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BY MATT PHELPS

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Many people complain about seeing holiday lights for sale before the fi rst day of school or seeing Christ-mas commercials on TV before they’ve picked out their Halloween costume.

But in Kirkland, the fi rst weekend in November has been reserved as the unof-fi cial start to the holiday season for two decades.

“She just gets everyone going,” said Carol Reinert-

son about Lesley Paige, the musical director at Th oreau Elementary. “Last year we were out here and it was all umbrellas.”

Saturday the rain stayed away and the sun’s heat was the only rival for the warmth created by the Th oreau Elementary Honor Choir, as they sang Christmas carols

for the 20th year in front of Mark’s Hallmark Store at Totem Lake Malls. Th is year, 64 kids, grades 3-6, sang 18 songs for more than 100 spectators.

Hallmark honored Paige with a bouquet of roses and the CEO of Mark’s Hall-mark, Jim Cox, drove up from Portland to be there in

person.“Th is has become a

November tradition,” said Cox. “It gives the kids an op-portunity to perform and it is just fun for everybody.”

Th e event also marks the fi rst visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus to Kirkland each year. Th e couple makes their appearance at the end of the

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Sternoff, Nixon lead in early voting for Kirkland City CouncilBY MATT PHELPS AND

CARRIE WOOD

Kirkland Reporter

The 2011 election season was marked by two contentious races

for Kirkland voters to sort through. Preliminary results Tuesday night show only one challenger in the lead, with Toby Nixon ahead of incum-bent Jessica Greenway.

King County Elections has counted 26 percent of the possible 48,000 ballots sent out to registered voters.

Nixon, a former State Rep. and annexation resident, holds a slim 51-48 percent

lead as he challenges the two-term incumbent for Position No. 4. Nixon could become the fi rst city council member from the annexation-area neighborhoods of Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate.

“I’m very grateful to the people of Kirkland for their support,” said Nixon over the phone from his Kirkland home, where campaign sup-porters, family and friends were gathered to celebrate the victory.

“We’ll be anxiously awaiting further counting for the rest of this week,” he continued. “I’m guessing by Th ursday we’ll see if this 3

percent margin is going to hold up. I’m just very grateful for everybody who worked hard and those who voted for me.”

For Greenway, she is used to being behind early and has not given up hope.

“We’re all stressed out because we are behind,” said Greenway from her house with family, friends and sup-porters. “I am used to a close

election.”Greenway said that in the

2006 election she had to wait for two weeks to see if she would gain another term.

“We expected the early votes to favor my opponent and the later votes for us,” said Greenway. “We were out doorbelling until late Sunday night. But that has always been the strategy for my

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Thoreau Elementary School musical director Lesley Paige accepts a bouquet of roses from the manager of the Totem Lake Hallmark on Saturday, after her choir of 64 students performed in front of the store for the 20th year in a row. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter

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performance, aft er the choir sings “Santa Claus is Com-ing to Town,” and hands out candy canes to the kids.

Th e fi rst weekend of No-vember is Hallmark’s open house, but Cox, who has been with the company for 32 years, said that the Kirk-land event with the Th oreau choir is unique.

“Th is is an incredible experience because it is all about community,” said Reinertson, store manager.

Paige has been the musi-cal director at Th oreau for 26 years and said the kids begin learning the song list on Oct. 1. She meets with the kids twice a week and the sixth-grade soloists six times a week. Th e kids’ dedi-

cation to the choir is evident by the fact that the meetings take place during recess.

“I just love it,” said Paige, who is seeing generations of family members partici-pate. “I had a little fi rst grader ask me ‘can I have your job?’ It is amazing. I have produced eight music teachers.”

Most of the crowd was parents and family members of the singers. But some of the parents have as much dedication to the event as the kids.

“I need to have another child ... just so they will sing in the choir,” joked parent volunteer Kim Jones.

Th e performance also included former students

coming back to sing with the elementary school kids. But Paige said that each year is unique and a highlight of the school year. She admitted that she had

no idea it would last this long.

“I had been shop-ping here forever and mentioned some-thing, it just con-

nected,” said Paige.Th e event kicks off

a holiday season of four performances for the choir, including 1 p.m. on Nov. 19 at Barnes and Noble in Woodinville, 1 p.m. on Dec. 10 at Redmond Town Center and 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Th oreau Elementary School.

“One down, three more to go,” said Paige.

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The Thoreau Elementary Choir performs in front of the Hallmark at Totem Lake Malls. MATT PHELPS, Kirkland Reporter

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Frustrated police say they have no leads and suspect a crime in the head-scratching disappearance of a 2-year-old Redmond boy, according to a Bellevue Police Department (BPD) spokesperson.

Investigators have invited relatives to take a lie-detector test in hopes of fi nding clues to the whereabouts of Sky Metalwala, said Carla Iafrate, BPD spokesperson.

Th e boy’s father, Kirkland resident Solomon Metalwala, took the test Monday and planned to take another test aft er Reporter deadline on Tuesday, because the initial results were inconclusive. Th e boy’s mother, Julia Biryukova, has not yet come forward to take the test, Iafrate said.

Now investigators are trying to fi nd someone — besides the boy’s mother or sister — who saw Sky within the last two weeks, Iafrate said.

“Th e last independent per-son from the mother to say they saw Sky was two weeks ago,” Iafrate said.

Th e boy’s disappearance comes at the height of a cus-tody fi ght between Biryukova and Solomon, who is puzzled by Biryukova’s account of

the details leading up to their son’s disappearance.

Biryukova reported that her son went missing aft er she left him alone for an hour aft er her car ran out of gas in Bellevue Sunday morn-ing. Biryukova told police she left Sky in the car, which had one door unlocked, and walked with her four-year-old daughter to a nearby Chevron station.

From the gas station, she called a friend, who picked her up and took Biryukova and her daughter to her silver Acura Integra, which was stalled in the 2600 block of 112th Avenue Northeast in Bellevue.

Police would like to hear from anyone who may have travelled along 112th Ave N.E., between State Route 520 and Northeast 24th Street, Sunday between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Iafrate said police have re-ceived a couple of tips by peo-ple who drove by Biryukova’s stalled vehicle and said they saw no one in the vehicle.

“I don’t understand why she would leave a little baby in the car,” Solomon told reporters at his Bellevue attorney’s offi ce Monday aft ernoon. “Th e whole story is puzzling.”

Bellevue police are cur-

rently providing housing for Biryukova and the daughter has been taken into produc-tive custody by Child Protec-tive Services, Iafrate said.

Sky has brown eyes and dark buzz-cut hair and was wearing a dark green hooded sweatshirt and blue- and gray-striped pants.

Investigators searched a 20-block area and even went door-to-door but found no sign of the toddler. Police found no sign of entry into the car and no gas can near the car, which started easily, Iafrate said.

Th e daughter was ques-tioned by a child interviewer in the presence of her mother and the daughter said her brother was indeed inside the car Sunday morning when they walked to the gas station, according to Iafrate.

Biryukova allowed inves-tigators to search her car and home in downtown Red-mond at the Veloce Apart-ments, but has so far refused to take a lie-detector test.

Solomon lives in Kirkland with his younger brother, Sam, who said he believes someone kidnapped his nephew.

“Somebody has the child,” he said. “We just don’t know who it is.”

Sam said Biryukova has

not allowed Solomon to see either of his children since last November.

Biryukova claimed in court documents that Solomon had an anger problem and was abusive, while Solomon said in other court documents that Biryukova was battling a mental illness and was a threat to her children.

Sam confi rmed that the couple agreed to tentative compromise just last week that would allow Solomon to have some visitation with Sky and his older sister.

If Sky was indeed in the car, it wouldn’t be the fi rst time he was left alone in a car.

Solomon and Biryukova were previously charged with reckless endangerment and leaving a child unattended in a sports utility vehicle in 2009 in a Target parking lot in Redmond when Sky was

three months old, according to court documents. Police had to ask that the vehicle’s owners be paged in order to get the parents to come out to the vehicle, the documents said.

Th e charges were dis-missed in February of this year aft er the parents took court-ordered parenting classes and completed com-

munity service, the docu-ments stated. Solomon fi led for divorce in June 2010, and that same month Biryukova requested a protection order. In it she said her husband had been physically abusive toward her and had threat-ened to kill her if she sought custody of their children.

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Time for Kirkland to clean up panhandling

It’s time for Kirkland to clean itself up and pass an ordinance that prohibits panhandling in front of businesses and on free-way on-ramps and off -ramps. Panhandling has become a large problem and is aff ecting safety on our street and sidewalks. It also isn’t good for business and cer-tainly doesn’t help with tourism.

Th ere are many government, private, and church organizations to help these people. Please don’t misunderstand this issue as being a homeless issue. Th at’s complete-ly diff erent. Kirkland panhandlers look at it as their “job” since many of them have been “working” the same corners or areas for numer-ous years. It must be a prosperous

proposition if the same people keep coming back to work their daily “shift s.” Of course, panhan-dlers don’t pay taxes to help run our country, state, county and city. Th ey receive tax free income.

Let’s say a beggar makes $20 per hour. Th en let’s say they “work” eight hours fi ve days a week. Th at’s $800 per week tax free. Multiply that by 50 weeks since even panhandlers get a two week vacation, and you come up with $40,000 tax free.

How does this help our vibrant community? It doesn’t. It doesn’t help our kids, seniors or those in the middle. It’s embarrassing to bring visitors to town and the fi rst thing they see is people with card-board signs. Th at’s the equivalent of going to Disneyland and seeing garbage all over the grounds or going to Lee Johnson Chevy and all the cars are trashed.

I know most people that give to beggars feel sorry for them. It makes you feel like you’re helping when you give fi ve bucks. Please consider giving to organizations or churches if you like to give. Remember, the taxes you pay al-ready go to help all people in our community too.

I’ve heard so many fi rst-hand accounts of panhandlers run-ning into traffi c to secure money and are nearly hit by trucks and cars. Others are asking people for money in front of businesses on Lake Street. Th at’s just not healthy for our business community.

What do we do about this prob-lem? Th e Kirkland City Council needs to pass an ordinance to stop this behavior for the good of our community. Issaquah passed an ordinance last year and Redmond is looking at a similar ordinance. It’s time for Kirkland to step up

and clean our beautiful city!Th e ordinance in Issaquah

created a fi ne of up to $1,000 if caught panhandling in front of businesses or on freeway off -ramps and on-ramps. Th eir or-dinance didn’t stop the problem; it just moved it to other Eastside communities like Kirkland. However, they did accomplish negating panhandling from their community.

Again, don’t mistake this as a homeless issue. I’ve spoken to many of these people and they are perfectly able to work a real job like you and I. Let’s encourage them to get one of those real jobs that can pay $40,000 a year.

Please join me and let council members know that we need this ordinance in Kirkland.John Stubb, Kirkland

Many people won’t realize that today is a holiday until they

fi nd their bank closed or go to an empty mail box.

Some will be distracted by numbers. The date is

11/11/11, an irrelevant distraction from the more important news

of the day. Wake me up when it is 12/21/12.

Today has also been deemed National Metal Day to celebrate

the musical genre. It is a promotional event from the cable music

channel VH1 Classic. The assumed background for the promotion

is the classic movie farce “This is Spinal Tap,” where one of the

fi ctitious guitarists, Nigel Tufnel, boasts about his amp going to 11,

instead of the traditional 10, somehow making it louder than all

other amps.

It is also the start of the weekend and most are beginning to

gear up for the holiday season.

But if you clear off the distractions, and visit your local calendar,

you will see that today is Veterans’ Day. Despite all of the possible

distractions, many people won’t do anything to celebrate, even

after they go to their bank or visit the mail box.

So what do you do to celebrate Veterans’ Day? It’s not like

Christmas or Thanksgiving where it is socially obvious that you go

buy a tree or cook a feast and eat turkey.

One idea is that you could donate time or money to a veterans’

charity. “Operation Iraq-Afghanistan: The Spirit of Christmas” is

based in Kirkland and sends care packages to those service mem-

bers still overseas. For more information visit www.operationiraq.

org. The organization was founded in 2003 to provide support for

troops and show appreciation at a lonely time away from home –

the holiday season.

Kirkland mom Mary Jo Bader also plans to send out 350 boxes

to sailors aboard the USS George Washington - the Navy’s only

forward deployed aircraft carrier. Her son, AW3 Jonathan Bader, is

also stationed on the ship.

This will be Bader’s third year sending out care packages to the

troops. As the proud mom notes on her website:

“I spend my free time writing letters and cards to various sailors

along with many other Navy moms, sending care packages to my

own ‘adopted sailors,’ and in general provide a ‘mom’ to whichever

sailor needs one. As proud as I am of my Navy son, he is just as

proud of me and the service we provide!”

Several community members will help Bader pack up the

boxes in her Finn Hill living room on Nov. 19. But she still needs

items donated to put in the boxes. You may donate anything

from hot chocolate packets, to various food items, health and

hygiene products to books, magazines, socks, fl eece blankets and

more. For a full list, please visit www.sos-supportoursailors.com.

Or, make a check out to “SOS Support Our Sailors” and mail it to:

Mary Jo Bader, 9013 N.E. 143rd St., Kirkland WA 98034.

If you happen to see someone you know is a veteran eating

lunch or dinner, pull the server aside and off er to pay the tab

anonymously. Patronizing a restaurant that supports veterans

is also an easy way to show support. The restaurant chain Ap-

plebees has a noble promotion today where all veterans eat free.

By eating at the restaurant this weekend you can support the

business and generous idea.

Visit a veterans’ hospital. Medical facilities can become diffi cult

for patients with no outlet to keep their mind occupied while they

heal. Anyone cooped up in a hospital room will always appreciate

a good conversation. Volunteering at a local VA center is also a

good way to show your support.

Visit the National Veterans Cemetery in Kent and leave fl owers

at random sites and pay respects to those who are no longer with

us.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars, or VFW, is also a good place to

volunteer or make a donation. A good place to start is at the Lake

Washington VFW Post No. 2995 located at 4330 148th Ave. N.E.

in Redmond.

If you have kids, teach them about the holiday and instill the

appreciation for the freedoms we all enjoy. Tell them about family

members who have served our country and why it is important.

The most basic and simple idea is to just say thank you to a

veteran. It may be an uncle, a father, a sister or even a co-worker,

but pretty much everyone knows someone who has served our

country. They have sacrifi ced to keep us all safe. They deserve our

thanks and appreciation.

Most of these ideas can be used, not just today, but all year

round. So in the tradition of Spinal Tap and Nigel Tufnel, let every-

one hear your support for veterans by turning it up to 11.

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Kirkland Turkey Trot Nov. 20

Commuters should expect traffi c delays due to the 11th Annual Turkey Trot event to be held on Sunday, Nov. 20. Th e following roads will be impacted:

Street South from Central Way to 5th Avenue South will close at 11 a.m. for ap-proximately 20 minutes

bound lanes of Kirkland

South will be closed from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Commuters should watch for increased pedestrian traffi c on the following roads from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.:

Washington Blvd.

Shore Plaza Drive Th is Hopelink-hosted

event draws 750-plus par-ticipants and raises money

to provide assistance to low-income families in King County. For information, visit www.hope-link.org.

Alternative Gift Fair Nov. 12

gift this holiday season? Kirkland Interfaith Net-work (KIN) invites you to its annual Alternative Gift Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Par-ish Center of Holy Family Catholic Church, 7045 120th

Th e KIN Alternative Gift Fair is a holiday fair where each gift you buy provides a better life for someone who needs it, here or abroad. It’s a fair where you can do some holiday shopping and feel good about doing it.

At the fair, you will fi nd tables selling “alternative” gift s. An alternative gift is a donation made to an organization in honor of a person to whom you might normally give a material gift .

An alternative gift might be a fl ock of chicks for a family in Bolivia, a window for a unit of aff ordable hous-ing, or a blanket to warm a refugee in a camp. For each item you purchase, you receive a gift card with an insert describing your gift ,

which you can give to the person you are honoring in this way.

For more information about KIN and to donate online, visit www.kirkland-interfaith.net.

Site chosen for UW restoration program

For the fourth year in a row, Kirkland has been chosen to participate in the University of Washington

submit proposals each fall, but only a limited number are chosen.

Th e program is a three-quarter, 10-credit course that gives students an opportunity to complete a restoration project in the Puget Sound area.

Th is year, six students – fi ve from UW Seattle and one from UW Bothell – will work with the Green Kirk-land Partnership and the Highlands neighborhood to restore a section of Cotton Hill Park.

Th e park, like many of Kirkland’s urban forests, has been heavily invaded by

blackberry, which smother and kill native plants and

trees. With the help of many volunteers and previ-ous UW students, more than half of the park has already been restored.

Th e students also plan to involve the Kirkland Junior High Biology classes in the spring. Volunteers will be needed to help the UW students. Th e fi rst work party will be held on

Service, Jan. 16, 2012. For more information, contact Cotton Hill Park Steward, Karen Story, at [email protected].

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BY CARRIE WOOD

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A group of families, moth-ers and midwives outraged by recent drastic cuts that were made to the midwifery program at Evergreen Hospi-tal, plan to rally in front of the Evergreen Family Maternity Center on Nov. 15.

Th e Center for Women’s Health at Evergreen (CFWH), a private practice that has off ered a full-service midwifery option for prenatal care and delivery at Ever-green since 1997, will reduce its midwifery staffi ng by 60 percent, eff ective Nov. 17.

Th e decision was made fol-lowing an alleged embezzle-ment scheme that involved nearly $500,000 in theft from the practice in 2009-2010, ac-cording to a Kirkland Police report.

In response to the program cuts, a group of patients, professionals and other midwifery supporters have created a Facebook page, “Support Midwifery at Evergreen Hospital,” urging the hospital to employ a team of midwives directly to main-tain 24-hour midwifery care at the hospital. Th e website

has already garnered more than 500 supporters.

Th e group also launched an online petition on Sunday that nearly 200 people have signed.

Th ey will urge the hospital to reconsider its decision not to directly hire the midwives during the rally, set for 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Family Mater-nity Center.

Th e fi ve obstetricians who own CFWH and the mid-wives previously negotiated this option with Evergreen, but offi cials decided against the option. However, hospital offi cials now say the deal is still on the table.

Midwifery serviceEvery year, about 4,500

babies are delivered at Evergreen Hospital, which ranks in the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for providing the best maternity care, according to Health-Grades.

Th e Center for Women’s Health at Evergreen employs fi ve certifi ed nurse midwives who deliver 280 of those babies each year. Currently, the midwives attend approxi-mately 40 births per month at

Evergreen.“Midwife means ‘with

women’ and many patients come to us because they want a more patient-center ap-proach, with more hands-on care to their pregnancy and birth,” said Heather Bradford, a certifi ed nurse midwife at the clinic who works per diem. She has delivered 350 babies at Evergreen since 2002. “We stay with women during their whole labor and consequently, women need less intervention and are less likely to need a cesarean section.”

Bradford personally understands the importance of midwifery services. A midwife provided her with prenatal care for all three of her children, including a twin pregnancy, and attended their deliveries at Evergreen Hospital.

But now, Bradford is concerned that the recent cuts will mean less birthing options for women on the Eastside. “Th e midwifery program as we knew it has essentially dissolved,” she said. “It’s a truncated service at this point, which is a disservice for our patients because they won’t have a full

midwifery service available to them.”

CFWH will reduce its midwives from fi ve to two. Th is means 24-hour mid-wifery care will no longer be available to Evergreen patients.

“It’s a tragedy,” said Bradford, noting that many patients have already left CFWH to fi nd better mid-wifery services elsewhere. “I think it’s a huge mistake on Evergreen’s part to have let this happen.”

She added that hospital of-fi cials could have handled the situation better and thinks the hospital should create an in-house midwifery service.

“Th at would be a very easy solution to employ the midwives to provide 24-hour service,” Bradford noted.

Bothell resident Oesa Hauch, who is helping to or-ganize the rally, said CFWH midwives were very support-ive during her pregnancy and birth of her daughter Olivia, now 7. “I had a wonderful birth experience. Th e mid-wives were also very gracious to my husband so he could be involved in the process as well,” recalled Hauch, who is the owner of Amazing Mama

Birth Services, which off ers birth and postpartum doula services on the Eastside. “I’ve seen the wonderful care they’ve given to families, so it’s just shocking what’s going on here.”

She said part of the benefi t of midwifery care is the mid-wives spend more time with their patients and are oft en able to be in the delivery room longer than an obstetri-cian. “Midwives are also more supportive of physi-ological birth. Th ey honor the natural birth process and are not as prone to using pain interventions,” said Hauch, noting the CFWH’s low rate of cesarean sections at 15 percent, compared to the national rate of 32 percent.

With the new changes, she said a woman in labor could “show up at Evergreen and be seen by an obstetrician she’s

never met before. Her birth plan may not be honored.”

Th e CFWH can no longer guarantee that a midwife will attend their patients’ birth because midwives will now be expected to share on-call duties with six other obstetri-cians. Midwives will also no longer be able to support patients who wish to have a Vaginal Birth aft er Cesarean (VBAC) because there is no longer a dedicated backup for the obstetricians, which is essential for the process.

Hauch, who will also attend the rally, said the group hopes to raise public awareness about the state of midwifery services at Evergreen.

“We also want to let Ever-green know that midwifery is an important option for people,” she said, adding the

Outraged families to rally, urge Evergreen Hospital to restore cuts to midwifery services

Oesa Hauch and daughter, Olivia, who was delivered by a midwife at Evergreen Hospital seven years ago. CONTRIBUTED

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For the rest of this year, our QFC stores will continue to focus our chari-table efforts on Bringing Hope To the Table, our annual drive to raise both food and cash donations for agencies which are working to feed the hungry. As the effects of our country’s economic recession continue to impact long-term unemployment, more and more people are facing poverty and the prospects of not being able to afford proper food, shelter and health care.

Thanks to the dedication of our store associates and the generosity of our cus-tomers, QFC stores are helping to se-cure critically needed food supplies and money to support the work of our two Bringing Hope To the Table partners: Food Lifeline in Washington and the Oregon Food Bank in our Portland area stores. Food Lifeline states that 96% of its revenue goes directly to feeding hun-gry people and Oregon Food Bank says, “More than 94 cents of every dollar do-nated to OFB goes directly to fighting hunger.”

Last year Food Lifeline delivered more than 24 million meals to hungry people through its network of nearly 300 neigh-borhood food banks, hot meal pro-grams and shelters. From 2005 to 2010, the number of people served by Food Lifeline grew from 550,000 to 686,000, an increase of 24%. Much of the food do-nated to local our QFC stores is targeted by Food Lifeline to supply the part-ner agencies it supports in the same areas those stores serve.

The Oregon Food Bank which has a network of 20 regional food banks and 923 partner agencies saw a 12 percent in-crease in the amount of food it provided from July of 2010 through June of 2011. The Oregon Food Bank distributes food throughout the state and Clark County based on an allocation system that takes each area’s population and poverty sta-tistics into account.

According to statistics provided by Food Lifeline, 37% of the people it serves are children and 12% are seniors; 9% of its clients are homeless. Many Food Life-line clients have had to choose between food and paying for heat or utilities, between food and paying for medicine

or medical care, or be-tween pay-ing for food and paying for rent or mortgage.

For many of us, hunger

is something that only happens for short periods between meals. But for many others chronic hunger is a real problem. Food Lifeline points out that “children who are hungry may be less attentive, independent, and curious. Many hun-gry children have difficulty concentrat-ing; therefore their reading ability and verbal and motor skills suffer.”

“Chronic hunger in adults weakens bones and muscles, increases the risk

of illness, worsens existing health prob-lems, and contributes to depression and lack of energy.”

Individuals who wish to contribute to Bringing Hope To the Table can do so in a number of ways.

They can purchase a $10.00 pre-made bag. Each bag contains seven nutritious food products that will be distributed by Food Lifeline: oatmeal, tuna, diced to-matoes, quick rolled oats, pasta sauce, vegetable beef soup and macaroni and cheese. They can scan a Bringing Hope To the Table” $10 Virtual Bag Donation Card by requesting the cashier to scan a product dona-tion card. Customers can donate their 3¢ Bag Re-use Credit .They can scan $1, or $5 Scan cards at the check stand.Coin boxes located at the check stand will be available for custom-ers to donate their extra coins.

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The other annexation- area resident on the ballot, Jason Gardiner, is losing to incumbent Bob Sternoff 53-47 percent in prelimi-nary results.

“He’s ahead of me right now, as the results come in it will solidify more,” said Gardiner. “Hopefully I’ll win, but the outlook doesn’t look good. I’ve got a 5 percent margin to make up.”

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be reached for comment Tuesday night.

Position No. 2 has been held by Sternoff for two-and-a-half terms but the incumbent is also fend-ing off a so-called smear campaign on his actions on the council.

Concerned Citizens of Kirkland wanted Sternoff voted out of office for an email scandal that took place nearly two years ago.

Councilman Dave Asher was almost assured of four more years on the council as his challenger, Jim Hart, dropped out prior to the general election. Asher, who was first elected to Po-sition No. 6 in 2000, earned 65 percent of the vote.

King County Council-woman Jane Hague will get another term serving the 6th district as she appears to have defeated challenger Richard Mitchell of Mercer Island with 54 percent of the vote.

Hague was instrumental in the annexation of the Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate neighbor-hoods from unincorpo-rated King County into the City of Kirkland in June. Hague has served 18 years on the council.

All election results will be certified on Dec. 8.

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BY MATT PHELPS

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For many, one of the biggest draws for the 2011 general election was the ini-tiatives on the ballot. From privatizing the sale of hard alcohol, to managing taxes for road construction proj-ects, the initiatives on the ballot generated a record for money spent but could not get the majority of voters to cast a ballot.

Voter apathy apparently was the big winner this year with Washington’s Secretary of State Sam Reed predicting only 47 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot.

Reed, the state’s chief elections official, said on a state website that it would be a little lower than the past two off-year elections, reflecting a lack of major races or hotly contested and controversial ballot mea-sures that would spur heavy interest.

One of the most contro-versial races was to privatize the sale of hard alcohol in the State of Washington. Initiative 1183 looks to be passing with 60 percent of the vote.

Costco was singled out

for contributing over $20 million to push the initia-tive, a state record. Only $18.5 million was actually spent. The obvious impact is that those over 21 will be able to buy spirits at their local grocery store, begin-ning June 1, 2012.

The initiative has limita-tions for a retailer’s size in an effort to keep hard alcohol out of minimarts and gas stations.

Another impact of the initiative will be that the state will have to auction off the 328 statewide liquor stores, including three in Kirkland. Nine-hundred Washington State liquor store employees will also have to find new work as a result of the change. It will also generate more revenue for state and local govern-ments. Loss of revenue was a big reason two separate measures failed last year.

Another controversial initiative on the ballot, I-1125, a Tim Eyman-backed measure, would have changed how tolls are set for local road construc-tion projects and blocked light rail from the I-90 bridge. The initiative looks to be failing with just 49

percent of the vote. I-1125 would also take

the responsibility of setting toll rates away from the state Transportation Commis-sion and give it to the state Legislature. The initiative would also have done away with variable tolling rates based on traffic volume or time of day and require that all tolls be a set rate. The yes campaign was financed in large part by Bellevue devel-oper Kemper Freeman, who donated $1 million to the cause. Boeing and Microsoft were the biggest backers for the no campaign, contribut-ing just over $1 million.

Initiative 1163, concern-ing long-term care workers and services for the elderly and disabled, passed with 67 percent of the vote. The measure reinstates back-ground checks, training, and other requirements for long-term care workers and provider and address financial accountability and administrative expenses of the long-term in-home care program.

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Nov. 6Warrant arrest: 11 p.m., 1400 block of 105th Ave. N.E. A 29-year-old female called police after learning her roommate had a warrant out

for his arrest. When the man returned home he was met by police.

Burglary: 9 a.m., 14100 block of 105th Ave. N.E. The known suspect lawfully entered the victim’s residence, then forced open a bedroom door and took items that belonged to the suspect.

Domestic: 11:30 a.m., 800 block of Kirkland Way. A 53-year-old Kirkland woman assaulted her daughter at her home. The woman told her daughter to leave the residence and when she refused the woman pulled some of her daugh-ter’s hair out and slapped her in the back of the head. The daughter also had visible scratches on her face.

Nov. 3DUI: 12:18 a.m., 10100 block of N.E. 116th Street. A 23-year-old Issaquah man was

arrested for DUI after providing a .192 blood alcohol level.

Suspicious: 3:20 p.m., 9700 block of N.E. Juanita Drive. Employees at a Juanita of-fi ce building reported seeing a suspicious man leaving a suspicious package in front of their building. The package contained several frozen small animals. The animals did not appear mutilated. The male had left the area before law enforcement arrived.

Nov. 2Burglary: 8:54 p.m., 13000 block of 125th Drive N.E. A 28-year-old Kirkland

man returned home from work to fi nd his apartment had been burglarized. Several items were stolen and the apartment was ransacked.

Nov. 1Domestic: 10:30 p.m., 11920 98th Ave. N.E. A 28-year-old Bothell woman admitted to hitting her husband. The man had multiple

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Car prowl: 2 p.m., 11400 block of Slater Ave. N.E. A Kirkland woman report-

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Car prowl: 2 p.m., 11400 block of Slater Ave. N.E. A white Subaru Impreza was prowled with the passenger window broken out and the trunk key hole “popped.” One latent print was obtained from the trunk and a shoe print was observed in the vehicle. About $1,340 worth of items in the vehicle were stolen or destroyed.

Oct. 31DUI: 12:15 a.m., 12700 block of 80th Ave. N.E. A 48-year-old Redmond man was arrested after falling asleep at the wheel in the middle of the road with the car running and in gear. He had a blood alcohol level of .246.

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A Kirkland veterinarian’s license has been reinstated aft er it was suspended due to drug abuse allegations in August.

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Johnson-Delaney took isofl urane, an inhaled anes-thetic, on fi ve occasions in March and April, according to charging documents. It allegedly made her intoxi-

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Five electric vehicle charging stations were installed in downtown Kirkland last week at three separate locations.

King County is part-nering with the City of Kirkland to construct the stations, including two at the southwest corner of the Marina Park parking lot; two at the Peter Kirk Municipal Garage next to the elevators; and one at City Hall, east of the north entrance.

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BY LAILA ZAYAN

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Poverty is increasing among school-aged children in the state

of Washington after several years of decline, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In King County, 9.7 percent of residents live below the federal poverty level.

Kathryn Reith, director of communication at the Lake Washington School District, says that 12 percent of students are on the Free and Reduced Lunch Program and the number is steadily increasing due to the eco-nomic recession.

“Kids are going to school hungry,” said Linda Ben-son, the vice president of community initiatives at Hopelink. “These kids don’t have enough food; who knew?”

Hopelink is a nonprofit organization that provides social services such as food, housing, and family development. Their goal is to provide a range of programs to enable families in crisis to make strides in achieving self-sufficiency.

Benson has worked for Hopelink for 19 years. In re-cent years, the organization went through a restructure and in 2010, they developed Strategy 5 with a mission “to move people to change condition on the ground,” said Benson.

As part of the restructure, Hopelink has been working with a new initiative, Nour-ishing Networks. This is “a community-based project focused locally on hunger and community capacity building,” said Benson. “This initiative is designed to iden-tify and evaluate ways to best inspire and engage individu-als within the community to take action against hunger in

our communities.”According to Sue

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Nourishing Networks has sprouted throughout Northeast King County, with efforts being made from the Northshore area to Issaquah, Redmond and Kirkland.

In Kirkland, a team of six to seven community mem-bers has taken on John Muir Elementary, where more than 40 percent of students are on Free and Reduced Lunch. The team is turning parts of the school grounds into a garden to help stu-dents and their families get food.

On Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nourish-

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Scott Wallin, a Hopelink board member, says, “It’s fascinating to see people’s pent-up desire to care and to help each other on a community level take root. Developing a mechanism, the Nourishing Network, to give people an easy way to plug in to this ‘reality social

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In the state diving competition Shay Sarda and Tori Meier from Lake Washington qualified, earning the 17th and 18th seeds.

In the 500 freestyle race, Armstrong earned the 11th place seed with a time of 5:24.58.

The Lake Washing-ton 200 freestyle relay team earned the 10th place seed with a time of 1:46.28 while Juanita’s 200 freestyle relay team took the 12th place seed with a qualifying time of 1:46.75.

Tess Farley earned the

sixth place seed in the 100 backstroke race, while Kucinsky-Murphy earned the 18th seed in the same race for Lake Washington.

In the 400 freestyle relay, Lake Washington is the 15th place seed with a qualifying time of 3:57.68.

Tickets for one day of the meet are $9 for adults and $7 for seniors over 62 and for students with ASB cards. Tickets for the full meet are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.

To learn more and to get a full schedule of meet events visit www.wiaa.com.

Girls soccerThe Lake Washington

girls soccer team ended on Saturday, Nov. 5 with a 1-0 loss to Eastside Catholic. The Kangs were looking for a win to get into the 3A state tourna-

ment.During the game,

played at Lake Washing-ton, Eastside Catholic’s Morgan McKenzie scored an unassisted goal in the 30th minute. Despite another 50 minutes of playing time the Kangs could score.

To make the game against the Crusaders a possibility, the team beat

Bellevue during the King-Co finals on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

The Kangs beat Bel-levue 1-0 in the final KingCo tournament game.

During the match against Bellevue, the two teams battled in a very rainy, windy game on the Kangs home turf. After a scoreless first half, Emily

Bunnell connected with Cassie Lively in the 77th minute to give the team a 1-0 lead. It remained the only goal of the game.

The Kangs were 11-6-2 this season.

VolleyballAfter an impressive run

late in the season, taking them all the way into the SeaKing District competi-tion, the Lake Washing-ton girls volleyball team ended the season with a loss to Mercer Island.

The team, facing off against the Islanders in Saturday’s consolation round of districts, lost 3-1.

Lake Washington fell in the first two close matches to Mercer Island with scores of 25-21 and 25-20. The team rallied after a strong third game to win 25-21, but saw the loss of senior libber Katie Harding, who was injured during the game. After her injury the team won, but then fell in the decid-ing game 25-19.

Earlier in the tourna-ment, the Kangs faced off against Chief Sealth Thursday evening at West Seattle High School in the first round. The Kangs won in five games 3-2 (25-19, 25-11, 23-25, 19-25, 15-13) to escape elimination.

During the matches Jess Lund earned 12 kills and 11 digs, while Maddie Lind had 15 kills and five digs. Maddie Stone added 18 assists, while Maddy Warnick had 26 assists. Claire Anderson had three kills, Dana Hasert put up 8 kills, as did Eleanor Lyon and Katy Harding had 18 digs.

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Lake Washingotn’s Eleanor Lyon and Dana Hasert jump to block a kill from Mercer Island during the Kangs district game last Saturday. Lake Washington lost 3-1 to end the season. MEGAN MANAGAN, Kirkland Reporter

A Lake Washington swimmer takes on the backstroke leg of the 200 medley relay for the Kangs during the SeaKing District fi nals Saturday. MEGAN MANAGAN, Kirkland Reporter

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After beating the Sea-hawks the team moved on to play Seattle Prep. The Kangs lost to the Panthers 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-14).

Prep’s Olivia Magill had 19 kills during the game, while Lund put up nine

for the Kangs. Lind added three more, while Lyon had four overall.

The team entered the KingCo tournament the week before as the No. 4 seed, and battled into the district tournament by beating league opponent

Bellevue and Liberty to become the No. 3 seed into the district tourna-ment.

The Kangs never beat Mercer Island this season, falling twice in the regular season before playing them in the post season.

The team was 8-12 over-all this year.

Cross countryRacers from Juanita and

Lake Washington high schools ran in Saturday’s state meet in Pasco, Wash. After qualifying in the SeaKing District race the week before, the runners headed east for the 3A state event.

While neither school qualified as a team, indi-viduals raced. For Juanita, in the boys race, Santos Zaid finished in 17:20 to be the 112th racer cross-ing the finish line. In the girls race, Alexis Manns was 34th overall in 19:35, while Molly Grager took 61st overall with a time of 20:06.

For Lake Washington, Devon Grove, a sopho-more, finished in 32nd place with a 16:14 time and Lacy Coan, a fresh-man, finished 77th overall with a 20:24 time.

FootballThe Lake Washington

football team fell in the final game of the season, losing to Metro opponent Lakeside 28-27.

The Kangs, playing in a crossover game after not qualifying for the playoffs, lost at home.

The team ended the season with a 2-8 overall record and 0-7 in league games.

Head coach Steve Sup-ple said the team did not reach the goals they set early on in the season, for a vari-ety of reasons. The team was plagued with injuries throughout the year, leaving the Kangs with a much smaller team during the game against Lakeside than at the beginning of the year.

“We were hanging by a thread at the end,” said Supple. “We don’t have the depth that other programs do. We were disappointed, but they worked hard.”

During the game against Lakeside, Supple said the team suffered even more injuries.

“We couldn’t have played another quarter even if we wanted to,” he said.

Even with the tough season, he said he hopes the seniors take away the tenants of hard work and sacrifice for the good of the team.

“I know they have a great respect and love for each other. The impor-tant thing was they got to play and work together

and finding the joy in the work. They played awesome – they are great football players,” said Supple.

Despite not making the playoffs, several mem-bers of the team earned KingCo all-league honors. Ben Pilska was named to the second team as a defensive tackle and hon-orable mention as offen-sive tackle. Jack Michels

earned honorable mention for his work as a tight end and Mike Mathews earned honorable

mention as an of-fensive tackle.

Juanita ended its season last Friday, Nov. 4 with a loss to Bishop Blanchet. The Rebels lost 35-33 in the cross over game.

Blanchet earned the first touchdown of the night, when Sam Petschl made a 10-yard run to give the Braves a 7-0 lead. Before the quarter ended, the Rebels struck back, when Darrin Laufasa made a 24-yard run and Colton Blaisdell hit the mark on his field goal to tie the game 7-7.

The teams traded points throughout most of the game. In the second quar-ter the teams were nearly even with the Braves scoring 14 points, and Juanita earning 13. The Rebels scored twice, both on Travis Marshall runs. The extra-point try was blocked, giving Blanchet the lead at halftime.

In the third quarter

Blanchet extended the lead with seven unan-swered points, this time on a 68-yard punt return by Petschl.

The Rebels got back on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter, when Trayon McNairy made a 31-yard run for the points. The extra points run failed, and the score was 28-26 for the Braves.

Blanchet scored once more to increase their team with Ray Siderius making a 48 yard kickoff return run for points, but Juanita’s McNairy fol-lowed it up with a 3-yard touchdown run. Despite his points, the Rebels couldn’t secure the win.

The team ended the season with a 4-6 secured.

Eastside rugby registration begins next month

The Eastside Lions Youth Rugby Club will be holding open registra-tion for the 2012 season on Saturday, Dec. 17. The event will be at the Sports Reaction Center in Belle-vue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Teams available include the U19 varsity team, U16, U14 teams. Play-ers will receive a free pre-concussion screen-ing from Sports Reaction Center.

The season begins in January and runs through May. Dues are $250 and include shorts and socks. Jerseys are provided by the teams. Scholarships and payment plans are available on a case by case basis.

The Eastside Lions are made up of local athletes who play football, soccer, basketball and wrestling. The Lions are one of the largest youth rugby clubs on the West Coast with al-most 100 registered play-ers. The team competes in Division 1 of Rugby Washington.

To learn more visit www.eastsidelionsruby.com or contact head coach Josh Young at [email protected].

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hospital should hire the midwives directly.

For Sharon Hammond, any decision the hospital could make will not come soon enough. Th e nurse-midwife has already taken another job with Swedish Issaquah.

“I’m very sad to be leaving, but I certainly understand the reasons,” said Hammond, who was with CFWH for four years. “I think it’s going to be a substantial loss to women in this area because two midwives won’t be able to do 24-7 care our patients have come to expect. It’s going to be a little tougher for women in the community.”

Sachiko Oshio, a certifi ed nurse-midwife who has al-ready left the Evergreen clinic to work at the Northwest Hospital, said more than half of her patients are following her to Seattle.

“For a lot of my patients, it’s a hardship to travel across the bridge from Redmond, Duvall and Maple Valley,” said Oshio, who was with CFWH since 1998. “It’s a loss to the Eastside.”

She said she does not blame the center for its decision to make the cuts. “I am sad, but in the current economic crisis, it’s under-standable,” said Oshio. “What I’m most unhappy about is Evergreen Hospital didn’t make more of an eff ort to make the midwifery program more viable at the hospital.”

EmbezzlementTh e center’s decision to

cut services was precipitated by an embezzlement scheme that caused CFWH offi cials to do an extensive audit, said Karen Wells, one of the obstetricians who owns the center.

In January, the company fi red its administrator aft er she allegedly opened at least six business credit cards with-out the company’s knowledge in 2009-2010, according to a Kirkland Police report.

Th e Everett woman, who has not yet been charged in the case, allegedly used the cards to pay for family vaca-tions, food, entertainment and even personal dry clean-ing and cell phone expenses, the report continued. Th e amount of embezzlement was more than $475,000, ac-cording to police documents. Th e Reporter does not name anyone involved in a crime unless they are charged.

Th e woman later admitted to CFWH offi cials that she spent the company’s money for personal use and said she was seeing a therapist for a gambling and shopping prob-lem, the report continued.

Th e former administrator

settled with CFWH in June to pay the company $475,000.

However, she was arrested on Aug. 11 for embezzlement and fi nancial fraud and a criminal case against her is currently under review, said Dan Donahoe with the King County Prosecutor’s Offi ce.

“Th at is what made us discover the inequity be-

tween production and salary,” said Wells, noting that the company stabilized following the embezzlement, but still couldn’t keep up with the acceptable midwife salaries in the Puget Sound area. “We had to make a business decision. So we did not fi re anybody, but the midwives who are leaving have elected

to work in a diff erent setting that can pay them better than we can.”

Wells said the hospital administration has been “very supportive” of helping to maintain a midwifery program. “It wasn’t the hos-pital’s job to all of a sudden make this work in an instant, so I really don’t think the

hospital is the bad guy,” she said. “Th ey did look into as many avenues as they could and I think it’s going to take another several months to fi gure that out. So they need to develop a program from the base. Th ey can’t just take these midwives on and make it work all of a sudden. It was too tricky.”

During previous negotia-tions, the hospital looked at ways to employ the midwives directly, said Kay Taylor, vice president of Communica-tions. She said it could take a couple of months for the hospital to reach a decision.

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If there is one thing Dr. Chip Kimball has learned during his fi ve years as superintendent at Lake Washington School District (LWSD), it’s that the job is anything but routine.

From reading to kindergartners and reviewing curriculum with teachers, to meeting with city council members, legislators or the governor, Kimball said every day is diff erent.

“(Being a superintendent) is one of the most diverse and interesting jobs on the planet,” he said.

Part of this variety comes from serv-ing a diverse constituency and working to meet the needs of all while protecting the district’s No. 1 priority: satisfying the students’ interests. In order to be suc-cessful, it has been important for Kimball to really under-stand his constituents.

Th is is the single most im-portant piece of advice Kimball has for his successor, who will replace him at the end of the school year. Kimball is stepping down in June and will become superintendent of the Singa-pore American School (SAS) in Singapore, beginning July 1, 2012.

Th e LWSD board of directors has be-gun its search for a new superintendent and is currently gathering information from community members about what they want in a superintendent. Th e public has been able to provide input through an online survey on its website under “What’s New on this Site ...”

LWSD communications director Kathryn Reith said the survey is a combination of multiple choice and open-ended questions. More than 1,700 people have taken the survey, but the district hasn’t released results yet since the survey is open until midnight tonight.

Th e public also had an opportunity to comment on the subject during Monday’s regular board meeting and only one person spoke. Redmond resident Bob Yoder said he thinks with the district’s current search for a new superintendent, now would be a good time to provide job descriptions for all of the district’s administrative positions, starting at the top.

CommunicationNo matter what the superintendent

job description may be, it would be no match for the hands-on experience.

“It is learn as you go,” Kimball said.Th roughout his tenure, he said he has

worked with a variety of populations and one thing a superintendent needs to do is try to make sure these people feel heard and that there are systems in place for people to make themselves heard.

While it’s important for people to be heard, Redmond High School senior Deesha Tank said it’s even more impor-tant for the superintendent to listen.

“LWSD really needs someone who is willing to hear what the kids have to say and work with us to steer our district in a positive direction,” she said. “Also, it is important that he or she not only listens,

but also takes these ideas and actually implements them rather than throwing them on the back burner for later.”

Tank understands certain issues may be more diffi cult to resolve and involve compromis-ing from all parties involved, but she said determination and attentiveness are the most

important qualities a superintendent should have.

“At the end of the day, the goal is to provide a better curriculum and learn-ing environment for staff and students,” she said. “Anyone who believes in this and who has a positive and assertive attitude is someone who would make a great superintendent for LWSD.”

Tank is a member of the Redmond Youth Partnership Advisory Com-mittee (RYPAC), a youth leadership program with the City of Redmond for junior high to high school students living or attending schools in Redmond. Th e program is made up of youth and adults who work to shape community programs for young people.

One of the ways they do this is by meeting with the LWSD superintendent every other month.

RYPAC recreation committee chair Brynn Ehni said it’s also important for the new superintendent to know about the upcoming changes in the district such as next year’s grade reconfi guration and understand the impact this would have on students. Like Tank, Ehni, who

is a junior at Lake Washington High School, stressed the importance of lis-tening. “Th e new superintendent should take the time to speak with students and be open to their input about the new structures,” she said.

Open collaborationJan Pizarro, Redmond area vice

president for the Lake Washington PTSA Council board, agreed that it is important for the district to have a superintendent who is willing to work together and collaborate with others.

“As a council member, I’d like a superintendent willing to include PTA in the conversation about the direction our district takes, and that sees PTA as a partner in the process,” she said.

Pizarro and her family have been part of LWSD for nine years. She has a fi ft h grader at Redmond Elemen-tary School and an eighth grader at Redmond Junior High School. She said as a parent, she wants a superintendent who considers the dynamics of working families when making district-wide decisions about school days, transporta-tion, schedules and other issues. Pizarro would also like a superintendent who keeps “parents informed well in advance of those decisions and the reasons behind them, and is open to feedback and changes.”

Sometimes feedback will not be positive and Tim Patterson, principal of Inglewood Junior High School in Sammamish, said a superintendent should understand this is not a bad thing. “Sometimes great work comes from confl ict,” he said. “We need a superintendent that is willing to engage in confl ict for the purpose of (making) our schools better.”

Patterson, who has been with the district for 10 years, said Kimball has done a great job as superintendent and his successor should be able to fi nish the initiatives he started.

“Currently LWSD has a positive growth culture,” Patterson said. “Th e new superintendent needs to have the ability to grow and enhance our cul-ture.” Kimball added that it’s important for a superintendent to have a vision and not only know where they want to go with the district, but to have the courage to go there.

Understanding, communication and collaboration important for new LWSD superintendent

Dr. Chip Kimball

Sitting in my make-shift offi ce at home, I lethargically stare at

the “to-do list” I have typed up on a Word document in front of me.

My eyelids feel overwhelmingly heavy and each blink strains my energy. Even rub-bing my eyes can’t wake me from the inevitable truth that I have put off – I have so much homework to do.

Such is the concern of any high school student in their senior year.

With loads of AP course-work, aft er school activities, and Modern Family on Wednesdays, there isn’t enough time in the day! Not to mention, how are we supposed to apply to college with all this other stuff piled up?

But it seems I have gotten ahead of myself.

Right about now, I’m sure you’re wondering “who is this talking and what am I reading?”

Th us, it is only necessary that I adequately introduce myself: Hi, my name is Zach, I’m 17 years old, and I’m a Cancer (astrological sign). I am also in my senior year of high school at the International Community School in Kirkland. At ICS, every senior is required to participate in a “culminat-ing project” and are oft en encouraged to choose an activity they wouldn’t ordi-narily pursue.

For instance, who would have thought an all-star runner would focus the ma-jority of her year on making drift wood sculptures?

Th e neat thing about a culminating project is that

one gets to stretch their comfort zone. I never for a second would have thought that I would be writing a column for a newspaper, but

here I am! So yes, until

March, I am going to be interning at the Kirkland Reporter, writing columns, blogs, and covering stories.

By writing for the Reporter weekly, it is my wish to represent the teenagers of

Kirkland to the greater com-munity. Th e subject matter of this column will be geared towards adolescent interests, though it can be enjoyed by everyone, so parents and teenagers alike, please hit me up if you want me to focus on anything specifi c.

What I hope to gain from this experience is indepen-dence, responsibility, and maybe improve my time management strategy.

Without a doubt in my mind, my stay at the Report-er will heighten my literary skills and will mold me into the competent writer I have always envisioned myself becoming.

Adding this internship to my “to-do list,” like most high school students who are also multi-tasking sports, homework, work, social life, and other extracurriculars, one must admire our resil-ience to accomplish so much on so little sleep.

Kirkland Reporter intern Zach Shucklin is a senior at International Commu-nity School. Contact Zach with questions, comments or column ideas by email-ing: [email protected]

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