25TH YEAR, NO. 22
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SAMMAMISH
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016
TITLE TWO-FER
REVIEW
Skyline senior Brandi Hughes ends career with two state wins Page 8
A FIRST FOR SKYLINE Robert Joseph Scott
Symphony director dies at age 71 MELINDA BARGREEN Special to The Seattle Times
Courtesy of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association
The Skyline High School baseball team celebrates at home plate after winning their first 4A state baseball championship 2-1 over Kentwood Saturday, May 28 at Gesa Stadium in Pasco. Story, Page 8.
Sammamish city staff share common concerns with Issaquah school officials BY DAVID HAYES
dhayes@sammamishreview.com
Traffic, construction and student population concerns were the topics of discussion during a joint meeting May 25 between the Issaquah School Board and the Sammamish City Council. Mayor Don Gerend came armed with an agenda list of 10 topics to steer the conversation between the two administrative staffs of mutual interest. School board member Lisa Callan expressed her pleasure in having the opportunity to share common interests with the city’s staff. “It’s the importance of being
able to talk about how schools impact traffic, traffic impacts schools, start times’ impact, end times’ impact, parents and kids deciding to drive to school, lighting and sidewalks. How it all plays together, how it’s all interconnected.” Superintendent Ron Thiele and City Manager Lyman Howard exchanged updates on current projects. For the City of Sammamish, Howard spoke of three planned projects encompassing 240 acres around the town center: n The Southeast Village, which includes 75 townhomes and 6,000 square feet of living and working space. n The Village, which will
have 159 apartments and 110,000 square feet of commercial space. n The Plateau 120, which will add another 92 apartments and 14,500 square feet of commercial space. With that much growth taking place in the commons area of Sammamish, Thiele confirmed the school district’s student numbers show the Issaquah School District’s biggest growth is in Sammamish.
Of the $533 million bond package recently approved by voters, about $97 million will go toward building new schools. “Our goal is to always put schools nearest population centers. Our biggest growth right now is Sammamish. Not yet on the valley floor, but it is coming. So, ideally, we’ll place new schools in the SEE CONCERNS, PAGE 2
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Robert Joseph Scott, who built two community orchestras in Bellevue and Sammamish, died May 19 of cancer. He was 71. Born in Hermiston, Ore., Mr. Scott — who was known by his middle name — was a self-made maestro who originally trained as an oboist. He enjoyed conducting so much that he decided to start his own orchestra after studying with Henry Holt (Seattle Opera), Mikael Scheremetiew (Thalia Conservatory), and Vilem Sokol (University of Washington). When he placed an ad in a Bellevue community newspaper, inviting musicians to a rehearsal Sept. 14, 1967, Mr. Scott attracted 65 players — launching what would become the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra. While working fulltime as a florist, he recruited volunteers to help launch the nascent BPO as its music director, conductor and general manager. After three successful decades, the BPO sought new leadership in 1997; it would close 14 years later. (It was later restructured, emerging SEE DIRECTOR, PAGE 5
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