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Light-rail negotiations and discussion continue to grind forward, and the community hasn’t lost interest.

An open house Tuesday brought close to 200 people to Bellevue City Hall for spirited discussions between citizens, staff members and members of the Bellevue City Council.

Th e two-hour open house was the fi rst opportunity for the community to comment on a number of options for street crossings on Sound Transit’s preferred route up 112th

Avenue and Bellevue Way. Th ree options include a crossing at street level at South-

east Sixth Street, which is Sound Transit’s original proposal; an above-ground crossing over the top at Southeast 15th that dives into a trench under Southeast Fourth; and a street-level crossing at Southeast 15th Street.

Of all those present, Robert Rosell may be one of the most aff ected Bellevue residents. With a home on South-east 23rd and Bellevue Way, Rosell said he lives the closest to the line. He favors the trains coming in, but would have liked to have seen the line go elsewhere. He is concerned that if the project budget drops due to economic issues, relief for the neighborhoods could be compromised.

“If they do come down Bellevue Way, if they run out of money, what they may take away is the mitigation to mini-mize damages to the neighborhoods,” he said.

Th e open house and other public outreach programs are running parallel to the ongoing negotiations between Bellevue and Sound Transit on how to fund a $300 mil-lion downtown tunnel. Th e two sides are negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding to iron out a $160 million contribution from Bellevue.

Bellevue and Sound Transit are running up against an Oct. 25 deadline to sign the deal, which some Bellevue council members have called unrealistic.

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Th e red and yellow express that is the RapidRide B-Line will begin its regular journey from downtown Bellevue to Redmond in two weeks.

Metro Transit has begun testing the new Bus-Rapid Transit that features more frequent service, greater amenities and tech-nological improve-ments for rider convenience.

Th e new buses, which will travel every 10 to 15 minutes, will run on a route from the Bellevue Transit Center, down Northeast Eighth Street, head down 156th Avenue Northeast toward the Overlake Tran-sit Center and into Redmond and back beginning Oct. 1.

Riders will be able to better esti-mate their travel, as each RapidRide sta-tion features a real-time reader board for bus arrival times. Th e system features GPS track-ers in all buses to give accurate times based on the vehicle’s distance from a stop, rather than a blanket interval listed between stops, said the line’s implementation lead Paul Roybal.

RapidRide bus debuts next weekSystem to off er fast servicefrom Bellevue to Redmond

RapidRide B stations, complete with real-time reader boards, have gone up all over town in anticpation of the new line’s Oct. 1 debut. NAT LEVY, Bellevue Reporter

More than 200 people descended upon City Hall Tuesday to see new light-rail design options to cross 112th Avenue. NAT LEVY, Bellevue Reporter

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Bellevue drivers going to and from work will notice big changes next week.

Washington State Department of Transportation crews will close northbound Interstate 405 today for the week-end. When crews reopen the road Monday morning, driv-ers headed to Redmond, Seattle and Kirkland will use new ramps to get to I-405 and State Route 520.

“Many drivers travel the same routes day aft er day and get into a routine. Th e changes coming Monday are sig-nifi cant,” said Seema Javeri, WSDOT project engineer. “We need drivers to get familiar with the changes this week so it’s not a surprise come Monday.”

New signs in and around Bellevue will direct drivers to SR 520 and I-405 using the new ramps. Drivers going to SR 520 will use Northeast 10th Street. Th e new ramp will take vehicles directly to eastbound and westbound SR 520. Eastside drivers will no longer have access to SR 520 from Northeast Eighth Street. Drivers will continue to use Northeast Eighth Street to reach I-405 but will use a new ramp to reach northbound I-405. Northbound I-405 driv-ers should prepare to exit to SR 520 nearly one-half mile earlier than the current exit point.

Once complete in the summer of 2012, the $107.7 million construction project will reduce existing conges-tion that can last up to eight hours a day in Bellevue with new braided ramps that separate traffi c going to SR 520 and I-405 and an SR 520 bypass lane over 124th Avenue Northeast.

Crews are also replacing the Northeast 12th Street Bridge with a wider structure that includes a bicycle and pedes-trian lane and improves traffi c circulation in Bellevue.

New ramps coming to access I-405, SR 520

Starting Monday, Eastside drivers will no longer have access to SR 520 from Northeast Eighth Street. ARTIST RENDERING COURTESY OF WSDOT

Nude Bellevue woman arrestedA 32-year-old Bellevue woman was arrested Sept. 6

aft er she was found nude at a park in Mercer Island. Th e woman did not cooperate with offi cers of the

Mercer Island Police Department, and she threatened them and their families.

She was cited for indecent exposure and resisting ar-rest, and police issued an order barring her from Luther Burbank Park for a year.

Medina namesnew police chief

Medina has found its replacement for Police Chief Jeff rey Chen.

Th e city hired Washington State Patrol Commander Mark Th omas following an interview process coordinated by the Washington Association of Sheriff s and Police Chiefs. Th e process included a community public forum Aug. 8 where members of the community were able to meet and interact with fi ve fi nalists as well as interviews by a community group, police department personnel, and department heads.

Th omas has 26 years of law enforcement experience with the WSP. He has been the WSP Homeland Security Division commander for since 2007 with responsibilities that include security and law enforcement services for Washington State Ferries, the WSP Interagency Bomb Squad, the WSP Canine Training Unit, and emergency management functions within the State Patrol.

Th omas was a district commander and managed fi eld oper-ations for the WSP in a seven-county region that includes the Olympic Peninsula and Washington’s Pacifi c Coast. His duties included representing the WSP with the criminal justice com-munity, elected offi cials, and community groups.

He will take over as chief of the department with nine commissioned police offi cers, including the chief, on Oct. 17. Lieutenant Dan Yourkoski has been acting chief since Decem-ber 2010 when Chen initially put in his notice of resignation. He was fi red in April aft er months of investigation.

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“As with most bureaucra-cies, this process is grinding along more slowly than anyone would like,” Bellevue Councilmember Kevin Wal-lace said at Monday night’s City Council meeting.

This talk of an impossible deadline frustrates Mark Van Hollebeke, a down-town Bellevue resident who wants the two sides to get something done as soon as possible. He said the council wouldn’t be in this situation if it had spent more time focusing on the design and mitigation of Sound Tran-sit’s route, rather than push-ing for its own preferred route, which runs parallel to Interstate 405 and ultimately proved to be more expensive than Sound Transit’s line.

“I feel like we’re in this time crunch because the majority of the City Council spent so much time on B7R, now they have little time to address the mitigation measures.”

Mitigation for nearby residents, and financing of the tunnel have been the primary focus negotiations.

Bellevue is expected to make a contribution of $100 million in the early por-tion of the project, with an additional $60 million as a contingency cost, Planning Director Dan Stroh said at Monday’s council meeting.

Forty percent of the $100 million would actually cost the city less than $3 million in cash by offering such things as land donations and other measures, Stroh said. Another $60 million could likely come from property acquisitions and projects the city could do that would benefit the rail line.

The council has dis-cussed the rail line at every meeting since it returned from summer break earlier this month. Discussions will continue into October. People will have another chance to comment on pro-posed designs and negotia-tions between the groups at an 8 p.m. public hearing Monday at City Hall. A draft agreement between Sound Transit and Bellevue is expected for public view in mid-October.

For more information, and to see models of each of the three design options visit, http://projects.sound-transit.org/Projects-Home/East-Link-Project.xml

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“It’s tied to our GPS system so the information is in real time, so we know where the bus is in relation to the stop,” he said.

The frequency and speed with which the bus operates requires

sacrifices in the number of stops. Several bus stops along Northeast Eighth that were only a few blocks apart have been removed. The average stops will be approximately four-tenths of a mile apart, which

is slightly closer than the half-mile increments the system was based on, Roybal said.

Riders with ORCA passes will have the ability to pay before they board, to speed things up, Roy-bal said. Cash customers will still insert money into fare boxes once on board. Ticket machines for cash customers were considered during the process, but Metro ultimately

decided against them.RapidRide B includes stations on

Northeast Eighth Street at 124th, 140th and 156th; it will then head down 156th and stop at Northeast 10th, 15th and 24th before stopping at the Overlake Transit Center. It turns around at Redmond Transit Center. To see a full map of the route, visit BellevueReporter.com

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Think of four women right now.

They could be cowork-ers, friends, acquaintances, neighbors or loved ones; wives, mothers, partners, daughters or sisters.

Now, still thinking of those women, know this: One of them will be a vic-tim of domestic violence in her lifetime.

It was this staggering fact that help inspire an annual Eastside event four years ago: Cycle the Wave (Women Against Violence Everywhere). This non-

competitive bicycle ride for women, which was last weekend, Sept. 18, puts 100 percent of proceeds toward helping victims of domestic violence.

"So often, women put their families or careers first, but this is something they can do for themselves," said Sharon Anderson, ex-ecutive director of the event and avid cyclist.

Last weekend, more than 1,115 women rode and more than $130,000 was raised, up from last year's 800 riders and $80,000.

"It was rainy day in the middle of all this beauti-ful weather, but the ladies

turned out, including 30 who registered that very day, and it was incredible," Anderson said.

Anderson and her fellow organizers, the Lakemont Ladies Cycling Club and Rising Star Guild, aimed to create a program that would help women be more fit, while benefiting a great cause at the same time. But Anderson couldn't antici-pate what an empowering experience Cycle the Wave would truly become.

"It's an issue we've all been affected by, either personally, or someone we know," said Jennifer Armen-Bolen, who's been

involved since the first year in 2008, originally as a rider, now as a volunteer.

The ride is special for many reasons, Armen-Bo-len said. The routes, which went through Bellevue, Issaquah, Maple Valley, Renton and Newcastle with rest stops along the way, provided a scenic backdrop. Husbands, families and cheerleaders from local high schools, cheer on the cyclists. At the finish, riders were pampered with treats like salon and reflexology services.

With a variety of routes,

riders of all levels were able to participate.

The growing numbers of participants each year has tremendously added to the conversation about do-mestic violence – an issue that's often overlooked as a problem on the Eastside.

"A common miscon-ception is that it's not a problem here," said Kelly Becker, Eastside Domestic Violence Program (EDVP) development director and collaborator with Cycle the Wave.

In 2010, EDVP answered 10,069 crisis line calls and

worked with 4,700 local domestic violence victims.

This year, EDVP has had a rise in urgent requests for services such as shelter and basic necessities. Many of the program's clients are victims of assault and felony cases.

Melody Scherting, city ambassador director for Cycle the Wave, said it's been moving to see people be empowered by the ride, including the survivors themselves.

For example, Schert-ing's husband, a volunteer, helped a mom and daugh-ter who were lost last year. In the pouring rain, he rode with the women until they found the route again. Later on, Scherting would learn how much his gesture of help was appreciated.

"The mom said it was the first time her teenage daughter had ever expe-rienced such a kind and caring man."

Gabrielle Nomura can be reached at 425-453-4602.

1,115 women ride to end domestic violence

Cycle the WAVE organizers from left, Melody Scherting, volunteer director; Sharon Anderson, executive director; and Nancy Belur, development director, pose for a portrait on the start trail of the ride at Tibbetts Valley Park in Issaquah. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter

Eastside judge speaks at college

Judge Michael Finkle of the King County District Court in Redmond recently taught two courses at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev.

Judge Finkle has pub-lished on mental health law and policy and serves as adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law where he teaches a course on that same topic.

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Since schools have just started we thought we’d give

our readers a pop quiz.

What do Bellevue and Wenatchee have in com-

mon?

If you answered “the same congressional district” you’d be

correct – and rightly confused.

Tom Huff , a member of the state redistricting commission,

proposes that Bellevue be in the same congressional district

with Wenatchee – and even Chelan. Huff , and three other

commissioners, are charged with drawing up new boundaries

for what will be 10 congressional districts in our state.

The districts are adjusted every 10 years after the most

recent census to make sure each member of Congress repre-

sents the same number of people. It’s a particularly diffi cult

task in our state since most people live west of the Cascades

and at some point residents from other areas may need to be

added to balance things out. But Wenatchee and Chelan? And

we thought the current Eighth District was bad stretching

from northeast King County into Pierce County.

Yes, we know it’s worst in eastern Washington where

congressional districts also stretch over several counties. But

that’s because there are so few people over there, compared

to the west side.

Fortunately, we don’t expect Huff ’s solution to be the

one that’s fi nally adopted. The plans from the three other

commissioners (former Sen. Slade Gorton, Tim Ceis and Dean

Foster) don’t go that far.

However, Gorton and Foster do lump Bellevue into south

King County with cities such as Renton, Kent, Des Moines

and Tukwila – and a big chunk of south Seattle – to produce

a situation that makes minority residents a majority of the

district. It probably helped that Bellevue has a large number

of minorities – 30 percent of the population is foreign born.

We’d like to believe that there’s something more than a

“feel-good” eff ort here. After all, we’re pretty sure that the

two members of Congress who represent the south Seattle/

south King County areas now – Rep. Jim McDermott and Rep.

Adam Smith – never could be accused of not doing the best

for the people who live there.

We’re also sure that Bellevue’s minority residents get more

than adequate representation from Rep. Dave Reichert.

At least the commissioners’ proposals for legislative

districts leave Bellevue pretty much the way it is now. Appar-

ently adding Chelan or Tukwila isn’t seen as a priority at the

state level.

A ‘superhero’ leaves a legacyErik Martin made news last year when the Bellevue boy

saved the area from Dr. Dark and Blackout Boy. You probably

remember him better as Electron Boy when the Make-A-Wish

Foundation helped make him a superhero for a day.

Erik, 14, died last week of a rare type of cancer.

Hundreds of volunteers worked to make Erik’s dream come

true, without even knowing him beforehand. They staged

events, became part of cheering throngs, waved hand-made

signs – all to help a little boy have a day of joy as he battled

his real enemies: a lifetime of medical issues.

With all the bad stuff we see or read about each day, it’s

good to remember the happy things: Erik rescuing a Puget

Sound Energy worker, freeing others trapped on the Space

Needle observation deck and saving the Seattle Sounders

from the clutches of Dr. Dark and Blackout Boy.

Thanks to a lot of good people, a Bellevue boy had a very,

very good day.

– Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter

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Human history becomes more and more a race

between education and catastrophe.

– H. G. Wells(1866 - 1946)

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About a year ago I saw Geoff rey Canada speak at the University of Washington. He is the founder of Harlem Children’s Zone in New York City. He is prominently featured in the fi lm “Waiting for Superman.” He challenged me as an educator to change the way I think about education and its problems.

In his speech he said that the real problem with education is that every-one tacks like sailboats on Lake Washing-ton, maniacally moving from the new silver

bullet to new silver bullet seem-ingly pushed by the fi ckleness of the wind, hoping to solve the education problem in one go. He is right.

For every new problem in education there is a carpetbagger willing to write a book, go on a speech tour, set up a PAC with the word “alliance” or “kids” in the title, all to raise millions of dollars to throw simplistic solutions at ever-complicated problems to no avail.

Beware of these “visionaries.” What they have to sell may be good for your child but not your neighbor’s child and usually plays fast and loose with data. Th e people who lose in these grand plans are usually the poor, the under-privileged, people of color, teachers, and us.

I don’t have any answers to what ails the education system. What I do know is that people, from individuals to large groups, can and do make a diff erence. In fact, the system is rife with people who make a diff erence, everyday, in the lives of our children.

As with anything, the fi rst step in solving something is to know the problem fully, to see it from every angle, and to get informed from the most trusted sources available. Th e problems with education are complex beyond measure. Any solutions must consist of myriad solutions, from various perspectives.

Linda Darling-Hammond is no carpet-bagger. Currently work-ing out of Stanford University, she is probably the single most important educational voice of our time. She is our generation’s John Dewey. Her work is well-

reasoned, well-regarded, and extremely well-researched. She was Obama’s second choice to be the Secretary of Education.

Darling-Hammond wrote an encyclopedic book on the cur-rent state of education called Th e Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future. If you really want to know what is wrong with education and what to do about it from a leader in the fi eld, read this book.

She makes no attempt to simplify the problem or off er simplistic solutions to make our education system better. However, she off ers complex and far-reach-ing knowledge – knowledge that will empower us as a community to work for better solutions for our children’s schools.

Just, fair, and equitable educa-tion reform does not come easy and is not simple. Individually, we can do something. We can get informed. Th en we can talk to others about what we know and create networks.

My email is [email protected]. I am the parent of a Bellevue student and I care deeply about education. Let’s talk.

Paul Sutton lives in Bellevue.

Schools on right trackFrom my education advocacy, direct

interactions and participation with Bellevue’s School Board and adminis-tration, I believe we are moving in the right direction; good work progresses that puts kids fi rst. More is needed.

Some adapt to change more easily. Parents and community are the check and balance on special interests and bureaucracy. Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water.

I continue to support Dr. Amalia Cudeiro and school board members. School board members only receive expense stipends, have day jobs, no aides. Th ey receive hundreds of emails, oft en repetitive, uninformed, self-centered.

Bellevue’s school administration was cut last year, in one of several new, unprecedented, very public processes with the goal to preserve classrooms. Communications and transparency are improving.

Until more people exercise citizen-ship rights and responsibilities by fully engaging, educating themselves on issues, showing up regularly and voting smart, detrimental wrangling and special interest dominance will continue. Sharon Taubel, Bellevue

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It might have been a housewarming party. Th e backyard was unfi nished, so mom put chairs around card tables in the front yard. Th ere were no fl owers or hedges yet, but my parents knew the plans they had for that little piece of land

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one hand and a cigarette in the other they raised a glass to their health.

My childhood fl ashback came as a re-sult of a get-together we recently attend-ed. Our neighbor invited us to celebrate her husband’s birthday with a healthy version of warm cherry pie and ice cream. We wandered up the street at the appointed time, bearing funny cards and best wishes. Our attire was Northwest Casual, and there was neither a whiff of cigarette smoke, nor a drop of alcohol in the room.

Th e birthday boy had survived a “cardiac event” in the last year. Happily, he came roaring back. On a wide plasma screen, he showed us the watercolor illustrations for a book that he is self-publishing.

He was strong enough to complete the Seattle-To-Portland bicycle tour this summer, and the guys were discussing the routes of future rides. Another neigh-bor told us about a 50-mile back-packing trip she enjoyed with her daughter last month. Lenny and I gave updates from our son who was “on the road” with a band.

I couldn’t help but think as we talked that our conversation would have been utterly inconceivable to our parents. Th roughout the party I wondered what they would think about our lifestyle. Per-haps they might think it a bit dull, but at least when we raise a glass to health, we have a lot more information about how to preserve it.

Patty Luzzi has lived on the Eastside for 33 years. Readers can contact her at [email protected].

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Bellevue-based Coinstar, the parent company of the popular Redbox movie kiosks, has been named to Fortune Magazine’s top 100 fastest growing companies.

Coinstar was ranked 22nd overall by Fortune, and was the fastest grow-ing company in the state according to revenue. Coinstar saw a three-year earnings growth of 81 per-cent, revenue growth of 37 percent and a total return of 19 percent.

“Coinstar’s commitment to innovation has consis-tently delighted consumers and delivered substantial value to our partners, posi-tioning us well for contin-ued growth,” said Paul Da-vis, chief executive offi cer, Coinstar. “Th is distinction by Fortune is a testament to our ability to provide our consumers with practical, value-added technologies in automated retail. We are honored to be a part of this

list of market-movers.”Coinstar’s Redbox units

have created a competitive alternative to streaming services such as Netfl ix that have severely crippled or put out of business many video rental chains.

Along with the Redbox units, Coinstar also has ma-chines where customers can deposit their loose change in exchange for gift cards from their favorite busi-nesses or cash, with a fee of approximately 10 cents per dollar of change counted.

Two other Washington companies, Amazon and F5 Networks, made the Fortune list. Washington’s three companies ties it for seventh place in the coun-try, behind, California, New York, Illinois, Texas, Mary-land and Massachusetts.


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Weese earns designationJason L. Weese, a senior vice president, senior portfo-

lio manager, and fi nancial adviser in the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney offi ce in Bellevue has earned the Family Wealth Director (FWD) designation. Weese has been a member of the fi nancial services industry for 19 years.

Golf event raises $2,100 for ChildhavenKlevens Capital Management, of Bellevue, and Child-

haven teamed together to sponsor the fi rst Klevens Capital Golf Classic, raising $2,100 for the agency. Teams partici-pated in games such as lowest team score, long drive and closest to the pin. Childhaven uses innovative approaches to child development in a healing day care environment in an eff ort to mend old hurts and nurture young lives.

Salvation Army promotes twoLieutenants Darryck and Sierra Dwelle have been named

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Desperation, longing and full musical theater belt-ing rocked the house, as actors performed “Take me America” at Village Th eatre opening night, Sept. 14.

Th e name of the musical was also the the cry for help uttered by seven of the characters in the show, refu-gees who had come to the U.S. from all over the world, including Algeria, Darfur, China, El Salvador, Haiti and Palestine.

Th ose seven actors grappled with an added challenge

of singing and acting with accents from their character’s respective homelands. Whereas Aaron Finley, Dennis Batemen and (a hilarious performance by) Leslie Law, played the U.S. offi cials who determined whether they would stay or go.

Standout acting included Ben Gonio, who played a Chinese poet fl eeing persecution under Communist China. Gonio’s dramatic performance was gripping as he recounted atrocities he suff ered in prison. On the other hand, performer Diana Huey, who played his wife, sparkled with an impressive vocal range and tenderness in her duets with Gonio.

In many cases, the characters in the musical were fl eeing from certain death, such as Malith, a Dinka from Darfur, played by Ekello Harrid Jr.

More immediate than immigration, asylum requires people to prove they are fl eeing from harm’s way in their homeland.

In reality, this life-and-death situation happens every-day in the U.S.

“Take Me America” writer and lyricist Bill Nabel was inspired by the PBS documentary “Well Founded Fear,” where fi lmmakers Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson enter the closed corridors of Immigration and Naturaliza-

tion Services. Th e fi lm reveals a stark, haunting true story where human rights and American ideals collide with the nearly impossible task of trying to know the truth.

Some refugees seeking asylum lie about their reasons for wanting to come to the U.S.

Th at was touched on in Nabel’s show with the charac-ter Jean, a Haitian refugee played by J. Reese. Jean lied about his reasons for seeking asylum, because no one will believe that he is actually a gay man.

Th is brings up another success of “Take Me America” – it’s ability to entertain, while still presenting a serious topic. It’s a musical that both excites, and wrenches the heart.

While Jean’s story of being discriminated against for his sexual orientation was somber, the song “Not Gay Enough” was upbeat and humorous, depicting the various lengths Jean went to “look the part” for the U.S. bureaucrats, in-cluding dressing in drag and throwing glitter.

Finally, the show closed with projections of Lady Liberty over the simple, yet versatile set (a series of fi le cabinets) as refugees once again cried out the show’s signature phrase.

Hearing these desperate cries, to be taken or rescued by America, was a reminder to audience members of their own freedoms in the U.S. As Nabel had hoped, the show redefi ned conventional notions of the American experi-ence with both poignancy and a powerful delivery.

Take Me America runs now until Nov. 20 at Village Th eatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah. For more informa-tion, go to www.villagetheatre.org or call the box offi ce at 425-392-2202.

Ben Gonio, who plays Wu Xiao, Diana Huey who plays Fan Lei and Aaron Finely who plays Gary in Village Theatre’s “Take Me America.” JAY

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Out & AboutArts and entertainment activities

Dinner theaterTeatro ZinZanni’s Bonsoir Liliane! Now until Jan. 29

222 Mercer St., Seattle; 206-802-0015; http://dreams.zinzanni.org/

With tickets over $100 per person, Te-atro ZinZanni’s new show isn’t a typical date night – more of a decadent splurge. But the price covers a dynamite show, plus a gourmet meal and a festive, over-the-top atmosphere unlike anything you’ve ever experienced (I was especially excited to see former Pacifi c Northwest

Ballet dancer Ariana Lallone). It’s like Cirque du Soleil but with dinner. What could be better?

FamilyRosaile Whyel Museum, Saturday; 1116 108th Ave. NE; 425-455-1116; www.dollart.com

Your little girl will love this one. Museum Day is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket. To get yours,

go to http://www.si.edu/. Plus, from 1-3 p.m., Newbery Honor-Winning author Kirby Larson will be there signing her new book, “Th e Friendship Doll.”

GalleriesRyoko Tajiri at Hallway Gallery, now until Sept. 30; 800 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue; 425-453-3244; http://hallway-gallery.com/

Time is running out – don’t miss seeing Tajiri’s sublime work. Th is Japanese artist has found a way to illustrate the rhythm that exists in the human form with exacting skill. Posture, color and presence in the frame serve to evoke a feeling. Her still lifes of origami cranes are my favorite.

Arts & CraftsSeventh Pacifi c Coast Origami Conference, Sept. 29 - Oct. 2; Th e Westin Bellevue; 601 Bellevue Way NE; Registration required at www.origami-usa.org

If you thought folding an origami crane was hard, try folding a giant dragon or Buddha sitting on a lotus pad. Ray Takeuchi, one of the organizers of the event, has attempted both, and says more complex paper-folding creations can take hours and 200-300 folds or more. If you want to become a serious origami master, attend this conference. Plus, check out the origami exhibit at Lincoln Square.

Musical Theater“Take Me America” now until Nov. 20; 303 Front St. N., Is-saquah; 425-392-2202; www.villagetheatre.org.

Check out my full review on page 9. But for our purpos-es here, all I can say is tell your sweetie to take you to “Take Me America.” It’s that good.

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Book sale to benefi t librariesTh e Bellevue Friends of the Library will

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Th e Bellevue Friends of the Library sup-ports programs and activities at Bellevue libraries.

Bellevue robotics team takes 3rdA robotics team from Bellevue placed

third in the recent MoonBots 2.0 Challenge to design and build robots that simulate lunar missions.

Team Lunar Lords will receive free team registration for the 2012 FIRST robotics season.

Th e national robotics competition challenged teams of students ages 9 to 17 to design, program and build robots that simulate lunar missions mirroring the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE interna-tional competition.

‘Squatter’ pleads not guiltyA Bellevue woman accused of trespass-

ing at a luxury home in Kirkland last sum-mer entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday at Kirkland Municipal Court.

But her attorney added that there’s a lot more to the matter than that, and made a voluminous fi ling of paperwork to empha-size his point.

The plea was entered by Jill Elaine Lane who was accused of trespassing at a house at 435 Eighth Ave. W. on June 15, 2010. A

Kirkland Municipal Court commissioner ac-cepted her plea and set a pretrial hearing date of Oct. 12 to consider further proceedings.

Komen Walk raises $5.3 millionThe 2011 Susan G. Komen Seattle 3-Day

for the Cure walk last weekend, that included a stop in Bellevue, raised more than $5.3 mil-lion for breast cancer research.

Rotary helps KITH facilityNineteen volunteers from the new mem-

ber committee of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club painted staircases at KITH’s Salisbury Court in Kirkland on Aug. 27.

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Jill Lane and her attorney, Andrew Magee, appeared at Kirkland Municipal Court on Tuesday to contest a trespassing charge brought against her. PEYTON WHITELY, Kirkland Reporter

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Blake Miller, a senior at Issaquah High School, had high hopes for the 2011 football season and continuing his career in college. But after three concussions in the past calendar year, Miller was sidelined permanently and is now an assistant coach for the Eagles. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter

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From afar, Blake Miller looks like any other up-and-coming high school football coach. He exudes energy, clearly possesses a knowledge of the game and has a seamless connection with the players he works with. Prob-ably because just a few months ago, he was one of them.

During a jamboree in June, Miller, now a senior at Issaquah High School, suff ered the sixth concussion of his life and third in the past calendar year, prematurely ending his football career.

“I don’t remember it,” Miller said of his most recent concussion. “But

when I got hit, I knew I was done. It was rough.”

Unfortunately, Miller is far from alone.

A concussion is defi ned by the Center for Disease Control and Pre-vention as “a type of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head that can change the way the brain normally works.” Symptoms include headaches, nausea, trouble balancing, dizziness, sensitivity to light or sound and concentration or memory problems, among others. Around 90 percent of concussions do not result in any loss of consciousness.

Dr. Stephen Hughes is a primary care physician specializing in traumat-

ic brain injuries at Overlake hospital in Issaquah and has served as the team doctor for the Mount Si High School football team since 1990.

“We want people to be very much aware that a concussion injury, in many cases, is something you can’t prove with a medical test (CT scan, MRI etc.),” Hughes said. “A concus-sion is a collection of symptoms.”

Th ose symptoms are signs the brain is still attempting to recover from trauma and more importantly, they are a warning.

“If you take another injury, the brain has lost its ability to regulate the

Head Games

[ more CONCUSSIONS page 17 ]

Bellevue fends off Interlake Bellevue used a pair of kickoff returns for touchdowns

from Budda Baker to beat Interlake 42-20.Th e Saints, aft er already being victimized by Baker on

the opening kick of the game, opted instead to kick the ball out of bounds and hopefully avoid giving up another score. But the Wolverines chose to force Interlake to kick the ball again and when they did, Baker again took it back for six. He also had an interception on the night.

Th e Wolverines will be back at home to face Lake Wash-ington tonight while Interlake will try to get in the win column for the fi rst time against Mercer Island.

Vikings remain unbeaten in fi rst yearBellevue Christian moved its record to 2-0 aft er a 40-21

win over Evergreen (Seattle) on Friday at Lake Washington High School. Quarterback Kemper McQuaid went 16-26 through the air for 305 yards and four touchdowns.

BCS fell behind early, but rebounded to take a 26-7 lead into the half.

Bryce Oldham, Rajan Hanstad and Nick Schubert all caught touchdown passes from McQuaid. Austin Razor added a rushing score and Josh Hazen took an interception back 50 yards for a fi rst-half touchdown.

Th e Vikings will travel to La Conner for their fi rst road game of the year tonight.

Totems dropped by Noel, LibertySammamish was overwhelmed by Liberty running back

Hamilton Noel, who scored three rushing touchdowns en route to the Patriots’ 54-7 win.

Sammamish’s Austin Lee prevented the shutout with a 76-yard third quarter touchdown run. Th e Totems will travel to Juanita tonight to face the 1-2 Rebels.

Fowler’s two TDs lead Newport in winJunior quarterback Isaac Dotson got his team started on

the fi rst drive of the game, going in from four yards out to make it 7-0. Two possessions later, Neil Hones inter-cepted Bothell signal-caller Austen Dahl to give his team the ball back with just over two minutes remaining in the fi rst quarter. Aft er moving to the Bothell one yard line on another carry from Dotson, Hones went in to make it 13-0 Newport.

Th e Cougars answered with a touchdown of their own from junior running back Kizham Proctor and a 31-yard fi eld goal to make it 13-10 at the half. Aft er beginning the fi rst drive of the third quarter deep in Knights’ territory aft er a long kick return and personal foul penalty, Proctor added his second score of the night to put his team in front 17-13.

But it was too much Dotson down the stretch.Newport faced a 4th and two from the Bothell nine yard

line, but were pushed back ten yards aft er consecutive delay of game penalties. Head coach Mike Miller opted to keep his off ense on the fi eld instead of attempt the fi eld goal and his quarterback made sure the gamble paid off when he hit junior Miles Fowler for a sixteen yard score.

“13 [Dotson] is a great player,” Bothell head coach Tom

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Concussions to youth athletes getting increased attention

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Getting back to normalVictor Lystedt is like any proud father. “Every time Zack was up at the plate, I

would always get butterfl ies to see how far he was going to hit the ball,” Victor said. “When he was on the football fi eld, I loved to watch him run and tackle. As a father, you want to see your son perform.”

But all of that changed on a fateful Octo-ber day in 2006, when the youngster from Maple Valley suff ered two concussions over the course of one junior high football game. Lystedt collapsed aft er the game as a result of severe brain hemorrhaging and eventu-ally had both sides of his cranium removed. He spent nearly three months slipping in and out of a coma.

It was nine months before he was able to speak and over a year before he moved on his own. He was forced to eat from a feed-ing tube for 20 months.

“You just take little steps and build on them,” Victor said. “We just want to get back to normal.”

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clinical professor at the University of Washing-ton in Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Neorological Surgery. He is also co-medical director of the Seattle Sports Concussion Pro-gram and a team physi-cian for the Seahawks and Mariners.

Since meeting the family four years ago, Herring has worked tirelessly not only to aid Zack’s recovery, but to spread the mes-sage of concussion awareness.

“He’s an amazing kid,” Herring said of Zack Lystedt. “He’s changed all of our lives; Zack has remained a big part of our family.”

Now, fi ve years aft er being injured and months aft er walking across the stage to ac-cept his high school diploma, Zack is fi nally beginning to get back to normal. He is set to begin taking a class at Bellevue College in the fall.

In 2009, as a result of Zack’s saga, Washington became the fi rst state to adopt head injury and concussion legislation by passing Engrossed House Bill 1824, known since its signing as the Lystedt Law.

Th e legislation, which is intended to be educational rather than punitive, states in

part, “Athletes cannot return to practice or a game until evaluated by a licensed physi-cian trained in the diagnosis and manage-ment of concussions and given written medical authorization.”

In addition, the law stipulates that only one of fi ve certifi ed professionals (medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, advanced reg-istered nurse practitioner, physicians assis-tant and licensed certifi ed athletic trainers) may off er a return-to-play authorization for an athlete under the age of 18 that is even suspected of having suff ered a concussion. Student-athletes and their parents are also required to sign a concussion information sheet prior to the participation in school sponsored athletics.

Since the Lystedt Law was adopted by Washington, 28 other states and the Dis-trict of Columbia have introduced legisla-tion to prevent athletes from returning to competition before deemed safe by a medical professional. While the law creates a set of standards for returning to play aft er a suspected concussion, surrounding issues such as baseline testing are still up for debate.

Part two of this story will run in the Sept. 30 edition of the Reporter.

Josh Suman can be reached at 425-453-5045 or by email at [email protected]

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Newport running back Neil Hones stiff arms a Bothell’s Jared Berry during the Knights’ win. GARY MAKOWSKI,

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Th e Newport football program was rocked by tragedy last Friday when it was discovered that Tim Driver, a stalwart in high school athletics around the area for nearly three decades, had passed away only hours earlier as a result of a massive heart attack.

Th e 46-year old Sammamish High School alum (1984) was a resident of Kirkland.

Th ere was confusion initially when Driver, known for his dedication to youth athletics and education, was not present for warm-ups in preparation of Newport’s 4A KingCo game with Bothell. Coaches were informed of their friend’s passing by school athletic director Gill James as they left the fi eld aft er the Knights’ 28-24 win.

Players were notifi ed shortly aft er and remained together at the school before regathering there on Saturday.

Driver, who had been at Newport since 1988, was the off ensive coordinator for Miller’s Knights and also coached basket-ball and soft ball at Bothell. He was previ-ously a basketball coach at Sammamish High School as well.

“Th ere will never be another Tim,” Teri Helms, a sister of Driver’s said in a state-ment. “His consistent and faithful eff orts to value and put people fi rst will be forever missed.”

Th ere will be a memorial for Driver on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. in the Newport High School gymnasium. Th e public is welcome to attend.

Totems get win by way of Ballard forfeit

Coach Brian Tucci and his Sammamish Totems are no longer winless.

For the second straight year, Sammamish has picked up a non-league win by way of a forfeit. Tucci was informed of the violation and decision from the league last week.

Garfi eld used ineligible players in a non-league game last season that was also later forfeited.

Ballard, which defeated the Totems 34-27 in the 2011 season opener two weeks ago, self-reported using an ineligible player or players on a conference call with KingCo Athletic Directors earlier this week.

“Th e kids have mixed feelings on it,” Sammamish head coach Brian Tucci said. “Th ere’s still an emotional tie there.”

Details surrounding the number of ineligible players used and which specifi c players were in violation were not reported on the conference call.

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Bainter said aft er the game. “He can do it all- he throws the ball, runs the ball, he runs that off ense really well.”

Th e Cougars tried to grab momentum back with a 92-yard kickoff return from William McIntyre, but Dotson again drove his team the length of the fi eld and again hit Fowler in the end zone to go back on top 28-24.

Bothell’s fi nal two possessions ended with a punt and interception by senior defensive back Nate Anderson and the Knights were able to chew up the fi nal fi ve minutes and 20 seconds of clock with their patented run game.

Dotson fi nished with 82 yards on 15 car-ries and one touchdown. When the Cou-gars’ defense decided to key on the junior quarterback, he made them pay by making quick reads and getting the ball into the hands of running backs Brian Setijono, Neil Hones and Eric Rodan.

Setijono carried the ball 13 times for 53

yards, Rodan added 34 yards on 14 carries and Hones chipped in with another 34 yards on nine rushes and a score.

While it was Fowler who shined with a pair of catches that both went for touch-downs, Rodan, Riley Guilbeault and Nate Anderson also each got involved in the passing game.

Anderson, who also picked-off a pass, had three grabs for 40 yards and Guil-beault, who left in the third quarter with a knee injury and did not return, had three catches for 27 yards.

Nathan Kubej led the defense with 11 tackles and Hones came up with seven more and also intercepted a pass. Trevor Creek, Will Chang and Bennett Long also helped pick up the Newport defense.

Kizhan Procter scored two touchdowns on the ground for Bothell and Will McIn-tyre returned a kick 93 yards for a score.

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Daniel Lim, a student at Bellevue’s Newport High School, is one of 10 students in the state to win a scholarship by the Horatio Alger Association of Dis-tinguished Americans. Th is is the fi rst time the Horatio Alger Association has off ered a state scholarship in Washington. Daniel will receive $5,000 toward his col-lege education.

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Akash Badshah, grade 13, of Bellevue, has earned highest honors at Phillips Exeter Academy. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Akhtar Badshah.

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Samuel Charles Shapiro of Medina has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Iowa.

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Th e University of Idaho has awarded 19 students from Bellevue scholarships or grants. Th ey are: Alexan-dra Luree Medina, Alyssa Kristine Creason, Andrew Ryan Longhorn, Brandon Jeff rey Rea, Brian James

Bentler, Brianna Jo Milford, Cady Ann Smola, Carrie Anne Williams, Elliott Benjamin Kalin, James Ben-zley Dillon, Joel Michael Mahoney, John Petrofski, Kristi May Schaible, Madeline Claire Hughes, Mark Harold Hager, Mugarura N. Musinguzi, Paul Clift on Barrois, Sarah Asuka Sakai and William R. Kirby.

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at Western Washington University. She graduated from Interlake High School and is majoring in Spanish as well as Law, Diversity and Justice.

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Hayley Rose Beck, daughter of David and Carol Beck of Bellevue, received a $6,975 Mildred M. Bain Scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year at Western Washington University. Beck graduated from Issaquah High School in 2011.

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Clyde Manabu Shavers of Bellevue has been named to the dean’s list at the US Naval Academy.

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Rachel McDermott, a valedictorian at Sammamish High School this year, recently led a conference session on how to get young people into volunteering at the Regional Conference of the Fellowship of Reconcilia-tion in Seabeck. She was the only teenager invited to present. She plans to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology and major in mechanical engineering.

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A voracious reader, lifelong tennis player, gardener who delighted in each new blossom, and a life enthusiast who celebrated every new dawn, she loved music, animals (especially her cat Lily), learning anything new, cooking for family and friends, the great outdoors, and sharing any discovery or delight. Gracious, dignified, whimsical and wise, and an indomitable optimist, she is survived by her three children, Leslie (Rod) Balsley, Katherine Lind & Jordan Lind, her former husband John Lind, her stepdaughter Kristie (Pat) Hammond, and grandchildren Chris & Laura Balsley. She was preceded in death by her parents Jennie & Clarence Voorhies and stepson John Lind Jr.

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loved to have people over to visit. Said visits generally ended in extremely competitive card games, including, god help us all, Phase 10. A boastful winner and a terrible loser, her family clearly takes after her. She loved to laugh and her sigh of exasperation has yet to be equaled. As a grandmother with gambling tendencies, Reno was a frequent port of call, but wherever she went she always came back loaded with pictures, (at the Eiffel Tower, in the Coliseum, on a Mississippi riverboat arm-in-arm with notorious pool hustler Minnesota Fats etc.) foreign currency, and exotic trinkets for her seven grandchildren (Amy,Jeff,Glen,Calli,April,Laurie,Kelly) and one great-grandchild (Martez). She was greatly loved and will be missed.

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Two Bellevue teens have been named winners in the Bellevue Teen Fiction and Poetry Contest. Christina McDermott, 15, and Adora Svitak, 13, each will receive a $50 gift card to the Uni-versity Bookstore.

Th e contest was spon-sored by the Bellevue Friends of the Library. Entries were judged by poet

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Christina won for her poem “Into Beyond.” Adora’s entry was inspired by a news story about a mysterious piano being left on a sandbar. She decided to take it further and use it as a metaphor rather than write a story directly about the object.

Into BeyondBy Christina McDermott

Frightened by FutureWanting the pastWhy can’t previous com-

forts last?But no, says the wind,

says the stars, says the skyInto the future, jump

now, fl yTo places and failures you

know of notOnto the ice, fi nd the

thin spotsWho will lose this

strange, harsh game?Because as soon as you’ve

perfected it,It will not stay the sameOnto the year, into the

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On Biscayne BayBy Adora Svitak

I heard a story ‘bout a piano on a sandbar, says the woman in line who I kind of know from someplace. Th ey say some punk kid put it there — in Biscayne Bay. She says it like it’s a brand of peanut butter or frozen food — familiar like Birdseye or Aunt Jemima or Jif — not some place halfway across the country where the old people go for vacation once a year.

I nod, coolly, and hand the cashier my credit card. Th e cashier’s just a kid, maybe 19, maybe 20, with whitish blond hair spiked up on the back of his head.

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Remember, put the eggs in the bag last, I caution him as he takes my groceries, too briskly. OK, old lady, I can hear him say in his head, but he just nods politely with a Yes’m and puts the eggs in the bag — last.

I can remember doing the same job when I was 16, 19, maybe 20. Not at a big store with a supervisor and a manager and endless aisles, but the corner store on Main Street — the kind of store politicians like to bring up in their speeches.

Th e “small business.” Th e “mom and pop store.” Th e “multigenerational family business.” Th ey talk a lot about how these places go out of business because there’s no money or taxes are too high. Th ey don’t give a whole lot of wordage to the idea that sometimes the next generation doesn’t want to continue the “fam-ily business.”

Do you have a rewards card? asks the cashier.

Do I? I think, and fumble around in my bag to fi nd my wallet. I fumble around in my wallet to fi nd my card, and when I fi nally fi nd it, tucked behind my ID card.

He slides the rewards card deft ly. We didn’t have rewards cards that kept automated track of our balances and how much we’d gotten back when I worked at the corner store. We knew Aunt Ines was a good customer at the butchery from seeing her in there oft en enough, and that was why we slipped her an extra bag of ground beef or a bone for the dog every couple of weeks. (Th at was before the dog died and Ines moved to Southern California to be with her daughter, and son-in-law).

By then she and I were both so old, I didn’t call her Aunt anymore. Ines’ son-in-law was about my age. I never liked him. He was smarter than me and knew it. Th at was why he took a bus for two hours just to take advanced classes at another high school, one that wasn’t out in the boondocks. No one knew what he took, but it ap-parently gave him enough educational background to be a soft ware engineer. And who would want to take over their papa’s corner store when they could be a soft ware engineer?

Th e receipt prints out,

slowly, but the young cashier with no patience rips it out and hands it to me with a pen to sign. I sign slowly. I think of the letters I never write any more and how my signature used to look.

I used to write letters to Ines, and Martha, and Edith Jones, and to my daughters and cousins removed once or twice, I never could remember.

I’d write “Come and visit” — but they’d write “Come and stay” — and aft er enough people write you enough times saying, you come live in Southern Cali-fornia or Iowa or Georgia or

New York or Vermont, your body starts feeling dragged across the United States and you want to write, None of Your Business, but that would be impolite — so you don’t write at all.

And they think, stubborn old lady, there’s no convinc-ing her to leave, so better we don’t waste our time anyhow.

I get my own credit card back at the moment I think about Mr. Parry, and I hand the cashier the signed receipt. Th e woman behind me is only buying a carton of juice. She puts it up for the cashier to scan. As I

push my cart out of the line, stiffl y, because my joints are arthritic, I can hear the chatty woman I know from someplace say now to the cashier, Pretty strange story “bout that piano on the sandbar, isn’t it?”

And I think to myself about Aunt Ines and corner stores and soft ware engineers and moving and leaving and staying and going, and

I think, I’m that piano on a sandbar in the middle of my own little Biscayne Bay, even though I’m nowhere close to Florida. I’m that piano in the nighttime when the faithless birds fl y off the banged-up keys. I’m that piano with its legs in the sand, a little less rooted every time, as the tide goes down and the tide comes up — and the tide comes up to wash me away.

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New on Market. Given the historic style, all design decisions fell back on the view. All past owners did their part to keep it going for the next century. The incredible view dictates each room on all 3 levels each with its own private patios. Charm w/modern design & conveniences, open commercial gourmet kitchen, master w/rooftop entertaining area, unique historical details, ribbon hardwood fl oors, built in cabinets, shelves, & seating, walk out porches all supporting a Modern Leschi Craftsman in Paradise.

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534 32nd Ave S, Leschi $1,277,000 MLS #274623

Art Whittlesey425-503-5397

[email protected]

Past Meets Present. Placed on .69 of an acre with 115 ft of waterfront, a storybook setting awaits. Inspired by the classic style of an East Coast traditional, this residence hosts wonderful spaces. Formal living and dining rooms draw in views of the grounds & waterfront. The expansive kitchen adjoins to the family room. The main level master overlooks the pool & grounds. Upstairs fi nd an offi ce with a view, bathroom & guest room pleasantly separated for privacy. Welcome to life in Newport Shores. www.WaterfrontinNewportShores.com

Tere Foster 425-637-8373 www.FosterRealty.com

Newport Shores Waterfront $4,975,000 MLS#259245

OPEN

SUN. 1-4

Tere Foster425-637-8373

[email protected]

SHERI BUTLER 425-260-0127 www.sheributler.com [email protected]

Sheri has been a licensed agent since 1980 off ering a sincere

approach to analyzing each individual’s needs. Part of her

commitment to be the best agent she can be includes obtaining

her Associate Broker’s license and becoming a Certifi ed Residential

Specialist. In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 she was awarded FIVE

STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate Agent. She has a true

passion for real estate and helping people fi nd their dream home or

in helping them to maximize their equity in their current home.

This beautiful custom built home reeks of

quality. The moment you walk through the

door you will be completely enchanted. The

built-in cabinetries, the high ceilings that

seem to go forever, the overall spaciousness

are just a few of the appointments you will

discover. Other features include a main fl oor

master suite with French doors to your own

English garden! Call today to see. See more

photos at www.sheributler.com.

BELLEVUE’S NEIGHBORHOOD AGENTS

Comfortable Elegance! Superior Burnstead craftsmanship is evident throughout this classic Lakemont Masterpiece. Stunning Lake Sammamish and Cascade Mountains views “wow you” as you enter this extraordinary residence which was meticulously crafted in 1997 and includes 4,450 square feet of living space with 4 Bedrooms (Main Floor Master Suite), 3.75 Bathrooms, Offi ce, Bonus Room in the walkout Daylight Basement, Newly constructed 500+ Bottle Wine Cellar and fabulous fi nished 3 Car Garage.

David Eastern 425-941-1199 www.IdeasInRealEstate.com

Lakemont $1,195,000 MLS #255254

Located near the end of Evergreen Point sits this west facing gem. 118 ft of waterfront. The unobstructed views from this home are quintessential “Gold Coast”. Upstairs, fi nd your restful master suite with generous 5 piece open bath and additional 3/4 bath in master. The main fl oor views can only be matched by those off this private master deck. At the water’s edge, fi nd the perfectly landscaped garden spaces leading to the very well maintained dock. We know you’ll love it.

Art Whittlesey 425-503-5397 [email protected]

Medina $3,495,000 MLS #267816

Frank Sinatra met Frank Lloyd Wright and the idea was born. An absolutely private shy half acre Hideaway, truly just steps away from the exciting Downtown Bellevue action. 4,000 sqft on one level, no steps, all oriented toward a completely enclosed court yard designed for year around outdoor living and entertainment. Few of the highlights: water wall in entry, piano bar beats Daniel’s or the Canlis, 2 private master suites, movie theatre/700 sqft. rec.-room, glass covered heated atrium, 5 baths and the list goes on...

Csaba Kiss 206-920-4989 www.MyGreatLifestyle.com

Vuecrest $1,985,000 MLS # 201958

525127

Becky Gray206-605-1927

[email protected]

Csaba Kiss206-940-4989

[email protected]

Sheri Butler425-260-0127

[email protected]


bellevue reporter, september 23, 2011

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