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LWSD prepares for new bond measure for JHS, Kirk upgrades New measure would not raise taxes from current levels BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
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he Lake Washington School District Board of Directors is preparing a possible bond measure for next year that would be used to remodel or replace Juanita High School and Kirk Elementary School, with more bond measures to follow for the next ten
years. A 2016 bond measure would fund the most immediate needs, while other bond measures would possibly be put to a vote in 2018, 2022, and 2026 to fund the longerterm needs. District officials have stated that the bond measures would not increase tax rates and would maintain the 2015 tax rate
over this period of time. Spokesperson Kathryn Reith said this is because other bonds are getting paid off, such as the construction levy passed in 2011 and set to expire in 2017. “So as those expire and past bonds are paid off, taxes would go down if no other measures are passed,” she said. The 2016 bond mea-
sure, expected to be on the April ballot, would be used for construction projects in each of the district’s learning community, the area served by each of the four comprehensive high schools. In addition to projects in Kirkland, the bond measure would also replace or remodel Mead Elementary School in Sammamish, along with replacing Explorer Community School with new
modular buildings. In Redmond, it would fund three new schools in the Redmond Learning Community – two elementary and one middle school, and refurbish the Old Redmond Schoolhouse for use as a preschool center. The future ballot measures would be used
Mistake at Kirkland Cemetery triggers changes
Veterinarians help treat canine Bob, a key part of veteran’s life BY SAMMANTHA PAK Reporter Newspapers
Andrew Brim and his dog Bob recently celebrated their first year together. While this may be an important milestone for any owner-pet relationship, their anniversary was particularly special, considering what the pair have gone through in the last year.
A rare condition One of the most significant events they have gone through was a trip to the veterinarian that led to Bob undergoing surgery to have one of his kidneys removed. It all began in July when the two went for a walk and Brim discovered blood in Bob’s urine. It was “out of nowhere,” he said. Brim, who now lives in Bellevue but has previously lived in Redmond, took Bob to the Redmond-Kirkland Animal Hospital at 7251 W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy N.E. in Redmond, where he was treated by veterinarian Andrea Hoover. After her examination, Hoover said they discovered the cause of the blood was a giant kidney worm. She said this is not treat-
able with medicine, so Bob — who was otherwise healthy — required surgery to remove the worm. “It definitely came as a shock to Andrew as to what was going on with (Bob),” Hoover said, adding that giant kidney worms are extremely rare in this part of the country. They are typically found in warmer climates. Upon hearing Bob’s diagnosis, Brim, who is originally from Prosser in eastern Washington, said he couldn’t speak. He didn’t know what to do. His 2-year-old dog was dying, and working at Housing Hope — an organization in Snohomish County that focuses on providing affordable and transitional housing to low-income populations — Brim wasn’t in a financial position to pay for Bob’s procedure. But then, his parents offered to help pay for the surgery. The procedure was performed at Seattle Veterinary Specialists, a specialty and emergency animal hospital that has locations in Kirkland and Seattle. In addition to his parents’ support, Brim said the staff and doctors at the hospitals [ more VETS page 5 ]
to build three additional elementary schools and two choice high schools. They would also fund the remodeling or replacing of Kamiakin Middle School, Alcott Elementary School, Evergreen Middle School and Smith Elementary School. The district is inviting community members to provide feedback on the draft funding plan, and the district said it would [ more LWSD page 2 ]
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Holiday fun on ice Local residents Devin Graupmann and Logan Graupmann perform in Winter Solstice at the Kingsgate Ice Arena in Kirkland earlier this month. The Kingsgate Skating Club hosted the event. The holiday presentation on ice featured skaters from the club. Donations of non-perishable food items or wrapped holiday gifts were collected for Hopelink. LINAE GRAUPMANN, Contributed photo
The city of Kirkland is making changes to its documentation process for the Kirkland Cemetery after a mixup in paperwork caused the man’s remains to be placed in the wrong spot. According to Kirkland Customer Accounts Supervisor, Jay Gewin, the matter was brought to their attention after the family of the deceased complained that their father’s urn was in the wrong spot. Gewin said that somehow the records from 2013 had him in the incorrect location, so when the deceased man’s wife passed away and the family wanted her in the same location. They ended up moving her remains to where the husband’s were, but it was still in the wrong section. “We thought the incorrect location was the correct location… and then [ more MISTAKE page 2 ]
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when we found out that wasn’t the case we moved them back to where he had been and then placed his wife at the same location.” As a result of the error, he said they have increased documentation and improved communication and operation protocol to ensure it doesn’t happen again. The cemetery is located at Northeast 80th Street and 120th Avenue, where most full size burial lots are sold out, many of them containing the city’s early settlers. Gewin said that occasionally they can become available, but mostly they have spaces for urns. The city has a Cemetery Committee but it is made up of city employees and only meets when there are changes in city policies or long term operation rates or plans.
ing, the board received an initial draft report on potential funding measures that would go toward building new schools and renovate aging facilities. Incumbents Siri Bliesner and Chris Carlson and newcomer Eric Laliberte were also sworn into office after winning their respective races in the November election. The funding plan would implement the project recommendations of the Long-Term Facilities Task Force, a 63-member representa-
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High school students learn about life at Google Thirty-seven students from Emerson High School (EmHS), International Community School (ICS), Juanita High School (JHS), and Lake Washington High School (LWHS) experienced life on the Google campus for a day on Nov. 12. The local Google campus is located in Kirkland. A panel of “Googlers” shared with students how they came to work at Google. The panel included an engineering manager, a “people operations” (think human resources) recruiter, a computer scientist, and a member of the Google Philanthropy team. That diversity of positions showed there are
tive group that spent on whether the facilialmost a year looking ties as is could include into the district’s facility more classrooms. The needs. They presented Task Force recommendatheir recommendations tions also included a list to the board in Novemof specific construction ber, which the board projects needed for the ultimately approved. The district from 2016-2030. recommendations They also recomaddressed the ismended strategies sues of classroom for efficient and KIRKLAND capacity and old cost-effective buildings, advisfacility designs. ing they build The draft funding more schools to meet plan implements the growing classroom needs, construction projects while either renovating over time. or completely rebuildEach measure would ing schools depending have projects to increase
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more jobs at Google than just the expected computer science jobs. “Computer science isn’t an end, it’s a tool that helps you to solve human problems,” said Shane McDaniel with Google Philanthropy. He shared that even though his degree is in computer science, he has been able to explore a variety of jobs within Google. The highlight of the students’ time at Google was a tour of the campus. Following the Google visit, students attended the Kirkland Chamber Luncheon’s Youth and Business Symposium. There, they heard from another Googler, Senior Engineering Director Clyde McQueen. He shared his career path with students, and emphasized that it is important for students to learn how to apply their learning to the real world.
LWTech hires new VP of instruction Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) has hired Dr. Elliot Stern to be the new vice president of instruction and Dr. Suzanne Ames as dean of design, IT and Baccalaureate Development. “We are pleased to welcome these two distinguished professionals to the college. Their wealth of experience in higher edu-
classroom space and reduce the reliance on portable classrooms. Additional projects would leverage use of existing facilities and expand choice school / program options. Cost-effective design principles would be implemented. The Educational Programs & Operations Levy as well as the Capital Projects Levy must be renewed every four years. Last year’s failed bond measure would have raised $750 million. It garnered a majority voter
Kirkland City Council member Penny Sweet addresses the crowd at the Kirkland Public Safety Building during the unveiling of the crane sculpture on Dec. 15. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO cation, as well as successful leadership roles, will contribute to the success of LWTech, and ultimately, to the success of our students,” said LWTech President Dr. Amy Goings. As the vice president of instruction, Stern will oversee all instructional divisions at LWTech, which include more than 40 diverse programs ranging from early childhood education, computer technology, health, culinary and baking arts, gaming, continuing education and high school programs. He comes to LWTech from Edmonds Community College where he was Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) since 2013. Stern’s higher education experience also includes 10 years at Everett Community College where he served as Dean of Allied Health as well as a tenured
faculty member. He holds a medical degree from Michigan State University and a law degree from the University of Michigan.
Kirkland officials unveil sculpture City of Kirkland officials unveiled the Crane in its Vigilance sculpture by artist Matt Babcock at the Justice Building in the Totem Lake neighborhood on Tuesday morning. Some of those in attendance included former cultural arts commissioner Kathy Feek, current Cultural Arts Commissioner Carol Belval, Melissa Nelso of the Cultural Arts Commission, Cultural Arts Commission Chair Dawn Laurant, Cultural Arts Commission Vice Chair Ryan James and Cultural Arts Commis-
approval, but failed to get the required 60 percent to pass. At the same time, the school district has been the fastest-growing district in King County during the past several years. Following the bond measure’s failure, the district has repurposed funds to make better use of existing facilities and redrawn district boundaries in order to accommodate the student population, the latter of which initially drew criticism from certain communities. sion member Marianna Hannefeld. Kirkland residents and city staff were also in attendance. The metal sculpture is located in the rain garden located on the east exterior wall between the entrances to the Kirkland Police Department and Kirkland Municipal Court. Crane in its Vigilance stands 17-feet tall and is 11-feet wide and complements the rain garden design. Following the unveiling, guests were invited to enjoy refreshments in the Totem Lake Room of the Kirkland Justice Center, located at 11740 NE 118th Street. According to legend, a family of cranes preparing for sleep would pick one bird to stand watch holding a stone in its claw. If the sentry fell asleep, the stone would fall and wake the bird up. In medieval Europe, the image of the crane holding a stone was a common symbol of watchfulness, known in heraldry as “Crane in its Vigilance.” Crane in its Vigilance represents the reliance the community places in the people and institutions we have appointed to stand guard for us and watch over our laws, and also our responsibilities as individuals to our neighborhoods and communities. The Kirkland Cultural Arts Commission recommends to City Council 1 percent for art public art acquisitions.
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seek community input before each of the three subsequent bond measures. “The first one has the most detail,” Reith said. “We will of course go back out to the community in two years and say ‘This was the plan two years ago, is it still the right plan?’ There will be a community input process and a review of those potential measures at the time they would come up.” During its Dec. 7 meet-
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Kirkland doctor can make patients a new knee with 3D imaging
lifetime, but the idea is to try to increase the 12-15 years that we’re seeing now, and trying to get them into the 20-25 years.” Although surgeons can improve their methods when using a traditional mold, Santoro said it will still not provide the same precision or accuracy that the imaging does. “You can only do so much to vary it, because it still needs to fit the patient,” he said. “Some fit beautifully and it was absolutely designed for the patient. If you’re number five and it’s a number 5, perfect, but if you’re 5.5 that causes troubles. that’s the biggest issue.” The new imaging also reduces the time spent on the operating table, Santoro said, in which putting the new knee in can take as little as 10 minutes. So far, he said, he hasn’t found any negative aspects to using the new imaging. “I think as we get older, if there’s going to be areas with deformity when we’re in our 70 or 80s, I’m not sure we need to use it,” he said. “But if you really think about it with high functioning people…it’s definitely the way to go.”
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Kirkland Kiwanis donates hundreds of books to elementary students Kirkland Kiwanis donated over 600 brand new Scholastic books to Rose Hill Elementary and John Muir Elementary on Dec. 3 according to the Lake Washington School District. Books were donated to both schools by members of the Kirkland Kiwanis group. On Dec. 7, primary students at Rose Hill Elementary each took turns selecting a book to take home. In addition, all of the first grade teachers at Rose Hill Elementary were given a package of books for each of their four classrooms. The Muir Elementary books will be handed out to students at the school’s annual Family Literacy Night in March.
Local hospital earns awards for stroke care EvergreenHealth is pleased to announce it has earned the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite for 2015. The award recognizes the Kirklandbased health system’s commitment to quality care for stroke patients, according to guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. Get With The GuidelinesStroke helps health systems provide the most up-to-date, research-based care for stroke patients with the goal of reducing recovery time, death and disability. EvergreenHealth earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures over a set period of time, which included the aggressive use of medications, risk-reduction therapies and measures to improve the lives of stroke patients and their families. EvergreenHealth also received the association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite for meeting stroke quality measures that reduce the
“Sometimes an x-ray looks absolutely perfect, but there’s maybe some element of soft tissue impingement. That’s a very common problem. It doesn’t feel right.” Another advantage is that it prevents post-surgery issues with the replacement knee. The imaging makes for a more precise replacement knee than traditional methods in which the replacement can either be too small, too big, or not perfectly fitted to the patient. Most knee implants come in only a limited range of sizes and can prove problematic for patients whose knee fits in-between
time between hospital arrival and treatment with the clotbuster tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. People who suffer a stroke who receive the drug within three hours of the onset of symptoms may recover quicker and it lessens the chance of suffering from severe disability. “EvergreenHealth’s team approach to providing stroke care is one among many attributes that contribute to this important work aimed at improving the lives of patients and their families when it matters most,” said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte. “From our community-based first-responder teams who provide life-saving rapid response treatment, to the doctors, nurses, and providers who offer the highest quality comprehensive stroke care according to these respected guidelines, it’s our honor to recognize each of their contributions to achieving the best possible outcomes for our patients.” For providers, Get With The Guidelines-Stroke offers
two sizes. “I think the key is that with the CT scan, you are putting this prothesis in the absolutely correct position as long as you align everything,” he said. “You are recreating the normal mechanical access and bringing it back to the joint. That can’t be said for stock protheses. There are always changes in the joint line because again the prothesis doesn’t always fit perfectly.” Whereas in the past surgeons often had to get the patient to fit the mold, the 3D imaging flips this around so that the conformist creat-
ing the knee designs it to fit the patient. “In a stock protheses often the cuts may be excessive in trying to fit the implant,” Santoro said. “Sometimes it takes configurations because they’re trying to fit the patient to the prothesis. You wind up taking way too much bone. In the conformist protheses, because it is anatomically designed, the amount we remove is remarkably less.” Santoro said he hopes the new replacement knees will also last longer due to a better fitting. “No prothesis will last a
quality improvement measures, discharge protocols, standing orders and other measurement tools that can help save lives and ultimately reduce overall health care costs by lowering readmission rates for stroke patients. “We are pleased to recognize EvergreenHealth for its commitment to stroke care,” said Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., national chairman of the Get With The Guidelines steering committee and executive director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. “Studies have shown that hospitals that consistently follow Get With The Guidelines quality improvement measures can reduce length of stay and 30-day readmission rates and reduce disparities in care.” EvergreenHealth’s commitment to quality care has also been recognized by its track record of Five-Star ratings by Healthgrades for the treatment of stroke for seven consecutive years, and it has been recognized as one of America’s 100 Best™ hospitals in stroke care, as well. Healthgrades also ranked EvergreenHealth among the
top 5 percent in the nation for neurosciences for 2016. To learn more about the American Stroke Association, visit www.strokeassociation. org. For more information about EvergreenHealth, visit www.evergreenhealth.com or call its 24/7 Nurse Navigator & Healthline at 425-8993000. Reach
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Following the latest surgery, his recovery time was much faster and since then has reKirkland-based ported being able to resume surgeon is among the his regular activities such as first in the country horseback riding. to utilize new technology alThe 3D printing technollowing them to mold custom ogy enables Santoro to have knees for patients. a wax mold created within For Dr. Vincent Santoro, a few weeks after the initial a surgeon at the Evergreen scan which forms the metal Health Orthopedics and sections of the entire knee. Sports Care, the 3D imag“I felt this was ing technology something that “I felt this was provides a wide made sense, espesomething that range of benefits to cially when 15-20 made sense, patients requiring percent of patients especially when knee replacement end up having pain 15-20 percent of surgery, while so patients end up post-operatively,” far having little to he said. “Some of having pain postno downsides. the reasons are operatively. Some mismatch of the Santoro said he first became aware of the reasons are implant to the mismatch of the person, maybe too of the technology implant to the during a symposmall, maybe too sium in Las Vegas. person, maybe too big.” “Like any new small, maybe too One of the mainnovation you big.” jor improvements read about these Dr. Vincent Santoro the precision of the things, you hear imaging technolabout it from cology provides is leagues, and it’s a matter of that it makes it possible for testing it out,” he said. “The surgeons to preserve secway it was instructed, and the tions of the patient’s knee way it anatomically fits, just unaffected by arthritis. This kind of made sense.” can prevent misalignments Santoro recently used the with the new knee or other imaging on a patient who complications. had already had their origi“Sometimes pain comes nal knee replaced six years from reasons that there’s no ago using a regular prothesis clear cut answer,” he said. but found it very painful. BY TJ MARTINELL
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30 years of neglect can’t be undone in one or two state budgets
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his year a bipartisan coalition of state legislators worked together to provide an historic investment in our state’s K-12 education system, boosting school spending by $1.3 billion, an increase of $1,237 per student. It was the largest education budget increase in state history and continues the major turnaround in education spending currently underway. Since 2013, education spending has increased by $4.5 billion and state spending per student has increased 33 percent. For 30 years education was not a budget priority, but over the past few years, we’ve seen what a dramatic change is possible across the spectrum of education when we work together to make it our priority. In fact, this dramatic change made national news when we passed the first college tuition reduction in the nation this year. The question I’m hearing from parents is what these new investments mean for their children’s schools. In other words, what are we buying with all this new money? First, we are filling in gaps created by decades of underfunding. These include paying for the actual transportation costs of the school districts, providing full funding of materials and supplies for the school districts and paying for all-day kindergarten statewide by next school year. Once we addressed the chronically underfunded areas, we focused on the greatest opportunities for turning around Washington’s record on education. That meant major investments in reducing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade classrooms where research says it’s most effective, nearly doubling support for high poverty students, reforming bilingual education and providing salary increases and improved health benefits for teachers. Achieving these results required the support of a broad, bipartisan coalition. Parents, teachers, advocates and legislators came together to agree on directing this major investment in schools, passing the Legislature by landslide margins in both the
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Senate and House. We began this year with many budget challenges but Republicans and Democrats came together on education, agreeing on many of the results you see listed here, even before the final budget agreement was reached. This huge improvement toward fully funding education came in addition to historic expansion of early learning access and quality. Research shows that high quality early learning pays major dividends throughout a student’s education and life. This led us to pass the Early Start Act which improves the quality of early childhood education while rapidly expanding early learning opportunities in the budget by 85 percent. Our focus on education did not end in high school, but addressed the full spectrum of education from preschool through college. We are now a nationally recognized leader because our budget actually reduced the cost of college for our state’s students. After decades of skyrocketing tuition rates, we successfully fought for and passed a significant reduction of college tuition. Students at our major research universities such as UW will see tuition drop by 15 percent. Regional colleges such as WWU will drop tuition by 20 percent. Community colleges will drop tuition by 5 percent. Once again, these were bipartisan victories that
will fundamentally alter Washington’s trajectory for education. Rather than seeing new state investments go two-to-one toward programs other than education, we are now on course for the opposite: education spending is rapidly rising at a rate of two-to-one over non-education spending. These monumental investments were made possible by the economy roaring back to life in the Puget Sound Region, providing $3.2 billion more in revenue than the previous budget – a 9 percent increase. As other parts of the state struggle to recover, we made sure that all of our education investments put the highest-need school districts first to ensure equal and fair education advancement across the state. Thirty years of neglect will not be undone in just one or two budgets, but if the progress we’ve made working together is any indication, we are set for a major transformation of education across the spectrum, from preschool through college. The news on education in Washington is good and our children’s schools are already benefitting.
Sen. Andy Hill represents Kirkland, Redmond, Duvall, Sammamish and Woodinville (45th Legislative District) in the Washington State Senate and serves as chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
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Kirkland businesses have a distinct advantage with I-405 tolls Kirkland businesses have an advantage over those in every other city in the Puget Sound region. A delivery ten miles away either north or south during rush hour can have the employee return in about 30 minutes if they pay the Flex Pass rate - usually $1.50 for a round-trip. Businesses in virtually all other cities would not see the employee back in less than 90 minutes. That one hour savings is worth at least $10 to any business. And a bonus for the rest of us is that those Flex Pass payments keep your taxes lower than they otherwise would be. Better to have businesses happily pay a bunch of $1.50 payments than to have your sales tax go up another notch. The DOT uses overpayments on road projects. I hope this attracts enough businesses to Totem Lake and Kirkland Urban so that my taxes actually go down.
Doug Rough, Kirkland
Don’t encase your heart in fear In this time of heated rhetoric, political posturing and heart-breaking violence, we have a choice. We can succumb to fear. We can build walls, fences and make policies that protect us from the outside, from those who are different than us. We can raise our voices and shout, “Keep out! I’m afraid.” But the real cost of a defense built out of fear is not in dollars or even in lost opportunity to expand our diversity; it is in the callousness, cynicism and hatred with which we embalm our hearts. The other choice is one of love and generosity of spirit. It is the opposite of scarcity and fear. Love says our hearts have the capacity to be challenged, to risk being welcoming and to dare to live in a world filled with people who are diverse not only in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, income, ability, but also in religious beliefs. Our country was founded on the belief in religious freedom; it is enshrined in our founding documents. The Statue of Liberty sits in the harbor
welcoming all. There is no religious litmus test. Love is not an esoteric term. Beyond opening our hearts into ways of generosity and compassion, love is just and kind. To those who terrorize, cause harm, or use violence (in word and deed), there must be justice. But love does not slander a whole group of people who might be different than us. Love says you are my neighbor and a fellow human being. What we can do is reach out – speak up when you hear hateful speech. Say hello instead of walking by or ignoring. Have coffee with someone you don’t know. Attend a service of a religion that you are unfamiliar with. Do something out of your comfort zone that helps you understand or learn. In this season when many celebrate the birth of a savior, let us remember what we are being saved from. No longer do we have to encase our hearts in fear, we can choose instead to open our hearts and walk the path of loving our neighbors as ourselves.
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helped him through Bob’s illness. “I felt very well taken care of,” he said.
Overcoming adversity For Brim, losing Bob — who has since made a full recovery — would have meant more than just losing his pet. It would have meant losing his lifeline as he was going through many struggles before he adopted Bob. Brim is a veteran who served in the Marines for six years from 1998 to 2004. He served at Twentynine Palms in southern California, working in casualty assistance. Through this role, Brim said he was there to receive troops who had been wounded overseas. In addition, he made himself available to the families of troops who did not make it home. The 35-year-old said he was unable to deploy due to medical reasons, but while he did not see battle up close, his job still affected him. “It definitely took a toll,” he said.
Before he was discharged, Brim admitted that he struggled with alcohol abuse and was in counseling. The issues continued once he was out of the military. “I’d just gotten into a bad place,” Brim said. He went through a divorce, had trouble sleeping, experienced night terrors that he would rarely remember but left him with a sick feeling the next day and was put on anti-depressants. Then about a year and a half ago, Brim decided to re-engage with the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). He said since he left the military in 2004, the VA has stepped up its game. His care team suggested an animal. Brim’s aunt found Bob at the Quincy, Wash. Animal Shelter near Wenatchee and Ellensburg. Like Brim, Bob’s life was not easy before the two met. He said his dog was in the shelter due to animal neglect and cruelty and was brought in with an 18-inch logging chain around his neck. Bob was in bad shape, Brim said.
Redmond-area veterinarian helps treat canine Bob, key part of a veteran’s life. Above, Andrew Brim with his dog Bob in their Bellevue home. Brim adopted Bob a little more than a year ago and the dog has helped him with some of the struggles the veteran has faced since he left the Marine Corps in 2004. Bob recently underwent kidney surgery for a giant kidney worm. He has since made a full recovery. SAM PAK, Reporter Newspapers Knowing the dog had overcome adversity — like himself — led Brim to bond with Bob quickly and the two of them help each other out from time to time. Bob knows when Brim is having a night terror and will nudge his owner to wake him up. Brim said he returns the favor as Bob will also have night terrors and struggle in his
sleep. When Brim realizes this, he will wake Bob up. “Together, we’re a pretty good stinking team,” Brim said. After learning more about Bob and his owner’s relationship and what they mean to each other, Hoover said she was glad they were able to help and provide the dog with the care he needed.
Structure, responsibility and more For Brim, having a pet was meant to bring structure and responsibility to his life at the time. Bob was just supposed to offer companionship and help force Brim out of his depression. Isolation could not be an option when there was someone
else in the picture, relying on him to take care of them, Brim said. Bob did provide this. But so much more has come out of the relationship he shares with Brim. Brim said almost immediately after adopting Bob, he did not need as much medication. “With Bob, I cut down on anti-depressants,” he said, adding that spending time with his yellow lab mix with the goofy face is better than any pill. “I like that.” In addition to their time at home, Brim said he and Bob go rabbit hunting and Bob loves swimming — although the dog’s recent medical issues forced the pair to take it easy for a while. Brim said since Bob came into his life — in tandem with getting counseling and medication — his quality of life is much higher than it used to be. From his experiences, Brim said he recommends his fellow veterans to look into the VA, create a support system and stay connected with that system. He also recommended an animal. “Try a dog,” Brim said. “Just not mine — he’s taken.”
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