Vicente Varas in command, despite Eastlake tennis loss
September 28, 2011
Eastlake’s Vicente Varas returns a volley during his match against Issaquah. Varas won 6-0, 6-1, but Eastlake lost. Photo by Caleb Heeringa
If Vicente Varas was recovering form a sore ankle, he sure didn’t act like it on the court Sept. 20.
The Eastlake No. 1 singles tennis player was slowed down the week before against Lake Washington and Ballard, but had practiced over the weekend with friend and Skyline standout Aman Manji to test out the ankle, he and Eastlake coach Bud Peterson said. Read more
Public Meetings Calendar Sept. 28
September 28, 2011
Sept. 28
The Issaquah School Board will hold a regular business meeting. at 7 p.m. at the district administration building 565 N.W. Holly St. in Issaquah.
Oct. 3
The Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District board meets at 3 p.m. 1510 228th Ave. S.E.
Oct. 4
The Sammamish City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Oct. 5
The Sammamish Parks and Recreation Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Oct. 6
- The Sammamish Planning Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
- Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District board meets at 3 p.m. at the District office at 3600 Sahalee Way NE.
Oct. 10
- The Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District board meets at 3 p.m. 1510 228th Ave. S.E.
- The Lake Washington School Board will hold a worksession at 5 p.m. followed by a regular board meeting at 7 p.m. at the Resource Center, 16250 N.E. 74th St., Redmond Town Center.
Oct. 11
The Sammamish City Council meets for a study session at
6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Events Calendar Sept. 28
September 28, 2011
Create a Website for Your Small Business. Discover easy-to-use design tools that can help build your small business website at 6 p.m. Sept 28 at the Sammamish Library.
Meet the Author: Jez Alborough. Meet the international children’s author-illustrator of over 30 picture books at
6 p.m. on Sept. 29.
Toastmasters of Sammamish will host a free resume and job interviewing workshop to teach about how to identify strengths, develop a resume, identify skills and use networking tools from
7-8:45 p.m. Sept. 30 at Fire Station No. 83, 3482 Issaquah Pine Lake Road S.E. Pre-register with davidlloydhall@live.com.
A series of weekly poetry workshops, for poets of all skill levels is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2 at the Sammamish Library. Space is limited.
A class about time management skills is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Sammamish Library.
The fifth annual Sammamish Arts Fair will feature the work of dozens of area artists from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9 at City Hall. Admission is free.
How to Start a Business, a class about resources available through the Small Business Association and how to write a business plan, is at 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Sammamish Library.
Paper management, a class about filing do’s and don’ts and which papers to keep is at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Sammamish Library.
Life After High School: Write to Win, is a seminar geared toward teens to help them learn how to put together a good college application and learn what schools are looking for on an essay at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Sammamish Library.
Friends of the Sammamish Library annual book sale will take place on Oct. 22 at the library. The sale runs all day.
Russian Fireworks, the first concert in the 20th season of the Sammamish Symphony, is set for 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at Eastlake. Tickets are available at the door or via ticketweb.com.
The New job search in the New Economy, a workshop to teach how to shift your approach to work and a job search at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Sammamish Library.
Urban Poetics: A photography exhibit by Victoria Bjorklund will be on display through Oct. 4 at City Hall, and is viewable during normal business hours.
The Sammamish Farmer’s Market runs from 4-8 p.m. every Wednesday at City Hall.
King County offers hazardous waste guide to businesses
September 28, 2011
Entrepreneurs in need of some help managing hazardous waste can turn to the Hazardous Waste Directory.
The directory is produced and distributed by the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County. Call the Business Waste Line at 206-263-8899 to order a copy, or read the directory at www.lhwmp.org/home/YellowBook/index.aspx.
EFR scales back headquarters remodel plan
September 26, 2011
New: Sept. 26, 3:45 p.m.
Eastside Fire &Rescue reduced the size of a proposed remodel by an order of magnitude, and the agency’s board unanimously approved the smaller version Sept. 19.
EFR staff had initially proposed a $500,000 remodel of the facility to include expanding office space, adding storage and putting in a new women’s bathroom on the building’s second floor. Read more
Lake Washington School District gifted program to be offered to fewer students in 2012
September 25, 2011
New: Sept. 25, 2:39 p.m.
Fewer students in the Lake Washington School District will be able to enroll in the Quest gifted program starting in the fall of 2012, according to the district.
Currently being offered to highly capable students in grades one through nine, the program will be limited to students in grades in two through eight. The change will happen in conjunction with the district’s grade re-configuration, set to happen in the 2012-2013 school year. Elementary schools will be kindergarten through fifth grade, middle schools will be sixth through eighth grade and grades nine through 12 will be at the high school. Read more
Election coverage 2011
September 25, 2011
A wrap-up of the Review’s campaign coverage in the 2011 election.
City Council races
Nancy Whitten versus Kathy Richardson
Tom Vance versus Jesse Bornfreund
Ramiro Valderrama versus Jim Wasinck
Questionnaires
Position 2
Position 4
Position 6
Ballot Initiatives
Rainy Day Fund Senate Resolution 8206
Highway tolling initiative I-1125
Issaquah School Board
Brian Deagle and Patrick Sansing
Suzanne Weaver and Brian Neville
Issaquah School Board, port candidates attend forum
Endorsements
Whitten, Valderrama, Vance for City Council
Tarleton, Bryant for Port Commission
Deagle, Weaver for Issaquah School Board
EFR to start charging mileage fee for ambulance transport
September 24, 2011
New: Sept. 24, 10:16 a.m.
Eastside Fire and Rescue’s Board of Directors agreed to start charging a $15 per mile fee for transporting patients to the hospital via ambulance. The fee will be in addition to the flat $650 fee for ambulance rides that EFR instituted in October 2010.
EFR estimates the fee will generate about $100,000 per year. They say the fee is comparable to other ambulance providers in the area. Read more
Skyline leaves Issaquah in the dust, Eastlake blanks Redmond, Eastside Catholic falls short to Prep
September 23, 2011
Updated: 10:39 a.m., Sept. 28
Skyline senior running back Damian Greene, left, holds on to the ball and spins past Issaquah defensive back Derek Chapman before scoring a pivotal touchdown in the third quarter Sept. 23.
By Christopher Huber
Max Browne didn’t set any school passing records like he did last week in Oregon, but he did help Skyline get its first win in three weeks by connecting with five different receivers for six touchdowns Sept. 23 against Issaquah.
The Spartans beat the Eagles 41-14 in front of a packed Issaquah High School stadium audience. Skyline improved to
1-0 in KingCo competition and 2-2 overall. Issaquah went to 1-1 in KingCo and 3-1 overall.
The win came after Skyline lost its previous two games against Bellevue and then Lake Oswego.
“We knew we needed to get this thing back and rolling,” said junior Max Browne, Skyline’s quarterback. “We prepared well. We settled down and trusted our play calls.”
Issaquah scored first, on a 21-yard passing play from Eagle quarterback Ethan Kalin to sophomore receiver Derek Chapman. Skyline had turned the ball over on downs on its first possession, but, down 7-0 with 6:02 left in the first, it took the ball 80 yards in nine plays and finished with a 13-yard Browne-to-Andrew Giese scoring strike.
The Spartans settled for three more points on the board just more than a minute into the second quarter on a Sean McDonald 35-yard field goal.
Issaquah scored with 4:39 left in the half on a Kalin-Jack Gellatly 14-yard pass play to make it 14-10 Eagles.
Skyline struck back and ended up leading 17-14 at halftime after Browne connected with receiver Matt Sinatro for a 7-yard score. Sinatro, a junior, stepped in for an injured Nic Sblendorio and ultimately tallied 117 yards on 7 receptions.
“He stepped into the role,” Browne said.
The second half was a different story.
Browne said Skyline recognized Issaquah’s 3-4 defensive scheme early on and adjusted.
“We gotta step on the gas pedal,” he said.
And they did.
While Skyline gained just 166 yards of total offense in the second half, its defense held Issaquah to just 60 yards. It often had a short field to work with, capitalizing on two of Kalin’s three interceptions.
Running back Damian Greene put Skyline up 24-14 in the third quarter after catching an 8-yard pass from Browne. Chase Premone deflected an Issaquah punt and gave Skyline the ball at the Eagles’ 33-yard line. That resulted in a touchdown just 14 seconds later after Browne aired one out to wide receiver Trevor Barney to make it 31-14. Barney finished with two touchdown receptions.
The performance seemed to clear up some worries for Skyline players and coaches.
“We’ve just got to erase everything from the last three weeks,” said Skyline head coach Mat Taylor.
Unable to get anything going on offense, Issaquah went three-and-out twice and turned the ball over three times, first to Skyline’s Adan Lopez, then to Brandon Crandall. In the fourth, the Eagles strung together a promising drive, but fumbled to Skyline on a pass play with just more than 2 minutes left.
Browne finished the game 30-for-42 for 361 yards passing, with one interception. Kalin completed 16 of 29 attempts for 189 yards.
“We just came out flat in the second half,” said Jake Bakamus, who caught seven passes from Kalin for 72 yards. “They made adjustments. We didn’t capitalize.”
Eastlake 43, Redmond 0
The Eastlake Wolves continued to assert its running-game dominance against Redmond, improving to 4-0 and scoring more than 40 points for the third straight game.
It beat the Mustangs 43-0 at Redmond and relied on the quick feet of Ryan Lewis, Brian Quick and quarterback Keegan Kemp.
Neither team scored in the first quarter. But David Hernandez, a senior defensive back, started things off for Eastlake when he returned a blocked punt 36 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. Lewis scored soon after on an 80-yard scoring run to put the Wolves up 14-0.
John Kilburg, the Division-1 recruit, kicked a 26-yard field goal to send the Wolves into halftime with a 17-0 lead.
From there, Eastlake scored three more times in the third quarter. Kemp threw a 25-yard strike to wide receiver Quick, who later scored again on a 25-yard running play. Kemp finished off third-quarter scoring with a quarterback keeper, dashing 37 yards for a touchdown.
Hernandez, as running back, capped Eastlake’s scoring for the night in the fourth quarter with a 25-yard touchdown run.
The Wolves play at Newport (1-1, 3-1) at 7 p.m., Sept. 30.
Seattle Prep 28, Eastside Catholic 15
It was all about the run game for Seattle Prep and Eastside Catholic. The Crusaders went to 0-1 in Metro and 2-2 overall after dropping a back-and-forth contest to the undefeated Prep 28-15.
While both teams struggled to get anything going in the first quarter, Seattle Prep struck first in the second on a 14-yard Jimmy Killeen run. Trey Reynolds helped Eastside’s cause when he scored on a 3-yard run in the second, too. It was tied at the half, but Prep came out swinging and scored once in the third quarter on a 31-yard run by Gill Biesold-McGee. He scored again in the fourth before Eastside Catholic could strike back. Chevy Walker scored for the Crusaders in the fourth on a 1-yard punch across the goal line. With the Eastside Catholic defense having trouble containing the Prep offense, Jackson Clough scored once more for the Panthers to make it 28-13. The Crusaders defense got a couple points on the board near the end of the fourth when it got a safety.
Eastside Catholic plays Chief Sealth at 7 p.m., Sept. 30 at Southwest Athletic Complex.
Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.
Development increase leads Sammamish to hire consultants
September 23, 2011
New: Sept. 23, 2:37 p.m.
An increase in the number of developers applying for permits is leading Sammamish to hire consultants to help out with permit reviews. The increase in building activity marks a turnaround from recent years when the bottom had fallen out of the real estate market.
“I’m very happy to have this problem,” said Kamuron Gurol, the city’s director of development. ‘This is good news.” Read more
