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Sammamish residents graduate from Eastside Catholic

By Brian DalBalcon

Fifty-four students who are residents of Sammamish graduated as part of Eastside Catholic High School’s class of 2015.

The residents are, top row, left to right: Jiaqi Liu, Bradley Barrett, Marek Kossik, Griffin Crow, Joseph Meehan, Reed Holland, Alexander Wright, Brandon Graue, Chase Crittenden, Sean Fearon, Brennan Ober and Andres Rincon; second row from the top, left to right: Austin Moss, Kollin Malsam, Grant Sampson, Brooks Meadowcroft, Andrew Padilla, Matthew Siegel, Daniel Venkitachalam, Theodore Braun, Matisse Thybulle, Ryan Mazure-Schmidt and Dino De Raad; third row from the top, left to right: Ji Youn Kim, Jacob Steward Steele, William Dimlow, Alec Baer, Arend Broekmate, Daniel Carlton, Ian Dorney, Zachary Steffens, Matthew Iwicki, Myles Lewis, Michelle Taam and Madeline Murry; second row from bottom, left to right: Valerie Vachris, McKenna Boit, Kayla Powlesland, Audrey Menz, Julianne Symmons, Stephanie Wolff, Gabrielle Russell, Zofia Toth, Kelsey Lobisser, Yao Xiao, Carson Brown and Tori Tlachac; and bottom row, left to right: Sarah Ford, Sally Carroll, Tristana Leist, Madeline Mechelsen, Morgan Mackenzie, Megan Bastian, Anna Rose Schutt, Robyn Breynaert, Lauren Shigley, Bianco Scharkowski, Tinuola Dada and Lujia Zhang. Not pictured are Nathan Hansberry and Preston Ewart.

The graduation ceremony was held June 8 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. A Baccalaureate Mass was held June 5 at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish.

It was the 33rd graduating class for Eastside Catholic, with 171 students participating in the ceremony. Ninety-eight percent of graduates will attend 72 colleges in the fall, and 142 seniors will graduate with honors.

Lobbyist group says Senate cut funding for state park

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com The final state budget has yet to be written.

But the state Senate version contains some $68.8 million for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, according to information provided by the Wildlife and Recreation Coalition.

That coalition is a private, statewide advocacy group that supports outdoor and environmental projects across Washington.

The current Senate budget actually contains some good news in the overall level of funding, said Karin Frank, a spokeswoman for the Wildlife Coalition. Those dollars include $1.1 million in funding for new floating docks on Lake Sammamish, $750,000 for a new playground in Lake Sammamish State Park and more dollars for beach restoration.

Still, Frank said the budget could have, and in her opinion, should have, contained at least $3.1 million more for the rebuilding of Sunset Beach in

the state park.

According to Frank, in past years, the Senate has used a prioritized list for funding recreation projects. That list was ignored this year. Had the senate used the prioritized list, the Sunset Beach project would have made the cut.

In a press release, the Wildlife Coalition charges the Senate went against statute and circumvented the ranking process for the first time in 25 years.

Using the formula, Frank said, presented several advantages.

“You knew the money was being spent well, not for earmarks,” she said, adding the Senate essentially “cherry-picked” projects pushed by one senator or another, but ignored more deserving projects.

The Senate changed the statute in the budget in order to get around established rules, according to Frank. Both the House and the budget proposed

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Klahanie annexation seems destined to wait until 2016

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Though one councilman insists the city promised it would happen this summer, the Klahanie annexation area almost certainly will not become part of Sammamish this year.

While the Sammamish City Council will pass an ordinance formalizing the annexation before the end of July, the annexation date likely will be Jan. 1, 2016. An earlier annexation just is not possible, City Manger Ben Yazici said.

Officials had been looking at an annexation date of Aug. 1.

At its regular meeting June 2, Yazici told the City Council that Sammamish cannot ramp up services and personnel quickly enough to take on the annexation area this year, saying he

wants as orderly a transition as possible.

“We have one chance to get this right,” Yazici said.

He added several times that he is worried that if the city takes on the annexation area in the next few months, services to existing residents would suffer, while new residents in the Klahanie area would not receive the level of services they were promised.

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lobby the Senate to do the same.

“We’re trying to put a lot of pressure on the Senate,” she said.

State Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, said he does not agree with the coalition’s assessment of the budget situation. Did the Senate ignore the usual prioritizing method? Mullet didn’t hesitate to say it did.

But he also argued the $3.1 million for Sunset Beach was never going to materialize.

Mullet said to fully fund the Washington Wildlife Program request would have cost $97 million. The program request did include the dollars for Sunset Beach, but Mullet added no one in Olympia ever has suggested fully funding the WWRP request. House Democrats proposed the highest funding level and that only reached $75 million.

The beach project “never cleared the line,” Mullet said.

As negotiations on a new budget continue between the House and Senate, Mullet said he considers it his job to protect the funding that is in the budget for Lake Sammamish State Park.

The beach project would include three new picnic shelters, picnic tables and new barbecues among other amenities, Frank said.

In particular, Yazici said the city would not be able to find and hire six new police officers needed to patrol Klahanie and the surrounding annexation areas.

Under Yazici’s plan, three officers would be in place by the annexation date of Jan. 1. An additional three would come on board soon after.

The council introduced the ordinance needed to formalize the annexation and left it on first reading.

For the most part, council

members said while they would love to complete the annexation this year, they understand that goal probably is not practical. The one exception was Councilman Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo.

Valderrama-Aramayo said that during the campaign to support the annexation, the city repeatedly said the annexation would happen this year. He said Sammamish first made that promise in May 2014.

Voters in the annexation area overwhelmingly approved joining Sammamish in the April 28 special election, with some 86 percent of the ballots cast in favor.

SAMMAMISH REVIEW The city also is passing up $3.1 million in tax dollars it would collect this year by not completing the annexation over the summer, ValderramaAramayo said. At the same time, he later added, the city is considering taking out $5 million in bonds to begin the reconstruction of Issaquah-Fall City Road.

City officials have many times bragged Sammamish has no debt and Valderrama-Aramayo said that obviously would change with any bond sale.

The city had advertised it would use taxes from the annexation area to fund much-needed repairs

to the thoroughfare.

But Yazici questioned Valderrama-Aramayo’s math during the council meeting.

Sammamish will collect roughly $2.9 million above what it would cost to service the annexation area, Yazici said. Eastside Fire & Rescue immediately would receive $700,000, making $2.2 million the actual amount coming to Sammamish.

Money aside, the voting rights of Klahaniearea residents also were a major topic of discussion. If the annexation area enters Sammamish in January, those new residents would not be able to run for office

Lake Sammamish boat cleats are on wrong side, unusable

By Tom Corrigan Tcorrigan@isspress.com Boat cleats are, Jim Mackey said, those squat, sort of T-shaped things on docks to which boats are tied.

Mackey, a member of the board of the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park, said the boat cleats Sammamish added to the docks at the lake were put on the wrong side of the dock. He said the way the dock is built, posts that are part of the dock structure prevent docking boats on one side.

But that is the side on which city workers placed the boat cleats 2 ½

years ago.

The only way to presently use the cleats to tie boats bigger than a kayak is to stretch lines across the length of the dock in order to reach the cleats. Mackey said that method is neither practical nor safe for people on the docks.

“It’s not the right to do things,” he said.

“The city recognizes that some of the dock cleats may need to be repositioned,” said Tim Larson, communications manager for the city of Sammamish. “But we’re having some warranty issues with the docks, are in discussions about fixes and don’t want to void the

warranty by moving cleats right now.”

Larson said as soon as the warranty issues are settled, the city would address the issue with the cleats but declined to guess when that might happen. No one seemed to know the exact price of the wayward cleats.

“It’s hard for me to understand why it’s taking so long,” Mackey said.

“I can understand their frustration,” Larson said. “When they brought up the cleat issues last year, we told we would get on it.

But then the warranty issue put us in a holding pattern.”

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Mariners president speaks up for new community and aquatic center Local community and business leaders gathered May 27 for Batter Up for the YMCA, an event to promote the new YMCA/ Sammamish Community & Aquatic Center, opening in early 2016.

Seattle Mariners President and plateau resident Kevin Mather spoke passionately about the importance of the Y for young people, and provided an update on this year’s baseball team.

Guests learned about the many ways to get involved with the Y and the partnership with the city of Sammamish.

The Y will offer similar gatherings throughout the summer to raise awareness about the project and invite local leaders to join our team as volunteers, advocates and donors to ensure the project’s success.

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or even vote in the November City Council elections.

“If all things were equal,” Councilwoman Nancy Whitten said, she would support annexing Klahanie in August.

But she said such a move would put a “horrendous” stress on city staff.

The annexation resolution will be back in front of the council for two more readings, giving residents and council members plenty of time for further comment.

The resolution could be in front of the council June 16, but likely will not reappear until July 7, the first meeting of that month.

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Manor, grass and synthetic sports rease the total 4. Provide five (5) copies of your re‑ fields, children’s playgrounds, picnic a beyond exist‑ sponse to the Request for Qualifica‑ shelters, restrooms, trails, plus other tions. recreational facilities. Confluence es mitigation: Proposed Time Line Park is Issaquah’s crown jewel of ckeries armor‑ R F Q D u e D a t e parks, containing more than 15 ading back the ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ acres of open space in the heart of ng a 35‑60 foot ‑‑‑‑ June 5, 2015 Issaquah. The installation of this riparian plants, Notice to Proceed (A&E services) pedestrian bridge over the conflu‑ sting concrete ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ July 10th, ence, will provide access to addi‑ 2015 tional park land, create a direct con‑ mment period Public Input Process nection to the park for Issaquah iance Permit, ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ schools, and provide the public with June 19, 2015.

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and cost estimates all the way do not serve your written response through to the creation of a complete within 60 days after the date of the construction bid package and first publication of this summons (60 project management). days after the 29th day of April, o Ability to successfully acquire and 2015), the court may enter an order secure all permitting including neces‑ of default against you, and the court sary SEPA documents. may, without further notice to you, • Experience of key personnel (20 enter a decree and approve or pro‑ pts) vide for other relief requested in this o Project design and oversight, in‑ summons. cluding ability to facilitate public in‑ put.

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7.o The City number of significant AbilitySammamish to work with outside ven‑ dors for bridge components/engi‑ Information aboutfor howremoval. to get this Council received the city trees slated neering take services. form maynumber be obtaineddropped by contacting staff’s on the plan That o Experience working in sensitive the clerk of the court, by contacting late last month. from 69 to 29.Office Philpot natural environments. the Administrative of the Vance said still par- Courts told council the county • Experience with he public agencies at (360) 705‑5328, or from (10 pts) the Internet at the Washington State ticularly is looking for had identified 250 sigo Completed similar projects for Courts homepage: some flexibility the nificant trees. In one 1.3other public agencies, on municipalities http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms part thedistricts. county regard- mile stretch of the trail, and/orofschool • References (10 pts) you wishsaid to seek advice of ing the width of the trail. 4.If Philpot allthe trees are Waiver of Claims an attorney in this matter, you He and other officials now to be preserved.

Each firm in submitting a response should do so promptly so that your say they are not Sight lines ifwere anothto the Request for asking Proposal is written response, any, may be served on time. County offideemed to have any claims the county towaived reduce er concern. for damage by reason of selection of the 12-foot width of the cials were using the most 5.One method of serving a copy of another proposal and/or rejection of paved section of the trail. your conservative approach response on the petitioner is to their proposal. send it by certified mail with return The RFQ doeslocal not obligate the City Instead, officials possible, Philpot said, sayreceipt requested. to pay any cost incurred by respon‑ are hoping the county ing the trail was planned dents in the preparation and submis‑ ission willing to cutAdditionally, into thethe This to allow 20is issued feet of visibilsummons pursuant to of a response.

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“These may seem like small changes, but they do make a difference on the ground,” Philpot said.

Besides variances in the width of the trail, Vance and others, including City Manager Ben Yazici, said there are a few other outstanding issues. Philpot said the county wants to put up a stop sign that would favor those using the trail over car traffic on 206th Avenue Northeast. There also are questions about the placement of a storm water detention vault.

Vance said he hopes to clear up any remaining issues in the next few weeks.

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County is showing a lot of movement,” Vance added.

Before issuing a permit for further trail construction, the city has opened a 14-day comment period to allow the public to review and make opinions on the new plan known. On the city’s website, officials said they mailed notice of the comment period to all property owners surrounding the trail. The comment period runs through June 18.

For comment questions, call Sammamish Senior Planner Mona Davis at 295-0529 or email mdavis@sammamish.us.

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Editorial Don’t leave kids, dogs in hot cars It must be horrible to be trapped in a very hot, small space, yearning for water, gasping for air and begging to be released.

Despite the fact that scenario will horrify most readers, every single summer, police get calls about children and dogs trapped in hot cars.

Temperatures have been in the 80s in recent days and it’s not midsummer yet.

On average, 37 children across the country have died each year since 1998 from heat-related deaths after being trapped inside motor vehicles, according to www.noheatstroke.org.

In our increasingly time-strapped society, where people have to run around with multiple things vying for their attention, it can probably seem like a timesaver to run in the store for a couple of things and leave the kids or the dog in the car.

“I’ll just be a minute,” people likely think.

But interruptions, a long line or any other number of things can happen that can turn that errand into deadly minutes for helpless children and animals.

An article on the WebMD site, www.webmd.com/ parenting/features/hot-cars-and-child-death-prevention, gives great tips for what to do, and what not to do.

But the first tip on the list is the main thing that should be drilled into the heads of parents and pet parents — No Exceptions, No Matter How Brief.

A San Jose State University examination of media reports about the 636 child vehicular heatstroke deaths for a 17-year period (1998 through 2014) shows 53 percent (336 children) were forgotten by a caregiver, 29 percent (186 children) were playing in an unattended vehicle and 17 percent (110 children) were intentionally left in a vehicle by an adult. The circumstances were unknown for four children.

“Parked cars are deathtraps for dogs: On a 78-degree day, the temperature inside a parked car can soar to between 100 and 120 degrees in just minutes, and on a 90-degree day, the interior temperature can reach as high as 160 degrees in less than 10 minutes,” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says on its site, peta.org.

If you see a child or pet in a hot vehicle, dial 911 immediately. It would be better for the police to get involved unnecessarily than for a child or pet to die. It’s difficult to get involved in another person’s business, but do you want the death of a child or a dog on your conscience, when you could have prevented it?

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Letters to the Editor There was no transparency in hiring new city manager Sammamish city officials miss a key point over the appointment of Lyman Howard as city manager.

Whether the action was to the letter of the law meets only half the test. Transparency is the other half and in this the entire City Council, and most particularly its leadership, failed this test miserably.

The citizens of Sammamish had no idea why the council voted to appoint Howard. Instead, Mayor Tom Vance announced Deputy Mayor Kathy Huckabay had a motion. Vance declared there was no discussion and the vote was taken. Done and dusted, as the British say. No transparency, period.

Remember this, yet another example of a failure of leadership when Vance is up for election this fall.

Scott Hamilton Sammamish

Moving annexation date is a good move Klahanie is going to be a great

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addition to Sammamish. The challenge for the current city of Sammamish is to stay a lean organization while growing to provide Sammamish level services to Klahanie. Expanding sheriff services takes time. So does carefully assembling the rest of the team in planning, public works, parks, and finance. Jan. 1, 2016, is a more realistic goal to ramp up the staffing and services that this new larger city requires.

Sammamish staff has been assigned a full plate of projects that are important to existing residents and voters. Expanding Sammamish to include Klahanie must not reduce key city services or delay road, drainage or park projects already tasked to staff for delivery this year and next.

The Sammamish City Council can get the annexation off to a fast start by redoubling their own efforts to gain state and regional support for the construction of the muchneeded Issaquah-Fall City Road and Issaquah-Pine Lake Road. Existing Sammamish neighborhoods and the soon-to-be-annexed Klahanie will greatly benefit.

I look forward to returning to serve on the Sammamish

City Council, helping to keep Sammamish a family friendly community even as we grow.

Mark Cross Sammamish

It’s time to remove street barricades I drove to the disputed barricade at Northeast 42nd Street, approaching from Sahalee Way Northeast. I then drove around the loop, using state Route 202 and 192nd Drive Northeast, to the other side of the barricade. It seems unlikely that a commuter would see that route going through a barricaded zone as a shortcut in either direction. I can see, however, that if I lived on the west side of the barricade, it would pain me to drive to the Sammamish Library, or to our high schools.

My area had a disputed barricade, which the city removed. That removal more equitably spread car trips, and though my side of the barricade received paint stripes as the only calming measure, we have less traffic and fewer speeders. In the past, it seemed See LETTERS, Page 5

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Police blotter

Facebook threats

Robbery at gunpoint

Initial police reports carried very few details, but said a suspect stole a backpack and wallet at gunpoint in the parking lot of Inglewood Plaza on Northeast Inglewood Drive. The suspect was apparently located and presumably arrested.

The incident was reported at 3:56 a.m. May 30. No further information was available before press deadline.

Thefts from cars q Thieves helped themselves to unspecified items from a vehicle left unlocked in a residential driveway in the 2800 216th Avenue Southeast on May 24. The theft was reported at about 7:30 a.m. q Unknown suspects went through unlocked vehicles in a driveway in the 20800 block of Southeast 20th Street. They made off with unspecified items in what was described as small, cheap SUV. The theft was reported at about 3:30 a.m. May 28.

Flying phone An apparent domestic dispute led to a man throwing and smashing his girlfriend’s cell phone at a residence in the 22000 block of North Inglewood Avenue.

The woman declined to press charges. The incident happened at 2 p.m. May 24.

Letters From Page 4 people that lived close to the barricade had to make up time for their lengthy trip.

Now, they can take the path that makes the most sense.

We have not witnessed the

Police are investigating threats of physical violence made over Facebook, including a photo of the suspect holding a handgun.

Reports had no information about the suspect or person being threatened.

Smash and grabs q Someone broke the front passenger window of a car parked May 27 in the 2100 block of Northeast Fourth Street. The theft was reported at about 7:30 a.m. q Someone hit an unspecified number of vehicles parked May 27 at Lake View Estates on 204th Place Northeast.

Police said the rear passenger windows of each had been busted out and numerous items taken.

The thefts were reported at about 7:40 a.m. q Also on May 27, someone broke a window on a car parked in a residential driveway in the 21400 block of Southeast Fifth Place. Unspecified items were taken in the theft reported at about 10:30 a.m. q Thieves also hit several cars early the morning of May 28. In each case, windows were broken out of the cars involved.

One car was parked in the 22400 block of Northeast Fifth Place, the other in the 22600 block of Northeast Second Street.

Items were taken from both cars. q On May 29, someone carnage promised by the most ardent proponents of the barricade, were the city to remove it.

Sammamish should remove the barricade at Northeast 42nd, and probably the other remaining ones. If proponents for the barricade can safely drive the approach streets, then I suspect others can as well.

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smashed out car windows on 239 Way Southeast, the 24800 block of Northeast First Place and the 21300 block of Southeast 37th Street and Southeast 33rd Place. Missing items included a Seahawks watch and a laptop computer. q Also May 29, police say thieves hit at least four cars parked on Windsor Drive Southeast. Windows were broken on three and various items stolen. q And finally, on May 31, incidents were reported on Northeast Third Place, 223rd Place Northeast, 209th Avenue Northeast, and Northeast 26th Place.

Items stolen included a watch and a purse.

Missing pump Someone stole a water pump from a construction site in the 2300 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway.

The theft was reported at 8:48 a.m. May 28.

Reckless endangerment Someone tossed what was described as a large concrete block into a residential yard on 235th Place Northeast. Police said the incident could have resulted in serious injury or death.

The incident took place at about 11:14 a.m. May 29.

Sammamish Review publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

The labyrinthine approaches to the barricade point serve as a deterrent to throughtraffic looking for a shortcut. Over the years, I have watched this controversy and I’ve seen excuses, but no solid reasoning on why it remains. Ms. Philpot, “tear down this wall.”

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Automated traffic system should ease congestion on 228th

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Basically, an intelligent transportation system allows for real-time adjustments to traffic lights based on traffic conditions, said Laura Philpot, Sammamish assistant city manager.

Beginning in late April, at a cost of just over $507,000, contractors began installing such a system on what is certainly one of the most used roads in the city, 228th Avenue Southeast.

Traditional light systems generally supply two options for controlling traffic, Philpot said.

The first is a sensor that tells the system there is a car waiting at the intersection and can change the light to green to allow that traffic to proceed.

The second option is simply to put a timer on lights. Lights will stay green or red for so many minutes. Cities generally can adjust the timing based on traffic patterns, but only to a certain extent.

For example, a system can be

set to leave lights green longer on main streets during peak traffic hours, but cannot readily be adjusted to take into account the effects of an accident or some other traffic disruption.

With an intelligent system, cameras keep track of traffic flow, Philpot said, and a computer makes automatic adjustments to the duration of lights.

If traffic is heavy, the system directs lights to stay green longer.

Lights even can “talk” to one another. If one camera tells a

light about a large convoy of traffic coming down the roadway, the system can signal the next traffic light so it can adjust itself accordingly.

There also will be a computer terminal at City Hall through which city staff can make adjustments to lights if needed.

Contractors are installing control boxes and running fiber lines light to light along 228th, Philpot said. She expects the project to be completed by the end of July. The city will then begin working any out

any bugs, and drivers hopefully should notice some improvement in the traffic flow on 228th by fall.

With regard to the cameras connected with the system, Philpot said she wanted to make clear no recordings would be made. If you have an accident on 228th, the city will not be able to supply footage of that incident. Furthermore, the city is not installing the cameras for the purpose of giving out automated traffic tickets, Philpot said.

Recreation groups unite to protect Mountains to Sound Greenway A coalition of outdoor recreation groups has collected more than 3,000 signatures calling on Congress to designate the Mountains to Sound Greenway as a National Heritage Area.

The signatures were collected between April 15 and May 15 and support formally recognizing the 1.5 million-acre outdoor area connecting Seattle to

Ellensburg as a National Heritage Area.

“Our members have spoken strongly in favor of designating the Mountains to Sound Greenway as a National Heritage Area,” Martinique Grigg, executive director of The Mountaineers, a Seattlebased outdoor education nonprofit, said in a news release. “This move would protect and enhance the

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“The Greenway ensures quality of life that attracts tourism and top employers, keeping the region’s economy strong.”

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and identify the Greenway as a special place in the state and in the nation.

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Preschool hosts open house prior to closure The Sammamish Learning Center preschool will close its doors this month after 20 years of service to the community, and all families, alumni and friends are invited to attend an open house June 13.

The open house will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Sammamish Learning Center is at 22629 S.E. 29th Street. Owners Jill Porter and Helen Glenn will attend.

The preschool publicly announced its closure over the winter, after the property was sold and efforts to relocate were unsuccessful.

About 115 children were enrolled this year.

Eastlake students are finalists in space competition Eastlake High School juniors Thiago Bandeira and Jonathan Chang are one of five student teams selected as finalists for Genes in Space, an International Space Station science competition.

The first-year competition for students in grades seven to 12 calls for designing an experiment to solve real-life space exploration problems through DNA analysis.

The winning experiment will be performed aboard the International Space Station using a mini polymerase chain reaction instrument, which amplify DNA strands and generate thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence.

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Development Conference, July 7-9, in Boston. The winner will be announced at the end of the conference.

Bandeira and Chang have designed an experiment that would test the damage caused to DNA by

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Local rowers headed to youth nationals Eastlake High School student Elijah Maesner, and Skyline High School students Isaac Beeman and Adam Rockett qualified for the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships, held June 12-14 in Sarasota, Florida.

Maesner rowed for the Sammamish Rowing Association’s Varsity Men’s 8+ that took the gold medal during U.S. Rowing’s Northwest Regional Youth Championships, May 15-17 in Vancouver, Washington. The team finished with a time of 6 minutes, 3.909 seconds, more than 3 seconds ahead of their closest opponent, Pocock Rowing from Seattle.

Beeman, a junior, and Rockett, a senior, both raced in the Men’s Lightweight +8, which finished first on the 2,000meter course in 6:26.975,

more than 2 seconds ahead of second-place Everett Rowing Club.

Sammamish Rowing’s Women’s Lightweight 4+ team took gold at the regatta with a time of 7:44.975, beating Vashon Island Rowing by more than 6 seconds, and will also be heading to youth nationals.

Sammamish Rowing had an extremely strong showing at the Northwest regional meet, also taking gold in the men’s and women’s second novice 8+, silver in the men’s novice 1x and the men’s second novice 8+, and bronze in the men’s third varsity 8+, women’s varsity 4+ and men’s novice 8+.

Lightweight rowing at the high-school level requires men to weigh 150 pounds or less, and women to weigh 130 pounds or less, in order to compete.

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The Sammamish Rowing Association’s Varsity Men’s +8 was one of two championship boats at May’s Northwest regional meet that included local athletes. Pictured above (from left to right): Head coach Steven Freygang, Josh Warnick, Nathan Lewis, Chris Tzekov, Christian Rouhana, Madison Mariani, Elijah Maesner, Tennyson Federspiel, Sam Halbert, Peter Arata and assistant coach Dennis Ferrer.

The Sammamish Rowing Association is located in Redmond on the Sammamish River

near the north end of Lake Sammamish. More than 130 high-school students from across the Eastside

participate in a community resource that exposes people of all ages to the sport of rowing.

The high-school athletes train Monday through Friday during the entire school year, around two to three hours a day, and compete locally, nationally, and internationally.

For more information on the organization, visit www.sammamishrowing.org.

Here are the complete rosters for the teams headed to U.S. youth nationals, along with their grade level and school: Sammamish Men’s Lightweight 8+: Coxswain, Kira Lewis (sophomore, Interlake). Rowers: Anant Singh (junior, University Prep); Geiger Swanson (junior, Lake Washington); Rockett (senior, Skyline); Connor Lien (sophomore, Mount Si); Beeman (junior, Skyline); Wynn Wee

(freshman, Juanita); Max Kern (senior, Overlake); Michael Prostka (junior, Woodinville).

Sammamish Men’s Varsity 8+: Coxswain, Madison Mariani (senior, Mount Si). Rowers: Peter Arata (senior, Bellevue); Sam Halbert (junior, Woodinville); Tennyson Federspiel (senior, Bellevue); Maesner (senior, Eastlake); Christian Rouhana (sophomore, Redmond); Chris Tzekov (junior, Newport); Nathan Lewis (senior, Interlake); Josh Warnick (senior, Juanita).

Sammamish Women’s Lightweight 4+: Coxswain, Emma Smith (sophomore, International Community School). Rowers: Serena Harber (senior, Bellevue); Payton James (senior, Seattle Prep); Marilyn Garberg (senior, Bellevue); Frances Hausmann (senior, Holy Names).

Eastlake girls OK with another second-place finish at state golf

By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com Second place wasn’t what the Eastlake Wolves really wanted, but it almost felt like a victory.

Sure, Eastlake would’ve enjoyed dethroning five-time defending champion Bellarmine Prep at the Class 4A state girls golf tournament. But considering the long odds — Bellarmine qualified six players to Eastlake’s three for the May 27-28 event in Spokane — the

Wolves weren’t about to beat themselves up.

In the end, the Lions proved too difficult to catch, winning their sixth consecutive title with 154.5 points, while the Wolves were runners-up for the second year in a row with 76.5 points.

“We were really happy with second place because Bellarmine Prep is so great, and they have so many girls, it’s hard to catch up with them,” Eastlake junior Ashley Fitzgibbons said.

Fitzgibbons and fellow junior Maddie Nelson each finished among the top 10 individuals again. Fitzgibbons became a threetime medalist, shooting 145 over two rounds for second place, an improvement upon her sixth-place finish of 2014 and seventh-place finish of 2013.

Nelson shot 158 for ninth place, duplicating her sophomore-year finish at the event.

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Coaches announce all-league teams Contributed

Eastlake High School senior Lukas Leitis came away with a second-place finish at the state high-school hammer throw championships, held May 31 at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley. Leitis set a personal record with his toss of 176 feet, 11 inches, which was bested by only Kamiak’s Tim Beard (181-9). Leitis finished his career for the Wolves with two state medals in the event after placing sixth last season at 151-6. He went on to break that mark nine times as a senior, including a victory at the May 17 Centralia Hammer Meet and a third-place at the April 18 Oregon Relays, which features competitors from around the West Coast.

Several spring sports have announced their 2015 all-league and all-conference selections following the completion of the regular season. League coaches select the teams.

Baseball Class 4A KingCo Conference First team – catcher: Jonathan Chriest, Skyline; third base: Connor Knutson, Skyline.

Second team – outfield: Dax Kringle, Skyline

Fastpitch Class 4A KingCo Conference First team — first base: Annika Hildebrand, Skyline; outfield: Molly Spaniac, Skyline; utility: Molly Spaniac, Skyline Second team — second base: Camille Goo, Skyline; outfield: Olivia Palenscar, Eastlake Honorable mention — Eastlake: Sophia Robinson, Georgia Robinson, Julie Graf, Maddie Coats; Skyline: Maddie Peters, Taylor Juenke, Nadia Ramirez, Cara Harnick Class 3A Metro League

Valley Division First team – pitcher: Abi Kirsten, Eastside Catholic; second base: Maddie Iem, Eastside Catholic.

Honorable mention – Molly Brown, Caroline Sonnen.

Boys lacrosse Division I KingCo Conference First team — attacker: Charlie Kurtenbach, senior, Skyline; midfielder: Andy Hutchings, senior, See STARS, Page 9

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bit unusual for the players with a par-74 design and six par-5 holes. The girls played a practice round there with a caddie, but had to carry their bags across rugged terrain during competition.

“The first morning, I was the first tee time, and we had to set the pace,” Nelson said. “We were trying to go pretty quick, but it’s quite hilly.

“The hills and the heat were definitely a little bit different than what we’re used to.”

A year after they finished 10-0 to win the

KingCo Conference title, the Wolves lost a threepoint decision to Mount Si, but beat Newport to win the conference crown.

Fitzgibbons and Nelson were both named firstteam all-conference.

If other players like Helen Maslen keep improving, the Wolves may have enough numbers to go after Bellarmine Prep next season.

“I think that Helen and Bethan have gotten a lot better, and they’re becoming a really strong three and four for us,” Nelson said. “Hopefully, next year

Helen can make it to state, too.”

Maybe the best part of the experience, the girls said, was having sophomore Bethan Eames along for the ride. Eames didn’t have the spectacular numbers of her teammates, but helped them score points, making the cut and tying for 38th at 177.

“It was definitely her first tournament on that scale, and I knew she was nervous,” Fitzgibbons said,

“…but she just needed to go out there with no expectations, and she blew away our expectations by making it to the second day.”

Bellarmine Prep ran away with the state title again as Olivia Benzin won the individual title, finishing five strokes ahead of Fitzgibbons. The Lions had two other medalists in Tessa George and Lilly Navarre.

The state-tournament site, Indian Canyon Golf Course, proved to be nearly as difficult to navigate as the opposition. It was a

Stars

Second team — goalkeeper: Josh Matte, junior, Eastside Catholic

Defensive MVP: Nick Morgan, senior, Skyline First team — Forward: Matthew Richardson, junior, Skyline; Midfielder: Garrett Strawn, senior, Skyline Second team — goalkeeper: Bryce Escobar, senior, Skyline; Jack Hornsby, senior, Eastlake; midfielder: Daniel Luis Miller, junior, Skyline; defender: Grant Holland, junior, Skyline; Nate Islip, junior, Eastlake Honorable mention —

Eastlake: Connor Ahlquist, Max Langston, Anthony Humay, Justin Johnson; Skyline: Nate Hardwick, Randy Hilleary, Eddie Smintina, Sergio Palomino

Jake Stewart-Steele, senior, Eastside Catholic; midfielder: Alexander Beauchene, junior, Eastside Catholic Honorable mention — Eastside Catholic: Scott Lee, freshman; Nathan Kearney, junior; Griffin Crow, senior

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From Page 8 Skyline; defender: PJ Cox, junior, Skyline; Alex Earil, senior, Skyline Honorable mention — midfielder: Chandler Toliver, junior, Eastlake Metro League First team — attacker: Bryce Atwater, junior, Eastside Catholic; midfielder: James Wehe, junior, Eastside Catholic; defender: Arend Broekmate, senior, Eastside Catholic; Parker Davidson, junior, Eastside Catholic

Division I Snoqualmie Conference First team — attacker: Korbyn Stahl, sophomore, Eastlake (plays for Lake Sammamish); midfielder: Ashley Blanton, senior, Eastside Catholic; defender: Olivia Jacobsen, sophomore, Eastside Catholic; goalkeeper: Court Huston, junior, Eastside Catholic

Class 3A Metro League Mountain Division First team — forward: Matt Reiff, junior, Eastside Catholic Second team — goalkeeper: Paul Lewis, junior, Eastside Catholic; defender:

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With the high-school season over, the work starts all over again for Eastlake’s star players.

They’ll participate in tournaments throughout the summer with the Washington Junior Golf Association, American Junior Golf Association and other organizations.

It’s a frenzied pace, but they seem to relish it.

“My mom and I were counting the days that I’m home for more than three consecutive days, and it’s

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not very many,” Nelson said of her summer slate.

“Sometimes I wish I was home a little bit more, but then again, I really like golf.”

Fitzgibbons is all about taking her game to a new level. Late last season, she was struggling a bit with her chipping and putting, but seems to have gotten past that.

“Now I’m really kind of fine-tuning the mental game,” she said. “For a while, I think that was what was holding me back.”

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Riley Begin, 20, of Sammamish, casts a long shadow as he performs a stunt above his skateboard during the Teen Fest Skate Competition. The June 5 event was held at the Sammamish Commons Skate Park by the Sammamish Parks and Recreation Department, with judging and prizes managed by All-A-Board Skateshop, of Puyallup.

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Vince Thomas, 6, of Woodinville, one of the youngest skateboarders, shares a message of good sportsmanship on his helmet after competing in the 10-and-under age group.

At right, Corey Yoos, 22, of Klahanie, leaps up with his skateboard to ride a handrail while competing at the Teen Fest.

Yoos finished third in his age group.

There were winners for 10-and-under, 11-to-15, 16-andover, sponsored boarders and ladies.

Skateboards have artistic designs on their bottoms, and while many tops are simple black, friction-grabbing surfaces, not all of them are.

At right, Shahdaad Arya, 18, of Sammamish, flies up over the lip of a bowl to do a 180-degree turn and ride the bowl back down on his board.

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