Eastside Catholic basketball loses to Blanchet
January 26, 2009
The Eastside Catholic boys basketball team lost 63-47 in its conference game against Bishop Blanchet Jan. 23.
Klahanie kidnapping was a hoax, police say
January 26, 2009
NEW – 9 a.m. Jan. 26, 2008
The 10 year-old Klahanie girl who told sheriff’s deputies she was kidnapped by a long-haired stranger Jan. 19 now says it didn’t happen, police said.
The girl confessed the lie to her parents Saturday evening, and the parents promptly notified detectives investigating the case, King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman John Urquhart wrote in a news release.
The girl provided a motive for the false report, but that information will not be released, he said.
For police, the case is closed.
Viaduct project could add buses in Sammamish
January 25, 2009
New: Jan. 25 3:03 p.m.
Believe or not, Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct project might end up giving Sammamish more bus service.
The state, county and city of Seattle will split of the cost of the viaduct project. King County Executive Ron Sims announced Jan. 13 that part of a funding mechanism for the $4.24 billion project could involve a 1 percent motor vehicle excise tax in King County. Read more
Sammamish hopes for piece of federal pie
January 24, 2009
New: Jan. 24 3 p.m.
It may all be for naught, but the Public Works Department has filed the proper paperwork in case federal stimulus money ever makes its way to Sammamish.
While President Barack Obama’s administration has discussed the possibility of using federal tax dollars to fund transportation infrastructure projects across the nation, no one knows exactly how the funding would be dispersed, or by whom.
“I don’t know at this point of time that anyone knows that,” said John Cunningham, Public Works Director. Read more
Skyline High School grapplers finish strong against Newport
January 23, 2009
Skyline junior Danny Christianson had 38 seconds to make his move. He was down 3-1 in the final period of his 160-pound bout against Newport’s Ali Saribas.
They had been deadlocked for the duration of the round, but Christianson scored two points with a takedown in the final seconds and sent it into overtime.
Skyline’s Joey Lim upends Newport’s Austin Bulen on the 119-pound match Jan. 22 at Skyline High School. Lim won 6-1. Photo by Christopher Huber
Skyline High School students revel in witnessing inaugural history
January 22, 2009
New: Jan. 22 2:44 p.m.
American politics and government took on a whole new meaning for 35 Skyline High School students, their government teacher and three chaperones, after experiencing the presidential inauguration first hand Jan. 20.
By some accounts, more than 1.5 million people were estimated to have attended last week’s inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. And many millions more watched the historic moment from home on television.
The students toured The Mall in the days leading up to the inauguration. From left are Katie Sorenson, Morgan Young, Nicole Meiser, Alexa Thorsrud, Brittney Calabro and Cari Crane.
Child abducted in Klahanie, released unharmed
January 20, 2009
This report was revealed to be a hoax.
A 10-year-old Endeavour Elementary School girl was abducted while riding her bike in the Madison Place neighborhood of Klahanie at about 4 p.m. Jan. 19.
A man driving a blue, beat up pickup with tinted windows “grabbed her and threw her in the truck, put her bike in the back and drove to the Issaquah Highlands, where he panicked and let her go,” according to an e-mail sent to the community from an unnamed neighbor.
The King County Sheriff's Office has released this sketch of the alleged kidnapper. Sheriff's Office officials say the victim calls the sketch a very good representation of the suspect.
They’re here to serve
January 19, 2009
The city recognized seven employees for outstanding service at its Employee Luncheon in December.
In back, left to right: Mike Keller, maintenance worker (Excellence in Service Award) and Tony Hudson, office assistant (Employee of the Year).
In front, left to right: Jeff Brauns, senior transportation program engineer (Perseverance Award), Stacy Herman and Melonie Anderson, city clerks (Team of the Year), and Michael Mattias, Town Center project manager (Sammamish Milestone Award)
Not pictured: Aaron Antin, finance deputy director (City Manager’s Special Award), Alana Hall, school resource officer (Officer of the Year) and Tom Craig, firefighter (Firefighter of the Year). Photo by J.B. Wogan.
Fire expansion plans in limbo
January 19, 2009
Department officials, board members disagree on cost versus benefit
District 27, in pink, is surrounded by the EFR service area, in blue.
A decision on partnering with the Fall City Fire Department, also known as Fire District 27, remains in limbo after Eastside Fire & Rescue’s Jan. 13 meeting.
EFR officials and some members of the EFR board have been at loggerheads about the potential expansion. Read more
City says regional emergency staffer not necessary
January 19, 2009
Amid budget 2008 talks, Eastside Fire & Rescue staff recommended filling a new emergency coordinator position. But EFR’s commissioners chose to defer filling it, saying it wasn’t necessary right now. Read more
