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KICKING OFF THE SEASON

NEWS

Wellman edges Litzow in 41st’s primary test

BY CHRISTINA CORRALES-TOY ccorrales-toy@newcastle-news.com Incumbent state Sen. Steve Litzow has some work to do to keep his 41st District seat. After compiling a lead in the initial returns following the Aug. 2 primary, the Mercer Island Republican ultimately finished second to Democratic challenger Lisa Wellman. Wellman, a Mercer Island resident who describes herself as an educator turned CEO, earned 48.8 percent of the vote

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City’s former parks commissioner dies after car plunges into pond

BY CHRISTINA CORRALES-TOY ccorrales-toy@newcastle-news.com Former Parks Commissioner Curtis Gray died after his car left the roadway and flipped upside down in a Newcastle retention pond on Aug. 21.

Gray, 57, was on the city’s very first Parks Commission, now known as the Community Curtis Gray Activities Commission. He served from

2004-10. “He was always a steady force on the Parks Commission,” said Community Activities Commissioner Diane Lewis, who served alongside Gray on the inaugural advisory board. Lewis remembered Gray for

A TASTE OF BROADWAY

SEE ELECTION, PAGE 12

ELECTION RESULTS

SEE GRAY, PAGE 12

Newcastle Days at Lake Boren Park is Sept. 9-10 Newcastle News As always, the summer comes to an end with the city’s Newcastle Days festival. The primary action goes from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Lake Boren Park on Sept. 10, but like last year, it will officially start a day earlier with Broadway at Boren, an evening community performance. The Sept. 9 show dubbed Broadway at Boren: Singing Under The Stars is a live theater production featuring excerpts from popular Broadway shows of all eras. Catch the performance from

Certified results of the Aug. 2 primary election as reported by the Secretary of State. The top two candidates in each race advance to November’s general election.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 41 SENATE

Lisa Wellman (D) 14,800 48.8% Steve Litzow (R) 14,344 47.3% Bryan Simonson (Lib) 1,189 3.9% HOUSE (POSITION 1)

Tana Senn (D) John Pass (R)

his kind heart and the careful thought and consideration he put into his commission comments. Newcastle City Councilman John Dulcich, who as mayor at the time appointed Gray to

19,436 65.1% 10,419 34.9%

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HOUSE (POSITION 2)

Judy Clibborn (D) 16,533 55.2% Michael Appleby (R) 9,889 33.0% William Popp Sr. (D) 2,914 9.7% Angel Jordan (Lib) 636 2.1%

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 9 Adam Smith (D) Doug Basler (R) Jesse Wineberry (D) Daniel Smith (D) Jeary Flener (none)

67,100 56.2% 27,848 23.4% 17,613 14.8% 3,935 3.3% 2,733 2.3%

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Ella Williamson sings ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ as she and other performers rehearse at the Seattle Revival Center on Aug. 23 for Newcastle’s Broadway at Boren community production. Youth Theatre Northwest and the City of Newcastle present the show Sept. 9 at Lake Boren Park.

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Newcastle dancer learns what it takes to go pro BY CHRISTINA CORRALES-TOY ccorrales-toy@newcastle-news.com Soreness, fatigue and sheer exhaustion never felt so good for one Newcastle teen this summer. Jen Ledbury, a Hazen High School junior, experienced all of those at Go Pro, an exclusive workshop that allows elite dancers to “train, perform, learn and live the life of a professional dancer” for one week. Admission to the summer experience in Branson, Mo. is by invitation only, and just 40 to 50 dancers nationwide get to participate in the workshop led by well-connected dancers and choreographers. From the minute the dancers arrived, they were thrust into auditions and rehearsals, culminating with a performance at the end of the program. They lived, slept and breathed dance for a whole week, and Ledbury couldn’t get enough. “It was rehearsal all day, every day and it was great,” she said. “I had the time of my life.” Ledbury began dancing when she was just 3 years old

ON THE WEB Watch a video of Newcastle teen Jen Ledbury performing her moving contemporary solo routine “You Are Not Beautiful” at newcastle-news.com.

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Jen Ledbury practices a new routine with her class at Backstage Dance Studio in Bellevue on Aug. 24.

and never stopped. It’s been an integral part of her life for the past 14 years, with Backstage Dance Studio in Bellevue becoming a second home for the dedicated teen. She favors contemporary dance and the variety of the genre. Contemporaries can be anything - sad, happy, hopeful, creepy. The style often includes elements of different dances, from jazz to ballet. Her contemporary dance solo routine this past season

was an emotional tour de force, inspired by a poem about self image she heard at a Hazen High School assembly. She asked the writer Kristina Rivera to record the poem, her teacher put it to music and the result was “You Are Not Beautiful,” one of Ledbury’s favorite dances ever. With lines such as “You are enough, so how dare you condense yourself into a word as petty as beautiful,” or “You are not beautiful. You are so, so

much more,” the dance resonated with audiences wherever she performed it. “Every time I did it, someone always would come up to me and say that really touched me, that made me feel something and as a dancer, that is my goal,” she said. “Even if my leg isn’t perfect or I fell out of my turn, as long as I made someone feel something, I feel like I’ve done my job.” Ledbury’s experience at Go Pro solidified her resolve to make a career out of dancing. She left the camp with the tools to make it a reality, including instruction on marketing yourself, audition tips and ways to build industry connections. She impressed workshop

leaders, too, with renowned dance educator Don Mirault saying she was easily in the top three of the 50 attendees that attended Go Pro this summer. “This girl could work. No doubt,” Mirault said. “All the choreographers thought so.” Ledbury dreams of touring with an artist as a backup dancer one day or dancing in a show. There’s not a lot of opportunities for dancers in Seattle, so she will likely have to relocate to Los Angeles, New York or Las Vegas once she graduates, she said. “There’s no doubt in my mind that this is what I want to do,” she said. “I want to go out, I want to audition and I want to perform for people. That’s all I want to do.”

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Liberty pianist perfects skill at prestigious camp BY CHRISTINA CORRALES-TOY ccorrales-toy@newcastle-news.com Musician McKenzie Fysh found her purpose in a Kent retirement home about two years ago. The Liberty High School student traveled to the Aegis Living facility to infuse a little holiday cheer among its residents. As she sat to play the piano, she noticed that her audience was largely quiet and withdrawn. The sullen mood changed when she began playing familiar Christmas carols. “I saw some of their eyes light up and they looked really excited,” she said. “They were engaged. It soothed and helped them.” That marriage of music and memory to heal and inspire influenced Fysh to pursue a career in music therapy. “It’s learning a neurological and psychological approach to how music responds to people that otherwise can’t be reached,” said Fysh, now a senior at Liberty. “It’s not as

much teaching music to them, but it’s showing them how music can help them.” With the future in McKenzie mind, Fysh Fysh perfected her skill at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan this summer. The camp is known as the world’s premier summer arts program for aspiring artists. Students come from all over the world to study at the northern Michigan campus and learn from world-class instructors in a picturesque wooded setting. The camp’s list of distinguished alumni includes singers Josh Groban and Norah Jones. Former Interlochen students have gone on to win more than 120 Grammy Awards and collect more than 25 Tony Awards. “It seems like everyone gets their start there, which is really cool,” Fysh said.

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Liberty High student McKenzie Fysh plays piano at Swedish Hospital in the Issaquah Highlands.

The summer program is a strict regiment of practices, courses and performances. Students are required to wear uniforms, live in cabins and follow a schedule that allows for little down time. Fysh focused on perfecting her technical playing skills to better equip herself for a future in music therapy. “Musically, it was just a great experience because the teachers are really there to

take you where you’re at,” she said. “They’re able to look at your strengths and then work on your weaknesses for the summer and send you back with insights you wouldn’t get at home.” The camp is also known for bringing in world-renowned artists to teach master classes. During Fysh’s session, she learned from famed pianist/ composer Conrad Tao. At just 22-years-old, Tao is

widely considered a prodigious talent. He’s already performed with symphonies across the world and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts in 2011. “He taught us how to express passion in different parts of music,” Fysh said. You can often find Fysh performing at area nursing homes. She also plays the piano at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah for about an hour every week. “I like interacting with the patients and families,” she said. “They share their stories and appreciate the soothing background music.” At school, she’s a member of the Liberty Singers and enjoys participating in the theater program’s shows and musicals. She is alson in a band, The Truman Doctrine, with a few fellow Liberty students. Fysh will perform solo on the Washington State Fair Education Stage from 5-6 p.m. on Sept. 25. The Truman Doctrine takes the stage on the same day from 7-7:30 p.m.

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OPINION

NEWCASTLE NEWS

Guest column

Did Newcastle overpay to buy City Hall building? BY BILL ERXLEBEN AND NOLA COSTON

he King County Assessor’s valuation of the Newcastle City Hall building for 2017 property taxes is $3.9 million, but the city paid $6.9 million to buy it. At the annual Town Hall meeting, the city manager didn’t want to discuss the purchase. Why? Is the city trying to hide the ball? City officials were exchanging high-fives last month over the sale of $5 million of bond debt. The bond proceeds and $2 million in cash were used to buy the Professional Building, the current site of City Hall. The city says it will “save” money, because the annual cost is now cheaper than continuing to rent. Here is what you haven’t been told. The City Hall lease would

have expired at the end of 2016. The city waited too long to negotiate a new lease and faced a deadline for lease renewal. Since the city had not arranged other options, the owner had the city trapped and raised the renewal rent by 25 percent. The city then offered to buy the building. With the city between a rock and a hard place, the owner sold the building to the city for $6.9 million, a price 77 percent higher than the assessed value. To finance the purchase, the city first turned to a bank. The bank offered a 4 percent interest rate with 35 percent down and the building as collateral. But there was a catch: A mortgage requires an independent appraisal, and a new appraisal was likely to be closer to the King County Assessor’s valuation, $3.9 million — $3 million less than the sales price. A six-

story, 80-unit apartment building under construction now dwarfs the three-story City Hall, completely blocking out much of the sunlight and view, lowering the value further. Since a large discrepancy between the sales price and new independent appraisal would be publically embarrassing and require more cash, Wall Street bond mavens offered a better deal: no appraisal, a lower interest rate and less cash. But there was a catch: The building was no longer the collateral. Instead, the city pledged its residents’ credit to back the bonds, giving the bondholders first call on property tax revenues. Legal questions surrounding the deal remain unanswered. If the sales price is several million dollars higher than an appraisal, has the city gifted monies to a private individual in violation

of the state constitution? The state constitution also requires bond debt and taxes levied be exclusively used for public purposes. With over 50 percent of the building leased to private parties, are the bond proceeds being used exclusively for “public purposes,” or is the city now a commercial landlord? What are the risks? A commercial property downturn or loss of major tenants is the biggest risk. There is also the opportunity cost of using $6.9 million for something that is not essential and forgoing the use of that money for something essential, like $10 million in unfunded city transportation improvement projects. Most importantly, depleting “rainy day” cash reserves by $2 million will put the city at high risk of default in a serious economic recession or natural disaster.

Guest column

grew up swimming in Maryland, known for being the new mecca of Olympic swimmers having produced gold medalists like Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky. The Washington Post called attention to this with a recent article titled, “Forget Team USA: Team Maryland is

dominating the Olympics.” These are the kind of swimmers I grew up with. So, when I signed my little 6-year-old Joshua for the swim team at Newport Hills Swim and Tennis Club, I had high expectations. This is my first swim experience on the other side, as a mother, a bystander, not as a competitor. I was shocked to discover that Newport Hills had more than

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Newport Hills pool makes summer a splash BY NANCY POLSTON

The city had alternatives. It could have used the recently purchased — now vacant — former headquarters of the CCUD for office space and arranged to use the CCUD chambers for council meetings (rent savings: $230,000 annually). The city could also have sought a favorable long-term lease in the Avalon development currently under construction. The city’s major funds are forecasted to go into serious operational deficits in the next five years. In such an event, city officials have said, they will institute a utility tax, cut services, or in the worst case, sell City Hall. Really, was this a smart deal?

300 summer swimmers and six coaches for their swim team, the Sharks. This is far more than we had in our Maryland swim clubs. I was immediately plagued with fear. I thought that for sure my son would get lost in this large Shark family. But, I underestimated head coach Kate

Something on your mind about your city? Tell us about it. Send letters to the editor via email to editor@newcastle-news. com. The Newcastle News welcomes comments to the editor about local issues — 300 words at most, please. We may edit them for length, clarity or inappropriate content. Include your phone number (for verification purposes only; it will not be published). Email is preferred, but you can also mail your comments to: Editor, Newcastle News, P.O. Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 98027

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Issaquah district kindergarten starts Sept. 7

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help in an hour of practice than he would of in a 30-minute swim lesson. From Page 1 At my son’s first swim While the first day for Schafer as she manages meet, I was a nervous the largest swim team I’ve wreck worried that most Issaquah School District students was Sept. ever encountered. Joshua wouldn’t be able Our son Joshua was 1, for kindergartners it’s to stand up on the swim part of the team called Sept. 7. block, start when the Little Sharks. He practiced official announced “Go!” Kindergarten teachers will be hosting individual with the 8-and-unders an or finish one lap of the Family Connection meet- hour each day Monday pool. But with the other through Friday. There ings on Sept. 1, 2 and 6. Newport Hills swimwere so many 8-andNeighborhood schools mers lined up against the unders that they took up will contact parents pool and cheering on my the entire north pool, con- future Olympian, Joshua to schedule a time for sisting of six swim lanes. them and their chilgot up on the block and Keep in mind that when dren to attend a Family finished 38.99 seconds Connection meeting. This I grew up, 8-and-unders later. It wasn’t Olympic meeting will be an oppor- were usually given one time but he is on his way. lane in which to practice tunity for the teacher to The smiles and cheers of create a partnership with and there was never more the other swimmers are the parent and is a chance than 10 of us. embedded on my heart as Let me brag a little for teachers to learn I lay in bed at night and more about their children about the 8-and-unders’ think I must be the proudpractice. Five assistant before school starts. est mom in the world. To learn more about the coaches are on the pool Many thanks to Coach district’s kindergarten pro- deck and two of them are Schafer and assistant grams, go to bit.ly/2bqJ6nY. specifically working with coaches Keith Nussbaum, the Little Sharks. One Andrew Barashkoff, coach in the water helpEmma Beale, Kourtney Name: 14742/Casing the little ones across Brunings and Henry the pool and the other on Pratt for going above cade Memorial the side of the pool giving and beyond anything I Width: 9p4.8 verbal instructions. could’ve imagined. I am so Depth: 2 in Wavering between grateful to be part of the On Page: 6 whether I should put Newport Hills swim famRequest Page: 0 Joshua in swim lessons or ily and look forward to swim team, I know withnext summer. Go Sharks! Type: Display out a doubt that swim Color: Black team was the best deciNancy Polston is a Renton sion. He received more resident. 02.14742.NN.R

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Laughing All The Way

There are bad days. Then there are Very! Bad! Days!

’ve always loved the start of the school year. Forget about New Year’s Day. September and the fresh start it provides is far more appealing to me than January 1st. Bright possibilities beckon at the same time that the Road to Hell is being paved Pat Detmer with good intentions, i.e. “This year I could really buckle down and get the grades that the nuns keep telling me I should get!” So as the nights get chilly and leaves turn crimson, I love to watch the local kids head back to school. Driving near home a few years ago, I followed a school bus through our neighborhood. At the stop closest to my house, kids flew out the door laughing, chattering, showing off school work, being greeted by parents. The last one out was a small boy who looked to be kindergarten age. He stomped down the steps of the bus, lips set in a grim line. As his fellow students hopped and skipped around him, he took a tight turn, his day’s work clutched in his tiny white-knuckled fist, and headed past my car. I could see his dad in my rearview mirror

sauntering up the street, hands in his pockets, and when the boy spotted him, he began running and cried out — as if the weight of the world was crushing his tender sensibilities — “I have had a Very! Bad! Day!” Dad, who had likely seen some Very! Bad! Days! of his own, took it in stride, suppressed a

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smile and placed his hand on his son’s shoulder as they walked home. It reminded me of what it was like to be a kid, when

anything new, different or difficult might be construed as “bad,” when experiences are fresh and raw and there’s no protective parental buffer. As the school bus left for its next stop, I idly wondered what had befallen him. I found it hard to believe that someone that young could experience a Very Bad Day without unintentionally driving a car into a post and crushing a bumper, or having a computer crash, or dropping a cellphone in the toilet, or pissing off the company CEO, all of which have led to some Very! Bad! Days! for me. Can we weigh Very Bad Days — VBDs — as one would weigh pounds or isotopes or air pressure? Can we put a VBD level on misbehaving hair, thoughtless comments from a friend, a stubbed and broken toe, or no cream for coffee? It’s so personal that it’s hard to quantify. It’s like describing pain using numbers. My 6 may be your 10. But just as it was for the schoolboy defeated by the day’s demands, there’s always the possibility of a fresh and bright VGD tomorrow. Especially in September! You can reach Pat Detmer — who planned to teach high school English but ended up teaching sales reps (who have LOTS of VBDs) how to sell instead — through patdetmer.com.

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BY CHRISTINA CORRALES-TOY ccorrales-toy@newcastlenews.com It’s time to roll out the red carpet for the best businesses, nonprofits and dining experiences on the Eastside. But first, the Newcastle News needs your help to determine the absolute finest the Eastside has to offer. The Readers’ Choice contest will collect a public tally of the top local establishments. The 2016 contest will include coverage areas from all four Issaquah Press Group newspapers. Readers can submit and vote on their favorite businesses in Issaquah, Sammamish, the Snoqualmie Valley, Newcastle and the greater Eastside. “This is a great opportunity to show

everyone what is special about the businesses you love,” said Issaquah Press Group General Manager Charles Horton. For the first time, the campaign will combine online voting and paper ballots to determine the best of the Eastside in more than 40 different categories, including best nonprofit, best customer service, best local attraction and best fine dining. The winners will be announced in a formal reception at the Embassy Suites in Bellevue on Nov. 3. First-place winners will be honored on-stage and receive a commemorative plaque to display at their business. The community will eventually be able to purchase tickets to the event on newcastle-news. com. Admission includes a three-course meal, a

red carpet, the awards ceremony and piano entertainment by Keys on Main. Voting officially began on Sept. 1. Cast your votes at theeastside.news/vote, or look for the paper ballot in the Newcastle News this month. Drop off paper ballots at select Eastside businesses or the Newcastle News office, 1085 12th Ave. NW, Suite D1, Issaquah. Online voting closes Oct. 9 and voting via ballot box wraps up on Oct. 1. Look out for a voter’s guide to help you fill out your ballot in this issue. Fischer Meats, First Impressions Dental Care, and King and Bunny’s Appliances are sponsoring the event. There is still time to sponsor. Contact Laura Feenstra at lfeenstra@ isspress.com to get involved.

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District has staffing, overcrowding concerns BY DAVID HAYES dhayes@newcastle-news.com Issaquah Superintendent Ron Thiele informed the school board Aug. 24 that the newest additions to the school district will open on time and fully staffed for the first day of school Sept. 1. With 19,541 total students, one of the fears going into the school year was staffing all those new and old classrooms with enough teachers in the wake of a statewide teacher shortage.

“We will have a teacher in front of every student in every classroom to start the first of school,” said Lisa Hechtman, the district’s executive director of human resources. But Thiele admitted some strings had to be stretched and pulled to meet those staffing needs. While he praised Hechtman and her team to get the schools fully staffed, he remains concerned by forces beyond his control. “I am becoming increasingly concerned what the cost of liv-

ing and cost of housing in our area are doing to us,” Thiele said. “We’re doing OK getting new staff, but it’s when they hit year four or five and they start thinking they want to buy something or get married, that’s when it’s hard to hang on to them.” To fill some of those positions, the district has hired people who are not certified but who do have a bachelor’s degree. They have also had to collapse some sections of classes, predominantly at the high

school level, Hechtman said. “As a result, we’ll be running some classes that are going to get larger in order to meet those needs,” she added. To ensure all the classrooms had a certified teacher in them, the administration had to offer extended contracts to some to cover gaps. The result is no prep periods for those teachers during the school day. “Extended contracts, while great, I do worry about that long term,” Thiele said. “I did that as a teacher in my 20s. I could do that all day, but it

takes its toll on folks.” Meanwhile, not all needs have been met. Hechtman said the district is still short a behavior specialist, they’re still working to beef up its pool of substitute teachers and they will not be fully staffed with education assistants when school starts. The administration projected a growth of 450 new students and an aggregate of 1,150 with all the new full-time kindergarten students district wide. SEE SCHOOLS, PAGE 16

Commission Corner

Commission combing over development codes

he Newcastle City Council has two volunteer advisory boards. The Planning Commission offers advice and makes recommendations on the Comprehensive Plan, development codes and other matters related to development and land use. They meet at 7 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month at Newcastle City Hall. The Community Activities Commission advises the council on city-owned park planning, design and construction,

park and facility development, renovation, trails and paths, recreation programs and special community events. They meet at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month at Newcastle City Hall. Here’s what the Planning Commission is up to, courtesy of the group’s Chairman Tom Magers and CAC Chairwoman Victoria Sandoval.

Planning Commission

The meeting of Aug. 24 included considerable discussion regarding proposed low

impact development revisions to Newcastle Municipal Codes. This was one of those meetings that covered a lot more detail regarding development code considerations than usual, yet the subject matter is necessary to provide for the city’s National Pollutant and Discharge Elimination System Municipal Stormwater Permit. In a nutshell, the goal of the changes to our codes is to make low impact development the preferred and commonly used approach to site development. This means that revisions to

codes will help to reduce impervious surfaces, minimize native vegetation loss and minimize stormwater runoff in all types of development situations. We are anticipating a public hearing on proposed LID principles and best management practices at the September Planning Commission meeting.

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the Parks Commission, praised his commitment to make the city a better place. “Any person that contributes six years for a volunteer position like that, it speaks volumes about the person,” he said. After receiving about two-dozen applicants for the inaugural Parks Commission, Dulcich chose Gray and eight other citizens. The group held its first meeting on Jan. 15, 2004, and the legacy lives on in today’s Community Activities Commission. In an obituary printed in The Seattle Times, Gray was remembered as an outdoorsman who loved to travel the world. He enjoyed hiking, camping, skiing and connecting with nature. He worked as the West Coast account executive for InSight, a telepsychiatry service provider organization with a mission to increase access to behavioral health care. In a statement posted on

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A memorial of flowers and signs grows at the corner where former Newcastle Parks Commissioner Curtis Gray died after his car left the roadway and flipped upside down into a retention pond.

ment read. “Curtis ended each call, meeting or discussion with a sincere thank you to everyone he was working with for their time and knowledge.” Above all, Gray was a

passionate family man devoted to his wife Julie Dunnwald and his children Quinlan and Gaia. The family plans to honor Gray’s memory by raising funds to build a school in an impoverished

country next year through the buildOn organization. In lieu of flowers, consider donating to the cause at bit.ly/2bwaQut. A neighbor who heard a crash called 911 at 9:04 a.m. Aug. 21 to report a car breaking through a chainlink fence and plunging 30 feet below to the stormwater holding basin at 150th Place Southeast and Southeast 80th Street, said Lt. Ryan Armstrong of the Bellevue Fire Department. The car was submerged in water, with just the wheels showing,

Michael Appleby (33.0 percent). Congressman Adam Smith appears well on his way to securing an 11th term, as the Democrat easily outdistanced his 9th District opponents. Smith finished with 58.2 percent of the vote, and will face Republican Doug

Basler (23.4 percent) in November. Newcastle voters won’t have a say in the 8th Congressional District race, but resident Tony Ventrella’s candidacy makes it noteworthy. In an odd twist, Ventrella advanced to the general election, despite dropping out of the race weeks before the primary. The Democrat, who hoped to fund his campaign without having to ask for large donations, stepped

aside at the end of June. Nevertheless, he received the second-most votes in the six-person race. Ventrella earned 17 percent of the vote. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert easily took the top spot with 56.8 percent of the vote. Ventrella is now back in the race, running what he calls “a people’s campaign,” according to his website. “I have to admit, it’s been a roller coaster

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incumbent Tana Senn, a Democrat, dominated From Page 1 Republican John Pass. Senn had 65.1 percent of to Litzow’s 47.3 percent. the vote; Pass drew 36.9 She outpaced Litzow by percent. 456 votes. Both candidates In the race for the 41st’s will move on to the genPosition 2 House seat, eral election in November. Incumbent Democrat For the 41st District’s Judy Clibborn (55.2 perPosition 1 House seat, cent) led Republican

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Armstrong said. Bellevue firefighters, who provide coverage to Newcastle, arrived six minutes after the call, but were unable to reach Gray and remove his body until 9:36 a.m. The cause of the crash was still under investigation as of press time. Newcastle Police Chief Melinda Irvine said they will look at everything, including the possibility of medical-related issue.

election year for me,” he wrote in a statement on his website, before saying “I will reach out to the residents in the five counties across the massive 8th congressional district, and I will listen to and learn about their concerns and issues.” Ventrella, who serves on Newcastle’s Community Activities Commission, does not live in the 8th Congressional District, but indicated he would move if elected.

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Resident frustrated with missed trash pickups Newcastle resident Steve Tivel is fed up, after Waste Management failed to pick up his neighborhood’s recyclables twice in less than a month this summer.

Tivel, who lives in the Hazelwood area, said it is not the first time his community has had problems with the city’s waste hauler. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to call them,” he said. It’s not just a nuisance, Tivel said, it also makes neighborhood homes a

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officer found a leather A contractor reported case filled with marijuana Aug. 4 that an unknown paraphernalia in the 7200 suspect stole $5,000 block of Lake Washington worth of tools from a Boulevard Southeast on home undergoing a Aug. 11. After conducting remodel in the 8400 block a search of the area, the of 116th Avenue Southeast officer was unable to find at the end of July. the case’s owner.

Company car

More than $2,500 worth of goods was stolen from a resident’s company car in the 7300 block of Coal Creek Parkway overnight on Aug. 4.

Stranger things

A resident in the 7400 block of Newcastle Golf Club Road reported seeing a suspicious Chevy Tahoe near the Walker’s Run condo complex on Aug. 5.

Rocky

An unknown suspect threw a rock at a back glass window to gain entry into a studio in the 11000 block of Southeast 76th Street during the Aug. 6-9 time frame.

Locker looted

burglary target. “It’s an open invitation to burglars,” he said. “You’re telling them that you’re not home when you have the cans out in your driveway.” In at least one of the instances, Tivel was told that the pickups were missed due to a new driver on the route. Tivel estimated that about 50

homes in his neighborhood are affected when something like this happens. In the event of a missed collection, Waste Management is committed to emptying the bins 24 hours after notification, excluding weekends and holidays, according to its website. “If your container(s) were

at the curb by your appointed time on your collection day and were not emptied by 7 p.m., Waste Management is very sorry for the inconvenience,” the company writes on its website. Report a missed collection online at wmnorthwest.com/ newcastle or call 1-800-5929995.

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A resident in the 8100 block of 126th Place Southeast reported Aug. 12 that the address on his vehicle registrations were suspiciously changed at the Department of Licensing over the course of the year, but the vehicles were still issued to his name.

Sounds of silence

Someone reported to police Aug. 18 that an unknown suspect tripped a silent alarm at a property in the 13000 block of Southeast 76th Street. The alarm company got a 10-second video of the suspect.

Shattered

A resident reported Aug. 18 that an unknown suspect shattered a vehicle window and took items from a car parked in the 7300 block of Coal Creek Parkway.

A locker at the Coal Creek Family YMCA, 13750 Newcastle Golf Club Road, was looted on Aug. 10. An iPhone, keys, credit cards and more was stolen Shot through the heart Someone reported from the locker, which vandalism to police Aug. had been secured with a 25, after it was discovered padlock. that a BB gun bullet shot Package pilfered through a conference A resident found two room window at the Coal empty boxes in the 7700 Creek Utility District block of 129th Avenue building, 6801 132nd Place Southeast on Aug. 10. SE. Police discovered that A flat tire the packages were A vehicle with no plates stolen from a home on and a flat tire parked in the street, emptied and the 6800 block of Coal discarded. Creek Parkway was Get your marijuana reported to police as A Newcastle police suspicious on Aug. 25.

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Hazen football coach Chris Bennett is tasked with leading the Highlanders into a new era.

Liberty offensive players huddle around coach Steve Valach as he explains a play during an Aug. 17 practice session.

Bennett leads Hazen into new era on gridiron

Liberty will be relying on smarts and speed

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New is the buzzword surrounding the Hazen football program. This season, the Highlanders are welcoming a new head coach, joining a new league and opting up to a new classification, going from 3A to 4A. Head coach Chris Bennett is the man charged with leading Hazen into a new era, and with plenty of college and high-school coaching experience under his belt, he’s more than up to the task. “Like I tell guys all the time, I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think we could be a successful program,” Bennett said. “I’m excited, it’s new and the kids have been fantastic.” Bennett spent the past two years as a University of Puget Sound assistant, where he coached defensive backs

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and special teams. He previously spent six years as the Issaquah High School football coach, leading the Eagles to the state title game in 2008, where they lost to rival Skyline. He inherits a Hazen squad that SEE HAZEN, PAGE 15

To many bystanders, Liberty’s first fall football practice might have looked like one that takes place at the start of summer drills. Sure, the Patriots lined up and ran some plays with a full 22 players on the field. They’re breaking in a new quarterback, Austin Regis, who replaces three-year starter Nate Solly. But mostly, the Aug. 17 practice looked like a military boot camp. The Patriots had a blocking and tackling circuit where they spent the majority of the 2 ½-hour session. The mantra of “violent hands” was repeated over and over, with a clear message emerging – games are won or lost in the trenches. “I think, for us, it’s not like we’re so talented that we’re going to show up and we’re going to beat you with

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underclassmen on the field not because we have to, but just because From Page 14 they’re pretty good went 3-7 as a member players.” of the now-defunct Bennett highlighted Seamount League last what looks to be a strong year. The Highlanders are sophomore class, led by now in the 16-team North wide receiver and corner Puget Sound League. back Corbin Walker, who Hazen will play in the earned Seamount League league’s Cascade Division honorable mention last alongside Kent-Meridian, season as a freshman. Kentlake, Kentridge, Hazen will be young Kentwood, Kennedy on the offensive line, Catholic, Mount Rainier but Bennett said he and Tahoma. likes what he sees there, With all of the change saying it could be one on the horizon, it helps of the team’s strengths to have a 6-foot-5, as the group matures 230-pound defensive together. Underclassmen end anchoring the Nate Spears and Vance defense. That’s what the Highlanders have in Washington State-bound senior Joe Tryon. Name: 14947/Seat“Most people don’t have tle Revival Center a Pac-12 player and we Width: 9p4.8 do,” Bennett said. “So a Depth: 4 in lot of stuff that we do will On Page: 9 rely on him.” Tryon will be an Request Page: 0 important senior leader Type: Display for a team that lost most Color: Black plus of its key players to one graduation, including File Name: the Seamount League Offensive Back of the Year Kaleb McGee. Bennett said the Highlanders will be young this year, but that doesn’t mean they lack talent. “For the better part, we are pretty young,” Bennett said. “We are going to put a lot of

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Dumas will be a big part of that. “They’re sophomores but they don’t look like it,” Bennett said of Spears and Dumas. Junior Jacob Black will serve as Hazen’s ultimate utility tool. Black will make calls on defense from his safety position, he’ll play running back

on offense and he’ll also handle kicking duties. With less than a week until the season opener, the Highlanders still had questions at the quarterback position, with senior Julian Santos and junior Cameron Escott battling it out. One of Bennett’s main goals this year is to instill a new attitude in the program, one that emphasizes confidence and high expectations. “We’re going to set the goals high, we’re not going to set them low,” he said. “We’re going to set the goals high and we’re going to go after them.”

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games and beat Renton, 35-20, to reach the state playoffs for the first time since 2010. In the round of 16 against Hockinson, they sustained a literal bad break as Solly left the game with a fractured collarbone. The silver lining of the Patriots’ 42-21 loss was Regis, who shifted over from running back and threw a touchdown pass in relief, a hopeful harbinger of things to come. Liberty’s fly-sweep offense seems tailored to Regis’ athletic gifts. “He’s got a great arm, baseball player, kind of great instincts for the game,” Valach said, “and he has been a running back his whole career, so we have a guy back

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there who can throw it a little bit and definitely can run.” The players protecting Regis will likely be a major team strength. Kaliko Parilla (6 feet, 240 pounds) returns at center, with All-KingCo Conference first-teamer Julian Bruce (6-5, 280), the mammoth Noah Pritchett (6-4, 290) and Jackson Wray (5-10, 200) also having prior experience. Defensively, the Patriots hope that foursome can occupy space and allow other playmakers to their jobs. Juan Flores returns at middle linebacker and gets things done despite his lessthan-imposing 5-6, 155-pound frame. Flores could increase his team-leading total of 62 tackles from last season. “He’s a tackling machine,” Valach remarked. Defensive end Mikey Walter (team-high eight sacks

in 2015), linebacker Ryan Richards and safety Dulin Hayden will likely be around the ball a lot, too. Look for Richards and Hayden to be two-way threats at running back and wide receiver, although the Patriots typically use many players as ball carriers. Senior Isaiah Owens might be their best deep threat at wideout. Chemistry doesn’t seem to be lacking either as Liberty prepares for its Sept. 2 home opener against Cedarcrest. “The guys are a pretty tight-knit group – they like each other,” Valach said. “Our freshman team went 8-1 last year, so some of those freshmen are now sophomores and a bunch of those guys … with their offseason work and what they do, are putting themselves in a position to play.”

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gest,” said Jake Kuper, district chief of finance and operations. He broke down some preliminary numbers: n The average elementary school has an enrollment of 620 students. n The average middle school

has 960 students. n The high school average is skewed by Liberty’s smaller enrollment than the other two — Issaquah will have a 2,350 head count, Skyline 2,250 and Liberty 1,187. n Maywood Middle School

remains overcrowded at 1,130 full-time equivalent, the largest middle school Issaquah’s ever had, Kuper said. “Those average school sizes Jake gave are not what we want, obviously,” Thiele said. “That’s why we have plans to

Here’s what’s happening at the Newcastle Library this month: n Play and learn Chinese, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27, all ages n Japanese story time, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 8, 15, 22, and 29, all ages n Infant story time, 10:15 a.m. Sept. 14, 21 and 28, newborn to 12 months n Toddler story time, 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Sept. 12, 19 and 26, ages 1 to 3 n Preschool story time, 11:30 a.m. Sept. 14, 21 and 28, ages 3 to 5 n Teen Study Zone, 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, drop-in for free homework help, grades K-12 n One-on-one computer help, 7 p.m. Sept. 12, 19 and 26 n Ready, Set, Organize!, 6 p.m. Sept. 14, get organized for the school year, teens n SHIBA counseling, 10 a.m. Sept. 20, call 206-624-5633 ext. 4159 to make appointment n Newcastle Library Book Club, 7 p.m. Sept. 22, “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline n How to write great college essays, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26, learn what admission officers want to read about, teens n Friends of the Newcastle Library annual meeting, 7 p.m. Sept. 28, review of activities over past year n Robot Garage Workshop, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29, learn about the science and history of robots, ages 8 to 12

build another high school. We don’t want to run our middle schools at nearly a thousand per building.” Kuper promised a complete building-by-building breakdown for the board at its next meeting in September.

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