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Burglaries were up, but crime is still low

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Sammamish Police say an informed and proactive public is the best weapon to combat a recent rise in residential burglaries in the city.

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Kempton – Jessica Downs neighbors Sullivan, following a Sammamish burglary the Police – morning of May 23 that led police to set up a perimeter in the neighborhood and attempt to track down a suspect with dogs.

A local television news crew broadcast footage of the police response.

Administrative Sergeant Jessica Sullivan said the suspect or suspects’ scent quickly ran cold, leading police to believe they fled in a vehicle parked nearby.

Police continue to investigate, but believe the burglars entered by breaking a glass door and fled within two minutes of police arriving on scene.

Kempton Downs, which has See BURGLARY, Page 3

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Zach Wile, Eastlake High School senior goalkeeper, with senior forward Brandon McComb riding his back, celebrate the Wolves’ 4A state soccer championship victory May 28 in Tacoma against plateau rival Skyline. For the full story, see Page 14.

With gas more than $4 a gallon and showing no signs of dropping, most Sammamish residents are feeling the pain at the pump.

Manoj Sureshkumar is not one of those people.

As of May 21, Sureshkumar, a 33-year-old resident of the Westmont neighborhood, is the proud owner of an electric car – the Nissan Leaf.

“We’re setting the bar for future generations,” Sureshkumar said as he showed off his new ride. “I have a baby who is going to be grown up someday – I ought to do something.”

No exact numbers exist detailing how many local residents have taken the plunge on the new technology, but planners and advocates around the Puget Sound area hope that more will arive in the coming years as conSee ELECTRIC, Page 2

Police to lose domestic violence specialist

By Caleb Heeringa

Sammamish and nearby unincorporated east King County will no longer have a police detective designated specifically to domestic violence cases starting this week.

Detective Amy Jarboe, who has been policing the Sammamish Plateau since 1987, will be moved to a patrol position in the North Bend area due to restructuring in the King County Sheriff’s Office following Kirkland’s annexation of the Finn Hill and Juanita areas.

Sheriff’s Office spokesman

John Urquhart said Jarboe is among around 10 deputies that are being transferred within the department and switched to patrol postions to make up for the loss of coverage area and tax base due to the annexation.

Since 1998, Jarboe has been dedicated solely to investigating domestic violence and was stationed in the Sammamish Police Department – a central location for domestic violence cases in the Sheriff’s Office’s jurisdiction.

Jarboe said the move came as a bit of a shock.

“My roots run very deep here,” she said. “It’s sad to have

to move after all this time.”

Domestic violence cases will now be assigned to general-purAmy Jarboe pose detectives who handle all other varieties of crime as well, Sammamish Police Chief Nate Elledge said.

Jarboe said she was essentially “a pilot program” in 1998 when then-Sheriff and current U.S. Representative Dave

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Reichert decided to dedicate one detective to family violence.

Since then she’s had a hand in nearly every reported case of domestic violence in Sammamish and nearby unincorporated areas of the county.

Jarboe said it’s a position that’s allowed her to see the painful cycles of violence and victimhood and change some lives in the process.

She was instrumental in putting together a program that provides a three-night stay in a hotel room for any victims who

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sumers get more comfortable with the idea of switching from gas-powered cars, and producers are able to perfect the technology.

Cities are starting to install chargers in public locations like libraries and schools and private developments like shopping malls. Tom Saxton, a Sammamish resident and board member at electric car advocacy group Plug In America, said the Bellevue Square area has close to 15 chargers. Redmond City Hall has two chargers.

Closer to home, Sammamish is aiming to have chargers installed at its City Hall in the next two to four months, Community Development Director Kamuron Gurol said. Regency Centers, which manages the QFC and Safeway shopping centers, is in the process of installing chargers in some of its Oregon facilities and expressed interest in installing them in Washington next, Gurol said.

Sureshkumar said having more public chargers, which are generally 220 volts and give a battery an extra 12 miles per hour of charge, will cut down on one of the only stresses to confront an electric car driver – so-called “range anxiety,” or fear that a driver will run out of battery charge far away from home or a charging station.

Though he’s only had it for a matter of days, Sureshkumar said range hasn’t been an issue yet.

He and his wife have taken the car on errands around Sammamish and have driven it to and from Sureshkumar’s job in Bellevue.

Soon they plan to push it a little further and carpool to his wife’s job in Seattle and back.

Sureshkumar said it shouldn’t be a problem – as a general rule the Leaf goes around 100 miles on a charge.

That can, of course, vary depending on the type of driving and whether or not you have a heater or air conditioner on in the vehicle.

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Sammamish resident Manoj Sureshkumar shows off his new Nissan Leaf. Sureeshkumar is one of a handful of Sammamish residents converting to all-electric cars in an attempt to decrease their footprint on the environment. mates, a driver can squeeze 138 miles out of a fully charged battery while at cruising 38 mph with no air conditioning. In constant stop-and-go traffic with the air conditioner going, a battery may be sapped in as little as 48 miles.

Saxton, who owns a prototype model of electric Toyota RAV4 and Tesla Roadster, said when he and his wife bought their first electric car they thought they would use it for half of their car trips.

“It’s turned out to be about 98 percent of our driving,” Saxton said. “It’s super rare that we’ll even drive 50 or 60 or 70 miles in a trip. With the number of times we take (long trips), there’s no need for a gas-powered car.”

Sureshkumar said he and his wife still have a gas-powered car they use for longer trips, but he said he’s hopeful that more public charging stations would mean he could take his Leaf on road trips –

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It may be a couple years, but Sureshkumar may be in luck.

The federal government is financing the installation of socalled “Level 3” chargers along the Interstate 5 corridor, from Canada to Mexico.

These super-charged 400-volt chargers would get a car from “empty” to 80 percent in about 25 minutes.

“You’d have to stop twice, for about 20 to 25 minutes, if you were going to Portland,” Saxton said.

Federal and state governments are also playing a role in incentivizing the purchase of electric cars.

The Leaf normally retails at around $33,000. Between federal tax credits and a waiver of state sales tax, Sureshkumar said he paid around $22,000 for his new car.

“That’s about what it would cost to buy a new (gas-powered) car,” he said. “Why not go for the

electric?”

Ford, Honda, Hyundai and Toyota are among the carmakers that currently offer electric cars or will in the coming years.

Saxton said there are countless environmental and political reasons to go electric.

An electric car doesn’t depend on oil from repressive governments in the Middle East; it also cuts down on smog and greenhouse gas emissions that threaten the planet. But Saxton said he’s found it more practical than a gas-guzzler.

“All that political and tree-hugging stuff is great,” he said. “But it’s so much more convenient and pleasant to never have to go to a gas station. I plug it in at night and it’s ready to go the next morning.”

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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In order to cut toxic chemicals from seeping into the environment, King County Council members set guidelines May 9 to recycle old cellphones, computers, televisions and other electronics.

Many electronics contain toxic chemicals and pose a threat to the environment after disposal.

The ordinance requires county contractors to follow Basel Action Network standards for responsible recycling and reuse of electronic equipment, or comparable standards.

The network is a Seattlebased advocacy organization dedicated to the proper disposal and electronics recycling, or e-cycling. The organization’s mission also includes preventing electronics waste from being exported to nations less equipped for enforcing environmental and health standards.

King County agencies recycled more than 90,000 pounds of electronic equipment last year.

The devices may include components containing toxic chemicals, including beryllium, lead, cadmium, mercury and chromium. The potential for chemicals to leach from disposed electronic waste into the environment has led to disposal bans at some landfills, including the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill near Issaquah.

Many recycling processors transport electronic waste to sites in China and developing nations in Africa. Workers then recover valuable materials from the electronics, including copper, iron, silicon, nickel and gold. In some cases, the processing is done without proper controls, putting workers in danger.

The residual waste is often abandoned and left to leach into the environment.

County Executive Dow Constantine proposed the ecycling measure in February.

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By Laura Geggel

While both Sammamish school districts stand to lose millions of dollars over the next two years, some worst case scenarios don’t seem to be coming to fruition.

Neither district plans to reduce teachers to the point that it will impact class size.

After months of wrangling, the Legislature passed a $32.2 billion spending plan May 25. With new taxes off the table, lawmakers hashed out a compromise plan to close a $5.1 billion hole in the two year budget.

One area likely to ht hard in Sammamish is the cuts to education. The Issaquah School District is set to lose $4.3 million in each of the next two years, while the Lake Washington District expects to lose $5.1 million in each of those two years.

The Issaquah district, however, will not need to cut staffing levels by 51 teachers, as the school board had feared.

While school district administrators were waiting for the state Legislature to approve the 201113 budget, they had to renew

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are turned away from the normal domestic violence shelters because of overcrowding.

She recalls having talked to a victim who was angry at Jarboe and the department for “breaking up a happy home” by prosecuting an abusive husband.

Jarboe tried her best to assure the woman that addressing the violence through the court system was the only way to keep the woman’s family life intact and healthy.

The angry, hurt woman was unconvinced.

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Unsure of the final budget, administrators came up with a worse-scenario plan that included layoffs for 36 teachers. The plan also axed the positions of 15 teachers who were leaving through normal attrition, bringing the total number of teacher reductions to 51.

Under the compromise budget, the district is able to place those 36 teachers on a recall list.

Laid off teachers will receive a recall if there is a demand for the class they teach.

“I can only recall back folks to teaching positions that are there, where there’s an opening,” district Executive Director of Personnel Services Kathy Miyauchi said.

As for the teachers leaving through normal attrition, the district will replace them on an asneeded basis, Miyauchi said.

With the district recalling teachers and hiring new ones, class sizes will stay the same.

“Class sizes will not change,” Miyauchi said. “We believe that See SCHOOLS, Page 5

woman.

“She said, ‘I want to let you know that it took me six months but I finally left him and I haven’t gone back – my life is so much better now because of you,” Jarboe recounts. “It’s heartwarming to see someone benefit like that.”

Jarboe said it’s important to overcome the shame a victim may feel that keeps them from reporting a crime and fixing the situation. She said this often affects a specific type of victim that is often overlooked: men.

“There’s a lot of men that will

had other burglaries in recent months, is not the only neighborhood to experience a “minicrime wave” of burglaries.

Tibbetts Station and High Creek neighborhoods also saw multiple burglaries in a matter of months in 2010.

Though Sammamish’s crime levels were roughly the same in 2010 and remain some of the lowest per-capita rates of any city in the area, the city did see an uptick in residential burglaries last year, according to Sammamish Police statistics.

There were 81 homes burglarized in 2010, up from 53 in 2009.

Several neighbors asked whether state-of-the-art burglary systems might have prevented the crime.

Given that the burglary alarm was what alerted police in the first place, Sullivan and four other Sammamish officers in attendance focused attendees on a more community-based approach to crime prevention.

“We depend on you guys to be our eyes and ears in the community,” she said. “If something doesn’t feel right, let us know.”

Police say it’s important to get to know your neighbors, so that you can tell if something is amiss in your neighborhood, whether it be lights on in a home when the owner is sup-

not come forward because of pride,” Jarboe said. “There’s a big stigma there … It’s not macho to be a victim of domestic violence.”

Jarboe’s message for victims who may not have reported the crime is simple: “You deserve better.”

“People don’t want to talk about it because it makes them feel uncomfortable,” Jarboe said. “People don’t want other people to think they don’t have a happy life … People need to know there is someone to talk to.”

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posed to be gone or a suspicious car in the driveway.

Sullivan said crime often starts with two things: intent on the part of the criminal and an opportunity on the part of the victim.

“We can’t influence intent, but you can influence opportunity,” she said.

Preventing those opportunities often boils down to common sense: not leaving valuables in cars overnight, being aware of suspicious people or vehicles in your neighborhood and locking doors when you’re away from home.

Police, particularly those on graveyard shift, have also started addressing one of the more inviting opportunities for a criminal in Sammamish: an open garage door late at night.

In 2008, police documented 38 instances of burglars gaining access to a home through an open garage door. That went down to 18 in 2010.

Thus far in 2011, police have documented only two instances

not looking forward to having to work a swing shift, Jarboe is optimistic about the job change.

She said she looks forward to the job variety that comes from working patrol and being able to be her own boss on a day-to-day basis.

She’s also already filed a request to be transferred back to the Sammamish Police Department if there is an opening.

Sammamish Police Chief Nate Elledge said Jarboe, who organizes the department’s annual Toys for Tots drive, will be

Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.

missed. Because she was stationed in the department but not technically part of the city’s contract with the Sheriff’s Office, Sammamish has basically gotten her service for free over the years, he said.

“We hate to lose her – she’s so involved in the community,” Elledge said. “But we don’t have a whole lot of control over it.”

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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of a burglary due to an open garage door. They’ve also woken up 31 residents late at night to remind them to close their doors.

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Review editorial City and school cooperation serves everyone Last week, the Sammamish City Council and Issaquah School Board took time to meet with each other and chat. The full council and full board were all in the same room, discussing issues that matter to their constituents. This kind of interaction is valuable and irreplaceable.

Of course, at the staff level, these interactions happen all the time, as they should. Most issues and communications are ably handled by the administrators who run the city and schools day-to-day. There is, however, nothing quite like letting the policy makers sit around a table and get to know each other and their shared concerns.

The City Council does this sort of thing from time to time with all the neighboring government agencies or elected officials.

They’ve met recently with the Issaquah and Redmond city councils, and with Eastside Fire and Rescue officials. Within the past year, they’ve also met with the Lake Washington School Board, and taken County Executive Dow Constantine on a tour of the city.

This region is honeycombed with different layers of government, from elected water districts to a hospital district in the northern part of the city, to the various city, county and school boards. While individual members get a chance to meet each other at larger regional bodies, a chance for whole groups to get together can be invaluable in building relationships.

Since the city and schools had recently worked out a couple sticky issues, such as the use of the Skyline fields and the cost of stormwater mitigation, the groups had nothing controversial to discuss this time around. But it’s the relationship that makes it easier when there are issues to solve.

We are glad to see both the City Council and the two school boards carving out a session to get together. We believe it is a wise use of time that only provides a better flow of information — and ultimately a more representative government.

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B) They should have cut more.

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Sammamish Forum An open letter to Sammamish City Council

public interest. The council should visit our street.

Tuesday would be good, when more than 20 garbage cans lined up at the entrance of the road block view of the street.

On June 7, the City Council will decide on whether or not to approve a nonconforming short plat development on Southeast 28th Lane near Pine Lake to avoid litigation.

Allowing this lot would create a public hazard and liabilities both for the city and the individual council members.

We live on 28th Lane Southeast and there are already safety issues it is no ordinary city street. It is a narrow, private street with no sidewalks. There are already 14 homes on the street and a lot of traffic.

There is a blind 90-degree turn, where the street splits in two, hidden driveways and, at the end of the street, there is a U-pick blueberry farm which creates additional traffic.

Since the city built a sidewalk along the main road on the south side of Pine Lake, we have seen an increase in the number of families walking from the surrounding neighborhoods to pick berries at the farm, and more people from our street are out walking, too.

They have to walk in the street, as the children do walking to and from school. The proposed plat is next to the U-pick farm.

When anyone on our street has a party or gathering, people park on both sides of the road, leaving just a small space for driving or walking in between.

Fire or emergency vehicles would have trouble getting by. If someone gets hurt, the city’s approval of an illegal lot might draw litigation, and rightfully so.

Individual council members might also be liable, if they knowingly approve a plat that has been denied by the Hearing Examiner.

During the comprehensive planning process, safe walkable streets were a big priority, and the sidewalks near Pine Lake have helped make our neighborhood more walkable.

But approving this plat, which would add traffic but not make any improvements to the road, would make it less safe and not be in the

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Being late is no reason for recklessness The May 25 Sammamish Review included a brief story in the Police Blotter of an 18-year-old arrested on May 12 on suspicion of reckless driving.

It sounds like the student was very fortunate that his carelessness didn’t cause him or someone else serious injury or death.

I encourage the police to charge this driver and to spend more time on 228th during times when students are entering and exiting the high schools.

Sadly though, in keeping with the narcissistic trend in society, it seems that the parents would rather divert attention from their son’s careless disregard for the lives of others and focus on the truck driver.

Having his own vehicle hit, he detained the student until the police arrived. If I was the parent I would have thanked the driver for helping to enforce the law and would be allowing my son to experience the full natural consequences of his stupidity.

I would also take away his car and driving privileges for the remainder of the school year.

So to the parents, stop trying to deflect attention from the real criminal here – your son – and for the safety of the rest of us, keep him off the road until he is mature enough to handle the deadly weapon he was driving.

Michael J. O’Connell Sammamish

Nice to see caring for animals

spring, by far, is all of the new life that emerges for everyone to see.

Beautiful flowers, budding trees, buzzing birds and bees. It is a reminder that we live in a wonderful area with so much to see and appreciate.

One of the best things about spring for me is also the emerging wildlife and the new little family members that have been added.

I have witnessed just in the past week people stopping for animals and even getting out of their car to escort them across busy streets!

I love to see people appreciate and protect our wild neighbors rather than plow them down in a rush to get from A to B. It warmed my heart and put a smile on my face to see such kind, selfless actions.

I only hope this continues and my fellow drivers are able to stop and enjoy the animals, point them out to their kids, smile, and move on...cautiously!

Jennifer Paris Sammamish

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City Council forms economic development committee The Sammamish City Council formed an economic development committee that will look at ways to advocate for business in the community and potentially jumpstart the Town Center project.

The council approved forming the committee at their May 16 meeting by a unanimous vote.

The committee will look at infrastructure financing, the possibility of public-private partnerships and other ways to support commercial development in Town Center and around the city.

“With Town Center somewhere on the horizon, this will be a show of good faith to the citizens, especially those in the Town Center footprint,” said Councilman John James, who had been advocating for the committee for more than a year.

The membership of the committee and the specific topics it will discuss will be determined in the coming months.

Leaders steer dollars to economic development projects King County leaders scrapped the outdated Economic Enterprise Corp. and directed funds from the program to economic development programs throughout the region.

The legislation approved May 2 by

June 1, 2011 • the County Council directs almost all of the $95,000 remaining in the corporation to be disbursed to smaller projects.

The beneficiaries include $10,000 for the Puget Sound Regional Council — the planning authority for King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties — to update a regional economic strategy and $20,000 for the county Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

Created in 1984, the Economic Enterprise Corp. issued industrial revenue bonds to economic development in the county. The agency issued bonds totaling more than $48 million and created more than 600 jobs.

State lawmakers created the Washington Economic Development Finance Authority in 1990.

The statewide agency served the same purpose as the county Economic Enterprise Corp. Eliminating the county agency eliminates duplication and saves money.

Issaquah District elementary science curriculum advances The public is invited to review the newly recommended elementary science curriculum, material approved by the Issaquah School District’s Instructional Materials Committee.

The current elementary science curriculum, last updated in 2003, does not meet state standards.

The recommended materials are available for public review during regular business hours through June 8 in

the lobby of the district administration building, 565 N.W. Holly St. Public comment forms are available. The Issaquah School Board will review any comments before voting on whether or not it will approve the curriculum.

District administrators are still searching for money to purchase the recommended curriculum.

Administrators had planned to purchase the material with money from the district’s reserves, but they abandoned that idea after the state unexpectedly cut the district’s budget by $1.45 million this year.

The Issaquah Schools Foundation, the Issaquah PTSA Council and the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to raise money for the Elementary Science Initiative. The initiative has already raised $298,000 of the $500,000 needed to buy the curriculum. Donate at www.issaquahscience.org.

King County receives high marks for credit King County has again received high marks from global credit rating agencies.

Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s all reaffirmed top credit ratings for the county, despite lingering effects from the recession.

The agencies noted the county’s proactive financial management, diverse economic base and moderate debt levels as factors in the ratings.

The high credit ratings allow the county to borrow money for projects at a lower cost to taxpayers.

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we can hold class sizes steady.”

The Lake Washington district has yet to work out how it will grapple with its cuts, according to a statement released by the district.

District officials were unhappy with the result.

“This additional cut further erodes the funding we receive to provide a basic education to our students,” said Deputy Superintendent Janene Fogard in a statement.

Though more teachers’ jobs are safe for next year, they are slated to receive a pay cut.

The most significant cuts affect salary apportionment and staffing ratios, Issaquah district spokeswoman Sara Niegowski said.

Teachers will see a 1.9 percent salary cut, and administrators will see a 3 percent cut.

The compromise also eliminates the funding to keep kindergarten through fourth-grade classes smaller.

The Issaquah district is working to fill gaps with its local maintenance and operations levy.

In an email sent to staff members Thursday, Superintendent Steve Rasmussen outlined the areas where the district is cutting back.

“In fact, the increased levy dollars are significantly responsible for filling the 2011-12 budget gap,” he wrote. “Other offsetting factors include more operational efficiencies, decreased nonclassroom service levels, utilization of reserve funds, increased fees for families, reallocation of overload funding, and continued reliance on organizations such as the PTSA and Issaquah Schools Foundation to help fund critical district and school-level purchases.”

Editor Ari Cetron contributed to this story. Reach Reporter Laura Geggel at 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.

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POlice Blotter Ownerless backpack A Sammamish resident dropped off a backpack she had found in a vacant lot May 20. The resident reported finding the backpack near the corner of Northeast Inglewood Hill Road and 206th Place Northeast.

The contents of the backpack lead police to believe it belongs to a ham radio operator. They are currently trying to track down the owner.

Where the streets have no name A resident on the 2200 block of 204th Place Northeast had jewelry, electronics and U2 concert tickets stolen from their home May 19. The burglary apparently occurred within about 25 minutes; the resident left their home at about 9 a.m. to run an errand and arrived home at about 9:25 a.m. to find several drawers and cabinets open.

Police believe the burglar or burglars entered through an unlocked back door. Among the items taken were a Dell laptop, Xbox and Wii gaming systems, a diamond ring and four tickets to the June 4 U2 concert at Qwest Field.

A landscaper who was working in a neighbors yard told police that he saw a gray or blue smaller vehicle drive up and pick up two juvenile males and drive

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One of the juveniles had longer, shoulder-length hair. Police continue to investigate.

while the male had a friend come pick him up. Both were warned not to drink.

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Thieves in calculus class A Sammamish resident reported that someone had made fraudulent charges on their credit card May 18. The card was charged more than $400 for graphing calculators that were to be delivered to a courthouse in Ohio.

The resident is unsure how his information was taken and is working with his credit card company.

Keying A resident at The Knolls at Inglewood reported that someone had scratched the letters “GETO” into the driver’s side door of his car May 16.

The resident said he hadn’t had any issues with neighbors and was unsure who may have committed the vandalism.

Lover’s lane A Sammamish police officer found two intoxicated teenagers in the parking lot of McAuliffe Elementary School in the early morning hours of May 14. The officer approached the vehicle at around 12:30 a.m. and could smell the odor of alcohol from an open window.

The teens, a male and a female, were asked to step out of the car. Both showed signs of intoxication and admitted to having drank earlier in the evening.

At least one was not fully clothed. The female’s father was called to pick up his daughter,

A 37-year-old Kirkland man was cited for driving with a suspended license at around 1:45 a.m. May 20. An officer witnessed the man’s vehicle stop in the middle of the roadway on 244th Avenue near Southeast 32nd Street.

Police pulled the vehicle over and discovered that the driver had a suspended license due to unpaid tickets. The man told the officer that he had stopped in the middle of the roadway to “look for his wallet.” Police impounded the vehicle and dropped him off at his home.

Court order violation An Issaquah man may face a violation of a court order charge for allegedly contacting his child’s school outside of the court’s requirements.

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Check fraud A Sammamish resident reported that someone had written a check in her name May 9. The check was written to pay for a $135 cell phone bill.

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before. She is working with her bank to rectify the situation.

Driving high An 18-year-old Issaquah man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana May 18. An officer witnessed the man driving erratically and pulled him over in the Klahanie neighborhood just before 3 a.m.

The officer could smell burnt marijuana coming from the car and the man failed several field sobriety tests. The man was arrested and later admitted to smoking marijuana that night, according to the police report. He was taken to the hospital to give blood samples.

Broken window A resident on the 20600 block of Northeast Fifth Place had the front passenger window of their car broken overnight May 16.

Police believe the window was shot out by a pellet gun. Police have no suspects.

Stolen gun A resident on the 200 block of 210th Avenue Northeast had a .40 caliber handgun and other items stolen from his vehicle overnight May 16. Someone broke the window of the resident’s vehicle sometime between 5:30 p.m.

May 16 and 7 a.m. May 17 and took off with two backpacks.

The backpacks contained the handgun and various tools and electronics. Police took the gun’s serial numbers from the owner.

They were unable to locate any fingerprints on the vehicle. The case remains under investigation.

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doing routine license plate checks in the QFC parking lot May 17 found that one car owner had an outstanding warrant for hit and run. The 21-year-old Issaquah man was arrested without incident and booked into King County Jail.

Criminal carpenter An Issaquah resident had a woodworking tool stolen from a workshop on a property on the 4000 block of 212th Way Southeast May 15 or 16.

The victim keeps several tools in the workshop, which is on a friend’s property that is currently for sale. On May 16, the victim reported that a mini wood lathe, valued at $250, had been taken from the shop. Several other valuable tools were not taken.

Police are unsure how a burglar could have entered the locked shop. The case remains under investigation.

Park vandalism Someone spray-painted peace signs and other graffiti in the bathrooms at Beaver Lake Park May 14 or 15. Police have no suspects.

DUI A 61-year-old Sammamish woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence at around 11:30 p.m. May 18. An officer witnessed the woman’s vehicle drifting in its lane and weaving over the center line. The officer pulled the woman over near the corner of Southeast 28th Street and East Beaver Lake Drive Southeast.

The woman performed poorly on field sobriety tests. She admitted to having had two glasses of See BLOTTER, Page 7

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The driver, who was not injured, told police he had fallen asleep at the wheel just after 3 p.m. and had awakened just before the vehicle hit the tree.

The collision was hard enough to uproot the tree and roll the car over on its roof. The man’s vehicle was impounded and he was released at the scene.

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wine that night with friends and family. She was arrested and blew a .09 on a portable breath test, just over the .08 legal limit for driving. The woman was released to her sober husband.

King County leaders accepted a plan May 9 to prevent offenders from returning to jail, and to help former offenders transition from incarceration to society.

The decision enables the county to access funds through the federal Second Chance Act, a measure meant to provide social services to prevent recidivism among former offenders.

The legislation authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing and other services.

“I was pleased to put together a motion calling for the plan in July, and I am more pleased that we have adopted that plan,” Councilman Reagan Dunn, prime sponsor and Issaquah-area representative, said in a statement. “During these times of seriously declining resources, we need to do everything we can to position ourselves to compete for resources.”

Congress recently authorized $83 million for Second Chance

Act programs.

The federal government awards grants to local and state governments for the implementation of re-entry programs for released prison and jail inmates.

In order to be eligible for the funds, local governments must put a re-entry program in place.

The program adopted focuses on coordinating human services and criminal justice activities.

“This plan puts King County in the position to seek federal funding for programs and services aimed at reducing recidivism,” Councilman Bob Ferguson, the council’s Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee chairman, said in a statement. “Setting people up for success after being released from jail improves public safety, and improves outcomes for those individuals and their families.”

The decision burnishes both councilmen’s records on crime fighting in the race for state attorney general.

Ferguson, a Democrat, entered the race in February.

Dunn, a Republican, is considering a bid for the office.

Smash and grab A Newcastle woman had her purse stolen from a vehicle as it was parked at Beaver Lake Park May 17. The thief broke the passenger window of the vehicle between 3:45 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. and took the purse, which contained a wallet and some cash.

Police have no suspects.

Just a smash A resident on the 2100 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway had the driver’s side window of their vehicle broken May 17.

The window was apparently broken by a ball bearing that had been shot from a slingshot sometime between noon and 4:30 p.m.

Nothing was taken from the vehicle.

Bad time for a wreck A 32-year-old Duvall man will be charged with negligent driving, driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance after driving off the road and into a tree on the 26600 block of Southeast Duthie Hill Road the afternoon of May 17.

A 27-year-old Everett man was cited for driving with a suspended license after being pulled over near the corner of East Lake Sammamish Parkway and Southeast 51st Street at around 5 a.m. May 17. The officer ran the man’s plate and discovered that his license had been suspended for unpaid tickets. The man also admitted that he did not have insurance.

Felony warrant Five Sammamish officers were on hand to arrest a Sammamish man with a felony warrant for not complying with the conditions of his release from jail May 16.

The man allegedly tried to flee out the back door of the home, but was then taken into custody without incident.

The day the music died A Sammamish teen had his electric guitar stolen from his vehicle as it was parked at Beaver Lake Park the afternoon of May 13.

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Graffiti Police were called to investigate potentially gang-related graffiti in the bathrooms at Pine Lake Park May 12. The tags included references to genitals as well as the name of one gang active in Southern California.

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Sammamish woman to ride from this Washington to that one

By Christopher Huber

Photo courtesy of Daria Kurkjy

Daria Kurkjy participates in the 2010 Seattle-to-Portland bike race, her 10th time.

Cycling more than 200 miles from Seattle to Portland each year isn’t enough anymore for Sammamish resident Daria Kurkjy. The 50-year-old mother of three had once considered that ride to be her ultimate goal as a cyclist. Now it looks like a training exercise.

Kurkjy is gearing up to ride her bicycle 3,300 miles across the country in the Big Ride Across America, for the American Lung Association June 20-Aug. 6. She and dozens of other riders will ride from Seattle to Washington, D.C. “If you told me 10 years ago I would ride across the country, I wouldn’t believe you,” Kurkjy said. “I like that physical challenge of pushing myself farther and farther and farther.”

She was an avid bike-rider as a child, but teetered off with the habit in her 20s and 30s when her career and raising children consumed most of her life.

She got back into cycling when she accepted a challenge to ride 20 miles with her son’s Cub Scouts pack in 1997, she said.

In 1999 she rode in her first Seattle-to-Portland, thus kicking off an annual tradition. She’s

done numerous other local and regional bike events and tours.

When she set out to do her first Seattle-to-Portland, she thought it would be almost impossible, she said.

But after training on Inglewood Hill Road and other hilly terrain around Sammamish, she owned the challenges and

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enjoyed the physicality of riding.

“The very first time I rode Inglewood Hill, I thought I was going to die,” she said.

The Big Ride Across America will take Kurkjy through 12 states and Washington D.C. and will take 48 days, according to the event itinerary.

The group has riders from 17 states, including five from the Seattle area.

They will ride for 40 of those days, resting for eight days at various check points along the way.

Riders range in age from 16 years to 70 years, Kurkjy said.

On the longest day, Kurkjy and her companions will ride 112 miles from Sheridan to Gillette, Wyo., according to the route map.

Some going with Kurkjy echo her positive outlook on the ride.

“It’s an important challenge for me because I want to know that I am strong enough to set a goal for myself like this and complete it,” said fellow rider Kate Montana, of Fall City. “There’s nothing quite like the feeling of getting somewhere far away entirely on your own strength and determination. Riding my bike makes me feel strong and riding across the country will make me feel like super woman.”

A Sammamish resident since 1996, Kurkjy said she has an advantage when it comes to conquering the more arduous terrain the riders will encounter along the way.

She said the most difficult day looks to be Day 1, when they ride from Seattle to Easton over Snoqualmie Pass.

“I think having the Northwest See RIDE, Page 10

Students run from school to school

By Anna Marum

P.E. instructor, said she got the idea from a similar run that A dozen members of the Issaquah High School held for its Eastlake band greeted more than students.

700 Skyline and Eastlake students “It’s a good way to collaborate,” with a loud, energizing perforshe said. mance Thursday afternoon as the Schellberg said the run prorunners vides a fun arrived at the “I did this because what environment to Eastlake footteach students better reason to skip ball field one about training class than run a 5k?” by one, dripand setting ping with attainable goals – Ethan Freed, sweat. as a group. It Student – The 5k run gives kids a was part of chance to push the students’ final in their P.E. themselves, she said. classes. In order to pass the final, She said it was a huge success, the students were required to largely thanks to parent and staff complete the 3.1 mile trek that volunteers. The students were stretched from Skyline to happy with the results, too, Eastlake in less than 36 minutes.

See RUN, Page 10 Tracy Schellberg, the Skyline

Photo by Anna Marum

Skyline students rest near the finish line Thursday afternoon at the Eastlake football field after completing the 5k run required for their P.E. class.

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Obituary Richard (Dick) Osborne Richard (Dick) Osborne, 90, passed away May 21, 2011, at his home in Sahalee with his wife Margaret and family near at hand. Dick, the first son of Ruby Davison and Atlee Burpee Osborne, was born in DuQuoin, Ill., Feb. 5, 1921. His parents soon moved to Portland, Ore., where his father started a tugboat company. Dick attended Fernwood Grammar School and Grant High School and graduated from Oregon State University (then College), where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. With the other ROTC seniors at the university, he was drafted into the Army at Ft. Lewis spring term, 1943. They returned to school to finish the term.

He and Margaret were married June 1, 1943, and he was sent to Ft. Belvoir, Va., in October 1943.

Margaret joined him in Virginia in 1944 when he graduated from Officer Candidate School as a second lieutenant Dick was made a 1st Lt. in January 1945, the same month their first child was born.

He was shipped to the Philippines six months later and returned home in 1946 as an Army Captain.

Dick worked for his father for three years before being called to the Korean War in 1950. After one year at Ft. Warden, he was shipped overseas to Japan. Upon his return, he worked in California for 2 1/2 years before going to work for the Boeing Company, where he ran the Training Center for 15 years. He was recruited by Crowley Maritime Corporation where he became Vice President of Labor Relations, negotiating the labor

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contracts for more than 30 of Crowley’s companies in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and other areas of the Caribbean. After 13 years with Crowley, he retired and came home to Washington where he and Margaret lived in Bellevue while their home in Sahalee was being built.

Dick volunteered for the Executive Service Corporation, taught ‘Safe Driving for Seniors’ for the state of Washington, and worked with the Building and Grounds group of men at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. He was a past president of Seattle Treatment Center and the Washington Chapter of Richard (Dick) American Osborne Society of Training and Development. He was past chairman of Service to Military Families and the Seattle Chapter of American Red Cross. He was a board member of Cedar River Consultants and North by Northwest Adventures. He was a trustee for NW Marine Welfare Trust Fund and the NW Marine Pension Trust Fund. He was a past officer in the Bellevue National Little League.

Dick loved to play squash, swim, and most of all, travel; he especially enjoyed going on cruises.

Dick will be buried with full military honor at Tahoma Military Cemetery in Kent. A celebration of his life will be held at 1 p.m. June 25 at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. Dick is survived by his wife Margaret, five children (Barbara Derkacht, Donald P. Osborne, Shirley Richmond, Thomas D. Osborne, and David W.A. Osborne), eight grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers Dick would wish you to give to your favorite charity.

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Schellberg said.

“I saw many smiles on the students faces,” she said. “Students were surprised at how well they did; they were excited to tell me their times at the end. Many of them beat their goal times.”

Schellberg said she plans to make the run a regular event and hold it once a semester.

The 5k also gave students the chance to give to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.

Students could donate by buying a shirt for the event.

She said she hopes to donate to local charities in the future.

Kate McCary, Eastlake’s P.E. instructor, said when Schellberg suggested the schools collaborate on the run, she jumped on the idea.

“I think it’s a great experience for them,” she said. “We’re trying to motivate them.”

Sue Beahm, a mother of an Eastlake student, volunteered to record students’ times as they completed the run.

“It’s been great to have them do the same thing,” she said of students from both schools. “A little camaraderie is always fun.”

Skyline student Kevin Tibdall finished first, with a time of 17 minutes 24 seconds.

Tibdall, who runs distance for the school’s track and field team, said it was fun to run with stu-

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to train in is very much in my favor,” she said.

On a typical day, she will ride from 7 a.m.-3 p.m., having plenty of time to meet locals along the way, she said. It’s low-key, so participants are encouraged to take their time and appreciate the sights.

Cycling allows one to slow down and soak in the surroundings, she said.

“In a car you whiz past things.

You don’t whiz past things on a bike,” Kurkjy said. “There’s just something really unique about it.”

She said she most looks forward to seeing the middle of the country. Having only lived on the East and West coasts, Kurkjy has yet to experience the interior United States.

“To me, the middle of the country is sort of this mystery,” she said.

For good measure, Kurkjy said she and some local riders plan to ride the 70-mile Seattle-to-Easton route once before the Big Ride happens, just to make sure they know how hard it will be.

“You’d just be amazed how far you could push yourself,” she said.

Photo by Anna Marum

Eastlake student Lisa Sheehan nears the end of the 5k run on Thursday afternoon at the high school's football field. dents from Eastlake.

“I actually like the Eastlake guys,” he said.

Ethan Freed, with a time of 18:52, was the first Eastlake student to complete the run.

Freed said he was still in shape from running on the school’s cross country team in

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“It felt good, though it was disappointing to finish after Skyline,” he said. “They’re our biggest rivals.”

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“I did this because what better reason to skip class than run a 5k?” he joked.

McCary said the run was a success. She said the students really seemed to be having fun.

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We’ll take it!”

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Carson Elementary goes gaga for GaGa

By Anna Marum

Kelly Cameron’s sixth grade class went GaGa after they returned from Camp Seymour for their sixth grade trip.

But we’re not talking about Lady Gaga. The students had been playing an intense form of dodgeball in a GaGa Pit (a fencelike structure enclosing the players) and couldn’t get enough of the game. So, two students from Cameron’s class, Nick Gordon and Tom Lawler, decided to build a pit of their own for the students at Rachel Carson Elementary School.

Jennifer Gordon helped her son and several of his classmates build the pit, comprised of eight hinged slabs of wood, in her garage. She said the pit provides good exercise that everyone can take part in.

“They’re so excited about it,” said Gordon. “It’s just so fun.”

Nick and Tom first proposed the idea of building a GaGa Pit to

their teacher, who was impressed by the students’ initiative.

“They came in and said, ‘What is the next step?’ The two boys took it off on their own,” Cameron said.

Cameron told the students to talk to the school’s principal, Mary Cronin, to put their idea into action. So in late April, Nick and Tom made an appointment to speak with Cronin and present their idea.

“I was shocked,” Cronin said.

“They had researched everything; the cost, how to play ... they literally did the whole thing See GAGA, Page 13 Photo by Anna Marum

Sixth grader Jack Sundsten hurls the dodgeball toward opponents in the GaGa Pit last week at Rachel Carson Elementary as Bryce Freshour (left) and other members of Kelly Cameron's sixth grade class look on.

Beaver Lake and other math teams do well at state

By Christopher Huber

individuals in the top 20 at the competition, according to event Eighth-grader Tommy Lin results from Blaine High School. doesn’t care if people call him a “First of all, math is just great,” nerd because he likes math. He’s Lin said. “It’s fun. It’s challengthe ASB president at Beaver Lake ing. It’s educational and all kids Middle School but also competes in math club, we get to harness with the math team every year at our problem-solving skills.” the state championships.

Lin was part of the eighthAnd he grade team that does well.

“We get to represent our placed fifth out Lin and his of 35 teams, school. Math is 23 fellow scoring 139 total Beaver Lake something we like to do.” points. math club The school’s – Tommy Lin, competitors seventh-grade Math student – all placed in Team 1 placed the top 40 pereighth out of 56 cent at the teams in the 2011 Washington State Math state with 159.5 points and Team Championships May 7 at Blaine 2 placed 23rd with 104 points.

High School, said team coach and Beaver Lake’s sixth-grade Team 1 BLMS math teacher Dennis finished 12th out of 85 teams Rogers. with 123.5 points.

The school had three teams Team 3, made up of sixthplace in the top-10 and two indigraders, placed 22nd with 99 viduals —Michael Cao and Caleb points. Mok placed fifth in the Mok. seventh-grade individual compe“People think we’re nerds,” Lin tition with a score of 27 points said. “But we get to represent our and Cao took 10th among eighthschool. Math is something we grade individuals, tallying 23 like to do.” points.

In addition to Beaver Lake’s Rogers highlighted the selecsuccess, Pine Lake Middle tion of rigorous test questions School, Samantha Smith organizers throw at the young Elementary and Endeavour mathematicians throughout the Elementary placed teams and competition.

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The Beaver Lake Middle School math team poses with awards after the 2011 Washington State Math Championship May 7 in Blaine.

He admitted many of the questions are difficult for a teacher to answer.

“The math questions are really

hard,” said Dennis Rogers, the Beaver Lake Middle School math team coach. “It’s pretty high level math.”

During the daylong competition, the students participate in See MATH, Page 13

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They had researched everything; the cost, how to play ... they literally did the whole thing on their own.”

– Mary Cronin, Principal –

Photo by Anna Marum

Sixth graders Nick Gordon, Tom Lawler and Yijun Xie (left to right) hinge pieces of the Gaga Pit together on the field last week at Rachel Carson Elementary.

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on their own.”

Cronin signed off on the idea after hearing the carefully prepared presentation, and the boys

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team and individual tests. For a team test, the group of four splits into two pairs to solve 10 problems in 15 minutes.

They work on a variety of problems, including probability, algebra and geometry, Rogers and Lin said.

Beaver Lake tends to do well against the tougher teams like Lakeside, Odle Middle School and the Northwest Chinese School, they said.

“I thought it was really cool because we were competing against private schools like Lakeside,” Lin said. “It’s actually a really competitive atmosphere.

We’re all scoping the other teams out. We all work together and we always get excited to hear if our school did well.”

The Pine Lake Middle School seventh-grade Team 1 placed 19th out of 56 teams and the sixth-grade team placed 20th.

went right to work.

After several hours in the Gordons’ garage, the makings of the GaGa Pit were complete. On Monday, May 23, students carefully unloaded the long slabs of wood and arranged them in an octagon. Before Cameron’s class jumped in to pummel each other

Smith saw a sixth-grader place third and a fifth-grader place seventh, individually.

Smith’s sixth-grade Team 1 took fifth of 85 teams with 151 points, while Team 2 took sixth with 150.5 points.

The Smith fifth-grade Team 1 placed fourth of 98 teams, scoring 140 points. Endeavour’s fifthgrade Team 1 earned fifth place

“They were hard problems. It’s not just anything a kid off the street could do.”

– Tommy Lin, Math student – with 133.5 points and Team 3 got 12th place overall in its grade level.

Lin noted the difficulty and wide-ranging variety of the questions the math competitors faced throughout the day. He particularly struggled with the probability questions. But the team did

with dodgeballs, the principal congratulated them.

“See what can happen when you have an idea?” Cronin asked Cameron’s giddy sixth grade class.

Then the game began, complete with a commentator, boos and shouts of encouragement from onlookers.

Nick Gordon said he was sure the students would play in the GaGa Pit every recess. All the students had been asking about it, he said.

Lexi Warden, another student in Cameron’s class, said she thought it was really cool that the elementary school now has a GaGa Pit. “They worked really hard to get this here,” she said of the two boys.

Though the intense game has the potential to get violent, the students kept it clean and below the waist, stepping out of the pit when they were out. The game is very positive, Cameron said.

“You don’t have to be the best athlete to play,” she said. “I think the hardest part is going to be keeping too many (students) out of it.”

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well in algebra.

“They were hard problems. It’s not just anything a kid off the street could do,” he said. “We got a perfect score in algebra.”

Beaver Lake traditionally has sent more participants to state than most schools, Rogers said.

“We’ve always been the largest team there,” Rogers said. “We’re a comprehensive middle school.

Every single math teacher was represented.”

To prepare for the competition each spring, the math teams practice with old tests provided

by Blaine High School and the championship organizers, he said.

Students work together during their weekly gatherings after school to help each other on problems.

“My goal is for kids to have fun with math,” Rogers said.

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.

Arjun Kumar returns from national Geo Bee experience Arjun Kumar, 13, recently competed in the National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. The Beaver Lake Middle School seventh-grader was ultimately eliminated during the preliminary round May 24.

The top-10 finalists competed for a $25,000 scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos Islands in the finals May 25 at the National Geographic Society.

During the preliminary round of questions, Arjun missed one question: In which country is the Airedale Valley and the Aire river located? The correct answer is the United Kingdom. The mistake sent him to the tie-breaker, where he was eventually eliminated with the question: Amman and Cochin-China are the former names of which country? The answer is Vietnam.

“Still, it has been a tremendous experience for him to come out here and compete at the national level,” Arun Kumar, Arjun’s father, said. “He did far better than he had anticipated, and is keen to return next year.”

He also noted the obscurity of the questions the youth had to answer.

“Ironically, the only ones I could answer were the two that Arjun got wrong,” Arun Kumar said.

Arjun Kumar qualified for the national contest after win-

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ning the Washington State Geographic Bee in April.

2 Skyline students are merit scholars Two Skyline High School students recently received scholarship awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The organization announced May 25 that Saumya Copparam and Dipanwita Maulik each won a scholarship to attend their respective university this fall.

The award ranges from $500 to $2,000 annually for up to four years. As National Merit Scholarship finalists, Copparam and Dipanwita are among approximately 8,300 high school seniors in the country to be awarded scholarships, which come from various corporations and universities, as well as the organization itself, in 2011. Approximately 2,900 students earned financial awards from universities through the National Merit Scholarship program.

Copparam plans to study biology and medicine and attend the University of Southern California, according to the National Merit press release. Dipanwita also plans to attend USC and looks to study bioengineering.

Students entered the 2011 competition for National Merit scholarships when they took the 2009 PSAT. About 1.5 million students competed for about 8,300 scholarships, totalling nearly $35 million.

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By Matt Massey Special to the Seattle Times

Brandon McComb came to understand that he wasn’t going to get big minutes on the talented Eastlake boys soccer team.

So, he realized he’d better come up big when he plays.

McComb, a reserve senior forward, got the winning goal as Eastlake turned back Skyline 2-0 in Saturday’s Class 4A state championship match at Harry Lang Stadium.

The Wolves beat fifth-ranked Skyline for the third time this season on two second-half goals, including a rare McComb tally in the 46th minute.

McComb has scored only two career goals — both in the state playoffs this year.

“It feels so good,” said McComb, who came into the game with five minutes left in the first half and stayed on to start the second.

“When coach told me I had to go in, I just had to get any opportunity I could, and I had to finish it.”

Eastlake (14-3-2) captured its first state title since back-to-back crowns in 1996 and ‘97. In eight trips, the Wolves are 19-5 in stateplayoff matches.

“I think every high-school athlete dreams about this — senior

Photo by Greg Farrar

Sean Klauer, Eastlake senior forward, keeps the ball from brothers Travis and Kaleb Strawn of Skyline during the first period of the 4A state soccer championship match May 28 in Tacoma. year, winning it all with all your friends,” Eastlake senior forward Gerard Galvin said. “It means a

lot more with friends, and kids I’ve known for years. We’re just so connected.”

Skyline (15-3-2) posted its best finish in school history, taking away some of the sting of losing

all three games this season to rival Eastlake. The schools are less than a mile apart on the Sammamish Plateau.

Skyline bowed out of the quarterfinals in 2001, 2004 and 2010 in its other state appearances.

Eastlake beat Skyline twice in KingCo 4A play this season. The Wolves won 1-0 at Skyline on April 26 and 2-0 in the conference tournament title match on May 10.

The teams ended the regular season as co-champions at 8-1-1.

Eastlake senior forward Sean Klauer supplied a goal and an assist in the final.

The Wolves went in front 1-0 on McComb’s chip shot from 14 yards out over a drawn-out goalkeeper Steven Pankiewicz in the 46th minute.

McComb had scored his first goal this season only 11 days ago, in a 2-1 win over Gig Harbor in the first round of the state playoffs.

Klauer redirected a pass to McComb for the score.

“In that second half, we changed up everything and came out stronger,” said Klauer. “If I could vote anybody most inspirational, it would be him (McComb). He comes out and tries his hardest even though he See SOCCER, Page 15

Kasen Williams wins 3 state titles Plateau athletes finish well at state

By Tim Pfarr

Photo by Greg Farrar

Kasen Williams takes to the air in the state long jump finals as his uncle, Al Roberts and father, Aaron Williams, (front row of stands from left) look on. Williams won the event.

For the seniors, the state championship track and field meet at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School May 27 and 28 marked the final athletic event of their high school careers.

This was so for Skyline High School’s Kasen Williams. But for Williams, there were few better ways the two days could have turned out.

Williams took first place in all three events in which he participated, setting a new state record in the triple jump with a monstrous 50-foot 9.25-inch leap. His father had held the same record from 1977-1999 with a 50 3/4 jump.

“It feels great because it’s back in the family,” Williams said, adding that both he and his father had their eyes on the record. “That’s what we say, is that record’s back in the family, and hopefully I can hold it for 22 years like he did.”

He cleared 6-10 in the high jump and 24-5 1/2 in the long jump for his other two first-place finishes.

However, Williams wasn’t the only one who found success at the state meet.

For Skyline, senior Kyle Branch finished 15th in the 1,600 meter-run with a time of 4:26.72 and 16th in the 3,200 with a time of 9:51.11. The Skyline boys 4x400 relay team also took eighth with a time of 3:28.44.

Nonetheless, Skyline coach See TRACK, Page 18

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Eastlake boys golfers finish 2nd

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Eastlake’s soccer team holds up the trophy for winning the state championship May 28.

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Eastlake Coach Erik Hanson (from left), Evan Alston, Li Wang and coach Pat Bangasser display the trophy the boys golf team won after finishing second in the state.

The Eastlake boys golf team finished second in the state at the 4A tournament at the Creek at Qualchan Golf Course in Spokane May 24 and 25. The boys had a team score of 89, behind winner Bellarmine Prep, which scored a 95.5.

Eastlake standout Li Wang finished second individually with a score of 144, three strokes behind Dom Franks of Olympia High School.

Eastlake’s Evan Alston was part of a three-way

tie for third place, with a score of 145 strokes.

Spencer Weiss finished in a three-way tie for 34th with a 157.

On the girls side, Eastlake’s Megan Wotherspoon finished 15th with a score of 160.

Erynne Lee of Central Kitsap won with a 137 at the Downriver Golf Course in Spokane.

Jamie Midkiff, of Eastlake, finished 27th with a 167. The girls team ended up eighth in the state.

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hadn’t played the whole season.

“It’s a game-changer, right there with him. If there’s a low level of play, he comes out hustling, scores a goal and it changes everything.”

Klauer cleaned up James Gee’s miss, hammering home a shot into the open left corner of the net in the 58th minute for a 2-0 lead. The rebound came right back to Klauer’s feet off Skyline

keeper Pankiewicz.

“I really liked the way we were playing early in the game, and I really thought we were going to knock one in,” said Skyline coach Don Braman, eyeing the Eastlake trophy celebration. “It just didn’t get in for us. I loved how the boys played tonight. We lost to one team this year, and they’re a pretty good team.

“We knew beforehand, right, that the trophy was going to go back to the Plateau. We were just hoping it was going to end up eight-10ths of a mile up and at a higher altitude.”

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Events The Evergreen Philharmonic, the Issaquah School District’s orchestra made up of students from all three high schools, will perform a “Concerto Concert” at 7:30 p.m. June 1 and a “Season Finale Concert” at 7:30 p.m. June 4. Both will be at Skyline High School. artEAST Art Center will present the traveling exhibition of the 2011 SAMMI Awards Art Collection from June 3-27. The public is invited to the opening reception from 6-8 p.m. June 10 at the gallery, 95 Front St. N. in Issaquah.

The Issaquah Philharmonic will perform a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. June 6 at Faith United Methodist Church. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Composting for beginners.

Learn the basics of food and yard waste composting at 4 p.m. June 8 at he Sammamish Library.

Retirement strategies for a long and happy life will be presented from 6-7:30 p.m. June 9 at Providence Marianwood, 3725 Providence Point Drive S.E. Call 391-2895 to reserve a seat. Free.

The Sammamish Symphony will perform its final show of the season, “Music of the Oscars” at 2 p.m. June 12 at Eastlake High School. Tickets are $16 for adults, $11 for seniors or students, $32 for families and free for children under 10, available at the door or at ticketweb.com.

Want to start a business?

Learn the basics and resources available to you at 2 p.m. June 14 at the Sammamish Library.

Popera concert performed by Opera Belles, Vicky Oxley and Linda Rough is at 7 .m. June 14 at Bellewood Retirement Living.

Call 391-2880 for reservations.

A Summer Solstice Ceramic Arts Sale will be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 18 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 19 at the Happy Valley Grange, 19720 N.E.50th St. in Redmond.

The basics of selling on eBay learn about buying, selling and setting up accounts at 6 p.m.

June 22 at the Sammamish Library Around the World Concert with Brian Vogan and His Good Buddies is for children 2 and over with an adult. The show is set for 6 p.m. June 28 at Sammamish Commons Plaza, between the library and City Hall, weather permitting.

Learn how to teach your children about gardening at 7 p.m. June 29 at the Sammamish Library.

Health A mobile mammography facility will be available for Sammamish residents. The

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.

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The Gossamer collective The Sammamish Arts Commission presents “Web Designs” a performance including music, nature and visual arts performed by Simple Measures and Gossamer. The show is set for 7:30 p.m.

June 7 at Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road. Free. mobile facility features the same equipment used at Evergreen Hospital, but you do not need to be an Evergreen patient to use the facility. It is available from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Evergreen Primary Care Center, 22850 Northeast Eighth Street. For an appointment, call 899-2831.

Religious/spiritual Dance to the Source of Love, an evening featuring Radhanath Swami and Indradyumna Swami, will involve ecstatic dancing and chanting. Admission is free. The event is from 6-9 p.m. June 4 at the Vedic Cultural Center.

The marriage course, designed to help couples strengthen their relationships will be held Tuesday evenings through June 7 at Pine Lake Covenant Church. Visit www.plcc.org/marriage.

Mary, Queen of Peace youth groups are for children in sixtheighth grade and ninth-12th grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m.

Sundays. Call the church at 3911178, ext. 129.

Faith United Methodist Church offers “Faith Cafe” for women of all ages. The café features drop-in coffee time, scrapbooking/stamping, mom & baby

playgroup, quilting/knitting and walking group. There will also be one-off classes, studies and themed days. 9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays. Call Jo Lucas at 837-1948.

Healing Prayer Service. If you have a physical, emotional or spiritual challenge or if you desire to make space for God in a peaceful setting, attend the Missio Lux Healing Prayer Service the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish.

Become a healing prayer minister by joining weekly sessions from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Fridays.

Email tamara@missiolux.org or call 890-3913.

Celebrate Recovery, a Christcentered program offering support and a path to freedom, meets every Monday, 7-9 p.m. at Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E. For more info, go to www.missiolux.org, or call 392-8636.

A men’s study group using participant guides from Celebrate Recovery will strive to work on hurts, hang-ups or habits people have been denying or surrendering to from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Pine Lake Covenant Church.

Email crontheplateau@gmail.com.

Griefshare, a support group

for those who have lost a loved one is from 7-9 p.m. Thursday nights at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

Moms In Touch is an interdenominational, prayer support group for moms to get together and pray for children and schools. For more information, call Jan Domek, Issaquah School District representative, at 6816770, or Kelly Wotherspoon, Lake Washington School District representative, at 392-2291, or visit www.MomsInTouch.org.

Pine Lake Covenant Church offers a ministry for children with special needs at 10:30 a.m.

Sundays. Call 392-8636.

“Caffeine for the Soul,” a free Judaic and Torah class for women, is from 1-1:45 p.m. every Tuesday at Caffé Ladro in Issaquah Highlands Shopping Center. Contact Chabad of the Central Cascades at 427-1654.

Free Hebrew classes are offered through Chabad of the Central Cascades. Call 427-1654.

Kabalat Shabbat is offered in the Chabad house at the Issaquah 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,

Talk Time, for adults who want to improve their English skills, is scheduled for 6 p.m.

June 7 and 14.

Hello English! Learn English in a structured environment. For intermediate students at 10 a.m.

June 7.

Musik Nest, for toddlers, is scheduled for 7 p.m. June 16.

Pajama Story Time, for ages 2-6 with an adult, is scheduled for 7 p.m. June 27.

Lounge and Listen to the librarian read teen-oriented book samples and short stories while lounging and munching snacks amidst flickering lanterns at 4 p.m. June 1.

Swaddler Story Time, for children aged birth-9 months with an adult, is scheduled for 11 a.m. June 30.

Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult at 4 p.m. June 30.

Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, is scheduled for 10 and 11 a.m. June 29.

Spanish Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, is scheduled for 6 p.m. June 28.

Preschool Story Time, for ages 3-6 with an adult, is scheduled for 10 a.m. June 30.

The teen writers’ group is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m.

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The Sammamish Book Group will have a free read.

Read something of your choice and share it at 7 p.m. June 15.

The Mother Daughter Book Club, for girls ages 10-13 and their mothers, will discuss “Naming Maya” by Uma Krishnaswami at 3 p.m. June 18.

Nonprofit camps The Eastlake dance team will host a summer dance clinic for students in grades K-9 from 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 22-29 at Eastlake.

The cost is $130 before July 15 and $150 after. To register, visit www.ehsdanceteam.com.

Classes Beyond Baby Blues, a drop-in postpartum depression support group, meets from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursdays at New Parents Services, 11911 N.E. First St., No. See CALENDAR, Page 17

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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 more information, visit www.bigbluetruck.org.

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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, email links@lwsd.org or visit www.linksvolunteer.org.

Eastside Baby Corner needs volunteers to sort incoming donations of clothing and toys and prepare items for distribution. Go to www.babycorner.org.

Volunteers are needed to visit homebound patrons with the King County Library System’s Traveling Library Center 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 Rotaract, a community service for young adults ages 18-30 sponsored by the Sammamish Rotary, meets twice a month.

Contact scott.brewer@sammamishrotary.org.

The La Leche League is forming a new group in Sammamish. The organization is committed to helping mothers breastfeed. They plan to meet on the second Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m.-noon at Fire Station 83, near Sunny Hills Elementary.

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.

The Social Justice Book Group meets at 10 a.m. the third Monday of each month in Sammamish. Email hineswa@live.com for information on the current book being discussed and location.

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. Email ahise@positiveplace.org or call 250-4786 for more information.

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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 email 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 has openings in pre-toddler, toddler and family classes. Call 8695605 or visit www.redmondtoddler.org.

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Dawn Geiser said the team will miss Williams as he transitions to the University of Washington next year.

“It’s a bittersweet moment for the coaching staff,” she said, adding that she and the other coaches gathered around the long jump to watch Williams’ final event. “We were all standing up watching him, and I think we all got a little lump in our throats when we saw him running down for his last jump, because that was it. This is the last time we’re going to get to see Kasen Williams in green.”

It was that final jump that clinched Williams his third state championship of the year.

“We’re really excited about seeing him move on to Husky football and Husky track, but we’re really going to miss him,” Geiser said. “People always ask, ‘has his success gone to his head?’

Absolutely not. He’s one of the finest young men in all aspects.”

Runners from the north side of the plateau also had a good showing.

Haley O’Connor, Eastlake senior, took fourth in the 400 with a time of 58.10.

“It felt pretty good. It went out really fast, and I just knew I had to stick with some of the girls, and I really wanted to get in the top five because that’s what I came in ranked in the state.”

Katelyn Steen, a senior, finished ninth in the 3,200 with a time of 11:19.53

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210-Public Notices 02-2177 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SAMMAMISH PUBLIC NOTICE Sammamish City Council SPECIAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Sammamish City Council will hold a special meeting on June 7, 2011. The meeting will be held at City Hall, 801 228th Avenue SE and will begin at 5:30 with an Executive Session, which is closed to the public. The open meeting will begin at 6:30 pm.

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Clear title in hand. Evenings 425-228-6624. Days 425-3926434, Ext. 222

100-Recreational Vehicles 30’ HOLIDAY RAMBLER motor home, 1983, 57,000 miles.

Never smoked in, no pets, kept under cover. New grandma won’t go. $8,000, 425-3927253

DRIVERS -- CDL-A Flatbed Drivers Needed. Teams, Sols & O/Os. Great Pay & Benefits. consistent miles & hometime.

1 year exp. req’d 888-4307659 www.trans-system.com

DRIVERS -- REEFER Solo Lessee. Average $1.12/mile (+fuel surcharge). Paid CDL Training Available & Benefits?

Call 1-800-277-0212 www.trans-system.com PAID P/T SOCCER coaches wanted, Cascade FC (Snoqualmie Valley YSA). Reply to cascadefc@snvya.org.

RIVER RAFT GUIDES NEEDED on the Stehekin river. Live in the heart of the North Cascades this summer! Experience necessary. Information at StehekinValleyRanch.com or (509)682-4677.

TO ADVERTISE CALL 392-6434 Ext. 222

The Issaquah Press seeks a motivated, outgoing person in advertising sales for our award-winning community newspaper group. Work with the friendly merchants of Newcastle and nearby. Take over a developed territory with room to grow. If you have the motivation to sell and a passion for great customer service, we want to meet you!

Training provided.

You will help clients develop advertising campaigns and annual plans, and communicate with our graphics department to develop the ads. You must have the ability to juggle many deadlines and details, have basic computer experience, good grammar skills, and thrive on your own success.

Reliable transportation needed, mileage allowance provided. Average 20 hours week/very flexible. Join our fun team!

Email cover letter, resume and references to: jgreen@isspress.com

146-Health & Fitness

FREE FIRST NIA CLASS! Exhilarating, high energy fusion movement class combining dance, martial arts, healing arts to soul-stirring music. Blue Heron Ranch Studio, Sammamish.

Tues, Thurs, Sat 9:30AM; every other Wed 6:30PM.

CITY OF SAMMAMISH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF SAMMAMISH PLANNING COMMISSION Proposed Changes to Sammamish Municipal Code (SMC) Notice is hereby given under SMC 24.25.160 that the City of Sammamish Planning Commission will hold a public hearing regarding proposed changes to the Sammamish Municipal Code.

SUMMARY of AMENDMENTS: The Planning Commission will consider amending the Municipal code to: 1) amend the requirements for Accessory Dwelling Units in SMC21A.20, 2) Amend the Permitted Uses Tables in SMC 21A.20 to allow Cottage Housing and Duplexes, 3) Adopt or amend the design standards for Cottage Housing and Duplexes in 21B into SMC21A. HEARING SCHEDULE: The City of Sammamish Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on June 2, 2011, starting at 7:00 PM at the City of Sammamish City Hall, located at 801 - 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: A copy of the draft amendments may be obtained by visiting the City’s website at www.ci.sammamish.wa.us or by contacting City of Sammamish, contact name and address listed below.

CITY CONTACT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO: Rob Garwood, Community Development, Sammamish City Hall, 801228th Ave SE, Sammamish, WA 98075, phone: (425) 2950524, email: rgarwood@ci. sammamish.wa.us.

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More info: 425-868-3475 www.randeefox.com

CITY OF SAMMAMISH NOTICE OF APPLICATION for a Reasonable Use Exception Curtis ADU Reasonable Use Exception - PLN2011-00012

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plicant is proposing a dwelling unit on a site entirely constrained by landslide hazard areas, the erosion hazard near sensitive water body overlay, and associated buffers. The applicant is proposing to access the dwelling unit via a driveway across a property to the west of the subject site; the property owner also owns the property to the west of the subject property. The proposed dwelling unit and driveway improvements will create approximately 2,000 square feet of impervious surface.

The applicant has indicated that the dwelling unit will ultimately be an accessory dwelling unit associated with the property owner's main home.

Finally, the applicant has also applied for a reasonable use exception on another lot to the north of this one, which is reflected on the site plan (PLN2011-00013).

The applicant (Scott Hoover Representative) applied for the above project on May 04, 2011; following a review to confirm that a complete application had been received, the City issued a letter of completion to the applicant on May 19, 2011. On June 01, 2011, the City issued this Notice of Application by the following means: mailed notice to property owners within 500 feet of the subject site, a sign posted on the subject site, and by placing a legal notice in the local newspaper.

Applicant: Scott Hoover Representative Public Comment Period: June 01, 2011 through June 22, 2011 Project Location: NO SITE ADDRESS, Sammamish, WA. 98074 Tax Parcel Number: 3575302379 Existing Environmental Documents: Targeted Drainage Report by CSP Engineering, received May 4, 2011; Geotechnical Report by South Fork Geosciences, received May 4, 2011; Site Plan by LCI, received May 4, 2011 Other Permits Included: Future construction / building permits SEPA Review: The City has determined that the development proposal is exempt from SEPA review.

Staff Member Assigned: Evan Maxim, Senior Planner, (425) 295-0523, emaxim@ci. sammamish.wa.us Interested persons are invited to submit written comments pertaining to the application determination no later than 5:00 p.m.on the last day of the comment period identified above, at Sammamish City Hall. Inquiries regarding the application, comment period, decision and appeal process, as well as requests to view documents pertinent to the proposal, may be made at the City of Sammamish City Hall, 801 – 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, Washington 98075, (Tel: 425.295.0500) during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Note: Mediation of disputes is available pursuant to SMC 20.20. Requests for mediation should be made as soon as it is determined the disputed issue(s) cannot be resolved by direct negotiation. Please contact the Department of Community Development for additional information on the Land Use Mediation Program.

02-2176 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SAMMAMISH NOTICE OF APPLICATION for a Reasonable Use Exception Donald Curtis Reasonable Use Exception - PLN201100013 Project Description: The applicant is proposing a dwelling unit on a site entirely constrained by landslide hazard areas, the erosion hazard near sensitive water body overlay, and associated buffers. The applicant is proposing to access the dwelling unit via a driveway connecting to NE 15th Street; the property owner also owns the property to the south of the subject property. The proposed dwelling unit and driveway improvements will create approximately 2,000 square feet of impervious surface. The applicant has also applied for a reasonable use exception on another lot to the south of this one, which is reflected on the site plan (PLN2011 00012).

The applicant (Scott Hoover Representative) applied for the above project on May 04, 2011; following a review to confirm that a complete application had been received, the City issued a letter of completion to the applicant on May 19, 2011. On June 01, 2011, the City issued this Notice of Application by the following means: mailed notice to property owners within 500 feet of the subject site, a sign posted on the subject site, and by placing a legal notice in the local newspaper.

Applicant: Scott Hoover Representative Public Comment Period: June 01, 2011 through June 22, 2011 Project Location: NO SITE ADDRESS, Sammamish, WA. 98074 Tax Parcel Number: 3575302386 Existing Environmental Documents: Targeted Drainage Report by CSP Engineering, received May 4, 2011; Geotechnical Report by South Fork Geosciences, received May 4, 2011; Site Plan by LCI, received May 4, 2011 Other Permits Included: Future construction / building permits SEPA Review: The City has determined that the development proposal is exempt from SEPA review.

Staff Member Assigned: Evan Maxim, Senior Planner, (425) 295-0523, emaxim@ci. sammamish.wa.us Interested persons are invited to submit written comments pertaining to the application determination no later than 5:00 p.m.on the last day of the comment period identified above, at Sammamish City Hall. Inquiries regarding the application, comment period, decision and appeal process, as well as requests to view documents pertinent to the proposal, may be made at the City of Sammamish City Hall, 801 – 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, Washington 98075, (Tel: 425.295.0500) during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Note: Mediation of disputes is available pursuant to SMC 20.20. Requests for mediation should be made as soon as it is determined the disputed issue(s) cannot be resolved by direct negotiation. Please contact the Department of Community Development for additional information on the Land Use Mediation Program.

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