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Two candidates vie for council Position No. 1 By Christina Corrales-Toy
The city’s election lineup is set, and while there are four Newcastle City Council seats with expiring terms, only one race includes more than a single candidate. Community Activities commissioners Linda Newing and Victoria Sandoval will compete to fill the seat being vacated by City Councilwoman Lisa Jensen.
Incumbents Gordon Bisset and Carol Simpson will each run unopposed to retain their seats. Planning Commissioner Allen Dauterman initially drew a challenger for Position No. 3, but Rob Lemmon withdrew.
Linda Newing Linda Newing never envisioned herself running for public office. “I don’t come from a hugely
active political family,” she said. But the prospect seemed to grow on her as she volunteered on the Newcastle Community Activities Commission and contributed to meaningful neighborhood enhancements. That, coupled with her experience in municipal government, set the 11-year Newcastle resident on what she called a “surreal, humbling” journey toward elected office.
“Yes, I know this is politics, but I don’t view it that way,” she said. “I view it as community service at a higher level.” Newing joined the Community Activities Commission in 2013, and now serves as the vice chairwoman. In her role, she had a heavy hand in establishing Little Rhody Park and planning volSee COUNCIL, Page 9
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Groundbreaking times two Council approves speed humps for Southeast 75th Street corridor
Aegis Gardens, Atlas bring one-of-a-kind communities
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By Christina Corrales-Toy History is one of Newcastle’s greatest assets. The Eastside suburb’s story dates back more than 150 years, when it was the second largest town in King County. During that time, coal was king, and Newcastle had plenty of it. That history was at the forefront of attendees’ minds July 30, when nearly 300 people gathered in Newcastle to celebrate the groundbreaking of a unique Aegis Living retirement community. Aegis Gardens, a luxury senior living community built for Chinese-American retirees, will sit on the shores of Lake Boren, not far, incidentally, from Newcastle’s China Creek. China Creek was so named for the Chinese mine and railroad workers who built small huts along the creek, away from the main mining camp in the late 1800s, according to Rich Crispo, a Newcastle Historical
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Breaking ground on Aegis Gardens July 30 are (from left) Newcastle Mayor Steve Buri; Aegis Living founder and CEO Dwayne Clark; former U.S. ambassador to China, Washington state governor and King County Executive Gary Locke; and current King County Executive Dow Constantine. Society member and City Councilman. “It’s fitting that this facility is in Newcastle. Right here on this very ground is where the first Chinese immigrants came to our part of the world,” King County Executive Dow Constantine said at the special groundbreaking ceremony. Billed as the first project of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, Aegis Gardens is a 110-unit waterfront community sitting on a little more than seven acres. The facility will offer the
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same high-quality assisted living and memory care that Aegis Living is known for with an added emphasis on the Chinese culture, which will be reflected in everything from the building’s construction to the staff. Chinese design aesthetics, the principles of Feng Shui and Northwest craftsmanship make up the elements incorporated in the facility’s architecture. Programming will include everything from celebration of Chinese holidays to sit-down See HISTORY, Page 9
Newcastle resident Jo Ann Pancheri often sits in her home, peering out the window, clutching her phone and waiting for the worst. Her house sits at the intersection of Southeast 75th Street and 125th Place Southeast, a corridor where neighbors have repeatedly asked for traffic-calming measures. Pancheri has an unobstructed view to the speeding and nearmiss accidents that community members say plague the neighborhood. “I wait every day with my phone waiting to call 911,” she told the Newcastle City Council on July 21, illustrating her fear of witnessing a major accident. Neighbor after neighbor told similar stories of heart-pounding close calls and a reluctance to let children play in the front yard due to speeding concerns. “This is an accident waiting to happen,” resident Laura Peterson said. “I would hate to see changes being made because
there’s been a tragedy that has occurred on our street.” The community wanted speed humps installed, and residents have relayed that message to the council at more than one townhall meeting and past council meetings. This time, however, residents got their wish. At its July 21 meeting, the Newcastle City Council directed its public works department to install speed humps on the Southeast 75th Street corridor. “We’ve talked about it a lot, we put money aside to do something and now I think it’s time to do something,” Newcastle City Councilman Rich Crispo said. The council voted 5-1 in favor of the speed humps, despite Public Works Director Jeff Brauns’ earlier presentation that suggested alternative measures. Councilwoman Carol Simpson was the lone dissenter, while Deputy Mayor John Drescher was not in attendance. See HUMPS, Page 9
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Coal Miner’s Cemetery — Part 3 This is the third history feature installment about the historic Coal Miner’s Cemetery, on 129th Avenue Southeast, south of the Newcastle Library. By Rich Crispo Newcastle City Councilman Every cemetery has many stories to tell. Some are sad, some are heartwarming and some help us remember how we have grown as a people. At the time of the first burial in 1878, it was
unheard of for whites and blacks to be buried in the same cemetery. Chinese would also be excluded. The Newcastle Miner’s Cemetery has both ethnic groups, though there is a distinction. Their gravesites (the black and Chinese) are separated from the others, located in the southwest corner of the cemetery. Black miners were brought to Newcastle as strike breakers in the 1890s. The Chinese arrived as railroad workers also in the 1890s and stayed on after the work was completed. According to the 1900 mine inspector’s report, George Oglesby and Ulysses Kelly were killed at the Newcastle mine. Ulysses, an 8-year-old
boy, came across an injured chicken and hid it in an abandoned mineshaft. The shaft was closed off, but he managed to pry open a door. He went back the next day to retrieve the fowl and was overcome by black damp gas in the shaft. Upon learning he was missing, a town alarm sounded and a search began. Oglesby, returning from work as a miner, responded and eventually entered the shaft where he was also overcome by the gas. Both of them died. They are buried in that southwest corner, but there are no markers. Many of the graves were marked by an oval ring of stones, or a wooden marker, if a headstone could not be
Newcastle Days takes shape By Christina Corrales-Toy The bright lights of Broadway are coming to the Lake Boren Park stage this September. A cast of community members will dance and belt out tunes from various hit musicals in the hourlong “Broadway at Boren” spectacular 7 p.m. Sept. 11. “It’s some singing, some dancing. Just a variety of whatever talent we hap-
pen to get,” said Wendy Kirchner, Newcastle community activities liaison. “Broadway at Boren” represents the opening act of the city’s expanded 2015 Newcastle Days celebration. Now stretched over two days, Newcastle Days kicks off with a communityproduced show that, if successful, could lead to future Lake Boren Park productions, Kirchner said. The city held auditions
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for the show at the end of July, compiling a group of talented multigenerational residents to take the stage. Performers will use the rest of August and early September to rehearse for the show in space donated by the Seattle Revival Center, Kirchner said. Immediately after “Broadway at Boren,” UC7, a five-piece classic rock cover band, will play from 8-9 p.m. Food vendors will
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provided. The only way that we know about the black miners is that two headstones have survived in that part of the cemetery. Reed Callaway was born in 1881 and died in 1902; Caleb Lock, the son of John Lock, was born in
North Carolina and died in 1902 at age 16. We believe there may be Chinese buried in that part of the cemetery, but to date we have not found any markers. Susan Dast was buried in the cemetery in 1901. Her real name was Susanna Elisabet Tastula and she followed her husband to America in 1899. The name change probably occurred as she passed through Ellis Island in New York. Born in 1864, she had one daughter who married a Swedish coal miner and they had two children while living in Newcastle. They went back to Sweden in 1907. The epithet on Susan’s headstone reads, “Dying is but going home.” We know a little about
Dast because her greatgreat-grandson contacted the Newcastle Historical Society for information about his long-lost relative. Thomas Donald, twice Justice of the Peace for Newcastle, was an influential member of the community. His house was on the east side of Lake Boren and he wanted a gravesite that would allow him to keep an eye on his property. His plot sits at the very highest point of the cemetery on the west side. If you are interested in learning more about the cemetery, activities of the Newcastle Historical Society or would like to share your local history with us, email Rich Crispo at crispo@comcast.net.
be on site through both performances. “It’s just a family-friendly night of music to get you excited for the next day,” Kirchner said. Saturday, Sept. 12, is the main festival day, kicking off again this year with a 10:30 a.m. parade through Lake Boren Park. The Hazen High School band, cheerleaders and drill team are already confirmed to appear, with bagpiper Neil Hubbard and local dance studios set to march again, too. Since the festival falls the day after Sept. 11, Kirchner said she is also working to get local veterans to march in the parade. The popular Newcastle Days car show also returns, this time expanded to include trucks. It goes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., but check-in is at 9 a.m. Print registration forms at http://bit.ly/1SXOfTi. Pre-registration cost is $10 and includes a dash plaque and T-shirt. The price goes up to $15 on the day of the
event. Lance Lambert, of “The Vintage Vehicle Show,” will again emcee. One of the new attractions in 2015 is a Newcastle Days rain garden workshop. City staff member Angela Gallardo will teach attendees how rain gardens can absorb and filter stormwater, attract birds and pollinators, and keep streams clean. Participants will also contribute to a permanent rain garden installation right in Lake Boren Park. The workshop is expected to occur in the morning, after the parade, Kirchner said. As usual, various music acts will filter on and off the Lake Boren Park stage throughout the day. Among the acts is The Lack Family, a group that Mayor Steve Buri met while on vacation. His family enjoyed the band so much, he asked them to perform at Newcastle Days. “This is a family that several years ago, they decided they love music, they sold
everything and they just tour around the world playing music,” Kirchner said. Kirchner is also currently toying with an idea of brief open mic periods in between acts. Several frequent Newcastle event food vendors are set to attend serving kettle corn, hot dogs, pizza and more. The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce’s beer and wine garden will also return. The pony rides are back, but the petting zoo is not, as less sponsorship funds could not cover the cost this year, Kirchner said. Waste Management is the event’s title sponsor, with support from The Golf Club at Newcastle, HomeStreet Bank, Aegis Living, the Coal Creek Family YMCA, the Newport Hills Animal Hospital, SolTerra and Tapatios Mexican Grill. Check the Sept. 4 Newcastle News for a full schedule of Newcastle Days events.
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Council does the right thing on speed hump decision Haochen Xu was just 4 years old. He loved to read, had no trouble making friends and possessed a penchant for learning. Haochen died June 27 at Harborview Medical Center, the day after a driver struck him as he and his mother tried to cross Newport Way Northwest in Issaquah. Investigators say the driver was not speeding, but that is little consolation for a community that says the posted 40 mph speed limit along the road is way too high. Changes are likely coming to the road, with Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler recommending a speed limit decrease. But this is after the worst case scenario became reality. It took the death of a 4-year-old boy for real change to happen. For years, neighbors on Newcastle’s Southeast 75th Street corridor worried a similar scenario would play out on their roads. They’ve witnessed too many close calls, too many near accidents and too many speeding vehicles to feel safe living outside their homes. The neighborhood can breathe a sigh of relief now, after the Newcastle City Council moved staff to initiate the long-awaited installation of speed humps on the corridor. The vote took some courage, especially after a staff presentation that outlined the reasons the corridor did not require speed humps. Studies showed speeds on the street are not out of control. As a result, staff suggested other measures, such as wide-edge striping and initiation of a neighborhood speed watch program. But those studies, which only measure speed over a specific time period, can’t replace the experience of living on the street daily and witnessing something completely different. It would have been easy for the council to take the numbers outlined in the study and send the neighbors packing without their desired speed humps. However, five of the six voting council members that night rightly looked past the data and into the worried faces of their constituents. What happened in Issaquah must not happen in Newcastle, and neighbors believe the speed humps will save lives. The council should be applauded for listening to their residents’ concerns, even when the data showed something different. At the same time, the neighbors of the Southeast 75th Street corridor deserve an equal amount of praise for their unceasing fight in this battle. Their street will be safer, because they demanded it of their elected officials. It was a true case of the numbers saying one thing, and the heart saying another. In the end, as Councilman John Dulcich said, voting for the speed humps was “the right thing to do.”
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From the Web Story: Energize Eastside, traffic calming, dominate town hall Regarding traffic calming on Southeast 75th — yes this street needs safety improvements — sidewalks and traffic calming. Speed humps are not the only method of slowing traf-
Letters Our neighborhoods are Newcastle’s real identity Almost three decades ago, a small group of local visionaries carved a modern-day vision of Newcastle out of rural King County. Doing so, we placed our bets on the wisdom and ideals of our old-timers. Most of their wisdom and ideals are contained in the original Newport Hills incorporation study. So, what did we learn? We learned that our current and newer neighborhoods could
fic. Narrowing streets, placing landscape islands to slow traffic, striping the centerlines so lanes appear narrower and cars drive safely on their own side and more slowly, and tightening radii at corners, are other methods of calming traffic. Our public works street design code should be improved so roads are built correctly in the first place, so traffic proceeds at a good design speed of no more than 25 mph in our neighborhoods.
To clarify my statements, I do not choose my routes to avoid speed humps. I cannot avoid speed humps. As an Olympus resident, the only two routes in and out of our neighborhood have speed humps. We cannot avoid speed humps. Twenty years of driving daily over speed humps, no matter how slowly, takes a toll on one’s car. Not every one buys a new car every three years.
never be just ZIP codes. Many of our other areas would develop and evolve into beautiful, successful and stable neighborhoods, but they had to be subparts of the bigger picture — our city as a whole. There would be very real, future restrictive “location demographics” that could forever affect us, but we could survive, depending on the ongoing concern from our locals. Additionally, allowing outsiders to redevelop, in our neighborhoods, could change the fundamental dynamics of how and where we live. Our way of life could become somewhat transitory, if those outsiders can
readily exploit it. The respect for our future, therefore, must come from inside, because we’re betting that our leaders and staff will honor the wisdom in the founder’s visions. Newcastle neighborhoods are not just places on a city zoning map. They are living entities, created and built over time, by caring people. Most of our neighbors cherish what they have accomplished, and many want to be able to live here a long time, around friends and neighbors. Newcastle needs the value its neighborhoods contribute to
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Web From Page 4 Newcastle residents demand and deserve a good quality of life. Neighborhoods full of speed humps are not good-quality neighborhoods. Some people avoid speed humps by driving over the side on the sidewalk. As one resident told me when he requested a speed hump in front of his home, now his children are in even more danger as drivers drive over the sidewalk! Everyone needs to respect the speed limit and stop at all stop signs in their neighborhood and
Letter From Page 4 community stability; that’s what they do. We appoint city leaders, specifically to represent us, thus our citizens should reasonably expect them to have concern for existing neighborhood community connections. These connections are very personal. They
on their neighbors’ streets. If we all did this, we would be much better off. I will continue to advocate for safe streets, traffic calming methods and safe sidewalks. Going to the library from Hazelwood/ Donegal neighborhood should be a safe, fun walk. I see families, old people, kids and women with baby carriages going down 75th to the library and downtown Newcastle regularly. Providing sidewalks and calm streets is essential now. And in the immediate future, with growth exploding on 129th, this is a serious issue I will continue to address until we get a good solution. Carol Simpson Newcastle City Council must never be secondary to redevelopment processes or someone recreating part of our city vision, either for personal gain or exploiting a new dream, of what might be. Our original vision is a living history of why we are a city. It belongs to all of us. Those seeking new opportunities or just passing through should consider leaving it alone. Giles Velte Newcastle
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A U-Haul rental pickup filled with compressed-gas cylinders sits doused in foam after it caught fire and erupted in a Newcastle neighborhood July 29.
PAGE 5 renter, of the truck. “We’re not sure why they left the scene and we’d like to talk to them about it,” Burke said. “Accidents happen, but we don’t have any background of how this all started.” Firefighters had the
blaze under control in about 16-18 minutes, Burke said. The damage is estimated at $10,000 to $20,000, though that figure does not include the trailer, Burke said. “This is going to be a long and protracted investigation,” Burke said.
Fire, explosion rock neighborhood By Christina Corrales-Toy Nerves were rattled, but no one was hurt, when a pickup loaded with compressed-gas cylinders caught fire, setting off explosions in a Newcastle neighborhood the evening of July 29. The fire spread to the north and south sides of the road in the 1800 block of Southeast 84th Street, damaging yards, a
deck support post, fence, trailer and cedar tree, said Lt. Richard Burke, community liaison officer with the Bellevue Fire Department. “We had lots of fire,” Burke said. The pickup was a U-Haul rental that contained six to eight highpressure gas cylinders in its flat bed, he said. Investigators are still looking for the owner, or
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Police blotter Tip jar crook A Newcastle man stole a donation bin from the Newcastle McDonald’s, 13049 Newcastle Way, on June 29. Earlier that morning, the same man stole the donation bin from a Maple Valley McDonald’s. He wasn’t done, though. The same man reportedly stole the tip jar at the Newcastle Starbucks, 6977 Coal Creek Parkway S.E., on June 30.
Up in smoke An anonymous caller reported three suspicious males smoking something in a car near the intersection of Southeast 79th Drive and 144th Avenue Southeast June 30. The three men denied doing drugs and told police they were smoking cigarettes.
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Pedal faster! And provide TMI! By Pat Detmer
On July 8, I turned 65. I made my usual trip to the Y and headed to an elliptical machine, deciding to commemorate the first time that I put my new age into the program by taking a picture of it. I punched it in and started moving, but looking through the phone viewfinder, I realized that I was bouncing up and down too much, so I stopped. By the time I focused and clicked, the message had changed from a benign “65” to a blinking and insistent “Pedal Faster!” in red capital letters. An excellent mantra! I think I’ll have a T-shirt made. In spite of a busy day of fielding phone calls, reading birthday cards and emails, and party-planning for later in the month, I
also took the time to turn into my mother. I’d been avoiding it for years, but in the end, Pat Detmer it only took a minute. As Mother aged, she began to provide far more information than needed to phone solicitors, customer service representatives or any stranger on the street who gave her a quizzical look that signaled they were questioning her actions. Asked for the time, my mother would provide directions for building a 30-hour Bornholm grandfather clock. It drove her
daughters crazy. “Mom!” we would cry in youthful indignation, “Nobody cares! Just give them the information!” By the time of my birthday, I’d let my nasal spray for seasonal allergies run out. I did that deliberately because nothing was blooming due to the heat and lack of rain. But there were forest fires in Alaska, and the smoke was drifting south, making my eyes itchy and teary, so I thought that I’d refill my prescription. They usually ask for 48 hours, although they will rush medication when needed. I called the pharmacy. Here is all that I needed to say: “I need to fill a prescription and would like to pick it up as soon as possible.” But here is what I said: “Hi! I usually order this online and have it shipped
to me, but I’ve let my nasal spray for seasonal allergies run out. I did that deliberately because nothing is blooming due to the heat and lack of rain. But there are forest fires in Alaska, and the smoke is drifting south, making my eyes itchy and teary, so I thought I’d refill my prescription. I know you usually ask for 48 hours, but I wonder if I could get it sooner than that.” And as my mouth is
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A book about the Constitution, glasses and a vehicle registration was taken from a car parked in the 11400 block of Southeast 71st Place between July 3 and 4.
An unknown suspect smashed the window of a Ford Explorer in the 13700 block of Southeast 78th Place between July 7 and 8. That and a scratch amounted to about $500 in damage.
An unknown suspect stole the Newcastle Starbucks’ tip jar July 9. It was the second time in less than a dozen days the jar was stolen from the company located at 6977 Coal Creek Parkway S.E.
An unknown suspect slashed all four tires of a vehicle parked in the 7100 block of 119th Court Southeast between July 10 and 11.
going blah blah blah yap yap yap, I’m thinking, “What the hell? Shut up! Stop!” After my long-winded soliloquy, a response: “How about 1 p.m.?” “That would be just fine,” I replied. And just like that, I am my mother. You can reach Pat Detmer — who considers the act of turning into her dearly departed mother to be a reverse birthday gift to her — at patdetmer@aol.com.
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Patriot Players production wins 5th Avenue Theatre Award The Liberty High School drama program has some new hardware to display. The Patriot Players’ production of “The Drowsy Chaperone” earned a 5th Avenue Theatre Award for Outstanding Direction. Danny Kam, a 2006 Liberty graduate, won the award after coming back to his alma mater to direct the Patriots’ spring musical. Overall, the Liberty production picked up 10 nominations and one honorable mention to go
along with Kam’s win. Liberty High School — “The Drowsy Chaperone” q Outstanding Overall Musical q Outstanding Direction (Won) q Outstanding Choreography q Outstanding Orchestra q Outstanding Lighting Design q Outstanding Costume Design q Outstanding Hair and Makeup Design
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Hazen, Liberty athletes earn spring all-league honors KingCo and Seamount conference coaches announced their allconference selections for sports during the 2015 spring season. Listed below are the selections from Hazen (Seamount League) and Liberty (KingCo 2A/3A Conference). If you can add information, or you have corrections, email newcastle@ isspress.com.
Baseball Hazen q League co-champions
— Hazen and Kennedy Catholic q Coach of the Year — Mike Brundage, Hazen q First team — C Logan Ricord, sophomore; 1B Ryan Gayte, senior; DH Eli Azcueta, senior q Second team — 3B Alex Combs, sophomore; OF Nolan Hoover, senior q Honorable mention — OF Mitchell Hard, senior; OF DJ Anderson, senior; P Ben Hoeper, junior; P Ryan Gayte, senior
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John Martin q Second team — P Nate Steffens, senior; 3B Michael Heath, senior; OF Torey Anderson, sophomore q Honorable mention — Boston Munro, junior; Tyler Haselman, junior; James Workman, junior; Riley Wingerson, sophomore
Boys soccer Hazen q First team — CD Hector Cervantes, junior; F Reyes Garcia, junior; M Ethan Kem, sophomore q Second team — M Cooper Cerna, junior; F Zach Quesnel, junior
q Honorable mention — M Robbie Schroeder, freshman; D Christian Chavez, sophomore
meters), Rhyan Demile (long jump), Parker Trewett (shot put) q Second team — Taseen Hussain (300 meter hurdles), Rhyan Demile (triple jump) q Honorable mention — Aaron Rothlisberger, Jesus Vargas, Ramsay Bauer and Saivon Johnson (4X400 relay team)
Liberty q First team — D Tyler Wray, junior; M Tyler Jensen, senior; D Ryan Graham, senior q Second team — F Michael DuVall, senior q Honorable mention — JT Anderson, Griffin Lockhart, Noah Anderson, Leoul Hancock
Girls track and field Hazen q First team — Sarah Hart (800 and 1600 meters), Alexis Rogers (400 meters), Taliah Coe (javelin), Alexis Rogers, Amy Warmenhoven, Sablena Milinganyo and Sarah Hart (4X400 relay team) q Second team —
Boys track and field Hazen q First team — Jesus Vargas (400 and 800
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From Page 1 Tai Chi classes. The resort-style community will also have a central Zen garden and a tearoom. Additionally, Aegis Gardens will feature an activity center with daycare services. An amphitheater and movie theater will play host to civic activities, cultural exhibitions, music performances and lectures on the most recent scientific advances in eastern and western medicine. “Our goal in building this community was not just to have a retirement community, but really a cultural epicenter for the Chinese community as a whole,” said Aegis Living founder Dwayne Clark. Based on recent U.S. Census figures, Clark said at least 75,000 Chinese-Americans live in King County, with many more residing in nearby Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia. Newcastle’s Aegis Gardens is the company’s second facil-
Council From Page 1 unteer appreciation events. If elected, she plans to pull on her experience working as an administrative assistant in the city of Renton Public Works Department. “I work in municipal services infrastructure, and people notice when things aren’t right,” she said. “Safe infrastructure is huge, especially when you’re doing all this growth and development.”
Humps From Page 1 Data collected did not support the installation of speed humps, Brauns said. While studies show that the traffic volume has increased on the corridor that includes 125th Place Southeast, Southeast 75th Street, 127th Place Southeast and Southeast 73rd Place, Brauns said speed data shows that the majority
SolTerra’s Atlas Developers moved the first pieces of dirt July 29 at a site that will soon house a 98-unit, six-story apartment building in Newcastle. SolTerra, a fast-growing design, build and services firm with the mission of creating sustainable, livable and innovative buildings, broke ground on Atlas, its first apartment project in the state. Atlas, located behind the Newcastle Library, is a mixed-use LEED Platinum-designed building. LEED certification represents the premier mark of achievement in green building.
“This is going to be the first LEED Platinum mid-rise building on the entire Eastside,” SolTerra co-founder Brian Heather said. “It’s a really cool project that we’re getting to bring to the community.” The building will include underground parking for residents and Newcastle Library patrons. There is 2,000 square feet for ground-floor retail space. Atlas will feature lush green living walls, ecoroofs, a large storm-water retention facility, rooftop solar, and private and public roof terraces. The building’s design elements focus on sustainability. For example, the company says the anticipated energy use will be 30 percent less than typical new buildings built to state code. “This new SolTerra project provides a beautiful, sustainable living space for our community,” Mayor Steve Buri said. “The LEED design also raises the bar for what we might expect from future city development projects.” Additionally, the 9,100-square-foot eco-roof will help manage storm
water; a living wall will absorb carbon emissions and cool the building; and drought-tolerant landscaping with a highefficiency irrigation system will reduce water demand for irrigation by 71 percent. Each SolTerra project has a special touch. In Atlas, each unit will be equipped with bookshelves, a nod to the apartment building’s neighbor. “It’s really going to help us fulfill our vision, our mission to help connect people to nature, create better community and urban environments, and just reduce our impact on the Earth,” Heather said. “Those are the things that really drive us every day.” The new building is particularly interesting, because to date, singlefamily residential-type projects have dominated the city’s development, City Manager Rob Wyman said. “This is a first for us, and we are very, very excited,” he said. Atlas is set to be completed the summer of 2016. Learn more at www. solterra.com.
is one of the city’s most important issues. She highlighted the Newcastle Way apartment project as an example of residents unhappy with the trending growth in the city. “It would be part of my job to facilitate the ease on the residents so that they make this transition easy,” she said. While Sandoval said she understands residents’ fears of newcomers coming into the city and changing its dynamic, she added that growth, especially in the form of retail, is necessary to bring more people, and by extension
their money, to Newcastle. Sandoval described herself as a very passionate person with strong convictions; but she also has a mind for mediation and reconciliation, which comes in handy on a board with seven distinct voices, she said. At the end of the day, though, Sandoval, a real estate agent and nurse, said all City Council members want what’s best for their community and residents. “I’m not into the politics of being a politician, but I want to look back and say, ‘Wow, look at the difference we’ve made,’” she said.
tainly a benefit, Jensen added, but she said she hopes the speed humps also discourage those who have used the corridor as a “faster” way to get out of the neighborhood. Simpson, the only council member to vote against the motion, earlier angered neighbors when she said, “I’m getting tired of driving over speed humps. I’m getting tired of paying for bills for my car repair,” at the town hall meeting in June.
At the July 21 council meeting, Simpson said speed humps are a “lowquality solution to the problem.” Really, what that street needs is full sidewalks from Donegal Park to 129th Avenue Southeast, she said. Simpson also suggested to neighbors that they would likely regret their call for speed humps after frequently using them. Neighbors in attendance clapped in approval once the 5-1 vote for speed humps was completed.
ambassador to China, praised the project and the impact it will have on the community both young and old. “It truly will be, I think, a focal point for the Chinese American community on the Eastside and actually serve the needs of the Chinese community throughout the Puget Sound area,” he said. Aegis Gardens is slated to open in 2017. Learn more about the facility at www.aegisgardenswa.com.
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Members of the SolTerra team break ground on Atlas, a new LEED Platinum-designed mixed-use apartment building in Newcastle.
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ity geared toward the Chinese culture. The first Aegis Gardens opened in Fremont, California more than a decade ago with much success. With an occupancy rate at 100 percent, the Fremont location has shown that residents will travel miles, even several states away, to join such a specialized community, Michael Derr, Aegis Living’s vice president of development, told the Newcastle News in 2013. Prospective residents
have already put down deposits, claiming 10 percent of the Newcastle facility’s apartments. Aegis Living doesn’t usually have groundbreaking ceremonies, but the Newcastle Aegis Gardens event drew hundreds, including Newcastle City Councilmembers and staff, at least one Bellevue City Council member, the King County Executive and former Washington Gov. Gary Locke. Locke, who most recently served as the U.S.
Ensuring public safety, monitoring growth and development, and improving public outreach are among the most important issues facing the city, Newing said. As large-scale development projects flood the city, Newing said it’s important that public officials do all that they can to maintain Newcastle’s identity. “I want to make sure that that development and growth is viable, and it still preserves our residential character,” she said. Newing also identified effective public outreach as a critical trait any pub-
lic policymaker should possess. She looks forward to attending community meetings, talking to residents about city issues and hearing their concerns this election season and beyond, she said. “People want to be heard,” she said, “and it’s an elected official’s duty to listen, digest and respond.” Victoria Sandoval Victoria Sandoval is a relative newcomer to Newcastle. She moved to the city in January 2014, but already, she sees it as the place she could call home
the rest of her life. That’s why she’s running for a City Council spot. “When you love a city, you want to make a difference,” she said. She wants to have a hand in a crafting a Newcastle that instills pride in its residents and has outsiders clamoring to join that unique sense of community. “We’re small enough that we should definitely have a community feel, and I don’t think we do, not yet,” she said. Sandoval, who joined the Community Activities Commission in October 2014, said development
of vehicles are going the speed limit. “The data doesn’t show that there’s a significant problem,” he told the council. The posted speed limit on the street is 25 mph. At various points across the corridor, the city recorded 85th percentile speeds of 23, 24, 25 and 26 mph in 2015, Brauns said. The 85th percentile speed is the speed at or below which 85 percent of all vehicles are observed to travel under free flowing conditions.
Brauns suggested installation of wide-edge striping, neighborhood traffic circles and initiation of a speed-watch program as alternative solutions. He added that the city’s practice has been to look at speed humps when the 85th percentile speed is about 5 mph above the posted speed limit. The city has $75,000 allotted for traffic-calming measures. Speed humps cost about $10,000 each, Brauns said. The exact number of speed humps to be installed on the
corridor is currently unknown. Traffic volume on the corridor has increased, though, and that could continue with new development planned in the area. Residents said they believe drivers are attracted to the corridor because it doesn’t have the trafficcalming measures that neighboring streets do. “For me, it’s more about diversion,” City Councilwoman Lisa Jensen said of the speed humps. Slowed speeds is cer-
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of Washington. She will attend the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy in the fall to obtain her doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences. q Julie-Elisa S. Acosta, of Newcastle, graduated July 13 with a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from Wichita State
Local students graduate q Alanah Bell, of Newcastle, graduated June 13, with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a minor in chemistry from the University
University, in Wichita, Kansas. q Madison Dinger, of Newcastle, Bachelor of Science, nursing, Linfield College, Oregon q The following Newcastle students graduated in the spring semester at Washington State University: Alexis Garvin, Bachelor of Arts, hospitality business management; Chelsea Gillies, Bachelor of Arts, communication; Shannon Heric, Bachelor of Arts, digital technology and
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Honor roll q James Hill, of Newcastle, was named to the Oregon State University spring semester honor roll. q Markell Sanders, of Newcastle, was named to the University of
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