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Attend Lake Sammamish State Park potluck picnic Sept. 27 Picnic and learn more about the future of Lake Sammamish State Park during a potluck lunch 1 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Sunset Beach Bathhouse in the park. Bring a dish to share: hors d’oeuvres, main dish, salad or
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Karen White, artEAST member, environmental artist and community programming and youth education leader, shows young people how to intertwine boughs to create the base of a large bird’s nest Sept. 19 at the Sammamish Lower Commons Park and Native Plant Garden. Branches and twigs were woven into the base to make a human-sized nest, as the youngsters became co-creators in a community-building project. The nest will be moved by city workers to Big Rock Park in the spring.
Center on schedule to open in March By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com The $33.8 million Sammamish Community and Aquatic Center is on schedule for a March 1 opening and seems to be coming in under budget, Mayor Tom Vance said in a phone interview. “A March 1 opening is the goal,” Vance said. In the meantime, the Sammamish YMCA is inviting
those interested to sign up for charter memberships to the new facility. While the city will maintain primary ownership of the new building, the YMCA will have responsibility for operating it. A recent tour showed the building decidedly taking shape, Vance said. The two-story center covers roughly 69,000 square feet and is being built behind
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After making their way painstakingly through 29 potential changes to a proposed tree-retention plan, the Sammamish City Council may be ready to pass the new rules Oct. 6, the date of its first regular October meeting. Besides spending several hours hashing out variance nuances of the ordinance at its meeting Sept. 15, the council also spent several hours discussing the proposal at a study session held the day prior. “I think it’s appropriate that we take as much time as necessary to do it right,” Mayor Tom Vance said after the Sept. 15 meeting. After study and eventual recommendations from the city Planning Commission, the council introduced a new tree ordinance in July. The original plan was to pass the rules Sept. 15, but several council members, most notably Councilwoman Nancy Whitten, expressed concerns about some of the new rules. Of the 29 suggested changes, 28 came from the council and 18 of those from Whitten, according to Councilman Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo, who praised her for taking the time to study and challenge the plans as she felt was needed. During the Oct. 15 discussion, several suggested changes or requests for clarification received more attention than others. City Community Development Director Jeff Thomas has been the city staff point person on the tree issue. At the last council meeting, Thomas and the council spent a lot of time trying to determine whether tree-retention requirements should differ depending on the size of the lot involved. There also was discussion regarding how to measure the trees removed or replaced, whether by the percentage of the total number of trees on a lot or by simply counting the significant trees removed. While he said nothing is decided, following the meeting, Vance said he believes the city will stick with the 35 percent retention rule as proposed by the Planning Commission for most residential development. That is also the requirement in an interim tree-retention ordinance the council passed as an emergency
Sammamish City Hall on 228th Avenue Southeast. “We have had a really, really, good experience with the contractors,” Vance added. He said a construction contingency fund remains largely intact, with only a few hundred thousand dollars having been spent. All in all, Vance predicted contractors Porter Brothers See YMCA, Page 3
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City continues planning for Klahanie-area annexation By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com The Sammamish City Council and city staff members are plowing ahead with preparing the city for the addition of the Klahanie annexation area. And as it continues to meet, the Klahanie Transition Committee is outlining many of the same concerns as the city’s current residents, said Tim Larson, city communications manager. Larson has been acting as a liaison between the city and the transition committee, which consists of Klahanie residents. According to Larson,
one major concern is the safety of children walking to Sunny Hills Elementary School and overcrowding of the roundabout near that school. Several streets also are attracting a lot of attention, including Issaquah-Pine Lake and Issaquah-Fall City roads. One specific concern is over a green belt along Issaquah-Fall City Road, Larson said. Residents fear revamping and widening the road will wipe out that green belt, exposing residents to increased roadway noise. Larson said that section of street should only reach three lanes and the work will not greatly impact the green belt. Klahanie and several
surrounding neighborhoods officially become part of Sammamish on Jan. 1. Officials delayed the formal annexation partly out of a professed need to ramp up municipal services. At its regular meeting, on Sept. 15, the council authorized seven major equipment purchases, including new vehicles, to help service the Klahanie area. Those purchases, totaling $138,000, will include a snowplow and at least two general-duty trucks. The council also authorized a $70,000 contract to a private firm to complete a census of the annexation area. State law requires that census, Mayor Tom Vance said.
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especially Issaquah-Fall City Road. Why am I running…again? We still have many challenges and opportunities ahead of us. I want to follow through on our new Six Year Transportation Program with improved commutes north and south. I want to work on higher education opportunities at the Mars Hill property. I want to protect more open space, including the forested “emerald necklace” along our eastern border. I want to develop more parks and play fields for youth and adult sports. Through it all, I want to continue our record of financial responsibility, holding the line on taxes. I love our city. I’m running again because we still have work to do. Let’s keep working together!
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Share your thoughts about DNR trails policy The Washington State Department of Natural Resources invites residents to comment on a draft policy that will guide the future development of recreation trails on DNR-managed lands. The agency oversees about 5.6 million acres of state land, much of which offers opportunities for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking and off-road-vehicle riding. These lands must also generate sustainable revenue for public school construction and maintain Washington’s rich natural heritage, according to the state constitution. See the draft policy and a narrated slideshow about the recreational trails policy process, and comment on the draft policy by Sept. 28, at www.dnr.wa.gov/ TrailsPolicy. Or comment
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Trees From Page 1 stopgap measure several months ago. At Vance’s suggestion, one change might occur regarding small 1-acre lots that will hold only one home. New rules may well require that such R-1 zoned lots retain 50 percent of the trees present before development. Whitten expressed special concern about tree retention in areas around lakes, in erosion zones and similar sensitive locations. Those questions may need more study, City Manager Ben Yazici said. Vance later said other significant issues still in play include retention credits for trees in buffer zones. City landscaping rules already require those trees, so awarding extra credit for those plantings irritates some officials. Planted mostly in berms and along curbs, street trees are another contentious issue. Some officials feel they should not be counted in totals. The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties has lobbied the council that such trees are viable and should figure into retention or replacement quotas.
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From Page 1 Construction Inc. could complete the project for up to $2 million less than the city budgeted. “Everything seems to be going really well,” Vance said. Charter memberships were available as of Sept. 15, said Dave Mayer, executive director of the Sammamish YMCA. He added that a charter membership grants a new member numerous extras, such as early access to the center. Charter members also will be able to join in yearly charter member events, will pay no joining fees and can receive a “swag bag” of YMCA goodies, such as a T-shirt proclaiming the wearer a charter member. Cost is dependent on the level of membership. Monthly charges range from $70 for adults to $120 for a family membership covering two adults and dependent children. For charter members, the waived joining fees range from $100 for adults to $125 for the
Get general information about the new YMCA at www.ournewy.org. A link in the center of the page leads to details about charter memberships. From that page, another link leads to a listing of the various membership levels. family membership. Mayer noted charter members need not pay for their memberships in advance; they will not be charged until the new building opens. Some highlights of the new building include a two-story waterslide and a lazy river course running through the facility. A Kids Zone will allow parents to drop off children before going to exercise. The center holds two full-sized gyms. DEANNA.PROOF.SR.CMYK
Police blotter Car break-ins q Thieves rummaged through two cars in a residential driveway on Southeast 18th Street. Police said the cars likely had been left unlocked. It was not clear from initial reports if anything was stolen. The incident was reported at 2:40 p.m. Sept. 2. q Two more possibly unlocked cars were rummaged through while they were parked in the 1600 block of 238th Avenue Southeast. Initial reports don’t state what was stolen, but do say items were missing. The thefts were reported at about 10 a.m. Sept. 7. q Sunglasses were taken Sept. 7 at about 10:30 a.m. from a car parked in a residential driveway in the 1500 block of 238th Avenue Southeast.
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Rape kit testing gets much needed funding
Tom Hornish for Sammamish City Council
Every day, a woman, man or child is raped. And every day, people go free for such crimes. It’s hard enough for people to come forward after a sexual assault. We don’t know how many don’t out of fear of retaliation or because they decide they don’t want the stigma attached to such victims. But for those who do come forward, imagine how they feel when evidence of the crime is tossed into a system full of backlogs, where it can degrade, get lost or not get tested at all. Well, thanks to the efforts of some brave and caring people across the country, there is a new push to punish rapists by making sure that rape kits — consisting of various types of evidence collected after a sexual assault — are located and tested. Last week, the Metropolitan King County Council gave unanimous approval to provide $200,000 for sexual assault experts in the King County Sheriff’s Office to count how many untested rape kits remain in King County, prioritize them for testing and submit them to the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory for processing. “This funding … gives people faith in the system, that we will follow through on our commitment to find the perpetrators,” County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, who represents Issaquah and Sammamish, said in a news release. “It’s one more example that King County is serious about the prosecution of crime and it makes King County the first county in the state to go back and process our backlog of previously submitted rape kits.” Rape kits are intended for use immediately after a sexual assault, but once evidence has been collected, it can sit in storage for years. Across the country, thousands of rape kits go untested each year. This year, the Washington State Legislature passed House Bill 1068, requiring all new rape kits to be submitted for testing to the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory within 30 days of being collected by law enforcement. “The goal of this law is two-fold: justice for the victims whose lives were dramatically impacted by sexual violence, and help for law enforcement to catch serial rapists before they strike again,” Rep. Tina Orwall, HB 1068 sponsor, said in the release. We applaud the Legislature and County Council for taking a step in the right direction.
Until recently, I had never heard of Tom Hornish. I spent a decade in state government working closely with the state Legislature and I am inherently suspicious of all politicians. The deeper I probed into Tom Hornish’s background, the more impressed I became. An engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur and corporate CEO, Tom served his country in Desert Storm and showed me he has the intelligence and courage to take on the developers who are insidiously destroying the quality of life in Sammamish. My gold standard for Sammamish City Council has been Ramiro Valderrama. From my assessment, Tom Hornish is a man of similar quality and it would be a significant loss to our city if he were not elected to the City Council. The city’s newsletter reminds the voters that we are an idyllic community with a great road system. Not sure where those roads are located, but they are not where I drive in Sammamish. Gridlock already has started for several major arterials as more new developments come online every month. There is an undocumented price to pay for our unsustainable growth. There are not only new schools to build and staff, but there are new fire stations and expanded water and sewer systems, additional law enforcement officers and a host of ancillary city services to provide. There will not be light rail coming up the grade to the plateau. Someday, Issaquah may get light rail service, but for the next few decades, it will take a hard left turn into Bellevue and Redmond. We do not have Seattle’s grid street system, no light rail, no bus tunnels, few taxis, no Uber drivers nor Go cars. We are not Seattle, and most of us do not want to emulate the Seattle lifestyle. If you like what the existing City Council has done to our community during the past four years, then you should vote for the incumbent Tom Vance. If not, then vote for
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Please support Best Starts for Kids Crisis Clinic was one of the earliest organizations to formally endorse Best Starts for Kids, Proposition 1. The six-year levy invests in prevention and early-intervention strategies that will strengthen families and ensure our children reach adulthood healthy and ready to contribute to the prosperity of the region. “Every day, we respond to families and youth in crisis and needing help,” said Kathleen Southwick, Crisis Clinic’s executive director. “This levy provides critical resources to help children and their families build a solid foundation for the future.” Science tells us prevention and early intervention are the most effective and least expensive ways to address our most serious problems. Lack of early support for children results in costly interventions later in life. Indeed, much of the county’s current funding responds to negative outcomes like mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness and especially incarceration — the most costly and least effective intervention. Crisis Clinic provides telephone and online support services to people in crisis. Last year, we answered nearly 2,000 calls from people living in Sammamish, including families with children and at-risk youths struggling with poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, mental health and even considering suicide. It’s not enough to triage and treat today’s problems — we need to make an investment now to strengthen our future. As members of Crisis Clinic’s board of trustees and residents of Sammamish, we urge readers to support Best Starts for Kids on Nov. 3 by voting yes for King County Proposition 1. Learn more about Crisis Clinic at http://crisisclinic.org. Meghan Sample and Bob Tenczar Crisis Clinic board of trustees
Christie Malchow cares about the environment, responsible growth Sammamish is at a crossroads. This next election is going to be a huge determining factor in our future. I am concerned that there are some very big issues that are not adequately being addressed by the current council, and I feel very passionately that the outcome of this election is going to matter more than ever. My family moved here two years ago from the San Francisco Bay area. Among the reasons we moved here were sprawling development and horrendous commutes there. I fear that fast growth may send Sammamish down that same path. Sammamish is in need of a council member who is concerned about responsible city growth with plans for transportation and infrastructure. We are also in need of someone who is actively involved in the community, understands the needs of young families and represents the citizens’ voices. I believe that candidate is Christie Malchow. Christie doesn’t just talk the talk; she walks the walk. She, along with her husband and two young daughters, is wholeheartedly invested in this community. You will find Christie out in the community, volunteering countless hours to make Sammamish a better place. Christie cares about preserving the environment here in Sammamish while recognizing the need for responsible growth. Christie is an active member of Citizens of Sammamish. She also recently fought alongside Wally Pereya and the Friends of Pine Lake in a hearing against the city to uphold city codes and ordinances that were not being followed. They were victorious in their efforts. She believes in accountability and transparency and these are things that are missing with our current council. Please join me in voting for Christie Malchow for City Council. Megan Ollenberger Sammamish
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Resident alleges county altered driveway without remedy Steep slope the root of problem between parties By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Sammamish resident Karma Chapman said she and husband Greg have for years been taking their boat in and out of Lake Sammamish. The couple lives along the lake in the 2800 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast. Their neighborhood now includes the north section of King County’s East Lake Sammamish Trail, and they claim they now have a big problem.
“We can’t get our boat out of the water because we can’t get our trailer out of the driveway,” Greg said. Both he and his wife said when the trail went through, the county changed the grade of their driveway to the extent the boat trailer became stuck. Karma said only cars that sit high off the ground are now able to navigate the slope. “We made no grade changes to their driveway,” said Kevin Brown, director of King County parks and recreation, who added he was familiar with the disagreement over the driveway and other issues involving the Chapmans and some of their neighbors. In April, Karma Chapman said the county broke a sewage
pipe leaving her and a handful of neighbors without working toilets or sinks for four days. She said the neighborhood smelled like raw sewage for weeks. She said the county told her to fix whatever needed fixing and they would be reimbursed. The county eventually denied the approximately $1,700 claim, she said. Brown said there was a break in the sewer line, but it was outside the trail corridor. Returning to the issue of the boat trailer, Brown said according to contractors and staff working on the trail, the Chapmans purchased a new boat trailer that simply doesn’t fit in their driveway. Karma Chapman said that isn’t true,
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and that she has sales documents proving the trailer is the same the family has used for years. She forwarded an email from a local marine dealer saying the Chapmans’ last purchase was in 2010 and that the basic dimensions on their boats and trailers had remained the same. Chapman said in an email she knows the county adjusted their driveway because they moved the centerline to the west. “The KC engineers they sent on site in June 2015 said that our driveway was constructed wrong and was going to be fixed before they opened the trail,” Karma Chapman said. “Weeks later, we receive a letter from (the county) stating that construction was complete on our
property and that our grading hasn’t changed.” Even hypothetically, Brown couldn’t explain why the Chapmans would buy a boat trailer that didn’t fit in their driveway. “You’d have to ask the Chapmans that,” he said. Karma Chapman said she has contacted the city, but local officials have been unable to successfully intervene so far. “We’re working with the county and our resident to try to resolve this,” said Tim Larson, city communications manager, who declined further comment. Karma Chapman said she hopes the two sides can settle their issues without legal action. “We are trying very hard to avoid that,” she said.
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Eastlake High School senior hopes to engage community in ‘social polling platform’ By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com For Anthony Humay, more than three years of hard work is finally coming to fruition as he prepares to start the next phase of his company, Midzy, a website that bills itself as a “YouTube for polls.” Humay, an Eastlake High School senior, founded Midzy when he was 13 and has designed most of the site himself. The website, which he calls a “social polling platform,” is now generating more than 10,000 hits per month, figures Humay hopes will push the business to new heights. Midzy is designed for anyone to use for free. After going to the home page at www.midzy. com, new visitors are asked to go through a 15-second sign-up process. Members can choose how much pri-
vacy they want to maintain — they can either use existing Facebook or Twitter accounts to join, or they can create their own anonymous handle that’s attached to an email address. Regardless of how a user chooses to identify, the answers they give to polls and the poll questions they create will build individual psychographic profiles. Psychographics go deeper than basic demographics such as gender, age and location, and get to the heart of a user’s values and beliefs. “These psychographics are things that other social-media companies really struggle to find because it’s not easy to find out what you believe,” Humay explained. “But because Midzy is a polling platform, it’s pretty much easy for us because some questions will ask about what you believe in. “That’s kind of the
closest way you can get to empirical data on a belief or a value. So that’s really where we’re excited to head.” Midzy recently launched an iPhone app that could make it more convenient and increase traffic. Humay thinks the company has progressed to the point where businesses and organizations in the Sammamish and Issaquah areas would be interested in partnering on polls and data collection as part of a targeted advertising system. He said he has received interest from groups like Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish, and Young Professionals of Seattle. Users can search Midzy polls in a variety of categories, such as sports, gaming, news, science and politics. And they can create traditional polls or ratings-based polls. For
example, respondents could rate the quality of a restaurant’s food from one to five stars. Midzy also allows feedback through a “community answers” feature. Respondents can suggest their own answer, which the rest of the community would then vote on to decide if it should become part of the poll. “Theoretically, you could have a company with a certain hashtag and they use that to not only put polls on themselves, but also allow customers to poll other customers,” Humay said. With a budding interest in computer science and business, Humay is in the process of applying for colleges and plans to continue working on Midzy after he graduates from high school. His entrepreneurial aptitude has already garnered some financial rewards, too. As a soph-
omore at Tesla STEM High School, he earned $800 for third place in the Lake Washington School District’s first Teen CEO business competition. After transferring to Eastlake as a junior, he took second place and a $1,500 prize. Humay reinvested the money in his company and hired India-based Brain Technosys to design Midzy’s database. And through his Teen CEO connections, he has found a couple of professional mentors — Roger Blier, CEO of travel-rewards company Passport Unlimited, and Max Lakritz, a startup and enterprise investor. “We’re just trying to gain more usage and get more feedback to make the site better,” Humay said, “and people who use it will get more feedback on their products or more engagement with their customers. It really feels like a winwin to me.”
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Rebecca DeVere and Jeffrey Houghton Rebecca DeVere, of Sammamish, and Jeffrey Houghton, also of Sammamish, are engaged to be married July 30, 2016, at Tiger Mountain Orchards on Tiger Mountain in Issaquah. DeVere, the daughter of Porter and Amy DeVere, of Sammamish, graduated from Issaquah High School in 2007. Houghton, the son of Craig and Cathy Houghton, of Issaquah, graduated from Issaquah High School in 2005. Both DeVere and Houghton went to Washington State University and received bachelor’s degrees. DeVere works in title insurance. Houghton works in systems administration.
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Social Hour with music by RJ Duo, 3 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 313-9100 Cardboard Challenge Workshop, ages 5-12, 4 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
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Saturday, Sept. 26 Mayor’s Month of Concern Food Drive volunteer registration, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., sign up to volunteer for collecting food at local stores, various locations, 295-0500
Sunday, Sept. 27 Shredded Book Contest, guess the shredded book and win, part of Banned Book Week, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Sweet Apple Tarts for Teens, learn to make your own, 1:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., registra-
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Thursday, Oct. 1 ‘Mix It Up’ mixed media workshop, 55+ Art Class, first of two-part series, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., EX3 Teen Center, 825 228th Ave N.E., free to residents 55 and older, 836-9295 Discover Girl Scouts, information night, open to grades K-12, 6:30 p.m., McAuliffe Elementary, 23823 N.E. 22nd St., www. sammamishgirlscouts.com Grief Share Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m.,
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“In touch with you and your smile” has been Dr. John Rossi’s goal ever since opening his Family Dental Practice in 1992 in the Sammamish Highlands Shopping Center. Dr. John and his wife, Carolyn, moved to Sammamish in 1983 when it was unincorporated King County with a population of about 6,000. Being able to provide dental care in the community in which they live and have raised their daughters has been a life’s dream. Since moving his office to the Sammamish Plateau from Kirkland, Dr. Rossi has focused on working together with his patients to provide them with the highest quality dental education and care. The joy in his career has been the relationships with his patients and their families as they work toward optimal health. Dr. Rossi’s Team has been with him for many years as they themselves feel like family. More important to all of them is their enjoyment in providing dental care to all ages; from toddlers to seniors. “I sincerely believe that by individualizing each person’s dental care, I can work with them to stay healthy and active.” Dr Rossi has been fortunate to be involved in many aspects of the Sammamish Community as a basketball and soccer coach, PTSA liaison, Parks Department Chair, and even an over 50’s soccer league fullback... Now that the city of Sammamish has grown to nearly 60,000, Dr. Rossi is very pleased to be welcoming Dr. Brolen Freimanis and his wife, Dana, to his Sammamish Highlands Family Dental Practice. The addition of Dr. Freimanis has been years in the making. “Brolen was first introduced to our team by his Aunt Cathy, my long-time Dental Assistant, when he was considering a future career in medicine. During his job shadowing experience at our office, he claims that his observations of our care for families and the quality dental care we provide inspired him to become a dentist. While attending dental school at UW he often joined our team when we served dinners at the Ronald McDonald House and he frequently stopped by the office to visit with us and observe a variety of dental procedures.” Dr. Rossi has always considered himself very fortunate to have been able to be a part of his community, watching his patients grow up, and even start families of their own. He has always wanted to assist another dentist in achieving the “dream” as he would call it. Dr. Freimanis and his wife, Dana, both grew up in Renton, Washington. He attended the University of Washington where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology followed by
a D.D.S degree with honors. Following graduation from the University of Washington he continued his dental education with the Northwest Dental Residency program in Yakima, completing an AEGD (Advanced Education in General Dentistry). He then practiced dentistry in Bend, Oregon prior to returning to the Northwest. Dana lived in England with her family for five years following high school, and then returned to attend Seattle University where she obtained her BSRN, subsequently working as a registered nurse in emergency care and with medically fragile children. Dr. Freimanis and Dana are excited to return to Western Washington, a place that they have always considered home. They enjoy many outdoor activities (biking, skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping…) with family and friends. Dr Freimanis is happy to be establishing roots with Dr. Rossi’s Team and to be working with their patients in helping them achieve optimal dental health. With both his residency and dental practice experiences, Dr. Freimanis has honed his skills with certain endodontic (root canal) and oral surgery therapies, of which Dr. Rossi often referred to specialists. Including Dr. Freimanis in the Sammamish Highlands Family Dental Practice will also allow Dr. Rossi the opportunity to serve their patients who are in need of sleep apnea therapy as well as Invisalign treatment. By working together they will be able to provide you with more therapies in their office for your convenience. Dr. Rossi and Dr. Freimanis also aim to expand their appointment hours and look forward to offering appointment times on Fridays in early 2016. Dr. Rossi and Team trust that you will find Dr. Freimanis outgoing, friendly, and personable and look forward to you meeting him in the near future. You can read more about Dr. Rossi and Dr. Freimanis on their website www.johnrossidds.com and follow them on Facebook. Plan to stop by Sammamish Highlands Family Dentistry (next to Trader Joe’s) on October 8th to meet Dr. Rossi and Dr. Freimanis.
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Volunteers sought to help restore state park natural areas Celebrate National Public Lands Day Sept. 26
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Nightmare at Beaver Lake is taking shape, opens Oct. 17 It is that time of year when scary things are beginning to take shape in Sammamish. Nightmare at Beaver Lake, an indoor/outdoor Halloween haunted house experience that has been scaring the daylights out of folks for the past 12 years, will run Thursdays through Sundays Oct. 17-31. Times are from 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and from 7-10 p.m. on school nights. This volunteer-run, allfor-charity event is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Sammamish. Each year, more than 12,000 people
wander the haunted trails of Beaver Lake Park during the last half of October experiencing ghosts, ghouls, zombies, vampires, scary clowns, headless horsemen and more! It takes more than 300 volunteers to produce the 10-night run of Nightmare with approximately 150 volunteers working each night. The majority of the actors are local middle and high school students. Creative talent is provided by the nonprofit organization Scare Productions. The proceeds from Nightmare support charities on the Eastside that provide support for local families and individuals in need. The Rotary Club also provides college scholarships for graduating seniors at the three high schools in Sammamish. The local club is also involved in community-building projects in Nicaragua. Learn more at www. nightmareatbeaverlake.com.
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New CareClinic option available at Sammamish’s Bartell Drugs In partnership with Group Health, the Sammamish Bartell Drugs store, 526 228th Ave. N.E., recently began offering a CareClinic location for plateau residents. CareClinics provide retail-based walk-in medical care staffed by Group Health clinicians. The CareClinic is open to anyone older than 2, including those who aren’t Group Health members. The experience is designed to be efficient — the average visit takes less than 15 minutes. Patient usage has tripled since the first three CareClinics opened in Seattle and Bellevue in January 2014. “Patients come to CareClinics for convenience,” Dr. Wellesley Chapman, Group Health’s medical director of innovation and development, said in a news release. “We’ve proven that CareClinics live up to the promise of quickly diagnosing and treating common ailments. We get you in, taken care of and on your way for an affordable, set price.” Visits cost $75 and most insurance plans can be billed. Clinicians enter diagnostic and treatment details into Group Health members’ electronic records, allowing a patient’s entire medical team to easily share
information no matter where the patient is seen. More than 1,200 vaccines and immunizations were dispensed at three CareClinics in the first year. Patients seen had a variety of common ailments, including upper respiratory infections; warts, rashes and skin issues; pinkeye or conjunctivitis; ear infections; urinary tract infections; sinusitis, pharyngitis and bronchitis. “Bartell Drugs guests have told us they want the ability to get care and treatment as well as every-day necessities in one place,” Ken Mahoney, Bartell’s COO, said in the release. Learn more about the CareClinic and the two organizations at www.bartelldrugs.com or www.gch.org.
can sign up to participate at www.shakeout.org/washington. Organizers also encourage participants to take photos of themselves participating in the drill and post photos to social media using the hashtag #washakeout.
Silver Alerts begin in Washington; first one is used in Issaquah
On Aug. 27, law enforcement agencies in Washington began using a new notification to alert the public of missing persons who fit the criteria for a Silver Alert. On Sept. 10, the first Silver Alert was issued for Bryant Merrick after a report was taken by Great Washington the Issaquah Police ShakeOut is Oct. 15 Department. The alert went out at 9:30 a.m., and was Washington state is posted on state Department participating in the Great of Transportation digital Washington ShakeOut billboards in three counties. “drop, cover and hold” Merrick was located by the earthquake drill at 10:15 Seattle Police Department a.m. Oct. 15. the next morning and was The drill emphasizes safe. the urgent need for people, A Silver Alert will be organizations, schools, com- activated when a missing munities and businesses to person 60 years of age or practice what to do to be older, suffering from a form safe and to be ready before of dementia, is not able to an earthquake strikes. return to safety without Last year, more than 1 assistance. million Washingtonians When vehicle informaparticipated in the Great tion is associated with the Washington ShakeOut. As of Sept. 15, more than Name: 13517/Recol652,000 people have regogy istered with more than a month to go before the drill. Width: 42p11.667 People and organizations Depth: 6 in
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Freshman firepower fuels Skyline swim victory By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com
By Greg Farrar
Sarah DiMeco, Skyline High School freshman, swims to win the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:09.73 during the Spartans’ Sept. 17 meet against Issaquah at the renovated Julius Boehm Pool. DiMeco also won the 50-yard sprint in 24.9 seconds.
Immediately after watching her team match up with its main rival, Issaquah High School girls swim coach Laura Halter was blunt in her assessment of the Skyline Spartans. She called them future state champions. It was hard to argue with Halter, who works with athletes from both schools on the Issaquah Swim Team. Skyline won 11 of 12 events and cruised to a 123-
63 victory over Issaquah in a Class 4A KingCo Conference meet Sept. 17 at Julius Boehm Pool. The Spartans, who finished eighth at last year’s state championships, have collected several qualifying times in the first two meets of the season, and could be poised to return to the top of the team podium in November. Skyline won three straight titles from 2009-11, but has been chasing Newport, the 2012 and ’13 champion, since then. A scintillating freshman class is driving the Spartans:
Christina Bradley, Danika Himes, Sarah DiMeco and Stephanie Young have already recorded five individual state berths among them. Bradley, Himes, DiMeco and senior captain Kathy Lin have started well in the 200-yard medley relay, and won against Issaquah by lowering their qualifying time by more than 3 seconds to 1:52.29. “I think, if we put our mind to it, we’re capable of anything,” Lin said the foursome. Bradley won two races,
capturing the 200 freestyle in 1:57.14 and the 100 free in 54.74 seconds. She has qualified for state in both events. DiMeco was also a double winner, taking first in the 50 free (24.90) and 500 free (5:09.73). To put perspective on her performance in the latter event, she finished 20 seconds, or roughly 30 yards, ahead of Issaquah junior Jenifer Matsuda, who was third at state in the event in 2014. “Sarah is such a multiSee SWIM, Page 11
KingCo football: Spartans Eastlake soccer feels smash Mount Si, 44-7 confident after hot start By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com
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Skyline High School senior Danny Sinatro couldn’t have wished for a better birthday present than the one he got Sept. 18. Sinatro, who was celebrating his 18th birthday, played a big part in the Spartans’ 44-7 victory over the Mount Si Wildcats in a Class 4A KingCo Conference football game. Afterward, Sinatro and teammates Blake Gregory and Rashaad Boddie were surrounded by reporters and TV cameras, smiling and laughing their way through questions about their 3-0 start in KingCo play. Sinatro caught a 10-yard touchdown from Gregory in the first half, and he also had three big punt returns to help set up scores as Skyline took an insurmountable 30-0 lead to the break. “I always try to look to extend the play and just have some fun out there,” the senior said. “Punt returning is probably one of my favorite things to do out here and it’s not just me. It’s all the blocking, all the hard workers on the special teams unit.” The game took place at neighboring Eastlake High School due to ongo-
For the Eastlake High School girls soccer team, the season’s first five matches haven’t done anything to guarantee a return to the playoffs, but the results have been awfully encouraging. The Wolves stretched their unbeaten run to five games, using first-half goals from Anna Craig and Maddy Robinson along with Tatum Thornton’s second-half tally to beat the visiting Seattle Christian Warriors, 3-1, in a Sept. 15 nonconference outing. There are bigger games looming on the horizon — namely the Class 4A KingCo Conference opener against plateau rival Skyline on Sept. 24 — but Eastlake is putting itself in position to have success in November when the state playoffs begin. “It’s a good, quality end result,” Wolves coach Marc Wilson said of the victory over Seattle Christian, a 1A state qualifier in 10 of the past 11 seasons. “I thought we were a little lethargic in the first half and a lot of it has to do, I think, with coming off a game the night before (a 5-1 win over Mount Rainier). … This is our fifth nonconference game, and overall, I’m pleased.” Eastlake opened the game with a burst, and Clare
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Danny Sinatro, Skyline High School senior wide receiver, carries the football into the end zone for a secondquarter touchdown and a 17-0 lead for the Spartans against Mount Si on the way to a 44-7 win. ing stadium construction at Skyline. It didn’t take long for the Spartans to feel right at home. Skyline defensive lineman Austin Elliot recovered a Jack Weidenbach fumble at the Wildcats’ 27, and that led to a 28-yard Jack Crane field goal for a 3-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Sinatro nearly scored on a punt three minutes later, but was brought down at the Mount Si 5 after a 61-yard return. Boddie scored on the next play for a 10-0 lead. In the second quarter, Sinatro had a 21-yard punt return, and a personal-foul penalty on the Wildcats put the ball at the Mount Si 10. On third-and-goal, Gregory danced away from a couple would-be tacklers
and found a wide-open Sinatro for the score. Mount Si (2-1 KingCo) failed on a fake punt attempt to give the Spartans another short field, and Boddie scored from 8 yards out for a 24-0 lead. Then the backbreaking play came as Logan Wanamaker got behind his defender and Gregory hit him in stride for an 82-yard TD with 54 seconds left in the first half. “The coaching staff did awesome,” Gregory said. “I had all the confidence in the world in their play calls. My job is really just to get the ball in the hands of playmakers, and you saw the results, so it was awesome.” Skyline needed a total of eight offensive plays to See FOOTBALL, Page 11
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Tatum Thornton, Eastlake High School junior midfielder, trips over Seattle Christian sophomore goalkeeper Natalie Childress as she saves a shot during the first period of their Sept. 15 soccer match. Suter’s fourth-minute corner kick resulted in the second goal of the season for Craig, who managed to poke the ball in after a scramble inside the penalty box. The Wolves continued to apply pressure, but the Warriors leveled the score against the run of play in the 23rd minute. Midfielder Megan Nielsen found space near the top of the box and whistled a shot past Eastlake goalkeeper Natalie LaTurner. The action heated up toward the end of the half, with a goal-line clearance stopping a go-ahead score for Seattle Christian. The Wolves quickly counterattacked, and Maddy Kennedy’s breakaway chance was saved by a diving Natalie Childress. Eastlake’s second corner
kick of the half was just as effective as the first. Suter found Robinson, who had a tap-in header for a 2-1 lead in the 36th minute. “I just kind of sneaked into the far post,” Robinson said of her third goal of the season. “No one was marking me and so I just raised my hand, and she played it right to my head. It was a perfect ball.” “She hits a great ball,” Wilson said of Suter, the team’s senior right back, “and when you’ve got players in the middle of the box that can finish, it makes it a lot easier.” The second half saw the Wolves possess the ball effectively and create a pile of chances, most notably a pair of sparkling See SOCCER, Page 12
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Swim From Page 10 talented swimmer,” Lin said. “She can do the 50 free and the 500 free, so she brings a lot of depth to our team. Same with Christina — she’s really, really good in all the four strokes, so they bring a really good depth to our team that we haven’t seen before.” Matsuda, who already has state times in the 200 free and 200 individual medley, said it was amazing to watch what Skyline’s freshmen can do, and indi-
Football From Page 10 score their four first-half touchdowns. “Their offense had real short drives and good teams like Skyline capitalize on it,” Mount Si coach Charlie Kinnune said. “Those are mistakes we haven’t made the first two weeks and we made them tonight.” Gregory finished 14 of 20 for 208 yards through the air. His final play of the night was a
cated she’ll need to step up her efforts before the end of the season. “I guess it takes me a couple meets to get used to the endurance it takes (in the 500 free) because we have a month break in August,” Matsuda said, “so then during that time I guess I drop down in endurance. But I’m trying to get back up there with my club training as well as my school training.” Lin held off Himes to win the 100 breaststroke in a state-qualifying time of 1:09.23, to go along with her state cuts in the 50 free and 100 butterfly. Matsuda said she
expects Issaquah will have a strong season behind girls like Izzy Gonzalez, Abigail Paxton and Annika Helgesen. Senior Katie Maier, a previous state participant, didn’t swim against Skyline, but will also help lead the way upon her return. The Spartans are trying to make sure their work ethic matches their talent level, and Lin said she was pleased with what she saw. “Today’s meet was really great — I’m really proud of my entire team,” she said. “They all swim their hardest and I saw a lot of cheering going on, so that’s great.”
15-yard TD strike to Jake Pendergast, Mount Si got on the board early in the fourth quarter, capping a 75-yard drive with a 4-yard pass from Harrison D’Anna to Colton Swain. Backup quarterback Drew Kistner led Skyline to a final score, hitting Alex Taylor on a 4-yard pass with less than five minutes to play. The Spartans will try to keep hold of first place and move to 4-0 in KingCo when they face the Woodinville Falcons at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at Pop Keeney Stadium in
Bothell. The Falcons upset Skyline, 26-23, last season and the returning Spartans haven’t forgotten it. “We got them in baseball, in the KingCo playoffs,” Sinatro noted. “That’s a little revenge but it’s a little different out here on the football field, especially going into senior year.” “We’ve got a new task with Woodinville,” Gregory added. “So it feels great right now — we’re going to celebrate — but we’ve got to keep building on it.”
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