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Community embraces Lacey kids at Goldfish Rodeo

Man pleads not guilty in vehicular homicide

BY MATT PHELPS

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Five-year-old Toren Christensen sat pa-tiently while a volun-teer painted a design on his arm. It was an artistic expression that Toren commissioned with caring from his heart and a donation from his piggy bank.

Toren, along with his brother Finn, 3, were among many people who participated in

BY MATT PHELPS

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Patrick Rexroat, 56, of Mountlake Terrace, plead-ed not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and reckless driving Tuesday morning to the shock of family and friends of Steve Lacey. A Google engineer, Lacey was killed in a drunk driving and road rage col-lision with Rexroat on July 24 while returning from an errand to Costco.

If convicted of the charges Rexroat will face 31 to 41 months in prison,

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Toren Christensen gets his arm painted during the Goldfi sh Rodeo held in downtown Kirkland. The event was organized to raise college-fund money for the two children of Steve Lacey who was killed by a drunk driver on July 24. Christensen donated money from his own piggy bank. CARRIE WOOD, Kirkland Reporter

Juanita Beach Park reopensAfter many setbacks and three-month wait, ribbon cut on new renovation project

City Councilmember Amy Walen cuts the ribbon to offi cially open parts of Juanita Beach Park on Friday, as local kids hold the ribbon. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter

BY CARRIE WOOD

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For mother-of-two Houa Cha, frequenting Juanita Beach Park gave

her time to relax on the beach while her little ones splashed in Lake Washington.

Until the beach closed “all of a sudden” in May 2010.

“I always wondered what happened to the park,” said Cha as her son, Terrance and daughter, Rainey once again played at the park that partially re-opened Aug. 5 aft er some renovation delays.

“So it’s very exciting because the park has been gone for so long.”

During a city-hosted re-opening celebration at Juanita Beach Park Aug. 5, other local residents also expressed their delight at having the popular waterfront park back.

“Th is is incredible. It’s nice to see all the progress that has been made and to have the park back,” said Kirkland resident Charles Sota, who visited the park several times a week before it closed with his daughter, Polina and wife,

[ more JUANITA page 3 ]

Mixed reactions to Kirkland Police Department presence in new neighborhoodsBY CARRIE WOOD AND MATT

PHELPS

Kirkland Reporter

Sparkling cider corks popped and “Welcome to Kirkland” banners were unveiled as city dignitaries and residents celebrated the annexation at mid-night on June 1.

Th e city’s population

exploded to more than 80,000 residents as Kirk-land absorbed the Kings-gate, Finn Hill and North Juanita neighborhoods. But once the excitement settled, not much changed – except one visible aspect.

Right away, many new residents noticed the

increased Kirkland Police presence.

“All of a sud-den, they see police cars all over – there are several rea-sons for that,” said Eric Olsen, Kirkland Police chief.

Th is is part three of a four-part series that will examine policing in the new neighbor-hoods.

Police everywhere

Olsen said the main

reason why people may have noticed an increased police presence is because the Kirkland Police Department (KPD) is hiring 37 new of-fi cers due to the annexation. Th e majority of those offi cers are already trained and on staff .

Olsen points to a neigh-borhood map that outlines

each of the KPD’s patrol dis-tricts. One offi cer is assigned to each of the new neighbor-hoods, or Districts 6-8.

Originally, the King Coun-ty Sheriff ’s Offi ce policed the entire area with one deputy, said Olsen.

Now, in addition to the three offi cers, new residents

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Local kids purchase goldfish at the Goldfish Rodeo with donations made to the kids of Steve Lacey, who was innocently killed during a drunk driving and road rage accident on July 24. The event was organized by some of the instructors at Peter Kirk Pool. CARRIE WOOD, Kirkland Reporter

the Goldfish Rodeo in downtown Kirkland on Friday, a benefit for the two young children of Steve Lacey, a Kirkland resident who was killed by a drunk driver on July 24.

“It is the only money I have,” said a shy Toren, who added that he wanted to help people in need.

Many people in Kirk-land felt the same way. The event, which was held between Milagro Cantina and Hector’s on Lake Street, raised $671.25.

“We have had a good response so far,” said Blair Jordan, 18, who said they got the word out online in a short amount of time.

Jordan and Kelly Winters, 24, who teach the two Lacey children Jasmine, 5, and Julian, 7, swimming, set up the benefit for the kids’ col-lege fund.

“They are one of those families that we just love,” said Winters. “They have taken lessons with us ev-ery summer, all summer long.”

The two originally wanted to do a car wash but ran into some “logis-tical issues.”

“We talked to (Deputy Mayor) Penny Sweet and Phil (Megenhardt) at

Boldhat and it was actu-ally his idea,” said Jordan.

The two women had the idea for a fund raiser the Friday before but Jor-dan got the event going.

“She’s got all the con-nections,” said Winters.

The event featured face painting, a bake sale and, of course, gold fish. All were purchased by dona-tion. Most of the baked goods were donated by workers at Peter Kirk Pool.

Lacey’s death has hit the Kirkland community, along with those who know the kids and family, very hard. That impact was evident by the Peter Kirk Pool workers who volunteered to help out at the Goldfish Rodeo.

“I thought it was a great idea,” said Ryan Helgeson, 16, who is a lifeguard at the pool. “It is really sad that this totally innocent guy was killed.”

The benefit was set up on Friday so many of the pool workers could be on hand as there are no lessons.

“It is just an amazing community,” said Win-ters. “It has really brought everyone together.”

Many heard about the accident at the pool.

“I heard about it as I was about to get in and teach,” said Jordan.

The two Lacey children have returned to the pool for their lessons as the family tries to maintain a sense of normalcy, pool workers said.

“They haven’t grasped it yet,” said Jordan. “I have talked to Nabila (Steve’s widow) and she is staying strong. They are a good family and good

friends. But it is upsetting that those kids will not be able to experience both of their parents.”

Alex Chris-tensen said she heard about the event through a mom’s group.

“It is a good cause,” said Christensen. “I talked about it with (Toren and Finn) and they got upset. But this is a good way to deal with it. Toren got his money out of his piggy bank and wanted to do-nate it. Finn donated his out of my piggy bank.”

For those who want to do-nate to the college fund, go to any Chase Bank, where a special account has been set up or email [email protected].

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“They are one of those families that we just love. They

have taken lessons with us every

summer, all summer long.”

Kelly Winters

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Eileen.“It’s a great motivating

force to walk down here,” Sota added.

Eileen said aft er the park closed last year, she drove by the site and saw that work “wasn’t getting fi nished. I thought, ‘What’s going on?’ I’m glad to see the city got it done.”

Michael Cogle, interim deputy director for the City of Kirkland’s Department of Parks and Community Services, said the city worked “really hard to get the park partially opened for what’s left of our summer.”

Th e city hired Lake Stevens-based Marshbank Construction, Inc. in June to complete the fi rst phase of the $2.8 million renovation

project. Earlier in June, work at

the park abruptly halted when the city terminated its contract with DMSL Con-struction, Inc. for failure to complete the project on time.

Th e park’s re-opening date was also aff ected by weather-related setbacks and the company’s fi nancial issues.

During the event, city dignitaries unveiled a “Park Now Open” banner amidst cheers and honks from pass-ing cars. Cogle also thanked Marshbank Construction, which completed signifi cant improvements to the park, including new walking paths, extensive landscaping, benches and picnic tables.

But the work wasn’t easy, said Marshbank Construc-tion co-owner Dave Marsh-bank.

“It was rough,” he said of the park when his company took over renovation work. “It should have taken us three months to do all this, but we just fi gured out a way to get it done.”

Bob Lovins of Lovins Landscaping added that his company had to redo much of the landscaping work that the previous contractors did.

“Welcome to the park and stay off my grass,” Cogle joked during the re-opening event, noting that some of the newly-seeded lawn areas in the park will be protected to allow complete establish-ment.

Additional construction activity in the park will occur through September, includ-ing restoration of Juanita Creek located on the western side of the park.

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Kirkland resident Houa Cha, sits and watches her two children, Terrance, left , and Rainey, play at Juanita Beach Park with her husband Jasper, on Friday just aft er the park reopened from its prolonged renovation. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter

or 3 1/2 years.Lacey’s sister, Sue said

that the plea and the potential punishment was “disgusting.”

Rexroat entered the plea in King County Supe-rior Court, as nearly 20 of Lacey’s family and friends, including his wife, Nabila and mother Janet, looked on wearing t-shirts in his memory. Both Janet and Sue said they want to be at every hearing but would have to return to England

where they had come from aft er learning of Lacey’s death. Lacey is also sur-vived by his two children, Julian, 7 and Jasmine, 5.

“Th e tragic death of Steve Lacey was not an ac-cident,” King County Pros-ecutor Dan Satterberg said in a written statement. “It was the predictable result of aggressive driving under extreme intoxication.”

Charging documents allege that Rexroat was driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.29, more

than three times the legal limit, when his SUV exited Interstate 405 at the N.E. 85th Street exit heading east. Th e man allegedly lost control of the ve-hicle, crossed both east-bound lanes and smashed into Lacey’s BMW, kill-ing him instantly.

According to court documents, witnesses reported that Rexroat got out of his SUV and began “pounding his chest.”

Rexroat’s attorney

Tim Leary said the chest pounding was being mis-construed. He contends that Rexroat suff ered chest injuries and was clutching

his chest. Rexroat has no criminal history.

When one wit-ness told Rexroat the driver of the other vehicle was

dead, Rexroat re-sponded by saying “eh,”

according to the witness. Th e Snohomish County man reportedly told Washington State Patrol

troopers that he had been cut off on 405 and exited the freeway at a high rate of speed while in pursuit of the vehicle. Rexroat also told troopers that he had “way too much” to drink. He is unemployed aft er losing his custom upholstering business, Rankin Upholstery of Bothell.

Superior Court Judge Ronald Kessler ruled the next hearing to be held on Aug. 22. Rexroat is being held on $1 million bail.

[ REXROAT from page 1] Local gradsTh e following Kirk-

land residents recently graduated from Oregon State University: Holly M. Campos, Bachelor of Sci-ence, industrial engineer-ing; Michael I. Karas, Master of Science, wood science.

Spencer Nietmann of Kirkland graduated from Bowdoin College, major-ing in Biology-Environ-mental Studies.

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An apology from Sternoff is enough

In the recent scandal of Council-man Bob Sternoff sending inappro-priate emails during Kirkland City Council sessions, the council decided (in a vote of 3 to 4) to launch an investigation concerning Sternoff ’s actions. Th is wastes both time and money by investigating a matter that is already proven to have happened and is really quite trivial. An apol-ogy is good enough, since Sternoff was only talking behind his fellow members’ backs. Yes, it’s a bad thing, but not one that requires the whole judicial process.

Th is inquiry gives a good reason for why Sternoff sent his emails dur-ing session, too. He saw no other use of his time. If the same people that Sternoff is back-talking about come at him with an entire investigation, then it doesn’t seem very likely that the council is thinking very logically about where to put their resources. So, all that needs to be done is a request from the council to Sternoff for an apology, and then forgive and forget. Aft er all, who cares about a councilman’s aff airs as long as they don’t hurt anyone?Rhys Brewer, age 14, Kirkland

Voters should get a view of Morgan’s property

Th e Kirkland Council election is, again, an interesting one. As a former building manager in Kirkland, I would suggest that voters check out

all candidates to fi nd those best quali-fi ed to make decisions for the city.

For example, public records at Kirkland City Hall show a long battle - with citations and fi nes - against Martin Morgan. A drive on 122nd Avenue Northeast in the block that dead ends into Lake Washington High School might give voters a view of how Mr. Morgan keeps up prop-erty in Kirkland.Neil Goldberg, Kirkland

Congratulations for making a beautiful park...ing lot

Congratulations, Kirkland! Th e time, eff ort and dollars spent in im-proving Juanita Beach Park are noth-ing short of amazing. According to the City of Kirkland’s Web site, “visi-tors park in a more space-effi cient parking lot complimented by new lighting and landscaping (and bio-fi ltration stormwater features), can enjoy new walking paths that lead to and from the beach and the pier, can take a swim, and have a picnic on the new picnic tables.” Apparently, more space-effi cient parking means half the spots are gone, the ones left are smaller and the landscaping in the parking lot takes up more spaces. I know I appreciate landscaping in my parking lots. It gives me something to look at while I’m circling the lot trying to fi nd a place to park.

Th ank you, too, for adding the walking pathways to and from the beach because without them, people would not be able to cross the “bio-fi ltration stormwater features” - the

drainage ditches that have replaced what once was grassy area and are less than walking friendly, but I must say look pleasing thanks to their extensive landscaping that also makes them impassable.

Th ank you, too, for making a more “space-effi cient” beach area, which also seems to have been downsized by half. At least it will look pretty, eventually. I particularly enjoyed the thoughtful placement of the three large fi r tree plantings right smack in the middle of the beach seating area which, in time, will make a most im-pressive display of 30 foot trees block-ing the view of the lake, but providing the much needed shade and carpet of needles, sap and cones on the beach and the walkway. Th e person responsible for the landscape design, if you can call it that, must either not have children or have too many children and a serious disregard for them, because who would purposely install planting beds mounded with beauty bark and rose rushes on the beach where bare little feet are certain to be? Bees, thorns and splinters are not conducive to being kid-friendly, let alone grown-up friendly.

Th e city’s Web site also boasts “the planting of 900 new evergreen and deciduous trees.” I beg to diff er. Shrubs and swamp grass planted in the parking lot, the unusable planting berms, and the biofi ltration stormwa-ter features do not count as evergreen and deciduous trees. I think they got that number confused with the number of trees they removed. I don’t even want to think about the time and money it will take to maintain all of those unnecessary plantings, but

all in all, Kirkland, congratulations. You have once again taken a perfectly fi ne space and made yourself a beau-tiful park...ing lot.Kathryn Rich, Kirkland

Thank you for helping to look for lost dog

I’ve read numerous letters in the Kirkland Reporter, most of them negative and that’s okay, it’s a place to vent. But I’d like to do a little something diff erent. Th is is more a heartfelt letter because of the care and compassion we have received and because I had no other idea how to thank everyone who has helped us. Our dog ran away on July 22. My daughters and I made fl iers and posters and harassed every neighbor we could fi nd. Th en we went across the street to the west side of Market and harassed more people.

I have never been so overwhelmed by the compassion these people have shown us and their willingness to help. From off ers of a Segway, to willingness to hand out fl iers to hugs and walking the neighborhood with us to calls off ering help. To date we haven’t found our Coco, but if my neighbors have anything to do with it we will. I think it’s important to know the kind of people you live by. Th e quality of their character. I know that I am so incredibly blessed. Los-ing Coco was a heartbreak (and I do believe we’ll fi nd her), but knowing these people around me has been a gift . So thank you to everyone out there who has helped. Lisa Taylor, Kirkland

Kirkland city leaders, residents and construction workers

packed onto the southwest corner of 97th Ave. N.E. and N.E.

Juanita Drive Friday. It is a corner that has only seen inquisi-

tive passerbys gazing through a chain-link fence at a torn-up park

during the past 15 months. The saga led many residents to write

letters to the editor, call city offi cials, brought TV news crews to

Kirkland and drew the overall ire of those who frequent one of the

best little recreation areas in the city.

And rightly so. The project was to be completed as early as March

of this year and as late as the end of June. Kirkland residents who

use the park for relaxation and a reason to play during the summer

time, lost that part of their lives during the summer of 2010 and half

of 2011. The frustration was understandable.

But to the delight of those who were there for the parks

reopening, we get two months of summer in the jewel at Juanita

Beach. A special thank you should be extended to Marshbank

Construction, which turned a disaster of a project back into a beau-

tiful park for the rest of the summer. It is not complete yet, and

we understand that. But the beach is open, the new boardwalk is

open, the kids’ playground is open and, as one resident sarcastically

remarked in a letter to the editor, the parking lot is open, too.

We can also see how beautiful the park will be when completed.

But Marshbank’s ability to get the park open by the beginning of

August was remarkable. Between June 1 and August 5 it seemed

like Marshbank had more workers in the park than had been there

the previous 13 months combined. And the improvements were

astonishing to watch.

But the villain in this all is not the city. Many city employees

including city manager Kurt Triplett, Interim Public Works Director

Mike Cogle and the city council worked hard to get the park

reopened while working with very diffi cult issues.

We acknowledge that the south side of the park’s renovation is

not complete but to Marshbank, we thank them for working hard to

give us the last two months of the summer in one of the best parks

in Kirkland.

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● Q U O T E O F N O T E : “They are one of those families that we just love. They have taken lessons with us every summer, all summer long,“ said Kelly Winters

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On Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 7:05pm,Kyle Clementz and Corey Grospe

exchanged their sacred vows in front of their close friendsand family. The couple started dating in May 1999. Together they have four beautiful children. The celebration was commenced at

The Woodmark Hotel on Carillon Point in Kirkland.The bride wore an ivory custom Vera Wang gown and carried a

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Th e FBI has arrested a Bothell man who alleg-edly robbed the Juanita Village Bank of America in Kirkland on Aug. 5.

Th anks to a tipster who provided informa-tion, Anthony R. Shin-dler, 43, was arrested at the Totem Lake QFC yesterday morning, said Frederick Gutt, a special agent with the Seattle FBI.

Armed with a silver handgun, the suspect robbed the bank and fl ed on Aug. 5. Th e FBI released bank surveil-lance of the robbery, asking the public for help in identifying the armed and dangerous suspect.

He made his ini-tial appearance in the U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle on Tuesday.

FBI arrests wanted man who robbed bank at gunpoint

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Police Blotter

Police to enforce parking using license plate recognition system

Th e Kirkland Police Department Parking Enforcement Division will begin using a license plate recognition system for purposes of monitoring parking in time-limited, city-owned lots and spaces in downtown, beginning the week of Aug. 8.

Th e system uses a laptop computer and a camera that captures an image of a vehicle and its license plate. Th e system’s GPS feature loads the vehicle’s coordinates, the soft ware time-stamps the image, and the system alarms when vehicles captured in the database have gone beyond their time limits in a parking space.

Time-limited parking areas include the Lake Street (and Central Way) lot, the Lakeshore Plaza lot, Peter Kirk Municipal Garage, and on-street parking in downtown.

“Th is proven technology will simply enhance the manual chalking system we currently utilize to monitor and enforce parking regulations in our downtown core,” said Lt. Mike Murray. “Experience has shown that these electronic chalk-ing systems are more effi cient in the time it takes our parking enforcement offi cers to monitor vehicles and more accurate because of the detail the system captures in the images.” Mur-ray notes that the parking regulations for downtown are not changing, but that the new system will be used in addition to the manual chalking system.

Th e City of Kirkland is working with the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce and Kirkland Downtown Association to notify downtown businesses of the new system. Signs will be posted at parking lot pay stations to inform parking lot users. For more information, visit www.kirklandwa.gov/police.

The blotter feature is both a descrip-tion of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police offi cers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.

Between July 29 to Aug. 4, the Kirk-land Police Department reported 476 traffi c violations (12 DUIs), 28 alarm calls, 30 car accidents, 32 noise complaints, 21 thefts, nine car prowls, 12 domestic violence calls, eight calls for harassment, nine acts of fraud, 22 calls of a disturbance, fi ve calls for illegal substances and 18 calls of civil disturbance. At least 40 people were arrested.

Aug. 4Hit-and-run: 1:47 p.m., 6605 Lake Wash-ington Boulevard N.E. A 19-year-old Bellevue man was arrested after he left the scene of a collision without providing his contact information. The victim was able to get the man’s license plate number before he left. The man returned to Bellevue to check in with his parents at their residence. The parents confi rmed that he was the driver and the man was contacted by phone and agreed to come back to the scene where he was arrested.

Aug. 3Indecent exposure: 3:23 p.m., 300 block of Central Way. A 43-year-old homeless man on a Razor scooter was arrested for indecent exposure after displaying his penis to the female victim.

Weapons violation: 11 p.m., 900 block of

Railroad Ave. Three Kirkland teenagers were contacted as they walked along railroad tracks. One of the teens, a 19-year-old man, was found to be in possession of brass knuck-les and a pipe.

Aug. 2Assault: 10 p.m., 2000 block of Market Street. A 27-year-old San Diego man was initially contacted in Juanita Bay Park as it was closed for the evening and was told to leave. After police left, the man grabbed the arms of two female pedestrians as they walked by him on the sidewalk of Market Street. Both women were distressed and scared by the actions of the man, who was arrested for assault.

Warrant arrest:10:50 p.m., 9900 block of N.E. 125th Lane. Police responded to a noise complaint and the resident showed to have two warrants and was arrested.

Warrant arrest: 7:52 p.m., 13100 block of N.E. 80th Street. A 42-year-old Redmond female was trying to move out of a residence and got into a verbal argument over kitchen items. The woman was arrested on her outstanding warrant.

Aug. 1Theft: 4:19 p.m., 1000 block of N.E. 137th Street. A 40-year-old Kirkland woman alleg-

edly shoplifted $30 worth of groceries from Safeway. The woman was contacted at her vehicle and stated that she didn’t remember if she paid for the items.

July 31Obstructing: 1:40 a.m., 12000 block of N.E. 124th Street. A 29-year-old Missouri man was arrested for obstruction after he ran from police during a possible assault investigation.

July 30Theft: 3:15 p.m., 8629 120th Ave.

N.E. A 46-year-old Renton woman was arrested for theft after concealing pork jerky, allergy medi-cine and a bra totaling $92.39 in her purse.

Domestic: 11 a.m., 13000 block of 112th Ave.

N.E. A 34-year-old Kirkland man was arrested for as-

saulting his wife.

July 29Warrant arrest: 10:51 a.m., 2000 block

of Market Street. A 42-year-old Kirkland

woman was stopped for speeding and found

to have multiple warrants for theft.

Theft: 12:35 p.m., 900 block of Kirkland

Ave. A 21-year-old Woodinville female was

arrested for theft after shoplifting $400 worth

of bikinis. The woman was stopped on I-405

with the bikinis.


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Reporter Newspapers

The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) trustees voted unanimously

— with the exception of Doug Eglington, who was absent — to approve superintendent Dr. Chip Kimball’s proposed budget for the 2011-12 school year

at Monday evening’s regular board meeting, .

The $231.3 million general fund budget will go into ef-fect Sept. 1 and reflects the $4.6 million funding cut from

the state, which includes a 1.9 percent salary reduction for teachers and a $2.6 million cut to maintain small class sizes at the K-4 level.

To offset this reduction, LWSD officials plan to use district levy funds, extend the school year and make small staff reductions through attri-tion — not layoffs.

At the meeting, board president Jackie Pendergrass said she believes the state legislature has continued to make cuts because lawmakers believe school districts would make up the difference at the local level. While this has been true for LWSD, Pender-grass was not willing to let the legislature off the hook.

“They were counting on school districts,” she said. “It’s not something they can continue to count on.”

Kimball agreed, saying, “everyone is hurting” in the current economic climate but even when the economy is booming, educators are among the worse paid in the community.

“The legislature is hanging us out to dry,” he said at the meeting.

District officials said this is because school districts’ rainy day funds will eventually run out and districts will reach their levy caps on how much money they can ask for from taxpayers.

To address the teachers’ salary reductions — which just means a reduction in how much money the district receives from the state — Kimball said they worked with teachers to come up with a solution that includes teachers working two ad-

ditional days. There will be an extra instructional day on June 21, 2012 — extend-ing the school year calendar from 180 to 181 days and the last day of school to June 22 — and a teacher work day on May 25, the Friday before Memorial Day. This day had been a regular school day, but now students will not go to school and make up for it at the end of the year.

“Everyone came to the table with what I call a re-ally nice compromise,” the superintendent said about the district’s negotiations with teachers.

Kimball said the two extra days will be dedicated to preparing for the district’s grade reconfiguration to a K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 system in fall 2012. Students will get to visit the school they will attend the next year and for students who are not changing schools, Kimball said they will get to visit their next year’s classroom. On the teacher-only day, teachers will visit their school as well and get a chance to work with their new teams and plan for the next year.

“That’s pretty important work,” Kimball said.

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As a business owner or

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1) Walk-through and review your key business processes. Th ink like a crimi-nal as you review your processes. Identify weaknesses and think of ways to either eliminate the weakness or mitigate the risk.

2) Review things you normally would not. Oft en embezzlement and fraud schemes are committed by the most trusted employees. Consider reviewing a bank statement or a new vendor list on occasion. Do not be afraid to ask questions if

something looks odd or you don’t recognize a name.

3) Review expense reports. Review the details and determine whether the transactions make sense and actually are for business purposes. Accumulate all expense reimbursement claims for each employee and compare them to one another. Is there one employee whose expenses exceed everyone else in a similar position?

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Just when you thought you could take a break from fi nancial drama,

following the resolution of the debt ceiling issue, here comes Act 2: the downgrade of the U.S. long-term credit rating. As a citizen, you may be feeling frustrated. And as an investor, you might be getting worried. But is this concern really justifi ed?

Certainly, it was news when Standard and Poors (S&P) lowered the U.S. long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+. Th is is, aft er all, the fi rst time that the U.S. has lost its AAA status since its initial publication 70 years ago. Furthermore,

S&P put a negative outlook on the rating, which means that further downgrades are possible. But despite these developments, there’s no reason to think that the sky is falling in on the invest-ment world. Consider the following:

“Downgrade” doesn’t mean default. Rating agen-cies such as S&P assign ratings to bonds to help investors measure credit risk — the chance that they won’t receive timely payments. Th e downgrade to AA+ just means that investors would be slightly less likely to receive future payments than if the bond had an AAA rat-

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U.S. credit rating is still high quality. S&P didn’t change the U.S. govern-ment’s short-term credit rating, which applies to debt maturing in less than one year. Furthermore, the long-term rating of AA+ is still considered high quality. Also, keep in mind that two other major rating agencies, Moody’s and Fitch, both af-fi rmed their AAA rating on the U.S., although Moody’s has a negative outlook on its rating.

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Th is downgrade should not be as calamitous as we’ve been led to believe.

Corporate profi ts, always a key driver of stock prices, are still strong, and with the market correction we’ve seen in the past couple of weeks, many quality stocks now ap-pear to be more attractively priced — which means it may actually be a good time to look for investment op-portunities that make sense for you, rather than head to the “sidelines.”

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Other district employee groups including administra-tors and secretaries, whose salaries have also been cut, have taken similar money-saving measures such as giv-

ing up a number of vacation days.

Another way LWSD is saving money and avoid-ing layoff s is reducing staff through attrition, meaning as teachers resigned or retired at the end of the school year, their positions have remained unfi lled.

Th is, however, will mean K-4 class sizes will increase slightly. District offi cials said

student-teacher ratios will increase by roughly one stu-dent per class. Kindergarten and fi rst-grade staffi ng will change from 19-to-1 to 20-to-1; second- and third-grades will shift from 23.9-to-1 to 25-to-1; and fourth-grade will go from 25.12-to-1 to 26.75-to-1.

Th e proposed budget was fi rst presented to the school board by business services

coordinator Barbara Posthu-mus at the June 20 meeting. Aft er the meeting, the budget was posted on the district’s Website with an email contact for public input, but Posthumus said they didn’t receive any emails from the public.

She added that in the weeks between the June meeting and Monday that there weren’t any major

changes to the budget either. Posthumus said her team’s estimates on state revenue were off by about $20,000 when they received the fi nal numbers. But when com-pared with an overall budget of $231.3 million, they just needed to do some minor tweaking.

“Th at’s a very small num-ber,” Posthumus said.

She added that this adjust-

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Th ere was not much discussion about the budget during the board meeting, but it was because trust-ees have worked with and discussed the budget with Posthumus, Kimball and other district staff for months.

Pendergrass said the board has had several budget work sessions since January.

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“So all of a sudden overnight, my gosh, there’s a cop in every school zone,” he said. “So if somebody came in and said there’s cops all over the place, I would

explain our staffing numbers. In actuality, when you look at the number of officers we have per our population, we’re staffed pretty low, but it is what it is.”

But there are other reasons for the increased presence as well.

What residents are saying

In the weeks following annexation, the Reporter received dozens of letters

from residents concerned about the many cops in the new areas.

Some were in support of the change. William Archer, a police officer for another city, said: “We all know the King County Sheriff’s Of-fice has had budget cuts for several years that reduced general patrolling in most of the county and we got used to it. So I’m pleased when I see a police car rolling by trying to prevent crime in my community verses simply

responding to incidents as they occur.”

Others, like Annie Mat-thews, have thanked the KPD for not only patrolling the new neighborhoods, but for getting to actually know the residents there.

In fact, the most surpris-ing thing about the an-nexation so far for Captain Bill Hamilton has been the positive responses and “how welcome we have been as a police department up there,” he said. “Our officers have been very, very pleased with the comments we’ve been getting from the annexation community. Making a dif-ference is one thing, making an immediate difference is another.”

But not all feedback has been positive.

Russ Perman criticized the KPD and said “Kirkland is not a police state.”

A past Kingsgate resident himself, Hamilton cited one comment he received from a resident who said, “I thought I was annexed, not occupied,” recalled Hamilton, noting most of the negative input has to do with police visibility.

But the KPD is also “highly visible on purpose,” said Hamilton, noting not all police activity generates a citation.

A couple years ago, the KPD transitioned its fleet to black and white vehicles, said

Olsen.“The reason was obvious -

high visibility,” said Olsen. “If I can’t put a cop on every cor-ner, I want people to think that a cop is on every corner and that’s what the black and whites do.”

Hamilton sees the com-plaints as “almost rewarding” because it means the KPD has achieved visibility in the new neighborhoods.

“And that’s one of our phi-losophies is if you are visible, then you can deter crime,” added Olsen. “How many people have alarm stickers on their houses who don’t have alarms on their homes?”

Citizens’ requests for enforcement

Hamilton commented on how quickly new residents have provided input to the KPD.

In fact, a majority of KPD’s citations to date “have actually been a response to citizens’ requests for enforce-ment,” he said.

That’s another reason why residents may see an increase in cops is because officers are working complaint zones.

Hamilton said the depart-ment has a system that tracks resident’s complaints and how officers respond. Ac-cording to the data, speeding and failing to stop are the biggest issues for residents so

far, said Olsen. When responding to a

traffic complaint, officers are asked to use their discretion, said Olsen, noting there’s a 50-50 split between the number of citations issued and warnings in the new neighborhoods.

“The visibility and the community involvement should lead to a reduction in crime or at the very least an enhanced feeling of safety,” said Hamilton.

And although it is difficult for the KPD to measure whether its enforcement has lowered the crime rate, “I think the best measurement will be people’s feeling of safety and quality of life,” said Hamilton.

Just after annexation, he said many residents request-ed more enforcement in the area, said Hamilton.

“We’re actually getting an increase in complaints on quality of life issues now from the community,” he added. “So it started out we need more enforcement, and now what about that boat or Winnebago in front of my neighbor’s house and things along those lines. I think the fact that they’re now calling on that in addition to en-forcement requests is a good indication they are aware of our level of service.”

Look for the final part of this police series next week.

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Kloba elected as Washington State PTA Legislative Director

Shelley Kloba of Kirk-land was recently elected as Washington State PTA Legislative Director for a two-year term, which be-gan June 1. The election took place in connection with WSPTA’s 98th An-nual Convention.

As legislative director, Kloba will serve as chair of the WSPTA Legisla-tion Committee and coordinate the WSPTA Legislative Assembly and the activities of the WSPTA legislation train-ing program. She will also serve on the associa-tion’s governing Board of Directors.

“My goal as legislative director is to bring to-gether the diverse voices of our members, help the membership understand that advocacy is some-thing they engage in all

the time, and encourage their understanding that public policy affects their children and their school and community,” Kloba said.

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August 12 12 p.m.-8 p.m. - Kirkland Art Walk - Second Friday of each month. The Kirkland Art Walk is a free, self-guided, public art tour throughout local galleries. For more information, visit the website. www.kirklandartwalk.org

Aug. 12-Oct. 7 3-7 p.m. – Juanita Friday Market – Juanita Beach Park – 9703 NE Juanita Drive. August 5 - Kids Day. For information call 425-306-6181 or go on-line to www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/parks/Parks/Juanita_Friday_Market.htm

August 13 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. - Concert For A Cause: An Awareness & Fundraiser for Crohn’s & Colitis at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive, Kirkland, WA. This event is a benefi t concert to raise money and awareness for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America’s Northwest Chap-ter. There will be a raffl e with prizes donated from local companies as well as a donation box and a chance to learn more about CCFA. Admission is FREE. Musical guests: Tyler Bush & Sean Rogers

August 13 7:30 p.m. - Second Saturday Contradance - Juanita Community Club, 13027 100th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA - A community contradance is held every second Saturday at the Juanita Community Club. The evening is primarily contradances—a social dance form originally from New England. Dances are presented by a caller with a live band of traditional folk musicians. A walk-through is provided for each dance. Attending with a part-ner is not necessary. Beginner contradance instruction starts at 7:30 p.m. and the dance gets into full swing by 8 p.m. Free ice cream is provided during the break! Admission is $8 at the door; $4 for student with an ID. Please wear soft-soled shoes. www.folkhorizons.org

August 13 9am-Noon - Join The Green Kirkland Partnership during this volunteer event at Cotton Hill Park, 110th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 98th St. For information, visit www.earthcorps.org/volunteer or email [email protected]

August 14 9:30 a.m. - Kirkland Street Scramble - Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive, Kirkland, WA - Fun for families, runners, cyclists, and anyone who likes to explore. Awards and refreshments at the fi nish. http://www.active.com/cycling/kirkland-wa/kirkland-street-scramble-2011

August 14-20 9 a.m. to dark – Junior Softball World Series, Everest Park – 500 8th Street S. www.jrsoftballworldseries.com

August 16 10 a.m.- 11 a.m. - Children’s Concert Series at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Drive, Kirkland, WA. Eric Ode Award-winning children’s singer/songwriter www.ericode.com

Aug. 17–Sept 28 2-7 p.m. – Kirkland Wednesday Market – Park Lane, between Lake Street and Main. Support our local farmers. For more information, visit www.kirklandwednesdaymarket.org or e-mail [email protected]

August 18 7-9 p.m. - Kirkland Summer Concert Series at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Drive, Kirkland, WA. Handful of Luvin’ - Back by popular demand! Original light rock with virtuoso electric violinist www.handfulofl uvin.com

August 20 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. - 13th Annual Life Care of Kirkland Car Show: Come enjoy over 100 classic cars during the car show at Life Care of Kirkland, 10101 N.E. 120th St. Free hot dogs, soda, popcorn. Dance to the swing music of “Route 66” with the “Eastside Swing Cats.” Free massages by Masssage Envy! Free portraits drawn by caricature artist, Steve Hartley. Call to reserve space for your car with outstanding prizes and dash plaques: 425-823-2323.

August 20 9am-Noon - Join The Green Kirkland Partnership during this volunteer event at Kiwanis Park, 1405 10th St. West. For information, email [email protected]

August 20 9 p.m. Movie starts at Dusk - Carillon Point Outdoor Movie Nights—How to Train Your Dragaon - All proceeds from the evening will benefi t Hopelink, a non-profi t organization dedicated to promoting self-suffi ciency to all members of the community. Carillon Point Plaza, Carillon Point, Kirkland, WA. $5.00 Donation to Hopelink www.carillon-point.com

August 23 10 a.m.- 11 a.m. - Children’s Concert Series at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Drive, Kirkland, WA. Let Your Music Shine - Come along on a Singin’ Safari! www.letyourmusicshine.com

August 25 7-9 p.m. - Kirkland Summer Concert Series at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Drive, Kirkland, WA. Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band - Roots reggae from the best reggae band this side of Jamaica www.clintonfearon.com

August 27 9am-Noon - Join The Green Kirkland Partnership during this volunteer event at Juanita Bay Park, 2201 Market St. For information, email [email protected]

August 27 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Last Sat. of the month – Junk In Your Trunk, Community Garage Sale, Juanita Beach Park – 9703 NE Juanita Drive. [email protected]

Sept. 2-Oct. 7 3-7 p.m. – Juanita Friday Market – Juanita Beach Park – 9703 NE Juanita Drive. For information call 425-306-6181 or go on-line to www.kirklandwa.gov/depart/parks/Parks/Juanita_Friday_Market.htm

Sept. 7–28 2-7 p.m. – Kirkland Wednesday Market – Park Lane, between Lake Street and Main. Support our local farmers. For more information, visit www.kirklandwednesdaymarket.org or e-mail [email protected]

Sept. 11 9 a.m.-4 p.m. – Kirkland Concours d’Elegance, Carillon Point. Among car enthusiasts this family oriented event has quickly become recognized as one of the premier concours events in the country with participant vehicles selected from across the United States and Canada. All profi ts from this spectacular event benefi t uncompensated children’s care at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, with more than one million dollars already donated to these needy recipients. Adult Tickets: $25, Youth Tickets (7-17): $10, Children Under 7: Free www.kirklandconcours.com

Sept. 17 8 a.m. – Kirkland Triathlon, Marina Park – 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive and city streets. www.racecenter.com/kirklandtri

Sept. 18 10 a.m. – Kids Tri: www.racecenter.com/kirklandtri

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October 1-2 NW Book Fest, Multiple venues: Kirkland Library, Kirkland Performance Center, Teen Union Building, Peter Kirk Community Center, Peter Kirk Park

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praise her hard work, her talent and her beautiful jewelry. But what is more amazing is the effort she has made to be where she is today.

Like many single moms, Kirkland resi-dent Nicole Allen works hard, loves her kids and never stops. But she also struggles with fibromyal-gia, myofascial pain syn-drome and non-epileptic seizure disorder.

Allen learned she was sick back in 2009; she said her “whole life changed.”

“It all happened (in) one day,” Allen said. “I went to work up at Alderwood, and I wasn’t feeling very well. So I went and sat down in our dining room and the next thing I knew, I woke up to paramedics. … I had a seizure.”

Allen’s world has been turned upside down ever since.

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“It was very, very tough for a while,” Allen

said. “We brought our basket; we went through the food line. That was food that I couldn’t afford. “In addition, Al-

len’s astronomical medi-cal bills were hard on her family. While 80 percent of her bills are covered by the state, it is a struggle to manage the rest.

Unable to work outside the home, Allen found she “was going crazy sit-ting at home.” Seeking to sustain her family and re-tain a sense of self-worth, she decided to start her own jewelry business –

Carrisma Collections. Allen’s bracelets, long

and short earrings, and necklaces are made of the most sparkly jewelry making beads, crystals. And they can all be customized to customer’s preferences, she said.

“I can make them smaller or bigger as you like,” Allen said to a customer while placing a necklace on her daughter, to show how it looks un-der the sun. “See, under the sun you can really see the color.”

Before her illness, Al-len would rise at 6 a.m., send her two children off to school, herself off to work, pick up her kids from the Boys and Girls Club and then come home. She often worked over 40 hours a week – although overtime pay was “a good thing” for a single mom.

These days, Allen

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needs more hours of rest to preserve energy for her “day,” which starts in front of piles and piles of sparkly crystals. Assem-bling and stringing beads is sometimes all she does the entire day.

“It’s kind of crazy, sometimes I make a bracelet, and if I don’t like it, I will take it all apart and put it together in a different way, so many times that my hands go numb, “ Allen said.

Allen’s passion for jew-elry-making has finally given her some financial security. But she hasn’t forgotten that there are still people out there who need a helping hand.

“We are not well-off ourselves by all means,” Allen said with convic-tion. “ But in going through what I went through, I can understand what others families go through.”

Now, a portion of Allen’s sales goes to Hopelink, breast cancer research and the Boys & Girls Club’s silent auc-tion. She envisions having a jewelry charity party where people could buy a piece of jewelry and choose where the money would go.

In a thank you note she wrote to Hopelink, she said: “I don’t have a whole lot to donate at this time, but it is a little bit. I will be making a donation every few months, and I hope that it will help a family that needs it.”

Kris Betkler of Hopelink said in an email that they have had a num-ber of former clients come back to volunteer, but few give back the way Allen is

doing now.“What Nicole is do-

ing is fairly unique,” she wrote.

Allen said her fam-ily’s life has never been so “balanced.” Looking back, she even finds some good has come out of her sickness.

“I am finally able to look after my kids. I am actually able to do their homework with them, sit down and spend that quality time with them which before I wasn’t able to have,” she said.

Taylor, 11, and his sister Shay, 12, both feel they finally have their mother back in their lives.

“Since she had the sei-zure, it hasn’t been a good

thing, but it kind of has,” Taylor said. “After she didn’t work, I was closer to her even more, and she is home more.”

Allen added: “Every-thing I make, I put a piece of me into it. If everybody could just give a little bit, it could make a huge difference. It impacts people. “

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Santerford Memorial Blood Drive

Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown is hosting a blood drive in honor of Dianne Santerford.

A member of the RCKD’s counterpart, the Rotary Club of Kirkland, Santerford

recently passed away. The Kirkland resident was the assistant of Dave Griffith, RCKD membership chair.

The Dianne Santerford Memorial Blood Drive will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Park-place parking lot.

Assault on female at local business

The Kirkland Police Department is investigating

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Kirkland native wins Rising Star award

The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. announced that Kirkland native September Hill, co-creator of the Junior League of Los Angeles’ (JLLA) Public Policy Institute, has received the 2011 Rising Star award for her outstanding advocacy across a broad range of issues, including women’s mental health, diversity and educa-tion.

Hill is a 1985 gradu-ate of Juanita High School and daughter of Rosemary George, of Kirkland.

As a result of her efforts, JLLA has inspired leagues in other cities to establish their own public policy institutes

and has graduated more than two dozen women, many of whom have started careers in public policy.

“With her unbounded en-ergy and singular dedication, September has demonstrated a tremendous potential for community leadership that should benefit JLLA for years to come,” said Delly Beek-man, AJLI president. “She has been at the core of a number of the league’s most impactful initiatives, and in just three years of active membership has already set the bar very high.”

Inspired by success of the Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Com-mittee’s prenatal depression awareness campaign, Hill enlisted a graphic designer and spearheaded a branding campaign that resulted in an attention-catching “Speak Up When You’re Down” logo and slogan, as well as information cards detail-ing signs and symptoms.

Leveraging her social media connections, she was able to garner coverage for the initia-tive in a number of major media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post.

She also laid the founda-tion for the JLLA’s Ap-pointments to Boards and Commissions Institute by securing seed funding and support from JLLA members. Thanks to her efforts, this new initiative, which is designed to encour-age League members to pursue appoint-ments on California’s many public boards and commissions, has trained two dozen women and gained resounding support from JLLA’s membership.

New position to help YES support, educate parents

In response to commu-nity demand, Youth Eastside Services (YES) has added a parenting specialist, Jennifer Watanabe, to its team of youth counselors and chemi-cal dependency professionals. A telephone survey conduct-ed in 2009 found that parents

were in need of support and education and wanted YES to provide this service.

Watanabe brings more than 14 years of experience teaching parenting classes at Bellevue College, where she will continue teaching part time, as well as for other community organizations. She has also completed Seattle Pacific University’s Parent Coaching Institute’s

certificate program.“Jennifer has an ex-

tensive understand-ing of parenting issues and specifi-cally issues relevant

to Eastside parents,” said YES Executive Direc-

tor Patti Skelton-McGougan. “She is a longtime Eastside resident who has raised her children in this community, has worked with hundreds of parents, and understands what parents are going through.”

As the YES parenting specialist, Watanabe will offer parent education classes and individual support via parent coaching.

As YES’ first parent coach, she will be available to pro-vide one-on-one encourage-ment and guidance to parents

who need help implementing positive and effective parent-ing practices.

“I look forward to part-nering with YES staff to help parents create loving, encouraging and positively structured homes where mu-tually respectful relationships can flourish,” said Watanabe. “Parents can increase the odds of their child’s success and teaching parents to par-ent well is what I love to do.”

Parents interested in learning more about parent support at YES are encour-aged to contact Watanabe at [email protected], or sign-up for the e-newsletter at www.YouthEastsideServices.org that offers helpful parent-ing tips and lists upcoming programs.

Locals named to Boston University Dean’s List

Kirkland residents Jessica L. Pang and Jessika R. Smith were recently named to the Dean’s List at Boston Univer-sity for the Spring semester.

Boston University is the fourth-largest independent university in the United States, with an enrollment of more than 29,000 students in its 17 schools and col-leges. The university offers an exceptional grounding in the liberal arts, a broad

range of programs in the arts, sciences, engineering, and professional areas, and state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and research.

DeLong receives Outstanding Service Award

The Washington State PTA recently presented the 2011 Outstanding Service Award to Wendy DeLong, of Kirkland. Delong has been a PTA member since 1974 and has served in many ca-pacities at the local unit and council levels over the years.

She has received four Golden Acorn Awards, one council Outstanding Service Award, at least two Honorary Life Membership Awards, and has achieved the Crystal Level of WSPTA’s Leadership Academy, the highest level a PTA leader can obtain.

In addition to her volun-teer service for PTA, she is also involved in Campfire Boys and Girls, children’s choirs, neighborhood as-sociations, school district foundations, grassroots advocacy campaigns and the Coast Guard.

The Outstanding Service Award is the highest volun-teer service award presented by the Washington State PTA. It is only presented to one or two recipients each year.

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Adult recreation leagues prepare for fall season

Several recreation leagues off ered by the city of Kirk-land are gearing up for the fall season. Leagues include an adult volleyball league, adult coed dodgeball league and an adult soft ball league. All fall leagues run Septem-ber through November.

Volleyball includes two women’s divisions, and three coed divisions, depending on players skill level. Games are played at BEST High School and Kamiakin Junior High. Th e league consists of eight teams, with the women’s divisions playing on Monday, the coed upper and lower division on Tuesday and C division on Wednes-day.

Learn more at www.ballcharts.com/Kirklandvol-leyball.

Th e city’s coed dodgeball league has an upper and lower division and games are played at Kirkland Junior High School on Wednesday nights beginning at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Learn more at www.ballcharts.com/Kirkland-dodgeball.

Th e adult soft ball league in the fall off ers just a men’s upper and lower/mid division. Th e upper division plays on Wednesday and Th ursdays, while the lower/mid division plays on Mon-day and Tuesdays. Games are played at Lee Johnson fi eld in the fall. A max of eight teams are accepted per division.

Th ere is a $10 charge for non-Kirkland players for those who do not live or work in the city. Registra-tions are taken on a fi rst come, fi rst serve basis.

To learn more visit www.ballcharts.com/Kirkland-

soft ball.Players who are interested

in participating, but don’t have an entire team to play with can call the Recreation Offi ce at 425-587-3330 to be put on a list of interested players.

To register for leagues or to learn more visit www.kirklandparks.net.

Kirkland native competes in X Games

At 14 Mitchie Brusco has already done a lot of things guys twice his age haven’t. He just took sixth overall in the Dew Tour Vert Competi-tion and has all but grown up on a skateboard. Now he’s taking part in his fi rst ever X Games in Los Angeles. He’s competing in the Big Air skateboarding competi-tion against guys like Bob Burnquist of Brazil, who has competed in every X Games,

going back to the fi rst in 1995.

Brusco, though, has a leg up on some of his competi-tion. He’s landed one of the most diffi cult moves a skater can try, the 900. A two and a half revolution, while airborne, is diffi cult for even seasoned skaters. Brusco was the youngest to ever hit it during the MegaRamp championship earlier in July in Brazil.

To see videos and learn more about the X Games visit ESPN’s Web site.

Kirkland baseball players help team to national title

Th ree Kirkland baseball players, all members of the Stods Raptors select team, recently won the 10U D2 national championship at the Triple Crown World Series.

Th e event, played at the

end of July, features top select teams from around the country. Th e Raptors are a select team of players from across Puget Sound. Th e team includes Dane Hammer, Oliver Laufman and Cian Portugal, all from Kirkland.

Th e team had a 6-2 record during the tournament. Th e Raptors earned a spot in the 10U D2 championship game where the team beat Salt Lake City Blast 11-6 for the title.

NU signs four volleyball players

Northwest University’s volleyball team recently added four players to the 2011 roster.

Th e players, three fresh-man and a junior college transfer, were announced last week by head coach Jes-sie Dietrich.

Alivia Johnson is a transfer from North Idaho

College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, along with freshman Olivia VanDalc, of Snohom-ish, Wash., Arika Zwack, of Whittier, Calif., and Julia Smith, of Kalispell, Mont.

“I am very excited for our four incoming recruits,” said Dietrich in a press release. “Th ese four ladies will add depth to our core of return-ing players and I believe they will make an immediate impact.”

Th e Eagles will begin the season with an eight game road trip, and will play their fi rst game at home in Kirkland against Seattle Pacifi c on Aug. 24. Th e team fi nished fourth in the Cas-cade Collegiate Conference last season.

Dean selected for All-American Bowl

Juanita High School senior Nathan Dean was recently selected to play in the fi rst ever Semper Fidelis All American Bowl in Janu-ary 2012.

Dean, who has committed to the University of Wash-ington, has committed to play in the game which will take place in Phoenix on Jan. 3, 2012 as a member of the West team.

“Th e players selected represent not only impres-sive athletic talent, but strong character, com-mitment and academic performance,” said Shaon Berry, Semper Fidelis Bowl founder and CEO of JuniorRank Sports in a press release. “Although we’re showcasing these young men on the football fi eld, we’re also setting the precedent that off -the-fi eld performance is equally as important.”

Th e team also includes Mercer Island standout Jeff Lindquist, who the Rebels play against in the KingCo league. Players from Tacoma Baptist and Mariner High School were also selected to the team.

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REGISTRATION OPENSThe City of Kirkland Parks and Community Services Department has opened registration for this fall

Pee Wee soccer league. The league begins on Sept. 10 for all ages three through

six. There are two division, one

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Kirkland hosts the VoltKirkland’s Lee

Johnson Chevrolet was charged with

excitement recently when the Chevy Volt came cen-ter stage at its open house event and offered customers the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the manu-facturer’s first extended range electric vehicle.

The Volt’s initial appearance in six states and Washington D.C. has performed and sold out to audiences who are eager to own a vehicle that is very fuel efficient and good for the environ-ment. Chevrolet dealer-ships in Washington State will have a limited number of Volts avail-able as the manufacturer ramps up production for its 2012 model.

A team of General Mo-tors personnel came to town along with the Volts

to interact with custom-ers and dealerships. Terry Woychowski, GM’s vice president of Global Qual-ity and Vehicle Launches, was in Kirkland and eager

to explain that the local open house events are an outreach event of General Motors. “We are mak-ing every effort to perform as a quality leader and

fulfill the promise that our vehicles are quality products,” Woychowski explained, “We have 56 people from General Motors in town for three open house events. We want to hear from cus-tomers and dealerships about what they need and want out of General Mo-tors. This opportunity is a very positive trend for our company.”

Looking at the smiles on the faces of the drivers and riders in the Chev-

rolet Volt, it was obvi-ous the vehicle created a positive image for the participants. To say it was electrifying might be a stretch, but the short ride and drive gave a preview of the vehicle’s perfor-mance on city streets and quick entrance and exit of the freeway.

The Volt runs on elec-tricity for an initial range of 35 miles on a single charge before a gas gener-ator creates electricity for up to 340 additional miles on a full tank of gas. The Volt can be plugged into a common household plug for recharge. Charging stations are popping up at shopping centers and park and ride lots around King County.

The mid-size sedan has two LCD screens that display speed, battery power, range to recharge or re-fill as well as an ef-ficiency gauge that gives you real-time feedback.

On the center console, a seven-inch diagonal high-resolution screen with touch sensitive control is designed to help you achieve maxi-mum efficiency while driving the Volt. Initially, both screens might seem a little distracting, but after you get a feel for the vehicle, I have found the gauges to be a tremen-dous help in achieving

maximum efficiency.The Volt has received

accolades by being named Motor Trend’s 2011 Car of the Year and the Green Car Journal named the Volt the Green Car of the Year – the first electric car to win that award.

Sally Hanson, a 29-year resident of Kirkland, is a freelance automotive journalist who has test

driven more than 1000 vehicles over the past 20 years. She received a B.A. degree in journal-ism from the Univer-sity of Houston and is currently scholarship chair for the North-west Automotive Press Association. Sally and her husband, Don, own Juanita Bay Pharmacy in Kirkland.

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When Margaret Sch-wender broke her ankle a few months ago, she couldn’t cook, clean or take care of other house-hold chores that needed to be done.

But rather than sit around and watch her post-injury to-do list grow, the Kirkland resi-dent utilized the Eastside Timebank to complete these normally easy tasks.

“It was a blessing because (my injury) was around Easter time and

I couldn’t put away my Easter decorations,” Sch-wender said.

Schwender and other members of the Eastside Timebank can request and receive services rang-ing from housework and accounting to computer tutoring and pet sitting for free in exchange for services and skills of their own. The timebank encompasses Redmond Kirkland and Bellevue, but began in Kirkland as a six-month pilot pro-gram, which ended in December 2010.

The Eastside Timebank

recently held its monthly community potluck and new member orientation in Redmond. For more information, visit www.eastsidetimebank.org.

OPEN TO ALLCurrently incorporated,

the timebank is fiscally sponsored by Hopelink in Redmond and in the middle of applying for its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

Linda Benson, vice president of community initiatives at Hopelink, said the sponsorship al-lows the timebank to uti-lize Hopelink’s nonprofit status to receive dona-tions, grants and other forms of funding.

Hopelink was part of the task force that founded the timebank. Benson said Hopelink became involved because as a social services orga-nization, they were seeing an increased need in ser-vices as well as requests to volunteer. Hopelink wasn’t always able to provide certain services or equipped with the staff to place volunteers, so the timebank was a way of addressing this.

“It benefits everybody,” Benson said.

The way the timebank works is an exchange of

services based on time credits. For example, if a person needs to be driven somewhere and the ex-change takes two hours, the driver has earned two hours of credit that can be used on any services they may need in the future. Members do not need to make a direct exchange. Any materi-als or equipment needed must be purchased by the member receiving the service.

Individuals, businesses and organizations can join the timebank.

In the case of nonprof-its like Hopelink, Benson said they can use time credits donated by other members to provide ser-vices for people that the organizations don’t offer.

In addition, businesses can exchange services to fill a need, such as a hair salon offering haircuts for help in setting up a website, according to Schwender, who was also a member of the found-ing task force.

While the timebank focuses on the Redmond, Kirkland and Bellevue, Executive Director Joan Eads said members do not necessarily need to be from these cities, adding that they have members from Woodinville, Both-ell and Renton as well.

However Eads, a mem-ber living in Lake Forest Park, said living outside of the three main cit-ies may make it difficult because most exchanges take place at people’s homes and people are less inclined to travel further distances.

Schwender added that the timebank is open to people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities.

According to Eads, there are about 95 mem-bers in Eastside Time-bank.

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With the economic recession, many people are unemployed or un-deremployed and Eads said there is large pool of untapped talent in the region. The timebank can be empowering for them because it gives these in-dividuals the opportunity to offer the community their talents. Eads said contributing and meeting others can offer people a strong support system during tough times.

“It’s really building these circles of support,” she said.

Eads said this is an important part of the timebank because ev-

eryone has unique skills and talents to offer that they may not realize — especially people who are marginalized, for whatever reason. She said one of her favorite things about the timebank is seeing people recognize their own gifts and value, while gaining more self-esteem.

Another benefit of the Eastside Timebank is that it offers people the opportunity to receive services that they might not be able to afford.

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Eads said TimeBanks USA, a national orga-nization that provides support for timebanks around the country, helps them keep track of the services offered and re-quested. According to the TimeBanks USA website, there are only two time-bank members in Wash-ington state, including Eastside Timebank, and the other one is located near Olympia.

Eastside Timebank was formed to address the struggles people were fac-ing during the economic recession, but also to help

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It was this idea that also caught Ed Mills’ interest. Th e Bellevue resident really liked the community build-ing aspect to the timebank and the idea of connecting with others. He said with exchanges and monthly potlucks, local residents have the opportunity to meet new people and social-ize, in addition to receiving services.

“You get a lot done that way,” he said, referring to tackling tasks with others.

Mills also liked that credits are tracked by time, so no one service is worth more than another. He said this makes everyone — no matter what service they provide — worth some-thing.

“I like the idea that an hour’s worth an hour,” he said. “We’re all people...Everybody has something they can do.”

Schwender said the program is all about com-munity building.

“It’s neighbors meeting neighbors,” Schwender said. “It’s about community. It really is about building community relationships.”

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EBA endorses Sternoff

Th e Eastside Business Alliance (EBA), a political action committee com-prised of Eastside business leaders, has endorsed several local candidates, including incumbent Councilman Bob Sternoff for Kirkland City Council Pos. 2.

Sternoff is challenging Kingsgate resident Jason Gardiner in the general election.

“Fostering an environ-ment where businesses can attract and retain highly qualifi ed employees

is critical to our region,” said Jim Hill, EBA chair. “Th ese candidates have demonstrated a record of working collaboratively with the Kirkland busi-ness community on strate-gies that promote business growth and job creation. Th e Eastside Business Alliance is pleased to en-dorse these candidates for another term in offi ce.”

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ditional endorsements will be made prior to the election.

Th e EBA seeks to sup-port both existing elected offi cials and new candi-dates who understand the challenges faced by today’s business community.

Other candidates who received an endorsement from the EBA are: Jane Hague for King County Council, District 6; Gael Tarleton for Seattle Port Commission, Pos. 2; and Bill Bryant for Seattle Port Commission, Pos. 5.

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