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Ten students interning with the city of Sammamish have big plans for one of the city’s parks.

� e Tesla STEM High School interns joined volunteers Sat-urday to complete one aspect of their Big Rock Park project: habitat restoration.

About 19 people helped plant 190 native plants, like red osier dogwood, twinberry and crab apple, at the park located o� Southeast Eighth Court.

About a year ago, the city received 40 applicants from the Redmond-based science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathemat-ics school to participate in the unpaid, 18-week internship.

� e selected 10-person group worked with city sta� and profes-sionals to design a four-part

project. In addition to the habitat restoration portion, the students also worked to create interpretive signs, an environmental program that supplements elementary education and are still working on � nding the funding to install solar panels and an electric ve-hicle charging station.

� ey participated in commu-nity events in Sammamish and

Redmond, like the farmers mar-ket, to promote the project and to gain some public input.

� e interns contributed a total of 550 volunteer hours to the project, Sammamish Parks and Recreation project manager Kel-lye Hilde said.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

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FROSTY MORNINGS

Megan Campbell, Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter

Frosty weather coated the Big Rock Park meadow off of Southeast Eighth Court Saturday morning. This chilly weather followed a strong wind and rain storm earlier in the week.

BY DANIEL NASHISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

In the run-up to approval of the city’s 2016 budget, the Issaquah City Council voted to approve a bill authorizing a 1 percent property tax increase at its regular meeting Nov. 16.

� e increase, approved unanimously, was put forward by Mayor Fred Butler in the sta� ’s proposed budget for the next year.

One-hundred-and-one percent of an implicit price de-� ator calculation of property taxes collected the prior year — not counting new construction, annexations, refunds and the like in 2016 — is the maximum amount by which property tax collections are allowed under state law to be raised in a given year without a vote of the people. � e in-crease will mean $77,682 additional revenues collected by the city, according to � nance department documents based on data from the King County Assessor.

� e city previously raised its property tax collections before entering the 2015 budget year. � ough the total

Issaquah authorizes increase to property tax

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� e King County Assessor’s O� ce will soon begin physical inspections of all properties in Issaquah and north Sammamish.

� e inspections, which will also include the Lakemont neighborhood of Bellevue, will determine property valuations that go on to a� ect land-owners’ property tax bills based on their local tax rates.

Most years, county Assessor Lloyd Hara and company determine prop-erty valuations from statistical models that take into account factors like the selling price of comparable land plats. Properties are inspected physically — grouped by city or neighborhood — once every six years.

Physical inspections allow for as-

Assessor’s Office comes to town

SEE INSPECTION, 2Courtesy of the city of Sammamish, photo by Kellye Hilde

Volunteers at Big Rock Park Saturday plant native trees and shrubs.

STEM interns have big plans for park

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amount of collections in-creased, new construction and population increases led to a lowering of the rate from $1.20 per $1,000 of assessed property value in 2014 to a little more than $1.05 per in 2015.

Finance Director Diane Marcotte, reporting on city revenue sources before the council’s vote, said that rate was expected to become $1 and half-a-cent in 2016. � at amount is 32 per-cent of the city’s allowable maximum rate of $3.10, Marcotte said.

“� e city is blessed in that we aren’t totally reliant upon property taxes,” she said.

Councilmember Joshua

Schaer, a self-described his-torical nonsupporter of an-nual property tax increases in the city, said he had been won over by Marcotte’s presentation and a presen-tation by Council President Paul Winterstein.

“I am convinced that given the levy rate and given the information that was presented to us, that this is not a harmful move for the city,” Schaer said. “It’s not going to impose an undue hardship on taxpay-ers within the city.”

However, Schaer added that he didn’t care for lan-guage in the bill that suggest-ed the need for the increase was immediate, though revenues would simply enter the city’s general fund.

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sessment teams to check for property changes that wouldn’t necessarily show up in a statistical analysis.

“If, for example, you had a view property and you’ve lost your view, we can take that into account,” Sit said.

An o� cial start date has not been set for the physical inspections, Sit said. � e Assessor’s O� ce has generally scheduled its inspections from fall 2015 to spring 2016.

Daniel Nash: 425-654-0383; [email protected]

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Following hillside movement on a parcel under construction in the Talus community — and subsequent criticisms from area residents that there wasn’t enough communication on the incident — the city of Is-saquah has created a dedicated Web page for updates on the site’s safety.

On Nov. 13, crews working at Parcel 9 near the intersection of

Northwest Talus Drive and Shangri-La Way ceased construction a� er earth moved at the site with enough force to cause the road to buckle. A temporary buttress was installed that evening.

Ninety homes had been scheduled to be constructed on the parcel dur-ing 2016.

� e page, issaquahwa.gov/talus, will provide daily updates on moni-toring of the site, even if there’s no new information.

On Sunday, crews worked in the Rose Crest at Talus upper parking lot to move the city’s water line and Puget Sound Energy’s gas line from the site of movement as part of a contingency plan to protect area utilities.

� e following Monday, crews were assigned to reparative roadwork on Shangri-La Way.

Daniel Nash: 425-654-0383; [email protected]

City sets up site for Talus slide updates


Art in Sammamish City Hall is featuring a free exhibit of the work of married artists Kent and Michel Van Slyke until Jan. 15, 2016.

� e Van Slykes have maintained a studio on Bain-bridge Island for 45 years and have been creating art to-gether for almost as long, according to a city press release.

“Kent and Michele Van Slyke [are] proof that two art-ists can be exposed to the same experiences and express themselves in a very di� erent manner,” according to the release.

For the past 50 years they’ve been making art which re� ects their lives and travels, including several trips to China where Michele Van Slyke taught metal sculpture 12 years ago. She has used her skills to create public art work in the United States, France and Japan, as well as for numerous private clients.

Kent Van Slyke has a background as a graphic designer and creative director, and he favors the camera and the computer.

All art work is for sale. More information can be found at the exhibit.

Sammamish City Hall is located at 801 228th Ave. S.E.

Couple’s art on display in Sammamish City Hall“� e Journey Goes On,” by Michele Van Slyke is a sculpture made of steel, copper, aluminum, gold leaf and patina.

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The Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Dec. 7 at the Issaquah Valley Elementary School, 555 N.W. Holly Street, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.


Families, seniors and all who enjoy live classical music are welcome to attend the free Issaquah Philhar-monic Orchestra holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 7.

� e 40-member or-chestra will play selections from “� e Nutcracker” by composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a medley of well-known Christmas car-ols, the � rst movement from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, called

“Erocia,” and “Pohjola’s Daughter” by Jean Sibelius.

� e concert will take place at the Issaquah Valley Elementary School, 555 N.W. Holly Street, in Is-saquah.

� ere will be juice and cookies available during intermission and members of the orchestra will take the opportunity to talk with audience members.

� e all-volunteer orches-tra “is truly doing some-thing no other group in our region is doing — breaking down barriers and giving people a chance to enjoy

great classical music for free,” Sue Byron wrote in an email.

Byron, of Sammamish, is in her eighth season with the orchestra and plays in the second violin section.

“� e Issaquah Philhar-monic provides an op-portunity for people in the community to experience and enjoy classical music in a safe, welcoming, friendly, and risk free environment,” she said. “So many people have stereotypical ideas of what it means to attend a classical music concert — that it is uncomfortable, snobbish and expensive.”

Casual attire is appropri-ate for attendees. All are welcome.

For more information on the group, visit www.iphil.org/.

Issaquah orchestra offers casual holiday concert

“� ey didn’t take a little bite out of this; they took a huge bite,” Sammamish Parks and Recreation project manager Kellye Hilde said. “I’m so proud.”

Big Rock Park, currently under con-struction, will feature natural playscapes, such as a zip line for ages 7-12.

Nivida � omas, a STEM student, hopes the park will be a space where people can enjoy themselves and learn about the environment.

She aims to set up a website which will host educational instructions for experi-ments and � eld guides for anyone to ac-cess, � omas said. � is will allow people to learn how to test things like turbidity — how clean the water is in the little creek that � ows through the park.

“Here, they’re getting an opportunity to learn,” � omas said. “It’s de� nitely a worthwhile project that we’re going to � nd a lot of interest in.”

� e interns hope local elementary schools will take advantage of the resource and will use the park as an outdoor classroom.

During habitat restoration, the group worked with city volunteer coordinator Elby Jones to design and implement a plan that increases the health and ecological value of the existing stream corridor, � omas said.

“� ere are a lot of aspects that need to be considered when repairing a riparian zone,” she said during an October presen-tation to the Sammamish City Council.

� e group studied the topography of the land and stream velocity in addition to consulting Jones.

� e signs, which will be installed along the central boardwalk, will be put in prior to the park opening in spring.

“� e interpretive signage is probably the most artistic aspect of our project,” � omas said.

� e information relies heavily on graph-ics to highlight speci� c features of the area.

Maya Gupta, another intern, wants to set up a solar-powered charging station at the park. It would serve as an example of how the city could set up these stations through-out the city. � rough the process, Gupta faced the challenges associated with a bud-get and is still trying to � nd the funding.

“� at’s a real-world issue,” she said. “It’s been kind of fun.”

Gupta had been looking for grant mon-ey to fund the solar panels needed, which she estimates would be about $12,000.

“All the work and planning has been done and now it’s a matter of funds,” she said.

A� er being denied twice for grant money, she is now submitting to an aca-demic competition.

Big Rock Park was donated to the city in 2011.

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Megan Campbell, Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter

The green strips at Big Rock Park Saturday will eventually be colorful wildflowers.

BY SHAUN SCOTTISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

In the � nal minute of regulation in the Class 4A state soccer championship game, Issaquah sophomore Claudia Longo lined for a corner-kick in a 1-1 tie against the West Valley Rams.

Longo’s pass on the cor-ner-kick couldn’t had been more perfect. Eagles’ senior Madison Phan rose above the defense on a header shot which found the back of the net, clinching the Eagles 2-1 win against the Rams in the state title game on Nov. 21 at Sparks Stadium in down-town Puyallup.

“We’ve always been great in the air. Madison has been great in the air for four years and she capped her career o� with a ridiculous goal.

It was fantastic,” Issaquah head coach Tom Bunnell said.

Phan knew as she saw Longo’s pass fast approach-ing her what was on the line on that play.

“I knew I had to get it. � ere was no question about it,” Phan said. “Even though the stadium lights were in my eyes I knew I had to get that goal no mat-ter what.”

Longo said preparation paid o� on the game-win-ning score.

“Madison was in a great position. My teammates know where I put the ball so their runs were great,” Longo said. “It was in a tight spot but (Phan) pulled it o� . It was a fantastic goal by her.”

� e Eagles dominated the entire game by a statistical standpoint. � ey outshot Camas 19-2 and won the corner-kick battle 10-2 but found themselves in a nail-biter nonetheless. West Valley’s Kendra Hanses gave her team a 1-0 lead a� er scoring in the 34th minute of play. � e Eagles tied the game at 1-1 when Longo’s free kick from 30 yards out curved perfectly into the

upper le� corner of the goal with 23 minutes le� in regulation. Longo said her team wasn’t deterred despite trailing a� er the � rst half.

“We knew at hal� ime what we had to do. We took care of business in the second half. Every person played their role and every-one did great,” she said.

� e Eagles won their � rst state championship since they captured the Class 3A state crown in 2007. � e eight-year hiatus is o� cially a thing of the past.

“I can’t even begin to tell you what this means to us,” Bunnell said. “We were be-


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Eagles capture state soccer championship

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Issaquah players hoist the state championship trophy following their 2-1 victory against the West Valley Rams in the Class 4A state championship game on Nov. 21 in Puyallup.

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Nov. 13COLDHEARTED: A UPS package and parka were re-ported stolen at 10:57 a.m. on the 2100 block of Shy Bear Way Northwest.FENDER BENDER: At 3:30 p.m. on the 1100 block of Northwest Gilman Bou-levard, a hit-and-run was reported involving an unat-tended vehicle. �e owner reported a $500 loss from a damaged quarter panel and bumper.WET CRASH: At 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Southeast 54th Street and Southeast Newport Way, an o�cer responded to a collision. A 41-year-old Maple Valley man was ar-rested for driving under the in�uence.

Nov. 14GTA: At 8:11 a.m. on the 23700 block of Southeast 52nd Lane, a 2007 Toyota Camry was reported stolen at a loss of $12,020.BRANDISHING: At 2:10 p.m. at the intersection of Front Street and Interstate 90, o�cers responded to a report of a road rage incident that had occurred on the highway. A caller reported a man had bran-dished a �rearm at another driver before taking the Front Street exit and travel-ing southbound down the road. O�cers were unable to locate the described vehicle.INMATE PROBLEM: At 4:21 p.m. at the Issaquah

Police Department build-ing on East Sunset Way, o�cers responded to the jail to assist with an inmate. �e inmate had scratched his arms enough to bleed and smeared the blood in his room. �e toilet was also �ooded. �e inmate was transported to SCORE in Des Moines.

Nov. 15SLEEP: At 12:20 p.m., an o�cer responded to a report of a possible DUI on the 1200 block of North-west Maple Street. �e o�cer observed the suspect sleeping in her vehicle while it was o� and not in gear. A parent was sum-moned to take her keys.

Nov. 16PLATE: At 2:37 p.m. on the 1400 block of North-west Gilman Boulevard, a license plate was reported stolen. �e plate number was entered into the Na-tional Crime Information Center and Washington Crime Information Center databases.HARASSMENT: At 4:48 p.m. at the bus stop outside the Issaquah Police Depart-ment building on East Sun-set Way, an o�cer contact-ed a woman who reported a person had slapped her on her rear. She declined to pursue charges.

Nov. 17TRIPLE THEFT: At 12:19 p.m. on the 1100 block of Northeast Park Drive, three

bicycles were reported sto-len at a total loss of $7,300.

Nov. 19DOMESTIC: At 11:08 a.m. on the 5700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast, o�cers respond-ed to a report of domestic violence. �ey arrested a 28-year-old San Francisco woman for assault in the fourth degree.

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Nov. 4SPA DAY: An unknown female walked into Bel Viso Day Spa at 2830 228th Ave. S.E., took skin care products and le�.

Nov. 6SELECTIVE THIEF: An unknown person broke into an unlocked vehicle in the 24900 block of South-east 30th Street and stole an iPhone, but le� behind multiple tools and copper wire.

Nov. 7JUST GIVE ME MY TRUCK BACK: A mother in the 23000 of Southeast 45th Place reported her 16-year-old forged her signature in order to sell her truck in exchange for a “junker car.” �e mother does not want to press charges; she just wants her truck back.

Nov. 9SCRATCHES: A woman in the 25800 block of North-east Second Court reported someone scratched the pas-senger side of her vehicle on or around Halloween

night. She only noticed the damage Nov. 7 and suspected her son’s friend of causing the damage.KNOCK, KNOCK: Solici-tors without a permit were seen knocking on doors in the 1900 block of 205th Place Northeast.

Nov. 10NOT MY MILES: An unknown person withdrew 117,500 of a Sammamish resident accumulated airline loyalty reward miles for a car and hotel rental in New York. BUT I SAW IT HAPPEN: A person �agged down an Sammamish police o�cer who reported seeing two underaged people shopli� beer from the QFC o� of 228th Avenue Southeast. �e camera on site showed no evidence to support this.

Nov. 13 THAT’S NOT YOUR MON-EY: Someone withdrew $2,400 against the victim’s checking account using the victim’s debit card informa-tion. �e victim was out of the state at the time and in possession of his card when the unauthorized transaction was made in Washington. HOLE: A man in the 1900 block of 226th Place North-east punched a hole in he and his wife’s living room wall.AGGRESSIVE DRIVER: Sammamish Police were called to assist with an aggressive driver in a 1999 black Ford Mustang who ended up crashing into trees in the 1900 block of 232 Place Northeast.

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�e Issaquah City Council has two more voting meetings scheduled for December, but Councilmember Nina Milligan bid an early farewell on Nov. 16.

Mayor Fred Butler ended his business report at the Nov. 16 meeting by asking Milligan to join him at the council chamber podium, where he gave her a certi�-cate of appreciation for her nearly two years on council.

Milligan, the communications manager for the Is-saquah Highlands Council, was appointed to the city council on Feb. 3, 2014 to replace Butler a�er he was elected mayor in the 2013 general election. She declined to run for re-election as she approached the end of her term this year.

“�is is a bittersweet evening …” Butler said. “… She has done an outstanding job for our citizens and has provided valuable insights and has been an active participant in everything the council has done during her tenure on the city council.”

Butler particularly noted Milligan’s work with him representing Issaquah in the Cascade Water Alliance, for which she served as an alternate director of the board.

At the close of the meeting, Milligan said she was “savoring the evening” and expected Jennifer Sutton to be a welcome addition to the council.

“I’m in awe of all of you, your hard work, your dedi-cation …” Milligan said to her fellow councilmembers. “… [Mayor Butler], thank you for your support and your mentoring over the past few years.”

Nina Milligan says farewell to city council

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There’s never been a figure in Washington politics quite like Frank Chopp.

Since 2002, the Seattle Democrat has served as speaker of the House of Representatives, a 13-year reign that stands as the longest anyone’s ever held the job in state history.

If you add in the sessions he shared the gavel in a co-speakership with Republican Clyde Ballard — 1999, 2000

and 2001 — it means Chopp has had his hands on the levers of the legislating process in the Legisla-ture since the last century.

It’s made him one of the most in� uential elected o� cials in Washington, at times seemingly more powerful than governors. � at power is on display daily in Olympia at legislative sessions where lobbyists and lawmakers gauge a bill’s chances on “how Frank feels about it.”

But it can’t last forever. Insid-ers in both parties are chattering louder than usual that just maybe by this time next year Chopp will be out and Republican leader Dan Kristiansen, of Snohomish, will be in as speaker.

“It’s Frank’s to lose and he just might do it,” theorized a veteran GOP insider. “He’s a smart cookie. Never count him out.”

Chopp could be handing over the gavel and the Demo-cratic Party ceding its majority in the House because Republicans keep adding to their numbers. � ey’ve picked up seats in each election cycle since 2008 plus a couple of special elections, the latest coming Nov. 3 in a district that straddles King and Pierce counties.

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To the editorHelp refugees at home

Yes, we are a generous and caring nation, but the first responsibility is to protect our country and citizens. If the president and governor want to bring thousands of refugees to the U.S., then settle them around the White House and the Governor’s Mansion.

Homeland Security and other agen-cies have stated it is impossible to vet all refugees so that terrorist do not get through the borders like one Syrian “refugee” got through the and attacked Paris.

We can help establish safe areas in the refugees’ own homeland and send food, shelter etc. to those areas

to provide for them “in place.” Don’t jeopardize the U.S. population any more by providing an avenue for more ISIS killers to infiltrate more than has already happened.

Larry BrickmanBellevue

Inslee wrong on refugeesIn a highly predictable move Gov.

Jay Inslee says that Washington will “welcome all refugees.” Marching in lockstep by Inslee with an increasingly out of touch President Barack Obama is no surprise. What is a surprise, though, is that Inslee can so cavalierly put the citizens of Washington at risk.

On a day when the headlines still report on the massacres in Paris this proclamation by Inslee is unconscio-nable. What’s the connection? At least one of the Paris murderers has a Syrian passport. And ISIS is claiming respon-sibility for the massacre.

Over two dozen states have already said that they will not accept Syrian refugees. They, along with members of the European Union, are showing concern for the safety of their citizens. It’s too bad that Inslee doesn’t show the same concern. 2016 can’t come soon enough.

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ic Rep. Carol Gregory reduced the Democrats’ advantage to 50-48, down from the 63-35 margin it enjoyed in 2008.

Several factors are fueling the Republican revival, start-ing with the recruiting of candidates.

Of late, Republicans are doing a better job � nding people to run who � t the political philosophy and tem-perament of their district. � ey’ve wound up increasing their ranks with younger, moderate and less doctrinaire members, many of whom are women.

Democrats, meanwhile, are losing seats with candidates whose inclinations are more closely aligned with the lib-eral theology of Seattle politics than the district in which they’re competing.

Campaign strategy is another area Democratic Party lead-ers are deliberating in their post-election soul-searching.

� ere’s not been a shortage of money. � ere are those who think too much is spent on mailers and televi-sion commercials, and not enough on contacting voters directly.

� is can be a big deal. Republicans’ pro-business, anti-tax message lends itself to such forms of communication.

Democrats’ talk of creating economic equality, strength-ening the safety net and combating climate change don’t

translate as well on a mailer.Another challenge facing Chopp and the House Demo-

cratic Campaign Committee is a sense of entitlement or complacency among a few members, a product of 13 years of uninterrupted rule.

If the Republican takeover in the state Senate didn’t awaken them to the evolving political balance of power, the very real threat of becoming the minority in the House might do the trick.

Still, there are those in the caucus who rationalized Gregory’s loss as the result of a low turnout that favored Republicans.

� ey point out 2016 will bring a presidential election. Participation of Democratic voters will soar and enough victories, they � gure, will be racked up to preserve the party’s majority once again.

� e future of Frank Chopp’s reign as speaker depends on it.

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Eagles defeat Camas in semi� nal matchup

� e outcome of the semi� nal matchup between the Camas Paper-makers and Issaquah Eagles couldn’t be decided in 80 minutes of regula-tion or two � ve-minute overtime sessions.

� e contest came down to a pen-alty kick shootout to determine the winner. Issaquah outscored Camas 3-2 in penalty shots earning a 1-0 win against Camas on Nov. 20 in the Class 4A state semi� nals at Sparks Stadium in downtown Puyallup.

Eagles players scoring on their pen-alty shots included Kirstie Johnson, Kaylene Pang and Longo. Issaquah keeper Anna Miller blocked Camas’s Perrin Belzer’s shot to the lower le� side of the goal, clinching the vic-tory.

Bunnell wasn’t surprised to see Miller come through with a berth in the state � nals on the line in the overtime shootout.

“I know Anna very well. � at is a goalkeepers dream. I have always told her you should love to be in that kind of situation and she did,” Bun-nell said. “It was just awesome.”

Miller relishes the one-on-one showdown of overtime shootouts to determine the winner.

“We practice penalty kicks at prac-tice. I have gotten good at watching the player all the way down. You see they’re going to look up at one point,” Miller said. “You just got to keep looking for that, then you just pick a side and you’ve just got to go.”

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Tears of joy were evident following Issaquah’s comeback 2-1 win against the West Valley Rams in the Class 4A state championship game on Nov. 21 in Puyallup. Madison Phan scored the game winning goal in the the final minute of play on a header after receiving a cornerkick from Claudia Longo.

Prep Sports RoundupFOOTBALL

Eastside Catholic crushes Bonney Lake In a game featuring frigid temperatures hovering in the

mid 30s, the Eastside Catholic Crusaders continued their hot streak courtesy of a dominating 47-7 victory against

the Bonney Lake Panthers in the Class 3A quarter� nals on Nov. 20 at Seattle Memorial Stadium in Seattle.

Eastside Catholic (11-0), who captured the Class 3A state championship in 2014 courtesy of 35-13 win against Bel-levue, will face the Lakes Lancers in the Class 3A semi� nals at 4 p.m. on Nov. 27 at the Tacoma Dome.

Lakes defeated Kennewick 35-6 in their quarter� nal contest on Nov. 21 at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood.

Spartans surge past Papermakers to advance to Class 4A semi� nals

� e Skyline Spartans cruised to a 35-10 victory against the Camas Papermakers in the Class 4A quarter� nals on Nov. 21 at Skyline High School in Sammamish. Skyline (11-1) will face Lake Stevens in the Class 4A semi� nals at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 28 at the Tacoma Dome. Lake Stevens defeated Graham-Kapowsin 49-14 in their quarter� nal matchup on Nov. 21 at Art Crate Field in Spanaway.

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The Sammamish Symphony Orches-tra has a few surprises in store for its holiday concert.

Newly appointed conductor and music director Adam Stern said it’s the “musi-cal equivalent of a wrapped present under the tree.”

The community orchestra will perform with the Liberty Singers from Liberty High School and will take the stage at the Eastlake High School Performing Arts Center Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.

The group’s selection of 10-15 pieces includes the “Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi, L’ArleSienne “Suite No. 2” by George Bizet, “Fantasia on Greensleeves” by Vaughan Williams, and a number of holiday pieces like “The Christmas Song,” “Sleigh Ride” and “Babes in Toyland.”

Stern joined the orchestra in Janu-ary as the group’s intern conductor after longtime music director R. Joseph Scott took medical leave. He was named Scott’s replacement shortly after.

“One thing led to another, … and then the orchestra honored me and surprised me,” Stern said.

Stern has a long career in music: He was accepted into the California Institute of Arts at age 15 and graduated in 1977 with a master’s of fi ne arts. He began conducting at 21 as the CalArts’ young-est master’s degree recipient, according to his biography.

Stern moved to Seattle in the early 1990s and has been leading the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra since 2003.

“In additional to everything else I don’t have time for,” Stern said, “I’m working with Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, another unexpected treasure in life.”

He’s been fi lling in for the teacher there since early September.

“I’m not aware that I really change my style from orchestra to the next,” he said. “You never want it to be just you; it has to be a collaboration.”

Working with the Sammamish Sym-phony is more about “peeling away the emotional layers” of a piece.

“They all are rabid music lovers,” he said. “That in itself is a boon. They live it and breathe it.”

First chair violinist and concertmaster Dennis Helppie says Stern helps the or-chestra with musicality by helping them bring out the emotion and meaning be-hind the notes. To do this, they work on the dynamics and phasing of the piece.

“Every piece is written for a reason,” Helppie said. “As musicians, we play notes, but we often need the maestro to explain what’s beyond those notes.”

Helppie, of Sammamish, has been with the orchestra since 2002. He and his wife, Sherry, own Plateau Music, an instrument store in Klahanie. Help-pie credits his wife, for without her he wouldn’t be involved with music to such a degree.

Helppie, who graduated from Uni-versity of Washington with a degree in economics, was named concertmaster in 2005.

He said the orchestra is made up of “quite an array of society,” with Micro-soft employees, medical professionals, music teachers, like himself, and stay-at-home moms.

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As executive director of a large performing arts center project, I spend much of my time fundraising for its $160 million construction budget. Frequently a prospective donor — someone with financial capacity and a com-munity leadership profile — will tell me that they’re “just not into the arts.” This response is usually accompanied by the explanation that their interests and passions are tied up in sports, education, health care, or other worthy agendas. I have come to realize that what they mean by “the arts” is very different than what I mean. They may not care for ballet or op-era, but I’ll bet that they make playlists, go to movies and decorate their homes. “The arts” is shorthand for creative human expression in all its forms. The arts feed our minds and our hearts… and they help create the kind of com-munity that our prosperity depends on. That our children’s futures depend on.

If we care about these things, we’d better care about the arts and nurture the Eastside organizations that provide them.

John Haynes is Executive Director and CEO of Performing Arts Center Eastside/Tateuchi Center, a 2,000-seat, regional project being developed in down-town Bellevue. He served previously as President of the California Center for the Arts, Director of Performing Arts at the University of Notre Dame, and President of the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators.

What we talk about when we talk about the artsPresumptions of inaccessibility and general snootiness hide the economic benefits of the creative class.

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Many mistake “the arts” as an exclusive club populated by opera a�cionados, jazz nerds and ballet bu�s. But art is remarkably acces-sible: Art is the home decoration that pulls the room together, the movie that makes us cry (or gorge on popcorn), the playlist we blast from our laptop to get through the work day.

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So what’s new in the life of Tom Clark?CLARK: I was just on Conan back in Sep-tember 28. That was something I’ve been working on for a long time. And I was just in this movie called Freaks of Nature, which was a long delayed movie with Denis Leary and a bunch of other really funny actors. I shot it two years ago and they dumped it on the world pretty recently -- it’s on a limited release. But they kept my scene in, which is pretty great. I think I even made it into the trailer.

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Meaning when the comedy club boom had ended.CLARK: Surprisingly, when I started, Milwaukee still had three comedy clubs. But there was this other place in town — not a comedy club — where I started. It was this place called The Safe House, and it was a spy themed bar that catered to tourists. They used to have Thursday open mics, so I started there. They had all these 007-themed things and then there would be comedy in the back. Sometimes you just performed in front of an empty room.

Did you get your start in comedy through standup? I know at one point early in your career you were part of a group called The Dead Alewives that included some really impressive guys, like [Community creator] Dan Harmon.CLARK: I started both at the same time, both standup and the Alewives. Yeah, when I got into Comedy Sportz, Dan Harmon was there and Rob Schrab. Dan tried a little standup here and there, but he didn’t really like it. Dan was actu-ally my teacher at one point in Comedy Sportz. Rob Schrab is now directing the next LEGO movie, so it’s been cool to see where they’ve gone. But when they moved [to LA], I was part of the next generation of performers in The Dead Alewives who replaced them.

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Your jokes are short and punchy. How did you arrive at that style?CLARK: I think when I initially started I had a lot of longer drawn out bits. I had a... hm, a take home joke or a staff joke... I don’t remember really, but I used to tell this longwinded joke and I would screw up everything every time I tried it on stage. “There was this guy and he, he... he was Irish! No, he was German! Wait, no, he was Chinese!” I would go through all this trouble for just a three-minute joke. But if you’re on TV you have to tell these 30 second jokes, then move right along to the next 30-second joke. I had to learn how to edit myself.

You also play up a sort of manic and naive character on stage. How close is your onstage persona to your actual personality?CLARK: I would say it’s not that close. I’m silly, but I think when people meet me they find me pretty serious and pretty down-to-earth.

Did you like to be goofy when you were younger? Were you a weird kid?CLARK: Ha, no, I never performed really at all throughout grade school or high school. Or even really in college. I was really quiet. I remember my third grade teacher wrote up my report card and she called me a loner. I was like, what’s a loner? I looked it up later and I was like, aw, man, that means I’m weird. Amongst my friends I’d have two or three friends I would make laugh and come out of my shell with, but it was really only with them.

You’re performing at Laughs Comedy Spot in December. Have you performed there before?CLARK: I performed there when it first opened up. I was one of the first comics to perform up there. Dave and Angela, they treat the comics so well. I think Dave knows what comics go through and that makes all the difference.

What do you like to do when you’re up here?CLARK: I usually go to the EMP. I love that place. I still haven’t been to the top of the Space Needle. My wife Steph usually comes with me when I travel and we usu-ally go to Pike Place Market.

Tom Clark will perform at Laughs Comedy Spot in Kirkland Dec. 10-12. You can check out his recent appearances and projects on vimeo.com/tomclarkcomedy.

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