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Providence Heights campus to be nominated for landmark status By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com The stunning stained-glass windows that adorn the chapel at Providence Heights College might be preserved for another generation to admire if the King County Landmarks Commission approves an application nominating the
site for landmark status. The Sammamish Heritage Society began work on the application last year after a developer announced plans for the site, which the group said is profoundly important to the Catholic religion. See LANDMARK, Page 2
A new era at senior center begins with city changing locks By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com The City of Issaquah wasted no time Friday afternoon. Precisely at 4:01 p.m., when the center closed, maintenance workers were at the Issaquah Valley Senior Center ready to move furniture and change locks.
Just hours before, the outgoing Issaquah Valley Seniors board of directors hosted a farewell luncheon. The group, which had operated the center, dissolved Dec. 30 and relinquished control to the city, which reopened it Jan. 3. During the final lunch, Craig Hansen, the board’s president, wished the city the best.
Hansen said he plans to take some time off from the senior center next year. The luncheon was well-attended and many seniors were excited the city would be running the center. After several clashes with the See CENTER, Page 8
SLIDING INTO THE NEW YEAR
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Christina Fast pilots her twin children Chloe and Caleb Lebeiko down Schoolhouse Hill near Julius Boehm Pool as they enjoy a bit of sledding on New Year’s Day. Issaquah woke up to snow to kick off 2017, with a dusting on the valley floor and greater accumulations at higher elevations.
Coffee roasting brews into a family business By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com The smell of freshly roasted coffee seeps out of the Valentes’ garage as the family of seven finishes up that day’s batch. What began as a lesson in geography and entrepreneurship has brewed into a family business. “It’s been a really fascinating experience as a parent to watch the kids grow into business,” said Doug Valente. A few years after Valente began roasting coffee beans for personal consumption in his kitchen, he had an opportunity to buy a commercial roaster. With the help of his wife Odine and their kids, the micro-roastery grew to selling freshly roasted coffee beans to family and friends. “We got to a point where people were giving us money. Not a lot, but enough to cover the cost of beans,” Valente said. “Friends are definitely buying and rebuying.” Today, the Valente Family Coffee Roasters roasts between 20-50 pounds of green beans a week. Coffee has taken over the family’s home, empty See COFFEE, Page 3
Sammamish approves grants to local agencies denied human services funding by Issaquah By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com
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Cougar Mountain resident Doug Valente drip-brews two tasting cups of Guatemalan coffee last week from beans the family had just cooked in the commercial roaster in their garage and then ground in the kitchen.
Two human services groups that were shut out when the City of Issaquah distributed grant funding for 2017 received money from a different municipal government when the Sammamish City Council approved nonprofit funding for the 2017-18 budget cycle. Athletes For Kids received $10,000 and Life Enrichment Options was awarded $3,000 from the City of Sammamish as part of a $249,000 grant package for Eastside nonprofits. Both groups saw their requests for 2017 funding denied by the City of Issaquah’s Human Services Commission. Sammamish’s Human Services Task Force, which See GRANTS, Page 5 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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MERRY CHRISTMAS ISSAQUAH HOW TO HELP
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Goal: $100,000. Received: $73,830 from 227 donors Ann C. Moore, Ramona Lawrence, Jack Edwards, Richard Gaines, Gail Givan, Sam Reid, Robert Ingram in memory of Terri Ingram, Sylvia Melsom in memory of Fred Melsom, Kim Hall in memory of Ken and Fay Morrison, E-Song S Lin, Deborah and Jeffrey Vavra, Eleanor Sherrill, Donna and Larry Raaen, Sandra and George Vanni, Tina Butt, Catharine and Ramon Priestley, John and Sandra Schmidt, Susan Shimp, William and Yoko Smiley, Todd Carmichael, Susan Liebling, Steven Denton, Alan Dick, Joan Da Cruz, Craig Nelson, Sheldon Blue, Patricia Sayed, Helen and Lee Bergsma, St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Sing and Play Along Messiah This is the final Merry Christmas Issaquah update for this season’s fundraising drive. Thank you to each and every donor for supporting this worthy cause.
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FRONT AND SUNSET
Make Mount Issaquah Mount Issaquah again
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overing above our little slice of Shangri-La is a peak that at one time was known as Mount Issaquah.
It was on maps. It was referenced in books. The yellowed, musty, centuryold editions of this very newspaper prattled on about it now and then. What happened? Was our tiny-at-the-time burg averse to civic pride? Tacoma, you know, would kill to have Mount Rainier reverted to its original name: Mount Tacoma. We know we are charging with our lance pointed straight at a windmill here, but it’s our wish that West
Tiger Mountain be renamed Mount Issaquah. We like originality — plus it sounds a heck of a lot better than West Tiger. Tiger Mountain already has a summit that is appropriately named Tiger Mountain. Why does it need to hog the nomenclature for all six peaks that point upward from its sprawling mass (Tiger Mountain, West Tiger 1, West Tiger 2, West Tiger 3, Middle Tiger and South Tiger)? We believe Tiger Moun-
History favors Mount Issaquah. tain and a reborn Mount Issaquah can coexist peacefully. Are you on board? Let us know by dropping an email to frontandsunset@ isspress.com. • • •
Our scribblings are shorter than usual today (please hold your applause). We blame the holidays, but it could be flat-out laziness.
Anyway, as a new year dawns, we wanted to share excerpts from the feedback about Front and Sunset we’ve received over the last few weeks. “Bile-laden.” “Insightful, clever & a great read.” “Is it satire, or is it meant to be taken straight-faced?” “It’s a good one. Nice job.” “You nailed it.” “Rarely funny, often idiotic.” Thank you, dear readers, for weighing in, even if you despise Front and Sunset. If you agree with every word in a newspaper, that newspaper is not doing its job. Twitter: @frontandsunset.
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ficer, said one of the biggest misconceptions about landmarks is that they can’t be altered. from page 1 “The commission realizes that if buildings are not The society is expected to useable, their lifespan will file the application with be short,” Koler wrote in an King County this week. email. “In fact, the pri“We needed to step in,” mary role of the Landmarks said Eirlys Vanderhoff, a Commission — outside of member of the society. “Or designating landmarks — is (the Providence Heights to work with property owncampus) would have been ers to facilitate appropriate torn down and demolished changes to these buildings and all these new houses and structures when they would go up.” need to be made to accomVanderhoff said even modate ongoing use. though the site is located in “Providence Heights Issaquah, Sammamish resirepresents a significant opdents see the former college portunity for the Issaquah as part of their city. School District to think “It’s important to the and act outside the box community,” Vanderhoff with regard to its plans for said. Providence Heights ColLocated at 4221 228th lege,” Koler said. “It’s all too Ave. SE, Providence Heights common — particularly in College was opened by the this part of our country — Sisters of Providence in to demolish historic proper1961 to promote education ties without any thoughtful for religious sisters. It was consideration of how they Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@isspress.com one of only two in the nacould be adapted to a new The Providence Heights College chapel opened in 1961 as part of a campus dedicated to higher education for Catholic nuns. tion at the time, according use that still preserves and to the Washington Trust for interprets their essential Historic Preservation. character or story.” “Although accredited That consideration could Catholic colleges for women cost the district more money had long been established and delay the timeline of throughout the United the project. States, no four-year bac“But in the long run, 50 calaureate program was years from now, that will dedicated solely to the be long forgotten. Students, professional and spiritual parents, visitors to the site education of women,” acin 2057 can appreciate a cording to a draft of the sanctuary that represents landmark nomination apthe turbulent, progressive plication. and life-changing period of The Washington Trust for the 1960s,” Koler said. “A Historic Preservation calls time that altered our nathe entire campus, especialtion irrevocably and shook Boehm’s Candies Collection Michael Sladek / msladekphoto.com the Catholic Church to its ly the chapel, “an irreplaceable modern masterpiece core.” The modernist chapel was designed for the Sisters of Providence by The chapel’s 14 stained-glass windows were created by worlddesigned by regionally “The Heritage Society Seattle architect John W. Maloney. renowned artist Gabriel Loire in France. renowned architect John would like to see what’s Maloney and world-rethere now creatively nowned stained glass artist somber dignity of walnut 2016, The Issaquah Press Providence Heights Campus toric designation, features reused,” Vanderhoff said, Gabriel Loire.” paneling with the richreported that a developer — including its centerpiece of significance are deter“and not just throw every“Those windows are ness of brass and marble planned to demolish the chapel — as one of the mined and any changes to thing away.” spectacular,” Vanderhoff to create an atmosphere of entire campus to construct state’s seven most-endanthese features require staff Scott said there are many said. “I don’t want to lose prayer, peace and inspirasingle-family residences. gered properties. or commission approval, examples in the area of histhem.” tion for the spiritual growth However, the Issaquah To become designated as Scott said. toric buildings repurposed The Sammamish Heritage of the young sisters who will School District stepped in a King County landmark, “The commission has no and now in use once again. Society, working with pres- call Providence Heights Col- and is in the process of em- the site or area has to be problem modernizing buildHe pointed to a 1914 deservation consultants, unlege their home.” ploying eminent domain to more than 40 years old and ings, or make building more ignated historic landmark covered a 1960 Providence The college closed just acquire the property. That be associated with events or energy efficient,” Scott said. school in Shoreline that was Heights progress report 13 years after opening in process is ongoing, and persons significant in local, “The county has no interest incorporated into larger that described the cha1974 and was sold to the an LLC goverend by City state or national history. in a bunch of empty buildschool campus. pel as: “Simplicity of line, Lutheran Bible Institute of Church officials is still listed According to Todd Scott, ings or house museums. It’s Scott anticipates the intensity of color, beauty in Seattle. Today the site is as the owner of the campus a preservation architect about getting as much use Landmarks Commission will symbolism, and integrity of owned by Kirkland-based property. for the county, a landmark out of these old buildings as review the application and craftsmanship combine the The City Church. In January The school district has designation doesn’t restrict we can.” hold a public hearing dursaid it wants to build a high property owners from Julie Koler, a historic ing its February meeting. school and an elementary making improvements or preservation consultant “It looks like a really school on the site. changes to the site. working with the Samfascinating and important In April 2016, the WashWhen the nine-member mamish Heritage Society building,” Scott said. “It ington Trust for Historic Landmarks Commission ap- and a former King County would be great if someone Preservation named the proves a landmark for hishistoric preservation ofcould adaptive reuse it.”
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A stalwart of Salmon After fighting Issaquah homeowner over Days stage reflects shotgun, burglar tracked down by police dog on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors The Issaquah Press
A 31-year-old Kirkland man is behind bars after a struggle with a homeowner during a Dec. 27 residential burglary. Police responded to the Issaquah home near State
Liberty band to play alongside Yes drummer Alan White at Diamond Awards
Route 900 and Northwest James Bush Road at about 11:30 p.m. when a homeowner found a man inside the residence, according to a city news release. According to police, the homeowner confronted the Kirkland man with a
shotgun and as the two fought over the weapon, it discharged. The homeowner sustained minor injuries during the confrontation. The suspect fled on foot, but a Redmond Police Department K-9 eventu-
ally located him and police booked the man into the King County Jail for firstdegree burglary and thirddegree malicious mischief. Officers from Redmond, Bellevue and King County assisted Issaquah police during the incident.
By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Recent Salmon Days revelers were in the presence of rock royalty, whether they knew it or not. For the last few years, Yes drummer Alan White has graced the festival stages, bringing a dash of star power to Issaquah’s annual celebration. Salmon Days is a regular stop for the musician who helped share some of the most influential music in rock history with iconic songs such as “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” One of the next appearances on his calendar is a testament to Yes’ stature as a groundbreaking progressive rock band. In April, he’ll attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony as a member of the Class of 2017. “It’s kind of the award everybody wants to get,” said White, a Newcastle resident. “It’s quite an achievement and shows you made a worthwhile cause of the type of music you played.” The other inductees, who were announced Dec. 20, are Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Baez, Journey, Nile Rodgers, Pearl Jam and Tupac Shakur. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website describes Yes as “the most enduring, ambitious and virtuosic progressive band in rock history.” “They created complex, progressive and virtuosic rock suites built on influences ranging from psychedelic rock to classical music,” the website continues. White has been with Yes for more than 40 years, but that’s not the only highlight of his illustrious career. He’s played drums alongside industry legends including John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker. White began playing piano when he was just 6 years old. He was introduced to the drums at age 12 and just three months later, he was playing on stage with a band. One of the many highlights of his career came in 1969, when he received a call from Lennon asking him to join the Plastic Ono Band. It was such a remarkable offer that White shrugged it off as a silly prank. “I thought it was a friend of mine joking with me,” he said. “So I hung up on him and then, actually, he called back.” At that point, White knew it was the real deal, and of course, he was not about to refuse a request from Lennon. A day later, White was aboard a plane to Toronto alongside Lennon, Yoko Ono and Clapton. The result of the ensuing performance was the album “Live Peace in Toronto.” “We hadn’t even played together and we got on the plane and rehearsed a few songs, with me just playing drums on the back of SCOTT Z.noPROOF.IP.CMYK. a seat, and we went PDF then 1226 LAM
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Yes drummer Alan White is a regular performer at Issaquah’s Salmon Days celebration. Now he and his bandmates will be enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. onstage right when we got there,” he said. White got a heads-up a few days before the Hall of Fame announcement, so he knew Dec. 20 was going to be a special day for Yes. He was still up early watching the “Today” show announce the Class of 2017 that day. Immediately after word broke, the messages of congratulations started pouring in. “My phone was ringing off the hook,” he said. “Emails from everyone, everywhere.” White said he’s looking forward to the April ceremony, but now it’s a matter of getting all of his bandmates back together. Yes members who participated in the band’s 1991 Union tour are the ones who will be officially inducted. Of that group, only White and guitarist Steve Howe are still in the band. The other members to be inducted are late bassist and founding member Chris Squire, and former members Jon Anderson (vocals), Bill Bruford (drums), Tony Kaye (keyboards), Rick Wakeman (keyboards) and Trevor Rabin (guitar). Yes is unique because the group was always looking for the “next thing” or the next sound, White said. “We always made albums that were in the future as it were, we never did anything that was normal,” he said. “Yes has always been a band that looks over the horizon.” Before he answers the Hall’s call though, White has a January appearance scheduled closer to home. Accompanied by members of the Liberty High School band, he’ll perform at the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce Diamond Awards Jan. 17. Together they’ll play a compilation of Yes and Lennon hits. The annual awards ceremony honors groups who give back to the Newcastle community. White will also be recognized for his work with Music Aid Northwest, a nonprofit that supports music education throughout the state. “Of course, when it comes to Newcastle, I love to do stuff for my own small city,” he said. Liberty High School football coach Steve Valach and Liberty students McKenzie King and Olivia Lesnik are all finalists for 2016 Diamond Awards. Buy tickets for the ceremony held at The Golf Club at Newcastle at newcastle-chamber.org.
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The Valente family poses next to the two commercial coffee roasters in the garage of their Cougar Mountain home. They are (from left) Leif, 12; mom Odine; Camille, 12; Jaxon, 10; dad Doug; Kate, turning 9 on Jan. 10; and Serena, 15..
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burlap bags line the garage and the kitchen counters are filled with various coffee making devices. “It’s funny because just a little bit ago we didn’t have anything to roast coffee,” said Jaxon,10. The family now has its sights set on roasting and selling coffee at the Issaquah Farmers Market this coming summer. “Working at the farmers market would make their life,” Valente said, referring to the kids. Each child, all five, has not only a 5 percent stake but also a role in the family business. Kate, 8, the youngest, is in charge of taking notes during business meetings. Serena, 15, who has a passion for photography, is taking the marketing lead. Leif, 12, a people person, has been nominated to interact with customers at the farmers market. Camille, 12, described as detail-oriented, will assist in selling items at the farmers market. And Jaxon, who is not shy about talking about his love of coffee, is the perfect spokesperson for the family business. “My son is 10 and embarrassingly loves coffee,” Doug Valente said. Doug said the kids have also gravitated to the stories, from the coffee beans and the farmer who grew them. Each delivery of green coffee beans becomes a geography lesson for the family, with a pin added to a map hanging in the living room indicating where the beans originated. The kids quickly realized that most of the world’s coffee grows near the equator. “It really is an interesting industry when you realize how many people are involved,” Odine Valente said. “It blew me away to learn that each coffee bean
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A successful Her good deed should inspire first year for us all to help those in need our upgraded website P
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t’s been about a year since The Issaquah Press transitioned to our new online platform. We said goodbye to a website that was old, slow and hard to use, and upgraded to a sleek, new, mobile-friendly issaquahpress.com. It’s allowed our staff to better showcase the stories that matter to you, whether it’s in the form of articles, photo galleries or videos. We were able to do things that simply weren’t possible on our previous site. For example, for the first time, we had the capability to upload photos of every veteran listed in our annual Lest We Forget section. We also introduced a new restaurant inspections database that is consistently one of the mostChristina viewed features on our site. Photo galleries are now Corralesmuch easier to navigate, Toy and even easier to upload, Press digital editor allowing us to capture and share more memorable scenes from the place you call home. Here were the most-viewed Issaquah photo galleries of the year: 4Reporter David Hayes’ August sneak peek at the new Issaquah Middle School attracted the most eyes. 4My October photos of the new Issaquah Dough Zone’s restaurant interior held the second spot. 4Liberty High School events slotted in at both three and four. Greg Farrar’s Liberty commencement photos were the third most-viewed, while my photos from the Patriots’ homecoming football game came in fourth. 4Scott Stoddard’s photos of April’s All Jeep show at Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In rounded out the top five. As a sidenote, the most-viewed slideshow across all of our theeastside.news websites (which include The Issaquah Press, Sammamish Review, SnoValley Star and the Newcastle News) was Farrar’s behind-the-scenes look at the Sammamish YMCA before it opened to the public. Development, growth and traffic were common themes among our most-read stories of the year. Here are a few of the highlights: 4Stoddard’s work about the midcentury Providence Heights chapel shows up a few times in the most-read category, including the initial report that the chapel would be demolished and replaced with homes, to the latest development that saw the Issaquah School District approve using eminent domain to acquire it. 4My report about a second assault on the poor Interstate 90 overpass is among the mostread, too. A year after a garbage truck damaged the bridge over Front Street, a backhoe caused additional damage in April. 4Lizz Giordano’s story about a proposed hotel on the slope behind Fred Meyer caught a lot of attention, as did Stoddard’s story about a change in ownership at Front Street Market. 4A letter to the editor thanking a Costco employee who paid for a customer’s items after her debit card malfunctioned resonated with thousands of readers and remained one of the most-read items of the year. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to bookmark issaquahpress.com and make a daily visit. You’ll find new, timely content posted almost every day. Can’t wait until you get your paper every Thursday? Most of the stories in the print edition are probably already on the website. Plus, there’s additional content online that you won’t see in the newspaper, including reporter Neil Pierson’s prep sports video highlights and several online-only photo galleries. As we look to the future, we’re always looking to improve the reader experience. How can we make your time on issaquahpress.com more convenient? Send me your comments and ideas: ccorrales-toy@isspress.com. Christina Corrales-Toy is the digital editor of The Issaquah Press. Twitter : @ByChristinaCT
opping up around Issaquah, tacked to trees, are plastic bags with scarves or gloves stuffed inside. A note accompanying a winter garment posted to a tree near Issaquah City Hall reads: ”I’m not lost — take this scarf if you are cold, if you are in need.” The donor had just one request: “All we ask is you pay this good deed forward one day if you see someone in need.” Another bag, with a slightly different note, urged passersby to take the gloves inside the bag if needed. After a bit of Facebook sleuthing, our digital editor found one of the Lizz anonymous good Giordano Samaritans: Nicolle Georgell, a bubbly Press reporter 24-year-old studying medicine. The idea to scatter winter garments around town first came to Georgell one morning while getting dressed, when she realized there were way too many unworn scarves in her wardrobe. Later that day, after seeing a young kid sleeping outdoors in downtown Issaquah on a chilly night, she made her plans. “I loaded up my backpack and grabbed my staple gun,” Georgell said. She spent one Friday night in December walking the Rainier Trail spreading warmth around town by stapling bags of gloves, scarves and hats to trees. Soon after, she headed to the Highlands to continue her mission. Since the beginning of December she has given away roughly 25 bags of winter garments she has collected from her own
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Issaquah resident Nicolle Georgell, near the Rainier Trail where she began her journey to spread warmth around town. “Just being nice can change someone’s day,” she said. On Dec. 9, Georgell wrote on Facebook, “So for this holiday season I want to do a good deed and give back to those who are in need.” She placed scarves and hand-warmers in resealable bags and tacked them to trees and utility poles around town. closet, neighbors and family members. “It doesn’t matter who you are,” Georgell said. “Everyone deserves to be warm and have food and shelter. There are people right in our own community that need help.” Georgell’s acts of kindness inspired another community member, 11-yearold Ruby Blackburn, who also began tacking up bags of winter garments to trees around town. “I feel bad when people aren’t fortunate enough to have a nice pair of See PRESS, Page 5
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The note in Georgell’s bags reads, “I’m not lost — take this scarf if you are cold, if you are in need. All we ask is you pay this good deed forward one day if you see someone in need.”
TO THE EDITOR Government
Citizens of Issaquah must stand up and save their city from City Hall
As spokesperson of the NoTrafficBond campaign, I am comforted that citizens reclaimed a position of authority in our town by rejecting “Our Prop 1.” We have a voice and need to be heard. So what’s next? Continued construction and more brutal architecture that does not say Issaquah, a moratorium that does nothing to curb growth in the pipeline, and duplicity by leaders and a city administration that hide from us the fact that we will continue to grow without stopping until 2030 and beyond. The next time you see one of our City Council members, ask them about the tall Seattle-Amazon style redevelopment headed for Gilman Boulevard. Imagine: a 14-story “Gilman Towers” that overshadows Atlas and Boehms, the Staples lot rebuilt as the “DairyCreek” development, or Front and Sunset “FrunSet” imagined with a 12-story mixed use green-glass structure that sticks up like a boil in old town. With no architectural standards for Issaquah, developers are loving it! And expect our growth-addicted city to determine that each of these installations will be of nonsignificance and have no adverse impacts to traffic or the environment. And don’t forget continued build-out in the Highlands, Talus and everywhere else. Did they really think that we thought that traffic was our biggest issue? Who is in charge of approving these things? Our citizen commissions, which have hard-working members appointed by our mayor and City Council. And what do they have to work with? An obstinate, development-loving administration and a set of city codes that favor outside interests. So what’s the next battle? Paperwork. We all need to start reading the documents that the administration spits out advocating their position, not ours. We
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need to attend meetings and demand our wants, not theirs. We need to start joining commissions and expressing what our vision is for Issaquah by refusing theirs. We need to start running for City Council on the platform that Issaquah belongs to residents who have a vision for our town, not shills for outsiders who just want to take, bake and be done with us. My civic resolution for 2017 is clear — what will yours be?
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Disparaging city’s land development director is wrong, counterproductive In response to the Front and Sunset column regarding Lucy Sloman (Dec. 22), I must take issue. As chair of the Issaquah City Development Commission, I have had the opportunity to work with Ms. Sloman for several years. I have found her to be extremely professional, efficient and effective in dispatching her duties as the land development director for the city. For the Front and Sunset column
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to imply that she disregards input from the Development Commission and the public is just wrong. Her responsibility is to ensure that all development proposals comply with the Central Issaquah Plan and all other rules and regulations relating to development. For her to do otherwise would be a misuse of her position. She is very good at what she does and in any discussion, quickly redirects the commission to the constraints of the Central Issaquah Plan and does not allow more restraint on development than required. Often, comments from the public center on disagreement with the provisions of the Central Issaquah Plan, which was approved in 2013 after many hours of public input. Recognizing that there is concern about recent development, the City Council has put a moratorium on development with a commitment to re-examine the Central Issaquah Plan to ensure it is consistent with the goals of the city. As such, if people are not satisfied with the development to date, my recommendation is for them to participate in upcoming meetings to review the Central Issaquah Plan and to make recommendations for change to staff and our elected leaders. I’m sure those meetings will be advertised in advance and public participation is vital to Issaquah’s future. In summary, making disparaging comments about Ms. Sloman is wrong and counterproductive since, from my view, she has done an excellent job ensuring recent development has been consistent with the Central Issaquah Plan. To imply otherwise indicates an embarrassing lack of understanding of the processes that citizens, appointed staff and elected leaders have worked long hours to best define and implement development standards for our city.
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CITY OF SAMMAMISH’S 2017-18 HUMAN SERVICES GRANT FUNDING
Athletes For Kids $10,000 Crisis Clinic $10,000 Eastside Friends of Seniors $10,000 Friends of Youth $10,000 HealthPoint $10,000 Hopelink $10,000 Imagine Housing $10,000 Lifewire $10,000 St. Vincent de Paul $10,000 Youth Eastside Services $10,000 YMCA Camp Terry $10,000 Harborview $9,000 Kindering $9,000 Issaquah Schools Foundation $8,500 Lake Washington Schools Foundation $8,500 Providence Marianwood $8,500 Catholic Community Services $7,500 Issaquah History Museums Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank $7,500 Coal miners pose for a group photo in front of the Issaquah miners’ union hall on Schoolhouse Hill Encompass $7,000 sometime between 1893 and 1900. The mine’s superintendent, Alexander Paterson, is standing in the doorway. Eastside Baby Corner $6,088 In 1900, a state report on coal mining said the average wage for a King County mine worker was $2.47 per day. Bridge Ministries $6,000 Elder and Adult Day Services $6,000 History Snapshot is a partnership between The Issaquah Press and the Issaquah History Museums. Congregations for the Homeless $5,500 Learn more about upcoming events at the museum at issaquahhistory.org Eastside Legal Assistance Program $5,400 King County Sexual Assault Resource Center $5,039 Apprenticeship & Non-Traditional Employment for Women $5,000 Therapeutic Health Services $4,000 The Sophia Way $4,000 Inspections were performed Dec. 19-25 violations are corrected before they Rufus is Mr. Meet Sasha, a AtWork $3,500 by Public Health, Seattle and King leave the establishment. Personality. He beautiful 8-yearAssistance League of the Eastside $3,000 County. A food establishment inspection Blue violations: Low-risk factors are is a 1-year-old old cat with a soft is only a snapshot of the operation India Association of Western Washington $3,000 preventive measures to control the German shepherd coat of white fur during a limited time. Readers should addition of pathogens, chemicals, and and Labrador and a cute pink Issaquah Community Services $3,000 look at more than one inspection physical objects into foods. retriever mix with nose. She loves (view inspection reports online at Life Enrichment Options $3,000 a great smile people, has a theeastside.news/inspections) to get a 435 or more red violation points National Alliance on Mental Illness — Eastside $3,000 require a reinspection within 14 days. and a fun-loving calm disposition, better idea of the overall operation. Sasha Rufus 490 or more red violation points Washington Poison Center $2,500 Red violations: High-risk factors are attitude. His interand doesn’t mind or 120 total violation points (red improper practices or procedures est in everything has a charm that being picked up. Sasha does like Sound Generations $2,000 and blue) require closure of the identified as the most prevalent makes you wish you spoke “dog.” to be the center of attention and HERO House $1,500 contributing factors of foodborne illness establishment. He is a delight to walk, a strong boy would do best as the only kitty in or injury. One red critical violation Ramen Bushi-Do Child Care Resources $1,343 who knows how to sit and loves the home. If you’re looking for a equals an unsatisfactory inspection. 5625 221st Place SE a good treat. This sweet boy will friendly companion to curl up with Eastside Cultural Navigator Program $1,300 County environmental health specialists Dec. 19: Routine inspection, need an active family, and Rufus is you to watch TV or read a book, work with operators to make sure these 50 red, 0 blue Source: City of Sammamish compatible with school-aged chilthen she is the one. Visit Sasha dren and other canine friends. Visit today at Petco in Factoria, a Seattle Rufus today at Seattle Humane. Humane satellite adoption location.
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The Issaquah Press traveled with Rajat Lahiri last month on a visit to the Great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan. Over 43 feet high, it is the secondtallest bronze Buddha statue in Japan. It was cast in 1252 and was originally housed inside a large temple. It has resided at an open-air venue since 1495. Where have you taken your hometown newspaper? Email your photo and information to editor@ isspress.com.
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warm gloves in the winter, and I wanted to help them,” Blackburn said. “I am very excited that other people did this before me, because that means that a lot of people think about others and how to help them.” Even though the holidays are over, Georgell has no plans to stop as long as winter is here. Her grandmother and mother have a pile of winter garments waiting for Georgell to pick up and distribute. While these are obviously sweet acts by members of the community, they’re also a good reminder for us to not forget those in need once the holidays are over. Days will continue to get colder and wetter as winter progresses, and many residents of Issaquah and Sammamish are still living outdoors, in tents and in cars. What was once an almost-full dinner schedule for Tent City 4, where tents are pitched just a few miles outside of town near the High Point exit on Interstate
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or transmissions, explore complex feelings, personas Benjamin Hobbs, a 2004 and societal issues. Some graduate of Issaquah of the psychographs High School, recently self address the strength and published his first book, vulnerability of women, under the nom de plum with one written as if Euphrates Moss, “Telos penned by a woman. Others and Other Psychographs: portray thoughts on suicide Unfiltered Transmissions or religion. Another vividly About the Complexities of depicts the inner turmoil Modern Humanity for the of gender confusion, as Curious And Courageous,” a expressed through rapcollection of transformative derived poetry. poems, short dialogues and Hobbs earned a Bachelor essays. of Arts degree in English/ A self-described young creative writing from philosopher and poet, Seattle University. Hobbs said the book’s Hobbs is self publishing entries are written from “Telos and Other varied perspectives using Psychographs” on riverrun a combination of classic, Quark for $19.99. To learn modern and unique literary more go to facebook.com/ styles. The psychographs, euphratean.
LEARN MORE ONLINE Lunch for the Break: issaquahfoodbank.org/lunch-for-the-break Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank: issaquahfoodbank.org Tent City 4: sharewheel.org/tent-city-4 Friends of Youth: friendsofyouth.org Issaquah Community Services: issaquahcommunityservices.org
90, is now barren and empty. So far, only two groups have volunteered to bring a hot dinner in January. If you don’t have time to make dinner for a large group, how about offering to wash a few loads of laundry for fellow citizens? Currently each camper needs four blankets to stay warm, dry and safe. They also need food and cash donations, rides into town and — most importantly — a new host site. The Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank still has clients to serve, so consider picking up a bit extra on your next shopping trip. Their website lists the items they currently need, and if you’re feeling lazy, there’s good news: Food banks are efficient shoppers. If you give them money directly, they’ll be able to buy exactly
what they need, at bulk prices. If you’ve got any unwanted Christmas toys sitting around the house, you can make the toys happy by giving them to the Eastside Baby Corner. They love infant toys, clothes and diapers — a full list can be found online. And just like with the Food Bank, they’re
efficient at spending financial donations. The next school break is just around the corner and the free-meal program Lunch for the Break has another 400 boxes of food to fill to ensure no student goes hungry over the February break. They ask that donors follow a shopping list as they prepare for the next donation drop-off, which is February 15. Or consider donating to Issaquah Community Services, which is currently only two-thirds of the way to its goal of collecting $100,000. The organization provides emergency aid to residents of the Issaquah School District. Over the years, hundreds of families — all of them local — have
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Issaquah-based Life Enrichment Options, which assists individuals with developmental disabilities and organizes the annual Challenge Races, did not receive human services funding from the City of Issaquah for 2017. The City of Sammamish, however, awarded the organization $3,000 in its 2017-18 budget.
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consists of volunteers from the city, recommended the City Council fund 50 of the 52 agencies that submitted applications. The two groups that were not awarded funding were Birthday Dreams and Old Friends Club.
benefited from the group’s services, which includes rent assistance, utility payments and bus tickets. The holidays are a time for reflection and for charity, but there’s no reason to put those feelings back in the box with the ugly sweaters and eggnog once the New Year begins.
According to a Dec. 27 press release announcing the grants, “The City of Sammamish is committed to providing funding support to local nonprofit organizations to help ensure that Sammamish residents can access assistance they may need to survive and thrive. This may include help with food, shelter, utility bills, medical or dental care, legal issues, counseling, employment and affordable child care.”
Email reporter Lizz Giordano at lgiordano@isspress.com. Twitter : @lizzgior Off The Press is a weekly column by members of The Issaquah Press news staff. The viewpoints expressed do not necessarily represent the editorial views of the newspaper.
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Story Times: young toddlers ages 12-24 months, 10:30 a.m.; infants, ages newborn to 12 months, noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Issaquah Chamber of Commerce luncheon featuring guest speakers Mayor Fred Butler and Issaquah School District Superintendent Ron Thiele, 11:30 Tiger Mountain Trail work a.m. to 1 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, party hosted by the Washington 1800 NW Gilman Blvd., $32/ Trails Association, 8:30 a.m. to members, $50/nonmembers, 3:30 p.m., 4- to 5-mile round-trip issaquahchamber.com hike to the project over moderately Youth Painting, ages 8-12, steep terrain, meet at High Point 4-5:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center exit off Interstate 90, learn more at 95 Front St. N., arteast.org wta.org, 206-625-1367 Studio Group January, Weowna Park hike, 9:30 a.m., members only, 7-9:30 p.m., easy, 4.5 miles, 500-foot gain, artEAST Art Center 95 Front St. N., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., $60 per month, arteast.org issaquahalps.org, 453-8997 Issaquah Highlands Travel Discover KCLS Online: Catalog Night: The El Camino de and Website Tutorial, all ages, Santiago, Spain, 7 p.m., Blakely 2-3:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 Hall, 2550 NE Park Drive, to learn W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 more email ihtravelclub@gmail. com
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The All Jeep Show filled the parking lot at Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In last April.
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out the way it did,” he said. “They’re new. But Sunday morning rolls around and As the owner of Triple we have to keep looking out XXX Root Beer Drive-In, Feb. 12 11th All Swedish Cruise In, 9 a.m. because they don’t make Jose Enciso has been inany noise. Look out, there’s March 5 Imports Meet, 9 a.m. a bunch here. Then look out separably intertwined with March 12 VW Family Cruise Meet, 9 a.m. again, and another bunch cars and the food business for more than 40 years. March 19 Custom 4x4 Rigs, 9 a.m. over there. Hot rods drive As Enciso unveiled the April 2 All Jeep Show, 9 a.m. by, go ‘Vroom! Vroom!’ Triple XXX’s 2017 schedule Electric car shows are the April 9 Vintage Military Vehicles, 9 a.m. most silent car show we’ve of events, he reminisced about how April 16 All Italian Show, 9 a.m. ever had.” two of the The Triple XXX’s schedApril 23 All Porsche Show, 10 a.m. biggest ule has no open weekends April 30 Pre-1970 Vintage Travel Trailers, 10 a.m. left. And it’s not just for cars loves of May 7 Issaquah Spring Electric Vehicles, 9 a.m. anymore. his life came to be May 14 Enciso said the Vintage Spring Opener/Sunset Hiway Cruisers, 8 a.m. linked at Travel Trailer show, which May 21 French & British Vehicles, 9 a.m. one popustarted with just the ladies, May 28 BMWs & Burgers, 10 a.m. has grown in popularity. lar drivein, putting June 4 Convertibles Only Car Show, 8 a.m. The guys have since crashed Jose Enciso Issaquah June 11 Fenders & Fins, 9 a.m. the party with their trailers. on the national road map of And then there’s the twoFenders on Front Street, 8 a.m. wheelers. The Thundering go-to venues for car shows. June 18 In 1967, Enciso said he June 25 Cadillac & LaSalle, 9 a.m. Angels motorcycle club, had a mom-and-pop grocery July 2 Hot Rod Hall of Fame Show, 9 a.m. headed by Issaquah’s David store in Riverside, Calif. Harris, has scheduled its Early Ford V-8 Club meeting, 6 p.m. seventh annual Burgers, “This hippie always came July 2 July 9 Burgers, Bikes & Babes, 8 a.m. Bikes and Babes show July down from the college with this 1929 Model A pickup July 16 All Camaro Show, 8 a.m. 9. Harris said the Triple truck,” Enciso said. “He’d XXX has proven to be an July 23 All MOPAR Meet & Greet, 9 a.m. ideal location for their rally always have some of these Classic Swagger Car Show, 8 a.m. for myriad reasons. tamales I sold from a crock- July 30 pot on the counter. I started Aug. 1 “It’s very well-known in Miata Club meeting, 6 p.m. asking if he would sell his the area, it’s convenient to Aug. 6 Old Rides (Roger Jackson) Classic, 8 a.m. truck.” get to, they use up the whole Aug. 13 NW GTO Legends Muscle Cars, 8 a.m. parking lot and they serve The answer was always no — until the day Enciso’s Aug. 20 18th NWCCC Tri-5 ’55, ’56, ’57 Chevys, 8 a.m. up great hamburgers,” little sister visited from Aug. 27 Corvette Marque Club of Seattle Vette Show, 8 a.m. Harris said. “There are very, Santa Maria, Calif. They very few motorcycle events Oldsmobile Club of America (Buick-Pontiac), 8 a.m. in the whole area that aren’t started talking, hit it off and Sept. 3 Sept. 10 11th All Ford Show, 8 a.m. at a dealership. That’s an atthe hippie eventually asked her out. She sought permis- Sept. 17 National Drive Electric Week Show, 9 a.m. traction for bike riders. We sion from her big brother are just so lucky Jose had a Sept. 24 VW Fall Fling, 10 a.m. date open up and we were first. Oct. 8 All Magnum, Chargers, Challengers, 300s, 10 a.m. somehow able to snag it.” “I tell her no, at first, to dating a hippie. Then ‘Ding!’ Oct. 9 In fact, there haven’t All 4x4 Show, 10 a.m. It hit me,” Enciso said. “You Oct. 21 PT Cruisers Pumpkin Bash, 10 a.m. been any new entries to the tell him he can take you out schedule for several years. Dec. 3 16th Jingle Bell Cruz, Toys 4 Tots, 10 a.m. The All Jeep Show, now in if he sells me his pickup.” The hippie agreed. Enciso its fifth year, is the newoffered him $175 and he est. Enciso said once you took it. Of course, that left hippie. He gave the cher1955, ’56 and ’57. get into the schedule, don’t the hippie with no car to ished truck to his dad. “We now have the largest make the mistake of not take Enciso’s sister out on “That collection was a one-day Tri-5 in the U.S.,” staying there. the date. So he rented his piece of my heart,” Enciso Worley said, adding most “One group I told not to 1963 Riviera to him for said. “But I’m happy all venues elsewhere spread leave the schedule was the another $175. those vehicles can bring joy their shows over two or Rat Bastards (Car Club),” When Enciso moved north to so many other people.” three days. Enciso said. “It was a fun to Oregon and eventually Enciso has been bringing “Car shows are just great show. Now they try to get Issaquah, he transitioned that joyful spirit to classic for bringing back memoback, always asking if anybeyond owning classic vehicle lovers at the Triple ries,” Worley said. “You thing opened up. No.” vehicles and started collect- XXX for nearly two dehave a classic car because When they had a change ing them — cars, pickups, cades. When he took over your dad had one, or your in leadership, they just tractors, farm equipment, the drive-in, it had exactly neighbor had one. Plus, it’s didn’t feel the need to convans, buses and on and on, one car show a year. That a great hobby, there’s great tinue a show at the Triple including a horse-drawn changed when Bud Worley people and it’s a fun way to XXX, Enciso guesses, pointhearse from the 1800s. Now and the Northwest Classic get together.” ing to all the things that in his 18th year owning the Chevy Club asked Enciso if Including the Tri-5, Enciso make his shows stand out. Triple XXX, his collection he would host their monthly said the Triple XXX now “There’s grass, trees, was nearing 200 vehicles. meetings. hosts five of the biggest car parking, music in here, That ended Dec. 3, “He’s the only one around shows in the country. messy burgers. It’s perfect, however, when he sold the who has a drive-in that ca“Who would have instead of malls with hot entire lot at auction. ters to the car community,” thought?” he asked. pavement where there’s “They were deteriorating. said Worley, who is now the “Issaquah! You’ve got L.A., nothing to do once you’re I never drove them, I was club’s president. “He’s just a Arizona, California. But it’s there,” he said. here (at the Triple XXX) all really genuine guy.” Issaquah with the biggest.” “We sell burgers here, the time,” Enciso said. That first show became The biggest include the but we serve fun,” Enciso All that remains from his the Tri-5, because the club’s Northwest Muscle Show, the added. “Every day is so collection is that 1929 Model membership is made up Camaro show, Fenders on much fun. The community A pickup he bought from the of owners of Chevys from Front Street and the electric comes out here. People tell LAURA F.noPROOF.IP.CMYK. PDF 1226 LAM vehicles, which actually their friends, so they come 01.18177.THU.0105.2X2.LAM meet twice a year. here with big expectations. “Never thought the elecAnd to meet their expectaDo tenants make tions is so much fun.” you want to cry? tric car show would turn
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Skyline’s Julia Mitchell (right) goes tumbling as she’s blocked by Heritage Woods’ Maddy Counsell during the Cascade Classic. The Spartans downed the Kodiaks of Port Moody, British Columbia, 68-24.
Issaquah’s Amanda Ferguson (4) drives around Britannia’s Shemaiah Abatayo (5) in their Dec. 29 game during the Cascade Classic. Issaquah beat the Bruins of Vancouver, British Columbia, 59-34.
Skyline schools Brittania, finishes second at tourney
Issaquah sprints to perfect record at Cascade Classic
By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com Playing at 9 a.m. is not the typical schedule for high-school basketball teams and the Skyline Spartans looked a little sleepy in the first few minutes of their Dec. 28 game. Facing Brittania of Vancouver, British Columbia, in their opening game of the Cascade Classic tournament at Skyline, the Spartans didn’t get back on defense quickly enough, gave up a couple layups and trailed 6-2 when coach Stacie Erfle called a timeout. Skyline’s response was exactly what Erfle was looking for. The Spartans proceeded to close the first quarter on a 26-1 run and coasted to a 71-33 victory over the Bruins. “I think once we got a reminder that, ‘Oh, we’re here playing the game that we love,’ that we could pick it up and play well,” Skyline sophomore guard Holly Streamer said. Junior guard Jade Loville, who returned to action for the first time since she sustained an ankle injury in a Dec. 14 game against Woodinville, felt it took even longer for the Spartans to hit their stride. They went to halftime with a 3622 lead — comfortable, but not insurmountable. “It took us a while, but at halftime, I think it clicked in our minds that we needed to really push or we might not win the game,” Loville said. “That’s when we kind of woke up and started playing as a team.” Having Loville back was a boon for the Spartans (6-3 overall), who were missing senior forward Gina Grossi and sophomore guard Ashley Lin. Three junior varsity players — Mel Duenez, Rachel Moore and Natalie Triche — supplied the depth for a squad that often dresses only nine. Streamer, a first-year varsity player, was highly productive when she came off
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the bench, scoring 12 points and willingly doing the dirty work under the basket. “Holly has a lot of potential,” Loville said. “She’s the one in practice running full speed. After all of the down-andbacks we do, she’s still pushing … She did what she does in practices — just working hard and all that.” After Brittania took an early lead, Skyline responded with an 18-0 run keyed by Julia Mitchell and Kailey Kassuba. Kassuba and Loville shared game-high honors with 14 points and Mitchell had 13. Reserve guard Annie Taylor added eight points as Skyline had a 24-1 edge in bench points. The Bruins’ defense stiffened in the second quarter as they reduced Skyline’s transition opportunities and contested nearly every shot in half-court sets. Lucy Guan, who had four 3-pointers and a team-high 12 points for the Bruins, hit a pair of shots from beyond the arc to draw her team within 14 at the break. Skyline scored the first seven points of the third quarter, though, and began running the floor relentlessly. Loville hit Taylor with a long pass for a layup and Streamer swished a 10-foot jumper off a Mitchell assist, ballooning the lead to 31. “I think when we move the ball really well on offense, we get some good looks, so that’s what worked today,” Streamer said. Loville wants her team to keep doing what it did against Brittania — jumpstart the offense through strong defense and, specifically, full-court pressure. “That sparks something with us,” she said. “Once we get steals, we’re going and we get hyped. We’re energized. It puts a lot more energy in us when we’re pressing.” Skyline finished second at the Cascade Classic after a 74-62 loss to Eastlake in the Dec. 30 championship game. The plateau rivals are scheduled to meet twice in conference play in the next month — Jan. 13 at Eastlake and Feb. 3 at Skyline.
Run-and-gun basketball is what Issaquah coach Jackie Bykonen is looking for and she certainly found it from her Eagles on Dec. 28. Issaquah was particularly good in transition during the first and third quarters, when it scored a combined 43 points, overwhelming the Inglewood (Calif.) Sentinels, 69-38, in a Cascade Classic tournament game at Eastlake High School in Sammamish. The success the Eagles (5-5 overall) had, however, was tempered by letting a lot of points slip away. Turnovers and missed layups piled up, problem areas that Bykonen plans to address in the remaining five weeks of regular-season play. “Obviously, the skill level (against Inglewood) is a lot different than what we see in KingCo, but it doesn’t mean you can’t work on those little things,” she said. “We’ve got three big games coming up — I mean, all of them are big games — but the next three weeks we play Bothell, Eastlake and Woodinville. So those things just have to get better.” Issaquah clicked into high gear from the opening tip as junior point guard Amanda Ferguson steered the attack. She scored seven of her 11 points in the first period as the Eagles went up 12-0, had a 23-8 lead after eight minutes and never looked back. “I thought we did really well pushing the ball and passing, and getting everyone involved,” said Ferguson, a varsity newcomer. Indeed, Issaquah had a balanced attack as 10 players got on the scoresheet. Maya Witherspoon matched Ferguson with a team-high 11 points. Mariah Van Halm and Paige Wilson each had 10, and junior varsity callup Lauren Frubh added nine. Players like Frubh, DJ Wilbur and Tori Howe made varsity cameos during the
holiday tournament, which was co-hosted by Eastlake and Skyline high schools. Bykonen said they’re not likely to get varsity minutes during conference play, but it’s a chance for them to learn and grow. “It’s kind of just a good confidencebooster for these girls to get some wins and see how they can play,” she said. Issaquah’s fast break took advantage of Inglewood’s poor transition defense during an electric start to the second half. Sophomore guard Lucy Stewart had all eight of her points during the first 2½ minutes of the third, all of them on wideopen layups, as Issaquah’s lead soared from 15 to 30. It’s the kind of basketball Issaquah will need to excel at in order to capture a Class 4A KingCo Conference playoff spot. Six of eight squads go to the KingCo tournament and Issaquah sits in last place — the only winless team — after four games. “We have two or three point guards on our team, so pushing the ball is kind of necessary for us,” Ferguson said. “I mean, it’s kind of a given. We’re a fast team, too. We have a lot of lanky girls that can run the floor, so that’s what we try to do. We haven’t been doing that in our (KingCo) games, so it’s good that we started doing that today.” Inglewood gave Issaquah trouble in the rebounding department. The Eagles aren’t a tall team and were experimenting with a new zone defense, which seemed to exacerbate the issue. They’ll look to limit second and third chances for opposing teams in the coming month. “The rebounding has to get better in a man (defense) before you can play a zone, because it’s even harder to rebound,” Bykonen said. Issaquah finished 4-0 at the Cascade Classic to earn the third-place trophy. The Eagles also beat Dorsey (Calif.) 76-31, Brittania (British Columbia) 59-34 and Heritage Woods (B.C.) 50-43.
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Crewe’s need for speed fuels Issaquah swim team Jason Klein was the clear-cut star of last year’s Issaquah boys swim team, so it was easy for guys like Will Crewe to fly under the radar. Klein, the 2016 state runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 backstroke, has moved on to a collegiate career at Seattle University. And Crewe has now Will Crewe taken the mantle as Issaquah’s fastest man. The senior captain had a decorated junior season as he helped the Eagles win the Class 4A title in the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays, compiling the needed points for a third-place team trophy. He also competed at the state meet in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, though he’ll be looking for his first top-eight individual medal this winter. Crewe took time before a Dec. 28 practice session to speak with The Issaquah Press about the sport he
loves deeply.
Question: When did you get started as a swimmer? Answer: I have been swim-
ming competitively for 13 seasons — since I was 4. My dad was a swimmer, my mom was a volleyball player, so I tried out both and I liked swimming better.
Q: Your brother, Jackson, is a collegiate swimmer at ClaremontMudd-Scripps in California. What’s it like having a sibling who does the same sport? Are you very competitive with each other? A: I’m just trying to get to
A: It’s awesome. It’s great to know that you worked so hard for 13 years to be able to be on the top relay in the Q: You swam the 200 IM and state. We just hope we can transfer that to this year 500 freestyle for last year’s Issaquah team that finished third with our new guys.
be really fun. We love each other but we’re also really competitive.
at the state meet. Will you be doing the same events again this season? A: I’m probably going to
stick with the 200 IM but not the 500 free. I apparently learned how to do breaststroke over the summer, so I may either do the 100 breast or the 100 butterfly. I used to be really bad at breaststroke. Now I’m OK.
his level and during my last year and a half, I think, I’ve started coming up to him. Q: You were part of two state I really want to go swim title-winning relay teams at Isdown in the same confersaquah last season. What was it ence with him — either with like going through the emotions him or against him. That’d of becoming0102 a state champion? LAURA F.noPROOF.IP.CMYK.PDF LAM
Q: Who are the newcomers to the team who could contribute in the postseason meets? A: Definitely Christopher
Leu — he’s Brandon Leu’s little brother and he’s pretty good. We’ve got Josh Sun and William Paxton, who’s a sophomore now and he’s getting bigger, getting stronger. We definitely have
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Q: How crucial are practices like today’s — when many of your teammates are away for the holidays — to your ultimate goals? A: I’ve missed a bunch
of practices. I’ve been out because I was in Chicago visiting family. I swam there a little bit, but for me, this is definitely crucial. I need to get back into it. I’ve been sick (with pneumonia) this season and I feel like I’ve always been trying to get back into it over and over. I feel like I can definitely get strong by state.
Q: Who are some of your favorite swimmers to watch? A: I definitely liked
watching Michael Phelps. I liked Rebecca Soni, even though I wasn’t a breaststroker. She was so good. Dara Torres — I liked how she was able to swim so well even for how old she was.
Q: What do you like to do when you’re not swimming? A: It’s kind of cliché, but my life is pretty much eat, sleep and swim. I love sleeping or maybe just laying down, watching TV.
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POLICE & FIRE Shoplifting 4A 52-year-old Bellevue woman was arrested at 12:11 p.m. Dec. 16 for stealing $144.44 in groceries from a store in the 1400 block of Highlands Drive Northeast. 4A $46-year-old Seattle man was arrested at 2:50 p.m. Dec. 16 for stealing $60 in alcohol from a store in the 1400 block of Highlands Drive Northeast. 4At 10:39 a.m. Dec. 17, someone stole $86.09 in alcohol from a store in the 1400 block of Highlands Drive Northeast.
Domestic violence 4A 24-year-old Issaquah man was arrested at 12:47 a.m. Dec. 17 for assault/ malicious mischief and exposing minors to domestic violence in the 23200 block of Southeast 58th Street. 4A 23-year-old Fall City woman was arrested for domestic violence at 2:27 p.m. Dec. 18 in the Photos by Lizz Giordano / lgiordano@isspress.com 300 block of Northwest Dogwood Street. Craig Hansen, the president of the Issaquah Valley Seniors’ board of directors, addresses the attendees of a Dec. 30 luncheon at the senior center.
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