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Council votes to remove barricade on 32nd Street
Missing girl found dead after search
By Caleb Heeringa
By Laura Geggel
It will cost the city more than a third of a million dollars, but Sammamish resolved the first of its many barricade issues. Southeast 32nd Street will be open to through traffic by this summer after the City Council voted unanimously March 1 to remove a barricade that had long blocked the road, putting extra mileage on every car trip for residents on the wrong side. Several nearby residents repeated concerns they’d been voicing for years – namely that removing the barricade would increase the traffic in their neighborhood and potentially lead to collisions with pedestrians on a walkway often used by children walking to Pine Lake
Middle School. “This idealized concept of connectivity overwhelming public safety – especially the safety of children – is baffling to me,” said neighbor Kurt Strand. He is
“The idea of connecting people – I think that’s a great concept.” – Kurt Strand, Resident – projected to see about 1,500 more cars drive past his home without the barricade and told the council he’d be moving if the barricade came down. “The idea of connecting people – I think that’s a great concept. But
the idea of connecting cars and roads doesn’t make the neighborhood a better place.” To assuage the concerns of Strand and others, the city will be spending up to $350,000 on pedestrian improvements and measures to reduce speeding on the road, including new sidewalks, traffic circles and curb extensions. The costs of these safety measures have gradually risen as Public Works staff responded to the passionately voiced concerns of neighbors and City Council members. Staff proposed about $130,000 worth of improvements at a Jan. 11 meeting but added additional sidewalks and traffic circles that See BARRICADE, Page 3
A King County Sheriff’s detective found the body of a missing 12-year-old Klahanie girl on March 6. The girl, a seventh-grade student at Pacific Cascade Middle School, went missing March 2. A concerned friend of the girl called the sheriff’s office shortly before 6 p.m. March 2, reporting that the girl had sent suicidal text messages and had made mention of suicide on Facebook, according to a sheriff’s office news release. The sheriff’s office had received reports about the girl within the past two months. The family had previously called the sheriff’s office Jan. 17, saying the girl was missing and that she was a chronic runaway.
She returned home the next day, Jan. 18. After receiving the concerned call March 2, detectives checked the area, including Pine Lake Park, but could not find the girl. When the sheriff’s office contacted the girl’s parents, “they did not believe the girl was actually suicidal, although she was not at home,” the release said. Her parents reported her missing the next day, March 3, when she did not return home. Officers tried locating the girl through the cellular phone she had been using, but they only received a general location. They also knocked on doors, asking neighbors if they had seen See MISSING, Page 2
There’s going to be a new sheriff in town By Caleb Heeringa
Sammamish will likely have more than twice as many police officers in the city during business hours after the City Council approved renting out unused space on the second floor of city hall to the King County Sheriff’s Office. The agreement, which still has to be approved by the County Council, would also require a significant upfront capital investment from the city – as much as $780,000 to finish construction in the 5,200 square feet of vacant space and build a fenced parking lot behind City Hall for police vehicles. The city would likely make up for that expenditure in rent money
charged to the county, At $20 per square foot, the lease is expected to net the city close to $104,000 a year, putting them on schedule to recoup their capital investment in about eight years. “We’re on the cutting edge of better public policy by having two entities sharing the same facility,” King County Sheriff Sue Rahr told the council at their March 1 meeting. As a cost-cutting measure, the county is looking to close its northern precinct in Kenmore and southern precinct in Maple Valley and merge staff from both locations into a new centrally located precinct that will serve all of the eastern portion See SHERIFF, Page 2
Photo by Caleb Heeringa
The unfinished upstairs area at Sammamish City Hall will house a King County Sheriff’s Office precinct.
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Washington State Patrol lab relies on DNA to solve crimes The state crime lab used DNA testing to complete a record-setting 379 hits last year. Teams at the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab use a national database, the Combined DNA Index System or CODIS, to offer leads to investigators. Since the program debuted more than a decade ago, the crime-fighting tool has provided more than 1,500 leads. Investigators at the Seattle lab also processed evidence related to the deadly shootings at Lake Sammamish State Park in July 2010. “This is about arresting and convicting the guilty, and clearing the innocent,” state patrol Chief John Batiste said.
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of King County. The council, with Councilwoman Michele Petitti absent, unanimously approved the contract, with the caveat that City Manager Ben Yazici should negotiate a longer minimum length that the county is required to stay in the space. Though it is a 30-year lease, the contract as written allowed the county to break the lease after 12 months. County officials assured the council that with the county responsible for $576,000 worth of tenant improvements (interior walls, electrical wiring, etc.), it would be highly unlikely that they would suddenly leave. Several on the council, as well as two members of the public,
SAMMAMISH REVIEW The lab receives about 1,400 samples from convicted offenders each month. The resulting database contains more than 194,000 DNA profiles from Washington criminals convicted of a felony, or certain gross misdemeanors and misdemeanors. Under state law, registered sex and kidnapping offenders must also submit a DNA sample. The lab compares samples from convicted criminals against DNA evidence collected at more than 3,500 crime scenes statewide. Investigators routinely search the samples in the state database against the CODIS database. In the hits from last year, more than half linked to burglary cases, and another 39 percent stemmed from murders, rapes, robberies and assaults. raised concerns about the terms of the lease, the potential of added noise from sirens coming and going from City Hall and the parking lot, which adds impervious surface that increases stormwater runoff into nearby environmentally sensitive wetlands. “I don’t want to hear more sirens coming and going than we already have in Town Center,” said former Planning Commission Chairwoman Erica Tiliacos. “We have our own police, which are sufficient. We don’t have to be bringing in people from around the county to the top of the plateau.” Rahr said the precinct office is used primarily for detectives and administrative staff. Aside from dropping off paperwork at the end of a shift, patrol officers generally wouldn’t be spending much time at the new precinct,
The analysis shows 79 percent of the DNA hits match offenders convicted for less-violent crimes, such as burglary and drug possession. The hits generated last year represent a 47 percent increase from the 257 hits in 2009. The crime lab attributed the increase to a pilot project for testing evidence from property crimes, and technology upgrades. “The CODIS program is a forensic time machine” Larry Hebert, forensic laboratory services bureau director, said in a release. “Our scientists use this powerful technology to link suspects to unsolved crimes, some of which were committed over 40 years ago. CODIS is also used to link apparent unrelated cases to each other providing investigators with valuable information.” she said. There would likely be more police in the area, but the precinct would not be used to house arrested individuals and police would rarely be dispatched from there. “It’s more police eyeballs and police brains and fewer sirens,” Rahr told the council. Yazici and Community Development Director Kamuron Gurol assured the council that the added 36 parking stalls behind the building would not put City Hall over the stormwater impacts approved in the environmental permits for the building. The parking lot includes an underground storm water treatment vault, which is a large portion of the $330,000 cost of the lot construction. Councilwoman Nancy Whitten said she was not content merely being under the legal limit for
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the girl. Family and friends fanned out across the community, posting flyers and searching for her. On March 6, an off-duty detective who was walking along a trail in the Klahanie area came across a group of distraught people. The group had found a body that matched the description of the missing girl. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a suicide. The girl attended Pine Lake Middle School as a sixth-grader and Pacific Cascade Middle School as a seventh-grade student. environmental impacts. With the city pushing for the lowest possible storm water run off in upcoming Town Center development through strategies like the harvesting of rainwater from rooftops and the requirement of underground parking lots, she said the city should be holding itself to the same low-impact development standards. “We’ve been talking for a long time about (low impact development) standards and minimizing the impacts of development,” Whitten said. “I haven’t seen enough environmental review to feel comfortable making a decision … I want more information showing this won’t have an impact on Ebright Creek.” Councilman Mark Cross said he shared Whitten’s concerns with the impact of city-owned property on surrounding waterways, but said the opportunity to
The principals at each school e-mailed parents, telling them each school would offer extra counseling. In her e-mail, Pacific Cascade Principal Dana Bailey asked the community to respect the “privacy of the family, and we understand at this point that the memorial services will be private.” Both Bailey and Pine Lake Principal Roy Adler asked parents and guardians to be aware of how their children were handling the news of the passing of their classmate. “If you notice any signs of grief — such as sadness, anger, irritability, anxiety, loneliness, detachment, listlessness, stomachaches or appetite changes — please do not hesitate to contact our counseling office for assistance,” both of their e-mails read. have dozens of extra law enforcement officers located in the heart of the city was too good to pass up. Cross added that the capital improvements the city is investing in — the new parking lot and the completion of the unused space at City Hall — are going to be city assets going forward, regardless of how long the Sheriff’s Office stays in Sammamish. “I am concerned about impervious surfaces, but I don’t think this particular parking lot is going to be the thing that tilts the whole basin into a problem,” Cross said. “To quote a former defense secretary: You go to war with the army you’ve got. If we ever have a big earthquake or other sort of disaster, we’ll go with the sheriffs we have. I’d rather have more sheriffs than fewer.” The lease will go before the County Council for approval in May. Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
Correction In the March 2 story “Paula Boggs to serve on a presidential council,” a previous job title of Boggs’ was incorrect. She was the Assistant U.S. Attorney for Western Washington.
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the city will be spent on Southeast 32nd Street. Some who had passionately Continued from Page 1 spoken out about the barricade removal at earlier meetings comraised the total to around mended the responsiveness of $350,000 after nearly a dozen the city and supported the pedesneighbors said that plan wouldn’t trian plan. do enough to protect pedestrians. Local resident James Wasnick Much of the improvements apologized for his combativeness are slated for the east side of the at the earlier meeting and said barricade – the portion closest to Councilman John Curley had Pine Lake Middle School. come to his home after the meetConcerned that the plan didn’t do ing to tour the area and hear his enough for residents west of the concerns. barricade, the council went a step Curley passed several of further at the March 1 meeting, Wasnick’s ideas on to city staff, voting to add who then an additional added them to “This gets me feeling 300 or so feet the plan. that we’re going to have of sidewalk “I’m here west of the bara safer street at the end today to say ricade to the that if you of this.” corner where implement the road turns what Laura – James Wasnick, south into (Philpot) and Resident – 220th Avenue the team put Southeast. down on paper, CouncilmemI am satisfied,” ber Tom Odell was the only disWasnick said. “(The city) listened senting vote on the sidewalk to the concerns I brought to the addition. He said in a later intertable. … This gets me feeling that view that he didn’t want the we’re going to have a safer street council to set a precedent and at the end of this.” have to give extra sidewalk to resOthers remained opposed to idents near every barricade. removing the barricade, saying The council did not discuss that cutting down on some resithe cost of the addition at the dents’ commuting time was not meeting, but in a later email worth changing what makes the Public Works Director Laura neighborhood so appealing. Philpot estimated the cost “It’s going to destroy our propbetween $80,000 and $100,000. erty values, it’s going to destroy All told, up to $225,000 of the the nature of the neighborhood city’s $250,000 annual budget for and it’s not going to be safe for repairing and completing sidethe kids,” said Kathy Cummings, walks in neighborhoods around who lives west of the barricade.
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Next up: 42nd Street With the 32nd Street barricade review completed, Public Works Director Laura Philpot said the city will be looking at the Northeast 42nd Street barricade next. The barricade, located on the 19900 block of Northeast 42nd Street, separates the Hidden Ridge and Timberline neighborhoods. The decision will involve a similar process, with multiple open houses allowing citizens to see the city’s analysis of traffic numbers and potential safety improvements before staff makes a recommendation to the council whether the barricade should stay or go. Public Works Director Laura Philpot said it was unclear when the city would start on the 42nd Street barricade. She said the city would be collecting some traffic data after the 32nd Street barricade comes down to give residents near other barricades a sense of potential affects. City staff have said the level of traffic predicted after the barricade comes down is comparable to countless other residential streets in the city and said there is no evidence that typical levels of residential traffic negatively affect property values. The council was united in their acceptance of the plan, though several pushed for additional pedestrian measures in the neighborhoods to the west of the barricade, including sidewalks and possibly street lighting. Under the plan, 220th Avenue Southeast will be restriped to provide a designated shoulder for pedestrians and the point at which it intersects with 219th Place Southeast and Southeast 33rd Place will turn into a threeway stop. Those streets currently have
gravel shoulders but no sidewalks. City Manager Ben Yazici said the council should consider the area when deciding on potential sidewalk and pedestrian projects in 2012. Councilmembers Nancy Whitten and John James were not content with just considering the move and said they wanted the council to make a firm commitment to the residents that night. Yazici said there were numerous roads in the city that could use sidewalks and pedestrian improvements and urged the council to weigh the 32nd Street area against other potential projects at a later date. Though some wanted the council to do more, the council unanimously passed the measure, thanking residents for their
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civility and city staff for being responsive to community concerns. Curley said residents who lived near other barricades should take note of how the city worked with neighbors to address pedestrian safety issues around the barricade. “There’s a lot of people that have said they felt like we’d already made up our minds,” Curley said. “The city wants to work with you … I think the system worked in this particular case.” Odell urged residents who were still concerned to look at other roads in the city that had gotten similar pedestrian safety overhauls – namely Northeast 20th Way near Margaret Mead Elementary and Northeast 19th Drive in the Deerfield neighborhood. “What we’re talking about doing for you here, we’ve done there,” Odell said. “I defy you to speed through there – it just doesn’t happen. (These projects) work. They don’t reduce traffic but they do slow you down.” The traffic calming measures are slated to be installed in the coming months and the city will not remove the barricade until they are complete. The road is schedule to be open by this summer. Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
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Review editorial Legislators need your input State representatives will be more approachable than ever this Saturday, March 12. Constituents from both the 45th and 5th legislative districts might want to save the date for a face-to-face opportunity to share views about reduced services and possible new fees now before the legislature. Hearing from the voters is what will help drive the tough decisions legislators are contemplating how to address a $4.6 billion deficit in the 2011-13 state budget. After the last election made it clear Washington residents were not in favor of across-theboard tax increases, lawmakers are left with difficult choices about which government services to cut, and how deeply to cut them. Your representatives are prepared to hear from you about increased classroom sizes and other program and funding cuts in public schools, benefit changes for state employees, reduced road maintenance, tolling of the two Lake Washington bridges, user fees/permits for state parks, increases in college tuition, a proposed new tax district to pay for ferries, closure of mental health facilities, loss of state sponsored health insurance for children and a myriad of other issues heavy on your mind. Legislators from the 5th Legislative District including Sen. Cheryl Pflug, Rep. Jay Rodne and Rep. Glenn Anderson will host a town hall meeting noon-1 p.m. at Issaquah City Hall. The 5th district includes most of Sammamish and other cities south and east. Sammamish residents north of Northeast 16th Street generally live in the 45th District. They will have a chance to meet with Andy Hill, their newlyelected state senator, and with Reps. Roger Goodman and Larry Springer. The 45th District town hall will be at 10:30 a.m. at Woodinville City Hall, 17301 133rd Ave. N.E. Spending an hour with your state representative may sound boring, but it also may be your best shot at getting your point across, loud and clear. No need to drive to Olympia or be lost among the e-mail messages. This is the time for up close and personal. Your state representatives will be there. Will you?
Poll of the week Will you go to the legislative town hall meetings? A) Yes. They’re interesting and important. B) No. Its a meaningless dog and pony show. C) I want to, but I have something else planned. D) I prefer sky-writing to communicate with everyone. To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
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Sammamish Forum Essential tremor is a problem The U.S. House of Representatives has designated March as National Essential Tremor Awareness Month. Essential tremor (ET) is a neurological condition that causes uncontrollable shaking of the head, hands, and voice. An example is Katherine Hepburn. An estimated 10 million people in the U.S. have ET. While not life threatening, ET is a serious and progressive condition that can significantly affect a person’s quality of life - socially, professionally, and emotionally. People with ET often have difficulty with everyday activities such as getting dressed, eating, drinking, speaking, or writing. There is very little awareness of this disorder, even among those in the medical profession. It is often genetic and is frequently misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s disease. It is important for people who exhibit symptoms to see a movement disorder specialist, because there are medical and surgical treatments available. As a victim of ET, I am writing with the hope of raising awareness. A helpful resource for learning more about ET symptoms, treatment, specialists, current research, and support groups is the International Essential Tremor Foundation website, www.essentialtremor.org or call 888-387-3667. Coleen George Sammamish
Horray for the stumps How exciting to see on the front page of today’s Sammamish Review the article socking it to the Starbucks stumps. I was elated to learn City Hall has received both positive and negative feedback on the first large scale outdoor art exhibit. Mission accomplished! People were inspired. The art was a catalyst in community dialog. Personally, the tree stumps were blank canvases begging for adornment. Each time I drove past the tree trunks or sat in line of the drive through at Starbucks I pondered what I could do with them. Luckily,
I met Suzanne Tidwell at the Sammamish Art Festival in October 2010. I fell in love with her work. Our common interest was in the utilization or beautification of the tree trunks. Suzanne worked on the trees and I the landscape. I still see the potential in the tall tree trunks. Beyond socks if that is what our city wants. The U.S. economy remains sluggish at best, so that rules out using city funds. As the saying goes “necessity is the mother of invention.” Instead of relying on the city to take care of the trees, maybe the community should. This is my vision for these gorgeous tree trunks. My family and I have lived here since 1993. I have constantly been amazed at the dramatic results our community produces when it steps in and steps up as the need arises. Fund raising, taking care of local families who are suffering, collecting soccer balls for those in need, collecting loose change just to name a few. Sammamish is an educated, vibrant and involved populace. It is thrilling to think of how local artists, children and civic groups might exercise creativity and begin a tradition of an evolving outdoor art exhibit. There is an abundance of talent, intelligence, innovation and spirit in Sammamish. Interesting materials abound crying out to be reused. Anyone can cut the trunks down, grind out the stumps and plant new trees. Who knows, perhaps that will ultimately be their fate. For now however, what would you do? What are you willing to do? Pam Pruneau Sammamish
We need solutions, not whining Bob Carpenter, judging by your letter in the March 2 Sammamish Review, you are part of the problem. There is a clear need for additional classroom space in the Lake Washington School District. The district’s levy was the only workable solution on the table. I voted
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for it even though I no longer have children in school. However, rather than offering an intelligent opinion on how we should resolve the space issue, it seems that you prefer ranting about President Obama and blaming him for the current recession. Did you know that 12 schools in Lake Washington School District will be honored with the 2010 Washington Achievement Awards, with seven of them earning Overall Excellence? In other words, the district is actually doing something right. Cramming more students into a classroom isn’t going to help us maintain these high standards. It is likely that you have more intellectual depth than you portrayed in your letter so here is an opportunity for redemption. American 15-year-old students rank 14th internationally in literacy, 17th in science, and 25th in math. What do you suggest we do to keep our next generation from becoming low paid service workers to the shrinking percentage of welleducated people in our country? If we don’t elevate our students’ performance to compete effectively with the rest of the world, this recession will look like the good old times 50 years from now. I am eager to hear your considered answer. Michael J. O’Connell Sammamish
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Roll Call Senate Bill 5798, ESSB 5798 – Concerning the authority and responsibilities of Homeowner Associations ESSB 5798, which passed the Senate by a vote of 39 to 9, modifies provisions relating to the authority and actions of Homeowner Associations (HOA). ESSB 5798 establishes acceptable practices by HOAs regarding their governance, adoption of rules and setting of fines and meetings. This act also clarifies and eliminates conflicts in law related to the governance of HOAs. In addition, the act would allow HOAs to provide notice of meetings or rules changes via e-mail and also clarifies that an HOA may not place a lien on a property to secure payment of a fine. ESSB 5798 is now before the House Judiciary Committee for further consideration. 5th District Sen. Cheryl Pflug (R) 45th District Sen. Andy Hill (R)
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Senate Bill 5023, SSB 5023 Addressing non-legal immigrationrelated services SSB 5023 would prohibit the practice of nonlawyers providing immigration services for compensation that constitutes the practice of law. SSB 5023, which passed the Senate by a vote of 44 to 5, prohibits non-lawyers from performing services such as, advising someone on filling out government forms or interpreting the meaning of questions on government forms in immigration matters. In addition, this bill prohibits a non-lawyer from representing that he/she is a lawyer, immigration assistant, consultant, or profession with legal skills in the area of immigration law. SSB 5023 is now scheduled for a public hearing in the House Judiciary Committee. 5th District Sen. Cheryl Pflug (R) 45th District Sen. Andy Hill (R)
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Senate Bill 5073, E2SSB 5073 Concerning the medical use of cannabis E2SSB 5073 passed the Senate by a vote of 29 to 20 amending the law on the medical use of cannabis (marijuana). The bill seeks to clarify that qualified patients and designated providers who comply with the law will not be subject to arrest or prosecution, other criminal sanctions, or civil consequences based solely on their medical use of cannabis. E2SSB 5073 seeks to ensure that patients will have access to an adequate, safe, consistent, and secure source of medical quality marijuana. In addition, this bill would require licensed dispensers to be nonprofit medical organizations and to receive approval by a local government before selling cannabis. E2SSB 5073 is now before the House for addi-
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tional consideration. 5th District Sen. Cheryl Pflug (R) 45th District Sen. Andy Hill (R)
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House Bill 1071, ESHB 1071 – Creates the Complete Street Grants Program ESHB 1071 would require the Department of Transportation to create a grant program to encourage and assist local governments in retrofitting local street systems. In order to be eligible for grant funding, cities must adopt city-wide street ordinances to provide better street access with all users in mind. The legislation specifies that all users must include pedestrians, bicyclists and public transportation systems. ESHB 1071, which passed the House by a vote of 56 to 41, would also allow the use of grant funds on state highways intersecting local roads. ESHB 1071 is now scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Transportation Committee. 5th District Rep. Jay Rodne (R) Rep. Glenn Anderson (R) 45th District Rep. Roger Goodman (D) Rep. Larry Springer (D)
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House Bill 1489, ESHB 1489 – Limits use of phosphorus in turf fertilizers ESHB 1489, which passed the House by a vote of 58 to 39, would ban the sale of turf fertilizers with phosphorus beginning Jan. 1, 2013. Retailers, however, may still sell fertilizer with phosphorus if the product labeling clearly lists the allowable uses of the product. The bill lists acceptable uses and application of turf fertilizers containing phosphorus as; for use on new lawns, repairing unhealthy existing lawns, to correct deficient soils and for vegetable gardens. ESHB 1489 also provides an exemption from the ban on phosphorus for commercial agricultural uses. ESHB 1489 is now scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Environment, Water & Energy Committee. 5th District Rep. Jay Rodne (R) Yes Rep. Glenn Anderson (R) No 45th District Rep. Roger Goodman (D) Yes Rep. Larry Springer (D) Yes
House Bill 1267, E2SHB 1267 Clarifies and expands the rights and obligations of domestic partners and allows for paid surrogacy in Washington E2SHB 1267 amends the state’s Uniform Parentage Act by expanding the rights and obligations of registered domestic partners. In addition, E2SHB 1267 would allow parties to enter into a contractual agreement for the use of a paid surrogate in Washington. Under current state law, surrogacy is allowed, but not for compensation. This act establishes standards and requirements that must be met by both the intended parents, as well as the surrogate. E2SHB 1267, which passed the House by a vote of 57 to 41, is now before the Senate Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee. 5th District Rep. Jay Rodne (R) Yes Rep. Glenn Anderson (R) No 45th District Yes Rep. Roger Goodman (D) Rep. Larry Springer (D) Yes Source: WashingtonVotes.org, a free, non-partisan website to find plain-English explanations of bills and a record of each legislator’s votes.
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Council finalizes cell tower regs By Caleb Heeringa
After more than a year of discussion and multiple rewrites by city staff, the Sammamish City Council approved several changes to the city’s regulations on cell phone towers. Wireless industry representatives, who were responsible for the lion’s share of public comment during the process, said at the council’s March 1 meeting
that they generally supported the new ordinance, which makes it a bit more difficult to build cell phone towers larger than 120 feet near major arterials and requires a tower builder to camouflage or fence off the large control boxes near towers. “I’ve got some concerns about the height limitations,” said Richard Busch, president of industry trade group Northwest Wireless Association. “But I
think what’s been proposed we can work with.” The old ordinance had allowed for a wireless company attaching a tower to a power pole (the most common way towers are built around Sammamish) to go 40 feet above the existing pole without a public hearing. The new ordinance sets more explicit limits of towSee CELL, Page 7
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Lawmakers host town hall meetings Council approves By Warren Kagarise
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Sammamish residents can see all three of their representatives in Olympia at a town hall meeting March 12. Residents in the 5th District, which covers most of the city south of Northeast 16th Street, are invited to a roundtable discussion at Issaquah City Hall with GOP state Sen. Cheryl Pflug, and Republican state Reps. Jay Rodne and Glenn Anderson. Those in the 45th district, which covers portions of the city north of Northeast 16th Street, can query their representatives – Democratic state Reps. Larry Springer and Roger Goodman and Republican state Sen. Andy Hill – at a town hall discussion at Woodinville City Hall. Citizens can receive updates about the ongoing legislative session, and share questions, comments and concerns about legislation, state government and issues affecting the district. “I’m eager to hear from con-
45th Legislative District town hall meeting March 12 10:30 a.m. Woodinville City Hall 17301 133rd Avenue Northeast 5th Legislative District town hall meeting March 12 Noon to 1 p.m. Issaquah City Hall 130 E. Sunset Way stituents — please bring all your questions and ideas. Even though the Legislature is struggling with an almost $5 billion deficit, I have hope for this session,” Pflug said in a statement. “There is more bipartisan work searching for solutions, although it remains a challenge to get legislators to think outside of the historical box.” The state faces a $4.6 billion hole in the budget for 2011-13.
Residents could face increased fees and reduced services from state agencies, and larger class sizes in schools as a result of widespread cuts. “I hope residents can join us for these meetings to share their voice on the many difficult decisions facing the state, not the least of which is the budget,” Anderson said. “I hosted a successful telephone ‘town hall’ meeting a few weeks ago where I received great feedback, and I am hoping the upcoming forums will be equally so. I am looking forward to a good two-way dialog.” The delegation is hosting meetings in Maple Valley and Snoqualmie on the same day. “I’m looking forward to hearing what people have to say on the issues facing our communities,” Rodne said. “So many important decisions will be made this legislative session and town hall meetings offer a great opportunity for an exchange of ideas and solutions. ”
pool study contract By Caleb Heeringa
The City Council officially approved the contract for a study to help the city decide what sort of aquatic center it might want to build, though at least one councilmember was already skeptical of what the city was getting into. The city will pay Denverbased architectural firm Barker Rinker Seacat $115,000 to organize the study, which will include four public meetings to get a sense of the sorts of amenities that the public wants from a potential facility and how much they’d be willing to pay. The first of those meetings is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. March 9 at City Hall. Others are scheduled for April 11, May 9 and June 13. The company, which has designed dozens of municipal recreation centers around the country, will also be analyzing the market for such a facility, potential locations, funding models and potential partnerships. A final report is scheduled to be presented to the council in July.
At the March 1 meeting Councilman John Curley, who has previously wondered out loud whether a potentially expensive aquatic center was necessary given the amount of private facilities in the area, questioned the wisdom of hiring a company that builds aquatic centers to do the feasibility study. “For $150,000 are we getting what we want or what they want?” Curley asked. “You’re asking somebody who builds these things for a living whether it’s a good idea to build one of these things … How often do they come back to the city and say, ‘Thanks for the $150,000 – I’m sorry, but I don’t think (an aquatic center) is going to work for you.” Parks Director Jessi Richardson and City Manager Ben Yazici assured Curley that he and the rest of the council would have the final authority on any aquatic center plan and hiring a firm with experience in the field See POOL, Page 8
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ers near roads – 120 feet in major arterials and 80 feet on more minor roadways. Any tower over those limits requires a permit, which allows neighbors to have a say. The new ordinance may not have led to a different outcome for one of the controversial poles that led the council to revisit the regulations. A 120-foot pole installed near the Tibbets Station neighborhood went before the King County Hearing Examiner and was approved despite neighbor complaints. The updated ordinance includes city parks as an option for a new cell tower, though Community Development Director Kamuron Gurol reminded the council that as the land owner, the council would have the authority to allow or disallow any proposed tower. The council also unanimously approved an amendment by Councilman Mark Cross that would require a new tower in a park to be an enclosed monopole – a type of tower in which any antennas and cables are inside the pole and out of site to the public. The council was faced with a trade-off when it came to enclosed monopoles. Though they lack the antennae structure that traditional cell phone towers have, the poles must be larger in diameter than average poles to accommodate the hardware. Cross and others agreed that the 40 to 60 foot poles that could show up in parks should be thicker but without the electronics showing. But towers of 100 feet or more that are found near city roads should be skinnier with the antennae outside, since the tops of the largest poles are generally out of the line of site of the public anyways. Councilwoman Nancy Whitten agreed that near the roadway, a thicker pole without visible antennae wasn’t a good trade off. Fearing that many more of the monopoles would show up with the new ordinance, Whitten proposed that monopoles not be an option for cell companies near major roads or in residential areas. The amendment passed 4 to 2, with Deputy Mayor Tom Odell and Councilman John Curley dissenting. Cross pointed out that the only other option in some places was converting a power pole into a cell phone tower twice the size. “I wonder if this is a solution in search of a problem,” Curley said. “I think this paints us into a box where (a cell tower builder) can’t do anything on the minor roads.” Prior to building a new tower, the city’s code still requires a cell phone provider to prove that they cannot meet their coverage needs by attaching an antenna to an existing tower or other structure.
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Sammamish, Issaquah councils prep for joint meeting By Warren Kagarise
Issaquah and Sammamish leaders meet March 10 at Tibbetts Creek Manor. The agenda includes dinner — and a packed docket of regional issues. Members from the Issaquah and Sammamish city councils, plus Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger, plan to discuss longterm planning efforts in both cities — the push to create a Town Center in Sammamish and the decadeslong goal to reshape the Issaquah business district — and other issues. The annual meeting offers a chance for leaders to confer about issues face to face. The confab helps to cut out the chatter from municipal staffers and residents. “One way to do that is to once a year to get together and talk about what is important to each city,” Issaquah Councilman Mark Mullet said.
In recent years, talks focused on shared transportation concerns, Eastside Fire & Rescue operations and, in the meeting last year, nascent discussions about a regional fire authority and changes to King County ani-
Get involved Issaquah-Sammamish joint city councils meeting March 10 6:30 p.m. Tibbetts Creek Manor 750 17th Ave. N.W., Issaquah mal control. Officials from both cities also said the meeting could result in ideas for long-term planning efforts in Issaquah and Sammamish. Sprawling Sammamish is in the midst of a yearslong effort to create a Town
Center. Issaquah embarked on a plan last year to guide redevelopment in the 915acre business district. “We can learn from each other,” Issaquah Councilman Fred Butler said. “The more they understand what we’re doing, and the more that we understand what they’re doing, the better job that we can do regionally and with our neighbors to make this a region and an area that we’re both happy with.” The councils also plan to discuss aquatic centers at the March 10 gathering. Issaquah officials often face questions about aging Julius Boehm Pool and Sammamish is considering a community aquatic center. Sammamish Mayor Don Gerend said the council plans to at least be broaching the subject of a potential partnership with Issaquah. Though the mayor admitted a
partnership could be a tough sell — because Issaquah already has a municipal pool. Finding the ideal location could be easily accessed by citizens of both cities could also pose a challenge, though Gerend said the Issaquah Highlands could
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work. “We’ll bring it up, but we didn’t get very far talking about it with Redmond,” he said. Sammamish made similar overtures to the Redmond City Council last year —
including the idea of a metropolitan parks district in the area to raise tax revenue for a facility — and received a lukewarm reception. Issaquah and Sammamish council members met last March at Sammamish City Hall. The meeting shifts from Issaquah to Sammamish from year to year. “I think the relationship is very good,” Issaquah Councilman Joshua Schaer said. “We see each other at regional activities all the time. We talk about issues of common interest, of which there are many. I think all of us have a pretty good relationship with the folks in Sammamish, and I’d have to venture that they feel the same way.” Warren Kagarise: 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. Reporter Caleb Heeringa contributed to this report. Comment at www.SammamishReview.com.
244th gets more new features With 244th Avenue now functioning as the city’s third major north-south roadway after the construction of a bridge over a wetland near Allen Lake last year, the city is now focusing on making the road more pedestrian and bike-friendly. At the March 1 meeting, the City Council approved contracts for construction of sidewalks and bike lanes on the road between Northeast 8th Street and Northeast 20th Street. About $1.7 million dollars will be spent on the project, which will include a sidewalk on the west side of the road and bike lanes on both sides. The project also includes extending the left-turn lane for See 244TH, Page 9
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was necessary for a feasibility study. The plan will help the city get a sense of what it wants and how much that will cost so that the council can make an informed decision, they said. The council unanimously approved the feasibility study contract, with council members Mark Cross and Michele Petitti absent. Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 233, or cheeringa@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
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Executive offers bold plan in State of the County address By Warren Kagarise
King County Executive Dow Constantine reflected on milestones from 15 months in office and outlined a bold agenda for the months ahead in the State of County address Feb. 28. The top elected official in the county offered a plan to shore up aging infrastructure and the social safety net amid drastic budget cuts. The address to County Council representatives and community members also emphasized regional partnerships. “The choices we make will have a lasting and profound impact. As our parents and grandparents did, we too owe it to those who come after us to be responsible, thoughtful and smart,” Constantine said. “If we do our jobs right — building on the commitment to partnership and collaboration that have created the many successes of the
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entering Rachel Carson Elementary, frontage improvements near Good Samaritan Episcopal Church and building the new Maintenance and Operations Center. A two-block portion of the road, between Northeast 14th Street and Northeast 16th Place, is technically King County jurisdiction. The city is currently working with the county so that that portion of the road can be improved during the project as well. Public Works Director Laura Philpot said construction is slated to start this summer after school gets out, with the project expected to be finished by the end of the year.
past year — we can translate our internal reforms to external results.” The executive delivered the speech at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, in part to highlight efforts to shore up the aging Howard Hanson Dam. The dam, upstream from Kent along the Green River, required local, county and federal agencies to join together to secure funds for longterm repairs. “A year ago, we were evacuating county facilities in the Green River Valley,” he said. “Today, we’ve gathered here in the valley city of Kent, secure in the knowledge that the Army Corps is moving ahead with well-designed and fully funded long-term repairs to the Howard Hanson Dam.” Constantine also announced a plan to relocate King County Elections from a temporary office
in Tukwila to a state-of-the-art office in Renton in June. The elections office evacuated the Renton facility amid the Green River flooding threat in 2009. The address also focused on the struggle to produce a balanced budget late last year. Officials instituted deep cuts to criminal justice agencies and other county departments to close a $60 million budget gap. “Last year — with many painful-but-necessary cuts — we reset our general fund budget to a level that we can sustain,” Constantine said. The electorate defeated Proposition 1 — a proposal to raise the sales tax rate and send the additional dollars to the King County Sheriff’s Office and courts — last November. Collaboration is key “We gave voters a choice over
the level of public safety services, and we must respect their choice,” Constantine said. “Each of our elected justice-system leaders made tough choices that support financial sustainability.” The address also touched on “green themes” — including efforts to cut energy usage and conserve open space. Constantine spotlighted Sammamish for joining a regional effort to preserve rural land and steer construction to urban areas. “Sammamish is the latest to join the club of city partners who are accommodating transferred development rights from open space to urban areas, and I will send our council legislation in the coming weeks to formalize this new agreement,” he said. Constantine also offered a pro-
posal to change the county Road Services Division — the agency responsible for maintaining roads in rural and unincorporated areas. “Later this year, I will transmit a plan to transition our Roads Services Division to a provider of rural roads — a plan to address an aging infrastructure of roads that lacks stable funding,” he said. Officials welcomed the proposals to forge partnerships and reshape county government. “I am encouraged by the success of this first year and the executive’s emphasis on collaboration and infrastructure improvements to better serve our citizens while meeting ongoing economic challenges,” Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, the Sammamish representative, said in a statement.
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Lake Washington students have the recipe for winning By Ari Cetron
work,” he said. He developed a ham and chedThree Sammamish students dar cheese sandwich cooked in a served up heaping portions of waffle iron, to give it a distinctive victory at the Lake Washington pattern. The hardest thing, he School District’s fourth annual said, is timing the cooking so the Kids Can Cook event. bread gets golden brown and the The Iron Chef-style contest is cheese melts, but nothing burns. open to elementary school stuBetty Park, one of the winners, dents from across the district had a shorter development cycle. who submit healthy recipes that Her recipe for “Cute Fruit Salad” are suitable for came together children to in one day. She On the Web make. At the wanted someMarch 2 contest, Visit www.Sammamish thing sweet, held at Review.com to see a photo but knew the Redmond Junior slideshow of the event. contest High, Betty Park required a of Samantha Smith Elementary healthy entry. won the “Easy Kid Prep” catego“I was trying to make sure it ry. Aaron Koenders of Margaret stayed healthy, but that it stayed Mead won “Best Table good,” Park said. “Fruit is the Presentation,” for his stuffed thing that’s sweet and also cucumber cups and Samantha healthy.” Clark of Mead won “Kid Friendly” The contest was conceived to for the blasting berry smoothie. help children learn to make In some cases, students spend their own healthy snack foods, weeks developing their recipes. according to Jane Markham, Sam Marks, a McAuliffe fourthfood services manager for the grader, started working on his district. The hope is that it will entry, “The Waffler,” about two help students learn to make months ago, he said. healthier choices when they’re “I’ve been watching food neteating.
Samantha Clark, a Mead fourth-grader, pours out one of her blasting berry smoothies.
Betty Park slices cantaloupe for her fruit salad. Students in the fourth and fifth grades submitted recipe cards to their teachers who forward them on to nutrition services, which selects finalists, Markham said. A panel of school administrators select 20 finalists from across the district to compete in the final. The students gather and are each given one hour to create their culinary masterpieces, with a little help from district chefs. Many students brought recipes among their favorites from home. Max Veilleux, a McAuliffe fifth-grader, made a quesadilla recipe – including making his own tortillas from scratch – taught to him by his Mexican au pair. “I was thinking of something kind of basic, but not too basic,” he said. Others, like Kira Mattes, a fourth-grader from Smith, used a home recipe for mini-pizzas, but she made some slight adjustments by removing mushrooms her family traditionally uses. “I took off the vegetables I didn’t like,” she said.
Aaron Koenders’ colorful cucumber cups are topped with bell peppers.
Aaron Koenders scoops hummus into a cucumber cup.
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By Laura Geggel
“Math is really fun,” Issaquah Mathnasium Center Director Math athletes can exercise Sumitha Reddy said. “We want their minds and win prizes at the kids to know how many ways Trimathlon, held nationwide and you can enjoy math.” at local Mathnasiums May 14. Each grade level will have a Registration for the math day first-, second- and third-place begins on Pi Day, March 14. winner receiving prizes of $100, Students in third through sixth $75 and $50, respectively, to grades can register for free either Amazon.com. online or at the Top-scoring Issaquah or students have Get involved Redmond the opportuniMathnasium. National Trimathlon Day ty to qualify On the day of May 14 for nationals. the contest, up to Open to students in third The 12 30 students from through sixth grades national wineach grade level Register for free starting ners will will have a half March 14 at www.mathnasireceive honors hour to complete umtrimathlon.com or go to and more than three math the Issaquah Mathnasium, $10,000 in cash games: “the 4546 Klahanie Drive S.E., or prizes. the Redmond Mathnasium, counting game” Every child tests students’ 16564 Cleveland St., Suite P, who particifor a registration form. abilities to count pates will from any numreceive a cerber, to any numtificate of ber, by any number; “magic achievement and a free goody squares” awards students points bag and T-shirt. for creativity in developing their “Mathnasium’s National own math problems, and “mental TriMathlon Day is an ideal oppormath workout” evaluates stutunity for us to recognize and celdents’ number acumens by askebrate the accomplishments of ing them to solve problems menmath students in these grade levtally. els,” Reddy said. “Each challenge Questions become progrestests a different facet of students’ sively more difficult for students analytical and computational in higher grade levels. abilities.”
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Students at Rachel Carson Elementary performed the musical, ‘Seussical’ March 3 and 4 in honor of Dr. Suess’s birthday.
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Lauren Potter helps provide medical care to poor By Christopher Huber and Ari Cetron
which provides a host of other services such as dental care, public health, law and business, Lauren Potter was moved by among others. the extreme poverty she saw in Potter began the application Honduras last year. So much so process for the Honduras trip last she wants to try it again, this winter. The group, about 40 stutime in Panama. dents, held meetings throughout Potter, a 2008 Eastlake grad, is the winter, spring and summer. a pre-nursing student at the They had to raise the money, not University of Washington. only for the cost of the trip, but She was interested in that field for the cost of the medical supbecause she felt driven to help plies they would need to provide people, she said. treatment. “I just loved it Then they ever since I starthad to recruit On the Web ed doing it,” she doctors to said. www.globalbrigades.org. come along Lauren’s mothand provide er, Anna Potter, expertise. agrees. She said her daughter has The one-week trip took place always been good at math and in late August. They stayed at the science. She also wouldn’t be the Global Brigades compound, near sort of person to sit behind a Tegucigalpa. The groups went to desk. four different villages. “She needed to be active and They would set up in the doing things,” Anna Potter said. morning, typically in old elemenSo, when Lauren Potter got the tary schools and would start by chance to go to Honduras, she setting up the pharmacy. jumped at it. The UW’s chapter of Students would shadow doca group called Global Medical tors throughout different workstaBrigades was recruiting voluntions. One of the first was triage, teers for their trip. where students assess the severiThe group helps develop ty of the villagers’ problems and health initiatives and provides take simple health information. care in areas where access is limThey would also help the vilited. It is part of an umbrella lagers fill out sheets listing their group called Global brigades symptoms.
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Lauren Potter, center, listens to patients at a clinic in Honduras. Potter ran into patients with Potter said. leukemia and ulcers, and disPotter said she was struck by eases not typically seen in this the poverty. As she rode in vans part of the U.S., like Dengue across the countryside, she’d see Fever. houses made of cardboard. “I did everything. Personally, I “Lots of times, we’d just teach thought there was just some them basic hygiene stuff,” Potter amazing things that happened,” said. “It gave me a cultural aware-
ness that I hadn’t had.” The trip was eye-opening and had such a profound effect, she has decided to do it again, this time in Panama. Potter hopes to get a leg up by heading to Spain for the spring quarter to study Spanish.
Flowers and balloons are woman’s artistic medium By Laura Geggel
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Wendy Taggart designs all of the floral arrangements at the Michael’s arts and crafts store in Issaquah. She earned two corporate awards for her work at Michael’s.
spring bouquets. Her creative work at Michael’s As a girl in Kent, Wendy has earned her two corporate Taggart often had a trowel in one awards: 2010 outstanding perforhand and a plant in the other, a mance in custom floral and creatleafy shrub waiting to enter its ing holiday ambience, and top earthy home in the ground. performer in custom floral sales Since then, her materials have for October 2010. changed, but not her passion for She has reason to celebrate in beautifying her corner of the 2011, too; Taggart leads in sales in world. Instead of limiting herself her entire district of 27 Michael’s to real flowers, stores since Taggart also uses the new finanOn the Web artificial flowers cial year made of silk, balFind Simplee Wendy on began in loons of every Facebook at “Simply Wendy, February. color, candles and Floral Design,” or e-mail her “Wendy is a cloth galore for at wttaggart16@aol.com. true blessing decorative to have at the events, including store,” parties, weddings and auctions. Issaquah Store Manager Chris Many may recognize the Donahue said. “It’s the overall Sammamish resident from the attitude she brings to the store. flower stand at Issaquah’s Wendy can cheer up our day if Michael’s craft store. Every artifiwe’re feeling down.” cial flower that enters the store Cultivating her craft passes through Taggart’s hands. She arranges some in customTaggart credits her mother, who participated in a gardening made floral arrangements, club, for her lifelong affair with weaves others into wreaths, spruces up artificial ivy plants See FLOWERS, Page 13 with moss and ties bows around
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Elizabeth Collins engaged Elizabeth Collins, a 2002 graduate of Eastlake, is engaged to Alec Berntson, of Smithtown, N.Y. Collins is the daughter of Greg and Kelly Collins, of Sammamish, and graduated from Montana State University in 2007. She now works for the Crohns and Colitis Foundation as a development assistant. Bernston is the son of John and Susan Bernston, of Smithtown, N.Y. and a 2007 graduate of Cornell University. He is a program manager at Microsoft. The couple plans to marry at Holy Names Academy in Seattle on July 23.
James Crouse on dean’s list James T. Crouse, of Sammamish, was named to the dean’s list at Virginia Tech for the fall 2010 semester. Crouse is a freshman at the Pamplin College of Business. To qualify, students needs a GPA of 3.4 or higher.
Mitchell Harris in laureate society Mitchell Harris, of Sammamish, has been named to the laureate society at Whitworth University for the fall 2010 semester. He qualified by maintaining a GPA of 3.75 or higher.
Charles Wang on dean’s list Charles Yicong Wang, of Sammamish, was named to the dean’s list at Washington University in St. Louis. TO qualify, students need to achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Seattle Pacific dean’s list The following Sammamish residents were named to the dean’s list at Seattle Pacific University. To qualify, students needed a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Laura Michelle Anderson, Dustin Michael Bratten, Kelley Parton Cade, Alexandra Elizabeth Dorsey, Althea Ava Hilliker, Jenica Husband, Aaron Robert Lumpe, Lindsey Brooke Myers, Benjamin Scott Phelps, William Reed Probus, Rebecca Christine Russo, Alexa Upper, Mikaela Rose Willie and Richard Koichi Yagi.
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plants. “I’ve always done stuff with flowers,” she said, “I’ve always gardened.” She earned a business degree at Central Washington University, but spent her first years after graduation getting married, having five children and doing secretarial work. When a friend dragged her to a flower class in Kent, she resisted. “I said, ‘I don’t want to do that. That’s boring,’” Taggart said.
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Use of color in her designs is one of Wendy’s trademarks.
“I enjoy designing. I’ve always done flowers, no matter where I worked.” – Wendy Taggart, Floral designer – At the class she made a wreath, and her husband “just loved it so much, he said, ‘Why don’t you just do a bunch of these things and sell them?’” she said. “I’ve been doing it ever since.” She and her girlfriends began holding craft sales, and Taggart did decorative design work on the side, creating displays in furniture stores. She took the big leap into the floral world in 1985, when she opened her first flower shop in Tacoma. Her store did so well, she opened four more, adding stores in Kent, Auburn, SeaTac and Bonney Lake. Wherever she opened stores, Taggart made connections at local grocery stores and hotels, designing flowers arrangements for new customers. One store she bought from a friend was floundering, but
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Wendy Taggart created a snowman Christmas tree to sell at the Issaquah Michael’s arts and crafts store. after she took the helm its sales skyrocketed, and she told it at a profit for $1 million. Balloons take off One day, a man walked into one of her stores and asked if she had any balloons. He turned out to be a balloon salesman who became a friend and the catalyst for her balloon
expansion. For the next two years, Taggart studied balloons and passed her exams, becoming a certified balloon artist. Incorporating balloons into her
business improved her bottom line by 60 percent. There is much to consider when working with balloons, including a balloon’s type and size, the math of fitting balloons together and the design of the creation. In one instance, Taggart made a giant cowboy out of balloons, with the children riding ponies under the cowboy’s legs. “There is more than just blowing up a balloon,” she said, though, “My mother always said, ‘You’re going to balloon college.’” After working for herself, Taggart opted to diversify her career, returning to office work, but later arranging flowers at Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory, and then taking the floral designer job at Michael’s. She also started her own company, Simplee Wendy, so she can decorate for weddings and events in her free time. She charges between several hundred and several thousand dollars, depending on the project. “I just enjoy the people,” she said. “I enjoy designing. I’ve always done flowers, no matter where I worked.” Reach reporter Laura Geggel at 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com.
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Edward Kim bursts onto state’s swimming scene By Ari Cetron and Christopher Huber
On the way to swim meets, the Eastlake boys team would pass around an iPod an play a game called Fruit Ninja. Freshman Edward Kim was one of the best, said teammate Zach Alleva. Turns out that’s not all Kim is good at. As a ninth-grader, Kim, is a student at Inglewood Junior High. He hasn’t actually gone to high school, yet, but he has already won two state championships in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle at that level Feb. 19. “It feels great just to finish before everybody else, Kim said. Kim started swimming when he was 5 and his mother thought it would be a safe sport for him. He swam with Wave Aquatics through elementary school, but it wasn’t as fun as he’d expected. “I disliked it for a couple of years,” he said. He and Alleva, who won a state title of his own this year, knew each other in those years. At first, Kim was an average swimmer, Alleva said. Kim
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Eastlake freshman Edward Kim won two state titles and qualified as an all-American. agrees. But then a couple years ago, Kim suddenly started winning
more races. ‘He just started working harder,” Alleva said.
Kim switched to the Bellevue Club team. His friends and free time all started to revolve around
swimming. “I realized swimming was something that was worthwhile to do,” Kim said. “I include swimming into everything I do. It’s not hard to balance now. It’s just part of my lifestyle.” That lifestyle requires tremendous dedication. He practices for two-three hours a day. At a typical Bellevue Club practice he’ll warm up with a 400-meter swim. Then it’s on to the meat of the practice where he’ll clock 2,0003,000 meters working on his technique and pacing before a 700meter cool down. In spite of those long distances, Kim considers himself a sprinter in the pool — something he started because it seemed shorter. During the high school season, he adds in practice time with his Eastlake team, too. But the grueling practice schedule has become part of his regular day, and he feels refreshed by burning off the energy in the pool. “If I don’t go to practice, it doesn’t feel right to me,” Kim See SWIM, Page 15
Snow can’t stop lacrosse season opening tourney By Ari Cetron
Lacrosse is a tough sport. The game is constantly in motion, and coupled with swinging sticks and minimal padding, players need to be dedicated to succeed. Local lacrosse families proved their dedication Feb. 26, when they shoveled hundreds of square yards of fields in order for the unofficial opening tournament of the season to happen. Eastside Catholic Youth Lacrosse was sponsoring the tournament for boys youth lacrosse teams around the region. They’d been planning the event for months, said Scott Kelly, president of the league. They’d lined up fields and found 22 teams with about 450 players ready to go. But they hadn’t been planning for a few inches of snow and sub-freezing temperatures just prior to the tournament. The day before the tournament, Kelly said he and a few other organizers went out to check on the fields. “Friday morning, we realized the snow wasn’t going to melt,” Kelly said. Instead of giving up, they dug in, literally. The league rounded up lacrosse families from around the area and, armed with shovels, they cleared the snow from the two fields at Eastside Catholic. The artificial turf fields were too delicate
to allow the use of machinery, so about 75 players and parents shoveled. It’s not like shoveling a sidewalk, where they could just fling the extra snow off to the side, Kelly noted. Shovelers had to trudge from the center of the lacrosse field – roughly the same size as a football field – to dispose of the snow. The group cleared two fields at Eastside Catholic and one at Skyline before moving on to the two fields at Eastlake. By that time, Kelly said, they’d managed to round up about 100 players and parents. The Eastlake fields, which had seen heavy foot traffic over the course of the week, posed an extra problem, Kelly said. Wherever someone had stepped, that area had turned icy and needed to be chipped away by hand, delicately. The grueling work took hours and went on after sunset. But in the dark and cold, the group finished, at least, they finished enough. Kelley said the important things were to clear enough that players wouldn’t slip too much, and that they would be able to see the various lines on the field, which are crucial to the game. “You can’t get every bit of snow,” he said. The fields were ready, but on game day, there were other problems. For example, See SNOW, Page 15
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Riley Richards, a member of the 7/8 orange team of Eastside Catholic Youth Lacrosse, left, races past Briggan Weaver of Lake Forest Park/Shoreline during a tournament game.
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said. He does have a bit of a life outside swimming, and enjoys going snowboarding with some of his swimming friends. In school, his favorite subjects are lunch and PE.
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Volunteers scraped snow from the fields at Eastside Catholic.
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Kelly said, boys typically use white lacrosse balls. Which could create a bit of confusion. “Is that a snow ball or is that a lacrosse ball?” Kelly said. They switched to the yellow balls typically used in girl’s lacrosse. And the players true to lacrosse traditions, were out playing in shorts, even though the temperature was, literally, freezing. Kelly said that actually made the day a bit more fun. “The novelty of the snow made it kind of Woodstock-like,” he said.
Besides the fun of playing, many players found a way to honor Tyler Lucas, an Issaquah high student and lacrosse player who was recently killed in a car crash. Lucas had diabetes, and so players are purchasing a decal that says TL in yellow and purple – Lucas’ initials in his school’s colors. The proceeds from the sale are going to fund diabetes research, Kelly said. “It’s sweeping the entire lacrosse community,” he said.
The tournament itself was a raging success, Kelly said. Over 10 hours, they played 33 games on four fields. It was a jamboreestyle tournament, so there was no official champion, but Kelly said the Eastside Catholic teams faired well. The whole experience, he said, also helped the lacrosse community on the plateau to grow closer. “It kind of gave the whole tournament some karma about it,” he said.
High school swimming When Kim started his season at Eastlake, Coach Kate McCary had each swimmer come up wit a set of personal goals. Kim’s were simple, win both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events at state — a goal he accomplished. Going in to the meet that day he was excited. He enjoys competitive meets. The atmosphere felt lively and the pool fast, Kim said. In the pool, Kim usually tries to focus on his own race, shutting out the other swimmers. He said he sometimes gets more tired when he sees where the other swimmer are. “I just sort of block out the competition,” he said. After he won the 50 at the state meet in Federal Way, it took him a few seconds to realize he’d won. “I was thinking, ‘I just won at the biggest high school meet there is,’” Kim said. Then he looked over to see
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his teammates cheering for him and he filled with pride and emotion. “It feels better to share the feeling of achievement with teammates,” Kim said. Teammate Alleva said he was impressed with Kim’s work ethic that led him to the state meet. “He works hard. He’s a good kid,” Alleva said. “I’m really happy to have him on the team.” Alleva, a junior said he’ll be glad to get back in the pool next season . “I guess we’d be happy to repeat at three states,” Alleva said. Kim said he hopes to continue to set personal best times throughout high school. He knows that he’ll need to stay in top shape since new swimmers come up every year. Long-term, he’d like to move on to competitive swimming at the college and maybe professional level where he’s inspired by athletes like Michael Phelps and Aaron Piersol. “To swim against the pros would be a nice experience,” Kim said. “The sky is the limit when you’re improving yourself.” Editor Ari Cetron can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 233, or samrev@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
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Events Author Jon Scieszka, who wrote “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,” “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” and “Math Curse” will discuss his new children’s book, “SPHDZ #1” at 7 p.m. March 9 at the Sammamish Library. Books will be available for purchase. Space may be limited and organizers suggest arriving early. Margaret Mead Elementary School will hold a used book sale with prices ranging from 25 cents to $1 for books and $3 for DVDs from 8-11 a.m. March 12 at the school. Rachel Carson elementary staff will be working at the McDonalds in Sammamish to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. From 58 pm. March 14, McDonalds will share 20 percent of the total sales and 100 percent of the cookie sales, and the school will donate that money to the society. Learn about free tools to enhance online marketing to promote or start a business online, presented by GoGoPin at 7 p.m. March 17 at the Sammamish Library. Master Chorus Eastside, a choral group featuring members from Sammamish, will perform “St. John’s Passion” by Bach at 3 p.m. March 27 at the Kirkland Performance Center. Tickets are $15-$20. For tickets, call 392-8446 Caspar Babypants, featuring Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America, will play a concert featuring simple, family-friendly songs at 11 a.m. March 30 at the Sammamish Library. Norman Rockwell’s illustrations will be the topic of a talk by art historian Susan Olds. Rockwell’s work will be on display in Tacoma through the end of May. Olds will give her presentation at 7 p.m. March 30 at the
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A blood drive, sponsored by Sammamish Presbyterian Church, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 19 at the church. To pre-register to donate, e-mail anyaphillips@spconline.org. Sammamish Library. Sammamish Medical Reserve Corps is seeking retired medical and non-medical workers. The group meets monthly from 6:30-8 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month at Eastside Fire & Rescue Station 82, in the Sahalee area. For information, contact MRC@sammamishcitizencorps.oeg. Erik Korhel will be reading from his new book “The Kid with the Red Juice Mustache” at 3 p.m. April 9 at the Sammamish Library. Want to help create a trail system at Evans Creek park? The city is looking for corporate or other organizations, in addition to individuals, to help build
the trail system, and a group of trail stewards to help lead teams of volunteers. Contact Dawn Sanders at dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us.
Health As part of the healthy living series, Ron Bennett, Snoqualmie Valley Hospital pharmicist, will discuss the five categories of prescription drugs at 1 p.m. March 16 at Bellewood Retirement. A mobile mammography facility will be available for Sammamish residents. The mobile facility features the same equipment used at Evergreen Hospital, but you do not need to
be an Evergreen patient to use the facility. It is available from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Evergreen Primary Care Center, 22850 Northeast Eighth Street. For an appointment, call 899-2831.
Religious/spiritual Mary, Queen of Peace youth groups are for children in sixtheighth grade and ninth-12th grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Call the church at 3911178, ext. 129. Faith United Methodist Church offers “Faith Cafe” for women of all ages. The café features drop-in coffee time, scrapbooking/stamping, mom & baby
playgroup, quilting/knitting and walking groups. There will also be one-off classes, studies and themed days. 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Call Jo Lucas at 8371948. Healing Prayer Service. If you have a physical, emotional or spiritual challenge or if you desire to make space for God in a peaceful setting, attend the Missio Lux Healing Prayer Service the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish. Become a healing prayer minister by joining either weekly sessions from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Fridays, or monthly weekend classes in November, January and March. E-mail tamara@missiolux.org or call 890-3913. The Social Justice Book Group meets at 1 p.m. the third Monday of each month in Sammamish. E-mail shlcministries@yahoo.com for information on the current book being discussed and location. Celebrate Recovery, a Christcentered program offering support and a path to freedom, meets every Monday, 7-9 p.m. at Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E. For more info, go to www.missiolux.org, or call 392-8636. A men’s study group using participant guides from Celebrate Recovery will work on hurts, hang-ups or habits people have been denying or surrendering to from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Pine Lake Covenant Church. E-mail crontheplateau@gmail.com. Griefshare, a support group for those who have lost a loved one is from 7-9 p.m. Thursday nights at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. Moms In Touch is an interdenominational, prayer support group for moms to get together and pray for children and schools. For more information, call Jan Domek, Issaquah School District representative, at 6816770, or Kelly Wotherspoon, Lake Washington School District representative, at 392-2291, or visit www.MomsInTouch.org. Pine Lake Covenant Church offers a ministry for children with special needs at 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Call 392-8636. “Caffeine for the Soul,” a free Judaic and Torah class for women, is from 1-1:45 p.m. every Tuesday at Caffé Ladro in Issaquah Highlands Shopping Center. Contact Chabad of the Central Cascades at 427-1654. Free Hebrew classes are offered through Chabad of the Central Cascades. Call 427-1654. Kabalat Shabbat is offered in the Chabad house at the Issaquah See CALENDAR, Page 17
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Highlands at 7 p.m. Fridays. New members and guests are welcome. Call 427-1654. Learn to read and speak Samskritam at the Vedic Cultural Center. To register, visit www.vedicculturalcenter.org. Community Bible Study, open to all women, meets Thursday mornings. To register for the current class, or for more information, visit www.redmondcbs.org. Bhajan Bliss. Join musicians and singers to learn traditional devotional bhajan, and how to make vegetarian pizzas and samosas from 7:30-9 p.m. Fridays at the Vedic Cultural Center.
Library events Enjoy a Dr. Seuss birthday celebration and play, featuring Inglewood Junior High drama students, is set for 3:30 p.m. March 24. Talk Time, for adults who want to improve their English skills, is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 15, 22 and 29. Swaddler Story Time, for children aged birth-9 months with an adult, is scheduled for 11 a.m. March 10, 17 and 24. Waddler Story Time, for children aged 9-24 months with an adult, is scheduled for 10 and 11 a.m. March 11, 18 and 25. Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult at 4 p.m. March 10, 17 and 24. Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, is scheduled for 10 a.m. March 10, 17 and 24 and 11 a.m. March 2, 9, 16 and 23. Musik Nest, for toddlers, is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 23 Spanish Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, is scheduled for 11 a.m. March 12, 19 and 26. Preschool Story Time, for ages 3-6 with an adult, are scheduled for 1 p.m. March 11, 18 and 25 and 10 a.m. March 9, 16 and 23. Pajama Story Time, for ages 2-6 with an adult, is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 14, 21 and 28. The teen writers’ group is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. March 15. The Sammamish Book Group will read “The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America” by Timothy Egan and discuss the book at 7 p.m. March 16. The Mother Daughter Book Club, for girls ages 10-13 and their mothers, will discuss “Skellig” by David Almond at 3 p.m. March 26.
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in postpartum depression support group, meets from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursdays at New Parents Services, 11911 N.E. First St., No. 300, in Bellevue. Participants must call to confirm 450-0332, ext. 3. Sammamish Presbyterian Church is hosting a series of different fitness classes, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:307:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Billie Donahue at 785-2880. Classes are free and no registration is required.
Volunteers needed Visit residents in nursing homes. Friend to Friend matches volunteers with residents in Sammamish nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Volunteers are asked to visit residents a couple times a month for a year. Orientation will be provided. Background check required. For information, call 1-888-3837818. Northwest Center accepts
donations of clothing and household items at “The Big Blue Truck” open at the Pine Lake QFC shopping center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week. Donations are tax deductible. For more information, visit www.bigbluetruck.org. Evergreen Healthcare is seeking volunteers to help serve patients throughout King County. Volunteers, who will be assigned to help people in their own neighborhoods, provide companionship, run errands, do light household work, or give a break to primary caregivers. Volunteers will be supported by hospital staff. For more information, call 899-1040 or visit www.evergreenhealthcare.org/hospice. The King County LongTerm Care Ombudsman Program needs certified longterm care ombudsman volunteers. After completing a four-day training program, visit with residents, take and resolve complaints and advocate for residents. Volunteers are asked to donate four hours a week and attend selected monthly meetings. Contact John Stilz at 206-
694-6747 or johns@solidground.org. Eastside Bluebills is a Boeing retiree volunteer organization that strives to provide opportunities for retirees to help others in need and to assist charitable and nonprofit organizations. Eastside Bluebills meet every third Wednesday of the month at the Bellevue Regional Library from 10 a.m. to noon. Call 235-3847. LINKS, Looking Into the Needs of Kids in Schools, places community volunteers in the schools of the Lake Washington School District. Opportunities include tutoring, classroom assistance and lunch buddy. Just one hour a week can make a difference in a child’s life. For more information, e-mail links@lwsd.org or visit www.linksvolunteer.org. Eastside Baby Corner needs volunteers to sort incoming donations of clothing and toys and prepare items for distribution. Go to www.babycorner.org. Volunteers are needed to visit homebound patrons with the King County Library System’s Traveling Library Center pro-
gram. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and have reliable transportation. Call Susan LaFantasie at 369-3235. Sammamish Citizen Corps Council needs volunteers to help support the Community Emergency Response Team and other groups. For more information e-mail info@sammamishcitizencorps.org, visit www.sammamishcitizencorps.org or attend the meeting from 7-8 p.m. first Wednesday of every month at Fire Station 82. Volunteer drivers are needed for the Senior Services Volunteer Transportation Program. Flexible hours, mileage, parking reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered. Call 206-448-5740. To submit items for the Community Calendar, contact the editor at 392-6434, ext. 233. Information may be e-mailed to samrev@isspress.com or mailed to the Sammamish Review, P.O. Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 98027. Items must be received by the Wednesday before publication.
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POlice Blotter Suicide attempt Police responded to a Sammamish home after a teenager found her mother covered in blood following a suicide attempt Feb. 26. Aid crews found the intoxicated woman responsive but having lost a lot of blood after cutting her wrists with a razor blade. The woman was transported to Evergreen Medical Center for a mental health evaluation.
Court order not violated A Sammamish woman who recently pursued a no-contact order against her husband called police Feb. 25 after the husband apparently remotely forwarded himself voicemails from the couple’s home phone. The woman told police she felt that the act constituted cyberstalking and harassment and was a violation of the no-contact order. Officers told the woman that the act did not qualify as an order violation since it did not involve direct or indirect contact between the two. They advised the woman to take the matter up with the courts.
Alcohol problem A Sammamish woman was involuntarily transported to the hospital after police found her highly intoxicated Feb. 23. The woman’s family called police after the woman became aggressive and verbally abusive when confronted about her drinking and drug intake. The family reported the woman had started drinking at 9 a.m. and driven to the store for more alcohol, which she was mixing with anti-depressants.
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Police responded and found her outside in 30-degree weather with no shoes or jacket. The woman was combative and was having trouble standing. Police stood by as she was transported to the hospital for evaluation.
Open door Police checked up on a recently burglarized home at the request of the homeowner and found a back door unlocked Feb. 25. The officer found several lights on inside the home, which is located on the 22200 block of Northeast 25th Way, but found no signs of anyone inside or obvious signs of burglary. The officer secured the home and reported his findings to the homeowner.
520 toll money A resident on the 24200 block of Southeast 28th Street had about four dollars worth of loose change stolen from their unlocked vehicles in the early morning hours of Feb. 27. No other items were taken.
Unneighborly conduct A resident reported that her neighbor had shined a laser pointer in her eye while she was doing dishes Feb. 23. The resident, who lives on the 3100 block of 214th Place Southeast, said similar incidents had occurred on three separate occasions over the last week. She told police she saw her neighbors on their back deck shining the laser into her home each time. She told police that she did not want to see the neighbors prosecuted, only told to stop. Police contacted the neighbors and advised them to shine their laser pointers elsewhere.
Wrong place to be drunk A 29-year-old Sammamish
woman mourning a bad college grade was arrested for allegedly being intoxicated behind the wheel of a parked car Feb. 22. Police found the woman’s vehicle parked near the corner of Southeast 8th Place and 210th Avenue Southeast at around 9:30 p.m. Suspecting that the vehicle may have been involved in stealing materials from nearby construction sites, the officer contacted the woman, who smelled of alcohol. The officer reported that the woman was highly talkative and had bloodshot and watery eyes. The woman refused to take a voluntary breath test and failed several field sobriety tests and was taken into custody for being in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated. She told police she had recently fought with her parents over a bad grade she got on a college course, had drunk some wine and driven to the spot where police found her, according to the police report. At the police station she blew a .12 on a breath test, above the .08 legal limit for driving. She was released to her parents at the police station.
Wrong house A resident on the 21200 block of Southeast 35th Way reported that toilet paper had been strewn all over his home overnight Feb. 19. The homeowner told police that the vandals may have been targeting his neighbor, who has teenagers. The toilet paper did not cause lasting damage to the home or its trees.
Death investigation Police were called Feb. 20 after a Sammamish woman died from what appeared to be natural causes. The woman, who was in her 40s and lived with her parents, suffered from various medical issues and had a history of alcohol and prescription drug abuse. Police, fire officials, the woman’s doctor and a medical examiner were called to investigate the death – all agreed that the woman appeared to have died due to health issues, pending the results of an autopsy. Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.
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