Not-guilty plea in Bellevue YMCA case

A former staff member at the Bellevue Family YMCA pleaded not guilty Tuesday to making sexual overtures to a 16-year-old camp counselor there.

Randy Chenoweth, 30, was charged with communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, a felony.

According to prosecutors, Chenoweth asked the girl to have sex with him several times over the summer and to appear in pornographic movies he would film. She refused, according to charging documents filed in King County Superior Court.

Chenoweth, a Shoreline resident, was engaging in phone sex with the girl in August when a woman the girl was living with picked up the phone and heard the conversation, the documents said. Chenoweth later resigned from the YMCA.

Chenoweth was booked into the King County Jail Tuesday and released. He has no criminal history.

Bellevue

City Council plans Wednesday session

The Bellevue City Council will hold an extra meeting Wednesday to consider the two-year budget and the seven-year plan for capital projects.

The extra meeting starts at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E.

The council plans to approve the two-year budget this month and is considering whether to raise property taxes to fund more community projects.

The council will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at City Hall. The Bellevue and Redmond city councils will meet jointly to discuss redevelopment in the Bel-Red Corridor and the Overlake area.

Sammamish

Art-sale proceeds aid high school

Sammamish High School is holding its annual glass-art sale, featuring ornaments, bowls and vases, on Dec. 9.

The items for sale include works by students and local artists. Students will demonstrate glass-blowing techniques in the school's hot shop. Proceeds will benefit the high school's hot-glass program

The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the high school, 100 140th Ave. S.E., Bellevue. For more information, call Diane Holdren at 425-456-7738.

Seattle Times Eastside bureau