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PAPER AND PLASTIC | Kirkland City Council examines potential bag ban ordinance [8] FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2015 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING CPR | Kirkland student saves father’s life [2] Sports | JHS football receives state sportsmanship award [5] Firefighters to city: Change station siting plan or don’t build at all BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] K irkland firefighters told the City Council to either make changes to the proposed fire station siting plan or give the money for the new station back to taxpayers. Megan Keys, accompanied by roughly 30 other Kirkland firefighters, read a letter ad- dressed to the council stating that the proposed siting plan “contradicts the Fire Department Strategic Plan and Standard of Cover study recommendations,” though the letter does not state specific examples. “e Kirk- land Firefighters cannot support it,” the letter reads. “e plan simply moves service, it does not improve it.” e letter further calls on the city to sit down with all “stakeholders.” “With the absence of a plan that meets the recommen- dations of the Strategic plan we recommend giving the citizens their money back,” the letter concludes. Meanwhile, the city says it has been trying to figure out just what changes firefight- ers want, other than adding more staff. e council meet- ing included a presentation by Kirkland Fire De- partment Chief Kevin Nalder, who attempted to address concerns raised by the union as to the way in which the new proposed dual station option would affect service. Nalder argued that the new station would offer quicker response times to more places while offering minimal increase in workload for several fire- fighters who would be moved around during the reloca- tion. ere are six firefighters cur- rently at Station 27. Under the pro- posed plans, three would be transferred to Station 24, the same staffing size as all other stations in the city ex- cept for one. e city believes that while this means fewer firefighters at Station 27, the coverage area would also be divided with Station 24. Nalder admitted that un- der this plan, six firefighters would take on an additional 205 incidents, but this could be solved by adjusting the station response boundar- ies for Station 21 north to Northeast 124th Street. Following the presenta- tion, council members City officials frustrated with the lack of constructive talks on new fire station [ more STATION page 3 ] Gov. Jay Inslee and Lauren Thomas, chief executive officer for Hopelink, far right, speak with other Hopelink workers. Inslee attended a roundtable discussion on long-term unemployment in King County, which has continued to be a problem despite claims the economy is rebounding. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] During a roundtable discussion at Hopelink in Kirkland, Gov. Jay Inslee met with job seekers and various organizations to determine ways to reduce long-term unemployment in King County. Among the main points raised were hiring practices by employers and the nega- tive effects of I-1163 that one employer said has created a shortage of home care providers. While Inslee and others expressed their belief the economy had improved, among whom included Kirkland Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet, they admit- ted layoffs were still oc- curring and a significant percentage of people were having trouble finding work. According to Mar- lena Session, CEO of Workforce Development Council of Seattle King County, there are approxi- mately 30,000 people in the county who have been unemployed for more than six months and no longer show up in unemployment figures. One problem is that King County is known for its affluent communi- ties, particularly on the Eastside where poverty isn’t considered an issue, according to Lauren omas, chief executive officer for Hopelink, who said there are 36,000 peo- ple living in poverty and 17,000 kids who qualify for free and reduced cost lunches at school. King County is the most populous in the state and 86th highest-income county Inslee visits Hopelink in Kirkland to discuss unemployment [ more INSLEE page 7 ] No charges for driver who killed Kirkland man in crosswalk BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] e driver who struck and killed Kirkland resident Kyle Warnick while he was in a crosswalk in September will not be charged. e Kirkland prosecutor has concluded that the incident was an accident with no proof of negligence. State law defines negli- gence as “failure to exercise ordinary care, and is the doing of some act that a reasonably careful person would not do under the same or similar circumstances.” Warnick was killed while out walking his dog when a woman in her 50s turned leſt onto 119th Place Northeast and struck him in the cross- walk. Warnick was sent to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with life-threaten- ing injuries, where he later died. e driver claimed not to have seen him. In addition to the driver testing negative for alcohol or another substances, the investigation concluded that she was also driving under the speed limit at the time of the collision, between 14-19 mph in a 25-mph zone. Witnesses at the scene told investigators that she did not appear to be driving very fast, nor did she seem distracted. Investigators attempted to recreate parts of the scene with the same make and model of the suspect’s ve- hicle. e officer driving the vehicle found it difficult to see an officer, standing in the same place as Warnick was when he was hit, due to both the position of the sun as well as the windshield pillar in the vehicle, which blocked the driver’s visibility. “While a very tragic ac- cident occurred, the city does not believe that we can prove (driver’s name removed) failed to exercise ordinary care or acted in a manner that a reasonably careful person would not have under the same or similar circumstances,” stated a letter from Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Blakeley Warbinton while consulting the KPD on the investigation. e investigation conclu- sions seem to corroborate a comment Ron Zoeller made online on a letter to the edi- tor published by the Reporter in which he claimed to have been at the scene of the ac- cident. “My only observation as to a cause (of the accident) would be that the car at the [ more DRIVER page 3 ] R EP O RTER .com KIRKLAND NEWSLINE: 425.822.9166 GO HAWKS!

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PAPER AND PLASTIC | Kirkland City Council examines potential bag ban ordinance [8]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2015A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING CPR | Kirkland student saves father’s life [2]Sports | JHS football receives state sportsmanship award [5]

Firefighters to city: Change station siting plan or don’t build at allBY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

Kirkland � re� ghters told the City Council to either make

changes to the proposed � re station siting plan or give the money for the new station back to taxpayers.

Megan Keys, accompanied by roughly 30 other Kirkland � re� ghters, read a letter ad-dressed to the council stating that the proposed siting

plan “contradicts the Fire Department Strategic Plan and Standard of Cover study recommendations,” though the letter does not state speci� c examples.

“� e Kirk-land Fire� ghters cannot support it,” the letter reads. “� e plan simply moves service, it does not improve it.”

� e letter further calls on the city to sit down with all “stakeholders.”

“With the absence of a plan that meets

the recommen-dations of the Strategic plan we recommend giving the citizens

their money back,” the letter concludes.

Meanwhile, the city says it has been trying to � gure out

just what changes � re� ght-ers want, other than adding more sta� .

� e council meet-ing included a presentation by Kirkland Fire De-partment Chief Kevin Nalder, who attempted to address concerns raised by the union as to the way in which the new proposed dual station option

would a� ect service. Nalder argued that the new station would o� er quicker response times to more places while o� ering minimal increase in

workload for several � re-� ghters who would

be moved around during the reloca-tion.

� ere are six � re� ghters cur-

rently at Station 27. Under the pro-

posed plans, three would be transferred to Station 24, the same sta� ng size as all

other stations in the city ex-cept for one. � e city believes that while this means fewer � re� ghters at Station 27, the coverage area would also be divided with Station 24.

Nalder admitted that un-der this plan, six � re� ghters would take on an additional 205 incidents, but this could be solved by adjusting the station response boundar-ies for Station 21 north to Northeast 124th Street.

Following the presenta-tion, council members

City officials frustrated with the lack of constructive talks on new fire station

[ more STATION page 3 ]

Gov. Jay Inslee and Lauren Thomas, chief executive o� cer for Hopelink, far right, speak with other Hopelink workers. Inslee attended a roundtable discussion on long-term unemployment in King County, which has continued to be a problem despite claims the economy is rebounding. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter

BY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

During a roundtable discussion at Hopelink in Kirkland, Gov. Jay Inslee met with job seekers and various organizations to determine ways to reduce long-term unemployment in King County. Among the main points raised were hiring practices by employers and the nega-tive e� ects of I-1163 that

one employer said has created a shortage of home care providers.

While Inslee and others expressed their belief the economy had improved, among whom included Kirkland Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet, they admit-ted layo� s were still oc-curring and a signi� cant percentage of people were having trouble � nding work.

According to Mar-lena Session, CEO of Workforce Development Council of Seattle King County, there are approxi-mately 30,000 people in the county who have been unemployed for more than six months and no longer show up in unemployment � gures.

One problem is that King County is known for its a� uent communi-

ties, particularly on the Eastside where poverty isn’t considered an issue, according to Lauren � omas, chief executive o� cer for Hopelink, who said there are 36,000 peo-ple living in poverty and 17,000 kids who qualify for free and reduced cost lunches at school.

King County is the most populous in the state and 86th highest-income county

Inslee visits Hopelink in Kirkland to discuss unemployment

[ more INSLEE page 7 ]

No charges for driver who killed Kirkland man in crosswalkBY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

� e driver who struck and killed Kirkland resident Kyle Warnick while he was in a crosswalk in September will not be charged. � e Kirkland prosecutor has concluded that the incident was an accident with no proof of negligence.

State law de� nes negli-gence as “failure to exercise ordinary care, and is the doing of some act that a reasonably careful person would not do under the same or similar circumstances.”

Warnick was killed while out walking his dog when a woman in her 50s turned le� onto 119th Place Northeast and struck him in the cross-walk. Warnick was sent to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with life-threaten-ing injuries, where he later died. � e driver claimed not to have seen him.

In addition to the driver testing negative for alcohol or another substances, the investigation concluded that she was also driving under the speed limit at the time of the collision, between 14-19 mph in a 25-mph zone. Witnesses at the scene told investigators that she did not appear to be driving

very fast, nor did she seem distracted.

Investigators attempted to recreate parts of the scene with the same make and model of the suspect’s ve-hicle. � e o� cer driving the vehicle found it di� cult to see an o� cer, standing in the same place as Warnick was when he was hit, due to both the position of the sun as well as the windshield pillar in the vehicle, which blocked the driver’s visibility.

“While a very tragic ac-cident occurred, the city does not believe that we can prove (driver’s name removed) failed to exercise ordinary care or acted in a manner that a reasonably careful person would not have under the same or similar circumstances,” stated a letter from Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Blakeley Warbinton while consulting the KPD on the investigation.

� e investigation conclu-sions seem to corroborate a comment Ron Zoeller made online on a letter to the edi-tor published by the Reporter in which he claimed to have been at the scene of the ac-cident.

“My only observation as to a cause (of the accident) would be that the car at the

[ more DRIVER page 3 ]

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One day in April 2014, Danci Under-wood was at home

with her father and younger sister.

� eir father, Dave Underwood, was asleep on the couch in their Redmond home, but when Danci tried to wake him up, he would not respond. He had gone into cardiac arrest.

Danci, who was 7 years old at the time, went to a neighbor’s house to get help, but no one was home. She then tried to call her mother, but she did not pick up the phone. So Danci, now 8 years old, then did something she learned from her mother.

“She told me if there’s an emergency, call 911,” said the third-grader from Rose Hill Elementary School in Kirkland. “I told (the dis-patcher) that something’s wrong with my dad, ‘Can you please help me?’”

Following directions

Margaux Lallas, the NORCOM 911 dispatcher who answered Danci’s call, gave her a number of instructions. She told the girl to � nd a piece of mail in the house for their ad-dress so she could send � rst responders. Lallas also told Danci to unlock the front door so they could get into the house when they ar-rived. A� er that, she asked the girl to hold the phone up to her father’s mouth to hear his breathing and then gave Danci step-by-step instructions on how to per-form hands-only CPR until � rst responders arrived.

Lallas said she and Danci counted together the number of chest compres-sions the girl did until the paramedics arrived. � ey counted up to about 135.

“She did everything right,” Lallas said about Danci. “She was as calm as can be.”

While Danci was fol-

lowing Lallas’s directions, her younger sister Daela Underwood, who was 4 at the time, got scared and hid in a bathroom.

� eir mother Nancy Underwood was at work, about 20 minutes away from their home at the time. She said when she received a call from the police, they just told her there had been some sort of medical emergency at her house. She didn’t know if one of her daughters was hurt or if it was her husband.

When she learned how Danci had remembered to call 911 just as she had reminded her to do in an emergency, Nancy said she was very proud of her.

A grateful parent and deserving parent

A� er the call, Lallas said she wasn’t sure what had happened to Dave as

dispatchers can’t follow up with any of the 911 calls they receive. But that doesn’t mean she wasn’t eager to � nd out how Dave had fared.

“It was an emotional call for me,” Lallas said.

On Jan. 23, she got the opportunity to � nd out what had happened a� er she got o� the phone with Danci as the young girl was recognized during a school assembly at Rose Hill for helping to save her father’s life. Lallas, as well as the � rst responders who answered the call, attended the assembly to see Danci be honored.

Upon meeting Danci, Lallas told her, “You’re probably the best 911 call I’ve ever had. Can you believe that?”

She said this was because “kids call it how it is” when dispatchers ask questions and give instructions. Lallas said adults can sometimes get nervous, get distracted or begin telling stories.

In response to Lallas, Danci thanked the dis-patcher for helping her, adding that “it was cool” to meet her.

For Dave, who only spent 24 hours at Ever-greenHealth in Kirkland

following the episode, he is grateful for everyone — from his daughter to Lallas, to the � rst responders — who helped save his life.

“It’s just nice to be here,” he said.

He said his daughter, who will also receive a 2015 Red Cross hero award in the youth division later this year, deserves the honors and recognition she has been receiving.

Happy familyDave has no recollection

about what had happened in April and said when he learned about his oldest

daughter’s actions, he was not necessarily surprised and is extremely proud and grateful she acted instead of freezing under pressure.

He also commended Lallas and her professional abilities to communicate with someone as young as Danci.

“She knows how to work with someone Danci’s age and that tells me she can work with people at any age,” Dave said.

His wife agreed.“I’m just so grateful,”

Nancy said about how events unfolded. “� is is the best ending.”

Kirkland student saves father with CPR directions from 911 dispatcher

Margaux Lallas, left, a NORCOM 911 dispatcher, meets Dave and Danci Underwood for the � rst time after she instructed Danci on hands-only CPR over the phone when her father Dave went into cardiac arrest in April 2014. SAM PAK, Reporter Newspapers

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expressed their continued support for the dual station option, with council mem-ber Dave Asher calling it the “logical conclusion.”

“It seems to me that the direction we gave in November is supported by the conclusion as I can see it,” he said. “I just don’t see where the confusion seems to be coming from the facts that I’m seeing. If someone else has the facts I’d love to see them.”

Deputy Mayor Penny Sweet said closer examina-tion of the facts has made councilmembers more con-fident in their decision.

“I’m ready to move forward,” she said. “I hope that our citizens can look at this… and understand that our objective is to provide better fire service across the board to our citizens. That’s why we’ve taken it so seri-ously.”

“I think we’re moving in the right direction,” Council member Doreen Marchione said. “I’m sorry the firefight-ers didn’t stay to see it (the presentation).”

Continued tension

At the heart of the dis-agreement between the city and the union is whether or not the city’s proposal

to create a new fire station on Northeast 132nd Street would have a negative affect on the effective response force for the Totem Lake and Kingsgate neighborhoods, which are inside Station 27’s current coverage area. The union has insisted this nega-tive impact would be due to the city shuffling existing fire personnel to other stations rather than hiring more.

The city, on the other hand, believes the new sta-tion would better allocate personnel and resources and provide better response times by dividing Station 27’s large coverage into two areas.

The union has also brought up the issue of con-currency of calls, which is when a fire station has more than one call to respond to at the same time, saying response time data doesn’t take this into account. Na-lder stated that for Station 27 there were 55 such instances during the study’s time pe-riod, roughly once a week.

The latest letter read at the council meeting by Keys repeated another accusation by the union.

“The Kirkland City Coun-cil should not allow politics, agendas or personal differ-ences to dictate the outcome of the operational effective-ness of the Fire Department or the safety of our citizens,” the letter reads.

Numerous city officials, including Nixon and City Manager Kurt Triplett, have vehemently denied this allegation while turning the same accusation back at the union, which is in the middle of contract negotia-tions with the city. Triplett has previously told the Reporter that the firefight-ers and the union have had opportunities to voice their concerns and yet did not do so until around December. Having attended two fire department officer meetings since the first letter was pub-lished, one in December and another in January, Triplett said their criticism of the proposed fire siting location has relied on hypothetical situations and anecdotal evidence rather than actual data collected.

“We have not been given a particular reason,” Triplett said.

What has particularly baffled him and other city officials is the most recent letter recommending the city retire the bond levy leftover from Fire District 41 intend-ed to pay for a new station. If they did so, it would result in no new fire station.

The proposed station was originally meant to be built on Big Finn Hill Park to consolidate Station 24 and 25 while closing both stations, something Triplett

said never involved hiring more staff.

According to Triplett, there were two union mem-bers on the site selection committee and the siting process for determining where the fire station might be located. The recommen-dations, he said, came from the two year strategic plan, developed by a commit-tee which also had union members on it. The plan concluded a new fire station in Juanita or east Finn Hill was needed.

Triplett said the city’s eventual plan after building the new Station 24 would be to move Station 27 to a new location west of I-405, but before this happens they would need the public to approve a ballot measure for funding.

The apparent conflict between firefighters and the city on the matter went public after Bryan Vadney, president of IAFF Local 2545, sent a letter to the council on Dec. 6 rejecting a proposed domestic violence resolution. At the end of the letter, he included a criticism of the proposed fire station siting plan. This, in turn, elicited a response letter from Kirkland Mayor Amy Walen and Sweet, who origi-nally conceived the domestic violence resolution.

The union further articu-

lated its opposition to the fire station siting plan in a Jan. 6 letter, in which Vadney also claimed that an internal poll conducted by the union revealed the firefighters overwhelming sided with the union. Additionally, the poll showed that roughly 88 percent of firefighters believed the city “is unlikely to change” its mind on the fire station siting and that firefighters’ input had “little value” to them, according to the union.

Council member and former fire commissioner Toby Nixon fired back in letter attacking Vadney, as other city officials have, for bringing union opposi-tion up now rather than before. Additionally, Nixon, who lives in the Kingsgate neighborhood, challenged Vadney to bring up relevant details in his criticism of the proposed location.

Phone calls to Vadney seeking comment were not returned.

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stop sign would have been in bright afternoon sunlight coming from the west,” he wrote. “The crosswalk the man was using happened to be in shade due to a couple of tall fir trees in just the right spot to shade the crosswalk. Not that it is anything the lady could have done any-thing about but her pupils would have been constricted and it’s easy to not see individuals in adjacent deep shade. He would have been

walking basically towards her so even his motion might not have registered.”

Some people who com-mented on the Reporter story about the accident noted that the intersection is known to be dangerous.

“This is one of the worst intersections ever made,” Arian Lori-Amini wrote on the Reporter website. “We have complained to city mul-tiple times and they won’t add speed bumps cause it’s a major route to the hospital.”

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LWHs students win Culinary Competition

For the second year in a row, Lake Washington High School students Sarah Rose Shuer and Hugo Pontes have won the LWSD Culinary Competi-tion, held on Jan. 10. Two schools were represented at the event: Emerson High School and Lake Washington High School, with a total of three teams

competing. A Kamiakin Middle School team was also present at the event and made a soup.

For the competition, students used a set of ingredients to make an en-trée that included a starch, vegetable and protein. They then had 90 minutes to make two plates. Sarah Rose and Hugo made fried chicken with spinach and arugula risotto with roasted cauliflower and fried leeks.

The teams were judged on teamwork, sanitation, knife skills, proper cook-ing technique and overall flavor and appearance of their food.

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Council only wants like-minded people for advisory boards

For those you who apply for a position on an advisory board, don’t be deceived with how impor-tant your ideas are. � e Kirkland City Council only selects people who think like the council. If you have di� erent ideas other than the council, you will not be selected.

If you are selected, you will become just another bobble head doll for the council making the posi-tions unnecessary. Much of the time and money that goes into funding the advisory boards could be saved. We don’t need a board or commission only to ditto when the council already has decided what the council is looking for. Robert L. Style, Kirkland

Juanita neighborhood seeks people to champion new projects

� e Juanita Neighborhoods Association wants to o� er you some money. We need people to “champion” projects that help the Juanita Neigh-borhood in some way, and we have seed money for those champions. Previous projects include ice cream socials, public dance lessons, garden tours, holiday lighting and park cleanup. We can provide $300 to $600 in seed money, but it must be matched by about 4 volunteer-hours for each $100 we provide. Interested? Please contact Doug Rough at 425-821-5529.Doug Rough, Kirkland

Plastic bags litter environmentPlastic bags litter our environment and kill our

marine life ...But probably not a good idea to ban them if we

are going to inconvenience a few folks.Really?

Susan Vossler, Kirkland

The science and comedy of Kirkland’s proposed bag ban

“Borderline comical.” As members of the Kirk-land City council consider banning plastic grocery bags, they should keep those words in mind.

� ey are the words of Dr. Christopher Reddy, Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute when he spoke against Rhode Island’s proposed ban on plastic bags.

A� er listening to environmental activists push-ing the ban, he made it clear their arguments – the same arguments we hear in Washington state – are simply unscienti� c.

Kirkland is the latest target of environmental activists advocating the symbolic step of banning plastic grocery bags. � e science, however, is clear and Reddy is not the only ocean scientist express-ing frustration at the unscienti� c claims used to justify a ban.

Oregon State University scientist Angel White has also been outspoken on the damage environ-mental activists are doing to science with these false claims.

A report from Kirkland city sta� included a graphic showing a garbage patch covering much of the Paci� c between Hawaii and Alaska. � eir source? � e caption under the graphic read “Vimeo,” an online video site similar to YouTube. � is is like quoting “� e Internet.”

Frustrated by such claims, White lamented that, “this kind of exaggeration undermines the cred-ibility of scientists,” noting the amount garbage in the ocean is a tiny fraction of the size presented by the city sta� . Additionally, Reddy noted that Woods Hole research, “has shown that the amount of plastics in the open ocean have dropped or at least stabilized over the last 10 years.” � at decline comes despite the increased use of plastic grocery bags.

Indeed, environmental activists in Washington state admit they cannot point to any harm from plastic bags, turning instead to performance art

to claim marine life has been harmed. Art trumps science. Like environmentalists, politicians wave o� these scienti� c warnings. � ey justify unsci-enti� c policies, claiming they are “precautionary.” Better safe than sorry, they rationalize.

A plastic bag ban, however, may actually in-crease damage to marine life.

When asked for the greatest threat to water, Dr. Reddy said the answer is clear: nitrogen in the wa-ter that removes oxygen and creates oceanic “dead zones,” o� en caused by fertilizer runo� . Alterna-tives to plastic bags contribute hugely to these dead zones.

� e U.K. Environment Agency compared the environmental impacts of paper and reusable bags to plastic bags. � e results are dramatic.

Reusable cotton bags, like those sold locally at PCC, contributed more than 300 times as much to ocean dead zones as plastic bags. Paper bags did better, but still had about 10 times as much impact on water quality as plastic bags. More reusable bags means more fertilizer runo� and more dead zones.

� e results were the same with “global warming potential.” � e same study found reusable cotton bags used more than 173 times as much energy as plastic bags. Paper bags, used eight times as much energy.

Additionally, plastic bags are o� en reused as trash liners or to pick up a� er pets.

Environmental activists ignore this reuse, claim-ing plastic bags are rarely recycled. � is is true, but it is di� cult to recycle a plastic bag containing dog poop. � e environmental mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle,” has been cut down to only “recycle,” ignoring that plastic bags reduce resource use and about 70 percent of plastic bags are reused at least once.

� is is not to say plastic bags have no impact. But alternatives are far more damaging to the envi-ronment, and wishing away the impact of reusable bags is not scienti� c or responsible.Todd Myers, Kirkland

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Education will be one of the key issues this legislative session in Olympia. But it’s being treated as a political ploy by seven Republi-

can legislators who have introduced HB 1001.� e bill, being called “Fund Education First,”

would create a separate budget for education and require that it be funded from no new tax sources and approved before the rest of the state’s budgets. Fortunately, Eastside representatives had the good sense to stay away from this proposal.

Education already comes � rst in our state; our constitution says it is the “paramount” duty of the state. OK, we know the Legislature hasn’t been good about doing this recently. But the state Supreme Court has found it in contempt and law-makers are under pressure to � x that.

� ere’s another problem with HB 1001 — that education be funded from existing tax sources. Given the high price tag to fully fund education, it will be a struggle — maybe an impossible one — to � nd enough money to pay for other needed state programs without new taxes. Voters might OK more taxes for kids in schools, but not for state workers sitting in o� ces.

� e bottom line? Many state problems likely

would be gutted to balance the budget, thus reduc-ing the cost of state government.

� at may be a goal of some Republicans, but not all government programs are bad. And schools aren’t the only institution that provide needed services to state residents.

� at said, this isn’t a pitch for the Legislature to approve any tax for any program. In fact, respon-sible legislative leaders — in both parties — have more sense than to do this.

Instead, we think what most voters want is for legislators to look at the needs of the public and de-termine which ones the state can meet in a � scally prudent budget.

Will this take some hand-wringing and making tough choices? Of course. And this year will be tougher — because of the need to really deal with education.

But, with the public’s attention and help, we expect legislators to do their job responsibly.

Paying for schools not only job of the Legislature

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The individual scholar-ship award was given to JHS student Nick Peter-son.

Since 2003 the PNFOA has given a sportsman-ship award to football teams in our service area (King County) that exhibit excellent sports-manship in football games. PNFOA members fund this award by donat-ing one or more of their own game fees.

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The initial part of the Park Lane project by the city of Kirkland is

underway. Last week construction

crews put up fences blocking o� the street. � e sidewalk concrete has been smashed and then repaved temporar-ily to provide access to the local businesses.

Christian Knight, neigh-borhood services coordina-tor for the city of Kirkland, said the plan is to have the road reopen in late April or early May, as construction plans are for roughly three months of work, but this is very much contingent on weather conditions. � ey have also removed the trees, some of which they plan to replant once the construction is completed.

Once the current work is

� nished, crews will replace the water-main, which will require them to dig a trench through the road. � e replacement process is expected to take a month, according to Knight.

Although the project is in its early stages, Knight said they have received feedback from residents concerned

about the tree removal, which occurred in December in anticipation of construc-tion work. Knight said they retained 11 of the trees from Park Lane, including a red oak by the western gateway and a maple tree on the other side of the street. � ey also plan to add 37 more trees once the project is � nished.

Knight said removing them allows the city to correct some problems that resulted when the trees were originally planted.

“Back in the day when those original trees were planted the methods that were used to plant them did not ensure long term tree health when the trees were immersed in buckets,” he said.

� is, and other elements, caused the trees’ roots to grow upward and buckle the sidewalk, negatively impact-ing walkability and creating tripping hazards in the con-crete. � e tree canopies also caused shedding problems, Knight said.

� e new trees will be smaller, 35 feet, compared to some of the former trees, that stood at 65 feet. � e new trees will be planted in

a manner that allows their roots to grow downward and not impact the sidewalk, Knight said.

“� e canopies will be ap-propriate for the street, allow more sunlight, be able to use festival lights,” Knight said. “It will be a chance to get it right.”

“� e goal is to make it more walkable for people who are visually impaired or

use wheelchairs,” Knight said. “And by replacing the trees it allows us to recon� gure the amount of walkable space. It didn’t help that the trees were aged and diseased and not in great health.”

Park Lane’s design was ap-proved by the Kirkland City Council in September. It is designed to act as a plaza-style street with a red and beige brick paver surface.

Park Lane construction project in Kirkland aims to correct ongoing issues

The western entrance to park lane, where the road has been closed for construction. The work is expected to last until around May, though this may be impacted by weather conditions. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter

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Fans of the Seattle Seahawks are invited to put their best “12th Man” costume on, dress up the kids, decorate a bike or stroller, gussy up the dog and join the Kirkland City Council on the Cross Kirk-land Corridor to celebrate the opening of the newly completed Interim Trail.

The “Trail Great” party will start at 12 p.m. to-morrow at the Northeast 68th Street bridge. Come hear 12 people announce 12 different ways to enjoy the corridor, watch the council wave a 12th Man flag on the 12-foot wide bridge at Northeast 68th Street, and celebrate with friends from all of Kirk-land’s neighborhoods.

Limited parking is available at Lakeview Elementary School, 10400 Northeast 68th Street.

Walking, biking or strolling are highly rec-ommended and remem-ber the full distance of the CKC is nearly 12 miles.

“This is another excit-ing milestone for the Cross Kirkland Corridor and we are so pleased to officially join the commu-nity in the opening of the Interim Trail,” said Kirk-land Mayor Amy Walen. A grand opening event is being planned for later in the spring.

At the end of January 2015, work on the Interim Trail will be completed. A compacted crushed gravel surface is now in place the full length of the trail, which extends from

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Following the city’s “Trail Great” party, at 2 p.m., the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Seahawks Rally at Marina Park.

This is the second con-secutive year the city will host a Seahawks rally for the team preceding the Super Bowl.

For rally information, visit www.kirklandcham-ber.org or call 425-822-7066.

For more about the CKC Interim Trail, visit www.kirklandwa.gov/crosskirk-landcorridor and get project updates on the CKC Facebook.

Seahawks rally on the Cross Kirkland Corridor, at Marina Park scheduled for tomorrow

Hundreds gathered at Marina Park in Kirkland last year for a rally in support of the Seahawks’ Super Bowl appearance. The Kirkland Chamber of Commerce will once again host a Hawks rally at Marina Park tomorrow as the local NFL team gets ready to play the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday. REPORTER FILE PHOTO

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The consequences of prolonged unemployment can self-perpetuate, Thomas said, as workers lose their jobs, they find “survivor” jobs to pay the bills, and then get laid off. She also said it is creating a genera-tion of workers who have never had a successful job.

Inslee expressed his support for retraining programs, saying the state had allocated $10 million in the last budget to fund such programs. These programs, he said, would allow unem-ployed workers to gain the skills necessary to get jobs in an increasingly tech-focused economy.

“It’s just not acceptable,” he said of the unemploy-ment figures. “You can look at this as a fairness issue and helping people, but it’s also an economic issue.”

When Inslee asked for feedback on what can be done to improve the situa-tion, Esther Cooper, a direc-tor at CareForce Inc., said Initiative 1163, passed in 2011, has created a shortage of home care providers by adding onerous regulations.

I-1163 requires 75 hours of paid training for long-term care workers, more than twice as many as the previous 35 hours.

She said that the regula-tions put in place have made it difficult to attract new workers, as they often do not have the money to afford the training in places

like Shoreline, all of which are private institutions.

“The problem is the talent is not out there for home care,” she said. “There are no caregivers out there…1163 stopped that. It’s not as easy to join… There’s not the fa-cility to get talent in or more to step into it. The training is costing the state a lot of money.”

The roundtable later in-cluded testimonies from job seekers who had suffered from prolonged unemploy-ment. One of them, Brent Bartlett, said he discovered the state’s Commissioner Approved Training/Train-ing Benefits (CAT/TB), which allows unemployed workers to put off their job search while they get an education without los-ing their unemployment benefits. However, he said he didn’t learn about it until four months after he had lost his job. According to the website, there is a 90 day window to apply for the training benefits and a 120 day window to enroll in the approved training program.

Organizations like Hopelink helped him out while he was unemployed by making their food bank available, as he received too much money in unemploy-ment benefits to qualify for government food stamps.

Another job seeker, who was unemployed for a year, discussed his inability to get a job interview, which finally led him to go to Worksource in Redmond. He eventually got a job as a customer service represen-tative while taking retrain-ing programs. Right now, he is taking computer classes at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

Job seekers and county officials said they wish to see a change in the hiring practices by employers. One of the job seekers told the panel that the biggest problems he’s faced is be-ing considered too old or overqualified for a job, even after landing an interview.

Sessions said employers can either unwittingly or knowingly rule out older applicants during the initial screening process for resumes, which can often lead them to remove high school and college gradua-tion dates.

At the same time, she

said when they’ve met with the business community and discussed it with them they are eager to change their methods, as they often have worker shortages.

At the end of the discus-sion Inslee noted that prolonged unemployment is a problem everywhere else in the state.

“This is universal,” he said. “People don’t under-stand that. You have good people with good back-grounds relying on food stamps.”

“The most demanding job is getting a job,” he also said.

[ Inslee from page 1]

The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be represen-tative of all police calls originating in Kirk-land, which average about 1,000 per week.

Between Jan. 16-22, there were 305 traffic incidents, 27 traffic accidents, six DUIs, 27 general traffic incidents, 40 alarm calls, eight abandoned vehicles, eight burglaries, five incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, eight cases of harassment, 17 thefts, 10 vehicle prowls, five vehicle thefts, 15 war-rants served, 15 noise complaints, three animal calls, nine incidents of domestic violence, five incidents of malicious mischief, 18 disturbances, three trespass, two sex offenses, three assaults, 12 hit and runs and 40 incidents involving at least one arrest.

Jan. 20Malicious mischief: 8:13 p.m., 12600 block of NE 144th St. A 31-year-old woman with a history of meth addiction and mental illness broke her 56-year-old

father’s closet door mirror, causing $300 in damage. According to the father, she lives with him twice a week and does not pay rent. He told police he wanted to press charges and he fears for his own safety. She was arrested and charged with malicious mischief.

Jan. 20Driving with suspended license: 1:23 a.m., 12200 block of NE 116th St. An officer observed a 31-year-old man with a sus-pended license driving his truck around the Baymount Inn. The officer also found he had an ignition lock required. The man was arrested and cited for both violations.

Jan. 19Warrant: 9:16 a.m., 4500 block of 110th Ave NE. A 47-year-old man was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Kenmore after he was found in a sleeping bag in Watershed Park.

Disorderly conduct: 1:43 a.m., 100 block of Kirkland Ave. A 24-year-old man threw a bottle into a crowd that was fighting at Tiki Joe’s Bar. The report-

ing party had him removed from the property and police arrested the man for disorderly conduct.

Jan. 18Weapons: 4 p.m., 11500 block of 124th Ave NE. A 36-year-old man got into an argument with the manager at the Dub Pub when he wasn’t allowed back inside.

The man then pulled out a folding knife and threatened to

stab the manager and the bartender. He was arrested by police and booked into the Kirkland Jail for two counts of displaying

a weapon likely to produce bodily injury.

Assault: 12:27 p.m., 6100 block of 122nd Ave

NE. A 28-year-old man got into a physical altercation with

his 66-year-old father at his father’s house, which ended with damage to the property and minor injury. The man also kept his father from calling the police by pulling the phone out of the wall socket. He was arrested for assault and interfer-ence with reporting a crime.

Reckless driving: 12:22 a.m., 13200 block of Juanita Dr NE. A 20-year-old man failed to pull over for an officer

attempting to stop him for speeding and also entering the opposite traffic lanes. The driver eventually ditched his vehicle and fled on foot, where he was tracked down by a K9 unit nearly three hours lat-er. After he was read his rights, the driver admitted to eluding police because he thought his license was suspended and he knew he had been speeding.

Jan. 16Assault: 8 a.m., 10400 block of NE 116th St. A 30-year-old man punched a 20-year-old woman in the face and stomach over a $2 overdraft on a bank account. When he was later arrested and booked by police for assault he was car-rying a .44 caliber black powder revolver.

Assault: 12:45 p.m., 6000 block of Lakeview Dr. A 37-year-old man was arrested for assault after he pepper sprayed a 48-year-old man in the face. The 37-year-old man, who lives on the floor below the other man, kept banging the ceiling of his apartment to complain about a 32-year-old mother and her crying baby, who was in the 48-year-old man’s apartment. The mother went downstairs to speak to the man, who became confrontational. The 48-year-old man decided to try and talk to the man, but when the 37-year-old man opened the door again he sprayed him in the face.

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Police BlotterRegistration open for CeRT

Kirkland Commu-nity Emergency Response Team (CERT) is now ac-cepting registrations for the spring 2015 class. The eight week course will be from 6-9 p.m. and start Feb. 25. Classes will be held the following seven Wednes-days with no class April 8. There is a required final simulation drill on April 25. Training will be held at the Kirkland Justice Center in Totem Lake.

The CERT program edu-cates residents in disaster

preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills such as fire suppression, light search and rescue, team organiza-tion, and disaster medical operations.

Cost for the eight week course is $35 for Kirkland residents and $50 for non-residents. Participants will receive a learning manual, hardhat, vest, backpack and emergency supplies. The program is sponsored by the city of Kirkland and Greater Kirkland Citizen Corps Council.

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The Kirkland City Council is continuing to examine options

for a potential ban on most plastic bags at city businesses, despite a 2013 survey of residents that showed over-whelming opposition.

� e council discussed the matter with city sta� at its Jan. 20 meeting, with the hope of having a dra� ordinance to vote on sometime later in the year. Sta� recommenda-tions include a minimum paper bag fee of � ve cents, with retailers retaining the revenue. � e sta� also stated that all businesses would have to comply with the ordi-nance requirements within nine months. If passed, the

ordinance is expected to go into e� ect at the beginning of next year.

� e ordinance would rely very heavily on voluntary compliance, according to the memo.

� e majority of the council supported the idea of the pa-per bag fee, which they said is a necessary incentive for people to use recyclable bags, though they had concerns about the impact on business owners who already o� er paper bags for free. � ey also voiced support for allowing retailers to keep the revenue, as they argued it would be too cumbersome and confusing if they had to send the money back to the city.

Although the ordinance is intended to reduce the use

of plastic bags, they agreed to numerous exemptions for practical reasons. Among the exemptions were those used to package bulk items, such as fruit and vegetables. Also, restaurants would be allowed to use plastic bags for take-out food, according to a city memo.

Council member Toby Nixon, who repeatedly expressed his opposition to the idea of a plastic bag ban, said that while he is in favor of as many exemptions as possible, the number of ex-emptions seems to defeat the purpose of the ordinance.

“� e problem is perpetuat-ed,” he said. “I was astounded when I saw this list. � ey’re (plastic bags) still going to be

out there. Why bother?”According to a May 2013

survey conducted by Elway Research, Inc. of around 400 Kirkland residents, 80 percent reuse more than one type of bag and nearly half of them already bring their own

bags to the grocery store. � e survey also found

that residents heavily favored voluntary mea-sures, albeit 85 percent thought

stores should be required to have

plastic bag recycling bins. Nearly 70 percent op-

posed any ban on disposable shopping bags.

Kirkland has the highest single-family recycling rate in King County at 68 percent.

Mayor Amy Walen de-fended the council’s support

in spite of the survey, com-paring it to laws that require people to wear motorcycle helmets, saying that people’s right to make choices has to be balanced with social and environmental concerns.

“I think that there is estab-lished science that says plastic in our system is expensive,” she said. “� e less of it in the system the better… We have to balance that strong public interest with people’s desire to make their own free choice.”

Walen also said the council is tailoring the ordinance in order to make it comparable to similar measures passed in cities like Seattle and Issaquah and compromises are being made.

� ere are some, how-ever, who have questioned whether or not a reduction in plastic bag use would be of any environmental bene� t. During public comment, pri-or to the council’s discussion

on the matter, Todd Myers, a Kirkland business owner and environmental director at the Washington Policy Center, criticized the ban as being unscienti� c.

He stated that when Rhode Island was consider-ing a similar ban, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts referred to it as “borderline comical.” � e real concern, Myers said, is nitri� cation of water, which removes the oxygen. � is process, o� en caused by fertilizer runo� , can make whole areas uninhabitable for marine life.

Walen told the Reporter that “there’s con� icting science out there. I believe the information I have received…anything not reus-able is probably not going to be my � rst choice.”

“I believe in science that says less plastic in the system

Council continues looking at possible bag ban ordinance

Kirkland residents can take steps to safeguard mail from theft

Northeast King County has been experiencing an increase in mail the� s, with 68 reports in a recent 14 week period. � e reasons behind this uptick are

unclear. Detectives have arrested several suspects, but mail boxes continue to be an easy target of opportunity for thieves. � e suspects are look-ing for mail that contains items they can turn around quickly; such as gi� cards and/or cash. If they � nd checks they’re washing them, making them out to themselves and changing the amounts.

Make it a habit to col-lect mail every day. Don’t ever leave mail in the box overnight. Also, consider buying a locking mailbox. If going on vacation, either arrange for a neighbor to collect mail or ask the post o� ce to hold mail. When sending mail, don’t place it out for the mail carrier; drop it o� at the post o� ce. Remember, that red � ag is a notice to everyone that

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ISSAQUAH Do you have a proven track record of success in sales and enjoy man- aging your own territory? Are you competitive and thrive in an energetic en- vironment? Do you de- sire to work for a compa- ny that offers uncapped earning oppor tunities? Are you interested in a fast paced, creative at- mosphere where you can use your sales ex- pertise to provide con- sultative print and digital solutions?I f you answered YES then you need to join the largest community news organization in Washing- ton. The Issaquah Re- p o r t e r , o n e o f t h e Eastside’s most respect- ed publications and a di- vision of Sound Publish- ing, Inc. is looking for self-motivated, results- driven people interested in a multi-media sales career. This position will be responsible for print and digital adver tising sales to an eclectic and exciting group of clients. The successful candi- date wil l be engaging and goal oriented, with g o o d o r g a n i z a t i o n a l skills and will have the ability to grow and main- tain strong business re- lationships through con- s u l t a t i ve s a l e s a n d excellent customer ser- vice. Every day will be a new adventure! You can be an integral part of the Issaquah/Sammamish communities while help- ing local business part- ners succeed in their in print or online branding, marketing and advertis- ing strategies. Whether their marketing footprints are in Issaquah/Sam- mamish, all around the Eastside, King County or Western Washington - you have the opportunity to help them with their success. Professional sales experience neces- sary; media experience is a definite asset but not mandatory. If you have these skills, and enjoy playing a pro-active part in helping your clients achieve business suc- cess, please email your resume and cover letter to:[email protected]

[email protected]

ATTN: ISS.Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Em- p l o y e e ( E O E ) a n d strongly supports diver- si ty in the workplace. Visit our website to learn more about us!www.soundpublishing.com

EmploymentGeneral

Multi-Media Advertising Consultant

SEATTLE Be a part of the largest commun i t y news o r - ganization in Washing- ton ! Do you have a proven track record of success in sales and en- joy managing your own territory? Are you com- petitive and thrive in an energetic environment? Do you desire to work in an environment which offers uncapped earning opportunities? Are you i n t e r e s t e d i n a fa s t paced, creative atmos- phere where you can use your sales expertise to provide consultative pr int and digital solu- tions? If you answered YES to the above, then we are looking for you! Seattle Weekly, one of Seattle’s most respected publications and a divi- sion of Sound Publish- ing, Inc. is looking for self-motivated, results- driven people interested in a multi-media sales career. This position will be responsible for print and digital adver tising sales to an eclectic and exciting group of clients. As par t o f our sa les team you are expected to maintain and grow ex- is t ing c l ient re la t ion- ships, as well as develop new client relationships. The successful candi- date wil l also be goal oriented, have organiza- tional skills that enable you to manage multiple deadlines, provide great consultative sales and excellent customer ser- vice. This posit ion re- ce ives a base salar y plus commission; and a benefits package includ- ing heal th insurance, paid time off, and 401K. Position requires use of your personal cell phone and vehicle, possession o f v a l i d W A S t a t e Dr iver ’s L icense and proof of active vehicle in- surance. Sales experi- ence necessary; Media experience is a definite asset. Must be comput- er-proficient. If you have these skills, and enjoy playing a pro-active part in impacting your local bus inesses ’ f inanc ia l success with advertising solutions, please email your resume and cover letter to:[email protected]

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ATTN: SEA.Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Em- p l o y e e ( E O E ) a n d strongly supports diver- si ty in the workplace. Visit our website to learn more about us!www.soundpublishing.com

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GENERAL WORKERSound Publishing has an immediate opening for an entry level Gen- e ra l Wor ke r i n t he pressroom at our Ever- ett, WA printing plant. Pos i t i on i s FT (30 h o u r s o r m o r e a week.) We offer paid holidays, sick and va- c a t i o n l e a v e ; a n d health insurance. Must b e a b l e t o wo r k a flexible schedule. Must be reliable and able to lift 50 lbs.

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Qualified candidate will be able to:• Sell advertising to meet and exceed goals• Make sales presentations and close sales over the phone• Provide a high level of customer service to meet and exceed client expectations• Prioritize workflow and thrive in a very fast-paced environment with short deadlines• Candidate must have a minimum of one year prior outbound phone sales experience.

You will receive thorough training on our products and solutions as well as successful sales techniques. We are committed to our team and actively promote from within, opening doors for your future growth. If you have the noted skills, please email your resume and cover letter to:[email protected]. Attn: ISREN

This position, which is based in Kent, receives hourly pay plus commissions and a benefits package including health insurance, paid time off, and 401K.

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While the city of Kirkland is looking to � nd a

way to improve the parking situation in downtown, they’re now asking down-town residents and business owners for their take on the proposed options.

� e dra� of a new study, developed by Rick Williams Consulting, provided some preliminary options for parking in downtown, as previous studies revealed nearly all the stalls are � lled for most of the day. A� er a discussion at the City Council’s Jan. 6 meeting, the public works depart-ment is now going to the business owners to get their suggestions.

Although the study has yet to be � nalized, a Dec. 11 city memo contained options that fell into one of two solutions. One was increasing the number of parking stalls available by building more parking lots or partnering with develop-ers to build public parking, as well as provide more on-street parking. Another

is to improve the use of ex-isting parking stalls through a variety of means such as expanding pay parking and improving security and cleanliness at the down-town library garage.

Transportation Engineer-ing Manager David God-frey told the council at the meeting that the study was intended to � nd easier and direct solutions as opposed to long-term projects in-volving signi� cant amount of money.

Some of the inexpensive options, estimated to cost $50,000 or less, would be to create time limited parking at Lake Avenue West for up to 45 stalls, possibly selling monthly leases for stalls not utilized. Moderate priced options would be to improve operations at the library garage by open-ing permit-only stalls to all users a� er 5 p.m. More expensive options, a half a million dollars or more, include creating a new lot south of city hall, adding 144-166 stalls.

One of the easiest solu-tions would be to improve cleanliness in the library parking garage, according

to Godfrey. During the council meeting, one of the council members men-tioned that people o� en avoid parking in the bottom of the garage due to security concerns. In addition to improving its appearance, Public Works Director Kathy Brown said that the sta� is already looking at options for improving park-ing security separate from the parking study.

Using on-street sensors to indicate stall vacan-cies through an app for smartphones has also been discussed, though it is considered to be a longer-term solution. � is could complement an additional option involving a market-ing brand logo to make the parking stalls easier to � nd and people more inclined to use them.

� e consultant surveyed about 1,000 stalls in the study. It found that an extra 150 spaces would have to be supplied in order to satisfy the optimal percentage of 85 percent rule.

Business owners down-town have a variety of atti-tudes on solutions, ranging from support for increased

awareness about currently available parking, to recom-mendations that certain buildings be removed and converted into a parking stall.

Zack � omas, who works at Smokin Hot Smoke Shop at 15 Lake St., supports the idea of more parking stalls, even if it requires leveling buildings.

Whitney Bi, the man-ager at Green E Juice at 219 Kirkland Avenue, said the biggest problem her customers have isn’t � nding spots but knowing that the parking exists. She said most of them are unaware of the nearby retail parking garage.

“� ey should make it more obvious where park-ing is,” she said.

At the same time, Bi also said that parking is usually � lled, especially on Sundays and in the early morning.

“My employees have di� culty � nding spots,” she said. “It’s hard for even me to � nd parking.”

� e city memo notes that it will probably need more than 150 stalls, since not all parking stalls were sur-veyed by the consultant.

City seeking way forward on parking issues

From left, Kelly Chen, Davin Schaible, Skylee Lorenz, Claire Longcore, Grace Burt and Evelyn Locker. WARD BRANNMAN, Contributed

Kamiakin students at educator’s conference

Kamiakin Middle School’s music department will be well represented at the Washington Music Educator’s Conference with six students. � is year, the musicians will rehearse and perform in Spokane on Feb. 14.

A� er working for months on their excerpts and then submitting rigor-ous, recorded auditions to the Washington Music Educators Association

(WMEA) last October, the following students were selected as being quali� ed for a spot in the 2014 Junior All-State Band or Orches-tra: Claire Longcore, clari-net; Davin Schaible, oboe; Evelyn Locker, bassoon, Grace Burt, alto saxophone; Skylee Lorenz, clarinet; and Kelly Chen, cello.

� e WMEA provides prestigious opportunities to showcase our state’s best musicians including Jr. All-State for middle school students as well as All-State and All-Northwest performance groups for high school students that include musicians from six Northwest states.