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Cities complete Energize Eastside’s environmental impact statement

BY RYAN MURRAY BELLEVUE REPORTER

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major step for the controversial Energize Eastside project was taken last week when the first of two Environmental Impact Statements was completed.

The public will have 45 days (until March 14) to comment on the statement, after which Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will respond to comments in a summary and begin work on the second statement.

The city of Bellevue and other Eastside cities are independently putting together the statements (known as an EIS), which are intended to look at the utility’s proposed plan for bringing more reliable energy to the Eastside and determine if the plans are in line with best accepted practices and environmental impact.

The utility’s Energize Eastside is a project to increase the electrical reliability of the Eastside and Bellevue specifically.

According to PSE data, the estimated customer demand within Bellevue could lead to a strain on the system by as soon as 2018 and even into rolling blackouts in the early 2020s.

The first statement, the phase 1 draft statement, addresses

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Homeless population sees ‘significant’ surge

Tyee Middle School robotics team earns highest score in state championships

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should be included,” the archdiocese said in a statement. They also encouraged anyone with information about sexual abuse by a member of the clergy, employee or a volunteer to come forward.

The archdiocese released the list with the aim of transparency, with spokesperson Greg Magnoni telling the Reporter that it is an ongoing effort.

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The number of homeless people in King County, especially those without any shelter, continues to increase, according to data collected during the annual One Night Count.

Perhaps the most surprising increase was on the Eastside, which reached its highest-ever increase after being on a downward trajectory for the last few years.

“We saw huge increases on the Eastside and also on the north end, South County, Vashon Island. Most of the increase we saw across King County was in suburban areas.

That’s significant,” All Home Director Mark Putnam told the Reporter.

Volunteers spread thoroughout the county between 2 and 5 a.m. on Jan. 29 to count those without homes for the 2016 One Night Count. That night, 245 unsheltered homeless persons were counted on the Eastside — an increase of 82 percent over last year.

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Bellevue’s Kelsey Schmidt was crowned the new Miss Washington on Jan. 30. For the full story, see page 3.

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A week after the Reporter revealed that a list of Seattle-area priests who had sexually abused children failed to include Archdiocese of Seattle employees who had been accused of the same crime, the organization said they will review the list and determine if more names need to be added.

“We will continue to review the list to determine if additional information or names

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Intense, renowned training program helps first responders save lives

BY ALLISON DEANGELIS BELLEVUE REPORTER

Five men surround the body, with one starting an IV while another pumps away doing chest compressions.

They move rhythmically in the midst of the chaos of a cardiac arrest, practicing the high performance CPR studied by the Medic One Foundation in which as little time as possible is wasted when not performing chest convulsions.

Interruptions between compressions of more than 10 seconds negatively impact the chances paramedics will be able to start a patient’s heart again.

Wires, syringes and other medical equipment soon cover the floor surrounding the high-tech dummy “patient,” which hovers between life and death.

Each year, dozens of men and women in King County enroll in the Medic One program — one of the most strenuous paramedic training programs in the country — and practice emergency medical situations in both the classroom and the field. The private, donation-driven training helps the Puget Sound area achieve better results outside of hospitals than most of the country.

“The end result is really the higher resuscitation rate that we experience in King County,” said Medic One Foundation Executive Director Jan Sprake. The county has a successful out-of-hospital resuscitation rate of around 57 percent compared to around 10 percent nationwide, according to Sprake and the American Heart Association.

Twenty-four firefighters from the Bellevue, Seattle, Redmond, Everett, Marysville, Shoreline, Lynnwood, Arlington, Bainbridge and Camano Islands departments, as well as King County Emergency Medical Services, make up this year’s class.

Firefighters are generally trained to respond to emergencies such as sudden cardiac arrest or provide CPR. More advanced emergency care needed outside hospital walls is primarily provided by Medic One-trained paramedics.

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Such was the case with then-7-year-old Lily James, who nearly lost her foot in a 2009 boating accident near Mercer Island. Six years later, she is the leading scorer on her lacrosse team.

“The (Medic One) training was like second nature to a call like hers … It was just like we always run the medic unit. It was really incredible,” said Bellevue firefighter Phil Pierson, a member of the 20th Medic One class who responded to the accident that day.

Lily met with Pierson last month to present a $5,000 cash award to the Medic One Foundation. She received the award when she was honored in Boston as an American Society of Plastic Surgeons Patient of Courage this year.

Medic One trainees work six days a week during the intensive training program, either taking courses, practicing or going out into the field to respond to medical situations.

They receive instruction from University of Washington physician faculty members, practice with state-of-the-art training aids and equipment and see on average 700 patients during their field training — more than three times the national average, according to the foundation.

“It’s intense because as soon as class is done, you’re trusted to go out and do it in the field,” Bellevue firefighter Scott Symons said. “We’ve seen others do these procedures for a long time, and now we get to do it.”

The Medic One Foundation and training program were started in 1969, when Dr. Leonard Cobb and then-Seattle Fire Chief Gordon Vickery wanted to test if, say, bringing an advanced life support system right into the home of a heart attack victim could improve the chances of survival.

The entire process takes 10 months. In all, the student paramedics will spend 2,700 hours training. For comparison, the national recommendation is 1,100 hours, according to the Medic One Foundation.

“It’s a lot of effort, so you’ve got to really want to do it. I wanted a new challenge, and three-fourths of the calls the fire department gets are medical-related, so this seemed like the best choice,” said firefighter Brandon Bothwell,

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who has been with the Bellevue Fire Department for 13 years.

Because the paramedic trainees cannot work during the rigorous process, the program relies on fundraising and private donations through their foundation to provide scholarships to the trainees and courses such as pediatric advanced life support, advanced cardiac life support and emergency drill training. However, the operating cost of Medic One paramedic services is covered by property taxes.

The foundation was hit hard by the recession, but has managed to continue their research and training programs.

“We would love to be at a point where we have a significant reserve, where a recession wouldn’t hurt us as much, but we’re just not there yet,” said Sprake.

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Kelsey Schmidt, center, reacts after receiving her crown from Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez.

Bellevue’s Kelsey Schmidt crowned new Miss Washington The beauty queen was reportedly present at the time of the stabbing and called 911.

Schmidt received a B.A. in biology from Scripps College and is currently a pre-docBellevue resident Kelsey Ayano Schmidt toral fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer took the spotlight Jan. 30 when she was Research Center and the University of crowned the new Miss Washington, takWashington, where she is investigating the ing the reins after the former resigned in relationship between lifestyle factors and scandal.

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Upon completion of her doctorate in regand first runner-up, Miss Universe Nia istered dietician studies, she plans to open Sanchez at an event in Redmond. Despite a nutritional consulting firm and continue the circumstances behind her receiving the her research in chronic disease prevention. title, she said was excited to be crowned so She also enjoys checking things off of her close to her hometown. “bucket list” and most recently rappelled “It’s really special,” she said. “There are down a 20-story building to raise funds for so many members of the community here Shatterproof, a national organization comand I’m glad that we all get to share in this mitted to shattering the stigma surroundexperience together. I have so many family Caldwell ing addiction. and friends inChuck this community, and I’m exRedmond Way, Redmond WAWashington 98052 state Schmidt will represent cited to share PMB in that#299-C, moment16541 with them. ” in the Miss USA competition later this year.

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It could have been brought about by the jab of a city budget item or an unexpected election result. Whatever the reason, there’s now a nagging sensation aching to come out.

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The Reporter seeks some community-minded columnists.

If you are interested in contributing to the civic discourse in Bellevue and you are passionate about our community, we want to hear from you. Over the years, the Reporter has maintained a few regular columnists who have offered informative and entertaining opinions, including elected officials, business leaders and Sound Publishing’s own legislative commentator Jerry Cornfield.

We want to add some new community voices to the line-up, as engaging all of you in meaningful dialogue is at the core of what we do.

So what does a columnist do? In addition to giving his or her opinion, columnists can write just about anything they so choose, as long as it is within the Reporter’s boundaries of good taste. But there is one caveat: We prefer that columnists bring a local perspective to an issue to fit our hyper-local news model.

We hope to elicit engaging writers who will reflect Bellevue’s diversity on our opinion pages. We encourage folks from all backgrounds, young and young-at-heart, right, left or in the middle of the political spectrum to apply. Interested candidates should be willing to commit to writing one column per month, approximately 500 words. If you are interested in learning more, please contact me at editor@bellevuereporter.com or 425-453-4233.

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Letters to the editor Puget Sound Energy’s grossly-outsized solution Bellevue released the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Energize Eastside last week. At 715 pages, it is somewhat daunting for most people to read.

Let’s look at the broad picture. The EIS lists four alternatives and four options for one alternative, but it’s important to know that not every choice is equally viable. For example, the EIS looks at an underground line and a line submerged in Lake Washington. There are state regulations that make these financially infeasible for our cities.

In the end, there are only two realistic alternatives: the overhead transmission line that is strongly opposed by residents, and alternative 2, a collection of innovative technologies and policies.

The transmission line would require an upfront investment of a quarter billion dollars for a grosslyoutsized solution that is a security and reliability risk. Alternative 2 creates a 21st century distributed energy network with lower cost, higher reliability and better support for the environment. Just not as much profit for Puget Sound Energy, so the company will argue against it.

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Sex criminals are not gentlemen In the Reporter’s article about a web-based international prostitution

ring operating in Bellevue, the clients refer to themselves as a “league of hobbyists” and believe they are “gentlemen.” Please, let’s call them what they are: criminals.

If we sanitize the solicitation of sex from human trafficking victims, we minimize the crime against the women and let the perpetrators off the hook.

The men will just move on to the next scheme and nothing will change. If the name and face of every so-called “gentleman” were posted in the paper, you can bet the demand for prostitution would drop and so would the supply. Or better yet, arrest the Johns. That would make a dent in sexual slavery worldwide.

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East Link flaws Sound Transit’s recent East Link presentation to Bellevue City Council indicated the Washington State Department of Transportation had not approved their I-90 bridge design. However, Sound Transit reported their bridge design engineer “saw no fatal flaws whatsoever in putting light rail on a floating bridge.”

Assuming the light rail/floating bridge compatibility issues are resolved still leaves East Link with “serious” if not “fatal flaws” — the first of which will be evident next year when Sound Transit closes the I-90 Bridge center roadway to begin installing light rail.

The fourth lanes they’re currently adding to the bridge’s outer roadway will not have the capacity to make up

for the loss of the two center roadway lanes.

The second “flaw” will be the lack of capacity when East Link begins operation in 2023. Sound Transit recently conceded East Link operation will consist of one four-car train every eight minutes, assuming an average of 150 riders in each of the four-car trains gives 4,500 rate per hour, less than half current peak transit capacity.

Thus the $3.6 billion spent on East Link will not only disrupt cross-lake commuters, those who live or commute along the route, and downtown Bellevue, it will inevitably lead to gridlock on the outer bridge roadway. Sounds pretty “serious” to me.

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Police reports from Bellevue

January 25 Suspect steals smokes: A Walgreens employee opening the store at 7 a.m. on Jan. 23 exited the back room and saw a male behind the front counter loading up his bag with cartons of cigarettes. The suspect ran off and could not be located. A review of the security videos found that the suspect had committed this same crime at Walgreens on Jan. 6, 11 and 19. Each time he went behind the front counter and loaded his bag with cartons of cigarettes.

January 26 Airsoft gun assailant: A witness observed a suspect at Northeast Fourth Street and Bellevue Way flashing a handgun and pointing it at traffic. An officer located the suspect near Macy’s with the gun in his hand. The suspect ignored verbal commands to get on the ground.

The suspect eventually set the gun in his lap and an officer was able to see an orange tip on the gun and airsoft BB pellets falling on the ground. The suspect failed to comply with the verbal commands, so he was taken to the ground and arrested.

January 27 Parking lot prowler: An unknown suspect prowled several cars at Tyee Middle School between 8:10 p.m and 8:45 p.m.

January 29 Suspects try to confuse cops: A witness reported two males checking door handles in driveways on 122nd Avenue Southeast. When the responding officer arrived, the males fled on foot and a perimeter was established. K9 Bradley and Lange began a track in the area and Norcom then received a 911 call from the area. The caller reported that his dad was going to kill him. It was quickly determined the two calls were related as the caller said he was in Robinswood, but the phone pinged in the same area. The 911 caller was likely a suspect trying to send police out of the area. Police began searching for the 911 caller and found him in the same area as the prowls. He fled into the ravine, south of Coal Creek Parkway. K9 continued the track, but was unable to locate the suspect.

The second 911 call was expected to be a fake.

January 30 Loitering on lawn: A homeowner called to report an unwanted person on his lawn, scaring his children and refusing to leave. The reporting party thought he saw the subject urinate and prepare to shoot up. Police contacted the suspect and convinced him or her to move out of the residential area. No crime could be determined.

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Council approves $75k funding to Music Center

BY RYAN MURRAY BELLEVUE REPORTER

The Bellevue City Council voted unanimously on Monday to allocate $75,000 from the Capital Investment Program budget to Music Works Northwest.

Music Works is a Bellevue-based non-profit music school which offers music lessons, concerts and music therapy to people of all ages. The school will provide $75,000 in free or reduced-cost lessons to low-income children and adults and free public concerts for the next 10 years as part of the deal.

The school’s mission is to “change lives through accessible music education and experiences.”

The capital money itself will go to construction of practice and performance rooms in the school’s new facility.

According to a release from the city, that vote was “part of the vetting process each cultural arts organization is required

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to go through in order to meet the council’s investment principles.”

The criteria for this vetting process includes having a long-term sustainable financial model, demonstrating public benefit and allowing the city to be involved in financial oversight of the institution.

Music Works Northwest is located at 1331 118th Ave. SE #400 just outside of Downtown Bellevue.

In other council news: • The council heard a brief staff presentation regarding the budget before the upcoming 2017-2018 budget process. The city will follow a “Budget One” model, which emphasizes community results rather than departments of the city government.

The first of three public hearings on the budget will be scheduled in May. City Manager Brad Miyake will take input from citizens, city staff and council to present a preliminary budget.

BY RYAN MURRAY BELLEVUE REPORTER

Sound Transit completed work with a utilities company in late January as it continues advance work in the Bel-Red area in preparation for the the East Link light rail extension.

A contractor working with the Olympic Pipeline Company relocated pipeline near the intersection of NE Spring Blvd. and 136th Place NE, right along where the planned light rail will travel.

Sound Transit is working with other utilities companies to make similar relocations as it prepares to begin work on the East Link line in the Bel-Red area as early as 2017. These relocations will include roadwork along NE 20th St. The East Link line will enter Bellevue from the Interstate-90 bridge up through Mercer Slough and into Downtown Bellevue. The line will enter a tunnel near Bellevue Way and head north to city hall where it will emerge from the tunnel.

The line will then elevate over I-405 as it crosses from Downtown Bellevue to a planned Overlake station and then continue along Bel-Red Road toward Redmond.

Sound Transit is controversially displacing several businesses for the light rail and will need to acquire more property for the project. The company’s property brokerage group is already working with property owners and providing some relocation assistance for eligible businesses.

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Tyee Middle School robotics team brings the thunder Wins state championship, will advance to regional competition in March

BY ALLISON DEANGELIS BELLEVUE REPORTER

Though they were rookies, the Tyee Middle School robotics team brought the thunder at their state championships, earning the highest score in their final match and besting dozens of teams from across the state.

The team, named Robo Thunder, competed for the first time in Washington FIRST Tech Challenge on Jan. 30 in Kent. After a tense competition, they emerged as the 2016 state champions.

Robo Thunder competed against the top 32 teams in the state.

They narrowly bested three other robots by four points during the secondto-last match, in which their robot had to climb a steep mountain ramp, rescue “climbers” and then hang from a bar at the top of the mountain. They secured their victory during the final match

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with a score of 268— the highest in the competition.

Team members Nathaniel Chang, Ashley Mead, Diana Ouyang, Alex Qiu, Everett Rendon, Katrina Rowland, Acchin Thev and Hannah Wang are all in the seventh or eighth grades at Tyee.

For comparision, most of the 122 FIRST Tech robotics teams in the state consist of high schoolers who have competed in the past, according to Tanya Mead, head coach of the Tyee team.

The FIRST Tech Challenge helps students develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles (such as keeping an engineering notebook), while realizing the value of hard work, innovation and sharing ideas, according to organizers.

Teams of 10 or more members from grades seven through 12 must design, build, program and operate robots during a floor competition. During the entire process, they are guided by adult coaches and mentors.

Robo Thunder will now join eight other teams from around the state at the “super-regional” tournament in March in California.

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Outside of a 43 percent increase between 2012 and 2013, the numbers of unsheltered homeless people on the Eastside have decreased over the last five years.

Overall, the number of homeless people increased 19 percent over the year county-wide. That is in line with the 21 and 14 percent increases seen during the 2015 and 2014 One Night Counts, respectively.

It’s hard to say precisely what led to the increases seen around suburban King County this year, Putnam said, but it may have been the result of rent increases.

A national study showed when the average apartment monthly rent increases by $100, homelessness increases by 15 percent in urban areas and 39 percent in rural and suburban areas.

In King County, the average apartment rent increased by $115 per month in the last year, according to All Home.

This was also the first year that Issaquah participated in the count, joining Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Bothell, Kenmore and

Woodinville.

Ending homelessness has been a longterm goal for the county, leading to the creation of a 10-year plan in 2005 that failed to meet many of its goals, including ending homelessness.

When the Committee to End Homelessness in King County — now called All Home — assessed the effect of their 10-year plan in 2011, they reported that the landscape for creating reform was much different from when they had originally compiled the plan in 2005, but they still had high goals.

By 2015, they hoped to reduce the number of homeless persons verified

by One Night Count by 98 percent, and reduce the need for human services and shelters.

Fast forward five years, and the county continues to struggle with what they now call a “state of crisis” for homelessness.

King County Executive Dow Constantine issued a proclamation in November 2015 declaring that homelessness had reached a state of emergency.

“Despite the region’s prosperity, homelessness in King County is in a state of crisis,” he stated.

Organizations help refugees access services to overcome obstacles

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People of all backgrounds gather in Kirkland for an interfaith vigil in support of Syrian refugees.

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Moving to a new country is not easy.

There is a new culture to become accustomed to, new traditions and customs to learn, a language barrier to overcome in some cases and more.

For refugees coming to the United States, all of this is compounded by the fact that they are also starting over and rebuilding their lives from almost nothing — and oftentimes, while separated from some, if not all, of their loved ones.

times, the services in their clients’ home countries do not work the same way as they do here. The program helps with that.

“We are also a resource for public and private service organizations who need guidance with regard to cultural competency in order serve their clients who are new to this area,” she added. “Our organization is run by the Chinese Information and Service Center and we work out of locations in Bellevue, Redmond and Kent.”

O’Neal said the program is always in need of volunteers to help with their services. Some of the roles that need to be filled include bilingual interpreters for languages such as Arabic and Farsi, people to run errands and deliver packets and people to welcome refugees as they arrive.

“We can match them up with opportunities that work for them,” O’Neal said.

Liaison between people, services As manager of the Cultural Navigator Program at the Together Center in Redmond, Jennifer O’Neal has seen firsthand some of the things people go through when they arrive in this country.

Through her job, she helps people access the services they need to get back on their feet. She said the program acts as a bridge between immigrants and the services they need to access, offering free consultation in five foreign languages.

“They can come to us and we will offer them the advice they need and the information they need,” she said.

O’Neal said this includes advice and information on how to navigate the health, education, housing, transportation and legal systems and more. She pointed out that many

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A challenging transition Through the program, O’Neal has been assisting a number of families from Syria escaping ISIS, who have recently arrived in the area.

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the project’s impact as a whole without getting into strict specifics. Several options were analyzed to determine the amount of disruptions or environmental impact each would cause.

The first option is a “do-nothing” approach, which would allow the power grid to remain as is. The second is PSE’s preferred option of installing 18-miles of 230 kilovolt (kV) lines from Redmond to Renton through Bellevue as well as a new substation.

The third option is an “integrated resource approach,” which would use conservation and efficiency to try and scale back strain on the grid. Lastly is the option to install more than 60 miles of 115 kV lines and multiple transformers throughout Bellevue.

According to the draft statement, all impacts of the aforesaid options would be relatively minor with the implementation of best management practices and regulatory requirements.

But for the local utility, the option to install the 230 kV lines and a new substation is the only real option.

“This is the only proposed solution that solves all the problems,” said Jens Nedrud, senior project manager on Energize Eastside. “This project will add about 25 percent capacity. We anticipate we will be well into the 2030s before we approach the limits of the new system.”

The entirety of the first statement can be read on Energize Eastside’s website at www.energizeeastside.com. In the statement, Bellevue looks into the generalities of the proposed 18-mile 230 kV line running from the Sam-

mamish substation in Redmond south to the Talbot Hill substation in Renton.

Part of the Energize Eastside plan would change the existing Lakeside substation on Southeast 26th Street in the Richards Valley, adding a transformer (electrical equipment that transforms the voltage of power lines) to convert the 230 kV energy to 115 kV. The 115 kV lines then go out to neighborhood transformers, which then feed into homes and businesses.

Currently, 230 kV lines (which are the best method of transmitting high power over long distances) skirt the city of Bellevue, heading around Lake Sammamish. The huge amount of power Downtown Bellevue sucks up is unsustainable using the current lines based miles away, the utility company said.

PSE released a brief response regarding the findings of the draft statement.

“City of Bellevue and coordinating cities — Renton, Newcastle, Redmond and Kirkland — have done a tremendous job keeping the Energize Eastside Environmental Impact Statement process on-track,” it reads. “PSE encourages customers to review and provide comment on the draft EIS. We look forward to reviewing the draft EIS and moving through the remainder of the environmental review, so that we can address the challenges facing the electric system serving the Eastside communities and continue to deliver reliable electricity to our customers.”

A community group, Coalition of Eastside Neighborhoods for Sensible Energy (CENSE), vehemently opposes the proposed project, suggesting Energize Eastside will be costly, dangerous and will mar the beautiful skyline of residential Bellevue. The group believes

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The impact statement avoids delving into the controversy but acknowledges that Bellevue hardly presents a unified front on Energize Eastside.

“Some members of the community reject the idea that the project is needed based on their understanding of how much energy actually needs to be transmitted through and into the Eastside area,” according to the impact statement. “Other members of the community accept PSE’s assertion that the need is real and want only the most efficient and cost-effective approach to addressing it. The purpose of this EIS is not to determine whether the project is needed, but to confirm that the methods used to define the need are consistent with industry standards and generally accepted methods.”

Gretchen Aliabadi, manager of communications initiatives on Energize Eastside, said she understood the hesitation toward the project.

“We are not ignorant to that,” she said. “We want to walk them through it, get as much input from residents as possible and retain as much respect for them as possible. Change isn’t easy.”

Five public hearings are scheduled in the next month for citizens to comment on the statement: • 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, Kirkland Justice Center • 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, Renton City Hall • 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, Newcastle Elementary School • 6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, Redmond City Hall • 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, Bellevue City Hall

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cese’s initial list worked in Bellevue over several decades and had been accused multiple times in the past.

More priests who served across the Eastside were named by the archdiocese as sexual abusers, including three with ties to Mercer Island, one in Kirkland, one in Bothell and 13 in Kenmore.

The initial list released by the archdiocese included 77 priests from the Seattle and other archdioceses.

However, both community members and the Reporter identified alleged abusers who were not named on the list.

In a 2002 lawsuit, a victim of late priest John Marsh — who worked in Bellevue at St. Madeleine Sophie from 1971-1972 and St. Mary’s Provincialate from 1980-1984 — reported that he had told an employee of the archdiocese named James Walsh about Marsh abusing him in the early 1970s.

According to the victim, Walsh then served him intoxicating liquors and proceeded to sexually abuse and molest him.

Also absent from the list was a former youth minister named Jim Funnell who allegedly molested a child in the mid-1980s for more

than a year while serving at St. John Vianney Church in Kirkland. A lawsuit filed by the victim was settled out of court by the parish district in 2012.

For the last 13 years, the archdiocese has run background checks and conducts training programs for their 5,000 employees and more than 10,000 volunteers through their Safe Environment program, Magnoni said. He added that the programs and protocols are extensive and that full-time staff monitors them and reviews their effectiveness.

An archdiocesan review board provides regular consultation to the archbishop of Seattle and will assist in any future additions to the list, according to Magnoni.

The former Archbishop of Seattle, Alex Brunett, had formed two review boards to assess the church’s response in 2003. The Case Review Board reviewed several cases of sexual assault and submitted a report that Brunett reportedly did not receive well. Shortly thereafter, both boards were disbanded.

The majority of the priests listed are now deceased.

Those still alive were reportedly eventually defrocked by the church, sentenced to permanent prayer and penance or of unknown whereabouts.

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The goal is simple — to compete and place at the Mat Classic Class 3A state wrestling tournament in late February at the Tacoma Dome.

Palagashvili wants to follow in the footsteps of former Interlake grappler Daniel Montoya on and off the mat.

Montoya was a dominant wrestler and thrived in the classroom.

“It has literally been my dream since freshman year to wrestle at state and place at state. My freshman year our captain Daniel Montoya was my inspiration. He had a 4.0 (grade point average) and went to state. That is what I’m trying to live up to,” Palagashvili said.

Palagashvili, who currently boasts a GPA of 3.7, said this year’s team is stronger than in past seasons.

“We are really solid this year. I think we can win KingCo. We have a full roster and have someone in every weight class,” Palagashvili said.

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“Our guys are coming together and we are filling the lineup, which is super important. I have high expectations and they (his team) should have high expectations too,” Unwin said.

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Saints capture Class 3A KingCo wrestling title Saints beat Islanders 36-32

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With the outcome of the Class 3A KingCo wrestling championship hanging in the balance, Interlake Saints 220-pound grappler Saul Bobadilla delivered with everything on the line.

The Saints, who trailed the Mercer Island Islanders 32-30, needed a victory in the final match of the night to win the dual and earn the league title. Bobadilla pinned Mercer Island’s Russell Asmus with just 24 seconds left in the first round, lifting the Saints to a 36-32 win on Jan. 28 at Mercer Island High School.

The entire Saints wrestling team mobbed Bobadilla after his dramatic victory clinched the league crown for the Saints wrestling program for the first time in 26 years. Interlake finished the regular season with an overall record of 8-1 in dual matches, including a 6-0 record in league play.

“All I wanted to do was win. I didn’t want to let my team down. We have been working so hard to get here and I didn’t want all of that work to be for nothing,” Bobadilla said.

Bobadilla admitted he was nervous before the whistle blew for the beginning of his match.

“I had butterflies. I was so scared. I didn’t know what was going to happen.

It would had been a bummer to let our team down,” he said.

Interlake head coach Dave Unwin said he was confident Bobadilla would capture a victory in the final match of the night.

“I was feeling pretty good about that because he had beaten that guy before in a match this season,” Unwin said.

Before Bobadilla’s victory, the Islanders had all the momentum. They won five of the previous six matches before the finale.

Interlake had a commanding 24-10 lead at one point but saw it evaporate completely when freshman Donnie Howard defeated Saints’ senior Jonathan Palagashvili 2-1, giving Mercer Island a 32-30 lead with one match remaining in the dual.

“Donnie did exceptionally well.

Palagashvili is a really talented wrestler,” Mercer Island head coach Creighton Laughary said.

Laughary wasn’t devastated following the defeat against Interlake.

“It stings a little but honestly we didn’t know whether or not we could get to this point (undefeated with one match remaining) when the season started so

getting here undefeated and wrestling against Interlake was a real privilege,” Laughary said. “Dave (Unwin) had his guys really well prepared. Their kids stepped up. Hats off to them. They are great competitors.”

The biggest victory of the night may not had been Bobadilla’s signature pin in the match finale. In the 160-pound weight class, Interlake’s Devansh Dwivedy registered an unlikely pin against Mercer Island’s Malachi Morgan with 1:07 left in the third round. Morgan led by a sizable amount of points but Dwivedy caught Morgan in a head-and-arm move to nab the pin. The win gave Interlake a 30-22 lead. If Dwivedy didn’t win that match, the chances of the Saints capturing the league title would had been slim to none.

“That 160-pound match was the KingCo championship right there. He (Dwivedy) got pinned by that Mercer Island kid in 50 seconds a couple of weeks ago. That win was huge for us,” Unwin said. “That was just amazing.”

Unwin, who has been the Saints’ wrestling coach for the past 13 years, was overjoyed with emotion following the biggest dual-match triumph in school history to date.

“I don’t even know what to say. The kids have been working to do the best

they can and to do something like this is just crazy good,” Unwin said. “This has been a special year. The guys really gel together as a team really well. They all really care about each other.”

The Saints wrestling program has come a long way since Unwin took over the program 13 seasons ago.

“The first year I was coaching we had just eight guys out for the team. It was hard and it was embarrassing. We built up the program a couple of times and have had some really good runs. This run is special for us,” he said.

Interlake grapplers capturing wins by pin against Mercer Island consisted of Abduvoris Anarov (113), Aidan Campana (120), Cole Manchester (138), Dwivedy (160) and Bobadilla (285).

Saints wrestlers winning by decision were Beau Wiebe (106) and Kenny Hoang (132). Mercer Island wrestlers winning via pins were Dylan Majewski (285), Jonah Andrews (145) and Finn Childress (152). Mercer Island grapplers winning by decision were Vinny Ricci (126), Connor Hill (170), Brian Wen (182) and Donnie Howard (195).

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Mercer Island allowed a total of 49 points in the team’s previous two games heading into Friday’s matchup with the Sammamish Totems, a team they beat at home by 32 points on Jan. 5. While the Totems made it a much closer affair on their senior night, the outcome was never in doubt. Getting 20 points from senior Sam Nordale, Mercer Island beat Sammamish 60-45 Friday at Sammamish High School.

“You’ve got to expect that [Sammamish] is going to be better the second time around. They’re not going to play scared,” Mercer Island coach Gavin Cree said.

Mercer Island (14-4, 7-3 in KingCo) led 19-8 after one and 34-17 at the half, and kept a double-digit advantage

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“Sammamish did a really nice job of getting us out of our rhythm by throwing some different full-court looks at us,” Cree said. “We broke the pressure well, but we were unable to get a good rhythm on the half-court side. That was what prevented us from pulling away.”

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The woman requested to remain anonymous as O’Neal explained that some Syrian refugees have relatives who continue to face political persecution

back home, which adds to their stress as they try to get settled in the United States.

The woman did not wish to be identified in order to keep relatives overseas safe.

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www.bellevuereporter.com Since she arrived in the area, the woman said some things such as the food stamps program have gone smoothly, while other things have been harder. Through O’Neal she said finding affordable housing has been extremely difficult.

“There is no government assistance for rent and no available low-cost apartments in the Bellevue/ Redmond area, where most people in the Syrian or Arab community live,” O’Neal interpreted for her. “That means I have no choice but to relocate to somewhere like Kent or Everett, far from the support and companionship of my community and far from the Arabic-speaking families who might hire me to tutor their children in Arabic.”

Despite these difficulties, she said she has received a lot of help.

“I’d like to mention in particular Meena Menter, who is an immigration lawyer,” O’Neal translated.

“She helped me with some very important issues that I was unable to resolve on my own.”

A new home, a new language The woman said finding employment has also been a challenge. In order to receive cash assistance from the state, she needs to have a job. But she can’t find a job without learning English.

“Needless to say, it takes time to learn a foreign language, but my need for income is immediate,” she

said through O’Neal. “It’s an impossible situation.”

In addition, the woman said if you had a vocation back home that required a license — such as a beautician or electrician — it is very difficult to get licensed to practice that vocation here.

“You would need about four years — two to learn English well enough and two to take the classes you need to get licensed here,” O’Neal translated.

Another challenge this woman — and other refugee parents — must deal with is the public school system.

The woman, who came to the states with her daughter, said written materials that are sent home are in English or Spanish, so it is difficult for anyone who doesn’t speak English well. She said she requests translation of materials, but it doesn’t always happen.

“I had some exposure to English before coming here, but it was British English,” the woman said through O’Neal. “American English is very different and I had trouble understanding or speaking it. Many Syrians, especially those from rural areas, may not have studied English at all before coming here.”

The language barrier is not limited to just parents.

Cari Conklin, a Kirkland resident who has been working with another Syrian family and helping them adjust to life in the United States, recently helped the family on their first day of American school in Seattle.

She said on that day, one of the daughters was becoming stressed because she needed to use the restroom but didn’t know how to ask.

Fortunately, the family met a neighbor at the bus stop earlier — a fifth-grader whose family is Somalian — who also spoke Arabic and could translate. Conklin, whose work with the family has been through World Relief Seattle, said in the future the school may need to ask for the neighbor’s help again until they are able to get someone dedicated to help the new students.

Practical help In addition to the CNP and the work Conklin and her church have been doing, there are a number of organizations, faith communities and individuals in Redmond and throughout the area who have been doing what they can to help as more Syrian refugees are beginning to arrive in the Pacific Northwest.

The Muslim Community Resource Center initially began its work by organizing clothing drives with donated goods being converted into cash to send to refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey.

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SUBMISSIONS: The Reporter welcomes calendar items for nonprofit groups and community events. Please email your event notices to adeangelis@bellevuereporter. com. Items should be submitted by noon on the Monday the week before publication. Items are included on a space-available basis. CALENDAR ONLINE: Post activities or events online with our calendar feature at www.bellevuereporter.com. Events may be directly added to the calendar on our home page. Click on the “Calendar” link under Community.

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FAMILY STORY TIME: At 10:15 a.m. at the Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave. NE. Enjoy stories, songs and fun during this free family program. All ages are welcome with an adult. Seating is limited; firstcome, first-seated.

LUNAR NEW YEAR TEA DISCOVERY PROGRAM: 1 p.m., Bellevue

at the Master Gardener’s Urban Demonstration Garden, 15500 SE 16th St., Bellevue. It would be great if we could just plant a tree or shrub and forget it, but that isn’t possible. It is possible to have plants that require minimum care. It all starts before you plant. You must select the proper site and then plant the plant that meets the requirements of that site. Selection of your plant is most important. There are some plants that are relatively free of problems and others that need constant care.

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p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Bellevue First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave. NE. PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside is a support and advocacy group, uniting members of the LGBTQ community with friends, families and allies.

PFLAG does not promote one political or religious view and is inclusive to people of all backgrounds, beliefs and faiths. Monthly meetings offer support and education in a safe, confidential and welcoming atmosphere.

This PFLAG chapter serves East King County communities including Bellevue. The first half of each meeting is dedicated to support and the second half is generally reserved for a guest speaker.

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Library, 1111 110th Ave. NE. In this 90 minute presentation, discover the history and origins of true tea: white, green, oolong, black and pu’erh tea and how each of these teas is made from the leaves of the same plant. Taste the five types of tea and get familiar with what works with our personal taste chemistry, and we’ll talk about some of the practical aspects such as health claims and caffeine content.

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METRODEMIC: All day through Jan. 1, 2017, Northeast Sixth Street and 110 Avenue Northeast. Your team of two to four people has 90 minutes to save as many people as possible from a deadly epidemic armed only with your wits and your cell phones. MetroDemic is a game played on a cell phone while exploring the city with a team of friends. You’ll save thousands of people, get some exercise and see the city in a whole new way in this offbeat game. For more information, contact metrodemic@kuriocitygames.com.

KITTY LITERATURE: 3-6 p.m. at Seattle Humane, 13212 SE Eastgate Way. Children ages 5-10 can practice their reading skills with the supportive, comforting audience of cats at Seattle Humane. Register for a 20-minute session between 3-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, email educationservices@seattlehumane. org or call 425-373-5385 to

Robert D. (Bob) Ladd of Bellevue passed away at age 97 on January 23, 2016. He was born on December 16, 1918 in Lyndonville,VT, and grew up in Greenfield, MA. Bob graduated Duke University in 1941 and began a career that was soon interrupted by World War II, in which he served as a Navy officer and received a Bronze Star for bravery in battle.

After the war Bob joined a company that moved him to Seattle in 1949. He and his family moved to Bellevue in 1953 -- the year it became a city.

Bob was very active in the community, especially Rotary, in which he was president of the Seattle club, a district governor, and chair of international committees. He also was 1961 Seafair Prime Minister, a 40-year Salvation Army advisory board member, and an early board member of Bellevue Community College Foundation, among others.

Bob was married to Virginia (Ginny) Dole Ladd for 65 years until her death in 2007. He will be missed by their four children and their spouses, Jim & Sherry Ladd of Bellevue, David & Patty Ladd of Gig Harbor, Sandy & Tim Smithers of Elk Grove, California, and Linda & Paul Anderson of Aiken, South Carolina, as well as 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church of Bellevue, of which Bob and Ginny had been active members since 1953, at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 20, 2016.

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Puget Sound Energy, Molly Reed, PO Box 97034 Bellevue, WA 98009, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Lakeside Substation Rebuild, is located at 13615 SE 26th St in Bellevue in King county. This project involves 2.22 acres of soil disturbance for Utilities construction activities. The receiving waterbody is Stream D. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Bellevue Reporter on January 29, 2016 and February 5, 2016. #1518860.

In the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of Kitsap In the matter of the estate of BENJAMIN CLAYTON SCHNEIDER STRATTON, Deceased.

No. 16-4-00052-4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Administrator named below has been appointed as Administrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Administrator or the Administrator’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Administrator served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 29, 2016 ADMINISTRATOR : GORDON W. S. STRATTON

To place a Legal Notice, please call 253-234-3506 or e-mail legals@ reporternewspapers. com

ATTORNEY FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR: JEFFREY COX ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: 600 Kitsap St Ste 202 Port Orchard WA 98366 DATED: January 22, 2016 JEFFREY COX, WSBA #16249 Attorney for Estate and Administrator Published in the Bellevue Reporter on January 29, 2016; February 5, 2016, February 12, 2016. #1519032.

Factoria TH24 LLC, Greg Krabbe, 805 Kirkland Ave, Suite 200 Kirkland, WA 98033, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Factoria Townhomes, is located at 4049 129th Pl SE in Bellevue in King county. This project involves 2.2 acres of soil disturbance for Residential construction activities.

The receiving waterbody is Lake Washington.

Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Bellevue Reporter on January 29, 2016 and February 5, 2016. #1520069.

Goldenwood, LLC, Barry Margolese, 105 S Main St Seattle, WA 98104, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Goldenwood, is located at 3736 163rd Ave SE in the City of Bellevue in King County. This project involves 3.28 acres of soil disturbance for Residential construction activities. The receiving waterbody is Lake Sammamish.

Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in Bellevue Reporter on February 5, 2016 and February 12, 2016. #1524575.

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LU X U R I O U S .

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IMPECCABLE. DISTINCTIVE.

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Spectacular views of Mt. Rainier. 70+/- ft. of no bank waterfront with dock. Four plus bedrooms/3.5 bath plus den and bonus. MLS# 818323, $2,485,000 Rondi Egenes · 206.953.1771, rondi.com

Savvy sophistication & sleek urban design complete this sparkling NEW construction. Luxury living ideal for entertaining. MLS# 877356, $4,288,000.

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Strong in details with soft elegance inside, this beautiful Bellevue home deftly combines French farmhouse style with sophisticated luxury details. MLS# 869336 Anna Riley · 425.761.8836, westbellevue.com

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