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August 24, 2011

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By Caleb Heeringa

Sammamish city leaders hadthe ear of arguably one of the 12most important people in thecountry for an hour Aug. 17.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, onAugust recess, stopped bySammamish City Hall to give herthoughts on the recent last-minute debt ceiling deal inCongress and her role as co-chairof a bipartisan “super-committee”of 12 representatives and sena-tors tasked with cutting the feder-al deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10years.

Though spending is a bit of adirty word in Washington thesedays, the senior senator spentmuch of the meeting listening tothe wish list of city officials andSammamish Chamber ofCommerce members.

Requests varied from federalgrants for Town Center infras-

tructure, public transportationfunding and Mayor Don Gerend’sseemingly dead on arrivalrequest for a post office inSammamish – a common com-plaint by Sammamish residentswho tire of driving to Redmondor Issaquah.

The U.S. Postal Service is oper-ating at a $8.5 billion annual loss,is poised to lay off up to a third ofits work force and close hundredsof post offices around the coun-try by 2015, but Murray wasdiplomatic.

“I’ve heard your request andit’s been passed on, but it’s a real-ly challenging time,” Murray toldthe group.

Councilmembers praisedMurray for her record of securingfederal dollars for local projects,like the $813 million that is goingto extend Sound Transit’s light

Photo by Caleb HeeringaSen. Patty Murray (right) listens as Sammamish leaders relate their concerns on the federal budgetand local issues. Mayor Don Gerend (left) and Councilwoman Michele Petitti (center) were amongthe attendees of the hour-long meeting with the senator.

Patty Murray visits Sammamish

See MURRAY, Page 3

By Caleb Heeringa

As soon as October, Sammamish residents will be ableget a taste of the plateau in its natural state.

Construction crews will spend September putting thefinishing touches on Evans Creek Preserve, the newestaddition to the city’s park system. Project ManagerKellye Hilde said users of the 179-acre park will be ableto walk between varying types of ecological settings viatwo and a half miles of trails.

“It goes from woodlands to upland meadows to creeksand wetlands,” Hilde said. “The goal is get peoplethrough all different types of habitat.”

Hilde said the park is the product of an outpouring ofsupport by the community – more than 6,000 volunteer

Contributed

Volunteers work on one of the gravel trails at Evans Creek Preserve.

Work on newpark nears end

See PRESERVE, Page 2

2 win inprimaryValderrama,Wasnick to faceoff in NovemberBy Caleb Heeringa

Ramiro Valderrama cruised toa first round victory in the CityCouncil primary Aug. 16 and willlikely face political newcomerJim Wasnick in the general elec-

See ELECTION, Page 3

By Caleb Heeringa

Sammamish’s teen center isinching closer to reality.

Boys and Girls Club of KingCounty officials are aiming for anearly October opening for the10,000 square foot facility, whichwill include a computer lab, per-formance stage, teaching kitchen

andgamespacewith pingpong andpooltables.

Thecenter,locatedin the old

King County Library building atthe corner of 228th Avenue andInglewood Hill Road, is owned bythe city of Sammamish and isbeing leased to the Boys andGirls Club, which raised morethan $1 million for its remodel.

Jane Ronngren, executivedirector for the Redmond and

Sammamish branch, said havinga full-fledged Sammamish facility

hours went into the park’s trailsystem, which includes a half-mile gravel loop and two moremiles of side trails. SymetraFinancial and Starbucks wereamong the corporate sponsorsthat contributed work crews,along with the Washington TrailAssociation and hundreds of localresidents.

“The park really was commu-nity-built,” Hilde said.

The main loop includes a 375-foot boardwalk that brings usersthrough part of the park’s wet-land, where they may get viewsof the birds, beavers and frogsthatoftencall ithome.

Hil-de saidthe cityiswork-ing ona seriesof edu-cation-alplaquesthatwillteach park users about the floraand fauna of the area. TheWashington Native Plant Societyis hoping to give guided tours inthe park.

The park will also featurestate-of-the-art toilet technology.The city is paying $66,000 for a“waterless” restroom, which usessolar-powered ventilation to cutdown on odors and remove themoisture from human waste. Thetoilet only has to be pumpedonce every two years, as com-pared to three times a year forthe average pit toilet.

But getting to the park, whichis located just north of city limits,will likely require driving formost Sammamish residents. Theonly current access to the park isa 10-stall parking lot off ofRedmond-Fall City Road. A sec-ond phase of development callsfor an additional 40 stalls to beadded, though the city councilhas yet to fund that project.

“We’re going to get peopledown there first and see what thedemand is like,” Hilde said.

The city is also working onpossibly obtaining a parcel ofland owned by King County onSahalee Way near Northeast 36thStreet that could be used as a sec-ond entrance point for the park.The land overlooks the preserveand a trail down to the parkwould likely be steep.

But Hilde said she is confidentthat once the park opens it isgoing to be popular enough toovercome any access issues.

“It’s going to be really great,”she said. “I think people aregoing to find the park breathtak-ing.”

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Why wouldanyone wantto run forCity Council?The timecommitment

is substantial: the average citycouncilperson can spend up to 20hours a week in activities,meetings, and study time. At thatrate, the pay is barely above theminimum wage. To get the job,you need to put yourself, and yourfamily, through a tough, stressfulcampaign. I know. I did all of that,two years ago.

Why am I running? BecauseSammamish still has importantissues to confront and challengesto overcome. Our population isgrowing, even in this tougheconomy.

How do we manage our growth,maintain and improve ourinfrastructure, while we preservethe qualities that brought us toSammamish? Can we provide newpublic amenities for our manyyoung families and growingpopulation of seniors? As theeconomy improves, how do wemake the Town Center grow new

business and provide new services? Will we make sure ourenvironmental protections are inplace?

As a community, we’veaccomplished a lot. Sammamish isan award-winning, livable city. Butin the face of inevitable change, we need a committed, effective, andthoughtful City Council.

For years I have volunteered inSammamish. I was an advocate and a voice for the East LakeSammamish Trail, sports fields, and a better library. I chaired the ParksAdvisory Committee that startedthe conversation on many of ourparks and recreation projects,including a community/aquaticscenter. I helped create the TownCenter Plan, as Chair of ourPlanning Commission.

I will listen and work hard topreserve the qualities that broughtus here, and to fulfill our vision of a family-friendly community.

These are just some of the issuesthat the City Council will face and I hope to discuss with you here,online, and in person in the nextfew weeks. Let’s work together.

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Photo by Caleb HeeringaConstruction crews work on what will be a stage in the Sammamish EX3 Teen and RecreationCenter. The Boys and Girls Club hopes to have the center open by early October.

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has been in the works since shestarted working for the group in1992.

“The economy has tanked onus twice since then,” Ronngrensaid. “But the dream is rapidlybecoming reality.”

Though organizers hadplanned to include a fully func-tioning recording studio in theclub, Jeremy Peck, resourcedevelopment manager for theBoys and Girls Club, said theorganization is holding off on

that part of the project for nowdue to the cost and a low levelof interest in the studiosinstalled in other clubs aroundthe region.

But he said the center willhave plenty to offer the bud-ding musicians of Sammamish– including a stage for concertsand open mic nights and adeluxe sound system that canbe used to record live perfor-

See TEEN, Page 5

tion.As of Aug. 19, Valderrama

had received 46 percent of thevote (2,856 votes). Wasnickholds a solid lead over localactivist John Galvin – 28.1(1748 votes) to 24.8 percent(1542 votes) for second place.

Under Washington state’stop-two primary system, thetwo candidates who get themost votes in the primary willface each other in the generalelection.

Valderrama said he was hon-ored by the high vote totalsand thanked his supporters forthe work they’ve done in thecampaign.

He said the campaign hadbeen a lot of work thus far andwould likely only get busierleading up to November’s gen-eral election.

“I don’t see the pace slack-ening,” Valderrama said. “Weneed to redouble our effortsbetween here and Novemberand make sure we get thisdone.”

Wasnick said he was pleasedwith the amount of support hehad received. Assuming hemaintains his lead over Galvin,Wasnick said he looked forwardto debating Valderrama on cityissues.

“Hopefully we’ll be able toactually debate and discuss theissues,” Wasnick said. “Itseems like (the primary) hasbeen more about who couldget out more of their support-ers – I knew what I was upagainst.”

Galvin characterized theprimary as “a majority of peo-ple voting for someone who isnot Valderrama rather thanvoting for Valderrama” andsaid he wasn’t too concernedabout whether it was he orWasnick that moved on to thegeneral election. He accused

Valderrama of being part of an“old guard” of city leaders.

Galvin said he made a con-scious choice not to put outcampaign signs or accept anydonations for his campaign.

“People need to make theeffort to find out what’s goingon in the city … not just namerecognition,” Galvin said. “I got1,300 votes based on what Isay and who I am rather thanjust by plastering signs all overtown.”

King County elections willcontinue to count votes for thenext few weeks, and releaseupdated results at about 4:30p.m. each business daythrough Aug. 30 at www.king-county.gov/ elections.

Turnout was light inSammamish, typical of a pri-mary election in an odd-num-bered year, with only 19.4 per-cent of registered voters hav-ing mailed in a ballot as of theWednesday tally.

The last time Sammamishhad a primary in a CityCouncil race, in 2007, turnoutwas 20.5 percent.

Reporter Caleb Heeringa canbe reached at 392-6434. ext. 247,or [email protected]. Tocomment on this story, visitwww.SammamishReview.com.

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The other ballot measurein Sammamish, renewal ofthe King County Veteran’sand Human Services levypassed with a countywidetally of 67.5 percent of thevote. Homeowners will con-tinue to pay a levy of 5cents per $1,000 of assessedvalue, as they have sincethe levy started in 2005.

Sammamish-specificnumbers be available oncethe election is certified atthe end of the month.

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rail line from downtown Seattlethrough Capitol Hill to theUniversity of Washington.Deputy Mayor Tom Odell, a for-mer Boeing executive, thankedthe senator for her support ofBoeing in recent military con-tracts.

Gerend and Odell emphasizedhow important the system offreeways in the area is to a com-muting city like Sammamish andencouraged Murray to continueto push for funding of transporta-tion projects on Interstate 90 andstate Route 520.

“It’s hard to get back and forth(from the Eastside to Seattle),”Odell said. “I went to a ball gamelast night and it took me an hourto get across the lake.”

Murray also promised to haveher staff look into whetherSammamish might qualify forgrant money if they construct apotential community and aquaticcenter in a way that would allowit to be used as an emergencyshelter following a natural disas-ter.

But with American marketsvolatile, Congressional approvalratings at microscopic levels andmany experts fearing a double-dip recession, much of the meet-ing was spent discussing issuesfar larger than a Post Office or afreeway.

Congressional Republicanshave been resolute in their oppo-sition to Democratic plans toraise taxes on the wealthy orraise revenue by closing taxdeductions; for their part, manyDemocrats have pledged tooppose any cuts to SocialSecurity or Medicare. Askedabout the prospect of finding

compromise after months ofseemingly intractable debate,Murray said she was optimisticand said that changes to entitle-ment programs had to be on thetable during negotiations.

“The whole time I’ve beenback (in Washington State) I’vebeen talking with people and I’venot had anyone say ‘Don’t touchmine,’ which is reassuring to me,”Murray said. “I’m not drawingany lines in the sand and I’m ask-ing other committee membersnot to as well.”

And though she’s being taskedwith cutting the deficit whilebeing known as a senator who isskilled at bringing home federaldollars for local projects, Murraysaid she and the rest of the com-mittee members shouldn’t be“pigeonholed” based on their ear-lier actions.

“I’m asking the American peo-ple and pundits to give us someroom, so that we can really riseto this challenge we’ve beengiven,” Murray said.

Sammamish councilmembersencouraged Murray to push formore of a long-term debt solutionthan the temporary measure that

recently passed Congress, whichpunted most significant decisionsto Murray’s committee.

Odell said he hoped Murraywould push for the committee tofind some solutions “on the rev-enue side of the equation” ratherthan just by cutting services.

Councilwoman Nancy Whittensaid she hoped the committeewould be able to make changes toSocial Security without complete-ly privatizing it – she suggestedraising the cap on taxable wagesfor the program, which currentlysits at around $106,000.

Before leaving for her nextappointment with constituents,the senator thankedSammamish’s representatives forgiving her a sense of how federalpolicies are playing out in herdistrict.

“You’re at the end of the road,”she said. “What we do, youabsorb in your streets and inyour communities.”

Reporter Caleb Heeringa can bereached at 392-6434. ext. 247, [email protected]. To com-ment on this story, visitwww.SammamishReview.com.

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By Caleb Heeringa

Good schools, natural beautyand close proximity to majoremployers were among the rea-sons cited by Money Magazine inranking Sammamish as the 15thbest “small town” in the country.

“If you’re looking for thePacific Northwest ideal – snow-capped mountains and sceniclakes – Sammamish might be foryou,” the magazine wrote aboutthe city.

The magazine releases a listevery two years based on a vari-ety of metrics – from medianincomes and home values, tocrime levels to proximity to

amenities. The list includes onlytowns with a population of fewerthan 50,000 people – somethingSammamish may soon no longerbe able to claim. The city grew to45,780 people in the 2010 censusand continues to expand.

As far as Washington cities go,Sammamish was topped by onlyMukilteo, which ranked ninthplace. Newcastle placed 18th onthe list. Louisville, Colo., just out-side of Boulder, garnered the titleof “best small town in America,”according to the magazine’s cal-culations.

Sammamish’s school’s testscores well outpaced the averagesfor the rest of the cities on the

magazine’s list, as did the airquality index and the amount ofmovie theaters, restaurants,libraries and bars within 15miles. Sammamish also benefitedfrom a miniscule crime rate –seven property crime incidentsper 1,000 residents over a yearcompared to an average of 16 forthe rest of the cities on the list.

The list also shows a higherthan normal percentage of mar-ried and college-educated resi-dents and a more racially diversepopulace than the average cityon the list.

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City rated 15th best small town

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Sammamish Forum

OPINIONReview editorialCompromise legislation worked; more needed

Last week, government worked, and it was anamazing thing to behold.

The King County Council worked together to cre-ate bipartisan, compromise legislation to impose a$20 car tab fee to keep Metro bus service at its cur-rent level of service.

This is the way our elected leaders are supposedto work.

We in this state and region have become accus-tomed to holding a referendum on just about every-thing, sending every little tax to the voters. Fear ofvoters blaming state legislators and County Councilmembers keeps them from making the tough deci-sions.

For all our throwing around of the word democra-cy, we don’t live in one. This is a republic. The citi-zens are supposed to elect leaders to actually lead.Leaders are supposed to make grand decisions aboutwhat to do, and then do it. Don’t like what they did?That’s what elections are for.

In this case, the County Council actually managedto pass the fee increase, using old-fashioned biparti-san compromise politics and a lot of creativity.

County Executive Dow Constantine (D) andCounty Councilwoman Kathy Lambert (aRepublican in a nonpartisan office), both of whomrepresent Sammamish, and the rest of the councilare to be congratulated. They showed that they arenot mere ideologues but are willing to work for whatthey believe are in the best interests of their con-stituents and the county.

We were opposed to the $20 fee, and still are, butthe compromises worked out in the deal — an end tothe Seattle free ride area and free bus passes foreveryone who pays the car tab fee — certainlyimprove the bill and make it better public policy.

And that’s really the whole idea. Bipartisan com-promise leads to better policy pretty much everytime.

We hope our state and federal officials are watch-ing. Sure, in the grand scheme of things $20 to savesome bus routes isn’t exactly as challenging as figur-ing out how to save Social Security. But workingacross the aisle to get something done is a lesson allpoliticians should model.

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What is Sammamish?

From what it looks like, it is asuburb like Issaquah, or Redmond,supplying parks and nicely newpainted bike trails. But the bikersride down the middle of the roadthree abreast anyway. And the maindrag, does it have businesses to sup-port itself?

No, it has more churches andschools then any other city I haveseen around here. Let’s look at theIssaquah Highlands, which has ahuge doctors complex, a new hospi-tal and businesses to support thecity of Issaquah with more coming.

Then we have Redmond. Theyare building out to the sign that saysleaving Redmond, and it is all busi-nesses that have been put in longafter Sammamish became a so-called city. Does Sammamish need acouncil and planning commission?If so why?

All they do is sit up there in theirmonument they built called a cityhall and listen to what the peoplesay, but have never acted on any ofthe suggestions that I heard in 12years of being incorporated.

Either un-incorporate or get rid ofwho you have running the city.After all these years, let’s get busi-ness to come in here so we do nothave to run to Issaquah or Redmondevery time we need some pants or ashirt.

Urban MassetSammamish

Out for a cause

If Sammamish residents noticedhundreds of people out, dressedalike walking and running on arecent Saturday morning, it was dueto the Amazing Race to UnderstandAutism. Justin McComber, 14,planned this event for his EagleScout project to benefit autism andcreate awareness for the exceptionalpeople afflicted with autism, like his17-year-old brother Gregory.

I, like many other people partici-pating in this benefit admired thepassion, effort, and maturity Justindisplayed coordinating and leadingthis benefit.

Justin truly exemplifies the bestof our younger generation and

future leaders of our world.My husband and I were so

proud to be part of this as I amsure everyone else involved in thiswas. Thank you Justin and greatjob!

Robyn LundbergSammamish

Bad barricade removal

On Southeast 32nd Street, at thetop of the hill just east of the exist-ing barricade, the city ofSammamish has placed curbswhich will bring oncoming vehi-cles with zero sight distance,directly at each other with noroom for error when the barricadeis removed.

Poor job.

Lori BarnettSammamish

Nothing wrong with

Social SecurityWe have heard much misinfor-

mation about Social Security late-ly. The biggest lie told by thosewho either don’t understand it orthose who want to eliminate it isthat Social Security has run out ofmoney. It hasn’t.

Let me explain.Employees and employers on

behalf of their employees pay apercentage of each paycheck intothe Social Security system. Self-employed people also contribute.We do this to provide income forretirees and disabled individuals.

Starting in 2010 the SocialSecurity system paid more to ben-eficiaries than it received, andwithout changes will continue run-ning a deficit. However even lack-ing any adjustments it can pay thesame cost of living adjusted bene-fits until 2036. How is this possi-ble?

Here comes the inconvenienttruth. Over time, using its annualsurpluses the Social Security TrustFund purchased $2.6 trillion of USinterest bearing securities backedby the ‘full-faith and credit of theUnited States of America’. SocialSecurity has begun redeemingthese securities to make up the

2010 and future deficits. And that isthe rub.

Essentially, the government hasborrowed $2.6 trillion from our self-funded safety net to finance activi-ties over the past decades – an obli-gation that must be repaid with taxrevenues. Though the taxpayers areon the hook to repay the money,defaulting on this obligation wouldbe as catastrophic as defaulting onour debt to China.

Congress needs to make reason-able adjustments to keep SocialSecurity solvent as it has donebefore.

It also needs to look elsewheresuch as Iraq and Afghanistan forbudget cuts to offset its obligation toSocial Security, thus allowing it tomaintain its full-faith and creditstanding with the American people.

Social Security is critical to manyof us, our parents and will be forfuture generations. It is the solesource of income for millions. Thegreat recession has decimated homevalues and savings putting a tremen-dous strain on the budgets of thoseon fixed incomes.

Government must protect SocialSecurity for all of us and not use thebudget as an excuse to destroy thiscritical financial safety net.

Michael J. O’ConnellSammamish

Poll of the week

Are you ready to head back to school? A) Ready and eager to get the kids out of the house.B) No. It can’t be time yet.C) I will be by the first day.D) No fair. This summer’s weather was a bust.

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mances.“Whatever can be done on a

stage that teens want to do, wecan do it here,” Peck said.

The club will also feature afully functioning kitchen. Pecksaid teens can take a cookingclass that will teach them how toprepare a meal from beginning toend – from buying food at thegrocery store to preparing it andserving it. Teens can bring thefinal product home to serve totheir families.

A computer lab will also beused for technology classes andcould be open to seniors and therest of the community during thehours that teens are usually inschool.

Ronngren said the city andclub are planning on offering pro-gramming during the day forseniors and the community as awhole, though that may waituntil later in 2012 once organiz-ers get settled in the facility.

Peck said the agency expectsto set user fees at around $120 foran annual pass – about $10 amonth. The club offers a slidingscale for lower income families.

Despite the million dollars ofdonations collected so far, theagency still has a way to go whenit comes to fundraising.

The center will need around$250,000 a year to break even onoperating expenses and $3-3.5million is needed for construc-tion of the next phase of the pro-ject, a 7,000 square foot gym witha climbing wall next to the cur-rent building.

Ronngren said the gym will beused for the club’s sports pro-grams, which currently operateout of school gyms.

But she said she’s excited atthe prospect of offering morenon-traditional sports such as adodgeball league as well as possi-bly opening the facility up toadult leagues in the evenings.

“We can’t build it until we getthe money raised,” she said.“That depends on the communitygetting behind it.”

The center recently got a

financial boost from local resi-dent Mary Pigott, who haspledged $100,000 over the nextfour years for the agency’s oper-ating budget.

Though her children are nowgrown up, Pigott said she hopedthe teen center would be safeentertainment for local teens“who don’t have (cars) but wantto stretch their wings a bit” –something Pigott said the Plateauhas lacked the entire time she’s

been here. Pigott recalls memo-ries of the 1970s when kids rodehorses to Sadler’s Country Store,where QFC is currently located.

“You could go there and eatpenny candy and that was aboutit,” she said. “That was what thegood kids did anyways.”

Pigott said that the teen centeropening shouldn’t stop the cityfrom building a community andaquatic center. She said a wealthycommunity of more than 45,000needs more than just the teencenter.

“There’s plenty of room forboth,” Pigott said. “We’re not a lit-tle bunch of people up here any-more, there’s a lot of us up hereand we could support a gooddiversity of service providers.”

Pigott said she thought aboutdonating to the center anony-mously but agreed to attach hername to the money in hopes thatit would inspire others in thecommunity to support the Boysand Girls Club

“Instead of buying a new carevery year, how about you investthat money into your communi-ty?” Pigott said.

spend more time in their carsthan residents of the averagecity on the list. The magazineprojects that the averageSammamish resident has a 30-minute commute, compared toa 23 minute average. Seventeenpercent of Sammamish drivershave a commute of 45 minutesor longer, according to the mag-azine.

Though still high ranking,Sammamish actually droppedon the list, from 12th place in2009 and 11th in 2007. The edi-tors cite the city’s current lackof community offerings, butacknowledge the Town Centerplan, in their blurb onSammamish.

“Sammamish still doesn’thave a real center where thecommunity can gather,” theeditors write. “But local officialsare working on a new down-town with retail, recreation andtown services.”


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The home is for sale andmany people had recently touredthe home and come by to pur-chase items in the home that arelisted on Craigslist.

The personal watercraft is ablue and gray-colored Bombadierbrand.

Family dispute

Sammamish Police were calledAug. 7 to sort out a disputebetween a mother and the adultdaughter she was kicking out ofthe house. The altercationstemmed from a disagreementover the daughter allowing herboyfriend to stay the night at thehome.

Both parties claimed the otherhad hit them during a pushingand shoving match after thedaughter refused to leave thehome, but neither showed signsof injury or wished to have theother prosecuted. Police stood byas the daughter gathered person-al items and left the home with-out further incident.

Bitter partier

A resident at The Knolls atInglewood Hill apartmentsreported that someone broketheir window with a beer bottleat around 10:30 p.m. Aug. 8.

The vandalism occurred short-ly after the resident called policeto break up a loud party in theswimming pool area, which isnear the resident’s apartment.Four or five males and a female

were seen piling into a black SUVand fleeing the scene shortlyafter.

Broken plants and

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ed that his soon-to-be ex-wife hadcome to his home and broke twopotted plants on his porch Aug. 8.The man told police he wantedthe incident documented but didnot wish to pursue charges.

High at school

Police contacted a 20-year-oldSammamish man who admittedto being high while hanging outin the Mead Elementary parkinglot at around 11:30 p.m. Aug. 10.

The man had an outstandingwarrant for minor in possessionfrom Blaine, Wash., but policecould not arrest the man becausethe warrant was not extraditableto other jurisdictions. The man,who was hanging around his carwith a female, told police hecould not leave the propertybecause he had recently smokedmarijuana.

Police searched the man butwere unable to locate any drugsor paraphernalia. They releasedhim at the scene.

Drunk on the job

A Sammamish man who ishaving his home remodeledreported Aug. 11 that someonehad stolen several tools and fourbottles of liquor and wine fromhis home.

The man and his contractorsuspect three temporary workersthat were hired to do work in thehome, though all three deniedhaving stolen the items. The caseremains under investigation.

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Police contacted the man’sfamily, who were able to locatehim at the hospital, where he wasvisiting his sick wife. The mantold his family that he had gottenup too quick at the vet’s officeand felt dizzy but was otherwisefine.

Almost home

A 52-year-old Sammamishwoman was arrested on suspicionof driving under the influence inher own driveway at around10:30 p.m. Aug. 6.

An officer pulled the womanover on 211th Place Southeastnear Southeast 8th Street afterwatching her drift into an on-coming lane of traffic and drivean estimated 45 mph in a 30zone.

The woman smelled of alcoholand was argumentative with theofficer, saying that she just want-ed to go home and asking theofficer why he was picking onher instead of catching the “peo-ple who drive 90 miles per hour”on her road.

The woman also insisted ongoing inside her home to contacther husband, who is a lawyer.Police advised her that this wouldbe considered interfering with atraffic stop and had to put herinto handcuffs to prevent herfrom leaving her vehicle. Sheblew a .13 on a breath test, overthe .08 limit for driving. She wasreleased to her husband and willlikely be facing a DUI charge.

Vehicle prowl

A resident at the BoulderCreek Apartments reported thatsomeone had jimmied open thelock on his car and taken a cam-era, GPS unit and several dogtoys overnight Aug. 7.

The man was sure that he hadlocked the door, but found theitems missing the next morning.Police have no suspects.

Graffiti

Police discovered initials and apicture drawn in black spraypaint on a stop sign on the cornerof Main Street and 214th AvenueNortheast. Police notified PublicWorks staff.

Melon throwing

Someone damaged a neighbor-hood sign at the northwest cor-ner of the Kempton Downs devel-opment by throwing watermel-ons. Police have no suspects. Thehomeowner’s association will payfor the $300 worth of damage.

Lying gets you

nowhereA 36-year-old Sammamish

man was arrested on suspicion ofdriving with a revoked license,without a required ignition inter-lock and for making false state-ments to a police officer afterbeing pulled over near the cornerof 228th Avenue and Southeast13th Way Aug. 9.

Police pulled the man over forhaving expired tabs on his car.The man claimed he did not havehis license and gave the officerconflicting information on hisname and identity. Police eventu-ally identified him through hissocial security number and dis-covered that his license wasrevoked and that he was requiredto have an ignition interlock onany vehicle he drives.

Police arrested the man andbooked him into Issaquah Jail.While at jail the man began act-ing strangely, which promptedjail officials to give him a breathtest.

Though he had denied drink-ing earlier, the man admitted hehad drank “a whole bottle ofvodka” just before being pulledover by the officer.

The first breath test showed anestimated blood alcohol level of.25 and a second showed a levelof .41 – a potentially deadly level.The man was transported to thehospital for detox.

Ammo dump

A Sammamish resident turnedin some old gun ammunition forsafe disposal Aug. 11. The ammowas 50 years old and designed fora Remington Luger 9mm.

Burglary

A resident on the 3600 blockof 212th Avenue Southeast hadher and her son’s passports andcitizenship documents stolenfrom the home she was renting.

The home’s alarm went off ataround 11 a.m. Aug. 11. Thealarm company notified thewoman, who returned home tofind the front door kicked openand a brief case containing theitems gone.

No other items were missingfrom the home. The case remainsunder investigation.

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By Christopher Huber

On almost an annual basis,Tammy Haldeman has had toteach two levels of Japanese lan-guage students during the sameclass period at Skyline HighSchool.

Last school year, she had topick between teaching a splitclass of 44 students or make twoseparate periods out of it.Ultimately she had to keep thegroup together and teach two lev-els of Japanese, she said, becauseone class would not be largeenough to war-rant creatinganother classperiod.

She is able tomake do, and itends up work-ing out alright,she said, butthe students inthose classeslose out on thecloser attentionthey might otherwise receive in atypical language class with onelevel.

“You’re more like a facilitatorof their learning with that,”Haldeman said. “You have tohave highly motivated kids inthose classes.”

Haldeman’s situation isn’tunique. Teachers and schooladministrators have to use theresources available. But due tonon-existent class-size-reductionfunding and teacher shortages insome languages, foreign language

programs around the Issaquahand Lake Washington school dis-tricts are facing challenges simi-lar to those in the arts and otherelective programs.

Even so, district officials saidthey know the benefits to study-ing a foreign language early andhave worked to provide optionsfor students as early as eighthgrade.

In addition to in-house offer-ings at Pine Lake and BeaverLake middle schools andInglewood Junior High School,some elementary school students

in both dis-tricts haveoptionsthrough PTA-sponsoredafter-schoollanguage pro-grams, too.

“You arevery limited inwhat you canpack in duringthat six-hour

day. It forces you to prioritize,”said Ron Thiele, Issaquah SchoolDistrict’s associate superinten-dent. “Even if you had the stu-dent interest; even if you couldget the teachers, you still have toconfront that issue, of ‘what am Iwilling to stop offering.’ Thosebecome really dicey conversa-tions.”

Starting in middle schoolBoth school districts offer

accredited foreign language class-es starting in eighth grade.

Inglewood students can takeSpanish or French starting ineighth grade. Students at everyIssaquah School District middleschool can take Spanish, but onlythose at Issaquah Middle Schooland Maywood Middle Schoolhave an option for French,according to Sara Niegowski, thedistrict’s communications direc-tor.

Stella Scholla, a LakeWashington magnet school, offersLatin coursework for seventh-and eighth-graders. And in aneffort to streamline graduationrequirements for college entrystandards, the Lake WashingtonSchool Board, at its June 20 meet-

ing, voted to require all studentsto take two years of one foreignlanguage.

It’s the sixth district in thestate to require two years and theseventh overall to institute a for-eign language requirement (onedistrict requires one year).

“We wanted to align our highschool graduation requirementsto ensure our students were pre-pared and eligible to enter col-lege,” said Traci Pierce, LakeWashington’s deputy superinten-dent of instructional services.

In Sammamish schools, thenew requirement will first applyto incoming Eastlake ninth-graders in fall of 2012, according

to Kathryn Reith, the district’scommunications director.

Eastside Catholic MiddleSchool offers Spanish starting inseventh grade. Once in highschool, students there can takeFrench or Spanish levels onethrough four, according to theschool’s curriculum webpage.

Options in high schoolAll students at Eastlake and

Skyline have the option to takeSpanish and French. Skyline alsooffers Japanese, and a group ofstudents is working to getMandarin Chinese added to the

State law requires a variety ofimmunizations for students priorto them entering school andwhile they are in the school sys-tem. In Issaquah, students mayregister for class, but may notattend school until all immuniza-tion requirements are met.

Students must be immunizedagainst diphtheria, pertussis(whooping cough), tetanus,poliomyelitis, varicella (chicken-pox), measles, rubella, mumpsand hepatitis B.

Immunization scheduleHepatitis B: Must have had

three shots on or after 6 monthsof age. The series may not becompleted in less than fourmonths.

Diphtheria, tetanus and per-tussis: Kindergarten requirementis four shots by age 4; first-though fifth-grade and eighth-through 12th-grade requirementsare three shots after age 4.

Diphtheria and tetanus: Sixth-and seventh-grade requirementsare students need to get anotherimmunization at age 11 or whenit has been five years since theirlast one.

Polio: Students must have hadat least three doses if the last shotwas given after age 4. However,four doses are acceptable for stu-dents who had their last dosebefore age 4.

Measles, mumps and rubella:Two shots, with the first having

been on or after age 1 and thesecond at least one month afterthe first.

Varicella (chickenpox): Yourchild must be at least one yearold to get his or her first shot.The second shot is given betweenages 4 and 6. This vaccine isrequired for all students enteringsixth grade.

A seasonal flu vaccine is rec-ommended for all children sixmonths through 18 years.

Vaccinating children againstthe H1N1 (swine flu) virus is rec-ommended.

Prior to entering school eachyear, parents or guardians mustpresent a completed certificate ofimmunization status form.

Information requirementsYour child’s immunization sta-

tus form must indicate one of thefollowing:

• Full immunization has beencompleted.

• Your child is exempt from allvaccine immunizations.

• Your child has a combinationof required immunizations andexemptions.

Parents can obtain a certificateof exemption signed by a healthcare provider. The certificatestates that the parent is aware ofbenefits and risks concerningimmunizations. A signed letterfrom a health care provider canbe used in lieu of the certificate.The law allows parents to claim a

religious exemption without thesignature of a health careprovider if they demonstratemembership to a religious bodythat does not believe in medicaltreatment.

• Your child has a conditionalstatus that he or she has begunhaving or is continuing a sched-ule of immunizations.

The health agency or doctoryou are receiving the immuniza-tions from will indicate this onthe card for you.

Exemptions from one or morevaccines can be granted for reli-gious or personal reasons, uponwritten request from a child’s

What parents need to know about immunizations

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Photo by Christopher HuberEastlake High School ASB consists of (back row from left) secretary Kelly Cote, senior vice presi-dent Midori Ng, president Sharada Rayan, treasurer Sierra Nolan, junior vice president KelseyNyce, junior president Alaina Hartley. (Front row from left) senior secretary/treasurer MichaelGallagher, public relations officer Felipe Concha, senior class president Amanda Cotn, vice presi-dent Akaash Nanda, and junior secretary/treasurer Gabe Wattenbarger.

Language lessonsSchool districts strive to keep foreign language courses available amid shrinking budgets

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“You are very limited inwhat you can pack induring that six-hourday. It forces you to

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parent or guardian. Exemptions may alsobe granted for medical reasons, at therequest of and with the signature of aphysician.

However, if an outbreak occurs atschool, your child may be excluded fromschool by order of the health departmentduring the outbreak if it is a disease he orshe has not been immunized against.

Getting immunizationsPrivate

Schedule an appointment with yourfamily physician or child’s pediatrician.

Public clinicsPublic Health — Seattle & King County:

You must call 206-205-1681 to schedule anappointment at any of the county’s fourclinics: Downtown Seattle, Renton,Columbia City or Federal Way. TheRenton clinic is at 3001 N.E. Fourth St.

Health Point, 16315 N.E. 87th St. SuiteB-6, Redmond: You must call 882-1697 toschedule an appointment.

Health Point, 200 S. Second St., Renton:You must call 226-5536 for an appoint-ment.

The cost of immunization visits is typi-cally $20. In addition, there may be a ser-vice charge of $15 for each dose. For thosewith a limited income, office visits andservice charges may be reduced. No onewill be turned away for inability to pay.

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Back-to-school mayhem presents a number of chal-lenges for parents. Each morning there are breakfasts tomake, lunches to pack and extracurricular schedules totrack — all while trying to get to work on time. So, how doyou navigate the morning chaos and hold onto your sani-ty? With these helpful tips, you can make your back-to-school mornings easier:

◆ Stick to a strict bedtime schedule. According to theMayo Clinic, school-age children need 10-11 hours of sleepeach night. Making sure they are well rested will helpavoid oversleeping and wasted time getting them out ofbed each morning.

◆ Get prepared the night before. Pack all school bags assoon as homework is finished, and lay out school outfitsprior to bedtime for the next day. This shortens the list ofmorning chores and adds a few extra minutes of rest.Also, don't wait until early morning to pack a rushedlunch with little nutrition value. Preparing lunch thenight before enables parents to pack food with nutrientsand vitamins, not just potato chips and snack packs. Foreven better efficiency, plan lunches a week ahead.

◆ Find a quick and balanced breakfast option. Notmany parents have time for eggs and pancakes eachmorning, but there are quick, quality alternatives. Stockup on cereals that are high in fiber, folic acid, iron, andvitamin C.

◆ Make a weekly calendar of activities. Organize eachfamily member's schedule to make sure children arewhere they need to be at the correct times. Betweenextracurricular activities, like sports, clubs, study groups,jobs and friends, it can be a challenge to establish any sortof routine. Set up car pools in case some events overlap.Input alerts in your phone, and set an alarm for each toavoid temporary mental lapses.

Photo by Greg FarrarSkyline High School senior class officers are (clockwise frombottom) treasurer Mitchell Chen, secretary Edric Zhan, presidentAudrey Strohm and vice president Ian ‘chingy ingy’ Kahng.

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By Tom Corrigan

Voters from both ofSammamish’s school districtshave approved bonds in recentyears to upgrade school facilities.

The big project on the plateauis the addition at Eastlake. A two-story classroom wing and auxil-iary gym are being added toaccommodate next year’s influxof ninth graders to the school.

The project began work overthe summer and is expected to becomplete in time for the 2012-13school year.

Otherwise, while the city hasseen new schools, such asCreekside and Rachel Carson ele-mentaries open in the past few

Construction projectsin both districts willmodernize schools

years, most of the major projectsare taking place outside ofSammamish right now.

Lake Washington districtThe big news in the Lake

Washington district is the con-struction of a new science, tech-nology engineering and math(STEM) secondary school.

The building is set to go upjust north of Sammamish on stateRoute 202, near AlcottElementary. The district is hip-deep in the permitting process,and expects to have the newbuilding open in time for the2012-2013 school year.

◆ An addition to RedmondHigh School will make the school30,000 square feet bigger.Construction began over thesummer.

◆ Construction wrapped up atLake Washington HighSchool/Northstar Junior High,Finn Hill JuniorHigh/Environmental andAdventure School and MuirElementary. Students are expect-ed to move back in this schoolyear.

◆ Construction projects atKeller Elementary and SandburgElementary should be done bythe start of the next school year.

◆ Projects at Rose Hill JuniorHigh/Stella Schola MiddleSchool, Bell and Rush elemen-taries and the InternationalCommunity School are proceed-ing and should wrap up at vari-ous times in 2013.

Issaquah district◆ Planners slated Maywood

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Demolition of the parking lotsand sidewalks are nearing com-pletion with rebuilding scheduled

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◆ Also in Renton, BriarwoodElementary School was slated fora complete replacement. A newbuilding is planned right next tothe existing structure, Niegowskisaid.

The Briarwood project still isin its beginning stages, thoughthe school’s former parking lot isnow part of the constructionzone. A new, temporary lot forstaff and parents was built on theeast side of the school.

Also affecting how studentswill come and go from theschool, the driveway in front ofBriarwood was renovated andnow is intended for drop off and

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ContributedThe Eastside Catholic High School ASB: from left, president Jonny Bannick (senior), vice presidentMalia Bachesta (senior), representative Jon Obernesser (senior), treasurer Jeff Chen (junior), secre-tary Annie Mazure-Schmidt (senior).

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◆ Work also continues on amodernization project atChallenger Elementary inIssaquah. The former library andstaff lounge is gone with con-struction of the renovated facili-

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Washington’s desire to offer asmany choices as possible for stu-dents. It becomes a matter ofstaffing the position, though.

“There is generalized interestin Mandrin,” she said.

The idea of offering foreignlanguage instruction at the ele-mentary level has become a diffi-cult area to address, Thiele said.

Total immersionWhile schools in Burlington

and Seattle, aswell as manyothers acrossthe nation,have wadedinto the watersof offering lan-guage immer-sion programsstarting in thefirst grade, hesaid Issaquahconsiders it oneof those great ideas that needsmore student and parent interestcombined with an abundance ofbilingual, certified Washingtonteachers who also know how to

teach all subject areas well. Oneproblem, among others, is notenough native Spanish (or anoth-er foreign language) speakers atany one school.

“We looked into Spanishimmersion a few years back,”Thiele said. “The problem I hadwas, I understand the immersion,but you need about half the kidsin the class (to) be Spanish speak-ing and half would be Englishspeaking.”

In order for an elementaryschool to offer a sustainable lan-guage immersion program, it hasto fill a pipeline of teachers ineach grade level.

“I think there’s a reason not alot of (school districts) do it. It’s

harder thananyone thinks.For us, we’restill a relativelyhomogenouspopulation,” hesaid. “It’s notthat we’re notinterested indoing that. Ifit’s somethingthat we canmake happen,

let’s do it.”As principal of Issaquah

Middle School in 2002, Thiele,who has a background inMandrin studies, actually did

implement a Japanese languageprogram for one period per day.Within two years, they droppedthe program due to lack of stu-dent interest.

“I could never get more than17 kids per class,” Thiele said. “Ijust couldn’t keep the numbers.There has to be a certain amountof student interest. They’re not

forced to take Japanese class.”Spanish and French are simply

more popular still, despiteefforts, for example, by Skylinestudents to get Chinese on thecourse offerings list. And whileother elective subjects like thearts and physical educationdiminish with the budgets, lan-guage classes still remain fairly

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robust at the high school level, hesaid.

That has a lot to do with stu-dents seeking to fulfill collegeentrance requirements — neitherthe district nor the state requiresstudents to complete foreign lan-guage coursework.

“It wouldn’t surprise me that itis (growing),” Thiele said. “As Irecall over 90 percent (of stu-dents) meet the two-years of lan-guage requirement upon graduat-ing.”

While school districts have tostrike a balance between main-taining a variety of electivecourse offerings for middle andhigh schoolers, foreign languageteachers have the freedom toorganize language immersiontrips or activities to help theirstudents deepen their under-standing and experience in theculture and language.

These are offered completelyindependent from the school andtend to happen whenever teach-ers can get enough students andparents committed to travel,teachers from Skyline andIssaquah said.

Haldeman estimated thatroughly one group of Skyline stu-dents takes a trip or attends animmersion activity each year,

There has to be a certainamount of student

interest. They’re notforced to take Japanese

class.”– Ron Thiele,

Associate superintendent –

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Language study facts

◆ More than 60 percent of high school students study Spanishas their primary foreign language, while slightly more than 20percent study French and less than 17 percent study other lan-guages.

◆ Nearly 70 percent of students have never traveled to thecountry of the language they are studying.

◆ Asked if they could change their foreign language experi-ence, nearly 30 percent of students said they would have startedlearning a foreign language in elementary school.

◆ More than 70 percent of educators have traveled to the coun-try of the language they teach within the past five years — nearly35 percent within the past year.

◆ While the majority of students said they take foreign lan-guage to fulfill a graduation or college entrance requirement, ahigh number are also taking classes to become more fluent, usein travel or broaden their career choices.

◆ Nearly 85 percent of educators believe their students are tak-ing foreign language primarily to fulfill a graduation or collegeentrance requirement.

◆ Only 25 percent of educators travel with their students.

Source: 2010 Annual Report from the American Council on theTeaching of Foreign Languages. Results from a questionnaire complet-ed by 151,988 students and 2,294 foreign language educators.


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whether that’s during winterbreak, spring break or over thesummer.

“Usually I notice that kids’interest peaks,” Haldeman said.“It really solidifies their interest.”

Haldeman said she has takenher students to Japan before, butthey often optto attend thetwo-day full-immersioncamp in Seattle.They learn theins and outs ofthe culture andcompete inspeaking exer-cises.

“They get really excited aboutdoing that,” she said.

Whether students take a tripor not, some teachers in the dis-trict supplement the traditionalcurriculum — standard verb con-jugations and memorizing gram-mar rules — with methods suchas Teaching Proficiency throughReading and Storytelling (TPRS).It promotes more creativity andconversation among classmatesand focuses less on the teachersimply lecturing.

Haldeman said it is proveneffective but, due to ever-increas-ing workload and requirements,it’s difficult to consistently incor-porate into everyday instruction.

She, like many, chooses to teachonly in Japanese in her classesfrom second-year and up.

“My advanced classes are notallowed to speak in English atall,” Haldeman said.

While schools across the coun-try have proven that learning asecond language earlier andthrough new methods leads tohigher test results, among otherthings, a variety of factors contin-ue to limit Issaquah and other

districts inwhat they canoffer students.

In the endit’s all a bigbalancing act,Thiele said.

“There’seducationalvalue with

learning a foreign language,”Thiele said. “But there’s also edu-cational value in learning scienceor art.”

Reporter Christopher Huber canbe reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, [email protected]. Comment onthis story atwww.SammamishReview.com.

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“My advanced classesare not allowed to speak

in English at all.”– Tammy Haldeman,

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officials warn installation ofa few items may have toawait delivery before com-pletion.

Outside the building,grinding and repaving wasslated to begin on a widenedSecond Avenue the week ofAug. 15. Work is also pro-ceeding on the school’s newathletic stadium. Turf is inplace and workers areinstalling end zone lettersand logos.

◆ Odds and ends:Portable classrooms are inplace at Liberty, ApolloElementary in Renton andIssaquah Valley Elementaryin Issaquah. Portables alsoare on their way toNewcastle Elementary inNewcastle. In Issaquah, atEndeavour Elementary,workers are proceeding withreplacing the roof and sky-lights.

Outside of schools, instal-lation is set to begin shortlyon new bus lifts for the dis-trict transportation center.

Editor Ari Cetron contribut-ed to this story. Tom Corrigan:392-6434, ext. 241, or [email protected]. To commenton this story, visitwww.SammamishReview.com

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Date OpponentSept. 2 LibertySept. 9 BellevueSept. 16 at Lake Oswego, Ore.Sept. 23 at IssaquahSept. 30 RedmondOct. 7 at NewportOct. 14 Henry M. JacksonOct. 21 at EastlakeOct. 28 Cross overNov. 4 Playoffs

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Issaquah School

District 2011-12

Calendar Dates

Aug. 30 — First day of schoolfor students

Sept. 5 — Labor Day (noschool)

Nov. 11 — Veterans Day (noschool)

Nov. 24-25 — Thanksgiving

holiday (no school)Nov. 30 – Dec. — Elementary

conferences (no school for ele-mentary school students)

Dec. 19 – Jan. 2 — First winterbreak (no school)

Jan. 16 — Martin Luther KingJr. Day (no school)

Feb. 20-24 — PresidentsDay/second winter break (noschool)

April 9-13 — Spring break (no

school)May 25-28 — Memorial Day

four-day weekend (no school)June 14 — Last day of school

Weather make-up days (if necessary)

First day — Friday, May 25Second day — Friday, June 15Third day — Monday, June 18Fourth day — Tuesday, June 19Fifth day — Wednesday, June 20

Lake Washington

School District 2011-

12 Calendar Dates

Sept. 6 — First day of schoolfor students

Oct. 3-4, 6 — Half-day elemen-tary conferences

Oct. 7 — LearningEnhancement AcademicPlanning day (no school)

Nov. 11 — Veterans Day (noschool)

Nov. 23 — half-dayNov. 24-25 — Thanksgiving

holiday (no school)Dec. 19 – Jan. 2 — First winter

break (no school)Jan. 16 — Martin Luther King

Jr. Day (no school)Feb. 16-20 — Mid-winter break

(no school)March 16 — LEAP day (no

school)April 2-6 — Spring break (no

school)May 4 — LEAP day (no school)May 25 — LEAP day (no school)May 28 — Memorial Day (no

school)Calendar may change due to

inclement weather.

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Essential information before they head back to schoolThe first day of school is set

for Aug. 30. Note the day is priorto Labor Day this year. For thebell time for your school, go toyour school’s website orwww.issaquah.wednet.edu/schools/belltimes.aspx.

Lake Washington’s first dayback is Sept. 6. For bell times,visit your school’s website orwww.lwsd.org/Parents/school-hours.

Basic stats: The IssaquahSchool District has more than17,000 students and covers a 110-square mile area. The districtincludes 15 elementary schools,five middle schools and threecomprehensive high schools.There is also the alternativeTiger Mountain High School andthe Echo Glen Children’s Centerin Snoqualmie. The latter is partof the district but is Washingtonstate’s juvenile detention facility.

With more than 24,500 stu-dents in 51 schools, LakeWashington covers 76 squaremiles, from Kirkland toSammamish. It includes 31 ele-mentary schools, 12 junior highsand eight high schools, eight ofwhich are in Sammamish.

District website: The maindistrict web address for Issaquahis www.issaquah.wednet.edu. Lookon the right side of the mainpage for links important for anygiven month. For example,“August Links” include “Schoolbell times for 2011” and “Annualverification of elementary enroll-ment.” For August, the monthlylinks will take you to many of thedirect links given in this column.Look on the left side of the dis-trict’s Web page for links to com-ing events.

For Lake Washington, visitwww.lwsd.org. It’s divided up intofour sections at the top left foreasy preliminary navigation. The“Schools” tab will lead you toeach school’s individual website,and the “News” tab will help keepyou up to date with recent dis-trict-wide developments. Thethree tabs at the top right, “ForParents,” “For Students,” and “Forthe Community,” offer navigationfor more specific needs.

Verify enrollment: Accordingto the district website, lime greenenrollment verification postcardswent out to elementary schoolfamilies in July. Parents areasked to follow the instructionson the cards. You also can verifyyour children’s elementaryschool enrollment atwww.issaquah.wednet.edu/dis-trict/enrollment/elemverify.aspx.

Lake Washington also mails apostcard to registered students

who qualify for transportationwith information about the routethey will ride. The district alsooffers parents a way to verify orfind out what school and busroutes their student shouldattend and ride. Visitwww.lwsd.org/Schools/School-and-Bus-Finder/Pages/default.aspx.

Family Access: A link to thiswebsite sits at the bottom right ofthe district main page. This siteprovides parents and studentsonline access to student informa-tion, including test scores, atten-dance, class schedules andimmunization records. Parents orstudents need a password to login to Family Access. If you’ve for-gotten your password, you canget a new one sent to the e-mailaddress on file with the district. Ifyou have questions about FamilyAccess logins, contact your mid-dle school or high school registraror your elementary school secre-

tary. It’s the same for Lake

Washington parents. For informa-tion on Parent Access, visit theLake Washington main page,hover the mouse over the “ForParents” tab and click on “ParentAccess” halfway down the drop-down menu. From that page, youcan log in by clicking on the“Parent Access Login” at theright.

School supplies vary bybuilding. You can find what yourchild needs on the website foreach individual school.

If you don’t know the webaddress for your school, go to themain district site and use the linkfor your child’s school.

Bus routes: You can find yourchild’s bus route and schedule atwww.issaquah.wednet.edu/fami-ly/transportation/elink.aspx. Youwill be redirected to E-Link 2011,

which will display your atten-dance area school, your bus num-ber, the nearest stop to yourhouse, and pick-up and drop-offtimes.

Lake Washington updates itsroute information in August andlists it by school atwww.lwsd.org/Schools/School-and-Bus-Finder/Pages/Bus-Route-Schedules.aspx.

Free and reduced-pricelunches are available to childrenfrom households that meet feder-al income guidelines. Parentsmust fill out a district applica-tion, which can be found atwww.issaquah.wednet.edu/dis-trict/departments/operations/food-service.aspx.

Lake Washington parents canfind information and applicationforms atwww.lwsd.org/Parents/Breakfast-Lunch-Menus/Pages/Pricing-Payment.aspx.

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COMMUNITY16 • August 24, 2011 SAMMAMISH REVIEW


Just minutes after I lay downon the sheet-covered queen-sizemattress with a thick woolenblanket rolled up for a pillow, Icinched the bottom of my jacket,hoping it would keep the spidersout.

It was 9 p.m., Aug. 9. I tried tosleep. I only had until midnight,when we would head to the land-fill to start working. As I dozedoff, I thought I felt slight bitingsensations marching around mywaist and ankles. I figured it wasall in my head — I was exhaustedfrom working construction andspeaking Spanish all day. And Iwas way out of my comfort zone,sleeping in a small, adobe brickroom on the outskirts of Trujillo,

Peru, the country’s third largestcity. Somewhat paranoid, I itchedthen squished the spot each timeI felt it, just in case it really was abug.

Outside, the ducks chatteredas they huddled in darknessbelow, a donkey’s bray joined thechorus of a cool night, and mynostrils filled with the pungentscent of gritty earth, decayinganimal carcasses and burninggarbage.

With the garbage minersI had come to Trujillo on a

mission trip with Inca LinkInternational, an organizationwhich partners with churchesand youth groups to serve theyouth of Latin America. We spenteight days constructing founda-

tions for an orphanage and tradeschool in the rougher part oftown. We also spent time withattention-starved children in adaycare and had visited the land-fill to shake hands with the work-ers and offer fresh fruit for lunch.

I was with a group fromCanada and California thatstayed at Helping Hands, aTrujillo hostel established by mis-sionaries from the Seattle area.

But this night I was sleeping atthe “corral,” an outpost of sortsthat Luis “Chichi” ChihuamanValdiviezo and his family use forsorting trash, raising livestockand gathering with groups fromInca Link. Chichi, his brother,Jose Chihuaman Valdiviezo, andtheir mother sleep in this littleroom or in another loft beforeheading out each night to minetrash in the city dump.

I spent the night in that dump,following Jose and his fellowtrash miners as they workedthrough the wee hours of themorning and into the day. I did-n’t just get used to walkingthrough slimy trash and watchingout for sharp objects and scav-enging dogs. I also caught aglimpse of how difficult life canbe for people who don’t haveother options.

I wasn’t trying to prove any-thing. In fact, when the directorof Inca Link International, LisaMerritt, asked me, days before, ifI had made up my mind aboutdoing it, I stuttered and tried tothink up some excuse to not gothrough with it. It would havebeen perfectly reasonable towant to return to the relativecomfort of the hostel with therest of the group after a day ofhard construction work at theorphanage site.

We had just spent an hour orso playing soccer and othergames with children and theirparents in the middle of a barrenplot of land at the corral on theother side of the fence from thelandfill. And as I fumbled withmy words for a decent excuse, Ilooked over at Chichi, theplateau of trash behind him inthe distance, and said to Lisasomething like, “yeah, I think Ishould do it.” My mind wasdefeated by an overriding senseof the need to understand and tobe humbled.

Ultimately, I wanted a glimpseof the brothers’ daily lives. Iwanted to have a specific, joltingexperience that might help megive a voice to the voiceless. Iwanted to see if life in such a for-gotten, invisible place like a

garbage dump — you drive rightpast the prison to get to the land-fill — was as dire or desperate aswe North Americans might thinkit is.

It is. And it isn’t.

All they knowAt midnight, Jose woke me up

— I was still oblivious to the col-lection of bites covering my body— and we drove to the landfill inhis two-seat, motorcycle-poweredmoto-taxi. About 50 people werealready working when wearrived. Even at night, the sceneis overwhelming. Following sug-gestions, I wore a cloth over mymouth and nose so I wouldn’tbreathe in the toxic smoke orjuicy stench of the trash.Donkeys pull wooden carts upthe hill to the dump site, as work-ers nap in front of garbage bon-fires. The carts or moto-taxis parkin a line about 100 feet from thenewest trash piles. It’s sour, stale,and choking. I don’t want toknow what I just stepped on.

About every half-hour anothertruck came. Jose waited for thenewer, white trucks, becausethey brought more trash. The

workers — at night all you see isthe glow of their headlamps andtrash heaps at their feet — buncharound the back of the truck.And as it pushes the waste out,the workers jab and rake thetrash out with 8-foot poles thathave two-pronged metal hooksattached to the end. The truckpulls away, they make a pile ortwo and each taps an area tomark his or her own spot.

Chichi, 31, and Jose, 28, havemined trash since they were bothchildren. They were forced tofind a source of income to sup-port their mother and siblingswhen their father’s employerwould not pay him or was lateproviding paychecks for workdone far from the city. Jose onlyfinished school through the fifthgrade. Chichi didn’t pass his col-lege-entrance exam, so he hit adead end. For more than 20years, they have spent 12-16hours per day sorting throughTrujillo’s garbage.

The brothers have a side busi-ness raising pigs for income, sothey look for food scraps to usefor feed. They also sort out recy-clable materials to sell for a fewcents per kilo. Plastic and paperfetch the best rate, but copperfrom electronics, cables, wires,and even auto parts, is also worthcollecting.

By 8 a.m., Jose had collectedenough material to deliver large

Photo by Christopher HuberStephanie Chihuaman Chacon, 7, of Los Milagros, Trujillo, Peru,takes a swig of soda from a bottle one of her family membershad recently taken from the trash dump nearby. Her father,uncle and grandmother work in 12- to 16-hour shifts every day ofthe week to mine trash from the Trujillo landfill. While not des-perate for food, Stephanie and her family members do not hesi-tate to drink out of bottles like this. Watchtowers from the localprison loom in the background.

The garbage minersJourney exposes hardships, hopes of poor in Peru

Photo by Christopher HuberA girl rakes through trash the morning of Aug. 10 in Trujillo,Peru. She said she works with her brother to find materials tosell.

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Photo by Christopher HuberA trash miner walks over a heap of trash as a worker churns up old garbage at the Trujillo, Perumunicipal landfill.

sacks of food scraps and bundlesof recyclables to the corral area,where his sister, Erika, andChichi’s wife, Lorena, spentmuch of the day sorting it. Eachday, someone picks up the mate-rials, sells them and returns tothe family with payment, Lorenasaid.

ContradictionsIt is dire, in the sense that the

brothers and a couple hundredothers spend their days pickingthrough nasty garbage, mostwithout gloves or air filter masksand worry about stepping on nee-dles or getting sick.

But for Chichi and Jose, it’s alla quest to feed their families andmake a way for themselves in acountry where the rich are get-

ting richer off abundant naturalresources and the poor are get-ting poorer. Development incities like Lima is thriving.Tourism booms in Cuzco and atMachu Picchu. But the educationsystem is weak and many surviveon less than $10 a day. The factthe brothers have a concrete-walled home says they earnmore than some people, but thefloors are bare dirt.

Mining trash is all they know.Chichi started working in thedump when he was 8. It is whattheir young children know, too,although they don’t actually workin the dump. The brothers livewith their families about twomiles from the landfill. But theyspend most of their time, itseems, at the corral. It’s notuncommon to see any one ofthem take a swig of the soda froma bottle they found in the landfillthe previous night.

In a sense, though, it is not

quite as dire or hopeless as well-off Americans might think. ForChichi and Jose, it’s a brother-hood, a community, a family.Sure they’re dirty and theirclothes smell like garbage. Butthey still goof around and findjoy in the little things, like ashared meal or a game of soccer.And at least when a wealthyPeruvian throws out their foodscraps, someone else — or theirpigs — will eat a little better thatday.

Some said working in thedump is better than roaming thestreets, scavenging for food infamily trash cans out of despera-tion. The trash miners aren’tentirely desperate; they’re just

MinerContinued from Page 16

doing what they can to get alongin life.

In the end, the toughest partfor this gringo with a stableincome, clean clothes and plentyof food on the dinner table backhome was actually the momentthat I got to press the “escape”button. I had spent a day andnight with a tight-knit familyearning a living on the edge ofpoverty by literally harvestinggarbage. I ate with them, shooktheir hands, kissed their cheeks,played with their children, talkedabout life with them and walkedthrough trash with them.

I got to have a taxi pick me upand take me back to the hostel,where I took a hot shower and along nap. Chichi and Jose wentback to the trash heaps andLorena waited to collect the cou-ple of dollars they’d get for thesacks of paper and plastic bottles.

Losing a few hours’ sleep andnot worrying about a couple hun-dred bed bug bites was the least Icould do.


UW announces

dean’s listSammamish residents have

been named to the dean’s listat the University ofWashington for the springquarter. To qualify, a studentmust have completed at least12 graded credits and have aGPA of at least 3.5. This is apartial list, other studentshave been named in previousweeks while others willappear in the future.

Alexander Reed Sanoja,junior; Abigail Castro Saulon,junior; Christine FrancesSchmid, senior; Rachel MarieSeeley, senior; Jacob HerbertShannon, sophomore; SamuelCarver Sheehan, sophomore;Bradley Harrison Sherman,senior; Jonathan Shi, senior;Ryuichi Robert Sikora, senior;Ryan Singh, senior; RaduIonut Smintina, junior;Michael Thomas Stead, sopho-more; Jordan Michael Strong,junior; Lancy Mimi Tan,senior; Samantha Renee Tanji,senior; Kirk Sean Tarbutton,senior; Michael BradleyThompson, sophomore;Brooke Lauren Tibbles, senior.

Sports18 • August 24, 2011 SAMMAMISH REVIEW


What the Eastside CatholicHigh School volleyball team lostin key starters from 2010, it mayhave made up for in its newcoach.

The Crusaders lost standoutslike outside hitter CamiSilverman to graduation in June,but the team picked up a coachwith experience with the nationalchampion University ofWashington volleyball program.

An Edmonds native, MikeBryant joins Eastside Catholic,the 2010 3A state runner up, afterspending most of his coachingcareer at the college level. Hemost recently spent one seasoncoaching at the University ofPittsburgh, where he guided theteam back to the post-season con-ference tournament.

Possibly his most notableexperience was as program direc-tor during the Huskies’ 2005Division-1 national champi-onship run. But Bryant alsocoached at Metro League rivalHoly Names Academy, earning

numerous awards and accolades.In the 2010 3A state final,

Eastside Catholic lost 3-1 toSeattle Prep. But the Crusadersfinished the season 19-3 overalland 11-1 in Metro League compe-tition. On the way to state, thegirls took the Metro and districttitles.

From that team, EastsideCatholic brings back a solid coreof seven seniors: KameronMcLain (outside hitter), MandyMahan (middle blocker), LaurenRehn (outside hitter), MarlenaNorwood (defensive specialist),Nicole Boswell (libero and defen-sive specialist), Jordan Gates (set-ter) and Danielle Leider (middleblocker and outside hitter).

In addition, Bryant notedthree others in the rotation whowill balance the attack this fall:early-career standout, junior out-side hitter and setter HannahChristie, junior middle blockerSarah Hill and sophomore out-side hitter Katherine Towslee.

McLain looks to be a dominantforce for the Crusaders this sea-son. The Division-1 prospect has

verbally committed to play forBoston College in 2012, Bryantsaid.

Before practices started, Bryantexplained that the team will need toset goals and consistently meetthem throughout the season. Thegirls will need to stay focused ontheir own tasks, he said, and workto create opportunities on the court.

“The Metro League is tradi-tionally one of the toughest inthe state and we know that it willtake some very good volleyball tobe successful against our leagueopponents,” Bryant said. “It willbe important for us to use everyopportunity to compete at a highlevel and improve on the thingswe do, and not become compla-cent or overlook any conferenceopponent.”

Games to watch:

Holy Names at EastsideCatholic, 7 p.m., Sept. 19; (2010state title game rematch) SeattlePrep at Eastside Catholic, 7 p.m.,Sept. 21; Eastside Catholic atBishop Blanchet, 7 p.m., Oct. 3.

File photoThe Eastside Catholic volleyball team celebrates winning theMetro League title last year after it beat Bishop Blanchet 3-0. TheCrusaders return most of their key starters in 2011.

Crusaders volleyball hopes tomake another run at a title

Photo by Christopher Huber

A triathlete sprints out of the water on his way to the bike leg of the 18th annual Beaver Lake

Triathlon Aug. 20. Participants swam a quarter-mile, biked 13.8 miles and ran 4.3 miles.

A dip in the lake


A year ago, Ryan Mongan, 45,of Sammamish, would not haveconsidered competing in theBeaver Lake Triathlon. He wasnowhere close to ready for thequarter-mile swim, he said.Swimming in open water freakedhim out. He would panic andstart swallowing water.

“Swimming’s my weak spot,”he said. “A year ago, I couldn’tswim.”

But months before the 2011race, Mongan decided he wouldchallenge his friend by entering.Still scared of the swimming leg,Mongan, an experienced runnerand cyclist, resolved to train inLake Sammamish to get used tothe dark, open water.

The work paid off. Although abit slow on the swim portion,Mongan finished the 18th annualBeaver Lake Triathlon in 13thplace overall, crossing the finish

line in 1 hour 17 minutes and 23seconds.

He was among more than 260participants in the annual swim-bike-run race that takes triath-letes in and around Beaver Lake.About 60 Sammamish residentsparticipated, according to theresults website.

The late summer morningprovided ideal conditions forsome participants to go withoutwetsuits.

“Once on the bike, I mellowedout,” Mongan said. He made upthe two-and-a-half minutes onthe 13.8-mile bike ride that helost on the swim leg. As hecaught his breath at the finishline area, Mongan reflected onthe particularly steep climb onthe bike portion.

“The bike (leg) is unusual for atriathlon,” Mongan said. “If yougo out there now, you’d see peo-ple in a world of hurt.”

Cody Novak, 27, of Kirkland,won the overall race. He finishedin 1:11:48, just one second aheadof Ryker Lammers, of Kirkland.The two raced neck-and-neck forthe final three miles of the 4.3-mile run, Novak said.

“I thought my legs were gonnafall out from under me, Novaksaid after the race. “It was back-and-forth the last 0.3 miles. Wejust started booking. That’s whenyou lose all sense of form.”

This was Novak’s first timecompeting in the Beaver LakeTriathlon, known as a sprinttriathlon due to its shorter courselength.

“That was the shortest swim

I’ve ever seen,” Novak said. Other Sammamish residents

performed well this year, too.Matt Signoretty, 21, placed ninth

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ContributedThe Eastside FC Girls ’98-Red team, with members from Sammamish, won the GU-13Premier division of the 31st Annual Mustang Stampede Tournament Aug 8 in Danville,Calif. In all, they went 5-0-1 throughout the three-day tournament, scoring eight goals andallowing only one goal against. They defeated some of the top ranked teams in Region IV.The ’98-Red team beat Santa Rosa United Ice 1-0 in the finals after a clutch goal by JojoHarber and assist by Natalie Weidenbach. Pictured are (top row left to right) Catie Buck,Katie Foster, Alexa Kirton (Sammamish), Natalie Weindenbach, Kaylene Pang, MollyMonroe (Sammamish), (bottom row) Cameron Tingey (Sammamish), Sophie Butterfield,Emma Martz, Jojo Harber, Zoe Milburn, Ellie Bryant, Bella Lundberg.

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Jake Heaps, one of the mostcelebrated quarterbacks inSkyline High School history, isearning preseason attention atBrigham Young University.

Of course, accolades are noth-ing new for Heaps, who earnedall-state and national honors dur-ing his Skyline days and ledSkyline to three straight statechampionships.

Among his recent honors isbeing named to the 2011 DaveyO’Brien National QuarterbackAward Watch List. One reasonwhy Heaps is on the list isbecause of the sensational fresh-man season he had last fall forthe Cougars.

Last season, the 6-foot-1, 205-pound Heaps broke every fresh-man Brigham Young Universityquarterback record includingwins, games started, passingyardage, completions and touch-downs. He started 10 games in2010, completing 219 of 383 pass-es for 2,316 yards and 15 touch-downs.

This year’s list featured 38 ofthe nation’s top collegiate quar-terbacks who were picked basedon their performance last yearand their expectations headinginto the 2011 season. Heaps isone of eight sophomores on thelist.

The field of candidates will be

narrowed to 16 semifinals Oct.24. The O’Brien Foundation andselection committee willannounce three finalists Nov. 21and the winner Dec. 8.

In addition to the O’Brienattention, Heaps is on the coverof the Athlon Sports CollegeFootball 2011 preseason footballmagazine. He shares the coverwith Stanford’s Andrew Luck andBoise State’s Kellen Moore.

Heaps has come a long way ina year. He entered fall camp lastyear expecting to share the quar-terback duties with Riley Nelson.The two shared the position inBYU’s season-opening 23-17 victo-ry against Washington.

When Nelson suffered a sea-son-ending shoulder injuryagainst Florida State Sept. 18,Heaps became the starter for theremainder of the season. Heended it with a record-settingMVP performance against theUniversity of Texas-El Paso in theNew Mexico Bowl. He was thefirst BYU freshman quarterbackto start in a bowl game.

Heaps was selected to theCollege Football News FreshmanAll-American Team as an honor-able mention.

Besides all of the footballattention, the other big news inHeaps’ life came in late June thisyear when he married BrookeShaw, whose father was a formerBYU player.

Jake Heaps piles upthe honors at BYU

overall with a time of 1:16:08 andJonathan Church, 35, took 10thplace with a time of 1:16:21.Kerry Wate, 41, placed 33rd over-all and fifth in his division with atime of 1:23:20. Calvin Mingione,23, placed 46th overall and sec-ond in his division, finishing in1:25:55. Tyler Kennedy, 23, tookthird in his division and 47thoverall with a time of 1:26:00.Collin Clark, 34, finished in1:26:06 to take 48th and fourth inhis division. And Bill Baker, 56,placed first in his division and49th overall with a time of1:26:11.

Haley Morin placed seventhoverall among female racers andsecond in her division with atime of 1:27:21. Tammy Wales,50, took first in her division andfifth among masters females witha time of 1:30:50.


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Swaddler Story Time, for children birth-9 months with an adult, 11 a.m. Sept 15, 22 and 29.

Waddler Story Time, for children 9-24 months with an adult, 10 and11 a.m. Sept 16, 23 and 30.

Hindi Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, 4 p.m. Sept 15, 22 and 29.

Toddler Story Time, for children 2-3 with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m.Sept 14, 21 and 28.

Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 with an adult, 10 a.m. Sept 15, 22 and 29, and 1 p.m. Sept 16, 23 and 30.

Pajama Story Time, for children 2-6 with an adult, 7 p.m. Sept. 12, 19and 26.

Musik Nest, for children 2-3 with an adult. Share songs, dance,rhythm and new ways to enjoy music with your toddler, 10:30 a.m.Sept. 17.

Spanish Story Time, for children 3 and older with an adult, 6 p.m.Sept. 13, 20 and 27.

Mother Daughter Book Club will discuss “Penny Dreadful” byLaurel Snyder, 1 p.m. Sept. 24.

Meet the Author: Meet JezAlborough, the international chil-dren’s author-illustrator of over 30picture books, at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29.

Stress Management andRelaxation Training for Teens willtake place at 2 p.m. on Sept. 17.Register at www.kcls.org/sammamishor call 425.392.3130.

The Teen Writers Group will meet at 3:30 p.m. on Sept 20.

Meet the Cartoonist: Meet local 16-year-old cartoonist, Seth Campos,author of two comic book collections,“Welcome to Beeky Airlines” and “RealBears Eat Takeout,” at 2 p.m. on Sept.25.

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Sammamish Symphony Orchestra members will accompa-ny the Cantare Vocal Ensemble in a concert to honor thevictims, survivors, and heroes of 9/11. Proceeds will bene-fit the 9/11 orphan fund. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. Sept. 11. at the Holy Rosary Church in WestSeattle. Tickets are $25. Visit www.cantarecvocalensem-

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AugustConcert in the Parksummer concertseries features “SoulPurpose” from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 25 at

Pine Lake Park.

Friendly Earth, anon-profit recyclingcompany, is teamingup with theSammamish

Presbyterian Church to kick off acommunity widerecyclingevent.Volunteerswill be col-lecting used,broken andunwantedappliances,as well as electronics and scrapmetal from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Aug.27 at Sammamish PresbyterianChurch.

Friends of the IssaquahSalmon Hatchery is

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from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 27.Email volunteer coordinatorBeverly Lee [email protected].

The KidsFirstNoontimeseriesconcertwill fea-

ture NateWeinstein, a HarryPotter imperson-ator, at noon Aug.29 at Ebright CreekPark.

Urban Poetics: A pho-tography exhibit byVictoria Bjorklund willbe on display at CityHall from Sept. 2-Oct. 4

at City Hall, and is viewableduring normal business hours.

The documentaryfile “Painted Life”the story of HenkPander as seenthrough the lens of

his son, Jacob, will be shown at1 p.m. Sept. 10 at City Hall.

Sammamish Walks will take aguided tour alongwalking trails ofBeaver Lake Parkwith a photographyfocus from 10 a.m.-

noon Sept. 17. To register, visitwww.ci.sammamish.wa.us.

The Sammamish Farmer’sMarket runs from 4-8 p.m.every Wednesday at City Hall.

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Beginner ESL Classes, 7 p.m. Sept 8, 15, 22 and29.

How to Start a Business. Learn the resourcesthat are available through the Small BusinessAdministration, the steps in starting a business,how to write a business plan and how to doresearch at 2 p.m. on Sept 13.

Talk Time, conversation practice for adults whowant to improve their English language skills, willtake place at 12:30 p.m. on Sept 15, 22 and 29.

Growing Your Preschooler’s Brain, for parentsand child care providers of children 1-5, will be

presented by Kathy Slattengren, M.Ed. at 10 a.m.on Sept 24.

Intermediate ESL Class, 10 a.m. Sept 27.

Create a Web Site for Your Small Business.Discover easy-to-use design tools that can buildyour small business web site at 6 p.m. on Sept 28.

Poetry Workshop, a seriesof weekly workshops foranyone interested in poetry,will take place at 7 p.m. onSept 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26and Nov. 2.

The Sammamish BookGroup will discuss “Kim” byRudyard Kipling at 7 p.m. onSept. 21.

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Sammamish Medical ReserveCorps is seeking retired medicaland non-medical workers. meet-ings 6:30-8 p.m., the fourthWednesday of the month atEastside Fire & Rescue Station82. Email [email protected].

Visit residents in nursinghomes. Friend to Friend matchesvolunteers with residents inSammamish nursing homes andassisted living facilities.Volunteers are asked to visit resi-dents a couple times a month fora year. Orientation will be provid-ed. Background check required.Call 1-888-383-7818.

Evergreen Healthcare is seek-ing volunteers to help servepatients throughout King County.Volunteers, who will be assignedto help people in their ownneighborhoods, provide compan-ionship, run errands, do lighthousehold work, or give a breakto primary caregivers. Volunteerswill be supported by hospitalstaff. Call 899-1040 or visitwww.evergreenhealthcare.org/hospice.

The King County Long-TermCare Ombudsman Programneeds certified long-term careombudsman volunteers. Aftercompleting a four-day trainingprogram, visit with residents,take and resolve complaints andadvocate for residents.Volunteers are asked to donatefour hours a week and attendselected monthly meetings.Contact Cheryl Kakalia at 206-694-6827.

Eastside Bluebills is a Boeingretiree volunteer organizationthat strives to provide opportuni-ties for retirees to help others inneed and to assist charitable andnonprofit organizations, 10 a.m.-

noon, the third Wednesday of themonth at the Bellevue RegionalLibrary. Call 235-3847.

LINKS, Looking Into the Needsof Kids in Schools, places com-munity volunteers in the schoolsof the Lake Washington SchoolDistrict. Opportunities includetutoring, classroom assistanceand lunch buddy. [email protected] or visitwww.linksvolunteer.org.

Eastside Baby Corner needsvolunteers to sort incoming dona-tions of clothing and toys andprepare items for distribution.Visit www.babycorner.org.

Volunteers are needed to visithomebound patrons with theKing County Library System’sTraveling Library Center pro-gram. Volunteers must be at least18 years old and have reliabletransportation. Call SusanLaFantasie at 369-3235.

Sammamish Citizen CorpsCouncil needs volunteers to helpsupport the CommunityEmergency Response Team andother groups. Email [email protected], visitwww.sammamishcitizencorps.orgor attend the meeting from 7-8 p.m. first Wednesday of everymonth at Fire Station 82.

Volunteer drivers are neededfor the Senior Services VolunteerTransportation Program. Flexiblehours, mileage, parking reim-bursement and supplemental lia-bility insurance are offered. Call206-448-5740.

Guide Dogs for the Blind EagerEye Guide Pups Club needs vol-unteers to raise puppies for useas guide dogs for the blind. [email protected].

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The Issaquah Press seeks a motivated, outgoing person in advertising sales for our award-winning community newspaper group. Work with the friendly merchants of New-castle and nearby. Take over a developed territory with room to grow. If you have the motivation to sell and a pas-sion for great customer serv-ice, we want to meet you! Training provided.You will help clients develop advertising campaigns and an-nual plans, and communicate with our graphics department to develop the ads. You must have the ability to juggle many deadlines and details, have basic computer experience, good grammar skil ls, and thrive on your own success. Reliable transportation need-ed, mileage allowance provid-ed. Average 20 hours week/very flexible. Join our fun team!

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NOTICE OF PERMIT APPLICATION

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REQUEST: FORMAL SUBDI-VISION File: L11P0001 16th Sam-mamish Plat Applicant: CamWest Devel-opmentLocation: South side of NE 16th St, east of 244th Ave NE SammamishProposal: Subdivide 15.42 acres zoned R-4 into 62 lots for S/F detached dwellings w/tracts for drainage, recrea-tion & critical areasProgram Manager: Kim Claussen 206-296-7167COMMENT PROCEDURES:Comments on the above file are now being accepted by King County DDES, at the ad-dress listed above.

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02-2221 LEGAL NOTICECITY OF SAMMAMISHNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE

THE CITY OF SAMMAMISH CITY COUNCIL

Proposed Changes to Sammamish Municipal Code

(SMC)WIRELESS COMMUNICA-

TION FACLITIESNotice is hereby given that the

02-2222 LEGAL NOTICECITY OF SAMMAMISH

PUBLIC HEARINGEmergency Ordinance

O2011-309Adopting A Moratorium on

The Establishment of Collective Gardens

Notice is given that the City of Sammamish City Council will hold a public hearing as part of their regular meeting on Sep-tember 6, 2011 beginning at 6:30 pm, for the purpose of accepting public comment re-garding Emergency Ordinance O2011-309, An Interim Ordi-nance Of The City Of Sam-mamish, Washington, Adopt-ing A Moratorium On The Es-tablishment Of Collective Gar-dens; Defining “Collective Gar-dens;” Providing For A Public Hearing, Referring The Matter To The Planning Commission For Hearing And Review; And Establishing An Effective Date. This ordinance was passed at the July 18, 2011 Regular Meeting. The public hearing will be held in Council Chambers located at the Sammamish Commons, 801 228th Avenue SE, Sam-mamish, WA 98075.Copies of this ordinance are available upon request of the City Clerk and are also available on the City website at www.ci.sam-mamish.wa.us. Anyone wishing to submit their comments in writing may do so by sending them to the at-tention of the City Clerk no lat-er than 5:00 pm on September 6, 2011. Send all correspond-ence to City of Sammamish, 801 228th Avenue SE, Sam-mamish, WA 98075 or you may submit your comment via email to [email protected]. Additional in-formation relating to this public hearing may be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk, (425)295-0511.


City of Sammamish City Coun-cil wil l hold a public hearing/deliberation meeting regarding Wireless Communi-cation Facilities Development RegulationsHEARING SCHEDULE: Apublic hearing/deliberation meeting will be held before City of Sammamish City Coun-cil on September 6, 2011 as part of the Regular Meeting beginning at 6:30 PM at the City Hall, Council Chambers, located at 801 228th Avenue SE Sammamish, WA 98075.DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY:A detailed description of the draft document may be ob-tained by visiting the City’s website at www.ci.sammam-ish.wa.us or by contacting City of Sammamish contact name and address listed below.CITY CONTACT AND PUB-LIC COMMENTS SUBMIT-TED TO: Emily Arteche, Se-nior Planner, Sammamish City Hall, 801, 228th Avenue NE, Sammamish, WA 98074, phone: (425) 295-0522.In addition to the public hear-ing sessions, comments may be submitted via emailTo: [email protected] or in writing to the De-partment of Community Devel-opment, 801 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA 98075 and must be received not later than close of business on Sep-tember 6, 2011.


p.m. Aug. 11. The wallet con-tained $90 cash and was likelytaken from an open sunroof.

More ammo disposal

A Sammamish resident turnedin a box of old shotgun shells topolice for safe disposal Aug. 12.

DUI

A 33-year-old Kirkland manwas arrested on suspicion of driv-ing under the influence afterbeing pulled over near the cornerof Southeast 20th Street and212th Avenue Southeast justbefore midnight Aug. 14. An offi-cer clocked the man’s vehicle at52 mph in a 35 zone.

The man performed poorly onfield sobriety tests and blew a .08during a breath test. Because thetest was taken an hour after thearrest, the man may face a DUIcharge since police believe hewas over the legal limit while hewas driving. The man wasdropped off at a friend’s apart-ment nearby.

Aggressive Zumba

A Sammamish resident calledpolice Aug. 13 to report that hisneighbor had been repeatedlydancing provocatively in front ofhis children.

The resident called to reportthe neighbor’s noisy music.When police arrived the residentexplained that he and his wifehad had repeated disputes withthe neighbor over her loud musicand strange behavior. Accordingto the police report, the residentreported that the neighbor, awoman in her 40s, often exer-cised outside.

Whenever the man or his chil-dren were outside, the womanwould “skulk” along the propertyline wearing skimpy clothing andprovocatively “bump and grind”

in the direction of the family.The man said the woman hadnever exposed herself and that hedid not want police to contact thewoman because he was afraidthat that would escalate the situa-tion.

The man reported that thewoman’s home is for sale andthat he was hopeful that shewould soon be moving away. Asthe officer was taking the reporthe noted that the woman waswearing pink bikini bottoms anda black sports bra doing lungesand stair steps up and down herfront porch steps.

Police documented the inci-dent but have no immediateplans to confront the womanabout her exercise routine.

Sex offender

registrationPolice were serving a warrant

on the 24200 block of Southeast24th Street when they discovereda 49-year-old living there whohad apparently failed to registeras a sex offender.

Records show the man has anoutstanding warrant in Nevadafor failure to register as a sexoffender. He was transferred toSnoqualmie, where he has a sepa-rate outstanding misdemeanorwarrant for failure to transfer thetitle of a vehicle.

Snoqualmie Police booked himinto Issaquah Jail on that war-rant. Police could find no recordof the man having registered as asex offender in Washington Stateand are investigating whether hetook the proper steps to registerhere. The case remains underinvestigation.

Suicide attempt

Police were called Aug. 12after a Sammamish womanreportedly threatened to over-dose on sleeping pills in a suicideattempt. The woman’s husbandtold police that he had to wrestlea bottle of pills away from her tostop her attempt.

The woman told police she

was having a bad day and thatthe family was going throughfinancial hardships, but deniedattempting suicide. Based oninterviews with the rest of thefamily police had the womaninvoluntarily committed to thehospital for a mental health eval-uation.

Burglary

A resident on the 2400 blockof East Beaver Lake Road had aWii video game system stolenfrom their home Between 8 a.m.and 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12.

The home is for sale andpolice believe the suspectdestroyed a real estate lock box togain access to the home. Policewere able to obtain some finger-prints from the home and thecase remains under investigation.

Open door

A resident on the 24500 blockof Southeast 30th Street left theirgarage door open overnight Aug.11 and discovered the next morn-ing that someone had stolen theircell phone from their unlockedcar.

Prescription forgery

Police were called Aug. 11 afterstaff at the Safeway pharmacysuspected that someone had ille-gally picked up a Sammamishman’s Clonazepam prescription.

A white female, about 18 yearsold, came to the pharmacy andsaid she was there to pick up theman’s prescription, and success-fully provided the man’s birth-day, phone number and address.The man came the next day toretrieve the prescription and wassurprised to hear that it hadalready been picked up.

He told staff he had not givenanyone else permission to pickup his medication. Police arereviewing surveillance footage.

Items in the Police Blotter comefrom Sammamish Police reports.

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Lake Washington

School District’s ACT

scores riseLake Washington School

District scored better in all fourcategories of the ACT test lastyear even as average scoresstatewide fell.

The district’s average compos-ite score rose by three-tenths to25.6 while the statewide averagefell to 22.8. The national averageis 21.

Lake Washington students’scores rose four-tenths of a pointon English, Mathematics andReading, as well as one-tenth inScience.

Lake Washington also contin-ues to score well when it comesto college-ready graduates – 55

percent of its ACT test takers metall four college readiness bench-marks, compared to 35 percent ofstudents statewide and 25 per-cent of students around the coun-try, according to a district pressrelease.

520 bridge to close

this weekendState work crews will be con-

structing a fish passage culvertand doing other work to the 520bridge this weekend. As a result,the bridge, all ramps, and themain line of state Route 520 willbe closed from MontlakeBoulevard in Seattle to I-405.

The road must be closed socrews can dig a deep trenchacross all lanes of traffic east of84th Avenue Northeast.

The closure is set to begin at11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 and isexpected to re-open by 5 a.m.Monday, Aug. 29.

The state reccomends takingalternate routes, carpool or usetransit.

Similar closures, part of the520Eastside Transit and HOVProject, have occured in Juneand July.

The state Department ofTransportation expects it willneed several more weekend clo-sures as the project continues.

The next closure is scheduledfor some time in September, butthe dates have not yet beenannounced.

For more details on this clo-sure and the project, visithttp://wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR520Bridge/WeekendClosures.htm.

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