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Ahh spring; things are a changing!
Spring is definitely a time of change. Warren Buck steps
down as chancellor of the University of Washington-Bothell. Mitigation
dollars connected to Brightwater disappear and the project cost
jumps to a lofty $1.5 billion and counting. Bothell’s Rhodes
Scholar changes the medical school she will attend. Crop Walk, on
the other hand, tackles a problem that never seems to change: world
hunger. Crop
Walk. A coalition of Bothell and Kenmore churches are
again pulling together a Church World Service-sponsored walk dedicated
to raising money for international and local needs. The local
beneficiary this year will be the region’s premier social service
agency – Hopelink. Participants, armed with pledges, will gather May 1
at the Bothell United Methodist Church for jaunts of either one, three
or six miles. Sign-in is scheduled for 1 p.m. with the walk-off at 1:30
p.m. Co-chairs Cathy
Tanner and Susan Muhm promise some entertainment prior to the walk with
information booths set up to describe social issues and world hunger
conditions. Participating
congregations include those of Bothell First Lutheran, St. Brendan’s,
Kenmore’s Church of the Redeemer, First Church of Christ Scientist,
Elizabeth Anne Seton and Emmanuel Presbyterian. Those not affiliated
with any of these churches are welcome. “The excitement of seeing so many people gathered and walking together for those who must walk miles just for basic necessities is worthy of effort. Guaranteed!”, Cathy and Susan write. Buck
the teacher. Dr. Warren
Buck notified colleagues at UW-Bothell last month that he is stepping
down as chancellor after five years at the helm to pursue teaching
opportunities. An internationally acclaimed physicist and teacher,
Warren came to the Bothell campus in 2000 to open the branch and
assemble a uniquely talented faculty, which has drawn raves from
students as well as academic contemporaries in Seattle. Dr. Buck moved
with ease throughout our community, establishing lasting friendships for
the school and himself. He has been a wonderful ambassador for UWB
throughout the region, often jokingly referring to the university
facilities in Seattle as the “Montlake branch” of the University,
leaving his audience to picture the campus in Bothell as the heart of
the state’s largest research university. He would casually adjust his
favorite bow tie and go on with the topic at hand while his individual
listener, viewer or crowd let the “Montlake” slight sink in. So, Warren has
answered a calling back to the teaching ranks. He’ll certainly be
missed here. His efforts in the co-location of UWB and Cascadia
Community College are much appreciated.
Harvard’s
Next. Bothell’s Rhodes Scholar Laurel Yong-Hwa Lee fired us an
e-mail on Easter Sunday evening with exciting news that she has been
accepted at Harvard Medical School. We’ve been following Laurel’s
impressive achievements since her 2001 graduation from Woodinville High
School, in receipt of a grant from the Northshore Scholarship Foundation
and Woodinville Rotary Club. Laurel will
graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this next
month, take some time to explore her interest in the field of
neuroscience and then head for England and three years at Oxford. She is
one of 31 Rhodes Scholars admitted next fall from the U.S. On a personal
note, we had introduced Laurel via e-mail to doctor friends in
Boston—one in neuroscience at Tufts and one a practicing neurosurgeon
and graduate of Harvard. Laurel spent Easter Sunday with our friends,
the Tarlovs, who had invited a houseful of neuroscience types. Dr. Suzanne
Roffler-Tarlov described Laurel as “a really lovely star” who
certainly held her own among the brainy professionals assembled at their
island residence near Boston. By separate e-mail, Suzanne says, with two
former team members at dinner, she discovered Laurel was a member of the
women’s boxing team at MIT. They seem new fast friends, with Suzanne
inviting Laurel to her lab in Boston to compare neuroscience research
projects. Water
Not So Bright? Officials
in Kenmore and Bothell may want to ask for a copy of a press release
last month out of Snohomish County Councilman Jeff Sax’s office,
particularly if either city was counting on any mitigation
“windfalls” from the Brightwater project. Sax claims the major
wastewater treatment project presently destined for Grace (just north of
Woodinville) is nearing the $1.5 billion price tag. Sax noted that
an agreement adopted by the King County Council specifies that
“mitigation dollars are expected to be 10 percent of the total project
cost” which in this case “would require close to $150 million in
mitigation costs. King County (has come) to the table and proposed $18
million, with their Executive (Ron Sims) holding final say over where
those dollars are spent.” The final
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The Previous Columns March
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
21, 2004 July
7, 2004 |
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