Queen Anne News 11-16-2022

MAKING A NEW START Magnolia woman moves store from Belltown to Village

By Jessica Keller Queen

editor

Although business owner Natalia Biner-Wittke has lived in Magnolia since moving to Seattle in 2011, for the last 10 years she commuted to her consignment boutique in Belltown and enjoyed the vibrant and diverse community.

Now, Biner-Wittke is working closer to home after moving her upscale shop, Sell Your Sole Consignment Boutique, to Magnolia.

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Her journey to opening a consignment store began in Arizona, however.

“I always knew I wanted to open a consignment shop,”

Biner-Wittke said.

Biner-Wittke attributes her entrepreneurial spirit to her parents, who immigrated to Arizona from Ukraine speaking no English and with no money. She said they worked hard to establish themselves and opened a restaurant, where she helped out.

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Queen Anne’s Reed ready to represent district in Olympia

District 36 returns a full complement of Democrats to state Legislature

By Jessica Keller

Queen Anne & Mag News editor

While the Nov. 8 general election results have yet to be validated, Julia Reed didn’t have to wait any longer than election night last week to learn that she will be the newest District 36 state representative.

Reed easily defeated Jeff Manson for the seat currently filled by Rep. Noel Frame, who opted to run for state Sen. Reuven Carlyle’s seat after he announced he would not seek reelection. Frame handily defeated opponent Sara Martin in the general election, as well. State Rep. Liz Berry ran unopposed for District 36 position 2.

Reed said after election night results confirmed her win, she, her parents, friends and family had

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Photo courtesy Julia Reed

District 36 state Rep.-elect Julia Reed hugs a supporter at her election night party in Phinney Ridge on Nov. 8. Reed easily secured the win over her opponent Jeff Manson on election night.

Photo by Jessica Keller Natalia Biner-Wittke, owner of Sell Your Sole Consignment Boutique, straightens merchandise before opening her store in Magnolia last week. The new shop specializes in selling high-end clothing and accessories.

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A BEE-FRIENDLY BULB LAWN

Let’s face it. Lawns do nothing for the environment, and as grown typically with herbicides and inorganic fertilizers, both weaken and harm it. If your lawn still feels useful, you may not be ready to “lose your lawn” altogether or convert it to a wildflower meadow. If so, consider this beautiful interim step, inviting pollinators and reducing lawn impacts — a flowering bulb lawn.

What makes a bulb lawn a perfect transition project is that it’s a seasonal event, running from early to late spring. Imagine a shifting tapestry of flowers alive with birds, bees and butterflies. There is one compromise, however. For your bulbs to multiply and prosper, you’ll need to leave the dying leaves intact until they yellow or wither. This signals another kind of transition, this time a mental one for the gardener — welcoming a little bit of wild into your lawn.

This project is inspired by horticulture power couple Dan Benarcik of the Chanticleer Foundation and Peggy Anne Montgomery, of flowerbulbs.com, who created one in their home this fall.

They chose a selection of shorter-growing bulbs that are pollinator-friendly, tend to perennialize, expanding each year, and are mostly critter-resistant. They should also help prevent weeds as they become established. Because their bloom times are staggered, they can be planted closely, with the smallest in the same holes.

Crocus and dwarf Iris reticulata start the show in late winter, followed in early spring by Chionodoxa lucilliae (glory of the snow), longblooming narcissus “Tete a Tete” and Ipheion uniflorum (starflower).

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As your bulb lawn retreats for the year, it will look messier than it did. This shift can take a minute to accept. Garden writer Margaret Roach noted in a recent podcast episode the tension that gardeners skirt between aesthetics and environmental health. For centuries, the ruling aesthetic for lawns has been a velvet rug that exists to set off the trees and borders around.

Douglas Tallamy, author of “Nature’s Best Hope,” suggests “cues of care” can help bridge this line. These cues might include mowing a swath through taller grass, or a path around it, and keeping the edges trimmed. Such signs highlight the hand of the gardener, reassuring viewers that this is a cared-for space.

Benarcik and Montgomery also used Scilla siberica, but that can become invasive here, so I’d avoid that. An alternate might be white-flowered Tulipa turkestanica, whose yellow eye would set off the “Tete a Tete” daffodils.

In mid-spring, another species or botanical tulip, yellow Tulipa sylvestris and blue or white Muscari armenicum are the grand finale.

For this project, you’ll need as many bulbs as you can lavish upon the project, some bulb fertilizer and a bulb auger or some digging helpers.

Mark out the area with a hose or white spray paint, making sure to leave access paths around or through. Plant thickly, digging holes about

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Erica Browne Grivas Get Growing

Photo by Erica Browne Grivas Narcissus (daffodils) are avoided by squirrels and deer. The shortest-growing, earlier-blooming varieties will go dormant the fastest.

Seattle Center Winterfest kicks off Nov. 25

Courtesy Seattle Center

Seattle Center is excited to present Winterfest, a five-week festival on the grounds of Seattle Center offering live performances, music and activities for those seeking holiday cheer and seasonal celebrations. It kicks off from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 25.

Visitors can enjoy free and affordable entertainment, such as ice carving, stage performances, holiday-themed movies, festive food vendors and more. Close out the day with the campus lighting countdown beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a Fountain of Light dance party, featuring a live DJ and digital video artist projecting imagery onto fountain waters.

The schedule:

• World Cup Watch Party: 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

• Winter Train & Village (Armory): 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Bill Anschell Trio (Armory Stage): 2 p.m.

• Ice Carving (International Fountain Plaza: 2-4 p.m.

• Holiday Movies (Armory): 3-8 p.m.

• Illuminate Winterfest Ceremony (International Fountain: 5:15 p.m.

• Fountain of Light (International Fountain): 5:15-8:00 p.m.

From Nov. 25 through Dec. 31, visitors can stop by the turn-of-the-century Winterfest Train and Village, snap photos of the bright lights across campus, witness weekend entertainment on the Armory

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a party at a restaurant in Phinney Ridge, where they drank champagne and celebrated her successful campaign, which she launched Feb. 1.

“So, we just had a great time, enjoying the results, enjoying the moment,” she said.

Reed acknowledged her opponent, Jeff Manson, is a “great guy and a serious candidate,” but she’s confident in her lived experience as a black woman, the daughter of educators, and existing experience working within government, as well as the endorsements she received.

“I engaged with a really active electorate,” she said.

According to her bio, Reed, 35, is a lifelong Democrat who served in the Obama administration at the State Department and in the Political Military Affairs Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget. After returning to Seattle in 2017, she worked in the mayor’s office as a senior policy adviser. In 2020, she left city government to join non-profit social impact consulting firm Kinetic West.

Of her platform points she shared in her campaign, Reed said her thoughts on housing — the need for more in the city and state and the current challenges — resonated with voters. She said residents were also excited to hear about her thoughts on workforce development and creating more opportunities for students to access career and technical programs, as well.

Reed said her priorities as a legislator will continue to focus educational opportunities, climate change response, gun control issues and abortion

Stage or partake in a 6 p.m. nightly Illuminate Winterfest campus light show.

In the weeks leading up to New Year’s Eve, Seattle Center invites the community for a variety of seasonal offerings across the campus — from attending world-class arts performances like George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” by Pacific Northwest Ballet and snapping a digital photo with Santa

at the Space Needle to seasonal plays at the Seattle Rep and Seattle Children’s Theater. Catch last year’s sold-out Seattle Opera performance of “A Very Drunken Christmas Carol,” Winter Brilliance at Chihuly Garden and Glass or take children to Seattle Children’s Museum for the New Year’s noon countdown and dance party. And don’t forget to enjoy the New Year’s Eve

fireworks show under the Space Needle. The New Year’s Eve celebration also features live music by premier cover band Groove Nation and another Fountain of Light dance party.   Visit seattlecenter.com/winterfest or Facebook for a list of events, attractions and performances.

rights.

“I feel like I have so many policy ideas swirling around in my head, and I’m hearing a lot of what they want in the 36th, so it’s hard to say what my singletop priority will be,” Reed said.

Although Reed is taking a vacation this week to decompress after her hard work campaigning, she won’t have much time to herself before she’ll begin preparing to join the legislature.

Reed said, from meeting other legislators to attending Democratic caucus meetings, she will be busy before the new session begins.

“There’s a lot of trainings and activities that happen in the next few months,” she said.

Reed said she imagines her first couple of weeks of the new legislative session will be spent establishing her office and opening lines of communication with constituents.

“I’m just really honored to have been elected and look forward to representing the 36th district in Olympia,” Reed said.

Election results as of Saturday (kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/ results)

Federal U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D): 1,517,012, 56.99%

Tiffany Smiley (R): 1,139,160, 42.79%

Congressional District 7, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D): 240,899, 85.22%

Cliff Moon (R): 40,523, 14.33%

State Executive

Steve Hobbs (D): 1,281,748, 49.81%

Julie Anderson (Non-Partisan): 1,187,576, 46.15%

Legislative District 36, State Senator

Noel Frame (D): 52,369, 83.51%

Kate Martin (D): 9,899, 15.78 %

Legislative District 36, State Representative Pos. 1

Julia G. Reed (D): 46,464, 75.15%

Jeff Manson (D): 8,226, 23.96%

King County, Prosecuting Attorney

Leesa Manion: 374,001, 56.85%

Jim Ferrell: 280,408, 42.62%

City of Seattle, Municipal Court Judge Position No. 3

Pooja Vaddadi: 137,771, 60.22%

Adam Eisenberg: 89,988, 39.33%

City of Seattle, Municipal Court Judge Position No. 7

Damon Shadid: 159,067, 69.42%

Nyjat Rose-Akins: 69,101, 30.15%

State Measures

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5974

Repealed: 1,496,004, 59.2%

Maintained: 1,030,872, 40.8%

Engrossed Substitute House

Bill 2076

Repealed: 1,315,692, 52.43%

Maintained: 1,193,950, 47.57%

King County Measures

Charter Amendment No. 1:

Even-Numbered Election Years for Certain County Offices

Yes : 467,179, 69.49% No: 205,073, 30.51%

King County Proposition No. 1

Conservation Futures Levy

Approved: 495,779, 69.35%

Rejected: 219,073, 30.65%

City of Seattle

Proposition Nos. 1A and 1B

1. Should either of these measures be enacted into law?

Yes: 129,161, 50.35% No: 127,364, 49.65%

2. Regardless of whether you voted yes or no above, if one of these measures is enacted, which one should it be?

Proposition 1A: 56,982, 24.58%

Proposition 1B: 174,860, 75.42%

Background

Proposition 1A (submitted by Initiative Petition No. 134) and Proposition 1B (alternative proposed by the City Council and Mayor) concern allowing voters to select multiple candidates in City primary elections.

Proposition 1A (Initiative 134) would allow voters in primary elections for Mayor, City Attorney, and City Council to select on the ballot as many candidates as they approve of for each office. The two candidates receiving the most votes for each office would advance to the general election, consistent with state law. The City would consult with King County to include instructions on the primary ballot such as “vote for AS MANY as you approve of” for each office.

As an alternative, the Seattle City Council and Mayor have proposed Proposition 1B (Ordinance 126625), which would allow primary election voters for Mayor, City Attorney, and City Council to rank candidates by preference. In the first round of processing, each voter’s top preference would be counted. The candidate receiving the fewest would be eliminated. Successive rounds of counting would eliminate one candidate each round, counting each voter’s top preference among remaining candidates, until two candidates remain to proceed to the general election. King County would include instructions on the ballot for voters.

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Photo courtesy Julia Reed

Delicious soup, perfect for the season

Cooler weather arrives just as prime entertaining season heats up. Those who will be hosting gatherings soon can expand their recipe repertoire to feed guests and keep them satisfied. Borrowing some flavors from the season can make entertaining festive and even more flavorful.

Pumpkins and winter squashes are popular in fall, and their versatility undoubtedly

contributes to that popularity. However, when chilly days require something to warm you up from the inside out, nothing can beat a soothing soup. And soup recipes can be altered to easily feed a crowd.

Cooks can step out of their chicken soup comfort zones and try this recipe for “Roasted Pumpkin Soup With Pumpkin Crisps” from “The Complete Mexican, South American & Caribbean Cookbook” (Metro Books) by Jane Milton, Jenni Fleetwood and Marina Filippeli.

Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Crisps

Serves 6 to 8

• 3 to 3 1/2 pounds pumpkin

• 6 tablespoons olive oil

• 2 onions, chopped

• 3 garlic cloves, chopped

• 1 3-inch piece of fresh ginger root, grated

• 1 teaspoon ground coriander

• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric

• Pinch of cayenne pepper

• 4 cups vegetable stock

• Salt and ground black pepper

• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

• Fresh cilantro leaves, to garnish

For the pumpkin crisps

• Wedge of fresh pumpkin, seeded

• ½ cup olive oil

1. Preheat the oven to 400. Prick the pumpkin around the top several times with a

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three times the height of the bulb, so for the largest, the 2-foot daffodils, you’d dig 6 inches deep.

fork. Brush the pumpkin with plenty of the oil and bake for 45 minutes or until tender. Leave until cool enough to handle.

2. Take care when cutting the pumpkin, as there may still be a lot of hot steam inside. When cool enough to handle, scoop out and discard the seeds. Scoop out and chop the flesh.

3. Heat about 4 tablespoons of the remaining oil (you may not have to use all of it) in a large pan and add the onions, garlic and ginger, then cook gently for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the coriander, turmeric and cayenne, and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the pumpkin flesh and stock. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for about 20 minutes until tender.

4. Cool the soup slightly, then puree it in a food processor or blender until smooth. Return the soup to the rinsed out pan and season well.

5. Meanwhile, prepare the pumpkin crisps. Using a swivel-blade potato peeler, pare long thin strips off the wedge of pumpkin. Heat the oil in a small pan and fry the strips in batches for 2 to 3 minutes, until crisp. Drain on paper towels.

6. Reheat the soup and ladle it into bowls. Top with the pumpkin crisps and garnish each portion with sesame seeds and cilantro leaves.

Montgomery suggests adding a teaspoon of bulb fertilizer to each hole and keeping the tiniest bulbs separate so they can be layered on top of the larger bulbs before filling the hole. Don’t worry about which end is up when planting — the bulb knows what to do.

Benarcik took the chance to topdress the disturbed lawn with compost and lawn seed. One note for herbicide users — skip broad-spectrum preemergent herbicides — as they will damage your bulbs.

If you are concerned about digging

animals attracted to the fresh earth or the tulips, watering down the planting area will make the area less appealing. For sterner measures, lay down chicken wire on the top of the area until the bulbs emerge.

For full details and a visual of the process, check out the video at youtube.com/watch?v=TJyzYNNayVA.

Your design can follow your lawn’s shape, or you can make it more artistic, like creating your initials, or go all-out for a seasonal labyrinth. It might help to mark the area until the bulbs come up. Just remember not to mow until the bulb foliage has died down, and you’ll have a magical flower carpet that is more beautiful and vibrant every year, while helping the birds and the bees.

Monday, November 28th.

Metro Creative Connection

Photo by Erica Browne Grivas

Crocuses are critter-resistant and naturalize easily.

Magnolia Farmers Market hosting Harvest Market

The Magnolia Farmers Market returns for one extra day this year with an autumn Harvest Market, featuring food, booths and family fun this weekend.

The market will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at West McGraw Street and 33rd Avenue West in the Magnolia Village.

Ballard Senior Center hosting annual holiday bazaar

The Ballard Senior Center, which draws residents from Magnolia and Queen Anne, is hosting its annual holiday bazaar. The event is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the senior center (5429 32nd Ave Northwest). Visit ballardseniorcenter. org for more information.

By Timothy Schumann The Center Square contributor

Port of Seattle has released its proposed 2023 budget, and along with it a $82.7 million dollar property tax levy that would see Seattle property taxes rise by an average of $78.42 per homeowner annually.

This per-homeowner cost is based on a median Seattle home value of $830,000 and comes to 9 cents per $1000 of assessed value. This is well below the 45 cents per $1,000 of assessed value the port is allowed to levy under Washington state law without going to voters.

By Lawrence Wilson The Center Square contributor

Washington lawmakers have advised the Department of Revenue that its proposed rule concerning the state’s capital gains tax should be labeled as “advisory only” pending the state Supreme Court’s ruling on the law’s constitutionality.

Last year the Legislature passed a capital-gains tax, RCW 82.87, which was immediately challenged in the courts as unconstitutional. Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian Huber agreed, ruling on March 1 that the tax is properly considered both a graduated tax and a property tax.

Douglas ruled that, as a property tax, the law violates the state

The proposed 2023 increase is a 2% rise from $78.7 million in 2021 to $82.million in 2023. It accounts for less than 1.2% of total property taxes collected in King County, according to the data on the port’s 2022 Maritime Capital Projects.

The funds from this levy are planned to be used for strategic investments in local job creation, environmental sustainability efforts, various local community programs, and to service debt and bond obligations. Additionally, it will help fund the planning and execution of the Port of Seattle’s $5.3 billion five-year capital plan.

This plan is intended to help deal with supply chain

constitution which requires that property taxes be uniform. The law is not uniform, Douglas ruled, because it does not apply to amounts less than $250,000.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson asked the state Supreme Court to take the case on direct appeal, which it did. A hearing is set for Jan. 26.

Meanwhile, the DOR continued to work on an administrative rule for collecting the tax, even though collection was prohibited by the Superior Court’s ruling that the tax is unconstitutional.

That prompted a letter of protest from the Citizen Action Defense Fund, a local government watchdog nonprofit, demanding the agency stop its rule making activities related

issues and increased trade demands in the currently tight labor market.

“Local industries and the community need us to deliver more than ever before,” said Executive Director Steve Metruck in a statement accompanying the 2023 budget release. “This balanced budget and capital plan responds to regional needs with more essential services and programs, as well as historic new investments that deliver in the short-term and longterm for people and the planet.”

Including the proposed $82.7 million levy, the Port of Seattle is projecting a $380.3 million net operating income for 2023 on gross revenues of $953.7 million.

Port of Seattle seeks $82.7M tax levy Legislature: Don’t collect capital gains tax until Supreme Court rules

to implementing the capital gains income tax.

“It is black letter law that statutes declared unconstitutional are deemed void ‘from the beginning’ or ab initio — they have no legal effect whatsoever and the law treats them as if they never existed,” CADF Executive Director Jackson Maynard wrote in the Oct. 5 letter, addressed to John Ryser, DOR acting director.

Then on Nov. 3, Attorney General Bob Ferguson asked the Supreme Court to stay the lower court’s ruling with respect to tax collecting, calling the decision “incorrect, and is at the very least debatable.” He argued that “It would be profoundly irresponsible for the Department to fail to prepare to collect the tax in April 2023 as directed by statute.”

To clarify the situation, the Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee of the Washington State Legislature wrote to Ryser requesting that “the Department amend the proposed rule to include language that the rule serves as guidance and only applies if the capital gains tax authorized under chapter 82.87 RCW is ruled constitutional and valid by the Washington Supreme Court.”

Wording to that effect is now displayed on the DOR webpage pertaining to RCW 82.87.

Meanwhile, a source familiar with the matter has confirmed to The Center Square that the state Supreme Court will consider Ferguson’s motion to stay the lower court ruling on Nov. 29.

ELECTRICAL

Washington looking to add 61 full-time firefighters

By Lawrence Wilson The Center Square Contributor

The Washington Department of Natural Resources is looking to hire 61 permanent positions related to fire fighting and forest health, including hand crew superintendents, foremen and squad bosses and heavy equipment operators.

These firefighting positions are usually seasonal, based on the level of firefighting activity. However, the DNR says climate change combined with hotter, drier weather have created a need for yearround firefighting capability. Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz says the positions are needed to protect life and property.

“When fires break out across our landscapes, it is imperative that we have the firefighters needed to protect our neighbors, communities, and forests,” Franz said in a statement. “That is why I have made expanding our wildfire fighting force a top priority. In the offseason, these positions will do the vital work of restoring forest health — returning natural wildfire resistance — which is essential to reducing fire risk in the future.”

Based on pay ranges for the positions listed on the state job site, the salary expenditure could range from some $2.5 million to $3.2 million annually.

Some of the salaries will be funded by the House Bill 1168, which addresses longterm forest health. The measure was passed unanimously last year by the Washington Legislature, and authorizes the addition of more full-time firefighters. The bill allocates $125 million for each of the next eight years for firefighting and forest health.

Washington DNR is the largest fire department in the state and is responsible for firefighting and prevention on 13 million acres of private, state and tribal-owned forestlands.

So far in 2022, more than 140,300 acres in Washington have burned. In 2021, that number was 484,000, and in 2020, 842,000.

The worst year for forest fires in the state was 2015, when over one million acres were lost.

ees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the December 5, 2022 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, Mortgage Assets Management, LLC or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es):

ADDRESS PEGGIE REDLACK 2440 140TH

AVE NE 34, BELLEVUE, WA 98005 PEGGIE REDLACK 16229 SE 7TH ST., BELLEVUE, WA 98008 ROBERT F REDLACK 2440 140TH AVE NE 34, BELLEVUE, WA 98005 ROBERT F REDLACK 16229 SE 7TH ST., BELLEVUE, WA 98008 by both first class and certified mail on February 17, 2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted February 17, 2022 in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale. X. Notice to Occupants or Tenants. The purchaser at the Trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. Notice to Borrower(s) who received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME.

Dated: August ,2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor

Trustee By: Alan Burton, Vice President MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 606 W. Gowe Street Kent, WA 98032 Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 84699, Pub

Dates: 11/16/2022, 12/7/2022, QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS TS No WA08000724-16-4 TO No 220305118-WA-MSI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ.

Grantor: CHARLES F HALL, AN UNMARRIED MAN Current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust: Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Original Trustee of the Deed of Trust: FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY OF WASHINGTON Current Trustee of the Deed of Trust: MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Current Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust: NewRez LLC FKA New Penn Financial, LLC DBA Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Reference Number of the Deed of Trust: Instrument No. 20060106002555 Parcel Number: 797720-1770-06 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 16, 2022, 09:00 AM, Main Entrance, King County Administration Building, 500 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 5, BLOCK 36, PLAT OF STATE PARK ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 4 OF PLATS. PAGE 93, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON APN: 797720-1770-06 More commonly known as 7700 34TH AVE NE, SEATTLE, WA 981154805 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated January 5, 2006, executed by CHARLES F HALL, AN UNMARRIED MAN as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A., Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, recorded January 6, 2006 as Instrument No. 20060106002555 and the beneficial interest was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP and recorded August 16, 2013 as Instrument Number 20130816000591 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of King County, Washington. II. No action commenced by Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers’ or Grantors’ default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows:

QUENT PAYMENT INFORMATION From July 1, 2020 To August 4, 2022 Number of Payments 1 $106,504.18 Total $106,504.18 LATE

CHARGE INFORMATION July 1, 2020 August 4, 2022 $3,194.67 $3,194.67

INFORMATION Note Dated: January 5, 2006 Note Amount $600,000.00 Interest Paid To: June 1, 2020 Next Due Date: July 1, 2020 Current Beneficiary: Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Contact Phone No: 800-365-7107 Address: 75 Beattie Place, Suite 300, Greenville, SC 29601 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $487,813.79, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on December 16, 2022. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by December 5, 2022, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before December 5, 2022 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the December 5, 2022 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS CHARLES F HALL 7700 34TH AVENUE NORTHEAST, SEATTLE, WA 98115-4805 CHARLES F HALL 2852 44111 AVE W, SEATTLE, WA 98199 CHARLES F HALL 2852 44TH AVE W, SEATTLE, WA 98199 CHARLES F HALL 7700 34TH AVE NE, SEATTLE, WA 98115-4805 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CHARLES F HALL 7700 34TH AVE NE, SEATTLE, WA 98115-4805 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CHARLES F HALL 2852 44TH AVE W, SEATTLE, WA 98199 by both first class and certified mail on June 23, 2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place June 23, 2022 on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale. X. Notice to Occupants or Tenants. The purchaser at the Trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. Notice to Borrower(s) who received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you might eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone: (877) 894-4663 or (800) 606-4819 Website: www.wshfc.org The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800) 569-4287 Website: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www.homeownership.wa. gov Dated: August 3, 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By: Alan Burton, Vice President MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 606 W. Gowe Street Kent, WA 98032 Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 84479, Pub Dates: 11/16/2022, 12/7/2022, QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS

Wash. schools using stimulus funds for Dolly Parton’s free books program

By Brett Davis The Center Square

At a Thursday afternoon news conference from Olympia, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal shared his office’s plans for expanding the state’s Imagination Library, eliminating out-of-pocket school supply costs for families, and enhancing the Transitional Kindergarten program.

Reykdal touted Washington’s participation in singer and actress Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program that gifts books free of charge to children from birth to age 5, both in America and abroad.

He noted that up to a quarter of students entering kindergarten in Washington need extra help in terms of literacy and that the Imagination Library program addresses that challenge.

“It is truly embracing this idea that parents and guardians and grandparents and family are the first and most powerful teachers of

their children,” Reykdal said. Imagination Library leads to better kindergarten readiness, improved K-12 performance, and increased graduation rates, according to the superintendent.

Some 39,000 students are already receiving books, Reykdal explained, for $2.10 a book, with the costs split evenly between money raised locally and a matching amount from the state courtesy of federal emergency COVID-19 relief funds.

The budget ask of the Legislature for the 2023-25 biennium is $2.5 million a year, or $5 million in total, for the Imagination Library.

“The Legislature has passed this as an official statewide program,” Reykdal said. “Our hope is that the Legislature will take this request of ours and turn it into a resource that is made permanent, so that we can promise every newborn in the state of Washington for the duration of our history will get books sent to them personally every month until they are age 5 and ready for kindergarten.”

Like many young people starting out, Biner-Wittke wanted to look nice and dress professionally but didn’t have a budget to buy a brand-new wardrobe. That’s when she discovered she could buy expensive-looking clothing at the fraction of the cost at thrift stores. While her finds gave her the polished look she desired, the shops she visited were not the prettiest and the merchandise crammed on shelves and racks.

Biner-Wittke decided then she wanted to offer women a pleasurable and affordable shopping experience in her own shop that reflected her tastes, which she eventually did in Belltown.

“I thrived there,” Biner-Wittke said.

Then, COVID-19 hit, and conditions in downtown grew dangerous, and businesses owners began closing shop.

“I was one of the longest ones to stay,” Biner-Wittke said, adding she and a friend who owned a business were hoping things would improve. “We thought we were going to stay until the end because we didn’t want to

give up hope.”

She said she eventually decided it was time to leave after she grew concerned for her own and her customers’ safety. Around that time, she noticed the vacant storefront on 33rd Avenue West, down from Starbucks, on her walks to the coffee shop and was drawn to the location and its windows.

After a little consideration, Biner-Wittke had two months to close her shop in Belltown, pack her inventory and open in her new location.

“It feels great,” Biner-Wittke said about opening in Magnolia.

“First, I feel safe. Second, it’s beautiful, and people are so friendly.”

Biner-Wittke said she is also thrilled with her boutique, which is smaller than her previous store, but perfect for what she wants to do.

“This is about 1,000 square feet, but it’s really cozy, and I like that aspect. I feel I can do everything I want to do,” Biner-Wittke said.

She also appreciates the windows that let her look out onto 33rd Avenue.

“Even when it’s dark outside, it feels like it’s daylight, and that

makes me happy,” she said.

Biner-Wittke has also taken steps to become involved in the community since moving her shop to Magnolia. Biner-Wittke first joined the Chamber of Commerce and handed out candy to trick-ortreaters on Halloween, which was her soft open. She also will be part of Winterfest festivities, as well.

“I feel like I’m a real part of the community,” she said.

Biner-Wittke said she also plans to resume posting merchandise showings weekly, during which she unveils new shipments of clothing, shoes, purses and accessories in an online video for patrons to see what she has to offer in the comfort of their home.

Biner-Wittke said, while she is thrilled in her new shop in Magnolia, she hopes Belltown and the area around Pike Place Market makes a comeback and thrives once again.

“After COVID, I feel we lost a lot of that heartbeat, and I hope we get it back someday,” she said. Visit Sellyoursoleconsignment. com for more information about the boutique.

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