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SLIDESHOW See more photos from Sammamish’s big Easter event, Eggstravaganza, at www.sammamishreview.com. By Greg Farrar
Diana Lin, 7, a McAuliffe Elementary School student, rushes in with hundreds of other children to collect plastic eggs April 4 on the lawn at Sammamish City Hall Commons during the Sammamish Family YMCA Eggstravaganza. Lin came away with 17 eggs filled with chocolate and candy. There were at more than 2,000 people and at least 1,000 kids for the annual Easter weekend event, according to the YMCA. This was the first family event at the future home of the YMCA/Sammamish Community & Aquatic Center.
City planners take long, careful look at tree-retention issues By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com They seem a long way from final decisions, but the Sammamish Planning Commission continues to plow through various options for new rules on tree retention in the city.
At a meeting April 2, planners reviewed what were described as three approaches to tree retention, methods used locally in Issaquah and Redmond, and a somewhat more unusual method used in Tigard, Oregon. Redmond’s methodology is the closest to the interim tree
policy Sammamish officials put in place last year, Community Development Director Jeff Thomas said. Basically, Redmond, and currently Sammamish, protect specific trees: stands of healthy trees, trees that have a significant land stability function, trees adjacent to open spaces or
public parks, and so on. Issaquah bases its tree retention on total caliper, or the total diameter of trees, although it also calls for saving specific trees, including significant trees of various types. As for Tigard, it uses a See TREES, Page 3
First candidate announces for City Council The election is months away, but the first candidate has formally announced her candidacy for Sammamish City Council. Christie Malchow has lived in Sammamish with her husband and two children for 14 years. She has an MBA from Regis University in Denver and worked in the medical
device and biotechnology industries, but left when she had the first of her children. Malchow has been involved with the Sammamish community on several fronts. She is a member of the grassroots group Citizens for Sammamish and is a member of the Issaquah School District’s
2016 Bond Feasibility Committee. Her platform includes responsible growth that takes into account traffic impacts. “As our city grows, we must work with property owners and developers to allow for mandated growth, while maintaining Sammamish’s character and the environ-
mental jewels we have,” Malchow wrote in a press release. Learn more about her from her website, www. malchow4sammamish.com. If needed, a primary election for council will be held Aug. 4. The general election is Nov. 3. There are three incumSee MALCHOW, Page 3
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Eastside Catholic hires new president John T. Kennedy will be the next president of Eastside Catholic School, effective July 1, the school announced March 26. Kennedy will join Eastside Catholic from Wakefield School in The Plains, Virginia, where he serves as assistant headmaster for finance and operations. He previously served as assistant head for institutional advancement at Middleburg Academy in Middleburg, Virginia. He has John T. Kennedy a master’s degree in education from Duquesne University in Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Niagara University in New York. “With over 25 years of school administrative experience and a deep Catholic faith, we believe Mr. Kennedy is the right person to guide and strengthen the mission and touchstones of Eastside Catholic School,” Kurt Reasoner and Jim Alling, cochairmen of Eastside Catholic’s board of trustees, said in a news release. Kennedy recently traveled to Sammamish to spend a few days on campus, meeting with administrators, parents, faculty, staff and students. See KENNEDY, Page 3 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71
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