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April 23, 2014
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SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Skyline rocketry club blasting off to a national competition By Neil Pierson
Many of them don’t have the desire to study physics in college, but the eight members of the Skyline High School rocketry club are united this year on lessons in propulsion, weight distribution and mass. Along with Newport High in Bellevue, Skyline is one of two teams from Washington that have qualified for the Team America Rocketry Challenge, a 100-team national competition that takes place May 10 in The Plains, Va., near Washington D.C. The eight team members are Kieran Dong, Griffin Johnson, Crystal Liang, Ankit Madhira, Gleb Sych, Ben Therrien, Ian Walp and Pan Zhang. Skyline physics teacher Rebecca Fowler is their advisor, although contest rules prohibit her from providing
physical help. It’s the third time in four years Skyline will be sending a team to the national competition, which invites students in grades 7-12 to participate. The rules change annually, and teams must submit data from practice launches to qualify. This year, teams are trying to launch their rockets to a precise height of 825 feet, with the flight lasting 48-50 seconds from launch to landing. Every foot above or below 825 feet adds a point to a team’s score, and every second outside the time window adds four points. The lowest score wins. See ROCKET, Page 7 Photo by David Walp
Members of Skyline’s rocketry club prepare a rocket for a test launch.
From architect to artist: Lindsay showcases her work By Neil Pierson
After spending 15 years as an architect and 12 more as a commercial photographer, Anne Lindsay is finally returning to the heart of subjects she studied three decades ago. From a small studio in the garage of her Sammamish home overlooking Pine Lake, Lindsay has spent the better part of two years making jewelry by hand. Using blown-glass beads and several types of metals, she fashions earrings, necklaces and bracelets of all shapes, sizes and colors. Lindsay’s artistry is helping her get a foot in the door at some well-publicized events. Next month, she’ll be part of the Kirkland Artist Studio Tour before hitting the road with her husband, Frank, in their vintage Volkswagen camper van to attend art festivals in Denver and Spokane. “We’re going to be latter-day hippies,” she said with a chuckle. KAST is one of Lindsay’s first big exhibits, she said, although she also displays and sells her jewelry at the artEAST UP Front gallery in Issaquah. One of her neighbors, Pam Rembold, is the executive director of the Kirkland Arts Center and helped get Lindsay into the 11th annual event.
KAST is one of the largest studio tours in western Washington, an arts center news release stated, and this year’s event on the May 10-11 Mother’s Day weekend will showcase 46 artists at 20 galleries and home studios. Like Lindsay, many of the artists are first-timers at KAST, and most are local, residing in King or Snohomish counties. KAST is a self-guided tour that starts at the Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market St., and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Most of the galleries and studios are within walking distance of each other, and artists will be in attendance to demonstrate painting, pottery, sculpting, photography and other mediums. Lindsay said she developed an interest in art as a child, and her first degree was in art history from Western Washington State College in 1973. She traveled the country by bus, scouting master’s degree programs for three months – a task she said cost $99 – and went on to obtain her advanced certificate in arts management at the University of Illinois-Springfield. The Northwest native eventually returned to her roots, and wound up being the city of Bellevue’s first arts coordinator in the late ‘70s. But she wasn’t done shifting gears.
Jewelry designer Anne Lindsay shows off her work space. “The funding for the arts at about 1980 were starting to die,” she said, “so I don’t know if it was a good idea or not, but I
ended up going back and getting my master’s degree in architecture.” Lindsay spent several years
Photo by Neil Pierson
as an architect on the East Coast. Some of her more noteworthy See LINDSAY, Page 7