Redistricting matters to Sammamish
September 20, 2011
Washington State is in the midst of its once-a-decade chance to re-evaluate the lines on a map that create our Congressional and Legislative districts. Unfortunately, redistricting has become a politically partisan activity.
Please, powers-that-be, draw the lines based on logical groups of people, not on how best to achieve a legislative majority. Read more
Sammamish Forum Sept. 21
September 20, 2011
Support for Valderrama
I have known Ramiro Valderrama for more than six years. I worked with Valderrama on the East Lake Sammamish Parkway Coalition as he brought together more than 20 homeowner associations, environmental groups and beach clubs to work together in search of effective transportation solutions for the city.
He strongly advocated fiscal responsibility to the city and led the volunteer work as citizens collaborated to design and present an alternative design for the East Lake Sammamish Parkway project that could address the safety concerns on the parkway for a tenth of the original city plan. Read more
Sammamish woman performs in Indian dance troupe
September 20, 2011
Sammamish and Issaquah residents are among those involved in an upcoming dance production that details the origins of five holy Hindu temples.
The production, titled “Kshetram,” features dance, music and poetry from India that weaves together the stories of the beginnings of five of the 108 temples dedicated to Vishnu, the God of Vishnavite Hinduism. The event is organized by Abhinay Fine Arts, an Eastside non-profit organization that promotes classical Indian art in the Seattle area.
Abhinay Fine Arts classical Indian dance ‘Kshetram,’ or ‘temple,’ dancers (from left) Lakshmi Sanjay, Supriya Unnikrishnan, Bhavana Kudikala, Preetha Anandh, of Sammamish, and Smitha Krishnan, of Issaquah, will debut their program Sept. 25 in Bellevue. Photo by Abhinay Fine Arts
Dinner table discussion develops into big ideas to help feed African famine victims
September 20, 2011
Who knew church bake sales were so lucrative?
Sammamish youth Mariana Cuevas and her family sure didn’t until they organized one Aug. 28 at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church to raise money for the East-African famine crisis. They raised more than $1,400 in an afternoon, enough money to feed roughly 5,000 people.
“People were donating a lot,” said Cuevas, an eighth-grader at Inglewood Junior High School. Read more
Joan Flynn Callahan
September 20, 2011
Joan was born in New York City on Feb. 25, 1925. She graduated from Cathedral High School and attended City College in New York. She married Thomas Callahan in 1947 and moved to Mercer Island in 1952. Joan and Tom moved to Oregon for a number of years and eventually returned to the Seattle area and back to Mercer Island in 1966 where she lived until her death. Read more
Skyline students study duck boxes at Hazel Wolf wetlands
September 20, 2011
As William Lam climbed up the ladder, he and his Skyline classmates watched for spiders dangling from and nestled in the wooden duck box attached to the tree.
Once over the fear of what might be crawling on him, he searched and felt around the box to open it up. He was looking for the remains of a nest inside, where either a wood duck or a merganser would have laid eggs or hatchlings would have fledged last spring.
Sammamish resident Ted Burris, left, of Ducks Unlimited, explains to Skyline students what they will be doing with the duck boxes Sept. 15 at Hazel Wolf Wetlands. Photo by Christopher Huber
Eastlake to get new scoreboard
September 20, 2011
Eastlake football fans may see a new flashy scoreboard on the field by the end of the season, according to Wolves Football Association president David Grotjahn.
That depends heavily on whether or not Lake Washington School District officials make decisions in the next week. Read more
Calendar Sept. 22
September 20, 2011
An open house at the new Sammamish EX3 Teen and Recreation Center is set for 5-7 p.m. Sept. 22 at the teen center, 825 228th Ave. N.E. in the old library building. Tour the facility, learn about partnership opportunities and meet others. Visit www.sammamishex3.org. Read more
Scoreboard Sept. 21
September 20, 2011
Volleyball
Friday, Sept. 16
Skyline 3, Mercer Island 0
1 2 3 Final
M. Island 23 22 18 0
Skyline 25 25 25 3
Skyline highlights: Madison Stoa, 6 kills, 30 assists, 3 aces; Kennedy Stoa, 15 digs; Halle Erdahl, 8 kills, 11 digs; Maddie Magee, 17 kills, 3 aces. Read more
Police Blotter Sept. 21
September 20, 2011
Don’t come back
A man contacted police to have his ex-wife and her new boyfriend removed from his property Sept. 5. The ex-wife and boyfriend had come to the man’s house to collect a check and they had all gotten into an argument. The man said he had felt threatened, then that he felt challenged.
He wanted a trespass warning letter on file so that neither his ex-wife nor her boyfriend could return to his property. The ex-wife then wanted a similar letter forbidding her ex-husband from her property. Read more
