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Reaching for Christmas
By Caleb Heeringa
Photo by Christopher Huber
Caitlin Miller, 3, gets close to a giant ornament on the Christmas tree during the city’s holiday lighting event Nov. 30 at City Hall. For more photos, see Page 10.
Non-candidate still gets 43 percent of vote King County Elections to review voter’s guide procedures and deadines By Caleb Heeringa
Call her the ghost candidate. Despite little-to-no campaigning before she withdrew from the race in midSeptember, Cynthia Hudson had a strong showing against incumbent Jackie Pendergrass
in the Lake Washington School Board race. Hudson, a PTSA member, garnered the support of 16,220 voters – just fewer than 43 percent of those that submitted ballots. That makes Hudson more popular than the No on
Initiative 1183 campaign, which spent more than $11.7 million dollars to try and persuade voters not to privatize liquor sales in the state. 1183 passed easily, with only 41 percent of voters against the measure. Hudson, who did not return calls seeking comment, filed in June to run against Pendergrass with the promise to create a more predictable school schedule for parents, with less early
releases and half days. She withdrew in September because changes over the summer left her unable to fulfill the time commitments of the position, she said at the time. But Hudson’s name remained on the ballot and her statement stayed in the voter’s pamphlet because state law dictates that a candidate must withdraw by the
One of Sammamish’s longestrunning businesses may soon be out of a home after a dispute over the lease with the company’s landlord. Ace Hardware, which has inhabited the corner of Sammamish Highlands shopping center for nearly 20 years, will be moving out of the space by next September after owner Tim Koch could not agree to a new lease with Regency Centers, the nation-wide commercial real estate company that owns and runs both shopping centers in town. Koch said Regency had been asking for much higher rent on the next lease. He said he’d been in negotiations with the company for months but in late-October received word that Regency had signed a letter of intent with a “large national chain” to take over the space. “It’s a typical case of a large corporate business squishing the little guy,” said Koch, who has owned the store since 2000. Ace Hardware has 37 locations around the Puget Sound area and 4,400 across the country, though Koch points out that the Sammamish Ace has always had close ties to the community. Koch lives in Samammish, as do most of his 23 employees. Koch sees the store as an “oldfashioned hardware store.” A candy machine in the back of the store still dispenses M&Ms for a nickel. Koch is now looking at other potential locations that would allow the store to stay in Sammamish but is low on
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options, with commercial property scarce inside city limits. He said he’s currently studying his options, including buying land and building a new store from scratch, but calls it an “insurmountable task.” “My hope is that there’s someone out there that has some land that they’ve been holding on to,” Koch said. Though commercial space is much more prevalent in Redmond or Issaquah, Koch said moving the store out of Sammamish would be a loss to the community and mean more trips off and on the plateau for local residents. “We’ve got a loyal customer base – (Sammamish) is where we want to stay,” Koch said. “But if we can’t find any land or other space we’re going to be forced to do something else.” Store manager Larry Rothmier said the store’s relatively small scale provides a level of customer service that you don’t get at larger retailers around the area. “We know our customers and they know us,” Rothmier said. “Anyone can open up a ‘big box,’ but you’re not going to get the same sort of customer service as you would here.” Regency officials declined to comment.
By Caleb Heeringa
Photo by Caleb Heeringa
Owner Tim Koch stands in front of the Sammamish Ace Hardware, which he has owned and operated since 2000. The store, which predates the city’s incorporation, may be out of a home due to a rent dispute with its landlord. Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or
cheeringa@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
Sun-starved Sammamish residents weren’t the only ones disappointed by a relatively cool, wet summer. Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District officials blame the weather, in part, for water revenues coming in about 8 percent below budget in 2011. Cloud cover and moderate temperatures meant fewer people watering lawns, which meant lower water consumption and less money to the district’s coffers. The district covers most of the city of Sammamish, aside from Sahalee and the surrounding area, which is covered by Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District. The district’s own conservation measures and the proliferation of green technology like lowflow toilets also likely contributed to the lower-than-expected water use, general manager Jay Krauss said. All told, the district distributed 1.387 billion gallons of water through Oct. 31 of this year, down from 1.416 billion
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Sammamish rewriting home-business guidelines By Caleb Heeringa
a bit more accommodating though still worrisome. The Sammamish Chamber of The code breaks up home Commerce estimates that 3,500 businesses into two categories city residents – almost 8 percent based on the level of impact on of the population – work out of the surrounding area. “Type 1” their homes in some fashion, businesses are those with little in whether that’s as a consultant, the way of customers visiting the artist or dog-walker. site – financial advisors, archiThough most of those existing tects and attorneys, for example. businesses wouldn’t be affected, “Type 2” businesses are those some business owners fear that a with a bit larger of a footprint on scheduled update of the city’s the neighborhood – wineries, regulations on home businesses nurseries and other businesses could make it more difficult for that require heavy equipment or future residents to run a business building materials, for example. from home. City officials determine whether The city’s Planning a business qualifies as one or the Commission is currently weighother. ing changes to the code, tasked Artists with home studios, like with balancing the rights of home McKay, have been the most outbusinesses spoken about with the tranthe regulations “I understand what quil character thus far. As they’re trying to do, but written, the of Sammamish’s regulations prothey have to look at residential hibit the storfrom the point of view of age of “hazneighborhoods. The ardous chemia small business.” city often cals” at a home – Jamie McKay, fields combusiness, which Artist – plaints from McKay said residents about could make it the impact of a impossible to neighboring home business, run an art studio, which often including clients and commercial needs compressed propane or delivery trucks coming and oxygen or small amounts of other going. chemicals. “I understand what they’re tryFor Type 1 business, the code ing to do, but they have to look at also calls for no more than three from the point of view of a small business-related vehicles, includbusiness,” said Jamie McKay, ing those of customers, to be owner of Striking Art Studio in parked in the vicinity of the the Plateau Point neighborhood. home at one time. “If I had to follow these rules The business must also do all when I opened in 2006 I wouldn’t on-site sales by appointment and have been able to afford to do no more than six appointments this.” can be made in a 24-hour period. McKay emphasized that her Tractor-trailer and semi-truck problem was with the original deliveries are “generally prohibitdraft of the code that was preed,” according to the code. sented to the commission in Any owner whose business October. McKay and other home plan goes beyond those regulabusiness owners have testified at tions must apply for a Type 2 perrecent commission meetings, mit, which requires a conditional leading to a second draft that was use permit and notification of
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Jamie McKay has been vocal about what the changes in home business regulations would mean to artists like herself. neighbors. As written, the code requires that a Type 2 business be located on a property that is at least three-quarters of an acre and that business activity be no closer than 20 feet to property lines and “fully screened from adjacent properties and streets.” With lots in most of the city’s neighborhoods much smaller than three-quarters of an acre, that could prohibit future businesses similar to McKay’s. McKay holds workshops with no more than four students at a time a couple times a month in her studio. Janet Gadallah, who runs a pottery studio out of her Sammamish home, said she has been impressed with the com-
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mission’s openness to tweaking the code thus far, but she worries that the next person to try and open a home studio in Sammamish might run into problems. “From an arts community standpoint, we’re trying to make sure the next (home studios) to come along aren’t stopped in their tracks,” Gadallah said.
The commission has extended their public comment period until their Jan. 19 meeting. The code changes will then be forwarded to the city council, which will have the final say in February or March. Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com.
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It’s a Christmas tree whatever you call it
Actually, the Review was right
City Councilman John Curley, in his radio talk show, raised an excellent point. Why, he asked, do governments around the country, and in Sammamish, call the Christmas tree a holiday tree? What holiday? Who is offended? These are excellent questions, and he’s basically right. Everyone knows what it is. Calling it something else to pander to non-Christians doesn’t change anything. It’s still a Christmas tree. Calling it a “holiday tree,” while well meaning, is really rather patronizing. It’s like a little pat on the head and saying, “Don’t worry, non-Christians, it’s just a holiday tree. It has no connection to any sort of religious observance. Hey, isn’t that menorah over there cute.” No one is fooled. We must wonder, however, why Curley hasn’t brought up the issue of Sammamish’s “Holiday Tree” at a City Council meeting. He’s been on the City Council for two years now. It doesn’t make sense for him to go on his radio show and rail against the government and powers that be. John, you are the government, you are one of those powers. You are a leader in the community and, unlike most people, you are in a position to affect the change you seek. You’re right on this one. Bring it up before the council, and end this pointless convention.
Congratulations, athletes It’s become old hat for Sammamish schools to win state titles, but don’t let that lessen the accomplishment. Skyline’s football, soccer and swim teams each won the state championship in their respective sports. Two years ago, these same teams accomplished the same feat. At the time, it was the first school in state history to take home half of the state championships in a season. Well, here we are again. Eastlake’s fall athletes look to have a good spring. The Wolves had an undefeated golf team and a star tennis player, but those sports don’t hold their championship matches until the spring. Athletes on the north end have set the stage for bringing home their own championships in May. Congratulations to all of Sammamish’s champions.
Poll of the week What should Sammamish call the tree in City Hall? A) A Christmas tree B) A holiday tree C) Really, the city shouldn’t have a religous symbol, even one as tame as this. To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
Recently, the Review was criticized for saying that Sammamish’s upcoming Critical Areas Ordinance review will be “another battle between property rights and the environment.” The Review was right. The letter writer, Reid Brockway says we need to balance “extreme environmentalism” with the constitutional right to use our property. His “extreme” language implies some sort of irrational reasoning or even violence that is unfair and inflammatory – and is, hypocritically, the very sort of “adversarial mindset” he accuses the Review of using. No environmentalist I know would prevent someone from using their property (as long as it was legally done). What he really means is “highest and best use” which is property rights code for the highest financial return possible. Brockway’s underlying assumption is that the environment and property rights should be given equal weight. I disagree. Protecting the environment is essential to the safety and welfare of the larger public and the greater good. Protecting environmental processes shields us from flooding, landslides, loss of property and financial loss. The culture is formed to a large degree by environment, and most of us live here because of the beautiful surroundings, which are shrinking every day. A majority of people must agree, since our city’s Comprehensive Plan puts protecting the environment at the top of its priority list. It is important to remember Sammamish sits atop a plateau that has some extremely difficult areas to develop and have the potential to cause great harm. The Erosion Hazard Near Sensitive Water Bodies Special District Overlay is one of those areas where simply balancing property rights with the environment would be disastrous for Lake Sammamish, its tributaries, wildlife and cause greater expenses to the city. The King County Council and later our City Council agreed with some of
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the best scientists that the potential for harm was so great in these areas that development had to be limited. They created transfer of development rights to compensate property owners whose ability to build was restricted. These regulations have been working well to maintain ecosystem processes while development occurs. Ilene Stahl Sammamish
Occupy the right place I was reading the Nov. 30 Sammamish Review article about Occupy Sammamish and saw the statement about “losing the money they saved for retirement”. Further reading through the Sammamish Review I saw an article “City installs chargers” which are for electric cars. The article stated that the funds were from both a federal grant and local taxes. Did you realize that this is your money they used for these chargers, both federal and local? Also, the electricity needed to charge the cars will be paid by someone who I suspect may be you? The editorial “Don’t fear the habitat” was about the Sammamish City Council giving land to Habitat for Humanity. Although this is very nice of them, do you realize that they just donated land you paid for? One of the hotter topics during our recent local elections was about the Sammamish Commons recreational center and the very nice pool they were proposing. Again, please realize that this will be paid for by your money. And as I was driving home last night I heard on the radio that the voters in King County are willing to add an additional half percent to the sales tax to help out the state for the next three years. This will make the total sales tax in King County 10 percent. Again, this is a great gesture but please realize they are taking your money. As I finish thinking about local and state spending it occurred to
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me, I’m surprised you have any money left for your retirement. And in addition, maybe you’re protesting against the wrong people? Brian Burke Sammamish
Occupy’s next step People not governments change things. Protesting is a start. In this country, unless you want to start an actual revolution, concrete demands must be presented to legislatures or Congress in an appropriate manner to be effective. Look at the defeat of the ERA by the neatly gloved hands of Phyllis Schlafely and her well coiffed ladies. The bra burning mob was ignored. Some concrete things to work for might be the following: 1. Term limits and full public funding of political campaigns for Congress and President 2. A constitutional convention 3. Real tax reform 4. Abolish federal reserve board system 5. Change laws regarding corporate formation and rights Here’s a suggested reading list. Sanford Levinson “Constitutional Faith” and “Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How See FORUM, Page 5
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Indian grocery store coming to Sammamish Sammamish will soon have a grocery store devoted just to Indian food. Apna Bazar, which has locations in Bellevue and Bothell, is scheduled to open sometime in December in the Sammamish Highlands shopping center, near Safeway. The exact opening day has not been determined. Hemant Sudiwala, a manager at the Bellevue store, said the store will provide a wide array of spices, curries and other Indian food. The store will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. About 8.9 percent of Sammamish residents identified themselves as Asian Indian in the 2010 federal census.
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the People Can Correct It)”; Charles Kesler/Hamilton, Madison, Jay “The Federalist Papers”; Lawrence Lessig “Republic Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress and a Plan to Stop It” The Lessig book could be a possible manifesto for the protesters. Lessig claims he was betrayed by Obama in 3 ways. 1. Failure to have public option in health care 2. Failure to get negotiation for Medicare prescription drugs 3. Failure to properly reregulate financial industry Joyce Kormanyos Sammamish
Chargers are a waste Personally, I am not in favor of the electric cars simply because they are not cost effective in the long run ($3,000 battery) and most of them are so small they are not safe. Baloney on the green footprint theory as well. Putting $3,000 used batteries in the landfills certainly isn’t ‘green’. I still wonder how they got their roadworthiness certificate! All this aside, by all means expect the owners of the cars to pay for the electric charge. If we gas users pay for our gas, this should fall in the same category as “fuel” and users should be charged accordingly. Using $25,000 of the city’s taxpayer money to pay for their installation should have been put to a vote! My tax money has been misspent. “Green” doesn’t mean free! Glenda Jackson Sammamish
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Commissioners elected to take advantage of the city’s plans to expand the road in 2009 and lay down sewer line at the same time, though less than a third of the residents along the road were in favor. The district saved an estimated $500,000 in paving costs on the project since the road was already torn up for road construction. “It’s sort of a, ‘Build it and they will come,’ thing, but they just don’t always come as fast as
you’d like,” system, Brady “It’s sort of a, ‘Build it Finance said he was Manager confident that and they will come,’ Angel Barton more resithing, but they just don’t dents would said. Krauss said always come as fast as connect once they prepared the district is you’d like.” required to to sell their build infrashomes. – Angel Barton, tructure to “Houses Finance manager – sell better accommodate future growth when they’re all around the on sewer,” he said. district, but in an uncertain housing market projecting when The district’s commitment to that growth will start paying into save money for future capital the system is an inexact science. costs and hopefully prevent Though residents aren’t huge rate increases when the required to hook up to sewer system ages and needs replaceunless they have a failing septic ment is also driving recent rate
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increases. The district plans to put away $3.6 million worth of rate revenue in 2012, up from $3.3 million in 2011. Brady said saving for the future is good policy and points to Atlanta as an example of how a sewer system can go wrong. Faced with rapidly declining infrastructure, the city hired a private company to run and overhaul their system in 1999 but dumped them in 2003 after numerous service complaints. The city is still faced with an estimated $4 billion cost to overhaul their century-old system. “That’s what happens when you don’t plan for things in advance,” Brady said.
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State parks could be faced with a $30 million budget gap Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission officials said the agency is prepared to change amid the prospect of a $30 million budget gap. The state parks agency used to receive about 75 percent of operating funds from the state general fund, but in the last legislative session, lawmakers set aside $17 million in “bridge” funding to transition the agency off of general fund dollars. Legislators also implemented the Discover Pass, a parking fee
for state parks and state-managed recreation lands. The commission prepared a strategy to allow the agency to respond to a worst-case scenario if legislators cut the existing $17 million general fund dollars, or if Discover Pass and other revenues fall short. The strategy includes deep spending cuts, changes to service levels in the short term and reengineering the agency for a leaner future. “The situation would be bleak if Discover Pass and other revenues do not increase,” State Parks Director Don Hoch said in a statement. “Our goal is to keep parks open, but we need the help
SAMMAMISH REVIEW and support of the public to do that.” The agency operates Lake Sammamish and Squak Mountain state parks nearby. The announcement from the commission came days before state lawmakers gathered in Olympia late last month to close a $2 billion spending gap. The potential fallout from a $30 million shortfall include reductions in agency staffing, longer law enforcement response times at parks, deferred maintenance and more. The commission is also preparing to retool for the future by expanding fundraising and volunteer efforts, developing
additional marketing and promotional tools, and changing operating and staffing models. Officials also urged Washington residents to purchase a Discover Pass to shore up funding for state parks and public lands. “The Discover Pass is a vital funding source for state parks,” commission Chairman Joe Taller said in a statement. “We are asking the public to support and protect state parks by purchasing the Discover Pass.”
Department of Revenue offers information to taxpayers The state Department of Revenue created a listserv to better inform taxpayers. The listserv alerts subscribers to changes in legislation, revisions to tax law, rate changes and any Department of Revenue programs. Join the listserv at www.dor.wa.gov/listserv. Enter your name and email address, select the button for join the “General Information” line, and then click submit. Under state law, taxpayers must know their reporting obligations. The agency assisted taxpayers in the past by sending information to them as changes occur. However, due to recent budget cuts, the Department of Revenue is unable to send many of the informational mailings. “We are going to be very judicious in our use of this listserv,” Janet Shimabukuro, assistant director of the department’s taxpayer services division, said in a statement. “We want to inform taxpayers of matters that may
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Christmas tree cutting is banned on Tiger Mountain, other state lands Forget about cutting a fresh Christmas tree in the Tiger Mountain State Forest or on other state lands. The state Department of Natural Resources does not sell Christmas trees or pine boughs from state trust lands. The agency manages forests on state trust lands and only allows timber to be harvested to benefit public schools, universities and other state institutions. “Cutting trees from state trust forests isn’t allowed,” state Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark said in a statement. “These trees need to grow to build future public schools in our state, as well as provide wildlife habitat and clean water and air.” Though the state does not allow Christmas tree cutting, people can cut trees at private farms and on U.S. Forest Service land. Purchase permits to cut Christmas trees inside the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest at www.fs.usda.gov/mbs. Trees can be cut in eastern portions of King County, plus parts of Pierce, Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties. Christmas tree seekers can find places to cut trees from the Washington members of the National Christmas Tree Association at www.christmastree.org or the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association at www.nwtrees.com.
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Thursday following filing week or otherwise remain on the ballot. Some deadlines come from higher up Kim van Ekstrom, chief communications officer at King County Elections, said the amount of work and strict deadlines involved in putting together an election make it difficult to alter ballots or the voters guide before they are printed. The guides for this election were printed in late September. “It’s not as simple as just pressing delete,” van Ekstrom said. “It’s much more complicated than one would intuitively think.” The federal Voting Rights Act requires that if 5 percent of a county’s electorate primarily speak a foreign language, the county must print ballots and voters guides in that language. Up until now that has meant Chinese in King County – next year it will mean Vietnamese. The elections office must also record audio versions of the voters guide in all those languages. Katie Blinn, co-director of elections for the Secretary of State’s office, said the window for a candidate to have second thoughts is only going to get smaller next year. The withdrawal date is moving up to the end of the business day on Monday following filing week due to new requirements in the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act. Congress passed the measure to ensure service members and their families have access to absentee ballots – it requires that overseas residents get their ballots no later than 45 days before a federal election. “We’re trying to squeeze so much into so little time,” Blinn said. Blinn said cementing the names on the ballot early in the process also cuts down on the times when people could “play games” with the electorate by
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withdrawing King County in hopes of Elections does helping out plan a review of another cantheir procedidate. It dures, van also cuts Ekstrom said. down on She said her fickle candioffice would be dates, she reexamining said. “Perhaps they need to be whether they “If they’re do more to a little more flexible or could going to be allow informally reexamine their filing for withdrawn candioffice we drop-dead deadlines for dates still on the want them ballot to change printing ballots … this their voter’s to think about this guide entries muddies the electoral beforehand,” before it goes to waters.” she said. “We press. want people – Phil Howard, Why’d people to take this University of Washington – vote for her? seriously.” According Pendergrass to van said in an email she was “distressed” when King Ekstrom, the county accommoCounty Elections told her they dates candidates who can’t get their name off the ballot but wish couldn’t make any changes to the to change their voters pamphlet voters guide though her opponent was no longer running. She statement to indicate they’ve said she has contacted County withdrawn, but once the guide Councilwomen Kathy Lambert goes to press they would not conand Jane Hague asking them to sider updating it online, for conlook into whether the elections sistency’s sake. office could do more for future “We don’t want someone to candidates who are forced to feel like they didn’t have access campaign though their opponent to the same information as othhas dropped out. ers,” she said.
“While it was an inconvenience for me to have to run a campaign, I believe it was more a disservice to the voters who rely on the voters pamphlet to be accurate” Pendergrass wrote. “School board races do not get the publicity that other races do, as is evident in this election. Voters use the pamphlet to weigh their options.” Pendergrass raised more than $4,800 to fund her campaign, according to Washington State Public Disclosure Commission records. Hudson did not raise any money before withdrawing. As for how Hudson got so much support seemingly based just on the strength of her voters pamphlet statement, Phil Howard, a University of Washington professor who studies political communication and elections, said it’s anyone’s guess. Howard said just having a name on the ballot generally nets some votes, but he said 43 percent is a strong showing for a candidate who passed on campaigning. Howard notes that studies
have shown voters are influenced by a whole assortment of trivial and intangible things when it comes to elections. “Candidates who have a last name that starts with a letter that is early in the alphabet – an ‘A’ or a ‘B’ as compared to an ‘X’ or a ‘Y’ – that can get them an extra 10 percent of the vote,” Howard said. “Having your name physically higher up the ballot helps. Having a name that sounds more Jewish or otherwise ethnic – that can cost you 10 percent.” Howard said elections officials have to stick to a set of rules to ensure that candidates aren’t coming and going during the middle of the process, but said circumstances like this call for a bit more leeway for candidates who realize halfway through they won’t be able to take office if elected. “There’s a public policy lesson here,” he said. “Perhaps they need to be a little more flexible or reexamine their drop-dead deadlines for printing ballots … this muddies the electoral waters.”
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POlice Blotter Vehicle prowl A resident on the 4700 block of 191st Place Northeast had a GPS unit stolen from their vehicle overnight Nov. 24. The suspect broke a window to gain entry to the vehicle. Police have no suspects.
Broken window A resident on the 1300 block of 229th Place Northeast had a window of their vehicle broken overnight Nov. 22. No items were taken.
Vehicle prowl A Sammamish resident had her purse stolen from her vehicle as it was parked on the 1800 block of 236th Avenue Northeast between noon and 3 p.m. Nov. 22. The suspect broke a window to get into the vehicle. The resi-
dent was able to cancel her check card before it could be used. Police have no suspects.
Tapping complaint A Sammamish resident called police Nov. 21 convinced that her ex-husband had bugged her house and was spying on her. When police arrived the woman pointed out a grouping of wires that ran from her garage into her attic. Police determined that the wires belonged to a security system that she had recently installed. The woman also complained that she was hearing static on her phone and believed her phones to be bugged. Police could find no signs that this was the case and advised her to follow up with her cell phone carrier.
SAMMAMISH REVIEW each valued at around $500, in the washroom between her garage and the interior of her home. Police believe the suspect entered through the garage and attempted to enter the home but was scared off by the resident’s barking dog. The resident will be monitoring Internet sites to see if someone tries to sell her boots. The case remains under investigation.
Vehicle prowl A resident on the 600 block of 222nd Place Southeast had a red iPod Shuffle stolen from their vehicle the evening of Nov. 24. The resident came out just after midnight that night and found a window broken and the device missing. Police have no suspects.
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A resident on the 4200 block of 208th Avenue Northeast had two pairs of dress boots stolen from her home between Nov. 18 and Nov. 20. The resident reported that she had left the boots,
A resident on the 2500 block of 200th Avenue had a rock thrown through the back window of their vehicle overnight Nov. 21. No items were missing.
Driving under the influence A 17-year-old Issaquah teen was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after being pulled over on the 23400 block of Southeast 42nd Street at around 11 p.m. Nov. 21. An officer stopped the teen because she had no headlights on and was clocked going 57 mph in a 35
mph zone. The teen admitted to having drank that night and smelled of alcohol. A breath test revealed an estimated blood alcohol level of .08. The teen was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol while being under the age of 21 and released to her parents.
New kind of mail theft A resident on the 4200 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway had their entire mailbox stolen Nov. 17. The mailbox, which was in front of the resident’s home, was empty when it went missing. The
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Salesmen warned Police were called to the 25100 block of East Main Drive Nov. 25 after reports of several unwanted door-to-door salespeople. Police contacted the manager of the home security system sales operation, who said he did not realize that his salesmen needed to obtain peddlers permits through the city to do door-to-door sales. The manager was in the process of picking up his sales crew and promised to obtain a permit before doing any more sales. See BLOTTER, Page 9
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Election results finalized King County certified election results Nov. 29, cementing Sammamish’s 2012 city council. Tom Vance garnered 67.6 percent of the vote over challenger Jesse Bornfreund, who received 32 percent of the vote. Ramiro Valderrama will also get a seat on the council, beating challenger Jim Wasnick 56.5 to 43.2 percent. Incumbent councilwoman Nancy Whitten finished with 53.8 percent of votes cast, compared to 45.9 for Planning Commissioner Kathy Richardson. Vance, Valderrama and Whitten will be formally sworn in at the Jan. 3 council meeting.
Road closure during bridge installation Motorists should prepare for a road closure in the Issaquah Highlands as crews install a pedestrian bridge Dec. 8. Highlands Drive Northeast from Northeast Discovery Drive to the Interstate 90 interchange is scheduled to close in both directions from 1-4 a.m. as a pedestrian bridge is installed across Highlands Drive Northeast. The bridge is meant to provide safe pedestrian access from Swedish/Issaquah and Proliance Highlands Medical Center to the Discovery Heights area. The pedestrian bridge is designed to connect to trails and sidewalks across the street.
King County leaders celebrate 737 announcement King County leaders hailed the decision to build next-generation Boeing 737 aircraft in the county after a local and state effort to secure the project. In a push to promote King County as the top place to assemble the 737 MAX, County Council members agreed in October to fund retention efforts. In a complementary effort last month, Gov. Chris Gregoire announced a $9.8 million plan to retain the project. The existing 737 model is assembled in Renton.
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Leaving for vacation too quickly Police were called to a residence on the 23900 block of Southeast 8th Place after a report of an open garage door the afternoon of Nov. 25. A neighbor reported that he believed the family was out of town on vacation. Police found the garage open and several items of value laying in plain sight. They checked the rest of the home and found nothing missing. Police locked the doors and left a note indicating that the resident should lock their doors.
Tire heist A Sammamish resident had a set of tires stolen from just outside their home Nov. 24. The resident arrived home to find a white Ford Ranger pickup pulling out of their driveway
with the wheels and tires in the back. The resident called 911 and followed the vehicle, but lost sight of it for 30 to 45 seconds. When they caught up with it again, the tires were not in the back and the truck appeared to have a different driver. Police pulled the vehicle over, but the driver knew nothing about the tires. The case remains under investigation.
Storage drama Police were called to Public Storage, on the 23000 block of Northeast Eighth Street, after reports of an unruly customer the morning of Nov. 23. The clerk reported that the Sammamish man had become angry because he had been denied access to his storage unit the night before. The company has a security system that prevents anyone from accessing the facility after 9 p.m. The man insisted that he had attempted to access his storage unit well before 9 p.m. but was denied, preventing him
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from picking up tools that he needed for a job the next morning. This led to him losing the job, he told the clerk. The clerk checked the company’s computer records, which indicated that the man had tried to access the facility at 9:57, well after the 9 p.m. deadline. The man was insistent that he had arrived before the cutoff and, according to the clerk, “barged behind the counter” to look at the computer records himself, despite the clerk’s orders that he stay in front of the counter. Police contacted the man, who was sitting in a vehicle outside the facility. The man insisted that he had arrived before the 9 p.m. cutoff. He denied forcing his way behind the counter, saying that the clerk had invited him to come look at the computer. Police advised him to take the matter up with Public Storage’s corporate office and reminded him that the business had a right to refuse service to anyone and that he could be removed from the business if he continued to harass the clerk.
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Euthanasia Police were called to put an injured deer out of its misery near the corner of Southeast Duthie Hill Road and 266th Avenue Southeast the evening of Nov. 22. The deer had been struck by a car and was unable to get up when police arrived. The officer dispatched the animal with his handgun and moved the deer off the road.
School bus fight A Skyline High School student reported that another student had stabbed him with a pencil and bit him during an altercation on the school bus Nov. 22. The student had several puncture wounds from the pencil attack. The student told police the attack was unprovoked, though police are unsure of that. Police documented the case for future reference and referred it to the school’s resource officer. Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish police reports.
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COMMUNITY
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Sammamish gets lit The atmosphere was jovial and cozy as a couple hundred community members congregated with city leaders at Sammamish City Hall Nov. 30 for the annual holiday lighting event festivities. Representatives from the Sammamish Abrakadoodle painted Christmas characters on children’s faces while others enjoyed cookies, coffee and hot chocolate served up by members of the Sammamish Youth Board. The Carson Elementary
School chorus opened the night with a half-hour of Christmas carols and other cheerful holiday songs. After a quick countdown, the menorah and Christmas tree lit up the City Hall lobby area. Some children rushed to admire the giant ornaments hanging from the tree. Others scampered outside to a tent to decorate cookies. Many families ended their outing with a photo in the sleigh atop the Eastside Fire & Rescue reindeer fire engine. Jenna, 6, left, and Julia Santamaria, 8, show off their custom-decorated cookies.
Photos by Christopher Huber
Pat Porter (left) paints a reindeer on 5-year-old Alex Kimball’s face Nov. 30 during the holiday lighting ceremony at Sammamish City Hall.
The Johnson family, left, poses in the sleigh atop a fire engine as fire fighter Aaron Hendrickson, right, takes their picture.
Members of the Carson Elementary School Choir entertain the crowd with Christmas Carols. The city also lit a menorah in celebration of Chanukah.
Sabrina Brummett, 1, of Sammamish, and her mother, Alisha Brummett, admire the ornaments on the Christmas tree before the lights went on.
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December 7, 2011 • 20 years of her life in Sammamish, said she felt confident on stage. “This was such a new experience for me,” Clarke said. “It wasn’t really a scary thing; it was just an exciting feeling.” Since becoming Miss Washington, she appears at various community and charity events. She has worked with organizations like Project
Homeless Connect, United Way, the Special Olympics and Hope for Horses, according to the Miss Washington website. Eastlake teacher Richard Belcher remembered his former student’s kind demeanor and that she didn’t fit the stereotypical beauty-queen mold. “She was extremely respectful and polite,” said Belcher, who had Clarke in his senior English and
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Christina Clarke, 2007 Eastlake graduate, was crowned Miss Washington in October.
Eastlake graduate is Miss Washington By Christopher Huber
Christina Clarke was on the spot during the 2011 Miss Washington pageant Oct. 8 and 9. During the interview portion on stage, the judges asked her to sing an Elvis song — she had performed a few with the Sea Gals for American Troops during a USO tour. And without preparation, she executed. “I hadn’t even sung in such a long time,” Clarke said. That spur-of-the-moment success very well may have helped the 2007 Eastlake High School graduate make the cut to the top five in the competition. And moments later in her first ever beauty pageant, Clarke was crowned Miss Washington. The final moments on stage, waiting for the winner to be announced were a bit nerve-wracking, said Clarke, who moved from Sammamish and entered as Miss Snohomish County. “As soon as they said ‘first runner-up is Spokane,’ I just kind of melted inside,” Clarke said about her reaction to earning the Miss Washington crown. “The feeling I had was, completely just blown away from hearing my title.” Clarke will go on to compete in the Miss USA pageant, on NBC, in the spring. And even
though she was new to the whole beauty pageant thing — she hadn’t even watched them prior to this experience — it wasn’t as intimidating as she had expected, she said. “I had no idea what to expect. I was just hoping to hear myself called in the top 10.” The beginning stages of the competition were a bit slow going, while judges interviewed all the contestants involved. Once the interviews were over the first day, the show got going, with hair curlers, earrings and such flying around backstage, she said. “It’s really chaotic,” Clarke said. “When the actual show gets going, it’s go, go, go, go, go.” Having performed with the Seattle Sea Gals for the past two years, Clarke, who spent the first
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sophomore world literature classes. “I always remember she was always watching during lecture. I always had her attention. She always was engaged in class.” It didn’t surprise Belcher all that much that Clarke ended up finding success with the Sea Gals, as Miss Washington and with her community involvement. Her See CLARKE, Page 18
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SCHOOLS
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Eastlake student searching for a sister (city) By Christopher Huber
understand the relative diversity of cultures and interests in the At the Sammamish Days celecity. bration last August, Rachael For her senior project at Martel had people mark with a Eastlake, Martel is working with pushpin on a large map where the city to start an official sister they’d been or where they’re city program. from. “My goal for the project is to By the end of the day, you have a committee that is created could barely see Europe and half that can sustain itself even after I of Asia was covered, she said. go to college,” Martel said. “The map Establishing was completea workable rela“It showed me that ly covered,” tionship with a obviously Europe and she said. foreign city and The senior Asia are the two places garnering at Eastlake approval from people are most High School the City interested in.” took the 4-footCouncil to wide map maintain a pro– Rachael Martel, home, where it gram will take Student – still sits today. longer than It wasn’t just a Martel has fun experiuntil graduament to see where Sammamish tion. But she is intent on being residents have traveled. the catalyst in setting the proShe coupled the pushpin-map gram up. with a questionnaire seeking The map was designed to gain input about cultural exchange interest in the project — just the ideas and possible cities first step in a long quest to Sammamish could partner with befriend another city. across the globe. “I wanted to see where there She was researching to better was an interest,” Martel said. “It
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Rachael Martel used a map of resident’s hometowns as a starting point for a sister city campaign. showed me that obviously Europe and Asia are the two places people are most interested in.” Thus far, she’s roughly narrowed the search to 10 countries, including China, Malaysia, France, Italy and Spain.
But she remains open-minded about what the program’s future committee will consider, she said. Martel has been working on the sister city program since last spring, when she heard about
similar programs in Issaquah and Seattle. She said she had considered learning to ballroom dance for her senior project, but figured See CITY, Page 13
Eastside Catholic touts tons of twins in their ‘tweens By Christopher Huber
Put six sets of 12-year-old twins in the same room and you might not get a word in edgewise. Put them all in the same middle school and you’ve got a bunch of potentially confused teachers and administrators doing double takes as they walk through the halls during passing period. Such is the situation at Eastside Catholic Middle School this year. Of the fewer than 100 students in the sixth grade there, 12 of them are twins. Eight of those students hail from Sammamish. The school as a whole hosts eight sets of twins and one set of triplets, said Penny Williams, the school’s director of marketing and communications. “We heard about it in the summer and I was like, ‘you’ve got to be kidding me,’” said Adam Kietzer, a sixth-grade teacher who has four sets of the six in that grade level. While their teachers don’t seem to have too much trouble distinguishing most of them apart in class, the twins recently reflected on the benefits and drawbacks to living and going to class with their all too familiar
Photo by Christopher Huber
Sixth-grade twins Gracie and Carter Jendrezak, from left, Emily and Mina Keyahes-Head, Lily and Rose Didcock and Ashlyn and Kyleigh Ramos, all from Sammamish, line the staircase at Eastside Catholic School. They are four of eight sets of twins at the school. sibling. In 1999, the year most of the twins were born, 2.9 percent of
births, or about 114,307 people nationwide, were twins, according to the National Center for
Health Statistics. As much as they are alike and enjoy their unity, each of them
would highlight why they’re better than the other. “We like to annoy each other. It’s in our nature,” said Ashlyn Ramos, of Sammamish, who, with sister Kyleigh, makes up the toughest pair to distinguish from each other. “You fight with them but you can’t get away from them.” As the twins might go crazy taking every class together, school administrators said they try to divvy them up when possible. But when it comes to attending class together, the twins have mixed opinions. “They don’t see you as twins,” said Gracie Jendrezak, of Sammamish, who has a twin brother, Carter. But in some cases, their teachers pair them up for in-class assignments, sometimes forgetting they do everything else together in life, too. “They think you don’t hang out enough,” joked Kyleigh. And in Mina and Emmie Kehayes-Head’s experience, they ask to sit across the room from each other so they can focus better on their own work. As with all the twins, they said, it can be See TWINS, Page 18
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Skyline ‘statesmen’ fare well at fall convention Skyline High School sent the second-most debaters to the 2011 Fall State Junior State of America conference Nov. 12-13 in Bellevue. And with its 37 representatives, Skyline also brought home the second-most “Best Speaker” awards, garnering eight. Sophomores Toby Caluert-Lee, Gokul Kumarressen, Zachary Lim and Danish Bashar, and senior Travis Fox were each voted by the audience as best speaker in their respective debates. Fox earned two of the awards and Lim took home three awards, which are shaped like a gavel. The conference brought more than 370 delegates from schools in Washington, Oregon and Idaho to spend two days debating and discussing a variety of hot-button issues facing the United States today. Participants argued their way through 36 debates. At the end of each debate the audience voted on its preference for “Best Speaker.” More than 500,000 high school students have participated in the Junior State of America since 1934, according to the studentrun organization’s website. The organization works to fight political apathy through discussion. The fall convention was one of three debate gatherings throughout the year. The major event will happen Feb. 4-5 in Portland.
where they have relatives. “I never realized the extent of different cultures we have in Continued from Page 12 Sammamish, and it’s something we should celebrate,” Martel this would be the most worthsaid. “I was really inspired by while. how many people were willing She could learn to dance to jump on this train.” anytime in her life, but this was Since garnering interest a somewhat limited-time oppor- among residents, Martel has tunity, she said. asked members at Sammamish “If I’m forced to do a project, Kiwanis, Rotary Club of why not do something I’m total- Sammamish and the ly passionate about?” she said. Sammamish Chamber of “Looking into the program, it’s Commerce to potentially serve just such a on the procool program gram’s comGet Involved for mittee. Sammamish For those interested in learn“People to have.” ing more about or getting that have the She involved in the project, the passion for Sammamish sister city commispitched the this are the project to sion will hold its first meeting ones who are her adviser 5:30-6:30 p.m., Jan. 24 in the going to help large meeting room at at Eastlake the most,” Sammamish Library. in May and said Sanders. started Sanders researching commended and planning. Over the sumMartel for her initiative and mer, Martel met with the energy for getting the program Sammamish Youth Board and off the ground. Lynne Handlos and Dawn “Youth are wonderful repreSanders at the city. sentatives and ambassadors for Conversations with program the community,” said Sanders, leaders in Seattle and Issaquah Martel’s mentor and city volunled to her Sammamish Days teer coordinator. booth with the giant map. Sammamish has considered The feedback from the event starting a sister city program helped her understand where before, but nothing ever came in the world people from of the suggestions from resiSammamish might want to dents for lack of will from the reach out. City Council, she said. Many foreign-born residents “She’s put a lot of time and had suggested the city partner effort into this,” Sanders said. with their hometown or a city “Rachael is the only person
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that has done this. I really think it’s going to happen this time.” Issaquah city clerk Tina Eggers, who helped establish Issaquah’s sister city program with a Moroccan city in 2007, was among those who helped Martel get started last spring. She said every city’s approach varies, depending on whether the program is guided by a city commission or a nonprofit entity. “Every city operates a little different with their formal sister city program,” Eggers said. Martel and Eggers acknowledged the slowness of government in the process. But Martel said she has connected with a lot of people and has a new perspective on Sammamish’s diversity and interest in exchanging cultures with people outside of the coun-
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try. Martel said although the sister city program will take much longer to finalize than by graduation in the spring, she plans to work on it past the required 60 hours. And if she attends the college locally, she may be able to devote time to it post-high school, she said. “I really want to learn from the committee the type of relationship we want to explore,” Martel said. “No matter what city we choose, there’s something amazing to be had from the relationship. There’s so much to be had with exploring any culture.” Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
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SportS
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Skyline football wins another state championship By Christopher Huber
Despite facing one of the largest offensive and defensive Before heading to the field for lines it’s seen, Skyline (11-3) used his second 4A state champia balanced and efficient attack to onship as a starter, Skyline junior pick away at Skyview all game quarterback Max Browne sat in and take home its fourth state the same chair in the same lockchampionship in five years. er room as he did last year. “We’ve faced bigger lines than But this year was different. ours all year,” Browne said. “But This year he was more experiwe didn’t force anything.” enced. This year his team, after Browne completed 15 of 22 losing the passes for title in 222 yards Title times 2010, was and two more drivSkyline state football championships: touchen to prove 2000 — defeated Lakes, 42-30, 3A downs. they were 2005 — defeated Woodinville, 35-21, 4A Skyline talonce again 2007 — defeated O’Dea, 42-35, 3A lied 352 the best in 2008 — defeated Issaquah, 20-15, 4A yards on the state. 2009 — defeated Ferris, 45-21, 4A offense and That 2011 — defeated Skyview, 38-7, 4A the defense drive, reinheld forced with the sting of three regSkyview to 230 yards. It limited ular-season losses, proved to be a star running back Parker Henry potent factor as the Spartans outto just 34 yards on 15 carries. matched the Skyview Storm 38-7 The Spartans moved the ball for its sixth football title Dec. 3 at quickly from its first possession. the Tacoma Dome. After a nearly 5-minute posses“This is what every high sion, it settled for a 24-yard Sean school player wants to experiMcDonald field goal. Skyview’s ence,” Browne said after the first four possessions ended in game. “We got it done. It’s a See FOOTBALL, Page 15 dream come true.”
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Jack Valencia, Skyline junior running back, looks wrapped up by Skyview’s Reiley Henderson, but muscled away for even more yardage, one play before his first of two fourth-quarter touchdowns.
Spartan basketball teams look to build last year’s success By Christopher Huber
J. Jay Davis and his Spartans basketball team don’t care what anybody thinks about them this year. The team plans to focus on improving on a relatively successful season last year, but after graduating starters like Kasen Williams, Jordan Simone and Teran Togia, returning players will have their work cut out for them. The Skyline boys went 14-10 overall in 2010-2011 and took third place in the KingCo 4A conference tournament after losing to Newport. It brings back four starters whose leadership and points production will be key to its success this season. Senior forward Lucas Shannon, who signed a letter of intent to play for Saint Martin’s, and senior point guard Will Parker (committed to Seattle Pacific UNiversity) will look to provide experience and consistent scoring opportunities as Skyline faces the likes of Garfield, Newport and Issaquah. At 6-foot-6, 210 pounds, senior forward Bryan Cikatz will add
needed size in the paint. Jonah Eastern, a sophomore guard, returns with Cikatz, Parker and Shannon. And combined with three more returners, Max Browne (junior forward), Isaiah Richmond (junior forward) and Addison McIrvin (sophomore guard), Skyline should be a force in the KingCo Crest Division. In its opening game of the season, Skyline defeated Auburn Mountainview 63-44. It led 23-3 after one and took a 37-18 lead into halftime. Shannon came up big, with 23 points and Parker had 14. Cikatz scored nine. All three averaged around 9.5 points per game last season. “We expect to play hard for 32 minutes a game, for 21 nights on our schedule and see where we are on February 4,” said Davis, in his fifth year as head coach. “That’s all our coaching staff is concerned with, and any outside expectations will remain outside of this team.” Girls hope for shot at KingCo title The Skyline girls basketball
team opened the season 1-1. It lost its opener to Bellevue, 37-34 Nov. 30 and turned around and beat Kentlake 71-27 Dec. 3. In the latter game, three Spartans scored in double digits. Junior point guard Rachel Shim tallied 18 points in the win, and Shelby Kassuba had 12. Returning senior post Allie Wyszynski scored 10. The Skyline girls went 16-9 overall last season and took third in KingCo competition behind Issaquah and Eastlake. It made it to state after placing second at the district tournament, but lost out to South Kitsap 64-54 in the first round. While it lost key starters Michelle Bretl and Christy Cofano to graduation, the Spartans bring back most of its starting core from 2010-2011. Wyszynski, senior post Megan Weideman and senior guard Morgan Farrar look to give the team balance against tough competitors like Eastlake, Issaquah and Newport. Junior Haley Smith (6-foot-1 wing) brings size and See BASKETBALL, Page 18
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Skyline girls basketball will look to Morgan Farrar to provide leadership this year.
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two punts and two failures to convert on fourth down. Skyline took a 17-0 lead into the halftime break. Running back Damian Greene took the ball 25 yards up the middle for a touchdown just 8 seconds into the second, capping a 79-yard, 11-play drive. Greene, a senior, finished with 76 yards on 16 carries. And with 7:53 left in the half, Browne found receiver Mason Gregory for a 35-yard touchdown pass. The Spartan offensive line gave Browne plenty of time all night to find his receivers. Gregory caught two passes for 48 yards. “The biggest thing is keeping them off balance,” said Skyline head coach Mat Taylor. The Storm came out flat and struggled to move the ball in the first half. It gained just 96 yards in the first half and drove no farther then the Skyline 32-yard line. The Storm defense pressed all night, intercepting two Browne passes and sacking him three times. A resurgent Storm scored first in the second half, cutting the deficit to 17-7. Quarterback Kieran McDonagh connected with receiver Reiley Henderson for a 32-yard scoring play with 5:44 left in the third quarter. McDonagh, who had thrown for 2,622 yards and just four interceptions all season, finished the game 19 of 31 for 162 yards and three interceptions. That scoring drive was it for Skyview. It staged a 12-play drive ending the third and opening the fourth quarter, but hopes for another touchdown were dashed when Greene intercepted a McDonagh pass at the Skyline 20yard line. “We knew they were big, but didn’t really care about that,” said senior linebacker Peyton Pelluer. “We just wanted to play them like any other team. This is huge. We wanted redemption.” Skyline went up 24-7 after Jack Valencia rumbled around the left side for an 11-yard score with 4:49 left to go. Three minutes later, the Spartans put the game away for sure after Matt Sinatro picked off a fourth-andnine pass from McDonagh at the Skyview 34-yard line. Browne connected with receiver Trevor
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Max Browne (left), Skyline junior quarterback, and senior running back Connor Gilchrist share a fist bump followed by a hug, as teammates lift the state 4A championship football trophy Dec. 3 at the Tacoma Dome. Barney for a 33-yard passing touchdown to make it 31-7 with 1:40 remaining. Barney finished the night with five receptions for 83 yards. Valencia gave Skyline one last thing to cheer about when he returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown with 34 seconds left. It put a cap on a complete per-
formance by a Spartans team focused on getting back on top. “It’s the best it’s ever been,” said Taylor of the Skyline football program. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
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Swedish Issaquah will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (closed 12:30-1:30 p.m.) Dec. 8 at the Swedish campus 751 N.E. Blakely Drive in Issaquah.
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Bookmaking for Kids, presented by the Seattle Center for Book Arts is for children 6 and older with an adult. Learn how to make a book at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Sammamish Library.
A Winter Wonderland Holiday Bazaar featuring gifts, a secret Santa for children, handcrafted items and other products will be from 3-7 p.m. Dec. 9 at Samantha Smith Elementary. Proceeds benefit the Sparrow Club and the school’s PTA.
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are invited to perform from 710 p.m. Dec. 15 at the EX3 Teen Center, 825 228th Ave. N.E. For information, contact ematt@positiveplace.org.
Eastside Baby Corner will host an open house to let people have an inside look at the warehouse and distribution center, which supports agencies that assist families, from 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 8 and 15 at 1510 N.W. Maple St. in Issaquah. Refreshments will be provided.
Tour of Trees Holiday Open House at Bellewood Senior Living is set for 1 – 3 p.m. Dec. 10 featuring a string quartet, Skyline High School Jazz Choir, Santa pictures, refreshments and door prizes.
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The Reindeer and the Dreidel Puppet Show, a girl celebrating Chanukah meets Rudolf the reindeer and they teach each other about their holidays at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 22 at the Sammamish Library. Joyful Noise with the Noise Guy presents a holiday sound adventure for ages 5 and up with an adult at 3 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Sammamish Library.
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A woman’s self defense class, where women will learn ways to think and talk about self defense, is for women 18 and older. It is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Sammamish Library. around the world. The show is set for 3 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Kirkland Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15-20. Call 392-8466 or visit www.master choruseastside.org.
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Professor Payne’s Amazing Flea Circus and Magic Show for ages 5 and up with an adult is set for 3 p.m. Dec. 29 at the Sammamish Library.
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public calendar Dec. 8 ◆ The Eastside Fire and Rescue Board of Directors will meet at 4 p.m. at EFR’s headquarters at 175 Newport Way Northwest in Issaquah. Dec. 12 ◆ The Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Board of Directors meets at 3 p.m. at 1510 228th Ave. S.E. Dec. 13 ◆ The Sammamish City Council will hold a study session at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Dec. 14 ◆ The Sammamish Youth Board will meet at 6 p.m. at City Hall. ◆ 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. Dec. 15 ◆ Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District board meets at 3 p.m. at the district office at 3600 Sahalee Way N.E. Dec. 19 ◆ The Sammamish Arts Commission will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Dec. 20 ◆ City Council members will be available for office hours at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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join the club Rotaract, a community service for young adults ages 18-30 sponsored by the Sammamish Rotary, meets twice a month. Email scott.brewer@sammamishrotary.org. The La Leche League is committed to helping mothers breastfeed. They plan to meet on the second Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m.-noon at Fire Station 83 Visit www.lllusa.org/web/Sammamish WA. Block Party Quilters meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Mary, Queen of Peace Church. Visit www.bpquilters.org. The Social Justice Book Group meets at 10 a.m. the third Monday of each month in Sammamish. Email hineswa@live.com. A support group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s is where caregivers gain emotional support, learn and share their experiences 6:308 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Faith United Methodist Church. Call 617-1936. The Rotary Club of Sammamish meets every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at the Bellewood Retirement Apartments. Visit www.sammamishrotary.org. The Sammamish Fit Club, a club looking to improve the health of the community, meets from 7:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Call Trish at 206-605-0679 or email whyweight@comcast.net. Cascade Republican Women’s Club meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Plateau Club. Call 861-7910. Redmond Toddler Group, a parent-child program with art, music, play and parent education has openings in pre-toddler, toddler and family classes. Call 8695605 or visit www.redmond toddler.org. Moms Club of the Sammamish Plateau has activiIn Home Personal Training Fitness Delivered to You! HOLIDAY SPECIAL 5x45 min. sessions $199 Jen Tenczar (425) 891-5343 Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist www.eastsidetravelingtrainer.com
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ties including weekly, age specific playgroups and monthly meetings, coffee mornings, mom’s nights out, craft club and local area outings. Visit www.moms clubsammamish.org or call 8365015. 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 206-719-8764. The Eastside Welcome Club, for people new to the area, meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month and at other times for activities and outings. Call Barbara at 868-2851. Sammamish Kiwanis meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church. Visit www.sammamish kiwanis.org. Toastmasters of Sammamish meet from 7:15–8:45 p.m. every Tuesday at Mary, Queen of Peace. Call 427-9682 or email davidlloydhall@live.com. The Cascade Woman’s Club, meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month in members’ homes. Membership in the volunteer service organization is open to all women. Call 898-8603 or visit www.gfwccascadewomansclub.org. Sammamish Garden Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the homes of members. Call Cathy at 836-0421 or email CathyWebst@aol.com. The Pine Lake Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month, plus occasional meetings for workshops and local field trips. Call 836-7810. The Sammamish Symphony is seeking musicians. Visit www.SammamishSymphony.org.
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Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 with an adult, 10 a.m. Dec. 8 and 15, and 1 p.m. Dec. 9 and 16. Talk Time, conversation practice for adults who want to improve their English language skills, will take place at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 8 and 15. A series of weekly poetry workshops, for poets of all skill
Volunteers needed Visit residents in nursing homes. Friend to Friend matches volunteers with residents in Sammamish nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Volunteers are asked to visit residents a couple times a month for a year. Orientation will be provided. Background check required. Call 1-888-383-7818. Evergreen Healthcare is seeking volunteers to help serve patients throughout King County. Volunteers, who will be assigned to help people in their own neighborhoods, provide companionship, run errands, do light household work, or give a break to primary caregivers. Volunteers will be supported by hospital staff. Visit www.evergreenhealthcare.org/hospice. The King County LongTerm Care Ombudsman Program needs certified longterm care ombudsman volunteers. After completing a fourday training program, visit with residents, take and resolve complaints and advocate for residents. Volunteers are asked to donate four hours a week and
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attend selected monthly meetings. Contact Cheryl Kakalia at 206-694-6827. Eastside Bluebills is a Boeing retiree volunteer organization that strives to provide opportunities for retirees to help others in need and to assist charitable and nonprofit organizations. 10 a.m.-noon, the third Wednesday of the month at the Bellevue Regional Library. Call 235-3847. LINKS, Looking Into the Needs of Kids in Schools, places community volunteers in the schools of the Lake Washington School District. Opportunities include tutoring, classroom assistance and lunch buddy. Email links@lwsd.org or visit www.linksvolunteer.org. Eastside Baby Corner needs volunteers to sort incoming donations of clothing and toys and prepare items for distribution. Visit www.babycorner.org. Volunteers are needed to visit homebound patrons with the King County Library
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. Dec. 19. The Teen Writers Group will meet at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 20. The Sammamish Book Group will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 21.
System’s Traveling Library Center program. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and have reliable transportation. Call Susan LaFantasie at 369-3235. Sammamish Citizen Corps Council needs volunteers to help support the Community Emergency Response Team and other groups. Email info@sammamishcitizencorps.org, visit www.sammamishcitizencorps.org or attend the meeting from 7-8 p.m. first Wednesday of every month at Fire Station 82. Volunteer drivers are needed for the Senior Services Volunteer Transportation Program. Flexible hours, mileage, parking reimbursement and supplemental liability insurance are offered. Call 206448-5740. Guide Dogs for the Blind Eager Eye Guide Pups Club needs volunteers to raise puppies for use as guide dogs for the blind. Email sjbonsib@aol.com. Volunteer Chore Services links volunteers with seniors or individuals who are disabled and are living on a limited income. Call 425-284-2240.
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Skyline quarterback is Gatorade state player of the year Skyline High School quarterback Max Browne, who led the Spartans to the 4A state football title Saturday, has been named the Gatorade Washington Player of the Year. Browne is the third Gatorade Washington Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Skyline High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Browne as Washington’s best high school football player. Browne now is a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Football Player of the Year award which will be announced later this month. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound
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junior quarterback has led the Spartans to a 10-3 record. Browne passed for 3,813 yards and 43 touchdowns through 13 games, completing 273-of-389 attempts while throwing just five interceptions. A 2010 First Team All-State selection, he has connected on better than 70 percent of his passes this season and has thrown for more than 200 yards in 12 games in 2011. Browne has maintained a 3.55 GPA in the classroom. He has volunteered locally on behalf of multiple community service initiatives in association with his church youth group and as a football and basketball camp counselor and referee. “Max Browne is incredibly poised and efficient, he makes great decisions and is a winner,” said Liberty High coach Steve Valach. “In two years, he has thrown about four incompletions against us. His fundamentals are impeccable and he makes the most of his ability.”
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experience, while back Shim, a major force at the top of the key, is freshly recovered from knee surgery. Senior Susie Tinker and junior Lacey Nicholson, both shooting guards, will vie for time and impact, too. This year’s Skyline girls may have an advantage, in that the returning group of juniors and seniors has spent most of their basketball career together, learning the current system, said head coach Greg Bruns. He noted the standout senior leadership that will help the squad be more consistent throughout the year. And the girls will look to continue forcing lots of turnovers, as it led the league last year. “We thrive by playing aggressive defense which helps to cause turnovers and create a lot of offense for us,” Bruns said. “We expect to continue to build on the success of last season and challenge for the division title and make it back to the KingCo title game again.”
quite distracting sitting next to the one who shares nearly every waking moment with you. “The funny thing is I try not to pair them,” said Kietzer. “But if the twins work well together, then I’m more than happy to do that. I think it’s special because all the sets of twins are very kind to each other.” Some of their teachers have a different perspective. They treat them as individual students, even if they occasionally call on them as a unit. Arlene Naganawa said she sees the twins’ considerate and focused characteristics. “I don’t see them as any different as other students,” Naganawa said. “There isn’t any drama.” In P.E., Kietzer eventually banned Carter from leading warm-ups. “I let the kids lead stretches and Carter likes to lead so he can force his sister to do the push-up position,” Kietzer said. The competition and rivalry among each pair seems to be in fun, even if it comes to insults and trying to one-up each other. “One twin has to be better than the other,” said Mina. “I’m one minute older.”
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Teacher Karen Mathewson highlighted a practical side of twins having class together. “All the twins have good social skills,” she said after school Dec. 1. Despite all the competition, joking, jabbing, bribing and blackmailing the twins aim at their respective sibling, they all acknowledged their appreciation for having a companion in virtually all facets of life. Especially if one forgets something in their locker. Even though Kyleigh refuses to do homework with Ashlyn, Ashlyn appreciates her sister keeping good track of things better than she does. “I like having Kyleigh, because if I forget a book, she usually has it,” Ashlyn said. Going to school with so many other twins has given the youth a sense of camaraderie and fellowship with the others, they said. “Since we’re all twins, we all bond together as a group,” Mina said. Her sister Emmie finished the thought. “We feel like we can treat each other like they’re our own twin,” she said. Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com
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positive, can-do attitude was contagious. “It doesn’t surprise me one bit she’s involved in the community,” Belcher said. “I think she has a real positive outlook. There was a certain glow about her I’ll always remember.” In the midst of pursuing a degree in psychology and working as an optician, Clarke said she hopes to purposefully fulfill the responsibilities of being Miss Washington for a year. She has numerous appearances to make throughout the year, including throwing out the first pitch at a Mariners game and possibly coming to speak at her alma mater, but said she plans to be proactive in her community service efforts. “The most important thing is making every day count,” Clarke said. “It’s easy to let things lag each day because there’s lot’s to do. It’s important to follow through. There are tons of things I want to do. The important thing is just doing it and making it happen.” As for competing in the springtime Miss USA pageant — televised on NBC — Clarke said it’s going to be tough to find that perfect gown. She’s also looking forward to all the new people she’ll meet. “I cannot wait to meet Donald Trump,” she said.
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