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With revenue streams drying up, the Sammamish Parks Department is looking at scaling back construction on some planned parks to free up cash for a community-aquatic center.
If Sammamish were to pay for a community-aquatic center, the department would probably hold off on construction at three parks and minimize work at a fourth.
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I’m perplexed by the characterization of Lake Washington School District’s move to change grade configurations as something the district has been “hinting at” in the Sammamish Review’s May 11 editorial.
Read moreMichele Petitti had gone back in time. She was wearing a bonnet and bloomers.
Her gloved hand gestured to the sequence of marked-up decades behind her, chapters of Sammamish’s last century.
The City Councilwoman was dressed as a Sammamish resident might have been a century ago, back when people used horses to go from place to place on the plateau.
City Councilwoman Michele Petitti gave a history lesson to second graders at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary School. Photo by J.B. Wogan
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Skyline senior soccer players Emily Baer and Katie Ulrich will find out June 5 if they received enough votes to earn the Golden Scarf award at the Sounders FC home game against the New England Revolution, according to the Baer family.
Katie Ulrich (left) and Emily Baer show off some of the equipment they’ve donated recently. Contributed
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Sammamish residents Ethan and Allison Hines are 9 and 7 years old, but some say they seem destined to have high-powered jobs in business.
The two siblings, currently students at Discovery Elementary School, recently started Lancaster Coffee. It’s a small roadside stand near Southeast 8th Street and 218th Avenue that offers donuts, coffee, tea and hot chocolate to students and passers by. But they didn’t just take supplies from their kitchen and make a few bucks here and there. Their father, Mike Hines, turned their desire to run a lemonade stand into a full-fledged business and economics lesson.
Ethan and Allison Hines stand at their roadside coffee and donut stand near Southeast 8th Street and 218th Avenue. Contributed
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Since she was 10 years old, Emily Johnson has dreamed of performing musical theatre professionally. Six years later, she has earned that opportunity. Johnson is a junior Eastlake High School student who will be dancing in the main stage production of “42nd Street” with the Village Theatre.
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Eastlake’s Relay for Life kicked off with cancer survivors taking a lap around the track. Contributed
In one of the most successful fundraising endeavors at Eastlake High School, Relay for Life raised $104,861.25, surpassing their goal of $90,000.
On Saturday May 20, studentsin teams endured a night of rain as they camped out and walked for 24 hours to raise money for cancer research.
Although Eastlake has already reached their 2010 goal, they are still able to fundraise through August.
Through the eye of her lens, Emily Gitelman, 16, sees all the world as a story.
Her stories, or rather, the images she creates that say more than 1,000 words, have earned her statewide recognition.
Gitelman received two finalist awards for photos — “Nocturne” and “Fly Away” — she submitted to the 2010 state High School Photography Competition April 24.
Emily Gitelman shares some of the reasons for her enthusiasm about photography, including her attention to colors and motion. Photo by Greg Farrar
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A homemade flag with “Kusaquah” embroidered down the middle flew outside room 503 as Endeavour Elementary students filed into Tonya Kusak’s third-grade classroom May 24.
Upon entering, curious students received a greeting from the “mayor,” $10 in fake money and a city map.
Endeavour third-grader Rachel Young shows off some glow-in-the-dark bracelets that she sells at her store in Kusaquah May 24. Photo by Christopher Huber
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All Beaver Lake Middle School students eventually see Buddy 2.0, the school’s live mascot, walking with Mr. Ford, her owner, though the halls. Buddy is very happy and loves attention. The school is one of few that actually have a live mascot.
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