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Bellevue councilmembers are examining a number of ways to resolve a $6.5 million budget defi cit.

Th e council Monday reviewed a lengthy list of spending cuts totaling $4.6 million, including the elimination of 17 full-time equivalent positions, six of which would involve layoff s, voluntary separations or voluntary retirements.

Th e proposed reductions come on top of those made last year when the city reduced its workforce by 49 positions and cut $16 million from the budget.

Th e council is expected to decide in the coming weeks on spending cuts and possible fee increases as part of mid-bien-nium budget update, which includes the 2011-2012 general fund budget, passed in December 2010.

Budget writers say they have designed the cuts to minimize direct impacts to the public.

In addition to reductions, the coun-cil is considering whether to implement an emergency medical services fee for transporting “basic life support” patients to hospitals. Th e recommendation is for a

transport fee of $600, plus $14 per mile, for patients with less serious ailments, compa-rable to other cities and fi re departments in King County. Th e new fees would gener-ate an estimated $1 million in additional revenue annually for the city’s general fund, but councilmembers have raised several questions about the proposal and have expressed concern about possible impacts.

Also being considered are increases in fees charged by the city’s Development Services Department, which has been hit hard by the recession. In response, 26 posi-tions were eliminated last year and 15 more will be cut in 2012. Development Services depends primarily on user fees, not the general fund, to pay for its operations, and the fee increases would help pay for its core services. If approved, it would be the fi rst fee adjustment since 2009.

Councilmembers are scheduled to take action at the Dec. 5 or Dec. 12 meeting, when they vote on several ordinances relat-ed to the budget, including a 2012 property tax amount, the Development Services fees, basic life support transport fees, and the mid-biennium budget.

Jobs on the line as Bellevue faces deficit

Snowfl akes shine bright along the Bellevue Square Mall a few days after the offi cial opening of Snowfl ake Lane. The Bellevue tradition dazzles children nightly with live drummers, colorful costumes and enough fake snow to inspire young and old to wish for a white

Christmas. Downtown shops are offi cially decked-out for the holiday shopping season after a busy Black Friday, but all the Christmas cheer didn’t stop the skies from turning blue and a few umbrellas from popping up along sidewalks this week. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter

Bright starsfor a blue night

Residents and supporters of the Eastgate annexation eff ort will go door-to-door Sat-urday to gather signatures from property owners in Eastgate who have not yet signed an annexation petition.

More than 700 property owners, repre-senting more than 45 percent of assessed value in Eastgate, have already signed the annexation petition. Th e 50 percent goal must be reached by Dec. 10.

On Saturday, volunteers will help gather the approximately 130 signatures still needed for annexation. Th e shift s – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. – will start at the South Bellevue Community Center, 14509 SE Newport Way.

Eastgate is one of four unincorporated areas in South Bellevue that may be an-nexed by the City of Bellevue next year.

County Executive Dow Constantine sup-ports the proposed South Bellevue annexa-tion, noting that the county can no longer aff ord to maintain current service levels in unincorporated urban areas.

“Th e benefi ts of annexation are many: lower property taxes; increased level of essential services, direct access to city programs and services at the local level; eff ective land use, transportation and parks planning,” Constantine said.

To volunteer or to sign a petition, contact Neighborhood Outreach at 425-452-6836.

Eastgate annexation blitz Saturday

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A fuel tanker spilled more than 3,500 gallons of fuel aft er it crashed into a barrier on northbound Interstate 405 in Bellevue Sunday night.

At approximately 9:50 p.m., a car attempting to enter the freeway from Northeast Eighth Street spun out of control, hitting the tanker. Th e vehicle was attempt-ing to cross multiple lanes of traffi c when it hit the tanker, which was knocked into a jersey barrier on the side of the road.

Lee & Eastes Tank Lines estimated there

was 7,000 gallons of fuel in the rear tank at the time of the accident. Washington State Department of Ecology and Bellevue Utilities were called to mitigate the spill and evaluate the environmental impact.

I-405 was closed for nearly fi ve hours while crews worked to right the trailer and remove its fuel.

Bellevue Fire Department personnel took the driver of the passenger vehicle to Overlake Hospital Medical Center with minor injuries.

Crews work to clean up more than 3,500 gallons of fuel after an oil tanker crashed into a barrier on Interstate 405 Sunday night. COURTESY PHOTO, Bellevue Fire Department

Fuel tanker spills 3,500 gallonson northbound I-405 in Bellevue

Th e public is invited to join city planners Satur-day for a walk downtown to help the city identify ways to improve the pe-destrian experience.

Findings from this walk, and one held yesterday, will be used in the Downtown Trans-portation Plan Update,

a comprehensive look at transportation strategy to accommodate expected growth downtown throughout the next two decades.

Th e walk tomorrow will begin at 9 a.m. with an overview presentation at Top Pot Doughnuts (10600 NE Ninth Pl.) and

will take about 90 min-utes.

If it’s raining, partici-pants should bring rain gear or an umbrella; the walk will go rain or shine, following a route on the north side of downtown. People will be asked to share their experiences of the walk afterward.

For more information, contact Kevin McDonald, 425-452-4558, [email protected] or visit www.bellevuewa.gov/downtown-transporta-tion-plan-update.htm.

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Book sale to benefi t libraries

Th e Bellevue Friends of the Library will hold a book sale from 1:30- 4 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd. (corner of Lake Hills Boulevard and 156th Avenue Southeast). Th ere will be books for kids and teens, science fi ction books and hard-cover fi ction, all priced from 50 cents to $3.

Th e Bellevue Friends of the Library support programs and activities at Bellevue libraries.

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With La Niña expected to make a return trip to the Northwest this winter, now is not the time to be complacent.

La Niña is defi ned as cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacifi c ocean that impact global weather patterns, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“Th e Pacifi c Northwest is more likely to be wetter than normal in the late fall and early winter with the presence of a well-established La Niña,” according to the administration’s website.

Remember last November’s La Niña snow storm that hit right before Th anksgiving? Or what about last December’s record rainfall that forced the Snoqualmie River to fl ood?

It could happen again this year. Forecasters already predicted the snowfall we saw in the mountains last weekend.

With La Niña ready to bear her ugly head again, it’s time to “Take Winter by Storm.”

It’s more than just a catchy phrase — it’s a call to action.

“Take Winter by Storm” is a four-county eff ort, including King County, urging families to create emergency-preparedness kits in the home, workplace and vehicle — just in case you are out driving when the worst of the weather hits.

Th e kits should include fl ashlights and extra batteries, warm blankets, rain gear and copies of important documents, among other impor-tant things.

Th e “Take Winter by Storm” website — www.takewinterbystorm.org — suggests residents take these three steps to get ready:

at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food and water for your home and offi ce. Kits prepared for vehicle road travel and winter weather evacuation go-kits are also advised.

your family and those who depend on you.

proaching so you are prepared for whatever

Th e website off ers other tools to help families get ready for another harsh winter.

Recent stories in Th e Reporter noted how cit-ies are prepared for the storms. Th at prepared-ness is something individuals should take to heart, too.

Don’t be left out in the cold — or the dark — this winter, make a plan and execute it when La Niña makes her expected appearance this holiday season.

– Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter

Some options tobalance budget

Since the governor does not like her options in meeting the next $2 billion hole in the state budget, here are some that should have been considered at the beginning of the recession.

1. Reduce the size of governmental agencies. Experience has shown that the more tax money we throw at governmental agencies the more ineffi cient and wasteful they become.

Th e number of cell phones we provide to gov-ernment employees and the number of unused or phones on high cost plans is staggering – that is just the tip of the iceberg. Why should I sup-port more tax money given to bureaucrats who mismanage it?

2. Give the voters a line item list of annual governmental costs, and we will tell the governor where to cut, and it will not be education, as long as the educators can guide the value of education and not the unions.

Politicians scare us with threats of cuts to edu-cation, fi re, police and the “vulnerable,” but hide

should not even be considered until we get a chance to vote on individual line items that need to be cut without hurting essential services.

3. Undo the give away on taxes that she gave to the gambling industry on the Indian reserva-tions.Larry Brickman, Bellevue

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Island who found our 13-year old son’s wallet in Factoria. We spent days searching every place we could think of. Aft er a while, we had little hope that the wallet would be returned.

However, what we didn’t know, however, was

When he saw the wallet on the ground, he turned it in to the Factoria police station. Offi cer Rob Wood at the station took custody of the

wallet for safekeeping. With that and a school I.D., Offi cer Wood was able to return the wallet to our son. He was also helpful in enabling us to

Our son got his wallet back on Halloween aft ernoon, just in time for him to join in the evening festivities. Th e happy ending was a re-minder of the goodness and kindness of friends, neighbors, local businesses and our Bellevue police.

the businesses in Factoria who kindly kept their eyes open for the wallet.Carrie Jane Molenda, Bellevue

A tough, but welcome voteA lot of us express our frustration at the state

of Washington, D.C., politics: the partisanship, the gridlock and the lack of action to help our economy grow. So when our elected offi cials take a bold, brave vote on behalf of our state, it’s just as important to make sure they see our apprecia-tion.

Cantwell, and Rep. Dave Reichert all voted in favor of the free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. Th ese free trade agreements represent the most signifi cant progress on trade in the last 15 years, and have the potential to signifi cantly increase jobs and economic opportunity for our state.

Th ese agreements lower or eliminate tariff s on everything from industrial products to consum-er goods in some of the most important markets for our state; South Korea, for example, is our state’s 4th largest trading partner.

Th e three faced great pressure to oppose these measures, and we should be grateful for their willingness to take tough votes on that will ben-efi t our state’s economy.

So, on behalf of businesses and citizens in the 8th Congressional District, I wanted to take a moment to thank them publicly and I invite oth-ers to join me.Eric Schinfeld, Seattle

La Niña’s returna reminderto get prepared

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Nearly half of Bellevue’s residents who have college degrees earned them in sci-ence and engineering, putting the city in the top 11 percent in the country for that category, according to census data.

Confirming Bellevue’s place as a national high-tech hub, data from the 2010 American Community Survey also reveal that the city has the sixth high-est percentage of residents with degrees specifically in computer science, math-ematics and statistics (12 percent).

“With this kind of workforce, we’re in a pretty enviable place in today’s knowl-edge economy,” said Planning Director Dan Stroh.

The city’s Planning & Community Development Department tracks Belle-vue’s demographics to stay abreast of the community’s social and economic needs. Learn more at http://www.bellevuewa.gov/demographics.htm.

The American Community Survey, an ongoing survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, provides regular data on how Americans live, including their educa-tion, housing and jobs. Additional esti-mates from the ACS, which summarized

data from about 550 of the largest cities throughout the nation, include:

Bellevue had one of the lowest per-centages of residents with a degree in education (5 percent), compared to 14 percent nationwide.

21 percent of city residents majored in the arts and humanities and 19 percent majored in business, similar to percent-ages nationwide (22 and 20 percent respectively).

Bellevue was among the bottom half of cities for the percentage of residents with a degree in psychology (2 percent), compared with 5 percent nationwide.

The high percentage of residents with degrees in science and engineering gen-erally reflects the distribution of jobs in Bellevue, with science and engineering industries comprising over 40 percent of all jobs here. Earlier this month, Forbes Magazine ranked the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metro area the No. 1 region for high-tech job growth in the nation, based on long- and short-term job numbers.

Bellevue a top spot for scientists, engineers

More than eight acres of land at Chism Beach Park overrun with ivy and other in-vasive plants are being restored, with more than 100 volunteers and the city’s garbage hauler pitching in for the cause.

Non-native plants are a problem in many wooded areas across the city. Sprawling

with lightning speed, ivy, blackberry bushes and other plants have invaded forested areas of Chism Beach, degrading the habi-tat at one of Bellevue’s popular waterfront parks, located at 9600 SE 11th St. on Lake Washington.

The Parks & Community Services De-partment contracted with EarthCorps, a nonprofit international youth organization that specializes in natural area restoration, to pull the ivy and plant native plants in its place, over a seven-month period, from September to next April.

Working in partnership with the city, EarthCorps incorporates volunteer events too, with more than 130 volunteers pull-ing ivy on Stewardship Saturdays and Eco Friday events.

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AT&T has ended its $39 billion bid to acquire Bellevue-based T-Mobile.

AT&T, the world’s second largest mobile carrier, withdrew its merger ap-plication with the Federal Communica-tion Commission on Nov. 25 aft er Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the com-mission, said the merger did not meet the commission’s standard for approval.

Genachowski recommended sending the case to a hearing, the fi rst step toward a commission move to block the deal.

“Th e FCC’s action today is disap-pointing,” AT&T Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications Larry Solomon said in a statement this week. “It is yet another example of a govern-ment agency acting to prevent billions in new investment and the creation of many thousands of new jobs at a time when the U.S. economy desperately needs both.”

Both AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent company, affi rmed their desire to complete the deal. Th e two companies said they will focus on a February antitrust trial to settle a lawsuit fi led by the U.S. Justice Department in September.

As a result of this development, AT&T will charge $4 billion against its earnings

in preparation for a potential breakup fee that would go to Deutsche Telekom if the deal falls through.

Despite AT&T’s withdrawal of its ap-plication, the FCC elected this week to release a staff report with extremely nega-tive conclusions about the merger. Ac-cording to the FCC report, the proposed merger would hurt wireless competition in the U.S. It also disputes claims made by AT&T and T-Mobile that the merger would create more jobs and lead to an increase in LTE broadband networks throughout the country.

AT&T said all the issues the FCC de-scribes were those that would have been settled at a hearing, but now the hearing won’t take place, but the damaging claims are out there.

“It has no force or eff ect under law, which raises questions as to why the FCC would choose to release it,” AT&T Executive Vice President of External and Legislative Aff airs Jim Cicconi said of the report. “Th e draft report has also not been made available to AT&T prior to today, so we have had no opportunity to address or rebut its claims, which makes its release all the more improper.”

Nat Levy can be reached at 425-453-4290.

AT&T drops bid for T-Mobile

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Thank you Council Member Degginger!Cascade Water Alliance is honored to recognize and thank Bellevue Council member Grant

Degginger for more than a decade of service to this organization. During his tenure as a

representative to Cascade, Grant was instrumental in ensuring Bellevue and the Eastside will

have municipal drinking water for the rest of the century.

As chair of the Board of Directors and Public Affairs Committee, Grant oversaw ground-

breaking agreements with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians

that enhanced fi sh habitat while at the same time secured Lake Tapps in Pierce County as

a reservoir and future water supply source for the region. With his political and legal acu-

men, Grant helped get critical legislation passed in Olympia to give Cascade the same rights

granted to other utilities in the state, and to create the Joint Municipal Utility Services Author-

ity so entities like Cascade can be formed to provide cost effective services to the public.

Grant Degginger served the people of the City of Bellevue as their council member, but he

also contributed greatly to the betterment of the region as a leader with foresight and vision

to ensure water for today and tomorrow.

Cascade thanks Grant for his honorable public service and the legacy he is leaving the Eastside and the region.

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A 32-year-old investor pleaded guilty last week to defrauding at least 10 clients of more than $7 million.

Prosecutors recommended a sentence of 78 months in prison for Richard A. Finger, a Bellevue resident, and owner of Black Diamond Capital Management in Kirkland. He will be sentenced in U.S. District court Feb. 17, 2012, where the amount of restitu-tion to the victims will be decided.

Court documents detail multiple instances in which clients invested with Finger, and he told them investments were growing, when in reality they were falling rapidly.

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worth more than $1.2 million account was worth less than $5,500.

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Th is second client and at least nine others were provided statements by email. Th e emailed statements were false, but were made to appear legitimate by follow-ing the format of the clearing fi rm Finger used to place the trades. Finger transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars from the brokerage accounts to his own personal checking account.

Investor pleads guilty to wire fraud scheme

Business RoundupBusinesses and business people making news

Two join YES boardYouth Eastside Ser-

vices has added Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Mushel, of Yarrow Point, as well as Bellevue resident and marketing consultant, John Chesemore, to its Board of Trustees.

Mushel is an in-dependent business consultant. In addition to serving on the Yarrow Point Town Council for the past 12 years, she has volunteered in leadership and committee chair roles with Bellevue LifeSpring.

Chesemore is an engagement manager Arryve Consult-ing working with Microsoft.

Getz named treasurerKelsey Getz has been named treasurer for Bellevue

Business and Professional Women.

CalendarNational Association of Professional Organizers, Seattle Chapter: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 6. $25 for guests. Entrance around corner on the left side of building at California Closets, 1014 116th Ave. NE, Bellevue. www.seattlenapo.com

BPW: 5-7 p.m. Dec. 7. Networking Happy Hour. Open to members and non-members. No registration fee. Cypress Wine Bar, Bellevue Westin, 600 Bellevue Way NE, [email protected]

Overlake Hospital Medi-cal Center has added three new primary care doctors and an emergency depart-ment director.

Debbie Luttman was promoted to the position of director of Overlake’s Emergency Department and Trauma and Stroke Ser-vices. Luttman previously served as the manager of the Emergency Department at Overlake.

Dr. Ruchi Sharma spe-cializes in internal medi-cine and infectious diseases

and recently joined the staff at Overlake Medical Clin-ics Medical Tower. Prior to joining Overlake, Sharma completed her fellowship and post-doctoral training at the Medical Univer-sity of South Carolina in

Charleston.Dr. John Tudela is an

internal medicine physician at Overlake Medical Clin-ics Medical Tower on the hospital campus. He also serves as a reserve military fl ight surgeon. Tudela was

previously a hospital-ist physician at Kona Community Hospi-tal in Kealakekua, Hawaii and was also in private practice in Hawaii.

Dr. Jennifer Edwards is a family practice physician at

Overlake Medical Clinics Issaquah. Before joining Overlake, Edwards worked as a core faculty member at Mercy Redding Family Practice Residency Pro-gram in Redding, Calif.

Debbie Luttman Dr. John TudelaDr. Ruchi Sharma Dr. Jennifer Edwards

Overlake adds emergency director, physicians

New restaurant coming to Hyatt

Th e founders of down-town Bellevue’s popular Pearl Bar and Dining will open KORAL, a “New American Tavern,” in early 2012 in the Bellevue Hyatt Regency hotel.

Th e 7,800-square foot restaurant will take over the former Twisted Cork space and feature what owners call a casually elegant set-ting and a vivacious bar.

Construction is expected to be complete by February.

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Bellevue residents have waited more than three weeks to find out who will be their seventh, and final, City Council member.

That wait will have to continue.The race between Parks and Community Services Board

member and retired attorney John Stokes, and land-use

attorney Aaron Laing will be subject to a recount by hand of the nearly 35,000 ballots received from Bellevue. The candidates are vying for the seat formerly held by Grant Degginger, who decided not to run for reelection.

Kim Van Ekstrom, spokeswoman for King County Elec-tions, said the recount will begin at 9 a.m., Dec. 8 with a likely conclusion on Dec. 11 or 12.

Laing has been close behind throughout the race, but has never been able to grab the lead. He said he was proud of the campaign he ran, and he showed optimism that the recount could swing the race his way.

“I think the fact that it is a mandatory hand recount, they wouldn’t require it if there wasn’t some chance that it would turn around,” he said.

Stokes, who has led the race wire-to-wire, said he ex-pected a recount. He feels good about the job King County Elections has done in counting the votes and doesn’t expect much to change.

“I’m confident in the end, we’ll still be ahead, so we’re just going through with the process,” he said.

State law stipulates that the margin between the two candidates to necessitate a hand recount must be less than 150 votes, and .25 percent of the vote. A machine recount happens with a margin less than 2,000 votes and .5 percent.

With the final tally in Monday night, Stokes led the race by a count of 15,239 votes (49.93 percent) to 15,188 votes (49.76 percent) for Laing. Laing closed the gap quickly on the final day. Results released Monday evening showed Stokes with a 110-vote lead, but in the final count, Laing received 100 votes to Stokes’ 41 to cut the margin.

County staff will work through three other recounts from this election. A council race in Des Moines was close enough to trigger a machine recount, while races for the Enumclaw School District and the Public Hospital District will be recounted by hand

In the 2011 election, Bellevue voters returned 35,865 bal-lots, or nearly 54 percent.

Political groups, and many voters, made Bellevue’s election a partial referendum on the East Link light-rail project, which has been a dividing point on the council.

On election night, Nov. 8, Stokes opened the evening with a 127-vote lead that fluctuated from a high close to 200 votes, all the way down to the final margin of 51 when the election was certified Tuesday. The margin ended up being less than the number of write-in ballots submitted in the race, 95.

Van Ekstrom could not say whether a hand recount in King County has swung an election recently. Along with the larger number of votes in this recount, King County has dealt with few hand recounts since the vote-by-mail system came into play in 2009. Van Ekstrom said the mail system is more reliable than voting booths, so the recount will serve to look for a significant mistake in the counting process.

“Since we have been administering within this environ-ment there’s not been a long track record,” she said. “In a vote-by-mail environment, there’s less of an opportunity for human error to occur, but it could of course.”

Nat Levy can be reached at 425-453-4290.

Stokes-Laing Bellevue City Council race headed to hand recount of votes

Bellevue City Council Election ResultsPosition 1

Aaron Laing 15,188 votes 49.76 percentJohn Stokes 15,239 votes 49.93 percentWrite-in 95 votes .31 percent

Position 3John Chelminiak 20,756 votes 67.97 percentMichelle Hilhorst 9,701 votes 31.77 percent

Position 5Claudia Balducci 20,189 votes 65.46 percentPatti Mann 10,573 votes 34.28 percent

Position 7Jennifer Robertson 22,494 votes 97.35 percentWrite-in 612 votes 2.65 percent

Craigslist ad leads men to find dead body

Two men answering an ad on Craigslist for a room for rent in the 15800 block of SE Fifth Place in Bellevue instead found the body of a man who had been dead for two or more days.

A crying four-year old boy answered the door and told the men he could not wake up his dad, which prompted them to take him to a neighbor’s home. When the men re-turned they discovered the body of the boy’s father and called police, accord-ing to Bellevue Police Lt. Marcia Harnden.

It is unclear when the man died and while police do not currently suspect foul play, there is an inves-tigation into the cause of his death and the circum-stances surrounding it.

The mother of the child does not live with the father and was out of town when the discovery was made. The child was taken to stay with grandparents. His father has been identi-fied as Matthew Steckler, 36.


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Singers sought to help food banksSingers and others willing to share their musical

talents – including individuals, friends and organized groups – can help local food banks while bringing smiles to shoppers this holiday season.

Th e annual Sing from the Heart event will be con-ducted Dec. 9-11 at the Haggen Food & Pharmacy store in Bellevue’s Crossroads area.

Haggen will donate a $50 gift card to a local food bank for each hour an individual or group presents holiday music. Participants may include organizations, quartets, choirs, families or friends.

“Th ese local singers and musicians make the holidays more pleasant while also helping many families,” said Becky Skaggs, spokesman for Haggen Food & Pharmacy stores.

Sing from the Heart will be presented at each Haggen store from 2-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, noon-6 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 10 and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. Groups must register in advance for a time at the guest services counter of a Haggen store or by calling their local store.

Haggen, Inc. operates 28 supermarkets in Washington and Oregon under the Haggen Food & Pharmacy and TOP Food & Drug names.

Club formed to help ESL residentsA career consultant and instructor at Bellevue Col-

lege has begun a club to provide information for those who speak English as a second language (ESL) and are seeking a job. Th e meetings are free and will provide in-formation presented such as how to look for a job, how to prepare for an interview and how to improve on the current situation and fi nd a better job.

Amanda Johnson, who formed the club, has been working with ESL job seekers for more than 15 years.

Th e club is held every Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m. through Dec. 7 at the Highland Community Center,

14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue. Th ose interested can register by emailing [email protected].

Cancer society seeks driversTh e American Cancer Society is seeking drivers for its

Road to Recovery program. Th is program is designed to provide transportation for local cancer patients to and from their medical appointments or cancer treatments.

All volunteers must have a current, valid driver’s license issued by the state in which they reside, a good driv-ing record, access to a safe and reliable vehicle, have car insurance, be in good health themselves, and complete an application as well as attend an orientation.

For more information, call 1-800-227-2345.

Pet for adoptionCapri is a beautiful 1-year-old dilute calico. She was

surrendered to Purrfect Pals Cat Shelter because her owners had too many pets. Capri loves people, but wants a home with a lot fewer animals. Because Capri is a Purrfect Pals cat, she is already spayed, microchipped, has been treated for fl eas and worms as a precaution, is up-to-date on all vaccinations and tested negative for FIV and Feline Leukemia.

Capri is up for adoption at Purrfect Pals Cat Shelter’s off site adoption center inside

Bellevue Petsmart (100 108th Ave N.E, near Toys ‘R Us).

Bellevue man charged for soliciting sexA Bellevue man has been charged with sending illicit

messages online to a naval offi cer posing as a 13-year-old girl.

Benjamin W. Watson will be arraigned Monday on charges of immoral communication with a minor.

In January 2009, a naval agent was contacted online by Watson in a chat room, according to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The agent told Watson she was 13, and he initially backed off. But he later

continued to send sexually suggestive messages to the agent.

The Naval service followed up on the exchange, obtaining Watson’s information from Yahoo! and Comcast. NCIS agents seized several of his comput-ers, and they also uncovered another sexually explicit exchange.

Watson allegedly sent messages to someone claiming to be a 14-year-old girl. Further investigation showed that the a man convicted of child molestation was mas-querading as the 14-year-old girl.

Watson admitted to the message exchanges during interviews with authorities, according to court docu-ments.

Students at Sacred Heart School in Bellevue pack up sweatshirts with the school’s old logo in preparation to shipping

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When Bellevue and O’Dea meet tonight in the Tacoma Dome for the 3A state football championship, it will be the culmination of a season and a chance to once again claim the ultimate prize.

For many of the Bellevue seniors, it will be much more.

Th e graduating class of 2012 has never fi nished a high school football season without a state title. Th e program has gone 15-0 in state tournament games during their time and each knows that regardless of the result, tonight will be the end of a long journey as a Bellevue football player that

extends well be-yond high school.

“I’ve been playing games on this fi eld since third

grade,” linebacker Matt Gil-bert said. “Th e last practice I’ll ever be out here is this week. It’s a weird feeling.”

Gilbert and defensive back Connor Foreman began playing together with the Junior Wolverines the same year, with Foreman’s father as the coach. Like many in the Bellevue pro-gram, they have grown up together waiting for their chance to lead the program to another state title and continue the legacy they ad-mired as youngsters. Both talked about memories of the program from their youth.

Th e 39-20 win over De La Salle in 2004 that broke the Spartans’ 151-game win streak and propelled the Wolverines onto the national scene and the four state titles

from 2001-04 that cemented the pro-gram as one of the best in the state stand out.

“Ever since I was little,” Foreman said. “I’ve looked up to the program and how amazing it was.”

Foreman elected not to play football last season, focusing instead of baseball. But watching his older brother Michael earn All-State honors and help Belle-vue to a third-straight state championship had Connor squarely focused on getting back to the gridiron this season.

Aft er missing a portion of the win over Lakes and the entirety of last week’s semi-fi nal victory over Ka-miakin with a head injury, the younger Foreman is ea-ger for one last run with the group he grew up dreaming of being part of.

Running down a dream One more win ensures Bellevue seniors’ championship legacy

Junior John Nguyen and the Wolverines are after a fourth straight title tonight. FRANK ANDERSON, Courtesy Photo

[ more DREAM page 12 ]

BY JOSH SUMAN

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At fi rst glance, it might be tempting to slight Jordan Todd because of his stature. Unless that fi rst glance came while the Interlake senior was on a football fi eld.

Todd, who broke Matthias Wilson’s (1997) single-season state rushing record of 2,676 yards in the 2A state quarter-fi nals with 359 yards against Lynden (for a total of 2,681 in 2011), has been dealing with the stigma that comes with being a 5-foot-7 running back throughout his prep career.

“I try my best to compete with every-one who is larger,” Todd said. “I’m never not going to try because someone is bigger than I am.”

Interlake coach Jason Rimkus has witnessed countless moments during his two seasons at the helm for the Saints to reinforce that assertion, including dur-ing this year’s game against Mount Si.

Aft er redirecting his path down the Interlake sideline, Todd (as he is wont

to do) eluded a pair of defenders before being wrapped up from behind by another.

“He still had ahold of Jordan’s jersey and I thought he was going to take him down,” Rimkus said. “But Jordan just kept those roadrunner feet going. He must have dragged the kid 10 or 15 yards.”

While breaking tackles and outrunning defenders to the end zone has become commonplace for Todd, it’s his will-ingness to play larger than his listed height and weight that have impressed his coaches and teammates the most.

Mount Si, which earned the third and fi nal 3A playoff berth from the conference, also boasted Oregon State com-mit Josh Mitchell, widely considered one of the top line-man prospects in the state. On at least one occasion, the 5-foot-7, 170 pound Todd got an up-close look at Mitchell, who is listed at 6-foot-3, 273 pounds.

As the Saints’ off ensive line slanted the pass protection away from Mitchell’s side, there was only one player left standing between him and the backfi eld.

“He comes off the edge and you could just see Jordan say, ‘alright, whatever,” Rimkus said. “He just stuck his nose right in there. Th at was kind of a signature play of his for me.”

While Todd has developed into one of the top off ensive players in the area on the fi eld, he also became a leader away from the gridiron in the off season.

“He really grew into being a leader,” Rimkus said. “He never came off like, ‘I’m the star, listen to me.”

Aft er fi rst taking a football fi eld at age 7 at the recom-mendation of his father, who played semi-pro ball in the area, Todd said he truly fell in love with the game during his sophomore year at Interlake. Th e past two seasons have only added to that passion and there is no longer any doubt

Todd still flying under the radar

Matt Gilbert Connor Foreman

[ more TODD page 12 ]

Bellevue won its 15th consecutive state playoff game, 21-10 over Kamiakin at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick, to punch its ticket to tonight’s 3A state championship game against O’Dea at 7:30 p.m. in the Tacoma Dome. Running back John Nguyen got his team on the board with a third quarter score after the Wolverines were shutout in the fi rst half. Tyler Hasty and Joey Moore also added touchdown runs in the second half.A win tonight will give Bellevue a fourth straight class 3A title and a second four-peat since 2001. The program also won four straight from 2001-04.The undefeated Irish were the last program to beat the Wolverines in the state tournament, 27-17 back in the 2007 state semi-fi nals.

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“It’s been special for me, I’ve enjoyed every minute of it,” Foreman said of his re-turn to football this season. “Now, we’ve got to finish.”

That will be no easy task against an O’Dea program that is unbeaten in 2011 and handed the Wolver-ines their last loss in the playoffs, 27-17 back in the 2007 state semi-finals.

Bellevue quarterback and defensive back Tyler Hasty knows the Irish bet-ter than most after spend-ing his first two years of high school at O’Dea.

“I’ve still got a couple friends over there and we always joke around, say-ing, ‘I hope we see you in the championship,” Hasty said. “I had my birthday last week and we were talking a little smack.”

The Wovlerines’ senior said he has no regrets about switching allegianc-es for his final two prep seasons. But after being on the inside of the O’Dea program, Hasty knows capturing another title will be a stiff test.

“O’Dea is not a high-scoring team, but they do the little things right,” Hasty said. “They’re not going to make any mis-takes, so we’ve got to limit our mental lapses.”

But despite the familiar faces across the line of scrimmage, Hasty said he has remained con-cerned on his own team’s execution more than one-upping his friends and former teammates.

“I’m trying to just stay focused,” Hasty said. “We just need to do what we do like every other week.”

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENT TAKES PART IN FIRST TEE FUTURE LEADERS FORUM

Bellevue resident and International School student Alex LaChasse has been involved with The First Tee of Greater Seattle, an organization teaching character development through golf, since 2005.

That involvement recently paid off with a trip to Disney World and a visit with pro-fessional golf legend Annika Sorenstam.

Through The First Tee, LaChasse and Stacie Chan of Beacon Hill were among 50 students from around the world who took part in the “Future Leaders Forum” at Disney World. The immersion training gave participants a chance to network with others connected to golf through business, science and other methods.

“I especially liked learning about the

many elements of leadership involved within the golf industry and learning how a company like Disney operates,” LaChasse said.

He completed an application process that included an essay on future plans and aspi-rations as part of the selection process.

BELLEVUE COLLEGE PITCHER IS TOP JUNIOR COLLEGE PLAYER IN AMERICA

Perfect Game USA, which is touted as “Baseball’s Largest Scouting Service,” has published a list of the top 100 junior college baseball players for 2012 and Bellevue Col-lege pitcher Adrian Sampson is at the top.

Sampson, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound right handed pitcher and graduate of Skyline High School helped the Bulldogs to the NWAACC championship.

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“I want a good atmosphere,” Todd said. “And four more fun years playing football.”

While it’s easy to assume the state’s most prolific rushing total would come with a big-time football scholarship, the reality of Todd’s situation is slightly less glamorous.

Despite proving throughout his prep ca-reer he can carry the load against top-notch competition in the rugged 3A KingCo Conference, major Division-I programs rarely reach for a player without the ideal mix of size, speed and production.

Currently, Todd is weighing his options and remaining patient with a process that can quickly become frustrating.

The only scholarship offer he holds is from New Mexico Highlands University, a Division II school where former Interlake coach Sheldon Cross is on staff. Central

Washington University has also expressed interest and Todd plans to visit both in January. Rimkus said he has also heard from Wayne State University, Navy, Eastern Washington and believes there is interest from Eastern Oregon, where former Saint J.T. Capers began his collegiate career this season.

For Todd, the most important factors are solid programs in his potential majors of business and physical education and the family atmosphere that he has become so accustomed to with Rimkus and the Inter-lake program.

“I don’t want to just say, ‘they gave me a scholarship, so I’m going to go there,” Todd said. “I want good academics, mainly.”

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Jordan Todd: ‘I just want to play’[ TODD from page 11 ]

[ DREAM from page 11 ]

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When I was a kid, I tried to direct a production of “Beauty and the Beast” featuring my cousins who were in town for the holidays. Much to my disappointment, no one was dedicated to the grueling daily rehearsals.

Our parents chatted through the makeshift performance as we danced around the living room in dress-up clothes, singing “Be Our Guest” while the Disney movie played in the background. Maybe our moms and dads would have preferred the real-deal production, which is coming up in February, and includes performers who are likely to be more experienced than my cast of undisciplined 9-year-olds. 911 Pine St., Seattle. 206-467-5510, www.beautyandthebeastontour.com.

LectureDavid Sedaris: 7 p.m., April 29 at Benaroya Hall

Dear Mr. Sedaris, I know you’re gay, but I love you. Madly. You crack me up with your sardonic wit, incisive

social critiques and your collections of personal, bestsell-ing essays: “Naked,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim,” and “When You Are Engulfed in Flames.” When it comes to the literary world, you sir, are a rock star. Tickets are $47 or $38 and available through the Benaroya Hall Box Offi ce.200 University St., Seattle. 206-215-4747, www.benaroyahall.org.

MusicBlake Shelton: March 9, time TBA, at KeyArena

All the hipsters may hate me for this. But I am slowly coming to the realization that, dare I say it, I DO like coun-try music. Even pop country. Who can resist, “feeling like a woman” with Shania Twain or “saying goodbye to Earl” with the Dixie Chicks. And of course, even if you’d rather

go any musical direction but western, there’s no denying greats like Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash.

Shelton actually won my heart from how tender he was as a mentor to Dia Frampton and Sia on “Th e Voice.” But I do think his song “Honey Bee” is pretty catchy.

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A potluck, “Flavors of Diversity” Dec. 6 will conclude a year of Cultural Conversations meetings. Cultural Connections is a diverse group of women who meet for tea about once a month in an eff ort to become more connected with their community.

Organized by Bellevue’s Neighborhood Outreach team, the group has engaged more than 50 women, many of them immigrants, since it was launched in 2010. A second Cultural Conversations group recently started in South Bellevue.

Th e Flavors of Diversity program is intended to help members understand nutrition and eating customs from around the world.

Th e potluck will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Crossroads Community Center. Participants should bring food to share. Th ey will be invited to tell stories about their traditions in small table discussions. Women who live or work in Bellevue are welcome.

Th ose attending should RSVP for Flavors of Diversity or the Ethnic Potluck to Julie at 425-452-5372 or [email protected].

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“Turok” is more than a fi rst-person shooter video game with a cult follow-ing. It’s also a musical suite.

As the Native American hero, Tur-ok, fi ghts dinosaurs – the soundtrack of his journey is marked by bombastic percussion, repetitive motifs in string and brass fanfares; then it slows down with long melodies for cellos and french horns.

“Th e suite has a nice shape to it,” said Teresa Metzger-Howe, Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor.

Th e soundtrack from “Turok 2,” as well as music from the movies “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Th e Incredibles,” will be presented as part of the Bellevue Youth Symphony Or-chestra’s (BYSO) 46th’s season, “New Classics.”

BYSO had its fi rst performance ear-lier this month, and will continue with performances in December, March and May at the Th eatre at Meyden-bauer Center and First Presbyterian

Church of Bellevue.Metzger-Howe said aft er presenting

old masterworks last year, she wanted to give the musicians a full spectrum, which is why she has picked music that was written from 2000 to the present day.

It’s important to have the opportu-nity to work on the greats that have survived through the centuries. But it’s also a great opportunity when musi-cians have the opportunity work with living composers – such as Eastsider, Darren Mitchell, who composed “Turok 2” and has become one of the renowned audio designers in the interactive gaming industry. Mitchell attended some of the BYSO rehearsals.

While the musicians, who range in age from 6 to high-school age and are divided into diff erent programs based on age and instrument, love classical music – it’s exciting to play songs from video games they play and movies they watch, Metzger-Howe said.

“Th ey love it. I think it sort of sets our organization apart that we are playing music that is very accessible.”

In fact, the musicians even got to dress up as characters from “Turok” when they showed up for rehearsal on Halloween.

“We had two Native Americans, one guy was a Raj, another was a dino-saur,” Metzger-Howe said.

2011-2012 season“Magic of Mistletoe” by Youth

Symphony, Sinfonia, Flute Orchestras: 7 p.m., Sunday at Th eatre at Meyden-bauer Center

“Winter Wonderland” by Cadet, Debut, Premiere: 7 p.m., Monday at First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue

“Masterworks Concert 2” by Youth Symphony: 7 p.m., March 11 at Th e-atre at Meydenbauer Center

“Masterworks Concert 3” by Youth Symphony: 7 p.m., May 21 at First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue

For more information, go to http://www.byso.org/.

Gabrielle Nomura can be reached at 425-453-4270.

Music from ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ featured in upcoming BYSO season

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Arts UpdateWhat’s happening in the world of art

Bellevue Chamber Chorus sets holiday showBellevue Chamber Chorus will present “Echoes of

Christmas,” a performance of holiday music from the renaissance and Baroque periods, as well as 20th cen-tury composers.Th e event will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 11 at St. Th omas Episcopal Church, 8398 NE 12th St., Medina

Ticket prices are $18 for adults, $14 for students and seniors, and $9 for children 12 and under. Group sales are also available.

To order tickets, or for more information, call 425- 881-0445, or go to the Chorus website at www.bellevuecham-berchorus.net/.

Tickets also are available through Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com/.

Pacifi c Sound Chorus sets holiday concertPacifi c Pacifi c Sound Chorus will perform “It’s the

Holiday Season” at 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue.

Directed by Susan Kegley, the chorus is made up of nearly 70 women singers from Bellevue, Issaquah, Sammamish and elsewhere who sing in a cappella four-part harmony as part of the Sweet Adeline’s organization.

Th e organization is asking audience members to bring a non-perishable food item that will be donated to the Issaquah Food Bank (and three free raffl e tickets are given for every donation). Th e event will have raffl es and silent auction items available.

Tickets can be purchased for $15 at the door or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/209397.

More information is available by calling 866-530-4291. East Shore Unitarian Church is located at 12700 SE 32nd

St., Bellevue.

Entries soughtfor abstract show

Th e Eastside Associa-tion of Fine Arts is seeking entries to the 2012 Abstract Open Juried Show, a state-wide juried art competition for abstract artists special-izing in 2D and 3D art.

Entry deadline is Dec. 2 for the show, which will be held from Jan. 10 to Feb. 24, 2012 at the EAFA Gallery in the Seattle Design Center.

More than $1,000 will be awarded.

Jurors are Tracy Kay Fraker and Lynn Scott, artists and co-owners of FRAKER / SCOTT Gallery, Seattle.

Up to two entries may be submitted. Submission details, a prospectus, entry directions and general information are available at www.eafa.org.

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Th e case of missing 2-year-old Sky Metalwala has baffl ed authorities for weeks.

Investigators have not ruled out any possible theories as to what happened to the boy, despite more than 1,000 tips from the public and expanding the search.

Julia Biryukova, the boy’s mother, has told police that she left the boy in the car aft er it ran out of gas in Bellevue on Nov. 6. She claims to have walked with her daughter to get help and when she returned the boy was gone.

As the investigation into Sky’s whereabouts has largely focused on the parents, Reporter Newspapers took a closer look at the couple’s contentious past.

Th is is the fi rst of a two-part series that examines the parents’ contentious marriage and allegations against each other.

Marital confl ictDomestic violence has allegedly followed Biryukova,

who was born in Russia and became a U.S. citizen in 1999.She described in court documents daily beatings from

her parents during much of her childhood. She felt like she could not do anything right, as she was also taken for a variation of electroconvulsive shock treatment in Russia for punitive reasons, according to court records.

Biryukova describes being “controlled” by Solomon as well.

Hundreds of King County Court documents illustrate Biryukova and Solomon’s fi nancial and marital struggles.

Th e couple met in 1997 when Biryukova, a 15-year-old Bellevue High School sophomore, was invited to a party by Solomon, 21. Th e couple’s romantic relationship began shortly aft er and they separated in March of 2010.

She told Stephen J. Cummings, a licensed clinical psy-chologist in Seattle, that soon aft er she met Solomon, she learned he was “very controlling, declared himself to be a Christ-like fi gure who had great persuasive skills due to his charisma. An emotional abuse pattern insidiously set in whereby Julia gradually became dependent upon Solomon for her very identity and self esteem,” the court documents continue.

A Kirkland police report showed a possible beginning to confl ict as early as 1999.

Offi cers were called to a gas station in response to a

couple arguing loudly. Th e report states that the boyfriend and girlfriend were arguing about where to go that night, but the name of the man claiming to be Biryukova’s boyfriend is Solomon’s brother, Sulaiman.

But Biryukova states in court docu-ments that she has been with only Solo-mon since 1997.

Biryukova began working at Solomon’s family business, Kings Street Kafe

in Pioneer Square. By the time she graduated

from high school, they purchased a $265,000 Bellevue condo and moved in together.

Business, interests united coupleAt fi rst, the couple was passionate about running their

business. Th ey enjoyed yoga, kickboxing, jogging at the Bellevue Downtown Park, movies, cooking, spending time with friends and each other, according to court documents.

But the nature of the relationship changed in 2003, as the couple was seemingly forced to get married.

Testimony in court documents states the couple married on Feb. 10, 2003, in Solomon’s mother’s kitchen aft er Biryu-kova was approached with an ultimatum - marry Solomon or never see him again aft er his deportation to Pakistan.

It is unclear why Solomon faced deportation.Biryukova states in court documents that she hid her

reason for marrying Solomon from her parents until 2010.Th e couple’s fi nancial woes, which contributed to their

separation, began in 2005-2006 “as a competitor with a deli moved in next door to us, causing real economic loss from our anticipated and previously received income aver-age. Subsequently, with the economic downturn, business became even slower,” Solomon testifi ed.

But that did not stop the couple from purchasing an

$860,000 home in Kirkland in 2008, along with the mort-gage payments for the Bellevue condo.

Biryukova has also apparently called into question her ex-husband’s involvement in their son’s disappearance.

Recently, ABC’s Good Morning America (GMA) claimed to have corresponded with someone using Biryukova’s email. It has not been confi rmed that the email response to GMA was from Biryukova, a family member or if the email was hacked.

But the respondent directly accuses her ex-husband, Solomon Metalwala, of being involved in the boy’s disappearance.“My former husband is a sadistic Muslim Pakistani,” the respondent wrote to GMA’s Neil Karlinksky. “No one has any idea. Th is is all too diffi cult.”

However, this response contradicts the couple’s past, as seen through court documents.

Conversion to Christianity an issueSolomon’s conversion to Christianity is a point of con-

fl ict in the deterioration of their marriage, according to court documents.

Biryukova claims that Solomon became a born-again Christian in 2005 and that she felt his family resented her for his conversion, the documents continue.

Missing child’s parents had troubled past

Sky Metalwala

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John Evan JonesThe life of John (Jack) Evan Jones ended on November 27

2011. A resident of Bellevue since 1954, Jack was born on August 19, 1924, in Portland, Oregon.

Jack was a B-17 gunner with the Eighth Air Force during WWII. His plane was downed over Germany, and he was incarcerated in Stalag XVIIB before liberation by American troops. He was awarded the Purple Heart and was an active member of the American Ex-Prisoners of War organization where he was particularly involved in securing benefits for fellow veterans.

Jack was friendly and funny. He always had a fresh joke and clever comment. He followed his father’s career in furniture sales and management.

He was enchanted by his wife, Lucille (St. Laurent), they married in August 1946. Jack is survived by Lucille and children, John Jones (wife Susan), Robert Jones (wife Larri), Carole Liddle (husband Craig); grandchildren Sharon Jones, Brenna and Evan Liddle, and Brett Menear. He was very proud of the professional and social contributions of each family member.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial may be made to the Mike Weatherly Fund (VA Puget Sound Health Care System—A 112 BRC, Tacoma, Washington 98493-5000), which assists veterans at the Blind Rehab Center at American Lake.

A mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bellevue at 11:00 on December 10.

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Louella OttoLouella Otto went to be with

Jesus November 26, 2011. She was born October 29, 1922 in Hampton, NE.

Lou graduated from Lincoln School of Commerce and was in charge of payroll at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Lincoln for 33 years until her retirement in 1977.

She married Donald Otto who predeceased her in 1968. During WWII she worked at the Navy Ammunition Depot in Hastings, NE. She received an AA degree in Human Services from Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE in 1980. In 1997 she moved to Bellevue, WA.

Lou is survived by her sister, Willa Dee Thoen of Bellevue, WA and many nieces and nephews. She was loved dearly by her family.

No flowers or memorials, please. Her wish was for you to only remember Jesus Christ the Lord of her life, our Heavenly Father who loves us, and the Holy Spirit whose temple she was.

A memorial service will be held December 7 at 2:00 pm at Newport Covenant Church in Bellevue.

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Charlotte Marie (Rowe) Boettiger07/09/1924 – 11/15/2011

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of our dear Mother, Charlotte Marie Boettiger, age 87. She died on November 15, 2011, at Evergreen Hospice Care Center in Kirkland WA.

Born in Seattle WA to Clifford and Marion Rowe, Charlotte graduated from Garfield High School, worked for Boeing (Rosie the Riveter) and Langendorf Bakeries (PBX Operator) where she met and married Donald Lee Boettiger in February 1946. Together they raised four children and settled in Bellevue, Washington in 1962.

Charlotte was a fun person that enjoyed her many adventures with family and friends. She leaves behind her loving family; sons Donald (Jim) Boettiger, Richard Boettiger, daughter-in-law Eileen Boettiger, daughter Gail Davila, son-in-law Frederick Davila, granddaughters Charlotte Boettiger-Cooney, Jennifer Boettiger, Jessica Boettiger, two great grandchildren, her sisters and brother, nieces and nephews and lifelong friends of all ages. Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Boettiger in June 1983 and youngest son, Steven Boettiger in October 2010.

A celebration of Charlotte’s life will be held December 11, 2011 at 2pm at Crossroads Community Center, 16000 NE 10th ST, Bellevue, WA. For more family lore, please visit www.bartonfuneral.

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City Church in Kirkland hasbeen supportive to both parents

Th e King County Districting Committee last month unanimously approved new King County Council district boundaries. Th e district plan, which has been fi led with the Clerk of the Council and is eff ective immediately, leaves Belle-vue residents unchanged.

District 6, which includes Bellevue residents north of I-90, adds territory in Redmond, to the west of Willows Road.

District 9 still includes Bellevue south of I-90 and Newcastle, along with small cities of southeast King County as a group.

Plan materials are online at www.kingcounty.gov/districting.

At each stage of the committee’s 10-month-long process, the members requested ideas and input from the public. Th e Com-mittee provided more than 20 opportunities for in-

person comment, includ-ing eight public hearings held at locations across King County. More than 80 people testifi ed in person and over 160 provided writ-ten testimony.

Th e committee also sought comments from elected offi cials from all 39 cities and the county’s state legislators asking for them to share their expertise and insight on the communities they represent.

Testimony resulted in numerous changes to the rough draft s released in June. For example, the com-mittee revised earlier draft s in order to keep the north-end suburban cities in one district.

Th e committee also adopted internal rules to encourage transparency in their process. For instance, “Rule 5” required commit-tee members to disclose at a public committee meeting the substance and context of any contacts with County Councilmembers, the County Executive, or any of their staff or represen-tatives. Also to promote openness, several of the committee’s public meet-ings were work sessions where committee members worked interactively with the districting master to explore their redistricting ideas.

New county council boundaries won’t affect Bellevue

Every teen and adult driver is very aware of the dangers of drinking and driving, and now even texting while driving. But driving drowsy is just as serious and can be just as devastating as driving while intoxicated, according to the Washington State Patrol.

In 2010, there were 17 people killed and 74 seriously injured in Washington State because motorists were either drowsy or had fallen asleep while driving, the Patrol said. Estimates from the National Highway Traffi c Safety Administration say that nationally drowsy driving results in 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries and more than 100,000 ac-cidents each year.

Th ere are warning signs when motorists are tired or experiencing drowsy driving such as: trouble keeping their eyes open and focused, and/or heavy eyelids; diffi culty keeping their head up; drift ing from their lane, swerving, tailgating and/or hitting rumble strips; inability to clearly remember the last few miles driven; missing traffi c signs or driving past their exit; yawning repeatedly and rubbing their eyes; feeling irritable or restless.

State Patrol warnsabout ‘driving drowsy’

Forest DeityLocal sculptor Dudley

Carter carved “Forest De-ity” in Bellevue Square in the late 1940s. For the next two decades, the sculpture was the unoffi cial symbol of Bellevue. It appeared on promotional materials, souvenirs, and even dinner tables. Th e ice sculpture seen here was the center-piece on a buff et table at Bellevue’s Crabapple Res-taurant, Aug. 30, 1957.

Heritage Corner is a feature in the Bellevue Re-porter. Material is provided

by the Eastside Heritage Center. For more informa-tion call 425-450-1049.

The installation of the original “Forest Deity” sculpture at Bellevue Square and an ice replica. COURTESY PHOTO, Eastside

Heritage Center Carl Pefl ey Collection.

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Parishioners at City Church in Kirkland, where the couple began attending in 2005, did not question his faith.

“Th ey have been members of the church,” said Troy Anderson, associate pastor and general counsel. “And some of our members have reached out to them.”

Th e City Church community held a special prayer Nov. 9 for the missing 2-year-old Redmond boy. Anderson said the couple’s kids attended sunday school at the church.

Th e couple also attended divorce-care meetings at the church, according to court documents.

A member of City Church also played a big part in at-tempting to mediate confl ict between the couple and trans-ferring the children from one party to the other during a bitter custody fi ght. Th at fi ght included allegations against each other that Biryukova suff ered from psychiatric issues and that Solomon was abusive.

The fi nal story in this two-part series will examine abuse allegations they made against each other.

Matt Phelps is a staff writer at the Kirkland Reporter.He can be contacted at [email protected] or 425-822-9166 ext. 5052. Kirkland Reporter Editor Car-rie Wood contributed to this report.


Dec. 2“Family n Friends” Holiday Alzheimer’s Fund Raiser Boutique n Bake Sale: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Emeritus at Bellevue, 15241 NE 20th St., 425-401-0300, [email protected] Story Times: 11 a.m. All ages welcome with adult. Library Connection @ Crossroads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bel-levue, 425-644-6203Computer Classes: 3:30 p.m. Internet Levels 1 & 2. Library Connection @ Crossroads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bel-levue, 425-644-6203A Season for Singing!: 5 p.m. Held on the Belle-vue Crossroads Shopping Center MarketStage, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bellevue.Chinese (Mandarin) Story Times: 6:30 p.m. All ages welcome with adult. Li-

brary Connection @ Cross-roads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bellevue, 425-644-6203Dr. Linda Bailey, fl ute recital: 7:30 p.m. Includes works by Debussy, Isaac-son, Kuhlau, Marais, and Muczynski. Music Works Northwest, 14360 SE East-gate Way, Suite 102, Bel-levue.

Dec. 3Choosing Books for Chil-dren: 11 a.m. What makes a book good for a particu-lar age? Learn about good titles for children newborn to age 12. All content and training provided by the King County Library Sys-tem. Bellevue Square Mi-crosoft Store.YWCA Home Sweet Homes: 6-9 p.m. Fund-raiser for YWCA housing program showcasing imag-inative gingerbread houses created by local chefs. Features food, fi ne wines and silent and live auc-tions hosted by Northwest personality John Curley. $85 per person or $1,000 for table of 10. Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. NW, Issaquah. 206-461-4462 or [email protected].

Dec. 4Christmas Concert: 3 p.m. Eastside Symphony will feature selections from Tschaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, plus Anderson’s Christmas Fes-tival and Sleigh Ride. Free. An appearance by Santa Claus can be expected. Redmond Performing Arts Center, 17272 NE 104th St. www.eastsidesymphony.orgKorean Story Time: 4 p.m. All ages welcome with adult. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bel-levue, 425-747-3350Jingle Bell-evue Blvd.: 4-7 p.m. Free sessions promot-ing artistic expression in children. Photo booth, craft stations, face painting, hot cocoa and snacks. Spon-sored by Junior League of Seattle. Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way NE.

Dec. 5Mandarin (Chinese) Story

Time: 10:15 a.m. All ages welcome with adult. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350Mother Goose Story Times: 10:15 a.m. Ages 3 to 23 months with adult. Bellevue Library activity held at First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, 1717 Bellevue Way NE, BellevueJapanese Story Time: 11 a.m. All ages welcome with adult. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bel-levue, 425-747-3350Family Story Time: 11 a.m. All young children welcome with adult. Belle-vue Library activity held at First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, 1717 Bellevue Way NE, BellevueFamily Story Times: 1:30 p.m. All ages welcome with adult. Library Connection @ Crossroads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bel-levue, 425-644-6203Adult Talk Time: 1:30 p.m. Improve your speaking and listening skills in this Eng-lish conversation group. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350

Dec. 6Waddlers Story Times: 10:15 a.m., Ages 16 to 35 months with adult. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350Swaddlers Story Time: 11 a.m. Ages newborn to 15 months with adult. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350Family Story Times: 11:15 a.m. All ages welcome with adult. Library Connection @ Crossroads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bel-levue, 425-644-6203

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Celebration Lane, Dec. 26–31Th is New Year celebration replaces

Snowfl ake lane at the same time and loca-tion. For more information, call 425-454–8096 or visit bellevuecollection.com.

Enchanted Holidays at The Shops at the Bravern, through Dec. 24

Photos with Santa are Wednesday-Sunday through Dec. 24 and every day noon-6 p.m., Dec. 14-24. Pony rides are noon-6 p.m., through Dec. 24. Live carol-ing performances are 7-8 p.m. every Friday. Th e Bravern is located at 11111 NE Eighth Street. For more information and addi-tional Enchanted Holidays activities, visit thebravern.com.

Garden d’Lights at the Bellevue Botanical Garden, through Dec. 31

Garden d’Lights festival features more than half a million lights which transform the Bellevue Botanical Garden at 12001 Main St. Th e show is open nightly from 5-10 p.m. (last entry is at 9:30 p.m.). Ad-mission is $5. Children 10 and under are free. Parking is free at Wilburton Hill Park. People may come free of charge on Nov. 28-30 and Dec. 5-7 and 12-14. For more information, call 425-452-6844 or visit gardendlights.org.

Hilltop Holiday Craft Show, through Dec. 3

Tue.–Fri., 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Northwest Arts Center, 9819 NE 24th St. Th ousands of hand-craft ed items from more than 80 Northwest craft -ers. All ages welcome; children must be accompanied by an adult. Free admission; craft s vary in price. For more information,

email [email protected] or call 425-452-4106.

KidsQuest Children’s Museum’s Gingerbread Lane, through Dec. 21

Family gingerbread workshops will be off ered to create gingerbread structures displayed at the Hilton Hotel Bellevue. Visit kidsquestmuseum.org for more informa-tion and to sign-up for workshops. Th e Hilton is located at 300 112th Ave. SE.

Magic Season Ice Arena, through Jan. 8Th e ice arena, located at Bellevue

Downtown Park (Northeast First Street and 102nd Avenue Northeast) presents the region’s only open-air holiday ice skating. Th e venue includes shelter views of the park’s waterfall. For more information call 425-453–1223. Admission is $10, which includes ice skates. People can purchase an discount admission pass in advance, which is 10 skates for $75. People who show their Bank of America debit or credit cards receive two free skate admissions on Mondays, or can pick up a free skate pass at a downtown Bellevue banking center.

Snowfl ake Lane, through Dec. 24Snow falls each night as live toy soldiers

and winter characters march at Bellevue Way and Northeast Eighth Street each night at 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 425-454–8096 or visit bel-levuecollection.com.

The Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, through Dec. 31

Th e Meydenbauer, at Northeast Sixth Street and 112th Avenue Northeast, will host a series of productions, which include Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra’s “Th e Magic of Mistletoe” Dec. 4; International Ballet Th eatre’s “Th e Nutcracker” Dec. 9-11, 16-18 and 21-23; Magical Strings’ “A Celtic Yuletide” Dec. 19; Ballet Bellevue presents “Th e Sleeping Beauty” Dec. 28-29; and Seattle Choral Company presents “Carmina Burana” Dec. 31. For tickets call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or visit brownpapertickets.com. For more information on holiday performances, call 425-450-3810 or go to theatreatmeyden-bauer.com.

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Take notice: That Jason and Kristen Bay of Seattle Washing- ton on July 7, 2011, have filed an application of change to Ground Water Claim G1-158498CL. Claimed use is for 900 gallons per minute (gpm), 1440 acre-feet per year for municipal supply, continuously, with a claimed priority date of 1888. That the original point of withdrawal is

located in the NW ¼, Section 17,Township 25N, Range 5E, W.M.in King County. The claimedplace of use is the Replat ofYarrow Section 18, Township25N, Range 5E, W.M.The re-quest here is to change the pointof diversion, place of use, andpurpose of use for a portion of this water right claim – 20 gpm(0.045 cubic feet per second) and2.2 afy. The proposed new pointof diversion will take water di-rectly from Lake Washington inthe NW ¼ Section 24, Township25N, Range 4E, W.M. The newplace of use will be tax parcel7397300010 in the NW ¼Section 24, Township 25N,Range 4E, W.M. The new pur-pose of use will be irrigation of0.54 acres during the irrigationseason. No increase will be made tothe instantaneous withdrawalrate or annual quantity. Pro-tests or objections to approvalof this application must includea detailed statement of thebasis for objections: protestsmust be accompanied with afifty-dollar ($50.00) non-refundable recording fee(please remit check or moneyorder only) and filed with the department of Ecology at theaddress shown below, withinthirty (30) days from Decem-ber 9, 2011. Department of EcologyCashiering office – NWRO-WRPO Box 47611Oympia WA 98504-7611 Published in Bellevue ReporterDecember 2, 2011 and December9, 2011. #550037.

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Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350Waddlers Story Times: 11 a.m., Ages 16 to 35 months with adult. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350Russian Story Time: 11 a.m. All ages welcome with adult. Library Con-nection @ Crossroads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bellevue, 425-644-6203Family Story Times: 1:30

p.m. All ages welcome with adult. Library Con-nection @ Crossroads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bellevue, 425-644-6203Teen Zone Annex: 2 p.m. For teens. Hang-out, study, play video games and pick up a good book. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350

Dec. 8 Gingerbread House Teen Contest: 3:30 p.m. Ages 12 and older. Bring your gingerbread house mak-ing skills. Prizes for first, second and third place. Materials will be provid-ed. Registration required. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350Audiobook Downloads Jump Start: 6:30 p.m. Learn where to find great Audiobooks and how to start listening. All content and training provided by the King County Library System. Bellevue Square Microsoft Store.

Adult Talk Time: 7 p.m. Improve your speaking and listening skills in this English conversation group. Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, 425-747-3350Genealogy Jump Start: 7:30 p.m. Learn how to fill in your family tree using free library resources like Heritage Quest and An-cestry Library Edition. All content and training pro-vided by the King County Library System. Bellevue Square Microsoft Store.

Dec. 9Hindi Story Times: 11 a.m. All ages welcome with adult. Library Con-nection @ Crossroads, 15600 NE Eighth St., Suite K-11, Bellevue, 425-644-6203Chinese (Mandarin) Story Times: 6:30 p.m.

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Dec. 11Book sale: 1:30-4 p.m. Books for kids and teens, science fiction and hard-cover fiction, all priced from 50 cents to $3. Bel-levue Friends of the Li-brary to support programs and activities at Bellevue libraries. Lake Hills Li-brary, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd. (corner of Lake Hills Boulevard and 156th Av-enue Southeast).Jingle Bell-evue Blvd.: 4-7 p.m. Free sessions promoting artistic expres-sion in children. Photo booth, craft stations, face painting, hot cocoa and snacks. Sponsored by Junior League of Seattle. Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way NE.

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