Sammamish will write off bad debts
April 26, 2011
Sammamish will write off a handful of outstanding developer debts from its accounting books, though the city may still send some of them to collections.
The city council approved a resolution April 18 authorizing the removal of about $113,000 worth of debts, some dating back to 2007, that haven’t been paid by developers. Read more
Sound Transit upgrades website for riders
April 26, 2011
Sound Transit has launched the website to improve commutes for bus and train riders throughout the region.
The address is the same — www.soundtransit.org — but the agency upgraded the features. In addition to a clean, intuitive design, the website includes a better trip planner and interactive maps featuring more information about transit connections and the locations of stations, stops and parking. The transit agency also made schedules easier to read. Read more
‘Share Your Washington’ and earn travel prizes
April 26, 2011
Washington State Tourism is asking Washingtonians to invite friends and family members to visit the Evergreen Green as part of the Share Your Washington promotion.
Running through June 15, Share Your Washington encourages people to send invitations. In the process, participants also automatically enter a sweepstakes for the chance to win trips from Alaska Airlines. Read more
Police Blotter April 27
April 26, 2011
Medical emergency
Police were called to the 1300 block of 224th Place Northeast after a witness saw a 61-year-old Sammamish man collapse just after noon April 17. The witness could not find a pulse on the man and began performing CPR. Read more
Morgan Thomas Dent
April 26, 2011
Morgan Thomas Dent was called home to glory on Friday, April 8, 2011. He was born Nov. 13, 1987, to Callie and Michael Dent.
He attended Skyline High School and graduated in 2006. He later attended college in California and Washington.
Morgan Thomas Dent
Daphne Dodd Price Nys
April 26, 2011
Jan. 12, 1962 to April 8, 2011, 49 years of age
Daphne graduated from Issaquah High School in 1980 and attended Western Washington University. She moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1992 where she married and later divorced. Daphne resided the remainder of her life in Australia. She enjoyed cooking for and visiting with friends and was a friend in the true sense of the word. She was kind, loving, generous, a good listener, and had friends wherever she went. Daphne loved home decoration/interior design, camping, gardening, antiques, photography, animals, fast cars and her family.
Daphne Dodd Price Nys
Anna May (Engquist) Smith
April 26, 2011
Anna was born May 7, 1919 in Seattle. She woke in heaven on April 6, 2011.
Earl Smith, her husband of 61 years, preceded her in death.
She attended Eastgate Bible Fellowship and Emmanuel bible Church for many years.
She is survived by her three children: Jackie Seymour, of Sammamish, Karen Brown, of Selah, and Bob Smith, of Seattle; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
An open house to celebrate her life will be from 12:30-3 p.m. May 6 at Emmanuel Bible Church, 503 N. 50th St., Seattle.
No wheat allowed
April 26, 2011
Sammamish woman developed gluten-free recipes
For a while after being diagnosed with gluten (wheat) intolerance in 2006, Debra Gibbons, of Sammamish, would bring her own special food to parties. She remembered one time in particular, when she arrived with an empty stomach and without any gluten-free snacks. Among the smorgasbord of food and drinks available to friends, all she could eat was the celery, she said.
Lynn Peterson poses in her Sammamish kitchen with a variety of her tasty freshly made gluten-free dishes. Photo by Christopher Huber
ARAS Foundation collecting bikes to donate to Ghana
April 26, 2011
A working father in Ghana could use that old bike you haven’t ridden in ages. So could his wife, son or daughter, for that matter. A functioning bike could mean the difference between making it to work or school on time, or at all.
With that in mind, the Sammamish-based ARAS Foundation is holding its annual bike collection May 7 at Sammamish City Hall. While ARAS is collecting bikes from around the Seattle area leading up to the Sammamish event, residents with spare or used bikes can donate them from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day, said Mary Trask, who runs the ARAS Foundation. Read more
Skyline’s physics club gets off the ground, literally
April 26, 2011
During one of its qualifying launches for the national rocketry competition, the Skyline physics club members got a little nervous. It was one of only three flights that could count toward their entry into the Team America Rocketry Challenge. The rocket, carrying an egg as its payload, looked a little precarious hanging more than 700 feet in the air — like it was falling too fast.
“We were concerned,” said senior James Richardson, Skyline physics club president. “It wasn’t coming down as we planned.”
But the flight ended safely, with egg intact. The student-designed rocket stayed up for nearly 40 seconds and the parachute did its job.
Freshman Crystal Liang shows off the hand-drawn control panel physics club students drew in the egg compartment of the rocket they will use in a national competition in May. Kieran Dong, back left, and Mas Sherman work during the club’s meeting April 20. Photo by Christopher Huber
