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By Christina Corrales-Toy

The new business cards still had the warmth of a fresh printing when husband and wife Wayne and Joan Underwood decided to open a jewelry store along Coal Creek Parkway in 1994.

The cards read “Highlands East Jewelers,” but the name was shortly scrapped when the city of Newcastle was incorpo-rated. Thus, Newcastle Jewelers was born.

“It was a new city, and we thought we’d support them with this name,” Joan said.

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Wayne Underwood, Newcastle Jewelers owner, works at the newly opened store in 1994.


The Newcastle Jewelers team, celebrating its 20th anniversary along with the city, is a tight-knit group led by (from left) owners Wayne and Joan Underwood and staff member Sylvia Mauerman. Mingo the poodle serves as a trustworthy watchdog.

By Neil Pierson

Three Issaquah School District levy proposals passed with flying colors, according to elections results.

Issaquah’s three mea-sures were way above the 50-percent mark needed for approval.

The district’s four-year, $198 million maintenance and operations levy passed with 69 percent approval. The measure, labeled as renewal of the current M&O levy, pays for teacher sala-ries and classroom-related costs not covered by the state.

A one-year, $1.7 million transportation levy passed with nearly 71 percent approval. The levy will help the district purchase 71 new buses to replace outdated vehicles and plan for future student enrollment growth.

A four-year, $52 million capital levy aimed at improv-ing technology and making key facility repairs received 70 percent approval.

Taken together, the three levy measures will raise prop-erty taxes to $4.83 per $1,000 from 2015 through 2018. That represents an 8-cent increase over current rates, or a $40 annual increase on a $500,000 home.

The county counted 22,231 ballots of the registered 63,084 voters in the school district.

King County Elections certified the results from the Feb. 11 special election on Feb. 25.

Issaquah schools levies pass handily


The Newcastle mayor made his annual visit to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon, and for the first time, it was newly elected Mayor Steve Buri who spoke to the audience of residents and local business leaders Feb. 12.

In an approximately 20-minute address, Buri talked about his love of Newcastle’s sense of communi-ty, and he updated citizens about improvements to Lake Boren Park, development of the Mutual Materials site and a potential new project to expand the May Creek Trail.

Buri, who assumed the may-or’s role in January, introduced himself before discussing city matters. He moved to Newcastle in 1998, he said, where he and his wife quickly fell in love with the city.

“Part of what I love about the city of Newcastle, which was alluded to earlier, is the sense of community, and part of that comes from the fact that it’s really a small town,” he said. “I don’t go to the store or any of the businesses without seeing someone I know.”

Buri then delved head first into talk about plans for improvements to Lake Boren Park. The park, which he described as the “crown jewel of Newcastle,” is a priority for the city, he said.

Residents got a first look at an initial vision for the park at the town hall meeting in October. Suggested upgrades included a larger, covered stage, a kid’s spray zone, widening and improving the beach area,

Mayor touts ‘small-town feel’ of city

Newcastle business shares 20th anniversary with city

See 20 YEARS, Page 5 See STATUS, Page 5


As the Seattle Seahawks paraded through city streets Feb. 5, basking in the glow of the organiza-tion’s first Super Bowl win, one image stood out among the rest.

The visual of Skittles-munching running back Marshawn Lynch sitting on the hood of a Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle brought a smile to fans’ faces.

The Seahawks employed Ride the Ducks, a service that pro-vides fun, scenic tours of Seattle, to usher the players across the parade route. It’s a company that also happens to bear a Newcastle connection.

Until just six months ago, Ride the Ducks’ general manager Mikie Coffman called Newcastle home. She lived in Newcastle since 2006 and recently moved to down-town Seattle to be closer to work.

“My heart is still in

Newcastle,” she said “I still have friends at the Starbucks.”

Ride the Ducks got the call from the Seahawks, expressing interest in using its vehicles for the parade Feb. 3, just a day after the Super

Bowl. Coffman said she screamed with delight when she heard the news.

“It’s wild,” she said. “We were absolutely so excited, thrilled and hon-ored.”

It sparked a whirl-wind of controlled chaos

around the office, said Brian Tracey, Ride the Ducks’ CEO and presi-dent, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“We’re just so honored to be part of one of the biggest celebrations in the history of Seattle,” he said.

It was big. An esti-mated 700,000 people lined the Seattle streets to welcome the Super Bowl champions home. The Issaquah and Renton school districts even allowed parade absences to be marked as excused.

The company worked with the city and the team around the clock to hammer out logistics for the parade. The plan changed more than seven times, Coffman estimated, but she said it was worth it to see it come to frui-tion.

“We’ve really become a part of Seattle,” she said. “You think Ducks, you think Seattle and we’re just so excited to be a part of this.”

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Street becomes a driveThe Southeast 88th Street corridor was officially rebranded as Southeast May Creek Park Drive, after city staff installed 15 to 20 new signs along the street at the beginning of February. The City Council approved the name change in November, setting one continuous name for the street that begins off Coal Creek Parkway as Southeast 89th Place and actually changed names six times along its route.

The Friends of the Newcastle Library will host its annual book sale March 26-29.

The sale begins March 26 for paid members of the Friends group. Only members will be allowed to purchase books that day, from 3-9 p.m. Memberships will be avail-able at the library door.

It continues through Saturday with sales open to the public. The sale begins at 10 a.m. the three remaining days, but wraps

up at 9 p.m. March 27, at 6 p.m. March 28 and at 5 p.m. March 29.

The funds raised from the book sale will allow the Friends group to sponsor programming at the Newcastle Library. The King County Library System offers a base level of programming for all of its locations, but anything on top of that must get funded locally.

The four-day sale takes place at the Newcastle Library, 12901 Newcastle

Way. The Friends group is seeking volunteers to help with setup; email [email protected] to get involved.

The Friends of the Newcastle Library gladly accept donations of gently used books throughout the year. Simply bring them to the library’s front desk. They also have an ongoing book sale where patrons can purchase materials for just $1 every day.

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By Emily HeffterSeattle Times staff reporter

King County voters will decide in April on a $60 car-tab fee and a tenth-of-a-cent sales-tax increase for roads and buses.

On Feb. 24, the Metropolitan King County Council also passed a 25-cent fare increase for bus riders starting in 2015. Peak one-zone fares are $2.50 now, and peak-two-zone fares are $3.

The increases make up a funding package county officials pulled together to save King County Metro Transit from threatened service cuts of as much as 17 percent. County leaders hoped the state Legislature would act to save the bus system, but it didn’t.

The ballot measure would raise $130 million per year, $50 million of which would go to cit-ies around the county to fix their streets. The rest would go toward restoring Metro service and fixing county-maintained roads.

County leaders acknowl-edged the new taxes would affect poor people dispro-portionately, so they also approved a low-income fare of $1.25 if the tax measure passes. If the mea-sure fails, the low-income fare would be $1.50.

After years of wait-ing for the Legislature to provide funding options, Councilman Rod Dembowski, a North Seattle Democrat, said, “This is an opportunity to go on offense and make necessary investments in public infrastructure.”

The tax measure, on the

April 22 ballot, has broad support from business, labor and transportation groups, and the relative ease with which it made its way onto the ballot reflects months of careful political maneuvering. In the past, some suburban and conservative lawmak-ers have hesitated to raise money for transit, but the inclusion of money for rural and small-town roads helped.

Some human-services groups oppose regressive taxes, but the low-income fare helped appease them.

“It’s sort of like your roof,” said Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, a Redmond Republican. “Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, ‘I really want to repair the roof.’ But when the water is dripping on your head ... you realize it’s time to fix the roof.”

In the end, all nine mem-bers of the County Council — acting as a Transportation Investment District board — voted to put the measure before voters.

Eastside activist Will Knedlik spoke against the tax measure, saying it is unfair to voters in the east and south parts of the county.

He said it “squanders a chance” to set up a long-term financial plan to make Metro more sustain-able.

Supporters vowed to launch an enthusiastic campaign.

“While remaining critical of the regressive

nature of these taxes, and also recognizing that they do not meet the long-term financial needs of Metro, I recognize at this point that this is our only option to prevent deep service cuts later this year,” said Katie Wilson, representing the Transit Riders Union.

Both the sales-tax increase and the higher vehicle-license fee would end after 10 years.

In an unrelated move, the state said it would keep sending King County Metro millions of dollars to sustain popular added bus lines on the Alaskan Way Viaduct, which carry more than 24,000 daily passengers, while Highway 99 tunnel work is ongoing.

Bus use has grown on the viaduct routes since construction in that cor-ridor began in 2011, Metro said, but an earlier allot-ment of $32 million in state funds, which pays for about 150 daily bus runs, will run out midyear. The new money will keep them going through 2015.

Emily Heffter: 206-464-8246 or [email protected]. Times transportation reporter Mike Lindblom contributed to this report.

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Back tracking:an ongoing series about the

history of Newcastle

Courtesy of the Issaquah History Museums, 97-15-32

A 1921 Newcastle baseball team poses for a team picture. Baseball was the com-

pany sport during that time. Each mine had at least one baseball team. They

played against other mines as far north as Nanaimo, British Columbia, and as far

east as Roslyn.

If you have historical photos of your own to share, or ideas for upcoming history features,

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County voters to decide on tax, fee hikes for roads, buses

“This is an opportu-nity to go on offense and make necessary investments in public infrastructure.”

— Rod Dembowski, King County councilman

The Newcastle City Council has appoint-ed resident Orville McDonald to fill the Planning Commission vacancy left by Deputy Mayor John Drescher.

McDonald is a senior product manager at Microsoft, and has back-ground in acquiring and managing rental proper-ties, as well as land devel-opment.

“Having lived in a vari-ety of places, what drew

my young family and I to Newcastle is the sense of com-munity and how well it has been laid out,” he wrote in his application.

The Planning Commission meets the third Wednesday of every

month starting at 7 p.m., and is made up of seven citizen representatives.

One important task the commissioners take on is review of the Comprehensive Plan, a document guiding city policy and planning.

The commission also is charged with reviewing the zoning map, zoning code and other develop-ment codes, and complet-ing a work plan provided by the council.

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Congratulations, Seahawks and Seahawks fans. The 43-8 Super Bowl win against Denver makes us proud to be Northwest residents. And kudos to the Seahawks organi-zation for the way it has embraced the 12th man concept — saying we fans are part of the team.

Online sports columnist Art Thiel (www.sportspressnw.com) said the number 12 seems to have significance for the Seahawks.

“If you’re into sports numerology, Seattle scored 12 sec-onds into the first half, and 12 seconds into the second half,” he wrote. “For the long-suffering 12s, the symbol-ism goes beyond coincidence.”

So, let’s turn that coincidence into something as posi-tive as a professional sports championship. Here are a dozen ways to make a difference in our community:

1. Volunteer a minimum of 12 hours with a youth sports program. Not all children can grow up to be a champion quarterback, but they will all benefit from the physical activity and playing a sport.

2. Go watch 12 youth sports events and cheer for everyone. All children need more cheers.

3. Donate a dozen balls — footballs, baseballs, basket-balls, tennis or soccer balls — to a recreation program. Sports equipment is costly. Every little bit helps.

4. Volunteer 12 times in a classroom. You don’t need to have children in school to help. After a dozen sessions you’ll be hooked.

5. Donate 12 items to a local food bank.6. Donate $12 (or 12 times $12) to a local charity.7. Pick up 12 pieces (or more) of trash when you go for

a walk.8. Choose a dozen things out of your closet or cup-

board and donate them to a charity.9. Donate a dozen boxes of tissue to a school near you.

Seriously! Kleenex ranks higher than pencils on most teachers’ school supply list.

10. Send thank you notes to a dozen people whose work you admire.

11. Drop by an elderly neighbor’s house and stay at least 12 minutes.

12. Say “I love you” a dozen times to your family mem-bers.

Or, to borrow a coach Pete Carroll line, and something the players repeatedly said to one another, “Leave no doubt” that you care.

Come to think of it, “Leave no doubt” has 12 letters. Maybe there really is something to this 12th man (and woman) thing.

Not long ago, I found myself walking up a moderate incline of a driveway, realizing my heart was beating a little faster and my breath was a little harder to catch than the situation warranted. My first thought — “Hmm, maybe an iron deficiency?” It didn’t take but another step or two for me to recognize that, nope, I’m simply out of shape.

I’ve always considered myself a fit person. I eat right, do yoga and walk. But, on closer inspec-tion of my days, I see my life has changed. I sit at work, my senior dogs don’t go as fast or as far on our walks and my gym membership has lapsed. Busy days make it tough to squeeze in one more thing, so how am I going to get motivated?

Fortunately, if you’re like me, interested in infus-ing activity and health into your lifestyle, it’s easy to get motivated at the Newcastle Library. You’ll find ideas, inspiration and tips on simple ways to add more movement and healthy options to your

life with our new program series, “Start to Fitness.”

In March and April, we’ll be presenting some fitness programs at the Coal Creek Family YMCA, such as “Hiking the Wonderland Trail” and “Fit By Nature: Get Outside, Get Healthy.” At the library, come watch a fascinating 3D photo presentation, “Biking Through Ethiopia,” and see how one can incorporate fitness and travel. Also, stay tuned for details about a free community “Couch-2-5K” training pro-gram beginning this summer, designed to get you ready to run the Newcastle 5K in September. OK, I’m inspired now.

Regardless of what shape you are in — just starting or a seasoned athlete — the King County Library System offers great information, resources and suggestions for improving your fitness level. Attend a program, check out a fitness book or DVD, get inspiration at www.kcls.org/fitness or sim-ply take a walk to the Newcastle Library and say hello. The time to get started is now!

Interested in writing a Newcastle-specific column for the paper? Email [email protected].

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Notes from Newcastle

From sidewalk installation projects to snow removal to property tax collection, deci-sions made by officials at a local level have the potential to impact your daily life. Get

involved. Provide feedback. Make a difference.

Let leaders know what’s on your mind to shape a better Newcastle at these March meet-ings:

q The City Council will have a regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. March 18 at City Hall,

12835 Newcastle Way, Suite 200.

q The Community Activities Commission is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. March 12 at City Hall.

q The Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. March 19 at City Hall.

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and both the store and the city are still going strong as the two entities celebrate their 20th anniversaries.

Not much has changed at the store since it opened its doors, except for the color of his now grey hair, Wayne quipped.

The family jewelers still live by the motto, “If you want it, we’ll do it,” led by Joan, a gemologist, and Wayne, a certified crafts-man, buoyed by years of apprenticeship all done locally. They can repair or create almost anything.

They have added two members to the staff in Sylvia Mauerman, a Newcastle resident who has patronized the store since its inception, and

Mingo, the small white poodle who doubles as the store watchdog.

Watch repair, charm bracelets, clocks, rings, gems and more, if you need it, Joan and Wayne have it at their store, and they do it all in house.

“As a consumer, you feel that your things are special to you and you want to make sure that there’s no problem,” Mauerman said. “You feel safe and secure when you leave them with Wayne and Joan.”

Newcastle Jewelers has a few famous clients in Seattle Seahawks players. It makes sense, Mauerman said, since the practice facility is just a few min-utes from the store.

Wayne and Joan even did the weddings rings for Seahawks center Max Unger and his wife Leah.

“They’re just people like

everybody else,” Joan said. “I don’t think they want to be treated differently, I don’t think they expect to be treated differently and I don’t expect to have to treat them differently.”

The store’s seen the gamut of style preferences in its 20 years, Joan said. One year, platinum would be big; another year, it would get supplanted by yellow gold.

“We try to stick with things that are more classic, that don’t run in and out, like the clocks we carry and pearls,” Joan said.

While Newcastle Jewelers hasn’t changed much, the same can’t be said of the community around it.

Wayne and Joan have seen their fair share of revolving neighbors in the Coal Creek Village plaza. They were once surrounded by a Hallmark store, a bou-tique, a Boston Market and a Blockbuster Video store.

The shop has liter-ally grown up with the 20-year-old city, allowing Wayne and Joan to bear witness to some of its big-gest events.

Joan, for example, viv-idly remembered the 2001 Nisqually earthquake.

“I remember the earth-quake when it started. Wayne said, ‘Watch the vases,’ but luckily we didn’t have any damage here,” she said.

The Underwoods take

pride in supporting the community, annually donating silent auction pieces to several schools, including Newport and Hazen. They also support local artists, displaying and selling their wares at the shop.

“I shop within 5 miles of here, because you need to support your commu-nity as well as take from it,” Wayne said.

Mauerman, a longtime resident and Newcastle Jewelers patron, said she has witnessed firsthand the Underwoods’ generos-ity. They have compassion for their customers and community, something you won’t likely see with chain-store jewelers.

“I really believe it’s an essential contribution to this business area,” she said.

For the Underwoods, they are just happy to be a part of Newcastle, support-ing its residents’ jewelry needs as it has since the day the city was created.

“We’re just thankful that the community sup-ports us,” Joan said. “It’s because of them that we’re still here.”


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shoreline boardwalks and the creation of a central meadow.

During the October meeting, the city used polling devices to get feedback on the project, and 77 percent of respon-dents said they agreed that improvements to Lake Boren Park would benefit the community.

The City Council recently authorized city staff to explore the pur-chase of properties at the south end of the lake that would help alleviate flooding concerns near lakeshore properties and essentially expand Lake Boren Park.

“We’re really at the beginning stages of getting your input on what you’d like to see happen there,” Buri said. “Whatever we

do will involve a lot of public input.”

Buri also talked about a potential project to expand the May Creek Trail, including the instal-lation of a suspension bridge.

One of the most excit-ing aspects of the proj-ect, City Manager Rob Wyman noted, was that the extension would allow Newcastle residents to walk directly to Seahawks practice at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.

“Really, it would be an amazing enhancement, with a pedestrian bridge over a beautiful stretch of May Creek,” Buri said.

The project would include the bridge, trail extensions and a trail-head parking lot along Southeast May Creek Park Drive.

The city has submit-ted a state capital budget request through the office of state Rep. Tana Senn to fund the project.

“We’re pursuing it down in Olympia, and I think the prospects are good without promising it,” Buri said of the city’s chances to receive the funding.

It could be a particu-larly attractive project to state leaders, Buri said, because it would serve as a key link in the Mountains to Sound Greenway con-nection.

The Mountains to Sound Greenway is a connected landscape of natural lands and com-munities along Interstate 90 between Seattle and Central Washington. It features a regional trail network used by pedestri-ans and bicyclists.

If the city gets the $1.4 million it’s asking for from the state, it will obvi-ously move forward with the project, Buri said. If it doesn’t, the project is some-thing the city would still like to pursue in the future, when funding is available.

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Valued volunteers venerated

Diane Lewis (right), Community Activities Commission chairwoman, hands Linda Newing, the chairwoman of the volunteer appreciation event, a bouquet of flowers as thanks.

Photos by Christina Corrales-Toy

Above, Mack Strong, Newcastle resident and former Seattle Seahawk, tells a group of gathered volunteers that their work with the city is inspiring. The city held a volunteer appreciation event as thanks for people who give their time to make Newcastle better. Above right, Linda Newing, commu-nity activities commissioner (left), and City Clerk Sara McMillon receive flowers for their work in orga-nizing the volunteer appreciation event. At right, husband and wife Jim and Peggy Price, Newcastle Trails volunteers extraordinaire, listen to Mack Strong.

Newcastle Chamber sets date for 2014 Diamond Awards

The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has select-ed a date for the 2014 Newcastle Diamond Awards.

“We’re rolling out the red carpet again for the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce’s Diamond Awards, which will be held on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, at The Golf Club at Newcastle,” Imelda Dulcich, Newcastle Chamber of Commerce executive director, said in a statement.

This will be the sec-ond year the Diamond Awards takes place in the evening at The Golf Club at Newcastle. Based on last year’s success-ful event, the chamber board determined that it would continue with the

evening time frame and format in 2014.

The Newcastle Diamond Awards is an annual ceremony that recognizes community members who do good things in the greater Newcastle area. The recip-ient of a Diamond Award is chosen based on his or her contribution to the community.

The chamber is already collecting nominations for its 2014 Diamond Awards. Do you know someone in the Newcastle community who makes a difference? Nominate him or her for an award at www.newcastle-chamber.org.

Chamber president steps down

A job opportunity is pulling Paul Reynolds, Regency Newcastle’s sales and marketing director, away from the area, forc-

ing him to step down as presi-dent of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce.

The announce-ment was made at the cham-ber’s Feb. 12 lun-cheon. Chamber Vice President Sara Biancofiori will take over the role of president. Biancofiori is the Coal Creek Family YMCA’s associate executive direc-tor.

Former chamber presi-dent Angela Wingate will fill the vacant vice presi-dent position.

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returning the kickoff 87 yards. The rules went out the window, and everyone immediately headed for the door.

I’d felt for a long time that the Seahawks were a team of destiny, and a few minutes later I was so sure of it that I once again headed to the neighbor-hood parties, announcing that when we won — and we would — there would be a celebration in the cul-de-sac near our home. Then I headed to the grocery store (you could shoot a cannon down the aisles and harm noth-ing save for the crickets I could hear chirping in the background) and bought Champagne, plastic glasses and football cookies.

When the game ended, The Sainted One — who

exhibits cat-like tendencies when it comes to getting wet or cold — bitterly complained as we hauled the party to the cul-de-sac, saying that no one would venture out on such a frigid night. Oh ye of little faith! “Wait,” I said.

And sure enough, they came. Coats were grabbed, doors opened, flashlights held by celebrants bobbed their way up the street. Champagne corks popped, cars honked as they passed. Fifteen people, tops. Fifteen minutes, tops.

Worth every frozen sec-ond.

You can reach Pat Detmer — who admittedly normally has difficulty sitting still through a whole game of anything — at [email protected].

I don’t consider myself to be unlucky, but I also don’t think of myself as someone who wins a lot. In fact the only thing that I can remember win-ning was in grade school: an Easter bunny cake that the nuns raffled off to benefit poor people in China. I was thrilled when my name was cho-sen, but less thrilled when I realized what a month on display in the sun-shine atop the radiator does to a bunny cake. The coconut fur was the con-sistency of steel wool, and you needed a circular saw to carve yourself a piece.

In time I became famil-iar with defeat, and always attempted to be gracious and magnanimous, so I feel especially comfortable in Seattle, the bridesmaid but never the bride, close but no cigar, loud but no Lombardi. The Sonics left, the Mariners disappoint and the Seahawks ... well, the Seahawks ...

My God, the Seahawks.There were many Super

Bowl par-ties in Olympus on that fateful day. By pre-arrange-ment, two parties on our street decided that every time the Hawks scored, we would run to our respec-tive front doors, throw them open and cheer at each other. At the begin-ning, it went according to plan, but after a field goal, one group did not appear. At halftime, I marched up to their door, demanding that we clarify the rules. After intense negotia-tions, it was decided that we would not cheer after a mere field goal, nor after six points were scored. We would mutually cheer ONLY when seven points were officially on the board. I went back to our party to report, and the very next play was Harvin


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Lifestyle Fitness Change, 6:45-7:45 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, March 14 to April 4, 18 and older, $399/facil-ity members, 282-1515

Small Group Personal Training, 18 and older, $120/facility members:

q Beginner TRX Suspension Training with Daniel, Thursdays 4-5 p.m., March 6 to April 10

q Gravity Circuit with Ryan, Thursdays 6-7 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. March 13 to April 17

q Gravity with Lindsay, Thursdays 6:30-7:30 a.m. March 6 to April 10

q Kettlebell Fitness, Wednesdays 5-6 p.m. March 19

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q Small Group Circuit with Lucy, Fridays 10-11 a.m. March 21 to April 25

Itty Bitty Soccer Class, All Star ages 5-6, 5:30-6 p.m., Minors ages 3-4, 4:30-5 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, March 10 to April 2, $50/facility member, $75/program member

Rookies Indoor Soccer League, ages 3-6, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., March 15 to May 3, $70/ facility member, $95/program member, call for age group spe-cifics

Parents Night Out At the Y: Dr. Seuss Birthday Cook-OFF, ages 3-10, 5-9 p.m. March 15, $30/facility member, $40/program member

Kids 5K Training, ages 5 and older, Saturdays 11 a.m. March 8 to April 5, $35

Community Excursions: LeMay Car Museum visit with brown bag lunch lecture series, ages 50 and older, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 1, $25/commu-nity participant and program member, $20/facility member

Youth Volleyball League, grades four and five, 4-5 p.m. and grades six through eight 5-6 p.m., Fridays March 28 to June 14, $70/facility member, $105/program member

Club Tyee, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and

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Family Pickle Ball, 2-4 p.m. Sundays, Gym 2, free to facility members

Preschool Pool Play, 11 a.m. to noon Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, ages 5 and younger, free to facility members

Tumbling-Mommy/Daddy and Me, 10:45-11:30 a.m.

Newcastle resident and award-winning sports radio host Bill Swartz will be the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce’s featured speaker at its March 12 luncheon.

Swartz will talk about all things Seattle sports, from the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win to an early outlook on the Mariners’ chances in 2014.

A longtime resident of Newcastle and a familiar voice at KOMO radio for 18 years and KIRO radio for 10 years, Swartz is now with CBS radio sports station in Seattle, 1090 AM The Fan. Swartz and Steve Sandmeyer co-host the only local talk show on The Fan, weekdays from 3-6 p.m.

Lunch begins at 11 a.m. at Tapatio Mexican Grill, and costs $20 for chamber members and $25 for nonchamber members.

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FileBill Swartz, Newcastle resident and award-winning sports radio personality, seen here covering the 2010 U.S. Senior Open at Sammamish’s Sahalee Country Club, will speak at the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce’s March 12 luncheon.

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Events

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce monthly lunch: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 12, Tapatio Mexican Grill, 6920 Coal Creek Parkway S.E., guest speaker is Bill Swartz, of Sports with Swartz, $20/members, $25/nonmembers, 206-618-5641

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce After Hours Social, 5-7 p.m. March 20, RSVP or learn details as they become available by calling 206-618-5641

Chamber Networking Breakfast: 7:15-8:30 a.m. March 26, Regency Newcastle, 7454 Newcastle Golf Club Road, free, call 206-618-5641

Public meetings

All city public meet-ings are at City Hall, 12835 Newcastle Way, Suite 200. Call 649-4444.

q Finance Committee Meeting — 4-5 p.m. March 10

q Community Activity Commission meeting — 7-8 p.m. March 12

q City Council meeting — 7-8 p.m. March 18

q Planning Commission — 7-8 p.m. March 19

q City Council meeting — 7-8 p.m. April 1

The Newcastle Trails board meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at Regency Newcastle, 7454 Newcastle Golf Club Road. Learn more at www.newcastletrails.org.

Friends of the Newcastle Library meeting, 7 p.m. March 26, 12901 Newcastle Way

YMCA

The Coal Creek Family YMCA, 13750 Newcastle Golf Club Road, has regular fam-ily programs for all ages. Get a

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Newcastle Chamber of Commerce

• March 12: Lunch. Bill Swartz, Sports with Swartz • March 20: After Hours Social: Regency Newcastle. 7454 Newcastle Golf Club Road, Newcastle. • March 26: Breakfast. Building and Enacting a Prospecting Plan. • April 9: Lunch. King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg. • April 23: Networking Education Breakfast with Buddy Waddington. Understanding changes in Facebook Pages. • May 14: U.S. Congressman Adam Smith. • May 28: Regional Administrator, Small Business Administration, Calvin W. Goings.

Times, Locations:Lunches: Open to the public. 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Tapatio Mexican Grill,

6920 Coal Creek Parkway Southeast, Newcastle. $20 members $25 non-members. After-Hours Socials: 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Location varies by event.

Networking Education Breakfast: 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. At Regency Newcastle, 7454 Newcastle Golf Club Road, Newcastle.

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Teen Innertube Water Polo, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Saturdays, free to facility members, ages 11-16

Tae Kwon Do, ages 5 and older, through March 28, $28-$54, call for age group times and dates

Swimming lessons, ages 3 and older, $54, call for age group times and dates

Diabetes Prevention Program, ages 18 and older, call for times or to sign up

Library events

The Newcastle Library is at 12901 Newcastle Way. The fol-lowing programs are offered the rest of the month:

Computer class: ‘One-on-One

Assistance,’ 7-7:30 p.m. and 7:30-8 p.m., adults, Mondays

Young Toddler Story Times, ages 12-24 months, 10:15 a.m. Mondays

Toddler Story Times, ages 2-3, 11:30 a.m. Mondays

Family Story Times, ages 3-5, 6:30 p.m. March 11

Preschool Story Times, ages 3-5, 11:30 a.m. March 12 and 19

Russian World Language Story Time, ages 3 and older, 11:30 a.m. March 11 and 18

Pan Peggo (steel drum party) Concert, 1 p.m. March 22

Study Hall, for teens, 3-6 p.m. March 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20 and 21

Study Zone, for grades K-12, 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays and 3:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays

Teen Tech Week: Downloading eBooks!, 6:30 p.m. March 10

Teen Leadership Board, 6:30 p.m. March 17

Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisor Counseling, adults, 10 a.m. March 7, free, register at 206-624-5633, ext. 4301

Caregiver Support Resources Workshop, for adults, 11 a.m. March 7, call 206-624-5633, ext. 4103

Drop-In to Learn About eBooks, for adults, 1:30 p.m. March 14

Circulo de Lectura en Español, for adults, 7 p.m. March 20

Wild Wonderful World of Worms, for adults, 3 p.m. March 22

Friends of the Newcastle Library Book Sale: 5-9 p.m.

March 25 for members only, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 26-27, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 29

Newcastle Library Book Club: ‘A Reliable Wife,’ by Robert Goolrick, for adults, 7 p.m. March 27

Master Gardeners Clinic, adults, 10 a.m. March 29

Hiking the Wonderland Trail, adults, 7 p.m. March 13, Coal Creek YMCA, 13750 Newcastle Golf Club Road

Biking Through Ethiopia in 3D, adults, 10:30 a.m. March 22, fea-turing adventurer Marlin Peterson’s presentation of his mountain bike ride through Ethiopia

Let’s Get Practical: Considerations for Starting Business, adults, 10:30 a.m. April 1

Clubs

East Shore Singles, a social group for single adults older than 45, sponsors monthly activi-ties and special events on the Eastside. New mem-bers are welcome. Call 270-3599 for a monthly bulletin go to www.meet-up.com/eastshore-singles.

The Society of Artists for Newcastle, an art organization, is seeking new members. Call 271-5822.

MOMS Club of Renton meets for play dates at parks and other locations. New activities are planned daily. This nonprofit, nonreligious organization provides daytime support for moms and their families. Call 260-3079.

Bridge players are wanted, evening or day-

time. Games take place at various homes in the Hazelwood area. Call 255-0895.

An international dinner, sponsored by Baha’i Faith of Newcastle, is at 6:30 p.m. the third Friday. Call 430-8047.

Drinking Liberally, an informal progressive social group that dis-cusses politics, meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursday at Angelo’s Restaurant, 1830 130th Ave. N.E., Bellevue. Go to www.drinkingliberally.org.

Cub Scout Pack 738, meets first Friday of every month at 7 p.m. at Newcastle Elementary School, 8440 136th Ave. S.E., grades one through five are welcome, www.pack738.com.

Hill ’N’ Dale Garden Club, meets at 6:30 p.m. first Monday, through May, at the Newport Way Library, 14250 S.E. Newport Way. Call 747-2953.

Health

Angel Care Breast Cancer Foundation-trained survivors offer free emotional support to the newly diagnosed, enhanc-ing emotional recovery while going through treat-ments. Go to www.angel-carefoundation.org.

Volunteers

The Coal Creek Family YMCA Seniors Program needs volunteers for inter-generational opportuni-ties, including rocking and comforting infants, teach-ing children to play bridge and reading to kindergart-ners. Call 282-1506.


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Police blotterHot and cold

A large industrial heater and three box fans, togeth-er valued at about $2,500, were stolen from an under-construction hous-ing development in the 8100 block of 134th Court Southeast between Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

Stolen laptopAn unknown suspect

shattered the rear win-dow of a car in the park-ing lot of the Cedar Rim Apartments, 7920 110th Ave. S.E., between Feb. 2 and 3, taking a backpack and laptop valued at about $1,000.

Strike a poseA resident reported Feb.

3 that more than $5,000 worth of photography equipment was stolen from a car parked in the 12600 block of Southeast 81st Court between Jan. 21 and 24. There was no sign of forced entry.

Branching outAn unknown person

used a cutting tool to cut pine tree branches grow-ing along a sidewalk of a home in the 12800 block of Southeast 80th Way, a resident reported Feb. 3. The trees were both 20 years old and are expected to survive. The homeown-er said similar occurrences of vandalism have been reported in the neighbor-hood.

Friend or foeA resident in the 6800

block of 136th Avenue Southeast reportedly allowed a friend falling on hard times to stay with him for a few nights. The resident left for a short time Feb. 2, and returned home to find that his friend had left and the resident’s $500 PlayStation 3 and about 15 games were nowhere to be found.

You mad, bro?An unknown suspect

stole a 12th Man flag and pole from a home in the 11600 block of Southeast 80th Street Feb. 4.

Blame it on the alcohol

Authorities responded to reports of a man drinking alcohol at the Newcastle Safeway, 6911 Coal Creek Parkway S.E., Feb. 12. Upon arrival, a Safeway employee asked that the man be banned from the premises. The man was incoherent and agitated. Police eventually called an ambulance for an alcohol detox and the man was transported to Overlake Hospital.

Handle itAn unknown sus-

pect broke the handle of a detached garage in the Coal Creek Park Apartments, 13209 Newcastle Way, in an attempt to enter it between Feb. 16 and 17. The suspect was not able to gain entry, but caused about $50 in damage.

Red Town treacheryA purse, wallet and

gym bag were taken from a car parked at the Red Town Trailhead, 7430 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., Feb. 16. The car was locked, so the suspect gained entry by shattering the rear pas-senger window.

Is anybody there?Police received a 911

call from the 8400 block of 127th Place Southeast Feb. 24. The caller hung up before dispatch could pro-ceed with the call. Police called the number back and left a voicemail.

The Newcastle News publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.


By Kevin VandenburgUW News Lab

With a passion for cooking delicious and healthy food, Newcastle teen Madeline Dalton started a blog as a place to share recipes with other people her age.

Dubbed Teens Can Cook, Too, the website is an online cookbook where teens can find food to make for them-selves. Dalton, a student at Seattle’s The Bush

School, started the blog in November 2010. She now posts recipes about once a week.

Many of the recipes are vegetarian and gluten-free, foreign combinations in the stereotypical teenage diet of soda and potato chips. In the United States, 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2-19 are obese, a number that has tripled since 1980, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“I want to reverse the obesity epidemic,” Dalton said. “I want kids to real-ize what they’re eating and how they’re impacting themselves, their environment and their community.”

Dalton lives the active life of a high schooler. On top of her commit-

ments to her blog, she’s in Girl Scouts, an actress in school and Youth Theater Northwest musicals and plays, and a dancer at the Cornerstone Dance Studio.

To help her manage the blog, Dalton recruited a team of peers. They help her brainstorm cooking ideas, shoot videos for the blog’s YouTube account, and write articles about food-related topics. Named the “Teens Can Cook Too Team,” the six-student squad is comprised of Dalton’s classmates, the-ater mates and friends.

“I became involved because I have always read the posts and gone on all the social media handles,” Annika Evens said. “One day I got a message from Madeline asking if I would like to be a part of her cooking team and, of course, agreed.”

A baking enthusiast who delights in decorating cakes and pastries, Evens said it’s never too early in anyone’s life to start cooking.

“It’s an important skill for everyone to learn,” Evens said. “They can

learn how to take care of themselves.”

Dalton said her two big-gest influences are cooks Jamie Oliver and Rozanne Gold. Dalton was inspired by Oliver’s attempts to reverse growing obesity trends in American youth. She believes she could be a voice other teens relate to.

“I always thought that kids talking to kids was more effective than adults talking to kids,” Dalton said. “So, I figured I could be one of these kids who could change my generation.”

Dalton advocates mod-est practices for a healthy teenage diet. She said cut-ting just soda from a diet could undo much poten-tial damage later in life.

“No step is too small,” she said.

She said she hopes the blog can be a voice against prevalent misinformation about food. She said the current food pyramid, cre-ated by the Department of Agriculture and called MyPlate, encourages peo-ple to eat the wrong food in the wrong portions.

“Those things are fine

in moderation,” Dalton said. “But not in the pre-scribed quantities that we’ve bought into.”

Nutritionists seem to agree. The Harvard School of Public Health cre-ated its own eating guide called The Healthy Eating Pyramid. Exercise is the foundation, with veg-etables and whole grains comprising the bulk of the pyramid.

Dalton doesn’t go out of her way to purchase specific or obscure foods for her recipes. She uses whatever she finds in her parents’ kitchen to make her meals. Her recipes include heavy doses of vegetables, which she admits could turn away some teenagers.

“Vegetables are so good for you that I have to include them,” Dalton said. “I try to sneak them in places.”

She said she gets her recipes from all over — from Instagram profiles online to paper-bound cookbooks like Gold’s “Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs.” Her perpetual quest to find healthy and tasty recipes has caught the attention of her peers.

“Madeline puts so much work into the blog,” said Isaac Uselman, her friend from middle school and blog team member. “Her passion is contagious.”

Dalton said her favor-ite part of having a blog about cooking is the plat-form to share her recipes and reflections on healthy eating to a wide audience.

“It’s a cool feeling to know that other people make your recipes and care about what you do,” she said. “I love that I can share my philoso-phy about food with my friends, family and strang-ers who read my blog weekly.”

Teen shares love of cooking and healthy eating through blogOn the webq Check out Madeline Dalton’s blog Teens Can Cook, Too at http://foodfor-teensbyteens.blogspot.com.q Check out food guide-lines the Harvard School of Public Health created at www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramid-full-story.q Learn more about obesity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at www.cdc.gov.

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A page from Madeline Dalton’s food blog ‘Teens Can Cook, Too,’ talks about making your own caesar salad.


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ObituaryBetty Crow

Betty Viola Crow, lov-ing mom to Vickie, Janet and Carolyn, passed Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.

A celebration of life was Feb. 14 at Flintoft’s Funeral Home, 392-6444.

Friends are invited to view photos and share memories in the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com.

Damon Sterne serves as Senate page

Damon Sterne, of

Renton, recently served a week as a page in the Washington State Senate and was sponsored by Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah.

“Damon is a bright, driven young man,” Mullet said. “My impres-sion is that Damon came away with greater respect and appreciation for the importance of public service after his time in Olympia.”

During the week, pages assist senators, staff and

attend seminars where they learn from guest speakers and hold mock hearings on bills they cre-ate.

Sterne, 16, is a sopho-more at Liberty High School. He enjoys music and video games, and is a district high school cham-pion wrestler.

Learn more about the Washington State Senate Page Program at www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Administration/PageProgram.

Local students make Gonzaga president’s list

The following local students were named to the president’s list at Gonzaga University in Spokane for the fall 2013 semester:

Newcastle: Sarah Morgan

Renton: Shelby Harding, Evan Shioyama, Alison Wendling and Kelsey Werre

Students named to SPU’s dean’s list

The following students made the Seattle Pacific University 2013 autumn quarter dean’s list:

Newcastle: Benjamin Harthun and Jacob Zimmer

Renton: Elsa Jasso, Perla Garibay, Tyler Mays, Rebecca Nguyen, Christian Roy and Chelsea Spaniel

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Not much has changed about the perception of marijuana among teens since voters elected to legalize the drug with the passage of Initiative 502 in 2012.

If anything, legalization has made the drug seem more acceptable, accord-ing to a group of Liberty High School students at the third and final forum hosted by the Drug Free Community Coalition Feb. 6.

Previous forums were held at Sammamish City Hall on Dec. 2 and at Issaquah High School on Jan. 27.

The forums were held in response to the legaliza-tion of marijuana, provid-ing an avenue to discuss how Initiative 502 would ultimately affect teens in the community.

“I don’t think stu-dents are using it more, I think more people think it’s OK,” Liberty student Isabelle Ashraf said.

Marijuana remains ille-gal for those younger than

21 and using it is techni-cally a federal crime.

The students compared its perception to alcohol,

as their peers glamorize “blacking out” without fully understanding the physical, mental and legal

consequences.“There are downsides,

and I feel like in high school, people rely on the thought that there’s nothing bad about marijuana and actually alcohol for that matter,” Liberty student Ashton Herrild said.

It is particularly harm-ful to growing teens, said one of the forum’s guest speakers, Jerry Blackburn, the director of Early Recovery Services with Lakeside-Milam Recovery Centers and the Bellevue College Chemical Dependency Counseling Program.

Blackburn described drug use, in general, as “an unwanted neuro-logical event.” For young people that consistently use them, drugs are a detriment to their devel-opment, actually altering how the brain is formulat-ing itself, he added.

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As most teenag-ers do, Hazen High School juniors Shelby Mathison, Christine Beal and Hannah Dolling have a lot of thoughts, feelings and things to say.

Until now, though, the three writing enthusi-asts didn’t have an acces-sible outlet to express themselves on paper.

That all changed with the creation of the Hazen Literary Magazine, a new student-and-staff-created publication filled with poems, short stories and visual art.

“I just appreciated that it was an avenue for me to be able to have that creative writ-ing outlet, which I don’t normally have in most of my classes,” said Mathison, one of the magazine’s editors.

A similar literary com-pilation was published at the school about a decade ago, but Hazen English teacher Sarah Menaul decided to revive it, after she saw what her students produced for a poetry assignment last year.

The 100-page booklet made its debut Feb. 6 in a special “coffee-house” inspired celebration in the school’s library. There were donuts, coffee and, as customary in any poetry reading, an open mic.

“That’s where it got really cool, because

people that I had never seen before, or people that you wouldn’t even expect, would come up and speak, and have this really beauti-ful poetry that they shared,” said Dolling, also one of the maga-zine’s editors.

The nine student magazine editors, under the guidance of Menaul, have received submis-sions since September, and met weekly to go over them and correct for grammar.

They were careful not to alter the works’ mes-sage, Dolling said, mak-ing sure they respected the artists’ intentions.

There wasn’t a theme, Beal said; stu-dents were given the license to write or draw anything that they wanted. That led to a

Hazen publishes literary magazine

Get involved

Hazen High School students and staff can submit poems, short stories or visual art for consideration in the next Hazen Literary Magazine by emailing them to [email protected].

Learn more about the Hazen High School Literary Magazine at www.facebook.com/hazenlitmag.

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Liberty High School students (from left) Jenna Purkis, Neil Chakravarty and Ashton Herrild talk about the effects the legalization of marijuana has on teens at a Drug Free Community Coalition forum held at Liberty on Feb. 6.

Liberty teens get candid about marijuana at school forum


King County Sheriff John Urquhart talks about the legal-ization of marijuana and how it affects his department.

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Illustration by Liz Wolcott

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It’s troubling then that schools often don’t have the support for students struggling with drug addiction. Schools have academic counselors, but budgets don’t allow for chemical-dependency counselors, Blackburn said.

“We don’t have services and so kids kind of spin until they run into legal ramifications for their use,” he said.

The Liberty students added that they were unimpressed with the drug-related curriculum in health classes.

“We’re not really get-ting all of the facts, we’re getting some of the facts,” Liberty student Jenna Purkis said.

Purkis and Herrild both said videos shown in class are hard for students to relate to and take seri-ously.

They often hear about abstaining from drugs and what the worst-case sce-nario looks like in terms of chemical dependency, Purkis said, but she wants to hear more from her teachers.

“I think that informa-tion on what pot use really does and what it really looks like in the high-school setting would be a lot more helpful to us,” she said.

King County Sheriff John Urquhart, the forum’s other guest speak-er, was vocal about his belief that the country is losing the war on drugs.

Urquhart, famous for his strong support of Initiative 502, noted that the war’s emphasis on incarceration wasn’t work-ing.

“We still have the same supply, we still have the same demand for drugs, despite billions of dollars spent locking people up,” he said.

He added that he would support decriminalization, different than legaliza-tion, of a drug if there was money to send people to treatment.

Urquhart said he remembered several

instances when an incar-cerated drug addict would beg to go to treatment, but there was nothing an officer could do.

“That’s where we’ve fallen down in this coun-try,” he said. “In a rich country like this, it’s a travesty that that has hap-pened.”

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A tie-in to Dr. Seuss

A weeklong Seussical Celebration got under way Feb. 24 at Apollo Elementary School, as student

council members led by (from left) Jessica Tomlinson, Lauren Pizarro, Sam Nelson and Alex Boster, and

school librarian Carol Fujioka, return to class after greeting the

kindergarten bus wearing Cat in the Hat accessories. Part of the nation-

wide Read Across America, the highlight of the week’s activities is a Read-In the evening of Feb. 27,

with high school volunteer readers, cookies and optional pajamas. Dr.

Seuss’ birthday is March 2.

By Greg Farrar

wide range of topics in the magazine.

“We had everything from a post-apocalyptic universe, to writing about a flower,” Dolling said with a laugh.

The three editors also had a chance to submit some of their own writ-ings for the project.

Mathison’s three poems dealt with objec-tification, life choices and the evolution of friendships, some admit-tedly heavy topics, she said.

“I just kind of cry onto my paper and

things come out,” she joked.

Now that the first issue is done, the group is already taking submis-sions for the next one, and coming up with ideas to raise funds for its publication. The plan is to create two issues per year.

The student editors meet after school every Thursday in room 218 to review submissions. They encourage fellow students to come, submit their work or get editing advice.

“It’s really interest-ing, seeing all the stuff that comes in and what everyone else in school is thinking,” Beal said. “You don’t always see that.”

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By Neil Pierson

Malik Haythorne’s senior season of wrestling was emblematic of his entire Hazen High School team — growth was evi-dent.

A year after failing to win a match at the state championships, Haythorne nearly wound up capturing a Class 3A state title. He settled for second place at 152 pounds as the Mat Classic XXVI wrapped up Feb. 22 at the Tacoma Dome.

Haythorne’s tourna-ment run began with a pin against Decatur’s Christian Aragon, progressed with a 7-5 overtime decision

against Bainbridge’s Dylan Read, and reached the title bout with a 12-7 victory over North Central’s Cody Kiourkas.

In the championship match, Hudson’s Bay senior Gunnar Metzger pinned Haythorne in 2 minutes, 37 seconds.

Haythorne, however, was basking in a win-ning glow for most of the tournament. He wore a big grin after defeating Read in the quarterfi-nals, a match in which Haythorne trailed 5-1 after two periods before he scored the final six points.

He didn’t let failure dominate his thoughts.

“Honestly, there’s

always a little doubt, but then when you reassess the situation and stick to your fundamentals, you realize what you’re best at,” Haythorne said. “It all just comes down to who wanted it more, and I think that was me at the end of the day.”

Haythorne beat Read by two points at a tour-nament in December, so the pair were familiar with each other. At the start of the third period, a technical violation gave Haythorne a point, and he quickly escaped to get within 5-3.

With 30 seconds left in regulation, Haythorne took down Read for the tying points, then repeated the feat early in overtime.

Haythorne’s runner-up finish topped the Highlanders’ six-athlete contingent at the Mat Classic. Raven Svenson, a freshman who took sev-enth in the 155-pound girls division, was Hazen’s only other medalist.

Svenson dropped an 11-9 decision to Lincoln’s D.J. White in the first round, but quickly battled back in the consolation bracket.

She pinned Connell’s Caily Mendez in 2:15, and earned an 11-8 win over Mount Baker’s Aniecea Camacho to advance to

the medal round.At 106, freshman Tyson

Mowrey got a tough draw and lost his opener to North Central’s Clai Quintanilla by pin in 1:22.

Quintanilla went on to win the state title, and although Mowrey pinned Franklin’s Lam Tran in 39 seconds, he didn’t reach the medal round as Peninsula’s Michael Campigotto pinned him in 5:38.

Junior Derek Nichols (126) suffered a similar fate. He drew Shorewood senior Matthew Floresca to start the tourney, and Floresca won by pin in 2:40 en route to the state title. Ferndale’s Adaeus Wilson-Premo pinned Nichols in a loser-out

match.Zach Moore, a junior,

finished 1-2 at 138 pounds. He lost 10-8 to Bainbridge’s Jack Miller on a last-second takedown, beat Enumclaw’s Ben Cross 10-1, and lost 6-3 to Shadle Park’s Connor Kerr.

Senior Jairo Barahona (182) lost twice — 11-5 to Peninsula’s Luke Holsinger, and 6-3 to North Central’s Junior Villaro.

Hazen’s season was largely successful, Haythorne noted, as the squad finished second at sub-regional competition and seventh at the Region 3 meet. The Highlanders scored 25 points to finish 30th overall at state.

“Our program is actu-

ally growing,” Haythorne said. “It’s starting to look a lot tougher. We’ve been right up there with tough teams. We saw Oak Harbor in a dual meet, and even though they beat us, it was really close. It just shows the program is starting to come together after five years.”

Three Liberty athletes medalThe Liberty High School

wrestling team had three athletes reach the medal podium.

Joanna Moreira, a junior, was among the top-ranked 137-pound girls all season, but had to settle for sixth place after three straight losses to end

SportsPAGE 14 MARCH 7, 2014

By Mike McQuaidwww.washingtonhslax.com

Newcastle resident and youth lacrosse coach Lindsey Anderson has been named by US Lacrosse as its 2013 National Girls Youth Coach of the Year.

Anderson, a middle school girls coach and youth coach mentor with the Quick Styx youth lacrosse program on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, was nominated for the honor by a 14-year-old player on her middle school team.

“Lindsey has a love

for the game that I can-not explain. She has put her heart and all of her efforts into making this season a productive, fun and amazing time,” wrote Haily Santorsola, one of three eighth-graders from Seattle’s St. Anne School that play for Anderson, in her nomination letter to US Lacrosse.

Anderson was selected as the nation’s top girls youth coach for her abil-ity to connect with her players and demonstrate a deep understanding of the importance of sportsman-ship in molding young lives.

The honor came as a complete surprise for Anderson, who got her start in lacrosse as a Bellevue High School senior winning the 2003 state championship in just her first year in the sport.

“I was stunned and excited,” said Anderson, one of 12 coaches with the Quick Styx youth pro-gram. “I didn’t ever expect to be recognized for some-thing at this level. I don’t really see myself as any different than any of our coaches. It just happens. It’s all natural.”

Anderson has an innate ability to teach and con-

nect. Those skills have allowed her to build a lifetime of trust among the young people who learn the game of lacrosse from her and the parent leaders of the local program.

“Lindsey is a role model. When my own daughter started playing, we were getting beat pret-ty bad. Lindsey stood out as someone that we really wanted in our program,” Quick Styx volunteer director George Bergeron said. “She always kept a positive approach with the kids and the parents

Contributed

Lindsey Anderson (left), of Newcastle, US Lacrosse National Girls Youth Coach of the Year, sits with 14-year-old Quick Styx player Haily Santorsola, the one who nomi-nated her for the honor, at Seattle’s Kerry Park.

By Greg Farrar

Romney Noel (left), Liberty High School junior, takes command in his state 3A 170-pound first-round match against University High School senior Conner Douglas Feb. 21 for a 13-1 win.

By Greg Farrar

Malik Haythorne (left), Hazen High School senior, works to get a takedown against Decatur senior Christian Aragon in his first round 152-pound bout during the 3A state wrestling championships Feb. 21 at the Tacoma Dome.

Newcastle’s Lindsey Anderson named US Lacrosse national youth coach of year

See COACH, Page 16

Malik Haythorne shines for Hazen at Mat Classic XXVI

See WRESTLING, Page 16


A certain sense of uncertainty surrounded the Hazen High School boys swim team at the beginning of the season.

Without a coach until nearly the last minute, when current coach Jon Graybill agreed to step in, Hazen senior Malcolm Mitchell said he wasn’t sure what to expect of this year’s Highlanders.

“It got off to a bumpy start, just because he was hired just a few days before the season,” Mitchell said. “He handled it well, though, and the season was successful.”

It was a success, and the proof is in the half-dozen medals the team earned at the 3A state swim-ming championship Feb. 22. The Highlanders performed so well, they were less than eight points away from a fourth-place finish and

team trophy.Hazen began the meet with a

bang, earning fourth in the 200-yard medley relay, and breaking a school record along the way. The team of Nolan Hoover, Derek Wei, Connor Broughton and Mitchell swam the race in 1 minute, 39.64

seconds.The mark broke a Hazen school

record that had stood since 1977.“We’ve been looking at those

records every year that I’ve been here, and we were close, but we

Liberty Lacrosse wins grant

The Liberty Lacrosse Club was one of 12 state programs to receive a $600 equipment grant from the Washington State Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse.

The grant will help local families seeking assis-tance to provide protective equipment for their chil-dren, such as helmets for boys and eye-gear for girls, along with sticks, gloves and pads.

“Regardless of finan-cial circumstances, it’s important that we open doors for young people and families to partici-pate in youth sports and get in the game,” Dave Low, president of the Washington State Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse, said in a news release. “We’re excit-ed to help local clubs and youth sports organizations jump-start lacrosse in their communities.”

Learn more about the Liberty Lacrosse Club at www.libertylacrosseclub.com.

Hazen soccer coach attends training

Hazen High School soc-cer coach Ken Matthews was one of six state coach-es to complete the recent National Soccer Coaches Association National Diploma course held at Walla Walla’s Whitman College.

The NSCAA’s National Diploma is an advanced-level, 45-hour course for experienced coaches. The course stresses technical and tactical knowledge and includes sessions about the teaching pro-cess, psychological skills training and laws of the game.

The overall objective of the National Diploma is to acquaint coaches with the needs of soccer players and provide an organized and progressive method-

ology of coaching those needs.

“This course provides a way for us to structure practice sessions in a bet-ter way to improve our technical and tactical play,” Matthews said in a statement. “All the coach-es were so into the course. There were positives every-where.”

Hazen football coach steps down

Hazen High School football coach Drew Oliver announced on the team’s Facebook page that he will leave the Highlanders to coach his alma mater, Newport High School.

Oliver took over the program in 2009, and under his direction, Hazen returned to the state play-offs during the 2011 sea-son, for the first time since 1993.

“I feel that the program at Hazen is in a much bet-ter place now than it was five years ago, and I’m confident that with the fine community of sup-port and culture of hard work we’ve created, it will continue to get even bet-ter,” he wrote.

He earned Seamount League Coach of the Year honors and was selected as a Seahawks Coach of the Week in 2011.

Oliver, who grew up in the Newport Hills neighborhood, coached at Newport prior to accepting the job at Hazen.

“Coaching at Hazen has truly been a privilege and a blessing,” Oliver wrote. “I’ve grown so much personally and pro-fessionally here in the last five years.”


Drew Oliver

Four Hazen High School students announced plans to continue their athletic endeavors in college at a signing day ceremony Feb. 5.

Hazen soccer standouts Gabby Brower and Chelsea Delgado will play the sport in college after lead-ing this year’s team to its first outright Seamount League title since 1992, and a state tournament appearance.

Brower will play at Western Washington University, while Delgado will suit up at Bellevue College.

Hazen football standouts Joe Glaefke and Quadir Griffin will also continue their athletic careers in col-lege. The all-league performers will both play at Everett Junior College.

“These four individuals have made significant contributions to Hazen High School,” Hazen Principal Randy Taylor said in a statement. “We are proud of them.”

No Liberty High School athletes signed national letters of intent on signing day, Feb. 5, to his knowl-edge, Stark Porter, the school’s ath-letic director, said.

There are a handful of athletes, however, who plan to continue their careers at the next level.

Aaron Bowe, who led the boys cross-country team to its first state appearance this year, will compete at Gonzaga University.

Hannah van Amen, a member of the state championship soccer team, will continue her career at Saint Martin’s University.

Chase Vanek will play baseball at Clark College, while Lorin Archibald will take to the diamond at Lower Columbia College.

Local athletes get ready for the next level

Contributed

Hazen High School athletes (from left) Chelsea Delgado, Quadir Griffin and Gabby Brower signed to colleges Feb. 5.

By Greg Farrar

Malcolm Mitchell, Hazen High School senior, races his 100-yard butterfly final in the state 3A swim championships Feb. 22 to a fifth-place time of 51.74 seconds.

Hazen swimmers narrowly miss podiumHighlanders earn fifth, Liberty gets three medals at 3A state swim meet

By Greg Farrar

Connor Biehl, Liberty High School senior, swims to fifth place with a time of 1 minute, 56.72 seconds in the 200-yard individual medley 3A state champi-onship final.

See SWIMMERS, Page 16


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and put a lot of effort into making sure that we have practice plans, drills and a model for future coaches that come into the pro-gram.”

Anderson was a gym-nast long before she found lacrosse. She was a four-year letter winner in the sport at Bellevue High School, where she earned a senior-year berth to the KingCo Conference gym-nastics meet.

It was the burgeoning sport of lacrosse, though,

that ultimately piqued Anderson’s interest as a senior in high school and beyond.

“I had friends that played lacrosse. I didn’t know that they played other sports — but they played lacrosse,” Anderson said. “That was impor-tant. Being on a team where you are surrounded by girls and boys your age helps you be accepted.”

That connection bond-ed her to a sport that was struggling for acceptance and unleashed her dedica-tion.

“Whenever I find pas-sion for something, I want everyone else to experi-ence it,” she said. “The

friendships, the bonding, and the responsibility and learning are all what team-work means.”

As an undergraduate at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Anderson gravitated to the school’s club lacrosse team, playing D-wing and midfield before taking on player-coach responsibili-ties as an upperclassman.

Anderson is working toward a master’s degree in education at Seattle Pacific University. Once she finishes that, she plans to extend her men-toring from the pitch to the classroom, where she hopes to teach math and science.

CoachFrom Page 14

didn’t quite get it,” Mitchell said. “It was nice to finally get that record.”

Mitchell, in the last competition of his high-school career, went on to win three more medals, two of them individuals, in the meet held at Federal Way’s King County Aquatic Center.

He earned two fifth-place medals — one in the 50-yard freestyle and one in the 100-yard but-terfly. Mitchell was also a part of the 400-yard freestyle relay team, along with Broughton, Wei and Sergio Licea, that earned

sixth place.“It’s just satisfying see-

ing all the hard work pay off,” Mitchell said. “I put a lot of hours into it, so it’s nice to see that in the results.”

Licea, a sophomore, also medaled, earn-ing eighth place in the 100-yard butterfly. Additionally, Broughton placed eighth in the 500-yard freestyle.

Liberty wins three medalsThe Liberty High School

boys swim team competed in its last state meet as a 3A school, before the Patriots jump down to 2A next year, and earned three medals.

Senior Connor Biehl finished his high school career by capturing two

SwimmersFrom Page 15

individual medals at the 3A meet Feb. 22.

Biehl placed fifth in the 200-yard individual medley and seventh in the 100-yard backstroke.

“It’s great, just pound-ing the wall and turning and looking to see I got fifth. That was my goal,” he said after the individual medley race.

Junior Nick Klatt also earned a medal, placing sixth in the 500-yard free-style.

the season.Moreira reached the

semifinals with a bruising 7-4 victory over Othello’s Phelicia Perez, the type of match that symbolized her season.

“Usually, I go three rounds,” she said. “I rarely pin, and even though that’s kind of iffy, it’s kind of helped me because of my conditioning. I can go three rounds. If I’m tied in the second round, I know I can beat this girl by fit-ness. I’m conditioned way better.”

Liberty juniors Conner Small and Romney Noel also earned medals. Small took third at 160 pounds, and Noel was sixth at 170.

Kyle Armstrong (120) and Quinn Magendanz (182) also reached state for the Patriots, but neither advanced to the medal round.

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