26TH YEAR, NO. 7
THE PLATEAU’S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017
SAMMAMISH
POWERING FORWARD
REVIEW Hop Jack’s employees honor Klahanie man killed in hit-and-run
BY CHRISTINA CORRALES-TOY ccorrales-toy@ sammamishreview.com
There’s a void in the kitchen at a popular Klahanie restaurant. The Hop Jack’s staff is feel-
Eastlake uses late surge to overcome Issaquah, 67-38 Page 10
ing incomplete, devastated and mournful after line cook Mo Radcliffe, 22, was run over and killed at Sammamish’s Beaver Lake Park ballfields Jan. 25. Radcliffe, a Klahanie resident and Issaquah High School graduate, worked in the kitchen for less than a year, but the cook
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with a big smile left an impact on everyone in the restaurant. “It’s hard not seeing his face there,” said Wanda Triboulet, one of Radcliffe’s co-workers. “It really is.” Police have arrested two SEE HONORED, PAGE 2
Council elects to bridge the gap in creek BY LIZZ GIORDANO
lgiordano@sammamishreview.com
The City Council on Feb. 7 selected a bridge instead of a culvert to cross the North Fork of Issaquah Creek as part of its Issaquah-Fall City Road project. Construction for the bridge portion of the project is expected to begin in June 2018 and last 14 months, with flaggers directing traffic. The bridge is part of a larger Issaquah-Fall City Road improvement project that will widen the corridor between 242nd Avenue Southeast to Klahanie Drive Southeast. The project includes adding a lane in both directions with curbs, gutters, sidewalks and bike lanes. The construction for the entire project is expected to require 24 months, and the night’s decision did not affect the total duration of the project. The bridge is estimated to cost $8.38 million, $1.5 million more than a culvert, the City SEE BRIDGE, PAGE 6 BY GREG FARRAR | gfarrar@sammamishreview.com
Pine Lake Middle School seventh-graders Elliette Haigh (left) and Tyler Rankin join a total of 700 classmates and other members of the community in enjoying western dances in the gym during the annual Hoe Down. The event is replete with plaid flannel shirts, cowboy hats and boots, bandannas, official photos with cardboard barn animals, prize raffles and chili and baked potato bars. The PTSA has put on the Hoe Down for the students and the neighborhood since 1980. See more photos on Page 7.
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