Community invited to meet Lake Washington School District superintendent candidate
December 31, 2011
New: Dec. 31, 10:17 a.m.
Residents in north Sammamish will get a chance to meet and chat with the Lake Washington School District’s preferred candidate for district superintendent at two seperate events.
Traci Pierce, of Sammamish, will be introducing herself to the community from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 in the Bytes Café in Redmond City Hall and from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at Sammamish City Hall. She is slated to replace outgoing superintendent Chip Kimball, who took a school superintendent job in Singapore. Read more
Police arrest 3 in conjunction with burglaries
December 29, 2011
New: Dec. 29, 8:40 p.m.
Three people have been arrested in connection with two Sammamish burglaries, including one on Christmas Day.
Residents on the 2900 block of 196th Avenue Southeast arrived home the afternoon of Christmas to find the glass on their front door shattered and jewelry and cash missing from their home, according to a Sammamish Police Department press release. Police recovered two steel ball bearings that appeared to have be launched from a slingshot in order to break the window. Read more
The Review’s review
December 29, 2011
New, Dec. 29, 10:24 a.m.
A look back at 2011
Sammamish added several amenities for its citizens in 2011, even as the county, state and federal government cut back in the face of a continued sluggish economy.
The “15th best small town in America” also continued looking forward, embarking on a major study of the possibility of a large community and aquatic center. And city officials made headway on one of the more intractable issues in city history – taking down one of the road barricades that separate Sammamish’s many neighborhoods. Read more
Glenn Anderson announces retirement
December 28, 2011
New: Dec. 28, 10:23 a.m.
Sammamish’s most senior representative in Olympia — state Rep. Glenn Anderson — said Wednesday he does not intend to seek re-election next year and plans to retire after serving the 5th Legislative District for a dozen years.
Local voters elected the Fall City Republican in 2000 and subsequently in even-numbered years since. Anderson cruised to re-election last year against David Spring, the same candidate Anderson faced in a tight race in 2008. Anderson intends to serve through the remainder of his term, which expires next year. Read more
Swan song for the tree stumps
December 28, 2011
The saga of Sammamish’s tree stumps came to an unassuming end when the city removed the barren sentinels Dec. 17.
The city lopped the tops and limbs off the five dying cedar trees in front of Eastlake High School and Starbucks on 228th Avenue in late 2009. But the City Council, led by Councilwoman Michele Petitti, suggested the city leave about 20 feet worth of the trunks standing with the intention of turning them into some sort of permanent sculpture.
A landscaped patch sits where yarn-covered tree stumps used to generate controversy. Photo by Caleb Heeringa
Thank you, letter writers
December 28, 2011
Sammamish Review thanks everyone who wrote us letter in the past year. We enjoy having a vibrant and diverse opinion page. Your written voice provokes, challenges, encourages and thereby builds a stronger community for us all. We also thank those of you who commented on our Web site, Facebook page or Twitter.
While the letter is still likely to be more widely read, digital ways of engaging are an increasingly important way to engage with your friends, neighbors and the staff here at the Review. Read more
Sammamish Forum Dec. 28
December 28, 2011
Of course it’s about Christmas
A Christmas tree has nothing to do with Christianity? Huh? Is that really what a recent writer tried to say?
Granted the Christmas tree along with Dec. 25, were heisted from the pagan religions that predated Catholicism and Christianity, the Christmas tree is most definitely a Christian symbol. Read more
Sammamish looking for volunteer police
December 28, 2011
Sammamish residents interested in becoming reserve police officers can now apply for the volunteer positions.
The Sammamish Police Department will fill five volunteer positions to supplement the agency’s 22 full-time officers in the coming year. Read more
Police Blotter Dec. 28
December 28, 2011
Something’s amiss
A resident on the 800 block of 214th Place Northeast called police Dec. 16 to report that she suspected someone had been breaking into her home.
The woman, who had purchased the home from her mother after her mother passed away, told police she kept finding “creepy” signs that someone had been breaking into the home, including drawers being left part way open when no one had been in the house and doors being found unlocked when they had been locked the day before. Read more
Dedication lands Tela Crane among Olympic hopefuls
December 28, 2011
Tela Crane can remember the first time she sped around the Marymoor Park velodrome. She was 15 and her mother had forced her to take a cycling class, following their doctor’s suggestion that it would help her recover from knee surgery.
Although she and her parents had all been avid cyclists for years, Crane resisted the idea the sport could help her much.
Tela Crane, a 2004 Skyline High School graduate, was recently selected to the USA Cycling Women’s Track Long Team. She will vie for one of seven spots on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team. Photo by Dennis Crane, www.dbcphoto.com
