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BY ALLISON DEANGELISBELLEVUE REPORTER

Just moments prior to filling Bellevue Way, the hundreds of teenaged Snowflake Lane performers are neatly lined up, not one of them having lost a drumstick or piece of their costume. They chatter excit-edly before ascending the stairs when their number is called, ready for another night’s per-formance in what is now one of Bellevue’s holiday traditions.

“There is so much timing involved, but I have a really, re-

ally good crew and everything is set up perfectly. Its like a ma-chine,” Director and Producer Greg Thompson said after the show. Snowflake Lane is full of moving parts — hundreds of performers, crew members, choreography, costumes, props and other small but important details.

Hoards of people — between 10,000 and 12,000 — come and see Snowflake Lane each year. Its popularity has grown so much that the city and police department opted to close Bel-levue Way between Northeast 4th and 8th Streets to accom-modate the crowds. Genera-tions of families come to see the show, including some of the original viewers who are now bringing small children of

their own.When Snowflake Lane first

opened in 2001, Kemper Free-man had asked Thompson and his team for a historic, nostalgic feel. There were car-olers walking up and down the

BY AARON KUNKLERREPORTER NEWSPAPERS

More than 26,000 people have signed a petition calling for the elimination of toll lanes on Interstate 405.

The lanes have proven to be unpopular with commuters since they were imple-mented in late September, but many drivers seem to have had it with what many regard to be an ineffective way for Washington State to reduce congestion along the notoriously tedious stretch of road.

Grievances laid out in the petition include forcing two-person carpool vehi-cles into the general lanes, which charges three-person vehicles $15 for a FlexPass on top of a residual required balance and infrequent toll lane access points.

A Washington State Department of Transportation blog post from late Octo-

BY SAMANTHA PAKREPORTER NEWSPAPERS

Andrew Brim and his dog Bob recently celebrated their first year together.

While this may be an important milestone for any owner-pet relationship, their anniversary was particularly special, considering what the pair have gone through in the last year.

One of the most significant events they have gone through was a trip to the veterinarian that led to Bob undergo-ing surgery to have one of his kidneys removed.

It all began in July when the two went for a walk and Brim discovered blood in

Behind the snowflakes, snowmen and sequinsA look into the annual show, ‘Snowflake Lane’

Local veterinarian helps treat key part of veteran’s life

More than 26,000 residents sign petition against tolls

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ALLISON DEANGELIS, Bellevue Reporter One of the multitudes of Snowflake Lane performers entertains children during a nightly performance. The young performers must have enthusiasm and big personalities to be selected for the show.

ALLISON DEANGELIS, Bellevue Reporter Two young children hug a snowman during a performance.

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Bellevue adopts ‘Vision Zero’ traffic planBY RYAN MURRAYBELLEVUE REPORTER

Eliminating traffic deaths and injuries has been a pipe dream of cities since the inception of the automobile.

For Bellevue, a busy car-centric city with two interstates

running through it, that concern remains a constant one.That’s why the Bellevue City Council has adopted “Vi-

sion Zero,” a transportation plan which hopes to use best end traffic fatalities and serious injuries by correcting bad driving behaviors and improving road designs. The resolution hopes to completely eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on Bellevue streets by 2030.

Dave Berg, Bellevue’s director of transportation, said Bellevue already does a good job in limiting collisions, but saw room for improvement.

“We are a pretty safe city here,” he said. “But even still we do have some fatalities and serious injuries on our streets, in our transportation network.”

In the last decade, Bellevue motorists have been involved in 450 collisions involving pedestrians and 15 people have died in the city as a result of collisions in that time period. Bellevue has embraced traffic safety ideas as part of its 2015 comprehensive plan.

Mayor Claudia Balducci said Vision Zero would be a good fit within existing plans for the city. Councilmem-ber Conrad Lee agreed.

“I think this is a great thing,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do, and I think we are pretty much there.”

Vision Zero is a Swedish plan which originated in the 1990s. Sweden adopted the policy on a national level

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Despite whipping winds, sheets of rain and another snafu of the human variety, scores of veterans and com-munity members gathered to honor veterans at Sunset Hills Memorial Park Cemetery with Bellevue’s third annual Wreaths Across America event on Dec. 12.

Senior officers of each branch of the United States military were present, along with a Canadian military contingent, to honor each other’s veterans.

The event normally consists of veterans laying wreaths on veterans’ graves (more than 2,600 are buried in Sun-set Hills), but this year had an issue with that.

Greg Lucas, the event’s chair, said the wreaths were not delivered on time, so there was nothing to lay on the graves.

“Sunset Hills was caught off guard, but they did such a wonderful job in adverse conditions,” he said. “When the wreathes were finally delivered, they provided crews to honor the vets.”

A delivery person either read the instructions wrong or some other miscommunication happened, Lucas said, but the ceremony went on regardless.

Also participating were representatives of the Univer-sity of Washington Air Force ROTC, Gold Star Mothers, various ROTC and JROTC units, Boy Scout Troop 606, the Patriot Guard Riders, members of the United States Navy Band, members of the Canadian military, Daugh-ters and Sons of the American Revolutions, the VFW Firing Team, state and local government officials, and Kiwanis and Rotary civic groups.

“The ceremony was absolutely one of the best so far,” Lucas said. “It was our third year doing it. Everyone was sharp and crisp.”

Special wreaths were delivered for prisoners of war and those missing in action. The Canadian contingent presented a wreath honoring those who have stood with the U.S. in battle during the 20th century.

“Wreaths Across America Day” is a national holiday which celebrates veterans during the holiday season.

“The importance is it is a way of giving honor to our veterans, living and dead, for their sacrifice,” Lucas said. “Placing a wreath on Christmas gives us time to remem-ber that servicemen and women in many cases, gave everything — their lives — to protect our freedom.”

Several state senators were in attendance as well.“It’s an important reminder to us. A debt that we owe,”

Lucas said.

sidewalks and kiosks giving out roasted chestnuts.

Over the years, Snowflake Lane has grown from a couple dozen performers to around 250 cast members bedecked in holiday glitz and filling Bellevue Way every evening at 7 p.m. from Nov. 27 through Dec. 24 (that’s not including “Cel-ebration Lane”, which unique glittering, Americana-inspired production that opens Dec. 26 and runs through New Year’s Eve).

Now, the production boasts 46 snow machines and more than 500 lights. In the thirty nights of Snowflake Lane, the nutcrackers walking on stilts will hand out around 130,000 lollipops.

“It’s a huge production to put on every year,” Kemper Development spokesperson Cheryl Engstrom said.

Beginning in January, Thompson and his production company begin rehabilitat-ing the show and its various components from the previous season (which ended mere weeks prior). Set pieces and props are repaired and the costumes are dry-cleaned.

Around the same time, Greg’s wife Sun-ny begins exploring new music options.

The five or so songs featured in Snow-flake Lane change every few years. Despite the scores of Christmas and holiday season songs available, the search for new music can be a pretty intensive, she said. The songs must be secular and uptempo, which weeds out most options.

In July, the heavy duty preparation starts in order to get everything ready for the

auditions in September. Each year, between 600 and 800 young

people vie for the opportunity to be a dancer, drummer or other wintertime character in the production. Roughly half of the people who end up being cast are repeat participants, and for most, Snow-flake Lane is their first real job.

For some, like Rica Macert, 27, it becomes a yearly tradition. Macert has performed in Snowflake Lane since its inception, starting off as a drummer and moving her way up through the ranks to a princess this year. It has become like a family to her, she said.

“One of the highlights is seeing the growth,” she said. “A girl came up to me this year and showed me a picture of her parents took of her with me when she saw the show ten years ago.”

The audition process has to be thor-ough, as the performance schedule and ex-pectations are rigorous. The cast performs every night at 7 p.m. sharp, sometimes in rain or snow. The dancers and drummers have to memorize multiple songs’ worth of choreography and often learn to drum, and the characters must help entertain the crowd each night.

“I think you have to have a really big personality. You have to put in a lot of effort and we have to choose the right people,” said Amber Vineberg, who has helped cast the show for the past few years.

After casting, the cast and crew have only three weeks to rehearse. In the last few years, Thompson has been able to send videos of the choreography and drum music to the cast to learn. But, because Bellevue Way is a busy street prior, they don’t get to practice altogether in the space where they’ll perform for large crowds

every night before opening night. “I’ve been doing this for 50 years, and

I’ve never had to put on a show without a dress rehearsal outside of Snowflake Lane. These kids learn the steps and music, but then all of the sudden, there’s all the lights and crowds on the streets. That’s a really frightening thing for some of these kids,” Thompson said. “We kind of have to treat the first like a dress rehearsal.”

By the time Snowflake Lane debuts after Thanksgiving, Thompson and his team have already put countless hours of work into the show.

As Kemper Development constructs

the Lincoln Square expansion — which is slated to begin occupancy in 2016 — Thompson is also thinking of an expan-sion of his own.

When the Lincoln Square Expansion opens, it will double the space that Snow-flake Lane must fill on Bellevue Way each year. It’s more than likely that the 300 cast and crew members will jump significantly in size.

But, seeing the smiling faces of children in the audience and the growth in their regular performers makes it all worth it, he said.

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The Fana Group paid $21.5 million for the properties located at the southeast corner of North-east 4th Street and 106th Avenue Northeast. Those properties currently house low rise buildings with

several tenants, includ-ing Blueprint Consulting Services and Bellevue Chiropractic.

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Colliers buys Sternco CenterColliers International has purchased a

thriving retail center in Bellevue’s Bel-Red Corridor for $49 million.

The Sternco Shopping Center, a 113,223-square foot center flanked by other retailers, is 10.8-acres and fully leased.

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Paul Sleeth, executive vice president at Colliers, explained the purchase will have longterm benefits.

“The investment was purchased for its excellent current cash flow from very suc-cessful tenants and also provides a longer term redevelopment opportunity,” he said.

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The Bellevue Police Department’s Special Enforce-ment Team, with the help of Renton police, tracked down and apprehended two men accused of a burglary spree up-and-down the Eastside.

One of the suspects told police during questioning that the pair had committed “too many burglaries to remember” this year, stealing a vehicle, jewelry, elec-tronics, cash and firearms.

During the second half of 2015, police report that Bellevue and surrounding Eastside cities were experi-encing an increase in residential burglaries in which rocks were being thrown through the rear windows of the homes to gain entry.

In one case on Oct. 7, Bellevue resident Paul Claeys returned to his Lakemont home to find a gray Honda Accord in his driveway and the suspects inside his residence. Because of Claeys’ surprise return home, the suspects didn’t manage to steal anything from the house.

“Luckily, they didn’t get away with anything, but they had a bunch of stuff lined up: an IPad, laptop, personal safe and other stuff all on bed. They were ransacking the house,” he said.

The two men jumped off the second story roof of the victim’s house, entered their car in the driveway, and then rammed the victim’s car with their vehicle

in order to escape. Police later discovered that the Honda Accord had been stolen out of Spokane and had a “Czech Republic” sticker on the rear driver side window.

Then on Nov. 17, four burglaries occurred in the same day, two in Bellevue and two in Redmond, in which jewelry, electronics, cash, and firearms were sto-len. Two separate witnesses saw a blue-colored BMW X5 in the immediate area of the Bellevue burglaries.

The Bellevue Police Department’s Special Enforce-men Team was assigned these cases, and their inves-tigation led them to identify Temetrius Hollis and his associate, a 19 year-old Kent resident, as the suspects in these burglaries.

Claeys was able to identify both suspects from a photo line-up, giving police the information needed for a warrant. He was pleasantly surprised that police were able to track down the burglars, he said.

“I thought, ‘not a chance they’ll find them’. The po-lice were great and very thorough, but they had gloves and a stolen car,” Claeys said.

On Dec. 2, Bellevue and Renton Police Officers ar-rested Hollis after he left his Kent apartment. A search warrant Hollis’ apartment led to the recovery of stolen property.

The following week officers located and arrested Hollis’ associate, whose identity has not been released at this time.

Hollis has been charged in King County Superior Court with four counts of residential burglary and two counts of first degree theft, and his associate is expected to be charged pending additional follow up investigation by detectives.

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The BlotterPolice reports from Bellevue

December 15Conspiracy caller: The AAA office on 111th Avenue Northeast received a voicemail at 2:05 a.m. from a sub-ject making general threats against law enforcement. The threats were not specific, but did state that he took a gun away from a police officer when he was young to “stay alive” and he would “enjoy killing the next cop” that tries to arrest him. Conspiracy theories about the FBI were also mentioned. A records check shows that the suspect lives in Burien and has extensive mental emotional his-tory. It is unknown why the AAA office was called.

December 16Roadway rage: Officers responded to several reports of a partially naked male kneeling in the intersection at 140th Avenue Northeast and Bel-Red Road. Several motorists nearly struck the subject. The subject was located at the nearby bus stop, but he quickly walked away from one officer and aggressively towards another officer standing near the police cruiser. The suspect had his arms stretched out to his sides, his eyes open further than normal, his muscles tense and fists clenched. Fear-ing he was about to be assaulted the officer controlled the subject and took him to the ground. The subject was detained in handcuffs without further incident. The subject was incapable of explaining his actions and spoke in a manner that could not be understood. He was taken to Overlake Medical Center for an evaluation.

December 17Fast, and furious: An officer observed the suspect driv-ing northbound on Bellevue Way at a high rate of speed. While trying to catch up to the suspect vehicle, the sus-pect began to drive in all four lanes of the roadway, dem-onstrating he was a serious risk to the public. The suspect ran the red light at the Northeast 6th Street intersection and pulled into the Hyatt garage and exited his car. He rushed at the officers, but was eventually subdued with a taser. The suspect was under the influence of narcot-ics and taken to Overlake Medical Center for evaluation before being booked into King County Jail. Both officers sustained scratches but were ok.

December 18Team effort: The suspect sat near victim in Bellevue Square and surreptitiously took her cell phone. The victim noticed and chased the suspect through the mall. An elderly female was being walked into the mall by her husband, and was knocked to the ground by the sus-pect, which caused a serious arm injury. The cell phone’s owner managed to grab onto suspect, and on-lookers surrounded suspect, so he gave the phone back. He was apprehended and booked into King County Jail.


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Eight lawmakers entrusted with drafting a school fund-ing plan in line with the tenets of the state Constitu-tion and dictates of the Supreme Court won’t com-

plete their task this year.The contingent of Democratic and

Republican lawmakers met for a final time in 2015 Monday, adjourning without agreement on the contours or content of a proposal to put forth in the 2016 session.

They plan to gather again Jan. 4 — one week before the session begins — with hope but uncertainty of reaching an accord.

“We’re still negotiating. We’re taking our task very seriously,” said Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, who is one of the lawmakers in the work group. “What we’re trying to do is craft something that can be well-received in the Legislature.”

What this means is the Legislature will begin 2016 just as it did in 2015: in contempt of a Supreme Court order demanding a blueprint for amply funding public schools by the 2018 deadline set in the McCleary case.

In addition, a $100,000-a-day fine levied by justices in August continues to pile up. Thursday will mark the 127th day of sanctions which amounts to $12.7 million.

Any notion those sanctions will push lawmakers toward a more rapid conciliation hasn’t occurred as some law-makers, including a couple members of the McCleary 8, think the Supreme Court exceeded its authority. There is resistance to any action perceived as placating justices.

“Our focus has been on doing the right thing for the ed-ucation system, not on responding to the Supreme Court,” said Rep. Chad Magendanz, R-Issaquah. “The fines are not really a fine. No one will drop a bill to pay the fine.”

Though the group is not “fixated on the fine issue, there are members, and I am one of them, that would like us to be out of contempt,” said Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bain-bridge Island.

Stopping I-405 HOT DebacleAt this point the only way to ease the

problem is to eliminate not only the tolls but the HOV lanes as well. Letting every-one have equal access to the all the I-405 and SR167 lanes was one of the Mobility 21 study recommendations. Normally, HOV lanes can be justified by making public transit more attractive. Yet Sound Transit’s version of public transit from Everett and Lynnwood, ST532 and ST535, is limited to 15 buses during the 3-hour morning com-mute.

ST could probably fill ten times that number if they chose to provide additional P&R lots in the Everett/Lynnwood area and bus routes connecting them to Bellevue and Overlake T/Cs. Once they begin to do so the HOV lanes can be justified to facili-tate bus routes. As bus traffic increases, it may be necessary to implement +3 HOV requirement on HOV lanes to minimize transit commute times. The fact that ad-ditional thousands will have the option of using public transit makes it far less likely and onerous. In any case tolls should be a thing of the past and everyone will benefit.

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To recap, the McCleary deci-sion dealt with the entire tab for the basic education of a million students.

Lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee figured out how to spend billions of additional dollars on things like supplies, all-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes and buses in the last two state budgets.

But they are still wrestling with how to end the reliance on local property tax dollars to pay teachers, principals and staff. It will require a new method of compensating school employ-ees with state funds. That will cost money and could see some residents paying new or higher taxes.

The Democrat-controlled House and Republican-run Senate couldn’t find a solution in this year’s record-setting 176 days of session.

And their leaders don’t plan on finding one in 2016 — an election year — either.

Since September, the work group, with help from two of Inslee’s top aides, is deciding what information must be gath-ered next year so lawmakers are able to take some tough votes in 2017.

They are not negotiating levy rates and salaries but a timeline for collecting data, explained House Majority Leader Pat Sul-livan, D-Covington, who is in the group.

“If we could agree on a plan we could act early in session,” he predicted. “It shouldn’t be that hard.”

But it has been so far.

Or, they may be able to comply by going out of state and purchasing carbon pollu-tion credits in cap-and-trade markets operating in places like California or the province of Quebec.

In other words, a company could avoid punishment for polluting too much in Washing-ton by helping reduce pollution somewhere else in the world.

“We have made no final deci-sions,” Inslee said. But the rule would reduce carbon pollution and reduce costs for Washing-ton businesses doing their best to meet the standards, he said.

“Our air becomes cleaner any time we reduce air pollu-tion anywhere in the world,” he said. “It doesn’t matter where coal is burned, it ends up in our water in Puget Sound and in our kids’ lungs. Perhaps not so much the particulates, but the carbon dioxide is a worldwide phenomenon.

“So, when we (eliminate) a ton of coal being burned in Quebec it has an impact on improving our situation in Washington,” he said.

A draft of the rule is expected to be released in the next few weeks, followed by months of review and public hearings before possible adoption in late 2016.

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The council approved legislation to create a program which will run concurrently with unpaid federal and state family and medical leave.

Councilmember Rod Dembowski, who sponsored the legislation, said it was overdue.

“It is past time that the United States join the ranks of ev-ery single other developed nation in the world, and ensure that new moms and dads have an opportunity to bond with their child without sacrificing the very wages needed to support a family,” he said. “Paid parental leave is not only the right thing to do for parents and kids, but as the private sector has demonstrated, it’s also fiscally responsible as it aids in recruitment and retention of valuable employees. As one of the top ten employers in the State of Washing-ton, King County has an obligation to lead and be a model employer.”

Council Vice Chair Jane Hague agreed, and said the

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“Parents should not have to choose between family and work.”

The legislation came out of a motion this past spring, when Demboski, Hague and Councilmember Larry Gos-sett said it was a county policy to move for paid parental leave.

The passed legislation is a one-year pilot program for employees not represented by unions and those whose unions have agreed to the terms of the program.

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The post claimed there had been a 50 percent reduction in travel times from a 40-minute commute in 2014.

Evening commuters, the post ceded, saw little reduction in congestion, if any.

Along with the moveon.org peti-tioners concerns was the creation of new congestion points, an issue which the WSDOT blog post also addressed.

In the blog post, I-405 north of State Route 522 and Lynnwood in-creased congestion, creating longer commutes for drivers traveling short-er distances between the two cities.

It also did not significantly reduce congestion between Bellevue and

SR 522, with stop-and-go traffic in Kirkland before traffic breaks up until it meets new congestion points near Bothell.

The petition states that as much as 75 percent of toll revenue is being shipped to the out-of-state tolling company, with the remainder staying in-state, and states only an estimated 10 percent of the money collected is reinvested in road maintenance and improvements.

The petition asks lawmakers to eliminate toll lanes and restore carpool lanes, remove double lines on the lanes and allow drivers to use carpool lanes for free during night hours.

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and the plan has since gained traction overseas, including in the United States. The State of Wash-ington and the cities of Seattle and Kenmore have already adopted the plan.

The core of Vision Zero states that traffic collisions are preventable, and the majority are not accidents. Collisions “are often the result of poor behaviors and unforgiving roadway designs, so the problem must be approached from multiple angles,” trans-portation officials said in a proposal to city council. These angles include street

designs which emphasize safety, predictability and the potential for human error. In essence, Vision Zero wants drivers, police of-ficers, and public officials to believe that traffic fatalities are not inevitable.

The policy would seek to make the streets safe for all users, motorists, transit users, cyclists and pedes-trians. To achieve this, the plan might sacrifice speed for safety.

According to the plan’s goals, “human error is in-evitable and unpredictable,” so any sort of traffic plan needs to take that into con-sideration and try to build error-proof options for transit. This might include separated pedestrian paths,

education for drivers and slower speed limits.

For the plan to be suc-cessful, the transportation department said continuing support from law enforce-ment agencies and a new sense of engagement from community members and motorists.

But as Berg noted in the plan proposal, sim-ply adopting Vision Zero doesn’t accomplish much.

“Vision Zero itself does not eliminate all traffic deaths or injuries. Rather, it helps to align other policies and programs and focus conversation—both to resi-dents and staff—to help the city achieve a singular goal of reducing death and seri-ous injuries on our roads.”

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The Cascade Striders, a Bellevue-based track and field club, captured first place at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships on Dec. 12 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 13/14 year-old Striders compiled 147 team points (low score wins in Cross Country) to win the title. The Pacific Coast Shockwaves (California) nabbed second place, tallying 152 team points. The Striders roster consists of Luke Houser, Gannon Forsberg, Cooper Arons, Sanjay Raman, Duncan Sheffer, Josh Beam, Tom Secheyron, George Cretu and Paul Secheyron. The team was coached by Joe Johnson.

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For the second consecutive year, the Newport Knights girls Cross Country team captured the Class 4A academic state championship. The Knights had a combined team grade point average of 4.0. In 2014, the Knights won the academic title with a combined grade point average of 3.975. Newport head coach Caryn Landau is impressed with what the nine varsity athletes on the Knights achieved. “I’m very proud of our girls as athletes and for achieving academic perfection,” Landau said.

Bob’s urine. It was “out of nowhere,” he said.

Brim, who lives in Bellevue, took Bob to the Redmond-Kirkland Animal Hospital where he was treated by veterinar-ian Andrea Hoover.

After her examination, Hoover said they dis-covered the cause of the blood was a giant kidney worm. She said it was not treatable with medicine, so Bob — who was other-wise healthy — required surgery to remove the worm.

“It definitely came as a shock to Andrew as to what was going on with (Bob),” Hoover said, adding that giant kidney worms are extremely rare in this part of the country. They are typically found in warmer climates.

Upon hearing Bob’s diagnosis, Brim, who is originally from Prosser in eastern Washington, said he couldn’t speak. He didn’t know what to do. His 2-year-old dog was dying, and Brim wasn’t in a financial position to pay for Bob’s procedure.

But then, his parents offered to help pay for the surgery. The procedure was performed at Seattle Veterinary Specialists, a specialty and emergency animal hospital that has locations in Kirkland and Seattle.

In addition to his par-ents’ support, Brim said the staff and doctors at the hospitals helped him through Bob’s illness.

“I felt very well taken care of,” he said.

For Brim, losing Bob — who has since made a full recovery — would have meant more than just los-ing his pet. It would have

meant losing his lifeline as he was going through many struggles before he adopted Bob.

Brim is a veteran who served in the Marines for six years from 1998 to 2004. He served at Twen-tynine Palms in southern California, working in ca-sualty assistance. Through this role, Brim said he was there to receive troops who had been wounded overseas. In addition, he made himself available to the families of troops who did not make it home.

The 35-year-old said he was unable to deploy due to medical reasons, but while he did not see battle up close, his job still affected him.

“It definitely took a hold,” he said.

Before he was dis-charged, Brim admitted that he struggled with alcohol abuse and was in counseling. The issues continued once he was out of the military.

“I’d just gotten into a bad place,” Brim said.

He went through a divorce, had trouble sleep-ing, experienced night terrors that he would rarely remember but left him with a sick feeling the next day and was put on anti-depressants.

Then about a year and a half ago, Brim decided to re-engage with the De-partment of Veteran Af-fairs (VA). His care team suggested an animal.

Brim’s aunt found Bob at the Quincy WA Animal Shelter near Wenatchee and Ellensburg.

Like Brim, Bob’s life was not easy before the two met. He said his dog was in the shelter due to animal neglect and cruelty and was brought in with an 18-inch logging chain around his neck. Bob was in bad shape, Brim said.

Knowing the dog had overcome adversity — like himself — led Brim to bond with Bob quickly.

Bob knows when Brim is having a night terror and will nudge his owner to wake him up. Brim said he returns the favor as Bob will also have night terrors and struggle in his sleep. When Brim realizes this, he will wake Bob up.

“Together, we’re a pretty good stinking team,” Brim said.

After learning more about Bob and his owner’s relationship and what they mean to each other, Hoover said she was glad they were able to help and provide the dog with the care he needed.

For Brim, having a pet was meant to bring struc-ture and responsibility to his life at the time. Bob was just supposed to offer companionship and help force Brim out of his de-pression. Isolation could not be an option when there was someone else in the picture, relying on him to take care of them, Brim said.

Brim said since Bob came into his life — in tandem with going to counseling and medica-tion — his quality of life is much higher than it used to be.

“With Bob, I cut down on anti-depressants,” he said, adding that spending time with his yellow lab mix with the goofy face is better than any pill.

Brim said he recom-mends his fellow veterans to look into the VA, create a support system and stay connected with that system. He alaso recom-mended an animal.

“Try a dog,” Brim said. “Just not mine — he’s taken.”


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Left: Andrew Brim with his dog Bob in their Bellevue home. Brim adopted Bob a little more than a year ago and the dog has helped him with some of the struggles the veteran has faced since he left the Marine Corps in 2004. Bob recently underwent kidney surgery for a giant kidney worm. He has since made a full recovery.

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Wanted/Trade

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pets/animals

Dogs

3 ADORABLE SHITZU / Daschund mix puppies 2 handsome males. 1 adorable female. Black wire hair with white spot on chest. Ready now or for Christmas; 8 weeks o ld . Hea l thy, p lay fu l , shots & dewormed. Ask- ing $350. Call or text for photos 360-523-8962.

Dogs

CHESAPEAK BAY RE- TRIEVER puppies, AKC, born 11.15.15, ready for C h r i s t m a s ! $ 8 5 0 . (509)750-5727 Moses Lake.

CHIHUAHUA Puppies, purebred. Br ind les & tans. 3 long coats, 2 short coats, 3 males, 2 females. Parents on site. 1st shots, wormed. 6 w e e k s o l d . $ 2 0 0 . (509)431-1945

CHIRSTMAS PUPPIES AKC Engl ish Mast i f f / Great Pyrenees puppies. Perfect for families, se- curity and as gentle as can be! AKC Mastiff Dad & Mom is a beaut i fu l Great Pyrenese. All red or brown colored pups w/ some white markings. Pick you puppy, before thei r gone. Ready by Christmas. Males & females available, 4 wks old, taking reservation now. $750. Call Francis now 360-535-9404 King- ston.

LABRADOR PUPPIES Chocolate, black, yellow. Sweet desposition! Dew, claws, f i rst shots and healthy. 5 females and 1 male for Christmas; all chocolates. A few black Christmas puppies avail. 12 week old Male; house training started. Call now before their gone. Tak- ing deposits. $800 each. M o s s y R o c k , W A . Chocolate 360-827-2928 Black 360-324-8515.

Rottweiler Puppies Gorgeous and Intel l i - g e n t . Pe r fe c t fa m i l y guard. Dad is tall with sweet disposition. Both parents on s i te. First shots included. A must see! Males $800, Fe- males $700. (360)550- 3838


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PRE-PRESS TECHNICIAN (EVERETT, WA)Sound Publishing, Inc. has an immediate opening in our Pre-Press department at our Print Facility in Everett, WA. Position is FT; and the schedule requires � exibility and requires ability to work nights and weekends.

Duties include downloading � les from various sources, the pre� ight and correction of PDF � les as needed, imposition for various press con� gurations, and plate output.

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Dogs

LET’S PLAY! - Roadie is a 10 year old, 70 pound pit bull mix currently living in Snoqualmie. Roadie is a f r iend ly guy who w o u l d l o ve a n ew home where his family can spend more time with him. Roadie has not l ived wi th other dogs but is usually so- c ial when he meets them. He enjoys children but hasn’t been around cats so a cat- free home is probably best. He is neutered, house broken, loves w a l k s , i s i n g o o d health, and is up-to- date on all his shots. He’s a dog with lots of energy to play and a ta i l that won’ t s top wagging. This friendly g u y wo u l d l ove t o meet you!

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A K C R E G I S T E R E D Puppies. Boys and Girls, Bo r n Oc t . 16 th, Ve r y Small Father (3 lbs) and Mother Are On S i te . Born and Raised In Our Living Room. Worming and First Shots Done. Come and Be Loved By My Lit t le Babies. Call Anytime, 360-653-3240

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transportation

Auto Events/ Auctions

Stan’s Mountain View Towing IncAbandoned

Vehicle Auction9000 Delridge Way SW,

Seattle WAWednesday 12/30/15

Gates Open 9AM,Auction 12 PM206-767-4848

AutomobilesOthers

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Got an older car, boat or RV? Do the humane thing. Donate it to the Humane Society. Call 1- 800-430-9398

Auto Service/Parts/ Accessories

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Home ServicesCarpentry/Woodworking

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Home ServicesConcrete Contractors

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Home ServicesGeneral Contractors

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Home ServicesHauling & Cleanup

A-1 HAULING WILL HAUL ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME.

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A+ HAULINGWe remove/recycle: Junk/wood/yard/etc.

Fast Service - 25 yrs Experience, Reasonable rates

Call Reliable Michael 425.455.0154

CLEANUP & HAULING PRUNING

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Home ServicesProperty Maintenance

All Things Basementy! Basement Systems Inc. Call us for all of your basement needs! Water- p r o o f i n g , F i n i s h i n g , Structural Repairs, Hu- midity and Mold Control F R E E E S T I M AT E S ! Call 1-800-998-5574

Home ServicesHouse/Cleaning Service

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Home ServicesLawn/Garden Service

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