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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 gates are open
By Greg Farrar
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.
Former mayor and Christie Malchow wants councilman Mark Cross greater accountability, seeks return to office transparency at City Hall
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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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