Sammamish Review 07/30/14

By Neil Pierson

Rich Belcher’s oldest son, Mitchell, estimates his father has interacted with more than 21,000 students during his 41-year career as a teacher and coach.

Belcher stopped coaching high-school boys basketball seven years ago, compiling 414 wins during stops at two California schools and two more in Washington – Newport and Eastlake. He was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame in 2011, and took Eastlake to the state tournament three times in nine seasons.

In June, the 64-year-old Belcher walked away from teaching, something he’s been doing at Eastlake since 1999.

Over the course of four decades as a teacher in Washington and California, he said, imparting life-long skills like critical think-ing and work ethic have been at the heart of his life.

Whether Belcher was giving instruction in literature, U.S. history, government or sports, getting teenagers to voice their opinions in a constructive man-ner was vital to him.

“Whether or not they’re going to remember a date from the Civil War is not nearly as impor-tant as who they are as people,” Belcher said June 24 while sit-ting down to lunch at one of his favorite nooks, the Raging River Café in Fall City.

In Belcher’s humanities courses at Eastlake, students wrote in daily journals about a wide array of topics. On the first day of class, he liked to tell them he cared less about what they thought, and more about why they’d formed their

By Peter Clark

Issaquah and Sammamish had the meeting equivalent of a group hug July 14.

After a year where the two city’s leadership have found themselves on different sides of several issues, both city councils and other city administrative staff met in Issaquah’s City Hall to discuss points of mutual inter-est. It was their first joint meet-ing since 2011.

“We all have one thing in common,” Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler said. “We certainly love our cities and we love represent-ing them. We not only care about our communities, we care about the region as well.”

He wanted to extend that appreciation across the northern border of Issaquah and so went around the room, asking each elected official what they enjoyed about the other city.

The tone of the meeting was a far cry from last November, when Eastside Fire & Rescue fire-fighter’s union offered to pay for a mediator to help the two cities settle differences.

Attendees kept the meeting positive and gave little mention to topics that had previously seen them on opposing sides, such as the Klahanie-area annexation vote or Sammamish’s investiga-tion into leaving EFR.

Instead, discussion surround-ed the possibility of jointly lob-bying the state legislature and exploring solutions to the grow-ing transportation problems on Interstate 90.

Butler presented Issaquah’s most recent legislative agenda, which included support for main-taining state revenue sharing and restoration of liquor revenues, but it mostly centered on I-90 improvements. He laid out why

most items could benefit both cities and Sammamish officials agreed.

“I completely agree — strength in numbers,” Sammamish City Councilman Tom Odell said.

He and all other vocal Sammamish leadership said most of Issaquah’s agenda overlapped with the plateau’s.

“We will help any way we can,” longtime Sammamish City Councilman Don Gerend said. “Supporting a statewide compre-hensive transportation package is the right thing to do.”

Butler also highlighted Issaquah-specific transportation projects, a Front Street inter-change overhaul and a possible 11th/12th Avenue overcrossing, which would require a report costing about $2 million before anyone could move dirt.

“I would say those sound like good projects from my point of view,” Sammamish Mayor Tom Vance said. “I would throw in the

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Photo by Neil PiersonKasen Williams, left, signs autographs for youth football players on July 24 at Skyline High School’s annual Future Champs Camp. Williams, who plays wide receiver at the University of Washington, was an All-American and three-time state champion at Skyline. See story, page 12.

Spartans star comes home Sammamish and Issaquah councils hold joint meeting

Beloved teacher, coach Belcher bids Eastlake High a final fond farewell

Rich Belcher

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See MEETING, page 3

“We will help any way we can. Supporting a

statewide comprehensive transportation package is the right thing to do.”

– Don Gerend, City Councilman –

First-timer does a big ridePage 5

Council approves $2.07 million to build 35-stall lotBy Ari Cetron

Sammamish’s wildly popular beachfront park will be getting a parking lot, but it’s going to cost nearly half a million dollars more than expected.

On July 15, the Sammamish City Council voted 6-1 to award a contract to build a parking lot and pedestrian crossing at Sammamish Landing Park. Councilman Ramiro Valderrama was opposed.

Sammamish Landing is the only public access to Lake Sammamish within the city limits. The long, narrow park runs between East Lake Sammamish Parkway and the lake along the northern edge of the city.

Sammamish also owns land on the other side of the parkway, where the parking lot will go.

The park has been popular since it opened, but has not had a dedi-cated parking lot. Instead, people

have parked along the parkway, or on 187th Avenue in Redmond.

Last year, however, Redmond re-striped 187th to allow for bike lanes, effectively removing about 35 parking spots.

In response, Sammamish has done work along the shoulders of the parkway to allow for safer parking there. And its council has now authorized construction of a new parking lot specifically for the park.

The city had estimated the 35-space lot would end up costing

about $1.56 million. However, as City Manager Ben Yazici pointed out, contractors are busy and costs are going up. As a result, the lot will cost $2.07 million.

The city expects to pay for it from the sale of nearby land (see sidebar) combined with King County Parks funds from a 2007 levy, supplemented with money from the city’s parks department budget.

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What should con-cerned citizens do if they see a child or pet in a hot car?

Issaquah police would like concerned citizens to call them.

“They should call 911 if it’s a child and ask for the police,” Issaquah Police Cmdr. Stan Conrad said.

If someone sees a pet in a car, he or she should also call the police, but use the non-emergency line, 837-3200.

Last year, a local man was arrested for leaving his 3-month-old son in a car while shopping at an Issaquah grocery store and charged with second-degree child abandon-ment. Conrad said cases like that should never happen in the first place.

“The first thing I’ll say is that people shouldn’t leave their dogs or their child in a car — period,” he said. “Either with a

pet or a child, you’re looking at a potential charge.”

Conrad said police procedure involves visu-ally sizing up the situa-tion. If an officer deter-mines he or she should enter a vehicle, they will find a way.

“We’ll go out there and see if we can find the owner of the car,” he said. “But we may have to call animal control or open the car ourselves. The last resort is to break in the vehicle.”

Eastside Fire & Rescue Deputy Chief of Operations Greg Tryon agreed that if residents see a child or pet in a hot car, they should call the police.

“We’ll respond to the calls when we’re con-tacted, but the best thing to do would be to call the police,” Tryon said. “Either way, that’s what we’re going to do. The

Police: Never leave pets, kids in hot cars

Parking lot for Sammamish Landing comes in over estimate

Land sale

To help fund the parking lot, the city will sell three plots of land it owns nearby. The city pur-chased them in 2007 for $700,000. At the time, they included two bits of waterfront property, which are now undeveloped lands adjacent to the park. These waterfront properties have been separated and will be retained by the city.

There are still three upland parcels on the east side of East Lake Sammamish Parkway. City

Manager Ben Yazici said the city evaluated the parcels, and deter-mined they can’t be used.

At its July 15 meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to declare the land as surplus and put it up for sale. The city estimates it will receive about $800,000 for the land. That num-ber, however, will change based on what sort of offers the city receives on the real-estate mar-ket, and will be reduced through things like broker fees and taxes. The net proceeds will go toward construction of the parking lot.

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thoughts in the first place.“Any time someone

says, ‘I don’t know,’ or they use the word ‘because,’ that’s not going to fly here in my class,” Belcher said. “Many times things aren’t all black or white either. Understand there’s a gray (area).”

Eastlake athletics direc-tor Pat Bangasser, who succeeded Belcher as the school’s boys basketball coach in 2007, said Belcher was a master tactician, but his success also relied heavily on building a posi-tive atmosphere.

“Rich did a great job developing relationships with young men and women in his coaching, and we can all learn from that,” Bangasser said. “His basketball program was always like family, and kids loved playing for him.”

Belcher went far beyond working with his varsity players; he developed a

year-round program at Eastlake through his work with AAU and select bas-ketball, as well as a series of summer camps that rou-tinely drew 100 players per week, Bangasser said.

“He was a really good mentor to a lot of coaches in the league,” Bangasser said. “They wanted to know how to start and maintain a successful program.”

Jason Griffith, who played at Sammamish High School in Bellevue, first got to know Belcher when the latter was coach-ing rival Newport. Several years later, Griffith assisted Belcher during the 1998-99 season – Belcher’s first at Eastlake, when they led the Wolves to a sixth-place fin-ish at state.

Belcher has been mar-ried to his wife, Jill, for 32 years. They have two sons, Brian and Mitchell, and were prepared to welcome their first grandchild into the world in early July.

Belcher’s attitude as a husband and father made a distinct impression on

Griffith, who now juggles the challenge of raising four children while serv-ing as the head of Issaquah High’s boys basketball pro-gram.

“He gets how important that is to put time into your wife and your kids, because it can overtake you being a coach,” Griffith said.

Griffith and Belcher exchange emails on a regu-lar basis, and often meet up for breakfast with mutual friend Steve Helm, a for-mer head coach at Mount Si High.

Belcher’s ability to not treat his players differ-ently than other students is something he prides him-self on. And Griffith recalls being at several Eastlake practices where the play-ers weren’t talking about basketball, but about what happened in Belcher’s class that day.

“To me, that’s what it’s all about,” Griffith said. “I don’t think coaches should necessarily be depend-ing on wins and losses. Unfortunately, a lot of the

recognition comes that way, but your goal should be creating memories and impacting kids for the long term.”

Brian Dailey, who coached Eastlake for four seasons from 2010-14, might be the person with the longest connec-tion to Belcher’s career in Sammamish. Dailey began playing for him as a seventh-grader and was the starting point guard on the Wolves’ 2000-01 state team.

Dailey remembers Belcher’s ability to meld his players into a family, and how his “unprecedented preparation” created a con-sistent environment.

“He had a program and he transitioned his players into it,” Dailey said. “We were running the same plays as a seventh-grader as we were as a senior. And it worked.”

In games, Dailey said, the Wolves might be press-ing or playing a zone defense, and the opposing team would call timeout to deal with it. In Eastlake’s

huddle, Belcher would promptly anticipate that, and change the defensive scheme again.

“It was like a chess match,” Dailey said.

Belcher said he doesn’t have a “master plan” for his retirement years, but is looking to spend more time with family, and is even considering writing a book about the knowledge he’s gleaned from teaching and coaching.

In summing up his edu-cational philosophy, Belcher recalls attending a coach-ing clinic many years ago where Bobby Knight was the guest speaker. Knight – an infamous hothead who won an Olympic gold medal and three NCAA titles – told the audience he didn’t care whether players liked him.

Belcher vehemently dis-agreed. In game situations, a tough opponent, verbally abusive fans and even poor officiating can conspire to overwhelm high-school players. They need friends, Belcher said.

“The last thing I ever

want is for my kids to look at me and think that I’m their enemy,” he said. “I want them to think of me as their buddy, and the same is true of my classroom.

“…I want them to feel that we’re in this thing together. So whether I’m talking about Shakespeare or I’m talking about a half-court trap, I want them to say, ‘You know what, I believe in this.’”

He’s received hundreds of emails since announcing his retirement. One came from a well-known graduate of Rolling Hills (Calif.) High, Belcher’s first school.

“You were my first high school coach, and my best,” wrote Jay Bilas, an All-American at Rolling Hills who starred at Duke University and is now a col-lege basketball analyst for ESPN.

“I learned to compete and do it with good humor and an even temper. You were always demanding, but never demeaning, a trait that precious few coaches have.”

I-90 and 405 interchange. That’s just a real problem for everybody. That’s an expensive fix, too.”

Though attendees gave no specifics, they pledged to attempt a joint effort during next year’s legisla-tive session on items of mutual interest.

Issaquah council mem-bers also took the opportu-nity to reach out and sug-gest other issues that could concern both cities.

“We see hard drugs,

particularly heroin as a real scourge,” Issaquah City Councilman Tola Marts said. “I’m hoping that down the road our two cities could work together because it’s just the scariest thing that’s come around in quite a while.”

Issaquah City Councilman Joshua Schaer spoke towards sustainabil-ity stewardship.

“I want to make a pitch about being environment leaders on the Eastside,” he said, mentioning his council’s passing ordi-nance on compostable packaging and banning plastic bags. “We’ve really

taken a stance. I would really encourage the city of Sammamish to work with us and it’s something your city might want to take a look at.”

At the end of the meet-ing, the only decision made was that leadership for the two cities should meet more often.

“It’s been a few years since we’ve gotten together,” Butler said. “There was a time when we didn’t really think we had much to talk about. I hope this becomes an annual affair whether we have a lot to talk about or not.”

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for the parking lot, but thought the city should ask Redmond to chip in for part of the cost.

He reasoned that many of the park users are Redmond residents. He also noted the city will soon have a big – and not yet known – expense for repairing Snake Hill Road, and he would rather wait to find out that cost before committing to the park-ing lot.

Yazici pointed out

that Redmond already donated part of the land on which the park is built.

He also noted it was a slippery slope since Sammamish residents routinely use parks and other facilities in neigh-boring cities.

“I know our kids play on their fields,” Yazici said.

The funding will pay for more than just the parking lot. There will also be a pedestrian crossing, including an island halfway across the parkway, to allow people to cross the

street more safely.City Engineer Jeff

Brauns explained there will also be new elec-tronic signs posted on the roadway on both sides of the park to keep drivers alert.

Construction on the lot should begin within the next few weeks. Philpot said the contract forbids working on the west side of the area, nearest the beach, until after Labor Day. As a result, it won’t be com-pleted until the fall or possibly in early 2015, depending on weather conditions.

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Sammamish Forum

OPINIONReview editorial

Please don’t feedthe bears, ever

“A fed bear is a dead bear.”Those were true words from an expert who spoke

to The Issaquah Press several years ago about the bears people were reporting in their yards and trash-cans in the Sammamish area.

They are still true now. We have built our homes and businesses in their yards, and we are going to come into contact with wildlife.

We are the stewards of this land, and we have a responsibility to keep those animals (along with our neighbors) safe. That means letting animals be when we encounter them. Don’t hassle them. Don’t try to pet them. Don’t feed them.

Bears regularly prowl through the city and are sighted annually on school grounds throughout the Sammamish. In May 2011, a surprised woman found one in her garage near the Sammamish Family YMCA.

Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife officers recently learned about a woman off Issaquah-Hobart Road who was feeding bears 5-gal-lon buckets of birdseed. The woman thought she was helping the between six and 10 bears that have been seen on the property, but she was actually hurting them – not to mention likely scaring resi-dents with a parade of bears in the neighborhood.

When bears learn they can get food from a source other then in the wild, they become habituated. Not only is that bad for people, because the bears will keep coming back for more, but it’s also bad for the majestic animals.

Once they become a problem (habituated and reported to officials regularly), bears have to be cap-tured and moved. It isn’t always safe, for the people or the bears.

Officers have to guess at the weight of a bear to tranquilize it, and like a medical procedures, things can go wrong. The tranquilized bear is then taken to a mountainous area.

The bear, which has become accustomed to eat-ing at backyard birdfeeders, suddenly has to remem-ber how to hunt and forage on its own, on top of competing with bears already in the area.

Let the wild animals stay wild. Don’t feed the bears.

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Evergreen CEO raise is too much

I was angered and disheartened to see that nothing has changed since I left my job as a diet clerk at Evergreen Hospital four years ago.

They still strip the support staff to the bone, give them the blame when patients complain, and then to add insult to injury, give them just a penny more per the precious few dollars they earn.

The excuse is always the same. There’s never enough money in the budget, except when it comes to the CEO. I was once asked by a patient how much money my smile was costing him. I’m sure it would have shocked him to know how little it did compared to a guy he never saw who was undoubtedly smiling all the way to the bank.

I wish somebody on the hospital’s board of directors would have the courage to say enough is enough. When will the outrageous upward spiral of CEO compensation end? As someone who lives in the hospital district, why am I being forced to pay into this ridiculous situation? I don’t think this is what they had in mind when they created the district in the first place.

Wake up to reality, Evergreen. Show your support staff that you value them, so that you will stop los-ing your best and most experienced employees. They want to provide the best care that your patients deserve. Show us that you respect your employees, and in turn, your patients.

Lisa ChristisonSammamish

Mayor goes too farWarwick Holder’s letter in the

July 23 Sammamish Review about Mayor Tom Vance’s “power trip” is nothing new to those of us who have worked with Vance.

I served on the Planning Commission with him when he was chairman in 2009. Vance routinely failed to reach out to commission-ers, failed to build consensus, failed to keep us informed and failed to build a cohesive unit.

The commission, by the end of

2009, was so dysfunctional that we couldn’t agree on reappointing Vance as chairman for 2010, and this decision had to be put over to a time when new members who didn’t have the history were appointed. One commissioner submitted his resignation over the dysfunction, only to be talked out of going through with it by staff.

Vance was elected to the coun-cil three years ago, having faced an opponent who was so bad that this was truly “the best bad choice” that could be made. Vance imme-diately wanted to become mayor, or failing that, deputy mayor, an arrogant goal.

Vance’s term extends to 2015. Let’s hope that will be all.

Scott HamiltonSammamish

Support for HillIn the race for 45th District sen-

ator, the best decision for voters is to re-elect Andy Hill.

State Sen. Andy Hill stands for education. He led the crafting of a budget that put $1 billion into pub-lic education – the most in recent history -- without raising taxes. Furthermore, this budget also held the line on in-state college tuition for the first time in 30 years. Our students – our future – need this kind of leadership. Those who claim that bipartisanship is dead should know that Hill’s budget passed both houses with 89 per-cent of the vote in each chamber. It was because of this budget that Hill received endorsements from both Stand for Children and the League of Education Voters – orga-nizations that might not otherwise be expected to support Republican candidates.

Hill crafted with Gov. Jay Inslee and State Auditor Troy Kelley the Vulnerable Individuals Priority (VIP) Act. This proposal ensures adequate funding into DSHS so that individuals with developmental disabilities can receive the help they need. This is a much-needed assistance to more than 4,000 individuals that need at-home care, and more than 1,000 individuals that need assistance

in finding employment. Again, this resolution passed the House and Senate with broad bipartisan sup-port.

Hill’s opponent, Matt Isenhower, offers little by comparison. He has a few talking points, though no expe-rience to back them up.

His campaign tactic has been to throw mud at Hill, which is a dis-concerting turnabout for a former registered Republican who opportu-nistically changed parties to run in this election.

If you want honest leadership with real results in Olympia, then make the right decision and re-elect Sen. Andy Hill.

Calvin Helker Woodinville

GOP has lost its wayI note that the latest “hit” piece

on the 45th District state senate race in effect says political candi-dates who may, in the past, have identified with the “mainstream” Republicans, have, since the “cra-zies” took over that party, found that to work for responsible, common sense politics, they should join the Democrats. True enough.

Carl SchwartzSammamish

Poll of the weekDoes it matter it you feed the bears?

A) Of course you shouldn’t. I can’t even believe we have to have this conversation.B) It’s not a big deal and probably keeps the vermin popu-lation down.

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By Neil Pierson

Amol Garg is an unusu-ally motivated 14-year-old, and his inner fire fueled another noteworthy accom-plishment this summer.

Garg, who will be a Skyline High School fresh-man in September, has been actively involved around Sammamish for years. He volunteers with a youth-centered charity that uses arts and crafts projects as inspiration, has achieved the rank of Life Scout with Troop 677, and founded a Toastmasters-type club to help fellow children improve their public-speak-ing and leadership skills.

Amol’s father, Vijay Garg, completed his first marathon last year, and it sparked something in his son.

“It was one of his big dreams, and after seeing him completing his mara-

thon and his dream, I kind of started to think, ‘What’s my dream?’ and ‘What’s something big that I can do?’” Amol said.

Vijay floated the idea of entering the 200-mile Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, or STP, and Amol quickly latched on, despite the fact that he’d never ridden more than 15 miles before.

The STP quickly became more than a personal quest for the Gargs. They wanted to use the event to promote a bigger cause, and they found it in Asha for Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping underprivileged children in India.

They set a fundraising goal of $750, and with the help of family and friends, collected $1,160.

Amol said he was inspired by a well-known Chinese proverb: “Give a

man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.”

“In my opinion, to end world poverty and to break the cycle of poverty, one needs to be self-sustaining,” Amol said. “… And in my opinion, that can be done throughout education, so the person can get a job later and pursue what he wants.”

Starting in March, father and son began training for the STP with other members of Team Asha Seattle. Their first ride was a simple 15-miler along the Sammamish River Trail. The distances steadily grew longer, and by the time the July 12-13 STP arrived, Amol was well-prepared, having completed three “century rides” of at least 100 miles.

As fate would have it, the STP would provide

some extra challenges.When the riders left

Seattle at about 4:45 a.m., temperatures were mild. But after hitting the half-way mark in Centralia, Amol said, the heat became oppressive, reaching near 100 degrees. He put a cold towel around his neck, only to have the water evapo-rate within a few minutes

on the road.It got worse. At about

the 120-mile mark, Amol rode through some sprin-klers to cool off, and his wet wheels skidded as he attempted to avoid a curb and a vehicle. He fell onto his right side, tearing up his knee, and he put a big dent in his helmet.

“I know for sure if I

hadn’t been wearing a hel-met that I would’ve gotten a concussion,” he said.

Amol was quickly patched up, thanks to some nearby paramedics. But with more than 80 miles left to cover on the sec-ond day of the STP, ques-tions started to enter his

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When Hari Rajan gradu-ates from Skyline High School next June, there may not be much celebra-tion. That’s because he’s planning to have an even larger academic challenge in front of him.

Rajan is a star student at Skyline, and his major interest is biology. His passion for the inner work-ings of life is leading him toward a career as a doctor, and he’s planning to apply to some prestigious medi-cal schools – Northwestern, Duke, Johns Hopkins and Pennsylvania, among oth-ers – in the coming year.

“My whole goal is to get into medical school … which I’ll continue to work

toward my senior year,” Rajan said.

In the meantime, how-ever, Rajan isn’t taking what most people would consider a relaxing sum-mer vacation. He was accepted into a seven-week apprenticeship program through the Institute for Educational Advancement, and is working in a labora-tory at the University of Southern California.

IEA apprenticeships are designed to link gifted high-school students with professional mentors in the Los Angeles area. Students who are selected typically come from “diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic and socioeconomic back-grounds,” an IEA news release stated.

More than 600 high-school students nationwide have participated in the apprenticeship program, which features several study areas like law, music, media relations, indus-trial design and cancer research.

IEA’s seven-week IEA program costs $7,000, although financial aid is available to qualified indi-viduals. Students receive housing at USC, and tuition costs also pay for course materials, guest lectures, and evening and weekend activities outside the class-room.

Rajan said he found out about IEA from his parents and a counselor.

Contributed photoHari Rajan, an incoming senior at Skyline High School, works with equip-ment in a sports science laboratory at the University of Southern California. Rajan is serving a seven-week summer apprenticeship through the Institute for Educational Advancement.

Skyline senior learning through high-quality apprenticeship

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Contributed photoFrom left, Amol Garg, Raja Mettu, Prasad Mettu and Vijay Garg rode together as part of Team Asha Seattle, raising money for underprivileged children in India during their 200-mile trek in the July 12-13 Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.

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Dr. Veronica Eliasson, a USC professor, and other research-ers are using shockwaves in water-filled cavities that simu-late conditions inside the brain. Much of Eliasson’s previous work has dealt with concus-sions and traumatic brain inju-ries among football players.

Working in the lab, the sci-entists use high-speed photog-raphy to detail the impact of the shockwaves upon different structures.

Rajan began the apprentice-ship in late June, and will be at USC until Aug. 9. His day usually starts early – a 7 a.m. wake-up call, followed by breakfast and time to get clean and dressed. He’s typically in the lab from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

For the first two weeks, Rajan said, he served as an assistant to a USC doctoral candidate, helping him with a research project and a thesis paper.

That experience allowed Rajan to begin forming his own thoughts, and he later met with

Eliasson to discuss ideas for his own thesis and project.

Rajan has spent a lot of time learning about glutamate recep-tors. Glutamic acid serves as a neurotransmitter, and plays a key role in how people learn and retain information. The doctoral candidate he worked with constructed a device to simulate traumatic brain inju-ries.

When receptors become impacted through blunt force, the brain can become over-whelmed. Diseases such as epi-lepsy are common results.

“There’s too many mes-sages being sent back and forth between neurons,” Rajan explained.

His interest in biology has served him well as a research apprentice.

“But the overall project was actually more physics-based, and I didn’t have very much experience in physics coming in,” Rajan said. “That was probably my biggest challenge coming in the first week, learning how the device worked.”

Rajan said he’s looking for-ward to his senior year, where he’ll again be working with one of his favorite mentors – Skyline biology teacher Gretel von Bargen.

“She helped me bridge that gap between the classroom, the textbooks … and how it affects the real world,” he said.

thoughts: Why did I have to get hurt? Why wasn’t I more careful?

“But then again, I felt on the inside that I had a really deep passion and drive to complete the STP,” he added. “It was a big accomplishment for me.”

Vijay said his son had shown plenty of guts during practice rides. On their first century ride, Amol was exhausted after 30 miles, but managed to ride 40

more. So there wasn’t much doubt he was going to finish the STP.

“Nobody had practiced in such hot weather, and we really didn’t see any kids there. He was one of the only ones,” Vijay noted. “When people were getting tired, they were saying, ‘See that boy?’ … People were using him to get energized.”

Amol said he will ride in the STP again next summer, and is already planning to push himself to new heights. He wants to com-plete it in 14 hours, something few riders manage to do.

His volunteer work with

Creative Children for Charity, or 3C, was recognized this year with a Youth Spirit Award by the SAMMI Awards Foundation. In its latest event, the July 4 Summer Splash, 3C raised $3,000 for the foundation as hundreds of people created a colorful canvas with splashes of paint.

Amol shows uncommon dis-cipline and determination to achieve his goals, his father said.

“It seems like he has a purpose in his life,” Vijay said. “One of the things that he has always said to me is that he wants to make a positive difference in the world.”

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Thiele earns $2,500 scholarship from Cedar Grove Composting

Paige Thiele, a Sammamish resident who recently gradu-ated from Tahoma High School in Maple Valley, is this year’s recipient of the Seeds for Scholars award from Cedar Grove Composting.

Thiele was involved in her school’s Green Team, actively helping with recycling and com-posting efforts. She also main-tained a 3.59 grade-point aver-age.

When I look at the amount of leftovers and food waste in my home and at school, I’m thankful for the opportunity to put those materials back into the earth,

Thiele said in a news release. I never feel good about wasting things, espe-cially some-thing as impor-tant as food. My family and I always com-post our food scraps, and I am very care-

ful about taking advantage of the opportunity to compost at school as well.

The Seeds for Scholars pro-gram was launched last year, and honors a Tahoma High School senior for their academic achievements and actions sur-rounding environmental and sus-tainability issues.

UW dean’s listThe following Sammamish res-

idents were named to the dean’s list for the winter quarter 2014. To qualify, students need a GPA of 3.5 or higher. This is a partial list, more students names will be printed in later weeks.

Andrew Warren Abel, Adam Lucas Albaum, Ifrah Alia, Melissa Anne Alleman, Kyle Takashi Aoki, Reyn Akira Aoki, Sohrob Tosh Aslamy, Nicole Elise Atherly, Austin William Atwood, Sarah Nicole Austin, Bianca Gabriela Barr, Brady Alexander Begin, Matthew Thomas Bentler, Mason Kaldwell Bernard, Vishnu Bharani, Jayit Biswas, Taylor Lee Boyd, Daniel Christopher Braun, Michelle Mary Bretl, Kylee Nicole Brown.

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“The No. 1 thing is that you can have the greatest football players, but you have to have a great team. Everybody’s got to come together,” Taylor said.

The youngsters were divided into smaller groups based on their ages, and their Skyline player-coach-es handed out Gatorades to players who best exem-

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“(We) teach some of these kids that maybe they

scored four touchdowns, but they didn’t get a Gatorade award because they maybe didn’t have that trait we’re looking for,” Taylor noted.

Many of the high-school players who served as mentors had come full circle.

“It’s definitely fun since we all went through it,” said Bo Longmore, a junior outside linebacker and tight end. “It’s kind of fun to see all the little guys and just know that was us back in the day – just a few years ago, actu-ally.”

Longmore was a youth player when Browne, Williams and quarter-

back Jake Heaps led the Spartans to five state cham-pionships between 2007 and 2012.

“They were my idols growing up,” Longmore said. “That’s all I wanted to be.”

While the camp was largely about having fun, competition wasn’t com-pletely shoved to the back burner.

During the daily flag-football scrimmages, for example, the Spartans

players coached their kids from the huddle and the sideline, and were often screaming and celebrating alongside them after touch-downs.

Youngsters like Maddox Scott, an incoming fourth-grader at Cascade Ridge Elementary School, were first-time participants look-ing to better their skills on the gridiron.

Scott said his favor-ite teams are the Texas Longhorns and Seattle

Seahawks, and his favorite positions are left guard and safety.

“I like left guard because you can push people around, and safety because you can tackle people,” he said.

Scott added that he’ll “maybe” play for the Spartans one day, and he takes some pleasure in the sport’s physical nature.

“Only when I’m doing the pushing around,” he said with a laugh.

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There were roughly 140 players on the field at Skyline High School, but it was easy to form a consen-sus about who their favor-ite football player was.

During the third day of the annual four-day Future Champs Camp at Skyline on July 24, several of the young boys had donned No. 2 purple-and-gold Washington Huskies jer-seys.

And it was no coinci-dence the player they idol-ized, former Skyline stand-out and current Husky wide receiver Kasen Williams, was there to par-take in the festivities.

The camp for students entering second through eighth grades was well-attended, and the young-sters got a few tastes of the Skyline football program’s rich history.

Max Browne, who led the Spartans to state titles in 2011 and 2012 before heading off to play quarterback at Southern California, stopped by July 22.

It also didn’t hurt that

Photo by Neil PiersonZach Kistner, an incoming sixth-grader at Beaver Lake Middle School, eyes a receiver during a flag-football scrimmage July 24 at Skyline High School. More than 140 kids signed up to participate in Skyline’s annual Future Champs Camp.

Past and upcoming stars collide at Skyline football campabout two dozen current Skyline players served as coaching mentors.

“I think the highlight of the camp, for years, has been the guys that are coaching, the high-school kids, they went through this camp and they looked up to the Skyline kids,” Spartans head coach Mat Taylor said.

“While a lot of it is fun-damental-based and teach-ing skills, it’s about these kids, where they can’t wait to be Spartans. That ulti-mately is the No. 1 goal, because we want the kids to be excited about Skyline football.”

At the end of a three-hour session on July 24, Williams spoke to the campers and signed auto-graphs.

The 6-foot-3 wide-out, who has one season remaining at UW, will be trying to prove himself again after sustaining a bro-ken leg in a game against California last October.

Williams told the Skyline campers that he’s learning a lot from Chris Peterson, the Huskies’ new head coach.

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The Eastlake Baseball Club scored five runs in the second inning, lead-ing to a 13-4 rout over the Round Table Saxons in a July 27 loser-out game at the Double-A American Legion state baseball tournament in Spokane.

Eastlake, which won the Area 1 South Division tournament to reach state, kept its season alive and played Gonzaga Prep of Spokane in another loser-out game July 28, results that came after press time.

Against the Saxons, Eastlake took

advantage of seven errors and scored multiple runs in four innings. Mark Whitley led the offensive attack, fin-ishing 4-for-4 with three runs scored. Whitley also pitched five strong innings, allowing one earned run on five hits and three walks while strik-ing out five.

Elliot Carney and Ryan Frizelle each had two hits and an RBI for Eastlake.

In the July 26 tournament opener, Eastlake had an early 4-1 lead, but Asotin County scored the final six runs to claim a 7-4 victory.

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Eastlake grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Shaan Kothari and Ayden Oh singled to load the bases, and Jackson Dahl and Beau Krueger produced run-scoring hits.

Asotin County took the lead in the fourth and didn’t look back. Eastlake reliever Ryan Isler walked one bat-ter and hit another, setting up a two-run single from Asotin’s Blake Rimmelspacher.

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Concerts in the Park, the annual summer concert series, runs 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 7 with Junkyard Jane, a ‘Swampabilly’ Blues band, at Pine Lake Park. For details, including a complete schedule and parking informa-tion, visit www.sammamish.us/events/ConcertsInthePark.aspx.

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Sammamish Days, a family-friendly festival that serves partly as the city’s birthday party runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 9 at City Hall.

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CooksUniversity House Issaquah has an outstanding opportunity for skilled Cooks to join our team. PT/FT oppor‑ tunities for Line Cooks/Prep Cooks/ Pantry Cooks. Create fine dining experiences for residents by preparing and serving meals in our upscale full‑service restaurant. Various shifts and days are available.Please apply online at: www.hrpmsi.com/jobs/ptcisq.htm DRIVERS: LOCAL‑HOME NIGHTLY! Sumner, Kent & Auburn. Great Pay, Benefits! CDL‑A, 1yr Exp. Req. Estenson Logistics Apply www.goelc.com 1‑866‑336‑9642

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Sammamish Presbyterian Church

Early Elementary CoordinatorSPC is seeking applicants for a part‑ time Early Elementary Coordinator, beginning at 15 hours a week with a possible hourly increase effective January 2015. This position will as‑ sist the Children’s Director in imple‑ menting Christ‑centered classes for children ages pre‑kindergarten through first grade and their families.

Childcare and Early Childhood CoordinatorSPC is seeking applicants for a part‑ time Childcare and Early Childhood Coordinator, beginning at 15 hours a week with a possible hourly increase effective January 2015. This position will assist the Children’s Director in implementing Christ‑centered child‑ care and classes for infants through 5 year olds and their families.

For an Application: www.spconline.org/pages/jobs.html

To Apply:Please email your resume and completed application to [email protected].

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Orthodontics on the Plateau has a proud new owner Live. Dream. Smile. The new owner of Orthodontics on the Pla-teau, Dr. Robert Trujillo, takes these words to heart. “Your smile is one of your biggest assets, not only to your health, but to your confidence as well. We under-stand the importance of your smile and stop at nothing to create for you a smile you’ll love,” he states. Dr. Trujillo was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and after com-pleting his residency, he returned home to the Great Northwest. “My beautiful wife, Angela, and I were married seven years ago. Our first daughter, Mia, was born in 2013, and we’re also the proud par-ents of two miniature dachshunds, Cody and Lacey,” says Dr. Trujillo. In addition to spending time with his family, Dr. Trujillo is interested in travel, culture and the great outdoors. “To say that I am an outdoor enthusiast would be an understatement. Much of my free time is spent hiking, biking, swimming, and camping.” As a specialist in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, Dr. Trujillo has the training and experience you expect from an elite healthcare profes-sional. He uses only the finest materi-als and products to ensure your smile results exceed your expectations. “We have the latest advances in orthodontics available, including In-visalign® clear aligners and TADs. We also use cutting-edge imaging technol-ogy and supplies. Through continuing education, we stay up to date on state-of-the-art orthodontic solutions,” says Trujillo. Orthodontics on the Plateau is lo-cated in the heart of Sammamish and is close to schools and homes. There

is ample parking, flexible financing, and convenient appointment times. Evening appointments are available on Mondays and they are always available for emergencies. “Our team takes the time to truly get to know each of our patients. We are committed to providing the best expe-rience possible with no compromises to quality care. Our team members pride themselves on being welcoming and personable in all that we do,” says Trujillo. Community involvement is a prior-ity for Dr. Trujillo and the team. There are opportunities for patients to engage in goal setting, academic mentorship, community service and fun contests. “Service to others is one of my great-est passions. I love the Sammamish plateau and the families who live here. I look forward to growing with this amazing community for many years to come,” says Trujillo. For more information, visit www.orthoplateau.com.

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police have better equipment for getting into cars as well.”

The Seattle Humane Society recommends pet owners take pets with them when leaving a vehicle.

“Never leave your pet in the car unattend-ed in warm weather — not even for ‘just a minute’ or a quick stop at the grocery store,” according to a news release from the orga-nization. “The interior of a car can hit 160 degrees in less than five minutes. Keeping an animal in a hot car can be fatal.”

A dog’s normal body temperature ranges from 101 to 102.5 degrees. Dogs can with-stand 107 to 108 degrees for only a very short period of time before suffering brain damage or death, the release said.

Excessive panting, a dark red tongue, stag-gering, seizures, bloody diarrhea and vomit-ing are symptoms of heat stroke.

“Remember that if your buddy has a short-er nose, like a Persian cat, a pug or a bulldog, he or she is more susceptible to heatstroke than breeds with longer noses,” the press release read. “If you suspect your pet has become overheated, seek veterinary care immediately.”

CarsContinued from Page 2

Vehicle vandalismA female resident

reported a suspected case of vandalism on July 4. The woman’s vehicle, a dark blue Honda Civic, had a small amount of some dried substance on the hood. An officer believed the substance to be dried coffee. The woman told police she was sure it could be washed off, but wanted to report the incident, sus-pecting her neighbors to have poured liquid onto the vehicle. Police said the woman became angry upon learning how the investigation would pro-ceed, reportedly stating she would take the matter into her own hands.

Hiding behind electrical box

Police witnessed a white male hiding behind an

electrical box along the sidewalk on the 3000 block of Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Southeast on July 7. An officer made contact with the man, and deter-mined he had an outstand-ing warrant in Bellevue for malicious mischief. The man was taken into custody without incident, and transported to the Issaquah jail at the request of Bellevue police.

Beach assaultA female resident on

the 3200 block of East Lake Sammamish Shore Lane Southeast reported July 7 that her neighbor had assaulted her on July 4. The woman had gone to her community beach to watch a fireworks dis-play, and noticed a female neighbor had brought her dog.

The local homeowners association prohibits dogs on the beach, and when the woman mentioned the policy, the dog’s owner allegedly yelled obsceni-ties, attempted to strike her, and began pulling her hair. The complainant said

she visited her chiroprac-tor the next day because of neck pain, and was diag-nosed with whiplash. She said she wasn’t interested in pressing charges, and police haven’t arrested the assault suspect.

Punch thrown for money owed

A male resident report-ed an assault at his home on the 24300 block of Southeast 30th Street at about 7:45 p.m. July 9. He told police another man came to his house unan-nounced to pick up some auto parts. The man had been working on the resi-dent’s vehicle in the past, and told him he was owed money for some unfin-ished work.

The resident said he didn’t owe the man anything, and when he attempted to go back inside his home, the man punched him in the left shoulder and side of the face. There were no vis-ible marks on the alleged victim, but he told police his face hurt and he wished

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to press charges. He provided an address, phone number and photo for the suspect. The suspect, a Kirkland resident, was later arrest-ed on a charge of fourth-degree assault.

Stolen mailAn officer was dispatched to

the 4600 block of 234th Avenue Southeast on July 8 after multiple residents reported their shared mailboxes were damaged and mail had been stolen the night before. One resident reportedly witnessed a suspicious vehicle in the area on July 7. The vehicle was a white, four-door sedan, possibly either a Subaru or Volkswagen Jetta. The resident was unable to see the driver or passengers. Police were unable to obtain fingerprints from the mailboxes, but they spoke with residents and their homeowners association about additional secu-rity measures, including cameras and street lights. There were no suspects at the time of the report.

Items in the Police Blotter come from Sammamish Police reports.


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State Representatives Judy Clibborn and Tana Senn send a warm shout out to Sammamish neighborhoods south of City Hall located in the 41st Legislative District.

Meet Your Sammamish State Legislative Team

Working for you in Olympia!

Paid for by Judy Clibborn for State Representative, www.judyclibborn.com • Friends of Roger Goodman, www.rogergoodman.orgFriends of Tana Senn www.electtanasenn.org • Friends of Larry Springer, www.larryspringer.org

• Judy Clibborn has represented the 41st District for twelve years. She serves as the Transportation Chair and on the Health Care & Wellness committee. Judy’s strong leadership in transportation policy and funding is vital to improving mobility for people and freight throughout our region and state.

• Tana Senn was appointed State Representative last fall by a unanimous vote of the King County Council. In just her first session, Tana served as Vice-Chair of the Environment Committee and on the Early Learning & Human Services Committee and the Capital Budget Committee.

• 41st District State Representatives Tana Senn and Judy Clibborn proudly serve Bellevue, Beaux Arts, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Renton and (south) Sammamish.

State Representatives Roger Goodman and Larry Springer send a warm shout out to Sammamish neighborhoods north of City Hall located in the 45th Legislative District.

• Roger Goodman has represented the 45th for eight years, and works hard on Education and Public Safety issues while serving as Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, and as a member of the Judiciary Committee.

• Larry Springer has represented the 45th for ten years, and serves as Deputy Majority Leader for Business & Economic Development in the House of Representatives. He works on Higher Education, Local Government, Rules, and Budget committees

• 45th District State Representatives Roger Goodman and Larry Springer serve Duvall, Kirkland, Redmond, Woodinville and (north) Sammamish.


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