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Northshore People in the NewsThere
are always many topics a columnist would like to write about, the trick
is picking which one. Here’s a sampling of topics, each one of which
bears much more attention than this space allows: Yes, that high
profile woman seen on TV news and in the newspaper these days runs one
of the largest sheriff’s departments in the U.S. She is former King
County Sheriff Department’s Kenmore precinct commander and Shoreline
Police Chief Sue Rahr and she leads the 1,100 members of the
sheriff’s office. Sue succeeded first term Congressman Dave
Reichert who bravely bucked his party leaders earlier this month in
not voting for Congress to intervene in the matter of the fate of
Florida’s Terry Schaivo. Sue grew up in Bellevue with six brothers, an
experience to which she attributes her ability to hold her own in law
enforcement circles. She has worked vice, internal investigations,
narcotics undercover and headed the patrol force of 450 before being
appointed the new sheriff late last year. Sue points with pride to an
anti-bullying campaign started in Shoreline schools during her tenure as
police chief in one of the 13 cities where the sheriff’s office
provides contracted police service. Local,
former insurance executive Uwe Arendt is chairman of the Edmonds
Community College advisory board working to take education to inmates at
Monroe state penitentiary. Reports Uwe, “soon it will cost more to
provide and maintain prisons in this state than we are spending on
education.” Friends of
Bothell Library will kick off their annual book sale April 23. It
would be interesting to hear from leader Betty Green as to how
the money from book sales over the years has led to improvements and
enhancements at the regional public library. (Incidentally, as if
planning a book sale isn’t enough, Betty is also at work helping build
a float for the annual Bothell Fourth of July parade that will recognize
the fact that Bothell has had a library of sorts since 1905). The Washington
Huskies football team held a spring practice scrimmage session in
mid-April and invited former players in for a look at the Ty
Willingham-led 2005 version of the vaunted Purple and Gold. Showing up
among 150 former Huskies for the barbecue and reunion festivities was
Bothell’s Bud Ericksen. Bud is the son of a pioneer Bothell
family, was the last mayor of Bothell elected directly prior to the
city’s adopting the city manager form of government. He was a Husky
center from 1935-37 along side another Bothellite, the late Richard
Worthington. Those were days of leather helmets and plenty of mud, sweat
and tears and when the starting 11 played both offense and defense. Bud
later played professionally with the Washington Redskins. He now lives
with his daughter in Woodinville, having achieved age 88. Having
admirably and fairly covered his share of heat-generating meetings
concerning Tent City 4, Bothell’s Jeff Switzer is continuing to
move up in the world of journalism. Jeff this week joins the Herald
daily newspaper where he will be covering the Everett City Council. A
graduate of Bothell High School and the University of Washington, Jeff
entered newspaper work with the Woodinville Weekly, later the Northshore
Citizen and most lately the King County Journal’s East Side
office. You can always
glean a tidbit or two from Karin Poage’s official newsletter of
the Yakima Fruit Market. For instance, “Pineapples don’t ripen after
they are picked, even though they may change color. I know it goes
against all intuition, but a green pineapple is likely to be just as
sweet and juicy as a golden pineapple. Choose a pineapple that has a
pleasant, fruity aroma and that feels heavy for its size.” She likes to
have some fun in her monthly musings and recipes (this is, after all,
National Humor Month). If your favorite veggie is broccoli, she notes,
here’s what this vegetable reveals about your personality. “Down to
earth and realistic, you are a hard worker, detail oriented, and
inclined toward traditional values. You have a great sense of humor and
would make an excellent surgeon or produce worker.” Next thing you know, someone will come up with the answer to why grapefruit are called grapefruit, of all things.
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16, 2005 March
2, 2005 February
16, 2005 February
2, 2005 January
19, 2005 January
5, 2005 December
15, 2004 December
1, 2004 Nov.
17, 2004 November
3, 2004 October
20, 2004 October
6, 2004 Sept
15, 2004 Sept.
1, 2004 August
18, 2004 August
4, 2004 July
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