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High speed crash sends teen to Harborview

BY ALLISON DEANGELIS BELLEVUE REPORTER

A Bellevue teenager has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a high speed crash, possibly involving alcohol, in the Enetai neighborhood on Dec. 5, police report.

At approximately 12:06 a.m. on Dec. 5, three

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Bellevue Police Officers were on an unrelated call at the Enatai Beach Park in Bellevue when they observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound in the 10700 block of 106th Avenue Southeast. The Officers observed the vehicle, a 2008 Chrysler Sebring, leave the roadway and crash into a retaining wall at the intersection with 108th Avenue Southeast.

Officers immediately attempted to assist the occupants of the vehicle. The front passenger of the vehicle — a male 16-year-old Bellevue resident identified as Aidan Duncan— was found unconscious in the vehicle and was transported by paramedics to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with life-threatening injuries.

Duncan was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt at the time.

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the work [done] earlier this year,” said Ric Ilgenfritz, Sound Transit’s executive director for planning, environment and project development.

The agency based their ridership projections on population and employment information from the Puget Sound Regional Council, planning and project development

The City of Bellevue announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8 that it was selected to participate in the new “What Works Cities” initiative, taking a huge step toward making its data easy to access and open to the public.

The initiative is a national drive sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which wants to connect mid-sized cities to enhance the use of data and evidence to look for solutions to problems which may arise.

Mayor Claudia Balducci said Bellevue has made increasing use of data in the last 15 years, and the What Works Cities initiative would help hone those skills.

“We’re very excited and proud to announce that Bellevue has been selected for What Works Cities,” she said. “The data used could be almost anything, cities generate a tremendous amount of data. By unleashing the power of data, we will build capacity in our operations, increase transparency and improve the

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Marmaduke, left, poses with his human, Liala Cooney, and Santa Claus during a photo session at Crossroads Mall on Dec. 8. The Seattle Humane Society sponsored special photos with Santa for local canines.

Local light rail line estimated at $3.3B

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Cost estimates are in on a potential light rail route connecting Issaquah and Totem Lake via Bellevue. The price tag? Up to $3.379 billion.

The Sound Transit board held its first workshop Friday for ST3, the agency’s planned next step in

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Congress passes Sen. Bellevue High School teacher Murray’s ‘Every Student’ Act sparks controversy with tweets

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The old rallying cry of “no child left behind” has become “every student succeeds” and supporters are saying the turn of phrase translates into a more positive direction for American education.

The United States Congress completed passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act earlier this week. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the act — set to replace the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 — 85-12 Tuesday, following its 359-64 passage in the House Dec. 2.

The White House had planned a ceremony for President Barack Obama to sign the bill into law Thursday morning, after the Reporter’s press deadline.

The bill was co-authored by Washington’s Democratic Sen. Patty Murray alongside Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, as well as Rep. John Kline in the House. Separate House and Senate bills passed their chambers in July before the singular compromised bill — which did away with a House provision for student portability but reaffirmed some federal oversight — passed this month.

“I am thrilled that Congress came together to finally fix No Child Left Behind in a way that works for students, parents, teachers and communities in Issaquah, across Washington state, and the country,” said Sen. Patty Murray,

who co-authored the bill. I fought hard to break through the gridlock and dysfunction in Congress to get this done, because I heard from too many families that the old law simply wasn’t working for them.”

The end of No Child Left Behind by itself could spell good news for Washington state schools, 90 percent of which had been categorized as failing under federal standards. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan revoked the state’s education waiver in early 2014, a step he made after deciding the state legislature had failed to fulfill a promise to tie teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

Without a waiver in place, failing schools that received Title I funding to serve low income students were obligated to set aside a fifth of their federal dollars for student transfers to nonfailing schools or academic interventions like tutoring.

In August, three Issaquah elementary schools receiving Title I funding — Briarwood, Clark and Issaquah Valley — sent out letters to parents notifying them of the failure and their options for transfer.

Every Student Succeeds doesn’t entirely do away with interventions for low-performing schools, but it redefines the criteria determining which schools require intervention while shifting the lion’s share of oversight to SEE STUDENT, 7

BY ALLISON DEANGELIS BELLEVUE REPORTER

A Bellevue High School physical education teacher is in hot water after sending a stream of tweets commenting on the worthiness of the Bellevue High School football program and one of its players.

In a string of tweets sent from his personal Twitter account on Dec. 6, Desmond wrote several disparaging comments about the Bellevue High School football team and allegedly football player Tyson Penn.

In one series of tweets, Desmond wrote of a 6’5” Bellevue football player who will be attending Oregon State University and alleged that the student “dogs it” every day in his class.

It was announced last month that Penn will play for OSU next year.

Marisa Spooner-LeDuff, Penn’s legal guardian, said that Penn was confused and hurt by the tweets, which she called

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One of several tweets Bellevue P.E. teacher Dan Desmond sent out following Bellevue’s overtime loss to Eastside Catholic. a defamation of Penn’s Eastside Catholic and character. said “Yeah… Bellevue is “His assassination of worse.” He also alleged Tyson’s character is just that the Bellevue football unacceptable,” she said. It players would be receivis also concerning given ing bonuses for coming that Penn is still in Desin second place to the mond’s class, despite a let- Eastside Catholic Crusadter she wrote to Bellevue ers in the Class 3A state High School Principal championship.

Scott Powers on Dec. 7.

His Twitter account was In another tweet, reportedly deleted later Desmond responded that day. Desmond has not to another Twitter user responded to requests for who had wrote there is really nothing worse than SEE TWEETS, 7

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Residents at Pacific Regent, a Bellevue retirement home, laugh at the commercial filmed there in October for the 2016 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest. Doug Stapleton is at back left.

Elderly actresses go wild for Super Bowl commercial contest

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Local retirement home was the scene of commercial filmed by Kirkland resident

which was mostly full of men in those days, they always commented on how I had never had the opportunity to play team sports. And I know I really understand it, being part of a team like this is so much fun,” she said.

BY ALLISON DEANGELIS Mills was joined by playwright and BELLEVUE REPORTER actor Josephine DeLellis and actor Carmen Parisi. While DeLillis works Local senior thespains went wild and auditions regularly for film projwith a male stripper in an Eastside ects in Portland, Ore., this was Parisi’s submission for Doritos’ 2016 Super first film project.

Bowl commercial contest.

“I mostly do theater, so this was reKirkland filmmaker ally different. There wasn’t Doug Stapleton came up really any memorization, “We had a lot of with the idea for the comthis was just a small snipmercial’s plot after his par- fun with ‘Stripper pet that we did over and Boy’, he was very over again.” ent’s retired and he started hearing more of their and cute.“ With the long periods their friends’ crazy stories. Josephine DeLillis, of cheering and shouting, Stapleton said his wife actress and playwright some of the ladies had encouraged him to “go for started to lose their voices it” after batting around the by the end of the first day concept for a few years. of filming.

While he originally envisioned it While the cast and crew were filmwith women in their mid-30s and 40s, ing in a separated room, Pacific Rehe said he realized it would be fungent residents were spotted filing past nier if it involved a young man and and peeking into the room to watch older women. After searching for the the male stripper, played by a Eastside perfect location, Stapleton and his real estate attorney. producer Lois Greenberg decided to “We had a lot of fun with ‘Stripper film the commercial at Pacific Regent Boy’, he was very cute”, said DeLilin Bellevue over a weekend in Octolis. “At first, Doug told us to stare at ber. his belly button, and then he told us The scene takes place inside a to look at his belt buckle, but then he retirement community and shatters told us to look a little lower. So, we all stereotypes by revealing seniors’ wild just start staring at his package!” and crazy side – while eating DoriIn its tenth and final year, Doritos tos, of course. The ladies are shown Crash the Super Bowl Contest incenwhooping and cheering on a muscular tivizes independent filmmakers like male dancer, throwing Doritos at him Stapleton to compete for the chance in appreciation before being caught by for their commercial to air to millions a nurse. of Super Bowl viewers. The winner The lively ladies in Stapleton’s also receives one million dollars as a 30-second commercial are all local prize. actors.

Although it was among the highest After working for more than 35 rated videos on the Doritos website, years as a marine biologist, Mary Lou Stapleton said, the commercial did not Mills started performing — first in a advance to the semifinal round from barbershop quartet and then entering the close to 4,000 entries. theater.

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A map showing the lane closures on Interstate 90 and State Route 520 this weekend. The lanes that will be closed are shown in orange. Lanes between Montlake Boulevard and 92nd Avenue Northeast on SR-520 will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 13. Traffic will be impacted on I-90 between 11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, to 5 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14.

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Two City of Bellevue departments earned awards from a national group which cited their “above and beyond” work in management practices.

Bellevue’s Transportation and Utilities departments were awarded by the American Public Works Association. The Kansas City, Missouri-based group gives accreditations and re-accreditations to exceptional city departments.

Bellevue’s Transportation Department was first accredited in November 2007 and has been re-accredited in 2011 and 2015. The Utilities Department first earned the honor in 2004 and this was its third re-accreditation after earning them in 2007 and 2011.

The Transportation Department plans, designs and constructs transportation projects, maintains streets and other infrastructure, monitors and manages traffic and works with other agencies on highway, bridge and transit projects among other duties.

The Utilities Department provides safe drinking water, prevents wastewater backups, maintains utilities up to code, provides billing services, protects waterways from stormwater pollution and provides garbage, recycling and yard waste services.

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All lanes and ramps of westbound SR 520 between Montlake Boulevard and 92nd Avenue Northeast will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., on Dec. 13. Construction schedules are subject to change and closure hours may be adjusted depending on work completed on Sunday, Dec. 6.

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Bowlers in downtown Bellevue can now experience some untraditional fare at Lucky Strike’s new A2 Kitchen.

The restaurant, a gastropub chain opening at all national Lucky Strike locations, will provide some higher end food than most bowling alleys can boast at 700 Bellevue Way, suite 250.

The gastropub concept is the work of Rodelia Agliobot, a nationally-renowned chef who once hosted “The Food Buddha” on TLC. The A2 Kitchen is currently serving up its new menu, which includes items such as crispy Wisconsin cheese curds, ahi tuna flatbread, poutines, street tacos, sliders, short rib and ice cream sandwiches.

A seasonal cocktail list is available as well.

Aglibot has a track record of concept restaurants in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and in Hong Kong and Italy.

According to the restaurant’s website, the menu “integrates complex flavors, textures, and spices into an elevated cuisine that turns traditional gastropub fare on its head.”

Aglibot said he is an avid bowler and actually attended the first Lucky Strike opening in Los Angeles.

The company hopes to make the bowling alley a destination for more than just bowling, and Aglibot’s restaurant is the first step in that move.

Lucky Strike operates 20 alleys around the country, from Orange County, California to Detroit.

Veterans to place wreaths In the largest such ceremony in Washington state, “Wreaths Across America Day” will be celebrated at Bellevue’s Sunset Hills Memorial Park Cemetery at 10 a.m.

Dec. 12. The ceremony is open to the public.

More than 2,600 wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves in the cemetery, honoring their long and faithful service, and lives sacrificed for our freedom. By placing wreaths on veterans’ graves, we honor the memory of all veterans.

Senior officers of each branch of military service will place service wreaths, along with special wreaths honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action.

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Congresswomen take T-Mobile to task

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After protesters on November 18 at T-Mobile’s Bellevue campus submitted a petition with 15,000 signatures “urging the company to stop silencing women who speak out against sexual harassment,” a group of influential women took a stand.

Led by Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, 25 Democrat Congresswomen signed a letter intended for German Chancellor Angela Merkel asking the German government to protect American workers at T-Mobile.

T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom, a communications company based in Germany and 30 percent owned by the German government.

The problem the Congresswomen are taking issue with goes back to 2014, when T-Mobile worker Angela Agganis complained to human resources that her manager at a T-Mobile call center in Maine was sexually harassing her. She was asked to sign a confidentiality agreement and told if she spoke about the details of the investigation, she could lose her job.

Agganis signed the agreement, then resigned. She has since sued the company after meeting with her union, TMobile Workers United. She had worked at T-Mobile for eight years before the incident.

T-Mobile’s North American headquarters are in Bellevue.

The company alleges policies have been changed despite the protests to the contrary, but could not comment on pending litigation.

McCollum’s letter asks for the government to take workers rights into consideration.

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“We write to respectfully request that you call on Deutsche Telekom and its US subsidiary T-Mobile to immediately rescind policies that restrict its US employees’ ability to take steps to address sexual harassment and to notify the employees of the recession,” the letter reads.

“The Federal Republic of Germany is a major shareholder in Deutsche Telekom, therefore your government has the ability to work to reform policies that are harming employees of T-Mobile.”

Two court results have changed the policy in just Maine and South Carolina, the congresswomen said. They want to expand that to every state in which T-Mobile does business.

The Communication Workers of America, which represents more than 700,000 public and private sector employees, supported the letter. McCollum spoke of protecting Americans.

“We are twenty-five congresswomen who do not tolerate sexual harassment in the workplace and we believe Chancellor Merkel won’t tolerate it either. American workers deserve to be protected in the workplace and we urge Deutsche Telekom in ensure the highest standards, not the lowest,” said Congresswoman McCollum.

“Chancellor Merkel must ensure that her government is not profiting from this unacceptable treatment of working American women or undermining their rights as workers.”

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Virtual Reality (VR) is technology that gives you a 3-D view of whatever you’re looking at. But unlike 3-D movies, VR puts you into the center of things. You can look up, down, side to side and turn around. You’re actually inside the story in a way that no other technology allows.

Good for gamers? Sure. But it’s more than that when the New York Times announces that they’ve adopted VR as its next major step in journalism. It plans to produce several films in VR; its first, “The Displaced,” about children uprooted by today’s war zones, is already available.

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about a French migrant camp. And CNN simulcast the first Democratic Presidential debate on video and VR. VR technology is looked at by some as the most important tech development since the introduction of the Internet, but like any new tech, it may be messy for a while. As with smartphone tech, there are already competing VR formats. Aside from Google Cardboard, the other mainstream format is Oculus Rift. Be sure and check if the VR video you want to watch is compatible with whatever VR goggles you have.

At some point you may ask if this is yet another tech debacle: for example, the 3-D TV set explosion that

never happened. No one knows yet. But Facebook paid $2 billion for the VR company Oculus, anticipating that it had bought the next tech beyond video. Microsoft is developing HoloLens technology that lets you see the real world and 3-D computer-generated objects simultaneously. Of course there’s Google Cardboard and its free/nearly free VR goggles. Then there’s the NBA, NASA, Volvo and others who are using VR to demonstrate its products.

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To the editor Attacks not based in Islam The Islamic Center of Eastside and the Islamic Center of Redmond condemn the San Bernardino, CA, shooting and extend our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of all those killed or injured in this unfortunate incident. There are no words that can help them overcome their pain and loss.

The two individuals, who committed this heinous crime, professed Islam but their motivation does not and cannot find its basis in Islam. The action they committed is a crime against faith and all civilized norms of life. These are misguided and misled individuals, much like those in every group and community, as witnessed in other mass shootings across America. The Muslim community rejects such individuals or groups and their actions, regardless of their motivations.

Our sincere hope is that the families and friends of the victims find solace and patience as they persevere through this tragic incident, even though this incident will endure in the hearts and minds of people of the Centers and San Bernardino residents for years to come. As part of the American fabric, we feel and share the pain of victims of mass shootings across America, regardless of the cause or motivation.

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Help refugees “in place”?

A letter to the editor in last week’s Reporter suggested that, in lieu of allowing refugees from countries such as

Syria into the U.S., we should instead establish “safe areas” in their home countries where food, shelter, etc. could be provided. This suggestion is hopelessly naïve. Syria is in the midst of what is essentially a civil war and their government cannot provide any measure of security; large parts of the country are under the control of ISIS (or ISIL), which has committed heinous acts of atrocity against Syrians. People are leaving in droves, on foot, with only the possessions they can carry with them.

Parallels with Nazi Germany are evident; some Jews and other oppressed minorities were able to flee Germany and resettle safely in other countries. Would the letter writer have suggested then that instead “safe areas” should have been established for the Jews within Germany? We all know how that would have turned out. All western democracies must figure out a way to open our doors to these refugees. Recent events have demonstrated that we have just as much to fear from terrorists coming from countries other than the Middle East or even from within our own.

L McCrone, Bellevue

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Desmond reportedly has a history of contentious behavior with Bellevue football players, including Spooner-LeDuff ’s son, who was a football player for Bellevue High School two years ago.

“They have all of these anti-bully campaigns, (Tyson) is always hearing from teachers and coaches not to put things on social media, but here’s a grown adult doing it and attacking him personally,” she said.

The comments were Photo courtesy of Chris Samson reportedly seen by several Desmond allegedly sent out these two tweets in reference to players and members of Bellevue High School senior receiver Tyson Penn. the community.

“To have a person of leadership make these academic credentials for on personnel issues, but statements relative to a group of students he we do know it is bea program many of his clearly disdains,” parent ing addressed,” district students are involved in Don Jones wrote in an spokesperson Elizabeth shows, at a minimum email to Powers.

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November 30

Homeland (lack of ) Security: An undercover Homeland Security vehicle was prowled and tactical body armor was stolen. There were miscellaneous equipment attached to the vest, including a loaded pistol and rifle magazines. The prowl was discovered on Nov. 30, but the theft was not discovered and reported until the next day. No firearms were reportedly taken.

Felon with firearms: A police corporal pulled over a suspect on Coal Creek Parkway Southeast. Upon contact, the corporal observed boxes of rifle ammunition at the suspect’s feet. The suspect was arrested after it was determined the suspect is a convicted felon and prohibited from owning firearms. The suspect’s vehicle was seized for a search warrant and the suspect was booked into King County Jail.

December 2 All tied up: A Medina Police officer requested Bellevue Police assist with an in-progress burglary as he was tied up on another possible burglary investigation. A Bellevue officer located a broken entry door window that had been broken with a baseball. The victim claimed the suspect had broken the window and taunted her from the driveway before walking

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away. While a K-9 was attempting to track the suspect, he walked back up to the patrol car in front of the residence and was detained without incident.

December 4 No good deed goes unpunished: The victim, a good samaritan, came to the aid of another male who was being harassed by the suspect. The suspect and two other unidentified males then turned on the victim, and struck him in the face several times before running off. The victim was taken to Overlake Hospital with two orbital fractures to his face and blurry vision. An officer investigated and attempted to locate the suspect, but he could not be found.

December 6 Totaled vehicle, nearly-toppled pole: Subject struck her vehicle into a utility pole going westbound on Coal Creek Parkway, totaling her vehicle.

The vehicle struck with enough force to shear the utility pole at its base. The driver was transported to Overlake with minor injuries. The roadway was shut down completely between Forest Drive and Factoria Boulevard due to concerns that the pole would topple. PSE responded and determined that the vehicle and wires would hold it in place until a repairs could be completed.

Livestream situation: Bellevue Police were contacted by a California Police Department regarding a subject using the video app Periscope to stream suicidal statements and ramblings over the internet.

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A Bellevue police cruiser struck and injured a pedestrian on 124th Avenue Southeast early in the morning on Dec. 6, police reported.

An officer traveling southbound in the 4000 block of 124th Avenue Southeast saw a person sitting or lying in the roadway. He reportedly attempted to avoid the person, but did hit him.

“Basically, he was lying in the street in the fetal position, passed out, wearing all black. And it was raining, so the officer unfortunately didn’t see him until the last minute,” Police spokesperson Seth Tyler told the Reporter.

The officer immediately stopped, rendered aid, and requested a medic unit.

The pedestrian, a 21-year-old Bellevue man, complained of some hand pain was transported to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries to his arm and leg.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor with the pedestrian.

Collision investigators with the Bellevue Police Department were called to the scene to investigate.

Investigators will attempt to interview the pedestrian and determine why he was in the roadway, as well as take measurements of the scene and look at the police vehicle’s data.

Although the subject’s injuries were minor, the department is investigating the incident thoroughly because it involved an officer.

“They’re treating it like it was any other serious accident,” Tyler said.

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The body found in Bridle Trails State Park on Dec. 4 was that of a 45-year-old Bellevue man who committed suicide with a shotgun, according to the King County Medical Examiner.

According to Bellevue Police records, the department had sent out officers to serve papers to him at his residence that same day. Court records also show that the man had a temporary protection order issued out against him as well as being recently charged by the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

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Annie, get your gun: The victim was home with her son when she heard loud noises coming from her front door. She realized that someone was trying to kick in her door, so she screamed “Go away, I have a gun”. The suspect fled and the victim never got a look at him, but her sister who arrived moments later saw a white male running from the apartment.

Police did not locate the suspect.

Urine trouble: A police corporal observed the subject walk into oncoming traffic on 148th Avenue Northeast. He had urine-soaked clothing, no shoes and was wearing a T-shirt. He was extremely warm to the touch and could not answer basic questions.

Once contacted by the officer, the subject’s condition deteriorated and began to show signs of extreme paranoia. He was taken into protective custody and transported to the hospital via ambulance.

Booked after a bike crash: The victim called to report she crashed her bike on the Lake Hills Connector. An officer arrived and learned that the victim had an ankle injury, and a warrant out of Bothell for theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. After a short stay at Overlake Medical Center, the subject was arrested and transported to Bothell.

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Local eye doctor volunteers in El Salvador

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Mary Baker stands with the many supplies she and other optometrists brought on their trip to El Salvador earlier this year.

Members of the public can donate used eyeglasses off for reuse at Baker’s office in the Overlake neighborhood.

Standing in a makeshift vision clinic in the town of Tamanique, El Salvador, Bellevue optometrist Mary Baker is surrounded by thousands of used eyeglasses, each carefully packaged and marked. Within the next three and a half days, some 1,000 pairs will be distributed to villagers who waited to see her and the other eyecare professionals who have traveled from the United States as part of Peace Health’s vision mission.

The locals surrounding this agricultural hill town, home to about 5,000 people, traveled long distances to visit the makeshift vision clinic Baker and the others set up in late September. While there, they saw 471 patients to treat eye disease and dispense the recycled reading, distance and sunglasses that had been donated in the United States.

Baker, who owns Overlake Family Vision, joined members of the Bellingham Central Lions Club, Lacey Sunrise Lions Club, Northwest Lions Eyeglasses Recycling Center, two other optometrists and some pre-optometry students. They set up their diagnostic equipment at the temporary community center clinic and got to work giving the gift of sight to many who otherwise couldn’t fully see. This town has no permanent eye clinic

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A Century of Partnership Boeing supporting 14,000 technical scholarships for Washington state students

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oeing’s investment of $25 million – combined with an equal amount contributed by Microsoft and matched by the state of Washington – is enabling nearly 14,000 students to earn technology degrees within the decade.

So far, scholarships have been awarded to 5,500 low- and middle-income students in Washington state, with nearly 60 percent being the first members of their families to attend college, according to Stan Deal, Boeing senior vice president - Commercial Aviation Services and a member of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship board of directors speaking at an event to raise funds for additional scholarships.

Addressing more than 300 community and political leaders in Seattle, Deal noted Boeing has “a vision of a future in which all students have access to educational opportunities so they can develop their skills, pursue their dreams and build a better world.

“We are investing billions of dollars to design and produce the next generation of airplanes right here in Washington,” Deal added. “Through the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, we are also investing in the next generation of employees in our community so that they can learn the skills they need to capture opportunities that Boeing and other leading companies

$25 million investment helps provide science, technology, engineering and math scholarships are creating.”

Established five years ago, the scholarship provides financial assistance, creates research opportunities and matches recipients with mentors in business and technology. That includes Boeing Engineering leaders who mentor the students pursuing both undergraduate and advance degrees through the Opportunity Scholarship program.

The public-private scholarship “ensures that our kids, who grew up here, have the opportunity to get a

high-tech degree,” said former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, adding that the program will enable the state’s leading companies to remain “among the best in the world.”

Mahdi Ramadan, who is using his scholarship to research applying computer technology to assist individuals with neurological disorders, told the crowd, “My dreams are scary big, but so are the dreams of thousands of individuals like me.”

Ramadan recounted how his family immigrated to the United States, when he was 11 years old, after being evacuated by U.S. Marines on a humanitarian mission during civil strife in Lebanon. The scholarship gives individuals “an opportunity to follow their dreams despite the financial limitations of their families,” the University of Washington student said.

Microsoft president Brad Smith noted Washington currently has more than 20,000 unfilled jobs in science, technology, engineering and health care.

“This program is all about empowering the next generation so they can achieve more,” Smith said. By training the next generation of researchers, engineers and technical employees, the scholarship also “solves problems for all of our companies and for the economy as a whole.”

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In 1916, Wong Tsu was hired as Boeing’s first aeronautical engineer.

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What was Boeing’s first jetliner?

The 707, first known as the Dash 80, was Boeing’s first jetliner and profoundly altered the future of passenger air travel even though Time magazine called it the “gamble in the sky.”

Have Boeing planes always been used for Air Force One? In 1962, two 707-320B jets were adapted for use by President John F. Kennedy, earning designation Air Force One” when the president is on board. Since then, Boeing 7-7 series airplanes have continued to be the official aircraft of the U.S. president.

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The delivery center’s newest addition is partially due to the increasing volume of 737s being built, delivered and yet to be delivered.

Over the next decade Boeing will be delivering an average of two airplanes every weekday, month-after-

month, for the foreseeable future.

“This facility is a sign of our continued commitment to the community and the Puget Sound region,” said Pat Shanahan, senior vice president of Airplane Programs.

Boeing teams with Northwest Harvest to nourish children over holiday break No child should go hungry, especially during the holidays. This is why more than 30 Boeing volunteers formed an efficient assembly line, packing nearly 1,000 backpacks full of food for low-income children to bring home to help feed their families over the holidays. Northwest Harvest fills this gap in services for low-income students who rely on school and summer meal programs and often have a tough time during these longer school breaks.

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USO & Boeing Lifting the spirits of our military and their families.

Left to right: Robert Malone and Pam Valdez, Boeing, were joined by Terry Oxley, Chairman, USONW Board of Directors; Thomas F. Cole, Major General (Ret), US Army, USO Northwest Board of Director; and former Washington state Congressman Norm Dicks for presentation of the Order of Distinguished Service.

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USO recognizes Boeing support for military and their families in Northwest

ach year thousands of military members and their families transit our region, often tired and in need of support. To help make their journeys easier, the USO Northwest recently opened a new welcome center at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that was made possible in part by a $335,000 grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound.

In special recognition of this and past efforts, the USO Northwest recently honored Boeing and its employees with its Order of Distinguished Service at its annual Gala and Auction in Seattle.

This award is the highest level of recognition by USO Northwest and is reserved for individuals and organizations having demonstrated exceptional service to military members and their families through sustained support of the USO Northwest.

“Military service puts a tremendous burden on our military and their families,” said Robert Malone, president of

“Military service puts a tremendous burden on our military and their families. Boeing is committed to supporting our military and honored that the company and efforts of thousands of Puget Sound employees is being recognized.”

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the ECF Board of Trustees. “Boeing is committed to supporting our military and honored that the company and efforts of thousands of Puget Sound employees is being recognized.”

The United Services Organization is a nonprofit organization that lifts the spirits of America’s troops and their families millions of times each year at hundreds of places worldwide.

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boards, and many employees are volunteers. Since 1996, Boeing and its employees have given more than $1.3 million to the USO through charitable grants as well as contributions through the Employees Community Fund of Boeing.

“The mission of the USO is to lift the spirits of our military and their families,” said Tami Michaels, gala chair 2015, USO board member and U.S.

Army Mom. “At the USO, what we do isn’t fancy. Whether it’s a safe place to sleep, something to eat, a telephone call home, or something as simple as a shower, USO Northwest continues to deliver on our promise to always be by their side.”

The ECF is a unique, employeeowned charitable giving program. Because Boeing pays all overhead costs, 100 percent of every dollar contributed to ECF is granted to nonprofit agencies providing health and human services. ECF grants enable agencies to purchase equipment, renovate their facilities and create new programs that directly help their clients and strengthen their communities.

USO Northwest serves more than 500,000 active-duty military members and their families annually throughout Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

In a unique contribution, Boeing donated teakwood decking from the historic battleship USS Colorado to serve as flooring of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s new welcome center.

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Giving Back...

Boeing employees are making a significant difference in communities where they live and work. ECF grants enable local Health & Human Service agencies to purchase equipment, renovate their facilities and build new construction that directly benefit thousands of people in need. Last year, more than $9 million in grants were awarded to community nonprofits throughout the Puget Sound region. Here are some recent grant recipients:

$40,000 delivers new transit van SEATTLE — Immanuel Community Services (ICS), located in Seattle’s Cascade neighborhood was granted $40,000 for a new 2014 Ford Transit van for food collection and to transport clients. The agency, an independent offspring of Immanuel Lutheran Church, provides assistance to the homeless, the needy and those with drug addictions.

The new 44,000-square-foot facility will preserve care for the 7,000 patients currently provided at Neighborcare Health’s Greenwood Medical Clinic and Public Health’s North Public Health Center, and will double access to provide a health care home for at least 14,000 patients.

$259,100 grant for new Meridian Center for Health

SEATTLE — Neighborcare Health was granted $259,100 toward the purchase of dental chairs and furnishings for its low-income dental clinic located at the new Meridian Center for Health in north Seattle.

Neighborcare Health is Seattle’s largest provider of community-based primary medical and dental care, serving 52,000 individuals through 26 medical, dental and school-based clinics.

$25,000 grant allows for needed renovations

$32,000 for ARC KING COUNTY — A $32,000 grant was awarded to ARC of King County for two 2012 Honda Civics to support the 50+ clients in its Supported Living Program. These two additional vehicles, — one focused for needs in the Eastside and the other for South King County — will solve scheduling problems for clients and open up opportunities for timely and safe transportation. Since 1936, the ARC of King County has provided services and advocacy for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

WHITE CENTER — Westside Baby, located in Seattle’s White Center neighborhood, was funded $25,000 for renovations to its bathrooms and staircase to meet ADA codes and make the distribution center more accessible to clients and volunteers.

More than 120 local social service agencies, including shelters and food banks, rely upon Westside Baby to provide critical necessities for low-income families. In 2014, they distributed more than 1 million free diapers along with 826 car seats, 267 cribs and clothing for infants and children up to size 12.

$40,000 grant for campus improvements REDMOND — Together Center was granted $40,000 for exterior renovations and paint for four buildings at its direct service campus located in Redmond. More than 37,000 residents and their families use the services at the campus each year. Twenty independent health and human service agencies offer medical and dental care, overnight shelter for youth, low-income housing and homelessness assistance, mental health counseling, therapeutic programs for disabilities, child care support and much more.

THANK YOU VIETNAM WAR VETERANS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICES YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE MADE. Many of the troops who returned home from Vietnam at the end of the war were met with disdain rather than with the thanks that veterans of other conflicts had received. Now is the time for the citizens of Washington state to undo that disservice done to our Vietnam veterans many years ago.

Join us in taking part in the Vietnam Veterans 50th Anniversary Commemoration, a national initiative to thank and honor Vietnam veterans a half century after the Gulf of Tonkin incident. The commemoration is aimed at spurring events and activities in cities and towns around the country to recognize Vietnam veterans and their families.

March 30, 2016 is Washington state ‘Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day’. Make sure to thank a Vietnam veteran that day and every day.

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Crusaders defeat Wolverines in overtime thriller

BY SHAUN SCOTT

BELLEVUE REPORTER

With a little more than six minutes left in the third quarter, it appeared the Bellevue Wolverines would reclaim the Class 3A state championship after a one-year hiatus in a matchup against the Eastside Catholic Crusaders.

Bellevue running back Christoph Hirota scored on a 12-yard touchdown run, giving the Wolverines a commanding 42-14 lead against Eastside Catholic with 6:10 left in the third quarter of play. Eastside Catholic outscored Bellevue 34-0 down the stretch, earning an improbable 48-42 overtime victory on Dec. 4 . Bellevue head coach Butch Goncharoff told his team at halftime they would have to deliver the knockout punch.

“They were the champs and you have to knock them out.

At 42-14 (lead), you feel pretty good about your chances. They really hadn’t stopped us all night. They started making some plays and we started cramping up. You could just feel them get the momentum and we couldn’t finish it,” Goncharoff said. “It snowballed.”

The Wolverines dominated every facet of the game for the first 30 minutes of action. Bellevue running back Ercle Terrell finished the game with 33 carries for 227 yards and four rushing touchdowns. Wolverines’ quarterback Justus Rogers connected with Tyson Penn on a 4-yard touchdown pass on a fade route just before halftime, giving Bellevue a commanding 35-14 lead against the Crusaders. Hirota appeared to ice the game with his 12-yard touchdown scamper, giving the Wolverines a 28-point lead with 18 minutes left in regulation. Crusaders’ quarterback Harley Kirsch hit Hunter Bryant on a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 5-yard touchdown strike on their next

two offensive possessions, cutting Bellevue’s lead to 42-28 at the end of three quarters of play. Kirsch hit Matt Laris on a 4-yard touchdown pass, slicing Bellevue’s lead to 42-35 with 5:49 left.

Bellevue appeared to stop the bleeding with 2:09 remaining in regulation. With Bellevue clinging to a 42-35 lead, Eastside Catholic faced a third down with 15 yards to go at the Bellevue 32-yard line. Crusaders’ quarterback Harley Kirsch’s pass was intercepted by Bellevue’s Michael Medzegian. Bellevue’s sideline experienced jubilation until the yellow flag was discovered on the field. The Wolverines were called for a face-mask penalty and Eastside Catholic’s drive remained alive. Brandon Wellington scored on a 11-yard touchdown run tying the game at 42-42 with 1:24 left in the game to force overtime.

“That play at the end where we picked the ball we felt like we won it then,” Goncharoff said. “That is a hell of a call to make at the end of the game.”

In overtime, Bellevue gained possession of the ball first. On third down, Rogers lofted a pass to the left corner of the endzone intended for Penn, but the pass was broken up by Eastside Catholic’s Victor Guevara. Bellevue attempted a 39-yard field goal but the kick was wide left. It took the Crusaders just three plays to find the endzone. Wellington scored the game-winning touchdown on a 1-yard run up the middle to clinch the victory.

“Give credit to Eastside Catholic. They played really well,” Goncharoff said.

Bellevue stalwart defensive back Isaiah Gilchrist, who will play football at the University of Washington in the fall of 2016, Photo courtesy of Rick Edelman/Rick Edelman photography was stunned following the loss against Eastside Catholic for the second year in a row.

Bellevue running back Ercle Terrell had 33 carries for 227 “They finished, we didn’t. That is all,” he said. yards and four rushing touchdowns in the title game.

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Holiday Worship Hands-on History: HERITAGE CRAFTS Celebrate the season with traditional family crafts. Create holiday ornaments from paper, pipe cleaners, beads, and more. Take a turn at kneading, rolling and pressing out play-dough cookies with holiday shaped cookie cutters.

Join us Thursday December 17, 2015 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at KidsQuest Children’s Museum in Factoria Mall. Admission $1

Discover CHRISTMAS APPS What do we Christmas enthusiasts have in common? We love to put up the decorations and listen to songs about reindeer bells and Christmas trees as soon as Halloween is over. Does that sound like you? If you’re ready for the Christmas festivities to begin, you’ll have fun exploring all the apps with Christmas themes available for your smartphone or tablet.

Presented by Eastside Heritage Center, in partnership with KidsQuest Children’s Museum

Christmas Eve

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A Service of Lessons and Carols

December 24 | 8:00 pm A candle-lighting service featuring our Chancel and Bell Choirs!

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A wide choice of virtual Advent calendars is available in the vast world of mobile apps. Much healthier than the cardboard ones filled with chocolates, these calendars give you a little digital surprise every day up to Christmas. It’s a fun way to bide your time until the holidays.

MUSIC Apps abound for fans of Christmas carols and songs. Whether you want to listen to some seasonal tunes while doing your laundry or play karaoke with your friends, Christmas music apps make it all possible.

POPULAR GAMES Some frequently downloaded game apps undergo a Christmas-themed metamorphosis in December. Seeing your favorite game characters wearing Santa Claus hats in a snow-covered world will certainly put you in the Christmas spirit.

READING For a quiet evening at home, you can choose a Christmas story app.

Curled up on the sofa or in bed, alone or with a child, you can enjoy some fun adventures featuring elves, reindeer and brightly wrapped gifts. And then you can drift off into a dreamland that sparkles with the magic of the season.

There are hundreds of apps for fans of the Christmas season.

“...to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.”

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Handbell Choir

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4:00 pm Candlelight Family Worship

December 20 4:00 pm Free This concert will have you ringing with the spirit of Christmas!

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Heart Catholic Christmas: Church invites Sacred you to celebrate

6:30 pm and 9:00 pm Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion

2650 148th Avenue SE, Bellevue across from Bellevue College

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Carol Sing-Along Service @ 2 pm Candlight Service @ 7 pm

invites you to celebrate Christmas: December 24th at 5:00pm: This Mass will be held at the Meydenbauer Center.(11100 NE 6th St.).

Doors open at 4:00pm; Carols begin at 4:30pm.

December 24th at 10:00pm at Sacred Heart Church. Carols begin at 9:15pm.

December 25th at 9:00am at Sacred Heart Church. Carols begin at 8:45am.

December 25th at 11:00am at Sacred Heart Church. Carols begin at10:30am.

values as faithful followers of Jesus Christ.

Sacred Heart Parish is located at 9460 NE 14th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004 • 425-454-9536 Sacred Heart Parish is located at 9460 NE 14th Street, www.sacredheart.org Bellevue, WA 98004 (425)454-9536 www.sacredheart.org

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Holiday Worship SNOWFLAKE LANE FESTIVITIES

Come join us for a rare

opportunity to see Bellevue Youth Theatre Director James McClain acting as Herr Drosselmeyer and former Bellevue Mayor, Don Davidson as the Scottish Grandfather in Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Musical.

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Produced by Global Organization for Arts and Leadership (GOAL) in partnership with the Bellevue Youth Theatre (BYT), this original script is based on E. T. A. Hoffman’s classic tale with lyrics and choreography by leadership educator and former Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer, Stanko Milov. This is the perfect way to

celebrate the holidays with family and friends.

Tickets are $20 each and are sold weekdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Crossroads Mall in front of Bellevue Mini City Hall and Crossroads Toys;and in the lobby of BYT- Crossroads during the performances of An Elf’s Tale.

Please note that payment is accepted in the form of cash or check only. The performances will be in BYT-Crossroads on December 17-20 at 7 p.m. and December 19-20 at 2 p.m.

Please note: You will not be able to purchase tickets through the BYT Box Office.

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Three of the ‘Jingle Belles’ perform in the nightly Snowflake Lane show, which is performed every evening at 7 p.m. on Bellevue Way. The show involves roughly 250 performers and an additional 50 assistants and technicians who help with the music, lights and other aspects of the show.

December 4–7 & December 11–13 from 12:00pm – 9:00 pm

ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE PARISH & SCHOOL MASS TIMES Christmas Eve: 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 10:00 pm

Christmas Day: 10:00 am

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EATS & BEATS FAMILY CONCERT: NANCY STEWART’S SEASON FOR SINGING : 5:45

p.m., KidsQuest Children’s Museum, 4091 Factoria Mall S.E. Join Nancy Stewart for a musical celebration of the winter holidays! Learn why we decorate with holly and where children start the Christmas season with a “good scrubbing from head to toe.” Explore the origins of children’s holiday traditions around the world through music!

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TYEE MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA GOODWILL FUNDRAISING EVENT: Noon, Tyee Middle

School, 13630 S.E. Allen Rd. Help the Tyee PTSA raise money by clean-

ing out your closets and garages. Goodwill is bringing a truck to Tyee MS on December 13 from noon to 4 p.m. to accept donations of used goods. Seattle Goodwill normally does not pay for donations, but they offer a fundraising program designed to assist schools and their activities. The more trucks we can fill, the more money for valuable programs and events (and you’ll get a donation tax receipt).

FAROLITOS DE COLORES ART WORKSHOP: 2 p.m., Lake

Hills Library. A Farolito is a lantern used during the winter time to adorn a house in many Latin American countries. Learn to create your own multicolored, tri-dimensional lantern. Space is limited.

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In postings on the popular healthrelated site for journaling, Caring Bridge, Duncan’s parents detail their son’s recovery thus far and a potential move out of the Intensive Care Unit.

“We have been told is that this journey will be a marathon and not a sprint,” Matthew Duncan wrote on the website.

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BRASS BAND NORTHWEST: UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN :

7:30 p.m., Bellevue Presbyterian Church, 1717 Bellevue Way N.E. Brass Band Northwest presents our annual holiday concert of traditional favorites with a few pop surprises! This is always a fun concert for the entire family! David Hall, Eb soprano cornet player with the Seattle Temple Salvation Army band, will be our featured soloist.

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HAPPY HULADAYS CONCERT:

2:30 p.m., Bellevue Library.

Celebrate the season with hula hoops, ukuleles, a suitcase of props and a concert featuring songs

year-old Bellevue resident, was not injured, and was arrested by Bellevue Police for investigation of felony vehicular assault. The driver was transported to Overlake Hospital by Bellevue Police after a search warrant for a sample of the driver’s blood was obtained.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in this crash.

A rear seat passenger — also a 16-yearold male and a Bellevue resident — ran away from the scene. He was located at a residence nearly two hours after the crash, and was interviewed and released.

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WORSHIP DIRECTORY ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE CHURCH

4400 130th Place SE, Bellevue,WA 98006 425-747-6770 ext. 100 St. Madeleine Sophie School ext. 201

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Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 pm Sunday Masses: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Sunday Mass in Korean: 5:00 pm

ST. LOUISE CHURCH 141 - 156th SE, Bellevue, WA 98007 425-747-4450 • www.stlouise.org

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to have a pair of glasses that was very close to his prescription. When I put the glasses on his face, he beamed from ear to ear and said, `I can see!’ in Spanish,” said Baker. “His reaction caused my eyes to well up with tears.” Since the boy’s prescription is extremely high, the glasses need to be made precisely to fit his face, so he will receive a new pair of glasses made in the United States and sent to him.

“This type of work is my passion. I speak Spanish and being with a Spanish speaking community allowed me to better serve them,” said Baker, who added that

many of her patients simply wanted to be able to see well enough to read the Bible or to thread a needle.

“They were so appreciative when they received their glasses. Giving people a pair of glasses they would not otherwise have, changes lives. People can make a living and put food on the table. If you can’t see, you can’t do a lot.”

Baker, who donates her personal time to helping others receive the gift of sight, collects used glasses in her office at 1951 152nd PL NE, #100, and donates them to the Lions Club, where they are cleaned and packaged to send on vision missions.

The public is invited to drop off used glasses at her office. For more information call 425-638-0700 or go online to http:// bellevue-optometrist.com.

CREMATION PRE-PLANNING Join us for a complimentary meal and short seminar—have all your questions answered without any pressure.

Sunday Worship traditional: 9 & 11AM modern: 9:45AM, 11AM & 6 PM

Sundays 8:30 am Communion Service 10:30 am Worship Service 11:40 am Fellowship & Coffee Saturdays 5:00 pm Powerful Praise Contemporary Worship (2nd & 4th Saturday of each month)

Sunday Service & Sunday School...10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Meeting.............7:30 p.m.

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p.m., KidsQuest Children’s Museum, 4091 Factoria Mall S.E. It’s that time of the year: time for hot coco, winter weather, and animated holiday movies!

In this workshop you and your family will learn how to use stop motion animation to create holiday stories about Frosty, the Gingerbread Man, and your own custom characters. Bring a flash drive to take your video home afterwards.

10, Bellevue Downtown Park. Seasonal food and through Dec. 24. Starting at 7 p.m., Bellevue Way N.E. beverage concessions, $12 between N.E. 8th Street and admission (includes skate rental), 8-year-olds and N.E. 4th Street. Experience under $9 (includes skate this magical evening performance of live Toy Soldier rental) and special events Drummers, costumed char- including free lessons, acters, Jingle Belle Dancers, stroller skating, family skate Snow Princesses and lively days and themed skate music all beneath falling nights. snow and glittering lights.

GARDEN D’LIGHTS: Nov. 28It’s a festive extravaganza Jan. 2, Bellevue Botanical sure to be a memorable Garden. Garden d’Lights experience for all! Plus, features half a million don’t miss the Bellevue Place Wintergarden, where lights which transform the Garden into a blossoming you can take your picture winter wonderland. Tickets with Snowflake Lane characters, enjoy holiday music are $5 each, children 10 and under are free. Please visit and more. Snowflake Lane is free and happens nightly www.gardendlights.org to at 7 p.m. For more informa- purchase your tickets or tion, please visit snowflake- learn how to visit the show lane.com. for free.

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manager Karen Kitsis said.

Ilgenfritz noted that the proposals and their projections were strictly conceptual, but would help establish the scope of the transit plan as the board hashes out the specifics of ST3 in order to craft a package for voters.

The board must complete work on its system plan by June in order for a package to make it in front of voters in November 2016.

The hypothetical projects would total approximately $30 billion in capital costs if they were approved in full, board member and Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler noted after looking over a tally handwritten by Redmond Mayor John Marchione.

The proposed Eastside projects would themselves cost nearly $7.6 billion.

The Issaquah/Totem Lake light rail corridor is the most expensive of the Eastside projects — and the most desired, according to the results of a survey Sound Transit conducted over the summer.

The line — which would be split into two segments connected at Wilburton

Station in Bellevue — would have eight stops and serve between 12,000 and 15,000 riders per day by 2040.

“This would extend from Totem Lake to Bellevue via the Eastside rail corridor and then continue east along [Interstate 90] to Issaquah,” Kitsis said. “A connection to East Link would be provided … at Wilburton Station.”

Obstacles facing the proposed line included abutments against residential and historical properties, as well as construction interrupting East Link operations.

Another light rail project would see the East Link line extended to downtown Redmond. The project was estimated to cost more than $1.1 billion with up to 5,000 riders a day in 2040.

Bellevue Mayor and King County Councilmember-elect Claudia Balducci said she doubted Sound Transit’s projections for the I-405 bus corridor that showed identical ridership for each option, remarking that the models were “not intuitive.”

Additionally proposed but little discussed was a proposed park-and-ride in north Sammamish. The facility would provide 200 commuter parking stalls

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Executive Director of Finance Brian McCartan is crafting the financial plan for ST3, which he said would rely on a combination of sales tax, property tax, car tab tax and a bond issuance. He added that he expected the project to be a “very attractive” investment to the federal government.

The amount of a bond issuance would come down to the board’s decisions regarding which projects would make it into the final system plan, the length of time the program would cover, the level of tax imposed on residents and the equity of investment and revenues by county.

Requirements in state law for explaining revenue gains and benefits by county could be particularly challenging for a project that traverses King, Pierce and Snohomish. When the board crafted the 1996 Sound Move and 2008 ST2 packages for voters, it approached the requirement by dividing the territories into five subareas. That approach may not work for the latest transit package, McCartan said.

“You’re looking at connecting, for the first time, all of the region,” McCartan said. “So a rider from one subarea could take a light rail trip to any other subarea. That’s

a very different proposition from an equity point of view and I know the board has already started to think about how to define equity within that context … There’s some hard calls there but what I can tell you is that you have the flexibility to make that determination and to a structure a plan you think best builds out the regional system for the benefit of the whole region.”

The briefing kicked off what Ilgenfritz said he expected to be an “aggressive” seven-month process to develop a concrete proposal in time for the November 2016 ballot.

The schedule will see the board accept responses to the proposed scope of ST3

by Jan. 21, draft a system plan by March, kick that plan out to the public in April and adopt a final plan in June.

Some board members questioned how the short time table would affect the public information process.

Mayor Balducci said she wanted to ensure Sound Transit was in communication with other transit agencies in order to determine how King County Metro, Pierce Transit and Community Transit might mesh with the new Sound Transit network.

“It would be nice to really show the public how they’ll get from Point A to Point B,” she said.

...obituaries Le My Nguyen

Le My Nguyen, 68, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 29, 2015. She was born on October 27, 1947 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and raised in Sai Gon,Viet Nam. Le was a kind, energetic and compassionate woman. She was passionate about music, theater, and her Buddhist faith.

Le came from a long line of entrepreneurs.

She ran various businesses including retail, printing, real estate and staffing. Le possessed exceptional business instincts and conducted her businesses with integrity, innovation, and excellence. She truly enjoyed mentoring up-and-coming business owners, empowering them to become successful ones.

Personally, Le was always ready to lend a helping hand to others who were in need. She was known for taking in friends and relatives into her home and helped them through the worst time of their lives.Those were fortunate enough to cross her path described Le as a beautiful woman inside and out.

Le is survived by her daughter Victoria Petra, beloved granddaughter Isabella and a loving extended family.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her memory to Viet Nam Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 16016, Seattle, Washington 98116. A private memorial was held on Sunday, December 6, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Her beautiful smile, outgoing personality and generous heart will be missed.

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way services are delivered to Bellevue residents.”

An open data portal on the City of Bellevue’s website is scheduled for early 2016. Residents will be able to access data easily and efficiently, said Sabra Schneider, chief operating officer of information technology.

“We are committed to building apps against data which can benefit our residents,” she said. “We can set a framework for open data and problem solving.”

Balducci said she expects a more open city budget will get an ample amount of attention in the open data portal.

Support from Bloomberg, the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University, the Government Performance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School, Sunlight Foundation and The Behavioral Insights Team will all work together to increase efficiency in analyzing data and share that with the public.

What Works Cities was started up in April of this year, and 21 cities with a population between 100,000 and 1 million were selected in the first two rounds. Some of these cities include Anchorage, Alaska, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Las Vegas, Nevada and Denver, Colorado. Seattle was selected in August and Tacoma joins Bellevue in the December group.

The 21 cities represent eight million Americans and budgets of more than $31 billion.

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The Bellevue Police Department can track trends and see where more of an officer presence might be needed. The planned open data portal will allow residents to see this data, and data points like traffic snarls, flood chokepoints and open city documents.

Sharman Stein, director of communications for What Works Cities, said the campaign was a $42 million initiative working to rapidly connect midsized cities.

“The goal is to work with 100 mid-sized cities to use data and evidence to improve all kinds of responses to problems,” she said. “We want to analyze what’s working and what’s not and use evidence to inform people.”

The current number of cities will connect and establish best practices to make sure resources are being used in the most efficient way they can identify.

Besides the data, city officials hope to use What Works Cities to keep a high level of performance among city employees.

Toni Rezab, assistant finance director for Bellevue, said the cost of implementing the program would be minimal.

“Bloomberg is coming to us as a technical assistant,” she said. “We already had most of these things and were dedicated to most of these projects already.”

The advisors will provide city government expertise and improve ways of accessing data through institutional experience. Johns Hopkins and Harvard in particular will provide knowledge to bolster city efforts in expanding data usage.

Balducci said that might be an easier path than they expect.

“We already do a pretty good job with that,” she said. “I think they might be surprised. We are a data hot zone with Microsoft next door. Now we just need to capture and use that data with some expert help.”

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