Sammamish rowers paddle in nationals
June 23, 2010
The Sammamish Rowing Association had several top-10 finishes at nationals. Contributed
All-league teams full of plateau athletes
June 23, 2010
Eastlake’s principal leaving
June 22, 2010
New: June 22, 1:00 p.m.
Eastlake High School principal Greg Schellenberg is moving to Shanghai, China, he said June 14.
The decision to leave the high school after just one year came around Memorial Day weekend, he said.
It was an opportunity to work at an international school in Shanghai. Initially, Schellenberg and his wife, Angela, who owns a business with ties to China, declined the job offer twice, he said. Read more
Sammamish releases plan to study barricades
June 21, 2010
New: June 21, 9:27 a.m.
City Engineer Laura Philpot laid out the process the city will use to evaluate its barricade situation during a June 14 City Council work session.
The city has developed a way to evaluate each barricade individually, and hopes to start with one of the more problematic barricades, on Southeast 32nd Street.
Barricades are an often-contentious issue that has sprung up around town. As the city was built, sometimes two developments with a connecting road would have a barricade placed at roughly the border of the two subdivisions. Read more
Parkway changes pushed back indefinitely
June 20, 2010
New: June 20, 11:24 a.m.
Other road projects also shuffled in city’s six-year plan
The city looks to shift its transportation priorities to accommodate changes in growth patterns.
Jeff Brauns, a transportation engineer for Sammamish, presented the council with a proposed six-year Transportation Improvement Program. Read more
Sammamish veteran returns to Pearl Harbor
June 19, 2010
UPDATED: June 19, 2:20 p.m.
Gerald Treacy Sr. returned to Pearl Harbor for the first time in more than 60 years. Contributed
On Dec. 3, 1941, Gerald Treacy Sr. was called away from Hickam Field, adjacent to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to attend his father’s funeral. Four days later, he was in New Jersey when the Japanese attacked. At Hickam alone, 121 men were killed, and 274 were wounded.
“I would’a been right there,” Treacy said.
Gerald Treacy Sr. in his dress blue uniform in 1943.
Freed House gets moral support from City Council
June 18, 2010
New: June 18, 1:13 p.m.
The Freed House may have a better chance at winning grant funding thanks to a pair of decisions made by the City Council June 15. However council members cautioned that they were not interested in spending substantial amounts of city money on restoring the house. Read more
Sammamish working toward sustainability
June 17, 2010
New: June 17, 11:20 a.m.
The city is continuing its efforts to be more eco-friendly, and will produce a report detailing its efforts later this year.
The City Council adopted a policy outlining broad policy goals for enhancing Sammamish’s sustainability — essentially using its resources to work toward being more environmentally friendly, and toward reaching larger regional and global goals. Read more
EFR’s choice of charity feels like a kick back
June 16, 2010
EFR sends donation to its association
June 16, 2010
