Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter, May 01, 2015

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Annexation passes with 87 percent Initiative/referendum measure had majority approval according to King County results Tuesday

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Skyline seniors Justin Zhong, Arjun Narayan and Parker Ciambrone stand inside KeyArena in Seattle during the We Day event, April 23.

Skyline students all smiles at We Day Three Sammamish seniors travel to Seattle for youth event April 23 BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

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Motivational speaker Spencer West called today’s youth “a generation at a crossroads” during a 2011 We Day event in Canada. We Day, an event hosted in various locations around the world, presents a lineup of speakers and performers geared to empower and inspire high schoolers to enact positive social change on local and global scales. “So often are we told by the world that we can’t make a difference, that making a difference is impossible,” he said. West, who lost both of his legs due to a genetic disease, has shared how he overcame the challenges in his life in the hope that his story will encourage people to defy the odds. West was one of the speakers at the most recent We Day event in Seattle, where three Skyline High School seniors spent the day in KeyArena surrounded by 15,000

other students from around the state. Microsoft recognized Skyline students Justin Zhong, Parker Ciambrone and Arjun Narayan for their work in developing the recently launched nonprofit website, Fundify. Microsoft, through its YouthSpark initiative, sponsors We Day and encourages local teens to make a commitment to helping others. The technology company, headquartered in Redmond, helped bring the event to the United States when it became a We Day sponsor in 2013. Microsoft staff took note of the Skyline student’s customizable search engine, www.searchfundify.org, which donates money from ad revenues to nonprofit organizations users individually select to support. The business, still in its initial stages, allows people to donate to nonprofits at no cost by browsing the Internet — they just have to go through the Fundify website. “We were so impressed by these young innovators that we asked them to join us on April 23 at We Day Seattle,” said Lori Forte Harnick, Microsoft general manager for citizenship and public affairs. SEE WE DAY, 9

The two ballot measures most talked about in the city of Sammamish passed with majority approval in the April 28 special election, according to initial results released Tuesday evening. Results will not be final until May 12. The Klahanie annexation ballot measure passed with nearly 87 percent voter approval and the initiative and referendum advisory vote gained a 55 percent approval, according to the county’s ballot count released at 8 p.m. Tuesday. As soon as the results are final, the city of Sammamish can move forward with transferring the Klahanie area out of unincorporated King County and into city limits. This will add nearly 11,000 people to the city’s population. SEE ELECTION, 5

Gas leak causes closures along E Lake Samm. Prky BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

A natural gas leak in northern Sammamish, near the city’s border with Redmond, caused a road closure for a couple hours Tuesday morning. Intermittent closures continued Wednesday and Thursday night. A private contractor constructing a home in the area of Northwest 49th Place and East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast accidentally penetrated the main gas line shortly after 9 a.m. Puget Sound Energy crews capped the six-inch line at 10:40 a.m., PSE spokesman Ray Lane said. East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast was closed from about 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sammamish Communications Director Tim Larson said. SEE GAS LEAK, 8

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