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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Pacific Cascade students return with no leads on author of threating letter

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com The investigation into the author or authors of a threatening letter that closed Pacific Cascade Middle School for three days in December was continuing even as the school reopened Jan. 5.

For students returning to the Issaquah district school after winter break, the day at Pacific Cascade started an hour later than usual to accommodate a meeting for parents that attract-

ed between 250 and 300 people to the school gym.

Facilitated by the King County Sheriff’s Office and Pacific Cascade Principal Dana Bailey, the morning meeting was to update parents on the investigation into the letter found Dec. 17 that threatened violence at the school. The letter led to the closure of the school three days prior to the normal winter break that began Dec. 19.

“Our Monday plan went as well or better than I had hoped.

Students were learning in class, happy to see friends and settling back into the routines of school,” Bailey said in an email to parents at the end of the school day.

In an email sent to parents Jan. 4, Bailey talked about certain aspects of the investigation that had not been made public previously.

The computer-generated note was found in a hallway behind See SCHOOL,

BY GREG FARRAR

Karin Weihe (left), Issaquah Police School Resource Officer, stands outside Pacific Cascade Middle School as parents leave after the morning meeting Page 2 with school staff and law enforcement Jan. 5.

Salary commission to review City Council pay

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com

BY GREG FARRAR

Kathleen Parker wears a tiara and feather boa to celebrate her birthday Jan. 4 after Mountain Creek Christian Fellowship’s church service. The cake was made by parishioner Donna Bartholomew.

CENTURY OF CONVICTION

At 100, Kathleen Parker is still going strong for God and church

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com

A wife, mother and grandmother. A poet. A prayer warrior.

Those were just some of the phrases used to describe Issaquah’s Kathleen Parker, who reached her 100th birthday Jan. 4.

The church to which she is obviously much attached, the Mountain Creek Christian Fellowship, honored her on the day of her birthday with a special breakfast and celebration following Sunday services at the Issaquah Senior Center. And while Parker may be a bit hard of hearing, she spoke right up when asked to tell a little about her life.

Born in England near Cornwall, she entered the world on her grandfather’s farm.

“The doctor was mad because I came too early,” Parker said.

Eventually, Parker’s family traded the farm in England for one in New York state when she was about 5. God and church played an important part in Parker’s life even early on, and she talked about going to Sunday school as a young girl.

She eventually met the man who would become her

Salaries for Issaquah City Council members haven’t changed in 10 years, according to Council President Paul Winterstein.

In April 2014, the council considered legislation to create a salary commission and ended up turning the issue over to the Council Services and Safety Committee for study.

At one of its last meetings of 2014 in December, the council adopted an ordinance creating a five-member salary commission for the purpose of reviewing council pay.

“I was one of the early supporters of that idea,” said Councilman Joshua Schaer, who emphasized several times that formation of a commission does not automatically equal a pay raise for City Council members.

“It just seemed like it was an appropriate time to look at that

A large group from Kathleen Parker’s church congregation came to pay tribute at her 100th birthday party. Among the tributes to her and her late husband was a poem by another church member, Craig Johnson. One line stated, ‘You, Kathleen, and Jim as well, have always shown the Way,/ The light of God shone through your lives as plain and bright as day.’ husband of 50-plus years through her church. A friend introduced them and apparently talked about a function at the church. Jim Parker decided he would show up unannounced, perhaps to impress Kathleen. In any case, the event Jim appeared at was for women only.

“We always got a good laugh out of that,” Kathleen said.

There was a large difference in the couple’s ages

SLIDESHOW See more photos from Kathleen Parker’s 100th birthday celebration at www.issaquahpress.com.

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Merry Christmas Issaquah fund inches closer to goal

By Christina Corrales-Toy newcastle@isspress.com

BY GREG FARRAR

item,” Schaer added.

Council members make $700 per month, while the council president receives $800 per month, according to Winterstein.

“Nobody runs for council to make money,” Winterstein said, a sentiment Schaer also expressed.

“I don’t think anyone is doing it for the money,” Schaer said of membership on council.

He also doesn’t look for that to change, saying there will be nothing like six-figure salaries in the future for Issaquah legislators.

Winterstein said he was initially against the idea of a salary commission, adding that even looking at council salaries “was kind of a distraction.” Still, in the end, he said he believed most of the council was for the commission and he decided to go along with the majority.

Mayor Fred Butler will ap-

After a flood of donations cascaded into the Issaquah Community Services office last week, the Merry Christmas Issaquah fund is now less than $25,000 away from its ultimate goal.

Every penny matters as we gather donations to keep needy Issaquah families sheltered and warm during the year.

Issaquah Community Services offers emergency financial aid to residents of the Issaquah School District in the form of utility payments, rent assistance and other miscellaneous contributions, depending on a client’s specific need.

“Helping nearly 500 families get by every single year is the sole reason why we exist,” said Lori Birrell, ICS board president.

Merry Christmas Issaquah is the organization’s most important fundraiser all year. Organizers set a $100,000 goal for 2014.

Issaquah Community Services is maintained by a group of volunteer citizens looking to give back to their community, Birrell said.

It’s rewarding, she said, to see a client’s face when the organization is able to help. But it’s also emotionally draining to see these families at their worst.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS ISSAQUAH

2014 FUND DRIVE

2014 GOAL: $100,000 TO DATE: $78,598.50 HOW TO HELP Help by making a taxdeductible donation to Issaquah Community Services. The organization is a registered 501(c) (3) nonprofit. Send donations to Merry Christmas Issaquah, P.O. Box 669, Issaquah, WA 98027.

The names of donors — but not amounts — are published in The Press unless anonymity is requested. Call ICS at 837-3125 for more information.

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a white board. The letter specifically threatened four teachers, but named no students, though it did threaten violence during a lunch period or an upcoming winter school assembly.

Officials do not know how long the letter was in the hallway and do not have surveillance cameras in that hallway.

No parents or students were allowed in the building the two days after the letter was found.

“The entire building was searched; staff members

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that obviously didn’t mean much to them in the long run. Jim died five years ago at age 80, at which point Kathleen was, of course, 95. The couple had two daughters and four grandchildren. A surviving daughter now lives with her mother in Issaquah.

In talking about their

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point the salary commission subject to confirmation by the council.

Many cities have standing salary commissions that study numerous municipal pay questions, but Winterstein said Issaquah’s will deal only with the immediate issue of council salaries for now. The commission will be created in April, with a recommendation due to the city clerk on

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who know what would be out of place checked every classroom, every locker and every common area,” Bailey wrote.

Nothing related to the investigation of the letter was found. Three police K-9 units also searched the school, again with no success. The first two lines of the letter were described as coming from a book in the school library, according to Bailey.

Officials looked at a list of all students who had checked out that particular book, but Bailey said no leads developed. They also looked for students who had all four teachers named in the letter, but found none. Fewer than

20 students had two of the teachers. This list was cross-referenced with the library checkout list, but there were no students in common.

Bailey said she and other administrators spent a “considerable” amount of time developing a list of students who may have been under unusual pressure in or outside school. The list was turned over to detectives, but brought no immediate results. After the district offered a $1,000 reward for any information about the letter, officials received about 50 tips, all of which were forwarded to police.

King County depu-

ties are investigating the incident at Pacific Cascade.

A spokesperson declined comment because the investigation is ongoing.

During the Jan. 5 morning meeting with parents, Bailey also talked about her plans for the day, which included continued police presence. Parents were invited to remain in the building after the meeting, to become additional eyes for police and school staff.

Bailey later said the main thing she wanted staff and parents to do was to portray a sense of calm and normalcy she hoped would rub off on students.

“The day started great,” she said, adding the only

hitch was an early-morning traffic issue in front of the school.

“The kids jumped right back into their routine,” she added.

In front of the school the morning of Jan. 5, sheriff’s cars were evident, as well as parents, a police officer and one administrator greeting students at the door.

“We’re here to do anything we can to keep our kids safe,” parent Jennifer Braun said.

Parent Donna McLead said she felt is was important for parents to be present to show students they believed it was safe to be at the school.

Perhaps somewhat sur-

prisingly, three parents on duty at the front door all said the letter was not a big topic of conversation for their children. McLead said she heard nothing about the threats from her children until that morning. Parent Kristine Behm echoed that sentiment, saying her student did not at all seem worried about returning to the school.

Bailey noted attendance was exactly what she would expect for the first day following winter vacation. She said only one parent called in to say they would not be sending their children that day out of concern about what might happen.

time together, Kathleen said when she and her husband still lived in New York they spent about five years or so as itinerant preachers.

Apparently, religion was as important to Jim as to Kathleen.

Mark Miller, former pastor of the Mountain Creek congregation, told a story about rushing to the Parkers’ home when Jim became ill. The three ended up at the hospital together. Miller said Jim

was laid out on a bed but quickly began preaching to whoever would listen. While Miller said he knows Kathleen misses her husband greatly, he promised they would meet again.

“He’ll know me, won’t he?” Kathleen asked to a chorus of laughs.

“Kathleen, three-fourths of heaven is going to know you,” Miller responded.

Kathleen quickly credits God for her longevity and even today she is an ac-

tive member of Mountain Creek. She and Jim were members since Mountain Creek was founded, said the Rev. Vanessa Chitwood. Kathleen makes phone calls daily to certain members of the congregation to remind them she is praying for them. She sends birthday cards to each member as well and anniversary cards to every married couple.

“I try to keep up with it,” Kathleen said.

Besides her religious life,

Kathleen was a longtime amateur poet, according to friend Eyrlis McClish, 95, who said she had the pleasure of reading some of Kathleen’s poetry.

Church member Marilyn Ahearn talked about taking Kathleen on regular trips to IHOP. Kathleen’s favorite meal there? Quesadillas and coffee.

Kathleen seemed happy with the birthday celebration, at one point interrupting the stories being told about her.

“Now when I die, you’ve said all these nice things about me, I hope you can remember them,” she quipped.

Remembering Kathleen likely won’t be a problem.

Church member Alex Larkin was one of numerous people who stopped to visit her, offering personal birthday greetings for her, after the party was formally ended.

“She has a real contagious joy about her,” he said.

Fund

The fundraiser — spearheaded by The Issaquah Press since 1981 — set a record for the number of donors last year with 254, collecting nearly $86,000, surpassing the 2013 goal of $75,000.

Issaquah Community Services receives about 500 requests for emergency aid each year. The organization currently has an annual budget of just more than $100,000.

Last year, Issaquah Community Services helped almost 200 families avoid eviction.

The Merry Christmas Issaquah fund has raised more than $875,000 in donations since its inception.

or before June 30.

Salary commission members must be at least one-year residents of Issaquah and registered voters in King County. No city officials, city employees or their immediate family members can serve. Meetings will be open to the public and must include opportunities for public comment. Commission members will not be compensated.

The council could have taken several approaches in regard to a salary review, including simply coming up with a number

Let there be hope.

on their own, Schaer said.

He expects the commission will compare Issaquah council salaries with those of neighboring, similar-sized cities.

The ordinance creating the commission calls exactly for that approach as well as studying “the relationship of salaries to the duties of… council members.”

Schaer noted Issaquah’s mayor has received significant pay increases in the time frame in which the council’s pay has not changed. He said the council has not even received cost-of-living increases. Nevertheless, Schaer again emphasized

the commission might not recommend any pay increases.

According to the ordinance creating the commission, once the commission makes a recommendation to the clerk, that recommendation “shall become effective and incorporated into the city budget without further action of the City Council.”

If the council had chosen to review members’ own salaries, state law bars them from voting themselves a raise. Any changes would have taken effect when current terms expire. Commission recommendations could take effect immediately.

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The need for support has never been greater.

Two veteran volunteers who have served for more than 20 years said at a recent board meeting that they experienced the most heart-wrenching week they’ve ever faced, Birrell said in November.

“They said this last week was the hardest week they have ever seen,” she said. “We are getting families coming that are so desperate, they have completely exhausted everything.”

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The Issaquah Press Second Saturday Film Series returns Jan. 10 with ‘Wait Until Dark’ The city’s free Second Saturday Film Series returns Jan. 10 with ‘Wait Until Dark.’

“Wait Until Dark,” a 1967 thriller, stars Audrey Hepburn as a blind housewife who is terrorized by a group of criminals, including one played by Alan Arkin, who believe she is in possession of a doll stuffed with heroin. The woman’s photographer husband, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., unwittingly brought the doll home. Once she is alone in the apartment, the criminals try to take the doll from her.

The movie is at 7 p.m. in City Hall’s Eagle Room, 130 E. Sunset Way.

Mommy’s Fit Zone offers special New-Year offer Get a jumpstart on 2015 with a special offer from the Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department’s Mommy’s Fit Zone program.

The $49 sign-up fee is waived when you sign up for an unlimited monthly pass, or 25 percent off a 10-class pass. The offer is valid through Jan. 31.

Mommy’s Fit Zone is from 8-9 a.m. Monday and from 9-10 a.m. Wednesday and Friday, at the Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S. Mommy’s Fit Zone will keep moms and their little ones moving by incorporating cardio and strength training to boost metabolism and muscle toning.

Learn more or sign up at www.mommysfitzone.com.

City lowers price for passport photos Passport photos taken by the city of Issaquah are now just $5.

Passport applications are accepted by appointment only, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Passport services are offered at City Hall Northwest, 1775 12th Ave. N.W. Call 837-3003 to schedule your appointment.

Passport application fees vary. Fees are payable by check or money order only; debit and credit cards are not accepted. In addition to the passport application fee, each application includes a $25 processing fee payable to the city of Issaquah by check or cash.

Learn more at issaquahwa.gov/passports. Downloadable forms, and find travel warnings and other information, at travel.state. gov.

Downtown Issaquah Association announces 2015 board of directors The Downtown Issaquah Association has chosen its 2015 board of directors, including new members Jamie Lilly and Robyn Barfoot.

Lilly, director of marketing for the Village Theatre, has increased subscribers and attendance there.

She is an active member with the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, and has served on the ambassador’s committee and tourism advisory committee. She is passionate about music and arts, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in music from Whitman College.

Barfoot, former general

curator of Cougar Mountain Zoo and now a zoo and wildlife consultant brings more than a decade of work collaborating with the local media and business community. She also is on the Tourism Advisory Board for Issaquah.

The 2015 board is President Steve Ahlbom (Artitudes), Vice President Lynn Rehn (My Chef Lynn, Evergreen

Ford), Treasurer Keith Watts (Watts Properties), Secretary Reisha Holton (Essay Mentors), Barfoot, Brenda DeVore (Recology/CleanScapes), Cynthia Freese (artist), Lilly, Ruben Nieto (board chairman Issaquah Food Bank), Barak Rosenbloom (Essay Mentors), Craig Walker (Coho Computers) and Lenoard Whitfield (artbyfire).

Happy Anniversary to My Kitten (Susan O’Connor) I cannot believe the years have pasted so quickly It seems like only yesterday I saw that cute girl and said hello I have enjoyed these years with you and you have made them so special. I cannot believe that you are still as wonderful as the first day I met you. With that cute little smile and wonderful laugh.

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Q UESTION OF THE WEEK Jan. 8 would’ve been Elvis Presley’s 80th birthday. Do you have any special memories of or about him? If so, write about it, in less than 300 words, and email it to editor@isspress.com.

E DITORIAL

Get a fresh start by being a volunteer Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank — “The working poor.

The newly homeless. Struggling seniors. The mentally ill.

Whether underemployed or unemployable, the victim of tough times or tough streets, representing a long-term need or a short-term crisis, we try to help everyone who comes to us.” The organization helps people of all ages all year long. You can help by donating food, money or time.

Learn more at http://issaquahfoodbank.org.

Simple solution — Pick up a few extra canned goods when you’re doing your own grocery shopping and drop them by the bank at 179 First Ave. S.E. Issaquah Schools Foundation — Be on a committee, help with fundraising, help write grants, speak in a classroom or volunteer to mentor students. Or just donate money so local children can get a better education than the state pays for. Learn more at http://issaquahschoolsfoundation.org/volunteer.

Eastside Friends of Seniors — “Eastside Friends of Seniors helps the elderly living in the greater Issaquah, Sammamish, Snoqualmie Valley and Bellevue communities with volunteers, so that they may stay where they really want to be — in their own homes.” Help with chores, drive someone to a medical appointment or grocery store, or help with shopping. Learn more at http://eastsidefriendsofseniors.org.

Downtown Issaquah Association — Volunteers are always needed to help with various events, mainly downtown. There are the annual art and wine walks, the zombie walk, Fenders on Front Street car show, spring cleanup and many other fun events. Learn more at www.downtownissaquah.com.

Mountains to Sound Greenway — Make a difference while having fun outside by volunteering in the greenway, 1.5 million acres surrounding Interstate 90 on more than 900,000 acres of publicly owned land. Restore natural areas and improve trails in order to keep the greenway healthy and beautiful. Learn more at http://mtsgreenway.org.

CERT — “A Community Emergency Response Team promotes awareness and trains individuals in preparedness and response to emergency situations in their homes and neighborhoods. Volunteers may support first responders by offering immediate assistance to victims, small fire suppression and light search and rescue. CERT members also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of Issaquah residents.” There are many more related programs in which to get involved. Learn more at www.issaquahcitizencorps.org.

Correction

Only Klahanie-area residents voted on the Klahanie annexation, not all Issaquah residents. The info was incorrect in The Press’ Dec. 31 editorial.

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Big goals can be achieved in small steps It’s good to set big goals.

Yes, if you set one that is too large you might not get there.

But think about how much further you’ll get if you go for broke.

With that in mind, we set this year’s goal for the Merry Christmas Issaquah fund at $100,000. That money helps your neighbors and friends, and also people you may never meet. But one day you might be in need yourself.

Isn’t it nice to know there is a fund that helps everyone it possibly can, all year long?

This fund doesn’t make a profit, and the volunteers who administer it don’t even care about that. They don’t see color or gender or religion or stereotypes. They just answer when people ask and say, “Yes, we will help.”

One donor gives $10,000 each year, and it happened again this year. Thank you so much!

Now $10,000 is a lot of money, and so is $100,000, but small amounts add up fast.

Imagine if everyone in town donated just $5. Kathleen Skip a coffee Merrill or a tea or a Press managing editor cocktail and you’ve done some good in the world right here at home with that donation.

If five people gave just $20 that would be $100 pretty quick.

I just made my own donation. Won’t you join me? You can mail a check to Merry Christmas Issaquah, P.O. Box 669, Issaquah, WA 98027. Or go to www.issaquahcommunityservices.org, where you can donate though PayPal.

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Thanks to Tom Anderson for the cartoon. He has been an Issaquah resident since 1979, and lived here seven years when he was a child. He is the author of the “Issaquah Doodle Book,” available at the Issaquah History Museums’ gift shop.

T O THE E DITOR Traffic Build a good plan; find reliable, equitable funding source I am in agreement with The Issaquah Press that I would hope a helpful plan for traffic would result if we are going to spend a large amount of money for this project. In addition, councilman Joshua Schaer’s concern about the reliability of grant money is a

legitimate concern.

There are also two other revenue sources mentioned that should be avoided, being the employee “head” tax on small business and an increase in property taxes. How many times do we have to go to the same well and cause hardship on these two entities that are the core of the community?

Randy Young states that it is “painful” to find sources for

H OME C OUNTRY There are different types of sledding The whole thing began right after the first good snow this year.

Herb Collins was looking out his window at the point on his small farm where Lewis Creek cuts through a rather steep hill.

Neighborhood kids were sledding up there and trying to avoid rocks and one gnarly tree that stuck out. He also noticed that if the kids were successful in avoiding death and destruction, they came to an immediate and violent halt at a submerged log next to the creek.

He brought this up at the next unscheduled-but-daily-anyway meeting of the World Dilemma Think Tank down at the Mule Barn. Some executive decisions were made rather suddenly, and construction began the following

day.

Jim Kennedy showed up driving a Bobcat, Doc brought a chainsaw and Steve had his fourwheel-drive pickup with a big chain in it.

At the end of three hours, a long, sloping gentle run began up by the road and looped around two turns, and ended in a gentle upslope on the far side of the frozen creek.

Of course, this activity ruined what snow cover there was, so the kids looked disappointed.

But last week it snowed hard, a good six inches, and the kids went running down to try the new sled run.

It wasn’t all that exciting for them. So when Doc and Herb and Dud and Steve showed up, one of

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the kids politely pointed out to Mr. Collins that they couldn’t really get going very fast down that hill on the new run.

Slim “I know that,” Herb said. “But Randles see all those other steep runs you have? You can go break your neck on any of them. This run is for a special purpose.”

“A special purpose, sir?”

Herb nodded. “Steve? If you please.”

And Steve brought out the toboggan from his pickup truck, and the old guys took turns being kids once more down their own sledding run.

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4King County Executive Dow Constantine, King County Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Ave., Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-263-9600; kcexec@kingcounty.gov 4King County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, District 3. King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave., 12th floor, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-477-1003; 800-3256165 toll free; kathy.lambert@ kingcounty.gov 4King County Councilman Reagan Dunn, District 9. King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave., Room 1200, Seattle, WA 98104; 206-477-1009; 800-3256165 toll free; reagan.dunn@ kingcounty.gov

4Sen. Steve Litzgow (R), 416 Legislative Building, P.O. Box 40441, Olympia, WA 9850400441; 360-786-7641; 453-3076; steve.litzgow@leg.wa.gov 4Rep. Tana Senn (D), 419 John L. O’Brien Building, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 985040600; 360-786-7894; 453-3037; tana.senn@leg.wa.gov 4Rep. Judy Clibborn (D), 415 John L. O’Brien Building, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA 985040600; 360-786-7926; 453-3075; clibborn.ju@leg.wa.gov

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projects, which is true, but let us hope he can build a good plan and find a reliable and equitable funding source. If not, maybe his plan is a pipe dream, and the City Council needs to go back to the drawing board and start with a reliable source budget and go from there to a plan.

State — 5th District 4Sen. Mark Mullet (D), 415 Legislative Building, P.O. Box 40405, Olympia, WA 98504-0405, 360-786-7608; 270-8812; mark. mullet@leg.wa.gov 4Rep. Chad Magendanz (R), 427 JLOB, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia WA 98504-0600; 360-

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Learn about ‘Issaquah’s Architecture’ Jan. 10 Join the Issaquah History Museums for Charlie Sundberg’s take on Issaquah’s history as seen through architecture at 11 a.m. Jan. 10 at the Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. N.E. From the original mining company houses on Squak Mountain, to the re-created Pickering Barn, to the expansion of new neighborhoods throughout the community, people continue to shape history and the community with more than wood and concrete. Sundberg, a preservation planner for King County, will share a slideshow of photos and history about the architecture here. The talk will be followed by a conversation with the audience. Learn more by emailing info@issaquahhistory.org, calling 392-3500 or going to www.issaquahhistory.org.

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Members of the Dream Catchers sit down to play a game of Monopoly with residents of Life Enrichment Options’ Angela House, which is home to residents with disabilities.

Teen group Dream Catchers volunteer at Angela House

By Jiff Searing Life Enrichment Options So you are a teenager and have free time on the weekend; what do you do with the time? Watch sports? Go to the movies?

Play video games?

How about volunteering to interact with young adults with disabilities or do household chores for senior citizens? That’s what a group of Issaquah High School seniors called Dream Catchers does with its time.

Dream Catchers meets twice a month, on Saturday or Sunday for a couple of hours at Life Enrichment Options’ Angela House to interact with the residents.

“My guys enjoy it,” Angela House caregiver Evelyn Galasso said. “The students interact one on one with the residents. They play video games, chess, checkers, Monopoly and other board games, or even watch the Seahawks game.

“The residents also love to show off their hobbies, such as animation, braiding with pyrolace, putting together airplane model, paper chain making, etc.

It’s another way for us to be part of our community.

And I usually make snacks for them.”

The club, started by Issaquah High student Jin Kang, was born out of Kang’s family background of volunteerism.

“We do a lot of volunteer work as a family,” he said.

“My mom is very involved with the Asian American Cancer Fellowship. I help a lot with her work there.”

Spinning off his own club seemed a natural progression. So, Kang and five classmates formed Dream Catchers. They began by working with the Eastside Friends of Seniors, but wanted to expand their reach to working with younger adults. LEO seemed like the perfect fit.

The fledgling club approached the organization through the LEO website.

Executive Director Fred Nystrom referred Kang to Galasso.

“When Jin first contacted me,” Galasso said, “he was so well-spoken and organized I thought I was speaking to a teacher or adviser.”

Angela House finds many ways for its residents to be part of the local community. The residents participate in Young Life events, ICC programs, movies, Zumba classes and volunteer events of all kinds.

BY CLEVE NASH

This golden eagle was one of the new species seen in the Snoqualmie Valley during the Christmas Bird Count.

Record number of bird species tallied during Christmas Bird Count Members of the Eastside Audubon chapter counted a record 97 species of birds during their annual Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 20.

This was the 31st year for the count that takes place in Issaquah, Preston, Fall City, the Snoqualmie Valley, Redmond, on the Sammamish Plateau and along the east and west sides of Lake Sammamish.

Four new species were added to the all-time list of birds seen, including a Golden Eagle, Eurasiancollard Doves, a Turkey Vulture and a Gyrfalcon.

“The annual bird census enables scientists to see long-term trends in bird populations and range,” Andy McCormick, president of Eastside Audubon, said in a news release. “Many birds are on the brink of losing suitable habitat due to climate change.”

A recent report from the

National Audubon Society on birds and climate change identified 50 birds in Washington state at risk.

The data collected are sent to the National Audubon Society, which has been conducting similar counts for 115 years, since Christmas Day 1900.

The early-winter bird census involves thousands of volunteers across the U.S., Canada and many countries in the western hemisphere. The data collected over the past century allow researchers, conservation biologists and interested individuals to study the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America.

More than 50 people participated during the Eastside Audubon count, following specified routes and counting every bird they saw or heard.

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Lois Brandt is teaching children about hunger with her book ‘Maddi’s Fridge.’ The book, published in September, is a big hit with fourth-graders.

ILLUSTRATING HUNGER

Local children’s book brings light to national problem

By Sherry Grindeland editor@snovalleystar.com If you tell your best friend you’ll keep something secret, when is it OK to break the promise?

Sofia struggles with the promise and the knowledge that her best friend, Maddi, doesn’t get enough to eat.

Lois Brandt, of Issaquah, wrote a book, “Maddi’s Fridge,” that poses that dilemma.

The illustrated children’s book published

by Flashlight Press and released in September is a poignant look at something that’s often ignored — hunger.

“Nationally, 20 percent of the people in the United States don’t have enough to eat,” Brandt said. “It’s even worse here in Washington, where Northwest Harvest estimates 25 percent are hungry.”

A history with hunger The realization that hunger is an American issue, not something just in Third World countries, hit Brandt when she was a child in rural Northern California.

She had an experience similar to Sofia’s. While playing at a friend’s house, she told her friend she was hungry. The friend told her to go home. Brandt didn’t listen and ran into the friend’s kitchen and opened the refrigerator, looking for a snack.

“It was white inside,” Brandt said. “There were a few condiments and nothing else except a carton of milk my friend had brought home from school for her little brother.”

Like the character in the book, Brandt promised not to tell anyone. She didn’t break her promise until 10 years ago when she began writing the book.

“Maddi’s Fridge” wasn’t easy to write and was even harder to sell.

Brandt, who writes for children’s magazines such as Highlights, said publishers repeatedly told her the story was unsellable and editors told her it was not appropriate for children.

But her heart wouldn’t let her delete it.

She kept tweaking the manuscript.

Several years ago, at a writer’s conference, she read her story about two friends playing and Sofia finding Maddi’s fridge empty when she wanted a snack.

The audience was enthralled.

“Some of the people were the same editors who turned the book down,” Brandt said.

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A publishing dream Two years ago, she received an email from Shari Greenspan, of Flashlight Publishing. Like the dozens of other publishers Brandt had pitched, Flashlight had once rejected the book on the grounds that no one could imagine a children’s picture book about hunger.

“Shari told me ‘Maddi’s Fridge’ was something the story committee couldn’t get out of their heads,” Brandt said. “They wanted to publish the book. That email was one of the happiest moments in my life.”

The publisher picked the illustrator, Brazilianborn Vin Vogel who lives in Brooklyn. In the editing and illustration process, the story was moved from a rural setting to urban.

Brandt likes the way Vogel captured the characters, the feelings and the messages in the book.

Brandt, who teaches English as a second language and creative writing at Bellevue College, has also been thrilled — and a bit surprised — about the book’s reception.

She’s grateful to the Issaquah Schools Foundation. The group bought copies of the book for every elementary school library in the district.

The book was recently on a recommended list in The Issaquah Press Parents Guide, compiled

by Ann Crewdson, the children’s librarian at the Issaquah Library. It was suggested as a Hanukah

gift in a Jewish newsletter.

Brandt aimed the story at 4- to 8-year-olds, but discovered librarians are recommending it for fourth-graders.

“Fourth-graders are already reading chapter books like ‘Harry Potter.’ I didn’t think they would like it,” Brandt said.

“Always trust librarians.

They know. Turns out fourth-graders are reading it and loving it.”

Scheming to help In the story, Sofia tries to help Maddi by bringing her food. She puts eggs in her backpack. When she opens the backpack to give her friend the eggs, they’ve broken.

“We’ve all had disasters like that in our backpacks,” Brandt said. “Mine was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I just imagined what would happen with other things.”

While Sofia schemes to bring healthy food to her friend, Maddi helps Sofia learn how to scale the climbing wall at the playground. Sophie’s younger brother adds comic relief with his love of something called Cheesy Pizza Bombs.

Sofia finally shares Maddi’s family problem with her mother. The mother, younger brother and Sofia deliver bags of groceries to Maddi’s apartment.

In real life, Brandt didn’t do that. She couldn’t figure out how to help her friend without breaking the promise. To this day, she’s still angry that her friend had no food.

“I’ve discovered other adults had similar experiences when they were children,” Brandt said.

“They were either the hungry child with no food or had friends who were hungry.”

One man told her about going without food for three days until his dad

got paid. The family celebrated the paycheck by going to a fast food restaurant for a meal. They’d all been without food so long their stomachs couldn’t tolerate the amount of food they consumed and everyone threw up.

A history of helping Brandt was a Peace Corps volunteer after graduating from the University of California at Berkley in 1981. She expected to see hunger when she served in Africa.

But she saw hunger when she volunteered in her children’s elementary school in Issaquah.

Children would be fidgety and unable to concentrate in the classroom.

She questioned them and learned they had come to school without breakfast, occasionally because the family was too rushed getting out of the house but at times from a lack of food.

“If they come to school hungry, they can’t learn,” Brandt said.

Since the release of “Maddi’s Fridge,” Brandt has been invited into schools and classrooms to talk about writing and the book. She waives an author/speaker fee if the school holds a food drive in conjunction with her visit.

“I recently was at Grand Ridge Elementary,” Brandt said. “The third-graders were so proud because they collected 366 cans of food for the Issaquah Food Bank.”

Going into schools has given Brandt a new appreciation for the children’s clear vision and simple solutions.

“I love second-graders,” she said. “If they ruled the world, we’d be OK. They say, ‘If we have food and someone we know doesn’t, we just need to share.’”

It’s a lesson, she added, adults need to learn and practice.

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Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE Teen Select program presents two productions based on Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like it’ at the First Stage theater, 120 Front St. N. The musical, ‘Like You Like it’ is at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16, 18, 22 and 23 and at 4 p.m. Jan. 17 and 24.

Tickets are $18 for general admission and $16 for youths and seniors. Purchase tickets at https://villagetheatre.org/issaquah/You-Like-It.php.

6•Wednesday, January 7, 2015 UPCOMING EVENTS

‘Blast from the Past’ Trail Run, wear your ‘70’s or ‘80’s running gear for a 6.5-mile or half-marathon run, 10 a.m.

Jan. 18,Taylor Mountain Park, 18808 276th Place N.E., $36 to $46, www.evergreentrailruns.com Wine Walk, live music and wine tastings at downtown shops, 6-9 p.m. Feb. 6, downtown, $25/advance, $30/day of, www.downtownissaquah.com

THURSDAY, JAN. 8 Coalition Legislative Breakfast for 2015, discuss legislative issues with Eastside representatives, 7-9 a.m., Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way N.E., $40, register at www.issaquahchamber.com Squak Mountain Partners Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and location details at issaquahalps.org Tennis and Friends, 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, Tibbetts Valley Park, 965 12th Ave. N.W., ages 50 and older; registration not required Issaquah Women’s Club meeting, 9:30 a.m., Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 17th Ave. N.W., www.issaquahwomensclub.org Issaquah Alps Dog Hike, easy, 3-5 miles, up to 900foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org Issaquah Preview Luncheon, featuring Mayor Fred Butler, Issaquah School District Superintendent Ron Thiele and Issaquah Chamber of Commerce CEO Matthew Bott, 11:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, 1801 12th Ave. N.W., $30/ members, $40/nonmembers, register at www.issaquahchamber.com

Friends of the Sammamish Library monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964

Papier Mache Night, make something fun, all supplies provided, ages 21 and older, 6-8 p.m., So There, 195 Front St. N., $15/student, call 2819083 to register

Tiger Mountain Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and location details at issaquahalps.org

‘Making a Good First Impression,’ Solstice Publishing Editor in Chief Kate Collins will discuss how to make the right impression when meeting with editors and publishers, King County Library Services Center, 960 Newport Way N.W., www.pnwa.org ‘What Will Happen To Your Family History Stuff When You Downsize Your Residence Or Pass On?’ learn the steps you can take now with the Eastside Genealogical Society, 7 p.m., Bellevue Regional Library, 1111 110th Ave N.E., www.rootsweb.ancestry. com/~wakcegs

FRIDAY, JAN. 9 Squak Mountain Partners Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and location details at issaquahalps.org Play and Learn Chinese, 10:30 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Social Hour with music by Bill Blackstone, 3-4 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 313-9100 Family Night at Museo: ‘Pop Art Pets,’ acrylic painting on canvas, includes pizza, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Museo Art Academy, 175 First Place N.W., $29/participant, 25 percent discount for multiple families, 391-0244 Butch Harrison and Good Company, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N/.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550 Live music, 9 p.m., no cover,

SATURDAY, JAN. 10

Saturday Morning Trail Run, meets weekly for a 3- to 5-mile run on Tiger or Squak mountains, 9 a.m. Uphill Running, 100 Front St. S., Suite A, 391-2430 South Tiger Hike, moderate, 8 miles, up to 1,600-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps. org Community Preschool Fair, preview multiple preschools, hosted by MOMS Club of the Sammamish Plateau, 9:30 a.m. to noon, In the Beginning Preschool at Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road, Klahanie, email momsclubsammamish@gmail.com Public speaking class for youths and adults, ages 8 and older, drop-ins and guests always welcome, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday mornings, YWCA Family Village, 930 N.E. High St., 270-6800 Chinese Story Times: Ni-Hao!, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Free dental screenings for low-income youths, 10 a.m. to noon, YWCA Family Village, 930 N.E. High St., 270-6800 Meet Mayor Fred Butler, meet and discuss topics of interest, 10 a.m., Blakely Hall 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 507-1107

‘Using Your Gifts,’ learn to love your eReader, 2-4 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Second Saturday Film Series: ‘Wait Until Dark,’ 7 p.m. Jan. 10, Eagle Room, City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way, free Shaggy Sweet, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Lady A, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N/.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550 Karaoke, 9 p.m., Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964

SUNDAY, JAN. 11 Poo Poo Point and Section Line Trails Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and location details at issaquahalps.org

‘Figure Drawing Open Studio,’ short pose 9:30-11:30 a.m. and long pose noon to 2 p.m., $20 or $30 for both sessions, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State monthly meeting, ‘Locating People Through Genealogy’ with investigator and genealogist Fred Blum, doors open at 6:30 for research time, presentation at 7:30 p.m., LDS Factoria Building, 4200 124th Ave. S.E., Bellevue, www.jgsws.org Issaquah Library Book Club: ‘Animal Farm,’ by George Orwell, 6:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 ‘Hindi Story Times: Namaste!’ 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

One-On-One Computer Help, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Highlands Fire Station, 1280 N.E. Park Drive, www.rovinfiddlers.com Sammamish Youth Writing Club, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Gaslamp Bar & Grill, 1315 N.W. Mall St., 392-4547

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14 Taylor Mountain and Elk Ridge Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and location details at issaquahalps.org No Whiners monthly meeting, learn about the benefits of massage for people with multiple sclerosis, 9:30 a.m., Swedish/Issaquah, second floor conference center, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive, email gregg.robinson@nmss.org for more information Citizenship Class, 3:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

TUESDAY, JAN. 13 Taylor Mountain and Elk Ridge Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sign up and location details at issaquahalps.org Play and Learn Chinese, ages 2-5, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

‘Wild Kratts: Platypus CafĂŠ,’ film, ages 3 and older, 2 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., free, 452-4195

Open Mic Night, Train Depot museum, player sign-ups at 6:15 p.m., performances 6:308:30 p.m., 78 First Ave. N.E., issaquahopenmic@gmail.com

Arabic Story Times: Ahlan!, 11 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

One-On-One Computer Help, 4 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

‘Medicare Made Clear,’ 7 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

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of Eagles, 175 Front St. N. Butch was born at home on Dec. 2, 1937, in Issaquah, when the town was only 400 people, the son of Carl and Lucille Cedarholm.

He was raised in Issaquah, where he graduated from Issaquah High School in 1956. He retired from his job as fire chief of Fire District 10 (now Eastside Fire & Rescue) in 1985.

He was a member of the Issaquah and Yuma Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars men’s auxiliary in Yuma. In his leisure time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, friends

and family. He and his wife Sally moved to Westport in 1999 to enjoy the salmon, tuna and halibut fishing until he couldn’t fish any longer. They moved to Yuma in 2012.

Butch would help anyone who asked. If a person needed help, he would never say no.

Butch is survived by his loving wife Sally; son Jeff Hjelm, of Elk, Wash.; stepchildren Randy Davis (Amanda), of Issaquah, Theresa Gress, of Snoqualmie, Cheryl Hubbard, of Sarasota, Florida, Lori Hauff, of Issaquah, and Dennis J. Croston (Denise),

Tea Discovery class, tea tasting, learn the origins and how tea has made its way around the world, ages 10 and older, 10-11:30 a.m., Experience Tea, 195 Front St. N., $25, 206406-9838

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‘Using Your Gifts,’ learn to love your eReader, 6 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Friends of the Issaquah Library monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 ‘What’s All the Buzz About?’ presented by ‘Queen Bee’ Missy Anderson, learn about native blue orchard bees and how to care for them, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Live music, 9 p.m., Rolling Log Tavern, 50 E. Sunset Way, 392-2964 Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., Zeeks Pizza, 2525 N.E. Park Drive, 893-8646

of Renton; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and sisters Joyce Ellis and Marlene Rounds.

He was preceded in death by his father in 1987, wife Sharon in 1984, his mother in 2000 and sister Dolores (Dolly) McQuade.

If you wish to make a charitable contribution, please make it to the charity of your choice.

A gathering for friends and family will be held in Yuma and Westport, with dates to be determined.

Friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.flintofts.com.

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‘Like You Like It,’ 7:30 p.m., Village Theatre First Stage, 120 Front St. N., $47 to $62, villagetheatre.org

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Tuesday Night Run, meets weekly for a 1.5 mile casual run, 6 p.m., Uphill Running, 100 Front St. S., Suite A, 391-2430

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‘All About Bones,’ examine skulls of different local animals and learn to tell them apart, ages 5 and older, 1 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., free, 452-4195

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McGarvey Park Open Space Hike, moderate, 7 miles, up to 1,300-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org

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