Bothell/Kenmore Reporter, September 18, 2015

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Kenmore cyclist dies after being struck by cement truck BY MATT PHELPS mphelps@bothell-reporter.com

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man who was hit while riding his bike in Kenmore on Sept. 9 died from his injuries at Harborview Medical Center, accord-

ing to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Kenmore resident Gordon Gray, 70, died from multiple rib fractures and various other injuries sustained in the collision. “He was traveling

westbound on the BurkeGilman Trail and went to cross the street,” said Kenmore Police Chief Cliff Sether. Gray was riding his bike southbound on 65th Avenue 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 shut down during the morning commute 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.

Guilty plea in car accident that claimed Kenmore man’s life The accident occurred late in the evening on Sept. 19 after Bird had A Woodinville man has been drinking at a local pled guilty to leaving the Kirkland casino with scene of a single-vehicle several friends, including accident last September Kenmore resident and on the Kirkland and Redmond High School Kenmore boundary that graduate Kyle J. Reel and left one of the passengers Dave “Beaver” Zielinski, dead. one of the fisherman on Thomas Cushthe boat “Time man Bird, II of Bandit,” featured Woodinville, 48, on Discovery pled guilty to first Channel’s Deadlidegree vehicular est Catch. Then homicide, secondthey left in a degree vehicular Porsche Bird assault and thirdborrowed from a Kyle Reel degree hit-andfriend. run attended, and At around faces a potential 10:45 p.m., police sentence of 42 months believe Cushman was in prison. Sentencing is going around 80 mph in scheduled for Sept. 25. a 35 mph zone when he Although he has no lost control, crossed into prior felony convictions, the oncoming lane, left prosecutors stated he has the roadway and crashed an extensive history of vi- into a fence and up an olating traffic laws going embankment at Simonds back to 1989, including Road Northeast and 92nd negligent driving, reckAvenue Northeast. The less driving, hit-and-run impact threw Reel, who attended and unattended had been sitting behind and no valid operator’s the driver’s seat, into the license with valid identifi- front of the car, causing cation (NVOL). [ more REEL page 3 ] BY TJ MARTINELL

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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

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 ]

Now Enrolling for ½ Day Kindergarten Preparatory Program!

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A look inside the new McMenamin’s

Above, Mike 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


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