Sammamish’s Jordan McCabe drafted to Harlem Globetrotters
June 21, 2011
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Jordan McCabe, the basketball-handling phenom from Beaver Lake Middle School, was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters June 21, according to his family and a press release from the team.
He was among six players selected as part of the team’s 2011 draft class. Other players included 2011 College Slam Dunk Champion Jacob Tucker, and 2011 College 3-point Champion Andrew Goudelock, the press release said.
Jordan McCabe, a student at Beaver Lake Middle School, was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters
Greenway seeks donations during fundraising drive
June 21, 2011
June 23 offers a chance for people to donate to nonprofit organizations, including the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.
Between 7 a.m. and midnight, donors can participate in The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG event. Read more
State unveils map to track fish and wildlife species
June 21, 2011
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has launched a mapping system featuring information about priority animal species.
The mapping tool, PHS on the Web, allows users to zoom in on specific properties or scan broader areas to determine the presence of fish and wildlife species identified as priorities for conservation and management. Find the tool at http://wdfw.wa.gov/mapping/phs. Read more
Summer burning moratorium is in effect
June 21, 2011
Eastside Fire & Rescue crews responded to 14 brushfires in May and June — and a heightened risk for fires accompanies balmier and drier days ahead.
The agency’s burn moratorium went into effect June 15 for residents in Issaquah, Sammamish and nearby communities. Read more
Calendar June 22
June 21, 2011
The basics of selling on eBay: learn about buying, selling and setting up accounts at 6 p.m. June 22 at the Sammamish Library.
artEAST Art Center will present the traveling exhibition of the 2011 SAMMI Awards Art Collection through June 27. Read more
Lakeside Recovery starts summer baseball strong
June 21, 2011
Connor Gilchrist, who pitched for Skyline in the spring, will be part of the rotation for Lakeside Recovery.
The Lakeside Recovery Senior American Legion baseball team is a bit younger than some teams in past summers.
But manager Rob Reese said he believes that mixing promising young players with a handful of veterans could make Lakeside Recovery a competitive club this season.
Lakeside Recovery has shown promise already with 13 victories in its first 18 games, with plenty of summer ball to play.
“We are off to a good start,” said Reese, the club’s manager since 1990. Read more
Sue Ursino wins her division at SWGA City Championship
June 21, 2011
Sammamish resident Sue Ursino chips a shot from the edge of the 13th green during the SWGA City Championship match at Sahalee June 17. Photo by Christopher Huber
Longtime Sammamish resident Sue Ursino nearly missed this year’s Seattle Women’s Golf Association City Championship due to hand surgery three weeks before the event. It would have been just her second time missing the June tournament since 1970, when she competed as a college student, she said.
“I thought I was toast,” Ursino said. “I got lucky.”
But thanks to a skillful surgeon and a drive to play her home course, Ursino made the cut to compete in the City Championship June 13-17 at Sahalee. The four-time winner and seven-time runner up managed to win the first division June 17 after defeating Seattle’s Mayumi Taniguchi 3-and-2 in match play.
“Luckily I was playing well at the end,” she said as she headed to the clubhouse. “I was really playing decently.”
Ursino was among 12 Sammamish golfers who participated in the tournament, which matched up the best member players from more than a dozen Seattle-area private golf clubs in a four-day tournament. Read more
As deadline nears, groups scramble for host families
June 21, 2011
The need is great. The interest, not so much.
Thirty students arrive from the Chinese region of Chongqing on July 8. That is, if 18 more families say by the end of June that they want to host the students for three weeks. Read more
Eastside Catholic wins drama award
June 21, 2011
Eastside Catholic High School won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Group at The 5th Avenue Awards ceremony June 6 in Seattle.
The high school received the award for the musical “Once On This Island,” that ran in late April. The actors recognized in the ensemble were sophomore Nalani Saito, senior Aiko Suetsugu, senior John Winslow and senior Madison King-Foster. Read more
Sammamish students use photography to spark writing ideas
June 21, 2011
Manisha Tirumalai, left, created her own interpretation of a Norman Rockwell scene for a writing prompt. Photo by Manisha Tirumalai
Cole Penz looked to the sky as the snow fell in his self portrait photo made for the “Best of Me” photo-writing project. Photo by Cole Penz
Fourth-grader Luke Boyer really didn’t like to write when he entered Lynette Springborn’s class at Cascade Ridge Elementary School last fall. He wasn’t bad at it. He just couldn’t find inspiration when given a writing prompt.
“He was always stuck,” Springborn said.
But when Springborn introduced writing assignments that incorporated digital cameras, Luke and many of his classmates became hooked.
“Photos really help us visualize what we’re writing about,” Luke said June 14. “To have that one slice (of life) in one click, that’s amazing.”
Springborn’s fourth-graders took their own photographs to inspire their writing exercises throughout the school year. Not only did it inspire more students to engage in the creative writing process, it taught them a little about the art of photography.
“We didn’t have much boundaries,” Luke said. “We got to be incredibly creative. It helped us become better writers.”
The entire project came to fruition thanks to a grant from the Cascade Ridge PTA, which purchased about 30 cameras for all grade levels to use. Read more
