Big plays win KingCo for Skyline
October 31, 2008
With less than five minutes remaining in the game, Skyline was driving. It trailed the Cougars of Bothell 12-9 and had struggled earlier to complete a few clutch plays against Bothell’s tight defensive coverage.
Skyline’s Kasen Williams falls and catches the winning touchdown, just beyond the defending hands of Bothell’s Shaq Townsend Thursday. Photo by Christopher Huber
Smith opens much anticipated piano lab
October 30, 2008
For the first time ever, Samantha Smith Elementary music specialist Adam Gross got to use Pink Floyd in a third-grade music lesson Oct. 28.
Smith Elementary third grader Beck Latham, right, finds the right note Oct. 28 as parent Gary Wilson, left, helps his son, Miles Wilson, with the piano lesson. The school recently added the piano lab to the music curriculum. Photo by Christopher Huber
Car flips in accident
October 30, 2008
A Honda Pilot came to rest after being struck at 5:10 p.m. Oct. 23 and flipping over. Photo by J.B. Wogan
An accident at the intersection of Northeast 37th Way and Sahalee Way Northeast sent two people to the hospital Oct. 23, according to police. Read more
County budget cuts scare citizens, officials
October 28, 2008
Most departments face dramatic reductions
At their first community meeting to discuss the $93.4 million shortfall in the 2009 King County budget, members of the King County Council came face to face with citizens’ concerns, worries and outright fear. Read more
Building regulations for Town Center delayed
October 28, 2008
Planning Commission, City Council, meet
Regulations for building Sammamish’s Town Center may be delayed for a few months. While the delay could slow development of Town Center, city officials say there’s no hurry.
Undefeated Skyline trounces Redmond
October 28, 2008
Skyline defenders stack up against Redmond running back Cole Hardwick Friday night at Skyline Stadium. Photo by Christopher Huber
The final game of Skyline High School’s regular season schedule was like most of this season. The Spartans’ impenetrable defense rendered its opponent’s offense mostly ineffective. The Jake Heaps-lead offense did its thing Read more
Plateau runners tops in KingCo
October 28, 2008
Eastlake’s girls team is the KingCo 4A champs. From left are Megan Batty, Erin Blodnick, Chelsea Orr, Captain Tasha Lingenbrink, Morgan O’Connor, Captain Ashley Horton and Emily Dwyer. Contributed
The Skyline boys and the Eastlake girls cross country teams are the 2008 KingCo 4A champions.
Although the Redmond girls team finished in first and second place, the Eastlake girls squad brought home the title of best in KingCo 4A.
Redmond’s Sarah Lord, who finished fifth in state last year, won with a time of 18:34, but Eastlake’s top five finishers earned them the overall victory in 2008.
The Lady Wolves finished with a 34-second spread. Team-leading Chelsea Orr placed third overall for the girls with a time of 19 minutes 06 seconds and teammate Tasha Lingenbrink came in with a time of 19:12. Megan Batty, Erin Blodnick and Morgan O’Connor finished in 19:14, 19:19 and 19:40 respectively, for Eastlake. Read more
Eastlake boys lose to Woodinville 7-2
October 28, 2008
Yuhta Kayama slams a return in the second set Thursday. Kayama went on to win the match. Photo by Christopher Huber
Last Thursday’s boys tennis match against the Woodinville Falcons didn’t quite end the way Eastlake head coach Beth Lehman-Brooks had anticipated.
If Eastlake were to win the match against the well-balanced Falcons, which only had two losses coming into the contest, it would have been with the mid-level singles players, she said.
Eastlake was trying to bounce back after a 5-4 loss to Roosevelt Oct. 21, where the boys relied upon the last two doubles matches to narrow the margin of victory.
But after her No. 3, 4 and 5 singles all lost their matches against Woodinville, Lehman-Brooks looked to No. 1 and 2 singles Rodrigo Bandeira and Yuhta Kayama to battle back for the win. Read more
Lambert hears 3rd District budget pain
October 28, 2008
Kathy Lambert
For King County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, whose sprawling 3rd District includes Sammamish, the biggest question about budget cuts concerns police services.
The King County Sheriff’s Office serves all of the rural areas — it provides services to some municipalities under contract, and it has interlocal agreements with others to provide backup response. But King County Executive Ron Sims’ proposed 2009 budget cuts funding for the department.
“My concern in all areas is the response time for sheriffs,” Lambert said. Read more
‘Power of One’ teaches students they can stop harassment
October 28, 2008
Cameron Cho (left to right) participate at Challenger Elementary School in the assembly to teach an end to bullying. Photo By Robin Earl.
Bullies have no place in school, especially at Challenger Elementary School, where the entire student body signed a contract to prevent bullying Oct. 21. Read more
