Language lessons Barricade meeting incites passion

Barricade 

meeting 

incites 

passion 

By Caleb Heeringa 

What the second open house 

on the 32nd Street barricade 

lacked in attendance it made up 

for in passion, with nearby residents 

airing their grievances to 

city staff and several City Council 

members. 

Several dozen neighbors of the 

barricade milled around Pine 

Lake Middle School Nov. 30, as 

members of the city’s Public 

Works Department presented 

their responses to public concerns 

collected at a September 

open house. 

Sammamish has selected the 

barricade as a test case in a hotpotato 

issue the city inherited 

from King County when it incorporated 

in 1999. Developers built 

roadways to nowhere under the 

assumption that a neighboring 

developer would complete the 

road grid. Nearby residents, 

sometimes promised by real 

estate agents and developers that 

they’d be able to enjoy de facto 

cul-de-sacs forever, then become 

outraged when the city or county 

attempts to open the road. 

The issue has divided neighborhoods. 

Generally, those who 

live a bit further from the barricade 

point to the way they are 

forced to drive an extra mile or 

more every time they take a trip 

to the grocery store. 

Barricade proponents fear 

their tranquil neighborhood 

roads will be made into major 

thoroughfares with added traffic 

and speeders. 

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Lorelei Silbernagel, 5, enjoys her custom-decorated cookie 

in the Sammamish Commons Dec. 1. For more photos of 

the tree and menorah lighting, go to Page 14. 

Language lessons 

Max Safonov fled religious persecution, 

now he practices English at City Council 


After a long day of work, 

most people don’t elect to 

attend the three-hour-plus government 

meetings of the place 

they live, let alone someplace 

they don’t. 

But most people aren’t Max 

The ship was 

hit twice 

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Safonov. 

For the last couple months 

Safonov, a 27-year-old Russian 

native who emigrated to the 

United States three years ago to 

escape religious persecution, 

has been a regular attendee of 

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No rooster for you? 


A sound that would have been 

all too common in Sammamish 

decades ago may soon be outlawed. 

To some, the crow of the rooster 

is part of rural living – a 

holdover from the days before 

acres of single-family houses 

popped up in Sammamish. To 

others, being woken up by a 

neighbor’s animal at sunrise isn’t 

what they signed up for with suburban 

living. 

Prompted 

by two complaints 

in 

recent years, 

the Planning 

Commission is 

considering 

whether the 

city should ban 

roosters in city limits. 

The commission will be taking 

public comment at their Dec. 16 

meeting before making a recommendation 

that will be considered 

by the City Council. 

The issue speaks to the character 

of Sammamish – where 

densely packed developments sit 

side by side with multi-acre 

homesteads that are sometimes 

used for raising animals like horses, 

sheep and poultry. 

“We need to find the right balance 

for Sammamish,” 

Community Development 

“You don’t ban music 

because it can be played 

too loud.” 

– Brian Leavitt, 

Rooster owner – 

Director Kamuron Gurol told the 

commission Dec. 2. “As we build 

out and develop and urbanize 

we run into these compatibility 

problems. We don’t want to 

swing the pendulum so far over 

that we change the character of 

Sammamish – we have lots of 

farm-based uses that work well.” 

Gurol presented the issue to 

the commission, which seemed 

split on whether it would be 

best to outlaw them altogether 

or add a noise provision to the 

city’s animal 

regulation 

code, treating 

roosters like a 

barking dog or 

any other 

noise issue. 

Brian 

Leavitt, who 

has been raising 

chickens and the occasional 

rooster on about two acres off 

Southeast 4th Street for the last 

16 years, says it would be heavyhanded 

to outright ban the animals. 

“You should regulate the noise, 

not the source of the noise,” he 

said. “You don’t ban music 

because it can be played too 

loud.” 

Leavitt said he is cognizant of 

his neighbors and the noise that 

roosters make and often gives 

See ROOSTER, Page 5 

Photo by Caleb Heeringa 

Max Safonov has been polishing his English at City Council 

meetings.

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Max 

Continued from Page 1 

the council’s meetings, polishing 

his English skills by carefully 

paying attention to hours upon 

hours of arcane policy debates on 

development regulations, the city 

budget and cell phone towers. 

Armed with a laptop open to 

an online Russian-English translator, 

it’s just another in a series 

of learning opportunities for 

Safonov, who took every available 

English as a Foreign 

Language class at Bellevue 

College but remains thirsty for 

any opportunity to expand his 

vocabulary and improve his command 

of the language. 

It’s that sort of initiative that 

got Safonov from living with an 

aunt and riding his bike to work a 

cashier’s job to owning a Toyota 

Prius and landing an assistant job 

at Washington Federal Savings 

here in Sammamish. 

“If you work hard and set 

goals, you can accomplish anything 

you want,” Safonov said. 

Leaving home 

Safonov’s path to America was 

less than smooth. 

He grew up in the Krasnodar 

region of Russia, an ethnically 

diverse and sometimes-volatile 

area in the far southern end of 

the country, near the Black Sea, 

Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine. 

At the tender age of 21, 

Safonov was the pastor of a small 

congregation of Seventh Day 

Adventists – the youngest of any 

pastor in the regional conference. 

While on his way back from the 

church’s regional office, Safonov 

was robbed by a group of men, 

who took his laptop, passport, 

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important items. 

“It was all of my assets,” 

Safonov explains. “All I had left 

were the clothes I was wearing.” 

Police caught and arrested one 

of the men, who belonged to the 

Adygea, a Muslim-based ethnic 

minority group that controlled 

many of the government institutions 

in that area. Safonov said 

the man was released several 

days later and the courts, made 

of mostly Adygean administrators, 

promptly found the man 

innocent despite eye-witness 

accounts that he had stolen the 

items. Max said their reasoning 

was that the man was drunk at 

“If you work hard and 

set goals, you can 

accomplish anything 

you want.” 

– Max Safonov, 

Emigre – 

the time. 

Safonov said the police interviewed 

him on multiple occasions 

but seemed to be asking for 

bribes if Safonov wanted to see 

justice done and get his belongings 

back – something that permeates 

everything about Russian 

society. 

“If you’re not related to someone, 

you have to pay,” he said. 

“They try to prosecute it but it is 

everywhere in the system. It’s 

hard to change a whole generation.” 

Safonov said his sister, who is 

still in Russia studying to become 

a lawyer, continues to tell stories 

of the rampant corruption. Of the 

30 people in one of her classes, 

only three did not pay a bribe in 

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said. 

“It’s not official – it’s not like 

there is a price on the door,” he 

said. “But the students talk to 

each other and figure out that 

you have to do it. If someone didn’t 

pass an exam it probably 

means they didn’t pay.” 

Safonov said he’s also been 

stopped for traffic violations by 

police officers who threatened to 

bring him to jail if he didn’t pay 

them a bribe. Safonov was forced 

to pay up with the only money 

he had – all of his church’s weekly 

tithes. 

Heartsick over what he had 

done, Safonov later confronted 

the same police officer and 

explained where the money had 

come from. The officer handed 

back the money and told him 

never to speak of the incident. 

Following the theft of his laptop 

and passport, Safonov said he 

fasted for three days and prayed 

to God for the issue to be 

resolved. Though Safonov never 

got his things back, the incident 

would prove a blessing in the 

end. 

Hard work 

Frustrated by the rampant corruption, 

Safonov began thinking 

about his aunt, who lived in a 

place called Bellevue in the 

United States. 

After making his case to the 

United States embassy in 

Moscow, Safonov was granted 

refugee status based on his treatment 

following the mugging. 

Along with his mother, father 

and younger brother, Safonov 

came to the United States in fall 

of 2007 and lived with his aunt 

and her family. 

Though he had been taught 

some basic English in school, 

he’d never had to use it in Russia. 

With few marketable skills and 

only a few words of English, 

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Safonov’s job options were limited. 

He enrolled in English as a 

Second Language classes at 

Bellevue College, which cost only 

$25 for Bellevue residents and 

refugees. Slowly but surely, his 

vocabulary grew. 

After months of applying and 

multiple rejections, he got two 

jobs in one day – as a cashier in 

the cafeteria on Microsoft’s campus 

and in the deli of the Top 

Food and Drug in Bellevue. 

Strapped for cash, he took both. 

For several months he lived a 

schedule that would burn out 

most people. English class was 

“I read biographies of 

millionaires and it is 

always the same way to 

success. You have to 

work hard – there is no 

easy way.” 

– Max Safonov, 

Emigre – 

from 7:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. Then 

there was a bus ride to Microsoft, 

where he stood on his feet from 

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. After that he 

worked from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 

p.m. (and all day Sunday) at the 

grocery store, weighing and tagging 

cold cuts and salads for customers. 

Unable to afford a car, Safonov 

often biked multiple miles 

between the jobs and his home. 

He spent some of the money he 

was saving on additional 

Bellevue College classes – how to 

write resumes, how to communicate 

on the job. 

And every minute of every 

day was a learning opportunity – 

while working the cash register 

at Microsoft, Safonov would keep 

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Russian translation application. If 

he heard a word he didn’t know, 

he’d take a moment to look it up. 

He brought a pocket full of 

English flashcards to work. Once 

a word was memorized it went in 

the left pocket; if he got it wrong 

it went back into the right pocket. 

“There is no bad job,” Safonov 

said. “To get a better job you need 

certain skills – if you don’t have 

them you have to find somewhere 

you can get them … 

Whenever you get a new job it is 

an opportunity to grow.” 

He eventually decided he 

needed to quit the Top Foods job 

when he fell asleep on the bus 

ride home from work and woke 

up 15 blocks from home. 

“I thought I’d just rest my eyes 

for a minute,” Safonov said. 

Safonov’s hard work led to an 

interview with Washington 

Federal Savings, in front of 

Eastlake High School in 

Sammamish. One of his Bellevue 

College professors suggested he 

apply. 

Branch Manager Sharon 

Sentena said anything Max 

lacked in English skills he more 

than made up for in initiative. He 

assists around the bank, helping 

write loan offers and answering 

phones. 

“He’s a man of high character,” 

she said. “It’s pretty amazing that 

he came here basically not being 

able to speak any English at all … 

He’s a very hard worker.” 

A new home 

Max said America feels like 

home now. He still keeps in 

touch with his sisters in Russia 

via Skype and often thinks of 

them, but says the sorts of opportunities 

he’s seen in America 

wouldn’t have presented themselves 

in Russia, where who you 

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Barricade 


“Everybody bought their property 

here thinking that this is 

what it was going to be like,” said 

Jonathan Roberts, who recently 

bought a home on Southeast 31st 

Place, just northeast of the barricade. 

“To suddenly shift that is a 

big change … this would move 

the area from being an exurb 

firmly into the suburbs.” 

Though he lives in an actual 

cul-de-sac and likely wouldn’t see 

additional traffic directly in front 

of his home, with Issaquah-Pine 

Lake Road to the north, Roberts 

and his immediate neighbors 

would be sandwiched between 

two east-west routes in the event 

that 32nd Street was opened. 

Roberts said he fears that 

would hurt property values in the 

area – something city staff find 

unlikely. City traffic models predict 

1,650 average daily trips on 

32nd Street near 224th Avenue in 

2016 if the barricade comes out, a 

little more than half the traffic 

that is currently using Southeast 

28th Street, along the south side 

of Pine Lake. 

In the staff’s response to earlier 

citizen concerns about home 

values, they say there is no evidence 

that typical residential traffic 

levels have an effect on property 

value. 

Several neighbors pointed out 

that in Southeast 28th Street, 

which changes to 222nd Place, 

30th Street and Issaquah-Pine 

Lake Road, the city already has a 

perfectly acceptable east-west 

route, complete with sidewalks, 

bike lanes and pedestrian safety 

measures. Traffic models show 

700 or more cars would come off 

this roadway by 2016 if 32nd is 

opened. The models show negligible 

change to the traffic levels 

on 228th Avenue. 

Jerry Galloway lives on 220th 

Place, east of the barricade, and 

would likely have a shorter commute 

if it came down. Still, she 

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said she feels passionately that 

the city should leave the barricade, 

which she said has helped 

turn 32nd Street into a calm 

space that serves as a central 

location where neighbors meet 

and children play. She complained 

that opening the roadway 

would leave neighborhood kids 

without a place to go, though city 

staff pointed out that the barricade 

is a little more than a quarter 

mile from Pine Lake Park. 

“Little kids can’t walk that far,” 

Galloway said. “This is where 

they ride their tricycles … it’s the 

only (community space) we 

have, we don’t have anything 

else.” 

Public Works Director John 

Cunningham said that in the 

event the barricade came down, 

the city would have to invest in 

some pedestrian improvements 

on the road, including speed 

bumps, additional sidewalks and 

raised crosswalks. He estimated 

that this might cost the city close 

to $120,000. 

Several neighbors questioned 

how the city could make the 

roadway safe, given a large dip in 

the road near the location of the 

barricade. Cunningham said city 

engineers had examined the area 

and found that it would meet the 

city’s requirements. 

This and other barricades also 

have ramifications for police and 

fire departments, which often 

need to get places quickly and 

would rather not have to stop and 

open or move a barricade. Police 

Chief Nate Elledge said he didn’t 

have a position on any specific 

barricade and understands the 

traffic concerns of neighbors, but 

on the whole he’d prefer that the 

barricades be taken down. 

“We need to be able to get 

from Point A to Point B as quickly 

as possible,” Elledge said. 

“Strictly from a public safety perspective 

I wish they’d come 

down.” 

Councilmen Mark Cross and 

John Curley attended the open 

house and ended up on the 

receiving end of pointed ques- 

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tioning from residents convinced 

that the city and council had 

already made up their minds on 

the issue and wanted the barricade 

gone. 

In a later interview, Curley 

said he went into the event with 

an open mind and was looking 

forward to the council getting an 

official report on the issue from 

the Public Works department 

early next year before making a 

decision. He said he was shocked 

by residents’ distrust of the city’s 

intentions. 

“I was disappointed to see 

such disgust,” Curley said. “The 

city is not out to screw them. … 

(City staff) takes public opinion 

to heart – they’re trying to do the 

best thing.” 

But Curley also sparred with a 

few residents over what exactly 

they meant by “safety.” He said 

he was convinced that some who 

said they were concerned with 

limiting the chance of cars hitting 

pedestrians would not be 

appeased by any amount of traffic 

calming devices and just 

wanted to maintain the barricade. 

“They say the issue is safety, 

but when you try to add safety 

measures … the issue always 

comes back to, ‘I don’t want anything 

to change,’” Curley said. 

Not that Curley blames them. 

“If I lived there for 25 years 

and my kids played touch football 

and hid behind that barri- 

cade during snowball fights, I’d 

be angry too,” he said. “It’s not so 

much a barricade as it is an integral 

part of how the community 

experiences Sammamish.” 

Cunningham said the City 

Council would be presented with 

the departments’ findings and 

public input at their Jan. 11 study 

session. A formal public hearing 

and a council decision on 

whether the barricade stays or 

goes will likely happen in 

February or March, he said. 

Reporter Caleb Heeringa can be 

reached at 392-6434. ext. 247, or 

cheeringa@isspress.com. To comment 

on this story, visit 

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OPINION 


Review editorial 

Noise ordinance 

could fix the crowing 

The echoes of Sammamish’s fairly recent rural 

past continue to spring up around the city. This 

time, it’s roosters. More precisely, it’s the crowing of 

roosters. We agree that some sort of action is in 

order, but an outright ban seems a bit too much. 

First, the city should try to use existing remedies, 

like redefining the noise ordinance. 

In the past few years, city officials say they have 

received two complaints about the early morning 

cock-a-doodle-dos for which the red-crested fowl are 

famous. It is safe to assume there are other neighbors 

who are also upset but have not bothered to call 

City Hall. 

Roosters can be an annoyance, but they are not 

alone. Sammamish is often called a bedroom community, 

and no one likes noise outside their bedroom 

window. To keep the peace, the noise should 

be regulated — but not necessarily the source of it. 

Roosters can have beneficial purposes, besides 

keeping the hens happy. They eat bugs, provide fertilizer 

for the garden, and some people even like the 

morning alarm service. If there is a quiet one out 

there that doesn’t bother the neighbors, why not 

allow them as a backyard pet? 

The city has a noise ordinance, dating to 2002. 

Among other things, it bans “Any loud and raucous 

noise which unreasonably interferes with the use of 

any business or residential property, school or place 

of religious worship.” 

Seems like a rooster that won’t let someone sleep 

could meet that definition, especially in the summer 

when daybreak is about 5 a.m. The fines for violating 

the ordinance are $250 for the first offense and 

$1,000 for subsequent offenses within a year. One 

week of crowing could easily turn a rooster owner 

into someone looking up recipes for coq au vin. 

Instead of having city employees, Planning 

Commissioners and the City Council spend time on 

this issue, the city should start by enforcing existing 

regulations that might more adequately address the 

problem. 

As one resident has suggested, using the noise 

ordinance to regulate roosters might go a long way 

toward muffling the early morning version of barking 

dogs. 

Poll of the week 

Should the city ban roosters? 

A) Yes. This is the suburbs, not a farm. 

B) No. They contribute some variety to life. 

C) No. Just stop the noises. 

D) I honestly can’t believe we’re talking about this. 

To vote, visit www.SammamishReview.com. 

Sammamish Forum 

The problem is where 

Although Tia Jensen’s letter 

“Hunters are not the problem” is 

well written, I find it ludicrous to 

feel the need to defend hunters as 

ethical or unethical. 

The problem in Sammamish 

regarding hunters has to do with 

someone who is hunting in an area 

where it is illegal. 

Let me repeat that: It is illegal. It 

has nothing to do with taking the 

land away from the wildlife, or 

doing community animal control. 

I would also like to remind Tia 

Jensen and other hunter supporters, 

that when there is a need for control 

of the deer in an urban area we pay 

the state for a service to handle it 

properly. 

When the community finds the 

need to ask ethical hunters to be of 

service, the city will decide when, in 

the meantime they are to always 

contact the State Wildlife Control 

Board. 

So, all you hunters in 

Sammamish not to worry, no one is 

suggesting you should not or cannot 

Contact your 

government 

Sammamish 

City Council 

John Curley 

Sammamish City Council, 

Position 3 

E-mail: jcurley@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

Phone: 206-293-7853 

Michele Petitti 


Position 2 

E-mail: mpetitti@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

Phone: 425-392-9208 

Tom Odell 


Position 7 

E-mail: 

todell@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

hunt — just not in Sammamish. 

It’s illegal. 

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Donna Martin 

Sammamish 

Good job school buses 

Big kudos to the entire team at 

the Issaquah School District 

Transportation Department for its 

performance during the recent 

surprisingly intense snowstorm! 

Besides braving slick, icy roads 

and traffic gridlock, drivers also 

faced the challenge of matching 

the very young children and special-needs 

students up with their 

parents, many of who were themselves 

stuck in traffic. 

Safely getting other peoples’ 

children to and from school and 

activities is a huge responsibility 

and not an easy job, even during 

the best of conditions. 

Many thanks to the school bus 

drivers, the dispatchers, the 

routers, the maintenance department 

workers, the training department, 

and top management and 

Phone: 425-868-3635 

Mark Cross 


Position 6 

E-mail: mcross@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

Phone: 425-830-0287 

Nancy Whitten 


Position 4 

E-mail: nwhitten@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

Phone: 425-295-0500 

Don Gerend 


Position 5 

Mayor 

E-mail: dgerend@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

Phone: 425-392-1412 

John James 


Position 1 

E-mail: 

jjames@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

Phone: 425-868-6165 

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Max 


know and who you’re related to 

mean more than how hard you 

work. 

“I read biographies of millionaires 

and it is always the same 

way to success,” he said. “You 

have to work hard – there is no 

easy way.” 

He also attends church in 

Bellevue and appreciates not having 

to fear crooked authority figures 

or being treated differently 

based on his religion. While a 

pastor back in Russia, the local 

newspaper printed a rumor that 

Safonov and his congregation sacrificed 

children during worship. 

Max pleaded with the paper to 

print a correction, but they 

refused, he said. 

“It’s why I’m here,” he said. 

“It’s a country of freedom. It’s 

why I didn’t go to North Korea or 

China.” 

Unfortunately Max hasn’t 

been able to escape crime here in 

the U.S. While filling out paperwork 

at the Social Security office 

he had his bike stolen by the person 

who had been in line ahead 

of him. Though witnesses saw it 

happen, Max shrugged it off. 

“Someone had given me the 

bike for free anyways,” he said. 

Rooster 


away eggs and baby chicks to 

friends and neighbors. 

Without roosters he would be 

unable to replenish his flock 

and robbed of one of his favorite 

hobbies. 

“It may sound silly to someone 

who doesn’t do it, but it’s a 

joy in my life,” he said. 

Leavitt said that most often 

neighbors thank him for keeping 

roosters, which help keep 

With the money he’s made at 

the bank, he was able to purchase 

a Toyota Prius – a long-time goal. 

He continues to be the sole 

provider for his parents, who live 

with him in a modest house in 

Bellevue. Last week he also 

signed official paperwork and 

will begin investing some of his 

savings in the stock market. 

During a ribbon cutting ceremony 

for the new Washington 

Federal building, Mayor Don 

Gerend met Safonov and invited 

him to come to council meetings. 

Max said the meetings are great 

English practice and he finds the 

inner workings of democracy fascinating. 

“All the budget decisions are 

open for the public and if they 

want they can make comments 

on (the budget,)” Safonov said. 

“In Russia it is much more 

closed.” 

Safonov continues to look for 

English practice wherever he can 

find it, including telephone solicitors 

who call his home. 

“I talked to one for 55 minutes 

and asked him all about his products,” 

he said. “I didn’t end up 

buying anything.” 





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With consumers more and 

more concerned with the source 

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farming is increasing in popularity, 

as people enjoy monitoring 

what goes into their eggs 

and chicken. 

And in Sammamish that likely 

means people on smaller 

plots of land delving into backyard 

farming. 

“As we get more and more 

houses next to big lots … unless 

we do something I suspect we’ll 

get more complaints,” commission 

chair Tom Vance said. 

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Brittany Mains dances in Macy’s Thanksgiving parade 

By Christopher Huber 

Brittany Mains might be the 

only person in Sammamish who 

is able to say she performed as a 

dancing penguin in the Macy’s 

Thanksgiving Parade. 

The 2008 Eastlake graduate 

marched in front of millions of 

live and television viewers Nov. 

24 in the annual parade in New 

York City. 

She danced with 59 other penguin-suit-clad 

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Throughout the parade, the 

group sang and performed a routine 

incorporating hip-hop and 

tap dance moves, Mains said. 

“I’m not going to lie, it was a 

pretty exhausting three miles of 

singing and dancing,” Mains said 

in an e-mail to the Review. “The 

amazing, supportive crowd help 

me keep my energy up — not to 

mention the fact that I was look- 

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have imagined performing in it.” 

They were on TV for about a 

minute while they performed on 

stage, she said, and they were 

right in front of the Santa float for 

the marching portion. 

“Having the opportunity to be 

a part of something so special 

was a huge blessing and some- 

thing I will never forget,” Mains 

said. 

Mains, 21, has been dancing 

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City developing regulations for electric car charging 


With several brands of electric 

cars set to hit the market in the 

coming months, Sammamish is 

looking to offer public charging 

stations. 

Depending on how the 

Planning Commission and City 

Council rule, the city may also 

require chargers in new developments 

and parking lots. 

The city has applied for two 

different federal grants that 

would fund 

battery 

recharge units 

that would 

likely be 

installed at the 

Sammamish 

Library and 

City Hall, 

Community 

Development 

Director Kamuron Gurol said. 

“I imagine you might see these 

outside City Hall in the next six 

months to a year,” Gurol told the 

Planning Commission Dec. 2. “A 

place like a library where people 

are stopping with their kids for 

an hour or two – that might be a 

great location.” 

Gurol said determining the 

best place to locate the charging 

stations was an inexact science 

that Sammamish and other cities 

were just starting to grapple 

with. 

The state legislature recently 

passed legislation instructing 

“I imagine you might see 

these outside City Hall 

in the next six months to 

a year.” 

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cities near Interstates 5 and 90 to 

produce zoning regulations for 

the installation of charging stations. 

The units cost between $2,000 

and $4,000 and would likely be 

covered by the federal grants, 

though Gurol said there could be 

some installation costs. 

It will be up to the commission 

and City Council to 

decide whether the city will 

offer the battery charging for 

free or charge to make up for 

the cost of 

electricity. 

While many 

have considered 

park and 

ride lots a natural 

place for the 

chargers, Gurol 

said the types 

of places that 

people make 

shorter stops – grocery stores, 

shopping malls and museums – 

would be best. 

The public chargers would be 

in the middle of the speed spectrum, 

fully charging a vehicle in 

four to eight hours. 

The average home charger 

takes 18 hours to fully charge a 

vehicle. 

Some charger manufacturers 

make “rapid charge” units that 

can charge a dead battery to 80 

percent capacity in 20 to 40 minutes, 

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– it’s more 

likely that 

they’re at 30 

to 50 percent 

(battery level) 

and are topping 

off while 

they have 

errands to 

do,” Gurol 

said. 

The commission 

is considering 

a draft code 

for the charging 

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by the Puget 

Sound Regional 

Council. 

The code 

suggests making 

it illegal to 

park in spots 

near the battery 

charger if 

you’re not driving 

an electric 

vehicle – similar 

to how handicapped 

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currently work. 

As written, the code would 

also require that residential 

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more housing units and commercial 

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Vance suggested that if a station 

was installed in front of 

City Hall that the city reserve 

the right to open it up to 

parking for gas-powered vehicles 

during large events, 

when there often isn’t enough 

parking in the area. 

“During farmers’ markets or 

July 4th, I think we need to have 

the option or discretion to put a 

little sign over (the charger) that 

says ‘out of use today,’ ” Vance 

said. “During public events we 

barely have enough parking, 

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GOLD 

by Kelly Jensen 

Why is my white gold 

turning yellow? 

Gold has been in the news a 

lot lately. It seems that people all 

over the world can’t get enough of 

this noble metal. 

I get asked regularly why white 

gold jewelry “turns” yellow over 

time. Let me start off by saying 

that gold is always yellow. Jewelers 

make gold whiter by mixing nickel 

or palladium with it. Keep in 

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14k (karat) or 18k. As a 

percentage, 14k contains 58.5% 

gold and 18k contains 75% gold. 

The other 41.5% 

or 25% is 

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and copper 

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containing the 

aforementioned nickel or 

palladium. 

Now that you have a basic 

understanding of gold let me tell 

you why your white gold jewelry is 

“turning” yellow. White gold 

jewelry is not as “white” as silver or 

platinum which are naturally 

white. Jewelers routinely coat 

white gold with another metal 

calledrhodiumtomakeitappear 

whiter. Rhodium is in the 

platinum family of metals and is a 

nice bright white color. But, 

because the rhodium is just a 

coating it wears off. So, your 

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Eastlake High School will likely 

be getting a second turf field in 

the coming years. 

While otherwise light on new 

capital projects, the city’s 2011- 

2012 budget earmarks about $1.9 

million for a new multi-use field 

where the school’s baseball field 

currently sits. 

Sammamish Parks Director 

Jessi Richardson said the city has 

yet to hammer out the details of 

how the field will be situated and 

when it will go in, but the city 

envisions the field containing a 

By Warren Kagarise 

Reagan Dunn urged other 

King County Council members 

last week to create a “priority 

commission” to determine how 

the cash-strapped county can 

fund the criminal justice system. 

The county councilman 

offered the proposal less than a 

month after voters rejected a 

sales tax hike meant to limit cuts 

to the King County Sheriff’s 

Office and county courts. The 

idea received a cool reception 

from other County Council members 

and County Executive Dow 

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baseball diamond in one corner 

while still being large enough for 

football and soccer games. 

The new field is aimed at 

addressing the dearth of 

available time on turf fields 

for youth sports and recreational 

adult teams, especially 

during peak seasons – 

roughly August to October 

and March to May. 

Field time is generally 90 percent 

spoken for during these 

periods, with some teams forced 

to choose between playing at 

inopportune hours or on unlighted 

grass fields, which are easily 

Constantine. 

The council later cut more 

than 20 deputies from the sheriff’s 

office in a lean 2011 budget. 

Dunn argued against the criminal 

cuts and refused to approve the 

spending plan. 

“The people told us in 

November that they won’t 

approve new taxes right now. I 

don’t believe they meant to say 

that the criminal justice system 

is not important,” Dunn said in a 

statement. “They weren’t given 

the opportunity to prioritize 

where their tax dollars should go. 

I think they should be given that 

torn up and require more upkeep 

by city staff. 

“I have no doubt that that field 

is going to be filled as soon as it 

opens,” Richardson said. 

Being on Lake Washington 

School District property, the field 

will likely be shared between the 

school and the city, with the city 

getting first dibs in the evenings 

and weekends. 

Kathryn Reith, spokeswoman 

for Lake Washington 

School District, said the 

shared use by the city and 

school has worked well for 

the district in the past. 

option.” 

Dunn represents rural King 

County near Issaquah, plus 

Newcastle and parts of Bellevue 

and Renton. 

The proposed motion calls for 

Constantine to appoint representatives 

from the sheriff’s office, 

the prosecutor’s and public 

defender’s offices, the county 

court system and the 

Department of Adult and 

Juvenile Detention — plus representatives 

from domestic violence, 

sexual assault and environmental 

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“That way we don’t end up 

having this fairly scarce resource 

not being used on nights and 

weekends,” she said. “It’s been a 

nice model that has worked 

well.” 

Richardson said the new field 

would likely require more overhead 

lighting, which in the past 

has drawn the ire of neighbors 

and led the city to shut the fields 

down by 9 p.m. 

She said it’s too early to tell if 

the additional lights would create 

more problems, but the city will 

be keeping an open line of communication 

with affected resi- 

The commission is to study 

how to fund the criminal justice 

system in a “tax neutral” arrangement. 

Dunn said the proposal 

could be put before voters in 

2011. 

Dunn also included a timeline 

in the proposal. The motion calls 

on Constantine to create the 

commission by Feb. 28 and for 

the commission to report to the 

council by May 31. 

“King County’s revenue 

sources are fundamentally broken,” 

Dunn said. “It doesn’t make 

any sense that this government 

has $19 million to buy a gravel 

dents. 

“We’ve been working with the 

neighbors and we’ll continue to 

work with them,” Richardson 

said. 

Construction will likely have 

to work around the schools’ 

sports seasons. 

Richardson said she was 

unsure whether the field would 

be installed in 2011 or 2012. 






County councilman wants a better plan to fund public safety 

pit, but doesn’t have the money 

to fund its criminal justice system.” 

The gravel pit reference is a 

swipe at the decision to use $19.1 

million from the conservation 

fund to purchase a Maury Island 

gravel mine and turn the land 

into a county park. 

Local environmental groups 

intend to repay $2 million into 

the fund through private 

fundraising. 

Reporter Warren Kagarise can 

be reached at 392-6434, ext. 234, or 

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Obituary 

Antonius (Tom) J. M. 

Vanderhoeven 

Antonius (Tom) J. M. 

Vanderhoeven, of Sammamish, 

died Dec. 2, 2010, in Sammamish. 

He was 60. 

A service will be at noon Dec. 

8 at Sunset Hills Memorial Park, 

1575 145th Place S., Bellevue, to 

be followed by a service at 2 p.m. 

at St. Andrews’ Lutheran Church, 

2650 148th Ave. S.E., Bellevue. A 

reception will follow. 

Tom was born Oct. 24, 1950, in 

The Hague, The Netherlands. 

Tom graduated from Delft 

University in The Netherlands 

with a master’s in aeronautical 

engineering, and was invited for 

a Ph.D. study at Kansas 

University in Kansas. 

There, he was awarded the 

first prize in a paper competition 

and asked by The Boeing Co. to 

come to Seattle. 

The young family moved to 

the state of Washington in 1980, 

where they stayed until the present. 

Tom has four patents related 

to the Boeing 737, and was given 

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deadline extended 

Time is running out for anyone 

interested in nominating a 

community member for a 

SAMMI Award. 

Sammamish residents have 

until Dec. 10 to fill out and submit 

a nomination form, according 

to the SAMMI Award website. 

Community members can 

nominate their favorite volunteer, 

teacher, coach or community-minded 

friend. 

For more information, go to 

the SAMMI Awards website at 

www.sammiawards.org/sammis/n 

ominations.php. 

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numerous 

awards 

throughout his 

career. 

Tom was 

married to 

Eva, his wife 

of 38 years. 

An avid 

sailor, Tom had 

big plans to 

sail his boat 

from Europe 

back to the States, which he had 

made ready for this purpose. 

In his spare time he enjoyed 

sailing, political science, reading, 

playing chess and drawing. 

Tom is remembered for endless 

qualities, his radiant warm 

laugh as No. 1. 

To many he was a loyal friend, 

to us a caring husband and father. 

He had a genial mind and was 

an outgoing man with a huge 

social circle. 

He is survived by his wife Eva; 

his son Jeroen Peter M.D, a fellow 

at the University of 

Washington in maternal fetal 

medicine; and his daughter Nina 

Francine, legal counsel at a 

Seattle-based international company. 

He just became a grandfather. 

Donations can be made to the 

John A. Thompson UW Cancer 

Research Fund, 825 Eastlake Ave. 

E., G4-830, Seattle, WA 98109- 

1023. 

submitting work to be considered 

for the 2011 awards banquet art 

theme have until Jan. 5 to submit. 

The deadline was extended 

from Dec. 1. 

The SAMMI Awards is partnering 

with artEast to garner locally 

produced, original artwork for 

the 2011 awards show. 

A chosen piece will help set 

the artistic look for the ceremony 

program and will be used on the 

printed program cover, according 

to artEast. 

The top 10 pieces submitted 

will be displayed at the event 

reception and will tour the city in 

a traveling exhibition. 

Visit www.sammiawards.org 

and click the link near the bottom 

of the page to learn more 

about the call for art. 

County shelter 

encourages residents 

to adopt cats 

Regional Animal Services of 

King County has waived adoption 

fees for adult cats and 

asked residents to consider 

adopting or fostering a feline. 

The agency has also temporarily 

stopped accepting 

owner-surrendered adult cats. 

The shelter issued the call 

Dec. 5 due to the threat of 

Green River flooding. The agency 

intends to keep the animal 

population low at the Kent shelter 

in case animals need to be 

evacuated. 

Residents can bring home a 

cat for just the cost of a license. 

The cost varies based on the 

animal. Every adoptable pet has 

been spayed or neutered, and 

vaccinated, at no additional 

cost. 

The agency also needs residents 

to consider serving as foster 

owners for cats. Learn more 

at the agency website, 

www.kingcounty.gov/pets. 

Volunteers take care of cats 

from the shelter on a temporary 

basis until a permanent home 

can be found for the animals. 

Prospective foster owners must 

apply and attend a 90-minute 

training course. The agency has 

foster orientations scheduled for 

5:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 22 at the 

Kent shelter. 

Regional Animal Services of 

King County provides free cat 

food, cat litter, a litter box and 

veterinary care. 

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City wants help to 

plan Beaver Lake 

community garden 

Sammamish will soon have a 

community garden in Beaver 

Lake Park and the city wants 

your help in figuring out how it’s 

going to look. 

City staff are looking for citizens 

to be part of a steering committee 

for the garden, which will 

be on about half of an acre in the 

power line corridor at the north 

end of the park near 24th Street. 

The committee will meet at least 

once a month to determine how 

the garden will be run. 

“We want this to be a community-led 

project,” Parks Director 

Jesse Richardson said. “That’s 

why we’re asking for help in 

defining how this is going to 

work.” 

Richardson said the city envisions 

the project being similar to 

community garden programs in 

places like Seattle, Bellevue and 

Olympia. Generally citizen 

groups pay a small annual fee for 

space in the garden and citizens 

volunteer their time to tend to 

plants. 

Richardson said the city may 

do some basic maintenance of 

the area but would like to see citizens 

do most of the upkeep in 

the garden. 

The garden is expected to be 

open by the fall of 2011 or spring 

of 2012. 

The first steering committee 

meeting is scheduled for Jan. 6 at 

City Hall. Anyone interested in 

participating can contact 

Volunteer Coordinator Dawn 

Sanders at 295-0556 or 

dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us. 

Get rid of the grease 

Want to get rid of that stash of 

cooking grease under your sink 

but don’t know where to go? 

Residents can drop off the 

remnants from their deep-fried 

turkeys and other fried holiday 

foods in a black collection tank 

behind the Safeway at the 

Sammamish Highlands shopping 

center. Seattle-based biodiesel 

supplier General Bioldiesel will 

collect the grease, which will be 

converted into environmentallyfriendly 

fuel, according to a city 

press release. 

Sammamish Chamber of 

Commerce and Safeway organized 

the holiday collection 

effort, which will be open until at 

least Jan. 4. 

If the recycling project proves 

to be popular the tank may stay 

there year-round, according to 

the press release. 

Redmond, Mercer Island, 

Bellingham, Burien and several 

other communities are contributing 

to the “grease drive.” 

UWTV features 

Eastside Fire & Rescue 

leadership techniques 

Eastside Fire & Rescue has 

been featured in a six-part TV 

series about leadership research 

and strategic thinking. 

The program, “Fostering 

Leadership,” is a joint effort 

between the University of 

Washington Foster School of 

Business and UWTV. Viewers can 

watch the program at 9:30 p.m. 

on Wednesdays on UWTV or at 

the Foster School of Business 

website, www.uwtv.org/fosteringleadership. 

In the episode titled “Extreme 

Leadership,” Fire Marshall Bud 

Backer shares candid reflections 

of 25 years of leadership development 

in the fire service. 

“I am very grateful for the 

opportunity to share with the 

Foster School of Business my 

experiences in leadership development, 

and for the cooperation 

of our firefighters in the filming 

of this episode,” Backer said. “We 

see opportunities for continued 

learning as we exchange best 

practices with private industry 

and institutions of higher learning.” 

The “Extreme Leadership” 

episode aired Dec. 1. 

“We are very fortunate to have 

found Fire Marshal Backer as a 

leader and trainer of these concepts 

in our region,” Pamela 

McCoy, Foster School of Business 

executive director of marketing 

communications, said in a state- 

ment. “We are excited to tell the 

story of his leadership development 

and a model fire service.” 

Steer clear of state 

lands for Christmas 

tree cutting 

Forget about cutting a fresh 

Christmas tree in the Tiger 

Mountain State Forest or on other 

state lands. 

The state Department of 

Natural Resources does not sell 

Christmas trees or pine boughs 

from state trust lands. 

The agency manages forests 

on state trust lands and allows 

timber to be harvested to help 

public schools, universities and 

other state institutions. So, harvesting 

certain products is handled 

through permits and leases. 

Though the state Department 

of Natural Resources does not 

allow Christmas tree cutting, people 

can cut trees at private farms 

and on U.S. Forest Service land. 

Residents can purchase permits 

to cut Christmas trees inside 

the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie 

National Forest through Dec. 23. 

Learn more about cutting a 

Christmas tree on Forest Service 

land at the national forest website, 

www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs. 

Trees can be cut in eastern 

portions of King County, plus 

parts of Pierce, Snohomish, 

Skagit and Whatcom counties. 

Foragers can also gather other 

holiday decorations, such as 

pinecones, from state lands. 

Learn more about harvesting forest 

products at the Department of 

Natural Resources’ Ear to the 

Ground blog, http://washington 

dnr.wordpress.com. 

King County Metro 

Transit fares to rise in 

January 

The fare for a King County 

Metro Transit bus ride rises in 

January. 

The standard fare for adult 

Metro riders is scheduled for a 

25-cent fare increase. Fares for 

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Fares also change for Access 

customers. The fare increases by 

25 cents. The cost for a monthly 

pass remains at $45. Youth fares 

remain unchanged. 

The fare changes do not 

impact the 75-cent fares for 

seniors and other people qualified 

for reduced fares. The cost 

for a monthly pass is scheduled 

to increase. 

Starting in January, seniors 

and other-reduced fare customers 

must purchase $27 monthly 

ORCA PugetPasses. The pass is 

good for travel on transit systems 

in King, Kitsap, Pierce and 

Snohomish counties. 

Metro Transit plans to stop 

selling Metro-only annual and 

monthly-reduced fare passes in 

2011, but existing Metro-only 

annual reduced fare passes 

remain valid until expiration. 

The fare hike is part of a plan 

to ease the impact of a budget 

shortfall. Metro Transit has also 

made other cuts and reduced 

staff. 

Customers can purchase 

ORCA — or One Regional Card 

for All — cards and other fare 

products at Metro sales offices, or 

by mail, phone or online at 

www.orcacard.com. Call 888-988- 

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Sound Transit needs Issaquah 

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“Can’t you just tase 

me instead of taking 

me to jail?” 

A 19-year-old Issaquah man 

reportedly had a strange request 

for the Sammamish Police officers 

who were writing him a ticket 

for minor in possession of alcohol. 

The officers were called to 

the 300 block of 227th Lane 

Northeast at around 9:30 p.m. 

Nov. 20 after a report of a stuck 

vehicle. 

They arrived to find the 

Issaquah man and his 18-year-old 

friend trying to remove their 

vehicle from a grassy area in 

between two townhomes. The 

two men argued with each other 

over who had been driving the 

vehicle at the time. The 19-yearold, 

who is the registered owner 

of the car, eventually admitted to 

being behind the wheel and trying 

to cut through the grass “so 

he wouldn’t have to drive around 

the complex,” according to the 

police report. 

The officers smelled alcohol 

on the man’s breath and gave 

him a portable breath test that 

revealed an estimated blood alcohol 

level of .011. The man told 

police he had drank “about two 

beers” two hours before. When 

police informed him he’d be 

receiving minor in possession 

and negligent driving citations, 

he became upset and began ranting. 

According to the police report 

the man told police, “you guys 

can beat the (expletive) out of me 

… can’t you just tase me instead 

of taking me to jail?” Police 

declined the invitation and 

informed the man that he’d be 

receiving a ticket and would not 

be going to jail. According to the 

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tased instead of getting a ticket. 

Police stood by as the man 

called his father to arrange payment 

for a tow truck to dislodge 

the car. The man’s friend, who 

had not been drinking, was 

allowed to drive the car from the 

scene. 

Smash and run 

A Canadian man visiting 

friends in Sammamish had the 

back window of his car shattered 

overnight Nov. 27. The man was 

parked in front of the friends’ 

home on the 2900 block of 204th 

Lane Northeast. 

When he came outside the 

next morning he found the window 

shattered and several undisclosed 

items missing from the 

car. The car had an alarm system, 

but no one at the house 

recalled hearing it overnight. 

Police have no suspects. 

Spooky call 

A 56-year-old Sammamish 

woman called police after receiving 

a threatening phone call in 

the middle of the night Nov. 27. 

Police responded to the woman’s 

home at around 12:45 a.m. after 

she got a call from a man who 

appeared to be using some sort of 

voice distortion device. 

The man told the woman he 

was going to “get” her, but did not 

elaborate. The woman thought it 

may have been a friend playing a 

prank, but hung up when she 

realized it was not her friend. 

The phone’s caller ID listed 

her own name and number as 

the source of the call. She did not 

receive any other calls that night. 

Police advised her to contact her 

phone company to try to determine 

the source of the call. The 

case remains under investigation. 

Thanksgiving 

family drama 

Sammamish Police were called 

to sort out a dispute over who 

should have custody over a 

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day before Thanksgiving. The 

couple has a parenting plan that 

stipulates that on even-numbered 

years the mother is to have the 

couple’s four children on the 

Wednesday before Thanksgiving. 

Police got a copy of the agreement 

and went to the father’s 

home, where the children were 

sitting down to dinner with their 

father. The father told police he 

had forgotten about the rule and 

agreed to transport the kids to 

their mother’s home after dinner. 

But while looking through the 

parenting plan, the officer 

noticed a provision that states 

that any children over the age of 

13 are allowed to choose where 

they want to be. 

The kids, all of whom were 

above the age of 13, told the officer 

they preferred to be at their 

father’s house but in the interest 

of keeping the peace would be 

driving to their mother’s home 

that night instead of the next 

morning. 

Garage burglary 

A resident on the 21000 block 

of Northeast 42nd Street reported 

that several bicycles and camping 

gear had been stolen from their 

garage in the week prior to Nov. 

20. 

Police saw no signs of forced 

entry and are unsure how a burglar 

could have gained entry to 

the garage, which the resident 

believed had been closed and 

locked. One of the bikes was valued 

at over $1,000. Police could 

find no fingerprints and have no 

suspects. 

Domestic violence 

Police cited a Sammamish 

man for assault for allegedly 

striking his wife during an argument 

Nov. 19. According to 

police, the man forced his wife 

out of his vehicle, left her at a 

neighbor’s home and refused to 

give her her wallet or cell phone. 

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their three children. Police documented 

bruises the woman 

received during the altercation 

and cited the man on suspicion 

of assault. They advised the man 

and woman to address custody of 

the children in the court system. 

Minor shindig 

Police returned two intoxicated 

16-year-old girls to one of the 

girls’ mother on Nov. 27. Police 

were called to a suspected underage 

party on the 23000 block of 

Northeast 25th Way at around 

1:40 a.m. The officer arrived and 

warned the renters of the home, 

who broke up the party. 

He then contacted the two 

teens, who appeared to be hiding 

in a vehicle that was not theirs. 

Neither teen had drivers’ licenses 

and told police they didn’t have a 

way home. Both were given 

portable breath tests and blew a 

.09 and .08 respectively. 

The officer contacted one of 

the girls’ parents and dropped 

them off for her at the QFC in 

Klahanie. The officer warned the 

girls that if they were caught with 

alcohol anytime in the next year 

they would be faced with minor 

in possession charges. 

Mental health 

complaint 

Police were called after a 

Sammamish teenager with a history 

of mental health issues 

reportedly slapped her mother 

during an argument Nov. 26. The 

teen’s mother discovered that her 

daughter had apparently been 

“sexting,” sending provocative 

pictures of herself to a friend, 

and took away the iPod that she 

had been using. 

The teen became enraged, 

slapped her mother, began ripping 

her clothes and tried to rip 

her door from its hinges. When 

police arrived the teen had 

locked herself in the bathroom 

and refused to come out. 

Police eventually talked her 

out but she refused to discuss the 

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tory of mental health issues and 

the evidence of violence, police 

determined that she was a threat 

to herself and others and called 

an ambulance to take her to 

Overlake Hospital for a mental 

health assessment. 

The teen, who had recently 

been released from an involuntary 

mental health commitment, 

became hysterical and begged 

that her mother “not let them 

take me away again.” 

Mental health 

complaint 

A Sammamish man called 

police after his girlfriend repeatedly 

threatened to kill herself 

Nov. 25. The boyfriend had been 

at Thanksgiving with his family 

and received text messages from 

the girlfriend indicating that she 

wanted to end her life. 

The boyfriend arrived at the 

girlfriend’s home to find that she 

was drunk and had fresh cuts on 

her wrists. Police arrived and 

assisted as an ambulance transported 

the woman to Overlake 

Hospital. 

Drug forgery 

Sammamish Police were called 

to the Rite Aid pharmacy on the 

3000 block of Issaquah-Pine Lake 

Road Nov. 23 after pharmacists 

noticed that a Sammamish 

woman had altered the number 

of pills on a doctor’s prescription 

for pain killers. 

Police verified with the 

woman’s doctor that the woman 

had changed the numbers on the 

prescription so that she could 

receive triple the amount of 

drugs. The case remains under 

investigation. 

No means no 

Police cited a Sammamish 

man for violation of a court order 

Nov. 23 for allegedly sending his 

estranged wife e-mails asking 

that they get back together. The 

couple are in divorce proceedings 

and the wife has a court order 

dictating that the husband not 

contact her. 

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COMMUNITY 


City lights 

Ornaments and lights hang from the city’s Christmas tree as 

community members mingle in the City Council chamber. 

Families ooh and ahh and take pictures as the tree and menorah lights shine. 

Luke Chafin, 5, center, decorates a cookie as children reach for the frosting cup Dec. 1 at the 

Sammamish holiday lighting ceremony. 

Hundreds gathered in 

Sammamish City Hall Dec. 1 to 

usher in the holiday season. 

Families with children buzzed 

around the crowded City Council 

chambers and reception area as 

the Blackwell Elementary choir 

sang Christmas and Hanukkah 

songs. 

And with a short countdown, 

those in attendance oohed and 

ahhed as the city’s 15-foot tall 

Christmas tree and menorah 

came alive with light. Children 

pined for the frosting as they decorated 

cookies. 

Photos by 

Christopher Huber 

Blackwell fourth-grade choir members Morgan Olynyk, bottom 

left, Kiera Finnegan, Jared Son, center left, and Duncan 

Woodward sing for the crowd Dec. 1 at the city’s holiday lighting 

event.


A torpedo couldn’t stop Ilene Birkwood’s journey 


Seven-year-old Ilene Birkwood 

and her sister scrambled to the 

shelter as the warning sirens 

wailed, the anti-aircraft guns 

boomed and the hum of German 

bombers’ engines filled the skies 

above Britain. 

In 1940, Birkwood and her siblings 

boarded a ship that would 

evacuate them from the Isle of 

Wight, Great Britian to Canada. 

The ship, The Volendam was torpedoed 

twice by German forces, 

but Birkwood and the 300 children 

on board were saved. 

Soon after departure, two 

German torpedoes struck the 

Volendam, but only one exploded, 

leaving a gaping hole in the 

bow. 

“It was pretty traumatic for 

some of the kids,” said Birkwood, 

now a Sammamish resident. “If 

that (second one) had gone off I 

would not be talking to you now.” 

Birkwood relived in clear 

detail her World War II experience 

with the Children Overseas 

Reception Board program in her 

new book, “The Second Torpedo.” 

“To discover late in life that 

you should have gone to a watery 

grave before your eighth birthday 

is a strange experience,” 

Birkwood wrote. 

Born in England, Birkwood 

moved with her husband to Pine 

Lake in 2006. 

She moved to the United 

States in 1970 and has served on 

the NASA Software Engineering 

Board and as vice president of 

Tandem Computers. She has written 

two mystery novels — 

“Suddenly Silence” and “Deadly 

Deception” — as well as the non- 

fiction book “Stress for Success.” 

“She has a special gift where 

the way she writes is the way she 

speaks,” Randall Birkwood said. 

“When I’m reading her writing, 

it’s as if she’s talking to me.” 

This latest story sucks the 

reader in with the innocent views 

of a child living in wartime. 

“It grabbed me because it was 

real, it was somebody’s personal 

story,” said Randall Birkwood, 

Ilene’s son. “I had heard some of 

it growing up, but definitely from 

reading the book I just learned 

more about how they lived and 

the worry my grandmother had 

about letting them leave. Being a 

parent myself, I could totally 

identify with that.” 

Ilene Birkwood didn’t just 

write down her memories of 

Germany’s attack on Britain. 

She conspired with her siblings 

who together recalled 

details of their family life as intimate 

as the brand of their 

father’s pipe tobacco and the joys 

of collecting shrimp on the beach 

before dinner. 

She researched the child-evacuation 

program extensively and 

interviewed peers who were on 

the ship with her. 

“The Second Torpedo” is a true 

story — Birkwood’s recount of 

life as a child during the looming 

German attack on Britain and 

subsequent evacuation. At age 

seven, she is whisked away on a 

Canada-bound ship with 300 

other children, headed for voluntary 

host families to wait out the 

war. 

As the alarm bells ring, the 

children calmly board the 

lifeboats and are saved. Two 

weeks later, the Germans sink 

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the ship Birkwood and her siblings 

were supposed to be on, but 

a member of their group had gotten 

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how close she came to dying. All 

those children came so close to 

dying,” Randall Birkwood said. 

“By a miracle, one of them didn’t 

detonate.” It really hit home 

knowing that.” 

The story intertwines Ilene 

Birkwood’s childhood experience 

with Britain’s struggle to fight 

Hitler’s military attacks. 

“I think Ilene captures the 

whole atmosphere extremely 

well,” said friend and fellow writing 

critic Meg Hellyer. “She 

makes all the individual characters 

in the book come alive.” 

The book never would have 

come to be if fellow Volendam 

passenger John Roberts had not 

called her while on her vacation 

in Britain, she said. 

Birkwood garnered information 

from a maritime museum 

curator who had interviewed the 

captain of the German U-boat 

that attacked the Volendam, she 

said. 

“It took a long time for me to 

actually get started,” she said. 

Ultimately the book took about 

six months to write. “I enjoyed 

doing it tremendously.” 

The book provides a child’s 

adventurous view of sailing for 

Canada and the strange sense of 

calm the children had while 

evacuating to the lifeboats. 

Britain-born Hellyer noted how 

disciplined and well-behaved 

young Britons were in the 1940s. 

“For people who have no particular 

relationship to this story, I 

think the most compelling 

(aspect) would be the whole attitude 

and spirit of young people 

at that time,” Hellyer said. “It’s 

powerful enough to appeal to 

even the younger generation.” 

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Smith students to sing with Sammamish Symphony 


Sixth-grader Oindrilla Banerjee 

really likes to sing. She also loves 

to perform, she said, which 

makes a good combination of 

interests for her upcoming musical 

opportunity. 

The Samantha Smith 

Elementary student and about 80 

of her peers will sing with the 

Sammamish Symphony 

Orchestra in a professional holiday 

performance Dec. 11 and 12. 

“I really look forward to performing 

all the time,” Banerjee 

said after rehearsal Dec. 3. 

The annual Holiday Pops concert 

happens at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 

and 2 p.m. Dec. 12 at the 

Eastlake Performing Arts Center 

(Eastlake High School). 

This year is different, according 

to organizers. In the past, the 

symphony has played with the 

choir from Newcastle 

Elementary, said Joseph Scott, 

conductor and music director. He 

decided it would be fitting to 

invite a Sammamish school to 

participate. 

“It’s a fun part of Christmas to 

have the kids,” he said. “And they 

all enjoy it.” 

The Smith choir will sing with 

the approximately 80-piece symphony 

for two pieces during the 

Holiday Pops concert. They will 

perform White Christmas and 

Christmas Memories, a medley of 

holiday favorites, Scott said. 

“They’re all very excited. It’s 

an honor to be recognized by the 

community,” said Smith music 

teacher Adam Gross, who himself 

performed with the local philharmonic 

as a child in New York. 

“I’m excited because it’s a great 

opportunity for the kids.” 

Gross and his individual choir 

classes have been perfecting 

their parts for the Pops concert 

since September, he said. The 

two pieces for the symphony performance 

are in addition to the 

songs the first- through sixthgraders 

have been preparing for 

the school holiday concert. 

“The chorus will be quite popular. 

People love to see the children 

perform,” Scott said. “It gets 

you in the holiday spirit.” 

In addition to the two joint 

pieces, the symphony will perform 

arrangements of “The Little 

Drummer Boy,” “Brazilian Sleigh 

Bells,” and “O Holy Night,” as 

well as “The Twelve Days of 

Christmas” by Tyzik and 

Waldteufel’s “The Skaters’ Waltz.” 

Concert goers will likely 

appreciate hearing some of their 

personal favorite songs at the 

Holiday Pops performance, Scott 

Photo by Katie McDorman 

Discovery Elementary students Kiley Prutzman (left) and Anjai 

Bhuthpur run laps around the school baseball diamond during 

lunch recess. 

Photo by Christopher Huber 

Members of the Smith Elementary choir rehearse with Joseph Scott, conductor and music director 

of the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra, Dec. 3. 

said. 

“Everybody enjoys it because 

it’s almost always familiar,” he 

said. 

Discovery Elementary students 

run a marathon a bit at a time 

By Laura Geggel 

A total of 30 students laced 

their shoes, stretched their legs 

and — during a two-month period 

— ran a marathon. 

Discovery Elementary School 

first-grade teacher Reyna 

Yamamoto started the running 

club in late September, teaching 

her students how to warm up and 

cheering them on as they ran 

laps around the school’s baseball 

diamonds during recess and early 

morning Thursday practices. 

Just as in a walkathon, students 

carried cards marking their 

progress. Every six laps around 

the diamonds equals one mile, 

and the students tried to run at 

least three miles per week, gaining 

endurance and confidence for 

the Nov. 27 Seattle Marathon. 

For those who had accrued 

enough miles, the 1.2-mile 

Seattle Children’s Kids Marathon 

pushed the Discovery students to 

reach the 26.2-mile mark. 

Yamamoto said she had wanted 

to form a running club for 

years, but could never make it to 

But a few pieces may be new 

to some. 

“The traditional Slavic music 

— almost no one will recognize 

the Seattle Marathon, held during 

Thanksgiving weekend, because 

she was usually out of town. This 

year, she decided to stay home, 

and found a bevy of parent volunteers 

to help her coach her students. 

“I like to run marathons 

myself,” Yamamoto said. “It’s my 

passion.” 

Locally, she has run the Rock 

‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon, the 

Seattle Half Marathon and the 

GoodLife Fitness Victoria 

Marathon. She and parent Lisa 

Scher, an iron-man coach, taught 

the students essential stretches 

before and after their workouts. 

Discovery physical education 

teacher Nick Lombardo taught 

them about pacing, as well as 

stretching. 

“I like the monster walk,” firstgrade 

student Anjali Bhuthpur 

said, demonstrating how to walk 

forward with both her feet and 

hands on the ground. 

Her classmate, Sydnee 

Campbell, said she always 

stretches now before running. 

“If you don’t stretch, you won’t 

it, but it’s beautiful and very 

nice,” Scott said. 

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run long enough,” she said. 

“You’ll get tired out real quickly.” 

At first, only seven students 

joined the club, but as word 

spread, more joined, bringing the 

number to 30. Some middle 

school students who have 

younger siblings at Discovery 

have also joined the running 

club, logging their hours every 

week. 

“I never knew what a 

marathon was so I wanted to 

have the experience,” fifth-grader 

Isha Kshirsagar said. 

Yamamoto decided students 

shouldn’t get caught up in how 

fast they were running, but that 

they should warm up and cool 

down properly, as well as learn 

how to follow a project for weeks 

on end. 

“We weren’t concentrating on 

pace, we were concentrating on 

setting a goal,” she said. 

Once students paid $16.50 to 

register for the children’s 

marathon, they received tokens 

for every five miles they ran. The 

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Skyline’s ASB needs 

donations for a 

scholarship fund 

garage sale 

The Skyline High School ASB 

is seeking item donations for its 

first garage sale. The event happens 

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 11 at the 

Skyline commons (main 

entrance). 

ASB officers are collecting 

donations from 2:30 p.m.-3:15 

p.m. Dec. 6-9 and 2:30 p.m.-4:30 

p.m. Dec. 10 in the Skyline commons. 

Proceeds from all items sold at 

the garage sale will go into the 

general scholarship fund. 

“Really, we are looking for 

whatever people have to give,” 

said ASB executive secretary 

Laura Cindric. 

The student-body leadership 

team has banded together to help 

raise support for the school’s 

scholarship fund, focusing 

fundraising efforts on local need 

this holiday season. 

The fund provides financial 

aid for the increasing number of 

Sing 


Tickets cost $16 for adults, $11 

for seniors age 62 and older and 

students age 11-18, and are free 

for children age 10 and younger. 

Families cost $32, according to 

the Sammamish Symphony’s 

website. 

Purchase tickets at 

www.SammamishSymphony.org. 

The Eastlake Performing Arts 

Center is at 400 228th Ave. N.E. 

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students who can’t pay for things 

such as field trips, sports fees, or 

traveling to music competitions, 

Cindric said. 

She said the ASB recognizes 

that Skyline students are not typically 

financially needy. 

But, in the current economic 

climate, more and 

more of their fellow students 

need help for the various 

minor expenses throughout 

the school year. 

They want the administratorled 

scholarship committee to be 

able to accept more cases, 

Cindric said. 

The scholarship fund traditionally 

relies on donations 

from outside organizations, 

Cindric said, but this year, 

the ASB wanted to pitch in 

too. 

Although, it’s not prime garage 

sale season, she said the students 

hope people are feeling generous 

this time of year. 

“This year we really wanted to 

bring the focus home,” she said. 

“We really want to focus on the 

community here.” 

For more information about 

donating or on the sale, e-mail 

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Skyline’s Kasen Williams tears up after the team’s loss. It was the first time that Williams, a senior, 

has not come home with a state championship. 

Basketball season fires up 


Sammamish athletes move off 

the fields and into the gyms as 

winter sports start rolling. Boys 

and girls basketball teams will 

face stiff competition, and the 

loss of some top players from last 

year. 

Boys basketball 

Eastlake 

The Wolves, which made the 

playoffs last year, lost the opener 

60-53 to Mercer Island, but started 

the 2010 season 1-1 after beating 

Cascade 88-67 Dec. 4. 

Returning starters like Conner 

Iraola, a senior guard, said 

Eastlake, which used a rapid-fire 

offensive approach in 2009, could 

be one of the faster teams in the 

league this season. 

“We’ve just got a lot of players 

that can take control of the 

game,” Iraola said during practice 

Dec. 3. “I think we’re even quicker 

this year.” 

Although it lost most of its 

starting line-up to graduation — 

including impact players like 

Michael Russo and Dillon Pericin 

— Eastlake looks to catch opponents 

off guard with a swift 

attack and ball movement. 

Leading the way will be Iraola 

(6-1, 185), senior guard Abdu 

Elkugia (6-2, 190) and senior forward 

Colin Nelson (6-6, 200). 

Eastlake brings in a handful of 

notable newcomers who seemed 

to have adjusted to the fast-paced 

play, Iraola said. 

Junior forwards Nick Kassuba 

and Eric Holmdahl, as well as 

sophomore guards Brandon 

Lester and Mike Hwang will aim 

to round out the Eastlake attack. 

Games to watch: Eastlake at 

Issaquah, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17; 

Skyline at Eastlake, 8 p.m. Jan. 

14; Redmond at Eastlake, 8 p.m. 

Jan. 21. 

Skyline 

The Skyline Spartans boys basketball 

team won KingCo and 

went 22-5 overall, placing eighth 

in state last season. Thus far, it’s 

1-1 in 2010. 

Losing the likes of big man 

Cory Hutsen, Connor Gacek and 

Austin Weige created a hole in 

the Skyline starting line-up for 

winter 2010. 

But the Spartans will still be 

able to rely on consistent performers 

in junior guard Will 

Parker, senior forward Kasen 

Williams and junior forward 

Brian Cikatz. 

And in order to make it 

through to the playoffs in an 

ever-competitive KingCo league, 

the team will have to find some 

sort of groove in January, while 

the young players and newcomers 

earn their playing time, said 

head coach J. Jay Davis. Some 

newcomers to note: Jonah 

Eastern (freshman guard), Max 

Browne (sophomore guard), 

Addison McIrvin (freshman 

guard), Blake Omlin (junior forward) 

and Isaiah Richmond 

(sophomore forward). 

“We’ll be better in January and 

February as the young team 

gains experience. The league will 

be extremely competitive,” Davis 

said. “The team needs to defend 

and share the ball to have success 

this season.” 

Games to watch: Skyline vs. 

Glacier Peak, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at 

Bellevue College; Bishop 

Manogue Catholic at Skyline, 12 

p.m. Dec. 30; Skyline at Garfield, 

7:30 p.m. Jan. 11. 

Girls basketball 

Eastlake 

Following suit with the boys 

program, the Eastlake girls basketball 

team begins the 2010-2011 

season with a new coach. Sara 

Goldie, a former standout player 

at Eastlake, takes over as the girls 

learn a new system and try to 

improve on their 8-8 league, 14- 

10 overall record from last year. 

And they seem to be off to a competitive 

start at 1-0, as of Dec. 6. 

The Lady Wolves beat Juanita 60- 

52 Dec 1. 

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Skyline falls in 

state title game 


As the clock ticked toward 

zero, Skyline’s Kasen Williams 

was like a statue. He lined up in 

his safety position, Ferris quarterback 

Ben Goodwin took a knee 

and the Saxon fans erupted in 

celebration. Williams stood, 

unflinching, with a hand on his 

hip, staring straight ahead in disbelief. 

He couldn’t quite reach 

perfection — four state titles in 

four years. 

Despite staging a near comeback 

in the third and fourth quarters, 

the three-time defending 

state-champ Spartans lost the 

state 4A title game to Ferris 24-16 

Dec. 4 at the Tacoma Dome. 

“They’re a real good team,” 

Williams said after the game. 

Skyline, which finished the 

season 12-2, looked to be the second-half 

dominator it had been 

throughout the 2010 playoffs, but 

too many early mistakes and a 

clock-eating Ferris offense kept 

the Spartans off the scoreboard 

until the end of the third quarter. 

Both of Skyline’s touchdowns 

came on five-yard Browne-to-Nic 

Sblendorio passes. Skyline converted 

for two points on each, but 

that was the extent of its offensive 

attack. 

“It sucks, but we had a lot of 

plays we could’ve made in the 

first half,” sophomore quarterback 

Max Browne said as the 

sting of defeat set in. “The story 

at the half was we just didn’t 

make plays. We just didn’t come 

out firing.” 

On the other hand, the Ferris 

Saxons came out firing on all 

cylinders. 

Its defense held Skyline to just 

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New Eastlake head coach Brian Dailey starts a drill as players go 

after the rebound during practice Dec. 3.


Scoreboard 

Boys basketball 

Saturday, Dec. 4 

Eastlake 88, Cascade 67 

1 2 3 4 Final 

Cascade 7 27 15 18 67 

Eastlake 23 21 25 19 88 

Eastlake scoring: Conner Iraola, 19; Abdu 

Elkugia. 13; Brandon Lester, 13; Eric Holmdahl, 10; 

Nick Kassuba, 8. 

Kentwood 49, Skyline 43 

1 2 3 4 Final 

Skyline 5 10 13 15 43 

Kentwood 10 13 8 18 49 

Skyline scoring: Johan Eastern, 13; Addison 

McIrvin, 12; Bryan Cikatz, 8; J.T. Lew and Lucas 

Shannon, 3. 

Friday, Dec. 3 

O’Dea 61, Eastside Catholic 28 

1 2 3 4 Final 

E. Catholic 6 0 14 8 28 

O’Dea 17 24 17 3 61 

EC scoring: Joey Schreiber, 11; Zane Allen and 

Skyler White, 5. 

Skyline 


15 yards on its first possession of 

the game and subsequently kept 

Skyline out of the end zone when 

it recovered a Sblendorio fumble 

at the four-yard line in the first. 

“We saw something early,” said 

Ferris running back Kole 

Heidinger. “Even when our 

offense isn’t there, our defense is.” 

Heidinger played a major role 

in keeping the ball out of the 

hands of the Skyline offense. The 

junior running back ran for 92 

yards on 19 carries. Ferris possessed 

the ball for 31 minutes, 37 

seconds, compared to Skyline’s 

16:23. 

Heidinger partially attributed 

the Saxon’s motivation to win this 

year as revenge — Skyline beat 

them 42-21 in the 2009 championship. 

This time, Ferris quarterback 

Goodwin had more time to 

find his receivers, with protection 

from the offensive line. 

“Our offensive line stepped up 

huge,” Heidinger said. “We had 

some motivation this year in the 

weight room.” 

Goodwin finished completing 

Thursday, Dec. 2 

Skyline 48, Renton 47 

1 2 3 4 Final 

Skyline 12 11 13 12 48 

Renton 15 16 8 8 47 

Skyline scoring: Bryan Cikatz, 23; Will Parker, 

13; Lucas Shannon, 8; Jonah Eastern, 4. 

Wednesday, Dec. 1 

Bishop Blanchet 59, Eastside Catholic 56 

1 2 3 4 Final 

E. Catholic 9 15 20 12 56 

Blanchet 4 20 10 25 59 

EC scoring: Joey Schreiber, 17; Jake Springfield, 

12; Skyler White, 12; Matt Callans, 11; Hunter 

Clements and Eddie Janicki, 2. 

Girls Basketball 

Friday, Dec. 3 

Holy Names 64, Eastside Catholic 27 

1 2 3 4 Final 

E. Catholic 8 7 5 7 27 

Holy Names 17 18 18 11 64 

EC scoring: Michaela O’Rourke, 8; Alex 

Johnson, 5; Shelby Newell, 4; Megan Druus and 

Sarah Hill, 3. 

Wednesday, Dec. 1 

Eastlake 60, Juanita 52 

1 2 3 4 Final 

Eastlake 16 8 20 16 60 

14 of 25 pass attempts for 137 

yards and one interception. 

Williams snatched that wayward 

pass, which led to Skyline’s first 

score with 19 seconds left in the 

third. 

“This team just put it on in the 

second half,” Williams said about 

Skyline’s late-game resilience. “It 

was that first half that got us.” 

While Browne was still mostly 

himself in the first half — he 

went 11 of 22 for 138 yards passing 

— he threw a costly interception, 

which led to Ferris’ first 

touchdown. He still managed 302 

yards passing, completing 22 of 

38 passes to six different 

receivers. Although he threw one 

more interception on Skyline’s 

first play of the second half, he 

and senior receiver Jordan 

Simone connected six times for 

120 yards down the stretch. 

Simone finished with eight catches 

for 133 yards. 

Sblendorio added six catches 

for 49 yards and Teran Togia had 

four receptions for 79 yards to 

help the cause in the third and 

fourth quarters. 

“I had full confidence we 

would come back,” said Skyline 

coach Mat Taylor. 

Williams was not a factor 

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Juanita 10 13 11 18 52 

Eastlake scoring: Sam Naluai, 13; Kendra 

Morrison, 12; Taylor Boe, 6; Ellie Mortenson, 5; 

Abby Carlson and Caleigh McCabe, 4. 

Bishop Blanchet 50, Eastside Catholic 42 

1 2 3 4 Final 

E. Catholic 17 7 4 14 42 

Blanchet 11 19 7 13 50 

EC scoring: Michaela O’Rourke, 18; Sarah Hill, 

9; Alex Johnson and Colleen Nuss, 3. 

Wrestling 

Saturday, Dec. 4 

KingCo Clash of the Classes Tournament 

3A vs 4A 

First Round — Skyline 54 Liberty 24; Mount Si 

45 Eastlake 28; Mercer Island 38 Decatur 36; 

Hazen 37 Neport 30. 

Scond Round — Skyline 45 Hazen 33; Eastlake 

33 Liberty 27; Decatur 45 Mount Si 30; Mercer 

Island 64 Newport 0. 

Round Three — Mercer Island 57 Skyline 15; 

Eastlake 36 Hazen 18; Decatur 57 Liberty 18; 

Mount Si 60 Newport 18. 

Fourth Round — Mt Si 52 Skyline 27; Mercer 

Island 54 Eastlake 12; Decatur 60 Hazen 6; Liberty 

37 Newport 30. 

against the Saxon defense down 

the stretch. He had three catches 

for 40 yards. 

“We just gotta look at ourselves 

and ask what we could’ve done 

differently,” Browne said. 

As they somberly huddled on 

the field, Williams and his teammates 

promised each other 

Skyline would be back next year, 

not settling for the second-place 

trophy they passed around. And 

although senior standouts like 

Williams, Togia, Simone and 

defensive backs Connor Cree and 

Chase Huber will not be back in 

2011, they speculated the 

Spartans would return as good, or 

better, than ever. 

“We’ll take away from this season 

all the ups from the season,” 

Williams said. “There’s a lot to 

take from this season. You’re 

gonna see Skyline again.” 




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a rebuilding year after losing 

players like Alyssa Charlston 

(University of Idaho recruit) 

and Mercedes Bass. But captains 

Katie Ainslie (senior post) 

and Abby Carlson (junior 

guard), and junior forward 

Kendra Morrison and junior 

guard Sam Naluai will bring 

back their experience to lead 

the way. 

Caleigh McCabe, a junior 

guard, Ann Heine, a senior 

guard, and sophomore Ellie 

Mortenson show promise to 

start the season, 

too, 

according to 

Goldie. 

“The girls 

have put in a 

lot of hard 

work, time 

and focus to 

learn the new system,” Goldie 

said. 

Games to watch: Eastlake at 

Redmond, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10; 

Skyline at Eastlake, 6:30 p.m. 

Jan. 14; Issaquah at Eastlake, 

6:30 p.m. Jan. 28. 

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The girls of Skyline could be 

a force in KingCo this season. 

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Eastlake coach – 

two key players, Kassia Fortier 

and Alex Angel, to graduation. 

Skyline brings back multisport 

standout Michelle Bretl, a 

senior post, and co-captain 

Christy Cofano, a senior wing, 

as well as sophomore guard 

Haley Smith. Junior guard 

Morgan Farrar, junior post 

Megan Weideman and junior 

wing Allie Wyszynski round out 

the starting line-up. 

Third-year head coach Greg 

Bruns said the program’s 

pipeline has filled this year’s 

squad with a “very competitive 

and talented group of kids that 

want to win.” 

Newcomers Susie Tinker 

(junior guard) and Anne 

Luempert 

(junior wing) 

look to add 

depth for 

Skyline this 

winter. 

“We are a 

very quick 

and athletic 

team that will need to use those 

skills on defense to be successful,” 

Bruns said. 

Games to watch: Woodinville 

at Skyline, 5:30 p.m., Dec. 21; 

Issaquah at Skyline, 6:30 p.m. 

Jan. 7; Skyline at Eastlake, 6:30 

p.m. Jan. 14. 

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Events 

calendar 


The Sammamish Heritage 

Society is holding a fundraiser to 

support the Freed House from 7- 

9 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Pine Lake 

Community Center. 

The Sammamish Rotary 

Club will host Chip Kimball, 

superintendent of the Lake 

Washington School District speaking 

about the state of the district 

during the club’s regular meeting, 

7:15 a.m. Dec. 9 at the 

Bellewood Retirement 

Apartments, 3710 Providence 

Point Drive S.E. 

The Samantha Smith 

Elementary PTA is holding a 

family Christmas shopping event. 

Families can find creative gifts 

and children can find affordable 

gifts. The event is scheduled for 

3-7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at the school. 

The Chris Elliott Fund, a 

Sammamish-based charity to support 

brain cancer research, is 

holding their annual online auction. 

Items up for bid include a 

Seahawks package, two nights at 

Whistler, skin care items and 

more. Visit 

www.chriselliottfund.org and follow 

the link to the auction site. 

The Issaquah Youth 

Advisory Board will host a poetry 

slam from 4-5:30 p.m. Dec. 11 

at the Skyline High School black 

box theater. 

The Sammamish Symphony 

Holiday Pops concert is scheduled 

for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 and 2 

p.m. Dec. 12 at Eastlake High 

School. For more information, or 

to buy advance tickets, visit 

www.sammamishsymphony.org. 

Eastside Baby Corner is hosting 

drop-in tours from 9 a.m.noon 

Dec. 16 at 1510 N.W. Maple 

St. in Issaquah. 

Sammamish is seeking volunteers 

to help plan a community 

garden. The committee, which 

will meet at least once a month, 

will hold its first meeting at 6:30 

p.m. Jan. 6 at City Hall. For more 

Got an old one? 

Eastside Catholic High School’s DECA 

program is holding a car seat recycling 

day. Gently used car seats that meet current 

safety standards will be given to 

needy families. Seats that are not up to 

standards will be recycled. The event is 

scheduled for Dec. 11 and 12 at the 

Merry Go Round store in Bellevue. 

information, e-mail Dawn 

Sanders at dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us. 

Northwest Center accepts 

donations of clothing and household 

items at “The Big Blue 

Truck” open at the Pine Lake 

QFC shopping center from 9 

a.m.-6 p.m. seven days a week. 

Donations are tax deductible. For 

more information, visit www.bigbluetruck.org. 

Health 

The Hearing Loss 

Association of Washington will 

host a meeting about tinnitus, a 

buzzing or ringing sound in the 

ear, featuring Dr. 

Neeru Rohila- 

Chanda, an audiologist, 

at 1 p.m. 

Dec. 11 at the 

Lake Sammamish Foursquare 

Church in Bellevue. 

A mobile mammography 

facility will be available for 

Sammamish residents. The 

mobile facility features the same 

equipment used at Evergreen 

Hospital, but you do not need to 

be an Evergreen patient to use 

the facility. It is available from 

8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays 

at the Evergreen Primary Care 

Center, 22850 Northeast Eighth 

Street. For an appointment, call 

899-2831. 

Religious/spiritual 

A seniors luncheon will be 

Open Mon - Fri 

8am to 5pm 

Christmas events 

Uplift! A praise and prayer concert 

will feature worship songs with an 

opportunity for all to participate at 7 

p.m. Dec. 9 at Sammamish Presbyterian 

Church. 

Evergreen Christian Fellowship will 

host its second Light on the Plateau 

Christmas Celebration at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 

9, 10 and 11 at the church. 

A family movie night featuring the 

PG rated “The Nativity Story” will also 

feature songs and refreshments, is scheduled 

for 6:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Mary, 

Queen of Peace. 

Messiah sing-in sponsored by the 

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 

Saints will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at 14536 

Main St. in Bellevue. 

Christmas Pageant 2010 with Spirit 

of Peace United Church of Christ will be 

held at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 12 at the Pine 

Lake Community Center. 

Christmas Concert. The Three Wise 

Men perform a combination of 

Christmas songs and original material at 

7 p.m. Dec. 16 at Sammamish 

Presbyterian Church. Admission is free, 

held including a home-cooked 

meal and Christmas Carols from 

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 14 at 

Sammamish Presbyterian 

Church. 

Mary, Queen of Peace youth 

groups are for children in sixtheighth 

grade and ninth-12th 

grades. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. 

Sundays. Call the church at 391- 

1178, ext. 129. 

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. Call Jo Lucas at 837- 

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but an offering to support the concert 

will be requested. 

Christmas Potluck sing-a-long Spirit 

of Peace United Church of Christ will be 

held at 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at the home of 

Dick and Michelle Williams. RSVP to 

392-5525. 

Christmas Eve 

Pine Lake Covenant church will 

have a 4:30 p.m. family service, and a 

candlelight and carols service at 7 and 

8:30 p.m. 

Spirit of Peace United Church of 

Christ will hold a Moravian Love Feast 

and Special Music at 5 p.m. Dec. 24 at 

the Pine Lake Community Center. 

Sammamish Presbyterian Church 

will hold family services at 3:30 and 4:30 

p.m., carols and candlelight services at 

7:30 and 9 p.m. and carols and candelight 

with communion service at 10:30 

p.m. 

Evergreen Christian Fellowship will 

have a service at 6 and 8 p.m. 

Want to have your church service included? 

E-mail samrev@isspress.com. 

or spiritual challenge or if you 

desire to make space for God in a 

peaceful setting, attend the 

Missio Lux Healing Prayer 

Service the fourth Tuesday of 

every month at 7 p.m. at Pine 

Lake Covenant Church, 1715 

228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish. 

Become a healing prayer minister 

by joining either weekly sessions 

from 9:30-11:30 a.m. 

Fridays, or monthly weekend 

classes in November, January 

and March. E-mail tamara@missiolux.org 

or call 890-3913. 

The Social Justice Book 

Group meets at 1 p.m. the third 

Monday of each month in 

Sammamish. E-mail shlcministries@yahoo.com 

for information 

on the current book being 

discussed and location. 

Celebrate Recovery, a Christcentered 

program offering support 

and a path to freedom, 

meets every Monday, 7-9 p.m. at 

Pine Lake Covenant Church, 

1715 228th Ave. S.E. For more 

info, go to www.missiolux.org, or 

call 392-8636. 

Griefshare, a support group 

for those who have lost a loved 

one is from 7-9 p.m. Thursday 

nights at Sammamish 

Presbyterian Church. 

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Moms In Touch is an interdenominational, 

prayer support 

group for moms to get together 

and pray for children and 

schools. For more information, 

call Jan Domek, Issaquah School 

District representative, at 681- 

6770, or Kelly Wotherspoon, Lake 

Washington School District representative, 

at 392-2291, or visit 

www.MomsInTouch.org. 

Pine Lake Covenant Church 

offers a ministry for children 

with special needs at 10:30 a.m. 

Sundays. Call 392-8636. 

“Caffeine for the Soul,” a 

free Judaic and Torah class for 

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

Tuesday at Caffé Ladro in 

Issaquah Highlands Shopping 

Center. Contact Chabad of the 

Central Cascades at 427-1654. 

Free Hebrew classes are 

offered through Chabad of the 

Central Cascades. Call 427-1654. 

Kabalat Shabbat is offered in 

the Chabad house at the Issaquah 

Highlands at 7 p.m. Fridays. New 

members and guests are welcome. 

Call 427-1654. 

Learn to read and speak 

Samskritam at the Vedic 

Cultural Center. To register, visit 

vedicculturalcenter.org. 

Community Bible Study, 

open to all women, meets 

Thursday mornings. To register 

for the current class, or for more 

information, visit www.redmondcbs.org. 

Bhajan Bliss. Join musicians 

and singers to learn traditional 

devotional bhajan, and how to 

make vegetarian pizzas and 

samosas from 7:30-9 p.m. Fridays 

at the Vedic Cultural Center. 

Library events 

One-on-one computer assistance 

is available at 7 p.m. Dec. 

21. 

Puppets re-create the story 

of The Gingerbread Boy in a 

program for children 3 and older 

with an adult at 4:30 and 6:30 

p.m. Dec. 13. 

A holiday concert featuring 

traditional Christmas and 

Hanukkah music is set for 1 p.m. 

Dec. 18 

A Season for Singing holiday 

concert for children 2-6 with an 

adult will share holiday traditions 

of children around the world at 

6:30 p.m. Dec. 20. 

Hello English! Learn English 

in a structured environment at 7 

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p.m. Dec. 2 and 9. 

Talk Time, conversation practice 

in English, is at 7 p.m. Dec. 

14. 

Waddler Story Time, for children 

aged 9-24 months with an 

adult is scheduled for 10 and 11 

a.m. Dec. 10. 

Musik Nest, for toddlers, is 

scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Dec. 27. 

Hindi Story Time for children 

3 and older with an adult at 

4 p.m. Dec. 9. 

The teen writers’ group is 

scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. 

Dec. 21. 

Toddler Story Time for children 

2-3 with an adult is scheduled 

for 10 a.m. Dec. 9 and 11 

a.m. Dec. 8. 

Spanish Story Time, for children 

3 and older with an adult is 

scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Dec. 11. 

Preschool Story Time, for 

ages 3-6 with an adult, is scheduled 

for 1 p.m. Dec. 10. 

The Sammamish Book 

Group will have a free read 

month and discuss the books at 7 

p.m. Dec. 15. 

Classes 

Beyond Baby Blues, a dropin 

postpartum depression support 

group, meets from 12:30-1:30 

p.m. Thursdays at New Parents 

Services, 11911 N.E. First St., No. 

300, in Bellevue. Participants 

must call to confirm 450-0332, 

ext. 3. 

Sammamish Presbyterian 

Church is hosting a series of different 

fitness classes, 

Wednesdays and Fridays 6:30- 

7:30 a.m., Tuesdays and 

Thursdays 8:30-9:30 a.m. For 

more information, contact Billie 

Donahue at 785-2880. Classes are 

free and no registration is 

required. 

The Issaquah Sammamish 

Interfaith Coalition is hosting 

English Language Classes at 6 

p.m. Wednesdays at Pine Lake 

Covenant Church. 

Volunteers needed 

This is the year of road 

Catch the the Fun Fun at at Red Red Oak Oak 

A Home for all Seasons! 

clean-ups, according to the city 

of Sammamish. The city is beginning 

to coordinate litter cleanups 

on major streets. Sign up 

with an organization, business, 

family or group of friends. Pick a 

date and the city will find a road. 

To sign up e-mail 

dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

or call 295-0556. 

Evergreen Healthcare is 

seeking volunteers to help serve 

patients throughout King County. 

Volunteers, who will be assigned 

to help people in their own 

neighborhoods, provide companionship, 

run errands, do light 

household work, or give a break 

to primary caregivers. Volunteers 

will be supported by hospital 

staff. For more information, call 

899-1040 or visit www.evergreenhealthcare.org/hospice. 

The King County Long- 

Term Care Ombudsman 

Program needs certified longterm 

care ombudsman volunteers. 

After completing a four-day 

training program, visit with residents, 

take and resolve complaints 

and advocate for residents. 

Volunteers are asked to 

donate four hours a week and 

attend selected monthly meetings. 

Contact John Stilz at 206- 

694-6747 or johns@solidground.org. 

Eastside Bluebills is a Boeing 

retiree volunteer organization 

that strives to provide opportunities 

for retirees to help others in 

need and to assist charitable and 

nonprofit organizations. Eastside 

Bluebills meet every third 

Wednesday of the month at the 

Bellevue Regional Library from 

10 a.m.-noon. Call 235-3847. 

LINKS, Looking Into the 

Needs of Kids in Schools, 

places community volunteers in 

the schools of the Lake 

Washington School District. 

Opportunities include tutoring, 

classroom assistance and lunch 

buddy. Just one hour a week can 

make a difference in a child’s life. 

For more information, e-mail 

links@lwsd.org or visit 

www.linksvolunteer.org. 

Eastside Baby Corner needs 

Independent & Customized Assisted Living Care 

Community at the foot of Mt. Si 

Voted Best in Snoqualmie Valley 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009! 

425.888.7108 650 E. North Bend Way & North Bend 

volunteers to sort incoming donations 

of clothing and toys and 

prepare items for distribution. Go 

to www.babycorner.org. 

Volunteers are needed to 

visit homebound patrons with 

the King County Library System’s 

Traveling Library Center program. 

Volunteers must be at least 

18 years old and have reliable 

transportation. Call Susan 

LaFantasie at 369-3235. 

Sammamish Citizen Corps 

Council needs volunteers to help 

support the Community 

Emergency Response Team and 

other groups. For more information 

e-mail info@sammamishcitizencorps.org, 

visit www.sammamishcitizencorps.org 

or attend 

the meeting from 7-8 p.m. first 

Wednesday of every month at 

Fire Station 82. 

Volunteer drivers are needed 

for the Senior Services Volunteer 

Transportation Program. Flexible 

hours, mileage, parking reimbursement 

and supplemental liability 

insurance are offered. Call 

206-448-5740. 

Guide Dogs for the Blind 

Eager Eye Guide Pups Club 

needs volunteers to raise puppies 

for use as guide dogs for the 

blind. For information, call Sandy 

at 644-7421. 

Volunteer Chore Services 

links volunteers with seniors or 

individuals who are disabled and 

are living on a limited income. 

Call 284-2240. 

Clubs, groups 

Teen late night. The second 

Friday of each month is teen 

night at the 

Redmond/Sammamish Boys and 

Girls Clubs. The club has a DJ, 

dancing, games, Xbox and Wii, 

movies, food and more. An ASB 

or ID card is required for admittance. 

The fee is $6. E-mail 

ahise@positiveplace.org or call 

250-4786 for more information. 

A support group for caregivers 

of people with 

Alzheimer’s meets in Issaquah. 

The group is designed to let caregivers 

gain emotional support, 

learn and share their experiences. 

The free group meets 

from 6-7:30 p.m. the second 

Thursday of each month at Faith 

United Methodist Church, 3924 

Issaquah Pine Lake Road S.E. Call 

313-7364. 

The Rotary Club of 

Sammamish meets every 

Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at the 

Bellewood Retirement 

Apartments, 3710 Providence 

Point Drive S.E. Visit www.sammamishrotary.org. 

The Sammamish Fit Club, a 

club looking to improve the 

health of the community, meets 

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

location and more information, 

call Trish at 206-605-0679 or send 

an e-mail to whyweight@comcast.net. 

To submit items for the 

Community Calendar, contact the 

editor at 392-6434, ext. 233. 

Information may be e-mailed to 

samrev@isspress.com or mailed to 

the Sammamish Review, P.O. Box 

1328, Issaquah, WA 98027. 

Items must be received by the 

Wednesday before publication. 

Do you know a deserving person? 

Perhaps it’s a teacher, local student, coach, 

community volunteer or a business owner. 

Categories: 

Arts Business Courage 

Learning Promotion Teen Spirit Youth Advocate 

Trevor Price Unsung Hero Spirit of Sammamish 

Environment New! 

Nominate! 

At 

www.sammiawards.org 

Forms also available at Sammamish Library or MailPost. 

Hurry! Nominations close December 10, 2010 

Save the date: March 18, 2011 at Eastridge Church, 

5 pm for the 10th Annual SAMMI Awards Celebration.

22• December 8, 2010 

1-Real Estate for Sale 

20 ACRES ONLY $99/mo, $0 

Down, $12,900, Great 

Deal!Near Growing El Paso, 

Texas. Owner Financing, No 

Credit Checks Money Back 

Guarantee. Free Map/Pictures. 

800-343-9444 

ARIZONA BIG BEAUTIFUL 

lots $89/mo. $0 down, $0 interest. 

Golf Course, Nat'l 

Parks. 1 hours from Tucson 

Intl't Airport. Guaranteed Financing. 

No credit check Prerecorded 

msg. (800) 631-8164 

code 4044, www.sunsitesland 

rush.com 

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 (800) 563-3005. 

www.fossmortgage.com 

44-Business Opportunity 

MAKE $30,000/YEAR. ALL 

equipment free. 4ft space, 3 

hours per week, breeding program. 

Easy Fun. $%00 min. 

invest. for breeding stock. Live 

anywhere! 509-704-1682 

63-Items for Sale/Trade 

12 GOLD COLORED Christmas 

plate chargers, $20/all. 

425-392-8415 

33” PANASONIC COLOR TV 

with storage base. Perfect for 

Wii, $125. 425-445-2299 

FASTER INTERNET! NO access 

to cable/DSL? Get connected 

with High Speed Satellite 

Internet. Call now for a limited 

time offer from WildBlue -- 

1-877-369-2553 

LARGE WALKER, like new, 

barely used. 425-281-1780 

NEW NORWOOD SAW- 

MILLS- LumberMate-Pro handles 

logs 34" diameter, mills 

boards 28" wide. Automated 

quick-cycle-sawing increases 

efficiency up to 40%! 

www.NorwoodSawmills.com/3 

00N 1-800-661-7746 Ext 300N 

 

OLDER WOODEN TYPE- 

WRITER table with folding 

leaves on sides, $20/OBO. 

425-747-3798 

ONE BOX OF like-new toys 

and games $5/each, original 

prices up to $20. 425-837- 

9816 

SOAFA BED, GREEN (Ikea), 

good condition, $120. U pick 

up. 425-753-1981 

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C 

personal items under $250 

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To place your ad call 425-392-6434 Deadline: Monday Noon 

63-Items for Sale/Trade 

SHIRLEY TEMPLE COLLEC- 

TOR dolls - Heather, Little Colonel, 

Rebecca of Sunnybrook 

Farms, $15/each. 425-392- 

8415 

TWO WHEELCHAIRS, NEAR- 

LY new, Everest/Jennings, 

burgundy, manual, extra wide. 

One with elevating footrest. 

$195/each. 206-600-0425 

65-Firewood & Fuel 

FIREWOOD, FIR, CUT 16-18" 

lengths, $165/cord. 425-417- 

5669 

117-Classes/Seminars 

ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE 

from home. *Medical, *Business, 

*Paralegal, *Accounting, 

*Criminal Justice. Job placement 

assistance. Computer 

available. Financial aid if qualified. 

Call 866-483-4429; 

www.CenturaOnline.com 

134-Help Wanted 

DELIVER NEWSPAPERS 

ONCE a week in Issaquah 

and/or Sammamish as an independent 

contractor for the 

Issaquah Press Inc. Pick up 

papers late afternoon Tuesday 

at our office in Issaquah, 45 

Front St. South, and deliver up 

to 5 p.m., Wednesday. Must 

have a reliable car and valid 

driver’s license. Compensation 

is per paper delivered, but 

averages $10-$12/hour, no 

mileage compensation. Respond 

via email only, ip-circu 

lation@issaquahpress.com, 

with any questions, and how 

many hours you can dedicate 

per week within the delivery 

time period, how many people 

would normally be in the car, 

(some routes are easier with 2 

people), where you live, when 

you can start, and any prior 

experience you may have. 

DRIVER -- NEW Pay Plan with 

Quarterly Bonus Incentive! 

Lots of freight. Daily or Weekly 

Pay. Van and Refrigerated. 

CDL-A, 6 months recent experience. 

800-414-9569. www. 

driveknight.com 

DRIVERS -- COMPANY Drivers. 

Up to 40k First Year. New 

Team Pay! Up to .48c/mile 

CDL Training Available. Regional 

Locations. (877) 369- 

7105. www.centraldrivingjobs. 

net 

MEDICAL BILLING ASSIS- 

TANT, P/T. Typing skills, 

some experience desired. 

kimreno66@gmail.com 

134-Help Wanted 

SET APPOINTMENTS WITH 

home owners for Free Estimates 

on Home Improvement 

Services. Flexible Hours/Work 

Outdoors. Training/marketing 

materials provided. Apply Online 

today at www. 

TLC4HOMES.com 

WARM, CARING HOST FAMI- 

LIES needed for high school 

exchange students. Volunteer 

today! Call 1 (866) GO-AFICE 

or visit afice.org 

142-Services 

DIVORCE $135. $165 with 

children. No court appearances. 

Complete preparation. Includes, 

custody, support, property 

division and bills. BBB 

member. (503) 772-5295. 

www.paralegalalternatives. 

com divorce@usa.com 

146-Health & Fitness 

FREE FIRST NIA CLASS! 

Positively shape the way you 

feel, look, think and live. 

Nia is a sensory-based 

movement practice that leads 

to health, wellness, fitness 

that empowers people of all 

shapes and sizes by connecting 

body, mind, emotions, 

spirit. Classes are taken barefoot 

to soul-stirring music. Blue 

Heron Ranch Studio, Sammamish 

Tuesday, Thursday, 

Saturday, 9:30AM and every 

other Wednesday, 6:30PM. 

425-868-3475 

www.randeefox.com 

www.nianow.com 

210-Public Notices 

02-2035 LEGAL NOTICE 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

CITY OF SAMMAMISH 

SPECIAL JOINT MEETING 

WITH PLANNING 

COMMISSION 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Sammamish City Council will 

hold a special joint meeting on 

December 14, 2010 beginning 

at 6:30 pm. The meeting 

will be held at 801 228th Avenue 

SE, Sammamish, WA 

98075 in the Council Chambers. 

Additional information about 

the meeting may be obtained 

by contacting the City Clerk 

Melonie Anderson at (425) 

295-0511 or via email at manderson@ci.sammamish.wa.us 

Published in Sammamish 

Review on 12/08/10 




NOTICE OF MEETING 

Propositon to Authorize the 

District to Levy Additional 

Tax - Lake Washington 

School District Classroom 

Additions 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Sammamish City Council will 

consider a resolution of the 

Board of Directors of Lake 

Washington School District 

#411 providing for the submission 

to the qualified electors of 

the district at a special election 

to be held therein on February 

8, 2011, of a proposition to authorize 

the District to levy an 

additional tax to provide a total 

of $65,400,000 for the District’s 

Capital Project Fund for 

the purpose of building classroom 

additions and expansion 

of core facilities and temporary 

structures at Redmond High 

School and Eastlake High 

School and to construct and 

equip one new secondary 

school, such levies to be made 

for six years commencing in 

2012 for collection in the 

school years from 2012-2013 

and 2017-2018. 

The meeting will begin at 6:30 

pm on December 14, 2010 

and will be held in at 801 

228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, 

WA 98075 in the Council 

Chambers. Anyone wishing to 

speak for or against this resolution 

is invited to do so. 

Additional information about 

the meeting may be obtained 

by contacting the City Clerk 

Melonie Anderson at (425) 

295-0511 or via email at manderson@ci.sammamish.wa.us 


Review onn 12/08/10 



NOTICE OF DECISION 

SHORT PLAT PLN2010- 

00015 

MICHAEL LAUZON 3 LOT 

SHORT PLAT 

Project File Number: 

PLN2010-00015 

Permit Classification: 

Type II 

Applicant: Michael Lauzon 

Parcel Number: 0424069173 

Date of Application: 

05/25/10 

Date of Notice of Completeness: 

06/14/10 

Date of Notice of Application: 

06/17/10 

Public Comment Period: 

06/17/10 through 07/08/10 

Project Description: Proposal 

to divide an approximate 1.8 

acre parcel into 3 single-family 

residential lots 

Project Location: 1717 

223rd Ave SE, Sammamish, 

WA; Sec. 04, T. 24N., R. 6E., 

W.M.; King County Assessor’s 

Tax Parcel #0424069173 

Date/Time of Public Hearing: 


Type 2 Permit – None required 

Staff Member Assigned: 

Rob Garwood, Senior Planner 

SEPA Determination: SEPA 

Exempt per WAC 197-11- 

800(6)(a) 

Date SEPA Determination: 

N/A 

Decision: Approved with 

Conditions 

Date of Decision: 12.01.10 

Appeal Period: December 2 

through December 23, 2010 

Per SMC 20.05 the appeal 

period for this decision is 21 

calendar days from the date 

of the notice of decision. All 

Notice of Appeals must be 

made in writing with the appropriate 

filing fee and received 

by the Department of Community 

Development by 

5:00pm on the last day of the 

Appeal Period. The Department 

of Community Development 

is located at: 801 228th 

Avenue SE, Sammamish, 

Washington 98075. Business 

Hours: Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

(Tel: 425.295.0500) 

Inquiries regarding the application, 

comment period, 

decision and appeal process 

as well as requests to view 

documents pertinent to the 

proposal, including environmental 

documents may be 

made at the City of Sammamish 

City offices. 





NOTICE OF PUBLIC 

HEARING 

OF THE CITY OF 

SAMMAMISH 

PLANNING COMMISSION 

Proposed Changes to 

Sammamish Municipal Code 

(SMC) 

Notice is hereby given under 

SMC 24.25.160 that the City of 

Sammamish Planning Commission 

will hold a public hearing 

regarding proposed 

changes to the Sammamish 

Municipal Code. 


SUMMARY of AMEND- 

MENTS: The Planning Commission 

is considering amendments 

to the Sammamish Municipal 

Code. The proposed 

amendments to the Sammamish 

Municipal Code will: 

1) Authorize professional offices 

in the R-12 through R-18 

zones in the Inglewood and 

Pine Lake Centers. This 

would allow licensed professionals 

such as real estate 

agents, doctors, engineers, 

accountants and similar professions 

to establish offices in 

these areas. 

2) Prohibit the keeping of 

chicken roosters (but would 

not affect the keeping of chicken 

hens). There have been 

approximately two complaints 

in the past few years related to 

the noise produced by roosters 

being kept in the City. 

HEARING SCHEDULE: The 

City of Sammamish City Council 

will hold a Public Hearing 

on December 16, 2010, starting 

at 6:30 PM at the City of 

Sammamish City Hall, located 

at 801 - 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish. 

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: 

A copy of the draft amendments 

may be obtained by visiting 

the City’s website at 

www.ci.sammamish.wa.us or 

by contacting City of Sammamish, 

contact name and 

address listed below. 

CITY CONTACT AND PUB- 

LIC COMMENTS SUBMIT- 

TED TO: Debbie Beadle, 

Community Development, 

Sammamish City Hall, 801- 

228th Ave SE, Sammamish, 

WA 98075, phone: (425) 295- 

0500, email: dbeadle@ci. 

sammamish.wa.us. 





NOTICE OF PUBLIC 

HEARING 


PLANNING COMMISSION 

Proposed Changes to 

Sammamish Municipal Code 

(SMC) 

Notice is hereby given under 


SMC 24.25.160 that the City of 

Sammamish Planning Commission 

will hold a public hearing 

regarding proposed 

changes to the Sammamish 

Municipal Code. 

SUMMARY of AMEND- 

MENTS: An ordinance for 

electric vehicle charging stations 

which would amend the 

city’s municipal code to 1)Add 

definitions for the various aspects 

of the electric vehicle infrastructure, 

2)Amend the Permitted 

Uses Tables in SMC 

21A.20 and 21 B to make allowances 

for the installation of 

charging stations and battery 

exchange stations as a primary 

or accessory use, 3) 

Modify the parking standards 

to indicate the number of parking 

stalls that need to be provided 

in parking lot or parking 

garage, 4) Restrict general 

parking in designated electric 

charging parking spaces 

HEARING SCHEDULE: The 

City of Sammamish Planning 

Commission will hold a Public 

Hearing on December 16, 

2010, starting at 7:00 PM at 

the City of Sammamish City 

Hall, located at 801 - 228th 

Ave. SE, Sammamish. 

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: 

A copy of the draft amendments 

may be obtained by visiting 

the City’s website at 

www.ci.sammamish.wa.us or 

by contacting City of Sammamish, 

contact name and 

address listed below. 

CITY CONTACT AND PUB- 

LIC COMMENTS SUBMIT- 

TED TO: Rob Garwood, 

Community Development, 

Sammamish City Hall, 801- 

228th Ave SE, Sammamish, 

WA 98075, phone: (425) 295- 

0524, email: 

rgarwood@ci.sammamish.wa. 

us 


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