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Eastside Catholic Crusaders cruise to their first state title after beating Bellevue

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An ensemble of fitness training experts have opened up a new gym in the city’s Bel-Red area.

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Students in the Bellevue School District are getting their chance to crack the code of computer language this week as part of the national Hour of Code.

With the help of Microsoft, a founding support of Code.org, a lead-ing partner of the Hour of Code and a sponsor of Computer Science Educa-tion Week, the software company is

attempting to get 100 million youth to try their hand at computer coding.

While current and former em-ployees have been volunteering as teachers through the Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program, it was the stu-dents in those classes leading others through this week’s coding program.

Bellevue High school students, senior Louis Hong and sophomore

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Energize Eastsidemeeting gets lit up

Brandon Macz, Bellevue Reporter

Concerned residents from Renton to Redmond attended the final community advisory group meeting for Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project on Wednesday. A coalition of neighborhoods opposing the project wore orange.

Community group taps two route options it wants PSE to consider

Hunter: State budget has a $4.6B problemBY JOSH STILTSBELLEVUE REPORTER

In preparation of the upcom-ing biennial budget, Ross Hunter, D-Medina, met with Bellevue residents to discuss the doom and gloom ahead.

“We can’t just do what we did last year,” Hunter said. “We either whack the bejesus out of stuff … or we increase revenue or some combination of both.”

During the last biennium, the state’s lawmakers passed a $33.8 bil-lion budget, but since that time the state Supreme Court ruled Wash-ington must address the McCleary decision, voters passed an initiative reducing class sizes, inflation rose and the state lost several multi-hun-dred million dollar lawsuits.

According to Hunter’s projec-tions, budgetary spending will have increased at least $7.6 billion, a more than 18 percent increase, to meet these new financial require-ments, which don’t include com-pounding spending associated with the passage this fall of I-1351.

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A community advisory group formed to assist in selecting an acceptable route for Puget Sound Energy to use for running 18 miles of 230kV transmission lines from Renton to Redmond left the energy company with two options to consider after its final meeting Wednesday night — a minority report is also forthcoming, ex-plaining why some members chose none-of-the-above.

The CAG had reduced route options it wanted PSE to con-sider from 18 to four in October, returning to the table Wednesday

to come up with a final recom-mendation. The Redwood and Ash routes were easily crossed off the list, but CAG members waffled for more than an hour between Oak and Willow route options, some preferring one over the other, some wanting to keep both open to consideration and three declin-ing to state a preference because none of the options were accept-able to them.

“This is not something that should be in anyone’s backyard,” said Steve O’Donnell, a CAG and Somerset Community Association member.

O’Donnell and Norm Hansen, also part of the Bridle Trails Com-

munity Club, said they would not choose an option because they believe PSE’s claims about its need to meet future energy demands on the Eastside have been inflated to satisfy outside interests in places like Canada.

“All of those forecasts are bo-gus,” O’Donnell said.

Hansen said he expects that to be the determination of a third-party energy consultant hired by the city of Bellevue to review PSE’s claims and determine future energy capacity, essentially ending the Energize Eastside project.

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The Bellevue City Council squirreled away $1 million in its biennial budget last week to be committed to an ongoing public-private partnership under negotia-tions to complete the long-delayed Tateuchi Center. The city’s final contribution will likely be at least 10 times that amount, but Councilmember John Stokes said that could depend on the will of Bellevue voters.

The Performing Arts Center Eastside has been steadily working through terms of a memorandum of understanding with the city since May, exploring how the Tateuchi Center will serve as a public benefit and allow the city to make a more significant commitment to its completion.

“What we’re doing is working through the MOU we have now with PACE, and have consultants in and a committee and we’re meeting biweekly,” Stokes said, adding a report and recommendation is expected to come before the council early next year.

Currently the city is exploring commit-ting $10 million to $20 million toward the performing arts center’s capital costs, PACE having raised more than $60 million

so far. Its campaign fundraising goal is around $170 million for construction and operation costs, as well as a $10 million endowment.

Stokes said there are several options for funding the project, including issu-ing bonds, adding the project to the city’s capital improvement program and applying for a King County arts and culture grant. A special hotel/motel tax set to expire soon, the revenue from which has been historically committed to the Meyden-bauer Center, could be renewed and put toward the Tateuchi Center. There also has been discussion about funding the project through a levy.

“Of course, if it goes out to a levy, it will be up to an individual group, PACE, to do the campaign because the city can’t do that,” Stokes said, adding he believes resi-dents would vote in favor of the performing arts center.

John Haynes, PACE executive director and CEO, said the performing arts board reenergized last spring, writing checks for more than $600,000 to continue operating costs and ensure donors their contributions are dedicated to capital costs. Three new board members will be added this month, “and we’re not done,” Haynes said.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve been gloomy about it, but I have renewed optimism about it

getting done,” Haynes said of the Tateuchi Center.

While the city and King County have made significant contributions to the project over the past several years — the city spending $2 million to purchase design plans for the center — Haynes said he’s less optimistic other Eastside munici-palities will be quick to loosen their purse strings. While a performing arts center on the Eastside would be a regional benefit, he said, Bellevue will see the greatest benefit.

“I think it’s difficult, if you’re the mayor of Issaquah, to say, ‘Oh yeah, we’re going to write you a check for $2 million,’ ” Haynes said. “If the city of Bellevue can make that work, I think it’s because there’s quid pro quos involved.”

Stokes said regional performance com-panies have already expressed an interest in utilizing the Tateuchi Center in the future, including Fifth Avenue Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Seattle Symphony.

“With more traffic and other factors, they’re concerned about keeping in touch with their patrons and getting over here,” he said.

A $25 million pledge from the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation re-mains firm, as does the site property that was donated by Kemper Freeman Jr.

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The man responsible for the 2012 Christmas Eve shooting death of DeShawn Milliken at the former Munchbar nightclub in Bellevue pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of second-degree murder.

Ja’Mari Jones shot Milliken multiple times inside the night club, killing the 30-year-old Renton man.

Milliken and his sister, Destiny, were standing near Jones in the club, when court documents state Milliken tack-led his murderer. A friend of Jones’ reportedly intervened. It was at this point that Jones pulled out a handgun and shot Milliken several times in the back, his sister and another patron also being struck during the shooting.

Jones, who was 19 at the time, was later appre-hended in a stolen vehicle, along with his then 20-year-old girlfriend, and charged with second-degree murder. Munchbar closed shortly after.

The King County Prosecutor’s Office is recom-mending a prison sentence of 18 1/2 years. Jones is set to be sentenced at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 in King County Superior Court.

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The Meydenbauer Center will be the final frontier for “Star Trek” fans look-ing to meet up with other Trekkies this weekend and get up close and personal with some of their favorite actors from the sci-fi franchise’s five television pro-grams over the past 48 years.

Creation Entertainment’s Star Trek Se-attle convention kicks off today and runs through Sunday at the Meydenbauer Center, beaming in a slew of cast mem-bers from the long-running franchise, including Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov in the classic 1960s series, and a “Next Generation” reunion that includes Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), Brent Spiner (Data), Michael Dorn (Worf), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi) and Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar).

“We love the whole region, and Meydenbauer is a fantastic facility, and we need a big room because it’s a big event,” said Adam Malin, co-CEO for Creation Entertainment. “I think it’s a very ambitious show for what we would call a regional event and there’s going to be a very big turnout.”

An estimated 800 people will attend the convention daily, about half of those seeking lodging accommodations close by. While it doesn’t come close to rival-ing the major Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, which brings in as many as

20,000 attendees annually, the conven-tion is being hailed by Visit Bellevue Washington for its positive financial impact on the city.

The city’s official destination market-ing organization, using an event impact calculator, estimates Trekkies will contribute $763,000 in direct spending to Bellevue’s economy this weekend, said Sharon Linton, marketing and commu-nications manager for Visit Bellevue.

“We go back after an event and do it retrospectively to come up with an all-around economic number,” she said.

While there are plenty of trade conventions that come to Bellevue, as well as businesspeople seeking lodging accommodations during weekdays in the city, Linton said hotels still struggle

with vacancy rates on sluggish weekends.

“We’re not a tourism market yet, and we’re trying to build that,” she said, add-ing Star Trek Seattle is a new event the city can highlight. “This is the first time they’ve been in Bellevue.”

Online ticket sales closed on Tuesday, but Malin said there will be plenty of room for those wanting to purchase tickets at the door, including for the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” re-union on Saturday.

“We will not sell out,” he said. “We’ve got plenty of room. That’s why we book such a big venue.”

To find out more about Star Trek Seattle, go to this shortened link: http://bit.ly/12pWLHq

The Star Trek Seattle convention kicks off Friday at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. It will feature stars from all five of the sci-fi franchise’s television shows, including: Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker) at top left; Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) at top right; Brent Spiner (Data) at bottom left and Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov) at bottom right. Photos courtesy of Creation Entertainment

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So, you’ve just bought a new home in a different town. Getting the move done and over with is only the first big hurdle; fitting in to a new community is the next. Moving involves much more than just changing your address; you have to adapt to your status as a new resident, discover your surroundings, and create some new points of reference.

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Around TownWhat’s happening in Bellevue and elsewhere

Habib part of trade delegation to ChinaCyrus Habib, elected to the state Senate in November,

is taking part in a bipartisan trade mission to China that includes state and local officials from around the United States.

“Washington depends on international trade more than any other state, and China is one of our biggest markets,” said Habib (D-Kirk-land). “This is an opportunity to build a stronger relationship, creating more trade and more jobs here in Washington state.”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s foreign trade figures, China is Washing-ton state’s biggest market for exports. In 2013, Washington state exported $16.7 billion worth of goods to China. Other top trading partners are: Canada, Japan,

United Arab Emirates, Mexico, South Korea, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and India.

Donations needed for kids coat driveBellevue Youth Link is asking for the community’s help

in providing needy families through the organization's 10th annual Kids Care Coat Drive.

Donations can be dropped off through Jan. 12, at City Hall, Crossroads Mall Mini City Hall, all Bellevue public schools or any Bellevue community center. Coats will be distributed to Bellevue families in need on Monday, Jan. 12, from 5-7 p.m. at Crossroads Community Center, 16000 N.E. 10th St., while supplies last.

Volunteers are also needed to help sort and distribute the donations. For information about other donation locations or volunteering, contact Patrick Alina, Youth Link Program Coordinator at [email protected] or 425-452-5254.

For information about the coat distribution event, contact Vicki Drake, Community Services Supervisor at [email protected] or 425-452-4874.

BC to preview winter programsIndividuals seeking to gain new skills for personal

and professional development will have the opportuni-ty to attend information sessions and meet instructors at the the Bellevue College Winter Certificate Open House. Sessions are designed to provide attendees with a quick and detailed overview of programs to help facilitate beginning and achieving a certificate. There will be light food and refreshments served, along with a door prize – the new Kindle Voyage.

The Open House will take place before the start of winter quarter to allow students sufficient time to obtain information about programs and begin the

registration process. The event will take place from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17 at Bellevue College North Campus, 14673 N.E. 29th Place. Sessions will last 20-30 minutes each.

More information about certificate programs is available by visiting www.BCconted.com or by calling 425-564-2263.

Santa fundraiser at Brazen officeSanta and Mrs. Claus will make a fundraising visit to

Brazen Sotheby’s International Realty in downtown Bel-levue on Dec. 13 and 20.

The 1-4 p.m. event both Saturdays — actually featuring Joseph Brazen as Santa and Randi Brazen as Mrs. Clause — will accept donations for the Lily Jackling Medical Fund.

On Nov. 17, Lily Jackling, a 20-year-old college student, experienced an asthma attack that led to cardiac arrest and subsequent brain injury. Donations will help cover expenses associated with her medical care and long-term rehabilitation and recovery.

Brazen’s downtown office is at 10138 Main St.

Bellevue parks receive county grantsKing County Executive Dow Constantine announced

Tuesday two Bellevue park projects have been selected to receive 2015 funding through the King County Youth Sports Facilities Grant program.

The grant program is providing $745,250 in matching grants to a number of projects, including $36,000 for the Bellevue Boys & Girls Club’s Hidden Valley Ballfield, which is a public-private project with the city. Another $75,000 was awarded for capital costs to construct the Inspiration Playground in Downtown Park, a public-private partner-ship between the city and the Rotary Club of Bellevue. The park is planned to be accessible for children and adults of all abilities.

Jackson Food Stores raising funds for domestic violence prevention

Jacksons Food Stores are holding a “Give the Gift of Peace” campaign to raise awareness and money for do-mestic violence prevention. The Bellevue Jacksons stores (the convenience stores attached to Shell gas stations)

are located on Northeast Eighth Street and 150th Avenue Southeast.

The holiday season campaign runs through Dec. 25.Contributions can be made in increments of $1, $5 or

$10. At the end of the campaign, Jacksons’ Chief Execu-tive Officer, John Jackson, will match Jacksons Food Stores customer contributions dollar for dollar up to $75,000 with all the proceeds going to the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Overlake luncheon raises $260,000Overlake Hospital's Community Partners Luncheon

on Nov 17 raised more than $260,000 for the hospital’s Ensuring Excellence Fund, which supports a variety of programs to provide patients care using the latest technologies.

The 16th annual event featured Seattle biomedical pioneer Dr. Lee Hood, who spoke to how personalized medicine is changing the face of health care.

Hood is nationally recognized for his early work with the human genome project, which led to the ability to sequence individual DNA.

His Seattle-based Institute for Systems Biology is pio-neering new approaches to “P4 Medicine” – predictive, preventative, personalized and participatory.

More than 400 businesses and community leaders at-tended the luncheon.

New this year, Overlake hosted a Wellness Fair prior to the luncheon.

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The anti I-594 backers reloadChris Erickson describes himself as “your typical

gun owner who wants to be le� alone.”But state Initiative 594 “woke me up to the fact

that we can’t be le� alone any more.”Saturday, the Camano Island carpenter plans to be at

the state Capitol alongside other gun owners angered by passage of the universal-background-check measure they view as an unlawful encroachment on their Second

Amendment rights.He’s coming to add his voice to the

chorus of demonstrators at the 11 a.m. rally in Olympia and help ignite a con-versation about keeping I-594 backers from advancing their gun-control agenda any farther.

Yet what could be a galvanizing event for the state’s gun-rights move-ment is getting shunned by some of better-known leaders. � ey’re worried what might occur there could under-

mine e� orts to fend o� additional restrictions on gun owners.

� e rally is dubbed “We Will Not Comply,” and civil disobedience is anticipated. People are bringing weapons to not only wave in the air but, in open de� ance of the law, to sell or trade to others without � rst conducting a background check on the recipient.

“To be honest, I don’t think this rally will really ac-complish anything,” said Adina Hicks, executive director of Bellevue-based Protect Our Gun Rights, the group formed to oppose I-594 and push a countermeasure,

Initiative 591, which failed to pass.“� ey don’t have a further goal. � ey want to break the

law. � at frankly is not what we need right now. What we need is action,” she said. “What we need is people contacting their legislators and getting the Legislature involved to � x the nightmare that is 594.”

“Standing out there on Dec. 13 will show there are a lot of people upset. I want to do more than make noise. I want to make change,” said Rick Halle, national coordinator of the Gun Rights Coalition. Kit Lange of Lake Stevens is one of those coming to Olympia who is certain to make the likes of Hicks and Halle nervous.

“We are going to buy guns and sells guns,” she said. “I will be trading a gun to someone else, and they will be trading one to me. We are going to nullify the law by our actions.”

Lange, a scheduled speaker, said she’ll talk about how the � ght is now about more than an initiative and more than the right to keep and bear arms — it is about pro-tecting the freedom and liberty of every citizen.

She’s not looking to get arrested but said, “If that’s what it takes we will. It is OK to stand up to tyrannical laws.

“We are not anti-government,” she said. “If you are going to defend liberty, you have to be willing to defend it all the way.”

Jerry Corn� eld is a political reporter who covers Olym-pia for � e Daily Herald in Everett, which is among the Washington state newspapers in the Sound Publishing group. He can be contacted at jcorn� [email protected].

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There’s something good to be said for making billions of dollars in the high-tech industry, especially when people such as Bill Gates and Paul Allen, co-found-

ers of Microso� , pledge to donate the bulk of their wealth.Gates’ e� orts are perhaps the most well-known, but

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Memories — and dynastyBeing the best is a wonderful feeling. Ask any Oscar

winner.But being the best year-a� er-year, while exhilarating

each time it happens, also comes with that nagging thought in the back of the mind: what if it ends?

A� er 67 consecutive wins, that happened to the Bel-levue High School football team in last Friday’s state 3A championship team. � e Wolverines lost 35-13 to Eastside Catholic.

While we’re sure that was heartbreaking, it doesn’t take away that for for the past six years, Bellevue had won the state 3A football championship. � e last two years, it had defeated Eastside Catholic for the title.

And what of next year’s team?It can be the � rst to begin Bellevue’s new football dy-

nasty.

— Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter

E D I T O R I A L

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The worldis moremalleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.

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After my first attempt at Crossfit last Thursday, I asked Reign City Fit-ness co-owner and trainer Julie Tro,

with stupid sincerity, what exercises she recommended I do the following day. Since she said whatever wasn’t hurting could be exercised, the obvious answer come Friday

was — nothing.The gym opened

up last month, and an advertising salesperson thought it would be a great idea for me to not only write a business story (See Page 16), but take a class on the popular exercise and share my pain with you fine folks.

I thought I was in better shape than most, until I took my first Crossfit class at Reign City. There’s a differ-ence between a person’s workout perfor-mance by themselves and in a group setting. The latter evokes in me some primal need to compete or, at best, avoid epic failure. I was wrecked. I haven’t worked that hard to impress a bunch of strangers in a gym since I was in college.

It was great.Exercise is one of my few good habits,

but I hadn’t pushed myself in a long time. I was in a rut, doing the same routine and neglecting certain exercises, particularly my legs. My residential fitness center is bare-bones, and most coming through its doors

are there for a light walk on a treadmill.Crossfit combines a circuit of exercises,

participants attempting to complete as many circuits possible in a certain amount of time. If you don’t do a lot of pull-ups or squats, Crossfit will definitely shock those muscles you didn’t know existed. I have to thank trainer Alex Konicke for his patience, watching me flop on the pull-up bar like a hooked, dying fish.

The day after my Crossfit session I was limping around the office like a lame dog, but less gracefully. While there had been no taunting to push myself that hard, the group mentality had kicked in and I had something to prove that day at Reign City. There were so many more inspiring people training with me, and seeing them push themselves motivated me to jump back on that bar, and not crawl into a corner to await sweet death.

By the second day, the soreness had dulled significantly. I was back to normal by day three, and glad I no longer grunted when I sat down.

When I went back to my meager gym ac-commodations on Monday, I found myself thinking back to that Crossfit group and what I’d accomplished with a little push. It wasn’t the same as having people there setting a standard, but I know I worked out harder than I would have before taking the class, now aware that my limits go further than I had once thought.


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member Kevin Wallace to be complaining about Sound Transit policies. He was the prime mover in revising the city land use code that made East Link "permitable."

The Bellevue City Council can stop this debacle by disallowing the permits.

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We need better parkingBellevue had a fortuitous opportunity,

just a few years ago, to harness the down-town’s rapid growth in a way that would make the city a showcase. That would have required — minimally — that all high-rise living units include setbacks offering street-level parking for visitors’ cars, delivery vehicles, etc., while also interjecting a modicum of separation between buildings. The required size of the area and number of parking places would rise with heights of the buildings.

There is just one such living unit in the downtown: Bellevue Pacific Tower at 177 107th Ave. N.E., the city’s first and oldest high-rise residence.

It’s too late to apply such requirements to Bellevue’s many newly-completed or in-progress high-rises. But for the future, setbacks for on-street parking (plus, perhaps, a pocket park here and there) should apply to new commercial high-rises as well as residential units.

If such a requirement should give some developers pause in their plans, so much the better, given the break-neck,

no-time-to-do-good-planning pace that has characterized the downtown in the past few years.

Without such setbacks Bellevue will surely become known — for its resulting extreme congestion — as a case study of how not to do city planning amidst rapid growth. The time is right for the city council and planning department to turn the page and usher in better planning and development for the future.

Richard Schonberger, resident, Bellevue Pacific Tower

The case for body camerasThe massive public reaction to the tragic

deaths of three black teens at the hand of white police officers has led to a national call for use of body cameras to record and prevent any future mistreatment of suspects.

There is ample precedent. Animal pro-tection activists have used body cameras to document egregious atrocities and safety violations by workers in the meat, dairy, and egg industries. The resulting videos have led to a number of corrective actions, as well as felony convictions, meat recalls, and even a $500 million civil settlement.

How ironic then that agribusiness interests in seven states (Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, and Utah) have now enacted “ag-gag” laws imposing severe penalties for using body cameras in their agricultural facilities.

Let’s hope that other vested interests do not impose similar restrictions on the use of body cameras by law enforcement officers.

Ben Chambers, Bellevue

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Ripley Ryan, each have spent the last several years learning various coding languages through the TEALS program and on their own.

Both said they aspire to help teach others the benefits of coding.

“My dream is to create software that millions of people will use someday,” Hong said. “It’s amazing to watch the materializa-tion of an idea into an actual product.”

Ryan said his love of computer coding comes from the challenging puzzles and finally get the right piece to fit.

“I want other people to experience that feeling,” he said. “After you’ve spent a lot of time on a problem and the satisfac-tion that comes from solving it.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Hong and Ryan led fellow classmates through a se-ries of coding challenges using animated characters from “Angry Birds” and Disney’s “Frozen.”

According to Hong, the program simplified com-puter coding in an easy to digest and understand method.

One of the students’ TEALS teaching assis-tants, David Broman, who worked at Microsoft for two decades before leaving to pursue his interest in teaching, said the program allowed anyone to learn basic coding.

“It doesn’t matter how much background you have, the tutorial is com-pletely graphical, without any actual coding at all,” he said. “People have this idea that coding is just writing lines and lines, but it’s so much more.”

Now in his third year of TEALS at Bellevue High School, Broman said he and Andrew Smith, a cur-rent Microsoft employee, have combined their

efforts in ways they never thought possible. And the student reaction was beyond what they could imagine.

The first year they taught one class, lessons were planned out a week or so in advance. Now they can reflect back on the lessons and Smith is able to incorporate his work experience within the lesson plans.

“I’m able to use similar techniques that I was just using as the job just hours before,” Smith said. “It lets the students see the real-life application.”

Started in 2010, TEALS now operates in 46 schools throughout Washington and is taught in 131 programs in 18 different states and Wash-ington, D.C.

Each class is co-taught with a classroom teacher, which also gives them the opportunity to learn the specific course material and potentially incorpo-rate it into their lesson plans giving students an even deeper under-standing of what’s being taught, according to Microsoft.

Broman said many of their students are also participating in this Saturday’s Puget Sound Computer Science Teach-ers Association program-ming competition. The 10-problem event chal-lenges teams of three to solve coding problems as quickly as possible.

This year roughly half the students in the two classes combined are slated to compete, he said.

“Coding is paramount to society,” Broman said. “More and more software is helping us control more and more of our lives and there’s more and more job opportunities not getting filled. Hope-fully these classes will build the next generation of coders.”

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CODINGCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

BY REPORTER STAFF

Last month 13 Bellevue elementary schools took on a monumental task, to see which would reduce the most waste in their cafeterias.

The friendly competition, co-spon-sored by Bellevue Utilities and the Bel-levue School District, challenged each building’s staff and students to figure out ways to cut down the tons of waste produced daily at each site.

Jennifer Goodhart, program admin-istrator with Bellevue Utilities, said each of the schools launched its own campaigns in early November, aiming to educate parents, staff and students of the situation at lunchtime.

Students and staff also were urged to bring their lunch leftovers home for snacks, compost food scraps, recycle and use reusable containers for their packed lunches and think critically about what they were buying and bringing for food. Goodhart said the results were “fantastic and showed that the true first-place winner in this contest is the environment.”

Newport Heights Elementary gener-ated the least amount of garbage per student on measurement day, less than a third of a cup.

“Each school had successful results because they involved staff, teachers and students to make a great team,” Goodhart said.

Spiritridge Elementary and Medina Elementary, which placed second and third respectively, received a “Mighty Moose,” award made from recycled materials and engraved with their school’s name. Newport is slated to receive its award later this month, Goodhart said. Newport Elementary staff attributed its success to its “Green Genius” pledge among its staff and students, which asked both to sign a banner of their commitment and make posters to further inform the impacts of reducing waste.

On measurement day the “Green

Genius Fairy” appeared at lunch time with the school’s Green Team to cheer on students as well.

Spiritridge staff stated they used interactive lessons, including a SMART notebook program, to practice sorting along with a video presentation of the impact of waste reduction. Me-dina staff broadcasted daily messages through the school, sent email remind-ers to parents, staff and students, and made posters with helpful tips on ways to reduce waste. Goodhart said there wasn’t any right way to reduce waste and congratulated each school for their efforts.

“Ultimately all schools win by teach-ing students how to conserve resourc-es,” Goodhart said.

Bellevue schools reduce waste

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Students and staff at Newport Heights Elementary worked to reduce their waste.

Sammamish High School has been selected by Microsoft as a 2014-2015 Microsoft Showcase School for its excellence in transforming its learning environment to deliver more personalized education to students, using mobile and cloud technology to better prepare students for success in the work-place. Sammamish teachers worked with a Microsoft research team to develop tools to enhance the company’s OneNote for education.

Educators say the program makes it easier for teachers to distribute course content to students and allows students to use either a keyboard or stylus to write and draw during class.

“Perhaps the most transformational feature … is the opportunity for teachers to see student work in real time through the OneNote tool,” said Bill Palmer, instructional technology curriculum leader at Sammamish. “ Teachers can check the entirety of the student’s work and give individual students or collaborative groups timely feedback.”

Sammamish Principal Tom Duenwald called being selected as a Microsoft Showcase School “an amazing honor and recognition of the passion our teachers and staff have for creating the best learning environments possible.”

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Check out old photos of fly fishing and you'll see it: a couple of guys by the water casting their lines. After all, it was a man's sport. Forty years ago a group of people in Bellevue changed all that.

The Overlake Fly Fishing Club was formed in 1974 with two objectives: create a fly fishing club to serve the Bellevue area and to accept women as members.

At that time, and for decades later, a few local clubs would not allow women as members. But, with its open door policy, OFFC quickly grew in membership and popularity. Today, the geographical area the club serves has expanded to include members from Bremerton to Snoqualmie and Lakewood to Lynnwood with the majority of members coming from Bel-levue, Redmond and Mercer Island. And, as the name says, is a “fly fishing club” with organized outings from Alaska to Mexico and Montana, and to the lakes and rivers of the Olympic Peninsula.

"Our club is energetic and benefits every level of fly fisherman," said club President Bruce Farr. "Whether you are a beginner who wants to learn fly fishing, an advanced fly fisherman that wants to enhance skills or expert who can share skills and tech-niques with others, you will find being an OFFC member an awesome experience."

Farr says the club still maintains the same open door policy and it attracts both local and national fly-fishing legends who frequent the club's monthly meetings, offering presentations. In addition, the monthly dinner meetings feature a raffle that always includes a fly rod and noted

guest speakers and guides are on hand with presentations ranging from specialized techniques to fly fishing locations.

The club meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Redmond VFW Lodge, 4330 148th Ave. N.E. Annual membership dues

are $55 single, $65 family. More informa-tion is available at www.offc.org for details and membership forms.

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Bruce Farr unleashes his cast in the Cedar River during a fly fishing excursion on a perfect afternoon for fishing earlier this year.

Fly fishing club celebrates 40th anniversary of breakthrough

“Wreaths Across America Day” will be celebrated at Bellevue’s Sunset Hills Memo-rial Park Cemetery at 10 a.m. Dec. 13. The ceremony will be open to the public.

At the event, 1,200 wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves in the cemetery, honoring their service and lives sacrificed for freedom. It will be the largest such ceremony in the state. All participants are invited to join in placing wreaths on veter-ans’ graves.

Senior officers of each branch of mili-tary service will place service wreaths,

along with special wreaths honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action.

The event is hosted by the Cascade Centennial Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion Post No. 161, VFW Post No. 299S, Sunset Hills Memorial Park and The Associa-tion of Washington Generals. Assisting will be representatives of the University of Washington ROTC, Liberty High School JNROTC, the Boy Scouts, and the Six-4-0ne Vocal Band.

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■ Benjamin Dysart, of Bellevue, has been awarded a Woodrow Van Fredenberg Scholarship of $700 for the 2014-15 academic year at Eastern Washington Univer-sity. � e scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior who is majoring in music or has performed in the music department. Dysart is a graduate of Interlake High School and the son of Dave and Dana Dysart of Bel-levue. While at Interlake, he participated in band.

■ A number of Bellevue-area children are performing in this year’s performance of the Paci� c Northwest Ballet’s “� e Nutcracker.” � ey are:

Rose Molloy is playing the role of Infantry; Hypatia (Tia) Aldrich is playing the role of Artillery; Julia Hon-ari is playing the role of Cavalry; Sera� na Park is play-ing the role of Tall Servant; Michelle Park is playing the role of Infantry; Anya Shukla is playing the role of In-fantry; Victoria Williams is playing the role of Infantry; Sarah Wu is playing the role of Artillery; Emma Sherrell is playing the role of Teenager; Marianne Bautista is playing the role of Nutcracker; and

Tierney Clark is playing the role of Small Servant; Maggie Liang is playing the role of Chinese Attendant; Ana Chen is playing the role of Cavalry; Nancy Huang is playing the role of Tall Servant; Chelsea Inagawa is playing the role of Pirlipat; Maria Kameoka is playing the role of Tall Servant; Madelyn Kleven is playing the role of Toy � eater Girl; Vivian Ma is playing the role of Little Girl; and

ReisMare Ottaviani is playing the role of Little Boy; Mirmattia Ottaviani is playing the role of Cavalry O� cer; Mallory Kilbreath is playing the role of Scrim Mouse; Eun-Sun Shin is playing the role of Scrim Mouse; Jade Butler is playing the role of Fighting Mice Woman; Sabrina Lawler is playing the role of Baby Mouse; Paige Manne is playing the role of Infantry; and Hanna Roth is playing the role of Infantry.

■ Rabbi David Lipper of Temple B’nai Torah has been recognized by � e Central Conference of Ameri-can Rabbis for engaging in rigorous sustained learning by participating in the CCAR’s intensive Keter Torah program during the past year. Lipper’s advanced studies focused on counseling, worship, congregation dynam-ics, social action and Jewish text study, among other subjects

Lipper has been at Temple B’nai Torah since July.

■ Bellevue-based Clark Nuber’s employees recently pulled out their best crockpot recipes to enter the � rm’s sixth annual Cook-O� Contest to raise money for United Way of King County. � e money was raised by collecting donations from each employ-ee to purchase tastes of the entries. Each taster then cast one vote for their top three favorite recipes. � e top three prize winners were: 1st Place, Steve Shulze, accounting department; 2nd Place, Taylor Martin, tax department; and 3rd Place, Lizzie Rahm of the HR department. � e � rm matched the employee’s dona-tions dollar for dollar.

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� e Sunday mass Nov. 23 was a special one at St. Mary-on-the-Lake in Bellevue. Rev. Gary Mo-relli and John Keane, the honorary consul of Ire-land, were there to honor Sister Rose Donohoe as she celebrated her 100th birthday.

As Morelli honored her at the beginning of prayer, Sister Donohoe’s eyes lit up and the audience responded with applause. It was a day of family, friends and special guests, all there to acknowledge the native of Aughavas, County Leitrim, Ireland, who now lives at the Bellevue Peace and Spirituality Center that also is home to the Western Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace and the residence for many nuns.

At noon, a dinner of shepherd’s pie, salad and ice cream — Sister Donohoe’s choices — was served. A reception, from 2-4 p.m., included about 50 guests. Sister Eileen Keane wrote words for “happy birthday to you,” accompanied by Sister Ida Mary. All in the room joined in the song, to the delight of Sister Donohoe.

� e conversation in the room had an Irish brogue as her nephew, Donal

Gormley and his wife, Sheila, came from Ireland. A niece, � erese Donohoe Michels, came with her husband, Paul, and their family. Friends who live here, but knew Sister Dono-hoe’s family in Ireland, shared stories from former days there.

Also present were some students of Sister Donohoe and people from Visitation Parish in Tacoma, where she ministered for many years.

As she was born in Ireland, Sister Donohoe receives The Centenar-ian's Bounty, a national award made by Irish President Michael D. Hig-

gins to Irish-born people when they reach 100 years of age. A letter of con-gratulations signed by the Irish president accompa-nies the award, which also includes a check from the president totaling about $3,200.

Keane, the honorary consul, noted that each year Sister Donohoe will receive another gi� from the presi-dent to honor her majority age. And, on her 101st and every subsequent birthday, she also will receive a spe-cial commemorative coin in a presentation box, along with another congratula-tory letter signed by the president.

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Sister Rose Donohoe talks with John Keane, the honorary consul of Ireland.

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“It’s better than the movie.”

You’ve heard the refrain before, usually as a term of lament for a much beloved

book subjected to a less than lov-ing film adapta-tion.

But in this case — the intermis-sion-time

chatter between acts of “A Christmas Story, The Musical” —the statement was countlessly repeated as high praise for the stage adaptation of a holiday film classic.

Director Brandon Ivie, an Eastside native who worked

on the musical’s develop-ment at 5th Avenue in 2010 and its suc-cessful run on Broadway, has returned to the Pacific Northwest for the official stage revival of a flawless spectacle of comedic bril-liance and Christmas cheer.

While the show focuses mostly on Ralphie Parker (Mark Jeffrey James Weber) and his mission to con-vince his parents, The Old Man (Dane Stokinger) and Mother (Jessica Skerritt) by any means necessary that “a Red Ryder carbine action BB gun with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time,” really is

the best Christmas present of all, the show is so much more.

Based loosely on the life of radio legend Jean Shepard, his book “In God

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name, the show is a time capsule of what life was like in the 1940s, when children lived simpler lives and every American strived for the “nuclear family.”

Narrated by Jean Shepard (Kurt Beattie), each mo-ment of the show draws the audience in further.

Using many of the same stage directions and the majority of the same set pieces as the Broadway pro-duction, you feel whisked away to each location including Santa’s haunt at Higbee’s, Ralphie’s school and the playground where they discover if a tongue truly will stick to the flag-pole or Ralphie’s house and its faulty furnace.

When the Parker’s drive to pick out their tree and get a flat tire, the usage of half a car is cinematic and provides the perfect vehicle

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A Pacific Northwest band is trying to get its name out while simultaneously raising money for local arts educa-tion by taking on the Bands-4Good Challenge.

The competition, an ef-fort to celebrate new music, recognize up-and-coming artists and give fans the ability to vote, Bands4Good is a national contest focused on showcasing unknown talent and raising money to keep music in schools.

People can purchase addi-tional votes with the proceeds going to various organizations working to keep arts pro-grams in schools, a cause near and dear to Bellevue resident

Joe Marzullo. However, despite their best efforts, the band DedElectric just missed the competition’s next round.

Marzullo, the guitarist for DedElectric, a classic-rock, grunge group, officially formed in April 2013, after

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“We try to create a very large sound from the four of us,” Marzullo said. “Rock and Roll never died, it just went home for a while and we’re trying to coax it back out.”

In an effort to show off their rock prowess, the band decided to accept an invita-tion from Bands4Good’s organizer earlier this fall. In between recording their first studio album and their numerous day jobs, the band has reached out to friends and fans to help raise money and get them into the semi-finals.

As of Wednesday after-noon, the band had received 1,950 votes, good enough for 30th place. DedElectric cur-rently has two songs available: “The Gap” a slower, grungey tale of rock and blues, and “Ten Thousands Eyes,” which was released shortly after-ward. Marzullo said the new-est track is a sort of homage to classic rock legends Pink Floyd.

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“A Christmas Story, The Musical” plays through Dec. 30 at the 5th Av-enue Theatre. Tickets, starting at $29, are available online at www.5thavenue.org or by phone at 206-625-1900.

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Fitness trainer takes on weight of new businessBY BRANDON MACZBELLEVUE REPORTER

Fitness trainer Julie Tro pushes her clients to give their all in the gym, and holds herself to the same standard when it comes to

running her new business in Bellevue.

Reign City Fitness opened its doors last month inside the former 24 Hour Fitness on 140th Avenue Northeast and Bel-Red Road, offering personal training and popular group fitness classes.

The former group fit-

ness director for Vision Quest Sport and Fitness in Mountlake Terrace, Tro was voted Best Fitness Instruc-tor in western Washington by Evening Magazine in 2012 and 2013, taking third place in 2014, despite not instructing at the time.

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Brazen Sotheby’s International Realty has launched a new interactive touch-screen monitor at its Crossroads storefront, al-lowing homebuyers and sellers access to its multiple real estate listings before they even walk through the front door.

Joseph Brazen tapped Boston-based ImageSurge Incorporated for its interactive display technology following a conference

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“We first saw the technology there and, right away, Joe … he was immedi-ately drawn to the machine,” said Hanna Penberthy, marketing director from Brazen Sotheby’s, adding the display allows people

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Rather than taking back returned items, the online store will redirect them to Habitat’s ReStores, which sell new and gently used building materials and home products at dis-counted prices.

ATG Marketing Direc-tor Nick Hupka said returned merchandise will simply be routed to the closest ReStore to where the items were shipped.

Habitat for Humanity runs a Bellevue ReStore at 13500 Bel-Red Road.

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Penberthy said Brazen Sotheby’s utilization of the new interactive display technol-ogy has not led to a direct sale so far, but has increased the number of people coming through the realty company’s doors. This is the first real estate window touch gallery in the Northwest, and the third on the West Coast.

“This thing runs 24 hours a day,” she said. “There are people interacting with it constantly.”

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CenturyLink will launch a pilot program early next year to pro-vide gigabit Internet service once a new fiber optic network is installed in targeted areas of the country, including Bellevue’s West Lake Hills area.

“We’ll definitely be trying it in Bellevue. It’s just the timing of when it will be readily available,” said Meg Andrews, a spokes-

woman for Century-Link in Seattle, adding fiber optic installation to occur this year needed to be pushed back to early 2015. “It’s more making sure the weather is right for installing it.”

Andrews said resi-dents and businesses within the pilot area of Bellevue were contact-ed through direct mail about options to par-ticipate and provide feedback under a trial offer. She added this will be the first time gigabit Internet has been made available in the area.

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The somber faces said it all as the Bellevue Wolverines gazed across the field, watching the Eastside

Catholic Crusaders celebrate their first state football championship in school history on Dec. 5 at the Tacoma Dome.

Eastside Catholic’s 35-13 win against Bellevue snapped the Wolverines’ 67-game winning streak and de-nied the school a seventh straight state crown.

There was a mix-ture of tears, hugs and dejected faces on the Wolverines sideline and rightfully so after a hard nosed battle between the Eastside powerhouses.

Despite the loss, the Wolverines handled the setback with class and humility fol-lowing the game.

Sometimes when a team suffers a heart-breaking defeat, coaches or players may avoid talking with members of the media. This wasn’t the case with the Wolverines.

Immediately following the game I interviewed Bellevue head coach Butch Goncharoff and two Wolverines players. They were gracious in defeat and very complimentary of the stalwart perfor-mance unveiled by the Eastside Catho-lic Crusaders. I even watched Bellevue offensive lineman Henry Roberts mill around the field long after the game had ended so he could personally greet and congratulate Eastside Catholic’s quar-terback Harley Kirsch. I was one of the last reporters on the field interviewing Kirsch. When my interview was complete, Roberts made a point to shake his rivals’ hand and congratulate him on the state title before heading to the locker room.

The Wolverines definitely are not a pro-gram used to losing, but the way the play-ers handled it showed their character. The Bellevue football program will rebound from its setback against Eastside Catholic. The coaching staff is top notch and their attention to detail and discipline creates champions on the field and off field.

The Wolverines return a bevy of play-ers from this year’s team next season. Quarterback Justus Rogers, cornerback Isaiah Gilchrist, receiver Tyson Penn and running back Ercle Terrell are talented playmakers who will be senior leaders for the Wolverines in 2015. Another lengthy winning streak is definitely on the hori-zon for Bellevue.

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In the Redzone

Eastside Catholic defeats Bellevue for 3A state titleBY SHAUN SCOTTBELLEVUE REPORTER

A winning streak of epic proportions came to a screeching halt in the Class 3A state football championship game.

Eastside Catholic snapped Bellevue's 67-game winning streak and denied the Wolver-ines their seventh consecutive state championship with a convincing 35-13 victory on Dec. 5 at the Tacoma Dome. It was the first time the Wol-verines have suffered a defeat since their September 2010 loss to the Skyline Spartans.

Bellevue jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a Sam Richmond 5-yard touchdown run with 3:39 left in the first quarter. The touchdown was set up by a 72-yard run by Bellevue run-ning back Ercle Terrell earlier in the drive. Bellevue speed-ster Isaiah Gilchrist scored on a 56-yard touchdown run, giving Bellevue a 13-7 lead with 11:01 left in the second

quarter.The Wolverines wouldn't

score again for the rest of the game. Eastside Catholic outscored Bellevue 28-0 in the final 24 minutes, 30 seconds of the game. Bellevue came into the game allowing a mere 5.4 points per game, but had

trouble stopping the dynamic Eastside Catholic duo of Har-ley Kirsch and Brandon Wel-lington. Kirsch went 20-for-22 for 188 yards passing and two touchdowns while Wellington rumbled for 110 yards rush-ing and three touchdowns. Bellevue head coach Butch

Goncharoff praised Eastside Catholic's performance fol-lowing the game.

"The best team won. They were better in every phase of the game and they beat us,"

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Bellevue running back Ercle Terrell is stopped for a short gain against the Eastside Catholic Crusaders. Terrell had a 72-yard run in the first quarter of play in the Class 3A state championship game on Dec. 5 at the Tacoma Dome.

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Goncharoff said. "We were in catch-up mode the whole time and it felt like they just came out and kind of imposed their will on us. They were the better team."

Wolverines' offensive lineman Henry Roberts, who will play for the University of Washington in 2015, echoed Goncharoff 's sentiment.

"We didn't lose, they won. They played good and just had a better day. Their of-fense was dominating our defensive line. Hats off to them. We just got to move on," Roberts said.

Gilchrist, who is the Wolverines No. 1 cover corner, was gracious in defeat.

"They played a hell of a game. They came out and they were the better team. They beat us in all aspects of the game," he said.


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BOYS BASKETBALLNewport wins nail-biter opener

Newport Knights shooting guard Jake Higgins sank two free throws with 3.8 seconds left in regulation, propel-ling the Knights to a 55-54 win against the Mercer Island Islanders on Dec. 6 at Mercer Island High School. Newport (1-0) will host the Redmond Mustangs at 8 p.m. today in Factoria.

Bellevue conquers KingsThe Bellevue Wolverines grinded out a hard-fought

70-66 win against the King's Knights on Dec. 3 in Bellevue. Bellevue (1-0) will face the Interlake Saints in a KingCo Division battle at 8 p.m. today at Interlake High School in Bellevue.

GIRLS BASKETBALLBellevue dominates Stanwood

A loss in the season opener was quickly put in the rearview mirror by the Bellevue Wolverines girls basket-ball team. Bellevue picked up its first win of the 2014-15 season with a 64-47 win against Stanwood on Dec. 6 in Stanwood. The Wolverines (1-1) will face the Interlake Saints at 6:30 p.m. today at Interlake High School in Bel-levue.

BY SHAUN SCOTTBELLEVUE REPORTER

Newport Knights senior basketball player Jake Higgins wasn't satisfied with his junior season on the hardwood.

The Knights missed the playoffs during the 2013-14 season, but don't expect to miss the postseason this year. Higgins, who stands 6 feet 3 inches, is one of the leaders of a senior-laden squad with lofty goals for the

2014-15 season. "We gel together well as a team.

Everybody is friends on and off the court. That makes a big difference. We work really well together. All of us understand that you don't have to score 20 points per game. All you

have to do is just pass the ball, move the ball and get the best shot possible.

That kind of mindset is going to win us games," Higgins said.

Higgins, who relishes the role of being the Knights' starting shooting guard, said his height gives him a distinct advantage against smaller guards.

"It's easier to rise up and get my shot up when I have a smaller defender on me. My shot looks the same every single time," he said. "I have been playing basketball ever since my dad put the ball in my hand when I was four or five years old. I have loved it ever since."

Higgins benefits from having 6-foot-7-inch Calvin Throckmorton dominating the low post for the Knights.

"It's awesome because once he gets the ball down low the defense just sucks down and converges on him," he said. "That allows me and the other guards to get open shots."

Recently the Bellevue Reporter had an opportunity to ask Higgins a few questions about his life away from the

basketball court.

Bellevue Reporter: What is your biggest pet peeve?

Jake Higgins: When people don't try. I really don't like it when I'm try-ing to do focused things and people just goof off.

BR: Who is your pick to win the Super Bowl in February of 2014?

JH: The Seattle Seahawks.

BR: If you could pick one person to go to dinner with, who would it be?

JH: I would probably go to dinner with "Chance the Rapper." He's my favorite rapper right now. It would be cool to meet him.

BR: What is your favorite restaurant in Bellevue?JH: I'm going to go with Mod Pizza. It's the best.

BR: What is something unique about you that no-body would know?

JH: I like to go camping with my family. I like the out-doors. We usually go camping up in Cle Elum.

BR: What are you listening to the most in your iPod right now?

JH: J. Cole's (rapper) new album just came out so I have been listening to that.

BR: What is your favorite hobby away from basketball?

JH: I like to play video games.


Proficient from the perimeter Newport shooting guard Jake Higgins wants to lead his team to the playoffs

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Keith Clarence BergevinKeith was born January 1, 1922 in

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He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Washington State College. Enlisting in the Army to serve in WWII he rose to the level of Master Sergeant. Keith was stationed in the Petit Palaise in Paris with General Eisenhower where he developed a passion for French design. Upon his return from the war, WSC had developed a new School of Interior Design which Keith would enroll in. He graduated in 1948, moved to Seattle and began employment at the Bon Marche. This is where he would meet Joan Birkeland who he would marry June 22, 1951. Keith and Joan built a home on Mercer Island in 1953 and there they raised their two sons Jay Keith Bergevin (Karen) and Scott Evans Bergevin (Janine).

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Initially wanting to go out alone, Tro was ap-proached by colleagues Aaron Salo and Mike Wong about joining forces. Being able to o�er as many suc-cessful �tness programs meant bringing them in, along with Cross�t trainer Alex Konicke, as co-owners in Reign City. Mieko Hart of Mieko Fitness, who owns the former 24 Hour Fitness building, o�ered up the space.

“We got the keys and we got one month to get in here,” Tro said.

Leaving behind a follow-ing of about 500 clients in Mountlake Terrace, Reign City has about 60 members now, with plenty of room

to grow inside the large building.

“We’re kind of like a clean slate here,” said Konicke, adding the pool, sauna and steam room may be brought back once mem-bership grows over the next year. “We’re being asked about it a lot. It will be a signi�cant cost to �x it up.”

�e basketball and racquetball courts are being eyed for possible complementary retail space, Konicke said, but those dis-cussions remain ongoing.

Reign City currently o�ers Zumba, TRX, Booty Bootcamp, Cross�t, yoga and other group �tness classes, with plans to open up extra space as more are added.

“Our Number One goal is our clients’ success,” Tro said. “It’s not to make money. �at’s going to be residual. … We want people who love to work out or

who don’t know they love to work out.”

All programs and classes can be modi�ed to allow members of any �tness level the ability to train safely and e�ectively, Konicke said. �e idea is that train-ers know their members and their goals, and provide a fun and challenging

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Although the Legislature agreed last month that the state’s economy is improving, only $430 million in additional revenue is expected for this biennium and $2.9 billion in the next.

“You can see that there’s a problem, a $4.4 billion problem,” Hunter said. “It’s a big gap, what are we going to do? I have no idea how to pay for this.”

Hunter told the Reporter the “rhinoceros in the room” is that he doesn’t have the two-thirds majority vote needed to alter the passage of I-1351, which itself is slated to cost at least $2 billion in the upcoming bien-nium and could be as much as $12 billion in the following years.

“I know I don’t have the votes today so we’ll continue to do what we always do, which is work on the budget,” he said.

Currently state revenue comes from three major sources, he said. Fi�y per-cent from retail sales tax, 19 percent from business and occupation tax and 12 percent from property taxes.

Hunter said it could be possible to make some cuts, but most areas that could have funding reduced include higher education, children services, mental health services and/or close a prison. But no one on either side of the political aisle wants to do that, he said.

Raising the sales tax doesn’t seem viable as consumers will simply shop more and more online to avoid the increase and in turn, decrease the state’s revenue. Getting enough votes

to increase property tax seems as easy as climbing Mount Rainier in the winter in �ip �ops, so that’s not likely to happen either, Hunter said.

As a step toward a solution, Hunter said he’s focusing on capital gains taxes, which tax investment pro�ts.

Gov. Jay Inslee is reportedly review-ing the potential of taxing polluters in the state, but Hunter said he is unsure how far along the plan is and or what it looks like.

“�ere’s no magic solution,” Hunter said. “We need a more modern tax code to deal with the modern economy, one that is more fair in its application to the overall economy and isn’t putting the onus on the middle and lower class.”

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Neighborhoods for Sensible Energy, formed a�er PSE announced the project, had a strong showing dur-ing Wednesday’s meeting, speak-

ing out against reports early in the meeting that the four routes that remained were the best of the alter-natives presented. CENSE is pushing for alternative energy solutions that would not require erecting large power poles and running trans-mission lines through residential

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Bellevue residents objecting to Puget Sound En-ergy's Energize Eastside project raised more concerns on Monday about the company selected by the city to provide a third-party analysis of future energy demands on the Eastside and whether those �ndings match up with PSE's projections.

�e city council approved an agreement with Util-ity Systems E�ciencies, Inc., on Monday for up to $100,000 to perform an independent technical analysis of PSE's Energize Eastside project.

�e study was prompted by concerned residents who question the energy company's claims the project, which would run 18 miles of 230kV lines between Red-mond and Renton, is needed to prevent energy capacity issues estimated to occur as early as 2017.

A number of those residents, many belonging to the Coalition of Eastside Neighborhoods for Sensible Energy, told the council the selected company for the independent study lacks insight into leading-edge clean energy solutions and that stakeholders like CENSE should have had more input in the selection process. �ose who have spoken out against the energy capacity project are pushing for alternative solutions to overhead transmission lines.

Katherine Taylor, a senior government a�airs expert with PSE, told the council Monday the energy company is con�dent in its own analysis, and supports the third-party study.

"We are eager to have our studies validated by an independent reviewer," Taylor said.

Fourteen �rms were solicited for contract bids to complete the independent study, said Bellevue Senior Planner Nicholas Matz, USE being one of two �nalists interviewed by a selection committee before the com-pany was recommended to the council.

A �nal report is expected to be completed by February, before work begins later that month on the environmental impact statement process needed for Energize Eastside to proceed.

�e �rst phase of the EIS process will allow the city and residents to weigh in as to what alternative solutions should be explored, said Mike Brennan, city director of development services, while USE is being re-tained just to determine whether the purpose and need for Energize Eastside truly exists as outlined by PSE. USE's access to proprietary data from PSE will allow it to "hit the ground running," added Matz.

Councilmember John Chelminiak said he wants a future meeting to address an alternative plan submitted by Don Marsh with CENSE. Mayor Claudia Balducci said innovative solutions are needed, but those solu-tions should not leave the city open to the risk of losing energy capacity.

"I don't know how bleeding edge we want to be," she said.

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MANAGERSound Publishing has an immediate opening for an experienced Regional Sales Manager in our National Sales department. This position is based out of our Belle- vue, WA office, near the I-90/ I-405 interchange (Factoria). Compensa- t ion inc ludes a base salary plus commission, excellent benefits, 401k wi th company match, and paid time-off.

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REPORTERT h e G r ay s H a r b o r Publishing Group on Grays Harbor, Wash., has an opening for a full-time reporter with an emphasis on local sports writing. We’re looking for someone to produce clear, brightly wr i t ten h igh school prep spor ts s tor ies relevant to real people reading us in print, on our website and in social media. Ability to take photos is necessary, as is familiarity w i t h s o c i a l m e d i a . Grays Harbor is on the Washington Coast, an hour from the Olympic Rain Forest and two hours f rom Seat t le. Benefits include, but are not limited to paid vacation, sick and holidays, medical, dental and life insurance, and a 401(K) p lan w i th company match. Send a cover letter, resume and writ ing samples to: [email protected] qualified applicants will be considered for employment. Qualified applicants selected for interview wil l be required to complete an application.

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REPORTERT h e a w a r d - w i n n i n g w e e k l y n e w s p a p e r , Bainbr idge Island Re- view on beautiful Bain- bridge Island, WA, has an opening for a general assignment reporter. We want a skilled and pas- sionate writer who isn’t afraid to tackle meaty news stor ies. Exper i - ence with photography and Adobe InDes ign pre fer red. Appl icants must be able to work in a team-oriented, deadline-driven environment, possess excellent writing skills, have a knowledge of community news and be able to write about multiple topics. Must re- locate to Kitsap County. This is a full-time position that includes excellent benefits: medical, dental, l i fe insurance, 401k, paid vacation, sick and holidays. EOE. No calls please. Send resume with cover letter, three or more non-re- turnable clips in PDF or Text format and references to

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1 PLOT; 2 Cremations at Greenwood Memor ia l Park , Renton. In the Beauti ful “G” Garden. Asking $8,000, includes opening and c los ing. Valued at $10,000, seller will share transfer fees. Call Ed; 425-235-2668

2 RESTING PLACES in desirable Sunset Memo- rial Park. Great views to reflect upon memories. Located in the Garden of Rest. Side by side, spaces 3 and 4, lot 57. Ask- ing $6000 ea or best offer. Seller will pay fee. Call Bill at 425-679-6364

ACACIA Memorial Park, “Birch Garden”, (2) adja- cent cemetery plots, #3 & #4. Se l l ing $4,000 each or $7,500 both. They wi l l charge you $5,000 each. Located in Shoreline / N. Seattle. Call or email Emmons Johnson, 206-794-2199, [email protected]

BEAUTIFUL LOCATION 1 Plot for sale. Value $5000. asking $3,000. Mature floral landscape with fountain. Peaceful location in “Garden of Flowers”. Desirable Bon- ney Watson, Sea Tac, near A i r por t . P lease leave message, I will return your call 206-734- 9079.

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CHRISTMAS KITTENS Ragdoll Maine Coon mix kittens (6), will be huge, docile, dog like. Raised under foot never caged. Raised with dogs and great with kids. 8 weeks. Sealpoints, Bluepoints, tabby, black & black & white. Shots, wormed, garaunteed. $300 no checks please. Week- end delivery possible. Sorry no pics. Available Bengal Maincoon Mix. 425-350-0734.

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AKC Standard Poodle Puppies. Ready Now for t he i r fo reve r homes. B lack, Brown & Red. Healthy & well socialized. Proud, graceful, noble, good-natured, en- joyable and cheerfu l . This highly intel l igent dog is one of the most trainable breeds. Micro chipped & housebroken. Parents are health test- ed. $950. www.ourpoeticpoodles.comor call 509-582-6027AKC YELLOW LAB puppies. 3 females, 2 males are ready for their loving homes. Hunting bred & wonderful companions! Both parents on s i te. Dew-clawed, wormed, 1st shots. Born October 4th. $600 each. Roches- ter. Call Chuck 360-250- 4559.

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basic computer coding

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