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Council poised to renew moratorium on collective gardens By Caleb Heeringa
Sammamish seems unlikely to follow the lead of Issaquah and other cities in testing the murky waters of medical marijuana dispensaries. At a Jan. 3 meeting the council had a first reading of an ordinance that would extend a moratorium on “collective gardens” that can grow and dispense marijuana to patients with a doctor’s note. The council is scheduled to take public comment and then vote on the extension at their Jan. 17 meeting. The council passed the emergency ban last July after conflicts emerged between state law, which allows up to ten qualifying patients to form a collective garden of up to 45 plants, and federal law, which still classifies marijuana as an illegal drug on par with LSD or heroin and without medicinal value. Gov. Chris Gregoire has joined state officials from around the country in asking the federal government to reconsider that classification. Since the July moratorium, though, cities such as Seattle, Mukilteo, Shoreline and Issaquah have crafted laws and zoning regulations for collective gardens, often with buffers that prevent gardens from opening close to schools or community centers and licensing requirements that call for providers to go through criminal background checks. With city and state officials continuing to wring their hands about the prospect of their employees being held legally liable for approving a collective garden, city staff is recommendSee GARDEN, Page 3
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Sammamish resident Melanie Smith captured this image of a rainbow peeking out in front of the clouds on the afternoon of Jan. 5 behind Sammamish City Hall.
Court rules state must fund schools better By Tom Corrigan
“Cautiously optimistic” was the response of Issaquah School District Superintendent Steve Rasmussen to Jan. 5’s state Supreme Court ruling regarding school funding. In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled that the Legislature is not living up to its constitutional mandate to fund basic education.
The ruling came in the socalled NEWS lawsuit, filed in 2007 and named for the coalition of school districts, teachers unions and education advocates that led the suit. The Issaquah district supported the suit through an amicus brief filed with the court. That group is known as the Network for Excellence in Washington Schools. They were asking the court to help enforce
a 1978 ruling that also said the state was not living up to its paramount duty to pay for basic K-12 education. In the conclusion of its ruling, the court majority opinion stated that Article IX, Section 1 of the state Constitution makes it the “paramount duty of the state to amply provide for the education of all children within its borders.” “The state has failed to meet
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its duty under Article IX, Section 1 by consistently providing school districts with a level of resources that falls short of the actual costs of the basic education program,” the opinion further states. “This validates what we have experienced in our own local classrooms — the current state funding system does not provide
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Sammamish voters bucked some state trends on initiatives By Caleb Heeringa
Sammamish voters were gungho in their support for privatized liquor sales and even more lukewarm on Tim Eyman’s tolling initiative than voters statewide. An analysis of precinct results from the Nov. 8, 2011 general election released by the King County Elections office shows that 71.6 percent of Sammamish
voters were in favor of Initiative 1183, which allows private stores 10,000 square feet or larger to sell hard liquor. That’s significantly more support than the initiative got statewide, where 58.7 percent of voters were in favor. And though Sammamish is likely home to a large amount of commuters on state Route 520, its voters were even less likely
than those statewide to be in favor of eliminating variable tolling on the bridge. A bit more than 57 percent of voters checked “No” on Initiative 1125, compared to just over 53 percent around the state. The initiative would have also put state legislators in charge of setting tolling rates and unraveled plans to put light rail on the Interstate 90 Bridge.
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In the City Council race between Kathy Richardson and Nancy Whitten, Richardson drew a lot of support from lakefront property owners. Support for Initiative 1163, wisdom of adding millions in which would have increased costs to an already cash-strapped training and licensing requirestate budget. ments for long-term care workCity council races ers, lagged a bit in Sammamish – 58.4 percent of plateau voters The precinct numbers also supported the measure, comcast some light on Sammamish’s pared to 65 percent of statewide city council races. voters. Opponents questioned the See VOTE, Page 3
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Kathy Richardson, a Lake Sammamish shoreline property owner, predictably garnered solid support from her shoreline neighbors in her candidacy against the incumbent Nancy Whitten, who has pushed for more stringent shoreline development regulations in her time on the council. Richardson won all six of the precincts that border the shores of Lake Sammamish, as well as several other precincts scattered around the city. Whitten said the results don’t surprise her. She theorized that
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an adequate or equitable educational experience for students, especially as they prepare to compete in a dynamic global economy,” Rasmussen said. The ruling is, however, not a “windfall” for the schools, he added. “It will take some serious reform before we get a funding system that comes close to covering the actual cost of a basic education in this state,” Rasmussen said. While he said attorneys for all sides still are pouring over the ruling, state Rep. Glenn Anderson, R-5, said the ruling seems to mean the court intends to watch the Legislature to see if they follow through with education reforms already in the works. He said funding education is something the state should have been doing right along. Anderson is the sponsor of a bill that would require legislators to fund basic education first, then
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some Lake Sammamish residents are still sore from her first campaign in 2004 when she advocated heavily for opening up the East Lake Sammamish Trail to the public, despite protests from nearby homeowners about the added pedestrian traffic near their homes. Richardson also beat Whitten by three votes in Whitten’s own precinct, which covers the north end of Pine Lake. Whitten said some of her neighbors are lessthan-keen on her advocacy for vegetated buffers around Pine and Beaver lakes, which makes lakefront recreation difficult. Whitten did win the precincts around Beaver Lake by a healthy margin. Ramiro Valderrama garnered
solid support from around the city in his campaign against Jim Wasnick, winning all but three of the city’s 46 precincts. Wasnick won one Lake Sammamish precinct – between Southeast Eighth Street and Southeast 25th Street, as well as two precincts in the southeast corner of the city, roughly between Klahanie and Beaver Lake west of Duthie Hill Road. Tom Vance, who cruised to victory with 67.6 percent of the vote over Jesse Bornfreund, won every precinct in the city.
move on to all other matters. The legislation first was proposed four years ago, Anderson said, adding that during that time, state Democrats have put education in the same basket as other state needs, cutting it right along with other programs. “That’s nuts,” he said, arguing that studies show investment in education ultimately leads to reductions in the amount of spending needed for social programs. “The ruling confirms what I have been saying for many years: education funding has not been adequate, and further cuts are out of the question,” Randy Dorn, the state superintendent of public instruction, said in a press release. Dorn added that in 2009 he fought for legislation creating the Quality Education Council. “The council’s charge is to make recommendations for the implementation of new defini-
tions and funding formulas for basic education,” he continued. “The court correctly says that full implementation of the QEC process is the solution to this problem. As a leader of the QEC, I will make that happen by 2018 at the latest.” Washington education advocates also applauded the decision. “The decision validates what parents, students, teachers and principals have known for a very long time,” Chris Korsmo, CEO of the League of Education Voters, a statewide education advocate group, said in prepared statement. “The state is not meeting its duty to fund the basic education every student in Washington is entitled to.”
Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
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ing that the council extend their moratorium for another six months in hopes that the picture is clearer then. “Future case law or amendments to state or federal laws may assist in clarifying the situation,” Community Development Director Kamuron Gurol said. “Meanwhile, a risk assessment by jurisdictions is prudent and the moratorium will provide time for that.” Gurol added that, unlike Issaquah, the city has not had any applications for a collective garden. In interviews, council members echoed the sentiment that the city should sit this one out until the state and federal
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governments reach some sort of understanding. “I’d rather we be followers than leaders on this,” Mayor Tom Odell said. Deputy Mayor John James said he was keeping an open mind on the subject but said the council hadn’t received much in the way of feedback from the community one way or another on the matter. “It’s been kind of a quiet issue,” he said. Councilwoman Nancy Whitten said her legal background makes her very hesitant to have the city act as a test case on the matter. “There’s a clear conflict there between state and federal law,” Whitten said. “It’s a very uncomfortable feeling when you’re operating under conflicting law … I support the moratorium until it is figured out.”
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Governor’s bold move is good for all of us
Another housing development - really?
We applaud Governor Chris Gregoire’s move to pass state legislation that would allow same-sex marriage in Washington State. It has been nearly 20 years since the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the restriction of marriage to opposite-sex couples would be presumed unconstitutional. In 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court held that same-sex couples must receive the same benefits as married couples. Subsequent court decisions have held that “civil union” laws would not suffice, calling instead for marriage equality. Many countries — including all of the Canadian provinces — now allow gay marriage. In the United States, six states and the District of Columbia now accept gay marriages. In 2009, the Washington legislature approved a bill granting domestic partners the same rights as married couples, so long as those rights did not conflict with federal law. Voters approved the measure in a referendum later in the year. The time is right to put the gay marriage law on the table. It will already be in the forefront as a topic of the presidential race. Washington will further the discussion as Gregoire’s bill is debated in the legislature. While there is no guarantee the bill will pass, we believe it is a natural next step — from equality in benefits to a legitimate view in the eyes of the law. While many citizens do believe the sanctity of marriage should be limited by law to the union of a man and woman, we also believe the populous has become more accepting of same-sex partnerships. What real difference does it make to anyone outside of the marriage partners whether or not the marriage is legitimized through state law? We understand that there will be churches that will not accept a same-sex marriage, no matter what the law says. Religion comes with the freedom of belief. Church leaders should be able to choose whether or not to perform a same-sex marriage. That is their right. Even if the governor’s bill is passed, we expect it will be challenged. It’s healthy discussion that will eventually get us where we want to be — an accepting community that welcomes diversity.
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Did you know that a 38-lot subdivision is going in on Inglewood Hill Road between the traffic circle at 216th Avenue Northeast and 212th Avenue Northeast? Four lots, a detention pond and small stream will be located on the south side of Inglewood Hill and the remaining lots on the north side. Get ready for a traffic nightmare on one of the main arteries in and out of Sammamish. Not only will there be traffic tieups during the construction period, but also think about the traffic entering and leaving the completed development, on a curve, on both the north and south sides of Inglewood Hill Road. Not only will the developer be cutting down many, many trees in this area (even though they claim they’ll keep what they can - yeah right), but they will also be cutting off a major wildlife corridor through this part of Sammamish. Honestly, do we really need a housing development in this area? Please show your concern. Get involved. Contact Emily Arteche, Senior Planner: 425-295-0522 or email: earteche@ci.sammamish.wa.us. Public Comment Period is now through Jan. 11, 2012. I don’t know about you, but I moved to this area because of the beauty of Sammamish. Enough with cutting down all the trees to put up the same old cookie cutter houses. Keep Sammamish beautiful! Cynthia Dwyer Sammamish
End the wars I thought war and conflict was a very bad topic to study. Why study people in camouflage outfits trekking around holding guns? But being in Mrs. Dull’s Part-Time Quest at Blackwell Elementary School has changed my view. War needs to be stopped now. Statistics show that around the world, $2 million is being spent on
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military purposes in merely two minutes! With that sort of money, there could have not been tolls on the 520 bridge. Thousands of hungry people could have food in their stomachs. We all could be that much richer, for heaven’s sake! Also, hundreds of soldiers are being torn away from their families. There are many heartbroken people in the world that mourn for a husband, father, daughter, cousin, and even complete stranger. So I agree with Occupy Sammamish: Stop the wars and bring our troops home. Jenna Yuan Sammamish
Town Center plan should change In last week’s editorial, reflecting on the Town Center, The Review writes: “… be cautious.” If caution means a lack of motivation, a lack of commitment, a lack of decisiveness, the City Council has been extremely cautious. The Review encourages the City Council to “Stick with the vision; resist giving in to the whims of a developer just to get something started.” Is the Review talking about Ace Hardware’s search for a commercial opportunity in a 240 acre town center? Really, the Review should know that since completing a town center plan in 2008 and finalizing town center ordinances in 2010, no developer has shown any interest in the City Council’s town center plan. The Sammamish Town Center is off the developers’ radar screen. The town center is dead in the water. No developers, no whims. No need for concern. The Review advises; “Be patient and wait for the market to come to the community.” In 2008, our local business community begged the City Council to provide more commercial development opportunities. Ace Hardware, a successful local company, is desperately
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looking for commercial space. Businesses constantly inquire about retail space in Sammamish. The market is here, but the town center plan and regulations block development in the designated town center. In 2009, a group of town center landowners along 228th Avenue petitioned the city to work with them to develop a workable plan that would attract investment and a developer. The City Council slammed the door in their faces. The City Council wanted “time” to implement their plan. Well, years have passed and nothing is happening. Time to wake up and see the town center plan for what it is, a roadblock to development. My prediction for 2012 and beyond, more local businesses and services will be driven out of business or driven off the plateau. The City Council will talk but do nothing to change a flawed Town Center plan. Meanwhile, lets re-name streets and build community. How about re-naming the town center “Ghost Town?” John Galvin The writer is a property owner in the town center development plan he references.
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Ramiro Valderrama (left) and Tom Vance are sworn in to their first terms as members of the Sammamish City Council during the council’s Jan. 3 meeting. Councilwoman Nancy Whitten was also sworn in for her new term on the council.
Changeing faces, titles on City Council By Caleb Heeringa
Tom Odell was named the mayor of Sammamish Jan. 3. Odell, who took his council seat in 2010, takes over the position from Don Gerend, who has held it for the last three years. The mayorship is mostly a ceremonial position under the “council-manager” form of government
followed by Sammamish. Odell will be charged with running the council meetings and tasked with representing the city at regional events and ribbon cuttings, but his vote carries no more weight than that of any other councilmember when it comes to policy decisions. See SWORN, Page 6
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State Rep. Glenn Anderson running for lieutenant governor State Rep. Glenn Anderson entered the race for lieutenant governor Jan. 5, as 2012 campaigns coalesced for local candidates. The formal announcement had been expected for days, after the Fall City Republican said he did not intend to run for another term in November. Anderson joins a crowded field angling to fill the state’s No. 2 job. Incumbent Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, a Democrat, also faces challenges from former GOP state Sen. Bill Finkbeiner and independent candidate Mark Greene, a Newcastle resident. Anderson outlined a campaign focused on education, economic development and spending issues. The longtime lawmaker plans to start campaigning for the post after the legislative session concludes in March, although special sessions to address the state budget gap could shift the schedule. (Legislators returned to Olympia on Jan. 9 for the 2012 regular session.) State law prohibits campaign fundraising for lawmakers and other elected state officials 30 days before a regular legislative session, and during the session.
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Odell will serve a two-year term as mayor. The new mayor said he was “humbled” and thanked Gerend for his leadership over the last three years. He said he looked forward to maintaining Sammamish as a safe community, balancing growth with environmental protection and getting the community moving on Town Center and a potential community and aquatic center. “I hope we can maintain our position as a top city,” Odell said. “(Being the 15th best small town in the country according to Money Magazine) is good, but I want to work on improving that.” Councilman John James will take over as Deputy Mayor, the position previously held by Odell. The deputy mayor position is a one-year term. Councilmen Ramiro Valderrama and Tom Vance were sworn in for their first term. Councilwoman Nancy Whitten was also sworn in for her new term on the City Council. Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com.
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Beaver Lake helpers needed The city continues to seek local residents interested in maintaining the environmental integrity of Beaver Lake. The Beaver Lake Management District has five openings. The board meets quarterly and is tasked with monitoring the lake’s water quality and educating watershed residents on environmental issues. The board’s terms are five years long. Anyone interested should contact City Clerk Melonie Anderson at (425) 295-0511 or via email at manderson@ci.sammamish.wa.us.
Issaquah School Board president runs for Legislature In a campaign announcement focused on dollars for education, Chad Magendanz, a Republican and the Issaquah School Board president, entered the race Jan. 5 to represent the 5th District in the Legislature. Magendanz, a Tiger Mountain resident in Issaquah, launched the local campaign season days after state leaders offered a recontoured legislative district and a little more than a week after the longtime incumbent, GOP state Rep. Glenn Anderson, opted against running for the seat in 2012. “Much of the policy that affects our kids is not made in the district, it’s made down in
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Olympia. That’s where the funding for the most part is, and that’s where the major decisions are made as far as the future of education,” Magendanz said to business and education leaders gathered at the King County Library System headquarters in Issaquah. “If we’re going to enact meaningful education reform, we need to have a voice down there in Olympia,” he added. As a result of the newly drawn maps, if elected, Magendanz will not represent Sammamish in the Legislature. Although the vast majority of the city is now in the 5th District, once the new boundaries take effect, none of the city will be within the 5th.
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Save Lake Sammamish founder, Joanna Buehler, departs By Warren Kagarise
Joanna Buehler earned top honors for environmental efforts for decades spent on a difficult struggle to shield Lake Sammamish from constant pressures from a population boom occurring along the tree-lined shore. Still, despite the accolades — a Green Globe Award from King County and a Ruth Kees Environmental Award for a Sustainable Community from the city of Issaquah — milestones to protect the lake remain elusive some days. “You can never win an environmental battle — it’s always a rear-guard action,” she said. “Whole swaths of land — people will look at them, and they don’t change, so they’d never know it was threatened. But if you look at certain places, they wouldn’t be there if somebody hadn’t fought for them.” The “superstar” in Eastside environmentalism stepped down Dec. 31 from the top spot at the nonprofit organization she established, Save Lake Sammamish. The decision represents a monumental change for the 22-year-old organization as Buehler prepares to relocate from a lakefront home along the southern shore. “She’s been a superstar locally and regionally, and she’s wellknown for that,” Issaquah Resource Conservation Office Manager David Fujimoto said. Buehler started as a citizen activist after she noticed surveyors on a stroll through Timberlake Park, a forested area just down the shoreline from her home. “I said, ‘What are you surveying for?’ and they said a pipeline, and I said, ‘Where?’ and they got into a boat and they said, ‘It’s none of your business,’” she recalled.
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Joanna Buehler, founder and president of Save Lake Sammamish, has planted and kept runoff-filtering native wetland species on the lakeshore of her longtime South Cove home in Issaquah. al protections for the lake and Multiple phone calls later, protect the Lake Sammamish Buehler realized the proposed kokanee salmon, a landlocked pipeline could someday disspecies in decline. charge polluted storm water — “I bought some time and runoff from roads and neighborraised some awareness for the hoods — into the delicate lake lake,” Buehler said. “Save Lake ecosystem. Sammamish has changed the “I thought, ‘All I have to do is tone. They’ve changed how the go to the people who are making lake is viewed.” decisions and explain to them The construction and populawhat’s happening and what the tion explosions in the watershed problems are, and they’ll do the contributed to a decline in water right thing,’” she said. “I was so quality and, perhaps, a higher naïve.” lake level as more runoff gushed Conservation successes, into the lake, rather than soaking setbacks into the ground or wetlands. Erosion along the streams So started a long struggle to preserve the lake and surroundbranching off from the lake also caused water quality to drop, ing watershed — a mission made more difficult as the Eastside Buehler said. communities around the lake “When I came here, you could boomed. Buehler offers encyclolook down to the bottom of the pedic and unfiltered stories about lake and you could see every sinconservation clashes big and gle pebble, you could see the small from the past 22 years. fish,” she said. “It wasn’t all erod“There’s been a lot more ed. It was clean and beautiful.” debate and discussion about what The setbacks loom large, too. happens on the lake,” she said. The federal government denied a Save Lake Sammamish spearpetition to list Lake Sammamish kokanee as endangered late last headed efforts to create addition-
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year, and development continues in the watershed. Buehler said more stringent protection is necessary to limit further damage to the lake. “It is much easier to mobilize people when there is a threat and there’s a crisis than it is to prevent those threats and crises,” she said. Buehler invoked a former mentor, late mountaineer and Issaquah Alps Club founder Harvey Manning, as a source of inspiration in the long conservation battle. “Cougar Mountain and Squak and Tiger — those open spaces are not there by happenstance,” she said. “There’s always a threat. As long as there’s woods and open space, and somebody wants to use it, there’s always a threat,” she said. Legacy on the lake Supporters described Buehler as hardworking and tenacious —
essential traits for a conservationist on a long mission. “I think very highly of Joanna and I’m sorry to see her go,” said Frank Lill, a Save Lake Sammamish vice president since 1997 and a longtime lakefront Bellevue resident. “There’s no way we’re going to have anybody that can fill those shoes. We’ve got to do the best we can with what we’ve got.” Buehler forged links to leaders across King County and built ties between Save Lake Sammamish and the Issaquah Environmental Council, a leading environmental group in the city. The next president at Save Lake Sammamish is former board member Erika Vandenbrande. Buehler agreed to remain on the Save Lake Sammamish board for another year. Vandenbrande plans to serve as president for a year, and the organization plans See LAKE, Page 9
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Make a reservation now to watch your government The Sammamish City Council will hold its annual retreat at Suncadia Lodge, near Cle Elum, Jan. 26 through Jan. 28. The retreat, which last year cost about $8,500, is focused on developing long-term policy goals and team-building exercises. Department heads and other members of city staff will be on hand. An agenda for the meeting will be posted online in the com-
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ing weeks. Residents interested in attending this open public meeting can reserve a room at the Lodge for between $150 and $710 a night. The resort features a spa, a golf course, a winery and cross-country skiing trails.
County invites public to Martin Luther King Jr. celebration King County leaders and employees plan to pause for the 25th year to honor slain civil
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to search for a long-term leader. “It’ll be very hard to leave here,” she said. But Buehler’s lakefront house is too large and expensive to maintain anymore, so she purchased land in Burien overlooking Puget
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through music, and the reunited MLK Employee Singers. The group of county employees has performed at previous celebrations. The event also features the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Student Essay Award ceremony, a contest sponsored by the King County Civil Rights Commission.
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Sound to build a home. “Everybody has a time, and I think it’s important to have succession,” Buehler said. “We had a couple of retreats as a board and, you know, it always comes up that the strength of the organization is Joanna and the weakness is Joanna, because as long as I’m there, nobody else is going to really step in.” Despite the change at Save Lake Sammamish, local leaders said
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Sammamish’s Paige Mackenzie is Youth of the Year By Christopher Huber
Sammamish youth Paige Mackenzie was reminded recently of why she volunteers for the Boys & Girls Club. On Thanksgiving, she and a group of youth leaders delivered a big dinner to a family in need. One of the family’s sons answered the door and gave a look of shock, exclaiming, “This is so cool!” Mackenzie said. “I think for me it was a moment of realizing how privileged most of us are up here on the plateau, and thinking that I take even having a Thanksgiving dinner for granted,” she said. Mackenzie, a senior at Eastlake High School, learned soon after that Thanksgiving moment, on Dec. 12, that she is the 2011 Youth of the Year for the Redmond-Sammamish Boys & Girls Club. Club leaders and board members set her apart among a handful of other candidates, according to the club. “I was really taken aback when I received the award,” Mackenzie said. “It is such a huge honor to be recognized for something that
I do just because I love it.” Debbie Williams, a Sammamish resident who was a judge for the center’s Youth of the Year selection, said it was tough to choose a winner. “The candidates that came to us were all amazingly well qualified,” said Williams, who is head of the Joshua P. Williams Foundation. “I was very impressed by what all of these youths have done in their short lives, especially in an environment where there are a great many privileged teens who have more advantages.” The selection process involved each candidate going through a 45-minute interview with the judges. In addition to Williams, they included Mari Greshowak, community member and club volunteer, Lynne Handlos, recreation coordinator for the city of Sammamish, and Redmond/Sammamish Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors president Kristin Pitt. Mackenzie has been a member of the club for 10 years and has volunteered and worked on staff there in a variety of posi-
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Eastlake senior Paige Mackenzie was chosen as the Redmond-Sammamish Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year and will be up for the countywide honor in the spring. tions and activities, Boys & Girls Club leaders said. “What set Paige above the others was her long history with the
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club,” Williams said. “She will always come back, as this club has been a second home for her. I also think we were all impressed by her maturity, speaking abilities and confidence in her interview as she discussed her life and her future goals.” She’s been attending programs or serving in some capacity since she was 7, Mackenzie said. She said she spent so much time with the club’s leaders and volunteers growing up, and lately as a parttime worker with the younger children, that it was only natural for her to give back as part of the Keystone program — the club’s youth leadership and community service organization. “They really helped mentor me and get me to where I am today,” Mackenzie said. She said she plans to attend Western Washington University in the fall and study to become a nurse anesthetist. To get a jumpstart on that ambition, she has sought to work with community medical professionals. Mackenzie moves on to the countywide Youth of the Year competition, where she will com-
pete against her winning counterparts from 13 other Boys & Girls Clubs in King County, according to a club press release. The Boys & Girls Club will announce the King County Youth of the Year at its annual banquet Feb. 9 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. If Mackenzie wins that, she will move on to the national competition, the winner of which receives up to a $50,000 scholarship and is installed by the President. The Eastlake youth offered some advice to her peers around Sammamish about volunteering — “Do it.” “Find something that you love to do, get your friends involved, but also make sure you are focused on helping others,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be something that takes up all of your time, 10 hours a month on your part can make a huge impact on many others lives.” Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
Does a secret Santa prowl Sammamish? Lewis family grateful for repeat Christmas gift from anonymous donor By Christopher Huber
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King County Sheriff’s Office Detective Amy Jarboe and Sammamish Police Chief Nate Elledge pose next to the pile of toys donated in the Sammamish Police Department’s annual six-week Toys for Tots drive, which collects unwrapped toys to go to needy children during the holidays.
ed the mail Dec. 23. “We were totally shocked and Even though Christmas was a surprised this happened again,” little lighter on gifts under the said Lewis, whose family is now tree than in some years for the getting back on its feet after a job Lewis family, of north layoff in 2009. “It’s nice to know Sammamish, they celebrated the there’s someone out there lookholiday with a deep sense of ing out there for us.” appreciation for what they have She said they still have not — and a little bit of shock. spent the gifts, as they want to be For the secsmart about ond year in a what they use “We definitely want to row, a secret them on. The pay it forward. We don’t humbling gesSanta blessed their housefeel like we deserve it.” ture has yet hold with hunagain given – Cheryl Lewis, dreds of dolCheryl, Gary Resident – lars worth of and their two gift cards. In sons a greater 2010, it was appreciation for personalized gift certificates what they do have now. worth about $200. But in 2011, “We definitely want to pay it the anonymous Santa gave $500 forward,” Cheryl Lewis said. “We in a prepaid Visa card, Safeway don’t feel like we deserve it.” and Costco. Trying hard to find out who Cheryl Lewis found the thick presented the generous gift this Christmas card in a green bubbleSee GIFT, Page 11 wrap envelope when she collect-
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Sammamish Baha’is celebrate religions of the world Jan. 15
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The Baha’is of Sammamish invite the community to its fourth annual observance of World Religion Day Jan. 15 at Sammamish City Hall. The event will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and include speakers from Hindu, Christian, Jewish and Baha’i faiths, said Saeed Zamani, an event organizer. World Religion day began in 1949 in an effort to bring representatives from all faiths together to celebrate common attributes of each religion and spur unity and peace in the world, according to the World Religion Day
Samantha Barnes on dean’s list
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Samantha Barnes, of Sammamish, was named to the dean’s list at Cazenovia College for the fall 2011 semester. She is a sophomore majoring in human services.
EWU announces dean’s list The following Sammamish residents qualified for the dean’s list at Eastern Washington University for the fall 2011 quar-
“I’d say, ‘thank you so much for this very generous gift.’”
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year, she has asked all her friends and they all emphatically insist they didn’t do it. With the post mark of Woodinville, she thought it might help her solve the mystery, but the return address was their own and there was no handwriting on the envelope to analyze.
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Oregon State names honor roll The following Sammamish residents were named to the honor roll at Oregon State University for the fall 2011 semester: Kristin N. Nikaitani, sophomore, merchandising management (straight-A average). Students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher are Chris M. Dallas, freshman, pre-chemical engineering;
Sammamish, she speculated. “I’d say, ‘thank you so much for this very generous gift,’” Lewis said. “I hope that maybe in that spirit that they continue to do it, maybe for another family. Wouldn’t that be more fun to make it contagious?” Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
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Student-run group promotes math By Christopher Huber
doesn’t have to be a drudge,” said Rao. The average student in Former Skyline student Evan Sammamish might discount Shieh, now at Stanford, formed math class as just another the association in 2009. Since requirement to complete to get then, the organization has into college — a non-essential expanded — with help from variskill that they ous professionwill forget once als — its reach On the Web: in the real as is aims to be world. Learn more about the a leading But for a Washington Student Math resource for stuhandful of Association or download its dents, teachers Skyline students “Leading a Math Club” and parents and their peers starter pack at www.wastuinterested in at other area dentmath.org/default.aspx. creating school high schools, math clubs or math is a fun simply pursuhobby — an intriguing craft to be ing their interest in math. applied everywhere in the real Li seemed to speak for many world. math enthusiasts when he highThat mentality led them to lighted what made him want get create the Washington Student people excited about math. Math Association, a nonprofit “Me and Ashwin have particidedicated to promoting math pated in competitions since mideducation around the state, said dle school and want to promote organization leaders Ashwin Rao it,” said Kevin Li. and Kevin Li. The association hosts a weekly “We try to show people (math) leadership meeting to throw
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Youth listen to a presenter during the Math Mania event Oct. 22 at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue. ideas around about making math fun and to help people start math clubs at their school. For the more involved members, commitment to the association may
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take an hour or two each day, Rao said. And not everyone is a math whiz, either. “Members can make what they want of the club,” Rao said. “You
don’t have to be a genius at math to contribute to the organization.” Rao, Li and their fellow leadSee MATH, Page 13
No solution on high school schedules Issaquah district committee fails to reach consensus By Tom Corrigan
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Samantha Smith Elementary School students pose with Shauna Yusko, center, director of Pantry Packs, after collecting approximately $1,700 in gift cards in December. During the school’s “Amazing Gift Card Collection,” students brought $10 gift cards for groceries, restaurants and other retailers to donate to three local causes — Friends of Youth, Pantry Packs and the Lake Washington School District’s “basic need packs” program, according to parents. Some students used their own allowance or savings or rummaged for change to provide the cards while others did chores around the house to earn the money from their parents to be able to donate. In the end, the students donated more than 150 gift cards. Each cause received about 50 gift cards. Friends of Youth supports youth with mental, emotional, or addiction problems. Pantry Packs sends food items home with LWSD students each Friday so that they can have access to nutritional foods even over the weekend, said parent Shay Studley Toland.
The Issaquah School District committee tasked with coming up with a uniform schedule for all three district high schools was unable to reach an agreement on what such a schedule might look like, according to Sara Niegowski, district executive director of communications. The committee held its last meeting Dec. 14, Niegowski said. “We reached agreement on some major points,” said Patrick Murphy, district director of secondary education. Murphy worked as a chairman or facilitator for the schedule committee. He will gather the group’s basic ideas and turn them into a report for Superintendent Steve Rasmussen, Niegowski said. That report should appear in this month, Murphy said. School officials began looking
at uniform high school schedules as a means to better share school resources and make other aspects of the school day more efficient. “We do believe we can do better than the current scheduling,” Murphy said. Both Issaquah and Skyline high schools use a six-period day, while Liberty High School has an extended schedule. “The existing six periods is not optimal,” said Kelly Munn, a Sammamish resident and parent representative to the committee. Committee members put a lot of thought into changing to a seven-period day at all schools, Murphy said. But one concern was that the change would strain the district’s budget by up to $3 million. According to its supporters, Liberty’s schedule allows the school to offer far more elective classes than the other two comprehensive high schools. Some Liberty parents and students feel the Liberty schedule is worth protecting. “I’m still being open-minded See SCHEDULE, Page 13
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Issaquah School Board supports its own bond issue By Tom Corrigan and Christopher Huber
If voters approve a new bond measure this spring, Skyline could get its long-awaited Spartan Stadium renovation and Sunny Hills Elementary School will get a total rebuild. The Issaquah School District will ask district residents to do so this April. At its last meeting of 2011 on Dec. 14, the Issaquah School Board unanimously passed a resolution supporting a more than $219 million capital bond issue. If passed, the bond money will provide funding for various building projects and school upgrades around the district for the next eight years. Other bonds are expiring, so district taxpayers are in for a tax cut. Without the bond, residents will see their tax rate drop to $4.05 per thousand dollars of assessed value. If the bond is approved, tax rates will go to $4.42 — meaning the bond represents essentially a 37 cent tax increase. Besides major projects proposed for Sunny Hills, Skyline, Issaquah Valley Elementary School, Issaquah Middle School and Liberty High School, the bond measure will fund districtwide improvements on carpet
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about the whole process,” Karen Odegard, president of the Liberty PTA, said. But Odegard also immediately added she hopes whatever new schedule ultimately emerges doesn’t cut Liberty students’ access to elective classes, arguing other schedules somewhat limit students to core courses. While the committee doesn’t like the schedules at Skyline and Issaquah, the schedule committee also didn’t land in favor of Liberty’s schedule, Munn said. The committee came to the conclusion Liberty students don’t take full advantage of the added electives and might not put
($1.5 million) and security systems ($4.8 million), among other projects. If passed, the district will spend $27.11 million to rebuild Sunny Hills Elementary School, which currently has 11 of 31 classrooms meeting in portables, according to the board’s approved bond proposal. The Skyline stadium upgrade will receive nearly $6.5 million, among other smaller improvements to the school facility. The district will spend $1.3 million to install an artificial turf football field and rubber track at Pine Lake Middle School and will also put $95,000 toward converting the school’s photography darkroom into a video lab, according to the bond document. Pacific Cascade Middle School will also get $1.3 million for a new football field and track. The district would also spend $2.1 million at Beaver Lake Middle School to install a new football field and track, add a covered play area ($350,000) and replace the current vinyl wall covering ($165,000). The bond will also help replace roofing, skylights and flooring at Endeavour Elementary School. Discovery Elementary School will get about $443,000 to replace skylights and
flooring. The board voted in October to put the question on the ballot. At that point, board member Chad Magendanz voted against the issue. Magendanz, elected board president Dec. 14, said despite his earlier vote, the bond issue has his total support. Magendanz said his earlier “no” vote was the result of a procedural issue, that he felt the board should have put off the final vote on floating the bond until a later meeting. Replacing departing board member Jan Colbrese, board member Anne Moore had been sworn into office just a short time before the vote on a resolution supporting the bond. But Moore noted she served on the bond committee that came up with the original bond proposal. With that in mind, she said she is very familiar with the bond issue and, despite her newness to the board, was very comfortable voting to support the bond. Kelly Munn, of Sammamish, is a co-chairwoman of Volunteers for Issaquah Schools, which will run the bond campaign. The school board initially planned to put the bond issue on a February ballot. Munn said her committee began to meet weekly in August to discuss the bond measure.
enough time into core classes, she said. Murphy said he hopes the committee’s work can guide the district going forward, even if no recommendation on a uniform high school schedule resulted from that work. He expressed some regret the committee didn’t arrive at a common schedule. “In some ways, it was kind of a
disappointment,” Murphy said. But he added a belief that the committee learned a lot, that at a minimum some ideas could be implemented at the building level. Once Murphy reports to Rasmussen, the administration will make its own report — and most likely some recommendations — to the school board.
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ers manage booths at area elementary schools’ math expos and put on Math Bowl, a daylong, team-based math competition. Both Rao and Li highlighted that Math Mania is the association’s largest event of the year. The interactive math seminar brings youth of all ages to learn fun ways to do and apply math. They play math games, see presentations and displays about math in areas like sports, nature and movies. Held Oct. 22 at the Bellevue Square Microsoft Store, organizers even brought in Alex Zolotovitski, a published senior researcher for Microsoft, to talk about and demonstrate math applications in the business world. “We had our best turnout,” said Rao. “I’m surprised by how much support we’ve received from the community. Parents are interested in bringing their kids to this (group).”
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The organization continues to work on making resources available to teachers, students, parents and pretty much anyone who wants to practice math or start a school club, Rao and Li said. The goal is to be a onestop shop for math resources and new ideas. “We pretty much put it all in one place,” said Li. And as they provide more resources and ideas for math enthusiasts, organization leaders said students at many area schools are finding inspiration to start a club. “We’re getting ready to go into schools,” Rao said. “Students are taking their own initiatives.” The math association is holding a math expo Jan. 14 at the Redmond Library and plans on organizing a competition in February at Redmond High School. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
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Eastlake, Skyline gymnasts see improvement all around By Christopher Huber
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Amy Bearman, Skyline senior gymnast, goes airborne and focuses on planting her hands just right during the vault event Jan. 5 at Skyline High School.
Although neither the Eastlake nor the Skyline gymnastics team won their recent meet, members of both are seeing continued improvement. The Inglemoor Vikings won the third meet of the season Jan. 5 at Skyline High School with a cumulative score of 167.55 points. The visiting Roosevelt Roughriders took second with 151.85. Skyline scored 127.2 and Eastlake tallied 99.95 points. At this point in the season, both the Wolves and Spartans seemed focused on steady improvement to get their top gymnasts prepared for the KingCo and district meets in early February. “Everybody did really well. We improved our score by three points,” said Skyline coach Michelle McCombs. Among Eastlake’s top performers of the evening was Nicole Rader, a junior who finished with a personal best in the floor routine. She scored an eight and helped the Wolves to its best score yet, said head coach Jennette Fuller. “We got our highest score of the season,” she said. “They’re working hard and doing the best they can, and that’s really all I
The buzzer-beater that wasn’t By Christopher Huber
Skyline players and coaches might still be talking about Megan Wiedeman’s near-buzzerbeating shot Jan. 6. Wiedeman, the Spartans’ standout senior post, almost won the game at literally the last second at a packed Issaquah High School gymnasium. She made the 22-footer, but the officials ruled it no good after it rolled off of her finger tips just a split second after time expired. “I thought we won,” Skyline coach Greg Bruns said. So did Skyline’s fans. The lastsecond theatrics sent both student sections into an uproar. But as quickly as Skyline’s fans thought their team had executed a textbook come-from-behind victory, the Eagles’ faithful ultimately reveled in the victory over its district rival. Issaquah improved to 3-3 in KingCo and 8-4 overall
after it won 52-51. It remains in third place behind Skyline (4-2, 75) in the Crest Division standings. “I was just trying to get the shot off,” said Wiedeman after the game. “I didn’t really know the time.” Issaquah got off to a strong start, pressing hard on defense and frustrating the Skyline offense throughout the first half. The Eagles controlled the tempo and went up 15-10 after the first, at one point leading 132. Quincey Gibson, Issaquah’s sophomore point guard, hit backto-back 3-pointers to go up 24-12 in the second. The Spartans scored 12 that quarter but still trailed 29-22 at halftime. After Issaquah lost to Garfield Jan. 4, the girls resolved to refocus on their team’s defensive strength, said head coach Kathy Gibson.
The key was “making plays on defense, for us,” she said. “After the Garfield loss, we’ve got to get back to defense. And I thought we did a pretty darn good job.” Skyline came out in the second half with a new energy on defense and ended up narrowing the deficit to one point by the end of the third. Skyline junior guard Rachel Shim put the Spartans up 37-35 after hitting a buzzer-beater and a free throw shot. That play proved a pivotal point. “That and-one play was big,” Shim said. “It pumped up the team a lot. That’s what got us See BASKETBALL, Page 15 Photos by Greg Farrar
Megan Wiedeman, Skyline High School senior post, watches her last-ditch effort head toward the hoop as Issaquah senior guard Taryn Holmes defends.
Photo by Christopher Huber
Nicole Rader, Eastlake junior gymnast, strains to balance a handstand during the beam event. can ask them to do.” For Skyline, Amy Bearman stood out with a third-place finish in the vault competition. She scored an 8.1 to Inglemoor’s Mina Tanaka, who scored an 8.6 in the event. Tanaka also won the beam (9.2), the bars (8.6) and took second in the floor routine (9.3). Tanaka ultimately won the all-around with a combined score of 35.5. Skyline vaulters Alyssa Holt
and Kelly Lin each scored a 7.5 in the event. Bearman and Lin earned a 6.4 and 5.0, respectively, in the bars event, and even though Bearman was sick, she placed sixth in the beam event with 7.8 points. She also tallied an 8.3 in the floor competition. Holt scored a 6.2 on the beam. “I see Amy and Alyssa probably being able to go fairly far through the season,” said McCombs. Fuller said she was happy with her team’s turnout at the meet. With 15 members this season, it was the first meet where Eastlake fielded a full set of competitors in every event. The team is showing progress since starting to rebuild in 2009. “It has been growing,” Fuller said. “The competition in KingCo is stiff. We have one of the best leagues in the state.” Despite the tough competition from teams like Woodinville, Bothell and Inglemoor, Skyline’s McCombs expects good things from Bearman and a few other standouts. “I have high hopes for several kids to make it past KingCo and to districts,” McCombs said. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.
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Scoreboard Boys basketball KingCo 4A Standings Team Conference Overall Crest Skyline 4-1 9-3 Redmond 4-2 9-3 Issaquah 3-3 9-3 Newport 2-4 5-6 Eastlake 1-5 3-9 Crown Garfield 6-0 8-2 Ballard 5-2 7-5 Roosevelt 4-2 8-3 Bothell 3-3 6-4 Woodinville 2-5 4-8 Inglemoor 0-6 4-7 Metro – Mountain Div. standings Team Conference Overall Seattle Prep 7-1 9-2 O’Dea 5-3 8-5 E. Catholic 5-4 9-5 Lakeside 2-6 6-6 B. Blanchet 0-8 1-11 Saturday, Jan. 7 Lakeside 69, Eastside Catholic 51 1 2 3 4 Final E. Catholic 18 4 14 15 51 Lakeside 14 18 18 19 69 EC scoring: Joey Schreiber, 27; Mandrell Worthy, 10; Joey McKay, 8; Blake Maimone and Austin Soukup, 3. Tuesday, Jan. 3 Ballard 56, Skyline 47 1 2 3 4 Final Ballard 13 9 18 16 56 Skyline 12 15 8 12 47 Skyline scoring: Lucas Shannon, 14; Will Parker, 10; Bryan Cikatz, 8; Jim Wackerhagen, 6; Nick Kassuba, 5. Ballard scoring: Seth Berger, 14; John Verduin, 12; Jake Devine, 11. Woodinville 41, Eastlake 38 1 2 3 4 Final Woodinville 6 9 8 18 41 Eastlake 6 3 24 5 38 Eastlake scoring: Caleb Perkins, 14; Michael Hwang, 11; Mason Pierzchalski, 5; Kyle Laubscher and Brandon Lester, 4. Woodinville scoring: Robbie Jackson, 13.
Girls basketball KingCo 4A Standings Team Conference Overall Crest Eastlake 5-1 8-4 Skyline 4-2 7-5 Issaquah 3-3 8-4 Newport 2-5 4-8 Redmond 1-5 5-7 Crown Woodinville 7-0 10-1 Inglemoor 4-2 8-3 Roosevelt 4-3 6-5 Garfield 3-3 4-6 Ballard 2-5 3-9 Bothell 0-6 0-11 Metro – Mountain Div. standings Team Conference Overall Holy Names 6-1 8-1 Lakeside 6-2 8-3 Seattle Prep 6-2 9-3 B. Blanchet 4-4 6-6 E. Catholic 2-7 5-8 Saturday, Jan. 7 Eastlake 55, Garfield 53 1 2 3 4 Final Eastlake 9 13 13 20 55 Garfield 10 14 11 18 53 Eastlake scoring: Kendra Morrison, 12; Maggie Douglas and Caleigh McCabe, 11; Abby Carlson, 6; Bella Zennan, 5. Lakeside 53, Eastside Catholic 40 1 2 3 4 Final E. Catholic 11 2 11 16 40 Lakeside 10 12 16 15 53 EC scoring: Sarah Hill and Michaela O’Rourke, 13; Lauren Johnson, 6; Ashley Blanton and Molly Callans, 3. Lakeside scoring: Danielle Estell, 14; Kaylee
Best, 13; Christina Cheledinas, 12. Friday, Jan. 6 Eastside Catholic 64, Rainier Beach 8 1 2 3 4 Final R. Beach 6 0 0 2 8 E. Catholic 15 19 19 11 64 EC scoring: Michaela O’Rourke, 21; Audrey Menz and Ana Wu, 8; Shelby Newell, 7; Sarah Hill, Lauren Johnson and Emma Burnham, 6. Wednesday, Jan. 4 Woodinville 64, Eastlake 57 1 2 3 4 Final Eastlake 9 20 8 20 57 Woodinville 13 19 17 15 64 Eastlake scoring: Kendra Morrison, 20; Marijke Vanderschaaf, 11; Caleigh McCabe, 9; Maggie Douglas, 6; Abby Carlson 5. Skyline 65, Ballard 42 1 2 3 4 Final Skyline 20 12 18 17 65 Ballard 10 9 12 11 42 Skyline scoring: Susie Tinker, 20; Megan Wiedeman and Allie Wyszynski, 10; Morgan Farrar, Lacey Nicholson and Rachel Shim, 6.
Wrestling Saturday, Jan. 7 Liberty Invitational At Liberty H.S. Team scores — Not reported. 106 — Nathan Swanson, Skyline, maj. dec. Jayden Schwope 9-1 Hazen. 113 — Joseph DeMatteo, Skyline, pinned Kody Nyugen, Skyline 1:52. 120 — Mark Garcia, Lindbergh, won by Inj. def. 126 — Luke Garcia, Lindbergh, pinned Steven Edson, Highline :24. 132 — Brandon Long, Redmond, maj. dec. Austin Clark, Hazen 9-1. 138 — Conner Small, Liberty, dec. Daniel Karpman, Hazen 7-1. 145 — Emmanuel Martinez, Renton, pinned Tyler Aguirre, Skyline :30. 152 — Ian Croch, Skyline, dec. Pat Legate, Highline 12-10 (OT). 160 — Hamilton Noel, Liberty, maj. dec. Michael Mecham, Skyline 14-5. 170 — Eric Harper, Eastlake, maj. dec. Douglas Lawson, Skyline 15-2. 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, Skyline, pinned Sean Donovan, Redmond :52.195 — Sean McAlhaney, Skyline, pinned Hector Esquive, Hazen :36. 220 — Elijah Lopez, Renton, dec. Travonn Russel 7-5. 285 — Paul Toala, Highline, pinned Jedd Strother, Highline, 2:58. Thursday, Jan. 5 Eastside Catholic 59, West Seattle 18 106 — Nick Marek, WS, pinned Ryan Mazure, 0:23. 113 — Mathew Iwicki, EC, pinned Jimmy Bui, 0:57. 120 — Anthony Tran, WS, won by forfeit. 126 — Matthieu Boss, EC, won by forfeit. 132 — Nigel Tambagan, pinned David Tronsrue, 3:29. 138 — Jackson Warfield, EC, won by forfeit. 145 — Double forfeit. 152 — Jon Obernesser, EC, won by forfeit. 160 — Anthony Roy, EC, won by forfeit. 170 — Connor Heger, EC, won by forfeit. 182 — Kea Roberts, EC, won by forfeit. 195 — Joe Stout, EC, pinned James Costello, 3:21. 220 — David Hurdle, EC, won by forfeit. 285 — Alex Neale, EC, won by forfeit. Skyline 72, Garfield 6 106 — Amrit Puri, S, pinned Andy Trinn, 0:23. 113 — Justin Manipis, S, pinned Janney Dalgrem, 1:33. 120 — Jonathan Jo, S, pinned Emilio Pepella, 0:23. 126 — Tristan Steciew, S, won by forfeit. 132 — Fasel Alexander, G, pinned JC Abboud, 0:53. 138 — Tyler White, S, pinned Ryan Miller, 0:47. 145 — Christian Caldwell, S, pinned Tom Fox, 0:21. 152 — Ian Crouch, S, pinned Jacob Rosenthal. 0:21. 160 — Michael Mecham, S, won by forfeit. 170 — Douglas Lawson, S, pinned Jackson Wallner, 2:16. 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, S, pinned Aaro Goff, 1:09.195 — Sean McAlhaney, S, pinned Cole Teller, 0:32. 220 — Double forfeit. Skyline 64, Redmond 9 106 — Amrit Puri, S, won by forfeit. 113 — Justin Manipis, S, pinned Matthew Amaral, 3:32. 120 — Tristan Steciw, S, won by forfeit. 126 — Jerred Kiss, S, Christian Hammond, 15-8. 132 — Brandon Long, R, pinned JC Abboud, 0:57. 138 — Marcio De Faria, R, dec. Tyler White, 18-11. 145 — Christian Caldwell, S, maj. dec. Eli Grady, 15-6. 152 — Ian Crouch, S, won by forfeit. 160 — Michael Mecham, S, dec. Blake Emery, 5-0. 170 — Douglass Lawson, S, won by forfeit. 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, S, pinned Sean Donovan, 0:52. 195 — Kyle Nardon, S, pinned Josh Thielsen, 1:51. 220 — Sean McAlhaney, S, won by forfeit. Wednesday, Jan. 4 Issaquah 35, Skyline 34 106 — Spencer Tickman, I, pinned Amrit Puri, S, 3:26; 113 — Justin Manipis S maj. dec. Jordan Hamilton, I, 9-1; 120 — Louden Ivey, I, pinned
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Boys swim and dive Saturday, Jan. 7 * State qualifying mark KingCo diving qualifier At Juanita H.S. 1, Max Levy, Skyline, 415.45*; 2, Eric Klassen, Redmond, 355.65*; 3, Drew Carlson Rothe, Woodinville, 328.75*; 4, Andrew Bowker, Lakeside, 328.30; 5, Cody Sodawasser, Bothell, 318.65; 6, Cody Hall, Mercer Island, 297.90; 7, Coleman Mitchell, Bainbridge, 294.55; 8, Alex Thompson, Garfield, 281.90; 9, Sasha Krumm, Woodinville, 277.45; 10, Ryan McQuarrie, O’Dea, 263.90; 11, Micah Rubart, Woodinville, 253.40; 12, Zac Skeltis, O’Dea, 247.80; 13, Dylan Claughton, Woodinville, 236.95; 14, Skiah Garde-Garcia, Garfield, 227.65. Friday, Jan. 6 Eastlake 95, Garfield 91 200 medley relay — Garfield (Michael Grega, Yang Yu, Tyler Mi, Seth Palmer) 1:49.00. 200 free — Bailey Layzer, G, 1:56.28. 200 IM — Zach Alleva, E, 2:10.59. 50 free — Edward Kim, E, 21.86*. Diving — Antoine Signoretty, E, 195.25. 100 fly — Richard Baron, E, 1:03.93. 100 free — Henry O’Neil, E, 54.39. 500 free — Layzer, G,
5:06.91. 200 free relay — Eastlake (Baron, Kim, O’Neil, Jason Kroon) 1:37.47. 100 back — Alleva, E, 59.90. 100 breast — Kim, E, 1:03.60. 400 free relay — Eastlake (Alleva, Jackson Berman, Kroon, O’Neil) 3:37.18. Bainbridge 147, Eastside Catholic 27 200 medley relay — Bainbridge (Todd McCarthy, Jared Bell, Andrew McCarthy, Colin Chupik) 1:42.77 . 200 free — Spencer Alpaugh, B, 1:52.41. 200 IM — Marcus Tonsmann, B, 2:14.48. 50 free — Chupik, B, 22:48. Diving — Coleman Nitchell, B, 175.25. 100 fly — T. McCarthy, B, 54.08. 100 free — Alex Nowjack, B, 52.12. 500 free — Grant Dunaway, B, 5:37.16. 200 free relay — Bainbridge (Kevin Yalung, Nowjack, Alpaugh, Dunaway) 1:35.93. 100 back — A. McCarthy, B, 56.48. 100 breast — Chupik, B, 1:05.43. 400 free relay — Bainbridge (A. McCarthy, Nowjack, T. McCarthy, Chupik) 3:18.93. Tuesday, Jan. 3 Inglemoor 101, Skyline 85 200 medley relay — Inglemoor (Mateusz Merchel, Josaiah Clark, Andy Chapman, Matthew Yusen) 1:46.35. 200 free — Alec Raines, S, 1:53.36. 200 IM — Matt Haynie, S, 2:14.87. 50 free — Paul Jett, S, 23.18. Diving — Max Levy, S, 252.25. 100 fly — Seth Birell, I, 58.68. 100 free — Paul Jett, S, 50.37. 500 free —Casey Colella, I, 4:58.90. 200 free relay — Skyline (Jett, Ashton Powell, Tucker Russell, Raines) 1:36.93. 100 back — Merchel, I, 58.15. 100 breast — Clark, I, 1:08.03. 400 free relay — Inglemoor (Yusen, Birell, Gene Hoffman, Merchel) 3:32.03.
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going.” Shim finished with 12 points, while Wiedeman led all scorers with 16. Quincey Gibson led Issaquah scorers with 12 points — all coming from beyond the 3-point arc. Teammate Aimee Brakken scored 11 points and Mandie Hill and Monica Landdeck each had nine. Despite its slow third quarter, on both sides of the ball, the Eagles managed to step up their defense in the fourth, causing Skyline to scramble at the last second. “I think we just played really well as a team,” Quincey Gibson said. “Contain on defense and don’t foul. We just wanted to get the win.”
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How to start a business, a class that explains resources available through the Small Business Administration is at 2 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Sammamish Library.
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Jan. 11 Southeast Eightth Street park (Pigott property) first public meeting 6:30 p.m. City Hall
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The Sammamish Plateau Amateur Radio Club will be conducting an amateur radio technician licensing class from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays from Jan. 17 through March 6 at EFR Station 82. Cost is $40, which includes a manual and exam fee. Contact Clay Jackson at n7qm@ n7qnm.net
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Meet Traci Pierce, the Lake Washington
Issaquah School Board 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 565 N.W. Holly St. in Issaquah
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Teen late night at the Sammamish EX3 Teen Center includes music, Xbox Kinects, pizza, pool, foosball and pingpong. The event is free for members, $5 for non-members in grades six-12 from 7-10 p.m. Jan. 13 at the teen center.
Financial Peace University, a class that teaches people how to achieve financial goals by eliminating debt, saving for the future and giving, is scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursdays Jan 19-April 12 at Pine Lake Covenant Church.
Jan. 12 Eastside Fire & Rescue Board of Directors 4 p.m. at EFR Headquarters, 175 Newport Way N.W. in Issaquah. Community Garden steering committee 6:30 p.m. City Hall
School Board’s preferred candidate for superintendent, at a meet and greet event from 5:306:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at Sammamish City Hall. A class, led by Dr. Amir Bastawrous, will discuss the treatment options available for colon cancer at all stages of the disease at 7 p.m. Jan. 18.
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Men’s breakfast with speaker John Meany, who will discuss fly fishing is at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 19 at
focus on faith Divorce Recovery, for those going through a separation or divorce is set for a weekly class, from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 7- April 23 at Pine Lake Covenant Church. Visit www.plcc.org.
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Second semester kickoff at the teen center featuring local bands Liquid Language and Scinite is $3 for members, $6 for others. All ages welcome beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 14. World Religion Day All are invited to hear what organizers call the common themes of the world religions, listen to music, and enjoy fellowship at 2 p.m. Jan. 15 in the Sammamish City Hall Commons room. Refreshments will be served.
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Mary, Queen of Peace is offering a new, five-week inquiry session for those interested in becoming a Catholic, at 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sundays, starting Jan 8. Meetings will be held on Sunday mornings in Room N147. Contact Zoltan Abraham, adulted@mqp.org or 425-3911178 extension 117. Wednesday night youth group will have games, worship and fun for students in grades six-12 from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.
Bellewood Senior Living. $5 per person, call 425-391-2880. Open mic night at the Sammamish teen center is for students in grades six-12. The event is free and refreshments are available for purchase. 7-9 p.m. Jan. 19.
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A discussion of the history, ethics and literature of Japanese internment during World
Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) allows mothers of young children time to make friends share stories and grow spiritually. The group generally meets twice a month on Thursday mornings at Mary, Queen of Peace Church. Visit www.mops.org. A Toast to the Lord, a faithbased Toastmasters club, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Friday at the Fire Station No. 83 on Issaquah–Pine Lake Road. They offer job interviewing skill development for those seeking employment or a career change; motivational and inspirational speaking training. Call 427-9682 or email orator@live.com.
War II, led by Professor Robert Keller, is at 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Sammamish Library.
Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. City offices closed Jan. 17 City Council special meeting 6:30 p.m. City Hall Jan. 18 Sammamish Youth Board 6 p.m. City Hall
Get an ebook reader for a present? Learn how to download library books to your reader during a demonstration at 1 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Sammamish Library.
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Jan. 19 Sammamish Planning Commission 6:30 p.m. City Hall Jan. 23 Meet and greet with the Arts Commission at 5:30 p.m. followed by a commission meeting a 7 p.m. at City Hall
Mary, Queen of Peace youth groups are for children in sixth-eighth grade and ninth12th grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Call the church at 391-1178, ext. 129.
Lake Washington School Board work session at 5 p.m. followed by a school board meeting at 7 p.m. at the L.E. Scarr Resource Center, 16250 N.E. 74th St., Redmond.
Faith United Methodist Church offers “Faith Cafe” for women of all ages. Drop-in coffee time, scrapbooking/stamping, mom and baby playgroup, quilting/knitting and walking group, classes, studies and themed days. 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Call Jo Lucas at 837-1948.
Jan. 25 Issaquah School Board 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 565 N.W. Holly St. in Issaquah
Healing Prayer Service. If See FAITH, Page 17
Jan. 26 City Council retreat at Suncadia Resort through Jan. 28. Open to the public. Feb. 1 Parks and Recreation Committee 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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join the club Rotaract, a community service for young adults ages 18-30 sponsored by the Sammamish Rotary, meets twice a month. Email scott.brewer@sammamishrotary.org. The La Leche League is committed to helping mothers breastfeed. They plan to meet on the second Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m.-noon at Fire Station 83 Visit www.lllusa.org/web/Sammamish WA. Block Party Quilters meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Mary, Queen of Peace Church. Visit www.bpquilters.org. The Social Justice Book Group meets at 10 a.m. the third Monday of each month in Sammamish. Email hineswa@live.com.
from 7:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Call Trish at 206-605-0679 or email whyweight@comcast.net. Cascade Republican Women’s Club meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Plateau Club. Call 861-7910. Redmond Toddler Group, a parent-child program with art, music, play and parent education has openings in pre-toddler, toddler and family classes. Call 8695605 or visit www.redmond toddler.org. Moms Club of the Sammamish Plateau has activities including weekly, age specific playgroups and monthly meetings, coffee mornings, mom’s nights out, craft club and local area outings. Visit www.moms clubsammamish.org or call 8365015.
A support group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s is where caregivers gain emotional support, learn and share their experiences 6:308 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Faith United Methodist Church. Call 617-1936.
Foster Parent Support Group meets the last Thursday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace. Earn your training/foster parent hours. Refreshments and child care are provided. Call 206-719-8764.
The Rotary Club of Sammamish meets every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at the Bellewood Retirement Apartments. Visit www.sammamishrotary.org.
The Eastside Welcome Club, for people new to the area, meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month and at other times for activities and outings. Call Barbara at 868-2851.
The Sammamish Fit Club, a club looking to improve the health of the community, meets
Sammamish Kiwanis meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at Sammamish Hills Lutheran
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Church. Visit www.sammamish kiwanis.org.
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10:30 a.m. Sundays. Call 3928636.
Toastmasters of Sammamish meet from 7:15–8:45 p.m. every Tuesday at Mary, Queen of Peace. Call 427-9682 or email davidlloydhall@live.com.
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“Caffeine for the Soul,” a Judaic and Torah class for women, is from 1-1:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Caffé Ladro in Issaquah Highlands Shopping Center. Call Chabad of the Central Cascades 427-1654.
The Cascade Woman’s Club, meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month in members’ homes. Membership in the volunteer service organization is open to all women. Call 898-8603 or visit www.gfwc cascadewomansclub.org. Sammamish Garden Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the homes of members. Call Cathy at 836-0421 or email CathyWebst@aol.com. The Pine Lake Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month, plus occasional meetings for workshops and local field trips. Call 836-7810. Mothers and More – Sammamish/Redmond Chapter offers “Moms Need a Playgroup Too,” scrapbooking, book club, movies out, clutter club, kids play groups and more. At 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. Visit www.redmondmothersandmore.org.
you desire to make space for God in a peaceful setting. The fourth Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m., at Pine Lake Covenant Church. Email tamara@missiolux.org or call 890-3913. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered program offering support. Mondays, 7-9 p.m., Pine Lake Covenant Church. Visit www.missiolux.org, or call 392-8636. Griefshare, a support group for those who have lost a loved one is from 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. Moms in Touch International invites Christian moms and grandmas to replace their anxiety with peace and hope through prayer. Visit www.momsintouch.org. Contact Linda Yee at lindaryee@comcast.net. Pine Lake Covenant Church offers a ministry for children with special needs at
Free Hebrew classes are offered through Chabad of the Central Cascades. Call 4271654. Kabalat Shabbat 7 p.m., Fridays, the Chabad House at the Issaquah Highlands. Call 427-1654. Learn to read and speak Samskritam at the Vedic Cultural Center. Visit www.vedicculturalcenter.org. Community Bible Study, is open to all women and meets Thursday mornings. Visit www.redmondcbs.org. Bhajan Bliss. Musicians and singers teach the traditional devotional bhajan. Vegetarian food. 7:30-9 p.m., Fridays at the Vedic Cultural Center.
To submit items for the Community Calendar, email to samrev@isspress.com. Items will be edited and must be received by the Wednesday before publication.
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ered that he had an outstanding warrant for not showing up for a court date relating to a no-contact order violation charge. Police arrested the man and transferred him to the Auburn Police Department.
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A resident on the 23300 block of Northeast 24th Place had a package containing a new pair of boots stolen from their front porch just before noon Dec. 23. A neighbor reported a similar theft around the same time. Police have no suspects.
Bank fraud A Sammamish resident reported more than $1,200 was stolen from his checking account Dec. 27. The resident is unsure how his information was compromised.
Outstanding warrant Sammamish Police arrested a 52-year-old Auburn man Dec. 28 on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear for a court date related to a domestic violence charge. Police contacted a man who was standing on the side of the road on the 22500 block of Northeast 14th Drive. The man told police he was a construction worker and his boss was about to pick him up. The man’s boss, the 52-year-old Auburn man, then came to the scene and picked the man up. Concerned about recent burglaries in the area, police ran the boss’s license plate and discov-
A 19-year-old Sammamish woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence at around 2:30 a.m. Dec. 30. An officer saw the woman’s vehicle stop in the middle of Southeast Eighth Street near Skyline High School and several teenagers get out of the vehicle. Police contacted the driver, who smelled of intoxicants. She was taken into custody and, according to the police report, related several choice words to the officer, including that she wished he was dead. One of the occupants told police that the group had drank vodka from a water bottle and had gone to Seattle to go clubbing, but had returned to Sammamish because they could not locate the club. More than two hours after being pulled over the driver blew a .18 on a breath test, over the .08 legal limit for driving. Her car was impounded and she was booked into King County Jail.
Busted Three 17-year-old Sammamish residents were caught smoking marijuana inside a car parked in the parking lot of Samantha Smith Elementary at around 8 p.m. Dec. 26. Police took custody of a jar
containing a small amount of the drug and a smoking pipe. The teens’ parents were called and apprised of the situation.
Suicide attempt
The men told the resident that they thought the house was abandoned and that they believed the items inside were free. The resident got the suspects’ license plate and passed it on to police. The case remains under investigation.
A Sammamish man in his 20s was transported to the hospital after taking 12 Advil in a suicide attempt Dec. 26. The man told police he was depressed and wanted to kill himself. Aid units responded and determined that the amount of Advil taken was not lethal, but police elected to transport him to the hospital for a mental health evaluation because of his suicidal comments.
A resident on the 4100 block of 229th Avenue Southeast reported that someone had stolen their mail Dec. 22. The resident became suspicious after a Christmas card she was expecting never showed up and she heard that neighbors had had their mail stolen.
A resident on the 19700 block of Southeast 23rd Street reported that someone had stolen several tools from his truck overnight Dec. 22. The tools, including a cordless caulking gun and four screw guns, were taken from his truck bed toolbox as his truck was parked in his driveway. The case remains under investigation.
Jewelry theft
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A resident on the 1800 block of 203rd Avenue Southeast reported that more than $12,000 worth of jewelry had been stolen from their home between Dec. 12 and Dec. 29. Police could find no signs of forced entry and suspect a house cleaner or one of several handymen that had been working in the home during the period in which the jewelry went missing.
A Sammamish resident called police Dec. 26 to report that her caregiver and house cleaner had been stealing jewelry from her over the past several months. Police documented the accusations and continue to investigate.
A 19-year-old Bellevue man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana at around 2 a.m. Dec. 23. The man was pulled over near the corner of Southeast 16th Street and 228th Avenue after an officer clocked him driving close to 75 mph in a 40 zone. The man, who smelled of marijuana, told the officer he had been driving fast “because it was fun.” Police transported him to a hospital for a blood draw to determine whether he was under the influence.
Up for grabs A resident on the 21200 block of Northeast Sixth Street reported that two men had been preparing to burglarize his neighbor’s home at around 9:30 p.m. Dec. 27. The resident saw a black Ford Expedition with a trailer parked in front of the home, which is currently vacant.
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Domestic violence A 37-year-old Sammamish man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence after allegedly punching his wife during an argument Christmas morning. The woman told police that she had tried to barricade herself inside the couple’s bathroom because she was afraid of the husband. The husband reportedly forced his way in and the two got into an altercation. The man reported that the woman had struck him
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rock and the home ransacked. Police were able to obtain several fingerprints. The case remains under investigation.
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Street and took possession of a marijuana smoking device belonging to a local teen Dec. 29. The teen attempted to run when the officer approached the home, but was detained and released to his parents.
Burglary Two laptops and several antiques were among the items stolen from a home on the 2200 block of East Beaver Lake Drive Southeast between Dec. 16 and Dec. 23. The family returned home from vacation to find the window on the front door broken with a
Car prowl A resident on the 24000 block of Southeast Tenth Court had a GPS unit stolen from their unlocked car overnight Dec. 22. The resident suspects several teens she heard being noisy and drinking in the area that night. The case remains under investigation.
ing him that someone had been trying to reset his password and then another email indicating that his account had been shut down due to the quantity of recent purchases, though the man had not been using his account recently. The case remains under investigation.
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ID theft A Sammamish resident reported that someone had been trying to hack into his Amazon.com account Dec. 29. The resident received several emails inform-
A resident on the 20500 block of Southeast 19th Street reported that someone had cut down about twelve large trees on her property over the last several months. The trees were left there and were not cut up for firewood; the resident suspects local teens may be to blame. Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.
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