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Diwali lights up Sammamish

Photo courtesy of Don Gerend

A bear, showing no respect for Sammamish’s political leadersip, wanders through the yard of Mayor Don Gerend.

News flash: Bears love your garbage Photo by Christopher Huber

The Vedic Cultural Center on 228th Avenue was lit up for the celebration of the Diwali holiday Oct. 26.

By Caleb Heeringa

It turns out garbage day is part of the weekly routine for more than just Sammamish’s human residents.

It’s a jackpot for dozens of black bears in the area spurred into carb-loading by the autumn chill in the air.

See BEARS, Page 3

Sammamish may begin using Ballot measure some volunteer police officers would force state to save in boom years

By Caleb Heeringa

Sammamish could get some extra cops on the street next year through a volunteer deputy program.

Sammamish, along with Maple Valley, may start using the same reserve deputy program the King County Sheriff’s Office uses in unincorporated areas of the county. City Manager Ben Yazici has proposed that the council earmark $30,000 out of next year’s budget for training and administra-

tive costs for up to five reserve officer positions.

Sammamish Police Chief Nate Elledge told the council at its Oct. 17 meeting that the reserve officers, who could serve up to 20 hours a month each, would be fully commissioned officers by most accounts. They would carry guns, have a uniform, police vehicle and the ability to arrest suspects, but would not be authorized to get into highspeed pursuits.

“They wear the same uni-

form and have the same equipment,” Elledge said. “When they’re on duty they have full police officer powers.”

Reserve deputies would have to complete the state reserve police academy, which includes 246 hours of training on the nuts and bolts of police work – crisis intervention, using a firearm, criminal procedures, etc. They would also be subject to the same background checks, polygraph and psychological

See POLICE, Page 2

By Caleb Heeringa

With the sluggish economy continuing to drain state tax revenue and legislators making drastic cuts to state funding for education, public safety and health care, the prospect of Olympia suddenly finding itself awash in revenue seems far-fetched.

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But in the event that happens, legislators want voters’ input on what to do with the extra money.

Senate Joint Resolution 8206, on voters’ ballots for the Nov. 8 election, proposes that any “extraordinary revenue growth” be put into the state’s rainy day fund for use

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City adjusts policy after audit Auditor found no major problems

By Caleb Heeringa

The city of Sammamish had a clean audit for the year 2010, though state officials suggested the city keep better track of administrative leave that is given to employees.

The Washington State Auditor’s Office found no significant issues during a review of the city’s accounting records, but did issue a “management letter” that noted that the city

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exams as a prospective full-time officer.

But once trained they could provide extra manpower for Sammamish Police at a fraction of the cost. With benefits and administrative costs, a full-time police officer costs the city in the neighborhood of $150,000.

The city must pay for training, additional police cars and uniforms, but after that reserve officers would be volunteering their time for the city.

“We’re essentially getting half of a (full-time employee) at a quarter of the cost of a (full-time

did not have records keeping track of the amount of extra leave time given to employees.

Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard said administrative leave is extra time off given to salaried employees who put in a hours above and beyond 40 hours a week on large projects or spend lots of time attending night City Council or Planning Commission meetings.

Until now, City Manager Ben Yazici had the discretion to give out leave to 26 employees who qualify – mostly department heads and mid-level managers.

The city gave out the equivalent

of about $51,000 worth of leave time to employees last year, though that is not an additional expense to the city since all the employees involved were salaried, Howard said.

A letter from the auditor’s office pointed out that the city lacked explicit rules for how the time is given out and had no records of how much leave was given.

“They were concerned that there was a potential for favoritism,” Howard said. “They wanted to make sure that there

employee,)” Yazici said.

Elledge said he envisioned using the reserves in several capacities: ◆ Transporting suspects to jail. Sammamish officers often have to drive suspects to Seattle to be booked into King County Jail, which takes them out of service for an hour or more. ◆ Extra patrols in neighborhoods that have recently seen a high number of burglaries. ◆ A police presence at community events like the Fourth of July Celebration.

The reserves could not take over shifts from full-time officers due to rules in the deputies’ union contract, although Administrative Sergeant Jessica Sullivan said it’s possible that

the agency could save on overtime costs because reserves could cover community events that are currently staffed by fulltime officers working overtime.

Elledge said the county’s reserve program is generally made up of two types of people – retired police officers who want to continue policing in some capacity and younger people who want to try out police work as a career. The program would be open to people from all over the area, though Elledge said he’d prefer to hire Sammamish residents before others.

The council is slated to consider the program as part of their 2012 budget negotiations at their Nov. 14 meeting.

See AUDIT, Page 6

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during budget crises similar to those seen in recent years.

“Extraordinary revenue growth” is described as any revenue that is more than one-third above the average revenue growth over the previous five years. The money wouldn’t have to be transferred to the fund if state employment growth was sluggish – under 1 percent increase in the previous fiscal year.

Proponents, including 45th District Republican Sen. Andy Hill, say the measure would help pump up the state’s savings account and get the budget on more stable footing that isn’t so reliant on the booms and busts of state revenue, which is highly dependent on sales tax. Hill said the cuts in recent years might not have been so deep if the legislature would have saved more during the robust economic times before the recession.

“When revenue was doing well, we spent every dollar we had,” Hill said. “(This resolution) doesn’t help us much now, but it might in the future.”

Democratic Rep. Larry Springer, also of the 45th, said he wouldn’t be opposed to the idea of saving more during normal circumstances, but the draconian cuts that have been made to state services in the last few years show that these aren’t normal circumstances.

Legislators are slated to go

back to Olympia at the end of November and grapple with a $2 billion deficit, after already making $4.6 billion in cuts earlier this year. A total of $10 billion has been cut over the last three years.

University of Washington raised tuition by 20 percent this fall and many school districts have asked voters for tax increases to make up for state cuts in funding. Gov. Chris Gregoire has proposed eliminating the state’s Basic Health plan, which provides medical coverage for the poor, and cutting down on the amount of time the state monitors ex-convicts after they leave prison.

Springer said in the event of a surplus of revenue, he’d prefer that money go right back into state services – particular higher education. Taking money out of the Rainy Day Fund to do that would require the votes of threefifths of the legislature, which Springer said could prove problematic.

“Those are the institutions that are going to drag us out of this recession,” Springer said. “These current circumstances are something that no one in Olympia has ever had to deal with.”

Hill said there’s no reason the legislature can’t use the Rainy Day fund to pump money back into higher education when the economy picks back up.

“There’s nothing that says we can’t use money from our savings to do that,” Hill said. “But just like anyone else we’re going to think real long and hard before we do it.”

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“They literally go from street to street and neighborhood to neighborhood almost entirely based on garbage pick-up days,” said Brian Kertson, a wildlife biologist with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Kertson is often the one handling bear reports in the city and deciding the best course of action. More times than not, that’s teaching residents to be more careful with the things that attract bears in the first place – namely fragrant garbage, bird feeders and pet food left outside.

The agency received 130 reports of bears in the combined Sammamish and Issaquah Who to area last year call and removed If you see a 12 bears.

If there’s bear going through garbage, been a probdestroying proplem with bears in the erty or seeming neighborcomfortable in your neighborhood, hood, call the Kertson sugMill Creek office gests not of the putting out Washington State garbage Department of overnight Fish and Wildlife and getting at (425) 775-1311. your neighbors to consider doing the same.

“Lots of times it’s a neighbor’s garbage being strewn all over his neighbor’s yard,” Kertson said. “It has to be a community thing.”

Kertson said bird feeders are a “carb-bomb” for bears that are trying to fatten up before going back to higher elevations to hibernate for the winter. He suggests only putting feeders up in winter, when it’s most important to the birds, and when bears are out of the picture.

Fish and Wildlife will sometimes take action to discourage a bear from a certain area, including trapping it and releasing it in the wilderness or scaring it with dogs and rubber bullets. Kertson said the agency only takes those steps if the bear is becoming a repeated problem, appears to be habituated or threatening to humans or damages property in search of food.

Kertson said the agency is often hesitant to trap and release bears because the process is

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time-consuming and not always effective. Bears have been known to trek more than 100 miles to get back to a food source. If a bear has repeatedly returned to an area or is showing signs of aggression, the agency may choose to euthanize it.

Sammamish resident Shawn Brown, who lives in the Inglewood neighborhood, said she and her neighbors have spotted a bear in the area in recent weeks. She said she has followed Fish and Wildlife’s tips on not putting out garbage overnight, but she wishes the agency would be more proactive in removing the bear. She said her children, ages 4 and 6, have been afraid to go in the backyard after seeing the bear.

“Nobody is aggressively trying to do anything about it,” she said. “Is it going to take someone getting killed before they do anything?”

Though the danger of a bear is not to be underestimated, Kertson noted that bear attacks on humans are fairly rare – happening a few times a year statewide. A good portion of those attacks happen on hiking trails far away from suburban areas and often involve an offleash dog who tussles with a bear and then runs back to its owner, bringing the bear with it.

The agency has never documented a bear attack in King County.

“A bear isn’t interested in you or your child, it’s interested in your garbage or your birdfeeder or the dog food on your back porch,” Kertson said.

Big kitties Bears aren’t the only wild animals that call Sammamish’s forests home – cougars have been sighted in city limits. Fish and Wildlife officials estimate there are about 1,800 adult cougars in the state (closer to 4,000 if juvenile cougars are included), compared to as many as 30,000 black bears.

The chance of being attacked by a cougar is next to none, say agency officials. The agency has documented 17 cougar attacks in the state in 125 years and only one of those – a 1924 attack in Okanogen County – was fatal.

Though a rare occurrence, cougars could pose a problem for Sammamish residents who raise livestock or have freeroaming pets. As part of his doctorate research, Kertson said he documented 16 cases of cougars attacking livestock in 1,100 square miles of East King County over a time span of three years.

Kertson suggests not letting

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Tips for bear-proofing your garbage ◆ Leave garbage cans in your garage or in a fenced-off area. ◆ Put out your garbage the morning of collection day rather than the night before. ◆ Regularly clean your can with bleach or some other heavy-duty cleaner to mask the pungent aroma of garbage. ◆ Consider buying a bear-proof garbage canister, which can be purchased for a couple hundred dollars at the hardware store.

Call your garbage service first to make sure they will pick up the new cans. Waste Management, which covers the city north of Northeast Inglewood Hill Road and Northeast Eighth Street, can be reached at (800) 592-9995. Allied Waste, which covers the south portion of the city, can be reached at (425) 392-6651.

What to do if you encounter a bear ◆ Do not run unless the safety of a car or a home is very near. The bear may see you as prey. Bears have been clocked running as fast as 35 mph. ◆ Keep the bear in your line of site, but avoid direct eye contact, which the bear may take as a challenge. ◆ Appear as large and as intimidating as possible. Make loud noises, wave your arms and clap your hands. ◆ Climbing a tree is not recommended, as most bears are adept at climbing.

Source: Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife livestock graze near wooded or brushy areas where a cougar could find cover and keeping grazing areas lit at night to cut down on the chance of an attack. Fences help, although a cougar’s ability to jump 10 to 15 feet in the air from a standstill can make a cougar-proof fence unrealistic.

If a homeowner is concerned

about cougars on their property, Kertson said they should think twice about putting up salt licks and other things that attract the animals cougars prey on – primarily deer and elk.

“I always tell people that if you invite a deer or an elk over for dinner, you’re inadvertently inviting a cougar to come over for dinner too,” Kertson said.

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Review editorial I-1125 is not the right answer to new tolling fees Initiative 1125 is one of those ballot measures that does so much more than put limits on what can and cannot be done with gas taxes and toll revenues. It’s one more initiative that screams, “We don’t trust our elected representatives to run the state!”

We get that sentiment, and encourage voters to hold their representatives accountable.

Tim Eyman’s I-1125 ballot measure is supposedly about reinforcing laws already on the books. It makes assumptions that the Legislature has run amok, bending rules on road tolls and taxes. It covers state bids and contracts for vessel dry-docks and goes on to specify that there will be no tollbooths.

And then it slips in a little wiggle that stops light rail from expanding across Lake Washington via Interstate 90.

I-1125 limits road tolls to funding of a project — only.

Nobody likes a road toll, but when the Evergreen Point Bridge tolls begin, the I-90 clog is sure to be worse than a stopped-up toilet. It’s possible that drivers on I-90 will be begging for equal tolling just to get back to today’s usual commuter gridlock. Do we want a red light on that option? Do we want to cut off a source for funding future repairs and maintenance?

Eyman says tolls are just another name for a new tax. Yup. But aren’t user fees more equitable than across-the-board tax increases?

1-1125 says tolling rates must be determined by the Legislature, not an appointed commission. So far, the commission seems to have set toll rates at reasonable levels, so why destroy a part of government that is working well? There is no need to turn it over to the Legislature. Good golly, why would we trust the Legislature to ever agree on a toll rate? We prefer depoliticizing the decision.

Most of all, those here on the Eastside voted along with the rest of the region to fund light rail from Seattle to Bellevue and beyond. If this option is off the table, do we get back our share of taxes paid?

I-1125 is misleading at best, convoluted for sure.

Vote no.

Poll of the week What do you think of the state initiative process?

A) I like it, it’s a good check on government power.

B) I like the idea, but anymore it just seems to be corporations and unions pushing pet projects.

C) It’s silly and a waste of time.

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Sammamish Forum No on I-1183 Ballot measure 1183, if approved, would allow hard liquor sales in large stores such as Safeway and Costco or smaller outlets such as 711 in locations where a big box retailer is not present.

This opens vast tracts of our state to liquor sales in small stores, including areas accessible by Sammamish teenagers via a relatively short car ride. The result will be four times the number of liquor outlets and at least four times the opportunity for teens to buy hard alcohol and drive drunk.

State stores have one of the best enforcement records in the nation, but underage drinkers have been able to buy beer, wine and other low-content alcoholic beverages in one out of four attempts at minimarts, 7-11s and other small retailers.

It is bad enough that our sons and daughters get behind the wheel of a car after a few beers, but making hard alcohol available to them would be adding rocket fuel to the fire. Drunk teenage drivers kill themselves, their passengers and innocent victims.

They kill children, parents and neighbors. They destroy families and lives. If 1183 passes they will do so far more frequently. Sharing a six pack you conned from a 7-11 with your buddies is one thing but sharing a fifth of hard liquor is like spreading death to everyone at the party.

Corporations are trying to get 1183 passed so they can get into the business of selling hard liquor. I am a businessman and understand their motive.

As a social drinker I understand why adults may want easier access to liquor.

However this is not about money or convenience and my most important roles in relationship to this issue are as a parent, a grandparent and a member of our community.

I take seriously my responsibility to restrain businesses for the safety of the youth and to restrain youth who are unable to fully understand the horrific consequences of their actions.

In my mind the choice is clear. I

must vote no on 1183 and I encourage you to do the same.

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Support for Richardson I endorse Kathy Richardson to serve you on the Sammamish City Council. Richardson has helped the city with important land use decisions and policies that affect us all.

She is doing a great job, and she now serves as vice chairwoman of the Planning Commission. I reached out to Richardson to encourage her to serve on the City Council, and she is running for one of the open positions.

I believe Richardson will be an excellent City Council member who will listen to the broad range of views from all citizens and make informed decisions that will make Sammamish an even better place to live.

I encourage you to give Richardson the opportunity to serve this wonderful city by voting for her.

John James The writer is a member of the Sammamish City Council

popular with some special interest groups.

While starting with one issue, Ramiro Valderama has expanded his knowledge to a wide range of city issues and has taken the time to get more than a superficial understanding.

He has a track record of years of involvement which gives credibility that he will do the necessary work to get results.

I think that Valderama would be a good councilmember and is the best choice.

Lee Fellinge The writer is a former member of the Sammamish City Council

Support for Wasnick A friend asked me why I support Jim Wasnick in the race for Position 4 on the Sammamish City Council. I support him because he has demonstrated wisdom, honesty, integrity, and courage — and he comes with a genuine desire to serve the community in which he is deeply invested.

Rather than seeking power, he is seeking a chance to help citizens achieve the goals they care about – a visionary town center, exemplary services, sound fiscal planning and See FORUM, Page 5

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It means ensuring prudent, long term financial success for our city, that is fair to our taxpayers, requires careful analysis, saying no to many proposals, understanding secondary effects of potential decisions and not always being

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decision-making, and quality of community life.

I urge you to think beyond a self-determined “slate” of candidates to a forthright individual who comes without political ambitions beyond service to our city.

Quite simply, he is who he says he is! Jim Wasnick wants the opportunity to serve the city of Sammamish better.

I welcome his independent commitment and his servant’s heart. I recommend Jim Wasnick for Sammamish City Council Position No. 4.

Jack Barry The writer is a former member of the Sammamish City Council

Support for Vance I am voting for Tom Vance because he is a successful business person, an expert in our Comprehensive Plan and codes, and active contributor to the community.

He impresses a lot of people with his ideas and the way he presents them to others.

Over his years on the Planning Commission including time as the chairman, he has been involved in developing recommendations to the City Council on a wide range of planning and community development issues.

When I joined the Sammamish City Council eight years ago, I wanted to open the East Lake Sammamish Trail and work on park issues.

At that time, I could not have listed the hundreds of other issues both big and small that would come before the council.

I am voting for Tom Vance because of the work he has done on behalf of all of us in the past, the good judgment he has demonstrated, and the leadership

Mark Cross The writer is a member of the Sammamish City Council

Thanks for the market’s year It’s been about a month since the last day of the Sammamish Farmers Market and I want to thank the Sammamish community for helping to make it our most successful season.

Your continued support of the market has become contagious in the community and it’s a joy to hear the anticipation of the market as the season sets-up and throughout the summer.

Through the rain, cold, lack of sun, lack of heat and finally, some sunshine and beautiful harvest days, you came to the market. Whether you purchased fruit, vegetables, flowers, food, or arts and crafts or had your knives sharpened, enjoyed the music or a meal on the lawn your participation was tremendous.

I also want to thank the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce, the city and the many sponsors of our market.

Without your support financially or the many hours of human resources we could not have done it. As we all begin to get ready for the long winter (hopefully, not too long) I hope that you get some rest, enjoy your families and think about the flavors of the market you enjoyed this season.

It was a pleasure to see all of you each week and I look forward to another great market next year.

If you would like to be part of the market – as a member of our Steering Committee, a volunteer, or just to give input – please visit our website at www.sammamishfarmersmarket.org. We want next year to be even better!

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Sammamish City Hall to spend an afternoon looking like Istanbul

By Caleb Heeringa

Arts commissioner Barbara Jirsa said the commission has made a conscious effort to host events that help celebrate connect people to different cultures.

“The day is going to be andShe noted that the city has several Turkish crammed full of employees, including City Manager Ben Yazici.

“The day is going to be crammed full of wonderwonderful opportunities ful opportunities to learn about Turkish culture,” to learn about Turkish she said.

The event, sponsored by the city of culture.”

Sammamish, 4Culture and the Turkish-American – Barbara Jirsa, Association of Washington, is free and open to the Arts commissioner – public.

Sammamish City Hall will look, sound and smell like the other side of the world Nov. 5.

The Sammamish Arts Commission will temporarily convert the building into the equivalent of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The event will include dancing and music representing the multitude of cultures and ethnicities in Turkey, including Caucasus, Anatolian, Tom, Oriental, Azeri and Uzbek folk dances.

The food of the region will also be available, including Turkish deserts.

Photography and art from local Turks will also be on display.

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was not any subjectivity involved.”

Since receiving the letter, Howard said the city has clarified the policy to entitle each qualifying employee to five days of administrative leave a year, unless they are undergoing disciplinary action. Employees cannot cash out the leave or roll it over to the next year.

The office was also concerned that Yazici was included on the list of employees that could receive the leave. Howard said this was a clerical error that has since been corrected and that Yazici is entitled to a set amount of leave through his contract with the city. Any additional leave would require approval by the City Council.

Mayor Don Gerend said he was surprised that the office took issue with the policy, since the city has had the same leave policy since incorporation and hadn’t heard from the office during previous audits.

But Gerend said the otherwise clean audit shows that the city is running a tight ship when it comes to finances.

“It’s good to get that back and get that feeling that we’re doing everything properly,” he said.

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Annual Toys for Tots drive kicks off

By Caleb Heeringa

at the agency, is again running Sammamish’s drive for the sixth Even if your children are straight year. grown and gone, Amy Jarboe She said she’s been impressed says you should keep an eye on with Sammamish residents’ genthe toy advertisements this holierosity in years past. The police day season. department’s front office was The annual nearly full of Toys For Tots toys last year “Even those that are drive, which and she hopes affected by the economy to beat that this gathers toys for children whose are still finding ways to year. families may “It’s a tough give.” not otherwise economy and a be able to lot of folks up – Amy Jarboe, afford them, is here aren’t King County Sheriff’s Office – now open at affected by City Hall. A that,” Jarboe collection box will sit in front of said. “But even those that are the Sammamish Police affected by the economy are still Department until 5 p.m. Dec. 12. finding ways to give.”

New, unwrapped gifts for all ages Jarboe, who has put in a trans– from toddler to teenager – are fer request and is hoping to get needed. transferred back up to Jarboe, a King County Sheriff’s Sammamish when a position Office detective who served opens up, said toys for all ages Sammamish from the mid-1980s are needed. until she was transferred to the “Anything and everything as North Bend area earlier this year long as it’s not guns, bazookas or due to staff cuts and reshuffling hand-grenades,” she joked.

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Sammamish PoliceChief Nate Elledge and Detective Amy Jarboe show off some of the toys donated to last year’s Toys for Tots drive.

In choosing to run for City Council I accepted that a long-planned trip would impact my availability at a key time in the campaign process. It is unfortunate that my opponent has tried to make this a campaign issue instead of the real issues facing our city.

I have clearly stated my position on key issues both in person and in print and have worked to ensure I am visible and accessible to the citizens of Sammamish so they can make an informed decision this election.

Instead of focusing on where we have been and what we have accomplished, we must look forward to where we want to be and the city we want to become. Our Council needs members who look beyond their own limited interests and consider the solutions that are best for the entire City. Our Council members need to work together, not be marginalized or divisive. Our Council needs to get the job done, not continue to make work in lieu of making decisions.

It is time for a change on our Council. Time for fresh energy and an open mind.

Time for a leader who sets priorities and makes decisions based on facts. Time for a leader who listens to our citizens. Time to elect a candidate who represents where Sammamish is going, not where Sammamish has been.

I will bring new energy and a fresh perspective to City Council. Please vote for Kathy Richardson, Sammamish City Council Position #2. Thank you.

- Kathy Richardson

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POlice Blotter Love thy neighbor A 46-year-old man was trespassed from a neighbor’s property after allegedly going through garbage cans on their property just after 11 p.m. Oct. 17. The neighbor, on the 22000 block of Northeast 1st Street, reported that they had found the intoxicated and confrontational man rummaging through the garbage cans beside their home.

Police contacted the man and

found him highly intoxicated and unable to stay on topic during conversation. The man told police he was “trying to develop a better relationship with his neighbors” but did not expand on how he thought going through their garbage might accomplish that goal. The man was trespassed from the property and advised to stay inside for the rest of the night.

Found bike A contractor replacing a fence in the Crosswater neighborhood found a black and silver Specialized-brand mountain bike stashed in some bushes Oct. 20.

The bike was turned over to

SAMMAMISH REVIEW police, who could find no record of it being reported stolen.

Suspicious circumstance A teenage female on the 2400 block of 204th Terrace Northeast reported that someone had jiggled the door handle of the home and then fled at around 11:30 a.m. Oct. 17. There were no signs of forced entry at the home. The case remains under investigation.

Bank fraud A Sammamish woman reported that someone had made several fraudulent transactions using her debit card information

between Oct. 13 and Oct. 17. The victim still has possession of her card and is unsure how her information was compromised. Nearly $1,300 was taken from her account.

Bad check A 26-year-old Spanaway man is suspected of attempting to cash a forged check at the Bank of America near Pine Lake at around 3 p.m. Oct. 20. A bank manager called police after finding evidence that the amount on the check had been altered.

The suspect had left the scene before police arrived, but bank tellers had retained his driver’s license information. The man is

suspected in a similar scheme in Everett. The case remains under investigation.

Vandalism A Sammamish man reported Oct. 20 that someone had repeatedly vandalized his vehicle over the last two weeks as it was parked in his driveway on the 19500 block of Southeast 23rd Street. The incidents include a broken antenna, broken license plate holder and scratches that appear to have been caused by a key.

The resident told police that he believes he knows who did it, See BLOTTER, Page 9

Coat & Shoe Drive Help fill the racks at the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank with a good selection of children’s and adults warm jackets, coats and shoes.

Donated coats & shoes should be clean and new or gently used.

Drop off locations:

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but did not want to point fingers without evidence. Police documented the incident for future reference.

Injured deer A Sammamish Police officer was called to the 1100 block of 228th Avenue Northeast to euthanize a deer that had been hit by a car at around 5:50 p.m. Oct. 20.

Roads crews were called to dispose of the carcass.

Keying A Sammamish man discovered that someone had scratched his vehicle with a key or other sharp object overnight Oct. 15. The vehicle was parked in the victim’s driveway on the 21600 block of Northeast 20th Way at the time. Police have no suspects.

Bank fraud A Sammamish woman discovered several hundred dollars of fraudulent charges to her debit card Oct. 13 and Oct. 14. The victim still has possession of her card and is unsure how her information was compromised.

Mental health issue Police assisted in transporting a Sammamish man to the hospital for a mental health evaluation Oct. 15. The man’s family called police after becoming concerned by the man’s erratic behavior, which included talking to himself and threatening to kill people.

Police stood by as the man was transported without incident.

Sign theft A resident on the 22100 block of Southeast 20th Street reported that someone had stolen a campaign sign that was posted on her property overnight Oct. 13. The sign was nailed on the resident’s fence before it went missing.

Police have no suspects.

Burglary A resident on the 2600 block of 239th Avenue Southeast had jewelry, electronics and several firearms taken from their home in a burglary between 9:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Oct. 17. The resi-

dents arrived home to find the home ransacked and files containing sensitive financial information opened.

Among the items taken were a Smith and Wesson handgun and two rifles. Police believe the suspect or suspects crawled through a large dog door into the garage and then forced their way into the home. The case remains under investigation.

Off-roading A resident on the 20200 block of Northeast 18th Place reported that someone had driven a motorcycle through his yard in the early morning hours Oct. 17.

The resident reported hearing a loud vehicle and his dogs barking overnight, but did not get up to investigate. The next morning he found several deep ruts in his lawn and a small tree that had been uprooted. A similar incident happened a month earlier, the resident told police. The case remains under investigation.

Take my things, I don’t need them Between Oct. 19 and Oct. 21, police contacted no fewer than 17 homeowners in Trossachs and surrounding neighborhoods who had left their garage doors open after dark.

November 2, 2011 • The area has seen several burglaries in recent weeks in which the suspects entered through an open garage door.

Burglary A large white oven and stove top, an air conditioning unit and several large blank sheets of aluminum for signs were stolen from the city’s old maintenance facility, at 2004 228th Ave., between Oct. 14 and Oct. 18.

Police found a door on the north side of the property forced open and several of the items missing. City crews have been in the process of moving items into the newer maintenance facility in preparation for the old building to possibly be transferred to Habitat for Humanity.

Police were able to obtain some fingerprints from the scene. The stolen items were worth just under $5,000. The case remains under investigation.

Bad backpack A resident on the 300 block of Louis Thompson Road Southeast reported that someone had dropped off a backpack containing two bongs, a lighter and two knives on her property Oct. 18.

The resident reported that she saw a white Mercedes stop across the street from her home at

around 3:30 p.m.

An occupant then got out of the car and dropped the backpack on her property and got back in the car and sped away.

Police took the backpack and its contents to be destroyed.

No cheese for you Police were called to the QFC the morning of Oct. 20 to take a report on a combative customer.

Managers at the store said the man had repeatedly come to the store and eaten all of the cheese samples.

When confronted, the man generally becomes angry and begins yelling at employees. A manager warned him that he would be trespassed if he was seen in the store again, but he came back the next day.

Managers were able to get the man’s license plate number, which is registered at an Issaquah address. Police documented the case in case the man comes back.

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trash. When contacted the resident said he did not realize this was a problem and agreed not to dump trash there anymore.

PayPal fraud A Sammamish woman reported that someone had opened up a PayPal account with her bank information and made a $500 charge. The victim is unsure how her bank information was compromised.

Ruining the mood An officer on patrol found two Sammamish teens smoking marijuana in a car parked at Soaring Eagle Park just before 11 p.m.

Oct. 15. The male and female occupants were in various stages of undress and were asked to put their clothes on. The male occupant turned over a small pipe and pill bottle containing marijuana. The teens’ parents were apprised of the situation.

Injured deer

Illegal dumping A Sammamish resident was warned not to dump garbage in the Eastlake High School garbage cans Oct. 19. Staff turned over a license plate number of a vehicle that had been seen on school grounds putting items in the

Police were called to euthanize an injured deer near the corner of Southeast 32nd Street and 216th Place Southeast the morning of Oct. 19.

Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.

Conversation with the Candidate Why am I asking for your vote?

By Tom Vance Sammamish has important issues to confront and challenges to overcome. Over the past few months, I’ve enjoyed writing about some of those issues. Here are more thoughts: Let’s stay financially responsible and keep taxes as low as we can. So many are hurting financially right now. I’m especially concerned about our many citizens on fixed incomes.

Many bought their houses decades ago. Over time, property values have increased, along with property taxes. And this is a tough time for retirement income, with interest and dividends so low.

Let’s continue our pay-aswe-go financing and local partnerships to build our parks and recreation. We can build a community center that serves our many families and seniors. But let’s partner with the YMCA. They raise funds, build, and operate community centers. We can have a great facility in Sammamish and avoid raising taxes or getting into debt.

Let’s protect our beautiful natural environment.

Our forests, lakes, streams and wetlands are our insurance policy against erosion, flooding, and landslides. They infiltrate and evaporate our storm water, recharge our aquifers, and oh, by the way, are part of the reason so many of us decided to move here and stay here.

As the economy improves, we can develop our Town Center to be an asset for our community, not an eyesore.

Town Center will help us manage our growth. It can make us more self-reliant, and mitigate traffic on and off the plateau. It can be a source for goods and services, a place to live, work, and play.

Change and growth will continue to challenge us. We need a committed, effective, and thoughtful City Council. If we work together, we can preserve what we love about Sammamish as we take on those challenges.

I ask for your vote. And let’s continue the conversation over the next four years!

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King County finishes work on stretch of East Lake Sammamish Trail A 1.2 mile-length of the East Lake Sammamish Trail just north of city limits will reopen in November.

The trail, which had been gravel, was widened and paved

for $1.86 million – about $1.5 million less than originally expected, according to a King County Parks Department press release.

The trail, as well as a 77-stall parking lot at Northeast 70th Street in Redmond will also be opening a month earlier than expected.

Doug Williams, media relations coordinator for the department, said a favorable bidding climate and efficient work by contractor Tri-State Construction was responsible for the cost savings.

Funding for the project came from a parks, open space and trails levy approved by county voters in 2007.

Williams said the county would start similar work on a stretch of the trail in Issaquah just south of Sammamish city limits next spring.

The county plans to pave and improve drainage and crossings on the Sammamish stretch of the trail sometime after that, but has yet to decide when that work will start.

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Eric Laliberte running in 45th District A Kirkland law student has announced he will be running for the State House seat being vacated in 2012 with Roger Goodman’s decision to run for U.S. Congress.

Democrat Eric Laliberte said in a press release that he would be running for Goodman’s seat, pending the results of redistricting that is due to be finished at the end of the year.

Parts of Sammamish north of Northeast 16th Street are currently in the 45th District.

However, the various plan to re-draw the legislative map vary greatly — from one which places almost all of the city in the 45th to one which has almost none of the city in the 45th.

Laliberte is a member of the King County Bar Association and is due to graduate from the University of Washington’s law

school in December. He is a board member for environmental advocacy group People For Puget Sound and on the Executive Board of the 45th District Democrats.

In his press release, Laliberte says he is “running to clean up our waters from toxic runoff, to protect higher education funding and to find traffic solutions for East King County residents.”

If elected, the 24-year-old Laliberte would supplant 25-yearold Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, who represents Burien, White Center and West Seattle, as the youngest current member of the legislature.

For more information, visit Laliberte’s web site at http://www.voteeric.org.

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Reichert, a former King County sheriff and Auburn Republican, seeks students from throughout the 8th Congressional District.

Contact Reichert’s Mercer Island district office at http://reichert.house.gov/contact or 206-275-3438 to learn more.

The office has also informed school administrators and teachers in the district about the opportunity.

“I’m excited to form the Youth Advisory Board because young people are impacted greatly by the decisions of policymakers at all levels of government — their voices should be heard,” he said in a statement. “Participants will learn about public policy and I am eager to exchange ideas and hear their feedback. These students’ unique perspective will be valuable as I continue working to find long-term solutions to the problems that face their families, their community, and this country. I look forward to working with these bright young people who call the 8th District home.”

In addition to Sammamish, the district includes Issaquah, Bellevue, Renton, and other Eastside and South King County cities. The district stretches south into rural Pierce County.

Change smoke detector batteries for daylight saving time Local firefighters encourage residents to change smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries before 2.a.m Nov. 6, as daylight saving time ends.

Eastside Fire & Rescue is part of the national Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery campaign.

The effort encourages people to change smoke detector batteries at the end of daylight saving time.

EFR firefighters plan to remind people to check the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors from 45:30 p.m. Nov. 5.

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King County Elections late in sending out some city ballots

By Warren Kagarise

King County Elections officials said ballots for 11,000 Eastside voters — including more than 800 people in Sammamish — did not go out as planned due to a glitch.

The elections office planned to mail ballots Oct. 29; voters should receive them this week.

The deadline to return ballots via mail, drop box or accessible voting center — whether or not they were sent out late — is Nov. 8.

Overall, the issue impacted 11,000 Eastside voters, including 54 in Issaquah, 141 in Newcastle and 875 in Sammamish. Some North Bend and Snoqualmie voters also face delays in receiving ballots.

King County Elections started mailing 1.1 million ballots to voters Oct. 19.

“Fortunately, we had some voters who were on top of it and that tipped us off to start checking and seeing if there were any anomalies,” King County Elections spokeswoman Kim van Ekstrom said. “There are always voters who don’t get their ballots.

Things happen, and that’s why they have several weeks to try to connect with us.”

Officials review calls to the elections office’s phone bank to

determine if any issues arise during the election.

In recent days, the office started to receive calls from Eastside voters about not receiving ballots in the mail.

The office hears from a small percentage of voters in every election about not receiving a ballot. Call the voter hotline at 206-296-VOTE. “In every single election, you hear a fair amount from us about, if you haven’t received your ballot, call us, call us, call us,” van Ekstrom said.

The reason for the delay remains unknown.

“We were able to clearly figure out who didn’t get them, but we’re still not completely sure on why it happened,” van Ekstrom said. “We’re still trying to figure that out.”

Officials check ballots throughout the process, from printing and insertion into envelopes to mailing and then to the Renton elections office for tabulation.

“We investigated the matter and discovered a technical problem associated with part of our voter database that resulted in exclusion of these ballots from being mailed on the date originally scheduled,” Elections Director Sherril Huff said in a statement

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issued Friday afternoon. “Quality assurance is an important component of our elections processes and while we regret that this event occurred, I’m pleased that the reviews we have in place helped us in identifying and problem solving the issue.”

Reach reporter Warren Kagarise at 392-6434, ext. 234 or wkagarise @isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.

Endorsed by Sammamish Review, Cascade Bike Club & Sammamish Comment Challenging the Status Quo – With Results!

Independent Thinker With A Track Record of Real Results I am an independent thinker who has delivered real results to improve our community.

What’s even more important is doing what is right for families, our city and our community.

I will build on the confidence you gave me in the primary and pledge to provide a voice for the citizens and ensure fiscal responsibility and accountability.

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“His passion for Sammamish is undeniable. He is one of the driving forces behind a group of citizens ... has studied all of the major issues facing the city, and has been involved on the sidelines for years.” Sammamish Review

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“Ramiro has the character, knowledge and expertise to effectively address the challenges facing our city and strengthen our community.” Kathleen Huckabay, Former Mayor

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“Ramiro has a track record of years of involvement, which gives credibility that he will do the necessary work and get results. I think that Ramiro would be a good councilmember and is the best choice.” Lee Fellinge, Former Mayor

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“As someone who helps strengthen communities and economies throughout the globe, Ramiro understands that economic development begins here at home with strong schools.” Doug Eglington, Lake Washington School Board Member

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“Clearly Valderrama has an edge in knowing what drives the city and community needs.” Bob Brady, Director Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer

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“I have been greatly impressed with his dedication and leadership and I feel he has earned his position to be on the city council.” Megan Gee, Sammamish Resident

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“I trust Ramiro and believe his collaborative approaches to addressing the challenges our city faces will help us grow and thrive, now and into the future.” Charlie Goodrich, Sammamish Resident

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“Valderrama has the knowledge, he knows the city and he has Sammamish’s future in mind.” Renata Bloom, Sammamish Resident

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County accepts applications for Metro Transit board Sammamish residents can apply to a King County board to improve transit services.

Officials need members for the King County Transit Advisory Commission — a panel formed in January to advise King County Metro Transit staffers, the county executive and County Council, local jurisdictions and local transportation boards.

Members include residents, entrepreneurs and other people concerned about transit service in the county. Most are bus riders. Members must live in King County and at least half of the members represent disabled or

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elderly riders.

The executive appoints members and, after approval by the council, appointees serve for twoyear terms.

The county accepts ongoing applications for the board. Learn more about the panel, and find application information, at www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/MetroTransit/Advisory Groups.

King County earns high marks for credit Large credit-rating agencies reaffirmed King County’s high marks before a planned $21 million bond sale Nov. 7.

The high credit ratings allow the county to borrow money for projects at a lower cost to taxpayers.

Standard & Poor’s assigned its AAA long-term rating to the upcoming $21 million bond issuance, and reaffirmed its AAA long-term rating on the county’s earlier bonds.

Standard & Poor’s also said the outlook on all of the county’s

credit ratings is stable, despite the lingering effects of the global economic downturn.

In a separate report, Fitch Ratings said its rating was based on the county’s “commitment to long-term planning, counciladopted financial management policies and low debt burden.”

The agency assigned its AA+ rating to the upcoming $21 million bond issuance.

The bond sale replaces the temporary financing the county obtained to pay for flood prevention and mitigation efforts in the Green River Valley.

Learn more about mercury-containing light bulbs The state Department of Ecology is starting work to establish a program to collect, transport and recycle mercury-containing lights, such as fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs.

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sion. The bill established a producer-financed product stewardship program for mercury-containing bulbs.

Residents can participate in a webinar to learn about the key issues related to the rule. People interested in participating should visit www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/ swfa/mercurylights.

The agency delayed the rulemaking action last November because of Gov. Chris Gregoire’s executive order requiring agencies to suspend noncritical rule making.

State attorney general calls out phone ‘cramming’ State Attorney General Rob McKenna called on the federal government Oct. 24 to adopt stronger regulations to protect consumers against unauthorized third-party charges on telephone bills — a practice called cramming.

In a filing to the Federal Communications Commission,

McKenna and 16 other state attorneys general urged the agency to enact rules that prevent such charges.

“Consumers are fed up with attempts to slip charges onto their phone bills in order to trick them into paying for services they never asked for and don’t need,” McKenna said in a statement. “Today we ask for the federal government’s help hanging up on cramming schemes.”

Cramming occurs if a company other than the phone service provider adds unauthorized charges to phone bills for noncall related services, such as email, website hosting, discount buying programs or voicemail services.

Investigations by the attorneys general, as well as complaints received in many states, show consumers usually do not intend to purchase such services and rarely use them.

In addition to the filing, FCC is considering rules to reduce cramming. However, the attorneys general say federal anti-cramming regulations must be stronger than proposed.

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Screen printer Steve Harmston keeps his art pure

By Christopher Huber

Steve Harmston has spent most of his adult life practicing an art that not many people know about — at least in its purest form.

“It’s pretty hard to explain,” he said while demonstrating the serigraphy process in his garage Oct. 26.

For the past 30 years, the longtime Sammamish resident has created vibrant, dynamic serigraphs of landscapes, animal portraits and nature scenes from the Southwest to the Pacific Northwest. Having spent the past 10 years traveling the country to sell work at dozens of annual art shows, he and his wife, Bonnie Harmston, are trying something different this fall. They will open up their garage-studio 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 5 to show all of Steve’s work. It will include pieces from his entire body of work since the 1980s.

“We’re whipping everything out,” Bonnie said.

The art of serigraphy is essentially screen printing, in which the artist produces an image or serigraph by pressing ink through a mesh or fabric sheet onto paper, wood, glass or ceramic.

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Steve Harmston, of Sammamish, demonstrates a step in the process of making a serigraph Oct. 26 at his garage-studio.

The artist runs a squeegee over the stencil and the ink presses through the open areas in the mesh and onto, in Hermston’s

case, the paper.

“It’s basically a stencil-making process,” Steve said. “Everything’s hand-cut. You can’t really repli-

cate this with painting.”

The process can be time-consuming, Steve and Bonnie said.

Each piece takes Steve about a

month to produce. He spends most of that time sketching from a photograph and cutting film for the stencils that ultimately create the layers of color in the piece.

Often, he cuts more than 20 different film stencils to create a scene. But the actual printing goes fast.

Every piece that ends up in a gallery or for sale at an art show is an original, unlike artists in other types of media who can make one original and make reproductions. Since he doesn’t use digital imaging programs, and cuts everything by hand, Steve’s process makes it so he can’t reproduce a given piece once his first (only) edition is finished.

“There’s no way to make this again,” he said. “What I don’t wreck ends up becoming my edition.”

Steve got into the art when he took a job out of college at a commercial screen-printing shop. His boss let him use the shop for his personal work on the weekends.

A co-worker bought one of his first pieces and Steve’s success grew from there.

“My early stuff is pretty wild,” he said.

See ARTIST, Page 15

Sammamish man competes in international triathlon

By Christopher Huber

Photos courtesy Xterra.tv/Mat Signoretty

Mat Signoretty, 22, of Sammamish, speeds down a trail during the national Xterra USA Championship triathlon Sept. 24 in Ogden, Utah.

Three miles into the running leg of the Xterra World Championship triathlon in Maui, Mat Signoretty’s legs cramped so bad he wanted to quit.

He had swam 1.5 kilometers in rough water, biked more than 18 miles with a 4,000-foot elevation gain and was in the middle of a 6.1-mile, 1,300-foot-elevationgain run. That’s when he caught a glimpse of his hotel, the RitzCarlton at Kapalua.

He contemplated calling it quits and literally bushwhacking for what looked like a mile, straight-shot, down the mountain to his room. But the thought of having a big “DNF” (shorthand for did not finish) next to his name on the race results kept him going, he said.

Walking to the hotel “really crossed my mind,” he said.

Signoretty, 22, a longtime Sammamish resident, placed 135th of more than 600 racers from around the world at the Oct. 23 Xterra World Championships in Hawaii. He ran the triathlon in

3 hours, 7 minutes and 59 seconds and placed eighth in his age division, according to the race results. Winner Michael Weiss, of Vienna, Austria, finished the race in 2:27:00.

“My race went pretty well. I didn’t race as smart as I wanted to,” Signoretty said a few days after the race while back at work at Pacific Bicycle. “My nationals race (Sept. 24 in Ogden, Utah) was definitely my highlight of my race season.”

Signoretty said the hardest part of the world championship race was the run leg. A swimmer since childhood and an avid mountain biker, he actually was on pace to finish in the top 60 after those two legs. But the run portion set him back significantly, he said.

“Your legs are definitely tired when getting to that point,” he said. “It was definitely a brutal course.”

The young Sammamish athlete participates in local races, like the Beaver Lake Triathlon See RACER, Page 15

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The wedding was officiated by the bride’s cousin, Ryan Klingler.

The best man was Riley Underwood and the maids of honor were Julie and Hannah Ostic.

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and the Issaquah Triathlon, and always finishes near the top.

He started running cross country in high school to keep in shape for swim season and eventually he made both activities a habit. And three years ago, he took up mountain biking with a group of riders from Pacific Bicycle in Sammamish.

“He got dropped a few times by the group,” joked his boss, Kristie Frericks, owner of the bike store. But “he is not only naturally talented, he really works hard.”

Amid the hard work and focused training regimen and living a bike- and walk-centric lifestyle, Signoretty stresses that the point is to have fun.

“It has to go back to the fun thing. I love to be out, love to exercise, love to be out in the woods on my bike, I love the social aspect,” Signoretty said.

“It’s kind of a lifestyle.”

After placing in the top 20 percent of the world’s extreme triathlon racers, Signoretty still talks about what he needs to work on for next year. After only his first world-class race, he’s already aiming for a top-50 finish in the 2012 competition.

Of the three areas of a triathlon, he plans to work hardest at running, he said. He now has a running coach, but also just needs to get on the roads and trails more, he said.

“I’ve got to get out there,” he said.

Ultimately, Signoretty seems content with how things are going, though. At 22, he’s getting an early and competitive start in a sport dominated by guys in their late 30s and early 40s.

“I’m very excited with it,” Signoretty said. “I had a great season. I think it’s awesome. I think it’s a sport I can grow into.”

Frericks thinks he’ll grow into it nicely in the years to come.

“He’s really doing well for his youth and he’s only going to get better,” she said.

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Now he tries to be more representational, doing works with trees, mountains or clouds.

“I’ve gotten way more detailed,” Steve said.

Steve said mixing colors is one of the more challenging aspects of making a good serigraph. Sometimes he secondguesses the color he uses for, say, a mountain, and decides to reprint it in a different color. It takes time and might even create a “flaw” in the piece. But that’s what makes some pieces unique, he said.

“A lot of times flaws are almost attributes because it does show it’s made by hand,” Steve said.

Though he used to work fulltime while doing his art and traveling to shows, Steve now is able to spend a couple of hours each day creating works.

Although it’s a drawn-out process, doing it all by hand helps

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him focus and appreciate the craft.

“Nobody does this much work for so little gain,” Steve said.

Bonnie agreed and they both highlighted how much easier it is for artists who use computer design programs.

“People tell us we’re nuts,” she said.

But Steve seems to want to preserve the art in its purest form and maintain a distinct style and quality that only comes with making it all by hand.

“I like the process,” he said.

“For me, it’s almost like meditating.”

View Steve’s work and learn about his serigraph-making process at www.harmstonarts.com.

Visit the Harmstons’ in-home art show Nov. 5 at 22411 N.E. 12th Ct., in Sammamish.

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext.

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JSA students win awards for speaking their minds

By Tom Corrigan

A simple description would state the Issaquah School District’s Junior State of America groups are debate teams.

While technically accurate, such an explanation doesn’t convey the whole story.

For the Skyline High School JSA, past debate or discussion topics have included the legalization of marijuana and prostitution. JSA’s Iman Baghai, 16, said one discussion that got more than a little attention was about the worth of Skyline’s student government.

“We will take chances,” said Baghai, who is a member of the Issaquah High School JSA — the schools combine some functions.

While he holds other positions, he is the local JSA director of publicity.

The Junior State of America is a national high school organization with chapters in schools across the country. It touts itself as the largest student-run organization in the country, and according to the JSA website, has had more than half a million members since its founding in 1934.

Skyline group members said the ASB debate was stopped a few times – by students – just to make sure things stayed reasonable.

“The ASB debate did get lots of attention,” added Skyline’s JSA

faculty advisor Sarah Rainwater.

She added a debate on the worthiness of Skyline as a high school was “a hard one to hear.”

“One student just wailed on the school,” Rainwater said. She seems proud of the fact she has little to do with the running of Skyline’s JSA “I really don’t do anything,” Rainwater said. “It’s pretty amazing actually.”

Indeed, at a recent meeting of the Skyline JSA, there wasn’t any faculty in sight. And members said that is obviously part of the attraction, that students feel free to speak their minds and lead themselves.

“Kids can speak up,” Baghai said. “Adults don’t dominate.”

At the same time, Baghai and others said the underlying purpose of JSA is to fight student apathy regarding real issues, whether those issues are unfolding inside or outside the schools.

Clearly, though, debating and speaking do play a big role.

At a recent regional event at Seattle’s O’Dea High School, the Issaquah district JSA brought home five of the six gavels, or best speaker awards, available. A winner himself, Baghai said the regional theme was the “Towers of Terror: Remember 9/11.”

Specific topics included various questions: Should the Patriot Act be repealed? Does the U.S. have a moral obligation to pro-

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Jake Barokas, a Skyline High School sophomore, takes to the podium during a regional JSA debate at O’Dea High School. mote democracy in the Middle East?

The local winners included four Skyline students along with Baghai. In the past, the Skyline group has won various awards, including the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Year in 2009. They

took second place in that category last year.

“It’s all about fighting political apathy,” said Skyline High School’s Lexi Boyer, 16, another recent gavel winner.

Also a winner at O’Dea, Skyline JSA President Karsten

Sammamish students honored for smarts

By Christopher Huber

Thirty-three Sammamish elementary and middle-school students were recently honored by Johns Hopkins University.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth commended the youth for their exemplary scores on standardized and talent-search tests taken last school year. The more than 30 students range from second through eighth grade and attend schools all over Sammamish and Redmond, according to the award recipient list.

All the students honored scored in the 95th percentile in the nation on their respective tests, according to the center’s website.

Niyathi and Nishesh Chakrapani, who now attend Beaver Lake Middle School and Skyline High School, respectively, were one pair of multiple sets of Sammamish siblings who scored among the top 5 percent of students in the nation. Their

And the winners are The 33 Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Talent Search awardees are (based on last year’s school grade level): Niyathi Chakrapani, Beaver Lake Middle; Mahalaxmi Elango, Redmond Junior High; Aarthi Ganapathi, International Community School; Rohan Gupta, St. Joseph School; Aaron Johnston, Redmond Junior High; Hana Keller, Redmond Junior High; Andrew Luo, Redmond Junior High; Sabreen Mohammed; Nicholas Rollman, The Overlake School; Tarika Sivakumar, Beaver Lake Middle; Mayukha Vadari, Redmond Junior High; mother, Ranjani Chakrapani, said Niyathi took the SAT as an eighth-grader last year on somewhat of a whim, to have a challenge and maybe earn a spot in some special summer courses.

Her brother, Nishesh, took the SCAT test as a fifth-grader in the SAGE program at Cascade Ridge Elementary School.

“I just wanted see for myself what they were capable of doing; to have them just challenge themselves a little bit more,”

Cynthis Wong, Pine Lake Middle; Nishesh Chakrapani, Cascade Ridge; Jasmine Cheng, Sunny Hills; Alexander Elizarov, The Bear Creek School; Tudor Fanaru, Redmond Elementary; Ivan Graham, Alcott; Sai Nischal, Discovery; Jina Kwon, Smith; Christopher Lee, The Bear Creek School; Raymond Luo, Smith; Gautam Narayan, Cascade Ridge; Naomi O’Neil, Cascade Ridge; Anish Rao, Pine Lake; Alexandra Christine Ryan, The Bear Creek School; Anshita Saini Cascade Ridge; Tanaya Sardesai, Redmond; Alicia Seidel, Pine Lake; Melena Seidel, Endeavor; Olivia Seidel, Endeavor; Maya Vides, The Bear Creek School; Nathan Wu, Discovery.

Ranjani said.

For the past 31 years, the Center for Talented Youth has conducted national and international talent searches to find the best and brightest students, according to the program website.

During the search, students take a test designed for students much older than they are. How the high-performing students like the Chakrapanis score on the test helps the organization identify their gifted academic areas.

The Sammamish students who took part were initially nominated by parents and educators at their respective school, based on their outstanding academic talent or simply signed up to take the test for themselves.

Since being recognized, the students have access to academic resources at Johns Hopkins University and potentially qualify for a variety of summer courses the program offers online and at its Maryland and California campuses.

Bell, 17, said the students largely are self-coached in the intricacies of debating and public speaking.

Bell said he became involved because he loves talking and always has enjoyed arguing with See DEBATE, Page 17

LWSD to hold surplus sale The Lake Washington School District is holding a surplus material and equipment sale Nov. 5. Items such as camcorders, digital cameras, microwaves, monitors, vending machines and PE equipment, among others, will be on sale from 8 a.m. to noon at the district’s warehouse annex, 15130 NE 95th St. in Redmond. It is open to the public.

Material and equipment in the sale tend to be damaged, dated, and in some cases, unusable.

Much of the sale will include furniture and other equipment being replaced during various modernization projects, as well as outdated textbooks.

The school board declares the items surplus before the district offers them to the public. The sale will also include miscellaneous computer equipment, LCD projectors, tables, desks, choral risers and even pots and pans.

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Sammamish schools among most improved in state Three Sammamish schools were recognized for their marked improvement in math and reading scores.

Samantha Smith Elementary, Renaissance School of Arts and Reasoning and Cascade Ridge Elementary School each received recognition from the

state earlier in October. They are among 99 schools statewide that earned the “School of Distinction” award from the Center for Educational Effectiveness in partnership with other state educational associations.

Students in the schools recognized had to perform at least at the state average in fourth-, seventh- and 10th-grade reading and math assessments, as was measured on the Measures of

November 2, 2011 • Student Progress (MSP) and the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE). Smith and Cascade Ridge students were judged on their fourth-grade MSP score.

Renaissance students were measured on their seventh-grade MSP scores. From there, evaluators measured improvement in each school’s combined stateassessment reading and math scores from 2006 to 2011.

The top 5 percent of schools receive the award.

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people over issues.

“It has a theatrical aspect,” added Cassidy Boucher, 16, of Skyline. “It has the risk of putting yourself out there.”

“Our overall goal is to have a safe environment and keep an open mind,” said Victoria Snitsar, 14. Several members said JSA

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teaches respect of opinions different from your own.

The Skyline group meets weekly on Fridays. Bell and others said a typical session involves the discussion of some topic along with debate or public speaking training.

“I’ve personally learned a lot,” Bell said.

He added one recent meeting had at least 30 student speakers.

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SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Eastlake run stifled in title game loss to Woodinville

By Christopher Huber

Once Woodinville’s John Villasenor picked off Keegan Kemp’s last-ditch pass with seconds left, the Eastlake senior quarterback walked to the sideline and hung his head in disappointment.

It was his third intercepted pass of the game and was the nail in the coffin for the Wolves. The Falcons ran out the clock to beat Eastlake 17-14 for the KingCo 4A Championship Oct. 27 at Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell.

Woodinville improved to 9-0 and has won more games this season than in its previous two seasons combined. Eastlake, now 8-1, will host a playoff game at 7 p.m. Nov. 4.

The Wolves had planned to establish their dominant run game early, but the Falcon defense controlled the field from the onset, clogging most running lanes for star running back Ryan Lewis.

“We thought we would have more running lanes than we did,” said Eastlake coach Gene Dales.

“They controlled the line of scrimmage.”

Woodinville scored on its first possession of the game on an 8yard touchdown run by Alec Schwend. That capped a nearly 6minute, 80-yard opening drive.

Eastlake tried to get something going but was limited to just 11 yards of offense in the first quarter. Lewis had trouble finding openings in the line and only managed 18 yards on six carries in the first half.

“It’s always frustrating when the game plan is not going the way you want,” Lewis said after the game. “We knew it would be a hard game.”

Woodinville led 7-0 to end the first quarter and it scored again just 27 seconds into the second when Falcon quarterback Brett Arrivey connected with receiver Kyle Adkins, who beat one Eastlake defender for a 48-yard touchdown pass.

“Our kids, they were up to the challenge,” said Woodinville coach Wayne Maxwell. The team knew “you’ve got to stop their two playmakers (Lewis and Kemp).”

The Wolves struck back on its next possession when Lewis stretched across the goal line for a 3-yard touchdown run. They had still struggled to establish the run game and Woodinville defense didn’t let up.

“They played very physical in the first half,” Dales said.

Woodinville led 17-7 at the half after making a 28-yard field goal.

See FOOTBALL, Page 19

Photo by Christopher Huber

Eastlake running back Ryan Lewis maneuvers past Woodinville's Cody Bauman, right, and Lee Wunderlich for a 6-yard run during the Wolves' opening drive of the second half Oct. 27. The drive ended when Lewis fumbled the ball at the 3-yard line.

Skyline girls heat up the pool at KingCo swim meet

By Christopher Huber

Photo by Christopher Huber

Skyline senior Katie Kinnear takes a breath during a stroke before she wins the 200-yard freestyle race with a record time of 1:54.90 Oct. 29 at the KingCo 3A-4A Championship meet.

When a group of swimmers takes two out of three relays against swim teams like Mercer Island and Newport, it’s bound to do well.

The Skyline girls swim and dive team again asserted its dominance in 4A competition Oct. 29 when it won six of 12 events and saw four individuals and two relay teams record state-qualifying times at the KingCo swim meet at Mary Wayte Pool.

Perennial standout Katie Kinnear set a new KingCo 3A-4A meet record in the 200-yard freestyle.

She posted a time of 1 minute, 54.90 seconds, which was 5 seconds faster than needed for a state-meet berth.

“Our girls swam great,” said Skyline coach Susan Simpkins.

“They are just such competitors.”

Mercer Island won the meet overall with 711 points, but Skyline took second and was the best in 4A competition. The Eastlake Wolves placed 11th out of 18 teams, scoring 186 points.

Simpkins said this meet was the fastest she’s seen in a while.

In some races, like the 200 free, even the fourth-place finisher, Elise Tinseth, of Liberty, posted a 4A state time of 1:58.24.

“I thought it was incredibly fast,” Simpkins said. “They were just psyched and swam incredibly well.”

Skyline opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. Sarah Elderkin, Andi Scarcello, Stephanie Munoz and Kinnear finished in 1:52.55, about three seconds faster than needed to qualify for state.

Junior Shanley Miller followed Kinnear’s 200-freestyle win with a first-place time of her own in the 200-yard individual medley.

Miller qualified for state with a time of 2:11.46. Teammate Maria Volodkevich took first in the 50freestyle, which was near a meet record. She finished the sprint in 24.68 seconds, qualifying for state.

In the 100-breaststroke, See SWIM, Page 19

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Skyline boys finish second at District 2 cross country championship meet The Skyline boys cross country team is headed to the state meet after leading the way for Sammamish teams at the Northwest District 2 Cross Country Championships Oct. 29 at Lincoln Park in Seattle.

Junior speedster Keegan Symmes finished fastest for the Spartans, crossing the finish line in 15 minutes, 46 seconds.

It was good enough for second place overall, and it helped Skyline take second at the meet with 125 points.

Jackson High School took the district title with 93 points.

The Eastlake boys finished 10th overall with 218 points.

The Skyline girls placed sixth overall with 165 points and the Eastlake girls, without their fastest teammate, sophomore Anastasia Kosykh who was out because of an injury, scored 212 points for seventh place.

The top 25 individual finishers and top five teams moved on to the state championship meet this Saturday, Nov. 5 in Pasco. The Skyline boys will send Symmes and teammate, senior Kevin Tidball, who ran the district race in 16:22 and placed 24th overall.

The Eastlake boys will send senior Michael Flindt, who crossed the finish line 15th with a time of 16:10.

The Skyline and Eastlake girls teams will each send one runner to state. For Eastlake, senior Morgan O’Connor took ninth place overall with a time of 19:05. Skyline’s Samantha Krahling, a sophomore, finished in 19:17.

Woodinville junior Chandler Olson won the girls meet, recording a time of 18:12. Alex Bowns, a senior from Ballard, won the boys meet with a time of 15:34.

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The Falcons out-gained the Wolves 164 to 98 of total offense in the half. Arrivey passed for 111 yards.

“We stuck to who we are,” Maxwell said. “For us, it was about executing.”

To open the third quarter, Eastlake drove to the Woodinville 3-yard line, but lost its momentum when Lewis fumbled the ball away at the 2-yard line. It brought the score to 17-14 when running back Danny Grotjahn caught a 2-yard pass from Kemp, capping a 77-yard drive.

The Wolves defense stepped it up in the second half, shutting out the Woodinville offense and limiting it to just 77 yards of offensive production. Arrivey completed 11 of 16 passes for 130 yards. Kemp went 16 for 24 attempts with 186 passing yards.

Although Eastlake offense accumulated 190 yards in the second half, its final three drives ended in a Woodinville interception.

Eastlake receiver Brian Quick finished the night with six catches for 67 yards. Lewis carried the ball 13 times for 64 yards. He had averaged 156 yards per game until Oct. 27.

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, est. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.

Photo by Christopher Huber

Keegan Kemp, Eastlake senior quarterback, leaps over a Woodinville defensive lineman during a short drive in the second quarter Oct. 27 at Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell.

Scoreboard Football KingCo 4A Crest standings League Eastlake 4-0 Skyline 3-1 Issaquah 2-2 Newport 1-3 Redmond 0-4 Metro League Standings League O’Dea 4-0 Seattle Prep 3-1 E. Catholic 2-2 Bainbridge 1-3 Lakeside 0-0 Blanchet 0-4

Photo by Christopher Huber

Eastlake senior Kara Beauchamp surfaces during the 100-yard butterfly event Oct. 29 at Mary Wayte Pool. She placed third with a state-qualifying time of 1:00.69.

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Skyline junior Andi Scarcello earned a spot in the state meet after she swam the race in 1:10.17.

The Spartans closed out the league meet setting a team-best time for the season in the 400freestyle relay. It won the relay

with a time of 3:39.01, a statequalifying time.

“It was the fastest time we have posted all season,” Simpkins said.

The Eastlake Wolves saw its 200 medley relay place 10th overall and will try for a state time this week at the district meet. Kara Beauchamp, the team’s senior standout, qualified for the state meet in the 100-butterfly race. She finished in

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1:00.69 and took third place behind Liberty freshman Mackenna Briggs (59.26 seconds) and Skyline sophomore Stephanie Muñoz (1:00.08).

Skyline will likely compete with the deep Newport squad for the title at the district swim and dive finals Nov. 5 at Juanita High School. Eastlake coach Kate McCary said the Wolves look to send Beauchamp and at least one relay team to state.

Overall 8-1 6-3 7-2 4-5 0-9 Overall 9-0 8-1 6-3 5-4 5-4 4-5

Friday, Oct. 28 Skyline 45, Roosevelt 14 1 2 3 4 Final Skyline 10 11 17 7 45 Roosevelt 0 7 0 7 14 Max Browne 17-24 290 yards 3 TDs 0 INTs, Damian Greene 10 carries 89 yards 1 TD, Chase Premone 3 catches 105 yards 1 TD (70 yard td from back-up QB Gibson), Nate Gibson 5-6 109 yards 1 TD (also intercepted a pass on defense).

Thursday, Oct. 27 Eastside Catholic 38, Nathan Hale 29 1 2 3 4 Final Nathan Hale 0 0 0 29 29 E. Catholic 14 14 3 7 38 Scoring summary: Henry Jarvis, EC, 6 run (Danny Omiliak kick); Jarvis, EC, 4 run (Omiliak kick); Chevy Walker, EC, 6 run (Omiliak kick); Luke Lattanzio, EC, 59 punt return (Omiliak kick); Omiliak, EC, 23 FG; Nick Castoriano, NH, 19 run (run failed); Mike Northfield, NH, 12 pass from Jack McIntire (Aaron Mandell pass from McIntire); Jarvis, EC, 45 pass from Luke Shepherd (Omiliak kick); Markeith Harris, NH, 53 run (Clayton Byrd kick); Alex Miller, NH, 50 interception return (Mandell run).

Volleyball KingCo 4A standings League Newport 9-1

Overall 13-1

Roosevelt 9-1 14-1 Skyline 7-3 11-4 Woodinville 7-3 12-3 Bothell 6-4 9-5 Garfield 5-5 8-7 Eastlake 4-6 6-9 Ballard 3-7 6-8 Issaquah 3-7 3-11 Inglemoor 2-8 2-11 Redmond 0-10 0-14 Metro League – Mountain Div. Standings League Overall E. Catholic 11-1 15-3 Seattle Prep 10-2 15-4 Bainbridge 8-5 10-6 Blanchet 5-7 9-10 Holy Names 5-7 11-9 Lakeside 3-8 3-11 Saturday, Oct. 29 Eastside Catholic 3, Chief Sealth 1 1 2 3 4 Final E. Catholic 25 25 23 25 3 Chief Sealth 13 23 25 15 1 EC highlights: Nicole Boswell, 15 digs; Emilee Derus, 52 assists; Kameron Mclain, 31 kills, 10 digs; Marlena Norwood, 18 digs; Lauren Rehn, 16 digs; Katherine Towslee, 20 kills.

Seattle Prep 3, Eastside Catholic 0 1 2 3 Final E. Catholic 18 19 13 0 Seattle Prep 25 25 25 3 EC highlights: Emilee Derus, 22 assists; Kameron Mclain, 13 kills; Marlena Norwood, 16 digs.

Bothell 3, Skyline 1 1 2 3 4 Final Bothell 25 26 24 25 3 Skyline 18 24 26 13 1 Bothell highlights: Katie Anderson, 11 kills, 4 aces; Peircen Lundquist, 21 kills; Allie Hadley, 38 assists, 13 digs, 4 aces.

Roosevelt 3, Eastlake 1 1 2 3 4 Final Eastlake 21 25 11 18 1 Roosevelt 25 16 25 25 3 Roosevelt highlights: Frances Woods, 18 kills; Maile Munro, 42 assists, 10 digs; Sarah O’Connor, 13 kills, 24 digs, 3 aces.

Tuesday, Oct. 25 Eastlake 3, Redmond 0 1 2 3 Final Eastlake 25 25 25 3 Redmond 15 10 9 0

See SCOREBOARD, Page 23

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City Hall gets a Turkish makeover

Effective Resumes for the New Job Search will help develop resumes at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Sammamish Library.

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The Sammamish Parks and Recreation Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.

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Eastlake High School’s 18th annual holiday bazaar, including more than 85 vendors, is set for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 5 at Eastlake.

Life After High School: The Real Community College, is a workshop which explains what students can expect at community colleges in Washington State. Its scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Sammamish Library.

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The Pickering Barn annual Christmas Craft Show will feature more than 95 crafters and artists from 10 a.m.7 p.m. Nov. 3 and 4 and 10 a.m.5 p.m. Nov. 5 at Pickering Barn in Issaquah. Admission is free.

The Seattle National College Fair will host representatives from colleges across the country and allow prospective students and their parents to gather information and discuss their needs with college experts. The free event is set for 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 4 and noon-4 p.m.

Nov. 5 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. For more information or to pre-register, visit www.gotomyncf.com.

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Nov. 3 ◆ Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District board meets at 3 p.m. at the District office at 3600 Sahalee Way N.E. Contributed

Patrons browse through one of the countless stalls at the Kapali Carsi in Istanbul, Turkey.

Sammamish City Hall will be transformed into a Turkish bazaar with live performances, How to Start a Business: Learn the resources available to you though the Small Business Administration at 2 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Sammamish Library.

Toastmasters of Sammamish will host a special Think Pink event to promote women in leadership roles and public speaking at 7:15 p.m., Nov. 8 at Mary, Queen of Peace church.

MoveOn.org Sammamish/ Issaquah House party will meet to plan an “action” in Sammamish, watch election returns and enjoy food and fellowship at 7 p.m. Nov. 8. Email Pat Martin at marshmar@mac.com.

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food, exhibits and more. The event is free and runs from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Nov. 5.

Employment learn how to take your job goal and develop an approach to professional networking at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Sammamish Library.

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Frightful Art, celebrate the scary side of art at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Sammamish

Library.

Good choices for gift giving talks about what books might make good gifts at 1 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Sammamish Library.

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Gardening with Native Plants, a class to explain

about using native plants in your garden is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 17.

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Tunes and a Tale with Squirrel Butter, a duo which performs traditional and original music for ages 5 and older, with their families, is set for a show at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Sammamish Library.

Thankful I’m Me, a concert for preschoolers will feature Charlie Hope to celebrate giving thanks with children 2 and up. Tickets are not required, but seating is limited. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Sammamish Library.

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

Nov. 7 ◆ The Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Board of Directors meets at 3 p.m. at 1510 228th Ave. S.E. ◆ The Lake Washington School Board will hold a work session at 5 p.m. followed by a regular meeting at 7 p.m. at the Resource Center, 16250 N.E. 74th St., Redmond Town Center.

Nov. 8 ◆ Election Day. Ballots must be postmarked or dropped off by today. ◆ The Sammamish City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Nov. 9 The Issaquah School Board will hold a regular business meeting at 7 p.m. at the district administration building 565 N.W. Holly St. in Issaquah.

Nov. 10 The Eastside Fire and Rescue Board of Directors will meet at 4 p.m. at EFR’s headquarters at 175 Newport Way N.W. in Issaquah.

Nov. 14 ◆ The Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Board of Directors meets at 3 p.m. at 1510 228th Ave. S.E. ◆ The Sammamish Planning Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.

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Library Activities Swaddler Story Time, for children birth-9 months with an adult, 11 a.m. Oct. 27, Nov. 3 and 17.

Waddler Story Time, for children 9-24 months with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and 18.

Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, 4 p.m. Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10 and 17.

Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16 and 30.

Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 with an adult, 10 a.m. Oct. 27, Nov. 3 and 17, and 1 p.m. Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and 18.

Pajama Story Time, for children 2-6 with an adult, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14 and 28.

Musik Nest, for children 2-3 with an adult. Share songs, dance, rhythm and new ways to enjoy music with your toddler, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 12.

The Teen Writers Group will meet at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 15.

Spanish Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, 6 p.m. Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 Intermediate ESL Class, 10 a.m. Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 22.

The Sammamish Book Group will discuss “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock at 7 p.m. Nov. 16.

Beginner ESL Classes, 7 p.m.

Oct. 27 and Nov. 3.

Talk Time, conversation practice for adults who want to improve their English language skills, will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Oct 27, Nov. 3, 10 and 17.

A series of weekly poetry workshops, for poets of all skill levels is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. Space is limited.

Mother Daughter Book Club, for girls ages 10-13 and their mothers, will discuss “Moon over Manifest” by Clare Vanderpool, 1 p.m. Nov. 19.

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Focus on Faith Wednesday night youth group will have games, worship and fun for students in grades six-12 from 7-8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) allows mothers of young children time to make friends, share stories and grow spiritually. The group generally meets twice a month on Thursday mornings at Mary, Queen of Peace Church. Visit www.mops.org.

A Toast to the Lord, a faith-based Toastmasters club, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Friday at the Fire Station No. 83 on Issaquah – Pine Lake Road. They offer job interviewing skill development for those seeking employment or a career change; motivational and inspirational speaking training. Call 427-9682 or email

orator@live.com.

Mary, Queen of Peace youth groups are for children in sixtheighth grade and ninth-12th grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m.

Sundays. Call the church at 3911178, ext. 129.

Faith United Methodist Church offers “Faith Cafe” for women of all ages. Drop-in coffee time, scrapbooking/stamping, mom and baby playgroup, quilting/knitting and walking group, classes, studies and themed days. 9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays. Call Jo Lucas at 837-1948.

Healing Prayer Service. If you desire to make space for God in a peaceful setting. The fourth Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m., Pine Lake Covenant Church. Email tamara@missiolux.org or call 890-3913.

Celebrate Recovery, a

Christ-centered program offering support. Mondays, 7-9 p.m., Pine Lake Covenant Church. Visit www.missiolux.org, or call 3928636.

Griefshare, a support group for those who have lost a loved one is from 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

Moms In Touch, an interdenominational prayer support group for moms to pray for children and schools. Call Jan Domek, (Issaquah School District) 681-6770, or Kelly Wotherspoon, (Lake Washington School District) 392-2291, or visit www.MomsInTouch.org.

Pine Lake Covenant Church offers a ministry for children with special needs at 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Call 3928636.

“Caffeine for the Soul,” a Judaic and Torah class for women, is from 1-1:45 p.m.

Tuesdays at Caffé Ladro in Issaquah Highlands Shopping Center. Call Chabad of the Central Cascades 427-1654.

Free Hebrew classes are offered through Chabad of the Central Cascades. Call 427-1654.

Kabalat Shabbat 7 p.m., Fridays, the Chabad House at the Issaquah Highlands. Call 427-1654.

Learn to read and speak Samskritam at the Vedic Cultural Center. Visit www.vedicculturalcenter.org.

Community Bible Study, open to all women, meets Thursday mornings. Visit www.redmondcbs.org.

Bhajan Bliss. Musicians and singers teach the traditional devotional bhajan. Vegetarian food. 7:30-9 p.m., Fridays at the Vedic Cultural Center.

Divorce Recovery, a seminar for those going through separation or divorce or trying to move on from divorce, is weekly from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., September 13 to November 29 at Pine Lake Covenant Church.

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Redmond Toddler Group, a parent-child program with art, music, play and parent education has openings in pre-toddler, toddler and family classes.

Call 869-5605 or visit www.redmondtoddler.org.

Moms Club of the Sammamish Plateau has activ-

ities including weekly, age specific playgroups and monthly meetings, coffee mornings, mom’s nights out, craft club and local area outings. Visit www.momsclubsammamish.org or call 836-5015.

Foster Parent Support Group meets the last Thursday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace. Earn your training/foster parent hours. Refreshments and child care are provided. Call 206-7198764.

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State allows studded tires, requires chains on some vehicles The approach of winter means motorists can again use studded tires.

In Washington, studded tires can be legally used between Nov. 1 and March 31. Violators face a $124 penalty during other

months.

The state Department of Transportation recommends motorists headed into higher elevations carry chains and use approved traction tires year round.

If the state requires chains on a roadway, studded tires alone cannot meet the chain requirement, unless the vehicle has four- or all-wheel drive.

The abrasion on roads caused

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Moreover, rutting damage caused by studded tires is limited to state routes, primarily interstates, due to higher speeds and traffic volumes.

Rutting leads to safety issues, such as ponding and water on roadways, hydroplaning, excessive roads spray and steering problems.

In addition to studded tires,

the Washington State Patrol reminds all drivers and freight haulers to carry sufficient chains between Nov. 1 and April 1.

Under state law, commercial vehicles and combinations of vehicles more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating must carry sufficient tire chains.

The law applies to some larger passenger trucks, sport-utility vehicles, recreational vehicles

and trucks hauling trailers.

Troopers strictly enforce the Nov. 1 deadline and failing to carry chains costs violators $124.

If a highway advisory calls for chains, drivers failing to chain up face a $500 penalty.

Troopers plan to conduct a special chain emphasis patrol in early November to ensure drivers are carrying the proper number of chains to include the spares.

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210-Public Notices 02-2277 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SAMMAMISH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF SAMMAMISH CITY COUNCIL Proposed Transfer of Real Property Notice is hereby given that the City of Sammamish City Council will hold a public hearing regarding the proposed transfer of the “Lamb House” property to Habitat for Humanity.

PROJECT SUMMARY: The Lamb House property is located at the southeast corner of 228th Ave SE and SE 20th Street. The property was formerly used as a City maintenance facility. The property is no longer needed for maintenance support. Consequently, the City Council is considering declaring the property surplus and transferring the property to Habitat for Humanity. Such transfer would be subject to conditions including requiring that the property be used exclusively for the construction of affordable housing.

HEARING SCHEDULE: The City of Sammamish City Council will hold a Public Hearing on this proposal on November 14, 2011, starting at 6:30 PM at the City of Sammamish City Hall, located at 801 - 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish.

CITY CONTACT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO: Melonie Anderson, City Clerk, Sammamish City Hall, 801-228th Ave SE, Sammamish, WA 98075, phone: (425) 295-0500, email: manderson@ci.sammamish.wa.us.

Published in Sammamish Review on 11/02/11 02-2274 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SAMMAMISH PUBLIC HEARING 2011/2012 Proposed Biennial Budget Adjustments and the 2012 Property Tax Levy Rate Notice is hereby given that the Sammamish City Council will hold two public hearings on November 14, 2011 as part of the regular Council Meeting that will begin at 6:30pm at the Sammamish City Hall, 801 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 98075. The first hearing will be held to consider the 2011/2012 proposed biennial budget adjustments. The Second hearing will be held to consider the 2012 property tax levy rate. Interested citizens are invited to attend and comment at these hearings. A summary of the budget adjustments proposed is now on file and available by request from the City Clerk’s Office at manderson@ci.sammamish.wa.us.

Citizens may also submit written comments or request copies of the proposed biennial budget adjustments. All inquiries should be addressed to the City Clerk, 801 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 98075 prior to the beginning of the public hearings. Additional information relating to these hearings may be obtained by calling the Office of the City Clerk at (425) 295-0511.

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Despite inescapable advertisements for the forces behind and against a liquor initiative, and important local races on ballots throughout the state, Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed predicts less than 50 percent turnout for the November election.

Reed forecast 47 percent statewide for the election. In King County, turnout is expected to crest 50 percent, although the low expectations reflect the lack of major races on the ballot.

County Elections Director Sherril Huff predicts 52 percent turnout countywide — 53 percent in Seattle and 51 percent elsewhere.

The liquor measure, Initiative 1183, and Tim Eyman’s tolling measure, Initiative 1125, dominate most discussions about the Nov. 8 election.

Issaquah-based Costco is the major supporter behind I-1183, a push to remove the state from the liquor business. I-1125 aims to change rules to allow state lawmakers, rather than the appointed state Transportation Commission, to set tolls.

No statewide offices appear on the ballot in November.

“We certainly wish that half or more of our voters were casting ballots, since so many important local government offices and local issues are before the voters and we have significant statewide ballot measures to deal with,” Reed said in a statement issued Oct. 26.

King County Elections sent about 1.1 million ballots to all registered voters Oct. 19, although a glitch caused the elections office to send 11,000 ballots to Eastside voters later.

The elections office received

Scoreboard Continued from Page 19 Eastlake highlights: Sarah Pellicano, 6 kills, 3 aces; Anna Gorman, 10 kills; Zoe Escarda, 8 kills, 3 blocks; Stephanie Clay, 10 digs; Taylor Finlon, 23 assists; Jen Bresley, 5 kills, 3 blocks.

Girls soccer KingCo 4A Standings League Overall Skyline 9-0-1 13-0-2 Issaquah 7-1-2 9-4-2 Redmond 5-4-1 8-6-3 Eastlake 3-2-5 6-3-8 Woodinville 4-4-2 7-5-3 Garfield 3-3-4 6-6-5 Roosevelt 4-5-1 5-8-3 Newport 3-6-1 5-9-2 Bothell 2-6-2 4-8-2 Inglemoor 2-6-2 5-8-3 Ballard 2-7-1 3-8-2 Saturday, Oct. 29 Eastlake 1, Woodinville 0 Scoring summary: Marisa Katagiri, E, (Tasnim Khessib assist) 9:00.

Shutout: Bryce Kennedy, E. Tuesday, Oct. 25 Skyline 1, Redmond 0 Scoring summary: Nicole Candioglos, S, (Anna Deweirdt assist) 4:00.

Shutout: Tina Vargas, S. Roosevelt 1, Eastlake 0

Issaquah, Redmond ballot drop box opens King County Elections has opened ballot drop boxes at Issaquah and Redmond city halls and other sites for the Nov. 8 election.

The boxes at Issaquah City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way and Redmond City Hall, 15670 N.E. 85th St., are due to remain open 24 hours a day until 8 p.m. Election Day. The boxes allow voters to return ballots in person rather than by mail.

The elections office relied on historical use, population densities, planned future growth, proximity to transit services, access and safety data to determine the boxes’ locations. about 68,000 completed ballots in the initial wave. Officials expect for 559,322 voters to return ballots in the election.

“I encourage everyone to vote and to remember that getting your ballot in early ensures plenty of time to correct any issues that may arise with your signature,” Huff said in a statement.

Mailed ballots require a firstclass stamp and must be postmarked by Nov. 8. Or voters can drop ballots into a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. Election Day. Issaquah City Hall and 10 other sites countywide host drop boxes.

The accessible voting center at King County Elections in Renton is open for voting, and additional

locations in Seattle and Bellevue open Nov. 7 to allowed disabled voters to cast independent and private ballots.

Reed said 47 percent turnout is lower than recent off-year elections. In November 2009, turnout reached 50.9 percent.

The ballot also includes Initiative 1163 — a measure sponsored by the Service Employees International Union to address homecare workers’ certification and training.

State lawmakers also placed noncontroversial constitutional amendments on the ballot.

Senate Joint Resolution 8205 addresses a residency requirement for presidential voting outlined in the state constitution.

The measure is meant to bring state law into synch with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Senate Joint Resolution 8206 calls for the state “rainy day” reserve fund to require contribution of a portion of “extraordinary” revenue in the future.

Reed said although lackluster turnout is unfortunate, the statewide picture often reflects the races on the ballot.

“But at the same time, we know that election turnout is largely driven by good races across the state and hot ballot propositions that really galvanize people to vote,” he said. “We are not sensing that degree of voter interest, and, indeed, many people are more engaged in the 2012 presidential race, the governor’s race and other open offices, and the fight for the Legislature and congressional districts that soon will have new boundaries.”

Reach Reporter Warren Kagarise at 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com.

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King County leaders toast Food Day Food Day, a grassroots effort to promote healthier eating, food security and sustainable food policies, merited a weeklong celebration in King County and the Puget Sound region, plus recognition from local leaders.

The celebration included farm tours, panel discussions, film screenings and, of course, din-

ners.

King County and Seattle leaders issued a rare joint proclamation Oct. 24, Food Day, to support the national Food Day campaign and local observances.

County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, a county Board of Health member and the Sammamish representative on the council, and Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin invited colleagues to join a joint county-city presentation on Food

SAMMAMISH REVIEW Day. County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn joined the councils to issue the proclamation.

“We all benefit from keeping fresh, locally produced foods available and accessible to everyone in King County — from families to farmers to grocers,” Constantine said in a statement.

“Food Day rightly recognizes the important role that agriculture plays — and will continue to play

— in our region.”

Lambert and other Board of Health members adopted a Food Day resolution Oct. 21. (Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger serves on the Board of Health.)

“It is critical that the county and city continue to work together to advance our joint goals of access to healthy food, farmland preservation, environmental sustainability, regional economic development and public health,” Conlin said.

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