Several councilmembers called on the regulations to be a living document, which would be amended as needed if future camps expose weaknesses in the plans.

Others noted that homeless-ness is a much bigger issue than the couple dozen people who stay at camps such as Tent City.

“We’re not dealing with the homeless. We’re dealing with some of the homeless,” Mayor Tom Vance said.

“We need to develop a holistic solution, as a nation, to deal with this,” Councilman Tom Odell said.

Failed amendments

A pair of amendments that would have created notification requirements broader than the city’s standard failed.

The first, suggested by Odell, would have required notifying property owners within 1,000 feet of the host site of a commu-nity meeting to discuss the camp. The typical notification require-ment – for developments – is 500 feet.

Odell said the larger num-ber is the same size as a drug-free school zone, while Councilwoman Kathleen Huckabay said the wider zone would allow greater transpar-ency.

Others failed to see the benefit of the larger size. Councilman

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By Ari Cetron

Homeless camps will be allowed to stay longer in Sammamish than in any other Eastside city under regulations approved by the City Council July 2.

After hours’ worth of emo-tional pleas on both sides of the issue, the council unanimously approved the regulations.

Under the new rules, camps will be permitted to stay in Sammamish for four months – the standard on the Eastside is three months. After the stay, however, the camp won’t be back for a while. A camp is only allowed in the city once per year. And it may only stay in the same place once every 18 months. The 18-month clock starts ticking on the day the camp leaves.

Over the objections of some residents, there will be no ran-dom background checks, but there will be warrant checks (see sidebar) when the camp first comes to town, and again for each new camper who arrives during its stay.

The city began studying the issue last October, when Tent City IV, a traveling homeless camp, stayed at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church for three months. Until then, city leaders had never expected the camp to come to Sammamish, owing to the city’s relative paucity of access to transit and other ser-vices.

Before voting, the City Council discussed the matter briefly. They noted that localities cannot reject a church’s bid to host the camps, since courts have recog-nized helping the homeless is part of a religious organization’s freedom of religion. However, the rules sought to balance that right with the public safety con-cerns of residents.

Sammamish approves homeless camp regulations

See CAMPS, Page 3

By Ari Cetron

It was only supposed to take a couple minutes, but instead. approval of a long-term plan for parks improvements turned into a testy exchange between the Sammamish city manager and a city councilman.

The council ended up approving the parks’ capital improvements plan on a 5-2 vote, with councilmen Ramiro Valderrama and Tom Odell dis-senting at a July 1 meeting.

The council had previously discussed the issue in a June 10

study session. The six-year plan lays out a wish list of new parks-related features and suggests when the city might begin to study or build them.

It does not appropriate any funds for any of the projects; that must still happen through the normal budgeting pro-cess. If everything were to be built as scheduled, the plan would cost $35.7 million over those six years. Of that, $22.6 million would go to the new Community Center.

Valderrama criticized the plan. He said it simply lays out

what the city wants to buy, but does not list what the priorities are. He argued that the City Council needs to know those priorities, and to be able to place them within a larger bud-get context, in order to make decisions about which ones to fund.

City Manager Ben Yazici appeared frustrated with the line of questioning, since many of these issues had already been raised during the study session.

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Sammamish Parks plan approved after testy exchange

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The Lake Washington School Board voted unanimously June 23 to raise the district’s ASB fees while reducing athletic participa-tion fees.

The changes occurred with two separate votes. Board President Jackie Pendergrass was absent.

Superintendent Traci Pierce said the district last changed its ASB fee schedule in the 2006-07

school year. The programs the fees pay for, such as after-school clubs, have grown more expen-sive and are necessitating the changes, Pierce said.

Fees for middle-school stu-dents will go up from $20 to $25, while high-school fees will rise from $40 to $50. Students at choice schools, such as Tesla STEM and International Community School, will see their

fees go from $25 to $30. Those schools do not have in-house sports programs, which helps keep their fees lower.

The athletic fee reduction is in response to growing revenue. Pierce said the district had raised fees in 2009-10 in response to state budget cuts.

At the time, a parent survey said the community would rather see athletic fees increased in

order to reduce impacts on the classroom. Now that state fund-ing is recovering, the district can afford to reduce the fees once again, Pierce said.

The fee for an individual stu-dent playing a single sport will go from $105 to $75 at the middle-school level. The individual cap will go from $210 to $150, and the family cap will go from $315 to $225.

For high-school students, the individual single-sport fee will go from $275 to $200. The individual cap will go from $550 to $400, and the family cap from $1,000 to $725.

The district expects the change to cost $330,000 next year.

Pierce said the district will maintain its policy of allowing students from lower-income fam-ilies to apply for waivers.

Lake Washington schools adjust student fee structure

Sammamish needs artists

The city of Sammamish is looking for help in dress-ing up what is often a dry sort of document.

Sammamish is in the midst of a once-a-decade rewrite of its comprehen-sive plan, and city leaders want an artist to help illus-trate the plan.

The Comprehensive Plan is a guide which underlies land use, trans-portation, housing, eco-nomic development, parks and other long-term pro-grams.

The artwork would find

ways to symbolize creativ-ity and energy. It could include work such as pho-tos, poems and abstract designs.

While open to anyone, the city will give prefer-ence to Sammamish resi-dents. More than one artist may be selected, and the artist selected is expected to coordinate with the city’s consultant in devel-oping the work. A stipend of $800 will be divided among those chosen.

The deadline to apply is July 18, and the artist or artists will be notified by Aug. 22. For details and to apply, visit http://www.

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Thiele receives salary boost

When the Issaquah School Board recently renewed the contract of Superintendent Ron Thiele, they gave him a raise of 2.5 percent.

Thiele, who took over as head of the Issaquah School District in July 2013, will make $235,750 in the com-ing year. That’s up from $230,000 last year. The new contract was approved at the board’s June 26 meeting.

Board members cited several reasons for renew-ing Thiele’s contract, including his work to pass three levy measures in

February, and helping to negotiate a new three-year collective bargaining agree-ment with the local teach-ers union.

EFR celebrates 60th Fill the Boot to fund muscular dystrophy research

On June 13, Eastside Fire & Rescue, members of International Association of Fire Fighters Local No. 2878 and the Muscular Dystrophy Association cel-ebrated their 60th annual Fill the Boot fundraiser.

Firefighters campaigned at intersections in Issaquah, Sammamish and North Bend, seeking donations from passing cars. Together, they raised $13,000 in a

four-hour period.Funds raised will

help support the MDA’s programs of worldwide research, specialized health care services and 13-to-13 support, which includes sending children affected by muscular dystrophy and related diseases to a week-long, barrier-free MDA summer camp at Camp Seymour in Gig Harbor.

Businesses pass liquor test

All 15 businesses in Sammamish that sell alco-hol refused sale to a minor earlier this month as part of a sting operation.

Sammamish Police, in conjunction with the Washington State Liquor Control Board, conducted

the operation June 13 by having a 19-year-old male enter the various stores and restaurants and attempt to purchase alco-hol, under the supervision of law enforcement.

Police conducted the effort as part of a larger plan to combat underage drinking, and underage drinking and driving called the IDEA project. In a simi-lar sting last year, seven of the 15 businesses sold alcohol to the minor. Police applauded the efforts of the local businesses.

The businesses that denied liquor service to a minor were Trader Joes, Bartell Drugs, Safeway, M.O.D. Pizza, Sammamish Highlands 76, Pine Lake Ale House, Ristorante Simone, Plateau Shell, Lanponi Thai, Jackson Shell, QFC, Rite Aid, La Casita, August Moon and Hungry Bear Market (Chevron).

Coyle taking over as Creekside principal

Tera Coyle, who has served as principal at Discovery Elementary School since 2008, will become principal at Creekside Elementary starting in the 2014-15 school year.

Issaquah School District Superintendent Ron Thiele announced Coyle’s appointment in a June 18 email to Creekside families. Creekside began looking for a new principal recently after Robin Earl announced her resignation.

Thiele said he chose Coyle, in part, because of parental input received through an online survey. Coyle has worked for the Issaquah district since 2004, serving as a fifth-grade teacher at Challenger Elementary before taking the reins at Discovery in 2008.

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understand them or the people who live there.

Those in favor of stricter rules disagreed with these characterizations.

Fong Lu pointed to the eight arrests that happened while Tent City was in

Sammamish.“It’s not based on fear,

it’s based on data,” Lu said.Rachel Shively pointed

out that compassion goes two ways, and the church-es should consider their neighbors.

“I also have compassion for the people with con-cerns,” she said.

With the adoption of the new regulations, the earli-est a homeless camp could come to Sammamish would be January 2015.

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Ramiro Valderrama said he feared a wider radius than the existing standard could make the require-ment seem too onerous, and something that would therefore not survive court scrutiny.

The idea failed 5-2, with Odell and Huckabay in support.

The other failed amendment, offered by Councilwoman Nancy Whitten, would require those same notices to be mailed 20 days prior to the meeting, instead of the city’s standard of 15 days. She said that when mailing time is accounted for, the extra time makes sense.

Valderrama again noted that making the time period longer could be considered too oner-ous, since it conflicts with standard city procedures.

That amendment also failed.

Emotional testimony

Dozens of speakers gave testimony about the regulations. Many of them had spoken at a June 3 public hearing, but others were making a first appearance.

The faith community turned out in droves to speak in favor of gener-

ally looser rules. They noted that while they have a right to help homeless people as part of their religious expres-sion, they also feel they have a moral obligation to do so.

“Ministering to the homeless is not a politi-cal issue,” said Michael Ramos, executive director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle.

Mary Doerrer, of Sammamish, noted that the city has piled up acco-lades for being friendly, well-managed and an oth-erwise great place to live. She suggested the city should seek to add “com-passionate” to the list.

She further noted that stricter rules make it difficult for people in Sammamish to help those less fortunate.

“This could only result in an inability to love our neighbors as ourselves,” she said.

Still others said that those in favor of stricter rules were simply afraid of the camps and did not

Background or warrant?

Throughout the discussion of the homeless camps, there have been people who used the terms “back-ground check” and “warrant check” synonymously. They are different processes.

All campers will be subjected to warrant checks when they arrive in Sammamish. This check will show if there is a warrant for their arrest anywhere in the state, and should also turn up most felony war-rants nationwide. In both cases, it depends on the

law enforcement agency issuing the warrant to enter it into the proper database. The same check will also show if the person is a registered sex offender, said Sammamish Police Chief Nate Elledge.

A background check shows the times a person might have been arrested in the past.

Tent City IV has long mandated warrant checks and up-to-date sex-offender statuses for its residents. The city’s new regulations codify that behavior not only for Tent City, but also for any other camps which might come into Sammamish.

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sion, here, two weeks ago,” Yazici said. “I’m trying to understand what are the new questions here we haven’t discussed.”

Others on the council generally agreed the city should have a broader dis-cussion of parks, including taking a longer-term look and prioritizing the plans.

“Is it too big a wish list?” said Councilwoman Nancy Whitten.

However, Whitten said, that discussion should wait for another time.

Odell said he did not feel comfortable voting on the overall plan until details of some specific projects had been fleshed out.

Projects

The approved plan calls for a series of projects to be undertaken next year. Again, each of the items must still be approved during the city’s budget process.

u $340,000 for a bath-room at Sammamish Landing Park. Of that, $100,000 is related to the cost of making a connec-tion to a sewer line.

u $200,000 would fund projects at Beaver Lake Preserve, including restora-tion of the picnic meadow and some trail work.

u $25,000 for trail work at Evans Creek Preserve.

u $300,000 for a trail connecting the Sammamish Commons to Big Rock Park.

u $250,000 for land acquisition.

u $21.7 million for the Community Center.

u $50,000 to begin a study for a potential indoor field house on land owned by the YMCA near Pine Lake Middle School.

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tional leader who excels at collaborating with staff and parents to ensure all stu-dents thrive and succeed,” Thiele wrote.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know the Creekside students, par-ents and staff,” Coyle said in a statement. “I know that I am going to be fill-ing big shoes, but I know that Robin Earl has left Creekside in a really great place.”

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OPINIONReview editorial

Use marijuanaresponsibly

Marijuana.No matter how you feel about it, it’s now legal to

purchase and smoke it in the state of Washington. (Leave it to officials to sort out the federal vs. state issue, though at this point, no one has announced plans to crack down on people who take a toke.)

And although Sammamish looks likely to ban it in the city, 24 retailers in the Puget Sound area were granted licenses this week by the state Liquor Control Board.

A majority of voters wanted marijuana, and now we all have it. In order to turn that initiative and vote into a real win, people must be responsible with their pot.

Don’t share your weed with your teenaged son or daughter. Marijuana for anyone under 21 is still illegal.

Don’t leave your stash out where your pets can get into it. (And don’t blow the smoke into their faces. It isn’t humane to get an animal high.)

Just as driving drunk is illegal, driving stoned is illegal. Police have received training and are able to identify people under the influence of marijuana – you will be caught. So be patient and don’t take a hit on the way home. Purchase your Doritos before you smoke or call for takeout when you get the munch-ies.

Don’t smoke in public. Part of the initiative states you can only partake in private – not at a park or restaurant.

Don’t buy in bulk. Possession of up to one ounce is legal (or up to 16 ounces in a solid form or 72 ounces in a liquid form), anything more is too much.

If you don’t smoke, no one is going to force you to, but you might see some benefits.

The state estimates marijuana could bring in up to $2 billion in tax revenue over the next five years. Whether you smoke or not, you should be pleased that social services may be saved, children may get better educations and roads may get fixed with more money available in the piggybank.

Along with Colorado, we’re engaging in an experi-ment in how well this can work. Let’s set a positive, national example.

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Stop prosecuting medical marijuana patients

Our country is home to the world’s largest population of prison-ers; some of those prisoners are ill and serving time for medical mari-juana (cannabis) related charges, despite being in compliance with state law.

The Obama Administration has repeatedly claimed that it’s not tar-geting individual patients. However, the U.S. Department of Justice has spent more than $3 million to prosecute Eastern Washington resi-dent Larry Harvey and four other state-authorized medical cannabis

patients, known as the “Kettle Falls 5.”

Seattle native and New York Times columnist Timothy Egan puts it this way: “If Larry Harvey, at the age of 70, with his gout and high blood pressure and bum knee, gets the mandatory 10-year term, he’s likely to die in prison, certainly not the last casualty of the assault on our citizens known as the War on Drugs. For him, freedom is just another word his congresswoman likes to throw around on the Fourth of July.”

Congress has the opportunity to put end to this unjust federal inter-ference. Sen. Rand Paul’s (K-Ky.)

and Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) medical marijuana amendment to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill would end the funding that is currently used to arrest, raid and prosecute legitimate patients and care providers.

The U.S. House of Representatives already took a first step toward justice when it passed the amendment, 219-189 on May 30. Now it’s time for the Senate to take a stand and vote in favor of the Paul-Booker amendment and end to the war on patients.

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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D), 511 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3441; http://cantwell.senate.gov/; 915 Second Ave., Suite 512, Seattle, WA 98174; 206-220-6400

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D), 173 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; 202-224-2621; http://murray.senate.gov/; Jackson Federal Building, Room 2988, 915 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98174; 206-553-5545

U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-8th District), 1730 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; 202-225-7761; 22605 SE 56th St., Ste. 130, Issaquah, WA 98029; 425-677-7414; www.house.gov/reichert

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Mystery gunSammamish police

responded to the upstairs portion of City Hall at 4 p.m. June 27 when depu-ties in the King County Sheriff’s Office based in Sammamish found a rifle.

The weapon was not tagged and had no clear owner information. It appeared to broken. The Sammamish officer took it to the Woodinville substa-tion upon orders from his captain.

Car prowlA Sammamish woman

reported someone entered her unlocked car on the 4200 block of 230th Way Southeast overnight between June 25 and 26, and took a leather bag and makeup worth $40 total.

Party house broken up

A Sammamish woman called police after she noticed teenagers hav-ing a party in an empty house on the 23700 block of Northeast 22nd Street at

about 10:11 p.m. June 26. The owner of the home is in the process of sel

ling it, so it is unoc-cupied. When officers arrived, most of the teens fled into the woods, but officers were able to corral about six of them.

The teens said they’d understood the house was empty and open for par-ties, and there had been back-to-back parties in the house since school ended. Officers noted the large number of beer and liquor bottles, and the general condition of the house, and believed the teens weren’t exaggerating.

Parking problemsPolice responded to the

Saxony condominiums on the 500 block of 225th Lane Northeast at about 8 p.m. June 25 after someone reported he heard a woman yelling angrily. When offi-cers arrived, they could clearly hear the woman yelling, even though they were outside.

After determining the correct condo unit, they contacted the woman. She said she was upset about the way other residents in the complex park their cars.

She said she was glad people could hear her, and she hoped the inconsider-ate parkers were among

those who could hear her. The officer said the parking lot is on private property, so he couldn’t do anything about the issue.

However, he could cite the woman for a noise dis-turbance if she continued to yell. After asking for her name, and explaining the citation process and asso-ciated costs, the woman stopped yelling.

Pipes foundOn June 22, a young girl

staying with her mother at the domestic violence shel-ter in Sammamish found that another resident of the shelter had five glass pipes of the sort commonly used for smoking methamphet-amine.

A shelter employee turned the pipes over for disposal and told police she would begin the process of evicting the woman who was in possession of the pipes.

Goo foundA Sammamish woman

called police to report that her car, parked on the 3000 block of 230th Lane Southeast, was covered in a sticky substance overnight between June 19 and 20.

The car was a company car bought for her that day. The officer found the entire car covered in globs

of sticky, clear goo. The substance did not appear to be a liquid.

The officer noted the car was parked under a tree, so the substance could have been sap, but since the car was so thoroughly covered, he could not be sure.

No ornamentationA Sammamish woman

reported that someone had taken the hood orna-ment from her BMW on the 2000 block of 277th Avenue Southeast some-time between 12:30-5 p.m. June 22.

Mostly lockedA Sammamish man

reported someone had bro-ken into his locked vehicle parked on the 3000 block of 230th Lane Southeast overnight between June 17 and 18.

The culprit took books, CDs, clothing, a GPS unit and an electronic reader worth an estimated total of $310. He said that while the doors were locked, he’d left the windows cracked open.

The resident suspects someone was able to use a hanger to unlock the door.

More than $4 per gallon

A business owner along East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast report-ed June 21 that over the past three weeks, someone had siphoned gas from his company van. He estimat-ed he’d lost $150 in fuel.

VandalismA citizen reported June

23 that there were a series of spray-painted words and symbols on the Puget

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Fourth on the Plateau brings out families for fun

Larry Williams, left, and Norm Bottenberg of the Sammamish Rotary Club run the barbecue at the Fourth on the Plateau event at the Sammamish Commons.

Foundation Baptist Church members Lucas Hadley, left, and Bryan Wilson create fun balloon shapes for children at a booth during the Fourth on the Plateau event.

The Heuchert family - from left, 7-year-old Kyle, 9-year-old Ryan, and mother Sharon - enjoy a picnic dinner prior to the fireworks.

Jasper Baran, 18 months old, was all smiles as he danced along to the music of BottleRockIt at the Fourth on the Plateau festivities.

Discovery Elementary School students Anna Koturanova, center, and sister Anastasia Koturanova, right, create some Independence Day art with the help of YMCA volunteer Hannah Qin, left.

Jami Krause of Evergreen Balloons was surrounded by eager children looking to capture one of her colorful creations during the Fourth on the Plateau event.

Hannah Couture was kept busy dishing up treats from Simply Kettle Co. during the Fourth on the Plateau event.

Members of the band BottleRockIt perform for crowd at the Fourth on the Plateau event at the Sammamish Commons.

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By Neil Pierson

For the Eastlake Baseball Club’s Single-A American Legion team, its July 2 nonleague out-ing against Olympic served dual purposes.

Eastlake’s 15-and-under squad did a lot of positive things. It col-lected 12 hits, capitalized on 13 walks and hit batters, and over-whelmed Olympic in a 16-7 vic-tory at the Eastlake High School field.

But there were also plenty of things to improve upon, the play-ers and head coach Russell Bair indicated.

“I think we can be better in the dugout,” said Ben Lathwell, who will be entering ninth grade this fall. “Like, we were sitting on the bench and not cheering each other on. We can get into the

game and … not be mosey and lazy in the dugout.”

Free passes were also an issue for Eastlake, as pitchers Branden Stevenson, Bryce Freshour and Cole Brinkman combined to walk eight Olympic hitters, and hit two others.

“Our guys, for the most part, throw pretty good,” Bair said. “I think today’s heat just got to them a little bit. But when they’re throwing strikes and the defense plays solid behind them, you can’t ask for much more than that.”

Eastlake overcame their mis-takes with a potent offense, scor-ing in every inning.

After Olympic took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, Eastlake responded with three runs in

Photo by Neil PiersonEastlake starting pitcher Branden Stevenson helped his team to a Single-A American Legion baseball victory over Olympic July 2, allowing two runs in three innings.

Offensive surge powers Eastlake 15Us to victory

Contributed photo by Lisa LoThe Northwest Bullets 16-and-under fastpitch team, which features three Skyline High School players, qualified for the Premier Girls Fastpitch national tournament to be held July 19-27 in Huntington Beach, Calif. Pictured in the back row, left to right: Head coach Kris Zacher, assistant coach Ali Hooks, Kendall Kauzlarich (Liberty), Maddy Trout (Mount Si), Megan Marino (Bothell), Lauren Lo (Skyline), Marnie Skinner (Moses Lake), Camille Goo (Skyline), and assistant coach Greg Erwin. Front row: Kelsey Bechtholdt (Granite Falls), Molly Spaniac (Skyline), Justi Johnson (Issaquah), Sydney Schultz (Issaquah), Morgan Bevell (Issaquah), Madelyn Carlson (Enumclaw) and assistant coach Tom Kauzlarich.

Northwest Bullets head to Premier Girls Fastpitch national tourney

Photo by Neil PiersonShortstop Cole Brinkman throws out an Olympic runner during Eastlake’s 16-7 victory in a July 2 Single-A American Legion baseball game at Eastlake High School.

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its half, a rally keyed by Lucas Hansell’s RBI single and a throwing error.

Patrick Palmer’s long triple led to another run in the second inning, putting Eastlake up 4-2. Palmer helped lead his team’s attack, finishing 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored.

He said the team had good approaches at the plate.

“We had really good at-bats,” Palmer said. “We didn’t really watch the third (strike) a lot. We just actually came ready to play today.”

In the third inning, Eastlake stretched its lead to 10-2, piling up six runs on six hits. Palmer, Brinkman and Luke Scholz all had RBI hits dur-ing the rally.

Olympic, however, got things going after Freshour relieved Stevenson in the fourth inning. They scored five times on five hits, pulling within 10-7.

They didn’t score again.Freshour and Brinkman

wriggled out of trouble a couple times, stranding six batters in the last three innings. Brinkman took over in the sixth with a two-on, one-out situation and struck out Olympic’s Kolby Johnson and Griffin Lax.

In the seventh, after Olympic had loaded the

bases, Brinkman caught Nathaniel Ridgeway look-ing at the third strike to end the game.

By that time, too, Eastlake had built another big cushion, using a Reid Pierzchalski RBI double in the fifth and an RBI triple from Scholz in the sixth.

“It’s really satisfying – our boys have been hitting the ball real well and play-ing solid defense,” Bair said. “Our pitchers are doing exactly what we ask, so it’s been pretty great.”

Many of the players on the Single-A Legion team have finished their freshman year at Eastlake,

and could challenge for varsity time in 2015 if they continue to improve. For Lathwell and Palmer, there’s plenty of work to do during the summer.

“One of my goals is to maybe get better with my hitting and my stance,” Lathwell said, “and how I field – get better in the infield and in the outfield.”

Palmer said he needs to hit the gym and lift weights more often.

“I’m not really the big-gest kid on the field,” he said.

There’s a sense of excitement and purpose filtering through the

Eastlake baseball com-munity, due in large part to the high-school varsity winning its first confer-ence title this spring, and last summer’s Little League team that reached the World Series.

Bair credits Eastlake High School coach Kevin Agnew, too.

“The hype around our program is just great,” Bair said. “Agnew has done an incredible job getting parents involved, getting parents to buy in, kids to buy in. We’ve got a great coaching staff through our whole program, and so it’s just been unbelievable.”

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Photo by Neil PiersonEastlake batter Reid Pierzchalski puts a charge into the ball during a July 2 Single-A American Legion baseball game. Pierzchalski had an RBI double, one of 12 Eastlake hits in its 16-7 win.

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By Craig SmithSpecial to The Seattle Times

Last year, Mark Anguiano was hoping to get invited to the Sahalee Players Championship but didn’t.

This year, he got invited after a stellar senior season at Cal State-Fullerton in which he was one of the low scorers in college golf. On Wednesday, he made the most of it by winning the 21st annual event at Sahalee Country Club event in Sammamish, mak-ing two dramatic late-round putts to fend off challeng-ers.

Anguiano made a 25-foot, par-saving putt on the par-4 16th hole after hitting his tee shot into a fairway bunker. Then he sank a 55-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole.

The result was a 1-under-par round of 71 and a four-stroke victory, with a four-round, 8-under 280-stroke total for the 21-year-old from Whittier, Calif.

It’s easily the biggest victory of his career as the SPC is ranked as the 21st-best amateur tournament in the world by the Scratch Players Group, an interna-

tional organization.“I’ve hit it better before,

but for four straight (rounds), I’ve never been more consistent, espe-cially short game,” he said. “That’s the best I’ve got consistently wise, putting and chipping.”

Anguiano shared the lead after the 36-hole first day and took the lead for good in the third round July 1. He got off to a fast start in the final round, playing the first four holes at 3-under before double-bogeying the par-5 fifth hole.

Corey Pereira, a University of Washington sophomore-to-be from the Sacramento area, shot a final-round 70 and missed makeable birdie putts on 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16. He tied for second with fel-low final-round group member Kurt Kitayama, a University of Nevada-Las Vegas golfer from Chico, Calif., at 284.

The best final round was the 6-under 66 by Xander Schauffele, the reigning California amateur champi-on who plays for San Diego State. He finished in eighth place at even-par 288.

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We Learn, We Build, We Play, a chance for children 8-12 to

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A trail work party will help finish a connec-tor trail between

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The Tad and Fry Puppet Show explores biology and metamorphosis at 3 p.m. July 12 at the Sammamish Library.

A Science Magic Show for children ages 5 and up is set

for 1 p.m. July 15 at the Sammamish Library.

Concerts in the Park, the annual summer con-

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Wooden O Shakespeare presents “Julius Caesar” at 7 p.m. July 19 at Pine Lake Park.

Eric Herman and the Thunder Puppies will

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Concerts in the Park, the annual

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Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Sammamish adopted the following ordinance at the July 1, 2014 regular meeting. Copies of this document are available and will be mailed upon request of the office of the City Clerk, 801 228th Avenue SE. during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Docu‑ ments are also available on the city’s website at www.sammamish.us.

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The Sammamish Gavel Club, a youth public speaking group sponsored by the Toastmasters of Sammamish, is for youths 6-18 who want to improve and practice public speaking skills. The club meets every Thursday evening at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church from 7-8:15 p.m. Contact David Hall at 425-677-8345 or email orator@live.com.

Sammamish Kiwanis meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at Sammamish

Hills Lutheran Church. Visit www.sam-mamishkiwanis.org.

Toastmasters of Sammamish meet from 7:15–8:45 p.m. every Tuesday at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Call 427-9682 or email davidlloydhall@live.com.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs, local chapter Cascade Woman’s Club meets at 7 p.m. the sec-ond Thursday of each month in mem-bers’ homes. Membership in the vol-unteer service organization is open to all women. Call 898-8603 or visit www.gfwccascadeclub.org.

Sammamish Garden Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of

the month in the homes of members. Call Cathy at 836-0421 or email sam-mamishgarden@aol.com.

The Pine Lake Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month, plus occasional meetings for workshops and local field trips. Call 836-7810.

The Sammamish Symphony is seeking musicians. Visit www.SammamishSymphony.org.

The Sammamish Heritage Society meets from 7:30-9 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Pine Lake Community Club, 21333 S.E. 20th St. in Sammamish. Visit www.iinet.com/~shs.

residents were part of the 67-player field. Li Wang, a 2013 Eastlake High School graduate who plays at Yale University, finished 26th at 297. Spencer Weiss, a 2014 Eastlake graduate and University of Washington commit, tied for 45th at 304. Tom Gocke was 62nd at 314.

Past champions of the SPC include Kyle Stanley, Casey Martin, Peter Uihlein, Nick Taylor, Daniel Summerhays, Ryan Moore, Chris Williams, Arron Oberholser and Jason Gore, among others.

Five of the past 10 SPC champions were winners of the Ben Hogan Award, given to the nation’s top collegiate golfer. More than a dozen SPC participants have gone on to play on the PGA Tour.

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Sound Energy substa-tion on the 23000 block of Northeast Eighth Street. Police documented the graffiti.

Just left it thereAt about 7 a.m. June 28,

police noticed a vehicle parked at a business on the 22800 block of Northeast

Eighth Street. The vehicle had a broken window and the ignition was punched out.

Police could not con-tact the registered owner, who lives in Bellevue. A Sammamish resident is also associated with the vehicle.

There was no record of the vehicle being stolen, so the officer left it. Later, he was able to reach one of the people associated with the vehicle. She said she was aware of the damage

and had simply left it there.

Found kayakA member of the

Inglewood Beach Club called to report a different club member had found a kayak on club property about six months ago. The found kayak was first post-ed on the club’s website, but no one came forward to claim it.

The serial number also turned up no results. The man said the club would

like to keep the kayak for club use. Police allowed the club to store it, and filled out a found property report.

Maybe he didn’t take it

The manager of the Sammamish Safeway contacted police at about 6:35 p.m. June 25 after he believed a man had shop-lifted from the store. Police contacted the suspect, and found there was not enough proof that he had actually taken anything. However, he was banned from the store for a year.

Door-to-door salesPolice responded at

about 4:51 p.m. June 26

to reports of a door-to-door salesman on the 1000 block of 205th Avenue Northeast. The man, along with four others around the city, was selling pest control servic-es. After he and his man-ager were informed they need a license to conduct such sales, they stopped.

EggingPolice responded to a

house on the 1800 block of

251st Place Southeast after a resident called at 11:47 a.m. June 27.

The resident had been away from the home between June 23-26. During that time, someone egged one window and damaged another. The man chalked it up to children throwing things.

Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.

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