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Guilty plea in car accident that claimed Kenmore man’s life The accident occurred late in the evening on Sept. 19 after Bird had Woodinville man been drinking at a local has pled guilty Kirkland casino with to leaving the several friends, including scene of a single-vehicle Kenmore resident and accident last September Redmond High School on the Kirkland and graduate Kyle J. Reel and Kenmore boundary that Dave “Beaver” Zielinski, left one of the passengers one of the fisherman on dead. the boat “Time Thomas CushBandit,” featured man Bird, II of on Discovery Woodinville, 48, Channel’s Deadlipled guilty to first est Catch. Then degree vehicular they left in a homicide, secondPorsche Bird degree vehicular borrowed from a assault and thirdfriend. Kyle Reel degree hit-andAt around run attended, and10:45 p.m., police faces a potential sentence believe Cushman was of 42 months in prison. going around 80 mph in Sentencing is scheduled a 35 mph zone when he for Sept. 25. lost control, crossed into Although he has no the oncoming lane, left prior felony convictions, the roadway and crashed prosecutors stated he has into a fence and up an an extensive history of vi- embankment at Simonds olating traffic laws going Road Northeast and 92nd back to 1989, including Avenue Northeast. The negligent driving, reckimpact threw Reel, who less driving, hit-and-run had been sitting behind attended and unattended the driver’s seat, into the and no valid operator’s front of the car, causing license with valid identifi[ more REEL page 3 ] cation (NVOL). BY TJ MARTINELL
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A look inside the new McMenamin’s BY DEANNA ISAACS disaacs@bothell-reproter.com
Excitement is building for the opening of McMenamin’s Anderson School in Bothell. That excitement was etched into the faces of the McMenamin
Above, Brian McMenamin looks through individually painted headboards for his new business in downtown Bothell. Below is the refurbished pool that will be free for Bothell residents to use. ROBERT ISAACS, Special to the Reporter
brothers at the beginning of September. The building is the centerpiece of Bothell’s downtown redevelopment nearly 10 years in the making. “It’s getting close, you [ more TOUR page 5 ]
Kenmore man, bicyclist hit by cement truck dies from injuries BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@bothell-reporter.com
A man who was hit while riding his bike in Kenmore on Sept. 9 died from his injuries at Harborview
Medical Center, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Kenmore resident Gordon Gray, 70, died from multiple rib fractures and
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various other injuries sustained in the collision. “He was traveling westbound on the Burke-Gilman Trail and went to cross the street,” said Kenmore Police Chief Cliff Sether. Gray was riding his bike southbound on 65th Av-
enue Northeast after turning off of the Burke-Gilman Trail when he apparently failed to stop at the stop sign and was struck by a cement truck heading west on Northeast 175th Street, according to a King County Sheriff spokesperson.
The accident took place just yards from the CalPortland cement plant. Gray was transported to Harborview Medical Center where he later died from his injuries. The street was shutdown during the morning com-
mute as King County Sheriff ’s detectives investigated the accident. The collision is still under investigation according to Sether. “It will be a couple of months before we have the final report,” Sether said.
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Investigation into cause could take months