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Spurred on by opposition from an established Issaquah hiking group, mountain bikers packed a park board meet-ing Monday night to ask for more trails.

It was a spectacle for the board, which is oft en so scarcely attended it uses a historic farmhouse for its meetings.

Th e board is considering a plan that would map possible mountain bike trails and push the city to better manage its green spaces.

Th e response highlighted a change in public support. Years past, the Issaquah Alps Trails Club dominated

public opinion and saw trail access closed to bikers. Mon-day, comments in favor of mountain bike improvements in Issaquah had a ratio of about 6-1.

Th e meeting ran so late, the board didn’t even discuss the plan, much less vote on whether to send it to City Council for ratifi cation.

Th e proposal, presented about a month ago from the Mountain Bike Task Force, was nothing new. However, the mountain bikers showed up aft er strongly-worded letters from the trails club began to circulate in the community.

Scott Petty rises to speak at the Issaquah Park Board meeting. Th e Tibbets Creek Manor was packed with moun-tain bikers eager to support a new task force recommenda-

tion that would ease the way for more trails in the city. CELESTE GRACEY, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter

Mt. bikers pack meeting on trailsPark Board considering plan to improve biking for Issaquah trails

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Sammamish council race a personal test

BY CELESTE [email protected]

Once a corporate lawyer, Nancy Whitten is still surprised that it was the

environment that fi rst pulled her into Sammamish politics.

Aft er eight years in Position 4 on the City Council, she gave it up this year to chal-lenge Kathy Richardson for Position 2.

For two women who claim conservative leanings, their views about the environ-ment and property rights are as diff erent as

their disposition and personalities.While neither woman would say the two

are mutually exclusive, Whitten owned her partiality to the environment as much as Richardson owned to her concerns about property rights.

Calling herself a centrist on the issues, Whitten says she challenged Richardson for fear that she was not.

Some speculate Whitten had other reasons.

Th ough both Jim Wasnick and John Gal-vin had fi led for her seat when she made the decision, she said “I could have won.”

WHITTENIn the view from Whitten’s living room,

patches of light fl icker from Pine Lake and through towering evergreen trees.

A storm sent one of the towering giants through her roof last winter.

It was an unfortunate loss – the tree was still healthy, she said, and of course they had to replace their fl ooring.

Little has changed on her 5-acre wooded parcel since she purchased it 30 years ago, except for her home, which she carefully built 120 feet from the shore and over the same footprint as the lake house she raised her four children in.

“We tried to keep it fairly natural,” she said.

Her activism began outside her window, when in 1981 she learned the Department of Fish and Wildlife regularly poisoned Pine Lake to benefi t its trout.

Th e issue was resolved with a petition, but the lake was already on its way to be-coming a swamp, she said.

In 1989, she helped lead a committee in passing a plan that would reduce phospho-rous in the lake, which would have caused the lake to be overwhelmed by algae.

For the next 10 years she watched

Kathy Richardson, Nancy Whitten spar over property rights, the environment

Kathy Richardson (left ) became polically involved over concerns about property rights while Nancy Whitten says environment issues drive her interest. CELESTE GRACEY, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter

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One month early and well under bud-get, a freshly redeveloped 1.2-mile-long stretch of the East Lake Sammamish Trail through Redmond is almost ready to reopen.

“This is an important regional corridor and I am pleased we can re-open this portion of the trail ahead of schedule, and for less cost than anticipated,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine. “Walkers, runners, and cyclists will all benefit from having a trail that is wider and safer.”

Originally expected to open at year’s end at a cost of $3.4 mil-lion, the redevelop-ment project is now on track to open in early November at a cost of $1.86 million – a savings of more than $1.5 million. Fund-ing for the East Lake Sammamish Trail work was provided by the 2008-2013, voter-approved parks open space and trails levy. King County is planning a reopening celebration in November.

The trail from Northeast 70th Street to the Redmond-Sammamish border at 187th Street has gone from a crushed rock surface to a wider, paved trail that makes its use safer and more accessible to bicyclists, skaters and other trail us-ers.

The trail project included construc-tion of a 77-stall parking lot at North-

east 70th Street, adjacent the trail. King County purchased the 11-mile-

long East Lake Sammamish rail banked corridor in 1998 for $2.9 million from the Lands Conservancy of King County and Seattle (now Cascade Land Conservancy). In 2006, the county opened an interim-use trail with a crushed rock surface.

Paving and other trail redevelopment work has been com-pleted as funds become available. Next spring, King County will begin work on the stretch of the trail through Issaquah, immediately south of the recently redeveloped trail seg-ment.

The ELST follows an historic railroad route along the eastern shore of Lake Sammamish within the cities of Red-mond, Sammamish and Issaquah. Part of the “Locks to Lakes Corridor,” the trail follows an off-road corridor along the lake and through lakeside communities.

East Lake Sammamish Trail is part of King County’s regional trail system – a 175-mile-long network of trails for bi-cycling, hiking, walking and horseback riding.

Once the ELST is fully developed, it will be part of a 44-mile-long regional urban trail corridor from Seattle’s Bal-lard neighborhood to Issaquah.

Segment of East Lake Samammish Trail to open ahead of schedule

“I am pleased we can reopen this portion of the trail ahead of schedule and for less cost than antcipated.” – Dow Constantine

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Whitten understands SammamishA smart, political move by Nancy Whitten in declar-

ing her candidacy for position 2 for the Sammamish City Council made Kathy Richardson actually have to face an opponent and participate in a campaign.

Unfortunately, it seems Richardson thought she was going to run unopposed.Th is may explain why she has not made herself available to campaign, did not attend the candidate forum and has not informed the voters where she stands on key issues. She has not given the electorate a chance to get to know her or to see how she would engage them.

Th e voters deserve a candidate that doesn’t take their vote for granted.

Her recent responses demonstrate she hasn’t learned enough about the challenges our city faces, and by her own admission, says these things are too compli-cated to speak to without some deeper understanding. Completing her full, four-year, term on the Planning Commission will give her a better understanding of what it takes to run a city, and will help to educate her on the wide range of issues and compromises that need to be made as a city leader.

Our citizens need a council member who is in-formed, participates and engages our citizens; one who understands the history of the city and the legislative process. Nancy Whitten has been a hands-on council member that has been involved in growing our city into a community. Let’s continue to build on our ac-complishments, join me in voting for Nancy Whitten.

Erica Tiliacos,Sammamish

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Transportation is a constant struggle for growing cities. What are the major transportation projects or traffi c prob-lems you’d focus on?

Thomas John ‘TJ’ Filley Issaquah has taken an approach of focusing on “mobil-

ity” rather than congestion relief. Mobility means spending transportation dollars on bicycles and pedestrians, and

ignoring the cars that pay the gas tax money they are playing with.

Th eir goal is to get you out of your car. With the focus on mobility, we have seen boondoggles such as the bicycle and pe-destrian overpass built while Front Street suff ers on a daily basis.

Th is is the reason that Issaquah is developing a reputation as one of the worst traffi c cities in Puget Sound. Th e city has taken an antagonistic approach

to “cut-through” traffi c, to the detriment of our businesses and residents, especially south of I-90 in Olde Town and on Squak Mountain.

I would work to clear congestion on Sunset Way, Front Street and Newport Way as well as widen the section on East Lake Sammamish that narrows to one lane going south for about a block.

I would also work to improve the parking situation for Front Street, and would work to get a parking garage so shoppers can more easily support our businesses on Front Street.

Joshua Schaer As Council Transportation Committee Chair, I’ve

worked to improve mobility, effi ciency and non-motorized options for Issaquah residents. We need to still get around in our cars while adding more transportation choices.

During my next term, I will assemble key stakeholders to discuss an I-90 overcrossing near 12th Avenue. Th is con-nectivity project – supported by the state Department of

Transportation and Central Area Citizen Task Force – would create direct-access HOV freeway ramps while retaining the center roadway for a future light-rail station. We must prepare now to reduce traffi c on SR-900 before nearby redevel-opment occurs.

Additionally, we must restore invest-ments in our Complete Streets Program, and wisely prioritize improvements to add them where most needed. I’m disap-

pointed that the proposed 2012 budget dramatically slashes the program again because our neighbors deserve critical sidewalks, lighting and bike lanes.

I will fi ght to protect our families through re-establishing Complete Streets funding and by eliminating wasteful road projects that fail to provide valuable and safe solutions.

I will also diligently continue to seek partners for eff ec-tive bus service to the Highlands, Talus and Squak Moun-tain. Expanding the Route 200 will reduce vehicle trips, promote a meaningful alternative to commuters and better serve transit-dependent riders.

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transportation, traffic and storm water issues through the city’s tremendous growth, she’s said. Through it, “the envi-ronment got the short shrift.”

After an unsuccessful attempt in 2001, she won a seat on City Council in 2003.

Her interested in the environment tempered a strong business bent she had when she first moved to Issaquah as a corporate litigations lawyer, she said. “You have to balance it deli-cately.”

Policy aside, she’s gotten herself in trouble a number of times by how she works with city staff and her tendency to ramble on at council meetings.

“It’s created trouble for me,” she admitted. “Politics haven’t been my background. Politics aren’t me.”

She noted that she wouldn’t pose so many questions at the City Council meetings, if the council formed more committees to review amendments beforehand.

“How can council be anything but a rubber stamp, if you don’t ask questions?” she said.

At 65, she’s about as established as Sammamish politi-cians come.

RICHARDSONRichardson’s first strong interest in citizen activism

began in a neighbor’s living room two years ago.The group was upset with the city’s plan for their shore-

line homes.Now called the Sammamish Homeowners Group, the

neighbors flooded City Council meetings with testimony

about the shoreline plan.With support from about 300 homeowners, the group

not only changed the plan but also the city’s attitude toward public input, she said.

Frustration with the Planning Commission’s disregard for public comment was what stirred them to form a group in the first place, she said.

“There are lots of ways to dismiss the public, but we have a very smart public,” she said. “The folks who live in our community can make a better city.”

Seeing the tangible change of SHO moved her to apply for a spot on the Planning Commis-sion this year. It’s considered a training ground for future council members.

In a small conference room at City Hall, she talked in detail about development plans and environmental policy.

It’s a bit nerdy for the petite blonde, who otherwise spends her time at a tech consulting firm or exploring the outdoors, but she finds it interesting.

The quick decision to run for City Council was more to the credit of her supporters than good timing.

She had already planned a safari trip in Africa, a lifelong dream, during the weeks leading up to the election.

Supporters offered to run her campaign and fill in when she was gone.

Garnering encouragement from a city council member, she was without excuse.

“I’m doing it, because I’d vote for me,” she said. “And I have pretty high standards of our public representatives.”

An underdog, she knew she would have an opponent,

but she never expected a council member would switch positions, she said. “It made it a much more difficult race.”

It certainly made her rethink the decision not to use signage, she said with a laugh.

A key debate was scheduled in the middle of her trip, and her absence didn’t go unnoticed. Whitten nicknamed her the “ghost candidate.”

DISAGREEMENTWhitten’s concerns about Richardson stem from her

concerns about SHO. The group has been known to throw out accepted science, she said.

Richardson disagreed. In many cases SHOs recommen-dations were better for the environment, she said. “The difference was in the details.”

Whitten pointed to two major points of dispute – pervi-ous pavement and and the importance of barriers.

The term “barriers” refers to how close homes can get to the lakeside and what stands between the structure and the lake.

They’re of particular interest, because the Lake Samma-mish Kokanee Salmon are close to being wiped out.

There is no science that proves that a buffer on an urban lake improves the habitat for salmon, Richardson said.

Pervious pavement prevents runoff by allowing the water to pass through into the ground. Most lake pollution is caused by runoff that takes oil and chemicals down with it.

Richardson doesn’t contest its effectiveness, but pointed out that the worst runoff comes from the plateau, not the shoreline.

“If you’re trying to improve the water quality of the lake, don’t focus on the first 200 feet, focus on the rest of the city,” she said.

Issaquah Reporter staff writer Celeste Gracey can bereached at 425-391-0363, ext. 5052.

Position 2Nancy Whitten versus Kathy Richardson

Position 4Ramiro Valderrama versus Jim Wasnick

Position 6Jesse Bornfreund versus Tom Vance

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As far as symbolism goes, East-lake couldn’t have scripted a more fi tting ending last Friday.

Seconds aft er the Wolves jarred the ball loose and recovered a fumble, it was lights out for Skyline — literally.

“We hadn’t beaten them yet in school history and this was a great way to start it off ,” said senior Brian Quick, whose forced fumble sealed 28-21 victory and the KingCo Crest title.

With 31 seconds left , wide re-ceiver Andrew Giese was drilled by Quick at the Spartan 33-yard line. Th e ball squirted loose into the hands of Sean McDonald. Just as the Wolves’ linebacker celebrated, the power surged and the stadium went pitch black.

A 20-minute delay and a kneel-down later, the losing streak was offi cially over at fi ve games.

“It feels great,” McDonald said.

“It’s just great for the whole com-munity and everyone supporting us, it’s just awesome.”

Th e victory moved Eastlake into the KingCo 4A Championship game last night against Woodin-ville, securing a trip to the state-tournament qualifying round.

It never came easy, however.Eastlake, which held a 28-7 lead

with 7 minutes left in the third quarter, fended off a furious come-back by the Spartans.

Skyline quarterback Max Browne’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Mason Gregory and Damien Greene’s 1-yard TD run with 9:09 left in fourth quarter, pulled Sky-line back into the game.

Eastlake’s defense rose to the occasion twice in the fi nal minutes, however.

With 3:03 left , Bryan Cassill bat-ted a pass down for a turnover on downs at the Wolves’ 30-yard line. Aft er punting the ball back with 2:06 left , Quick came up with the big forced fumble.

“Th at’s what you’ve got to do, bend not break,” McDonald said. “A couple of plays got away from us, a few mental mishaps, but we got the majority of them right and that’s what it came down to.”

Skyline took the game’s fi rst lead

when Browne (30-for-49, 313 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) found Greene for an 8-yard TD in the fi rst quarter.

Eastlake answered 54 seconds later. Cassill returned the ensuing kickoff 72 yards and two plays later quarterback Keegan Kemp rushed the ball in for a 15-yard TD.

Running back Ryan Lewis gave the Wolves their fi rst lead, taking the ball 68 yards for a TD on the fi nal play of the fi rst quarter. He added a 2-yard TD in the second quarter to give Eastlake a 21-7 halft ime lead.

Lewis (22 carries, 193 yards) struck again in the third quarter

picking up a fumble and rushing it into the end zone from 9 yards out

“I was back there, it just popped out and none of the Skyline players realized it,” Lewis said.

Th e victory moved No. 1 ranked Eastlake to 8-0 on the season.

“It’s always tough because when you’re No. 2 nobody really cares, and all the sudden we’re No. 1 and we get to be the big dog for a little while,” Eastlake head coach Gene Dales said.

Skyline fell to 3-1 in league and 5-3 overall. Th e Spartans will travel to face the KingCo Crown No. 4, Roosevelt (2-3, 4-4), in a loser-out crossover game at 8 p.m., Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

ISSAQUAH SECURES CREST’S THIRD SEED

Issaquah locked up the No. 3 seed in the KingCo Crest last Friday, beating Newport 41-28.

Th e Knights jumped on the board fi rst behind Isaac Dotson’s 45-yard TD run, before the Eagles responded with 35 unanswered points.

Th e off ensive explosion includ-ed three Jack Gellatly touchdown runs from 2, 2 and 12 yards. He added another 12-yard score later

in the game.Quarterback Ethan Kalin also

connected with Reed Peterson for two touchdowns from 48 and 33 yards.

EASTSIDE CATHOLIC SINKS BAINBRIDGE

Eastside Catholic rallied from behind Oct. 20 to defeat Bain-bridge, 27-24, securing third place in the Metro Mountain Division.

Trailing 24-19 in the fourth quarter, Trey Reynolds connected with Matt Callans for a 17-yard go-ahead touchdown.

Reynolds hit Jake Springfi eld for a 19-yard TD earlier in the game while Henry Jarvis added a 2-yard run for a TD. Kicker Danny Omil-iak connected on fi eld goals from 34 and 47 yards.

Th e Crusaders ended the regular season at 2-2 in league and 5-3 overall. Th ey faced the No. 3 seed from the Metro Sound, Nathan Hale, last night. Results occurred aft er Th e Reporter’s deadline. Th e winner moves on as the No. 5 seed into the state-qualifying round of the 3A tournament and the loser earns the sixth seed. Both teams are guaranteed trips to the round of 32.

Eastlake turns lights out on Skyline for Crest title

Eastlake players and fans rejoice aft er the

Wolves’ 28-21 victory over Skyline last Friday

– their fi rst ever over their Plateau rival. Far right, Skyline’s

Adan Lopez wraps up running back Ryan

Lewis. CHAD COLEMAN, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter

Eastlake vs. Woodinville (KingCo 4A Championship (played last night)

Eastside Catholic vs. Nathan Hale (Played last night)

Issaquah vs. Inglemoor7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28Pop Keeney Stadium

Skyline vs. Roosevelt8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29Seattle Memorial Stadium

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The Issaquah girls cross country team grabbed its highest league finish in 13 years placing second during the KingCo 4A cross country championships Oct. 20 at Lincoln Park.

The Eagles, who qualified for districts as a team for the first time since 2007, earned 89 points, finishing only behind Redmond’s 44. Skyline was third with 101 team points while five-time defending champion East-lake placed fourth with 103 points.

Skyline sophomore Samantha Krahl-ing had the highest finish for local racers, placing sixth on the 3.1-mile course in a time of 19 minutes, 1 second.

Issaquah freshman Ellie Clawson (19:03) and senior Rachel Osgood finished seventh and 10th, respectively.

Eastlake sophomore Nicole Stinnett had the highest finish for the Wolves at 13th place (19:17).

Skyline junior Keegan Symmes had the fastest boys time Thursday, winning the league championship in 15:33. His time helped the Spartans place third overall with 86 team points. Garfield (60) and Redmond (85) finished first and second,

respectively.Eastlake placed fourth overall with 115

points. Senior Michael Flindt had the fastest time for the Wolves placing 13th (16:15).

The top eight teams and top 40 individual finishers for both the boys and the girls advanced the Bi-District meet, Oct. 29 at Lincoln Park.

Issaquah girls finish second in KingCo 4A, Skyline’s Symmes captures boys XC crown

Back row, left to right are Issaquah cross country members Abby Wilson, Amanda Chalfant and Abby Irwin. Front row, left to right are Hayley Alexander, Cayla Seligman, Ellie Clawson, Ellie Hendrickson and Rachel Osgood. Not pictured: Emily Winterstein. PHOTO COURTESTY OF MITCH STUARD

Eastlake senior Vi-cente Varas defended the KingCo 4A tennis singles championship for a third straight year Saturday at Mercer Island Country Club, beating Skyline’s

Aman Manji in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4.

Varas went undefeated through the KingCo tourna-ment and the regular season. He now sports an 18-0 record.

Both Varas and Manji ad-vanced to the 4A state ten-nis tournament. The event takes place in the spring, May 25-26, at the Columbia Basin Racquet Club and Richland High School.

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Alzheimer’s CaregiverSupport Group

6:30-8 p.m. second Th ursday of every month. Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road, Issaquah.

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intervals with muscle fi rming strength exer-cises, including abs and stretching to complete your workout. Free. No registration required. Wednesdays & Fridays, 6:30-7:30 a.m. Sam-mamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 NE Ingle-wood Hill Road. Billie Donahue at 425-785-2880.

East ShoreSingles Walks

East Shore Singles, a social group for single adults over 45, sponsors monthly activities and special events on the east side. New members welcome. Contact Lynlee at 425-433-0558 for a monthly bulletin.

Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch

Enjoy good old-fash-ioned Fall fun every day in October with a variety of activities including a hay bale maze, pony rides, animal interac-tions/petting zoo, fall treats, mini-tractors, and of course, a pumpkin patch. 9 a.m., Fox Hol-low Family Farm, 12031 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE, Issaquah, 425-996-0575, [email protected].

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burden with leaders trained to listen and facilitate conversation. Th ursdays, 7-9 p.m. Sammamish Presbyte-rian Church, 22522 NE Inglewood Hill Road. To register or for more in-formation, call 425-868-

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Issaquah Women’s FoundationBenefi t Concert

A benefi t concert featur-ing Route 66 and their Big Band sound of the swing era. Come to just listen or to take some turns around the dance fl oor. All concert profi ts will fund the IWF local Scholarship Pro-grams. 7 p.m., Nov. 3, Vasa Park Ballroom 3560 W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy. SE, Bellevue, [email protected].

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Massage Envy centers salute the military with free one-hour massage sessions to active mili-tary, veterans and their spouses as a way to say ¬ìthank you¬î for their service. Th rough Nov. 11. Massage Envy, 735 NW Gilman Blvd. Suite E, Issaquah, 425-391-4455.

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the core muscles of the body. Free. No registra-tion required. Tuesdays & Th ursdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Sammamish Presbyte-rian Church, 22522 NE Inglewood Hill Road. Billie Donahue at 425-785-2880.

Social JusticeBook Group

Discuss current books that address a wide range of issues which impact the well being of individuals and society. 10 a.m. third Monday of each month. Email [email protected] for information about the current book being discussed and the location of the meeting place in private homes on the Plateau. New mem-bers are welcome.

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BY LINDA BALLISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

For the eighth year in a row, beauti-ful Beaver Lake Park is transformed into your worst nightmare, as the Sammamish Rotary Club and Scare Productions present “Nightmare at Beaver Lake.”

Sammamish Mayor Don Gerend, city manager Ben Yacizi, deputy mayor Tom O’Dell, Sammamish Rotary leaders Jerry Vice, Scott Brewer and Norm Bottenberg were all on hand Oct. 19 to offi cially open the “haunt,” on a cool, cloudy aft ernoon, along with some of the creatures who will scare the wits out of you.

Nightmare at Beaver Lake started as something fun and safe for the community to celebrate Halloween. It has grown into the “premiere Halloween event” in Puget Sound, Gerend said.

Gerend, who cut the ceremonial ribbon opening the event, said it “scared the hell out of me” last year. He mused about the fi rst year, when city manager Ben Yacizi

was one of the performers - as a vampire.“Th is is a phenomenal event,” Yacizi said

as actor Shane Mitchell, the evil clown, breathed hot air down Yacizi’s neck. “You guys have taken this to a higher level.”

Bottenberg, the Sammamish Rotary Club past-president, thanked the parks depart-ment for their exceptional work on “Night-mare,” and for minimizing environmental impact. He said this is an even better haunt than last year.

Brewer, the Rotary president, said the enjoyment of the haunt is doubled with the charities it helps fund. While one-third of the money focuses on youth, he said they are less interested in academics than in the community spirited students who understand the importance of giving to the community.

Brewer also said the organization is focused on the eradication of polio, funding a village in Nicaragua to teach them how to grow their own crops to generate funds to build a school, and domestically, to help families in crisis be safe from domestic violence.

Sammamish Mayor Don Gerend, cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of “Nightmare at Beaver Lake,” with a little help from the “Angel of Death,” Marisa Ormando, “Doll Face,” Andy Nix, and the “Evil Clown,” Shane Mitchell. LINDA BALL, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter

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Prices: Family Scare, $8; full scare Sunday-Thursday $12; Friday and Saturday, $15. Bring a can of food to donate and save $1 off the ticket price. Beaver Lake Park: 244th Ave. SE, Samma-mish; www.nightmareat-beaverlake.com.

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ALLIED WASTE EMPLOYEES GO PINKAllied Waste drivers wore pink gloves during October as

part of the company’s “Passionately Pink for a Cure – And Still Tough as Nails” breast cancer awareness campaign.

Th e company provides waste services in Sammamish and in unincorporated Issaquah and in Issaquah’s South Cove area.

In addition to wearing pink gloves in October, many Allied Waste Services employees participated in events and organizations that are helping to defeat breast cancer.

“We’ve all been touched by cancer in some way,” said the company’s community relations manager, Anne Laughlin. “We’ve all known friends or family, neighbors or colleagues who have battled the disease.”

Laughlin has watched loved ones battle the disease and survive. “Support seems to make a huge diff erence,” she says. “It gives a person strength, bolsters their energy and helps fuel the will to fi ght.”

She surveyed women in the company - all had either fought against the disease themselves or had watched a loved one in battle, for better or worse.

Barb Davis, in commercial sales, said she supported two friends, one who successfully overcame breast cancer and the other who is now engaged in the fi ght. “She is about

to go into the kind of surgery where they don’t know what they’re going to have to do,” Davis said.

“Both of my friends have said it is so important to keep perspective,” said Davis. “It’s no longer an automatic death sentence these days.”

“Involvement is one of the keys to the cure,” said Cheryl Burns, a director of customer service at Allied Waste. Burns lost her mother and an aunt to the disease. “If we’re going to fi ght breast cancer, or any type of cancer, we have to do it as a community – all of us.”

■ ■ ■Xiaomao Zhu of Issaquah has been named to the

dean’s list at Th e Johns Hopkins University. He is the son of Chuanzhong Zhu and Liping Zhang and attended Skyline High School. He is majoring in neuroscience and will graduate in May 2012.

■ ■ ■Three Issaquah students will perform with the Pa-

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are: Serena Martin, Infantry, St. Joseph’s School, 4; Alyssa Collister, Cavalry, Pacifi c Cascade Middle School, 8; and Anna Park, Infantry, Clallenger Elementary School, 5.

Nutcracker performances are Nov. 25 through Dec. 27.

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ISSAQUAH DENTIST VISITS CHINADr. John R. Liu of Eastside Pediatric Dental Group in

Issaquah visited China as the delegation leader with Th e People to People Ambassador Programs in September. Th e group examined pediatric oral health with an empha-sis on children with special healthcare needs.

Th e eight-day trip included visits to Beijing Children’s Hospital, Peking University School of Stomotology, Beijing United Family Hospital & Clinic, Guiyang Stomatological Hospital, and Guizhou Huaxi Special Hospital.

“Th e pediatric dentists in China face a daunting task as there are over 300 million children in China and only 1,000 trained pediatric dentists,” Liu said.

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Despite several attempts to get the club involved, its president, David Kappler, opposed the task force’s underlining purpose.

Regional wildlands groups are already working successfully with hiking, biking and equestrian groups to map out future trails, he wrote in a letter in which declined an offer to join the task force.

If Issaquah makes its own regional trail plan, it could hurt a longstanding relationship between user groups, he wrote.

Although the trails club

didn’t serve on the task force, it still made a point to critique the final proposal.

While the hiking club’s response was expected, it was strong for how mod-est the proposal was, said Jeff Tanka, a task-force member.

“Their reaction is so strong to nothing,” added David Baty, a Highlands resident. “They don’t want to give anything.”

The number of trails in the area that have been closed to sport is disparag-ing, he said. Planning for new paths is a matter of

fairness.For native plants steward

Janet Wall, opposing the new effort is a matter of conservation.

New trails are new opportunities for bikers to build rogue paths and trample the mountainside.

“Obviously we need to create connectivity, but I think you need to look at where it is appropriate,” she said. “I’ve worked hard to preserve Park Pointe.”

The city purchased Park Pointe this year to keep it from development. It’s nestled between downtown and Tiger Mountain.

The task-force plan maps a possible trail, which would help connect to East

Tiger Mountain, a desirable hotspot for biking.

Marked by rogue trails, abandoned appliances and invasive plants, the city has yet to decide what to do with the land.

In addition to opposing a Park Pointe trail, the hiking club pointed out problems with a Providence Point trail recommendation.

Several years ago the city looked at a plan that would take a public path through the gated retirement com-munity, but it couldn’t find

any legal traction, said Kap-pler, who once served as a city councilmember.

“We support a connec-tor root,” said Providence Point’s Preston Smith. “We’re simply opposed to having our very expensive private property invaded.”

The biggest concern should be about educat-ing mountain bikers about how they’re impacting the environment, said Connie Marsh, president of the Issaquah Environmental council.

The biking community has matured from 20-some-things building rogue tracks in the woods, said Kevin Philbin.

It’s now more about families, health, and it’s self-policing, he said. “Thanks for listening to the new voices of mountain biking.”

Issaquah Reporter staff writer Celeste Gracey can

be reached at 425-391-0363, ext. 5052.

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If you have a son or daughter that has played soccer in the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Associa-tion (LWYSA), then chances are you have visited 60 Acres Park in Redmond, the largest soccer com-plex west of the Mississippi.

Home to LWYSA matches as well as national tournaments and a myriad of other events, the aging park requires as much as $500,000 of maintenance and upgrade costs annually, and a new organization is spearheading the effort to raise the funds needed to keep the park in top shape.

“Our maintenance costs have now approached almost half a million a year,” explained Curt Bate-man, Director of Community De-velopment for the LWYSA Crossfire soccer club. “We fund that solely from user fees and our own budget, so there’s no taxpayer money that goes into this. We’d like to improve the park and there’s several things we’d like to do to make it a better place.”

MORE THAN JUST SOCCERWhat many visitors to 60 Acres

Park may not realize is that the facility’s use goes far beyond its 25 soccer fields.

“Every Wednesday during the summer, the Seattle Area Soar-ing Society comes down and has their club night, and on any given morning you’ll see several guys down here flying their electric planes,” said Bateman, adding the local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts participate in rocket launches at the park. “We’re very pleased to be the only venue that you can do rocket launches on.”

The Potlatch Ultimate Frisbee tournament was held on Fourth of July Weekend, drawing hundreds of the top Ultimate players from the Pacific Northwest and Canada, and the park is conveniently located next to the popular Sammamish River Trail, which connects Eastside

recreational hot spots.In addition, the park hosted the

opening of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure event in September last year, an event that drew 3,000 participants and volunteers, and Bateman met with representatives from Redmond-based Hopelink last week to discuss future plans for a fundraiser, which may involve a 5K run.

“It is right at 5K from Marymoor to 60 Acres, so that works out really well,” Bateman said. “We just did a food drive for Hopelink a couple weeks ago, and the donations were incredible, something like 2,500 pounds of food. We’d like to do something really large to aid them in their quest to make Redmond hunger-free.”

The park is best known for soc-cer, however, and as the hundreds of kids of all ages that use the facility on a daily basis from June to Octo-ber can attest to, it is a vital part of the community.

“Our goal with this organiza-tion is to maintain the fields so that everybody, not just soccer players, gets a chance at this community re-source,” said Redmond City Council member David Carson, who is on the organization’s advisory board. “It’s an amazing resource for the community and we need to take care of it.”

AN ECONOMIC BOOSTCarson, who is also the chairman

of the city’s Lodging and Tax Advi-sory Committee (LTAC), pointed out that a well-maintained 60 Acres Park will drive money into the city of Redmond and the surrounding Eastside region as seen during the park’s hosting of the girls’ national soccer championships, when 120 teams from around the country and 180 from the LWYSA came down for one week during the summer.

Bateman noted that those 300 teams booked out 2,000 hotel rooms for the tournament.

“That’s part of the importance of 60 Acres,” he said. “It drives a lot of tourism dollars into the city.”

Carson went on to describe how he has friends in the Tri-Cities area of Washington who often come to play at 60 Acres, and that the LTAC is now supporting a grant program that provides marketing dollars for an event if it’s in Redmond, a perk that Crossfire happily participates in.

“We get a huge influx of people... some stay at our hotels, and there are not many hotels to the north which is great because Redmond gets the bulk of it,” Carson ex-plained. “To me, that’s the kind of activity we can support on the LTAC. It brings people to us, and that helps not just the hotels, but obviously the rest of the economy.”

PAVING THE WAYBeing that King County “doesn’t

put a lot of money into the park,” according to Carson, the money needed currently comes from the LWYSA budget and park user fees that are included in soccer registra-

tion costs – and now fundraisers put on by the organization.

Friends of 60 Acres’ first big campaign is underway, and it will allow park supporters to purchase engraved pavers. Individuals can purchase 4-inch by 8-inch bricks for $65 or an 8-inch by 8-inch for $120, and business sponsorship oppor-tunities are available at the $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 levels which include larger pavers mounted in a prominent location at the park.

“There are a lot of people that played here 30 years ago, and we’re hoping they’ll pony up and buy a paver, and that some corporations buy one at a higher level,” Bateman said on the fundraiser. “We’re hop-ing to raise a quarter of a million dollars.”

The park’s current maintenance project is a much-needed improve-ment to the water irrigation system, as 60 Acres has had to open late the past two years because it has been too wet, only to not have enough

water once July and the warmer summer weather hits.

“There’s not enough electricity to run a bigger pump, and currently we’re pumping out of the river,” Bateman said. “What we want to do is upgrade that, and be ready for Brightwater, which comes in next year. We want to put some sprin-klers in the ground and buy larger irrigators so we can keep the fields a little softer and grow better grass.”

Added Carson, “This is a way that the community can support (the park), en masse, on a grand scale and get the bang for the buck that you don’t see from government.”

For more information, visit www.friendsof60acres.org. If you are interested in purchasing a paver or becoming a corporate sponsor, click on the “Donations” tab on the left side of the page or contact Bateman at (425) 821-1741 or e-mail [email protected].

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Police visited 15 homes scattered throughout Sam-mamish after 10 p.m., Oct.

19-20, after the owners had left their garage doors open.

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The first deer had deep lacerations on its hind quarter. The officer pulled it off the roadway and shot it in the chest Oct. 19.

The next day a car struck

another deer on the 1100 block of 228th Avenue Northeast, breaking both of its legs.

A witness had pulled the deer off the roadway, but it was in obvious misery as it thrashed around.

The officer used a rock and a retaining wall as his backstop, and when there were no cars passing by, unloaded one round into the deer’s head. It died instantly.

‘FAMILY TRADITIONS’

A fight broke out at Tib-betts Creek Manor after an usher punched a guest below the belt Oct. 15 in Issaquah.

The usher approached the man and said it was a family tradition to punch

people in the genitals. The man ignored him, until he was punched.

The man took the usher to the ground as they fought.

CITY BURGLARIZED

Someone stole $5,000 in equipment and blank signage from the City of Sammamish’s maintenance shop Oct 18.

The thieves pried open a side door, splintering its frame, and then made off with an oven, a glass top stove and an air condition-ing unit.

They also took thousands in blank aluminum signage. Officers dusted for prints but only got smears and a texture that appears when someone wears gloves.


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