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Road projects will come without debt, city says BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
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In the next six years, the city of Sammamish plans on addressing $90.2 million in major road improvements and projects without taking on bonded debt. “This is good news,” Mayor Tom Vance said.
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These big projects are outlined in the six-year Transportation Improvement Program, a planning document that makes projects eligible for grants. It includes arterials like Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road and Sahalee Way Northeast. The Sammamish City Council approved the plan, 6-1, July 7.
In late November or early December, when the Sammamish City Council reviews the budget, these projects will be reflected. As outlined in the 2016-2021 plan, the city anticipates receiving about $20.1 million in state and federal grants in the six-year span. Of this, $5 million from the
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state’s transportation package has already been earmarked for Issaquah-Fall City Road. The total project cost to widen and improve the road is estimated at $23 million. Like Issaquah-Pine Lake Road, the Fall City Road is
Live band Shelley and the Curves performed on stage at Sammamish Nights, singing classics like The B-52s’ “Love Shack” and KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Get Down Tonight.” The event, held the evening of Aug. 22, included wine tasting and free samples from local restaurants.
The Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park are seeking donations to fund the opening of a playground in 2016. The state legislature approved $750,000 for the playground but, with a $1 million price tag, the final quarter of the project’s cost must be funded by donations. A countdown on the playground’s donation site, www.Playground4All.com puts the deadline at May 1, 2016. The playground designed by SiteLines Park and Playground Products is slated to replace two playgrounds in Lake Sammamish State Park. Those playgrounds, according to the Friends, are obsolete in terms of safety standards and disability compliance. SEE PLAYGROUND, 3
Route 66 bike trip raising awareness for rare disease BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
An Oregon couple are biking along historic Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, to raise awareness and money for a rare genetic condition that afflicts their grandnephew in Issaquah.
The 2,400-mile, five-state journey of Jean and Bruce Dransfeldt will benefit RhizoKids International, an Alabama-based foundation that raises funds for the research of Rhizomelic Chondrodysplasia Punctata, or RCDP. RCDP is a condition believed to affect fewer than 100 people worldwide, which
causes severe physical and intellectual developmental delays. Most children with the condition do not achieve developmental milestones such as sitting upright on their own power, and rarely live past 10, according to information from the National Institute of Health. This is the third cross country
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That provides plenty of opportunities to educate strangers about RCDP, Jean said about her and Bruce’s bike trips. “When people see us we’re kind of an unusual sight, so people will get curious and talk to us on our own,” Jean said. “Most of the time, no one has heard of the disease. People will tell us stories about how they know someone with another rare disease or how they may have heard about [RCDP] in passing, or that it sounds familiar. Big diseases have a lot of attention and big events but the rare ones don’t have nearly the same exposure.” At the time of her interview with the Reporter, Jean said she and Bruce had just left the flatlands of Illinois for hillier terrain west of the Mississippi. They expect to reach Santa Monica in October. In the meantime, they’re living from their bikes, cycling through the same three sets of clothes and taking every fourth day for rest and laundry in motels. Occasionally, they rely on kindness of strangers. On a previous trip, they left a motel and broke a bicycle spoke; when a bike shop owner heard their story, he repaired the bicycle gratis. “The truth is, we meet more people who go out of the way to help us than anything else,” Jean said. The Dransfeldts’ trip can be tracked through their Facebook page, “Bike for RhizoKids Route 66.” Daniel Nash: 425-391-0363 ext. 5052; dnash@issaquahreporter.com
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second, in 2013, was the first one we dedicated to our grandnephew Caden. We would talk to people and hand out cards along the way, really raising awareness more than anything else. So on this trip we’re attempting to raise some money as well.” Caden Grant was born with a fraternal twin, Jay. They seemed like equally happy and healthy babies but over the first few months their parents noticed Caden wasn’t developing as quickly as CADEN GRANT Jay, mother Betsy Grant said. “He wasn’t following objects and he wasn’t doing the same things his brother could do,” she said. A doctor told her not to worry at their three-month well-child checkup but, at six months, Caden was diagnosed with bilateral cataracts that had to be corrected by surgery. Blood and genetic tests confirmed he had inherited recessive genes from both parents that manifested as RCDP. “We were told he likely wouldn’t make it past 2,” Grant said. “The doctors told us 50 percent of children with RCDP pass by 2 and 80 percent by age 5 and I was sitting there holding my 12-month-old child trying to understand. He seemed healthy … I felt shock. I felt sadness.” Caden, now 8, beat expectations. As he grew, he would turn out not to have the severe dwarfism that comes part and parcel with most cases of RCDP. But his condition requires regular medical check-ups, special needs education and physical therapy. Through RhizoKids, Grant obtained resources for what she could expect from Caden’s condition and found emotional support at the organization’s annual conference. Because of the disease’s rarity, the few other parents in the world are the only outside source of common understanding, Grant said.
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Debbie Berto is coordinating the fundraising campaign for the Friends. “While we anticipate corporations and foundations [will] contribute, we are also counting on lots of children and families to participate in fundraising,” Berto said in a press release. The campaign had raised $250 as of Monday morning. The first $50,000 will be matched by a private donor. Donations can be made at Playground4All.com or P.O. Box 605, Issaquah, Wash. 98027.
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broken into two different sections, from Southeast 48th Street to Klahanie Drive Southeast and from Klahanie Drive Southeast to Issaquah-Beaver Lake Road. The portion between 48th Street and Klahanie Drive will be repaired first, since it is in the highest demand, Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard said. He explained the remainder of TIP funding not covered through grants will come from various tax revenues the city collects, like an anticipated $25.3 million from road impact fees, which developers pay for based on the type of project planned and the traffic it generates. For example, a grocery store would pay more in impact fees than a single-family home. The Transportation Improvement Plan, per state law, is updated annually. Projects from year-to-year change based on the needs of the city and the community. The plan does not commit the city to any funds or project. However, historically,
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the city of Sammamish has used the document to guide its funding and project decisions during the biannual budget process. Howard says it’s a “reasonable wish list,” comparing it to other cities, like Bellevue or Redmond, that shoot more optimistically with their plans and show an “unfunded” column in their TIPs. The Sammamish TIP does not have such a column, because the city has or is confident it can get the funds. Howard attributes this to conservative planning and the city’s well-known fiscal responsibility, largely giving credit to the finance department, a small city staff and diligent council decisions. Councilmember Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo, who held the lone opposition vote against the TIP July 7, has not swayed from his concerns regarding funding. Valderrama-Aramayo, fearful the city will need to take out bonds to complete its goals, said the city is premature to make such claims. He questions the city’s ability to get the needed $20 million in grants and said he worries that project costs are under estimated.
The city’s estimates are based on professional judgement and surveys, Howard said. The TIP reflects major projects, of high priority, for the city. With the Klahanie annexation coming to fruition Jan. 1, 2016, the document includes two of the main roads bordering the roughly 2-square-mile area, Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Southeast and Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road. When the city was first in talks with the King County Boundary Review Board last year, in trying to show the city could financially take on the expensive repairs needed along Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road, the city drafted a rough financial plan that showed the use of bonds. Howard calls this a “worst case scenario.” The idea, Howard said, would be to use the anticipated $1.2 million in additional revues from the annexation to pay off bonds that would front the bill for road improvements. The city mentions this on its website, under the frequently asked questions heading under the Klah-
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to needed improvements on Southeast Fourth Street between 228th Way Southeast and 218th Avenue Southeast dropped by $2 million from the 2015-2020 TIP. The difference will be picked up by the Metropolitan Market developer TRF Pacific LLC, Howard said. Similarly, the project costs for Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Southeast, from
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LISTEN | The Marley brothers at Marymoor Park
It’s a Marley double feature: Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and Stephen “Ragga” Marley are coming to Marymoor Park for their Catch A Fire tour. The youngest and second-eldest sons of Bob Marley join Morgan Heritage and Tarris Riley with special guests Joe Mersa and Black Am I. Catch A Fire 2015 ends the Marymoor Park Concerts for summer 2015. Find tickets and more information at MarymoorConcerts.com. When: September 19 Where: Marymoor Park, Redmond
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Gabby Gutierrez (Matilda Wormwood) and Ora Jones (Mrs. Phelps) in Matilda The Musical’s National Tour. Photo by Joan Marcus
Bellevue author Robert Dugoni’s sequel to 2014’s My Sister’s Grave allows readers to revisit protagonist Tracy Crosswhite as she solves a new murder mystery against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest. Crosswhite is recuperating from the retrial of her sister’s killer when she’s pulled in to investigate a string of serial murders that have left young women dead in North Seattle’s sleaziest motels. But as Crosswhite zeroes in on the elusive “Cowboy,” she finds she may be the next target. Release Date: September 15
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One of Parlor Live’s most requested headliners returns for another hour of his razor sharp observations on everything from the Obama Administration to the curious relationship between matching appliances, social media and sexual orientation. After coming in as runner up on Last Comic Standing’s second year, Bodden took home the grand prize for the show’s third season and returned as a talent judge for the fifth. When: Various times September 3-5 Where: Parlor Live at Lincoln Square Bellevue
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The Royal Shakespeare Company announced they would adapt Roald Dahl’s 1988 classic Matilda for the musical theater in 2009. Despite the shadow of a lukewarm attempt by the Redgrave Theatre to do the same in 1990, Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s work immediately captured the imaginations of audiences and critics, recontextualizing Dahl’s story about an unappreciated gifted girl through songs like “Miracle” and “When I Grow Up.” Productions on London’s West End and Broadway garnered five Tony Awards and gave the show the record for most Olivier awards earned by a musical. Now on its U.S. Tour, Matilda is currently telekinetically tickling the Seattle metro. When: Through September 6 Where: 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle
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he 2015 Nissan Rogue is a small sport utility vehicle with a lowcentered attitude, so I took it to some altitude to see how well it works on some curvy roads out toward Rainier. Starting at $23,040 (the SV AWD package is $28,315, as driven), the Rogue is the SUV for people who insist upon tight handling in all their rides. With the same XTronic continuously variable automatic transmission as the Maxima, the Rogue kept the RPMs in the power band, but it was still weird to not have defined shifting as I would with a normal automatic. Weird, but not bad: The XTronic gave me plenty of enjoyment on the curvy roads and the straights. And the engine it’s connected to is quite good. The 2.5-liter DOHC engine produces 170 horsepower and 175 poundsper-foot of torque, making it quick on the get-up-and-go, and the all-wheel drive ensures you’ll keep it on the road. My husband and I decided to test the Rogue on a visit to Paradise’s views of Mount Rainier, at the Rainier National Park. We left for the park around 2 p.m., enjoying the languid and relaxing roads through the Nisqually Valley and its motels, trees and occasional paddock of horses. On a Sunday, most of the traffic was heading in the other direction, making our roads clear and fun. The looming giant grew closer and closer at a steady clip.
Most of the hot day we spent with the windows down, the AC on and our heated seats melting our backs (Don’t knock it; it was great). The driver’s seat had six-way adjustable seats while the passenger’s was four-way manual. As we neared the park, the roads got twistier and the Rogue settled into the corners with a bit of umph to the outside bits, eagerly chewing up the curvy miles. Given that most of the road to Paradise was under repavement, I was extremely pleased with how soft the ride was during the ascent and how well the interior kept us comfortable. Once inside the park, we stopped several times just to get out of the Rogue and immerse ourselves in our surroundings. We walked along dried river beds and listened to bugs that sounded more like helicopters crash landing than insects. After taking the obligatory touristy landscape photographs of the mountain, we hopped back into the car for more RPM-borne fun. The 170-horsepower engine provided smiles all the way up. The ride height and low center of gravity for this SUV proved to be quite grin-worthy on the many hairpin turns that litter the road to Paradise. The Nissan wasn’t just good on corners, it had solid fuel efficiency at 28 combined miles per gallon (26 in the city and 33 on the highway). Even with pedal to the
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metal, I managed to get 29 MPG up and down the mountain. When we reached the top, I was sad because the up and twisties were at an end. Twenty-person families took pictures from a six-foot selfie stick while standing a stone’s throw from deer feeding on grass. We saw marmots running along river beds before zooming underneath wooden bridges. Waterfalls cascaded past a viewpoint sliding off the cliff (scary!). As the sun set behind the foothills around Mount Rainier the clouds above it gained a fiery tinge, making it seem like the sleeping volcano was merely resting its eyes. We sat in the Rogue and watched the last light fade away as we ate our ham and cheese sandwiches from the tailgate. The stars started to shine, like nothing one could see in the city, filling the skies with dotted potential. It was sad to head down the mountain,
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Hugh Hastings and Beth DeVries play the older incarnations of Dan and Sue in Snapshots, a revue of composer Stephen Schwartz’s work debuting at Village Theatre Sept. 10. Photo by Mark Kitaoka
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by Megan Campbell So, Stern looked the composer up in the phonebook — an art lost with the farflung era of the ‘90s — and called him. After Stern pitched the concept of adapting his songs to a completely new story, Schwartz said it was a great idea. “Only now do I know he says that to everybody,” Stern said. Looking back, he said it was a crazy idea — but as a 20-something-year-old, “we didn’t know any better,”
After Stern pitched the idea of adapting Schwartz’s songs to a completely new story, the composer said it was a great idea. ‘Only now do I know he says that to everybody,’ Stern said. Stern said. At first, Stern and Scheman wrote a script for a fourperson play before doing a read-through for Schwartz two years later. He loved it — but it was clear they had much more work to do, Stern said. “If you’re going to try a new story with these songs, we need to really deliver,” Stern recalls Schwartz telling him. And that’s where they left off, until nearly a decade
later when employees at the Village Theatre brought Stern and Schwartz back together in 2005. Even after that, they worked on Snapshots for several more years, with various small-scale incarnations performed around the states, before the show developed into what it is now. That unplanned break turned out to be vital to the story, Stern said. When first collaborating, Stern was much closer to the younger pair, whereas Schwartz was in his 40s, married, with children, and could relate to the couple in their early adulthood. Coming back to the material more recently, the two had advanced to a new stage of their lives: Stern married and had children while Schwartz’s children had moved out. “Through the passage of time, and our new life experiences, we were finally able to finish the piece,” Stern wrote in his author’s note. They added a new couple, capping the cast at six actors. “We were able to bring a real honesty to it that we couldn’t before because we hadn’t lived it,” Stern said. The actors that had played the couple in their early adulthood, DeVries and Hastings, in 2005 were recast as the older, present-day couple. In their youth, going back to grade school, Mallory King and Ben Wynant play Susie and Danny, respectively. In their early adulthood, Susan and Daniel are played by Tracy McDowell and Jim DeSelm. Snapshots opens in Issaquah Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
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It doesn’t hurt that many local homebrewers come from science or engineering backgrounds. “I think there’s a perception that it’s a supply and demand thing, that homebrewing is associated with people in the backwoods of Alabama or something,” Flynn said. “But I think it really appeals to people with science-driven minds.” Homebrewers can buy anything and everything necessary to brew their beer online or at local shops like Mountain Homebrew and Wine Supply — boiling, straining, filtering, fermenting and bottling equipment is all available, as well as spices, yeast, hops, and even different colors of seals and labels for brewers who bottle their finished products. The hobby can easily grow into a lifestyle as brewers go from the standard five-gallon brewing kits to equipment that can store 27 or more gallons of beer. In fact, many of Mendrick’s clients have gone on to start their own businesses. Bellevue Brewery, Black Raven Brewing Company and Chainline Brewing were all started by Mountain Homebrew clients who decided to go bigger. “I wish I had a wall of graduates,” Mendrick said. “I can’t keep track of all of the breweries and wineries that have been started by my customers.” After working in an engineering-related field, Holm wanted to bring a little bit more creativity into his life. He made the jump from homebrewer to business owner three years ago after years of brewing bigger and bigger batches of beer. But his creative urges have yet to push him into wild flavor territory, and likely won’t, he said. “We’re not going to try and put pepper or some crazy ingredient in there to shock you,” Holm said. “I’d rather you’d be impressed with the quality of the product versus the ingredients list.” Allison DeAngelis is a staff writer for the Bellevue Reporter.
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Eating Well
Picnic like a boss by Carol Dearth
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love the outdoor concert experience, amped up with fabulous food. But once you have your outdoor concert tickets in hand, what should you pack for that sumptuous feast? Pack a portable repast; it’s easy and delicious: • Hummus with pita bread wedges and assorted vegetable dippers (purchased) • Mediterranean Chicken • Cranberry Pecan Quinoa Salad • Small whole-grain rolls • Death by Chocolate squares
Picnic Essentials When creating a portable feast, use ingenuity and creativity in your food selection. Prepare foods in advance, thoroughly chilling before going into the cooler with plenty of ice and ice packs. Keep cold things cold and hot things hot. And remember that eggs and dairy foods are particularly susceptible to spoilage. Keep hot foods hot, at least 145°F until served. For quick transport, wrap in layers of newspapers and towels, or pack heated foods in warmed vacuum bottles up to four hours. As you pack your cooler and picnic basket, try to arrange the foods in the order that you plan to serve, with those items required last at the bottom, delicate foods on the top. Be sure to slice the pitas before packing for easy serving. Nestle hummus container in a larger, shallow container, arrange vegetables alongside and snap lid over everything — then into the cooler. Seal pocket bread into a sandwich bag. To serve, just remove lids and tuck the bag of bread alongside the vegetables.
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Plates Glassware – acrylic is great Flatware Napkins (roll each place setting in a napkin to pack; I like to provide two napkins per person) Serving spoons, spreaders, extra serving plates Corkscrew and bottle/can opener Knife and small cutting board Tablecloth, if appropriate Candles (if allowed) Matches Small flashlight Moistened paper towels or hand towels in a plastic bag, for washing up Extra towels Extra plastic bags for packing dirty dishes Rubbish bag Cooler: A cooler with a flat can be topped with a large tray to serve as a tabletop, with easy cooler access. Plenty of ICE/ice packs (frozen water bottles work well). Be sure to check with your concert venue about bring in drinks. Some allow it; others don’t. Don’t forget non-alcoholic drinks. Chairs or a blanket First aid kit Sunscreen Insect spray Umbrella — a large golf umbrella can be a lifesaver during a preconcert storm. For a late evening, a thermos of hot drinks and cups!
About the author Carol Dearth is the owner of Sizzleworks cooking school in Bellevue. A Le Cordon Bleu graduate, Dearth is a Certified Culinary Professional
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designated by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. She is the author of Cooking Class and the co-host of KCTS Cooks on KCTS-9 Seattle. Dearth offers free recipes and tips at TheSizzleWorks. com/blog.
Pollo Mediterraneo (Serves 4) What you’ll need:
• 1/3 cup olive oil • 4 boneless chicken breast halves • 1/4 cup flour, seasoned liberally with salt and pepper • 1 red bell pepper, cut in thin julienne strips • 1 yellow bell pepper, cut in thin julienne strips • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary • 1 teaspoon dried oregano • 2 tablespoons snipped Italian parsley • 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar • 20-25 Gaeta (or Greek) olives
Preparation:
In large skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Dredge chicken breasts in seasoned flour; shake off excess. Add chicken to hot skillet, don’t crowd. Cook 2-3 minutes, turn over. Continue to cook and turn each 2-3 minutes until chicken is done. Internal temperature should be 155°F. Transfer chicken to a lidded casserole dish, set aside. Lower heat to medium. To olive oil left in skillet, add pepper strips and garlic; cook until peppers are soft. Add herbs and vinegar, cook one minute. Pour over chicken. Garnish with Gaeta olives. Cover and chill well. Can be made two days ahead. Remove from cooler 15 minutes before serving, to come to room temperature.
Cranberry Pecan Quinoa Salad (Serves 4) What you’ll need: • • • • • •
3/4 cup quinoa 3/4 cup small broccoli flowerets 1/4 cup cider vinegar 3 tablespoons sugar 1-1/2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced
Preparation:
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1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1/4 cup pecans, chopped 1/4 cup green onions, sliced
Combine quinoa and broccoli with 1-1/2 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and continue cooking until all water is absorbed, about 10 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk the vinegar, sugar, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper until well blended. Add cooked quinoa and broccoli, dried cranberries, pecans, and green onions; toss until well mixed. Transfer the salad to shallow container with a tight fitting lid. Cover; chill overnight. May be prepared one day in advance.
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