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10 • December 8, 2010 SAMMAMISH REVIEW
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
other Metro products, such as
passes and ticket books, also
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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-
6722 toll free.
Sound Transit seeks
residents for citizen
oversight group
Sound Transit needs Issaquah
residents to help the agency plan,
build and operate the regional
transit system.
The agency needs a volunteer
to serve on the 15-member
Citizen Oversight Panel. Several
other positions open next year as
current members’ terms expire.
Citizen Oversight Panel members
represent broad interests,
professional expertise and experience.
The group meets semimonthly
during regular business
hours. Members dig into agency
details, ask tough questions and
report findings to the Sound
Transit board.
Applicants must be registered
to vote inside the Sound Transit
district — the congested area in
King, Pierce and Snohomish
counties. Issaquah is inside the
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boundary. Applicants must also
reside or work inside the boundary.
The panel seeks members
with expertise in one or more
areas: business and finance management,
engineering, large projects
construction management,
public facilities and service, government
processes, and public
policy development or review.
Send a one-page letter and a
resume to Sound Transit Board
Chairman Aaron Reardon, 401 S.
Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104-
2826. The application materials
must be received by Dec. 30.
The letter should include a
brief statement of interest in
serving on the panel, specific
qualifications, and highlights of
related experience and expertise.
Governor appoints
former candidate to
state post
Suzan DelBene lost the race to
unseat the Issaquah representative,
Congressman Dave Reichert,
in November, but the Microsoft
alumna has been appointed to a
political post in Olympia instead
of the other Washington.
Gov. Chris Gregoire last week
appointed DelBene as director of
the state Department of Revenue,
the agency responsible for tax
collection.
DelBene has been tapped to
lead the department as Gregoire
seeks to simplify the tax system.
“Suzan’s background with both
large and small businesses will
be an asset as the Department of
Revenue works to simplify the
tax code and reduce costs for
businesses,” Gregoire said in a
statement.
The governor announced the
appointment less than a month
after Election Day. DelBene garnered
48 percent in the 8th
Congressional District race to
unseat Reichert.
The former candidate has a
University of Washington MBA
and spent more than 20 years in
the business realm, including
stints at Microsoft and drugstore.com.
“I know how businesses work
and what government can do to
help lay a strong foundation for
the private sector,” DelBene said.
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