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Looking at region’s future Redmond, local district officials attend Leadership Eastside luncheon
Metalwala reportedly offers new information in missing son’s case ALLISON DEANGELIS Reporter Newspapers
SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
Leadership Eastside CEO James Whitfield addresses the crowd at the organization’s luncheon on Monday at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. The theme of the event was Knights of the Round Table, hence Whitfield’s attire, meaning that everyone has a place at the table to plan for the Eastside’s future. MEGAN CAMPBELL, Reporter Newspapers levue and was the final event for host organization Leadership Eastside’s (LE) 10th anniversary celebration. Throughout the working lunch — as moderator and
King County Elections releases latest results
The most recent King County Elections results — before the Reporter’s deadline — were released for this month’s general election at 3:52 p.m. Tuesday and Redmond incumbent John Marchione continues to hold the lead in the city’s mayoral race. Marchione holds 54.13 percent (5,145) of the votes and challenger Steve Fields holds 45.67 percent (4,341) of the votes. So far, 10,250 ballots have been counted. There are 28,164 registered voters in Redmond, putting current voter turnout at 36.39 percent. On the Redmond City Council ballot, four candidates are running unopposed: Hank Myers (Position 1) — 98.70 percent (6,284 votes); Hank Margeson (Position 3) — 98.63 percent (6,200 votes); Angela Birney (Position 5) — 99.02 percent (6,272 votes); and David Carson (Position 7) — 98.75 percent (6,147 votes).
LE CEO James Whitfield dubbed it — attendees were asked to discuss and voice the issues they feel are most pressing for the Eastside and need to be addressed.
Whitfield — along with LE board chair Jeff Borgida — stressed to the audience how important their thoughts and opinions are about the [ more LEADERSHIP page 6]
Four years after his disappearance, the Bellevue Police Department is continuing the search for Sky Metalwala, and may have new information to work with. Sky’s father, Solomon Metalwala, has reportedly given Bellevue Police new information on his son’s disappearance, police said. “I wouldn’t call it ‘leads’ so much as it is new information that he feels is relevant to the investigation,” said Bellevue Police Department spokesperson Seth Tyler. He would not elaborate on what the information entailed due to the ongoing investigation. On Nov. 6, 2011, 2-yearold Sky was reported missing in Bellevue by his
mother, Julia Biryukova of Redmond. She initially told police her car ran out of gas that morning, as she was attempting to take the boy to the hospital. She left the car at the 2400 block of 112th Avenue Northeast with Sky still in the car. When she returned to the car approximately an hour later, he was gone. To date, investigators with the FBI, Redmond Police Department and Bellevue Police Department have pursued more than 2,500 tips, spent more than 14,000 hours and more than $2 million during the investigation. However, Sky remains missing. The department previously said in 2013 that they had exhausted all leads, but remained hopeful they would find Sky. But, on [ more SKY page 6]
Standing tall on Veterans Day Jane Davenport was part of a group of veterans recognized during a Veterans Day celebration on Wednesday at Fairwinds-Redmond retirement community. Davenport, 90, served with the United States Women’s Army Corps during World War II. She is a Fairwinds resident. See page 4 for a veterans column. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter
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On Monday, more than 600 elected officials, business owners, nonprofit agency representatives and others from the greater Eastside gathered to discuss the future of the region. Elected officials representing the Redmond area included Mayor John Marchione, incoming City Council member Angela Birney, incoming King County Council member Claudia Balducci and Reps. Joan McBride and Larry Springer of the 48th and 45th legislative districts, respectively. The event was held at the Meydenbauer Center in Bel-
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