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Kirkland resident Jessica Johnson remembers her nephew, 12-year-old Drew Hanson, during a memorial at Peter Kirk Park on Monday evening. Many people from the Kirkland National Little League community also attended the event. Hanson died on Friday of a gunshot wound. CARRIE WOOD, Kirkland Reporter
Little leaguer dies in fi rearm incident, friends, family gather at Peter Kirk ParkBY CARRIE WOOD
Raising a bundle of white balloons each marked with the No.
12, Anja Hanson let go. Th e 10-year-old, wearing
her big brother’s No. 58 foot-ball jersey, looked up as the balloons soared above Lee
Johnson Field in memory of her brother, who also played No. 12 on the Majors Rock-ies team for the Kirkland National Little League.
Th e remembrance event drew about 200 people to Peter Kirk Park on Monday evening to show support for the family of 12-year-old Drew Hanson, who died
suddenly in a fi rearm ac-cident on Friday, according to his family.
Many youth wore KNLL and Juanita Rebel Pride jerseys to remember their fallen friend. A banner was also raised in Drew’s honor, followed by a moment of silence.
During the event, many
saddened parents, family members and friends took turns giving hugs to Drew’s parents, Dana and Amee Hanson, who stood behind the dugout fence.
“It was just an accident and a weapon was dis-charged,” said Drew’s father, Dana, of the circumstances
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Tragic death brings community together
Goodman to run in 1st District
MATT PHELPS
State Rep. and Kirkland resident Roger Goodman announced early Monday morning that he will run for Congress in the 1st Congres-sional District instead of the 8th Congres-sional Dis-trict. Th e democrat’s decision to switch comes on the heels of former 8th Con-gressional District democrat Jay Inslee’s announcement that he will run for Washing-ton State Governor.
“Today I fi led my state-ment of candidacy for election to the United States Congress, running from the 1st Congressional District, where my family has always made our home,” the announcement stated. “My campaign for Congress attracted enough support
[ more GOODMAN page 6 ]
Roger Goodman
Kirkland man remembers father, WWII spy who captured Nazis, freed AlliesBY MATT PHELPS
Secrecy surrounded Kirk-land resident Jim Hudson as a child. During the earliest years of Hudson’s life, he and his family resided in a mansion, formerly owned by world-renowned German
aircraft designer Wilhelm Messerschmitt in Munich during the late 1940s and early 1950s. But Hudson had some questions for his father, James.
“I always wanted to know why we had guards at our home,” said Hudson.
Memories of a patriot
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Community unleashes support for dog parkBY CARRIE WOOD
Holding up signs like “Happy trails, happy tails,” “Unleash the fun,” and “Kirk-land dogs just want 2 have fun,” a crowd of nearly 100 dog owners unleashed their enthusiasm and support for an off -leash dog park in Kirk-land during a rally at Marina Park on Saturday.
Th e event was part of a videotaping of local dog park supporters to help the City of Kirkland win $100,000 for the park as part of a national dog park contest.
KDOG (the Kirkland Off -Leash Dog Group) nominat-ed the city for PetSafe’s Bark for Your Park contest in May for a chance to win $100,000 to build an off -leash dog park. Kirkland was recently selected as a semi-fi nalist and participants were asked to create a short video highlight-ing Kirkland’s support for the new dog park.
KDOG members and other dog enthusiasts as-sisted city staff with shooting a video scene during Th e Woodmark Hotel’s Yappier
City hires new contractor for Juanita Beach Park projectBY MATT PHELPS
Construction activity fi nally resumed at Juanita Beach Park Monday as the City of Kirkland hired Lake Stevens-based Marshbank Construction, Inc. to com-plete the project.
“Our Public Works Department has used them
on prior projects and they have been very responsive,” said Kirkland Parks Interim Deputy Director Micheal Cogle. “We knew that they had the capability to step in at a moment’s notice.”
Th e park was abruptly left silent on June 3 when the city terminated its contract with DMSL Construction, Inc. for
Bark for the park
Inslee announces bid for governor
Jim Hudson, with his twins Macie and Jim, holds a family photo passed down from his father James. The photo is of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt among others in Cairo during World War II. CONTRIBUTED [ more PARK page 8 ]
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Hour on Wednesday and worked on the video’s fi nal scene at Marina Park on Saturday.
During the event, the crowd, along with many pooches, howled in support for the long-awaited dog park.
“My gosh, I cannot tell you how much I want a dog park in Kirkland - this dog loves to run,” said Kirkland resident, Tricia Stromberg, of her 2-year-old airedale terrier, Cassi. Stromberg said she oft en drives to Edmonds - 50 miles round trip - which has a fenced dog park where her young pooch can romp.
Julie Metteer was at the
event with her two young canines, Maya and Daisy.
“Th ere’s a big need for a dog park here,” said Metteer, who lives next to the site the city approved last year for the dog park in the Totem Lake neighborhood. “It’s such a huge dog community and we’re the only city (on the Eastside) that doesn’t have a designated dog park. So it makes sense.”
Megen Opsahl agreed.When she fi rst moved to
Kirkland six years ago, “it was amazing to come downtown and see so many people with their dogs,” said Opsahl, who is a KDOG member. “It’s such a dog-friendly town.”
She also commented on
the social impacts an off -leash dog park would have for local dog owners and their pets.
“If you have a very friendly social dog that does well off -leash, it’s a really great exer-cise for them to run and play hard as opposed to a leashed walk,” said Opsahl, who has fostered more than 30 dogs in the past three years as a volunteer for Northwest Aire-dale Terrier Rescue. She also has two airedales of her own - Hamilton and Lady. “And (dog owners) can also stand around and talk about our dogs and things about dogs while our dogs run and play.
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The blotter feature is both a descrip-tion 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 offi cers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
Between June 20-23, the Kirkland Police Department reported 328 traffi c violations (one DUI), 12 alarm calls, eight car accidents, 13 noise complaints, nine thefts, two car prowls, three domestic violence calls, one call for harassment, six acts of fraud, 13 calls of a disturbance, three calls for illegal substances and 14 calls of civil disturbance. At least 25 people were ar-rested.
June 23Warrant arrest: 10:33 p.m., 9100 block of N.E. 116th Place. A 29-year-old Kirkland man was stopped on a traffi c violation and arrested for his felony warrant out of Snohom-ish County.
Domestic: 1 a.m., 6700 block of 106th Ave. N.E. A 37-year-old Kirkland man was arrested after allegedly punching his wife in the mouth, bitting both of her hands, pulling her around the room by her hair and repeatedly knocking her to the fl oor. A friend of the man was also arrested for providing false transla-tion to police.
Probation violation: 3:45 a.m., 13800 block of Juanita-Woodinville Way N.E. A resident reported an unwanted man on his property. Police contacted the man who
admitted to using methamphetamine and was arrested.
June 22Warrant arrest: 1 p.m., 12100 N.E. 143rd Place. A 22-year-old California man was arrested for possible fraud while going door-to-door selling subscriptions and posing as a University of Washington band member. The man also had an outstanding Seattle warrant.
June 21Burglary: 2:20 p.m., 10900 block of N.E. 58th Way. A student reported that someone went into his room and took his laptop computer, cell phone and $25 cash while he was in the bathroom.
Illegal substance: 4:38 p.m., 13200 block of southbound
405. A 27-year-old Bothell man was stopped for a traffi c violation and the odor of marijuana was detected by the offi cer. Marijuana and a
glass pipe were found in the vehicle.
Domestic: 12:30 p.m., 14500 block of 127th Ave. N.E.
A 33-year-old Lynnwood man was arrested after backing up his
car while his ex-wife was leaning on the trunk, throwing her to the ground and causing injuries.
Weapon: 12:59 p.m., 500 block of Lake Street S. A man reported that there were juveniles on a public dock allegedly passing around what appeared to be a handgun. When contacted, the boys admitted that it was an Airsoft gun.
June 20Domestic: 12:21 a.m., 9700 block of N.E. 126th Place. A 37-year-old woman was arrested after she showed up to her husband’s house and broke the front family-room window with her fi st. The two have been separated for two years and live in separate houses. The woman came to the home after being hung up on by her husband during a phone call where they were arguing about ongoing issues.
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Summer Concerts kick off with Science Circus fun
Th e free 2011 Kirkland Summer Concerts kick off at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 5 with a performance by educator and juggling master Rhys Th omas. His Science Circus explores gravity with bowl-ing ball juggling, gyroscopics with Chinese yoyo spinning, balance with six foot uni-
cycle riding, centripetal force with cowboy lariat swinging, and demonstrates inertia by twirling nine glass bowls while pulling a tablecloth from under a place setting. Get ready for 55 minutes of hilarity, dexterity and physics.
Don’t miss the grand opening of the evening shows from 7-9 p.m. Th ursday, July 7 with Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers, bringing rockabilly, roots, and country all the way from Austin, Texas!
Th e Kirkland Summer Concerts are organized by volunteers and paid for by local businesses and individual donors. For more information and the sched-ule, go to KirklandSummer-Concerts.org.
Dave Foley coming to Laughs Comedy
Comedian Dave Foley from “News Radio” and “Kids in the Hall” will
perform at Laughs Comedy Spot from July 7-9. Perfor-mances begin at 8:30 p.m. July 7, 8 p.m. July 8-9 and 10 p.m. July 8-9. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit www.laughscomedy.com. For the full story, visit www.kirklandreporter.com or check out next week’s issue.
Sidewalk construction begins
Th e city has awarded a contract to Reed Trucking and Excavating to construct a sidewalk along the north side of 12th Avenue from Sixth Street to the back en-trance of Peter Kirk Elemen-tary School on 110th Avenue N.E. Th e project focuses on pedestrian safety by provid-ing children a safe alternative to riding the bus or being driven to school. Th e project will help close a gap in the pedestrian facilities linking the neighborhood to the Pe-ter Kirk Elementary School.
Th is project will construct approximately 1,050 linear feet of curb, gutter and sidewalk with a planter strip. Th e sidewalk will capitalize on areas where sidewalk has already been constructed with prior development. Construction is expected to be completed before school starts in 2011.
Dr. Chip Kimball, Lake Washington School District superintendent (left) and several students shovel the fi rst pile of dirt during a ground-breaking ceremony at A.G. Bell Elementary on June 22. Project completion is expected in the summer of 2013. GARY SABOL, Contributed
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The tragic death of 12-year-old Drew Hanson rips at the heart.
For those of us who are parents, the thought of a child that
young dying is tough to handle. We are sure that, just like
those of us in the Kirkland Reporter newsroom, all Kirkland residents’
thoughts and prayers go out to the Hanson family in a time of need
that very few us could ever understand.
The outpouring of support that some 200 people lent at Peter
Kirk Park on Monday evening is a testament to the impact this one
boy had on those around him. Friends, family, teammates and
acquaintances packed the park to share memories, try to make
sense of the tragedy and say goodbye.
But it is also a testament to the people of Kirkland and surround-
ing neighborhoods. It shows how much people care about each
other in this community. It is also becoming a pattern that those in
Kirkland should be proud to have continue.
Editorial staff has lived and worked in many diff erent cities
with vast diff erences in social and economic standards. Work-
ing in the news industry, we have gotten to know each one
intimately. None of those communities even comes close to this
area in compassion.
The recent completion of the Milkin house is one of the largest
examples of the compassion that this community exudes in a time
of need. The fact that an entire community would come together for
one person, Leonid Milkin, is amazing. Volunteers, community lead-
ers, everyday citizens and local companies joined forces to literally
attempt to help rebuild one man’s life after his family was murdered
and the house burned to the ground in an attempt to hide the
crimes. But it is not the only example.
The outpouring of support for the Bardinelli family last year was
also amazing. Jodi Bardinelli, the former director of the Kirkland
Wednesday Market, was a big part of the Kirkland and Bothell
communities and was raising three daughters when she got cancer.
Not having health insurance put her and her daughters in a diffi cult
situation when she began to get treatment. After her passing a bar-
tender at Russell’s Restaurant in Bothell put together a fund raiser
for her family. Friends, family and community members helped
out. The Kirkland Wednesday Market showed their support as well
and honored her memory and her family with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony in 2010.
Another example is Mary Anne Kobylka who was diagnosed
with Stage 2 ovarian-cancer in 2004. Her treatment and spirit kept
her alive for fi ve more years. But it was the community that helped
to fulfi ll her fi nal wish. Kobylka hoped to raise $50,000 for research,
and friends, family and strangers came to her side. She was able
to accomplish such a lofty goal just after her death and eventu-
ally exceeded that total getting to $60,000. Her son’s swim team,
the Kirkland High Woodlands Dolphins, raised more than $6,000
through a swim-a-thon by itself.
And while none of these exceptional events of generosity, emo-
tional support and love can change tragic history, it can give us hope
for the future and comfort in knowing that our neighbors, even
people we don’t know will be there in our time of greatest need.
How you can helpThe Drew Hanson Memorial Fund has been set up at U.S. Bank in
downtown Kirkland where donations can be made to help support
the Hanson family with funeral arrangements.
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Kirkland Lacrosse program needs more field area
Kirkland has always been a town that has supported sports and recreation. Traditionally, we have been known for super high quality little league base-ball and massive involvement in youth soccer, but we also support everything from kayak water polo to ultimate frisbee in our public parks.
Today the new hot sport is lacrosse, the number of interested kids is increasing at huge rates, but unfortunately the number of suitable practice fields is not. In fact, without more fields the lacrosse program will have to turn away some of the kids who want to play. To fix this Kirkland Lacrosse is working with King County to take an existing field that is unusable most of the year because of poor drainage, and make it into a nice new usable field.
I don’t ever remember when I was growing up in Kirkland hearing about a sports program
turning away interested kids. I think it would be unconscionable if we didn’t give our kids the same opportunities we had growing up. I hope everyone lets King County and the Kirkland City Council know that they support this field renovation. Our kids need a place to play.Bill Finkbeiner, Kirkland
Kirkland Wednesday Market boring this year on Park Lane
The Wednesday Farmer’s Market was wonderful last year at the Marina. Not so much this year. Last year the open feel of the venue, the many vendors that included several food and beverage stands, made for a fes-tive time. This year, cramped into Park Lane, there is barely room to walk, and the only food available is pastry and popcorn. Going in the first time, I was looking for my slice of Veraci pizza, but I was told that there is no room for food vendors this year. After two boring weeks of looking at flowers and trinkets, I will spend
Wednesdays elsewhere.Edward J. Bell, Kirkland
Never seen so many police offi cers on Finn Hill since annexation
Just wanted to follow up to Russ Perman’s letter “Kirkland is not a police state” from June 17. While I am “for” annexation into the city limits of Kirkland, I have never, in 23 years of living on Finn Hill, seen so many police offi cers patrolling my neighborhood since annexation took place.
I have always felt safe and secure on this particular ridge in western Washington but wonder, what gives? While I am happy to have the “extra security” patrolling my ‘hood, it makes me wonder: is something bigger going on that we all need to know about or watch for? I hope our tax dollars for all City of Kirkland residents are being put to good use by patrolling all of Kirkland, and not just your new digs. Russ is correct - this is a pretty nice neighborhood. Really ... it is.Sherrie Gerger, Kirkland
Ask the city: What is the city’s code on inflatables?
Q: How do we fi nd out if the City of Kirkland has
restrictions of infl atable char-acters, arches, the waving man tube, etc.?
A: Infl atable characters are regulated by the city’s sign
code (which is contained in Chapter 100 of the Kirkland Zoning Code). To learn the spe-cifi c regulations, you can read the zoning code online at www.kirklandwa.gov (select “govern-ment” then “codes and laws”).
Also, you can contact the Planning and Community De-velopment Department to learn about the restrictions by calling 425-587-3225 or emailing [email protected].
Th e sign code specifi cally prohibits devices that are “of a garish or of a carnival-like na-ture” and 11 other categories of
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physical advertisements, including fl ashing lights, rotating signs, balloons and wind-activated devices. Th e sign code does allow exceptions to these prohibitions for holiday decorations and for seven days to allow for the grand open-ings of a business. Th is means “Waving Man” and “King Kong” should only plan on a brief visit.
Th e sign code is intended to allow for the construction and display of signs as a commercial means of communica-tion for the business community, while pro-tecting Kirkland’s visual character through the placement, design, and maintenance of signs.
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Th e Fourth of July is a fun holiday for humans, not so much for our pets unless a tasty morsel of steak, chicken or burger falls off the BBQ and the dog can score the bounty. Pets frightened of thunder will usually be fright-ened of fi reworks. Sometimes it is not just the kabooms, but the vibrations a pet is sensitive to from the ground, which can create a mild vibration of the home.
Th e fear response could include shivering, panting,
pacing, hiding under beds, desks or in bathrooms. Many pets will not eat during this time as they are so stressed. Many pets try to escape the
home or yard and can easily run into traffi c and run for miles trying to fi nd refuge.
Safety suggestions
Our dog’s hearing is three times the level of humans so imagine what the dog has to endure during our festivities.
1. Leave the pets at home
should you choose to attend a fi reworks display. Daytime parades can be over-stimu-lating and scary so leave your pet at home. Th ere may be little shade while watching a parade for your dog to escape the heat.
2. Fireworks may be set off in and around neighbor-hoods days before and aft er the Fourth so be prepared if this is legal or even illegal in your city. Keep your pet indoors during festivities. If your dog has access to a doggie door think about securing the door to keep pet inside.
3. Pets may bolt out an open door, jump or climb a fence to escape, dig under a fence, chew through drywall trying to get out of the house and jump through screens and even windows. If you don’t have AC then an open window is important, but be careful if the dog has access to that window.
4. Make sure outdoor gates and front or side doors are secure so a dog cannot bolt from home. If a dog sees an open door to an open garage an escape could occur. In these situations you may fi nd it best to confi ne your pet in
a room or an appropriate size crate.
5. Keep a radio or TV on to help drown out the noise. If a fan can be placed in a safe location, the fan can also help dissipate the noise. Just be sure the dog cannot chew the cord or knock over the fan.
6. If you are entertaining, be sure people keep alcoholic drinks away from the pet. Alcohol is poison to pets.
Diane Rich is the owner of Diane Rich Dog Training, LLC in Kirkland. Check out Diane’s blog, “Spokesdog’s Canine Couch” at www.kirklandreporter.com.
Fourth of July fun for humans, not for pets
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CorrectionThe Kirkland Police
Blotter in the June 24 issue covered the dates June 10-19 not as re-ported in that posting.
The Reporter regrets the error and strives for accuracy.
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Aft er the annexation of the Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate neighborhoods on June 1, Kirkland now has 80,000 people now, up from 50,000. We made the top dozen in the state! We’re about tied with Bellingham and behind Kent, Renton, Yakima and Federal Way, which have around 90,000 people.
Th e most notable change resulting from annexation is more police presence. Th is is a good thing (although there’s
a counter argument) and within the proper scope of city government.
A negative change for new-comers is the city business license requirement of $200 or more per year (based on the number of employ-ees). Th is tax aff ects small and home
businesses. Formerly unin-corporated small or home businesses didn’t need such a license, except for a select few like pool rooms, dance halls
and amusement parks. Or if they did have one, this is now a second tax on top of the county one.
Some social and business benefi ts do accrue, though, from annexation. A city of 80,000 has higher status (more bragging rights), a larger economic engine and some businesses may see a direct positive impact, especially businesses with “Kirkland” in their name.
What does the city busi-ness license fee go for? Well, it’s 4 percent of the city’s general fund, which pays
for police, roads, parks, special events and economic development. I’d say leave the economic development to the private sector like the Kirk-land Chamber of Commerce and Kirkland Downtown Association, and lower the license fee/tax correspond-ingly.
But then the rest of what the business tax goes for: police, roads, parks and special events. Infrastructure is generally seen as proper functions of municipal gov-ernment. (Th is is so, although there are valid arguments for privatizing special events, parks, and even roads and
sidewalks — which if done, could make the business license fee unnecessary. But that’s a subject for another day: “no taxation without privatization.”)
If you believe that special events, parks and roads are valid functions of city gov-ernment, then the business license fee can be seen as just and necessary for newcom-ers (and old time Kirkland residents as well).
Jeff E. Jared is an attorney and political writer in Kirkland.
Annexation brings more police, taxes and fees
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Goodman was initially set to run against two-term incumbent Dave Reichert in the 8th District, but will now run for the vacated seat. Democratic state Rep. Laura Ruderman and Republican James Watkins, who lost to Inslee last year by almost 20,000 votes, have fi led to
run for the 1st District seat.Th e announcement con-
tinued: “I did not fi le in the 1st District at that time out of respect for my Demo-cratic friend and colleague, Congressman Jay Inslee, who had been considering a run for Governor but had not yet decided.”
Inslee had set a press con-ference for later in the morn-ing to offi cially announce his bid for Governor. Goodman has served 45th Legislative District since 2006.
“I am very encouraged by the enthusiastic response I’ve received thus far in my run for Congress,” said Good-
man in the release. “Having achieved signifi cant legisla-tive victories during three terms in the State Legislature, I have championed the causes of children and work-ing families and, as vice chair of the House Judiciary Committee I’ve worked suc-cessfully to improve public safety, to protect civil rights and to promote justice.”
One of Goodman’s most recent moves at the state House was as primary spon-sor for a bill that was signed into law in May that imposes tougher DUI penalties. Th e
law lets the state use ignition interlock devices, which de-tect the alcohol in a driver’s breath, to crack down on drinking and driving.
“With an open Congres-sional seat now in my
own backyard, my supporters and family have urged me to step up to
the next level,” said Goodman. “Th e other
Washington certainly needs a good dose of Washington State Common Sense, and I will bring my collabora-tive problem-solving style to Congress to address key national and global issues.”
James Hudson
Th e guards were former members of the German SS military who defected to the U.S. during World War II and were there to protect James’ family.
“We lived as part of his cover,” said Hudson, who has lived in Kirkland for 18 years. “I was fi ve when I started to ask questions.”
His father could not dis-cuss the issue in any detail at the time, but Hudson fi nally got some answers 20 years later.
“He was very loyal and wanted to maintain the se-curity and secrecy of what he was doing,” said Hudson.
But James, who served as a high ranking Offi ce of Strategic Services (OSS) op-erative during World War II and for some years aft er, died at 93 years old on May 28 in Fredericksburg. Th e OSS was the predecessor to the current Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Hudson is continuing a process he began with his
father to rewrite one of his father’s fi ve books - “In the name of Luft waff e” - as a novel. His father’s death will not hinder his work in writing the book and he is de-termined to fi nish it. He plans to work with other family members to gather the informa-tion.
“It will be fun,” said Hudson, who noted that nearly ev-ery male member of his family has served in the military. “I have other family members who have stories that he told them. Th ey will fi ll in the gaps.”
Th e book will focus on his father’s involvement with cap-turing Nazi-party members aft er WWII, such as Hanna Reitsch in 1945.
“She was the last woman to leave the bunker alive (where Adolf Hitler died),” said Hudson. “He spent weeks interrogating her.”
Reitsch was a test pilot who set more than 40 altitude and endurance records and fl ew a
glider over the Alps. She was also the fi rst woman to be awarded the Iron Cross.
Th e capture also produced Reitsch’s interpreter Kathe Mikalkk, who revealed many of the secrets Hitler shared
with Reitsch just days before his death.
Hudson’s father did many things to help the Allies’ cause, including the train-ing of counter agents that went behind enemy lines into Bulgaria. History
Channel producers inter-viewed James about his work in Albania for a documentary that aired on TV.
James also had mis-sions where he parachuted behind enemy lines, set up intelligence networks and disrupt the supply lines of the German First Mountain Division. During one of his most daring and success-ful missions, he rescued 13 American nurses whose plane was shot down behind enemy lines.
By the time James was
discharged from the military, he was a captain and had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
Hudson and his family have had to deal with not only losing their patriarch, but also worldwide media attention about his father’s work.
“It has really reinforced the importance of history and remembering people from World War II,” said Hudson, who served in Vietnam and received the Purple Heart. “Each one had an important job to do.”
Some former members of the OSS have contacted Hudson to exchange infor-mation about the agency for a museum that is being created.
“I found out some new stuff about my dad,” said Jim, whose father was cremated and his remains will be in-terred in Arlington National Cemetery. “He was very helpful to other people trying to fi nd family members aft er the war.”
James was also involved in one of the most dramatic
and important events of the war when he was deployed to Egypt during the war. He was on the SS Pasteur as the ship’s offi cial photographer when it was attacked by U-boats off the coast of New York. Th e Pasteur was used as a hospital and military transport.
“My father wrote the book ‘Th e Ship that Won World War II,’” said Hudson, add-ing the book chronicled the dramatic mission.
Th e Pasteur’s trip across the Atlantic helped to turn the tide of war as the 5,000 GIs aboard the ship helped to defeat a fi eld marshall for the Nazis - Erwin Rommel in Africa.
While stationed in Cairo, Egypt, James had an unusual opportunity that has become an archive of sorts for his family. As the liaison between the military and media, he got to work with various photographers and even keep some of the photos.
“All of the TimeLife report-ers had to report to him,” said Hudson.
Th e result was a catalog of
WWII images that belong to the Hudson family and have only been seen by a few people. Th e photos depict some of the most fa-mous political and military fi gures of the era, includ-ing Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
James also helped to create V-mail with the Eastman Kodak company while in Cairo. Th e Victory mail pro-cedure took original letters and documents, transferred them to microfi che for trans-port and then back to paper for delivery. Th e purpose was to reduce the cargo space the mail took aboard boats and airplanes.
James’ life aft er the war and CIA included being editor of Systems Building News magazine and he contributed to National Wildlife Maga-zine.
“He was also featured in the Smithsonian Magazine for his unique designs for covered building projects on high rises in New York City,” added Jim.
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CommunityBRIEFSExpect traffi c delays for July 4
Commuters should ex-pect traffic delays due to the Fourth of July Parade to be held on Monday, July 4. The Marina park-ing lot, including Lake-shore Plaza Drive from Central Way to Kirkland Avenue and Kirkland Avenue from Lake Shore Plaza Drive to Lake Street, will be closed from 9:30 a.m. until approxi-mately 11 p.m.
The Fourth of July Parade, Picnic, and Fire-works draw more than 10,000 attendees. For event information, go to www.celebratekirkland.org.
Traffic alert: Flea Market
Commuters should expect traffic delays due to a French-inspired flea market, “No. 123 Rue des Park Lane,” to be held on Park Lane in downtown Kirkland on Saturday, July 9.
Road closures include Park Lane from Lake Street to Main Street from 6 a.m. until approximately 9 p.m. The event, hosted by Haley’s Cottage, will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Firefi ghters emerge from a blaze in a business park in the Totem Lake neighborhood that brought engines from fi ve diff erent departments. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter
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The Kirkland Fire De-partment responded to a two-alarm fi re
in a fi ve-unit commercial complex in the Totem Lake neighborhood on Tuesday aft ernoon.
An employee in a nearby business alerted Kirkland Fire and reported smoke at approximately 1:46 p.m. Tuesday, said Mike Dett-mer, incident commander of Kirkland Fire.
Sixty fi refi ghters and 21 units from the Kirkland, Redmond, Bothell, North-shore and Woodinville fi re departments responded to heavy smoke and fl ames at the Parmac Business Park located at 11100 117th
Place.Postal Express employees
Isreal Paredes and Quy Tang sat just blocks from their work waiting to get past the line of fi re trucks and ambulances to start their work day.
“I have been here since 2 p.m.,” said Paredes. “And we can’t get up the hill.”
“I heard they were put-ting out the last of it, but there is debris everywhere,” said Quy. “I think half the warehouse is burned.”
Charred pieces of what looked to be paper could be found blocks from the Parmac Business Park.
Dettmer said fi refi ghters were able to control the fi re aft er 45 minutes.
Th e fi re started in an industrial bay with heavy
storage, he said, noting the cause is still under investi-gation.
He said there were no injuries.
Th e extent of damages to the business park is cur-rently unknown, however, Dettmer said there’s “sig-nifi cant structural damage.”
Two-alarm fire in Totem Lake neighborhood
LWSD extends next school year to maintain teacher pay
Lake Washington School District’s school year calendar for 2011-12 has been extend-ed to 181 days from 180 and the last day of school moved from June 20 to June 22. May 25 will become a non-student day. Th ese changes result from an agreement with the Lake Washington Educa-tion Association to maintain current salaries, in spite of the state salary cuts, through the addition of two workdays.
Th e state legislature cut funding for teacher salaries by 1.9 percent in the recently completed session. Dr. Chip Kimball, superintendent, noted that teacher compen-sation aff ects retention and
recruitment of good teachers, a priority that he shares with district parents.
“Teacher salaries, in real dollars adjusted for infl ation, have been declining for 30 years,” noted Kevin Teeley, LWEA president. “Despite that fact, the legislature is ask-ing teachers to take another cut in pay.”
Dr. Kimball proposed to the LWEA keeping teacher compensation at the same level as 2010-11, using local levy dollars to make up the diff erence. As part of the pro-posal, teachers would work two additional days, focusing the time on preparing for the district’s change to a new grade confi guration in the fall of 2012. Teachers voted overwhelmingly to accept this change to their contract.
“In talking to parents about the grade confi gura-tion change, I found they care deeply about the quality of staff teaching their students,” said Kimball.
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failure to complete the proj-ect on time. City offi cials said they hope the park will reopen before the end of the summer.
But the agreement that Marshbank is working under is diff erent from the lump-sum contract given to DMSL. Because city offi cials want the project to move fast, the project will be paid for when each aspect of the work is completed.
“Our goal is to open up Juanita Beach Park as soon
as possible while still pro-tecting the city’s fi nancial interests,” said Kirkland City Manager Kurt Triplett. “Th anks to the swift action by the city council, our agreement with Marsh-bank Construction gives us the best opportunity to meet both of those goals. Th e waiver granted by the council allows us to bypass the six to eight weeks of a formal bidding process and maximize the chance that the beach will open this summer.”
Th e city council took
steps to move the process forward with a resolu-tion on June 7 to wave the standard bidding process. Marshbank was not one of the original bidders for the project, but has done numerous park projects for the city.
“We are pleased the city has selected us to help reopen the park,” said Marshbank Construction owner David Marshbank.
Th e city has heard from many citizens concerned about the delay in the park opening and other issues
surrounding the project. It is also dealing with a time constraint for one of the permits on the construc-tion project as it expires on Aug. 31 for concerns about spawning salmon. Th ose issues have led the city to expedite the process of fi nishing a park project that was to be completed by June 1 for Kirkland’s annexation celebration.
During a recent council meeting, Spud Fish and Chips owner Larry Marion, whose business is across the street from the park,
suggested that the city require the new contractor to put signage out that tells residents the work is under new management and a countdown as to when it will open. Th e issue with the park has kept residents from using it and has also become a public-relations problem for the city. But of-fi cials have decided to focus on the former instead of the latter to solve the entire issue.
“We want to move quick and cautious about a date,” said Cogle. “Once Marsh-
bank gets onsite we will know how long it will take and if there are corrective measures they need to take fi rst. We are hoping to have partial openings during construction and get people out to the waterfront.”
Juanita Beach Park has a fl oating wooden walkway and the beach portion has nearly been completed.
“In early July we will have a better idea of when it will completely open,” said Cogle.
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surrounding his son’s death on Friday.
According to Kirkland Po-lice Department spokesper-son Allen O’Neil, “the victim was found unresponsive with a possible self-infl icted gun-shot wound.” Police offi cials wouldn’t release any further information regarding the death as the case is currently under investigation.
Th e King County Medical Examiner’s Offi ce has not determined the boy’s cause of death and offi cials said results are pending further police investigation.
Dana said on Friday, his son was “laughing and gig-gling on his bed” when Amee told her son she made him a tuna fi sh sandwich and that she would be back soon aft er she ran some errands. When she returned home, she saw the neighborhood kids playing up the street, so she assumed he was with them. But Amee became concerned soon aft er when her son still hadn’t come home.
“So she walked upstairs and he wasn’t in his room and she didn’t see his shoes, so she assumed he was outside play-ing,” recalled Dana, adding his wife found Drew in their bedroom, unresponsive.
Less than a week ago, Dana and Amee had just cel-ebrated their son’s 6th-grade graduation from John Muir Elementary on June 22.
Th ey were both over-whelmed by the outpour-ing of support during the remembrance event on Monday.
“I’m just so amazed by how many people that he
has touched in his life,” said Drew’s mother, crying. “It’s just so amazing.”
Drew’s best friend, 12-year-old Luis Hernandez, said he will never forget one of his last moment’s he shared with his friend last week.
“Th e day that we gradu-ated from elementary school, that same day I took him to the theater with me,” he said. “We had a lot of fun - I’ve
never seen him as happy as he was that day. He was so happy.”
He described Drew as a tall
kid with red hair and freckles. He was also funny.
“What I remember was that each time he tried to
make us laugh or he inter-rupted the class. He made everybody laugh, like he made funny monkey noises,” recalled Hernandez, adding he was looking forward to going into the 7th grade at Kamiakin Junior High with his friend. “I’m going to miss him so much and I’ll always be his best friend.”
Jessica Johnson, Drew’s aunt, said her nephew had also just made the varsity football team for Juanita High School.
“He was happy and fun-loving and adventurous and he loved life and he loved sports and he loved his sister and mom and dad and they loved him,” said Johnson, adding that Th e Drew Hanson Memorial Fund has been set up at U.S. Bank in downtown Kirkland where donations can be made to help support the Hanson family with funeral arrange-ments.
Many members of the sports community also described Drew as a happy, fun-loving kid.
Alan Lofquist, Drew’s Kirkland National Little League coach, said the boy was “eff ervescent.”
“Th ere was always a few kids on the team going, ‘yes, coach. yes, coach.’ He was one of them,” said Lofquist.
He said Drew was a very good third baseman, outfi eld-er and had a lot of power.
He also had a lot of hair.“He would just be cracking
jokes in the dugout, messing around with his big mass of red hair,” recalled Lofquist, laughing. “His hat didn’t really fi t so every time he’d do something, he would take his
hat off , whether it was run-ning bases or, he’d pull his hat off in the outfi eld coming in.”
Trevor German also coached him for a couple of years during Drew’s six years with KNLL.
“He was one of those abso-lute ideal kids to have on the team,” said German, whose son played football with Drew. “He showed up ready to play all the time at practice and games, and always had a smile on his face and was happy to be out there playing baseball.”
German, who is on the KNLL Board, said many e-mails have circulated within the organization and greater community about the tragic news and the remembrance event. He said the turnout was “very impressive. Drew obviously touched a lot of people with how many people are out here today to show their support for the family.”
Christian Blackburn, 12, was also on the KNLL Rock-ies team with Drew, and Th e Boyz team. Th e Boyz is a north Kirkland baseball orga-nization that was started by a couple of Kirkland National coaches.
Christian said Th e Boyz recently won a pre-season Pat Downes Memorial Tourna-ment in Woodinville, in which Drew hit a home run and made a “couple good plays.” Th e boys on the team each got to take the trophy home for a week.
He said he was “shocked” by the tragic incident, but will always remember Drew as the kid who always smiled.
“I don’t think there was a time when he wasn’t smiling.”
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A memorial service will be held at noon Friday, July 8 at Cedar Park Church, 16300 – 112th Avenue N.E., Bothell.
Arrangements are under the care of Chapel of the Resurrection Funeral Home, Bothell. For more information and to leave remembrances visit www.chapeloft heresurrection.net.
Dana Hanson, right, father of Drew Hanson, who died on Friday, is comforted by a fellow Little League father during a memorial at Peter Kirkland Park on Monday.Anja Hanson, 10, lets a bundle of white balloons fl oat away in memory of her big brother, who’s photo is inset. CARRIE WOOD, Kirkland Reporter
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If you’re like many sellers, listing your home for sale creates a challenge to keep the home show-ready at all times. Th at can be diffi cult enough. Consider this notion, though. No matter how nice the inside is, if the outside isn’t invit-ing, you’re likely to lose prospective buyers BEFORE they ever set foot in your home. Th at’s because in real estate, buyers oft en do “judge a book by its cover”.
Take a good look at your home from the outside. Step across the street and decide if you think buyers would want to see more based on your home’s “cover”.
If you answered “yes,” then your job is easy. Make sure the inside won’t be disappointing to those same
buyers. If your answer was “no,” then you have some work to do. While many sellers may think that only interior pictures of their home posted on the Multiple Listing Service are what buyers really care
about, there’s more to it.
Th e outside can be a huge road-block for buy-ers. If potential buyers pass by your home while cruising through a neighborhood and see your for sale sign, but also see a broken down gate, leaky sprinklers,
cracked driveways, a lousy exterior paint job, and kids’ old toys strewn across a brown lawn, they’ll keep on cruising to the next home on the market.
Chances are you’re busy getting the kids ready for
the move, squaring away all the details for your new housing arrangement, try-ing to work, care for family, and still have some sort of personal time. Th at’s a lot to handle. However, it’s no excuse for not making your landscape appealing, especially when you think of the consequences. Th e consequences are: not sell-ing your home at all.
Lots of people ask me what the return on invest-ment is for landscaping. It’s a hard decision for many to spend more money on a home in order to sell it! Th e reality is: home buyers look at pictures on the internet and make split second decisions about whether they are going to even call their broker about walking through a home.
How do you know that investing in the landscap-ing for your home will give you a good return on your
investment? Fortunately, the results and statistics prove it’s worthwhile. Landscaping can add as much as 8% to the resale value of a home and speed its sale by as much as 6 weeks.
Here’s a quick and tidy plan to help give your home a beautiful “cover”. Remem-ber, buyers are well-read. Th ey will judge a home by its exterior. And, if they’re really interested in your home but the outside is a mess, they’ll make sure that becomes a major negotiat-ing tool in the home-buying process.
Here are a few tips on the big exterior infl uencers.
Do not have an unkempt lawn. It shows a lack of care for the home. If the lawn is beyond repair, pull it up and try drought-resistant land-scaping. If there’s a chance to revive it, a fresh-cut lawn is one way to show-case the appreciation the
homeowner has had for his property. Also, note this tip from HGTV. Don’t cut your lawn too short. You want to remove only a third of the blade of grass. Any lower than that “and you start stunting the grass,” accord-
ing to HGTV.Clear the clutter from
the porch. Sometimes the porch becomes an exten-sion of the garage or tool shed. Kids’ bicycles, toys, and people’s shoes accumu-
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[CURB APPEAL from page 9] lates there. When buyers come to view the home, they oft en feel like they are intruding instead of viewing a property that they might be purchasing. Keep in mind that the home buying process is emotional … not logical. You may be think-ing that the clutter will go away once you move but buyers simply don’t think that way. Th ey easily get “turned on” and “turned off ” by your stuff !
Pull the weeds and ditch the empty planter boxes. A lot of times homeowners will leave an empty planter box, intending to get some fl owers for it, but somehow that doesn’t happen. Th e “dead space” is bad feng-shui and even if the buyers don’t follow that philosophy,
the home will lack appeal for the simple reason there is no “life” to the exterior therefore not inviting them to envision their own lives in the home.
Paint and fi x any hard-ware that looks extremely worn. Nothing beats a fresh coat of paint. Realtors/Brokers have a saying, “A $100 of paint on the wall is worth a $1000 in the seller’s pocket!” Yes, it’s work and it costs money to do. Th at’s exactly what buyers will think - which is good news for you! Th ey’ll think, “Th is homeowner put some TLC into this home.” When you’re selling your home, fresh paint is always recom-mended for the inside. If the outside needs it, you’ll be doing yourself a huge favor and increase the chance of a higher sales price. Make
sure your front door, foot threshold and knobs/hard-ware are shiny and new. An old, banged up, ugly front door area vs. a crisp, clean, modern front door area is the fi rst impression a prospective buyer will have – which type of entry area would you be excited to walk into?
Th e biggest thing today’s sellers have to realize is that selling homes in today’s market takes personal GRIT and MOTIVATION. It also takes an investment of TIME and MONEY in the preparation. If you don’t have all four of these factors, you may want to consider that this is NOT the market for you.
You may simply want to either wait until you do have all four of these factors or wait for the market to im-prove where it won’t matter as much as it does today.
For further information or suggestions on future top-ics, please contact Debbie Walter @ www.Deb-bieWalter.com or (206) 930-8699. Debbie is a REALTOR® with RE/MAX NW Realtors in Kirkland. Debbie is a member of the National Association of Realtors (a trade orga-nization that promotes real estate information, education and professional standards).
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Insider trading can be a tell-tale sign of what is going on within a company. Every October, legends are created under intense pressures of the baseball diamond. What allows some hitters to thrive under pressure when others crumble? Th ere are many very good hitters, but what separates the best from the very good?
Th e fundamen-tals are a given: good hand-eye coordination, prac-tice in the batting cage, and studying your opponent. All hitters do or possess these things, and some just have a natural gift when it comes to physiology. But, some hitters take it a step further.
Some are such students of the game that they can pre-dict with reasonable accuracy what pitch is coming next based on how the pitcher is gripping the ball. Th ey recog-nize these “tells” and, in doing so, are able to increase their odds of success dramatically.
Th ese “tells” can be viewed as a parallel to an important step in investing – monitor-ing legal insider trading. Monitoring doesn’t do it justice though – you can monitor all day long, but if you don’t know what to look for, you will remain lost both
at the plate and in the market.
So, how can inves-tors learn to spot the tells? First, you have to understand that the Securities and Exchange Com-mission requires all insiders to disclose
their stock transactions. Tracking insiders and being able to weigh the impact of their past movements has served as a leading indicator of the market. You must have a system that diff erentiates between the routine transac-tions and the tells.
Corporate insiders buy and sell stock for a variety of reasons. Th e trading opportunity lies in being able to determine which actions have and will lead to
profi table trades. An insider selling stock through options grants that have a signifi cant percentage not vested, can be a sign that they either do not believe in the company, the stock is overpriced, or the executive doesn’t plan on staying. If someone with more information than the market and the ability to earn a signifi cant sum of money through stock or options is not willing to put their capital at risk in the stock, I certainly would be hesitant to consider that stock.
Investors should do their homework, have a plan when they step into the batter’s box, and know how to give them-selves every legal advantage.
Th e insider tell that’s most important to me is a large buy by a cluster of a company’s executives. Th ese cluster buys historically have been highly predictive of a rise in a company’s stock price.
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One of the greatest gift s you can give your child is time. But you don’t need to go to great lengths to create what we commonly think of as “quality time,” though weekend trips to the amusement park are terrifi c, too.
Where young children are concerned, it’s just as important to give them quality time doing simple, everyday things together like house and yard work or running errands.
You don’t need to try too hard to make every moment special or educational, either. What’s important is the connection.
If work and life circum-
stances prevent you from spending more time with your youngster, you can improve the quality of the time you do have. Try setting aside 20 minutes of one-to-one time each day to really enjoy your child.
“When you’re really present and focused with your child, it can be a real gift to you as well,” says Nell Robinson, parent educator
at Childhaven. “You slow down, or maybe you speed up (toddlers are very busy), but you also start to notice lots of other things about your child. Plus, they will notice more
about you.”In giving your time,
you’ll be nurturing the most important relation-ship of your child’s life. Th e bond you build together is the cornerstone for your toddler’s healthy develop-ment, including his ability to relate well with other children and adults.
Here are some more tips for making time with your toddler:
· Turn off the TV. · Th e same goes for cell
phones and other electron-ics.
· Get on your knees for some face-to-face play.
· Read together. · Let your toddler’s
interests lead the way. Into bugs? Take him out into the garden for some digging.
· Tap into your inner child. Have a picnic in the living room. Look at clouds. Enjoy this time while it lasts!
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Some children are more prone to tantrums depending on temperament and persis-tency. Th ere are three general temperaments: cautious, easy and feisty. Persistency is also a basic character trait. A feisty child is more prone to tan-trums. Combine feisty with high persistence, and you have a long-suff ering parent.
Tantrums can increase as part of a “stage.” Physical and cognitive growth can create unusually rocky emotions or testing behaviors. Frustration, growth hormones, etc. can all combine to produce a period of tantrums that can last for a few days or weeks for even the easy/low persistent personality types.
How can you get a child through a tantrum or avoid having one? Th ere isn’t a magic cure. Tantrums usu-ally happen when a child is completely overwhelmed. Th ey can become manipulative if they are mishandled and the tail will begin to wag the dog.
Th ere are two kinds of tantrums:
1) Th e child really is having a hard time (hungry, hurt, scared, etc.). Get them into quiet/safe area. Repeat a simple litany phrase such as “when your body and voice are quiet, we’ll get you taken care of.” Hold them or let them alone as they wish and wait it out. Some children want physical contact, for
others it spins them even further over the edge.
2) Th e tantrum is ma-nipulative. Again, get them into quiet/safe area, stay by them and occasionally repeat a litany phrase such as “When you’re done, we’ll talk.” Otherwise ignore the behavior
and do not give in. Keep your voice and face neutral. Don’t fuel the tantrum by giving in, being sympathetic, or trying to artifi cially stop it. When the child is calm and a constructive conversation is possible discuss what the child could have done dif-ferently to mentor them into more appropriate behavior.
Karen Hergert is the direc-tor for Morning Star School, Inc. 425-486-9333, and Woodinville, 425-486-5499.
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Summer’s here and your teenager is prob-ably more
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Here are three creative ways to incorporate SAT prep with your kid’s sum-mer plans:
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Th is tip not only helps you give back to your commu-nity, but also improves your grammar skills. When you teach English to a non-native speaker, you are forced to break down grammar rules. Th is knowledge of English grammar will help you im-prove on the writing section of the SAT.
You can fi nd opportuni-ties at your local church or community center. Added
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3. Learn a new instrument! Mathematics and music are interconnected. By tackling a new instrument, your teen-ager will learn timing, logic, rhythm and meter. Learning elementary musical theory will help utilize and reinforce all of the concepts above. All of these skills will aid in increasing your student’s understanding of math.
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Within the 220 acres that is the Big Finn Hill
Park off Juanita Drive, a grass fi eld lies at the center of a proposed million dollar project.
Th e fi eld, which is primarily used by soccer and lacrosse teams in the fall and spring, is dire need of improvements to be useful. It fi lls with mud and water aft er the typically wet winters, making it almost impossible to play on in the spring.
“Th e site has a lot of can-celations,” said King County Parks Director Kevin Brown. “Th ere is a serious defi cit of fi elds for lacrosse and soccer. We can never meet demand.”
Big Finn Hill continues to be operated by King County, despite the area be-ing annexed into Kirkland just last month. Currently, the county has a proposal from the Kirkland Youth Lacrosse organization to replace the fi eld with a turf surface and to turn it into a multi-use fi eld that can be used for soccer and lacrosse. Th e organization targeted the Big Finn Hill park because it has a fi eld which isn’t being used to its full potential, but also because there aren’t many other op-tions for lacrosse teams.
“Th ere’s a real pressing need for fi eld space,” said Kirkland Youth Lacrosse president Steve Lytle. Two years ago when the club started there were 34 play-ers. Th is season 182 turned out, and next year it’s expected over 250 will want to play. Lytle said they’ve worked with the Lake Washington School district and Kirkland Parks, but because there simply aren’t many fi elds in the area, it’s hard to get time and space.
Lytle said many of their teams sometimes have to use partial fi elds when other teams are practicing, like sharing half a soccer fi eld, or working on the edges of baseball fi elds, but that just doesn’t work as a long term solution. Without a solution to the fi eld issue, they may have to turn kids away.
But despite having worked with the county for the last year on the propos-al, there are concerns from the neighbors of the park about the project.
The projectKirkland Youth Lacrosse
has proposed a $1.5 mil-lion project at the park which would create a new synthetic turf fi eld with lights and a perimeter fence. A small fi eld house would also be built to be used for storage.
Lytle said the fi eld’s drainage in the early spring and late fall is so bad that kids were literally getting stuck in the mud, making it almost impossible to hold
games or practices at the fi eld.
Brown said the county has been slowly converting fi elds in the various county parks to turf as they can. He said they have a preliminary design from the Kirkland Youth Lacrosse, but no permits have been submit-ted for the project.
Despite being in a public, regional park, Kirkland Youth Lacrosse has all the funding in place for the project, including a $150,000 grant from the state capital fund which was secured by Sen. Andy Hill, who represents Kirkland. Because the funding is already in place, no tax-payer money is required to complete the project.
Th e lacrosse season runs February through May, but Lytle said the organization may use the fi elds for camps in the summer and other off season events, while ensuring the fi eld is also available to local soccer teams and other groups. Th e fi eld, when not in use by teams, would be open for the public.
ConcernsBig Finn Hill Park lies
in the Finn Hill neighbor-hood of Kirkland, just south of St. Edward State Park. Many of the families who live near Big Finn Hill Park have resided there for years. While the baseball fi elds are the current biggest sporting attraction to the park, the addition of a new lacrosse and soccer fi eld have some neighbors worried.
Chiefl y among those concerns are the lights, as well as the extended use of the park.
Alberta Allen, who has lived for 20 years adjacent to the park, specifi cally near the baseball fi elds, said she came to a neighbor-hood meeting on June 20 to learn more and get information about the project. She said she has some concerns about the noise and lighting, but came away impressed with Lytle’s presentation.
“Steve Lytle did an excel-lent job of explaining the project and what they are
looking for and he has been very receptive to the neigh-bors about trying to address the concerns,” said Allen.
She said the three biggest concerns she’s heard is about the lights, the exten-sion of park hours, until likely 10 p.m. and how that might increase the noise. She said the neighbors have fought for years to not have lights at the baseball fi elds, and have largely succeeded, and while the county says they won’t be adding base-ball lights, Allen under-stands if lights are in fact built for the lacrosse fi eld, there is no guarantee they won’t be added to baseball. Th e issue with the lights, Al-len said, is that many of the trees between the fi elds and homes are deciduous and not evergreen, meaning in the winter, light can easily spill through.
“Th en there are the prob-lems with more people,” she said of the possibility of increased noise. “Th e tree buff er is a big thing.”
Lytle said there is a 600 foot tree butter between
the fi eld and the closest houses, which will help lower the impact of lights and noise to the neighbors during games. He said they’ve already worked with neighbors on some of the noise concerns, like horns and whistles. Lytle said they will not use substitution horns during games, which will make the games roughly the same noise level as soccer, which already competes there. Th ere are also no plans to build a loud speaker system with the fi eld, nor, at this time, a scoreboard.
“With people there every day of the week and the noise impact of that, there are concerns,” said Allen. “Who wants to listen to whistles and such until 10 p.m. at night?”
Brown said, concerning the lights, new technology has increased signifi cantly since the parks master plan was last completed in 1994.
“Th e technology allows for limited spillage,” he said of lights. He pointed to the recently completed athletic fi elds and park in Preston, where the same concerns were voiced prior to the project. Brown said it’s been highly successful.
With the longer hours and higher usage of the park, some are concerned about traffi c and infl ux of people. While many who live in the park consider it to be a dayuse park, Brown said, park use follows improvements, a policy consistent with other parks in the county.
“Th ere have been con-cerns about use of the park, because it’s anticipated that park use could go up,” said Brown. “It’s a regional park, so it’s always been for more than just Kirkland.”
Northwest University signs four to men’s basketball team
Northwest University has signed four players to play on its men’s basketball team.
Th e group, from around the globe, signed letters of intent last week.
Ryan Dornik, from Van-couver, Wash, is a transfer from Yakima Valley Com-munity College. He went to Evergreen High School and was a co-captain at YVCC.
Nemanja Grujicic, from Ratkovo, Serbia, is trans-ferring from the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. Th e forward was a member of the Serbian U15 National Team and was rated as one of Serbia’s top 20 players.
Cody Shackett, from Puyallup, Wash. played at Cascade Christian High
school. He was a two-time state tournament MVP and the 2011 1A AP player of the year.
Nikola Djokovic, of Belgrade, Serbia, at-tended Seattle Prep for the last two year, helping the team to a Mountain Division championship in the Seattle Metro League and second place fi nish in districts.
Th e Eagles fi nished the 2010-2011 season tied for third in the Cascade Conference with a league record of 12-6 and 22-9 overall.
Proposed changes to Big Finn Hill Park spark conversations
The proposed athletic fi eld at Big Finn Hill Park would include a turf fi eld for soccer and lacrosse, as well as a storage building. The project, which is still in the public comment process, has funding in place. CONTRIBUTED ART
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EVENTS July 4Celebrate Kirkland Fourth of July Celebration: Celebrate the Fourth of July with a downtown parade, picnic and eve-ning fireworks at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive. The parade begins at 10 a.m. in downtown Kirkland. For information, visit www.celebratekirkland.org.
July 5Summer Concert Series: The Summer Concert Series kicks off with a free family-friendly performance at 10 a.m. July 5 at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Drive. Enjoy a children’s concert with Rhys Thomas and the Jugglemania Science Circus. The series runs on Tuesdays through Aug. 25.
July 7Summer Concert Series: Enjoy a free performance by Ruby Dee and the Snake-handlers at 7 p.m. July 7 at Marina Park, 25 Lakeshore Drive. Rockabilly, roots and country all the way from Austin, Texas!
July 9No. 123 Rue des Park Lane: A french inspired flea market using local Northwest vendors. Happens from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 9 at Haleys Cottage, 123 Park Lane.
Carillon Point Outdoor Movie Nights: Come down early, set up your chair and blanket, enjoy the sunset, and a delicious dinner from one of our fabulous restaurants on-site, then relax and enjoy a late night movie on a huge screen overlooking Lake Washington! The movie “Dirty Dancing” shows at 9 p.m. July 9 at Carillon Point Plaza. This community centered, family friendly event is great for kids of all ages. There is a $5 suggested donation. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Hopelink, a non-profit organization dedi-cated to promoting self-sufficiency to all members of the community. For informa-tion, visit www.carillon-point.com.
FARMERS’ MARKETSJuanita Friday Market: The Juanita Friday Market is now open and runs from 3-7 p.m. Fridays at Juanita Beach Park, 9703 N.E. Juanita Drive. Due to the delay in the construction work by the beach side, the market will operate by the Forbes House and should move back to the beach side by the second week of June.The market hosts 35-plus vendors selling: fresh organic fruits & vegetables, beautiful flowers, bedding plants & herbs, honey products, dry dip mixes, chutneys, kettle corn, taffy, cupcakes, breads, and other tasty treats. The artisan section will showcase fine jewelry, pot-tery, pet supplies, face painting, soaps and lotions. Live music and performances all afternoon and evening. Fun Kid’s Crafts and Activities each week. First Baptist Church returns with their beloved puppet show the first Friday of each month.
Kirkland Wednesday Market: The market will run from 2-7 p.m. through Sept. 28 on Park Lane. Produce featured varies by the season, but is all locally grown. The market will also have various local crafters/artists every week. For more information, visit www.kirklandwednesdaymarket.org or e-mail [email protected].
ARTS‘Paper Dolls: A Conversation with my Sisters’: Print artist Mary Mac presents “Paper Dolls: A Conversation with my Sisters” through July 3 at Parklane Gal-lery, 130 Park Lane, Kirkland. The original monotype printworks celebrate sisterhood with simplicity of design. Also, Parklane Gallery celebrates 20 years in downtown Kirkland with an all-artist show of works all priced at $100 each. For more informa-tion, visit www.parklanegallery.com or call 425-827-1462.
Second Friday ArtWalk: Change is in the air for Artwalk in downtown Kirkland. Artwalk is now from 6-9 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Along with the partici-pating galleries of downtown Kirkland, the City of Kirkland Cultural Council ‚ “Artiliza-tion‚“ Team has plans to invigorate the new artwalk experience with the inclusion of sidewalk activities, temporary artist place-ment in participating businesses and live performances. Participants include Blaubak Gallery, Gallery Wine, Howard/Mandville Gallery, George’s Place, Jennifer Winter Photo Studio, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland Painting Company, Kirkland Performing Arts Center, Lakeshore Gallery, Merrill Gardens, Parklane Gallery, Unique Plus +, Soul Ease and Zoka Coffee. For a free, self-guided Art-walk Map go to www.kirklandartwalk.org.
Sunday Life: Work from a live or cos-tumed model during this drop-in drawing, painting or sculpting session from 1-4 p.m. May 8 and June 5 at the Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market St. There is an $8 model fee per session.
Howard/Mandville Gallery: Featured artwork by artists Renato Muccillo and Kim Matthews Wheaton. Oil/panel artist Renato is from British Columbia and is
firmly established with collectors in Canada, but relatively undiscovered in the U.S. Oil/linen artist Wheaton lives and works in the Columbia Basin region of Washington. View the artwork at the Howard/Mandville Gallery, located at 120 Park Lane, Suite D. For information, call 425-889-8212.
Second Saturday Contradance: A new community dance series will be held every second Saturday at the Juanita Community Club, 13027 100th Ave. The evening will be primarily contradances - a social dance form originally from New England. Dances are presented by a caller with a live band of traditional folk musicians. A walk-through is provided for each dance. Attending with a partner is not necessary. Beginner contradance instruction starts at 7:30 p.m. and the dance gets into full swing by 8 p.m. Free ice cream is provided during the break. Admission is $8 at the door; $4 for student with an ID. Info www.folkhorizons.org or 425-605-0804. Folk Horizons is a non-profit organization.
Skylight Open Studio: Kirkland Arts Center students and members are invited to enjoy free weekly drawing and paint-ing sessions from 1-5 p.m. Fridays in the Skylight Room at the Kirkland Arts Center. For information, visit www.kirklandart-scenter.org.
Artluck!: On the last Friday of each month, artists come to Kirkland Arts Center to share a meal, view new work, and discuss current art issues. Each month features a short presentation or exercises to boost creativity. Potluck begins at 6:30 p.m. at KAC, 620 Market St.
Kirkland Arts Center Store: This is the place for unique, affordable, quality work in 2-D, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, fiber arts, glass, and more. Wonderful new work is arriving weekly in all mediums, so make this a regular stop for gifts, self-indulgence, and retail therapy. Conveniently located at the core of downtown Kirkland at 336 Parkplace, Kirkland Arts Center’s has store is open seven days a week, and offers art-making activities for kids and special in-store events. Store hours are Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 425-827-8219.
Live Guitarist: Guitarist Jake Olason takes requests from 7-10 p.m. every Wednesday at St. James Espresso, 355 Kirkland Ave. For information, visit www.kirklandsbestcof-fee.com.
CLASSES Free Legal Clinics: Eastside Legal As-sistance Program, a nonprofit that provides free and low-cost legal services in King County, announced that its volunteer at-torneys are offering a free legal consultation clinic at the Kirkland/Northshore Hopelink. The clinics, which are designed to help low-income residents of east King County understand and assess civil legal issues, will take place twice a month. To make an appointment, call 425-747-7274.
Free Break Dancing for teens: Practice your freezes, flexes, spins, pops and locks and get rock-solid footwork as you develop your own unique break-style. Classes are held from 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Kirkland Teen Union Building. No previous dancing experience required. Visit www.ktub.org/programs/.
SUPPORT GROUPS
GFWC Kirkland Woman’s Club: The woman service organizations meets twice a month at noon the first Thursday of each month (even days, potluck; odd days, lunch is served) and 1 p.m. the third Thursday of each month for coffee and dessert at the Kirkland Woman’s Club, 407 First St., Kirk-land. For reservations, call 425-829-7720.
Eastside The Compassionate Friends: For any parent who has experienced the death of a child, at any age, from any cause. The group meets the second Thursday of every month from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 10021 N.E. 124th St., Kirkland. For information, call 425-325-0357.
The Eastside Welcome Club: Meets the first Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. in members homes and on various days of the month for other activities and outings. If you are new to the area and want to meet new people and join in different interests and social groups, contact Barbara at 425-868-2851.
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