Shoreline plan process dates finalized
February 18, 2009
New Feb. 18, 11:33 a.m.
The City Council agreed Feb. 17 to a public meeting schedule for the Shoreline Master Plan update. The council had discussed the process at length at its study session Feb. 10, setting tentative dates.
Those dates were revised slightly. The council will hold two more study sessions (April 7 and 14) and two official public hearings (March 17 and May 5). Residents can speak to concerns about the plan at any council meeting, though the public hearings will be devoted to that topic. Read more
Skyline-Issaquah Basketball
February 17, 2009
Youth use holiday for service
February 17, 2009
Ivan Leniski, of Sammamish, and Ethan Peltz, of Redmond, among other Sammamish youth, used their Presidents Day to help plant and care for native trees and shrubs in local tree nurseries. They were volunteering with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, an organization that tries to maintain or enhance natural areas between Seattle and Central Washington. Photo courtesy Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
New: Feb. 17, 12:32 p.m.
Tales of a sixth-grade genius
February 16, 2009
Gabriel See has experts astounded
Gabriel See points out a possible solution during his calculus class. Photo by J.B. Wogan
Eleven-year-old Sammamish resident Gabriel See is a modest, unassuming child. He’s a bit quiet and reserved when you first meet him, but get him in the right environment and he’s just like any other elementary school student — engaged in class, full of energy when he runs through the halls.
But there’s something about Gabriel that makes him one-of-a-kind — literally. As a sixth-grader, he’s earned credit for 6 college courses.*
Lake Washington School District officials and high-profile mentors say Gabriel is truly like no other student they’ve met. Not only because he knows more than the average college undergraduate student about computer science, biology, physics and math, but also because he learns it so quickly.
People from a range of academic backgrounds who have worked with Gabriel have praised his uncanny abilities. Read more
Council discusses new shoreline plan
February 16, 2009
It seemed like all the other meetings at first. Residents sat patiently in the Council Chambers for their chance at the podium. Soon, they would list perceived inadequacies in a city policy and then city staff and the council would explain the policy and process that led to it.
Firefighters get 7 percent raise
February 16, 2009
Local firefighters just received some good news: they’re getting a raise.
February 16, 2009
Thank you, stranger
This is for the Good Samaritan who ate at Denny’s on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009: Read more
Review editorial
February 16, 2009
Extra money merits consideration
What would you do with $2 million? Read more
Roll Call
February 16, 2009
HB 1066 – Regarding special elections for changing the form of government of a non-charter code city
HB 1066, which passed the Senate by a vote of 41 to 6, authorizes an optional municipal code city to hold a special election for the purpose of changing its form of government. HB 1066 would allow a code city to change their form of government through a special election held prior to the next general election when the change is initiated either through a voter petition or by the decision of a city council. HB 1066 previously passed the House by a vote of 95 to 2. Read more
Save the televisions
February 16, 2009
City Councilwoman Kathy Huckabay poses with digital converter box coupons. Residents who receive television broadcasts through an antenna can use the coupons, kept at City Hall, to buy a converter box. Some city staff and council members have ordered the coupons for residents’ use.
The U.S. House and Senate have approved bills that would delay the conversion to digital only, giving consumers another four months to collect the coupons and buy the converter boxes. Photo by J.B. Wogan
