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The city has cleared KG Investment Management’s design for a two-story retail center on the corner of Northeast Fourth Street and 116th Avenue Northeast, which is expected to include a Trader Joe’s, REI and HomeGoods.

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KG Investment Management’s Bellevue Central Shopping Center has room for three retailers, which will be REI, Trader Joe’s and a HomeGoods furnishing store, according to a lease agreement filed

in King County. KG Investment reported a $35.8 million sale of three parcels on 116th Avenue Northeast — including the shopping center site at 316 116th — to Bellevue 116th Avenue LLC in Delaware in August 2009. The old Dodge of Bellevue dealership building is

currently on the site. Bellevue 116th entered into a lease with Homegoods — 10 years with four five-year extension options — on Feb. 27, the furniture store securing 22,017 square feet of the 74,360-square-foot SEE CENTRAL, 7

After months of conversation, officials from Bellevue College and Washington State University are on the brink of signing a partnership agreement, bringing the former community college under the state university’s wing. Bellevue College trustees unanimously voted on Thursday, May 22 to authorize the school’s president, David L. Rule, to sign a non-binding document called a memorandum of understanding. The document lays out the groundwork for the collaboration, or what Board of Trustees Chair Steve Miller called “an agreement to explore” without creating any binding resolutions. “Bellevue College will be a different kind of institution. There’s no interest on [WSU President] Dr. Floyd’s or my part to replicate something that already exists,” Rule said. “This is SEE PARTNERSHIP, 4

Time runs out for Philbrook House City salvaging pieces for interpretive space at office BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

Bellevue native Nils Dickmann’s fevered race to spare Old Main’s oldest structure has come to an end, the Philbrook House’s owner now ready to raze the historic struc-

ture to make way for an office building. The diamond store is keeping space available for an interpretive piece on its property, announcing where the house once sat. When Dickmann found out James Gordon Fine Diamonds needed the Victorianera house off its property behind its Main Street storefront to construct a new office building, he began raising money to have the Philbrook House relocated. With time

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District court moving into new facility next month Bellefield to provide better security, case management BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

King County District Court in Bellevue anticipates moving out of its outdated Surrey Downs facility and into the Bellefield Office Park next month, and none too soon, says Judge Donna Tucker. Tucker has spent 20 years working at the current district courthouse in Surrey Downs, as a county judge and also a defense attorney before that. “To say that it needs to be replaced is an understatement,” she told the Bellevue City Council Tuesday, as it considered a facility use agreement with King County for 24,000 square feet of the new courthouse in the Bellefields Building. A portion of the building will also be used for Bellevue Probation. The current district courthouse was constructed in the 1960s and has been used by the county since 1986. The city and county

agreed to begin looking for a replacement for the aging facility in 2009, but Sound Transit’s East Link route also required relocating district court operations this year. The Surrey Downs courthouse building, which has contaminants like asbestos that will need to be removed, is slated for demolition soon, said Joyce Nichols, the city’s director of government affairs. Assistant City Attorney Jerome Roache said the new courthouse will open the first week of June. Tucker said the courthouse will utilize electronic programs to streamline the district court’s calendar and operations, thanking the city for its investment in the facility. The county’s contribution to improving the office building was capped at $125,000 — the cost was about $100,000 — and it will not be charged rent under the agreement. The city is a little more than a year into its 11-year lease for the building, for a total of $6.7 million. Roache told the council security concerns with the old facility and jail inmates

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This rendering shows what the new King County District Court will look like when it begins operating out of the Bellefields Building the first week of June in Bellevue. should be resolved by using sally ports under the building to bring inmates into the facility — avoiding areas open to the public — and into courtrooms. One inmate was able to escape custody in broad daylight at the Surrey Downs site

last January, and wasn’t apprehended until a month later. “We’ve had people run away from it on occasion,” said Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci. “It’s very weird, in terms of access.”

Revenue department reports huge gains in 2014 taxable retail sales STAFF REPORT BELLEVUE REPORTER

The Washington State Department of Revenue reports taxable retail sales grew 7.1

percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 over the prior year, increasing to $33.4 billion. Bellevue’s taxable retail sales were up 9.4 percent in Q4 over 2013 figures, at $1.7 billion. The total taxable sales for Bellevue

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in 2014 was $6 billion, up 11 percent from 2013. The state DOR’s Quarterly Business Review also showed statewide trends going up for e-commerce and mail order sales at

an 18.9 percent increase, new and used car sales up 9.4 percent and building materials and gardening equipment up 9.2 percent. Department store sales dropped 0.6 percent in 2014.

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Public meeting for Meydenbauer Bay Park City has design permits under review BY BRANDON MACZ

getting tight, the Bellevue City Council had staff look for temporary and permanent site options. Staff came back and told the council the cost was too high and the expiration date too close. “I guess having something on the site is better than nothing,” Dickmann said Tuesday, unable to buy more time needed to possibly relocate the Philbrook House to a ranch in Carnation. “I still think we did make a lot of noise.” That noise was heard by the city, which is salvaging portions of the Philbrook House to possibly complement an interpretive space honoring the old structure that will be sited somewhere on the James Gordon property. The Eastside Heritage Center has been charged

with documenting the Philbrook House’s history, which could take up to a year. The EHC’s collections manager photographed the site extensively last Thursday. The Philbrook House began as a farmhouse and then a residence for Civil War veteran Alphonso Philbrook before becoming a restaurant in the 1920s, which was operated by Florence Carter and served whalers headquartered in Meydenbauer Bay. In the 1940s it was a plumbing store and then a bakery. It served as various antique businesses from the 70s to 90s. “There’s been research on the structure and Mr. Philbrook, but not a lot on all of the businesses that have been there over time,” said EHC director Heather Trescases. “Within the next year, we’ll be doing our researching and developing our interpretive panel.”

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north of the current Meydenbauer Beach Park. “It’s also intended to create a kind of refuge for juvenile fish as they come into the shallow area at the mouth of this opened channel that will be in the middle of the ravine,” she said. The city is still assessing what can be done with the historic Whaling Building, but Cole said it would have to be water-related and open to the public. “It could have a variety of uses,” she said, “and the city has been contacted by a number of groups that would be willing to and happy to provide those services.” The comment period for Phase 1 design permits ends June 22. Bellevue City Hall is located at 450 110th Ave. N.E., and the public meeting will be held in Room 1E108. Bellevue parks planning manager Glenn Kost said he met with EHC and Gordon James representatives last week to identify pieces of the house that could be saved and incorporated into a display that would be featured either on the new building or next to it. “Some basic celebration of what this used to be,” he said, “and then work with Eastside Heritage for some kind of interpretation.” Gordon James’ construction permit already requires its new building to display

a bronze plaque commemorating the Philbrook House, Kost said, but the requirement lacks specificity and the council wanted to do more to honor the structure. The owner seems willing to accept something more, he said, and Kost hopes to have an idea within the next two weeks. “There’s nothing finalized, but I’m pretty optimistic we’ll be able to work something out,” Kost said.

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Former Medina police chief drops suit Chen ends federal appeal in discrimination case BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

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GLY Construction has finished constructing a plaza around the ‘Lest We Forget’ World War I memorial in downtown park. Vietnam veteran and Bellevue resident Bob Shay spearheaded fundraising for the plaza — most of the labor and materials were donated by GLY — and a bronze sculpture that will soon adorn the top of the memorial.

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Former Medina police chief Jeffrey Chen has dropped his racial discrimination case against the city in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, more than four years after his termination for allegedly accessing emails belonging to the city manager and mayor. Chen had been awarded $2 million in 2013, following a jury finding in favor of the former police chief ’s discrimination claim against the city and its manager at the time, Donna Hanson; Chen stated Hanson made racist comments toward him due to his Chinese descent. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly threw out that verdict last year, causing a retrial that ended in favor of the city in August. Chen resigned from the city on Dec. 17, 2010, when an investigation into al-

legations he had been accessing the city manager and mayor’s emails began. He allegedly acquired a login and password to the email system through the city clerk. The former police chief rescinded his resignation six days later, and Hanson placed him on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Chen was fired on April 27, 2011, following a due process hearing. Chen sued the city for wrongful termination in December 2011, and sought $14 million in damages. Chen’s lawsuit had included allegations of a hostile work environment, breaches of employment policy, procedural due process and his First Amendment rights as a whistleblower. Hanson resigned from the city following the first finding in favor of Chen. Hanson’s severance agreement with the city included a year’s salary and nearly $58,000 in retirement compensation. Attorneys for Chen made a motion to dismiss the case before the U.S. Court of Appeals on May 21.

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Four Republican state senators on Friday introduced a bill giving Washington’s elected officials a chance to give up or give away their salary. Under Senate Bill 6127, lawmakers and statewide executives, including the governor, could voluntarily reduce their salary or donate part or all of their earnings to a charity. Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, who is a member of the Senate Republican Caucus leadership, is the prime sponsor of the bill. Other sponsors are Sens. Andy Hill of Red-

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shopping center. The shopping center is located on the southeast corner of Northeast Fourth Street and 116th Avenue Northeast. The lease states another 12,241 square feet of shopping center space will be for a Trader Joe’s grocery store, which would be located with HomeGoods on the ground floor. Another

mond, Bruce Dammeier of Puyallup and Steve Litzow of Mercer Island. The bill has been referred to the Senate Ways and Means Committee where Hill is the chairman. No date for a hearing had been publicized as of Friday. The new bill comes days after the Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials approved 11 percent pay raises for state lawmakers. The commission also adopted pay hikes ranging from 4 percent to 12 percent for statewide office-holders. Gov. Jay Inslee said this week he will give his 4 percent raise to charity.

40,000 square feet on the second level of the two-story center would be for REI, according to the lease. KG Investment Management’s design for construction of the shopping center has been approved by the city and a building permit is under review. Bellevue Central will have access from 116th, leading to a parking structure to the east, but motorists will also access the center on the newly constructed Northeast Fourth extension

via two driveways leading to the top and bottom levels of a two-story garage. The garage is expected to provide 309 parking stalls. The extension of Fourth from 116th to 120th avenues northeast by the city is expected to be be completed this fall. A pedestrian plaza is planned for the southwest corner of the property, as well as stairway access to the retail center from the sidewalk along Northeast Fourth.

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WSU’s mission

ver the last several years, Washington State University has been expanding its reach. The university now has campuses in Spokane, the Tri-Cities, Vancouver, Wash., and Everett, and an online ‘campus’ available worldwide. Why the expansion? WSU says serving people across the state is part of its mission. Its website includes the statement: “WSU fulfills its mission as Washington’s land-grant research university by reaching out. It delivers knowledge and the benefits of research activities to people throughout the state.” WSU is a land-grant college designated by the state legislature to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The federal Morrill Act was intended to provide a broad segment of the population with a practical education that had direct relevance to their daily lives. The first law provided grants in the form of federal lands to each state to sell to be used for the establishment of a public institution to fulfill the act’s provisions — to establish a place for agricultural and mechanical education and military skills. While different forms of funding and their application has changed over time — so have the needs of the public that the university serves. WSU has embraced those changes with a model that does not restrict itself to a place or set of topics. While Bellevue College administrators say the arrangement is not quite ironed-out, it only makes sense that the two colleges work together even more than they do now. Such an arrangement should offer even more opportunities for students — no matter where they live. And what of the cost? What about enrollment levels or tuition issues? All yet to be determined. Bellevue College has provided many opportunities to those who needed new or basic skills, as well as a college degree or trade. Let’s hope it will remain as accessible as it is now.

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City response to water shortage is ‘arrogant’ Bellevue wants residents to know the Puget Sound Region will not be facing a water shortage this summer, and encourages them to wash their cars, water the lawn and shower — they could even take two. I consider this an extremely arrogant statement. Bellevue snubbing their noses at the rest of the state and our Governor. I would have made a statement that although we do not have a water shortage, we should be considerate of the Governor’s appeal and of our water usage.

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‘Callous’ treatment of drought I am writing to comment on your lead article in your May 22 issue. I think that the tone of the article about the statewide drought was irresponsible in terms of how it portrayed the drought’s effect on Bellevue. The lead states that Bellevue “encourages them (the residents) to wash their cars, water their lawn, and shower - they could even take two.” I think this is a callous treatment of an important state (and west coast) issue. Sure, we in Bellevue are blessed (this year anyway) with adequate water for our needs. But to basically encourage us to act like entitled consumers of a precious resource is environmentally irresponsible. All of us are going to need to conserve water and other resources in the years to come. All of us, including Bellevue residents, should learn to be prudent in our use of water.

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Does PSE consider health, welfare of community in its plans? I have three concerns about Energize Eastside which make me wonder if PSE has truly considered the welfare and community values of citizens impacted by the project: I worry about the health consequences of adding high tension power lines through our urban corridor. In the past 10 years, epidemiological data has been coming out of Great Britain showing an increased incidence of childhood leukemia in families living near high tension power lines. What about environmental degradation and creation of new unsustainable models? Bellevue reportedly has only a 36 percent urban tree canopy, the thinnest on the Eastside. Mature trees are critical for biodiversity through absorbing rain, slowing stormwater runoff, providing shade to counteract Urban Heat Islands caused by our

over-use of pavement, for cleansing the air and for providing beauty. Thinning our already thin canopy to install huge power poles and lines is unsustainable. Resources are wasted not just through construction but by shuttling power around up in the air where we don’t need it and where it is lost due to laws of physics. I think we need to address how to have power at the points where we use it, much like instant-on water heaters. My recent experiences with PSE have led me to doubt the company’s commitment to its customers. We have accepted construction of new substations and enormous power poles in my neighborhood that have not delivered on the promise of a reduction in power outages. When we do experience a problem, PSE’s automated phone system has eliminated our ability to get hold of a live representative. This winter one of our power outages lasted 47 hours. During an outage — always an isolating experience a landline is my only form of communication. I called PSE and received automated status reports which did not mention my neighborhood. I tried several times to reach a live person but the menu options informed me I should call back during normal business hours. When I finally spoke to a representative on Monday morning I was informed that the system was showing power to my neighborhood had already been restored, even though I insisted homes were dark all along the street. PSE is not a public utility; it is responsible for returning profit to its shareholders. I am concerned about accepting solutions that, while profitable for a distant shareholder, are not in our best interes

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PSE: Studies justify need for Energize Eastside In a recent letter to the editor, representatives from two neighborhood groups requested additional studies to prove the need for the Energize

Eastside project. PSE and independent consultants have conducted multiple studies that all point to an urgent local need for the project, making additional studies unnecessary. Energize Eastside – a project to build a new electric substation and higher capacity transmission lines – is driven by local growth. The existing electric system serving the Eastside area had its last major upgrade 50 years ago. Since that time, Eastside population has grown almost eight times, and that growth is expected to continue. Between 2010 and 2040, the Puget Sound Regional Council predicts Eastside employment to grow 73 percent and population to grow by more than a third. This drastic growth requires a robust electric system that can support it. The most recent independent study was commissioned and funded by the City of Bellevue. Just like similar studies before it, the independent study concluded that there is a local need for the Energize Eastside project. In addition, the study included thorough analysis of various generation levels and connections with other regional utilities, and the results did not change. We understand the Energize Eastside project will bring change to the community – unwanted change, for some. But these studies, conducted by reputable electric system planning experts according to strict federal reliability requirements, point to a problem that we as a community need to solve.

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The Minnesota Attorney General filed a lawsuit on May 21 against Savers, a Bellevue-based thrift store chain. The company, known as Value Village in the Pacific Northwest, operates 15 stores in Minnesota under the names Savers, Unique Thrift and Value Thrift. According to its website, Value Village, a Savers brand, helps more than 120 nonprofit organizations by paying them for donated goods, which supports their vital community programs and services. It operates 340 stores worldwide, with 20,000 employees. Last November, Attorney General Lori Swanson released a report examining contracts and donations for 2013. She concluded that Savers pocketed more than $1 million that should have gone to charities, accusing it of underpaying some of its nonprofit partners, misleading donors of goods about what’s tax-deductible, and poorly documenting its activities. The for-profit retailer "seriously misled the public" about the extent to which donations benefit charitable organizations, Swanson said. The lawsuit says Savers sells the donated goods at its stores for a hefty mark-up over what it pays the charities. "We are disappointed by the decision of the Minnesota Attorney General's office to take this action because we have made multiple attempts to work collaboratively on a resolution that benefits everyone involved.

Since the AG's office filed its Compliance Report, our company has worked diligently to answer every question that was raised and have begun implementing operational changes to address the AG's concerns," Ken Alterman, Savers President and CEO, said in a statement. "Rather than allow these changes to take place and then evaluate their effect, the AG's office has decided to file this lawsuit and put more than 25 years of positive community impact and millions of dollars in annual charitable funding at risk. The money we pay our charitable partners furthers medical research and supports veterans and their families across Minnesota. We take this mission seriously, and we now have no choice but to vigorously defend our business and we are confident that we will prevail." Alterman was promoted to Savers CEO in 2008. He took over for Tom Ellison, who decided to focus on his role as chairman of the board. Ellison is the son of company founder William Ellison, who opened his first thrift store in Redwood City, Calif., in 1954 under the name Salvage Management Corporation. Tom Ellison bought a Mercer Island mansion for $21.6 million in 2012. Another of Ellison's companies, TAE Real Estate Holdings, LLC of Bellevue, owns what is known as the ‘MI Funny Farm,’ formerly known as the Stevenson property. Savers has been criticized for its practices before. According to an article that appeared in the Alberta Report in 1996, "for every $1 that went to undersigned charities from some Ellison-owned thrift stores, $2.55 went to the Ellison associates."

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Amid the addition of large chains like Wal-Mart and DSW, management behind the Marketplace at Factoria is looking toward niche specialty stores as a key component to the shopping center’s future. Over the last five years, local clothing boutiques, art shops, and a comic book store have made the move to the mall, which rebranded in 2008. “We’re seeing that trend, and we’re very excited by it. We would love to increase boutique options and pick up momentum with specialty, niche retailers,” said Western Region President for Kimco Realty Corporation Armand Vasquez. At more than 510,000-square-feet, the shopping center is one of Kimco’s largest assets in the Northwest. Kimco purchased the mall in late 2004, a few years before Mervyn’s and Gottschalks went bankrupt and vacated their locations. Retailers such as Target, Old Navy, T.J. Maxx and Nordstrom Rack will continue to provide the backbone to Factoria’s future, Vasquez said, but plans include more unique offerings to draw in additional traffic. “I think for any retail project of this size to be successful, you have to have a mix,” said Vasquez. “You can go to a Panda Express anywhere, so something like the Dim Sum Factory provides a unique offering, in addition to something customers rely on like Panda Express. Local art store Exclusively Art recently made the move from Crossroads Mall, and plus-size retailer Torrid opened a location in Factoria in 2012.

“The Seattle area is one of our best markets. We currently have nine stores in the greater Seattle market and are adding three new stores by the end of the year. So, indeed it has been a successful place for us to be,” a spokesman for Torrid said in a statement. Between fiscal year 2013 and 2014, retail sales in the Bellevue jumped 10.4 percent to top $6.0 billion, according to the Washington State Department of Revenue. Smaller retails say that retail real estate continues to be a premium. Simply Chic owner Amy Kang said she chose the Marketplace at Factoria over other retail centers in the area because of the lease prices and options. “Getting a lower rent was one of the lessons that I learned helping my friend manage a store in Southcenter, and one of the reasons I decided to open up a store here instead of in Bellevue Square,” said Kang. Before opening his comic book store, Mighty Moose Comics, in the Marketplace at Factoria two months ago, owner Ilan Strasser scouted multiple locations in the Seattle area, including three in Bellevue. “The rent in Factoria is extremely high, especially to what I’m used to in New Jersey, but it’s in line with what I was seeing at other locations,” Strasser said. “For the other factors that were positive, I decided to give it the old college try.” Plans for the mall are fluid, and will fluctuate to combat ongoing shifts in the retail market. “We want to continue to maintain the relevancy of project,” he said. “The vision will continue to change as the market dictates and evolves.”

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FRIDAY | 29 MOVIES AT MERCER SLOUGH:

Eagle – Master of the Skies: 5 p.m., Thursday, May 28, City Council Chambers, 9611 S.E. 36th St. Agenda can be found at mercerislandschools.org. For more, contact Kendall Taylor at 206236-3300 or kendall.taylor@ mercerislandschools.org. GNOME HOME EVENT: 6-8 p.m., Bellevue Botanical Garden. Junior Girl Scout Troop 40775 will be hosting an opening night of the Gnome Home installation for their Bronze Award. For more information, contact Leslie Brewers at leslieebrewer@msn.com or 425891-4578 SIMPLY SWEET JAZZ: 7-9 p.m., Commons at Interlake High School, 16245 N.E. 24th St. A jazz fundraiser featuring jazz music performed by the award-winning Interlake High School jazz bands along with special guests, dessert and raffles. It costs $10 for adults, $7 for students and seniors. For more

information, contact Naoko Sakazaki at nsakazaki@ hotmail.com. BAT WALK: Bat Walk: 7:30 p.m., Lewis Creek Park Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd S.E. Discover the local bat species of Lewis Creek. Bring a flashlight or headlamp, as well as good shoes, for the journey. The cost is $2 for residents, $3 for nonresidents. Pre-registration is required at www. MyParksAndRecreation. com or 425-452-6885. The activity code is 94453. For more information, contact 425-452-4195.

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CANOE THE MERCER SLOUGH:

Every Saturday and Sunday, 8:45 a.m. to noon, Enatai Beach Park Boathouse, 3519 108th Ave SE. Bellevue park rangers lead this 3-hour canoe trip from Enatai Beach Park into the heart of Mercer Slough Nature Park, a 320 acre wetland. With a little luck, there might be glimpses of otters, herons, turtles and other wildlife. Ages: 5-plus only. Canoeing experience is required. Register online at www. women only, ages 16 and above. A parent must be present if under the age of 18. It costs $50-100. For more information, contact Chris Masaoka at kravmagaetc@hotmail.com or 425-736-6019.

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12-6 p.m., Crossroads Bellevue Farmers Market, 15600 N.E. 8th St. Visit a dozen food trucks and the

MyParksAndRecreation. com. HANDS ONLY CPR WEEK:

Begins June 1, 12 -1 p.m., Microsoft Store at Bellevue Square Mall. Local organizations are joining forces to help Puget Sound residents prepare to save a life in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. Spend 5 minutes learning Hands Only CPR at local landmarks during Natl CPR & AED Awareness Week. Each training session will teach adults and kids how to get medical help and perform chest commarket selling produce, flowers, eta, wine, baked goods and ready-to-eat foods. For more information, contact Roz Liming at 425-644-1111. EAST BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COUNCIL: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.,

Lake Hills Clubhouse, 15230 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue. East Bellevue Community Council addresses issues and developments that impact residents in East Bellevue, bordered by Northeast Eighth, Southeast

pressions, as well as practice compressions on manikins. For more information, email puget.sound@heart. org or call 206-336-7200. SEATTLE CHOCOLATE COMPANY POP-UP SHOP: Begins June

1, Bellevue Square Mall. Seattle Chocolate Company opens the doors to its first standalone retail location on Monday, June 1, officially debuting a fresh take on the shopping experience for chocolate lovers and savvy gift buyers alike. The colorful pop-up brick and mortar immerses 28th, 156th and 140th. For more information, contact Charmaine Arredondo at CArredondo@bellevuewa. gov or 425-452-6466.

THURSDAY | 4 GENEALOGY WORKSHOP: 10:30 a.m., Bellevue Library. This hands-on workshop will assist your online genealogy research using Ancestry Library Edition as well as MyHeritage Library and other online resources.

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Seating is first come, first served. SIMPLY SWEET JAZZ: 7-9 p.m., Commons at Interlake High School, 16245 NE 24th Street. A jazz fundraiser featuring jazz music performed by the award-winning Interlake High School jazz bands along with special guests, dessert, and raffles. It costs $10 for adults, $7 for students and seniors. For more information, contact Naoko Sakazaki at nsakazaki@hotmail.com.

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Interlake Saints leading goal scorer Jason Rodriguez is surrounded by a bevy of Kennedy defenders in the Class 3A state quarterfinals on May 23 in Bellevue. The Saints defeated Kennedy 2-0 with a berth in the Class 3A state semifinals on the line.

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Under the extreme duress of frigid early March practice sessions, the Interlake Saints boys soccer team discussed goals for the upcoming season. The Saints, who advanced to the Class 3A quarterfinals in 2014, were determined to advance to the “Final Four” on the soccer pitch in 2015. With the opportunity of attaining their early season aspirations staring them right in the face, the Saints punched their ticket to the Class 3A state semifinals courtesy of a convincing 2-0 win against the Kennedy Lancers in the Class 3A quarterfinals on May 23 at Interlake High School in Bellevue. Isaac Reed scored a goal off of an assist from Austin Ball for the Saints in the first half, giving his team a 1-0 lead. Jose Castillo helped put the game away for good with 20 minutes left in regulation. Castillo’s shot on a free kick from 25 yards out caromed off the crossbar directly to Saints junior Ivan Castillo. Ivan took advantage of the fact that Kennedy’s keeper David Ritscher had dove to the right side on Jose’s shot and was still on the ground. Ivan calmly squared up and unleashed an easy shot into the goal from 10 yards out, giving Interlake a 2-0 lead. Interlake head coach Dan Peterson was glad to see his team execute with the pressure of a berth in the state semifinals on the line. “We always talk about being there for rebounds and Ivan was right there on the

spot for the rebound and knocked it in to give us a little bit of breathing room,” Peterson said. Jose said he noticed Kennedy’s defense wasn’t ready when he unleashed the shot on goal on the free kick in the 60th minute. “We saw they weren’t set up defensively so we took advantage of that. The goalie was off to the far left, so I just went for it. Luckily we got the goal,” Jose said. Peterson is excited about his team’s chances in the state semifinals and possibly the state championship game. “The goal at the beginning of the season is to play on the last day of the season. Now we are guaranteed to play the last day of the season. Now we have to go get a win Friday (semifinals) now,” he said. “I’m so proud of these guys. I couldn’t be prouder. It is just terrific.” Jose was glad to see a large contingent of the Interlake High School student body in attendance for the game. The boisterous crowd typically isn’t the norm for high school soccer games. “These past years our school hasn’t been that successful in sports and soccer is one of the sports where not too many fans come out for the games. Seeing all of these fans come out here for state is a big change. It really helped us a lot,” Jose said. “It means a lot to us. Our team has a lot of heart and we hate losing. That is what drives us.” Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@bellevuereporter.com

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A matchup against the defending state champion Puyallup Vikings didn’t intimidate the Newport Knights baseball team in the least bit. With their season on the line, the Knights scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, registering a comeback 7-6 win against Puyallup in the Class 4A quarterfinals at Annie Wright Field in Kent. Newport senior Todd Reese drove in the gamewinning run, with Ethan Paul crossing the plate for the seventh and final run of the game. Bryce Beck went 3-for-3 at the plate and Reese captured his sixth win on the hill during the 2015 season. The Knights have won 15 consecutive games and improved their overall record to 22-2 with the victory. The Knights will face the Gig Harbor Tides in the Class 4A semifinals at 7 p.m. on May 29 at Joe Martin Stadium in Bellingham.

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Bellevue Christian take two championships in Belfair

Vikings clinch spot in Class 1A state semifinals The Bellevue Christian Vikings are two games away from realizing their ultimate goal on the soccer field. Bennett Close scored a game-high three goals leading the Bellevue Christian Vikings to a 3-2 victory against South Whidbey in the Class 1A quarterfinals on May 23 at Tahoma High School in Maple Valley. The Vikings improved their overall record to 170-1 with the win. Bellevue Christian will face the Klahowya Eagles in the Class 1A semifinals at 2 p.m. on May 29 at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner. The Vikings defeated the Eagles 1-0 in districts on Robert Firth “Bob” Jorgensen May 14 in Orting. Robert Firth “Bob” Jorgensen, 88,

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A talented trio of Newport Knights freshman tennis players captured first place at the Class 4A KingCo tennis tournament at Skyline High School. Newport singles player Vivian Glozman and the doubles team of Teagan Mach and Simran Ravichandran nabbed KingCo titles, clinchlast date of publication of this ing berths notice. Ecology reviews public at the Class comments and considers whether discharges from this project 4A state would cause a measurable tournament change in receiving water qual- on May 29 ity, and, if so, whether the project and May 30 is necessary and in the overriding in Richland. public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements Newport head coach under WAC 173-201A-320.

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Ryan Pang said he expects Glozman to turn in a memorable performance at state. “I expect her to get to the finals. When she needs to step up her game, she can. She has been dealing with a few injuries but anything can happen,” Pang said. Pang said Glozman will likely face Skyview’s Samantha Hampton in the finals. “She has won it the last couple of years and she is very, very good. Samantha is going to Arizona State on a full-ride scholarship,” Pang said. “Vivian has played her a couple of times at some juniors tournaments in the past. They’ve had some really good matches. The last couple haven’t been quite as close as the earlier matches but I think part of that was due to Vivian’s injuries.” The doubles duo of Mach/Ravichandran has been steadily improving throughout the 2015 season. “They are pretty fearless and they don’t hold back. They have really good returns, forehands and backhands (shots),” Pang said.

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The Bellevue Christian boys and girls track teams collected first place finishes in the Class 1A West Central District III Championships on May 23 in Belfair. The boys team compiled 127 team points, edging out second place Port Townsend by just .5 of a point. The girls squad tallied 143 points, finishing comfortably ahead of second place Cascade Christian at 106 points. Craig Lambert nabbed second place in the 3200-meter run finals, Lee Sims finished in third place in the 200-meter finals, Kevin Smith tallied third place in the 110-meter hurdles, Carter Woosley nabbed second place in shot-put and Calvin Hancock earned second place in pole vault. Kathleen Crosby cruised to a first place finish in the 1600-meter run and captured second place in the 3200-meter run. Courtney Porter finished in first place in shotput and the 300-meter hurdles. Jessica Berg nabbed second place in discus and Annika Staal finished in second place in javelin and first place in high jump. Courtney Porter earned first place in pole vault and Rachel Berg finished in second place in pole vault.

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passed away peacefully at home on May 17, 2015 surrounded by family. Bob was born in Burlington, WA where his father managed the fish hatchery. He was raised in Ballard and attended Webster Grade School and James Monroe Middle School. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1944, lettering in football, basketball and baseball, and was in the Sports Hall of Fame. Bob started at the University of Washington and after one quarter entered the U.S. Air Corps. After his wartime service, he returned to the U. W. and was a 4 year Letterman in basketball and baseball. He was the first freshman to earn the Big W. Bob was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and cherished his friendships from the “Fiji” house. He graduated in Education and taught at Hoquiam High School for 2 years before entering the U.W. Dental School. Upon graduation in 1958, he began a dental practice in Bellevue. Bob enjoyed his dental career and was much loved by his patients. Bob Jorgensen and Marilyn Ebling were married in 1953. They met on a blind date in college and each felt like they were the lucky one. They traveled extensively throughout the world and spent winters on the island of Kauai. Bob was proud to say he climbed the Great Wall of China, Mt. Rainier and the Eiffel Tower. His favorite past time was golf and he was a long-standing member of Overlake Golf and Country Club, serving as President in 1977. He is predeceased by brothers Edward, Calhoun and sister Ruth. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Marilyn, daughters Kimberly and Cynthia, sister-in-law and brotherin-law MaryJane and Jack Powell and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, June 10th, 4:00 pm at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Mayo Clinic Cancer Research, Attn: Development, 200 - 1st Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905, 855-852-8129.

The Bellevue Wolverines boys track team dominated in all facets of the Class 3A Sea-King Championships on May 22 in West Seattle. Bellevue captured first place at the meet, compiling 107 team points. O’Dea finished in second place with 80 points. Jack Richmond nabbed third place in the 400-meter dash, Daniel Lee took third place in discus, Tyson Penn captured first place in high jump/long jump, Ryan Gilbert nabbed first place in javelin and Sam Richmond cruised to a first place finish in the 110-meter hurdles and a second place spot in the long jump. The 400-meter relay team consisting of Sam Richmond, Jack Richmond, Isaiah Gilchrist and Benaiah Ellington collected a first place finish. The 1600-meter relay squad of Ellington, Jack Richmond, Rezhaun Henderson and Gilchrist earned a first place finish. The Bellevue girls 800-meter relay team of Joelle Tudor, Claire Wendle, Noelle Mitchell and Anissa Brown captured third place. The 1600-meter relay team of Katherine Penner, Tudor, Mitchell and Wendle collected a third place finish.

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Interlake to host ALS walk on May 30

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The Interlake Saints football program will be hosting a virtual walk for “Team Gleason” at 10:30 a.m. on May 30 at the Interlake High School track in Bellevue. The virtual walk will support those individuals and families effected by ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Donations from the event will go toward the “Team Gleason” foundation.

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Sammamish Totems senior 800-meter runner Conor Lanning captured first place in the Class 2A district meet with a time of 1:58.06. Lanning will compete in the Class 2A state track meet for the first time in his high school career on May 29 and May 30 at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

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A few days before the biggest track meet of his high school career Sammamish Totems senior Conor Lanning came down with an extreme case of stuffiness and congestion. Lanning, who entered the Class 2A district meet ranked as the No. 4 800-meter runner in Washington, refused to let a full-fledged common cold stop him from achieving his dreams on the oval. Lanning captured first place in the 800-meter dash finals, clocking a 1:58.06 on May 23 at North Mason High School in Belfair. He clinched his first ever appearance at the Class 2A state track and field meet, which will take place on May 29-30 at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. Renton’s Tai McMillan finished in second place with a time of 1:58.74. Lanning said his game-plan was to start off the race as fast as possible to avoid being stuck in the middle of the pack of runners. The strategy worked to perfection. “My plan was to try to lead the race from line to line. I knew the worst thing that could possibly happen to me was getting caught in the pack because every time that has happened to me in the past I have had a really bad race,” Lanning said. “I was shoulder to shoulder with a guy about 200-meters into the race but once I hit the second curve I was in front for the rest of the way. I had a plan and I executed that plan.” Lanning said he did everything he could to ignore the body aches, sinus problems and chest congestion during the two laps. “I put in a lot of hard work but I was still nervous coming into the race because of being sick. I have been battling this cold so it was very satisfying to cross the finish line in first place,” he said. Lanning’s personal record in the 800 is a 1:56. He believes he can improve upon his 1:58.06 showing at districts. “My first goal is to make it to the finals. The prelims are Friday (May 29) and the finals are on Saturday (May 30). I’m ranked No. 4 in the state but the next three runners behind me are within one second of me time wise,” Lanning said. “I know as long as I can kick this cold I can definitely get my time close to 1:56. I want to finish in the top three in the finals but I won’t be completely distraught if I don’t do it.” Five years ago, Lanning had never competitively competed in track and field in his life. It was only after he was prodded by his parents that he decided to give the sport a chance. “It all started when I was in the seventh grade at Odle Middle School. I really didn’t have any sports to play and was just a skinny little middle schooler. My parents wanted me to do a sport so I tried baseball and soccer and I was pretty bad at both of those,” he said. “I decided to try running that year and it was really, really hard at first but I just kept going with it. I ended up doing pretty well my seventh grade year and just continued it through middle and high school.”

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Happy Endings She’s a novelist. He’s a screenwriter. Now they’re making a life together in Bellevue.

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t’s the fifth century in Ireland. That’s as specific as the timing gets, because that’s how legends work. St. Brigit, having earned a place in the Catholic church after being born a slave, was popular among the poor and known for her compassion toward women. She did annoy St. Patrick, though. Her complaints about women forced to wait around for proposals that might never come irked him to such an extent he declared that every four years, on leap day, a woman could propose to a man. Now it’s Feb. 29, 2004 in Los Angeles, the night of the Academy Awards. Screenwriter Stephen Susco had just returned from Tokyo after wrapping up production drafts for the 2004 horror film The Grudge. He began researching “The Ladies’ Privilege” for another project and, offhand, shared the legend with his girlfriend Bridget Foley, a recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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Every year, King County Parks brings in A-list musicians for three months of outdoor concerts in Redmond’s Marymoor Park. 2015’s line-up includes sounds for everyone, including indie rock, outlaw country, reggae, or film scores. Artists playing in June include A.R. Rahman, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (performing the music of John Williams) and Willie Nelson with Alison Krauss and her band Union Station. When: Various dates June 14-Sept. 19. Full schedule: marymoorconcerts.com Where: Marymoor Park, 6046 West Lake Sammamish Pkwy N.E., Redmond

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Just as the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center and Lincoln Square Cinemas are finishing up their programming for the Seattle International Film Festival, the Kirkland Performance Center is picking up the final week of festival programming on the Eastside. The KPC will screen 18 films, beginning with Good Ol’ Boy on June 1. We at The Eastside Scene personally recommend 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, a riveting documentary about the fatal shooting of Jacksonville, Florida teen Jordan Davis over the volume of a car stereo and shooter Michael Dunn’s subsequent court proceedings, dubbed the “loud music trial” in the media. When: June 1-June 7 (Schedule of programming on page 9) Where: 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland

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Happy endings Continued from cover page Later, they waited for the Oscars to start. The ceremony is a huge deal for them — they even refer to it as the “Hollywood Super Bowl.” They passed the time with chardonnay and Indian food. Then they wrestled. In a flash, Foley pinned Susco to the floor. She looked down at him, into his eyes, and the playful moment turned suddenly very serious. “You should really marry me, you know.” They took their vows in the fall of 2005. The couple now lives in Bellevue, raising their family, a son, 7, and a daughter, 1 ½. The couple shares a family, but they also share a passion for the written word. Susco continues to write for films, while Foley debuted her first novel, Hugo & Rose, under St. Martin’s Press in May. Susco’s latest film, Beyond the Reach starring four-time Golden Globe winner Michael Douglas, released in select theaters and video on demand in April. Based of the 1972 novel Deathwatch by Robb White, the cat-and-mouse thriller follows a corporate shark, played by Douglas, on a hunting trip gone wrong. This is the seventh film Susco’s name has appeared on, though he’s written upwards of 90. He’s probably best known for The Grudge, which grossed nearly $40 million on its opening weekend. “It’s more like a craft than an art,” he said

of scriptwriting. The pair described the difficult and sometimes brutal process of turning in a script and watching it morph into a film. “There are a lot of differences between script and screen,” Susco said. “But it’s OK.” It’s the way this business works. After 20 years in screenwriting, Susco said he’s made his peace with it. “I never wanted to fall out of love with movie making,” he said. “If I have (a story) I really care about, I need to write a book, because it will always be what I thought it would be.” Producers must account for real-world conditions, like weather, and budgetary constraints like the costs associated working with wild animals. They will make changes in order to adapt the imagined world to reality. Foley’s taken her own shot at screenwriting, but said the loss of creative ownership turned her off to the idea of a career in film. So in 2010, when she woke from a dream that would eventually inspire the story for Hugo & Rose, she realized her idea could only exist as a book. “I can do anything I want in a book,” she said. “I have all the money I need in my head.” The novel follows Rose, an unsatisfied housewife with a seemingly perfect life. But every night she dreams of Hugo, who is not her husband. Rose and Hugo have grown up, lived and adventured through a magical dream world.

But life goes awry when Rose meets the man of her dreams in reality. Foley plans to dress like a homemaker, yoga pants and all, for her book-signing at The Elliott Bay Book Company bookstore on Capitol Hill at 7 p.m. June 1. The creative couple has happily enjoyed life on the Eastside for nearly a year. Susco, now 42, and Foley, now 37, realized it was time to move out of Hollywood when their then-3-year-old son, Harpar, was reading billboards sporting pornography advertisements. “LA is a very difficult place to be a parent in,” Foley said. They moved to Susco’s home state, Pennsylvania, where they spent a few years on a horse farm. Susco quickly found himself

missing family time, as work required he regularly fly out to LA. Last year, in a 48-hour consideration of the Pacific Northwest, Susco took a car, found a house to rent and fell in love with Washington. He had never visited before that, but knew this was the next place they’d call home. “It was so gorgeous,” he said. “(Plus) I could have breakfast with the kids in the morning, fly out to LA (for work) and be back by midnight.” They’re still not sure what the future holds. If a current project pans out for Susco, the family might end up in Europe for a while. For now, they’ll continue life in the Evergreen State.

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Cabaret

By Daniel Nash

ven approaching middle age, Cabaret remains one of the stage’s most fascinating morality plays about the power of apathy to beget evil. Yet something’s amiss in Village Theatre’s production (playing in Issaquah through July 3): The Nazis rising to power outside the walls of the Kit Kat Klub are relegated to the role of special guest stars. Sure, every 20 minutes or so our hero Cliff Bradshaw (Brian Earp) will casually mention he’s reading Mein Kampf to understand local politics, or the Klub’s Emcee (Jason Collins) and ensemble singers will rip off a flamboyant costume to reveal a swastika. But, instead of adding up in a slow and menacing arithmetic, these moments feel somehow tacked on and the story’s tragedy ultimately seems like the doing of a devil in the machine. Otherwise, this is undeniably a wellcrafted show, high in energy and crackling with strong performances on the most beautifully crafted set of the season. Billie Wildrick walks the fine line separating Sally Bowles’ manic charm and grating selfishness with grace; her singing voice is a small miracle that doesn’t really produce loaves and fishes until her climactic titular solo. Anne Allgood is another standout as Fraulein Schneider, lending her a dignity as proud as it is comically tenuous, particularly in her bickerings with her mischievous tenant/working girl Fraulein

Kost (Nicole Beerman). Cabaret easily takes home the award for visuals. If No Way To Treat a Lady’s set design was notable for clean, cartoonish minimalism, Cabaret’s is a maximalist, textured (and literally textual) feast of stuff. The Kit Kat Klub is a womb of light and motion crowded on all sides by the scraps, swastikas, posters, propaganda and news clippings of the Nazi era in Germany. This theme creeps into scene changes: Bradshaw’s apartment wall is a page from the show’s original source novel Goodbye to Berlin. The obsession with paper ephemera works powerfully as a visual metaphor for black-and-white reality creeping in on the characters’ delusions. In the end, this show may be too reliant on its visuals to reinforce the rise of the Third Reich. It takes chutzpah for sure: Most stories suffer for holding the audience’s hand too tightly. But Village was too quick to let go and, in doing so, lost track of one of Cabaret’s most important themes.

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he Pacific Northwest sparkling wine scene is in a dynamic state right now, and it’s only going to get better and more interesting in the years go come. At Michelle Sparkling Wines (formerly Domaine Ste. Michelle), longtime bubble master Rick Casqueiro retired this spring and was succeeded by Paula Eakin, who has worked for the company for more than 20 years. On the south shore of Lake Chelan, Karma Vineyards’ focus on sparkling wine is paying off, as it is crafting some of the best anywhere. And we should expect a veritable explosion of sparkling wine in the Willamette Valley in the next few years, as Andrew Davis (formerly of Argyle Winery) has launched Radiant Sparkling Wine Co. Davis is helping several wineries make small lots of sparkling wine (minimum of 300 cases) by providing the expertise and equipment to riddle, disgorge, cork and label. We recently conducted a comprehensive blind judging of Northwest sparkling wines the summer issue of Wine Press Northwest magazine. Below are some of the finest we tasted. For the complete list, go to www. winepressnw.com. Karma Vineyards 2011 Brut, Columbia Valley, $50: Cornell-trained winemaker Craig Mitrakul is crafting some of the Northwest’s most delicious sparkling wines along the south shore of Lake Chelan. This bright, dry bubbly opens with aromas of white flowers, mango and brioche, followed by flavors of lemon yogurt, cream and pineapple. The silky mouth feel is

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y the time this magazine comes out, there will still be one more week of screenings for the 41st Seattle International Film Festival. But two-thirds of the festival is over and its movies won’t be seen again until their official release. Here are some of the movies we saw, and our impressions — for better or worse. ............................................................................................By Daniel Nash

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Since the Apple co-founder’s death, many writers and ﬁlmmakers have vied to present the ultimate warts-andall portrait of Steve Jobs. But Alex Gibney’s takedown forgets the “all” altogether. The problem is this: People already know Jobs was an asshole. This documentary adds nothing new to that discussion while omitting any and all redeeming information. At more than two hours, with little sense of chronological or thematic structure, this movie is less exhaustive than exhausting.

Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2012 documentary The Act of Killing quietly distinguished itself to this reviewer as thoughtful, unflinching about its subject matter (it followed the contemporary lives of perpetrators of the 1965-66 Indonesian genocide against alleged communists) and unusually cinematic. It asked important questions about human morality and the banality of evil. For Western audiences, the alienness of Indonesian culture translated into an overwhelming sense of unreality. One could be forgiven for assuming Oppenheimer’s new companion film, The Look of Silence, merely flips the switch by following the surviving family of a man killed in the genocide. But Oppenheimer searches for new ground in his methodology. The Look of Silence leans into a singular storytelling style — the people, places and events are real, but it seems like we’re watching a fictional story. The result is a story that carries less density than its predecessor, yet also lacks its emotional resonance, its sense of personal journey and its ultimate catharsis.

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Soft-spoken and slow, this Basque drama by Jon Garano and Jose Mari Goenaga nevertheless carries a powerful message that will linger long after the credits. By telling the story of two characters who leave each other ﬂowers anonymously — for different reasons — it examines the meaning people assign to simple gestures. Consequently, the story refuses to dive right into emotional motivations and instead allows the audience to ebb and bob in the ripples.

Spy

SIFF’s opening night gala film, the Paul Feig-directed Melissa McCarthy vehicle Spy, is only masquerading as a mainstream comedy. There’s a lot of heart and brains wedged between the slapstick and fart jokes. McCarthy is endlessly charming as an overly self-deprecating and put-upon analyst turned field agent. Fans of espionage and action films will appreciate this flick’s take on genre

Guidance

With the opening premise of School of Rock and the emotional stakes of a drama like Flight, Pat Mills’ darkly comedic Guidance is a bullseye. This ﬁlm — about a selfdestructive former child star who fakes his way into a job as a guidance counselor — eschews easy and tired lessons about the healing power of youth (see: School of Rock, Bad Teacher, Bad News Bears, etc.) for a roughshod, skidding crash into self-acceptance.

SIFF in Kirkland A quick and dirty guide to Festival films playing at the Kirkland Performance Center Good Ol’ Boy/Opening Night Gala | 8 p.m. Growing up a 10-year-old boy in ’70s suburban America, all Smith wants to do is watch “Happy Days”, play with his Star Wars figurines, and hang out with the girl-nextdoor. But things aren’t so easy when his father insists on pushing his Indian heritage on him every second of every day.

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Ghadi | 6 p.m. In this irresistible and charming fable, the clueless residents of a tiny Lebanese village get touched by an angel when an imaginative and resourceful father hatches a plan to outsmart their intolerance for his young son born with Down syndrome. Strangerland | 8:30 p.m. When two teenagers go missing in the Australian outback on the eve of a massive dust storm, their parents Catherine (Nicole Kidman) and Matthew Parker (Joseph Fiennes) see their fragile world crumble when the assigned police officer (Hugo Weaving) starts digging into their past.

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3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets | 6 p.m. In 2012, Michael Dunn shot at four African American teenagers over the volume of their rap music, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis. This riveting Sundance prize-winner dives right in, combining trial footage, exclusive interviews, and even the defendant’s phone calls from prison. Next Time I’ll Aim For The Heart | 8:30 p..m. A 1970s-set chilling chronicle of notorious French serial killer Alain Lamare, who also happened to be the highly efficient and meticulous model policeman tasked with apprehending the killer. A heart-pumping thriller with a strong turn from Guillaume Canet.

June 4

Sherry & The Mystery of Palo Cortado | 6 p.m. Dusting off antiquated notions about what once was Spain’s most important export, this documentary examines the culture and creation of sherry, with special focus on the “palo cortado,” a type of sherry which oxidizes spontaneously, releasing the most complex and coveted flavors. Henri Henri | 8:30 p.m. In Québec’s enchanting answer to Amélie (with flourishes of Jacques Tati), a young orphan with a gift for fixing lights receives the shock of his life when his nun caretakers sell their convent and force him out to face the vast and strange world all by himself.

June 5

Key House Mirror | 3 p.m. This twilight-years romance illustrates the blooming relationship between Lily, a woman who must take care of her mute and immobile older husband and deal with her beginning

stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and Erik, a man with Parkinson’s with whom she accidentally falls in love. The Killing Field of Dr. Haing S. Ngor | 6 p.m. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, the only Asian to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® (The Killing Fields), used his fame to speak out against Pol Pot’s regime and the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until his still unsolved murder in 1996. A riveting and eye-opening look at a pivotal moment in history through a heroic life. The Price of Fame | 8:30 p.m. Based on an unbelievable true story, this upbeat French comedy follows two lovable crooks who decide to exhume Charlie Chaplin’s remains shortly after his death in 1977 and hold him for ransom.

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Challat of Tunis | 12 p.m. A masked assailant rides through the Tunisian capital on a motor scooter slashing the backsides of women in jeans and short skirts in Kaouther Ben Hania’s genre-bending mockumentary about sexist attitudes in Arab culture.

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Love, Theft and Other Entanglements | 2:30 p.m. Shot in stylish black and white, this Palestinian dark comedy centers on bumbling car thief Mousa who’s in the wrong place at the wrong time, inadvertently inserting himself into the delicate negotiations of far more powerful forces. North American Premiere. My Skinny Sister | 5:30 p.m. My Skinny Sister dives into the love-hate relationship between siblings as shown through the eyes of chubby and awkward 12-year-old Stella and her anorexic older sister, Katja. North American Premiere. The Sacred Arrow | 8:15 p.m. A thousand-year-old Tibetan archery competition sets the stage for this tale of passion, jealousy, honor, tradition, and love as rival villages clash amid breathtaking scenery.

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Paper Planes | 12 p.m. Robert Connelly’s charming crowd-pleaser follows 12-year-old Dylan as he folds his way to the World Paper Championships in Japan. Our Summer in Provence | 5:30 p.m. After their parents separate, teens Léa and Adrien are sent to stay with their grandparents at a remote village in France. At first reluctant, the siblings eventually come to enjoy the locals and town festivities in this effervescent family comedy. Excuse My French | 8 p.m. In this family comedy and Egyptian box office smash, 12-year-old Hany, a precocious kid from a privileged Coptic Christian family, must adjust when a change in circumstances sends him to the local majority-Muslim public school.

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Conversations with Funny People (SIFF Edition)

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nce upon a time, Pat Mills was a child actor on the Canadian sketch series You Can’t Do That on Television. Then he quit acting — for 20 years. Now he’s written, directed and starred in his debut feature Guidance, about a closeted, alcoholic and manic former child star who decides, golly, he just has so much to teach today’s children. Mills took time out from SIFF to answer our questions. Interview by Daniel Nash

First off, I just watched this film last night and I have to say that Guidance is probably my favorite movie to come out of the festival so far. Thank you, that’s so nice to hear. In it, you play a former child star who’s become an absolute mess as an adult and decides he’s going to fake his way into a job as a guidance counselor. How did you develop this idea? I came up with the character first and the idea came out of that. What I kind of did was I was writing another teen movie that focused on the younger characters and I found myself wanting to give these teenagers advice from a writer’s perspective. Over time that desire morphed into a character all his own, David. I’ve always been inspired by dark comedies with crazy behavior. It kind of evolved from my idea of this person and how he would act in this high school environment.

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I think what struck me the most about your film is that it shares an opening premise with School of Rock — so it’s this undeniable comedy on one side of things — but it has the emotional stakes of a serious drama like Flight. I found myself genuinely cringing at a lot of the choices made by your character David, like taking shots with students in his office. Basically, I made this out of the Canadian funding system, the Canadian Feature Film Fund. And my thought was, as a Canadian film it’s going to be looked at as an alternative film anyway, so why not go for it? I wanted something comedic but also something Hollywood wouldn’t do. It can’t have the budget of School of Rock, so it was unnecessary to try to make it a big mainstream comedy. It still has these big comedic moments but it’s also able to go to these darker places that a mainstream comedy can’t. The film that inspired it the most is Young Adult, where Charlize Theron plays another faded star who has all these problems.

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You wrote and directed Guidance, but I understand you hadn’t originally planned to star in the movie as David. How did that come about? That basically happened because we couldn’t find the lead. For whatever reason, things weren’t clicking in casting. So when we were auditioning some of the younger

cast, I would go up with the actors and stand in to read the lines to them. That seemed to work, so then the producers decided I had to audition to play David. That was awkward, writing a character for a film you’re going to direct and then auditioning for the part for your producers. It’s a lot like your parents watching you masturbate. Like David, you were a child performer yourself, on the kids show You Can’t Do That on Television. How closely do you relate to him and his coping mechanisms? The child star thing not so much but I do feel like I’m a bit stuck in high school, emotionally. As a result I think I’m really sensitive to the needs of teenagers and when I’ve worked with teenagers we really seem to connect. So if you’re able to connect with the emotional state of teens as an adult, that starts to make you feel like, “Is there something wrong with me?” That’s an issue that David has. I don’t think that makes me a total trainwreck like he is, but he’s an exaggerated version of a person that has problems that I can identify with. I heard that you had to pay a hefty fine to the Canadian actors’ union to perform in your own movie. That’s true. It was a big pain in the ass because we did the movie in the union before we knew I’d play David. I stopped acting in the early ‘90s and stopped paying dues. I was kicked out of ACTRA so to go ahead with the movie I had to pay dues from 1994 to 2013, which came out to something like $3,000. And when you’re doing an independent film you don’t have a lot of money, so that’s a lot to have to pay. And that was sort of heartbreaking. But in the end it was worth it, because now that I’m back in the union. What’s next for the movie? It will be playing some festivals, probably some gay and lesbian festivals over here, then it’s going to South Korea to screen in a youth film festival. It’s just been great to receive the attention we’ve had so far because with your first film you don’t expect to be exposed. Because it’s still an underdog little movie, it’s been really wonderful.

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