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LETTERS | Kirkland residents sound off [4] FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2014 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING Blotter | Man arrested after over filling washing machine, man assaults friend over nationalized healthcare [5] Whip | Senator- elect Cyrus Habib elected to top position [2] .com NEWSLINE: 425.822.9166 R EP RTER KIRKLAND Freddy Delgadillo, Principal – Broker 425.941.8688 • JudahRealty.com Keller Williams GSWA MC1 LLC 505 106 th Ave NE, Suite 210 • Bellevue Casey Oiness, Mortgage Banker 425.250.4421 11255 Kirkland Way, Suite 100 • Kirkland 1188124 From our family to yours Merry Christmas & a healthy New Year! NMLS#265169 Caliber Home Loans, Inc., NMLS 15622 Juanita High School football head coach Shaun Tarentola, center, and assistant coach Lele Te’o, right, seen here during a preseason practice, will return to the classroom in January. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] P lans by the Lake Wash- ington School District to redraw school boundaries has drawn the ire of parents whose children will be pushed out of the Lakeview School Zone under all the proposals. LWSD is currently examin- ing three separate options for rezoning the school boundar- ies in an attempt to prop- erly accommodate student growth by placing them in schools based on capac- ity and expected growth in each neighborhood. ough there were originally seven scenarios considered by the school board at a Nov. 17 study session, they have been whittled down to three. e district sought public input on these three options for the Lake Washington Learning Community from Dec. 1-15. e problem, as Lakeview and Kirkland Middle School parents see it, is that in all three scenarios their children are pushed out to Ben Frank- lin Elementary and Rose Hill Middle School. Meanwhile, a subsidized housing complex located across the South Kirkland Park and Ride on Northeast 38th Place is slated to be a part of Lakeview Zone. Parents are even disputing the numbers the district is of- fering to justify their decision, claiming they don’t add up, such as subsidized housing complex, which is estimated to only have seven students attend Lakeview Elementary. Bellevue resident Deanna Androski, a parent with two children in the Lakeview Zone, said she first moved into her home on the west side of I-405 a decade ago so that her children could attend Lakeview Elementary. ough they live in Bellevue, as do many of the families affected by the proposal, they are located within the LWSD. Under any of the three pro- posals, Androski’s children will be pushed to the other side of Interstate 405, which she sees as essentially kicking them out of the neighbor- hood. Androski, who said she volunteers up to 10 hours a week at Lakeview, said she does not understand why people who have lived in the school zone for years are being pushed out in order to make room for people who have yet to move in and have no current ties to the com- munity. “We don’t understand how this is logical or fair,” she said. “We’re deeply invested. e families in this neighborhood have owned the homes for a decade and we send our kids to the schools for a reason.” Under all three options, 42 students would be moved from Lakeview to Ben Frank- lin. Meanwhile, under two of the three options, an ad- ditional 21 students would be moved to Ben Franklin from Benjamin Rush Elementary. In a letter to the school board and director, Androski said they are treating the pro- posal as though the decision was a foregone conclusion and that it would unnecessar- ily divide a neighborhood. “It is absolutely unaccept- able to cut our homes out of the Lakeview zone - kids that have been established in their school - while including the apartment complex on 38th that is going to be populated Parents fight boundary adjustment by LWSD [ more LWSD page 3 ] BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] e Kirkland City Council approved a school impact fee hike on new development during its Dec. 9 meeting. e ordinance increases the fees for new single-family homes from $6,302 to $9,623 for new multi-family unit develop- ments. e fee increased from $207 per unit to $745. e new impact fees will go into effect at the begin- ning of the new year. Impact fees are based on the impact fee schedule and go in to effect on the date a complete building permit application is filed. e new impact fees are intended to help the Lake Washington School District handle the increase in stu- dents, according to spokes- person Kathryn Reith. “Oſten what happens when you have develop- ments is you have more kids coming but not enough to justify building a new school,” she said. “ere are a lot of different factors that Council increases impact fees for new developments [ more FEES page 2 ] DICK AND SANDY EKINS Former deputy mayor Dick Ekins dies BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] Former Kirkland Coun- cilmember, and owner of Kirkland Hardware, Dick Ekins has died at the age of 87. Born Sept. 1, 1927, he passed away Dec. 14. For 30 years, he ran the Kirkland Hardware store at 424 Kirkland Avenue with his wife, Sandy Ekins. An active member of the com- munity, he was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland and served as its president from 1976-77. He also served as the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce president. Ekins was elected to the council in 1985, eventually serving as deputy mayor. He supported plans by Costco to build its second store in Kirkland, where it eventually relocated its headquarters in 1987 and adopted the “Kirk- land Signature” brand for its products. Ekins first met his wife, Sandy, in 1949 during a fraternity social at the KPD raids drug house on Finn Hill [ more EKINS page 2 ] BY TJ MARTINELL AND MATT PHELPS Kirkland Reporter Following a detailed investigation by the East- side Narcotics Task Force (ENTF) and the Kirkland Police Department, one suspect was taken into cus- tody at approximately 6:45 a.m. on Dec. 19 in the 8200 block of NE 142nd Street in the Finn Hill neighborhood of Kirkland. e arrest brings to an end years of police calls from neighbors of the known drug house. “We have been work- ing on this for years,” said Kirkland Police Lt. Mike Murray. “Patrol officers [ more RAID page 2 ] BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] e two Juanita High School (JHS) football coaches placed on admin- istrative leave following an alleged sexual assault incident in October by C- team football players have been fully reinstated by the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) to their respective teaching and coaching positions within the district. Tarantola, Te’o return to classroom in January [ more JHS page 3 ]

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Page 1: Kirkland Reporter, December 26, 2014

LETTERS | Kirkland residents sound o� [4]

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2014A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING

Blotter | Man arrested after over � lling washing machine, man assaults friend over nationalized healthcare [5]

Whip | Senator-elect Cyrus Habib elected to top position [2]

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BY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

Plans by the Lake Wash-ington School District to redraw school

boundaries has drawn the ire of parents whose children will be pushed out of the Lakeview School Zone under all the proposals.

LWSD is currently examin-ing three separate options for rezoning the school boundar-ies in an attempt to prop-erly accommodate student growth by placing them in schools based on capac-ity and expected growth in each neighborhood. � ough there were originally seven scenarios considered by the school board at a Nov. 17 study session, they have been whittled down to three. � e district sought public input on these three options for the Lake Washington Learning Community from Dec. 1-15.

� e problem, as Lakeview and Kirkland Middle School parents see it, is that in all three scenarios their children are pushed out to Ben Frank-lin Elementary and Rose Hill Middle School. Meanwhile, a subsidized housing complex located across the South Kirkland Park and Ride on Northeast 38th Place is slated to be a part of Lakeview Zone.

Parents are even disputing the numbers the district is of-fering to justify their decision, claiming they don’t add up, such as subsidized housing complex, which is estimated to only have seven students attend Lakeview Elementary.

Bellevue resident Deanna Androski, a parent with two children in the Lakeview Zone, said she � rst moved into her home on the west

side of I-405 a decade ago so that her children could attend Lakeview Elementary. � ough they live in Bellevue, as do many of the families a� ected by the proposal, they are located within the LWSD.

Under any of the three pro-posals, Androski’s children will be pushed to the other side of Interstate 405, which she sees as essentially kicking them out of the neighbor-hood.

Androski, who said she volunteers up to 10 hours a week at Lakeview, said she does not understand why people who have lived in the school zone for years are being pushed out in order to make room for people who have yet to move in and have no current ties to the com-munity.

“We don’t understand how this is logical or fair,” she said. “We’re deeply invested. � e families in this neighborhood have owned the homes for a decade and we send our kids to the schools for a reason.”

Under all three options, 42 students would be moved from Lakeview to Ben Frank-lin. Meanwhile, under two of the three options, an ad-ditional 21 students would be moved to Ben Franklin from Benjamin Rush Elementary.

In a letter to the school board and director, Androski said they are treating the pro-posal as though the decision was a foregone conclusion and that it would unnecessar-ily divide a neighborhood.

“It is absolutely unaccept-able to cut our homes out of the Lakeview zone - kids that have been established in their school - while including the apartment complex on 38th that is going to be populated

Parents fight boundary adjustment by LWSD

[ more LWSD page 3 ]

BY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

� e Kirkland City Council approved a school impact fee hike on new development during its Dec. 9 meeting. � e ordinance increases the fees for new

single-family homes from $6,302 to $9,623 for new multi-family unit develop-ments. � e fee increased from $207 per unit to $745.

� e new impact fees will go into e� ect at the begin-ning of the new year. Impact fees are based on the impact

fee schedule and go in to e� ect on the date a complete building permit application is � led.

� e new impact fees are intended to help the Lake Washington School District handle the increase in stu-dents, according to spokes-

person Kathryn Reith. “O� en what happens

when you have develop-ments is you have more kids coming but not enough to justify building a new school,” she said. “� ere are a lot of di� erent factors that

Council increases impact fees for new developments

[ more FEES page 2 ]

DICK AND SANDY EKINS

Former deputy mayor Dick Ekins diesBY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

Former Kirkland Coun-cilmember, and owner of Kirkland Hardware, Dick Ekins has died at the age of 87. Born Sept. 1, 1927, he passed away Dec. 14.

For 30 years, he ran the Kirkland Hardware store at 424 Kirkland Avenue with

his wife, Sandy Ekins. An active member of the com-munity, he was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland and served as its president from 1976-77. He also served as the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce president.

Ekins was elected to the council in 1985, eventually serving as deputy mayor. He

supported plans by Costco to build its second store in Kirkland, where it eventually relocated its headquarters in 1987 and adopted the “Kirk-land Signature” brand for its products.

Ekins � rst met his wife, Sandy, in 1949 during a fraternity social at the

KPD raids drug house on Finn Hill

[ more EKINS page 2 ]

BY TJ MARTINELL AND MATT PHELPS

Kirkland Reporter

Following a detailed investigation by the East-side Narcotics Task Force (ENTF) and the Kirkland Police Department, one suspect was taken into cus-tody at approximately 6:45 a.m. on Dec. 19 in the 8200 block of NE 142nd Street in the Finn Hill neighborhood of Kirkland. � e arrest brings to an end years of police calls from neighbors of the known drug house.

“We have been work-ing on this for years,” said Kirkland Police Lt. Mike Murray. “Patrol o� cers

[ more RAID page 2 ]

BY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

� e two Juanita High School (JHS) football

coaches placed on admin-istrative leave following an alleged sexual assault incident in October by C-team football players have

been fully reinstated by the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) to their respective teaching and coaching positions within the district.

Tarantola, Te’o return to classroom in January

[ more JHS page 3 ]

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go into how we handle new student enrollment. Some-times those dollars are used for portable classrooms or for purchasing land. If we’re going to build a new school

at some point we’re going to need land. � e impact fees are not enough to be able to pay for much of the actual buildings themselves. It’s a small percentage of that.”

Paul Stewart, deputy director for the Planning and Community Development Department, said that the new fees don’t apply to units that are being replaced on a property.

In October, the school

district’s board of directors unanimously voted to real-locate unspent funds from a 2006 bond measure to accommodate the district’s growth through the 2017-18 school year. Reith said dis-trict o� cials began discuss-ing repurposing the funds during the spring a� er a $404 million bond measure, that would address the district’s overcrowding and enroll-ment growth, failed.

[ FEES from page 1]

have made tons of arrests [in connection with activity at the house].”

Neighbors were so happy to have the drug issues with the home � nally over that many had co� ee later that morning together outside, said Murray.

With assistance from Kirkland patrol o� cers, detectives and the North Sound Metro Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, ENTF arrested an adult male for violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act (VUCSA) Tra� cking in Methamphetamine.

� e arrest was made in connection with several investigations conducted by ENTF detectives as well as information from patrol o� cers and neighbors in

the area. Detectives recovered

evidence at the residence which should aid them in their investigation of the occupants of this residence. � ree additional adult males were located inside the house, detained and identi� ed. � ey were sub-sequently released and not charged with any crimes at this time.

Murray said that the city is planning to do an abate-ment and will take posses-sion of the property.

ENTF works col-laborative investigations with nearby agencies and regional partners; in this case the North Sound Metro SWAT Team, which includes Lynnwood, Ed-monds, Monroe, Bothell, Kirkland and Lake Forest Park Police Departments.

[ RAID from page 1]

University of Washington. � ey were married in 1953 and initially lived in Seattle,

where Sandy was working as a school teacher and Dick as a traveling sales representa-tive for General Electric. � e Ekins moved to Houghton in 1972 a� er buying Kirkland Hardware. � ey closed the store in 2000 a� er the prop-erty was sold.

[ EKINS from page 1]

CorrectionChuck Morgan

owned the Eastside Journal, not as re-ported in the Nov. 18 issue of the Reporter.

� e Reporter regrets the error and strives for accuracy in all reportage.

Senator-elect Cyrus Habib named Senate Democratic Whip

Senator-elect Cyrus

Habib, D-Kirkland, was named to the key leadership position of Whip by his fellow Senate Democrats on Dec. 18. � e position, which is responsible for party discipline and strategy, is considered one of the top leadership positions in the Senate. Habib was recently elected to the State Senate to replace controver-sial Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, a� er having

already served in the State House of Representatives.

Earlier this year, the Washington Post named Habib to its list of “40 Rising Stars,” and Governing Maga-zine named him “one of 12 State Legislators to watch nationally.”

Habib’s district includes Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Medina, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point and Yar-row Point.

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“When employees are returned from leave, that indicates that the issues that caused the district to put the employees on leave no longer merit such a leave,” said Lake Washington School District spokesperson Kathryn Reith. “Generally, that means an investigation has established knowledge that satisfies the district’s concerns to a level that permits the leave to be rescinded.”

An email on Monday to parents of football players at JHS stated that Shaun Tarantola and Lele Te’o were reinstated late last week. They will return to the classroom in January following Winter Break, according to the distirct. Tarantola is a health and physical education teacher at the high school, while Te’o is the athletic director at Kamiakin Middle School and works security for the school.

LWSD placed them on leave in early November.

Five C-team players, all sophomores, are still under investigation by the Kirkland Police Department (KPD) for allegedly sexually assaulting a special-needs student on Oct. 22 in the school’s locker room. All five players were expelled from the school pending the result of the

investigation after being ar-rested in connection with the incident. They have yet to be charged by the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

The Reporter discovered recently that one of the students is now attending another school in the district and playing for one of the school’s sports teams. The Reporter has attempted to acquire records pertaining

to the investigation through public records request from the KPD and LWSD but the records have been exempted due to concerns over juvenile witnesses involved, though some of the LWSD records requests have not yet been provided because the district is still gathering the informa-tion, according to LWSD spokesperson Kathryn Reith. She also told the Reporter

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with kids that do not yet have connections to a school but get a space at Lakeview while my daugh-ter does not,” she wrote.

She added that if any residential area should be zoned into Ben Franklin, it should be the apartments.

“Leave our pocket of single family homes intact and our haven up on 113th alone,” she wrote. “We work hard for Lakeview, our kids are established there and our daughter feels safe there.”

On thepetitionsite.com, there is a petition to stop the rezoning of Lakeview with 99 signatures. In the mean-time, Androski said they are weighing their legal options, as parents are accusing the district of providing vague and incomplete information as to the justification for

their proposed decision. Kathryn Reith, spokes-

person for the LWSD, said the district is trying to keep as many neighborhoods to-gether as possible, but “most of the time, any scenario we create isn’t perfect.”

“You look for, obvi-ously, things that are on the border between two schools and see how many kids live in those areas,” she said. “So if you’ve got a small area and realize there are 150 kids in that area and you need only 25 that’s not go-ing to work. There’s a bit of trial and error to this.”

Reith added that they have accepted further feed-back from parents and will be reviewing it as they move forward.

“We’ve gotten a lot of good feedback and we’re looking at what we might do as a result,” she said. “That’s kind of where we are

right now. Our next step is to go through that feedback and see what we’re hearing from parents.”

Reith stated that the district must redraw school zones after the school district bond failed to get 60 percent approval, which would have helped with overcrowding in schools. In October, the district sought input on a plan to redirect funds that would go, among other things, towards installing one portable at Franklin Elementary, 10 portables at Lake Wash-ington High School, and modifications to Juanita High School creating offices for teachers during their planning periods.

“If we’re not building schools how can we most efficiently use that space now and where can we add space through portable classrooms or additions

to schools with the small budget we have?” she said. “Right now we theoretically have more students in our schools than the space we have available, but our prin-cipals are very resourceful and figuring out ways to put students there.”

The redrawn boundar-ies, she said, are intended to relieve congested schools and move students into ones which are not at full capacity yet.

“Since we do have some schools with a little space available and we have room to add classrooms, it’s not where we necessarily have the need,” she said. “So you have to change neighbor-hood school boundaries to move students to fill the space where we have it to relieve the schools with more students than they accommodate.”

Eric Synn, another parent

of two Lakeview students, wrote in a letter distributed to his neighborhood that the district plan doesn’t take into account the 91 Quest Program students at Ben Franklin, while school estimates do. Furthermore, he wrote, Ben Franklin is already at overcapacity with the Quest students.

The district documents describing the three scenar-ios state at the bottom that the enrollment and capacity numbers exclude those 91 students at Ben Franklin.

Synn’s letter also chal-lenged the estimate of seven students from the new apartment complexes, nor does it include any

active Citizen Amendment Requests to change proper-ties zoned for residential to industrial.

“The data also shows that the student population will be decreasing in the coming years even with all these housing units completed,” he wrote. “How is this ac-curate?”

Reith told the Reporter that the district can’t take into account properties that have yet to be developed unless they have applied for a permit from the city, and even then it is dependent on how long construction is expected to take.

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For the Planning Commission and City Council:

You are a total failure in regard to supporting the Growth Management Act (GMA). It calls for local jurisdictions to adopt a transportation plan that supports mass transit. .

Buses load and unload their passengers, 45-60 people about every 15 minutes, from the South Kirkland Park & Ride and hit the highways in their cars to go home, almost all of whom go through Kirkland. You haven’t done anything to prevent the tra� c jams that you have created.

Buses are part of your mass transit plan but you’ve done nothing to accommodate what it takes to support them.

You’ve allowed developments that add to the problem. You’ve adopted legislation that prevents Kirkland citizens from speaking on the use of the KBR (Kirkland,Bellevue,Redmond) as justi� cation for your decisions and have not allowed the citizens a voice on compliance with concurrency as described by the GMA. Instead you opted to use the KBR, which has not had a public hearing by the citizens of Kirkland.

� e Planning Commission has been getting bad advice. You are acting on legislation that Kirkland citizens have not been allowed to comment on. Use of the KBR was wrong.

You are derelict in your duty to comply with the provisions of the GMA that could prevent the tra� c jams created by ill advised legislation. You need to repeal your legislation that prevents Kirkland citizens from commenting on concur-rency. You need to prevent tra� c jams.

Tra� c jams can be prevented if legislation is adopted that supports mass transit.

It’s time the city listens to other people who know more about the provisions of the GMA than what you’re being told. Instead, the City Council and the Planning Commission continue to make ill advised decisions about what it takes to support mass transit. Robert L. Style, Kirkland

Reusable bag ordinances work

In April 2013, the county of San Mateo, Calif. where my grandparents live, implemented a Reusable Bag Ordinance that required retailers to keep “complete and accurate records of the purchase and sale of any recycled paper bag or reusable 2.25 mil plastic bag by the retail es-tablishment.” � e ordinance includes a 10-cent minimum charge for a reusable paper or plastic bag. On Jan. 1, this charge increases to 25 cents per bag.

Has this charge for bags worked? Yes. In October 2014, the San Mateo County of Envi-ronmental Health published these results from surveys conducted nine to 13 months a� er the ordinance implementation. Since its imple-mentation, there was a 162 percent increase of people bringing their own bags to the store as well as a 66 percent decrease in people buying the plastic bag that they previously received for free. And retailers experienced a decrease in operating costs because they had to order 84 percent fewer bags for their customers (Source: smchealth.org/BagBan).

As a student at Western Washington Univer-sity in Bellingham, I notice that most people carry reusable bags into grocery and retail stores. � e city of Bellingham unanimously passed a ban on plastic bags with a 5-cent fee on paper bags in 2011. According to a study by Environment Washington Research and Policy

Center in December 2012, about 30 million plastic bags were used each year prior to imple-mentation of the ban. In order to determine the success of the ban, a survey completed in Bell-ingham in October 2012 showed: most of the consumers reported that the bag ban prompted them to bring their own bags more o� en; all the supermarket employees interviewed noticed more customers bringing their own bags; 67 percent of the consumers surveyed agreed with

the bag ban; and 61 percent of the businesses agreed with the bag ban (Source: “Cut-

ting Down on Plastic; Bag Bans Prove Popular and Successful” Environment Washington, 2012).

An important bene� t of a plastic bag ban is that it raises a person’s awareness to

take responsibility for their actions. In addi-tion to refusing plastic and paper bags, one can make more sustainable choices such as carrying reusable water bottles, composting, and using public transportation. As the President of the Students for Renewable Energy at WWU, our group is working hard to encourage the Foun-dation Board to divest from fossil fuels.

I look forward to the Kirkland City Council joining Bellingham, Seattle and many other Washington communities in passing an ordi-nance supporting a plastic bag ban with a fee on paper bags. May 2015 be the year for reusable bags in my Kirkland hometown.Marika Weber, KirklandLitter on the Corridor

I live by the Kirkland Corridor, it is part of my backyard. Some individuals walk their dogs and pick up the poop but they are leaving the baggies � lled with it on the trail, I am looking at one right now. Has the city thought of who is going is going pick them up along with any litter?Cynthia Kidrick, Kirkland

City o� cials urge pet owners to take care of CKC

� ank you for publishing the letter to the editor about littering on the Cross Kirkland Corridor.

Kirkland is de� nitely a pet friendly com-munity and we are pleased that so many pet owners have enjoyed walking their dogs along the Corridor and in other parts of the city. We’re not as pleased to hear that pet waste and garbage are le� along the trail.

Signs are posted along the Corridor asking that users keep it clean.

We have volunteer groups that clean up the Corridor but due to the current construction closure, they have been unable to do so.

Mutt Mitt stations and garbage cans will be installed along the Corridor a� er the interim trail is open. Once the interim trail is open for full use, we ask that pet owners be responsible with their pet’s waste and that users do not litter.

Maintenance requests for the Corridor can be reported to our Public Works Maintenance Division at [email protected] or 425-587-3900.Marie Jensen, city of Kirkland

Cottonwood trees at Carl Sandberg Elementary need to be maintainedEditors note: � is letter was emailed to the Kirkland Reporter as a letter to the editor and to an o� cial with the Lake Washington School District.

Over the last 28 years that I have lived across 82nd Avenue Northeast from Carl Sandberg Elementary School, the cottonwood trees have caused concern for the safety of people walking by and for property.

My husband and I asked on a number of occasions over the years that something be done about these trees. Besides the mess the leaves and the “cotton” causes in our yards, some of the branches that have fallen have been quite large. A few years ago during the school construction project, we approached the men removing some of the other trees on the property and asked if they were going to take out the cottonwoods. We were told they had speci� c instructions to protect these trees from any damage. � ey were not to be removed.

An occurrence on Oct. 17, is the reason for this [letter]. When I arrived home from work I found a note stuck to my door from Puget Sound Energy stating, “A branch broke your service. Please contact an electrician to replace your weather head.” I have contacted an electri-cian but because of the weather, he has not been able to replace it. Attached are pictures of the trees taken two days a� er the damage. Christine Hanley, Kirkland

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Between Dec. 12-18, there were 323 traffic incidents, 34 traffic accidents, seven DUIs, 29 general traffic incidents, 38 alarm calls, three abandoned vehicles, seven burglar-ies, seven incidents of fraud, three civil inci-dents, four cases of harassment, 21 thefts, 21 vehicle prowls, three vehicle thefts, 17 warrants served, 10 noise complaints, five animal calls, 11 incidents of domestic vio-lence, six incidents of malicious mischief, 10 disturbances, one trespass, two assaults, 11 hit and runs and 40 incidents involving at least one arrest.

Dec. 18 Warrant: 7:11 p.m., 13700 block of 134th Ave NE. A 33-year-old man was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Redmond.

Violation of order: 5 a.m., 600 block of 12th Ave. A 21-year-old man was arrested after he violated a no-contact order with a 19-year-old woman by writing her a letter while he was locked up in the SCORE Jail. The additional charges have been added to his case.

Dec. 17Theft: 7:30 p.m., 14400 block of 124th Ave NE. A Safeway loss prevention staff member observed a 15-year-old girl at-tempt to steal a $30 bottle of Jack Daniels after placing it in her basket and then walking out without paying. After being arrested she refused to answer any ques-tions and was released to her 50-year-old mother who was in the family car in the parking lot. The girl has been charged through investigation after Safeway requested it.

Dec. 16Theft: 3:50 p.m., 12400 block of 126th Ave NE. A 32-year-old homeless man stole a can of Four Loco from the Totem Lake 76 gas station. After he was arrested it was discovered he was a violent offender and has several non-extraditable warrants for third degree theft.

Dec. 15Domestic violence: 7:26 p.m., 12400 block of 110th Ln NE. While he was being arrested for an unrelated DUI, a 42-year-old man admitted he had an altercation with his 36-year-old fiancée. After officers spoke with the fiancée, they discovered she had obvious injuries to her right ear. The

man claimed he was punched in the face but police found no bruises on him.

Warrant: 12:33 p.m., 75100 block of 122nd Ave NE. A 37-year-old man was ar-rested for three outstanding misdemeanor warrants.

Dec. 14 DUI: 3:51 p.m., 14200 block of 132nd Ave NE. A 32-year-old man was arrested after he was involved in a collision and appeared impaired. He performed poorly during a field sobriety test, arrested for suspected DUI, and his blood alcohol level was found to be .209 and .197. He was booked and held due to a prior DUI in 2008.

Trespass: 2:33 a.m., 30 block of Bridlewood Cir. A 23-year-old man wandered onto several people’s property by going through Bridle Trails after he had consumed “a lot” of alcohol and beer at Tech City Bowl and got separated from his group of friends and sister. He proceeded to bang on two separate doors and take screens of windows and enter the pasture areas on the property. He was arrested for trespassing.

DUI: 1:25 a.m., 500 block of Central Way. A 30-year-old man was seen by a police officer sitting idly in his car in the middle of the road next to a marked crosswalk despite no traffic or people in front of him. When approached by the officer, the driver said he thought it was an intersection and

he was eating food. He smelled strongly of alcohol, had watery eyes and slowed speech. He refused to take a sobriety test and was arrested for DUI. Later his blood alcohol was found to be .085 and .0083. He was processed and then released.

Assault: 12:30 a.m., 6100 block of Lake Washington Blvd NE. A 19-year-old woman was found by an officer sitting on the sidewalk who claimed to be a victim of assault. However, when the person ac-

cused of assaulting her spoke with officers, it was found that

the woman was actually the aggressor. While the officer attempted to interview the other people involved, the woman tried to shove past police to continue

fighting. When an officer stopped her, she punched

her in the face. She was placed on the ground and

taken into custody. According to the report, she continued to spit

following her arrest.

Dec. 13Violation of order: 8:22 p.m., 10800 block of 115th Ct NE. A 32-year-old man was arrested for violating a domestic violence protection order filed against him by a 29-year-old woman.

Assault: 7:30 p.m., 13800 block of 87th Ave NE. A 34-year-old man was arrested after police responded to a disturbance at home following a 911 call. It was found by police that the man had gotten drunk and irate when he was told by his

65-year-old father that he was stuffing too many articles of clothing into the washing machine. The man responded by shoving and kicking his father and then destroying the home land line phone and his mother’s iPhone in an attempt to stop them from calling the police. He was booked for fourth degree assault, third degree malicious mischief and interfering with the reporting of a domestic violence incident.

Assault: 9 a.m., 12200 block of Juanita Dr. NE. A 53-year-old man got into an argu-ment with 48-year-old man over national-ized health care while they were at a cafe. The suspect became angry and shoved the victim, causing him to fall to the floor. He was issued a citation through investigation for fourth degree assault.

Theft: 4:15 p.m., 14400 block of 124th Ave NE. A 17-year-old girl was caught by a Safeway employee trying to steal two bottles of liquor. She was located by police and arrested, then released to the custody of Child Protective Services.

Theft: 2:40 p.m., 12200 block of 120th Ave NE. A 16-year-old was caught trying to steal liquor from Fred Meyer.

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Cemetery Plots

2 RESTING PLACES Asking $5500 ea or best offer. Desirable Sunset Memor ial Park. Great v iews to ref lect upon memor ies. Located in the Garden of Rest. Side by side, spaces 3 and 4, lot 57. Seller will pay fee. Call Bill at 425-679-6364

4 CHOICE LOTS IN the prest igious, desirable Rhododendron Garden. Nestelled side by side, with a nice level walk up for visitors. Mature flow- er ing landscape. Well ma in ta ined g rounds. Easy to locate. Available now at The Greenwood Cemeter y in Renton, 9 8 0 5 6 . O w n e r p ay s t ra n s fe r fe e . A s k i n g $9000 ea / OBO. Please call 206-307-5609.

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Cemetery Plots

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Firewood, Fuel& Stoves

NOTICEWashington State law requires wood sellers to provide an invoice (re- ceipt) that shows the s e l l e r ’s a n d bu ye r ’s name and address and the date delivered. The invoice should also state the price, the quantity delivered and the quan- tity upon which the price is based. There should be a statement on the type and quality of the wood.When you buy firewood write the seller’s phone number and the license plate number of the de- livery vehicle.The legal measure for firewood in Washington is the cord or a fraction of a cord. Estimate a cord by v isual iz ing a four-foot by eight-foot space filled with wood to a height of four feet . Most long bed pickup trucks have beds that are close to the four-foot by 8-foot dimension.To make a f i r ewood complaint, call 360-902- 1857.

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WILL BE CLOSEDThursday, 1/1/15

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1/2 edition will be

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Professional ServicesAttorney, Legal Services

Notice to ContractorsWashington State Law

(RCW 18.27.100)requires that all adver- tisements for construc- tion related services in- clude the contractor’s current depar tment of Labor and Indust r ies registration number in the advertisement.Failure to obtain a certifi- cate of registration from L&I or show the registra- tion number in all adver- tising will result in a fine up to $5000 against the unregistered contractor.For more information, call Labor and Industries Special ty Compliance Services Division at

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Professional ServicesLegal Services

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The Eastside economy is booming. But soon this growth will exceed our electric grid’s capacity to deliver dependablepower. The grid hasn’t had a major upgrade in 50 years, and without substantial new upgrades we could face moredisruptive and longer power outages. To protect local jobs and businesses, PSE is working with Eastside communitieson a safe, reliable solution. Learn more at pse.com/energizeeastside

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pets/animals

Cats

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Dogs

AKC M BISHON FRISE WANTED TO BREED with my female Bichon Frise. Also, looking for a F Bichon Frise to pur- chase. References avail upon request. Private, i n d i v i d u a l b r e e d e r , please call Brenda 360- 533-6499 or Vic 406- 885-7215.

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Dogs

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Dogs

AKC Standard Poodle Puppies. Ready Now for t he i r fo reve r homes. B lack, Brown & Red. Healthy & well social- ized. Proud, graceful, noble, good-natured, en- joyable and cheerfu l . This highly intel l igent dog is one of the most trainable breeds. Micro chipped & housebroken. Parents are health test- ed. $950. www.ourpoeticpoodles.comor call 509-582-6027

CHIHUAHUA Puppies, call for pricing. Financing Available. Adult Adop- tions Also, $100 Each. Reputable Oregon Ken- nel. Unique colors, Long and Short Haired. Health Guaranteed. UTD Vacci- nations/ wormings, litter box trained, socialized. Video, pictures, informa- tion/ virtual tour:

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Dogs

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES ready to go for Christmas, Dec 20th. 4 Black & Tan Males with 1st shots and wormed. G o o d t e m p e r m e n t . Beaut i fu l ! $425. 360- 496-1390 or 360-496- 1394. Randle, WA.

GREAT DANE Chr ist- mas puppies. Only 4 left. 2 Harlequin $475 ea. 2 Mantle $400 ea. Won- d e r f u l d i s p o s i t i o n s ! Breed is known for being strong yet elegant, with a friendly, energetic per- sonal i ty. Phenomenal f a m i l y d o g . P h o t o s emailed upon request. Call 253-223-4315. Ta- coma area.

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OUR BEAUTIFUL AKC English Cream Golden Retriever puppies will be ready to go to their new homes soon. They have b e e n ra i s e d a r o u n d young children and are well socialized. Both par- e n t s h ave ex c e l l e n t health and OFA health clearances. $1250 each. For more pictures and information about the p u p p i e s a n d o u r home/kennel please visit us at: www.mountain- spr ingskennel .com or call Verity at 360-520- 9196

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Bazaars/Craft Fairs

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