Sammamish man brings business lessons to Vietnam
March 29, 2011
For his sophomore year in college, Del Goehner dropped out of school and went to Guatemala for eight months.
Like many young adults, he wanted to see the world and also see how he could help through the mission organization he went with, he said.
He quickly learned how good Americans have it. He met Guatemalans who earned about $1 a day and, for some things, paid the same price as in America.
“That was my first introduction to another part of the world,” Goehner said. “My first impression was, ‘we don’t know what poor is.’”
Sammamish resident Del Goehner poses with friends and students while on a volunteer teaching trip in Vietnam. Contributed
Inglewood actors and writers pay tribute to Dr. Seuss
March 29, 2011
Dozens of parents and their young children filled the Sammamish Library meeting room waiting to sneak a peak of some ‘sneetches,’ March 24.
The children crowded the front of the room as a team of Inglewood Junior High drama students performed skits about popular Dr. Seuss stories along with a few others, like “Where the Wild Things Are” and “Go Dog, Go.”
This was the 13th year the school’s drama class put on the performance to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was March 2. The five skits were arranged and directed by the theater students themselves, said Andrew Rabiroff, Inglewood’s drama teacher.
Inglewood Junior High students Mikaela Wallinger, from left, Becca Hough, Jessica Simpson, Alex Jones, Nick Biro, (hidden – Matthew Morrison and Gracie Kent) perform in “The Sneetches.” Photo by Christopher Huber
Eastlake’s budding scientists take home big prizes
March 29, 2011
Eastlake senior Alicia McMurchie decided to join her school’s science honor society after spending much of her high school career in math clubs and competitions, she said. As the opportunities are increasing for students to explore science-related fields, she figured it would be a good way to see if it was something she liked enough to pursue in college.
“I just really like science, so it just seemed natural to join science honor society,” said McMurchie, a second-year honor society member and Science Olympiad participant. “I thought it would be interesting to see how I compared to other people.” Read more
72 plateau students qualify for international DECA competition
March 29, 2011
UPDATED, 9:30 a.m. March 30
Sammamish schools are sending 70 DECA students to the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Fla., at the end of April, according to Eastlake, Skyline and Eastside Catholic.
At the recent regional DECA conference the Skyline DECA program — a growing powerhouse in the area — qualified a whopping 63 students for the international business competition. Eastlake and Eastside Catholic also will send some business students. The Wolves will send junior Midori Ng, seniors Akaash Nanda and Rebecca Burney and sophomores Ally Britain, Alaina Hartley and Nicole McKernan. And Eastside Catholic will see Nick Orsillo, Alex Smith and Katie Sutherland head to Orlando. Read more
Eastside Catholic students are best debaters in state
March 29, 2011
The debate team from Eastside Catholic is state champs, according to the school’s administration. The championship capped a season that stretched from October to March with debate competitions nearly every weekend.
In the Congressional Debate category, the Crusader team of Kyle Hendrix, John Holt and Tim O’Melia won the state title. Hendrix also earned the Top Presiding Officer award and Holt won second place overall. Hendrix and O’Melia both reached the finals. Eastside Catholic sent five students to the competition, the most allowed in District 2 and more than any other team at the state competition, the school said.
In the Lincoln-Douglas Debate format, Derek Holliday finished fifth overall and was the first-place speaker. Tessie LaMourea was the third place speaker.
About 60 schools participate in speech and debate competitions in Washington.
Sammamish track teams look to rebuilding year
March 29, 2011
Skyline senior Kyle Branch didn’t even look like he was trying as he rounded the final curve on his way to a win in the 1,600-meter race against Woodinville. The standout distance runner finished way ahead of the competition, but afterward said he was actually trying to conserve energy for his next events, the 3,200 and the 4×400-meter relay.
“It was a nice, relaxed pace,” Branch said. He finished in 4 minutes, 47.2 seconds.
Skyline’s Chase Premone, right, hands the baton off to Christian John during the boys 4x100 relay race March 24 at Skyline High School. Photo by Christopher Huber
2 Inglewood wrestlers claim titles
March 29, 2011
Contributed Brandon Kaufman, left, and Ryan Wasserman, of Inglewood Junior High, hold plaques showing their respective weight brackets after winning their divisions at the Lake Washington junior high wrestling tournament March 19. Wasserman won the 155-pound division and Kaufman won his 175-pound bout. Contributed
Sammamish rowers contribute to strong performance on Greenlake
March 29, 2011
Seven Sammamish rowers helped the Sammamish Rowing Association win big in their season-opening regatta March 19.
The association’s strong performance among the dozen or so races led to it winning the total points tally for juniors and masters races. It won 19 gold medals, too. Read more
Sammamish Review scoreboard March 31
March 29, 2011
Baseball
Friday, March 25
Skyline 13, O’Dea 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
O’Dea 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 7 8 1
Skyline 0 4 2 5 0 2 x 13 12 0
Skyline batting: Clayton Huber, 3-for-3; Zack Liddle, 2-for-2, 4 RBI, 2B; Nate Litka, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 3B; Conner Reinertsen, 2-for-3, RBI.
Skyline pitching: Ryan Parks (W, 1-0), 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 K, 0 BB. Read more
Sammamish City Council sets paving priorities
March 28, 2011
New: March 28, 2:49 p.m.
Three roads, often used by Sammamish drivers, will get new pavement this year.
The Sammamish City Council approved a slate of pavement overlay projects at its March 21 meeting. Read more
