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December 24, 

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Mist clings to Beaver Lake as ice forms the morning of Dec. 20. 

Freak snowstorm blankets Sammamish 

By J.B. Wogan 

Curt Beach, co-owner of the 

Sammamish Highlands 76, has seen his 

store stripped of its products: cable chains, 

windshield wiper fluid, propane tanks, 

antifreeze, and even beer and cigarettes 

are vanishing from his shelves. 

More than a half-foot of snow fell Dec. 

17-22, shrouding side streets in white powder 

and leaving the main arterials caked in 

ice. Panicked residents rushed to local gas 

stations and grocery stores to prepare for 

the snow. 

Beach’s station ran out of all three 

grades of gas the night of Dec. 19, and didn’t 

receive a refill until late Dec. 20. 

“Demand just spiked all over King 

County,” Beach said. 

The 76 isn’t alone. 

Of Sammamish’s four gas stations, three 

of them ran out of gas at least once the 

weekend of Dec. 19-21. The only station 

that didn’t run out was the Plateau Shell 

station on Inglewood Hill Road. 

Gas delivery companies, showing caution 

in the snow, sent smaller trucks, 

which are better able to navigate the hill 

up onto the plateau. As a result, gas stations 

got less gas per delivery. 

Tim Koch, who owns the Ace Hardware 

in the Sammamish Highlands shopping 

center, said business has been booming for 

him as well. 

Customers poured in to buy supplies 

starting Dec. 18. By Dec. 21, his store was 

emptied of most snow-related items, Koch 

said. 

“They pretty much cleaned me out of 

everything,” he said, listing antifreeze, batteries, 

propane tanks, faucet covers, sleds 

and snow shovels as some of the items 

missing from his store. The only major 

item the store still had was flashlights, 

Koch said. 

Fortunately, he expected a major delivery 

to restock the store Dec. 23. 

“People are actually shopping more 

local because of the snow,” observed Deb 

Sogge, executive director of the 

Sammamish Chamber of Commerce. 

Sogge said she has heard anecdotally 

that local businesses are benefiting from 

the limited transportation options on the 

plateau. 

“There were people walking everywhere,” 

she said. 

Sogge lives on Inglewood Hill Road and 

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2 • December 24, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW 

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Council 

adjusts 

parkway 

By J.B. Wogan 

City Council voted 7-0 in favor 

of a new design plan for the East 

Lake Sammamish Parkway Dec. 

16. 

The original $13.5 million project 

was the first of a three-phase 

plan to address traffic capacity 

and safety concerns on the parkway, 

while introducing some 

methods of reducing runoff into 

Lake Sammamish at the same 

time. 

Project manager Jeff Brauns 

presented the council with a proposed 

design that would shrink 

the scope of construction by 

about half a mile and the cost by 

$5.2 million. 

The revised project would 

span from Inglewood Hill Road to 

Northeast 18th Place and would 

cost $8.7 million. Brauns called it 

Phase 1A, as opposed to the original 

project, Phase 1. 

The new plan doesn’t reduce 

the overall scope of the project, 

or eliminate anything from it. It 

Contributed 

The new intersection design at Inglewod Hill Road and the East 

Lake Sammamish Parkway. 

splits Phase I into smaller sections. 

Brauns also said that Phase 1B, 

as well as Phases 2 and 3, were 

still necessary. 

The estimated cost of the overall 

project — which spans from 

Inglewood Hill Road to 187th 

Avenue Northeast — is about $42 

million, though the cost could 

change as the city tackles each 

phase. The city’s long-range plan 

shows parkway construction ending 

in 2020. 

What remains to be seen is 

whether the city would later proceed 

with Phase 1B, 2 and 3 as 

they are currently planned. 

Several residents have suggested 

that the overall project is too 

large in scope and some of its 

objectives, such as filtering phosphorus 

runoff into Lake 

Sammamish, are unnecessary. 

The focal point of Phase 1A 

will be the Inglewood Hill Road 

intersection, which Brauns called 

the most dangerous intersection 

in Sammamish. 

In the last six years, the city 

has received reports of 43 accidents 

at the intersection. 

The number is probably higher 

as people often don’t report 

their accidents, Brauns added. 

The redesign makes traffic more 

linear from Inglewood Hill Road 

to the parkway, and vice versa. 

A new lane configuration will 

allow motorists heading south to 

Utility power lines 

Several residents asked for underground utility lines along 

East Lake Sammamish Parkway. That flies in the face of the utility 

companies’ recent work to relocate poles from one above 

ground location to another along a mile strip of the parkway. 

The city could request that the companies move their lines 

underground, but it would lead to more than $1.6 million in 

added costs to the city, according to Public Works Director John 

Cunningham. 

Cunningham said the Public Works Department has been in 

contact with the utility companies, trying to gauge how much 

underground utilities would cost. 

Cunningham also told council that underground utilities 

would take 12-18 months to install. The project is slated for completion 

by the end of 2009. 

go through the parkway unimpeded, 

save for times when 

pedestrians are crossing or a car 

from Inglewood Hill Road is turning 

left onto the parkway. 

Motorists heading north along 

the parkway will have to veer 

slightly right and then turn left to 

continue along the parkway. 

In addition to the two lanes 

the parkway currently has, the 

project adds a middle lane that 

will be a left-turn lane in some 

spots and a median in others. 

The city will add commuter 

bike lanes to both sides of the 

street, as well as a sidewalk on 

the east side. 

The parkway project has 

served as a lightning rod in the 

community, with residents complaining 

that it cost too much, 

that it wouldn’t do enough to 

relieve traffic problems, and that 

it was the wrong time to begin a 

large-scale project on the parkway. 

Citizen activists like Michael J. 

O’Connell and Lori Barnett, who 

have been vocal in their opposition 

to the city’s plans for the 

parkway, came to the meeting in 

forest green shirts with white text 

that read, “Citizens for 

Sammamish.” 

“I would like to see more honest 

concern. I assure you we do 

have some things to say,” said 

John Stilz, a member of the 

group. 

Indeed, the tone of the meeting 

was tense, with the occasional 

clapping or snickering from 

audience members following a 

resident’s comments at the podium. 

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says road traffic fell drastically 

due to the snow. 

“In the morning, it’s very slow. 

You don’t hear or see the traffic 

that you’re used to seeing,” she said. 

That might account for the 

lack of car accidents during the 

weekend, according to Police 

Chief Brad Thompson. 

“We are not seeing a high 

influx of traffic accidents. There’s 

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been a few, but not a phenomenal 

number,” Thompson said. 

That good news is tempered 

by one exception: a woman was 

flung from her out-of-control 

snowmobile near the intersection 

of 228th Avenue Southeast and 

Southeast 1st Street Dec. 21. After 

a car ran her over, she was taken 

to the hospital, having sustained 

critical injuries. (See related story 

page 12) 

In that case, the woman was 

driving her snowmobile on private 

property, which is legal. In 

general, police see the illegal use 

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snowmobiles on main roads during 

small snow storms, 

Thompson said. 

“People are actually 

shopping more local 

because of the snow.” 

– Deb Sogge, 

Chamber of Commerce – 

If police catch someone driving 

a snowmobile on a city road, 

they will give a traffic citation, he 

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said. Unless, of course, the 

weather is so bad that life and 

safety would be endangered by 

using a regular vehicle, 

Thompson added. 

The snow did cause an 

increase in emergency calls to 

Eastside Fire & Rescue during 

the weekend. EFR reported a 

range of service calls, from 

frozen pipes breaking to the false 

activation of fire alarm systems. 

Ron Little, general manager 

for the Sammamish Plateau 

Water and Sewer District, said 

residents had called about frozen 

pipes, but not in overwhelming 

numbers. Most of the frozen pipe 

incidents happened Dec. 19, 

when his staff went out to turn 

off water lines in order to prevent 

flooding about a dozen times, he 

said. 

Winter break was extra long 

for students on the plateau this 

year as both the Lake Washington 

and Issaquah school districts 

were closed Dec. 17, 18 and 19. 

Students will have to make the 

days up later in the year, according 

to the policy of each school 

district. 

Reporter J.B. Wogan can be 

reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or 

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SAMMAMISH REVIEW December 24, 2008 • 3 

Police report rare armed robbery 

Couple held at gunpoint, incident was likely isolated, say police 

By J.B. Wogan 

Police have confirmed that an armed robbery 

took place in Sammamish Dec. 15. 

A couple was returning to thier home Monday 

night. 

The suspect held them at gunpoint and stole a 

large sum of money, according to police. 

The case appears to be an isolated incident and 

shouldn’t alarm other residents, Sgt. Robert Baxter 

said. 

Because the case is still under investigation, limited 

information is being released at this time, 

Baxter said. 

EFR douses house fire in Sahalee 

Department reports 

$135,000 in damages. 

By J.B. Wogan 

Firefighters rushed to put out 

a house fire on the 3000 block of 

211th Avenue Northeast, around 

11:52 p.m. Dec. 14 

The family escaped from the 

home uninjured, but one of its 

small dogs did not. About 

$135,000 worth of damages were 

reported to the house. 

Investigators from Eastside Fire 

& Rescue have determined that 

the cause of the fire was electrical. 

Fire Chief Lee Soptich said 

house fires of this scale — the 

kind that force a family to evacuate 

its home — occur about a 

dozen times a year. 

The incidence of house fires 

increases during the fall and winter 

season, from about October to 

March, he said. 

There’s also a spike around 

July 4, with fireworks causing 

fires, he said. 

When EFR responds to a 

house fire call, it sends 13 people 

to the scene, including three fire 

engines and one ladder company. 

A command officer also 

attends, overseeing the fire control 

and rescue effort, according 

to Soptich. 

EFR protocol dictates that 

firefighters will attempt a rescue 

if a human is in the burning 

house. Otherwise, they 

wait for a company to hose 

down and control the fire 

first, before entering. 

After the firefighters had put 

out the fire, they found that the 

family’s dog had died in the fire. 

Soptich advised that families 

develop escape plans in case they 

experience a house fire. 

This includes not only identifying 

safe exit routes, but also 

meeting locations, should family 

“It’s kind of a rarity. My gut feeling is that this is 

an isolated incident,” Baxter said. 

Since 2001, he and other police staff can remember 

only three other armed robberies, he said. 

In those cases, the subjects knew each other. The 

same might be true for this armed robbery, Baxter 

said. 

A special detective from the major crimes unit in 

the King County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the 

case, according to Baxter. 

Reporter J.B. Wogan can be reached at 392-6434, 

ext. 247, or jbwogan@isspress.com. To Comment on 

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members leave from different 

points around the house, he said. 

Soptich also suggested residents 

should have a smoke alarm 

in every room. 

“If there’s a fire in your house, 

by the time that the smoke alarm 

picks up, you don’t have minutes 

to react, you only have seconds,” 

he said. 

While he also suggested having 

a fire extinguisher, he added 

that residents should only use 

those for minor, containable fires. 

If a resident believes he or she 

is in danger, get out, he said. 

“You’ve got to be really careful. 

The first priority is to get out and 

report the fire,” Soptich said. 





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Still, nearly every citizen 

thanked the council for revisiting 

the issue during its final 

meeting of 2008. 

Mayor Lee Fellinge said he 

proposed the reduction as a 

means of 

addressing 

the goals 

of Phase 

A, while 

making 

concessions 

based on 

public 

input. 

“It is 

obvious that there are a lot of 

competing interests here,” 

Fellinge said. “There are those 

that would like to see the project 

to go away, those who 

would like to see it fully implemented, 

and those who would 

like something in-between.” 

Councilwomen Kathy 

Huckabay and Nancy Whitten, 

who had both begun criticizing 

the project in recent weeks, 

(Huckabay has voted against it 

at every opportunity) were 

happy with the changes. 

“I’m very pleased that this 

council has listened to the public,” 

Whitten said. “I think we 

always listen to the public. 

Sometimes we don’t seem to be 

listening because we’re not 

agreeing with people.” 

Whitten said the project’s 

selling point was the Inglewood 

Hill Road intersection changes 

and the increases to pedestrian 

and motorist safety. 

Councilman Don Gerend 

“I think we always listen to 

the public. Sometimes we 

don’t seem to be 

listening because we’re not 

agreeing with people.” 

– Nancy Whitten, 

Councilwoman – 

applauded 

the reduction, 

adding 

that the $5 

million 

saved could 

fund components 

of the 

parks bond 

that failed 

Nov. 4. 

Councilman Mark Cross said 

that the parkway fit within a 

larger scheme of conflict in the 

city: some people want it to 

remain rural and others want 

Sammamish to have new urban 

features, such as a downtown 

and better connectivity. 

“That conversion from rural 

to urban is probably the hardest 

thing we do,” he said. 






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Review editorial 

Celebrate holidays 

by helping others 

Things are tight, but most Sammamish residents still 

have some presents under the tree or near the menorah. 

Now is the time to remember those in greater need. 

The holidays are a good reason to think about sharing 

with those who need a helping hand. It doesn’t hurt that 

it is also the end of the year, a good time to assess your 

finances and your tax bracket to determine your ability to give. 

Sammamish residents as a whole are among those families 

in a position to share. Few are on the receiving end 

of charitable gifts. The Hopelink food bank in Redmond 

and the Issaquah Food Bank are both available to 

Sammamish families in need, yet few from Sammamish 

come to either food bank for assistance. Fewer than seven 

percent of children in Sammamish schools depend on the 

reduced price lunch program. 

Sammamish families are still living a good life, relatively 

speaking. We have no doubt that most are generous 

with what they have. For Sammamish families making 

donations, the only question is which charity to support, 

which one can make a real difference in the lives of others. 

These agencies do good work helping others help 

themselves. We recommend local tax-deductible donations 

to: 

Hopelink — Food, shelter, homelessness prevention, 

child development, transportation and adult literacy education. 

Donate online at www.hope-link.org. Mail checks 

or drop off food donations to 16225 N.E. 87th St., Suite A- 

1, P.O. Box 3577, Redmond, WA 98073. 

Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank — Donate online 

at www.issaquahfoodbank.org. Mail money or drop off 

food and clothing donations to 179 1st Ave. S.E., Issaquah, 

WA 98027. 

Merry Christmas Issaquah Fund — Emergency aid 

for families in the Issaquah School District including 

housing, utilities, prescriptions, transportation and special 

needs, dispensed by Issaquah Church & Community 

Services. Mail checks to P.O. Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 

98027. 

The food banks may not serve Sammamish residents 

often, but they exist because there are others within the 

city’s two school districts who do need assistance. Once 

the holiday gifts are unwrapped and the winter vacation 

is over, we hope you will take a few minutes to count 

your blessings and consider a year-round gift to community 

neighbors nearby. 

Poll of the week 

What are you doing for Christmas 

A) Spending time with family 

B) Opening presents 

C) Going to a Chinese restaurant and a movie 

D) Worrying about next year 

To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com. 

Sammamish Forum 

Stop the parkway 

The current plans for the East 

Lake Samammish Parkway improvements 

have never been what any 

Sammamish resident wanted. 

In fact, every single person who 

attended any of the meetings, open 

houses, planning sessions, etc. said 

they did not want what the contractor, 

Perteet, as led by Peter DeBoldt, 

and the city engineering department 

as led by Delorah Kerber, wanted. 

There was absolute, uniform 

opposition. 

I know. I was there, at every single 

one of those meetings. I gave up 

and stopped participating when it 

became obvious that all the decisions 

had been made in the back 

room and citizen participation was 

simply being abused to rubber 

stamp them. 

No council member ever attended 

one of these events, though 

Kathy Huckabay did show up after 

one was over to see how it went. 

I told her it went terribly, the recommendations 

were absolutely contrary 

to what we’d all said, and 

asked her to call attendees on the 

list and verify this. 

Lists of attendees at these meetings 

were kept, any councilmember 

who cares to do their job could 

obtain these lists and call around to 

find out what really happened. 

In one of the more ridiculous 

interchanges, I objected to the trees 

in the middle of the median on the 

plan that the city presented as the 

one we citizens made at the ‘design 

forum.’ 

The city representative said 

“that’s the way group B drew it!” I 

pointed out I was in group B and 

that was not what we drew – he 

argued for quite a while before finally 

crossing them off the drawing. 

There were a lot of useful, creative 

and helpful suggestions made 

by attendees at the various functions. 

If the current plans, which incorporate 

none of them, and only consist 

of elements uniformly opposed 

by those Sammamish citizens who 

got involved early on are thrown 

away, there is great opportunity to 

make a new plan that incorporates 

good ideas. 

The plan that will achieve the 

city’s goals and make the residents 

happy. 

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The Definition 

of Bigotry 

To another Michael who calls 

denying the rights of marriage to 

gays and lesbians “the last bastion 

of legalized bigotry.” 

Probably, we will never agree 

on the issue, but maybe we can 

agree on the dictionary definition 

of “bigotry” which is, “one who 

holds blindly and intolerantly to a 

particular creed, opinion.” 

In respect to you Michael, you 

show no tolerance whatsoever for 

those who oppose your opinion 

and call them bigots for having an 

opinion held by many, if not the 

vast majority of people, for thousands 

of years, that the title of 

marriage is reserved for opposite 

sexes. 

You display bigotry or blindness 

by stating that our God wants us to 

force all citizens to conform to traditional 

marriage. 

You are describing Satan’s plan 

of force, which is the exact opposite 

of God’s plan of happiness and 

free agency. 

You have the same exact right 

and freedom to change the laws as 

anyone does through lawful 

means. 

If you were not so intolerant 

and blind to other’s positions you 

would not have to ask “What’s the 

big deal; of calling “civil unions” 

“marriage.” 

I will ask you the same question 

“What is the big deal There 

are civil unions, which grant all 

the rights of married couples 

except the title of marriage. 

Can you not see the value of 

having this distinction of entitlement 

between these lifestyles 

Can you not see or admit that 

it’s an advantage to a child to have 

both a mother and a father, and 

also an advantage for a man to 

have a woman and a woman a 

man 

God obviously understands; he 

said, “The man without the 

woman neither the woman without 

the man is in the Lord”. I 

Corinthians 11:11, Genesis 2:18, 24. 

Stop the Parkway 

Michael Montgomery 


As a resident of the plateau for 22 

years, I don’t understand the urgency 

the city has to spend our money 

to make East Lake Sammamish 

Parkway pretty. From what I understand, 

the city wants to spend $13.5 

million on the project. 

In this hard economic time, it is 

foolish to pay over $1,300 per family 

to make the parkway more visually 

appealing. The $1,300 figure may 

even be a low estimate; this is the 

estimated cost per family if it were 

paid for today. 

If the city pays for the project 

through a bond, or has to pay for 

other projects using bond money 

because of this project, the actual 

cost per household will be many 

times higher. I would be willing to 

bet if a survey was done asking 

every household to write a check for 

$1,300 for this unnecessary project, 

the city would easily count the small 

number of positive responses. 

As a daily driver on the parkway 

for more than 22 years, I know I 

would not receive any value from 

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Some construction 

projects to have 

expanded hours 

The noise of bulldozers could 

become your new alarm bell. 

The City Council approved a 

change to city code that allows 

construction to begin earlier and 

end later on weekdays in special 

circumstances. 

Previously, the code only 

allowed construction 7 a.m. to 8 

p.m., Mon.-Fri., and 9 a.m. to 6 

p.m. on Saturdays and holidays. 

No construction was allowed on 

Sundays. 

Those hours stand in most 

cases, but the change will allow 

for crews to start earlier in the 

morning or extend their work 

into the late evening if it would 

mean finishing a project in a significantly 

shorter amount of 

time, according to City Manager 

Ben Yazici. 

Yazici said he thinks the 

change will allow projects to 

become more efficient in terms 

of time and cost. 

Your news 

comments 

welcome! 

The change could directly 

impact the two major transportation 

projects slated for 

2009: the 244th Avenue connection 

and the East Lake 

Sammamish Parkway projects. 

There could be opportunities 

to complete paving components 

of those major arterial 

projects faster, if the allowable 

hours were extended to weekends, 

according to the city. 

For example, there have 

been projects that took two 

days on streets with low traffic 

volumes, when construction 

could have taken one day with 

a small extension of hours 

either earlier or later than the 

normal time frame, according 

to city documents. 

The council plans to mandate 

additional notifications to 

the public if construction 

crews plan to work outside the 

prescribed hours. 

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this project. In a perfect world, 

we may be able to afford a luxury 

project like this one. But today, 

the City Council is spending our 

money on a frivolous project. 

City Council, please reconsider 

your opinion and delay the 

project. 

Residents of Sammamish, 

please don’t let the City Council 

waste our hard earned tax 

money. If the City Council does 

not heed the dissenters for this 

project, I call for the residents of 

Sammamish to create a legal 

fund in order to raise every legal 

and environmental issue to delay 

or cancel the project. 

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Snow 

day 

Snow day afternoon 

Snow began falling early 

Thursday and continued throughout 

the weekend. Parents and 

children were forced ot take 

some uplanned days off. 

Drinking cocoa in front of the 

fire after being stuck inside for 

days on end has its own merits, 

but Sammamishites made the 

most of the weather. They took to 

any slope they could find to go 

sledding, built forts and had 

snowball fights while enjoying 

the days of white weather. 

Dec. 18, 2008 

The Dillon family: Sammamish resident Jennifer Dillon, right, carries her son Parker as Michael 

Dillon, back, walks with Matthew, 3, Dec. 18 along Southeast 24th Street. 

Photos by Christopher 

Huber 

A Sammamish resident makes 

a run down a hill at Beaver 

Lake Park Dec. 18. 

Discovery Elementary students bomb down the hill near the ball 

fields at Beaver Lake Park during their snow day Dec. 18. 

Photo by Phil Dougherty 

Christmas lights make the snow on these bushes glow. 

Discovery Elementary third grader Sebaastian Blackhart takes a 

spill while sledding the hill at Beaver Lake Park along 244th


Photo by Heather Roberts 

Sammamish children enjoy the snow fort their mothers spent all day Friday building. Back row, 

from left are Gracie and Evan Kent, and Ashlyn Roberts. Front row from left Amelia Roberts and 

Jeremy Kent. 

A pickup truck begins the ascent on Southeast Eighth Street 

Dec. 18 as Sammamish residents trek on foot. 

City Hall is covered in snow Dec. 19. 

Photo by J.B. Wogan 

Discovery Elementary fifth grader Tristan Lagron gets some air 

Dec. 18. 

Photo by Sue McComas 

Daisy the dog catches a snowball thrown by owner Mike Hartway while Ciara Lewis looks on.

COMMUNITY 


Sammamish bursts onto wine scene 

By Ari Cetron 

Say “winery.” 

Does it evoke an image of 

lush, rolling hills with grapevines 

planted arrow-straight, marching 

off into the distance 

How about a barn in the 

southern part of Sammamish 

The latter just took third place 

out of 92 wineries at the Tri- 

Cities Wine Festival. 

“We kind of came out of no 

place, literally,” said Peter Frame, 

one of a dozen Sammamish and 

Issaquah residents who are Rock 

Meadow Cellars. 

Rock Meadow Cellars is six 

couples who met about 20 years 

ago when their children all went 

to the same preschool, said Karen 

Buckingham, another member of 

the group. 

The group of them bonded 

over their love of red wines, 

which, 20 years ago, were far less 

sophisticated. 

“I was probably drinking out of 

screw-top bottles,” Buckingham 

said. 

Over the years, viniculture 

exploded in America, and in 

Washington state. 

In 1989, there were 60 wineries 

in the state and growers harvested 

43,000 tons of wine 

grapes. In 2007, there were 530 

wineries and 127,150 tons of 

grapes, according to the 

The dozen Sammamish and Issaquah residents who comprise Rock Meadow Cellars. 

Washington Wine Commission. 

In 2006, the industry 

employed 19,000 people in wine 

related jobs and had a $3 billion 

economic impact on the state, 

according to the commission. 

“We are becoming known for 

producing great fruit,” Frame 

Contributed 

said. 

The families of Rock Meadow 

Cellars named for the neighborhood 

Buckingham lives in, 

evolved with the times. They 

started tasting more sophisticated 

wines, and, in 2004, thought 

they’d have a go of making it 

themselves. 

They all had different skill sets 

to bring to the table, and were 

able to outsource some jobs – 

Buckingham’s husband, an attorney, 

swapped helping with a 

graphic artist’s divorce in 

exchange for the label’s design. 

The group got a consultant to 

help take them through the process, 

with Buckingham’s husband, 

Buzz, and Frame taking the 

lead on the day-to-day winemaking. 

The first step, of course, is the 

grapes. There are not really any 

vineyards in Sammamish, so the 

folks from Rock Meadow Cellars 

headed to Sagemore Vineyards in 

Pasco. 

It is fairly common to either 

be on the grape growing side or 

wine making side of the business, 

Buckingham said. 

After the harvest, the group 

rents trucks and hauls out to 

Pasco to pick up their grapes. 

This year, they took 13,000 

pounds of hand-picked grapes 

back to Sammamish, where they 

first use a machine to remove the 

stems. 

They crush the grapes, and 

Sledding tops snow day plans for Sammamish 

See WINE, Page 9 

School was cancelled around Sammamish Dec. 17, 18 and 19 making 

for an extra-long winter break. The snow began falling early 

Thursday and continued throughout the day. Many parents also had 

the day off, or worked from home. Reporter Christopher Huber caught 

up with Sammamish residents who were sledding near Beaver Lake 

Park to ask them what their plans are for the break. 

Sebastian Blackhart – third 

grade at Discovery Elementary 

School 

“Pretty much sled as much as 

we can and have as much 

snow as we can.” 

Chris Bingham – sophomore at 

Western Washington University 

“I grew up on this hill and 

loved coming sledding every 

time there was a snow day. 

And during this holiday season 

I’m really excited about just 

hanging out with my family 

and seeing all the people that 

have been in my life.” 

Kendra Muller – Junior at 

Cornish College of the Arts – 

“We — Christopher and I — 

grew up on this hill. We live 

right next door so we’ve been 

sledding on it since we were 

little. And during the holiday 

season I plan on just relaxing 

at home with my family.” 

Pat McCarthy – Sammamish 

resident near Beaver Lake Park 

“In the last couple of days 

we’ve been off school, the 

kids have been anyways, and 

we just came out here to enjoy 

the sled riding and the snow. 

Plans for break, play in the 

snow, obviously. We have no 

plans, just hang out at the 

house and enjoy the good 

weather.” 

Andre Lagron – third grade, 

Discovery Elementary School. 

“What I would like to do for 

Christmas break is probably 

going sledding and, for the 

first few days before 

Christmas, working on my 

Christmas project for everyone 

else in my family.”


Wine 


no, it doesn’t involve rolled-up 

pants and stomping, but a more 

modern press. 

“You crush to expose the juice 

to the skin,” Frame said. “The flavor 

and color come from the 

skin.” 

The flavors in Rock Meadow 

Cellars are distinctly 

Washingtonian, said Buckingham. 

Frame explained that, for 

example, wines in France, and 

even Italy, have much more rigorous 

regulations governing what 

winemakers may do to the wine 

while it’s fermenting, than exist 

in the U.S. 

Even stateside, in California, 

he said, the grapes are grown in a 

less stable climate, making for 

wild changes in taste from one 

year to the next. 

“In Washington, we tend to 

have a lot more stable vintages,” 

he said. 

In this case, those stable vintages 

ferment in the Buckingham 

barn, along with some yeast and 

some sugar, (Rock Meadow 

Cellars uses French oak barrels 

which hold 225 liters and cost 

$874) and are left to their own 

devices for a few months. 

“It really isn’t rocket science,” 

Frame said. “As a job, wine making 

comes with periods of concentrated 

labor, and then, not a 

lot of labor.” 

When the fermenting is done, 

the group gathers and makes 

wine by committee, Buckingham 

said. 

Rock Meadow Cellars produces 

five different red wines 

and hopes to add a white next 

year. The 12 people all come 

together and taste their wines, 

deciding how to blend them. 

Most wines, Buckingham said, 

involve blends of at least two different 

kinds of grapes. 

As long as 75 percent of the 

wine comes from one sort of 

grape, they can market it as 

being that kind of wine, such as 

cabernet sauvignon, or cabernet 

franc. Otherwise it must be 

called a blend. Rock Meadow 

Cellars produces one blend, 

Rockin’ Red, which is a roughly 

even split of three different vari- 

Contributed 

Rock Meadow’s wines won two gold, one silver and one bronze 

medal. 

eties. 

Bottling is handled by a man 

who owns a portable bottling 

facility and takes about a day, 

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There is not much left of Rock Meadow Cellars 2006 bottling. 

Buckingham said about 10-12 cases of Syrah are all that remain. 

They are available at the Sammamish and Issaquah QFC, or 

online at www.rockmeadowcellars.com. 

After that, interested wine connoisseurs will have to wait until 

the fall for the 2007 vintage to be released. 

The business end of the operation 

is coming along smoothly, 

Buckingham said. They will likely 

break even this year, and accolades 

keep coming; the Tri-cities 

Wine Society has requested some 

of their wines for its upcoming 

gathering. 

And next year may be even 

better. Frame predicts that the 

2007 vintage will be their best, 

yet. 

For now, however, the winemaking 

remains a fun, side project 

for everyone, Buckingham 

said. 

“Maybe some day we’ll move 

out of our barn,” she said, “but 

none of us wants to get too big, 

too fast.” 

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Final design 

near for 

Southeast 20th 

By J.B. Wogan 

The City Council was scheduled 

to pass a resolution on a $3 

million roads project Dec. 16, but 

opted to get more information 

first. 

While formal action wasn’t 

taken, council members seem 

poised to select a design for a 

revamped Southeast 20th Street, 

including separate bike lanes and 

a sidewalk on the road’s north 

side. 

The project centers on a onemile 

strip from 212th Avenue 

Southeast to 228th Avenue 

Southeast. The city set aside this 

money for roads in need of safer 

conditions for pedestrians and 

bicyclists. 

Project Engineer Tawni Hoang 

said the project would undergo 

construction in June 2009, with a 

completion date some time in 

October. The council’s decision to 

delay a formal approval of the 

design should not drastically 

delay that overall timeline, she 

said. 

During a discussion in the 

Dec. 15 council study session, 

Councilwoman Nancy Whitten 

asked about how the design 

would address phosphorus runoff 

into Pine Lake. The lake sits due 

south of the road, spanning 

almost exactly the length of the 

project: it is bracketed on its eastern 

and western ends by 212th 

Avenue Southeast and 228th 

Avenue Southeast. 

While the planter strip aspect 

of the project design is still in 

question, the council gave its 

informal consent to several components 

of the project. The strip 

will feature bike lanes on both 

sides of the street, with a sidewalk 

on the northern side. 

In Hoang’s presentation to the 

council, she said that planter 

strips would add about $350,000 

to construction costs, and $5,000- 

8,800 per year to maintain. Even 

with the extra cost, it would still 

be within the $3 million budget, 

Hoang said. 

Unlike other design options, 

where Hoang recommended one 

preference, the planter strip 

choice depends on whether the 

council wants to budget for the 

added cost of inserting and maintaining 

planter strips, she said. 

The annual maintenance cost is 

not part of the $3 million in construction 

costs. 

Planter strips would provide 

the best opportunity for filtering 

out pollutants before they 

reached Pine Lake, according to 

Hoang. 

The city code requires that 

road construction projects like 

Southeast 20th Street must try to 

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nearby lakes by 80 percent. 

“I would prefer to see the environmental 

analysis first,” Whitten 

said. 

Councilman Mark Cross piggybacked 

off Whitten’s comment by 

saying that he wanted a clearer 

sense of how much planter strips 

might prevent pollutants from 

running into Pine Lake. 

He added that a study of environmental 

impacts would go 

hand-in-hand with an economic 

one, in the sense that planter 

strips might minimize future 

costs for filtering runoff in other 

ways. 

For similar reasons, Hoang 

said staff will look at the impacts 

of a porous cement option for the 

sidewalk, since that could also 

serve as a filtration method. 

City Engineer Laura Philpot, 

who is working with Hoang on 

the project, said staff will provide 

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Nov. 9 meeting. 

Board members voted only 

after discussing the meaning of 

the word “dispose” in this context. 

Board Member Lee Fellinge 

suggested that the equipment 

could be donated to local schools. 

Board Chair Ron Pedee added 

that fire departments outside of 

EFR might find a use for the 

equipment. 

The equipment — 11 different 

types of weights, from the Nordic 

track to a speed bag stand — 

must be evaluated first, Finance 

Chief Dave Gray said. 

In some cases, the equipment 

can be sold for a profit; in others, 

it’s removed at a loss, Gray 

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Woman run 

over while 

snowmobiling 

By J.B. Wogan 

Tragedy struck Sammamish 

Dec. 21 when icy conditions led 

to a life-threatening accident on 

228th Avenue Southeast. 

Amid falling snow and icy 

roads, a woman was run over. 

King County police said she sustained 

critical injuries, but were 

unsure of her status as of Dec. 22. 

A 40-year-old woman was driving 

her snowmobile on private 

property around 4:40 p.m. when 

she lost control, leaving the property 

and slamming into a metal 

pole on 228th Avenue Southeast, 

near Southeast 1st Street. 

The woman was not wearing a 

helmet, leaving the potential for 

head injuries from that initial 

impact, according to Police Chief 

Brad Thompson. 

The worst was yet to come. 

Flung from her snowmobile, 

the woman landed in the path of 

a Nissan Pathfinder heading 

north. The Nissan’s driver, a 39- 

year-old man, tried to avoid hitting 

her, rolled over the woman’s 

abdomen with his left front tire, 

according to a report from the 

King County Sheriff’s Office. 

The Major Accident 

Reconstruction unit of the sheriff’s 

office handles major cases 

like this one, according to 

Thompson. 

The Nissan driver’s cautious 

driving may have caused worse 

injuries, Thompson said. 

“The sad thing is, a low speed 

rollover is worse than high 

speed,” he said, explaining that as 

a vehicle rolls more slowly over a 

body, the weight of the vehicle 

presses down for a longer period 

of time. 

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A page works in Olympia, distributing 

written messages to representatives. 

In the process, 

pages learn about how the state 

Legislature functions. 

Students between the ages of 

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City Councilman Don Gerend 

has recommended that city 

employees do their part to help 

analog television users switch to 

digital cable. 

At the direction of Congress, 

television stations across the U.S. 

will stop broadcasting to analog 

channels Feb. 17, 2009. 

The term ‘analog’ refers to 

televisions that receive their signal 

through an electronic analog 

circuit, such as rabbit ears or any 

other television device that relies 

on antennae. 

The term ‘digital,’ which is 

the alternative electronic circuit 

in this case, is the preferred 

option for television 

stations because it is less sensitive 

to noise and the signal 

is less likely to degrade as it 

appears on the screen. 

The government has plans to 

auction off the broadcast frequencies 

being used by television stations. 

In advance of the change, individuals 

who use rabbit ears will 

need to purchase a converter box 

to continue to use a television 

signal. 

People who already have cable 

or satellite television will not 

need these boxes. 

However, Comcast is planning 

to change its services across the 

stat. Residents who use Comcast 

should contact them about potential 

changes. 

For those who do need converters, 

the U.S. government is 

offering coupons to help people 

pay for the box. 

The coupons are worth $40 

and should arrive in the mail 

within six weeks. Anyone can 

apply for the coupons — each 

household can receive two 

coupons. 

To help Sammamish citizens 

who may need a box and be 

unaware of the coupon program, 

the city is collecting some extras. 

Upon City Manager Ben 

Yazici’s request, as well as 

Gerend’s, city staff has applied 

for free coupons to purchase analog-to-digital 

converters. 

Those coupons will be 

available at City Hall for citizens 

who need equipment to 

keep their cable after the 

switch. 

To apply, call 1-888-388-2009. 

To learn more about the national 

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SCHOOLS 


McAuliffe students enter the toy industry 

Toy show gives students a 

chance to use a variety of 

different classroom skills 

By Christopher Huber 

As McAuliffe Elementary 

School sixth graders scampered 

into their respective classrooms 

to prepare, their parents waited 

inside the school’s main 

entrance. 

A few event helpers rolled the 

lunch tables across the floor and 

into place just before 78 students 

dressed in business attire flooded 

the room with their poster boards 

and prototype toys in hand. 

They had all prepared their 

sales pitches and demonstrations. 

They were ready to get their sixweek-long 

class project over 

with. Officially. 

“They have to persuade you. If 

they don’t persuade you, you 

can’t buy that toy for your store,” 

sixth grade teacher Kristin 

Ramey said of the goal of the project. 

The Toy Trade Show Dec. 16 at 

McAuliffe began at 5:30 p.m. with 

a cacophony of excited voices 

echoing throughout the lunchroom, 

while parents, acting as 

toy company representatives, filtered 

through the rows of booths. 

It all ended an hour later with a 

figurative sigh of relief from all 

students, and teachers, involved. 

They had done it. But who 

from Flying Pig Toys had convinced 

the most parents to “buy” 

their toy 

The Polar Pop ‘N Bop Bear was 

the most popular, receiving 20 

more votes than the next best 

toy, Ramey said after the event. 

Samantha Martensen, Sue 

Park, Mia Richards, Austin Kappl 

and Daniel Wilson wooed their 

prospective buyers with 

brochures, a colorful booth 

design and even a magazine to 

sell a polar bear that plays music, 

dances and blows bubbles at the 

same time. 

The team had the spiel down 

pat and Richards and Park transitioned 

smoothly back and forth 

in their demonstration, sounding 

(on purpose) like a TV commercial. 

“We had some bumps along 

the way,” Park said about the six 

weeks of hard work. “(But) we 

tried to get everybody’s ideas and 

put them together.” 

For the past eight years, sixth 

grade students at McAuliffe 

Elementary School have participated 

in the Toy Trade Show project, 

a culmination of six weeks 

of lessons in statistics, market 

research, product development, 

persuasive writing and team 

management. 

The students take on the role 

of managing teams for a new toy 

company. Each class creates a 

different company name, motto 

and logo — Ramey’s class was, 

Flying Pig Toys: “Where anything 

is possible.” Then each group of 

four to five students must create 

a unique toy, a prototype model, 

illustrations, persuasive writing 


Sixth grader Morgan Karbowski, left, talks to Tracy Coats, top right, and Mariprasad Sanapoori, 

top, about the “M-Hat.” 


McAuliffe sixth grader Andrew Lee points out his group’s “market research” for the “Gizmo 

Helmet” as he explains his product to parents Dec. 16 at the Toy Trade Show. 

pieces, and descriptions of the 

capabilities of their toy. 

“Its all the pieces they are supposed 

to learn in sixth grade all 

put together, including public 

speaking,” said Ramey. 

The students also conducted 

surveys to determine appropriate 

age groups, coloring and functions 

of the toy. 

They present all this material 

at the trade show. And 

the parents came, acting as 

buyers for their store and 

voted on the top three toys 

they thought would sell in 

their store, based on the persuasiveness 

of each team. 

“It’s such a nice introduction 

to persuasive writing, and I can’t 

think of a better way for them to 

get excited about the amount of 

work they had to do,” Ramey 

said. 

The objectives of the unit, 

Ramey said, were to introduce 

persuasive writing, apply skills 

learned in their math unit, utilize 

technology to market a product, 

practice public speaking and 

practice artistic abilities. 

“It’s a wonderful way to get 

kids to work together and experience 

what it’s like to be on a 

team,” said parent Danessa 

Lambdin as she took a break 

from browsing the toys. 

Throughout the project, students 

had to study toy commercials 

to learn how to persuade a 

target audience, create graphs 

based on polls done on students 

at recess, and create and design 

badges, presentation boards and 

the toy itself, among other things, 

Ramey said. 

Some groups, like the Magical 

Toymakers, from Mrs. Goggin’s 

class, who made the “lift rider,” 

had trouble actually finding all 

the parts to make their toy. 

“Mainly the hardest part was 

getting all the stuff. It was pretty 

easy putting it together, just getting 

the stuff,” said Stephen 

Rogers. “We had to go to, like, Ace 

Hardware and stuff to get all the 

stuff.” 

Rogers and his teammates 

Hannah Eberts, Ryan Yoneyama 

and Naz Johnson, came in third 

place for sales Dec. 16 for their 

spring-suspension 

skateboard/snowboard with a 

built-in cup holder. 

Among the most innovative 

toy prototypes at the trade show 

were a holographic chess board, 

an interactive “Bear Attack” board 

game and the “M-Hat,” a hat with 

built-in Bluetooth technology. 

Ramey brought the project to 

the Lake Washington School 

District eight years ago, when 

she was hired at McAuliffe. She 

had taught the project for two 

years in the Kent School District. 

The best part of this project, 

Ramey said is, “they reflect more 

on how people try to sell things 

and how, in fact, to be persuasive 

themselves.” 

Reporter Christopher Huber can 

be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or 

at chuber@isspress.com. To comment 


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Twas the night before Christmas….the 2008 version 

By Sarelyn Radecke 

‘Twas the night before 

Christmas, when all through the 

house mortgage foreclosures 

loomed for you and your spouse. 

The stocks and bonds were 

hung by the door with care, in 

hopes that St. Economick soon 

would be there. 

The children were nestled all 

snug in their beds, while text 

messaging lingo danced in their 

heads. 

And Mamma with her books 

and I with my Blackberry, had 

just settled our brains for a sleep, 

nice and merry. 

When outside the house there 

arose such a promising commotion. 

I enthusiastically tripped over 

a WebKinz (as if I had received a 

promotion). 

I jumped over to the windows 

with jubilance and glee. 

Heard a crack as I realized that 

my back “wasn’t what it used to be.” 

The radiance of the neighbor’s 

extravagant light show 

Gave the appearance of sunshine 

to the objects below. 

When, what through my contact-adorned 

eyes should appear, 

But a beat up old Lexus with a 

dent in the rear. 

With a little old driver, so blatantly 

quick, 

I knew in a moment it must 

be St. Economick 

Quicker than Britney’s annulment 

his servants they came, 

And he sat there and thought 

and called them by name! 

“Now Underconsumption! 

now, Overproduction! now, 

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On, Stocks! On, National Debt! 

on, Speculation and The Great 

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To the top of the brawl! 

Now dash away! Dash away! 

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As dollar bills that before the 

lucky ones fly, 

When they meet with a mortgage 

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So up to the house-top the servants 

they flew, 

With the old Lexus and St 

Economick too. 

And then, I heard a sound on 

the ceiling, 

Leaving my stomach with an 

uneasy feeling. 

I shrugged my shoulders and 

turned around to go upstairs, 

And there stood St. Economick 

with all the nation’s cares. 

He was dressed all in Gucci, 

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And he looked at me and 

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A bundle of relief he had flung 

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He looked like the answer to 

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And I found myself not wanting 

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A wink of the eye and a 

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Gve me reason to know that I 

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Then disappeared, like my 

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Calendar 


Events 

Habitat for Humanity holds 

monthly work days. Go to 

Patterson Park in Redmond and 

meet with other volunteers the 

third Saturday of each month. E- 

mail habitat@spconline.org. 

Religious/spiritual 

Prayer gathering. 

Sammamish Presbyterian Church 

is hosting a gathering to include 

prayers in a time of uncertainty. 

All ages are welcome to the 

event. Bring your requests and 

join others from 5-6 p.m. Jan. 4 

at the church. 

David Harsh, a Christian 

singer-songwriter and guitarist, 

will perform his songs with 

Christian lyrics. The free concert 

is from 7-8:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at 

Sammamish Presbyterian 

Church. 

Faith United Methodist 

Church offers “Faith Cafe” for 

women of all ages. The café features 

drop-in coffee time, scrapbooking/stamping, 

mom & baby 

playgroup, quilting/knitting and 

walking group. There will also be 

one-off classes, studies and 

themed days. 9:30 a.m. 

Wednesdays beginning this fall. 

Call Jo Lucas 837-1948. 

The Men’s Fraternity is holding 

a “Quest for Authentic 

Manhood” series. It is designed 

to help men discover their masculine 

identity. It seeks to provide 

men with a definition of 

what it truly means to be a man. 

It hopes to inspire and equip you 

to incorporate the Quest into the 

fabric of your everyday life. From 

6-7:30 a.m. Thursdays. Contact 

Steve Beer for more information, 

sbeer1960@yahoo.com. 

A series of Bhakti Shastri 

courses are available at the Vedic 

Cultural Center. Courses include 

the Bagavad Gita II through Jan. 

21 and Bagavad Gita III from Jan. 

28-March 25. For more details 

including times, visit www.vedicculturalcenter.org. 

IGNITE for sixth-eighth 

grade students, and CORE, for 

ninth-12th graders at Sammamish 

Presbyterian Church. Students 

will be taught about faith while 

building relationships with supportive, 

Christ-centered adults. 

IGNITE meets from 4:30-7:30 

p.m. Wednesdays and CORE 

meets from 5:30-7:30 p.m. 

Social Justice Book Group 

— all are welcome, including 

moms (play area and toys provided). 

The group is set to meet on 

the first and third Mondays of 

each month at Sammamish Hills 

Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall 

1-2 p.m. E-mail 

shlcministries@yahoo.com for 

more information and a list of 

books to be discussed. 

Healing Prayer Service is 

available every fourth Tuesday of 

the month at 7 p.m. at Pine Lake 

Covenant Church, 1715 228th 

Ave. S.E. Call 392-8636. 

Celebrate Recovery, a 

Christian, 12-step ministry, 

meets Monday evenings from 

6–9:30 p.m. at Pine Lake 

Covenant Church, 1715 228th 

Ave. S.E. Call 392-8636. 

A Deeper Well discussion 

group – friends of Our Savior 

Lutheran Church gather for informal 

talk of faith and life. The 

group meets at 8 p.m. on the last 

Tuesday of each month through 

June at the Issaquah Brew 

House, 35 W. Sunset Way. 

Moms In Touch is a nondenominational, 

Bible-centered 

prayer support group for all 

moms whose children attend 

Pine Lake Middle School or 

Pacific Cascade Freshman 

Campus. They meet at 9:20 a.m. 

Friday mornings at 4119 West 

Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., 

Bellevue (across from Sambica). 

Contact Jan Domek 746-4561 jandomek@comcast.net 

Pine Lake Covenant Church 

offers a ministry for children 

with special needs at 10:30 a.m. 

Sundays. Call 392-8636. 

“Caffeine for the Soul,” a 

free Judaic and Torah class for 

women, is from 1-1:45 p.m. every 

Tuesday at Caffé Ladro in 

Issaquah Highlands Shopping 

Center. Contact Chabad of the 

Central Cascades at 427-1654. 

Free Hebrew classes are 

offered through Chabad of the 

Central Cascades. Call 427-1654. 

Kabalat Shabbat is offered in 

the Chabad house at the Issaquah 

Highlands at 7 p.m. Fridays. New 

members and guests are welcome. 

Call 427-1654. 

Learn to read and speak 

Samskritam from 4-6 p.m. at the 

Vedic Cultural Center. To register, 

visit vedicculturalcenter.org. 

Community Bible Study, 

open to all women, meets 

Thursday mornings. To register 

for the class beginning fall 2008, 

or for more information, call 

Nancy Carr at 868-1630. 

Youth 

Eastside Precision Drill 

Team is now filling spots for the 

2009 parade and competition season. 

The team is looking for girls 

ages 7-10 for their junior team 

and ages 10-19 for their senior 

team. For more information, 

please call Heather at 647-4831 or 

visit www.eastsidedrillteam.com. 

Classes 

The city of Sammamish and 

Pepper Fitness offer free fitness 

classes for women. Classes begin 

at 10:30 a.m. Mondays and 

Fridays at the Lodge at Beaver 

Lake. Call Jayne Siqueiros at 206- 

714-9752. 

Writer’s Workshop. Join 

other writers of all levels in a 

workshop designed to help you 

write. Cost is $25 including 

brunch and beverages. 9:30 a.m.- 

2:30 pm. Jan. 10. To register, e- 

mail r.holton@comcast.net. 

Become a Love & Logic 

Parent. A course focuses on raising 

children from ages 2-6. the 

cost is $50 plus $15 for course 

materials. Childcare is available 

for children up to age 6 for $25. 

The fee covers all sessions. The 

course runs from 4-6 p.m. Jan. 

11-Feb. 15 (except Feb. 1) at 

Sammamish Presbyterian 

Church. To register or for more 

information, e-mail 

mainoffice@spconline.org. 

Library activities 

The Sammamish book discussion 

group will discuss “The 

Absolutely True Diary of a Part 

Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie 

at 7 p.m. Jan. 21. 

The Teen Book Lovers 

Group will meet to talk about 

what they’ve been reading have 

snacks and hang out. 3:30 p.m. 

Jan. 6. 

Pajama Story Times for children 

ages 2-6 with an adult. 

Families are welcome. Come in 

your pajamas and enjoy stories, 

signs, puppets, movement and 

music at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 

5, 12 and 26. 

Musik Nest Children and 

families share songs, dance and 

rhythm with a toddler. 10:30 a.m. 

Jan. 15 

Preschool Story Times for 

children ages 3-6 with an adult. 

Siblings are welcome, but space 

is limited. 10 a.m. Jan. 8, 15 and 

22 and 1 p.m. Jan. 9, 16 and 23. 

Tiny Tales Story Times for 

children ages 6-12 months with 

an adult. Space is limited. 11 a.m. 

Jan. 8, 15 and 22. 

Young toddler story time for 

ages 12-24 months with an adult 

10:30 and 11: 30 a.m. Jan. 9, 16 

and 23. 

Talk Time is at 7 p.m. Jan. 6, 

13, 20 and 27. Join other adults to 

improve your English conversation 

skills. Call Literacy 

AmeriCorps at 369-3452. 

Spanish Story times for children 

3 and older with an adult. 

10:30 a.m. Jan. 12, 17 and 24. 

Toddle On Over – Toddler 

Story Times for children ages 2-3. 

Siblings are welcome, but space 

is limited. 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. 

Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28. 

Teen creative writers group. 

Share your work, give and 

receive feedback and meet other 

teen writers. 3:30 p.m. Jan. 20. 

Volunteers needed 

The King County Long- 

Term Care Ombudsman 

Program needs certified long 

term care ombudsman volunteers. 

After completing a four-day 

training program, visit with residents, 

take and resolve complaints 

and advocate for residents. 

Volunteers are asked to 

donate four hours a week and 

attend selected monthly meetings. 

Contact John Stilz at 206- 

697-6747 or johns@solidground.org. 

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. Eastside 

Bluebills meet every third 

Wednesday of the month at the 

Bellevue Regional Library from 

10 a.m.-noon. 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. Just one hour a week can 

make a difference in a child’s life. 

Call Clair at 867-1677 or Nanci at 

885-9158. 

Eastside Baby Corner needs 

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volunteers to sort incoming donations 

of clothing and toys and 

prepare items for distribution. Go 

to www.babycorner.org. 

Volunteers are needed to 

visit homebound patrons with 

the King County Library System’s 

Traveling Library Center program. 

Volunteers must be at least 

18 years old and have reliable 

transportation. Call Susan 

LaFantasie at 369-3235. 

Volunteer drivers are needed 

for the Senior Services Volunteer 

Transportation Program. Flexible 

hours, mileage, parking reimbursement 

and supplemental liability 

insurance are offered. Call 

206-448-5740. 

Guide Dogs for the Blind 

Eager Eye Guide Pups Club 

needs volunteers to raise puppies 

for use as guide dogs for the 

blind. For information, call Sandy 

at 644-7421. 

Volunteer Chore Services 

links volunteers with seniors or 

individuals who are disabled and 

are living on a limited income. 

Call 284-2240. 

Clubs, groups 

The Eastside Welcome Club 

meets the first Wednesday of the 

month at 10 a.m. in members’ 

homes and on various days of the 

month for other activities and 

outings. People who are new to 

the area and want to meet new 

people and join in different interest 

and social groups, can call 

821-5857. 

Sammamish Kiwanis meets 

every Wednesday at 7 a.m. at 

Sammamish Hills Lutheran 

Church, 22818 S.E. Eighth St. 

Visit www.sammamishkiwanis.org. 

Toastmasters of Sammamish 

meet from 7:15–8:45 p.m. every 

Tuesday at Mary, Queen of Peace 

Parish, 1121 228th Ave. S.E. Call 

391-4834 or e-mail davidlloyd_70@msn.com. 

The General Federation of 

Women’s Clubs local chapter, 

Cascade Woman’s Club, meets at 

7 p.m. the second Wednesday of 

each month in members’ homes. 

Membership is open to all 

women who would like to be a 

part of one of the oldest and 

largest women’s organizations 

whose members are dedicated to 

Christmas services 

Christmas Eve services 

Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church will hold different services 

at 5, 7, 9 and 10:30 p.m. Dec. 24 at the church. Visit 

www.shlc.org. 

Good Samaritan Episcopal will hold services at 4:30 and 10 

p.m. Visit www.goodsamepiscopal.org. 

Sammamish Presbyterian Church will hold services at 3:30, 

4:30, 7:30, 9 and 10:30 p.m. Visit www.spconline.org. 

Faith United Methodist Church will hold services at 5, 7 and 

11 p.m. Visit www.faithunited.org. 

Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ will hold services at 7 

p.m. at the Pine Lake Community Center. 

Community Church of Joy will hold a candlelight service at 6 

p.m. 

Pine Lake Covenant Church will hold a family service at 4:30 

p.m. and candlelight services at 7 and 8:30 p.m. 

Christmas day 

Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church 10 a.m. 

Good Samaritan Episcopal 10 a.m. 

community improvement 

through volunteer service. Call 

898-8603. 

Mothers of Preschoolers at 

Sammamish Presbyterian Church 

meets the first and third 

Mondays, October through June, 

from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at SPC. E- 

mail emilyjsnyder@hotmail.com. 

Sammamish Garden Club 

meets the second Tuesday of the 

month at 9:30 a.m. in the homes 

of members. Visitors and new 

members are always welcome. 

Call Cathy at 836-0421 or e-mail 

CathyWebst@aol.com. 

Sammamish Citizens Corps 

holds a refresher/advanced training 

class for CERTs on the second 

Saturday of each month from 9-11 

a.m. at Station 82. E-mail sammamishcitizencorps@hotmail.com. 

The Pine Lake Garden Club 

meets the second Wednesday of 

the month, plus occasional meetings 

for workshops and taking 

local field trips together. Their 

yearly plant sale is a fundraiser 

for “green-related” projects and 

charities. Call 836-7810. 

Mothers and More – 

Sammamish/Redmond 

Chapter offers “Moms Need a 

Playgroup Too,” scrapbooking, 

book club, movies out, Clutter 

Club, kids play groups and more. 

The monthly chapter meeting is 

the first Thursday of the month 

at 7 p.m. Go to http://www.redmondmothersandmore.org. 

Sammamish Saddle Club — 

For membership and meeting 

information, visit www.sammamishsaddleclub.org. 

Contact 

Shaila Nyborg 466-7168. 

Sammamish Women’s 

Walking Club hosts one to three 

different walks each week. 

Sometimes it will be a neighborhood 

walk under the streetlights 

or maybe a walk in nature along 

a trail. E-mail your requests of 

times and potential walking sites 

to www.pepperfitness.com. 

The Rotary Club of 

Sammamish meets every 

Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the 

Bellewood Retirement 

Apartments, 3710 Providence 

Point Drive S.E. 

The Sammamish Fit Club, a 

club looking to improve the 

health of the community, meets 

from 7:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays. For 

location and more information, 

call Trish at 206-605-0679 or send 

an e-mail to whyweight@comcast.net. 

Cascade Republican 

Women’s Club meets at 11:30 

a.m. the third Wednesday of the 

month at the Plateau Club, 25625 

E. Plateau Drive. Call 788-2028. 

Sammamish Plateau Parent 

Networking Group meets normally 

the last Monday of the 

month at Sahalee Fire Station 

#82, 1851 228th Ave. N.E. Call 

868-2111. 

Redmond Toddler Group, a 

parent-child program with art, 

music, play and parent education 

has openings in pre-toddler, toddler 

and family classes. Call 869- 

5605 or visit www.redmondtoddler.org. 

Foster Parent Support 

Group meets the last Thursday 

of each month from 6-8 p.m. at 

Mary, Queen of Peace Parish, 

1121 228th Ave. S.E. Earn your 

training/foster parent hours. 

Refreshments and child care are 

provided. Call 206-719-8764. 

To submit items for the 

Community Calendar, contact the 

editor at 392-6434, ext. 233. 

Information may be e-mailed to 

samrev@isspress.com or mailed to 

the Sammamish Review, P.O. Box 

1328, Issaquah, WA 98027. 

Items must be received by the 

Wednesday before publication.

SPORTS 


Sounders coach will see a lot of Sammamish 

Sigi Schmid’s 

brother, Roland, 

lives in Inglewood 

Hill area 

By Christopher Huber 

If you haven’t heard yet, 

there’s a new coach in town. His 

name is Sigi Schmid, and he was 

Schmid was introduced at a 

news conference Dec. 16 at 

Qwest Field after agreeing to a 

multi-year contract with the 

Sounders. 

Schmid took the job after three 

years as head coach of the 

Columbus Crew, where he won 

the MLS Cup this year. He’s 

coached for 28 years. 

He’s not just a big name in 

professional soccer, though — 

he’s got a Sammamish connec- 

The Sounders 

The Seattle Sounders FC 

will become the 15th team in 

Major League Soccer. 

Comedian Drew Carey is a coowner 

of the team, and would 

only buy in after a guarantee 

that the team would have a 

marching band. 

As a result, the sounders are 

on track to become the only 

pro sports team in America 

with a band. 

The sounders are set to play 

at Qwest Field starting in April 

2009. 

For more information, visit 

www.soundersfc.com. 

Contributed 

Roland Schmid, left, lives in Sammamish with his wife, Amy and children, Mackenzie, 13 and 

Graham, 10. Sigi Schmid, second from left, will be the coach of the Seattle Sounders FC. 

recently named the first head 

coach for the new Seattle 

Sounders FC Major League 

Soccer expansion team. 

tion. 

His brother, Roland Schmid, 

lives in the Inglewood Hill area 

of Sammamish and was a contributing 

factor to Sigi Schmid 

deciding to come to Seattle from 

Columbus, both Roland and Sigi 

said. 

“It feels great. Even though 

we’re 10 years apart, we’re brothers, 

and we have been close,” Sigi 

Schmid said of reuniting with 

Roland. “It’s nice to be in the 

same city, because it’s been a 

See SOUNDERS, Page 19 

Scoreboard 

Boys Basketball 

KingCo 4A Standings: 

Conference Overall 

W-L 

W-L 

Crest 

Garfield 2-0 2-0 

Newport 2-1 2-3 

Issaquah 1-1 1-1 

Skyline 0-1 0-2 

Eastlake 0-2 1-2 

Redmond 0-2 1-2 

Crown 

Bothell 2-1 2-1 

Inglemoor 2-1 3-1 

Lake Wash. 2-1 3-1 

Roosevelt 2-1 2-1 

Woodinville 2-1 3-1 

Ballard 0-3 2-4 

Tuesday, Dec. 16 

Woodinville 57, Eastlake 54 

1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 Final 

W’ville 10 11 13 12 5 6 57 

Eastlake 10 12 19 5 5 3 54 

Scoring: 

Woodinville: Joey Reavley, 20; Kyle Clifford, 19; 

Zaid Aziz, 7; Taylor Tarabochia, 6. Eastlake: Jeff 

Charlston, 16; Michael Maguire, 16; Turner Lee, 

10; Kyle Hansen, 3. 

Chief Sealth 47, Eastside Catholic 38 

1 2 3 4 Final 

Chief Sealth 12 10 7 18 47 

Eastside Cath. 9 8 10 11 38 

Scoring: 

Chief Sealth: Jordan Kidd, 14; Keon Lewis, 12; 

Tomas Ogbaslassie, 10; Anthony Dixon, 7. Eastside 

Catholic: Nile Kramer, 13; Troy Perry, 13; 

Andrew Carlton, 3; Connor Holden, 3. 

Girls Basketball 

KingCo 4A Standings: 

Conference Overall 

W-L W-L 

Crest 

Issaquah 2-0 3-0 

Newport 2-1 3-1 

Eastlake 1-1 1-1 

Skyline 1-1 1-2 

Garfield 0-2 1-2 

Redmond 0-2 1-2 

Crown 

Roosevelt 3-0 4-0 

Inglemoor 2-0 5-0 

Lake Wash. 1-1 2-1 

Woodinville 1-1 2-1 

Ballard 0-2 1-3 

Bothell 0-2 0-4 

Boys Swimming 

Tuesday, Dec. 16 

Newport 130, Eastlake 54 

200 medley relay — Newport (Dehlan Gwo, 

Alex Peterson, Max Dunford, Mitchell Halliday) 

1:47.96. 200 free — Sebastian Bury, N, 2:00.22. 

200 IM — Mark Molnar, N, 2:07.30. 50 free — 

Halliday, N, 24.25. Diving — Antoine Signortetty, 

E, 131.00. 100 fly — Molnar, N, 54.90*. 100 free 

— Gwo, N, 53.54. 500 free — JZ Alleva, E, 

5:23.53. 200 free relay — Newport (Molnar, 

Kenneth Ralston, Dunford, Halliday) 1:36.69. 100 

back — Gwo, N, 59.44. 100 breast — Peterson, 

N, 1:08.16. 400 free relay — Newport (Gwo, Alex 

Douthitt, Ralston, Molnar) 3:35.56. Records — 

Newport 2-0, Eastlake 1-1. 

Wrestling 

Washington State Class 4A Individual 

Rankings: 

The top 10 wrestlers by weight class from 

around the state, according to the Washington 

Wrestling Report. 

Local wrestlers are in bold. 

Individual Rankings: 

Name Grade School 

103 

1 Ruben Navejas 10 KW 

2 Jarod Maynes 10 CV 

3 Jesus Valdez 11 KM 

4 Ryan Rodrigo 10 LS 

5 Bryce Evans 10 Rog 

6 Joah Fennell 11 Wood 

7 Steve Hopkins 9 Taho 

8 Ty Morton 11 Issa 

9 Connor Goodlet 11 Puy 

10 Khavan Tran 10 Heri 

112 

1 Josh Heinzer 11 LS 

2 Courtney Nalley 12 Davis 

3 Tyler Clark 10 Univ 

4 Zach Holland 12 Ever 

5 Cort Schatz 12 Curtis 

6 Riley Miller 10 Kels 

7 Raylin Lucey 12 Snoho 

8 Ares Carpio 9 TB 

9 Sam Edminster 11 Mead 

10 Levi Buchan 10 Skyv 

119 

1 Efrain Aguilar 11 GK 

2 Zach Nalley 12 Davis 

3 Jack Stillwell 12 LS 

4 Derek Lipp 11 KW 

5 Michael Turner 12 AubRiv 

6 Dan Seymour 12 Univ 

7 Simon Kipperberg 12 SK 

8 Clint Powers 10 Heri 

9 Kamm Freudenstein 11 Foss 

10 Dalton Baunsgard 12 Issa 

125 

1 Kelly Maughn 11 Aub 

2 Ely Garza 11 SouRi 

3 Zack Barnes 11 Wil 

4 Colton Kusilek 12 Kam 

5 David Peralez 11 ML 

6 Cody Wood 11 Heri 

7 Ivan Mukomol 11 Tjeff 

8 Hayden Peterson 10 KW 

9 Brandon Byers 10 Univ 

10 Max Saurwein 12 KR 

130 

1 Kyle Komata 12 Wood 

2 Sam Ottow 12 Snoho 

3 Brian Bitney 12 Rog 

4 Sean Anderson 12 LS 

5 Kurtis Giberson 11 Kelso 

6 Travis Metcalf 11 GK 

7 Adam Ferguson 12 SK 

8 Ricco Moreno 11 ML 

9 Jordan Higa 11 Taho 

10 Tanner Steciw 12 Skyl 

135 

1 Trevor Mills 12 TB 

2 Nathan Shortt 10 Arl 

3 Tyler Lamb 11 Taho 

4 BJ Alewine 12 LS 

5 Luke Perry 11 Snoho 

6 Tyler Simmet 12 CV 

7 Chris Condon 12 GK 

8 Tyler Vela 12 ML 

9 Kyle Fenton 12 SK 

10 Krayson Gates 12 Wen 

11 Dylan Ullery 11 LW 

12 Colton Elliot 11 OH 

13 Nolan Richards 12 Skyl 

X Josh Villani 10 LS 

140 

1 Stefan St. Marie 12 Snoho 

2 Tyler Enos 12 TB 

3 Niko Hughes 11 Kels 

4 Cameron Chlarson 12 ML 

5 Dario Rodriguez 11 Rog 

6 Bryce Klum 12 Heri 

7 AJ Schultz 12 AubRiv 

8 Jonathan Leale 12 Rog 

9 Kyle Walker 11 Her 

10 JR Rea 12 Taho 

145 

1 Cody Quinn 12 KW 

2 Ryan Zumwalt 11 Univ 

3 Dylan Granard 12 Wood 

4 Pedro Mendoza 11 Kami 

5 John Buban 12 Taho 

6 Thomas Pfeiffer 12 ML 

7 Beau Klum 12 Heri 

8 John Tuttle 12 OH 

9 Kido Espinoza 12 Davis 

10 Patrick Russell 11 SouRi 

152 

1 George King 12 LS 

2 Sam Villegas 12 ML 

3 Kevin McCanta 11 Newp 

4 Jared Kilcup 12 Her 

5 Jacob Mason 11 Univ 

6 Micah Morrill 11 Snoho 

7 Trey Haines 12 Wal 

8Tamrich Perez 11 SouRi 

9 Nick Bond 12 Mead 

10 Daniel Nelson 12 Ing 

160 

1 Jake Welch 12 LS 

2 Nate Regan 11 Kam 

3 Chris Myers 12 Arl 

4 Jordan Pine 11 Oly 

5 Graham Davis 12 Aub 

6 Greg Eley 12 KL 

7 Cody Stratton 12 CV 

X CJ Thompson 11 SL 

171 

1 Tyler Story 12 GK 

2 Nick Bayer 11 Taho 

3 Michael McAllister 12 Rog 

4 Brian Chamberlain 10 ML 

5 Chris Sweet 12 GK 

6 Andre Rivera 12 Ferris 

7 Dylan Rutledge 10 Aub 

8 Luke Angevine 12 KW 

9 Ryan Downs 12 SouRi 

10 Bo Schuetzle 12 ShP 

189 

1 Jake Swartz 12 Aub 

2 Brad Gee 11 Stanw 

3 Anthony DeMatteo 11 Skyl 

4 Teagan Franco 12 Beth 

5 Shayne Erickson 12 GK 

6 Rudy Johanson 12 EW 

7 Jordan Frost 12 Shel 

8 Mitch Steed 11 ER 

9 Darren Faber 12 Deca 

10 Sam Kenagy 12 Monr 

215 

1 Tannon Hillis 12 M P 

2 Zach Folden 12 GK 

3 Grant Haschak 12 LW 

4 Jacob Trotter 11 Mead 

5 Spencer Caraballo 12 Snoho 

6 Konnor Knudtsen 11 Taho 

7 Nathan Herrick 11 KW 

8 Francisco Sanchez 12 Eastm 

9 John Lampert 12 Gonz 

10 Dean Rogers 11 Heri 

285 

1 Tevyn Tillman 12 Deca 

2 Paul Torres 12 Eastm 

3 Jake Reinhard 12 Snoho 

4 Allan Thompson 12 Rog 

5 Zach Tueber 12 LS 

6 Bryant Dickerson 12 Arl 

7 Nick Conlan 10 Aub 

8 Steven Forgette 12 Heri 

9 Nick Hall 12 KM 

10 Jeff King 12 BellP 

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long time since we’ve been in the 

same city together.” 

Although the family factor 

wasn’t the most imperative — 

quality of the Sounders organization 

and, potential to compete 

were top on his list — Sigi 

Schmid said it was important to 

consider it. 

“Obviously it was something I 

was aware of and considering,” 

he said. “Knowing my family was 

in the area, for me it would be an 

easier transition.” 

He seems to relish in the 

prospect of more down time with 

his brother. 

“It’s very important. (Roland) 

is a much better golfer than me, 

so he can help my golf game,” 

Sigi Schmid said. 

Roland Schmid, his wife, Amy, 

and children, Makenzie, 13, and 

Graham, 10, moved to 

Sammamish from Georgia in 

2006, after he got a job with 

Boeing. 

Roland Schmid said he is looking 

forward to the non-soccer 

family time they will spend with 

Sigi and his wife Valerie. 

“Having us here puts the icing 

on the cake (for him),” Roland 

Schmid said. “Maybe this gives 

him a little bit of an out and lets 

him take a break.” 

At the conference, Sigi 

Schmid got emotional when 

he spoke of being reunited 

with his brother. 

They have lived apart since 

1992, when Roland Schmid 

left the Los Angeles area. Sigi 

Schmid was still coaching at 

UCLA. 

“Straight away my wife started 

to cry,” Roland Schmid said of the 

speech. “And it was totally unex- 

pected. That was right from his 

heart.” 

Roland Schmid, who played 

for his brother at UCLA in the 

early 1980s, 

said soccer 

has always 

been his 

favorite sport, 

and he keeps 

up on the MLS 

which he 

would do even 

without a 

famous — in some circles — 

brother. 

“I try to watch every soccer 

game that’s on TV. Regardless if 

my brother is in the league, I 

“It’s been a long time 

since we’ve been in the 

same city together.” 

– Sigi Schmid, 

Sounders coach – 

would know what’s going on,” he 

said. “But, all the better that I’ve 

got a personal interest.” 

Sigi Schmid said he also likes 

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the idea of 

spending more 

time with his 

family amid a 

busy coaching 

job. 

“All that 

helps you get a 

little time 

away,” Sigi 

Schmid said. “That’s going to be a 

big plus, to come for dinner or 

watch TV or something like that.” 

Sigi Schmid cited a number of 

reasons for taking on the challenge 

of an expansion team, 

including that Seattle has been in 

his top-four list of places he’d like 

to live, since visiting numerous 

times for soccer games. 

“I think the key factor for me 

is the organization here is what 

convinced me,” Sigi Schmid said. 

“They’re doing things in an 

extremely efficient and professional 

manner. It’s something I 

thought would be exciting 

because of the magnitude of the 

way they were trying to do it. 

Usually, it’s easier to build than 

to rebuild.” 

In his 28 years as a head 

coach, Sigi Schmid, 55, has won 

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two MLS Cups, the first coming 

with the L.A. Galaxy in 2002. 

He coached the Galaxy from 

1999 to 2004 and spent the first 

19 years of his career coaching at 

UCLA. He was assistant coach for 

three years before taking over as 

head coach from 1980 to 1999. 

1980 was also Roland Schmid’s 

freshman year at UCLA. 

The younger brother played 

for the older one until 1985. 

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are a steal 

Police arrested a 17-year-old 

girl for stealing from the local 

QFC, via Starbucks gift cards. 

The girl was an employee at the 

grocery store and activated several 

gift cards for friends and family, 

amounting to $155. The transactions 

took place between 8 a.m. 

Nov. 11 and 3:39 p.m. Nov. 16. 

Her employer noticed a discrepancy 

between cash registers 

within the store. He then noticed 

four separate gift card transactions 

without money transfers. 

With the records of the timing of 

those transactions, he was able to 

locate footage of the transactions 

and see the girl activating the 

cards while no customers were 

present. The girl admitted to the 

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as well. She was charged 

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Someone smashed a man’s car 

window and stole his iPod. 

Between 6 p.m. Dec. 10 and 8 

a.m. Dec. 11, the suspect broke 

through the man’s driver’s side 

window and stole a $149 silver 8- 

gigabyte iPod Nano. Damages to 

the car amounted to $250. The 

theft took place in the man’s 

driveway on the 22700 block of 

Southeast 27th Street. 

More iPod thefts 

Three residents on the 22700 

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Rest assured, no matter 

what happens during the 

switch from digital to analog 

television signals, this page 

will not go blank. 

The U.S. Government has 

mandated that all television 

stations cease broadcasting 

on their analog frequencies 

and upgrade to digital broadcasts 

on Feb. 17, 2009. 

This switch should only 

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reported items stolen from their 

cars. The thefts occurred 

between 9 p.m. Dec. 10 and 8:45 

a.m. Dec. 11. The residents say 

their cars were locked, yet there 

was no sign of forced entry. Two 

iPods were stolen, as well as a 

case of chewing gum and two 

Starbucks gift cards. 

Unauthorized 

transactions 

A man has reported two 

online charges to his credit card, 

both made in the Dec. 6-7 timeframe. 

While checking his credit 

card statement, he noticed a 

$59.95 charge to Wuyi Tea and a 

$81.64 charge to Goggle Adwords. 

Stolen cement mixer 

A business has reported its 

cement mixer stolen. The theft 

occurred between 8 a.m. Nov. 25 

and 8 a.m. Dec. 8. The Crown 

electric cement mixer, valued at 

$1,941, was left at a construction 

site on the 1100 block of East 

Lake Sammamish Parkway 

Northeast. The mixer was 

secured by a chain. 

An employee discovered Dec. 

8 that the chain was broken and 

the mixer stolen. The mixer had 

the work phone number of the 

business welded into its left support 

bar. 

antennae or rabbit ears to 

receive their television signal. 

Cable and satellite customers 

should not be affected. 

For those still unsure, television 

stations in Western 

Washington will switch off 

their analog signals as a test. 

During the test, if your 

television program is interrupted 

— showing “snow,” a 

blank screen, color bars or a 

special warning text — your 

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Not the rainbow bath 

towel! 

Someone slipped into a resident’s 

vehicle and stole $308 

worth of items between 7 p.m. 

Dec. 7 and 8 a.m. Dec. 8. The car 

was parked by the resident’s 

property on the 1500 block of 

218th Place Northeast. The suspect 

stole a backpack, a North 

Face jacket, camouflage jacket, a 

pair of pants and a Life is Good 

large rainbow towel. Police 

reported no damage to the vehicle 

itself. 

It costs a lot 

to look good 

Cosmetic bags full of makeup 

have been stolen from a woman’s 

cars, parked outside her home on 

the 1500 block of 219th Place 

Northeast. Between 8:30 p.m. 

Dec. 7 and 7 a.m. Dec. 8, someone 

snuck into two cars and stole 

$300 worth of cosmetics, in addition 

to a $12 checkbook. 

Shingle burglar gets 

foiled by alarm 

A man from the 4600 block of 

234th Avenue South reported a 

burglary attempt at his house. 

At about 10 p.m. Dec. 13, his 

alarm went off. What he then discovered 

was an 8-inch piece of 

wood shingle that someone had 

used to pry open the garage door. 

The resident was at home with 

his family that night. The alarm 

company called him and he soon 

called the police. 

There was rain and snow that 

night, yet no footprints were in 

the garage itself. It appears that 

nothing was stolen either, according 

to police. 

That’s not my address 

A man reported to police that 

someone has made about $1,000 

worth of fraudulent charges on 

his credit card accounts. On two 

separate occasions, he discovered 

that someone had changed the 

address on his accounts to a 

Florida home. In November, he 

didn’t receive his bank statement. 

After requesting the statement 

and changing back the 

address, he learned that someone 

had made six charges to his 

accounts for merchandise at 

Skate America in Colorado. The 

charges took place between Oct. 

21 and Dec. 11. 

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LPS - AGENCY SALES & POSTING NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant To the Revised 

Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. File No. 2008-86139 

Grantors: ReconTrust Company Mortgage Electronic 

Registration Systems, Inc. Grantee(s): David W Huls 

On January 2, 2009 at 10:00 AM At the 4th Ave. 

entrance to the King County Administration Building, 

500 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA, State of Washington, the 

undersigned Trustee, ReconTrust Company, (subject to 

any conditions imposed by the trustee to protect the 

lender and borrower) will sell at public auction to the 

highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the 

following described real property, situated in the 

county(ies) of King, State of Washington: Tax Parcel ID 

no.: 146080108005 Unit D, Building 27 of Cedar Ridge, 

a Condominium, recorded in Volume 31 of 

Condominiums, page 1 through 15, inclusive, 

according to the Declaration thereof, recorded under 

King County recording No 7904051100, and any 

amendments thereto, situate in the City of Redmond, 

County of King, State of Washington. Commonly 

Known as: 8026 146th Avenue NE #D27, Redmond, 

WA 98052 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust 

dated 02/10/2004, recorded on 02/17/2004, under 

Auditor’s File No. 20040217001495, records of King 

County, Washington from David W. Huls, unmarried as 

his separate estate, as grantor, to CommonWealth Land 

Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of 

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as 

beneficiary. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary 

of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction 

of the obligation in any court by reason of the Grantor’s 

or Borrower’s default on the obligation secured by the 

Deed of Trust. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the 

Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts 

now in arrears and/or other defaults: A. Monthly 

Payments $6,218.67 B. Late Charges $101.26 C. 

Beneficiary Advances $104.00 D. Suspense Balance 

($.00) E. Other Fees $0.00 Total Arrears $6,423.93 F. 

Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $337.50 

Title Report $860.00 Statutory Mailings $24.02 

Recording Fees $46.00 Publication $750.00 Posting 

$200.00 Total Costs $2,217.52 Total Amount Due: 

$8,641.45 Other potential defaults do not involve 

payment of the Beneficiary. If applicable, each of these 

defaults must also be cured. Listed below are 

categories of common defaults, which do not involve 

payment of money to the Beneficiary. Opposite each 

such listed default is a brief description of the action/ 

documentation necessary to cure the default. The list 

does not exhaust all possible other defaults; any 

defaults identified by Beneficiary or Trustee that are not 

listed below must also be cured. Other default, Action 

necessary to cure Nonpayment of Taxes/Assessments 

Deliver to Trustee written proof that all taxes and 

assessments against the property are paid current 

Default under any senior lien Deliver to Trustee written 

proof that all senior liens are paid current and that no 

other defaults exist. Failure to insure property against 

hazard Deliver to Trustee written proof that the property 

is insured against hazard as required by the Deed of 

Trust. Waste Cease and desist from committing waste, 

repair all damage to property and maintain property as 

required in Deed of Trust. Unauthorized sale of property 

(Due on Sale) Revert title to permitted vestee. IV. The 

sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of 

Trust is: Principal Balance of $186,133.78, together 

with interest as provided in the note or other instrument 

secured from 05/01/2008 and such other costs and 

fees as are due under the Note or other instrument 

secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The abovedescribed 

real property will be sold to satisfy the 

expense of the sale and the obligation secured by the 

Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be 

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made without warranty, express or implied regarding 

title, possession, or encumbrances on 01/02/2009. The 

default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any 

subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs 

and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 12/22/2008 

(11 days before the sale date), to cause a 

discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be 

discontinued and terminated if at any time before the 

close of the Trustee’s business on 12/22/2008 (11 days 

before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in 

paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, 

late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, 

is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. 

The sale may be terminated any time after 12/22/2008 

(11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by 

the Borrower, Grantor, and Guarantor or the holder of 

any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the 

entire balance of principal and interest secured by the 

Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any 

made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or 

Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was 

transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the 

Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): 

David W Huls 8026 146th Ave NE # D27 Redmond, WA 

98052 David W Huls 8026 146th Avenue NE #D27 

Redmond, WA 98052 by both first class and either 

certified mail, return receipt requested, or registered 

mail on 08/15/2008, proof of which is in the 

possession of the Trustee; and on 08/15/2008 Grantor 

and Borrower were personally served with said written 

notice of default or the written notice of default was 

posted on a conspicuous place on the real property 

described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has 

possession of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee 

whose name and address are set forth below will 

provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement 

of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any 

time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be 

to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, 

through or under the Grantor of all their right, title and 

interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone 

having any objections to the sale on any grounds 

whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard 

as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain 

the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring 

such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper 

grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE 

TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the 

Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property 

on the 20th day following the sale, as against the 

grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone 

having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including 

occupants and tenants. After the 20th day following the 

sale of the purchaser has the right to evict occupants 

and tenants by summary proceedings under the 

unlawful detainer act, Chapter 59.12 RCW DATED: 

September 26, 2008 ReconTrust Company, By Cheryl 

Lee Its Assistant Secretary ReconTrust Company 1800 

Tapo Canyon Road, SV2-202 Simi Valley, CA 93063 

Phone: (800) 281-8219 This firm is attempting to 

collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used 

for that purpose. The debt set forth on this notice will 

be assumed to be valid unless you dispute the debt by 

providing this office with a written notice of your 

dispute within 30 days of your receipt of this notice, 

setting forth the basis of your dispute. If you dispute 

the debt in writing within 30 days, we will obtain and 

mail verification of the debt to you. If the creditor 

identified in this notice is different than your original 

creditor, we will provide you with the name and 

address of the original creditor if you request this 

information in writing within 30 days. ASAP# 2888627 

12/03/2008, 12/24/2008 

Published by Sammamish Review on 12-3-08 & 

12-24-08.

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210-Legal Notices 


CITY OF SAMMAMISH 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC 

HEARING 

Comments on Ordinance 

#O2008-239 

Notice is given that the City of 

Sammamish City Council will 

hold a public hearing on January 

6, 2009. The purpose of 

the public hearing is to consider 

public comment on Ordinance 

O2008-239, adopting 

interim regulations exempting 

certain public emergency communications 

facilities from 

compliance with Sammamish 

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Municipal Code 21A.55; declaring 

an emergency; providing 

for severability and establishing 

an effective date. This 

ordinance was passed by the 

Sammamish City Council on 

November 4, 2008. The Public 

Hearing will be held at City 

Hall, 801 228th Avenue SE, 

Sammamish WA, beginning at 

6:30 pm as part of a regular 

meeting. 

Copies of this ordinance are 

available at City Hall and on 

the City Website at 

www.ci.sammamish.wa.us. 

Any one wishing to submit 

their comments in writing may 

do so by sending them to the 

attention of the City Clerk no 

later than January 6, 2009. 

Send all correspondence to 

City of Sammamish, 801 228th 

Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 

98075 or email your comments 

to manderson@ci.sammamish.wa.us. 

Additional information 

relating to this public 

hearing may be obtained from 

the Office of the City Clerk, 

(425) 295-0511. 

MELONIE ANDERSON 

CITY CLERK 

Published in Sammamish 

Review on 12-24-08 



NOTICE OF DECISION for a 

Short Plat 

Peter Fung Short Plat - 

PLN2007-00064 

Project Description: The applicant 

is proposing to divide a 

2.24 acre parcel, zoned R-4 

into two lots. The subject site 

is mostly cleared and is developed 

with one single family 

home. The property is located 

within a class 3 critcal aquifer 

recharge area, however there 

are no other known critical 

areas present on the property. 


The applicant (Peter Fung) applied 

for the above project on 

November 01, 2007; following 

a review to confirm that a complete 

application had been received, 

the City issued a letter 

of completion to the applicant 

on November 21, 2007. On 

December 05, 2007, the City 

issued a Notice of Application , 

which identified a public comment 

period from December 

05, 2007 through December 

26, 2007. The City of Sammamish 

issued a decision on 

December 19, 2008. This Notice 

of Decision was issued on 

December 19, 2008 and public 

notice has been provided 

via: mailed notice to property 

owners within 500 feet of the 

subject site, a sign posted on 

the subject site, and by placing 

a legal notice in the local 

newspaper. The application 

has been Approved with 

Conditions 

Applicant: Peter Fung. 

Public Comment Period: 

December 05, 2007 through 

December 26, 2007 

Project Location: 22011 SE 

20th St, Sammamish, WA. 

98075 

Tax Parcel Number: 

0424069061 

Existing Environmental 

Documents: Critical Areas 

Affidavit, dated 10/32/07; Level 

1 Downstream Drainage 

Analysis, by GeoDatum, Inc, 

dated 11/22/2004; Conceptual 

Development Plans and Preliminary 

Plat map by Baima & 

Holmberg, received 11/1/07; 

Wetland Report by Altmann 

Oliver Associates, received 

6/6/08; Revised Level 1 Downstream 

Analysis by Baima and 

Holmberg, received 6/6/08; 

Revised Plans and Preliminary 

Plat map by Baima and Holmberg, 

received 6/6/08 

Other Permits Included: Future 

Clearing and Grading permits, 

Right-of-way Use Permits, 

and a future Building per- 


mit 

SEPA Review: The City of 

Sammamish has determined 

that this development is SEPA 

exempt. 

Public Hearing: A Public 

Hearing is not required for this 

project. 

Appeal Period: December 

19, 2008 through January 09, 

2009 

Staff Member Assigned: 

Evan Maxim, Senior Planner 

(425) 295-0523 

emaxim@ci.sammamish.wa. 

us 

Inquiries regarding the application, 

comment period, decision 

and appeal process as 

well as requests to view documents 

pertinent to the proposal, 

including environmental 

documents may be made at 

the Sammamish City Hall at 

801 - 228th Ave SE, Sammamish, 

WA 98075 (Tel: 

425.295.0500) during normal 

business hours, Monday 

through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. 

Note: Mediation of disputes is 

available pursuant to SMC 

20.20. Requests for mediation 

should be made as soon as it 

is determined the disputed issue(s) 

cannot be resolved by 

direct negotiation. Please 

contact the Department of 

Community Development for 

additional information on the 

Land Use Mediation Program. 


Review on 12-24-08 

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LEGAL NOTICE 

NOTICE OF ORDINANCES 

PASSED 

Notice is hereby given that the 

City Council of the City of 

Sammamish adopted the following 

ordinances at the December 

16, 2008 regular 

meeting of the City Council. 

Copies of these documents 

are available and will be 

mailed upon request of the office 

of the City Clerk, 801 

228th Avenue SE., during regular 

office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. These ordinances 

are also available on the city 

website at 

www.ci.sammamish.wa.us. 

ORDINANCE O2008-240 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE 

CITY OF SAMMAMISH, 

WASHINGTON, ADDING A 

NEW CHAPTER TO THE 

SAMMAMISH MUNICIPAL 

CODE RELATING TO THE 

PROTECTION AND PRESER- 

VATION OF LANDMARKS 



CITY OF SAMMAMISH AN- 

NEXING THE CAMDEN 

PARK, CAMDEN PARK ES- 

TATES, DEVEREAUX AND 

THE TRAILS AT CAMDEN 

PARK NEIGHBORHOODS 

AND ADDITIONAL ADJA- 

CENT AREAS TO THE 

NORTH 



CITY OF SAMMAMISH, 

WASHINGTON AMENDING 

CITY CODE CHAPTER 

16.05.030 HOURS OF CON- 

STRUCTION 

MELONIE ANDERSON 

CITY CLERK 


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