Liberty’s Hamilton Noel is a triple-threat athlete Page 22
Home & Garden Grow your own edibles in containers Page 10
May 6, 2011 VOL. 9, NO. 5
Sonny Putter retires City councilman calls it quits after 17 years. Page 3
Police Blotter Page 6
Man shot at Castle Creek Apartments A man was shot in the leg at about 2 a.m. April 23 after asking a group of people making noise in the parking lot to be quiet, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. The man initially called to the group from his balcony at Castle Creek Apartments, 7000 132nd Place S.E., City Manager Rob Wyman wrote in an email
to the City Council. An argument and a fight followed, leading to one member of the group to pull out a gun and fire several shots, hitting the resident once. The resident — who is in his 40s — suffered only minor injuries and was transported to Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue.
Two Newcastle Police officers were on duty at the time, and one heard the shots. One officer responded to the apartment complex, and the other followed a group of cars speeding away from the scene, Wyman wrote. The officer stopped the vehicles and — with the help of witnesses — arrested the alleged shooter, a Seattle man
Newcastle cops hit the ground running for cancer research
Have you seen him? New photos of bank robber are released. Page 8
By Tim Pfarr
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Once upon a time... McKnight students read picture books to preschoolers. Page 20
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in his late 20s. The alleged shooter did not allow the officer to search his car, so the officer impounded the vehicle, Wyman wrote. After obtaining a search warrant, police searched the car and found the gun allegedly used, which Police Chief Melinda Irvine said was a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
By Tim Pfarr
Earth Day efforts Dylan Lidstrand, 4, tries out an antique water pump at Earth Day. Volunteers from the Newcastle Historical Society brought a slew of antique equipment to the celebration for demonstrations. View a slideshow of the event at www.newcastle-news.com.
Newcastle cops don’t sit around eating doughnuts, and Police Chief Melinda Irvine and officer Steve Kajihiro can attest to that. This spring, Irvine and Kajihiro teamed up with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training to get in peak physical condition while raising money for cancer research. Irvine — who completed two ironman triathlons and a half-ironman triathlon in the last three years — is mentoring athletes aspiring to compete in half-ironman triathlons this year. She is aiming to raise $4,000 this year to add to the more than $10,000 she raised training for the halfironman triathlon. As of Newcastle News’ deadline May 3, Irvine had raised $1,500. Kajihiro — who competed in the Seattle Half Marathon Contributed in November 2010 and Newcastle Police officer Steve the Honolulu Kajihiro prepares to take off Marathon in running in the Seattle Half December 2010 — is Marathon in November 2010. training to compete in the San Diego Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon and the Seattle Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon, both in June. The San Diego marathon will benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the Seattle marathon will benefit the American Cancer Society. His goal is to raise $3,000 for cancer research. As of Newcastle News’ deadline, he had raised $1,870. See MARATHON, Page 2