Council cheers cheer champs
March 9, 2009
The 2008 state cheerleading champion, Skyline High School’s Green Team, came to City Hall for public recognition March 3. Mayor Don Gerend presented the team with an award after watching, along with the rest of the City Council, a video of the team’s performance. Back row from the left: Ali DeMatteo, Brittany Bjorklund, Kelsey Kuberski, Kristi Nikaitani, Dani Cogswell, Kelly Butler, Head Coach Stephania Lemeshko. Front row from the left: Mayor Don Gerend, Lauren Malik, Brittney Johnson, Kristen Kern, Melanie Robb. Not Pictured: Jamie Scarr, Blake Jahnke, Mallory Hutchings, Michelle Aanenson, Leah Spokoiny, Kindsi Lora and Axie Dompier. Photo by J.B. Wogan
Hearing Examiner rejects the majority of bridge complaints
March 9, 2009
A city hearing examiner has dealt a severe blow to a group trying to halt Sammamish’s 244th Avenue project.
What do builders think?
March 9, 2009
City talks with developers about making Town Center appealing Read more
3 groups want in
March 9, 2009
First came Camden Park. Now everyone else wants to join the party.
Sammamish Forum
March 9, 2009
Drive courteously
Please remind your children that other drivers, regardless of their age or sex, have rights as well, and that driving is a privilege, not a right. If I caught my son driving like the teenage boy who refused to let me merge on Sahalee Way (he was behind me at the light, but obviously felt that I wasn’t accelerating fast enough, since I chose not to race out of the light, so cut over early then would not give me room to merge), I’d take away the car keys and introduce him to the “loser limo,” as one teenage acquaintance calls the bus. Read more
Review editorial
March 9, 2009
Homeless at churches need regulations, too
When Tent City 4 came to Issaquah for three months in the summer/fall of 2007, it was first viewed with skepticism and concern. By the time the camp at Community Baptist Church opened, the city and community were solidly in support. It was a wonderful way for Issaquah to open its heart and roll out the welcome mat to the men and women who had nowhere else to sleep but in their tents under the blue tarps. Read more
City may give more time to developers
March 9, 2009
A handful of code amendments being considered by the City Council would loosen restrictions, reduce costs and lengthen timelines for building permit holders in danger of seeing their permits expire.
City to archive first 5 years of documents
March 9, 2009
City Clerk Melonie Anderson shows off the filing cabinets that will have their contents placed on microfiche. Photo by J.B. Wogan
City Clerk Melonie Anderson opened up the drafty second floor room of City Hall and pointed to a row of 18 four-drawer black metal file cabinets.
“We’ll have all that space soon,” she said.
Anderson acquired a $30,000 grant from the Washington State Archives in Olympia to keep permanent microfiche records of all city ordinances, resolutions, meeting minutes, financial documents and building permits from 1999-2004, a time frame covering the beginning of Sammamish’s history. The documents themselves will be sent to be stored in Olympia, Anderson said. Read more
Parkway still in the running for federal stimulus funding
March 9, 2009
Puget Sound Regional Council set to decide March 12, Sammamish could get $3.5 million
Feb. 27 could have signaled the death knell for Sammamish’s hopes of receiving federal funding for any of its proposed road projects. It wasn’t.
Area art students sticking with their teacher in move
March 9, 2009
Museo art instructor Joel Scholten helps students Andrew Wolf, left, and Joseph Tellers with a project. Contributed
Longtime Sammamish resident and owner of Museo Art Academy and Gallery Marci Knutsen is closely connected with the plateau community. Her studio and gallery provide an artistic outlet in the midst of waning arts elective offerings in area schools and provides local residents with a creative outlet.
Dozens of students come to Museo to learn to draw, paint or to buy supplies, but soon they’ll be driving a little bit farther to do that.
Citing high rent costs in a lean economy, as well as a desire to focus her resources on art instruction, Knutsen said the business will move to downtown Issaquah on March 28. Read more
