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It’s official: Klahanie annexation area now part of Sammamish

Making a run for it

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@ sammamishreview.com

By Greg Farrar/gfarrar@sammamishreview.com

The annual 5K Raptor Run with Skyline and Eastlake high school students is about to get underway in a festive atmosphere Jan. 7 as about 1,200 young people from both schools walk downhill east on Southeast 8th Street from the Skyline parking lot to their starting line at 238th Avenue Southeast. The route runs north, then east to 244th Avenue Southeast, north to Allen Lake and west on Northeast 8th to the finish at the Eastlake football field. The friendly competition including a traveling trophy was renamed the Raptor Run in 2012 in honor of late Sammamish Police Officer and school resource officer Stan Chapin.

New-look City Council will be led by Gerend, Valderrama-Aramayo

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@ sammishreview.com With no drama or disagreements evident, the Sammamish City Council unanimously elected Don Gerend as mayor and Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo as deputy mayor at its first meeting of the year Jan. 5.

Sammamish’s government is what’s known as a “weak-mayor” system, where the city manager is largely responsible for the day-today operations of the city.

The mayor is chosen by a vote of the council from

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among its members and acts as the council president.

Gerend is the council’s longest-tenured member, having served on the temporary council in place before the city incorporated in 1999. He was a member of the first council after incorporation and has served ever since.

Councilman Bob Keller nominated Gerend for mayor and there were no other nominations made.

The new mayor will serve in that position for two years. Gerend’s term on council expires in 2017.

Valderrama-Aramayo is

There were no last-minute glitches of any kind as the Klahanie annexation area officially became part of Sammamish at midnight Dec. 31, said Tim Larson, city communications manager.

The 11,000 or so people in those neighborhoods put the total Sammamish population at about 60,000. For

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City awards trash collection contract to Republic Services

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@ sammamishreview.com

beginning his second term on council. In November, he won re-election to his council seat by what some are saying was the largest margin of victory in the city’s history. His would-be opposition, resident Hank Klein, dropped out of the race and, by all accounts, did

sake of comparison, Issaquah has about 33,330 residents according to its website.

The annexation area covers some two square miles and includes roughly 3,900 residential units.

The city was ready to bring on three additional deputies and one administrative sergeant to provide police services in the annexation area. Although officers identify themselves

After a long presentation by staff and a roughly 45-minute, closed-door executive session that was presumably about the contract, the Sammamish City Council unanimously awarded Republic Services a waste collection deal that will run from 2017 through 2025.

The action came during the council’s first meeting of the year on Jan. 5.

The council rejected an opposing bid from Waste

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When the new contract takes effect next year, one waste collection company will be serving the entire city, excluding the Klahanie annexation area that became part of the city Jan. 1.

Presently, Republic Services handles about half of the city, while Waste Management works in the other half. Council members have said the situaSee CONTRACT, Page 3

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Klahanie From Page 1 as Sammamish police, the city contracts with the King County Sherriff’s Office for its police coverage. All of the incoming officers are experienced transfers from elsewhere in the county, Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard said just prior to the annexation Sammamish will add one more new officer in February and another in March. Officers each will be assigned one of the three new patrol districts, Police Chief

Nate Elledge has said.

According to a map supplied by Elledge, the three patrol areas split the new boundaries of the city geographically.

One district covers the most northern area of the city, another roughly the middle of the city and the third the southeastern portion of Sammamish.

Elledge said the goal is to have officers become familiar with their patrol areas and the people who live there, while residents become familiar with police.

The new patrol patterns also should result in improved response

times, Elledge added.

In addition to the patrol officers, the city also will have at least one full time traffic enforcement car roaming all of Sammamish, including the Klahanie area.

Fire and medical emergency services will not change in the former annexation area.

Neither, at least for now, will trash pickup and collections. While it most likely will not affect Klahanie immediately, the city is in the process of negotiating a new waste collection contract.

Property taxes have been a big issue

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throughout the annexation process. City officials have said Klahanie area residents will see significant savings on their property tax bills.

The Klahanie area was a chunk of unincorporated King County. Under county rule, Klahanie area homeowners were paying property taxes of $3.25 per $1,000 of property valuation, said Chris Gianni, city deputy finance director. Property owners paid $2.05 per $1,000 of property valuation to Sammamish in 2014.

Although there was some confusion on this topic earlier in the year, the lower property taxes will take effect in 2016.

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no active campaigning.

But Klein did not drop out of the election in time to have his name removed from the November ballot.

Both Gerend and Valderrama-Aramayo have served in their respective leadership positions previously.

While Gerend will serve as mayor for two years, Valderrama-Aramayo’s

home, the average tax bill could be as much as $700 to $800 lower than what would have paid as part of unincorporated King County, Larson said. He did note, however, that with increased property valuations, some taxpayers might see far less significant savings, if they see any at all. It’s theoretically possible that property owners who experienced big increases in property valuations actually may pay more, Larson said.

In addition to police, public works is another area in which the city needed to ramp up its available services.

Howard said the city would have new heavy

trucks for the department by Jan. 1. They’ve also ordered a new mower, though obviously they won’t be using that for a while.

Sammamish snowplows will be ready to take on annexation area streets if needed. In the past, King County has famously – or infamously - said it does not plow streets in unincorporated areas.

Howard wanted to plug the city’s new after-hours phone number, 295-0700. If your life is in danger or a crime is in progress, call 911. But the city number can be used to report anything from road blockages to dead animals in the roadway.

stint as deputy mayor will be one year.

Following the meeting, Gerend said he and Valderrama-Aramayo work well together.

“I think it will be a good year,” he added.

Gerend said he was encouraged by the fact some residents from the newly annexed Klahanie area already are applying for spots on various city boards and commissions.

Gerend said the council membership had conversations on the leader-

ship nominations prior to the meeting.

“Certainly, we talked to each other,” he said.

Also at the Jan. 5 meeting, ValderramaAramayo and two newcomers to the council were sworn into office. Councilwoman Christie Malchow won election to the seat vacated by long-time Councilwoman Nancy Whitten, who chose to retire. Councilman Tom Hornish won his seat by defeating former incumbent Mayor Tom Vance.

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If you are interested in gaining an affordable new home and don’t object to what might be some hard work, Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County is holding a homeowner information meeting at 10:45 a.m. Jan. 30 at the Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E. Contact Donna Adair at dadair@habitatskc.org or call 206-855-5214 to register for the meeting.

Habitat for Humanity is set to proceed with plans for 10 cottages on 228th Avenue Southeast near Southeast 20th Street.

The cottages will consist of two- to fourbedroom homes in one- or two-story buildings, said Eric Thom, director of development for the local Habitat for Humanity. They will

range in size from 1,000 square feet to 1,450 square feet.

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lowest bidder,” Robin Freedman, senior communications manager for Waste Management in an emailed response to questions about the council’s action.

The council was ready to move forward with the waste-collection deal in early December, but Waste Management filed a lawsuit and won a temporary injunction against Sammamish that prevented the city from awarding any contract.

A King County Superior Court lifted that injunction Dec. 22.

Waste Management’s base bid was $540,488 per year compared to Republic Services’ bid of $714,665, Goldberg said.

Although Waste Management’s base bid was lower, Goldberg said the company had altered the way the

To read more on the city’s new waste collection contract with Republic Services, go to page 12.

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tion is a leftover from the days when the entire city was a part of unincorporated King County. With two companies serving different parts of the city, all Sammamish residents do not receive the same services or pay equally for those services.

The Republic Services contract will save the average resident anywhere between $1.04 and $9.87 per month, depending on what level of service is in place, said Beth Goldberg, Sammamish director of administrative services.

During public comment prior to the council vote, a Waste Management representative continued to insist his company’s bid was lower, with the potential to save customers some $6 million over the life of the contract.

“We enjoy servicing the Sammamish community and are deeply disappointed that the contract was not awarded to the

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tractor had followed the rules while the other did not.

“We continue to stand by our bid and believe that it was fully responsive to the city,” Waste Management’s Freedman said.

Waste Management and Republic Services were the only companies to respond to the city’s request for bids.

The whole issue may still once again reach the inside of a courtroom.

Waste Management officials agreed to drop their lawsuit but never did so, Goldberg said. The city and the company are also at odds over who should be picking up the legal tab for the dispute.

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bids were calculated, especially with regards to a menu of optional services for which the city had requested bids.

With an adjustment made for those changes, Goldberg said Waste Management had underrepresented their bid by some $183,000, making Republic Services the lowest responsive bidder.

Because of the way Waste Management presented its bid, an “apples to apples” comparison of the bids was impossible, Goldberg said. Goldberg said the city’s desire for that type of comparison required companies to follow a certain formula in calculating costs, something she said Waste Management simply failed to do.

Goldberg further stated Waste Management had offered six contract modifications, but the company never explained the price ramifications of those modifications. Staff felt the modifications would hurt the level of service to residents.

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OPINION

Editorial

Letter to the Editor

Serve a key role as a guest columnist

How much is too much when it comes to tuition cuts?

Are you interested in sharing your opinion with your fellow citizens of Sammamish who are readers of the Sammamish Review?

Or perhaps you know a local person or organization that should be recognized in these pages?

If so, please consider this as your official invitation to submit a guest Scott column for the Stoddard Review’s Opinion page.

Instead of printing syndicated material that any newspaper can obtain, we want to bring fresh local voices from the community to this page.

A few guidelines: q Guest columns should be between 600 and 700 words. q Columns should focus on a single local issue and be well-supported. q Guest columns are accepted by email only. Please send your submission to sstoddard@sammamishreview.com and write “Guest Column” in the subject line. q Anyone is welcome to participate, but preference will be given to residents of Sammamish. q Authors should include their name, address and a phone number for verification purposes. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published.

The Opinion page of a quality newspaper should be the modern-day equivalent of a town square, where anyone can have their say about local happenings. We hope to hear from you.

Contact Scott Stoddard at sstoddard@sammamishreview.com. Twitter: @scottstoddard.

Sen. Andy Hill recapped the accomplishments for education in the past legislative session (Guest Column, Dec. 17).

The only mention of higher education was the 25 percent cut in tuition. That is hardly a benefit to the operation of the state’s public universities for delivering education, and the revenue lost by the tuition

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cut was not fully replaced.

Tuition revenue at the University of Washington is vital because its importance to operations is now double from that in 2004 due to lost revenue from the state.

Also, nothing was said of any progress in, or the intention of, replacing the massive cuts to higher education of the past several years.

At least replacing those cuts seems essential to maintaining the quality of the state’s public higher ed.

The UW is rated one of the world’s best universities by U.S. News and World Report and the Academic Ranking of World Universities, so maintaining that status should be a high priority. At some point, the pledge of no new taxes becomes absurd in the face of dwindling state support for higher education.

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On Further Review The juror pool isn’t all it’s cracked up to be Last week, I answered King County’s call to fulfill my civic duty for jury duty.

At least I tried.

For the second time now, I’ve entered a jury pool and again failed to make it on an actual jury for a trial.

A couple years back, I was in a pool David out of the courtHayes house in Redmond for two potential DUI trials.

But I had a high number and was not called upon in either case.

This time, I had to make my way to King County Superior Court in downtown Seattle. Now, if you’re going to travel from Issaquah or anywhere on the Eastside to downtown Seattle, I highly recommend public transportation. I’m out $50 for parking and probably another $20 for crossing the SR 520 bridge four times.

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a suggestion for some good reading. I’ve interviewed many local authors who deserve a wider audience.

My experience would not have made for a good movie — “Twelve Angry Men” or “Runaway Jury” this was not.

For the uninitiated, the process is simple enough. If you’re a registered voter, at some point, the county’s computer will randomly (more randomly for some than others) spit out your name. In this case, I entered a pool of between 200 and 300 people.

After checking in and getting a juror badge, we sat. We watched a welcome video. And sat some more.

Then we listened to one of the judges reiterate the points from the video. Then we sat some more.

The county clerk used an expression that is shared with the Navy — hurry up and wait. At least the waiting room had been recently renovated.

Finally, a group of 45 of us received jury numbers for an actual case. Mine was 14. After a false start, we made our way to a courtroom on the ninth floor.

It was no grand setting where Perry Mason would have worked his magic. It was more like a conference room.

The case involved domestic violence. An elderly man in a wheelchair was the defendant.

The part they leave out of most legal movies is what happened next. The defense lawyer and the state attorney ask questions of the jury pool to whittle it down to 14. I was number 14 of 14, sitting at the end of the jury box, thinking I just might make it this time.

All the potential jurors who had hardships and couldn’t stay for a five-day trial were excused. Those who had an experience of domestic violence, either personally or involving someone they knew, were excused.

One of the questions I

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answered truthfully was, yes, I can assume the man sitting there is innocent.

Now, prosecutor, prove to me he’s guilty. I also found the case interesting. I wanted to hear the facts.

No such luck.

Either my comments doomed me or it was my profession on my bio form — reporter. I was one of the prosecutor’s last juror exemptions without cause.

I wanted to protest, to appeal my excusal. I guess it doesn’t work that way.

I guess lawyers don’t want an opinionated reporter on their jury.

So back down to the jury room I was sent to wait.

Day Two was the same.

Sit and wait. That day’s jury pool was made of those who hadn’t been called the prior day. And the second trial was postponed to Monday. Our services to the county were complete.

Another group would be called in for that trial.

So, another uneventful jury summons. But hey, at least I picked up $10 a day from the county.

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Police blotter An unwanted visitor Someone apparently walked into a home on Southeast Fourth Street through a side door and exited with a flat-screen TV. The incident was reported to police at 4:09 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

Car prowl Someone entered an unlocked car parked in the 2000 block of Northeast 44th Street around 2 p.m. Dec. 27.

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Assault

High-priced booze

Police arrested a man around 11 p.m. Dec. 27 on one count of simple assault in connection with what reports called an incident of domestic violence at a residence on Northeast Ninth Drive. Police said the suspect slapped his wife during an argument.

The Safeway store at 630 228th Avenue Northeast said several suspects shoplifted eight bottles of high-priced liquor from the store at around 8:20 p.m. Dec. 29.

Reports say the suspects were already under investigation by detectives for reasons not reported.

Theft from mailboxes

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Someone broke into three mailboxes, all on a stand in the 2500 block of 200th Avenue Southeast. The theft was reported at 3 p.m. Dec. 29. It is unclear what

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The owner of a 76 gas station at 740 228th Avenue Northeast said a new employee showed up early for work on Dec. 29 and proceeded to work the station’s till. The sus-

pect also helped himself to $200 in cash from that till. He then left the store, saying he needed to give something to his grandmother. Police called the incident a case of embezzlement.

Con job Police said the suspect used a fake cashier’s check and talked the reporting party into cashing it and sending an undisclosed amount of money via Western Union. The incident was reported Dec. 30.

The Sammamish Review publishes names of those charged with felony crimes.

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Eagles sweep Spartans in KingCo hoops Boys basketball: Issaquah 64, Skyline 45

By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com The boys basketball programs at Issaquah and Skyline high schools are in two different stages of development, something that was evident in the fourth quarter of the teams’ Jan. 8 meeting in Sammamish.

Skyline stayed within reach for the first three quarters but withered in the end, falling victim to Issaquah’s relentless pressure as the Eagles moved to 8-0 in Class 4A KingCo Conference play with a 64-45 win.

“I don’t know if we’re physically tired, but we just mentally gave into them,” Skyline coach Ben Williams

Girls basketball: Issaquah 40, Skyline 31

By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com In rivalry games, powerful emotions can often be detrimental for young athletes.

Issaquah coach Nicole Reid expected that scenario in a Jan. 8 outing at Skyline, and she helped her team fight through some poor shooting and turnovers at the offensive end.

The Eagles led nearly wire to wire and overcame their mistakes for a 40-31 victory in Class 4A KingCo Conference girls basketball action.

“These rivalry games are huge to us,” Reid said. “I mean, it doesn’t matter what kind of year anyone is

said. “It wore us down and that’s what it’s meant to do.”

“I felt like our press bothered them a little bit,” Issaquah coach Jason Griffith added. “Even when they broke it, they only had 19, 20 seconds left in the shot clock, and that’s hard to get in a rhythm offensively when you do that.

“But they’ve got some good players and they played hard, and you’ve got to give them credit. They played 32 minutes.”

The Spartans (2-6 KingCo) got off to a hot start in a front of a noisy gym filled with fans of both schools.

Senior forward Braden Ahlemeyer was especially good in the first quarter and finished the night with 14 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots.

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having. Everyone shows up. So it felt good (to win).

“I think people get really excited about it, so it ends up not being very pretty, and also I think we played a really tough game on Wednesday and we were a little tired.”

Reid was referring to her team’s biggest victory of the season, a 54-50 triumph over Bothell. The Cougars entered the game 11-0 and ranked fourth in the state by The Seattle Times.

“I think it was awesome that we got that win against Bothell on Wednesday, because that really gave us confidence and momentum going into this game,” Issaquah sophomore forward Mariah Van Halm said.

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Skyline senior forward Braden Ahlemeyer puts up a shot during a hot first quarter good for two of his team-high 14 points as Issaquah’s Jack Dellinger defends during their Jan. 8 basketball game.

Narrow loss to Inglemoor gives Eastlake swimmers a status check

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com

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Eastlake sophomore Brandon Yue drives through the water to win his 200-yard freestyle race in a state-qualifying 1 minute, 48.45 seconds during the Wolves’ Jan. 7 meet against Inglemoor at Redmond Pool.

The Eastlake boys swimming and diving team won’t finish undefeated in Class 4A KingCo Conference meets, but a 94-91 loss to Inglemoor on Jan. 7 may have some positive ramifications down the road for the Wolves.

The meet at Redmond Pool served as a litmus test for Eastlake, which already has a handful of athletes who’ve qualified for February’s state championships in Federal Way. “Especially with the club work I’ve been doing outside of the pool, it’s good to measure myself, do the

periodic check-ins,” said Eastlake senior Markus Zimmermann, who switched from the Bellevue Club Swim Team to the Issaquah Swim Team last March and has seen his offseason work translate to a stronger high-school season.

Zimmermann, who qualified for state in the

200-yard and 500-yard freestyle events as a junior, is looking to win his first state medal this winter. He got off to a good start this season, breaking the state barrier in the 500 free in the opening meet.

Against Inglemoor, he continued branching See SWIM, Page 11

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Eastside Catholic grounds high-flying Cleveland, 75-70

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com

After winning eight of their first nine games, including a 4-0 start in league play, there was little doubt the Cleveland Eagles were going to present difficulties for the Eastside Catholic Crusaders in their Jan. 5 visit to Sammamish.

Cleveland proved to be a talented team and gave Eastside Catholic fits during a 43-point explosion in the first half. But the Crusaders buckled down defensively after that and held off every late challenge for a 75-70 victory in Class 3A Metro League boys basketball action.

EC coach Brent Merritt said his team’s second-half defensive adjustments were a key to the victory, which pushed the Crusaders’ record to 5-4 overall, 4-1 in league.

“We’ve got to do what we’ve got to do, mixing up defenses and changing whatever we possibly can on defense,” Merritt said.

The Eagles punished the Crusaders with penetration and took a 43-41 lead to halftime.

When they weren’t finishing chances near the

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Eastside Catholic’s Hunter Bryant (12) is defended

by Cleveland’s Malik Abdil-Haqq while putting up a shot during the third quarter of their Jan. 5 basketball game. rim, they drew defenders into the key, leaving open shooters who hit five first-half 3-pointers.

“We talked about it in the locker room and we tried to get out to shooters,” EC senior forward Iain McLaughlin said.

“A big key was keeping (CJ) Elleby from getting rolling. We kept him out in the first half, but we knew he would come

back in the second and he could score.”

Elleby, a 6-foot-6 sophomore guard, deferred to his teammates early on and had only two points at the break. But after EC’s Brock Mackenzie went on a tear in the third quarter and shifted momentum, Elleby became an offensive focal point and finished the night with 12 points.

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Eastside Catholic sophomore Brock Mackenzie (11) follows through on a 3-point shot at the buzzer that gave the Crusaders a 24-23 lead ending the first quarter on the way to their 75-70 win Jan. 5 over the Cleveland Eagles. Mackenzie had a game-high 31 points.

Mackenzie scored the first 13 points of the second half for the Crusaders, turning a two-point deficit into a nine-point lead. He led all scorers with 31 points, including 18 in the third period.

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focused,” McLaughlin said. “He started the first half kind of off a little bit, but you see we made that run in the third quarter just because of Brock.”

EC took a 62-58 lead to the fourth quarter, where free throws became a factor. The Eagles were only 13 of 24 (54 percent) at the line, including seven misses

in the final period, while the Crusaders were 21 of 27 (78 percent) and got four straight makes from McLaughlin and Mackenzie in the final minute to polish things off.

While Mackenzie carried EC in the latter parts of the game, McLaughlin was the go-to guy early. He scored 14 in the first half, including two 3-pointers, and finished the game with 20 points.

Merritt said McLaughlin has shown vast improvement since the start of the season.

“Iain was huge for us today,” he said. “We’ve been waiting for him to answer the bell and these last three or four games, he has really come a long way.”

McLaughlin is also seeing a shift in his game. He has focused on attacking the basket and the more he scores, the more his confidence rises.

“I think I’ve been getting in the swing of it now that we’re halfway through the season,” McLaughlin said.

“Coach just told me to come out aggressive.

I thought I did what I could. My team put me in a great position to score.”

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From Page 6 “Even when things weren’t going well, we all kept our heads up and we stayed really cool and collected, and that really helped because it was pretty evident that Skyline was getting in their heads.”

The Spartans (5-4 KingCo) struggled mightily at the offensive end, setting a season-low for points scored. Sophomore guard Jade Loville had a game-high 12 points, but didn’t shoot well and didn’t get much help. No other Skyline player scored more than six.

The Eagles (6-3 KingCo) took control late in the first half with a 10-2 run, punctuated by layups from Ellen MacNary, Lauren Longo and Tatum Dow. Van Halm had a strong all-around game, scoring nine points to go along with 12 rebounds and three steals. She helped the Eagles stop a final surge that brought the Spartans within seven points in the final minute.

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“We normally don’t get fans,” Williams said.

“I told them that you have them today and you’ve got to keep them.

You’ve got to at least be competitive.”

Issaquah took the lead late in the first quarter and never relinquished it, although the margin stayed in single digits for much of the second and third periods. Skyline got within 42-35 on two DJ Moore free throws, but the Eagles restored the lead to 11 after three quar-

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Skyline sophomore guard Jade Loville leaps to the basket during the fourth quarter for two of her 12 points as Issaquah’s Mariah Van Halm defends in their Jan. 8 game.

“Defense is our main thing and we try to keep the other team to under 10 points each quarter.”

we should be able to win the game.”

“She’s amazing – she has been a great asset to our team and she has to do everything for us,” Reid said of Van Halm.

“Defense, offense, she played the whole game

… and then she’s a great athlete. She was on the state championship soccer team.”

The teams had to play again the next day and both came through with victories. Loville scored 26 points as Skyline pulled away from Mount Si, 57-40, and Issaquah blew out Newport, 56-30, with Longo, Dow and MacNary all finishing in double-digit scoring.

The Eagles and Spartans play again in the Feb. 5 regular-season finale at Issaquah.

ters as Jason Crandall hit a floater from the left baseline and Garrett White turned a steal into a breakaway layup.

Issaquah junior guard Trevon Ary-Turner had seven of his game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter as the Eagles closed out with a 16-8 run.

Griffith said the Eagles didn’t play their best game. They shot 39 percent from the floor, and leading scorers AryTurner and Scott Kellum were a combined 6 of 25. But it was more than enough in the end.

Issaquah’s past success seems to fuel the players in critical situ-

ations, Griffith noted, and that was a decided advantage against a Skyline squad short on experience in highintensity games.

“We tell the kids all the time, we’ve been there, we’ve done it at all levels, so we’ve got to act like a mature team, a team that understands what it takes to win those types of games,” he said.

“We have to play about as perfect as we can possibly play and we’re just not there yet,” Williams said of the Spartans. “Issaquah is really good and they can make you pay for all your mistakes.”

— Mariah Van Halm Issaquah Eagles basketball player

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For years, Mount Si called to them.

Each winter, a trio of backcountry skiing enthusiasts always kept an eye on North Bend’s 4,167-foot backdrop.

Could they ski it?

Sure. Others already had.

But could Peter Avolio, Trevor Kostanich and Dave Jordan ski it from the summit, from atop the pile of rock at the mountain’s highest point known as the Haystack?

“I’ve looked at Mount Si a lot,” said 49-year-old Avolio, “and gone, ‘Huh, it just needs to fill in.’”

An Issaquah resident for the last 30 years, Avolio explained that in order to make a ski descent possible, snow had to adequately cover areas of the mountain that were usually exposed.

Finally, on Dec. 30, the conditions were close to perfect. The storms that had slammed the Cascades earlier in the month had blanketed Mount Si. The sky was clear and the air was crisp. Above all, it hadn’t snowed in a few days, meaning the snow that was on the mountain had settled, reducing the avalanche risk.

“It got snow every winter, but there was no buildup,” said Jordan, 44. “Those low-elevation snow levels through December deposited a lot of snow, and it deposited it low so we could ski on it.”

The three men met at a Starbucks in North Bend at 6 a.m. before they started out. For about an hour, they hashed out their plan.

“We talked about avalanche stability and the snowpack and the weather,” said Kostanich, who is a planning and development consultant and a part-time ski guide. “We wanted to ski the whole line, so we dropped one vehicle at the Little Si trailhead.”

The group started up the mountain in ski boots from the Mount

achievement. “He was so happy for me and the gang.

“As long as I’ve been looking at the Haystack,” Avolio said, “and as long as I’ve known him, back to 1997, I’ve been talking about skiing it.”

Volken said he believes the ski descent was the first-ever from atop the Haystack.

Amateur historian Lowell Skoog of Seattle, who runs alpenglow.org, a website that documents landmark achievements by ski mountaineers in the Pacific Northwest,

By Peter Aviolo agrees with Volken.

Trevor Kostanich (left) and Dave Jordan prepare to ski from the top of Mount Si’s summit block, known as the Haystack, on Dec. “I am aware people 30. Jordan, Kostanich and Peter Avolio made what is believed to be the first-ever ski descent from the top of the Haystack. have skied the westfacing gullies before,” and was unable to join Si trailhead, then, after Skoog said. “But the sumup. Volken, who is the covering about two miles mit pyramid itself, that founder and owner of Pro kind of ski adventure in 45 minutes, donned Ski and Mountain Service has become more comskis with climbing skins, in North Bend, was which they were able mon in just the last two thrilled for his friends. to use all the way to the decades. To imagine tack“The descent was instisaddle at the base of the ling that with skis on is a gated by my friend Peter Haystack. little bit frightening.”

Avolio over 10 years ago, “It was a wonderful Jordan believes, too, and it would never have skin,” the 40-year-old that he and his friends happened without his perKostanich said. “The were pioneers. sistence,” Volken said in an trail had a great track “People have skied email. “I would have loved various parts of it, but angle for skinning. The to been a part of it, but so it I don’t think anyone Haystack was too steep Courtesy of Peter Aviolo goes sometimes.” for skis, so we booted has skied from the top,” Dave Jordan of North Bend, Trevor Kostanich of North Bend Avolio, who said that with skis on our back.”

Jordan said. and Peter Avolio of Issaquah pose for a celebratory photo Dec. it’s actually been an All three stood on the Kostanich, who joined 30 following their successful ski descent from the Haystack 18-year personal quest, summit ridge and preVolken Jan. 5 to be sworn expressed mutual admira- in as new members of the pared for the ski descent. atop Mount Si. tion for Volken.

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Calendar of Events Winter Festival Family Fun Night, inflatables, Loch Ness in the pool, face painting, make and take art, guests welcome, 6-8 p.m. Jan. 22, Sammamish YMCA, 4221 228ht Ave. S.E., please RSVP, 391-4840

Friday, Jan. 15 Toddler Story Time, ages 1-3, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., register for one time only, 392-3130 Chamber Women in Business Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Plateau Club, 25625 E. Plateau Drive, $25, sammamishchamber. org Fun and Games Friday, ages 5-12 with adult, 3 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., register for one time only, 3923130

Saturday, Jan. 16

Preschool Fair, presented by the MOMS Club of the Sammamish Plateau, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road S.E., Issaquah, faithunited.org Chinese Story Time: Ni Hao!, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Russian Story Time: Privet!, 11 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130

Sunday, Jan. 17

Pine Lake Covenant Church ministry for children with special needs, 10:45 a.m., 1715 228th Ave. S.E., call 392-8636 Farsi Story Time: Khosh Amadid!, 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, free drop-in homework help for grades K-12, 3-5 p.m., Sammamish

Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church youth groups, for children in sixth through eighth grade, and ninth through 12th grades, Mass at 5 p.m., dinner and then meetings at 6:30 p.m. Sundays, 3911178, ext. 129 Young Professionals, mid-20s to mid-30s professionals meet and enjoy fellowship, single or married welcome, 6:30 p.m., Eastridge Church, 24205 S.E. Issaquah-Fall City Road, 681-6736 or email marianne.giberson@ gmail.com

Monday, Jan. 18

Volunteer for MLK Day of Service, register by Friday at 4 p.m., two options available: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lower Sammamish Commons and noon to 3 p.m. at Ebright Creek Park, more info at ci.sammamish.wa.us Hello English, Intermediate ESL Class, 11:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130 Teen Think Tank, 2-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, free drop-in homework help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Hindi Story Time: Namaste!, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130

Tuesday, Jan. 19

Don Fels ‘Vanishing Points’ Art Exhibit, a visual history lesson of WWII with a personal connection, on display at City Hall through April 14, reception and discussion 6-8 p.m. Jan. 28, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 2950500 Play and Learn Chinese, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Teen Think Tank, 2-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, free drop-in homework help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Special meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 2950579 Talk Time, an English conversation group, 7-8:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130 Youth Writing Club, ages 10-14, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Wednesday, Jan. 20

Sammamish Plateau Community Bible Study, open to all women and their children, 9:30 a.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 IssaquahPine Lake Road S.E., email deannacbs@outlook.com Toddler and Infant Lapsit Story Time, ages 2 and older at 10 a.m. and ages 0 to 1 at 11:15 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Cascade Republican Women meet 3rd Wednesday every month, noon to 2 p.m., featuring ‘We the People’ Debate Team from Tahoma High School, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, 36005 S.E. Ridge Street, Snoqualmie, $5 includes raffle ticket, RSVP to Emma Herron 396-5249 Teen Think Tank, 1-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, free drop-in homework help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130 Adult Book Club, ‘The Rosie Project’ by Graeme Simsion, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-

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‘Hello English,’ beginning ESL class, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Teen Think Tank, 2-5:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Planning Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0579 Grief Share Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road.

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Council moves site of annual retreat to location closer to home

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@ sammamishreview.com Held on the other side of often snowy mountain passes for roughly the last 10 years, the Sammamish City Council’s annual retreat will this year take place Jan. 14-16 at the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma.

The general public is invited to the retreat sessions and even encouraged to attend, said Mayor Don Gerend.

As had been the custom, the council held its 2015 retreat at the Suncadia Lodge near Cle Elum. The council’s leadership received criticism for holding the retreat so far from home, with some saying the location made it difficult for the average resident to attend. Gerend noted

Swim From Page 6 out and experimenting with other events. He won the 100 backstroke in 1 minute, 0.45 seconds, and was second in the 100 butterfly in 55.32 seconds. It was the first time this season he swam the fly, and his time was a mere 82 one-hundredths short of the state cut.

“I was really happy with that,” Zimmermann said.

Now his sights are set on the school’s record board and the mark of 4:40.36 that Jackson Berman put up last season.

Zimmermann thinks he can break it, and he’s shooting for the 1:43 range in the 200 free, marks that should put him safely into the top eight at the state meet.

Joining the Issaquah Swim Team has been a big boost, he added.

“I have a good, personal relationship with (their coaches), so it really helps just to ask them questions during practice, like, ‘Hey, can you watch this?’”

the Tacoma location is about the same distance as Suncadia in terms of travel time, but it eliminates the need to cross any mountain passes.

Why not just hold the retreats locally? Gerend said the idea is to get council members away from day-to-day distractions and allow in-depth conversations on topics important to the city.

“I wish it were even closer,” said Deputy Mayor Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo.

He said the city was considering holding the 2016 retreat at Suncadia yet again, but some council members, himself included, began lobbying a few weeks ago for a spot closer to Sammamish.

According to Valderrama-Aramayo, new councilmembers

Tom Hornish and Christie Malchow were among those opposed to traveling to Cle Elum.

Valderrama-Aramayo was hoping officials might look at locations in Redmond or Woodinville.

“I’m just glad it’s this side of the pass,” Valderrama-Aramayo said.

Gerend said he knows of a few residents who might be planning to follow council to Tacoma. ValderramaAramayo said the same, putting the number at about five.

Potential retreat topics range from transportation to council procedures.

For his part, Gerend talked about discussing how topics end up coming before the council.

Presently, the city

manager or the mayor can place items on meeting agendas. So can a group of four council members. But since the number represents a majority of the sevenmember council, Gerend pointed out four council members can’t legally get together outside of a council meeting to discuss what should be on an agenda.

“The development process is first and foremost,” ValderramaAramayo said, adding that, in his opinion, City Hall is granting too many waivers and variances to private developments.

Valderrama-Aramayo also addressed transportation and infrastructure.

“There are a lot of roads where we’ve waited too long to deal with those roads,” he said,

he said. “Hopefully they can look at it and give me some good critiques.”

Eastlake sophomore Brandon Yue also had a solid meet against Inglemoor, earning a state-qualifying time of 1:48.45 to win the 200 freestyle.

“I did race that last season, but I did not make the state cut,” Yue said. “I’ve been trying to focus on my freestyle because that’s been one of my weaker legs in the IM and individual events.”

Yue’s specialty is the breaststroke, and while he took a break from it against Inglemoor, he already sewed up a state berth and is in position to equal or exceed his fifth-place time as a freshman.

“I dropped a couple seconds for my 200 breaststroke in club and made Junior Nationals, so that was nice,” said Yue, who also competes for the Issaquah Swim Team.

Other Eastlake winners against Inglemoor included Kyle Falkner in the 200 IM (2:12.18) and diver Rylan Gordon (204.70 points). The

team of John Xie, Nolan Van Nortwick, Zimmermann and Cory Flynn won the 200 medley relay (1:46.06).

The Wolves swam against Skyline on Jan. 12, results that came

after press time, and finish up their KingCo season with two meets at Redmond Pool – Jan. 19 against Redmond and Jan. 28 against Bothell. Both contests start at 3 p.m.

adding there are plenty of problems outside the well-known trouble spots such as Sahalee Way. An agenda on the city’s website lists numerous other topics, such as updates on the Town Center plan and the Mars Hill building.

The latter is the former church the city

purchased on 228th Avenue Southeast with the thought of turning it into some sort of highereducation facility. Three local colleges or technical schools expressed interest initially, but have since withdrawn from the discussion.

The complete retreat agenda is online at tinyurl.com/o7cc78.

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By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@ sammamishreview.com The city has approved an eight-year waste collection contract which, when it begins in 2017, could mean some major changes in trash pick-up for residents.

Despite some controversy over the bids, the City Council unanimously handed the contract to Republic Services, which works in about half the city at present. Starting in 2017, Republic will service the entire city with the exception of the newly annexed Klahanie area.

Officials said most residents should see a decrease in their monthly solid waste bill. Including the base price plus three service options added by the council, for addresses using a 32-gallon garbage cart, the price will be $31.46 a month.

For addresses with a 64-gallon cart, the price should be $39.45.

The city asked each bidder for the contract to provide five options

Artist Donald Fels brings ‘Vanishing Points’ exhibit to City Hall The Sammamish Arts Council presents the art of internationally acclaimed visual artist Donald Fels in an exhibi-

that could be added on to the basic service. The first three dealt with embedding compost collection costs in base bills.

The fourth option expanded the types of recyclables collected, while a fifth addressed the age of the truck fleet used in the city.

The first three options turned out to be the most-discussed among council members. Republic currently offers compost-collection services on a subscription basis. Under the options offered with the new contract, compost-collection costs will be part of the normal bill, whether the resident or the local business wants it or not.

Several officials noted the plan could encourage residents and businesses alike to begin composting. Some 63 percent of Sammamish residents already subscribe to composting services, said Beth Goldberg, city director of administrative services. Goldberg has been overseeing the contract award process for the

city. She said composting has significant environmental effects, as well as being good for the city.

The Cedar Hills Regional Landfill accepts solid waste from around King County, including the Eastside.

Goldberg said Cedar Hills will reach capacity by about 2030. At that point, cities around the Puget Sound may have to look at moving trash out of the area by train or barge. In any case, trash collection is likely to get more expensive.

Any measures that can reduce the stream of trash reaching Cedar Hills are ultimately in the best interest of the city and its residents, Goldberg said.

She pointed to a King County study that said some 78 percent of the materials reaching Cedar Hills could go elsewhere.

The City Council ultimately approved an embedded compostable program in a 4-3 vote.

Those against the idea were Deputy Mayor Ramiro ValderramaAramayo and new coun-

cilmembers Christie Malchow and Tom Hornish.

Valderrama-Aramayo said that while he understood the potential benefits of the program, he did not like the idea of forcing people to accept a composting service they might not want or use.

The council also approved an increased recycling program.

Beginning in 2017, residents and business will, within limits, be able to recycle cooking oil, household batteries, plastics, light bulbs and some household appliances.

When the contract takes effect, Republic Services will be able to use slightly older trucks under another option winning council approval. The contract originally called for Republic to use only natural gas powered trucks with a model year of 2016 or newer.

Allowing Republic to use trucks dating back to 2012 will save customers a small amount of money, up to 12 cents a month.

tion titled, “Vanishing Points.”

According to the council, the works to be displayed in the Commons Gallery in Sammamish City Hall will provide a history lesson gleaned from World War II with a personal connection and will

demonstrate a remarkable collaborative artistic process.

Also on view will be 10 collage works made from the many traditional paper posters and announcements found lining the streets of Southern Europe and India. Fels repurposed

the patterns and imagery from the posters to create abstract collages with an aura of far-off places.

The exhibit runs Jan. 19 through April 14. A reception and discussion for the exhibit will be held 6-8 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Commons Gallery.

In 2008 while working in Southern India, Don Fels reconnected with family history involving his father’s WWII experience as a pilot flying “the Hump,” as the heroic China-Burma-India airlift became known.

Planes crammed with cargo were flown by pilots over high, misty, and icy peaks where the fatality rate was nearly 50 percent. Materials used in this exhibit share a material affinity with the skin of the aircraft flown by Fels’ father.

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