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For sale | Kirkland’s Heathman Hotel hits the market [2]
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Toland races near and far
BY TJ MARTINELL
Jack Toland is look-ing to continue his ascension in the sport he loves. He will have that chance during the upcoming Kirkland Triathlon on Sunday.
At just 18 years old, his two and a half years competing in triathlons have paid off. Recently he took first place for his age group (20 and under) at the 2014 ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships held in Alberta, Canada.
“It was really awe-some,” he said of the race. “Everything sort of pulled together.”
Last year, he took first for his age group in the Kirkland Triathlon, though he said he’s go-ing to go for the overall gold this year.
Incidentally, Toland spent his childhood on Lake Washington sail-boat racing along with his parents, Laurian and Marv, in their Mel-ges 24. He was also a
Kirklander one of the best triathletes at 18
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Jack Toland is an 18-year-old Kirkland resident who has found his sport in racing triathlons. He will return home to compete in the annual Kirkland Triathlon this weekend. JOHN NUNES Tr-iag Sports Photography
Kirkland man hit by car in crosswalk, dies at HarborviewBY MATT PHELPS
The King County Medical Examiner’s office has con-
firmed that a man in his 40s, who was struck by a car in a crosswalk while
out walking his dog in Kirkland on Monday, has died. Kyle Warnick was sent to Harborview Medi-cal Center in Seattle with life-threatening injuries Monday afternoon. He died on Tuesday.
“I drove to the site yes-
terday [Tuesday] at about the same time of day as the accident the day before to check it out and am totally dumbfounded as to how this happened,” wrote Warnick’s step brother Jay Himmelman on the Kirkland Reporter
website. “The intersection is very clear, no obstruc-tions, sun was not in my eyes, brightly painted large crosswalks, three way stop, 25 mph speed zone, about as safe-look-ing as any crosswalk situ-ation I could imagine.”
Some shared thoughts about Warnick on the site.
“Kyle was a Microsoftie and a very dear beloved friend of several of us so we had him on Facebook and heard about it imme-diately,” wrote co-worker Ron George. “… He was such a laughing, beauti-ful, great spirit and a lov-ing father of two boys …”
The Reporter had 21 comments on its online
story as of early Wednes-day morning at press time.
“I knew and worked with Kyle a few years ago,” wrote Nat Burnett. “Kyle was one of the most enthusiastic and funny people I’ve ever met. He will be missed by many I’m sure. RIP Kyle.”
Police continue investigation, decide whether to charge driver
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Park board votes to extend discussion on ARCBY TJ MARTINELL
The city of Kirkland Parks Board has decided to extend their discus-sion on possible sites for the Aquatic and Recre-ation Center (ARC) after Juanita residents voiced their opposition to plac-ing it at Juanita Beach Park.
Jennifer Sch-roder, the direc-tor of the parks and recreation department, said the parks board decided that although they strongly support a new commu-nity center, there are significant concerns about which site to recommend to the city council. Among their rec-ommendations was also to have a 50-meter pool, as well as two gyms.
“There needs to be more time to look for other properties,” she said. “Even if that means purchasing land. [The Parks Board members] are concerned about the loss of the way Juanita
Beach Park is today.”The other possible
location for the ARC was North Kirkland Com-munity Center, though residents have stated it is too small to accommo-date the facility.
Two weeks ago, roughly 60 Juanita residents at-tended a meeting with
Kirkland city of-ficials to express their dissent for reasons ranging from traffic is-sues to the desire to keep the northern part of Juanita Beach Park clear of large structures.
Elaine Dar-ling, a Juanita resident since 1979, said the
consensus of attend-ees at the meeting was against having the ARC in Juanita. She said residents were also afraid the ARC would negatively impact the park’s environment.
“One of the guys next to me said it was a travesty,” she said. “Parks have intrinsic value. You don’t put a price tag on it.
Neighborhood association’s concerns may result in new location considerations
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“There needs to be more time to look
for other properties. Even if that means
purchasing land. [The Parks Board
members] are concerned about
the loss of the way Juanita Beach Park
is today.” Jennifer Schroder
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BY MATT PHELPS
One of the most visible icons and landmarks of
downtown Kirkland, the four-story Heathman Hotel, is for sale. � e four-star hotel, along with its sister site in Portland, the Portland Heathman, were recently put on the market by owner Healthman Hotel Portland LLC.
� e President and Man-
aging Director of Health-man Hotel Portland LLC Andy McDonald said the U.K.-based investment fund that owns the two proper-ties is looking to readjust its portfolio.
“It is just not consistent with its strategic planning,” McDonald said. “But each hotel had all-time numbers in August, so they are doing well.”
Eastdil Secured out of New York posted the two hotels and has been tasked
to acquire o� ers for the 91-room Kirkland location and the 150-room location in Portland. Both properties are being o� ered together or separately.
McDonald said that the company is looking to put to-gether a list of 10 potential buyers.
“We will review the proposals, and as long as they are all consistent, we would like to select a buyer who � ts best with our employees and will keep them consistent with how the hotels have been run,” McDonald said.
With the potential change in ownership the question of sta� ng changes is a big
one for employees. But McDonald said he will do everything in his power to make sure changes are kept at a minimum.
� e Kirkland location was built in 2007 and
underwent a remodel in 2012 following a catastrophic water-line malfunction that caused signi� cant
damage to the hotel’s Trellis restaurant and the
hotel’s Penterra Spa, which has since been removed.
“We were closed for 62 days but we took the op-portunity to make some changes to improve the hotel,” McDonald said.
� e Heathman’s dedica-tion to its employees showed
during the shutdown, as it retained almost all of its sta� during the two-month layo� .
It replaced the spa with a private dining and meeting room with adjoining recep-tion area that has � oor-to-ceiling windows.
In addition to the new private dining room, the hotel also added two meet-ing rooms downstairs, and a new expanded � tness center with all new equipment. � e hotel’s guest rooms were completely refurbished during the shutdown as well, and all new carpets were
installed in the hallways.� e hotel had a valuation
of $8.5 million by the city when it was built in 2007.
� e Kirkland site was ranked No. 88 in the world in 2012 and won a AAA Four Diamond Award that same year.
McDonald declined to comment on either the hotel’s valuation or what he expects as far as bidding process or price.
� e Heathman in Port-land, built in 1927, has an estimated value of $21.5 million according to the Portland Business Journal.
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member of the U.S. Op-timist National Team. It was while sailing he said he developed a highly competitive spirit, which played a role when he first became interested in triathlons.
Toland said the decision to participate in his first race during May 2012 in Elma, Wash., along with his father, was done on the spur of the moment the day before the event. He performed well, taking first for his age group and fourth overall out of 60 participants.
“It was intense but fun at the same time,” he said.
Something about the combination of swim-ming, biking and running caught on with Toland, so much so that when he had the opportunity to sail with the U.S. Olym-pic Team, he turned it down in order to focus on triathlons.
Toland’s mother, Lau-rian, said both she and her husband knew very little about triathlons prior to the first race, but they have supported him in his passion.
“When they get older they have their own des-tiny,” she said.
To train, Toland puts in about 25 hours per week training, swimming daily
in the mornings and then practicing with his cross country team at Over-lake High School during the afternoons. He also has several professional coaches helping him train.
“It all adds up,” he said. “It’s pretty much school, sleeping and training.”
In spite of the time crunch, he has still man-aged to make friends, even among his competi-tors.
“I have lots of different friends who train with me,” he said. “A few cross country friends, but since I’m in triathlon there are tons of people I’ve met.”
On his personal blog, he recounts his experi-ences during the races. To prepare for triathlons, he said he examines the various sections, depend-ing on where the triathlon is being held. Local races require less studying due to familiarity with the terrain.
“I think it’s pretty unique for every single person,” he said. “You want to capitalize on re-sources before you throw yourself into it.”
He added that strategy is also crucial to success.
“I think knowing your strengths and weaknesses is important,” he said. “Killing on the bike just doesn’t always work. You
have to have physical re-sponses to different levels of intensity.”
For the Kirkland Tri-athlon, however, he said where he is going he won’t require a map.
“It goes close to my house,” he said.
While he hopes to take first, he said he plans to tone down the number of upcoming races in order to avoid potential injuries that might hurt his cross country season. Dur-ing the Lifetime Fitness Leadman Marquee 125 in Arizona this past spring, Toland injured himself, though he still managed to take first overall ama-teur, as well as the fastest bike split.
“It was pretty hot down here,” he said. “I had been training during the winter. I ended up pretty dehydrated and pulled my calf, which led to a string of knee, ankle injuries.”
Staying off roadwork, Toland spent 10 weeks recovering from the injuries. Beyond the up-coming triathlon, Toland hopes to run collegiate cross country in Califor-nia - his personal record is currently 16 minutes and 36 seconds - and study aerospace engineer-ing. Toland’s race results are posted on his blog at jtolandtri.com.
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By Matt PhelPs
A 26-year-old Kirkland man was formally charged
with Second Degree Kidnapping Sept. 10 in King County Superior Court in connection with an incident at Marina Park in Kirkland.
Artom G. Katkoff was found to have a history of mental-health is-sues and bail was set for $150,000.
The judge also ordered to have a mental health evaluation and Katkoff be held at Western State Hospital.
In the current case against Katkoff, he attempted to take an 8-year-old girl at Ma-
rina Park in Kirkland on Sept.6 as she played with a friend and was being watched by a teenage baby sitter. When the sitter intervened, Katkoff accused the teenager of being the one attempt-ing to harm the girl, the documents continue.
He was arrested a short time later by Kirkland police.
Katkoff was charged with disorderly
conduct in Bellevue Municipal Court earlier this year and has been involuntarily committed to Western State Hospital three times between May 31, 2001 and September 2007. He was also evalu-ated at the hospital in August 2007.
The charges in Bellevue stem from an incident at a gas station where a male attendant called
police to report a man acting erratically, accord-ing to court documents.
When police arrived, Katkoff allegedly got into his car, drove a short dis-tance, got out of the car and removed his shirt. He then allegedly began making martial arts poses before police arrested him.
He was sent to West-ern State Hospital for a mental-health evaluation.
On Aug. 20 Katkoff was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder and Cannabis Disorder, the documents continue. The medical personnel also determined that although Katkoff could understand the nature of the court proceedings he could not assist in his own defense.
That case was dis-missed because the judge did not believe Katkoff ’s competency could be re-stored within 14 days, the documents continue.
attempted kidnapper charged, has history of mental-health issuesSuspect was arrested in Bellevue for disorderly conduct earlier this year
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triathlon this weekend to impact traffic
Commuters should expect traffic delays due to the annual Kirkland Triath-lon scheduled to take place on Sept.21, at Juanita Beach Park. The following road closures and detours will be in place from 6:30 a.m. until approximately noon:
• Northeast Juanita Drive from 98th Avenue Northeast to 93rd Avenue Northeast
• 97th Avenue North-east/Northeast 120th Place from Northeast Juanita Drive to 98th Avenue Northeast
• Juanita Beach parking lots
• To detour, use 93rd Avenue Northeast and Northeast 124th Street
The following lane closures will be in effect beginning at 7 a.m. until the final athlete completes the course at approximately 11 a.m.:
• One southbound lane of 100th Avenue Northeast
from Northeast 132nd Street to the Old Market Street Trail (Juanita Bay Boardwalk)
• Southbound lane of 10th Street West from 20th Avenue West to 8th Street West
For event information, go to www.explorekirkland.com. For permit informa-tion, contact Sudie Elkayssi, Special Projects Coordina-tor, City of Kirkland Parks and Community Ser-vices Department at (425) 587-3347 or [email protected].
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City of Kirkland is a joke when it comes to business licenses
I recently received a letter from the city of Kirkland informing me I need to obtain a busi-ness license because I keep myself busy in the evenings making stu� . Some of my friends like my stu� , so I found a place that will sell it for me. In July, I made a whopping $10. � e busi-ness license is $50. You do the math.
I am a 68-year-old woman who likes to make stu� . But I have to promise that I won’t have more than two people at a time in my home, or more than three pick-ups or deliveries a day. Last time I checked, the Post O� ce makes one de-livery a day, and I never have any pick-ups. And I can’t have any more than two cars at a time in my driveway, which by the way I pay taxes on already. No hazardous waste, so I guess my cat’s litter box has to go. Guess I can’t have any dinner parties. Oh, no live music so no karaoke with the one person I can have over either.
I am also unemployed and living on food stamps and Medicare. � e city’s portion of the 10 bucks I might make a month selling one pair of earrings will make an enormous di� erence in their budget. Tell me, how will those funds be disbursed? Will I have any say? Or will you just do what you darn well please with it?
I hope the city is pleased with itself. Did the person who grabbed my card at the Trading Post
in Totem Lake buy any of my items or did they just snatch up my card and think: “Aha! I caught another one! KA-ching.”
It is a sad state of a� airs indeed when a person can’t sit in their own home and make stu� with-out the city demanding they have a license. If I do have anyone over for dinner and I serve wine, will I need a liquor and food handler’s license as well?
� anks, city of Kirkland. � anks a lot. It’s been real. Hilary Ohall, Kirkland
Juanita residents against sites for aquatic center
Juanita residents would like Kirkland to have an aquatic center, just not at the sites now being actively considered. At the Juanita Neighbor-hoods Association’s Sept. 8 general meeting at Juanita Elementary Monday night, a presenta-tion on the Park’s Board two active building site choices by Kirkland Parks Director Jennifer Schroder was followed by four votes:
Residents voted 23 in favor and three against building an aquatic center somewhere in Kirkland, while the vote was four in favor to 20 against building the aquatic center at Juanita Beach Park. By a 13-9 vote residents did not like the North Kirkland Community Center as a site either. Even a� er a discussion of the problems of building at the old Albertson’s site on the corner of Northeast 132nd Street and 100th Avenue
Northeast (site is too small, not owned by the city and not for sale, etc.) the residents voted 20-0 in favor of building on that site.
Residents also rejected the idea, by a vote of 24-0, of changing the zoning for multifamily building if it means lowering the number of required parking spaces. Jon Regala gave a pre-sentation on the methodology used by the city of Kirkland to recommend changes to the parking requirements for multi-family dwellings while Doug Rough, co-chair of the Juanita Neighbor-hoods Association, spoke brie� y about the issues associated with reducing parking requirements, such as peak time congestion (festivals, garage sales, etc.), the reduction of metro transit routes in Kirkland and methodology problems in the study.Doug Rough, Kirkland
Public � nancing needed in elections
According to LetsFreeCongress.com in the 2012 US House elections, 95 percent of the can-didates that outspent their opponents won, while 1 percent of the donors contributed 68 percent of the campaign funding.
For example, spending by California bil-lionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer helped elect Democrat Terry McAuli� e as governor of Virginia and helped sway California voters on legislative elections and ballot initiatives.
Closer to home,
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The continuing debate over where to put the proposed Aquatics Recreation Com-munity center or ARC is somewhat amus-
ing. A� er all, there currently isn’t any money for the $40 million-plus project. Many residents in Juanita do not want the north half of Juanita Beach Park to be considered for ARC, includ-ing the Juanita Neighborhood Association. � ey cite tra� c and parking concerns, the loss of open space and trading a free park for a facility residents would most likely have to pay to use. Other concerns include losing valuable baseball � elds and what would happen to the historic Forbes House. All are legitimate concerns. I personally drive through there every day at that time and get very frustrated with waiting through four stop-light cycles com-ing down Northeast 116th Street and trying to get through the intersection with 98th Avenue Northeast. Adding more cars � lled with parents shuttling kids to and from swim practice would be a nightmare for commuters.
For the city, it already owns the land, there is money set aside from a 2002 parks bond, around $1.5 million, for the redevelopment of the north side of the park and it is in an area that desper-ately needs more parking.
Many Juanita residents claim the city is not listening to their concerns. But again, this is a proposal in the very preliminary phase with next to no funding.
It is a reaction to the fact that the pool at Juanita High School will reach the end of its
useful life.� e failure of the two proposed bond mea-
sures by the Lake Washington School District during the calendar year had a huge impact on the future of the ARC plan. First, the LWSD was considering putting some $10-12 million to-wards the plan, as a rebuilt Juanita High School, which was included in the failed bond measures, would not include a new pool.
Projecting forward, the only way for the city to pay for the ARC facility is through a bond mea-sure put to a public vote. � at $40 million price tag is without purchasing land. � at is why the city is looking toward places like Juanita Beach Park and the current site of the North Kirkland Community Center, also in Juanita, because the municipality already owns the property.
I personally have a hard time believing that such a vote would pass. A� er all, two consecu-
tive LWSD measures failed. � ose measures would have replaced a high school and made some major improvements to other Kirkland schools. Yes, those measures were voted on by the entire LWSD, which includes Redmond and Sammamish residents. But the opposition to the measure in Kirkland was strong. As a whole, I would hope that there is more support for edu-cation than a public pool.
Do I think there should be a new pool built, yes. I also think there should be universal pre-school, a new arena for the Sonics to return to Seattle and no tolls on the 520 bridge. But all of these things cost money.
� e city has a steep climb to get ARC funded. � e location is a big part of that.
Matt Phelps is the regional editor for the Kirk-land Reporter newspaper.
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Gun control laws only work to suppress law-abiding citizens
The letter from Dan Michael in the Sept. 5 issue of the Reporter concerning I-594 needs further comment.
Several major US cities currently have strict gun control regulations, yet those cities have very high rates of gun related crimes. How can that be? Suppose it is similar to alcohol or drug prohibi-tions. Nice folks obey the law and follow the law
while bad folks can get drugs and guns no matter how restricted that ac-cess might be. The false security of gun control is exactly that - false secu-rity.
Despots have arisen around the world dur-ing the past 100 years and, with no exception I am aware of, they always confiscate the guns prior to taking over. Far easier to confiscate guns if the despot has records of who owns them. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mugabe, Duvalier, Kim - none would have arisen to dominate their respective countries had the citi-zens been well armed to resist the terror. Imagine 6 million armed Jews in Germany, France, Poland and Austria - the Holo-caust would never have happened.
We may be smug about Democracy in our country, but recent events suggest our form of government is being seriously challenged. Best to be wary.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick” so said TR. In Ferguson the police did nothing to protect store owners and property owners. Those property owners who were armed protected themselves quite well, thank you very much. The press, for the
most part, ignored that. Passage of I-594 will
leave the honest, well-intentioned citizenry of our state, vulnerable to crime and governmental shenanigans. Paul Birkeland, Kirkland
ARC at Juanita Beach Park is a bad idea
Dear Kirkland City Council members,
“We can never have enough nature. It soothes, it repairs - it is a tonic for the soul,” wrote Henry David Thoreau 160 years ago. Clearly, Thoreau was a man who knew some-thing about the positive benefits of open space.
Fast forward 110 years. JFK reminded us that ours is a small but special planet and that nature – and access to it – was integral to our American heritage and wellbeing. He said: “We must have places where we can find release from the tensions of an increasingly indus-trialized and developed civilization. Where we can have personal contact with the natural environ-ment which so sustains us.” Now this was a man who knew a little some-thing about civic and community duty.
So when I learned (only
recently) of the city of Kirkland’s potential plans to level and then shoe-horn an 83,000-square-foot Aquatic Recreation Center and 200-plus parking spaces where beautiful Juanita Beach Park now sits and delights so many people, I was stunned and heartsick.
Putting aside the fact that the city has yet to thoroughly exhaust all possible sites more suited to a mega-recreational complex. The fact that the traffic analysis presented to date is woefully incom-plete and that Kirkland residents currently have access to a variety of pool venues (despite potential school closings), what we’re considering is the preemptive decimation of a well-used, well-loved public park right in the backyard – and in some instances front yard – of the Juanita Beach com-munity.
Here are a few impor-tant points for the council to contemplate. Parks mitigate climate, air and water pollution impacts on the surrounding environment and public health. Parks are proven to improve water qual-ity, protect groundwater, prevent flooding, improve the quality of the air we breathe, produce habitat for wildlife and provide
a place for children and families to connect with nature and recreate out-doors together. On that last note, parks provide gathering places for families and social groups as well as for individuals of all ages and economic status, regardless of their ability to pay for access. Parks provide a place for health and wellbeing that are accessible by persons of all ages and abilities - but especially to those with disabilities. Parks improve the local tax base and increase property values.
Numerous studies show that quality parks are cited as one of the top three criteria businesses evaluate in relocation decisions. Access to open parklands and their health advantages have been strongly linked to reductions in crime and to reduced juvenile delinquency. And parks have a value to communi-ties that transcend dollars and cents. Parks provide a sense of public pride, social equality and cohe-sion to every community they’re in.
These benefits and many others are unique to the presence of parks and integral to the quality of our lives in and around Juanita Beach. And once wiped from the face of
this earth are irreplace-able. They are, in part, the fabric of what makes Juanita Beach special, not just for those of us who live here but for all who come to the Beach to enjoy this small corner of the world we call home.
I’m not saying that a new Aquatics Recreation Center is a bad idea. What I am saying is that a good idea poorly execut-ed does nobody any good; in fact, it can be harmful beyond repair.
So when you consider the proposal of building a mammoth recreation cen-ter where Juanita Beach Park now stands and the likely negative environ-mental impact, snarling traffic, the irreplaceable loss of trees, natural beau-ty and common space, the excursionist nature of a pay-for-access center, the spiraling cost and the fact that the community that will be most affected by it’s construction does not want it, by-and-large – it begs the question: why are we considering this site at all? There must be another locale.
Council members please take this center elsewhere. Good idea, bad idea or otherwise, Juanita Beach is not the place for it. Kevin Marshall, Kirkland
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Robin Rees wrote: “A wonderful person, a car-ing mentor and a joyful soul - I will miss my dear friend.”
Kirkland Police and Fire Department person-nel were dispatched to a reported car and pedes-trian collision on 119th Place Northeast and Northeast 144th Street at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
� e initial investiga-tion at the scene revealed that Warnick was crossing from west to east when he was struck by a Toyota Prius driven by a woman
in her 50s.� e driver told police
she was making a le� turn onto 119th Place Northeast from North-east 144th Street and did not see Warnick in the crosswalk.
“If I was a pedestrian I would not feel unsafe,” Himmelman wrote. “… I do not know all details, but I cannot understand how anyone properly operating a car would not see him.”
� e Kirkland Police Major Accident Investiga-tion Team was called in to process the scene.
“� e vehicle impacted
the pedestrian who was treated at the scene by Kirkland Fire Department personnel for severe head trauma and was trans-ported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for what appeared to be life threatening injuries,” Kirkland Police Lt. John Haslip said in a release sent out on Monday.
� e female was the only occupant of the vehicle.
“Alcohol does not ap-pear to be a contributing factor,” Haslip said. “� e female driver has been cooperative in the inves-tigation.”
Some people comment-
ed on the Reporter website that the intersection is known to be dangerous.
“� is is one of the worst intersections ever made,” Arian Lori-Amini wrote on the Reporter website. “We have complained to city multiple times and they won’t add speed bumps cause it’s a major route to the hospital.”
Many in the commu-nity are hurting from the loss of a good friend.
George remembered his friend this way:
“He was an amazing storyteller, not just in life, but in business. Telling a story in so� ware is every-
thing. He had this incred-ible way of talking about customers and so� ware and giving it meaning, that motivated all those around him. A� er a meet-ing with Kyle, you knew what you were working on and who you were helping, even if the � rst line of code did not exist. He would paint a magi-cal portrait of stories and people, so when you went away you were invigo-rated. He went all around the world talking about the Surface (the big table years ago) and explaining how it worked and getting people involved. When I
� rst went to Surface, he was the � rst person I saw … and I came out of that meeting, truly enlight-ened.”
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I thought it was the best comment all night.”
Darling said traffic near the park is already bad. Placing the proposed Kirkland Aquatic and Recreation Center in the northern section of the beach would only make traffic worse.
Darling’s view is shared by other Juanita residents, including the Juanita Neighborhood Asso-ciation (JNA), which re-cently sent a letter out to Juanita residents explain-ing why they opposed both possible locations of the ARC. Ken Albinger, who is the chair of the Juanita Neighborhood Association, wrote a fol-lowup letter to the board dated Sept. 10 further articulating their ratio-
nales. Albinger suggested the former Albertsons site in north Juanita and the former Costco offices as other possible locations.
“As many members of the Park Board have expressed, this project has been on a fast track due to the anticipated loss of the Juanita High School pool,” Albinger wrote. “Since the rebuild of JHS is delayed, now is the time to slow down and undertake this city-wide search.”
Not all Kirkland residents share this view, however. Renew The Legacy, an organization of Eastsiders committed to maintaining public ac-cess to swimming pools, has created an online petition to rally support for placing the ARC at Juanita Beach Park. As of
Wednesday, the petition had around 250 signa-tures.
“We understand the concerns of Juanita Beach Park and North Kirk-land Community Center neighbors,” the petition reads. “However, many private properties have already been considered and failed to accommo-date the type and size of facility the Kirkland community envisions, adding considerable cost to the project and wasting money and progress made to date.”
The petition further states the ARC would not be appropriate in an industrial area, either.
“Traffic is bad every-where,” it reads. “Delay-ing progress forward is not warranted.”
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Hawks brewSeahawks kicker Steven Hauschka serves co� ee at the Rose Hill Starbucks to raise funds for A Better Seattle (ABS). TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter
Pedestrian tra� c expected for Komen event tomorrow
Commuters should expect tra� c delays due to the Susan G. Komen Seattle 3-Day, scheduled to come through Kirkland on Sept. 20. Heavy pedestrian tra� c will be seen throughout the city from 6:30 a.m. until approximately 4 p.m.
Participants will remain on sidewalks and follow rules of the road when crossing the street.
� e annual fundraiser, which draws over 1,500
attendees, is a 60-mile walk from which net proceeds help support research, scien-ti� c programs and commu-nity-based breast health and education programs.
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It is estimated that 15 million Americans have food allergies and
roughly 3 million Ameri-cans have Celiac disease.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat products includ-ing: wheat, spelt, rye and barley. Gluten acts as a binding agent, like glue, that helps foods maintain their shape. Individuals who are diagnosed with Celiac disease have an autoimmune response when they consume gluten.
� is autoimmune response leads to intestinal damage.
It is estimated that there may be over 300 di� erent symptoms associated with Celiac disease. However, the most common seen with celiac disease include: diarrhea, constipation, heartburn, joint pain, fatigue and eczema. Some people with Celiac may actually have no symptoms.
Why is gluten thought to be such a problem?
� ere is much hype
nowadays about gluten, and people who elect to go gluten-free o� en “feel better” without having any test to con� rm they actually have an allergy to gluten or being tested for Celiac disease.
Research has found that the structure of gluten itself is what causes the dam-age to the gut and can lead to increased intestinal permeability aka leaky gut. Also, gluten’s structure is quite di� erent than other
proteins, making it harder for our body to digest it.
It is the “leaky gut” that allows proteins and food
particles to enter the bloodstream when they are not supposed to, leading to in� am-mation in the gut. � is in� ammation can cause further digestive problems and can increase
the likelihood of the im-mune system attacking those foods, creating a food allergy.
Gluten can a� ect more
than just the gut.More and more research
is coming out about gluten’s e� ect on not only the diges-tive system but its e� ects on the brain. � is work has the basis for the very popu-lar book “Grain Brain,”by Dr. David Perlmutter. Dr. Perlmutter, a renowned neurologist, points out that gluten has the capacity to cross into the brain, lead-ing to in� ammation. � is in� ammation in the brain may be the cause of sev-eral disorders like ADHD, anxiety, migraines and may contribute to dementia.
If you suspect that you may have food allergies, gluten-related disorders, or Celiac disease, please consult with your primary health provider for further evaluation and appropriate testing.
Ellie Heintze, ND, LAc is Naturopathic Doctor and Acupuncturist special-izing in digestive health, auto accident injuries, and migraine-relief and sees patients in downtown Bothell. For more infor-mation, please visit, www.digestivehealthdoctor.com.
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Being overweight is associ-ated with multiple negative health e� ects, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Conversely, weight
loss can lower the risk of developing such illnesses, or lighten their burden. Now, a new study from Brazil found that besides physical im-provements, slimming down can also produce positive outcomes for the mind.
For the study, research-ers followed a group of morbidly obese women who were planning to have
gastric bypass surgery to lose weight. Six month a� er the procedure their average Body-Mass-Index (BMI) had dropped from over 50 to about 37 – still over-weight but not considered as severely obese.
Before the operation, the women agreed to a series of exams to assess their memory and other cognitive
functions. � ey also under-went brain scans and blood work. � e same tests were repeated six months a� er the event.
A roughly equal number of normal-weight women (with a BMI of 22 to 23) served as a control group. Both groups took the same tests at the outset of the study. All participants scored by and large the same in the cognitive exams before the surgery, but six months later, as they lost weight, all of the formerly obese women improved their test results in at least one category.
� eir brain scans also showed signi� cant di� er-ences. Before weight loss they showed greater risks of men-tal decline than a� erwards. � e blood tests indicated improvements in insulin sen-sitivity and reduced in� am-mation.
Overall, the researchers concluded, weight loss can have positive e� ects on brain health and may play a role in the prevention of cognitive degeneration and age-
related dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
� is is not the � rst time scientists have tried to shed light on the impact of exces-sive body weight on the
brain. A study from France, conducted in 2006, investigated the relation between changes in BMI and cognitive func-tions but couldn’t determine any sig-ni� cant associations
between the two in middle-aged, healthy, non-demented adults. More recent research, however, found some indica-tion that weight problems – including underweight, overweight, and obesity – in midlife do in fact increase the risk of dementia in later years.
While there may be no de� nite answers yet to what extent body weight in� u-ences brain health, more and more � ndings point in the direction that there are indeed connections. At the very least, we do know that chronic conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease, both o� en di-rectly resulting from weight
problems, can contribute to the inhibition of blood � ow to the brain, especially when blood vessels become narrowed or blocked. One possible outcome is what is called vascular dementia, which is di� erent from other forms of dementia but nev-ertheless can lead to similar symptoms. It is the second most common cause of age-related mental decline a� er Alzheimer’s.
In any case, while there is no certain way to increase mental health or even prevent decline, most experts agree that healthy diet and lifestyle choices combined with consistent weight management and other health-promoting steps can reduce unnecessary risks and should be pursued as much as possible.
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspa-per columnist, blogger and author. For more articles on nutrition, health and lifestyle, visit her blog, “Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D.” (www.timigustafson.com).
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Merrill Gardens in Kirkland will host Paws for Cause from 5-8 p.m. on Sept. 26.
� e bu� et dinner, silent auction and hot Dixie jazz with the Coal Creek Jazz Band will bene� t the Trust Fund for Abandoned and Relinquished Pets (TARP).
� ere is a suggested dona-tion of $20 and all proceeds go to TARP.
Food drive raises an estimated $3,000 in items
� e Saint Vincent de Paul Food Drive, with the help of local Scouts, brought in an estimated total of value of $3,000 on Sunday at Safeway.
� e supermarket was completely sold out of some items by 2 p.m. according to event organizers.
Geo� Ng helped organize the food drive with the store and Brian Hardy, Remi Gri� aton and John Elsbree helped with the Scouts.
Enterovirus D68 suspected in KC
Local health o� cials are working with Seattle Chil-dren’s Hospital to investigate a cluster of patients with se-
vere respiratory illness who tested positive for a possible enterovirus infection. Ad-ditional testing is being done at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that can determine whether it is the enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) strain that has been seen recently in other U.S. states.
At this time there are no con� rmed cases of EV-D68 in King County.
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Seventh grader Braeden Adrian, 12, participates in a FMA Live! Forces in Motion event at Kamiakin Middle School in Kirkland on Tuesday. The award winning show combines hip-hop music, dancers, larger-than-life demonstrations and audience participation in a way that engages middle school students and teaches about Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion. FMA Live! Forces in Motion is part of Honeywell Hometown Solutions, the company’s corporate citizenship initiative, focusing on science and math education, family safety and security, housing and shelter, habitat and conservation, and humanitarian relief. TJ MARTINELL, Reporter
Holy Spirit Lutheran Church to host candidate forum
A candidate forum, open to the public, will be held at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Juanita at 7 p.m. Oct. 13. � e church is located at 10021 NE 124th St. in Kirkland.
All candidates for the Senate and House of Repre-sentatives in state legislative district 45 will be attend-ing including State Sen. Andy Hill, Matt Isenhower, Rep. Roger Goodman, Joel Hussey, State Rep. Larry Springer and Brendan Woodward. � e forum is expected to last approxi-mately ninety minutes and will be moderated by former Kirkland Mayor Mary-Alyce Burleigh.
Candidates will be asked to answer questions dur-ing three di� erent stages. � e � rst stage will include questions prepared by the advocacy team of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, the group responsible for organiz-ing the forum. � e second stage will be a lightning round where candidates will be asked to answer ten “yes” or “no” questions. � e third stage will be questions written on note cards by audience members that will be read by the moderator.
� is is the seventh annual candidate forum. In past years the church’s advocacy team has organized forums on voter referendums and candidates for both the Kirk-land City Council as well as candidates for the 45th state legislative district.
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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 officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which aver-age about 1,000 per week.
Between Sept. 5-12, there were 314 traffic incidents, 25 traffic accidents, 32 general traffic incidents, 31 alarm calls, 13 aban-doned vehicles, eight burglaries, 13 incidents of fraud, 13 civil incidents, 10 cases of harassment, 14 thefts, nine vehicle prowls, four vehicle thefts, seven war-rants served, 26 noise complaints, 12 animal calls, 10 incidents of domestic violence, four incidents of malicious mischief, four assault, 14 disturbances, one sex offense and 20 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Sept. 10 Lewd: 4:24 p.m., 200 block of 3rd St. A 29-year-old man was arrested after exposing himself while sitting on the grass lawn between a teen center and a children’s play area. The person who reported the incident declined to provide a statement.
Sept. 9Assault: 9 a.m., 12500 block of NE 85th St. A 43-year-old homeless
man was arrested after he got into a fight with his 40-year-old girlfriend of six years after discovering she had cheated on him. He pinned her to the ground and struck her face. She was eventually able to get away and run to the nearby Safeway.
Sept. 6Assault: 11:35 p.m., 140 block of Lake Street S. A 39-year-old man was arrested after got drunk at an establishment and tried to goad people into fighting with him. When he was asked to leave the establish-ment, he assaulted his 45-year-old
girlfriend while she was trying to calm him
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Sept. 5 Assault: 6:30 a.m., 1200 block of NE 124th St. A
38-year-old wom-an was arrested
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37-year-old ex-boyfriend during an argument at the
residence where they still lived together.
Assault: 2:26 p.m., 11200 block of NE 94th St. An 83-year-old woman was arrested after she assaulted her 82-year-old husband when he refused to leave the house. She pushed him to the ground and pulled his hair and kicked him.
Assault: 10:06 p.m., 1400 block of Simonds Rd NE. A 45-year-old man was arrested when he and his 46-year-old wife got into an argu-ment. She slapped him when he said unkind words to her, to which he grabbed her arm. When she tried to pull her arm away from him he left a long scratch on her arm. The man was determined to be the primary aggressor and arrested.
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Drivers on Kirkland’s Northeast 85th Street can’t help but notice the orange tra� c barrels placed along the road way in the Rose Hill Business District. � e barrels signal the begin-ning of a one-year long construction project that starts in earnest with the installation of a 24-inch water main, which will run from the west side of the I-405 overpass to 132nd Avenue Northeast. City o� cials hope drivers will plan ahead for their commutes for the many more weeks and months of construction yet to come. Following the installation of the water main which is anticipated to be complete in six months, the next
work will be to rebuild the corridor’s stormwater net-work of storm drains and stormwater vaults and then the installation of street lights and tra� c signal upgrades.
On Sept. 15 the city’s contractor, Johansen Excavating, began dig-ging a 10-foot-deep trench along the center turn-lane of Northeast 85th Street, beginning near the I-405 overpass and ending at 132nd Avenue Northeast. � e major excavation and pipe-laying work will be performed during the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays Monday through � ursday.
To facilitate and com-plete the work in the most
e� cient manner, the three center lanes of the road-way’s existing � ve lanes will become the contractor’s work zone. Between 6-9 a.m., the contractor will re-open two of the three lanes for the morning commute. Beginning at 9 a.m., the contractor will be allowed to close down one addi-tional lane in order to have its work crews resurface the roadway and perform other needed work activities. � e daytime resurfacing avoids the need to implement 24-hour road closures and is a cost- and time-saving mea-sure intended to shorten the overall construction project time. Commuters are encouraged to plan ahead and seek alternate
routes.� e water main con-
struction is anticipated to be complete in February 2015, followed by numer-ous other planned sur-face improvements to be complete in approximately one year.
� e city will have the fol-lowing ways to obtain and receive information:
• Project website: www.kirklandwa.gov/85thStreet
• Project updates via email: Kirkland E-Bulle-tins, www.kirklandwa.gov/ebulletins (select NE 85th Street Corridor Improve-ment Project)
• City Twitter (@kirk-landgov)
• 24 Hour Construction Hot Line (425) 587-3838
Northeast 85th Street commuters should plan for construction impacts as year-long project begins
BY TJ MARTINELL
As housing prices rise in Kirkland, some developers are
seeing micro-apartments as one possible solution for low-income residents to live blocks away from where they work.
� e future site of one such micro-apartment complex is currently under construction at 450 Central Way, where Natural and Built Environments intends build Arete, a 290 unit com-plex similar to � e Retreat, its micro-apartment com-plex in Redmond. At the Sept. 11 Kirkland Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, a group panel discussed the future of Kirkland’s housing situation.
Robert Pantley, head of Natural and Built Environ-ments, believes these apart-ments will make it possible
for low income individuals to live in Kirkland. � e average price of a studio apartment in Kirkland is $1600, plus utilities and Internet, while these micro-apartments typically go for $795 including utilities, according to Pantley. � e micro-apartments consist of a master bedroom-sized apartment, with a shared kitchen community area. Although the complex will have parking spots avail-able, Pantley anticipates the majority of them will either not drive or not own a car.
“� ey’re not driving from Puyallup anymore,” he said. “� ey’re walking to work.”
Many Kirkland residents have expressed doubts about the parking situation for the micro-apartments and parking has been a big issue for the city in the downtown core.
Pantley said aside from reducing tra� c on the
roads, the apartments will help keep tax revenue inside the city and provide further business for retail stores.
Housing prices in Kirk-land have increased by six percent in just one year, according to Zillow, which also predicts prices to climb an additional 5.6 percent next year. � e median house price is $460,000, compared to $474,000 at its peak in 2007. However, the 2007 � gure does not in-clude residential neighbor-hoods added to Kirkland as part of the 2011 annexa-tion. In December 2011, the median house price was $339,000.
Doug Davis, president of Hallmark Realty, said the increasing house value makes it di� cult for new owners to get into the market.
“It’s nice for property owners, but it’s not great
for people who want to live here,” Davis said.
It is also di� cult for low income residents looking to rent, as the median rent price in Kirkland is $1,886, according to Zillow. � e situation will also worsen as both the city and state population grows. A 2011 report by the state’s O� ce of Financial Management predicts by 2040 there will be two million more people living in the state. Under the Growth Manage-ment Act, every county is required to adopt an urban growth boundary, in which areas designated as urban are intended to absorb more density than rural areas. As a result, cities such as Kirkland will experience greater population density.
Another possible solu-tion for future housing in Kirkland is to concentrate density around transit centers, according to David
Barnes from the city of Kirkland’s Planning De-partment.
“We have to make sure they have the ability to get around,” he said.
� e city is currently working on an update to their comprehensive plan, in which they anticipate absorbing density as part of the state’s overall growth.
“It’s not ‘How can you get by?’ but ‘How can you have a livable community’?” he
said.Additionally, hous-
ing designs can allow for interior units the owner can rent out. � e city’s land use policies, Barnes said, can also change as it becomes necessary.
“We will adjust land use strategy as time goes by to accommodate housing,” he said. “If our needs go beyond our wildest dreams, we can adjust to that.”
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Business owners on Park Lane aren’t worried about
being blocked off by con-struction. They’re more worried that their regular customers won’t know that.
Park Lane’s design was approved by the Kirk-land City Council during
their Sept. 2 meeting. It is designed to act as a plaza-style street with a red and beige brick paver surface. Construction is tentatively set to begin in January, according to Chris-tian Knight, neighbor-hood services coordinator for the city of Kirkland.
In the meantime, the city has reached out to
business owners in order to address concerns about how construction could affect customer access to
their entrances. Knight stated that walk-
ways will be set up so customers will have full access at all times. Using
brick pavers instead of concrete will allow
them to do construction during the winter, when most of the businesses will be the least impacted, though some receive year-round customers.
“They (businesses) have directly influenced not only what we build but
how we build it,” Knight said.
The city will be looking at pre-bids this fall. For Adam Olson, the Vice President of wholesale for Rococo Coffee Roasting, this is the most important piece of information. The company doing the actual construction, he said, is the one who will deter-mine how the coffee shop is impacted.
“Our stance is that there’s not much to talk about until the contractor has put out the schedule,” he said.
For some business own-ers, however, the problem
won’t be the lack of access but how appearances might ward off normal customers.
Fabrizio Loi, the owner of Ristorante Para-diso, said it is important to get the message out to Kirkland resi-dents that they can still come to Park Lane and not be scared off by the fences and construction equipment.
“It has to be seen as a great thing,” he said. “It will improve the city of
Kirkland. They (custom-ers) shouldn’t let anything get in the way of visiting
their favorite business.”
The main aspects of the design includes identifying underground utilities, trees and possible re-configuration of the parking lot at Lake Street.
During con-struction, the
road will be blocked off, which Knight said will have limited impact on traffic.
Businesses to remain open during Park lane construction
“it has to be seen as a great thing.
it will improve the city of Kirkland.
They (customers) shouldn’t let
anything get in the way of visiting their favorite business.”
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Project to create a plaza-style street
Four Kirkland students named as national Merit Semifinalists
The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) has 28 high school seniors who qualified as semifinalists in the 60th annual National Merit Scholarship Pro-gram, as announced Sept. 10 by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Four of those seniors are from Kirkland including Garek Chwojko-Frank and Emily Peterson of Juanita High School, Roland Munsil of Lake Washington High School and Jeremy Harrison of Tesla STEM High School.
A total of 16,000 academically talented high school seniors nationwide have qualified. About 90 percent of these semifinalists are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and more than half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title. These students will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $33 million that will be offered next spring.
Students qualified for these awards by completing the 2013 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Schol-arship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.
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ADVERTISING SALES CONSULTANT
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CIRCULATION MANAGER BELLEVUE
Sound Publishing, Inc. is currently accepting ap- plications for a Circula- tion Manager for the Bel- l evue Repo r te r. The primary duty of a Circu- lation Manager (CM) is to manage a geographic district. The CM will be accountable for the as- s igned newspaper as follows: Recruiting, con- tracting and training in- dependent contractors to meet delivery deadlines, insuring delivery stan- dards are being met and quality customer service. Posi t ion requi res the ability to operate a motor vehicle in a safe man- ner; to occasionally lift and/or transport bundles w e i g h i n g u p t o 2 5 pounds from ground lev- el to a height of 3 feet; to d e l i v e r n e w s p a p e r routes, including ability to negotiate stairs and to deliver an average of 75 newspapers per hour for up to 8 consecu t i ve hours; to communicate wi th carr iers and the public by telephone and in person; to operate a personal computer. Must possess re l iable, in - sured, motor vehicle and a valid Washington State driver’s license. We offer a competitive compen- s a t i o n a n d b e n e f i t s package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holi- days), and 401K (cur- rently with an employer match.) If you are interested in joining the team at the Bellevue Reporter, email us your cover letter and resume to:
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Sound Publishing, Inc. has a Creative Artist po- sit ion available at our Print Facility in Everett, WA. Position is FT and the schedule requires flexibility. Duties include performing ad and spec design, trafficking ads & providing excellent cus- tomer ser v ice to the sales staff and clients.
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SPORTS REPORTERThe Bellevue Reporter and Issaquah/Sammam- ish Reporter, divisions of Sound Publishing Inc. is seeking a sports reporter with a minimum of 1-2 years writing experience and photography skills. This position is based out of the Bellevue of- fice. The primary cover- age will be sports and recreation, with occa- sional general assign- ment stories. Schedule includes evening and/or weekend work. As a re- por ter for Sound Pub- lishing, you will be ex- pected to: be inquisitive and resourceful in the coverage of assigned beats; produce 5 by-line stories per week; write stories that are tight and to the point; use a digital camera to take photo- graphs of the stories you c o v e r ; p o s t o n t h e publication’s web site; blog and use Twitter on the web; layout pages, using InDesign; shoot and edit videos for the web .We are looking for a team player willing to get invo lved in the loca l community through pub- l icat ion of the weekly newspaper and da i ly web jou r na l i sm. The ideal applicant will have a understanding of local spor ts and recreation. He or she wil l have a commitment to commu- n i t y j o u r n a l i s m a n d everything from shor t, brief-type stories about people and events to ex- amining issues facing the community; be able to spot emerging sports issues and trends; write clean, balanced and ac- curate stories that dig deeper than simple fea- tures; develop and insti- tute readership init ia- tives. Candidates must have excellent communi- cation and organization- al skills, and be able to work e f fec t ive ly in a deadline-driven environ- ment. Must be proficient with AP style, layout and design using Adobe In- Des ign ; and use the publ ica t ion ’s webs i te and online tools to gath- er information and reach the community. Must be organized and self-moti- vated, exceptional with the public and have the ability to establish a rap- port with the community. We offer a competitive hourly wage and bene- f its package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and 401K (currently with an em- ployer match.) Email us your cover le t ter, re- sume, and include five examples of your best work showcasing your reporting skills and writ- i n g c h o p s t o : [email protected] mail to:
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M I N I AT U R E YO R K - SHIRE Terrier Puppies. All boys, they are very loving, playful, and ready for a new adventure. Vet checked, wormed & 1st sho t s . I am ask i ng $1200. Email or call if in- terested: [email protected]
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