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what sorts of amenities they can include and how much the user fees will be. “It can be done,” Bouck said. “But your choices and options for the facility and how you’re going to charge for it are on the straight and narrow. It’s not impossible, but it is a bit difficult.” Wright’s question hit on a fear expressed by several at the table – that the ongoing operational costs of a potential facility would handcuff the city in the future. Sammamish need only look across the lake to see an example – Bellevue subsi-
The Eastlake tree sock art exhibit will likely continue throughout the year, but the stumps will be gone come 2012. The Sammamish City Council gave the project a vote of confidence at their March 8 meeting in accepting a $3,000 grant from King County arts advocacy program 4Culture. The money will be passed on to project organizers Suzanne Tidwell, Beth Newfield and Pam Pruneau, who will be installing new, spring-themed socks the weekend of April 2. Sammamish Finance Director Lyman Howard “ I would like said the to see some money will hopefully finality to fund sumthis.” mer-themed socks and – John James, organizers Councilman – are hoping to find money for fall-themed socks as well. Councilmembers, who in recent months had been inundated with e-mails both supporting and opposing the tree socks, generally supported the project but assured those that don’t that the installation was temporary. Councilman John James introduced an amendment that would require that the stumps – the remnants of several trees that began dying following the expansion of 228th Avenue – be permanently removed following the end of the project in December. The amendment passed 6-1, with Councilwoman Michele Petitti opposed. “I’m for (the tree socks)
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Issaquah and Sammamish leaders raise concerns at joint meeting By Warren Kagarise Photo by Christopher Huber
The potential regional fire authority for Eastside communities received a lukewarm reception from Issaquah and Sammamish leaders March 10, as city councils from both cities discussed planning for emergency services and other issues at a joint meeting. Officials from Issaquah and rural fire districts formed a planning group in late 2009 to consider a regional fire authority in the Eastside Fire & Rescue service area. Sammamish has not been part of the talks. The authority could tax residents to fund emergency services, unlike EFR. Contributions from member cities and fire districts fund EFR. “It’s really hard to see a scenario where you can provide fire service to the citizens of Issaquah with an RFA,” Issaquah Councilman Mark Mullet said as leaders from both cities met at Tibbetts Creek Manor in Issaquah. Participation in the planning process does not commit Issaquah or the fire districts to joining a regional fire authority. See RFA, Page 2
Skyline catcher Jim Sinatro reaches out for the ball in his attempt to tag out Jeff Bohling, of Eastside Catholic. Bohling scored, plating the first run of the first game of the season in the top of the third inning March 11. Eastside Catholic went on to win 3-2. See Page 18.
Council hears about study for community aquatic center By Caleb Heeringa
City officials got an introduction to the process that will define a potential community and aquatic center in Sammamish, as well as a reality check on the potential costs involved. At a joint March 8 meeting between the City Council and the Parks and Recreation Commission, a team of consultants tasked with creating a feasibility study for the project highlighted some of the 160 or so municipal recreation centers they’ve designed around the country over the last 25 years. They also outlined the step-by-
step feasibility process that will help the city decide what sort of facility it wants. Prompted by a question from commissioner Steve Wright, Craig Bouck, a principal in charge of the study from Denver-based architectural firm Barker Rinker Seacat, said that only about 15 to 20 percent of the facilities they’ve built wound up taking in as much revenue as they cost in operating expenses. The rest require some sort of annual subsidy – anywhere from $50,000 to $330,000. Bouck said they can design an economically sustainable facility, but will be limited in
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City skeptical of planned EFR headquarters remodel By Caleb Heeringa
Eastside Fire & Rescue is considering remodeling their headquarters to add office and storage space. But with Sammamish’s future involvement in the agency in question, the city’s representatives were skeptical about paying for a remodel that could cost the agency around $500,000. The details of the proposed remodel are still being ironed out, but the project would add seven offices, a small conference room and a copy room to the building, which was built in 1981 as a response station for King County Fire District 10, Deputy Chief Jeff Griffin said in an interview. The district only had around
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The discussion on the regional fire authority also prompted questions about EFR in the years ahead. The inter-local agreement underpinning the agency is due to expire in 2014, though the pact is designed to remain in place until a member announces plans to withdraw. “I think the sooner that we can say, ‘Hey, we’re happy with EFR. It’s in everyone’s best interest to keep that entity together,’ and we can start assuming that it’s going to stay together, because 2014 is no longer very far down the road,” Mullet said. “I think the sooner the two cities get behind that organization and say, ‘Hey, we’re happy with the service,’ the better we can start to plan.” Officials said rural fire districts 10 and 38 led the effort to envision a regional fire authority. District 10 includes Klahanie, May Valley, Preston, Tiger Mountain and Carnation. District
10 full-time firefighters at the time, but the building has now been partially converted into an administrative office for an agency that employs hundreds and covers three cities and dozens of square miles. Griffin said there is no women’s bathroom on the second floor of the building, no elevator for disabled access and many offices designed for one employee house two. The upstairs copy machine sits in the hallway. “It’s not an ideal use of the space,” Griffin said. “In some offices one person has to leave the room while the other uses the phone.” The project would also include a separate storage building behind the main building. Griffin
said many of the agency’s backup vehicles and other equipment sit outside, which makes them depreciate in value more quickly. “It looks like a used car lot or junkyard back there right now with all the vehicles we have out back,” he said. Sammamish was unsure about spending money on the building, which technically still belongs to District 10, with the future of their fire service in flux. City officials have not been actively involved in discussions the other EFR partners have had on a creating regional fire authority, a new entity that could take over fire service in the area after EFR’s charter expires in 2014. “I’m apprehensive about what’s happening to the structure of EFR in three or four years,”
said Sammamish Mayor Don Gerend, one of Sammamish’s two representatives on the agency’s board. “How does a partner get reimbursed if EFR comes apart?” The exact cost to each partner has yet to be worked out, though a draft funding model presented at the meeting had Sammamish paying an additional $14,000 or so a year for 10 years for the remodel. Sammamish currently pays about $5.66 million a year for fire service through EFR. District 10 Commissioner Mike Mitchell said the agency’s finance and operations committee would be looking at funding arrangements that would allow a partner to get their money back. Though the headquarters is technically shared by all part-
ners, Griffin said it’s not necessarily required that every partner contribute to the remodel. Issaquah and North Bend representatives also said they were unsure whether they could afford to contribute extra money for a remodel during such tight fiscal times. “What if a partner or partner comes back and says, ‘Gee whiz, we think this is a great idea, but there’s no money in the piggy bank,” North Bend representative Dee Williamson said. “It’s not that the concept is bad. But like a lot of things, we can’t afford it.”
38 includes unincorporated King County near North Bend and Snoqualmie. Key financial data outlining how a regional fire authority could be funded is due to the planning group in July. “For us, July is probably the time when it’s going to be crystal clear whether there’s a possibility or not,” Issaquah Councilman Fred Butler said.
isn’t broke?” he said. Regardless, as the 2014 deadline to decide on EFR service approaches, representatives in Issaquah and Sammamish said the cities must start planning for the future as soon as possible. “Issaquah has taken a waitand-see approach,” Sammamish Councilwoman Nancy Whitten said. “If you take your wait-andsee approach too long for Sammamish, the city will need some plan at some point in time where we do have a choice. If you want to work with us, at some point in time you need to make a decision.” Despite the concerns about a regional fire authority, leaders left the possibility open for future scenarios. “There may be an RFA out there, too. I’m not afraid to say that,” Sammamish Deputy Mayor Tom Odell said. “Is it the RFA that’s being looked at now? No, it might be a different RFA.”
Mayor Ava Frisinger, also discussed aquatic centers — a concern in Issaquah due to aging Julius Boehm Pool and a priority in Sammamish, as the city embarks on a feasibility study. (Issaquah Councilman Tola Marts and Sammamish Councilman John Curley did not attend the meeting.) Sammamish could someday approach Issaquah about operating a community aquatic center as partners, though the study must be completed before Sammamish leaders can offer firm information. In the meantime, Issaquah is considering steps to maintain Boehm Pool. King County built the pool in 1972 under the Forward Thrust program. The county transferred the pool to Issaquah in 1994. Officials said modern municipal pools include amenities for gatherings, such as birthday parties, and features for all age groups. “It doesn’t have to be like the old Forward Thrust pools,” Gerend said. Boehm Pool serves the entire Issaquah School District, and residents pay the same usage fees as
city residents. In the city budget adopted last December, the Issaquah council directed the Parks & Recreation Department to outline the steps needed to form a special taxing district to fund improvements to the pool. “We’re feeling the strain of paying for the operation and maintenance of Boehm Pool,” Butler said at the joint meeting. Economics also pose a major concern as Sammamish considers a community aquatic center. “Pools can be tax drains or moneymakers,” Odell said. Sammamish Councilwoman Michele Petitti, a development director for the local YMCA, said a pool must include numerous features in order to operate in the black. “Part of the problem is, when you have just aquatics, you have to have a full package to make it work,” she said. “A stand-alone pool does not work anymore.”
‘Why fix it if it isn’t broke?’ In the meantime, Issaquah leaders reaffirmed a commitment to continuing the EFR arrangement. “I’m not interested in going alone, having seen the city has experience with that,” Issaquah Council President John Traeger said. “It’s not as good a deal as what EFR represents — by a long shot.” The sometimes-strained relationship between the agency and Sammamish has prompted officials to consider alternatives, though Sammamish Mayor Don Gerend offered support for EFR at the joint meeting. “My feeling is, why fix it if it
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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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Planning Commisson suggests 2 standards for stormwater By Caleb Heeringa
largest difference between the two manuals was the newer manWith April showers likely ual’s requirement that a property falling outside, the City Council owner assume “pre-Columbian” will spend the month deciding forested conditions on the prophow best to protect Sammamish’s erty – essentially assuring that rivers and lakes as those showers the stormwater flowing from pick up oil and other toxins and their property during large rain drain to the nearest waterway. events be the same as it was The city is required by the before a home or pavement were state and federal government to installed. update its regulations governing Unless a property owner can stormwater – such as how much somehow prove that their properimpervious surfaces can be on a ty was clear of trees hundreds of given property, and which areas years ago, they have to assume it must treat was forest and their stormwamake sure no “We’re balancing the ter before routadditional cost to the environment storm water ing it off their property. leaves the to the cost to The property. homeowners.” Planning Planning Commission, Commission – Joe Lipinsky, tasked with Chairman Joe Planning Commission advising the Lipinsky, Chairman – council on how speaking for to go about the majority that, has sugopinion of the gested that Sammamish adopt commission, told the council that two different sets of regulations. the commission felt that allowing For projects that disturb more a lower standard for smaller lots than an acre, King County’s more would give property owners restrictive 2009 guidelines would more choices. He pointed out be used. The more propertythat the Washington State owner-friendly 1998 manual Department of Ecology has would be for projects smaller allowed other cities to keep two than an acre. different standards, and Sammamish would be followSammamish should take advaning the lead of Issaquah and tage. Kirkland in treating smaller lots “We’re balancing the cost to differently than larger lots, the environment to the cost to though communities like homeowners,” Lipinsky said. “If Redmond and Mercer Island the cost to the environment were have adopted the stricter stanso terrible, why does Ecology dards for all lots. allow us to exempt (lots under Community Development See WATER, Page 10 Director Kamuron Gurol said the
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dizes its aquatic center by around $400,000 a year in order to break even while keeping user fees affordable. During public comment, Sammamish resident Skip Safford pointed to cities around the country that are under extreme financial strain due to a recession-generated drop in tax revenue, raising the threat of default on municipal bonds. Though Sammamish has avoided the worst of the recession’s affects, Safford cautioned against committing millions to a large project in such uncertain economic times. “Cities are offloading their programs to non-profit groups,” Safford said. “We’re all in the same boat – we don’t have money and nothing is going to happen soon to fix that.” Bouck assured the council and commission that the feasibility study will give the council and citizens plenty of warning about what sort of operational expenses to expect and what sort of amenities can be included that would make it easier for the facility to break even – from weight rooms to a concession stand to a rock climbing wall. The study will also look at what sort of amenities are already provided by private businesses. Between Issaquah, Sammamish and Redmond, the area has several health centers and gyms that have pools. Organizers are hosting four public meetings to engage the public in the process and Parks Director Jessi Richardson said the city will also be “taking the show on the road” to get public
input – setting up in public spaces like Starbucks to ask citizens what they’d like to see in a facility and how much they’d be willing to pay for it. Once the feasibility study produces some options for potential community centers, Richardson said the city would be hosting focus groups allowing citizens to critique and comment on the plans. Though the city asked citizens about a community aquatic center in last summer’s telephone survey, she said the council could elect to do another one specific to the project if they wanted more assurance the project was what the public wanted. Ken Ballard, a sub-contractor working on the study, assuaged the concerns of Councilman John Curley, who had earlier worried that the consultants would push an unnecessary facility on the city in hopes of bidding on the design of the project. Ballard estimated that of the hundreds of feasibility studies he had worked on, about 25 percent of them ended up actually turning into finished products. “It’s not a foregone conclusion that Sammamish is going to end up with a community center,” he said. “Ultimately it is up to the citizens to determine whether this is something of value to those here in this room and the rest of the community.” Concerned about the potential costs of the building and making sure the facility met the needs of everyone, several on the council said they supported putting any final project to a public vote before proceeding. “The vision of an aquatic center is going to be different for a mother who wants swim lessons for her children than that of a mother with a child on a swim
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team that wants the facility centrally located,” Councilwoman Nancy Whitten said. “This is a huge chunk of money – I’d like to see a commitment that we put the final solution to a vote.” Bouck told the council most of the projects they’ve designed have gone to a public vote –either as a direct referendum or through a bond measure for the funding of the project. Asked by Curley if he’d ever seen a council “pull the trigger on their own,” Bouck said yes. “Are they still elected?” Curley joked. Despite the worry about the potential cost, there was no lack of optimism from the council and commission about the potential for a facility that ties the community together. “I hope that this becomes a vibrant place for the community – someplace people can come and rub shoulders,” Commissioner Rena Brady said. Mayor Don Gerend said the facility could help meet a longstanding goal of the city – marrying the “two halves” of the city that developed as outskirts to Redmond and Issaquah before incorporating into Sammamish in 1999. “Since we started as a city, we’ve been striving hard to bring these disparate cities into a single city,” Gerend said. “I think we’ve started to do that through things like our Fourth of July celebration and the SAMMI Awards … This would give us a center that can bring everyone together – every ethnic group.” 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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Earthquake in Japan is call to action here
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The international effort to help the people of Japan deal with massive catastrophes is gaining ground. We have no doubt that Sammamish families will do what they can, both with prayers, finances and volunteer efforts. But there is something else every family here can do. Prepare. The shock of the earthquake disaster in Japan is way too close to what could happen here. If you had been ignoring the warnings to get emergency ready, now is the time to pay attention. Yes, there is food and water to be stored, along with basic medical supplies, but there is more to be done. Many older Sammamish homes were constructed without tie-downs to their foundations. It’s worth exploring whether your home still needs straps to keep your home from sliding off its base. Check your homeowner’s insurance to know what your policy will cover, and keep a copy of your policy along with other important papers in an accessible place. Compile a list of phone numbers, or enter them in your cell phone. In case phone lines are down, work out a plan for family members to be able to communicate. Last, but perhaps the most important, get in touch with your neighbors and work out a community plan. Learn where gas and water shut-off valves are located on each house, and when you should turn off the gas. Arrange to share pet or child or elder care if you or your neighbor is unable to get home. Go one step further and get emergency preparedness training and become a member of the Sammamish Citizen Corps. A series of classes began this week and is usually offered again in the fall. Coincidentally, March is American Red Cross Month. Consider becoming a Red Cross volunteer to help in a shelter or provide basic first aid when needed. But most of all, the Red Cross is using this month to heighten the awareness of the need to take steps toward personal emergency preparedness. After the 8.9 earthquake in Japan last week, the awareness level should be firmly heightened. Now it’s up to you.
Poll of the week How many boxes of Girl Scout cookies did you buy? A) Not enough. Why can’t they sell them year-round? B) Too many. I had to loosen my belt a notch. C) They’d run out of my favorite, so none. D) What? I missed it? To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
A wet, cold, day might not seem to be a good choice to go to the Cougar Mountain Zoo, but I went to get a big-cat fix. The mountain lion was in his shelter out of the rain, relaxing, enjoying a day without visitors. The tigers, however, were willing to give me a show. Their show included stalking, roaring, chuffing, wrestling each other, wide-mouth yawns which give a great view of a tiger’s teeth. One of the tigers also thought to re-mark some territory without including me. The layout of the cats’ enclosures at the zoo lets the cats and visitors eye each other across a distance of several feet, where a visitor can clearly see these magnificent cats up close. It should trouble each of us that most, if not all of the animals at the zoo represent endangered species. Our own cougar (Puma concolor) suffers from loss of habitat and weak hunting protection in many states, and we have extirpated it in the majority of its former range. What a shame if we in the Americas continue to facilitate the extinction of our mountain lions while wondering how the peoples of other countries allow the extinction of beautiful animals such as tigers, lemurs, some wallabies, other species of small and large cats, colorful birds, and on and on ad nauseam. While the zoo may lack the scope and grandeur of zoos such as Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, it provides an intimate setting to meet some truly magnificent animals. The staff is accessible, professional, and friendly; the animals happy and well-treated. Take some time to see this gem of ours. The animals will benefit from your support. Bob McCoy Sammamish
Better lighting, please I would like to offer some well deserved praise to the city of
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Sammamish. During the recent snowstorm, I thought they were well on top of keeping the streets plowed, sanded, and cleared. The major problem really seems to lie in the lack of lighting along the side of the road on Sahalee way. For years, when it begins to get dark and the snow is falling, there have been no streetlights to indicate where the side of the road is located, thereby leaving people to guess what dangers, ditches, curbs are lurking in the dark. Not to mention that when they have to abandon their cars, they are in serious danger of getting hit by another driver as they trudge up the hill in despair. Maybe streetlights along this road could be next on the list of improvements. Shelley Whitlow Sammamish
Another no In a recent forum, I read and applauded the article entitled “Why I voted no”. I would like to say that my husband and I were also amongst the minority who voted no. I think Alex Wilsen’s letter echoes how we feel towards the issue. We are retirees and do not have children. Already, we have paid more than our fair share towards the Lake Washington School District. Now, when everything is costing more but our income from bank interest is dwindling, we feel the pinch of the rising living cost. Now with the passing of this levy, we have been thrown from the frying pan into the fire. I am so glad that we have people like Alex Wilsen who has restored our faith in the human race — at least he understands the issue and is justly airing our
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Here’s a yes The letter to the editor, “Another no vote” prompts me to respond. I am 72 years old. My wife and I live on a fixed income. Irrespective of the nation’s financial plight, (the cause of which is the subject of another letter) we have supported school bond referenda. The reason is quite simply: Good schools produce good citizens able to function productively in society. This is an investment in the future development of our children. I read in the March 3 Seattle Times that 200,000 jobs were created in February with more to come. I would like to think that our young citizens will be capable of filling these positions, as opposed to importing talent from countries with greater vision. Their ability to do so is largely dependent upon an education system that keeps pace with technological developments and provides opportunities for cultural growth. Ted Leland Sammamish
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Crews upgrade boat launch at Lake Sammamish State Park By Warren Kagarise
Boaters should notice upgrades to the boat launch area at Lake Sammamish State Park come springtime. The construction swapped wooden piers for sturdier metal. The updated piers also reach farther into the lake to accommodate boats. Crews completed the project at the popular park in late December. The state used grants to fund the project, but the State Parks and Recreation Commission did not secure enough funds to replace all of the aging piers. The total price tag for the project remains undefined. The state enlisted Issaquahbased Thornberg Construction Co. for the project. Crews installed the old piers
atop wooden pilings in the early 1970s. Park Manager Rich Benson said the plan to upgrade the boat launch area sat idle for years. “During the winter when the water level comes up, they don’t float, so they’re underwater for months at a time,” he said. “That puts a lot of stress and strain on them.” State Parks and Recreation Commission officials handled the numerous permits from local, state and federal agencies needed in order to build along the lake shoreline. Construction occurred during the so-called fish window in order to avoid disturbing fish and other aquatic species in the lake. Crews completed the project despite inclement conditions. “The weather we had in
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December was a little bit challenging,” Thornberg Construction President Ted Jenneskens said. The metal piers installed late last year replaced aging wooden piers. Usage from boaters and the strain from the lake inundating the piers during the rainy season left the old piers in need of replacement. The updated piers include ramps, and meet Americans with Disabilities Act criteria. Jenneskens has already joined other hardy boaters to use the facility despite the dismal weather. “I think it’s a great project for the community,” he said. “It’s better than what was there.” Benson said the longer piers should still be able serve the same number of boaters during
the busy summer season. “We’re not getting the crowds yet. The people we’re getting there are, for the most part, the experienced boaters,” he said. “They know how to launch their boats and get them in and out of there pretty easily. I’m hoping that in the summertime, the less-
experienced boaters will find it as acceptable as the people who have been using them so far.” Reporter Warren Kagarise can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
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because the ‘yes’ (responses) outweigh the ‘no’s – beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” James said. “But I would like to see some finality to this.” Howard said a final tally of the official response from citizens showed about 60 percent in favor and 40 percent opposed. “Successful art … does endeavor to foster conversation,” Howard said. “In that regard, I’ll point out that we’ve been successful.” Not all of the backlash to the project came in the form of anonymous e-mails. Two Sammamish citizens used the public comment period to express their displeasure with the project, saying it seemed out of place with the city’s aesthetic. “It’s hard to get up and be critical of an art piece because people say beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” Sammamish resident Paula Flores said. “You can learn to appreciate good art, just like you can learn to appreciate good food. This piece of art is across the street from McDonalds. McDonalds is food, but is it good food?” Flores added that two of her children have art degrees and neither approve of the project or consider it art. The council praised the initiative of the project organizers, who put forward about $2,000, mostly of their own money, to
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Citizen responses to the Eastlake Tree Socks Pro: ◆ “Please mark my vote on the positive side. I’m usually not too much of a ‘whimsy’ guy, but those are clever and creative (and at a very reasonable price) and certainly better than just the stumps reminding us that ‘progress’ in Sammamish as of late seems to be measured by how many trees are wiped out and how much concrete is poured. Though unlikely given the stuffy shirts here on the Plateau, I’m now hoping to see the spring, summer and fall treatments.” ◆ “This is just a quick note to voice my support for the creative, colorful tree socks. The first time I saw them, I smiled, laughed a bit and thought, ‘wow – great solution to a difficult challenge!’ That the socks were created by generous and talented volunteers who have foresight to understand that art with a whimsical touch is as vital to community well-being as are sidewalks, is even better. Hooray for brave spirits and hush the cantankerous, seasonal tree socks are a bold and brilliant addition to our community.” ◆ “Civic art is critical to differentiating Sammamish as a fun and creative place to live. I like even more that it was citizens on their own making it happen. The city should support this creativity 100 percent.” put the socks up last December. Howard pointed out that there will be some minor city costs associated with installing the spring socks, mostly due to insurance costs and safety measures the city must take when having volunteers work near a major roadway. The city will pay $110 for a new sign explaining the project, $60 for insurance to cover the volunteers in case of injury and
“Successful art … does endeavor to foster conversation, In that regard, I’ll point out that we’ve been successful.” – Lyman Howard, Finance director – about $660 in hourly wages to have a city staff member oversee
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the work. 4Culture, whose grant is funding the materials and equipment rental for installation, is technically funded by county taxpayer money, though the agency gets a majority of its funding from a tax on hotels and motels, which are most often used by those from out of town. Councilman Mark Cross spoke in favor of the project, saying that in the big picture of the
city’s budget, $800 or so dollars per installation was microscopic. He pointed to last year’s emergency repavement of the Tree Farm neighborhood, in which the city spent around $250,000 to install an experimental chip-seal pavement on the neighborhood and then repaved it again after residents complained it was too rough. “I like this art piece,” Cross said. “I feel this is a modest amount of money we’re spending on art here in the city compared to some of the other things we spend money on … Heck, we spent $250,000 paving neighborhoods that weren’t even in our paving plan – when you look at the grand scheme of things, this is a small amount of money.” CouncilwomanPetitti also defended the project, praising the grassroots efforts of the organizers. “I’m thrilled the community came forward, had an idea of what they wanted to do … and did it on their own initiative,” Petiitti said. “We’re talking about something that is not really a budget issue here … (It’s) silly if people want to spin their wheels and be negative about this when there are so many other things that they could spend that effort on and have a positive impact.”
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Con: ◆ “While I don’t question the sincerity of the lady who knit the sox that currently adorn those things, we find them distracting and in poor taste. It’s hard to imagine that a City that agonized so much over electronic reader boards for high schools would then think that drivers on 228th are (not) supposed to be distracted by those tree stumps, particularly with the woman’s idea that she will change the sox to correspond with the changing seasons. Let’s focus on the healthy trees that Sammamish has in abundance and remove those distracting, diseased and ugly stumps from our main street.” ◆ “I respectfully advise that the socks are ugly. While I applaud the generosity and efforts of the community members, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I behold none. Can we please spend a few hundred dollars, cut down the stumps and plant new trees? With all the lost trees up here, we could use a few more. Plant slow-growing conifers – a bit more expensive, but worth it! What is wrong with what Mother Nature provides? ◆ The tree stumps in front of Starbucks need to come down. They are a horrible sight. I just moved from Sammamish but I still do business and visit there several times a week. I was in complete shock when I saw the winter condoms on them. Please, for the sake of the town, take down the stumps.
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POlice Blotter Interrupted burglary A Sammamish resident came home to find a prospective burglar climbing into a window of their home March 3. The resident, who lives on the 800 block of 209th Avenue Northeast, arrived at her house just before noon. As she pulled up she saw a man in a white sweatshirt run from the home and into a neighbor’s property. Police arrived and found that the man had apparently taken out a window screen and broken a window to try to gain access to the house. The resident apparently arrived home just in time, as nothing had been taken from the house. A neighbor told police that a man matching the same description had rung his doorbell shortly before. When the neighbor went to open the door the man had left and was walking away. Neither resident was able to get a good look at the suspect and could only note that he had dark hair and was wearing a white
sweatshirt. The case remains under investigation.
Domestic theft A 19-year-old Sammamish man was arrested on suspicion of stealing electronics from his father March 3. The father told police that he had allowed his son to stay at his home while the son underwent treatment for a drug problem. But the two got into a fight March 2, prompting the father to kick the son out of the home. The son returned to the home the next day to collect some money from the father. According to the police report the father saw that the son was in possession of a duffel bag that belonged to the father. When asked, the son refused to show the father what was inside, which prompted another argument and struggle over the bag. Police were able to locate the son near 228th Avenue and arrested the son on suspicion of theft. Inside the bag was an electronic book and a portable video game system. The man booked into Issaquah Jail on suspicion of theft.
Bank fraud A Sammamish resident found three fraudulent charges on her
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More bank fraud A Sammamish resident had hundreds of dollars withdrawn from her bank account and charged to her credit card from various locations in Europe March 1. The victim was unsure how her bank information had been compromised.
Locked out Police helped a Sammamish resident break into her home after the resident had accidentally locked herself out March 1. The resident had engaged a set of child locks that locked the doors to the home and had left the keys inside the home. Police advised her that they’d have to cause property damage in order to get into the home and then kicked a door open from the garage to the home. The resident thanked police for the assistance.
Domestic violence A 36-year-old Sammamish man was arrested on suspicion of assault after allegedly hitting his
wife during an argument at around 3 a.m. March 1. Police arrived and found that the wife had red marks around her face and wrist. She told police that she and her husband had been up late drinking and watching movies. The two had gotten into an argument after the husband woke up the wife and demanded a cigarette. The wife said the argument escalated into a physical confrontation. The husband denied hitting the wife, who he said was preventing him from leaving the home. Police noted that both parties smelled strongly of alcohol and marijuana. There were two children at the home during the altercation. The man was booked into Issaquah Jail on suspicion of fourth-degree assault and malicious mischief.
Domestic strife Police were called Feb. 28 to advise a Sammamish woman on her options for keeping her estranged 20-year-old son out of her home. The mother told police that the son had been kicked out of the home for throwing a party and was staying with her ex-husband, the son’s biological father. The mother reported that the son continued to come to the
home and often smelled of marijuana. Police instructed the mother how to obtain a court order to keep her son away from the home.
Unauthorized remodel A realtor called police Feb. 22 after discovering that someone had begun dismantling the inside of a home that had long been for sale. The home, located on the 22200 block of Northeast 25th Way, has been for sale for nearly four years. The realtor told police that he went to show the home to a prospective buyer for the first time in two weeks and found the inside had been nearly gutted. The entire kitchen, including cabinets, sinks and wood trim, had been torn down and moved to the garage. Carpet had been torn up from a bedroom and a sliding glass door had been taken and moved to the garage. The homeowner said he hadn’t authorized any work to be done to the home. Police said they had been called to the home on reports of juveniles in the yard and suspicious vehicles in the area and had left messages with the number on the real estate sign out front but never heard back. The homeowner said the home had been for sale the entire time he’s owned it and that the sign out front was for an old realtor he hadn’t used for years. Police obtained some partial finger prints from around the home and continue to investigate the matter.
Hang-up harassment A Sammamish woman contacted police after she reportedly received 16 hang-up calls from her ex-sister-in-law Feb. 27. The woman told police she had also received a harassing phone call at her work number. Police documented the call logs on the phones and will be forwarding the case to prosecutors.
Stolen cards found Five credit cards and a driver’s license that had been stolen from a vehicle in Snoqualmie were reportedly found scattered around a sidewalk in front of See BLOTTER, Page 11
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Teens arrested in vandalism case Sammamish Police arrested two local teens on suspicion of writing racially-charged graffiti on Eastlake High School and Inglewood Junior High in December. The teens, ages 15 and 17, allegedly admitted to leaving the graffiti, which included a swastika and the word “Jew” painted on a storage locker behind Eastlake. The reader board at the junior high was also targeted in the vandalism. Administrative Sergeant Jessica Sullivan said the teens will likely be charged with malicious mischief. The Sammamish Review does not name juveniles charged with misdemeanors. The teens allegedly admitted to the crime when questioned by Stan Chapin, a school resource officer with the department. They then turned over some paint that matched that used for the graffiti. Sullivan said the department took the crime seriously given the racial character of the tagging, but officers don’t have any evidence that the teens were acting with racial malice, which would be necessary to charge them with a hate crime. “They couldn’t give us a good reason why they did it, but there’s nothing that led us to believe that it was overtly racist,” Sullivan said. “It was a couple of kids that didn’t understand the gravity of their actions.”
405 to close for a weekend No fooling: Interstate 405 will be closed in both directions
between Northeast Eighth Street and state Route 520 for an entire weekend starting April 1. Washington State Department of Transportation crews will be replacing a bridge and installing “braided” ramps that will separate traffic getting onto the interstate from Northeast Eighth and 10th streets from northbound traffic getting on state Route 520. The closure will begin 11 p.m. on Friday, April 1 and last until 4 a.m. Monday, April 4. WSDOT officials suggest planning alternate routes and expecting to spend extra time on the road that weekend.
King County celebrates March as Women’s History Month King County Executive Dow Constantine issued a proclamation for International Women’s Day last week to honor the contributions of women in society — and to celebrate Women’s History Month. “I encourage all residents to support the goals of International Women’s Day, and to reaffirm our commitment to end gender-based discrimination,” he said in a statement. “Women have come a long way in the struggle for equal rights and opportunities, and it is up to all of us to continue consciously creating positive change for women worldwide.” The county marked International Women’s Day on March 8. King County has a strong history of providing leadership and management oppor-
March 16, 2011 • tunities to the women in the county workforce. Women comprise 50 percent of the executive’s leadership team, including Assistant Deputy County Executive Rhonda Berry. “In the span of my career, I have seen great expansion in the roles that women play,” County Administrative Officer Caroline Whalen said. “It is an honor to be the first woman CAO in King County, and to continue to watch women make progress in the workplace.” Overall, women currently comprise 40.85 percent of the county workforce — up from 37.9 percent in March 2009.
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est nail sticking up,” LaFrance said. “I want to make sure we’re at least doing what our neighbors are doing.” Councilman Mark Cross said the lowest legal standard might not be appropriate for a place like Sammamish, which is densely populated around numerous environmentally sensitive streams, lakes, wetlands and steep slopes. He pointed to numerous developments in the city that were built decades ago without storm drainage systems. Stormwater in these developments either ends up heading
into Lake Sammamish, likely without treatment, or pooling in neighboring lots, creating headaches for both the city and citizens. Cross’s comments echo the dissenting opinion authored by commissioners Mahbubul Islam and Jan Klier, which stated that allowing the lower standard for properties under one acre (which make up about 92 percent of Sammamish properties) “serves mainly the economic interests of the homeowners and developers.” Islam and Klier go on to point
out that any relief to property owners would likely be temporary. Future expected changes to state and federal law would likely disallow using two different storm water manuals. While a property owner who paved a driveway under old standards would likely be grandfathered in, they would be forced to account for the added impervious surface and meet the newer standards should they do any other development in the property. “Homeowners (and others) that find the new Surface Water
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Beaver Lake Middle School March 5. An officer who was parked in the Skyline High School parking lot was approached by a woman who told the officer she had found the credit cards and put them into an envelope and slipped them under the door of City Hall.
Too young to drink, much less drive A 19-year-old Sammamish woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence as a minor after being caught speeding March 5. The woman was pulled over in front of the Madison Apartments off Issaquah-Pine Lake Road for driving an estimated 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. The officer reported that he could smell alcohol on the woman’s breath. The woman passed several field sobriety tests and blew a .05 on a portable breath test. Though the legal limit for drivers over the age of 21 is .08, minors can be charged with a DUI for having a blood alcohol level over .02. The woman told the officer that she had consumed a Keystone “tall boy” beer and “half a shot” at her sorority at the University of Washington.
School bus fight A 14-year-old Pine Lake Middle School student was allegedly assaulted on the school bus March 4. The teen’s father brought him to the police station to report the apparent assault. The teen had a black eye and small scrape that was bleeding slightly, but declined to have an aid unit called. He told police he had been listening to his iPod on the bus when another teen hit him in the face for no apparent reason. The bus driver apparently did not witness the incident. While explaining the situation to officers in the City Hall lobby, the father ran into the parent of the teen that allegedly hit the victim and began to argue with the man. Police separated the two and the father of the alleged aggressor said he was going to confront his son about the matter. The victim’s father told police that he did not wish to have the other teen prosecuted and that he would try to work out the situation between the two families, who attend the same church, according to the police report.
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ny that had hired the man told the couple that the man had recently been fired for an undisclosed reason. Police continue to investigate the matter.
Suspicious circumstances A Sammamish teenager told her father that an older man had made some sexually suggestive comments to her and her friends four months prior. The teen told her dad that the man, who was in his 40s, was an employee at a local business and would act very friendly towards her friends, eventually hugging them and adding her on face-
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book. She told her father that at one point the man had talked about masturbation during a conversation and had invited her to go with him to the Puyallup Fair. She also reported that the man had watched her and her friends in a hot tub and commented that she looked pretty in her bathing suit. Police contacted a manager at the store, who told police they did not recognize any employees with the man’s name or physical description. The case remains under investigation. Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.
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churches, they said. “I look forward to revisiting Eight high school and college the cultural experience,” said students donned blue aprons and Eastlake senior Linn Bartel, who hurried around the auditorium at said he had been to the South Good Samaritan Episcopal before, but not yet in a service Church March 8. They had sercapacity. vice in mind as they grabbed The group of eight youth and plates of hot pancakes in the two chaperones hope to be be kitchen and served them up to working in Mississippi June 25about 100 guests ready to support July 1. their cause. The service trip is very much The fundraisstudent-driven, er event was said the Rev. Get involved part of the Youth Suzi Robertson, at Church Contact Chris Sample at vicar of Good group’s monthschrissample@me.com to Samaritan. support the Good long effort to While the serraise enough Samaritan Episcopal youth vice project money to travel group (they will work for itself will hapto Jackson, Miss. donations) or learn about pen through the April 30 dinner and this summer for YouthWorks, the auction. a service project. Sammamish “We kinda youth have want people to spent considersee us, to put our faces out able time reflecting on the potenthere,” said Hattie Bradley, a tially life-changing impact going senior at Eastlake. “We’re not just on a mission trip will have, as asking for people’s money.” well as organizing fundraising The teens will be working strategies and working on team with YouthWorks, an organization cohesiveness. that runs outreach and buildingThe process is part of Journey project ministries around the to Adulthood, a youth-group procountry with church youth gram developed in the Episcopal groups. The Sammamish youth Church, Robertson said. group will be working alongside “It’s a very lengthy process but peers from two other U.S. really gives them lot of skills,”
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Good Samaritan Episcopal Church youth group members Hattie Bradley, from left, Brad Leinweber, Linn Bartel, Jacob Fugman, Tessa Yip and Brenna Drummond prepare for the Fat Tuesday pancake dinner March 8. she said. “I think it really helps them develop leadership skills. Every Youth at Church group at Good Samaritan aspires to do a
mission or pilgrimage, said Bradley. During the initial planning process, the youth group mem-
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SAMMI awards recognize community spirit Friday By Christopher Huber
As soon as Helen Baxter found out she was nominated for a Spirit of Sammamish SAMMI Award, she started asking around to figure out who recommended her. She also wanted to know what they were thinking, she joked. Baxter, a longtime Sammamish resident, is among the four finalists for the Spirit of Sammamish award at the 10th annual SAMMI Awards, which happens March 18 at Eastridge Church. The event begins at 7 p.m. The 10th annual Sammamish Acknowledges Magnificent Moments of Inspiration is set to inspire all who attend to seek ways to give back and appreciate all those who contribute to the growing sense of community in the young city. “Part of what we try to do is actively get both sides of the plateau involved. It really is spread out now over both ends of plateau,” said Cary Young, executive director of the SAMMI
Awards. “We’re all one city, we’re not just the north side and the south side.” Spirit of Sammamish nominees: Stephanie Doyle earned a nomination because of her commitment to supporting local charities, according to her SAMMI biography. After moving from Utah, she founded W20 in 2006. Her organization’s mission is to raise money and awareness for local charities through “girls Stephanie night out” Doyle events. At the gatherings, 50100 people attend to hear from a particular charity about its mission, volunteer opportunities and current needs. In the process, W20 has raised more than $32,000 for charities in King County. Helen Baxter has lived in
Sammamish since 1984 and has seen a lot of change in the community, according to her biography. She has spent much of that time promoting the city’s heritage and working for the preservaHelen Baxter tion of such landmarks and historic elements as the Reard/Freed House. She led the Sammamish Heritage Society as its president from 2004 to 2010, and has proved her dedication and loyalty to preserving Sammamish history. She also teaches in the Lake Washington School District — formerly at Margaret Mead Elementary. “I look forward to it, and to seeing people I have not seen in a while,” Baxter said. Laura Walker has a passion for creating a welcoming, empowering and safe environment for girls. To many she is known as
the Pixie Camp Director, according to her SAMMI Awards nomination biography. That drive to work with girls led her to create a weeklong Girl Scouts day camp on Beaver Lake in the summer of 2007. The first camp drew 150 girls and is now expected to host more than 500 girls and 88 parent volunteers over two separate weeks. The camp has also offered a teen leadership program in which 70 teenage girls trained to work with 10to 12-yearolds. Laura Walker “It’s shocking and exciting and thrilling, and sort of scary all at the same time,” Walker said about being nominated. As she volunteered in Seattle to help Girl Scouts sell cookies March 11, she said she looks forward to the celebrating her 10th year in Sammamish along with
the 10th anniversary of the SAMMI Awards. Charlotte Philips’s compassion for her neighbors led to her nomination for a Spirit of Sammamish award. She has spent considerable time assisting the Moulton family in the Cimarron neighborhood in a variety of ways. Her friend Michelle Moulton struggled with liver failure off and on for seven years and in Charlotte August Philips received a liver transplant. Philips donated time, money and other support to help the family get through the tough times. She also helped start the Friends of Michelle website, which raises funds for the Moultons, and helped the family with transportation, daycare and See SAMMI, Page 13
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The Catechism Cataclysm movie finds distributor The 2011 Sundance film “The Catechism Cataclysm,” in which Sammamish resident Jay Wesley Cochran appeared, will soon be playing in selected U.S. venues and on television in numerous countries around the
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world, according to Indie Wire, an independent film news website. IFC Midnight bought the distribution rights to the Seattle-made movie, which debuted at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The company also bought the television rights for the comedy to play in France, Benelux, Spain, Portugal, EastCentral Europe, Turkey, and Greece,
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compelled to travel. In the past, Good Samaritan groups have traveled to Spain and other places in Europe, the youth said. They contemplated shooting for a trip to Haiti. But this year, they figured it would bode well to stay in the United States, seeing there is plenty of need here, too. And it would be a little safer than some of their options, allowing them to focus on serving the community. “We felt it was better to help people in our own nation,” Bradley said. “We wanted to experience something culturally different.” Since September, the eight high school and college students
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have been organizing fundraiser events like the Fat Tuesday pancake dinner, as well as holding a poker night, offering car-detailing services and babysitting. Each of the eight youth going on the trip has to raise about $1,500 and they are looking not just to their families and church congregation, they said. The goal is to get community involvement in their cause, they said. “I have a theory that all kids, at any age, should be involved in mission at some level, because it changes their view on the world
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the report said. Cochran, a longtime Sammamish resident, plays a character that appears in a story within story. He plays a depressed businessman who holes himself up in dingy motel room, bent on ending his life. His plans are foiled when the gun he brought fails to fire whenever he points it at himself.
and helps them to learn about other people,” said Robertson. “Mostly, what happens is they learn something about themselves.” The youth said they didn’t have to think much about whether or not to go on the trip. Members like Brad Leinweber, an Eastlake junior, said he has been to Guatemala twice and seen the heart-breaking poverty there. He decided to commit to this trip because he wanted to work more closely with the people in need. Robertson said this trip, like ones in the past, tends to have a profound effect on those involved. “These kinds of experiences produce a more global person, and certainly a more empathic person,” Robertson said. “To go experience and be with and be in the community with people who don’t have what we have, changes how we view humanity.” Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.
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meal preparation. Her can-do attitude has led her community to support the Moulton family. In addition to the Spirit of Sammamish award highlighting the event March 18, the SAMMI Awards will feature a new acknowledgement: environmental advocacy. Elaine McEnery and Judy Peterson are the nominees for that award. “We thought it would round out the awards,” Young said. The nominees in other categories are: Donna Gelinas (art); Keenon Kennedy and Scott Moore (business); Connie Heldt, Gretel von Bargen, Rebecca Tapia, Paul Doran and Jeff Burgard (learning promotion); Tyler Croshaw (courage); Mike Shigley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Scott Kelly, Carol Stamper and Anne Ginther (youth advocate); Tarushi Verma, Guiomar Balsualdo and Jovahn Cruz (Trevor Price); Del Goehner, Jerry Grummer and Man Jae Lee and Family (unsung hero); Adam Hawkins, Andrea Liu and Tiffany Ng, Josue Lopez, Nick Mahan and Sarah Zhou (teen spirit). Visit www.sammiawards.org for more information. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at ww.SammamishReview.com.
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Sammamish seeks volunteers to help build trails at Evans Creek Preserve Sammamish is in immediate need of volunteers to help build the trail system that will weave through Evans Creek Preserve when it opens this summer. The city is looking for trail stewards who can participate in three training events with the Washington Trails Association in March and April and then commit to leading at least three trail building events this summer. Stewards must be 18 or older and complete a background check. For those without the time to
Michael O’Brien inducted into SIE Michael O’Brien, of Sammamish, was inducted into the Sigma Iota Epsilon honorary and management fraternity on Feb. 24. The invitation is extended to a few students each year to join the Zeta Tau chapter at Western Washington University who maintain high academic standards and demonstrate an interest in management.
Black belts awarded True Martial Arts is proud to announce that the following people were awarded their first degree black belts on Monday, March 14: Allex Ballata is a seventh grader at Pine Lake middle school.
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commit to being a steward, the city can still use your help either in March and April or later this summer. Staff estimates that about 6,000 hours of volunteer work will be needed in the preserve. Families, companies or community service organizations are encouraged to donate their time to the cause. For more information or to sign up, contact Volunteer Coordinator Dawn Sanders at dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us or 295-0556.
She’s been training for eight and a half years. Jeremy Kaelin is a freshman at Skyline High School. He’s been training for eight years. Ben Terry is a seventh grader at Beaver Lake middle school. He’s been training for eight and a half years. Sammy Ballata is a seventh grader at Pine Lake middle school. She’s been training for eight and a half years. Rachel Graham is a seventh grader at Pine Lake middle school. She’s been training for eight and a half years.
Justyna Nowak is an all-academic Justyna Nowak, of Sammamish, was named to the All-Washington Academic Team
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Sammamish residents Olivia Gaughran, left, and Guiomar Basualdo, right, from the Mary, Queen of Peace junior high youth group, The Edge, accept a service award from Seattle Archbishop Peter Sartain March 5. Several youth from the group relocated a pregnancy crisis center in Forks, Wash. in just four days last August.
for her academic achievement and community service. Nowak, a student at Bates College, is studying to be a dental lab technician. She will receive a $250 scholarship from Key bank, and a medallion presented March 24 at South Puget Justyna Nowak
Sound Community College.
Taylor DeGrande on winning team in management competition Taylor DeGrande, a 2007 Skyline graduate, was a member of a team of students which won first place in the Associated Schools of Construction regional
student competition in Sparks, Nevada. The students from Washington State University competed in the design-build division. They were required to put together a design, management plan, construction schedule, quality control plan, site logistics plan and cost estimate for a building on a Northern California university campus. DeGrande is the son of Tammy DeGrande, of Issaquah, and Todd Enos, of Sammamish.
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Creekside’s new ‘doctors’ make their rounds By Christopher Huber
The hallway in the Creekside Elementary fifth-grade wing was abuzz with dozens of aspiring physicians March 10. Students zipped through the hall and in and out of classrooms, clipboards in hand, checking off boxes on their assignment sheet. Fifth-graders clustered in threes at their respective tables, waiting for schoolmates, parents and teachers to come by and ask them about their projects. They had spent more than a month conducting labs, doing research and compiling a final presentation of the seven systems of the body. This day was their version of “grand rounds,” what the medical profession calls a gathering of experts to discuss ideas or discoveries in the field, said Dr. David Ege, a pediatrician with the Issaquah Medical Group, who attended the event for fun. It capped off their culminating human body systems unit — a study of the skeletal/muscular, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and the urinary and
immune systems. “We got to research and learn a lot of interesting stuff about the body,” said Aland Durante. After conducting their research and forming small teams, the Creekside fifth-graders presented their findings about particular body systems via fact sheets, composing a song or rap about it and writing first-person “organ articles.” Each group also wrote a patient profile — they attempted to diagnose a patient with a specific problem in their given body system — and created a diagram in two or three dimensions. “I liked how we got to make our own song lyrics,” said Grayson Hill, who, like his classmates, wore a nametag with “Dr. Hill” on it. One aspect of the digestive system which stood out to him was that the stomach has three layers of muscles. One booth demonstrated the properties of the stomach: after soaking for two days, the eggshells in water had not See DOCTOR, Page 17
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Matisse McCoy, a Creekside fifth-grader, signs off on a classmate’s assignment sheet during the school’s Grand Rounds project March 10.
Middle schoolers learn at the school of hard rocks By Ari Cetron
Usually, Blake Carpenter and Skyler Matthews don’t rock out at church. But as a one-time event some people from local rock and roll school Urock played at Evergreen Christian Fellowship, and the pair were hooked. “They had an open house, and we signed up,” said Matthews. Now, the pair are in a band, Shattered, and played a gig at Seattle’s Hard Rock Café March 6. Urock is a program geared toward teaching young people about what it’s like to be in a band, and incorporating other life lessons along the way, said Jeff Lockhart, the program’s executive director. The program is run out of Northwest University in Kirkland. Students can be from 11-17 years old, and of all levels of musical experience. Lockhart, who plays in local Beatles tribute band Crème Tangerine, said that students learn about how to play their instruments, but the school also hopes to teach them about the business and social aspects of being in a band. “Everything I need to know about life and business, I learned
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Skyler Matthews (drummer) and Blake Carpenter (guitarist) rehearse at the Urock studio in advance of their show at the Hard Rock Cafe. in a rock band,” Lockhart said. Lessons in the 12-week course include the mundane aspects of being in a band, for example,
they might actually have to pay some venues to be able to have a show for the first few years. He also touches on how members of
a band need to be able to work together and not be selfish. “If you come late to practice, you just let down four other peo-
ple,” Lockhart said. Each group works together to learn covers and write songs, and at the end of the session, the Urock faculty create a compilation CD. David Carpenter, Blake’s father, said he was impressed with the way the school does impart lessons beyond learning to strum a G chord. “He talked about being prepared, coming together, being respectful, team building,” David Carpenter said. “He kind of gives them the full picture.” While Blake, a seventh-grader at Beaver Lake Middle School, and Skylar, a seventh-grader at Pine Lake Middle School, say they have been learning those lessons, they seem more excited about the chance to play in a band. The band is created at the school, where the two were matched with two other middle schoolers and an adult member of the faculty to act as their manager. Blake, who had been playing guitar a little, became one of the band’s two guitarists, and a secondary singer. He said that his See ROCK, Page 17
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Both boys cited Green Day as one of their favorites, along with an eclectic mix that included Bon Jovi, Jay-Z, Continued from Page 16 Boston, Alicia Keyes and The Police. playing has been improving as The group has played togeththe classes go on. er, and they practice on their “I’ve had really good instrucown. They’ve also collaborated tion,” he said. on an original song. In addition, Skylar had also played guitar they’ve got a couple of covers a little. But in their when he repertoire, “We’re having a lot of joined his “Holiday” by fun with this and it’s a Green Day middle school band, he and “Love great experience.” became a perRevolution” – Blake Carpenter, cussionist. So by Natalie now he sits Grant. Guitars – behind the They drum kit for played all Shattered. three songs at their show, One of the other students although they had to adjust one also plays guitar while the word in “Holiday.” fourth, a girl, sings. The adult As the class nears its end, mentor took over as the band’s both boys are excited to conbass player. tinue and hope to sign up “We’re having a lot of fun again. with this and it’s a great experiThey are hoping to keep ence,” Blake said. their band together, but maybe The group has a pop-punk expand the lineup. sound, said Lockhart. He com“We need a keyboard player,” pared them to Green Day. Skylar said.
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Creekside fifth-graders Jackie O’Hara, far right, and Annie Tang, second from left, explain the circulatory system to fellow students March 10 during the Grand Rounds project presentation.
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changed, but the vinegar-soaked shells were mostly disintegrated due to the acidic properties. “I liked looking up things on the computer,” said fifth-grader Matisse McCoy. Teachers involved in the pro-
ject highlighted the importance of student collaboration. This unit stressed the teamwork, and since introducing last fall “The principles of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” at Creekside, teachers seem
impressed with how well the students work. “It’s awesome to see it all come together,” said teacher April O’Halloran. “It’s fun to see how seriously some of them take it.”
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Skyline drops season opener to Eastside Catholic By Christopher Huber and Bob Taylor
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Skyline first baseman Tyler Neudorfer makes contact in the second inning March 11 against Eastside Catholic.
If Skyline and Eastside Catholic baseball clubs had played their season opener after daylight savings, the Crusaders probably could have shut the Spartans out. The already gloomy day dimmed further toward twilight as the first game of the year headed into the bottom of the seventh inning at the brand new Skyline field. To give credit for a big hit, Skyline second baseman Nate Litka smashed the ball to deep left-center field. But in the waning light, the Eastside Catholic center fielder, Alex Foley, lost the ball in the clouds and missed what could have been the final out. Litka drove in two runs on a stand-up double and gave Skyline hope for a win. Ultimately, Eastside Catholic preserved a 3-2 win March 11. “Competition is always good,” Skyline head coach Chris Tamminen said about facing the traditionally strong Crusaders. “It’s always good to put a little pressure on yourself.” The score was tied at 0-0 until the top of the third inning, when
Eastside Catholic’s Braden Wolgamott lined a pitch to deep center field for an RBI double. He scored Jeff Bohling for the first run of the game. “Braden had a great game,” said Kurt Boyd, Eastside Catholic’s head coach. “He was lightning.” Wolgamott then scored on a Skyline error to make it 2-0. And later in the third, teammate Hayden Meier drove in Justin David on a single that put Eastside Catholic up 3-0 going into the bottom of the third. Kyle Larson started for the Crusaders and held Skyline batters to just two hits, striking out three and allowing zero runs in five innings. After two Spartan singles in the first, he retired six straight and walked just two batters. “Larson came through,” Boyd said. Boyd also credited Wolgamott, a catcher, for a strong performance behind the plate. “Braden called a great game,” Boyd said. Sophomore Jeff Kepple finished with the save for Eastside Catholic, going two-thirds of an See BASEBALL, Page 19
Crossfire wins championship
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Eastlake grad Kevin Penner shows off the plaque from his first college golfing win.
Kevin Penner ties for first college win Kevin Penner, a 2009 Eastlake graduate, earned his first
Division-1 golf tournament win Feb. 27 in Palm Desert, Calif. Penner, a sophomore at the See PENNER, Page 19
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The boys Crossfire U-14 club soccer team, with members from Sammamish, won the Inaugural Northwest Champions League championship in Portland March 6. The team won all 11 games this season, scoring 53 goals and allowing just one, which came on a penalty kick. Top row, left to right Ryan Schaefer, Daniel Brewer, Tosh Samkange, Jack Hornsby, Samad Bounthong, Johnny White, Brendan O’Brien, Alex Wictor, Lorenzo Ramos. Bottom row, left to right, Greyden Saunders, Wyatt Paul, Joey Parish, Alejandro Hernandez, Torin Corr, Steven Visser, Emilio Lillie-Lugo.
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The Eastlake Wolves team is re-working the program in 2011. After a disappointing 1-19 2010 season, the boys spent some time getting in shape early for 2011, said new head coach Kevin Agnew. It will rely on a solid core of returning pitchers, as well as the leadership and bat production of returning standout catcher Casey Fithian, a junior. Agnew said he thinks KingCo is the toughest league allaround in the state and Eastlake faces some difficult challenges this year, especially against perennial leaders like Newport, Woodinville, Inglemoor, Bothell. Skyline could also be a team to watch out for. “Our entire division should be tough,” Agnew said. Returning starters include pitchers, seniors Ethan Potter and Alex Dean, and junior Andrew Stull. The Wolves will also look to the leadership of returners Conner Hanson (senior infielder), Andrew Carey (senior outfielder) and Alex Chen (junior pitcher and outfielder). Newcomer Griffin Davis, a sophomore infielder, could also play an integral role in Eastlake’s improvement in 2011, Agnew said. “Our team is going to need to continue to work hard and play unselfish baseball,” Agnew said. “This year will be a learning period for the entire program, but our kids will play hard and compete ‘til the end this spring.”
inning, striking out one and allowing one hit and two runs. Conner Gilchrist lasted four innings on the mound for Skyline. He struck out four Crusaders. “Fundamentals will keep us in the game,” said Skyline head coach Chris Tamminen. “I love how we battled.” It was just the first game of the season, but Skyline seemed a bit slow to get going. Offensively, it had two singles in the first, but the bats were more or less quite through six innings. In the field, the Spartans committed four errors, allowing Eastside Catholic hitters to get on base and runners to advance. “We need to be a little bit smarter,” Tamminen said after the game. “But we’ve got a good nucleus. There’s a lot of things we can work on to get better.” Spartans hope to surprise again Skyline finished the 2010 season as one of the hottest 4A KingCo teams. The Spartans were just 9-11 when the regular season ended, but won three of four games in the league tournament. Then, Skyline defeated Evergreen of Vancouver in a bidistrict game to qualify for the state regionals. Could Skyline make another run like that this season? Skyline’s Tamminen isn’t making predictions. “Last year ended up being real fun. But you never know,” he said. “The toughest part is just getting through KingCo, and this year will be real tough because of Redmond and Newport.” Redmond and Newport, who have strong, experienced pitching staffs, are in the Crest Division with Skyline and Issaquah. “Redmond and Newport
Scoreboard Boys soccer Saturday, March 12 Newport 3, Eastside Catholic 2 Scoring summary: Spencer Spears, EC (unassisted) 15:00; Jordan Thompson, N (Brandon Koch assist) 39:00; Spencer Spears, EC (unassisted) 39:05; Jordan Thompson, N (Brendan Koch assist) 44:00; Michael Kahn, N (unassisted) 60:00. Skyline 3, Mercer Island 0 Scoring summary: Kyle Olmstead, S, (Braxton Griffin assist) 10:00; Kyle Olmstead, S, (unassisted) 16:00; Jason Twaddle, S, (unassisted) 35:00. Steven Pankiewicz shutout.
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Tamminen is excited about the underclassmen in the program. “We have a very good sophomore class and a very good freshmen class. The junior class is good, too. Some of the sophomores might come up to the varsity and help us this season,” Tamminen said. “The future looks good.” Photo by Christopher Huber
Skyline pitcher Conner Gilchrist delivers a pitch in the top of the second inning against Eastside Catholic March 11. should be among the best teams in the state,” Tamminen said. Pitching was one of the Spartans’ strengths last year. However, the top pitchers all graduated. “We will have a whole new pitching staff this season,” Tamminen said. Among the pitching candidates are Brandon Lundeberg, Matt Lunde, Clayton Huber, Travis Snider and Connor
Gilchrist. Tamminen has some other holes to fill, too. Skyline has just five seniors on the team. “We will be a young team this season,” he said. The top returning players are second baseman Nate Litka, shortstop Wes Blackburn and catcher Jim Sinatro. Litka earned all-league first-team honors last year. He hit .397 with three home runs and 20 runs batted in.
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Brian Mogg also tied for first place at a tournament March 6. He shot a 70stroke first round and a 75-stroke second round to finish tied with two-time Washington state champ Frank Garber Brian Mogg at the Portland Junior Open at Heron Lakes Golf Club. The tournament ran too late to hold a playoff round, said Brian’s father, Gary Mogg, so they were named co-champs.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas, shot a 3-under-par 213 and tied for first place with Santa Clara’s Scott Travers, according to the UNLV website. It was Penner’s first top-20 finish this year and his best ever in college. It marked the third top-five finish in his college career. Penner’s performance helped the UNLV team finish second to the eighth-ranked Texas A&M, which shot a combined 15-over 879. UNLV shot a 20-over 884.
Brian Mogg ties for win at Portland Junior Open Sammamish youth golfer
Plateau basketballers named all-league Eight boys, eight girls and a
Could Eastside Catholic make it to state? The Crusaders finished 15-8 overall and 13-4 in Metro League play in 2010. And despite losing five senior pitchers to graduation, the team is already exhibiting characteristics of the 2007 team that went to the 3A state tournament, said Boyd. It lost just one other starter, so returns a strong core of last year’s squad. “The players are well aware they have something special if they continue their hard work, perseverance and belief they can execute as a unit even through coach from Sammamish were recently named to the All-KingCo 4A basketball teams. Skyline’s Kasen Williams earned enough votes to make it to the first team All-KingCo. In addition to Williams’ recognition, teammate Will Parker, a junior guard, earned a spot on the second team. Also from Skyline, Bryan Cikatz, Jonah Eastern and Lucas Shannon received honorable mention. Eastlake standouts Conner Iraola, Nick Kassuba and Brandon Lester earned honorable mention, too, for their performances this season. For the girls, Eastlake junior post Kendra Morrison was voted to the first team All-KingCo and Skyline junior forward Megan Weideman made the second team. Katy Ainslie, Caleigh McCabe and Sam Naluai, of Eastlake, and Michelle Bretl,
hard times,” he said. After winning the opener at Skyline, Eastside Catholic looks to build its reputation around sound defense and pitching, Boyd said, with offense improving even more from 2010. Part of that strategy includes senior Kyle Larson leading the pitching rotation and the Crusaders converting many players into relief pitchers. With 10 seniors leading the way and a well-developed sophomore class showing promise, Boyd said Eastside Catholic looks to be a force to compete against two-time defending state-champ O’Dea. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
Lindsey Nicholson and Haley Smith, of Skyline earned honorable mention. First-year Eastlake girls head coach Sara Goldie was named coCoach of the Year, along with Woodinville’s Scott Bullock. Two Eastside Catholic girls also earned honors in the Metro League. Junior Michaela O’Rourke was named to the second team All-Metro and Alex Johnston received honorable mention.
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Events 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. The Vasa Park Craft and garden show, featuring the work of more than 75 vendors, is set for 10 a.m.-7 p.m. March 17 and 18, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 19. Visit www.countrycreation.blogspot.com. Sammamish Kiwanis will sponsor swing dancing from 7-10 p.m. March 18 at the Sammamish YMCA. For ages 13 and older. Visit www.sammamishkiwanis.org. A blood drive, sponsored by Sammamish Presbyterian Church, is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 19 at the church. To pre-register to donate, e-mail anyaphillips@spconline.org. 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 3928446. Sammamish Symphony will perform “Carmina Burana” along with the Kirkland Choral Society, Bellevue Chamber Chorus and Cantare Vocal Ensemble at 2 p.m. March 27 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. 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. A community reading of the Arthur Miller play “All My Sons” followed by a moderated discussion is set for 7 p.m. April 7 at the Sammamish Library. The program is sponsored by the Intiman Theater and the Sammamish Arts Commission. 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. The Lake Washington Schools Foundation’s annual Legacy for Learning luncheon will feature astronaut and former Museum of Flight president, Bonnie Dunbar. The program starts at 11 a.m. April 20. The lunch is free, but with a $150 suggested donation. Proceeds benefit the foundation, which gives the money to Lake Washington district schools. For more information or to register, visit www.lwsf.org. 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
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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. Email shlcministries@yahoo.com for information on the current book being discussed and location. Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered program offering support and a path to freedom, meets Painting by Norman Rockwell every Monday, 7-9 The painting “Girl at Mirror” will be one of those on display in Tacoma. p.m. at Pine Lake Covenant Church, Norman Rockwell’s illustrations in Tacoma through the end of May. 1715 228th Ave. will be the topic of a talk by art histoOlds will give her presentation at 7 S.E. For more info, rian Susan Olds. p.m. March 30 at the Sammamish go to www.missiRockwell’s work will be on display Library. olux.org, or call 392-8636. A men’s study of volunteers. Contact Dawn group using participant guides Religious/spiritual Sanders at dsanders@ci.samfrom Celebrate Recovery will mamish.wa.us. Mary, Queen of Peace will strive to work on hurts, hang-ups host a fish fry from 5-8 p.m. or habits people have been denyMarch 25 at the church. Dinners ing or surrendering to from 7Health cost $6.50 and include a choice of 8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Pine Lake As part of the healthy livfried or baked fish or shrimp Covenant Church. E-mail croning series, Ron Bennett, along with French fries or mac theplateau@gmail.com. Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and cheese and a roll. Children Griefshare, a support group pharmicist, will discuss the five are welcome. for those who have lost a loved Mary, Queen of Peace youth categories of prescription drugs one is from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at 1 p.m. March 16 at Bellewood groups are for children in sixthnights at Sammamish eighth grade and ninth-12th Retirement. Presbyterian Church. grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. Caring for people with canMoms In Touch is an intercer, a workshop to help frame Sundays. Call the church at 391denominational, prayer support the experience of cancer and 1178, ext. 129. group for moms to get together Faith United Methodist teach how best to support someand pray for children and one dealing with it, is scheduled Church offers “Faith Cafe” for schools. For more information, for 10:30 a.m. April 10 at women of all ages. The café feacall Jan Domek, Issaquah School Sammamish Presbyterian tures drop-in coffee time, scrapDistrict representative, at 681Church. booking/stamping, mom & baby 6770, or Kelly Wotherspoon, Lake A mobile mammography playgroup, quilting/knitting and Washington School District reprefacility will be available for walking groups. There will also sentative, at 392-2291, or visit Sammamish residents. The be one-off classes, studies and www.MomsInTouch.org. mobile facility features the same themed days. 9:30 a.m. Pine Lake Covenant Church equipment used at Evergreen Wednesdays. Call Jo Lucas at 837- offers a ministry for children Hospital, but you do not need to 1948. with special needs at 10:30 a.m. be an Evergreen patient to use Healing Prayer Service. If Sundays. Call 392-8636. the facility. you have a physical, emotional “Caffeine for the Soul,” a It is available from 8:30 a.m.or spiritual challenge or if you free Judaic and Torah class for 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the desire to make space for God in a women, is from 1-1:45 p.m. every Evergreen Primary Care Center, peaceful setting, attend the Tuesday at Caffé Ladro in 22850 Northeast Eighth Street. Missio Lux Healing Prayer Issaquah Highlands Shopping For an appointment, call 899Service the fourth Tuesday of Center. Contact Chabad of the 2831. every month at 7 p.m. at Pine Central Cascades at 427-1654.
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Free Hebrew classes are offered through Chabad of the Central Cascades. Call 427-1654. Kabalat Shabbat is offered in the Chabad house at the Issaquah Highlands at 7 p.m. Fridays. New members and guests are welcome. Call 427-1654. Learn to read and speak Samskritam at the Vedic Cultural Center. To register, visit www.vedicculturalcenter.org. Community Bible Study, open to all women, meets Thursday mornings. To register for the current class, or for more information, visit www.redmondcbs.org. Bhajan Bliss. Join musicians and singers to learn traditional devotional bhajan, and how to make vegetarian pizzas and samosas from 7:30-9 p.m. Fridays at the Vedic Cultural Center.
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 22 and 29. Swaddler Story Time, for children aged birth-9 months with an adult, is scheduled for 11 a.m. March 17 and 24. Waddler Story Time, for children aged 9-24 months with an adult, is scheduled for 10 and 11 a.m. March 18 and 25. Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult at 4 p.m. March 17 and 24. Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, is scheduled for 10 a.m. March 17 and 24 and 11 a.m. March 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 19 and 26. Preschool Story Time, for ages 3-6 with an adult, is scheduled for 1 p.m. March 18 and 25 and 10 a.m. March 16 and 23. Pajama Story Time, for ages 2-6 with an adult, is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 21 and 28. 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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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. The Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition is hosting English Language Classes at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Pine Lake Covenant Church.
Volunteers needed 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. Visit residents in nursing homes. Friend to Friend matches volunteers with residents in Sammamish nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Volunteers are asked to visit residents a couple times a month for a year. Orientation will be provided. Background check required. For information, call 1-888-3837818. Northwest Center accepts donations of clothing and household items at “The Big Blue Truck” open at the Pine Lake QFC shopping center from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. seven days a week. Donations are tax deductible. For
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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 206694-6747 or johns@solidground.org. Eastside Bluebills is a Boeing retiree volunteer organization that strives to provide opportunities for retirees to help others in need and to assist charitable and nonprofit organizations. Eastside Bluebills meet every third Wednesday of the month at the Bellevue Regional Library from 10 a.m.-noon. Call 235-3847. LINKS, Looking Into the Needs of Kids in Schools, places community volunteers in the schools of the Lake Washington School District. Opportunities include tutoring, classroom assistance and lunch buddy. Just one hour a week can make a difference in a child’s life. For more information, e-mail links@lwsd.org or visit www.linksvolunteer.org. Eastside Baby Corner needs volunteers to sort incoming dona-
tions of clothing and toys and prepare items for distribution. Go to www.babycorner.org. Volunteers are needed to visit homebound patrons with the King County Library System’s Traveling Library Center program. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and have reliable transportation. Call Susan LaFantasie at 369-3235. Sammamish Citizen Corps Council needs volunteers to help support the Community Emergency Response Team and other groups. For more information e-mail info@sammamishcitizencorps.org, visit www.sammamishcitizencorps.org or attend the meeting from 7-8 p.m. first Wednesday of every month at Fire Station 82. Volunteer drivers are needed for the Senior Services Volunteer Transportation Program. Flexible hours, mileage, parking reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered. Call 206-448-5740. Guide Dogs for the Blind Eager Eye Guide Pups Club needs volunteers to raise puppies for use as guide dogs for the blind. For information, call Sandy at 425-644-7421. Volunteer Chore Services links volunteers with seniors or individuals who are disabled and are living on a limited income. Call 425-284-2240.
Clubs, groups Block Party Quilters meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Mary, Queen of Peace Church. Visit www.bpquilters.org. Sammamish Heritage Society meet at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month in the Pine Lake Community Center. Visit www.sammamishheritage.org.
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You are invited to attend the 10th Annual SAMMI Awards! 7:00pm Friday March 18, 2011 At Eastridge Church 24205 SE Issaquah Fall City RD, Issaquah
Although the event is free and open to the public, the SAMMI Awards would appreciate a $5 per person donation. Doors open at 5:30pm. Enjoy the free hors d’oeuvres while browsing the Nominee plaques display, SAMMI Awards Art Collection and nonprofit booths. Raffle baskets donated by local businesses and nonprofits will also be available. www.sammiawards.org
Teen late night. The second Friday of each month is teen night at the Redmond/Sammamish Boys and Girls Clubs. The club has a DJ, dancing, games, Xbox and Wii, movies, food and more. An ASB or ID card is required for admittance. The fee is $6. E-mail ahise@positiveplace.org or call 250-4786 for more information. A support group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s meets in Issaquah. The group is designed to let caregivers gain emotional support, learn and share their experiences. The free group meets from 6:30-8 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 Issaquah Pine Lake Road S.E. Call 617-1936. The Rotary Club of Sammamish meets every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at the Bellewood Retirement Apartments, 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E. Visit www.sammamishrotary.org. The Sammamish Fit Club, a club looking to improve the health of the community, meets from 7:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays. For location and more information, call Trish at 206-605-0679 or send an e-mail to whyweight@comcast.net. Cascade Republican Women’s Club meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Plateau Club, 25625 E. Plateau Drive. Call 861-7910. Redmond Toddler Group, a parent-child program with art, music, play and parent education
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has openings in pre-toddler, toddler and family classes. Call 8695605 or visit www.redmondtoddler.org. Moms Club of the Sammamish Plateau has activities including weekly, age specific playgroups and monthly meetings, coffee mornings, mom’s nights out, craft club and local area outings. Visit www.momsclubsammamish.org or call 8365015. Foster Parent Support Group meets the last Thursday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace Parish, 1121 228th Ave. S.E. Earn your training/foster parent hours. Refreshments and child care are provided. Call 206-719-8764. The Eastside Welcome Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. in members’ homes and on various days of the month for other activities and outings. People who are new to the area and want to meet new people and join in different interest and social groups, can call Sharon at 836-9224. Sammamish Kiwanis meets every Wednesday at 7 a.m. at Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church, 22818 S.E. Eighth St. Visit www.sammamishkiwanis.org. To submit items for the Community Calendar, contact the editor at 392-6434, ext. 233. Information may be e-mailed to samrev@isspress.com or mailed to the Sammamish Review, P.O. Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 98027. Items must be received by the Wednesday before publication.
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Leaders offer support to renew veterans services levy The effort to renew a King County veterans and human services levy in November cleared a key hurdle March 9. Members of the County Council Regional Policy Committee — comprised of council members, Seattle City Council members and Suburban Cities Association representatives — offered unanimous support to legislation to put the levy renewal to voters. Issaquah is a suburban Cities Association member. The legislation heads to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee for further consideration. “The veterans and human ser-
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vices levy is dedicated to improving the lives of those who were willing to sacrifice their lives for our safety,” County Councilman Bob Ferguson, the prime sponsor of both the proposed renewal and the original legislation in 2005, said in a statement. The committee also endorsed a plan to continue the levy for another six years at the existing rate: 5 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The proposal does not include additional taxes. County voters approved the initial levy in 2005. In order for the levy to continue, the council must agree to place the measure on the November ballot and a majority of the electorate must support the proposal. “The public overwhelmingly supported this levy because of
the known need six years ago,” County Councilman Joe McDermott said in a statement. The measure is expected to generate about $14.5 million per year — half of the money is to be dedicated for veterans programs and the other half is to be used for general human services programs.
State seeks input to streamline vehicle emissions tests The state Department of Ecology seeks comments on a proposal to streamline the state’s motor vehicle emissions testing program. The agency requires emissions tests in King County and four other populous counties to limit
◆ Eliminating the gas cap test and dynamometer testing. ◆ Using the same test standards for all model year 1995 and older gasoline vehicles. ◆ Exempting light-duty diesel vehicles from testing. ◆ Tightening the test standards for heavy-duty diesel vehicles. ◆ Exempting heavy-duty diesel vehicles if the engines meet 2007 emission standards or come equipped with exhaust particle filters. Legislators directed the Department of Ecology to exempt all vehicles of model year 2009 and newer from testing, because of improved emission controls. Legislators also directed the agency to increase the number of businesses allowed to perform the testing.
air pollution near population centers. Officials propose to adopt a rule detailing how the program operates, starting in July 2012. The current rule is to remain in effect until then. The state is accepting public comments on the proposal through March 31 and expects to adopt changes June 23. The agency has also scheduled a public hearing March 22 in Federal Way. The updated rule also aims to eliminate some testing procedures and other requirements. Other proposed changes include: ◆ Making the rule easier to understand. ◆ Having all testing done by authorized testers using the state contractor’s computer system.
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CITY OF SAMMAMISH NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTED Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Sammamish adopted the following ordinance at the March 1, 2011 Regular Meeting. Copies of this document are available and will be mailed upon request of the office of the City Clerk, 801 228th Avenue SE. during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Documents are also available on the city’s website at www.ci.sammamish.wa.us. CITY OF SAMMAMISH WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. O2011-298 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAMMAMISH, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO SITING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES; AMENDING CHAPTER 21A.55 OF THE SAMMAMISH MUNICIPAL CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Published in Sammamish Review on 3/16/11
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