December 26, 2012 Locally owned 50 cents
City’s attorney gets raise, no-bid contract By Caleb Heeringa
For the second year in a row, the city’s contract for legal services went from being a rubber stamp to an issue of contention among city councilmembers. At their Dec. 11 meeting, the council ended up approving a new contract for legal represen-
Members of Stan Chapin’s family came to the dedication of Stan Chapin Way.
Stan Chapin had an impact on an entire generation of Eastlake High School students. And with the re-naming of a section of road, he’ll leave a mark on Eastlake’s actual campus. The second entrance to the school, 233rd Avenue south of Northeast Eighth Street, was christened as Stan Chapin Way Dec. 18. Chapin’s family, city leaders, teachers and more than 100 students were on hand to see the unveiling of a permanent memorial to the longtime school resource officer, who died unexpectedly from
natural causes Jan. 30. “Stan devoted his life to helping our students choose a correct path in life,” Mayor Tom Odell read from prepared remarks. “He was a friend and advisor to many of our young people at a time they perhaps needed one most. Therefore, it is only fitting that this long-sought pathway between Northeast 8th Street and Eastlake High be forever more known as Stan Chapin Way.” Chapin, who was nearing 40 years of service with the King County Sheriff’s Office at the time of his death, served as Eastlake’s resident cop for
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City dedicates Stan Chapin Way By Caleb Heeringa
tation with municipal law firm Kenyon Disend that will mean a 13.5 percent increase in payments over the next two years. The contract was approved on a 5-1 vote, with Councilman Ramiro Valderrama once again the lone dissenter.
11 years. But Chapin’s goofy charm and knack for relating to students made him much more than just the long arm of the law to Eastlake students. Students past and present mourned Chapin, recalling his famous velociraptor impression and dance routines at school assemblies. Chapin was also a presence at Inglewood Junior High. Inglewood Principal Tim Patterson related a story of a student who was in big trouble with police. As officers came to the school, Patterson said the See CHAPIN, Page 2
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Yes, Sammamish, it was actually sunny a few days this year. Sunny enough for people to come to the newlyopened Sammamish Landing Park along the shores of Lake Sammamish.
The Review’s Review A look back at 2012 By Caleb Heeringa
In 2012, Sammamish saw one of its biggest winter storms in recent memory, a new home for a formerly homeless farmhouse and the death of a beloved school police officer. Snowmageddon
ly, with wind, snow and a deep freeze knocking out power and immobilizing much of the city in mid-January. At one point, approximately three-fourths of the city was without power. Area schools closed for several days as inches of snow turned to sheets of ice. Dozens of Sammamish residents who were without power at home used
The year began a bit chaotical-
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