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By Caleb Heeringa

Part disciplinarian, part classclown – Stan Chapin was morethan just a cop.

For the last 11 years, Chapinwas a fixture in thehalls of Eastlake HighSchool and InglewoodJunior High, banteringwith students and usinghis goofy charm tomake law enforcementseem approachable.

Chapin, a 40-year-veteran of the KingCounty Sheriff’s Office,died in his sleep ofapparent natural causesthe night of Jan. 30-31.He was 61.

The loss was tough news toswallow for staff and students atEastlake and Inglewood.

Nearly 100 students gatheredoutside Eastlake after school theafternoon of Jan. 31 to mournChapin and tearfully recall theirfavorite memories. Students toldstories of Chapin pulling themover before or after school andletting them off with a sternwarning rather than a ticket.

Others recalled Chapin givingnew students personalized toursof Eastlake on their first day.

“If a kid was looking like heneeded a friend, he would go andstart talking to them,” Inglewood

Principal TimPatterson recalled. “Hehad a million ins withkids and ways to con-nect with them. Heknew how to set posi-tive standards andexpectations for kidsbut also supportedthem when they didn’tquite get there.”

Chapin had splittime between the twoschools, serving as a

liaison between law enforcementand the school district. Chapinwas responsible for handling seri-ous disciplinary matters andcrimes at the school but was alsoquick to come to the defense ofteens that were being abused orneglected at home. Chapinhelped investigate such crimesalongside Child ProtectiveServices.

“It’s not often that we foundourselves in a terrible situation

like that … but when it happenedhe was a strong advocate for kidswho were in need,” Pattersonsaid.

But for most students, Chapinwas more comedic relief thanlong arm of the law. Chapin’svelociraptor impression was

known far and wide. On request,Chapin would hunch his back,

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Photo by Caleb HeeringaEastlake High School students gather around a makeshift memorial to school resource officer StanChapin Jan. 31. Chapin, who had worked at Eastlake and Inglewood Junior High School for 11years, died in his sleep.

Eastlake students mourn death of Stan Chapin

Stan Chapin

See CHAPIN, Page 2

By Caleb Heeringa

Home businesses inSammamish could have cus-tomers coming and goingbetween the hours of 8 a.m. and9 p.m. under regulations suggest-ed by the city’s PlanningCommission.

The commission put the fin-ishing touches on the proposedhome business code at their Feb.2 meeting after several months oftestimony from local residentswho run businesses out of their

homes. The non-binding recom-mendation will now go to theCity Council, which has the finalsay in the matter.

The code has gone throughseveral revisions in recentmonths after several home busi-ness owners voiced concernthat the new regulations, aimedat allowing residents to runtheir businesses without com-promising the residential char-acter of local neighborhoods,were too restrictive on homebusiness.

The Sammamish Chamber ofCommerce estimates that nearly3,500 Sammamish residents,almost 8 percent of the city’s pop-ulation, work out of their homein some fashion – whether thatbe professional consultant orartist.

The code categorizes business-es as “Type 1” or “Type 2” depend-ing on the businesses size andfootprint on the surroundingneighborhood. “Type 1” are those

City’s home businesses couldsee new set of regulations

See RULES, Page 3

The eighth annualIssaquah/Sammamish Health &Safety Fair will be held atPickering Barn in Issaquah thisSaturday, Feb. 11 with plenty offree health screenings to makeit worthwhile for area families.The event is free, 10 a.m. to2:30 p.m.

The fair will feature morethan 50 health care profession-als.

They will offer a number offree health screenings includ-ing blood pressure, bone densi-ty, cholesterol, blood sugar, eye

pressure, body composition,and spinal/posture.

There will be many giftsfrom the various vendors, andMy I.D. Club will offer free fin-gerprinting of children.

The Issaquah Citizen Corpsand Eastside Fire & Rescue willoffer information about emer-gency planning.

Specialists will be on hand todiscuss everything from carefor Alzheimer patients to bracesfor the children.

Free screenings atSaturday’s health fair

See HEALTH, Page 5

draw his arms to his chest, takelong steps and let out a reptilianscreech.

“Everybody knew him for thatand he was okay pulling it out ofhis pocket and doing it withkids,” Eastlake Principal BradMalloy said. “It let them knowthat he was approachable and notjust a cop in a starched uniform.”

Chapin also dressed in dragand danced to a HannahMontana song during a 2008school assembly as a reward forstudents’ fundraising efforts forcancer research.

“He was willing to do justabout anything to connect withkids,” Patterson said.

Chapin’squirks madehis disciplineall the biggerdeal for stu-dents,Pattersonadded.

“What Stanwas able topull off wasthat when he did come downwith the hammer, the kids knewthat it was because the hammerneeded to come down,” he said.“In all the years I worked withhim, I’ve never had a student saythat they felt that (Chapin) wastargeting them or being unfair.That’s pretty amazing consider-ing his role.”

Chapin also served as a steady-ing presence for Inglewood stu-dents who were moving up toEastlake. For many recentEastlake graduates, Chapin was

in their lives for six years.“He was that go-to person that

they already had a relationshipwith – he was a familiar face forthem,” Malloy said.

Vince Peterson, an Eastlakesenior, said he treasures the“man-to-man talks” about non-educational matters that he andChapin had and life-lessons helearned from the officer. He saidChapin was easy to go to whenyou needed to talk about issuesin your personal life.

“He taught me more than a lotof my teachers,” Peterson said.“I’ve interacted with a few otherSammamish police officers and Iwouldn’t say I had the best expe-riences, but he was different. …Even though he had a gun and abadge he never talked down toyou.”

Chris Pribbernow, who gradu-ated fromEastlake lastyear, said hewants to gointo lawenforcement,thanks inpart toChapin’sinfluence.

“Seeinghow a guy like that could bringhappiness to people everydaywas amazing,” Pribbernow said.“People think police are justabout keeping the communitysafe and putting bad guys awaybut he did so much more thanthat.”

Mat Brown, a senior atEastlake, said he’d alwaysremember Chapin’s greetingwhen he arrived at school in themorning. Brown would give apolite wave and Chapin wouldrespond by jumping out of his

police cruiser and waving backwith cartoonish enthusiasm.Brown said Chapin was constant-ly doing little things to brightenstudents’ days.

“I hope he knows how manypeople he touched,” Brown said.

Staff at both schools learned ofChapin’s death in an emergencystaff meeting shortly beforeschool began Tuesday morning.Patterson said teachers tooksome time out of first period tobreak the news to students. Bothschools have counselors on handas a resource for students.

“The difficult thing about what(educators) do is that even ifwe’re upset, we have 1,000human beings that need ourattention and need to be taken

care of,” Patterson said. “We had astrong reaction and then we putourselves together.”

Sammamish PoliceAdministrative Sergeant JessicaSullivan said Chapin made animpact in police circles as well.Chapin had been namedSammamish’s “Officer of theYear” for 2011.

“He was an amazing man thatwill be sorely missed in thisdepartment and in the communi-ty,” Sullivan said.

Officer Alana Hall, Chapin’scounterpart at Skyline HighSchool for the last seven years,said Chapin was proud ofEastlake athletics. The two spokeregularly about their jobs andcongratulated each other whenthe other’s school won a statetitle or big game. She saidChapin’s enthusiasm will be hardto replace.

“Stan was the most positiveand happy person I have evermet,” Hall wrote in an email. “Iam not sure he even knew whata bad day was because he wasalways smiling. He alwaysreached out and acknowledgedevery person in the room. Hemade you feel important andmade sure to tell you to have agood day.”

Chapin was also an avid run-ner, winning the 1974 SeattleMarathon and competing in the1974, 1976 and 1977 BostonMarathons. A Bothell resident, heis survived by his wife Sue andthree children: Christopher, 27,Bethany, 22, and Scott, 17.

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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Get involvedA memorial fund has been

established to benefit the familyof Officer Stan Chapin.Donations can be made to the“Stan Chapin Memorial Fund” atany Washington Federal branch.

Memories of

Stan Chapin

Dozens of Sammamishstudents and parents havepaid tribute to Chapin in amemorial Facebook page.Within a week of his death,nearly 3,600 people werefollowing the page. Hereare some excerpts:

Chelsea Broomhead(2009 Eastlake graduate):“Everyone remembers howhard high school and juniorhigh can be. He let you feellike a kid when everyoneelse pressured you to growup too fast, and broughthumor at the times youneeded it most.”

Bernie Boglioli(Sammamish resident):“My wife and I feel blessedto have had two of ourthree children attendEastlake. Officer Stan wasan inspiration who helpedshape and guide their livesas he did for so many of thestudents whom he influ-enced. We will miss youStan! Our thoughts andprayers go out to his fami-ly.”

Nina Heft(Sammamish resident):“One evening last summer,my son had his wife holdhis wedding ring while theywere driving. The car win-dow was down and she wastwirling the ring on her fin-ger - she twirled too muchand it blew off her hand. Asthey were pulled over tothe side of the road lookingin a ditch for it, officerChapin pulled up ... flash-light in hand, he scouredthat ditch with them to findthe ring.”

Sammamish PoliceChief Nate Elledge (viapress release): “Stan was aremarkable man. He reallyput his heart on the line forthe students he helped andthe community he served.His passing is a shock to allof us who valued his friend-ship and admired his pro-fessionalism.”

Sammamish CityManager Ben Yazici (viapress release): “Stan wasjust as well liked inside CityHall as he was at his twoschools. One of the bestthings about having thepolice department in ourbuilding was the chance tobump into Stan and get alift from his upbeat person-ality and enthusiasm forlife. We are going to misshim so much.”

Photo by Caleb HeeringaFlowers lay at a makeshiftmemorial for school resourceofficer Stan Chapin Jan. 31.Chapin was well known amongstudents at Eastlake HighSchool and Inglewood JuniorHigh School.

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home art studios that use smallamounts of compressed oxygenor propane. Senior Planner EvanMaxim told the commissionthose sorts of chemicals arealready regulated through thecity’s building code and the local

fire marshal.◆ A requirement that Type 2

businesses be located on proper-ties larger than three-quarters ofan acre. The updated coderequires that the business activi-ty be “screened from adjacent

properties” and not occur within20 feet of a property line, butdoes not have a size require-ment.

The commission furtherrelaxed the regulations at theFeb. 2 meeting, changing the

hours during which a home busi-ness could have on-site customerappointments from 8 a.m. to 6p.m. to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Claudia Haunreiter, who isnow retired but ran a hair salonout of her Sammamish home for26 years, said businesses thatcater to working people need tobe open outside traditional work-ing hours to survive.

“In our world of today, you’renot going to find too many busi-nesses that run from 9 (a.m.) to 5(p.m.),” Haunreiter told the com-mission. “(By prohibiting cus-tomers after 6 p.m.) you’re kindof cutting our throats as far ashow much money we can make.”

The City Council will be con-sidering the code in the comingmonths.

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Home business expo

Dozens of Sammamish’s home businesses willbe on display at the EX3 Teen & RecreationCenter March 10.

The Sammamish Chamber of Commerce hasput together a Home Business Expo, highlightingsome of the lesser-known local businesses in thearea.

“We want to let the residents of Sammamishknow about some of the hidden treasures in thecity … and let them know about some of the prod-

ucts and services that are offered locally that peo-ple may not know about because (the businesses)don’t have a traditional brick-and-mortar store-front,” Chamber Executive Director Deb Soggesaid.

More than 50 local home businesses arealready signed up for the event, which will fea-ture prizes and other giveaways.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. atthe Teen Center, on the corner of 228th Avenueand Inglewood Hill Road. For more information,visit http://www.sammamishchamber.org.

with little in the way of cus-tomers visiting the site – finan-cial advisors, architects and attor-neys, for example. “Type 2” aremore complex operations likewineries, nurseries and otherbusinesses that may requireheavy equipment or buildingmaterials.

The commission elected torelax several facets of the origi-nally proposed code, like:

◆ A prohibition on hazardouschemicals was taken out afterconcerns that it would affect

RulesContinued from Page 1

CorrectionIn the story “Legislature con-

siders allowing voter registrationat 16,” in the Jan. 25 issue, thename Sean Macdonald was mis-spelled.

By Caleb Heeringa

Sammamish employees – par-ticularly new hires – are general-ly underpaid compared to theirpeers in neighboring cities.

That’s the verdict of a salarysurvey presented to the CityCouncil at their annual retreat atSuncadia Resort Jan. 27.

Deputy City Manager LymanHoward said in an interview thelagging salaries for new employ-ees are by design. The city con-tracted with a consulting firm tolook at employee wages in 2007and elected to set up a systemwhere new hires start at slightlybelow-market wages but see theirpay steadily rise as they move upthe “step” system – 4 percent rais-es that are awarded based on ade-quate job performance.

The council decided thatemployees who stick with thecity should be rewarded withhigher-than-average salaries atthe highest end of the salary lad-der. The council hoped theprospect of higher-than-averagepay would help retain good

employees and create some con-tinuity in City Hall.

“Longevity plays a huge role inan organization like this,”Administrative Services DirectorMike Sauerwein said of city gov-ernment. “Having institutionalknowledge is key.”

Prior to 2007, Sauerwein saidthe city was losing close to 20percent of its employees a year –often due to the long commute toget to City Hall. Employees wholived in Seattle often went toMercer Island or Shoreline.Sauerwein said the pay structuremight have contributed to lessemployee turnover in recentyears, though the tough economylikely played a large role as well.

But in many casesSammamish’s “low on the bot-tom, high on the top” pay struc-ture has not kept pace withwages in surrounding cities. Thesalary survey looked at wages inAuburn, Bothell, Edmonds,Issaquah, Kirkland, MercerIsland, Olympia, Redmond,Renton and Shoreline.

An entry-level city clerk in

Sammamish starts at about$66,000, compared to a bit morethan $75,000 in surroundingcities and maxes out at around$90,000, compared to an averageof $94,500 in similar cities.

The situation is similar forsenior planners, who handle landuse and development applica-tions. In Sammamish, they startout at a bit under $62,000 com-pared to an average of $70,000.They can top out at $84,500 com-pared to $85,700 at the averageneighboring city.

Sammamish’s Public Works

Director starts out at $104,500,significantly less than the$118,500 average in neighboringcities. They top out at $143,200,just under the $144,800 averagein neighboring cities.

The outlier in the survey isSammamish’s public works andparks maintenance workers, whostart out at $47,500 – right aroundthe average of $47,900. They alsomax out at $65,000, quite a bitabove the $59,500 average.

Councilman RamiroValderrama, who during his cam-paign was vocal in his calls forslowing the growth of the city’spersonnel costs, said he wasmore concerned with makingsure year-to-year across-the-boardwage increases are kept in check.City employees have traditionallyhad their wages tied to the city’scost of living indicators – that ledto a 3.2 percent wage increase in2012, though it also meant a halfof a percentage point pay cut in2011.

Valderrama said the 3.2 per-cent cost of living increase wasan “aberration” and not fair given

the tough economic times tax-payers are in. He pointed to theexample of unionized employeesat the city of Redmond andEastside Fire & Rescue, whichboth saw a 2 percent wageincrease for 2012.

Valderrama said he hopes thecity would consider moving to amore stable model for wageincreases that would prevent“valleys and peaks” from year toyear. He suggested negotiating aset amount and giving employeesthat or 80 percent of any increasein cost of living, whichever issmaller.

“Citizens aren’t getting a 3.2percent raise.” Valderrama said.“Taxpayers aren’t going to careabout the valleys during an eco-nomic downturn, but when thepeaks come around they will.”

Though there was some vari-ance between Sammamish’s payand the regional average,Councilman Tom Vance said hewas pleased to that the city wasfairly close to the average. He

City Council looks at employee pay scale study“Taxpayers aren’t goingto care about the valleys

during an economicdownturn, but when thepeaks come around they

will.”– Ramiro Valderrama,

City councilman –

See PAY, Page 5

Sammamish Forum

OPINIONReview editorial

Farewell Stan Chapin,you will be missed

Stan Chapin was a cop and a teacher, a rare com-bination. In his time at Eastlake High School andInglewood Junior High, he won the respect andadmiration of seemingly every student, parent andfaculty member.

The outpouring of grief in the wake of Chapin’sdeath is heartfelt and true. Within days of his death,thousands had signed up on a Facebook page dedi-cated to him.

The notes and remembrances left on that pagewere poignant, emotional and beautiful.

Chapin instinctively knew how to work with ado-lescents. He knew when to joke with them andwhen to be serious.

Even though he was wearing a police uniform, hisantics and personality made him approachable, evenby teens.

His death will be felt not only by Eastlake andInglewood students, but by everyone in the commu-nity — even if they don’t know it yet.

State senators voteas true representatives

Cheers to Sammamish legislators who voted infavor of gay marriage.

In the state senate, Cheryl Pflug, Andy Hill andSteve Litzow each supported the measure to allow abasic civil right to be extended to all of Washington’scitizens.

Pflug and Hill represent Sammamish right now.In the fall, after redistricting, Hill and Litzow willspeak for Sammamish in the senate.

The three Republicans bucked their party to sup-port the measure, showing a much-needed indepen-dent streak that matches their constituency.

The state house is likely to vote on the bill thisweek and it is expected to pass.

We have every reason to believe Sammamishhouse representatives will follow suit in support of

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Communication was lax

As a resident of the CheswickLane Condominium community, I’dlike to thank the SammamishReview for reporting on the pro-posed extension of 233rd Ave.Northeast.

What I would like to understandis why this article was the first I hadheard of the project.

The city has not posted any sig-nage in the area as they do withother infrastructure projects.

This project does not appear inthe city’s 2012-2017 six-year trans-portation improvement programdocument.

Sammamish’s website also has alist of projects that fly out of a menualong the left hand side. This fails tomention 233rd Ave. Northeast Infact, that flyout still lists the EastLake Sammamish Parkway and244th Ave. Northeast bridge projectsprominently, both of which werecompleted over a year ago.

I understand the need for thisproject and I am not opposed to it inprinciple even though as an adjacentproperty owner with no children, Iwill have to learn to live with theincreased traffic along NortheastEighth Street while receiving little tono tangible benefit.

However, I find the city’s mecha-nisms for informing affected resi-dents and gathering their feedbackto be woefully inadequate.

Michael SullivanSammamish

Good job planners

I attended my first meeting of theSammamish Planning Commissionlast night to voice my concernsabout the regulations for home busi-nesses.

I have run a business from myhome for 26 years now and haveconcerns about how the new regula-tions will affect me.

I would like to express a thankyou to the members of the commis-sion for their willingness to listen tothe home business community,while setting forth regulations thatwill encourage home businesses andprotect the effect of home business-

es on their neighbors.I would like to say thank you

especially to Evan Maxim for thework he has done and his assis-tance and communication to keepme informed of not only the meet-ing but also the regulationchanges.

It is always easy for the com-munity to voice their complaintswhen they feel the commission orthe City Council are not doingwhat they feel they should.

I feel it is important to voiceour appreciation for their hardwork and time they spend look-ing out for interests of the com-munity even if we don’t alwaysagree.

I am now looking forward toattending the City Council meet-ing when they are making theirfinal decisions in regards to theregulations.

I am expecting that the homebusiness community will onceagain be allowed to voice any con-cerns they may have in regards toany changes.

Claudia HaunreiterSammamish

Yes, she was right

Kudos to Christine Huff for hersuggestion that our political dis-course could use more civility anda focus on constructive solutionsto the challenges we face, ratherthan childish and counter-produc-tive name-calling.

Rob GuntherSammamish

Thank you,

Mary PigottAfter a taking my 4-year-old

daughter with me for boringerrands, I decided to take a quickstop to see where the new City ofSammamish park was located.

After seeing an inviting trail,we couldn't help but get out to seewhere the trail led us.

What a wonderful surprise tofind such an enchanting piece ofproperty.

We encountered a meanderingcreek, zig zag forest trails, littlebridges, picnic tables and a giantrock to climb.

My daughter was in her ownhappy forest fairy-tale land. What awonderful place to go for kids of allages.

I know we will be spending manyafternoons playing in that forest andrunning on the trails.

How refreshing and generous forMary Pigott to donate this piece ofland to be enjoyed by all instead ofselling off acres and creating theendless row of houses.

Melissa HeyeSammmamish

I’m not compelled

In response to Michael J.O’Connell, I don’t see how religiousgroups can “force their will on oth-ers via the political process.”

No group, religious or otherwise,makes me vote for a particular per-son or issue but they are freeaccording to the Constitution to tryto influence my vote.

Just because ideas have religiousroots does not mean they should beexcluded from the political discus-sion.

Marilyn Wilke

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noted that each city operates dif-ferently and the responsibilitiesof similar positions in each citydon’t alwaysline up.

Vance notedthatSammamishstill has a rela-tively smallstaff for a cityof 45,000because it con-tracts out manyprojects insteadof having full-time employees onhand to do them.

City analysis presented at theretreat shows that Sammamishhas 1.5 full-time employees per1,000 residents compared to anaverage of 4.9 for Issaquah,Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland andMercer Island.

“We contract out a lot of whatwe do,” Vance said. “So we endup with a professional core … ofqualified, educated staff.”

Howard said that come budgettime the council will also be look-ing at employee health benefitsand how much of an employee’smedical costs should come out ofpocket.

He said initial analysis by thecity shows that Sammamish cov-ers a bit more of their employ-ees’ medical costs than othercities.

Howard said it’s a balancingact for the council, which mustkeep wages and benefits incheck while ensuring that quali-fied employees don’t move tocushier jobs in neighboringcities.

“We want to be fair to ouremployees, butwe also needto be fair to thetaxpayers,”Howard said.“(The council)has to find thatsweet spot.”

ReporterCaleb Heeringacan be reached

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

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Senate Bill 6239, Engrossed SubstituteSenate Bill 6239.

Redefining marriage to allow same-gender civilmarriages, passed 28-21 in the Senate on Feb. 1,2012. This bill redefines marriage as a unionbetween two persons, and prohibits discriminationbased on gender or sexual orientation. This billrequires the secretary of state to notify certainsame sex domestic partners that the state law onthe rights and responsibilities of state registereddomestic partners will change in relation to certainsame-sex registered domestic partners.Participation in such marriage ceremonies andrelated transactions is discretionary for public andprivate universities and religious-based organiza-tions, and exempts individuals associated withsame from civil liability. This bill was received inthe House and referred to the JudiciaryCommittee.

55tthh DDiissttrriiccttSen. Cheryl Pflug (R) Yes4411sstt DDiissttrriicctt

Sen. Steve Litzow (R) Yes4455tthh DDiissttrriiccttSen. Andy Hill (R) Yes

House Bill 1144, Second EngrossedSubstitute Bill 1144.

Concerning Renewable Energy Investment CostRecovery Program, passed 81-15 in the House onJan, 30, 2012. This bill expands the RenewableEnergy Incentive Cost-Recovery Program toinclude hydrokinetic energy systems. This billallows nonprofit housing organizations to hostcommunity solar projects. Specifies no new Cost-Recovery Incentive Program applications may beapproved for a light and power business once thepublic utility tax credit capacity for the light andpower business is reached. Adjusts the amount ofincentive payments company-owned projects andutility-owned community solar projects mayreceive as part of the total allowable PUT creditavailable to a light and power business. This billwas received in the Senate and referred to theEnergy, Natural Resources, & Marine WatersCommittee.

55tthh DDiissttrriiccttRep. Glenn Anderson (R) YesRep. Jay Rodne (R) Yes4411sstt DDiissttrriiccttRep. Judy Clibborn (D) YesRep. Marcie Maxwell (D) Yes4455tthh DDiissttrriiccttRep. Roger Goodman (D) YesRep. Larry Springer (D) Yes

House Bill 1900, Engrossed House Bill 1900.

Roll CallEstablishing continuing education requirements

for engineers, passed 66-29 in the House on Jan.27, 2012. This bill requires registered engineers tocomplete at least 15 hours of continuing profes-sional development per year. The bill takes effectJuly 1, 2013. This bill was received in the Senateand referred to the Labor, Commerce &Consumer Protection Committee.


House Bill 2210, House Bill 2210,extending contribution limits to schoolboard candidates.

Passed 71-24 in the House on Jan. 27, 2012.?This bill adds school board offices to the list ofpublic offices subject to campaign contribution lim-its. This bill was received in the Senate andreferred to the Government Operations, TribalRelations & Elections Committee.


House Bill 1398, Engrossed House Bill 1398Creates an exemption from impact fees for

low-income housing, passed 53-42 in the House onJanuary 27, 2012. This bill removes the require-ment that local governments pay impact fees fromqualifying public funds upon exempting low-incomehousing from impact fee requirements. This billspecifies that impact fee exemptions for low-income housing require the developer to record acovenant prohibiting conversion of the propertyunless applicable impact fees are paid. This bill pro-hibits local governments from collecting mitigationfees under the State Environmental Policy Act forlow-income housing in place of exempted impactfees. Prohibits local governments granting impactfee exemptions for low-income housing fromincreasing the costs of impact fees unrelated to theexemptions. This bill was received in the Senateand referred to the Financial Institutions, Housing& Insurance Committee.

55tthh DDiissttrriiccttRep. Glenn Anderson (R) NoRep. Jay Rodne (R) No4411sstt DDiissttrriiccttRep. Judy Clibborn (D) YesRep. Marcie Maxwell (D) Yes4455tthh DDiissttrriiccttRep. Roger Goodman (D) YesRep. Larry Springer (D) Yes

SOURCE: WashingtonVotes.org, a free, non-parti-san website to find plain-English explanations of billsand a record of each legislator’s votes.

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The resident also showedpolice surveillance footage thatshows a newer-model brown ordark tan single cab truck with thetail gate down parked in front ofthe home.

A passenger is then seen tojump out and walk up to thehouse and return to the truckwith the yard light. The area hasseen similar yard lights stolen inrecent months, likely for thevalue of the copper inside.

The video footage is too darkto accurately determine the sus-pects or what kind of vehiclethey were driving. The caseremains under investigation.

Suspicious vehicle

A resident on the 20600 blockof Northeast 25th Court reportedJan. 25 a suspicious vehicle thathad repeatedly been seen in hisneighborhood in the early morn-ing hours in recent months. Theresident reported that the blackHonda Accord had once followedhis wife as she left for work.

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a bag containing mail belongingto several neighbors on the 1600block of 219th Place NortheastJan. 29. Police returned the mailto its rightful owners.

Police are unsure to whom thegreen satchel bag belongs butbelieve it may have something todo with mail theft in the neigh-borhood.

Domestic violence

A 40-year-old Sammamishwoman was arrested on suspicionof domestic violence after analtercation with her ex-husbandand his new girlfriend Jan. 29.Police responded to the ex-hus-band’s home after a report of afight.

As police were interviewingthe man and his girlfriend, the

ex-wife returned to the scene at ahigh rate of speed.

The woman admitted that shehad punched both her ex-hus-band and his new girlfriend.Police will be forwarding the caseto prosecutors with the recom-mendation that the woman becharged with two counts offourth-degree assault.

Vandalism

A resident on the 2800 blockof 234th Place Southeast reportedthat someone had thrown a rockthrough the back window of theircar overnight Jan. 25.

Police also found a “purple-painted glittered triangular rockwith a smirking smile face … andpress-on google eyes,” accordingto the police report.

The resident believes one ofhis son’s classmates may beresponsible. The case remainsunder investigation.

Metal theft

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Suspended license

Police cited a 45-year-oldSammamish man for driving witha suspended license and not hav-ing valid insurance after the driv-er collided with another vehiclenear the corner of NortheastInglewood Hill Road and EastLake Sammamish Parkway Jan.23.

The man’s license had beensuspended for an unpaid ticket.No one was injured in the wreck.

Stolen guns

A resident on the 1000 block of227th Avenue Northeast reportedthat two rifles had been stolenfrom his home between Dec. 29and Jan. 23.

The guns, a Marlin 22 millime-ter rifle and a Bushmaster AR-15rifle, had been stored in a bed-room closet.

The resident recalls placingthe weapons in the closet Dec.29. The home had been left unoc-cupied from Jan. 19 through Jan.21 due to the power outages. Aback door to the home had beenleft unlocked during this period,though no other items of valuewere missing from the home.The case remains under investi-gation.

Possible voter fraud

A Sammamish resident report-ed Jan. 22 that someone had reg-istered to vote in his name. Theresident, who has a green cardand is not eligible to vote,received notice in the mail fromKing County that he had recentlybeen registered. The caseremains under investigation.

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The resident admitted to driv-ing into the field, which is ownedby the Deerfield HomeownersAssociation, causing about 45 feetworth of torn-up grass and mud.Police contacted the resident’sparents, who agreed to cover therepair costs.

Driving is a privilege

A 16-year-old Sammamishteen may not be driving for awhile after police pulled himover for driving upwards of 70mph in a 35 zone Jan. 25. Theteen was stopped on the 23500block of Southeast 24th Street ataround 6:40 p.m.

The officer informed the teenthat he could be arrested for reck-less driving and then told him tocontact one of his parents. Hismother responded to the sceneand was advised of her son’s driv-ing.

The officer discussed alterna-tive punishment options for theteen, who is an honor studentand had otherwise not been introuble before.

The mother told the officerthat her son would be re-attend-

ing a driver’s education class andwould be paying for the classhimself.

The teen would not be allowedto drive except to go to the class.The officer agreed and advisedthe teen and his mother that if hefailed to complete the class, theteen would be charged with reck-less driving.

Suspended license

A 30-year-old Issaquah resi-dent was cited for driving with asuspended license after beingpulled over for driving 53 mph ina 35 zone on the 4900 block ofIssaquah-Pine Lake Road theevening of Jan. 28.

The driver’s license had beensuspended for unpaid tickets. Hisbrother was called to retrieve theman and his vehicle.

Protection order

Police stood by Jan. 28 as aBurien man retrieved personalbelongings from a Sammamishwoman who had recently gottena protection order against him.

The woman told police thatshe had gotten the no-contactorder after the man spent about aweek at her house because of thesnow.

During that time, the man hadbegun believing that he and thewoman would be getting marriedand having kids.

This unsettled the woman,since she had not seen the mansince high school, about 15 yearsprior. Among the items the manneeded to retrieve was a shotgun,which police unloaded and gaveto the man. The man was servedwith the no-contact order andagreed not to interact with thewoman.

Mental health issue

Police contacted a Sammamishwoman who had driven over aplanting strip on the 3300 blockof Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Jan.26. The collision did damage tothe underside of the woman’s car,which was leaking transmissionfluid.

The woman, who was visiblyshaken and was exhibiting signs

of mental health issues, told theofficer that she was being fol-lowed and that her vehicle wasbugged with listening devices. Anaid unit responded and deter-mined that the woman did nothave any life-threateninginjuries.

Police attempted to contact thewoman’s family, but the womanwould not give them contactinformation. Police let her go onher way but contacted KingCounty Mental Health Servicesand advised they make a visit tothe woman’s home.

Expired pot license

Police disposed of about threegrams of marijuana that had beenfound in possession of a Bellevueman who had been pulled overon the 800 block of East LakeSammamish Parkway SoutheastJan. 26. The man had a medicalmarijuana license, but it hadexpired in November, so policetook possession of his stash.

Items in the Police Blotter comefrom Sammamish Police reports.

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EFR gets clean audit

Eastside Fire & Rescuecontinued its perfect book-keeping record with therelease of another clean auditlast month.

An annual state audit ofthe district’s financial recordsfound no significant irregular-ities and good internal con-trols on the district’s budget.The agency has received aclean audit every year sinceits inception in 1999.

City gets

flood of debrisCity officials got a bit more

than they bargained for whenthey agreed to collect treedebris in the aftermath ofJanuary’s winter storms.

The city collected enoughbranches and limbs to filleight industrial-sized dump-sters within two hours theweekend of Jan. 28-29.

The city then let residentspile debris in the parking lotof the Beaver Lake Parksports fields but had to startturning residents away afterfilling the parking lot withpiles that measured morethan 15 feet high. Crewsspent much of the week haul-ing those piles away for dis-posal.

For more information onwhere to dispose of leftoverwood debris, visithttp://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/garbage-recycling/storm-debris.asp.

By Ari Cetron

A few years ago, CorrineCope’s aunt, Mary, died fromovarian cancer.

“Her cancerwas found verylate, and shedied very quick-ly,” Cope said.

Then a next-door neighborin Sammamish’sThe Crestneighborhoodwas also diag-nosed, and shedied a fewmonths ago,Cope said.

Finally, a dif-ferent aunt, alsonamed Mary,was also diag-nosed withstage 4 ovariancancer.Although shehas won herbattle with can-cer, Cope andher sistersJackie Immeland Jessica Shane were over-whelmed.

“We were like, what is going

on here,” said Cope.After that third time, it was

enough. The three of them decid-ed to do something about it.

They wantedsome fun andinnnformative,so, theirthoughts turnedtoward sponsor-ing an 80sthemed barcrawl inBellevue.

The eventwill benefit theSeattle-basedMarsha RivkinCenter forOvarian CancerResearch.

The idea wasnot only to raisemoney for thecenter, but alsoto increaseawareness ofovarian cancer.

“We wantedto get youngerpeopleinvolved,” saidCope.

The Rivkin center is one ofthe top private funders for ovari-an cancer research, said Gaynor

Hills, director of development forthe center. She said they fundresearch projects and researchers

nationally and internationally.The center is also used to fund

these non-traditional projects.

Hills said they have a donor who

COMMUNITY8 • February 8, 2012 SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Get involvedTo register for the Totally

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For more information onthe Marsha Rivkin Center orovarian cancer, visitwww.marsharivkin.org.

Symptoms

Early symptoms of ovari-an cancer can include bloat-ing, pelvic or abdominalpain, difficulty eating or feel-ing full quickly and urinarysymptoms (urgency or fre-quency).

These symptoms can alsobe caused by less seriousconditions. If these feelingsare new, and persist for two-three weeks, consult a doctor.

Source: Marsha RivkinCenter for Ovarian CancerResearch

ContributedThree sisters are putting together the “Totally Teal Toast” fundraiser that will involve a bar crawl inBellevue. From left are Jessica Shane, Martha Immel (their mother), Corinne Cope and JackieImmel.

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By Ari Cetron

This year, Kaylee Hansen isdetermined that whatever elsehappens, there will be a luminar-ia at Eastlake’s Relay for Life —even if they have to cheat a little.

For the past three years, theluminaria, decorative paper bagswith candles inside, have beenwashed out by the weather at theannual fundraiser for cancerresearch. This time around,they’re going to use battery pow-ered tea lights and wax coatedbags, said Hansen co-chairwom-an of Eastlake’s Relay for Life.

“We can have rain. It will beOK,” she said.

Hansen was among dozens ofstudents at Eastlake’s Relay forLife kick off event Feb. 1 at theSammamish Teen Center.

During a Relay for Life, eventslike it happen nationwide, partic-ipants spend about 24 hours, inteams, walking around the trackof the school. At least one teammember should be walking atany given time. Each team is alsocharged with raising money todonate for cancer research.

Although this year’s relay isn’tscheduled to start until the morn-ing of May 19, participants will

need time to recruit teams andraise money.

The Eastlake event is one ofonly a handful of student-run

relays across the country, and it’salso one of the highest perform-ing. Last year, the group was ableto raise about $116,000 for cancerresearch.

This time around, they arehoping to expand their reachbeyond Eastlake.

Hansen said they have begunmeeting with students at EastsideCatholic and Inglewood JuniorHigh to encourage those schoolsto develop teams, as well.Eastlake’s emmisaries have beenmeeting with team leaders toshare ways to recruit teams andto fundraise.

“This year will be nice becausewe’re taking on cancer as a com-munity,” said Akaash Nanda, oneof the student organizers of theevent.

While students from Skyline

Eastlake invites community to join its Relay for Life

Photo by Ari CetronKaylee Hansen speaks to the crowd at Eastlake’s Relay for Life kick off.

See RELAY, Page 9

“We’re taking on canceras a community,”

– Akaash Nanda, Student –

would be welcome to partici-pate, Eastlake organizers havenot reached out to Skylinebecause the school has its ownRelay for Life event.

This year’s relay will be simi-lar to previousyear’s events,Hansen said.She noted thatmost of theorganizers oflast year’sevent wereseniors andgraduated, sothe committeeputting things together had toramp up quickly to understandwhat they needed to do.

“Basically, we’re startingfrom scratch,” she said.

Eastlake’s goal this year is toraise $120,000 and have at least65 teams and 30 cancer sur-vivors participate.

They’ve already achievedone goal, at least 10 people have

joined the Cancer ActionNetwork, said Sarah Yelenick ofthe American Cancer Society.The network allows members toget information and helps fundlobbying efforts on behalf of thesociety.

Many of the night’s activitieswill be the same from previousyears. Hansen said there areplans for food vendors, movies

at midnight, vol-leyball, ultimatefrisbee and livebands.

They also plansome Eastlake tra-ditions, likethemed laps, andmaking tic markson walker’s shirts— one mark for

each lap they’ve walked.“It gets better by the minute,”

she said. “What’s not to loveabout pulling an all-nighterwith your friends?”

Editor Ari Cetron can bereached at 392-6434, ext. 233, [email protected]. To com-ment on this story, visitwww.SammamishReview.com.


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raises money on national pie dayand others who own a race horseand donate a portion of thehorse’s winnings. She was grate-ful for donors like Cope and hersisters, who enable the center tofund its research projects.

“We have incredibly creativedonors,” she said.

Ovarian cancer particularlyimpacts older women, past childbearing age, since they typicallystop having pelvic exams, Copesaid. Cope said is sometimescalled a silent killer because it isoften mis-diagnosed in its earlystages.

In order to combat what Copecalled a lack of knowledge aboutthe disease, the sisters concoctedthe “Totally Teal Toast” which willtake revelers through fiveBellevue bars Feb. 18.

Cope said they are encourag-ing participants to dress in theirfavorite 80’s outfits, and will holda contest for the best costume.

The day will kick off at Lot No.3 at 12:30 p.m., Cope said, and

Get involvedFor more informa-

tion, to donate, or toregister a team forEastlake’s Relay for Life,visit http://relay.acsev-ents.org/site/TR?fr_id=40356&pg=entry.

RelayContinued from Page 8

finish up at Lucky Strike.Participants will need to figureout their own transportation toget home after a day of drinking.

The event will cost revelers$60.

The fee includes a ticket for a

drink at each of the five bars, afanny pack (in keeping with the80s theme) and other goodies.

Reach Editor Ari Cetron at 392-6434, ext. 233, or [email protected].

ToastContinued from Page 8

Kathy Huckabay joins

Eastside Baby CornerEastside Baby Corner

announced Kathleen Huckabaywill serve as a new board mem-ber.

Huckabay, a Sammamish resi-dent and former SammamishCity Councilwoman, is currentlya financial adviser with US Bank.Eastside Baby Corner strives tohelp children thrive by providingbasic necessities for children.

Megan Benjamin

on dean’s listMegan Benjamin, of

Sammamish, was named to thedean’s list at the University ofColorado, Boulder. To qualify,

students must achieve a GPA of3.75 or higher. The 2008 Eastlakegraduate is a senior mathematicsmajor.

Abigail Johnson on

dean’s listAbigail Johnson was named to

the first semester dean’s list atHope College.

Johnson, daughter of Dr.Michael and Lesley Johnson, hadto maintain above a 3.5 gradepoint average to qualify.

Western announces

honor rollWestern Washington

University has announced itshonor roll for the fall 2011 quarter.

To qualify, students must com-plete at least 14 credits and be inthe top 10 percent of their class.The following Sammamish stu-dents qualified.

Ivan Xavier Figueira, ChristineAlexandra Hay (4.0 GPA), KellyRae Isaac, Amber Michele Lee,Madeline Jean Masterson (4.0GPA), Jamie-Lyn Kainani Mathis,Thomas Andrew McCollough,Maryanne Kathleen Murray,Rachael Nicole Murray, EmmaKathleen Myers, Michael DavidO’Brien, Lindsey ViannParkinson, Soniya Pimparkar,Benjamin Andrew Reh, LindsayPaige Skinner (4.0 GPA), ShayneAshlyn Smith, Kerry RyanSullivan, Julia Nicole Tingstadand Allison Michelle Wright (4.0GPA).

schools10 • February 8, 2012 SAMMAMISH REVIEW

By David Rollins

Last November, KellyUrlacher’s sixth grade class atRachel Carson Elementary tookpart in a “found art project.” LesaWidner, a Discover Art volunteer,suggested and led the project.

The children would select aninspirational quote from peoplesuch as Virgil, Mark Twain,Winston Churchill, or WaltDisney.

“Choose what inspires you,”Widner told them.

Next, the children wrote downthe quotes on cards with calligra-phy pens, and decorated thecards with jewels, markers, andcolored paper. Then, instead oftaking them home, the cardswere left around town for anyoneto find.

“It was fun,” Briley Olson,Austin Oh, and Katherine Bo, allstudents in the class, said in uni-son.

Widner’s motivation for theproject came from some recentfamily matters. Her brother-in-law, Steve, who had been battlingdepression, suddenly disap-peared. His car was discoveredparked and left on the side of a

bridge, with Steve nowhere to befound.

“We just kept thinking of alter-natives, maybe he got out of his

car and started walking,” Widnersaid. She and her family contin-ued to come up with other out-comes.

“I began to think; maybe hewas in a coffee shop somewherein need of a few kind words froma stranger,” she said. Steve’s body

was discovered three days afterhis disappearance, down riverfrom the bridge.

Widner didn’t reveal her broth-er-in-law’s story when she intro-duced the project to the class inNovember. Instead, she explainedher plans for the project, makingart that they wouldn’t get to takehome.

“When I explained the project,there was this stunned silence,”Widner said.

She then compromised withthe class, allowing them to takehome a card if they made morethan one.

The class produced 37 cardsready for the world. The weekbefore Christmas, Widner dis-tributed them amongst the com-munity.

The Sammamish library had20 of the cards, the Starbucks inbetween Safeway and BartellDrugs had 12 of them. Dr. Rossi’soffice, on 228th Avenue had theremaining five.

On the back of each of thecards, there was a note:

“You have found a piece of artmade by a Rachel Carson

Photo by David RollinsThe sixth grade class preparing for their next art project, papier mache masks.

Students strive to inspire people they’ve never met

By Celina Kareiva

Students at Cascade Ridge rif-fle through articles of clothing in“La Tienda de Ropa,” a make-believe clothing store in a first-level Spanish class.

“La bufanda!” and “El vestido!”they shout as their teacherinstructs them to repeat after her.

These 10 boys and girls, allbetween the ages of 6 and 11, area part of a growing program inthe Issaquah School District.Foreign Language for Youth, orFLY as it is also known, is anafter-school series that equipselementary school students withfoundational language skills inArabic, French, Spanish, Chineseand Mandarin. Featured in 15 ofthe state’s school districts, theprogram uses games, conversa-tion and activities to engageyoung pupils who are otherwisenot exposed to foreign languagesuntil later in their school careers.

“Students are like sponges atthis early age,” Konni Barlich,founder and director of FLY, said.“Their brains are so malleablethat they just take in informa-tion.”

FLY is unaffiliated with anyformal curriculum, althoughlessons are often held in a dis-trict’s schools to make for a moreconducive learning environment.The students in one first-levelSpanish course, for example,practiced their clothing vocabu-lary in an empty classroom afterhours.

The teacher asked them topretend they were shopping at aclothing boutique in Barcelona.To place something in their shop-ping basket, they would first haveto order in Spanish. The studentwith the biggest pile of loot at theend of the game was named thewinner.

“When you have these funactivities, kids don’t even realize

they’re absorbing the informa-tion,” parent Anne Freeman said.

Freeman enrolled her son inthe course at Cascade Ridge

because she remembers strug-gling with languages as a younggirl. Learning early on, shehoped, would better equip her

son for the future.“You have to be able to under-

Language programtakes flight inIssaquah district

ContributedMarta Ramos shares reading material with her students in a first-level Spanish class.

See LANGUAGE, Page 11

See INSPIRE, Page 11

stand other cultures, it’s not justabout language alone,” Freemansaid.

Barlich first got the idea forFLY when her three children,now in their late 20s, wereenrolled in ele-mentary school.While volun-teering in theclassroom, sherealized the stu-dents lackedany substantialforeign lan-guage curricu-lum.

“I was frustrated,” she recalled.“I thought, well that’s great, theymake tortillas or whatever dish.But what I wanted is for them toactually learn the language.”

Talking to fellow parentsrevealed that she was not alonein her frustration. And so Barlich,a former nurse, took the initia-tive. In 1995, she opened FLY. Inthe coming years, sheresearched, grew and fine-tunedher curriculum, until she feltshe’d developed a set of coursesthat was both engaging and effec-tive.

Barlich admits that it can bedifficult to retain studentsbecause the program isn’t formal-ly recognized as a part of theirschool curriculum. Even oneyear of language, though, shesaid, is beneficial. Since theinception of FLY, she has wit-nessed a range of success stories.

She has seen students gradu-ate from the program, masterseveral languages at once, evenreturn to teach. Her own daugh-ter, Karli Barlich, is one such suc-cess story.

Karli is now assistant directorof the program after majoring inSpanish and honing her skillsabroad for a year.

“It encourages cultural empa-thy,” Karli said of FLY. “We havenative speakers teaching theseclasses and they get to learn allabout their culture and theircountry.”

Karli can remember steppinginto a taxi in Spain, after spend-ing years studying the languageand realizing how little of it sheactually understood.

It is this understanding, thatconversation and dialogue arethe crux of any foreign languageprogram, that has inspired FLY’s

curriculum. Karli added that peer pressure

and the shame of making a mis-take often discourages studentsfrom fully practicing a language.Starting children at an earlierage, when they’re still too youngto be unsettled by peer pressure,gives them the building blocks toconfidently study another lan-guage in the future.

In a region asdiverse as thePacificNorthwest,Konni Barlichsaid, linguisticaptitude isbecoming recog-nized as a criti-cal skill-set.

“I think it is one of the mostimportant things we teach ourchildren today,” she said of for-eign language.

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When Widner returned to the librarythe next day to collect the leftovercards, she found none. In one day, all20 of them were taken by completestrangers.

“I was astounded,” she said. “It’s a really nice feeling to be able to

help,” said Elyse Widner, Lesa’s daugh-ter and member of the class.

“It started from something bad, butit turned into something good for thekids to enjoy. Sammamish is just thekind of place where something likethat can happen. They didn’t get tornup, or thrown away, they wereenjoyed,” Lesa Widner said.

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ContributedThis card, bearing a Mark Twainquote, was one of the 37 left aroundSammamish in late December.

By Bob Taylor

After battling each other in thewrestling room each day, it prob-ably was predictable that SkylineHigh School’s Justin Manipis andJoseph DeMatteo would faceeach other in the KingCoConference 4A Tournamentsometime.

And that is what happenedFeb. 4 when Manipis andDeMatteo met in the champi-onship round of the 113-poundweight class. Manipis defeatedDeMatteo 2-0 to win the title.Both cruised to the championshipround.

Manipis won his first twomatches with pins. DeMatteowon a match with a pin anddefeated Issaquah’s JordanHamilton 8-3 in the semifinals.

Eastlake’s Eric Harper won the170-pound division with a 4-2decision against Inglemoor’s SamGastineau. Harper reached thefinal after posting an 8-5 decisionagainst Issaquah’s AndrewRamirez in the semifinals.

Skyline had three secondplaces.

Griffin Howlett was the run-

ner-up in the 106-pound classafter losing a 6-3 decision toIssaquah’s Torre Eaton. IanCrouch took second at 152 whenhe lost to Bothell’s BrandonDavidson, 11-0. Michael Mechamwas second at 160 after losing toWoodinville’s Ryan Christensen,25-8.

Skyline’s Tristan Steciw wasthird at 120 pounds after pinningIssaquah’s Louden Ivey.

The Spartans had two fourthplaces. Joey Gurke was fourth at132 after getting pinned byBothell’s Kyle Hansen. TylerWhite was fourth at 138 after los-ing to Woodinville’s ConnorMcCaw, 4-0.

Skyline’s Cyrus Sarkosh wasfifth at 170 after pinningInglemoor’s Blake Moody in 1:39.

Eastlake’s Ryan Wassermanwas fourth at 152 after losing ahard-fought 7-6 decision toIssaquah’s Taylor Evans. RyanGreen, of the Wolves, was fifth at160 when he decisionedIssaquah’s Tucker Brumley.

Skyline finished fourth in theteam standings with 187 points.Eastlake was ninth with 68.5points.

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ContributedThe Eastlake Dance Team started their season with three strong performances according tothe team’s coach Corrine Cope in an email. The Eastlake dance competition featured 44teams from across the state. The Feb. 4 event got them ready for the season’s upcomingdistrict and state meets, Cope said. Winners at the Feb. 4 competition were Kentridge,Shorecrest, Edmonds Woodway and Shorewood. Eastlake started the day with a routine toQueen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” and performed in the dance, pom and kick category. Theteam doesn’t officially place in their own competiton, said Cope, but if they did they wouldhave come in second in dance, third in pom and fourth in kick. The day ended with flashmob performance by the leaders of each team and the coaches.

Eastlake dance starts season

Matt Massey Special to The Seattle Times

There was a time not so longago when Lucas Shannon’sSkyline High School basketballcoaches almost forbid him fromshooting.

Once known as a defensivestopper only, Shannon has ratch-eted up his offensive game.

The 6-foot-7 senior had acareer-high 27 points, includingsix in overtime, and added 13rebounds as third-ranked Skylinebeat visiting Bothell 65-61 Feb. 3in a KingCo Conference 4A boysbasketball game.

“It’s been a long journey herefrom sixth or seventh grade,when I wasn’t supposed to shootthe ball much,” said Shannon,who will play at Saint Martin’snext year.

“It used to be just ‘Get theboard, and don’t dribble, don’tshoot.’ I’ve always been thedefensive stopper, and been real-ly intense on defense. I’ve triedto carry that intensity over to theoffensive end. On offense, I usedto be hesitant.”

Shannon also played the hero

late in the game, sinking a pair offree throws with 10.1 seconds leftin regulation to force the extraperiod on Senior Night. He drewthe foul by driving aggressively tothe basket.

Bothell’s Zach LaVine, one ofthe top junior recruits in thestate, misfired at the buzzer on athree-point attempt that wouldhave won it in regulation.

“I don’t think there’s a weakteam in our conference,”Shannon said. “We’re in a toughgame every week. We’re not ateam that blows people out andbeats them by 30. We understandhow to stay the course, and notget up and down.”

The Crest Division championSpartans (18-3, 13-1) posted thebest regular-season record inschool history.

The wild victory was Skyline’s10th in a row. The Spartans wondespite blowing a 12-point, sec-ond-half lead and playing withoutpoint guard Will Parker in thefourth quarter because of foultrouble.

“We had a lot of emotion

Skyline tops Bothell,wins Crest Division

See BASKETBALL, Page 13

Photo by Greg FarrarJustin Manipis (bottom), Skyline High School junior, and Skyline sophomore Joseph DeMatteowrestle each other at 113 pounds in an all-Spartan championship final at the KingCo 4A tourna-ment. Manipis won the match, 2-0.

Skyline, Eastlake wrestlers win KingCo titles


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because it was Senior Night,”Shannon said. “Then, our pointguard, Will Parker, gets in foultrouble. It was a tough situationto put our young guards in with-out Will.

“When he came back in withabout two minutes, 30 secondsleft, it kind of brought a calmback with our team,” Shannonsaid. “That really helped.”

LaVine led the Cougars (12-7,8-6) with 25 points. The talented6-foot-3 junior scored 18 pointsover the final 6:24 of regulationand four minutes of overtime,including 10 in the final 6:24 ofregulation.

The Cougars went on a 20-4flurry with Parker sitting, usingfullcourt pressure to turn a 47-35fourth-quarter hole into a 53-51lead. LaVine scored on a break-away lay in after a steal, wasfouled and completed the three-point play for the two-point leadwith 1:35 to go in regulation.

The game — and LaVine —drew the presence of Universityof Washington coach LorenzoRomar.

“There should be 30 collegecoaches here,” said Skyline coachJ.Jay Davis. “I don’t care whattheir schedule is. That kid is spe-cial.

“(Bothell’s Perrion) Callandretis (Division 1) too. That’s a verydifficult backcourt to match upagainst, especially with thembeing 6-3 and 6-2 and us being

diminuitive.”Skyline played without starter

Bryan Cikatz (10 ppg), whobruised his hip against Eastlakein the team’s previous game.

Freshman Matisse Thybullecame into the game in overtimeand immediately made animpact, drilling an 18-footer fromthe left corner for a 55-53 Skylinelead just 14 seconds into the extrasession.

Parker, one of six seniors hon-ored before their final homegame, tallied 14 points.Callendret scored 12 for Bothell.

Skyline tops EastlakeNick Kassuba scored a game-

high 20 points Feb. 1 as Skylinedowned rival Eastlake 66-47.

Skyline got a tough battle fromEastlake in the first half. Theteams were knotted at 33-all athalftime. The Spartans brokeopen the game in the third quar-ter by outscoring Eastlake 15-5.

Parker contributed 15 pointsand Shannon added 12 points forthe Spartans. Brandon Lestertopped Eastlake with 14 points.

Wolves drop home finaleEastlake fell behind by six

points in the first quarter andwas never able to make up thedeficit Feb. 3 as the Wolvesdropped their home finale to vis-iting Roosevelt 67-48. CalebPerkins scored nine points tolead Eastlake.

On Feb. 4, Eastlake lost atRedmond 84-66 in the final regu-lar-season game. Lester scored 26points to lead all players. EricHolmdahl added 13 points.

BasketballContinued from Page 12

Valentine’s Dayopen house atSwedish Issaquah at6 p.m. Feb. 8. Therewill be a free 90-

minute concert by theSammamish

SymphonyStringQuartet.

Wondering how tostart a business?Learn the resourcesavailable from theSmall Business

Administration at 2 p.m. Feb. 10at the Sammamish Library.

Get an ebook readerfor a present? Learnhow to downloadlibrary books to it dur-ing a demonstration at

1 p.m. Feb. 11 at the SammamishLibrary.

Reisha Holton willhost a series of writ-ing workshops from 7-8:45 p.m. Feb. 14, 21and 28 at the

Sammamish Library.

Learn about screen-ing options forcolon and rectalpolyps and cancerwith Dr. Darren

Pollock at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at theSammamish Library.

AuthorJ.A.Jance willdiscussher latest

book, “Betrayal ofTrust” at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at theSammamish Library.

The Sammamish EX3Teen Centerwill hold anopen mic nightfor students ingrades 6-12from 6-8 p.m. Feb.16 at the center. Theevent is free andsnacks will be avail-able for purchase.

A concert featuringMaster ChorusEastside and KyleKirshenman, organistat Mary, Queen of

Peace will feature music to tryand warm the heart. The concertis free but donations will beaccepted to benefit Marionwood,the nonprofit nursing home onthe plateau. The show is at7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Mary, Queen ofPeace.

Learn secrets tohelp you rememberbetter from CharlesKraus at 7 p.m. Feb.22 at the Sammamish

Library.

“The Red Thread”, aChinese New Yeartale for children 4-8will explore the holi-day through creative

movement, story and art at 3p.m. Feb. 24 at the SammamishLibrary.

Meetchil-dren’sauthorDerek

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An exhibition called “LoveSongs” sponsored byartEAST, including thework of some

Sammamish artists, is running atthe artEAST Art Center and UPFront Gallery through March 3.Visit www.arteast.org for timesand information.

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Issaquah School Board, 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 565N.W. Holly St. in Issaquah

Feb. 9Eastside Fire & Rescue Board of Directors, 4 p.m. at EFR’s

headquarters at 175 Newport Way N.W. in Issaquah.

Community Garden Steering Committee, 6:30 p.m. at CityHall

Feb. 14Sammamish City Council Study Session, 6:30 p.m. at City

Hall

Feb. 15Sammamish Youth Board meeting, 6 p.m. at City Hall

Feb. 16Sammamish Planning Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m. at

City Hall

Feb. 20City offices closed for President’s Day

Feb. 21Sammamish City Council special meeting, 6:30 p.m. at City

Hall

Feb. 27Lake Washington School Board worksession at 5 p.m. fol-

lowed by a business meeting at 7 p.m. at the L.E. ScarrResource Center, located at 16250 N.E. 74th St., Redmond.

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Wednesday Night YouthGroup is for sixth to twelfthgrade students. The group meetsfrom 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Wednesday nights at SammamishPresbyterian Church.

Grief Share Support Groupmeets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.Thursday nights at SammamishPresbyterian Church.

A seniors’ luncheon, featur-ing a home-cooked meal andValentine’s Day celebration is setfor 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 14 atSammamish PresbyterianChurch. The cost is $5, RSVP to868-5186.

An Ash Wednesday serviceis scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 22 atSammamish PresbyterianChurch.

Experience Prayer Project, ahealing prayer and worship ser-vice, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb.26 at Sammamish PresbyterianChurch.

Wednesday night youthgroup will have games, worshipand fun for students in gradessix-12 from 7-8:30 p.m.Wednesdays at SammamishPresbyterian Church.

Mothers of Preschoolers(MOPS) allows mothers ofyoung children time to makefriends share stories and growspiritually. The group generallymeets twice a month onThursday mornings at Mary,Queen of Peace Church. Visitwww.mops.org.

A Toast to the Lord, a faith-based Toastmasters club, meetsfrom 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Fridayat the Fire Station No. 83 onIssaquah–Pine Lake Road. Theyoffer job interviewing skill devel-opment for those seekingemployment or a career change;motivational and inspirationalspeaking training. Call 427-9682or email [email protected].

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a consultant team to assist us in determining how best to provide high quality and cost effective City Fire Services.The City currently receives fire protection and emergency medical services from East-side Fire and Rescue (EF&R). EF&R is a partnership created through an Interlocal Agree-ment between the City of Sammamish, the City of Issa-quah, the City of North Bend, Washington Fire Protection

continued from page 14 District 10, and Washington Fire Protection District 38. The current Interlocal Agree-ment expires December 31, 2014 and will be renewed au-tomatically for an additional 7 years unless a partner pro-vides notice of withdrawal by January 2014.Services to be provided by

ConsultantEF&R’s Finances – A thor-ough review of EF&R’s current finances, including but not lim-ited to: � Revenues and Expenditures� Funding for Equipment Re-

placement Reserve and

Depreciation� Funding for Facility Mainten-

ance� Calls for Serviceo An analysis of the costs ass-

ociated with different cate-gories of calls for service.…medical, motor vehicle,fire, etc.

o Comparison of each part-ner’s calls for service brokendown by category and com-pared to each partner’s fin-ancial contribution under thecurrent funding model.

Funding Model – A review of EF&R’s current funding model and suggestions for alternative

funding models, including but not limited to:Operational Issues – A re-view of fire and emergency medical operations within the City, including but not limited to:Comparison to Similarly Sit-uated Western Washington Cities – A review of the fire and emergency medical serv-ices provided in similarly situ-ated Western Washington cit-ies, including:Alternative Options for City Fire and Emergency Medical Service – Investigation of op-tions for providing Fire and

Emergency Medical Services for the City of Sammamish.Coordination with Citizen Committee – The City Council will appoint a Citizen’s Com-mittee (3-5 members) to work with the consultant. The Com-mittee will include past Sam-mamish EF&R Board Mem-bers, emergency services pro-fessionals who reside in the City, and interested citizens.Five (5) copies of your propos-al, whether mailed or hand-de-livered, must arrive at the ad-dress listed below no later than 4:00 on Friday, Febru-ary 24, 2012. Proposals re-

ceived later than the submittal deadline will not be accepted. The City of Sammamish will not be liable for delays in de-livery of proposals due to han-dling by the US Postal Service or any other type of delivery service. Faxed or emailed submittals will not be accept-ed. Please submit proposals to:Melonie AndersonCity ClerkCity of Sammamish801 228th Ave SESammamish, WA 98075For a complete copy of this

Request for Proposal please visit the City of Sammamish website at www.ci.sammam-ish.wa.us. Any questions re-garding the submittal process and/or the technical aspects of the project should be directed to the staff listed below. Name:Mike Sauerwein, Director of Administrative ServicesPhone: (425) 295-0500Email: [email protected]

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