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Despite outcry, Klahanie Fitness closes its doors By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com
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Klahanie residents Steve and Jane Schwartz stand in front of the imposing figure of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa at 19,341 feet.
Klahanie couple climbs to Africa’s highest point By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com The first post-retirement vacation for many couples might include lounging on a sunny Hawaiian beach, enjoying a moonlight stroll through the streets of Paris or driving across the country to visit their grandchildren. Jane and Steve Schwartz chose something slightly different — hike to the top of a 19,341-foot mountain. The Schwartzes, who have lived in Klahanie since 2005, made their way to Africa’s highest point, Mount Kilimanjaro, last month to celebrate the start of their shared retirement. Jane, 46, is a former New York City book publisher, and Steve, 51, ended his 18-year career as a Microsoft research manager in January. They’re not serious mountain climbers, but a few years ago, they were able to do a threeday trek to Machu Picchu, Peru.
Kilimanjaro is at a much higher elevation, but it doesn’t require any technical climbing skills. “As long as you’re persistent, you can make it up with good health and decent training,” Steve said. The Schwartzes have completed a handful of marathons and the Seattle-to-Portland bike ride, and they trained for Kilimanjaro on the 15.2-mile Tiger Mountain Trail. Yoga also helped, as did plenty of herbal supplements and ibuprofen. “I’m used to getting us on a training plan and following it really religiously,” Jane said. They flew for 20 hours, from Seattle to Amsterdam to northern Tanzania. It’s not uncommon to fly into Kenya to reach the mountain, but it takes longer that way because Tanzanian guides can’t cross the border to pick up tourists. No one is permitted to climb Kilimanjaro without a registered guide, and the Schwartzes’ six-
member group was accompanied by 20 baggage-carrying porters, three cooks and three guides. The journey was an eight-day round trip, with the group slowly ascending to their final camp at about 15,300 feet. Summit day started at midnight, and gradually crescendoed until sunrise at about 6 a.m. at the 18,600-foot Stella Point. The night-time journey was a surreal experience. At one point, Jane turned off her headlamp to view the stars. “There’s very little light pollution, obviously, and you’re miles closer to the sky,” Steve noted. At about 7 a.m., they reached Uhuru Peak, Kilimanjaro’s true summit, where they snapped photos and reveled in their accomplishment. Climate change has negatively impacted the glaciers on Kilimanjaro, though they sparkled brightly on this day. “There’s such a dispute about See CLIMB, Page 2
Gym member Trevor Griffith said he had gone through different levels of depression after hearing of the impending closure of Klahanie Fitness. “This really was a community gym,” Griffith said. A Facebook page dedicated to saving the gym had attracted 750 supporters as of late last week. John Waters, managing principal of the Gerrity Group, said he and numerous others in his California office had received phone calls from gym supporters. The Gerrity Group owns and operates the Klahanie Shopping Center on Klahanie Drive Southeast, where Klahanie Fitness had helped keep locals in shape for 15 years, according to Klahanie Fitness Manager Mike Knick. The gym lost its lease and, despite obvious support from the community and its 3,000
members, closed its doors for good Feb. 26. “It was awful,” Knick said of the last day the gym was open. “It was terrible. I had members crying… people just staying around and hanging out until midnight.” Klahanie Fitness was a true family business, owned by Knick’s stepfather, Ben Beale. Knick met his wife, Flavia, at the gym when she came in to work out. She eventually became a gym employee. Klahanie Fitness was on a month-to-month lease when the Gerrity Group bought the Klahanie Shopping Center about three years ago. Both sides said they tried to work out a year-toyear lease for the gym. Knick said he thought talks were ongoing when he got a letter from center owners telling him he had 30 days to vacate. Knick said he and his family would have signed any lease to keep the gym See GYM, Page 2
Residents file suit over lake trail construction By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Even as city and county officials claimed progress on issues related to the East Lake Sammamish Trail, a resident group calling itself Sammamish Home Owners Inc. announced it had filed suit Feb. 25 against King County in federal district court in Seattle. The suit asks the court to clarify King County’s property rights with respect to the former railroad line being converted to the East Lake Sammamish Trail. Among other things, the homeowners group wants to know the exact location and width of the easement controlled by King County. “This case is to establish
the rights of the property owners and King County in the corridor along the East Lake Sammamish shoreline,” Liz McCulley, one of several plaintiff attorneys, said in a press release. “We believe this suit will help prevent King County from continuing to ignore the trailside property owners’ rights and result in a great trail that everyone can enjoy,” Tom Hornish, presiSee TRAIL, Page 3 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
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Gym From Page 1 open and they planned to make a substantial investment in the building. “It sucks to do everything right and have it all backfire,” Knick said. “We worked with them for a long time to get them into a lease,” Waters said. He didn’t go into details of the negotiations, but said they just didn’t work out. “It’s just a shame,” Waters said. “I don’t really have anything negative to
say about Klahanie Fitness.” A new gym will move into the Klahanie Fitness space. A franchise of a national chain, Klahanie Anytime Fitness is expected to open in the next few months. “It should be a great addition to the shopping center,” Waters said, spelling out what he sees as the pluses of the new gym, including that it will be a 24-hour facility. He also mentioned it offers discounts to military and safety personnel, such as police and firefighters. Still, Anytime Fitness won’t get any
money from Griffith. “I absolutely will not spend a dollar with anybody in this spot unless it’s Klahanie Fitness,” he said. Knick said there are no plans to reopen Klahanie Fitness in a new location. Griffith said he may follow other former Klahanie members to the Gold’s Gym in Issaquah, which is offering to honor Klahanie Fitness memberships for six months. Still, Griffith made clear once more his loyalty to Klahanie Fitness. “I’ve been to about 12 gyms,” he said. “This one by far has become my favorite.”
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Climb From Page 1 whether the snow will be gone in five years, 10 years, 20 years, maybe never,” Jane said. “But the glaciers still are pretty impressive.” The Schwartzes also visited the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive volcanic crater, in Tanzania. At one point, their guide spotted a giraffe, and they were able to approach the animal on foot. In anticipation of the trip, Jane learned a few phrases in Swahili, the country’s native language. Bridging the language barrier seemed to create a bond, and they were able to learn about some foreign misconceptions.
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Klahanie residents Jane and Steve Schwartz kick back with two of their climbing guides, Johnny and Baraka, following their ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro last month. “When we summited, they estimated about 50 people were summiting on the trail, but a year ago it would’ve been 150 people,” Steve said. “The difference has been the Ebola in West Africa, and people are assuming the entire continent is sort of infected.” “They were so frustrated about that,” Jane added, “and the equivalent is, if something happened in Florida, would people stop coming to Seattle?” Their trip concluded with two days of sailing, snorkeling and dolphin watching on Zanzibar, an
island off the Tanzanian coast. By the time they returned home, they had a strengthened faith in the world around them. “So many of the guides and porters had their own families,” Jane said, “and they had the kind of job where they’re away lot, but it’s the same sort of thing: They want to get a good education for their kids. “It’s just so strange sometimes. Like, why is our world in such turmoil? Because every time we travel, we meet people, and it seems like we all want the same thing.”
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City, county claim progress over trail issues Trail From Page 1 By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com
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While many city officials have been critical of King County’s ongoing efforts to complete the East Lake Sammamish Trail, city and county officials now say there is reason to believe the sides can reach some compromise. Sammamish Mayor Tom Vance said he received a letter Feb. 27 from King County Executive Dow Constantine stating that the county had made a mistake in its dealings with the trail. The county recently released design work for Southern Sammamish Segment A of the trail. The county described that design as 90 percent complete. But local officials contend those plans contain none of the city’s suggestions for construction of the trail. According to Vance, the city’s suggestions got lost in the wrong county department. He added he isn’t much concerned now with what happened to the city’s initial communications with King County.
King County Director of Parks and Recreation Kevin Brown was to appear March 3 at the regular meeting of the Sammamish City Council. That meeting occurred after the deadline for this issue. Please look for updates on www.sammamishreview.com.
“I think the main thing to me is that we are moving forward,” Vance said. Constantine could not be reached for comment. On another front, on Feb. 19, the city’s Laura Philpot, director of public works, spent about three hours touring the trail with Kevin Brown, the county’s director of parks and recreation. “There are definite opportunities to resolve many of the issues that have come up,” Brown said. “I feel very hopeful and optimistic,” Philpot said. According to Philpot, the county does have a list of all of the city’s
comments, which number between 10 and 15. She added that Brown is in agreement with approximately 90 percent of the suggestions and both sides have been working to figure out a way to handle the final 10 percent. Of the city’s comments or suggestions, Philpot said several were specific to certain parts of the trail, while some were more generalized. Tree retention has been a major issue between the city and county, especially with regard to larger trees. Responding to tree-retention questions, Philpot said Brown talked about reducing the trail width in certain spots and filling a ditch to move the trail more to one side, thus saving trees. Brown said the county might need to obtain the approval of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fill in the ditch. Both he and Philpot said the drainage ditch falls under the Corps’ control. Brown talked about removing limbs instead of entire trees. He and other county officials emphasized the importance of sightlines for people using the trail, especially
in spots where the trail intersects with streets or driveways. “The only trees that are removed are those that are determined by a certified arborist to be hazardous, and necessary to build the trail to meet regional standards and national safety guidelines,” said Doug Williams, media relations coordinator for the county. One other complaint put forth by city officials is that county officials have been unresponsive to resident comments and concerns. During the design and construction of the North Segment of the trail, the first phase of the trail built, the county responded to 750 calls and emails from residents and met with residents 220 times, Williams said. During design and construction of the South Sammamish Segment, the county responded to 350 resident calls and emails and held 65 meetings with residents, he added. Williams said the county received 160 resident comments on South Sammamish Segment A. He said answers to those comments should be sent out sometime this week.
Initiative, referendum campaign begins chasing votes HOME SERVICES By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com About 15 to 20 people showed up to a kick-off meeting for the campaign backing the initiative and referendum question on the April 28 ballot in Sammamish. “The turnout wasn’t as large as I might have hoped for,” said resident Harry Shedd, who has carried the banner for initiative and referendum rights. Still, Shedd said those
who did show up for the campaign meeting are decidedly dedicated to the cause. Largely due to the efforts of Shedd and the resident group Citizens for Sammamish, early last month the Sammamish City Council voted to put a question regarding initiative and referendum rights on the ballot of the April special election. Initiatives allow voters to put specific questions directly on the ballot, effectively bypassing legis-
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just what initiatives and referenda are will be key, Shedd said, but he still expects passage. “I find it hard to see any citizen voting against a constitutionally guaranteed voting right,” he said. Supporter Mary Jo Kahler is probably exactly the type of person Shedd needs for his campaign. She easily rattles off the local history of initiatives and referenda and how they were created in the See BALLOT, Page 5
dent of Sammamish Home Owners Inc., said in his group’s press release. According to the homeowners’ group, the railroad line was established more than 100 years ago. King County acquired rights to the railroad property in 1998 under a federal law commonly known as the Rails-to-Trails Act. According to the homeowners group, King County has an easement on which it can build the trail, but the county does not own the underlying property. Instead, the lawsuit claims homeowners surrounding the trail maintained ownership of the former railroad land. “However, in the planning process for the paved trail, King County has repeatedly been unwilling to incorporate suggested changes from the property owners regarding the trail’s design and placement within the corridor,” Hornish said. He said homeowners have sought to minimize the environmental impact of the trail and preserve as much as possible the existing tree canopy. The homeowners’ group that brought the suit describes itself as a nonprofit corporation and in its lawsuit claims to be comprised of more than 400 landowners.
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Editorial Residents take stands on issues that need discussion Sammamish residents should feel proud of themselves for standing up for what they believe in. There’s Harry Shedd and the resident group Citizens for Sammamish, who have battled for city residents to have initiative and referendum rights. Members of the group educated themselves about the issues, and the pros and cons. Their knowledge of the issue is impressive. And so are the results thus far. After taking their cause to city officials, all local residents won round one. A vote is scheduled for a special election April 28. Then there are the members of the Klahanie Fitness Center who campaigned for the family-owned business after it lost its Klahanie Shopping Center lease. They made phone calls, sent emails and put up a Facebook page to try to reverse the decision that would close the business. And even though they lost the battle, at least they gave it a good fight. Next comes homeowners near the East Lake Sammamish Trail. They have written letters and emails, made phone calls and attended multiple meetings to get their concerns addressed. They have repeatedly said that the trail is too wide in some spots, cutting into their driveways or making it hard for emergency vehicles to reach them. They’re also legitimately concerned about the loss of trees. City officials also got involved on behalf of the city and those homeowners, meeting with county officials and trying to get them to hear all of the concerns. The decision is still out on this one, but those homeowners have taken the fight to a higher level. Residents are now finding out that the city’s suggestions got lost in the wrong county department. How is that even possible? Some homeowners have filed a lawsuit, asking if the county even owns the land that county officials seem to not be listening about. The homeowners group wants to know the exact location and width of the easement controlled by King County. Right or wrong, this kind of response to try to right wrongs is what this country was founded on. We applaud these people who have taken a stand.
Question of the Week City residents have stood up for several issues lately. Is there a local issue that isn’t getting the attention it deserves? Email your thoughts to editor@ isspress.com.
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Letters to the Editor A Sammamish poem about government Borrowing heavily from Clement Clarke Moore’s, “A Visit From St. Nicholas:” ‘Twas the night before a City Council meeting, when all through City Hall Not a council member was stirring, not even the tall; The council’s agenda was posted to the city website with care, In hopes that citizens soon wouldn’t be there; The citizens wrestled with worry all night in their beds; While visions of an unaccountable City Council danced in their heads; When out in the grass roots there arose such a clatter, The public sprang from their beds to follow the chatter. With the shine of computer screens on their eyes, Some Citizens for Sammamish started to cry, Their wondering eyes had found a solution, It was the Washington State Constitution. By using a provision from 1912, The citizens knew everything would end well. As the citizens turned off their computers and lights, They knew they finally had their rights. They whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: Now, Seattle! Now, Redmond! Now, East King County! On, Issaquah! On, Bellevue! On, 85 percent
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As it is today, children who live within the city limits of Sammamish attend school in one of three different public school districts. Yes, three. You may be surLike their neighbors in prised to know there is a adjacent ‘principalities,” pocket in the northeast Sammamish citizens had found a way to check corner of the city where council members’ respon- students are bused to Fall City or Snoqualmie sibilities. to attend school. There They shouted from remains no good logic for their lawns’ manicured Sammamish families to grass — have the management of “Vote yes, on initiapublic education commintive/referendum, this gled with the Issaquah, needs to pass!” Lake Washington and Joe Lipinsky Snoqualmie Valley school former chairman districts. Sammamish Planning I know of no other city Commission in the Puget Sound region, or anywhere else in the state for that matter, City children where more than one public school district serves should have one the city’s residents. I school district understand the history Our family moved but a single school district to the north end of the for Sammamish is an idea plateau in 1988 and we whose time has come. have lived here for most Chuck Samson of the past 26 years. Our Sammamish property was included in the original incorporation Northeast 42nd of the city of Sammamish and, though we felt Street barricade uncomfortable with it at review process the time, we have grown to be very pleased with I am pleased to see how the city has taken that the Sammamish City shape. One more big Council voted to approve step remains to be taken, a motion to instruct the however, and that is the city manager to embark on creation of a single school a study regarding details district for the city. about the removal of the of the citizens of King County! The citizens of Sammamish wish to share in your bounty.
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Opti-Com barricade in the 19900 block of Northeast 42nd Street. I hope that the city will engage a professional traffic engineer to study the issue and look at both sides of the issue. Then, implement the Barricade Review Process established in 2010 or engage a hearing examiner to make a recommendation to the council for action. It really seems like the staff does not want to be in the middle of this contentious issue, so I strongly recommend that a hearing examiner be employed. A hearing examiner will be objective in reviewing of the facts, an arbiter of the facts one might say. The city has stalled on making a decision on this barricade for years. The citizens deserve a fair and impartial decision on this issue. Some assert that removal of the barricade will have negative affects to the neighborhood to the west, but they overlook the negative affect the barricade causes the neighborhood to the east at the present time. They also overlook the big picture regarding traffic circulation, signal warrants and reduced level of service issues caused by the barricade diverted traffic. I am certain that these folks are well-meaning and just reacting to a fear of more traffic. So, let us embark on a study to look at the facts and stop the emotional attempts to silence and subvert the study of this issue. I think it is only fair and neighborly for both neighborhoods to take their fair share of the traffic rather than divert all of the traffic through one neighborhood with a barricade. Greg Reynolds Sammamish
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offices in all schools. The application deadline is March 27. The Issaquah Women’s Club is an organization with a 30-year history in the Issaquah area. Through a variety of fundraising events, it provides educational scholarships along with donations to other charitable and humanitarian projects and organizations in the region.
The Issaquah Women’s Club will offer $1,000 scholarships to graduating senior girls from Issaquah, Liberty and Skyline high schools, and from Echo Glen and Tiger Mountain alternative schools. Get information about requirements and the official form for Issaquah, Liberty and Skyline at www.issaquahwomensclub. org/scholarships. Get information and the official form for Echo Glen and Tiger Mountain schools, by seeing a counselor or adviser. All scholarship forms are available at counselors’
Students join forces March 6-7 to feed the hungry
For the first time, five churches on the plateau will participate in this communitywide event, with more than 175 student participants projected. Participating church youth groups are: • Faith Church • Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church • Pine Lake Covenant Church • Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church • Sammamish Presbyterian Church
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Students will begin their fast Friday morning and will break the fast at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with a community meal. During their time together, students will learn about the hard facts of world hunger, spend the night together and participate in a canned food drive in the Sammamish area on Saturday morning. Learn more or donate online at www. spconline.org/pages/ Mission/30HourFamine. html.
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passage of unfunded mandates. Shedd has pointed out 85 percent of King County communities already have initiative and referendum rights. Kahler said she believes a simple oversight led to the rights being left on the sideline when Sammamish became a city. Though Shedd alleged someone has removed pro-issue yard signs, no organized opposition to the vote has so surfaced so far.
On March 6-7, students in sixth through 12th grades will fast for 30 hours and raise funds to support organizations fighting poverty and hunger.
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Town Center groundbreakings are set for summer By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com “It’s been a long process,” said City Manager Ben Yazici, adding the city began planning for what’s known mostly as the Town Center project in 2004. The area is in the neighborhood of 228th Avenue and Southeast Fourth Street. Yazici added that just as the city finalized the Town Center zoning, the so-called Great Recession hit, and the economy and the real estate market bottomed out.
Christopher Chen serves as a state Senate page Christopher Chen, a student at The Overlake School, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Chen was one of 18 students who served as Senate pages for the opening week of the 2015 legislative session. In the program, Washington students spend a week working in
“We have been on standby,” Yazici said, “but now we have some quality ideas coming forward.” “The fact is, their permits are moving along,” Mayor Tom Vance said of the three proposed Town Center projects. Yazici, Vance and others say there is plenty of reason to be optimistic over the future of the Town Center projects, including the much talked about Metropolitan Market. The market has been in the planning stages since at least 2014. “I’ve been talking to
Metropolitan Market for about a year,” said Evan Maxim, a senior planner for the city. Maxim said Metropolitan Market took out permits in December. He expects to meet with Metropolitan officials again early this month, and he believes grading at the new market site will begin in June. Construction should be completed by December 2016. Metropolitan Market is expected to be the centerpiece of a much larger project known as The Village and proposed by
developer TRF Pacific LLC. The mixed-use project could cover more than 6 acres. Vance said the size of The Village development has increased since it was proposed several years ago. May or June should also see a groundbreaking for another large-scale mixed-use development proposed by West Coast developer Intracorp whose 75 residential units will rise south of Eastside Catholic School. Maxim said progress is not quite as far along on another large mixed-used development planned for
near the former Mars Hill Church. Proposed by American Classic Homes, that development will consist of 14,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space with 92 residential units above. Maxim said American Classic has not yet expressed a specific timetable, but he believes the project may get underway in the summer of 2016. “We’re on the right track,” Yazici said. He added the city has tried to be responsive to the wishes of the community as planning for
the Town Center development has moved forward. Most specifically, Yazici said, city officials heard residents say they wanted no big box stores. “They wanted a development that would meet the city’s needs,” he added. Somewhat uniquely, initial plans for the Metropolitan Market included parking on the roof of the building. Yazici said that part of the proposal has been scrapped, but said The Village development will have surface and underground parking.
the Legislature, responsible for transporting documents between offices, as well as delivering messages and mail. Pages spend time in the Senate chamber and attend page school to learn about parliamentary procedure and the legislative process. Students also draft their own bills and engage in a mock session. Chen was sponsored by 41st District Sen. Steve Litzow. Chen, the son of Chun Li and Weihai Chen, of Sammamish, is a Sammamish Youth Board representative who is a black
belt in karate and enjoys participating in student government, soccer and skiing. Learn more about the Senate Page Program at http://leg.wa.gov/ Senate/Administration/ PageProgram.
Mrs. World competitions. The Mrs. Washington America Pageant will be held May 16 in Olympia at the Kenneth Minnaert Center for the Arts. Lisa was born and raised in Washington and has been a proud Issaquah resident since her son Jake was in the second grade. He graduated from Issaquah High School last year and Lisa and her husband of four years, Sean Vanderdasson, moved to Lake Sammamish. When not visiting her son at college in California, Lisa is hard at work finishing her last year of law school and lending her free time to the Hope Heart Institute, the pageant’s chosen charity, supporting Athletes for Kids and getting in as many workouts at The Daily Method as possible. If chosen Mrs. Washington America, Lisa will use her title to support and promote Athletes For Kids, a youth mentoring program started in Sammamish over a decade ago, matching children with special needs and student athletes to learn from
each other and positively impact their community. The matches often lead to lifelong friendships and promote the overall vision of transforming communities.
ners, the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment offers aspiring environmentalists and student leaders an unparalleled experience. The weeklong program, June 28 to July 3, is at George Mason University.
Mrs. Issaquah vies for Mrs. Washington America crown
Lisa Vanderdasson, Mrs. Issaquah 2015, will compete for the title of Mrs. Washington America, preliminary to the nationally televised Mrs. America &
Chase Steiner selected as national youth delegate Chase Steiner, a student at Eastside Catholic High School, has been selected to represent Washington as a National Youth Delegate to the 2015 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University. Steiner joins a group of 250 students from across the country to participate in an intensive study weeklong of leadership in environmental science and conservation. Chase was chosen based on academic accomplishments and a demonstrated interest and excellence in leadership in the sciences and conservation studies. With distinguished faculty, guest speakers, and direct access to elite D.C. practitio-
Alzheimer’s Association support group starts meeting this month Caring for someone with memory loss? Do you need information and support? The Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver support groups provide a consistent and caring place for people to learn, share and gain emotional support from others who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with memory loss. Meetings are held the third Saturday of the month, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Swedish Medical Center – Issaquah Campus, Women’s Center Flex Space, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive, starting in March. Call 301-0709.
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City looks at annexation of Duthie Hill ‘notch’ By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Local residents and officials virtually all refer to the small area as the “notch.” A 46-acre section of unincorporated King County, the “notch” juts north into Sammamish from Southeast Duthie Hill Road near the southeast corner of the city. Mayor Tom Vance and others said local officials long have wanted to annex the sparsely populated area, but have never had any luck. Judging from a presentation made to the Sammamish Planning Commission on Feb. 19, that luck isn’t about to change. The planning commission was looking into the annexation issue at the request of the City Council. At present, the notch is not part of city’s Urban Growth Area, said consultant Deborah Munkberg, of Studio 3MW. Under state law, the city cannot annex areas outside of its growth area, so the first step would have to be to add the notch to the Sammamish UGA. That might not be easy. In the end, the city would have to ask King County to allow the notch to be added to
Police blotter Car break-ins • A leather jacket was swiped from a car parked Feb. 4 in the 2100 block of 222 Place Northeast. The incident was reported at 3:45 p.m. • On Feb. 5, $2,000 in cash was taken from an unlocked car parked in a residential driveway in the 3100 block of 199th Avenue Southeast. The theft was reported just after 1 p.m. • At about 4:42 a.m. Feb. 8 an unknown suspect removed two computer tablets from a car parked in a garage in the 22900 block of Northeast 24th Place. The suspect then attempted to open the garage with a remote found in the car.
Hit and run An unknown driver jumped over a curb and knocked over a tree in front of a residence at
the city’s growth area. That, in turn, would require the county alter its comprehensive plan. To the best of her knowledge, the county has changed its planning to accommodate expansion of a city’s growth area only once, said Emily Arteche, a senior planner for the city. Why does the city want to annex the small notch area in the first place? The main reason seems to be the condition of Duthie Hill Road. The stretch of the road that borders the notch is owned and maintained by the county. That stretch runs from roughly a bit north of 266th Avenue Southeast to a bit beyond 271st Avenue Southeast. Vance and others maintain the county simply has not kept up its portion of the road. “You leave the city, the road degrades,” Vance said. “There in the middle, it’s starting to come apart.” Sammamish would be in a much better position to fix and maintain the road if it were completely under city control, Vance added. Several residents of the unincorporated area attended the Feb. 19 planning commission meeting
and most spoke against annexation by Sammamish. The notch has a very low housing density and some residents would like it to stay that way. According to Arteche, the city does not presently have a zoning classification to match the lowdensity county zoning now in place in the notch. Representing the Windsor Heights Homeowners Association, Jeff Payne said he and his neighbors were concerned about their relatively tiny neighborhood being overwhelmed by the much larger developments that sit to the north of the notch, particularly the Trossachs area. If the notch was annexed, Payne said he was fearful the city might be tempted to connect 271st Avenue Southeast to the Trossachs neighborhood, thus greatly increasing traffic in the notch. The planning commission is expected to make a report to City Council, but planning commission Chairman Ryan Kohlmann said absolutely nothing has been decided. “We are not in any action type mode at this point,” he said.
1100 235th Avenue Northeast. The driver fled the scene. Police said there were no witnesses, and no vehicle description was available.
through an unlocked window in an attached garage. The incident was reported just after 8 a.m. Feb. 11. • Reports again don’t say what was stolen when thieves made their way into a home in the 100 block of 248th Place Northeast, but they do say the combined value was more than $15,000. This time, the suspects broke out a window near a door, and then reached through the window and let themselves in. The incident was reported at about noon Feb. 11.
Larceny A gearbox and a propeller for a boat motor were stolen in the 10 days prior to Feb. 9. The theft happened in the 400 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway.
Burglaries • At about 8 a.m. Feb. 8 someone entered an unlocked car parked in a driveway in the 23000 block of Northeast 21st Street. They then used a garage door opener in the car to let themselves into the garage. Reports said items were stolen from the garage, but did not specify what was taken. • Reports don’t say what was stolen, but someone entered a home in the 1600 block of 216th Avenue Southeast
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Metro offers service between Issaquah Highlands and Snoqualmie
King County Metro is now offering customized shuttle service to the Issaquah Highlands and Snoqualmie Valley. The move is in keeping with an initiative started by King County Executive Dow Constantine to offer more transit options in King County. “We’re doing more than ever to customize services to meet the specific needs of the communities we serve — and that includes transportation,” Constantine said in a press release. “By working with cities in the Snoqualmie Valley and Issaquah, we will provide our customers with more transit options.” The new shuttle service is the result of a partnership between King County, the cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend, and Snoqualmie Valley Transportation. Through a contract with Hopelink, the Metro shuttle — officially Route 628 once service begins — offers trips each weekday between the park and rides in North Bend and the
Issaquah Highlands. Riders in the Issaquah Highlands will be able to call ahead to schedule off-route pickups and drop-offs. A few highlights of the new service: • Shuttles will operate from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. • Morning service will operate westbound from North Bend, Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Ridge and the Issaquah Highlands (including the flexible service in the highlands area) and then operate as an express route on Interstate 90 from the Issaquah Highlands to North Bend. • Afternoon service will operate eastbound from the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride and flexible service area to Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie and North Bend, and then operate as express service on Interstate 90 from North Bend to the Issaquah Highlands. • Standard, weekday peak/off-peak fares will be charged. •The shuttle will operate every 30 minutes during peak periods. The Metropolitan King County Council included $12 million in the 20152016 budget to fund the alternative services program. Metro will continue
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to work with cities, community groups and others to assess local service needs and preferences. The program will initially focus on communities where bus service was most significantly reduced in September due to declining revenue. Next in line are Mercer Island and Burien.
tation and comprehensive plans. To get involved: • Learn more online at www.kcmetrovision.org. • Take an online survey at www.surveymonkey. com/r/RPN8V6D. • Join the community advisory group by applying online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/R62TZJB.
Metro Transit seeks input for long-range plans
Student elected to national nutrition and dietetics board
King County Metro wants public input as it launches an intensive long-range planning effort that will help determine what regional transit service will look like in 25 years. With the region’s population expected to increase by 30 percent over the next two decades, this will be Metro’s most comprehensive planning effort yet. The planning effort, “We’ll Get You There: Our Vision for the Future of Public Transportation,” launches at the same time Sound Transit lays the groundwork for further expansion of light rail, and local cities and the Puget Sound Regional Council update their own transpor-
Regin Gallagher, a junior dietetics student at the University of North Dakota, was recently elected as the incoming student representative to the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics board of directors for 20152017. One student is selected each year from all accredited dietetics programs in the U.S to represent the student perspective on the board. Gallagher, a native of Sammamish, was elected through a nomination and interview process with final selection by a majority vote of the board. Her term begins June 1. Her responsibilities include participation in the Academy Student Council Advisory Committee dur-
ing her first year on the board, and she will be given opportunities to participate in committee work and ACEND trainings. Gallagher will travel to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics headquarters in Chicago twice each year to participate in board meetings. The board is the governing unit of the federally recognized accrediting agency for education programs preparing students for careers as registered dietitian nutritionists and registered dietetic technicians. Gallagher is an accomplished student leader at UND. She was recognized as the UND Wellness Center Employee of the Year Award in 2014; won the Lillian Elsigna Student Leader Award, also in 2014; and most recently, she was the first student to be awarded with the 2014 Robert H. Boyd UND Champion Award.
State releases new chickenpox vaccine requirement Students in grades seven through 12 now have the same requirement as those in kindergarten through sixth grade. They now are all
required to have two doses of the chickenpox vaccine. The requirement implementation starts this fall for seventh and eighth grade and fall 2016 for ninth through 12th grade. Students who already had two doses of the vaccine do not need to repeat it. Learn more by talking to your child’s school nurse, your healthcare provider or go to the state Department of Health website at www.doh.wa.gov/ VaccineRequirements.
Endeavour honored for environmental practices at school Endeavour Elementary School, in the Issaquah School District, is the first school to attain the title of Level Four Sustaining Green School from the King County Green Schools Program. Endeavour successfully completed the first three phases of the program through waste reduction, recycling, and energy and water conservation practices. Last year, the school implemented a Sustaining Green School requirement by collecting paper towels in classrooms for disposal at a regional composting facility.
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Crusaders win another heart-stopper to reach state By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com The Eastside Catholic High School boys basketball team has formed some good habits when it comes to late-game heroics. The Crusaders are a perfect 5-0 this season in games decided by six points or less, and their 53-51 win over the Wilson Rams in a Feb. 28 regional playoff game at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma punched their ticket for another statetournament berth. For the second season in a row, Eastside Catholic (23-6) is one of the last eight teams competing for a Class 3A state title. The Crusaders open the Hardwood Classic against Marysville-Pilchuck at 9 p.m. March 5 at the Tacoma Dome. Getting there wasn’t easy, as the Crusaders had to overcome a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Their star players, seniors Matisse Thybulle and Mandrell Worthy, led the way, but they also got help from some unlikely sources. Freshman guard Brock MacKenzie came off the bench to score five points in the final quarter, earning praise from his teammates and coach Bill Liley. MacKenzie was a junior
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Eastside Catholic’s Mandrell Worthy, pictured in a January game against Garfield, had a team-high 20 points last week against Wilson as the Crusaders earned a return to this week’s Class 3A state quarterfinals. varsity player all season until the playoffs. “That kid is going to be a superstar,” said Thybulle, who scored 19 points. “You watch for him. He’s going to be big-time.” “Can you believe that kid? That’s a special freshman,” Liley added. “He’s going to be a hell of a basketball player.” Wilson (20-5) had a 41-35 lead early in the fourth quarter, but EC began chipping away through the mercurial Worthy, who scored 15 of his team-high 20 points in the second half. Worthy hit two free throws to put the Crusaders up 52-51 in the final minute. Junior guard David Jenkins, who led all scorers with 24 points, had
a chance to put the Rams back in front, but missed a jump shot with Worthy in his face, and Thybulle grabbed the rebound with 11 seconds left. Thybulle missed the front end of a one-andone, but hustled for the rebound and knocked it out of bounds off a Wilson player. That allowed Worthy to sink a free throw with 3 seconds left, and Jenkins’ half-court shot at the buzzer was well off the mark. Winning close games has become a hallmark for Liley’s squad. It advanced through the district tournament with a pair of nerve-wracking wins against Franklin and Lakeside. “That’s how we play
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Eastside Catholic’s Matisse Thybulle, pictured in a January game against Garfield, scored 19 points to help the Crusaders beat Wilson, 53-51, on Feb. 28 and clinch a Class 3A state tournament spot. now — we’ve just kind of accepted it,” Liley said. “Special group of kids. We’ve been through a lot, and they’re just battling. And for them to have a chance to get back to state, I’m really proud of them.” “That’s how we want to
play,” Thybulle added. “All these other teams don’t like it … and it freaks them out. But we thrive in that kind of situation, so we’re fine playing it. We like it.” The Crusaders opened the game with a 9-0 run, fueled by a Worthy 3-point-
er and Thybulle’s steal and dunk. The Rams clawed their way back, but had trouble dealing with EC’s 2-3 zone, and scored only 16 points in the first half. That changed in the third quarter, as Wilson hit four 3-pointers to edge in front, 36-33. “David Alwert is a really good basketball coach, and he figured that zone out at halftime,” Liley said of his Wilson counterpart. “His kids came out and tried to shoot us out of it. As a matter of fact, they did. “And so once we went man to man, it was basically a test of wills to see if we were going to be able to get enough stops to win the game. And thankfully, we were able to do that.” Five of the eight state finalists are from the Metro League, and if EC gets past Marysville-Pilchuck, it could face rival Rainier Beach again in the semifinals. The Crusaders have laid the groundwork for another state-title push, but they remember last year’s painful ending, as they dropped a 47-45 decision to Rainier Beach in the championship game. “We’re hungry for sure,” Thybulle said. “Those two points hurt for sure, and we’re going to do our best to make sure that doesn’t happen again this year.”
Softball programs team up to build new indoor facility By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com Each spring, the Eastlake High School softball program has dealt with the same dilemma: What do the players do when there’s too much rain to be outside? Finding a solution has been years in the making. The Eastlake Little League softball program, which has multiple age groups practicing on the high-school field, has wanted a fix, too. But the costs to build an indoor facility meant the two entities struggled to get approval from the Lake Washington School Board. Last summer, an indoor facility finally began taking shape after boosters raised enough money, and enough volunteers committed time and materials.
Steve Pollis, a Little League vice president in charge of softball operations, said the entire project is likely worth more than $100,000. Organizers were able to collect about $37,000 in cash donations, and several businesses doubled that total by donating concrete, steel, insulation and other materials. Dozens of volunteers have put in countless hours to build the facility from the ground up, and it was set to open around March 2, the first day of the high-school spring sports season. There are 14 Eastside leagues that comprise Little League District 9, and Eastlake runs a bit differently than its counterparts, Pollis said. “We’re the only ones that really use a high-school field for our Little League program, and we have a reciprocating agree-
ment where we kind of take care of the field, and we get use of it, but we have to put some maintenance money and sweat equity into it,” he said. “And so anything we do here to improve the facility goes to our Little League girls’ benefit as well.” Eastlake High School’s baseball program has an indoor facility adjacent to its field. Boys in the program are able to use batting cages and work on their pitching and fielding skills when the weather forces them indoors. Federal Title IX laws say schools must provide equivalent facilities for males and females. “To be honest, we had to get the point where we said, ‘You’ve got a Title IX problem. We’re here to fix it with our money,’” Pollis said of interactions with school district officials.
Last month, during the school’s mid-winter break, the indoor softball facility was nearly complete. Fourteen Eastlake players were brushing white paint across the walls, and the only major obstacle left was to install lights. Stephanie Fox, a former Eastlake assistant entering her first season as head coach, said the new space would have an instant impact on her program. “Before, when we’d have a rainout, we kind of just had to scramble to figure out what we’d do,” she said. “But now, if we have a rainout at practice, we can come in here and hit. And it’s huge, because the baseball facility has been there for a while, but we really didn’t have much access to it.” The softball facility is directly adjacent to the exist-
ing diamond. The space can be configured for multiple uses: Nets will run the length of the building to provide three separate lanes for pitching and hitting, and the nets can be moved for fielding grounders or full-scale throwing drills. Pollis said organizers are still taking donations, with the hope of adding lockers for each of the Eastlake varsity players. Fox is a 2008 Eastlake graduate who starred as a pitcher and middle infielder for the Wolves, and went on to play collegiately at Western Washington University. She indicated Eastlake’s upgrades could make it the envy of its area rivals. “I don’t know many other softball programs that have this right by their field — it’s amazing,” Fox said.
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Calendar of Events Upcoming events
Eastside Genealogical Society monthly meeting, join Mary Kircher Roddy as she presents a ‘World War II Case Study,’ fleshing out a basic story of a B-17 shot down over Germany, 7 p.m. March 12, Bellevue Regional Library, 1111 110th Ave N.E., Bellevue, www.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~wakcegs Women’s Leadership Luncheon, guest speaker Jenni Butz, of WordSpark, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 13, Sahalee Country Club, 21200 Northeast Sahalee Country Club Drive, $30, www.sammamishchamber.org Fourteenth annual SAMMI Awards, celebrating and promoting community involvement, 7 p.m. March 21, EX3 Teen Center, 825 228th Ave. N.E., free, www.sammiawards.org
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‘A Silk Road Journey’ art exhibit, open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 9, City Hall at Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0597 March Madness Teen Book Tournament, pick your top four books for a chance to win prizes, 10 a.m. through March 14, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Hello English: Beginning ESL Class, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Friends of Sammamish Library monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Grief Share Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road
Young Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Sing Along Family Story Time, 4 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Volunteers are needed for LINKS, a community support group to fill the growing number of volunteer needs throughout Lake Washington School District; www.lwsd.org/links
Saturday, March 7
Chinese Story Times: Ni Hao!, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Russian Story Times: Privet!, 11 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Jumpin’ Jive to Thrive, enjoy food, dancing and raffle presented by Kiwanis Club of Sammamish, 21 and older, 7 p.m. March 7, EX3 Teen Recreation Center,
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Sunday, March 8 Pine Lake Covenant Church ministry for children with special needs, 10:45 a.m., 1715 228th Ave. S.E., 392-8636 Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church youth groups, for children in sixth through eighth grade, and ninth through 12th grades, Mass at 5 p.m., dinner and then meetings at 6:30 p.m. Sundays, 391-1178, ext. 129
Monday, March 9 Spanish Story Times: Hola!, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825
228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Talk Time, an English conversation class, 2 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 ‘Democracy in Action’ youth and government program for teens, 5:306:30 p.m. Mondays through May, Sammamish YMCA, 4221 228th Ave. S.E., call 391-4840 or email mholyoke@seattleymca.org Citizens for Sammamish meeting, 7 p.m., Fire Station 82, 185 228th Ave. N.E., citizensforsammamish.com Hindi Story Times: Namaste!, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
Tuesday, March 10 8-bit Post It Note Art, part of Teen Art Week, 3 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, grades K-12, free drop in home-
work help, 4-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Sammamish Youth Writing Club, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
Wednesday, March 11 Sammamish Plateau Community Bible Study, open to all women and their children, 9:30 a.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road S.E., email juliegusecbs@gmail.com Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall at Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0597 ‘Chair Yoga: Finding Peace at Work,’ 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Youth group; games, worship and fun for students in grades six through 12; 7-9 p.m., Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road
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Sustainable Gardening — a Better Way to Beautiful • Thursday, March 19, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. laWnS the Un-thirsty lawn — Steps to Keep Your Grass Green no Matter What the Weather • Thursday, March 12, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
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SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Sammamish Voters April 28, 2015 is voting day We will soon be asked to ACCEPT (Yes) or REJECT (No) voters rights granted us in our State Constitution for state propositions and now potentially available for City of Sammamish laws. These are the rights of INITIATIVE and REFERENDUM. In general the Initiative process is the authority of the voters of a city to directly initiate and enact legislation. In general the Referendum process is the right of the people to have an ordinance that has been enacted by the city council submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection. The Washington State Constitution says that “All political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights.” For (YES)
• Washington State Constitution granted these voting rights to all citizens in 1912. • This proposal would just extend these rights to city of Sammamish ordinances. • Widespread voter participation (85% of King County citizens now have these voting rights). • Used only when Sammamish City Council either decides not to address an issue of great concern to Sammamish citizens or finds the matter way down on its agenda list. • Excellent methods for citizens to become involved in their city government. Often noted “voter apathy” is overcome by inclusion in the process. • Exerts pressure on public officials to act in the best interest of Sammamish citizens. • These rights show “Direct Democracy” at its best. Citizens should not be denied these Constitutional guarantees. April 28, 2015 is the date of the election. Vote YES to confirm these voting rights to the citizens of Sammamish. For more details see: www.citizensforsammamish.com (Initiative link)
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