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Scott Harlan and his supporters took a historic step closer to putting the controversial issue of traffi c-enforcement cameras to a vote of Redmond residents Wednesday aft ernoon.

Harlan, joined by Washington initia-tive activist Tim Eyman and a handful of supporters, delivered nearly twice the number of needed signatures to the Redmond city clerk in an eff ort to get the city’s fi rst-ever citizen-driven initiative on the ballot of next February’s special election. Now it’s up to King County to validate the signatures.

Standing near the front steps of city hall, Eyman announced to a small gath-ering of media that Harlan and fellow volunteers gathered 6,050 signatures, well over the 3,845 signatures needed to get the initiative on the upcoming ballot. If Redmond Initiative No. 1 — “Let Th e People Decide on Red Light Cameras in Redmond” is put on the February ballot and passed, it would ban the use of

traffi c-enforcement cameras unless ap-proved by council members or voters. A February special election would cost the city between $70,000-80,000.

“More people signed this petition than voted for the mayor in the last race,” Ey-man said. “It’s really mind boggling the number of people that were willing to sign the petition.”

Th e announcement capped nearly six months of signature gathering by Harlan and his team of 15-20 volunteers. Har-lan’s initiative eff ort here in Redmond is one of many across the state fueled by Eyman, the state’s ballot-measure king.

Harlan, a Union Hill resident, said he hopes his eff orts send a message to city lead-ers that Redmond residents oppose the use of these cameras as Redmond City Council members move closer to a decision to ex-tend the one-year pilot program or not.

“Hopefully a key criteria in whether or not they vote to extend the pilot program is the public’s perception of the pro-gram,” Harlan said. “We have displayed the public’s view that they want to vote

on the program overall.”City Council member Hank Myers,

chair of the public safety committee, said he is taking notice.

“I can’t speak for other members, but if this really is referendum No. 1 in the history of Redmond it shows the amount of work going out to get this thing qualifi ed,” Myers said. “As an individual member, I’m impressed by that.”

When asked Monday if he would vote to extend the camera program, Myers said, “I don’t know what I would do at this point.”

Myers said he wants to analyze more data before he makes a fi nal decision.

Eyman, Harlan and other supporters plan to attend Tuesday’s council meeting and show council members the signed petitions and state their case.

“I think there is a symbolic point to be made and we’ve made it,” Harlan said. “Th ere is no way to ingore the fact that six thousand signatures have been put in front of you.”

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Dr. Chip Kimball will step down as superintendent for the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) at the end of this school year, .

It was announced Wednesday aft ernoon that the 2011-12 school year will be Kimball’s fi nal year with the district as he will become the superintendent of the Singapore American School (SAS) in Singa-pore, beginning July 1, 2012.

“It was possibly one of the most diffi cult decisions I had to make,” Kimball told the Redmond Reporter Th ursday morning.

He said leaving the district was not even on his radar when SAS fi rst approached him early this summer. Kimball, who is in his 16th year with LWSD, initially told the school no, but they were not deterred.

“Th ey hunted me down, pretty persistently,” he said. “Th ey asked me again.”

Kimball discussed the off er with his wife and friends who have worked in international settings. He said he has always spoken about globalization, international relations and preparing students to compete internationally, so he decided, serving as a superinten-dent overseas would be a great oppor-tunity to experience this fi rsthand.

So he decided to begin initial discussions with SAS.

“It’s kind of like dating,” Kimball said.He explained that in dating, people

have the opportunity to see how they feel about each other and see if they want to get engaged and eventually, if they want to get married. In the end, Kimball decided to tie the knot with SAS.

Kimball to step down, take job in Singapore

Tim Eyman, right, and Scott Harlan, middle, address the media before turning in 6,050 signatures to the city clerk in an eff ort to get the city’s fi rst-ever citizen-driven initiative on next February’s ballot. Eyman is standing next to an enlarged Google map with green markers, indicating the registered voters who signed the petition as supporters stand in the background. BILL CHRISTIANSON, Redmond Reporter

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The program, which fea-tures red-light cameras at three busy intersections and one school-zone speeding camera, began Feb. 1 with a one-month warning period and has generated nearly $600,000 in fines and more than 7,000 citations since March, according to city documents.

Nearly 95 percent of the violations are for illegal right turns at red lights.

“That’s an incredibly

expensive driver’s education program,” Harlan said.

City clerk Michelle McGehee is required to turn in the 1,883 pages of signatures to King County within three business days. From there, the county will verify the number of valid signatures. Harlan said he and his supporters gathered well over the required num-ber of signatures knowing that some of the people who signed the petition live outside the city limits, mak-ing their signature invalid.

Once the signatures are validated, council members would have to approve a resolution to put the initia-tive on the February 14, 2012 ballot, according to McGehee. The deadline to submit the resolution to the county is Dec. 30, she said.

COUNCIL DECISION COMING SOON

Harlan’s delivery of the signatures comes just weeks before the council is set to decide whether to renew to the city’s contract with the

camera vendor, American Traffic Solutions (ATS).

The council will have a study session on the matter at its Oct. 11 meeting and then will vote whether to extend the program or not shortly thereafter, accord-ing to council president Richard Cole. The city must notify ATS by Dec. 1, he said.

Cole said the council’s decision on the ATS con-tract is a “separate process” from Harlan’s efforts.

“We will evaluate the program, look at the ef-ficiencies and consider the pros and cons,” Cole said of the council’s decision-making process. “We would have done that without the signatures.”

Cole said he has been lobbying for traffic-enforce-ment cameras for years and said he feels they make the community a safer place for drivers and pedestrians.

But if the data suggests otherwise, he said he will reconsider. Accidents have actually increased from 11 in 2010 to 14 in 2011 between January and June at the three intersections, according to city docu-ments.

“Safety cameras are a good idea, however, when we see more data in Oc-tober and the data shows they are not working, then I would re-think my deci-

sion,” Cole said.Mayor John Marchione

released a statement on Wednesday, explaining the city’s decision-making plan for the program.

“As I indicated on this issue last month, the Traffic Safety Program has always been a one-year pilot pro-gram and the city continues to gather data and com-munity input to make the best decision by Dec. 1 of this year,” Marchione said. “Residents have been very forthcoming with their opinions and the Council and I continue to listen to the wide variety of views being expressed. As part of our open, transparent pilot evaluation process, we welcome residents’ opinions at [email protected]. This fall we will review our residents’ feedback, along with Mr. Harlan’s efforts, in the context of recent court rulings in this area as we consider next steps for Redmond.”

EYMAN LEADS STATE-WIDE ANTI-CAMERA EFFORT

Redmond is not the only city in the state facing Eyman’s wrath against the cameras.

Last year, Eyman led an initiative in his home-town of Mukilteo, where 71 percent of the voters said they wanted to ban the cameras. The camera

measures are headed for the November ballot in Longview, Bellingham and Monroe; Wenatchee is in the signature-gathering process. Redmond is the only city that has not gone to court concerning the issue as Redmond city offi-cials follow how other court cases unfold.

The most recent court ruling came last week in Bellingham as a three-judge panel of the Wash-ington Court of Appeals recently ruled Belling-ham’s initiative to ban the cameras can stay on the November ballot, but it will not be legally binding.

Cole said that decision will “carry a lot of weight” as other cities, like Red-mond, grapple with the camera issue.

Eyman said as long as the issue can be put to a vote of the people, a strong point will be made to city leaders. Eyman said a public vote concerning traffic-enforce-ment cameras has been held in 18 cities across the nation and in each of those elections, residents voted against the cameras.

“It’s really hard for elected officials to ignore a public vote,” Eyman said. “As long as the voters get a chance to vote, 99 times out of a 100, the voters will get the poli-cies that they voted for.”

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Sam Staatz was 33 years old when he had a ruptured aneurysm in August 1999.

He’d been driving in a car with his grandfather at the time. Staatz, now 45, said he “did some damage to it,” but fortunately, his grandfather was able to get control of the car right aft erwards.

Staatz — a hydraulic engi-neer at AECOM, a company in Redmond that off ers services in architecture, engineering, construction, operations and maintenance — said most people who get ruptured aneurysms don’t survive and said he shouldn’t have survived.

While treating him for the potentially fatal aneurysm, doctors found something even more worrying in Staatz’s brain: a tumor about the size of a tennis ball.

Staatz underwent an eight-hour surgery during which doctors removed a large portion of the tumor, but not the entire tumor. A biopsy was done and doc-tors determined that it was glioblastoma multiforme — the same type of tumor U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy had before he died in 2009.

Staatz said about 50 percent of patients diagnosed with this type of brain cancer survive the fi rst six months; one and a half percent of this number survive the fi rst year; one percent of that number survive the second year; this pattern repeats until about the fi ft h year, Staatz said.

Although most people would consider this type of diagnosis devastating news, Staatz was relieved. He had been experiencing mi-graines and severe memory loss for about six months before the car incident and didn’t know why. Addition-ally, the surgery relieved some of the pressure in his head caused by the tumor.

“I was actually really happy because I didn’t have a headache anymore and I knew what was wrong with me,” he said.

Staatz’s diagnosis led to radiation and other treat-ments for more than a year.

He took about fi ve years off from work because the cancer aff ected a number of physical and mental functions. Severe blood clots landed him in a wheelchair for a while — quite the shift for a man living in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle biking to and from his job in Redmond. Staatz said he used to have a very good memory but was having

trouble remembering even the most basic things and still does to this day. He said he also lost his sense of direction, which aff ects him today as he sometimes gets lost in parking lots. Th e brain cancer also caused Staatz to lose his math capabilities, which are key to his job as an engineer. Staatz said at the time, he couldn’t even work out the answer to one plus one.

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Staatz was fi rst diagnosed with brain cancer and he goes in every six months for an MRI. He said while the cancer is incurable, he is doing well.

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Proponents of privatizing liquor sales are taking another swing at breaking up the state-run monopoly of the spirits business.

Th is year — unlike last year’s ballot on which two similar enough liquor privatization mea-sures collided to produce voter confusion — the Yes on Initiative 1183 campaign has the good fortune to run in clear waters. Th is November,

voters can — and should — make a clean decision to get the government out of the liquor business while also giving state and local gov-ernments a much-needed revenue boost.

Under I-1183, the Liquor Control Board will continue

to regulate the sale of spirits, but will no longer monopolize liquor sales. In the place of more than 300 state-run liquor stores, retail stores with more than 10,000 square feet of enclosed space could apply for a license to sell liquor. Gas stations, corner variety beverage marts and convenience stores will still not be permitted to sell spirits.

I-1183 will also reform the state’s distribution and sales laws for wine, improving the market for hundreds of small and medium-sized winer-ies in Washington.

Why privatize liquor sales? It is hard to dis-miss the instant curb appeal of I-1183.

Th e prospect of one less stop amid a busy schedule of winter holiday entertaining or pay-ing a bit less for a liter of one’s favorite spirit are not unimportant reasons to vote for privatiza-tion. But the benefi ts of I-1183 go well beyond small convenience. In the fi nal analysis, I-1183 promotes effi ciency and choice, two values highly prized by private enterprise, while allow-ing government — state, cities and counties — to continue getting their cut.

Th ose buying spirits in Washington state will still pay one of the highest liquor taxes in the nation, a two-stage toll on imbibers consisting of the liquor liter tax ($3.77 per liter) and liquor sales tax of 20.5 percent. But the miracle of the free market is that without increasing liquor taxes, the revenues from liquor sales could sub-stantially increase aft er privatization.

Th e Washington Research Council estimates that I-1183 could result in $443 million in new

revenue over the next six years, $279 million of which would go to local governments. Even using the low-side estimate of the state’s Offi ce of Financial Management, the revenue boost is close to $400 million.

I-1183 makes good fi scal sense, it will get taxpayers out of the liquor sales business and it will allow the free market to operate so that customers, sellers and suppliers can each make better choices. Th e swift and responsible privatiza-tion of I-1183 will realign the liquor sales industry in our state, putting businesses back in charge of doing business and leaving the regulation to the regulators.

You can rest assured; there will still be plenty of regulation of li-quor in Washington. Stores meet-ing the Liquor Control Board’s standards (primarily, stores with more than 10,000 square feet of enclosed retail space) will have to apply for a license to sell spirits.

Just as the WSLCB regulates how alcohol can be marketed in restaurants, bars and taverns, so should we expect that the regulators will not per-mit a Wild West approach to liquor sales in retail stores. (In other words, do not expect to see “buy one, get one free” sales of your favorite premium brand vodka in your neighborhood supermarket.)

Despite its benefi ts, opponents of I-1183 sug-gest there are signifi cant downsides to privatiza-tion. Aside from the inevitable loss of jobs when the state’s warehouse and stores close, one claim made by No on I-1183 is that selling liquor this way will lead to an increase in underage

drinking and consequently more alcohol-related fatalities.

But this contention does not mesh well with studies that fi nd the vast majority of alcohol-relat-ed fatalities follow the consump-tion of beer, not liquor or wine. It stands to reason that cracking down on markets selling beer to minors and adults purchasing for underage drinkers, not limiting the consumer choices of respon-sible adults, will have the greatest impact on underage drinking.

Promoting convenience, effi -ciency and choice are at the heart of the campaign to privatize li-quor sales. Voters have routinely

sent the message to their elected offi cials to take those values seriously and should do so again this November.Bryan Myrick, a lifelong resident of the Eastside, has a degree in political science and communica-tions from the University of Washington and cur-rently publishes the Northwest Daily Marker, a blog on local and national politics.

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I wonder how much recent letter writer Bob Yoder has used emer-gency rooms (ERs) and urgent care centers? We have used both fre-quently due to numerous injuries from my stepson’s seizures.

Urgent care centers have turned him away when we’d take him in with a head or face laceration or a fracture. Th ey might be fi ne for ear aches, colds, etc. but not for serious injuries.

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Stop breaking beer bottles on trails

To the drinkers who shatter their beer bottles on the trails, sidewalks, and bike paths: PLEASE STOP!

Th e rest of us don’t want to walk or ride through your broken glass.

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Time for more changeOur country has become more

divisive during the past two years than I have ever seen in the past 50

years. What changed?We have a president — who prom-

ised change. Th e fi rst two years when the Congress and the White House were controlled by one party, they didn’t need to nor did they invite anyone else to the table to discuss the issues. Legislation was just rammed down our throats.

Th e voters changed that at the last election. Now, everyone not on the president, vice president and Democrat side is called names e.g. terrorist, hostage takers, etc.

It is time for another change _ this one to get rid of the grade-school mentality and elect adults who respect the offi ce they hold and the American people.

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I-1183 makes good fi scal sense, it will get taxpayers out of the liquor sales

business and it will allow the free market to operate so that customers,

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Board president Jackie Pendergrass said Kimball will be greatly missed in a statement released Wednes-day afternoon.

“As a board, we are dismayed to learn that Dr. Kimball will be leaving us while at the same time we are happy for him and his family in their new endeav-ors. His leadership has been instrumental in the strong direction of our district. The good news is that he will leave the district in a very good position, she said.”

As for a new superinten-dent, LWSD communica-tions director Kathryn Reith said, “the board has yet to determine how they will go about hiring a replacement.”

THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENTSAS is a private K-12

school with four campuses, serving about 4,000 students. Kimball said the school’s demographic is roughly 70 percent American students and 30 percent local and international students.

He said SAS is truly an American school in Asia, both in population and curriculum.

“It’s something I frankly believe in,” Kimball said about the American school system.

Like LWSD, he said SAS focuses on college prepara-tion and providing students with what he calls global-readiness skills.

Although he will be on the other side of the globe, Kimball said aside from a few differences such as the side of the road people drive on, there are many similarities between the Asian country and Ameri-can culture. He visited Singapore and SAS for two days in mid-August and added that Singaporean citizens call their country “Asia Lite” because it is very westernized.

This being said, Kimball said he plans to step out of his comfort zone during his time in Singapore.

“(My wife Cheryl and I) are really looking forward to embracing the culture there — truly experiencing a different culture and dif-ferent kind of life,” he said.

Kimball said another reason he accepted the job with SAS was because he and his wife will no longer have children living at home and do not have any grandchildren yet.

Kimball’s youngest daughter will graduate from Redmond High School at the end of this school year and plans to attend Whit-worth College in Spokane. They have family there, so she will have that support system nearby, he said.

While his youngest is excited for him and can’t wait to visit once he and his wife move, Kimball said his oldest daughter was initially a bit disappointed because she just graduated from col-lege and accepted a job as a pediatric nurse at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. He said she was expecting her par-ents to be nearby, but like his youngest, she will also have a support network of other family and friends.

BITTERSWEET GOODBYEKimball began his tenure

with LWSD as assistant superintendent and chief information officer in 1996. In 2004, he supervised the Eastlake region of the district and two years later, became deputy superinten-dent. Kimball became the district’s superintendent on July 1, 2007, replacing Dr. Don Saul, who retired.

Kimball said when he was hired, Ron Barnes, the superintendent at the time, wanted LWSD to be the most information-rich district in the country and wanted Kimball to invent it.

Set with this task, Kim-ball, who began his career in education as a high school science teacher in Madera, Calif., met with the district librarians.

Albert Einstein Elemen-tary School librarian Anne Sandbo still remembers that first meeting. She said Kimball told them in 10 years, they would be bring-ing information to students online rather than through books. Sandbo, who has been with LWSD for 17 years, said many people took exception to this be-cause they believed nothing could replace books.

A decade and a half later with all the advances in technology, Sandbo said she told Kimball she sees what he was talking about during that first meeting and the importance of staying on the “bleeding edge” of technolo-gy (because cutting edge was not enough for Kimball).

“He’s learned from us and we’ve learned from him,” she said. “It’s been really validating to work with him...We do know that he values what we do.”

Sandbo said she felt sad for the students when she learned about Kimball leav-ing. She said Kimball has always put the students first.

Despite being sad about Kimball’s departure, Sandbo is happy for him and his new endeavor.

This sentiment is echoed throughout the district.

LWSD Deputy Super-intendent Traci Pierce is in her 17th year with the district and has worked

closely with Kimball for about eight years.

“It’s been just absolutely great,” she said. “He’s a great leader. He’s always got great ideas.”

Pierce said Kimball made people feel empowered and trusted. She said he has steered LWSD in a great direction and she wants the new superintendent to maintain this and build upon it.

Rosa Parks Elementary School principal Tina Liv-ingston said her advice for the future superintendent is to make sure to visit the district’s different com-munities to learn about everyone’s needs.

“We’re a very diverse school district,” she said. “So I advise the individual to meet with lots of groups of people during the transition.”

Livingston said Kimball did this when he was promot-ed to superintendent even though he’d already been with the district for several years.

A TOUGH JOBAlthough Kimball has

received much praise for his superintendency, he said it has not been without chal-lenges.

Since he was hired as superintendent, Kimball has had to deal with continuous budget cuts at the state level and has worked with district staff to protect the class-room and students. He said he plans to continue this until the end of his tenure.

Another challenge has been challenging the status quo and keeping his schools internationally competitive and college ready. Kimball said the district is always looking at how they can improve things for students.

Several key changes throughout the district have

been put into place since Kimball became superin-tendent and many will be realized in the fall of 2012.

This includes the district’s grade reconfiguration to a K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 system; the opening of the new second-ary science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) choice school and the change in the district’s feeder system to balance the district’s school populations.

With the latter, Kimball received much push back and opposition and admits that he should have involved the public more during the decision process. But he stands by his decision.

“The feeder bump was the right decision to make,” he said.

Although he is leaving be-

fore they will be put into place, Kimball said he is 100 percent confident that these system transitions will go very well.

Kimball said during his decision-making process, he looks at all factors, including state laws, budget restrictions, employee contracts and more. He said no matter what a superin-tendent does, he or she will always face at least a little bit of opposition.

However, Kimball said whenever he is having a bad day, he likes to visit an elementary school for a quick pick-me-up because he loves seeing the students interacting with each other and their teachers and get-ting excited about learning.

“That’s why we do what we do,” he said.

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about 19 months old.Now 3 years old, Danger

has made “amazing prog-ress,” according to Kwan as he and his family continue to deal with the behavioral disorder.

Before Kindering, Danger had limited control over his motor skills and stumbled

when he walked. Lee Yuen and Kwan took their son to their family physician for tests. Th e doctor recom-mended they take Danger to Kindering, a neurodevelop-mental center for children with special needs.

“We didn’t know anything about Kindering and their

services,” Lee Yuen said.Th e Bellevue-based

therapy center ran some tests and assessments and with the initial results, began Danger on speech and occupational therapies as well as general education lessons.

Lee Yuen said these were all the services Kindering could off er at fi rst, but the staff then recommended hearing and sight tests for Danger to see if they contributed to his situation — they didn’t.

Th e couple brought Danger to a neurologist and he was diagnosed ASD. Aft er his diagnosis, Danger qualifi ed for more services including the CUBS (Com-munication, Understand-ing, Behavior, Socialization) program, which focuses on early childhood education, early childhood special education and applied behavior analysis.

EARLY INTERVENTION IS KEYAccording to the Autism

Speaks website (www.autismspeaks.org), autism aff ects how a person per-ceives the world and makes communication and social interaction diffi cult. An au-tistic person may also have repetitive behaviors.

Kindering Executive Di-rector Mimi Siegel said au-tism has been on the rise and about one in 110 children have it, adding that advances in medicine have helped with early intervention.

“Our medical community is doing a really good job of recognizing (ASD and other developmental issues) and making early referrals,” she said.

Siegel said early interven-tion is very important in these cases because it makes a critical diff erence in a child’s development, which is why Kindering serves children from birth to 3 years old.

And to help with early in-tervention in under-served populations, Siegel does community outreach with shelters, the YWCA, child-care centers, social workers and other social services to train staff and also identify children who may need Kindering’s services.

Th e numbers have shown that Kindering, which was founded in 1962, has made an impact on the children they work with. Siegel, who was hired on as executive director in 1978, said 97

percent of children in ther-apy make signifi cant gains; 73 percent narrow the gap between their skills and skills of typically developing peers; and 36 percent leave at age 3 no longer requiring special education.

SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS

Michelle Ward can attest to Kindering helping chil-dren develop and progress. Th e Redmond resident brought her son Ben, who had “a lot of sensory issues,” to the center for tests when he was about 18 months old.

Before coming to Kinder-ing, Ward said Ben could not maintain eye contact or play with others and had trouble communicating.

“Th ere was a lot of screaming,” she said. “Th at was his form of communi-cation.”

Ben, who will be 3 in November, began with occupational therapy and general education classes in September 2010. Two months later, speech therapy was added.

And aft er almost a year with Kindering, Ward said Ben is now able to sign as well as speak a few words, sit and play and he can even give hugs — a vast improve-ment for a boy who used to ignore those around him.

“It’s just amazing what (Kindering has) done,” Ward said.

Lee Yuen also saw

progress in his son while at Kindering, but added that Danger did regress and lose some skills during the holiday break in the winter. However, he got back on track within a few weeks of returning to Kindering.

“It was very slow and very small steps,” Lee Yuen said about Danger’s progress.

GRADUATION CELEBRATIONDanger spent 18 months

with Kindering before grad-uating from the program earlier last month.

Kindering held a cer-emony for Danger and his fellow 3-year-old gradu-ates at Crossroads Park in Bellevue and of the 356 graduates, 111 were from Redmond.

Lee Yuen and Kwan spoke during the cer-emony, telling the audience Danger’s story while he was at Kindering. Th e couple spoke about the challenges and successes their son had during his year and a half at the center.

“With all the classes and home support, each week Danger’s world got bigger and bigger but we still wondered if he would always need specialized teaching and if his indepen-dent learning would ever kick into high gear,” Kwan admitted to the audience. “But a few weeks ago, I had

Fostering hope with early treatmentEastside therapy center helps young children with special needs see their potential

Redmond resident Mitch Lee Yuen is surrounded by young children playing with the bubble machine, preceding the Kindering graduation ceremony last month. Lee Yuen and his wife Anna Kwan were featured speakers at the event. Kindering is a birth-to-3 therapy center for children with special needs. Courtesy photo

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the most wonderful birthday gift from Danger. When he woke up from his nap, he looked me in the eye and spontaneously sang his ABCs...His little song is a testament of the amazing progress he has made in the last year and a half.”

It is these successes and im-provements that Siegel particularly enjoys about her job at Kindering. She said she loves seeing graduates move on to lead fulfi lling lives.

“It’s tremendously rewarding,” she said. “Th at’s what excites me every day.”

During her time at Kindering, Siegel said the center has grown tremendously — almost doubling every year. She said they serve about 3,200 families a year from all over the Puget Sound area, but mostly on the Eastside.

A FAMILY AFFAIRIn addition to serving the

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their families. Ward, whose older son also has

ASD, said Kindering has helped her throughout Ben’s develop-ment because she was able to talk to other parents dealing with the same issues as her.

For example, when Ben would scream or ignore everyone dur-ing the education classes, Ward said the other parents were very understanding, telling her they’ve had similar experiences.

“(With non-ASD parents), you

get looks and nobody gets why you can’t just get your kid to sit at the table,” she said. “It’s such a relief to have people get it.”

Lee Yuen said parents are pres-ent during the therapy sessions, which take place in the home, and are encouraged to ask questions. Parents’ presence during educa-tion classes depends on the class, but teachers are still available to answer questions and Lee Yuen said the staff is very knowledge-able.

“Th ey pretty much walked us through everything from A to Z,” he said about their Kindering experience.

Kindering also includes siblings in the education and development process, Lee Yuen said.

Danger’s sister Syerra, who is two years older, was very involved and Kwan said in her graduation speech that her daughter “was able to communicate with Danger on a level that (Kwan and Lee Yuen) could not.”

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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, Sept. 14Drugs: Two different people were arrested for marijuana possession by Redmond police. First, a 24-year-old Redmond man was allegedly caught with less than 40 grams of mari-

juana in the 7900 block of 178th Place Northeast at around 9:30 p.m. About two hours later, an 18-year-old was arrested for possession of less than 40 grams of marijuana and minor in possession in the 10400 block of Red-Wood Road.

Tuesday, Sept. 13Animal cruelty: Redmond police investigated an animal abuse com-plaint at 8:33 p.m. in the 2000 block of

183rd Avenue Northeast. The victim’s cat was shot by a pellet gun and had to be euthanized because of the injuries.

Suspicious circumstances: A resident who lives in the 14200 block of Northeast 64th Circle reported at 11:36 a.m. that she found property from a vehicle prowl in her yard.

Monday, Sept. 12Tool time: It was reported at 9:31

a.m. that tools were stolen from a storage container in the 18600 block of Northeast 68th Street.

Storm drained: Multiple storm drains were taken from outside a busi-ness in the 15300 block of Northeast 93rd Street, according to a 9:08 a.m. report to the police.

Watch-less: Someone reported at 8:43 a.m. that a watch was stolen from an unlocked locker at a gym in the 7900 block of 178th Place Northeast.

Sunday, Sept. 11Theft: A woman reported at 9:47 a.m. that her nylon bag, containing her vehicle and house keys, was stolen from an unlocked locker at a pool facility in the 17500 block of Northeast 104th Street.

Fraud: Personal checks were stolen

from a mailbox in the 15700 block of Northeast 54th Way, according to a 9:21 a.m. report to police.

Saturday, Sept. 10Bike theft: Redmond police respond-ed to a 5:36 p.m. report of a bike theft from an apartment complex in the 15700 block of Bear Creek Parkway.

Friday, Sept. 9Leave me alone: A man who lives in the 10800 block of Red-Wood Road reported at 10:34 p.m. that he was being harassed by an ex-girlfriend.

Gun theft: At 2:32 p.m., a man who lives in the 9700 block of 166th Avenue Northeast reported that his loaded gun was stolen from his vehicle sometime during the past three months. He is unsure where the crime occurred.

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Th e Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce will host a candidates panel luncheon Sept. 21 at Matt’s Rotisserie from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Th ere will be fi ve city races on the November ballot, but only two will be contested.

City of Redmond planning commissioner Tom Flynn and Joel Wright, a Microsoft accountant, fi led for City Council Pos. 5, currently held by Council President Richard Cole who plans to retire at the end of this term.

Th ere will be another

contested city council race as Redmond resident Sue Stewart fi led to run against incumbent David Carson for Pos. 7.

Th e three other city races for mayor, city council Pos. 1 and 3 will all be uncon-tested.

John Marchione, who be-

gan his fi rst term as mayor in 2008, announced his re-election plans in April.

Incumbent city council members Hank Myers (Pos. 1) and Hank Margeson (Pos. 3) have also fi led for re-election and will not be challenged.

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council candidates will be asked the same fi ve pre-planned questions by moderator Tom Martin, the chamber’s board chair-

man. Th e candidates will be given a time limit for their answers and will have an opportunity to summarize and give any fi nal thoughts.

Patrick Hirsch with City of Redmond television will be recording the event for future viewing on the city website and Comcast.

Th e cost is $30 for Red-mond Chamber members and $40 for non-members. Advanced registration is required by sending an e-mail to carlaj@redmond chamber.org. For more information, visit www.redmondchamber.org.

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In reality, most people don’t have enough muscle. Adults who don’t strength train lose about one-half pound of lean muscle tis-sue every year. The loss of this muscle tissue, known as sarcopenia, can begin as early as age 25, then in-creases around age 40, and increases drastically after age 70.

Why is it such a big deal to lose muscle mass? First off, losing muscle means sacrificing your strength and postural support. If that’s not enough to convince you that muscle mass is important, then consider this fact: Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue. The more muscle that you have, the

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In support of the Arthritis Foundation, 19 Puget Sound area Massage Envy locations — including the Redmond Massage Envy center located at 17214 Redmond Way — will host “Healing Hands for Arthritis” on Oct. 12 (World Arthritis Day) to help raise awareness of those affected by arthritis.

“Most of us know at least one individual, young or old, impacted by arthritis. There’s no better way to give back than to treat yourself, a friend or family member to a relaxing and rejuvenat-ing massage or facial,” said Redmond Massage Envy owner Rick Davis.

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Is this the year of the Grizzly on the volleyball court?

Watching Th e Bear Creek School’s volleyball team progress over the last few seasons, one might think that 2011 just might be.

In 2008, the team fell late in the 2B Tri-Districts tournament, and came back to make their fi rst state tournament appearance in 2009, earning an eighth-place trophy. Last fall, they returned to the Yakima SunDome, going 3-1 in matches and placing fourth.

Th e program, which returns fi ve seniors from last year along with one key addition, had its biggest turnout ever with 34 players playing in Bear Creek’s Upper School, and another 35 in the Lower School (5th-8th grades).

“Th ey can only get better by playing, and the more touches they get on the ball, the better they get,” explained head coach Sherrie Brown. “Th ese seniors have set a great tradition, and with success breeds the want for improvement, and improvement gets us success.”

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who will add to the Grizzlies’ depth at the outside hitter position.

Finally, Bear Creek has a secret weapon in their arsenal that has the potential to be deadly — and that is senior Madelyn Magee, the reigning 2B state high-jump champion. Hav-ing not played organized volleyball since “sixth or seventh grade” ac-cording to Brown, Magee has raw talent, and holds a lot of promise.

“We would like to develop her into a weapon, she’s working hard,” Brown said. “I don’t think she has (that) role quite yet, but I think she will surprise people... she is an amazing athlete with an amazing drive to get better.”

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“Defi nitely height, and athleti-cism,” said Brown on what stood out about her team this year. “When you put the maturity in with them having played so much, those are our strengths.”

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from all over the Pacifi c Northwest.In total, the Grizzlies were at the

SunDome for 14 hours, playing 15 games over six matches. It was a long, grueling day that the team capped off with three straight wins to place ninth out of 32 teams.

“Th ey were doing well to con-tinue to play and win aft er so many hours,” Brown recalled. “I think the parents wanted to fl ip a coin, but the kids wanted to play. We started at Yakima, hopefully we can fi nish at Yakima.”

Added Elizabeth Fernandez, “It was really helpful to be in the Ya-kima SunDome, where we’re gonna be for state, and get that experi-ence there. Playing late at night, being tired, and being able to push through that showed we have a lot to look forward to this season.”

Always one to test their limits against bigger and better competition, on Tuesday night the Grizzlies chal-lenged Redmond High, a 4A school, to a volleyball showdown on the Mus-tangs’ home court, with the Grizzlies coming away with a 3-0 sweep.

“It was really encouraging to see that we could hang with the bigger teams,” said Meyer, adding that playing the tougher competition showed areas for improvement.

It may be only mid-September, but the Grizzlies are hoping to improve upon last year’s state fi nish.

“It’s early, and we’ve got lots to improve on, (but) they’ve been there before,” Brown said about her teams’ chances to win the 2B title. “I’d say today, no we couldn’t, but hopefully in nine weeks with the improvement they’re putting into their work, we’d like to make that great run for state.”

The Bear Creek School making big strides

Bear Creek hitter Makena Schoene goes up for a kill while Redmond’s Joy Zhang (No. 2) tries to block during the Grizzlies’ 3-0 win over the Mustangs at Redmond High School Tuesday night. Schoene and senior Nikki Peterson led the team with 10 kills each. Photo courtesy of Sini Fernandez


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Trio of experienced and capable outside hitters will do big things this year.

League MVP last year as a setter will feed the Griz-zlies’ first-class offense for some kills.

Defensive specialist will be ready to come up with some point-saving digs.

One of the tallest girls in the league at 6-foot-2, a real blocking and hitting threat.

TOP NEWCOMERS Two-

time state high-jump champion will use her killer vertical well as an outside hitter.

DID YOU KNOW?Jesse Magraw, who is the older sister of Redmond High senior libero Justice Magraw (see below), currently coaches volleyball at The Bear Creek School in Redmond. Jesse was a setter for the Mustangs in 2003 and 2004 and went to the 4A state tournament.

BIG GAME

The Warriors return a very strong team and will be a force to be reckoned with in the Sea-Tac 2B League.

Ross Johnson, 12th season with Redmond (1999-2006, 2008-11)

1-9, 9th place in 4A Kingco, 2-11 overall

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leader at libero, she already holds school records for digs in a match and in a season.

Pair of outside hitters will notch a majority of the kills. Smith is a three-year starter and Zhang is a “solid, powerful” hitter according to coach.

Pair of varsity returners got to start as sophomores and look to grow into leadership roles for next year.

Mustang tennis sensation is a seasoned, veteran setter.

TOP NEWCOMERS Will

challenge for starting setter position as a sophomore.

Very athletic, a strong, physical blocker.

Will chal-lenge for one of the outside hitting spots.

QUOTABLE“We return seven players off of last year’s team. We have several versatile players that will most likely play a variety of positions. Magraw will be a league leader at libero and will help us compete in a very tough league. Mustangs look to make a return to the playoffs after missing the playoffs last season for the first time in my tenure at RHS.”

BIG GAME

Crucial late-season league match against a very tough Falcons team that returns a lot of talent including D-1 bound Ali Forde. Other strong teams

look to be Roosevelt, Bothell, Newport and Eastlake.

THE OVERLAKE SCHOOL

Scott Christopher, 4th season with Overlake (2004-05, 2010-11)

5-5, 3rd place in 1A Emerald City League, 10-11 overall

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team all-league selection last season has improved her defensive game in the offseason.

One of the best hitters in the league is poised for a breakout season.

Very strong outside hitter that improved greatly during the club volleyball season.

A versatile utility player last season that has become an integral part of the Owl offense.

TOP NEWCOMERS A

strong all-around player that will add much-needed depth at the setter and outside hitter positions.

QUOTABLE“A young team in 2010 gained the much-needed playing experience to be successful in the Emerald City League. The team has matured and has added some much needed depth with the addition of a few

younger players. I expect us to be a much stronger team than last sea-son.”

BIG GAME

Second matchup and chance for redemption against a very strong, and young, Eagles program that placed third at state last year. Last Thursday, the Eagles got the best of theOwls, 3-1, with three of the four games coming down to the wire.

ON THE WEB

Go to www.redmond-reporter.com to check out a complete recap of this week’s local sports action.

Next week: The Reporter will finish up its season previews with a look at tennis and girls’ swimming.

PREP REPORT

Birger Thomas Sather, DVM

July 2, 1927 – September 7, 2011,

a much beloved Husband, Father,

Veterinarian and all around

Norwegian passed away peacefully

at his home in Hansville, WA. On

Wednesday, September 7th, he was

84 years old.

Birger was born in Norway and

immigrated to the United States at the age of one with his

parents and twin sister. His family settled to Hettinger,

North Dakota where he lived until he went into the military

in 1950. Birger served in the U.S. Army with the 647th Field

Artillery unit in Korea and was honorably discharged in 1952

– “It was COLD over there!”

After the military, Birger enrolled at Central Washington

University where he met his wife of 53 years, Barbara

Herard. He studied Veterinary Medicine and eventually

received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at

Washington State University. After graduating in 1958,

Barbara and Birger got married and settled in Redmond, WA

where Birger practiced both large and small animal medicine

for 30 years - He loved being a veterinarian! Barbara and

Birger raised five children in Redmond over those 30 years

and upon retirement moved to the Kitsap Peninsula where

he enjoyed the good life. He loved to travel, dance, garden,

and fish.

He was deeply involved in his community both in

Redmond and on the Kitsap Peninsula. Over the years he

was a member of Holy Family, St. Jude, and St. Olaf Parish’s,

Lions Club, Knights of Columbus, Sons of Norway (He loved

his Lutefisk), VFW, WSU Cougars Club, Boys and Girls

State Government Education Programs and the American

Veterinary Medical Association. For the past 10 years he

spent his spare time helping families of Veterans obtain

their VA benefits through the American Legion Post 245 in

Poulsbo, WA.

Birger was preceded in death by his parents Oscar and

Ruth, and by his sister Joan. He is survived by his wife

Barbara, three daughters, Sondra, Paula and Jeri-Lyn, two

sons, Denis and Steven, and 9 grandchildren with another

one on the way, and two sisters Liv and Helen. Family and

friends are respectfully invited to attend the visitation on

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

at St. Olaf Catholic Church in Poulsbo, WA. The Mass of

Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, September 22,

2011 at 12:30 PM at St. Olaf. Interment will take place on

Friday, September 23, 2011 at 11:30 AM at Tahoma National

Cemetery in Kent, WA. Memorial gifts may be sent to the

WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 641925,

Pullman, WA 99164.

Please sign the online Guest Book for the family at:

www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Birger Thomas Sather, DVMJuly 2, 1927 - September 7, 2011

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