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FFoollllooww tthhee vvootteeBallots’ journey jugglessecurity, transparency.

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YYoouu sshhoouulldd kknnoowwSenior HousingOptions, a new tool toinform seniors, care-givers and their familiesof housing choices forseniors, is available inEast King County. Theprogram allows seniorsto evaluate their valuesand needs, and discov-er housing and serviceoptions in East KingCounty. Learn more atwww.archhousing.org;click on the “SeniorHousing” link under thecurrent residents tab.

Residents provide feedbackto city’s revenue problemsBByy CChhrriissttiinnaa LLoorrddss

Faced with a bleak financialforecast due to a still-stalledeconomy, elected officials arelooking to Newcastle residentsfor feedback on how the cityshould maintain operations as itbraces for continued revenuedecreases.

About 45 residents armedwith electronic voting clickersresponded to the city’s real-timepoll questions at its annual townhall meeting held Oct. 27 at TheGolf Club at Newcastle.

The questions ranged fromhow the city should seek newrevenue sources — such as rais-ing property taxes or imple-menting a car tab fee — to howits officials can better communi-cate with residents online. Of

those polled, 60 percent optedfor direct emails for updates overFacebook, Twitter or a city-spon-sored blog.

Striking decreases in the city’srevenue from 2007 to 2012 havecreated budgetary problems forthe city, including decreases insales tax and other develop-ment-related revenue.

In 2007, the city took inabout $1 million in revenuerelated to development. In 2012,that number is expected to

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With flat sales tax and pro-jected revenue problems, the2012 preliminary budget for thecity of Newcastle calls for trans-ferring money from the Real

Estate Excise Tax fund to main-tain and operate the city’s capi-tal projects.

But some City Council mem-bers aren’t convinced that’s thebest way to bridge the $180,000gap between the city’s revenueand expenditures for 2012.

Based on the city’s revenueforecast, total revenue — about$5.7 million — will be down4 percent from 2011.

The use of REET funds for

operations and maintenance ofcapital projects — such as streetmaintenance for Coal CreekParkway — is a new provisiondesignated by the 2011Washington Legislature underHouse Bill 1953 for cities tomeet budgetary demands duringthe economic downturn.

The council held its first publichearing on the budget Oct. 18.

Discussion opens on 2012 preliminary budgetRevenue, flat sales taxproblem area for city,financial director says

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The council’s final public hearingon the budget will be at 7 p.m.Nov. 15 at City Hall in theNewcastle Professional Center,12835 Newcastle Way, Suite 200.

See BBUUDDGGEETT, Page 11

OOnn tthhee wweebbView the preliminary budget inits entirety on the city’s website atwww.ci.newcastle.wa.us.

By Christina Lords

Fishing for treatsGrace Pernula, costumed as Belle from Disney’s ‘Beauty and theBeast,’ participates in a children’s fishing activity at the SeattleRevival Church’s second annual Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 31 inNewcastle. The event featured games, trick-or-treating and familyphotos at the church.


Preliminary efforts are underway to evaluate how flooding ofLake Boren might be regulatedin the future.

Public Works Director MarkRigos said flooding has beencaused by land-use changesupstream in the China Creek

Drainage Basin and by lack ofmaintenance on the lake’s nat-ural stream outlet, or BorenCreek, on the south side of thelake.

The flooding could be physi-cally alleviated by a large stormdrainage system, equipped witha weir and jailhouse window,which would allow for overflow.

The weir’s width and eleva-tion would be determined byengineering consultants Gray

Lake Boren flooding optionsconsidered in new study

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Large drainage systemcould be installed by nextsummer, budget permitting

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King County is oftencelebrated as a melting potand, reflecting a demographicshift recorded in the mostrecent census, ballots shouldsoon start to include anotherlanguage spoken in thecommunity.

Under a provision in the U.S.Voting Rights Act, King Countyis required to create and offerelection materials inVietnamese.

The county is home to about28,000 Vietnamese speakers —enough to trigger the federalthreshold for election materialsin Vietnamese. Data collected inthe 2010 Census determinedKing County needed to add thelanguage.

The elections office alreadyproduces instructional electioninformation and ballot packetsin English and Chinese.

The elections office couldspend $50,000 to $70,000 peryear to add elections materialsin Vietnamese, although KingCounty Elections spokeswomanKim van Ekstrom said the fig-ure is a rough estimate.

The federal government doesnot provide funding for the elec-tions office to add Vietnameseelection materials.

The threshold requires juris-dictions to add a language forelection materials if more than 5percent or more than 10,000voting-age citizens speak thelanguage.

“We anticipated that therecent census would bring atleast one additional languagerequirement,” ElectionsDirector Sherril Huff said in astatement.

“We have successfully com-plied with our past languagerequirements and we havealready begun discussing howto address this additional trans-lation requirement.”

The elections office hirestranslators to interpret ballotsfrom English to Chinese.Officials could do the same tocreate Vietnamese electionmaterials, or contract out theprocess.

Huff announced the addi-tional language requirementOct. 12 — too late to createVietnamese materials for theNov. 8 election. However, if avoter requested a ballot inVietnamese for the upcomingelection, the office is bound bylaw to comply.

“Once you are told that thelanguage requirement is inplace, it’s now in place, but wedon’t have to go back andreprint ballots because that jobwas already done,” van Ekstromsaid.

“The language requirement isnow in place and so for futureelections, all ballots will beprinted in both languagesassuming that they’ve beenrequested.”

County elections staffersplan to start identifyingVietnamese-language voterssoon for assistance in futureelections.

Statewide, the law requiresAdams, Franklin and Yakimacounties to print ballots andelection materials in Spanish.Nationwide, 248 jurisdictionsmust provide language assis-tance for groups unable to speakor understand English adequate-ly enough to participate in elec-tions.

King County Elections relies on censusdata to determine languages for ballots

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The countdown to ElectionDay is on as ballots arrive inmailboxes.

Options abound for localvoters to learn about CityCouncil, school board andregional races.

King County Elections maileda local voters’ pamphlet — aguide to Newcastle, schooldistrict, special district andcounty races. See the completeguide at www.kingcounty.gov/elections. Follow the “Currentelections” and “Local voters’pamphlet” links.

For statewide issues, such asballot initiatives, the Secretary ofState’s Office sent a separatestatewide voters’ pamphlet toresidents. See the complete guideat www.sos.wa.gov/elections.Follow the “2011 GeneralElection Voters’ Guide” link.

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Elected officials on theEastside TransportationPartnership agreed to opposeInitiative 1125, Tim Eyman’stolling initiative, days beforeballots started to reach voters.

I-1125 calls for theWashington Legislature toapprove tolls rather than theappointed state TransportationCommission. The initiativealso aims to prohibit differenttoll rates for peak commutetimes and to require toll rev-enues to be put toward projectson the road being tolled.

On Oct. 14, EastsideTransportation Partnershipmembers heard from Bellevuedeveloper and I-1125 supporter

Kemper Freeman and I-1125opponents, former stateSecretary of Transportation DougMacDonald and Deputy KingCounty Executive Fred Jarrett.

Members discussed the pre-sentations and voted to opposethe initiative.

Newcastle City CouncilmanSonny Putter is the vice chair-man of the partnership;Deputy Mayor Steve Buri isalso a member.

Eyman said I-1125 ensuresaccountability and transparency.

The partnership includeselected city and King Countyofficials representing commu-nities east of Lake Washington.

The organization is focusedon advocacy for regional trans-portation issues.

Transportation leadersoppose tolling initiative

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State health officials havebanned the dangerous chemi-cals in so-called bath salts —dangerous substances used assubstitutes for cocaine andmethamphetamine.

The rule goes into effect thismonth.

The state Board of Pharmacybanned the sale, possessionand use of products calledSpice, K-2, bath salts, plantfood, Ivory Wave and WhiteLightening. The chemicals inthe products mimic the effectsof cocaine, Ecstasy, LSD andmethamphetamine.

Users typically inhale thebath salts in a manner similarto snorting cocaine.

In April, the Board ofPharmacy adopted a temporaryemergency ban on bath salts andlater adopted a permanent ban.

The state ban gives clearauthority to law enforcementagencies to prosecute people forthe manufacture, distribution,sale and possession of bath salts.

Based on complaints andreports to the U.S. DrugEnforcement Agency from poi-son centers, hospital emer-gency rooms and law enforce-ment agencies, the DEA alsoannounced a yearlong, nation-wide ban.

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King County Elections placesa huge mail order each year.

Officials must secure enoughballots for more than 1 millionvoters spread across a countylarger than Rhode Island. Then,the elections office is responsiblefor ensuring a secure — and has-sle-free — process to distribute,authenticate and tally ballots ona strict deadline.

The complicated processstarts on a printing press inEverett and ends in a tabulationmachine in Renton. The voter issituated in the middle, black inkpen at the ready.

The job to print almost1.1 million ballots is delegatedto a commercial printer. Theelections office oversees theprocess as Everett-based K&HElection Services prints andinserts ballots into envelopes.

The printer creates ballots forKing County and jurisdictionsacross the United States. Then,ballots stacked on pallets awaitshipment to voters.

“At any given time, you cansee boxes that are shrink-wrapped with ballots that go toall different kinds of counties,”King County Elections spokes-woman Kim van Ekstrom said.

About 20 days before ElectionDay, as TV campaign advertise-ments reach cruel-and-unusual-punishment status, the U.S.Postal Service starts to mail bal-lot packets to voters.

Each packet contains a signa-ture envelope, security envelopeand ballot. The arrangement ismeant to ensure voters’ anonymi-ty as elections staffers open,

authenticate and tabulate ballots.Ballots do not emerge from

behind a security cordon untilpostal employees send the over-sized envelopes through the mail.

Security measures shield ballotsNov. 8 is the deadline to slip

a completed ballot in the mail-box or a drop box. The simpleact launches a complex andmuch-scrutinized journey to theelections office in Renton.

The security setup is part“Mission: Impossible” and partcommon sense.

King County Elections stafferstravel in pairs to retrieve ballotpackets from ballot drop boxes.

Trucks must pass through asecure gate and a concertina-wire-topped chain-link fence todeliver completed ballots to theelections office.

Inside, electronic key cardsand biometric controls toauthenticate fingerprints limitaccess to ballots and processingareas. Crews transport returnedpackets in a separate elevatorfrom the loading zone to theprocessing area. The buildinglacks wireless Internet access tolimit possible information leaks.

The office maintains a strictpolicy to require employees andguests to don color-coded lan-yards to determine securityclearance.

“So, from a distance, at aglance, if we don’t recognizesomebody, we know what typeof employee they are and basi-cally where they should be inthe building,” van Ekstrom said.

The security system includesmore than 20 cameras aimed atcrucial areas 24/7 and a sophisti-cated alarm system on doors andsensitive areas.

“We have a total chain of cus-tody for watching over and track-ing all of the ballots that comeback to us,” van Ekstrom said.

Staffers then sort ballot pack-

ets into batches — 200 to 400ballots apiece — by legislativedistrict. The office also records adigital image of each voter’s sig-nature for verification.

Employees do not open a bal-lot until the signature is checkedagainst a voter’s registration.Specialists check for similarities— such as letter height andspacing — between the registra-tion and the ballot. If the signa-tures match, the packet proceedsto the next step. If a signatureproblem arises, a staffer contactsthe voter.

Transparency is encouragedOpening a ballot packet is a

multistep process. Once the secu-rity envelope is removed fromthe signature envelope, a stafferopens the security envelope andpulls out the completed ballot.

The team then inspects theballot for stray marks, correc-tions or to see if the voter used aforbidden ink color. (Only ablack ink pen is acceptable.)

If a ballot is damaged andcannot pass through tabulationequipment, the elections officefollows a guide in a state-

approved voter intent manual toduplicate the ballot. If a voter’sintent is unclear on the damagedballot, staffers send the docu-ment to the county CanvassingBoard for further discussion.

Then, as completed and OK’dpackets reach the electionsoffice, staffers scan ballots.Officials tabulate the scannedimages and release the results atabout 8 p.m. on Election Day.More results follow afterElection Day as the office tabu-lates additional ballots.

Before each election, officialsinvite political party observersand reporters to a logic and accu-racy test — a process to deter-mine if scanning and tabulationequipment functions properly.

Come election season, KingCounty Elections is open forpublic access. Guests can peerinside the processing area from aloop around the outside. Only apartial Plexiglas panel separatesguests from the process, so peo-ple can see and listen to elec-tions staffers at work.

Observers from political par-ties act as watchdogs throughoutthe process.

“We’re very transparent.We’re very secure. But our trans-parency is also a part of oursecurity,” van Ekstrom said.

By Greg Farrar

Matthew Chan uses a practiced flip of the wrists to levitate voter ballotsfrom a tray onto a sorting machine at King County Elections in Rentonduring the August primary.

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❑ The deadline for people to reg-ister in this election has passed. ❑ People can register for futureelections in person at King CountyElections from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. weekdays at 919 S.W. GradyWay, Renton. Or register in personat the Voter Registration Annex inthe King County AdministrationBuilding, 500 Fourth Ave., Room311, Seattle. The annex is open from8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2-4:30 p.m.❑ In order to register as aWashington voter, a person mustbe a U.S. citizen, a Washington res-ident, at least 18 by Election Dayand not under the authority of thestate Department of Corrections.❑ In Washington, voters do notregister by political party or declarepolitical party membership to votein primary or general elections.❑ Learn more about the processat the King County Elections reg-istration website, www.kingcoun-ty.gov/elections/registration.

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King County Elections mailedballots to voters Oct. 19. Trackballots online at the King CountyElections website, www.king-county.gov/elections. Follow the“Track your ballot packet” link.

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See elections staffers process bal-lots from the viewing loop at KingCounty Elections, 919 S.W. GradyWay, Renton. The loop is open8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and fea-tures extended hours on Nov. 8,Election Day. Call 206-296-8683.

Ballots’ journey juggles security, transparencyOdyssey leads fromEverett printer tovoter to Renton office

Under its public status, Valley has grown to alarge regional hospital with national recognition.Its alliance with UW will provide enhanced med-ical skills, research and services that benefit theentire Valley Medical region.

Mary Alice Heuschel is running for the vacantseat on the Hospital Commission. She is stronglycommitted to keeping the hospital’s public statusand implementing the alliance with UW to itsfull potential. Look for Mary Alice on your ballotunder “Public Hospital No. 1.”

You may know Mary Alice as the superinten-dent of schools in Renton. This year, she wasselected as the Superintendent of the Year inWashington for her work in that position, andwas further recognized as one of the top foursuperintendents in the entire United States.

Mary Alice will bring tremendous skills to theposition of hospital commissioner, including per-sonnel skills, cost control and managing largebudgets. Collectively, these executive manage-ment skills are the essence of the position.Medical skills are not needed, and in fact couldbe construed as a conflict of interest.

Mary Alice is dedicated to education, butbelieves there must be a strong link between edu-cation and health if we are to achieve the best ofboth worlds. She is the only candidate who canestablish that link.

Vote for Mary Alice. She will serve you well.Jean Garber

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Editorial

Initiative 1125 is one of those ballot measures thatdoes so much more than put limits on what can andcannot be done with gas taxes and toll revenues. It’sone more initiative that screams, “We don’t trust ourelected representatives to run the state!”

We get that sentiment, and encourage voters to holdtheir representatives accountable.

Tim Eyman’s I-1125 ballot measure is supposedly aboutreinforcing laws already on the books. It makes assump-tions that the Legislature has run amok, bending rules onroad tolls and taxes. It covers state bids and contracts forvessel dry-docks and goes on to specify that there will beno tollbooths. And then it slips in a little wiggle thatstops light rail from expanding across Lake Washingtonvia Interstate 90.

I-1125 limits road tolls to funding of a project — only. Nobody likes a road toll, but when the Evergreen Point

Bridge tolls begin, the I-90 clog is sure to be worse than astopped-up toilet. It’s possible that drivers on I-90 will bebegging for equal tolling just to get back to today’s usualcommuter gridlock. Do we want a red light on thatoption?

Eyman says tolls are just another name for a new tax.Yup. But aren’t user fees more equitable than across-the-board tax increases?

I-1125 says tolling rates must be determined by theLegislature, not an appointed commission. Good golly,why would we trust the Legislature to ever agree on a tollrate? We prefer depoliticizing the decision.

Most of all, those here on the Eastside voted along withthe rest of the region to fund light rail from Seattle toBellevue and beyond. If this option is off the table, do weget back our share of taxes paid?

I-1125 is misleading at best, convoluted for sure. Vote no.

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For four years (2002-2005), Gordon Bisset wasan outstanding Newcastle City Councilman.

And fortunately for us, he will again be aNewcastle City Councilman on Nov. 8.

I urge Newcastle's voters to support Gordon, ashe is a man who really cares about the city.

As president of Hazelwood CommunityAssociation, his leadership spearheaded a neigh-borhood improvement at Donegal Park with theGene Porter Memorial Barbecue.

As a concerned citizen, he regularly attendsCity Council and Parks Commission meetings,adding to his vast knowledge about how the cityfunctions.

All of Gordon's hard work and discerningexpertise are what the city needs in these tougheconomic times.

Diane Lewis, vice chairwomanNewcastle Parks Commission

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Valley Medical Center is at a turning point.There are those who would change the hospital’sstatus from public to private. And there are thosewho would cancel its new alliance with UWMedical.

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I-1125 not right answerto new tolling fees

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As the holiday season approaches, how will you giveback to local organizations or people in need this year?

A. I plan to donate my time through a volunteer ser-vice organization.B. I plan to give a cash donation to those in need.C. I plan to donate food or work in a food bank tobenefit the hungry.D. My resources are too limited to be able to help oth-ers this year.

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Rapid Responsethat site for something that isn’t duplicated near-by. I’m afraid that putting in a shopping centerlike Factoria Mall and Newcastle’s city centercould render all three not economically viable.

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I visit City Hall when I need to — it’s not animpulse decision. I might visit Sweet Decadencemore, though.

Peggy Price

Not sure, as my main reason to visit would befor business and I don't have a lot of business toconduct at City Hall. It will certainly be moreconvenient, as I love going to Sweet Decadence,which is in the same building!

Jackie Foskett

Of course I'll be more excited to visit the newlocation ... since I can get chocolate downstairs!

Elizabeth Llata Brecht

Probably not. I've lived here for 10-plus yearsand have never had a reason to go to the old CityHall location.

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I try to make sure I know where we have aflashlight with good batteries, and keep my cellphone charged. If the power goes out after awindstorm, I go to the nearest trail and startclearing — I’ll be warm!

Peggy Price

By making sure I have enough emergency sup-plies on hand. Everyone should go to www.emer-gency-pac.com. Great emergency packs that containloads of supplies. It's a local business to support!

Jackie Foskett

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About $3,650 worth of elec-tronic items was stolen from aman’s home Sept. 22 in the12200 block of Southeast 74thStreet. The items included aKodak camera, an iPad2 and twolaptop computers.

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On Sept. 22, a woman work-ing in the floral department ofthe Coal Creek Parkway Safewayreported a semi-regular cus-tomer asked her to go out to hiscar. After they talked for a whileand he asked her for her phonenumber several times, he even-tually tried to place her hand onhis groin area. She called police.He was later contacted by policeat his Bellevue home and saidthe two of them were just flirt-ing together. The woman saidshe did not want to pursueprosecution because she wastransferring to another storesoon.

CCoonnssttrruuccttiioonn ccoossttssWindows were broken out of

a Caterpillar front loader in theconstruction area of LibertyHigh School sometime betweenSept. 23 and 26. The vandalismcaused about $2,000 worth ofdamage.

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A man reported about $7,200worth of items were stolen frominside his home after it wasopen to 35 to 40 different con-tractors doing renovations onthe house. The incident wasreported Oct. 1 in the 12600block of Southeast Eighth Place.The items stolen consist ofInvicta and Cartier watches andseveral valuable rare coins.

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An injured deer was locatedafter an officer was dispatchedon Oct. 3 to Coal Creek ParkwaySoutheast just south ofSoutheast 84th Way. The officerobserved the deer collapsingnear the roadway due to a bro-

Police Blotter ken rear leg. No state gameagent was available to respond,and the officer euthanized thedeer with his department-issuedGlock.

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An 18-year-old Liberty HighSchool student was arrestedafter he admitted to havingcookies laced with marijuana inhis backpack on school proper-ty Oct. 5. During the search, a4-inch steel-bladed, spring-oper-ated knife was found. He was“emergency expelled” fromschool for violation of districtpolicy, and was transported andbooked into the RegionalJustice Center in Kent.

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A 47-year-old woman, wholives in the 8000 block of 119Avenue Southeast, calledauthorities Oct. 6 after she sus-pected her neighbor to thenorth had been spraying chemi-cals on his yard. The womansaid the chemicals were affect-

ing her yard and were toxic toher health.

She placed clear adhesivetape over each space betweenthe boards of the wooden fencebetween the two residences. Shesaid a white toxic substancecovered the tape, but theresponding officer stated heonly saw condensation andsmall pieces of wood off of thefence. In 2010, the womanreported someone was dumpingtoxic chemicals in her drive-way. The responding officer atthat time determined it was aplant growth on the concretedue to wet weather.

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A 57-year-old Newcastlewoman reported three fraudu-lent charges totaling more than$3,200 were made to her creditcard. The charges were made ata Chevron and Target in Seattleand an Apple store in Bellevue.

The Newcastle News publishes names ofthose arrested for DUI and those charged withfelony crimes. Information comes directlyfrom local police reports.

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Puget Sound-area MassageEnvy centers from Olympia toEverett will salute active militarymembers, veterans and theirspouses on Veterans Day (Nov.11) with its Massage for theMilitary event.

The free one-hour massagesessions on Nov. 11 are a wayfor the business to say thankyou for military members’ ser-vice to the country.

The 19 Massage Envy locationsin Western Washington includethe Newcastle Massage Envy,6920 Coal Creek Parkway S.E.

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Washington’s minimum wageis due to increase Jan. 1 to $9.04per hour — the highest stateminimum wage in the nation.

The state Department of Labor& Industries announced the37-cent per hour increase Sept.30. The agency calculates thestate minimum wage each year.

The recalculation is requiredunder Initiative 688, a measurepassed by Washington voters 13years ago.

The increase reflects a 4.258percent increase in theConsumer Price Index for UrbanWage Earners and ClericalWorkers since August 2010.

The calculation is a measure ofthe average change in prices overtime of goods and services —such as food, clothing and fuel,and services, such as doctor visits— purchased by urban wageearners and clerical workers.

The minimum wage appliesto workers in agricultural andnonagricultural jobs, although14- and 15-year-old workers maybe paid 85 percent of the adultminimum wage, or $7.68 perhour, starting next year.

Washington and nine otherstates adjust minimum wagesbased on inflation and the CPI.Washington has the highestminimum wage nationwide, fol-lowed by Oregon.


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Candidates for the state’s topoffice met Newcastle residentsand laid out dueling plans forthe future Oct. 22 during aforum at The Golf Club atNewcastle.

The candidates for governor,Republican Rob McKenna andDemocrat Jay Inslee, touted edu-cation reform as top prioritiesfor the state more than a yearbefore voters choose a successorto outgoing Gov. Chris Gregoire.

State attorney general hope-fuls Reagan Dunn, a Republican,and Bob Ferguson, a Democrat,also participated in the EastsideCandidate Forum. The candi-dates — both King Countycouncilmen — said more shouldbe done statewide to protectconsumers from fraud and fore-closure.

Candidates could speak for upto 15 minutes during the sev-enth annual forum. The eventattracted about 100 residentsand local politicians.

The major party candidates inthe race for governor agreerestoring funding to the state’seducation system will bring sta-bility to Washington’s job mar-ket and aid the state’s still-strug-gling economy.

How they propose to do that,however, is where some differ-ences between McKenna, thestate attorney general, andInslee, a U.S. representative,begin to surface.

Inslee said the state mustaggressively seek new ways toencourage development in thebusiness and technology sectors,implement reforms for educa-tion, restore education fundingand deliver government servicesmore efficiently.

“We are no longer going toaccept a two- to three-year delayin removing substandard teach-ers from the classroom,” he said.

The state must followthrough with its pilot programfor the teacher and principalevaluation process to set a quan-tifiable expectation of highachievement, he said.

Years of cuts to higher educa-tion — which McKenna said hasbeen slashed to 1989-90 levelseven though the system hasabout 34,000 more studentstoday — must come to an end.

“Fewer than half of the jobsthat require college degrees arebeing filled today by people whoearn their degrees inWashington state,” McKennasaid. “Thank goodness ouremployers are competitive thatthey are able to attract people tomove to Washington state totake jobs, but wouldn’t it be bet-ter if the majority of those jobswere being filled by people whogrew up here or earned their col-lege degrees here?”

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force, new businesses will see lit-tle incentive to makeWashington home and employ-ment opportunities will contin-ue to be filled from workersfrom out of state, he said.

Inslee called for more oppor-tunities — such as skill centers,apprenticeships and technicalcolleges — for students whodon’t go on to a four-year uni-versity.

“We’ve got to set an expecta-tion level that 100 percent ofour kids graduate from highschool,” he said. “By adoptingsome risk-based assessment pro-grams and by focusing our men-toring … we know that we cando this.”

McKenna said teachers whoare willing to work in high-riskor low-performing school dis-tricts should be paid more toeven the odds for Washingtonstudents.

“The largest amount ofmoney is spent in the schoolswith the wealthiest parents,” hesaid. “The least amount ofmoney in every one of these dis-tricts is spent in schools withthe poorest students, becausethe money follows the adults,not the kids.”

Candidates emphasizeconsumer protection

Ferguson and Dunn said pro-tecting Washington consumersis in the long-term interest ofthe state.

“We know in our own experi-ence that there are all sorts ofunscrupulous businesses thatprey upon folks who may besenior citizens, who speakEnglish as a second language,”Ferguson said. “We see that allthe time. The Office of theAttorney General is in a positionto do something about that.”

Dunn said consumer protec-tion applies to several differenttypes of services.

“This is an ongoing challengethat every AG will face,” Dunnsaid. “Whether it’s telemarketingscams, Internet scams or evencyber bullying … we need toprovide protections in thatarea.”

The state needs to enforce anew foreclosure law, Fergusonsaid. State lawmakers passed theFairness Foreclosure Act earlierthis year. The legislation aims toaid homeowners with findingresolutions to foreclosure pro-ceedings with their lender or ser-vice provider.

Dunn said more educationand preventative work by theattorney general’s office is neces-sary to protect the public’s safe-ty interests, especially withincreased gang violence in SouthKing County.

“We need to give both theresources and the tools to fightthose gangs,” he said.

Both candidates said theywould continue to support workthat protects open spaces andthe environment.

Ferguson cited efforts toimprove Puget Sound’s waterquality as an example of howthe attorney general can impactthe protection of the environ-ment. Dunn said he would sup-port continued litigation toencourage cleanup of theHanford Nuclear Reservation inEastern Washington.

Event organizer John Jensensaid the forum is an avenue forcandidates to face the publicand each other in a noncombat-ive way.

“They all came here and oper-ated in the spirit of what wewanted to have happen heretoday, which was just the oppor-tunity to meet and greet them,”Jensen said.


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After almost a year of meet-ings and contract negotiations,the city of Newcastle may realizea cost savings of about $68,000for its 2012 fire services provid-ed by the Bellevue FireDepartment.

A potential savings of about$2 million in fire services costscould be realized by the cityover the next five years.

But one unexpected additionto the contract, concerning howfirefighters’ medical costs will bepaid in the future, has theNewcastle City Council thinkingtwice about immediately signingon for an additional six-year term.

Over time, contracting citieslike Newcastle have paid intoBellevue’s LEOFF 1 RetireeMedical Liability plan, which pro-vides a defined benefit pension tolocal government law enforce-ment officers and firefighters.

The plan, created in 1970 and

closed to new members in 1977,also stipulates cities are responsi-ble for the lifetime medical andlong-term care costs for theirLEOFF members and retirees,according to the Association ofWashington Cities.

But the LEOFF account hasn’tbeen adequately updated by thecity of Bellevue to cover the rad-ically increased medical costs forthose enrolled in the plan, CityManager Rob Wyman said.

“I’ve heard their side of thestory, and I understand it in thesense that we are all partnershere and we took on this liabili-ty together,” he said. “It’s apretty positive contract overall… but for this point, I do thinkit’s entirely appropriate to pushback and say, ‘Hey, my councilis not going for this.’”

The city of Newcastle wouldbe responsible for $182,575 inremaining liability costs if itdecides not to contract withBellevue at the end of the pro-

posed six-year contract, accord-ing to 2012 fire services fee cal-culations.

“In context, we were in thisplace before,” CouncilmanSonny Putter said. “What’s newis the assumption of the perma-nent liability that is open-ended,even if we find an alternative. Idon’t know that we’ll find analternative, but if we do, we’renow putting a huge liability onour books that we had notassumed before.”

Newcastle has contracted itsfire services through Bellevuesince its incorporation in 1994.Beaux Arts, Clyde Hill, HuntsPoint, Medina and Yarrow Pointalso contract fire servicesthrough Bellevue and would alsobe affected by the changes.

Bellevue proposes the contract-ing cities must pay into theLEOFF account until the liabilitieshave been met, even if the citydiscontinues the fire department’sservices at the end of the contract

— a stipulation not required inthe current agreement.

Newcastle’s contract expiresDec. 31.

The city managers involvedin the contract negotiations arepresenting the proposal to theirCity Councils before movingahead with additional meetingswith the city of Bellevue.

Wyman said it is highly unlike-ly the city of Newcastle wouldcontract with another agency atthe end of the six-year term.

The city ruled out annexingthe city into an existing fire dis-trict, creating a regional fireauthority and establishing its ownfire department as viable optionsfor fire service in the future duringthe renegotiation process.

Councilman Rich Crispo saidthat the LEOFF liability isn’t adeal-breaker for the contractbecause it would create a much-needed cost savings for the city.

“We’ve been paying this feeevery year,” he said. “I’m won-dering if we go forward, if we’llbe cutting off our nose to spiteour face.”

But Councilman Bill Erxlebensaid bargaining hard over theLEOFF part of the agreementwould be worthwhile andencouraged including other con-tracting cities in the discussion.

“You don’t leave money onthe table,” he said. “It may notbe a deal-breaker and we mayhave to take it, but if you don’tnegotiate and ask for the dis-count, you don’t get it.”

Much of the renegotiationphase of the contract was spenton how to create a new formulathat more accurately determinesfire protection costs for the con-tract cities, Wyman said.

The formula used now basesallocating costs on one single fac-tor: a city’s population. The newformula would factor in popula-tion, the assessed value of an areaand the number of incidents towhich Bellevue responds.

The contract would provide arange of fire services, such as firesuppression and rescue, emer-gency medical services, fire pre-vention and emergency manage-ment.

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State health officials have start-ed collecting information regard-ing purchases of prescription painmedication to crack down on astatewide overdose problem.

Officials rolled out theWashington State PrescriptionMonitoring Program in Octoberto reduce abuse and promotesafe prescription drug use. The

program collects information oncommonly abused medications.

Information from pharmaciesand health care providers is col-lected and stored in a centraldatabase. Starting in January,health care providers can viewtheir patients’ prescription histo-ry dating back to the start ofdata collection.

The program also allowspatients and law enforcementofficials to view the prescription

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King County Elections didnot mail ballots to 11,000Eastside voters — includingmore than 100 people inNewcastle — in mid-Octoberdue to a glitch.

Officials, after receiving callsfrom residents about missingballots, mailed ballots to theaffected voters Oct. 29. Thedeadline to return ballots viamail, drop box or accessible vot-ing center is Nov. 8.

Overall, the issue impacted11,000 Eastside voters, including54 in Issaquah, 141 inNewcastle, 875 in Sammamish,1,118 in North Bend and 72 inSnoqualmie.

King County Elections startedmailing 1.1 million ballots to

voters Oct. 19. Calls to the elec-tions office about missing bal-lots started soon after. The rea-son for the delay remainsunknown, officials said Oct. 28.

“Fortunately, we had somevoters who were on top of it andthat tipped us off to start check-ing and seeing if there were anyanomalies,” King CountyElections spokeswoman Kim vanEkstrom said. “There are alwaysvoters who don’t get their bal-lots. Things happen, and that’swhy they have several weeks totry to connect with us.”

Liz Lawrence, a rural KingCounty resident on theSammamish Plateau near Issaquah,is a diligent voter, and the late bal-lot raised some questions.

“My husband got his ballotand I said, ‘I guess mine is going

to come in the next day or two,’and then I forgot about it” —until the announcement fromthe elections office, she said.

Just before Election Day, theLawrences check voters’ pam-phlets and fill out ballots beforedropping the completed formsinto the mailbox or a ballot dropbox. Liz Lawrence, a websitedesigner, said she enjoys theconvenience of mail-in ballots.The delay did not cause concerns

about the system, she added.Officials study calls to the King

County Elections hotline to deter-mine if issues arise during elec-tions. The calls about missing bal-lots for Eastside voters promptedthe elections office to act.

“We were able to clearly fig-ure out who didn’t get them,but we’re still not completelysure on why it happened,” vanEkstrom said. “We’re still tryingto figure that out.”

The office hears from a smallpercentage of voters in everyelection about not receiving aballot due to address changesand other issues.

“In every single election, youhear a fair amount from usabout, if you haven’t receivedyour ballot, call us, call us, callus,” van Ekstrom said.

Officials monitor ballotsthroughout the process, fromprinting and insertion intoenvelopes to mailing and thento the Renton elections office fortabulation.

“We investigated the matterand discovered a technicalproblem associated with part ofour voter database that resultedin exclusion of these ballotsfrom being mailed on the dateoriginally scheduled,” ElectionsDirector Sherril Huff said in astatement issued Oct. 28.“Quality assurance is an impor-tant component of our elec-tions processes and while weregret that this event occurred,I’m pleased that the reviews wehave in place helped us inidentifying and problem-solv-ing the issue.”

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As the King County Councilbegins to listen to hours of pub-lic testimony at a series of bud-get hearings, one overall themebecame clear at its Oct. 13 ses-sion — support human servicesnow, before it’s too late.

Derek Franklin, a Sammamishresident and representative ofthe Alliance of EastsideAgencies, said the county mustbegin to formulate a dedicatedand stable long-term fundingsource for human services, suchas those aimed at protecting resi-dents from homelessness,domestic violence and inade-quate legal counsel.

“Although sometimesobscured by the high socioeco-nomic status of the Eastside,human service needs here arequite high,” he said during apublic hearing at Pacific CascadeMiddle School near Issaquah.

“We urge the budget committeeto establish a long-term fix forthe human services safety net.It’s been significantly disman-tled over the years by budgetcuts, and people … are begin-ning to fall through the cracks.”

King County Executive DowConstantine’s 2012 budget pro-posal earned praise from CountyCouncil members for eschewingcuts to services in the generalfund — elections, law enforce-ment and other basic govern-ment functions. The overallbudget proposal is $5.3 billion,including $648 million in thegeneral fund.

Using $1 million from sav-ings, Constantine proposed cre-ating a fund for human servicesto invest in nonprofit organiza-tions offering food for theneedy, support for the homelessand more.

Steve Roberts, executive direc-tor for Congregations for the

Homeless, echoed Franklin’s sen-timents in increasing funding toservices for the homeless on theEastside.

He praised Constantine’s sup-plement that has been added forhuman services, but said moreneeds to be done to protect themost vulnerable residents ofKing County.

“As you know in these tougheconomic times, unfortunately,as funding goes down, needs goup,” he said. “We really need toaddress the needs of the hungryand the homeless and the poor.It’s really when we addressthose needs, we reflect ourhumanity.”

Councilwoman KathyLambert, a member of the coun-cil’s budget team, said the coun-cil hears and understands thehuman services message on afinancial and personal level. Themore opportunities the countyhas to keep people out of the

justice system and prevent incar-ceration, the better, she said.

“We just got some informa-tion that says for every $1 youput into prevention, you save$60 on the back end,” sheadded. “We want families tostay together. Having somebodyto be able to continue workingand taking care of their family isreally important.”

Constantine protected mostservices in the 2012 county bud-get, but called for reduced roadmaintenance on roads in unin-corporated areas, including somenear Issaquah.

Cost reductions elsewherecould not salvage funds forroads in rural and unincorporat-ed areas.

In mid-September,Constantine proposed a plan toprioritize road maintenance,snow removal and stormresponse on a tiered system tosave money for the cash-

strapped Road Services Division.Streets on a lower tier —

including Tiger Mountain RoadSoutheast, Southeast KlahanieBoulevard and sections ofSoutheast May Valley Road westof state Route 900 — couldreceive little or no snow orstorm response, especially dur-ing major storms.

In recent years, annexationsof unincorporated areas intonearby cities, lower property val-uations and a dip in gas tax rev-enue caused the fund to drop 18percent, from $128 million to$106 million.

Issaquah School Board mem-ber Chad Magendanz encour-aged the council to review theproposed reduced road mainte-nance to make sure it doesn’toverlap with the school district’ssnow removal routes.

“Right now, many of oursnow routes are in your lowestserved tier,” he said. “Withoutany snow plow service, we’regoing to have to cancelschool.”

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As construction continues onNewcastle’s new library, commu-nity members have begun theprocess of creating a sustainablepartnership to support the facili-ty once it’s up and running — aFriends of the Library group.

“We’ve known for a longtime the community was inter-ested in getting a friends groupgoing,” said Julie Brand, com-munity relations and marketingdirector for the King CountyLibrary System.

Made up of volunteers,friends groups act as advocatesfor local libraries and primarilyfocus on fundraising. The fundsearned go to programs such assummer reading programs andother library system initiatives.In 2005, the most recent year forwhich numbers are available,King County Friends of theLibrary groups raised more than$388,000, Brand said.

The facility, expected to becomplete by June or July, willincorporate environmental effi-ciencies while offering Newcastleresidents increased access to theKing County Library System,associate facilities director KayJohnson said.

Recent work on the libraryincludes the installation of posttension slab cables and stormdrains in the right of way.

In late October, work wasbeing done to finish grading andexporting remaining dirt at thesite, and the facility’s curb wallwas finished.

The underground parkingportion of the garage is also tak-ing shape.

“This should lead to increasedaccess to the library’s system forNewcastle residents,” Johnsonsaid.

The Newcastle friends groupis one of 37 groups supportingKing County’s 46 libraries.

“They help libraries have agreater participation in commu-

nities,” Brand said.The first meeting of Newcastle’s

Friends took place in May at theNewport Way library. At themainly informational meeting,the group of about 20 discussedthe role of friends groups, whatthey do and how the KingCounty Library System offers sup-port. At the end of the meeting,the group took a tour of NewportWay’s behind-the-scenes areas.

“They enjoyed seeing the newautomatic materials handlingmachine that has revolutionizedNewport Way Library's materialscheck-in process,” said KirstenCorning, managing librarian forthe Newport Way Library. “Wewill have a similar machine atthe Newcastle Library.”

The group has discussed theconstruction timeline for thenew library and how often thegroup is to meet. Members alsodiscussed methods of fundrais-ing and how the group will beinvolved with the annualNewcastle Days event.

According to Corning, therewill be an election of boardmembers but the day of the elec-tion has not yet been chosenand the group’s bylaws have notyet been written.

In 2010, friends groups wereinstrumental in helping pass thelevy lid-lift election. Had themeasure not passed, libraryfunding would have been drasti-cally decreased due to lower rev-enues earned from lower proper-ty taxes.

Many friends groups collabo-rated to help create the Library-To-Go program. The programconsists of five special vehicles

designed as community out-reach vehicles. The vehicles areavailable for checkout by anylocal library staff to take toplaces such as community cen-ters and apartment complexes toreach people that cannot nor-mally get to a library.

“It’s a new way to get to areasof the community we haven’tbeen able to reach before,”Brand said.

Fundraisers for friends groupstypically include book sales, butin some cases groups have got-ten creative, such as Fall City’sbig plant sale.

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Most of the concrete work for the underground parking structure of theNewcastle Library, seen here Oct. 19, was completed in October.


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During thefirst wind-storm of fall,the lights flick-ered, but neverwent out. Ourpowerproviders havetaken greatstrides when itcomes toreducing out-ages inNewcastle. I remember when weused to have long spans withoutpower, dark times that theSainted One and I took in strideby drinking far too much alco-hol and griping about the factthat the south Bellevue hills —which we could see from ourcold and gloomy house —always seemed to be lit up like arolling sea of massive Christmasships.

Perhaps the most gallingthing about power loss is how itshows you, time and time again,just how stupid you can bewhen it comes to mindless dailyaction, those little things that

you do automatically andunconsciously, like flipping onthe light switch upon enteringan internal closet. You knowthat the electricity is out. Youknow it because you've alreadyentered the windowless closetthree times since the outagebegan. But you still flip thatswitch as if you expect the lightsto magically come on in spite ofthat knowledge.

I believe that's one of the def-initions of insanity.

To make ourselves laugh andfeel better about our misfiringbrain synapses, The Sainted Oneand I always call out the numberof times that we hit the switch,e.g.: "Number 7!" But since we'vealso named that closet "TheSound-Proof Booth," most ofthose admissions go unheard,which might be best for all egosconcerned.

Proving that we're creaturesof habit while outside of ourhome as well as in it, we'verecently had the same kind ofreaction while driving on localroads. Many years ago I wrote

an article suggesting that ourmotto should be "Newcastle:City of Speed Bumps." We havea lot of them, and we'vebecome accustomed to the actof slowing down to go overthem. And if you actually readroad signs, they also thought-fully provide one with the word"Bump" a few yards before youhit it.

They recently repaved 122ndPlace Southeast and parts ofSoutheast 75th Place, which is aroute that we regularly takethrough and over LakeWashington Crest. They've yetto replace the speed bumps. Butafter years and years of going bythe warning sign and slowingdown at the same spot, we stilldutifully brake and drive 7 milesan hour over ... nothing.Nothing! We always note it, feellike idiots and laugh really hard.But in the past week or so, we'vefinally let go of our old habitsand are blowing over the formerbump locations at the speedlimit.

When they finally replacethose things, I'm pretty surewe'll need a quote on undercar-riage replacement.

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Fall means abundant fallenleaves and piles of other yardwaste.

The state Department ofEcology is urging residents notto give in to the temptation to

burn vegetation. In most areas,including Issaquah and ruralKing County, burning is regulat-ed to protect people frombreathing smoke and to preventfires from spreading.

Smoke from burning leaves,grass, brush and tree needles canaggravate or contribute to asth-ma, emphysema, bronchitis andlung cancer. If left unattended,

yard waste fires can spread outof control, damage property andthreaten people.

Most cities and all urbangrowth areas do not allow resi-dential outdoor burning. Thestate also bans burning garbageor using burn barrels acrossWashington.

Residents in rural areas shouldcall local fire agencies before

burning. People should also askthe regional Department ofEcology office or local clean airauthority — the Puget SoundClean Air Agency in King County— for burn permit requirements.

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Local transit agencies and theUniversity of Washington agreedOct. 12 to keep a popular transitapp up and running.

The future of the app, OneBus Away, had been uncertain,because the original developer, aUW graduate student, hadmoved on to the private sector.The app tells people when a busis expected to arrive at a stop —in real time.

King County Metro Transit,Sound Transit, Pierce Transitand the university agreed tofund up to $150,000 to furtherdevelop and maintain the appfor 13 months.

One Bus Away is available onthe Internet, for iPhone andAndroid devices, and as textmessage alerts.

The app is used by thousandsof transit riders to plan tripsthrough the region and is usedmore than 50,000 times perweek.

dwindle to only about $220,000— a 78 percent decline in fiveyears.

Sales tax collected by the cityhas decreased by 23 percent inthe past five years, while proper-ty tax collected has increased by11 percent. New developmentrevenue from construction —not city imposed taxes —account for much of thatincrease, said City Manager RobWyman.

All told, the city has seen a 12percent decrease in revenue

since 2007.“Over the same period of

time, as those numbers havedropped, you can see that we’vebecome more reliant on proper-ty taxes to fund our operations,”he said.

For the average household inNewcastle, about 17 percent of aresident’s property taxes go tothe city. About 31 percent go tothe state and 39 percent goes tothe school district.

In the preliminary budget,the next five years show expens-es outpace revenue projectionsfor the city, Wyman said.

“At some point you reachthat tipping point wherethere’s no big ticket items toslash,” he said. “There’s no sav-

ings that make it up. You’retalking about paper clips atsome point … we’re up thereright now. We’re butting upagainst some tough decisions,and that’s part of the reasonwhy we’re having these typesof conversations.”

In order to maintain cityoperations, 56 percent of resi-dents polled at the meetingsaid they would be in favor ofraising taxes as a way to stabi-lize the city’s financial condi-tion, while 28 percent saidthey’d be in favor of loweringthe level of services the cityprovides.

About 16 percent said they’dlike to explore consolidationwith an adjacent municipality as

a way to handle the financial sit-uation.

Of the available revenueoptions, 42 percent of thosepolled said they’d prefer the cityto implement a utility tax of 3percent, 28 percent said they’dprefer to pay a $20 per vehiclelicense tab and 19 percent saidthey’d support raising propertytaxes above the allowed 1 per-cent by asking voters to approvea levy lid lift for a specific pur-pose.

Twelve percent of the resi-dents said none of those optionswere preferred.

As a part of the Q-and-A ses-sion during the meeting, resi-dents requested updates on theprogress of the library and want-

ed to know whether the city isstill looking into getting a ZIPcode for Newcastle.

Mayor John Dulcich said cityefforts to include apartmentsabove the library stalled thebeginning of construction, butthe library is expected to beopen to the public by summer2012.

He said the city is still in theprocess of evaluating alterna-tives to get the city its own ZIPcode.

Many residents thanked thecity for its efforts to providesidewalks with curbs and guttersalong 116th Avenue Southeastand encouraged similar infra-structure improvements in otherareas of town.

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Councilman Bill Erxleben saidmerely transferring money fromone fund to another doesn’t fallin with the city’s financial poli-cy, which states “the amountbudgeted for operating expendi-tures (including transfers) shallnot exceed the amount of fore-casted revenue for the budgetyear.”

“We just need to clarify thepolicy,” he said, “so we don’tcover the shortfall by claimingwe’ve presented a balanced bud-get by … taking a bunch ofmoney from another fund,

dumping it into the analysis andsaying, ‘Hey, we balanced thebudget.’ In truth, that’s anaccounting trick.”

Councilman Sonny Putter dis-agreed, citing the City Council’sability to make changes to thebudget if necessary.

“It absolutely meets the coun-cil’s policy statements aboutoperating revenues,” he said.“The council has the capacity tochange every line in this budget,and if this council chooses notto use that, we can make thatdecision. To say that this isinappropriate is plain wrongwhen the Legislature said it isappropriate.”

As per the financial policy, nonew taxes or rate increases toexisting taxes are included in

the preliminary budget.Christine Olson, the city’s

finance director, said using REETfunds for capital projects is alegal, short-term solution to bal-ance the city’s general fund. Sheacknowledged using the REETfunds would reduce moneyavailable for capital improve-ment projects in the future.

“This was a way to balanceour budget without reducing ser-vice levels,” she said. “We havebeen cutting for three yearsnow. We don’t have anythingelse to cut.”

The council directed Olsonand City Manager Rob Wymanto bring back two other alterna-tives to balancing the budget.

The second alternative will bea budget that proposes cuts to

services and/or staff.The third would restore

$140,000 to the general reservefund after it was mistakenlytransferred to the parks fund in2006.

Olson had proposed thatmoney be placed into a newbudget surplus fund, whichwould allow the city to moreeasily respond to minor short-falls in revenue at the end of theyear.

Without increased sales taxand little construction-relatedsales tax expected in the nearfuture, residents will shouldermore of the city’s financial bur-den.

In 2007, 56 percent of therevenue for the general fund wassupported by property taxes. In

2012, that percentage is expect-ed to be up to 71 percent.

The city will aggressivelyexplore education programs forcity staff and residents to recoupunreported sales tax revenue in2012, Wyman said.

The budget includes threetransportation-related projectsfor the city: a proposed$160,000 pedestrian accessimprovement project for 125thAvenue, a $350,000 improve-ment project on 118th AvenueSoutheast and a $583,000 pave-ment overlay project for thecity.

Proposed parks projects —totaling $225,000 for 2012 —include a covered stage andmaintenance garage for LakeBoren Park.

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COMMUNITYPAGE 16 NOVEMBER 4, 2011

❑ Newport Way Book Groupdiscusses “When She Flew,” byJennie Shortridge, at 7:30 p.m.Nov. 21.

❑ Computer Class: “MicrosoftWord Level 1” — for adults, 7:30p.m. Nov. 28

❑ Young Toddler Story Time,for ages 1-2 with an adult, 10:15a.m. Tuesdays

❑ Toddler Story Time, forages 2-3 with an adult, 11:15a.m. Tuesdays

❑ Preschool Story Time, forages 3-5 with an adult, 1 p.m.Tuesdays

❑ Baby Rhyming Time, forchildren and families, 10:15 a.m.Wednesdays

❑ World Language StoryTime, for children and theirfamilies, 1:30 p.m. Saturdays

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East Shore Singles, a socialgroup for single adults olderthan 45, sponsors monthlyactivities and special events onthe Eastside. New members arewelcome. Call 433-0558 for amonthly bulletin or go towww.eastshoresingles.org orwww.meetup.com/eastshore-singles.

The Society of Artists forNewcastle, an art organization,is seeking new members. Call271-5822.

MOMS Club of Rentonmeets for play dates at parks andother locations. New activitiesare planned daily. This nonprof-it, nonreligious organizationprovides daytime support formoms and their families. Call260-3079.

Bridge players are wanted,evening or daytime. Games take

place at various homes in theHazelwood area. Call 255-0895.

Newcastle HistoricalSociety meets at 4 p.m. the firstThursday at City Hall, 13020S.E. 72nd Place. Call 226-4238.

An international dinner,sponsored by Baha’i Faith ofNewcastle, is at 6:30 p.m. thethird Friday. Call 430-8047.

Drinking Liberally, aninformal progressive social groupthat discusses politics, meets at7 p.m. the first and thirdThursday at Angelo’s Restaurant,1830 130th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.Go to www.drinkingliberally.org.

Eastside Mothers & More, asocial network for mothers, meetsfrom 7-9 p.m. the second Tuesdayin the North Room at East ShoreUnitarian Church, 12700 S.E.32nd St., Bellevue. Go towww.eastsidemothersandmore.org.

Hill’N Dale Garden Club,meets at 6 p.m. the first Monday,September through June at theNewport Way Library, 14250 S.E.Newport Way. Call 255-9705.

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Angel Care Breast CancerFoundation-trained survivorsoffer free emotional support tothe newly diagnosed, enhancingemotional recovery while goingthrough treatments. Go towww.angelcarefoundation.org.

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The Regional Coalitionfor Housing has a volunteerposition opening on its CitizenAdvisory Board. The board con-sists of 12-15 community resi-

dents and housing professionalsthat work with ARCH staff toevaluate local housing fundingproposals and increase aware-ness of housing issues on theEastside. The board meets oneWednesday evening a month fortwo hours. Learn more atwww.archhousing.org. Apply bycontacting Arthur Sullivan at861-3677 or [email protected].

The Coal Creek FamilyYMCA Seniors Programneeds volunteers for intergenera-tional opportunities, includingrocking and comforting infants,teaching children to play bridgeand reading to kindergartners.Call 282-1506.

Newcastle Weed Warriors:Volunteers assist city workers inremoving noxious and invasiveweeds from Newcastle parks, trailsand open spaces. Learn more atwww.NewcastleWeedWarriors.org.

Newcastle Trails - TrailAdvocates and Builders forNewcastle: The group has builtand maintained miles of trailsfor the public throughout thecity, and has regular meetingsand work parties. Call 453-9292,ext. 110. Learn more atwww.newcastletrails.org.

King County LibrarySystem’s Words on Wheels

program needs volunteers toselect and deliver library materi-als to homebound patrons.Training is provided. A one-yearcommitment is required.Volunteers must be at least 18,have their own transportationand be able to pass aWashington State Patrol back-ground check. Call 369-3235.

Dependency CASA (CourtAppointed SpecialAdvocate): Community volun-teers advocate for the best inter-ests of abused and neglectedchildren in King County. Call269-3201.

DAWN (Domestic AbusedWomen’s Network): Providesservices to survivors of domesticviolence in King County. Call795-1441.

Grace Children’s Charity:Provides essential school sup-plies for impoverished children.Call 430-0300.

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Cougar MountainRegional Wildland Park, onLakemont Boulevard Southeast,is a 3,000-acre park with morethan 30 miles of trails and thesite of the 1880s coalmines. Goto www.metrokc.gov/parks.

The Newcastle Chamberof Commerce’s annualDiamond AwardsLuncheon will be from11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Nov. 10 at The Golf Clubat Newcastle.

Cost for lunch is $25 atthe door, which includes aprogram, tax and gratuity.

The awards celebrateindividuals that havedemonstrated dedication toimproving the Newcastlecommunity.

Community membersnominate recipients, andthe awards are given infour categories: business,youth, education and com-munity service.

Learn more by going tothe chamber’s website atwww.newcastlecc.com.

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Close to My Heart SantaWorkshop is at 2 p.m. Nov. 6.Make fun cards for friends andfamilies. Cost is $10. Get loca-tion by RSVPing to [email protected] or calling 255-3731.

The Newcastle WeedWarriors next project ismaintenance and restorationwork from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Nov. 12 at Lake Boren, 13058S.E. 84th Way.

Childhaven and theSeattle Seahawks team upfor their 10th annual dinner andauction Nov. 14, to benefitChildhaven, a 102-year-old orga-nization dedicated to the treat-ment and prevention of childabuse and neglect. The “Eveningof Healing, Hugs & Hope” startsat 5 p.m. at the Hyatt RegencyBellevue, Grand Ballroom. Go towww.childhaven.org/auction orcall 206-957-4896.

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All city public meetingsare at City Hall, 12835 NewcastleWay, Suite 200. Call 649-4363.

❑ Parks Commission —6-8 p.m. Nov. 9

❑ City Council — 7-10 p.m.Nov. 15

❑ Planning Commission —7-9 p.m. Nov. 16

Newport Way LibraryAssociation Meeting — 7:30p.m. Nov. 14, Newport WayLibrary, 14250 S.E. NewportWay, Bellevue

The Newcastle Trailsboard meets the first Mondayof the month at 7 p.m. at theRegency Newcastle, 7454Newcastle Golf Club Road.

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The Coal Creek FamilyYMCA, located at 13750Newcastle Golf Club Road, hasregular family programs for allages throughout the summer.For a complete schedule, call282-1500 or go towww.seattleymca.org/Locations/CoalCreek/Pages/Home.aspx.

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The Newport WayLibrary is at 14250 S.E.Newport Way, Bellevue. It willbe closed for Veterans Day Nov.11 and Thanksgiving Nov. 24.The following programs areoffered the rest of the month:

❑ “The Real CommunityCollege: Pros and Cons of theLast College Bargain” — forteens and adults, 7 p.m. Nov. 2

❑ eReader and DigitalDownload Demonstration — foradults and teens, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 6

❑ Computer Class: “InternetLevel 1” — for adults, 10 a.m.Nov. 7


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Every Thursday for threeyears, Dawn Lilly sat down witha handful of first-graders at aRenton elementary school tohelp them develop their readingskills.

One incident from her timethere, however, will stick out inher mind — and in print —for-ever.

“As a tutor, I had five kids allyear long,” she said. “They eachhave their own personalities andquirks, and I genuinely lovedspending that time with thosekids. You could see them growand learn to be proud of them-selves.”

Lilly bestowed a super readeraward on a student after hewas able to overcome a mildstutter during the school year.As the student read the “read-ing tutoring program” awardout loud, he slipped andinstead said, “reading torturingprogram.”

The line stuck, and Lilly saidshe was inspired to sit down towrite “Sweet Torture” two yearsago.

Lilly, a Newcastle residentand former television news-woman who left the industry 30years ago to devote more time toher family, has spent the pasttwo years developing nonfictionand inspirational freelance writ-ing part time.

The story was picked up for“Chicken Soup for the Soul:Inspiration for the Young atHeart,” a collection of storiesabout seniors enjoying life after60. The book was released inAugust.

The Chicken Soup series hasmore than 200 titles and hassold more than 112 millioncopies, with titles translated into

more than 40 languages.Lilly’s writing was also fea-

tured in “Chicken Soup for theSoul: Thanks Dad” in 2010, aswell as “The Secret Place,”“Evangel” and DaySpringCards.

She’s just started her firstnovel, and said personal, reflec-tive writing — especially pieceswith inspirational or Christianmessages — is something she’salways wanted to do.

“I’m compelled to do it,” shesaid. “I can’t stop, even if thatmeans I have to bang my headagainst the keys however manytimes, even if it’s not workingthat day. I’m going to keep try-ing.”

She said she joined theNorthwest Christian Writers’Association, which holds itsmeetings in Bothell, and startedattending writing conferences as

a way to get feedback about herwriting.

Anyone can begin writingfor publications if they settheir mind to it and are will-ing to face rejection, Lillysaid.

“It’s easy for everybody todraw from life experiences tohave something to tell,” shesaid. “You have to have toughskin, and mine is getting verytough.”

Lilly said much of what sheand other freelancers send topublications is rejected, so hav-ing something selected for printis always special.

“You put so much of yourselfinto writing something,” shesaid. “So when you do getsomething that’s selected, youthink, ‘Maybe that is confirma-tion that I’m doing the rightthing.’”

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Brian and Amy Westendorfwelcomed son Brady WilliamWestendorf to their Newcastlehome Sept. 26, 2011.

Brady was born at ValleyMedical Center, in Renton,weighing 8 pounds, 2 ouncesand measuring 20.75 inches.

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and Osborne Inc. The U.S.Army Corps of Engineers andthe Washington StateDepartment of Fish andWildlife would ultimatelyapprove the work, Rigos said.

From the manhole, thewater would be conveyed by aburied pipe or culvert systembetween Coal Creek Parkwayand the outflow channel. Itwould be discharged into BorenCreek north of 84th Way.

Residents said King Countyused to dredge the south sideof the lake and the streamchannel, but that work ceasedafter Newcastle was incorporat-ed in 1994, Rigos said.

The flooding has worsenedover the past several years, hesaid.

The City Council approved acontract with Gray andOsborne at its Oct. 18 meeting.

The work will include a topo-graphic survey of the area; ahydraulic analysis of the lake andoutlet channel; wetland delin-eation; and preparation of topo-graphic, profile and cross-sectionmaps. It is expected to costbetween $35,000 and $40,000.

Councilman Sonny Putter saidwhile he supports the project, heis worried about giving residentsa false sense of hope if the actualconstruction costs are too greatfor the city to complete.

While definitive construc-tion costs are not yet available,the project could cost about$115,000, Rigos said.

Under a best-case scenario,construction could be done asearly as next summer.

Once the technical and pro-fessional studies are complete,the next major step will be tobegin the process of submittingthe appropriate permits to stateand federal agencies. That stepis tentatively scheduled for thespring of 2012.

Councilwoman Lisa Jensensaid the issue has been a prob-lem for residents too long andshe is glad to see the first stepsof the project moving forward.

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The work will include a topo-graphic survey of the area; ahydraulic analysis of the lakeand outlet channel; wetlanddelineation; and preparationof topographic, profile andcross-section maps. It isexpected to cost between$35,000 and $40,000.

SchoolsPAGE 18 NOVEMBER 4, 2011


Ten. Nine. Eight.Camila Sandi picks up her

pace, her hair flowing behindher.

Seven. Six. Five.As an announcer counts

down the final seconds, hun-dreds of children dressed in redFun Run shirts surround Sandi,scrambling to get in one finallap before the 25th annualHazelwood Elementary SchoolPTSA Fun Run event comes toa close.

Four. Three. Two.Some kids drenched in sweat

flank her side, others huff andpuff to pass her from behind.Kids with heavy feet and tiredlegs lag behind her.

One.A smile brightens Sandi’s

face. She’s done.While the second-grader ran

29 laps in the Fun Run event,

Sandi has even loftier goals fornext year — 63 laps.

“It gives me exercise, andit’s so fun,” she said.

The event, held in conjunc-tion with Hazelwood’sInternational Walk to SchoolDay, is the largest fundraiser ofthe year for the PTSA andincludes children from everygrade.

The yearly goal of $25,000 isbroken down to fund a varietyof services for the school,including $10,000 for class-room supply grants for everyclass, $2,000 for library books,$1,000 for musical instru-ments, $10,000 for field tripsfor every class and $2,000 formath curriculum enrichment.

Students work to collectpledges from family andfriends before the Fun Run andcollect money based on thenumber of laps a child runsafter it’s completed, said MissiWilson, the Fun Run’s co-chair.

Students had from 10:30-11:15 a.m. to get in as manylaps as possible.

First-grader LucenaVillasenor said she ran some of

Fun Run gets Hazelwoodstudents on their feet25th annual PTSAfundraiser providesmoney for field trips,academic supplies

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Samantha Wilson (right) and Jaxon Nap (center), HazelwoodElementary School second-graders, get laps checked off by JulieCollins at the school’s 25h annual PTSA Fun Run on Oct. 7.

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Ultimately, the topic at handwas serious.

But even the adults in thecrowd outside ApolloElementary School Oct. 5seemed to be enjoying them-selves.

Asked before and afterwhether they liked the showlocal law enforcement put on infront of the school, the answersfrom the students were pre-dictable, “cool” and “fun” beingthe most common comments.One youngster obviously tookone of the messages of the dayto heart, warning his friends notto talk or give their names to areporter, who was, after all, astranger to them.

Representatives of the federalDrug EnforcementAdministration, the KingCounty Sheriff’s Office andEastside Fire & Rescue were allon hand to help the students ofApollo mark Red Ribbon Week,which runs Oct. 23-31.

Safety personnel showed upin full gear, including a hazmatsuit strongly resembling a space-suit. To much cheering, a DEAhelicopter made several low-fly-ing passes over the school.

The school-front performancefurther included appearancesfrom McGruff the Crime Dogand Badge Man, a man-sizedDEA badge. Still, easily mostpopular among the mascots wasthe Seattle Seahawks’ Blitz. Thelatter showed the first two cos-

tumed characters — along withone or two lucky audience mem-bers — how to dance.

With its healthy-lifestyle,anti-drug message, Red RibbonWeek gets attention at plenty ofschools, including those in theIssaquah School District. Still,no one else is liable to get quitethe show that Apollo did. Howdid the school end up with suchan event?

“They asked,” DEA PublicInformation Officer JodieUnderwood said.

“We’ve got connections,”added Apollo Principal SusanMundell. “The kids loved it. I’vegot some great feedback fromteachers.”

The Seattle DEA office part-ners with other law enforcementand safety personnel to put onone or two big shows each yearfor Red Ribbon Week, started tohonor a slain DEA agent.

“What happens is, the wordof mouth starts to spread,”Underwood said regarding themajor display of law enforce-ment.

This year, the DEA and itspartners actually will bring outthe big trucks and the helicopterthree times.

“It’s fun but it’s educational,”Underwood added.

Red Ribbon Week is held in

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Representatives of the King County Sheriff’s Office greet students outside Apollo Elementary School.

Apollo Elementary School pulls somestrings to host big Red Ribbon Week

By Tom Corrigan

Microphone in hand, the DEA’s Matt Duran served as emcee for theRed Ribbon Week event at Apollo.

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In late September, KatieTinnea’s oncologist broke a rulehe’s held strong to for 20 years.

Instead of waiting to tellTinnea — a 29-year-oldNewcastle Elementary Schoolfirst-grade teacher diagnosed inlate July with stage four coloncancer — the latest news in per-son, he placed a call.

Her latest scan was in, and itshowed something amazing.

Every one of her tumors,which include growths in herliver, colon and spots on herlungs, were shrinking.

Tinnea said when she wasfirst diagnosed in July, one ofher tumors was as large as a ten-nis ball. By the end ofSeptember, that same tumor wasdown to the size of a golf ball.

Because traces of the diseasecan be found in Tinnea’s blood,those cells could connect to anorgan to form a new tumor at anytime. She’ll be on routine mainte-nance chemo, or once every otherweek, for the rest of her life.

“My doctor is very encourag-ing and has given me no reasonto think of anything but thebest,” she said. “I feel great andlike my normal self. Why wouldI mope around and be nega-tive?”

As one of the youngest peoplereceiving chemotherapy treat-ments at her medical center, shehas quickly become an advocateof early detection and finding acure for the disease.

“My family and I were com-pletely blindsided, and I don’tever wish that on anybody,”

Tinnea said. “My mother waswith me at the hospital, and Ihad to come home to tell myhusband I have stage four can-cer. I didn’t have symptoms —even today I feel totally fine. Iwant people to know that unfor-tunately colon cancer is one ofthose sneakier diseases that cancreep up on you at any time.”

She’ll participate in her first-ever 5K to take a stand againstthe disease after her 14-month-old daughter’s child care center,Bright Horizons in Issaquah,formed a team to show theirsupport.

The Get Your Rear in Gearevent is Nov. 6 in Bothell.

The team is one example ofcountless acts of kindness,prayers and good thoughts senther way, Tinnea said.

Every other Thursday, shegoes in for her chemo treat-ment.

But she doesn’t call themchemo days. Instead, family,friends, people in the communi-ty, and especially her studentsand fellow NewcastleElementary staff, show their sup-port for “Purple Power Day” —

where people wear purplebracelets and other purple cloth-ing as a reminder to send goodthoughts Tinnea’s way as shegoes in for treatment.

People ask Tinnea why she’sstill working.

She has a question for them— why not?

“Teaching is who I am, and Ican’t imagine just not doing itbecause of this,” she said. “I feelgreat. I still feel like Mrs. Tinnea.The children have been so sup-portive. They just know I’m sickon the inside, but I haven’t usedthe word cancer with them.”

The class has a designatedsubstitute that steps in for thosetwo days when she is away, shesaid.

“This cancer is not who Iam,” she said. “Yes, it affects meevery other week, but I’m sograteful my school district has

been so wonderful to allow meto be out those two days.”

Tinnea encourages anyonewho has a history of cancer inhis or her family to talk aboutearly detection.

Tinnea’s aunt was diagnosedwith colon cancer at age 43 anddied from the disease.

For colon cancer, familymembers should be screened forthe disease 10 years before their

relative’s diagnoses age, Tinneasaid.

“Almost every day someonecomes to me to say they’veadded me to a prayer chain ortheir friend has added me,” shesaid. “People share my CaringBridge site with their friends,and their friends share it withtheir friends … the support I’veseen has meant the world tome.”

By Carly Bish, of Carly Bish Photography

Katie Tinnea (right), a first-grade teacher at Newcastle Elementary School, enjoys some family time with hus-band Ryan and daughter Kennedy, 14 months.

Still Mrs. TinneaNewcastle Elementary School teacherreceives good news after cancer diagnosis

“I didn’t have symptoms —even today I feel totally fine.I want people to know thatunfortunately colon canceris one of those sneakier dis-eases that can creep up onyou at any time.”

—— KKaattiiee TTiinnnneeaaNewcastle Elementary teacher

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More than 50 high school students inthe Renton School District — including30 students from Hazen High School —have earned the designation of AdvancedPlacement Scholar or AP Scholar withHonors by The College Board.

The designations are in recognition ofthe students’ exceptional achievement inAP Program courses and on college-levelAP exams.

Only about 18 percent of the morethan 1.9 million high school studentsworldwide who took AP tests performedat sufficiently high levels to merit therecognition of AP Scholar or AP Scholarwith Honors.

There were 14 Hazen students whoreceived the designation of AP Scholar forreceiving scores of 3 or higher on three ormore AP exams. AP exam scores range

from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest.The 2011 Hazen graduates who are AP

Scholars are Erin Anderson, Tyler Brown,Cassandra Chandler, Luc Charbonneau,

Amy Delo, Meredith Ladd, Michael Mayer,Autumn Roybal and Logan Walton.

Current Hazen seniors awarded the APScholar honor include Kyle Arinobu, JackChen, Daniel Huie, Katelyn Neff and TaylorYee.

There are also 14 Hazen students whoreceived the designation of AP Scholarwith Honors, granted to students whoreceived an average score of at least 3.25on all AP exams taken, with scores of 3 orhigher on four or more of the exams.

Graduates from the class of 2011 whoreceived the award are Jason Choi, BenMaison, Kyle Martin, Jesse Miles, KaelaNurmi, Christian Roy and Alan Vu.

Current Hazen seniors who receivedthe distinction include Diana Chen, YongHuang, Aileen Isakharova, Senay Kargaci,Michael Valentine, Priscilla Yu and KyleYuasa.

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Kyle Yuasa, Priscilla Yu, Taylor Yee, Jack Chen and Michael Valentine (back row from left toright), and Kyle Arinobu, Katelyn Neff, Maggie (Yong) Huang, Diana Chen and AileenIsaharova (front row from left to right) are Hazen High School Advanced Placement Scholars.

30 Hazen students named AP Scholars, Scholars with honors

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GrantMead, a gen-eral musicteacher atHazelwoodElementarySchool, hasbeen selectedas the RotaryClub ofRenton’sTeacher ofthe Month.

First-grade teacher DianeSeil, who teaches at Bryn MawrElementary School, and fitnessteacher Tabetha Magnuson,who teaches at the SartoriEducation Center, also receivedawards for the month ofOctober.

As a part of the recognition,teachers selected attend a lun-cheon at the Maplewood GolfCourse and receive $200 forclassroom supplies or instruc-tional materials.

Mead attended Florida StateUniversity and earned a bache-lor’s degree in music. Hereceived a master’s degree incurriculum design.

He has been a teacher in thedistrict for 22 years and hasspent many years teachingpiano, flute and guitar outsideof the classroom.

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The Volunteers of IssaquahChanging Education MentorProgram is seeking communityvolunteers to work one on onewith students in the IssaquahSchool District.

VOICE is funded by theIssaquah Schools Foundation incooperation with the district.

Teachers and counselorsthroughout the district referstudents who need extra sup-port academically, socially oremotionally. The volunteercommitment for the program isone hour per week throughoutthe school year.

The volunteers work in theschool setting in partnershipwith school staff members.

Placements are made basedon the mentors’ interests, loca-tion and time availability.Mentors can help a studentwith math, science, reading orlearning English as a secondlanguage.

For high school studentslooking to complete communi-ty service at a local level, thecommitment of one hour perweek could be set up from 2:40-3:40 p.m. at NewcastleElementary School.

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SeattleChristianHigh SchoolstudentBrittanyHoff, ofNewcastle,has beennamed as acommendedstudent inthe 2012NationalMerit Scholarship Program.

About 34,000 commendedstudents throughout thenation will be recognized fortheir exceptional academicpromise.

Other Seattle Christian stu-dents to receive the honor wereMatthew Bohman, of Kent, andKyle Swain, of Burien.

Principal Stephanie Knippwill present a letter of commen-dation from the school andNational Merit ScholarshipCorp., which conducts the pro-gram, to the seniors.

Although they will not con-tinue in the 2012 competitionfor National MeritScholarships, commended stu-dents placed among the top 5percent of more than 1.5 mil-lion students who entered the2012 competition by takingthe 2010 PreliminarySAT/National MeritScholarship Qualifying Test.

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Kate Ingalls won STAR 101.5’sTeacher of the Week award forthe week of Sept. 30.

The radio station’s afternoonshow host Corine McKenziemade a surprise visit to Ingalls’second-grade HazelwoodElementary School classroom inNewcastle to announce theaward.

Each student in Ingalls’ classreceived a goody bag full ofprizes from Applebee’s, theWashington State EmployeesCredit Union, Dairy Farmers of

Washington and other sponsors.Ingalls received a personalized

plaque from Issaquah Trophyand Awards, a $100 check fromthe Washington State EmployeesCredit Union and a $100Applebee’s gift certificate.

She also got to choosebetween a makeover or a Kindlecourtesy of Blanc N’ SchwartzSalon.

Caroline Smith, the studentwho nominated Ingalls for theaward, received a $50 Applebee’sgift certificate.

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“It’s just taken on a life of itsown,” Underwood said.

While the helicopter, thedancing Seahawk and motorcy-cles might have gotten theattention of students, Mundellsaid the more serious message ofRed Ribbon Week got through.She said many Apollo teachersput together lesson plans aroundthe event or held discussionsabout health and drug issueswith their students. In manycases, Mundell said those discus-sions turned out to be studentled. Underwood said it’s perfect-ly appropriate to take an anti-drug message to an elementaryschool — that children are nevertoo young to hear that message.

“This is the time when youwant to start talking to kids,”she said, adding children of ele-mentary school age tend to bevery impressionable.

“I think it’s pertinent,” saidMundell, especially referring toher older students.

She said many teachers hadstudents think and talk aboutmaking healthy lifestyle choices,not so much emphasizing ananti-drug message.

her 29 laps and walked therest, but she looks forward tonext year’s event because“you get a lot of exercise in.”

She’s going to shoot for 32laps next year, she said.

Corporate matches fromMicrosoft, The Boeing Co.and other workplaces helpsupplement the donations,while about 30 volunteersand Hazelwood teachers andstaff step up to make the FunRun happen, she said.

“This really gets the wholecommunity very active andvery giving,” Wilson said.

Students also received raf-fle tickets to earn prizes, suchas bicycles provided byPeterson Bicycle or helmetsprovided by Valley MedicalCenter, and the student whoraises the most money winsthe opportunity to be princi-pal for the morning.

Orthodontic Excellencesponsored the Fun Run’s T-shirts, and each child receivedan Otter Pop and a water bot-tle for participating in thefundraiser.

Hazelwood’s staff and PTSAorganized the fun run and theWalk to School Day event withadditional support from KingCounty Public Health and theCDC’s Healthy Eating/ActiveLiving grant, Feet First and SafeRoutes to School.

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received the designation of APScholar with Distinction, grant-ed to students who receive anaverage score of at least 3.5 onall AP exams taken, with scoresof 3 or higher on five or moreof the exams.

The 2011 Hazen graduatesawarded with that honor areMishaal Aleem and Kelsey

Mejlaender.Students took AP exams in

May after completing college-level courses at their highschools, and many of the recog-nized students have graduatedand are now in college.

Some took the test in theirjunior year and are now seniorsin high school.

The College Board’s AP pro-gram offers students the oppor-tunity to take challenging col-lege-level courses in highschool. Students receive collegecredit, advanced placement in

college, or both, for successfulperformance on the AP exams.

This year, 267 students atHazen are enrolled in one ormore AP courses at the school,including AP biology, AP calcu-lus, AP environmental science,AP English language, APGerman, AP micro economics,AP macro economics, APphysics, AP statistics, AP U.S.government, AP French and APU.S. history.

In the spring, Hazen willproctor more than 500 APexams.

By Christina Lords

More than 450 student participants at the Fun Run received complimentary Otter Pops, water bottles andT-shirts, which were sponsored by Orthodontic Excellence of Newcastle.

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SPORTSPAGE 22 NOVEMBER 4, 2011

By Greg Farrar

Jordan West, Liberty High School senior quarterback, leaps over aJuanita defender for a few more of his 26 yards on a third-quarter rush-ing play Oct. 21 against the Rebels.


After winning four straightgames going into the post-sea-son, Hazen High School coachDrew Oliver knows that kind ofpush is exactly what his teamneeds right now.

“Momentum is good, espe-cially at the right time of theyear,” he said. “I feel like we stillhaven’t put together a perfectgame, but this team is reallystarting to come into its own.”

The Highlanders have gone7-4 and 7-3 in the past two

years, with both seasons endingafter they were defeated in thefirst round of the playoffs.

Hazen will meet the FranklinQuakers, the No. 2 seed out ofthe Metro Conference, this weekat Seattle Memorial Stadium.

The Quakers (5-4) ended theHighlanders’ season one yearago, and Oliver said after injuriesforced his team to focus on theirrun game during the second halfof the season, the Highlandersare ready for the challenge.

“We had go back to basics,”he said. “We have to run those

plays rather than trying to gettoo fancy. There’s not toomuch in the way of surprises inthe way we run the ball, butwe’ve been able to execute inpractices and on the field.”

Oliver said fumbles andpenalties must be eradicated asthe team looks to the playoffs.

“If we can eliminate thosemental errors, we’ll be muchbetter off,” he said.

Hazen has had a successfulsecond half of the season with


Liberty High School coachSteve Valach certainly had high-er expectations than to finishregular season play with justthree wins. So did his players.

With a 33-0 loss on Oct. 28against the Bellevue Wolverines,any hopes of a 2011 post-seasonfaded.

“As a team, I still think weplayed well enough to grab thatNo. 3 spot for the playoffs,”Valach said. “Ability wise, wewere good enough to do that.We just didn’t get it done.”

After picking up a 42-7 victo-ry against Lake Washington, thePatriots fell to Mercer Island, 32-10, on Oct. 14.

The two key losses for thePatriots were their Sept. 23matchup against Mount Si andtheir Oct. 21 home game againstthe Interlake Saints, Valach said.

Liberty was up 13-0 at thehalf and gave away 16 unan-swered points in an overtimeloss to the Wildcats. The Patriotsmade two 14-point surges in thesecond and fourth quarters ofthe Interlake game, but couldn’tovercome the Saints in a narrow33-28 loss.

“In a lot of ways, it was a veryfrustrating season,” Valach said.“We talk about it’s all about us,it’s all about us. And for us, itwasn’t about getting beat, it’sthat we were the ones losing the

game.”The Patriots went 3-6 on the

season.Part of the team’s difficulties

was related to several keyinjuries to critical players in theLiberty lineup.

Senior running backHamilton Noel was sidelinedafter a separated shoulder injuryat the Mount Si game.

“Hamilton is the heart andsoul of our team,” Valach said.“He didn’t always say much, buthe would always lead by example.He’s definitely a good player.”

Senior running back TeiStaladi sustained a cracked col-larbone injury late in the season.

“It’s part of the game, and itseems like sometimes part ofhaving a good season meansgood fortune when it comes toinjuries,” Valach said. “It defi-nitely impacts you in terms ofmomentum and continuity.”

Despite Liberty’s shutoutagainst Bellevue, the team’scoaching staff respected the waythe Patriots played, he said.

“They fought four full quar-ters in that game,” he said. “Wewere down to our No. 6 runningback. I was just proud of howthey fought and they scrappedand they played hard. As acoach, it was actually really sat-isfying.”

Liberty will play in a crossovergame against the Ingraham Ramsat Liberty on Nov. 4.

By Rob Nichols

Daymontray Brown, Hazen senior running back, scores from four yards out during the third quarter Oct. 28against Renton. The Highlanders won their homecoming game, 21-7.

Highlanders hit win streakjust in time for playoffs

Liberty’s playoff hopes fadeas injuries plague team


They’ve already wrapped upthe KingCo Conference 3A/2Atitle Oct. 20 with a 5-3 victoryagainst host Juanita.

They’ve already clinched theautomatic No. 1 seed in theClass 3A state playoffs.

But make no mistake — theLiberty High School girls soccerteam is still focused on the hereand now.

“We’re not thinking aboutstate yet,” Liberty junior

Kailiana Johnson said. “We’vebeen focusing on games com-ing up next week and thenwe’re going to focus on post-season during our off weekand get prepared.”

The KingCo title is the sec-ond straight for the Patriots,who captured the league’s state3A berth earlier in the weekwith a 3-0 win against LakeWashington.

This is the first time Libertyhas won back-to-back titlessince 2001, when the Patriots

won their third straight KingCotitle.

“Winning KingCo was No. 1on our list,” Liberty coachJaime Giger said. “Obviouslywe’re still looking at the nexttwo games. I told the girls we’renot looking at state yet. I wantto take care of this league. Iwant to win all of the gamesbefore us.”

In her first year at the helmfor the team, Giger said she’sproud of the way the Patriotshave gelled as a unit.

“I’ve gotten my feet wet,”she said. “When we wentthrough the first half of theseason, it was my first timeever seeing these teams. Forme as a coach … the nice

Patriot girls clinch theKingCo title, No. 1 seed

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wins over Evergreen on Sept. 30,Highline on Oct. 6, Foster onOct. 13 and Renton on Oct. 28.

Senior running backs CodyTaylor and Daymontray Brownhave stepped up in a big way forthe Highlanders.

Brown, a senior running back,scored what is believed to be aschool-record seven touchdownsin a 54-35 comeback victoryover Highline on Oct. 6. Hescored six of the game's finalseven TDs and finished with 158yards on 27 carries.

He was chosen as The SeattleTimes’ high school star of theweek for Oct. 2-8.

Taylor ranks second amongSeamount League rushers with708 yards, averaging 101 yardsper game. He has also scored sixtouchdowns during the season.

Brown ranks third amongleague rushers with 587 yards,and scored a league-high of 18touchdowns.

Brown and Taylor are sup-ported by a solid offensive linethat has facilitated their play-making capabilities throughoutthe season, Oliver said.

“We’ve got a pretty experi-enced line as well,” he said.“They’ve all been in the programfor two years now. It just helpswith this team’s identity. They’rewho we are and what we’reabout. We’re playing the kind offootball we want to play.”

Photos by Scott E. Coburn

Long distance champs Kristin Ericksen (left), a freshman on the Hazen High Schoolgirls cross country team, wins the 5,000 meters varsity eventat a Sept. 22 Seamount meet with a time of 22 minutes, 35seconds. She went on to take 11th place at the SeamountLeague Championships on Oct. 15. Lloyd Byran (right) , asenior on the Highlanders boys cross country team, also winsthe 5,000 meters varsity event with a time of 17 minutes, 33seconds. He went on to take ninth place at the SeamountLeague Championships.

thing is these kids all getalong. They all have great atti-tudes. They all work reallyhard.”

Johnson had a hat trick tolead Liberty in its victory againstJuanita.

Liberty got a battle fromJuanita, which has just oneleague victory this season.Juanita took the lead threetimes in the game, but Libertyalways answered with a tyinggoal.

“The first half we really justkind of struggled,” Johnson said.“We weren’t really focused inthe warm up … but then westarted putting things together,talking more, playing as a teamand just competing.”

Juanita scored first at the25th minute on a goal by SaraHolden. Liberty’s ShannonDaly knotted the score aminute later with an unassistedgoal. Juanita went ahead 2-1 ona goal by Karissa Radke at the36th minute, but Johnson,assisted by Kimi Fry, tied thescore on a goal at the 37thminute. The teams were tied 2-2 at halftime.

Radke put Juanita ahead forthe last time on a goal threeminutes into the second half.

Johnson, assisted by KianaHafferty, tied the score at the62nd minute. Nicolle Marlow,assisted by Fry, put Libertyahead for good at the 71stminute.

“We would love to finishthis league strong,” Giger said.“I always say we want to getbetter every single game, andthat was the frustrating thingabout tonight. We didn’t getbetter.”

Johnson gave the Patriots

some breathing room threeminutes later with her thirdgoal.

“We don’t like being down,”she said. “As you can tell fromour standings, we don’t like tolose. Once we got scored on wejust got fired up. We had theright mentality.”

Liberty went to 12-0-0 inleague play and 13-1 on the sea-son.

Giger said she’s proud of theway to team has come togetherthis season — on and off thefield.

“The thing about these girls isthat they’re nice to each other,”she said. “They all have theright attitudes.”

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half goals to lead the Patriotspast Lake Washington on Oct.18.

Johnson's first goal, assistedby Kali Youngdahl, came justeight minutes into the game.Three minutes later Johnson,assisted by Hafferty, scoredagain.

Daly, assisted by Fry, scoredLiberty's final goal at the 65thminute.

The shutout was the seventhof the season for Liberty goal-keeper Macaire Ament.

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Kailiana Johnson, Liberty juniorforward, fires her hat trick into theJuanita goal in the 74th minuteOct. 20, for the 5-3 margin of vic-tory over the Rebels.


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About $4,200 in scholarshipswill be awarded this spring tolocal college-bound studentsfrom 2011 Newcastle Days 5KRun/Walk.

There were 240 registered par-ticipants — 41 percent of themfrom Newcastle — who attendedthe event.

Interested individuals canemail [email protected] receive scholarship applica-tion notifications and details.

Since the event's founding in2009, donations by the nonprof-it Newcastle Running Club hasresulted in $15,000 in communi-ty fundraising. The contribu-tions have been made possiblefrom participants, sponsor sup-port, city of Newcastle staffmembers and significant volun-teer hours.

The 2011 Newcastle Days 5KRun/Walk presenting sponsorwas Valley Medical Center.

Other sponsors included TheBalanced Athlete, Coal CreekYMCA, QFC, HomeStreet Bank,Sweet Decadence, South BellevueChiropractics, ING Financial,Printing Control Graphics,Mathes Design, Newcastle WeedWarriors, Newcastle Trails andthe city of Newcastle.

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