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october 15, 2015
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Council majority approves overall plan for Sahalee Way By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com
By David Hayes
A row of skeletal scarecrows await patrons to the ‘Children of the Corn’ section of the Stephen Kingthemed Nightmare at Beaver Lake.
The Sammamish City Council has approved a preliminary $15.7 million plan to upgrade Sahalee Way Northeast between Northeast 25th Way and Northeast 37th Way. The plan won approval by a vote of 4-2, with one member absent. Mayor Tom Vance said the work would improve the road to 2035 standards or beyond. Council members Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo and Nancy Whitten cast votes against the measure. “They’re putting lipstick on a pig, as the old adage goes,” Valderrama-Aramayo said after the meeting. He criticized the plan for not pushing repairs beyond city limits all the way to Northeast Redmond-Fall City Road or state Route 202.
Between Northeast 25th and Northeast 37th, the city will add a third lane to Sahalee, mostly a center turn lane, said John Cunningham, interim city public works director. In stretches where no turn lane is needed, plans call for some sort of median or divider. On the west side of the street, the project also will add a bike lane and sidewalk, as well as widened shoulders. The city also will add a traffic light at Northeast 28th Place. The council further asked Cunningham to look into the idea of a roundabout at that location. For the stretch of road to be redone, the speed limit will be lowered from 45 mph to 40 mph. From Northeast 37th to SR 202, Cunningham said not much would change. City officials already have selected a consultant, Perteet of
King of all Nightmares comes to Beaver Lake City hosts disaster By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com Stephen King was once asked a question by a fan. She knew the truism that you write what you know. So, she asked the master of horror, “What do you know?” King smiled, and replied, “Whenever I get asked that question, I just say I have the heart of a little boy.” He then paused for dramatic affect. “And I keep it in a jar on my desk.” The folks behind the annual Nightmare at Beaver Lake thought what better theme for this year’s outdoor haunt than the twisted mind of the bestselling author. Two 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations combine their talents to present the Nightmare at Beaver Lake — The Rotary Club of Sammamish, which takes care of the business side of operations, and Kent company Scare Productions, which provides the creative side of things that go
If you go Nightmare at Beaver Lake Beaver Lake Park Oct. 16-18, 22-25 and 29-31 7-10 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays and 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Tickets: Family Scare $12, from 7-7:45 p.m.; Full Scare $18, from 8 p.m. to close www.nightmareatbeaverlake.com bump in the night. “On a given night, say Friday, we have a full complement of 120 actors and another 100 support staff,” said Cary Young, Rotary Club chairwoman for Nightmare at Beaver Lake. “That includes ticket booth, security, wardrobe, costumes, makeup, kitchen staff, line control, shuttle drivers, on and on. We’re the operations that keep the show running.”
Keeping things fresh
Her counterpart from Scare Productions is artistic director Dana Young (no relation). She said the ¾-mile walk through Beaver Lake has grown in its 12 years, drawing nearly 4,000 paying victims, er, customers its first year, to 13,000 last Halloween season. Dana said they develop a new theme each year to keep things fresh and keep people coming back. “That makes it much more fun for the patrons,” Dana said. “They’re excited, wondering, oh what are they doing this year?” For example, last year’s theme was classic horror from blackand-white movies, the year before was an all jungle theme. Ideas are usually pulled from pop culture. Plus, they have a lot of room to play. “We go to other haunts to See NIGHTMARE, Page 8
See SAHALEE, Page 3
preparedness fair By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Sponsored by the city, Sammamish Citizens Corps, Eastside Fire & Rescue and Sammamish Review, the Sammamish Disaster Preparedness Fair is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 17 at City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E. “The more ready you are when crisis or disaster strikes, the less you are likely to panic,” said K.T. Kiernan, president of the local Citizen Corps. The fair features exhibits, demonstrations, seminars and vendors. “We don’t charge the vendors and we don’t charge the public,” said Jan Bromberg, of the Citizens Corps. “What we’re trying to do is provide as much information to the pub-
lic as possible.” Vendors and exhibitors will include the American Red Cross, Puget Sound Energy, and Thrive Live, which provides freeze-dried foods and similar products. PrepareSmart and American Preparedness will sell emergency kits. Seminars put on by EFR will include “Map Your Neighborhood/Train the Trainer” and “The Geology of See FAIR, Page 3 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Kent, WA Permit No. 71 POSTAL CUSTOMER
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