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Hearing examiner rejects new plans for Chestnut Estates West

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com A Sammamish hearing examiner took issue with the city approving what were deemed substandard streets as the main routes in and out of the proposed Chestnut Estates West subdivision, blocking a would-be developer’s attempts to move the project forward.

The subdivision still could ultimately consist of 30 homes on 85 acres at the top of the Ebright Creek ravine where it rises to the Sammamish Plateau. But that proposal came under heavy attack from environmental activists and homeowners’ groups who argued the developer’s and the city’s plan would result in substantial harm to salmon-bearing Ebright Creek.

Local kokanee populations, down to about 50 spawning fish in 2008, made a remarkable recovery starting in 2012 with more than 14,000 returning to Lake Sammamish tributaries, including some 4,500 that headed to Ebright Creek.

In his 44-page ruling made public July 14, Sammamish Hearing Examiner John Galt rejected would-be developer William Buchan’s request to move the Chestnut West subdivision forward because of issues with streets running in and out of the proposed project area.

Since the proposal was rejected on those grounds, Galt said the environmental issues raised were moot. Still, he spent numerous pages sifting through those issues and his comments were again not in Buchan’s favor.

Buchan has several options to fight Galt’s ruling, including the right to appeal it in court. Only a few days after the ruling came

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City Council adopts sixyear transportation plan

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com With some dissension, mostly over how the city intends to pay for some planned improvements, the Sammamish City Council adopted its six-year, $90.2 million Transportation Improvement Plan at its regular meeting July 7.

The top projects on the books now include: q Southeast Fourth Street between 218th Avenue Southeast and 228th Avenue Southeast. Plans call for widening the street to three lanes and adding bike lanes, curbs and sidewalks. The project list places the bulk of the funding for this $15.8 million project in 2017. q Issaquah-Pine Lake Road between Klahanie Boulevard and Southeast 32nd Street. This road also will be widened to three lanes with bike lanes, curbs, sidewalks and a new roundabout. Total cost is $12.9 million, with the bulk being spent in 2019. q Issaquah-Pine Lake Road between Southeast 48th Street and Klahanie Boulevard. This project asks that Issaquah de-annex an intersection. The work includes widening the street to five lanes.

The total cost is $17.6 million, plus $3 million more if Issaquah decides to relinquish its piece of the road.

The city added two new projects to the TIP, said Andrew Zagars, city engineer. They are the result of the pending annexation of the Klahanie area and several surrounding neighborhoods. The projects See ROADS, Page 2

By Greg Farrar

Tossing dirt at the Village at Sammamish Town Center groundbreaking ceremony July 20 are (from left) Sammamish Mayor Tom Vance, Metropolitan Market President and co-CEO Todd Korman, TRF Commercial Real Estate site planning and development partner Bob Parks, and City Council members Don Gerend and Kathy Huckabay.

Town Center starts to rise with two groundbreakings for supermarket, residences

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Work has officially begun on the first two projects in the long-planned Sammamish Town Center.

The first to move forward was Ichijo USA’s Southeast Village mixed-use development that will spring up north of the Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church at 228th Avenue Southeast and Southeast Eighth Street.

Ichijo, the second largest residential builder in Japan, has several developments next door in Issaquah. In Sammamish, it is planning 75 townhouses in 18 buildings, including 13 live/work spaces, along with 6,500 square feet of commercial space.

Ichijo broke ground last month. On July 20, developers TRF Pacific held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its Village project to be anchored

by a 35,000-square-foot Metropolitan Market.

In total, the Village will boast 115,000 square feet including medical offices, an as-yet-to-be-announced restaurant and 159 apartment units.

The Village will rise on the west side of 228th Avenue at the intersection of Southeast Fourth Street.

Ichijo USA Vice President Nick Nied told a Sammamish chamber luncheon crowd that, for now, the work being done on the site of the Southeast Village is digging for a large storm water retention vault.

The overall project will be done in three phases, he said, with completion expected next summer. While there will be seven affordable housing units in the complex, the average townhome will go for $400,000 to $700,000.

In Issaquah, Ichijo’s projects include the energy selfsufficient zHome development

that makes extensive use of solar panels. Nied said it’s not known if the new Sammamish homes will feature solar power.

“It’s not decided, but I’m pushing for ‘yes,’” he said.

Nied said his company removed all trees on the project site. He also added while digging for the storm water vault, the company found a cache of 700 buried tires.

At the groundbreaking for TRF’s Village, Mayor Tom Vance said Sammamish had to wait a bit for the Town Center plan to get rolling. He noted See GROWTH, Page 2 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER

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Hearing From Page 1 out, Buchan said he not decided whether or not he would push forward.

“The plan is to evaluate our options,” he said. “We didn’t have any contingency plans in place.”

Buchan added such rulings often are strongly worded so as to better stand up to appeals.

“I’m quite pleased with

Roads From Page 1 will revamp IssaquahFall City Road between Southeast 48th Street and Klahanie Drive Southeast and from Klahanie Drive to Issaquah-Beaver Lake Road. The cost has been estimated at a total of $23 million for both projects.

But where that money will come from has been and continues to be a point of contention.

In the past, City Manager Ben Yazici said Sammamish would use extra tax money coming from the annexation area to pay for the roadwork.

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the decision,” said wellknown environmental activist Walter Pereyra, one of the parties to the appeal against Chestnut Estates West. Pereyra added the issue never should have gotten so far.

Essentially, Buchan wanted to use Southeast Eighth Place, currently a Chestnut Estates culde-sac, as the main route into and out of Chestnut Estates West. In the appeal filed with the hearing examiner, Buchan objected to some of the city’s

calls for improvements to Eighth Place.

The project also would have called for a bridge over Ebright Creek, and Buchan wanted some lessening of the city’s requirements in that regard as well. Pereyra and others argued the bridge would be harmful to Ebright Creek and hurt the recent return of kokanee salmon.

As far as improvements to Eighth Place, Galt argued with even partially improved streets and the new bridge, parcels situ-

ated near Buchan’s would become open to development. With those added homes, Galt said Eighth would receive even more traffic than projected and would prove to be even more substandard.

Sammamish officials are not saying much about the ruling. The city’s response would be limited, said Tim Larson, city communications manager.

“In most cases over the past 15 years, hearing examiners have agreed with the city’s perspec-

City Councilman Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo insists the city has not been upfront about what he feels are its intentions to sell construction bonds for the work.

As it stands, Sammamish has virtually no debt, a somewhat unique position for a municipality and one that obviously would change if construction bonds were sold for Issaquah-Fall City Road.

Valderrama-Aramayo cast the lone vote against approving the TIP. He later said he does not disagree with the need for any of the projects listed, including Issaquah-Fall City Road. He just wants officials to be fully trans-

parent regarding how they intend to pay for roadwork.

There has been some public criticism that the TIP would virtually empty the city’s transportation fund by 2020.

That is just not the case, Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard said.

“It’s not the complete picture,” he said.

The TIP is a planning instrument, not a funding scheme, he said.

When a project is added to the TIP, it becomes eligible for various grants and other funding mechanisms. Howard said treating the TIP like a budget document only could result in faulty assumptions.

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tive,” Larson said. “But not always. We will respect the hearing examiner’s decision.”

For his part, Pereyra said, if need be, he would continue to fight Chestnut Estates West, even though he is spending his own money to do so. There were two more parties to the appeal.

To the Friends of Pine Lake, the chief issue was Buchan’s plan to reduce the buffer around the landslide zone near Ebright Creek, group presi-

dent Erica Tiliacos said.

Galt did not rule on that issue, again saying it was moot because of the street questions.

Christie Malchow, a candidate for Sammamish City Council, has been the spokeswoman for the Chestnut Estate Neighbors.

Malchow, a resident of Chestnut Estates, said her group was predictably happy with the ruling. But she said any celebrations were tempered by the fact the decision can be appealed.

From Page 1 the last big recession hit just as the city finished its plans. He and others noted the muchpublicized Metropolitan Market will be the seventh in the homegrown chain.

TRF’s Bob Parks said the Village is the company’s 57th project, most of which were anchored by grocery stores. He said in the next few weeks those observing the project site will see trees removed along with plenty of dirt and the two or three empty residences on the

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An architectural site rendering shows the view looking to the northwest at the corner of Southeast Fourth Street and 228th Avenue Southeast of the Village at Sammamish Town Center and its anchor tenant, Metropolitan Market. property.

Metropolitan Market has been trying to break into the Sammamish area for some time, company CEO and President Todd

Korman said. He said the new store will have the largest outdoor eating area of any of the chain’s locations and will employ about 125 people.

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Obituary Jenean Rose Hatlelid Jenean Rose Hatlelid was born on Feb. 17, 1968 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and peacefully passed away July 11, 2015, surrounded by members of her family and friends in her Sammamish home.

Jenean had fought breast cancer for a decade, and over the last three years had been fighting especially hard. Her faith, strength, grace, love, dignity and

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july 23, 2015 Always on the go, she was active in volunteering in church, choir and music groups, and the community until the last year, and even then only slowed down. She was an avid sports fan not only for the hometown Seahawks and Sounders, but also the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Vancouver Canucks. Jenean loved to serve, to surprise people with gifts, to cook and entertain, and to laugh and make people laugh.

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but reassembled in the U.S.A. Although we rejoice in her going home to Jesus, we grieve the loss of an amazing mother, wife and friend. She will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her.

There is a website available to post any thoughts or memories you have of Jenean that will be shared with her family at www. kjhat.com.

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A separate celebration for her will also be held Aug. 15 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada — venue pending. Please check www.kjhat.com in August for announcement.

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Fish win reprieve and so do residents Score one for the little guy.

Homeowners in the Chestnut Estates area, the Friends of Pine Lake and environmental activist Walter Pereyra won, for now, after a recent ruling by Sammamish Hearing Examiner John Galt.

The proposed Chestnut Estates West subdivision will not go forward, at least not without some substantial changes. Galt said the main routes in and out of the proposed subdivision are substandard for the traffic the development would bring.

This is also at least a temporary victory for the little red fish known as kokanee salmon.

Galt didn’t address all the issues regarding the kokanee, saying that after deciding on the roads, the environmental issues were moot.

However, he did write extensively about saving the salmon.

But if there is an appeal, we hope the person/ people deciding that will take a long, hard look at those issues and rule in favor of the salmon and the people who live in that area.

Development is on the rise all over the Eastside, but especially in Sammamish and neighboring Issaquah. Sammamish officials sided with the trees in recent actions, including an emergency tree-preservation ordinance and asking King County to make changes to the East Lake Sammamish Trail to help save more trees. We applaud them for that.

The salmon should also get a fair shake. If development keeps going at its current pace and people don’t stand up for the plants and animals, we won’t have any left at some point.

In nearly all cases, once they’re gone, they’re gone.

On another note, we congratulate the city of Sammamish for listening to its citizens with regards to their rights of initiatives and referenda. That is how government is supposed to work. People elect their representatives and their representatives work for them.

Both measures have limits on them, so people won’t abuse the system. Now, residents, it’s up to you to be responsible with the rights you have won.

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Send an email about how you feel to samrev@isspress.com.

Sammamish Review welcomes comments to the editor about any subject, although priority will be given to those that address local issues.

Deadline to get in the coming paper is noon Friday. Email is preferred, but you can also mail your comments to Sammamish Review, P.O. Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 98027.

On Further Review Does Caitlyn Jenner really deserve an award for courage?

There’s no public and widely question that televised setting. gay, lesbian, She spoke gracefully bisexual and and truthfully. transgender “If you want people have to to call me names, have courage in a make jokes, doubt world where fears my intentions, go and stereotypes ahead, because the about their soreality is, I can take called “lifestyle” it,” she said. “But still run rampant. Neil Pierson for the thousands When Caitlyn of kids out there Jenner stepped to the coming to terms with being podium at last week’s ESPY true to who they are, they Awards in Los Angeles shouldn’t have to take it.” and delivered a stirring The question isn’t speech, it was an important whether Jenner and other moment for American soci- transgender people deserve ety in acknowledging trans- love and respect. They do. gender people, that they The question is, should deserve the same rights and Jenner have received the respect as anyone else.

Arthur Ashe Courage Award Jenner, widely considfor simply being herself? ered the world’s best athlete In case you need a after winning the men’s reminder, Arthur Ashe was decathlon at the 1976 a tennis legend who gained Olympics, should be comeven more prominence durmended for making such a ing his public battle with difficult speech in a highly HIV and AIDS. He’s the

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only African American man to win the singles title at three major tournaments, a monumental achievement for racial equality. His education advocacy efforts for HIV and heart disease, which derailed his tennis career in 1980, have helped countless people.

In other words, the recipient of the Ashe Award should be someone who’s done something awfully special. And in all honesty, I’m not sure Caitlyn Jenner qualifies.

Bob Costas and Frank DeFord — two of the foremost authorities in sportswriting and broadcasting — agree, although I don’t support Costas’ suggestion that ESPN’s move to recognize Jenner was “a crass exploitation play, a tabloid play.”

Many have pointed out that Lauren Hill would’ve been a much more appro-

priate selection. Hill, who died in April, managed to take the court for her college basketball team despite having an inoperable brain tumor. Hill received the ESPY for Best Moment, but if you’re talking courage, how can you overlook that?

There’s also something to be said for Jenner’s reality TV exploits. Jenner made a choice to publicly air her struggles on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” If you’re looking to build compassion, tolerance and trust, associating yourself with a family that has the combined IQ of 22 might not be the way to go.

Maybe Jenner could make better use of her time. What about being the face of some public service announcements or commercials that show transgender athletes in a positive light?

Appearing on the cover of “Vanity Fair” isn’t going to get it done. It might not be representative of Jenner’s true personality, but it makes her look, well, vain. And that’s not the kind of trait that goes hand in hand with courage.

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Police blotter Mail theft At an apartment complex on 230th Lane Southeast, someone broke into a locked mailbox and left with the contents. The incident was reported June 30.

Theft from cars q At about 10:30 p.m.

July 3, someone called from Sammamish Landing on East Lake Sammamish Road to say several cars had been broken into. Reports don’t say how many cars were involved, but windows were smashed on all of them.

The thieves took only one item from only one of the cars and left clearly visible cash in one car, police said. q This time thieves struck at the Sammamish Mosque, 22011 S.E. 20th St. They broke out the windows of two cars and made off with a laptop and a child’s backpack. The incident was reported at 7 p.m.

July 4. q An unlocked vehicle parked overnight July 6 on Northeast 14th Drive was missing a phone charger and some headphones the following morning. q A $5 bill was missing after someone broke into a car parked July 10 in the 1800 block of 226th Place Southeast.

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Annexation area ZIP code will remain the same

Police said fireworks were used to destroy a wooden structure beneath a bank of neighborhood mailboxes on Southeast 42nd Court near 230th Way Southeast. The incident was reported at about 1 p.m. July 4, but reports noted the reporting party had cleaned up the resulting mess prior to contacting police.

Although Klahanie proper and several adjacent neighborhoods are about to leap from unincorporated King County into the city of Sammamish, residents there will make the transition without having to change their addresses.

Their homes will stay on the same foundations, the street names will remain the same, and even the ZIP code — 98029 — won’t change.

“We’ve been getting persistent inquiries from people who want to know when they have to alter their addresses,” Tim Larson, the city’s communications manager, said in the city newsletter. “But the post office tells us that won’t be necessary.

“As long as your street address and ZIP code are correct, it doesn’t really matter whether your return address says Sammamish, Klahanie or Issaquah.”

Marijuana, paraphernalia found Police found an unspecified amount of marijuana, a bong and a pipe at Sammamish Landing on July 7. Officers disposed of the items.

Shoplifting A juvenile suspect made off with what was described as a large bottle of vodka from the Safeway store, 630 228th Ave. N.E. Reports said the suspect was gone when police arrived, but they had enough information to contact the suspect’s parents.

The incident happened about 5:45 p.m. July 8.

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Skyline High School duo shows off its knack for crime-scene investigation

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com High-school students who are interested in having careers in business, marketing or finance often use the organization of DECA to build their skills and make connections.

For students looking to become doctors, nurses or veterinarians, there’s also a national body that might be lesser known than DECA, but is just as vital at providing an educational outlet.

Over the past two years, Skyline High School students Sonia Grutzius and Elliott Chinn have developed into stars at state and national competitions for HOSA-Future Health Professionals.

As sophomores in 2014, they won the state championship in forensic medicine, a topic that focuses on collecting medical evidence, often for the purpose of determining causes of death.

They repeated as state champions as juniors, and returned to HOSA’s National Leadership Conference, held in late June in Anaheim, California. Thousands of students compete at nationals in dozens of categories, from sports medicine and pharmacology to nutrition and medical law.

The forensic medicine competition involves two parts: a written multiplechoice exam of 50 ques-

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Sonia Grutzius (left) and Elliott Chinn, who will be seniors at Skyline High School this year, won the forensic medicine division at June’s HOSA-Future Medical Professional National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California. tions, followed by a crimescene investigation scenario in which students must determine the cause, manner and time of a hypothetical victim’s death.

Grutzius and Chinn took

the written test separately, and after scoring among the top 20 percent of contestants, moved on to the practical exam.

“You’re put into a room … and you have your

crime scene, you have your victim, you have your witnesses and often a police officer,” Chinn explained.

“So we go in, we take inventory of the scene, we question the witnesses and the police officer as well, and then afterward, we get an autopsy report. “… We use different visual identifiers as well as just other things that are in the autopsy report, and that’s just the basic gist of what happens.”

Grutzius said the task involves piecing together scientific and circumstantial evidence.

“For our crime scene, there were a lot of beer bottles, and they were playing poker, and on the ground there were a pair of aces,” she said. “So we deduced that somebody was playing dirty and under the influence of alcohol. That’s how the ‘accident’ occurred, so it wasn’t an accident. There was a motive.”

Competing against about 90 other teams, Grutzius and Chinn were one of 10 finalists selected to go on stage at the conference for an awards announcement.

They weren’t named as the third- or second-place finishers, lowering their hopes of earning medals.

But when judges called out, “from Washington state, Skyline High School,” they went berserk.

“I think it was really kind of shocking, honestly,” said Chinn, noting that Washington’s HOSA chapter is only three years old.

No team from Washington had previously placed in the top three, and only a handful had placed inside the top 10.

Skyline’s Vidhi Singh

also qualified for nationals, placing 10th in medical terminology.

Chinn and Grutzius got involved with HOSA through a similar group at Skyline known as Club Med. The club’s adviser is Cheryl Reed, who teaches health, sports medicine and anatomy/physiology courses.

HOSA provides educational resources for students looking to compete. This year, the forensic medicine exams were based on information from three textbooks. But one of them was 400 pages long, Grutzius noted.

“It’s really just reading it and remembering the specific factors,” she said.

Entering their senior year, Grutzius and Chinn plan to compete again at the state level but likely won’t go back to the national event since it’s after graduation.

They’re each planning for careers in medicine, although probably not in forensics.

“I prefer to work with live patients,” said Grutzius, who is looking intently at some East Coast schools and hopes to enroll with Army ROTC so she can eventually work at a military hospital.

Chinn has gained a unique perspective on medicine, having had 10 surgeries on his left leg, and likes the idea of becoming a doctor with strong patient relationships.

“At some point, I do want to come back to Seattle Children’s and hopefully practice there, because that’s where I’ve spent so much time,” he said.

Call 911 if you see a wildfire As the 2015 fire season gets underway, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources asks citizens who spot wildfires anywhere in the state to observe the location of the fire and quickly report it by calling 911.

“Our first line of information about fires is often the public,” Bob Johnson, the agency’s lead firefighter and manager of DNR’s Wildfire Division, said in a news release. “If callers can take a moment to give us the general location of the fire, we can make sure there is a quick response by the firefighters best equipped to handle fire on that particular landscape.”

Dispatchers answering 911 calls will immediately route calls to federal, state and local firefighters, depending on the location of the fire. While firefighting resources are heading toward the blaze, dispatchers or firefighters may call back if additional information is needed from callers about specifics regarding the fire.

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Calendar of Events Upcoming events Mud and Chocolate Run, 4.5-mile and halfmarathon options, 9:30 a.m. Aug. 9, Soaring Eagle Park, 26015 E. Main Drive, details and registration at mudandchocolate.com Volunteering at Lower Commons Park, 9 a.m. to noon, 550 222nd Place S.E., sign up at www. sammamish.us/events

Friday, July 24 ‘The Trees in the Wood,’ artist exhibit

by Joy Hagen open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 2, City Hall at Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 2950597 Young Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Social Hour with music

by Sandra Walker, 3 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 3139100 ‘The Hero’s Journey: a Kid’s Writing Workshop,’ ages 9-12, 4 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130

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The Great Inflatable Race, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5K fun run with eight to 10 inflatable obstacles, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road, $40, www.thegreatinflatablerace.com Bike Safety Program and Ranger Ride Along, bring your helmets, bikes and scooters, 1-2:30 p.m., Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road, 455-7010 Shakespeare in the Park, free performance of ‘As You Like It,’ 7 p.m., Pine Lake Park, 2401 228th Ave. S.E., www.seattleshakespeare.org

Sunday, July 26 Pine Lake Covenant Church ministry for children with special needs, 10:45 a.m., 1715 228th Ave. S.E., call 3928636 Junior Ranger Programs, join Interpretive Specialist Alysa Adams for a fun learning experience, 1-2:30 p.m., Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road, 4557010 Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church youth groups, for chil-

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Monday, July 27 Month long Collaborative Teen Art Displays and Emoji Teen Reads Contest, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Arts Commission meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m., City Hall at Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0585

Tuesday, July 28 Play and Learn Chinese, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 ‘Heroes of History: Knights in Shining Armor,’ ages 5 and older, 2 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Kidsfirst! Concert Series with Knights of Veritas, medieval demon-

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Wednesday, July 29 Trail Work at Big Rock Park, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday, 21805 S.E. Eighth Court, details and signup at www.sammamish.us/ events Sammamish Plateau Community Bible Study, open to all women and their children, 9:30 a.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 IssaquahPine Lake Road S.E., email juliegusecbs@ gmail.com Toddler and Infant Lapsit Story Times, ages 2 and older at 10 a.m. and ages 0-1 at 11 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Sammamish Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 30, Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Ave. S.E., www.sammamishfarmersmarket.org Community Campfires, all are welcome, music, games, hot-

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Wednesdays at Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave. S.E.; 9:15 a.m. Fridays beginning Sept. 26 at Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road; www.mops.org Moms in Prayer International, replace your anxiety with peace and hope, pray with other moms for your children and their schools, www.momsinprayer.org, Linda Yee at lindaryee@comcast.net Learn to read and speak Samskritam, Vedic Cultural Center, 1420 228th Ave. S.E., www.vedicculturalcenter. org Email items for the calendar to newsclerk@isspress.com by noon Friday.

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Community news Deans’ lists q John Perkins, of Sammamish, spring semester, Carroll College, Montana q The following Sammamish students were named to the Gonzaga University dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester: Alexander Belleba, James Black, Kristina Boswell, Lindsey Brown, Aaron Gram, Alyssa Hawkinson, Julia Hormuth, Erica Horn, Mary Jenkins, Kennedy King, Spencer Larsen, Mitchell Neale, Mark Rawson, Julie Singsaas, Tyler Wales, Makenzie Ware and John Wilcox. q Keira Howe, of Sammamish, spring semester, Hofstra University, New York q Stephanie Munoz, of Sammamish, spring semester, Denison University, Ohio q Justin Pacholec, of Sammamish, spring semester, St. Olaf College, Minnesota q Connor Menninger

and James Nielsen, of Sammamish, spring semester, Montana State University q The following students were named to the Washington State University president’s honor roll for the spring 2015 semester: Lisa Gaviglio, Thomas Hanan, Emily Hayes, Mackenzi Hirayama, Brittany Hogan, Nicholas Howard, Christina Hsiao, Paige Kallander, Haley Kirk, Mary Kraft, Olivia Krueger, Diana McGrail, Laura Pankiewicz, Steven Pankiewicz, Daniel Parducci, Natalie Payton, Thomas Pelluer, Barrett Porter, Heather Rife, Travis Snider, Leda Solaimani, Christopher Son, Alexandra Staikos, Jeremy Stavig, Abigail Student, Amelia Student, Derek Tempel, Matthew Thompson, Anna Vinson, Crystal Waters, Brady Wigton, Rachel WismethJohnston and Jaxon Wolfe. q Sydney Helton and Katherine Slyngstad, both of Sammamish,

spring semester, Boston University, Massachusetts q Alexander Gibson, of Sammamish, spring, Wake Forest University, North Carolina q Stephanie Copehaver, of Sammamish, spring semester, Northwest Nazarene University, Idaho q Ingrid Johansen, of Sammamish, spring semester, State University of New York at Oswego q The following Sammamish students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Eastern Washington University in Cheney: Jennifer Bresley, Ryan de Coup-Crank, Courtney Duda, Sarah Gaston, Brayden Hansen, Jacob Hvass, Deven Kent Dobias, Peter Kim, Diana Rambow, Agapia Rumpel, Dominic Sblendorio, Connell Totten, Sarah Uptagraft and Nicholas Washburn. q Bryan Cassill, of Sammamish, spring semester, Linfield College, Oregon q Richard Wang, of Sammamish, spring semester, Washington University, Missouri q Sakura Dallaire,

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q The following Sammamish students were named were named to the Oregon State University spring semester honor roll: Taylor Del Matto, Emma Fraley, Alexander Hawkinson, Reilly McClung, Emily Skrobecki and Lauren Wenzinger.

Faculty honor Karisma Gupta, of Sammamish, faculty honors, spring semester, Georgia Institute of Technology

Graduates q Katherine Slyngstad, of Sammamish, Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering, Boston University q Harrison Kim, of Sammamish, Bachelor of Arts in economics; and Qxhna Titcomb, of Sammamish, Bachelor of Arts in international relations; Tufts University, Massachusetts q Paul Nocchi, 2011

Eastlake High School grad, Bachelor of Arts in journalism, University of Montana q Quinn Radich, of Sammamish, Bachelor of Science in history, Carleton College, Minnesota

Sammamish resident earns scholarship from WWU Western Washington University student Alexander Davidson, son of Daniel and Jennie Davidson, of Sammamish, received a $1,000 Leadership Advantage Annual Scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year.

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Jim Blackett, a 2011 graduate of Skyline High School, holds his Phi Beta Kappa award from Occidental College. Jim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, summa cum laude, from Occidental College in Los Angeles in May. Jim Blackett was also awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. This fall, Jim will travel to Mexico to teach English for the upcoming school year. This summer, Jim has an internship with the Gallagher Group in Los Angeles.

On the right is Jim’s mother, Cathy Trost Blackett, wearing her PBK key. Cathy also graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Macalester College in Minnesota.

To make it a family PBK trifecta, Jim is holding his great-grandfather’s PBK key. Olin W. Blackett graduated in 1917 from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, also with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. Olin Blackett went on to earn his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and then taught business statistics for 30 years at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

The Blacketts have lived on the Sammamish Plateau for 20 years.

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New and improved noise guidelines for residents living in unincorporated King County went into effect July 2.

Twelve separate county noise code chapters were consolidated into one, so residents can find the regulations easily, according to a news release. The new regulations shift the enforcement focus for neighborhood noise from solely technical decibel limits to public disturbance provisions.

A “public disturbance” is “any sound that unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort or repose of a person or persons.” Examples in the code provide guidance on what kinds of sounds might constitute a public disturbance.

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SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Fun-loving Little Leaguers head to softball regionals

By Bobby Cox

By Al deOliveira

The Eastlake Little League junior softball all-stars won the state championship July 12 at Centennial Park in Snoqualmie. The team begins play at the West Regional tournament July 23. The team is comprised of Samantha Clark, Jessica Denton, Belle deOliveira, Rachel Dietrich, Alexis Gallagher, Jordan Hale, Julia Lustig, Marigrace McLaughlin, Riley Neal, Karina Rice and Ashlyn Roberts. The manager is Doug Roberts, and the coaches are Rick Gallagher and Tyler Neal.

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com Doug Roberts has developed a mantra during his time as manager of the Eastlake Little League junior softball all-stars: His players should focus on having fun and not worry about what happens on the scoreboard.

As it happens, Eastlake’s carefree attitude has resulted in winning play.

After falling short of the District 9 title — they lost to Bellevue for the right to be the host team for the upcoming Junior Softball World Series —

the 14-and-under squad rebounded by winning the state championship and advancing to the West Regional tournament, July 23-30 in Tucson, Arizona.

“I think you’ve heard the saying, ‘Girls need to feel good to play good,’” Roberts said. “And boys are the opposite. They need to play good to feel good. So we’re going to stick with the happy smiles and fun aspect of it.

We’ll see where that gets them.”

If Eastlake can navigate its way through the 10-team regional field, it would have the backing of plenty of fans at the World

How to help

The Eastlake Little League junior softball all-stars are looking for donations to help pay for their travel expenses to the West Regional tournament. Their goal is $15,000. Donations can be made online at www.gofundme.com/ z7p37yk.

Series, Aug. 2-8 at Everest Park in Kirkland.

Ashlyn Roberts, the manager’s daughter, is one of the major reasons for Eastlake’s success. As

The Eastlake Little League 9/10 softball all-stars won the state championship July 16 at the Glenwood Little League field in Vancouver. The team is comprised of Mya Cardwell, Annie Cox, Lindsay Ferguson, Evelyn Hollomon, Abby McNear, Malia Moriarity, Claire Murawski, Ashlyn Murray, Amelia Roberts, Ava Schmidt, Zoe Spraetz, MaryEl Wells and Kelsie Williams. The manager is Heather Roberts. the team’s only pitcher, she’s thrown every inning of the team’s seven postseason contests. She can throw virtually any pitch, including a fastball, curveball, screwball, rise ball and drop ball.

“It is pressure, but I know this team can hit, and so when you know that, it’s easier to pitch and you know what you can do,” she said. “I have some limits because I know I have to control myself, because sometimes I might get myself into a situation that might not be very great.”

Eastlake averaged nearly 14 runs per game in winning the state title, culminating in a 13-3 victory over the District 4 cham-

pion from Vancouver.

Leadoff hitter and shortstop Belle deOliveira is another of the team’s spark plugs. She has more big-game experience than anyone else, having played with the Eastlake 12-andunder all-stars at the 2013 West Regional.

Eastlake’s offense isn’t predicated upon the long ball. Instead, they draw walks, string together singles and doubles, and keep the opposing pitcher under constant pressure.

“I try to get on base, not get a big hit, but just get one in the gap or somewhere I know I can get on base,” deOliveira said.

The girls have learned to battle through adversity and enjoy the moment in

their first two postseason tournaments.

“I think we’re pretty good at shaking things off, just forgetting about it and starting over in the next inning,” deOliveira said.

The state title game was a prime example of that, Doug Roberts said. After going up early, Ashlyn Roberts was tagged for a long home run, a rarity in junior softball.

“We were being tested early but, again, these girls have seen it and done it, and did not falter,” the manager said. “They knew they would get more runs, and the next inning, we pretty much barraged the pitcher that was on the See SOFTBALL, Page 11

Volleyball camp’s popularity soars at Eastlake High School

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com Developing an enthusiastic group of incoming athletes is crucial for the success of most high-school programs, and the Eastlake High School volleyball program appears to be doing its job in that regard.

Ninety-five players entering grades three through eight signed up for the school’s annual youth volleyball camp, held July 13-15, working side by

side with the Lady Wolves’ coaching staff, returning players and alumni.

The program actually had to limit registration numbers this summer because space was limited — Eastlake’s main gymnasium is undergoing renovations — but C-team coach Marci Clark said that didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits.

“We keep growing every single year because it’s a great program,” Clark said.

One reason for the camp’s success, she said, is the program’s ability to

draw interest from outside its feeder system. While many of the participants attend nearby Inglewood Middle School, others will eventually attend rival KingCo Conference schools Skyline, Redmond and Woodinville.

Camp instructors focus on the basics of the sport, regardless of the age level.

On the final day of the camp, 57 players in grades six through eight practiced their spiking techniques, See VOLLEYBALL, Page 11

By Neil Pierson

Eastlake High School volleyball player Lindsey Urh (left) helps Cassandra Casiero with her spiking technique July 15 at the school’s annual youth camp.

SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Lake Sammamish State Park hosts pro volleyball tour The Association of Volleyball Professionals is returning to the Seattle area for the first time in 25 years.

Lake Sammamish State Park is the site of the AVP Seattle Open from Aug. 6-9.

AVP is making its first trip to the Seattle area since a men’s event in 1990, and it will be the local debut for AVP

Softball From Page 10 mound — just hit after hit.

We scored five or six more runs right there.”

State title for 9/10 all-stars The Roberts family also made its imprint at the 9/10 level as Doug’s wife Heather and their younger daughter Amelia helped Eastlake win the state championship July 16 in Vancouver.

women. Billed as an “ultimate beach festival,” it will also feature interactive events, music and food.

The event opens Aug. 6 with a qualification tournament from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The main draw tournament starts at 9 a.m.

Aug. 7, with the tournament finals scheduled for 1:30 and 3 p.m. Aug. 9.

General admission is free, and tickets for covered premium seating and a lounge are available online at www.avp.com/ tickets.

Cougar Mountain trail series finishes third event

The squad capped its run with a 6-3 victory over Bonney Lake/Sumner, completing an 8-0 run through the district and state events.

Amelia Roberts’ pitching was “phenomenal,” Heather Roberts said, as she struck out 35 hitters in the first two games of the district tourney, and averaged 11.9 strikeouts per game in the postseason.

The team came up with several key defensive plays. In one game at state, catcher Zoe Spraetz, first baseman Kelsie Williams and shortstop Ava Schmidt combined to pick off three runners.

Roberts (.500 batting average), Spraetz (.476) and Williams (.450) were the team’s top hitters during the two tournaments.

Heather Roberts said her family has learned the game of softball together and has grown closer because of it.

“Doug and I have been competitive, played sports our whole lives, and to have kids that enjoy sports as much as we do … it’s just been a fun experience to have something in common,” she said. “We’re thrilled to spend time with our kids and for them to want to spend time with us.”

The Cougar Mountain Trail Run Series completed its third run of the summer July 11 at Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Issaquah.

The series concludes Aug. 8. Listed below are the July 11 top finishers for the men’s and women’s divisions at 3.12, 10.8 and 19.5 miles.

july 23, 2015 Men’s Division 3.12 miles: 1. Blake Hamm, Shoreline, 20:06.1; 2. Carl Laviolette, Seattle, 21:03.2; 3. Simon Lorimer, Kamakura, Japan, 21:56.9; 4. Scott Blankenship, Sammamish, 24:39.8; 5.

Jeff Dannenberg, Federal Way, 24:50.9.

10.8 miles: 1. Eddie Strickler, Seattle, 1:15:47.8; 2. Keith Laverty, Seattle, 1:15:56.3; 3. Jim Bethune, Tumwater, 1:19:55.6; 4. Amon Mende, Seattle, 1:22:15.0; 5. Michael Smith, Renton, 1:22:29.3.

Volleyball From Page 10 standing on raised platforms at the net to spare them from repeated jumps. Over the course of three days, girls got 12 hours of hands-on instruction.

“We go from kids that have never touched a volleyball before, to ones that have actually been significantly playing,” Clark said.

Returning Eastlake varsity players like Lindsey Urh and Hayley Barney,

19.5 miles: 1. Mathew Hong, Bellevue, 2:44:33.3; 2. Don Wesley, Seattle, 2:50:47.1; 3. Dustin Hinkle, Kirkland, 2:52:35.6; 4. Aaron Ostrovsky, Seattle, 3:08:18.1; 5. Maxwell Long, Kirkland, 3:10:20.5.

Women’s Division 3.12 miles: 1. Alison Naney, Seattle, 22:43.5; 2.

Bethany Freeburg, Seattle, 24:43.0; 3. Carly Tu, Seattle, 26:30.5; 4. Nicole Balduf, Seattle, 26:52.6; 5.

Alexa Severtsen, Shoreline, 27:21.9. and recent graduates like Brooke Randall and Caroline DeStefano, lent their skills at the camp.

Sarah Pellicano, a 2012 graduate who starred at outside hitter for the Wolves, was in charge of many of the drills in head coach Janna Tonahill’s absence on the final day.

“It’s been so exciting seeing the little kids come in, and they don’t even know how to pass or serve it over the net,” she said, “and by the third day, they’re hitting it over the net, serving it over the net, diving on their knees to get those balls.

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10.8 miles: 1.

Paige Pattillo, Seattle, 1:25:24.2; 2. Jo Markham, Olympia, 1:26:52.1; 3.

Heidi Strickler, Seattle, 1:27:02.9; 4. Sophia Liu, Redmond, 1:29:15.8; 5.

Laura Mickelson, Seattle, 1:32:57.3.

19.5 miles: 1.

Caroline Renkin, Seattle, 3:08:59.0; 2. Kate Wilson, Seattle, 3:12:56.3; 3.

Stella Cushing, Seattle, 3:18:35.7; 4. Rachel Johnson, Tacoma, 3:23:25.9; 5. Andrea Ostrovsky, Seattle, 3:25:00.2.

“It’s exciting to see their fear go away and actually be able to play games and put their new skills to the test.”

More than anything, Pellicano said, the camp instills confidence.

“We had a parent talk to us yesterday about how her (daughter’s) club experience wasn’t necessarily the best, and her confidence got kind of diminished.

“She put her in this camp, and she has just lit up the first couple days, and her confidence has grown so much. She has made great friends here and is just having a blast.”

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SAMMAMISH REVIEW

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