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Juanita advances to quarterfinals behind Ahmed’s 6 TDsBY MATT PHELPS

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� e Juanita High School football team advanced to the second round of the state playo� s by crushing Columbia River, 57-7, on Saturday in Vancouver, Wash.

� e Rebels were led by running back Salvon Ahmed, who racked up 230 yards and six touchdowns.

“I’ve seen a lot of football in my years of coaching

and a lot of great perfor-mances,” said Juanita High School head football coach Lele Te’o. “Salvon’s night on Saturday was amazing to witness and be a part of.”

Ahmed began the game with a 54-yard touchdown run and never slowed down.

Columbia River scored its only points of the game during the � rst quarter, but the Rebels took a 23-7 lead into hal� ime.

� e Rebels put the game

away with 34 third-quarter points. Ahmed and his blockers managed to score on three separate plays of more than 40 yards each.

“We scored � ve TD’s in eight plays during the third quarter,” Te’o said.

Ahmed would � n-ish the game with his longest scoring run of the

contest, 57 yards.Te’o said that the of-

fensive line did a good job making

blocks a� er their initial assignments on the line of scrimmage.

“Our of-fensive line

did a really good job of getting to the next level and trust-

ing each other,” Te’o said. “Salvon has always put a lot

of faith in those guys to get it done and they continue to block hard for him. � ey get so excited to see him score and work really hard because they know that if they get to where they need to be, that Salvon will make something happen. I couldn’t be more proud of all of those guys. It’s a great group of kids.”

For Ahmed, he has scored a total of 10 touch-downs in the past two games alone.

Rebels quarterback Tavin Montgomery passed for 172 yards during the game.

Another big factor in the win was that the Rebels

Running back torches Columbia River for 230 yards in 57-7 win, Rebels play Blanchet tomorrow night in Seattle in state playo�

State playo� s� e Juanita High

School football team will play Blanchet at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Me-morial Stadium at the Seattle Center.

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Kirkland resident Jenny Shyu strikes a pose while performing at a � gure skating competition. A member of the Kingsgate Skating Club, she trains at the Sno-King Ice Arena in Kirkland. She recently took second at the regional Paci� c Coast Figure Skating Championship and will compete this weekend at sectionals in Los Angeles. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, Jenny Shyu

Kirkland girl is cool on the iceBY TJ MARTINELL

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Kirkland resident Jenny Shyu has successfully found a winning blend of � gure skating and ballet.

Tomorrow, Shyu will compete at the Paci� c Coast Sectional Figure Skating Championship in California a� er taking second at the regional competition. If she quali� es, she will advance to nationals.

For the 12-year-old Finn Hill Middle School student, the second place � nish out of 21 skaters is a vast improvement over her performance last year, when she placed 11th out of 22. Jenny’s parents and coaches at the Kingsate Skating Club attribute it to a combination of persistence, dedication and creatively integrating her ballet experience onto the ice. Along the way, she has amassed other victories, including more than a few medals.

She � rst started skating at age 5, when her parents got her skating lessons at a summer camp.

“I didn’t want her to

From Oz to the Olympics?

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City prepares to lobby Sound Transit about its easement on CKCBY TJ MARTINELL

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Kirkland city o� cials have found themselves between a rock and a hard place over possible rapid transit on the Cross Kirk-land Corridor (CKC).

� e biggest complicat-ing factor in the discussion is that while the city owns the CKC, Sound Transit’s easement rights supersedes their ownership. Sound Transit ultimately has the authority to place whatever the organization wants, or not, on the corridor.

At the moment, the city is trying to lobby Sound Transit to get bus rapid transit (BRT) on the CKC as part of their 2016 ST3 ballot measure for voter approval. Kirkland o� cials envision electric buses on a road running parallel to the trail.

At the same time, the city is simultaneously trying to address concerns by residents, many of whom feel the plans have come up suddenly and le� little time for discussion.

Yesterday, city o� cials held an open meeting for residents to bring questions or express their thoughts (a� er Reporter deadline).

While the CKC mas-terplan envisions transit on the corridor, it doesn’t specify precisely what type of transit or what kind the city would like to see.

City Manager Kurt Triplett said that this situ-

ation puts the city in a dicey position that

could result in a rapid transit system not best suited for Kirk-land commut-ers. Addition-

ally, he said that anticipated growth,

along with current tra� c congestion, makes it im-perative that they get more transportation options in the city. Because Sound Transit ballot measure proj-ects o� en take years, even decades, to actually get o� the ground, he said they can’t wait for another ballot measure.

“� is is the time to get Sound Transit service,” he said. “We can’t miss the mo-

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It was a strange sight for Kirkland resident Ryan Hutcherson to see a man

in scrubs carrying a spade fork down the road.

“I thought, ‘I hope he doesn’t attack me with that,’” he said. “Of course you put it out of your mind because you don’t think it’s going to happen.”

Watching the man from the bus stop between 119th Street and 145th Street, Hutcherson said he looked like a member of some boy band, short spiky hair and stubble. He was calm, and there was no expression on his face.

Approaching Hutcherson, the man said, “Hey, what’s up?”

Before Hutcherson could

even answer, the man stabbed him in the face with the tilling spade and then ran off. The spikes had struck Hutcherson in the mouth and his eye, causing him to bleed. As he recovered and sought help, he said a cop drove by. The officer was on the hunt for that man, who had already attacked several other people after leaving

EvergreenHealth earlier that morning. The KPD was first contacted by hospital staff out of concern, followed shortly after that by reports of the assaults.

Directing the officer to where the man had run off, Hutcherson said he man-aged to flag some people down to help him and call for an ambulance. He was taken to the hospital. While the KPD press release said that none of the victims had life-threatening inju-ries, Hutcherson still had significant wounds requir-ing stitches. He was also found to have a fractured nose, left eye socket and left eyebrow, in addition to severe nerve damage to his front teeth. An indentation in his cheek made by one of the spikes is still there, he said.

The man who stabbed him was later arrested by Kirkland police when they found him naked and bleeding in a cul-de-sac at the 14300 block of 118th Avenue NE after he had jumped through the bed-room window of a home, where he had assaulted the female resident. The police were able to keep the suspect alive by applying a tourni-quet before taking him to Harborview Medical Center. In all, he had assaulted five people in a 30 minute period of time. Due to his proximity to Robert Frost Elementary School, police notified school officials, who initiated lockdown protocol.

An investigation is under-way, but Murray said they are already looking at felony charges for assault and pos-sibly burglary as well.

Kirkland man recounts being attacked with spade fork Streets closed for Hopelink Turkey Trot on Nov. 22

Commuters should expect traffic delays due to the an-nual Hopelink Turkey Trot to be held Nov. 22 in Marina Park.

The Lakeshore Plaza Parking Lot and Kirkland Avenue from Lake Street to the city dock will be closed to traffic from 5 a.m. until 3 p.m. The southbound lane of Lake Street from Kirkland Avenue to 2nd Avenue South will close temporarily at 10 a.m. for approximately 20 minutes. Commuters should watch for increased pedestri-an traffic along the Kirkland waterfront between Kirkland Avenue and Carillon Point from 10 a.m. to noon.

The Hopelink hosted event attracts more than 1,500 par-ticipants each year and raises money to provide assistance to low-income families in east and north King County.

Event goers are encour-aged to walk, bike, or carpool and plan for parking in advance.

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Earlier this year the Kirkland City Council approved a $250,000 conceptual design plan for a BRT they hope to present to Sound Transit in order to convince them to place it on the ballot. Triplett said the design plan would provide the city with strong vision of what the BRT would look like in terms of scale and feel, which he said would be a smaller, less expen-sive and less impactful BRT system. The study might also be applicable if King County Metro ever decided to implement re-gional express bus routes.

While some residents are adamantly opposed to rapid transit on the cor-ridor at all, others believe the city should not be taking a pro-rapid transit stance on the matter either way.

Triplett said that on top of trying to secure bene-fits for Kirkland residents who pay taxes to Sound Transit, the current mood on the ST board favors light rail systems, which he and other city officials believe would be less appropriate for Kirkland. BRT has more flexibility, less impact on the sur-rounding neighborhoods

and lower costs, accord-ing to city officials. For example, BRT buses could go off the CKC and onto regular roads at intersec-tions rather than require additional structures to accommodate a light rail system.

Because of this, city officials say they need to advocate in favor of BRT or else risk seeing a light rail system installed in the corridor that might not take into account Kirkland’s particular transportation needs.

At the council’s Sept. 15 meeting, Mayor Amy Walen said without the

study any lobbying to Sound Transit could result in a BRT that fits a general model rather than the most optimized.

“What you have to do is be a self starter,” she said. “And you have to go and show Sound Transit what you mean, because when we say BRT on the Cross Kirkland Corridor what they hear is ‘This is how we do BRT. It’s a 60 foot right-of-way. It’s this size of buses. This is how much its costs per mile.’ They have a huge ma-chine that grinds out one model of BRT.”

Triplett also argued that

the city has intentionally developed and absorbed growth in such a way as to put it in a position to receive Sound Transit services.

“We’ve been running to keep up with them,” he said.

Sound Transit will create a draft of the final projects next month, with a final decision some-time early next year. The Sound Transit Board first adopted a list of possible projects in August.

The short time-frame of the process is the result of the state legislature’s spe-cial session, which lasted an extra 75 days, forcing Sound Transit to delay their own examination of possible projects until they received authoriza-tion from the legislature to put a measure on the

ballot. Also, Triplett said that

because of Sound Transit’s easement rights, the city is very unlikely to ever further develop the CKC interim trail until a deci-sion is made on what kind of transit will go in there.

Although the city’s hope is to allow the cur-rent trail to remain where

it is, with BRT on the east section of the corridor, if and when Sound Transit puts rapid

transit on the cor-ridor, their actual

design might require the city to move the trail. If this happened, the city would be liable for all financial costs associated with moving it.

“It’s going to happen sooner or later,” Triplett said. “We want it to be sooner, and we want it to be right.”

This graphic is an example of what sections of the Cross Kirkland Corridor could look like with bus service added. CONTRIBUTED, city of Kirkland

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Concerned about buses on the CKC

I’m writing to express signi� cant concern with what appears to be the city’s plan to lobby for bus rapid transit on the Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC). In fact, as articulated at the council meet-ing on Nov. 4, the expectation is a bus every two or three minutes.

What I ask for is transparency on behalf of the city and a willingness to listen to the voice of the citizens. I understand mass transit on the CKC has always been in the city’s plan, with encourage-ment from big business and developers (who seem to now have a greater say than residents) but I’ve questioned, throughout the CKC planning process, how much the views and opinions of the citizens of Kirkland have seemingly had little impact.

Bus rapid transit on the corridor wasn’t even an option for Sound Transit to study, until it suddenly appeared as a new project, a change if you will, on Aug. 27 of this year. It was something that had not been discussed, until Mayor [Amy] Walen sug-gested this on July 8. I’m in agreement with many that light rail is expensive and a long shot. What hasn’t been answered is why ruining this resource is even an option.

Next came the $250,000 investment for a sales piece and lobbying e� ort which speaks to the needs wants and desires of “Kirkland o� cials, businesses and residents.” In all due respect, I can’t

help but think that this is the exact order of priority that city o� cials and sta� had in mind as they’ve attempted to push this through. Kirkland o� -cial, businesses and sadly and last, residents. � e brochure encouraged citizen comment, but due to an administrative error, only addresses ending in “kirklandwa.gov” could successfully send feedback.

A local Kirkland blog recently posted an interac-tive poll that asked, “Does your vision of the Cross Kirkland Corridor include buses?” It may not be the most scienti� c poll, but the results have been overwhelming. 469 people have cast their ballot. � is is an issue that Kirkland residents are very passionate about. 469 people (and you can only vote once, I tried). Just over 84 percent said no and 16 percent said yes. Coming o� of election day, I would say those are pretty impressive numbers.

As citizens of this city, we deserve better. � e Cross Kirkland Corridor is a true community gem. Bus rapid transit belongs on I-405 with connec-tions from that area to the downtown core. � is is where Kirkland’s conversations with Sound Transit need to be focused.Gary Greenberg, Kirkland

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On Nov. 13, we experienced a combined phone and internet outage from around 8 a.m.

through 7 p.m. We noted that the north end of Holmes Point Drive was closed, and thanks to the emergency crews working all day on repairing the damage. No surprise, my consult-ing work came to a nearly complete halt except a few items I could handle via mobile phone. I pay a higher price for having business coverage; likewise I pay business tax for Kirkland, which was not the case when we were unincorporated King County.

We also noted that the North end of Holmes point Drive is a general point of concern. We had a nearly full day power outage in August also due to power line issues on the north end.

� erefore, I would like to ask you and the copied stakeholders to consider miti-

gating and minimizing future risk to improve the security of power and Internet lines. At the same time, it would improve the safety of people in cars and on bikes using the north end. I could imagine that putting the lines below the ground would go a long way; in contrast to the north end, the south end with power lines in the ground is not a� ected at least not during the 10 years I live here. If you just see the erratic � ow of the utility lines and poles at the north end, I am not surprised about the high number of issues.Joachim Veith, Kirkland

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Why is the development of a vibrant arts and culture sector such an important element in the progress of the East-

side? It’s a fair question. A� er all, if you’re will-ing to sit in tra� c, pay a toll, and spring for a $20 parking tab, there’s plenty to do in Seattle. But there are 600,000 people who live and work on the sunrise side of the lake and they can’t borrow their cultural life from Seattle forever.

About ten years ago, I came across a book entitled “� e Rise of the Creative Class,” by Dr. Richard Florida, the Heinz Professor of Regional Econom-ic Development at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focused on “identifying the factors that make certain cities and regions grow and prosper and others lag behind.

He began by examining the conventional wisdom that the key to economic growth lies in attracting and retaining companies, because companies create jobs and people will “go where the jobs are.” But his research showed that the creative sector now accounts for 50 percent of all U.S. economic activity and that innovative com-panies are being formed almost exclusively in regions that are themselves attractive to creative workers.

� ere are more than forty-million people today who are paid to be creative - designers, engineers, artists, writers, programmers and so on. � e emergence of creative workers as an eco-nomic force has been so powerful that they now constitute an entirely new economic class.

� ese people don’t work nine to � ve; they

think 24/7. Access to this critical mass of creative thinkers is what drives economic growth. � ey can best be characterized as a “mosaic society” – open minded, mobile, tolerant, and diverse, with non-negotiable arts, entertainment, food and cultural needs. � ese factors work to enhance a community’s ability to mobilize the resources necessary to support innovative enterprises, including everything from venture capital to nightlife.

As executive director of a large performing arts center project I spend much of my time fundraising for its $160 million construction budget. Frequently a prospective donor – some-one with � nancial capacity and a community leadership pro� le – will tell me that they’re “just not into the Arts.” � is response is usually ac-companied by the explanation that their interest and passion are bound up in sports, education, healthcare or other worthy agendas. I have come to realize that what they mean by “the Arts” is

very di� erent than what I mean. � ey may not care for ballet or opera, but I’ll bet that they make playlists, go to movies, and decorate their homes.

“� e Arts” is shorthand for creative human expression in all its forms. � e arts feed our minds and our hearts … and they help create the kind of community that our prosperity and the futures of our kids depends on. If we care about these things, we’d better care about the arts and nurture the Eastside organizations that provide them.

John Haynes is Executive Director and CEO of Performing Arts Center Eastside/Tateuchi Center, a 2,000-seat, regional project being developed in downtown Bellevue. He served previously as President of the California Cen-ter for the Arts, Director of Performing Arts at the University of Notre Dame and President of the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators.

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Buses on CKC is a Kirkland City Council generated idea

Few are disputing the need for high capacity transit in Kirkland to overcome the Kirkland crawl. But plopping it on the corridor with ST3 is a council-generated idea. For valida-tion of these plans to put buses or trains on the corridor, the city council leans heavily on the community-vetted Kirkland Corridor Master Plan - which, upon close reading, actually tells a quite different story.

In the Intro (Section 1.0), where community requests are listed, trains and buses aren’t even mentioned. In Section 2.5 where it gets into details, transit on the corridor IS mentioned...like this:

• “may one day include high capacity transit.”• “If and when the corridor is determined to be an appropri-

ate home for transit... the city is committed to welcome it.”Now, if you listen closely to the Kirkland Public Works

presentations, you hear phrases like “high capacity transit on the corridor was always a priority” and “a main reason for purchasing the corridor.” So ultimately, what we have is a recent public promise to approach corridor transit one way and a city council that is already pushing heavily another direction - to the point of arbitrarily funding its own conceptual design document for Sound Transit lobbying with $250,000 of your tax dollars. Apparently, determining whether transit is even ap-propriate on the corridor isn’t for Kirkland residents to decide.

With or without BRT on the corridor, Kirkland will need priority city lanes for frequent buses that don’t get stuck in car traffic. So build them, Council. That alone will improve traffic! And everyone else, it’s time to dust off what we agreed to about the corridor to keep the facts straight. Everyone should have a copy: http://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/Cross+Kirkland+Corridor/Cross+Kirkland+Corridor+Master+Plan+Final.pdfBob Forgrave, Kirkland

Don’t put mass transit on Kirkland’s front porch

The Cross Kirkland Corridor is a 5.75-mile ribbon of nature that strings together seven of our important city parks (Wa-tershed Park, Carillon Woods, Terrace Park, Cotton Hill Park, Crestwoods Park, Forbes Creek Park and Totem Lake Park). It borders ecologically vital secondary wetlands and environmen-tally sensitive areas, and crosses five natural drainage basins (South Juanita Slope, Kirkland Slope, Houghton Slope A, Carillon Creek, and Houghton Slope B), where run off streams directly into Lake Washington. It also serves as a riparian and wildlife corridor for our resident wildlife such as deer, coyotes and owls that are doing their best to survive in an increasingly dense city environment.

The Cross Kirkland Corridor serves as a “front porch” to our community. It draws our citizens out of their homes and out into nature where it provides a safe, quiet place for people to walk, bike, exercise, commute, experience nature and get to know each other. Use of the trail naturally fosters relationships among neighbors, which, in turn, builds a stronger, connected community.

The city of Kirkland takes great pride in its natural re-sources, often citing our miles of shoreline, exceptional park and natural areas within easy reach of each resident and our many recreation opportunities. Developing the Cross Kirkland

Corridor into a transit corridor is antithesis to the city’s stated mission and goals of “preserving the city’s existing charm and natural amenities” and “protection of the natural environ-ment for current residents and future generations.” Changing the corridor from a natural trail will damage environmentally sensitive areas, bisect our community creating separation between our neighborhoods, and bring pollution into our lake and noise into our backyards. The City Council needs to listen to its citizens and step back from supporting transit options on the CKC so we can preserve the special gift of nature running through the heart of our city.Kelli Curtis, Kirkland

No transit on Cross Kirkland CorridorI do not support bus rapid transit on the Cross Kirkland

Corridor. Yes, Kirkland needs more transit, but I see no compelling reason to put it on the CKC. The I-405 master plan adopted by all Eastside cities specifies bus rapid transit on 405. A I-405 option would be cheaper, within range of just as many people, and could more easily connect people to jobs and shopping on both sides of I-405.

• Road infrastructure already exists on I-405.• Simple stations like the one at Northeast 68th Street should

not cost any more than adding stations along the CKC, and should be feasible even at Northeast 85th Street.

• The CKC option would require expensive safety improve-ments at crossings and elsewhere.

• The CKC option would require property acquisition.• 405 is in proximity to as many, or more, people and busi-

nesses as the CKC.• A I-405 option would better serve both sides of I-405.• I-405 is not significantly farther from Kirkland business

districts (buses could just as easily get off I-405 and to down-town Kirkland).

• There are many more options for park and rides near I-405.Jeff Canin, Kirkland

Pursue a better alternative on CKCIn my wildest imagination I cannot fathom why the city of

Kirkland would support constructing two lanes for bus traffic, destroying some areas along the trail that are ecologically sensi-tive wetlands, and trying to integrate bus traffic safely alongside of a walking and bike path enjoyed by all ages that has become a signature green space connecting numerous parks and neighborhoods. I would request that this idea be rejected in its entirety, pursue existing alternative and better options rather than this costly plan to destroy the trail forever.Vic Loehrer, Kirkland

Preserve Kirkland’s non-motorized transportation option

Kirkland has been my beloved home for 21 years now. Having come from South Carolina by way of New Hampshire and Texas, I value the opportunity our climate offers to have year round outdoor sports availability. I feel so blessed to live in a city that offers the luxury of a non-motorized transporta-tion option. This is my home, and I live close to the new bike trail using it two to four times weekly for commuting, grocery shopping, exercise, and community building.

The non-motorized Cross Kirkland Corridor has been an amazing addition to our dear hometown of Kirkland. Wow! when Kirkland does it, we do it right. You have made the trail

a truly enjoyable place to spend time. I remember in the begin-ning when it was dangerous to even walk on the large stones that made it up. I continue to encourage my Woodinville and Bellevue friends to “do their part” and make this trail all it can be by connecting our cities.

CKC is Kirkland’s 5.75 mile longitudinal park serving our community as a recreational and non-motorized trail con-necting our neighborhoods, schools and parks. There are even incredible wine tasting/art gallery options along the Totem Lake portion of the trail, which allow a little imbibing without the driving - brilliant. Our trail is lined by a 50-foot greenbelt on either side, with thoughtful and important signage reading, “Environmentally Sensitive Area.” Would motorizing really protect our sensitive area?

Kirkland City Council members, I truly feel if you are using this trail, you would not even consider trying to “motorize it.” Get out there and enjoy it. Why spoil a good thing? Our non-motorized corridor will one day be Kirkland’s biggest sell-ing point. We are headed for greatness. Don’t let short-sighted planning ruin a long term vision. We want to grow old here in Kirkland and stay physically fit and healthy, and this trail can be part of that. You are wise, that is why we elected you and placed our trust in you. Please don’t let us down. Preserve this unique amazing trail for our grandparents, parents, children and their children.Constance Ballou, Kirkland

I support a mixed use CKCMy family uses the Cross Kirkland Corridor (CKC) to take

walks and ride bicycles. It is a nice feature of our community. That being said, in all honesty, the CKC is a generally under-

whelming blackberry-lined gravel path sandwiched between industrial parcels and backyards offering limited viewpoints of Lake Washington and the Olympics. The CKC would be im-proved and provide greater utility to the broader community by serving as a mixed-use transit/pedestrian corridor.

Upgrades to include some form or public transit would: 1) improve redundancy and reliability in comparison to 405-cen-tric commuting routes; 2) offer convenient access to major employers along the corridor; 3) directly link existing and/or planned urban centers of Totem Lake, Downtown, and South Kirkland Park and Ride, with further connections to Bellevue and Seattle; 4) likely result in paving the CKC which would benefit bicycle commuters and disabled citizens.

I support a mixed use CKC and think it would be a win-win for our community.Bryce Figdore, Kirkland

Council is on the wrong side of an important community issue

Once again, the Kirkland City Council is on the wrong side of an important community issue and once again, the citizens of Kirkland have to fight against their own elected officials. I am disappointed that the Council authorized the use of $250,000 of valuable tax dollars to hire a consultant to do a feasibility study on having buses share the Cross Kirkland Connection (CKC)trail. That money could have been used to keep park restrooms open during the winter or to restore declining service levels in public works and parks. Patrick Harris, Kirkland

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“It was a great environ-ment and our guys were able to make plays when we needed them,” Te’o said about his defense, which had � ve turnovers during the game and shut out its opponents during the sec-ond half. “(We had) huge contributions from guys

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Juanita now moves on to the state quarter� nals against Bishop Blanchet at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Memorial Stadium at the Seattle Center.

“� e focus is always how we do things,” Te’o said about his team’s preparation. “Bishop Blanchet has a great team and looks very tough. We

will continue to focus on us and how we practice and prepare. I think the key for us is just to keep making plays and to be ac-countable for our jobs and assignments on the � eld. We are de� nitely excited for a great opportunity.”

Blanchet defeated Sum-ner on Saturday, 28-21, and have a record of 10-1. � e Braves’ only loss of the season came to East-side Catholic High School, 53-6, on Oct. 9.

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Jayna VanStone breaks LWHS swim record

A long-standing Lake Washington High School girls 100-meter backstroke record was broken twice this weekend by Interna-tional Community School senior Jayna VanStone of Kirkland at the state championship girls swim and dive competition on Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

� e record was held by current Juanita High School teacher and as-sistant swim coach Carly (Schulz) Parker, who was in attendance.

During prelims on Fri-day, VanStone completed the event in 59.97-sec-onds, breaking Parker’s 1:00.01 record and win-ning the heat to qualify for the � nals on Saturday. VanStone then broke her own record with a fourth-place � nish overall in a time of 59.25.

Lake Washington High School girls swim and dive team member Gabrielle Rector � nished sixth in the 100-meter backstroke

with a time of 1:00.32. Teammate Megan Phillips placed 13th in diving.

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While at the summer camp, Jenny said she fell in love with skating. Contrast-ing with other sports, skating is in a colder environment, and she liked the experience of skating on the ice. She added that she also enjoyed the friendships she has made since she started, as well as life lessons that the sport has taught her.

“I learn things to help my life,” she said. “To stay posi-tive and practice.”

Though she said things came relatively easy for her at first, and her coaches re-marked on her ability to pick up new techniques quickly, not all days on the rink are equal.

“Some days are just bad days, so I have to work harder,” she said.

She started taking private lessons at 7, first competing in the Fiesta Skate at 9.

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up,” her dad, Ming Shyu, said. “I just turn on the lights.”

In addition to skating, Jenny also plays the flute and piano. She also dances with the Pacific Ballet Conserva-tory. It’s from the last pursuit that she drews inspiration for her current skating routine. Previously performing to classical music, this specific routine has her skating to the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” using ballet-style dance gestures and motions to convey the various aspects of the Wizard of Oz, from the Kansas tornado to the journey on the yellow brick road to Oz.

“There’s a lot of ways to do it, and ballet is palatable to the judges,” coach Jared Randolph said. “They (the judges) like to see girls that look like ballerinas.”

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“I usually think no pain, no gain,” Jenny said.

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Lake Washington School District’s (LWSD) enrollment

grew by 1,114 students last year, from 26,716 students in 2014 to 27,830 on Oct. 1.

� e enrollment increase this year moved the district from sixth largest district in the state to fourth larg-est. LWSD passed both Evergreen School District and Kent School District. It trails only Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma School dis-tricts in size.

� is year’s increase fol-lows � ve straight years of enrollment increases. � e increases averaged about 625 students per year, or the size of a large elemen-tary school. � is upward trend began in the 2009-10 school year a� er a decade of little change in enroll-ment.

“Redmond is growing quickly, but we are seeing growth elsewhere as well,” said LWSD communica-tions director Kathryn Reith about where they are seeing increased enroll-ment.

She said while Red-mond is showing the most growth, they are seeing higher numbers in parts of

Kirkland. Sammamish has been mostly steady, with some small growth, Reith said.

She added that the growth is at all grade levels.

� e district began seeing signi� cant growth begin-ning in 2009, though Reith said they had been see-ing larger classroom sizes in the kindergarten and � rst-grade levels a few years before then. Because of that growth at the lower-grade levels, she said they are now seeing more growth at the middle-school and high-school levels as those students have grown older and moved up through the district.

According to an LWSD press release, part of the increase from 2014, about 339 students, is due to a change in the accounting process for students who are enrolled in the Wash-ington Network for In-novative Careers (WANIC). WANIC is a skills center serving seven districts. It o� ers advanced-level career and technical education programs such as � re and medical and health. Bel-levue, Issaquah and North-shore school districts — in addition to LWSD — o� er WANIC classes, which are

open to all students in the Lake Washington, Bellevue, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Northshore, Riverview and Snoqualmie Valley school districts.

Reith said as the host district for WANIC, LWSD handles the accounting and other administrative duties for the program. She said while this may be the case, it doesn’t mean all of the funds come from the district.

Also, as the host district, LWSD is now required to count these students in its enrollment.

“In the past, the state allowed the district o� ering the WANIC classes to in-clude the WANIC students in their counts,” Reith said. “Now, the host district (LWSD) counts all WANIC students. So a student may be from Riverview and go to classes in Bellevue and still show up in the LWSD count.”

She added that there is very little impact to LWSD classrooms: there is a WANIC building on the Lake Washington Institute

of Technology Kirkland campus where many classes are held and some are held at DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond. Lake Washington High School o� ers culinary arts and American Sign Lan-guage as part of WANIC.

Excluding WANIC and LWSD’s Parent Partner-ship Program, the district’s actual enrollment was seven students less than the

projection used for budget-ing purposes.

Enrollment growth is forecasted to continue. � e district is projected to grow to more than 30,000 students by 2020-21.

“As our cities grow, so does our enrollment,” said Superintendent Dr. Traci Pierce. “We are fortunate to serve vibrant, attractive communities where people want to live and work. With

this growth comes the chal-lenge to provide classroom space to so many additional students.”

A community task force has worked since December 2014 to develop recom-mendations for long-term strategies the district can use to address the challeng-es of additional classroom capacity as well as aging schools.

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Kirkland boy named Pokémon Champion

A� er a weekend of head-to-head Pokémon video game battles, Kendahl Burk of Kirkland earned the es-teemed title of Pokémon Au-tumn Regional Champion at the 2015 Pokémon Autumn Regional Championships.

Held in San Jose, Calif. on Oct. 17-18, Kendahl joins an elite group of only � ve Junior Division Autumn Regional Video Game Champions from across North America to take home the coveted

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Rotary, Parks Foundation donate money for Waverly Park

� e Rotary Club of Kirkland and the Kirkland Parks Foundation were in attendance at the Kirkland City Council meeting on Tuesday to formally present checks to the city of Kirkland

in support of improvements for Waverly Beach Park.

� e Rotary gave $50,000, while the Foundation gave $25,000.

� e project is expected to cost $150,000.

� ose in attendance in-cluded, Rotary President Rich Bergdahl, Brandon Honcoop of the Rotary, Patti Smith of the Rotary, Dana Nunnelly of the Foundation and Tom Neir of the Foundation.

Waverly Park is one of Kirkland’s oldest parks, dating back to the early 20th Century. A� er several years, a plan for renovation and updating was completed in 2013 with initial plans for completion in 2016-17. � ose plans included a picnic pavilion enabling use in all weather.

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An engineer with the First Army, he was the � rst man out of his landing cra� on D-Day, June 6, 1944 as part of the third wave of troops storm-ing the Normandy beach-head code-named “Omaha.” Following the invasion, he was attached to General George Patton’s � ird Army and fought in northern France before eventually be-ing transferred to the Ninth Army commanded by Gen-eral William Simpson.

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A life-long artist now living at Aegis Living Com-

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� e sketches reveal him to be a soldier’s soldier, portraying the of-� cers as imbeciles, even though he didn’t think they were, while recount-

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“I was just a GI and I did what they told me to do,” he said. “We were all the same.”

His down-to-earth mentality matched well with what might be seen as a practical approach in how he viewed the war. Dra� ed into the Army in 1943, he said he wasn’t gung-ho about � ghting.

“I had better sense than that,” he said.

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“� ough I was not named, everyone knew he was refer-ring to me,” Schladerman re� ected. “I never pulled guard duty again.”

A� er completing train-ing in the southwest, they were transported to New York, where they sailed on the Queen Mary to England. Stationed in Trowbridge, a town southeast of Bristol, it was there Schladerman � rst started using his spare time to draw sketches, sending them home in the mail.

“It’s always been a part of my life,” he said of drawing. “I have always been an artist of some sort. I could draw people, and I have to say I was pretty good.”

� e cartoons re� ected

his perspective as a private, he said, and what it was like to be under the continuous authority of superior o� cers. His cartoons were also inspired by pranks pulled by junior o� cers.

“I had a humor that was crude,” he admitted.

Eventually, one day he was ordered to report to his captain, who informed him about the Army’s strict mail censorship before showing one of his cartoons seized by his platoon leader, depict-ing “one of my best of a bumbling, bu� oon and inept o� cer.”

However, rather than receiving a harsh rebuke, he watched in disbelief as the captain burst into laughter. He then told Schladerman he could draw whatever he wanted. He would even get the writing material neces-sary. However, he would have to inspect the sketches � rst before mailing them.

When Schladerman � nal-

ly shipped out in his landing cra� along with thousands of other men in 29th Infan-try Division under the First Army as part of Operation Overlord, the planned Al-lied invasion of Normandy, he had no illusions about his odds of survival.

Just days before they le� , they had received their or-ders. As a combat engineer, he would go along with other engineers as part of the third wave to hit Omaha Beach.

A� er receiving their orders, the provost marshall present then o� ered them two options; either agree to the orders, in which they had a 50/50 chance of surviving, or sign papers refusing the orders - which Schladerman knew was a certain death sentence in front of a � ring squad or under the gallows.

“What a choice,” he re-� ected. “No one signed the second sheet.”

World War II through ArtKirkland resident captures his experiences on D-Day with his drawings | Part I

Art Schladerman

Two of Art Schladerman’s sketches depicting his unit storming Omaha Beach on D-Day, left, and him manning the radio, right. Training as a radio operator, Schladerman was the � rst man out of his landing craft as part of the third wave at Omaha. ART SCHLADERMAN, Contributed art


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