Bellevue Reporter, January 17, 2014

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� irteen recruits have been hired on by the Bellevue Fire Department, and the job is theirs if they can earn it.

� is is Week Two of a 12-week training academy being held at the city's Public Safety Training Center where pro-spective � re� ghters from Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and Northshore are attending. � e academy is sta� ed by Eastside � re� ghters volunteering to share their expertise in various

areas of the job and brings in recruits from multiple agencies in an e� ort to build consistency of service and communica-tion among them.

"Because we train together, we can anticipate what the oth-er companies are doing," said Battalion Chief Bruce Kroon with Bellevue Fire. "It's really breaking down those barriers and making us more e� cient on the � re ground."

Bellevue Fire lost 16 � re� ghters to retirement last year, and replacing sta� takes time. All recruits undergoing training passed a rigorous list of quali� ers, including written and physical tests, medical evaluations, background checks and

County Exec wants transportation district

BY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER

Tired of waiting for a transportation plan to pass in the state Legislature, King County Executive Dow Constantine on Tuesday announced his plan for � lling a funding gap that would spare public transit service, but depend on the will of voters.

Faced with a $75 million funding gap, King County Metro is proposing a 17-percent reduction in transit services that would a� ect 28 of 33 routes in Bellevue, including changes to routes to Bellevue College being moved further from the institution.

With no clear sign of when state lawmakers will agree on a transportation plan that includes public transportation funding, Constantine is propos-ing the King County Council approve forming a transportation bene� t district. � is would allow the district to go to voters for the right impose vehicle fees and sales taxes to shore up lost revenue. Metro will lose $25 million when a $20 vehicle congestion reduction fee approved by the Legislature expires in June.

Constantine proposed the County Council take public input and discuss formation of a transporta-tion district with formation possible in February to place the funding measure on the April ballot.

To provide an estimated $130 million in revenue, Constantine proposes the ballot include a $60 car-tab fee and one-tenth of a cent sales tax with 60 percent of revenues going to Metro Transit and 40 percent to fund local road and other transportation projects.

A 25-cent across-the-board fare increase also is proposed to start in March 2015, and is estimated to raise $6.6 million annually.

Bellevue city councilmembers Tuesday approved a letter to King County Metro preserving frequent service routes in favor of focusing reductions and lost routes on routes that receive less ridership. � e letter did not address funding, upon which they were updated that night.

“� ere’s a broader problem in Olympia of not providing funding for transportation of all stripes and we really need to have a conversation and be aware of the impact this conversation might have on that conversation,” said Deputy Mayor Kevin Wallace, “and continue to push on a more state-wide, I think, e� ort to solve the problem.”

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County attempting new program to help homeless

� e King County Housing Authority has begun a yearlong pilot for a rapid re-housing program.

� e authority hopes the program, Rapid Re-housing for Families, will successfully transition as many as 350 homeless fami-lies by the end of 2014.

Unlike transitional housing, which provides long-term — up to two years — assistance via dedicated housing sites or � nancial assistance with “scattered site” housing on the private market, rapid re-housing provides short term � nancial assistance to set families up in a private sector apartment, as well as aid in � nding an apartment. � e program additionally provides an “employment navigator” to help families establish a regular income.

“It’s a much shorter intervention with very temporary assistance,” Program Director Cheryl Markham said. “It’s more like helping clients with landlord debts, their security deposit — those kinds of things. It’s helping them with the starting costs of moving in so they can better take on the monthly costs of an apartment.”

� e goal is for most client families to be assisted for up to three months, Markham said.

Families who � nd themselves in ex-tenuating circumstances can apply for an extension on assistance or direction to a

longer-term program, but the intent is to nudge families toward self su� ciency.

Employment navigator services will be able to continue a� er short-term assis-tance has ended, Markham said.

Rapid re-housing is a recent social policy concept that has gained popular-ity due to reports of fewer returns to homelessness among those enrolled in the program. One report out of the state of Georgia’s Department of Commu-nity A� airs, which tracked recidivism through the state’s Homeless Management Information System, observed that clients in rapid re-housing were one-fourth as likely to check back into a shelter when compared against clients in transitional housing.

Seattle nonpro� t Building Changes and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosted a meeting of case workers from seven counties to discuss rapid re-housing programs. Five counties are utilizing End-ing Family Homelessness, the state rapid re-housing program. King and Pierce counties developed their own programs.

� e One Night Count, a survey of King County homeless conducted each January by the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness, found more than 2,700 individual homeless in 2013, 197 of whom were found in Eastside communities. Of those, 52 were found living in cars or trucks.

� e Eastside had the second greatest

number of homeless among communities counted, though it was dwarfed by Seattle’s nearly 2,000 homeless individuals. � ose numbers are also known by SKCCH to be an undercount of the actual number of King County homeless, Coalition Executive Director Alison Eisinger said, as the count is limited by the number of locations sta� and volunteers can cover, and whom they are able to � nd.

� e rapid re-housing pilot has $3.1 million in funding and is partnered with a number of government and non-government organiza-tions. King County Career Connections, YWCA Works and Neighborhood House will provide employment navigator services for the program. Funding and planning partners include the Housing Authority, King County Department of Community and Human

Services, the city of Seattle Human Services Department, United Way of King County and Building Changes.

Local agencies Catholic Community Services, Domestic Abuse Women’s Network, Neighborhood House, Solid Ground, Well-spring Family Services and the YWCA are all participating in the pilot.

� e Housing Authority is seeking and identifying families who qualify for rapid re-housing. Catholic Community Services’ Family Housing Connection is the feeder program for identifying clients for housing programs. Families who believe they qualify for assistance can call 211 to schedule an ap-pointment.

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Six days a� er entering a not guilty plea to a DUI charge in Issaquah Municipal Court, Bellevue Ofc. Andrew Hanke resigned his post with the police department on Jan. 9.

Hanke was charged with DUI in early December a� er a fellow Bellevue o� cer pulled him over for speeding and swerv-ing on Nov. 20 and let his wife pick him up rather than arrest his 38-year-old coworker.

Bellevue Ofc. Doug Brennan reported the incident to supervisors within the

department following the tra� c stop and the department states Hanke was placed on paid administrative leave. An internal investigation of Hanke and Brennan's conduct relating to the tra� c stop is still ongoing.

"As we move forward, my hope is that we rebuild the public's trust and continue to focus on the great work that the men and women of this department do every day," stated Chief Linda Pillo in a news release.

Hanke is due back in court Feb. 11.

Bellevue police o� cer facing DUI charge resigns

Bellevue Police are seeking applicants for a 12-week community academy where recruits will learn about depart-ment operations and policing challenges. The academy requires students to attend one three-hour session one weeknight for 12 weeks.

Classes are free and start at 7 p.m. March 5 at Bellevue City Hall. Instruc-tors include Bellevue officers and

personnel, who will teach students about their areas of expertise.

Topics to be discussed include hostage negotiations, traffic, patrol, forensics, gangs and investigations, a ride-along with an officer and a chance to fire a few rounds at the department’s gun range.

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The state Supreme Court last week told state legisla-tors to get o� the dime on education — and spend it. It’s a message lawmakers should heed.

� e court ruled in 2012 that the Legislature was violat-ing the state constitution because not enough money was going to education. � e justices gave the Legislature until 2018 to � x the problem. � e court estimated the price tag at somewhere between $3 billion and $4 billion.

� e court noted that while the Legislature is making gains, they aren’t good enough. � e $982 million allocated to K-12 education in the 2013-15 budget is only a 6.7 percent increase over the constitutionally inadequate level of funding.

Clearly, the court has concerns that the state will get to the $3 billion to $4 billion level given that there are only two more full budget cycles before it must close the gap by the end of 2018.

Lawmakers have been put on notice that improving edu-cation funding must be met. It won’t be easy. � e sooner we have that discussion in earnest, the better.

All Hawks, all the timeIt seems you can’t go anywhere these days without being

bombarded by the Seattle Seahawks. Apparently, that means here, too.

So be it. Professional football is probably the most hyped sport —

at least in this country. But for the Seahawks to be one win away from the Super Bowl is, well, super.

We suspect non-fans will � nd streets suddenly quiet and shopping malls fairly empty come Sunday a� ernoon.

Everyone else will be grabbing their ‘Hawks gear and staking out the best chair in front of the TV. Go ‘Hawks.

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Legislators needto listen to stateSupreme Court’s words

Needless expense by Obamas

A� er 15 days of the Obamas vacationing in Ha-waii, it is another added cost to taxpayers for Michelle to stay there to celebrate her birthday. A lot of extra aircra� , support sta� , secu-rity etc. is required for her to continue to vacation by herself.

� e Obama’s are really milking the system for as much as they can get out of it while in the White House. � e president wants to redis-tribute the wealth, as long it does not not a� ect him.Larry Brickman, Bellevue

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As a sophomore in high school, I’ve spent a huge amount of my life doing homework. It’s been annoying, sure, but I’ve never thought of it as a major problem. Only recently has it reached this

point where I can’t live my life and do all my homework at the same time.

American high school students spend an aver-age of 32.5 hours each week at school. � en they come home every day and do homework for another two hours.

� e worst part? Studies have shown that homework is not necessarily linked to get-ting better grades.

What homework is linked to is do-ing better on standardized tests. And standardized test preparation isn’t helping the American education system either. Finland leads the world in education scores, yet Finnish students only take one standardized test in their entire school career. (� e United States, meanwhile,

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� e homework in the U.S. started with the launch of Sputnik in the 1950s by the then Soviet Union. Homework was thought a necessary measure for the U.S. to keep up with the rest of the world (and beat Russia in the space race.) � e next step was the education reform of the 1990s, when the � rst laws were passed requiring homework in schools everywhere.

And that brings us to today. Homework has never been a more con-

tested topic. It’s the subject of countless studies, books and experts. Yet research continues to show that homework isn’t worth the time students spend on it.

It’s time to change this. It’s time for stu-dents to be able to spend their a� ernoons doing what they want to do, instead of sitting in front of a computer screen. It’s time that students’ lives were considered just as important as their test scores.

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There are two seasons that stand out above all in a public library: tax time and the month of January. Tax season is obvious. New Year’s resolution season is more

complex. Resolutions aren’t always about weight loss or quitting

smoking. People are looking for infor-mation on living stress free, organizing garages or learning something new like a musical instrument or a foreign language.

Some of us want this information and we want it now, because by February we have abandoned our running regimen and shi� ed our attention to � nding the instruc-tion booklet for the 1099 form.

Last year, King County Library System focused on food and education with A Place At � e Table. Programs and author

visits covered everything from cooking, raising bees and chickens, couponing and beer brewing.

Programming for 2014 focuses on health and � tness with a program series called Start To Fitness. Programs range

from Bollywood Dance, Scottish Country Dancing, talks on snowshoeing, hiking and curling as well as a large variety of bicycling topics presented by the Cascade Bicycle Club.

In addition to the workshops on � tness and exercise, there is a focus on healthy eating. Programs presented by nutrition educators cover di� erent diets and dietary strategies for im-mune systems and healthy hearts.

� e Start To Fitness page also links to outside � tness chal-lenges such as the First Lady’s Let’s Move campaign.

Libraries are collecting healthy nonperishable foods for dis-tribution to 45 area food banks. A complete list of programs and sponsors can be found at http://www.kcls.org/programs/� tness/. Get involved and track your progress. Together we can be a stronger and healthier community.

My own resolution is simple. I want to rely less on my hus-band for bicycle maintenance. � ankfully there is a workshop scheduled to teach me the basics. I hope to see you there.

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Good neighbors are invaluable. But that’s the conclu-sion to this story, so let me start at the beginning.

In July, we lost Oscar, our 16-pound tabby, to old age. In late fall, the adopt-a-new-cat bug struck.

We visited several shelters until we found a possible adop-tee. We soon learned that rules for adopt-ing cats had changed since our last venture. We were accustomed to the bakery-style approach where you pointed to the most appealing goodie in the case (or cage) and said, “We’ll take that one.” A� er paying your fee you took your cat home and lived happily ever a� er.

� ese days potential adopters and adop-tees go through screening. We completed a personality pro� le to help the shelter

manager decide if we and our chosen cat were a good match.A color coding system on each cage identi� ed cats as ready

to walk into your home and take over, or as needing a me-dium or longer period to adjust. We picked an orange cat with an orange tag (medium adjustment period).

A� er receiving approval, the orange cat — Gordon — came home with us. We followed the shelter’s instructions and set the cat carrier on the bathroom � oor and aimed the opening toward the shower stall, which is where a litter box, food and so� cushions awaited him. We shut the door and le� him alone to decide how best to get acquainted with his tiny new home. An hour later we discovered him wedged under a cabi-net so tightly that his head couldn’t move and he was having trouble breathing.

When I called the shelter, the folks there said not to worry, he’d come out when he was ready. Next call was to the � re department. � e third call was to Glenn, the neighbor who built our house. He said he wasn’t sure how he could help, but would stop by when he got home.

A� er Glenn arrived, we tried jacking up the cabinet a few millimeters to help Gordon get free and o� ered food to lure him. He wouldn’t or couldn’t move. We agreed that the only other option was to cut a hole in the cabinet shelf.

Gordon’s story, though not the cabinet’s, had a happy end-ing.

I don’t yet know what “medium adjustment period” means, except that now he’s easily accessible in his hiding spot behind a sofa.

Ann Oxrieder has lived in Bellevue for 35 years. She retired a� er 25 years as an administrator in the Bellevue School District and blogs about retirement at http://stillalife.wordpress.com/.

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city of Bellevue for a new leadership team that has the prag-matism, creativity and vision to heal divisions and lead the city to better prosperity, inclusiveness and collaboration.Vicki Orrico, Bellevue

Levy will help special ed.Nearly one of every 10 students in Bellevue has a disability

requiring special education. But state and federal funding cov-ers only two-thirds of the cost of meeting the special needs of Bellevue children.

As an education attorney working with parents throughout the Seattle area, and as a Bellevue resident, I support the Edu-

cational Programs and Operations levy on the Feb. 11 ballot as an essential source of special education funding. Bellevue's most vulnerable children need support from local voters to maintain and improve the special instruction and services that are required for their success.

Voting "yes" on the levy will help fund special as well as general education programs, bene� ting all children, including those who need extra help.Katherine George, Bellevue

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Community RoundupWhat’s happening in Bellevue

Event to honor Nan CampbellA celebration of the life of Nan Camp-

bell, a former mayor of Bellevue, will be held 1-3 p.m. Jan. 24 at Youth Eastside Services. Community sharing will begin at 2 p.m.

More details are available by calling Kim Reid at 425-586-2310 or via email at [email protected].

Youth Eastside Services is located at 999 164th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

United Way offers free tax helpUnited Way of King County is o� ering

free tax preparation at two locations in Bel-levue. At the sites, United Way will prepare income tax returns with an eye to take ad-vantage of all the possible credits available.

� e Bellevue locations are Hopelink, 14812 Main St., and Goodwill, 14515 N.E. 20th St.

Tips help nab alleged robbersBellevue Police credit the pouring in of

multiple tips following the release of infor-mation on � ve alleged robbers at the Kelsey Creek Walmart for identifying all suspects, four of which surrendered with one still at large.

Among those arrested were three juve-niles and one adult with one adult woman still being sought by police for the Jan. 2 incident at Walmart where shoppers were attacked for their valuables.

Two shoppers were accosted for their

necklaces and a purse, according to police, who are still attempting to identify a male shopper who came to their aid, which led to � ght between the alleged robbers and the Samaritan.

Free lecture to discuss fallsA free lecture on preventing dizziness

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Film to show recession’s e� ects� e Sophia Way will present a free

screening of American Winter, a � lm by Emmy winning directors Joe and Harry Ganz. � e � lm features struggling families who called into the 211 social services hotline in search of help during the depths of the recession in the winter of 2012.

Framed through the personal stories of eight families, the � lm shows fallout of the mortgage meltdown, unemployment, the health care crisis and a shrinking social safety net.

� e screening will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 Fourth Ave. S., Kirkland.

A road-rage incident Wednesday night, with two cars repeatedly crash-ing into one another as the drivers sped westbound on I-90, left both drivers injured and one of them booked into King County Jail.

The incident happened at 6:43 p.m. near milepost 13 (Lake Sammamish exit) as Desi C. Beltran, 29, and Hugo

Yanez, 32, engaged in a road-rage inci-dent that saw the two vehicles eventu-ally roll-over and come to rest in the median.

Yanez fled the scene, according to the Washington State Patrol, but later was caught by Bellevue Police.

The roadway was blocked for more than four hours.

Beltran, of North Bend, was trans-ported to Overlake Hospital for treat-ment. His 1995 Ford Explorer was totaled.

Yanez, of Bellevue, was booked into King County Jail. His 2007 Ford Free-style was totaled.

Karen M. Hardtke, 27, of Cle Elum, a passenger in Yanez’s car, was not in-jured. A two-year-old male, also of Cle Elum, also was not injured.

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Teens to try ‘Speedbooking’Teens will be able to experience “Speed-

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� e 3 p.m. event will be at the Newport Way Library, 14250 S.E. Newport Way.

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Sports RoundupWhat’s happening in sports and recreation

Bellevue wins two duals, places at Shoreline Invitational

Bellevue won a pair of dual wrestling meets to keep its record perfect at 4-0.

Jason Presley (126), Garrett Williams (138), Cole Bouw-man (145), Zach England (195) and Alec Palander (220) won matches for the Wolverines in a 34-30 dual win over Interlake.

Korey Yamagata (195) and Chandler Ewing (152) joined Presley and Williams as winners in a 39-36 dual meet win over Juanita.

� ree Wolverines won championships at the Shoreline Invitational, as Williams, Palander and John Mancuso picked up titles in a � eld that included some of the top wrestlers and teams in the state.

Ewing � nished second and Presley, Nathan Smith and England were third place � nishers as Bellevue ended the tournament in fourth place out of eight teams.

Youths � nish � rst in pool Northwest Water Polo Club, a recently formed organiza-

tion on the Eastside, competed in its � rst ever tournament recently and brought home a trio of top-three � nishes.

� e 14A team led the way, winning each of its six matches in the Beaverton, Ore., tournament to bring home a � rst place trophy.

An 11-9 victory in the third-place match gave the 14B team a third place � nish as well, while the 16U team also took home a third place � nish.

NWPC is open to athletes of all skill levels, age 5 and up.

For the Obeidat family, gymnastics is serious business. So when the chance to bring a multiple-time Olympic

medal-winning coach to Bellevue and Gymnastics East arose, they jumped at it.

For the past several weeks, professor Nicolae Forminte has been training with their three children, and also begin-ning a project the Obeidat family hopes will form the base of an elite level training program at Gymnastics East.

“We are super excited to have him here,” owner Kim � ompson said. “We’ve always been competitive, but there wasn’t that elite level.”

If there is anyone who can bring that, it is Forminte. Along with a host of World Championship and Euro-

pean Championship medalists, Forminte has coached 16 Olympic medalists, including six gold medal winners as part of the Romanian National Team.

Since the early 1980s, when he earned his � rst post-graduate degree specializing in gymnastics, Forminte has dedicated his life to coaching.

His exploits as a junior and senior national team coach and lecturer have taken him from Deva in his native Ro-mania to Bangladesh, Italy and � nally, Gymnastics East.

“� ey want to do what is best for children,” Forminte said of Gym East. “Every kid needs a chance to reach their

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Professor Nicolae Forminte at Gymnastics East near Factoria, where he will help develop a new elite level training program. JOSH SUMAN, Bellevue Reporter

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capacity.” Keeping the area’s potentially elite

gymnasts from heading to World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Texas or other training facilities with top coaches and training opportunities is one of the main goals for bringing Forminte to Bellevue.

While Gymnastics East has a strong foot-hold with its competitive and recreational programs, those with the potential to take their talents to the world’s biggest stages had no option for continuing their careers around greater Seattle.

�at is, until Forminte arrived. �e Obeidats tracked down Forminte

through online research, utilizing their own background and gymnastics with their own children to hone in on a man they considered supremely talented and ideally situated to help build the foundation of elite gymnastics in the region.

A�er making initial contact via email and phone calls, and connecting on video chats via Skype, the family travelled to Romania, where they stayed and had their children begin training.

“As soon as we emailed him initially, we were impressed,” Arwa Obeidat said.

When they arrived in Romania, Obeidat said it was immediately apparent Forminte had not only a wealth of knowledge about everything gymnastics, but the ability to relate to his young students and connect with them on their level.

“He knows how to break apart the skills and teach them in a way the kids can understand,” Obeidat said. “�e kids are automatically attracted to him.”

�e family sponsored Forminte’s EB-2 Visa, which is for individuals possessing an exceptional talent.

�e hope is he can develop an elite train-ing niche at Gymnastics East and become the region’s primary destination for top-level competitors.

“You have to have passion,” Forminte said. “It’s a new opportunity.”

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BY JOSH SUMANBELLEVUE REPORTER

Bellevue is o� to a 7-0 start in 3A/2A KingCo play, and had little di�culty taking care of Mount Si in Tuesday’s 63-17 win.

�e Wolverines meet Interlake tonight before playing in the MLK Hoopfest tournament at Seattle Paci�c University Monday. Sammamish has an uphill climb to earn the conference’s

lone 2A playo� berth. �e Totems currently trail Lake Washington by two

games in the standings and must still face the Kangs in Kirkland Jan. 24. Newport hasn’t been able to get any momentum rolling

in 4A KingCo, and enters tonight’s game against Issaquah winless in conference play at 0-6.

A conference tournament spot looks like a long shot at this point, with two games against Issaquah and another against Crest leader Eastlake still remaining on the sched-ule.Interlake picked up its �rst and only KingCo win last

week, 54-41 over Juanita, and faces league leader Bellevue tonight.

Newport girls set for second half �e Knights currently sit in the top spot in the division

with a 6-0 conference record and face second-place Is-saquah tonight with �rst place on the line. Bellevue, which began the year 9-1 and with a tourna-

ment title at the MaxPreps Holiday Classic in California, lost three straight to conference foes before facing Mount Si Wednesday a�er the Reporter’s deadline. Interlake waits on Friday and owns a lone KingCo win

on the year. �e Saints faced 2A Lake Washington Wednesday. Sammamish met Mercer Island Wednesday and plays

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Josh Suman: 425-453-5045; [email protected]

Bellevue boys still perfect in KingCo

BY JOHN BOYLETHE HERALD

When Seattle Seahawks tight end Zach Miller got a phone call from a friend and former college teammate, he didn't think much about the simple act of signing a football and some Seahawks merchandise and sticking them in the mail.

� e call came from Cincinnati Bengals guard Mike Pollak, who played with Miller at Arizona State. Pollak had heard from his wife about Dave and Kristina Quick, Seahawks fans with newborn twins, one of whom was at Seattle Children’s Hospital following multiple surgeries.

Kristina Quick and Kristi Pollak had attended physical therapy school together and Kristi suggested to her husband that they reach out to Millers wife, Ashley, who had recently given birth to twins.

So, Miller and his wife didn't hesitate packaging up a card and some items signed by Seahawks players and sending them to a family they had never met.

On the other end of that gesture, Dave Quick came home from a two-day stint at the hospital where his son Franklin had recently undergone open-heart surgery, opened a myste-rious package on his front porch and shed a few tears.

"I cried a little bit,” Dave Quick said.“It's just the coolest thing that these guys would take a few minutes out of their day to sign stu� , send it with a card.”

� e Quicks' tale is the story of so many sports fans who have been touched by the generosity of athletes who use their

fame and/or their fortune to help make a di� erence. "I can de� nitely relate to anyone who has twins or prema-

ture babies," said Miller, whose twin girls were born seven weeks early and spent three weeks in the NICU at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland.

Not long before Miller sent that surprise package of signed memorabilia to the Quicks, the couple and their infant twins, Franklin and Harrison, got a hospital visit from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife, Ashton, who stop by Seattle Children's every Tuesday.

Wilson gets a lot of attention for those visits, but he's just one of many in Seattle's locker room making a di� erence out in the community. Whether it's Miller sending a gi� to a fam-ily he never met, or Richard Sherman starting a foundation to help underprivileged kids, or Doug Baldwin trading auto-graphs for donations to a local food bank, the Seahawks roster is full of people who understand they can make a much bigger impact o� the � eld than on it.

"Look at what these people do," Dave Quick said. "� ey don't know us."

While the Quicks were at Children's, doctors and nurses started joking that they never saw Dave smile. So when Rus-sell and Ashton Wilson included Franklin's room on one of their weekly visits, it made a real impact.

"A� er that, he smiled, he was so happy," Kristina Quick said. "And a� er we got the box from Zach, he was really emo-tional. � ey probably don't think it's that big of a deal, but it's a huge deal for people like us. It was a welcome distraction from

everything. � is is our reality, but we got a break."Providing that break is something Wilson has done since

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"It's just a special thing for me, and it's one of those things where they don't realize how much they give to me," Wilson said.

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First Congregational Church sells for $30MBY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER

A Chinese investment � rm closed on its purchase of the Bellevue First Congrega-tional Church property on Monday for $30 million. But Pastor Kevin Brown says his congregation will remain there for the time being.

� e 1.6-acre property at 752 108th Ave. N.E. went to market last year and was marketed by real estate company Kidder Mathews.

“It was widely exposed and had a lot of interest from investors worldwide,” said broker Jason Rosauer. “� e church went out in a very formal and controlled manner and found the best buyer for the site.”

Brown said the church negotiated with purchaser Plus Investment USA for a lease back arrangement and doesn’t plan to move any time soon. A new location for the church is still being sought. Brown said having a new location was a caveat for sell-ing the property a year ago.

“� e closing on the sale of our prop-erty, which did occur (Monday) had to be disentangled from a commitment to any future location,” he said, adding he recently found church documents indicating reloca-

tion had been considered as far back as the 1970s. “Just like the children of Israel, it took us about 40 years to get that done.”

The Bellevue First Congregational Church has sold for $30 million. BRANDON MACZ, Bellevue Reporter

App to help private schools take rollBY DANIEL NASHBELLEVUE REPORTER

A Bellevue startup has released an app it claims will streamline the daily in- and outtake of private school students.

Private schools, unlike public institu-tions, are required by the state to obtain guardian signatures when students arrive in the morning and leave in the a� ernoon. � e school then forwards the signatures to the Department of Early Learning to ensure compliance with state regulations.

Moazzam Ahmed, a so� ware program manager and father of a Bellevue Montes-sori student, thought the manual process of obtaining those signatures was ine� cient.

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Ahmed said. “Sta� would stand outside, look for parents and walkie-talkie for another sta� member to bring the parents’ child out. � ey would get the parents’ sig-nature and then they would have to do it all again for the next child.”

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Paul Totah joins Hyatt Regency Bellevue

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On Monday a� ernoon in the Bel-Red Starbucks, political cartoonist Frank Shiers Jr. was worried. In any given week, he produces � ve editorial comics for his client base of local

newspapers: some statewide and applicable to every client, and some speci� c to certain publications.

Shiers was worried about one of the latter, regarding a police pullover on the San Juan Islands. On Christmas Eve, sheri� ’s deputies stopped a car towing a hay cart of carolers. It might have ended as a routine stop, but the ensuing confrontation between the driver and law enforcement turned the incident into an odd drama that pit holiday cheer against public safety. � e challenge Shiers faced was to give his opinion on the incident, represent it in a single picture, and poke fun without poking the bear, so to speak. He thought he’d arrived at his solution — draw Santa Claus at the sheri� ’s o� ce counter, naughty list in hand — but he was concerned even that might antagonize the department.

“Mainly I’m afraid of being spiked,” Shiers said.It’s an old term for content cut from newspapers, harkening back

to the pre-digital days when editors would impale the questionable items on nails.

Shiers has been at this for more than 30 years, starting with his col-lege work for Washington State University’s Daily Evergreen. But he was drawing long before, tracing Walt Kelly’s seminal strip “Pogo” as a child. He was fascinated with the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and became enamored with American politics during Nixon’s � rst successful bid for the presidency.

“Back then I followed (editorial comics) casually,” he said. “Some I liked, some I didn’t like so much. Rarely for their content, mostly for their art.”

Favorite artists over the years have included Mike Ramirez and Dave Horsey who, like Shiers, started cartooning professionally at the Bellevue Journal-American. Shiers freelanced for Opinion page editor Karl � unemann, producing an editorial cartoon, comic strip

and media article for the kingly sum of $5 a week. In time, he was able to begin self-syndicating to the North Kitsap Herald, followed by others. He serves more than 10 papers today.

“I learned… my happy place is not the business side,” he said. “I’m happy at the drawing board. And I learned you have to send the bill to get paid. � ere was a long stretch of time to the point of getting paid.”

Shiers has never made his living from his art, he said, instead putting bread on the table as a journalist, talk radio host, teacher — he stopped this interview at one point to say hello to a former Cherry Crest Elementary School student — and, currently, a news anchor for KIRO Radio 97.3 FM. It’s more a point of pride that he’s paid for his work as an artist and said he wouldn’t continue doing it if he weren’t. But it’s also the work he believes he’ll stick with the longest.

“I think there will be a time that I stop working in radio,” Shiers said. “I don’t think there will ever be a time, unless I’m physically incapable, that I’ll stop cartooning.”

Daniel Nash: 425-453-4290; [email protected]

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Frank Shiers, Jr. began his freelance cartooning career at the Bellevue Journal-American. DANIEL NASH, Bellevue Reporter

Arts RoundupWhat’s happening on the arts scene

Tickets for winter Youth Theatre� e Bellevue Youth � eatre begins its

winter 2014 season March 10, but tickets are becoming available in the latter half of January.

� e company will run productions of “Winnie the Pooh,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “� e Tempest” and “Peter Pan” from March through May. First week showings will cost $12. All tickets for “� e Tempest” will be $5.

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Women’s University Club of Seattle” tells the story of the club that encourages its members to participate in educational, cultural and social activities. Club president Suzy Lantz and book editor Karen Lane will be on hand for a celebration at the Bellevue University Book Store. 3 p.m. on Jan. 18.

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� e latest site plan for the reconstruction of Odle Middle School was deemed applause-worthy by Impe-rial East Neighborhood residents at a public meet-ing Jan. 9. � e approval came a� er the meeting’s introduction, when the Bel-levue School District dem-onstrated it had addressed a number of problems with the campus’ site renovation, scheduled for this summer.

Odle is the last among phase two of the district’s capital construction projects campaign, funded by a $545 million bond approved by voters in 2008.

Planning by Integrus Ar-chitecture began in summer 2012. By summer 2013, Im-perial East neighbors had become concerned by plans

to open Northeast Fourth Street, a dead end road near the campus’ south end, to vehicle tra� c.

“As planned, the school will increase in size from 700 to 1,200 students,” read a neighborhood letter submitted to the Bellevue City Council on July 18. “� is increase in student population, coupled with the planned opening of the vehicle entrance on (Northeast Fourth Street), will have a signi� cant detrimental impact to the tranquility and quality of life of the Imperial East neighborhood.”

� e letter, signed by residents of 75 households, listed hazards to children, other pedestrians and the road itself, argued to be too narrow for constant two-way tra� c and containing no

unobstructed paths to the proposed access road. � e letter came attached with photos listing blind spots.

� e district and city scheduled a public infor-mation meeting at Odle for Jan. 9 to present its latest site plans. Residents anticipated continuing to � ght opening of the access road, according to Impe-

rial East Vice President Phil Petra in email contact with the Reporter. But a� er the opening presen-tation, they were pleas-antly surprised to discover Integrus had removed the Northeast Fourth opening from its site plan. All ve-hicle tra� c would instead come in from the 143rd Avenue Northeast o� shoot of Northeast Eighth Street. Congestion on those roads would be mitigated by a sixfold expanded drop-o� zone around the parking lot, and a branching bus road and cul-de-sac to be wrapped around the east and south of the school.

� e next step for the capital project is an as-yet unscheduled public hear-ing, the testimony of which will go before the city council for consideration of a conditional use permit.

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The current Odle Middle School site plan. COURTESY IMAGE.

Education in BriefWhat and who made the grade

Realtors, Chamber support Bellevue school bond, levy measures

� e Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and Seattle/King County Realtors have each voted to support the Bellevue School District bond and levy measures on the Feb. 11 spe-cial ballot. � e Realtors have pledged their assistance for a get-out-the-vote campaign, according to a Tuesday press release from the organization. In explaining their support for the three measures, Realtor President Larry Chris-tensen pointed to the correlation between quality schools and higher home values.

� e Chamber and Realtors both pointed to the district’s consistent placement in national rankings of schools; Real-tors pointed to Newsweek magazine’s 2013 list of America’s Best High Schools as an example.

Bellevue School District has three measures on the Feb. 11 ballot: renewal of an educational and operations levy to fund 27 percent of the operating budget, renewal of a technology and capital projects levy to fund equipment replacement and other projects, and a capital construction bond. � e capital construction bond will fund the rebuild-ing of Bennett Elementary, Clyde Hill Elementary, Enatai Elementary, Puesta del Sol Middle, Stevenson Middle and Highland Middle. It will also fund improvements to International School and Bellevue Big Picture School, and add additional capacity at Newport High School and Woodridge Elementary.

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A�er school director Christine Ho�man sought ap-proval from Early Learning, the program began beta testing at Bellevue Montessori in September 2012. �e campus had already collected signatures electronically for years, Ho�man said, but sta� needed to take an iPad to cars on foot.

“In terms of time, I guess I wouldn’t say (QManager) saves us 20 percent, or 30 percent or so on,” Ho�man said. “�e reason we like the system is more in terms of its ef-�ciency in letting parents send their signatures from their smartphone, its dependability and security.”

�e app became available for release in the latter half of 2013, charging schools a dollar per student per month for use of the service. Eleven private schools, including Bel-levue Montessori, and two day cares are clients.

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Habib named ‘legislator to watch’State Rep. Cyrus Habib, who represents Bellevue, Kirk-

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Habib grew up in Bellevue and attended Bellevue public schools. At age 8, he lost his eyesight to cancer, but he went on to college at Columbia, to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and to Yale Law School where he was editor of the law review.

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Cemetery Plots

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Cemetery Plots

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Firearms &Ammunition

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Firewood, Fuel& Stoves

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pets/animals

Dogs

AKC MINI Schnauzer Puppies. Ready f rom mid Februar y to la te February. More to come! Now tak ing deposi ts. Shots and Worming Up To Date. Tails and Dew C l a w s d o n e . $ 4 0 0 Males, $500 Females. 253-223-3506, 253-223- 8382 orgonetothedogskennel.com

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Dogs

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GERMAN SHEPHERD female, 3 years, beautiful, black & red, large 95 lbs, obedience trained, spayed. Selling for home companion/protection. RedOakShepherds.com $800. 360-262-0706

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MALTESE PUPPIES. Purebred, 7 weeks, 3 males $550 obo. Shots & wormed. Parents on site. 253-761-6067.

Dogs

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Estate Sales

EVERETT

IMPORTANT ESTATE Sale in Everett ! Save The Dates! January 17th & 18th, 9 AM to 4 PM, 240 Alverson Blvd. Num- bers given out at 8:30 AM. No prior admittance. Lou is the XV pa i r o f chairs circa 1780, Tra- cey Davenpor t , Baby Grand Piano, Birds Eye Map le Low Boy se t . Four teen (14) Oriental Rugs (2x3 prayer rugs to 11x16) Kerman, Hama- dan, Dergazine, Borcha- lou, Sarouk, Khanabad represented. Maple Din- ing set w i th Windsor Chairs, Maple Blonde Mid Century dining room set, 1920s Karpen Din- ing room suite in Walnut, Egg & Dar t . Teacar t , Spinning Wheel. 2 Bed- room Suites, 2 Hickory Log Chairs circa 1910, Huge collection of Maps & Nautical Charts. Lots o f o ther upho ls te red chairs in Louis XV style. B lacksmi th ing Too ls : 1 0 0 # Vu l c a n A n v i l , Forge, etc; WA. State Legal Library - 1880s to 1950s, Books Galore including original Wizard of OZ books. Ephemera of all types, vintage art prints and originals in water color, signed etch- ings. Vintage dolls from Kewpie to Armand Mar- seille 20” Florodora and 18” Hard Plastic Holly- wood Style Dolls, Ginny w i t h C i n d e r e l l a # 1 shoes. China from Rose Chintz dishes, Old Brit- ton Cast le, Syracuse “Old Ivory”, Havi l land a n d N o r i t a k i . H o m e tools, wood working and yard tools and lots of bric-a-brac for everyone. $1.00 and up.

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wheelsMarinePower

28’ BAYLINER FULLY stocked, ready to hop in & go! Must see in person, a steal at $15,000! Comparable boats this size w/equipment are in the $30,000 price range. Won’t last long, act quick before it’s gone! Serious offers will be considered. Also willing to entertain vehicle or property trade. Call Tony 785-320-1448.

Auto Events/ Auctions

BIG D TOWINGAbandoned

Vehicle AuctionTuesday 1/21/14 @ 11AM. 2 vehicles. Preview 8-11am.

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Pickup TrucksDodge

‘01 DODGE+5th WHEEL 1 Ton Dually, 5.9 Turbo Diesel 3500, crew cab, excellent, 134,000 miles, upgraded Laramie pkg + many after market items $15,995. Also a 29’ 2005 Forrest River Wildcat 5th Wheel 29BHBP $14,995 Grea t fo r a l l a round camping & more storage than you can ever use! Two pass throughs, custom rear storage with shelving and peg board. Perfect for young family or grandparents wi th r o o m fo r g ra n d k i d s . Used for about a dozen trips - time to upgrade. Great trailer in like new cond! 206-660-8034.

Pickup TrucksFord

1 9 9 0 B L AC K F O R D F150 XL pickup truck for sale. 2 wheel drive, Tires are 31x10.50’s on Ultra wheels (need cleaning), tires in excellent cond. Repainted 5 years ago & engine replaced (July ‘03) at 71,186 miles by Whidbey Is land Ford. Stock 302, V8 fuel inject- ed! Twin gas tanks and cruise control. Canopy is 4 years old w/ bed liner. Runs Great! Very dependable. 29,619 miles on new engine. Have all receipts since I bought in 2001. Odometer reads 00805. $3,500 Firm. Call or text 360-320-8390.


Pickup TrucksFord

1999 FORD F250 Super Duty, Super Cab, Long Box. V8, 7.3 Liter Turbo Dieseal. 120,000 miles. Almost every option on i t , that Ford put out . Bells & whistles galore. Nice clean rig, 5th wheel ready too. $12,000 obo. Granite Falls. Call Travis 425-315-6817 or 360- 691-6105.

Sport Utility VehiclesJeep

1999 JEEP WRANGLER Sport. Tow behind ready AT, 4 W D & 1 7 0 , 0 0 0 m i les . Good r unn ing gear. Nice dr iving r ig, great shape. All stock with hard top. $10,000 obo. Granite Falls. Call Travis 425-315-6817 or 360-691-6105.

Auto Service/Parts/ Accessories

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Artist’s Age Date of visit to The Wing

To be filled out by museum sta�

CONTEST ENDS MARCH 30, 2014 AT 5:00 PM!

Get FREE kids admission and ½ price for accompanying adults with contest entry!

2014 YEAR OF THE HORSE

COLORING CONTESTGRAND PRIZE: $800 gift certificate to The Bellevue CollectionPlus 12 additional winners! (see reverse for details)


CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR AT THE WING!

LION DOG DANCETHURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 3 PM

Shishi-mai dancers perform a traditional dance for casting charms against spirits

and receiving o�erings. Join us for this special visit! Free.

NEW YEARS ALL YEAR ROUND EXHIBIT OPENINGSATURDAY, JANUARY 18

Kick o� Lunar New Year with an interactive exhibit featuring Laotian, Chinese,

and Polynesian New Year traditions. On display through June 22.

FAMILY FUN DAYSATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1�3 PM

Get in the Lunar New Year spirit by crafting Year of the Horse postcards

in a workshop led by artist Mizu Sugimura. Free.

LION DANCESATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 11AM

Cheer on festive lion dancers as they ward o� bad luck from The Wing for the Year

of the Horse. Free performance; admission required to enter the Museum.

LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRSATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 11:30�3 PM

Play games, create crafts, and read, watch, and share New Year stories.

Pet a New Year animal in our Lunar New Year stu�ed zoo! Free with admission;

free for Members.

Lunar New Year Is Friday, January 31The Chinese and Vietnamese zodiacs

are represented by 12 animals. According

to legend, the Jade Emperor invited kingdom

animals to enter a long race, and the first

12 to finish would each rule a year every

12 years.

Each zodiac animal brings its own personality

and characteristics to the year. Can you

imagine what a horse year might be like?

Horse years: 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954,

1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014

Famous horses: Nelson Mandela, Jackie

Chan, Oprah Winfrey, Ang Lee, Kristen

Stewart, Kobe Bryant, James Franco

Characteristics of people born in the

Year of the Horse: energetic, proud, popular,

hard-working, lively, intuitive, independent,

resourceful, quick-witted, likeable

COLORING CONTEST RULESContest begins Sat, Jan 18 (10am) and entry deadline is Sun, Mar 30 (5pm). All entries MUST be submitted in person at Wing Luke Museum by participating child to be eligible

(NO EXCEPTIONS). Limited to one entry per child. Each child who submits an entry will receive free Museum Experience upon submission; accompanying adults will receive a

50% admission discount. • Only children ages 12 and under are eligible to win prizes. Entries will not be returned. • One winner selected by judges will receive an $800 gift

certificate good at restaurants and retail stores at The Bellevue Collection and a year-long Patron Level Membership at The Wing. Judges will evaluate entries according to the

following criteria: 30% originality, 30% creativity, 40% overall impression. • Twelve honorable mentions will be chosen three from each of the four age groups: 0–3, 4–6, 7–9,

and 10–12. • All winners will be notified within two weeks after entry deadline. • For complete rules, visit wingluke.org/2014newyear. Good luck!

719 South King Street in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District

206.623.5124 wingluke.org

Must complete to be eligible. By providing this information, the parent/guardian consents to the child’s participation.

Child Artist’s Name Age Parent’s Name

Address City State Zip

Phone Email

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free for Members.






12 years.




Horse years: 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954,

1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014



















Phone Email

WEB


NEW YEARS ALL YEAR ROUND EXHIBIT OPENING SATURDAY, JANUARY 18

Kick off Lunar New Year with an interactive exhibit featuring Laotian, Chinese, and Polynesian New Year traditions. On display through June 22.

FAMILY FUN DAYSATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1–3PMGet in the Lunar New Year spirit by crafting Year of the Horse postcards in a workshop led by artist Mizu Sugimura. Free.

LION DANCESATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 11AMCheer on festive lion dancers as they ward off bad luck from The Wing for the Year of the Horse. Free performance;

admission required to enter the Museum.

LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRSATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 11:30–3PM

Play games, create crafts, and read, watch, and share New Year stories. Pet a New Year

animal in our Lunar New Year stuffed zoo! Free with admission; free for Members.

COLORING CONTEST RULESContest begins Sat, Jan 18 (10am) and entry deadline is Sun, Mar 30 (5pm). All entries MUST be submitted in person at Wing Luke Museum by participating child to be eligible (NO EXCEPTIONS). Limited to one entry per child. Each child who submits an entry will receive free Museum Experience upon submission; accompanying adults will receive a 50% admission discount. • Only children ages 12 and under are eligible to win prizes. Entries will not be returned. • One winner selected by judges will receive an $800 gift certi�cate good at restaurants and retail stores at The Bellevue Collection and a year-long Patron Level Membership at The Wing. Judges will evaluate entries according to the following criteria: 30% originality, 30% creativity, 40% overall impression. • Twelve honorable mentions will be chosen three from each of the four age groups: 0–3, 4–6, 7–9, and 10–12. • All winners will be notified within two weeks after entry deadline. • For complete rules, visit wingluke.org/2014newyear. Good luck!

Artist’s Age Date of visit to The Wing

To be filled out by museum sta�

CONTEST ENDS MARCH 30, 2014 AT 5:00 PM!

Get FREE kids admission and ½ price for accompanying adults with contest entry!


COLORING CONTESTGRAND PRIZE: $800 gift certificate to The Bellevue CollectionPlus 12 additional winners! (see reverse for details)


















free for Members.






12 years.




Horse years: 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954,

1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014



















Phone Email

WEB


















free for Members.






12 years.




Horse years: 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954,

1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014



















Phone Email

WEB


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