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New bathhouse may set stage for state park’s future
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By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com “This is the beginning of the promise that the new park holds, not the end,” said Janet Farness, executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park. She was referring to the opening of what she called a new beach house or bathhouse on the park’s Sunset Beach. The Friends and the state held a joint ribbon-cutting ceremony for the rebuilt facility the evening of June 7. According to
a state press release, the older facility on the same spot had outlived its usefulness. The new bathhouse carried a price tag of $2.3 million, paid for with state capital bond funds. The ribbon-cutting event also was meant to mark the annexation of the state park into the boundaries of the city of Issaquah earlier this year. “For decades, Lake Sammamish has been a destination for people to experience outdoor adventure or enjoy a See PARK, Page 2
City’s Heritage Society to map out historic structures By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com
Photos by Neil Pierson
SLIDESHOW See more photos from the July 4 Fourth on the Plateau celebration at www. sammamishreview.com.
Thousands of people converged on the Sammamish Commons July 4 for the annual Fourth on the Plateau celebration, featuring live music, food, kids’ games and a fireworks show. Top, David Ammon, of Issaquah, and his daughter Polly create bubbles using wands at a kids zone event. Bottom, Hannah Couture scoops up caramel kettle corn for customers at the Simply Kettle Company tent.
Spurred by the sudden destruction of the Kampp barn on 228th Avenue Southeast in October 2014, the Sammamish Heritage Society applied for and has won an $11,000 grant from 4Culture, a King County cultural services agency. The money will be used to create a database of historic homes and other structures in the city in the hopes of saving them from disappearing as development in Sammamish moves forward. “We do have a lot of historic structures,” said Doug Eglington, a member of the heritage group. He said volunteers would find, study as much as possible and, perhaps most importantly, catalogue approximately 160 structures built in the city prior to 1941. When possible, surveyors will interview current owners or inhabitants. The society has
split the city into zones that will be visited by designated groups of volunteers. “It’s going well so far,” said Ella Moore, president of the historic group. “It’s going to be a lot of work.” Moore added the heritage society does not have a lot of volunteers, but described those volunteers as very dedicated. As they put together the list of local historic structures, Eglington said the Sammamish group has one tremendous resource to fall back on. During the Great Depression of the See HERITAGE, Page 2 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
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