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Midday bus service returns to city BY LIZZ GIORDANO

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Beginning late next year, midday bus service is returning to Sammamish. Commuters will be able to return to Sammamish during

the middle of the day using King County Metro Transit route 269, which can be accessed from the Overlake Transit Center in Redmond or at either park-andride in Issaquah. “The addition of midday service should also make the South

Sammamish Park-and-Ride a more attractive option and may relieve some of the pressure on neighboring park-and-rides, “ said City Councilmember Kathleen Huckabay. She said most of the people driving to the park-and-ride

in the Issaquah Highlands are Sammamish residents. According to Katie Chalmers, supervisor of service planning for Metro, route 269 buses will run every 30 minutes during nonpeak hours. “Bringing back midday

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A young girl gets to pet a friendly camel up close at the temporary petting zoo set up on the plaza during the Very Merry Sammamish festivities Dec. 2 held at Sammamish Commons Plaza at City Hall. View more photos from Very Merry Sammamish festivities and from the Skyline High School Holiday Bazaar on Page 12. GREG FARRAR | gfarrar@sammamishreview.com

Neighborhood overflows with stormwater BY LIZZ GIORDANO Even after three rainless days, a steady stream of water still runs across the front of Jeeta Sahota’s property in the Tamarack subdivision. The yard of Sahota’s downhill neighbor Todd Southwick has several sinkholes not far from the foundation of his home, while another neighbor had to remove a playground that began leaning to one side,

becoming unsafe. The culprit: accumulated stormwater runoff. Tamarack residents say stormwater wasn’t a problem until more and more homes were built uphill from them, many of which were not required to perform a drainage review. Now stormwater runs for nearly eight months of the year and overflows onto many streets in the neighborhood. “They gave us the houses, now we need the city to step up

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service back is something we have been hoping we could do,” Chalmers said. And beginning in 2018, the 269 will also operate on the weekends, Chalmers said, but

and do their jobs,” Tamarack resident Mary Wictor said. Wictor has trudged through almost every City Council meeting since March 2015, often with a fresh PowerPoint

presentation, to remind councilmembers the project needs to get done. “They know it’s a lot of SEE TAMARACK, PAGE 8

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Levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate, also known as PFOS, will likely increase at a City of Issaquah production well, according to experts hired by the city, after high concentrations of the chemical were found in a newly drilled monitoring well. After soil samples taken Eastside Fire & Rescue from were found to contain trace amounts of PFOS, the city drilled monitoring wells north and south of EFR’s headquarters at 175 Newport Way NW in early October. Results from Monitoring Well No. 6, located near the junction of Newport Way Northwest and Northwest Dogwood north of EFR, detected PFOS at a level of 2,200 part per trillion — more than 30 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s lifetime advisory benchmark of 70 parts per trillion for PFOS and perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as SEE PFOS, PAGE 6

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the exact start date is still being determined. Services changes occur in March and September. Currently route 269 does not run between 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A steep drop in sales tax during the recession hit Metro hard, resulting in the cutting of some bus service in Sammamish and other cities. According to Metro, 63 percent of the agency’s operating budget in 2017-18 will come from sales tax. The adopted 2017-18 King County budget includes 300,000 hours of added Metro services.

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Also included in the additional hours for Sammamish residents are new trips to relieve overcrowding on routes 216 and 218, which take commuters from parkand-rides in Sammamish to Seattle via park-andrides in Issaquah. These additional trips are expected to begin during the next service change in March 2017. Huckabay said these additional routes are a good first step but more is still needed. “I’m very hopeful we will get direct bus service to Seattle,” Huckabay said. “People are willing to take transit, but only if it’s efficient and reliable.” Chalmers said there was no plan at the moment to

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Cat lover keeps her home littered with foster kittens BY DAVID HAYES

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Cindy Congdon has kept cats almost all her life, usually adopting older ones for a variety of reasons. About four years ago, after acquiring a kitten for one of her daughters, Congdon realized how precious the little critters were. “When we took the kitten to the vet to get spayed, I mentioned it was so cute, I wished I could always have a kitten in the house,” Congdon said. Her vet, who is not a wizard, said, “You know, there’s a way you can.” Without the use of any Harry Potter magic, Congdon was let in on the secret to populating her Sammamish home with a never-ending supply of kittens: fostering. “She told me about Purrfect Pals, a pet shelter up in Arlington,” Congdon said. After an interview process and meeting certain requirements, Congdon and her husband Mark began fostering kittens for the shelter. They’d care for baby felines, getting them acclimated to home life, away from the chaos of a shelter. “It helps them socialize. It gets them used to dogs, doorbells, neighborhood kids coming over and playing with them. By the time they’re old enough, they’re ready for adoption,” Congdon said. It was difficult at times fostering for Purrfect Pals — located an hour away — especially if the kittens got sick. So she reached out to Seattle Humane and signed up for their foster-

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ing program, too. Little did she realize her obsession with the kittens would go viral on Instagram. “Once we got them, of course our phones started to fill up with pictures of them,” Congdon said. “So we thought, ‘Wouldn’t this be fun to start up a social media account?’ so people who adopted the kittens could look back at the pictures of them growing up.” There were no other fostering accounts created at the time, so she co-opted the name “foster_kittens.” “It has just taken off. It’s shocking how quickly it’s grown,” Congdon said. When the number of followers blew past 10,000, they knew they had something special on their hands. Today, Congdon’s account is the biggest foster account on Instagram at 423,000 followers. To be clear, Congdon realizes she doesn’t have the largest overall Instagram account about cats. “There are bigger cat feature

accounts, some with millions of followers, but mine is the first and biggest foster account,” she said. Armed with her iPhone 7, Congdon will upload new photos of the kittens every couple of hours. Prospective families can then watch the kittens as they grow — see them right from birth, see their eyes open for the first time, watch them navigating the stairs. “These families really, really feel attached. So when they’re ready to adopt, they’ve watched this kitten be born sometimes and grow up, so these are people who’ve made huge efforts.” Congdon said. “These are not people at PetSmart buying food and saying, ‘Oh, I think I’ll adopt a kitten, too.’ ” Purrfect Pals places their kittens only to in-state residents. Seattle Humane will adopt them out to anyone, but only if you’re willing to fly in and pick them up. “We’ve had people fly down from Canada. One flew down from Alaska, another over from Nebraska. We’ve had San Francisco and Texas. Not that

there are no cats in Texas — they’ve just seen the cats grow up and grown attached to them and make arrangements to fly out and adopt a kitten,” Congdon said. She said people from all over the world send the kittens presents, even Christmas cards. “It shows there’s such a common bond over little kittens, no matter who you are or what language you speak,” she said. The downside to so many followers reared its head when the shelters tried to schedule adoption events. Initially, everyone was invited to attend the firstcome, first-served event. “So, like at PetSmart in Sammamish, it would start at 10 a.m. One time they started lining up at 4 a.m. By the time employees opened the door, there was a line around the store.” So they began collecting applications in advance, picking out the most-qualified families and inviting just those to the adoption events. Often, the shelters would put kittens there from other foster homes on the same day, so if families didn’t get one of Congdon’s little ones, they’d get the opportunity to walk away with another one. Congdon’s records show they’ve fostered 112 so far, counting current kittens Joey and Max. With that many coming and going, she’s enlisted the whole family. “My twin teenage daughters, Rebecca and Rachel, they’re very, very involved. These guys (pointing to Max and Joey on the couch with her) showed up covered in fleas. It takes three people to bathe a kitten,” Congdon said. Often, they foster pregnant

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Naults sparkle as they sell the last of their sparkly things

rom Concordia, Kansas, to Issaquah, Washington, three generations of the Nault family have always lived and breathed the small-town jewelry business, and I can think of few other local businesses that truly love this town and its townspeople as much as Phil, Christine and their daughter Amy Nault of Nault Jewelers have. Phil and Christine have decided to take a well-deserved retirement. Their last day of business will be Dec. 26 or when their inventory is gone, whichever comes first. I’ve photographed jewelry for them over the Greg Farrar years for their ads and bought a ring for my wife and a watch for myself. I’ll miss them very much, although many will miss them even more. “They are loved. They’re beloved,” said their Squak Mountain neighbor of 11 years, Diane Gilliam. “Because you come here and it’s not like Target or Fred Meyer. There, there’s quotas. Salespeople have pressure on them. They’re not genuine. Here, you can talk, hang out, catch up. They know everything about people, and jewelry is pretty personal. They’re an institution, and there’s not many family stores anymore.” Gilliam has been helping them at the showcases during the sale. Five years ago, Gilliam was getting married and came in with her future husband, “and Christine just knows me,” Gilliam said, “so I told her what I wanted. She went right over to the ring and pulled it out of the case, It was the first ring she picked. It was the perfect ring and it was the perfect size, and I slipped it on and we laughed and said, ‘That’s it.’ “So she’d take care of me, and that’s the same with every customer that

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Christine, Phil and Amy Nault, from left, stand Dec. 3 beside the showcases in their Nault Jewelry store at the Town & Country Square mall on Northwest Gilman Boulevard.

comes in here,” said Gilliam. “It’s so funny. They all have Nault jewelry on.” Phil earned a degree at the Kansas City School of Watchmaking and started working in the first Nault Jewelers, his dad Quintin’s store, in 1967. Phil and Christine met in 1969, and Quintin co-signed a note for $4,000 in 1971 to help them start Phil’s Jewelry in Concordia. “We bought showcases, a cash register and some merchandise, and away we went,” said Phil. “I competed against him and viceversa, and the rest is history. We scrimped and saved, and Chris packed our lunch every day. Still does.” Phil and Christine had cousins, grandparents and siblings who lived in the Northwest, and after doing some research they moved for the stronger business climate to Issaquah in 1988, giving their new store the name his father used. The long wall of their store is covered with more than 20 framed Salmon

Days Festival prints, and the row of “Best of Issaquah” certificates stretches unbroken across the back wall as voted by their customers over the years. “We love Salmon Days, and the community,” said Phil. “I don’t think anyone else in the community has a collection like that. Salmon Days is just a big party. Everyone goes to Salmon Days. Everyone has a good ol’ time and you see people you may not have seen for a year or two, and you get to connect with them.” By his wild guess, there may be around 5,000 engagement and wedding ring sets being worn by couples in Issaquah, Sammamish, Renton, Mercer Island and Bellevue. Phil and Christine met while she was still in high school. After graduation she worked as a telephone operator for a while. “I had always loved pretty things,” Christine said. “I had an aunt that had a lot of jewelry and I was fascinated

with jewelry. Phil was working for his dad when we met, and his dad had a nice store. I was 20 years old when we married. We had Amy when we opened our store, and I just started working and enjoying it. You learned from being around it and from reading books about the different gemstones, diamonds and pearls. “I like people, and when we got (to Issaquah) it took a while,” Christine said. “People would come in and want to know where we lived. I was used to seeing people on the street (in Kansas) smiling and saying hi, and people up here didn’t do that. At first I always kind of related it to the lyrics “People are strange when you’re a stranger” from The Doors.” The community soon accepted them. “We had our store on Front Street and met a lot of local people who had lived here a long time, and they introduced us to people. It was a good place to start our store. We love that it was a little town and it was very beautiful here.” Christine’s sense of humor was evident when asked how often men came in to buy something as an apology. “I’m sure they probably do, not that a man would ever be in the doghouse. There’s been a time or two men have been in the doghouse, right? Just because they took a breath that day, maybe they might be in trouble.” Maury and Johnanne Montag and their son Reece, 15, are just one of the multitude of customer stories. On this sale day, the Montags picked out an opal necklace with a tiny diamond on a gold chain. “When he (Reece) was born, Maury bought a charm bracelet and the idea was every year Reece would add to it,” said Johnanne, “and he would come in SEE NAULT, PAGE 5

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here every year as soon as he was old enough to pick things out starting when he was 4.” “I would come in with my son every Christmas and sometimes birthdays and Mothers Day and buy a charm,” said Maury. “I like the fact that its local and they know me when I walk in with my son. And if its two days before Christmas and I haven’t bought anything yet, I know just where to go.” “They’re always very friendly and asking us about our son,” added Johnanne. “When he comes in, and they watched him grow up, that’s fun for him because they recognize him. Especially when he was little, it was fun for him to come in here and have somebody to talk to that he knew and say, ‘I’m buying this for my mom.’ ” Amy Nault started working for her parents full-time in 1994, when she was 24. “They needed help and I knew how to do the job. It’s an industry where you can’t just hire anybody to work. You have to have trust and you have to have some knowledge. They needed help and I wanted to move out here from Kansas. “It’s been a fabulous experience getting to meet and know so many people,” said Amy, “Familiar faces are very fun. You really get to know people in 22 years. Everyone who walks in the door feels more like a friend than a customer. I had a lady yesterday say that we were like therapists. They talk to us about their life, they talk to us about their kids, their problems, their joys, their sorrows. Sometimes they just come to talk, and that’s OK, we’re here.” Another customer in the store with a story was local resident Robyn Barfoot. “I’ve bought a couple of items from them, a necklace and a really beautiful smoky quartz crystal, which is a little different. It’s an actual crystal, a centerpiece for a table. It’s a gorgeous piece. “It wasn’t for sale, and

I just asked them about it,” said Barfoot. “I said, ‘I really love this piece, I’m drawn to it, it’s gorgeous, it stops me in my tracks, what can you do? Are you willing to let it go?’ And they did, and it was wonderful. I gave it a great home and it’s in my foyer, when you’re coming in my house,

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016 everyone walks past it and it’s just, ‘Oooh.’ It means a lot to me. They (the Naults) want to give you what you’re looking for, and they made it happen, they made it possible. And it was kind. It was an act of kindness. “They’ve been in business so long, they have vibes and good

feelings with everybody in the community. They’re retiring on a happy note and going out of business for a good reason, so I’m sad to see them go but they had a really good run, and provided lots of beautiful sparkling items for people all over the city.” Just one thing gets all

three Naults choked up. “We’ve had hundreds of people come in and say how much they’re going to miss us,” said Christine, “and it’s very heartwarming, surprising, knowing how much we meant to so many people.” Email photographer Greg Farrar at gfarrar@

sammamishreview.com. Twitter : @GregFarrarIP On Further Review is a weekly column by members of the Sammamish Review news staff. The viewpoints expressed do not necessarily represent the editorial views of the newspaper.

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(Gilman Well No. 4).” PFOS was originally detected in Gilman Well From Page 1 No. 4 at 600 parts per trilPFOA, combined. PFOA lion in 2013. Since June was detected at 80 parts 2016, water from that well per trillion in Monitoring has been run through a Well No. 6. treatment system and Monitoring Well No. 7, currently shows no drilled at Northwest Alder detectable level of PFOS. Court and Newport Way, “The high concentrawas found to contain 7.9 tions of PFOS at MW06, parts per trillion of PFOS relative to the downand PFOA combined. gradient (similar to According to Geosyntec downstream) monitoring Consultants, a Seattlewells, suggest that PFOS based company contracted concentrations will likely by the city to determine increase at the City’s Well the source of the PFOS, 4 before they decrease,” groundwater in Issaquah according to a report flows north, meaning from Geosyntec. Monitoring Well No. 6 “We are potentially a is “downstream” of EFR source,” EFR Chief Jeff headquarters. Continuing Clark said. “We’re not testing has seen higher going to say we are the concentrations of PFOS in primary source. There Monitoring Well No. 6 than is an awful lot of testing other monitoring wells that’s needed to be done.” located further north. PFOS is frequently Consultants have associated with firefightconcluded that EFR’s ing foam, specifically the headquarters “is the priClass B “aqueous filmmary source of PFOS con- forming foam” first develtributing the plume that oped by 3M and the U.S. intersects the City’s Well 4 Navy in the 1960s. LAURA F.noPROOF.SR.CMYK. PDF 1125 LAM

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Police blotter Birdbaths are not for humans At 2:30 p.m. Nov. 22, a resident in the 25000 block of Southeast 41st Drive reported that an unknown suspect has been entering her property and using the birdbaths in her backyard as a toilet. Over the past year, she has noticed human feces and urine in the birdbaths.

Wallet stolen at the Y

At 2:57 p.m. Nov. 22, a member of the YMCA at 831 228th Ave. SE reported someone had stolen his wallet.

Driving while license suspended

n At 10:57 p.m. Nov. 22, a motorist pulled over for a routine traffic stop in the 4500 block of Klahanie Drive Southeast was subsequently arrested for driving with a suspended license. n At 4:09 p.m. Nov. 23, a motorist pulled over for a routine traffic stop on Northeast Inglewood Hill Road was subsequently arrested for driving with a suspended license.

At 5:51 p.m. Nov. 23, a motorist pulled over for having an obstructed license plate at East Main Street and 228th Avenue Northeast was subsequently arrested for an outstanding felony warrant.

Smash and grabs

n At 8:46 a.m. Nov. 23, a resident of the Knolls Apartments in the 22600 block of Northeast Inglewood discovered someone had smashed out the rear quarter panel window of her car to steal a diaper bag out of the rear storage area. n A resident of Windsor Greens in the 100 block of Windsor Drive Southeast discovered at 9:33 a.m. Nov. 23 that someone had smashed the driver side rear window of their car and stole a bag from the back seat.

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home in the 21200 block of Southeast 28th Street through a window and stole a laptop.

Warranted arrests

n At 8:20 a.m. Nov. 25, a motorist pulled over in the 1100 block of 244th Avenue Northeast for a break light out and for having too-darkly tinted windows was subsequently arrested on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant out of Lynnwood. n At 10:52 a.m. Nov. 27, police received a report of a suspicious vehicle. The vehicle was located and pulled over at Southeast 32nd Street and 261st Avenue Southeast. The driver had an outstanding warrant and the arresting officer found a firearm inside the vehicle. Charges are pending under the Violation of the Uniform Firearm Act. n At 3:01 p.m. Nov. 21, a suspect with an outstand-

At 9:30 a.m. Nov. 24, a resident in the 1400 block of 228th Court Northeast discovered someone had thrown a rock through the home’s garage window.

ing warrant arrested at 801 228th Avenue Southeast was subsequently in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and had cash seized.

Car prowls

n At 10:15 a.m. Nov. 26, someone entered an unlocked car in the 25700 block of Southeast 39th and took unspecified items. n At 12:13 p.m. Nov. 26, a resident of the Palomino at Redford Ranch Condos in the 22700 block of Southeast 13th Way reported someone cut the rear passenger window of their Jeep Wrangler and took some CDs.

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money,” Wictor said. “This is not an easy fix.” Recently the city has proposed Tamarack residents pay 75 percent of the cost of the project, with the city paying the rest. “We are getting the short end of the stick,” Sahota said. But Tamarack residents have paid almost $944,000 in stormwater fees and taxes over the years, Wictor argues. The neighborhood is asking the city to install one trunk line storm drain running along Northeast 4th Street to Louis Thompson Road Northeast, which residents say will fix their problems. It is estimated to cost $1 million. A similar but much larger project began in July for the Inglewood neighborhood. The $4.5 million project will install four stormwater pipes. In Tamarack, an ugly black plastic pipe runs above ground between Wictor’s house and her neighbor Cindy Taylor’s home up a steep hill.

According to Wictor and Taylor, it was suppose to be a temporary fix installed by the city to help manage stormwater drainage, but three years later it remains. A blue tarp covers a large hole that residents refer to not-so-fondly as “the Grand Canyon.” The tarp, Wictor says, protects the land underneath from additional erosion. A couple of times a week, Wictor and Taylor shake and rattle the pipe to remove debris that could impede water flow. Others clear sediment and leaves from culverts and ditches to prevent flooding. These neighbors don’t want to pass the water and the problems downhill to the next neighbor. “Civilians shouldn’t have to do this,” Sahota said. “This really belongs to the city.” “We are residents of Sammamish,” Taylor said. “We pay our taxes.” A stormwater drainage project in Tamarack has been studied a handful of times, but each time talks have stalled. Earlier this year, the City Council approved funds to begin design work, but no funds

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Above, Tamarack residents Mary Wictor and Cindy Taylor clear debris from a storm water drainage pipe to prevent more water damage in their neighborhood. The neighborhood is asking the city for a comprehensive fix, instead of continuing with a piecemeal system that can just push storm water from neighbor to neighbor (below).

have been approved by the council to actually do the project. “The council had some concern about the use of public funds on private property,” said Tawni Dalziel, the city’s senior stormwater program manager. “If it were a public road, the city would have to do our project,” Wictor said.

Deputy Mayor Ramiro Valderrama said the city needs to be careful with its approach to Tamarack, because it will set a precedent going forward on how the city deals with issues on private roads and land. Currently the city is drafting a policy to clarify how issues concerning stormwater on private property will be handled. In October, the City Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance for the Tamarack neighborhood. Now a drainage review is required for projects that have 500 square feet or more of new impervious surfaces, down from the original threshold of 2,000 square feet. Projects are also required to install a drainage pipe to prevent flooding and erosion. But this does nothing

for homes already built that are causing damage to their downhill neighbors’ property. Although most of the councilmembers agree something has to happen, they disagree how much the city should spend. The project remains on the stormwater capital improvement list, while the city plans basin and stormwater rate fee studies next year. “This is complicated,” said Tim Larson, communications manager for SCOTT Z.FINAL.SR.CMYK.

Sammamish. “The city is going to take a broader look at this issue over the next year or so before any decisions are made.” Wictor said in the last 16 years, 40 new homes have been added to the neighborhood, many of which are uphill from her house. With another 40 vacant lots that could become homes, she worries more flooding could be in her future. “We don’t want to have to sue our neighbors or

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Eastlake gymnast chases state-meet dreams BY NEIL PIERSON npierson@sammamishreview.com

The Eastlake gymnastics team opened its season Dec. 1 and the Wolves’ 12 athletes gave a good showing against a deeper and more experienced Mount Si squad. Mount Si earned the victory, 151.85 to 116.5, in Class 4A KingCo Conference competition in Snoqualmie. But for a small Eastlake team short on seasoned gymnasts, it was encouraging for them to earn four of the top nine all-around positions. Anna Ungureanu took third place overall with 29.3 points on the vault, beam, uneven bars and floor exercise. Teammates Payton Lester (fourth, 26.5), Silvia Calinov (sixth, 24.75) and Allee Lowe (ninth, 21.4) also had good starts to their season. Fifth-year coach

Meghan Delaney said her squad has plenty of room for growth but she isn’t expecting them to become world-beaters over the course of a threemonth season. “My goal is for the girls to have fun,” Delaney said. “It’s not necessarily to produce the best team in KingCo and that’s OK with me. “As long as they’re having a good time and they’re getting exercise, working out and getting better, that’s what I look for.” Ungureanu, a junior, appears to be Eastlake’s top gymnast. Against Mount Si, she placed sixth on bars (5.75), fourth on beam (7.4) and third on both vault (8.0) and floor (8.15). A district-meet qualifier last season, Ungureanu is Eastlake’s best hope to qualify for state in February and she has her

sights firmly set on that feat. Her favorite event is the floor exercise, which was her high-scoring event on Thursday, but she felt her effort on vault was her best because she only lost five-tenths of a point to deductions. “I did a lot better than my first meet last year, definitely,” she said. “It was a very successful day.” Ungureanu calls her gymnastics background a “grassroots story.” She began tumbling in her back yard in fifth grade and her parents signed her up for gymnastics classes shortly thereafter. She no longer competes year-round but is enjoying a relatively stress-free environment at Eastlake. To qualify for state, she knows she’ll have to be dedicated and make sacrifices in other areas of

her life. “Honestly, it just takes a lot of repetition, just doing things over and over and over again,” she said. “You have to have a lot of willpower … If you wipe out, you have to get back up right away and just go again.” Each of Eastlake’s top-four scorers against Mount Si are juniors, so they have time to improve under Delaney. Lester claimed fourth place in all-around as she was 13th on vault (6.8), eighth on floor (6.8), seventh on bars (5.6) and fifth on beam (7.3). Calinov was 12th on vault (6.9), 10th on bars (4.9), 10th on floor (6.55) and ninth on beam (6.4). Lowe was 14th on bars (3.3), 13th on beam (5.1), 13th on floor (5.7) and ninth on vault (7.3). Lowe has become a beaSEE DREAMS, PAGE 10

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Eastlake junior Anna Ungureanu performs her vault routine for a score of 8.00. Ungureanu took third overall with 29.3 points in the Wolves’ Dec. 1 meet against Mount Si.

Spartans build big lead, hold off Patriots’ late charge Skyline junior wing Ashish Manda (23) is fouled during the first quarter and will score two points from the free throw line during the Spartans’ Nov. 29 season-opening basketball game against Liberty.

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Ashish Manda wasn’t always asked to be a scorer last season and he certainly wasn’t given the green light to be a 3-point shooter. But this year is different and Skyline’s 6-foot-4 junior wing showed he’s capable of big things in first-year coach Joe Fithian’s offense. Manda scored 13 of his teamhigh 15 points in the first half,

including three 3-pointers, “There’s definitely more freeand Skyline held off a furious dom this year,” Manda said. “I fourth-quarter rally from the feel like everyone is moving, Liberty Patriots to win, 70-65, everyone is setting screens out in a season-opening boys basthere, everyone has a chance ketball contest on Nov. 29 in to score the ball. They’re being Renton. put in scoring positions better Manda was a big reason for and everyone is just a threat Skyline’s fast start as he rose out there to score on offense.” above defenders, sinking shots The Spartans built a 13-point and grabbing rebounds. He halftime lead through their was used primarily as a backperimeter shooting. They were to-the basket post player last 5 of 8 from beyond the arc in season under former coach Ben Williams. SCOTT Z.ePROOF.SR.CMYK. SEE SPARTANS, PAGE 10 50.18227.THU.1208.3X3.LAM

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the opening half, while the Patriots went 2 of 14. “The economy of what they were getting out of their threes was a lot better than ours,” Liberty coach Omar Parker said. Manda led four doubledigit scorers for Skyline as Ryan D’Arcy had 11 points, Kellan Przybylski had 10 and 6-4 junior forward Matthew Cindric, a standout football lineman making his varsity basketball debut, also scored 10. “He’s a tremendous player,” Manda said of Cindric. “I’ve been playing with him since fourth grade. He just brings the energy. He can do it all. He can shoot the ball, he can take it to the rim, he can rebound, play defense.” Cindric went 4 for 4 from the field as Skyline led 17-10 after one quar-

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ter. He passed the baton in the second quarter to Manda, who had a pair of 3-pointers and 10 points to push the Spartans’ lead to 37-24. But the Patriots, who return eight lettermen to a squad that made a surprise run to last year’s district championship game, began whittling away in the third period. Junior point guard Nick Chung led an 8-0 run to start the second half and had 11 of his 17 points after intermission. He shared team-high scoring honors with sophomore shooting guard Jake Elfstrom. “He did a great job,” Parker said of Chung. “He really asserted himself offensively. We’ve been looking for him to do that.” After Skyline’s lead shrank to 37-32, the Spartans responded with an 18-9 surge to close the

third quarter. Cindric, D’Arcy and Ben Smith all had key baskets as Liberty tried to pressure its way back into the game, only to give the Spartans transition scoring chances. Liberty had plenty of energy left and consistently used full-court pressure to cause turnovers in the fourth quarter. Elfstrom’s final bucket, a 3-pointer from the top of the arc with a hand in his face, cut Skyline’s lead to 67-64 with 32.8 seconds left. But Freddy Jarvis sank two free throws moments later, Skyline got a defensive stop and Smith iced the result by sinking one of two from the line. Fithian liked his team’s performance but thinks they’ll need to improve in pressure situations. “Omar is a good coach and he had his kids playing hard, “Fithian said. “And my kids, we lost our

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Calendar of events Friday, Dec. 9 Craft Fair at Swedish, featuring hot cocoa, treats and gifts plus a mailbox for sending Santa letters, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., free to attend, Swedish Issaquah, 751 NE Blakely Drive, issaquahhighlands.com/ Swedish-Craft-Fair Bloodworks NW Blood Drive, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sammamish City Hall Council Chambers, 801 228th Ave. SE, schedule an appointment online at bit.ly/2fMGump Toddler Story Time, ages 12-36 months, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Cougar Mountain Zoo Reindeer Festival, featuring Santa, his elves and his reindeer, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 23, bit. ly/1xmnEtn Harry Potter Night, for grades 4-6, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., $15 for residents/$18 for nonresidents, pre-register at issaquahwa.gov Print & Sip Night, ages 18 and older, 6:30-9:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $45 for members/$50 for non members, register at bit.ly/2glv1OL Manga Night: Trading Cards/Game Characters, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Museo Art Academy, 300 NE Gilman Blvd. Suite 100, $29, museoart.com Harry Potter Magical Holiday Ball, all ages, 7-8 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, free, 557-8808 Triple Treat, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., vinobella.com Fade to Black, ages 21 and older, $10 cover charge, 8-11 p.m., Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., pogacha.com Village Theatre presents “Singin’ in the Rain,” 8 p.m., Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St.

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Saturday, Dec. 10 Special Celebration with Seahawks mascot Blitz and the Blue Thunder Band, 9-10 a.m., Top Pot Doughnuts, 1235 Maple St., free to attend, bit.ly/2fScLvI Cougar Mountain Hike, easy, 6-8 miles, 1,200-ft. gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 633-7815 Issaquah Alps Area Dog Hike, easy, 4-6 miles, up to 900-ft. gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 4812141 Gingerbread Open House at Springfree Trampoline, all ages, decorate your own gingerbread house, send a letter to Santa and enjoy cookies and milk, 10 a.m. to noon, 1875 NW Poplar Way Suite 1, 654-1306 Kids Club at Michael’s: Clay Pot Elf, ages 3 and older, 10 a.m. to noon, Michale’s, 1802 12th Ave. NW Suite A, $2 per child, register online at michaels.com/ classes-and-events Cougar Mountain Zoo Reindeer Festival, featuring Santa, his elves and his reindeer, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 23, bit. ly/1xmnEtn Photos with Santa at The Grange, all ages, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., The Grange Supply, 145 NE Gilman Blvd., free, grangesupplyinc.com Santa Paws Pictures, get your pet’s portrait with Santa, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Civilized Nature, Grand Ridge Plaza, 1527 Highlands Drive NE Suite 110, $25 per photo is tax deductible as it benefits Red Waggin Rescue, issaquahhighlands.com/SantaPaws-at-Civilized-Nature Classic Holiday Movies: “A Christmas Story,” all ages, noon, Regal Issaquah

Highlands Stadium 12, 940 NE Park Drive, $5, bit. ly/2gWkWc7 Book signing: “Mask of Deceit” by David Davies, 12:30 and 6 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, 557-8808 Make it Merry Gift Tag Event at Michael’s, ages 3 and older, 1-3 p.m., 1802 12th Ave. NW Suite A, register online at michaels.com/ classes-and-events Village Theatre presents “Singin’ in the Rain,” 2 and 8 p.m., Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., tickets are $35-$78, available online at bit.ly/2doxN4y, at the box office or by calling 392-2202 Holiday Cheer, featuring woodwind/guitar duo Ostgard and Allen, 2-3 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 3923130 The Beat Project, 7:3011:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., vinobella.com No Rules, ages 21 and older, $5 cover charge, 8-11 p.m., Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., pogacha.com

Sunday, Dec. 11 Stans Overlook Hike, easy, 5 miles, 1,100-ft. gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 902-6255 Cougar Mountain Zoo Reindeer Festival, featuring Santa, his elves and his reindeer, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 23, bit. ly/1xmnEtn Book signing: “Mask of Deceit” by David Davies, 12:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, 557-8808 Village Theatre presents “Singin’ in the Rain,” 2 and 7 p.m., Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., tickets are $35-$78, available online at bit. ly/2doxN4y, at the box office or by calling 392-2202 Study Zone, homework and tutoring help for grades K-12, 3-5 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130

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Sammamish Commons Council Chambers, 801 228th Ave. SE Study Zone, homework and tutoring help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Evening Figure Drawing, 7-9:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N. Youth Writing Club, for teens, 7-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130

Wednesday, Dec. 14 Squak Mountain Hike, moderate, 7 miles, 1,600-ft. gain, for time and meeting place call 269-3079 Story Times: toddlers ages 12-36 months, 10-10:45 a.m., infants ages 3-12 months 11:15-11:45 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Health/Human Services Committee meeting has been canceled Teen Think Tank, homework and tutoring help for teens, 1-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Cougar Mountain Zoo Reindeer Festival, featuring Santa, his elves and his reindeer, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 23, bit. ly/1xmnEtn Black Velvet, 6-9 p.m., Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., pogacha.com Parks and Recreation Commission meeting has been canceled Wednesday Night Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Zeeks Pizza, 2525 NE Park Dr., zeekspizzaissaquah.com Village Theatre presents “Singin’ in the Rain,” 7:30 p.m., Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., tickets are $35-$78, available

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016

SAMMAMISH REVIEW

PHOTOS BY GREG FARRAR | gfarrar@sammamishreview.com

Above, four children posing for photos with Santa get to be everyone’s center of attention at the moment of the countdown and Christmas tree lighting in city hall during the Very Merry Sammamish festivities Dec. 2 at Commons Plaza. Below right, A dad and two sons browse from table to table at the Skyline Holiday Bazaar Dec. 3 in the school gymnasium.

IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

Above, a customer walks with his purchase, a handmade birchwood Nativity star during the 13th annual Skyline High School Holiday Bazaar sponsored by the Booster Club Dec. 3 in the school gymnasium. At right, A youngster runs and kicks through a blizzard of cold soapy flakes being shot from snowmaking machines set up on the Commons Plaza during the Very Merry Sammamish festivities.