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City hit hard with thefts from cars
Laying out the welcome mat
By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com From Aug. 30 to Sept. 4, Sammamish police investigated roughly 25 thefts from cars. Reports seemed to come from all around the city, though the Trossachs neighborhood seemed hit the hardest. Items stolen ranged from anything from wallets and purses to bottles of liquor from the back of a pickup to a cell phone. “These were all crimes of convenience,” said Sammamish Police Det. Bill Albright. He said the numbers seem to have fallen off since early this month, but thefts from cars — or car prowls, in police terminology — remain what Albright called a “lucra-
tive” endeavor for local thieves. In the past two weeks, Albright said police have identified two suspects who may be linked to multiple crimes. The suspects may be operating in Sammamish, Renton and Woodinville, and Albright said police in all three jurisdictions are actively looking for them. Sammamish police also have identified a third subject, possibly a local resident who works on his own and is perhaps a bit older than the usual suspect. In the case of all the suspects, none seem to have regular home addresses, which has made them difficult for police to track, Albright said. How did police uncover the susSee THEFTS, Page 3
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Children can help create outdoor art with bird’s nest project Children ages 8-12 are invited to help create a human-sized bird’s nest that eventually will become a part of Sammamish’s Big Rock Park. Sponsored by the Sammamish Arts Commission and facilitated by Issaquah’s artEAST, the nest-building project is from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 19 at the Lower Commons Park, 550 22nd Place S.E., Sammamish. The nest will be moved to Big Rock Park next spring.
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Professional environmental artist Karen White, of artEAST, will lead the nest building, creating what event planners bill as “an ephemeral urban treasure.” Participants must register. Go to the city’s website, www.sammamish.us and follow the links to “Let’s Build a Bird’s Nest.” Click on “Register Today” near the bottom of the page. Learn more about White at www.kwsculptures. com.
Winery opens new tasting lounge in release weekend Fivash Cellars, in the heart of Sammamish, will be open to the public Sept. 18-20 for its annual Fivash Release Weekend. Tastings at the growing destination winery are typically on Sunday or by appointment. The release and tasting event provides a unique opportunity to check out the growing winery and its new Tasting Lounge. “It is a comfortable place to relax and enjoy some great wine,” owner and winemaker Scott Fivash said in a news release. This year’s release will include several 2010 vintage wines, including two new Walla Walla Cabernet Sauvignons, a new 100 percent Syrah and a new Merlot
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Noah Foxman (left), 8, and Noah Yoon, 10, use gold shovels to spread mulch around the base of a freshly planted red oak tree Sept. 12 at SLIDESHOW Klahanie Park to mark a great beginning as the neighborhood celebrated its upcoming annexation. The Welcome to Sammamish event took advantage of beautiful weather See more photos from that likely won’t be around Jan. 1, 2016, when Klahanie is officially the Sept. 12 “Welcome annexed into the city limits. The day included family festivities, games to Sammamish” event at www.sammamishreview.com. and music, bouncy houses and food, as well as remarks by elected officials from Sammamish and King County.
produced from grapes also grown in Walla Walla. “These Cab Sauvs are some of the best wines I have ever made and all of the new releases are very good and ready to be drank,” Fivash said. “I believe that you must have tasted a lot of good wine to make good wine. I started my wine collection in 1985 with two cases of California Cabernet Sauvignon and over the years I have been lucky to drink a lot of great wine from around the world and especially Washington state,” he added. “There was a period of almost 10 years, while I was publishing See WINERY, Page 2
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