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The sun sets through the trees, looking west from Skyline High School Sept. 9.

EFR explains Sahalee response Candidates’ forum

By Christopher Huber

Sahalee residents are reflecting after an Aug. 24 fire leveled a home and sent one of the gated community’s members to the hospital with second-degree burns.

And on Sept. 13, they met with Eastside Fire & Rescue leaders at the country club’s clubhouse to retrace the chain of events that some thought was too slow and others simply wanted to understand better.

Fire Chief Lee Soptich and battalion chief Glenn Huffman spoke with concerned residents

about the house fire on the 2000 block of 208th Place Northeast, which drew 21 firefighters and more than a half-dozen aid vehicles from Redmond to Issaquah.

Dale Simpson, 87, is still recovering at Harborview Medical Center, according to the Sahalee Maintenance Association. He suffered seconddegree burns to his head, and smoke inhalation. He was listed initially in serious condition, but was later was said to be improving, according to a Harborview spokeswoman.

Questions during the town hall style meeting focused on

the overall aid response to treating Mr. Simpson, not necessarily how fast the fire trucks got there.

It came down, the agency leaders said, to a communications error between emergency dispatchers at the Bellevuebased NORCOM site and EFR firefighters on the scene, according to radio and 911-call records and personal accounts from the incident.

“We had some communication failures in this event,” Soptich said as he began the disSee FIRE, Page 3

set for next week

By Ari Cetron

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September 21, 2011

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Redistricting likely to change who represents city

By Ari Cetron

Sammamish may get to know some new representatives in both Olympia and Washington D.C. next year.

The state redistricting committee released proposals of where to draw boundaries for congressional and legislative districts Sept. 13. Each of the four maps proposes changes to which districts cover the city.

The commission is made of two Democrats and two Republicans.

Both parties in the House and Senate appointed a representative. Each of the four men released his own draft of where he would draw the lines — including squeezing in a new 10th Congressional District.

Redistricting happens every 10 years, after the census has been completed, to reflect changes in population trends.

Three of the four proposals seek to create a congressional district made up primarily of minority voters. Each of the proposals seeks to benefit one political party over the other, and each forces some incumbents into a different district than they now represent.

For Sammamish, plans vary greatly. Currently, Sammamish is

Get involved To see the maps proposed by various commissioners, and to comment on each of them, visit www.redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp. in the 8th Congressional District.

The bulk of the city is in the 5th Legislative District, with a chunk of the northern part of the city in the 45th Legislative District.

Republican appointee Slade Gorton would leave Sammamish in the 8th Congressional District which would include most of King County east of Lake Sammamish, and the northeast half of Pierce County.

Gorton’s legislative plan for Sammamish would have the southern part of the city in the 41st Legislative District along with Mercer Island, Newcastle, southern Bellevue and other parts of Bellevue along Lake Washington and parts of Issaquah around Lake Sammamish.

The northern half would be in the 5th which would swoop around to cover southern Issaquah, Maple Valley, and stretch eastward to Snoqualmie, North Bend, and on to the county line.

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appointee, would shift Sammamish into the 1st Congressional District along with much of suburban King County and parts of Snohomish County south of Everett.

He would also move most of the city into the 45th Legislative District, along with Redmond and Kirkland, except for a sliver along the southern edge, which would go to the 41st along with Issaquah, Newcastle and Mercer Island.

Dean Foster, the other Democrat, would also move Sammamish into the 1st Congressional District, which would also include Issaquah, Redmond and areas north of Lake Washington and north of Seattle all the way to Puget Sound.

It would continue north to include Mill Creek, but would stay south of Everett. He would leave the Legislative boundaries relatively unchanged, although the 45th District might move a little further south and encompass a slightly larger part of the city.

Tim Huff, the other Republican appointee, also puts Sammamish into the 1st Congressional District. His take on the 1st includes Snoqualmie and North Bend, and then goes

LWSD superintendent to leave for Singapore Chip Kimball, superintendent of the Lake Washington School District since 2007, is leaving the position at the end of the 20112012 school year.

Kimball, a district employee since 1996, will be taking over as superintendent of the

County and school boundaries ◆ The County Council is also in the process of re-drawing lines for its districts, but each of the four proposals released leaves Sammamish in the 3rd District, represented by Kathy Lambert. For more information on that plan, visit www.kingcounty.gov/operations/districting. ◆ The Lake Washington School Board is set to get its first look at proposed new boundaries at its Sept. 26 meeting. The board is tentatively scheduled to hold a public hearing on the proposal, and possibly adopt the on Oct. 10. ◆ The Issaquah School District already completed drawing its new boundaries. Information on the new boundaries can be found at www.issaquah.wednet.edu/board/election11.aspx.

north to the Canadian border, covering most of Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties.

His plan carves Sammamish into three different legislative districts.

The southern part of the city would be in the 41st District, with parts of Issaquah, Newcastle, Mercer Island and southern Bellevue. The central part is in the 5th with the rest of Issaquah Snoqualmie, North Bend, Maple Valley and the northern part is in the 45th, which swings around skipping Redmond but goes to Kirkland, Woodinville and Duvall, and eastward, encompassing rural areas on both sides of the King/Snohomish County line.

The final map will likely change greatly from these drafts, which are little more than a starting point for negotiations. Now that the proposals are on the table, there will be a 30-day public comment period.

The commission, consisting of the four men plus a non-voting chairwoman, Lura Powell, will meet to hash out a final plan.

Three of the four commissioners must agree on a map by the end of the year for the proposal to take effect; if they cannot, the state Supreme Court will take over.

The new districts will go into effect when voters go to the polls in November 2012.

Singapore American School in Singapore beginning in summer 2012. The decision came after careful consideration with his family, he said in a press release.

“For most of my career I have spoken about globalization and how our students will need to compete internationally,” Kimball said in a district press

release. “This position will give me the opportunity to see this dynamic first hand, in one of the centers of economic activity in Asia. And I will be able to bring all that I have learned and seen in Lake Washington to another part of the world.”

The school board will now begin the process for filling the position.

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cussion Sept. 13 at the Sahalee Country Club clubhouse. “We’re not proud of that.”

The call went out to firefighters at 6:16 p.m. Aug. 24.

Within about nine minutes, the first responders from Station 82 had arrived, according to the call transcripts from NORCOM, the dispatch agency in charge of relaying 911 calls and radio communication to firefighters. Three engines with nine firefighters had arrived within 12 minutes and more were on the way.

“We performed within our standard,” said Soptich. “We hate speed bumps, we hate gates, we hate trees … we hate anything that gets in our way.”

While all firefighters are trained emergency medical technicians and first-responding units can help treat basic injuries and health needs, Huffman and Soptich highlighted that firefighters had not been told for certain there was anyone in the house or injured in the blaze.

“If I’m having a heart attack, how many Aspirin will I need to take before I get an aid car?” asked a Sahalee resident who wished not to tell her name.

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That’s where the breakdown in communication happened, they said. And that’s what seemed to frustrate residents at the community meeting.

At the scene Aug. 24, dozens of neighbors gathered in the street to call 911, help or watch events unfold, according to residents’ accounts at the Sept. 13 meeting. In the panic, a few said they thought Mr. Simpson could be inside. But neighbor Greg Barton had already rescued the 87-year-old Simpson from the blazing house. Firefighters arrived shortly after — within what they consider a reasonable response time — and began work to extinguish the fire. They had not been told of any possible victim and focused on fighting the fire, Soptich and Huffman said.

“We had every reason to believe we didn’t have anybody in the building,” said Soptich.

“Where we see the flaw is info was not communicated to the crews. That could’ve been the game-changer for us.”

The transcript from the event shows the dispatcher jotting down at 6:18 p.m. that a Sahalee resident reporting the fire was unsure whether there was any burn victim or anyone inside the house. Again the dispatcher noted a similar claim in the next couple of minutes. But those

Meanwhile, at the City Council Eastside Fire & Rescue Deputy Chief Wes Collins was at the Sammamish City Council meeting Sept. 13 as part of an otherwise scheduled appearance, but council members took a chance to question him about the response to the Sahalee fire.

Collins admitted that there had been a mistake.

“There was a breakdown in communication,” he said.

According to Collins, the first units were on the scene with seven or eight minutes after the call came in. But it wasn’t until the battalion chief arrived, seven minutes after that, that a call went out to request a medic unit.

The closest unit, Medic 19 from Redmond, was on the scene of another incident. So the call went to the next closet, Medic 14, based in the Issaquah Highlands. Collins said that unit took 15 minutes and 42 seconds to reach the scene from the time the call went out for it.

Collins said that there are only a handful of notes were never vocally relayed to firefighters at the scene, the chiefs said. That’s why no fullservice ambulance (Medic One) with paramedics was dispatched until nearly 15 minutes into the call, Huffman and Soptich said.

“In that case, we failed our

medic units in the county, and they are typically only summoned when firefighters know there is a victim on the scene.

As is standard in house fire calls, an aid unit was dispatched to the fire. However, aid units are staffed by volunteers, and so take longer to reach the scene of an incident than career firefighters.

Collins said that both EFR and the dispatch service are conducting investigations into the lapse in communication.

“For us, that failure of communication meant we didn’t provide as good a service,” Collins said.

“It’s unacceptable to us.”

Councilman Mark Cross said he was glad the agencies involved are reviewing the incident, but noted that beyond that, deciding who goes to which types of fires is more of a policy question.

City Manager Ben Yazici noted that for 10 years, EFR has done a good job responding to incidents in Sammamish. He cautioned against jumping to conclusions or recommending increasing staffing levels until the investigations are complete.

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mission,” Huffman said to the Sahalee residents.

The dispatchers in this case work for NORCOM, the North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency, which is independent from EFR. Huffman, a battalion chief,

was the first to summon the aid car, the closest of which came from Issaquah Highlands 15 minutes away.

He arrived at the scene, on the far side of the Sahalee neighborSee FIRE, Page 5

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Redistricting matters to Sammamish

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Washington State is in the midst of its once-adecade chance to re-evaluate the lines on a map that create our Congressional and Legislative districts.

Unfortunately, redistricting has become a politically partisan activity.

Please, powers-that-be, draw the lines based on logical groups of people, not on how best to achieve a legislative majority.

Logic does not divide smaller size cities. Logic does not have a district that encompasses large portions of both sides of the Cascades. Logic does not base district boundaries on today’s representation without acknowledging that elected officials and political leanings will likely change dramatically over the next decade.

Washington uses a bi-partisan commission to draft boundaries. But a bi-partisan commission is a long way from a nonpartisan commission. Political parties appointed the commission members. When the commissioners think in terms or red and blue, the greens, and other third parties, are shut out.

The four suggested maps show a wide array of ideas. With public input, the anointed team must come up with a final solution, or let the Supreme Court justices decide. It’s a tough assignment.

Of the four proposals, Tim Huff’s is by far the worst for Sammamish. He would place Sammamish in the same congressional district with people living in rural areas along the Canadian border. Good people, we’re sure, but people with radically different concerns than folks in Sammamish. Huff would also split Sammamish between three legislative districts, diluting the city’s oomph in Olympia. Yes, there would be three sets of legislators answerable to Sammamish, but none would have much stake in the city.

The other three have pluses and minuses.

Whichever Congressional district Sammamish falls into, it should all be in a single district, paired with other nearby communities.

In legislative terms, ideally, Sammamish would be entirely in one district.

If it must be split in two (more is unacceptable), the most logical line would be along the school district boundary. Yes, this may contribute to the northsouth divide, but it would also leave a large population of Sammamish voters in each district — enough that legislators would take the city’s concerns seriously.

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A) Slade Gorton’s B) Tim Ceis’ C) Dea Foster’s D) Tim Huff’s To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com.

I have known Ramiro Valderrama for more than six years. I worked with Valderrama on the East Lake Sammamish Parkway Coalition as he brought together more than 20 homeowner associations, environmental groups and beach clubs to work together in search of effective transportation solutions for the city.

He strongly advocated fiscal responsibility to the city and led the volunteer work as citizens collaborated to design and present an alternative design for the East Lake Sammamish Parkway project that could address the safety concerns on the parkway for a tenth of the original city plan.

Valderrama has since continually demonstrated he possesses the qualities for a great councilmember.

Following the East Lake Sammamish Parkway Coalition, he mobilized and organized citizens through Citizens for Sammamish to capitalize on the citizen’s diversity and experiences in working with the city.

Valderrama listened to the citizen’s concerns and helped develop effective solutions to the city’s challenges by promoting positive dialog with the City Council and staff.

Valderrama’s tireless involvement for Sammamish made him the spokesperson at many council meetings.

Valderrama has the knowledge, he knows the city and he has Sammamish’s future in mind — I endorse Ramiro Valderrama for Councilmember and ask you to vote for him. We need someone who can represent all of the citizens of Sammamish’s interests, help find solutions and be financially responsible.

Renata Bloom Sammamish

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ments are adequate to slow potential speeding traffic without interrupting travel along the route. The design improvements to striping along the edges of the traffic lanes provide a visual path for safe travel for both automobile and pedestrian users. The curb installations are well located and enhance pedestrian safety.

I would like to thank Laura Philpot for her outstanding performance handling this hot button issue. I also wish to commend the City Council members for the thoughtful input and continued efforts as we move forward on the barricade issue.

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Or maybe not so good As I sat in my car just east of where the old barricade stood on Southeast 32nd Street, I watched a car coming towards me headed east from what used to be the other side of the barricade. I counted 12 seconds from the time the car went out of my view (where the ‘dip’ is) to the time it came back into my view at the top of the “dip.”

If a child, or a parent with a stroller were crossing 32nd on foot in the vicinity of where I was parked, they would assume there was no car coming, until it hit the top of the hill, and them. A car turning left onto 223rd Avenue cannot see cars coming at them headed east on 32nd either.

The city refuses to acknowledge there is a sight distance problem, and removed the barricade stating there is no sight distance problem.

The city is placing your life in jeopardy if you use Southeast 32nd Street in that area.

Barricade removal good I had the opportunity to drive the route where the Southeast 32nd Street barricade was removed and would like to commend Laura Philpot and city Department of Public Works for the fine job they did on this project.

The traffic calming improve-

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hood from Sahalee Way and the main gate, 16 minutes into the response and was the first one to notice Barton with Simpson lying in a yard across the street and three houses down from the home on fire.

He and three other firefighters attended to him while they waited for paramedics to arrive, Huffman said.

“Greg is a hero in my eyes,” he said. “He is a real hero in this community.”

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Paramedics arrived by about 6:45 p.m. and treated Simpson.

He arrived at Harborview at 8:37 p.m., Soptich said.

During the discussion, residents also raised concerns about response time being hindered by the gates and many speed bumps throughout Sahalee. Soptich and Huffman said those factors may have added a few seconds to the response time.

Huffman stressed that the focus of the fire units’ response was to fight the fire and protect nearby property and trees.

Highlighting that people’s safety is always the first priority, he added it is standard procedure to

Aid car versus medic unit The two main types of medical units to respond in Sammamish, besides firefighters, are aid cars and medic units.

All firefighters are certified as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and almost all firefighting vehicles have basic medical supplies.

Aid cars are staffed by two EMTs and carry medical equipment. In Sammamish, they are staffed mostly by volunteers. Since these volunteers often have to come from home or work to send paramedics if dispatch has confirmed reports of a victim on scene or a person trapped in a building. Paramedics were not called earlier due to the unconfirmed reports and lack of com-

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“I think the candidate’s forum has become an election year tradition in Sammamish,” Berto said. “It’s a great opportunity, for voters who care, to cast wellinformed votes.”

Five of the six candidates for City Council will appear, but Kathy Richardson will be unable to attend, since she will be out of the country.

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Sammamish woman performs in Indian dance troupe

By Caleb Heeringa

Photo by Abhinay Fine Arts

Abhinay Fine Arts classical Indian dance ‘Kshetram,’ or ‘temple,’ dancers (from left) Lakshmi Sanjay, Supriya Unnikrishnan, Bhavana Kudikala, Preetha Anandh, of Sammamish, and Smitha Krishnan, of Issaquah, will debut their program Sept. 25 in Bellevue.

Bharatanatyam, a fast-paced dance with structured footwork Sammamish and Issaquah resi- that is said to represent fire. dents are among those involved Issaquah resident Smitha in an upcoming dance producKrishnan performs Mohiniattam, tion that details the origins of five a more fluid dance with facial holy Hindu temples. expressions and hand gestures The producthat signifies the tion, titled “breeze blowing If you go: “Kshetram,” feathrough the What: “Kshetram” – a dance tures dance, paddy fields” of music and poetproduction highlighting the Kerala, a state at temples of India ry from India the southern tip Where: Theater at that weaves of India. together the stoMeydenbauer, 11100 NE 6th Both Anandh ries of the beginSt. in Bellevue and Krishnan When: Sunday, Sept. 25 at nings of five of were trained in the 108 temples 3:30 p.m. their dances How much: $20. Children 6 dedicated to while growing and under are free. VIP Vishnu, the God up in India.

Donor tickets at $50 or $100. of Vishnavite Anandh, who http://abhinayfinearts.org Hinduism. The came to the event is orgaUnited States nized by four years ago, Abhinay Fine Arts, an Eastside said events like this help keep non-profit organization that prothe traditions and art of the motes classical Indian art in the Indian community alive. That’s Seattle area. especially important for the chilThe production includes three dren of Indian immigrants who different and distinct forms of were born here in America, she Indian dance. Sammamish resiSee DANCE, Page 7 dent Preetha Anandh performs

Dinner table discussion develops into big ideas to help feed African famine victims

By Christopher Huber

Who knew church bake sales were so lucrative?

Sammamish youth Mariana Cuevas and her family sure didn’t until they organized one Aug. 28 at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church to raise money for the East-African famine crisis. They raised more than $1,400 in an afternoon, enough money to feed roughly 5,000 people.

“People were donating a lot,” said Cuevas, an eighth-grader at Inglewood Junior High School.

But Mariana hasn’t stopped at baking cakes and cookies. With help from Sammamish-based RandomKid, Cuevas started her own campaign to save as many lives as possible by educating fellow youth across the country on the humanitarian crisis and raising funds for the UN World Food Program. It’s called “Happy Tummies.”

“We’re trying to get this bigger and bigger,” she said. “I want to inspire kids all over the world, the U.S. and the state to help out in this because I think we can all do it.”

friends and school to raise awareness and plan events.

But one day, her father Tweeted the bake-sale accomplishment to the World Food Program and, impressed with the efforts, the organization’s execuCuevas said she realized the tive director, Josette Sheeran, urgent need to help those suffercommended Mariana to thouing in East Africa one night when sands of followers world-wide, her family was discussing ways Mariana said. they could serve others together.

Anne Ginther, founder and Her mother had read an article director of RandomKid, and a on the famine and that led them youth-group leader at Mary, to talk about why Queen of some people “If everybody did what Peace, have a lot and helped spoke directly to their some don’t have Mariana get much. It donned heart, the world would her ideas off on the 13-yearthe ground. be better off.” old that she could She encourdo at least someaged her – Anne Ginther, thing. early on to Random Kid organizer – “We don’t realthink big and ize what we work hard. have,” Mariana said. “I knew it “If everybody did what spoke was going be hard, but I needed directly to their heart, the world to try. “I’m only 13, but I can try would be better off. You need to to save lives on the other side of do something,” Ginther said the world.” about how she encouraged Since the successful bake sale, Mariana. “They really want to Mariana’s cause has blossomed. make a dent in this as quick as She initially networked with her possible.”

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Mariana is in the beginning stages of developing goals and designing products, but she and Ginther seem quite energetic about the possibilities.

“She has a rare focus on this issue and really is determined to make a difference. She’s very ambitious to do this,” Ginther said. “We can tell that she’s very, very motivated. We support kids wherever they’re at.”

Mariana, who likes to draw, plans to design logos for T-shirts, lunch boxes and other merchandise, which she will sell from her RandomKid website. All proceeds will go to the World Food Program to help the famine aid efforts.

“This has taught me that as young as you can be, if you have an idea and you want to help, if you get your team of volunteers and family into this, then you can do anything you want to with it.”

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.

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Karly vanBroekhoven marries Clint Jordan Karly vanBroekhoven and Clint Jordan were married July 9, 2011 at Laurel Creek Manor in Sumner. The bride’s parents are John and Kim vanBroekhoven of Sammamish. The groom’s parents are Sherry and Dennis Jordan of Spokane and Kristie and Allen Kirkpatrick of Colfax.

The couple met while attending Washinton State University of where Karly recieved a degree in AMT/Fine Arts.

The bride is employed by Buckle Inc. as a visual merchandiser. The groom is employed by Pioneer Human Services. The newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Palm Springs, Calif. and will reside in Spokane.

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Obituary Joan Flynn Callahan Joan was born in New York City on Feb. 25, 1925. She graduated from Cathedral High School and attended City College in New York. She married Thomas Callahan in 1947 and moved to Mercer Island in 1952. Joan and Tom moved to Oregon for a number of years and eventually returned to Joan Flynn the Seattle Callahan area and back to Mercer Island in 1966 where she lived until her death.

Joan was one of the founding parishioners of St. Monica’s Catholic church and was an active member of the Margaret Abel Circle of Catholic Childhood charities.

Joan had a 25-year career at Farmer’s New World Life Insurance and was an avid reader, history buff and bridge player.

She was always a New Yorker at heart, but couldn’t imagine living anywhere else but in the Pacific Northwest with all of her family and friends.

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Joan will be deeply missed by her family, daughters, Rosemary Heckeroth (David) and Eileen Conover (Marc) both of Sammamish; son Michael Callahan of Mercer Island; and grandchildren, Chrissy Koskovich (Ryan), Danny Heckeroth, Matt Heckeroth and Morgan Conover. She was preceded in death by her son Jim and husband Tom. The family would also like to extend their gratitude to the doctors and nurses at Overlake Hospital for their compassionate care during her illness and also to Nayiling Scorzza for her loving care of our Mother this past year.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Monica Catholic Church, 4301 88th Ave S.E., Mercer Island.

Interment will follow at Sunset Hills Memorial Park.

Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.sunsethillsfuneralhome.com.

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the Sammamish Baha’i community gathered Sept. 10 to commemorate 10 years since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 at a home in the city. They marked the seventh annual 9/11 Commemorative Devotional Barbecue at the home of Bob and Cindy Crowley, playing outdoor games and other activities.

Community members organized a brief prayer service with songs of peace and unity.

In addition, some members delivered flowers to three area fire stations.

The Baha’i community holds the event each year to bring people together and share memories and promote unity, a central principal of the faith, leader Saeed Zamani said.

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She has an older brother, Gavin, 3. Her grandparents are Mark and Susan Zovko of Federal Way, and John and Penny Geisbush, of Kingston.

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“It’s an opportunity for the kids to see our cultural heritage,” Anandh said. “For lots of nextgeneration kids, this might be their first time seeing this.”

The production has been a sixmonth labor of love for Anandh and Krishnan. With the performance date rapidly approaching, the two have been rehearsing their parts daily.

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Skyline students study duck boxes

By Christopher Huber

As William Lam climbed up the ladder, he and his Skyline classmates watched for spiders dangling from and nestled in the wooden duck box attached to the tree.

Once over the fear of what might be crawling on him, he searched and felt around the box to open it up. He was looking for the remains of a nest inside, where either a wood duck or a merganser would have laid eggs or hatchlings would have fledged last spring.

Lam and his fellow IB biology and IB environmental systems students spent their after-school

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Sammamish resident Ted Burris, left, of Ducks Unlimited, explains to Skyline students what they will be doing with the duck boxes Sept. 15 at Hazel Wolf Wetlands.

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Eastlake football fans may see a new flashy scoreboard on the field by the end of the season, according to Wolves Football Association president David Grotjahn.

That depends heavily on whether or not Lake Washington School District officials make decisions in the next week.

The football boosters club has been working with Evergreen Ford and the district since April to get funding and approval to install a new scoreboard that would include an 8.5foot-by-11-foot LED video screen. It would be the only of its kind on the plateau. The Bothell football program installed a similar board at Pop Keeney Stadium in 2009.

The Ford dealership offered to donate the majority of the cost for the approximately $130,000 scoreboard on the condition that the board display its name and logo graphics when turned on at a game, according to Grotjahn and district documents.

The Lake Washington School District maintains a policy that any use of district facilities be free of commercial or personal use, unless approved by the board.

And that is exactly what happened at the board’s Sept. 12 meeting, when it approved the use of the scoreboard, and allowed the exception to be made for the yet-to-be-purchased scoreboard.

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Construction on the Eastlake High School classroom and gym additions begins. The Lake Washington School Board approved an approximately $10.64 million budget for the construction of a 14-classroom addition and an auxiliary gym addition to the school, the digging for which began over the summer. This is one of three projects around the district funded by the 2011 voter-approved capital levy.

hours Sept. 15 doing maintenance for an ongoing research project on 13 duck boxes fastened to trees around the Hazel Wolf Wetlands in Sammamish. Group members extracted now-abandoned nests to later observe and dissect at a Skyline biology club meeting, said research project organizers. They also added new materials for the next duck nesting season and stapled more camouflaging material to the outside of a box, if necessary.

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“Without this agreement, Evergreen would not participate, which would financially put this out of reach for the booster club,” said Grotjahn.

To comply with policies against advertising during school hours, the scoreboard would only be turned on after school, according to the approval request.

Grotjahn said the booster club had hoped to have the scoreboard installed by Eastlake’s opening home football game Sept. 9, but trouble getting the advertising exception on the board agenda over the summer delayed the process.

Among the hang-ups are disagreements about which entity should handle the money and the contractor bid process for installation. The booster club has parents in the building industry, who Grotjahn said are willing to help with the installation process.

But thus far, the district has See SCORE, Page 9

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the plan to students at the trailhead along Windsor Drive Southeast.

The goal of the duck-box project is to better understand the nesting habits of area wood ducks, said Joelle Nelson, Skyline IB environmental systems teacher. Some of the factors the students are researching include: why many clutches don’t hatch, whether temperature plays a role in nest success and garnering more details about nest dumping.

“Mostly we’ve found that they don’t hatch and there’s lots of nest dumping by mergansers,” Nelson said. “We’re really trying to find out about nest dumping and trying to find a solution to that.”

Nest dumping happens when, for example, a mother wood duck lays eggs, flies off, and later returns to a nest full of hers and, say, a merganser’s eggs. She then abandons the nest and none of the eggs hatch. Nelson said the students will work to figure out how to attract wood ducks to and deter mergansers from the duck boxes. Factors that may help include placing a nest (duck box) farther from a trail or closer to the water, or positioning it in fullshade areas.

The Skyline students recovered numerous nests with unhatched eggs, but that also had hatched chicks that never made it out of the nest.

“It gives me some chance to work outside the classroom,” said Skyline senior Sophia Long. She said this was her fourth time doing the wetlands project and first time helping extract the nests. Since she would like to someday do field work as a scientist, this is a practical way to learn basic, but real-life research methods.

“It’s accessible and I get to learn a lot while doing it,” she said.

In the past year, project orga-

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nizers placed four cameras aimed at different boxes around the wetlands area, said Gretel von Bargen, Skyline’s IB Biology teacher. It gives them a new view on the environment surrounding the nests — bears climbing up to the nests, other birds hindering safe nesting, etc. The students voluntarily sign up for the work project four to five times per school year, the teachers said.

Once back at school, they will record data, observing things like the type of eggs in the nest, presence of down feathers and egg shards (evidence that eggs hatched), if there are multiple

species of eggs (evidence of nest dumping), etc. Eventually, the science students will combine their data with other data from Burris at Ducks Unlimited to help determine the success of each duck box.

“Whenever they can see they can make a difference and see an application for what they’re learning, it makes them want to help,” said von Bargen.

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.

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insisted on opening a weekslong bid process to determine the right company to hire for installation.

“We still have a lot of work to do,” said Eastlake athletic director, Brent Kawaguchi. He also said the school is trying to get approval to move the new scoreboard to a location inside the track area, closer to players and fans. “It will be great, but we still have work to do on relo-

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Some booster club leaders have seniors who play for Eastlake, and Grotjahn noted it would be nice for the older players to enjoy the state-of-theart scoreboard, which would enable the school to produce flashy introduction videos to pump up fans and the team. If things go smoothly in the end of September, he said, there’s a chance the new scoreboard could up be by early November.

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Conversation with the Candidate New Commerce in Sammamish When the Economy Improves?

By Tom Vance Reactions to commercial development in Sammamish range from total abhorrence to hoping for a WalMart.

Town Center, the proposed residential, commercial and civic center, will not have “big box stores.”

Citizens committees, the Planning Commission, and the Council rejected them for environmental and aesthetic reasons.

As one local citizen said, “If we pave over Sammamish, we might as well move to L.A. where the weather is better.”

In the 1980s and 90s, the big retailers could have come here, with a growing population, and King County in control.

They didn’t come. Costco, Home Depot and others chose to locate near major highways. Town Center is about 5.5 miles from 520 or I-90.

That won’t change, regardless of our plans.

Others have called for commercial development as a way to future financial stability. As we’ve seen recently, that isn’t necessarily so.

Sales tax revenue, even in a healthy economy, can be exceeded by the

cost of increased public services, including public safety. Our public services are manageable because we are primarily a residential community.

Town Center was never conceived as competition for the big malls, with all the extra traffic. Instead, it would mitigate traffic by giving local residents options on the plateau. And it would make us more self-reliant.

Town Center would offer local corporations the opportunity to build satellite offices so employees could avoid the commute to Redmond or Bellevue. Medical and other officebased businesses would offer needed services. Some of our many homebased businesses, ready to expand, could find local office space.

Mid-size and small retail would offer choices for goods and services.

The 2200 condos, townhouses, and single-family homes, along with office development, would help provide a market for restaurants and cafes. And increased residential demand would drive the development of Town Center as a whole.

Could we be flexible if an appropriate “anchor” store wanted to locate in Town Center? I would consider that, provided those environmental and aesthetic concerns were met.

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September

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An open house at the new Sammamish EX3 Teen and Recreation Center is set for 5-7 p.m. Sept. 22 at the teen center, 825 228th Ave. N.E. in the old library building. Tour the facility, learn about partnership opportunities and meet others. Visit www.sammamishex3.org.

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Toastmasters of Sammamish will host a free resume and job interviewing workshop to teach about how to identify strengths, develop a resume, identify skills and use networking skills. Sessions run from 7-8:45 p.m. Sept. 23 and 30 at Fire Station No. 83, 3482 Issaquah Pine Lake Road S.E. Pre-register with davidlloydhall@live.com.

Meet the Cartoonist: Seth Campos. Meet local 16-year-old cartoonist, Seth Campos, author of two comic book collections, “Welcome to Beeky Airlines” and “Real Bears Eat Takeout,” at 2 p.m. on Sept. 25.

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◆ The Sammamish Planning Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Sept. 26 Lake Washington School board meeting and worksession starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Resource Center, 16250 N.E. 74th St., Redmond Town Center.

The Eastside Month of Concern for the Hungry kicks off Sept. 24, including food drives at City Hall and the fire stations. Visit www.eastsideforum.org/fooddrive.

Create a Website for Your Small Business. Discover easy-to-use design tools that can build your small business web site at 6 p.m. Sept 28 at the Sammamish Library.

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Meet the Author: Jez Alborough.

Meet the international children’s author-illustrator of over 30 picture books at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29.

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Oct. 8 and 9 at City Hall.

Admission is free.

A series of weekly poetry workshops, for poets of all skill levels is set for 7 p.m.

Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2 at the Sammamish Library. Space is limited.

A class about time management skills is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Sammamish Library.

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The fifth annual Sammamish Arts Fair will feature the work of dozens of area artists from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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How to Start a Business, a class about resources available through the Small Business Association and how to write a business plan, is at 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Sammamish Library.

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Paper management, a class about filing do’s and don’ts and which papers to keep is at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Sammamish Library.

The Sammamish Farmer’s Market runs from 4-8 p.m. every Wednesday at City Hall.

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Sept. 22 ◆ Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District board meets at 3 p.m. at the District office at 3600 Sahalee Way NE.

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The Fall Recycling Event runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 24 at Eastlake.

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Oct. 3 The Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District board meets at 3 p.m. 1510 228th Ave. S.E. Oct. 4 The Sammamish City Council meets at 6:30 at City Hall.

Oct. 5 The Sammamish Parks and Recreation Committee meets at 6:30 at City Hall.

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Volunteer opportunities Sammamish Medical Reserve Corps is seeking retired medical and non-medical workers. Meetings are 6:30-8 p.m., the fourth Wednesday of the month at Eastside Fire & Rescue Station 82. Email MRC@sammamishcitizencorps.oeg.

Visit residents in nursing homes. Friend to Friend matches volunteers with residents in Sammamish nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Volunteers are asked to visit residents a couple times a month for a year. Orientation will be provided. Background check required.

Call 1-888-383-7818.

The King County LongTerm Care Ombudsman Program needs certified longterm care ombudsman volunteers. After completing a four-day training program, visit with residents, take and resolve complaints and advocate for residents. Volunteers are asked to donate four hours a week and attend selected monthly meetings. Contact Cheryl Kakalia at 206-694-6827.

noon, the third Wednesday of the month at the Bellevue Regional Library. Call 235-3847.

Eastside Bluebills is a Boeing retiree volunteer organization that strives to provide opportunities for retirees to help others in need and to assist charitable and nonprofit organizations. 10 a.m.-

Eastside Baby Corner needs volunteers to sort incoming donations of clothing and toys and prepare items for distribution.

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LINKS, Looking Into the Needs of Kids in Schools, places community volunteers in the schools of the Lake Washington School District.

Opportunities include tutoring, classroom assistance and lunch buddy. Email links@lwsd.org or visit www.linksvolunteer.org.

Waddler Story Time, for children 9-24 months with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 21 and 28.

Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, 4 p.m. Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 20 and 27.

Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 19 and 26.

Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 with an adult, 10 a.m. Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 20 and 27, and 1 p.m. Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 21 and 28.

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Musik Nest, for children 2-3 with an adult. Share songs, dance, rhythm and new ways to enjoy music with your toddler, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 1.

Spanish Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, 6 p.m. Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25.

Mother Daughter Book Club will discuss Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder, 1 p.m. Sept. 24.

The Teen Writers Group will meet at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18.

Beginner ESL Classes, 7 p.m.

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Eastlake trounces Roosevelt, Skyline loses 2nd in a row

By Christopher Huber

The game officials made Eastlake players and fans well aware that they supported prostate cancer research Sept. 13.

The refs made good use of the special blue flags for the occasion — in place of the traditional yellow ones — as the Eastlake Wolves and Roosevelt Roughriders combined for 21 separate penalties in the contest at Eastlake High School stadium.

While the delays due to penalties made for a cumbersome game that limited either team’s ability to find a groove, the action itself was fleeting and came in spurts, mainly for the now 3-0 Wolves.

Relying on its steady defense and rock-solid running game, Eastlake overcame a 12-7 halftime deficit to beat Roosevelt 4120.

Senior all-league linemen Kepa Hughes and Gino Bresolin made the difference for Eastlake.

Down 12-7 to open the third quarter, they pressured Roosevelt quarterback along with the defense. Hughes shucked his blocker and charged in from the right, punching the ball out from behind.

“I came off the block quick,” Hughes said. He remembered his focus, “I’m not letting this guy

The score put Eastlake up 1412 and it was all downhill from there.

The Wolves scored after Colton Teglovic returned a blocked Roughrider punt to the Roosevelt 19 yard line. On Roosevelt’s next possession, Eastlake safety Devon Thornton intercepted a pass. Six plays later, Eastlake quarterback Keegan Kemp scrambled 28 yards up the right sideline for a touchdown.

The Wolves scored 27 in the third quarter.

Lewis led all rushers with 201 yards on 15 carries for Eastlake, including touchdown runs of 28, 17 and 54 yards. Kemp completed two passes for just 14 yards and threw two interceptions.

Eastlake’s David Hernandez finished things off with a 6-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth.

In all, the Roughriders outgained Eastlake 340 to 260 yards of total offense.

Photos by Christopher Huber

Eastlake running back Ryan Lewis carried the ball 15 times for 201 yards against Roosevelt. go.”

And, applying what he learned in “turnover Tuesday” practice last week, Bresolin said he seam-

lessly scooped up the bouncing ball and took it in for a 54-yard touchdown return. He had tweaked his ankle in the first

half.

“But when I picked up that ball, my ankle was fine,” Bresolin said.

Lake Oswego 56, Skyline 46 The Skyline Spartans struggled to contain the Lake Oswego running attack in Oregon Friday night. Skyline went to 1-2 overall after losing 56-46 and giving up about 450 rushing yards — 422 to one player. Spartan quarterback Max Browne completed 40 of 54 See FOOTBALL, Page 13

Skyline swimmers use deep roster, blow past Eastlake

By Christopher Huber

Skyline’s Andi Scarcello and Eastlake’s Kara Beauchamp got their 2011 100-yard breaststroke racing off to a competitive start Sept. 13 at Redmond Pool.

Both girls, who have swam together on club teams since age eight, made their 50-yard turn simultaneously and held the pace all the way through. But in the final meter, Scarcello pulled off a Michael Phelps-like stretch in place of an extra stroke that helped her inch past Beauchamp.

“I was not expecting to do well,” said Scarcello, who took a year off from club swimming before this season. “I just wanted to have a good race with Kara.

Usually she’s always the one to beat me.”

The decision wasn’t a gamechanger by any means, but Scarcello’s win provided some extra excitement for her teammates watching and may have set the pace for the event among KingCo swimmers this fall.

In the end, the Spartans outswam the Wolves 131-55 in the

Photo by Christopher Huber

Skyline swimmer Stephanie Munoz does the butterfly portion of the 200-individual medley. second meet of the new season.

“It felt good. It was fun to race Andi again,” Beauchamp said after the meet. “I could have started out a little faster.”

Skyline brings back all but one member of last year’s statechamp — 2011 graduate Nina Zook. With 86 swimmers and

divers on the roster, it also looks as deep as the 2010 team that dominated the competition at all levels. The Spartans look especially capable in the relay events, said head coach Susan Simpkins.

“We’re as strong as ever,” she said. “Fortunately, we have a really good group of captains.”

Katie Kinnear, who competes internationally, will team up with Delaney Boyer, Lindsey Lee and Jessie Dart as Skyline’s captains.

Among the team’s top swimmers will be Kinnear, the 2010 state champ in the 50-free, 100butterfly, the 200-medley relay and the 400-freestyle relay.

Seniors Dart and Meghan O’Keefe, juniors Maria Volodkevich, Scarcello, Sarah Elderkin and Shanley Miller and sophomores Stephanie Munoz and Yui Umezawa were all state qualifiers and will do some damage in the pool for Skyline. The team’s 200-medley relay and 400freestyle relays look to be Skyline’s fastest events.

Against Eastlake, Skyline took first in 11 of 12 swimming events.

It won the 200-medley relay (1 minute, 57.42 seconds), the 200freestyle relay (1:50.74), and the 400-freestyle relay (3:55.29).

Munoz won the 200 IM in 2:22.27 and the 100-freestyle in 1:00.36.

Courtney Lo took first in the 100 IM with a time of 1:15.02 and Kinnear won the 50-freestyle event in 24.98, 1.19 seconds slower than her state-winning time last year. Kinnear also won the 100-backstroke with a time of 59.94 seconds. Teammate O’Keefe won two events, as well.

She swam the 100-butterfly in 59.54 seconds and the 500See SWIM, Page 13

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Ballard 25 25 22 25 15 3 Eastlake 27 21 25 12 12 2 Eastlake highlights: Anna Gorman, 11 kills, 14 digs, 3 aces; Stephanie Clay, 17 digs; Taylor Finlon, 26 assists.

Volleyball Friday, Sept. 16 Skyline 3, Mercer Island 0 1 2 3 Final M. Island 23 22 18 0 Skyline 25 25 25 3 Skyline highlights: Madison Stoa, 6 kills, 30 assists, 3 aces; Kennedy Stoa, 15 digs; Halle Erdahl, 8 kills, 11 digs; Maddie Magee, 17 kills, 3 aces.

Wednesday, Sept. 14 Ballard 3, Eastlake 2 1 2 3 4 5 Final

Wednesday, Sept. 14 Eastlake 1, Bainbridge 0 Scoring summary: Ava Dunbar, E, (Allie Garrett assist) 24:00.

Boys golf Girls soccer Saturday, Sept. 17 Skyline 3, Enumclaw 1 Scoring summary: Makenzie Ware, S, (Brooke Bofto assist) 43:00; Sydne Tingey, S, (Maddie Christ assist) 56:00; Cayla Dahl, E, (Hannah Dahlquist assist) 58:00; Rachel Shim, S, (Maddie Christ assist) 76.

Eastside Catholic 1, Roosevelt 1 Scoring summary: Roosevelt, unassisted; Malia Bachests, EC, (Lauren Braynaert assist) 76:00.

Thursday, Sept. 15 At Sahalee CC (par 36) Team scores — Newport 210 strokes, Eastlake 201.

Individuals — 1, Will Sharp, E, 37 strokes; 2(tie) RP McCoy, E, Judson Conwell, N, 38; 3, Kevin Zhao, N, 41; 4(tie), Paul Russo, E, Jack Strickland, E, Spencer Weiss, E 42.

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freestyle in 5:27.94. Sarah Elderkin, of Skyline, earned the top score in the diving competition, tallying a 152.05.

Eastlake’s Beauchamp took first place in the 200-freestyle event, finishing in 2:02.56.

While not as deep as Skyline, Eastlake brought on about 40 members, compared to last year’s 25 swimmers and divers. The Wolves lost diver Mackenzie Rands, who placed second at the state meet, but has a handful of key standouts who should help the team achieve its goal of sending half of the team to the KingCo championship meet.

Beauchamp, a senior, will compete among the best in the 100-breaststroke, the 200-individual medley and the 500-freestyle events. Captain Becca Fabian, also a senior, will look to lead in the 50- and 100-freestyle events.

Sophomore Lily Newton should help Eastlake in the 100-butterfly race throughout the season, and sophomore Erin Alleva will lead Eastlake in the 200-individual medley and the 100-breaststroke.

Captains Kelsey Maki and Sharada Rayan, both seniors, should provide strong support in various events for the Wolves.

“We’re really just trying to get off to a good start,” said head coach Kate McCary.

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pass attempts for 443 yards — a school record. He threw three touchdowns and one interception and also collected 40 yards rushing on seven carries. Receiver Trevor Barney caught 13 passes for 166 yards and Taggert Krueger grabbed 12 for 123 yards.

Barney even tossed a 34-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Giese to narrow the halftime deficit to four points.

Five of Lake Oswego running back Steven Long’s seven touchdown runs went for more than 30 yards. Skyline got down early in the first quarter when the Lakers scored off of two Skyline fumbles. It was the first time since 1998 that Skyline has lost two games in a row.

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The homeowner reported that two people, a white male in his 30’s with light hair and a female with dark hair driving a Kia were responsible.

POlice Blotter Don’t come back A man contacted police to have his ex-wife and her new boyfriend removed from his property Sept. 5. The ex-wife and boyfriend had come to the man’s house to collect a check and they had all gotten into an argument.

The man said he had felt threatened, then that he felt challenged.

He wanted a trespass warning letter on file so that neither his ex-wife nor her boyfriend could return to his property. The exwife then wanted a similar letter forbidding her ex-husband from her property.

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Kayak heist Two 12-foot kayaks were reported stolen from the Inglewood Beach Club kayak rack. The person reporting the missing kayaks estimated their value at $800.

They did not find any remains of the wire locks used to lock the kayaks to the rack.

No well wishes An anniversary card was stolen from a mailbox on the 21600 block of Southeast 28th

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Car prowl A man on the 1400 block of 227th Avenue Southeast reported that someone had entered his car between 9:30 p.m. Sept. 9 and 10 a.m. Sept. 10 and taken an iPod. Nothing else seemed to be missing.

He suspected it was someone attending the Skyline High School football game, since many attending the game had parked on his street. He said there were other car prowls and a vehicle stolen from the neighborhood at the same time and he suspects they were related.

Car prowl A woman on the 2500 block of Southeast 14th Place reported that someone had slipped into her unlocked car between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10.

She said that her purse, worth about $40 and containing about $40 in cash, her checkbook, driver’s license and health cards were missing.

Police advised her to contact her bank, but were unable to obtain evidence from the vehicle.

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Know your operating system A man called to report that someone had attempted a phone scam at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 6. The caller said he was from Microsoft and had detected malware on his computer.

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Mysterious call, or just house parties Police received a call at 6 p.m.

Sept. 4 that someone in a white pick-up truck was driving up to a house on the 3700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast, and the caller feared the truck was going to loot the place.

When police arrived the caller was gone, but police found that the doors seemed to have been forced open and multiple windows were broken out from the inside.

Police attempted to contact the property owner, but could locate only a post office box in Issaquah.

Police note that the house is near a popular party spot for juveniles, and suspect that the location has been used for at least one drinking party.

Sometime between 9:30 and 10:15 a.m. Sept. 10 someone shot

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Scoreboard Continued from Page 13 Tuesday, Sept. 13 At Jackson GC Eastlake 186, Ballard 212 Scores: 1, Will Sharp, E, 36 strokes; 2 (tie), Li Wang and Spencer Weiss, E, 37; 4 (tie), Jack Strickland and RP McCoy, E, 38.

Boys tennis Thursday, Sept. 15 Skyline 7, Garfield 0 Singles — Aman Manji beat Diego Alcaron, 6-4, 6-3; Mitchell Johnson beat Jared Storz, 7-5, 7-5; Prithivi Ramkumar beat Jack Peterson, 7-5, 6-3; Tim Wong beat Marco Bornstein, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles — Brayden Hansen-Alex Wu beat Aaron Schecter-Patrick Mogon, 6-2, 6-2; Inchul You-Nick Ziats beat Jacob Wall-Andrew

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Eastlake 7, Ballard 0 Singles — Vicente Varas beat Ben Thompson, 6-0, 6-0; Mitch Loofburrow beat Kensei Kaiamura, 6-0, 6-1; Andrew Garland beat Evan Lund, 6-0, 6-0; Jon Lockwood beat Nelson Cooper, 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles — Santiago Varas-Tim Tan beat Adlai Nissen-Ethan Lidell, 6-1, 7-6; Fez UlarguiChris Lockwood beat Nick Fulcher-Cole Keller, 6-3, 6-4; Ryan Holmdahl-Evan Green beat Fallen Richard-Toby Dunkelburg, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(10-8).

Wednesday, Sept. 14 Lake Washington 4, Eastlake 3 Singles — Vincente Varas, E, beat Arash Hafizi, 6-1, 6-4; Mitch Loofburrow, E, beat Satoshi Matsuura, 6-3, 6-4; Nikola Lakic, L, beat Andrew Garland, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; Connor Ross, L, beat Jon Lockwood, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles — Jeremy Sacks-Fergu Lu, L, beat Santiago Varas-Tim Tan, 6-2, 6-4; Fez UlarquiChris Lockwood, E, beat Connor Stumpt-Jake Nash, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4; Ryan Lustgarten-Grant Gleffe, L, beat Ryan Holmdahl-Evan Green, 6-2, 6-4.

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Burglary Police responded to a home on the 24500 block of Southeast 3rd Court on Sept. 10 to investigate a possible burglary. The homeowner said it had occured sometime between 11 p.m. Sept. 9 and 10 a.m. Sept. 10.

Upon arriving home, the woman parked her car in her driveway and locked the doors.

She placed her purse on a stool in the kitchen. The next morning, it was gone.

She contacted her bank to learn that her credit card was being used as she was on the phone with the bank. Someone had started racking up charges starting at about 8 a.m. totaling $901.98 before the card was cancelled.

There were no signs of forced entry, but the next morning, she found that the window had been rolled down about six inches.

She suspected someone could have entered the car, removed the garage door opener and accessed the home through the garage.

Open garage door leads to burglary A man called police to report that several items were missing from his car on the 1000 block of 272nd Place Southeast. Sometime between 11 p.m. Sept. 3 and 8 a.m. Sept. 4, someone entered his open garage and removed two bags from his car.

The bags contained items totaling $3,087 worth of goods including a laptop computer, Garmin and running paraphernalia.

He said that previously they’d had beer stolen from the garage when they left the door open, but attributed that to opportunistic juveniles.

The perils of tailgating Police arrested three juvenile females at the Skyline High School Football game Sept. 2 for underage drinking.

Two of the girls were found urinating in the bushes when they were observed by police.

Both denied having had anything to drink, but one was slurring her words so much police could not understand her.

Police separated the girls. One blew a .079 on a portable breathalyzer. The other was too drunk to be able to blow into it.

While this was happening, police were notified of a third girl who was reported to be too drunk to walk.

Police approached her and observed her slurring her words and having a hard time staying up in her chair.

One girl threw up all over the back of a police car. Police decided to bring the girls in for booking. As an officer was bringing them to the Issaquah Jail, the officer had to pull over so a girl could throw up.

At the jail, the girls were given another breathalyzer test. The first girl again blew a 0.79. One of the others blew a .27 and the third blew a .23 which later came down to a .179. The legal limit for people 21 and over is .08.

The Issaquah jail said it would not admit one of the girls due to her drunken state and she was taken to Overlake.

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