October 1, 2008 - Sammamish Review

October 1, 2008
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What’s the Payoff?
Prop 1 adds a
handful of
buses to some
Sammamish
area routes
By J.B. Wogan
By J.B. Wogan
“If the money’s on the table
right now, I say we take it,” said
Mike Bell, one of 66 residents at a
city meeting at Discovery
Elementary School Sept. 24.
The meeting regarded the
city’s $3 million “non-motorized”
project on Southeast 20th Street.
City staff and residents gathered
from 7-9 p.m. to discuss possible
options for city renovations that
could make the street more
pedestrian and bike friendly.
Bell, who lives on Southeast
20th Street, was responding to a
Photo by J.B. Wogan
Bill Selby and Chris Badcon (on left) examine an aerial map of
Southeast 20th Street. Citizens had opportunities before and
after a city presentation Sept. 24 to look at the map and post
sticky notes with questions and comments about the project.
City talks sidewalk
Details under review on 20th Street
cacophony of concerns voiced by
other citizens that the city’s project
should first address the possible
installation of sewer lines as
well as traffic safety concerns
such as poor sight lines and too
much speeding.
His support for the project
dates back to 2006, when he and
a neighbor gathered roughly 60
resident signatures in favor of
installing a sidewalk on Southeast
20th Street and presented them
to the City Council.
Bell said he knew people
See SIDEWALK, Page 2
Laura Hernandez, 25, waited
for her local bus at the
Issaquah Highlands Park-and-
Ride Sept. 25. Every day she
takes Sound Transit’s 554
express bus to and from
Bellevue Community College,
then hitches a ride on the
King County Metro Transit’s
269 bus back to 228th Avenue.
Then she walks to her home
in the Summer Ridge neighborhood.
“It requires a lot of planning
to take the bus,”
Hernandez said. In the winter,
the waits for each bus can be
excruciating with the rain and
wind.
“Then I’m cold, wet and
cranky,” she said.
Photo by J.B. Wogan
Laura Hernandez, a resident of the Summer Ridge neighborhood,
waits for a bus at the Issaquah Highlands Park-and-Ride.
She commutes from Sammamish to Bellevue Community College
every weekday.
Council buys itself new insurance
By J.B. Wogan
Hernandez said she hasn’t
studied up on Sound Transit’s
Proposition 1, and doesn’t know
which way she’ll vote, but in general,
she’s in favor of more bus
service.
“I’m always waiting for buses.
If there’s more of them out there,
that gives me more options,” she
said.
Sound Transit’s plan does seek
to offer Hernandez and Eastside
In an unusual sort of unanimous
action, City Council has
opted to purchase dental and
vision coverage with taxpayer
dollars.
In order for the plans to take
effect, all seven council members
had to sign up for vision
insurance and six had to sign up
for the dental plan.
Every member of council
signed up for both plans, which
took effect in August.
“This is something new for
our council, but this is something
that other cities do sometimes
provide,” explained
Lyman Howard, finance director
for the city.
Council members had the
option of buying dental coverage
from the Washington Dental
Service at a cost of $57 per
month as an individual, $110 per
month for an individual and one
dependent, or $198.90 per
month for an individual and two
dependents.
The vision plan costs $17.82
per month and covers the whole
family.
Howard estimated the total
riders like her more options. For
an estimated $17.9 billion over 15
years, the plan would use taxpayer
dollars to fund light rail construction
from Seattle to Bellevue
and Redmond; it would also pay
for expanded bus service around
the Eastside, including Redmond
and Issaquah.
The proposition, also known
See TRANSIT, Page 3
cost to taxpayers for both plans
would range up to $10,700,
depending on which dental plan
council members chose.
Council members voted 7-0
in favor of offering themselves
the insurance coverage at their
July 1 meeting.
Howard said that the state
legislature made a change to its
definition of compensation in
2007, allowing for city council
members to take advantage of
insurance benefits.
Council members make $850
per month for their work, and
the mayor makes $950.
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2 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
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opening of the Pumpkin Patch at
South 47 Farm in Redmond.
Music, stories, a hayride, farm
animals, U-pick produce and
more. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 4 and 5.
Visit www.south47farm.com.
Sidewalk
Continued from Page 1
were interested in street
improvements to make the road
safer for children.
“I kind of felt it was the community
thing to do,” he said.
Mary Jo Kahler, another resident
of Southeast 20th Street,
asked if there wasn’t a way to
combine different types of city
traffic projects in order to address
various concerns at one time.
Project Manager Tawni Hoang
said there were limitations due to
funding.
The city could only use the $3
million allotted for the project for
“non-motorized” traffic projects,
meaning improvements that
would benefit pedestrians and
bicyclists. There was some room
for interpretation as far as traffic
calming measures that could also
benefit those two groups, she
said.
Monthly
rainfall to
date: 0.78
inches
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Weekend Forecast
Thurs ❚ Showers 68/53
Fri ❚ Rain Likely 65/51
Sat ❚ Rain Likely 62/51
Sun ❚ Chance of rain 60
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“It will be a challenge for sure,
to meet our budget and satisfy all
the interested parties. It frankly
won’t happen, but we’ll do our
best,” Hoang said.
The major purpose of the
Sept. 24 meeting was to suggest
possible design options to residents
and gather their input.
“Nothing at this point is cast in
concrete,” said John
Cunningham, public works director
for the city.
Indeed, Hoang presented 21
options in a questionnaire with a
series of projected images to
gather input from residents.
Hoang said that the general
concept for the project, as it
stood in its preliminary design
stage, was a sidewalk on one side
of Southeast 20th Street that
would extend from 228th Avenue
Southeast to 212th Avenue
Southeast.
Two bike lanes, one on each
side of the road, would also run
alongside the road.
While some citizens marked
one of four responses — ranging
from “definitely support” to “not
likely support” — on paper, about
30 used remotes that sent in ratings
to Hoang’s computer system
instantaneously.
Hoang still had to collect the
paper questionnaires to cull
through the complete data, but
she said she was able to gather
general impressions from the
remote responses.
One of the favored options
was a concrete cement sidewalk.
That option received 33 percent
of the 43 responses for what type
of material residents would like
on a path or sidewalk.
Other similar options included
an asphalt or a gravel path or a
porous concrete sidewalk, all
designed for pedestrians only,
with bike lanes in addition to
each option. The second most
popular material for a path or
sidewalk was porous concrete,
which received 26 percent of the
43 votes.
Hoang also said that planter
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strips were among the least popular
options. Planter strips would
be island-like cement strips with
shrubs or grass or native plants.
Residents asked how such strips
would be maintained, if the burden
for caring for vegetation and
removing litter would fall on citizens’
shoulders or the city’s.
Their other concern was the
impact of adding width to the
roadway.
Planter strips, like medians,
might result in residents having
to cede parts of their property for
a wider right of way.
Hoang also said residents
seemed to have mixed feelings
about a mixed-use path. Both
bicyclists and pedestrians could
use the path, similar to the extrawide
sidewalk on 228th Avenue
Southeast.
Another possible factor, the
installation of a sewer line is not
likely. Jay Regenstreif, of the
Sammamish Plateau Water and
Sewer District, said, based on 150
questionnaires mailed out to area
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residents, there was insufficient
interest in installing one.
City Engineer Laura Philpot
said the exact measurements for
each of the options were
unknown, as the width can vary
from project to project.
Still, rough estimates indicate
that the narrowest improvement
project would involve a pedestrian
path or sidewalk with a 35-foot
right of way, while the widest
would involve a collector median,
planter strip and sidewalk
with a 67-foot right of way.
Hoang said the city had ruled
out the latter option because it
would involve land acquisition
from homeowners.
At the next public meeting,
scheduled for November at
Discovery Elementary School,
the city will share several design
alternatives with the public, and
request further input.
Reporter J.B. Wogan can be
reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or
jbwogan@isspress.com.

SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 3
Issaquah PTA sets mission and goals for school year
By Chantelle Lusebrink
The Issaquah PTSA Council
will continue working with
school district officials to evaluate
middle school students’ experiences
this year.
It is one of many goals outlined
by the council’s members,
who ratified their new mission
and goals for the 2008-09 school
year Sept. 11.
The goals may be large, but
they are certainly attainable,
said Nancy Campi and Alison
Meryweather, co-council presidents
of the districtwide
PTSA.
Council members adopt a mission
statement and goals each
school year.
This year’s mission statement
centers on communication and
collaboration with educational
partners, like district officials,
parents and members of the
Issaquah Schools Foundation, to
provide the best educational
product to students.
Over time, the mission statement
has stayed roughly the
same, but the goals have become
increasingly important each year,
Campi said.
Ensuring there is a vision, and
guiding local school PTSAs to
work with their principals to
identify where that money can
be used best, is one reason the
goals are important,
Meryweather said.
“They realize that they need to
focus on goals and objectives that
meet their school’s needs,” she
said.
Goals used to center on facilitating
better communication
between the district, its schools,
its students and parents or reaching
100 percent membership
among parents.
Today, both of those goals
remain, but new goals put direct
focus on partnering with district
officials to help meet educational
goals in the face of a tight financial
climate.
During the 2007-08 school
year, school PTSAs were responsible
for fundraising and giving
more than $1.6 million dollars in
charitable gifts to Issaquah
schools, according to district officials.
That money goes directly
toward purchasing new educational
supplies for the classroom
and providing schools with additional
money to support programs,
field trips or bringing
guest speakers in to expand on
school curriculum goals.
“PTA is such a good revenue
source,” Campi said. “We want to
be sure that our schools partner
with their principals to do the
most good for all students and
not just buy extra stuff.”
Meryweather and Campi said
they are excited about continuing
their work on the Middle School
Experience Project.
The Middle School Experience
Project evaluates the quality of
students’ experiences in middle
school by identifying their physical
and emotional needs, their
development and their peer cul-
See PTA, Page 5
Transit
Continued from Page 1
as Sound Transit 2, will appear on
county ballots Nov. 4 for voters in
King, Pierce and Snohomish
Counties.
The math
Sound Transit’s estimated
$17.9 billion would be spent from
2009 to 2023 and would include
capital costs, operations and
maintenance fees, reserve funds,
bond payments and inflation,
according to Geoff Patrick, a
spokesperson for Sound Transit.
Taxpayers would continue
paying the increased sales tax
after the 15-year period. Sound
Transit’s projections include an
additional $4.9 billion accumulated
in interest fees from bonds.
Patrick said there is a rollback
provision that would cause the
sales tax to return to its pre-
Proposition 1 status after the projects
had been completed and
paid off. Sound Transit estimates
the rollback would take place
around 2038.
Taxpayers would pay for the
$17.9 billion from a sales tax
increase of about five cents
added to each $10 purchase. For
the typical adult, the increase
would be about $69 per year,
according to Patrick.
The organization’s definition
of “typical adult” assumes that
the median income for a taxpayer
in the Sound Transit District is
$64,405. The district includes
urban areas of Snohomish, Pierce
and King counties.
Of course, the cost varies
depending on spending.
“People who spend more, pay
more,” Patrick said.
About $3.5 billion would go to
increased bus service, he said.
What would change
for Sammamish
One route that would receive
some improvements would be
the 554, which runs from 5th
Avenue and Lenora Street in
Seattle to the Issaquah Highlands
Park-and-Ride just outside of
Sammamish. The 554 also runs
to the South Sammamish Parkand-Ride
for selected trips in the
early morning and late evenings
on weekdays.
It is one of three Sound Transit
express buses — the other two
are the 555 and 556 — that run
regularly from downtown Seattle
to the Issaquah Highlands Parkand-Ride.
From the Issaquah Highlands
Park-and-Ride commuters can
link up with the 269 bus, which
runs along 228th Avenue in
Sammamish from about 6-10 a.m.
and 3:30-7:45 p.m. on weekdays.
With funding from Proposition
1, the 554 bus would have
increased frequency of service —
every 30 minutes — on evenings
and weekends, with buses every
15 minutes from 6-8 a.m. on
weekdays, with an extra 30 minutes
of service every day, according
to Andrea Tull, who specializes
in Eastside bus service for
Sound Transit.
Also, the 545, a line that starts
at the Bear Creek Park-and-Ride
in Redmond and crosses into
Seattle, would run more frequently
— every five minutes —
during peak hours (6-9 a.m. and
3-6 p.m.). Service would also
expand by an additional 30 minutes
on weekdays.
Tull said expansions in Sound
Transit bus service are dependent
on voter-approved propositions
such as the one in November.
There isn’t enough outside funding
to provide added bus service,
she explained.
In the future, if voters passed
Proposition 1, a Sound Transit 3
proposition could appear on ballots
in 15 years that would
include Issaquah as a new destination
site of the light rail,
according to Patrick.
Potential problems
Some critics say Sound Transit
2 doesn’t benefit Eastside voters
enough to justify its cost.
Jim Horn, Chairman of the
Eastside Transportation
Association, is one of those critics.
“It costs too much. It does too
little. It is too late. And there is a
better solution,” Horn said.
Horn levels many criticisms at
the proposition, but one is that
there should be more bus service
and no light rail on the Eastside.
“The amount of bus service
increases that they’re offering is
minimal. Why don’t we just do
the bus service and forget the
light rail?” He said.
Horn is a former city councilman
for Mercer Island and a former
state representative for the
41st District.
Part of his association’s solution
for providing Eastside commuters
better transportation
across the 520 and Interstate 90
bridges is carpooling.
“We can have people carpooling
for virtually one-tenth of the
cost and we can carry 50 percent
more riders than the light rail
does,” he said.
The key to increasing carpool
numbers across the region is in
aggressive advertising, Horn said.
Horn added that he believed
the light rail portion of the proposition
would have negative environmental
impacts to the area,
would be logistically challenging
to design and implement over
Lake Washington, would be too
expensive and would not offer
enough ridership capacity to
commuters.
Reporter J.B. Wogan can be
reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or
jbwogan@isspress.com.

OPINION
4 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Review editorial
Affordable housing
investment was wise
Sure, real estate markets around the country are
tanking, but that doesn’t mean the issue of affordable
housing is going away. Sammamish residents
and city council members have long expressed their
concern that those families just below median
income cannot afford to live here.
That’s why we were pleased to see the City
Council adopt in principal a series of strategies to
include affordable housing in Sammamish. The city,
of course, already has some measures in place to
create affordable housing, most notably a mandate
that 10 percent of the new units in Town Center be
affordable.
But this vote continues the council’s progress in
the area. While not binding, the four policy statements
call for using funds and regulations to
increase the availability of affordable housing for
those earning 80 percent of median income.
And before you shake your head and mumble
about impacts to your own property values, understand
what affordable housing really means. A family
of four making up to $62,300 per year would qualify.
These are hard working people who would otherwise
be priced out of the Sammamish housing
market.
They are teachers, firefighters and police officers,
those who serve the community and should have a
chance to be a part of it. They are the retail workers
you see every day behind the counter. They are people
who work at the region’s numerous non-profit
organizations, helping to make King County a better
place to live.
Beyond the simple act of approving some principles,
the council went a step further and agreed to
send $100,000 to help build an affordable housing
project in Kenmore, about 20 miles away. While it
may seem that this is a way to keep affordable housing
out of Sammamish, the opposite is true.
By sending money to ARCH, the regional affordable-housing
coalition that builds new-home projects,
the council served to solidify ties to that group.
The time will likely come when ARCH will be ready
to build in Sammamish, and other cities will chip in
toward that project.
Sammamish has little affordable housing today,
but the steps the city council is taking will keep the
city on track to make real progress one day.
Poll of the week
Now that the bailout has failed, what should members of
Congress do?
A) Congratulate themselves for making the right choice
B) Get back to Washington and get something done
C) Move to Canada
To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
Sammamish Forum
Water markers
are not fine
Why is it we seem to often need
an accident or tragedy before people
do the right thing? For over eight
years, I’ve served as president of the
Homeowner Association named in
the Sept. 3 article regarding the hazardous
water markers (“Vintage I
crusades against sewer valve markers”).
During these eight years, we’ve
had to deal with two situations
involving the safety of our residents.
The first was related to our concerns
with speeding traffic in front of our
park.
After working with the city “process”
for over a year, I happened to
be at our park and personally witnessed
a head-on collision between
two vehicles. We were simply thankful
there was no child crossing the
street at the time.
However, even after appearing
before the Sammamish City Council
and then meeting personally with
the mayor as a homeowners association
board to emphasize our concerns,
we were denied our requests
for simple traffic changes we felt
were urgently needed to avoid a
tragedy.
The second situation involves the
concrete water markers. As stated in
the article, our association first
approached Sammamish Water and
Sewer three years ago with our concerns.
However, while attempting to
wait patiently on the “process” to
remove the unnecessary hazards, we
were concerned over the potential
for an accident, especially by a child
falling from a bike or a misstep by
an elderly pedestrian.
Therefore, we finally did what we
needed to do and removed the nine
concrete markers throughout our
neighborhood, fulfilling our moral
obligation and responsibility as an
HOA.
The removal of the markers was
not a decision we made lightly, but
it was the right one and we would do
it again. Perhaps the city will also
decide to do the right thing and act
on our Citizen Action Request to
eliminate them throughout all our
neighborhoods, including the one
sitting just off the sidewalk next to
the flagpole in front of City Hall.
Published every Wednesday by
Issaquah Press Inc.
Mike Bohanan
Sammamish
Save Michelle
Moulton’s life
Michelle Moulton, a wonderful
wife, mother and friend in
Sammamish, is dying needlessly.
Her family is making a desperate
attempt to raise money for the
liver transplant that will save her life.
Michelle is the victim of medical
malpractice for which she has
no legal recourse. Since 2005,
Michelle has been an advocate for
affordable healthcare. Now she
needs your immediate help.
Without a transplant she will
die within months.
Michelle, an ideal transplant
candidate, will be placed upon the
recipients list once she can
demonstrate the ability to pay
medical costs of $220,000 after her
insurance contribution. Her family
has already borrowed to pay her
mounting medical bills. I am confident
that we in Sammamish, one
of the wealthiest cities in
Washington, have the means to
save Michelle’s life, but we must
act now.
Please take five minutes and
make a generous contribution to
The Michelle Moulton Liver
Transplant Fund. If only a fifth of
the families in Sammamish would
go to www.friendsofmichelle.com
and donate $100, we could save
Michelle’s life in one day. From
those of significant means I am
asking that you match the $1,000
that one generous donor contributed.
Consider how fulfilling it will
be if another 219 of you do the
same right now.
If you ever wished that you
could make a life saving difference
now is your opportunity. Please,
for Michelle’s sake, don’t let it pass
unanswered.
Michael J. O’Connell
Sammamish
Here’s the
real numbers
Unlike John Berg’s letter in the
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Sept. 17 Review (Obama’s economics
don’t work), I’ll include two
non-partisan references in my dispute
of his facts.
According to FactCheck.org,
“Obama will increase capital gains
and dividends taxes only for couples
earning more than $250,000 per
year, or singles making $200,000.
For the rest, taxes on investments
would remain unchanged.” Also “80
percent of all capital gains income
in 2006 went to those earning more
than $200,000 a year.” Finally, “26.7
million Americans received capital
gains income while 31.5 million
received dividend income.” There is
a large variance between these numbers
and John Berg’s even before
applying the math to those that
would actually experience an
increase.
The Tax Policy Center summarizes
their analysis of Obama’s and
McCain’s tax plan as follows:
“Obama’s proposals could lead to
between $3.6 trillion and $5.9 trillion
in new debt over 10 years. The
McCain-Palin campaign is certainly
entitled to argue that that level of
debt is unsustainable and that
Obama would therefore have to
raise taxes.”
However, the analysis also states
“McCain’s proposals would raise the
debt by between $5.1 trillion and
$7.4 trillion over 10
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SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 5
Yet more
money for Carson
At its Sept. 22 meeting, the
Lake Washington School Board
approved another budget change
for the final construction stages
of Rachel Carson Elementary
School.
Change Order 14 cost $178,000
and increased the total project
costs to $17,438,525.01, according
to the staff report. Components
of the order include implementing
modifications to comply with
Sammamish water and sewer district
requirements, providing various
safety and security enhancements
and providing propane gas
service, among others.
The 14 change orders now add
up to $1,338,525.01, which is 8.31
percent of the original construction
budget, the report said.
Although expenses are above
the original budget of $16.1 million,
it is within the normal range
of expectations for construction
change costs, according to the
report. The total budget for the
project is $19.1 million district
officials said.
PTA
Continued from Page 3
ture.
“Historically, middle
school is a place where kids
fall through the cracks,”
Campi said. “We want to
focus on the basic core of
what makes a middle school
student and how we can help
make that experience positive.”
Campi and Meryweather
said that the goal of the project
is not to place blame on
schools but to better educate
parents, teachers and students
alike, about those middle
school years and how
best to help students develop
in and out of the classroom.
“I embrace the goal and
think it is a good goal that
provides us the opportunity
to look at the middle
schools,” Ron Thiele, associate
school superintendent,
said, adding that it is a continuation
from last year. “We
want to talk about the issues
and the experience that middle
school kids have — everything
from academic experiences, to
extracurricular experiences,
culture in schools, expectations
“Historically, middle
school is a place where
kids fall through the
cracks.”
– Nancy Campi,
PTA Co-president –
for schools and students, and
building independence in kids.
“It has been about 20 years
since we’ve taken a good look
at what we do and why we do
it,” he added. “This will give us
a chance to focus in on some
group discussions with parents,
teachers and students.”
Online fundraising and registrations
are also a big focus this
year, Meryweather said.
“You can’t operate without a
Web site today,” she added.
This goal will bring the PTSA
Council and school PTSAs into
current technology standards
by streamlining their Web site
content and helping parents
understand new district e-communications.
It will also allow PTSAs to
take fundraising money from
credit cards through a secure
online system.
Forum
Continued from Page 4
years. And while McCain has
promised to balance the budget
by 2013, the Tax Policy Center
notes that doing so would require
a 25 percent reduction in federal
spending. Few economists outside
the McCain-Palin campaign
think that is a feasible goal.”
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6 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Viebrock challenges Rodne for 5th District seat
Rodne hopes to focus work on spending,
education and transportation
Jay Rodne
Position: Representative,
Seat 1, 5th District
Age: 42
Occupation: State representative,
in-house general
counsel for King County
Public Hospital District 4
Education: Undergraduate
degree from Creighton
University in Omaha, Neb.; law degree from
Gonzaga University
Family: Wife Heidi and two children
By James Spung
After four years as the 5th District’s
representative in Olympia, Republican
Jay Rodne has had a chance to make
things happen.
The North Bend resident said, however,
he has been frustrated by the
Democratic majority who has overruled
many of his suggestions and outweighed
his party’s platform and many
of his own initiatives that fall on partisan
lines.
“I have unfinished business in
Olympia, and I would be grateful for
the opportunity to continue service,” he
said.
Still, Rodne said he
believes he’s held his district’s
interests in mind since
he was first elected to his
seat in 2004.
“For four years, I’ve
worked hard to listen and to
represent the residents in
District 5 with integrity, honesty
and dedication,” he said.
“I think I’ve been an effective
advocate for the 5th
District in Olympia.”
He has certainly been
there long enough to understand the
internal workings in the Capitol and
recognize problems he wants to fix. Ask
him which issues he’s most concerned
about, and he’ll run down a concrete
list.
The key issue, he said, is the budget.
“The majority has spent recklessly in
Olympia, and because of that, the budget
situation is very calamitous,” he
said.
Indeed, after a nationwide economic
downturn and an expansion in statefunded
programs, the state’s budget
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transportation, taxes and fishing
Jon Viebrock
Position: State representative,
Position 1,
5th District
Age: 41
Occupation: Drywall
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Education: Two years
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Family: Engaged to be married. His parents
and brother live in the area.
While campaigning for the office of state
representative in the 5th District, Carnation
resident Jon Viebrock has found one of his
flyers to be especially effective. It is a picture
of him, taken on a riverbank, in which
he is holding a big, beautiful steelhead
trout.
“It has done wonders for my campaign,”
Viebrock said. “It makes you into a human
being. These other portrait pictures, they
make you look like a head on a stick.”
Viebrock, a Democrat, is challenging
Rep. Jay Rodne, R-North Bend, for the
House seat. It is the first foray into politics
for Viebrock, a 41-year-old ex-Marine, drywall
foreman and member of the
International Union of Painters and Allied
Trades.
He has plied that trade for 19 years. But
Viebrock credits his return to school four
years ago, at Cascadia Community College
in Bothell, for broadening his worldview
and awakening an interest in policy. While
there, Viebrock studied fisheries and
wildlife management, and is now just a
few credits shy of an associate of science
degree.
“I really, really enjoyed going to
school,” he said.
The experience started him thinking in
larger terms about local people and issues,
but he didn’t act on them until he found a
certain piece of mail in his mailbox. It was
from the three 5th District legislators, all
Republicans — Rodne; Rep. Glenn
Anderson, of Fall City; and Sen. Cheryl
Pflug, of Maple Valley — and it carried this
message: “Democracy works better when
you get involved.”
That seemed to flip on a light bulb in his
head.
“The state Legislature is where the rubber
meets the road,” Viebrock said. “It’s
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Viebrock
Continued from Page 6
where the issues are.”
High on his own list of issues
is urban development and its
impact on the environment, particularly
fisheries.
Viebrock’s steelhead picture is
no accident: He is passionate
about fishing, and about protecting
the resource. He said he
would like to see it managed to
give more weight to sport fishing,
which he said would spur
tourism and local business while
creating an economic incentive
to promote wild fish.
That’s how it is done in British
Columbia, he said, where the
sport fishing industry generates
$3.7 billion annually.
Lest anyone think that
Viebrock’s interests begin and
end with fish, he is also focused
on education, transportation and
taxation.
On the latter subject, he supports
revamping the state’s tax
structure to make it less regressive
— so those who earn less no
longer bear a disproportionate
share of the burden.
He suggested that a luxury tax
might be substituted for part of
the sales tax, but stopped short of
calling for an income tax.
“The problem with an income
tax is, it would be poked full of
holes, like the federal one,”
Viebrock said. “And just proposing
a state income tax in the
Legislature is a political death
sentence to whoever does it.”
School funding is another
important issue to Viebrock. He
noted that the state declined to
provide matching funds for a
new Mount Si High School in
North Bend, which left that community
to face an impossible
$100 million cost on its own.
However, while the need for a
new school is acute, Viebrock
said there are schools all over the
state that are in much worse condition
than Mount Si.
He said he would like to fix
that shortcoming. And he especially
would like to end the way
taxpayers in the 5th District are
subsidizing those in other districts.
“Our taxes are 20 percent higher,
but we get 10 percent less,”
Viebrock said, adding that he
feels that a Democrat has a better
chance of correcting the situation
than the Republican incumbents.
“We have three Republican
representatives in a state
Legislature dominated by
Democrats,” he said. “If you look
at the results, they just haven’t
delivered. If (the Legislature)
won’t listen to a Republican,
maybe they will listen to a
Democrat.”
Then, there is transportation.
Viebrock said he is worried that
the state’s plans to replace
Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct,
the crumbling elevated highway
on the waterfront, will suck
funds from other needed
improvements.
He said he is particularly concerned
that the eventual decision
will be to put the highway in a
tunnel under Seattle, the most
expensive option.
“Once those bulldozers hit the
earth, there’s no stopping,” he
said. “No matter what the price.”
What Viebrock said he would
really like to see is an effective
regional transportation system, a
commitment to renewable energy
and a shift away from oil.
State and local governments can
make a difference, he said, by
adopting sustainable practices
and reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
Viebrock has been ranked as
“adequate” by the Municipal
League, a nonpartisan association
that conducts the equivalent of
job interviews with candidates in
King County and rates them on
their capacity to serve effectively.
His campaign Web site is
www.jonviebrock.com.
Rodne
Continued from Page 6
spending is approximately double
the state’s revenue.
“Every year, I have tried to
rein in spending, but my friends
across the aisle have rejected
these measures,” Rodne said.
Two other major issues Rodne
said need fixed: the state’s transportation
woes, including irresponsible
spending for a new 520
bridge, and the state’s lagging
commitment to public K-12 education.
“I’m frustrated, because in
four years, we’ve had lip service
from the governor about funding
education,” he said. “We need to
step up and fully fund education
for the benefit of our kids, but
we’ve gotten nothing.”
He said he has been a staunch
supporter of Fund Education
First, a movement calling for the
state to fully fund K-12 public
education before any other priority.
“That gives teeth to the constitutional
mandate that
Washington’s No. 1 priority is
education,” he said.
Rodne said he and his family
serve as an accurate representation
of the district in which he
lives.
“I think my family and I
reflect the interests of the district.
My wife and I have kids in a
public school, and we care about
education,” he said. “We care
about creating a good future for
our kids. We care about the economy
and we care about the environment.”
Rodne and his wife moved to
the Snoqualmie Valley area in
1999, two years after he received
his law degree from Gonzaga
University.
He has done legal work in the
Seattle/Bellevue area for nearly
10 years, including his current
position as in-house general
counsel at Snoqualmie Valley
Hospital.
His resume of community
involvement is extensive.
Before his term in the state
Legislature began, he served as a
member of the Snoqualmie City
Council and was a member of the
Public Safety Committee.
He is a board member for
Encompass, an early-childhood
development program, and
serves as a member of several
chamber of commerce boards
throughout the district. He also is
a member of the Snoqualmie
Valley Rotary.
In Issaquah, he has worked
with City Councilman John
Rittenhouse on a proposed
human services campus, and has
done pro bono legal work in that
area.
As a lieutenant colonel in the
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
Rodne said he understands commitment
to his country beyond
lawmaking.
He went into active service
right after graduating from
Creighton, fighting in the first
Gulf War and spending a total of
four years between 1989 and
1993 on active duty.
He has been in the Reserve
ever since, and was called back
into active duty for six months
during the initial intervention in
Iraq in 2003.
“It’s been great to serve my
country,” he said. “I feel like I’ve
done that in the Marine Corps,
and that commitment to service
is continued with my service for
the 5th District.”
Rodne has been awarded a legislative
environmental score of
73 percent by the Washington
Conservation Voters, and has
been ranked as “very good” by
the Municipal League, a nonpartisan
association that conducts
the equivalent of job interviews
with candidates in King County
and rates them on their capacity
to serve effectively.
He serves as ranking member
of the House Judiciary
Committee and is a member of
the House Transportation
Committee.
He has introduced 15 bills in
the House this term, four of
which have passed, and 28
amendments to bills in the
House this term, only two of
which have passed. Out of 1,570
votes this term, he has missed 10.
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8 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Nixon makes bid to unseat Goodman in house
Goodman wants to focus on
education and transportation
By J.B. Wogan
At about 5 p.m. Sept. 23, Rep. Roger
Goodman, (D-45), was on his way to
Carnation, part of a door-knocking diet
that began in April: 80-120 homes a day,
six days a week.
“I’m learning about what’s happening
literally in that neighborhood,” Goodman
said.
Since 2006, Goodman has filled one of
two positions for the state House of
Representatives for the 45th district,
which encompasses the northern end of
Sammamish, as well as parts of nine
other Eastside cities and unincorporated
King County.
The primary obligation for representatives
like Goodman in odd-numbered
years — such as 2009 — to hash out the
next two-year budget.
Goodman’s top priority is retooling
the state budget to more adequately fund
public education.
In particular, he’s in favor of the
state’s effort to redefine basic education
and allocate funds to meet that definition’s
needs.
“We’re not doing well when you look
at the numbers,” Goodman said. Those
numbers are “per pupil
expenditure” and teacher
pay. Goodman said the state
is among the worst in the
country for the amount it
spends on each student and
on teachers’ salaries.
While he said he’s waiting
to see what the stateappointed
Basic Education
Finance Joint Task Force
presents in its December
report to the legislature, he has some
solutions in mind.
One would be to improve early learning
education, funding better preschool
options. Another would be to strengthen
ties between high schools and local community
and technical colleges, allowing
students to develop career-specific
expertise; he also supports increasing
opportunities within those colleges.
In both areas, he refers to specific
action he’s already taken. He helped
introduce and pass a senate bill in 2008
that would launch a $453,000 early
learning program.
He also helped pass a bill in 2008 that
added an applied science degree to the
Lake Washington Technical College for
computer games design.
Goodman said he believes the degree
will be instrumental in giving local students
in his district an edge in a career
field important to East King County.
Transportation is also another key
issue for the next budget session, according
to Goodman.
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“I made the decision back in December
that I was not going to run this year,” said
Nixon, a Republican. “But it looked like
the party was unsuccessful in recruiting
somebody else to run.”
His other reasons had to do with the
current seat holder for the 45th district,
Roger Goodman (D).
“His priorities are just wrong. He’s
voted for all of this new spending that
Gov. (Chris) Gregoire (D) instituted,”
Nixon said.
Heading into November, the 45th district
is represented by Democrats in its
one senate seat and two house seats.
But Nixon said he isn’t discouraged.
“The 45th district, historically, was a
Republican district,” he said. “People have
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that they will elect me again.”
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north of Northeast 16th Street, as well as
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Part of Nixon’s optimism is
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about 35 percent of district voters
are Democrats, about 35 percent
are Republican, and another 30
percent vote based on the issues
of the time.
Like Goodman, Nixon ranks
transportation and education as
his top priorities.
On the 520 bridge, a hot topic in this
year’s gubernatorial race, Nixon said he
supports Republican Dino Rossi’s eightlane
bridge approach.
“My preference has always been to
have an eight-lane bridge,” he said. “If we
can’t do that, then I like the idea of pontoons
that we put on the bridge to have
the capacity for the added lanes, even if
we don’t paint the lanes that way initially.”
He said he does not support the Sound
Transit’s Proposition 1, set to appear on
the November ballot.
“If we’re going to have more transit, I
would do it by expanding the bus system.
I would build more park-and-ride space. I
would do more of an on-demand transit
system,” he said.
His on-demand transit system would
entail requesting special service through
the Internet or text messaging, a solution
similar to Microsoft’s Connector.
As for the recent news of the state’s
projected $3.2 billion deficit next year,
Nixon said the legislature will have to
make hard cuts.
“There’s not an actual deficit yet. We
have to adjust our hopes or expectations
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Goodman
Continued from Page 8
hoods, he said.
Between the two improvement
plans for the 520 bridge proposed
by gubernatorial candidates Dino
Rossi and Christine Gregoire,
Goodman said he supports
Gregoire’s. The plan calls for six
traffic lanes including two HOV
lanes.
“There’s no way you can pile
eight lanes of general purpose
traffic into Montlake,” said
Goodman. “Dino wasn’t fair. That
was a tough negotiation. We got a
very good deal.”
Goodman was one of several
house representatives, along with
the Washington State Department
of Transportation and Gov. Chris
Gregoire (D), that helped broker
the deal allowing for the state’s
current 520-bridge plan.
To develop the plan, those parties
had to seek approval from
several interest groups who were
at odds with each other, according
to Goodman.
Neighborhoods on the west
side of the 520 bridge were
against any expansion at all,
making an eight-lane solution all
but impossible in Goodman’s
mind. Goodman also said more
lanes would add traffic and cost
more.
“How are you going to pay for
this?” He asked.
Goodman cautioned that
almost any plan for change
would be tempered by the realities
of economic hardship across
the country.
The projected budget deficit of
$3.2 billion will likely translate
into program and job cuts, he
said.
“I hope that early learning and
K-12 and higher education will be
close to sacrosanct when we cut,
because that has to be the very
last thing we cut,” he said.
If education spending is not
cut, another 10-12 percent of the
budget would have to be cut, he
said. That would probably mean
a hiring freeze and some fulltime
government employees losing
their jobs.
Goodman said one area ripe
for decreases in spending is the
state’s corrections program.
He cited $400 million spent on
state, county and city jails and
prisons for each two-year budget
cycle.
But he said he thought there
would be little to no political
momentum behind such a cut
because criticizing the jail and
prison system can be interpreted
as being soft on crime.
“It’s politicized or sensationalized,
the soft on crime label.
We’re not being smart on crime.
We’re wasting our money and I
think the people know that,”
Goodman said.
Reporter J.B. Wogan can be
reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or
jbwogan@isspress.com.
Nixon
Continued from Page 8
and reduce spending,” he said. “I
would oppose any tax increases,
especially with the economy as it
is.”
His first target for budget cuts
would be added programs or program
expansions in the last four
years.
Nixon has set his sights on
6,000 employees the state hired
in the last four years, as well as a
life sciences discovery fund and
expanded health care benefits for
illegal immigrants.
The life sciences discovery
fund constitutes about $350 million,
authorized by the state legislature
in 2005, to be distributed
by a state agency in 10-year time
span. The purpose of the funding
is to encourage local growth in
several branches of scientific
study that could benefit human
health.
“Let’s not fund those new
things. Let’s get back to making
sure we’re funding what’s important,
which is basic education.”
Nixon said he differs with
Goodman on education, too.
While Goodman emphasizes the
importance of schooling and care
before kindergarten, Nixon
rejects such an approach as part
of the legislature’s funding obligation.
He framed the argument as
one between adding funding to
new preschool programs or
increasing funding to existing,
under-funded K-12 education programs.
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10 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
City Council
considers school
impact fees
The City Council is considering
changes to the cost of building
a home in Sammamish.
Those changes would be linked
to school district impact fees,
which fluctuate on an annual
basis.
A school district impact fee is
an amount collected for newly
constructed homes in a city. The
city then forwards the money to
the school system.
In the case of the Lake
Washington School District, the
city will collect $6,492 for a single-family
dwelling. It will collect
$887 per unit for a multi-family
dwelling.
A multi-family dwelling
includes two or more units and
its impact fee applies to each unit
in the dwelling.
Those numbers are slight
increases on the single-family figure
of $5,568 and multi-family
figure of $657 from 2007.
The impact fees for the
Issaquah School District dropped
slightly from the previous year.
Its single-family dwelling fee will
be $5,495, down from $6,021 in
2007. The impact fee for a multifamily
dwelling will be $806,
down from $948.
City Finance Director Lyman
Howard said two factors determine
an impact fee: the number
of projected dwellings in an area
and the number of projected students
from that area.
If schools are over capacity
and require new construction,
impact fees can go up. If they
meet or are under capacity,
impact fees can go down,
Howard said.
City Council will vote on the
impact fees at its Oct. 7 meeting.
Reichert
opposed bailout
Sammamish’s congressman,
U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R),
voted against the proposed $700
billion plan to buy troubled banking
assets. The measure, which
failed in the U.S. House of
Representatives Monday by a
228-205 vote, would have allowed
the U.S. Treasury Department to
purchase bad loans made by
banks across the nation.
In a statement after the vote,
Reichert said he opposed the
plan because it did not contain
enough to curb executive compensation,
did not contain sufficient
oversight and did not force
financial companies to contribute
enough to the bailout.
Vaccine arrives early
for 2008-09 flu season
Every year in King County
thousands of people get sick from
seasonal influenza, also known
as the flu. Vaccination is the best
way both to prevent the risk of
getting sick and to lessen the
severity of illness.
This flu season it will be easier
than ever to get vaccinated, since
flu shots will be available earlier
in the year and in larger
amounts.
This year, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
expanded its recommendations
about who should get the vaccine
to include children ages 6
months through 18 years.
Youngest children have high
rates of serious influenza infection,
and all children can carry
the virus or get sick and then
pass the illness to family members
including infants, adults,
seniors and others at high-risk for
complications. Immunizing children
of all ages will reduce illness,
as well as potential transmission.
Influenza, unlike the common
cold, has a swift onset of severe
symptoms beginning with two
days to seven days of fever,
headache, muscle aches, extreme
fatigue, runny nose and sore
throat, and a cough that is often
severe and may last seven days
or more. Influenza can also be a
risk factor for serious bacterial
pneumonia, including MRSA.
Vaccination is recommended
to protect people at high-risk for
complications from the flu,
including:
◆ Pregnant women.
◆ People 50 and older.
◆ People 6 months or older
with certain chronic medical conditions,
such as heart disease,
lung disease (including asthma),
kidney disease or diabetes.
◆ People who live in nursing
homes and other long-term care
facilities.
People who live with or care
for those at high risk for health
complications from flu should be
vaccinated as well, including:
◆ Household contacts of persons
at high risk for complications
from the flu.
◆ Household contacts and outof-home
caregivers of children
less than 6 months of age, who
are too young to be vaccinated.
◆ Healthcare workers.
Also, anyone who wants protection
against seasonal flu
should receive flu vaccine.
People at high risk for influenzarelated
complications may also
need immunization against pneumococcal
pneumonia.
If you think you may need
this vaccine, talk to your health
care provider.
In King County, flu shots are
available now at many doctors’
offices and other providers, such
as drugstores and pharmacies.
Some health care providers
and pharmacies may also have
FluMist, the live attenuated vaccine.
Instead of getting an injection,
a small amount of vaccine is
sprayed into each nostril.
FluMist is licensed for healthy
people ages 2 through 49.
The federal and state funded
Vaccines for Children Program
subsidizes the cost of children’s
vaccines at most health care clinics.
With the expanded CDC recommendations,
this program
now includes funding for flu vaccines
for all children ages 6
months through 18 years.
Learn more about good health
manners and get educational
materials at
www.metrokc.gov/health/stopgerms.
Learn more about seasonal
influenza, where to get a flu vaccine
and costs at
www.metrokc.gov/health/immunization/fluseason,
or call Public
Health’s Information Line at 206-
296-4949.
It’s Sammi time
Nominations for the 2009
SAMMI Awards are now open.
The eighth annual awards ceremony
will happen 7 p.m. March
14, 2009 at Eastlake High School.
SAMMI Awards of Distinction celebrates
and honors those who
make unselfish contributions,
and inspire others to contribute
to the quality of life in
Sammamish.
The SAMMI Awards raised
money for the upcoming awards
by selling admission to the
“bouncy toys” at the 2008 Fourth
on the Plateau. In addition,
SAMMI Awards has been chosen
as the charity of choice for the
Sammamish Chamber of
Commerce’s BRAVO! Dinner &
Auction on Nov. 8 at Sahalee
Country Club.
Please submit nominations by
Dec. 10. For more information, or
to download the nomination
form, visit www.sammiawards.org
or contact executive director Cary
Young at
youngcarynchris@aol.com or
868-5019.
BRAVO Dinner
and Auction
The Sammamish Chamber of
Commerce is holding the BRAVO!
Dinner & Auction, portions of
which will benefit the 2009
SAMMI Awards ceremony. The
fundraiser event is set for 7 p.m.
Nov. 8 at Sahalee Country Club,
21200 NE Sahalee Country Club
Drive. For more information, visit
www.sammamishchamber.org/Ho
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SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 11
POlice
Blotter
Wolves ban
pretend water boy
A Bothell man received a letter
from Sammamish indicating
he may not visit Eastlake High
School.
The man visited a junior varsity
football game at Eastlake Sept.
8, pretending to be a water boy.
He was dressed in the school’s
colors and acted as a water boy,
handing out drinks.
After the game, he jumped on
the back of an Eastlake player.
The player, who did not know
the man, was startled and had to
get help from another player.
The man also entered the
press box of the stadium without
permission, asking for program
rosters.
Eastlake’s secretaries also
reported that the man had
called the school about team
rosters and to ascertain information
about the team’s busing
schedule.
Eastlake’s school resource
officer contacted the man
Sept. 10 and told him he
would be subject to an arrest
if he returned to Eastlake High
School.
The man said he understood
and would not return.
Profane private
parts humor
Karate West, located on the
3300 block of East Lake
Sammamish Parkway Southeast,
suffered some vulgar wordsmithing
between noon Sept. 13
and noon Sept. 14.
Someone altered the wording
on the business’ road sign to refer
to male genitals.
The sign is made up of individual
letters attached to a frame.
The rest of the letters were
tossed around the parking lot and
some were in the trash.
Karate West itself was not
entered or damaged.
Life is a lemon and I
want my bike back
A man from the 2000 block
of 216th Place Northeast said
he saw someone ride away
with his bike. He had locked
up the bike by Bartell Drugs
on the 800 block of 228th
Avenue Northeast around
4:50 p.m. Sept. 17.
While in the store, he
looked out the window to
check on his bike, which was
no longer locked up.
He then saw someone riding
a bike that looked identical
to his own: a $300 black
and gray Trek mountain bike
with front shocks.
The man said the person
riding the bike looked like a
teenager with shorts and long
hair.
He told police he is more
concerned with recovering
the bike than pressing
charges.
Row away theft
A man who lives on the 21600
block of Southeast 28th Street, on
the banks of Pine Lake, said he
saw two men rowing away from
his property, presumably with a
chair and table, at 11 p.m. Sept.
16.
The suspects, white and looking
about 20 years of age, were
traveling in a red full-sized
canoe. The two missing items
were a tan wood and plastic folding
chair and a black metal
round folding table, each worth
about $40.
The man managed to see
them rowing away because he
had heard splashing and went
outside with a flashlight to investigate.
The suspects left behind a single
green Rolling Rock beer bottle.
A neighbor also reported that
a chair from his dock had been
thrown into the water and a
green beer bottle was left behind
as well.
Theft, no theft
A woman living on the 1700
block of 221st Place Northeast
was the victim of a theft between
10 p.m. Sept. 18 and 8:30 a.m.
Sept. 19.
The incident occurred at her
home while her car was parked.
Then the stolen items, various
membership cards and a pair of
$30 sunglasses, reappeared.
Police said the suspect entered
the green Honda Odyssey minivan
from one of its doors.
His mirror finally
cracked
A Sammamish police sergeant
found that someone had cracked
a side mirror to his police vehicle,
a white 2008 Ford Explorer.
The mirror was rotated forward
out of its normal position
and the glass was cracked. There
was no other damage to the vehicle.
The vehicle had been parked
next to a residence at the 21500
block of Northeast 8th Street.
The incident occurred
between 4:30 p.m. Sept. 16 and
7:30 a.m. Sept. 17.
The total cost of damages
amounted to $75.
You’ve been
rummaging again
now, haven’t you?
A woman from the 20700
block of Northeast 44th Street
said someone had rifled through
belongings in her car, parked at
her residence.
Nothing was stolen, she said.
The incident took place between
5 p.m. Sept. 15 and 4 p.m. Sept.
16.
Breaking glass
windshields
Police are looking for two
suspects for truck vandalisms
that took place between noon
Sept. 10 and 3 p.m. Sept. 11
on the 1300 block of 211
Avenue Northeast.
Two sets of teenagers are purportedly
responsible for smashing
the windshields of the two
separate vehicles.
One set of teenagers admitted
to using a brick to damage one
truck’s windshield. The other
suspects’ whereabouts are
unknown.
The total cost of damages to
the trucks was $1,000.
You hit my scooter
and drove away
A witness said he saw a silver
Toyota Tacoma two-door back
into a parked blue 2006 Yamaha
Vino scooter.
The collision happened at 8:30
a.m. Sept. 18 in the Starbucks’
parking lot near QFC on 228th
Avenue Northeast.
The witness said the occupants
of the Toyota looked like
football players in orange, green
and white jerseys.
The scooter suffered scratches
all over.
Credit card fraud
Someone made a hodgepodge
of fraudulent charges
to a woman’s credit card. The
woman, a resident of the 500
block of 241st Lane Southeast,
said the charges took place
between 6 p.m. Aug. 24 and 6
p.m. Sept. 11.
The woman has since cancelled
her card, but she said
someone must have stolen the
card number online and used it
to make unauthorized charges,
including:
◆ a $900 charge to Toshiba
America
◆ a $192.63 charge for a New
York flower shop
◆ a $602.95 charge to a
Louisiana energy company
◆ a $300 withdrawal from an
ATM in Tennessee
◆ $54.33 charge to USPS in
Washington D.C.
◆ an unspecified amount to
Netflix
◆ a $600 charge to QVC
◆ a $29.95 charge to Magic
Jack
Abandoned
wheel chair
Police recovered an abandoned
wheel chair at 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 21.
The chair, a non-motorized
wheel chair, was left on a green
belt on the 267 block of Southeast
25th Street.
Police transported it to the city
station. They could not reach the
owner pharmacy.
Realtor signs missing
The site manager and Realtor
for the Cam West development
Windsor Fields reported that two
sandwich signs were stolen. She
had posted them at 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 20 on Southeast 248th
Avenue, at the juncture of
Southeast 17th Street. When she
returned at 4 p.m., the signs were
gone.
She said she suspected neighbors
in the area removed the
signs.
Information in the police blotter
comes from local police reports.
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COMMUNITY
12 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Farmers Market exceeds sales projections
By J.B. Wogan
Darrell Westover has worked
farmers markets for five years.
He takes his Westover Farm tent
to three established markets, and
yet, he plans to return to
Sammamish for its second season.
“It takes awhile to build up
your reputation,” Westover
observed.
Westover’s fresh picked tomatoes,
strawberries, eggplant, and
other vegetables come out of his
farm in Maple Valley. The softspoken
Westover sports a straw
hat and suspenders as he greets
customers at the market. He said
he is resolved to test out
Sammamish’s young market
again next year.
Of course, he has his complaints
about Sammamish’s farmers
market, too.
“From a vendor’s standpoint,
you’re kind of isolated here,” he
said, adding that residents are not
likely to happen across the market
by accident. “This has to be a
destination. You have to want to
come to the market.”
He also said that the market
should have some sort of banking
system or ATM available. For
vendors, a bank could help make
change for large bills; for customers,
a bank could provide
cash for shopping.
Still, Westover said the market
was consistently attended and
had strong showing for a first
year market.
Heidi Bohan, the Sammamish
Farmers Market manager, said
most vendors have told her that
they’re pleased with the market’s
performance, given its short history.
“Everybody looks at this market
as promising,” she said.
Bohan, who also manages the
Carnation Farmers Market, had
Photo by J.B. Wogan
Elizabeth Tasche, of House Bread, explains about difference in taste and texture between the several
breads customers could sample on Sept. 10.
projected that gross sales for the
market would be between
$85,000-125,000; instead, the
market’s sales will exceed
$200,000, she said.
“We’re that much ahead in our
sales,” she explained.
A Sept. 3 survey conducted by
the Sammamish Chamber of
Commerce revealed some customer
tendencies. Out of 131 participants,
57 said they buy fresh
fruits and vegetables at the market.
The second most popular
item was baked goods with 39
votes. The two least popular
items were crafts (11) and honey
and jams (10). Bohan said arts
and crafts did not sell well
throughout the summer.
Like Westover, Bohan has
some ideas on how to boost sales
and make the market more
attractive to customers.
Bohan will conduct her own
survey Oct. 1 to gauge what vendors
and customers did or did not
like about the market. She said
she will be curious to see
whether there was too much
entertainment, whether the 4-8
p.m. Wednesday time slot conflicted
with too many sporting
events and whether people think
the layout of vendors should
change.
With the dip in the economy,
the market might benefit from
more produce and less costly arts
and crafts, Bohan said.
Not every vendor can afford
the growing pains of a first year
market. Elizabeth Tasche of
House Bread said the market in
See MARKET, Page 13
It’s time for parents to take control of the remote
How children process what they watch will be the focus of a presentation Monday.
Contributed
Class will explain
how to parent in
mass media age
By Ari Cetron
How many parents are in your
house? According to Gloria
DeGaetano, author and founder
of the Parent Coaching Institute,
there may be more than you
think.
“We’ve never, in the history of
the human race, had parents with
this other, third parent of a mass
media onslaught,” she said.
That third parent, the mass
media, and what parents can do
to minimize its impact on their
children will be the focus of a
presentation DeGaetano will give
Oct. 6, called “Parenting Well in a
Media Age.”
DeGaetano said she would
show parents how to work to
limit media exposure and educate
them about how to make
informed choices about what
children should be exposed to. In
particular, this means limiting
screen time, be it with a television,
computer or even a cell
phone.
“In early childhood especially,
children need more time in
three-dimensional reality,” she
said.
DeGaetano will help explain
the reasons for limits.
Allowing children too much
time watching screens can negatively
impact their brain development,
she said, citing numerous
studies. This can result in shortened
attention spans, literacy
and discipline problems, and a
lack of motivation, she said.
She will also explain the benefits
of other activities.
For example, watching television
is essentially the same activity,
no matter which show is on.
But other activities, such as
drawing, playing with clay or just
taking a walk, can help children’s
brains develop more effectively
See MEDIA, Page 13

SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 13
Heather Gee
receives scholarship
Heather Gee, a former intern
with the Sammamish Review, has
received the ISSA Foundation’s
Roger and Victoria Parrott Award.
Gee, who attends the
University of Washington, is an
Eastlake graduate. While there,
she was involved in the Junior
Orthopedic Guild, which raises
funds for Seattle Children’s. She
was a member of the National
Honor Society for five years and
the Spanish Honors Society for one.
The ISSA Foundation is supported
by ISSA, the trade association
for the cleaning industry.
Stephanie Davison
wins award
Sammamish’s Stephanie
Davison, a senior at Montana
State University, won the ISSA
Foundation’s Pacific Northwest
District Award.
Davison is majoring in cellular
biology and neuroscience and
hopes to attend medical school.
She has been volunteering at
local hospitals and has traveled to
Central America to provide free
medical and dental care there.
The ISSA Foundation is supported
by ISSA, the trade association
for the cleaning industry.
Media
Continued from Page 12
by exercising different parts of
the brain, she said.
DeGaetano said she seeks
to educate parents about the
impacts of the mass media on
their child’s
brain.
For example,
for younger
children, some
of the images
may not make
sense, and the
confusion can
lead to problems.
“There are
some things
that kids can’t process,” she
said.
DeGaetano will not simply
lecture about what parents
should do, said Sharon
Soldenwagner, one of the program
coordinators. The free
program, to be held at Mary,
Queen of Peace in
Sammamish will be hosted by
St. Joseph’s School, based in
Issaquah and Snoqualmie.
Soldenwagner, whose children
attend St. Joseph’s and
who lives on the plateau,
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What: ‘Parenting Well in
a Media Age’
When: 7-9 p.m. Oct. 6
Where: Mary, Queen of
Peace Church, 1121 228th
Ave. SE
How much: Free
For more information,
visit www.thepci.com.
works for DeGaetano’s company.
Soldenwagner said that although
the program is being sponsored
by a Catholic school and held at a
church, it would be nondenominational.
Instead, DeGaetano will simply
present information to allow
parents to make better-informed
decisions.
“It’s not a
‘never turn them
on, don’t use
them,’”
Soldenwagner
said regarding
screens. “She’s
not going to tell
everybody what
they have to do.”
DeGaetano,
who worked in
the Issaquah
School District in the 1980s, said
she will show parents how to
encourage children to become
media savvy and help parents
teach their children about advertising,
for example, something
she said is a symptom of an
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things.
DeGaetano will help parents
take control of those messages.
“Who is really in charge?” she
asked. “Who is really socializing
our children?”
She will explain how children
perceive the information and the
possible consequences of it, and
let parents decide if they are
comfortable
with the
risk.
And the
presentation,
which
will likely
include an
opportunity
Gloria
DeGaetano
for attendees
to ask
questions,
will also provide
people with practical tools.
“They’re actually going to get
ideas they can go home and start
implementing,” Soldenwagner
said.
Editor Ari Cetron can be
reached at 392-6434, ext. 233, or
samrev@isspress.com.
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Continued from Page 12
Sammamish is not as lucrative
compared to business elsewhere,
and her booth may not
return next year.
“In Redmond, we sell out by
noon. Here, we don’t sell out,”
she said. The two markets are
scheduled on different days
and at different times, with
Redmond’s Saturday slot perhaps
being better for business,
she acknowledged.
“Wednesday just isn’t as
strong of a shopping night,”
she said.
Tasche and her husband
run the fledgling bakery by
themselves. After one year in
business, they’ve landed a deal
to stock their breads at Whole
Foods and PCC.
“We’ll see if it’s worth the
time up here,” she said.
Reporter J.B. Wogan can be
reached at 392-6434, ext. 347, or
jbwogan@isspress.com.
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Schools
14 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Magazine drive buys chickens for Haitians
By Christopher Huber
If you went to the magazine
drive assembly Monday at
Inglewood Junior High School,
you might have seen someone
jumping around in a chicken suit
during the skit put on by the ASB
leaders.
Ok.
That might sound random or
silly, but it represents an added
incentive for students to sell lots
of magazines in the school’s only
fundraiser, which began Monday
and runs through Oct. 9.
The incentive
this fall is
greater than
winning cool
toys for higher
sales, it represents
new outside-the-box
thinking on the
part of student
organizers and class leaders.
Inglewood magazine drive participants
have a chance to make a
difference in the lives of families
— likely with children their age
— in Haiti. For every six magazine
subscriptions a student sells,
outreach organization World
Vision will send one chicken to
send to needy families in the hurricane-battered
Haiti, said
“There’s more out
there in the world
than here on the
plateau.”
– Kelley Cote,
Drive coordinator –
Inglewood leadership teacher
Bethany Bafus.
The concept of including a
philanthropic benefit to a traditionally
student- or school-centered
fundraiser came last school
year, when the leadership class
met to discuss planning for the
fall 2008 drive, Bafus said.
Members of the class, like ASB
president, freshman Akaash
Nanda, freshman class treasurer
Will Mittenthal and drive coordinator,
freshman Kelley Cote,
brought up the idea of giving
some of the proceeds to people in
Africa. But when
they brought the
idea to QSP magazine
representative
Tom George,
they decided
they would be
part of his pilot
group of about a
half-dozen area
schools to benefit struggling people
in Haiti. The student leaders’
attitudes say it all.
“It’s just hard for me to imagine
what it could be like,” Cote
said before the drive started. “I
have a hard time picturing what
Haiti looks like right now. Right
now I’m inside my house, we
have the heater on, and I’m complaining
about my hair. And
Photo by Christopher Huber
Sharda Raya, Kelley Cote and Amanda Loth (from left) perform a skit to demonstrate the benefits
of selling magazines.
these people don’t have anything
to eat, so I can’t even compare
my life to theirs.”
Cote is in charge of getting the
word out to her more than 1,100
fellow students. She and a few
others put posters in the halls,
talked it up to their friends and
families and even posted cut-out
paper chickens with the number
six to get the message to kids in
their classrooms.
“Even just ordering a magazine,
you can try and help someone
out,” Cote said. “There’s
more out there in the world than
here on the plateau.”
The drive has been a group
effort, with the students pledging
their commitment to the cause
and George doing the legwork,
Bafus and Nanda said.
“We wanted to give kids an
opportunity to help on a global
scale,” Nanda said. “Haiti is so
close to us that when we have
the opportunity to give, why not
help a country that is close.”
See MAGAZINE, Page 15
Group explains possible changes to school funding
By Christopher Huber
Washington’s education funding system
has become so complex that Sen. Rodney
Tom had to bring Albert Einstein to the
meeting Sept. 22 at the Lake Washington
School District Resource Center.
Tom, the state senator from the 48th
district, used a simple quote from Einstein
to explain a proposal to change the arcane
K-12 funding system.
“You can’t solve a problem on the same
plane that created it,” he said, asking the
crowd what would happen if the state didn’t
change the failing system.
Approximately 250 concerned parents,
teachers and area school district administrators
came to meet with three members
of the Basic Education Finance Joint Task
Force.
The task force seeks to redefine basic
public education in the state constitution.
If approved, it could result in a new
statewide funding formula and could
mean more money for teachers and smaller
class sizes, among other changes.
The three Washington state legislators
who serve on the task force, Tom and
Reps. Ross Hunter and Glenn Anderson,
presented its most current proposal to
help fix the state’s outdated K-12 funding
system.
Hunter, a member of the Basic
Education Finance committee, gave the
presentation, which focused on the task
force’s main goals for a new funding system
— reasonable adequacy, transparency
and flexibility.
One of the main components of the
proposal, Hunter said, would include providing
more funding in order to allow
average class sizes of 25 students.
Specialty classes such as auto tech, science
lab, special education and advanced placement
would be smaller.
“(Currently) we have no idea what actual
class sizes are,” he said. “ That will
change with this plan.”
In addition, the task force proposed a
prototype school day model, which included
dividing K-12 into four sections from
the traditional three — primary, elementary,
middle and high school — and implementing
a seven-period school day for
high school.
The proposal would fund more instruction
time for gifted, low-income and struggling
students. Hunter cited the widening
gap between high- and low-achievers and
said the best way to predict the educational
outcome for a student is to look at the
zip code where they live.
Among the many possible changes in
the program model, all-day kindergarten is
also considered. The proposal calls for
state funding to include approximately
Photo by Christopher Huber
State Rep. Ross Hunter explained the
details of school funding.
$200 per student for instructional technology,
which is currently funded by local
levies, as well as adding teachers, and support
staff such as librarians and office staff.
“We want to discuss in the budget round
table, ‘are you going to cut school librarians
or not,’” Hunter said.
The legislators highlighted that the
change in teacher base salary and supplementary
education is one of the most
important aspects of the proposal. Hunter
said nationally certified teachers are more
effective than those who are not, but these
days teachers can’t necessarily afford the
certification process.
The proposal suggests raising base
salaries for teachers, based on “fair market
value,” he said, and creating stronger mentoring
programs for young teachers. It
would also reward teachers for becoming
nationally certified and not force them to
pay for a master’s degree.
“Every state that has tried to ram something
down teachers’ throats hasn’t
worked,” Hunter said.
Overall, the legislators said the ideas
are too complex to discuss everything in
one sitting. The money needed to provide
all of the proposed changes would be difficult
to squeeze out of an already strained
state budget and certain aspects of the
plan could take at least six years to fully
implement. Currently, the state spends
around 40 percent of its general fund for
K-12 education. The task force’s goal is to
See FUNDING, Page 15

SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 15
Art volunteers
needed
The Echo Glen Children’s
Center needs volunteer art
docents to lead or assist with
already-prepared art lessons
once a month from noon to 1:30
p.m. Volunteers will work in
pairs and be assigned to one
teacher for the year.
Echo Glen is a state-run
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Because students here often
come from troubled pasts, the
opportunity to express themselves
creatively and to connect
with caring adults often makes
a huge — even life-changing —
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Contact Connie Rawson,
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Drive 4 UR School
The recent Cruise 4 UR
School fund-raiser brought in
$4,100 for Eastlake High School
Sept. 13.
The event allowed people to
test-drive one of many new
Ford vehicles.
For every individual who
participated, Ford and
Evergreen Ford, of Sammamish,
donated $20 to the school.
Two hundred five people
completed test drives at the
event.
By participating in this
event, Eastlake was entered
into a Ford nationwide sales
competition. Ford will award
first-, second- and third-place
prizes ($15,000, $10,000 and
$5,000 respectively) to the high
schools that generate the most
new Ford Division sales.
Across the country, hundreds
of Ford dealers partner with
local high schools to host Cruise
4 UR School events. Ford contributes
up to $6,000 — the
equivalent of 300 test-drives —
to each participating school,
which can be used to support
various programs and activities.
For more information on the
program, call Helen Seliverstov
at 425-939-0063 or email to
helen@westmeridian.com.
Magazine
Continued from Page 14
More than helping people in
need, this is all an effort to
change the school’s culture, he
said. It’s about getting people
involved at the school and to care
more about those outside of
Sammamish.
Nanda said he hopes to maximize
participation in the drive.
Not only will it benefit people in
Haiti, but also it is the ASB’s only
source of funding for the year.
“We’re hoping to open students’
eyes to what is really out
there and even as adolescents at
Inglewood we still have that
power to make a difference,”
Nanda said.
Bafus and George said once
the drive is complete and the
chickens are delivered, World
Vision representatives will present
photos from Haiti to show
the students the results of their
giving.
Reporter Christopher Huber can
be reached at 392-6434, Ext. 242, or
at chuber@isspress.com.
Funding
Continued from Page 14
bring it back to approximately
50 percent, as it was in the mid
1990s.
However, they are hopeful
that they will get the majority
of votes from the legislature in
2009.
The key for the proposal’s
success in the legislature,
Anderson said, is that people
come together in their support
for change in the system.
For each person who is for it,
there are 90 others who don’t
know it needs fixing, he said.
“We can fix the old system or
we can invest in the new generation,”
Anderson said. “We’re
selling change in an environment
of bad news.
This is no small challenge.
We either do it or it’ll be another
eight years.”
The work session was the
first and only scheduled, thus
far, in the 2008-2009 school
year, said Kathryn Reith, Lake
Washington School District’s
director of communications.
She said the meeting worked
out for Lake Washington
because the three legislatures
just happen to be from Districts
5 and 48, covering Bellevue,
Redmond, Sammamish and
Issaquah.
In the 2008 legislative session,
the state Senate and
House unanimously passed a
measure that directed the task
force to specifically examine
equalizing district salary allocations
across the state.
These measures are the first
taken since the late 1970s to
look at how the state funds its
schools and to redefine basic
education.
The idea is to include state
funding for technology, smaller
class sizes and to get the K-12
system back to among the top
in the nation.
The 14-member task force
will submit its final report to
the legislature Dec. 1 and the
legislature will vote on funding
measures during the 2009 session.
Reporter Christopher Huber
can be reached at 392-6434, Ext.
242, or at chuber@isspress.com.
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16 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Undefeated Skyline rolls over Newport, 49-0
By Christopher Huber
The Skyline Spartans football
team may have been a little concerned
about Newport’s tricky
wing-T offense going into
Friday’s game in Bellevue.
In the first three games of the
season, the Knights averaged
nearly 350 yards rushing per
game, which was more than
twice the output on the ground
for Skyline. None of that mattered
Friday night.
Other than giving up a couple
decent Newport rushing gains,
the Spartan defense did what it
does best – completely shut
down their opponent.
Skyline beat Newport 49-0 in a
wallop on both sides of the ball.
“We kept them off balance,”
Skyline head coach Mat Taylor
said after the game. “Everybody
is talking about our passing
game, but you just gotta be balanced.”
The most telling statistic was
the rushing comparison —
Skyline held the Knights to just
98 yards rushing on the evening,
but tallied 234 of its own.
Spartans’ star quarterback
Jake Heaps was quite himself
with his throwing game, as well,
piling up a solid 266 passing
yards. Newport quarterback Ross
Quarre totaled 20 passing yards.
Newport came out swinging.
Photo by Christopher Huber
Skyline senior running back Joey Evans’ helmet flies off as Newport defenders bring him down in
the second quarter of Friday’s game in Bellevue.
The versatile two-back running Skyline did drive from its own 17
game seemed it would make the to score, but it was brought back
home crowd proud, as the to the 20 on a personal foul call.
Knights got past the nearly Newport held the line and
impenetrable Skyline defense a Skyline missed a 37-yard field
few times in the first quarter. goal attempt.
Skyline’s offense didn’t get However, after the quarter
going until the second quarter. break, it didn’t take long for
Spartan running back Joey Evans
to turn on the power boosters.
Heaps kept feeding the ball to
him as they drove the length of
the field. Evans scored the
game’s first two touchdowns on
8- and 5-yard runs.
“My line made it possible to do
well tonight,” Evans said as he
exited the field after the game.
“They tore it up.”
What was the key for the
explosive running game? Evans
makes it sound easy.
“I just get past the secondary
and past the blocks and in the
end zone,” he said.
Heaps connected with three
different receivers for touchdowns
and two Skyline running
backs scored. The longest play of
the night came when Heaps
launched one to favorite receiver
Gino Simone for a 77-yard touchdown
in the second quarter to go
up 21-0.
Heaps continued to demonstrate
his superiority in the air
with two more perfect throws to
Kasen Williams and William
Chandler before halftime.
Williams scored a 16-yard touchdown
and Chandler caught a 25-
yard pass to put Skyline up 35-0.
Evans lit Newport up again in
the third, busting out for 17 yards
in the first possession. The run
set up Skyline for big yardage
once again. This time Heaps
completed a pass to Jake Knecht
down to the 7 yard line. Evans
barreled through, untouched for
the score.
One of Taylor’s season goals —
seeing a punt returned for a
touchdown — almost came to
See SKYLINE, Page 18
Eastlake tops Interlake
Golfers win by 20 strokes
By Christopher Huber
Despite hitting one-over par
through four holes Thursday at
Sahalee Country Club, Eastlake’s
leader and standout Kevin
Penner managed par for the day
after sinking a birdie on No. 8.
On the par-three eighth,
Penner hit the ball to within
five feet of the pin and
finessed the putt to turn his
score around.
He placed first with an even
36, which earned him his sixth
medal this season, said head
coach Erik Hanson.
In the sporadic rain showers,
the Wolves beat Interlake by 20
strokes, 198-218. The boys
improved to 4-1 overall.
And the team did it with only
three returning players. Senior
captain Ethan Nash finished third
behind Interlake’s Zach
Buchanan with a score of 39
strokes.
“I could have made a couple
more puts, but other than that, I
did OK,” Nash said, citing the wet
conditions at Sahalee East.
He said he shot about average,
compared with his season performance.
On the last hole Thursday,
Nash said he had the change for a
birdie, that would have tied him
for second place, but he just
missed the hole and settled for
par.
One thing he said he wants to
work on is being more consistent
and sinking a few more puts in
key situations.
“I could practice putting
and making sure everything
is going well with my swing
and everything and make
sure I’m mentally prepared,”
Nash said.
Hanson said they try to break
200 strokes when they play at
Sahalee, and considering the
weather, it was a strong performance.
Interlake’s Buchanan kept
Penner and Nash on their toes
with some solid drives and a confident
putting game.
“The one and two guys shot
Ethan Nash tees off the fourth hole at Sahalee Country Club.
really well today,” Penner said
after the match.
Eastlake’s Chris Kobak shot a
40 to place fourth and Chase
Stites placed fifth with 41 strokes.
Eastlake plays Redmond at 3
p.m. tomorrow at Bear Creek.
Photo by Christopher Huber
Reporter Christopher Huber can
be reached at 392-6434, Ext. 242, or
at chuber@isspress.com.

SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 17
Scoreboard
Football
Friday, Sept. 26
Eastlake 55, Redmond 37
Redmond……… 3 7 14 13
Eastlake……….. 14 14 20 7
Scoring summary: (East) Cameron Hunt 8 run;
(Red) Andrew Rohrbach 35 FG; (East) Cameron
Hunt 25 run; (East) Stephen Nasca 31 pass from
Drake Furcini; (Red) john Martino 81 kickoff
return; (East) Cameron Hunt 50 run; (East)
Stephen Nasca 2 run; (Red) Cameron Sandquist 59
pass from David Gilbertson; (East) Drake Furcini 1
run; (Red) Cameron Sandquist 10 pass from David
Gilbertson; (East) Stephen Nasca 69 run; (Red)
Cameron Sandquist 42 pass from David
Gilbertson; (East) Paul Wright 38 pass from Drake
Furcini; (Red) David Gilbertson 4 run.
Girls Soccer
Monday, Sept. 22
Eastlake 5, Newport 1
Eastlake goals – Emily Hurd 26:00, Emily Hurd
30:00, Kristin Dorr 36:00, Emily Hurd 42:00,
Emma Levy 50:00.
Newport goal – Jessica Louw 75:00.
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Skyline 4, Bothell 1
Skyline goals: Coral Anderson (Kayla Shim)
16:15; Kiara Williams (Emily Anderson) 39:00;
Emily Anderson (Mindy Nation 66:30; Coral
Anderson (Kiara Williams) 69:40.
Highlights: 16 shots; Jill Stika, 2 saves; Mindy
Nation, 1 save.
Bothell goals: Gina Marioni (Shannon Schueren)
26:15.
Highlights: 5 shots; Leah Perrault 3 saves.
Records: Skyline 2-1-0 (3-2-1); Eastlake 2-1-0
(5-1-0).
Thursday, Sept. 25
Eastlake 3, Skyline 1
Skyline goal: Kiara Williams (unassisted) 46:50;
shots, 13; saves, Jill Stika, 8.
Eastlake goals: Emma Levy (Emily Hurd) 5:15,
Emily Hurd (Kellie Shreve) 56:00, Courtney Pixler
(Jamie Marzano) 61:15; shots, 15; saves 6.
Boys Golf
Tuesday, Sept. 23
At Sahalee East (Par 36)
Eastlake 196, Liberty 255
Individuals — Kevin Penner 35 strokes; Ethan
Nash 36; Chris Kobak 37; Evan Alston 44; Edison
Dumire 44.
Tuesday, Sept. 23
At The Plateau Club (par 36)
Skyline 218, Garfield 240.
Individuals — Kent Quickstad, S, and Ben
Griffin, S, 41 strokes; Ben Feldman, G, 43; Nick
Tran, S, 44.
Thursday, Sept. 25
At Bear Creek CC (par 36)
Skyline 198 points, Redmond 189.
Individuals: Alex Abbruzza, R, 36 strokes; Oscar
Santamarina, R, and Darius Lalier, S, 37; Alex
Mroz, R, and Charlie Mroz, R, 38.
Volleyball
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Ballard 3, Eastlake 2
Ballard………..... 25 16 19 25 15
Eastlake………... 19 25 25 21 12
Eastlake highlights: Lauren Magnus, 12 kills;
Alyssa Charlston, 10 kills, 5 blocks; Ellie Martinez,
17 kills; Claire Salmon, 29 assists, 13 digs; Gabi
Bracco, 3 aces. Ballard highlights: Clare Murphy, 15
assists; Lisa Day, 16 kills, 10 digs, 3 aces; Marjorie
Pichon, 10 digs; Kelcie Christianson, 8 kills, 10 digs;
Mady Voelker, 6 kills, 11 digs.
Records: Eastlake 0-1-0 (2-5-0); Ballard 1-0-0
(3-1-0).
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Skyline 3, Roosevelt 2
Roosevelt…………… 22 25 24 25 11
Skyline…………….... 25 21 26 18 15
Skyline highlights: Alex Petroff, 12 kills, 15
digs; Lindsay Kim 6 kills, 12 digs; Emily
Hutchings, 16 kills; Sam Sanghvi, 46 assists;
Paige Haas, 3 aces; Maddie Magee, 17 kills, 3
aces. Roosevelt highlights: Kelsey Altus, 5 kills,
10 digs; Rachel Bollens, 10 kills, 5 blocks; Sarah
O’Conner, 13 kills, 14 digs, 4 aces; Michelle
Woodworth, 22 digs.
Thursday, Sept. 25
Roosevelt 3, Eastlake 0
Eastlake……….. 18 15 12 0
Roosevelt……... 25 25 25 3
Eastlake highlights: Lauren Magnus, 9 kills;
Claire Salmon, 15 assists.
Roosevelt highlights: Kalsey Altus, 3 aces;
Genevieve Jones 30 assists; Sarah O’Conner,
12 kills, 4 aces.
Records: Roosevelt 1-1-0 (3-2-0); Eastlake
0-2-0 (2-6-0).
Skyline 3, Ballard 2
Skyline………… 20 25 25 14 15
Ballard………… 25 20 21 25 8
Skyline highlights: Alex Petroff, 11 kills;
Lindsay Kim, 5 kills, 11 digs; Emily Hutchings,
12 kills; Olivia Marquardt, 12 digs, 5 aces;
Maddie Magee, 12 kills; Madison Stoa, 28
assists, 10 digs.
Ballard highlights: Maddie Grant, 15 digs;
Lisa Day, 22 kills, 3 aces; Libby Singer, 29
assists; Mady Voelker, 3 blocks, 10 digs.
Records: Ballard 1-1-0 (3-2-0); Skyline 2-0-0
(2-3-0).
Boys Tennis
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Eastlake 5, Skyline 4
Singles: Tyler Van Grunsven(S) def Rodrigo
Bandeira(E) 6-2,6-3
Yuhta Kayama(E) def Ryan Clark 6-0,6-0
Graham Brew(E) def Daniel Hadi 6-0,6-1
WIll Dow(S) def Brent Tsujii 6-4,6-0
Max Kerwien(S) def Evan Smith 6-3,6-4
Paul Mart(E) def Andrew Johnson 6-3,7-6(4)
Doubles: Van Grunsven/Clark(S) def
Bandeira/Tsujii 6-2,6-2
See Scoreboard, Page 18
Skyline swims past Liberty
By Jim Feehan
Toni Scarcello drinks a lot of
water the day of swim meets and
while competing she has a song
on her mind.
“I’ll be playing Hotel
California in my mind,” Scarcello,
a member of the Skyline High
School swim team said of the
Eagles hit song.
Good thing she’s not thinking
of Iron Butterfly’s 17 minute, five
second album version of “In-A-
Gadda-Da-Vida” while racing.
The Skyline junior would finish
her events long before the 1968
classic song barely got started.
Scarcello turned in her best
times of the season in the 100
freestyle and 200 freestyle in
helping Skyline defeat Liberty
109-77 in a dual meet Sept. 25 at
Julius Boehm Pool.
“I just try to prepare myself
mentally before a match,”
Scarcello said. “Thinking of a
song helps me keep focused.”
Scarcello was second in both
the 100-yard and 200-yard
freestyle events.
Skyline junior Kels
Kosenkranius won the 1-meter
diving competition. Kaitlyn
Tsutakawa, a sophomore at
Liberty placed second.
In one of the match’s feature
events, Liberty’s Michela Lecoq
edged Scarcello at the finish by
0.61 seconds in the 100 freestyle.
Skyline freshman Megan
O’Keefe won the 200-yard individual
medley with a state qualifying
time of 2:16.26.
Liberty won the 200-yard
freestyle relay, while Skyline
won the 400-yard freestyle relay
and the 200-yard medley relay.
Skyline freshman swimmer
Hailey Theeuwen recorded her
best times of the year in the 100-
yard backstroke (1:09.42) and the
200-yard individual medley
(2:33.26). She also swam on the
Skyline “B” medley relay and 400-
yard relay teams.
Pacing oneself is important
with only two to three minutes
between events, Theeuwen said.
“I eat a lot of power bars and
visualize what I’m going to do in
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Skyline coach Susie Miller was
happy to get out of meet with a win.
“My hat’s off to Liberty,
they’ve got a great team and Kris
has done a great job,” Miller said.
Four varsity swimmers did not
participate in the dual meet with
Liberty among them Andie
Taylor, the state champion in the
200- and 500-yard freestyle.
Taylor competed in seven events
in the U.S. Olympic trials this
summer and finished third in the
U.S. nationals in the 400-meter
individual medley.
Taylor was held out of the
Liberty dual meet to prepare for
upcoming dual meets against
Newport and Redmond, Miller
said.
“Our girls really brought it on,”
she said.
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Scoreboard
Continued from Page 17
Brew/Kayama(E) def Hadi/Johnson 7-5,6-0
Aaron Bocian/Allen Liu(E) def Ben Huong/Nasi
Teododiadis
Thursday, Sept. 25
Skyline vs. Redmond 7-2
Singles: Tyler VanGrunsven (SHS)vs. Blake
Larson 6-2;6-0; Ryan (RC) Clark (SHS) vs.Scott
Singleton 5-7;0-6; aniel Hadi (SHS) vs. Eric Kinney
6-0;6-0; Bill Dow (SHS) vs. Eddie Wang 6-3;6-3;
Max Kerwien (SHS) vs. Jarel Murray 6-3;6-0;
Andrew Johnson (SHS) vs. Vasu Chintala 6-4;6-
7(5-7);6-2.
Doubles: Tyler VanGrunsven/Ryan Clark
(SHS) vs. Blake Larson/Scott Singleton 6-0;6-1;
Daniel Hadi/Andrew Johnson (SHS) vs. Harish
Kumar/James Deurbrock 8-0; Nasi
Teodosiadis/Ben Huang (SHS) vs. Stephen
Thompson/Ahmed Jafri 5-7;6-7(6-8).
Swimming
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Newport 106, Eastlake 80
200 medley relay — Eastlake (Monika
Grinbergs, Kara Beauchamp, Katie Kinnear,
Katelyn Haase) 1:56.61. 200 free — Beauchamp,
E, 2:04.12. 200 IM — Kinnear, E, 2:18.20. 50 free
— Haley Anderson, N, 25.73. Diving — Maraea
Skeen, N, 190.35. 100 fly — Kinnear, E, 1:01.80.
100 free — Monique Saysana, N, 58.84. 500 free
— Ashley Anderson, N, 5:45.29. 200 free relay
— Eastlake (Haase, Grinbergs, Beauchamp,
Kinnear) 1:45.71. 100 back — Grinbergs, E,
1:05.86. 100 breast — Beauchamp, E, 1:10.43.
400 free relay — Newport (Amy Carlson, H.
Anderson, A. Anderson, Saysana) 4:01.30.
Records — Newport 2-0, Eastlake 1-1.
Thursday, Sept. 25
Skyline 109, Liberty 77
200 medley relay — Skyline (Nina Zook,
Jessie Dart, Meghan O’Keefe, Kaitlyn Mark)
1:59.62. 200 free — Elise Tinseth, L, 2:04.96. 200
IM — O’Keefe, S, 2:16.26. 50 free — Nicole
Lecoq, L, 25.98. Diving — Kelsey Kosenkranius,
S, 176.75. 100 fly — Brittni Battaglia, S, 1:07.49.
100 free — Michela Lecoq, L, 1:00.60. 500 free
— Tinseth, L, 5:35.41. 200 free relay — Liberty
(M. Lecoq, Mackenzie Maynes, Hannah Blue, N.
Lecoq) 1:50.18. 100 back — Zook, S, 1:04.97.
100 breast — N. Lecoq, L, 1:11.37. 400 free relay
— Skyline (Mark, Battaglia, Zook, O’Keefe)
4:00.69.
Skyline
Continued from Page 16
fruition when Simone ran one
back in the third. The play was
taken back on two separate
Skyline penalties.
Although it was down 42-0,
Newport’s defense never quit.
With the game put away, the
Spartans brought in some secondstringers,
who were stuffed at the
end of the third.
Skyline silenced even the
peppy Newport band in the
fourth with one more touchdown
— a 12-yard run by Kai Jandoc.
When it comes to penalties —
Skyline committed 10 for 75
yards — Taylor said it’s a combination
of the players not getting
all their reps in during practice
and a slight lack of focus. But he’s
not discouraged about it.
“It was a total complete game,
offensively and defensively,”

SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 19

Calendar
20 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Events
Violin Virtuoso
Swil Kanim, an American Indian violinist and storyteller, will
perform his original compositions in an event sponsored by the
Sammamish Arts Commission. The performance is scheduled
for 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Lodge at Beaver Lake, 25101 SE 24th St.
The Chris Elliot Memorial
golf tournament is scheduled for
Oct. 3. The Chris Elliott fund, run
by Sammamish resident Dellann
Elliott, helps fund research in
Glioblastoma, a kind of brain cancer.
Chris Elliott died from the
cancer in 2002. The event will
also raise money for the Jimmy
Fund Golf program, which benefits
the Massachusetts-based
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Organizers hope to have more
than 100 golfers and 300 dinner
guests who will raise more than
$50,000.
The golf tournament is scheduled
for a 1 p.m. start and dinner
for 6 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Golf Club
at Newcastle. To register, visit
www.chriselliottfund.org.
Nightmare at Beaver Lake
volunteer orientation begins.
Volunteers under 16 must be
accompanied by an adult.
Meetings are scheduled for 10-11
a.m. Oct. 18 at Beaver Lake
Lodge.
The Northwest Biodiesel
Network is hoping to establish
monthly meetings on the
Eastside to promote the use of
biodiesel fuels. The group’s kickoff
meeting is set for 7-9 p.m.
Oct. 6 at The Railroad Depot in
North Bend. Visit
www.nebiodiesel.org.
The Sammamish Kiwanis
annual ski and sport swap is
when residents can trade in
sporting equipment for new gear,
particularly for children who
have outgrown last year’s sizes.
This year’s swap is scheduled for
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 11 at Pine Lake
Covenant Church. People can
bring in the equipment to drop
off for a swap or donation from
6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 10 or starting at 8
a.m. Oct. 11.
Actor Edward James Olmos
will be the keynote speaker at
Hopelink’s annual fundraising
luncheon. Hopelink does not
charge a fee to attend, but asks
guests to donate. The luncheon is
scheduled from noon-1:15 p.m.
Oct. 20 at the Meydenbauer
Center in Bellevue. Visit
www.hope-link.org.
The –stan Countries: Is it
Possible to Live in Peace?
Learn about the complex social
and political factors that have
contributed to the recruitment of
supporters of the Islamic Jihad at
7 p.m. Oct. 22 at the library.
The Sammamish Symphony
will perform their new show,
“Red White and Rhapsody in
Blue” at 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at Eastlake
High School. Tickets are available
at the door or www.ticketweb.com.
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York Life Insurance Company as
he explains LifeFolio, a management
system that will help you
and your family inventory personal
data and important documents
all in one convenient
place. 7 p.m. Oct. 30.
Religious/spiritual
Missio Lux will celebrate
their launch. Childcare will be
provided and refreshments will
be available after the celebration.
Starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 5 at Pine
Lake Covenant Church.
A demonstration on
Abhangs, 5,000 devotional
poems written by a variety of
poets. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at the
Vedic Cultural Center.
Celebration of Diwali –
Govardhan Puja – Annkoot 12-9
p.m. Oct. 25 and 26 at the Vedic
Cultural Center.
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 425-8371948.
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. The first will
study the Sri Isopanisad through
Oct. 17. their courses include the
Bagavad Gita I through Nov. 19;
the Bagavad Gita II from Nov. 26-
Jan. 21 and Bagavad Gita III from
Jan. 28-March 25. For more
details including times, visit
www.vedicculturalcenter.org.
Ten Great Dates is a monthly
date night designed to give couples
the chance to enrich their
marriages. The events are scheduled
for 6 p.m. on Oct. 17
(Finding Unity In Diversity);
Nov.14 (Building A Creative Love
Life) and Dec.19 (Sharing
Responsibility and Working
Together). Registration is
required for this program as well
as for childcare on date nights.
Meetings start at Sammamish
Presbyterian Church before going
out on individual dates. E-mail
mainoffice@spconline.org or call
868-5186.
IGNITE for sixth-eighth
grade students, and CORE, for
ninth-12th grades 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.
Divorce Recovery, a seminar
for those going through separation
or divorce or trying to move
on from divorce, is scheduled on
Tuesdays through Nov. 25, at
Pine Lake Covenant Church open
to the community. To register,
call Sharon at 392-8636 or go to
www.plcc.org. Child care by preregistration
only.
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.
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 at
the Chabad house at the Issaquah
Highlands at 7 p.m. Fridays. New
members and guests are welcome.
Call 427-1654.
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.
Classes
Parenting With Love &
Logic a seven-week course, is
being offered at Faith United
Methodist Church. Sandy Klein
of Pine Lake Covenant Church
will be facilitating this course
that hopes to help parents and
children (toddlers to teens) establish
a rewarding relationship built
upon love and trust.
The class is scheduled from
6:30-8 p.m. Monday nights
through Oct. 27 at Faith United
Methodist Church, 3924
Issaquah-Pine Lake Road SE, in
Issaquah. Contact Pam at 392-
0123, ext. 2, for registration information.
Writer’s workshop. Are you
looking for a chance to write
something besides a grocery list
or next year’s business plan? Led
by Reisha Holton, this workshop
at Sammamish Presbyterian
Church is designed to expand
your writing skills and deepen
your insight.
Holton holds a degree in journalism
from the University of
Georgia. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Mondays through Oct. 27 at
22522 NE Inglewood Hill Rd.
Cost is $10. Questions or to register,
e-mail r.holton@comcast.net
or 213-3640.
Youth
Eastside Precision Drill
Team is seeking new members.
The non dance drill team practices
weekly on Tuesdays from
6–7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of
Redmond Junior High.
They’re now forming their
2008 team and will be training
for 2008 parade performances.
School-age girls are invited – no
experience needed. Call 647-
4831.
Library activities
The teen book lover’s group
meets at 3:30 pm. Oct. 7.
Talk Time is at 7 p.m. Oct. 7,
14, 21 and 28. Join other adults to
improve your English conversation
skills. Call Literacy
AmeriCorps at 369-3452.
The Sammamish Book
Discussion Group will discuss
“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte.
7 p.m. Oct. 15.
The Mother Daughter Book
Group is for girls age 9-12 and
their mothers. This month’s book
is “Seven Spinning Spiders” by
Gregory Maguire. at 7 p.m. Oct.
29.
Story Slam. Write a poem or
short story and perform it at the
library. Judges will choose 30
from around the county to see
their work produced at the Moore
theater. Ask the librarians for
details.
Spanish Story times for children
3 and older with an adult.
10:30 a.m. Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25.
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. Oct.
6, 13, 20 and 27.
Toddle On Over – Toddler
Story Times for children ages 2-3.
Siblings are welcome, but space
is limited. 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Oct. 8, 15 and 29.
Preschool Story Times for
children ages 3-6 with an adult.
Siblings are welcome, but space
is limited. 10 a.m. Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23
and 30 or 1 p.m. Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24
and 31.
Tiny Tales Story Times for
children ages 6-12 months with
an adult. Space is limited. 11 a.m.
Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30.
Musik Nest. Share song,
dance, rhythm and music with
your toddler. 7 p.m. Oct. 9.
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 donate four hours a
week and attend selected monthly
meetings. Contact John Stilz at
206-697-6747 or johns@solidground.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.

SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 01, • 2008 • 21
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REAL ESTATE
001 Homes for Sale
002 Open House
003 Condo & Townhouses
004 Lots & Acreage
005 Commercial Real Estate
007R ecreational Property
009 Real Estate Wanted
010 Insurance
RENTALS
013 Apartments Unfurnished
015 Apartments Furnished
017 Duplexes
018 Condo & Townhouses
019 Houses for Rent
021 House Sitting
023 Rooms
024 Commercial Space
025 Storage Space
026 RV Space
029 Hall Rentals
031 Vacation Rentals
033 Want to Rent
035 Wanted to Share
M ANUFACTURED HOMES
037 Manufactured Homes/Sale
038 Manufactured Homes/Rent
039 Manufactured Homes/Lease
FINANCIAL
041 Money & Finance
042 Mortgage & Finance
044 Business Opportunity
045 Investments
046 Opportunities Wanted
MERCHANDISE
050 Garage Sales
051 Garage Sales Nearby
052 Antiques
053 Auctions
054 Bazaars
055 Antiques
056 Arts & Crafts
057 Bicycles
058 Cameras & Equipment
059 Collectibles
060 Carpeting
061 Clothing
062 Computers
063 Electronics
064 Farmers Market
065 Firewood/Fuel
066 Furniture
067 Jewelry
068 Musical
069 Estate Sale
070Office Equipment
071Sports Equipment
072 Ticket Mart
073 Tools & Equipment
074 Toys/Baby Items
075 Rentals
076 Misc. For Sale
077 Free For All
078 Swap/Trade
079 Wanted
080 Dogs
081 Cats
082 Other Pets
083 Equestrian
084 Livestock
085 Veterinarians
086 Boarding
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088 Pet Sitting
TRANSPORTATION
091 Autos
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093 Motorcycles
095 Parts & Repair
097 Insurance
REC. VEHICLES
100 Boats
101 Camper/Trailer
102 Motor Homes
106 Rentals
FARM NEEDS
109 Farm Machinery
110 Farm Supplies
114Supplies
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
117 Classes & Seminars
119 Colleges/Schools
121 Instruction
123 Music Instruction
125 Preschool
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EMPLOYMENT
133 Employment Info
134 Help Wanted Local
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136 Health Care Jobs
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138 Childcare Needed
139 Work Wanted
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142 Childcare Provided
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BUSINESS SERVICES
151 Accounting Services
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154 Computer Services
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156 Insurance
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HOME SERVICES
161 Telephone Services
162 Blinds
166 Holiday Services
167 Asphalt & Paving
168 Building Supplies
169 Carpentry
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172 Construction
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175 Fences & Decks
176 Furniture Refinishing
177 Gardening/Landscaping
178 Gutters
179 Heating/Air conditioning
180 Handyman Services
181 Hardwood Floors
182 Home Improvement
186 Misc. Home Services
187 Custom Furniture
188 Moving & Hauling
189 Siding
190 Paint & Wallpaper
191 Plaster & Drywall
192 Plumbing Services
193 Professional Services
194 Roofing
195 Masonry
196 Tile
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198 Carpet Cleaning
199 Windows
ANNOUNCEMENTS
200 Announcements
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202 Travel & Recreation
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NOTICES
210 Legal Notices
220 Special Sections
250 MAP
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270 Holiday Help Wanted
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4-Lots/acreage
20 ACRE RANCHES, near
booming El Paso, Texas.
Roads surveyed. $15,900,
$200 down, $159 month. Money
back guarantee. Free maps
& pictures. 1(800)343-9444,
no credit checks!
13-Apartments Unfurnished
DUVALL, HUGE, VIEW, 1BD
apt, Patio, Washer/Dryer, Quiet
and peaceful country setting
yet close to Redmond and Bellevue.
Available 11-1,
$795/mo +util. Also available,
large 1200 sqft 2BD/2BA, Fireplace,
W/D, available 11-1,
$1075/mo +utilities. Steve,
206-930-1188
18-Condo/Townhouse
2BD/2-1/2BA LUXURY
TOWNHOUSE located in the
heart of Sammamish. No
smoking, no pets. $1695/mo.,
1 year lease. Call Scott at
Sammamish Realty, 425-864-
9700.
19-Houses
2BD COTTAGE ON Pine
Lake, W/D, dishwasher,
$875/month, NS/NP, suit couple
or one. 425-392-5726
41-Money & Finance
LOCAL PRIVATE INVESTOR
loans money on real estate
equity. I loan on houses, raw
land, commercial property and
property development. Call
Eric at 1(800)563-3005,
www.fossmortgage.com
44-Business Opportunity
ALL CASH CANDY route. Do
you earn $800 in a day? Your
own local candy route. Includes
30 machines and candy
all for $9,995. 1(888)771-
3503
56-Arts & Crafts
DOLL HOUSE KIT. Greenleaf,
artistic, affordable, authentic
Willowhouse wooden doll
house, $110.00. Never
opened. 425-657-0706
TO
ADVERTISE
CALL
392-6434 Ext. 222
63-Electronics
25” RCA COLOR console TV.
Ex’s set. It works great, she
didn’t. $25.00 OBO. 425-427-
6221.
66-Furniture
CAPTAIN’S TWIN BED with
mattress and 4 drawers, middle
cabinet. Maple finish,
$150.00, OBO. 425-392-5670
OAK DRESSER, NINE drawers,
6’L X 2.5’H. $125.00. 425-
736-4404.
73-Tools & Equipment
SAWMILLS FROM ONLY
$2990.00. Convert your logs to
valuable lumber with your own
Norwood portable band sawmill.
Log skidders also available.
Free information:
1(800)578-1363, ext. 500-A;
www.norwoodsawmills.com/50
0A
76-Misc. For Sale
55 GALLON FISH tank with
light and cover. For fish or reptile.
$55. 425-246-3235
PLATE GLASS MIRROR,
5’X3’, $60.00. Call 425-392-
7809
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392-6434
Ext. 222
KELLY SERVICES
in partnership with
Nintendo
is hiring for
Light Industrial/
Warehouse Workers
Weekly Pay
$11.00 - $12.00/hour
Day or Swing shifts
Employee discounts on
games.
Job site located in
North Bend
Call 425-497-7901
for an appointment.
Join our Team! Share our Mission!
Now Hiring for:
• CNAs • Dietary Aides • Housekeeping
Provide direct patient care in our beautiful nursing
facility in Issaquah. EOE
Call Jill at 425-687-3723 www.providence.org/careers
Garage Sales this week!
(1) MOVING SALE, mostly furniture
items. kitchen set, bedroom
set, miscellaneous
items. Saturday, Oct. 4th,
8am-noon. 3353 263rd Ave
SE, Sammamish 98075 (Tibbetts
Station).
76-Misc. For Sale
CONSTRUCTION HEATER,
50,000-85,000 BTU, antique
steamer trunk, oak antique
dresser w/ beveled mirror,
$150/all, 425-392-4017
LINKSYS CABLE MODEM
with USB and Ethernet connections,
WindowsXP 2000.
New, never used, $35.00. 425-
392-5670.
212th Ave
76-Misc. For Sale
THREE BIRCH BI-FOLD door
sets - two 84”X48” and one
84”X62.5”. $20/each. 425-
392-7809
77-Free For All
NICE, SMALL MAPLE desk.
Good condition. Free. 425-
313-1734
TO
ADVERTISE
CALL
392-6434 Ext. 222
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77-Free For All
ALMOND DOUBLE KITCHEN
sink, enameled steel in good
condition. No hardware.
425-392-1770 to pick up.

22• October 01,• 2008
SAMMAMISH REVIEW
121-Instruction
ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE
from home. Medical, Business,
Paralegal, Computers, Criminal
Justice. Job placement assistance.
Computer available.
Financial aid if qualified. Call
1(866)858-2121; www.Centura
Online.com
GET CRANE TRAINED!
Crane/Heavy equipment training.
National Certification prep.
Placement assistance. Financial
assistance. Northern College
of Construction.
1(866)358-5483;www.Heavy
4.com, use code WAPA1
123-Music Instruction
PIANO LESSONS. WILLING
to travel to students. Call
Heather, 425-417-2974.
134-Help Wanted-Local
AFTERSCHOOL SUPERVI-
SOR. TLC ACADEMY is a
premier Montessori school located
on the Sammamish Plateau
offering quality education
for over 27 years. Currently
seeking Part-Time Afterschool
Supervisor five days a week
for approximately 25 hours.
Position includes caring for
children ages 3 to 6 years old,
organizing activities, hiring and
scheduling staff. Experience
working with groups of children
preferred. Interested candidates
contact Christal at
Christal@tlceducation.com or
visit our website at www.tlc
education.com
TO
ADVERTISE
CALL
392-6434 Ext. 222
real estate
marketplace
N EW P RICE
134-Help Wanted-Local
CAREGIVER, EXPERI-
ENCED, NEEDED at enjoyable,
brand new Senior Care
Facility. Also, resident vacancy.
425-233-0986.
COSTCO WHOLESALE CUS-
TOMER Service, Permanent
F/T positions available at Issaquah
Corporate Campus. Apply
online at Costco.com.
DETAILER WANTED FOR
busy autobody shop. Valid
drivers’ license required. Must
be able to drive stick. Call
Chad Knopick at 425-392-
6561
DRIVER - FREE Fuel! Owner
operators, Refer/Van Division.
TWT. Mileage contracts! All
fuel, all insurance, all licensing,
HVUT, empty & loaded
miles. All paid for! Also hiring
company drivers. 1(866)519-
3527; www.twtrans.com
DRIVERS WANTED FOR
one-day-per-week newspaper
delivery route. Must have good
driving record and reliable car.
Average $12-14/hour. Pick up
papers Tuesday afternoon and
deliver by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The Issaquah Press/Sammamish
Review. Call Kelly at
392-6434 for more information
or email kellyb@isspress.com
FULL-TIME RESIDENTIAL
ELECTRICIAN & Apprentice.
Apply online at:
www.palselectric.com
HOUSEHOLD MANAGER F/
T, EXPERIENCE NEEDED,
Sammamish. 425-836-8114.
Susan H. Gerend , CRS, GRI, ASP
Certified Residential Specialist
Your Neighborhood Realtors
Continue to Provide
Exceptional Service!
Top Selling Agent 2007
N EW P RICE
134-Help Wanted-Local
GNC IS NOW hiring Part-Time
Sales Associates at the Sammamish
Highlands GNC.
Please contact Chris, 425-
868-2551
INFANT/TODDLER TEACH-
ER, 8:3am-5:30pm or 9:30am-
6:30pm, Monday-Friday, with
range from $9-$13/hour, varies
with position. Child care
center, Issaquah. If interested
call 206-919-0159
LA PETITE ACADEMY
IS GROWING!
Now hiring Full-time Teaching
positions: Preschool, Infant,
Toddler, School Age. PT Van
Drivers, 8:30am-10am & 2:45-
4pm. Competitive wages.
Call 425-868-5895
Email: lpawr@lpacorp.com
LANDSCAPE MAINTE-
NANCE, FULL-TIME, all year.
Will train, wages DOE. 425-
508-3976
MOUNTAINSIDE SCHOOL/
YEAR-ROUND Pre-School Infant
Room Assistant beginning
in August; Afternoon Assistance
begnning in Sept. Great
position for College
Student/High School. Contact
Debbie, 425-392-9366
THE BOYS & GIRLS Club is
hiring quality before-and-after
school staff for programs located
in the Redmond, Sammamish
& Woodinville areas.
$10/hr, 10-25 hrs/week available.
Please call Shaila at 425-
836-9295
206-719-4663
www.susangerend.com
sgerend@windermere.com
Connected to the Pulse of Sammamish
& Issaquah for Almost 30 Years
Photo gallery available at www.susangerend.com
134-Help Wanted-Local
WASHINGTON IMAGING
SERVICES has an opportunity
for a Scheduler/Admin position.
F/T, Days, in Issaquah.
Please see www.washington
imaging.com for details on
how to apply!
135-Help Wanted-Other
DRIVERS - $5K sign-on bonus
for experienced teams: Dry
Van & Temp control available.
O/O's & CDL-A grads welcome.
Call Covenant
1(866)684-2519. EOE
DRIVERS - ROCKY Mountain
Doubles! $1,000 sign on bonus!
Regional runs, home
weekly. LCV Certification, 6
months recent doubles experience
required. Call today!
1(866)384-1059; www.Swift
TruckingJobs.com
NOW AVAILABLE! 2008 Post
Office jobs. $18-$20/hr. No experience.
Paid training, Fed.
Benefits, vacations. Fee required.
Call 1(800)910-9941
today! Ref. # WA08.
136-Health Care Jobs
CAREGIVERS NEEDED!
JOIN a special team of people
who make a real difference in
the lives of the elderly. We
provide non-medical help and
companionship in their homes.
Flexible day, evening and
weekend hours available.
Home Instead Senior Care.
425-454-9744.
TO ADVERTISE CALL 392-6434 Ext. 222
142-Childcare Provided
WAFA’S DAYCARE PRO-
VIDES a safe, loving, fun and
educational environment for
your child. Licensed. 425-898-
8400
149-Elder Care
ADULT FAMILY HOME Vacancy
for a senior citizen.
Shared or a private room, excellent
home environment.
Jay, 425-837-8112
ELDER CARE FACILITY,
state-of-the-art, resident vacancy.
Also require experienced
Caregiver. 425-868-
4663
154-Computer Services
COMPUTER CRASH?
Lose documents or photos?
I DO DATA RECOVERY!
Reasonable Fees
NO RECOVERY, NO CHARGE!
425-235-2171
LICENSED & INSURED
Thinking of Buying,
Selling or Renting?
Sah alee Golf Course View (MLS #28099144) $784,900
Sahalee Rambler Updated (MLS #27127757) $589,900
Inglewood Glen w/Sport Court (MLS #28146997) $459,900
Sahalee Ketcha Village Condo (MLS #28159722) $334,900
FOR LEASE
FOR SALE
171-Cleaning Services
ROMY’S CLEANING SERV-
ICE. We’ll clean your mess for
less! 18 years experience.
Wife/husband team. Licensed,
insured. References with estimates.
206-579-2002
204-Lost
REWARD-MISSING YOUNG
MALE, all-black cat “Spacely”,
was wearing orange collar,
lives at Blue Sky RV Park. 1-
586-764-3009(C)
205-Found
FOUND BIKE. PLEASE call
Issaquah Police at 837-3200
to claim
TO
ADVERTISE
CALL
392-6434 Ext. 222
Sammamish / Was hingto n Park
Wonderful home on private, big (over 1/2 acre)
lot, great back yar d with 4 bedrooms/2.25 baths.
Updated kitchen, spacious mas ter suite with
remodeled bath & spa, Features: 3-year old
presidential roof; central vacuum, newer furn ace,
new entry door, yard ready for spa, & plumbed
for gas BBQ. $579,500
Sammamish / Pine Lake
Immaculate updated & remodeled 4 bedroom / 2.5
bath & 2-car garage with light & bright kitchen,
open living & dining room wit h vaulted ceiling.
Daylight basement with family/media room,
bedroom & bath. Brand new windows, carpeting,
blinds, closet organizers throughout. Large lot
professionally landscaped. $575,000
NEW PRICE
NEW PRICE
208-Personals
ADOPT: ADORING PEDIA-
TRIC Dentist & creative Internet
Professional hope to fill
your baby's life with love,
laughter. Expenses paid, Mike
& Sophie 1(800)989-8921.
ADOPTION: LOVING, STA-
BLE home, filled with happiness,
affection, strong family
values & financial security
awaits your baby. Expenses
paid. Please call 1(800)336-
5316.
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TOULON $659,000
Murray Franklyn “Laurel” model, 4 bd + den, 3,270 sq.ft.
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marisa@abellahomes.com
425.445.9616
ASP, ASR , e-Pro, CRS
Sammamish Consultants
CAMERAY CONDO $289,000
Murray Franklyn upper condo, 2 bd, 1092 sq ft
Stan Chang
stan@abellahomes.com
425.445.2510
Put a Sammamish resident
with over 22 years of real estate
experience to work for you! Call today...
John James
Associate Broker
425-753-6999
JJames@Windermere.com
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SAMMAMISH REVIEW October 1, 2008 • 23
FEATURED HOME OF THE WEEK
SAMMAMISH
SAMMAMISH
SAMMAMISH
SAMMAMISH Unparalleled Lake Sammamish
waterfront living offers 30’ SW exposure waterfront,
extra wide dock, jet ski lift, buoy, expansive decks &
beautiful sunsets and much more! (SP) John 425-
445-0703 www.johnlscott.com/93902 $949,950
SAMMAMISH
A true gem on the lake! Custom built 5bd/2.75b
Pan Adobe Cedar Home. Includes, dock, boat
house, boat rail & cottage w/2bd/bath/kitchen. (SP)
Lena 425-829-2308 www.johnlscott.com/55867
$2,250,000
SAMMAMISH
Sitting on the ridge of Timberline, this 4600 sqft,
5bedrm home is on the most private 5 acres
around. Beautiful lake and Mountain views. (SP)
Mike 206-679-3457 www.johnlscott.com/76357
$1,750,000
SAMMAMISH
Impeccable Estate offering 4Bdrms/Office and 2 Bonus
Rooms. Private & Serene living w/gourmet kitchen complete
with granite slab & stainless appl. The kitchen/great rooms
are truly the heart of this home! Jeff Herrera 425-466-7655
www.johnlscott.com/16386 $989,990
SAMMAMISH
Beautiful Buchan built f4bd/2.75ba/3600sqft home.
New carpets & paint, stainless appls, wood
windows & custom millwork. Den w/built-ins, gym,
& bonus. (SP) Nancy 425-829-4720
www.johnlscott.com/16473 $865,000
SAMMAMISH
Sophisticated Elegance in Trossachs!Private, extra
large yard backing to woods & trails! Numerous
upgrades! Spacious rooms! Impeccably
Maintained. (SP) Carole 425-802-9263
www.johnlscott.com/82178 $799,950
SAMMAMISH
Beautiful 3bd/2.5ba rambler w/unfinished
basement. Walking distance to Pine Lake –
INCLUDES a perpetual, non-exclusive easement
for water related rec activities. (SP) Carole 425-
802-9263 www.johnlscott.com/75185 $794,950
SAMMAMISH
Beautiful Burnstead in Tibbetts! Cul-de-sac on
nearly .5 ac 4bd/2.75ba, den+shower on main,
bonus, A/C, incredible private backyard & more!
(SP) Debbie 425-442-7092 www.johnlscott.com/
60257 $775,000
SAMMAMISH
$50,000 price drop. 4bd, den, bonus – 3510SF,
Granite Kitchen, A/C. Stunning millwork
throughout, gas cooktop & SS appls. (SP) Dan Sr.
206-940-9503 www.johnlscott.com/22094
$749,950
SAMMAMISH
Extraordinary quality remodel on a private, shy
acre lot zoned R4 w/large shop. Street-of-Dreams
quality on a smaller scale w/master on main. 3bds.
& 2.5ba. (SP) Shalimar 206-276-9300
www.johnlscott.com/35293 $725,000
SAMMAMISH
Stunning 3B/2.5BA. tri-level completely remodeled
w/views. You have to see the inside! Top of line
upgrades incl: elegant chef’s kit, Duce hrdwds,
Hollywood ba, greenhouse & more! (SP) Bob 206-
890-5124 www.johnlscott.com/16408 $679,000
MAY VALLEY
This is what you have been waiting for! Property
offers 2.27ac of country living that’s close to the
city. The private & secluded setting is flat, dry &
borders over 200 ft of May Creek. (SP) Gene 206-
459-8839 www.johnlscott.com/50102 $339,000
Live the American Dream in enviable Timberline
Park. Charming 3bd+bonus Buchan rambler.
Outstanding curb appeal, just a short walk to
Blackwell Elementary. (SP) Roland 425-829-1402
www.johnlscott.com/27616 $612,500
CARNATION
Open Sunday 1-4PM. Absolutely charming 2
bedroom home in Carnation See the virtual tour at
www.dadmacleod.com/. Rocky 206-972-1749
31710 W. Entwistle $274,950
Immaculate NW contemporary LK Samm view home
w/beach rights. 3bd/2.25ba remodeled from top to
bottom. Featuring hdwds, new carpet, intricate
millwork and more. (SP) Dan Faulkner Jr. 425-941-
0040 www.johnlscott.com/16375 $500,000
“We work here, we play here, and we live here.
Doesn’t it make sense to go with a local
Real Estate Specialist who knows
and supports our home town?”
Emma Guenette, Residential Real Estate Specialist
425-281-1753
SAMMAMISH PLATEAU
22841 NE 8TH ST.
425.836.7800
Stunning 3bd/2.25ba townhome. Open floor plan
w/comfortable living & dining space. Kitchen
complete w/granite countertops. Newer Upgrades.
(SP) Marcia 206-595-4284 www.johnlscott.com/
78503 $385,000

24 • October 1, 2008 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
LAURELS
DEMERY HILL
CRAFTSMAN ON ACREAGE
ILLAHEE
SKYE LANDING
Updated 4 bdrm + den, 2.5 bath. New carpets
& paint, Ki w/granite & SS. Great rm, fully
fncd bckyrd w/patio. 2nd flr. laundry. Iss. schls!
Dave Green 425-941-9415 $524,950
Spacious 3090 sq ft 2 story w/daylight bsmnt.
4 bdrms plus rec-room w/ media. Beautifully
updated throughout. Great Value!
Scott & Kim Bobson 425-864-9699 $524,900
Spectacular craftsman style home on 1.39
acres in the heart of Sammamish! 4 bdrms, 4
ba, bonus, media rm, library & den! Chefs kit.
Scott & Kim 425-864-9699 $1,339,500
Beautiful Burnstead resale in Illahee!Over
3000 sq ft, 4 bdrms, den + bonus. Granite
island kit, Viking applncs, Formal LR & DR.
Scott & Kim 425-864-9699 $685,000
Immaculate, 3bdrm, 2.5 ba Burnstead end
unit. Open flr plan. Huge 2 car gar. w/
storage. Fully fenced bkyrd, Klah. amenities.
Mike Maloney 206-755-8483 $345,000
GLENCOE
BELLASERA
SAHALEE WOODS
HERITAGE HILLS
BROOKSHIRE ESTATES
Spacious 4 bdrm, 2 3/4 BA, 2 fprls, territorial
views, lrg rec rm, entertaining deck, Fully
fenced level yard...Priced to Sell!
Scott & Kim Bobson 425-864-9700 $349,9500
Gorgeous Chaffey resale. 4 bdrms, den, &
bonus. Chef’s island kit granite & SS appl.
Upgrades & built-ins. A/C, LKW schools.
Scott & Kim 425-864-9699 $849,999
Total kit & family rm remodel! New cabinetry,
slab granite, hrdwds & SS appl. 2660 sq ft,
4BR, 2 1/4 ba, .25 acre lot. Outdoor kit.
Ann Hauser 425-444-3461 $549,900
Charming updated 2530 sq ft, 4 bdrm rmblr.
Granite cntrtps, new SS appl, carpet, paint &
refinished hrdwds. Park w/pool, trails & more.
Scott & Kim 425-864-9700 $569,500
Meticulously maintained Buchan w/islnd kit
w/new cooktop & SS applncs. Priv, fncd
bckyrd w/outdoor deck. New roof & AC.
Mike Maloney 206-755-8483 $589,000
TOULON
TIMBERLINE CHARMER
ISSAQUAH
CAMERAY
PERSONAL RETREAT
Murray Franklin, Laurel floor plan 4bdrms,
main floor den & huge bonus, gourmet kit
w/ss appliances & 3 car tandem gar. LWS.
Marisa 425.445.9616 $659,000
Beautifully updated 3Bdrm, 2.5 BA on .23
acre lot in Timberline. Kitchen w/Corian &
SS, newer carpet & roof! Blackwell Elem.
Jay Johnson 425-283-8008 $525,000
Pride of Ownership throughout! Master on main
w/walk in closet & bath. Bright & sunny kitchen,
Entertaining deck w/hot tub & fenced yard.
Dave Green 425-941-9415 $425,000
Upper level condo offers 2 Bd/2 BA w/light
filled rms & 9’ ceilings. Western exposure,
warm color tones, 1 car attached gar.
Marisa 425-445-9616 $289,000
Huge 6 bdrm, 4.75 baths, island kit, formal
LR & DR, sunroom, exercise room, 2 dens,
AC, pool, tennis courts, etc.
Eric Skoglund 425-864-8833 $1,499,000
PINE LAKE
PEACEFULPRIVATESETTING
INGLEWOOD
VAN GOGH MODEL
TOWNHOME
Beautiful NW Contemporary style home, 3
bdrms, den & bonus. Bright open flr plan w/
vaulted ceilings, skylights, hrdwds. 1/2 acre.
Marilyn Droukas 206-321-6841 $684,800
Beautiful large yard & quiet neighborhood.
Open floor plan with front and rear decks.
3-car gar. Close to lake & parks. Iss. Schools!
Dave Green 425-941-9415 $555,000
Great building lot w/single-wide MFD home
connected to public water. Sewer & comm.
shared beach rights available. Value is in land.
Eric Skoglund 425-864-8833 $179,950
Renaissance Ridge, 5 bdrms, 3 bths, huge
bonus rm. Hardi plank siding/new carpet,
islnd kit w/granite Iss Sch/1 year HOW!
Marissa Ormando 425-445-9616 $579,000
Granite kit w/maple cabinetry, hardwoods, SS
appliances 2 master suites & 2nd floor laundry.
Slate faced gas frpl, 2 car garage.
Scott & Kim 425-864-9699 $1,695/mo
DAVE
GREEN
425 941 9415
JUSTIN
BOBSON
425 941 7432
STAN
CHANG
425 445 2510
MARILYN
DROUKAS
206 321 6841
ANN
HAUSER
425 444 3461
KIM
BOBSON
425 864 9699
SCOTT
BOBSON
425 864 9700
NICHOLA
HENLEY
206 355 5294
JAY
JOHNSON
425 282 8008
MIKE
MALONEY
206 755 8483
MARISA
ORMANDO
425 445 9616
ERIC
SKOGLUND
425 864 8833