Sammamish City Council to hear comments on proposed new aquatic center
March 1, 2011
New: March 2, 11:17 a.m.
Citizens are invited to give their two cents regarding the city’s plans for a potential community and aquatic center.
As part of a feasibility study commissioned by the Sammamish City Council, the city is hosting a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 9 at City Hall to focus on the community’s “hopes, dreams and fears” regarding the community pool project, according to a city press release.
Representatives from Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture, a Denver firm hired for the study, will be on hand to take notes on what sort of amenities the community wants in the potential facility. The company will also attend the regularly scheduled City Council meeting March 8 as the council discusses its goals for the project. Read more
Eastlake tree socks get grant
March 1, 2011
The socks are sticking around for warmer weather.
The knit “tree socks” that several local artists recently installed around the tree stumps off of 228th Avenue near Eastlake High School will likely be replaced with more seasonally appropriate attire in early April, project organizer Suzanne Tidwell said.
Representatives from 4Culture, a King County-run arts and culture agency, have verbally agreed to put forward a $3,000 grant to fund at least one, if not two, sets of socks for the seasonal public art installation. Tidwell said that she and a group of volunteers are aiming to put up spring-themed knit socks – with pastel colors and possibly flowers – the first weekend of April and hopefully have enough grant money left over to do summer-themed socks later in the year.
The tree socks in front of Eastlake will soon get an updated look for the Spring. Photo by Caleb Heeringa
Census shows Sammamish is growing, diverse
March 1, 2011
Sammamish has become more populated and ethnically diverse in the last ten years.
The localized results of the 2010 U.S. Census were released Feb. 23, showing a 34 percent increase in population in Sammamish and an addition of more than 4,100 residences since the 2000 census. Read more
Sammamish City Council adjusts meeting schedule
March 1, 2011
Washington Conservation Corps seeks applicants
March 1, 2011
The state Department of Ecology is seeking 22 people between 18 and 25 to serve in Washington Conservation Corps positions in King County and elsewhere.
Members receive job training, help restore and protect the environment, offer environmental education and volunteer opportunities for thousands of residents of all ages, and provide assistance to citizens in the Evergreen State and across the nation during natural disasters.
Members selected for six-month stints earn state minimum wage and a $2,675 AmeriCorps Education Award for repaying student loans or for future tuition expenses. Read more
Paula Boggs to serve on a presidential council
March 1, 2011
About a year and a half ago, someone from the White House contacted Paula Boggs to see if she’d be interested in serving on a council or commission. Bogs said she would, but not for just anything.
“I said, ‘for the right one, absolutely,’” Boggs said.
Six months later, they asked if she’d be willing to serve on a council to look at innovative ideas around youth education and employment – The White House Council for Community Solutions. She decided this was right up her alley. Read more
King County libraries urge people to ‘Take Time to Read’
March 1, 2011
With hectic lives filled with chores, errands, work and school, who has time to sit down and read a good book?
Aware of the constant time crunch, King County Library System developed a time coupon through its Take Time to Read program.
“Chores can wait,” the coupon reads, “Take Time to Read.” Read more
Skyline bows out in first round of state tournament
March 1, 2011
There was one word the Skyline High School girls basketball team did not believe in – quit.
Throughout the 2010-11 season the Spartans staged numerous comebacks en route to the 4A state tournament. Skyline again showed its fighting spirit Feb. 25 but the Spartans couldn’t overcome South Kitsap, losing to the Wolves 64-54 in the first round of the Region III tournament at Rogers of Puyallup.
Skyline, in the state tournament for only the second time in the history of the girls program, fell behind 10-0 in the first quarter. The Spartans fought back to take a lead, fell behind again, and made a valiant charge in the fourth quarter that fell short in the loser-out game.
Megan Wiedeman, Skyline junior post, and Dana Goularte of South Kitsap scramble to rebound a loose ball early in the fourth quarter of their first round state 4A basketball showdown Feb. 25. Photo by Greg Farrar
Eastlake eliminated from playoffs after rollercoaster battle
March 1, 2011
If you had shown up in the middle of the Eastlake game Feb. 22, you could have thought the Wolves were headed to the state tournament.
But for those who saw either end of the match against Edmonds-Woodway, it was clearly a different story.
The Wolves and Warriors were playing a loser-out game for a state tournament birth and, despite an Eastlake comeback in the second and third quarters, Edmonds-Woodway (22-4) fought until the end.
Eastlake’s Kendra Morrison, left, goes up for a lay-in with Alex Kenney, of Edmonds-Woodway, in her face in the first quarter Feb. 22. Photo by Christopher Huber
Police Blotter March 2
March 1, 2011
Possible child abuse
Police and Child Protective Services were alerted after a Sammamish 8-year-old told her teacher that her father had kicked her Feb. 16. The child complained of back pain to her teacher.
When asked about the pain, the student said that her father had kicked her in back in an attempt to hurry her up while she got ready for school that morning.
School counselors examined the student and could find no marks or other signs of physical abuse.
CPS will be investigating the matter.
Stolen vehicle
recovered
Police on patrol in the Madison Apartments parking lot Feb. 15 located a truck that had been stolen from a Lynnwood man.
Police dusted the white Dodge Ram pickup for prints and seized a water bottle and tube of superglue that were in the truck.
The owner came to retrieve the truck. The case remains under investigation.
Free snacks
Five people ran from QFC when a store manager confronted them for allegedly eating and drinking food without paying for it just after midnight Feb. 13.
The group, consisting of two females and three males, fled in a blue Ford Focus. A Gatorade, Vitamin Water and can of Pringles were among the items taken.
Bike theft
Two bicycles were stolen from in front of La Casita restaurant, near QFC, between 3 and 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10.
The bikes were near a bike rack but were not locked up.
The bikes are black; one is a Specialized brand and the other is a Giant Rebel. The case remains under investigation.
Egging
Two homes were egged by a group of teens the evening of Feb. 19.
Police were called at around midnight after a resident on the 24000 block of Southeast 10th Court heard the eggs hit their home.
The resident reported seeing five to six teenagers run from the scene.
A resident on the 1300 block of 247th Avenue Southeast reported a similar incident around the same time. Police have no suspects.
Vehicle prowl
An Issaquah resident had her purse stolen from her car while parked at Beaver Lake Park the afternoon of Feb. 18. Checks and credit cards were among the items stolen.
The victim reported that the vehicle had been locked; police are unsure how the thief got into the car.
Open garage door
Police on patrol at around 2:30 a.m. Feb. 18 noticed an open garage door at a residence on the 24000 block of Southeast 22nd Street.
Police knocked on the door in an attempt to wake the resident but no one came to the door.
The officer reports that this is the second time in the past two months that the resident left their garage door open overnight.
Suspended license
A 21-year-old Sammamish woman was arrested and booked into jail for driving with a suspended license Feb. 16.
The officer followed the vehicle as it pulled into the Madison Apartments, near QFC.
The vehicle had expired tabs, the driver had a suspended license and no proof of insurance. The woman was booked into Issaquah Jail for the infractions.
Unwanted customer
A 21-year-old Sammamish man was trespassed from QFC after allegedly refusing to leave the store when asked by store employees.
The man had been in the store for a long period of time reading magazines at around 4 a.m. Feb. 15.
When night shift staff asked him to pay for his items and leave, the man became upset and began raising his voice.
Staff also suspected him of shoplifting.
Police contacted the man at his home and advised him that he was being trespassed from the store for a year.
The man told police that store employees were harassing him and that his lawyer would be challenging the trespassing order.
Items in the police blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.
