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Chase Bank robbed twice in two weeks By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com For the second time in two weeks, an unknown suspect robbed the Chase Bank office inside the QFC, 4570 Klahanie Drive, at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 26. The previous incident took place around 6 p.m. Sept. 15. During the Sept. 26 robbery, a white male in his 20s entered the bank and went to a window, said Sgt. Cindi West, media relations officer for the King County Sheriff’s Office. “It was reported that he pushed a customer out of the way and implied he had a gun,” West wrote in an email. The suspect demanded money and fled on flood with an undisclosed amount, West added. The suspect was said to be about 5 feet 8 inches tall, hav-
ing a slender build and wearing a red hooded jacket, sunglasses and black pants. He was last seen fleeing on foot toward the Highland Garden Apartments, West said. The sheriff’s office released few details on the Sept. 15 robbery. The suspect was described as a white male in his 20s, according to Sgt. Stan Seo, of the sheriff’s office. Seo said the man was on foot, demanded money and fled on foot. “Our K9, Guardian 1 and patrol responded,” Seo said, adding the suspect was not located. Guardian 1 is the sheriff’s office helicopter unit. There was no immediate information on whether the first suspect was armed or how much money was taken. Seo See ROBBERY, Page 3
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The ornamental aluminum gates for the Lower Commons Community Garden were dedicated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 19, with Sammamish Arts Commission members, elected city officials, Parks & Recreation employees and artist Garth Edwards (in hat) on hand to celebrate the final touch on the garden, which allows residents to grow fruit and vegetables in several dozen raised planting boxes.
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while out and about attending events and knocking on doors. She added that wasn’t exactly Resident Christie Malchow surprising. She noted the state’s wants to be the next new face on Growth Management Act means the Sammamish City Council. Sammamish has to allow some She’s running against fordevelopment. But she also feels mer Councilman Mark Cross City Hall has handed out far too for the Position 2 council seat. many variances, allowing projects Christie Councilwoman Nancy Whitten is to proceed without a lot of foreMalchow about to vacate the spot, having thought. chosen not to run for re-election. “There’s a place for variances, no “By and large, the biggest concerns are doubt,” Malchow said. “But they’ve growth and traffic,” Malchow said regarding what she has heard from residents See MALCHOW, Page 2
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“I see the council struggling with some of the same land-use issues,” Cross said of his possible Former Sammamish City return. Councilman Mark Cross wants He said he wants Sammamish to make a return to the council. to undergo slow, planned He is running against Christie growth. He had a hand in planMalchow for the Position 2 ning for the long-talked-about council seat to be vacated by Sammamish Town Center and Mark Cross said he is happy to see that incumbent Councilwoman Nancy Whitten, who chose not moving forward. to run for re-election. Situated roughly at Southeast Cross, 64, who served on the council Fourth Street and 228th Avenue from 2004 to 2012, and was mayor in Southeast, officials describe Town 2007, said he left to concentrate on his family and career. See CROSS, Page 2
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Malchow From Page 1 become far too common right now.” Malchow said there is a lot of traffic out there now with more to come. She said the city needs to find a way to repair and revamp Issaquah-Fall City Road and other streets based on several factors, including the promises made to Klahanie-area voters who overwhelmingly approved annexation to Sammamish. The city will annex the Klahanie area Jan. 1 and there has been plenty of debate on the council about how to pay for needed road improvements. Malchow said she hopes officials don’t shortchange the rest of the city while focusing on the Klahanie area. Malchow noted there are some $90 million in road improvements listed on the latest Sammamish Transportation Improvement Plan. The list of road projects has grown considerably
between 2014 and 2016, she said. “I want to get a good understanding of the numbers involved,” Malchow said of funding for those road projects, especially in terms of the impact fees paid by developers. “There are some things on the TIP that just don’t make sense,” she said. “Are these projects all viable?” Currently, the city of Sammamish is the unusual position of having virtually no debt. There has been an ongoing debate among current council members as to whether that will continue to be the case. Malchow said she is not necessarily worried about the city taking on debt to fund capital improvements, such as road projects. “My concern is we aren’t having a transparent or open debate on the subject,” she said. At 42, Malchow is selfemployed. Along with husband Tom, she runs a specialized medical equipment distribution company. The couple has two children. Learn more about her at www.malchow4sammamish.com.
Cross From Page 1 Center as a dense, urban development, a mix of commercial and residential space. The first projects got underway this summer, the most publicized anchored by a new Metropolitan Market near 228th Avenue and Southeast Eighth Street. “If we can get out of this major growth spurt and still recognize ourselves, that would be
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are to work, he said. The new tree code is far more complex than what is in place now. “But we are asking our staff to take that on with no more people than they have now,” Cross said. On another well-publicized topic, Cross said the city needs to work hard with King County officials to complete the East Lake Sammamish Trail. Feeling the city overstepped its bounds and put too many demands on the trail configura-
tion, county officials appealed trail construction permits granted by the city. “We do need to help the residents down there,” Cross said of neighbors of the trail, but he added the pathway is and can be a great asset for the entire area. Cross, who has a degree in urban planning, works for the city of Bellevue in its permitting department. He and wife Pam Mauk have two children. Learn more about him at www.democracy.com/ markcrossforcouncil.
q Initiatives that engage youths, q Events such as concerts, festivals and educational and safety projects, q Neighborhood improvement projects such as tree planting, graffiti removal and cleanup, q Community-led planning or training, q Signs for a neighborhood or community. Proposals should demonstrate how activities would be accessible to all unincorporated King County residents regardless of race, income or language spoken. A minimum match of 25 percent in the form of volunteer time, cash or in-kind services of
the total project cost is required. Applications are due Monday, Nov. 16. Learn more at www. kingcounty.gov/exec/community-service-areas.aspx or call Marissa Alegria at 206-477-4523.
Olympic sport of shotgun shooting, will attend the University of South Carolina, majoring in international business. She was active in student leadership (DECA) and has been a volunteer for Heroes in Seattle for six years. She was a Seafair ambassador representing youth leadership in 2014. Lim shoots competitive sporting clays with her father. Edlund will attend Central Washington University, studying to be a paramedic. She hunts upland birds and big game with her father. Learn more about scholarship opportunities at www.usayess.org or www.wayess.org.
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great,” Cross said. Toward that end, he supports the new treeretention ordinance under consideration and expressed a hope it gains final passage sooner rather than later. But Cross also said the tree ordinance might not be the final step in preserving Sammamish’s “green” look and identity. He said wants the council to study and revamp the city landscape codes as well. City Hall may have to experience some growth of its own if new rules and policies
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Residents have the opportunity to meet and hear the five people running for Sammamish City Council seats during a candidate forum co-sponsored by the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Sammamish. The event is at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at the EX3 Teen Center, 825 228th Ave. N.E. There are two contested seats up for grabs in the Nov. 3 election. Incumbent Councilwoman Nancy Whitten has chosen not to run for re-election to council Position 2. Candidates Christie Malchow and Mark Cross are vying to take her place. Mayor Tom Vance is running for re-election to council Position 6, and is being challenged by resident Tom Hornish. The Position 6 race is for a seat on council, not the title of mayor. Sammamish operates under a weak mayor style of governance
in which a city manager handles the day-to-day municipal operations. The mayor, elected by the council, serves largely as the president of the council. The council’s Position 4 seat, held by Councilman Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo, also expires this year though he is running essentially unopposed. Although his name is still on the ballot, challenger Hank Klein publically said he would not campaign for the council position. Klein did not formally drop out of the race in time to have his name removed from the ballot. According to the chamber, Valderrama-Aramayo still plans to take part in the candidate forum. To begin the Oct. 7 forum, candidates will have an opportunity to talk about their general platforms, said Deb Sogge, chamber executive director. Candidates will then be asked a few prepared questions. Audience members will have the chance to submit written questions as well.
Sogge emphasized the evening is planned as an informational session, not a debate. King County Elections will mail ballots to registered voters Oct. 14. Voters must return ballots by mail, postmarked no later than 8 p.m. Election Day, Nov. 3. In Washington, you may register to vote if you will be at least 18 on Election Day and a resident of Washington for at least 30 days prior to the election, according to the election website. The deadline is Oct. 5 for online voter registration. Oct. 5 is also the deadline for updating registration information. For those not yet registered to vote, in-person registration continues until Oct. 26. You may register to vote in person at either the Renton election headquarters, at 919 Grady Way in Renton, or the King County Administration Building is at 500 Fourth Ave., Room 440, in Seattle. Register to vote online or get general voting information at http://tinyurl. com/okfwz7t.
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Fire agency launches search for new chief Eastside Fire & Rescue began advertising Sept. 21 for a replacement for Fire Chief Lee Soptich who will step down at the end of January after roughly 10 years on the job. The EFR board of directors hired a California consultant company, The Mercer Group Inc., to help with the search, said Ingrid Anderson-Boyle, EFR human resources manager. According to a timetable provided by AndersonBoyle, Mercer will advertise the position and accept résumés until Oct. 19. The company plans to come up with about six to eight semifinalists, said Clark Wuzberger, a project manager for The Mercer Group.
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Sammamish and North Bend, and two fire districts encompassing a total of about 190 square miles and a population of more than 130,000. In 2014, EFR responded to more than 8,600 calls for service with more than 65 percent of those being for medical emergencies. EFR provides basic life support with more advanced paramedic aid available through King County emergency services. EFR, headquartered in Issaquah, uses professional and volunteer firefighters who man 14 stations, of which nine house professional personnel and are staffed 24 hours a day. Five are volunteer stations each run by an on-duty battalion chief. All in all, EFR has some 141 employees, 120 of which are uniformed
personnel. EFR also has 101 volunteers. Soptich, 58, became EFR chief in 1995. He announced his retirement in December 2014. “Everything lined up for me,” he said in explaining his reasons for leaving the department. Soptich said he and wife Carrie have paid off their Carnation home and the last of his seven children will soon graduate college. Soptich said he and his wife, devout Mormons, decided now is an ideal time in their lives for them to take on the church mission trips they have long wanted to tackle. “That’s just in our DNA,” Soptich said, referring to the couple’s desire to work for the church. “This is what we intend to do.”
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The King County Flood Control District has approved more than $4.4 million in grant funding to four major watersheds to support ongoing salmon recovery efforts. The Snoqualmie Watershed, Lake Washington/Cedar/ Sammamish Watershed, Green/Duwamish Watershed and Puyallup/ White Watershed work with their member cities, tribal governments and nonprofit organizations on high priority restoration projects and educational programs to enhance water quality and habitat for salmon. Chinook and steelhead were placed on the threatened list under the Endangered Species Act in 1999. See a complete list of projects at www.kingcountyfloodcontrol.org.
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said the sheriff’s office Major Crimes Unit and the FBI were investigating the robbery. West did not have an update on the Sept. 15 incident and said she did not know if the robberies were related. She added the Safe Streets Task Force likely would handle the investigation. The task force includes members from the FBI, the King County Sheriff’s Office and a number of local police forces.
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Letters to the Editor Abortion deserves serious conversation I do not like the fact that we perform abortions as a method of birth control. I would rather that every pregnancy is planned and safe, and parents are excited to have a child. I would rather that every parent is equipped to raise a healthy child. I would rather many things...but my wishes are not reality. They never have been and never will be. Importantly, wishing doesn’t allow me to dilute the debate down to a few lines of sensational journalism. Ellen Martin’s heartfelt letter used indignity to mask the broader issues surrounding pregnancy and abortion. Her letter contained descriptions of a disturbing medical procedure. Yet only about one-third of 1 percent (0.3 percent) of abortions are performed this way, and often for valid health reasons. The other 99.7 percent are performed using less invasive methods including prescription medications. In every case, the embryo or fetus would not survive outside the womb.
As difficult as it is for some to accept, an embryo or a fetus is not medically or legally a person. Otherwise, women would be spontaneously aborting actual children at high rates — something that seems acceptable to the pro-life movement. Planned Parenthood provides a wide variety of health and reproductive services to poor women and men. Only three percent (3 percent) of these services are for ending a pregnancy. The rest are invaluable in supporting health and healthy pregnancies. The focus is on planning and health, not abortion. To describe Planned Parenthood solely as an “abortion provider” is simply inaccurate just as describing hospitals and doctors that perform abortion in the same light. I encourage those opposed to Planned Parenthood providing women and men with health care, including the full range of reproductive services, to broaden the scope of their conversation to include all services that are needed to stabilize families; provide physically and emotionally healthy homes, good
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Leann Mullender — I would love the option to have the company wash out my bins now and then, especially during the summer months when they become particularly fragrant.
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education and safe neighborhoods. If we want to reduce abortions, we need to work toward every family having the tools needed to raise healthy children. Get accurate information about Planned Parenthood and the services it provides at http:// plannedparenthood.org. Michael J. O’Connell Sammamish
It takes a bipartisan effort to get things done I would like to respond to Mr. Bill Schiffer. You did not have to tell us you were a Democrat; I could tell by your rant. In typical liberal fashion, you blame Andy Hill for all that is wrong with the state of Washington. You stated the Republicans are all to blame for the decades of failed policies. Sir, how long have you lived here? Because the Democrats have controlled this liberal state for years. All they ever do is try to tax us out of our homes, and spend money they don’t have. Just like Obama says, it’s always the Republicans at fault, never the Democrats. Your comment about not being able to fight fires, That’s
pretty much how I feel, too, Jill. Damage is done. Re: Letter to the Editor Sept. 10 — “City gets ‘thanks’ for extra development” Donna Martin — THIS has got to be sarcasm.... because he is not driving down the same 228th street I have been...it’s a freaking ZOO ... and with all those additional homes and shopping center going into place....it’s going to
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nobody’s fault that half the state was burning. And our roads have been going to pot for a long time; again I say the Democrats were in charge. So I will vote for Andy Hill, because if you want to blame somebody, look who has run this state, the Democrats. If you like being taxed so much, send your wonderful governor extra money if you’re so rich. You Democrats think you have all the answers, but guess what you don’t. It takes a bi-partisan effort to get things done. Fred Caponigro Sammamish
Ramiro Valderrama, Christie Malchow and Tom Hornish will work for residents Sammamish has suffered for years at the hands of irresponsible management and a City Council that works in the interest of that management and development, instead of us the citizens. I, for one, have taken all I can stand. I am sickened by what has and is going on all over the plateau! We have a chance this November to make
become even worse.... WHAT on earth is the City Council thinking...?? The traffic has become horrible and can only get worse… Christian Wade — At least they’re removing all those distracting trees so we can see where we’re going! #moresarcasm Donald Koslowsky — You can avoid traffic by riding a bicycle. #sarcasm IF there was a bike lane on 228th...
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some changes to our City Council. The more council members we elect that stand up for us, the better chance we have of stopping what I call the “construction destruction.” Please re-elect Ramiro Valderrama! All you have to do is attend a council meeting or read the paper to know he has been exemplary at his job and is the councilman who truly works on our behalf. He has the courage and ethics to do what is right, but the majority of the council mostly always shoots him down. He needs new council members to work with so the Sammamish citizens’ wishes and concerns are addressed first and most important. This can happen! Please also vote for Christie Malchow and Tom Hornish. With the three of them in office, we have a chance to take our city off the awful course of total destruction. It is much too late for most of the plateau; just look around and you can see what I mean.... the Barrington and Morningside developments on 214th Avenue Northeast, Kemp property, East Lake Sammamish Trail...but with Valderrama, Malchow and Hornish elected this
Tony Rehn — Come up to the Trossachs side. It’s not too bad only 30 minutes to get past PCFC each morning. But truly no place I’d rather live. We are blessed. #nokiddinghere Meena Subramanian Thirumurthy — Traffic was a nightmare just this evening and has been on several evenings. There has to be an indefinite moratorium on further construction in the city...
November, we can be assured that we, the citizens of Sammamish, will be their first priority when the city makes their decisions that affect us all! SaSa Kirkpatrick Sammamish
Klahanie-area residents should be able to vote in November election I am a soon-to-be an incorporated member of Sammamish, thanks to the annexation of Klahanie. I have a big concern that the city is not allowing the community of Klahanie to vote in the Nov. 3 elections. This worries me because to a lot of us in the community, this feels as if we are good enough to give you our tax dollars but not good enough for our voices to be heard. If this is how the city of Sammamish is going to be treating us, I am not sure we made the right decision on April 28. We (community of Klahanie) want to be on the “team,” we want our voices to be heard and we want to help make a difference in our community. Why are we not allowed to vote on Nov. 3? Jon Touma Klahanie
Cheryl Hooper — The worst part about the traffic is that it’s forcing people to find alternate routes and create cut-throughs. Cars are flooding neighborhoods and smaller streets to avoid the congested roads. It’s creating dangerous conditions with more and cars plowing through previously quiet areas. The city is forced to open up cul-de-sacs to ease congestion and create more roads in areas where high-traffic roads were never intended.
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Police blotter DWLS/drugs Stopped near the intersection of Northeast 37th Way and Sahalee Way, a man, 45, was arrested by police for driving with a suspended license. Police also found .5 grams of meth either on the him or in his car. The arrest took place at about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 9.
Car break-ins Someone went through two cars parked overnight in a residential driveway on Northeast 43rd Court. Police said both vehicles were unlocked. Both also were rifled through, but nothing was stolen. The incident was reported Sept. 14.
Burglary An unknown suspect walked into an open
garage in the 2200 block of Southeast 43rd Place and walked out with a mesh bag full of baseball equipment. The theft was reported at 9:25 p.m. Sept. 15.
Excuse me? Police said a male suspect walked into a woman’s unlocked apartment at about 2:40 p.m. Sept. 16. The man was not known to the apartment’s resident, but left when he was asked to do so. The incident took place in the 2200 block of Northeast Inglewood Drive.
Shoplifting q A suspect, no further details given, was arrested at about 7 p.m. Sept. 16 for attempting to walk away with beer from the Safeway store, 630 228th Ave. N.E. q The same Safeway was struck again just after 5 p.m. Sept. 19 when
two subjects each wearing backpacks helped themselves to bottles of cognac. They then disappeared into a bathroom. The suspects’ hands were empty when they emerged from the restrooms; store employees believe the cognac was hidden in the backpacks.
Assault Police made no arrests, but separated a husband and wife during a physical altercation at about 1:30 p.m. Sept. 18 in the 4100 block of 204th Avenue Northeast. Police said both parties suffered minor injuries, but claimed selfdefense and no one was arrested. However, details of the incident were forwarded to the prosecutor for review.
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state department of transportation, and Redmond as we work to improve the route all the way to SR520. Environment: Our new tree retention policy is almost finished. Among many other goals, I’m working for no net loss of trees. For every tree that is taken down, one or more will be planted preferably on site or, if necessary, in another location in the city. I’ll continue working to preserve and protect open space, and keep our environmental regulations strong. Managing our growth means focusing on all our challenges and opportunities: safe neighborhoods, improved streets and intersections, new parks and recreation, and so much more. I’ll keep focusing my efforts on the real issues, the issues that matter.
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Community news q The following Sammamish students graduated from the University of Washington in June: Kathryne Staudinger, Bachelor of Arts, Spanish; Michael Fuget, Bachelor of Science, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; Nicholas Abel, Bachelor of Science, computer science and software engineer; Samuel Sheehan, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (accounting and finance); Thomas Postings, Bachelor of Arts, communication; Taylor Wilkins, Bachelor of Science, biology (molecular cell development); Thomas Corrales-Toy, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (finance); Li Zhang, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (accounting); Sara Marien, Bachelor of Science, biochemistry; Eric Flattery, Bachelor of Arts, social sciences; Jonathan Mountain, Bachelor of Arts, communication; Dimitar Yanev, Bachelor of Science, mechanical engineering; Emily Herrmann, Bachelor of Arts, (society, ethics and human behavior); Alexander Darling, Bachelor of Science, bioengineer-
ing; Kelly Lin, Bachelor of Science, biology (physiology); Kyle Roth, Bachelor of Science, physics (math); Aaron Pham, Bachelor of Science, mechanical engineering; Erin Blodnick, Bachelor of Science, biology (general); Connor Cree, Bachelor of Arts, sociology; Vivian Yu, Bachelor of Science, computer science; Jonathan Stevenson, Bachelor of Arts, interdisciplinary studies (media and communication); Melissa Alleman, Bachelor of Arts, early childhood and family studies; Aaron Whiting, Bachelor of Arts, interactive media design; Benjamen Siu, Bachelor of Science, biology (general); Sean Yagi, Bachelor of Science, industrial engineering; Nathaniel Tabit, Bachelor of Science, human ctr des and engr (hum-comp intr); Neema Nakhayee, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (finance); Megan Plog, Bachelor of Science (environmental science and terr resource management); Dylan Taylor, Bachelor of Science, physics (comprehensive physics); Delanie Graettinger, Bachelor of Arts, communication; Christopher Adan, Bachelor
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of Arts, sociology; Courtney Lee, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (oscm; inf sys); Monica Dadashi, Bachelor of Science, psychology; Emily Casal, Bachelor of Arts, sociology; Rachel Quimby, Bachelor of Arts, criminal justice; Rasan Cherala, Bachelor of Science, biology (general); Adam Albaum, Bachelor of Science, chemical engineering; Jacob Reilly, Bachelor of Science, construction management; Thomas van Wageningen, Bachelor of Arts, linguistics; Christopher Ackerlund, Bachelor of Arts, business administration, (finance); Talia Suner, Bachelor of Science, biochemistry, neurobiology; Jennifer Rempe, Bachelor of Arts, business administration, finance; Emily Bulajewski, Bachelor of Science, human ctr des and engr (hum-comp intr); Bianca Barr, Bachelor of Science, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; Rasan Cherala, Bachelor of Arts, anthropology (medical anth and global health); Emily Mansell, Bachelor of Arts, history; Mackenzie Brown, Bachelor of Arts, communication; Dorris Hwang, Bachelor of Arts, architectural studies; Daniella Riani, Bachelor of Science, speech and hearing science (communication
SAMMAMISH REVIEW disorders); Nicole Tong, Bachelor of Arts, communication (Chinese); Jenna Gustafson, Bachelor of Arts, sociology; Nicholas Johnson, Bachelor of Arts, international studies (general, Swedish); Erin Smith, Bachelor of Arts, early childhood and family studies; Jacob Gober, Bachelor of Science, neurobiology; Dune Butler, Bachelor of Music, string instruments (jazz studies); Patrick Leake, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (accounting; finance); Trevor Olson, Bachelor of Science, computer science and software engineering; Jaymi Matsudaira, Bachelor of Arts, Japanese; Amit Burstein, Bachelor of Science, computer engineering; Megan Habash, Bachelor of Science, civil engineering; Vanessa Wilson, Bachelor of Arts, biochemistry; Ryker Oldenburg, Bachelor of Arts, mathematics; Kathryne Staudinger, Bachelor of Science, biology (general); Tsu-Yuan Lu, Bachelor of Science, speech and hearing science (communication disorders); Kristofer Miller, Bachelor of Arts, interactive media design; Heather Smith, Bachelor of Arts, English (creative writing; history); Maria Zamani, Bachelor of Science, nurs-
ing; Karly Mitchell, Bachelor of Science, nursing; Seung Chung, Bachelor of Science, biology (physiology); Daniel Nakamura, Bachelor of Science, informatics; Angela Lin, Bachelor of Arts, political science (international security); Ryan Wolfe, Bachelor of Science, mechanical engineering; Kevin Purdy, Bachelor of Arts, mathematics; Ifrah Alia, Bachelor of Arts, anthropology (medical anth and global health); Maria Acosta, Bachelor of Science, neurobiology; Vinod Rathnam, Bachelor of Science, computer science; Harsha Ravula, Bachelor of Science, mathematics; Michael Langsen, Bachelor of Science, physics (biophysics); Faaizah Iyaz, Bachelor of Science, biology; Kaylee Anderson, Bachelor of Arts, psychology; Chelsea Orr, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (marketing); Suzanne Scharlock, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (entrepreneurship); Paige Haas, Bachelor of Science, biology (molecules, cells, and development); Megan Reeves, Bachelor of Arts, environmental studies; Aubrey Chu, Bachelor of Arts, Spanish; Jeffrey Lew, Bachelor of Arts, biochemistry; Holly Griffith, Bachelor of Arts, law, societies and justice and drama (perform);
Dylan Jessum, Bachelor of Science, oceanography; Nicole Advani, Bachelor of Arts, anthropology (medical anth and global hlth); William Duenkel, Bachelor of Arts, business administration, accounting; Katherine Parra, Bachelor of Arts, international studies (Latin America and Caribbean); Julia Licholai, Bachelor of Science, neurobiology; John Hart, Bachelor of Science, biology (physiology); John Kneepkens, Bachelor of Science, nursing; Robert Moore, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (information systems); Jeffrey McNerney, Bachelor of Arts, economics; Stephan Demers, Bachelor of Science, civil engineering; Jamie Helgeson, Bachelor of Arts, early childhood and family studies; Nicole McKernan, Bachelor of Arts, architectural design; Zachary Lim, Bachelor of Arts, linguistics (Japanese); Jonathan Shustov, Bachelor of Science, computer science; Nicole Atherly, Bachelor of Science, computer science; Colton Perry, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (finance; information systems); Nicholas Stoumbos, Bachelor of Arts, history; Alexander Stranik, Bachelor See GRADS, Page 7
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Students’ creative, analytical skills flourish under robotics instructor By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com Sanjeev Dwivedi had never taught the basics of robotics to anyone until six months ago. That’s when Dwivedi, a Sammamish resident and Microsoft employee, partnered with two teams of students in the FIRST Lego League, a worldwide organization that uses competitive environments to teach the fundamentals of robotics to students in grades four through eight. One of the students he met was Arnav Sacheti, then a seventh-grader at Inglewood Middle School. Sacheti’s team reached the Lego League state semifinals, and Dwivedi was motivated to keep teaching because of the intelligence he saw in the youngsters. “I thought, ‘Let me see how far they can go,’” Dwivedi said. He began mentoring Sacheti outside school hours, and soon had other students joining in. One of them was Shreyas Jagalur,
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then a seventh-grader at Pine Lake Middle School. Over the past few months, Dwivedi has been giving robotics lessons to boys and girls ages 11-13. Some students are placed in an introductory class, while those with more knowledge, like Sacheti and Jagalur, are in an advanced course. Sacheti, in fact, has been mentoring many of his peers. “When you’re teaching, you’re actually learning more than when you’re (a student),” Sacheti explained. Dwivedi quickly realized Sacheti’s and Jagalur’s potential, and put them to work on some summer projects. Prior to starting their eighth-grade year, Sacheti built a home alarm
system with a motion sensor, while Jagalur pieced together a rescue robot designed to find people trapped under debris. The students and their instructor presented their projects and findings at the Sept. 12 Seattle Code Camp, a free event where professionals and students interact on a wide variety of topics, such as web design, mobile apps and video-game development. Dwivedi wanted to see if he could teach middleschoolers the same programming concepts that most students don’t learn until their first or second years of college. “I think I partially succeeded in my goal,” he said. “They need a couple more years of education before they can understand some of the finer concepts. But for a gradeseven student, this is, in my mind, pretty brilliant.” Sacheti spent 60-70 hours on his alarm system. He used C programming language to build the framework on a laptop computer, which connects
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Sammamish resident Sanjeev Dwivedi gives private robotics lessons to middleschool students. Learn more about joining a class by emailing sanjeev@satkriti.com.
to a keypad, motion sensor and LCD screen. The alarm can be armed or disarmed using a hashtag key and four-digit code. If the sensor detects motion while the system is armed, a beeping sound occurs. There are bugs to work out, he admitted. The keypad isn’t fully functional, and users can’t choose a code that has consecutive digits. “Probably the hardest thing is, you have so many of the same colored wires, you want to make sure you don’t mess up anything, so you have to double-check everything to make sure it’s all synched up with this and that,” Sacheti said. Jagalur’s rescue robot required 20-25 hours of work. There was less programming involved, but making the hardware functional was difficult, he said. The two-wheeled robot is built largely out of Legos. It’s powered by four batteries and has two arms at the front for grabbing objects. It’s a smaller version of what real-life rescue crews already use to
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Arnav Sacheti (left), an eighth-grader at Inglewood Middle School, and Shreyas Jagalur, an eighth-grader at Pine Lake Middle School, have been working with Microsoft programmer Sanjeev Dwivedi on some advanced robotics projects. locate survivors in earthquakes or tsunamis, for example. When the robot is activated, it spends about 40 seconds calibrating, and then can turn in circles or move in a straight line based on any motion it detects. Jagalur said he’s looking to make improvements — the robot doesn’t turn in a circle very well because the motor doesn’t distribute power equally to both sides. It’s a lengthy trialand-error process to fix it, he explained. Dwivedi said the boys did most of the work on their own; he only stepped
in when they were completely stumped. He’s accepting new students for his classes, and his goal is to help inspire a new generation of inventors and entrepreneurs. During his work with Microsoft, he’s traveled many times to California’s Silicon Valley, and said many of the “super talented people” he has met there were exposed to programming and coding at young ages. “Essentially, if someone is willing to drink, I’m going to feed them from a fire hose and see how far they can go,” Dwivedi said.
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Drought concerns bring questions about native, new plants By Jane Garrison Our natural environment plays a huge part in our lives in the Northwest. We love the indoor/ outdoor connections and livability during most of the year. The reliability of the plants, the seasons and the views in most neighborhoods has created a basis for our thinking and our lifestyle. I was at Sammamish City Hall the other day, and the planners were talking about concerns over our native plants. They and many of us are wondering if our natives are going to be able to survive the summer droughts that are coming earlier every year. Urban and suburban areas
Lake Washington students succeed on new state tests Lake Washington School District students continue to perform well on state standardized tests, according to a news release from the district. Students in grades three through eight and
with lots of paving are especially vulnerable. Small native areas may not be sustainable in the future, as evidenced by the loss of many native plants during the summer drought of 2015. I was shocked to hear that planners may be considering a change to the native plant requirements for our region. At first, the thought of losing our native plant palette was devastating to me. Then I began to wonder what would they recommend? I’ve noticed that my garden in Sammamish is changing. I can grow things now that used to be rather difficult. With the warmer temperatures, winter and summer,
in grades 10 and 11 took the new Smarter Balanced Assessments in English language arts and in math. In grades three through eight English language arts, the percent of district students meeting the new standards ranged from 79 percent in third and sixth grade to a high of 84 percent in fifth grade. At the state level, the percent of students meet-
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I can grow Mediterranean climate plants in our Northwest marine climate. The past few years have shown us our climate is changing. Our low winter temperatures indicate we are in USDA Zone 8 rather than 7 and Sunset Zone 5 rather than 4. Some of those plants that the nurseries have been trying to sell us for years are now hardy here. Our biggest challenge is that we must have a warm place to plant them. Most of these droughttolerant Mediterranean plants need summer heat to thrive. Even with a hot summer like the last one, some yards may
ing the standard in English language arts ranged from 52 percent in third grade to a high of 58 percent in fifth grade. In grades three through eight math, the percent of district students meeting the standard ranged from 70 percent in sixth grade to a high of 80 percent in third grade. At the state level, the percent of students meeting standard ranged from 46 percent in grades six and eight, to 57 percent in third grade. Science scores continued to be measured in fifth and eighth grades by the Measurements of Student Progress. In the district, 86.7 percent of fifth-grade students met the standard in 2015, up from 85.1 percent in 2014. At the state level, fifth-grade scores fell from 66.8 percent at standard in 2014 to 63.3 percent at standard in 2015. In eighth-grade science, 83.3 percent of district students met the standard, compared to 86.9 percent in 2014. Eighth-grade scores also fell at the state level, to 60.6 percent in 2015 from 67.2 percent in 2014. Students in 10th grade
took the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts test to satisfy a graduation requirement. About 91 percent of district 10th-grade students met the career and college ready standard. Those students will not have to take the test again in 11th grade. A total of 94 percent of district 10thgrade students met the graduation requirement cut-off score set by the state Board of Education, a slightly lower score. Many of this year’s 11th-grade students in the district declined to take either Smarter Balanced test. Most of these students met their graduation requirements for state assessments in 10th grade and therefore did not need to pass the test this year for graduation. While the district met the federal requirement that 95 percent of students enrolled in a grade take the state test at all other grades, fewer than 15 percent of 11th-grade students took either test. Because of the 11th-grade refusal rate, neither the district nor the state met the federal participation requirement. Students who did not
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not be sunny enough for some of these plants. If it’s too cold, they won’t grow and fill in. Some won’t bloom in our cool, shady gardens. Without enough heat, they may not be healthy enough to get through a cold, wet winter. Here’s one big concern for me. Last winter, in early December, we had a deadly frost. It went down into the teens at my house on the plateau. I didn’t expect it; we don’t usually dip into the teens until January. I lost many of those Mediterraneans I was trying. But that frost lasted only one night. If I had covered those plants on that
one night, I might still have them. Go ahead and try a few of those heat lovers if you have a sunny place for them. But remember to watch the weather carefully and protect them if forecasters say that deep frost is coming. As for our native plants, let’s hope that they remain successful in the backcountry and uninhabited regions of our state. To lose them would be devastating. Jane Garrison is a local landscape architect who gardens in glacial till on the plateau.
take the 11th-grade test counted against their school’s and the district’s scores. Because of a 79 percent to 80 percent rate of students who did not take the test, the 11th-grade scores primarily reflect students who did not test, rather than students who took the test and did not pass it.
Local students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists Several Sammamish high school seniors were among about 16,000 semifinalists for the annual National Merit Scholarships. The students have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent
of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title. The following students were named semifinalists: q Eastside Catholic High School — Elizabeth Bernstein, Patrick Brady and Theodore Mandelkorn q Skyline High School — Luke Beeman, Justin Bu, Kevin Chen, Suvir Copparam, Annette Guo, Yu Tian He, Anusha Kikkeri, John Kruper, Arjun Kumar, Gordon Lee, Vanessa Ma, Yung-Chia Ma, Caleb Mok, Meryl Seah, Vidhi Singh, Lisa Tang, Jenny Yang and Haotian Zeng q International Community School — Laura Liao and Kristina Moutafov q Redmond High School — Anuraag Polisetty, Dagny Safon, Mayukha Vadari and Aaron Zhang q Tesla STEM High School — Luigi Coltorti, John Jacobson, Dinesh Parimi, Catalina Raggi, Meena Reddy, Allison Tran and Amy Zhang.
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Schools foundation awards $300,000 to Lake Washington School District
Stronger than ever
By Greg Farrar
Sam Taylor (4), an honorary team captain with Skyline High School, and senior captains (from left) George Jarvis, Blake Gregory, P.J. Cox and Danny Sinatro, stand at midfield for the coin toss before the Spartans’ Sept. 18 football game against Mount Si. The team and school are rallying around Taylor, a Beaver Lake Middle School student diagnosed with a brain tumor last December, and his family. The Strong4Sam Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports innovative research for pediatric cancer treatment, and Project Violet, a research program at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, held a fundraiser at the game and featured a speech by Colin Correnti, a scientist from Fred Hutch.
Toll Brothers opens new community in Sammamish Woodhaven, in the heart of Sammamish, offers a unique collection of classic Craftsman architecture and 12 distinct home designs ranging from 2,220 to 3,069 square feet, with up to five bedrooms, and three and a half bathrooms. With prices starting from the low $700,000s, many floor plans feature a main-floor guest suite for extended family or out-of-town guests. For families with children, Woodhaven offers two community parks that feature children’s play areas, picnic tables and grassy play lawns. Woodhaven, in the
Lake Washington School District, is in a peaceful forested backdrop with more than 15 acres of protected open space. Visit the sales center daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 24606 N.E. 16th St. Learn more at www. WoodhavenAtSammamish. com or call 868-4949.
ECHS alum graduates from Cadet Leader Course Anthony S. Roy, an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet at Gonzaga University, has graduated from the Cadet Leader Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Roy is the son of Pamela M. Roy, of Bellevue. He is
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a 2012 graduate of Eastside Catholic High School. The course is a 30-day summer training event focused on training cadets to solve complex leadership issues and problems at the company level. Cadets arrive at CLC with a baseline of military skill sets; cadets also have developed critical thinking and problem-solving abilities during the academic years. CLC builds upon the work accomplished on campus and develops a cadet’s small-unit leadership ability in a tactical environment. The leadership experience supports continued cadet development during the senior year of the program. Cadets usually attend CLC between their junior and senior years of college.
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grants and the programs funded by the foundation at www.lwsf.org/ programs. Community members interested in supporting student growth and success are encouraged to take part in the foundation’s fall campaign, ALL in for KIDS, and help the foundation reach its goal of raising $100,000 by
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Prep roundup: Skyline football blasts Woodinville to stay unbeaten Skyline High School senior running back Rashaad Boddie ran for a career-high five touchdowns, paving the way for the Spartans’ 45-14 victory over the Woodinville Falcons in Class 4A KingCo Conference football action Sept. 25 at Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell. The Spartans jumped out to a 29-0 lead in the first half and never looked back. They’ve outscored their last three opponents 138-21. Skyline is the only 4-0 team in KingCo and will look to keep control of first place when it hosts Redmond at 7 p.m. Oct. 2. q Top-ranked Eastside Catholic improved to 4-0 after winning its Class 3A Metro League opener, 56-7, over the Lakeside Lions on Sept. 25 at Seattle’s Northwest Athletic Complex. Quarterback Harley Kirsch was an efficient 15-of19 passing for 329 yards, three touchdowns and one interception as EC rolled to 50-0 halftime lead. The Crusaders ran for 177 yards, including 116 yards and two TDs from junior Tyler Folkes. The Crusaders host Seattle Prep at 7 p.m. Oct. 2.
Boys golf: Eastlake soars to 4-0 The Eastlake High School boys golf team improved to 4-0 in KingCo 4A action, holding off Mount Si for 198-206 victory on Sept. 24 at Sahalee Country Club. Mount Si’s Jake Brady won medalist honors for an even-par 36, but Eastlake’s Tommy McCoy (38), Griffin McCauley (39), Richard Halbert (39) and Curtis Siemens (40) helped their team win with depth. q Skyline dropped a 196-200 decision to the Redmond Mustangs in a KingCo 4A match Sept. 22 at Bear Creek Country Club in Woodinville. Alec McKeefry was the Spartans’ low scorer at 38, followed by Chris Mogg (39), Nate Fischer (40) and John Sullivan (41). Skyline fell to 3-2 in conference matches.
Volleyball: Crusaders beat Bainbridge, 3-2 Maddie McMaster, Taylor Elop and Kyana Harris made the difference for Eastside Catholic in its 3-2 win over host Bainbridge in a Sept. 23 Metro League match. McMaster had 23 kills and 23 digs, Elop had 11 kills and 26 digs, and Harris added four kills and 21 assists in the Crusaders’ five-set win. EC returns to the court at home against Seattle Prep at 7 p.m. Oct. 5. q Skyline evened its KingCo 4A record at 1-1 with a 3-0 victory over the visiting Woodinville Falcons on Sept. 23. The Spartans got 14 kills and 11 digs from Grace Stephens, seven kills and four blocks from Ali Hirayama, and a combined 31 assists from Annika Meyer and Sydney Dismone. Skyline hosts plateau rival Eastlake at 7 p.m. Oct. 5. q Eastlake lost its opening conference matches to Inglemoor and Bothell, but rebounded with a 3-1 nonconference win at Bellevue on Sept. 23. Jordan Dahl had a team-high 15 kills, and Lindsey Urh and Emma Bickford each had 10 kills. Setter Elizabeth McCoy added 10 digs and 21 assists.
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Daniel Bradley, Eastlake High School junior running back, lands in the end zone with his third-quarter touchdown, spinning around and under the tackle of Issaquah junior defensive back Alec Zimmerman with the final points the Wolves needed for their 23-20 victory.
Eastlake football overcomes adversity to beat Issaquah By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com Don Bartel and his coaching staff like to challenge their Eastlake High School football players during practice with scenarios they might need to deal with in the upcoming game. If preparation is the key to winning football, the Wolves may have earned an edge after overcoming 14 penalties, 10 of them in the first half, to beat the Issaquah
Eagles 23-20 in a Class 4A KingCo Conference game Sept. 25 at Gary Moore Stadium in Issaquah. At halftime, with the Wolves clinging to a 17-14 lead, Bartel wasn’t about to blame the officiating for his team’s struggles. “We didn’t have that conversation with the kids,” he said. “We go in and tell the kids, clean it up, we’ve got to play different, adjust, and they did.” Issaquah coach Buddy Bland
also praised the Wolves for fighting through difficult circumstances. The Eagles have lost two games by a combined six points. “The kids are disappointed, but my hat is off to Eastlake because they played the type of football that we strive to play,” Bland said. “They’re disciplined, they execute, they overcome adversity, and we just got in our own way tonight.” See FOOTBALL, Page 11
Spartans soccer holds off Wolves By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com After failing to convert a couple clear scoring chances in the first half, the Skyline Spartans didn’t waste much time in the second half to get the goal they craved. Less than a minute into the second half, outside back Ava Giovanola sent a long free kick into the penalty area and center back Mariah Alexander managed a slight deflection to put the ball in the back of the net. It was the difference-making moment in Skyline’s 1-0 victory over the Eastlake Wolves to open Class 4A KingCo Conference girls soccer play Sept. 24 at Eastlake High School. “I just really wanted to score, so I went up for it and it went in,” Alexander said of her 41st-minute tally, the sophomore’s first at the varsity level. Skyline (3-1-3 overall, 1-0 KingCo) was the more dangerous team in the first half, when it outshot Eastlake See SOCCER, Page 12
By Greg Farrar
Tatum Thornton (19), Eastlake High School junior midfielder, pushes Skyline sophomore forward Julia Mitchell onto the pitch as they vie for the ball during the first half of their Sept. 24 soccer match.
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From Page 10 Eastlake (3-1 overall, 3-0 KingCo) turned the game in its favor with touchdowns to close the second quarter and open the third quarter. Issaquah grabbed a 14-10 lead after running back Bryce Hughes picked up all 58 yards on a second-quarter drive, capping it with a 6-yard burst off the left side. With a minute left in the half, the Eagles tried a fake punt on fourth-and-2 near midfield, but were stuffed, giving the Wolves a chance to go 49 yards in three plays. Quarterback Mark Whitley scored on a 4-yard run with 13 seconds left to regain the lead for the Wolves. Eastlake got the ball to start the second half and held it for more than five minutes. Whitley hit Parker Lester for 30 yards to convert on thirdand-17, then found running back Daniel Bradley on a 17-yard pass for a 23-14 lead. “Mark looked off that safety and it was one hell of a throw,” said Bradley, who ran 20 times for 76 yards and another score. “I caught the ball, I heard footsteps and just kind of held onto it and fell in the end zone.” Eastlake safety Hank Pladson, making his varsity debut, made a momentum-changing interception near the goal line late in the third quarter to deny Issaquah after Eagles lineman Connor Smith recovered a Bradley fumble.
Issaquah got within one score when quarterback Cam Humphrey hooked up with Ethan Koppel on a 45-yard TD pass with just over seven minutes to play. Whitley’s 45-yard run to the Issaquah 4 seemingly sealed the win, but the Eagles’ defense stiffened and the Wolves turned the ball over on downs. Issaquah had used all of its timeouts, though, and never got close to fieldgoal range as Humphrey threw two incompletions,
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Rohleder in full flight, LaTurner pulled off a tremendous save by running toward the ball and diving to save a low shot. Eastlake, which went 5-0-1 in its six nonconference outings, was hungry to beat plateau rival Skyline. The Wolves’ 11 seniors had never accomplished the feat. “I’m not disappointed in them; I’m disappointed in the result,” coach Marc Wilson said. “I thought we were a little shaky in the first half. It was a pretty hectic pace. “I think, once we settled in, we looked better. We had some moments attacking there in the second half where I thought we were going to get one.” Eastlake’s best chance came in the 54th minute after earning a corner kick. Clare Suter crossed the ball into the box and when Skyline goalkeeper Anna Smith couldn’t grab it, the Wolves had two whacks at goal. The first try ricocheted off Skyline midfielder McKenna Ross, who was stationed on the goal line. The rebound landed at the feet of Eastlake’s Tatum Thornton, who had her goal-bound shot saved by a diving Smith. The Wolves had the ball for most of the second half, but they were unable to break down a stout Skyline back line that was comprised entirely of sophomores. The Spartans’ most experienced defender, junior Cameron Tingey, didn’t play. “We really just wanted to work together as a team and since we have a lot of younger players, we needed that team bond,” Alexander said of her team’s pregame message. Nervous energy might have worked against the Wolves. Wilson felt Eastlake’s attack was too “disjointed” and thought the team’s midfield tried to shoulder too much of a burden. “We’ve just got to collect, set up and move the ball on,” he said, “and when we play that style of soccer, touchline to touchline, get the ball moving, we’re tough to defend and we can attack from both sides. I don’t think we did that at our best tonight.” Skyline’s next two outings are at Newport on Oct. 6 and at home against Redmond on Oct. 8. Eastlake faces two road tests next week, going to Woodinville on Oct. 6 and to Bothell on Oct. 8. All matches begin at 7:30 p.m.