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Blown Away for the holidays

Queen Anne artist shines with glass work

Queen Anne resident Edgar Valentine is an up-and-coming 27-year-old glass artist whose first claim to fame came when he competed on the first season of “Blown Away,” the glass-blowing competition series on Netflix. Valentine was only 23 when the series was filmed, and he said it was a real whirlwind to participate in a reality TV competition.

A friend first sent him the link and said he should apply for the show. He had originally ignored it and thought it was a scam. It wasn’t until several other people suggested he apply and he saw a coworker doing it that he decided to go for it. One month later, he had his first interview and things moved quickly from there. But he said it didn’t seem real until he travelled to Canada and stepped onto the set to see everything.

“It was a huge studio and a surprise to meet the other artists in person,” he said.

Valentine said it was challenging to blow glass and make art in that television competition setting, but he ultimately had a lot of fun.

Valentine grew up in Tacoma and had his first experience with glass when he was just 12 years old with Hilltop Artists, an arts nonprofit that provides tuition-free glass instruction and mentorship to youth ages 12 to 26. According to the website, their mission is “Using glass art to connect young

people from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds to better futures.”

His first class was using the torch to make beads and doing what’s called lamp working. The next semester he made it to the floor of the hot shop and has not looked back.

Soon enough, Valentine started commuting to Seattle to take some courses at Pratt Fine Arts Center. After high school, he headed to Colorado State-Pueblo on

a lacrosse scholarship. He said Colorado was beautiful, but he decided that college was not for him. At age 19, Valentine came back to the Pacific Northwest and found his way to the famed Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Wash.

Valentine describes his ongoing experience at Pilchuck as an amazing opportunity to

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Local boy shares love of model trains with Queen Anne at tree lighting

A Queen Anne boy treated residents in the neighborhood to extra holiday cheer Friday at the annual tree-lighting ceremony by setting up a model train around the decorated tree in front of Trader Joe’s on Queen Anne Hill.

Max Chandrasekaran, 11, said he enjoys going to the annual tree-lighting ceremony, hosted by the Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce, and seeing friends and neighbors.

“It’s always so nice how the neighborhood comes together, especially during the holiday times,” he said.

Max, a model train enthusiast, said he came up with the idea of contributing to the holiday cheer

by setting up a model train around the tree while on a walk with a family friend. After posing his idea to a member of the Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce, and receiving the chamber’s blessing, Max said he and his dad, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, set about making it happen.

Their plan, however, was almost derailed a few times during the entire project, after they encountered a number of setbacks.

First, Max discovered he didn’t have enough track to encircle the Christmas tree, so he set about acquiring more by asking various model train businesses if they would donate some to his cause.

A business in Burien answered the call, donating the curved tracks,

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Photo by Jessica Keller A delighted Max Chandrasekaran, 11, grins as the model train he set up around the Christmas tree set up in front of Trader Joe’s on the top of Queen Anne hill successfully rounds the tracks in a test run before the annual tree-lighting ceremony, sponsored by the Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce, Friday night. Photo by Laura Maria Rivera Edgar Valentine hangs glass ornaments on a tree featuring his work at Seattle Glassblowing Studio, where he works and teaches.
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‘Significant investments’: Inslee previews legislative plan for behavioral health

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, speaking from the University of Washington Medical Center Northwest in Seattle at a Friday morning press conference, mentioned in broad terms five behavioral health policy proposals he would be asking of lawmakers during next year’s legislative session.

The governor noted in his opening remarks that the site of the press conference would be the home of a new behavioral health teaching facility, the results of a bill passed in April 2021 to improve access to mental health care.

It will be, “… the very first teaching, dedicated mental health teaching, hospital in the history of the United States. This is certainly worth celebrating, and we are well on the way of getting this hospital built. I look forward to its opening, hopefully in June 2024,” he said.

Inslee continued: “I want to talk about five things we will be asking of the Legislature this year.”

He outlined the following:

• First, the governor called for lawmakers to expand the availability of intensive services for children and youth.

“We know that families are suffering inordinate wait times to get kids who are in crisis into crisis services,” he said.

For example, he said the state’s Children’s Long-term Inpatient Program, CLIP, providing inpatient psychiatric treatment to Washington residents ages 5 to 17, should be

bolstered.

• Second, Inslee stressed the importance of fully funding a therapeutically designed hospital constructed on the Western State Hospital campus in Lakewood to care for forensic patients.

“We have to continue this building project,” Inslee stressed. “Both our need to help people through competency restoration and through helping people in general restore their mental health.”

• Third, the pipeline of talented people who provide mental health services needs to increase, the governor said.

“But we’ve got to continue to look at all pieces of the puzzle, one of which is compensation,” Inslee explained. “Look, we’ve got to be competitive in our salaries and benefits we provide people, so we can recruit people in the state of Washington to actually do this work.”

• Fourth, according to Inslee, community-level intervention needs to be more robust, noting that the state has been building out mobile crisis teams in Washington since 2017 that need to expand geographically and in scope.

Also a priority for Washington communities: state funding for opioid and fentanyl treatment programs.

“We need more specialty care for the people to get off these very dangerous drugs that are expanding dramatically, unfortunately, in our state,” Inslee said.

• Fifth, competency restoration programs must be expanded, the

governor pointed out.

“The fact is we have too many people that are in our criminal justice system that belong in our mental health care system,” Inslee said.

He stressed the importance of local involvement in this effort.

“And we need local leaders, local prosecutors, local judges, local sheriffs and police chiefs to help us do that to get people into the mental health care system,” Inslee said, “rather than putting them in the criminal justice system, and then end up spending millions of dollars trying to restore their competency so they can stand trial when they need to be in the mental health care system in the first place.”

Specific behavioral health care legislation and the cost of that legislation will be in the governor’s forthcoming budget proposal ahead of next year’s 105-day legislative session that runs from Jan. 9 through April 24.

“All will be revealed next week,” Inslee assured. “I won’t give you the dollar figures today, but they will be significant. Look, this is a big problem. It needs a big investment, and you can’t do this on the cheap, so we will be proposing some very significant investments in this realm to actually get this job done.”

Inslee seemed optimistic about the prospect of his asks getting through the Legislature in 2023.

“So, in conclusion, we have come along way in the last several years, but we have a long ways to go,” he said. “This is a year for big progress in the state of Washington.”

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“connect with people from all over the world with all different styles.” He has studied glassblowing, neon, glass casting and many more classes.

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Valentine is grateful to Dale Chihuly — glass legend and founder of Hilltop Artists and Pilchuck — for his vision and generosity. He also notes Karen Willenbrink and Jasen Johnsen as powerful mentors. He studied with them at Pilchuck and said Willenbrink “really opened my eyes to what glass can do.”

More recently, Valentine moved up to Seattle with his girlfriend, Morenci Preihs. The two had originally met online and bonded over the shared love of their gray tabby cats. Now they are living together in an apartment at the top of Queen Anne Avenue.

“We feel like we really got lucky,” Valentine said. “This is exactly the place we had wanted to live.”

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Valentine said he really appreciates the quiet feel of Queen Anne and a lot of the neighborhood hangouts. They enjoy the vegan sushi at Sushi Samurai, being regulars at Sully’s and being so close to the men’s lacrosse league. He’s even hoping to get more involved in the community.

“I would love to design some tap handles or something for the bar some time,” he said.

For now, he plans on giving back to the Queen Anne community by building on the generous glass tradition from Tacoma. Each Lunar New Year, Tacoma glass artists get together to make thousands of glass floats to hide throughout the city. It’s a fun tradition that helps build community as residents find them and share their stories online. Valentine is hard at work making beautiful glass ornaments that will be placed throughout Queen Anne for neighbors and visitors to find.

“It’s my first year here, and I thought it would be

fun,” Valentine said.

He said he is excited to be living in Seattle because he considers it the greatest glass hub in the world. He can go to the glass stores and choose his colors in person and find tools and bring them home the same day. He has been working in glass for the last 15 years and loves meeting all of the people who have been doing it for even longer. Currently, he is working in production and teaching at Seattle Glassblowing Studio, 2227 Fifth Ave., Belltown, where he has his work on display and for sale.

Valentine said that working production is good for practice and a great way to pay the bills. Ultimately, he dreams of being able to support himself with his own designs and travel the world to get his name out there.

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GLASS , FROM PAGE 1 Photo by Laura Marie Rivera Edgar Valentine’s glass ornaments can be found in Seattle Glassblowing Studio, but he will also hang them in Queen Anne for people to enjoy.

Magnolia resident appointed new CEO of Laird Norton Company

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The Laird Norton Company announced recently that Brian McGuigan has been appointed the new chief executive officer, effective. Jan. 1.

McGuigan follows current CEO Jeff Vincent, who is retiring after 22 years as the company’s leader, according to a news release. Vincent will remain as an adviser to the Laird Norton Board of Directors to assist with the transition until he formally retires on June 30, 2023.

McGuigan joined the seventh-generation family-owned firm in 2012. He and Vincent are the only non-family member CEOs since the company’s inception in 1855, according to the release.

Today, Laird Norton Company focuses on real estate (Laird Norton Properties and Heartland, LLC) and wealth management (Laird Norton Wealth Management), and actively seeks to acquire profitable, capital efficient businesses.

“The Laird Norton Company is recognized as one of the nation’s most highly-regarded and successful family businesses,” McGuigan said. “I am honored to be entrusted with the central role of leading the enterprise and continuing the legacy of the Laird Norton Company for the family’s next generation.”

As CEO, McGuigan will oversee the company’s organization, investments and strategic initiatives. Additionally, McGuigan will serve on the boards of Laird Norton Wealth Management and Heartland, and as chair of the Laird Norton Properties Real Estate Committee.

McGuigan lives in Magnolia with his wife, Margaret, and two sons.

Setting the holiday mood

Despite the rain, members of the Seachordsmen, a choir group based in Queen Anne, stand before the lit tree at the annual treelighting ceremony Friday night, where they performed a number of holiday songs.

only for Max to find out he still needed more straight track. After striking out locally, Max took a chance by calling a store in the San Francisco area called Just Trains he once visited with his grandfather.

The person he spoke with said the business did have a load of old track that they weren’t going to sell, but the cost of shipping the track such a great distance was problematic.

Max didn’t stay disappointed for long because the same person from San Francisco called him back two minutes later to say that he had a man who lives in Yelm, outside of Olympia, in the store making a purchase at that very moment. The man offered to drive the needed track back home with him and give it to Max if he and his dad were willing to drive to Yelm.

“I was so excited,” Max said. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, this cannot

be happening.’”

Max said he gave the kind man from Yelm some new train accessories for his train layout as thanks for his efforts.

That wasn’t the end of Max’s train saga, as the project threatened to go off the tracks once again.

Max said when he got back home, he realized the track from California didn’t match the size of track he already had. After purchasing some new track, Max then discovered the locomotive he had was too small to use on the track, and there were more size issues with the track.

Max said, if it wasn’t for his father and his determination to see his son’s project to the finish, he would have been forced to abandon the train project. Rajiv Chandrasekaran purchased a new train set and track, with the last of it arriving on Friday.

“My dad is a huge hero here,” Max said emphasizing all Rajiv did to make Max’s plan come to fruition.

And Friday evening, before the tree-lighting ceremony, Max set up the model train set in the pouring rain, using the track donated from California. The next test was to see if it worked, and Max said he was “thrilled” when it had.

Although Max would have liked to leave the train up longer, he and his family decided it was best not to tempt fate by leaving it out in the rain, and the train was taken down later that evening. He said he hopes he can leave it up longer next year, adding he would also like to do more with the scenery around the train tracks. He said creating elaborate sceneries to his model train projects is his favorite part, and he only wished he could have done more for his tree-lighting display.

“There’s always next year, and if the Chamber of Commerce lets me next year, I would like to go even, not extreme, but I would love to add even more decorations,” Max said.

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A warm stew to chase the chill away

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As the mercury dips and snow and ice make conditions outside less inviting, a warm and welcoming meal inside can be just what the doctor ordered.

This recipe for “Jalapeno Pork Stew with Pickled Onions” from “Real Simple Dinner Tonight: Done!” (Time Home Entertainment) is tailor-made for a cold day. This hearty dish will warm anyone up, both

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from the heat of the stew itself and the spicy kick of the jalapenos.

Jalapeno Pork Stew With Pickled Onions Serves 8

• 4 tablespoons olive oil

• 5 pounds boneless pork shoulder or butt, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces

• 2 tablespoons ground cumin

• Kosher salt and black pepper

• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

• 1 cup fresh orange juice

• 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, drained

• 12 cloves garlic

• 1 to 2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and sliced

• 1 large red onion, thinly sliced

• ¼ cup red wine vinegar

• 1 1-pound package frozen cut okra

• 1 ½ cups grits

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large ovenproof pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season the pork with the cumin, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon

black pepper. In batches, cook the pork until browned, turning occasionally, 6 to 8 minutes; transfer to a plate.

2. Add the flour and the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to the pot and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add the orange juice, tomatoes, garlic, jalapenos, and 4 cups water and bring to a boil. Return the pork to the pot, cover, transfer to oven, and cook until the pork is tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

3. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, toss the onion with the vinegar, 1/2 cup water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Let sit, tossing occasionally, for at least 30 minutes (and up to 4 hours).

Skim off and discard any fat from the stew. Add the okra. Cover the pot, return it to the oven, and cook until the okra is tender, about 15 minutes. If the stew is too thin, place the pot on the stove and simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes more.

4. Meanwhile, cook the grits according to the package directions. Serve with the stew and marinated onions.

Seattle Police Foundation launches 2022 year-end fundraiser

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The Seattle Police Foundation is accepting donations for its grant program that supports several key SPD programs, including Officer Wellness, the lifesaving EMT Unit,

Harbor Patrol Boat 4, Beds for Kids and more.

People can help the foundation continue its work by making a year-end gift to the Seattle Police Foundation grant fund at donorperfect.net.

Currently, SPF has several outstanding, unfunded grants. With the community’s support, SPF can help bring these and other ideas to life:

• Cooking with the Chief: This fun series would provide youth in

our community the chance to take a cooking class with none other than Chief Adrian Z Diaz himself.

• Courageous Kids Lion program: This grant provides plush lions and certificates of courage for SPD Community Service Officers to

hand out to youth impacted by abuse and trauma.

• K9 Unit first aid training and equipment: This grant would fund vital medical training and equipment for SPD K9 handlers and their fourlegged partners.

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King County launching quality improvement project at West Point

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King County staff have begun improvements at West Point Treatment Plant in Magnolia to address deficiencies at the facility. Earlier this fall, an older under-utilized building was demolished to create a “more resilient structure” to hold the battery equipment needed to protect the plant’s power quality.

Currently, construction for the foundation of a new building that will house the plant’s upgraded power quality equipment is underway.

According to a news release, from now until March, crews are staging equipment, materials and drilling pilings for the new foundation.

The release warns that large trucks will be driving through Magnolia and Discovery Park along Discovery Park Boulevard to take supplies and equipment to the construction site.

Park users can expect to see more traveling through Discovery Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Saturday, except for Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.

According to the press release, the new building will contain the power quality equipment that will prevent power interruptions from automatically shutting off equipment, which can cause untreated discharges into Puget Sound.

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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:

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Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www. homeownership.wa.gov Dated: August 31, 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

Grantor: MICHAEL C KIM AND CHONG HWA KIM, HUSBAND AND WIFE Current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust: Specialized Loan Servicing LLC Original Trustee of the Deed of Trust: CHICAGO TITLE CO. Current Trustee of the Deed of Trust: MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Current Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust: Specialized Loan Servicing LLC Reference Number of the Deed of Trust: Instrument No. 20070910002287 Parcel Number: 1608010020-09 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 13, 2023, 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, towit: LOT 2, CLARK LAKE ESTATES

DIVISION 2, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT

THEREOF , RECORDED IN VOLUME 223 OF PLATS, PAGES 76 THROUGH 78, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. APN:

160801-0020-09 More commonly known as 24110 119TH PL SE, KENT, WA 98030 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated September 7, 2007, executed by MICHAEL

C KIM AND CHONG HWA KIM, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of WASHINGTON

MUTUAL BANK, FA as original Beneficiary recorded September 10, 2007 as Instrument No. 20070910002287 and that said Deed of Trust was modified by Modification Agreement and recorded February 26, 2013 as Instrument Number 20130226001750 and the beneficial interest was assigned to Specialized Loan Servicing LLC and recorded August 5, 2013 as Instrument Number 20130805000194 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of King County, Washington. II. No action commenced by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, 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:

made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on January 13, 2023. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by January 2, 2023, (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 January 2, 2023 (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 January 2, 2023 (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, Specialized Loan Servicing LLC or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS MICHAEL C. KIM 24110 119TH PL SE, KENT, WA 98030 MICHAEL C. KIM 24110 119TH PL. SE., KENT, WA 98030 MICHAEL C. KIM P.O.BOX 12729, MILL CREEK, WA 98082 CHONG HWA KIM 24110 119TH PL SE, KENT, WA 98030 CHONG HWA KIM 24110 119TH PL. SE., KENT, WA 98030 CHONG HWA KIM P.O.BOX 12729, MILL CREEK, WA 98082 by both first class and certified mail on May 15, 2019, 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 May 16, 2019 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 , 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) 3678456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 85210, Pub Dates: 12/14/2022, 1/4/2023, QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS

7 Pacific Publishing Company – Queen Anne & Magnolia News • Madison Park Times • Eatonville Dispatch • Snohomish Tribune DEC. 14 2022
Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 85271, Pub Dates: 12/14/2022, 1/4/2023, QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS TS No WA09000270-14-1S TO No 8756943 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ.
FAILURE TO PAY WHEN DUE THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WHICH ARE NOW IN ARREARS: DELINQUENT PAYMENT INFORMATION From May 1, 2013 To August 30, 2022 Number of Payments 9 $2,229.49 9 $2,437.92 9 $2,237.68 2 $2,255.88 8 $2,265.07 11 $2,295.44 4 $2,287.33 6 $2,392.18 12 $2,380.03 7 $2,337.04 Total $178,450.01 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION May 1, 2013 August 30, 2022 0 $0.00 $0.00 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: September 7, 2007 Note Amount $415,300.00 Interest Paid To: April 1, 2013 Next Due Date: May 1, 2013 Current Beneficiary: Specialized Loan Servicing LLC Contact Phone No: (800) 315-4757 Address: 6200 S. Quebec St., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $363,401.78, 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

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