Eastlake High School officer mourned
January 31, 2012
Updated: 10:38 a.m. Feb. 1
Part disciplinarian, part class clown – Stan Chapin was more than just a cop.
For the last 11 years, Chapin was a fixture in the halls of Eastlake High School and Inglewood Junior High, bantering with students and using his goofy charm to make law enforcement seem approachable.
Chapin, a 40-year-veteran of the King County Sheriff’s Office, died in his sleep of apparent natural causes The night of Jan. 30-31. He was 61.
Stan Chapin
Sammamish to study stormwater fees
January 31, 2012
Sammamish will be hiring an auditor to review whether citizens and local businesses are correctly being billed for storm water fees.
Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard said the decision to create the temporary, four-month-long position stems from news early last year that two Issaquah School District schools had been charged for storm water through King County though the city had exempted other schools from the payments. Read more
Issaquah district settles on new teacher evaluations
January 31, 2012
Hoping to take the lead in implementing a coming change in state law, Issaquah School District officials have settled on a teacher evaluation system that could end up being a model for all of Washington.
The Issaquah district will now spend some time ramping up to implementation of the new system, according to Associate Superintendent Ron Thiele, as well as information released by the district. Read more
Names of criminals should be public
January 31, 2012
The Legislature is now considering two bills that would restrict access to records of crimes committed by minors, only allowing disclosure in the case of “serious violent offenses” as defined by law. Lesser violent crimes and property crimes would remain confidential.
The bills are bad ones, and should be stopped. Read more
Sammamish Forum Feb. 1
January 31, 2012
We’re in this together
I am moved to respond to John Burg’s Jan. 18 letter.
Can we at least agree that both liberals and conservatives want a strong and healthy America, of which we can be proud, but may disagree on how to do it?
Demonizing our president as evil and “bent on destroying the foundations of our country, our Constitution, our moral values and our economic system” is ridiculous. Read more
Post-storm potholes likely coming to Sammamish
January 31, 2012
The new carpet of tree limbs and branches isn’t the only thing left in the aftermath of the recent run of wind, rain, ice and snow.
The winter weather is also likely to lead to more potholes in Sammamish’s roads. And Public Works Director Laura Philpot said the city relies on heads up from citizens to keep tabs on the state of city roads. Read more
Police Blotter Feb. 1
January 31, 2012
Home hit and run
A resident on the 1400 block of 224th Avenue Northeast reported that a vehicle had lost control on an icy hill and collided with their home Jan. 17. A neighbor reported that they had assisted the driver of a white van with a flat tire and front end damage at around noon near the home.
Police believe the van was responsible for the damage to the home, but the neighbor did not get a license plate or any identifying information about the van or its driver. A portion of the outside wall of the home was pushed in by up to a foot. The case remains under investigation. Read more
Carmen Callahan takes to the stage in ‘Don Quixote’
January 31, 2012
Late last year, Carmen Callahan, a ninth grade student at Inglewood Jr. High, received a letter informing her that she had a part in the upcoming Pacific Northwest Ballet performance of “Don Quixote.”
“It’s a really big honor to be in ‘Don Quixote,’” she said. Carmen started taking ballet classes when she was three years old at her local rec center in Virginia.
Carmen Callahan warms up prior to a rehearsal. Photo by David Rollins
Wilfred George Bassett
January 31, 2012
Wilfred George Bassett died peacefully at home surrounded by family on Jan. 19, 2012, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 70 years old.
The son of Vera Agnes Scheffel and Wilfred George “Bill” Bassett, George was born Jan. 13, 1942, and raised in Jackson, Mich. Read more
Creative students move on to state Reflections contest
January 31, 2012
More than a dozen Sammamish students recently found out they were among the most creative entrants in this year’s Reflections program.
Eighteen students from five Lake Washington School District schools in Sammamish earned honors for their efforts to express their idea of the theme “Diversity Means…” Of those, 10 students will advance to the state-level Reflections contest, with potential to go all the way to national-level judging, according to the Lake Washington PTSA. Read more
