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Bothell City Council votes to drop Fitzgerald subarea appeal

BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com

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n appeal by the city of Bothell challenging a state agency’s ruling, which overturned an easing of environmental restrictions, has been shelved.

Some Bothell City Council members raised concerns

about the ability of the city to legislate in the embattled Fitzgerald subarea.

During the Jan. 19 meeting, the city council voted 4-3 to drop their challenge to a Growth Management Hearings Board decision reversing the city’s Ordinance 2163, which allowed for greater

development in around 220 acres of environmentally protected land in northeast Bothell.

In previous meetings, City Attorney Joe Beck and outside legal council urged the city council to continue with the appeal, arguing that dropping it would greatly

restrict the city’s ability to legislate in the Fitzgerald subarea, which is within a critical habitat protection area.

The city had also spent around $90,000 on the appeal, with only $10,000 needed to finish it, Beck said.

Councilmember Del

Spivey, who voted to continue the appeal, said these issues concerned him.

“I think that by not appealing it, that it will limit our ability to legislate in that area,” he said. “In where Mayor [Andy] Rheaume stated he wants to find a compromise, I think that by

not appealing, we will not be able to find a compromise.”

The city created Ordinance 19.88 in 2007, and revised it in 2008, implementing environmental regulations which Spivey said were stronger than what was required by state law. [ more APPEAL page 7 ]

Bus rapid transit for 522 could be included in ST3 Buses would provide access to light rail

and connect to the current rail which travels down to SeaTac airport, scheduled to If the bid of five area cities be completed in 2023. is approved, infrastructure Cities all across the area construction for a rapid bus have submitted plans to transit could begin along the company for expanded State Route 522, providing services to be included a speedy commute in ST3. along the congested Current proposNORTHSHORE als from the cities corridor and easy access to the of Kenmore, Bothplanned light rail ell, Lake Forest link in Shoreline.

Park, Shoreline and “Right now the Woodinville include focus is getting on the list, the creation of an SR 522 and staying on the list,” rapid bus transit, three Kenmore City Manager Rob parking garages and road Karlinsey said. improvements to facilitate Sound Transit is creating the buses. light rail in its Sound Transit During what was 3 (ST3) development which described as an ‘unprecwill run from Lynnwood [ more TRANSIT page 2 ]

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Guy Evans, 89, right, shows a patron how to enlarge text size at one of the Northshore Senior Center computer labs. For the full story on how the Northshore Senior Center is filling a need for local residents, see page 8. AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter

Computer class gives locals a place to learn tech skills

Battle over seminary building heating up, meeting in Kenmore planned Although no finalized proposals have been presented to the Washington State Parks Commission detailing possible development by Daniels Real Estate to restore a seminary at Saint Edward State Park,

battle lines are being drawn between those in favor of development and those opposing it.

Tensions ran high at a Parks and Recreation Commission meeting at Edmonds Community College Jan. 28, where dozens of people came to voice their opinions on the seminary

rehabilitation.

“Change. People don’t like it, it’s very uncomfortable,” said Kenmore business owner Carl Michelman, addressing the Commission. “We’re reactive, we’re never proactive.”

And so the dialogues went, as both sides made their cases to either

preserve or restore the seminary.

“I urge you to do this, this is the best opportunity we could have,” Michelman said.

The 85-year-old seminary was built to train priests, but was sold to the state in 1977 and turned into Saint Edward State Park.

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Since then, the building has continually deteriorated, with certain portions maintained to facilitate events, and for a time housed the park’s rangers.

Heating and lighting the building costs the state around $100,000, and as State Parks continues to feel a post-recession budget

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crunch, they began looking at new ways to generate revenue and preserve the seminary, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Repairs to bring the building up to code have been estimated to cost as much as $15 million. [ more SEMINARY page 8 ]

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edented’ meeting on Jan. 12, officials and councilmembers from these cities met with county and Sound Transit representatives to discuss proposals for the corridor. “(It’s the) first time I’ve seen that in my career, getting four full city councils in the same room together,” Karlinsey said.

The mayor of Woodinville was also present.

Members of the grassroots citizen group ‘522 Transit Now’ were also in attendance. The group was started last summer after preliminary ST3 plans, in 522 Transit Now Chair Janet Quinn’s eyes, did not include adequate public transit improvements along SR 522.

“The fact that we have 522 that intersects with Interstate 405, and is such a confluence of various transportation routes, is one of the reasons that we feel 522 can’t be neglected in a regional transit conversation,” she said.

These five cities must now sign a five-point letter to the Sound Transit Board of Directors acknowledging the plans, and affirming their commitment to bringing expanded transit to the area.

These include creating transit infrastructure before 2023, affirming that the rapid bus transit on 522 is essential to the transportation network, that the bus lines will connect to the light rail along I-5 as well as rapid buses on I-405, it will be inexpensive and yield high ridership and that all the cities are united behind these efforts.

Two plans are under review by Sound Transit’s Board of Directors. They include running rapid transit buses from either two or three stops along SR 522 from Woodinville to the light rail link in Shoreline. Rapid transit buses arrive every ten minutes, Karlinsey said, ensuring greater reliability.

“It approximates being on a train as much as possible,” he said. “A train has a dedicated rail, it doesn’t have to share its rail with cars. So a bus rapid transit has its own exclusive dedicated lane.”

The city of Kenmore has

already created these lanes, currently serving buses and right-turning drivers only.

Other cities along the route would have to do something similar.

Along with these bus stops, three parking garages would be constructed along SR 522 to house the anticipated transit riders’ vehicles, each one holding 300 cars.

According to a study by Sound Transit, SR 522 is becoming an increasingly important corridor for crossing Lake Washington. After tolls were implemented on the 520 bridge, traffic increased nine percent along SR 522.

By 2040, according to the study, 20 percent of all cross lake traffic will use the corridor. Population in the area will have increased by a quarter and traffic congestion would add 400,000 person hours of delay per year, the study said.

If approved, another study could be commissioned looking at the viability of bringing an actual light rail across the SR 522 corridor in ST4.

Sound Transit’s Board of Directors will be drafting a system plan, and deciding which project bids to cut from a long list of requests and asking for public input until a final plan is adopted in June.

Sound Transit 3 will be on the ballot next November, giving voters a chance to approve funding and approve the plans.

Sound Transit bases its decision of which projects to include based on multiple priorities, including ridership, completing the light rail, socio-economic equity and integration into other transit systems, according to their website.

“The reality is that even now with the narrowed list, there’s some prioritization the board has to do,” Sound Transit representative Geoff Patrick said.

The Board of Directors meets every fourth Thursday of a month, and will begin a public input phase in April.

“The key for us, and a huge lift for us, is to stay on that list and not get whittled off,” Karlinsey said.

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New Bothell chamber director learned from organization

BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com

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he Greater Bothell Chamber of Commerce has been connecting area businesses for more than a decade after it’s inception in 2004, and during that time it has been headed by Lori Cadwell. But in a few weeks, she will be stepping down as executive director, and passing the torch to Brittany Caldwell.

Caldwell is a 31-year-old graduate of the University of Washington Bothell’s business administration program who’s been working at the Chamber since before she graduated in 2007.

“I feel like I have a lot of history under my belt,” she said. “I have a lot of the relationships, so hopefully it’s an easy transition for all the members.”

Caldwell started working part time for both the Chamber and Country Village, but was quickly brought on as the marketing manager, eventually becoming the director of operations and ultimately began working even more closely with Cadwell.

“When Lori went part time, I started taking on some of the roles,” Caldwell said.

During her eight years

with the Chamber, Caldwell launched their social media sites and was heavily involved in community and business outreach, she said.

She said the Chamber has been working in the business community, particularly in Kenmore, to bring in new members, as well as increasing their base in Bothell.

“Both city managers are at our meetings giving updates,” she said.

On Jan. 13, the Chamber sponsored a Bothell ‘State of the City’ luncheon where city manager Bob Stowe addressed members. An equivalent Kenmore event is also scheduled later this spring.

Rapid area growth is key to Caldwell’s future plans.

“That’s the exciting piece, and also the challenging piece,” she said. “It’s going to be a goal of ours to keep up with growth.”

Two Chamber positions were recently filled, with Maurita Colburn beginning to handle member - community relations, and Elizabeth Tackett hired on as the office manager.

Caldwell hopes to continue sponsoring events like the Wine Walk, Bothell Beer Festival and hopes to work with UW Bothell on their upcoming spring Block

Party.

“I have such an allegiance and love for that university that it’s fun to continue to work with them,” she said.

She also holds a deep respect for Cadwell, whom she considers a friend and mentor.

“It’s been an incredible opportunity to work with her,” Caldwell said. “The passion is just incredible, she really cares about the businesses.”

Caldwell said she sees a welcoming business and social atmosphere in the Bothell area, and looks forward to stepping into her new role.

“This community is so friendly, welcoming and supportive,” she said.

The Chamber was formed from the Greater Bothell Association, a downtown merchant group. Today, it boasts nearly 300 members, and expects that number to keep climbing.

Membership provides businesses with access to the Chamber’s newsletter, events, networking and professional development sessions.

“The more connected all our businesses are in the community, the better off we are,” said Caldwell.

Lori Cadwell retired from the Chamber on Dec. 31.

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“Will you support ST3 if it includes bus rapid transit on SR 522?”

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Last issue’s poll results: “Would you pay higher taxes to save Saint Edward Seminary in Kenmore?”

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Spare some change After watching the “new council” bashing via insinuations of collusion and suggestions of recusal that took place on Jan. 11; a cloud of irony and hypocrisy hung heavy in the air like the smell of rancid fryer oil from a big box fast food restaurant.

I watched as among the residents of the Fitzgerald subarea pleaded with council to arrive at a decision regarding the lawsuit; a few good soldiers who so passionately protected the old mayor from the growing lynch mob that called for his impeachment; be the first in line with pitchforks and torches for the new council members. [Tap on shoulder] its still your council people... only two new seats were filled after the election; and to date the city staff who they hired to advise them are still employed.

But I get it. From a political standpoint this happens every time there are newly elected officials.

There seems to be this immediate sense of entitlement for a better way of life. The reality is it often can take months, if not years, to clean up the mess of the previous administration. I think we need to allow this “new council” the same courtesy. The newly elected members didn’t make this mess... so why would you make the job of fixing it any more difficult than need be?

Bothell finds itself with the daunting task of finding it’s identity. Do we continue to build towards a bustling metropolis by exceeding the expectations set by the GMA (Growth Management Act)? Do we become eco-warriors and do just enough while protecting the environment? Can we as a community have our cake and eat it too?

Not if all we can manage to do is act like a spoiled child. Perhaps we need a timeout. Perhaps, if we truly desire what’s best for us as a community; we can come together, like adults; and get it done.

Carl Frair, Bothell

Daniels proposal for seminary is last, best hope We wholeheartedly agree with Seattle Times reporter Lynn Thompson who, in her Aug. 23 article, stated, “The proposal from Kevin Daniels… may be the last, best hope to preserve the [Saint Edward Seminary].” Mike Siegel’s photos on the Times website show much of what any party is up against with this particular restoration project.

A brief history of how we got to this point can be found on the Daniels Development Company website: “Completed in 1931, the Saint Edward Seminary building is a significant historic and iconic structure that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Dedicated to Saint Edward the Confessor and located in the city of Kenmore, Saint Edward Seminary operated for 46-years before closing in 1976. Closed for 39-years (almost as long as open) the aging Seminary building has been in a state of disrepair with repairs estimated in the tens of millions. With an experienced team in historic restoration, Daniels Real Estate has proposed a plan to reuse the building as a ‘great lodge,’ allowing more public access than ever before while preserving the solitude of the 316 acre state park that surrounds it.”

In her article, Lynn Thompson continues, “Under the proposal by Daniels Real Estate, all but about eight acres of the grounds immediately surrounding the seminary building would remain a state park. In exchange for the building, Daniels would buy almost 10 acres of adjacent, undeveloped Lake Washington waterfront and deed it to the park.”

The Daniels firm is the one that beautifully restored Seattle’s King Street Station. As citizens of Kenmore and people who deeply care about Saint Edward Park, we have come to the same conclusion as the Seattle Times Editorial Board, “The seminary must not be allowed to end up like countless other historic treasures regrettably shuttered or torn down. Instead, it should be renovated into the vibrant, majestic structure it deserves to be.”

issue so complex, so much more difficult than the large and complex issues faced by all the other jurisdictions, including major counties like King County Rosie and Randy Schaffer, Kenmore and cities like Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue?

This legal challenge is unnecessary and is not driven by a genuine difficultly in complying with GMA requirements; rather, the legal challenge is the result of arrogance, stubbornness, and foolishMy, how the political pendulum swings. Forgive ness and will result in a waste of taxpayer money. me for being all doom and gloom but our newly Ironically, the GMA provides for local control, elected majority of “non-partisan” council memrather than state control of land use decisions. It bers are so far to the left, by the time the 18,000 or sets up rules, but offers incredible flexibility. The so Bothellites who didn’t vote figure it out, Bothell might reverse course so much, it could take years to rules are necessary because the GMA is attempting recover. Yes, that’s part of the mayor’s agenda: invest to constrain the spread of growth (prevent sprawl), but in doing so creates high density development in nothing, stay the same and keep all of Bothell and the resulting need to protect the remaining quaint with that “small town feel.” New developenvironmentally critical areas. The State legislament, whether it be commercial or residential, will ture was wise to require decisions based on actual essentially stop. science within critical areas, because the personal Our mayor, who is a card-carrying member opinions of lay Council Members, and their keen (if that’s a thing) of the Cascade Bicycle Club, has desire to please constituents, would enviably lead to stated that his agenda is to “raise taxes this year and unwitting destruction of the functions of wetlands every year,” build more bicycle trails (or desigand streams. The State legislature did, however, nate more roads as bicycle lanes), and have the provide broad discretion to municipalities, so the city purchase more green and open space. His Hearings Board can only overturn municipal majority, that sits next to him, is pretty much land use ordinances when they deem such in lock-step.

NORTHSHORE ordinances “clearly erroneous”; thus, very, Doom and gloom? For a major Eastside very few municipal land use ordinances are city competing with Kirkland, Woodinville ever overturned by the Hearings Board. The and Redmond - yes. To discourage develCi ty of Bothell now has the dubious honor opers and families who are thinking of movof being one of only a small number of such ing to and investing in Bothell by raising taxes rulings. The Hearings Board determined that the for green space and bicycle trails is a bad plan. If I Bothell City Council clearly applied the GMA rules were a developer, I wouldn’t touch Bothell with a incorrectly, meeting the “clearly erroneous” threshten-foot pole. At best, the smart money would wait old. It is highly doubtful that any neutral party that and see. Will the mayor’s council majority replace is truly knowledgeable of the GMA requirements the city manager? How much will taxes increase? could have come to any other conclusion about the How much open space will the city purchase? previous Council’s methodology, logic, and deciI’m not a fan of extremes, the far left nor the far sions. right. They don’t represent the majority. So for the In the unlikely event that the city of Bothell 18,000 non-votes who are not reading this, I can’t prevails, such a victory would ultimately be a wait for you to realize how much your non-vote hollow victory, because it will serve to undermine mattered. a key tenant of the GMA, that protection of the Adam Brauch, Bothell environment is paramount in critical areas. If I were a Council Member, I would forever sleep badly knowing that I played a role in a court case resulting in undermining highly necessary critical area The city [of Bothell’s] legal challenge is misguided protections in Western Washington.

Pursuing the legal appeal is a policy decision, in that the City is essentially asserting that it cannot not a legal decision. Neither the City Manager, City meet the intent of the GMA and must, therefore, Attorney, nor the City’s hired gun attorney (Eglick) have greater flexibility and the right to base its land can make that decision. All Eglick can do it tell use decisions on its own criteria. you his legal opinion about the City’s chance of Ask yourself why it is that for the past 25 years, all the cities and counties within the GMA umbrella prevailing, but keep this in mind. The City’s hired gun attorney gets paid (a lot) whether or not the have been able to work within the provisions of the GMA requirements, except now Bothell. Is Bothell’s City prevails in court [ more LETTERS page 5 ] We would be foolish to let this opportunity pass us by. There will be no other.

My, how the political pendulum swings in Bothell

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www.bothell-reporter.com • www.kenmore-reporter.com and any hired gun attorney would salivate at the chance to make a name for himself by winning a case against the Growth Management Hearings Board.

Lastly, any notion that Bothell citizens “want their day in court” is pure fantasy by a few council members.

I am absolutely convinced that if any of you walked door-to-door throughout this City and asked each resident whether or not they want the City to use its General Funds to pay for a court case that may ultimately benefit a few property owners, or whether the City Council should instead try to find a way to craft land use rules that comply with the intent of the GMA and protect North Creek fish runs, continuing pursuit of the legal appeal would lose by a large margin.

Make no mistake, in this last election the candidates that won (and won big) where the candidates that spoke of a change of course, of putting the broader communities’ interests above special interests. Pursuing the legal challenge is about supporting the narrow interests of a relatively few landowners against necessary protection of the environment, and it’s about trying to sal vage the pride of previous council members that voted to adopt “clearly erroneous” land use policies in contradiction of GMA principles. The election results prove that the public expects wiser leadership and decision making from its Council Members.

This lawsuit just makes Bothell look like the petulant child that refuses to play if it can’t get its way. Please end this unfortunate chapter now; save the misguided and wasteful spending on the lawsuit and notify the growth management hearings board that new City leadership will, like all the other GMA cities, cooperate with the growth management hearings board to develop land use regulations meeting the intent of the GMA. Ending the appeal is an easy call; the hard work lies ahead – good luck.

Tim Tobin, Bothell resident and former councilmember

Too many power outages in Kenmore It was with great interest that I read the letter from Karen Klees in the Jan. 15 edition of the Kenmore Reporter. It really resonated because I moved to Kenmore just a little over a year ago and in that short period of time, have experienced at least

three power outages, one of which lasted 19 hours and another of which lasted 29 hours.

During those two longer outages, I had to throw out food items from the refrigerator, including new jars of mayonnaise, fresh poultry, salad mixes and dairy products, and from the freezer, poultry, meat, vegetables, homemade soup, prepared meals and even my dog’s frozen bones. The wastage really bothered me, both from an economic standpoint and because of the waste. I thought about single parents with one or more children, and what those outages did to their food budgets. And in Kenmore, since we do not have compost, it all went into the garbage. I imagine hundreds of thousands of dollars of food was thrown out by residents affected by those outages. I was reluctant to even restock because during the 29 hour outage, I was throwing out some items that I had restocked after the 19 hour outage. So I have spent money on groceries after throwing out food on more than one occasion. I have spent money to buy a standalone battery charger so I can keep my cell phone charged up and of course I have on hand, food items that can be eaten without reheating, batteries, lanterns, flashlights, presto logs, etc. Each time I hear the weather forecasters mention “wind headed our way,” I shudder in fear because power outages are so frequent in Kenmore.

During those outages, there is no one to speak to at Puget Sound Energy, just a recording with a vague message about the outage. Yes, you can download “MyPSE” app, so you can look at their map to see where the outages are and occasionally some information on their best guess as to when power will be restored provided that you keep your cell phone charged.

During the longer outages, a friend drove around to see if she could spot any PSE trucks

working on anything - nope.

Since I rent in a condo complex, I have no control over “doing my part” to prevent an outage nor can I install a generator. Yes, there are forces of nature, but prior to moving to Kenmore, I was a Seattle resident for over 40 years, in several different neighborhoods from one end of the city limits to the other.

In all those years, I recall only a handful of power outages, maybe four or five, and never in all those years did I have to throw out food because the power was restored before that became a necessity.

Ms. Klees brought up the issue of reimbursing for all the minutes we are without power. PSE has some nonsensical message on their phones telling you that if you are without power for an unbelievably long period of time, you can receive a credit of (I think) $50. By the time one went without power for the amount of time that is quoted by PSE, you would have moved to another township where power might be more of a sure thing. I have not lived here long enough to know all the ins and outs of Puget Sound Energy, but Ms. Klees has, and I gather from her letter that PSE charges more and more and provides less and less. I know that even with watching my electric use, my bills this winter are higher than they were last winter. Down the road from where I live, there are a lot of trees growing on and over the power lines, but I have never seen a PSE truck out here.

Since I have not lived in Kenmore that long, I am not informed as to what “my part” is that I should be doing more of. But I thank Ms. Klees for speaking out and look forward to seeing what kind of response, if any, the city of Kenmore and PSE make.

housing next to single-family neighborhoods We are, on all the earth, at a veritable ‘tipping point’ where every tree counts and every person counts. For the first time in history, every choice we make about the environment needs to be about integrity and balance.

UW Bothell wants to build a football field size dorm, cutting down more than one hundred 200-foot trees, and build it within 60 feet of our established single family homes.

Nothing should be put in that tall treed area and two ponds area (Truly ‘Uplands just west of Cascadia/UW).

The architects and early planners promised that nothing would be built here.

Every tree counts and every person counts. These 100, 200-foot trees give beauty, sense of strength and hundreds of tons of fresh oxygen, tons of natural water retention, and homes to countless birds including an eagle nest (surreptitiously destroyed,) Great Horned Owls (also destroyed), Barn Owls, herons, hawks and wetland ponds (almost destroyed).

In our current world crisis,

which is getting worse day by day, we cannot continue to believe in needless growth, obtrusive buildings and more pavement. Our neighborhood, too, will not withstand a sudden influx of about a 1,000 transient individuals housed in a monolithic buildings on two sides, overpowering us in every way.

Like the owls and eagles, every sense of our living will be severely damaged or destroyed: sights, sounds, smells, home values, safety and security, privacy… our very livability. When the beauty is gone – it’s gone.

UW students too, are damaged. Not only will they have to fork up another huge percentage of tuition, but they will lose the pride of the small forest that now gives the campus its impressive ambiance.

The UW and Bothell has a choice – a very important one. No student housing by single family neighbors.

Enhance the forest, don’t destroy it. Give neighbors, Bothell and students what they deserve.

Jannelle Loewen, Bothell

Stop trying to develop in Saint Edward Park Please stop trying to

develop Saint Edward Park as a hotel space. We are sick and tired of trying to defend it as a space for people to enjoy nature as it grew. And it is for animals too. It needs to be dark at night.

Washington Park staff who think a hotel in Saint Edward Park is a good idea need to understand that in Kenmore, there are more and more houses built every day, that there are more and more cars driving through our streets because of the tolled bridge and I-405. We need this park, this unique park, for a bit of fresh air, to see the kingfishers, to hear the thrush calls, to walk among the trees, to walk down to the lake and hear the water lapping against the shore and watch the ducks and the clouds. One would think people who work for parks would understand this better than most.

I’m so sick at heart to see so many large single family lots here in Kenmore that held deer, Douglas squirrels and little Mountain Beavers razed flat, then several large houses built on them.

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On a recent sunny Saturday morning, dozens of students and volunteers were busy squishing through mud, shoveling mulch into buckets to carry down a flight of wooden stairs and then laying it on a footpath winding down towards the heart of Bothell’s North Creek Forest.

The group, composed of members of the organization Friends of North Creek Forest (FONCF) and students from the University of Washington Bothell’s Restoration Ecology Network (REN) are working to restore a quarter-acre patch of hillside. Restoration involves removing invasive species such as blackberry bushes and building up the hillside to prevent mudslides.

“It’s been pretty clean and healthy, and with all the restoration we’ve been doing, it’ll stay that way,” said FONCF Vice President David Bain.

FONCF was formed in 2011 as an environmental action group dedicated to preserving the North Creek Forest as a state park, protecting it from development.

At that time, FONCF Executive Director Emily Sprong said, the 64-acre forest was privately owned, but through working with the city of Bothell, state and private agencies, they

Nicholas Vradenburg, left, and Kai Farmer volunteer in the Northcreek Forest in Bothell. AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter were able to raise funds to purchase 42 acres as a park.

At the Bothell State of the City address on Jan. 13, city manager Bob Stowe said the city had secured $2.6 million to purchase the remaining parcels.

“Our ongoing role is to steward the forest,” Sprong said.

During the past five years, students from the University of Washington’s three campuses in Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma have been actively restoring portions of the forest, providing students real-world application to classwork.

Students from the REN program conduct an eight

month long capstone project where they restore pieces of the forest before turning it over to FONCF to preserve.

“I think we all have an interest in restoration,” said REN student Eric Carpenter.

The forest sits adjacent to restored wetland on the UW Bothell and Cascadia College’s campus, which has not escaped UW Bothell’s REN Director Warren Gold’s notice during the past half-decade.

“It’s an opportunity that I never got as a student, to take what you’re learning and apply it,” he said.

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Tributaries to the North Creek stream run through the forest, with the stream itself cutting through the UW Bothell campus and feeds into the Sammamish River.

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Salmon are also resident killer whale pods’ favorite food in Puget Sound. Their

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“The killer whales are dying a death of a thousand cuts, and so the solution to that is a thousand bandages,” Bain said, saying the North Creek Forest preservation as one of many small ‘bandages’ which could help strong salmon runs return.

Students in the REN program, Gold said, take these impacts into consideration during their projects.

“What they put in has to have a vision for what type of environment they want to provide,” he said. “(We’re) hoping that through time, this will develop into a selfsustaining ecosystem.”

FONCF has won a wide range of environmental grants, notably landing three Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants which Bain said are only awarded to around five percent of applicants.

The forest also provides a resource to students of all ages, with elementary students from as far away as Lynnwood and Marysville busing in to check out the park. All of the Northshore School District schools are within 12 miles of the forest too, Sprong said.

Many of FONCF’s volunteers are from the neighborhoods adjacent to the forest, Sprong said, and they understand the ecological impact of forest preservation.

Upcoming restoration events are open to anyone, Sprong said, happening on Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 starting at 10 a.m.

“The legacy of this forest is going to be awesome,” Bain said.

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Fishery which is the North Creek critical species habitat,” he said.

The city commissioned a new environmental study at the beginning of January, which Berry hopes will confirm Zone One should be removed from the critical habitat area.

Berry and his neighbors have been trying to get their property taken out of the critical habitat protection area for nearly two decades with no luck. He said neighborhood property values are around half of what they would be if not for strict building regulations.

He and his neighbors have also become the target of

character attacks on social media, Berry said.

“It’s mud slinging on the worst level,” he said. “ Deputy Mayor Duerr, who also voted to kill the appeal, said she talked with residents and SAVE, and shares Samberg’s views on finding a compromise based on the newly commissioned study.

But for homeowners, two decades of inaction and conflicting signals from the city is taking its toll.

“I don’t like politics, and I don’t want to be a politician, and in 1997 I just wanted to have a rezone hearing and just wanted to sell my property and to go away, and I’m still here,” he said.

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The McDonald 10 acres are already habitat. We will trade the center of our park for that ten acres then probably develop it in some way. That will be a loss of two more areas for animals.

No net gain for nature there!

People and nature don’t mix well. I vote for nature.

implemented around two decades ago to protect North Creek and its tributaries, which provides a salmon spawning habitat.

Berry’s neighborhood sits on a 40-acre section of the subarea known as Zone One, which he said is farthest away from the creek, and whose water drains south instead of into a tributary.

The Fitzgerald subarea has a low-impact design overlay, which limits development and has scared away many possible developers from Zone One properties, Berry said.

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and there are less birds, less squirrels. They really miss the mulberry, cherry and walnut trees that were next door until last summer. No more little flocks of quail running by, no more band tail pigeons flopping about in the tall trees, far fewer woodpeckers and ducks. There was even an osprey nest one street over.

Coyotes trotting in the dusk.

I used to see all of these animals passing through or near my yard, even three years ago because there were more large backyards surrounding it. And the stated purpose of increasing density - all this “in filling” was to slow development in surrounding areas. And it failed. Total fail.

It hasn’t slowed sprawl one little bit. What it has done is severed the connection we had with nature in our special location at the top of the lake.

Kenmore has a lakefront and the slough. And it has a very special park, a unique park, Saint Edward. A small oasis away from houses and traffic and stores. And you want to plunk a hotel into its center.

Stop guys, you are stabbing its heart.

When all the backyards are filled in with houses, the park will be our backyard.

We will need the park more than ever. We will need it without a hotel, and without parking spaces for more cars and preferably without lights

city can reach an agreement on an equitable update to Ordinance 19.88.

During a previous city council meeting discussing the area, councilmember Joshua Freed accused Samberg, Deputy Mayor Davina Duerr, Rheaume and councilmember James McNeal of a conflict of interest for receiving campaign money from members of SAVE. The Public Disclosure Commission confirmed all four members received at least $100 in their most recent campaigns. However councilmembers during the Jan. 19 council meeting said they were not influenced by outside pressures when voting to drop the appeal.

Tom Berry, who owns a property in the Fitzgerald subarea and has been fighting to have his five-acre property, along with 12 other neighbors properties, removed from the critical habitat protection area, said he’s unsure if SAVE will negotiate, though he said he’s open to compromise.

“That would be lovely,” he said. “I know that Ann Aagaard is pretty much strictly no growth, that’s pretty much her stance.”

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“We should always be able to go back to the base of the critical areas ordinance,” he said. “Essentially, what’s happened is our deference has been taken away, our ability to legislate.”

Councilmember Tris Samberg, who proposed the amendment to drop the appeal, said she thinks litigation was never the right course of action.

Instead, she said if the city had begun a dialogue between Fitzgerald subarea homeowners, the city and SAVE, an equitable compromise could have been reached by now, and that by dropping the appeal now, it allows for a quicker, more equitable resolution.

“Had we (begun negotiations) in July of last year, we wouldn’t be rehashing the same argument that we’ve had in the Fitzgerald subarea for years,” she said. “I don’t think every solution has to be a legal solution.”

With the motion to drop the appeal, council directed city staff to develop a mediation process to present on Feb. 9 in which homeowners in the area, who have seen their property value suffer from strict development regulations, SAVE and the

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It created restrictions on the how much vegetation and water impervious surfaces, like pavement and rooftops, were allowed in the subarea, among other regulations, which Ordinance 2163 loosened to levels Spivey said still met state environmental regulations.

A local environmental group called Save A Valuable Environment (SAVE), led by long-time activist Ann Aagaard, appealed Ordinance 2163 to the Hearings Board, claiming 2163 was not in line with the city’s comprehensive growth management plan, and commitments therein to protect the environment.

The Hearings Board agreed, and overturned Ordinance 2163 last July. In response, the city filed an appeal of the board’s decision, which was dropped in the Jan. 19 vote.

Spivey said not appealing the Growth Management Hearings Board decision sets a precedent where once environmental regulations are implemented, the city no longer has the ability to downgrade them to adjust for future growth, even if they still meet state guidelines.

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For a long time, computers were an enigma to Woodinville resident Deborah Barto.

Sitting in front of a large desktop screen with a “Windows 10” logo bouncing around behind her, the 67-year-old retired doctor said she used to ask her daughter for help figuring out her computer. A couple years ago she brought her personal computer to the Northshore Senior Center in Bothell for repairs and ended up taking some classes to “learn the vocabulary of computers.”

She became so fluent that staff asked her to join as a volunteer in one of the

center’s two computer labs, where she’s been spending five hours a week for the last year.

Since 1992 the Northshore Senior Center has provided a space for seniors and the community to gather, learn and volunteer.

Boasting around 2,400 current members, the center offers computer instruction classes, computer and internet access and affordable computer repairs.

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“Stabilizing that building is going to cost a lot of money we don’t have, tearing it down is going to cost even more,” Commissioner Rodger Schmidt said.

Kevin Daniels owns Daniels Real Estate, and stated his interest last year in restoring the building and turning it into a publicly accessible lodge, similar to those found at Yellowstone or Rainier National Parks.

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of this year, to allow Daniels to submit a fleshed-out proposal on what he would do with the building.

In doing so, a land swap was proposed, whereby the state would trade around five acres, which the seminary sits on, for nearly 10 acres of undeveloped land along the park’s northern boundary.

But this proposal has rubbed many people the wrong way, especially many neighbors of the park and

with its two rows of computers seated on connected desks facing a projection screen, Dave Gumm is trying to change that.

“It’s very common,” the recently retired Boeing employee said about scammers breaking seniors’ computer security.

Gumm put together a class about internet security and fraud, and fellow instructor, Ronald Love, sweeps lab computers for malware weekly.

The labs are also used for art appreciation and poetry classes headed by Terry Busch through the center’s Lifelong Learning programs.

“These people come in here with a desire to learn,” Gumm said. “ I see an excite-

environmental activists.

David Stokes, an ecologist at the University of Washington Bothell, said the park’s most valuable resource was the natural environment.

The high attendance rates, he said, showed people came not for the seminary, but for the well-preserved forestland and grounds.

In separate phone interviews, concerned citizens also voiced their concerns.

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Ed Donelson, a long-time resident of Bothell, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2016. He is now reunited in heaven with his beloved wife of 65 years, Glennis Beckstrom Donelson.

Born on the Nebraska plains on April 14, 1920, Ed brought a real joy in life to his experiences, from survival in the dust bowl years to serving on Alaska’s north coast during WWII. His marriage to Glennis was the centerpiece of his life, and an example of love for all who knew them.

Like others of his generation, Ed lived through a remarkable change in the world. From plowing behind a horse as a teen to living in the space and tech age, Ed took great pleasure in life.

While he experienced his share of hard times, he made it through all of them with a positive outlook and great storytelling charm.

We will never forget the quality of his character – his integrity, commitment, and love of family and friends.

Ed is survived by sons Norm (Laura) and Brian (Penny), grandchildren Erik, Bryce, Paul (Keri), Emma, and Sierra, sisterin-law Donna (Don), dear friend Edith Greimel, and a large and well-loved extended family.The family would like to extend special thanks to the staff of Sunrise Senior Living of Bothell for their loving care.

A service in Ed’s memory will be held at Bothell United Methodist Church on Saturday, February 13, at 1:00 p.m.

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medication, continuing education and keeping in touch with friends and relatives.

“You have to use the internet for many of the things seniors are interested in today,” Barto said. “They can still participate actively in life through their computer.”

Venturing onto the internet poses its own set of dangers.

A laptop sitting closed on Childs desk belongs to a man who gave scammers access to his computer, who began remotely controlling it. He ended up shutting his computer off, and bringing it to get repaired.

Scammers and con artists often target the elderly, viewing them as easy targets.

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ing to the outside area,” he said.

The center offers two computer labs with around 40 desktops spread throughout the buildings. One lab is for general access and the other for lessons, where everything from basic keyboarding to internet security is taught.

Computer repairs are also offered at a lower rate than computer stores in the area charge said Ken Childs, a retired doctor who decided to volunteer repairing computers.

“It’s been fun for me, it’s been challenging,” he said.

Seniors are increasingly being prodded onto the internet for essential day-today tasks like managing their Social Security, ordering

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ment, I see people [who] make me ashamed I don’t do more.”

The Northshore Senior Center has suffered from decreasing volunteers during the past few years. Ancelet attributes this largely to a recovering economy where many seniors are choosing to work longer, leaving them with less time to volunteer.

Economic cutbacks from the Department of Health and Human Services, and a recent split with another seniors organization in Bothell, have slashed funding too.

“In both rooms, nothing happens without volunteers,” Ancelet said.

For those interested in gaining a greater understanding of computers, Barto had some advice.

“I would say they should come and check it out, and talk to us,” she said.

don’t want to give away our public park and turn it into a private hotel just to enrich the privileged,” said Kenmore resident Joe Marshall. “The land’s gotta remain public, the buildings must remain dedicated to park use or nonprofit use.”

Either partially restoring the building for public use, he said, or letting the building continue to deteriorate and stand as an open air monument would be ideal.

This idea doesn’t sit well with Kenmore Mayor David Baker.

“I would hate to see that building fall down,” he said. “I think it’s an historic building, it is a national landmark, and I’d like to see it preserved.”

Though he said he would need to see the Daniels’ proposal before coming to a decision, a feeling Kenmore resident Anita Merrill shared at the meeting.

“I am concerned that we are talking about the property exchange issues like putting the cart before the horse,” she said.

Bastyr University, which is also located in Saint Edward State Park, supports the Daniels bid.

“We’ll all be better off to preserve this historic landmark than to demolish it, or wall it up behind a fence,” university Chief of Staff Coquina Deger said at the Jan. 28 meeting. “Every interaction we had with (Daniels) and his staff was of the utmost quality.”

A State Parks meeting will be held on Feb. 9 at Kenmore City Hall, where Daniels Real Estate will discuss the land exchange and design proposal, as well as provide an opportunity for a public hearing.

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The project began last year when Callaway sought the expertise of the world’s leading aerospace company.

“We’ve made a lot of strides over the years to improve aerodynamic efficiency in our products, but we decided it might be a good idea to call on the experts at Boeing and ask, ‘could your expertise help us design a faster club?’” said Alan Hocknell, senior vice president of research and development at Callaway.

That simple question led to a special assignment for a small team of engineers led by Wayne Tygert, chief project engineer of 787 Airplane Development, and Jeffrey Crouch, Boeing Senior Technical Fellow, Aero Flow Physics, who saw it as an opportunity to learn from experts in other industries.

“Reducing drag, controlling air flow and improving aerodynamic performance is a critical part of airplane de-

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sign and something we take a lot of pride in doing extremely well,” Crouch said.

“I was very curious to see how we could translate our experience to golf club design.”

Newer team members like Adam Clark, an aerodynamics engineer in Flight Sciences, and Harrison Chau, a configuration design engineer in Airplane Configuration and Integration, gained valuable experience on shortflow product development and innovation cycles.

Despite the collective knowledge of the Boeing and Callaway group, the project presented some unique challenges, the engineers said. For example, unlike airplanes, drivers move through space with rapid changes in orientation.

Crouch, with Clark and Chau, determined that the best method to increase the speed of the driver was to use a local air-flow modifier, called the Speed Step, on top of the club head. The Speed Step essentially alters the flow of air around the driver head enough to improve its speed from the top of the swing through impact with a golf ball.

The increased speed upon impact can lead to greater distance for the driven golf ball — something every golfer of any talent level seeks.

“I love my job as an aerodynamicist at Boeing, but it’s always great to learn from engineers in other industries,” Clark said. “This was a great opportunity to push myself and grow my skills and experience.”

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eattle Seahawks linebacker KJ Wright (#50) can be forgiven if years from now he doesn’t remember everything he saw during a tour in late December of Boeing’s facility in Everett, Wash. That’s because his VIP tour of the Everett Flightline and factory ended with him on bended knee before his longtime girlfriend, Nathalie.

As two Boeing employees, wearing bow ties with their coveralls, unfurled a banner saying, “Nathalie – will you marry me?” down the side of a 787, Wright popped the question before his shocked girlfriend and her family who were visiting for the holidays. Needless to say, the answer was yes!

Wright devised the unique proposal plan because his nowfiancee’s father is an aviation enthusiast who he knew would enjoy a tour of Boeing’s Everett site. Wright was joined on the tour by another notable guest – teammate Jimmy Graham – a registered pilot.

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A group of teachers from the Puget Sound area attended Airplane 101, hosted by Boeing as part of the company’s STEM outreach efforts.

As part of its STEM outreach efforts, Boeing gives teachers an interactive lesson about airplanes and aerodynamics they can take back to their classrooms ecoming students for the day, a group of Puget Sound area teachers participated in interactive exercises illustrating basic aerodynamic principles such as lift, thrust, drag and weight that they could take back to their classrooms during a recent day-long Airplane 101 class in Everett, Wash.

The program, hosted by Flight Services Marketing and the Museum of Flight, is one way Boeing aims to build students’ interest and skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). By bringing teachers in to experience airplanes up close and talk with experts, Boeing gives them a unique perspective on the principles of flight, which they can then share with their students.

Larry Seto, product marketing manager of flight training for Flight Services, led the teachers through the interactive exercises. Later, the lessons came to life when the group toured the Commercial Airplanes factory and the 787 Dreamliner static test bed, where they saw how Boeing simulates stresses on the airframe.

“I now can offer my students realworld examples of careers in aviation,” one teacher wrote in an anonymous evaluation of the class.

Another wrote, “I plan to use these teaching techniques and examples in my class.”

The teachers indicated that touring the production line — and taking aerospace knowledge beyond books — was particularly important to them. “I like having personal experience to refer to when teaching,” one teacher wrote.

As Boeing prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2016, preparing and inspiring future innovators is a key focus, and programs like this can help influence the education environment, according to Sherry Carbary, vice president of Boeing Flight Services.

“Teachers play an incredible role in shaping our future workforce,” Carbary said “This was a great opportunity to give teachers the tools they need to incorporate basic aviation principles into their curriculum.”

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Boeing employees get in the spirit of the holidays The results are in and Boeing employees’ tremendous generosity helped give joy, happiness and warmth to many people in need this holiday season.

■ $103,370 in donations were provided with $60,756 company match that purchased 3,000 gifts to 5,600 foster children through the Treehouse Holiday Magic program ■ 748 families made up of 1,272 adults and 1,902 children along with 1,047 seniors and 305 individuals with special needs were supported ■ 14,106 toys were collected for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program

Navos’ new Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children,Youth & Families expands services for vulnerable children, youth and their families by bringing together programs provided by Navos and our partners, Ruth Dykeman Children’s Center and Seattle Children’s Home, in a compelling natural setting on Lake Burien.

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SEATTLE — Navos was funded a significant grant of $250,000 toward the build-out, equipment and furnishings for the new pediatric primary care clinic located at their Behavioral Healthcare Center Campus in Burien. Each year, Navos helps more than 25,000 low-income children, youth and adults with serious emotional and mental health issues to recover their individual potential and improve their lives.

$37,000 grant for new van for mobility program SEATTLE — The Lighthouse for the Blind was funded $37,500 for a new Toyota Sienna van to support the Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Program. The new van will benefit the more than 175 blind and/or deaf individuals and replaces the failing 15-year old van that the agency currently uses.

$40,000 grant for IT support WESTERN WASHINGTON — $40,000 was funded to Compass Health for computers and equipment that will provide IT support to meet the significant demand for their mental healthcare services. Compass Health provides innovative mental health services to over 20,000 at-risk, high-need children and adults each year.

$22,200 for medical facility STANWOOD — $22,200 was funded to Safe Harbor Free Clinic for medical equipment at their facility located in Stanwood. Safe Harbor provides free quality medical care and referral services for residents in Snohomish, Island, and Skagit Counties. The equipment funded by ECF will help the clinic expand services and provide high quality, low cost healthcare to uninsured and underinsured families and individuals.

$18,960 for senior center ARLINGTON — Stillaguamish Senior Center was granted $18,960 for a communication system upgrade. Their current phone system was over 20 years old, and did not connect the senior center with their four low-income senior housing apartment buildings, or the community at large. Stillaguamish Senior Center offers a wide range of health, education, recreation, social services, housing and volunteer opportunities for their participants.

$40,000 to youth transportation SEATTLE — Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission was funded $40,000 for a new 10-passenger van to transport at-risk, lowincome students. The van will be used to transport youth from school to the After-School site and then home after programming, as well as field trips, camps, and community events.

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Fisher brothers to host 40th anniversary event of Heart album in Bothell

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t’s been nearly 40 years since the band Heart released their “Dreamboat Annie” album, and so to celebrate a merging of old and new, original guitarist Roger Fisher and his brother Michael are throwing a party at McMenamins on Valentines Day. “This is a celebration of Rog and I having complet-

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playing the classic Heart album “Dreamboat Annie” through a hand-built sound system, showcasing the multimedia aspects of “All Told” and possibly playing some strippeddown versions of their songs with friends.

“All Told,” Michael said, is trying to express the essence of a generation.

“It’s got the whole section of music that’s about exploring within, the

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NSD Wall of Honor 2016 Nominations Nominations for the seventh year of inductees for Northshore School District’s Wall of Honor opened Jan. 15. Since its inception in 2010, the Wall of Honor has recognized the outstanding achievements of over 70 Northshore alumni, retirees or volunteers who have made significant contributions to our community, state, nation or world.

Nomination forms should provide as much detail as possible regarding the nominee, including background information, special honors and notable achievements.

Incomplete submissions and those without sufficient information may not be considered. Nomination forms, guidelines and information about former inductees are available at www.nsd.org/ wallofhonor. Nominations must be received by March 31.

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The Northshore Senior Center in Bothell will present “Some Enchanted Evening” with music by the Northwest Jazz Big Band on Feb. 26.

A sample of their music can be found at www.northwestjazzbigband.com.

A prime rib dinner, dessert and dance package is $25 per person, with dinner being served at 5 p.m. Seating is limited.

Dance with dessert is only $10 per person, with wine for $3 per glass.

Doors open for the dance at 6:30 p.m. and the band will play from 7-9 p.m.

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The brothers also are a graduates of Inglemoor High School in Kenmore and Roger is a member of the Northshore School District’s Wall of Honor.

Since then, he has been involved in various projects. He’s currently working with a group of largely local musicians, and they’re planning a concert at McMenamins later this year.

“There’s a lot of home-

grown talent involved here,” Roger said.

Mingling with the fans, Michael said, is one of the things they’re most excited for on Valentine’s Day. “So often, when we perform, we never get to visit with anybody because we’re so busy,” he said. “So this is a chance, we hope to get to mingle more.”

“All Told” albums and merchandise will be available at the event.

Bothell Kindering brings legacy of service

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The Kindering Center, located in Bothell’s North Creek Business Park, is continuing the legacy of service that was started in Bellevue 54 years ago.

“We meet the families where they’re at in the home, or in the community,” said Bothell Programs Manager Kim Gerdes.

Founded in 1962 by five parents of children with special needs, the nonprofit organization has expanded to serving more than 4,000 families a year, and around 700 children a month who have special needs between their Bellevue and Bothell locations.

The Kindering Center focuses mainly on children from birth until

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whole kind of psychedelic, spiritual era that we went through, and there’s a section about the loss of people that you love,” he said, among other sections.

Roger Fisher was a founding member of Heart, but separated from the band in 1979. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 with the band and currently lives in Bothell.

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Woodinville Montessori High School (WMHS) in Bothell, the new secondary program of Woodinville Montessori School, has added a college counselor.

Jill O’Keefe is now guiding students through the college application process.

A certified college counselor through the University of California San Diego (UCSD) extension program, O’Keefe also operates College Bound Consulting Group.

She holds an MBA and a BA in psychology/sociology from the University of Alberta.

With the school’s first graduating class expected in June 2017, Head of School Mary Schneider stressed the importance of providing excellent college counseling for the students and families.

WMHS is unique in Washington—the state’s only Montessori high school that is accredited by the American Montessori Society. The high school came about when the long-established

ed the first leg of a really huge project we are working on,” Michael said.

The project he’s referring to is an expansive work of art, with it’s first installment called “All Told.”

It combines, Michael said, music, videos and writing, among other elements.

“We’re putting a lot of things together,” he said.

On Valentines Day, the duo is planning on

three years of age, but in some cases continues working with children up to 11-years-old. Focusing mainly on in-home therapy and personalized care, the center also offers classes on-site which helps young children learn critical skills like social interactions, gross and fine motor skills and even basic tasks like eating.

According to the center, when children leave their programs, around 75 percent of them have narrowed the developmental gap between special needs and typically developing children.

For three-year-old Noah Benoit, Kindering Center was an invaluable help, his mother, Jill Benoit said.

“He’s doing great,” she said. “He’s made so much progress.”

Noah was diagnosed with Down syndrome in October, and is their third child.

“Noah was our miracle baby,” she said.

After his diagnosis, the family brought Noah to the center, where he learned how to eat solid foods in their classes, but even before that, the center was offering in-home help to the family.

“It was a very overwhelming time in your life when you have three kids, and one has special needs,” Jill Benoit said.

Northshore School District works with the center, and that’s where Noah is headed soon after his graduation, but Jill Benoit said they’ll miss the people they’ve met at the Kindering Center when they move on.

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City of Kenmore looking at upgrades to sports fields at Saint Edward Park

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ll Washington State Parks were free and open to the public on Jan. 18 in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, drawing hundreds of families to Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore.

Children crawled through wooden play structures, parents talked while sitting at picnic tables and couples strolled through the park, taking in the views and atmosphere of the surrounding serene woodland and aging semi-

nary building at the heart of the park.

On the western edge of the park, however, a wide open field with a baseball field sat noticeably vacant.

Following days of rain during an exceptionally wet winter, the long grass concealed a mire of thick mud, turning a walk across the field into a trudge, with dark puddles filling sinking ground behind the backstop. Welcome to the Saint Edward State Park baseball field.

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“We are looking at rehabbing those fields. There are two fields there, and we are just looking at bringing them up to standards,” said Kenmore Mayor David Baker. “From the number of people that we’ve heard on the ballfields, and of trying to restore them and maintain them the way they should be maintained, I think the public is overwhelmingly in favor of that.”

During the Jan. 11 Kenmore City Council meeting, city staff presented an outline for creating two baseball fields, overlaid with two more soccer fields and a cricket field on the current field.

This would serve various youth athletic organizations in Kenmore, many of which currently use a couple soccer and baseball fields at Bastyr University, or fields at area schools.

Residents who addressed the council said many of them end up traveling all across the area for their children’s sporting events.

“I drive from Kenmore,

tating the fields was pegged at around $1 million, and to be budgeted as a new development.

The fields are currently owned by Washington State Parks, and a lease contract would have to be approved, allowing the city to maintain and use the fields.

The project has its detractors. Peter Lance is a neighbor to the park, and said he already sees heavy traffic on the two-lane access road and limited parking.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to overdevelop this already busy park,” he said. “I think for this small park, even though it is 300 acres, it’s not 300 acres of flat, useable, rolling fields.

I really think this property should be respected and used only for park purposes, park patrons.”

Tom Fitzpatrick is part of a grassroots group called Citizens for Saint Edwards, and served on the CAMP citizen advisory committee a decade ago. While he said he’s less concerned with enhancing ballfields than a proposal by a real estate developer to turn the seminary building into a resort, he thinks there are better options.

“There’s been more capacity for the ballfields up on the Bastyr part of things than at Saint Edwards,” Fitzpatrick said.

According to Fitzpatrick, the fields were created for the seminary in the 1930s on top of existing wetlands, and consequently have trouble draining water.

Bastyr’s fields are slightly higher and drier, he said.

The city has an agreement with Bastyr to use their sports fields for youth sports.

However, since Saint Edward is one of Washington’s most visited state parks, Baker believes enhancing the fields will provide area residents more recreation opportunities on public lands as well as protecting cherished features like the miles of hiking and biking trails on the park.

“We certainly would not affect any of those trails,” he said. “That’s a tremendous asset to the whole region, and we want to see those enhanced.”

City staff is currently working on a proposal to send the State Parks Commission for approval, after which more solid plans will be created.

Only one end of the sports field is set up with a baseball infield. AARON KUNKLER, Kenmore Reporter

to Bothell, to Woodinville and further almost every weekend, and multiple nights a week almost year round, and having adequate sports fields in Kenmore really has an impact on us parents,” Northlake Little League board member Cody Painter said. “It’s an economic thing.”

Chandler Symons is the Kenmore president of the Northshore Youth Soccer league, which serves around 1,200 kids. He also addressed the council.

“I think resurfacing the fields and making the fields improved would be a great thing, I think it would be a great thing for our city,” he said.

Restored sports fields at the state park have been in the works for around a decade after the Washington State Parks Classification and Management Planning Project (CAMP) finalized a draft of the Saint Edward State Park Management Plan in 2008. Kenmore Councilman Brent Smith was on that board, and has advocated for restoring the

current field instead of creating a new one elsewhere.

“We’ve got a ballfield site that’s underutilized, and it’s unsafe because it hasn’t been properly maintained,” he said. “It makes a lot more sense to rejuvenate that field and make it a safer, more functional site.”

In the management plan, rejuvenating the park came with some recommendations and guidelines, including a preference for natural grass fields, wetland impact mitigation and ensuring the field doesn’t disproportionately impact other uses of the park.

Smith said that while the fields are flanked by wetland to the south and southeast, the field configuration the city is proposing will have minimal impacts on the wetlands, but some mitigation would be necessary.

“This has been scaled back just a bit to have fewer environmental impacts,” he said.

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Kenmore holds swearing in of four returning Councilmembers The Kenmore City Council held its first regular meeting of the year on Jan. 11, beginning with the swearing in of four returning Councilmembers. The Council also selected the mayor and deputy mayor for the 2016-2017 term.

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Hit and run takes out Bothell artist’s hand-painted fence, neighborhood icon

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It was around 10 p.m. on Jan. 19 when the sound of metal smashing into wood shattered the peace in one Bothell neighborhood.

A red pickup truck had plowed straight into Ruth Brumbaugh’s meticulously hand-painted fence. As her neighbor came outside to see what had happened, the driver scrambled free of the damaged section of fence before peeling off into the night in the 22900 block of Meridian Ave South.

A property hit-and-run is a misdemeanor, but this accident damaged a particularly cherished stretch of fencing.

Years ago, the 86-yearold Brumbaugh decided to paint her wooden fence with an intricate brick pattern and hand-crafted images of trees and flowers, trying to spruce up the neighborhood.

“I did put a lot of work into it for the people that drive by,” she said. “It just seems like it’s working against me, and I’ve got where I’m too damned old and shaky to get out there and fix it.”

This isn’t the first time her fence has been hit, around four years ago, a Subaru lost control on the icy road and slid into it, but back then Brumbaugh said, she was able to repaint it.

“I was younger, and I could get out there and paint the brick,” she said.

This time, if nothing changes, she’s planning on hiring a contractor from California to rebuild the fence, but doesn’t plan on painting it.

“The last time we got would raise their prophit, [the driver’s] insurance erty taxes, so she and her people came by and said husband opted instead for a they couldn’t find an artist wooden one, which Brumthat would paint bricks on baugh took to decorating the fence,” she said. with a realistic brick patBrumbaugh is a near tern, trees and flowers. life-long artist, who started Her daughter, Jamie painting when she was Brumbaugh, said people 12-years-old, around the would regularly stop by and time her family moved compliment them on the from Oklahoma to Washfence. ington to find higher paying “Everybody knows my jobs near the coast during mom’s fence,” Jamie said.

WWII. Inside her house, various Later, she married Henry paintings of detailed natural Paul Brumbaugh, a sniper scenes hang from Ruth with the First Special SerBrumbaugh’s walls. She also vice Force, an Americanmade animal carvings and Canadian combat group totem poles with chainsaws, which was the first modern and even traditional woodAmerican special forces burning. unit. They were so loathed “I would see beautiful by the Germans that things, and I couldn’t they adopted the take it home with name ‘Black Devils,’ NORTHSHORE me, so I’d sketch it and served everyout,” she said. where from North When she was Africa, to Italy, younger, she started France and beyond. with chalk, but soon In 2013, the unit was moved on to paint. With awarded the Congressional only one art class under her Medal of Honor as a whole. belt, Ruth Brumbaugh is Henry Brumbaugh passed largely self-taught. away around ten years ago, Though losing the fence but his son, who was also is a blow, Brumbaugh said in the military, ordered a she’s also worried with her replica of the medal, which neighborhood’s, and the Ruth Brumbaugh still city’s, aesthetic qualities. keeps.

“To me, it’s important, When they moved into and I really don’t have the their house around 25 years money to replace my fence,” ago, Brumbaugh said they she said. “I thought it was didn’t have a fence, so men important to Bothell to would drive by and yell make it look nice.” crude things at her and The truck that hit Ruth throw beer cans and bottles, Brumbaugh’s fence was so they decided to build the described as an older red fence. pickup truck with a roll “They had nothing else bar and a muffler problem, to do but yell slander at me, and may now have body or anything, throw things at damage on its left side. Tips me,” she said. about the vehicle can be diBrumbaugh said she rected at the Bothell Police wanted a brick fence, but Department. was told by assessors that it

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2 Bedroom, 2 Full baths Condo For Rent Kir kland/Juanita Area. 1 Remote garage along with 1 Additional parking Spacious two bedrooms 2 full bath condo for rent near to Juanita Beach Park, shopping centers, parks, and Juanita boardwalk. 1238 square fo o t w i t h l a r g e p a t i o, quality granite countertops, all appliances W/D, stove/oven combination, dishwasher, refr igerator, a beautiful wood burning fireplace, and respectful neighb o r s. Wa t e r, s ewa g e, and garbage along with a cabana steam room included. For more information check out Zillows for this listing. If interested contact: LuLani 425829-6573 or by email: lulani@gmail.com

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BY AARON KUNKLER akunkler@bothell-reporter.com

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n the annual “State of the City” address, Bothell City Manager

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Stowe delivered his 12th speech in the Rosewood

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“Bothell is in an extremely positive position going into 2016,” he said.

Making the case the city is flourishing, Stowe looked to recent developments like the grand opening of the McMenamin’s Anderson School, the construction of the Six Oaks complex and the new City Hall.

“I am simply passionate about helping cities revitalize their downtowns,” Stowe said.

Downtown economic expansion has been high on city officials and councilmembers priorities for years. The city adopted a comprehensive revitalization plan and began purchasing land to sell to developers, tearing down old buildings and relocating businesses throughout downtown. Stowe said these efforts have paid off.

He described three guiding principals he said the city follows with “knifeedge focus,” “outrageous ambition” and community

“It can’t just FEEL like home, it has to BE home.”

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Stowe also took time to defend the construction of a new City Hall building, which had faced some resistance. The city argued a large city hall was necessary, and could be used for at least 75 years.

The old City Hall was built during the Great Depression.

“I think it’s fitting that we open the new City Hall following the Great Recession,” he said.

Current and future developments, includ-

ing an extension of Main Street westward to connect east and west Bothell, as well as future property development south of Pop Keeney stadium, was also discussed.

The city has been working on various environmental projects, including having secured $2.6 million for purchasing the remaining 22 acres of land in the North Creek Forest, Stowe said. Horse Creek will also be brought above ground again, after being buried for decades.

Stowe said the city will continue cleaning up

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contaminated sites, notably one plot which used to hold a dry cleaners in downtown Bothell.

Looking forward to 2016, Stowe said the city will be working on traffic issues and securing a slot in the coveted Sound Transit 3 development plans.

Parks and recreation measures, transportation benefit district funding, the regional fire authority and a fireworks advisory measure were all included in Stowe’s talking points as well.

Morgan, Lee selected as Presidential Scholar Candidates The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the United States Department of Education selected Inglemoor High School seniors Nathan Morgan and Corrina Lee as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program. Morgan and Lee were selected based on their academic scores on either the SAT or ACT exam and are invited to apply for consideration as a Presidential Scholar.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and honor some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative and performing arts.

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Construction is well under way at our Chateau Bothell Landing Campus, with our newest building, Dolcetto. Construction on Dolcetto is expected to be completed in early 2016.

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