Public meeting July 18 to update Kenmore community on industrial park clean up
Thursday, July 12, 2012

This case is a great example of the work the members of the King County Sheriff’s Office accomplish on a regular basis and the teamwork between the Sheriff’s Office and the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Lake Forest Park Rotary Club recently awarded scholarships to four graduating seniors from Shorecrest High School. The celebation took place with parents in attendance at Rotary Club's Wednesday breakfast meeting. The recipients were:
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| Elliot Fisher and Rotary President Frank Michiels |
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| Marcus Frates and Frank Michiels |
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| Allison Ezeonwu and President Frank Michiels |
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| Anel Ruiz, Scholarship winner |
To the Editor:
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| The official Ribbon Punching opened the new site in Shoreline |
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| CKO Class in action |
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| The open gym at CKO |
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| Carol Milne, glass sculptor, will exhibit at SummerSet |
Milne says “I like glass because it can take on an infinite number of forms and textures. Glass can show an interior image and exterior image simultaneously. It's translucent and transparent. It plays with light. It looks cool when it's hot.”
By Patty Hale
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| Photo by Patty Hale |
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| Richmond Beach Sunset. Photo by Allen Bain |
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| Photographed from Log Boom Park in Kenmore on July 3, 2008. Photo by Carl Dinse |
“I never had a textbook when I went to school in Uganda,” Dickson Senkunda said. “We did not have libraries or books for leisure reading in the schools I attended. Books are so valuable to a young mind in the way they can expand a child’s imagination, open their eyes, and stimulate their minds. Books cause thoughts and ideas that couldn’t have come through other avenues. Learning about people, places, opportunity, and the possibilities of life empowers children to become greater and more involved in their own future than they otherwise would have been. With poverty all around them, that is all the children come to know. Books open up a whole new world that they have never known existed.”
“With books come opportunities to learn, grow intellectually, and become something great,” Senkunda said. “It allows for further education and entrepreneurship, which stimulates the country’s economy and helps to end cycles of poverty that have existed for generations.”
“It is only through fundraising and the kindness and generosity of others that this is possible,” Dickson said. “Teach the Children couldn’t do this on its own.”
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| Metro RapidRide bus |
Jane Halver, Marjorie Ando, and Ed Sterner of the Lake Forest Park Rotary gave a recital "Tea by 2 + 1"last Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the home of the Halvers in Lake Forest Park.
“For some children in our communities, the end of the school year means end of meals,” said Risa Hartman, Associate Executive Director, Dale Turner Family YMCA. “At the Y, we are focused on making sure children stay healthy and well-nourished. Thanks to the partnership with the Walmart Foundation, our Y will be able to provide meals to children in the community who need them most.”
“At Walmart, we recognize the need to support the development of our nation’s youth,” said Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the Walmart Foundation. “We know that providing access to healthy meals during the summer months will enable students to return to school healthy, prepared and ready to succeed. By working closely with the Dale Turner Family YMCA, we can help kids have better summers and, ultimately, better lives.”
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| YAY t-shifts and hats |
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| Tucker silk screening at Rain City West |
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| Tucker Meyer and his YAY design |
John Urquhart, retired spokesman for the King County sheriff''s office, is a candidate for sheriff in the November general election against appointed interim Sheriff Steve Strachen.
“As King County Sheriff, one of my priorities will be to focus on offenders suspected of domestic violence,” said Urquhart. “Domestic violence defendants are the most violent offenders in the criminal justice system. They have the highest rate of recidivism for future violent crime than any other offender, and they are the most likely to be involved in homicide.”
"Ian Stawicki, the man who shot six people in Seattle on May 30th, leaving five dead, legally owned multiple firearms. He was charged in 2008 with four counts of misdemeanor domestic violence assault for attacking his girlfriend, and he was charged again with misdemeanor domestic violence assault in 2010 after attacking his brother. In both cases the victims recanted and prosecutors dropped the charges. If Stawicki had been convicted of any one of the domestic violence charges, he would have been legally prohibited from owning firearms.
“Stawicki was legally allowed to possess firearms because prosecutors could not build a case against him without his victim’s cooperation,” said Urquhart. “King County needs a specialized unit in the Sheriff’s Office that can properly investigate and build strong cases against domestic violence defendants where the case does not hinge solely on the testimony of the victim. This unit will save lives.”
“Norm Maleng called domestic violence a ‘crime against the human spirit’,” said Urquhart.
“The impact on victims and their children is tremendous, and we need to make sure we have the resources available for successful prosecutions. I intend to make that happen.”
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