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Certain parking fines will jump from $20 to $71 per vio-lation, if the Sammamish City Council follows the advice of city Police Chief Nate Elledge.

Local police wrote 139 park-ing tickets in 2013, Elledge told the council at its regular meet-ing Jan. 4.

Among those violations, 50 percent created some sort of hazard to drivers, pedestrians or others, Elledge said.

Examples would include cars parked on sidewalks or blocking sidewalks. Another example would be a car parked too close to a fire hydrant.

Drivers already would receive a fine if police noticed them parked improperly in any of the above manners. But that fine usually is $20, an amount consistent with most Eastside cities, Elledge said.

The problem is that $20

doesn’t attract much atten-tion from those fined, he said. Many don’t bother paying the fine immediately. City rules require parking fines be paid within 15 days of a violation, but only a mere 11 percent of fines were paid on time in 2013.

As the discussion contin-ued, council members noted it easily can cost more than $20 to park legally in downtown Seattle. With all that in mind, Elledge proposed legislation instituting the steep increase to a $71 fine for any parking vio-lation that results in creating

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“For me, it reaffirms her commitment to the Catholic Church, to living the way she was brought up to live,” dad Larry Roybal said.

“It’s just to say, ‘You’ve kind of hit the big time,’” said mom Heidi Roybal, noting daughter Miranda, 15, needs now to get ready for college and will soon be able to drive, among other adult responsibilities.

In a first for Eastside Catholic School in Sammamish, where Miranda is in her first year of high school, her family and friends gathered the evening of Jan. 10 for a traditional Spanish quinceanera, to mark, as her parents put it, Miranda’s transition from a young girl to a young woman.

The event started with a roughly hourlong Mass in the chapel at Eastside Catholic, then moved down the road a bit to the banquet hall at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church, where the even turned into a full-blown celebration, complete with food, a large cake, a Mariachi band and a DJ for dancing.

“It’s not just a party,” Father Kevin Duggan, of Mary, Queen of Peace, said while giving a blessing to open the festivities. “It’s a celebration of life… Miranda has now entered a new stage of life.”

During the service at Eastside Catholic, Miranda said she would be presented with traditional gifts such as a Bible and a rosary courtesy of her “padri-nos,” her godparents and other adults who have served as mentors or been a part of Miranda’s life

so far. Her padrinos include an older sister, her grandparents and Eastside Catholic teacher Lisa Abraham.

Those people were introduced at the beginning of the celebration at Mary, Queen of Peace, along with the members of Miranda’s Court of Honor, nine girls and nine boys chosen by Miranda, friends to help her celebrate and mark the occa-sion. The person she described as her best friend, Owen Stoutt, 15, accompanied her throughout the evening.

Both Miranda and Owen said they have been friends since grade school.

“I’ve always been there for her and she’s always been there for me,” Owen said.

“He knows everything about me,” Miranda said.While they certainly were there partly for the

fun, members of Miranda’s Court of Honor also acknowledge the serious side of the evening.

“It means we’re going to be there for Miranda in the future,” said Austen Hornish, 14, talking about being a member of Miranda’s Court of Honor.

Most of the court members said they had heard of a quinceanera, but had never been to one or took part in one previously.

Blue was obviously the color of the night. It

Spanish ceremony marks girl’s transition to young adulthood

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Miranda Roybal holds a gift Bible and gift kneeling pillow, and sits next to Owen Stoutt, her best friend and one of the members of her Court of Honor, during her quinceanera Mass held Jan. 10 at Eastlake Catholic School. See a photo gallery at www.sammamishreview.com.

By Greg Farrar

The Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana band performs at the Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church banquet hall during the full-blown quinceanera celebration, attended by more than 150 family and friends for Miranda Roybal on her 15th birthday.

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By Tom Corrigan [email protected]

If the City Council moves forward with a proposed new ordinance, Sammamish would be only the second King County city in which police could fine the “host” of any gathering at which liquor is served to those under the legal drinking age.

The ordinance, proposed in September by Police Chief Nate Elledge, received its first reading before the council Jan. 6.

As the ordinance is writ-ten, violations would result in a $250 fine. That seems likely

to change, as council members almost unanimously voiced the opinion that dollar figure was too low.

When the ordinance is brought back to the council for a second reading, fines will probably equal $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for a second offense occurring within five years of the initial infraction.

Dubbed a “social host ordi-nance” by Elledge, the proposed rules would hold responsible the owner or leaseholder of a home at which alcohol is served

Underage drinking could result in fines for party ‘hosts’

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A few years ago, Sammamish resident Stacy O’Daffer was looking for a Christmas gift for her hus-band, an avid cyclist, when something unusual caught her eye.

O’Daffer was perusing a magazine when she stum-bled across an article about the 88bikes Foundation, a nonprofit group that donates bicycles to girls and women around the world, particularly those who are victims of human traffick-ing.

For $88, the organization purchases a bike, sends it abroad and sets up a photo exchange between the donor and recipient, similar to sponsoring a child in a Third-World nation.

It struck O’Daffer as an incredibly simplistic, but powerful idea.

“The mission of the group is one that spoke to me, because there’s so many complicated problems in the world, and you can get bogged down and feeling overwhelmed,” she said.

After making a donation, O’Daffer got a thank-you note from Dan Austin, co-founder and executive director of the Seattle-based foundation. The two kept in touch, and last summer, O’Daffer offered to host a community fundraiser for 88bikes.

Austin leapt at the oppor-tunity.

“We’re just really grateful when donors want to do an event like this,” he said. “It’s a wonderful way of con-necting intimately with the donor base, and with bring-ing new folks into the fold.”

O’Daffer organized the Jan. 9 “friendraiser,” which attracted about 70 people to her home. Many of them are friends with her husband Eric through the Bellevue-based Lakemont Cycling Club. She also obtained several sponsorships, includ-ing some from local compa-nies like EartH2O, Nothing Bundt Cakes and Big Block

Brewery.88bikes is donating about

1,000 bikes per year, and has reached 90 locations in 17 countries, Austin said, but aspires to double or triple in size in the next few years.

The foundation has relied entirely on volunteer assistance to this point, although Austin said he expects he’ll add paid staff in 2015 to keep the opera-tion working efficiently. However, he’s all about making personal connec-tions, and frequently uses the word “organic” to describe 88bikes’ growth.

“I don’t think he’s done

a lot of these house parties yet, but I think it really fits the tone and tenor of the organization,” O’Daffer said. “I don’t think he’s ever going to want a Hilton hotel-type of event.”

In 2006, Dan and his brother Jared decided to ride their bikes across Cambodia. They weren’t new to such a daunting excursion, hav-ing ridden through Europe and Mexico together, as well as a 10-week trek across America from Venice Beach, California, to Boston, which he chronicled in a book and a documentary film, titled “True Fans.”

“We thought it would be really cool, as a twist this time, to give the bikes away at the end of the ride to a couple lucky kids,” Austin said.

They found an orphan-age in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, but learned there were 88 children there, and they didn’t want to leave the vast majority unhappy. So they launched an online fundraising campaign, and within a few days, had enough money to buy bikes for every child.

Austin’s filmmaking odyssey — he has produced seven documentaries — has given him direct knowl-edge of problems like child slavery and trafficking, and 88bikes blossomed out of that work.

“We really felt that, in terms of impact, we wanted to celebrate the heroism of

these girls,” he said. “We felt that they had been through hell. They had transcended these very dif-ficult circumstances … and we wanted to encourage them in the healing process and help them on their way.”

Over the past eight years, 88bikes has incorporated several side projects, includ-ing Seamless Possibilities, a dressmaking program that launched in Cambodia.

For $288, donors can purchase a bike and support seamstress workshops that help girls create their own dresses.

Austin said he doesn’t like to ask beneficiaries too much about their past — “we don’t feel like anybody should be defined by this awful thing that happened to them” — but some have volunteered their stories.

Last year, a Serbian girl told Austin about being sold and imprisoned in a brothel in Kosovo.

“We took her picture walking the bike through town, and she said later to our partners that it was the first time she felt beautiful since she left that brothel two years before,” Austin said. “We didn’t focus on the past. We just focused on her radiance, her heroism and the fact she had this bike.

“Focusing on the future, it really changes the con-versation, and I think it’s the best way to honor these girls.”

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“We’ve been friends for a long time,” said Lauren Banks, 14, and another member of Miranda’s court. “I think we all feel honored that she chose us.”

“They are people who are close to me and have helped me,” Miranda said of her Court of Honor and her padrinos.

Larry said their Catholic faith and their Spanish heritage have always been important to his family. The quinceanera is, he said, a way of reminding Miranda of both and also a way to celebrate both.

“It’s something that helps her remember the val-ues not only of her religion, but her heritage,” he said.

“I feel good,” Miranda said as she arrived for her party. “It feels even better than I thought it would.”

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ticket were not paid with-in 15 days of being writ-ten, the defendant would lose the right to appeal the ticket in court.

No council member expressed opposition to increasing the fines, but some argued the measure didn’t go far enough. City Manager Ben Yazici advised against raising the fines even further. If the council ups the fines as proposed, Sammamish already would have some of the highest potential parking fines in King

County. Yazici said he was concerned that if the council raised the fees even higher, judges might begin to dismiss the fines as excessive.

Some other examples of parking violations that might attract the higher fines include parking on the wrong side of the road, parking within five feet of a driveway and parking where prohibited by a posted sign.

As proposed by Elledge, the ordinance was placed on first read-ing and should be back before the council next month.

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It may be weeks or months before offi-cials know the cause of a two-car crash that resulted in two fatalities on Duthie Hill Road just east of the Sammamish city limits Jan. 5, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.

In the meantime, they’re releasing very few details, said Sgt. DB Gates, sheriff’s office spokeswoman.

The county coro-ner’s office released the names of the two victims: Pedro Medel, 25, and Scott Kirkland, 40. Cause of death was given as multiple inju-ries. Both were in the same car. No further information was avail-able.

A third driver was taken from the scene of the accident to a local hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, according to the sher-iff’s office.

It is not known if excessive speed or driver impairment were involved with the inci-dent. Toxicology tests are being done, but results won’t be avail-

able for some time, Gates said.

The accident occurred at about 12:15 p.m. on Duthie Hill Road between Highway 202 and 278th Avenue Southeast.

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From the WebFatal multiple-car collision closes Duthie Hill Road outside Sammamish

Within one month, there have been three serious car accidents on Duthie Hill. Any ideas what has changed? Will our city leaders be looking into this to make some modifications?

Jill Loveland

The double fatality accident on Duthie Hill Road was near 202 and the Aldarra golf course. It had noth-ing to do with the two other, recent accidents closer to High Country Estates. So, I don’t think there’s anything for our city leaders to examine or suggest.

David Geller

This accident occurred shortly before noon. The section of Duthie Hill where this happened is between Trossachs and 202. It is a very narrow, windy section with little to no shoulder. People drive entirely too fast and don’t stay in their lane. I’m always afraid I’m going to be run off the road. It’s surprising to me that this hasn’t happened before. I believe this area is under King County jurisdic-tion, not Sammamish. Very sad.

There really isn’t much that can be done about the section of Duthie Hill where this latest acci-dent occurred. A sheer drop-off on one side and the hill on the other. Just slow down.

Regarding the section of Duthie Hill from the traffic light at Beaver Lake Drive to Trossachs Boulevard, I feel a center lane for turning traffic would be a huge improvement. This would require cooperation from King County and Sammamish since the road is divided between the two.

The population growth in this area since I moved here 17 years ago is astounding and the two-lane road is not designed to carry the amount of traffic we now have. Compound that with all those try-ing to turn off of or onto Duthie Hill from the smaller side roads and Duthie Hill Park, it’s surpris-ing that there haven’t been more accidents.

Kim Cave

People tend to speed from Von Hill all the way to 202. Wait for a speeder to hit a child or mountain biker. It’s up to Issaquah, King County and Sammamish to review their options before more get hurt.

Richard Nowthlich

I live between High Country and Trossachs, and the speed limit is 45. People go flying by here like they’re on the freeway and tailgat-ing is normal if you dare do the speed limit. Slow down, people!

Alice Lindsley

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People across the country have been talking for years about underage drinking — how it’s bad and why, and saying that something should be done about it.

Now the Sammamish City Council actually might do something about it.

It would be the second city in King County to take on the subject, and only a few other cities in the state have done so.

As the ordinance is currently written, police could fine the “host” of any gathering where liquor is served to minors.

There appear to be a few things in the language that need to be worked out, such as regarding renters as opposed to owners. But we think the ordinance is solid and well-worth passing.

Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youths in the United States, more than tobacco and drugs, according to the national Centers for Disease Control.

And 5,000 people younger than 21 die each year from alcohol-related car crashes, homicides, suicides, alcohol poisoning and other injuries such as falls, burns and drowning.

For persons age 15 to 21, car accidents are the No. 1 killer, Sammamish Police Chief Nate Elledge told the council.

Locally, between 2009 and 2011, 40 percent of local drunken driving incidents involved driv-ers younger than 21. He said that figure then dropped, but the numbers are starting to increase once again.

Kudos to Elledge, who proposed the ordinance to the council. And kudos to the council, in advance, for passing it.

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to those under 21. The responsible person could be ticketed even if they are not home at the time of the infraction.

For example, if a parent goes on vacation and his or her teenage child throws a party including alcohol, with or without the parent’s knowledge, that parent could be ticketed and fined.

Current rules target persons who “permit” use of alcohol by those under 21. Elledge said it is often difficult to prove underage drinking was specifically permitted by a homeowner or party host. The new pro-posal sidesteps that issue.

Elledge said Sammamish police respond to between 30 and 35 calls regarding underage parties every year. The initial complaint to police is usually about noise. But Elledge also said alcohol often turns out to be a factor.

For persons age 15 to 21, car accidents are the No. 1 killer, Elledge added. Locally, between 2009 and 2011, 40 percent of local DUI incidents involved drivers under 21. He said that figure then dropped, but the numbers are start-ing to increase once again,

although he did not have exact figures.

Mercer Island is the other local city to adopt a so-called host law. In the two or three years since that city adopted those rules, only one ticket has been written, although a number of warnings were also given, Elledge said. Mercer Island police credit the low num-bers to simply having the law on the books, he added.

King County considered adopting a host law, but backed away, Elledge said. Statewide, only three or four cities have a similar law.

Among council mem-bers, no one spoke out against the idea of the ordinance. Councilwoman Nancy Whitten, an attor-ney, said the language of the ordinance needs tight-ening.

“The thrust is well-intentioned, but not well-thought out,” she said.

Under her reading of the current proposal, if a landlord rents to someone younger than 21 who then has a party including alco-hol, that landlord could be fined. Elledge said that wasn’t his intention, and

that in such situations, he would want the fine to go to the leaseholder. Elledge added he is open to adjust-ing the language of the ordinance.

In answering some other council questions, Elledge said the ordinance is aimed at gatherings or parties involving four or more people. The rules would not usurp state law that allows parents to sup-ply underage children with alcohol as long as they also provide supervision. The proposal does not deal

with underage use of mari-juana.

Including Whitten, several council members thought any new rule should specifically target the parents of underage drinkers. It was not clear if that idea would be worked into a rewriting of the ordi-nance.

While there is no public hearing scheduled, there is a public comment session at each council meeting during which residents could talk about this ordi-nance.

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After controversy, Kathleen Huckabay stays as deputy mayor

After a bit of debate that might not be quite over, the Sammamish City Council voted 5-1, with one absten-tion, to re-elect Councilwoman Kathleen Huckabay as the city’s deputy mayor.

Councilwoman Nancy Whitten sat out the vote because of a disagreement over the way in which it was handled. She argued the procedure did not give council members the opportunity to vote for the person they supported.

After the meeting, a blog by local resident Scott Hamilton blasted Mayor Tom Vance for allegedly rec-ognizing council members who supported Huckabay over opposing nominee Councilman Don Gerend. Councilman Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo put Gerend’s name in contention.

Valderrama-Aramayo later stated in an email that after viewing videotape of the Jan. 6 council meeting, it appeared to him that he pushed his button asking for recognition prior to Councilman Tom O’Dell, who nominated Huckabay. Who was recognized first was important as it decided which nomination would be put in contention first.

As he recognized Huckabay as being nominated first, Vance asked for a show of hands in support of her nomi-nation. No vote was taken for Gerend’s nomination since Huckabay received the support of a majority of council.

Gerend himself voted for Huckabay after it became obvious she had the support needed. The “no” vote came from Valderrama-Aramayo.

During the debate over how the vote was taken, City Manager Ben Yazici said the council had followed the same procedure for roughly 15 years.

“This is not that complicated,” Vance added.In talking about the role of the deputy mayor, Huckabay

said she is responsible for running council meetings in the absence of the mayor. But she also said she is part of the council’s leadership team, meeting with Vance and Yazici on a regular basis and helping set the council’s agenda.

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Coach Sara Goldie expected the Eastlake High School girls basketball team would have to navi-gate a bumpy road this season, and she was right.

The Lady Wolves lost three consecutive games in Class 4A KingCo Conference play, and were 2-4 heading into a Jan. 7 game at last-place Newport.

But the difficult times seemed to stoke the fires for a young Eastlake squad, which used a 21-point performance from senior guard Ellie Woerner to overwhelm Newport, 61-35.

Goldie called this year’s team “fighters” who are playing as hard as any group she’s coached in her five-year tenure at Eastlake. That has helped counteract their youth, as three freshmen started against the Knights.

“They just fight through adversity,” Goldie said. “They finish, and they play every game through the buzzer no matter how frustrating it might be. It’s hard to go through some of those growing pains.”

Eastlake’s starting five — which included ninth-graders Gina Marxen, Cameron Edward and Stacie Keck — dominated throughout the contest, outscoring Newport’s start-ing five 41-21.

The Wolves also got a boost off the bench as 6-foot junior Sarah Priestley, one of the team captains, played well at both ends of the floor by scoring nine points and intimidating the under-sized Knights whenever they entered the lane.

Marxen said limiting Newport’s second-chance opportunities was a key to the victory.

“Recently, we’ve been struggling a little bit, but I think this game really helped us bounce back, and we played really well as a team,” she said. “Everybody was boxing out — Santana (Martensen) was getting boards, Sarah was getting boards — and everybody was hitting their shots.”

The Wolves (5-6 overall, 3-4 KingCo) used half-court pressure and a zone defense to get the Knights out of rhythm. It was their second-lowest defensive point total of the season, nearly matching the 32

they allowed in a win at Issaquah last month.

“I think we played a lot better compared to the past games, and

we’ve been working a lot on defense in practice,” Marxen said.

Offensively, the Wolves concentrated on ball

movement to unravel Newport’s zone. Marxen hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first half, and Eastlake used a 10-0 run spanning the first and second quar-ters to build a 31-18 half-time lead.

The Wolves didn’t let up, going on a 13-4 run to start the third quar-ter, and took a 20-point lead for the first time when Woerner drained a 3-pointer. They emptied their bench in the fourth quarter and still outscored the Knights, 15-10.

Woerner scored 13 of her game-high 21 points in the second half, using a variety of dribble drives and pull-up jumpers to hurt the Knights. Edward added 10 points, including two 3-pointers.

Goldie said Marxen has been playing very well at point guard, allow-ing Woerner – an NCAA

Division I signee with Portland — to focus more on scoring.

“She just kind of fits right in, and she’s confi-dent with the ball,” Goldie said of Marxen. “And her teammates, it kind of gives them that sense of calm-ness when they know her role is filled by somebody who’s confident with it. They totally trust her, which is awesome.”

Senior guard Amber Parker had 10 points to lead the Knights (1-9, 0-6), who struggled to hit shots throughout the game. They finished 13 of 57 (23 percent) from the field, and were only 3 of 23 (13 percent) on 3-point attempts.

Eastlake begins the second half of conference play Jan. 14, traveling to first-place Inglemoor for a 7:30 p.m. start. The Wolves are back home Jan. 16, with a 6:30 p.m. start against Mount Si.

Goldie said the players need to continue playing high-energy basketball and focusing on positives, something that worked well against Newport.

“We have three keys every game, and tonight fun was one of them,” she said.

Lady Wolves throttle Newport for hoops victory

By Neil [email protected]

Head coach Dexter Beckstead was honest about his feelings after the Eastlake Wolves walked away with a 39-27 victory over plateau rival Skyline in a Jan. 8 wrestling meet.

“It’s one of those situations where you win, but you don’t have a sense of accomplishment because there’s so many forfeits,” Beckstead said.

Both squads have struggled throughout the season to fill weight classes, and that was the case again last week in their Class 4A KingCo Conference encounter. Skyline forfeited three matches worth 18 points, Eastlake coughed up two matches and 12 points, and there were two double forfeits as well.

The Wolves pulled away in the end by winning four of the seven contested matches, including an impressive victory from senior Miles Williams at 182 pounds.

With the team score tied,

21-21, Williams used his upper-body strength to gain control of Skyline’s Brennon Raphael. He earned a reversal to start the sec-ond period, quickly moved into near-fall position and completed the pin in 2 minutes, 57 seconds.

Williams said there was “noth-ing out of the ordinary” about the way he wrestled. He simply fol-lowed the blueprint he’s been prac-ticing. And he credited Raphael for providing tough opposition.

“I’ve wrestled him two times before, and every single time I’ve wrestled him, I’ve hated it,” Williams remarked. “He’s a really strong dude. He’s the kind that can pin you at any time in the match.”

Beckstead indicated Williams’ performance is exactly what he expects from his senior wrestlers.

“He’s a really strong kid, good athlete, and he just needs to pick up a little more technique rather than so much muscle, and he’d save himself a lot of energy,” the coach said. “But he’s taking over as kind of a team leader. He’s got a commanding presence, not only

physically, but with his leadership qualities, and we need that.”

Williams admitted to some aca-demic struggles, which kept him away from the sport temporarily this season, but he focused his energy on fixing the problem.

“If you don’t have good enough grades, you can’t wrestle, and I really want to be a good represen-tative for this school, off the mat as well as on,” he said.

William Galarpe (138 pounds) picked up the Wolves’ first win of the night, pinning Skyline’s Jaron Jin in 2:50. Galarpe could have a chance to go far in the postsea-son, but may need to drop to 132 pounds, Beckstead said.

Eastlake competed a few days earlier at Everett High School’s tournament, and matching up against some of Snohomish County’s best wrestlers made it “apparent that he’s a lot smaller than the ‘38-pounders that are cutting down from ’45 or ’52,” Beckstead said of Galarpe.

Eastlake’s Konrad Peterson (145) gave his team a 15-12 lead by slow-

ly wearing down Jacob Gehrett. He escaped from the bottom position and took down Gehrett early in the third period to polish off a 7-1 decision.

Lucas Batey (195) was also a convincing winner for Eastlake, piling up a 6-0 lead before pinning

Eastlake beats Skyline in battle of shorthanded wrestling teams

By Greg Farrar

Eastlake High School’s Sarah Priestley hoists up a shot as Newport’s Katelyn Jenkins (left) and Rachel Lundberg defend in the fourth quarter of their Jan. 7 game.

“They finish, and they play every game through the buzzer no matter how frustrating

it might be.”

— Sara GoldieEastlake coach

By Greg Farrar

Eastlake High School senior wrestler Miles Williams (top), gets Skyline senior Brennon Raphael in a difficult spot during the second period of their 182-pound bout shortly before winning by pin.

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Father-daughter Valentine dance returns Feb. 7

The Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department will celebrate the 15th year of its Father-Daughter Valentine Dance Feb. 7.

The annual ball for fathers and daughters in grades from one through five is from 7-9 p.m. at the Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S. Come dressed casual or formal. Refreshments will be provided and photo packages are available.

Tickets are $20 per couple in advance or $40 at the door.

Register at http://bit.ly/1FAuwaS. Learn more by calling 837-3300.

Cascade Ridge teacher earns leadership title

Anjuli Johnston, a fifth-grade teacher at Cascade Ridge Elementary School in the Issaquah School District, was recently named a teacher leader by the Puget Sound Educational Service District.

The PSESD used a com-petitive hiring process to find 15 new teacher leaders who joined with 10 returning ones. The

group uses blogs and Twitter to write about their classroom experiences, instructional practices and their successes, specifi-cally those related to the state-mandated Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Teacher and Principal Evaluation Program.

Each teacher leader will receive professional development opportuni-ties in the Literacy Design Collaborative, a lesson-planning framework that is aligned to Common Core’s English and language arts standards.

Eastlake students advance in art competition

Four Eastlake High School students have quali-

fied for the Washington State PTA’s 2015 Reflections art competition.

The students are Jessica Birchfield (visual arts), Melissa Birchfield (litera-ture), Heather Keyser (pho-tography) and Liam Thrun (photography).

Reflections is a national competition for all K-12 students, who may submit original works in literature, music composition, pho-tography, visual arts, film/video and choreography/dance.

The state PTA chooses up to four entries in each category annually for entry in the national Reflections competition.

Next state parks free parking days are Jan. 18-19

The Washington State

Parks and Recreation Commission’s next free days are Jan. 18-19, when visitors are not required to display the Discover Pass for day visits at state parks.

The two dates are to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

The free days are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass—a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required on state recreation lands man-aged by Washington State Parks, the Washington

Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources.

The free days apply only for day visits at state parks; the Discover Pass is still required to access WDFW and DNR lands. Camping and overnight fees are still required at state parks. In addition, Sno-Park permits are also required on free days.

Learn more about the Discover Pass at www.dis-coverpass.wa.gov.

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Abraham knocked off James Jensen at 160 pounds in a back-and-forth match. Both wrestlers earned near falls, and Abraham eventually held on for a 20-13 deci-sion.

At 170 pounds, Skyline’s Tim Tran dominated Blaine Minton, going up 8-0 after one period and completing the pin in 2:24.

Kona Bertolino (106) also won for the Spartans, need-ing only 1:28 to pin David Real-Mendez.

Skyline hung tough in the match despite three forfeits. Two of their 2014 state qualifiers, 113-pounder Zach Froeber and 126-pounder Nathan Swanson, didn’t get to compete. Swanson won by forfeit, and Froeber sat out after getting banged up at the previous weekend’s Pac-Coast tournament in Vancouver.

“We’re trying — we’re working through adversity right now,” Skyline assis-tant coach Marc DeMatteo said. “We are a little short. We’ve got injuries, we have sickness, and no excuses. We’ve got to come out and wrestle.”

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Police blotterBurglary

Someone used a back window to enter a home on 243rd Place Southeast. Reports did not state what was sto-len. The incident was reported at about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 25.

Snatch and runThree persons ran out

of the QFC supermarket, 2902 228th Ave. S.E., with two baskets of liquor, the value of which was not mentioned in police reports. Reports did say police have a partial description of the sus-pects. The incident hap-pened at 4:20 p.m. Dec. 27.

Theft from vehicleSomeone stole unspeci-

fied items left in an unlocked car parked Dec. 30 in the 3500 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway. The theft was reported at about 11:30 a.m.

Grinch on New Year’s Eve

Someone made off with the holiday decora-tions that had been light-ing up a house in the 2500 block of 229th Place Northeast. The theft was reported at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 31.

Obscene artPolice reports said a

homeowner returned from out of town Jan. 1 to find someone had carved an obscene draw-ing into the bark of a tree in their front yard, in the 25800 block of Southeast 22nd Place. Police said it was unclear if the tree was permanently dam-aged.

Sammamish Review publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

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Samantha Smith Elementary School fifth-graders (from left) Dylan Denq, Aditi Goyal, Maeve Toland, Parker Kirkwood, Jaskaran Dhilon and Sada Hitzemann helped lead the school’s gift drive for the Issaquah Holiday Gift Barn. The caption was incorrect in the Jan. 7 issue.

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‘Let’s Get Certified’ workshop coming to Issaquah

Gov. Jay Inslee recently proclaimed Jan. 20-23 as “Minority and Women-Owned Business Week.”

“We recognize the vital role minority and women-owned businesses

play in our daily lives and the significant con-tributions they make to Washington’s economy,” Inslee said in the procla-mation.

Washington State Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises has been the lead agency in certifying minority and women-owned businesses, so

those businesses may obtain state contracts and procurement opportuni-ties. The enterprise will host a workshop at 1 and 3 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Issaquah Library meeting room, 10 W. Sunset Way, to tell people about all of the various certifications that are available to enter into government con-tracting.

This workshop is free and open to the public for any business or pri-vate individual thinking of starting a business. Learn more at http://omwbe.wa.gov/certification.

LWSD launches online open house for facility planning

The Lake Washington School District’s long-term facilities planning task force began working last month, and has launched an online open house aimed at gathering com-munity feedback about school facilities.

The open house is locat-ed at http://lwsd-facilities-planning.publicmeeting.info. It is designed to be a place where community mem-bers can converse about

ways to address overcrowd-ing and aging schools.

The task force is collect-ing input through Jan. 23, although the site will be updated and remain open until the task force makes its final recommendation, which is expected in June.

Lake Washington is one of the fastest-growing districts in King County. Its current enrollment of 26,708 is expected to grow to about 30,000 in the next seven years. District officials said cur-rent classroom spaces will not accommodate those numbers.

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