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City recommends removing barricade raising ire among some nearby neighbors

By Caleb Heeringa

The City Council got its first look at city staff’s argument for taking out the 32nd Street barricade Jan. 11 and were reminded of the passion of some who live near it.

Public Works Director Laura Philpot told the council her department believes the road, which has been blocked to traffic for nearly three decades, should be opened to provide a more direct east-west route and reduce traffic on some neighboring streets, some of which are already seeing more cars than residential streets are designed for.

The findings didn’t surprise about a half dozen neighbors, some of whom said removing the barricade was a foregone conclusion for the city and council.

“It seems like the city has always wanted to remove the barricade,” said Dan Bourgoin, who lives west of the barricade and would see an estimated 890 more vehicles a day go past his drive-

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More speed signs similar to this one will appear in the city in the coming months.

Since they will be placed in school zones, the new signs will reflect a 20 mph speed limit.

Photo by Caleb Heeringa

City transportation studies recommend taking down this barricade on 32nd Street. way by 2016 if the barricade were removed. “I think the data (the city) looked at supports the conclusion it seems to want to arrive

at. They want to remove the barricade because they have this ‘principle’ they want to apply.”

The principle Bourgoin was

referencing is referred to as “connectivity” by city road planners, See BARRICADE, Page 3

Kokanee salmon receive boost to survive

By Warren Kagarise

Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon used to turn the creeks branching from the lake to the color of rust as thousands of fish headed upstream to spawn.

The once-plentiful fish has declined in recent decades, perhaps due to construction near the tributary creeks, increased predators, disease or changes in water quality.

But the imperiled fish has received a boost from local, state and federal officials in recent seasons.

Scientists started to comb the tributary creeks for spawning salmon late last year and, during the ongoing spawning season, King County and local, state and federal agencies coordinated efforts to restore the species.

Lake Sammamish kokanee — a landlocked cousin of sockeye salmon — return to creeks near the lake in the rain-soaked months from November to January.

King County, state Department of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staffers deployed along creek banks throughout the season to collect fish in creeks near the lake and spawn the salmon at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.

The local hatchery receives half of the eggs to raise to juvenile salmon and the other half is shipped to the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery on the Olympic Peninsula.

Scientists hope to harvest 110,000 eggs before the spawning season wraps.

“Incubating fertilized eggs in a hatchery’s controlled environment greatly increases

their chance of successful hatching,” state Regional Hatchery Operations Manager Doug Hatfield said. “The goal is to jumpstart this very low population of fish and bring them back from the brink of extinction.”

Fate remains uncertain The fish is a candidate for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. Kokanee conservationists — including environmental organizations, local governments and the Snoqualmie Tribe — petitioned in 2007 to list the species as endangered.

The petition remains under consideration, Doug Zimmer, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman in the Western See SALMON, Page 2

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More digital speed signs coming Three Sammamish elementary schools will be getting flashing lights reminding drivers to slow down during school hours.

Samantha Smith Elementary, on Northeast 14th Street, Christa McAuliffe Elementary, on Northeast 22nd Street, and Margaret Mead Elementary, on 216th Avenue Northeast, will receive the lights as part of a $22,500 grant from the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission.

The city will cover the approximately $25,000 it will cost to install the lights, which will flash during school hours to remind drivers of the 20 mph speed limit.

All three of the schools are in the Lake Washington School District.

The lights are scheduled to be installed by April.

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Issaquah School District to update science, language arts curricula

By Laura Geggel

The Issaquah School District is preparing to adopt new curricula this June: one for elementary school science and another for high school language arts.

District administrators try to update curricula every seven years, but sometimes budget cuts get in the way. The elementary science curriculum was last updated in 2003, but the wait has been longer for high school language arts — it was last updated during a three-year period from 1999-2001.

Some parents said they felt unsettled after last year’s math curriculum adoption, saying the district did not allow them enough input, especially because a group of parents disagreed with the curriculum that the Issaquah School Board approved.

This year, district administrators inserted an extra step in the adoption process: a parent preview night.

At the preview nights, parents can thumb through various curricula and write feedback on

On the Web Learn about the curriculum adoption process at the Issaquah School District website, www.issaquah.wednet.edu.

Click on “Academics” on the drop-down menu and then “Curriculum Adoption.”

Get involved Preview the publishers that could be used in your child’s classroom. Both previews will be presented at the district Administration Building, 565 N.W. Holly St. ◆ Elementary school science, 4:30-7:30 p.m. March 11 ◆ High school language arts, 4:30-7 p.m. March 15 comment cards next to each station.

The step is one of many the district takes when adopting a new curriculum.

Waiting seven years for each adoption is standard for the district, Executive Director of

Teaching and Learning Emilie Hard said.

By the end of seven years, textbooks begin to show wear after hundreds of students have used them. Information becomes outdated, effective teaching practices evolve, technology changes and state standards adjust, she added.

“There is research that is done on an ongoing basis, and we want to stay as current as possible to give our students in Issaquah the best possible experience we can,” she said.

Some subjects, such as health or technology classes, have curriculua that are updated annually, ensuring they comply with state standards and evolving technology.

While district administrators are still unsure of the price for this year’s adoptions, last year’s chemistry curriculum materials cost $120,000.

The Issaquah Schools Foundation has pledged it will use money raised during its See UPDATE, Page 7

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Washington office, said in late December.

Kokanee used to thrive in Lake Sammamish. The freshwater salmon species formed the foundation of a robust ecosystem and a recreational fishery. Snoqualmies fished for the plentiful salmon as a staple.

In recent years, the number of salmon in the late-fall and early-winter run has dwindled to less than 1,000 in some seasons. Kokanee return to only a handful of creeks — Ebright, Laughing Jacobs and Lewis — to spawn.

Teams collect adult kokanee from the streams and then spawn the fish.

Then, hatchery staffers place the fertilized eggs in incubators to mature and hatch.

The hatchery program trucks in water from the tributary creeks in order to help the tiny fish “imprint” on the streams and then return to spawn in the tributaries instead of the hatcheries.

Scientists hope the technique provides the opportunity to boost the natural runs in

Lake Sammamish tributaries.

“Salmon show a strong attachment to the streams and water in which they hatch,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish biologist Jeff Chan said. “Our assumption is that if we use the water from the streams that their parents returned to, the next generation will seek out that same stream during their own spawning run.

It would be a big step forward if we get this approach to work.”

The next generation The time the BB-sized eggs spend at the hatcheries eliminates some lethal risks, including the threat from flood flows. The eggs could be scoured from nests or smothered in silt, sand and rocks.

“When you bring them into the hatchery, what it does is remove that early part, the dangerous part where they take the high losses due to silting, predation and diseases,” Dan Magneson, assistant manager at the Quilcene hatchery, said in late December. “The hatchery is a protected environment, so you can get them up to the release size without that loss.”

Conservationists hope the hatchery program helps sustain kokanee in the short term. The effort to preserve the species also includes long-term habitat restoration projects.

The goal is to create a species able to be sustained through spawning in the wild and, perhaps, restore a kokanee fishery in Lake Sammamish.

The effort includes dollars from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the state and the county, plus lakeside cities, including Sammamish and Issaquah.

Creekside residents and other citizens also contribute to the program. Residents alert scientists and other staffers to returning kokanee. Plans call for agency staffers and citizens to release kokanee fry into creeks in the spring.

“During this time of extremely tight budgets, we have to work together even more closely and find ways to economize while we maintain our focus on our goals,” David St. John, chairman of the Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group, said in a statement.

Reach reporter Warren Kagarise at 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.

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who point to the car trips that will be shifted from nearby roads that are used to get around the barricade. Most prominent is the “South Pine Lake” route (including Southeast 28th Street), which would see an estimated 780 fewer daily trips, and Southeast 33rd Place, which would see about 1,144 fewer cars, according to city analysis.

Philpot suggested the city should only remove the barricade after it implements a series of traffic calming measures, at a cost of about $130,000. (see sidebar) A 2002 study, much referenced by barricade proponents, put the cost of necessary improvements at more than $3 million, though Philpot said that cost would reflect rebuilding the entire route in deluxe fashion rather than the current plan – to retrofit the current road with pedestrian improvements.

Many neighbors said they were skeptical that the traffic calming would work, and wondered if the city couldn’t go further – installing streetlights and completing sidewalks on one or both sides of the street.

Several pointed out that though there was at least some sort of sidewalk system east of the barricade, there was little to nothing west of it.

Councilwoman Nancy Whitten echoed the concerns and said she’d like to see some price estimates for completing the unfinished sidewalks, at least east of the barricade.

“My concern is the school,” she said. “I see lots and lots of kids walking over there. I’d be concerned about opening up the barricade without having some additional pedestrian safety.”

School-related foot traffic was also on the mind of Shelley Safronek, who lives just east of

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the barricade and said her daughter was hit by a car in 2005.

Though her daughter escaped with a few scrapes, Safronek said she didn’t want to see something worse happen to someone else’s child.

“I see thousands of kids walk in front of my house,” she told the council. “If somebody’s daughter gets seriously injured, you guys are going to have blood on your hands.”

City Manager Ben Yazici said that across the city, there have been six collisions between cars and pedestrians or bicyclists that caused significant injury in the last 10 years.

Prompted by council questions about the cost of sidewalks, Philpot said sidewalks in residential neighborhoods are generally paid for by developers or by residents through their utility bills and not by city taxpayers as a whole.

“We’re trying to be consistent with how we treat residential streets in other neighborhoods,” she said.

Questioning the validity of the Public Works Department’s report, several residents suggested the city pay for an outside consultant to look at the barricade issue, as they did in the 2002 study.

“I’d feel so much better if we had an independent agency come back in and update their report,” said barricade proponent Michael Perry. “I think it would make everyone more comfortable to have an unbiased, outside

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Sammamish’s Public Works Department recommends the following traffic calming measures be installed if the barricade is removed. ◆ A traffic circle at the intersection of 32nd Street and 224th Avenue Southeast. ◆ Adding a paved five-foot shoulder to the north side of the road to allow a straight pedestrian walkway for the whole length of the road, which is currently marked by a patchwork of sidewalks and skinny, unmarked shoulders. ◆ Re-striping to constrict lanes, which is aimed at making drivers slow down. ◆ Road stencils reminding drivers of the 25 mph speed limit. ◆ Making 300 feet of the east end of the road a school zone, since Pine Lake Middle School is on the other side of 228th Avenue and many students walk to school on 32nd Street. ◆ Stop signs at several roads that feed into 32nd Street. ◆ Curb extensions on both sides of the abrupt hill near the barricade. view.”

Ironically, neighbors who share the same street – a street projected to see a significant decrease in traffic if the barricade comes down – find themselves disagreeing on the issue.

Perry lives on 33rd Place, which currently sees more than 1,600 trips a day with little in the way of pedestrian safety measures.

Though the city believes more than half of that traffic would reroute through 32nd Street if it were opened, Perry said he’s more worried about the potential speed of motorists rather than the numbers.

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Bob McCoy, who lives just up the road from Perry and would like to see 32nd Street opened, pointed out that every car trip missed by a 32nd Street resident is one gained by countless others on neighboring streets.

“There’s long loops of people that eat those extra cars every day – people who wish they could go another way,” he said.

Philpot pointed out that by the city’s standards, all the roads in the neighborhood are considered residential roads that should be carrying somewhere between 500 and 2,000 vehicles a day.

The South Pine Lake route is currently pushing 3,000 a day, though it was given a

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bike lane and sidewalk to address the higher than normal traffic. Neither is proposed for 32nd Street.

Taking out the barricade would drop South Pine Lake’s vehicles per day down to about 2,250, while Southeast 32nd is projected to have just under 1,700 a day. “(The South Pine Lake route) is connected to a signal (on 228th Avenue),” Philpot said. “We’re still expecting traffic be significantly higher there (than on 32nd Street) because it’s the more direct route.”

But barricade proponent Michael Comerford said the issue is more complicated than simply looking at traffic models and crunching numbers.

Opening up the road would forever change the character of the neighborhood – something that motivated many to move to Sammamish in the first place.

“Let’s go beyond car trips per day and miles saved per day and look into the other ponderables that make people want to move into Sammamish,” Comerford said, followed by applause from some of his neighbors.

The council is expected to make a decision on the barricade in February or March.

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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OPINION Sammamish Forum Cut them down

Remove the barricade, start on the others After years of discussion and months of intense scrutiny, city officials say to remove the 32nd Street barricade, one of the Sammamish’s most controversial.

Residents, particularly those close to it, have called for additional study, to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, before doing so.

The City Council should resist the call for additional study, tear down the barricade and implement the new safety features called for in the study already in hand.

Barricades have been talked to death. When the city developed the process for studying each barricade, it was a step forward.

Now, residents who didn’t get the answer they wanted, want more study.

The process is already time consuming and it could takes years before city departments have time to study all of the various barricades in Sammamish.

Time is no big deal if you are one of the privileged few who lives on one of these de facto cul-desacs, but it can seem an eternity for those forced to drive miles out of their way because of a barricade.

Adding another study will simply delay the process again. Furthermore, additional study on the 32nd Street barricade sets a precedent that other neighborhoods will come to expect. Rest assured, no matter the result, there will be people on both sides demanding a study.

The city can hardly afford a single such study now, let alone one for each barricade.

Residents’ complaints that the city’s study was designed to create the results city officials wanted are unsubstantiated. The numbers generated by the city’s Public Works Department are clear.

Removing the barricade is a more equitable solution for a larger number of residents. Yes, there are some losers in this equation who will suddenly have more traffic in front of their house. Plans to mitigate these extra cars will not be a 100 percent fix, but they will help.

For years, the neighbors around the corner from this barricade have been shouldering a disproportionate share of the traffic load. It’s time to give them some relief.

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one else has to lose a brother they so dearly love.

We’ve lived in Sammamish for six years now and really like it here.

The natural landscape is very pretty with all the trees (as compared to Texas where we moved from).

However, I can’t help but agree with Mr. Alan Mebane’s comments in his letter printed in the Dec. 29, 2010 Sammamish Forum.

In short, can we please cut down the tree stumps (on 228th Avenue) and replant?

Carolyn Davis Sammamish

Slow down in school zones This letter is to all the drivers who feel it is necessary to pass me when I am doing 20 mph in a school zone (especially on 228th in front of Discovery Elementary).

Those yellow flashing lights mean that there are children coming out of school and many of them are getting ready to cross the street. The students have been taught by their parents and teachers how to properly cross a street such as looking both ways, waiting for a crossing guard or waiting for the light to turn green or the crossing light to flash yellow.

However, children are impulsive and do not always think about the consequences of their actions.

They are more interested in getting out of school and getting to a play date, that is when a child may just dart across a road chasing after a friend.

But since you aren’t paying attention and consider it more important to ignore the speed law, you could be the one hitting that child.

My brother was hit and killed by just such a driver.

This man was in such a rush that he ran a red light, struck and killed my brother who was chasing after a friend. There were a lot fewer cars on the road 30 years ago and fewer safety rules which makes you think today would be safer.

However, people like you continue to ignore the laws and therefore increase the chances of hitting a child.

Please, please slow down so no

Marjorie Pacholec Sammamish

Freed house isn’t free Reading the recent articles on both sides of this issue is amusing.

I don’t advocate burning the place down, only that those interested in preserving this “structure” fund it without taxpayer dollars.

Already, $70,000 is earmarked for this project, and this is $69,999.98 too much (I’ll give my “two cents worth”). This building will need a total renovation with a new roof, siding, windows, foundation, and probably new framing.

What’s left to preserve?

The structure isn’t even architecturally interesting to look at.

When it’s finished what will we do with it? A new building with energy efficient materials would be much better for whatever purpose is proposed.

For those who differ on this, be my guest and preserve it, just don’t use Sammamish citizens’ hard-earned tax dollars to do it.

This city is going to be in the same situation that King County, Washington State and our country are in currently. We are spending more than we have and not doing it in a wise manner. Increasing taxes isn’t going to solve the problem, just exacerbate it.

Every family needs to live within a budget and needs to prioritize expenditures.

Our city needs to do the same.

We can’t print more money like the federal government. Speaking of DC spending on a local project, we jumped at the chance to spend $3.5 million “free” dollars from our rich Uncle Sam, but it wasn’t free.

It was $3.5 million of taxpayer money (actually our kids’ and grandkids’ money) to pay for a project so a few residents could have an easier place to turn into driveways and for a few new plants that will cost for water and maintenance.

To top it off, we had to spend nearly $750,000 of Sammamish residents’ money to finish this

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I recommend City Council members repeal this Freed House earmark and those who want to preserve it either put up their own money or raise it through donations.

We don’t have unlimited resources and the sooner we “all” realize this, the better this city/county/state/country will be.

Steve Repanich Sammamish

From the Web School Board fees too much This is actually the second year in a row that the Washington State School Director’s Association (WSSDA) has increased dues, all while school districts are undergoing severe budget cuts.

While WSSDA has been able to push these votes through despite the vocal objections from districts that represent the clear majority of students by working a technicality in the bylaws, it shows how out of touch they’ve become with their membership. I can’t help but think that they’d be listening closer if See FORUM, Page 5

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are themselves an unfunded mandate for districts.

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Sammamish tax collections drop, bucking state trend Sammamish’s third quarter taxable retail sales dropped by 9.7 percent to $77.3 million from 2009 to 2010, according to the state Department of Revenue.

The measure includes almost all economic activity. King County also saw a drop over the same period of 1.3 percent. Statewide however, the news was better, Washington saw a 0.2 percent increase.

Washington’s taxable retail sales hit $26.5 billion in the third quarter of 2010. While that does mark an increase from 2009, it is sharply lower than the peak of $31.1 billion in 2007.

King County accounted for the lion’s share of taxable retail sales, with $10.1 billion.

Overall Seattle had the most economic activity in the state with $3.85 billion in taxable retail sales. Bellevue came in a distant second with $1.22 billion.

The smallest amount of sales was in Waverly, a city southeast of Spokane with a population of 121, according to the 2000 census. Waverly had $41,848 in retail sales, according to the department.

Retail trade sales were more upbeat. Retail trade is a subset of taxable retail sales that measures only sales that that happen in retail outlets — it excludes sectors such as construction or other industries.

By that standard, the state saw a 2.5 percent increase to $11.9 billion. King County had a 2.8 percent increase to $4.1 billion.

Sammamish jumped 11.7 percent to $23.1 million.

Once again, Seattle led the state with $1.29 billion in retail trade sales Tiny Waverly also came in last in this area, with $8,850.

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Sammamish man charged in child pornography case

By Caleb Heeringa

A Sammamish man is in jail after his estranged wife allegedly found a gun safe full of child pornography.

Joseph Padgett, 48, is being charged with first-degree possession of child pornography in connection with five computers, four external hard drives and a USB thumb drive containing hundreds of images of naked underage

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girls, including some that featured adult men having sex with girls as young as four, according to charging documents filed in King County Superior Court.

Padgett’s estranged wife hired a locksmith to open her husband’s gun safe in July 2010 and discovered the computers, according to the documents. She turned the material over to King County Sheriff’s Office detectives in November 2010.

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Analysis of the computers by law enforcement turned up the child pornography, in addition to photographs of men and women having sex with animals.

Several pictures of Padgett and two underage girls especially concerned investigators. In the pictures, Padgett was embracing the girls, though Padgett had apparently photoshopped large adult female breasts onto them.

“While the pictures are not

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Calling for Kids campaign to help pay for the elementary science curriculum adoption.

Hard said the recent budget cuts from the Legislature’s special session in December — a loss totaling $1 million for the Issaquah district — and the predicted $3.1 million the district could lose in 2011-12 if state legislators approve Gov. Chris Gregoire’s 2011-13 budget, are not expected to affect the curriculum adoptions.

How the process works Once the district determined it would proceed with two curriculum changes, it sent surveys to parents in June 2010. Parents answered questions about their children’s interests and abilities in science or language arts, and asked whether families liked the current curriculum.

The district then posted the survey responses on the district website.

criminal, they are alarming to look at,” the charging documents state. “The way that Joseph is embracing the girls suggest a high-degree of intimacy and that he has a sexual interest in them.”

Padgett is a former police officer who was forced to resign from the San Jose, Calif. police department after being caught secretly videotaping several sex partners. According to a San Jose Mercury News article he was

After the survey, the district formed two committees — one for science and another for language arts. Each committee has one community representative from each of the district’s five areas, teachers and representatives serving specific student populations, including specialneeds students and gifted students.

The committees decided the evaluation protocols, first seeing if each curriculum met state standards and later making sure the material was not biased toward one gender, if it was easy to understand, if it had online components for both students and parents and if it would appeal to students and teachers.

The top materials they choose will make appearances in Issaquah district classrooms during a field test period. The committee asks teachers, students and parents to provide them feedback, seeing if the lessons were clear yet challenging.

During that time, the district will invite the community to two parent preview nights.

acquitted on bribery charges in that case that would have sent him to prison but was found guilty on five misdemeanor charges.

Padgett remains in King County Jail on $75,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned later this month.

Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com.

Using feedback from both the field tests and the preview nights, the committee will look at its resources one last time, and then make a recommendation to the Instructional Materials Committee.

The committee — composed of community members, teachers and librarians — will review the recommendation and make sure the committee properly carried out its work. Parents can also look at the recommendations at the district’s Administration Building during a two-week period: from May 24 to June 7 for high school language arts, and from June 9-23 for the elementary science curriculum.

If the IMC approves the work, it will send the recommendations to the school board in June. If not, the committee goes back to square one, starting the process over again.

Reporter Laura Geggel can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.

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Faiths celebrate World Religion Day About 60 community members from various faiths gathered Jan. 16 to celebrate World Religion Day, said Saeed Zamani, of Baha’is of Sammamish.

The annual worldwide event was the third one held at Sammamish City Hall.

The purpose is to bring together representatives of various Members of the Vedic Cultural Center participate in religious faiths to share the common themes The Baha’is of Sammamish among them, Zamani said. organize the event and brought During the event, mayor in Wassim Fayed, acting imam Don Gerend spoke about the with the Sammamish Muslim history of Sammamish and Association, Harry Terhanian, how the city has promoted a director of the Vedic Cultural strong sense of community Center, Bishop Kyle Johns, of the and ethnic and religious Church of Jesus Christ of Latterdiversity.

Day Saints, pastor David Schull,

Photo by Saeed Zamani

World Religion Day. from Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ and Newport Presbyterian Church member Lyn Lambert.

The event included musical performances and talks on the origin of religion.

Visit www.worldreligionday.org to learn more.

Council plans retreat Sammamish City Council will be holding their annual retreat at the Suncadia Lodge, near Cle Elum, Feb. 3 through Feb. 5.

City department heads are scheduled to meet with the council during the retreat and discuss long-term policy goals and other city issues. The agenda for the meeting will be posted on the city’s website before the retreat.

City Manager Ben Yazici said in an e-mail that last year’s retreat cost about $6,200 for 18 attendees and he expects it to cost about the same this year.

Any residents interested in attending this open public meeting can reserve a room for between $144 and $468 a night.

The resort features a spa, a golf course, a winery and crosscountry skiing trails.

Ballots on the way Voters in the north end of Sammamish will be receiving ballots in the mail this week for a Feb. 8 special election.

A $65.4 million Lake Washington School District levy will be the sole item on the ballot.

The levy, aimed at counter-

ing looming overcrowding issues, would fund expansions of Eastlake and Redmond high schools as well as a brand new secondary school just north of city limits.

Ballots can be mailed back on or before Feb. 8 or dropped off at Redmond or Issaquah city halls.

Residents dump old electronics for E-Cycle Washington Evergreen State residents recycled 39.5 million pounds of outdated TVs, computers and monitors last year through the ECycle Washington program.

The total recycled material beat the amount recycled in 2009 — 38.5 million pounds.

Discarded televisions comprised 61 percent of the total.

The state passed legislation in 2006 to require manufacturers and the Department of Ecology to establish and run a statewide system to collect and recycle electronics.

Manufacturers fund the program.

Sammamish e-cyclers can drop off electronics at the Goodwill Sammamish Donation Center, 630 228th Ave. N.E.

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POlice Blotter Possible overdose Sammamish Police were called to investigate a possible overdose on prescription medication Jan. 5. A man came home to find his wife asleep during the afternoon.

He attempted to wake her during the evening and found her unconscious and foaming at the mouth and called 911.

The woman was transported to Overlake Hospital. The husband told police that she had not made any suicidal comments recently, but was on several prescription medications for bi-polar and other disorders.

Domestic Violence Police arrested a 30-year-old Seattle man on investigation of second-degree assault for allegedly choking his sister Jan. 4. Police were called by the siblings’ parents, who had received a phone call from their daughter saying her brother had choked her.

The call was cut off abruptly.

When police arrived, the fiancé of the brother, who lived at the residence in Sammamish, was uncooperative and refused to let them in the home.

The police contended that they had a right to enter the home to investigate a possible crime and ensure no one was injured. The fiancé continued to

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physically block the police from entering the home and was arrested on suspicion of obstructing an officer, according to the police report.

Police interviewed the victim, who told them her brother had gotten angry at one of his two young children for knocking a plate off a high chair and began shaking the high chair in frustration. When the sister intervened, the two got into a physical altercation in which the man allegedly began to strangle his sister until she could not breathe.

As police were interviewing the sister, her brother, who was not present at the time, returned to the home and was arrested on suspicion of felony assault.

Vandalism A resident on the 22500 block of Northeast Inglewood Hill Road had the back window of his car broken out sometime between Jan. 1 and Jan. 3. The man returned home from house-sitting Jan. 3 to find the window broken, though nothing was taken from the car. Police have no suspects.

Beer heist Police believe they know who drove the getaway car in the theft of an 18-pack of beer from the 7Eleven on East Lake Sammamish Parkway Jan. 8. At around 10:30 p.m. the clerk in the store called police after two men around the age of 18 walked out of the store with the beer and got into a car to drive away.

A customer who was there at the time followed the car and got a license plate number. Police are reviewing video surveillance and continue to investigate the theft.

Broken window A resident on the 22200 block of Southeast 4th Street came home to find her bedroom window broken Jan. 6. Police found a large wood block inside the room that was apparently thrown through the window.

There were no signs that anyone had entered the home through the window or stolen anything from inside. Police have no suspects.

Radio Shack raid A laptop and other items were stolen from the Radio Shack on 228th Avenue on Jan. 5. Just before noon two men entered the store. One of them began asking the clerk questions about iPod accessories that were located in the back corner of the store.

As the clerk assisted that man the second milled around the front, where a laptop was locked down with a metal security cable.

The first man made their pur-

chase and left and shortly after the second man quickly left the store, leaning heavily to his left and walking oddly. It was then that the clerk realized the security cord to the lap top had been cut and the computer was gone, along with an external hard drive and a web cam.

The clerk believes the two men were working together in the theft. One is described as a white male in his mid-40s, 5-foot10, 160 pounds, with a dark jacket over a dark hoodie, blue pants and with a dark goatee.

The second is described as a white male in his late teens to early 20s, about 5-foot-11, skinny with a purple t-shirt and blue jeans. The case remains under investigation.

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ed that their 14-year-old daughter had had her cell phone stolen from her backpack at Skyline High School the morning of Jan. 6. The parent told police that the class had been instructed to leave their bags in the classroom while they went to the library.

When the class returned, several people had items missing.

The case remains under investigation.

Christmas jeer A resident on the 2900 block of 257th Place Southeast had several Christmas and birthday gifts stolen from his front porch Dec. 21. UPS left two packages on the front porch of the home at around 11:45 a.m.

When the man arrived home at around 5 p.m. the packages were gone.

The site manager at a nearby construction site found the boxes, with the man’s address, and delivered them to him several days later, but several of the items in the boxes had been stolen. The case remains under investigation.

Jailblazers A resident on the 2900 block of 256th Court Southeast had various Christmas decorations and a Portland Trailblazers flag stolen from their front yard in the early morning hours of Jan. 5. Police have no suspects.

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Photo by Christopher Huber

Osbert Lee, a Smith Elementary fourth-grader, reads ‘The Shaman King’ while leaning against a book case Jan. 15 during the building’s first birthday festivities.

Happy birthday to the library

By Christopher Huber

Tamara Jaksic and her daughters, Aleksandra, 4, and Gorna, 2, used to walk just 10 minutes to get to the old Sammamish Library. They would check out books and attend the weekly story times, she said.

And even though the new Sammamish Library is nearly an hour’s walk from the Jaksics’ Sammamish home, they still walk to it often, Tamara said.

“They have a lot of activities,” she said. “For moms, that’s a big

thing.”

The Jaksics and other families spent part of their Saturday perusing books and using the computers during the new library’s first birthday commemoration Jan. 15.

The event was low key, but the facility, located next to City Hall, drew dozens of families and regular patrons to watch a short play and enjoy refreshments and the sweeping Seattle views. In its first year in the new location, the Sammamish Library saw dramatic increase in circulation and

overall traffic, said Robbin Gaebler, site manager.

The book checkout rate and visitor gate count went up 25 to 40 percent each month in 2010, compared to that month in 2009, she said. In the new library’s first year, 267,783 people passed through the doors, averaging 26,778 per month. July saw 30,384 patrons visit the library.

And thanks in part to the automated sorting system, the library was able to process almost 900,000 items in 2010, Gaebler said.

Photo by Christopher Huber

Actress Julie Drummond, of Last Leaf Productions, performs for families in the Town Mouse, Country Mouse at the Sammamish Library Jan. 15.

She also said most of the weekly programs have seen increased attendance due to what employees said was easier access to the facility.

“We out circulate Issaquah Library,” she said. “Not only do we like being here … but I think See LIBRARY, Page 11

Fitness resolutions help fill area gyms

By Caleb Heeringa

Photo by Craig Sosey

Yoga instructor Karen Whittier leads (from foreground to background) Vicki Sosey, Julie Fuerstenberg, Tawni van Wageningen and Karen Guinasso in a class at the Sammamish YMCA.

Almost with the stroke of midnight they come, with their resolved determination and dreams of washboard abs and muscular arms.

By the end of February many of them are gone just as quickly as they arrived – frustrated by their lack of progress and distracted by life’s comforts.

They’re the great, flabby horde of January gym rats, fueled by New Year’s resolutions that this year will be different – this will be the year that they finally stick

with their fitness goals and get in shape.

But it doesn’t have to be that way, local health center employees say. With some realistic goals, a set routine and some good oldfashioned dedication, January newbies will still be there – svelte and toned as ever – to see a new round of resolutioners next year.

Small victories Though many people dive head first into a gym with lofty See FITNESS, Page 11

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Maria Judd engaged

Kirk Kauffman and Maria Judd

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goals in mind, they’re better off starting small and working upwards, said Kim Payne, director of the Sammamish YMCA. “You need small and achievable goals that are specific,” Payne said. “Instead of coming in and saying, ‘I’m going to lose 100 pounds,’ just try for six pounds for the month of January … Once you hit one goal you can move onto another.”

Payne said the YMCA sees about 10 percent more new memberships in January than in the average month.

Though everyone’s body functions differently, Amber Owen, fitness director at Columbia Athletic Club, said one-to-two pounds a week is a reasonable weight loss goal, though “even that is stretching it.”

If losing weight through exercise has proven difficult for you

Maria Judd, of Sammamish, has become engaged to Kirk Kauffman of Grandville, Mich.

A June 11 wedding in Grand Rapids, Mich. is planned, and the couple will live in Greenfield, Mass.

Judd is a 2002 graduate of Eastlake and the daughter of Clark and Deborah Judd.

The groom is a 2003 graduate of Jenison High School, and the son of Joseph and Lenora in the past, Owen suggested simply focusing on attendance goals, since getting themselves in the door of a health club can be half the battle for many.

“Tell yourself, ‘I’m going to go to the gym this year,’ “ she said.

“If it’s been three weeks and you’re still going – awesome, you can work from that.”

Accountability Having a gym buddy, joining a class or hiring a personal trainer can be key in helping people stick at the gym. Having someone to keep you accountable to your fitness goals makes it much harder to skip days to do something else.

“If you’ve got a regular appointment at 9:45, it’s something you can put on a calendar that you have to do,” Owen said.

“If it’s just this thing floating in your head that you have to do, it’s going to get pushed to the back of your mind.”

Personal trainers can cost upwards of $50 an hour, but it

Kauffman.

Judd attended Aquinas College and Loyola University of Chicago.

She is an assistane brand manager at New Chapter. Kauffman attended Grand Valley State University and is a staff accountant at John G. Burke and associates.

WSU honor roll The following Sammamish residents have been named to the can be great motivation for those intent on seeing fitness results.

Trainers will help you set goals and are full of tips and tricks to help you reach them, Payne said.

“It can be intimidating at first to walk into a gym if you’ve never really been in one before,” she said. “Having somebody there you can get to know who can encourage you with your goals and work you through things is great.”

Sammamish resident Maria Acosta, 24, found her accountability in her sister Yolanda Acosta, 27. Maria was a resolution-maker herself and started at the YMCA in January 2010. She and her sister started attending a running class with the goal of running the 13-mile Seattle Rock n’ Roll half marathon in June.

“It’s nice to have someone there to hold you accountable,” she said. “If you say you’re going to go, you have to go.”

They were successful, though don’t ask them how long it took.

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Habits and routines Payne and Owen both said the thing that separates the January newbies from the life-long health nuts is the ability to make exercise part of their daily routine. It can take many months, but gym users often find that the thing that had been such a chore for so long eventually starts feeling like an indispensable part of their lives – like eating or sleeping.

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the community likes it.”

During the first-birthday festivities, Sammamish mother Tamara Schiff brought her children, as she does about two times per week, she said.

“I love it. I love the programs they do,” Schiff said. “It’s important the kids come in. I just feel safe in here.”

“Changing behavior is the hardest part,” Payne said.

“Through goal setting those small accomplishments turn into a long-term routine.”

Maria Acosta said it took her about 10 months.

“It wasn’t until October or November of last year that it became something that I just had to do,” she said.

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Sunny Hills students get new perspective

By Christopher Huber

time, focused on perspective. In particular, Rockwell featured the As Art Walk chairwoman work of M.C. Escher, and other Monica Rockwell waited for the artists, such as Salvador Dali and Sunny Hills fourth-graders to Irvine Peacock. enter her makeshift gallery, Born in 1898 in Holland, excitement was in her eyes.

Escher is known for combining She was waiting to share her various vantage points and spepassion for the arts with the cial effects, such as looking up eager students on the second of and down at the same time, the school’s twoaccording to the On the Web day Art Walk National Gallery event Jan. 11.

View some of the M.C. of Art. He is also The Sunny Hills Escher paintings the Sunny known for his Hills students studied at PTA sponsors “metamorphosis” and runs six Art www.nga.gov/collection/galle work and his Walks throughry/ggescher/ggescherrepresentation of out the school main1.html. impossible year, she said, spaces. including a full-on art fair every All Sunny Hills students got a other year. chance to learn about the art, “The third-, fourth- and fifthmethods and ideas behind cergraders are really receptive when tain Escher pieces, as well as parit comes to art,” Rockwell said ticipate in themed in-class art before teacher Jane Ulrich’s projects. Throughout the fall, fourth-graders entered the conthey also studied and conducted ference room-turned gallery. projects in Dada (“nonsense” art), The Jan. 10-11 Art Walk was surrealism and illusion, Rockwell the fourth of the year and, this said.

Photo by Christopher Huber

Sunny Hills fourth-grader Hal Mady, front, and Averie Hasselbalch, view various perspective paintings during the school’s art walk Jan. 11.

During the 20-minute Art Walk sessions, Rockwell taught how a given type of art is supposed to look and then how artists broke rules to push the envelope in a

genre. She goes for that ‘ah ha!’ moment in the students’ minds, she said.

“My goal with the art walks isn’t just to teach students about

individual artists, paintings, or art movements, but to help students connect with art itself in a See ART, Page 13

Students get and give help at library ‘Study Zone’

By Sebastian Moraga

when you’re able to help a student,” Claypool said. “I certainly County libraries want children feel good when I help them find and adults in a zone. The Study resources.”

Zone.

Prospective tutors will be subThe tutoring program now jected to a background check by offers online help to students in the Washington State Patrol, grades kindergarten through 12. according to the program’s webChildren can now meet at the site. Those chosen will undergo a library virtually library-issued oriwith their tutors, entation.

Get in the zone using library Most tutors computers.

Go to the Sammamish can handle The yearlong Library Study Zone from 4 kindergarten program of inp.m.-8 p.m. Mondays, 4 through eighthperson tutoring p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays and grade material, will continue at Thursdays and 6 p.m.-8 and people who all King County p.m. Wednesdays. have an expertise, Library System Call Study Zone such as high branches, includCoordinator Annie Poyner school English or ing Sammamish. at 369-3312 or e-mail her chemistry, can Cindy at apoyner@kcls.org to opt to help stubegin tutor registration.

Claypool, dents taking The website, www.kcls.org, Sammamish teen advanced classes. services librarian, also has a sign up form Math tends to said students available for download. be the most popuwho seek the lar help sought, help of volunteer tutors will Claypool said. develop study habits, get homeThe program will run until work done sooner and have June 16, and then go on hiatus someone to look over their work. until July 5. Then, a summer sesTutors will also benefit, she sion will run until Aug. 26. said. High school students who Tutors must be at least high volunteer can add it to their colschool juniors. Students must be lege résumés. Adults who volunat least in kindergarten. teer can connect with youths.

Subjects tutors will help with “It’s probably very rewarding include the state’s standardized

Contributed

Study Zone tutors can help in any subject. tests and college admission tests, like the SAT. “We’ve got a mix,” Claypool said. “Everything from a retired

gentleman to college age.”

She also said the Study Zone service, which usually runs through the summer, is under-

used. The Sammamish Library is working to get the word out.

See ZONE, Page 13

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The youth also learn about the cultural or economic influences surrounding a movement or a particular artist’s work, Rockwell said.

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personal and meaningful way,” Rockwell said. “I want to make art interesting and relevant, so when students have the opportunity to look at art, their eyes light up and they say ‘Oooh yes! Count me in!’”

As the students listened to Rockwell, they soaked in the dozen or so paintings on the wall, learning how perspective techniques worked in each varying scene.

“The kids that have this available get a certain kind of nourishment they don’t get from academic study,” Rockwell said.

Even though it’s a short experience every month or so, “They remember what they’ve seen before.”

“I want to make art interesting and relevant, so when students have the opportunity to look at art, their eyes light up.”

– Monica Rockwell, Art Walk chairwoman – “It’s interactive, informative and it inspires them,” Ulrich said as her fourth-graders filed out of the gallery. “It ties in so well with what we do in the classroom.”

While area school districts have mostly de-funded arts cur-

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ricula, each school’s PTA organizations have created their own arts programs, which include inclass lessons from volunteer art docents, specialty classes and art walks. Ulrich praised Sunny Hills PTA efforts, as well as Rockwell’s passion and dedication to the program.

“She absolutely just pulls the kids into what she’s talking about,” Ulrich said.

Their program, which brings in professional artists and art docents four to six times per year, teaches more than typical arts and crafts techniques, Ulrich said.

“It’s through our PTA that we have such a good art program,” she said. “Those kids were totally engaged today.”

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.

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“Math is a popular subject up here,” Claypool said. “We’re still woefully under-utilized.”

Sessions last two hours, and students can stay for 10 minutes or the whole time.

Students can bring snacks, assignments and even friends, if they would like a group tutoring session.

For the libraries it’s also free. The King County Libraries’ Foundation supports and sponsors the program, so it does not affect the library system’s operating budget.

A separate program for adult learners is also available online, at www.tutor.com As a whole, the Sammamish Library is one of

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the most used in the county’s system, according to site manager Robbin Gaebler.

In its first year at the new location, the library circulation has grown.

“Study Zone has not seen a similar increase in us; but, I think like so many things, it comes down to getting the word out in the community.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Christopher Huber contributed to this report.

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Eastlake girls battle to beat Skyline

By Christopher Huber

Photo by Christopher Huber

A scrum of Eastlake and Skyline players wrestle for ball possession in the third quarter Jan. 14. As the game went on, both teams struggled to control the ball.

As the clock ran out in the Eastlake gym, the Skyline defense tried to make something work. The Lady Spartans had pressed hard all game and fought for the team’s share of turnovers.

But Eastlake sent junior guard Caleigh McCabe to the line three times in the final 1 minute, 39 seconds. She made four of six and put the score out of reach.

It was a physical battle Jan. 14, but the Lady Wolves won it with strong rebounding, while the shots just wouldn’t fall for Skyline.

Eastlake beat cross-town rivals Skyline 45-33 to improve to 5-2 in KingCo 4A competition and 10-2 overall and stand in second place behind the Issaquah Eagles. The Lady Spartans went to 4-4 in KingCo and 10-5 overall, currently in third place in the Crest Division.

“This is a little surprising for us,” said Skyline coach Greg Bruns. “We’ve been in every single game.”

They weren’t in this one for long. The teams went into the second quarter tied at 10-10. But Eastlake pulled away from there, leading by eight at halftime — the score at 24-16 — and maintaining a comfortable seven- to 10-point lead throughout the second quarter.

The key for Eastlake was staying focused on the plan and winning the battle in the paint, said head coach Sara Goldie. And the girls did that.

“We stuck to the game plan,” said Goldie. “It’s a big win because it’s a division win.”

McCabe led scorers at halftime with eight points. Teammate Sam Naluai had six points and made four of six free throws.

Skyline’s Haley Smith, a sophomore guard, went into the halftime break with six points, but scored only two more in the second half, thanks to Eastlake’s scrappy defense.

“We were a lot better in the second half and kicked it up,” See BASKETBALL, Page 15

Eastlake gymnasts have best showing of the season

By Christopher Huber

Despite facing tough competition at the brand new Issaquah gym, the Eastlake gymnastics team found confidence in new places Jan. 13.

Five meets in, the Lady Wolves tallied thier highest score of the season, finishing with 135.1 points against Issaquah, Bothell and Roosevelt.

Bothell won the meet with 168.4 points, Issaquah took second with 167.85 and Roosevelt scored 160.55 in the Issaquah girls’ first and only home meet of the season.

Eastlake has been working to improve in all areas this season, but it saw the greatest improvement in beam routines.

“I think our best event was beam,” said Eastlake coach Jennette Fuller. “It wasn’t the highest, score-wise, but we’ve improved on beam and it has been a confidence killer in past meets.”

No Eastlake gymnasts finished in the top three among the fourteam competition, but Fuller said this meet, overall, was a confidence booster.

Photo by Greg Farrar

Nicole Rader lets go during her bar routine. She scored a 5.1.

Senior Bianca Barr led Eastlake in every category. She

scored an 8.2 in the vault and a 7.0 in the bars routine. In her

beam performance, Barr scored a 7.7 and finished with an 8.4 in

the floor competition.

In the vault event, Eastlake’s Nicole Rader, a sophomore newcomer, scored an 8.0, as did freshman Emily Rapada. In bars, Rapada and Rader followed Barr with scores of 6.4 and 5.1, respectively.

Behind Barr in the Beam event, Rapada scored a 7.4 and Rader received a 6.1 rating.

“I think, in this one, all the girls did well, which gives them confidence on the other events,” Fuller said.

Eastlake rounded out its performance with Rader and Rapada scoring 8.1 and 7.5, respectively.

Issaquah celebrated its senior night with strong performances from standout Olivia Goree, Anna Fairhart and A.J. Bowers.

Goree placed fourth in the All Around competition after she tallied 35.35 total points in the four events. Fairhart took fifth with 33.95 and Bowers placed sixth with a score of 33.85.

Issaquah lost to Bothell by just .55 points.

“It’s always tight between us and Bothell,” said Issaquah coach See GYMNASTICS, Page 15

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Katy Ainslie named scholar athlete Eastlake’s Katy Ainslie was named a Davis Law Group Scholar Athlete.

Ainslie is captain of the Eastlake girls basketball team.

Ainslie was recently named the most valuable player at the Surf Katy Ainslie and Slam tournament in San Diego.

Eastlake won the tournament.

The program, sponsored by the Davis Law Group is designed to recognize student athletes in their senior year of high school.

The company selects a student each week during the school year, and presents that student

with a $100 college scholarship.

Skiiers start season well Sammamish alpine skier Brooke Wales took 25th overall in the downhill competition Jan. 12 in Altenmarkt Zauchensee, Austria. Wales scored her first Europa Cup points (43.57) after finishing with a time of 1 minute, 8.80 seconds. The time was less than two seconds behind the winner, Stefanie Moser, of Austria, who skied the course in 1:06.91. Wales skis for team USA, but is a member of the Mission Ridge ski club.

Sammamish resident Yina Moe-Lange, who raced for Denmark in the 2010 Olympics, placed 18th overall in the slalom competition Jan. 11 at Snowbird, Utah. She crossed the finish line in 1:38.82, less than five seconds behind winner Anne Cecilie Brusletto, of Norway.

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Williams, Browne All-Americans Skyline football standouts Max Browne and Kasen Williams were recently named All-Americans, according to the prep sports website MaxPreps.

Browne was named to the U.S. Air Force 2010 Sophomore All-American team after thriving as a first-year starter for the Spartans. He completed 294 of 432 passes for 4,182 yards and 50 touchdowns, according to MaxPreps.

Williams, who just competed for the West in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, was named to the 2010 U.S. Air Force AllAmerican team’s first team offense.

During his senior season, Williams caught 86 passes for 1,579 yards and 21 touchdowns, according to MaxPreps, and led Skyline to the 2010 4A state championship game.

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Eastlake boys surprise On the boy’s side, Eastlake upset Skyline 54-50 to improve to 2-5 in league play and 5-8 overall.

Boys basketball Thursday, Jan. 13 Skyline 55, Roosevelt 32 1 2 3 4 Final Roosevelt 8 7 7 10 32 Skyline 17 9 13 16 55 Skyline scoring: Kasen Williams, 16; Lucas Shannon, 13; Bryan Cikatz, 7; Max Browne, Will Parker and Teran Togia, 5.

Girls basketball Wednesday, Jan. 12 Bainbridge 58, Eastside Catholic 49 1 2 3 4 Final Bainbridge 15 11 16 16 58 E. Catholic 13 7 17 12 49 EC scoring: Alex Johnston, 11; Shannon Graves, Shelby Newell and Michaela O’Rourke, 10; Lauren Johnson, 7.

Skyline 60, Garfield 55 1 2 3 4 Final Skyline 16 18 12 14 60 Garfield 9 15 12 19 55 Skyline scoring: Lindsey Nicholson, 22; Megan Weideman, 13; Michelle Bretl, 10; Christy Cofano, 5; Haley Smith, 4.

Wrestling Thursday, Jan. 13 Inglemoor 48, Eastlake 30 103 — Chris Dallas, E, won by forfeit. 112 — Shane Merrill, I, pinned Austin Faccone. 119 — Austin Levy, I, won by forfeit. 125 — Adam Nakanishi, E, pinned Jake Lindloff. 130 — Max Benjamin, E, pinned Brandon Khuu. 135 — Anthony Bratcher, I, pinned Mark Smith. 140 — Nyk Peterson, E, dec Ian Bedo. 145 — Brian Trabun, I, pinned Cole Neves. 152 — Zach Leavitt, E, pinned Brandon Hernan. 160 — Sam Gastineau, I, pinned Ryan Green. 171 — Eric Harper, E, dec Ben Grabowski. 189 — Tyler Patrick, I, won by forfeit. 215 — Ben Carson, I, won by forfeit. 285 — Andrew Stocker, I, won by forfeit.

Franklin 42, Eastside Catholic 39 103 — Truc Pham, F, won by forfeit. 112 — Justin Mah, F, won by forfeit. 119 — Matt Beggs, E,

Basketball said Eastlake’s McCabe.

Skyline also kicked it up a bit, but missed most short shots it could take.

“They really picked up the press in the second half. But we found the open spaces,” McCabe said. “I think we just wanted it more, and it showed on the court.”

In addition to beating Skyline at rebounding, Eastlake knew it had to slow down the Lady Spartan transition game, Goldie said.

“They have great press,” she said about the Spartan defense.

“We needed to stop their transition.”

Lacey Nicholson, Skyline’s sophomore guard, led Spartan scorers with nine points, while Smith had eight. Averaging a double-double per game, junior post Megan Weideman was not a factor against Eastlake. She finished with five points and, fewer than 10 rebounds, Bruns said.

In addition to McCabe’s 12 points, junior post Kendra Morrison had 10 points for the Lady Wolves. Sam Naluai finished with eight and junior guard Abby Carlson scored five points.

And although Skyline did press Eastlake and cause plenty of turnovers, it still struggled to maintain composure and hit much-needed shots down the stretch. Bruns wasn’t thrilled with his team’s defense against Eastlake.

“The defensive effort wasn’t there,” he said.

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Photo by Christopher Huber

Eastlake’s Sam Naluai goes up for a shot in the second quarter Jan. 14 against Skyline.

Skyline led for the entire first half and took a 32-28 lead into halftime. But the Wolves got hot in the third quarter, outscoring the Spartans 19-10 to turn the tables.

Eastlake standout Brandon Lester scored a game-high 21 points and Skyline’s Lucas Shannon led his team with 18 points. For Eastlake, Conner Iraola and Nick Kassuba each had eight points. Skyline’s Will Parker and Kasen Williams finished with

13 and 10 points, respectively.

Eastlake girls top Eastside Catholic, Eastlake boys fall On Jan. 15, the Eastside Catholic hosted Eastlake in a non-league match-up. The Eastlake girls improved to 11-2 on the season after winning 72-51.

The Crusaders’ Michaela O’Rourke led all scorers with a game-high 25 points.

Despite her strong performance, Eastlake got out to an

early lead and finished with a 24-point fourth quarter.

The girls of Eastlake led 199 to begin the second quarter and took a 31-22 lead into halftime. Eastside Catholic scored 16 in the third quarter, but couldn’t close the gap.

Eastlake led 48-38 to end the third and closed it out from there.

Eastside Catholic’s Alex Johnston had nine points.

Eastlake’s Caleigh McCabe finished with 16, Abby Carlson and Kendra Morrison had 15 each and Katy Ainslie scored 11.

The Crusader boys pulled off a last-minute 61-59 win over Eastlake the same day.

Crusader standout Joey Schreiber scored a whopping 26 points to lead all scorers.

The teams tied 15-15 going into the second quarter and Eastside Catholic led 32-29 at halftime. Eastlake tied it back up at 44 apiece by the end of the third. But the Crusaders’ 17-point fourth quarter was just enough to out do the Wolves.

For Eastlake, Iraola scored 20 and Brandon Lester finished with 11. Kassuba scored 10. Eastside Catholic’s Jake Springfield had nine points and Matt Callans and Skyler White each finished with eight points.

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pinned Wong Luu, 2:26. 125 — Michael Nguyen, F, pinned Tanner Eggert, 1:24. 130 — Jake Warfield, E, won by forfeit. 135 — Ronald Lam, F, pinned Rom Bui, 2:40. 140 — Adrian Delacruz, F, pinned Jared Schattenkerk, 0:29. 145 — Jon Obernesser, E, dec David Jasen, 9-7. 152 — Anthony Roy, E, pinned Jack Schleer, 5:47. 160 — Dentin Garrett, won by forfeit. 171 — Kea Roberts, E, pinned Henry Lin, 1:52. 189 — Dean Uppasal, F, won by forfeit. 215 — Joe Stoutt, E, won by forfeit. 285 — Deandre Tacket, F, won by forfeit.

Swimming Coed scores — Eastside Catholic 155, Franklin 136 Girls team scores — Franklin 80, Eastside Catholic 54 200 medley relay — Eastside Catholic (Hitchings, Hughes, Rehn, Caldwell) 2:11.01. 200 free — S. Ryan, F, 2:37.61. 200 IM — McKann, E, 2:44.16. 50 free — J. Tanggol, F, 25.91. 100 fly — J. Tanggol, F, 1:02.47. 100 free — A. Caldwell, E, 1:03.06. 500 free — M. Gray, F, 7:27.42. 200 free relay — Eastside Catholic (Caldwell, Finan, Mills, Alleman) 1:17.64. 100 back — K. Finan, E, 1:14.38.

100 breast — K. Bui, 1:22.88. 400 free relay — Franklin (Tanggol, Ryan, Tu, Lock) 5:00.81.

Boys team scores — Eastside Catholic 101, Franklin 56 200 medley relay — Eastside Catholic (Hallowell, Mulier, Liest, Makan) 1:50.39. 200 free — Leist, E, 2:05.81. 200 IM — Hallowell, E, 1:59.96. 50 free — Makan, E, 22.96. 100 fly — Tran, 1:09.20. 100 free — Wolgamatt, E, 1:01.12.

500 free — Makan, E, 5:28.73. 200 free relay — Eastside Catholic (Buhner, Deest, Leist, Makan) 1:44.44. 100 back — Gabat, F, 1:13.82. 100 breast — Hallowell, E, 1:04.45. 400 free relay — Eastside Catholic (Hyde, Wolgamatt, Deest, Foreman) 4:24.40.

Gymnastics Thursday, Jan. 13 Newport 171.7, Inglemoor 161.95, Skyline 136.2 All-around — 1. Candace Ho, N, 36.55. 2.

Kristine Wong, N, 35.65. 3. Malie Fujii, N, 35.5.

Bars — 1. Candace Ho, N, 9.3. 2. Kristine Wong, N, 9.0. 3. Malie Fujii, N, 8.2. Beam — 1. Katie Thoma, I, 9.1. 2. Malie Fujii, N, 8.9. 3. Kristine Wong, N, 8.8. Floor — 1. Kristine Wong, N, 9.55.

2. Candace Ho, N, 9.5. 3. Malie Fujii, N, 9.3. Vault — 1. Malie Fujii, N, 9.1. 2. Candace Ho, N, 9.0. 3.

Katie Thoma, I, 8.7.

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Ryan Fleisher. “Olivia is always a standout. But even she’s trying new things.”

Goree led the Lady Eagles with a first-place finish in the floor competition (9.8 points).

She tied for fourth place in the beam event after scoring a 9.05.

She and Bowers both scored an 8.3 in the bars routine and tied for fourth place.

In the vault competition, Bowers, who was freshly recovered from an injury, placed third, finishing with a score of 9.2.

She’s coming out with some great skills,” Fleisher said.

Overall, Fleisher said she was happy with Issaquah’s performance against the typically tough Bothell team. The Lady Eagles have always done well on the floor exercise and are growing in the beam competition.

“We’re just continuing to build,” said Fleisher. “I feel like the things we tried worked out.

But still lots of room for improvement.”

Up next, Eastlake competes at Roosevelt at 7 p.m. Jan. 20.

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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The Bellevue-Issaquah chapter of Trout Unlimited is holding a fundraiser to help the group in its work to restore Kokanee salmon in Lake Sammamish.

The fundraiser will include a dinner, hold-em poker tournament and silent auction. A $50 donation is requested at the door.

The event is set for 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 22 at the Lake Sammamish Elks Lodge, 765 Rainer Blvd. N. in Issaquah.

Mountains to Sound greenway needs help planting native plants into pots so they can grow before being planted in the wild.

The plantings are scheduled for Jan. 22 and 29 at the Greenway Native Plant Nursery in Issaquah. Visit www.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer.

McAuliffe Elementary will hold a used book sale from noon3 p.m. Jan. 27 and 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Jan 28 and 31 at the school. Book prices will range from 50 cents to $2.

The Redmond Association of Spoken Word will host featured readers Esther Altshul Helfgott and Ann Teplick, along with an open mic reading, during their monthly meeting from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center.

The Eastlake Dance and Drill invitational, sponsored by the dance team boosters will feature performances in different dance styles by the Eastlake Dance team, the Western Washington University Hip Hop Dance Team and Gotta Dance.

Admission is $7, children under 5 are free.

Proceeds will help send Eastlake’s team to the state competition in March. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Feb. 5 at Eastlake. For more information, visit www.EHSdanceteam.com.

A mobile mammography facility will be available for Sammamish residents. The mobile facility features the same equipment used at Evergreen Hospital, but you do not need to be an Evergreen patient to use the facility. It is available from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Evergreen Primary Care Center, 22850 N.E. Eighth St. For an appointment, call 899-2831.

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denominational, prayer support group for moms to get together and pray for children and schools. For more information, call Jan Domek, Issaquah School District representative, at 6816770, or Kelly Wotherspoon, Lake Washington School District representative, at 392-2291, or visit www.MomsInTouch.org.

Pine Lake Covenant Church offers a ministry for children with special needs at 10:30 a.m.

Sundays. Call 392-8636.

“Caffeine for the Soul,” a free Judaic and Torah class for women, is from 1-1:45 p.m. every Tuesday at Caffé Ladro in Issaquah Highlands Shopping Center. Contact Chabad of the Central Cascades at 427-1654.

Free Hebrew classes are offered through Chabad of the Central Cascades. Call 427-1654.

Kabalat Shabbat is offered in the Chabad house at the Issaquah Highlands at 7 p.m. Fridays. New members and guests are welcome. Call 427-1654.

Learn to read and speak Samskritam at the Vedic Cultural Center. To register, visit www.vedicculturalcenter.org.

Community Bible Study, open to all women, meets Thursday mornings. To register for the current class, or for more information, visit www.redmondcbs.org.

Bhajan Bliss. Join musicians and singers to learn traditional devotional bhajan, and how to make vegetarian pizzas and samosas from 7:30-9 p.m. Fridays at the Vedic Cultural Center.

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Religious/spiritual Mary, Queen of Peace youth groups are for children in sixth-eighth grade and ninth-12th grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m.

Sundays. Call the church at 3911178, ext. 129.

Faith United Methodist Church offers “Faith Cafe” for women of all ages. The café features drop-in coffee time, scrapbooking/stamping, mom & baby playgroup, quilting/knitting and walking group. There will also be one-off classes, studies and themed days. 9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays. Call Jo Lucas at 837-1948.

Healing Prayer Service. If you have a physical, emotional or spiritual challenge or if you desire to make space for God in a peaceful setting, attend the Missio Lux Healing Prayer Service the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish.

Become a healing prayer minister by joining either weekly sessions from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Fridays, or monthly weekend classes in November, January and March. E-mail tamara@missiolux.org or call 890-3913.

The Social Justice Book Group meets at 1 p.m. the third Monday of each month in Sammamish.

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Finding the right college for you, a seminar presented by Collegewise, will help students be a savvy college shopper, learn ways to recognize what types of colleges might be a good fit and discuss how to visit colleges at 1 p.m.

Jan. 22 at the Sammamish Library. shlcministries@yahoo.com for information on the current book being discussed and location.

Celebrate Recovery, a Christcentered program offering sup-

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port and a path to freedom, meets every Monday, 7-9 p.m. at Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E. For more info, go to 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. Thursday nights at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

Moms In Touch is an inter-

Hello English! Learn English in a structured environment. For beginners. at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 and 27. For intermediate students at 10 a.m. Jan. 25 Talk Time, conversation practice in English, is at 7 p.m. Jan. 25.

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a.m. Jan. 21 and 28.

Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult at 4 p.m. Jan. 20 and 27.

Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Jan. 20 and 27 and 11 a.m. Jan. 19 and 26.

Spanish Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Jan. 22 and 29.

Pajama Story Time, for ages 2-6 with an adult, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 31.

Preschool Story Time, for ages 3-6 with an adult, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Jan. 21 and 28 and 10 a.m. Jan. 19 and 26.

The Sammamish Book Group will read “Carrying the Fire — An Astronaut’s Journeys”

by Michael Collins and discuss the books at 7 p.m. Jan. 19.

The Mother Daughter Book Club, for girls ages 10-13 and their mothers, will discuss “Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry at 3 p.m. Jan. 29.

Classes Beyond Baby Blues, a dropin postpartum depression support group, meets from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursdays at New Parents Services, 11911 N.E. First St., No. 300, in Bellevue. Participants must call to confirm 450-0332, ext. 3.

Sammamish Presbyterian Church is hosting a series of dif-

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ferent fitness classes, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:307:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Billie Donahue at 785-2880. Classes are free and no registration is required.

The Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition is hosting English Language Classes at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Pine Lake Covenant Church.

Volunteers needed Visit residents in nursing homes. Friend to Friend matches volunteers with residents in Sammamish nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Volunteers are asked to visit residents a couple times a month for a year. Orientation will be provided. Background check required.

For information, call 1-888-3837818.

Northwest Center accepts donations of clothing and household items at “The Big Blue Truck” open at the Pine Lake QFC shopping center from 9 a.m.

- 6 p.m. seven days a week.

Donations are tax deductible. For more information, visit www.bigbluetruck.org.

Evergreen Healthcare is seeking volunteers to help serve patients throughout King County.

Volunteers, who will be assigned to help people in their own neighborhoods, provide companionship, run errands, do light household work, or give a break to primary caregivers. Volunteers will be supported by hospital staff. For more information, call

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At Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation we double the amount of therapy so you go home faster!

Donald was admitted to Valley Hospital for pulmonary care.

Issaquah Nursing & Rehab was his only choice when he returned for a second time October 21st. He went home on December 22, 2010 just in time for Christmas.

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The King County LongTerm Care Ombudsman Program needs certified longterm care ombudsman volunteers. After completing a four-day training program, visit with residents, take and resolve complaints and advocate for residents. Volunteers are asked to donate four hours a week and attend selected monthly meetings. Contact John Stilz at 206694-6747 or johns@solidground.org.

Eastside Bluebills is a Boeing retiree volunteer organization that strives to provide opportunities for retirees to help others in need and to assist charitable and nonprofit organizations. Eastside Bluebills meet every third Wednesday of the month at the Bellevue Regional Library from 10 a.m. - noon. Call 235-3847.

LINKS, Looking Into the Needs of Kids in Schools, places community volunteers in the schools of the Lake Washington School District.

Opportunities include tutoring, classroom assistance and lunch

buddy. Just one hour a week can make a difference in a child’s life.

For more information, e-mail links@lwsd.org or visit www.linksvolunteer.org.

Eastside Baby Corner needs volunteers to sort incoming donations of clothing and toys and prepare items for distribution. Go to www.babycorner.org.

Volunteers are needed to visit homebound patrons with the King County Library System’s Traveling Library Center program. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and have reliable transportation. Call Susan LaFantasie at 369-3235.

Sammamish Citizen Corps Council needs volunteers to help support the Community Emergency Response Team and other groups. For more information e-mail info@sammamishcitizencorps.org, visit www.sammamishcitizencorps.org or attend the meeting from 7-8 p.m. first Wednesday of every month at Fire Station 82.

Volunteer drivers are needed for the Senior Services Volunteer Transportation Program. Flexible hours, mileage, parking reim-

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Guide Dogs for the Blind Eager Eye Guide Pups Club needs volunteers to raise puppies for use as guide dogs for the blind. For information, call Sandy at 425-644-7421.

Volunteer Chore Services links volunteers with seniors or individuals who are disabled and are living on a limited income.

Call 425-284-2240.

Clubs, groups Sammamish Heritage Society meet at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month in the Pine Lake Community Center. Visit www.sammamishheritage.org.

To submit items for the Community Calendar, contact the editor at 392-6434, ext. 233.

Information may be e-mailed to samrev@isspress.com or mailed to the Sammamish Review, P.O. Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 98027.

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Senior Living Provider: Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and Clinics has introduced a new program to develop on-site clinics in senior living facilities. This enables senior residents to access medical care easily, without the need to travel.

The Primary Care for Senior Living program is seeking a full or part-time primary care provider to provide care to seniors residing in senior living facilities. This position would travel to several contracted retirement apartments, assisted living and other senior living facilities in the area to provide primary care. The provider would also participate in program development and community outreach activities to promote this new service. Must enjoy seniors. Gerontology experience preferred. Current Washington ARNP or PA license.

Part Time Medical Assistant: The Primary Care for Senior Living service is seeking a Medical Assistant to travel to senior living facilities and assist the primary care provider. Duties include registering patients, taking vitals and injections and assisting with exam or treatment. Will provide phlebotomy, perform in-office labs and transport lab specimens to SVH lab. You must be a graduate of an accredited program for medical assistant. Experience preferred. Must enjoy seniors and have great customer service skills. M - F, 25-30 hours per week.

Clinical Nurse Manager - Emergency Department Full-time opening, the Clinical Nurse Manager reports to the Operations Director for ED and Inpatient Services and is a resource for clinical staff (RN, LPN, ER Tech) day to day needs based on acuity, patient mix and infection control protocols; provides leadership in team building, skills and competency evaluation of staff and customer service; participates in quality initiatives; provides interdepartmental coordination of resources necessary to support patient needs.

Qualified candidates will have at least 3 years emergency nursing experience with progressive responsibility, have a current RN license from the state; current BLS, PALS, ACLS certification and TNCC preferred; excellent communication skills, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.

Senior Wellness Clinic RN - Part Time Opening with our Senior Care Program to conduct wellness clinics at three community senior centers to coach and motivate senior enrollees to set healthy lifestyle goals for themselves and promote better self-management of chronic health conditions. In addition, model and/or instruct positive ways for enrollees to communicate their health care needs and concerns to their primary care providers. RN will coordinate clinics with senior center managers. Qualified candidates will have at least 5 years clinical nursing experience, have a current RN license from the state and the ability to work independently with outside facilities. Previous geriatric experience a plus.

Per Diem Opportunities - If you are interested in employment with SVH, but we currently are not seeking your specialty in a Full-time or Part-time capacity, please consider employment in a Per Diem capacity. The following positions are open for on-going Per Diem recruitment: • Emergency Room (RN) • ER Technicians • Physical Therapists

Benefits center around our commitment to your work/life balance. You will also enjoy competitive pay, free medical and dental insurance. 403b and 457 retirement plans, paid vacations and holidays and life insurance.

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Notice is hereby given under SMC 24.25.160 that the City of Sammamish Planning Commission will hold a public hearing regarding proposed changes to the Sammamish Municipal Code.

SUMMARY of AMENDMENTS: The Planning Commission is considering amendments to the Sammamish Municipal Code. The proposed amendments to the Sammamish Municipal Code will: 1) Adopt revised Surface Water Management regulations governing the implementation and adoption of the 2009 King County Surface Water Design Manual. Revisions will require the relocation of provisions contained within SMC 15.05 to a newly created SMC Title 13 – Surface Water Management.

2) Incorporate provisions contained in King County Code (KCC) Title 9 into a newly created SMC Title 13 – Surface Water Management. Provisions of KCC Title 9 that are not applicable to the City of Sammamish will not be incorporated into Title 13.

3) Adopt the City of Sammamish Surface Water Design Manual, which is based upon the adopted 2009 King County Surface Water Design Manual and will include an addendum to address specific needs in Sammamish.

HEARING SCHEDULE: The City of Sammamish City Council will hold a Public Hearing on January 20, 2011, starting at 6:30 PM at the City of Sammamish City Hall, located at 801 - 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: A copy of the draft amendments may be obtained by visiting the City’s website at www.ci.sammamish.wa.us or by contacting City of Sammamish, contact name and address listed below.

CITY CONTACT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO: Debbie Beadle, Community Development, Sammamish City Hall, 801228th Ave SE, Sammamish, WA 98075, phone: (425) 2950500, email: dbeadle@ci.sammamish.wa.us.

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