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BY ALLISON DEANGELISBELLEVUE REPORTER

Despite what the district calls its aggressive hiring and recruit-ing of substitute teachers, the Bellevue School District is facing increase in unfilled teacher ab-sences in schools across the city.

Between 2013 and 2015, the rate of unfilled absences — those where a a substitute could not

be found to cover a teacher’s courses for the day — increased from 1.8 percent to 5.8 percent, according to district data.

The district added 60 addi-tional substitute teachers to their rotation this year, but still have a gap in covering teachers’ fall ab-sences, which increased by 12.12 percent from 2013 to 2015.

Concerns over the substitute shortcomings were first publicly

brought to the Bellevue School Board’s attention in November, when teachers spoke of the im-pact on standard and speciality educators.

“I have seen teachers be evaluated on their teaching skills when teaching one and a half classes on a moment’s notice. I’ve seen administrators be frequently torn away from other

BY RYAN MURRAYBELLEVUE REPORTER

In majority votes, council members John Stokes and John Chelminiak were sworn in Monday night as mayor and deputy mayor.

Former deputy mayor Kevin Wallace finished second in the mayoral race behind Stokes’ four votes with three of his own. Newly-reelected

council member Jennifer Robertson had three votes to Chelminiak’s four in the deputy mayoral vote.

Bellevue’s council members nominate who they would like to vote for in the position, then a paper ballot is submitted. Previous elections were decided by going around the council and asking each member to nominate a candidate and then having a vote. If that nominee was not

elected, it passed to the next councilmember to nominate a member. It could be a lengthy process.

“This was a smooth vote and a good meeting,” Stokes said. “I’m still getting used to the title.”

Stokes has been on Bellevue’s City Council since taking office in 2012 and in that time has


A community group opposed to the newly instituted Express Toll Lanes on Interstate 405 claims they were vindicated by a blog post from Washington State Depart-ment of Transportation, and are using the post as supposed proof the toll lanes were ill-advised.

Stop405Tolls.org cites a Nov. 18 post penned by the department’s toll spokesman Ethan Berger-son on WSDOT’s Blog in which traffic data is explored. WSDOT has since updated its data and claim the traffic rates are right on schedule.

The resulting information from the Nov. 18 post revealed that particularly on the weekends, traf-fic times have actually increased since the opening of the lanes in September.

“What drivers have been telling us is true - weekend congestion has increased since the I-405 ex-press toll lanes opened,” Bergerson writes. “Based on data from Oc-tober 3- November 8, travel times between Bellevue and Lynnwood are generally up to 5 minutes longer throughout the weekend, with up to a 10 minute increase northbound on Saturdays.”

District facing problem with unfilled teacher absences

Anti-toll group looks at WSDOT’s 405 data

Stokes, Chelminiak sworn in as new city leaders

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Photo courtesy of Marcus Donner John Stokes, left, and John Chelminiak were sworn in as mayor and deputy mayor at Monday evening’s council meeting. Stokes has been on the council since 2012 and Chelminiak joined in 2004.

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The man accused of killing his fiancé in a hit-and-run accident in Nov. is reportedly one of two offend-ers who were accidentally released from prison early due to a sentencing issue and allegedly committed new crimes during the time period when they should have still been incarcerated.

Robert Jackson was arrested and charged in the Nov. 12 death of Bellevue resident and mother of two Lindsay Hill. Witnesses reported seeing him, covered in blood, near the scene in the hours after the crash.

Jackson was originally released from prison on Aug. 10 after serving time for previous crimes, but should have remained incarcerated until Dec. 6, ac-cording to the state Department of Corrections.

Department Secretary Dan Pacholke offered his deepest condolences on Dec. 27 to Hill’s family.

“Nothing I can say will bring back Ms. Hill. I deeply regret that this happened,” Pacholke said. “On behalf of the Department of Corrections, I apologize.”

The Department of Corrections and law enforce-ment officers are still searching for the other offend-er. While this offender did serve his sanctioned time for the new offense of attempt to elude law enforce-ment, due to the miscalculation, he will need to complete his full prison term for his original offense of assault, according to the department.

In a statement released on Dec. 28, Gov. Jay Inslee ordered the department to take immediate action to resolve the issue.

“These were serious errors with serious implica-tions,” Inslee said. “When I learned of this I ordered

DOC to fix this, fix it fast, and fix it right.”The problem dates back to July 2002 when a state

Supreme Court ruling required the department to apply “good time” credits earned in county jail to state prison sentences. The department changed its sentence computation coding to comply with the ruling; however the programming fix contained an inaccurate sequencing that over-credited good time for those offenders with sentencing enhancements.

A preliminary analysis by department indicates that as many as 3,200 offenders may have been re-leased early over the course of 13 years. That rep-resents approximately three percent of all releases during that 13-year time period. Early estimates indicate that the median number of days offenders were released from prison is 49 days before their cor-rect release date.

The Department of Corrections first learned there was a problem in 2012 and began the process of a se-quencing fix. However, for reasons that will be inves-tigated, the sequencing fix was repeatedly delayed. A newly hired chief information officer at department recently became aware of the severity of the problem and alerted department leadership who then notified the governor.

“That this problem was allowed to continue for 13 years is deeply disappointing to me, totally unaccept-able and, frankly, maddening,” Inslee said.

The governor ordered department to halt all re-leases of impacted offenders from prison until a hand calculation is done to ensure the offender is being released on the correct date. A broader software fix was expected to be in place by Jan. 7.

Alleged November hit-and-run driver accidentally released from prison early

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Newly-elected King County Commissioner Claudia Balducci addresses a gathered crowd at Bellevue Youth Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 29 after being sworn into her new county position. Balducci recently left her position as Bellevue’s mayor to take up the King County slot. Event-goers were treated to a choir made up of Bellevue Youth Theatre members.

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Team members Subi Lumala, Vivienne Rutherford and Catherine Whitmer designed an experiment that will be conducted on the International Space Station. They have been photoshopped onto the planet Mars.

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Now that NASA has found evidence of water on Mars, astronauts will test the growth of a small plant in simulated Martian soil, thanks to students at Bel-levue’s Open Window School.

The experiment will be one of 21 tri-als put to the test 250 miles above sea level on the International Space Station through the Student Space Flight Ex-periments Program (SSEP). The Open Window School was chosen to partici-pate in the program last fall, and is the only school in the state to be included.

“Participation in SSEP offers our students an experience that they will re-member the rest of their lives. Far more than learning science, they will have the opportunity to be scientists, conducting an experiment structured iden-tically to the work of the world’s leading researchers,” said Open Window’s Head of School, Jeff Stroebel.

Fifty student teams of fourth through eighth grad-ers worked on proposals for microgravity experi-ments. They include topics such as seed germination, crystal growth, physiology and life cycles of microorganisms, cell biology and growth, food studies and studies of micro-aquatic life, but had to be designed to work within the con-straints of a Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME) research mini-laboratory and

pass a NASA Flight Safety Review.During the two-step review process,

the pool of proposals was first narrowed down to three finalists by a review board consisting of researchers and master STEM educators. The winning experiment was then selected by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education.

The winning proposal, “Arabidopsis Germination in Martian Soil Simulant,” tests the effects of microgravity on the growth of Arabidopsis (a small flower-ing plant also known as rockcress) in simulated Martian soil. The experiment was proposed by seventh grade team members — Subi Lumala, Vivienne Rutherford and Catherine Whitmer — who are “over the moon” that their experiment was selected.

“We developed this proposal so that colonists would have starter seedlings for both fresh food and for science experiments. Arabidopsis is very hardy and there is a lot of knowledge about the plant in the scientific community,” said Rutherford and Whitmer.

Other proposed proj-ects included figuring out whether potatoes would be more resistant to the plant pathogen bacteria Pecto-bacterium carotovorum in microgravity and whether hydroponic plant germina-tion could occur in micro-gravity.

In addition to the Arabi-dopsis experiment, Open Window School will send

two official mission patches designed by kindergarten through eighth grade students to fly aboard the ISS.

The mission is planned for late spring or early summer of this year.

Open Window students’ project to sprout in spaceExperiment to test effects of microgravity on plant chosen, to be conducted by astronauts on space station

“We developed this proposal so that colonists would have starter seedlings for both fresh food and science experiments.“

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Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee is developing an initiative to curb gun-related violence in Wash-ington through executive order.

“We are finalizing our plan and hope to announce some-thing soon,” confirmed Jaime Smith, Inslee’s director of communications.

She declined to discuss any details, saying only that the initiative “will be focused on executive ac-tion.”

The announcement on Jan. 5 coincides with Presi-dent Barack Obama’s move to strengthen federal gun control efforts through executive action.

Obama on Monday moved to ensure anyone who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms is licensed and conducts background checks on their customers including for sales make online and at private shows. On Tuesday, he formally announced it.

The expanded background check rules Obama is seeking are already in force in Washington as a result of voter approval of Initiative 594 in 2014.

Obama also wants to hire more people to process background checks through the National Crime Information Center database more efficiently and to expand federal research into gun safety technology.

And he said he will ask Congress to provide mon-ey to hire 200 new ATF agents and investigators to enforce our gun laws and an additional $500 million to help states better address mental health issues.

Inslee, too, will pursue gun control through executive action

Letters to the editorToll explanation owed

On Saturday, December 19 at about 5:30 PM, a collision occurred in the northbound lanes of I-405 near the SR-527 interchange. This caused a blockage to traffic, and shortly afterwards, the variable mes-sage signs were announcing a four-mile back-up. At the location of the accident, there are two general-purpose lanes and one “HOT” lane, available only to carpoolers and to those willing to pay a toll. In past times, WSP would have directed traffic into the (then) HOV lanes in order to use all the available capac-ity, in order to clear the back-up. Nowadays, the same result could be achieved by changing the toll signs above the HOT lane to indicate that the lane was open to all traffic free of charge.

But instead, the toll signs were changed to read that the toll would increase by a factor of 13 from $0.75 to $10.00. It seemed reminiscent of the actions of the young hedge fund tycoon who purchased a drug company in order to raise the price of its product from $13.50 to $750 per pill - an opportunistic attempt to make an unseemly profit from a situation of misery.

Does this action signify that WSDOT’s priorities have changed? Is maximizing toll revenue now more important than relieving traffic congestion? I think WSDOT owes us an explanation, with an apology if appropriate, for this indefensible behavior.

Lin WilsonBellevue

Adkins and RESPECTMedina don’t respect Medina

With the new year, Medina has two new representatives on city council. Medina residents are lucky to have Sheree Wen and Cindy Adkins taking a seat on the coun-cil. Their backgrounds and passion for the city will only serve to make Medina better.

There are concerns about the passion that Cindy Adkins has for a single issue that drove her to seek a seat on council, and that’s related to the cell tower that is proposed for Fairweather Park. She and her husband, John F. Harris, run the RESPECTMedina 501(c)(3) that is fighting against the proposal. While it is easy to agree with their goals, Cindy has proven herself to be a very partial advocate for the placement of the cell phone tower and does not seem to take into consideration the impact of the positions her non-profit advocates for on all the citizens of Medina.

Many smart, reasonable location alternatives have been proposed which will minimize the impact of the cell towers on all neighbors but the one site continuously and strenu-ously proposed by RESPECTMedina will most directly impact residents –the site they want is located CLOS-EST to homes and the Bellevue Christian School. It will be mere feet from many homes.

The citizens who live near the RE-SPECTMedina preferred site do not want a cell phone tower in our yards, just like Ms. Adkins does not want one in view of her property. Where is the respect?

We strongly oppose any and all proposals to place a cell phone tower within mere feet of our homes. We also request that Councilwoman Adkins not be permitted to partici-pate in any official discussions or other work related to the cell phone tower as her conflict of interest is well documented. Recusal is the only option.

Jennifer GaroneMedina

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The BlotterPolice reports from Bellevue

December 28Phallic infraction: Unknown suspect(s) caused a few thousand dollars worth of damage to Crossroads Park. A window was broken out, phallic pictures spray painted in the spray park and deep vehicle tire marks left in the grass.

December 29Fake funds: An unknown suspect passed a counterfeit $50 at the Factoria Taco Bell location. The counterfeit currency wasn’t discovered until the cash register was being counted later, and the employee who collected the fake bill during the evening only recalled the suspect as a white male between 25 and 30 years old and about 5’06” to 5’08” in height. The Factoria Taco Bell does not have video surveillance and the bill had was extensively handled by multiple Taco Bell employees before police were called, hindering the case. The bill was entered into evidence and the U.S. Secret Service was notified of the case.Watch out: A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while crossing Factoria Boulevard Southeast. The driver stated that they did not see pedestrian in the crosswalk while making an unprotected left turn against traffic. The pedestrian suffered a minor injury and was trans-ported to Overlake Medical Center.

December 30Java jackpot: The manager at Starbucks on Northeast 8th Street stated that an unknown customer turned in a bag containing $3,900 in cash found inside the

Starbucks. The cash was booked into property for safe-keeping.In need of noodles: Unknown suspect(s) attempted to force their way into Oodles of Noodles by trying to pry open a side window, but failed. It is unknown whether they got noodles that evening.

January 2Mischevious mayhem: Three young boys who were left with a very naïve nanny accidentally set fire to their garage. Officers located evidence of other small fires in the yard and neighbors reported seeing the boys routinely setting fires. The uninvolved mother lives in California and the father works several hours away. The father was notified; however, he was not overly con-cerned about his children’s behavior.

January 3International threat: A 15-year-old International School student posted on social media “Some of you guys are okay. Don’t go to school tomorrow.” Contact with the student was made at his home and it was deter-mined that no credible threat existed.


Alcohol-related accidents and arrests were down this New Year’s Eve compared to past years, as were the number of DUI emphasis officers working the holiday.

The Bellevue Police Department reported that there were no major accidents, no injury accidents and four DUI arrests on the evening and early morning of Dec. 31, 2015/Jan. 1, 2016. Three of those arrests were made by officers working a special state-funded DUI emphasis patrol.

However, the number of those special patrol officers was also down this year compared to years past.

Each year, the Washington State Traffic Safety Com-mission funds DUI emphasis patrols on holidays such as New Year’s Eve, when there will generally be an increase in citizens drinking and driving. In cities like Bellevue, these officers are in addition to the standard patrol forces and spots are filled on a voluntary basis.

The funding for this year’s patrols was on par with previ-ous years.

This year, three Bellevue Police officers worked the New Year’s Eve emphasis patrol, compared to five last year, according to police. When he worked the DUI emphasis pa-trol in years past, there were as many as six or eight officers on the emphasis patrol, said Bellevue Police Spokesperson Seth Tyler.

On New Year’s Eve 2015, there were five emphasis officers on patrol who made six arrests. The emphasis patrols are above and beyond normal staffing levels, said Tyler.

“The reason behind making it voluntary is that you don’t want someone to work that shift who doesn’t want to. There’s the expectation that these officers will be out actively looking for intoxicated drivers,” he said.

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Fourteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives have thrown their weight behind a petition asking the Ger-man government to investigate labor practices of T-Mobile US, a Bellevue-based telecommunications company that is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom (DT).

The German company is partially owned by the German government. Rep. Mark Pocan (Democrat - Wisconsin) is leading the charge asking DT to enforce fair labor practices at all its international locations.

On Dec. 18, members of Congress released a damning open letter for their German counterparts in the Bund-estag.

“T-Mobile clearly has significant labor relations prob-lems,” the letter read. “In the United States, when people think of large, non-union companies with poor labor records, Wal-Mart immediately comes to mind. Yet, when controlling for the size of their respective workforces, T-Mobile’s rate of unfair labor practice charges since 2009 is nearly seven times that of Wal-Mart’s. The scope and frequency of the charges have repeatedly garnered the attention of the United States Congress. We believe they warrant the German government’s attention as well.”

T-Mobile did not respond to questions about the claims, but has gone on record with the Reporter before claiming they follow the law with labor relations.

Congress asks Germany to investigate T-Mobile

advocated strongly for more afford-able housing options in Bellevue. He plans to continue that crusade as mayor.

“Council member [Lynne] Rob-inson and I have worked together on affordable housing strategies,” he said. “We’ve been working on a strong action plan, and hope to have a full plan developed by years end, which is quite soon considering all the details.”

Other big projects Stokes is excited to work on include Sound Transit’s operations and maintenance satellite facility (OMSF) and the nascent Tateuchi Center as well as downtown livability.

“We now have 12,000 people living downtown,” Stokes said. “That’s a major growth in five years. And with Kemper Freeman projects like the Lincoln Square expansion, there’s potential for more. We’re starting to work on neighborhoods in the city, and it’s a lot to deal with.”

For Chelminiak, this tenure as deputy mayor will be his second. He served in the position in 2006 and 2007.

“It’s very nice to be a part of city leadership,” he said. “And I think we’ve got a good team.”

Chelminiak is anticipating work on zoning for the Sound Transit East Link light rail stops in Bellevue, one at City Hall and the other at Overlake

Hospital. Adding a permanent loca-tion for the men’s homeless shelter in the city is also on his agenda.

The mayor and deputy mayor have disagreed in the past, but nothing quite like former mayor Claudia Balducci and Wallace. The changed dynamic on the council will be inter-esting to see, Stokes and Chelminiak said.

“It was tough to lose Claudia,” Chelminiak said. “But I think we got a very good person in her place [newly elected council member Vandana Slatter]. John [Stokes] and I work together really well. I think it’s going to be a good term.”

In other council news:• Council agreed to the terms for

a $1 million state grant to start work on Meydenbauer Bay Park.

The grant will be funded through the State of Washington’s Recreation Conservation Office, and will help Bellevue expand the existing Mey-denbauer Beach Park east along the waterfront. Bellevue has pledged a matching $1 million contribution as part of the grant’s terms.

The park is located near Down-town Bellevue and runs across Northeast 1st Street and Lake Washington Boulevard Northeast. The planned park, when finished, will be 10 acres or a quarter-mile and will connect downtown with the waterfront.

Phase 1 of the park’s development includes stream daylighting, beach and shoreline improvements, canoe and kayak tie-ups, pathways, trails,

landscaping and restroom and pier construction.

Estimates for total costs range just over $12 million between 2014 and 2017. Bellevue applied for the grant in April of 2014.

• Council agreed to extend a resi-dential parking zone near Interlake High School.

The Zone 2 residential parking permit area will include Northeast 25th Street between 162nd Avenue and 164th Avenue Northeast.

Bellevue’s comprehensive plan allows for permitted areas to reduce parking spillover on residential streets. The area was expanded in 2012 and 2013 to deal with Interlake’s growing student population.

Zone 2 parking restricts parking between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. to those who have a prominently displayed permit.

• Council accepted the terms of another grant from the State of Washington’s Recreation Conser-vation Office, this one a $250,000 matching grant to replace the syn-thetic turf at Robinswood Park.

The grant is part of an ongoing parks refurbishment plan to improve Bellevue’s Parks and Recreation.

Much of the improvements are focused on safety in the parks and reducing potential liability to the city. This includes maintenance, repairs, improved lighting and an improved trail system, as well as dock and tie-up maintenance for shoreline or waterway-adjacent parks.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Health Fair

Crossroads Bellevue Market Stage15600 NE 8th Street | Bellevue | WA 98008Monday, January 18 |11:00 AM-3:00 PM

Real-time captioning (CART) will be provided.

Sponsored by: City of Bellevue, Bellevue Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Crossroads Bellevue

This annual tribute features live entertainment, guest speakers and health fair to honor Dr. King. Come and hear the Seattle Peace Chorus, learn about Kingian Non-Violence, and connect with health providers for health screenings, on-site mammograms, and community resources.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. presenting distinguished guest lecturer

Dr. Terrence RobertsReflecting on history to inform the future

Bellevue Public Library | Room 1Saturday, January 16 | 1:00-2:00 PM

For additional information or accommodation needs, contact Mark Manuel at 425-452-7886 or [email protected]

Dr. Terrence Roberts is a member of the Little Rock Nine, the first group of African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Dr. Roberts will reflect on his experience at Little Rock Central High School and share how Dr. King’s Vision was relevant then and now. Co-sponsored by the City of Bellevue, King County Library System, and Bellevue Friends of the Library.

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WSDOT claims four major reasons are to blame for the increased times: Construc‑tion, sporting events, higher rainfall and a lack of people using the Express Toll Lanes.

Although through October only 36 per‑cent of drivers using the Express Toll Lanes were in high occupancy vehicle mode, Bergerson said that number grew to 48 percent in November and 50 percent in the first half of December.

“It’s still lower than last year, but we are seeing the traffic volume increase in the express lanes,” he said.

David Hablewitz, one of seven members of Stop405Tolls’ leadership team, wrote a response to Bergerson’s initial post, claim‑ing those excuses weren’t going to cut it.

In his estimation, construction impact on traffic would be eased if general pur‑pose lanes could be shifted to the Express Toll Lanes when some lanes are closed. WSDOT has been mixed in its approach to the issue ‑ at times allowing drivers to shift lanes to avoid constrution or accidents, and other times charging a huge premium rate to use the lanes to get around a wreck in

the toll lanes.“The first thought I have, is they are on

the defensive,” Hablewitz said. “They are trying to explain the problems away.”

As for weather, Bergerson cited weather history reports to show that there was three times as much precipitation this year over 2014 during the same six‑weekend period.

Stop405Tolls currently has a petition to repeal the tolling between Lynnwood and Bellevue with more than 27,000 signatures, and Hablewitz didn’t mince words when it comes to his disdain for the Express Toll Lanes.

“The people understand that building and maintaining roads is not free. But we also know that tolling is a terribly inef‑ficient and ineffective method to collect revenue and a stupid way to provide ‘con‑gestion management,’” he writes.

WSDOT claims the lanes will work once drivers adapt.

“We’ve always said that it takes 6 months to a year for drivers to adjust to the changes,” Bergerson writes. “And this is es‑pecially true for weekend drivers who may travel or carpool on I‑405 less frequently and have had fewer trips then daily com‑muters to adjust to the changes.”

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Graphic courtesy of the Human Rights Campaign

A map showing the locations of cities across the country that were named LGBT-inclusive in the Human Rights Campaign’s 2015 assessment. Bellevue joined the list for the first time, representing the Puget Sound along with Seattle and Olympia. Fourty-seven out of 408 cities assessed across the country were given a perfect 100-point score based on non-discrimination laws, municipality as employer, municipal services, law enforcement and relationship with the LGBT community. That number is up from 38 cities in 2014, 25 cities in 2013 and 11 cities in 2012, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

It may be chilly outside, but the Bel-levue housing market continues to

be hot on a seasonality basis, espe-cially for sellers. In December, pending sales of single-family homes dropped 40.5%, from 84 to 50, but pending sales were actually 6.4% higher than November of 2014. That increase reflects the strong market many sellers are taking advantage of, but we are in dire need of inventory. West Bellevue has more inventory than East Bellevue due to the number of million dollar homes on the market, but even that is less than half of what it was a year ago.

Overall, new listings fell 40.6% last month but were 7.9% higher than

a year ago. Inventory is 28.3% lower than a year ago but inched up to 1.3 months supply last month compared to 1.2 months supply in November.

“Year 2015 was the second best year on record,” said Lennox Scott, Chairman and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate. “The real estate market will be more intense next year in 2016. The Bellevue culture, including strong schools, amenities, and its proxim-ity to both Downtown Bellevue and Seattle, makes it a very desirable area.

It’s a fast market, and what inventory does come on the market gets imme-diate action. We would be selling more homes if we had the inventory.”

“Kathy Estey, Managing Broker of John L. Scott’s Bellevue Main loca-

tion, says that the Bellevue market continues to be extremely competi-tive. “We are seeing record numbers of people visiting open houses. Last month one of our brokers had an open house on Saturday and Sunday and over 450 people showed up. The home had over 15 offers, and sold for well above asking price. It’s not surprising that two Bellevue neighbor-hoods (Newport and Newport Hills) recently made the top 30 list of the most competitive neighborhoods in the country.”

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Others voiced con-cern for the impact on so-called “speciality” classes such as physical education, art, music and library. Internation-al School Band Direc-tor Andy Rubesch told the school board that the substitute shortage was pulling specialist instructors away from their classes to cover teacher absences, often leading to weeks-long gaps in instruction.

“Our primary concern is not the substitute shortage — which we all recognize as a problem

— but that the practice of relying on specialists to act as emergency subs seems to be more and more commonplace and an accepted practice by building principals,” he said.

In response, the dis-trict’s Executive Director of Human Resources Jef-frey Thomas conducted a survey last month of existing Bellevue substi-tute teachers and assured the school board that the district was not just sit-ting idly by.

“We have been very aggressive in hiring substitutes and also in hiring teachers,” he said. “There really is a teacher coverage challenge. Because when you look at the data that we pre-sented, we’ve done more around recruitment of substitutes than we’ve done in several years and we increased the number of substitutes in our active pool by 60 this year.”

Over the last two years, the district has expanded recruitment, increased pay and cre-ated incentivized pay for substitute teachers.

Those reasons, in addition to the conve-nience and climate/cul-ture of Bellevue schools were the top reasons that substitutes surveyed reported that they chose to substitute in Bellevue. Substitutes overwhelm-ingly have nothing but positive things to say about working in the district and over 98 percent said they would recommend other sub-stitutes do so, Thomas reported.

The district is aiming to reduce the unfilled absence rate to below 4.5 percent by January 31, then below three percent by March 1. The key to remedying the substitute gap is increasing the number of substitutes but also managing teach-er absences, including

the dramatic growth in the use of personal and professional develop-ment leave over the last two years, he said.

Allison DeAngelis; 425-453-4290 or [email protected]

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A graphic presented to the Bellevue School Board shows the increase in both teacher absences and unfilled absences. Despite hiring 60 district substitutes this year, the Bellevue School District is still experiencing some problems filling teacher absences.


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Bellevue Wolverines guard Anna Wilson, right, attempts a shot while being guarded by Inglemoor’s Hannah Shimek, left, on Jan. 4 at Bellevue High School. The Wolverines improved their overall record to 11-0 with the victory against Inglemoor. Bellevue is currently in first place in the Class 3A KingCo Division.

BY SHAUN SCOTTBELLEVUE REPORTER

From the opening tipoff to the final buzzer, the Bellevue Wolverines girls basketball team unveiled relentless pressure defense against the Inglemoor Vikings.

The gameplan paid dividends. The Wolverines outscored the

Vikings 23-9 in the first quarter en route to a 67-41 win on Jan. 4 at Bellevue High School. The Wolverines improved their overall record to 11-0 with the victory while Inglemoor dropped to 8-2 with the loss. The full-court pressure and half-court traps are a stable of the Bellevue basketball pro-gram.

“We like to make teams uncomfortable. Our goal is to cause chaos in full court and in the half court as much as pos-sible,” Bellevue head coach Leah Krautter said.

Despite the defensive pres-sure, Inglemoor cut Bellevue’s lead to seven points after senior forward Ifeoma Emeka con-nected on a three-pointer slic-

ing Bellevue’s lead to 29-22 with 1:51 left in the second period. Bellevue went on a 8-0 run in the final 1:40 of the second quarter, extending their lead to 37-22 at halftime to put the game away. Bellevue was led by Shelby Cansler’s team-high 18 points. Senior Quinessa Caylao-Do scored 10 of her 14 points in the first quarter of play. Cansler said the Wolverines have a deep bench, which allows them to play aggressive on the defensive end of the floor.

“We just feel like we have the speed to keep it up the whole game. Every single person on our team can keep up that pressure. We know we can pressure teams the whole game and slowly wear them down,” Cansler said.

The Vikings are currently in second place in the Class 4A KingCo Division and were a solid test for the Class 3A KingCo first place Wolverines.

“Inglemoor is definitely one of the toughest teams we’ve faced. They have some good athletes for sure and they play hard,” Krautter said.

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William Ainsworth CullitonWilliam Ainsworth Culliton was born

in Seattle August 11, 1928 to Helen Ainsworth and William Miles Culliton.

He graduated from Overlake High in 1945, and attended the University of Washington - Delta Kappa Epsilon. He died in his sleep December 20, 2015.

He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean con� ict where he survived an ocean landing after a failed takeo� from a carrier, and was discharged in December 1951. Bill married Harriet Ann Tremper August 26, 1950. He worked in the Seattle and Alaska salmon � sheries for San Juan Fishing and Packing until 1959 when he and Bob Reid started Reid Sand and Gravel. He and Harriet have � ve children. He worked for Jim McGinnis Yacht Sales until his retirement.

Bill grew up sailing � atties on Lake Washington, exploring the San Juan Islands and the Inland Passage to Alaska and � ying small planes. He shared his passion for the outdoors with his wife Harriet and their � ve kids. They spent summers on Hood Canal: � shing, crabbing and gathering oysters. Winter weekends he would pack everyone up and go skiing at Snoqualmie Pass.

In 1977, he married Lyn Cochran and they spent their retirement years exploring the San Juan and Gulf Islands and enjoying their cabin on Hood Canal. They were active members of the Seattle Yacht Club.

Until the day he died, he was an ace at dominoes and though his memory was fading, still enjoyed reciting his favorite poem, “The Cremation of Sam Magee”, and had he had a piano would have still played boogie woogie occasionally after midnight. He had a quick wit, a wonderful sense of humor and a twinkle in his eye. He knew how to enjoy the moment and his zest for life was contagious.

He was preceded in death by Lyn Culliton, his son Steve Cochran, and his two sisters, Patti Smith and Georgi Coombs. He is survived by his � rst wife, Harriet Lee, and his children: Bill Culliton, Nancy Dupar, Ann Toelle, Mary Groskopf, Jane Culliton and Lisa Cochran Ha� .

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Virginia was a resident of Bellevue for 35 years, where she was a member of Overlake Park Presbyterian Church, and Overlake Service League. She was an excellent cook, seamstress and bridge player. She also was a fan of the Mariners and Seahawks.

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425.453.4276BLUE FRIDAYSBY SHAUN SCOTTBELLEVUE REPORTER

A little more than two and a half months ago it ap-peared the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl aspirations were doomed.

They had just suffered their fourth loss of the 2015 season, courtesy of a 27-23 home defeat to the Caro-lina Panthers on Oct. 18 leaving the Seahawks with a meager 2-4 overall record.

I was in attendance at the game as a fan with my best friend Tom Winslow. Our seats, which were situated in the first row of the 300 level at CenturyLink Field close to the 40-yard-line, gave us a perfect view of the playing surface. We couldn’t believe our eyes when Carolina quarterback Cam Newton connected with tight end Greg Olsen on a 27-yard touchdown pass for the go-ahead touchdown in the final minute of regula-tion.

Since the setback against Carolina, Seattle won eight of their final 10 regular season games clinching the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs. The Seahawks are peaking at the right time and are dominating their opponents in every facet of the game. Even though the Kansas City Chiefs have won 10 consecutive games, in my opinion, the Seahawks are the hottest team in the National Football League right now. Seahawks fourth-year quarterback Russell Wilson turned in a most valuable player worthy caliber season as his team’s sig-nal caller. Wilson threw for 34 touchdowns and a mere eight interceptions. He also passed for 4,024 yards and ran for 553 yards as well. Seahawks’ wide receiver

Doug Baldwin had the best season of his career with 78 catches for 1,069 yards receiving and 14 touchdown receptions. In the season finale, the Seahawks’ stifling defense surrendered just six points in a convincing 36-6 triumph against the Arizona Cardinals on Jan. 3. For the fourth consecutive season, the Seahawks defense allowed the fewest points in the NFL surren-dering a total of 277 points in 16 games. The passing game is rolling, the defense is dominating and one of most esteemed players in Seahawks history will be making a triumphant return to the lineup just in time for the playoffs.

Seahawks’ running back Marshawn Lynch, who has missed the past eight games with an abdominal injury, is scheduled to play in the Seahawks’ wildcard play-off game at 10 a.m. on Jan. 10 on the road against the Minnesota Vikings. Lynch is the most physical runner in the NFL. His return to the lineup will not only make a huge difference on the field due to his steady produc-tion, but will be a spirited emotional lift for the entire team to see one of the most well-liked players on the roster in the huddle once again. The Seahawks are just three wins away from their third consecutive Super Bowl appearance and are four wins away from hoist-ing the Lombardi Trophy for the second time in three seasons. The road to a Super Bowl title is going to be formidable (three possible road games in the NFC playoffs), but if the Seahawks do indeed reach their goal of winning Super Bowl 50 they will undoubtedly be crowned as a dynasty. The NFL playoffs have ar-rived and the Seahawks are firing on all cylinders.

Seahawks are heading to the playoffs

Prep Sports RoundupGIRLS BASKETBALL

Interlake nabs victory Amanda Melhoff

scored a game-high 15 points in Interlake’s 64-22 win against Bear Creek in a non-league contest on Dec. 30 at Interlake High

School in Bellevue. Courtney Wehner add-

ed 14 points in the win as well. The Saints outscored Bear Creek 23-9 in the second quarter to put the game out of reach.

Interlake (6-4) will host Nathan Hale at 3 p.m. on Jan. 9 at Interlake High School in Bellevue in a non-league contest.

Prep Sports RoundupGIRLS BASKETBALL

Vikings remain undefeatedPerfection on the hardwood contin-

ued for the Bellevue Christian Vikings courtesy of a 38-17 win against Blaine in a non-league game on Dec. 30. The Vikings (7-0) hosted South Whidbey High School on Jan. 7. As of press time, results of this contest were unavailable.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Newport snaps losing streak with win against Bear Creek

The Newport Knights got back in the win column after two consecutive losses with a 57-50 win against Bear Creek on Dec. 30.

The Knights (5-5) will face the Mount Si Wildcats in a Class 4A KingCo league matchup at 8 p.m. on Jan. 8 at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie.


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In 58 blistering seconds, Bellevue resident Bennett Haselton set a Guinness World Record by perfectly naming 58 world capitals.

After sending a video to the Guinness people on Dec. 12, Haselton heard back on Dec. 18 with an email con-gratulating him for breaking the previous record.

“I wasn’t sure they would count it,” he said. “In the video the guy filming it dips down and you can’t see my eyes for a second. Although I guess I could have been looking at something behind the camera and you wouldn’t know. The only way they could prevent it is if

I wore a bucket on my head.”Haselton, 37, said he was extremely concerned with

doing things properly, and as such, he was able to con-vince several strangers at Cafe Mox Boarding House on Bel-Red Road to be his witnesses to the feat.

“I was actually at an IHOP and asked the manager if I could buy two people dinner if they would agree to be my witnesses,” he said. “But it was a slow night so I went to Mox, and people there were happy to help.”

A Polish programmer named Damian Woroch working off of Freelancer.com designed a program for Haselton which would help him by listing random countries for a volunteer to read aloud, to which he would respond with the correct capital.

Starting with Guinea’s Conakry and ending with

Switzerland’s Bern, Haselton nailed all 58 capitals in 58 seconds for a perfect and (as of the challenge) unbeat-able score.

Haselton said the record is currently set up so that only one country may be read per second, and the remaining two seconds are given for the record holder to finish naming capitals. Previous record holder Boris Konrad, who scored 56/58 on an Italian television show, could tie Haselton’s record, but unless Guinness changes the rules, beating the record is impossible.

How he even began to attempt the challenge was pure happenstance.

“I was in Barnes and Noble and saw the 2015 Guin-ness Book of Records and opened it up,” he said. “The first page I turned it to was naming the most country capitals in one minute. I was like ‘I could beat that.’ Which sounds weird to say, but it was sheer astronomi-cal luck that I opened that book to the one record in there I had even had a chance of beating.”

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Meet Annie.When Annie isn’t busy managing the Schwab Bellevue branch, you can find her serving her community through Bellevue LifeSpring and the Boys & Girls Club. Annie applies the same values of these organizations to the way she treats her clients. She believes that honesty, integrity and accountability are cornerstones of any good relationship. If you find this modern approach to wealth management compelling, stop by the Bellevue branch or give Annie a call.

There are eligibility requirements to work with a dedicated Financial Consultant.Branch located at: 11100 NE 8th St., #250, Bellevue, WA 98004Wealth management refers to products and services available through the operating subsidiaries of The Charles Schwab Corporation of which there are important differences including, but not limited to, the type of advice and assistance provided, fees charged, and the rights and obligations of the parties. It is important to understand the differences when determining which products and/or services to select. The Charles Schwab Corporation provides a full range of securities, brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services through its operating subsidiaries. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC), offers investment services and products, including Schwab brokerage accounts. Its banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender), provides deposit and lending services and products.©2015 The Charles Schwab Corporation. All rights reserved. (0715-4593) ADP87107-00

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