Fourth on the Plateau looking for sponsors and vendors
May 23, 2012
The Fourth on the Plateau is just around the corner and the city of Sammamish still has room for more event sponsors and vendors. Event organizers and their media partners are working to put together an advertising plan that will allow more opportunities to let the community know who the sponsors are that are supporting the family-friendly event.
For more information, email Dawn Sanders at dsanders@ci.sammamish.wa.us.
Farmers market opening 2012
May 23, 2012
Walk will help raise money for suicide prevention efforts
May 22, 2012
New: May 22, 2:45 p.m.
Kate McCullough never met her aunt.
Her mother’s twin sister, Jean Angelis Majeski, had suffered under the haze of mental illness and depression for years. Then, at age 26, she ended her life. Read more
Eastlake’s Relay for Life raises more than $124,000 to fight against cancer
May 21, 2012
New: May 21, 3:24 p.m.
The stadium at Eastlake High School looked a lot different than usual last weekend.
The turf was littered not by athletes in helmets and pads, but by tents, lots of tents. There, on May 19 a group of 650 people camped out as part of Eastlake’s annual Relay for Life event. By the time the last team members finished walking the track early on the morning of May 20, the group of mostly students had raised $124,959 for the American Cancer Society. That number will go up in the coming days as matching donations pour in.
Photo by Lillian Tucker Relay for Life participants devoted much of their Saturday and early Sunday morning to walking laps around the track at Eastlake High School May 19-20. Photo by Lillian Tucker
Sammamish woman honored for supporting breastfeeding
May 10, 2012
Lisa Whatley will have lots to celebrate this year on Mother’s Day.
There are her three childen, success at work serving new mothers, and most recently, the Spirit of Service Award from the Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington. Read more
Book details journey of grief and faith
May 2, 2012
By Jessica Yuwanto
In early 2002, Kerry Monroe, of Sammamish, learned that her youngest son, Micah, had adult leukemia. That was 10 days before her husband, Jim, lost his six-year battle with mouth cancer.
She had never experienced such a disorienting grief, she said, and the days and months that followed were very difficult.
After her husband’s death, Monroe and her son lived at Seattle Children’s Hospital for a year and a half during his treatment. She left her two teenagers — Marlana, then a ninth-grader, and Brandon, then a senior in high school — at home to take care of themselves. Read more
Eastside Catholic students learn about Hinduism
April 25, 2012
Each morning last week the Vedic Cultural Center opened its doors and temple to students from Eastside Catholic School.
“You learn so much about your own faith when you look through the perspectives of others,” said Lynn Kittridge, who teaches religious studies at the school.
The group from Eastside Catholic High School checks out a group of deities while touring the Vedic Cultural Center. Photo by Lillian Tucker
7th annual bike drive comes to Sammamish this Sunday
April 25, 2012
Seven Christmases ago, Mary Trask’s husband surprised her with a brand-new bike. The problem was she already had a bicycle.
It was blue and born in the 60s. While its age gave it a cool retro veneer, it also meant the bike needed some work – a lot of it. So Trask conceded and welcomed her husband’s shiny gift into her life. Read more
Gardens can grow well in some small spaces, too
April 17, 2012
Gardening is not just for those with sprawling yards. Sammamish gardeners are making the most out of small spaces – using garden containers on their back decks and tending to plots in neighborhood gardens around town.
Falaah Jones, an educator for Seattle Tilth, said living in a condominium or apartment doesn’t have to mean an end to someone’s gardening career. Read more
Church looks to help in Guatemala and Tanzania
April 17, 2012
Gracias and Asante.
That’s how you say thank you in Guatemala and Tanzania, and both are the focus of the fund-raising auction that the Sammamish Hills Lutheran church is hosting on April 21.
That night from 7 to 10 p.m. the Mary, Queen of Peace Church will be filled with live music, an array of desserts and drinks to accompany a silent and live auction to benefit the churches on-going effort to offer support in Central America and Africa. Read more
