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Local “Santa” kicked out of Kirkland Winterfest event
BY TJ MARTINELL
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irkland resident Fred Herzberg has been asked to play Santa Claus for 30 years, taking photos at corporate offices, senior living facilities and with his own grandchildren. But this year was the first time he was asked to leave an
event. He said he planned to attend last weekend’s Kirkland Winterfest in his normal Santa outfit but was asked to leave Marina Park in downtown by event organizers, who said it was interfering with a fundraising effort by their own Santa. According to Herzberg, 82, this isn’t the first
time he’s played Santa and allowed people to take photos of him in downtown. Last year, he said, it took him an hour to walk two blocks due to the number of people asking to take photos with him. Herzberg lives near downtown Kirkland and walks to the event. Several months prior to Winterfest he reached out
to the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce and offered to do so again but said he never heard from them. Despite this, he grew out a full beard and on Sunday dressed up and went to Marina Park, where the tree lighting had yet to take place. There, he sat down on a bench where he said people naturally gathered and requested to
take pictures. He told the Reporter he never asked for money or charged anyone during the event. At some point, he said, a woman approached him, saying she was with the company under contract with the paid promoters of the festival. She explained that he was “competing” with the official Santa they had
under contract, who was also taking pictures with people but charging $10. According to the Chamber of Commerce Marketing and Communications Director Sammantha St. John, the money raised goes to cover the costs of the festival. Additionally, she said there were concerns about him being [ more SANTA page 2 ]
Aegis offering help for families of seniors to prepare for emergencies Red Crisis File contains pertinent information in the case of medical event people the information at once?’” he said. One of the many situaFor families with aging tions adult children face relatives in or around is that their parents will the region, senior living avoid moving out of their communities like Aegis of home for as long as posKirkland have created a sible, so that by the time file to help their transithey end up having to tion into assistance care. leave it’s due to a medical Known as the “Red condition. Crisis File,” it contains “Nobody ever wants practical legal documents their parents to leave the necessary for respite home they’re raised in,” care, assisted living and Jacobs said. “But memory care, “...That’s kind of then they start to in the event a the impetus. If realize it’s more relative suffers they had all the urgent. A crisis, from a disease, an emergency information at illness or inonce, they can be trip to the hosjury that makes prepared for this. pital. That’s kind them incapable But indications of the impetus. of caring for If they had all are there they just themselves. A the information haven’t come to at once, they can completed file grips with it and be prepared for also contains aren’t prepared this. But indicaemergency infor it.” formation, copy tions are there of the person’s Gary Jacobs they just haven’t photo ID, as come to grips well as medical with it and aren’t authorizations. prepared for it.” General Manager Jacobs said that makGary Jacobs said that ing the files available the packet, created by a to people who stop by person at the Aegis of Istheir locations, even if saquah, was inspired after they decide not to enter years of observing how assisted living yet, helps people were unprepared places like Aegis when for emergency situations. they eventually do. “We said ‘Wouldn’t it [ more AEGIS page 3 ] be nice if we could give BY TJ MARTINELL
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Mary Paris, left, and Rebecca Willow have co-owned Parkplace Books for 13 years and will host their annual holiday party tonight, possibly for the last time. Paris is seeking a new co-owner to keep the Kirkland business open. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter
End of an era? BY TJ MARTINELL
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Today Parkplace Books celebrates what might be its final holiday party after 29 years of operation in downtown Kirkland. Owned jointly by Mary Paris and Rebecca Willow, the store is set to close at its current location on Christmas Eve in anticipation of Parkplace’s redevelop-
Parkplace Books holds annual holiday party tonight, seeking co-owner to stay in business
ment planned sometime next year. With Willow’s announced retirement and a new location still unknown, Paris said that its future will depend on her ability to find a new partner. Opened in 1986, Parkplace Books was originally owned by a couple before it was purchased by Paris and Willow in 2002. Paris first joined the bookstore in 1989, after having worked in
stores around the world. One of the things that attracted her to Parkplace Books was that it’s independently managed, as opposed to a chainstore. Living close by where her children attended school, it seemed an ideal place to work. “The store just had a great feel to it,” she said. “It was a place you wanted to be.” Willow later came on in 1991 after running
a store on Lake Street in the 1980s. Working at Grape Choice in downtown, she got a part-time job at the bookstore that later became full-time. When one of the owners decided to retire, the two purchased the store. “We had a desire to keep it going,” Paris said. “We loved the work, we loved being here.” Throughout the years, [ more BOOKS page 9 ]
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Kirkland resident Fred Herzbeg said event organizers kicked him out of Kirkland Winterfest this year for dressing up as Santa. This photo was taken during the event. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO ment was not aware of the incident or any of their employees being involved. He added that the downtown association was issued a special event permit, which included the use of Marina Park and the adjacent Lakeshore Plaza parking lot, while
Special Projects Coordinator Sudie Elkayssi said the permit for the event had no restrictions for the general public, which is done for closed events like Oktoberfest. “Next year I won’t take ‘no’ for an answer,” Herzberg said.
The Kirkland City Council has approved a one percent increase on the tax levy amount in order to close a budget gap while preparing for loss of sales tax credit in the future. Their resolution found a substantial need to raise the levy by one percent, while an ordinance established the actual increase. The levy raises a specific amount in revenue, while King County determines the actual tax rate, which can go up or down, based on property value. The final levy will be brought forward for adaptation at the council’s Dec. 8 meeting. Without the finding of substantial need, city officials stated that they would have only been
Kiwanis Club of Kirkland to have Girl Scouts caroling Dec. 6 The Kiwanis Club of
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able to raise the tax amount based on the Implicit Price Deflator (IPD), which is a measure of inflation determined by the state based on factors such as the cost of living. This year, the IPD was a quarter of a percent. According to Director of Finance Michael Olson, the vote was needed to close a $201,326 in the city’s biennium budget or otherwise cut the spending. According to a city memo, the budget reduction would have affected the General Fund, the Parks Maintenance Fund and the 2012 Parks and Roads Levies, as well as “translate into a permanent loss of property tax revenues in future years.” Additionally, it Kirkland has announced that it will welcome a Girl Scout Troop to its Christmas tree lot at Juanita Beach Park agains this year. This year there will be 20-plus girls from multiple local
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associated with the event when he hadn’t gone through a background check, as the “official” Santa had, and that he wasn’t cleared to be taking photos. Herzberg said the woman insisted he leave the park, which he agreed in order to avoid upsetting the kids present by arguing. He headed up Lake Street, but kept getting stopped by families asking if their kids could take a photo with him in front of the Christmas tree. As he was doing so, an individual who claimed to be from the city asked him to leave, and the woman reappeared to ensure he left. “Apparently my offense was being too close to the Christmas tree,” he wrote in a letter to the city following the incident. “Perhaps this Santa fails to understand the modern spirit of Christmas.” In the letter, he also questioned how he could be asked to leave from a public park by a private group based on what he was wearing. “At what point does a dress code become important in a Holiday celebration?” he wrote. According to the city of Kirkland Communications Program Specialist David Brown, the Kirkland Parks Depart-
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to be dual income families, whereas back not too many years families would do their best to build a mother in law apartment and try to take care of a multigenerational household,” he said. “Now they’re stretched and don’t have the time or ability because some of the complications with old age, health issues, especially dementia, which requires 24/7 demand because of the different behaviors. It becomes really an issue of survival, and for adult children caregivers this can wear the whole family.” According to the National Center for Assisted Living, 54 percent of assisted living residents in 2010 were 85 years or older, with 27 percent 75-84 years old. Only 9 percent of residents were between 65 and 74 years, and 11 percent were younger than 65 years old.
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Five NU men earn All-CCC honors The All-Cascade Collegiate Conference team for men’s soccer was announced Nov. 10 and five Northwest University Eagles earned honors for the 2015 season. Northwest University is located in Kirkland. “I’m really proud of our team and the guys for such a good season,” said NU Eagle coach Gary McIntosh. Senior Brendon Wheeler, juniors Jacob Weaver and Kyle Zimmerman all earned second team, All-CCC hon-
ors. Sophomore goalkeeper Daniel Christenson and junior Odason Pelogi, were named honorable mention award recipients in a vote of the league coaches. Wheeler, Pelogi and Christenson are all repeat All-CCC winners from the 2014 season.
Four NU women earn honors The Northwest University Eagles, based in Kirkland, landed four players on the 2015 Women’s Soccer AllCascade Conference Team including senior Samantha Porter, who is a repeat first team award winner. In addition to Porter, junior Tiffany Taylor from
Klamath and senior Gabriela de Andrade were named to the All-CCC second team. Junior Kortney Hudak earned honorable mention honors. “It was good to have four of our players recognized this season,” said Val Seid, NU women’s coach. “While we struggled a bit this year our players still did a tremendous job and the coaches of the CCC recognized that. Samantha Porter received 1st team honors for the second year in a row as a defender. Gabi Andrade and Tiffany Taylor both received 2nd team honors. And Kortney Hudak received honorable mention. We’re so proud of these four for all their work they did this year.”
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“It’s really interesting how similar it is,” he said. “This is the first time for the family to get to this point. The adult children are trying to take care of mom and dad, but they’ve got their own jobs. They’re in kind of a desperate situation. You can see the panic the fear the worry and the wonder of what to do.” What it also does, he said, is make the family more aware of their relative’s health and wellbeing so that they are more proactive instead of reacting to emergencies. “What happens is that if they do have a fall or a break of some sort, there’s a recovery time,” he said. “Sometimes they’ll get admitted to urgent care, a skilled nursing facility to intensive care recovery. That’s when they’re saying ‘Hey, what are our options?’ This is where, even if it’s going to a hospital, they don’t know what they need. Because they haven’t talked about it before, they don’t even know what it takes. They don’t even know what the state requires or what their options are. They’re calling and asking around and desperately trying to find answers. Aegis is trying to
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Thanks to PSE crews for getting light back on The Nov. 17 windstorm knocked-out power to over 300,000 households across the Puget Sound region, and more than 30 transmission lines were badly damaged. In response, dozens of Puget Sound Energy crews tirelessly worked throughout the night in rain and wind, performing the necessary, stressful and often dangerous work to fix these vital electrical lines and equipment in order to “get the lights back on.” I, for one, am thankful for these dedicated workers (who should be considered heroes). I am grateful for their dedication and their efforts. I believe I speak for many others who would just like to sincerely say to them “thank you.”
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We moved to Kirkland for the CKC, keep transit off My wife and I moved to Kirkland a year ago and the clincher for making the move was the beauty and availability of the Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC). As a runner, dog-walker and bike rider I love the trail. We should preserve the beauty of the trail and continue to enhance that beauty over the years. We should not pollute the trail with the noise and distractions that come with rail and/or buses. Let’s not disturb its natural beauty nor put the safety and lives of our children at risk. Children are now using the trail regularly to commute to and from school. The CKC is a treasure that should be cultivated and enhanced, not diminished to accommodate traffic - rapid transit belongs on the existing highways built for that purpose.
Jonathan Stutz, Kirkland
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but they are not putting any money into it. And a reminder, this is the second vote where residents turned down funding an ARC or similar facility. Has Kirkland ever considered focus groups for important decisions that are to be made within the city? It’s appalling that the council did not realize the faults of this campaign. Information is key to acceptance. We didn’t have enough information.
Karen Lightfeldt, Kirkland
Find alternatives to transit on the CKC I have read the news articles on the City Council’s push to add a bus rapid transit line on the Cross Kirkland Corridor as a means to alleviate current and expected traffic congestion through our city before the light rail line is implemented by Sound Transit. I also attended the open house meeting at the Kirkland Performance Center this past Thursday evening. As a resident of Kirkland since 1993, I am very much against the City Council advocating for the development of an interim bus line before the light rail line. My reasons, questions, concerns and proposal are as follows:
I read with interest your article “Failure of MPD…” Back at the beginning of the second round of dreams of an ARC (Aquatics, Recreation and Community center), a small survey of 400 people indicated that 80 percent of Kirkland residents wanted the ARC. Wow. Lets move forward. However, potential costs were not included in the survey. Lots of flaws in such a small sampling so the city hired a consultant to do a more inclusive survey of a higher percentage of the residents. I was at the presentation the consultant made to council. Yes, at first passing, there was lots of Safety support for the idea of an ARC. But as probable/ Safety issues already exist where the trail crosses possible costs were laid out, support percentages the residential and city streets, won’t the addition quickly went down. At the time of this survey, I of buses increase the safety risk and at the same think city was working on placing the facility at time slow the traffic on the main streets through Juanita Beach and had more facts available re costs. Kirkland rather than improve it? What happened to this consultant’s data? And the money spent on it? The city seems so Cost and benefit interested in hiring consultants hoping no KIRKLAND Per the news articles, the cost of moving one will hear the results and they can take the existing trails to make room for the bus the facts they want to use and ignore the line on the Eastside of the trail will be the others. city’s. Is it worth the tax payers’ dollars to alter The city spent half a million dollars doing the existing trail yet again? In some areas the east drawings for Juanita Beach and estimating costs for edge of the trail is 10 to 15 feet from property lines, various renditions. But when it came to the ballot, it the trail would definitely have to be moved at least really concerned me that the city was not upfront re another 50-feet out. Has the City Council deterChrist Church property. Are they interested in sellmined how much that may cost? ing? How much? Is an exchange for North Kirkland Service Community Center land still a consideration? Such lack of information makes one wonder if the city Who will use this line versus the metro buses council will come back with the need to find anthat run along 108th? Currently, the South Kirkland other property raising the price even higher. More Park & Ride is at capacity during the workweek and transparency is needed in our smart and educated the Totem Lake development is not to be completed community. for another 20 years. How will the neighborhood I was involved in the ARC project for a minute. side streets be impacted by those needing to access I heard many, many objections to such a high cost the line since the line does not run through downfacility used by a minority of the population. And town Kirkland or near many major employment then there were the comments about “what do centers? our taxes buy.” It does come across that city wants
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Studies Per the open house, the city has not and first, needs to present a thorough cost/benefit analysis and be transparent about the options they have laid out and explain why the bus line is the most favorable. The cost/benefit analysis should also factor in the cost of the loss of property values along the line, the increase in noise (noise travels up the hill, we can hear people talking on the trail, we definitely don’t want to hear buses, no matter how ‘quiet’ they are), and survey for expected use of the line?
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An interim plan to alleviate traffic congestion would be to 1) get rid of the tolls on the HOV lanes on I-405 that’s pushing more drivers onto the surface streets, 2) increase bus lines on I-405, 108th Street and Lake Washington Boulevard between Bellevue, SR 520 and Kirkland and 3) focus on ways to attract people to be able to work and live in Kirkland, meaning more affordable housing and attracting larger employers. On a side note, in an article, the bus proposal was compared to the New York City High Line project. What New York City did was refurbish a railroad line that rises above the street level and has been converted quite dramatically into a beautiful pathway for city goers to get away from the hubbub of the city streets below. There are no bus lines running along the same level next to the pathways; in fact, the pathway just ends abruptly. It is a totally different concept and a very poor comparison to a large metropolitan city. Have other cities, like Redmond, considered adding bus lines to the Burke Gilman trail? I think not because the people of those cities would be in an uproar and so why, would the City Council even consider allowing buses on our trail when it’s only really an interim fix? I hope that the City Council will do the right thing as they did with creating the Cross Kirkland Corridor trail in the first place, by preserving it’s current state, for as long as possible. Thank you for your time and dedicated service.
Jan Young, Kirkland
Transit on the trail would make it virtually unusable I am the mother of three boys and one of the 25,000 Kirkland residents living within a half mile of the trail. If mass transit were to be added to the trail, I and many other people living close to the trail [ more LETTERS page 6 ]
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[6] December 4, 2015 would no longer be able to access the trail through our backyards and side streets. I do not want my tax money going to a project that will make the trail virtually unusable to my family. Bringing my boys on the trail is a big part of our lives. We bring microscopes to the trail and scoop samples out of puddles to study. We see how many bird sounds we can identify in one sitting. We pick blackberries in the summer and make jars of beautiful jam to share with neighbors and friends. If mass transit were added I would need to load the boys in the car and drive to an access point, and realistically that is just not going to happen very often in our busy days. In addition, I would not feel safe doing many of those activities with buses running past every two to three minutes. The
trail in its current state is a great, safe place for the children of Kirkland to connect and get some fresh air and exercise. It would be a tragedy to take this green space away from those who benefit the most from it. Keep buses where they belong on I-405.
Rachel Beto, Kirkland
Uber over light rail We all are concerned that we in the land of great technology companies are still using a very old transportation network design criteria for our “transit” needs. We feel it is a lack of words to describe what the people need that holds up progress. We want coffee... we want to charge our phones and laptops and get some work done. We don’t want to stand in the rain with our groceries. We want to be safe on the ride. We want what we
thought we got when we spent a massive budget on Sounder services and light rail. But only 3 to 4 percent of trips are ever going to go by transit. The market has chosen piloted airplanes and Uber type travel and sometimes we like to drive on the open road for the fun of it. As our mayor knows people buy and lease cars because they do things that transit never will. Let’s imagine a word for transportation that goes door-to-door and reduces congestion at the same time. This would look more like Uber and not like light rail. Uber is 24/7... light rail will not run for four hours per night. UBER goes door to door or to the park and ride then bus or van to a city center. If you like the European trains then ask why Europeans don’t take light rail to the grocery store. Europe is not Seattle and Kirkland is not Seattle
Proposal to Close Pace National Consent Decree & Remove Site from the Hazardous Sites List Public Comment Period: December 4 - January 4, 2016
Documents can be viewed at: Kirkland Public Library 308 Kirkland Avenue Kirkland, WA 98033 Phone: (425) 822-2459 Washington State Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office 3190 160th Ave SE Bellevue, WA 98008 Call for an appointment: Sally Perkins Phone: (425) 649-7190 Fax: (425) 649-4450 E-mail: sally.perkins@ecy.wa.gov Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
The Washington State Department of Ecology proposes to close the Consent Decree with the Cleanup Action Plan, and delist this Site from the state Hazardous Sites List. The Site is located at 500 7th Ave South in Kirkland, WA. Ultra Corporation entered into a legal agreement with Ecology to clean up the chemical contamination at the former Pace National Site. The legal agreement, called a Consent Decree, was signed in 2012. The Consent Decree was amended in 2013 to add the new purchaser, SRMKII LLC. Ultra Corporation and SRMKII have satisfied the cleanup requirements under the Consent Decree. The groundwater compliance monitoring results for four consecutive events show no detection of chemicals of concern, and specifically, no vinyl chloride. The groundwater testing confirms this Site has satisfied the legal agreement with Ecology, and has achieved state requirements for cleanup action. This Site is now returned to beneficial uses to the community and the State of Washington. Ecology proposes to close the Pace National legal agreement with Ecology called the Consent Decree and to remove this Site from Ecology’s Hazardous Sites List. Ecology will conduct a 30-day public comment period and encourages citizens to review and comment on these documents: • Former Pace National Site Closure Report and Compliance Groundwater Monitoring Report by PES Environmental, Inc. November 2015. • Post-Excavation Compliance Soil Sampling Report by PES Environmental, Inc. March 2014. Describes soil sampling results after gray soils excavation. • Ecology proposal to Close the Consent Decree with Cleanup Action Plan & delist this Site from the state Hazardous Sites List November 2015. Send your written comments to Maura O’Brien by USA mail to 3190 160th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98008 or by email to maura.obrien@ecy.wa.gov. To request ADA accommodation including materials in a format for the visually impaired, call Ecology at (425) 649-7117. Persons with speech disability may call TTY at 877-833-6341.
Ecología pide Comentarios Públicos para remover el sitio Pace National de la Lista de Sitios Peligrosos El Periodo de Comentario Público es del 4 de diciembre al 4 de enero de 2016 Para obtener más información en español o traducciones de otros materiales, por favor comuníquese con Luis Buen Abad al teléfono (425) 649-4485, o por email a preguntas@ecy.wa.gov. Usted debe hacer referencia al Sitio Pace National. Usted debe enviar sus comentarios escritos a la gerente del sitio, Maura O’Brien por email a maura.obrien@ecy.wa.gov, o por correo postal a la dirección 3190 160th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98008. “Para solicitar acomodación ADA o materiales en un formato para personas con discapacidad visual, comuníquese con Ecología, (425) 649-7117, Servicio de Retransmisión al 711, o TTY al 877-833-6341”.
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either. We need a high touch high tech solution to our mobility that works better and costs much less than rail.
Philip Skoog, Kirkland
We need to identify our urban villages There’s a lot of uproar in Kirkland against buses on the trail. But the uproar is a red herring that distracts us from the real question: what locations in our city should be connected by rapid transit? Only after identifying those points should we consider which routes best connect them. To identify those points, first consider that rapid transit stations are best supported by a large number of residents, employees and customers. Likewise, these urban villages need rapid transit to thrive. The key to a thriving city - and a successful rapid transit system - is to identify and connect the areas which are (or are well positioned to become) urban villages. In Kirkland, this likely would include (from north to south, based on the Kirkland zoning map): EvergreenHealth hospital and Totem Lake Malls; Totem Lake business district; Rose Hill business district; downtown Kirkland; Houghton/Google; Carillon Point; and the Yarrow Bay business district.
Interstate 405 only connects destinations in Totem Lake and Rose Hill, but is an inadequate corridor for rapid transit on its own. Likewise, the Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC) fails to connect downtown Kirkland, the Rose Hill commercial district and EvergreenHealth hospital (being at least a 15-minute walk from all of these). Neither I-405 or the Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC) adequately connects Kirkland’s urban villages on its own. Instead, we should identify a primary line that connects most of Kirkland’s urban villages, and which opportunistically uses existing rightsof-way such as I-405, the CKC or other streets, as appropriate. Urban villages that are not easily served by the primary line, such as Lake Washington Institute of Technology and the Juanita commercial district - should be connected via transit service with high frequency such that transfers are reasonably easy. This could be done with busways, streetcars or automated elevated people movers of various sorts. I’ve drafted an alternative which blends the CKC and 405 BRT routing (https://goo.gl/ sQ8JzP) into a single line which connects most of our urban villages, as well as a connector for those away from the main line
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Proud of our team and the Nourishing Network We are so proud of all of our team for pitching in during our annual food drive in partnership with Nourishing Network in Kirkland this year! Together we were able to raise funds and gather foods for over 50 donated turkeys, as well as boxes of staple and fresh foods to go with them. Nourishing Network works in conjunction with local schools to ensure that the gaps in food supply needs are met through volunteer efforts such as the drive Ford-Hyundai of Kirkland put on this year. We are so grateful to be able to give back to this amazing community we are a part of, and we too believe that no one should have to go to bed, work, or school hungry. Thank you to everyone who was involved and supported us in this tremendous effort to give back during the holiday season.
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www.kirklandreporter.com [ OPINION from page 6] cyclist and was not in Kirkland when the CKC opened. The CKC provides a safe place to ride at a slow pace without the worry of having to watch out for automobiles. We already have enough places for the buses. How about light rail all the way up the center the entire length of I-405? Places like the 128th Street overpass could serve as a station. The last thing Kirkland needs is yet another transit corridor for buses. If other cities can do light rail, why can’t we? Keep the HOV exits, just put concrete posts like the kind that hold up our overpasses in between the north- and south-bound lanes. Put the same type of overpasses on them and put light rail on that. Leave the CKC for people who can’t drive and enjoy a little exercise.
George White, Kirkland
Leave BRT on 405, where it belongs I am writing as a Kirkland resident for the past 10 years, and urge the
Council to pursue option E-02 and leave bus/rapid transit on 405 where it belongs. We live within a block of the Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC) and feel it is an immeasurable asset to the community, property values and residents. Having recently completed most of the trail, I cannot comprehend spending more dollars to add rails and disrupting what is currently a safe pedestrian/ bicycle trail. The 405 option would take advantage of existing park and ride centers and alleviate traffic and parking congestion near the trail. Please pursue the option E-02 or put to a public vote prior to taking action. Thank you.
Mary Ghan, Kirkland
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(BRT) on the Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC) are based on theoretical, idealized and misleading renderings of what the combination of trails and BRT will look like. Here is what the pro-BRT and pro-train people are not mentioning. The space under I-405 at Totem Lake is 62 feet, while the space under the Northeast 116th Street overpass is only 52-feet wide. And, since the goal is to connect Kirkland with Bellevue, the public may be interested to know that the spaces under the freeways and road overpasses south of the South Kirkland Park and Ride are as follows: 57.5 feet under the first, northwest-most, I-405 overpass going south (it has triangular support columns), 64.5 feet under the other I-405 overpasses next to it to the south, 33 feet under Northup Street and 71 feet under I-520. Keep in mind, also,
that a sewage pipe runs and BRT/train footprint. under the entire length of But, if you want to be the CKC surface and that even more accurate, might also impact where add the width of 108th lanes can be located. Avenue Northeast (in So, if you allow for a Houghton), which is 44buffer zone of just threefeet wide, and you get a to-four feet on both sides 104-foot footprint, which of the BRT lanes, plus is just a little over the tarsome separation between geted 100-feet easement. bike and pedestrian While you can overlay lanes, and another bufthat footprint anywhere fer on the west side along the CKC and of the underpassERC, look closely, KIRKLAND es, you can see at least, at these that everything is few segments: very crunched up, from Northto say the least. east 58th Street Now, to put things to Google, south of in proper perspective, Northeast 85th down since Northeast 124th to Kirkland Way, the Street is exactly 60-feet Highlands segment north wide, go to the Google of Peter Kirk Elementary, Earth map and measure the industrial area east of the width of NE 124th St Totem Lake and the segwith a ruler or a match, ment between Northeast at any magnification you 124th Street and the St. choose. Then, overlay Michelle Winery (since that width on top of long term you want to the CKC path, at the put public transportation same magnification, and all the way to Woodinobserve how much space ville). and greenery is covered Notice how many trees by only 60 percent of the will have to be cut down targeted 100-feet trail and how little space is
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left for “thick, beautiful” green screens. Surely, Sound Transit may be able to put some rows of “Pyramidalis Arborvitae” trees to screen houses and buildings in some areas along the way. But, think about the look, the cost and about how much fill dirt would be needed, how many ravines and wetlands would have to be filled, and the retaining walls that would have to be built, say just south of Google and from Northeast 142th Street to Woodinville. Does it look anything like that “beautiful corridor with plants and art” envisioned by the city? And, doesn’t the current “BRT and multi-trail” idea look like just a medium-term ploy to eventually turn the CKC into a new heavy transportation corridor? If so, is that what most Kirklanders want?
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WANIC program helps high school students find career path BY SAM PAK Reporter Newspapers
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An inter-district effort WANIC is a consortium made up of seven school districts from the Eastside: Bellevue, Issaquah, Lake Washington, Mercer Island, Northshore, Riverview and Snoqualmie Valley. Through this partnership, the districts share career and technical education (CTE) programs and high school students from any of the participating
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primary mission is to provide quality, diverse and costeffective career and technical education for all students. “It was established to provide advanced-level career and technical education programs based upon rigorous academic and industry standards to prepare students for post-secondary education and successful entry in to high-skill, high-demand careers and employment,” Phelan said. In addition, Karen Hay, director of WANIC, said students can also receive college credits for the WANIC courses they take, bringing them that much closer to a degree. WANIC classes can also shorten the time it takes for them to earn specific certifications in their chosen field.
The different areas of study offered through WANIC are arts, media, communication and design; business management; natural resources and agri-science; engineering, science and technology; health and human services; and information technology. Specific WANIC courses include interior design; horticulture; welding technology, design and fabrication; DigiPen robotics and future technologies; sports medicine; CISCO Networking Academy, fire and EMS. Hay said WANIC has 13 skill centers that are three class periods long and in which students can earn three credits. She said the program also offers 1-2 credit courses that are one period long. There are also threeweek courses students can
Smith enrolled in the fire and EMS course his junior year and now, as a senior, is still in the program. “It’s a great program,” he said. In the fire and EMS course, Smith has gained firefighting, first aid and medical knowledge. Smith said his class also includes spending time at various fire stations in the area for more hands-on experiences such as receiving bunker gear, performing drills and working in student “company” groups just as firefighters work in engine companies. Jack Greaves — who is the director of the fire and EMS program and runs First-In Training and Education, the nonprofit WANIC hired to run the courses — said students learn basic fundamentals of firefighting and first responder medical training and also learn to work together in teams. He said this gives them the opportunity to get comfortable with the duties they would be tasked with on the job. When asked if he would have participated in such a program if it was available to him when he was in high school, Greaves — a Bothell firefighter — said he definitely would have signed up. Greaves added that a former fire chief he brought in to speak with students one day [ more WANIC page 11 ]
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they’ve seen book crazes come and go, sometimes reflected in the book sales, other times in the number of people who show up to an opening night. By far the largest one, they said, was their party for the first Harry Potter book, in which 1,000 people showed up and police were needed to guard the books, which they had wrapped chains around in good fun. While waiting for midnight when they could finally open the books they had preordered, the customers had activities throughout the evening, one of which was mimicking scenes from the books like choosing their Hogwarts house. “Every time someone got Slytherin they got hysterical,” Paris said. Other large gatherings included “The Absolutely True Diary of a PartTime Indian” by Sherman Alexie and “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford.
They’ve also seen major changes in the industry, such as the introduction of e-books affect not just sales but the way people browse a bookstore. “I think one of the things that is different is that a lot of people already know what they’re looking for,” Paris said. “There’s so much advertising now.” Paris, who doesn’t own or use e-books, believes that the sentimental value of physical copies outweight the advantages that come with being able to hold hundreds of books in a thin tablet. “I don’t see how you can have a library without a physical book,” she said. “If you don’t own the book you don’t have your own personal history. It reminds you of where you were when you read it.” However, Paris said that the biggest impact on their store hasn’t been e-books or online stores but the recession. Despite the presence of online bookstores such as
Mary Paris, right, and Rebecca Willow in 2009. REPORTER FILE PHOTO Amazon or even Barnes and Noble, Paris said that physical location offers people the opportunity to discover books they would love but otherwise not find. “If you browse the shelves you’ll find some gems you wouldn’t find online,” she said. Willow added that,
being readers themselves, they have offered reading recommendations to customers, and they’ve built a strong reputation in the community as a result. “We’ve really been community centered,” Willow said. “A bookstore provides a kind of gateway place for people without the
pressure of having to buy a cup of coffee,” Paris said. “They know they’ll be able to see their friends, they know they’ll see people they know there.” The holiday party today, they said, is an open invitation to all the local authors and open to people who’ve supported them through the years to celebrate one last time. “I think it’s contributed to the outpouring of dismay without fail [about the store’s closure]. People really want the bookstore to contribute.” Now that their building will be demolished to make way for Kirkland Urban, Paris said that she’ll need to find someone else to help keep it going by the time the store closes, at which point she’ll decide whether to keep the name or change it depending on where they move. “A lot of other things have to fall into place,” she said. “It’s just too big of a job to do on my own.”
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Providence volleyball coach honored by 1B Athletic League Providence Classical Christian School volleyball head coach John Ferguson was voted “Coach of the Year” by his peers in the 1B Athletic League. Providence is based in Kirkland. Ferguson, of Snohomish, led his players through a perfect regular season, according to Providence Athletic Director Nathan Morris. “John did a fabulous job of coaching the girls this year and he is very deserving of being coach of the year,” Morris said. “He does a great job of training the players, managing the games, and making it a great experience for all the players.” “Ferguson is a good role model for the students, as well as being a fine coach,” Morris said. Providence not only won every game in the regular volleyball season, but every set as well. The team placed second in 1B district playoffs and third in tri-district playoffs. The team’s ranking
Providence Classical Christian School volleyball head coach John Ferguson, center, was voted “Coach of the Year” by his peers in the 1B Athletic League. Volleyball senior co-captains Katie Adair, left, and Hailey Ferguson, right, also took All-League honors. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO in the tri-district competition guaranteed them a spot in the state playoffs for a second year in a row. Volleyball senior co-captains Katie Adair, Woodinville, and Hailey Ferguson, Snohomish, also took All-League honors. Both were selected for the league’s first team — those voted the top players by league coaches — and junior setter Lauren Haft, Snohomish, was named to the league’s second team. Haft was only one of three non-seniors in the league to be selected for either team. Adair has signed on to
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Providence boys soccer players earn individual honors The Providence Classical Christian School boys soccer team had five players selected for league honors after they made it all the way to the state quarter-finals this season. Team captain and junior Joe Moisant was selected MVP of the league in tandem with the Golden Boot
award, leading the entire state in goals scored with 42. He was also chosen for the First Team All Conference, along with fellow teammates sophomore Justin Hatcher and senior Judah Wessel. Goalkeeper junior Jackson Morris and senior Wesley Su were picked for the All Conference second team. Moisant also made the All State first team, and Hatcher, Wessel and Su were on the All State second team. Morris was chosen as the starting goalkeeper for the All State third team. Moisant was named Junior Player of the Year across the entire state for all 1B/2B schools. With three of these five award-winning players returning to the Highlanders next year, the future looks promising. Providence senior Nate Smidt contributed to this report.
DelBene in Kirkland for Small Business Saturday Congresswoman Suzan DelBene marked Small Business Saturday by holiday shopping at locally-owned small businesses in downtown Kirkland. “Growing up, my parents owned a toy store, so I know how important holiday
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene shops in downtown Kirkland at Rocket Fizz during Small-Businesses Saturday to support the local economy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO shopping can be for a small retailer. Small Business Saturday is a great opportunity to show our support for local shops,” DelBene said. “By focusing on efforts that help our small businesses and local industries succeed, we’ll be able to create and grow more good-paying jobs for years to come right here in Washington.” According to the most recent data from the Small Business Administration, Washington’s small businesses make up 98 percent of all employers in the state with around 1.2 million people – more than half of the state’s private-sector workforce. “Supporting local is so important. In our space, we’re
lucky that local food has so much cache right now and that our communities really get why local, seasonal agricultural is important,” said Ben Friedman co-founder and owner of Homegrown, a shop DelBene visited on Saturday. “But Small Business Saturday goes beyond the neighborhood farmers’ markets and sandwich shops – it’s about keeping these businesses thriving in our hometowns.” Holiday shopping kicks into high gear following Thanksgiving. Small Business Saturday was created after Black Friday and Cyber Monday to encourage shoppers to buy from local brick and mortar businesses as well.
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Kirkland hospital welcomes new urology care practice EvergreenHealth has welcomed EvergreenHealth Urology Care to the health system’s network of specialty care practices. The interdisciplinary practice, which includes an outpatient surgery center, offers evaluation and treatment for a comprehensive range of urological and gynecological conditions, in addition to ambulatory surgical care, on-site diagnostic tests and medical imaging. EvergreenHealth Urology Care, formerly the Kirklandbased practice of Washington Urology Associates, brings three board-certified urologists, Andrew Deck, M.D., Narender Sood, M.D., and Scott Van Appledorn, M.D., to the EvergreenHealth Medical Group. Together, they will lead urological patient care within specialties including incontinence treatment, bladder control treatments, prostate treatments, kidney treatments, cosmetic procedures, and other areas. “As our system grows to meet the evolving needs of our community, we are pleased to welcome these skilled doctors, their clinical team, and staff to the EvergreenHealth system,” said EvergreenHealth CEO, Bob Malte. “Their history of providing quality urology care is well known, and we look forward to sharing their trusted expertise and leadership with the EvergreenHealth community and the patients we serve together.” The skilled team of providers at EvergreenHealth Urology Care partners with patients, primary care pro-
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Police Blotter The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week. Between Nov. 20-26, there were 276 traffic incidents, 30 traffic accidents, three DUIs, 26 general traffic incidents, 42 alarm calls, 11 abandoned vehicles, five burglaries, seven incidents of fraud, 19 civil incidents, eight cases of harassment, 15 thefts, 18 vehicle
King County considers paid parental leave King County employees would become eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child, under a proposal King County Executive Dow Constantine sent this week to the King County Council. “Science shows that newborns’ earliest experiences are the most important to their long-term success. For children to flourish, they need time to bond with their parents,” Constantine said. “This measure places King County on the forefront of a growing national conversation about the well-being of children and families, and the expectations of a 21st century workforce.” The legislation sent to the King County Council, where it is sponsored by Councilmember Rod Dembowski, would supplement an em-
prowls, 19 vehicle thefts, six warrants served, 13 noise complaints, two animal calls, 11 incidents of domestic violence, three incidents of malicious mischief, 22 disturbances, three trespasses, one assaults, four hit and runs and 16 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Nov. 22 Warrant: 6:50 a.m., 12400 block of NE 144th St. After mediating a child custody issue with a 25-year-old woman and 32-year-old man, the woman was taken into custody on her Kirkland DUI warrant.
Nov. 21 Tresspass: 3:15 a.m., 12000 block of NE 128th St. A 25-year-old man was arrested for trespass after he was discharged from Evergreen Hospital and refused to leave. He was eventually arrested after over an hour of waiting.
ployee’s accrued paid leave at the time he or she welcomes a new family member through birth, adoption, or foster-to-adopt placement. Dembowski represents north Kirkland and the Northshore area on the council. The employee would become eligible for a total of 12 weeks of paid leave, by combining the supplemental leave with the employee’s existing accrued paid leave, while permitting the employee to reserve one week of sick leave and one week of vacation leave. The executive’s proposal supports the county’s county’s principles of equity and social justice by reducing disparities in leave-taking between workers at the lower and higher ends of the salary scale, and helps avoid workers having to drop out of the workforce entirely. The executive’s proposal also supports the county’s Strategic Plan, which calls for developing and retaining a quality workforce. Several major employers in the region, including Microsoft, Amazon, the city of Seattle, and the Gates Foundation, have recently boosted their paid parental leave programs in order to draw top-caliber employees. The United States stands virtually alone in not mandating paid leave of any type for its workers, with an esti-
mated 12 percent of employers voluntarily offering paid parental leave. Most of those are in the three states that have publicly funded some level of paid family leave: California, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.
Two named First Team AllConference for Kirkland college Finishing with their best season in ten years, the Northwest University Eagles volleyball team landed two players on the first team, All-Cascade Collegiate Conference Team for 2015 as announced by the league office. The Kirkland college finished with a 20-10 overall record and advanced to the semifinals of the CCC Championships. Mattie Jo Johnson and Amanda Waterman were named All-CCC players by the league coaches. Johnson, a sophomore middle blocker, totaled 241 kills with a 2.11 kills per set average. She had nine games in which she posted double figures in kills. Amanda Waterman, an outside hitter and also a sophomore, had 314 kills for the season with a 2.85 kills per set average and registered 12 double-doubles, posting double figures in kills and digs during the season.
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voiced his amazement that such a course is available to high school students. In addition to the technical and skills training they receive through WANIC, both Greaves and Smith said there are skills students learn that can be applied to any field. These include leadership and communication skills, accountability and punctuality. Smith added that the WANIC courses are character building and they give students the opportunity to meet and connect with other students they probably would not have otherwise because they are in different schools and districts. He said the people — students and instructors alike — are his favorite in being part of WANIC. Smith said he is still in contact with students from last year and has become close friends with a number of people.
A win-win While WANIC exposes students to possible career paths and offers an affordable option to set them on that path, the program may also have the opposite effect: students may go through a course only to learn that they do not want to pursue a career in that particular field. “That’s a win,” Hay said, because it saves them time and money as they are not spending years paying for college courses they learn they do not enjoy. She said that lesson is just as important to learn as finding your passion. Smith agreed, saying it is definitely good to learn whether you are really interested in a field before spending thousands of dollars to attend college (or in his case a firefighting academy) only to learn you don’t like the subject matter.
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PUBLIC NOTICES John Fowler, 135 Lake St S Kirkland, WA 98033, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Securite Gun Club, is located at 12024 Woodinville Drive NE in Bothell in King county. This project involves 3.25 acres of soil disturbance for Commercial, Utilities construction activities. The receiving waterbody is Sammamish River. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measur-
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Vira Willetta Franklin, known by all as Billie, went to be with her beloved Lord and Savior Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Billie was the first travel agent on the Eastside in 1952. She owned and worked Overlake Travel in Bellevue for 48 years until she retired at age 77 in 2000. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alice and Ortan Shoemaker, four siblings, her eldest son, Larry Franklin and grandson, Joshua Franklin. Billie is survived by her husband Wib of 75 years, son Paul Franklin (Renee) and daughter-in-law, Georgia Franklin. Also, five grandsons and many great-grandchildren and great-greats. A memorial celebration will be held Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 1:00 pm at Rose Hill Presbyterian Church, 12202 NE 90th St, Kirkland, WA 98033. Phone number 425-827-4649. Billie requested no flowers or memorials, just to have an open heart for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 1473319
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MARKETING ASSISTANT (EVERETT, WA) The Daily Herald, a division of Sound Publishing, Inc., is seeking an experienced Marketing Assistant. This position will work with our Audience Development Manager to develop and implement subscription marketing campaigns to grow pr int and digital subscr iptions for The D a i l y H e r a l d . We ’r e looking for a highly organized person to develop both the strategic and tactical plan while working hands-on to flawlessly implement integrated mu l t i - m a r ke t i n g c a m paigns for both subscription growth and retention. Data analysis and response tracking experience will be helpful as you decide how to respond to campaign sales results. Your mar keting background should include knowledge of e-mail, direct mail, print, online, s o c i a l m e d i a ( Fa c e book/PPC), Google Analytics, event marketing, and direct sales groups. You should be proficient with Word and Excel, and possess the ability to navigate multiple online applications to manage campaign implementation and tracking as well as internal proprietary systems. We offer a competitive hourly wage and benefits package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and 401K (currently with an employer match.)
As a reporter for Sound Publishing, you will be expected 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 photographs of the stories you cover; •post on the publication’s web site; • blog and use Twitter on the web; • layout pages, using InDesign; • shoot and edit videos for the web . We a r e l o o k i n g fo r a team player willing to get i nvo l ve d i n t h e l o c a l community through publication of the weekly n ew s p a p e r a n d d a i l y web journalism. The ideal applicant will have a commitment to community journalism and ever ything from shor t, brief-type stories about people and events to examining issues facing the community; be able to spot emerging trends; wr ite clean, balanced and accurate stories that dig deeper than simple features; develop and institute readership initiatives. Candidates must have excellent communication and organizational skills, and be able to work effectively in a deadlinedr iven environment. Must be proficient with AP style, layout and design using Adobe InDesign; and use the p u bl i c a t i o n ’s w e b s i t e and online tools to gather information and reach the community. Must be organized and self-motivated, exceptional with the public and have the ability to establish a rapport with the community. We offer a competitive hourly wage and benefits package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and 401K (currently with an employer match.) Email us your cover letter, resume, and include five examples of your best work showcasing your reporting skills and writing chops to: careers@ soundpublishing.com Please be sure to note: ATTN: BKRREP in the subject line. or mail to: Sound Publishing, Inc., 19426 68th Avenue S. Kent, WA 98032, ATTN: BKRREP Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the wor kplace. Check out our website to find out more about us! www.soundpublishing.com
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The successful candidate: Has a demonstrated interest in local political and cultural affairs. Po s s e s s e s ex c e l l e n t writing and verbal skills, and can provide representative clips from one o r m o r e p r o fe s s i o n a l publications. Has experience editing reporters’ copy and submitted materials for content and style. Is proficient in designing and building pages with Adobe InDes i g n . I s ex p e r i e n c e d managing a For um page, writing cogent and stylistically interesting commentaries and editing a reader letters column. Has exper ience with social media and newspaper website content management and understands the value of the web to report news on a daily basis. Has p r o ve n i n t e r p e r s o n a l skills representing a newspaper or other organization at civic functions and public venues. Understands how to lead, motivate and mentor a small news staff. Must develop a knowledge of local arts, business and government. Must be visible in the community. Must possess a reliable, insured, motor vehicle and a valid Washington State driver’s license. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays) and 401K (currently with an employer match.) If you are interested in joining Sound Publishing and leading our editorial team at the Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Issaquah/Sammamish Repor ters, email us your cover letter and resume to: careers@ soundpublishing.com Please be sure to note: ATTN: REGED in the subject line. Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the wor kplace. Check out our website to find out more about us! www.soundpublishing.com UNITED QUALITY COOPERATIVE at Parshall / New Town ND is seeking a qualified CEO / General Manager. This is a multi-location energy, grain, agronomy, and farm retail cooperative with sales of $350 million. Business degree and or successful agricultural business management experience desired. To Apply: http://tinyurl.com/o3yxchx For more info contact Larr y Fuller, 701-2209775 or Email larry.fuller@chsinc.com
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