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Seattle has a variety of cheery festivities during the holiday season. Visitors and locals alike can see the city’s iconic spots decked out, from life-size animal lanterns illuminating the Woodland Park Zoo, to Santa welcoming photos on the revolving glass floor of the Space Needle, and a brand-new light and music display projected onto the stunning Winter Brilliance exhibit at Chihuly Garden and Glass. These holiday happenings are not to be missed. Find the whole lineup of events on seattleholidays. com.
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• Woodland Park Zoo’s light festival, WildLanterns (zoo.org/wildlanterns), returns with new displays this holiday season, as well as returning fan favorites. Visitors will enjoy an interactive, largerthan-life holiday experience unlike any in the Pacific Northwest, beginning Nov. 11.
• A new experience is arriving at Chihuly Garden and Glass (chihulygardenandglass.com) this holiday season. Launching Nov. 17, Winter Brilliance will offer guests a brand-new original light and music experience. Using innovative video projection technology, this immersive installation was created to project onto the stunning Winter Brilliance exhibit, originally created for the Barney’s New York flagship store in Manhattan in 2015 for their famous annual holiday window display.
• Seattle Center Winterfest (seattlecenter.com/ events )offers a world of sparkling lights, amusements and spirited entertainment, including live performances, a Winter Train & Village and the annual campus lighting display. It all kicks off Nov. 25.
• Downtown Seattle’s Tree-lighting Celebration (downtownseattle.org/events) will dazzle once again on Nov. 25, accompanied by a full slate of performances.
• Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship™ Festival (argosycruises.com) is back starting Nov. 25 as well, offering a classic Seattle holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition since 1949. Board a festive ship decorated with hundreds of shimmery white lights and sail to different Puget Sound waterfront communities – around 40 in all. A live choir and reading of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” will warm the soul, or adult guests can opt for the 21+ ugly sweater party aboard a following boat. Those who would rather enjoy shoreside can catch a 20-minute choir performance broadcast from the ship, or join the Parade of Boats Viewing Party Dec. 9.
• On November 19-20, the National Nordic Museum will host its 45th annual Julefest: A Nordic Christmas Celebration (nordicmuseum. org). This cultural community event transforms the Museum grounds into a traditional outdoor Nordic market with over 30 local artists, traditional holiday fare and Nordic music and dance performances.
• Find unique, authentic gifts from local Native tribes at both the United Indians Native Art Market (unitedindians.org/events), starting Nov. 19, as well as the Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center Native Art Market (duwamishtribe.org/ events), Nov. 25-27. From clothing, jewelry, woodworking, drums, art prints and beyond, these gift options not only beautifully reflect the historic and cultural contributions of Seattle’s tribal communities but support native artists as well.
• Theatre-lovers of all ages won’t want to miss the timeless magic of Charles Dickens’ Yuletide classic “A Christmas Carol,” (acttheatre.org/achristmas-carol-2022), proudly returning for the 47th year at ACT Theatre beginning Nov. 25.
• George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” (pnb. org/nutcracker) will also return to McCaw Hall beginning November 25. Showcasing Tchaikovsky’s timeless score performed by the world famous PNB Orchestra, as well as PNB Company dancers in show-stopping roles, this is a holiday treasure for audiences young and old.
• The 27th annual Magic in the Market (pikeplacemarket.org/event), Pike Place Market’s longest-running holiday tradition, returns Nov. 26 with holiday activities for the whole family. Highlights include a Market holiday lighting ceremony, visits with Santa, holiday treats and plenty of shopping options.
Then, on Dec. 2, return for some pure joy at The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition (pmsc-fb.org/figgy-pudding) from 6 – 9 p.m.
• Robert McPherson, known as Seattle’s Drunken Tenor, is back for a repeat of his hit comedy special, “A Very Drunken Christmas Carol” (seattleopera.org), starting Dec. 9. This tipsy retelling of the time-honored Christmas classic offers a heady cocktail of opera, comedy and holiday favorites ideal for getting into the spirit of the season.
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Q. Jim: Turning to you — same facts — if elected you will step in to lead a 600-person office that has had very stable and consistent leadership for decades. How will you go about building collaboration in what are likely well-defined roles?
Ferrell spent 19 years of his career as a prosecutor, 16 of which in the King County Prosecutor Office, where he was hired in 1998. While there, he twice served as leader of the Prosecutor Guild and was senior deputy in the office. He also was the leader of the newly created domestic violence unit. He has also been the mayor of Federal Way for the past nine years and served on the City Council for 10 of those years.
• Santa can be spotted in some unique locations this year, including within an all-glass sleigh at the Space Needle beginning Nov. 25, offering complimentary digital photos with admission. He’ll also be diving in — literally — for a quick story time and photo opportunities from within a tank at the Seattle Aquarium (seattleaquarium.org), beginning Dec. 3.
“I actually led the effort in the city of Federal Way to create the elected mayor position so, you know demonstrating leadership and bringing people together,” he said. “I think that really one of my core strengths and talents is really bringing people together, collaboration.”
He said, ultimately, leadership is about bringing people together, listening, leading and deciding a course of action. He said he was hired by the “legendary Norm Maleng,” who was a good leader and was universally regarded. Ferrell said he wants his leadership to return the office “to a time in which the leadership of the office was really going in the right direction.”
Juvenile Reform: The King County Prosecutor’s office is primarily responsible for all juvenile matters in King County. The Restorative Community Pathways is a relatively new program designed to reduce
youth incarceration by diverting youths from the judicial system into individualized services.
Q. Jim: The initial data on the Restorative Community Pathways program has been positive. Would you support continuing this program even while your recommended improvements are evaluated?
A: Ferrell said he believes diversion programs play a critically important role, as to restorative practices, so he thinks it’s important the program continues. At the same time, he said area manners and law enforcement were not aware the program was being implemented, nor the cases being heard properly reported, and he believes “it’s important that you have all the indications of transparency and accountability.” He said he also doesn’t believe some of the types of cases — felonies like
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Embracing the Winter Blues
By Steve Lorton Tree Talk
November is here. Days from now through the end of January are as short as summer days are long. The sun comes up and creeps low across the horizon. The sky is often overcast, and drizzle seems the norm. For many, this ushers in the Winter Blues.
Need an antidote? Embrace the Winter Blues — in this case, with a wonderful palette of conifers that can enliven a winter garden and make you happy to look out your window or putter outdoors in their cultivation. These conifers, backed by our silverly gray skies, bejeweled by raindrops and artistically placed in the garden, can make the monochromatic nature of our winter landscape come to life.
Three genera of conifers offer the best blues: false Cypress (Chamaecyparis), junipers (Juniperus) and spruce (Picea). All three have cultivated varieties that fit into the three categories of use in the garden: spillers (low growers or ground covers), fillers (the plants that grow between 3 and 6 feet, providing anchors for mixed borders) and pillars (the tall conifers that serve as backgrounds and privacy screens). The trick is to pair them with other plants for contrast that make the blue pop.
The selection of blue conifers is vast. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we’re in the epicenter of it all. The Portland area alone boasts 14 nurseries that specialize in conifers. November is optimum planting time. Cool, moist overcast days are perfect for getting plants in the ground and established, ready to surge into growth with spring.
The Spillers
Among the multitude of choices, several come to mind that are particularly dazzling. Blue Star Juniper (Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’) and J. scopulorum “Blue Creeper” are tight and compact, perfect for rock gardens or to cascade over a retaining wall. For a heftier look, try the low growing, spreading spruce, Picea pungens “Glauca Prostrata.” This spruce will sprawl out in a gleaming, irregular mat in the front of a border or next to a patio where it will be a living sculpture without blocking the view to the garden beyond.
Jane Platt, whose famous garden in Portland, Ore., was featured in the Rosemary Verey book “The American Woman’s Garden,” had an enormous prostrate blue juniper. Under and through this mass of intricate branches covered with stiff needles, she had planted prostrate Scotch broom Genista pilosa “Vancouver Gold.” The shoots of the
broom made their way up and through the nearturquoise spruce, contrasting their small, roundish bright green leaves with the blue conifer needles. In spring, the plant bloomed profusely with sulfur yellow flowers. It was, to use a Rosemary Verey word, “rhapsodic.” In winter, the broom defoliated, and its unobtrusive naked branches were hardly noticeable.
The Fillers
The Chamaecyparis
lawsoniana “Blue Surprise” in the photograph shimmers against that red brick wall, turning the garden gate into a striking entry. For a hotter, drier location, you might try a juniper that is similar looking put more prickly to the touch: Juniperus “Wichita Blue.” Again, the choices are many. When planted in front of a large deciduous tree, the conifer is complemented by the leaves, and perhaps flowers, in spring and summer. It helps the autumn color vibrate with its contrast and draws the eye to the winter filigree of branches behind it. With a red or yellow twigged dogwood in front of the planting, the whole ensemble is enough to send Monet, Renoir or even Van Gogh scrambling for their brushes and canvas.
The Pillars
Likely the most-well known among these is the Colorado Blue Spruce:
Picea pungens glauca with a number of selections (“Fat Albert,” “Hoopsii,” “Koster” and even a weeping form, “Pendula”). The trick to getting the right blue spruce is to buy it after seeing it and confirming the blue for yourself. They can vary in hue from grower to grower. Any of them will need a spot with full sun exposure to really blue-up, but treated properly it can be bright light blue, headed to silver. It is said that one can increase the blue color of the plant by adding aluminum sulfate to the soil, pounding rusty nails into the ground around the tree’s base or watering with Epsom salts — techniques worthy of consideration, albeit all untested by this gardener.
Chamaecyparis pisifera “Boulevard” is a much-loved Japanese native. It is a silvery blue conifer that was widely planted around the urban Pacific Northwest in the 1950s and ’60s. Most books say that this tree reaches 8 feet. Here, it grows to 20 or more in time. Tucked in among our dark green natives or paired with a golden needled conifer, these trees will play off the tarnished silver of our winter sky to produce a soothing, meditative vignette. The limbs coming off the main trunk can be selectively pruned to give the tree an open, airy look.
Bought now, any of these conifers can be slipped into a
decorative container to hide the nursery can it came in, enlivening a deck or entry way and the festivities ahead in the coming months. Blue conifers are especially showy embellished with silver ornaments.
Don’t allow our seasonal gloom to get you down. Give yourself and your garden a holiday present. Select a blue conifer or two. Planted in
the right place with the right companions, you’ll have a winter focal point to catch your eye for a lifetime. You’ll be unaffected when the sun takes its annual sabbatical each November. Instead, you’ll be singing the praises of these remarkable plants through all your winters to come. Your gardening will be singing, too — singin’ the blues.
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residential burglary, felony robbery, felony assault, juveniles bringing a firearm to school — were not appropriate, at least without transparency and accountability guidelines in place.
“I do think it is important that the program will continue, but we’ve got to have those reports back,” he said.
Q: Leesa: Jim and other mayors in the region have raised concerns about the Pathways program and there have also been some recent controversies regarding the contractors implementing the program. Talk to us about the benefits of the program but also please address some of the criticisms — are they valid, is there room for improvement?
A. “I believe the power of diversion because I’ve seen the data, and I’ve heard from the young people who’ve shared with us that their lives and their family lives have been changed by diversion,” Manion said. “Over the past several years law enforcement referrals for juvenile crime have fallen by 90 percent, for violent crime that’s 70 percent, because we know from research that when you get upstream to the heart of poor decision-making and you offer young people and families’ new tools and new opportunities, it has the impact of reducing crime.”
Manion said the Community Pathways program works and has a recidivism rate of 8 percent, compared with 22 percent of traditional prosecution and incarceration. She also pointed out that it was approved by all nine King County council members. There were contracts with
nine community-based nonprofits that Executive Dow Constantine entered into and a request for proposal process that was publicized and “dozens of mayors that are not claiming ignorance about RCP.”
Addressing the seriousness of the cases that get entered into the program, she said while they sound “scary,” the Prosecutor Office keeps a summary of each case referred “because we want to be transparent that there are no violent crimes, no serious injuries.”
She said while robbery in the second degree “sounds really scary,” typically those cases involve one young person taking property from another with force, “no weapon, no serious injury.”
Of the eight cases of pellet cases, or bb guns to school, but the state does not consider them firearms, and they are mandatory diversions cases.
Q. One minute follow-up for both: Should “zero youth detention by 2025” still be a goal of our county?
Ferrell said he does not believe zero youth detention is “tethered to reality,” and when a violent crime does occur, the county must have the facility to hold those offenders.
“I haven’t really seen a workable reconciliation of those serious violent crimes,” he said, adding in Federal Way this year two juveniles were involved in a burglary where they held everybody up, and they got out on electronic home detention but committed a murder a few days later in Pierce County.
“So, unfortunately, you need to make sure that when people are a danger to the community that they’re held for everybody’s protection,” Ferrell said.
Manion said she appreciated the goal of zero youth detention but stated “we are nowhere close” to achieving it by 2025 or even 2030, and the county does have serious juvenile offenders who need to be held for the community and their own safety. She thinks one thing that could be done is that trained medical professionals and social workers could be brought in to work alongside officers to make sure juvenile offenders get help as soon as they are brought into the facility.
“But if we ever want to get to zero youth detention, we need to make the type of investment that we haven’t as a county made in terms of social services, educational opportunity, making sure every child has prepreschool. You know, we just haven’t made those investments.”
Q. Regarding backlog to Manion: It’s well-publicized that the Prosecutor’s office is facing a backlog of some 4,500 felony cases mainly due to COVID imposed restrictions. You have said publicly that the backlog is being tackled but what exactly is being done and is it an aggressive enough strategy?
Manion said, back in 2021, she saw this coming and secured $14 million in covid relieve funding to tackle the court’s backlog of filed felony cases that have accumulated during COVID-imposed restrictions. She said they used some of the money to hire 125 new employees to increase capacity, including 10 victim advocates to ensure victims are getting help while cases are pending.
“Through the hard work of our deputy prosecutors and our legal professionals, increased capacity and the resumption of jury trials, we have
been steadily decreasing that backlog, and we are absolutely on target to eliminate it,” she said.
She said every day, deputy prosecuting attorneys are triaging cases, and last Wednesday, they tried seven homicides, six sexual assaults and violent felony assaults and hate crimes. She said they prioritize the most violent and the most serious cases. They also make sure public defenders have access to clients while they are in jail and have also been working with the courts to implement innovations, such as having dedicated police courts and having judges carry a caseload that they individually manage.
Q. to Ferrell: Concerning the backlog, you have made it clear that this would be a priority of yours. Walk us through your solutions.
Ferrell said what he sees as the King County Prosecutor’s Office “lack of a discernable plan” to address the backlog has been absolutely unacceptable, and it has to be done with a sense of urgency.
“It’s not all COVID, and actually there have been trials that have been ongoing since last spring,” Ferrell said, adding King County had one of the highest number of trials during COVID. “You can’t lay this all at the feet of COVID.”
He said, in this situation, the cases need to be actively triaged and a discernable plan followed and a unit of individuals brought together to address the backlog. Ferrell said the office needs to come up with solutions to bring the most serious crimes to the top and expand the “bandwidth” by bringing in pro tem judges, retired judges, and bring in the kind of resources necessary.
“But we can’t wait a full two years to get that backlog down,” he said. “These cases don’t get better with time, and there needs to be a discernible plan to address this.”
Q. Accountability: One of the most important things that the public wants from our criminal justice system is accountability. How will you hold people accountable for the crimes they commit, even if they qualify for diversion programs?
Ferrell: Some of the things the mayors of south King County have been talking about for years is the filing and disposition standards, which change over time, accurately reflect community expectations.
“There have been a number of concerns by law enforcement and the cities in King County in regard to the filing disposition standards to make sure that the cases that need to be filed by individual cities around King County and Seattle are addressed appropriately, and we need to make sure that the literal revolving door of the King County Jail is addressed,” he said, adding people need to be charged appropriately, held when appropriate and asking for appropriate bail.
He also favors reorganizing the office in regard to the number of trial attorneys that are dedicated to trial work, for efficiency’s sake, to get cases before judges sooner.
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at 4th Ave entrance King County Administration Building, located one block east of the Courthouse, 500 4th Ave, Seattle, WA, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 9, MORGANS CREEK ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED MAY 15, 2003 THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 213 OF PLATS PAGES 96 THROUGH 100, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON APN: 564130-0090-09 More commonly known as 25622 158TH PLACE SE, COVINGTON, WA 98042 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated December 28, 2007, executed by SHAWN J WRUTH AND AUDRA M WRUTH, A MARRIED COUPLE as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of BANK OF AMERICA N.A. as original Beneficiary recorded January 3, 2008 as Instrument No. 20080103001506 and an Affidavit of Scrivener’s Error recorded on May 14, 2019 as Instrument No. 20190514000226 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of King County, Washington. II. No action commenced by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers’ or Grantors’ default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows:
not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. Notice to Borrower(s) who received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY.
CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you might eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance
Commission: Telephone: (877) 894-4663 or (800) 606-4819 Website: www.wshfc.org The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800) 5694287 Website: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www.homeownership.wa.gov Dated: July
13, 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee
By: Alan Burton, Vice President MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 606 W. Gowe Street Kent, WA 98032 Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 83929, Pub Dates: 11/2/2022, 11/23/2022, QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS
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Address: 1600 South Douglass Road, Suite 200-A, Anaheim, CA 92806 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $297,983.13, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on December 2, 2022. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by November 21, 2022, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before November 21, 2022 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the November 21, 2022 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS UNKNOWN SPOSUE OF SHAWN J. WRUTH 25622 158TH PLACE SE, COVINGTON, WA 98042 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF AUDRA M. WRUTH 25622 158TH PLACE SE, COVINGTON, WA 98042 AUDRA M WRUTH 25622 158TH PLACE SE, COVINGTON, WA 98042 AUDRA M WRUTH 25706 178TH PL SE, COVINGTON, WA 98042 AUDRA M WRUTH C/O THE HUNT LAW OFFICES, WOODLAND PARK PROFESSIONAL BUILDING, 407 1/2 NORTH 45TH STREET, SEATTLE, WA 98103 AUDRA M WRUTH PO BOX 9622, COVINGTON, WA 98042 SHAWN J WRUTH 25622 158TH PLACE SE, COVINGTON, WA 98042 SHAWN J WRUTH 25706 178TH PL SE, COVINGTON, WA 98042 SHAWN J WRUTH C/O JOSEPH HUNT, 407 1/2 N. 45TH ST., SEATTLE, WA 98103 SHAWN J WRUTH PO BOX 9622, COVINGTON, WA 98042 by both first class and certified mail on February 24, 2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place February 23, 2022 on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX.
Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale. X. Notice to Occupants or Tenants. The purchaser at the Trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are
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SINGLE MAN Current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Original Trustee of the Deed of Trust: FIDEL-
ITY NATIONAL TITLE Current Trustee of the Deed of Trust: MTC Financial Inc. dba Trust-
ee Corps Current Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust: Bank of America, N.A. Reference Number of the Deed of Trust: Instrument No. 20051208002665 Parcel Number: 362105-9053 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 2, 2022, 09:00 AM, Main Entrance, King County Administration Building, 500 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Washington, to-wit: PARCEL A: LOT C OF SHORT PLAT NO. 1075040 AS RECORDED UNDER RECORDING NO. 7604270562, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON. PARCEL B: AN EASEMENT FOR ROADWAY AND UTILITIES OVER, UNDER AND ACROSS A STRIP OF LAND 50 FEET IN WIDTH THE CENTERLINE BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST W.M., IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON; THENCE SOUTH 89°5444” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 36 A DISTANCE OF 206.84 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°2428” WEST A DISTANCE OF 30 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY MARGIN OF SOUTHEAST 384TH STREET AND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE AFORESAID CENTERLINE; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 0°2428” WEST A DISTANCE OF 211.70 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 100 FEET; THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 89°5713” ON AN ARC DISTANCE OF 157.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°3819” WEST A DISTANCE OF 146.12 FEET TO THE CENTER OF A 45 FOOT RADIUS TURN-A-ROUND AND THE TERMINUS OF THIS EASEMENT. EXCEPT THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN PARCEL A FIRST DESCRIBED. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON. APN: 362105-9053 More commonly known as 17114 SE 383RD ST, AUBURN, WA 98092 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated December 2, 2005, executed by THOMAS RUTTINGER, A SINGLE MAN as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for GOLF SAVINGS BANK, A WASHINGTON STOCK SAVINGS BANK, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, recorded December 8, 2005 as Instrument No. 20051208002665 and the beneficial interest was assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and recorded March 4, 2019 as Instrument Number 20190304000998 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of King County, Washington. II. No action commenced by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers’ or Grantors’ default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY WHEN
described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on December 2, 2022. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by November 21, 2022, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before November 21, 2022 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the November 21, 2022 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS THOMAS RUTTINGER 17114 SE 383RD ST, AUBURN, WA 98092 THOMAS RUTTINGER 12757 8TH AVE NW, SEATTLE, WA 98177 THOMAS RUTTINGER PO BOX 33947, SEATTLE, WA 98133-0947 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF THOMAS RUTTINGER 17114 SE 383RD ST, AUBURN, WA 98092 by both first class and certified mail on May 31, 2019, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place June 1, 2019 on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.
VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale. X. Notice to Occupants or Tenants. The purchaser at the Trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. Notice to Borrower(s) who received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CON-
TACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you might eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone: (877) 894-4663 or (800) 606-4819 Website: www.wshfc.org The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800) 569-4287 Website: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www. homeownership.wa.gov
Dated: July , 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By: Alan Burton, Vice President MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 606 W. Gowe Street Kent, WA 98032 Toll Free Number: (844) 3678456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 84279, Pub Dates: 11/2/2022, 11/23/2022, QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS
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THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WHICH ARE NOW IN ARREARS: DELINQUENT PAYMENT INFORMATION From November 1, 2009 To July 12, 2022 Total $388,005.76 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION November 1, 2009 July 12, 2022 $7,474.74 $7,474.74 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: December 28, 2007 Note Amount $304,500.00 Interest Paid To: October 1, 2009 Next Due Date: November 1,
Current Beneficiary:
FAILURE TO PAY WHEN DUE
2009
DUE
FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WHICH ARE NOW IN ARREARS: DELINQUENT PAYMENT INFORMATION From May 1, 2009 To July 27, 2022 Number of Payments 1 $641,165.71 Total $641,165.71 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION May 1, 2009 July 27, 2022 $2,798.55 $2,798.55 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: December 2, 2005 Note Amount $540,000.00 Interest Paid To: April 1, 2009 Next Due Date: May 1, 2009 Current Beneficiary: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Contact Phone No: 800-669-6650 Address: 7105 Corporate Drive, Plano, TX 75024 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $623,709.35, together with
as provided in the Note
cured,
due under the Note
as are
by statute. V. The above
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Hagen name is a nod to the city of Copenhagen. She said she opened the restaurant because she missed the flavors she was used to from home and wanted to introduce them to other people.
Beck and her husband, Jan, moved to Seattle 12 years ago to establish an American presence for his pharmaceutical company. Since then, they have made their home in Queen Anne with their two children, Christian, 11, and Amelia, 10.
In 2016, Beck said she was looking for a change. Living in Seattle, she thought, “Why not coffee?” She opened her first shop — Java Bean in Ballard. As she got to know the ins and outs of running a business in Seattle, she developed her own ideas about how a company should be run.
“To make the right choices, you should be a provider,” Beck said.
This is how Beck put her years as a business strategy consultant to work in the service industry.
“The more you learn, the more you want to share and bring awareness to your customers,” she said.
In addition to Java Bean, she now operates Venture Coffee Company, three Café Hagen locations and Freya — the Scandinavian bakery at Pike Place Market that makes all of the bread and baked goods for the shops.
“Our day doesn’t stop,” she said. “Everything is connected.”
Beck said she faces the regular challenges of finding people to cover all of the shifts but also the more important challenges of sharing her sources, supporting her farmers and showing her customers why quality goods cost what they do. For example, a cup of coffee starts at $4, and staff can tell customers what kind of coffee it is, what region it was grown, the altitude of the farm, the flavor notes of the bean and the coffee-roasting process that includes 36 hours of cherry pre-fermentation followed by 48 hours of pulping. Beck said she prides herself on the quality of her very simple ingredients.
“I like the simplicity that we have: the right ingredients, black coffee, butter, simple things that help you start your day in a good way,” she said.
The simplicity of the menu is echoed in the simplicity of the
store’s design. Many people are familiar with the Scandinavian design concept of minimalism but may not know is that each element that is included is there for a specific purpose. Café Hagen strives for an elegant and harmonious environment, Beck said.
There are no harsh corners. The materials and color scheme are derived from nature: marble countertops, leather furniture, hard wood accents and flooring that were refinished three times. There are plenty of windows to incorporate the outdoors and natural light and a lot of healthy plants to reinforce that connection to nature.
Beck knows that it takes the right people to create a warm atmosphere and a future for the business. She has two employees that have been with her since the first shop opened in Ballard, and she said she’s grateful for the opportunity to work with amazing people that have come to feel like family.
“Danish people are the happiest people in the world, and we want to promote positivity and harmony,” Beck said. “Small things matter. Wonderful coffee can make your day!”
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across the street” and brokered a partnership between the King County Prosecutor’s Office and the Seattle Prosecutor’s Office. She said that relationship has never been stronger, with attorneys sharing notes on high priority cases and offenders.
“When we work together and we trade notes on those who are committing systematic and multiple misdemeanors and combine those into felony charges, we bring greater accountability,” she said.
She said she knows the partnership is working because the Seattle Downtown Association recently reported to its paid members that downtown property crime has dropped by 20 percent since January. “Now that is not a sign that we give up,” Manion said. “It’s a sign of that collaboration and what can happen when we focus our resources on the same priorities.”
She said people can trust her to prosecute drug dealers, as well as violent crimes. Manion said she will also advocate for law enforcement resources and more social workers and mental health professionals.
Q. Diversionary programs: Do you envision implementing a diversionary program for adults who commit felo-
nies and is this a priority of yours?
Manion said she has seen the data and knows that diversion programs work. Currently, the King County Prosecutor’s Office is partnering with King County Executive Constantine and public health officials to launch an adult diversion program, pre-filing, for adults who are facing first-time, nonviolent misdemeanor crimes.
She said officials know that when people encounter the criminal justice system, criminal records keep them from treatment, housing, educational opportunities and jobs. She said this program would operate a lot like restorative Community Pathways, where people would be referred to community-based non-profits to “make good on the harm they caused.” Harmed parties would be entitled to the same services, and their out-of-pocket property replaced, repaired or their insurance deductible paid.
Ferrell, on the other hand, said adult restorative Community Pathways is not appropriate, and enacting this without gathering the buy-in from various mayors and law enforcement in other cities is problematic.
“Adult RCP is not appropriate,” he said, adding residential burglary, car theft, robbery and violent crime should not be eligible for this type of program.
