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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

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Annual honor swim pays tribute to beloved tutor Barb Johnson

BY DAVID HAYES

dhayes@sammamishreview.com

When Don and Barb Johnson moved in to a small cottage home on the shores of Lake Sammamish in 1972, there was not one school on the Plateau.

With their kids attending elementary school in Redmond,

Don said Barb devised a plan combining staying at home with them and putting her master’s degree in special education to use while tutoring.

A cottage industry literally grew out of their home, Sammamish Tutoring, providing a need to help students fill in the gaps where they were struggling.

As the population grew, so did the demand. The Johnsons eventually built two, secondfloor classrooms in their home to meet the demand — elementary students to the left as they came up the stairs, high school students to the right.

After Barb and her fellow Sammamish Tutoring instructors touched the lives of easily

more than 500 kids over the years, early onset Alzheimer’s robbed her of her ability to continue in 2012.

As the disease whittled away at her body and soul, one memory stuck with her — family swims in Lake Sammamish.

SEE SWIM, PAGE 7

Skyline grad’s trek across America more than just a bike ride

BY DAVID HAYES dhayes@sammamishreview.com

John Ruskin, a leading art critic of the Victorian-era, once said, “The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.”

Skyline High School graduate Brendan Long was introduced to this quote that stuck with him at the Clemson Outdoor Lab, in Clemson, S.C. The lab is a facility used to host summer camps for people with disabilities that his fraternity Phi Kappa Phi is involved in nationally. It was another stop on a bicycle ride across the country Long participated in as part of his fraternitysponsored Journey of Hope.

After that two-month ride from June 13 to Aug. 13, Long takes with him a lifetime of experiences that couldn’t help but leave him a changed man.

“It felt like we really made a difference along the way,” he said.

The cross-country ride started as a personal challenge to carry on a tradition at Long’s fraternity that his friend completed the year before.

Long, 20, who will be a junior this fall at the University of Washington, hadn’t participated in organized sports since he was captain of Skyline’s cross country and track teams.

Undaunted, Long signed up with a couple of friends and began fundraising. Journey of Hope works with other organizations along the crosscountry route that help people with disabilities, presenting grants to help keep those organizations going.

Long, hitting up family and friends, said he was overwhelmed by the generosity of the community. He blew past the $5,500 minimum required to participate, bringing in $11,000. In all, the 23-man crew that went with Long raised $600,000 for Journey of Hope.

This year, they rode the Southern route, departing out of Long Beach, Calif., then making stops in Las Vegas, Albuquerque, N.M., Dallas, Atlanta and Charlotte, among others, before finishing in Washington, D.C. Each day’s trip varied from SEE BIKE RIDE, PAGE 8

Barb Johnson

District is ready for the first day of school to start

BY DAVID HAYES dhayes@sammamishreview.com

Contributed

Skyline Graduate Brendan Long celebrates Aug. 13 at the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., after completing a crosscountry bike ride with the organization Journey of Hope.

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Issaquah Superintendent Ron Thiele informed the school board Aug. 24 that the newest additions to the school district will open on time and fully staffed for the first day of school Sept. 1.

The district’s busy summer of construction included three projects funded by the 2012 bond, including a $64 million new campus for Issaquah Middle School, a $32.4 million new building for Sunny Hills Elementary, and a $3.925 reconfiguration of the old Issaquah Middle School into Gibson Ek, a new non-comprehensive high school.

With 19,541 total students, one of the fears going into the school year was staffing all those new and old classrooms SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 9

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

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District’s PFOS claim misleading, experts say

BY LIZZ GIORDANO lgiordano@ sammamishreview.com

In reaction to a Sammamish Review story about the detection of perfluorooctane sulfonate in a second Sammamish Plateau Water production well, the water district sent out a post on Twitter and Facebook saying “1 part per billion is like 1/2 tsp of water in an Olympic sized swimming pool.”

Water quality experts called that comparison misleading.

Dr. David Andrews, a senior scientist with the Environmental Working Group, did the math and said it would only take two cups of PFOS to contaminate the entire 1.9 billion gallons of drinking

water the district delivered to residents last year.

“Incredibly small amounts can contaminate water supplies for years or decades,” Andrews said. “It’s the potency of the chemical that matters.”

The chemical has also been found in trace amounts in two Sammamish Plateau Water production wells along the North Fork of Issaquah Creek just north of Interstate 90.

The pumphouses are located near the intersection of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast and 229th Avenue Southeast.

“I wholeheartily agree that the tweet should not have gone out,” said Jay Krauss, general manager of the Sammamish

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Plateau Water. “But the real story is, why isn’t anyone finding the source?”

Krauss said the problem is outside the water district and he wants the state Department of Health or the Department of Ecology to take ownership of the problem.

Water from Sammamish Plateau’s Well No. 8 was found to contain 0.029 parts per billion of PFOS in a July test. The district’s Well No. 7 showed the presence of PFOS at 0.015 parts per billion in July.

The detection is at a level significantly below what the EPA considers unsafe.

In May, the EPA set a new, more stringent advisory level of 0.07 parts per billion for PFOS and perfluorooctanoic acid

combined.

A press release from the Environmental Working Group after the change said EPA’s lower advisory level still falls far short of what is needed to fully protect public health, and it is not a legally enforceable limit.

PFOS has also been detected in Issaquah’s Gilman Wells No. 4 and No. 5 and in monitoring wells to the west and south of the Gilman wells’ pumphouse Gilman Well No. 4 was one of 119 wells out of 36,149 tested nationwide that showed dangerous levels of PFOS. The tests were performed for an Environmental Protection Agency program that required municipal water systems to determine whether

“I wholeheartily agree that the tweet should not have gone out. But the real story is, why isn’t anyone finding the source?”

— Jay Krauss Sammamish Plateau Water general manager perfluorinated chemicals Abrams-Caras, senior campaign director for like PFOS were present.

Washington Toxics Water from Gilman Coalition, PFOS does not Well No. 4 is run through belong in drinking water a treatment system and is tested regularly. Untreated, at any amount.

“PFOS is a highly perit would be considered sistent chemical that a health risk, but tests of treated water show no can cause cancer,” she detectable level of PFOS. said. “Babies are born City of Issaquah today with this chemical Utilities Engineering already contaminating Manager Bob York says their fragile developing drilling of additional bodies because it builds monitoring wells — part up and is persistent in of an effort to establish people and it is passed the extent of the PFOS onto them in the womb contamination in the and through breast milk.

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Police blotter Schools vandalized n At 1:39 p.m. Aug. 14, Eastlake High School officials discovered someone had thrown multiple landscape bricks through the windows of four exterior opening doors of the school. n At 3:22 a.m. Aug. 19, an unknown suspect threw a concrete rock through a window of Blackwell Elementary School at 3225 20th Place NE.

Home egged

At 10:45 a.m. Aug. 16, a resident in the 2800 block of 275th Avenue Southeast reported someone had thrown eggs at the home’s garage bay door.

Home rocked

A resident in the 22300 block of Northeast 28th Street reported at 1:39 a.m. Aug. 19 someone had thrown rocks at the garage door and the car, damaging both.

Suspect broke a whole lot of laws

At 7:11 p.m. Aug. 16, a female suspect was ini-

School Board plans special meeting The Issaquah School Board has planned a 90-minute special meeting/executive session for 7 p.m. Sept. 1, at the district Administrative Service Center, 565 NW Holly St. The meeting is to consider a quasi judicial matter between named parties.

Board President Suzanne Weaver and directors Lisa Callan, Marnie Maraldo, Harlan Gallinger and Anne Moore will attend along with attorney Carlos Chavez.

Executive sessions are not open to the public.

No action is expected after the meeting.

tially arrested in the 2200 block of 273rd Court Southeast for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. A subsequent search of her person turned up meth and heroin as well as another person’s driver’s license, BECU card and passport.

Smash and grab

Sometime before 10:41 a.m. Aug. 18, someone smashed into a car through its passenger side window in the 1400 block of West Beaver Lake Way and stole some items inside.

Illegal ice cream sales

At 7:21 p.m. Aug. 18, an ice cream vendor was cited for selling ice cream from his truck in Klahanie without a valid Sammamish business license.

Package purloined from porch At 2:24 p.m. Aug. 19, a resident in the 2300 block of 229th Avenue reported someone stole a package that had been dropped off on the front porch.

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At 3:49 p.m. Aug. 20, a resident in the 400 block of 213th Place Southeast discovered sometime overnight someone entered the unlocked Ford Explorer at the home and stole the garage door opener and extra vehicle key.

Burglary

At 10:16 p.m. Aug. 18, police arrested a suspect at the QFC at 4560 Klahanie Drive SE for felony warrant. A subsequent search of the sus-

will be hosting individual Family Connection meetings on Sept. 1, 2 and 6.

Neighborhood schools will contact parents to schedule a time for them and their children to attend a Family Connection meeting. This meeting will be an oppor-

tunity for the teacher to create a partnership with the parent and is a chance for teachers to learn more about their children before school starts.

To learn more about the district’s kindergarten programs, go to bit. ly/2bqJ6nY.

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Car prowl

At 2:03 p.m. Aug. 21, a resident in the 2400 block of 200th Avenue Southeast reported that sometime overnight someone entered the home through a window by first removing the air conditioning unit and stole a laptop, some Coach purses and a Lincoln welder.

Kindergarten starts Sept. 7

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

OPINION

On Further Review

Letters to the editor

National Dog Day reminds us why they are man’s best friend

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id you know last Friday was If your best friend gets a National Dog Day? little too rambunctious in I didn’t. If you don’t put public, Riverdog can help with out a press release, I remain their training. Of course, it’s ignorant of your celebration. best to go to them early in I had to find out from a Facebook post by your dog’s development, somea member of my wife’s NW Pugs meetup thing about being easier to David Hayes learn good habits rather than group.

That’s a bummer, too, because who betunlearn bad. ter than mom and dad deserves their own When you want to pamday? per your dog, there’s more businesses in It’s amazing the cottage industry that has Issaquah to cater to your dog than you can popped up devoted to Fido. Halloween is still shake a stick at, from Jen’s All Natural Pet two months away, but costumes are already Spa to PetSmart. If you can’t get home in out in local stores. And one aisle over are time to get your dog its walk around the costumes for your dog. My wife can’t wait for block, someone’s there to lead them on a this season — she’s already purchased a huge leash, like Highlands Pet Nanny. I can’t seem cupcake outfit for our smaller of the two pugs, to find any cat walking services. Weird.

Mai Tai, and a beer stein costume for the bigWhen you have to go on a business trip or ger Wonton. it’s vacation time, but you can’t take your best Speaking of dressing up, when Issaquah friend, that’s OK. There’s a variety of boardhosts a parade, like the Pets ‘n’ Kids Parade ing services that welcome your dog’s stay, on the 4th of July or at last week’s Fantastic from Happy Hound Hotel to Tiger Mountain Fly-in, the community brings along their four- Kennel. legged family members, and I’m not talking Sorry cat owners, but there’s myriad reaabout Cleo the cat. sons why dogs won the title of man’s best Dogs love a parade. Cats love a nap. Dogs friend. To a cat, you’re just hired help. To a have personality. Cats have an attitude. dog, you’re the center of their universe.

You can dress up your dog in the gloriest I’m marking my calendar for next year’s of red, white and blue. Cats will scratch your National Dog Day so I can give some extra eyes out if you try to put a bonnet on their special time to my pugs, not that they don’t head. already make every day for my wife and I Even the Seattle Mariners recognize dogs extraordinary. love going places. Three times a year they host Bark at the Park night. Cats are so Email reporter David Hayes unwelcome at the ballpark, meow doesn’t at dhayes@sammamishreview.com.

Twitter : @DavidHayesIP even rhyme with anything associated with baseball.

On Further Review is a weekly column by If you want to deck your dog out for an members of the Sammamish Review news staff. evening on the town, there’s businesses here in Issaquah that can help with their wardrobe It does not necessarily represent the editorial views of the newspaper. like Le Chic Pet in the Highlands.

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Challenge Series races bring smiles to all I just wanted to let you know how pleased I was to see you published the letter from Zac Hochman as a guest columnist.

We are so proud of his letter describing his experiences with the Challenge Series gravity car races. Over the years, we have seen these experiences happen at every race. The typical kids get to know and feel comfortable with those who happen to have a disability, and vice versa. These races are really all about those with challenges, mental or physical, having a fun time. Their smiles make it all worth the effort, and we all get to know those with challenges a little bit better. I want to give a big thank you to the Rotary Clubs of Issaquah, Sammamish and Snoqualmie for their sponsorship of these races. It couldn’t happen without their support. Life Enrichment Options supplies the cars, equipment and expertise for these races and the Rotary Clubs provide the planning, permits, trophies and free lunches.

Rose Finnegan Issaquah Editor’s note: The writer is a Life Enrichment Options board member

Don’t ignore history of Providence Heights I am rather new to this area, only having lived here for a year, but I have visited and toured for the last 30 years. Before I moved here, I lived in the middle of the country, and while I was born in New Orleans, I have also visited Boston, Charleston, Savannah and Washington, D.C. I have been drawn to these and other cities by their history and architecture, no doubt a result of having grown up in a historic city.

On one of our visits here, we went to Vancouver, Wash., and my daughter took me to

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the school established by the Providence nuns and pointed out that Mother Joseph, leader of the group of sisters who came to the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1800s, was immortalized by the state’s statue of her in the National Statuary Hall located in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Mother Joseph is considered one of the first architects in the Pacific Northwest. It is from this group of sisters, who established a presence of the Sisters of Providence in the Northwest, that the property at Providence Heights eventually developed. It is also the group of sisters who established hospitals in the area that eventually became the Providence healthcare system.

Perhaps having grown up with an emphasis on both history and architecture made me appreciate it more, but how can our children come to appreciate it if we level it and cover it with pavement or concrete, glass and steel? Such buildings as the Providence Heights property are teaching tools as much as the Old North Church in Boston, the market in Charleston, a covered bridge in Indiana or Ohio, and the room in the Cabildo in New Orleans where the Louisiana Purchase was signed.

Madeline G. Korff Sammamish

Valderrama election headline needed rewrite When I read the Aug. 11 Sammamish Review’s headline “Valderrama drubbed in the primary,” I was flabbergasted since I expect to see opinions printed on the opinion page. The mere choice of the word “drubbed” and a reference to Mount Rainier appears to demonstrate a bias that is innate within King County whenever the status quo is chalSEE LETTERS, PAGE 5

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lenged.

To wit: The author could have shared that Valderrama is valiantly challenging a 10-year incumbent, voter turnout was very low (approximately 33 percent) or discussed the fact that he drew his conclusion based on preliminary data. At the very least, the Sammamish Review should have mentioned that the people of Sammamish, who best know Ramiro, overwhelming chose Ramiro because of his proven track record here at home.

Frankly, I believe the results demonstrate an overwhelming appearance of apathy among voters. The election will be won solely by those who are able to get their supporters to vote. I am voting for Ramiro Valderrama because I want a representative who shares my values and has demonstrated experience listening to constituents in order to find win-win solutions to complex problems for all citizens, regardless of party. I hope that you will join me in voting this November for Ramiro Valderrama for 45th District State Representative.

See you at the summit!

Pamela Randolph Sammamish

Valderrama a strong advocate for citizens Ramiro Valderrama is an exceptionally strong advocate for the people and I urge you to support him in his run against

Roger Goodman for the 45th Legislative District.

Valderrama’s powerful advocacy for the mentally ill, environment, education and property rights are probably key reasons the nonpartisan Municipal League rated him “outstanding.”

As deputy mayor of the City of Sammamish, Valderrama was two years ahead of his peers on the City Council in fighting King County’s removal of trees during construction of the Sammamish Trail. Early on, Ramiro had to take on the council majority to save the trees and protect property rights along the trail. He won his second election by 83 percent.

Valderrama is a strong advocate for the mentally ill. He’s been selected by a mental health organization that supports candidates who are committed to improving access to ethical mental health treatment. The organization is supported by seven mental health groups and about 2,500 clinicians.

And he isn’t too excited about ST3. The $54 billion Sound Transit package would raise taxes by over $1,000 on a $700,000 house. ST3 reduces bus service, and Eastside residents would pay a proportionally heavier cost. He calls the measure “taxation without transportation.”

Ramiro’s four children attended Lake Washington School District and he’s presently a STEM school advisor for the district. To fully fund education, we need $4.5 billion. And some lawmakers want to spend $54 billion on light rail?

Bob Yoder Redmond

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Valderrama there when constituents need him I strongly endorse Ramiro Valderrama, who represents his constituents in a fair and balanced manner, making progressive change no matter how difficult or complex the issue.

We personally had an excruciatingly painful experience with county government and the East Lake Sammamish Trail North Expansion. So much so that we decided to relocate off the lake and away from the trail.

From an experience like that, you learn very quickly you need common sense advocates within government not just to move forward new agendas, but to simply protect those rights we thought were self-evident, including protecting our biggest investments, like house, home and literally our mental sanity.

We need government transparency, alignment of state, county and city overall development plans and people within government willing to fight on our behalf to maintain citizen trust.

Ramiro is one of Sammamish citizens’ strongest advocates, making our voice heard and pushing for respectful compromise among parties and alignment of interagency plans, helping to restore my trust that someone is representing me in government.

I have personally known Ramiro to be highly responsive to citizen’s issues and believe he can bring the same qualities to Olympia.

Carrie Parrish Sammamish

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SWIM From Page 1

Skyline High School junior Geneva Schlepp (second from left) spearheaded an effort among local athletes to raise money for Water for People. Skyline students (from left) Jaron Jin, Schlepp, Chris Fink, Clara Brewer and Drew Holt all contributed to the fundraising.

Skyline runner trades miles for charity money

BY CHRISTINA CORRALES-TOY ccorrales-toy@ sammamishreview.com

After a long run through the Issaquah Alps, Skyline High School junior Geneva Schlepp reaches for a cold bottle of water.

She takes a sip to quench her thirst. The water is clean, refreshing and easy to obtain, luxuries that aren’t available in many parts of the world.

More than 1.8 billion people worldwide do not have access to clean water and 2.4-billion lack access to adequate sanitation, according to the nonprofit Water for People.

Those numbers struck a chord with Schlepp this summer, inspiring the elite athlete to use her running talents for a greater purpose. She traded miles for money, promising to run 60 miles over a two-week period in exchange for donations to support Water for People’s mission of bringing safe water to communities in need.

“As runners, we’re

always drinking water and we take it for granted because it’s always there,” Schlepp said. “We don’t even think about it, how easily and readily available water is for us and that it’s clean, too.”

Schlepp cited statistics that show women and children spend more than four hours a day walking to their water source in some developing countries. She added that hundreds of thousands die each year from drinking contaminated water.

She sprung into action this August, recruiting fellow KingCo Conference runners to set mileage goals and collect pledges. So far, the group has raised more than $6,000 for Water for People.

She spent the majority of her 60 miles on the trails of Tiger, Cougar and Squak mountains.

Schlepp’s mother Susan even got in on the act, pledging to hike a challenging 50 miles in 10 days.

“It was quite the adventure and I really enjoyed it because at the end of every hike, the first thing that was on our minds

was water, honestly,” Geneva Schlepp said. “It just really hit home that the fundraiser was built in a way that you would actually gain an appreciation for water.”

As she inched toward 60 miles, the Skyline cross-country and track athlete notched the longest run of her career: 12 miles. It was just the most recent accomplishment in what’s been a busy summer.

She was one of a few local athletes that qualified for the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Sacramento, Calif., where she earned a personal record time of 4 minutes, 49.16 seconds in the 1,500-meter race. She also attended a Stanford University cross-country and track camp.

“This has been the best summer training that I’ve had in my last two years,” she said. “I feel more prepared than I’ve ever felt for a sports season.”

Schlepp, who wants to study environmental engineering in college, is still collecting money for Water for People.

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Meyer added the honor swim is not a fundraiser. She saves those efforts for the annual Alzheimer’s Walk, which is the week after the swim.

“I do a pretty good fundraising campaign for Alzheimer’s Association for that because its something close to our heart and something we had to deal with,” Meyer said.

“It’s just a terrible, terrible disease. It’s important for people to realize Alzheimer’s is affecting a lot of people. Statistics show it’s growing every year.”

Barb died in 2013, never having gotten to witness her favorite people make the swim.

Meyer said they told her they were going to the summer before.

“She knew we were going to do it,” Meyer said. “So for the past three years, we gather, we remember Mom, we spend time together in her honor and we swim across the lake. She invited us to swim and without doubt, she is with us as we do it.”

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“For the year leading up to when my mom got very sick,” her daughter Kristine Meyer said, “she would ask anyone (and everyone) who came over to swim across Lake Sammamish with her.”

Meyer said her family knew Barb would never make that swim, but she didn’t know it. In her mind, the dates were set, the details planned and the swim would happen.

“That’s what mattered.

It made her happy when we all accepted the invitation and we saw the beautiful smile on her face,” Meyer said.

Meyer then had an epiphany. Her mother, ever the great planner, was organizing an event, consciously or not, to get her favorite people together to enjoy her favorite place, at home along the shores of Lake Sammamish.

For the past four years, Meyer has kept her mother’s last wish alive, organizing an honor swim across the lake.

Each year, a handful of their closest family and friends gather, usually aged between 9 and 19 Meyer said, the first Sunday after Labor Day to participate in the honor swim.

“We get flotilla of boats, kayaks and paddle boards,” Don said. “We then go across the lake to a dock, with a t-shape that we line up on. They probably have no idea who we are.”

Then they jump in and swim the 1 ¼ mile back to the Johnsons’ cottage.

“What’s really cool, all these people are not all swimming,” Meyer said.

“Some ride in boats, paddle boarding, kayaking, or part of the group waiting for us to come back in.”

Not all the participants are trained swimmers. Meyer’s husband has competed in Iron Man races, so he finishes in just over 30 minutes.

“He’s in and out quickly,” she said. “But’s not a race. My brother also has a friend who’s a professional swimming coach. Then there’s the few of us who bring up

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performed by people with iPhones and modern cars,” he wrote. “It From Page 1 was very different from 30 miles to the longest everything else that I of 130. He hit just about have experienced so far.” every variety of heat In Albuquerque, there index along the way, be was Tonya who had a it 118 degrees in Death severe case of cerebral Valley or 85 to 95 percent palsy leaving her unable humidity in Louisiana. to speak or control her Except for Long Beach limbs. Through technoland D.C., Long said every ogy she could move her city was a new and mem- head and read messages orable experience for out loud. Long said she him. Long’s team didn’t overcame her disabiljust drop off a grant ity to start the Every check and move on, they Ability Plays Project that were invited to get to builds playgrounds with know their hosts and integrated accessible participate in activities equipment to make them from dances to sports. inclusive for special “I played wheelchair needs children. basketball against a local “She was an inspiring team in Las Vegas who figure who had inspired proceeded to beat the real change in the comlights out of us by a lot munity and showed us to 4,” Long wrote in his concrete examples of blog tracking the trip. the successes she had “I’m happy to say I scored already had,” Long wrote. one of our two baskets, In Fort Worth, Texas, although at a certain Long’s team met up with point they began letting the entire 1996 Journey us shoot as they felt bad of Hope team celebrating for us. We played against their 20-year reunion. an athlete who told us “It was powerful to about his plans to play in hear how the trip impactthe 2020 Olympics.” ed them and to see them Their stay at the soverget back together 20 eign nation in Zuni, N.M., years later shows how led to the rare opportuclose they came together nity to watch the tribe as a team,” Long wrote. perform their rain dance, Some days on the which was illegal to film journey were frustrator photograph. ingly long and arduous.

“The Zuni felt primiSome legs were endless tive, yet modern, with stretches leaving a lot of ancient traditions being time to think.

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“The thing they really stressed in the beginning that really helped was emphasizing cycling was our disability for the day,” Long said. “Doing something made hard and difficult, but at the end of the day, you could get off the bike. The people we were meeting in wheel chairs can’t get out of their chairs. So people have disabilities that far exceed anything you can imagine. That made riding a bike not too much to ask of us.”

As amazing as many of the stops were along the way, Long said one of his most memorable was in Birmingham, Ala., where

they participated in Miracle League Baseball, partnering up with locals, helping them play, getting them through the rules, hanging out and just getting to know them.

“My buddy was Summer. It was cool to meet her. She was a funny person. At first she was a little shy to talk to me. But by the end, she didn’t want to see me go,” Long said. “Summer was a prime example of someone who was able to show true compassion without restraint and I loved the time I got to spend with her.”

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the 12,000-mile journey at the base of the Capitol building steps became bittersweet. Having met so many people along the way, he’d also established a bond with his fellow riders who came from Phi Kappa Phi chapters across the nation to participate. He also knew in all likelihood these were guys he’d never see again as they went on about their lives afterward.

“It was quite the spectacle seeing the Capitol building, after thinking about it the whole way, then walking up those steps. You saw a lot of 20-year-old guys breaking out in tears. It

was a pretty emotional moment,” Long said.

Long added he’s happy he had this opportunity to participate in Journey of Hope, as he must now concentrate on his studies and eventual career in finance. But he’s not yet ready to move on from endurance sports — he participated in the Portland to Seattle West Coast Push last weekend.

Having been so moved by the Journey of Hope ride, he’s also anticipating carrying on his fraternity’s legacy.

“I’m looking forward to encouraging guys to do it next year because it’s really about passing on tradition,” he said.

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with enough teachers in the wake of a statewide teacher shortage.

“We will have a teacher in front of every student in every classroom to start the first of school,” said Lisa Hechtman said, executive director of human resources.

But Thiele admitted some strings had to be stretched and pulled to meet those staffing needs.

While he praised Hechtman and her team to get the schools fully staffed, he remains concerned by forces beyond his control.

“I am becoming increasingly concerned what the cost of living and cost of housing in our area is doing to us. We’re doing OK getting new staff, but it’s when they hit year four or five and they start thinking they want to buy something or get married, that’s when it’s hard to hang on to them,” Thiele said.

To fill some of those positions, they’ve had to hire people who are notcertificated but who do have a bachelor’s degree.

They have also had to collapse some sections of classes, predominantly at the high school level, Hechtman said.

“As a result, we’ll be running some classes that are going to get larger in order to meet those needs,” she added.

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Could do that all day but n Maywood remains it takes its toll on folks.” overcrowded at 1,130 fullMeanwhile, not all time equivalent, the largest needs have been met. middle school Issaquah’s Hechtman said the ever had, Kuper said. district is still short “Those average school a behavior specialist, sizes Jake gave are not they’re still working to what we want, obviousbeef up its pool of subly,” Thiele said. “That’s stitute teachers and they why we have plans will not be fully staffed to build another high with education assisschool. Don’t want to tants when school starts. run our middle schools The administration pro- at nearly a thousand per jected a growth of 450 new building. Six hundred students and an aggregate is not terrible for an elementary school if I of 1,150 with all the new full-time kindergarten stu- thought we were not going to stay there; 550 dents district wide. would be ideal number.”

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Lauren Jensen’s high IQ helps Eastlake thrive

BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@ sammamishreview.com

Tenacity, strength, footwork and intelligence are some of the qualities that make Eastlake midfielder Lauren Jensen stand out on the soccer field.

And though there are many years separating them, there’s an uncanny resemblance between Jensen and another of the area’s soccer standouts – Seattle Sounders FC workhorse Osvaldo Alonso.

As a freshman, Jensen quickly earned a spot on the field for first-year Wolves coach Marc Wilson, then proceeded to stamp her image firmly in the minds of teammates and opponents.

Like Alonso, Jensen doesn’t score a lot of goals, but she’s often responsible for breaking up the opposing team’s attack,

and excels at shuttling the ball between the back and front lines.

An All-KingCo Conference first-team selection last season, Jensen doesn’t shy away from the comparison.

“I mostly just do what my coaches say, but if there was a player that I would look to, it actually would probably be Alonso,” she said.

Wilson said Jensen isn’t highly vocal but earns respect because she has an attractive, effective playing style.

“She’s extremely gifted,” the coach said. “She’s got a soccer IQ that you only hope to have when you’re coaching a highschool team – quite frankly, a soccer IQ that will serve her extremely well when she plays at the next level.”

Jensen was part of a turnaround 2015 season at SEE SOCCER, PAGE 11

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Eastlake midfielder Lauren Jensen (1) keeps the ball away from Skyline forward Emma Rohleder (10) during a soccer match last year.

Prep volleyball previews

Coaching change energizes Eastside Catholic

BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@ sammamishreview.com

With appearances at the state tournament in six of the last eight seasons, Eastside Catholic is among the most consistently successful Class 3A volleyball programs.

But the Crusaders haven’t won a trophy there in five years and are still searching for their first championship after runner-up finishes in 2003, ’08, ’10 and ’11.

New coach Jen Baklenko has taken over the task of returning the program to an elite level.

A former West Coast Conference Player of the Year at the University of San Diego, Baklenko played professionally and has since become a successful college, high school and club coach, both indoors and on the beach.

And she has quickly

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Eastside Catholic senior outside hitter Olivia Jacobsen watches the flight of the ball over the net Aug. 26 during volleyball varsity team practice.

opened the eyes of EC’s players during their first few months together.

“She has a ton of experience,” said Olivia Jacobsen, a senior outside hitter. “She is a lot more technical … and in general, who she has

on the team, the personnel, it’s all just smart decisions and we all just work together really well.”

“First practice, she had us do a warmup and she led us through it, and the coaches actually did it

with us,” junior outside hitter Maddie McMaster said.

“It stood out to me because they actually want to do things with us. Anything you do, she critiques, to make sure you’re doing it right.”

Baklenko acknowledg- and agility training to es the difficulty of getting improve their vertical players to quickly accept leaps. new methods, but she Other varsity veterans said the Crusaders have who figure to see plenty done just that. of court time include “They’re ready to commiddle blocker Peyton pete, which is excellent,” Wright, setter Mia Kirsch she said. “You never and defensive specialist know what you’re going Taylor Elop. to get (with a new team), The Crusaders’ two but I’m really excited to newcomers are freshget the group of girls that man outside hitter I have.

Courtney Bacich and “They’re ready. It’s up Cameron Baklenko, the to them to decide what coach’s daughter, who is they want to be and so expected to contribute as far, I like what I see.” a freshman setter.

Star setter Kyana “She has been playing Harris has graduated, since second grade,” the but Baklenko has the coach said. “She’s good luxury of working with because she has been nine returning varsity around volleyball so players. much. … She has a lot to McMaster and learn and I just trained Jacobsen have the her as a setter last year.” potential to be the best attacking duo in the n Eastside Catholic Metro League. They’ve Crusaders been working to boost n 2015 record: 12-12, their natural talent – advanced to Class 3A weight training to power more kills into the floor SEE VOLLEYBALL, PAGE 12

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n Eastlake Wolves n 2015 record: 10-3-4, advanced to conference tournament n Key graduation losses: F Anna Craig, D Cami Kennedy, GK Natalie LaTurner, MF Erika Jung, D Clare Suter n Key returning players: D Sydney Carste, soph.; MF/F Brooke Chandler, sr.; MF Lauren Jensen, soph.; MF Hannah Kleppe, sr.; MF/F Tatum Thornton, sr. n Key newcomers: MF Lauren Fisher, jr.; MF Lindsey Langton, soph.; GK Alex StupeyAnderson, fr.

Veteran Skyline squad looks to reach final four Senior forward Alexa Kirton didn’t mince any words when asked if the Skyline Spartans – bounced out in last year’s

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Skyline senior defender Cameron Tingey (left) and senior forward Alexa Kirton vie for the ball during an Aug. 26 preseason team scrimmage.

4A quarterfinals – had any unfinished business.

“That was pretty disappointing because we beat Issaquah twice and they ended up winning state,” Kirton said, “so it just shows that we were capable of doing it also.”

Like they’ve been for most of the past decade, Skyline and Issaquah figure to be the teams to beat in the KingCo Conference race. And the Spartans have every reason to be confident as 15 of their 18 players have prior varsity experience.

Kirton, one of the team’s top goal scorers in 2015, returns and figures to have plenty of chances to dent the net.

Opponents can’t focus solely on the big target forward because of the weapons around her.

Senior Cameron Tingey, junior Emma Rohleder and junior Julia Mitchell all played key roles last season. And the return of Candace Hunter, who missed all of her junior season with an injury, should only make them more dangerous.

“Her quickness is going to be really helpful to us in the midfield and it’s going to be a really good setup point,” Rohleder said of Hunter.

Rohleder had a solid first varsity season and can hurt opponents with her speed, dribbling and crossing skills.

“Watching Emma during tryouts, I’ve seen her improve so much from last year,” Kirton remarked.

If the Spartans can take the lead in matches,

it’ll be tough for opponents to find a way back. The starting back five of goalkeeper Anna Smith, outside backs Ava Giovanola and Claire Wate, and central defenders Mariah Alexander and Marissa Carpenter return intact.

They allowed only 13 goals in 17 matches last season.

Alexander and Carpenter have done well to anchor the group, Rohleder said.

“They are really strong back there and it’s really awesome to have two dependable defenders who you can rely on just in case you make a mistake,” she said. n Skyline Spartans 2015 record: 12-3-2, advanced to Class 4A quarterfinals n Key graduation losses: F Gabby Hart, MF Lindsey Fujiwara, F Alessandra Zonta n Key returning players: D Mariah Alexander, jr.; D Marissa Carpenter, jr.; F Alexa Kirton, sr.; MF

Emma Rohleder, jr.; GK Anna Smith, jr. n Key newcomers: MF Candace Hunter, sr.

Without Beck and Weedman, Crusaders will need new leadership It’s hard to overstate how important Tia Beck and Brooke Weedman – both now Division I players at Gonzaga – were to Eastside Catholic’s success last fall.

Beck completed a career in which she became the program’s all-time leading scorer and Weedman, a gifted scorer in her own right, unselfishly shifted to the back line to solidify a leaky defense.

But with the new season starting Sept. 8, nearly everyone else is back for an EC squad that reached the state tournament for the first time in four years. And the players think they took something positive away from a 3-0, seasonending loss to EdmondsWoodway.

“I think we put our

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nitely a leadership role.”

Haner will anchor the central defense in front of returning goalkeeper Leah Day. Haner made a bold declaration of what the group hopes to achieve.

“My goal is to not let Seattle Prep score on us,” she said.

The Metro League will provide a tough test as schools were realigned into three divisions.

The Crusaders were placed in what’s viewed as the toughest division and they’ll have home-and-away series with Bainbridge, Bishop Blanchet, Holy Names, Lakeside and Seattle Prep. n Eastside Catholic Crusaders n 2015 record: 12-7-1, advanced to Class 3A round of 16 n Key graduation losses: MF Tia Beck, D Brooke Weedman n Key returning players: MF Sophia Cerino, sr.; GK Leah Day, sr.; D Bailey Haner, sr.; F Samantha Toll, sr.; D Britney Weedman, soph.

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Eastlake, which won 10 games and was two games away from its first state-tournament bid since 2010.

Eleven seniors graduated from that squad but the Wolves expect to have similar success again. “(There are) a lot of new players coming in and they all are super excited to be on varsity,” Jensen said, “so they will definitely be playing with a certain edge now that they have moved up.”

The Wolves will likely stick with a highly productive 4-3-3 formation, though a 3-5-2 isn’t out of the question. And Wilson said he’s moving seniors Brooke Chandler and Tatum Thornton from outside defender to forward to better utilize their attacking skills.

Players like Hannah Kleppe, Lindsey Langton and Kinsey Kolar will help Eastlake’s midfield.

Sophomore Sydney Carste is a key piece of the defense, but may miss time with an injury.

Sophomore Olivia Harris and freshman Alex Stupey-Anderson are likely to share time at goalkeeper early in the season. Harris was the backup to former starter Natalie LaTurner.

heads down early when they scored the first goal on us,” senior defender Bailey Haner said, “and I think we need to remember to just keep fighting no matter what the score is.”

“I definitely think we need to work on not just being a second-half team,” senior midfielder Sophia Cerino added, “because sometimes what would happen was, we wouldn’t start strong and then we would get down in the second half and the goals started adding up in the end there.”

The Crusaders may be more mature than the freshman-laden squad of last year. Players like Britney Weedman, Samantha Toll and Rose Didcock will be asked to provide more productive minutes.

Cerino knows her teammates will be looking to her whether she plays as an attacking midfielder or striker.

“I didn’t really start scoring until last year,” she said, “so I’m hoping I can put a couple in the back of the net … but I’m definitely hoping to be more of an assisting role as outside mid and defi-

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it,” Wesson said of Pell.

Along the back line, look for junior Becca Owen and sophomore Isabelle Garrido, a callup for last year’s postseason, to lead the defensive effort.

Wesson believes the Spartans will return to state and their practice sessions are indicative of

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state tournament n Key graduation losses: S Kyana Harris, MB Anna Jacobsen n Key returning players: OH Olivia Jacobsen, sr.; S Mia Kirsch, jr.; OH Maddie McMaster, jr.; MB Peyton Wright, jr. n Key newcomers: OH Courtney Bacich, fr.; S Cameron Baklenko, fr.

Eastlake Wolves look to prove state berth wasn’t a fluke When last year’s Class 4A KingCo Conference tournament started, there weren’t many people who thought the Eastlake Wolves had a chance of advancing.

Eastlake was the No. 8 seed to the conference tournament after a 1-7 record in KingCo matches. But they upset top-seeded Skyline and Newport to reach the title game, then beat Camas in a bi-district crossover to reach state for the first time in 12 years.

Naturally, the returning Wolves are eager to prove they belong there again.

“We all want the same thing and we’re all so motivated,” senior libero Katie Varness said. “We can see the passion in everyone’s eyes when they play, so we’re super excited for the year.”

Junior setter Tessa Woerner will likely see her influence expand since Elizabeth McCoy graduated. Hayley Barney, a third-year varsity player, is now the most experienced option in the attack.

Coach Janna Tonahill’s teams have typically relied upon solid defense and the Wolves have two veteran specialists in Varness and fellow senior Ally Schasteen who can record 20-30 digs per match.

All-KingCo first-teamer Jordan Dahl graduated after a spectacular career and Eastlake may struggle to replace her skills at outside hitter.

But just as important as Dahl’s right arm was the belief she instilled in her teammates and the

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Eastlake senior libero Katie Varness sets the ball for the side Aug. 26 during a varsity team practice.

Wolves will look to multiple players to fill that role in 2016.

Varness said several players have the capability to be floor leaders. She doesn’t expect anyone to be Dahl’s equivalent, but they learned things from Dahl that can benefit this year’s lineup.

First-year varsity player Allie O’Loughlin could be a key addition.

“She just has that natural leader in her that will probably come out a lot on the court,” Varness said.

Eastlake Wolves n 2015 record: 7-13, advanced to Class 4A state tournament n Key graduation losses: OH Jordan Dahl, RS Makenna Dahl, S Elizabeth McCoy, MB Lindsey Urh n Key returning players: OH Hayley Barney, jr.; L Ally Schasteen, sr.; L Katie Varness, sr.; S Tessa Woerner, jr. n Key newcomer: RS Allie O’Loughlin, sr.

Skyline’s youngsters try to banish bad memories Callie Wesson’s teams had never missed the state tournament during her first four seasons at Skyline. And after winning the regular-season KingCo title, the Spartans seemed to be sailing toward a fifth straight trip.

It didn’t happen, though, as underdog Eastlake upended them in five sets during the KingCo tournament and a powerful Battle Ground team knocked them off, 3-0, in a winner-tostate, loser-out crossover match.

The long bus ride to the Vancouver area, combined with a short

warmup period, weren’t kind to the Spartans in their season-ending loss. But Wesson thinks an exceptionally young group that featured 10 sophomores will be better because of the disappointment.

“It definitely was a learning experience and kind of an eye-opener that came with youth,” she said, “and I think that’s going to be beneficial, that they know they were that close last year.”

Skyline’s squad is again filled with underclassmen. There are no seniors on the 2016 roster. But there are seasoned players at every position who’ve been playing together on select programs for many years.

Junior outside Grace Stephens should be the Spartans’ top offensive threat, though she’ll have help in front of the net in the form of Emmelynn Walters, a 6-foot-2 sophomore transfer from Great Oak High in Temecula, Calif.

Walters will start at middle blocker and gives Skyline a new type of threat.

“We’re going to do a lot of tutoring to get us on her page a little bit,” Wesson said. “They run a little bit of a faster ball (in California), so we’ve got to do a lot of work to catch up, but I think she’s going to be a huge asset to us.”

Two familiar faces quarterback the attack in junior Sydney Dinsmore, a returning setter, and junior Jacalyn Pell, who switches from outside hitter.

“She definitely can adapt to any role, take it on, buy into what we’re trying to do and excel at

the type of team they’re trying to be.

“Definitely, we’re always competing, always trying to get the one-up on each other, and it’s all about getting the best kids out there all the time,” she said.

Skyline Spartans n 2015 record: 12-7,

advanced to Class 4A crossover playoff n Key graduation loss: OH Kate Richardson n Key returning players: S Sydney Dinsmore, jr.; L Becca Owen, jr.; S Jacalyn Pell, jr.; OH Grace Stephens, jr. n Key newcomer: MB Emmelynn Walters, soph.

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