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BY KYLE J. JENSEN UW News Lab Arif Amaani is many things. He is an entrepre- neur, film enthusiast and former collegiate athlete. Yet more than anything, he is an entertainer. “ere is not a script for soccer,” Amaani said about his days playing soccer for Seattle University. “Some- times, you need to be a little creative.” at’s also his approach to business. Originally from Dhaka, Bangladesh, .com R EP RTER FINANCIAL | Protecting seniors from financial abuse [6-7] FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING Dance | Lake Washington High School takes district titles, advances to state competition [15] Drive-by | Kirkland police investigate shooting at apartment complex, one potential suspect identified [3] KIRKLAND NEWSLINE: 425.822.9166 Freddy Delgadillo, Principal – Broker 425.941.8688 • JudahRealty.com Keller Williams GSWA MC1 LLC 505 106 th Ave NE, Suite 210 • Bellevue Casey Oiness, Mortgage Banker 425.250.4421 11255 Kirkland Way, Suite 100 • Kirkland www.CaseyOiness.com 1235066 NMLS#265169 Caliber Home Loans, Inc., NMLS 15622 Will pay cash for your land/ tear down home From Bollywood back to Hollywood Totem Lake Cinema to change format with redevelopment looming Totem Lake Cinema owner Arif Amaani is changing the format for the local movie house by showing second-run movies. KYLE J. JENSEN, UW News Lab [ more CINEMA page 3 ] BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] A t the Capitol in Olympia, Kirkland resident Patty Dutt got to accept a posthumous award for her father, Seattle native James Campbell, one of the founding members of Western Washington’s Civil Air Patrol. For Dutt, the Congres- sional Gold Medal is an appreciated recognition of her father’s service, even if it comes 10 years aſter he passed away at the age of 94. “We were just thrilled, but saddened they waited this long and he din’t know about it,” she said. “He would have been so happy.” Created during World War II, the CAP is a volunteer-based non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary within the Air Force - then known as the Army Air Corps. CAP pilots were tasked with defending the coastline against German U-boats that sunk hundreds of Allied ships, particularly in 1942. ough Campbell never saw combat, he nev- ertheless rose to the rank of commander while work- ing as a flight instructor at Boeing. Campbell seemed born Kirkland resident accepts Congressional Gold Medal for father Kirkland Resident Patty Dutt accepted the Congressional Gold Medal for her father James Campbell. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter [ more MEDAL page 8 ] BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] With the closure of Juanita Bay Pharmacy, Kirkland is not just losing its only independent pharmacy but a level of service that many modern health providers can’t replicate. e owners, Don and Sally Hanson, recently announced they are closing the store aſter failing to find a new owner. Although they wished to keep the store open, they are eager to do things that running a small business has prevented over the years, such as traveling. “I believe we have a pas- sion and the store in serving the community has been our passion,” Sally Hanson said, noting it was a difficult deci- sion for them to make. “It’s time for us to be able to enjoy our sunset years.” Don Hanson first opened Juanita Bay Pharmacy 1981 in lower Juanita out of a desire to have better contact with the patients he served. A former Army nurse, who served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division and received two bronze stars, he was working at Veteran Affairs in Seattle, where he noticed a disconnect between himself and the patients he worked with. Most of their interactions involved hand- ing them prescription drugs through a glass window with- out any further conversation about the drug. His own pharmacy, he hoped, would allow him to have one-on- one discussions with patients about the prescription, how and when to use them. During the 34 years since then, Don Hanson has ac- complished his original goal many times over. “At that time it was really quiet,” he said. “Now, I might interact with 100 people a day.” A Washington State University graduate, Don Hanson moved to Kirkland aſter graduating in 1974. A proud Cougar - Sally is also a Cougar, from the University of Houston - the pharmacy section of the store is adorned with WSU memo- rabilia - albeit they sell Husky Juanita Bay Pharmacy closure leaves hole in customers’ hearts [ more PHARMAC Y page 2 ] Possible Title IX violation behind efforts to move LWHS baseball team BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected] A letter from Lake Washington High School Principal Christina omas reveals that one of the main rationales behind remov- ing the Kangs baseball team from Lee Johnson Field was to make things more fair for the girls soſtball team and address possible federal Title IX violations. e letter, sent out Wednesday to baseball play- ers and parents, states that concerns had been raised about the inequity between boys baseball and girls soſt- ball by allowing the baseball team to play at Lee Johnson in downtown, while the soſtball games have been held at Crestwoods Park next to Kirkland Middle School. e soſtball team will play its first game ever at the high school in April. e initial decision to move the baseball team’s games back to the high [ more BASEBALL page 10 ]

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Page 1: Kirkland Reporter, March 13, 2015

BY KYLE J. JENSEN

UW News Lab

Arif Amaani is many things. He is an entrepre-neur, � lm enthusiast and former collegiate athlete.

Yet more than anything, he is an entertainer.

“� ere is not a script for soccer,” Amaani said about his days playing soccer for Seattle University. “Some-

times, you need to be a little creative.”

� at’s also his approach to business. Originally from Dhaka, Bangladesh,

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From Bollywood back to HollywoodTotem Lake Cinema to change format with redevelopment looming

Totem Lake Cinema owner Arif Amaani is changing the format for the local movie house by showing second-run movies. KYLE J. JENSEN, UW News Lab

[ more CINEMA page 3 ]

BY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

At the Capitol in Olympia, Kirkland resident Patty Dutt

got to accept a posthumous award for her father, Seattle native James Campbell, one of the founding members of Western Washington’s Civil

Air Patrol. For Dutt, the Congres-

sional Gold Medal is an appreciated recognition of her father’s service, even if it comes 10 years a� er he passed away at the age of 94.

“We were just thrilled, but saddened they waited this long and he din’t know

about it,” she said. “He would have been so happy.”

Created during World War II, the CAP is a volunteer-based non-pro� t corporation that serves as the o� cial civilian auxiliary within the Air Force - then known as the Army Air Corps. CAP pilots were tasked with defending the

coastline against German U-boats that sunk hundreds of Allied ships, particularly in 1942. � ough Campbell never saw combat, he nev-ertheless rose to the rank of commander while work-ing as a � ight instructor at Boeing.

Campbell seemed born

Kirkland resident accepts Congressional Gold Medal for fatherKirkland Resident Patty Dutt accepted the Congressional Gold Medal for her father James Campbell. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter[ more MEDAL page 8 ]

BY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

With the closure of Juanita Bay Pharmacy, Kirkland is not just losing its only independent pharmacy but a level of service that many modern health providers can’t replicate.

� e owners, Don and Sally Hanson, recently announced they are closing the store a� er failing to � nd a new owner. Although they wished to keep the store open, they are eager to do things that running a small business has prevented over the years, such as traveling.

“I believe we have a pas-sion and the store in serving the community has been our passion,” Sally Hanson said, noting it was a di� cult deci-sion for them to make. “It’s time for us to be able to enjoy our sunset years.”

Don Hanson � rst opened Juanita Bay Pharmacy 1981 in lower Juanita out of a desire to have better contact with the patients he served. A former Army nurse, who served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division and

received two bronze stars, he was working at Veteran A� airs in Seattle, where he noticed a disconnect between himself and the patients he worked with. Most of their interactions involved hand-ing them prescription drugs through a glass window with-out any further conversation about the drug. His own pharmacy, he hoped, would allow him to have one-on-one discussions with patients about the prescription, how and when to use them.

During the 34 years since then, Don Hanson has ac-complished his original goal many times over.

“At that time it was really quiet,” he said. “Now, I might interact with 100 people a day.”

A Washington State University graduate, Don Hanson moved to Kirkland a� er graduating in 1974. A proud Cougar - Sally is also a Cougar, from the University of Houston - the pharmacy section of the store is adorned with WSU memo-rabilia - albeit they sell Husky

Juanita Bay Pharmacy closure leaves hole in customers’ hearts

[ more PHARMACY page 2 ]

Possible Title IX violation behind efforts to move LWHS baseball teamBY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

A letter from Lake Washington High School Principal Christina � omas reveals that one of the main rationales behind remov-ing the Kangs baseball team from Lee Johnson Field was to make things more fair for the girls so� ball team and address possible federal Title IX violations.

� e letter, sent out Wednesday to baseball play-ers and parents, states that concerns had been raised about the inequity between boys baseball and girls so� -ball by allowing the baseball team to play at Lee Johnson in downtown, while the so� ball games have been held at Crestwoods Park next to Kirkland Middle School. � e so� ball team will play its � rst game ever at the high school in April.

� e initial decision to move the baseball team’s games back to the high

[ more BASEBALL page 10 ]

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items in the gi� store, as well. Don chose the name

because he said he could look down at Juanita Bay from the store’s original location. Orig-inally, the pharmacy focused on prescriptions and o� ered monthly health seminars, which Don said helped build his customer base. When Don married Sally in 1985, she brought in several ideas for the pharmacy. � ey ob-tained a post o� ce contract in 1989, allowing them to handle all but international shipping, added a gi� -shop

selling specialized cards, candles and other mer-chandise, and began selling medical equipment, such as knee scooters, crutches, and wound care kits not available in chain stores. In 1993, they moved from lower Juanita to 100th Avenue where they have remained ever since.

For years the two have been involved in local orga-nizations, such as Kirkland Kiwanis, Soroptimists, Kirkland Woman’s Club and served on several committees for the city of Kirkland.

As an independent

pharmacist, Don made all of his prescriptions from scratch by compounding the di� erent chemicals himself. � e process takes much longer to � ll prescriptions, he said, sometimes an hour as opposed to a few minutes for regular drugs, but it allowed him create custom prescrip-tions for patients who oth-erwise could not use them. � e drugs are also natural, as Don is adamant about not using narcotics or addictive substances.

As part of his relationship with patients, Don said he

has always placed an empha-sis on explaining the drug in detail.

“We were giving complete-ly detailed information well before it became mandatory,” he said. “We understand people utilize their medicine better if it’s explained to them… I can speak any-where from one minute to 30 minutes on how to use a dose dispenser or how it might interfere with other things they’re on.”

Don’s willingness to work with individual patients when compounding pre-scriptions proved indis-pensable for naturopathic physicians like Karen Ball, who has been working with him since 2004. Ball said she treats patients su� ering from severe allergies and autoimmune diseases and their health conditions make it impossible for them to take standard prescriptions from other pharmacies.

“He has been an absolute magician in making them really work for people,” she said. “He gave a cut above in terms of being able to really create a medication that was going to work for someone with limitations as a result of their health status. He was willing to really work with you and create what was

needed for the patient.”With the pharmacy’s

impending closure, Ball said she will have to search for a new pharmacist. She is trying to � nd one who is willing to work as closely with patients as Don.

“He also was willing to help [patients] on how to utilize their health insur-ance to the greatest bene� t,” she said. “Many pharmacies are not willing to take the time. He provided a level of service that was unparalleled. It means I won’t be able to know who to call in order to get the kind of prescriptions he was making for me. It’s a huge loss.”

Don and Sally said their customers have expressed the same consternation.

“� ey’re heartbroken,” Don said. “� ey don’t know what they’re going to do.”

“Most of them are ap-preciative of what we’ve done for as long as we’ve done it,” Sally said.

� ough the store is clos-ing, they said they won’t be fully retired quite yet. Don still plans to work part-time at other stores, and Sally will continue to write as a free-lance automotive journalist.

“People will still see my face here and there,” Don said.

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Amaani is the owner of Totem Lake Cinema, which has shown Bollywood films for the last 14 years. Since then, he has seen plenty of changes in film — the digital shift, Netflix and inflated ticket prices, all of which have contributed to his decision to start showing second-run films.

So why does he stick with the erratic film industry? The entertainment value.

“Enjoyment isn’t money for me,” Amaani said. “When I see that I give an audience something to cheer about, it makes me happy. That is what it’s all about.”

During the last two years, business at Totem Lake Cinema has changed. Larger theaters have begun to show Bollywood films, causing the audience to scatter to varying theaters.

Amaani, realizing the need to keep up with the evolving industry, decided to trans-form his cinema. With movie prices rising, he believes that audiences will appreciate a cheaper theater experience.

In its heyday, Totem Lake Cinema was a meeting place

for the Eastside’s south Asian community. Crowds would dress up in festive gear, inter-act with one another during the films and connect to the entire cinema experience, according to Amaani.

Even though much of that has changed, the theater will hold on to some of its old character.

“We will still show Bolly-wood films but we are adding the second-run aspect to give the Kirkland community something new to enjoy,” Amaani said.

Tickets are priced at $3-$4, a third of the price for most first-run films. To kick-start the second-run format, the theater is currently show-ing “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” and “Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1”.

Sohel Azhar, Amaani’s brother, points to the cheap prices and family-oriented atmosphere as the biggest draw.  

“There is still a vintage charm to the theater, and a family can watch a film for no more than $20,” Azhar said.

The cinema isn’t the only business currently under-going changes in the area.

The Kirkland City Council approved a redevelopment of Totem Lake Mall on March 3, something that has long been discussed.

As Kirkland’s population grows, the mall receives more traffic and visibility, which gives Amaani hope for the future of the cinema and the mall as a whole.

“It’s been a quiet mall, but a lot of things have hap-pened recently so I think this will be a good time to bring something new to the com-munity,” said Amaani. “The mall has been leasing more buildings recently and there are a lot fewer empty spaces than before.”

Ellen Miller-Wolfe, eco-nomic development manager for the city of Kirkland, said the Totem Lake Malls rede-velopment plan has been on the city’s agenda for years.

“The city has been discuss-ing it for a while, but only recently has a new potential owner come forward,” Wolfe said.

It’s too early in the process to say what exactly will hap-pen to the mall, but there is a high possibility that much of the empty space will be torn down and revamped, accord-

ing to Wolfe. “We should have a better

idea of what exactly will hap-pen come the end of March,” Wolfe said.

Seeking to satisfy his itch to entertain, Amaani hopes that the potential redevelopment plan and his eye for a niche will help bring new business to Totem Lake Cinema.

“It will make me feel good to see a large crowd again whether it is for Bollywood or Hollywood films, as long as I give the community some-thing to offer,” Amaani said. “The thought excites me.”

Although Totem Lake Cinema may not have the Bollywood experience that it once did, a new experience has begun — a more com-munal experience. Perhaps the audience Amaani needs is the one he is trying to reach — the local community.

“I will make a new con-nection with a new audience, even though I’ll still have some of my old regulars,” Amaani said. “But I want to

bring in a broader crowd, hopefully the Kirkland com-munity.”

Kyle J. Jensen is a student with the University of Wash-ington News Lab.

[ CINEMA from page 1]

BY TJ MARTINELL

[email protected]

Police are investi-gating a drive-by-shooting that took

place Tuesday morning in

the Totem Lake neighbor-hood.

Police responded to calls at around 2 a.m. of gunshots being fired at the Kirkland Heights Apartment, according to

Kirkland Police Depart-ment (KPD) spokesper-son Lt. Mike Murray.

No one was reportedly injured or harmed.

The investigation revealed that the likely

suspect is a Kent man in his 20s who is also the ex-boyfriend of a resident in the apartments.

According to the ex-girlfriend, the gunshots were fired at her current

boyfriend’s car, though some of the rounds struck the apartment building, and prior to that a brick had been thrown through her window.

It is not known at this time what type of firearm was used.

Murray said depart-ment officials believe

only the one suspect was involved, though they are continuing to investigate.

If arrested, the sus-pect faces charges for malicious mischief and reckless endangerment, though more may be added depending on criminal history.

Drive-by shooting at Kirkland apartment

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Others should help pay for proposed ARC

� e proposed ARC community center will draw users from well outside Kirkland. I do not believe the new Snohomish aquatic recreation center, with similar services and easy egress, is anywhere near � nancially self supporting. Nor do they have proximity of users from Bothell, Woodinville and Redmond.

Of course the elevated deck and dining space with catering kitchen and views you will be o� er-ing across from Juanita Beach will attract renters from further reaches. Of course, this will remove some opportunities for Kirkland tax payers to use the facility. Also clear will be � nancial obstruction to future deck in restaurant operator planning to build south of Hector’s or new owners of Heathman Hotel.

� e site majority of users prefer is Juanita Beach, which already has voters approval for a complete makeover, no longer open tree line. Both this site, and North Kirkland Community Center (NKCC) o� Northeast 124th, have totally inaccurate tra� c studies, especially school swim team buses and their times associated with freeway access concentra-tions.

� e NKCC site has all services needed for a pool and double gym and has no means of adding to commercial income because the undersized site is tucked into a residential neighborhood. � e cost of operation outside of user fees is so insigni� cant, planning addition of single 3/4 size indoor basket-ball court, is all this north Juanita neighborhood can support.

If the development of this recreation center is to compete with and support commercial busi-nesses, why not accept there are two school districts and three parks departments that should share in construction bond and likely operational revenue. Do not make this sole obligation of Kirkland but consider a site in Wood-Red valley.John Putt, Kirkland

How would we pay for ARC?I have lived in Kirkland all of my life and like the

idea of an Aquatics, Recreation and Community Center. It all depends on how we go about locating it, building it, maintaining it and paying for it.

I like the North Kirkland Community Center site, simply because we already own the land, it has a four lane street to handle the tra� c and has easy I-405 access.

My question, and the question that everyone should have is: How are we going to pay for build-ing and maintain it?

One reason cited for building it is because the Aquatic Center at Juanita High School would close permanently. Why would the Aquatic Center close? � e reason is because � e Lake Washington School District cannot a� ord to keep it open.

If � e Lake Washington School District cannot a� ord to keep it open, how could anyone think that the city of Kirkland could? Maybe we are � ush with money? Do we have a large stash of money hidden away, that I don’t know about?

I don’t think so - we have trouble maintaining our roads, parks and tra� c circles.

Where would the money come from? � e sale of bonds (with added interest that we cannot a� ord) and or a tax levy (that I, and many others cannot a� ord)?

My suggestion is, that if the community is in favor of the project, that we begin a collaborative e� ort to go ahead with it. � at means we start fundraising. If people really want this, they will con-tribute to the fund. I know that not everyone could contribute � nancially, but they could donate labor. Construction companies could donate labor and equipment to help build it. It would be good PR, advertising and marketing for them. � e Kirkland Building Department could even give them special

consideration, such as expedited building permits, waivers, and reduced fees. Banks, and other busi-nesses could contribute also (think Key Arena, Quest Field etc). Building supply companies might even be willing to donate materials. Artists could donate sculptures, and murals.

People are good at talk. How about if everyone puts their money where their mouth is? We can vote in favor of the project now, and then complain that our taxes went up later. � e real test would be if a bank account was opened, and people contributed � nancially to pay for it.

How about it? Let’s not burden future generations with a large debt - remember, the Jones’ are already broke.Paul Baker, Kirkland

Hypocrisy in bag ban ordinance� ank you for the front-page story about how the

Kirkland City Council, except Councilman Nixon, passed a plastic bag ban despite polling showing that an overwhelming percentage of residents object to the legislation and the apparent lack of need for such a ban.

One just doesn’t see grocery bags � uttering in the breeze, littering our streets, or fouling our water-front. But special kudos for “Do as I say, not as I do” chutzpah go to our Mayor, Amy Walen, who claims that we “need” a plastic bag ban so as to be more responsible toward our environment. Correct me if I’m wrong, Amy, but isn’t that your smiling face I see in the half-page ads in the Seattle Times for two car dealerships? You make your money selling Ford and Hyundai vehicles. � e former has been led in sales (and pro� ts) for decades by selling trucks and the latter, along with it’s corporate partner Kia, got � ned hundreds of millions of dollars for overstating their fuel e� ciency. How many plastic bags does it take to make up for the environmental cost of even one of the vehicles you and your husband sell? I hope your hypocrisy leads to two results: First, that the people of this community organize an initia-tive petition to reverse this meddling, nanny-state regulation, and; second, that we vote nitwits who confuse social engineering for good governance out of o� ce at the earliest opportunity.Bruce A. Haigh, Kirkland

We must preserve green spaceWhile it was admirable to create a salmon habitat

example out of Juanita beach, that change removed a lot of grassy play area space on the beach side of Juanita Drive. � e only available open space le� anywhere near the dense residential area of central

Juanita is now the park across from Juanita beach.Open green space is a rare and scarce commod-

ity, and we must preserve what little is le� . Tearing it out to place a large aquatic center there is simply bad planning.Thomas Cox, Kirkland

JHS students involved with American Heart Association

It’s not every day that we get a chance to make a di� erence. Whether big or small, it’s an opportunity we must cherish. And right now we have that op-portunity right in front of us.

Heart Disease a� ects millions of Americans and impacts all of us either directly or indirectly. Mem-bers of Juanita High School has partnered with the American Heart Association to raise awareness for heart disease and promote healthy habits in the Juanita community.

Juanita’s leadership class created speci� c spirit days to promote healthy habits with help from local the local Safeway’s donations. Safeway donated waters and healthy snacks to promote good eating and hydration.

Juanita also advertised exercise zones throughout the school and designated a nap time to ensure that the entire school was getting the right amount of sleep. American Heart Association shirts were also sold with 100 percent of the proceeds going to heart disease research as well as dedicating a quad basket-ball night where Juanita students wore all red.

Juanita student Emma Berthon spoke at hal� ime explaining her experience with heart surgery. Juanita’s boys’ and girls’ varsity teams both ended up winning as well as a boys JV win. Juanita really showed their Rebel Heart by raising more than $1,000 for the American Heart Association.Nick Peterson, Jared Holden, Jason Mclean and Andre Berthon, Kirkland

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CorrectionKen Albinger and Jon Ericson are resi-

dents of the Juanita Neighborhood but did not write their guest editorial on behalf of the neighborhood association.

� e letter titled “Voicing support for ARC at Juanita Beach” was written by Dwight Davis.

� e Reporter regrets the errors and strives for accuracy in all published items.

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What was the point of the plastic bag survey

As I opened my “single use” plastic bag and extracted my Kirkland Reporter the front-page informed me that the City Council passed a ban on plastic bags.

This same City Council paid for a survey of 400 random residents, of whom I was one, to see what the voters thought about a plastic bag ban in stores and the ideas that stores should charge for the use of paper bags, “to save the planet.” Overwhelmingly, 70 percent, of the respondents opposed any plastic bag ban. Yet we have a ban beginning March 1, 2016.

This raises two questions. What was the purpose of the survey? To get an under-standing of what the people think and comply with their wishes? Apparently not. If the survey was window dress-ing so as to appear that the council listens to its con-stituents it was money poorly spent since the outcome was ignored and the preferred policy was implemented. The second question is when does a representative government throw out democratic prin-ciples and replace them with

autocratic mandates.As tax payers we were

abused once by having to pay for a meaningless survey, the results of which were ignored. As individuals who pay the salaries of these oli-garchs we are now expected to comply with their wishes so Mayor Amy Walen can feel good about herself as “the ban is necessary for environmental reasons.” We know how important it is for these elected officials to leave behind a legacy, even when it is laced with unintended consequences and ignores the will of the people.Stan Olson, Kirkland

Are 69 percent of us dummies?

The 69 percent vote on doing away with plastic bags was revealing. The Kirkland City Council is supposed to rep-resent us, the people who elected them.

They did not.The council must

think we are a bunch of dummies. Maybe they are right; after all, the same percentage of people voted for them.

I don’t think so. I think they believed the bull the council members put out that they represent the people. They did not and continue to so.

Are we so stupid to listen

to their claims that they represent us? It makes us look stupid.

Are those who we elect going to serve us instead of themselves and special interests? Are they going to represent us or not?

Were 69 percent of us dummies? I guess so if you believe the mayor and the council.Robert L. Style, Kirkland

Eye contact?[On March 2] I attended

the Lake Washington School District board meet-ing to support members of my community recently impacted by the board’s de-cision to relocate a group of special education students because of capacity issues.

My friend and other parents affected by

this decision were eloquent and clear as they directed their frustration and heartbreak to

Dr. Tracy Pierce, our superintendent.

The fact that this group of families in our community was discriminated against is a big enough issue, but the fact that Dr. Pierce, who is supposed to be an advo-cate for our children, was unable to make eye contact even once with this group of courageous parents was offensive.

When community mem-bers were outraged about a baseball field she looked right at them and said she would look into it.

When these parents spoke she looked away and then proceeded to speak around the issue for five minutes, looking left and right, but never up. A simple acknowledgement of these families was the least she could do.

We teach our children to be respectful, play nice with others, and own our mis-takes. Let’s see the adults leading our community actually lead by example.Stacy Mehlberg, Kirkland

Pedestrians need to take action for their safety, too

Mr. Phillip Skoog’s letter published in the March 6 edition of the Kirkland Re-porter presents a very com-prehensive and compelling argument for recognition by the motoring public that visibility is severely diminished when driving at night, putting pedestrians at increased risk. Unfortu-nately, he fails to mention the need for pedestrians to also recognize this problem and to take appropriate measures to avoid putting themselves in harm’s way.

Simple measures such as wearing light-colored clothing, avoid wearing “hoodies” (which severely impairs peripheral vision), removing ear buds (which prevent one from hearing an approaching vehicle) and simply being alert and aware of nearby traffic.

Being in a crosswalk may give you the right-of-way; but, that is little consola-tion when you are lying in a hospital after being struck by a vehicle because the driver did not see you.Mike Main, Kirkland

Goodman denied important FGM bill from vote

Female genital mutilation is a barbaric practice that should be banned through-out the world. According to the Population Reference Bureau, the number of girls at risk of FGM - roughly 500,000 - has more than doubled in the United States since 2000.

Last month, representa-tives in Congress intro-duced the Zero Tolerance for FGM Act. Similarly, representatives in Olympia introduced a bill (HB 1423) to criminalize FGM in our state, require reporting of instances to authorities and require prosecutors to keep

annual statistics. That infor-mation would help our state determine the extent of the problem and determine the best strategy to end the cruel and painful practice.

Yes, believe it or not, our state has not yet outlawed FGM. You may be even more shocked to learn that Kirkland’s Rep. Roger Goodman refused to give HB 1423 a public hearing in his Public Safety commit-tee. Thus, the bill died.

If there were any bill this year or any other year that deserved a thorough hearing and unanimous support in both houses, it is a bill to ban FGM. It is unconscionable that Good-man ignored this bill and continued to allow the lives of thousands of girls in our state to be endangered.

But it gets worse. Good-man also voted against HB 1476, which would have ended an exemption in state law that allows members of one and only one religion - Christian Scientists - to let their children, including infants, die without medical treatment. Other than the blatantly unconstitutional preferential treatment of one religion over others, this exemption is nothing but a green light for child neglect. But apparently Goodman - who is a good friend of William Scott,

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It’s unfortunate but true: The elderly population is targeted for financial

abuse or exploitation. In fact, by some estimates, this type of targeted abuse results in billions of dollars in losses each year. If you have elderly parents, what signs should you watch for to determine their vulnerability? And what can you do to help protect

your parents from being victimized?

In regard to the first ques-tion — signs of vulnerability — the most important thing to watch for is your parents’ mental state. As you know, many people go through their entire lives with their faculties intact — but even if this is the case with your parents, you still may want to be on guard

against them falling prey to unscrupulous operators. And if you have noticed your parents becoming forgetful, confused, overly agitated or showing any other signs of possibly diminished mental capacity, you may want to be particularly vigilant for the appearance of financial irregularities.

If you don’t think your

parents are, as yet, victims of fraud or abuse, you can take steps to help protect them. Most importantly, maintain constant communication with them and be aware of what’s going on in their lives. Also, consider the following actions:

Advise parents on precau-tionary measures. Suggest to your parents that they take

several common-sense steps to avoid financial scams. For example, urge them to never give personal information over the phone or in response to emails. Since these types of requests are the most common methods used to perpetrate scams, encourage your parents to put all such solicitations — as well as requests for money — in the “trash” folder. Also, ask your parents to remove paper mail promptly from their mailbox — resourceful identity thieves

have been known to steal mail and extract key pieces of personal information from financial statements or correspondence from Social Security. And if your parents don’t already have a paper shredder, present one to them as a gift — and show them how to use it to delete old statements, credit card offers and similar documents.

Check for legal documents. Your parents, like everyone, should have a will and a dura-

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Road closures for Kirkland Shamrock Run tomorrow

Commuters should ex-pect traffic delays due to the Kirkland Shamrock Run to be held at Marina Park tomorrow. A route map is posted online at www.kirk-landwa.gov/specialevents. The Lakeshore Plaza Lot, including Kirkland Avenue from Lake Street to the city

dock, will be closed from 5:30-11:30 a.m. North-bound and southbound detours will be in place and the following lanes, includ-ing the boat launch, will be closed from 8:45 a.m.until the final athlete finishes at approximately 11 a.m.:

• Eastbound and west-bound lanes of Kirkland Avenue from city dock to Main Street

• Eastbound lane of Kirk-land Avenue from Main Street to Kirkland Way

• Eastbound lane of Kirk-land Way from Kirkland Avenue to 6th Street

• Northbound lane of 6th Street from Kirkland Way to 10th Avenue

• Westbound lane of 10th Avenue from 6th Street to Market Street

• Northbound lane of Market Street from 10th Avenue to 14th Avenue

• Westbound lane of 14th Avenue W from Market Street to 6th Street W

• Southbound lane of 6th Street W from 14th Avenue W to Waverly Way

• Southbound lane of Waverly Way from 6th Street W to Market Street

• Southbound lane of Market Street from Waverly Way to Lakeshore Plaza

Event organizers an-ticipate 2,000 athletes will participate in the 4th an-nual event. Event goers are

encouraged to carpool and plan for their parking in ad-vance. For public parking, including the Kirkland Mu-nicipal Garage, go towww.kirklandwa.gov/parking. For bus transportation, go to http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/. For event information, go to www.explorekirkland.com.

45th District lawmakers to host town-hall

Members of Washington’s 45th Legislative District delegation will host a town-hall meeting tomorrow in Woodinville.

State Sen. Andy Hill and Reps. Larry Springer and Roger Goodman will be on hand to provide updates on the 2015 session, which is currently underway, and answer questions from residents about a variety of state issues of importance to the community.

The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Woodinville High School Performing Arts Center, located at 19819 136th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA 98072.

The 45th District in-cludes Duvall and parts of Kirkland, Redmond, Sam-mamish and Woodinville.

Six Kirkland students listed on dean’s honor roll at Montana State University

The Montana State Uni-versity 2014 fall semester honor roll includes six students from Kirkland.

Bonnie Gilbery, Tay-lor Grady, Claire Hunter, Chandler Olsen, Caitlyn Richter and Matthew Stras-bourg completed 12 credit hours earning grade point averages of 3.5 or above for the semester to qualify for the dean’s honor roll list.

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Review parents’ situation regularly. Many parents are not comfortable sharing the speci� cs of their � nancial situation with their adult children. Yet, as much as you can, try to periodi-cally review your parents’ insurance, banking and investment statements. � ese meetings give you good opportunities to look for irregularities or suspicious activities, such as signi� cant changes in their spending patterns,

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Know the professionals. Your parents may not be totally at ease involving you with their � nancial and tax advisors. However, using your discretion, see if you can accompany your

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� e Lake Washington Schools Foundation will host its 10th annual Legacy for Learning luncheon on April 29 at Juanita High School in Kirkland.

� e Foundation has

invested nearly $2 million in the Lake Washington School District. Learn how the Foundation plans to grow and increase its impact on students by more than doubling its invest-

ment to bene� t more kids across our growing district. � e Foundation hopes to raise $600,000 at the lun-cheon in order to support this growth.

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for the skies, according to Dutt, who lives in Houghton. His love for aviation lasted his entire life, � ying until he was 89. His involvement in the CAP and various aviation organizations was written about extensively in the local newspapers, many of which he saved in a large scrapbook his daughter keeps along with his photographs.

Born in 1911, less than a decade a� er the Wright brothers � ight at Kitty Hawk, Campbell’s � rst planes were toys made with sticks, ac-cording to Dutt.

“He was obsessed with them,” she said.

He also had an unlikely, but memorable encounter with aviator Charles Lindberg during his nation-wide tour a� er making his solo transat-lantic � ight to Paris in 1927. Lindberg was visiting Seattle while Campbell was a senior at Lincoln High School and working as an errand boy at Howard Motor Company in the University District, where

he would later go on to work as a mechanic and salesman. Ditching class to meet a hero, he and his friend got close to him at the airport when, according to Dutt, someone asked them to pick up Lind-berg’s bags and take them to the plane he was � ying.

Serving in CAP from 1942-1946, Campbell worked at University Chevrolet as a sales manager before becom-ing partners in Campbell Blue Chevrolet in Edmonds and eventually moving to Centralia to start Campbell Chevrolet/Cadillac.

� ough selling cars was his day job, Dutt said, � ying was his passion, and he o� en took the entire family � ying around in his Republic RC-3 Seabee - only 1,000 were ever made - to local airports and � elds. � e plane, Dutt said, never failed to draw a crowd.

“We’d land on the beach and everyone would come running to see us,” she recalled.

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In addition to his accom-plishments as a pilot, Camp-bell also loved to � sh in Brit-ish Columbia, where a friend of his would take his yacht to the Malibu Club. Founded in 1940, the club eventually went bankrupt. Later, when Campbell met Jim Rayburn, the founder of Young Life, Rayburn expressed his desire to � nd a new camp for kids in the program. Campbell sug-gested the old club location and o� ered to � y him there. Rayburn took him up on the o� er. A� er seeing it, Rayburn bought the place in Decem-ber 1953 and turned it into the camp that still operates today.

Campbell, an elder at Uni-versity Presbyterian Church, was active in Young Life for 50 years.

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Kirklander earns honor from Clark University

Kirkland resident Naomi

L. Shmueli was named to second honors on the Clark University dean’s list. � is selection marks outstanding academic achievement dur-ing the Fall 2014 semester.

To be eligible for second honors, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, of a maximum of 4.3.

Nursalim wins spelling bee

Gabriella Nursalim, a fourth grader at Providence

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A� er 25 rounds of tough competition, Nursalim cor-rectly spelled “miniscule” to become the champion.

Nursalim will go on to represent Providence at the Seattle Times Regional Spell-ing Bee in Seattle on March 29.

Runner up and alternate for the regional bee was third grader Micah Morgan.

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The intensely negative reaction, Thomas said, came as a surprise to her and other school administrators.

“We are very proud of our new field here at the school, and we anticipated that our players and community would be excited to play their games at their own home field at our school, where other students may be more likely to attend,” she wrote. “In recent days we have learned that playing varsity games at Lee Johnson Field in Peter Kirk Park is very meaningful to students.”

Thomas later writes that she is putting off a final decision for the time being. Meanwhile, she announced the Kangs baseball team will play five of its home games

this spring at Lee Johnson Field, which is more than originally planned, and play four games at the high school.

Yet, the perceived inequal-ity between baseball and soft-ball has to be addressed.

“While this equity law [Title IX] covers the entire high school athletic program, it does look at whether male and female athletes have equitable opportunities to the same kinds of athletic experiences,” she wrote. “If male athletes, like baseball players, are able to play in a big game atmosphere during prime time in a top flight facility and female athletes don’t have the same oppor-tunities, then the law may be violated.”

Thomas added that they also aren’t able to control what goes on at games, since they at held at a city-owned park.

“Unfortunately, we have had a number of past issues occur during games at Peter Kirk that detract from the player’s positive experiences and make supervision a chal-lenge.”

Costs were not a factor in the decision, Thomas continued.

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Like all Americans of Irish descent (Fitzger-ald), I look forward to

celebrating St. Patrick’s Day each year. Hoisting a dark stout (or two, or three) over good food and socializing with agreeable company is something to enjoy.

� ere are the more ridicu-lous traditions, however, like pinching people who don’t wear green, or the overcon-sumption of beer by zombie-like hordes of plastic paddys who swarm any pub that seems remotely Irish every March 17 to celebrate their questionable Gaelic heritage.

Sadly, these “traditions,” like those in most modern holidays we celebrate, have nothing to do with the actual person or why he is remem-bered.

What makes St. Patrick so fascinating as the patron saint of Ireland is the sheer irony.

� e most obvious irony is that � rst “Paddy” was not Irish, but a Briton (of all people). Living during the Roman rule over Britain, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland, where he lived for six years as a shepherd. He later escaped and returned to Britain.

� e experience would have easily justi� ed a life-time of hatred toward the Irish, but instead he went back a� er being ordained as a bishop to convert them to Christianity.

To get an idea of how daunting a task this was, � omas Cahill in his tongue-in-cheek-titled book “How

the Irish Saved Civilization” recounts Ireland’s carnal pagan culture during the period, as well as the in� u-ential druids and deeply entrenched traditions St. Patrick had to confront.

Yet he somehow managed to pull it o� . In “St. Patrick: � e Real History of His Life, From Tragedy to Triumph,” historian William Federer writes that he converted

around 120,000 druids from pagan-ism to Christian-ity in his lifetime, despite the attempts by other druids to kill him.

St. Patrick also openly attacked the

institution of slavery, not just certain aspects of it, making him perhaps the � rst aboli-tionist in human history. For Americans, the word “slav-ery” typically conjures up the Transatlantic Slave Trade that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas, but in St. Patrick’s time, the practice of kidnapping people and sell-ing or keeping them as slaves was ubiquitous to almost all cultures and nations, and the Irish and Britons were no di� erent.

On one occasion, a Briton king raided an Irish clan that St. Patrick had recently baptized and brought them back to Britain as slaves. In response, St. Patrick penned a scathing letter to the king and his soldiers and had them excommunicated from the Church.

What makes St. Patrick an ironic � gure is that he represents the opposite of what was later to befall the isle, particularly following the English Reformation.

From there on out it is more or less a history replete with invasions by the English, repeated failed rebellions by the Irish against foreign rule, and then famine. Even a� er the southern part of the island obtained its indepen-dence in 1921 a� er a � nal war with England, it under-went an even more violent civil war, while the north was sentenced to decades of sectarian violence between republicans and loyalists during “� e Troubles” (why the Irish are thought to be “lucky” is simply bewilder-ing).

Preceding all of this was a Briton who, despite being ill-treated by the Irish, came to the island not to oppress but to preach against hu-man oppression. Perhaps the greatest irony is that he succeeded in accomplishing what he set out to do strictly through peaceful means, as Ireland is unique in the his-tory of Christianity for being the only place where it was introduced without a single martyr.

His decision to go back also ultimately saved much of our western literary heritage, as Cahill describes in his book. � e conversion of Ireland to Christianity led to the creation of monaster-ies, where monks preserved classical literary works when all other known copies while destroyed during the barbar-ian invasions of the former Roman Empire. � ose works were later reintroduced to Europe, but had the Irish monks not saved them they would have been lost forever.

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Lunch Buddy volun-teers are needed in sev-eral Kirkland elementary schools. Volunteers are matched with a student who would benefit from this social time with a big buddy. Buddies eat lunch together, play games, share stories and have fun! Typi-cally, a student with a Lunch Buddy experi-ences an increase in his or her self-esteem and an improved attitude toward school. Being a Lunch Buddy is a great opportunity for working community members and social groups to get involved in our schools and make an impact on students. Sharing just one hour out of your day may make a difference in a student’s outlook on school. LINKS volun-teers know their time with their buddy is valu-able and often say it’s the best day of their week!

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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 Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.

Between Feb. 27- March 5, there were 362 traffic incidents, 21 traffic accidents, six DUIs, 33 general traffic incidents, 42 alarm calls, 14 abandoned ve-

hicles, seven burglaries, 10 incidents of fraud, 15 civil incidents, three cases of harassment, 17 thefts, three vehicle prowls, two vehicle thefts, 11 warrants served, 13 noise complaints, six animal calls, 11 incidents of domestic violence, seven incidents of malicious mischief, six disturbances, four assaults, four hit and runs and 37 incidents involving at least one arrest.

March 5Assault: 3:15 p.m., 13400 block of NE 133rd St. A 14-year-old girl shoved her 36-year-old mother and pulled her hair. Then when she came home from school she got upset and broke her mother’s bedroom door in half a put a hole in another door. She was arrested, booked into the King County Youth Center and charged with domestic violence and malicious mischief.

Assault: 4:25 p.m., 9800 block of NE 130th Pl. A 21-year-old woman got into a fight with her 56-year-old father at their residence. During the fight, she struck her father in the face. She was arrested and booked for domestic violence.

March 4Assault: 4:35 p.m., 9700 block of 116th Ave NE. Police responded to calls of a disturbance at a residence. There, they found a 23-year-old woman, who claimed the 27-year-old man she lived with had thrown her to the ground twice during an argument and cut her hand when he took the phone away from her. The man was located several blocks away from the residence, taken into custody and booked in the Kirkland Jail.

Assault: 9:30 p.m., 10200 block of NE 132nd St. A 17-year-old boy attacked a 16-year-old boy. The suspect was charged through inves-tigation.

Theft: 10:10 p.m., 14400 block of 124th Ave NE. A 15-year-old boy was caught stealing a bottle of liquor by Safeway loss prevention staff.

He was placed under arrest and later released to his grandmother.

March 3Warrant: 2:31 p.m., 12600 block of 120th Ave NE. A 61-year-old woman was arrested after she was reported to police on suspicion of selling back stolen guitars to a store. While police were unable to determine if those guitars specifically had been stolen, they discovered she had an outstanding warrant out of Lynwood for pos-sessing stolen guitars. She was placed in custody and the guitars were held for safekeeping.

Obstruction: 12:01 a.m., 10000 block of NE 137th St. A 27-year-old man was arrested for making false statements.

March 1Malicious mischief: 11 a.m., 12600 block of NE 144th St. A 23-year-old man was arrested for malicious mischief after police responded to a civil standby for a previous domestic violence assault incident. They learned the original person arrested, a 20-year-old woman, had owned a 60

inch TV that had been previously shattered by the man, after the woman provided documen-tation proving she was the TV’s sole owner and was making payments on it. The man’s mother confirmed to police that her son had thrown glass at the TV, causing it to break.

Assault: 10:11 a.m., 12600 block of NE 144th St. A 20-year-old was arrested for domestic violence after she got into an argument with her 23-year-old live-in boyfriend. The man was found to have scratches on the left side of his neck.

Drugs: 11:06 p.m., 600 Waverly Way. Two 16-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy were found in the park after hours smoking mari-juana in a vehicle. A parent for two of the boys arrived and took them home while police drove the other home. Charges were forwarded to the juvenile prosecutor.

Feb. 28Reckless endangerment: 8:32 p.m., 13200 block of 119th Ave NE. A 47-year-old man reported hearing what seemed to be a gunshot which left a hole in his dining room window. Police determined the bullet had been fired from the northwest side of his house. The investigators later discovered his 76-year-old female neighbor had fired her .38 revolver from

her balcony because “her neighbors are killing the raccoons, and thought someone was in her property.” However, the police were unable to find the revolver despite the woman’s permis-sion. She was charged through investigation for reckless endangerment and her out-of-state family was notified of the incident.

Assault: 11 a.m., 13100 block of NE 124th St. A 19-year-old man was arrested for assault after he punched his 29-year-old former boss in the face because he owned him money.

Disorderly conduct: 1:40 p.m., 200 block of Central Way. A 25-year-old man punched and knocked out another 25-year-old man after a verbal argument in front of Time Out. The suspect decided to run after officers arrived on the scene, but after a short pursuit he was taken into custody. When the victim regained consciousness, he declined to press charges, but officers still arrested the suspect for disorderly conduct and obstruction.

Feb. 27Assault: A 24-year-old man was arrested after his 28-year-old ex-girlfriend reported that he had assaulted her in her bedroom after he thought she was going through her cell phone. When he confronted her about it he was told to leave and responded by hitting her in the head. She attempted to defend herself and was knocked to the floor. The man is reportedly homeless and police were unable to locate him, so he was charged through investigation. The woman was taken to Evergreen Hospital and treated for injuries.

Weapons violation: 5:46 p.m., 11500 block of NE 124th St. A 33-year-old man was reported harassing staff at the Totem Lake 76 gas station and the manager requested he be removed. Police later found him in the 11500 block of NE 124th Street, where they discovered he had a warrant for his arrest out of Bellevue. While he was being taken into custody, they found a large dagger in a sheath concealed in a waistband on the inside of his pants. He was charged and booked for unlawfully carrying a weapon.

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Ruth W. KennanRuth Westcott Kennan, formerly a resident of Kirkland

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Ruth was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, on January 23, 1916. She spent her childhood years in Santa Ynes and Santa Barbara, California. She attended Pomona College in southern California and graduated in 1937. Two days before graduation she married Lawrence S. Kennan, her college sweet-heart, and was married for 60 years until his death in 1996.

Ruth was very active in the Northwest Needle Arts Guild and Eastern Star, was Bethel Grandmother for Jobs Daughters and was a leader for Camp Fire Girls for many years. Her passions included reading, needlepointing, sewing, traveling, hiking and camping.

She was known for her wry and delightful sense of humor, her kind and generous spirit, and her love of family and friends.

Ruth is survived by her three daughters, Barbara Penningroth of Mount Shasta, California, Janet Renon of Riverside, California, and Margaret Stuntz of Poulsbo, Washington, and her three grandchildren, Gary Stuntz of Oak Harbor, Washington, Lori Traore of Kirkland, Washington, and Dan Guthrie of Pampa, Texas, and four great-grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Mount Shasta, California, in mid April.

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The Lake Washington High School dance team won the district title in both the Military and Pom competitions at Redmond High School on March 7. The team now advances to state where they will compete on March 27. CONTRIBUTED

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