Issaquah-Sammamish Wrap - Timberlake Church September 2017

Page 1

New Clark Elementary opens for business - Page 2 -

Police

ISSAQUAHREPORTER.COM

Schools

REPO ORTER RTER ISSAQUAH || SAMMAMISH SAMMAMISH ISSAQUAH

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Sammamish mulls sister city, CWU partnerships with Macau, China BY EVAN PAPPAS epappas@valleyrecord.com

A growing relationship between Central Washington University and the Hou Kong International School in Macau, China,

could bring partnership opportunities, including the possible formation of a sister city relationship, in Sammamish. In July, Sammamish City Councilmember Ramiro

Valderrama met with leadership from both CWU and Hou Kong to facilitate a meeting between the two parties about future programs that could take place at CWU’s new Sammamish

campus. The campus, located in the former Mars Hill Church building, is opening for its first year of operation and will offer undergraduates classes, a Running Start

Someone glues 80 posters to poles - Page 5 -

program and continuing education classes. CWU also has a teacher exchange program with the Hou Kong School, Valderrama SEE CHINA, 10

Issaquah School District approves 2017-18 budget

News

BY NICOLE JENNINGS njennings@issaquahreporter.com

EFR gives advice as fires grow - Page 7 -

Sports

Photo courtesy of Ellen Ferencek/Main Street Alliance

In the latest of many rallies protesting Rep. Dave Reichert this year, the Washington State Organization of Gravediggers, Laborers, Undertakers and Morticians (played by citizen actors) called on residents to vote for Reichert so that more people will die from lack of health care, thus keeping their businesses alive, they claim. Crusaders win in triple-overtime - Page 11 -

Contact Us!

Main Desk (425) 391-0363 News......................ext. 3 Circulation..............ext. 6 Advertising.............ext. 2 Sales Manager.........ext. 4

@IssReporter

Reichert announces he won’t seek re-election after mock Issaquah rally BY NICOLE JENNINGS njennings@issaquahreporter.com

Eighth Congressional District Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced he won’t seek re-election in 2018 on Wednesday morning, one week following a satirical Issaquah rally that implied his Republican allegiance will cost lives. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the people of

the greatest state in the world’s greatest nation … I am humbled to have been trusted by REP. DAVE REICHERT the people of ......................... Washington’s 8th District to be their voice in Congress; it is an honor I have not taken lightly,”

Reichert stated in a press release. Reichert explained that after spending time at home this summer and “reflecting on the past,” he has decided he would like to spend more time with his wife, three adult children and six grandchildren. “It was not an easy decision but I believe it was the right one SEE REICHERT, 3

The Issaquah School Board approved the new fiscal year’s budget at the Aug. 23 meeting, just two weeks before the start of the school year. The fiscal year runs from Sept. 1, 2017 through Aug. 31, 2018. No public comment was made at a public hearing for the budget at the Aug. 9 board meeting. The budget has been in the works since October of last year. “There was almost a year’s worth of work in that document, so thank you,” Superintendent Ron Thiele told the board after the budget was passed. The budgeted revenue for the 2017-18 fiscal year totals $255,269,748. The budgeted expenditures total $256,462,966. The state provides 64.2 percent of revenue this year, which Jake Kuper, chief of finance, noted was 0.3 percent higher than last year’s state contribution, but still below the peak year of 2008-09, during which the state provided around 68 percent of revenue. The local Maintenance and Operations Levy is contributing 20.1 percent of revenue, while local fees, tuition, gifts, fines and rents account for 12.9 percent. Approximately 3 percent of funding is federal, and 0.2 percent comes from other agencies. The district has a projected enrollment growth of 534 students this year. This, along

SEE BUDGET, 2

DISCOVER PREMIER RETIREMENT LIVING UNIVERSITY HOUSE ISSAQUAH 22975 SE Black Nugget Road, Issaquah, WA 98029 Please call (425) 200-0331 to schedule a personal visit.

eraliving.com


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.