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February 6, 2013 Locally owned 50 cents

Plan unveiled for Possible measles exposure in Skyline stadium some Klahanie businesses

By Warren Kagarise

By Lillian O’Rorke

Superintendent Steve Rasmussen has given the Issaquah School District the OK to move forward on a nearly $6.5 million facelift for the stadium at Skyline High School.

Rasmussen signed off on the project Jan. 24, the day after he and the school board received a presentation on the topic during the board’s regular business meeting.

The improvement project includes moving the home side to the west side of the field where new covered aluminum bleachers will have seats for 2,500 Spartan fans.

New support facilities, including locker rooms, restrooms and concessions, will form a horseshoe around the south end the field where a large scoreboard will stand out as a feature element.

“We are trying to maximize what we can get built,” said Steve Crawford, director of capital projects for the district. “We’ve been having district discussions and it’s the only option that fits within the budget. It minimizes the impact to scheduled school

Trader Joe’s to replace Ace Hardware Sammamish may soon have its own Trader Joe’s.

According to an application for building permits submitted to the city, Trader Joe’s will move into the space in Sammamish Highlands Shopping Center soon to be vacated by Ace Hardware.

Representatives at Trader Joe’s corporate office and Regency Centers, which manages the shopping center, declined to comment on the new

activities on the field.”

Crawford was part of a committee made up of four community representatives and seven Skyline staff members, including coaches, which has been discussing the topic since July. While it was not a unanimous vote by the committee, the design, he said, has the support of the majority, including Skyline’s athletic director, principal and football coach Mat Taylor.

According to Crawford, the stadium could be ready for September home football games.

The original goal, said Skyline’s principal, Lisa Hechtman, was not to lose any home games for any sport. However, she wants the Spartans to be prepared for delays.

“What I have learned in doing construction jobs with schools is that it never goes completely totally one-off the plan. You go with plan A and you just have plan B waiting in the wings all the time,” Hechtman said. “Now that we have the idea that we can move forward, it allows my (athletic director) to start planning.”

Unlike Issaquah and Liberty

Customers at businesses in Klahanie could have been exposed to measles in recent days, local public health officials said Wednesday.

The case is the second person with confirmed measles in King County since Jan. 25. The infected person is a King County resident and contracted measles from a contagious traveler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Before receiving the measles diagnosis, the local resident might have exposed others to measles at QFC and Starbucks in Klahanie Center.

Measles is easily spread and highly contagious, although

most people are immune to the disease due to vaccinations.

Public Health – Seattle & King County said the resident might have exposed others to measles at QFC, 4570 Klahanie Drive S.E., on: u Jan. 23 between 3-7 p.m. u Jan. 24 between 3-7 p.m. u Jan. 25 between 3-7 p.m. u Jan. 29 between noon to 2:30 p.m.

The resident might have exposed others to measles at Starbucks, 4566 Klahanie Drive S.E., on: Jan. 26 between 9-11:30 a.m.

The resident also exposed employees and students at Tiger Mountain Community High School to measles.

The health agency recom-

mends that people at the same locations at the same time as the contagious resident should: Find out if they have been vaccinated for measles or have had measles previously.

Call a health care provider promptly if they develop an illness with fever or illness with an unexplained rash.

Officials said people exposed to the disease and not immune are likely to become ill between Jan. 30 and Feb. 19.

The first confirmed measles case was a traveler who made a stop at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Jan. 18.

People in the same areas as the traveler at the airport between 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. were exposed to measles.

‘Cheer’ful champs

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store or say when it will open.

Last year, Regency gave Ace a yearlong extension on its lease while it searched for a new location in Sammamish, but two proposed locations failed to materialize. Ace’s lease extension runs out in August.

Trader Joe’s is a chain of specialty grocery stores that offer a range of gourmet and organic foods. The company currently has 395 stores, with the highest concentration in California. Both Issaquah and Redmond have Trader Joe’s stores.

Photo contributed by Stephania Lemeshko

The Skyline Green Cheer team won its third consecutive state title Jan. 26 when it outscored the competition by nearly 50 points. See story Page 8.

Wolves fall to Eagles

Skyline alum teaches tech

Sports page 8

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SAMMAMISH REVIEW

City to add sidewalk, bike lanes to 244th near Beaver Lake Park

By Ari Cetron

A stretch of 244th Avenue near the Beaver Lake Park playing fields is on track to be overhauled later this year.

Laura Philpot, public works director for Sammamish, presented the plans for the roadway to the City Council Jan. 22. The stretch of 244th from 24th Street to 32nd Street could see a $1.7 million renovation this summer.

The plan calls for adding bike lanes to both sides of the road and a sidewalk to the east side.

Once completed, it would be similar to Southeast 20th Street, with twin bike lanes and a single sidewalk.

The plan is to, in part, allow safer pedestrian access along the road.

“I’ve actually used this as a … pedestrian, and there is not a lot of room,” Philpot said.

She noted that some councilmembers had suggested changing

the sidewalk to gravel rather than a paved area. However, she said that would not account for substantial cost savings since either way the plan calls for retaining walls.

One potential problem might be a drainage culvert which goes under the roadway. It is too early to tell, but the city might be expected to replace the culvert as it goes through the permitting process. If so, that would likely push the project over budget by $80,000. Without the culvert, it should stay within the budgeted amount.

“We’re hoping we don’t have to widen this culvert,” said City Manager Ben Yazici.

If all continues as planned, Philpot said the city expects to finalize the design in the coming months and return to the City Council to award a construction contract in early July, with an eye toward work starting in late July.

Photo by Caleb Heeringa

Vehicles travel down 244th Avenue near Beaver Lake Park Feb. 1. The road is due to get bike lanes and a sidewalk between Southeast 24th Street to Southeast 32nd Street this summer.

GOP bid to fund education first falls flat on party-line vote

By Kylee Zabel, Reporter WNPA Olympia News Bureau

A showdown on the House floor Feb. 1 over an amendment offered by Republicans, which would create a separate budget for K-12 education funding, provoked Enumclaw Rep. Cathy Dahlquist (R) to ask, “Where has the majority party been the last 10 years?”

Democrats, who are in the majority, rejected the Republican proposal in a 52-41 roll-call party-line vote.

The proposal, known as “Fund Education First,” would have required a separate budget to be formed for public education and would require it to be funded before all other budgets.

Education funding is now part of the general state operating budget. The Republicans first introduced this legislation in 2006 and have done so each year.

Placing blame on Democrats for being inactive on the public education financing front, Dahlquist charged, “We would not be asking for this amendment today if the majority party had done what they were supposed to do and upheld their paramount duty to fund education first.”

While Republicans urged their counterparts to pass the

amendment, Democrats refused, saying that funding education separately would fail to address the multiple financing and operational shortfalls present in Washington’s education system.

Rep. Ross Hunter (D-Medina) said that the proposal before the House doesn’t actually address the Supreme Court’s McCleary Decision, citing the disproportionate amount of times the ruling mentions the word “funding” versus the word “first;” 233 times to 13 times, respectively.

In the Jan. 2012 McCleary v.

State decision, the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously declared that the Legislature must meet its 2018 funding mandate outlined in a 2010 bill signed into law by Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Measures include the state allocating more than $9,000 per student per year, paying 95 percent of pupil transportation costs, reducing class sizes, funding fullday kindergarten and providing money for supplies, maintenance and operating costs.

More than $10,000 is being spent now on each student annually by a combination of state and federal funding.

However, Hunter stated that the Republican proposal is nothing but superficial compliance.

“It’s a waste of time and will dis-

tract the public,” he said.

Rep. Gary Alexander (R-Olympia) maintained that “Fund Education First” is more than a Republican slogan.

“It’s not going to delay the process,” he said. “We’ve already demonstrated we can do this in a very responsible way and in a very timely way.”

But, Rep. Timm Ormsby (D-Spokane) says he’d rather fund education right, than first. He stated that for some Washington students and families, realities of hunger, lack of shelter and poor health can take precedence over concerns for education.

“We have a long history of knowing that separate is not equal,” he said. “We [need to] fund education in the context of all of our other obligations, not separate.”

Two freshman legislators, Rep. Drew MacEwen (R-Union) and Rep. Chad Magendanz (R-Issaquah), quoted President Obama as claiming a world-class education is the solution to poverty.

“The path out of poverty is a quality education,” said MacEwen. “Let us say to the children in Washington that we, in the House, will stop holding education funding hostage to other political needs.”

Bathroom wall threat caused a scare at Beaver Lake Middle School Beaver Lake Middle School’s security was heightened Jan. 23 when a custodian there found a threat on the wall of the boys’ restroom.

With the help of police, school authorities determined a low probability of immediate danger for students and staff. However, campus was secured with extra officers.

The student has been identified and placed in police custody.

No weapons or any other evidence that would lend credence to the threats were found in the suspect’s possession.

The school’s principal, Stacy Cho, sent a letter to the Beaver Lake community in which she shared the building’s protocol for such a situation.

“The student who has made a threat at school is emergency

PTA gives Sunny Hills $5,000 for books The Issaquah School Board approved a $5,000 donation from the Sunny Hills Elementary PTA during the board’s regular meeting Jan. 23.

The money will be used to buy

expelled, and that does not end until trained medical professionals give clearance. We do not make that determination as a school. Once the student is stable and not perceived to be a risk, then we will discuss next steps with the family. Our main goal is to keep all students safe and ensure that the individual student that made the threat is getting support. In this situation, we are continuing to work closely with the authorities, and I am confident the BLMS staff is doing their utmost to keep your children safe.”

Beaver Lake has been making security changes since January, which includes locking the external wing doors during the school day. Cho also explained that while her staff is already trained to respond to emergency situations, they also plan to spend time focusing on the mental health of their students.

As well, the school is working with Friends of Youth to build awareness about warning signs.

“Just Right” books for classroom libraries. The books are part of a leveled reading method that determines how well individual students within the same classroom read and then matches them to books that are challenging enough for them to make progress.

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SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Smoldering grill leads to house fire in north end

By Caleb Heeringa

A smoldering grill is believed to have ignited a fire that damaged a home in the Heritage Hills neighborhood Feb. 2.

Eastside Fire & Rescue crews responded to the report of flames coming from a home on the 22000 block of Northeast 26th Place at 11:09 p.m, according to an EFR press release.

The occupants were sleeping at the time but were able to evacuate by the time firefighters arrived.

EFR and Redmond Fire Department units extinguished the flames that were creeping up the rear of the home and into the attic and spent several hours making sure the blaze didn’t reignite.

All told, the fire caused approximately $75,000 worth of damage to the home and $50,000 worth of smoke and water damage to the contents.

King County fire investigators believe the fire originated in an outdoor grill that had not been fully extinguished.

Mosque proposal to go before hearing examiner A proposed mosque just north of Pine Lake will get judicial review next week.

Proponents and opponents of the project will make their case before a hearing examiner at a public meeting at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 11 at City Hall.

The hearing examiner is expected to issue a ruling on the project a week or two afterwards, Senior Planner Evan Maxim said in an email.

The Sammamish Muslim Association’s proposed prayer house, located on the 22000 block of Southeast 20th Street, would include a 44-stall parking lot. Opponents of the project, united under the banner of Friends of Southeast 20th Street, appealed the city’s approv-

February 6, 2013 al of the project, saying the additional traffic could impact the residential character of the neighborhood and disturb neighbors.

The facility, a converted single-family home, would hold morning and evening prayers as early as 5:30 a.m. and as late as 10 p.m., though mosque leaders say only a handful of worshipers attend at those times. The parking lot is needed for more well-attended events like Friday prayers, weddings and community potlucks, they say.

Lake Washington District to hike all-day k fees The Lake Washington School Board approved a 16 percent rise in its allday Kindergarten fee at a Jan. 28 meeting.

The fee will rise from $3,300 a year to $3,500 for the 2013-2014 school year. The increase leaves Lake Washington’s rate a bit below that of Issaquah School District ($3,600) and Mercer Island School District ($4,100), but more expensive than Bellevue School District ($3,300) and Renton School District ($3,000).

Half-day Kindergarten is provided for all students through state funding, but all-day classes require an annual fee from parents.

According to board meeting materials, the fee increase is designed to recoup rising administrative and utility costs for the district’s all-day program. The rate has not been increased since the 2009-2010 school year.

Families whose children qualify for free or reduced lunch will continue to get a discount,

glaring in their eyes during games and that much of the wind would be blocked during track and field meets.

But not everyone is happy with design. Some community members feel move home side seating to the west goes against tradition.

The debate came to a head last fall when the committee gridlocked on the topic, said Crawford.

Mike Shin, a Skyline parent, spoke at the Jan. 23 school board meeting urging the district not to rush to a decision about the home side.

He also said he is against building the cheaper aluminum seating instead of concrete grandstands.

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though their rates will rise as well. Families whose children qualify for reduced lunch will pay $1,260, up from $1,180.

Free-lunch students will be charged $700, up from $650.

County buyback event collects 716 weapons King County and partner agencies collected 716 firearms and distributed $68,000 in gift cards during a gun-buyback event Jan. 26.

The operation, held in downtown Seattle near Seattle Police Department headquarters, collected 348 pistols and 364 rifles — including three “street sweepers,” or shotguns with a high-capacity magazine capable of holding See BUYBACK, Page 5

money away here. We fought very hard to get the $6.5 million. We don’t want aluminium bleachers,” he said. “I just want to make sure that you are looking at all the avenues here and I don’t think you are.”

Crawford said that while concrete is nice, it’s not cost effective and that the consensus in the committee was to spend the money on the cantilever roof instead.

“It will be nice to be able to move forward,” said Hechtman. “I’m looking forward to experiencing the new Spartans stadium, building some new memories and nice, new traditions. I hope it’s something the community embraces and can be proud of.”

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Skyline’s new support facilities will go up around the south end of the football field and would include locker rooms, restrooms, storage, coaching offices and concessions.

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high schools, Skyline’s stadium is the only one that doesn’t have covered seating on the home side.

Changing that became reality last April when voters approved the $219 million bond, which included $6.485 million for the project.

Various other designs and bid options have been considered since then but were abandoned after estimates came in over budget.

The only one that didn’t go over is a mixed contract approach.

By separating the project into three separate bid packages, in which a general contractor will only be hired to build the new support facilities, the district will save almost $2 million.

This means that the district will be more involved in the project’s management, said Crawford, but it allows them to get more done with a smaller amount of time and money.

“When you are starting into an opportunity like this, it’s your opportunity

to dream,” said Hechtman.

She explained that when it first met, the committee wrote a long wish list that included more storage, shelter from the weather, concrete bleachers and increased usability for teaching and community events.

“Everything was on the table; and then we just started looking at how do you get the biggest bang for your buck,” Hechtman said. “It’s like trying to cook spaghetti…whatever sticks to the wall.”

The design includes a cantilever roof, which was a big must for the commit-

tee because it doesn’t use view-obstructing support poles in the middle of the seating.

It will also give the school more than 3,500 square feet of dry storage.

Right now, the field’s storage is under the bleachers, which is the low point in the drainage system, so having dry storage sounds heavenly, the principal said.

Hechtman and Crawford said that moving the home seating to the west side of the field was favored by many of the coaches because it would mean the sun would no longer be

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Review editorial Separating education is not a budget solution Last Friday, the House of Representatives split along party lines on a proposal to create a separate budget for K-12 education funding. If approved, the education budget would need to have been funded before the state could look at its other obligations.

It’s just not that simple.

The state constitution says that education is to be the paramount duty of the state government, but it never really gets into what paramount means.

However, thinking of it only in terms of school funding is overly simplistic. While dollars are extremely important, there’s a lot more to education than making sure teachers have adequate resources.

House Republicans said their proposal to split the budget was meant to address the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision that the Legislature wasn’t funding education properly. That might be more believable if they hadn’t been pushing the measure every year since 2006.

In reality, the plan had little to do with education and more to do with stripping funding from the sorts of social programs the GOP has never liked to begin with.

If education was funded first, there would be less left over for everything else, and “everything else” contains some important programs which also contribute to education.

Rep. Chad Magendanz (R-Issaquah) quoted President Obama saying a world-class education is the solution to poverty.

We couldn’t agree more. But education goes handin-hand with housing, food to eat and health care.

Students can’t learn without all of those ingredients and more. Whether or not an education budget is separate from the general state operating budget is immaterial. All roads lead to the same tough decisions.

Our legislators need to find necessary budget cuts and new revenue sources to make education the top priority. Introducing bills destined to be nothing more than team building for the political parties is not the way to non-partisan solutions.

The voters have made it clear they want their representatives to make education funding the priority above all else. They’ve also made it clear that partisan politics cannot be an excuse for stymying the process. Last Friday’s vote was just business as usual. We’re disappointed.

Poll of the week

Should the state “fund education first?”

A) Yes, its the easiest way to make sure we’re doing what we should.

B) No. The idea is about politics, not education.

To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com.

OPINION

SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Sammamish Forum Help the neighbors with EFR funding I recently advocated for the city of Sammamish to be generous in its contribution to the Eastside Fire & Rescue budget because we have the wealth to do so. In his letter to the Review, Gene Pope advocated for our city to pay the lowest amount possible.

These contrasting views highlight an issue that is directly applicable to the EFR funding debate, including its budget shortfall – the growing income and wealth disparity in King County and across America.

Our economy has lost its efficiency in generating broad-based wealth. No amount of arguing that the wealthy ‘earned it’ and should ‘keep all they can’ will refute the prima facie evidence. A few are gaining while the rest decline. It is utterly hypocritical when some who have benefitted from an economy and a tax system that are being systematically transformed to funnel wealth to the top declare any attempt to reverse this trend to be patriotic blasphemy, e.g. Marxism or Socialism as is often done.

The fundamental question I raise is whether ‘ability to pay’ should be considered in the EFR cost allocation formula. Perhaps the following will help you understand why I, a homeowner support this.

First, the median household income of North Bend families is $77,462. It is $128,006 in Sammamish, a difference of more than $50,000!

Second, under the EFR funding formula promoted by Sammamish, North Bend would see a 50% increase while Sammamish would pay 12% less.

Through the luck of genetics, nutrition, educational opportunities and a host of other factors completely outside of a person’s control, some are better at accumulating wealth than others. And those with greater wealth are the only residents with the resources to ensure that our neighbors have affordable fire and rescue services. As the adage states, ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’.

I realize that my generalization cannot encompass all Sammamish

residents’ economic circumstances.

Nevertheless, I encourage you to support our EFR community by telling the City Council to contribute more so that others may benefit from Sammamish’s wealth, ‘friendliness’, and generosity.

Michael J. O’Connell Sammamish

Make Ace work Neighbors, help me out here.

We citizens of Sammamish are paying for a $25 million aquatic center, that money coming from tax reserves.

Reserves? Strange place to put a lot of money — hope it’s earning a high rate of interest.

We citizens are driving on roads, 228th is a perfect example, that are full of little squiggly tar fillers and are dotted with manhole covers that offer up a very bumpy ride.

And we citizens have been unable to convince someone on high that Ace Hardware is a necessity to just about everyone who lives up here. And officials stop it because wetlands and other logistics render it undoable. Really?

The fact that our City Council has found every reason to make it impossible for Ace to build their own building, with their own money, in our tiny community is really narrow-minded!

I would think once in a while a City Council member might need a particular washer, bolt, nail, or a one-of-a-kind fix-it doodad that only Ace can provide. It might be a 25cent cash register ring, but the money saved on gas and time adds up!

And there’s no way you will ever get one-on-one service coupled with product knowledge like you do at Ace. Ace has saved many home projects in our household, as I’m sure it has in others around here.

So I say, never mind the fish and the wetlands. Let’s keep Ace as one of our core businesses in the Safeway strip mall. I’ve yet to see a fish fix a leaking sink, but Ace can certainly get the job done.

There certainly must be a few workarounds that could keep this necessary business.

Those of you, who agree with me, please do whatever you can to support our community and continue to endorse Ace. If it’s a fish habitat we’re saving, how about building a bridge?

Glenda Jackson Sammamish

Its not that easy I was truly offended by a letter writer with her condescending distortions. “When a National Rifle Association ad simply pointed out that the school the president’s girls attend is protected by armed guards.” Really?

Does the writer really think there is any real comparison or even a reasonable excuse to use the children of the President as political fodder and that this ad was so simple and innocent?

I certainly hope she does not truly believe us all such simpletons or the issues involved to be so simple as she tried to make them. To do so insults all intelligent, reasonable people who acknowledge reality and the need for change.

Michael T. Barr Sammamish

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City to start review of transportation network

By Ari Cetron

Sammamish is embarking on a study of its transportation network that could finally, officially kill the East Lake Sammamish Parkway project.

The City Council Jan. 22 directed city transportation planners to review the way Sammamish sets its standards for its transportation network. As the city changes the standards, it may, among other things, mean that the city would no longer need to improve the parkway, a project which has stirred controversy for years.

Under state law, localities have to develop transportation systems which accommodates current residents and plans for future growth. One facet of the plan involves assign-

State ranks near bottom for taxes Washington ranked near the bottom in state and local taxes paid per $1,000 of personal income in 2010, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data published by the state Department of Revenue.

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a dozen 12-gauge shotgun shells.

Though private buyers set up near the event site, officials said the public

ing each road a “level of service” which the locality deems acceptable.

Levels of service are graded – just like school an “A” is the best. The locality then decides what level is right for that road.

If the road does not meet that threshold, or if new growth (and the extra cars that come with the new houses and businesses) would force the road to dip below the acceptable level, the locality must develop a plan to bring it back to the right level.

The plans must account not only for existing development, but for possible future development – it assumes that every piece of the land in the city will one day be developed to the maximum allowed under current zoning.

Current traffic models

paid $96.08 in taxes for every $1,000 in income.

Washington ranked 36th in the nation.

The report — released by the Department of Revenue on Jan. 4 — also tracked taxes per capita.

Washington ranked 21st at $4,016 in taxes per capita in 2010, below the national average $4,147. overwhelmingly chose to participate in the gunbuyback program. State law permits private gun sales between Washington residents without a background check, even though a background check is mandated for retail gun sales.

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predict that the East Lake Sammamish Parkway will eventually become substandard, so there are plans on the books for the city to widen the northern end of the road.

The council had discussed making modifications to city standards in May 2012, with an eye toward removing the parkway, and reviewing possible complications that could be caused by traffic generated by town center.

At the time, city staffers had suggested a possible solution could be to average out the capacity of different roads in an area.

For example, beside the parkway, 228th Avenue/ Sahalee Way and 244th Avenue also act as northern route to enter and leave Sammamish.

The city could use traf-

fic models which assume that if one of those routes becomes too congested, drivers will switch to an alternate route which is less congested.

But that would be cold comfort to the people who live on or near that congested route and have no practical way of making the switch.

City staffers have continued to review the options, and now recommend that the council instead simply change the acceptable amount of traffic on some select sections of road.

Besides East Lake Sammamish Parkway, officials might review the status of Southeast Fourth Street, Issaquah-Pine Lake Road and Duthie Hill Road, among others.

City Councilwoman Nancy Whitten was con-

cerned that the plan might be simply a way of avoiding some needed construction projects.

City engineer Jeff Brauns and City Manager Ben Yazici both said that was not the case. The reclassification can be used to better reflect traffic conditions as they actually are, Brauns said.

There is a precedent for lowering standards in a targeted fashion, particularly when a section of road cannot be improved in a cost-effective manner.

Brauns noted the intersection of 228th Avenue and Northeast Eighth Street/ Inglewood Hill Road.

While that intersection has some issues with excessive congestion, further widening of it is impractical due to reasons of cost and the negative impact

widening would have on pedestrians crossing the street.

As a result, the city has decided that a lower level of service for that intersection is acceptable.

The next step for the review is the planning commission which will likely take up the issue in the next month or so. The commission will review possible changes to road standards, and the impacts that could have on other policies and the city’s overall transportation plan.

If all goes as planned, city staff may be able to present the council with recommendations from the commission later this year.

The council could then review new standards and choose whether or not to adopt them by the end of the year.

wheel&motor

Ending some of the confusion about oil changes Most car owners are aware that the single most frequent and necessary service to be performed on your vehicle is the engine oil and filter change.

However, there is often a lot of confusion about how often this service should be performed.

For many years you have been told by service and repair facilities, oil change centers and automobile dealerships that you should change the oil every three months or 3,000 miles, whichever comes first. While this was once great advice, things have changed to render that

advice incorrect.

Oil refiners and automobile companies, along with government agencies, have worked hard the past several years to raise the standards of motor oil to provide better lubrication, longer life and greater engine cleansing abilities. These changes have resulted, by design, in greatly extended oil change intervals.

These advances in technology don’t directly result in longer oil service life in older vehicles, most vehicles built after 2005 with less than 150,000 miles will benefit from less frequent oil changes.

The best advice is to always check your vehicle’s owner manual, and be sure to make note of the manufacturer’s recommendations as they pertain to driving conditions. These will be outlined clearly and will assure you are providing your engine with the best care possible.

Your local automotive service center is staffed with professionals willing and able to answer all of your questions to help you save money and provide the best care for long-term life of your automobile.

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COMMUNITY

SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Skyline alumni turn to old class for business help

By Lillian O’Rorke

Eight years ago, Jordan Reynolds was a student in Skyline’s video production class; now he’s a young entrepreneur working with the class to test his technology start-up, Clipcopia.

Designed to help people better organize, collaborate and store video projects, Clipcopia is the brainchild of Jordan and his older brother, John Reynolds, a 2002 Skyline graduate who is now a broadcast engineer at KOMO-TV. A little more than two years ago, the brothers were chatting at their sister’s 21st birthday party about John’s frustration with the current on-premise video storage options for broadcasters.

Eight months later their cloudbased video management application, Clipcopia was born.

“I’ve been really interested in entrepreneurship my whole life,” said Jordan. After graduating from Skyline in 2005, he studied business at the University of Washington and has launched several start-ups, including Distinctive Detail, a high-end automotive detail service.

One problem the Reynolds brothers wanted to address is that oftentimes broadcasters weren’t organizing their video clips, which made it difficult to collaborate and to find that clip again for future use.

Jordan started asking around to different groups to find out

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Jordan Reynolds visited Skyline’s video production class Jan. 28 to present his cloud-based video management application, Clipcopia. if other people who work with video experience the same problems. The answer he got was ‘yes.’ So, Clipcopia broadened its test user group to include — among others — schools.

“I think you guys are doing

some cool stuff here already and I think it can help make SPTV better,” Jordan said to the 12 students in Bob Palmer’s video production class Jan. 28.

Each week the students write, film and produce around eight

Leaders needed for support group for Lake Sammamish state park The effort to establish a community organization to support Lake Sammamish State Park is on the agenda for a Feb. 14 meeting hosted by the state parks agency.

The meeting is the latest step in a process to form a booster group for the cash-strapped park.

The state parks agency initially needs to assemble a core group to take leadership roles and develop the group.

Later, organizers plan to call for volunteers to join the planned community organization.

The early process involves outlining a mission, determining what activities the group seeks to undertake and starting the process to establish a nonprofit organization.

Get involved u Lake Sammamish State Park organizational meeting u 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 14 u King County Library System Service Center u 960 Newport Way N.W. Issaquah The proposal to form a Lake Sammamish State Park community organization stems from a December open house focused on the park’s future.

The open house, hosted by the city of Issaquah and Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, launched a discussion about future ventures at the state

park.

Options to improve the area could include a partnership among the state parks agency, city and a nonprofit organization.

The ideas discussed at the open house included a community organization similar to the Bridle Trails Park Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to support the 482-acre state park in Kirkland.

The organization has raised more than $1.5 million for Bridle Trails State Park since 2002.

In 2007, state parks commissioners approved a bold plan to remake and restore Lake Sammamish State Park, but the economic downturn and state budget crises curtailed dollars to implement the plan.

minutes of television for Skyline’s broadcast show, SPTV. Jordan and John have given the class a free subscription to Clipcopia so they can store, share and collaborate more easily on their weekly project.

130 plateau business and marketing students headed to DECA state Scores of plateau business and marketing students, working individually and in teams, recently competed in their regional DECA competitions where they won top honors.

Battling it out in categories ranging from accounting, marketing, retail and entertainment management to business law and ethics, financial services, travel and tourism, and sales, many of those students qualified for the DECA state contest March 7 through March 9.

Skyline won the overall area 4 competition by 118 points and is sending 99 students to state.

Eastlake competed in the area 3 division and qualified 31 of its students for state.

Several students from both high schools took first place in their individual and team categories. From Skyline, Salma Mahmoud and Kate Cormier took first place in Hotel and

“I wanted people testing the application as soon as possible,” said Jordan. “I like the idea of it being somebody that we are really connected to … They are really limited to how much video they can store, but with our application, they are really open to more opportunity.”

It was also exciting for him because he had poured his heart and soul in the idea for two years, Jordan said, and to see a group of people using his application and commenting on it was great. He was also happy to visit his old school.

“It’s funny seeing how young the kids are,” he said. “You think you are so old when you are there.”

Jordan gave the class a short introduction and then let the students try it out for themselves.

“I think it’s a way useful project. It’s just much easier to organize everything you do. And watch it, because it’s a public thing,” said Truman Baumgartner.

Aside from the two minutelong sports clip each week, the 17-year-old produces makes lots of extra videos for the SPTV broadcast and helps his friends make videos outside of school.

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Lodging Management; Mike Seeley won for Professional Selling; Emily Rochford took first place in Entrepreneurship Participating-Independent; and Mary Alice Peng finished first in Entrepreneurship ParticipatingFranchise.

In team events from Skyline, Sydney Kane and Megan Humble won Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan; and Kourtney Kirton and Jake Therrien took first place in Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan.

From Eastlake, Alaina Hartley won for Apparel and Accessories Marketing; Natalie Hurd won in Marketing Management; and Cody Sheffels took first place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing. As a team for Eastlake, Lauren Greenheck and Chris Wright finished first for Advertising Campaign.

DECA is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management, and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service.

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Obituary Kirk Hamilton Allen Our beloved, sweet Kirk Hamilton Allen, 18, of Sammamish, went to the Lord on Jan. 27, 2013.

He is survived by mother Gretchen Allen and brother Bryant Allen of Sammamish; father John Allen of Richland; aunt Wendy Allen, Danville, Calif.; Mark Christian and family of Sacramento, Calif.

Kirk was loved by many, including nieces, nephews, friends, close confidant and mentor Al Gasak and our little dachshund, Duke.

Kirk graduated from Eastlake High School in 2012 and most

EWU announced dean’s list The following Sammamish residents were named to the dean’s list at Eastern Washington University for the fall 2012 quarter.

Mitchell Collier, Dallas Deremer, Courtney Duda, Payton Poucht, Danielle Garrido, Danielle Matthews, Kirstin Milton,

recently worked at Costco Ware-house, Issaquah, alongside his brother Bryant.

He enjoyed playing football, downhill biking, snowboarding, fly-fishing, video gaming and Kirk working out at the Hamilton gym. His passions Allen were staying fit and writing music lyrics. He often would seek out family time and wanted to gather everyone together to catch up on the latest happenings. Kirk was a true outdoorsman and often spoke about his favorite vacations destinations, Lake Tahoe and Whistler.

He was predeceased by his

Maria Morgan, Sarah Pellicano, Deanna Poulin and Alex Troyer.

Jacob Barnes on dean’s list Jacob Barnes, of Sammamish, was named to the dean’s list at Cazenovia College. To qualify, students need a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Barnes is major-

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Grandmother and Grandfather Mavis and Walter Melnick; Grandmother and Grandfather Bill and Lois Allen; Aunt, Uncle Leo and Beverly Chapado; Great Grandmother O’Lena Anderson.

His ashes will be spread high atop Whistler where he lived his fondest family times and enjoyed many recreational memories.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Feb. 8 at Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church, 22818 S.E. Eighth St., Sammamish.

Flowers may be received same day 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations can be made to Banner Bank, Kirkland branch for the benefit of Kirk Hamilton Allen to support teens and families dealing with mental health issues.

ing in criminal justice and homeland security studies.

Baylor names honor roll The following Sammamish residents were named to the honor roll at Baylor University for the fall 2012 semester: Dillon T. Camp, Jacob D. Gober and Kathryn Nicole Richardson.

Lucas Shannon on dean’s list Lucas Marshall Shannon, of Sammamish, was named to the dean’s list at Saint Martin’s University for the fall 2012 semester.

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would definitely be useful.”

Tucker Russell, a senior in the class, said that he especially likes how easy it is to share video with friends and explained that the same isn’t true for other applications he has tried.

One feature that Clipcopia offers is an activity update feed along the right side of the page that keeps a running thread of what’s happening on the project.

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progress of the story it would require a phone call or an email. We thought, ‘wouldn’t it be great if people would have a real time view of where the project is or the status is?’”

Caitlin Fleming, also a senior in the class, said she likes that aspect of it because it reminds her of Facebook.

“I love that the kids are excited about it…They see the value in it, which is cool,” said Palmer, who started teaching at Skyline in 2010 after a long career in the broadcast industry.

“They’re on the edge of some good stuff,” he added about Jordan and John.

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The Skyline Cheer squad performed the highest-rated routine across all categories at the state championships.

Skyline cheerleaders grab state title for third year in row

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Senior Michael Hwang goes for a layup against Issaquah Jan. 29

Eastlake tops Redmond falls to Issaquah

By Lillian O’Rorke

After losing 60-47 to Issaquah Jan. 29, the Eastlake boys basketball team turned around three days later to end the regular season on a high note by overpowering its rival Redmond 65-51 for a third seed playoff berth.

In the Issaquah game, Issaquah got out to an early lead Jan. 29 by steadily pounding away at Eastlake, taking the score from 10-7 to 15-9 in the last three minutes of the first quarter.

With the help of two 3-point-

ers from senior guard Brandon Lester, the Eastlake Wolves fought back in the second quarter, putting 17 points up on the board.

The battle came to a head in the final 15 seconds of the first half when possession went back and forth four times between the two teams. The KingCo 4A Crown division second seed held strong, however, and headed into half time with a 31-26 lead.

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technically advanced routine that they have continually modiFor the third time in three fied after qualifying for state in years, the Skyline green mid December. Since then, the cheer team walked away team has added handsprings, from the Cheerleading State elite tumbling and stunt moves Championships Jan. 26 with the that are usually only performed state title. by co-ed squads.

The girls’ score of 253 points “Our difficulty is so much in the large 3A/4A division stronger than 99 percent of the not only shot them to the top state and they wanted to make of their own sure that it category, but “The girls really wanted was, not only it also was the mistake-free, to go out there this year but clean,” highest score earned by an Lemeshko and prove it. Leave no all-girls team said. “The doubt.” in any categogirls really ry. The only wanted to – Stephania Lemeshko, squad that go out there Coach – scored more this year was a co-ed and prove it. team from Kentwood.

Leave no doubt.”

“They really were deterSenior captain Elle Deagle mined to end their senior year has been on the team for three at state with a fantastic routine, years and was there when green and that’s what they did,” said took the medium division state coach Stephania Lemeshko. title in 2011 with 227 points and She explained that the 27 again in 2012 with a score of girls on the green team have a 231.

“It’s a really nice way to round out my high school cheerleading career, knowing that we have done so well in state all three years,” she said.

Deagle is a base, which means she is responsible for both throwing and holding her teammates during stunts. While this year was definitely their hardest performance, it was also their best, she explained, because they hit all the stunts and landed all their tumbling.

“What we do on the sidelines is great, but what we do on the blue mat is different. What they actually do on the blue mat is a whole new level of cheerleading and athleticism,” said Lemeshko. “Cheerleading is a very mental game. You have to be technically exceptional to do what you are doing. You are holding someone with one hand over your head.”

Skyline’s other two cheer teams, silver and white, also See CHEER, Page 9

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Skyline grapplers win KingCo Championship Seven of Skyline’s wrestlers earned top honors Feb. 2 at the KingCo 4A Championships, where after two long days of competition on the mat, the Skyline Spartans won overall with a total of 229 team points.

Eastlake, which had several wrestlers earn appearances in their final championship match, took seventh place with 122.5 points.

“Having eight in the finals and seven champs was something certainly very, very special,” said Skyline coach Gus Kiss. He added, though, that he was most impressed by the Spartans tournament record in which the boys won 35 of their 40 matches with 23 pins. “That’s a testament to our kids and their fortitude. They

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quarter to go on a six-point run, and no matter how hard they tried, the Wolves could not catch their opponents.

“We’ve been playing pretty well up until this point and getting back into what we used to be in the beginning of the season.

But we just didn’t come out strong,” said senior Michael Hwang whose average 9.2 points per game was stifled to six against Issaquah.

“We’ve just got to keep our heads up and know that we can still make a run. It

prevailed.”

Going into the championship round, Issaquah was leading the tournament by 15 team points.

But that quickly changed.

At 106 pounds, Nate Swanson of Skyline pinned Newport’s David Yingling in three minutes and 53 seconds. In the 113 match, Skyline’s Justin Manipis won by a 6-3 decision over Torre Eaton of Issaquah. At 126, Joseph Dematteo of Skyline beat Issaquah’s Louden Ivey by an 8-3 decision. At 132, Tristan Steciw won it for the Spartans with a 7-3 decision over Woodinville’s Zack Garcia. At 138, Skyline’s Joey Gurke won his match against Dalton Mann of Woodinville with a 9-3 decision. In the 145 contest, Skyline’s Bo Longmore took second place after losing a 12-6 decision to Gabe Seward of Inglemoor.

doesn’t matter where you are in the playoffs, just as long as you are in the playoffs.”

Brandon Lester led the team that night with 15 points. Eastlake’s other scorers included Mason Pierzchalski with eight; Davis Woerner with four; Jake Davidson, Jordan Lester and Mike Staudinger with two each and Connor Perry had one.

“We didn’t play our best but we got a lot of big games ahead of us,” said Pierzchalski, a junior guard, after the Jan. 29 game. “We’ve just got to focus up; go get Redmond Friday and try to get on a roll before playoffs.”

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At 160, Michael Mecham of Skyline pinned Eastlake’s Ryan Wasserman in 1:45. At 182, Ryan Christensen of Woodinville pinned Johnie Estrada of Eastlake in 0:54. In the 195 match, Eastlake’s Eric Harper lost 8-5 to Josh Koukal of Inglemoor. At 220 Sean McAlhaney of Skyline pinned Issaquah’s Matt Solusod in 3:44.

At the girls tournament, Eastlake’s Sabrina Handlon beat Sedro-Wooley’s Teracita Shanes to become the 100-pound champion.

She advances to the regional tournament next weekend at SedroWooley.

In the end, Skyline qualified 10 wrestlers and one alternate for the regional tournament this weekend at Heritage High School in Vancouver. As well, Eastlake qualified five wrestlers and two alternates.

Pierzchalski wasn’t the only one whose focus immediately shifted to Redmond.

Before the Wolves even left Issaquah’s gym, coach Brian Daily was already thinking about Eastlake’s nearly two decade old rivalry.

“Redmond-Eastlake is like a national holiday,” he said. “It’s a great feeling

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made the trip to the state competition where they each placed in the top ten of their divisions. The 12 athletes that make up the silver team competed in the small 4A category and scored 202 point to take third place. The white team, made up of eight girls, competed in the non-tumbling 4A category where they tied with Todd Beamer for eighth place with 195 points.

All 47 girls on the Skyline squad cheer together at football games in the fall and then split into smaller groups for competition season. Each team needs to score a 175 or higher

winning at their place. I got to do it when I played so I hope my guys get the same thing.”

Daily got his wish. The Wolves look the lead early on Redmond’s home turf Feb. 1 with a 30-20 lead at halftime.

Not letting up, Eastlake put 21 more points on the board in the third quarter.

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“They’re great kids and they work hard,” said Daily.

Eastlake was set to face Issaquah again Feb. 5 in the first round of state playoffs.

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Brandon Lester again led the way with 20 points; Pierzchalski scored 12; Mike Hwang put nine on the board; Jake Davidson and Connor Perry both scored six; Jordan Lester had four; Kyle Laubscher and Davis Woerner were

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to qualify for state, but the Skyline cheer teams did it with scores ranging from 204 to 255.

“That’s what I am really proud of, is that all three of my teams are qualified to compete in varsity programs, and all three teams qualified with scores over 200, which is impressive,” Lemeshko said.

Just because the girls have another championship trophy to add to their awards case, doesn’t mean their work is finished. Both Skyline green and silver teams leave this week for Orlando, Fla., where they will join roughly 600 teams for the national cheerleading competition Feb. 9 through Feb. 10. This year, said Lemeshko, she is hoping her girls will place in the top 10 for both of their divisions.

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Their parents were called to the scene. The teens were told that they could avoid charges if they stayed out of trouble for a year.

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Police were called to a Sammamish apartment complex at around 12:30 a.m. Jan. 21 after a 15-yearold female was dropped off at her home highly intoxicated. The teen’s mother called police after her friends brought the teen home from a house party passed out and unresponsive but breathing on her own.

Police contacted the teen’s friends, who reported that she had drank about a third of a fifth of vodka and “shotguned” three or four beers. The friends were reluctant to identify where the house party had occurred. The teen was transported to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.

Harassing phone calls A 17-year-old Sammamish teen reported that she had received a harassing phone call from an unknown number Jan. 19. The teen told police that the caller had identified themselves as being from the American Cancer Society but then began asking inappropriate questions, including about the teen’s bra size. Police were unable to trace the number, which came from a Rhode Island area code. The teen was advised to be careful about putting her phone number on social media.

Missing trim A resident on the 2500 block of 226th Place Northeast reported that a piece of plastic molding had gone missing from her vehicle Jan. 17. The resident told police that she suspected that someone had pried it off in a vandalism attempt, but police are unsure whether the molding didn’t fall off from age and wear and tear. Police documented the incident for future reference.

Public intoxication Police were called to the Madison Apartments at around 2 a.m. Jan. 27 to help first responders with an intoxicated man. The 30-year-old resident was uncooperative with EMTs. The man’s girlfriend told police that the man and several other people drank three bottles of liquor that night. Police assisted as the EMTs secured the man to a gurney and transported him to Swedish Hospital for detox.

Egging A resident on the 2700 block of 212th Avenue Southeast reported that her vehicle had been egged Jan. 26. The eggs did not cause any permanent damSee BLOTTER, Page 12

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The End of the Trail: How the western movie rode into the sunset is a program discussing how movies reflect the history and culture of their times from 7-8 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Sammamish Library.

Divorce Recovery, a class for those going through separation or divorce and trying to move on, is weekly from 7-9 p.m.

Feb. 12-April 23 at Pine Lake Covenant Church, Call 392-8636 or visit www.plcc.org.

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Music, movement and language with Eli Rosenblatt will be a three-week series for children ages 2-6 starting at 11 a.m. Feb. 8, 15 and 22at the Sammamish Library.

Marriage enrichment group offers discussions regarding concepts, conflicts and strategies for improving relaitonships from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

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The mother-daughter book club will discuss “The Lions of Little Rock” by Kristin Levine at 11 a.m. Feb. 9 at the Sammamish Library.

Make it a Clay Day, a free event for students with special needs, is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Sammamish Teen Center. Class size is limited. Pre-register and find out more by emailing agubata@ ci.sammamish.wa.us by Jan. 31.

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The Sammamish Book Club will meet at 7 p.m.

Feb. 13 at the Sammamish Library.

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Mars Hill Students is made up of sixth-12th grade students in Sammamish, Redmond, Issaquah and surrounding areas. It meets every Wednesday from 7-8:30 p.m. for a time of life music, teaching, food and connection.

Visit https://www.facebook.com/ MarsHillStudentsSAM. Grief Share Support Group meeting from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Thursday nights at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

J.A. Jance, a New York Times bestselling author, and author of “Deadly Stakes” will be available at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Sammamish Library.

session geared for children ages 5-8 is set for 10 a.m. Feb. 23, and a program for children 8 and up for 11:30 a.m. Feb. 23 at the Sammamish Library.

To submit items for the Community Calendar, email to samrev@isspress. com. Items will be edited and must be received by the Wednesday before publication.

Wednesday night youth group will have games, worship and fun for students in grades six-12 from 7-8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

A Toast to the Lord, a faith-based Toastmasters club, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every

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Friday at the Fire Station 83 on Issaquah–Pine Lake Road. They offer job interviewing skill development for those seeking employment or a career change; motivational and inspirational speaking training. Call 427-9682 or email orator@live. com.

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) allows mothers of young children time to make friends share stories and grow spiritually.

The group generally meets twice a month on Thursday mornings at Mary, Queen of Peace Church.

Visit www.mops.org.

Mary, Queen of Peace Church 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 391-1178, ext. 129.

Healing Prayer Service is for those who desire to experience God’s love through worship, prayer and healing. The fourth Tuesday of every month except November and December, 7 p.m., at Pine Lake Covenant Church. Email healingprayer@ plcc.org.

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Sammamish will increase some of the fees it charges developers for a new house, but not all of them.

At its Jan. 22 meeting, the Sammamish City Council voted unanimously to increase the impact fees developers pay to help fund parks by about $91 per single family house.

But transportation fee increases of about $521 per home will be deferred until the city completes a study of its transportation network and which projects belong on the long-term plan. (see story Page 5) The fees are paid by developers as they build new homes – although in Sammamish, they don’t

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age. The resident belives it was classmates of targeting her teenage daughter, though no one witnessed the crime.

have to pay until the new home is sold. The idea is that the fees will help offset the costs of new roads and parks that will be needed to accommodate the new residents. Sammamish has not adjusted their impact fee level since 2006.

The city determines the fee amount by estimating how many more houses will be built in Sammamish and dividing that by the cost of the new amenities it will have to construct.

The parks plan is established so the council moved ahead with that fee hike.

However, the city is beginning a review of how it decides which roads need to be improved, and how much work they need. Since the amount of expected roadwork may

Egg McNothing An 18-year-old Issaquah man was removed from the Sammamish McDonalds after allegedly throwing a beer bottle at the window of the store the evening of Jan. 25. The man had left the scene when police arrived, but several people in the store were able to identify him.

DUI A 22-year-old Renton man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and reckless driving after being clocked at 68 mph in a 35 zone on the 4400 block of IssaquahPine Lake Road at around 1:20 a.m. Jan. 24. The man smelled of alcohol and blew a .18 on a breath test – more than double the legal limit for driving. The man told police

change after the review, the council decided to wait until that process is resolved, so it can re-calculate the amount each home would need to contribute.

The council voted 6-1, with Councilwoman Nancy Whitten opposed, to wait to decide on road impact fees until after the transportation review.

Interlocks include cameras to prevent tampering Smile, motorists.

Statewide, alcohol ignition interlocks feature cameras starting Jan. 1, in a bid to prevent other people from performing breath tests for a driver.

The camera snaps a picture whenever the device

he had been drinking in Issaquah. Though he lived in Renton, the man said he had been driving north because his GPS unit told him to. The man’s vehicle was impounded and he was picked up by his mother.

Vandalism Police discovered Jan. 20 that someone had apparently vandalized the entrance mechanism to the secured back parking lot at City Hall used by the King County Sheriff’s Office. A protective plate over the locking mechanism appeared to have been pried open, though there are no signs that anyone made entrance to the secured lot, which contains Sheriff’s Office vehicles.

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is used, to verify the driver is the person performing the test. The law requires alcohol ignition interlocks for motorists accused or convicted of impaired driving.

The device requires a legal breath sample from the driver before allowing the vehicle to start.

“We’ve had cases where impaired drivers asked passengers, friends or even children to take the test for them,” Lt. Rob Sharpe, Washington State Patrol Impaired Driving Section commander, said in a statement.

The device’s software records failures and tampering attempts. The company leasing the alcohol ignition interlocks downloads the information and contacts the state patrol.

Beaver Lake after two fishermen had their boat capsize at around 9 a.m.

Jan. 27.

A nearby resident heard someone moaning and found the two fishermen wet and cold near the boat launch. The two were unharmed but cold and were taken to the nearest Eastside Fire & Rescue station for a hot shower.

Graffiti Someone spray-painted graffiti on the staff parking lot of Skyline High School between Jan. 18 and Jan. 22.

The graffiti, written in white and red paint, included drawings of male genitalia. Police have no suspects.

Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.