates lending as much as $400 million to local entrepreneurs within a 5-year period, “And we’re pretty much starting from scratch. There’s not much of a legacy portfolio.” Sunwest Bank is located at 411 108th Ave. N.E., Ste. 120, Bellevue. There is currently only one other Sunwest Bank branch in the state, in University Place.
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The Founder Institute, which takes in technology entrepreneurs with an idea, helps them narrow their focus and understand all facets of creating a startup, will hold its next 14-week startup accelerator program April 13 in Bellevue. For the first time, the Seattle program is relocating to the Eastside under a partnership with Impact Hub Bellevue. Those who pay the $999 for a semester receive no guarantee they will remain in the program for the full 14 weeks, having to attend every class, finish every assignment and make a successful pitch to a group of mentors/investors after the first six weeks. The Founder Institute is offering Bellevue Reporter readers a chance to apply for free at http://fi.co/apply/1501/bellreporter. Apply by April 5.
A former Bellevue-based developer and lender convicted of two counts of tax evasion in December for hiding his assets for a decade while avoiding taxes and living a life of luxury was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison and three years of supervised release in U.S. District Court on Thursday, March 19. Thomas R. Hazelrigg, III, 68, of Redmond, was found guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court following a nine-day trial, where prosecutors made their case for how the former developer avoided $533,454 in taxes owed from 1989 to 1991 and also in 1994, while spending millions of
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Silk Road drug dealer receives 5-year sentence in US court A 40-year-old Bellevue man known as “NOD” on the online black market site Silk Road, where he was considered to be in the top 1 percent of sellers of narcotics, was sentenced to five years in prison and four years of supervised release in U.S. District Court on March 19. Steven L. Sadler sold cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine through Silk Road, which uses Tor technology to conceal the identity of online users through encryption and redirecting of Internet traffic through multiple volunteer services, and used the Postal Service as a major delivery system for his illegal enterprise. He was arrested in late 2013 following an investigation into packages found containing heroin and cocaine. U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez said he is “troubled by this new method, new frontier of drug dealing that is creating a new crop of victims” during sentencing, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle. Sadler was making as much as $70,000 each month selling cocaine
online, and was found in possession of more than a kilogram of both cocaine and heroin, as well as 400 grams of methamphetamine, during a search of his apartment on July 31, 2013. A .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol was also found hidden under a mattress, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A postal inspection service inspector first removed a package from circulation in September 2012, according to court documents, which was identified by a narcotics dog as containing a controlled substance. Heroin was reportedly found hidden inside a birthday card and scented markers. Multiple other packages were removed from the mailing stream over the course of the investigation, from various post offices and UPS stores. Tracking devices were placed on vehicles owned by Sadler and also driven by his girlfriend, Jenna White, who is also alleged to have been involved in the sale and delivery of illicit drugs. The vehicles were tracked to numerous post office locations around the region, including Bellevue, Renton, Olympia, Lakewood, Spanaway, Tacoma, Puyallup, Issaquah, Federal Way, SeaTac, Kirkland,
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Bellevue Police will address concerns from Enatai residents about a series of burglaries that occurred in the area last month and ways to improve coordination between the neighborhood and law enforcement in the future during a meeting 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 at Enatai Elementary. The department met with residents in the Enatai neighborhood following a rash of burglaries last summer, and has since been keeping in touch with the neighborhood association to more quickly recognize community concerns, said Amanda Jensen, residential crime prevention detective for the Bellevue Police Department. Property crimes have spiked nationwide, the detective said, with five burglaries reported in the Enatai neighborhood in February. Those crimes gained a lot of attention and comments from residents through Nextdoor.com — a private social network that allows neighbors to share
information. Jensen added Nextdoor.com has a tendency to cause panic in neighborhoods, causing residents to perceive crime as being rampant when it isn’t. “The (city) council started to get lots of letters and things from people,” Jensen said, promptingthe March 31 meeting, which is being co-hosted by the Enatai Neighborhood Association. A notice also was posted in the elementary school’s newsletter to parents. “We’re going to try to get them statistics and talk about what we’re going to do to deal with their concerns.” Patrols have been increased in the Enatai neighborhood, said Jensen, adding it is rare for an officer to view a crime as it’s occurring. “When we catch people, it’s when neighbors see things and call us,” she said. “We have increased the patrols and asked people to drive through and be visible and vigilant.” Enatai Elementary is located at 10615 S.E. 23rd St., and the meeting will be held in the gym.
Healthy Youth Survey: Teens less concerned about weed BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER
A statewide survey of 223,000 Washington students shows a decline in alcohol and tobacco use among teenagers, with marijuana use holding steady as a large percentage of respondents reported feeling there is little to no risk to using the drug, now legal in Washington. The 2014 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey was conducted in October and included about 1,000 schools across the state’s 39 counties and 215 school districts. The survey is conducted every two years. King County matched statewide trends in that cigarette and alcohol use is down, but marijuana and hashish use remained about the same; down about 2 percent for sophomores compared to 2008 figures and about 3 percent lower for seniors. About 80 percent of students — grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 — reported they don’t use alcohol or other drugs, but health officials are concerned by the 72 percent of high school seniors
— 61 percent of sophomores — who said they don’t think there is much, if any, risk to trying marijuana. A high percentage of sophomores and seniors also reported it’s very easy to get. “The teens are saying it’s way better than alcohol and certainly better than all of those other drugs,” said Kristie Neklason, substance abuse director at Youth Eastside Service, where marijuana use as a primary focus comprises about 80 percent of its admissions and referrals. There have been no problems with recently opened recreational marijuana shops on the Eastside serving underage customers — anyone under 21 — but legal weed has many youths exposed to its marketing and debating why they shouldn’t light up, Neklason said. “Teens, their ears are open and, all of this, they’re looking and they’re listening to what’s going on,” she said. Adults possessing and consuming marijuana in Washington is legal, and using it responsibly likely won’t cause significant harm, Neklason said, but adolescents are still laying the
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A Pine Lake Middle School sixth-grader doing community service hours for his social studies class has already surpassed the amount of money he had planned to contribute to a foster care nonprofit — and he’s only a quarter of the way through his campaign. Noah Searles set a goal to raise $1,000 in cash and clothing donations for Treehouse, a Seattle-based organization that supports children in the foster system. “It’s very disheartening when (a child is) thrown out of their house, or taken out of their house,” Searles said about why he chose Treehouse. “That’s why I wanted to help.” He planned to do it over four weekends spent outside stores in Issaquah and Bellevue soliciting donations and selling loom bands. But in one weekend at Fred Meyer in Issaquah, he collected $600 in cash donations and $500 in clothing — plus $300 online. “I was really surprised,” he said. Now the middle schooler — whose favorite subject is math and enjoys building his rock collection in his free time — has set a new goal of $5,000. Noah and his volunteers will be outside Nordstrom Rack in Factoria March 28 and April 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. He will be outside Fred Meyer the same time on April 11 and April 12. Daniel Nash: 425-391-0363 ext. 5052; dnash@issaquahreporter.com
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A report prepared for the AARP by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University found many seniors spend an “inordinate amount of their fixed incomes on housing.” The report blamed the declining availability of affordable housing for the elderly as the primary reason why so many seniors have fallen into poverty. The situation will only get worse as the population continues to grow older. HUD officials have estimated that the number of homeless seniors will double between 2010 and 2050 when there could be as many 95,000 senior citizens living on the streets across America. The Harvard report also revealed that low-income seniors spend 40 percent less on food in able to pay rent or mortgage payments than their counterparts with affordable housing. In addition to fewer housing options that are within their budget, seniors on limited incomes often find the homes or apartments they can afford present challenges to their lifestyle, such as stairs that can be difficult to maneuver, door knobs and light switches that are hard to grasp and poor lighting for individuals with diminished eyesight. The number of homeless seniors on the Eastside is actually much higher in the more affluent neighborhoods, according to Stephenie Velasco, outreach coordinator for the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County. “Seniors who have paid taxes and raised families on the Eastside are more vulnerable than they may appear,” said Velasco. “There are too many seniors without the resources or the support system to survive the financial impact from one illness or one stay in the hospital.”
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 from tolling. Transportation Commissioner Dan O’Neal of Mason County proposed an amendment to question the policy, which failed. O’Neal owns property in King County, however, there are no active commission members who live here full time. That will change when Rita Brogan joins the commission in April. The average toll for the express lanes will be between 75 cents and $4 at the start of the tolling system. More congested days will 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 Washington State Department of Transportation. 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. WSDOT reports I-405 experiences up to eight hours of congestion daily, amounting to one of the worst traffic situations in the state. HOV lanes already on the interstate fail to operate at 45 mph as required by state and federal guidelines 90 percent of the time. All lanes of I-405 will be able to go 45 mph or faster once the express lanes open this fall, said Craig Stone during a media event Monday, where the assistant secretary of WSDOT’s tolling division and other speakers explained how motorists can sign up as a carpool at rideshareonline.com to find their needed passengers and an incentive for doing so — a waiver of the $15 fee for a Flex Pass. “We’re making that next step to provide a vision for 405,” Stone said.
Dan Aznoff is a freelance writer and member of the Bellevue Network on Aging.
St. Louise students raise $3.2K to fight leukemia, lymphoma STAFF REPORT BELLEVUE REPORTER
Earlier this month seventh-grade students at St. Louise School held their annual “Pennies for Patients” drive to help the Washington/Alaska chapter of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. After counting up the “spare change box” from each of the classes, the students
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The 6-story Crossroads Senior Living project — at 205,104 square feet — will include 185 units, with a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments of varying sizes and amenities. “This is really a mixedincome property,” said Wolford, “where there will be a certain number of units that will be set aside for people who make less than 50 percent of the median income.” He added half of the units will be available to those whose income is less than 80 percent of the median income. SHAG operates 28 senior communities in the Puget Sound region, and Wolford said Crossroads Senior Living will be most like its Victoria Park community in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood. Wolford said the ground
level of the apartment community will include some retail, but also amenities like a community room and fitness and computer centers. Retail could include things like therapy services or even a small restaurant. “We haven’t really reached out as of yet,” he said. “One of the beauties of where it’s located in Crossroads Mall is we already
have a vast array of retail that’s available that does benefit residents.” Pacific Northern Construction will develop the site, which is expected to break ground in either late 2015 or early 2016. “Obviously it’s a great addition to the community in terms of having senior housing in the city of Bellevue,” said Stewart Tanz,
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In the last four months of sales documented on Silk Road, the criminal complaint against Sadler states he sold more than 2,600 grams of cocaine, nearly 600 grams of heroin and 105 grams of methamphetamine. The U.S. Attorney’s
Office reports Sadler sold nearly $1 million in drugs during his entire time on Silk Road. Under the plea agreement Sadler took in May, he faced a mandatory five years in prison and up to 40 years based on the volume of drugs sold; the attorney’s office had recommended he serve seven years for conspiracy to distribute illegal
CEO of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., which owns the mall. Tanz said mall customers and the public at large will also benefit from the senior housing project, which includes the addition of another connection path
to the adjacent Crossroads Park. SHAG and ROIC spent about two years negotiating terms for constructing the senior living center at the mall, Tanz said, adding a lack of such housing in Bellevue made it a good fit.
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raised more than $3,200 for the society. “It’s amazing how even pennies can grow if we all lend a hand,” said St. Louise spokesperson Jill Leland. The drive started as a tribute to Father Phil Wallace, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2001. Wallace served as St. Louise Pastor from July 1998 through June 2002, and St. Louise Pastor Emeritus from 2002 through 2011.
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Lawmakers propose cigarette tax increase support cancer research, especially BELLEVUE REPORTER as federal funding dries up. “We have the opportunity to Local lawmakers say those who make Washington a national smoke cigarettes should have to leader in cancer research, create help pay for research, prevention jobs and grow our economy in the and care of the deadly effects they biotechnology sector while providhave. ing the best possible cancer care Ross Hunter On Monday, Sen. Cyrus Habib, and prevention for WashingtoD-Kirkland, and Rep. Ross Hunter, nians and people across the world,” D-Medina, introduced bills in the he said. “This bill will quite literally Senate (SB 5808) and House (HB save lives.” 2194), which would raise the tax Cancer continues to be the on cigarettes by 50 cents per pack. leading cause of death and childBoth cancer survivors, the hood mortality in the state due politicians say their legislation to disease. While many of the is a “transformative opportustate’s high rates of cancer can be Cyrus Habib nity for cancer research and for treated or prevented if caught early Washington.” enough and patients have access to Habib, who lost his sight at 8-years-old effective care, Hunter said the state’s existdue to a rare form of childhood eye cancer, ing infrastructure needs to grow. said it’s necessary for states to step up and “As a two-time cancer survivor I know STAFF REPORT
the importance of high-quality treatment,” Hunter said. “The Seattle area has long been at the leading edge of cancer research and I want to make sure we stay that way. This funding will improve lives around the world and have a significant economic benefit here in Washington.” According to the proposed bills, money raised by the increased tax would go to help fund research programs at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of Washington Medical School and other local research institutions. It’s unclear at this time if or how many would be located on the Eastside. The senate version of the bill passed out of the Senate Health Care Committee with strong bipartisan support, according to Habib. He and other lawmakers are optimistic the policy will be incorporated in upcoming budget proposal, slated to be presented in the House and senate soon.
Lengthy construction coming for 124th Avenue Northeast STAFF REPORT BELLEVUE REPORTER
Construction of streetscape improvements in the Wilburton area of Bellevue is slated to begin Monday, causing frequent lane closures on 124th Avenue Northeast through the
end of August. The project runs between Main and Northeast Eighth streets along 124th, and includes gateway signs, planted medians, crosswalks and other enhancement features. Work is expected to occur 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, with
some construction taking place 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Northbound lane closures will be necessary when a water main is replaced and the south portion of the NE 8th and 124th intersection will need to be closed to pour decorative
concrete pavement. According to a city news release, motorists should feel like they’re driving through a residential neighborhood when the project is complete, not a commercial area. Message boards will alert drivers to activity changes.
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are cliques in any school that experiment with drugs, just like they did when she was a teenager. “Sometimes kids will be impaired and come to school,” she said. “Since (marijuana has) been legal, I can’t say there’s been an increase.” The Bellevue School District addresses education about drug use by teaching how it affects the body with elementary students, the consequences and social aspects with middle school students and then more discussion-based curriculum in high schools, said Tori Marcum, health curriculum developer for BSD. “It’s interesting how the kids that used to talk about using alcohol are now talking about using marijuana,” Marcum added. Also concerning is the upward trend of teens reporting e-cigarette use or vaping, spiking from 3 percent of senior respondents in 2012 to 21.7 percent last year. About 14 percent of sophomores reported using e-cigs or vaping in the past 30 days last year, compared to 2.1 percent in 2012. National data shows many teens are trying e-cigarettes without ever having tried tobacco. Marcum said vaporizing drugs is big now because the vapor is virtually undetectable, allowing teens to take a few puffs when they think no one is looking. “We’ve had teachers, and they’re like, ‘They’re pulling e-cigarettes out in the back of the classroom,’ ” Neklason said, adding few can usually say what substance they were inhaling. Schools appear to be moving more quickly now to prevent issues from growing, she added.
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Symetra, Seahawks name Sammamish High 2014 ‘MVP’ BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER
Tom Duenwald, principal of Sammamish High School, said he couldn’t be prouder of his faculty, staff and students, especially engineering and physics instructor Elayne Grueber. Last year Grueber was named one of Symetra’s Heroes in the Classroom for her work in the school’s Engineering Projects in the Community (EPICS) program. Grueber, along with Duenwald and 15 other Puget Sound area schools with a teacher named a hero by the Bellevue-based financial services company, attended a luncheon at CenturyLink Field. During the celebration, Jim Pirak, a senior vice president at Symetra, and Mike Flood of the Seahawks, awarded Duenwald and Sammamish High School with its “MVP Award” and a $10,000 grant. The money will be used to grow the school’s EPICS program and students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
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Seattle Seahawks’ Mike Flood and Symetra’s Jim Pirak honored Sammamish High School, its principal Tom Duenwald and teacher Elayne Grueber with $10,000 to help fund its programs. “EPICS is a unique program that provides students with an amazing learning opportunity,” Duenwald said. “They design, build and deliver real products to solve engineering-based problems that meet the needs of nonprofit organizations. The program’s goal is grow student interest and aware-
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The Bellevue School District is taking advantage of historically low interest rates, saving taxpayers $8 million annually. On Wednesday, Bellevue School District board members unanimously approved the sale of $74.57 million worth of bonds to investment firm TD Securities. Selling the bonds with a true interest rate of 2.46 percent netted the school district a premium of $11.1 million from TD Securities. The funds, along with $1.6 million contributed by the district from collected property taxes ,were put into an escrow account to pay off the bonds when they becoming “callable” in 2018, according to Melissa DeVito, deputy superintendent of finance and operating. “We have a lower par value on the bonds we’re now holding and we have a lower interest rate on those bonds,” she said. “That translates into reduced property taxes for homeowners.” DeVito said the savings won’t be much for each individual homeowner — a few dollars — but the bond sale saves the city more than $8 million each year. The reduction equates to roughly 1.2 cents per $1,000 of home value. For a home valued at $500,000, the property tax savings is about $6 a year.
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Sammamish senior hopes to give back by building bathrooms Local bands, friends hosting fundraiser concert at Ground Zero March 28 BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER
Briana Brooke-Merritt was in the sixth grade when her parents divorced as a result of safety concerns for the family. While it was “the most difficult time” of her life, she said the community, her friends and her church rallied around the young teenager, her mother and four younger brothers in their time of need. Because of that generosity, Brooke-Merritt said she and her family were able to move beyond those horrible moments, giving her the opportunity to play basketball for Sammamish High School, work at the YMCA and become the person she is today. Last year she decided she wanted to find a “meaningful” way to give back, and after speaking with her cousin, Brinnley Ashton, she discovered an opportunity to do just that. Now, the 18-year-old Sammamish High School senior is setting out to build plumbing infrastructure in a country that desperately needs it. In July, Brooke-Merritt — along with 19 other youth and five leaders — will travel to Cape Verde, Africa, to build toilets and sinks. “I’ve gone through a lot of things in my life that I couldn’t have done without the help of others,” she said. “I want to do something for someone else … something meaningful.” Cape Verde, an island country spanning 10 islands some 350 miles off the coast of Western Africa, has a population of roughly 500,000. An estimated 38 percent live in poverty as many of the islands lack natural resources. Almost all food and household goods have to be
imported creating an extremely high cost of living. The average family income of $400 per month doesn’t help either, Brooke-Merritt said. In the city of Mindelo, on the small island of Sao Vincente — where she and the group from Humanitarian Experience For Youth (H.E.F.Y.) — are traveling, many of its 80,000 residents may have access to water through the island’s desalination plant. However, despite access to water, many homes don’t have sinks or toilets, let alone the funds to have them built. “It’s heartbreaking,” Brooke-Merritt said. “The more I looked into (the program) the more I realized this is a third-world country. I’m so blessed here, and something as basic as a toilet is viewed as a luxury there.” She added the people’s access to proper bathrooms will also greatly improve hygiene conditions in those neighborhoods, allowing family members to wash their hands and brush their teeth on a regular basis. But before she sets off across the globe in her first airplane ride, Brooke-Merritt has to raise $3,000 to fund her portion of the project. In an effort to raise the necessary funds, BrookeMerritt turned to her friends, who jumped at the chance to help, putting on a benefit concert and assisting with T-shirt sales. Local bands Audrey & Annie, Rylen Akana, Sailor Swift and Bixby will play at Ground Zero, the former Lake Hills Library at 15228 Lake Hills Blvd., 7 p.m. March 28 to help their friend and neighbor realize her dream of repaying, at least in part, the debt she feels for when others helped her and her family. Tickets for the show are $10 at the door and T-shirts, which Brooke-Merritt designed herself, featuring a cartoon construction site, will be available for $12 each. Brooke-Merritt said she will also take orders for the gray
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Briana Brooke-Merritt is hoping to raise $3,000, so she can help build bathrooms in Cape Verde, Africa, this summer. or green shirts via email at bri.n.brooke@gmail.com. Donations can also be made online by visiting www.hefy.org and clicking the “donate” button, then entering Briana Merritt as the fundraiser.
Former Seahawk to emcee annual BC Foundation luncheon BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER
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The 16th annual ‘Become Exceptional’ luncheon will be held April 14 at the Meydenbauer Center and aims to raise $250K.
Last year, Bellevue College’s foundation luncheon raised nearly $250,000 to go toward academic and need-based scholarships and educational opportunities for all of its students.
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Sammamish senior Nick DeGallier, role player on and off the baseball field
Saints dominate in non-league contest
The Interlake Saints registered a 6-1 victory against the Toppenish Wildcats in a non-league game on March 21 in Bellevue. Austin Ball and Isaac Reed scored two goals apiece for the Saints in the win. The Saints (3-0) will host the Bellevue Wolverines at 7:30 p.m. today at Interlake High School.
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BASEBALL Wolverines crush Kangaroos
The Bellevue Wolverines baseball team conquered the Lake Washington Kangaroos 8-2 on March 20 at Bellevue High School. The Wolverines improved their overall record to 3-0 with the victory. Bellevue will play Juanita at 4 p.m. on March 30 at Bellevue High School.
Saints still searching for win column
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Sammamish Totems baseball player Nick DeGallier pitches, plays first base and outfield. Hopefully we can make it to regionals.” DeGallier said being left-handed gives him an advantage at the plate and on the mound. “Being a lefty is pretty rare in this league (KingCo 2A/3A Division) because not a lot of guys are lefties. It’s just a different look than guys are used to and makes things easier for me,” he said. DeGallier is the Totems’ ace on the hill. “He’s very effective on the mound. He doesn’t necessarily throw very hard but he throws strikes. He can throw three pitches for strikes, which is very effective for us,” Smith said. DeGallier said his velocity is in the mid-70s and his best pitch is his two-seam fastball. “Nick is a competitor and has been really fun to
coach these last couple of years. Anything you ask him to do, he is going to do it,” Smith said. Every kid that has come up through this (baseball) program knows who Nick DeGallier is. They know that’s the guy they want to follow or try to emulate their game after.”
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Regardless if we win or lose, we’re going to play the game the way it is supposed to be played. I think Nick does an outstanding job of setting that example for our team. He is going to be sorely missed next year.” DeGallier has embraced the role as the Totems’ go-to-player on and off the field. “It’s a lot of fun to be the role model for everybody. I try to do the right thing every day and play the right way,” DeGallier said. “I definitely want to go out with a bang and help this team win as much as I can. At the end of the day, it’s about working hard and having fun. That is why we’re out here. We want to do the best job we possibly can. Hopefully we can get that No. 1 seed out of the KingCo 2A and make it as far as we can in the playoffs.
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Sammamish Totems senior baseball player Nick DeGallier is a jack-of-alltrades player across the diamond. DeGallier, who pitches, plays first base and roams the outfield, is dedicated to doing whatever it takes to help his team win ball games. That can-do attitude is something Totems thirdyear baseball head coach Cory Smith thoroughly enjoys. “Nick is one of our best pitchers and is probably our best hitter. He is a very intelligent player and has a really deep understanding of the game,” Smith said. “I have watched him mature over the past three years into a leader. He is a lot more vocal and he is always getting the younger guys into the right spots. He sets a positive example for everybody on the team. We only have 12 guys on the roster this year. These guys know that we have to show up every day and do things the right way if we’re going to be successful.” Smith said the KingCo 2A/3A Division is a formidable league. “It’s a challenge to play in this league but every year we’ve been competitive,” Smith said. “We have scrappy hard nosed kids who play the right way. That is one of those things I try to instill in these kids.
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Sports Briefs Bellevue College to host summer baseball camps
The Bellevue College men’s baseball program will conduct baseball camps for players between the ages of 7 and 15 years old throughout July and August. For more information about the camp, visit www.bellevuecollege.edu/athletics/sports/baseball/camps or email Bulldogs head coach Mark Yoshino at mark.yoshino@bellevuecollege.edu.
Avid runners have opportunity to partake in 10K/5K
The Bellevue Breakfast Club Rotary is hosting its seventh annual 10K/5K run/walk Kids Dash on April 26 in Bellevue. The 10K run begins at 8 a.m. and the 5K walk begins at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $30 per person for the 10K run and $25 per person for the 5K run/walk. Participants in the Kids Dash costs $10 per person. The event will start and finish at Bellevue Downtown Park. For more information about the event, call 425-298-7719 or email at info@bellevuerun.com.
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Newport Knights tennis player Vivian Glozman has played tennis since she was 5 years old.
Phenomenal freshman star dominating the baselines BY SHAUN SCOTT BELLEVUE REPORTER
Newport Knights girls tennis head coach Ryan Pang is confident Vivian Glozman can reach the pinnacle of high school tennis in her first season competing on the high school team. Glozman, who is just a freshman in high school, is one of the favorites to win the Class 4A state championship in Richland in late May. “She should be able to win state,” Pang said. “Vivian is really an all-court style of player. She has enough talent and can make every shot in the book where she is going to win every match one way or another. The only question is how long is it going to take?” Pang has known the Glozman family since Vivian was seven years old. “She could hit the ball
pretty well even then,” Pang said. “She moves well, anticipates well and her ability to use angles to her advantage is what sets her apart from everybody in our (KingCo) conference. She is so passionate about the sport. I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do this year.” Glozman said she started playing tennis when she was just five years old. “My favorite shot is the backhand shot down the line,” Glozman said. Recently the Bellevue Reporter had an opportunity to ask Glozman a few questions about her life away from the tennis court. Bellevue Reporter: What is your favorite movie of all time? Vivian Glozman: “Maleficent.” It’s a remake of “Sleeping Beauty.” BR: What is your favorite restaurant in Bellevue?
VG: The Shanghai Cafe. BR: How many text messages do you send per day? VG: I send probably 200. BR: Who was your idol growing up? VG: I look up to my dad. He is always there for me. BR: Where do you see yourself five years from now? VG: I hope to be at Stanford University playing on the tennis team. BR: What is your favorite TV show? VG: I don’t really watch TV actually. BR: What is your dream vacation spot? VG: California has nice weather. I like Palm Springs and San Diego. Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@bellevuereporter.com
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Bellevue College DECA advances to national competition in Florida BY JOSH STILTS BELLEVUE REPORTER
For years Bellevue College didn’t have a DECA team, but all that changed last September when professor Kyle Barber sent out open calls for students interested in competing. “It wouldn’t be just an opportunity to teach, but a chance to push for a four-year degree in marketing,” he said of his reasons for creating the team and joining Bellevue College last fall. “I wanted to make sure they were put into role plays and challenged to think on their feet.” Barber said the turnout was more than he imagined from the student population. After seeing their determination and their skills he and 23 students traveled to Victoria, British Columbia, to compete in the Collegiate DECA Pacific Northwest Career Development Conference. During the three-day tournament,
the college fielded its largest team ever, competing against students from Western Washington University, Gonzaga University and other prominent schools in the region, Barber said. What happened next seemed almost to be scripted in a Hollywood movie as Maranda Fitzhugh won the business research portion; Keith Monaghan and Olivia Wright won the financial statement analysis and their teammates Ryoji Baba, Riku Mukai and Ryogo Tatebe took second place; Daniel Monroe took second place in marketing management; Dillion Meine and Madison Silverman took second place in businessto-business marketing; and 10 other students finished in the top five in other categories. “We thought we couldn’t be happier to have had such high interest from the students in DECA during this initial year,” Barber said. “But the results from the (tournament) indicate that
the students were not just interested, but highly motivated and ready to compete.” For their efforts, 20 of the 23 students punched their tickets to the national competition in Orlando, Fla., April 18-21. Collegiate DECA, the international association of college students and teachers of marketing, business, finance, hospitality and entrepreneurship, has more than 15,000 members throughout 276 colleges and universities. Barber said he couldn’t be prouder of his team and is excited to see what the next chapter has in store for them. “My big measure of success is to see whether they get jobs that put them on a career path and a management track,” he said. “Since we’ve been doing this activity, it’s not just a chance to go to nationals, but many of the students are using it as a way to facilitate job opportunities.”
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DECA state champions Bellevue College students Keith Monaghan (left) and Olivia Wright (right) pose with their coach, professor Kyle Barber.
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In the Pacific Northwest, some of the people who create the boldest stage magic are not the ones we actually see on stage. Meet Teatro ZinZanni’s “Contessa DeLuxe,” Louise DiLenge. DiLenge oversees the dinner theater’s stunning costumes — a unique challenge, considering that the audience sits mere inches away from the singers, aerialists, dancers, drag queens and actors who star in the show. DiLenge talked about her love affair with rhinestones, her more than 40 years in the theater world and everything she’s learned from drag queens.
Behind the scenes of No Way to Treat a Lady The Eastside Scene goes behind the scenes of Village Theatre’s latest musical comedy, based on the Boston Strangler murders.
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Finish this sentence: All Teatro ZinZanni costumes have ...? Big personalities; the devil is in the details. Also, they all typically have at least half a dozen hours of work behind them. If it were a normal theater setting, we’d still make our costumes big and bold, but they wouldn’t necessarily require that extra layer. I have an affinity for lace, fine fabrics, rhinestones and jewels. From ballerinas to drag queens, what are the considerations that go into working with different body types and abilities? I always say that costume design is part psychology, part skill. When I meet a person, it doesn’t matter what shape they are. What matters is getting to know them on the inside. Let’s talk about drag queens -- specifically, ZinZanni’s incredibly genderbending Kevin Kent. For our current show, Kevin decided it was time to size up, so we had to build him some new bosoms. I like to joke that Kevin’s body was engineered by Boeing; there’s definitely a secret construction that goes on. Walk me through the process of what you do to prepare for a performance. It depends on who’s in the cast; what the storyline is. I work from what I call clues: “What’s this person’s character? Are they going to somehow transform onstage? Is this character smart or funny?
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What’s the most personal thing in your office? Definitely my two French bulldogs, who are currently snoring under my desk. What’s a typical day for you at work? There is no typical day for me. Today, I cleaned my desk, then started planning for the next show. During a build, I typically do a lot of crafting; sometimes I’ll take an old head piece and reinvent it. Sometimes I stay home and sketch. Sometimes I go shopping; which sounds like it might be easy, but shopping for fabrics can be really exhausting. Sounds like a nice variety. I couldn’t this job for so long, or again and again if it wasn’t fun; the variety is definitely what keeps it fresh. For more information about Teatro ZinZanni and upcoming shows like Big Top Rock: Dream On, go to zinzanni. com/seattle. Gabrielle Nomura is a freelance writer. She lives in Seattle.
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Spring Asparagus Fresh spring asparagus is in the market! Oh, so many options to prepare it. I love the simple presentation of a bundle of roasted asparagus, topped with a freshly poached egg, and garnished with sea salt, black pepper and a bit or freshly slivered Parmesan cheese. This is a versatile dish, which can serve as a brunch entrée or an elegant appetizer for dinner. Choose asparagus that is spring green, firm and heavy for its size, no wrinkles or brown spots. And the tips should be firm with the buds closed. Either thin or thick stalks are good, which ever you prefer. You may want to pare thick stalks to make them more tender. To store asparagus, trim about an inch from the bottom and stand the bunch in a glass of cold water. Cover with the plastic produce bag and refrigerate for up to a couple of days. When it’s time to cook, snap the bottom of each stalk off and discard (this is the woody part). Trim up the edge and you’re ready to go. I think poached eggs are often overlooked, and can provide a very elegant appetizer, or brunch entrée, when they top roasted asparagus. It is a showcase for spring, the beautiful bright green of the vegetable, and the yellow or the silky, rich egg yolk.
Roasted Asparagus with Poached Eggs
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Top each asparagus bundle with a poached egg; garnish with Parmesan and black pepper. Serve warm. Serves 6 to 8.
1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed 1 tablespoon olive oil 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt 6 to 8 eggs at room temperature, as fresh as possible 1 tablespoon white vinegar freshly grated or slivered Parmesan, for garnish freshly ground black pepper
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Carol Dearth is the owner of Sizzleworks cooking school in Bellevue. A Le Cordon Bleu graduate, Dearth is a Certified Culinary Professional as designated by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. She has taught culinary theory and practice across the country. She is the author of Cooking Class and the co-host of KCTS Cooks on KCTS-9 Seattle. Dearth offers free recipes and tips at sizzleworks.com/blog.
Preparing the asparagus:
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Spread asparagus on a sheet pan; toss with the olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt. Roast until asparagus is bright green and blisters begin to appear on the sides of the stalks. Remove from the oven and arrange in bundles on warm serving plates; one bundle for each of the eggs. Keep warm.
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Fill a large sauté pan with water to a depth of about 1-1/2 inches. Add the vinegar to help firm the white; heat water to simmer, maintain over low heat. (Simmer temperature is 180°F, a few bubbles, but NOT a rolling boil.) Break one egg carefully into a 1⁄2 cup dry measuring cup, or a tea cup. Gently slide the egg from the cup into the simmering water. Never let the water get hot enough to jiggle the eggs, but keep it at a simmer, 180°F. Cook the egg for 3 minutes. The white should be set and the yolk still soft to the touch. Cook longer for harder yolks. Remove with a slotted spoon, drain. Trim any white tails.
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us collectively with the means to reach across language, nationality, religion, class, age, race, and every other factor that might separate us, toward those things that are common and human and beautiful in all of us. As my old friend, Ben Cameron at the Doris Duke Foundation, said, “our plays and poetry, our music and dance are the family photos of the human race, the thing we grab as we run out of a burning house.” This truth is central to our work: the arts matter in human lives. Like religion, their value isn’t merely utilitarian. And like the Earth we live upon, the arts are both our shared inheritance and the legacy we will leave our children. It’s up to all of us to support and enjoy and advance them. Although my arts colleagues, writing here in weeks to come, work in a variety of disciplines, we’re all in the same business. Not the Concert Business, or the Museum Business, or the Dance Business. We’re all in the Civilization Business. A great community needs good jobs, to be sure, and schools, health care, transportation, and housing, but unless we also ensure a vibrant and accessible cultural life, we risk providing a comfortable existence that leaves our hard-won humanity in the dust. John Haynes is Executive Director and CEO of Performing Arts Center Eastside/ Tateuchi Center, a 2,000-seat, regional project being developed in downtown Bellevue. He served previously as President of the California Center for the Arts, Director of Performing Arts at the University of Notre Dame, and President of the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators.
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A concept drawing of a farmers market outside the planned Mercer Island Center for the Arts, expected to break ground in 2016 and open in 2018. Credit: Image provided by atelierjones, llc
Mercer Island’s coming Center for the Arts A planned Center for the Arts on Mercer Island will be a gathering space for the community to celebrate its past, present and future. MICA is projecting ground breaking in 2016 and a grand opening in 2018. Companies led by Islanders Lesley Bain and Owen Richards were hired to design the 23,000-square-foot venue. Both come packaged with considerable resumes: Richards has worked on Chihuly Garden and Glass at Seattle Center, the Evergreen State College Recital Hall, SIFF Film Center, and art installation design at the Olympic Sculpture Park. Before founding ORA, Richards was a principal at LMN Architects, serving as lead project architect on McCaw Hall, Mercer Arts Arena, Wenatchee Performing Arts Center and many other major cultural facilities. She has long been involved with the project, offering design assistance from the beginning. Meanwhile, Bain has done design and planning work for the Seattle Center, Cornish College of the Arts, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Conceptual drawings were recent-
ly released, with one including plans for how a Japanese roof structure recycled from a recently demolished Mercer Island mansion called the Coval house - will be installed in MICA’s grand lobby. “MICA is honored and so excited to be able to keep a unique part of Mercer Island history for the community and retain its beauty and integrity now and for years to come,” said MICA Executive Director Louise Kincaid. Kincaid previously worked for Issaquah’s highly successful Village Theatre. She, with a 15-member Board of Directors, will lead fundraising efforts for the center, which requires $20 million for operation. More than $4 million has been raised so far. Other drawings focus on how the venue will be integrated “with the surrounding green and open space and supplementing city activities such as the farmers market, Summer Celebration! and the Mostly Music in the Park,” Kincaid said. There are three major gathering places within the structure. Beyond the lobby-reception area, there is a 350-seat mainstage and a smaller 100-seat ‘black box’ theater. MICA will be located on city-
owned land adjacent to the northwest corner of Mercerdale Park. It will open out to the park, bringing year-round energy and activity and confirming Mercerdale as a focal point for the town center. “We feel that this is one of those once in a lifetime opportunity,” said John Gordon Hill, MICA president. “It (MICA) will define cultural life here for decades. We feel we can make a difference with this.” The idea to have a space for the arts in the Town Center was spurred on by the closure of Youth Theatre Northwest’s old location to make room for a new elementary school. YTN is no longer taking the lead on the project but is expected to be a major tenant and user of the new facility. “MICA will transform the Mercerdale Park into a year-round community asset, bring new vibrancy to its surroundings and the life of the Island,” the release states. “The integration of the park and the welcoming interior spaces is critical to the project success, creating places where people will share community celebrations, all kinds of cultural activities and quiet conversations.” - Katie Metzger
What its creators say the MICA will be: • A multi-theater venue for plays, dance, concerts, recitals, lectures, films, and all forms of performing art. • A home for Youth Theatre Northwest and the thousands of children it serves. • A place for making, exhibiting, and celebrating the visual arts.
• A cultural gathering place for Mercer Island and the region. • A key amenity not just for children and families, but for seniors and all adults as well. • A focal point and economic driver for the Town Center. Source: www.mercerislandarts.org
From left, Bobbi Kotula, Nick DeSantis, Jessica Skerritt and Dane Stokinger perform “The First Move,” in No Way To Treat A Lady. Credit: Tracy Martin for the Village Theatre
A crewman watches a scene from stage right, waiting for the next transition cue via headset. Credit: Daniel Nash
Behind the scenes of No Way To Treat A Lady If you’re reading this magazine, chances are you’ve taken in at least one live show over the course of your lifetime. Many theater-appreciators can appreciate the final product with something resembling an insider’s knowledge--noting the pitch with which an actor sings a beloved musical number, the seamlessness of a transition or the craftsmanship of a set. But few can comprehend the clockwork universe that powers the success--or failure--of a play. It’s the day of final rehearsal on Village Theatre’s No Way To Treat A Lady--two days from curtains up--and Master Stage Carpenter Stacey Garrett is showing me the light screen that anchors the set together. Garrett’s a young woman, but already someone who could be referred to as a lifer: She’s been involved with theater since she was 9 and her resume includes President Obama’s 2008 inaugural ball. “I was a high energy kid and it made for a good outlet,” she says. She’s showing me the light screen and it’s two stories high and about as wide, curving almost seamlessly into the floor. The screen was a set feature that had been touted by Village Theatre’s communications manager when we had spoken the prior week. On our tour, Garrett downplayed it as a straightforward method of turning lighting into a setpiece but acknowledged that it had been a feat to set the fabric smoothly for even distribution of light. As she described the mounting process I found myself looking agape at this blank behemoth, looking up-up-up to where it hanged. Nestled in front of it were layers upon layers of backdrops ready to descend upon the stage at a moment’s notice. Similar foreground setpieces--vertigo-inducing and cartoonish forced perspective designs by Bill Forrester--laid in wait to the sides, mounted on rails that were themselves connected to a single desktop off stage left, their movement speed and final position meticulously preprogrammed to
Director Steve Tomkins’ blocking directions so that they could be moved by an operator’s button push on cue. The prop set pieces--the chairs, desks, tables and the like which the actors actually interact with--would require good old-fashioned muscle. During a live show or A-to-Z runthrough, crew have to load the furniture onto sleds in ready position for the scene. Some of these items (as in the case of one couch made by the props department just for this show) weigh hundreds of pounds. Once mounted and adjusted just so, they’re zoomed out to center stage by a rope and pulley system known as the fly rail. Unseen by the audience, these ropes line an entire wall off stage right. Garrett estimates she spends “99.9 percent of the show” standing at the fly rail. She spends so much of her time pushing, pulling and bending that she wears wrist braces to prevent an injury. “I had a baby eight months ago and now all the extra weight is gone. Gone, just from work,” she says. “It’s a fun job, it’s challenging to your body and your mind, and you make the best friends of your life.” The crew are preparing to begin tech tweaks--last minute tuneups to the show’s transitions, lighting, props and the like--and soon Garrett hands me off to Iveson, the theater’s associate production manager. Today, Production Manager Jay Markham is out and Iveson’s filling in, overseeing prep and standing by to answer questions or solve problems. She’s worked in her current position for two years and began with Village two years before that, working her way up from the box office. On stage, actors Nick DeSantis and Bobbi Kotula are working through one of their many murder scenes together in the show (Kotula plays all of the victims of DeSantis’ serial killer Kit Gill). They’re both wearing their street clothes, but DeSantis’ character seems to be masquer-
ading as a Latin dancer, Ramon, to gain trust for the kill. “OK, guys, I want to work on Ramon’s entrance,” Tomkins shouts as he stands up from his seat in the theater. “Right now it’s too quick and I want you to draw it out. More like: ‘Good evening...’ stepstep-step inside, ‘...I am…’ then Bobbi shuts the door, then Nick you finish with ‘...Ramon!’ It punctuates the joke.” Iveson explains that she’s keeping an eye on the run sheet. She says a production’s crew live and die by this form that breaks down every entrance, scene change, prop movement or other action in the show minute-by-minute. Backstage, Garrett had shown me how she kept hers in a holster on her hip. The production team is also keeping close contact with stage play author Douglas J. Cohen, who has been in Issaquah periodically throughout preproduction. Cohen published the show book--an adaptation of the movie, which was itself an adaptation of the William Goldman novel, itself inspired by the Boston Strangler murders--in the late 1980s, but in the long-development world of the stage it’s still considered a “new” show. Iveson says the production team has already reached out to Cohen once about rewriting a small portion of the show to make the segment work better on their stage. Like Garrett, Iveson says the job is equal parts exhausting and rewarding. As an example, she points to the ritual of tech notes after a show has finished for the night. “They make for my favorite moments of a production,” she says. “We’re all exhausted, we’ve been here 14 or 12 hours already and we have to be here at 11:30 at night to figure out what needs to be changed. What didn’t quite work tonight?” The actors are taking a quick break and Tomkins has taken someone from props aside to talk about what type of lighter might work better for a gag late in the
show. He wonders aloud if butane might make the joke work better. The actors return, and this time heroic lead Dane Stokinger, love interest Jessica Skerritt, DeSantis and Kotula are all gathered for the musical number “The First Move.” More specifically, they’re gathered so Stokinger and DeSantis can repeat one line of one verse of the song while the lighting team tests different color transitions. They go on, again. Blue light. And again. More yellow. And again. Darker blue. Soon they move on to another bitesized portion of another song, somewhere else entirely in the show. It suddenly strikes me what it really is that separates the theater layman from the theater professional: Time. Any average joe can memorize a script cover-to-cover given enough time, as long as they only have to move from beginning to end. But theater professionals, actors and crew alike, have to memorize a show so completely that the order of time becomes irrelevant--so that they can jump to any individual moment in any order without missing a beat, as if they’re living a version of the story played out in the style of Slaughterhouse Five. And even then, each player only really knows their own part, trusting that each individual piece will come together to form the whole. Every person like a blindfolded soldier, dissembling, cleaning and reassembling their service pistol without the benefit of sight. I share my thought with Iveson and she agrees. “That’s an interesting way of thinking about it, but I guess that’s true,” she says. “The crew, especially. They’re back there every night, making sure the show runs smoothly and everything’s hitting their cue. Their job is to make the show, but they’ll never see it from the audience’s perspective.” -Daniel Nash
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Mick Foley: Hell to Tell Mick Foley has lost a lot of things throughout his career — like his ear, his two front teeth and, some would say, his mind. However, the wrestling legend has gained a lifetime of stories that, in his life after the ring, he’s been able to leverage into a career in comedy. “I move pretty slowly these days but I am cat-like on stage,” Foley joked during a phone interview from his hotel room in Ontario, Canada. And while the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Famer is known in the wrestling world as “The Hardcore Legend,” he is a multitalented individual with five New York Times best selling books to his credit and an active involvement with charitable organizations. His first best-selling book, “Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood, Sweat and Socks,” was released in 1999 and brought wrestling into the mainstream in an entirely new way. “I get lumped in with guys like The Rock, Hulk Hogan and (Rowdy Roddy) Piper when credit is given but honestly I was not as big of a star as most of the people in that crowd,” he said. “I think I get plenty of recognition for [helping to bring wrestling into the mainstream]. And I didn’t accomplish what they did.” His current gig as a standup comic shares many of the same aspects he loved about wrestling, like being creative as an entertainer and connecting with an audience. “It’s like being inside a ring without the obvious physical price you pay the morning after,” said Foley, who still drives from show to show and will head to San Jose after the Parlor. “I don’t brag about them much but [my shows] will greatly exceed people’s expectations. While it is frustrating on one hand for people not to know it is going to be a good show, it is flattering when they walk out going ‘that was so much better than I expected it to be.’” Foley said that his show this time around will be very different from the one he did more than a year ago at the
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Parlor because he has 15 months of work behind him. “I am never at a loss for stories and I have had a chance to really work on them,” said Foley, who admits that he was one of the most unlikely WWE champions of all time, a title he held on three occasions. He said that standup is also like wrestling in that he has to be able to read his audience. “You have to be able to adapt to the audience in the ring and on the stage,” Foley said. “You have to be able to edit the material in your head.” Foley has had some overzealous fans attend his shows. He said that he doesn’t really get hecklers but fans will try to impress him by trying to finish his stories for him. Instead of firing back to try and get a laugh and unwittingly encouraging them to continue, Foley said he “calmly but firmly put them into a place so they feel bad about themselves.” “People think they are your friend because you come into their living room once a week,” Foley said. “But you learn to accept it. I don’t think people understand how beloved wrestlers are by their fans. It is amazing.” He said that he hasn’t had as much of a problem with comedy club booking agents as he did in wrestling, where they are not known for being the most honest of people. “I think I only had one time when a check bounced. This world is a lot more trustworthy,” Foley said. “It is more like working for [WWE chairman] Vince McMahon. His checks are always good.” The man who was once best known for being thrown off a 20-foot high steel cage called “Hell in a Cell,” also has a degree in communications. When he got into wrestling he gave himself until the age of 26 to make headway in the industry. “I think my degree gave me a good sense of how to tell a story,” Foley said.
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