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Sammamish warns of Parkway project’s driver impact BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
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The city of Sammamish is warning its southbound commuters to watch out for continuing work on East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast. A press release from the Sammamish government, published Tuesday, noted that current maintenance
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work and impending major roadwork by the neighboring city of Issaquah could crunch daytime commuters. Issaquah crews began utility work the week of Jan. 11, which will close the two-way left turn lane between Southeast 56th Street and Southeast 62nd Street. The lane allows cross-road turn traffic into area centers of commerce. The work is
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expected to continue for several weeks. Work will take place 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays, impacting daytime travelers. East Lake Sammamish Parkway is Sammamish’s primary roadway to the north and south, with the southeast portion serving as Sammamishans’ direct route to Interstate 90. The release additionally
Special pullout section into its second century Boeing moves - Page 9-12 Staying -competitive a key focus for 2016
oeing wrapped up a strong performance in 2015 with a record number of airplanes produced and many other accomplishments. But its centennial year will be challenging with a major focus on being more competitive seen as key to the company’s long-term success. Thanks to a tremendous team effort, in 2015 Boeing produced a record 762 commercial airplanes. In 2014 the company delivered 723 airplanes – the previous year, 648. Climbing this hill was not easy, and the entire company takes pride in this achievement, which leads the industry. Other accomplishments in 2015 include building the first 737 MAX, achieving firm configuration of the new 777X airplane design and celebrating the first flight of the KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker. Boeing also set a record for parts and services orders, expanded the 737 Seattle Delivery Center at Boeing Field and hosted China President Xi Jinping. It’s a different dynamic when it comes to new orders for airplanes. In 2015, Boeing booked 768 orders – a substantial number, but a 50-percent drop from 1,432 in the previous year. And Airbus recently reported they booked more than 1,000 orders – besting Boeing by nearly 25 percent.
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In looking at the numbers, the important thing to note is that airline customers’ priorities have shifted. They are more focused than ever before on the prices they pay for airplanes. Price is what matters and Boeing must respond. “We build and support great airplanes – still the best in the world – but Airbus has improved its quality while
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Sammamish Arts Commission volunteers set up Sammamish City Hall’s latest visiting exhibit, “Vanishing Points,” Tuesday afternoon. Created by North Bend artist Don Fels, the exhibit consists of a series of paintings exploring Fels’s father’s role flying “the Hump” route through China, Burma and India in World War II, as well as paintings documenting the work of billboard painters in Cochin, India. An opening reception is scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 28. 1513006
Issaquah’s drinking water earned a mention in a recent New York Times Magazine article, but the context has some residents worried. On Jan. 6, the magazine published “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” on its website. The article was a profile of environmental attorney Robert Bilott and his lawsuit against the American chemical company over the dumping of Teflon component and known carcinogenic perfluorooctanioic acid — also known as PFOA — into a stream near a West Virginian farm and other public waterways. In its closing paragraphs, author Nathaniel Rich SEE WATER, 15
Family runs city’s first, only assisted living facility BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
Caretaking is in the Pauls’ blood. As their culture is strongly based in family, the tradition of caring for their elders dates back to before the now-married couple
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maintaining lower pricing – presenting a tough choice for even our longest-standing customers,” said Ray Conner, Boeing vice chairman and president and CEO of Commercial Airplanes. Boeing believes the competition with Airbus will grow more aggressive this year – especially since timing and external forces could affect large airplane sales. To ensure its long-term position in the market, in 2016 Boeing is sharpening its focus on designing and building quality while accelerating efforts to reduce costs. “This is the first time in our history where we are competing in every single market segment,” Conner said. “It’s head-to-head competition with Airbus, and we’re also preparing for future competition from China, Brazil, Canada and other countries.” The good news is that Boeing announced production rates will climb again this year as the 767 program moves to build two airplanes per month and the 787 rate climbs to build 12 per month. Meanwhile, the 737 program will lay the groundwork for next year’s jump from 42 to 47 jets per month. In July, Boeing will celebrate 100 years of worldchanging innovation. It’s a reminder that together with our local communities, we do great things – each and every year.
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will kick off a campaign of improvements to North Issaquah roads expected to continue through 2019. Widening of Southeast 62nd Street is scheduled to take place in 2017, followed by work to the State Route 900 intersection with 12th Avenue Northwest in 2019.
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noted the city of Issaquah will embark on a $7.6 million road widening project of the Parkway throughout 2016. The widening will include an additional southbound travel lane between Southeast 56th Street and Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road, as well as an additional bike lane. The work on the parkway
Manuela and Daniel Paul immigrated to America in the mid- and late ‘80s, respectively. “Caring for others is like second nature,” Manuela Paul said. “We always care for our elders.” So expanding their adult family home to 13 rooms,
making it the city of Sammamish’s first and only assisted living facility, was natural. Family-to-Family Senior Care Inc., previously called Ideal Senior Care at Sammamish, is located at 25633 SE 30th St. in Sammamish. The Pauls and their
three children live in the 7,000-square-foot facility and bring the residents in as part of the family. “It’s just like a grandparent — there’s no difference,” Daniel Paul said. The couple’s Romanian roots brought them together in the late ‘80s, when they
met in a Bothell church. Though they lived in separate cities, the then 15-year-old Daniel Paul would bike from Redmond through Marymoor Park to Kirkland to see then 12-year-old Manuela. The Pauls have been married for nearly 20 years. Both from large families — Manuela, one of eight, SEE LIVING, 3
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