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Pine Lake resident Kate Bradley collects a water sample from the lake Aug. 1. As the volunteer lake monitor for the King County Lake Stewardship Program, she collects data on water temperature and transparency and collects samples to send to the county labs for testing.
Residents’ volunteer efforts protect Sammamish’s lakes By Christopher Huber
In 1989 a group of Lake Sammamish residents and area citizens came together to discuss development issues. They were concerned about the quickening pace of development along the Interstate-90 corridor and how it might affect water quality in the lake, which stretches the entire western border of what is now Sammamish. They figured more people would help keep the lake clean if the newly organized nonprofit could get the word out. “We were concerned about a road … and what it would do to the lake,” said Joanna Buehler, Save Lake Sammamish founding member and past president. King County had recently cre-
Sammamish Goes Green ated sewage treatment plants in Renton and West Point and there was enough data and science that backed up the idea that the water quality would degrade significantly in the coming decades, she said. Save Lake Sammamish
formed that year to work with local governments and residents to address the potential environmental problems the area would face with such rapid development. “The most important issue is the water quality in the lake,” she said. Save Lake Sammamish is one of three organizations in Sammamish devoted to changing or creating government policy that sheds light on water issues or lessens impact on the delicate lake environment. They also educate the public to improve or maintain, on a house-by-house level, water quality in Lake Sammamish and Pine and Beaver See LAKES, Page 3
Four of the seven Sammamish residents running for City Council seats did not vote in one or more City Council elections in recent years. An analysis of voting records obtained from King County Elections office through a public disclosure request shows varying levels of electoral participation by City Council candidates. The records show the following: ◆ Jim Wasnick, running in the Aug. 16 primary against John Galvin and Ramiro Valderrama, did not vote in the general elections in 2007 or 2009, both of which included City Council races. Wasnick registered to vote the state in 2007 but could not vote on Sammamish City Council races because he was living in a temporary apart-
ment in Mercer Island until he moved his family to Sammamish in December of that year. He said a family member mistakenly threw out his ballot in 2009. ◆ Valderrama missed the 2005 general election, which included several City Council races, as well as the 2008 general election, which included a presidential election and had the highest turnout nationwide since 1968. Valderrama could not recall missing the 2005 election. During the 2008 election he said that he was on the East Coast for business and, based See VOTING, Page 3
Rule change may cause headache for LWSD By Caleb Heeringa
A proposed county regulation designed to limit suburban sprawl could render several Lake Washington School District properties largely useless. King County’s Growth Management Planning Council is considering a rule change that would forbid extending sewer lines to serve schools in rural areas and prevent rural schools from serving students inside of an urban growth boundary.
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Tim Trohimovich, co-director of planning and law policy for smart growth advocacy group Futurewise, said the rule change would bring the county into compliance with the state’s Growth Management Act, passed in 1990. Trohimovich said Futurewise is supporting the rule change because putting a school in a rural area creates an incentive for development to follow, covering open space and farm land and choking local roads with traffic.
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Another idea for a community center By Caleb Heeringa
had some preliminary designs for a facility at the site when it The YMCA owns a large plot embarked on a major fundraising of land near Pine Lake Middle effort several years ago that netSchool that could serve as a ted $45 million for new facilities cheaper alternative for a potenaround the Puget Sound area. tial community and aquatic cenSammamish was high on the list ter. of potential Michele locations for a “We’ve got this ‘big Petitti, who is a new facility, enchilada’ kind of Sammamish but ended up city councillosing out to project and trying to woman and the Sea-Tac, chop it down to the right Shoreline and director of development Coal Creek, in size.” for the nonNewcastle. – Michele Petitti, profit organizaWith many city councilwoman – tion, said the city counYMCA will be cilmembers working in the balking at the coming months to develop a plan idea of diving into the $64 milfor the type of facility that could lion “Cadillac” plan for a 98,000go on the land, which spans more square-foot community and than seven acres on 228th aquatic center on the Kellman Avenue just south of the middle property, behind the library, school. Petitti said she was hopeful that That process shouldn’t take partnering with the YMCA on long, Petitti said, as the YMCA their site might be more reason-
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“Parents want to send their kids to the brightest, shiniest new school,” he said. “Counties are not set up to provide city-type of services. Who is going to plow the roads? Who is going to provide police services? It adds pressure to expand cities.”
But school district officials say the rule change handcuffs them. Lake Washington School District Spokeswoman Kathryn Reith said the district owns four properties in rural areas covering 110 acres worth a total of $4.6 million. The district has purchased the properties over the years with the assumption that they would eventually be school sites. Without the ability to hook up sewer, a school site can only
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Families enjoy the swimming pool area at the Coal Creek YMCA during the grand opening in 2009. able. “We’ve got this ‘big enchilada’ kind of project and trying to chop it down to the right size,” Petitti said. “Can the community really deal with a ($64 million) pro-
ject?” While the YMCA isn’t currently in the sort of sustained fundraising effort that led to the Sea-Tac, Shoreline and Coal Creek facilities, Marcia
Isenberger, the agency’s Eastside Regional Executive, told the City Council at their July 12 meeting that the YMCA is always raising
serve as many students as can be on a septic system, making it all but impossible to site a middle school or high school. District Superintendent Chip Kimball said the rule would specifically hurt the district in the Redmond. After the city approved an “urban island” of development in Redmond Ridge, the district strategically purchased land in the rural area in between the development and
Redmond proper. With Redmond High School “bursting at the seems,” the district would like to eventually build a secondary school there, but would be unable to under the proposed rule. “King County has put us between a rock and hard place, with no reasonable solutions to consider,” Kimball wrote in an email. “This is bad for kids, and bad for (school district) taxpayers.”
Being forced to buy land inside a city means district taxpayers will have to foot the bill for pricier land. Trohimovich suggested that the district would make up for that added cost in savings in the decades following construction, as the district and parents would not have to spend as much to bus or drive their children to school. The district, along with other school districts and the Suburban Cities Association, is asking the planning council to “grandfather in” rural properties already owned by school districts, allowing them use of properties they already own. The council will be considering the grandfather clause at their next meeting, scheduled for 4 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Puget Sound Regional Council’s fifthfloor boardroom at 1011 Western Ave. in Seattle.
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on advice from King County Elections, went to a polling station, wrote in his selected candidates for local races and mailed his ballot back west. He was unsure why county records show that his ballot was not counted.
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lakes. Friends of Pine Lake and the Beaver Lake Community Club have also worked to address development-related issues such as storm water runoff, mudslides, high phosphorous levels, and poisonous algae blooms, which kill fish and can harm swimmers, Buehler said. And while these groups do much of the lobbying at the city and county level, local lake residents can do a few things themselves to lessen their impact. Save Lake Sammamish Of the many issues for which Save Lake Sammamish advocates, Buehler said the health of the native kokanee salmon population — it’s in consideration for being listed as endangered — is the clearest sign of declining water quality in Lake Sammamish. “We had a disastrous return last summer,” Buehler said. “The Kokanee is the canary (in the coalmine). If they can’t survive here … there is something terribly, terribly wrong with the lake and it’s that simple. If you have good water quality, you’ll have wildlife. If you have good water quality, you’ll have recreation. If you lose that, it all goes away.” The lake experienced largescale algae bloom in 1997. It reached toxic levels that killed fish in areas of particularly high concentration, Buehler said. Toxic algae blooms can also make swimmers sick, she said, and that happens when too much phosphorous or other chemicals drain into the lake. “Nobody knows why sometimes these algae blooms are toxic and sometimes not,” she said. Residents who live on or near a lake can help prevent situations like that by scooping their dog poop in the yard, stop using fertilizers or weed killers on their yards and avoid dumping paint or cleaning chemicals down the drain, Buehler said.
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◆ Galvin has voted in every general election with a City Council race since 2005. ◆ Kathy Richardson, running against incumbent Councilwoman Nancy Whitten, missed the 2007 general election, but has voted in every other general election since 2005. Richardson said she was out of the country for work for much of 2007 and did not think to submit an absentee ballot.
Get to know your salmon Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery are looking for volunteers to serve as educational guides during the hatchery’s busy spawning season, September through November. Fish from the hatchery are used to stock Beaver Lake, as well as to help with salmon conservation efforts in Lake Sammamish and other regional lakes. The organization is offering a training program for new volunteers from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 at the Hatchery’s Watershed Science Center, 80 Newport Way S.W. in Issaquah. To sign up or learn more about the program, call the organization at (425) 4270259 or email Volunteer Coordinator Beverly Lee at volunteer@issaquahfish.org. Friends of Pine Lake Friends of Pine Lake has been around since 1990, when longtime Sammamish resident Ilene Stahl formed the Pine Lake Protective Association. She and a group of concerned residents had followed research on the recurring algae blooms since the 1970s, as well as a 1991 University of Washington study
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time. “I can assure you it’s an anomaly,” he said. ◆ Vance has the cleanest voting record of any candidate. He has voted in every general, primary and special election since the year 2000 with the exception of the 2008 presidential primary, the results of which were largely irrelevant due to the both parties’ decision to use caucus results to chose their candidates.
on phosphorous diversion from the lake. They began monitoring the water quality and eventually algae blooms diminished for a few years, according to Stahl’s history on the group. But concern cropped up again in 1995 and 1998 when toxic algae and fecal coliform levels forced people and pets to stay out of the water, Stahl said. Residents on and near the lake have continued monitoring the water quality and have spent much of their energy working with the city on comprehensive planning efforts. Friends of Pine Lake has even appealed two housing developments — Crossings at Pine Lake and Chestnut Lane — due to concerns they would adversely affect Ebright Creek. “I joined because the environment doesn’t have a voice,” said Erica Tilliacos, longtime Sammamish resident, former chairwoman of the Sammamish Planning Commission and the organization’s president. “It seems like we’re always having to push, push, push, push, push, push, push to get even things the city has agreed to get done.” Ultimately, she said living in an urbanized area requires residents to strike that fine balance between enjoying or utilizing resources and being good stewards of the environment. Pine Lake resident Kate Bradley, who collects water samples and other data for the King County Lake Stewardship
The residents in the district volProgram, is concerned about untarily decided to pay an extra potentially high algae levels and tax to support regular water-qualother development-related issues ity monitoring and testing. That, affecting water quality. She in turn, established holds a On the web: standards slightly difSave Lake Sammamish: for further ferent view www.scn.org/savelake monitoring. on the curIt is current state of Friends of Pine Lake: www.pine-lake.org rently Pine Lake. active in In her expe- Beaver Lake Community Club: www.beaverlake.org trying to rience, she preserve the said, water rustic feel around the lake, and quality has remained mostly stahas recently expressed its stance ble and relatively healthy. She against the city taking down the still thinks that the lake needs to barricade at Belvedere Way be protected from the impacts of between East Beaver Lake Drive development. “I think there are good reasons Southeast and the Trossachs neighborhood. to know what’s going on,” said Buehler adamantly noted the Bradley, who has monitored lake importance of lake residents takwater here since 1994. ing more personal responsibility Beaver Lake Community Club for water quality to avoid potenWhile Save Lake Sammamish tially greater problems. While and Friends of Pine Lake are Save Lake Sammamish consists solely focused on environmental of a mix of Lake Sammamish resissues related to their respective idents and members from around lakes, the Beaver Lake the Issaquah-BellevueCommunity Club organizes to Sammamish area, advocacy and address similar issues, but also education only goes so far. puts on events like the Beaver Prevention is simpler and cheapLake Triathlon each August. er, she said. The community club’s main “People react to crises, but by then environmental focus has been on it’s usually too late,” Buehler said. “It’s water-quality monitoring, accord- death by a thousand cuts. If you keep ing to the club’s website. The on making those cuts, you’re eventugroup played an integral role in ally going to bleed the patient to getting gasoline-powered boats death. When it’s gone you can’t fix it.” banned on Beaver Lake in the early 1980s. Its members also Reporter Christopher Huber can helped create the Beaver Lake be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or Management District in 1995. chuber@isspress.com.
Vance said he recalls the excitement of first voting when the 26th Amendment dropped the voting age to 18 in 1971. It’s a passion he’s kept throughout his life. “Ever since we became a city … I’ve felt that it’s important to get to know the city council candidates and where they stand on the issues,” Vance said. “It’s something that means a lot to me.”
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Review editorial Schools should be grandfathered King County is considering implementing a rule that would restrict which students can go to which schools. The rule makes sense, in theory, from a land-use perspective, but its application makes for less than ideal public policy. The rule, which stems from the state Growth Management Act, would say that students who live in an urban area cannot go to schools built in rural areas. It would also forbid extending sewer service to those properties. In theory, this rule can make sense. Access to sewer allows much more dense development, and new schools will also attract new families, increasing the pressure for development in those areas. But what happens to districts that straddle the edges of the urban growth boundary, like the Lake Washington or Issaquah districts? Do they have to build two sets of schools for students on either side of the growth boundary? Schools are already stuck. They have no say in the growth and development patterns — in either the rural or urban areas — and have to serve any student who shows up. Telling them which students they can send to which school creates unnecessary bureaucracy. This is particularly true when the districts already have the land. Both the Issaquah and Lake Washington School Districts have undeveloped pieces of land purchased in strategic locations in rural areas to help relieve overcrowding. If a district can’t actually use the land, it would likely have to sell the land, and then what? Buy new land? Large contiguous and flat centrally-located parcels inside the urban growth boundary are pretty tough to come by, and no one wants to see districts using eminent domain — especially when they’ve already got land! In the long term, yes, there is a net benefit to restricting the development pressure that a new school can help create. It would be wise for school districts to be conscious of development problems they could cause by placing a new school in a bad location. But land already purchased should be exempt from the new rule at the very least.
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Sammamish Forum Endorsements for council candidates Three candidates for Sammamish City Council deserve our votes because of their relentless hard work for the community. Ramiro Valderrama put together Citizens for Sammamish, which brings homeowners together with council members and performs needed studies to keep the community and city on track. These meetings have been held monthly for the last three years and are invaluable to residents. They represent a significant public service. Clearly Valderrama has an edge in knowing what drives the city and community needs. Tom Vance is not a stranger to the city either. He devoted a great deal of time and energy when he was chairman of the Planning Commission, which included taking on some of the most serious problems facing the city and recommending valuable solutions. Like Valderrama, he would be an informed council member who understands public service at its roots. He values the goals of our community, which is designed for families and the environment. Nancy Whitten has been a stable council member for many years. She has been careful in her votes to ensure against many of the unintended consequences of ideas used elsewhere. Her depth of knowledge of the community’s affairs extends back to many years before the city was founded. She is a great asset and deserves to be reelected. Robert E. Brady The writer is a member of the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Board of Directors.
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As a long term resident of Sammamish, I am proud to let my fellow neighbors know that the best candidate to support for City Council is Jim Wasnick. He is direct, he’s balanced, and
he will get results. After a two-year pause in their decision process, and following a significant negative response from residents who live in and around the Southeast 32nd Street area, the city pushed ahead with a plan to remove the barricade there. It was Jim Wasnick who rallied the neighbors to discuss our options to ensure a safe street for our families. Wasnick took the time to perform the analysis of traffic measures and meet with city engineers to review alternate options. He kept us apprised of the ongoing process. We saw very limited engagement from City Council with the exception of Councilman John Curley. Wasnick’s diligence provided us, as a neighborhood, the opportunity to negotiate and implement improvements to the road. The street improvements Wasnick was able to negotiate for this community will create a safer environment for our kids and other residents. It is a credit to his concern as a citizen and his leadership in the community that we were able to successfully arrive at a compromise resolution to this situation. It is just this kind of concern, consideration, and leadership that we need on the City Council. As the city has evolved, our City Council has not. Some in the community would like to continue the process of having our City Council elected from a small group of like-minded cronies, the legacy “Old Guard” of the city. This type of “hand-me-down” politics has not positioned our community with the representation we need as we move forward. With challenges around growth, infrastructure and the economy, it is clear we need individuals with fresh ideas, new perspectives and who are not motivated entirely by self interest as the city of Sammamish moves through its second decade. Let’s elect a person that has the intelligence, fortitude, drive and unbiased determination to push
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Don’t build a community center I believe there are enough examples of the result of unnecessary spending at the federal and state levels. Must Sammamish join this parade? Tom Odell is quoted as saying that the community “has champagne tastes.” This member of the community doesn’t, and won’t enjoy the tax burden that a project like the community center would add. I may have missed it, but has there been an honest estimate of what percentage of home owners would utilize this facility? I’m certain it would be far fewer than half. As the majority kicks in to pay to benefit the minority, some might call this an example of “wealth redistribution.” Stan Silverman Sammamish
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money for future projects and would be open to exploring options for the land it owns in the city. Petitti said that the city wasn’t quite ready for a community or aquatic center when the YMCA originally approached them. The organization bought the parcel near the middle school in 2005 for $1.35 million with the intention of developing a facility there. “We had all these roads to build and all these parks to build,” she said. Petitti suggested that the YMCA could run the recreational portion of a community center – the weight rooms and pools, for example – while the city’s parks department could handle renting and maintaining some of the community room-type of spaces that have been envisioned in the feasibility study. By building on the YMCA’s land, the city could cut millions from the cost of the facility. Since the land is outside of the Town Center area, a facility there would not require an underground parking lot or a parking garage. Feasibility study organizers project that such a garage would cost the city $15.9 million to build 300 spots near the Kellman property.
Though much of the emphasis in recent community and aquatic center meetings has been on cutting amenities and not “overbuilding” a potential facility, the city also faces the prospect of the opposite problem – under-building. An example of that is mere miles away in the Coal Creek YMCA in Newcastle, which opened up in 2009 with the expectation that it would serve 13,000 people. Two years later, the facility is serving 17,000 people and having trouble fitting everyone, YMCA regional director Marcia Isenberger said. “We’re busting at the seams,” she told the council. “It’s exceeding all expectations.” But the city would also be going against telephone survey results that show that residents would prefer a center in Town Center. The 2010 survey, which polled 400 Sammamish residents of various ages, showed that 26 percent of respondents would prefer a facility near City Hall and the library. Only 14 percent of respondents preferred a facility near the Pine Lake shopping center compared to 21.5 percent that wanted to see it further north, near Safeway. An additional 20 percent told surveyors it didn’t matter as long as it was in city limits. Moving the facility south would also short-circuit any hopes that the project could serve as a “jump starter” for Town Center development. Petitti said she is “torn” on the prospect of building outside of the area, but it’s something the city has to consider due to the costs.
“I love the design that the architects came up with and I do want to jump start the Town Center, but in these economic times I see us shelving the (com-
Asked by Deputy Mayor Tom Odell what she would have done differently at the 48,000-square-foot, $16 million facility if she could do it over again, Isenberger cited three things: ◆ More pool space. The facility has a four-lane lap pool as well as a recreation pool, both of which are often at capacity during youth swimming lessons. Sammamish is considering an eight-lane competitive pool as well as a recreation pool. ◆ Another multi-purpose health studio and one more community meeting room. ◆ More parking. The facility has 247 parking spots, which are often full during busy periods. “(Parking) is our biggest detriment to being able to grow out membership more,” Isenberger told the council. munity center as envisioned in the feasibility study) because of the obstacles in the way,” Petitti said. “It’s something (the council) is going to have to wrestle
with.” Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com.
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POlice Blotter While you were away A resident on the 21600 block of Northeast 29th Street in Sahalee had his wallet and a laptop stolen from his kitchen table while he was taking a shower upstairs July 22. The resident believes someone entered the home through his unlocked sliding glass door sometime between 2:45 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. and took the items. Someone made a $460 charge on his credit card later that afternoon. The case remains under investigation.
The plot from ‘Empire Records’ A manager at Gamestop in Sammamish reported that a nightly deposit of more than $1,400 had gone missing July 12. The manager reported that the employee who was supposed to have deposited the day’s proceeds into the bank did not do it, instead leaving it in a locked safe to be done with the next day’s deposit. The deposit never showed up in the store’s bank account, prompting the manager to call police. The manager questioned all three employees that had access to the safe and all three denied knowing anything about the missing money. The case remains under investigation.
Bank fraud A Sammamish couple discovered that someone had attempted to make fraudulent charges to their bank account in the Los Angeles area July 15 and 16. The couple’s bank informed them that the suspects had used one of the residents’ date of birth and social security number to
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Watermelon bomb Neighbors on the 1500 block of 212th Avenue awoke just before midnight July 18 to a loud explosion and small fire in a nearby greenbelt. Police responded and found the remnants of a watermelon that had been cut open and ducttaped back together with a sparkler bomb inside. No one witnessed the explosion or saw any suspects flee the scene.
Accident Police responded to a noninjury collision near the corner of Northeast 8th Street and 228th Avenue. One of the drivers, a 27year-old Issaquah man, had had a suspended drivers’ license for more than six years. He was cited for driving with a suspended license and his BMW was impounded.
Too young and too drunk A 20-year-old Issaquah man was arrested for driving under the influence and his 20-year-old passenger was cited for minor in possession of alcohol after police pulled over a vehicle near the corner of Northeast 12th Street and 228th Avenue at around 3 a.m. July 16. The passenger, a Sammamish resident, blew a .13 on a portable breath test. He was cited for MIP and allowed to walk home since he lived nearby. The driver blew a .15 and was arrested and booked into Issaquah Jail. According to the police report he insisted that he was not drunk and that the officer’s breath test machine was broken. He told police he had accepted “some fruity wine drink” from a woman at a party earlier in the night. He admitted to taking a “man-sized sip” of the drink but
claimed that was the only drink he had had that night.
Unnecessary speed bumps Police on patrol found garbage cans, firewood, fence posts and a road sign laying in the middle of 216th Avenue near Northeast 16th Street at around 1:45 a.m. July 16. Police have no suspects.
Too good to be true A Sammamish man reported July 15 that he had been the target of a Craigslist scam. The man had responded to an ad on the website by a “financial services professional” looking for someone to do bookkeeping over the internet. The prospective employer then sent the man a check in the amount of $2,650. The man then asked a teller at a Bank of America in Redmond, who said the check was bogus and that several other people had brought in similar checks recently.
Burglary A Sammamish couple who are attempting to sell their home on the 1000 block of 216th Avenue Northeast found that someone had stolen an air conditioning unit and stereo receiver from their mostly-empty home between July 12 and July 14. The burglars apparently gained access to a real estate lockbox to gain entry to the home. A neighbor reported seeing a dark-colored 2005 or 2006 Dodge Ram backed up to the home July 13 and two males and a female in their 30s loading items into the truck. The case remains under investigation.
Bank fraud A Sammamish couple reported July 12 that someone had ordered a flat-screen television and two iPhones from Amazon under their name. The couple contacted Amazon who said the suspects had gained access to their online account
and made the purchases. The return addresses were in California and Texas.
Suspended license A 30-year-old Auburn woman was cited for driving with a suspended license after being pulled over near the corner of Southeast 8th Street and 228th Avenue at around 2 a.m. July 24. The woman was told to contact a licensed driver to return the vehicle home.
No comfort in So-Co Police were called to assist aid crews at the 3800 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast at around 11 p.m. July 22 after an intoxicated 23-yearold had to be subdued by his brother. The brother called police — believing that the man was having a diabetic issue. When police arrived, the combative and uncooperative man told police that he did not need his diabetes medicine. Police had to put a “spit sock” over his head because he was spitting at the aid crews attending to him, according to the police report. Aid crews determined that his blood sugar levels were not an issue and that his aggressive nature was due to the bottle of Southern Comfort he had consumed that evening. Police had him transported to the hospital for detox.
Leftover fireworks A resident on the 2800 block of 217th Avenue Southeast awoke at around midnight July 20 to a large explosion in her front yard. She came out and found a divot and burn mark in her yard and the remnants of a firework nearby. Police have no suspects.
Threats A Sammamish man contacted police July 21 after receiving threatening text messages from a former friend. The man told police that he and the friend had had a falling out regarding the
friend’s drug use and other issues. The man hadn’t heard from the friend for a while before receiving expletive-laden text messages threatening to harm the man and steal his girlfriend. Police documented the messages and advised the man to seek a no-contact order through the courts.
Vehicle prowl A resident of the Colina Square Apartments had two GPS units and his work keys stolen out of his vehicle between 10 p.m. July 17 and 6:30 p.m. the next day. The vehicle was unlocked when the items were taken. A Bellevue woman whose car was parked at the same complex had her purse stolen out of a partially open window in her vehicle the same night. Police have no suspects.
A key with no door A Redmond teen had the roof of his Jeep Wrangler cut open and a garage door opener stolen from his vehicle as it was parked on the 21500 block of Southeast 22nd Street between 10 p.m. July 17 and noon the next day.
Bad break-up A 19-year-old Sammamish man was arrested after allegedly punching and breaking his girlfriend’s windshield during an argument July 16. Police were called to the Pine Lake QFC after the girlfriend reported that the man had become angry and smashed the windshield when she told him she no longer wanted to date him. The man then slammed the door and left on foot. Police later located the man at the girlfriend’s apartment and arrested him on suspicion of malicious mischief. He was booked into Issaquah Jail. See BLOTTER, Page 7
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Goodman will run for Congress, retire from state house By Caleb Heeringa
State representative Roger Goodman has announced that he will be running for U.S. Congress in 2012 in the 1st Congressional District, not the 8th as he had said initially. Goodman, a Democrat and current state representative for portions of north Sammamish in the 45th Legislative District, had earlier announced he was running for the Congress in the 8th District — which covers Sammamish — even though he lives in the 1st. Since Rep. Jay Inslee (D), who represents the 1st, is running for governor, Goodman was able to switch and run for that seat, instead. No other challengers have announced they plan to run against incumbent Rep. Dave Reichert (R) in the 8th. The 2012 congressional campaigns are complicated this election cycle since Washington is adding a new congressional seat, its 10th. New boundaries are being drawn, and many potential candidates may be waiting to see what the political map will look like before deciding to commit to a run for office. Goodman said he will not be running again for his 45th District seat, citing the workload that comes with running and campaigning for federal office.
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Not my pizza A Sammamish resident reported that someone had bought $48 worth of pizza at Roundtable Pizza in Issaquah with the resident’s debit card. The resident reported that he still has his card and is unsure how someone could have gotten his information. The case remains under investigation.
ence after being pulled over on the 2200 block of West Beaver Lake Drive Southeast just after 2 a.m. July 23. The woman told police that after getting off work at a bar in Bellevue she had drank two glasses of wine. She blew a .10 on a portable breath test, over the .08 legal limit for driving. She was cited for driving under the influence and given a ride home.
Possible mail theft
A 41-year-old Sammamish man was cited for driving with a suspended license after being pulled over near Issaquah-Fall City Road and Issaquah-Pine Lake Road just after 2 a.m. July 24. The man’s license had been suspended due to unpaid tickets. His vehicle was released to a passenger with a valid license.
A resident on the 21500 block of Southeast 22nd Street found the locking mechanism on her mailbox broken July 20. The next day she found a stack of mail on her porch along with a note from the postal carrier saying that they had found her mail in another box along with a set of keys. The woman told police that the keys weren’t hers and she was unsure why they showed up on her porch. Police are unsure what the keys match.
Bank fraud
Hiding
A Sammamish resident reported that someone had attempted to make a $500 online charge with her credit card July 22. The charge was declined. The card has been cancelled.
A Sammamish man called police July 20 convinced that his estranged sister was using his address to avoid bill collectors. The man told police he was buying an item at Lowes hardware store and noticed that the store had his sister’s name listed under his address. The man told police he had not spoken to his sister in more than eight years after a falling out regarding her criminal activity and drug use. He told
Suspended license
Letting loose after work A 22-year-old Sammamish woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influ-
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police he believes she may be listing his address as her own to avoid creditors, though he does not think that she is attempting to steal his identity. Police documented the case.
no signs that the teens had attempted to break into the home, but documented the case for future reference.
More fireworks
A resident on the 500 block of 241st Lane Southeast had a delivery of Nordstrom merchandise stolen from her front porch July 18. UPS dropped off the package at around 4:15 p.m., but the woman did not immediately retrieve it because she was on the phone. Shortly afterwards, she heard a car burn rubber and take off down the street. She came outside to find the delivery missing. UPS records show that the delivery was successfully delivered. The woman did not have a description of the vehicle.
Someone damaged a baseball dugout roof at Beaver Lake Park with an apparent sparkler bomb in the early morning hours of July 18. Police have no suspects.
Prank or burglary? A resident on the 2100 block of 263rd Place Southeast called police after finding two teenage males acting suspiciously near his home July 18. The teens ran off when he saw them. The next day, the resident found a pair of scissors, duct tape and a pick axe near where the teens had been. Police could find
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Sammamish Days and Nights mean fun for all By Anna Marum
Sogge said she has been constantly checking the weather report for the night of the event. “It’s supposed to be a good night, but we’ll make arrangements if not,” she said. “Come out and play with us; it’s really fun.” Attendees must be 21 or older. Tickets are available at www.sammamishchamber.org/SammamishNights.506.0.html.
Next weekend’s events at Sammamish Commons will cater to everyone in some way. Whether it is relaxing with dinner and a glass of wine at Sammamish Nights or spending a culture-filled day with the children at Sammamish Days, residents will have a chance to enjoy the summer at the annual festivals. Sammamish Nights The Chamber of Commerce will hold its third annual Sammamish Nights the evening of Aug. 12. The event will feature dancing, food and wine, and live music. A 70s cover band, Ventura Highway Revisited, will play rock tunes for this year’s entertainment. “It’s really a night of fun,” said the chamber’s Executive Director Deb Sogge. She said the chamber conducted research a few years ago and the members learned that Sammamish adults needed a night to get away and relax outside. She expects about 200 people to attend this year’s event,
If you go: What: Sammamish Nights When: 6:30 – 10 p.m. (6 – 10 p.m. for VIP) Friday, August 12 Where: Sammamish Commons Cost: VIP tickets: $65, general admission: $45, at the door: $55
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Sammamish Days features performances representing the many cultures of Sammamish residents. she said. All the vendors are local, Sogge said. The concert and food is included in the ticket price,
and wine will be sold by the glass. Bottles of wine will also be available for purchase to open after the event.
Proceeds from Sammamish Nights will will fund all Chamber of Commerce events, like the farmers market, she said.
Sammamish Days The annual Sammamish Days, a cultural fair aimed toward children in the community, will kick off the morning of August 13 with a parade, said Volunteer Coordinator Dawn Sanders. She expects about 250 children dressed in their cultural outfits to participate, she said. See DAYS, Page 11
Church youth groups give help to displaced in Yakima By Christopher Huber
Victims of a devastating fire on the Yakima Indian Reservation that destroyed 20 homes and damaged others last February are better off in their rebuilding efforts, thanks to a bunch of Sammamish teens. The middle school youth groups at Pine Lake Covenant Church and Sammamish Presbyterian Church partnered to send about 100 youth to the Yakima Indian Reservation July 10-15 to serve its residents and provide supplies for families rebuilding after a massive fire last February. “It made me feel good because I knew I was helping people,” said Lucy Walker, a member of the Sammamish Presbyterian youth group and incoming seventh-grader at Inglewood Junior High. “I decided I wanted to go because I had never been on a mission trip.” Before the trip, the youth collected hundreds of household items — microwave ovens, cleaning supplies, bedding and kitchen and bath accessories — to distribute to fire victims, which would help many of them
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Students Meryl Seah, Natalie Stender, and Lucy Walker work on an art project with children of the Yakima Nation at the community barbeque. Many of the children depend on Campbell Farm for regular meals. in the transition to new housing, said Carmanita Pimms, manager
of Campbell Farm, a local mission organization that cultivates
produce for residents near Wapato, White Swan and
Toppenish. The students collected enough items to pack an entire SUV and then some, said Lisa Stinson, Sammamish Presbyterian’s communications director. After returning from the trip, many of the teens have changed perspectives on poverty and the amount of need in the world. Lucy said she most appreciated hearing harrowing stories from her peers who lived through the fire or have had difficult lives. “Working with the children their ages or seeing the differences between the two (lifestyles) — that really hits them, realizing it’s not very far from them that it’s happening,” Pimms said. The groups also volunteered their time to help various organizations feed about 200 hungry families, maintain a farm and work with children at a camp. “I learned that some people are really in need,” Lucy said. “I want to do this again, because I have the opportunity to do it again next year and the year See YAKIMA, Page 9
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Children of Faith festival at Vedic Cultural Center shows diversity
Photo courtesy VCC
Children perform a dance routine during the Children of Faith festival July 16 at the Vedic Cultural Center in Sammamish. The annual festival, in its second year, celebrates the idea that each person’s faith is a little different and people express their faith through different means, according to event organizers. The point is that when children learn this at an early age, they become tolerant and respectful toward each other. Approximately 200 people attended the festival, which featured performances from children ages 3 to 15. They danced, performed poetic and musical pieces and prayers and spontaneously showcased their talents during the open-mic time. Volunteer cooks catered to the children’s appetite with French fries and pasta, organizers said.
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among the Sammamish youth, as they return with a strong sense of having tangibly helped Continued from Page8 people, church leaders said. The joint trip with Pine after that.” Lake Covenant filled an everThe youth groups of present need in the Yakima Sammamish Presbyterian area, as 31.4 percent of resiChurch have traveled to serve dents of the town of White on the reservation in various Swan had income below the capacities for the past nine poverty line in 2009, according years, the church said. to Sammamish Presbyterian. Before this year’s fire That’s compared to 12.3 perresponse cent trip, past statewide. “There’s lot of hunger work ranged The Feb. 12 and poverty issues here blaze started from feeding farm in a residenon the reservation.” animals and tial chimney doing farm in White – Carmanita Pimms, chores to Swan, accordMission organizer – sorting ing to newspaitems at the per reports local food bank to hanging out and the Yakima Nation. Winds with the Yakima children durgusting at more than 50 miles ing their Vacation Bible School. per hour caused the fire to They have also worked with spread quickly. the Union Gospel Mission It ultimately leveled 20 there. homes, damaged more and “There’s lot of hunger and burned 230 acres of land. poverty issues here on the Until the mid-July outreach reservation,” Pimms said. trip, many of the victims had In addition to distributing been living in temporary houshome necessities to families ing. rebuilding from the fire, the youth got to go cliff jumping, Reporter Christopher Huber raft down the Yakima River and can be reached at 392-6434, ext. play night games like capture 242, or chuber@isspress.com. the flag, Lucy said. Comment on this story at It tends to be a popular trip www.SammamishReview.com.
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Obituaries Britta E. Rye Britta E. Rye of Sammamish, died of breast cancer on July 27, 2011. She was 57. Britta was born April 29, 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden to Dr. Pierre and Magareta Welander where she was raised. She attended Stockholm University attaining a B.S. in accounting and married KjellJon Rye on Britta E. Rye January 26, 1980 in Marysville. Britta lived in Sammamish for the past 18 years. Britta loved to travel and be with her family. She is remembered as the kind-
Western announces graduates The following Sammamish residents graduated from Western Washington University in the Spring 2011 semester. Andrea Maree Agostinacci, B.A. in communication; Sarah Jean Anderson, B.A. in communication, cum laude; Justin Scott
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est, sweetest and most loving person her family ever knew. Britta is survived by her husband, Kjell-Jon Rye (Sammamish); daughter Linnea Rye, a teacher (Sammamish); and daughter Kjerstin Rye, a nurse (Sammamish). A service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 at Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church. Donations can be made to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 112 Fifth Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109. Jack M. Long, 78, of Issaquah, passed away from natural causes Friday, July 22, 2011, at home with his wife, Bunny, the love of his life for over 54 years, at his side. Jack was born in Durant, Okla., on March 29, 1933, to Florence Alma Long and Jesse James Long. He was the youngest of six children. In 1935 the family moved to Sacramento, Calif., where Jack had wonderful childhood memories. At the age of 14, Jack hitchhiked to State
College, Pa., to live with his brother, Bill. He later returned to Sacramento and graduated from Grant Union High School in Jack M. Long 1950. In 1953 Jack joined the Army and was stationed in Korea for two years as a staff sergeant. After leaving the army, Jack attended Sacramento Junior College. He met Frances “Bunny” Kearney in 1956 while they were both employed at the Blake, Moffitt & Towne Paper Co. They married in 1957, moved to Washington in 1958 and settled in Bellevue soon thereafter. In 1971, the family opened its first carpet store, The Shag Shop, in Eastgate. The business name changed to Long’s Home Fashion Center in 1981 and moved to Issaquah in 1988. The business continues to operate there as Long’s Floors.
Jack and Bunny raised five boys who all attended Newport High School in Bellevue. Jack was active in the boys’ lives — serving as PTA president, cub master and Little League coach and umpire. Jack was a member of Gyro International fraternal club, gaining many friends throughout the United States and Canada. He served on the board of directors of Issaquah’s Hutchison House. Jack also enjoyed golf, daily walks, traveling and visiting family and friends. Jack was a dedicated family patriarch and generous teacher. With five sons, 20 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a large extended family, his love of family was ever-present. Jack was a very loving husband, a supportive and kind father, a devoted uncle, an inspirational and caring grandfather, an awesome, fun great-grandfather, and a friend to all who met him. Jack had an infectious sense of humor and a laugh that could
fill an entire room. He was a kind and caring man who was also a great listener. Jack had a way of making people feel extremely special, important and loved. He will be greatly missed. Jack is survived by his wife Bunny; five sons and their families (Greg and Jean, of Redmond, six children and two grandchildren; Gary and Liz, of Woodinville, and two children; Jeff and Karen, of Sammamish, and two children; Doug, of Issaquah, and four children; Chris and Melanie, of Bellevue, and two children); and his sister Oleta Boyte, of Sacramento. Extended family includes Pat and Colette Kearney, of Bellevue, and four children; Steve “Rocky” and Laura Long, and two children; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins. Jack’s siblings who preceded him in passing were Ruby Howsmon, Louise Goodman, Bill Long and Bob Long. Memorial services are pending. For updated information, visit www.flintofts.com.
Bobson, B.S. in economic sciences; Ryan Michael Bond, B.S.in kinesiology; Alexander John Carlson, B.A. in business administration; Patricia Louise Crouse, B.A. in interior design; Noelle Marie DeMarr, B.S.in architectural studies; Sean Michael Donahoe, B.S. in psychology; Kimberly Allen Edwards, B.A. in communication;
Eli Lynn Elder, B.A. in business administration, magna cum laude; Mollie Virginia Finlon, B.A. in education; Lindsay Anne Grader, B.A. in human development, undergraduate certificate in child development and care; Kerry Lee Gugliotto, B.A. in communication, cum laude; Amanda Brooke Hagerman, B.A. in communica-
tion, cum laude; Laura Catherine Hawkinson, B.A. in communication; Matthew James Heckeroth, B.A. in philosophy; Eric Leigh Hill, B.S. in economic sciences; Maryam Hosseini, B.S. in civil engineering; Brian Vincent King, B.A. in communication; Jennifer M. Lawson, B.A. in communication; Allison Jean Linker, B.A. in
humanities; Jordan Shea MacPherson, B.A. in interior design, magna cum laude; Alexandra Hirsh Matt, B.S.in biology; Darrick Austin Mercer, B.A. in English; Spencer Douglass Nicholson, B.A. in business administration; Laura Kathleen Parry, B.S. in athletic training, magna cum laude; Alexandru Emanoil Petrut, B.A. in communication; Elizabeth Anne Rampolla, B.A. in communication; Brian Andrew Schoonover, B.A. in business administration, B.S. in economic sciences; Christina Elise Shajenko, B.S. in biology; Aubrey L. Simon, B.A. in business administration; Alissa Marie Smolke, B.A. in business administration; Matthew William Stavig, B.A. in communication; John Adam Stieber, B.A. in business administration; Kurt Donald Thirtyacre, B.A. in communication.
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Christopher Scott on dean’s list Chistopher Scott, of Sammamish, was named to the dean’s list at the Savannah College of Art and Design. To qualify, students must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
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Central announces honor roll The following Sammamish students were named to the honor roll at Central Washington University. To qualify, students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Eric John Boman, Kyle Robert Bissell, Scott Ryan Seeley, William David Saul, Danielle M. Morgan, Katie Rose Ducharme, Blake Charles Mead, Sarah Jeanne Sexton, Chauncey Anne Trask, Julia Claire Andrzejewski, Jordan Christine Pederson, Angela Rose Martenson, Chris P. Brock, Alexander Raymond Lauer, Abigail Susan Nathan, Anna Victoria Wilke and Katlyn Marie Finch.
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and Jerry Purcell of Gig Harbor and Michael Tucker of Tucson, Ariz. Bridal attendants include maid of honor Alana Houlis and bridesmaids Erin Higgins, Annemarie Chidiac, Hillary Bridge, Renee Purcell and Molly Mathis.The groomsmen were Tony Chidiac, Joe Rojas, Andrew Scott, Dave O’Neill, Zach Habben and Erik Bell. MaKaley Tucker attended Peninsula High School and Central Washington University where she earned a BA in education. Tucker has worked as an educational assistant in SnoSprings School in Sammamish. Joseph Chidiac attended Skyline High School and Central Washington University where he earned a BA in safety and health in construction management. Chidiac is currently employed by Kiewit Bridge & Marine. The couple will be temporarily residing in Aberdeen. while Chidiac’s employer builds the pontoons for the new 520 bridge.
Amanda Gilbreath graduates Joseph Chidiac and MKaley Tucker
Joseph Chidiac weds Sammamish resident Joseph Chidiac married MaKaley Tucker of Gig Harbor on July 9 in Olalla. The couple’s honeymoon location is Costa Rica. The groom’s parents are Lisa and Carl Chidiac, of Sammamish. The bride’s parents are Patricia
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Children interested in walking in the parade can go to www.sammamishdays.com to print the registration page and turn it in to City Hall. Pre-registration is required to participate. The registration cost is $5 per child and $50 for groups. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church and will continue down 228th Avenue Northeast to end at the Sammamish Commons, where families can watch performers and participate in a wide range of activities. The list of activities and performers includes Alaskan Tlingit dancing, Spanish storytelling and
Amanda R. Gilbreath, of Sammamish, graduated from the University of WisconsinWhitewater this spring with a B.S.E. in elementary education.
Whitman College announces graduates Two Sammamish residents, Benjamin Moore and Ryan Piela, received their Bachelor of Arts
hula dancing. Programs will be held at the main stage, the pavilion and in the library. In addition to entertainment, festival-goers will also be able to indulge in a variety of ethnic food, including Indian cuisine, Filipino dishes and barbecue pork sandwiches from Maximus Minimus’ pig trailer. Sanders said the members of the Sammamish City Council have always felt it important to help people identify with the different cultures in the community. “Our population has changed
degrees from Whitman College this spring.
Shannon Wilcox and Matthew McCammant
Matthew McCammant marries Sammamish resident Matthew Scott McCammant married Shannon Marie Wilcox, of Salem, Ore. The couple married on July 2 at the Salishan Lodge on the Oregon coast. The groom’s parents are Scott and Tracy McCammant of Sammamish and the bride’s parents are Rob and Lynn Wilcox of Salem. Matthew McCammant graduated with a BS in chemistry from Central Washington University in 2010. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Utah. Shannon Wilcox graduated with a BS in nursing from the University of Portland in 2010. She is currently working as a surgical RN for University Health Care at the University of Utah.
so dramatically over the last five years,” she said. “It’s fun to get to know who our new neighbors are.” If you are interested in helping with Sammamish Days, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Dawn Sanders at dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us.
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Sydney Carste blogged the World Cup for ESPN By Christopher Huber
In 2010, Sammamish 10-yearold Sydney Carste and her family made plans to travel to Germany to attend some Women’s World Cup soccer matches June 26-July 17. But before they embarked on the early-July family getaway, plans changed a little bit when Sydney got the chance of a lifetime. It involved tracking down “jailed” vuvuzelas and playing a pick-up game with Brandi Chastain, former U.S. national team member. The incoming fifth-grader at Samantha Smith Elementary blogged about her experience as a die-hard soccer fan for ESPN. She wrote as Sydney from Seattle for the “World Cup Wunderkind” blog. Sydney followed teams throughout the World Cup and into the finals, developing quite a following from readers around the world. A few games into her coverage, people even began to recognize her on the streets of Dresden, she said. “I was really excited,” said Sydney, a standout Crossfire
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Sydney Carste is decked out to support the U.S. during the Women’s World Cup. player at home in Sammamish. “I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to do a good job.”
Sydney completed five entries during her family’s time in Germany. She wrote about crazy
fans, game highlights and the general atmosphere surrounding the Women’s World Cup.
“My favorite part was seeing all the fans,” Sydney said. “I didn’t think (blogging) was such a big deal until my first article and everybody was reading it.” While at the games, Sydney would take notes of key moments for each team playing and weave the highlights into her posts, which were written in a conversational style, as if she were just telling her friends about what happened. But she did run into challenges, being 10 and having never been trained in journalistic writing. “It was hard for me sometimes to come up with ideas,” Sydney said. However, her mom, Barb Carste, helped her jot down ideas to focus on. Ultimately, Sydney knew enough soccer lingo and strategy to string together a seamless article about the game that kept the reader interested with little observances that many people might not notice. “I just like using fun words that I like to make up,” she said. See BLOG, Page 13
Go ahead, make your day at Dirty Harry’s Balcony By Christopher Huber
It takes you through a zone once clear-cut by independent Even on a depressingly cloudy logger Harry Gault. He earned a late July day, it’s worth the 2.5reputation for his relentless logmile hike up to Dirty Harry’s ging in places thought by other Balcony. loggers to be inaccessible for rigs And it’s worth taking a few and equipment, according to extra minutes on SummitPost.org, a the way to the trail climbing, hiking to make sure and mountaineerof the you’re in the right ing resource. That spot. gave him the This unmarked nickname “Dirty and out-of-the-way Harry.” trail takes hikers Second- and up a clear path to third-growth trees possibly one of the line the path all best views of the the way up and Interstate-90 corriprovide a thick dor past North canopy from the Bend. But the rain or ample important thing is Roundtrip: 5 miles shade on one of Highest point: 2,600 that eager hikers those things feet get there without Washingtonians getting too conElevation gain: 1,300 once called a “hot fused. feet summer day.” On The trail starts Maps and guidebooks: this one, simply Day Hiking: Snoqualmie out pretty rocky enjoy the exerPass (Nelson & Bauer – and follows an old cise, as all majeslogging road at a Mountaineers Books); tic views are Green Trails Bandera moderate incline reserved for the No. 206. the whole way. top. The trail doesn’t At .5 mile, resemble any kind of “road” until cross over the creek via an old about 1.5 to two miles in — you’ll wood plank secured to logs with walk through what looks more giant nails. Climb up a bit and like a creek bed. you’ll pass a few remaining trees
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Dirty Harry’s Balcony offers views to the west through the Upper Snoqualmie Valley, as well as to the north and east. from what looks like could have been a wildfire years ago. On an overcast day, the mist might settle in around the trail at this elevation. But press on to the
start of the switchbacks at about two miles. As the first switchback curves left (taking hikers to Dirty Harry’s Peak a mile farther), look for the faint trail on the right. It’s
marked with two stacks of rocks and has some old logging cable and such strewn about near a See HIKE, Page 13
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The opportunity arose when neighbors Melanie and Kevin Jackson, both editors for ESPN.com, proposed to her the idea of offering a child’s perspective of the World Cup. The point was to provide some light-hearted insight to supplement the traditional game coverage. The Jacksons had each spoken in Sydney’s fourth-grade class (with teacher Ginny Romano) about writing and were familiar with her passion for the sport. “Her eyes just got real big, and she just smiled,” Melanie Jackson said about the moment they asked her to write for ESPN. “She’s, like, the most down to earth kid. I wasn’t sure if she could even do this. But she has the greatest sense of humor.” When it was all said and done, the Jacksons — and apparently upper management at ESPN — were quite pleased with Sydney’s writing. “It’s been a huge success,” she said. “She knows how to tell a fun story. She’s just talented.” After she got her vuvuzela back — it was confiscated at the Germany-France game — Sydney used it to celebrate after the U.S. goals in the final against Japan. She seemed more enthusiastic about the serendipitous chance to watch the United States face Brazil than about the Americans playing for the World Cup against Japan. “I can’t believe our luck,” she said in her July 7 post. “We bought tickets last August to a random Women’s World Cup quarterfinal game and now it happens to be this colossal match-up between the United States and Brazil. I’ll get to see
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Kevin Penner, a 2009 Eastlake High School graduate, will play in the 2011 U.S. Amateur golf championship. The standout golfer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas scored an even 140 (72-68) and won an eight-hole playoff to take the second and last remaining qualifying spot during the U.S. Amateur sectional qualifier July 26 in Lawrence, Kan. Penner was tied for second place with Sam Stevens after 36 holes at Alvamar Golf Club. The two golfers ended up playing eight playoff holes before Penner won it with a par on the eighth, to Stevens’ bogey. Penner finished the playoff round with seven pars and one birdie to Stevens’ one bogey, six pars and one birdie. In all, Penner powered through 44 holes of golf July 26 in the 110-degree Kansas heat. He advanced to the U.S. Amateur tournament, held Aug. 22-28 at Erin Hills, Wis.
tree. Take that trail and in five to 10 minutes, you’ll reach Dirty Harry’s Balcony, which overlooks I-90 to the west and has sweeping views of the surrounding peaks — Bandera Mountain to the east, Mount Washington to the west and McClellan Butte to the south. The balcony is a rock outcropping with room for a handful of hikers to enjoy their lunch and take in the views. Little chipmunks will likely come spy on you and wait to gobble up your crumbs. Grab a jacket for the cool breeze at the top and plan to spend about two hours on the trail — three hours from driveway to driveway. Photo by Christopher Huber
Interstate-90 winds through the Upper Snoqualmie Valley, as seen from Dirty Harry’s Balcony.
my favorite players from each team at the same time — Heather O’Reilly for the U.S. and Marta from Brazil! Good thing we went shopping for Fourth of July party gear before coming to Germany! We will be decked out!” Throughout her experience, Sydney, a fairly successful writer at school, according to her teacher, Romano, tapped specific skills she has developed in class. She banished boring words, as high-
lighted in Romano’s lessons, and went on sensory walks to gather details and ambiance of the World Cup. “I thought she did a great job doing exactly what ESPN asked,” Romano said. “I don’t think Sydney had a clue how big a deal this opportunity was.” Romano said Sydney gave readers a true “being there” experience and chose relevant words for certain situations. “She gives a lot of specific
From Sammamish, drive east on Interstate-90 to exit 38. After exiting, follow the signs to the Washington State Fire Training Academy. You will eventually pass under the freeway and about .25 miles later, will pass a gate that says it is locked after 5:30 p.m. Park outside the gate if you don’t plan on finishing by then. If you plan to be done before 5:30 p.m., drive .5 mile past the gate up the paved road, crossing the South Fork Snoqualmie River. The trailhead is unmarked, so drive slowly. Look for a gravel trail on the right side in the middle of a left-hand curve in the road, at about 1,350 feet elevation. To be sure, the trail is straight across the road from the AT&T Cable sign No. 798. Once you’re on the trail, a couple of blue ribbons hang from trees and a DNR post mark it. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
detail,” Romano said. “She really brings the highlights.” Not only was it cool for friends to see Sydney’s posts on such a high-profile website, Romano said it gives her a solid real-life example of the incentives for writing well. “To have something to go live like this, it’s just the coolest thing. It gives me leverage with the other kids,” Romano said. “There’s a reason to write and a reason to write well.”
The whole experience gave Sydney a better sense of what it takes to write well, but it also inspired her to keep her sights set high for her soccer career: she wants to play in the Women’s World Cup some day, she said. “She is going to be the one who takes the sport to next level,” Melanie Jackson said. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.
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Free Fly Casting Clinic. The Trout Unlimited chapter of Bellevue-Issaquah will hold its annual fly casting clinic where beginning anglers can learn basic casting techniques while sea-
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Sammamish Nights, an adults-only evening of wine, food and music is set for 6 p.m. Aug. 12 at Sammamish Commons. (See story on Page 8) Sammamish Days, a familyfriendly festival, begins at 11 a.m. Aug. 13 at Sammamish Commons. (See story on Page 8.)
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The KidsFirst Noontime series concert will feature Recess Monkey at noon Aug. 16 at East Sammamish Park.
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Mary, Queen of Peace youth groups are for children in sixtheighth grade and ninth-12th grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Call the church at 3911178, ext. 129.
Concert in the park summer concert series features “FreddyPink” from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 4 at Pine Lake Park.
Join the club Sammamish Heritage Society will hold a special meeting to bid farewell to founder Virginia Kuhn 7:30 p.m. July 13 at the Pine Lake Community Center. Visit www.sammamishheritage.org. Rotaract, a community service for young adults ages 1830 sponsored by the Sammamish Rotary, meets twice a month. Email scott.brewer@sammamishrotary.org. The La Leche League is committed to helping mothers breastfeed. They plan to meet on the second Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m.-noon at Fire Station 83 Visit www.lllusa.org/web/Sammamis hWA. Block Party Quilters meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Mary, Queen of Peace Church. Visit www.bpquilters.org.
SAMMI Splash, an exhibition of artwork from this year’s SAMMI awards and a preview of works that will be at this year’s Sammamish Art Fair, runs through Sept. 30 at Providence Marianwood, 3725 Providence Point Drive S.E.. An artist reception is set for 6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 17. It is free and open to the public.
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soned anglers can fine tune their skills and learn new techniques. All can benefit from tips by professional fly casters. The clinic will be held in the pavilion area of Beaver Lake Park on August 10 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Concert in the Park summer concert series features “BottleRockIt” from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 11 at Pine Lake Park.
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The Social Justice Book Group meets at 10 a.m. the third Monday of each month in Sammamish. Email hineswa@live.com. Teen late night. The second Friday of each month is teen night at the Redmond/Sammamish Boys and Girls Clubs, with music, dancing, games, Xbox and Wii, movies, food and more. An
ASB or ID card is required for admittance. The fee is $6. Email ahise@positiveplace.org or call 250-4786. A support group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s. Caregivers gain emotional support, learn and share their experiences 6:30-8 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Faith United Methodist Church. Call 6171936. The Cascade Woman’s Club, meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month in members’ homes. Membership in the volunteer service organization is open to all women. Call 898-8603 or visit www.gfwccascadewomansclub.org. The Rotary Club of Sammamish meets every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at the Bellewood Retirement Apartments. Visit www.sammamishrotary.org. The Sammamish Fit Club, a club looking to improve the health of the community, meets from 7:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Call Trish at 206605-0679 or email whyweight@comcast.net. The Eastside Welcome Club, for people new to the area, meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month and
at other times for activities and outings. Call Barbara at 8682851. Cascade Republican Women’s Club meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Plateau Club. Call 861-7910. Redmond Toddler Group, a parent-child program with art, music, play and parent education has openings in pretoddler, toddler and family classes. Call 869-5605 or visit www.redmondtoddler.org. Moms Club of the Sammamish Plateau has activities including weekly age specific playgroups and monthly meetings, coffee mornings, mom’s nights out, craft club and local area outings. Visit www.momsclubsammamish.org or call 836-5015. Foster Parent Support Group meets the last Thursday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace. Earn your training/foster parent hours. Refreshments and child care are provided. Call 206-7198764. Sammamish Garden Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the homes of members. Call Cathy at 836-0421 or email See CLUB, Page 15
Faith United Methodist Church offers “Faith Cafe” for women of all ages. Drop-in coffee time, scrapbooking/stamping, mom and baby playgroup, quilting/knitting and walking group, classes, studies and themed days. 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Call Jo Lucas at 837-1948. Healing Prayer Service is for those who desire to make space for God in a peaceful settin, the fourth Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m., at Pine Lake Covenant Church. Email tamara@missiolux.org or call 890-3913. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered program offering support Mondays, 7-9 p.m., Pine Lake Covenant Church. Visit www.missiolux.org, or call 392-8636. Griefshare, a support group for those who have lost a loved one is from 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. Moms In Touch is an interdenominational prayer support group for moms to pray for children and schools. Call Jan Domek, (Issaquah School District) 681-6770, or Kelly Wotherspoon, (Lake Washington School District) 392-2291, or visit www.MomsInTouch.org. “Caffeine for the Soul,” a Judaic and Torah class for women, is from 1-1:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Caffé Ladro in Issaquah Highlands Shopping Center. Call Chabad of the Central Cascades 427-1654. Learn to read and speak Samskritam at the Vedic Cultural Center. Visit www.vedicculturalcenter.org. Community Bible Study, open to all women, meets See FAITH, Page 15
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Beyond Baby Blues, a dropin postpartum depression support group, meets from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursdays at New Parents Services, 11911 N.E. First St., No. 300, in Bellevue. Participants must call to confirm 450-0332, ext. 3.
Sammamish Presbyterian Church is hosting a series of various fitness classes, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:30-7:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:309:30 a.m. For more information, contact Billie Donahue at 785-2880.
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The Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition is hosting English Language Classes at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Pine Lake Covenant Church.
Library activities Swaddler Story Time, for children birth-9 months with an adult, 11 a.m. Aug. 4. Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, 4 p.m. July 28 and Aug. 4. Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. Aug. 3. Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 with an adult, 10 a.m. July 28 and 1 p.m. Aug. 4. Tales of the Trickster, for ages 3 and older with an adult. Explore tales of magic from Africa, Europe and the United States with multicultural stories, music, instruments and artifacts, 1 p.m. Aug. 5. Magic Around the World, for ages 5 and older with adult.
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Thursday mornings. Visit www.redmondcbs.org. Bhajan Bliss. Musicians and singers teach the traditional devotional bhajan. Vegetarian food. 7:30-9 p.m., Fridays at the
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CathyWebst@aol.com. Sammamish Kiwanis meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church. Visit www.sammamishkiwanis.org. Toastmasters of Sammamish meet from 7:15–8:45 p.m. every Tuesday at Mary, Queen of Peace. Call 427-9682 or email davidlloydhall@live.com. The Pine Lake Garden Club
Learn amazing facts about the people, landmarks and history of countries around the world with maps and artifacts from each area, 2 p.m. Aug. 9. Musik Nest, for children ages 2-3 with an adult. Share songs, dance, rhythm and new ways to enjoy music with your toddler, 7 p.m. Aug. 11. Spanish Celebration with Stories and Songs, for birth to 5 years with an adult. To celebrate Sammamish Days, the library will offer a fun filled-workshop for Spanish-speaking families to learn about early literacy and how to prepare children for kindergarten, 11 a.m. Aug. 13. Mother Daughter Book Club will discuss The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, 3 p.m. Aug. 27.
Vedic Cultural Center. Divorce Recovery, a seminar for those going through separation or divorce or trying to move on from divorce, weekly from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., September 13 to November 29 at Pine Lake Covenant Church. Call 425 3928636 or visit www.plcc.org Pine Lake Covenant Church
meets the second Wednesday of the month, plus occasional meetings for workshops and local field trips. Call 836-7810. The Sammamish Symphony is seeking musicians. Visit www.SammamishSymphony.org. Mothers and More – Sammamish/Redmond Chapter offers “Moms Need a Playgroup Too,” scrapbooking, book club, movies out, clutter club, kids play groups and more. At 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. Visit www.redmondmothersandmore.org. Sammamish Saddle Club — Visit www.sammamishsaddle-
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Farmers Market Writing Workshop, for ages 13 and older. Join other writers as we search the Farmers Market for inspiration, then spend a summer evening writing, sharing our work and learning from each other, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 10 and 17. Teen Writers' Group, 3:30 p.m. Aug. 16. Cover Art and Cupcakes, an art exhibition for teens. Design a book cover for your favorite book or an imaginary one. Pick up an entry form at the Sammamish or Issaquah Library and turn it in by Aug. 15. Exhibition will take place at 2 p.m. Aug. 19. The Sammamish Book Group will discuss Garlic and Sapphires: the Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl, 7 p.m. Aug. 17.
offers a ministry for children with special needs at 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Call 392-8636. Free Hebrew classes are offered through Chabad of the Central Cascades. Call 427-1654. Kabalat Shabbat 7 p.m., Fridays, the Chabad House at the Issaquah Highlands. Call 4271654.
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