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Local residents Devin Graupmann and Logan Graupmann perform in Winter Solstice at the Kingsgate Ice Arena in Kirkland earlier this month. The Kingsgate Skating Club hosted the event.The holiday presentation on ice featured skaters from the club. Donations of non-perishable food items or wrapped holiday gifts were collected for Hopelink. LINAE GRAUPMANN, Contributed photo

Holiday fun on ice

LWSD prepares for new bond measure for JHS, Kirk upgradesBY TJ MARTINELL

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The Lake Washing-ton School District Board of Directors

is preparing a possible bond measure for next year that would be used to remodel or replace Juanita High School and Kirk Elementary School, with more bond measures to follow for the next ten

years. A 2016 bond measure

would fund the most immediate needs, while other bond measures would possibly be put to a vote in 2018, 2022, and 2026 to fund the longer-term needs.

District officials have stated that the bond measures would not in-crease tax rates and would maintain the 2015 tax rate

over this period of time. Spokesperson Kathryn Reith said this is because other bonds are get-ting paid off, such as the construction levy passed in 2011 and set to expire in 2017.

“So as those expire and past bonds are paid off, taxes would go down if no other measures are passed,” she said.

The 2016 bond mea-

sure, expected to be on the April ballot, would be used for construc-tion projects in each of the district’s learning community, the area served by each of the four comprehensive high schools. In addition to projects in Kirkland, the bond measure would also replace or remodel Mead Elementary School in Sammamish, along with replacing Explorer Com-munity School with new

modular buildings. In Redmond, it would fund three new schools in the Redmond Learning Com-munity – two elementary and one middle school, and refurbish the Old Redmond Schoolhouse for use as a preschool center. The future ballot measures would be used

to build three additional elementary schools and two choice high schools. They would also fund the remodeling or replac-ing of Kamiakin Middle School, Alcott Elemen-tary School, Evergreen Middle School and Smith Elementary School.

The district is inviting community members to provide feedback on the draft funding plan, and the district said it would

Mistake at Kirkland Cemetery triggers changesBY TJ MARTINELL

The city of Kirkland is making changes to its documentation process for the Kirkland Cem-etery after a mixup in pa-perwork caused the man’s remains to be placed in the wrong spot.

According to Kirk-land Customer Accounts Supervisor, Jay Gewin, the matter was brought to their attention after the family of the deceased complained that their father’s urn was in the wrong spot. Gewin said that somehow the records from 2013 had him in the incorrect location, so when the deceased man’s wife passed away and the family wanted her in the same location. They end-ed up moving her remains to where the husband’s were, but it was still in the wrong section.

“We thought the incor-rect location was the cor-rect location… and then

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New measure would not raise taxes from current levels

Veterinarians help treat canine Bob, a key part of veteran’s lifeBY SAMMANTHA PAK

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Andrew Brim and his dog Bob recently celebrated their � rst year together.

While this may be an important milestone for any owner-pet relationship, their anniversary was par-ticularly special, consider-ing what the pair have gone through in the last year.

A rare conditionOne of the most signi� -

cant events they have gone through was a trip to the veterinarian that led to Bob undergoing surgery to have one of his kidneys removed.

It all began in July when the two went for a walk and Brim discovered blood in Bob’s urine. It was “out of nowhere,” he said.

Brim, who now lives in Bellevue but has previously lived in Redmond, took Bob to the Redmond-Kirk-land Animal Hospital at 7251 W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy N.E. in Redmond, where he was treated by veterinarian Andrea Hoover.

A� er her examination, Hoover said they discov-ered the cause of the blood was a giant kidney worm. She said this is not treat-

able with medicine, so Bob — who was otherwise healthy — required surgery to remove the worm.

“It de� nitely came as a shock to Andrew as to what was going on with (Bob),” Hoover said, adding that giant kidney worms are extremely rare in this part of the country. � ey are typically found in warmer climates.

Upon hearing Bob’s diagnosis, Brim, who is originally from Prosser in eastern Washington, said he couldn’t speak. He didn’t know what to do. His 2-year-old dog was dying, and working at Housing Hope — an organization in Snohomish County that focuses on providing a� ordable and transitional housing to low-income populations — Brim wasn’t in a � nancial position to pay for Bob’s procedure.

But then, his parents o� ered to help pay for the surgery. � e procedure was performed at Seattle Veteri-nary Specialists, a specialty and emergency animal hospital that has locations in Kirkland and Seattle.

In addition to his parents’ support, Brim said the sta� and doctors at the hospitals

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seek community input before each of the three subsequent bond mea-sures.

“The first one has the most detail,” Reith said. “We will of course go back out to the commu-nity in two years and say ‘This was the plan two years ago, is it still the right plan?’ There will be a community input process and a review of those potential measures at the time they would come up.”

During its Dec. 7 meet-

ing, the board received an initial draft report on po-tential funding measures that would go toward building new schools and renovate aging facilities. Incumbents Siri Bliesner and Chris Carlson and newcomer Eric Laliberte were also sworn into of-fice after winning their respective races in the November election.

The funding plan would implement the project recommenda-tions of the Long-Term Facilities Task Force, a 63-member representa-

tive group that spent almost a year looking into the district’s facility needs. They presented their recommendations to the board in Novem-ber, which the board ultimately approved. The recommendations addressed the is-sues of classroom capacity and old buildings, advis-ing they build more schools to meet growing classroom needs, while either renovating or completely rebuild-ing schools depending

on whether the facili-ties as is could include more classrooms. The Task Force recommenda-tions also included a list of specific construction projects needed for the district from 2016-2030.

They also recom-mended strategies for efficient and cost-effective facility designs.

The draft funding plan implements the

construction projects over time.

Each measure would have projects to increase

classroom space and reduce the reliance on portable classrooms. Ad-ditional projects would leverage use of existing facilities and expand choice school / program options. Cost-effective design principles would be implemented.

The Educational Pro-grams & Operations Levy as well as the Capital Projects Levy must be renewed every four years.

Last year’s failed bond measure would have raised $750 million. It garnered a majority voter

approval, but failed to get the required 60 percent to pass. At the same time, the school district has been the fastest-growing district in King County during the past several years. Following the bond measure’s failure, the district has repurposed funds to make better use of existing facili-ties and redrawn district boundaries in order to accommodate the student population, the latter of which initially drew criticism from certain communities.

when we found out that wasn’t the case we moved them back to where he had been and then placed his wife at the same location.”

As a result of the error, he said they have increased documenta-tion and improved communication and operation protocol to ensure it doesn’t hap-pen again.

The cemetery is located at Northeast 80th Street and 120th Avenue, where most full size burial lots are sold out, many of them containing the city’s early settlers. Gewin said that occasionally they can become avail-able, but mostly they have spaces for urns.

The city has a Cem-etery Committee but it is made up of city employees and only meets when there are changes in city policies or long term operation rates or plans.

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KIRKLANDSCHOOLS

High school students learn about life at Google

� irty-seven students from Emerson High School (EmHS), Inter-national Community School (ICS), Juanita High School (JHS), and Lake Washington High School (LWHS) experienced life on the Google campus for a day on Nov. 12. � e local Google campus is located in Kirkland.

A panel of “Googlers” shared with students how they came to work at Google. � e panel included an engineer-ing manager, a “people operations” (think human resources) recruiter, a computer scientist, and a member of the Google Philanthropy team.

� at diversity of posi-tions showed there are

more jobs at Google than just the expected comput-er science jobs. “Computer science isn’t an end, it’s a tool that helps you to solve human problems,” said Shane McDaniel with Google Philanthropy.

He shared that even though his degree is in computer science, he has been able to explore a variety of jobs within Google.

� e highlight of the students’ time at Google was a tour of the campus. Following the Google visit, students attended the Kirkland Chamber Lun-cheon’s Youth and Busi-ness Symposium. � ere, they heard from another Googler, Senior Engi-neering Director Clyde McQueen.

He shared his career path with students, and emphasized that it is important for students to learn how to apply their learning to the real world.

LWTech hires new VP of instruction

Lake Washington In-stitute of Technology (LW-Tech) has hired Dr. Elliot Stern to be the new vice president of instruction and Dr. Suzanne Ames as dean of design, IT and Baccalaureate Develop-ment.

“We are pleased to welcome these two distin-guished professionals to the college. � eir wealth of experience in higher edu-

cation, as well as success-ful leadership roles, will contribute to the success of LWTech, and ultimately, to the success of our students,” said LWTech President Dr. Amy Goings.

As the vice president of instruction, Stern will oversee all instructional divisions at LWTech, which include more than 40 diverse programs rang-ing from early childhood education, computer tech-nology, health, culinary and baking arts, gaming, continuing education and high school programs. He comes to LWTech from Edmonds Commu-nity College where he was Dean of Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Math (STEM) since 2013. Stern’s higher education experience also includes 10 years at Everett Com-munity College where he served as Dean of Allied Health as well as a tenured

faculty member. He holds a medical degree from Michigan State University and a law degree from the University of Michigan.

Kirkland officials unveil sculpture

City of Kirkland o� cials unveiled the Crane in its Vigilance sculpture by artist Matt Babcock at the Justice Building in the Totem Lake neighborhood on Tuesday morning.

Some of those in at-tendance included former cultural arts commissioner Kathy Feek, current Cul-tural Arts Commissioner Carol Belval, Melissa Nelso of the Cultural Arts Commission, Cultural Arts Commission Chair Dawn Laurant, Cultural Arts Commission Vice Chair Ryan James and Cultural Arts Commis-

sion member Marianna Hannefeld. Kirkland resi-dents and city sta� were also in attendance.

� e metal sculpture is located in the rain garden located on the east exterior wall between the entrances to the Kirkland Police Department and Kirkland Municipal Court. Crane in its Vigilance stands 17-feet tall and is 11-feet wide and complements the rain garden design. Following the unveiling, guests were invited to enjoy refresh-ments in the Totem Lake Room of the Kirkland Justice Center, located at 11740 NE 118th Street.

According to legend, a family of cranes prepar-ing for sleep would pick one bird to stand watch holding a stone in its claw. If the sentry fell asleep, the stone would fall and wake the bird up. In medieval Europe, the image of the crane holding a stone was a common symbol of watchfulness, known in heraldry as “Crane in its Vigilance.”

Crane in its Vigilance represents the reliance the community places in the people and institutions we have appointed to stand guard for us and watch over our laws, and also our responsibilities as individ-uals to our neighborhoods and communities.

� e Kirkland Cultural Arts Commission recom-mends to City Council 1 percent for art public art acquisitions.

Kirkland City Council member Penny Sweet addresses the crowd at the Kirkland Public Safety Building during the unveiling of the crane sculpture on Dec. 15. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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A Kirkland-based surgeon is among the � rst in the country

to utilize new technology al-lowing them to mold custom knees for patients.

For Dr. Vincent Santoro, a surgeon at the Evergreen Health Orthopedics and Sports Care, the 3D imag-ing technology provides a wide range of bene� ts to patients requiring knee replacement surgery, while so far having little to no downsides.

Santoro said he � rst became aware of the technology during a sympo-sium in Las Vegas.

“Like any new innovation you read about these things, you hear about it from col-leagues, and it’s a matter of testing it out,” he said. “� e way it was instructed, and the way it anatomically � ts, just kind of made sense.”

Santoro recently used the imaging on a patient who had already had their origi-nal knee replaced six years ago using a regular prothesis but found it very painful.

Following the latest surgery, his recovery time was much faster and since then has re-ported being able to resume his regular activities such as horseback riding.

� e 3D printing technol-ogy enables Santoro to have a wax mold created within a few weeks a� er the initial scan which forms the metal sections of the entire knee.

“I felt this was something that made sense, espe-cially when 15-20 percent of patients end up having pain post-operatively,” he said. “Some of the reasons are mismatch of the implant to the person, maybe too small, maybe too big.”

One of the ma-jor improvements the precision of the imaging technol-ogy provides is

that it makes it possible for surgeons to preserve sec-tions of the patient’s knee una� ected by arthritis. � is can prevent misalignments with the new knee or other complications.

“Sometimes pain comes from reasons that there’s no clear cut answer,” he said.

“Sometimes an x-ray looks absolutely perfect, but there’s maybe some element of so� tissue impingement. � at’s a very common problem. It doesn’t feel right.”

Another advantage is that it prevents post-surgery issues with the replacement knee. � e imaging makes for a more precise replacement knee than traditional meth-ods in which the replacement can either be too small, too big, or not perfectly � tted to the patient. Most knee im-plants come in only a limited range of sizes and can prove problematic for patients whose knee � ts in-between

two sizes. “I think the key is that

with the CT scan, you are putting this prothesis in the absolutely correct position as long as you align everything,” he said. “You are recreat-ing the normal mechanical access and bringing it back to the joint. � at can’t be said for stock protheses. � ere are always changes in the joint line because again the prothesis doesn’t always � t perfectly.”

Whereas in the past surgeons o� en had to get the patient to � t the mold, the 3D imaging � ips this around so that the conformist creat-

ing the knee designs it to � t the patient.

“In a stock protheses o� en the cuts may be excessive in trying to � t the implant,” Santoro said. “Sometimes it takes con� gurations because they’re trying to � t the patient to the prothesis. You wind up taking way too much bone. In the conform-ist protheses, because it is anatomically designed, the amount we remove is remarkably less.”

Santoro said he hopes the new replacement knees will also last longer due to a bet-ter � tting.

“No prothesis will last a

lifetime, but the idea is to try to increase the 12-15 years that we’re seeing now, and trying to get them into the 20-25 years.”

Although surgeons can improve their methods when using a traditional mold, Santoro said it will still not provide the same precision or accuracy that the imaging does.

“You can only do so much to vary it, because it still needs to � t the patient,” he said. “Some � t beauti-fully and it was absolutely designed for the patient. If you’re number � ve and it’s a number 5, perfect, but if you’re 5.5 that causes troubles. that’s the biggest issue.”

� e new imaging also reduces the time spent on the operating table, Santoro said, in which putting the new knee in can take as little as 10 minutes.

So far, he said, he hasn’t found any negative aspects to using the new imaging.

“I think as we get older, if there’s going to be areas with deformity when we’re in our 70 or 80s, I’m not sure we need to use it,” he said. “But if you really think about it with high functioning people…it’s de� nitely the way to go.”

Kirkland doctor can make patients a new knee with 3D imaging

A CT-scan of a knee, which is used as the basis for implant design. The ConforMIS iFit Image-to-Implant(R) process starts with a patient CT scan. COURTESY PHOTO

“I felt this was something that

made sense, especially when 15-20 percent of patients end up

having pain post-operatively. Some of the reasons are mismatch of the implant to the

person, maybe too small, maybe too

big.” Dr. Vincent Santoro

Kirkland Kiwanis donates hundreds of books to elementary students

Kirkland Kiwanis donated over 600 brand new Scho-lastic books to Rose Hill Elementary and John Muir Elementary on Dec. 3 ac-cording to the Lake Wash-ington School District.

Books were donated to both schools by members of the Kirkland Kiwanis group.

On Dec. 7, primary stu-dents at Rose Hill Elemen-tary each took turns selecting a book to take home. In addition, all of the � rst grade teachers at Rose Hill Elemen-tary were given a package of books for each of their four classrooms.

� e Muir Elementary books will be handed out to students at the school’s annual Family Literacy Night in March.

Local hospital earns awards for stroke care

EvergreenHealth is pleased to announce it has earned the American Stroke Associa-tion’s Get With � e Guide-lines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite for 2015. � e award recognizes the Kirkland-based health system’s com-mitment to quality care for stroke patients, according to guidelines based on the latest scienti� c evidence.

Get With � e Guidelines-Stroke helps health systems provide the most up-to-date, research-based care for stroke patients with the goal of reducing recovery time, death and disability. Evergreen-Health earned the award by meeting speci� c quality achievement measures over a set period of time, which included the aggressive use of medications, risk-reduction therapies and measures to improve the lives of stroke patients and their families.

EvergreenHealth also received the association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite for meeting stroke qual-ity measures that reduce the

time between hospital arrival and treatment with the clot-buster tPA, the only drug ap-proved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. People who su� er a stroke who receive the drug within three hours of the onset of symptoms may recover quicker and it lessens the chance of su� er-ing from severe disability.

“EvergreenHealth’s team approach to providing stroke care is one among many attributes that contribute to this important work aimed at improving the lives of patients and their families when it matters most,” said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte. “From our commu-nity-based � rst-responder teams who provide life-saving rapid response treatment, to the doctors, nurses, and providers who o� er the highest quality comprehen-sive stroke care according to these respected guidelines, it’s our honor to recognize each of their contributions to achieving the best possible outcomes for our patients.”

For providers, Get With � e Guidelines-Stroke o� ers

quality improvement mea-sures, discharge protocols, standing orders and other measurement tools that can help save lives and ultimately reduce overall health care costs by lowering readmis-sion rates for stroke patients.

“We are pleased to recog-nize EvergreenHealth for its commitment to stroke care,” said Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., national chairman of the Get With � e Guide-lines steering committee and executive director of Interventional Cardiovas-cular Programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Har-vard Medical School. “Stud-ies have shown that hospitals that consistently follow Get With � e Guidelines quality improvement measures can reduce length of stay and 30-day readmission rates and reduce disparities in care.”

EvergreenHealth’s com-mitment to quality care has also been recognized by its track record of Five-Star rat-ings by Healthgrades for the treatment of stroke for seven consecutive years, and it has been recognized as one of America’s 100 Best™ hospi-tals in stroke care, as well. Healthgrades also ranked EvergreenHealth among the

top 5 percent in the nation for neurosciences for 2016.

To learn more about the American Stroke Association, visit www.strokeassociation.org. For more information about EvergreenHealth, visit www.evergreenhealth.com or call its 24/7 Nurse Navigator & Healthline at 425-899-3000.

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Kirkland businesses have a distinct advantage with I-405 tolls

Kirkland businesses have an advantage over those in every other city in the Puget Sound region. A delivery ten miles away either north or south during rush hour can have the employee return in about 30 minutes if they pay the Flex Pass rate - usually $1.50 for a round-trip. Busi-nesses in virtually all other cities would not see the employee back in less than 90 minutes. � at one hour savings is worth at least $10 to any business. And a bonus for the rest of us is that those Flex Pass payments keep your taxes lower than they otherwise would be. Better to have businesses happily pay a bunch of $1.50 pay-ments than to have your sales tax go up another notch. � e DOT uses overpayments on road projects. I hope this attracts enough businesses to Totem Lake and Kirkland Urban so that my taxes actually go down.Doug Rough, Kirkland

Don’t encase your heart in fear

In this time of heated rhetoric, political postur-ing and heart-breaking violence, we have a choice. We can succumb to fear. We can build walls, fences and make policies that protect us from the outside, from those who are di� erent than us. We can raise our voices and shout, “Keep out! I’m afraid.” But the real cost of a defense built out of fear is not in dollars or even in lost opportunity to expand our diversity; it is in the callousness, cynicism and hatred with which we embalm our hearts.

� e other choice is one of love and generosity of spirit. It is the opposite of scarcity and fear. Love says our hearts have the capacity to be challenged, to risk being welcoming and to dare to live in a world � lled with people who are diverse not only in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, income, ability, but also in religious beliefs. Our country was founded on the belief in religious freedom; it is enshrined in our founding docu-ments. � e Statue of Liberty sits in the harbor

welcoming all. � ere is no religious litmus test.Love is not an esoteric term. Beyond opening

our hearts into ways of generosity and compas-sion, love is just and kind. To those who terrorize, cause harm, or use violence (in word and deed), there must be justice. But love does not slander a whole group of people who might be di� erent than us. Love says you are my neighbor and a fel-low human being.

What we can do is reach out – speak up when you hear hateful speech. Say hello instead of walk-ing by or ignoring. Have co� ee with someone you don’t know. Attend a service of a religion that you are unfamiliar with. Do something out of your comfort zone that helps you understand or learn.

In this season when many celebrate the birth of a savior, let us remember what we are being saved from. No longer do we have to encase our hearts in fear, we can choose instead to open our hearts and walk the path of loving our neighbors as ourselves.Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart, Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirkland

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This year a bipartisan coalition of state legisla-tors worked together to provide an historic investment in our state’s K-12 education

system, boosting school spending by $1.3 billion, an increase of $1,237 per student. It was the largest education budget increase in state history and con-tinues the major turnaround in education spending currently underway.

Since 2013, education spend-ing has increased by $4.5 billion and state spending per student has increased 33 percent. For 30 years education was not a budget priority, but over the past few years, we’ve seen what a dra-matic change is possible across the spectrum of education when we work together to make it our priority.

In fact, this dramatic change made national news when we passed the � rst college tuition reduction in the nation this year.

� e question I’m hearing from parents is what these new investments mean for their children’s schools. In other words, what are we buying with all this new money?

First, we are � lling in gaps created by decades of underfunding. � ese include paying for the actual transportation costs of the school districts, provid-ing full funding of materials and supplies for the school districts and paying for all-day kindergarten statewide by next school year.

Once we addressed the chronically underfunded areas, we focused on the greatest opportunities for turning around Washington’s record on educa-tion. � at meant major investments in reducing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade classrooms where research says it’s most e� ective, nearly doubling support for high poverty students, reforming bilingual education and providing salary increases and improved health bene� ts for teach-ers.

Achieving these results required the support of a broad, bipartisan coalition. Parents, teachers, advocates and legislators came together to agree on directing this major investment in schools, passing the Legislature by landslide margins in both the

Senate and House.We began this year with many budget challenges

but Republicans and Democrats came together on education, agreeing on many of the results you see listed here, even before the � nal budget agreement was reached.

� is huge improvement toward fully funding education came in addition to historic expan-sion of early learning access and quality. Research shows that high quality early learning pays major dividends throughout a student’s education and life. � is led us to pass the Early Start Act which improves the quality of early childhood education while rapidly expanding early learning opportuni-ties in the budget by 85 percent.

Our focus on education did not end in high school, but addressed the full spectrum of educa-tion from preschool through college. We are now a nationally recognized leader because our budget actually reduced the cost of college for our state’s students.

A� er decades of skyrocketing tuition rates, we successfully fought for and passed a signi� cant reduction of college tuition. Students at our major research universities such as UW will see tuition drop by 15 percent. Regional colleges such as WWU will drop tuition by 20 percent. Community colleges will drop tuition by 5 percent.

Once again, these were bipartisan victories that

will fundamentally alter Washington’s trajectory for education. Rather than seeing new state invest-ments go two-to-one toward programs other than education, we are now on course for the opposite: education spending is rapidly rising at a rate of two-to-one over non-education spending.

� ese monumental investments were made possible by the economy roaring back to life in the Puget Sound Region, providing $3.2 billion more in revenue than the previous budget – a 9 percent increase. As other parts of the state struggle to recover, we made sure that all of our education investments put the highest-need school districts � rst to ensure equal and fair education advance-ment across the state.

� irty years of neglect will not be undone in just one or two budgets, but if the progress we’ve made working together is any indication, we are set for a major transformation of education across the spectrum, from preschool through college. � e news on education in Washington is good and our children’s schools are already bene� tting.

Sen. Andy Hill represents Kirkland, Redmond, Duvall, Sammamish and Woodinville (45th Legislative District) in the Washington State Senate and serves as chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

30 years of neglect can’t be undone in one or two state budgets

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helped him through Bob’s illness.

“I felt very well taken care of,” he said.

Overcoming adversity

For Brim, losing Bob — who has since made a full recovery — would have meant more than just los-ing his pet. It would have meant losing his lifeline as he was going through many struggles before he adopted Bob.

Brim is a veteran who served in the Marines for six years from 1998 to 2004. He served at Twentynine Palms in southern California, working in casualty as-sistance. Through this role, Brim said he was there to receive troops who had been wounded overseas. In addition, he made himself available to the families of troops who did not make it home.

The 35-year-old said he was unable to deploy due to medical reasons, but while he did not see battle up close, his job still af-fected him.

“It definitely took a toll,” he said.

Before he was dis-charged, Brim admitted that he struggled with alcohol abuse and was in counseling. The issues continued once he was out of the military.

“I’d just gotten into a bad place,” Brim said.

He went through a di-vorce, had trouble sleep-ing, experienced night terrors that he would rarely remember but left him with a sick feeling the next day and was put on anti-depressants.

Then about a year and a half ago, Brim decided to re-engage with the De-partment of Veteran Af-fairs (VA). He said since he left the military in 2004, the VA has stepped up its game. His care team suggested an animal.

Brim’s aunt found Bob at the Quincy, Wash. Animal Shelter near Wenatchee and Ellens-burg.

Like Brim, Bob’s life was not easy before the two met. He said his dog was in the shelter due to animal neglect and cru-elty and was brought in with an 18-inch logging chain around his neck. Bob was in bad shape, Brim said.

Knowing the dog had overcome adversity — like himself — led Brim to bond with Bob quickly and the two of them help each other out from time to time.

Bob knows when Brim is having a night terror and will nudge his owner to wake him up. Brim said he returns the favor as Bob will also have night terrors and struggle in his

sleep. When Brim realizes this, he will wake Bob up.

“Together, we’re a pretty good stinking team,” Brim said.

After learning more about Bob and his owner’s relationship and what they mean to each other, Hoover said she was glad they were able to help and provide the dog with the care he needed.

Structure, responsibility and more

For Brim, having a pet was meant to bring struc-ture and responsibility to his life at the time. Bob was just supposed to o� er compan-ionship and help force Brim out of his depression. Isola-tion could not be an option when there was someone

else in the picture, relying on him to take care of them, Brim said.

Bob did provide this. But so much more has come out of the relationship he shares with Brim.

Brim said almost imme-diately a� er adopting Bob, he did not need as much medication.

“With Bob, I cut down on anti-depressants,” he said, adding that spending time with his yellow lab mix with the goofy face is better than any pill. “I like that.”

In addition to their time at home, Brim said he and Bob go rabbit hunting and Bob loves swimming — although the dog’s recent medical issues forced the pair to take it easy for a while.

Brim said since Bob came into his life — in tandem with getting counseling and medication — his quality of life is much higher than it used to be.

From his experiences, Brim said he recommends his fellow veterans to look into the VA, create a support system and stay connected with that system. He also recommended an animal.

“Try a dog,” Brim said. “Just not mine — he’s taken.”

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Redmond-area veterinarian helps treat canine Bob, key part of a veteran’s life. Above, Andrew Brim with his dog Bob in their Bellevue home. Brim adopted Bob a little more than a year ago and the dog has helped him with some of the struggles the veteran has faced since he left the Marine Corps in 2004. Bob recently underwent kidney surgery for a giant kidney worm. He has since made a full recovery. SAM PAK, Reporter Newspapers

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