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While the state government offers aid to low-income families, it can be challeng-ing for those who want to transition off it. Redmond resident Katie Walsh, president of A Step Up, wants to change that.
The Kirkland-based nonprofit orga-nization is designed to help low-income families achieve self-sufficiency.
“We want to help those who want to help themselves. This is not a handout, but a step up,” says Walsh.
Walsh is a single mother who used to depend on government-subsidized child
care services. After taking a pay raise at work, she was no longer eligible for such assistance. However, her pay raise wasn’t enough to make up for the lost child care money. She went from having to pay $200 a month on childcare to $800 a month.
“After talking to friends in similar situ-ations, I realized that many people were purposefully not taking pay raises because they needed state benefits to stay afloat,” says Walsh.
A Step Up is designed to help parents who earn too much to be eligible for state-run child care subsidy programs, yet are still struggling to make enough money to support their family.
Walsh’s organization aims to help the “working poor” through offering child care assistance and income budget counseling. It will also offer enroll-ment in Financial Peace University, a 13-week class on how to become and remain debt-free.
While A Step Up has a clear direction and set of values, it lacks one vital compo-nent: money.
Since the organization has yet to get off the ground, it has no track record. Without any history of success, it is difficult to per-suade grant donors to offer money.
Wayne Ottum, president of Ottum Enterprises and Walsh’s business mentor,
believes that she can overcome this hurdle by creating a board of directors with strong community connections.
“She needs to find people who already have credibility within the community who can go out and raise funds,” says Ottum. “Without history, you need quality people in your corner.”
Miki Hillyer, vice president of A Step Up, plans to use the connections she’s gained through previous advocacy positions to fund raise. She believes her military background gives her the persistence and organizational skills to jumpstart the orga-nization.
Walsh and Hillyer met at a single moth-ers’ support group.
Redmond woman offers A Step Up, not a handout
Katie Walsh
New organization helps low-income families get back on track
[ more A STEP UP page 2 ]
Dr. Traci Pierce was named the new Lake Washington School District superintendent by the board of directors at Monday’s meeting and already she is working to ensure a smooth transition. BiLL ChRiSTiaNSoN, Redmond Reporter
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It has only been a few days since she was officially chosen as the Lake Wash-ington School District’s (LWSD) new superintendent, but Dr. Traci Pierce is already hard at work preparing to take over the district’s top job.
Since the district’s board of directors unanimously voted at Monday’s meet-ing to hire Pierce, she has been meeting with district staff and administrators to introduce herself to those who don’t know her and reintroduce herself to those who do.
Pierce, who is the current deputy superintendent of instructional services for LWSD, has also received a number of invitations to visit different buildings throughout the district. On Thursday she read at Margaret Mead Elementary School in Sammamish and she attended an evening event at Redmond’s John James Audubon Elementary School. Both events were for Read Across America, an annual event that cele-brates reading on March 2, the birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss.
Pierce began her career in educa-tion in 1994 as a teacher at Inglewood
Junior High School in Sammamish. She spent the first six years as a teacher before moving to the administrative side. She said she misses being in the classroom so she especially enjoys any opportunity to return.
“It’s always fun,” she said.In addition to meeting more people
throughout the district, Pierce said one of the first items she will tackle upon becoming superintendent on July 1 is the district’s grade reconfiguration to a K-5, 6-8, 9-12 system, which has been in the works for a couple of years and will go into effect in fall 2012.
Pierce said with this shift, there will be some staff changes in terms of what grade levels and subjects people will teach as some people may need to move schools. There will also be adjustments among the schools’ student bodies as well: Two-thirds of middle school students will be entering a new school and the same goes for half of high school students.
In previous reports, Pierce said she has been very involved in the grade reconfiguration and is very familiar with the topic.
New superintendent already hard at work
Smooth transition for grade reconfiguration top priority for newly named schools leader
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“My politics have changed a lot since becoming a single mom. What I like about Katie’s program is that it’s about
getting off state programs, which should be the ulti-mate goal anyways,” says Hillyer.
Both Ottum and Hillyer agree that Walsh’s persis-tence sets her apart from
other entrepreneurs. “I’ve seen a lot of would-
be business owners run through my office, but Katie stuck out for her passion to move her ideas forward,” says Ottum.
He and Hillyer also agree that Walsh’s approach to helping low-income fami-lies is the “right way.”
While many private and public nonprofits support those in extreme poverty, A Step Up aims to help what Walsh calls the “working poor.”
“These are folks that have their degree or are going to school but they’re working
on getting something more so they can support their families,” says Walsh.
According to Dr. Diana Pearce, senior lecturer at the University of Washing-ton School of Social Work, self-sufficiency can only be achieved if child care costs are less than 25 percent of one’s income. A Step Up aims to help families achieve that ratio so that
they can ultimately make the leap to full economic independence.
To donate money or ser-vices to A Step Up, visit the website at www.astepup-nonprofit.org, or contact Katie Walsh at [email protected] Gordon is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communica-tions News Laboratory.
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Last weeks poll results:“Are the rising gasoline prices affecting your driving habits?”Yes: 64.3% No: 35.7%
The Seattle area can’t get enough of Cavalia, the equestrian arts show now playing at Marymoor. Its run here has been extend-
ed nearly a month, until March 4. I hope you had a chance to see the show. It is spectacular.
As Cavalia winds down, we have had a brief flurry of a different kind of circus, leading to the Republican caucuses on March 3. Rick Santo-rum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney
already have been here, but the main events and prizes lie elsewhere. The campaign is lurching towards Super Tues-day, March 6, when 10 states, some crucial, hold elections or caucuses.
For the majority of us a side benefit of this relative lack of
attention might be that we have avoided, to some extent, the barrage of attack ads that have been a feature of the primary campaign in other venues. These ads, replete with voice-of-doom narra-tions and rabidly unflattering pictures of op-ponents, set a lot of teeth on edge, yet they keep coming. One study found that 92 percent of the political ads in the Florida primary campaign were negative.
The effects of all this negativity are apparent. At least three of the four standing candidates have been battered and bruised to the point that rumors are floating about that some key party figures want to jettison the whole lot and bring in a dark horse, perhaps drafting a Chris Christie or Mitch Daniels, or looking elsewhere. It seems apparent that, although the ads are widely con-sidered obnoxious, negativity works.
One reason might be that voters have a deep skepticism about the people who run for office. About six out of 10 people, according to a recent survey, believe that politicians deliberately
twist the truth, and about four out of 10 believe politicians deliberately lie to voters. You have to wonder, if that is indeed the case, why do we keep voting for chronic liars?
Two out of three don’t trust the federal government to some degree. With this kind of jaundiced attitude, attack ads certainly come as no surprise and in many cases would appear to confirm some preconceived notions about people who run for office. Those notions must border on contempt, given the approval ratings accorded Congress. Collectively that body ranks lower than polygamy, porn and the BP oil spill.
But, despite not liking negative ads, voters seem to find at least some of them provide useful input in making decisions about candidates. Ads that exploit a candidate’s past performance, such as taking a position in public statements but voting in the opposite direction or accepting campaign contributions from special interests (don’t they all?) or not paying taxes or employ-ing illegal immigrants, as examples, are accepted by voters as helpful information. Some stuff, though, appears to be off limits. Voters don’t like
ads that criticize an opponent because he did not serve in the military or because he has misbe-having relatives, for instance.
One political operative looks at negative ads this way: “Never, never use negative campaign tactics unless you have to.” Apparently these days you nearly always have to. Newt Gingrich made a serious effort to run a clean campaign, and wound up with Romney’s bus tire tracks all over his body. Newt whined about it, got no-where with that tactic, and started slamming his opponent for making too much money (appar-ently making more than Newt does is a no-no) and not caring about poor people.
In any case, if you think the Republican primary campaign has been rough, wait until this summer. The mud will be flying as it has rarely flown before, propelled from both sides by broadsides of money. There’s a lot at stake, and there won’t be much held back.Richard H. Hill has lived in Redmond for the last six years and writes a blog, “Old Dick’s Grumps for the Day.” To read his blog, go to www.olddick.blogspot.com.
Former Mayor Ives wasn’t a job killer
One of the problems with free speech is that it tends to cheapen thought. In the current anti-intel-lectual climate, opinion, in a duel with fact and truth, generally wins.
As a participant in many, many sessions about the shopping mall called Redmond Town Center, I can assure anyone whose bias has not completely succumbed to prejudice that former Mayor Rosemarie Ives did not chase Nordstrom out of the mall, since it was never there, but she had nothing to do with the store not coming there in the first place. (Redmond Reporter, Letters, Feb. 24).
When the mind’s agility begins to atrophy, one seeks refuge in the mindless mantras of the day. It can hardly be defended that there was a job-killing assault on Redmond during Ives’s tenure.
For at least the last two decades, the city has had a job-housing
imbalance. There have been more jobs in the city than there have been places to put those who were filling them. Furthermore, an administration may influence yet is bound to carry out policies set by the City Council. But the current, politically popular phrase is job-killing, so it is no surprise that it is embraced by those who would look facts in the face and then turn away. Richard L. Grubb, Redmond
City needs to preserve its natural beauty
Redmond is a great hometown known for its natural beauty and environment.
Unfortunately, the Group Health project recently approved by the City of Redmond calls for the 100 percent clear cutting of all the trees and thousands of shrubs and plants to accommodate three million square feet of development.
I believe this decision is incon-sistent with past practice based on
laws approved many years ago that required that all 65 landmark trees (more than 30 feet in diameter) and 35 percent of 985 significant trees be saved.
City leaders recognized the need to preserve and retain trees as Redmond urbanized under Growth Management.
They knew how trees fulfill an important function as an integral part of our ecosystem and serve as iconic symbols of our community’s shared environmental ethic.
This development threatens an urban forest in what today is oth-erwise a sea of concrete. With the potential throughout the Overlake neighborhood for 41 additional six-story or taller buildings for housing, offices and stores, preserv-ing what is extraordinary – these trees, with many being older than the City of Redmond — should be important to all of us.
In 2007 I worked closely with Group Health in supporting a sig-nificant up-zone of their property allowing two million square feet of
development that maintained many of the trees consistent with the tree preservation ordinance. The bal-ance of both the built and natural environments would have been a great addition to Overlake, one of our two urban centers. It would have provided diverse uses resulting in new jobs and additional housing while respecting the environmental heritage of the site.
So when it comes to protect-ing and defending what makes Redmond special, I will never retire from caring nor from taking action to prevent irreparable damage such as that which will result with the Group Health decision.
Once the trees are gone, the thousands of saplings proposed as mitigation, if they survive, will not bring equivalent environmental and aesthetic value for another 100 years — maybe just in time for Redmond’s Bicentennial!Rosemarie Ives, Redmond Mayor, 1992-2007
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The last day of school is now Monday, June 25 rather than Friday, June 22. The last day of school will be a half-day of instruction. Students will also have to go to school on Friday, May 4, which was previously scheduled as a day off for students and a professional development day for teach-ers.
In addition, LWSD stu-dents were originally slated to participate in a transition
day to the district’s new grade configuration at the end of the school, but that day has been moved to the beginning of the 2012-13 school year. With the new grade configuration, many students will be attending new schools and the transi-tion day next fall will help students get acclimated to their new teachers and school.
“I understand families are anxious about these changes and we wanted to provide an opportunity this spring to help students get more familiar with their new schools,” said LWSD Superintendent Dr. Chip Kimball. “By moving it be-fore the start of school next year, students will get much more information about their specific classes and teachers as well as getting more comfortable with the new school before students in other grades arrive.”
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The Bear Creek boys’ basketball team lost a heart-breaker in their one-game Regionals round of the 2B state basketball tournament on Friday night at Mount Vernon High School, falling to Wahkiakum 47-46 and ending their season.
The Mules played a tough 3-2 zone defense that took away the Grizzlies’ inside presence, leaving Bear Creek to a disadvantage due to their opponent’s size.
“They were big, they were physical,” said coach Scott Moe on Wahkiakum’s team. “Honestly I felt like I did a poor job of prepar-ing our team to attack the zone.”
The Mules’ defense stifled the Grizzlies in the first half, as Wahkiakum took a 26-17 advantage at halftime.
The Grizzlies clawed all the way back in the third quarter, scoring 19 to tie the game.
With the clock winding down and the score tied at 46-46, a foul was called on the Grizzlies, on a tip, which sent Wahkiakum to the free throw line.
After the Mules con-verted one of two to take a one-point lead with one second on the clock, senior Erik Domas threw a pass to another senior, Lucas Fernandez, who was unable to get a shot off in time.
“We got the ball at the end of the game after being down 15 in the second quarter and came all the way back,” Moe recalled. “We didn’t get the job done.”
Guard Luke Blanken-beckler led all scorers with 18 points, with Fernandez
adding 16 in his final game in a Grizzly uniform.
For the season, Bear Creek finished with a 21-3 record,
which included a 12-0 mark in Sea-Tac 2B league play.
Despite the season end-ing one week too soon,
Moe is excited to bring back a fine group of juniors and sophomores from the deep talent pool at Bear Creek. But after graduat-ing all-state caliber athletes in Fernandez and Domas, the sixth-year coach knows what lies ahead.
“If we want to get back to
the level where we expect to be, the kids are going to have to work really hard,” he said. “Our kids are pretty determined, and this loss is going to help fuel them, mo-tivate them, inspire them to become the best they can be. We’ll see how it shakes out.”
LADY GRIZZLIES FALL TO REARDAN IN STATE OpENER
The Bear Creek School girls’ basketball team proved to be outmatched in its state opener as the top-ranked Reardan Indians dismantled the Grizzlies, 49-24, Thursday morning at Spokane Arena.
The Indians, who led 27-12 at the half and never looked back, played a fast-paced defense that caused the Griz-zlies to turn the ball over 26 times. The Indians turned the ball over nine times.
Madelyn Magee shot 4 of 6 from the field to lead the Grizzlies with 10 points, fol-lowed by Morgan Rial with six points and five rebounds.
With the loss, the Griz-zlies (18-6) advanced to take on Riverside Christian this morning, which lost to Adna 47-42. With a win to-day, the team will move on to the 4th/6th place finals on Saturday at 8 a.m.
Grizzly boys’ basketball state hopes shatteredBear Creek girls’ team falls hard in state opener
The bear Creek School senior Madelyn Magee shoots a long jumper during the Grizzlies’ 49-24 loss to top-ranked Reardan in their state tournament opener yesterday at Spokane Arena. The girls play this morning against Riverside Christian for a berth into the 4th/6th-place finals on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Sini Fernandez
HARpER quALIFIES FOR NCAA CHAmpIONSHIpS
Former Mustang swimmer Heather Harper, who won
the 2009 and 2011 4A state breaststroke titles, performed
well at the Mountain West Swimming and Diving
Championships last weekend, helping the Boise State Broncos
to a thrilling 747-742 team victory over San Diego State. Harper, swimming the 200-
yard breaststroke, placed fifth in 2 minutes, 17.11 seconds.
With her performance, Harper is now a provisional qualifier
for the NCAA Championships in the breaststroke event.
RuIZ-CONFORTO NOmINATED FOR u.S.
OLYmpIC HALL OF FAmE Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, mother
of Redmond High athlete and graduate Michael Conforto, and a three-time Olympic medalist
in synchronized swimming, has been nominated for induction
into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Ruiz-Conforto became the
first Olympic champion in the event, winning gold medals in
solo and duet (with Candy Costie) in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer
Olympic Games. The nominees include 18 individual Olympians,
five Paralympians and five teams. Fans will be able to vote,
once per day, for the athletes and teams they feel are most
deserving at www.teamusa.org/halloffame.
GRIZZLY BOYS
The Grizzlies boys’ basketball team graduated a class of four seniors this year that each left a legacy in their own way on the program. Head coach Scott Moe took some time to reflect on his graduating class and what he will remember most about them.Chris mehta: “Nobody knows the health issues that he has to deal with on a daily basis, from diabetes to stuff in his leg. He shows up, never complains, never goes ‘boo.’”Garrett Benson: “Mister perse-verance. He never gives up, keeps coming back.”Erik Domas: “Mister coach-ability. He is so coachable, will do anything and everything that you ask of him.”Lucas Fernandez: “The beast, the ultimate warrior, a tough guy. I can’t imagine coaching a team without him on my side.”
SUPeR SeniORS
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Chamber event a suCCessRedmond residents and
business leaders bid on a variety of items as local celebrities John Curley and Jim Dever entertained the crowd for the Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce’s sold-out 66th Annual Gala and Auction last Friday night at Willows Lodge in Woodinville.
Curley, the former host of King 5’s “Evening Maga-
zine” and current Samma-mish City Council member served as the auctioneer and Dever, a reporter for “Evening Magazine” was the master of ceremonies.
The event featured a silent auction with more than 170 items, including wine tast-ings, sports and art experi-ence tickets and various gift certificates for local services. The live auction featured 40 items, including a lunch and a ride in a Zipcar with Redmond Mayor John Marchione, a visit from Santa Claus and a one-year lease on a new Accord from
Honda of Kirkland.The gala is an important
annual event that brings in 20 percent of the funding toward the chamber’s an-nual budget, according to a chamber press release.
trash or treasure?Trash or Treasure
Antique/Collectable Ap-praisals is returning to the Redmond Senior Center (RSC) for its fourth year.
Redmond residents can find out if that stuff in the attic is worth anything more than memories. This event will be held on March 10
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the RSC, 8703 160th Ave. N.E.
Prior registration is strongly advised since it has been so popular over the past years. The registration fee is $5 per item with a limit of six items per person. Walk-ins without prior registration will be admitted as time allows.
Professional appraisers will be on hand to give ver-bal market evaluations in many categories. Furniture cannot be accepted.
Registration is in person at the RSC. For additional information, call (425) 556-2314.
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Two of the reasons for the reconfiguration are to free space in the elementary schools — many of which
are enrolled past capacity — and to bring ninth grad-ers to high school as that is when grades begin to affect graduation requirements.
Pierce will also be overseeing the opening of LWSD’s new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) choice school in fall 2012.
While a lot of focus has been on the new high school, the district will also be work-ing to incorporate STEM curriculum throughout all of the high schools as well as at the lower grade levels to prepare younger students for when they get older.
“That’s another big area of focus,” Pierce said.
While Pierce is very involved in the STEM school development, the grade reconfiguration and
other aspects of the district, she said she will be working very closely with Superin-tendent Dr. Chip Kimball, who will leave at the end of the school year to become superintendent at the Sin-gapore American School, to ensure a smooth transition.
Kimball reiterated this at Monday’s school board meeting, saying he is com-mitted to a smooth transi-tion as well.
Pierce said her vision for LWSD’s future lines up with the district’s vision of having every student future ready, whether that means a four-year college, voca-tional school or straight into the workforce. She said one of the ways they will have more success in this is engaging with the public and building connections
outside the district with parents, businesses and the community.
“We know that it’s a part-nership,” Pierce said about ensuring students’ success.
She said as superintendent, she wants to learn what the best ways to communicate with the community are and utilize these methods to cre-ate a more involved public.
Pierce and district of-ficials will also be following the Legislative session as lawmakers work on the state budget. She said the district’s budget will remain a question mark until they know how much state fund-ing public education will re-ceive, but LWSD’s finances will be just one more thing to add to her growing list of duties as future superin-tendent.
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After 24 years of service with the Air Force he retired as Staff Sergeant and moved to Redmond, where he worked for Aetna Insurance until retiring in 1982. We will miss the amazing stories he had to share about his travels with the Air Force. He passed on his vast knowledge and love of photography, boxing, curling and the outdoors. We pay tribute to this great man who gave selflessly to others in his community and always had a hug and a kind word for all.
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The police blotter feature is both a de-scription of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
Wednesday, Feb. 29Copper theft: A contractor called Redmond police at 2:19 p.m. to report that some copper was stolen from a job site in the 16000 block of Northeast 36th Way.
Marijuana: A junior high student was arrested for possession of marijuana at 12:54 p.m. in the 13500 block of Northeast 75th Street.
Suspicious circumstances: At 12:42 p.m., Redmond police investi-gated a suspicious vehicle report at a residence in the 10000 block of 138th Avenue Northeast. The owner came home to find a U-Haul truck backed up to his garage. The two males inside
claimed they were looking for the freeway and left after the owner began questioning them.
Tuesday, Feb. 28Threats: Redmond police took a report of threats made over the phone to a resident in the 16600 block of Redmond Way at 9:10 p.m.
Theft: A purse was reported stolen at 8:46 p.m. from a vehicle parked at a school in the 10000 block of 166th Avenue Northeast.
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NOTICE OF RE-ISSUED BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION REQUEST: Building PermitFile: B11C0086Applicant: AT&T c/o Ryka Consulting Location: 19720 NE 50th St RedmondProposal: Add 3 antennas to exist. PSE pole w/equip. cabinets w/exist. compoundSEPA Contact: Mark Mitchell 206-296-7119COMMENT PROCEDURES: DDES will issue an environmen- tal determination on this applica- tion following an extended 21-day comment period that ends on April 2, 2012. Written comments and additional infor- mation can be obtained by contacting the SEPA Project Manager at the phone number listed above. Published in Redmond Reporter on March 2, 2012. #590528.
2012-0073, 0075-0079 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hearing Examiner for the King County Council will meet in Room W-1201 on the 12th floor of the King County Court- house, 516 Third Avenue, Seat- tle, Washington, on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at the time listed, or as soon thereafter as possible, to consider applications for classification and real proper- ty assessment under Current Use Assessment Statute RCW 84.34, all listed hereafter;1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible.2012-0073 - E11CT029 – Janet Heubach for property located at 7515 West Snoqualmie Valley Road NE, Carnation, WA 98014; STR: NE-12-25-06; SIZE: 19.86 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System and/or Timber Land; Tax #122506-9004.2012-0075 - E10CT038 – Robert and Deborah Mohorovich for
property located at 35175 NE Moss Creek Way, Carnation, WA 98014; STR: SE-26-26-07; SIZE: 21.78 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System and/or Timber Land; Tax #262607-9092.2012-0076 - E11CT039 – Rod- ger and Mary Dane for property located at 7327 West Snoqualmie Valley Road NE, Carnation, WA 98014; STR: NE-12-25-06; SIZE: 15.53 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System and/or Timber Land; Tax #122506-9020 and #122506-9025.2012-0077 - E11CT040 – Dan and Nancy Jordan for property located at 10005 Fay Road, Carnation, WA 98014; STR: SE-32-26-07; SIZE: 25.21 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System and/or Timber Land; Tax #322607-9040.2012-0078 - E11CT048 – Gary and Cheryl Armstrong for prop- erty located at 5739 Tolt High- lands Road NE, Carnation, WA 98014; STR: NW-14-25-07; SIZE: 20.00 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System and/or Timber Land; Tax #142507-9063.2012-0079 - E11CT049 – Humphrey Hills, LLC for proper- ty located south of and adjacent to 5510 Ames Lake - Carnation Road NE, Carnation, WA 98014; STR: NW-18-25-07; SIZE: 16.50 acres; REQUEST: Public Benefit Rating System and/or Timber Land; Tax #182507-9008. Details are available from the King County Department of Nat- ural Resources and Parks, Rural and Regional Services Section, 201 South Jackson Street, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104; Phone (206) 296-8351.Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 2nd Day of March, 2012.Anne NorisClerk of the CouncilMetropolitan King County CouncilKing County, Washington Published in Redmond Reporter on March 2, 2012. #586721.
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Dry mouth was once thought to be a part of aging, but it is now recognized that xerostomia is actually related to the medications taken by older individuals, and not to age. Among the many drugs that cause dry mouth are those prescribed for high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, allergies, weight loss, Parkinson’s disease, and pain.
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Redmond Ridge Republican CaucusSaturday March 3rd, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
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