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MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY

The greenway, shown below, runs parallel to Interstate 90 from the Seattle waterfront, through Issaquah and across the Cascades. The greenbelt encompasses 1.5 million acres in conservation lands, recreation areas, farms, working forests and cities.

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Greenway seeks federal recognition National Heritage Area is meant to highlight environment, history

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The 100-mile-long Mountains to Sound Greenway — greenbelt stretched along Interstate 90 from the Seattle waterfront and across the Cascades — is often heralded as a national model for conservation and land use.

Now, 20 years after citizen, conservation, corporate and government interests formed the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust to act as a shepherd for the corridor, officials intend to seek recognition from Congress to designate the greenway as a National Heritage Area — a federal designation meant to highlight a unique feature or local history.

Though the National Park Service oversees the National Heritage Area program, state governments, nonprofit organizations

or other entities handle day-to-day matters for each area. Existing areas highlight the 16th president — Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in Illinois — and transportation in the early United States — Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in New York.

The greenway could be the only National Heritage Area in Washington; no other region is designated as such.

Officials said a National Heritage Area designation for the greenway could strengthen the framework underpinning the corridor agreement and increase public awareness. The designation does not add land-use regulations or more regulatory authority for lands inside the 1.5-million-acre greenway.

The nonprofit organization

BY MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST AND GREG FARRAR

WHAT TO KNOW Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leaders announced a plan to gain National Heritage Area designation for the corridor.

What is a National Heritage Area?

Congress designates a National Heritage Area if cultural, historic and natural features form a cohesive and “nationally important” landscape. Officials at the agency responsible for oversight, the National Park Service, describe the areas as “lived-in landscapes.”

How does a National Heritage Area differ from a national park?

Though the National Park Service oversees the National Heritage Area program, the areas do not qualify as national parks. Instead, agency staffers provide technical assistance and distribute federal matching funds to National Heritage Area-affiliated entities. The park service does not assume ownership of land inside the area or impose land-use restrictions.

What happens inside a National Heritage Area?

Some National Heritage Areas offer opportunities for hiking, biking, paddling and walking — familiar activities for greenway users. Some feature festivals

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Voters OK bond to relocate fire station

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Fire District 10 — May Valley, Mirrormont and other communities near Issaquah — received approval to build a fire station and upgrade other facilities as voters approved a $5.5 million bond in a special election Feb. 14.

Officials plan to use bond dollars to relocate crews from Fire Station 78 at 16135 S.E. 113th Place near Renton to a modern facility at a more central location at Southeast May Valley Road and 207th Avenue Southeast.

The district asked the electorate to OK the bond to fund a rebuilt

Station 78 and improvements to other fire stations throughout the sprawling district. The price tag for the rebuilt station alone is expected to reach $4.5 million.

Homeowners should pay about 9 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value — or about $3 per month for a home assessed at $400,000 — to fund the bond. The district last asked voters to approve a bond in the mid-1990s.

“We are overwhelmed by the voter validation in support of a necessary bond measure in these tough economic times, and we will continue to honor that trust with a prudent eye on value for their emergency service dollars,” Rick

Gaines, Fire District 10 Commission chairman, said in a statement.

Construction is due to start on Station 78 in May Valley next year, although improvements to other Fire District 10 facilities could start sooner.

Fire District 10 is the Eastside Fire & Rescue partner serving residents in Klahanie, May Valley, Mirrormont, Preston and Tiger Mountain in the Issaquah area, plus Carnation in rural King County.

The district encompasses about 130 square miles and about 28,000 people.

State law required the Fire

District 10 bond measure to receive a 60 percent yes vote from a turnout of at least 4,418 voters.

The measure received a 64 percent yes vote from a turnout of more than 5,500 voters. (The district includes 20,791 registered voters.)

Officials said a fire station built in May Valley could improve response times for rural residents and alleviate the workload for Fire Station 71 along East Sunset Way in downtown Issaquah — a station responsible for serving many neighborhoods inside city limits.

Bill for response to January storms tops $500,000

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The city’s initial tally for response and cleanup from the January snowstorm and subsequent ice storm reached $530,000 — although the number could shrink if federal officials release dollars for disaster efforts.

Officials used the dollars to put snowplows on Issaquah streets in 24-hour stretches, clear fallen trees and haul off debris.

The city could receive federal dollars as a reimbursement if President Barack Obama declares the January storms as a federal disaster. Such a decision means local governments could apply for reimbursements for emergency response and cleanup activities.

If a declaration occurs, Issaquah officials said about $383,000 in costs related to the storms could be eligible for reimbursement through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The city could receive a 75 percent reimbursement from FEMA and another 12.5 percent reimbursement from the state.

In the storms’ aftermath, city officials set up a debris drop-off station at Tibbetts Valley Park and collected 306 tons of debris from Issaquah residents. The city could receive some federal assis-

tance to offset the cost of opening the drop-off site.

The recent storms rank among the costliest disaster in recent years for Issaquah.

Citywide, floodwaters left behind about $1 million in damage — not to mention piles of debris and muck — after Issaquah and Tibbetts creeks overflowed in January 2009.

The cost to the city for flood response and recovery amounted to about $158,000 for debris removal, sandbagging and bank restoration at several bridges.

Officials had set aside about $37,000 for flood response beforehand, but because the president declared King County a federal disaster area, Issaquah received reimbursement from FEMA. In December 2008, after a major snowstorm slammed the Puget Sound region, city officials spent $205,000 on storm response — about $87,000 in 2008 and about $118,000 in early 2009.

Issaquah dodged significant flooding in 2011, and the last flooding to occur in the city resulted after a Pineapple Express storm barreled into the region in early December 2010.

Warren Kagarise: 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

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County mails property tax bills to homeowners King County residents started to receive property tax bills in recent days and, although property tax collection in the county is up 1.71 percent from last year, owners should see a drop in bills and a decline in valuation.

Officials said property values declined in almost every area in King County last year.

The county uses assessed property valuations established during the previous year to determine property taxes.

April 30 is the deadline for King County to pay or postmark property tax bills.

Homeowners can pay property taxes online or by check, cash or credit card in person at King

County Treasury Operations, Room 600, 500 Fourth Ave., Seattle. Or use the secure payment system at www.kingcounty.gov/propertytax.

Taxpayers can make payments by check at a Community Service Center. Sammamish City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., hosts a center.

The statement is sent to the

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lender if a property owner relies on a mortgage company to pay the bill. However, the taxpayer is responsible for the bill to be paid in a timely manner.

The county also offers property tax-relief programs, including breaks for seniors. Call the King County Assessor’s Office at 206296-3920.

“We became kind of like family.”

— Mark Disalle Sammamish resident describing his family’s long friendship with Michael Stallman and his mother Joyce Moore. (See story on Page B1.)

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An Issaquah resident adds his pickup load to a giant pile of stormdamaged tree refuse at Tibbetts Valley Park Jan. 28 during the first of two weekend collections held by Issaquah Public Works.

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Issaquah man is sole candidate in conservation district election

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The election for a King Conservation District board seat starts Feb. 28 and, although only a lone candidate appears on the ballot, district voters in Issaquah and elsewhere can cast ballots online.

The monthlong election is for a supervisor seat on the board of the conservation district — the agency responsible for promoting sustainable use of natural resources, and providing information and technical assistance to landowners.

The candidate on the ballot is Issaquah resident Christopher “Kit” Ledbetter, longtime parks and recreation director at SeaTac City Hall.

“I’d like to contribute to making King Conservation District an organization that realizes and

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Though the district encompasses most of the more than ON THE WEB 1.1 million registered voters Find more coverage at in the county, www.issaquahpress.com/category/election. anemic turnout has defined respects the values of the environ- recent conserChristopher ‘Kit’ ment and serves as a good example vation district for others to follow,” he said in a elections. Even Ledbetter statement for voters. “I would hope the shift from to give the King Conservation polls to online did not boost District Board of Supervisors and turnout. Only 2,295 voters particistaff a better understanding of sub- pated in the 2011 election to urban cities needs and desires.” choose Duvall farmer Eric Nelson King County Elections does not for the board. administer district elections.

The election in March 2010 In 2011, district leaders shifted attracted 4,232 voters — a sharp from a traditional Election Day to a increase from the 2,757 voters in 30-day online election in a bid to the 2009 contest. Only 198 voters

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cast ballots in the 2008 supervisor race.

The upcoming election is scheduled to end at 11:59 p.m. March 13. In addition to the online option, officials plan to offer a polling place at the district office.

The all-volunteer district board manages the district budget and offers guidance to staff members about conservation programs.

Supervisors also help to identify critical conservation needs in the district and collection feedback about programs from residents.

The board includes three elected members and a pair of supervisors appointed by the Washington State Conservation Commission. Both elected and appointed supervisors serve three-year terms.

Landowners fund the district through a $10-per-parcel assess-

ment fee. Though the district receives some funding from the state conservation commission — plus King County, state and federal grants — state legislators do not allocate dollars to the agency.

The district encompasses King County except for Enumclaw, Federal Way, Milton, Pacific and Skykomish.

The board administers conservation projects and other programs throughout the 63-year-old district.

In Issaquah, the district infused more than $320,000 into the project to restore a key stretch along Issaquah Creek in Squak Valley Park North. Crews completed the long-planned habitat-restoration project in late 2010.

ON THE WEB Voters can register and vote in the King Conservation District Board of Supervisors election after 12:01 a.m. Feb. 28. The election runs until 11:59 p.m.

March 13. Voters can go to the district website, www.kingcd.org, to register and vote in a single session.

Officials plans to offer a polling place at the district office, 1107 S.W. Grady Way, Suite 130, Renton, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 28 to March 12, and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

March 13.

Warren Kagarise: 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Finances dominate discussion at Issaquah School Board retreat

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter Finances and board “linkages” were two of several items on the agenda when the Issaquah School Board held an afternoon-long retreat Feb. 8.

The big question is whether or not the Legislature will slice basic education funding during the current biennium, said Jake Kuper, district chief of finances and operations.

In the past, Gov. Chris Gregoire has said the state needs to close a $2 billion budget shortfall.

According to information previously released by the Issaquah School District, Gregoire’s proposed cuts could reduce funding to area schools by $2.2 million. The Legislature has the last word on any budget shuffling and the state House of Representatives may release its version of a new budget

as soon as the week of Feb. 13, Kuper said.

“I believe we will have reduced revenues from the state,” he added.

In anticipation of what officials have described as mid-year “clawbacks,” Kuper said he has been studying various budget scenarios that include cuts of anywhere between $2 million and $6 million.

There could be factors that make any cuts this year sting more than those made by the state in 2011.

For example, there is no federal stimulus money to fall back on this year, Kuper noted. On another front, district officials will be returning to the bargaining table with the Issaquah Education Association this spring. The IEA is the local teachers union.

While local officials can do nothing but speculate until the state acts, transportation dollars may end up being a legislative target,

Kuper warned.

“There’s significant pots of money there,” he said, adding schools are under no legal obligation to provide students with school transportation.

Marnie Maraldo For the most part, school board members seemed to be taking a wait-and-see attitude. One question from board President Chad Magendanz concerned whether or not the district might end up owing teachers overload pay if significant programming cuts become a reality. The question is up for interpretation, Kuper said.

School board ‘linkages’ During the last month or so, the

board has held one-hour meetings — dubbed “linkages” — with both the Issaquah Education Association and the Issaquah PTSA Council. During the retreat, board members somewhat questioned whether those meetings represented time well spent.

In the case of the session with the teachers union, representatives from both sides said too much time was spent on introductions.

During the meeting, district officials and union visitors were asked to not only introduce themselves, but talk about a teacher who had an impact on them. The exercise took about half of the hour allotted for the overall session, according to IEA President Phyllis Runyon.

Still, the board and the union were able to touch at least briefly on a couple of substantive topics such as the budget, Runyon quickly added. In the end, the meeting, or linkage, was worth the time in

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During the retreat, board member Marnie Maraldo suggested officials might want to set out specific agenda items for similar future sessions. If that is the case, the other side has to have a chance to put items on that agenda, stated board member Suzanne Weaver. The groups meeting with the board might perceive the linkage as their best opportunity to bring certain concerns before the board.

“I think we can, as a board, own those linkages more than we have,” board member Brian Deagle said.

Some discussion was spent on whether or not the board should hold regular meetings or linkages with area municipalities served by the district. Some city officials are much more interested in meeting with the board than their counter-

parts from other towns, offered several board members.

In the end, the board came to no hard decisions, but members said major school construction projects generally attract plenty of attention from local cities. Meetings between board and city officials could be timed to coincide with such construction. Perhaps the board should pick one city a year to meet with, Maraldo said.

Tom Corrigan: 392-6434, ext. 241, or tcorrigan@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

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Costco ranks No. 1 for quality in survey Issaquah-based Costco pleased shoppers more than other major retailers, Consumer Reports announced Feb. 7.

The magazine surveyed more than 26,000 readers to compile the data.

Customers told Consumer Reports about 55,108 shopping experiences at 10 retailers, including Costco, JCPenney, Macy’s, Target and Walmart. The survey respondents also detailed experiences at the retailers’ online outlets.

Costco emerged as the only chain to earn the top rating for overall merchandise quality, in brick-and-mortar stores and online. The warehouse chain also earned above-average scores in all 10 product categories, including electronics and jewelry.

Costco’s website performed better than warehouses on all counts except product quality. The website also received top marks for checkout, layout and product value.

Customers dinged Costco for below-average selection in warehouses, in-store service and the checkout experience, due to long lines. Shoppers also complained about Costco’s dearth of fitting rooms.

In addition to store ratings, the report also includes Consumer Reports reader scores for the product offerings at all major stores, including clothing, jewelry, hardware, home decor, kitchenware, electronics, sporting goods and toys.

The complete survey results appear in the March issue of Consumer Reports.

Costco is the largest employer in Issaquah. The company employs about 2,700 people in Issaquah corporate offices and at the flagship warehouse in Pickering Place.

State to release initial 2012 salmon forecast Feb. 28 The state Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to announce the forecast for 2012 salmon returns and possible fishing seasons Feb. 28.

The annual forecast announcement is the initial indicator of salmon returns to the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery along Issaquah Creek.

The agency invited anglers, commercial fishers and others interested in salmon fisheries to the public meeting at the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington St. S.E., Olympia. The meeting runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

To launch the salmon season setting process, Department of Fish and Wildlife officials present initial forecasts — compiled by state and tribal biologists — of projected returns. Meeting attendees can talk to fishery managers about the pre-season forecasts, and participate in work sessions focusing on possible salmon fisheries and conservation issues.

The state also scheduled additional public meetings focusing on regional salmon issues through early April.

The process is held in conjunction with public meetings conduct-

ed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council — the organization responsible for establishing fishing seasons in ocean water off the Pacific coast.

Business joins delegation to global technology conference Issaquah business Chetan Sharma Consulting is among 11 small businesses from Washington representing the Evergreen State at the Mobile World Congress — the premier event in the global mobile tech industry.

The event — scheduled to unfold in Barcelona, Spain, from Feb. 27 to March 1 — includes 60,000 mobile technology leaders from more than 100 countries.

Chetan Sharma Consulting is a management consulting and strategic advisory firm formed in 2001. The company’s clients include telecommunications giants, such as Comcast, Qualcomm and Sprint Nextel.

The state Department of Commerce and the U.S. Small Business Administration assembled the Washington delegation.

Though trade shows such as Mobile World Congress provide companies valuable opportunities to reach additional customers, costs often put such shows out of reach for many small businesses.

More companies in Washington received the opportunity to participate opportunity via a Small Business Administration State Trade and Export Promotion, or STEP, grant. The state Department of Commerce uses the funds to provide export vouchers of up to $5,000 with a 25 percent match to qualifying companies.

Councilman calls for county to ‘closely examine’ arena proposal King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor McGinn unveiled a proposed public-private partnership Feb. 16 to construct a Seattle arena for professional basketball and hockey teams.

The proposed arena — a $500 million facility, including $290 million from private investors — could host NBA and NHL teams in South Seattle near Safeco Field. Local elected leaders, including Issaquah-area County Councilman Reagan Dunn, lauded the proposal, but said the package needs additional scrutiny.

“As stewards of public money, we must closely examine any plan that seeks King County’s role in financing such a project,” he said in a statement. “I look forward to learning more about the proposal.”

Constantine and McGinn said investor Christopher Hansen, a Seattle native, sent a proposal to King County and Seattle to construct the arena. The executive and mayor also appointed a 10-mem-

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ber panel comprised of community leaders and finance experts to study the arena proposal.

If a memorandum of understanding can be reached among King County, Seattle and Hansen, the Seattle City Council and the King County Council could consider a proposal later in the spring.

King County Metro Transit expands Issaquah bus service Issaquah residents can expect more bus trips to Seattle under the latest King County Metro Transit service plan.

Officials added 500 hours for weekday service on Route 218 buses from the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride to Seattle. The change comes as Metro Transit shifts more than 35,000 hours of service from lower-performing bus routes throughout the system to bolster service on high ridership routes.

King County Council members adopted the changes in a unanimous decision Jan. 30.

“This is another step in the long march towards reforming how Metro serves King County riders,” council Vice Chairwoman Jane Hague said in a statement.

“Eastsiders over the course of this process are also going to see an overall increase in their service hours.”

The shift in service is also meant to address issues related to crowding and on-time performance, and add service to underserved corridors.

Department of Transportation adds local traffic camera Motorists can check road conditions on Tiger Mountain before hitting the road, due to a justinstalled traffic camera along state Route 18.

The state Department of Transportation added a traffic camera at the busy state Route 18Interstate 90 interchange in recent weeks. The interchange is in rural Preston just east of Issaquah.

Motorists can see images from the camera at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ traffic/seattle.

Developer proposes 80-lot plateau subdivision King County is considering a request from a developer to turn land along Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Southeast into 80 lots for houses.

The plan from the Kirkland-based developer, Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Investors, calls for homes, plus tracts for recreation, drainage and critical areas. The lots on the site average about 2,400 square feet in size.

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Businesses earn reprieve from city fee until March 2013

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter City leaders offered entrepreneurs a reprieve from a fee for another year, as officials attempt to entice businesses to relocate to or remain in Issaquah.

In a unanimous decision, City Council members agreed to exempt businesses from paying the transportation impact fee until March 2013. The exemption applies to the initial 10,000 square feet of floor area per project.

The council action continues a project initiated in 2009 to roll back the transportation impact fee and encourage entrepreneurs to consider Issaquah. In 2009, officials earmarked $1.58 million — money left over from the canceled Southeast Bypass — to offset the fee. City planners said $976,589 remains available for businesses.

The cost to the city so far amounted to $603,411 and, in return, developers received fee exemptions on the initial 10,000

square feet for Overlake Center, Issaquah High School reconstruction and the HighMark Medical Center. Developers, meanwhile, shouldered $547,200 in transportation impact fee costs.

Overall, planners said the 3year-old program aided 39 projects. Though the program benefited large-scale projects, most projects — 29 citywide — amounted to less than 5,000 square feet, including the recent remodel from 2,000 square feet of retail space at the Issaquah Commons into the popular Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant.

Only a half-dozen projects involved in the program encompassed more than 10,000 square feet. The average per-project cost to the city is $15,086.

The measure attracted support from Issaquah Chamber of Commerce leaders, in addition to city officials, before the Jan. 3 decision to continue the exemption until 2013.

“This innovative concept has proven helpful for a number of businesses over the past few

years, and we believe it represents a meaningful incentive to help attract and retain economic investment and economic vitality for the Issaquah community,” chamber CEO Matthew Bott wrote in a letter to council members.

The council also agreed to extend the transportation impact fee exemption in February 2010 and again last year.

The state Growth Management Act authorizes cities to charge impact fees in order for developers to shoulder the cost of adding infrastructure, such as roads.

Developers pay the fees to build projects. The money offsets the additional cost the city pays to provide services to the development. If a tenant changes the use of a building, he or she also pays impact fees.

Issaquah officials adopted transportation impact fees in 1997; officials last updated the fees in 2006.

Warren Kagarise: 392-6434, ext. 234, or wkagarise@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

County streamlines rules for wetlands

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Builders in rural and unincorporated areas can purchase credits to offset construction-related damage to wetlands, after a King County Council decision Jan. 17.

County Executive Dow Constantine spearheaded a measure to enable builders to pay a fee, rather than completing projects in a process called mitigation, to compensate for damaged or destroyed wetlands.

The law requires builders to avoid and minimize impacts to wetlands and other sensitive areas as much as possible.

Mitigation is required if damage is unavoidable.

The legislation creates “mitigation credits” for builders to purchase to offset damage to wetlands. The county can then use the payments for “mitigation credits” to design, construct and maintain watershed restoration projects.

“This market-based tool is the first of its kind in the state, and will better protect our environment while providing options for the building i n d u s t r y, ” Dow Constantine Constantine said in a statement.

The measure attracted praise from developers and environmentalists after the executive sent the proposal to the County Council for consideration in late October.

Constantine said the program could lead to a framework for the private sector to drive environmental protection through voluntary measures.

“By pooling mitigation payments, King County can create larger restoration projects with greater benefits to the health of Puget Sound watersheds,” he

said. “Lands where projects occur will be permanently protected as open space, ensuring a legacy of a healthy environment for future generations.”

The program is among a handful in the nation to meet federal rules for how and where the process — called “in-lieu fee mitigation” — can occur.

Under the program, the state Department of Ecology and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cochair a regulatory oversight committee to ensure the county meets obligations under the law.

In Issaquah and other King County cities, builders complete restoration projects to offset wetland damage. Despite the possible benefits in the county proposal, administration and start-up costs for such a program on a city level could be prohibitive.

Issaquah is too small and lacks the frequent mitigation needs to justify a program similar to Constantine’s proposal, city officials said.

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Ban on plastic bags is way of the future PRESS E DITORIAL

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arrying your own bag into a store for your groceries or other purchases will take some getting used to, but it’s the right way to go. We have no doubt that plastic bags will be banned statewide only a few years into the future. It appears the future is now for Issaquah.

The City Council’s Utilities, Technology & Environment Committee heard from the public for the first time last week regarding a citywide ban on plastic bags. We’re pleased to know the council is taking the idea seriously and will take an ordinance back to the council in March.

Only a few people representing themselves were at the committee’s Feb. 16 meeting, but environmental organizations were there to support or denounce the proposal.

The ban would model the ordinance passed in Seattle just two months ago. The ordinance is not just about grocery store bags, but also applies to convenience stores, department stores, farmers markets and home-improvement retailers. The ordinance exempts restaurants. A 5-cent fee would be charged for paper bags.

Councilman Mark Mullet said that grocers stand behind the ban; reportedly a grocer can save $150,000 per year by not supplying the bags. The committee also learned that plastic bags thwart the recycling process, jamming the sorting machines a couple of times daily. Another speaker said that the bags do break down in landfills, Mullet said, but do not biodegrade, eventually becoming small bits in the soil and streams.

Certainly, there is bound to be an outpouring of public resentment to the ban on bags, more so than from business owners.

The public kicked back when home, office and school recycling was implemented, but now recycling is an understood goal. The same will be true when the convenience of plastic bags is not an option.

We encourage the council to listen carefully, modify if needed, and then pass the ban.

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Fair predicted a brave new world 50 years ago

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rom a standpoint 50 years later and a dozen years into the 21st century, some ideas — flying cars, outer space colonies — presented at the Century 21 Exposition seem more quaint than far-fetched.

The idea of Greater Seattle as a technology hub, however, lingers long after the world’s fair closed in October 1962.

For a piece in the wintertime Issaquah Living magazine, I set out to collect local fairgoers’ memories from the heady days before and during the Century 21 Exposition. (Readers can find the magazine tucked amid the sales circulars in the B section.)

I heard the same question again and again from colleagues, family and friends as I reported the piece: “Do cities still put on world’s fairs?”

The answer is yes. Shanghai hosted Expo 2010 and Expo 2012 is scheduled to open in Yeosu, South Korea, in May. The last fair on U.S. soil opened almost 30 years ago.

New Orleans’ 1984 Louisiana World Exposition is remembered as a financial failure and attendance disappointment. In the years since, the United States left the Bureau of International Expositions and Congress barred federal contributions for U.S. expo exhibits.

In the early 1960s, however, Seattle and nearby environs embraced the world’s fair.

The connection between Issaquah and the expo, I soon learned, extended far deeper than old photographs and long-forgotWarren ten souvenirs.

Kagarise In 1958, local business Press reporter leaders suggested a fascinating possibility: Lake Sammamish State Park as the host site for the exposition.

Planners dismissed the idea in the early stages, as interest coalesced around the future Seattle Center.

I appreciated readers’ nostalgia as I reported the piece, in part because, at 27, I never met the opportunity to eat a Belgian waffle at the Food Circus or ride the Ferris wheel along the Gayway. (Though the Ferris wheel ride is a moot point; I find openair cabs unnerving.)

Patricia Brooks Greetham, a former Issaquah resident, remembered toting infant son James to the fair just after opening day.

“Having a newborn didn’t keep me home,” she recalled, although no photographs documented the occasion, because “I See FAIR, Page A5

T O T HE E DITOR Fire station bond

Fire Protection District 10 thanks voters On behalf of the board of commissioners for King County Fire Protection District 10, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of the fire district for supporting and successfully passing Proposition 1: Construct and Remodel Fire Stations and Acquire Firefighting and Life Saving Equipment proposal.

It was a difficult decision for the board to ask our neighbors for their approval of a revenue bond during these tough economic times. But, the need was there. The most important need was to relocate Station 78 to a more central location in May Valley to improve response times to a larger portion of the service area.

In addition, there is a need to strengthen our volunteer stations in Maple Hills, Tiger Mountain and Lake Joy to aid in accomplishing their mission and attract more volunteers. When the board considered the favorable bond market and construction climate, the need coupled nicely with opportunity.

The board of commissioners appreciates the trust you have demonstrated in approving Proposition 1 and pledges to not squander that trust and to wisely steward these funds to provide you the best value for your emergency service dollar.

Rick Gaines Fire District 10 Commissioner

Gilman Village

Support a ‘diamond in the rough’ Gilman Village is that proverbial “diamond in the rough.” Throughout the 14 years that my family and I have resided in Issaquah, the charming destination has undergone continual honing.

When I was a server at Sweet Additions under its original owners, the village thrived.

There were no vacancies. The sidewalks in and around the shops saw a lot of foot traffic. I remember fantasizing that one day I’d set up shop there. My husband’s request for a busi-

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ness plan was always the pin that burst my balloon. Still is.

Friends and I who continued to frequent Gilman Village were saddened by the downturn in patronage. Except for a few businesses that continued to thrive, the village seemed a ghost of its former self.

“What happened?” was uppermost in everyone’s minds. While the question went unanswered, visitors hoped that Gilman Village would one day return to its heyday. Well, perhaps that day is near.

Issaquah Coffee House is always a beehive of activity. Office types and moms with toddlers harmoniously cohabit. The occasional child’s shriek might raise an eyebrow or two, but it never puts a dent in anyone’s conversation or sabotages the deep thinker buried behind books and a laptop.

Along with its homemade soups, salads and sandwiches, The Boarding House Restaurant is known for its cozy ambiance. Surrounded by the comforting chatter of voices, I’m only too happy to settle into reading a good book while lunching.

Delicious desserts are always my happy ending.

Ravens Books and Lucky You are two, relative newcomers to Gilman Village. I have stockpiled my home with wonderful finds from both.

I could use a bigger house, but my husband prefers I downsize. I’m in total agreement, until I spy that “must-have” item.

Issaquah has a gem in Gilman Village. Imagine that stretch of road without its rural charm.

Let’s keep “small town America” in our midst and support the small businesses in the village.

We can all help to hone our “diamond in the rough,” and get it shining brilliantly once more.

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Plastic bags

Enforce the ban, but also take other actions to save the animals

this is another example of the city promoting something with minimal benefit, while continuing to create and enact polices of significant detriment.

In December, the council approved the Rowley Development Agreement, wherein longstanding rules were changed to allow 12-story buildings to hang directly over creeks, and the 100-foot wetland buffers that were previously required by code went down to zero.

In the new Central Area Plan it gets worse.

Here they’re proposing to change the zoning requirements to increase the allowable impervious surface by 250 acres — yes, acres! Right now, depending on the zone, properties can be developed to 70 percent coverage, but in places they want to bring that up to 100 percent. That means they would be increasing the allowable buildable land in the Central Area by 36 percent!

The 250 acres of land we are talking about here is not raw land, but property mostly already developed — think the shopping centers and strip malls along Gilman Boulevard and around Costco. This 250 acres does not include new roads, but does include the wetlands along the Interstate 90 “Movement Zone,” the existing trees, and the remaining buffers around creeks and wetlands — the few places left the fish and animals have to live.

Frankly, our City Councilors need to wake up. They don’t need to waste a bunch of money on more expensive consultants to find the answer either.

Talk to a sixth-grader — she will know what the animals need to live from her science project. Or find a Boy or Girl Scout — they know about respecting Mother Nature.

Environmentally, they say the point of banning plastic bags is to save the lives of the wild animals around us. That is a noble and good thought.

However, if everything else our councilors vote for wipes out the places the animals live, blocks the corridors they travel through or just outright kills them, then really, what's the point?

C.A. Christensen Issaquah

While I support the City Council’s proposed ban on plastic bags, it doesn’t give me the same warm, fuzzy feeling it’s giving our elected leaders. What bothers me environmentally is

recreational opportunities of all types.

It is a bad idea to move all these public lands closer to a national park model in the form of a heritage site. Not everyone wants or even benefits from substantial amounts of public land to look like a national park that you hike around.

Sure, they have their place, and an important one at that, but it is not right for every parcel of public land.

David Baty

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released a draft feasibility study about the National Heritage Area designation last month. Officials announced the campaign in a message sent to supporters Feb. 13.

“Together, these places tell an important story of our nation’s pioneer history, of how we interact with our natural world, and the way a rugged landscape has shaped livelihoods, cultures and characters,” the study states.

Starting in 2009, greenway trust leaders embarked on the study.

Officials hosted more than 140 public meetings attended by more than 1,000 people as part of the effort.

The process started as the greenway neared 20 years old. In 1990, citizens, led by the Issaquah Alps Trails Club, march from Snoqualmie Pass to the Seattle waterfront to dramatize the need for a greenway plan. (The greenway trust formed the next year.)

The local trails club is a major supporter in the effort to gain National Heritage Area designation for the corridor. Other nonprofit groups and government officials signed on to support the proposal, too.

Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger supports the campaign. So do City Council President Tola Marts, longtime Councilman Fred Butler and former Councilman John Traeger.

Former City Administrator Leon Kos, a figure instrumental in the greenway’s formation and expansion, is another proponent.

Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery and the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival organization back the effort.

The campaign to add a National Heritage Area designation is the latest superlative meant to set the greenway apart.

In 1998, Federal Highway Administration officials designated the 100-mile greenway as a National Scenic Byway. Under the

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Volunteers hike into Swamp Trail, off the High Point Trailhead, during a Mountains to Sound Greenway trailbuilding project in 2008. itage areas from coast to coast. The areas range from the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in North Dakota to the Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area. National Park Service officials administer the sites from Washington, D.C., and regional offices in Seattle; Anchorage; Atlanta; Denver; Oakland, Calif.; Omaha, Neb.; and Philadelphia.

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to attend and museums to visit.

Many areas offer volunteer opportunities, group tours and multiple-day excursions.

How many National Heritage Areas exist?

The program encompasses 49 her-

Sources: Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, National Park Service

program, certain roads receive recognition from the U.S. Department of Transportation based on archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic qualities.

Officials noted the earlier distinction in the National Heritage

Area feasibility study.

“You’ve traveled just over 100 miles along a major interstate highway — the first interstate highway in the country to be designated a National Scenic Byway — and the journey took you a little more than 90 minutes,” the study states.

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The memories, still crisp after a half-century, reflected personal milestones and global impact.

“I think even then people on the East Coast probably thought we were running around with wild Indians hanging around and trying to scalp us,” former Issaquah resident Russ Fish said.

The globe is interconnected on a scale unimaginable 50 years ago — another legacy from the Seattle expo.

Lorraine McConaghy, public historian at the Museum of History & Industry, said the 21st century in Greater Seattle is defined by “creativity across the board, from poems to patents” — a permanent legacy from the fair.

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By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter The coming push for passage of a proposed $219 million school bond issue that will appear on an April 17 ballot, may be the biggest campaign ever mounted in the name of the Issaquah School District, campaign co-chairwoman Lesley Austin said.

Austin is probably in a worthy position to make such a statement.

A former Issaquah School Board member, she has worked on numerous bond and levy issues for the local schools. But Austin and others said the coming bond campaign is going to be different for a couple of reasons.

“It’s because it’s a bond and it’s a complex bond,” Austin said.

Speaking to a crowd of about 100 residents and officials — virtually all supporters of the bond — the campaign committee, Volunteers for Issaquah Schools, held a campaign kickoff Feb. 2 at the King County Library Resource Center on Newport Way Northwest.

With about $45,000 already in hand, the group hopes to raise $90,000 to help promote the bond issue, which would fund replacement of four schools, along with maintenance and refurbishing projects at other buildings in the district.

A few things the bond package would do, according to information provided by the school district: Relocate and rebuild Tiger Mountain Community High School.

According to officials and bond backers, this would allow the district’s alternative high school to offer a much wider variety of programs. Cost: $3.9 million.

Replace the district’s three oldest schools: Clark and Sunny Hills elementary schools and Issaquah Middle School. Estimated price tag to rebuild all three schools: $109.1 million.

Put in artificial turf athletic fields and replace outdoor cinder running tracks at all five middle schools. Backers say the change would allow much greater use of the tracks and fields and cut down on maintenance costs. High school stadiums also would be the recipi-

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Issaquah City Council President Tola Marts addresses about 100 people gathered for the kickoff of the campaign promoting passage of an April 17 school bond. ents of renovation projects. The cost of each middle school project has been placed at $1.3 million. As for the high schools, they would receive a total of $14.6 million in stadium renovations. Skyline High School would receive the largest amount, $6.4 million.

Fund various maintenance projects, including replacing roofs and renovating heating systems.

District officials are quick to point out that even with passage of the bond, local homeowners will pay less in property taxes to the schools than they do presently.

That’s because a previous bond issue is set to expire this year.

According to the district, the retirement of the earlier bond will drop the local tax rate from $4.85 per $1,000 of assessed property value to $4.05. Passage of the new bond would put the rate at $4.42.

Compared to present rates, for a person with a home valued at $500,000, even with the new bond, property taxes would drop by $215 annually, said Jake Kuper, district chief of finance and operations. He

was quick to add that taxes would drop by an additional $215 if the new bond does not pass.

Speaking about the complexities of the coming campaign, Issaquah School Board member Suzanne Weaver said that historically the district has run bond and levy campaigns simultaneously. She and others said voters need to keep in mind the difference between bonds and levies. Levies pay for operating expenses, while bond sales pay for capital improvements. By law, the money cannot be intermingled.

Further, Weaver also noted that with past capital improvement issues, the district could point to growth as the reason new construction was needed. In other words, in the past, bonds were sold on the contention that the district simply needed room for an increasing student population.

This time that is really not the case, according to Weaver and other officials. Instead of growth, the current bond would pay for maintenance and replacement projects.

The bond will need an approval rate of 60 percent of those who vote in order to pass. Taking into account the number of registered voters and the number of people likely to vote in the election, the issue will need to attract about 14,000 positive votes to win, said the second co-chairwoman of the campaign, Kelly Munn.

As for strategy, plans call for newspaper and possibly cable TV ads, a number of targeted literature drops, a lot of yard signs and a few honk-and-wave events, along with plenty of public speaking by district officials and bond backers.

The campaign is also seeking endorsements from various community groups, such as the local chambers of commerce, Rotary Clubs and other service organizations.

“The fates of our schools and our city are intertwined,” Issaquah City Council President Tola Marts said during the bond kick-off event.

The Issaquah City Council had not endorsed the bond by Feb. 20, but held a public hearing on the issue Feb. 21.

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A celebration of life Party is mom’s gift to terminally ill son

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter

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ehind her, a party is in full gear, with lots of noise and conversation, a clown blowing up balloons and younger children racing around a public room in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Duthie Hill Road in Issaquah.

For her part, Joyce Moore herself is in a clown costume, as is her son and the party’s guest of honor, Michael Stallman. Moore tells a visitor the event is a celebration and nothing less. It is a happy occasion, she insists.

“It is a celebration of Michael’s life,” Moore said.

Stallman, who will be 52 in March, has Down syndrome. He has survived health issues including open-heart surgery and a blood clot.

“He breezed right through it all,” Moore said.

In October, Stallman was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. Refusing to mar the atmosphere at her son’s party, Moore said with only the slightest cringe that her son has only a few months left. She got the idea for the remembrance party after mulling over what to do for Stallman’s upcoming birthday.

“He’s always been such a happy guy,” she said, touching on a theme that would come up again and again among celebrants.

For his part, Stallman didn’t have a lot to say. A button on his shirt stated, “To Know Me is to

PHOTOS BY TOM CORRIGAN

At left, Joyce Moore (standing), hosts a party for her son Michael Stallman, 51, who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. As part of the celebration of his life, an Eastside Fire & Rescue crew decked out Stallman in firefighting gear. In return, (above) Stallman salutes Lt. Dean deAlteriis.

Love Me.” Asked if that is true, he smiled and nodded.

Now living in Sammamish, Moore spent many years as a nanny for children in the area.

“We became kind of like family,” Mark Disalle said.

He and wife Peggy Disalle described Moore as a nanny and kind of a grandmother to their children. Mark Disalle spent much

of the party pushing Stallman around in his wheelchair while Peggy Disalle used her cellphone to videotape people’s remembrances of Stallman. The couple both said that Stallman and their children had become well known to each other over the years.

“Michael has been a big part of their lives,” Peggy Disalle said.

“He’s kind of a friend and an older

brother,” said Emma Radich, 15.

Moore was also her nanny when she was younger.

Stallman is an uncle to Brittney Townsend, another party attendee.

She said Stallman would walk to her elementary school regularly, often bringing candy bars for the two of them, candy apparently taken secretly from a stash in his home.

“He’s the most honest and genuine person I’ve ever known in my life,” said Ron Lund, a cousin of Stallman’s.

Stallman helped bring people together, said Ron Lund’s wife Amanda Lund.

“He bridges gaps,” she said.

Some might remember Stallman from the 14 years he spent washing dishes at Truck Town in North Bend. Others might have met him and Moore in the guise of their respective alter egos, Sparky and Jin-

gles. Stallman and Moore spent the past 15 years or so working as professional clowns, which is why they decided to wear costumes for the party. Moore said she and her son visited birthday parties, schools and retirement homes in the area.

Stallman reportedly has a fascination with firefighters. It was remarked he had about worn out his DVDs of the old “Emergency” TV show. To mark the celebration at the church, Eastside Fire & Rescue sent a rescue truck to pay Stallman a surprise visit. Stallman was presented with a medal from firefighters, who also let him try on some turnout gear, including a coat and helmet.

Stallman gave the firefighters an impromptu hand salute while posing for a picture.

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‘Speed’ food drive helps food bank at the right time

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter The challenge was to see how many nonperishable food items could be gathered in one week.

In the end, students, families and staff members of Pacific Cascade Middle School rose to the occasion, said Tanya Hansen, food drive chairwoman. There was some concern the drive was going to stumble a bit, admitted Hansen and teacher Stan Kasemeier.

As of Feb. 13, one day before the end of the drive, the amount of food gathered was just not what they were hoping.

They need not have worried.

Hansen said a surprising 1,100 items came in the last day.

“The kids really came through,” she added.

ON THE WEB Learn about what the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank needs at http://issaquahfoodbank.org.

YOUTUBE

The members of Listen Up — Sarah Kim, Monti Fleck, Luca Nardi, Emily Rudolph and Caitlin Neill (from left) — perform the ‘Pass the Bond’ song on a video shot at Issaquah Valley Elementary School.

The drive brought in roughly 1,700 items that were packed into 76 boxes that weighed 1,601 pounds. Kasemeier’s leadership class helped promote the drive and on Feb. 14, helped load and unload Hansen’s pickup truck. After the work was finished, Hansen noted the unloading took place amid some nasty hail.

Local bond campaign seeks success with YouTube song

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter

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BY TOM CORRIGAN

Drive chairwoman Tanya Hansen oversees the loading of about 1,600 pounds of nonperishable food collected at Pacific Cascade Middle School.

An unlikely combination of a local school bond issue and a veteran Broadway lyricist has made local celebrities out of five young girls known collectively as Listen Up. As of Feb. 16, a YouTube video of them performing Martin Charnin’s “Pass the Bond” song had received about 2,000 hits.

“I think it’s really great that this is happening,” said Luca Nardi, 10, one of the members of Listen Up. Fellow singer and friend Monti Fleck, 10, said having the video gain some notoriety was “weird and cool” at the same time.

The song was written to promote the Issaquah School District’s construction bond issue that’s on the April ballot. That the catchy lyrics work so well is no accident.

Lyricist Charnin is a local resident and a Broadway legend, having helped create the classic musical “Annie” with composer Charles Strouse. Charnin wrote “Pass the

Bond” to the tune of “Hard Knock Life” from “Annie.”

All five members of Listen Up take voice lessons from Charnin’s wife, Shelly Burch. Burch is a Broadway stage veteran herself, also known for her eight years on the soap opera “One Life to Live.”

“They are very dedicated to performing,” Burch said of the members of Listen Up. Besides Monti and Luca, Listen Up is Emily Rudolph, 12; Caitlin Neill, 9; and Sarah Kim, 10. Except for Emily, all attend Issaquah Valley Elementary School, of which Emily is a graduate.

Earlier this month, as a couple of the girls were practicing with Burch, Charnin overheard plans for Listen Up to sing at a bond campaign kick-off. Caitlin’s mom Patricia Neill wanted the girls to perform at bond events “just for a wee bit of entertainment to make things less boring.”

“I was just having a cup of coffee and doing a crossword puzzle,” Charnin said.

ON THE WEB Find Listen Up’s “Pass the Bond” video on YouTube at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=dqqJ3S0VSm0.

Instead of suggesting songs Listen Up might sing, Charnin volunteered to write an original song for the girls and did so, according to various accounts, in about a halfhour. By the next day, the girls had learned the song and some stage movements to go with it.

“I wish the Broadway community functioned that way,” Charnin joked.

After performing the song for the first time in public, Listen Up got a standing ovation at the bond’s campaign kick-off event. The YouTube video was a production of the See BOND

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Trails association hosts youth work party on Tiger Mountain The Washington Trails Association is organizing an allyouth, volunteer work party to help repair the Tiger Mountain Trail near Issaquah.

Intended for those ages 1318, the event begins at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 25 at the Tiger Mountain trailhead. Participants must sign up in advance.

One-day trail work parties are designed to provide a unique opportunity for younger volunteers to learn about trail maintenance and the trails in their communities while meeting other like-minded youths, according to a press release from the trails association.

Volunteers can earn up to eight hours of community service credit each day. After five work parties, volunteers can earn a special green hard hat with their name on it. All youths younger than 18 must submit a signed parental consent form.

Additionally, those younger than 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the work party.

The trails association also offers a series of one-day work parties that match up with the spring break schedules of most local schools. Spring break trail parties for the Issaquah School District will take place April 9-13 at Spring Lake/Lake Desire Park, a King County park near Renton.

Go to www.wta.org and click on “volunteer” for more information or to sign up for a work party. Or call 206-625-1367.

Send us your tales about Bob Taylor It is with much sadness that I tell you that Issaquah Press longtime Sports Editor Bob Taylor is leaving us. His last day at the paper will be March 9.

Bob Taylor We are seeking your photos, your videos, your memories and anything else you have to share with us for a tribute to him that we will have in the paper.

Email your items and contact information to Managing Editor Kathleen R. Merrill at editor@isspress.com, or contact the paper on Twitter, www.twitter.com/issaquahpress, or Facebook, www.facebook.com/issaquahpress.

Please help us send Bob off the right way, with much love and respect. He’s a Northwest sports legend.

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p.m. March 11 — with games, face painting, mask making, photo booth, pony rides, a food court and an option to come in costume as a Biblical character — with an evening program following from 6-8 p.m. at 7935 136th Ave. S.E., Newcastle. Go to www.beittikvah.us.

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Listen to ‘The Lorax’ The National Education Association’s Read Across America presents Dr. Seuss Storytime: Reading of “The Lorax” at 11 a.m. Feb. 25 at all Target stores. The Issaquah location is at 755 N.W. Gilman Blvd. Call 392-3357.

Events The Northwest Driftwood Sculptor Artists’ Exhibit is on display at Bellewood Senior Living Galleria through February.

Bellewood is at 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E. Call 391-2880.

“Tribute to Trees,” an artist presentation and talk hosted by artEAST and the Sammamish Arts Commission, is at 7 p.m.

Feb. 23 at the artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N. The exhibition “Tribute to Trees” will be on display through March 8 in the city of Sammamish Commons Gallery, 801 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish. Learn more at www.arteast.org or call 3923191.

IHOP presents National Pancake Day from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Feb. 28. Enjoy a free short stack of pancakes. Donations will be accepted to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. The Issaquah IHOP is at 1433 N.W. Sammamish Road. Go to www.ihop.com.

Overlake Alumnae Panhellenic’s annual forum for Eastside senior girls who plan to attend a four-year college or university is at 7 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Redmond Library, 15990 N.E. 85th St. Sorority members and alumnae from the University of Washington and other universities will speak about campus life and the benefits of sorority membership. Applications for scholarships will be available. Call Mary Anderson at 641-6922 or Jean Cerar at 3921821.

The next DownTown Issaquah Association’s Wine Walk is March 2. Check-in is at 4 p.m. at the Hailstone Feed Store, 232 Front St. N. Tickets, which include six two-ounce drink tokens and appetizers, are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Make online reservations at www.downtownissaquah.com.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!, hosted by the Issaquah Library and the National Honor Society of Issaquah High School, is from 3:30-4:30 p.m. March 2 at the King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way N.W. The free event includes food, activities and rhyming fun in English and Spanish. Call 3921541.

Master Chorus Eastside, featuring Issaquah singers, pays tribute to St. Patrick’s Day with “Erin Go Bragh” at 3 p.m. March 11 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for seniors and students.

Purchase tickets by calling 3928446. Learn more at www.masterchoruseastside.org.

LearningRx hosts an Education Expo, featuring information for parents with children from newborns to teens, from 4-9 p.m.

March 15 at Skyline High School, 1122 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish.

Fundraisers The Rotary Club of Issaquah’s sixth annual Grape Escape is from 6-9 p.m. March 8 at Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W., featuring tastes of area wines and beer, which are complemented this year by small plate samples of delicacies prepared by area restaurants. There will be a silent auction of art, wine-related items, and a wide range of experience and entertainment packages. Tickets, available at www.issaquahrotary.org, are $40 per person, ages 21 and up. Proceeds fund Rotary programs in the community and abroad.

Youth The Lewis Creek Park Visitor Center offers the following Family Discovery Programs and Adult Enrichment Programs at 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E. Call 452-4195.

Living With Wildlife Series: “Black Bears” — 1-2 p.m. Feb. 25, for adults Naturalists Book Club: “Desert Solitaire,” by Edward Abbey — 6-8 p.m. Feb. 26, for adults

Volunteers The Issaquah History Museums needs volunteer docents to greet the public at the train depot or old town hall or helping with mailing and scanning photos. Call 392-3500 or email volunteer@issaquahhistory.org.

Friends of the Issaquah Library needs volunteers for its annual Spring Book Sale April 811. Sign up for one of the following times by calling 392-5430 or emailing Lesley Wilson at lpw98075@comcast.net: 4:30-8 p.m. April 8 — Setup and book sorting 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 9 — Book sorting 10 a.m. to 5 pm. April 10 — Sales help 1-5 p.m. April 11 — Sales help 5-6 p.m. April 11 — Cleanup DownTown Issaquah Association needs about 15 volunteers for its Wine Walk March 2. Sign up for any of the following times by contacting Karen Donovan at 391-1112 or events@downtownissaquah.com: 3:30-4:30 p.m. — Set up and food 4-7 p.m. — Check-in 5-8 p.m. — Venue 8-9 p.m. — Cleanup Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust needs volunteers for tree potting 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Feb. 25-26 at the Native Plant Nursery in Issaquah. Register at www.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer.

Religion The Beit Tikvah Messianic Congregation presents a Purim Children’s Carnival from 3:30-5:30

Squak Mt. Greenhouses & Nursery offers the following free seminars at its Issaquah location, 7600 Renton-Issaquah Road S.E. Call 392-1025 to learn more.

“Container Grown Fruit” — 10:30 a.m. Feb. 22 “Care and Pruning of Fruit Trees” — 10:30 a.m. Feb. 25 “Rose Care and Pruning” — 2:30 p.m. Feb. 25 “Roses of David Austin” — 10:30 a.m. March 3 “Seeding Indoors” — 2:30 p.m.

March 3 “For Kids! Plant With Us” — 10:30 a.m. March 10, for ages 48 with a parent, reserve a spot by emailing staff@squakmtnursery.com ArtEAST offers the following workshops at its Art Center, 95 Front St. N., unless otherwise noted. Go to www.arteast.org or call 996-8553.

Mud Pies: Clay Play for Parents & Children — 2-4:30 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, $10 per participant “Experimenting with Natural Paint Mediums” — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 25-26, $175 “Practice, Practice, Practice” — 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 28, $15 “Introduction to Glass Fusing” — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 29, $75

Issaquah Library The following events take place at the Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way. Call 392-5430.

“Healthy Skin & Happy Feet,” for adults, 7 p.m. Feb. 23 Teen Zone: Manga! 3 p.m.

Feb. 24 AARP Tax Aide, for adults, 1 p.m. Feb 24 Computer class: “One-onOne Assistance,” for teens and adults, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Feb. 25 “Concussive Sports Injuries: How to Recognize and Treat,” for adults and teens, 7 p.m. Feb. 28 Book Club: “The Enchantress of Florence,” by Salman Rushdie, for adults, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 29 “Muppets Please Marionettes!” for children and families, 7-8 p.m. March 5

Sammamish Library The following events take place at the Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E. “Improve Your Memory Right Now!” 7 p.m. Feb. 22 Write This Year!, for teens, 7 p.m. Feb. 28

Seniors Issaquah Valley Senior Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday at 75 N.E. Creek Way. The following activities are open to people 55 and older. Call 392-2381.

Our Stories, Ourselves Symposium, with Tommie Troutman, “In the Beginning” 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3 The following day trips are offered through February: Brunch and movie at Shari’s Restaurant and Regal East Valley 13, 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22, $6/$8 Third Place Books in Bothell, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 27, $9/$11 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Tour, 9:45 to 3 p.m. Feb. 29,

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Boys & Girls Club receives $2,500 from Farm Rich Farm Rich donated $2,500 to the Sammamish EX3 Teen & Recreation Center of the Boys & Girls Club of King County on Feb. 10.

The donation was made during the Farm Rich “Snack Shack” tour, which has been visiting Washington sites in the greater Seattle area as part of a national sampling program.

The Snack Shack food truck visited the Boys & Girls Club to hand out snacks for the teens and gave the club the $2,500 donation on behalf of Kids Who Give, a national program that celebrates young people doing good works in their communities.

Learn more about Farm Rich and Kids Who Give at www.farmrich.com.

Ray is a sweet and fun-loving pit bull-terrier mix. This 1-year-old pup looks very dapper with his four white "socks," and his white-tipped tail never seems to stop wagging. Ray's ears are as soft as his loving heart. He’s the perfect age — still full of puppylike playfulness, but mature enough to know how to enjoy more mellow moments.

Meet Billie Jean, a lovely 1year-old brown-and-white tabby cat who would love to get to know you! Billie Jean is spending her time in our Cat Annex, where she gets a lot of one-on-one attention from our volunteers. She has beautiful white markings that contrast with her brown stripes and make her gorgeous golden eyes really pop!

These pets may already have been adopted by the time you see these photos. If you’re interested in adopting these or other animals, contact the Humane Society for Seattle/King County at 641-0080, go to www.seattlehumane.org or email humane@seattlehumane.org. All adopted animals go home spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated, with 30 days of free pet health insurance and a certificate for an examination by a King County veterinarian. The Seattle Humane Society is now open from noon to 6 p.m. seven days a week.

This week Nancy Pellegrino and Jonathan Wingard-Phillips Issaquah resident to participate in Seattle Dances!

Nancy Pellegrino, of Issaquah, will be performing Bachata with Jonathan Wingard-Phillips at the 2012 Seattle Dances! on March 3 at Fremont Studios.

The evening will feature eight local luminary performances, where Pellegrino will try to win a Mirror Ball Trophy to support housing programs for Seattle’s chronically homeless.

Learn more at www.seattledances.org.

C OLLEGE NEWS

Christian Verbrugghe graduates from UW

Christian Verbrugghe, of Issaquah, graduated from the University of Wyoming Feb. 14 with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Local students make deans’ lists Emma C. O’Melia, of Issaquah,

has been named to first honors on the dean’s list at Clark University, in Worcester, Mass. To qualify, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or higher, of a maximum of 4.3 (all A+s).

Molly Fransen, of Issaquah, and Heather Leavitt, of Sammamish, were named to the fall 2011 dean’s list at Eastern Oregon University. To qualify, student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher will taking a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework.

Katherin Routos, of Newcastle, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester at William Penn University, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. To qualify, students must earn a 3.5 or higher grade point average in 12 hours of credit.

Zachary Wilson, of Issaquah, was named to the dean’s list at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio.

To qualify, students must earn a 3.5 or higher grade point average.

C LUBS

A Deeper Well discussion group: 8 p.m. last Tuesday, Issaquah Brew House, 35 W. Sunset Way, 392-4169, ext. 105 Fraternal Order of Eagles: steak night (every second Friday), prime rib (every fourth Friday), monthly poker tourneys, special holidays and fundraisers open to the public. 175 Front St. N, 392-6751. New members welcome.

Issaquah Ham Radio Support Group: 7 p.m. fourth Monday at the Issaquah Police Station, 130 E. Sunset Way, talk-in at 146.56 MHz at 7 p.m., meeting at 7:30 p.m., www.w7bi.com Issaquah Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary: 7:30 p.m. fourth Wednesday, 175 Front St. N., 392-6751 Issaquah Quilters: 10 a.m. to noon fourth Friday, Issaquah Depot, 50 Rainier Blvd. N., info@issaquahquilters.com Issaquah Valley Grange: 7:30 p.m. fourth Monday, Issaquah Myrtle Mason Lodge Hall, 57 W. Sunset Way, 392-3013 Issaquah Valley Rock Club: last Friday, September through June, Issaquah Valley Senior Center, 75 N.E. Creek Way, Information@issaquahrockclub.org Last Supper: Group meeting for Italian food, language and culture, last Monday 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., Montalcino Ristorante Italiano, 15 N.W. Alder Place, 2811632 or samlder1@gmail.com

Weekly A Toast to the Lord — a faith-based Toastmasters club: 7-8:30 p.m. Fridays, Eastside Fire & Rescue Station No. 83, 3425 Issaquah – Pine Lake Road S.E., 427-9682, orator@live.com American Association of University Women: meets once a month at various locations, 2718678, issaquah@aauw-wa.org Greater Issaquah Toastmasters Club No. 5433: 6:45 p.m.

Thursday, Bellewood Retirement Home, 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E., issaquahtm@gmail.com Guide Dogs for the Blind: 6 p.m. some Sundays, Issaquah Police Station Eagle Room, 644-7421 Issaquah Alps Trail Club: www.issaquahalps.org Issaquah History Museums: 392-3500 or www.issaquahhistory.org

Issaquah Library: 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Issaquah Networkers: 7:308:30 a.m. every other Wednesday, IHOP restaurant, 1433 N.W. Sammamish Road, www.IssaquahNetworkers.com Jewish Juniors Club: 3:305:30 p.m. Wednesday, Chabad of Central Cascades, 24121 S.E. Black Nugget Road, 427-1654 Kiwanis Club of Issaquah: noon Wednesday, Gibson Hall, 105 Newport Way S.W., 8917561 MOMS Club of Sammamish Plateau: MOMS helping moms raise their kids in Sammamish and Issaquah on the Sammamish Plateau, lindseymwalsh@gmail.com, www.momsclubsammamish.org or 836-5015 Moms in Prayer International: Join with other Christian moms and grandmas to pray for your children and their schools, www.MomsInPrayer.org, contact Linda Yee at lindaryee@comcast.net or at 985-1931 Providence Point Kiwanis: noon Friday, Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Drive S.E., 4279060 or ferrinlauve@msn.com for $5 lunch reservations Rotary Club of Issaquah: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 RentonIssaquah Road, www.issaquahrotary.org Rotary Club of Sammamish: 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Bellewood Retirement Home, 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E., 444-2663 Rhythm and Reins Women’s Equestrian Drill Team: Sunday, Rock Meadow Equestrian Center, 20722 S.E. 34th St., Sammamish, 222-7100 or Leemod@pobox.com Sammamish Kiwanis Club: 7 a.m. Thursday, Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church, 22818 S.E. Eighth St., 392-8905 Sunset Highway Cruisers: three times during the year, five car shows with proceeds benefiting Life Enrichment Options, 392-1921 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly): 9 a.m. Thursday, Our Savior Lutheran Church, 745 Front St. S., call Marjorie at 369-8161 The Toastmasters of Sammamish: 7:15-8:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Mary, Queen of Peace Church, 1121 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish, 392-0963 or meenakshisb@hotmail.com

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O BITUARIES

Christine Lee Semon Burnett

Christine Lee Semon Burnett passed away peacefully Feb. 15 at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue.

Chris was born in Sept.

1952 in Tacoma. She Christine Burnett grew up in Bellevue, graduating from Sammamish High School in 1969. She went to Central Washington College, where she received her teaching degree. She taught in Roseburg, Ore., while she was working on her Master’s of Education. Chris returned to Washington and began teaching in the Issaquah School district.

Chris and her family are active members of Issaquah Christian Church.

Chris is survived by her husband of 27 years, Frank; children Norie, Taylor, Nikki and Marcus; and stepchildren Jimmy English and Crystal English. She is also survived by her father Don Semon, of Port Orchard; her sister Cathi (husband Jerry) Rogerson, of Port Orchard; two brothers, Doug Semon, of Valrico, Fla., and Pete (wife Lisa) Semon, of Enumclaw.

She will also be missed by her aunts Evelyn (husband Don) Townsend, of Bozeman, Mont., and Doris Semon, of San Francisco, Calif.; uncles John (wife Maude) Gosnell, Dick (wife Margy) Semon, of Tacoma, and Tom (wife Pat) Semon, of Gig Harbor; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and many friends.

Chris was preceded in death by her mother Jessie Lenora Semon, her brother Donald Jr. and her uncle Bob Semon.

A celebration of life and memorial service will begin at 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 3, at Issaquah Christian Church, 10328 Issaquah-Hobart Road S.E., Issaquah, WA 98027-5480. For directions, please call 837-8270.

To all who donated “time” to Chris for sick leave, thank you so very much for the prayers, love, support and help you have given our family during her illness.

Again, thank you! Chris, your life has been a special blessing!

In lieu of flowers, Chris’ family prefers donations in her memory to the charity of your choice or for cancer research.

Friends are invited to view photos, share memories and sign the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com.

Arrangements are by Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home and Crematory, 392-6444.

Verna Joann McKay Former Snoqualmie Valley resident Verna J. McKay, 79, passed away Feb. 10, 2012, in Missoula, Mont.

Verna retired from the Montana Department of Transportation, where she was a truck scale officer.

Her passion for horses brought her much joy. Whenever she was on

Bond song FROM PAGE B1

Issaquah Valley PTSA, and was shot at the school.

“Music is my life and I love singing with my friends,” Sarah said.

The girls began singing together about a year ago, Patricia Neill said.

Their first appearance was at Pickering Barn during one of the farmers markets held there each weekend during the summer. There was no way of knowing how many people would show up and listen, but Neill put the figure at about 150.

“We were very surprised,” she said.

Since that first appearance, Listen Up has performed at various spots, including local schools.

Burch said the girls all meet with her for voice lessons roughly every week. Two of the girls will appear in

a horse, all her troubles went away.

She enjoyed designing costumes, and riding in parades and horse shows. She was a founding member of the Raging River Riders Horse Club of Fall City. Verna sewed costumes for Fall City’s Passion Play and a multitude of doll clothes.

Services are at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at Fall City Cemetery.

an upcoming show with the Seattle Opera. Emily has taken part in a number of professional productions, including a national touring company production of “Annie” to mark the show’s 30th anniversary. She also just came back from taking part in a touring production of “A Christmas Story: The Musical.”

“It’s just fun to sing with my friends,” Monti said. “It helps to get some of the feelings out.”

“They are all really nice,” Sarah said of the other members of Listen Up. “And we all get along really well.”

Emily also said she just enjoys singing with her friends and reached for the hand of Monti as she spoke. She said the girls’ other friends are all excited about the popularity of the YouTube video.

“It’s just fun to share our singing with other people,” Emily said.

Claire Ellyn Thompson Jan. 15, 1992 – Feb. 12, 2012

Claire Ellyn Thompson was born to Diane (nee McKeand) and Lee Thompson on Jan. 15, 1992, in Austin, Texas.

She passed away Feb. 12, 2012, in Claire Thompson Redmond.

Claire attended Eastlake High School and graduated in 2010. She was attending Seattle Central Community College and planned to transfer to the University of Hawaii to study nursing.

Claire loved concerts and gettogethers, and had a real passion for music and dancing. She truly enjoyed spending time with her friends. Throughout her junior high and high school years, Claire spent time with and mentored special education students, which ignited her desire to pur-

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sue a nursing career.

Claire was a unique and wonderful young lady as evidenced by her beautiful smile, warm heart, and dedicated love for cats and nature.

She is predeceased by her paternal grandmother Patricia Thompson and her maternal grandfather Kenneth A. McKeand.

Claire is survived by her loving family: Diane and Morrie Benveniste (mother and stepfather); Lee Thompson (father), brother Warren Thompson (21); sister Madeline Thompson (17); grandmother Judith McKeand; grandfather H. Keith Thompson; aunts Diana Teoli (Bill) and Janet Sylvester (Doug); uncles Clay Thompson and Kenneth McKeand; as well as many cousins, extended family and caring friends.

Her family appreciates donations in Claire's memory to MEOW Cat Rescue, P.O. Box 58, Kirkland, WA 98083-0058.

A celebration of life was held in Sammamish on Saturday, Feb. 18.

John Edward Honnold John Edward Honnold died Oct. 1, 2011, in Reno, Nev. Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service on Saturday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at the Sallal Grange in

John Honnold

North Bend.

John was born March 5, 1957, in Seattle and raised in Issaquah.

John will be forever remembered by his daughters Melissa Borbridge and Rachael Ferrell; his six treasured grandchildren Jeremy, Derek, Audrey, Corey, Thomas and Madison; his mother Viola; and his brothers Richard and Thomas Honnold; and girlfriend Barbra Hampton.

John was preceded in death by his father Royal Honnold and brother Harry Honnold.

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grandchild.

Beverly was an accountant and a member of the Issaquah Eagles 3054.

Family and friends are invited to attend memorial services at Raging River Community Church, 31104 S.E. 86th St., Preston, on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 11 a.m., followed by a celebration of life hosted by Issaquah Eagles 3054, 175 Front St., Issaquah.

Beverly Jean McLean, 73, passed away Feb. 11, 2012, at her home with family.

She was born Oct. 25, 1938, to Raymond and Haroldene Regula in Walla Walla.

She is survived by her brother Robert; children Michael, Donald, Gregory, Maryjean and Heather; 11 grandchildren; and one great-

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While Stallman has a keen interest in firefighters, his passion, several partygoers said, is his “putt-putt,” a golf cart given him by an older brother. Mark Disalle said Stallman would live in the cart if allowed to do so.

“It’s one of his favorite things

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“As the leadership class, we work with the community a lot,” said Olivia Glasgow, 13.

This year’s Cascade total didn’t quite match the total of last’s drive, which reached approximately 1,900 pounds. But Hansen still called the drive a decided success. And in any case, the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank welcomed the assistance.

“My understanding is the food banks are screaming for donations,” Kasemeier said.

Charitable donations usually drop after the winter holidays, he added. Kasemeier is correct, according to Cori Kauk, food bank executive director.

“Our individual food and cash donations do spike during November and December,” she said.

in life,” Disalle said.

A few days after the party, Moore said Stallman enjoyed his celebration but was apparently a bit worn out. He went to bed when it was over and slept until noon the next day.

Ron Lund said the party was a great idea and a lot of fun, but admitted the occasion was obviously bittersweet.

“You never want to be in a position to have to say, ‘Goodbye,’” he said.

During those months, people are assessing what they have and are willing to help those less fortunate, Kauk said she believes. Spring and summer also often suffer from a lack of donations, she said.

In order to try to spur donations during traditionally slower months, the Issaquah charity focuses on letting the community know the food bank is still there and still needs donations.

“We try to get into the public mind as much as possible,” Kauk said.

The food bank is trying to make a bigger splash in electronic media, keeping their website up to date and launching a Facebook page.

In another vein, in October, the food bank and other local institutions launched the Issaquah Nurturing Network, an attempt to bring various groups together for mutual benefit.

“Some just amazing relationships have been built,” Kauk said.

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Swimmers celebrate second in state

Issaquah’s boys end with best finish ever

Hamilton Noel finishes sixth at Mat Classic

By Sebastian Moraga Issaquah Press reporter

By Lillian Tucker Issaquah Press reporter Issaquah High School coach Laura Halter hoisted the second place trophy high above her head and smiled ear to ear. Halter’s team had surpassed even her expectations when it finished second in the Class 4A boys state swimming and diving championships Feb. 18 in Federal Way’s King County Aquatic Center.

“This is just a surprise,” Halter said. “Any one of the top five teams could have won this meet. I’m really, really proud of the boys.”

At the beginning of the season, Halter said she knew she had a good team but she didn’t know they would have such a successful year.

The Issaquah Eagles won all but one dual meet, came in first at the Sea-King District 4A meet and won this year’s KingCo sportsmanship award – all before finishing second at state ahead of 37 other teams.

“They are top-notch in every way,” Halter said of her swimmers.

Stadium, of Tacoma, won the team title with 229 points.

Issaquah, which often led in the team standings during the meet, finished with 205 points.

Going into the state competition the coach told the team to set its sights on fifth place. The team did better than that because of finishes that include: first in the 200 freestyle relay, first in the 100 freestyle, second in the 200 medley relay, second and seventh in the 50 freestyle, fifth and eighth in the 200 individual medley, sixth and seventh in the 100 butterfly and eighth in the 400 freestyle relay.

“We didn’t expect to go so high,” said David Nam, who helped Issaquah earn the championship in the 200 freestyle relay and who finished seventh in the 500 freestyle.

With a time of 1 minute, 37.86 seconds, the 200 medley relay team beat the 15-year school record for the event. Stadium won the 200 medley relay in 1:37.23. However, beating an old school record was quite a thrill for the Eagles.

“It feels great (breaking the record),” said William Matsuda, who swam the first leg of both the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays.

Matsuda teamed in the 200 medley relay with Austin Melody, Gabe Florsheim and Brian Ruggles, who all beat their personal best times in the championship race.

“In the beginning of the year nobody had any idea we would do this good,” said Florsheim, a freshman and one of Issaquah’s youngest competitors. He said all four team members dropped several seconds off their individual times — making the 200 medley something to go for. Swimming the third leg in 23.49, Florsheim had the fastest butterfly of the race.

“I’ve been working on my turns,” he said. “My coaches have been really supportive.”

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

BY GREG FARRAR

Jubilant members of the Issaquah High School boys swim team and their coaches hoist their state 4A second place team trophy and give themselves a cheer Feb. 18 at the Federal Way Aquatic Center.

BY GREG FARRAR

year.

Levy was seeded No.1 entering the 1-meter diving competition. He had a preliminary round score of 291.00 and seemed to be right on track. But that number dropped to 388.5 in the final with the main culprit being Levy’s inward 1 1/2 summersault.

“I’m kind of upset in a little way. I could have done better,” Levy said.

In the end South Kitsap’s Jesse Labeda-Sutton had a better day of dives and finished first, just ahead of Levy. with 391.55 points.

“I’m hoping to come back next year for the gold,” Levy said.

Skyline’s Alec Raines finished fourth in the 500 freestyle and Paul Jett took seventh in the 200 individual medley.

Skyline’s diver is second It wasn’t quite the finish to the state diving competition that Skyline junior Max Levy hoped for but he still walked away with a silver medal and the anticipation of next

Liberty finishes fourth Liberty capped a record-setting season when the Patriots brought home their first ever trophy from the Class 3A state championships.

Liberty finished fourth with 168

See WRESTLING, Page B5

Sluggish start dooms Eagles to 62-51 loss in championship game

Above, Brian Ruggles, Issaquah High School senior, swims his way to a 4A state championship medal in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.39 seconds. At right, Max Levy, Skyline High School sophomore, scores 6’s, 6.5’s and a 7 from the judges on his forward 1 1/2 somersault dive with one twist. Levy finished just three points shy of Jesse Labeda-Sutton of South Kitsap for the 4A state championship.

Florsheim’s coaches also provided the freshman with an extra incentive. Underneath his swim cap is an unruly mane of curls. He said the coaches told him that if he made state he could keep his locks, if not then it was a date with the clippers.

“I think it represents me,” Florsheim said. “It’s hard to manage, especially with all the pool time.”

Ruggles, a senior, capped his high-school career in style. He won the 100 freestyle in 47.39, just beating Newport’s Sebastian Bury, who was second in 47.48.

Ruggles finished second in the 50 freestyle in 21.25. He also anchored the 200 freestyle relay, which won in 1:28.68. Matsuda, Nam and Florsheim were other members of the relay.

When the last chapter closed on the 2012 Mat Classic, all it said about Hamilton Noel's performance was that the Liberty High School senior finished sixth in the 160-pound division at the Class 3A Tournament.

Not a word about his heart, of which he displayed plenty in the Tacoma Dome. Not a comma about his tears, of which there were also a few. Not a period about how he stepped on the mat weakened by an unspecified ailment that made him look almost nothing like the Noel that dominated at Regionals.

At the end, the fact that Mercer Island’s Blake Johnson, the wrestler who won 160-pound state title was the same Noel defeated at the regional finals seven days earlier, seemed to do nothing but add insult to an already injured warrior.

In the first round, Noel defeated Enumclaw's Ryan Anderson, 9-5. In the second round, Decatur's Nick Karis stunned onlookers by beating Noel, 11-4.

At that point, fans were already talking that Noel did not look like himself. To the senior's

credit, he strung together two more wins, against Pasco's Lonnie Hurley (9-6) and Sunnyside's Sam Romero. (9-5).

Then, Bonney Lake's Chili Sabin stopped Noel with a pin late in the third round.

Despite the devastating pin, which knocked Noel out of contention for third place, Noel turned the fifth-place match into a battle of wills.

Late in the match, Noel managed to turn a 3-1 deficit with 76 seconds left into a 3-3 tie on a takedown. The effort took the last reserve of gas from Noel's tank, who yielded two more points and lost 5-3.

Then the tears, the hugs from the coaches and an afternoon of misty-eyed waiting until the awards ceremonies, where Noel would receive his sixth-place prize and say goodbye to highschool wrestling.

The brackets for the Mat Classic 2012 are full, and at 160 pounds, Noel's name stands next to a '6'.

Those who watched him this weekend know no number high enough exists for competitors who wrestle two opponents at once.

By Christina Lords Issaquah Press reporter

points. The Patriots were the second-highest KingCo Conference 3A placing team. Mercer Island, which was dethroned as state champion, finished second with 300 points. Lakeside won the team title with 311 points. Bainbridge was third with 229.5.

The Patriots had one state champion in junior Raymond Ha, who captured the 100 breaststroke with an All-American consideration and school record time of 57.46. Ha’s record was one of eight new marks set by Liberty swimmers this season.

Senior Logan Briggs was second in the 200 individual medley in 1:52.66 and second in the 500 freestyle in 4:35.46. Both were allAmerican consideration and school record times. In the 500 freestyle, Briggs was nipped by Bainbridge’s Andrew McCarthy, who finished first in 4:35.27.

See SWIMMING, Page B5

It wasn’t where Nick Price wanted to be.

After the Issaquah High School Eagles were only able to string together 16 points in the first half of the KingCo Conference 4A boys championship game Feb. 17 against Garfield, he was saddled with early foul trouble and was forced to the sidelines for the majority of the third quarter.

Issaquah rallied for an 18-9 run to bring the game within 10 points in the third, but the Eagles lost the contest 62-51 at Juanita High School.

“It’s always a factor when your best player gets into foul trouble, but at the same time the other kids and the younger guys stepped up,” Issaquah coach Jason Griffith said. “That’s when we went on a run. When Nick came back in, he played more like Nick.”

He credited the Bulldogs’ strength as the best offensive rebounding team in the league — a major factor as Garfield took the lead by as many as 21 points in the first half.

“We had a hard time getting into the rhythm,” he said. “We were forcing shots and we didn’t

really play to our strengths, which is getting to the rim, making the extra pass and playing good defense.”

Griffith said he knew his team had the talent and dedication to end up in the championship game early on in the season.

“I knew it was our potential,” he said. “We competed all season long. We played every team tough all year long. We were just starting to get over the hump down the stretch here, and if we would have put together a little bit different first half, I think we would have made it, or at least made it a closer game.”

Despite the early foul trouble, Price, Issaquah’s top scorer, contributed a team-high 14 points and four rebounds in the contest. He’s averaging 20.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game on the season.

Issaquah freshman Ty Gibson and junior Ryan Sexton contributed 12 and 11 points respectively.

Garfield’s Tucker Haymond had a game-high 18 points for the Bulldogs.

Issaquah will play in a Class 4A regional at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at See EAGLES, Page B5

Skyline girls top Issaquah, earn KingCo No. 3 seed Local girls basketball fans always know it will be a battle down to the wire when the Skyline and Issaquah High School teams meet.

And, the third meeting of the season between the rivals was no exception. After an intense first half, Skyline pulled away in the final quarter Feb. 16 to beat Issaquah 47-41 in a loser-out game in the KingCo Conference 4A Tournament at Juanita High School.

With the victory, Skyline captured the KingCo No. 3 berth. The Spartans, 17-7, played at Stanwood, the Western Conference No. 3 entry, Feb. 21 in a playoff for a Class 4A Regional berth. The winner of the game advances to the regional at Auburn Feb. 25 and plays a team from District 3 or

BASKETBALL R OUNDUP

District 4 at 4 p.m.

In the first contest on Jan. 6 between Issaquah and Skyline, the Eagles held on for a 52-51 victory.

In the Jan. 31 rematch, Skyline rallied in the second half to win 37-32.

In the third meeting, Issaquah held a 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. The teams were deadlocked at 20-all at halftime.

The contest stayed close through the third quarter. In the final period, Skyline outscored Issaquah

15-11 to win the contest.

Rachel Shim and Megan Wiedeman each had nine points to lead the Spartans. Morgan Farrar and Allie Wyszynski each contributed eight points.

Issaquah's Sabrina Norton led all players with 15 points. Mandie Hill added nine points and Monica Landdeck eight points for Issaquah, which ended the season at 17-7.

Both teams reached this crucial game after winning loser-out contests Feb. 14. Issaquah nipped Inglemoor 66-65 and Skyline raced by Newport 50-32.

Issaquah fell behind by six points in the first quarter but fought back to earn a 31-31 halftime tie. The Eagles pulled ahead in the third quarter and

held off Inglemoor in the final period to win the game. Landdeck, a 5-foot-8 sophomore guard, scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Eagles. Norton contributed 12 points while Quincey Gibson and Mackenzie Wieburg each had 10 points.

Kelly Conroy topped Inglemoor with 19 points.

Skyline, which won the KingCo Crest Division title this season, shot to a 10-6 first-quarter lead and steadily pulled away from Newport. The Spartans had a commanding 40-16 lead going into the final quarter. Wiedeman led Skyline with 12 points. Haley

BY GREG FARRAR

See BASKETBALL, Page B5

Ty Gibson, Issaquah freshman guard, is fouled by Garfield forward Trey Williams during a furious third-quarter comeback at the 4A KingCo championship.

The Issaquah Press

S COREBOARD

Prep boys basketball 4A KingCo Conference CREST DIVISION

Skyline* Redmond Issaquah Newport Eastlake CROWN DIVISION

Garfield* Roosevelt Bothell Ballard Woodinville Inglemoor *Division champions

League W L 13 1 10 4 6 8 5 9 2 12

Season W L 18 5 16 7 14 9 10 13 4 16

League W L 13 2 10 5 8 7 8 7 3 12 2 13

Season W L 18 5 16 78 15 9 10 12 5 12 6 14

KingCo 4A Tournament At Juanita High School Feb. 14 Games Bothell 60, Newport 56, loser out Roosevelt 45, Redmond 42, loser out Feb. 16 Game Bothell 65, Roosevelt 55, loser out, winner KingCo No. 3 (plays 7 p.m., Feb. 21 at Wesco No. 3 for regional berth) Feb. 17 Title Game Garfield 62, Issaquah 51, first, second, both to regionals GARFIELD 62, ISSAQUAH 51 Garfield 16 19 9 18 – 62 Issaquah 8 8 18 17 – 51 Garfield – Tucker Haymond 18, TreVaunte Williams 16, Daniel Greer 13, Pierre Wright 9, Demario Hall 4, Jalen McGruder 2, Torrence Baker 0, Aja Buchanan 0, Garrett Hopper 0.

Issaquah – Nick Price 14, Ty Gibson 12, Ryan Sexton 11, Cory Nevin 6, Fletcher Martin 5, Jake Henke 4, Blake Bichsel 0, Drew Danner 0, Brian Watson 0, Cole Westover 0, Tyler Witte 0.

Class 4A Regionals Feb. 24 Games At Juanita Issaquah vs. District 3/4 No. 4, 6 p.m.

District 3/4 No. 5 vs. Garfield, 8 p.m.

At Kent-Meridian District 3/4 No. 6 vs. Jackson, 6 p.m.

Snohomish vs. District 3/4 No. 3, 8 p.m.

At Auburn Lake Stevens/Bothell vs. District 3/4 No. 2, 6 p.m.

District 3/4 No. 7 vs. District 3/4 No. 1, 8 p.m.

At Spokane Falls Community College District 5/6/8 No. 3 vs. District 5/6/8 No. 2, 6 p.m.

District 3/4 No. 8 vs. District 5/6/8, No. 1, 8 p.m.

Prep girls basketball 4A KingCo Conference CREST DIVISION

Skyline* Issaquah Eastlake Newport Redmond CROWN DIVISION

Woodinville* Inglemoor Roosevelt Garfield Ballard Bothell *division champions

League W L 11 3 10 4 9 5 5 9 2 12

Season W L 17 7 17 7 14 9 9 14 6 14

League W L 14 1 12 3 6 9 6 9 5 10 0 15

Season W L 21 2 17 6 8 13 7 14 6 14 0 20

KingCo 4A Tournament At Juanita High School Feb. 14 Games Skyline 50, Newport 32, loser out Issaquah 66, Inglemoor 65, loser out Feb. 16 Game Skyline 47, Issaquah 41, loser out, winner KingCo No. 3 Feb. 17 Title Game Woodinville 54, Eastlake 48, first, second, both to regionals Feb. 21 Game Skyline at Stanwood (Wesco No. 3), winner to regionals SKYLINE 47, ISSAQUAH 41 Skyline 12 8 12 15 – 47 Issaquah 14 6 10 11 – 41 Skyline – Rachel Shim 9, Megan Wiedeman 9, Morgan Farrar 8, Allie Wyszynski 8, Haley Smith 6, Lacey Nicholson 4, Alex Daugherty 3, Susie Tinker 0, Shelby Kassuba 0.

Issaquah – Sabrina Norton 15, Mandie Hill 9, Monica Landdeck 8, Taryn Holmes 4, Quincey Gibson 3, Aimee Brakken 2, Ali Mendezona 0, Ngozi Monu 0.

ISSAQUAH 66, INGLEMOOR 65 Inglemoor 21 10 11 23 – 65 Issaquah 15 16 17 18 – 66 Inglemoor – Kelly Conroy 19, Taylor Peacocke 17, Chay Fuller 12, Kate Taylor 12, Julia Haining 5, Larissa Ashby 0, Eric Kalista 0, Molly Pence 0.

Issaquah – Monica Landdeck 25, Sabrina Norton 12, Quincey Gibson 10, Mackenzie Wieburg 10, Aimee Brakken 5, Taryn Holmes 4, Mandie Hill 0, Ali Mendezona 0, Ngozi Monu 0.

SKYLINE 50, NEWPORT 32 Skyline 10 13 17 10 – 50 Newport 6 4 6 16 – 32 Skyline – Megan Wiedeman 12, Haley Smith 8, Allie Wyszynski 8, Morgan Farrar 6, Susie Tinker 6, Lacey Nicholson 4, Rachel Shim 4, Shelby Kassuba 2, Alicia Shim 0, Lindsay Coutts 0, Alex Daugherty 0, Bryn deVita 0, Morgan Fischer 0, Kate Fitzgerald 0, Stella Mazaferro 0.

Newport – Milana Hoving 12, Marikah Wright 6, Justina Grubb 4, Chanel Dotson 2, Felicia Andreini 2, Anna Crabtree 2, Casey Schoenlein 2, Chiara Victor 2, Abbi Gobel 0, Kaitlin Sahlinger 0.

WOODINVILLE 54, EASTLAKE 48 Woodinville 14 10 11 19 – 54 Eastlake 11 14 18 5 – 48 Woodinville – Mackenzie Campbell 19, Alexis McLeod 12, Kim Frost 8, Ali Forde 7, Erin Hamilton 4, Deidre Miller 2, Amanda Skalabrin 2, Midori McElwee 0.

Eastlake – Kendra Morrison 14, Marijke Vanderschaaf 10, Caleigh McCabe 7, Maggie Douglas 4, Taylor Boe 3, Lauren Files 3, Ellie Mortenson 2, Bella Zennan 0.

Class 4A Regionals Feb. 25 Games At Juanita Eastlake vs. District 3/4 No. 4, 4 p.m.

District 3/4 No. 5 vs. Woodinville, 6 p.m.

At Kent-Meridian District 3/4 No. 6 vs. Lake Stevens, 4 p.m.

Jackson vs. District 3/4 No. 3, 6 p.m.

At Auburn Stanwood/Skyline vs. District 3/4 No. 2, 4 p.m.

District 3/4 No. 7 vs. District 3/4 No. 1, 6 p.m.

At Spokane Falls Community College District 5/6/8 No. 3 vs. District 5/6/8 No. 2, 6 p.m.

District 3/4 No. 8 vs. District 5/6/8 No. 1, 8 p.m.

3A/2A KingCo Conference League W L Juanita* 12 2 Lake Washington 11 3 Liberty 10 4 Bellevue 8 6 Mount Si 7 7 Mercer Island 5 9 Interlake 3 11 Sammamish 0 14 *regular season champion

Season W L 21 5 14 9 16 9 14 11 10 11 5 15 10 15 3 16

3A Sea-King District Tournament At Bellevue College Feb. 14 Games Cleveland 53, Bainbridge 43, winner to regional Lakeside 54, Bellevue 43, winner to regional

Seattle Prep 58, Liberty 38, winner to regional Franklin 54, Juanita 36, winner to regional Feb. 16 Games Lakeside 34, Cleveland 33 Franklin 57, Seattle Prep 38 Feb. 17 Games Bellevue 65, Bainbridge 64, loser out Juanita 74, Liberty 48, loser out Feb. 18 Games Seattle Prep 55, Cleveland 38, third, fourth, both to regionals Juanita 52, Bellevue 37, fifth place, loser out, winner to regionals Franklin 30, Lakeside 24, first, second, both to regionals JUANITA 74, LIBERTY 48 Liberty 15 18 1 14 – 48 Juanita 8 22 22 22 – 74 Liberty – Sierra Carlson 10, Aspen Winegar 10, Alicia Abraham 8, Morgan Safley 4, Megan Tsutakawa 4, Stephanie Yea 4, Delane Agnew 2, Ashlan Applegate 2, Adele Payant 2, Sara Bliesner 0, Tara Johnson 0.

Juanita – Kate Cryderman 20, Mikayla Jones 16, Molly Grager 9, Winnie Levitt 8, Bre Carter 7, Mary Carter 5, Molly Steck 4, Emily Wright 3, Mckenzie Waltar 2, Shannon Brink 0, Taylor Lloyd 0, Carla Murigmen 0.

SEATTLE PREP 58, LIBERTY 38 Seattle Prep 17 18 12 11 – 58 Liberty 6 11 5 16 – 38 Seattle Prep – Nicole Hall 17, Michaela Carew 15, Mary Ann Santucci 12, Purshall Artison 8, Quinn Glosniak 6, Kate Adler 0, Kathryn Barth 0, Maggie Bowner 0, Andraya Flor 0, Margaret McDonald 0, Olivia Morrow 0, Abby Rockwell 0.

Liberty – Delane Agnew 9, Stephanie Yea 8, Aspen Winegar 6, Sierra Carlson 5, Alicia Abraham 4, Avery Granberg 4, Megan Tsutakawa 2, Ashlan Applegate 0, Tara Johnson 0, Adele Payant 0, Morgan Safley 0.

Prep boys swimming Class 4A State Championships At King County Aquatic Center Team scores: 1, Stadium 229; 2, Issaquah 205; 3, Kamiak 189; 4, Newport 178; 5, Eastlake 154; 6, Gig Harbor 135; 7, Richland 124; 8, Roosevelt 107; 9 (tie), Inglemoor 73, Curtis 73; 11, Kentridge 69; 12, Woodinville 68; 13, Stanwood 67; 14, Central Kitsap 61; 15 (tie), Skyline 56, Marysville-Pilchuck 56; 17, Mount Rainier 45; 18, Cascade 44; 19, Walla Walla 36; 20, Moses Lake 34; 21, Wenatchee 33; 22 (tie), South Kitsap 31, Jackson 31; 24, Todd Beamer 30; 25, Kentlake 25; 26, Redmond 22; 29, Ballard 19; 32, Bothell 14; 37, Garfield 5.

Individual results (Top 5 placers, and local and KingCo) 200 medley relay: A final, 1, Stadium (Logan Rysemus, Mateus Siquiera, Taylor Wright, Stefan Kubeja) 1:37.23; 2, Issaquah (Willie Matsuda, Austin Melody, Gabe Florsheim, Brian Ruggles) 1:37.86; 3, Eastlake (Edward Kim, Zach Alleva, Jason Kroon, Henry O’Neil) 1:38.05; 4, Kamiak (John Stupey, Liam Sosinsky, Kyle Kusuda, Tyler Cheung) 1:38.37; 5, Roosevelt (Wyatt Sintay, Keith Schendel, Tim Sherwood, Alex Guffey) 1:40.86; B final, 9, Newport (Dehlan Gwo, Keegan McElligott, Connor O’Shea, Christopher Bell) 1:42.30; 10, Inglemoor (Mateusz Merchel, Casey Colella, Andy Chapman, Matt Yusen) 1:42.67; prelims, 18, Skyline (Mitch Corson, Alec Raines, Paul Jett, Ashton Powell) 1:46.34.

200 freestyle: A final, 1, Kim (Eastlake) 1:38.72*; 2, Brendan Weiner (Central Kitsap) 1:43.01; 3, Nick Connors (Richland) 1:44.34; 4, Ben Allen (Newport) 1:44.44; 5, Asahel Jenkins (Cascade) 1;45.34; B final, 13, Raines (Skyline) 1:48.16; 14, Guffey (Roosevelt) 1:48.48.

200 individual medley: A final, 1, Rysemus (Stadium) 1:50.97*; 2, Evan Indahl (Gig Harbor) 1:56.20; 3, Brian Woodbury (Curtis) 1:56.23; 4, Sosinsky (Kamiak) 1:56.65; 5, Melody (Issaquah) 1:58.30; 6, Schendel (Roosevelt) 1:58.88; 7, Jett (Skyline) 2:00.83; 8, Ben Nussbaum (Issaquah) 2:02.15; B final, 11, Mat Williamson (Bothell) 2:03.78.

50 freestyle: A final, 1, Chase Bublitz (Kentridge) 21.16; 2, Ruggles (Issaquah) 21.25; 3, Sebastian Bury (Newport) 21.40; 4, Andrew Lackman (Stadium) 21.64; 5, Dylan Chase (Todd Beamer) 21.74; 7, Dave Nam (Issaquah) 22.33; B final, 16, Florsheim (Issaquah) 23.15.

Diving: 1, Labeda-Sutton (South Kitsap) 391.55; 2, Max Levy (Skyline) 388.50; 3, Jesse Dehnert (Kentwood) 377.05; 4, Eric Klassen (Redmond) 335.45; 5, Will Hanson (Stadium) 321.00; 6, CarlsonRothe (Woodinville) 305.82; 7, Antoine Signoretty (Eastlake) 301.10; 13, Garcia Garde (Garfield) 274.20; 14, Cody Sodawasser (Bothell) 263.10; 16, Alex Thompson (Garfield) 245.10.

100 butterfly: A final, 1, Bublitz (Kentridge) 50.33; 2, Stupey (Kamiak) 51.68; 3, Jenkins (Cascade) 51.96; 4, Michael Cox (Tahoma) 52.46; 5, Andrew Blanchard (Richland) 52.70; 6, Matsuda (Issaquah) 53.31; 7, Florsheim (Issaquah) 53.34; 8, Gwo (Newport) 53.48; B final, 9, Max Emerick (Woodinville) 53.70; 10, Nicholas Kodati (Redmond) 54.04; 14, Sintay (Roosevelt) 54.92; 16, Caleb Jaeger (Ballard) 55.57; prelims, 18, Jett (Skyline) 55.75.

100 freestyle: A final, 1, Ruggles (Issaquah) 47.39; 2, Bury (Newport) 47.49; 3, Chase (Todd Beamer) 48.17; 4, Alleva (Eastlake) 48.32; 5, Erik Nielsen (Gig Harbor) 48.41; B final, 12, Guffey (Roosevelt) 49.53; prelims, 17, Nam (Issaquah) 50.76.

500 freestyle: A final, 1, Nick Connors (Richland) 4:36.44; 2, Brendan Weiner (Central Kitsap) 4:37.06; 3, Allen (Newport) 4:41.97; 4, Raines (Skyline) 4:44.63; 5, Indahl (Gig Harbor) 4:45.93; B final, 9, Colella (Inglemoor) 4:51.15; 12, Williamson (Bothell) 4:57.69; 13, Jackson Berman (Eastlake) 5:00.02.

200 freestyle relay: A final, 1, Issaquah (Matsuda, Nam, Florsheim, Ruggles) 1:28.68; 2, Stadium (Mateus Siquiera, Miller Moore, Taylor Wright, Andrew Lackman) 1:29.34; 3, Kamiak (Trent Roberts, Kyle Kusuda, Eben Schumann, Tyler Cheung) 1:30.16; 4, Gig Harbor (Andrew Van Camp, Daniel Arroyo, Indahl, Nielsen) 1:30.69; 5, Newport (Bury, Nicholas Weiss, Bell, Allen) 1:30.99; 8, Woodinville (Joshua Scheck, Gunner Burn, Zach Oporesa, Emerick) 1:33.42; B final, 9, Ballard (Kyle Garrity, Phillip Anderson, Jaeger, John Hall) 1:33.23; prelims, 22, Skyline (Nick D’Alo, Matt Haynie, Mackenzie O’Keefe, Powell) 1:37.14; 23, Eastlake (Henry O’Neil, James McCutcheon, Brian Lee, Jason Kroon) 1:38.14.

100 backstroke: A final, 1, Kim (Eastlake) 48.84*; 2, Rysemus (Stadium) 50.12*; 3, Brian Woodbury (Curtis) 52.04; 4, Stupey (Kamiak) 52.81; 5, Gwo (Newport) 54.17; 6, Merchel (Inglemoor) 54.40; B final, 10, Emerick (Woodinville) 54.97; 11, Matsuda (Issaquah) 55.37; 12, Pana (Newport) 55.58; 13, Seth Birrell (Inglemoor) 55.72; 14, Tyler Yee (Newport) 56.02.

100 breaststroke: A final, 1, Sosinsky (Kamiak) 57.45; 2, Alleva (Eastlake) 58.06; 3, Schendel (Roosevelt) 58.49; 4, Sintay (Roosevelt) 1:00.16; 5, Jason Soria (Central Kitsap) 1:00.47; 7, Josaiah Clark (Inglemoor) 1:01.30; B final, 10, Colella (Inglemoor) 1:01.10; 12, McElligott (Newport) 1:02.85; 14, Nussbaum (Issaquah) 1:03.07.

400 freestyle relay: A final, 1, Kamiak (Stupey, Cheung, Kusuda, Roberts) 3:14.47; 2, Eastlake (O’Neil, Berman, Kim, Alleva) 3:14.51; 3, Stadium (Cameron Hartwig, Kubeja, Lackman, Rysemus) 3:15.52; 4, Newport (Bury, Gwo, Pana, Allen) 3:15.88; 5, Gig Harbor (Arroyo, Baylor Stearnes, Indhal, Nielsen) 3:18.07; 7, Roosevelt (Guffey, Sintay, Sherwood, Schendel) 3:19.69; 8, Issaquah (Melody, Spencer McCulloh, Nussbaum, Nam) 3:22.60; B final, 10, Inglemoor (Colella, Clark, Merchel, Yusen) 3:21.54; 11, Woodinville (Scheck, Burn, Oropesa, Emerick) 3:23.01; 13, Skyline (Powell, D’Alo, Jett, Raines) 3:25.50. *All-America Times

3A State Championships At King County Aquatic Center Team scores: 1, Lakeside 311; 2, Mercer Island 300; 3, Bainbridge 229.5; 4, Liberty 168; 5, Kennedy Catholic 158; 6, Bellevue 132; 7, O’Dea 118; 8, Mountain View 101; 9, Camas 96; 10, Seattle Prep 81.5; 11, Hanford 81; 12, Kennewick 69; 13, Shorewood 66; 14, Eastmont 45; 15, Wilson 44; 16, Shorecrest 41; 17, Oak Harbor 42.5; 18, Highline 37; 19, Auburn Mountainview 33; 20, Enumclaw 29.5; 21 (tie), Hazen 29, Prairie 29; 23, Ingraham 18; 24, West Seattle 11; 25, Sammamish 10.

Individual finals (Top 5 places, and local and KingCo) 200 medley relay: A final, 1, Lakeside (Abraham Devine, Robbie Adler, Kevin Yu, Zach Wagner) 1:36.58; 2, Mercer Island (Andrew Weiss, Noah Deiparine, Daniel Simons, Quinn Markwith) 1:36.60; 3, Liberty (Luke Duschl, Raymond Ha, Kevin Hays, Logan Briggs) 1:36.81; 4, Bainbridge (Todd McCarthy, Jared Bell,

Adult sports

SPORTS CALENDAR

Issaquah Alps Trails Club

Feb. 24, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 3-5 miles, 500- to 900-foot elevation gain. Call 206-909-1080 ... Feb. 26, noon, Tiger Mountain’s Tradition Loop, 5 miles, 600-foot elevation gain. Call 3923571 ... March 3, 9 a.m., Cougar Mountain, 8 miles, 1,800-foot elevation gain. Call 206-232-7730 ... March 4, 9:30 a.m., Middle Coal Creek, 5 miles, 500-foot elevation gain. Call 453-8997.

Cascade Bicycle Club Feb. 23, 1 p.m., May Valley to Issaquah, 28 miles from Newcastle Beach Park. Call 891-7079 ... Feb. 24, 10 a.m., Marymoor to Carnation, 4555 miles from Marymoor Park east parking lot. Call 985-8570 ... Feb. 28, 5:45 p.m., Cycle Tuesdays, 25-35 miles from Renton’s Gene Coulon Park.

Call 206-200-7314.

Fishing Fly-fishing workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 25-26 at Issaquah’s Hilton Garden Inn. Workshop provides techniques for fishing the flies effectively, how to read the water, patterns and tactics for fishing streams and lakes.

Workshop is open to beginners and experienced fly-fishers. Register at http://hookednow.com/events.

Tennis Issaquah Parks holds the Tennis

Andrew McCarthy, Colin Chupik) 1:37.57; 5, Bellevue (Michael Stanchi, Casey Lee, Jamie Doucette, Carl Andrews) 1:39.73; B final, 14, Sammamish (Conrad Karwal, Matt McKaig, Edmund Wai, Jacob Tower) 1:43.74; 16, Hazen (Nolan Hoover, Chris Foth, Kyle Nelson, Malcolm Mitchell) 1:45.33.

200 freestyle: A final, 1, Thane Maudslien (Kennedy Catholic) 1:38.79*; 2, A. McCarthy (Bainbridge) 1:43.07; 3, Sean Ekavithvorakul (Lakeside) 1:43.82; 4, William Wertz (Hanford) 1:43.98; 5, Sascha Stipe (O’Dea) 1:45.41; 6, Nick Klatt (Liberty) 1:45.56; B final, 10, Chase Onstot (Hazen) 1:48.72; 13, Ian Caldwell (MI) 1:49.29; prelims, 17, Mitchell (Hazen) 1:51.49.

200 individual medley: A final, 1, Tommy Thach (Kennedy Catholic) 1:50.85*; 2, Briggs (Liberty) 1:52.66; 3, Jaron Hamlik (Prairie) 1:53.44; 4, Spencer Alpaugh (Bainbridge) 1:56.98; 5, Conrad Shabb (Lakeside) 1:58.00; 7, Tom Hutchison (Lakeside) 1:59.52; 8, Simons (MI) 2:02.51; B final, 9, Duschl (Liberty) 1:59.90; 14, Samuel Chong (MI) 2:02.46; 15, Duncan Koontz (MI) 2:03.87; prelims, 18, Connor Biehl (Liberty) 2:03.45; 21, Connor Broughton (Hazen) 2:08.30.

50 freestyle: A final, 1, Wagner (Lakeside) 20.87; 2, Andrews (Bellevue) 21.09; 3, Weiss (MI) 21.41; 4, Marco Signorelli (MI) 21.52; 5, Chupik (Bainbridge) 21.74; 6, Markwith (MI) 21.76; B final, 13, McKaig (Sammamish) 22.47; 15, Karl MacLane (MI) 22.59.

Diving: 1, Eddie Young (Shorewood) 442.80; 2, Brian Donohue (Kennedy Catholic) 398.90; 3, William Tuthill (Eastmont) 371.40; 4, Aaron Moss (Shorecrest) 360.15; 5, Andrew Bowker (Lakeside) 320.00; 9, Cody Hall (MI) 294.45; 15, Connor Nielson (MI) 264.85; prelims, 18, Jesse Herrild (Liberty) 173.90; 22, Shane Thompson (Hazen) 95.10.

100 butterfly: A final, 1, Maudslien (Kennedy Catholic) 49.89; 2, Chase Schell (Wilson) 50.88; 3, Ekavithvorakul (Lakeside) 51.82; 4, Kevin Yu (Lakeside) 52.53; 5, T. McCarthy (Bainbridge) 52.74; 8, Simons (MI) 53.47; B final, 10, Markwith (MI) 54.45; 12, Michael Bower (MI) 54.65; 16, Doucette (Bellevue) 55.56.

100 freestyle: A final, 1, Wagner (Lakeside) 45.47*; 2, Signorelli (MI) 46.64; 3, Andrews (Bellevue) 47.05; 4, Derek Savage (Eastmont) 47.16; 5, Jon Graybill (Highline) 47.23; 8, Deiparine (MI) 48.77; B final, Brandt Waesche (MI) 48.60; 13, Caldwell (Mercer Island) 49.29; 16, Matt Williams (Bellevue) 49.82; prelims, 24, Mitchell (Hazen) 50.81.

500 freestyle: A final, 1, A. McCarthy (Bainbridge) 4:35.27; 2, Briggs (Liberty) 4:35.46; 3, Shabb (Lakeside) 4:40.56; 4, Stanchi (Bellevue) 4:40.75; 5, Stipe (O’Dea) 4:42.64; 7, Klatt (Liberty) 4:45.48; B final, 11, Koontz (MI) 4:45.48; 12, Onstot (Hazen) 4:58.17; prelims, 19, Broughton (Hazen) 5:03.97.

200 freestyle relay: A final, 1, Mercer Island (Deiparine, MacLane, Markwith, Signorelli) 1:27.35; 2, Lakeside (Robbie Adler, Yu, Henry Stolz, Ekavithvorakul) 1:28.28; 3, Mountain View (Alexander Suk, Kyle Law, Davin Gong) 1:28.82; 4, O’Dea (Grant Neil, Chris Allen, Jacob Stashower, Stipe) 1:29.46; 5, Bainbridge (Grant Dunaway, Alex Nowjack, Alpaugh, Kevin Yalung) 1:30.08; B final, 10, Bellevue (George French, Alex Jones, Williams, Doucette) 1:31.92; 16, Hazen (Onstot, Nelson, Andrew Le, P.J. Warmenhoven) 1:35.35.

100 backstroke: A final, 1 Cameron Lindsay (Aub. Mountainview) 51.29; 2, Weiss (MI) 51.35; 3, Stanchi (Bellevue) 52.09; 4, T. McCarthy (Bainbridge) 52.61; 5, Duschl (Liberty) 53.05; 7, Ian Piper (MI) 53.63; B final, 11, Hutchison (Lakeside) 55.18; 16, Hoover (Hazen) 57.26.

100 breaststroke: A final, 1, Raymond Ha (Liberty) 57.46; 2, Thach (Kennedy Catholic) 58.09; 3, Deiparine (MI) 1:10.05; 4, Ethan Carlson (Peninsula) 1:01.20; 5, Bennan VanHoor (Enumclaw) 1:01.32; B final, 11, Hays (Liberty) 1:02.34; 14, Chong (MI) 1:02.54.

400 freestyle relay: A final, 1, Lakeside (Stolz, Shabb, Ekavithvorakul, Wagner) 3:08.61; 2, Mercer Island (Simons, Waesche, Signorelli, Weiss) 3:09.73; 3, Bainbridge (T. McCarthy, Nowjack, A. McCarthy, Chupik) 3:11.02; 4, Kennedy Catholic (Maudslien, Thach, Skylar Martens, Karl Fenster) 3:15.25; 5, Liberty (Duschl, Klatt, Hays, Briggs) 3:16.13; 7, Bellevue (Andrews, Williams, Doucette, Stanchi) 3:16.89; B final, 11, Hazen (Onstot, Warmenhoven, Hoover, Mitchell) 3:23.32.

Prep wrestling Class 4A State Championships At Tacoma Dome Team scores: 1, Tahoma 190; 2, Mead 168.5; 3, Graham-Kapowsin 134; 4, Union 96.5; 5, Lake Stevens 91; 6, Evergreen (Vancouver) 77; 7, Central Valley 75; 8, Todd Beamer 62; 9, Snohomish 61; 10, Moses Lake 52; 11, Woodinville 46; 12, Curtis 38; 13 (tie), Marysville-Pilchuck 34, Stanwood 34; 15, EdmondsWoodway 31; 16 (tie), Shelton 28, Central Kitsap 28, Jefferson 28; 19 (tie), Kamiak 27, Kentwood 27; 21 (tie), South Kitsap 23, Chiawana 21; 23, Puyallup 23; 24, Eisenhower 22; 25, Bethel 21; 26, Issauqah 20; 31, Bothell 16; 36, Inglemoor 12; 42, Eastlake 7; no score, Roosevelt, Ballard, Skyline, Redmond.

Local individual results 106: first round, Fernando Leyva (Moses Lake) d.

Griffin Howlett (Skyline), 10-4; consolation, Kolby Fenton (South Kitsap) d. Howlett, 6-0.

113: first round, Tim Whitehead (Tahoma) p. Joseph DeMatteo (Skyline), 1:36; consolation, Chase Clasen (Moses Lake) d. DeMatteo, 12-6.

120: first round, Beau Gleed (Moses Lake) p. Tristan Steciw (Skyline), 3:29; consolation, Warren Sprecher (Central Kitsap) d. Steciw, 13-2.

126: Killian Page (Marysville-Pilchuck) d. Max Tickman (Issaquah), 14-8; consolation, Tickman d.

Jacob Sands (Roosevelt), 10-3; Tickman d. Dalton Meyers (Kentwood), 9-7; Tickman d. Mark McKeown (Chiawana), 5-4; Colton Orrino (Central Valley) d.

Tickman, 14-3; fifth-sixth place, Tickman d. Page, 1410.

132: first round, Gabe Boynay (Tahoma) p. Almen Thorpe (Issaquah), 3:22; consolation, Marco Gonzalez (Eisenhower) d. Thorpe, 11-2.

170: first round, Eric Harper (Eastlake) d. Andrew Ramirez (Issaquah), 10-3; quarterfinal, Harper d. Colby Barber (Shelton), 8-4; semifinal, Sam Voigtlander (Mead) d. Harper, inj. def; consolation, Zach Perez (Edmonds-Woodway) p. Ramirez, 3:46; Garrett Autry (Tahoma) p. Harper, 1:20; fifth-sixth place, Kyle Bennett (Stanwood) d. Harper, inj, def.

220: first round, Matt Voss (Puyallup) p. Matt Solusod (Issaquah), 1:43; consolation, Riley Bock

and Friends program for players 50 and over at Tibbetts Valley Park. Call 369-8332.

Youth sports/activities Soccer Issaquah Parks is registering players for its K-fifth grade spring/summer program. Call 837-3346. Register at www.issaquahparks.net.

Little League Issaquah Little League is registering players for 2012 baseball and softball teams. Go to www.issaquahlittleleague.org ... Sammamish Little League is registering players for 2012 baseball, softball and Challenger teams. Register at www.Sammamishlittleleague.countmein.com.

Baseball Friday Hit Club series at Field of Champions starts from 8-9 p.m. Feb. 24. Clinic is for youngsters 9-14. New series of Friday Hit Club runs March 2, 9, 16, 23 from 7-8 p.m. Call 2226020 ... Art of catching clinic March 2, 9, 16, 23 at Field of Champions.

Clinics run from 6-7 p.m. Call 2226020.

High school sports Boys basketball Feb. 24, 6 p.m., Issaquah in Class 4A Regional at Juanita.

(Skyview) p. Solusod, 4:12.

285: first round, Kyle Lanoue (Central Kitsap) p.

Jonathan Norris (Issaquah), 1:15; consolation, Norris p.

Ian Overton (Heritage), 0:37; Norris p. Larkin Williams (Aub.-Riverside), 0:23; Norris p. Damen Medeinos (South Kitsap), 0:11; Jessy Leifi (Federal Way) p. Norris, 2:07; fifth-sixth place, Cody Bocook (Mead) d. Norris, 11-5.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 •

Swimming FROM PAGE B4

Briggs leaves the Liberty program with five school records. He was also a member of two recordsetting relays.

The 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay both broke records. The 200 medley relay placed third in 1:36.81. It was the

Wrestling FROM PAGE B4

Two Eagles place Two members of the Issaquah wrestling team placed in the Class 4A state tournament.

Max Tickman placed fifth in the 126-pound division when he decisioned Killian Page, of MarysvillePilchuck, 14-10. Tickman avenged a first-round loss in the process when Page won 14-8. In the consolation bracket, Tickman fought back to reach the medal round. He defeated Jacob Sands, of Roosevelt, 10-3; topped Dalton Meyers, of Kentwood, 9-7; and edged Mark McKeown, of Chiawana, 5-4.

His bid for third place ended with a 14-3 loss to Colton Orrino, of Central Valley. With that loss, the Eagle senior dropped into the match for fifth and sixth place.

Issaquah junior Jonathan Norris capped his season by placing sixth

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seventh fastest time in Washington state history. Luke Duschl, Ha, Kevin Hays and Briggs composed the relay. The 400 freestyle relay was fifth in 3:16.13. Duschl, Nick Klatt, Hays and Briggs composed the relay.

Duschl was fifth in the 100 backstroke and ninth in the 200 individual medley. Klatt placed sixth in the 200 freestyle and seventh in the 500 freestyle.

Hays was 11th in the breaststroke.

in the 285-pound division. He began competition by getting pinned

by Central Kitsap’s Kyle Lanoue.

However, Norris responded with three quick pins in the consolation bracket. He pinned Ian Overton, of Heritage, in 37 seconds. Then pinned Larkin Williams, of Auburn Riverside, in 23 seconds before pinning Damen Medeinos, of South Kitsap, is just 11 seconds.

Norris’ string of victories came to an end as well as his bid for third place when he was pinned by Jessy Leifi, of Federal Way. In the match for fifth and sixth place, Cody Bocook, of Mead, defeated Norris, 11-5.

Almen Thorpe (132), Andrew Ramirez (170) and Matt Solusod (220) also competed in the state tournament for Issaquah but failed to place.

Issaquah finished 26th in the team standings.

Skyline’s Griffin Howlett (106), Joseph DeMatteo (113) and Tristan Steciw (120) competed at state but failed to place.

Class 3A State Championships At Tacoma Dome Team scores: 1, Enumclaw 126; 2, Yelm 104; 3, Bonney Lake 85; 4, Shadle Park 75; 5, Kelso 70.5; 6, Sedro Woolley 69; 7, Mercer Island 57; 8, Decatur 58.5; 9, University 58; 10, Sunnyside 55.5; 11, Timberline 55; 12, Glacier Peak 52; 14, Hudson’s Bay 50; 14, O’Dea 48; 15, Shorecrest 43; 16 (tie), Everett 41, Lake Washington 41; 18, Peninsula 40; 19, Mount Spokane 39; 20 (tie), North Central 36, Eastside Catholic 36; 22 (tie), Mount Si 31.5, Mount Vernon 31.5; 24, Pasco 31; 25, Kamiakin 30; 29, Bellevue 25; 44, Hazen 8; 46, Liberty 7.

Local individual results 106: first round, Darren Harris (Yelm) p. Eli Clure (Mount Si), 1:53; Kwest Osborn (University) p. Derek Nichols (Hazen), 0;53; consolation, Clure p. Jordan Armstrong (Chief Sealth), 3:33; Luis Cardona (Marysville-Getchell) d. Clure, 11-2; Luke Wilson (Mercer Island) p. Nichols, 1:39.

113: first round, Luis Reyna (Mount Vernon) p. Zach Moore (Hazen), 0:33; Matt Iwicki (Eastside Catholic) p.

Christian Bagdadi (Everett), 3:43; quarterfinal, Iwicki d.

Marcus Hartman (Camas), 10-0; semifinal, Colton Tracey (Bonney Lake) d. Iwicki, 3-1; consolation, Moore d. Kennedy Jenks (North Central), inj. def; Hartman p.

Moore, 0:24; third-fourth place, Iwicki p. Reyna, 1:52.

132: first round, Jake Farrell (Sedro-Woolley) p.

Austin Clark (Hazen), 5:10; consolation, David Griffith (Capital) d. Clark, 6-1.

138: first round, Aaron Blaine (Hudson’s Bay) p.

Daniel Karpman (Hazen), 3:51; Ryan Gabel (University) d. Aaron Peterson (Mount Si), 8-0; consolation, Pavel Okara (Mount Vernon) d. Karpman, 13-3; Peterson d.

Dylan Read (Bainbridge), 4-2; Sam Wilkes (Mount Spokane) d. Peterson, 8-3.

152: first round, Jon Obernesser (Eastside Catholic) d. Stefan Vandenkooy (Mount Vernon), disq.; quarterfinal, Garrett McDonald (Kelso) p. Obernesser, 3:01; consolation, Bryson Pierce (North Central) d. Obernesser, 13-0.

160: first round, Chili Sabin (Bonney Lake) tech. fall 16-0 Bradley Strode (Eastside Catholic); Anthony Allred (Yelm) p. Andre Faciane (Hazen), 1:21; Connor Rosane (Southridge) d. AJ Brevick (Mount Si), 10-5; Nick Karis (Decater) p. Jose Ramirez (Hazen), 3:08; Hamilton Noel (Liberty) d. Ryan Anderson (Enumclaw), 9-5; quarterfinal, Karis d. Noel, 11-4; consolation, Lonnie Hurley (Pasco) p. Strode, 1:19; Sam Romero (Sunnyside) d.

Faciane, 14-3; Brevick p. Andrew Kennedy (Bishop Blanchet), 2:14; Anderson p. Ramirez, 0:52; Noel d.

Hurley, 9-6; Brevick d. Allred, 4-2; Noel d. Romero, 9-5; Jordan Watts (Mountain View) tech. fall 15-0 Brevick; Sabin p. Noel, 5:32; fifth-sixth place, Rosane d. Noel, 53; seventh-eighth place, Brevick tech. fall 15-0 Romero.

182: first round, Sam Alexander (Ferndale) p. Kea Roberts (Eastside Catholic), 3:36; consolation, Sterling Reynolds (Mountain View) tech. fall 16-0 Roberts.

195: first round, TJ Cormen (Enumclaw) p. Jeremy Guilbert (Hazen), 2:06; Jake Ferris (Wilson) p. Joe Stout (Eastside Catholic), 1:26; consolation, Guilbert p. Gabe Torgerson (Sedro-Woolley), 4:16; Aaron Ball (Meadowdale) p. Guilbert, 0:37; Stoutt d. Ricky Rodriguez (Mount Vernon), 6-0; Stoutt d. Chris Aiwiro (Everett), 6-4; Stoutt d. Miguel Guzman (Sunnyside), 60; Stoutt d. Jeffery Leuth (Yelm), 11-5; third-fourth place, Carmen p. Stoutt, 1:39.

220: first round, Stone Hart (Timberline) d. Justin Russell (Hazen), 15-3; consolation, Russell d. Austin Carman (Sunnyside), inj. def.; Colton Malek (Enumclaw) p. Russell, 4:35.

285: quarterfinals, Josh Mitchell (Mount Si) p. Josh Ingrebretson (Hudson’s Bay), 2:46; semifinal, Kyle Cosby (University) p. Mitchell, 2:46; consolation, Mitchell p. Cody Fulleton (O’Dea), 0:33; third-fourth place, Mitchell p. Kevin Rabenstein (Sedro-Woolley), 0:55.

Prep gymnastics Class 4A State Championships At Tacoma Dome Team scores: 1, Mead 179.25; 2, Woodinville 178.375; 3, Mount Rainier 177.675; 4, Newport 173.775.

Local individual results First day prelims Uneven parallel bars: 24 (tie), Amanda Dumont (Issaquah), 8.25. Balance beam: 21, Anna Fairhart (Issaquah), 8.95.

Class 3A State Championships At Tacoma Dome Team scores: 1, Enumclaw 177.600; 2, Columbia River 167.800; 3, Bainbridge 167.525; 4, University 164.600; 5, Mount Si 162.925; 6, Auburn Mountainview 159.600; 7, Shorewood 148.750; 8, Mountain View 145.125.

Individual finals Balance beam: 7, Jennifer Rogers (Mount Si) 9.15.

Floor exercise: 5, Rogers 9.55.

First day prelims All-around: 17, Rogers 34.325; 34 (tie), Mackenzie Brown (Mount Si) 32.125; 39 (tie), Carissa Castagno (Mount Si) 31.725; 49, Shawna Sarrett (Liberty) 30.550; 65, Hannah Richmond (Mount Si) 24.725; 76, Hailey Johnson (Mount Si) 22.125.

Uneven parallel bars: 22, Rogers 7.65; 26 (tie), Richmond 7.5; 31, Castagno 7.35; 42, Brown 7.05; 49, Johnson 6.875; 51 (tie), Tia Riley (Liberty) 6.825; 63, Sarrett 6.5; 68, Lexi Swanson (Mount Si) 6.4;5 87 (tie), Aimee Christensen (Liberty) 5.725.

Balance beam: 15 (tie), Rogers 8.85; 38 (tie), Richmond 8.15; 45 (tie), Elizabeth Holmes (Mount Si) 8.05; 48, Brown 8.0; 66, Sarrett 7.6; 77 (tie), Castagno 7.375; 90, Johnson 6.85.

Floor exercise: 38, Castagno 9.15; 47 (tie), Richmond 9.075; 56 (tie), Karli Louie (Hazen) 8.9; 64, Brown 8.75; 66, Sarrett 8.725; 72 (tie), Swanson 8.55; 75, Jessica Trotto (Mount Si) 8.5.

Vault: 27 (tie), Riley 8.425; 30, Johnson 8.4; 32

Basketball FROM PAGE B4

Smith and Wyszynski each had eight points.

In other tournament action, Woodinville defeated Eastlake 5448 on Feb. 17 in the KingCo 4A title game at Juanita. Woodinville broke open a tight game in the final period by outscoring Eastlake 19-5. Mackenzie Campbell, of Woodinville, led all players with 19 points. Kendra Morrison topped Eastlake with 14 points.

Both teams advance to the Class 4A regional Feb. 25 at Juanita.

Liberty season ends Liberty got off a strong start Feb. 17 but Juanita stormed back to win 74-48 in a Class 3A SeaKing District Tournament loser-out game at Bellevue College.

Liberty ended the season with a 16-9 record.

It was the third meeting of the season between the KingCo Conference foes. Liberty won the first game 51-38 on Dec. 9. Juanita, the KingCo regular-season champion, took the rematch 58-46 on Jan. 31.

The Patriots looked like they

Eagles FROM PAGE B4

Juanita.

“Next Friday’s a big game,” Griffith said said. “If we win, we go to the Tacoma Dome.”

The winner of the game advances to the Tacoma Dome, site of the finals for the Class 4A state tournament. It has been a while since the Eagles played at the (tie), Brown 8.325; 42 (tie), Rogers 8.225; 60 (tie), Trotto 8.1; 80 (tie), Holmes 7.9; 82 (tie), Castagno 7.85, Emily Pestl-Dimmitt (Liberty) 7.85; 86, Juliana Rintala (Liberty) 7.8.

Youth girls basketball President’s Day Tournament Tournament hosted by Issaquah Girls Basketball Association: FIFTH GRADE DIVISION Feb. 17 Scores Issaquah 37, Mount Si 23 Woodinville 32, Skyline White 12 Feb. 18 Scores Skyline Green 25, Eastside Catholic 19 Lady Style 57, Eastlake 7 Issaquah 36, Woodinville 23 Puyallup 39, Skyline Green 15 Mount Si 31, Skyline White 23 Eastside Catholic 32, Tahoma 17 Redmond 29, Eastlake 6 Feb. 19 Scores Northwest Magic 44, Mount Si 23 Redmond 15, Eastside Catholic 10 Issaquah 28, EBC 13 Inglemoor 32, Skyline Green 22 Skyline Green 26, Ferndale 18 Hoop-ics 31, Skyline White 16 Eastlake 28, Tahoma 18 Hoop-ics 41, Eastlake 15 Skyline White 30, Tahoma 15 Mount Si 28, Eastside Catholic 27 Feb. 20 Game Issaquah played Lady Style for title SIXTH GRADE DIVISION Feb. 17 Scores Issaquah Gold 47, Lake Washington 21 Inglemoor 37, Issaquah Purple 13 Feb. 18 Scores Skyline 33, Kent Elite 19 Lake Washington 37, Issaquah Purple 30 Issaquah Gold 41, Inglemoor 28 Pasco 48, Skyline 35

might pull off an upset. Liberty led 15-8 at the end of the first quarter and was ahead 33-30 at halftime.

However, the third quarter proved disastrous for the Patriots, who were outscored 22-1. Liberty never recovered as Juanita pulled away for the victory.

Sierra Carlson and Aspen Winegar each had 10 points to lead the Patriots. Alicia Abraham added eight points. Juanita’s Kate Cryderman scored a game-high 20 points.

On Feb. 14, fell to tall and talented Seattle Prep 58-38 Feb. 14 at Seattle's Ingraham High in the Class 3A Sea-King District Tournament.

Seattle Prep was sparked by its strong combination of 6-foot-1 junior forward Nicole Hall and 6-2 junior center Michaela Carew. Hall scored a game-high 17 points and Carew had 15 points. Mary Ann Santucci, a 5-10 sophomore point guard, added 12 points for the Panthers.

Delane Agnew topped Liberty with nine points and Stephanie Yea had eight points. Seattle Prep held Liberty's top scorers Winegar and Carlson to a combined 11 points.

Seattle Prep took control of the game early by going ahead 17-6 in the first quarter. The Panthers led 35-17 at halftime.

Tacoma Dome. Issaquah last visited the Tacoma Dome in 2005 and failed to place in the Class 3A State Tournament. In 2003 the Eagles finished second to Rainier Beach in the Class 3A State Tournament.

Issaquah also played in the Class 3A State Tournament in 2002.

“We’re definitely going to go out and do our best to get a win,” Griffith said.

Christina Lords: 392-6434, ext. 239 or newcastle@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Feb. 19 Scores East Valley 46, Issaquah Gold 32 BCS 34, Issaquah Purple 19 Skyline 22, EBC 20 Ferndale 40, Issaquah Purple 19 Redmond 32, Skyline 23 SEVENTH GRADE DIVISION Feb. 17 Scores Issaquah 51, Newport 15 Skyline 46, Liberty 11 Feb. 18 Scores Mount Si 55, Inglemoor 38 Liberty 47, Newport 12 Skyline 42, Issaquah 17 Yakima Pirates 31, Mount Si 36 Feb. 19 Scores Liberty 46, Inglemoor 42 Mount Si 38, Skyline 32 Yakima Pirates 45, Issaquah 39 Liberty 35, Blue Lightning 31 Issaquah 39, Northwest Magic 34 Feb. 20 Game Mount Si played Hoopstars for title EIGHTH GRADE DIVISION Feb. 17 Scores Issaquah 46, Mount Si 13 Skyline 42, Seattle Rotary 33 Liberty 34, PRO Club 26 Feb. 18 Scores Issaquah 45, Hoopstars 37 Skyline 45, Northwest Magic 30 Shock 49, Liberty 31 Mount Si 48, Vancouver 30 Hoopstars 36, Mount Si 18 Skyline 55, South Sound 18 Beaverton 71, Liberty 23 Issaquah d. Vancouver (no score available) Feb. 19 Scores EBC 24, Mount Si 19 Seattle Rotary 40, Liberty 26 Monroe 51, Issaquah 37 Skyline 43, Beaverton 40 Feb. 20 Game Skyline played Monroe for title

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Focus on foreign exchange ‘Everything is way bigger’ on this journey

Book: ‘Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am’

By Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis’ unique interpretation of the aftereffects of modern warfare is explored in their new book, “Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am.” The relatively short novel captures author Mazer’s own military experiences. The book explores protagonist Ben Bright’s life from the end of high school to his life as an injured veteran who served in Iraq. The book explores the strains on his relationships with family, friends and professional superiors, as well as the overall hardship that comes with being a veteran. The book is a prime representation of the power of honesty and hope.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO BULLYING? Eastside Catholic High School

By Sampurna Basu Skyline High School

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T EEN TALK

When asked about her first impressions of America, Perrine Moser, a foreign exchange student from Switzerland, said, “Everything is way bigger, Samantha like the Garrard streets, groIssaquah cery stores, cars, portions High School of food.” Similar to her “big impressions” of America, Perrine is currently experiencing a “big journey.”

Perrine said she could not choose where she wanted to go for the foreign exchange problem, but she’s really happy that she ended up in Issaquah.

This year, Perrine began attending Issaquah High School as a junior. She said a big difference between the Swiss and American school systems is that Swiss students take about six more classes than America students, which makes Swiss school days four hours longer than the average American school day.

Perrine also noticed that the foods in America and Switzerland are very similar, since there are so many restaurant chains and imported goods from around the world, although she said she was surprised to see Americans use microwave ovens because people in Switzerland think they are unhealthy.

After experiencing a half-year in Issaquah, Perrine has fallen in love with America, although she joked, “…Americans should really change their cheese…”

Students look back fondly on time here Former Liberty High School exchange students Shunya Asano and Ida Bakke are back in their native countries, but they still look back fondly on Michael Payant their time in Liberty High the United States.

School Asano is from Japan, and attended Liberty two years ago as a sophomore. He was a member of the Liberty swim team and was one of four students on the relay team that finished ninth in state in the 200 medley relay.

In his year away from Japan, he was grateful for the opportunity to take in United States culture.

“My best memories in the U.S. are feeling a different culture,” Asano said. “I want to study in the U.S. for the future.”

Bakke, from Norway, also hopes to study in the United States again. She participated in track and cross country at Liberty as a junior last year.

She said her plans for next year include working and traveling around the world. If she attends college in Norway, she will try to study abroad again, because she so enjoyed her experiences in Washington last year.

“I miss the people and I miss Liberty,” Bakke said. “I just miss how friendly and happy everyone was.”

Students bring diversity to program “What are the real international aspects of Skyline?”

One answer is Louise Åkerblom, a junior at Skyline High School this Lee Xie year.

Skyline High Åkerblom was born in School Sweden and since then she has lived in England, Sri Lanka, Denmark, and now here in America. Louise said that the biggest change she has experienced as a student at Skyline is stellar school spirit.

“One of my biggest memories from starting at Skyline would have to be my first assembly,” Åkerblom said.

“The assembly had a school band, cheerleaders and students presenting, while in my old school we only had the principal or coordinator talking.”

What about coursework? Åkerblom thinks that “the difficulty level here is much higher, which is a great thing, as this leads to students working harder.”

Although school is more difficult, Åkerblom is pleased with her environment.

“Now that I have settled in, I couldn't be happier to attend this school,” she said.

From China to Fall City, via the plateau It’s common knowledge that the students at Eastside Catholic High School lead very different lives than those in foreign nations.

There is no better example of this than Jazi Katie Sutherland Jia, an exEastside Catholic change student High School from the bustling city of Nanking, China.

With a population of more than 8 million people, the change from living in a huge, urban metropolis to quaint Fall City, where her host family resides, was staggering.

However, Jazi seems to prefer the small-town American lifestyle, saying that her favorite thing about the United States is “the fresh air and the fresh water. And the nice people here.”

After previously visiting the U.S. to attend school, Jazi loved the American educational system, especially the small class sizes. She also enjoyed the culture here so much that she decided to come back and finish her high school career in the states.

Jazi enjoys painting and dancing, and loves participating in ECHS’ arts program. Despite the differences between Nanking and the Sammamish Plateau, Jazi has found a home away from home with her host family and all of her new friends at ECHS.

“To try and put myself in their shoes. Try to see where they may be coming from and go from there. From there, I just try and kill it with kindness because a bully can't do much to you if you're nice to them!

Malia Bachesta, Kindness is senior your best weapon, as cheesy as that sounds!”

“Well, first I’d tell ‘the bully’ to stop, but if they don’t respond to that sort of thing, I guess I would retaliate, in an appropriate way, trying to avoid violence if possible.”

Jimmy Hudson, junior

Issaquah High School “I feel bad.

Cyberbullying is a tragic and prevalent problem in our country that should be stopped.”

Jack Gentsch, junior “It’s a terrible way to approach problems that could be solved by any other means.

The fact that it is happening without a face attached doubles its effect on the bullied because they cannot compreAlison Lee, hend or fix the junior situation.”

Liberty High School

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Movie: ‘The Vow’

Director Michael Sucsy’s “The Vow” finally premiered this month after much anticipation.

The romantic drama is about a newlywed couple that recovers from a severe car accident, which puts the wife in a coma. After she wakes up with memory loss, her husband attempts to win her heart a second time. Based on a true story, the movie stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, who bring a charming addition to the Valentine mood.

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Music: “Whitney: The Greatest Hits”

By Whitney Houston

Although certainly not recent, “Whitney: The Greatest Hits” is a must hear. The album, first released in 2000, is a compilation of American singer-songwriter Whitney Houston, who recently passed away. Songs include Whitney’s performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 25th Super Bowl and other famous Whitney pieces. Right now, the album is the second most popular on iTunes.

Listen to this album in honor of Whitney Houston.

In September 2010, 18-yearold college student Tyler Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge after being outed on the Internet without his consent. The tragic event made headlines all across the nation, but was not, unfortunately, a one-time occurrence.

It could happen to anyone, anywhere, and it doesn’t always make the headlines. Suicide is the third-leading cause of death among young people from ages 10-24, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

With the rapid increase of teens using social media in just the past few years, there has been a spike in bullying in the most severe form.

Just last month, an anonymous Skyline High School student created a Twitter page called “SHSgossipgurl,” and used it to publicly bash and humiliate his or her peers where everybody could see it. Fortunately, the page was taken down within a few days and the cyberbullying was put to an end before it could get worse.

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but sometimes words hurt even more.

Millions of people are already suffering from depression, but only about 20 percent will receive professional help, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. A large percentage of these sufferers are teenagers, many of whom feel ashamed of their circumstances and are too afraid to speak up.

While there are a handful of teenagers who are more than willing to help a friend or lend an ear, there are also many who completely lack empathy and do not understand that their behavior can have a massive impact on other people’s lives.

Depression is a serious mental illness, and bullying certainly never helps. You simply cannot

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HARD ISSUE

“Bullying needs to be stopped because it ruins the lives of many children.”

Darren Peterson, junior

GET HELP If you need help, call Teen Link, a service for teens in King County, at 206-461-4922 or 1-866-TEENLINK toll free.

get into the mind of one of your peers and know how he or she is feeling. The scariest part is, you may not even know if and when a friend or Olivia Spokoiny classmate is contemplating Skyline High suicide. It is School all too common, but not always taken as seriously as it should be.

A nationwide survey was conducted in private and public high schools in the United States, and it indicated that 15 percent of the students reported seriously considering suicide.

To put this into perspective, if you are sitting in a classroom of 30 students, it is likely that four or five of them have thought about taking their own lives. Eleven percent of the surveyed students reported that they had made a plan for suicide, and 7 percent reported that they had actually attempted suicide.

Be nice. You never know what someone else is going through.

Use the Internet wisely, think before you speak and stand up for people when they are being mistreated. You may even save a life.

“I would respond to bullying by being the bigger person by not saying anything negative back.”

Kelsey Johnson, senior

Skyline High School

“I would tell an adult and kindly ask them to stop.”

Sarah Penberthy, senior

“I don’t know.

What would you do?”

BY SHREYA TEWARI/EASTSIDE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Moonshadow A full moon glows in the Trossachs neighborhood of Sammamish on Feb. 7.

Ryan Wilson, junior

The Issaquah Press

P OLICE & FIRE Rough ride Police arrested a 28-year-old Seattle man for possession of stolen property — a stolen car — along Interstate 90 at 1:59 a.m.

Feb. 8.

Location unknown A window was damaged on, and a GPS unit was stolen from, a vehicle parked at West Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast and 192nd Avenue Southeast before 3:28 p.m. Feb. 8. The estimated loss is $220.

Swiped A door was damaged on, and a TV, computer and vacuum were stolen from, a residence in the 200 block of Newport Way Southwest before 3:43 p.m. Feb. 8.

Assault Police arrested a juvenile female for assault in the 200 block of Front Street North at 11:02 p.m.

Feb. 8.

Arrest Police arrested a 32-year-old North Bend man for criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct in the 1500 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard at 5:53 a.m.

Feb. 9.

Paused Police arrested a 28-year-old Bellevue woman for driving with a suspended license at Newport Way Northwest and 17th Avenue Northwest at 7:12 a.m. Feb. 9.

Theft Police arrested a 23-year-old Issaquah man for theft from Fred Meyer, 6100 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., at 9:57 a.m. Feb. 9. The estimated loss is $114.98.

Pain in the brass Brass end caps were stolen from water pipes at Newport Way Northwest and Northwest Maple Street before 11:16 a.m. Feb. 9.

The estimated loss is $1,200.

Hung up A cellphone was stolen in the 800 block of Front Street South before 11:16 a.m. Feb. 9. The estimated loss is $100.

Rough ride A mountain bike was stolen from REI, 735 N.W. Gilman Blvd., before 4:41 p.m. Feb. 9. The estimated loss is $2,500.

Blown away Backpack blowers and trimmers were stolen from Eastside Equipment & Marine, 6405 229th Ave. S.E., before 6:32 a.m. Feb. 10.

The estimated loss is $2,790.

No go

Eastside Fire & Rescue reports through Feb. 9 At 3:40 p.m. Jan. 28, two

units responded to unauthorized burning in the 14800 block of 203rd Avenue Southeast.

At 7:46 p.m. on Jan. 28, five units provided medical assistance at a motor vehicle accident in the 1600 block of Renton-Issaquah Road Southeast where one car “T-boned” another.

At 12:15 p.m. Jan. 29, two units provided medical assistance at a motor vehicle accident in the 5500 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.

At 2:57 p.m. Jan. 29, firefighters helped remove a person from a stalled elevator in the 22500 Block of Southeast 64th Place.

At 6:08 p.m. Jan. 30, two units helped with a downed power line in the 16800 block of 429th Avenue Southeast.

At 6:14 p.m. Jan. 30, three units extinguished a chimney fire in the 44500 block of Southeast 147th Street.

At 12:41 p.m. Jan. 31, a unit responded to an unauthorized burning in the 7100 block of 440th Avenue Southeast.

At 3:12 p.m. Feb. 2, five units responded to a motor vehicle accident at 252nd Avenue Southeast and IssaquahHobart Road Southeast.

At 4:44 a.m. Feb. 4, six units responded to a motor vehicle accident in the 10000 block of Renton-Issaquah Road Southeast.

At 5:32 p.m. Feb. 4, fire fighters helped remove a person from a stalled elevator in the 18600 block of Southeast Newport Way. At 3:57 p.m. Feb. 5, three units extinguished a passenger vehicle fire in the 27100 block of eastbound Interstate 90, east of High Point Way. At 5:01 p.m. Feb. 5, two units extinguished a recreational vehicle fire at Issaquah-Hobart Road Southeast and Southeast May Valley Road.

At 5:13 a.m. Feb. 5, three units provided medical assistance at a motor vehicle accident on eastbound Interstate 90 at state Route 900.

At 5:31 p.m. Feb. 6, a unit responded to an unauthorized burning in the 17400 block of Southeast May Valley Road.

At 9:32 p.m. Feb. 6, three units responded to a motor vehicle accident at Northwest Village Park Drive and Alpenglow.

At noon Feb. 7, a unit assisted with a downed power line in the 900 block of 7th Avenue Northwest.

At 1:25 p.m. Feb. 7, three units responded to an unauthorized burning in the 17200 block of 430th Avenue Southeast.

At 5:37 p.m. Feb. 9, three units responded to a motor vehicle accident in at Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road and Highlands Drive Northeast.

Police cited and released a 34year-old Seattle man for driving with a suspended license in the 100 block of Southeast Andrews Street at 7:24 a.m. Feb. 10.

p.m. Feb. 11.

Bump in the road

Double jeopardy

Police arrested a 30-year-old Fall City man for driving with a suspended license at Front Street North and Northeast Gilman Boulevard at 9:14 a.m.

Feb. 10.

Police arrested a 42-year-old Issaquah man for driving with a suspended license and on a warrant for driving with a suspended license in the 600 block of Front Street North at 9:34 a.m. Feb. 12.

Unlicensed

Trouble, multiplying

License plates were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard before 4:53 p.m. Feb. 10.

Police arrested a 28-year-old Snoqualmie man for driving with a suspended license and on a warrant for driving with a suspended license at Front Street North and Northeast Gilman Boulevard at 9:33 a.m. Feb. 13.

Arrest Police arrested a juvenile male for theft, being a minor in possession of alcohol and resisting arrest in the 100 block of Front Street South at 4:34 p.m. Feb. 11.

Drugs Police arrested a 25-year-old Federal Way man for possession of marijuana in the 1700 block of Newport Way Northwest at 8:02

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Unauthorized Police arrested a 21-year-old Carnation woman for driving with a suspended license in the 22900 block of Southeast Black Nugget Road at 1:26 p.m. Feb. 13.

The Press publishes names of those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

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REQUESTS: Critical Areas Alteration Exception Files: L11AE007 Applicant: Richard Reynolds Location: East of intersection of SE Black Nugget Rd/SE Old Black Nugget Rd & south of SE 56th St Issaquah Proposal: Construct S/F residence w/wetland & aquatic area buffers Project Manager: Lanny Henoch 206-296-6632 COMMENT PROCEDURES: DDES will issue a decision on this application following a 21day comment period ending on March 19, 2012, written comments and additional information can be obtained by contacting the Project Manager listed above.

Published in The Issaquah Press on 2/22/12 02-2325 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ISSAQUAH PUBLIC NOTICE SEPA DETERMINATION Forest Heights/PLN0700003, PLN09-00065 Pursuant to the provisions of Issaquah Ordinance No. 1633 and the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapters 43.21[c] RCW and WAC 197-11-510, notice is hereby given that the City of Issaquah did, on February 22, 2012 issue a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS) for a proposal to subdivide a 6-acre parcel into 24 single-family residential lots, generally rang-

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ing in size from 3,000 to 4,500 SF. The proposal would also create a separate 7.75 acre tract to the east for future development. The proposed subdivision is adjacent to the Talus development and would be accessed through Talus, with James Bush Road providing an emergency access only.

The proposal would fill two small, low-functioning, exempt Category 4 wetlands and mitigate by planting conifer trees in an upland area to improve habitat functions. There is a steep slope area (greater than 40%) along the south portion of the site, designated in a protective tract. The applicant proposes to reduce the steep slope buffer from 50 feet to 10 feet where adjacent to the main access road.

Project site is located to the east of Talus Division 5-C and South of James Bush Road.

Project name/Permit number: Forest Heights/PLN0700003, PLN09-00065 After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the agency, the City of Issaquah has determined this proposal would not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment.

This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2). The lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days. Anyone wishing to comment may submit written comments to the Responsible Official between February 23, 2012 and March 7, 2012. The Responsible Official will reconsider the determination based on timely comments. Any person aggrieved by this determination may appeal by filing a Notice of Appeal with the City of Issaquah Permit Center between March 8, 2012 and March 21, 2012.

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Marianwood and artEAST exhibit showcases groups’ talents

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter Providence Marianwood and artEAST are teaming up for another art show.

The shows are a good way for both local institutions to promote themselves, said Liz Ashley, an artist and member of artEAST, Issaquah’s community arts center, as well as a board member at Issaquah’s Providence Marianwood skilled nursing home.

Joint ventures of Marianwood and artEAST, art showings were launched at the nonprofit nursing facility about two years ago, Ashley said. The latest runs through the end of March and features three disparate area artists.

“They are all different, but I think they compliment each other very well,” said Ashley, who curates the shows for Marianwood.

The featured artists are Michelle Sidnie Ryan, Margaret “Joyce” Van Duine and Catherine Kail-Tucker. The trio hosted an

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artists’ reception at Marianwood on Feb. 18.

Ryan is a self-taught Northwest artist inspired by nearly everything she sees in everyday life, according to information provided by Marianwood. Kail-Tucker works with old-style etching techniques, according to Ashley, while Van Duine

paints on glass.

“What a wonderful gift to our residents to have this dynamic and eclectic creative work in our hallways,” Karla Heath, Marianwood administrator, said.

Partners in the Marianwood shows, artEAST is a nonprofit art organization operating an art center and the UP Front Gallery on Issaquah’s Front Street.

Ashley said Marianwood residents have responded very well to previous facility shows. New art generally goes on display every two months or so. Many Marianwood residents naturally face health challenges due to age or illness, making it difficult for some to visit galleries such as that operated by artEAST. “This is a great way of bringing art to them,” Ashley said of the shows at Marianwood.

She said the general public also been very receptive.

IF YOU GO Providence Marianwood art collection 3725 Providence Point Drive S.E. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through March www.providencemarianwood.org.

“The response has been great,” she said, adding the shows attract many firsttime visitors to Marianwood.

During the show, a portion of proceeds from art sales goes toward supporting Marianwood programs. Go to www.providencemarianwood.org. Learn more about artEAST at www.arteast.org.

Tom Corrigan: 392-6434, ext. 241, or tcorrigan@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Sammamish Symphony Mardi Gras performance features guest pianist

Village Theatre’s ‘It Shoulda Been You’ ticket sales start

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter

Theatergoers can snag tickets for Village Theatre’s “It Shoulda Been You” — a musical comedy about a race to the altar.

The original musical is scheduled to run at the downtown Francis J. Gaudette Theatre from March 14 to April 22. Tickets cost $22 to $62. Call 392-2202 or go to www.villagetheatre.org.

Village Theatre offers half-priced student and military rush tickets 30 minutes prior to shows. The theater also offers group discounts for parties of 10 or more.

“It Shoulda Been You” last appeared on the Mainstage during the 2010 Festival of New Musicals, a showcase for original shows.

The cast includes Seattle stalwarts Leslie Law, John Patrick Lowrie and Jayne Muirhead. John Dewar — a member of the original Broadway cast of “Les Misérables” — and up-andcoming local actors Joshua Carter, Aaron Finley and Diana Huey round out the cast.

For R. Joseph Scott, Mardi Gras means lively, sprightly music.

And that is exactly what Scott has planned for a Mardi Gras concert of the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra slated for Feb. 26 at the Eastlake Performing Arts Center.

Kimberly Russ The concert will feature guest pianist Kimberly Russ, of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Russ will perform Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15.”

“The third movement is very lively and dance-like,” Scott said, meaning that to him, the music is perfectly in keeping with the Mardi Gras theme.

Scott said that Russ has performed with the Sammamish Symphony previ-

ously and is very popular as a soloist.

“She really enjoys working with us,” said Miranda Thorpe, president of the board for the Sammamish Symphony.

“She’s excellent as a soloist.”

The Sammamish Symphony tries to have a guest soloist for every performance, though it’s not always an individual, Thorpe added. For example, a Christmas pops show featured a children’s choir. The orchestra puts on five shows a year, plus the Christmas event, Scott said.

Following the Mardi Gras show, the Sammamish Symphony will be back by invitation at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. It will be the musical accompaniment for three choirs, Scott said, as well as performing on its own. This will be the fourth consecutive year for the symphony to appear at Benaroya, according to Thorpe, who said the upcoming evening should be impressive with roughly 300 voices and 85 musicians.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Sammamish Symphony and Scott said each of its concerts this year is

IF YOU GO Sammamish Symphony Mardi Gras 2 p.m. Feb. 26 Eastlake Performing Arts Center 400 228th Ave. N.E., Sammamish Get tickets at www.sammamishsymphony.org/index.aspx.

meant to be a celebration of that fact.

With that in mind, he said he has been selecting upbeat, celebratory music for the orchestra’s shows.

Besides the Benaroya show, Thorpe talked about an upcoming event featuring a youth soloist from a local school. That person will be the winner of a Concerto Competition that attracted some 40 applicants.

Tom Corrigan: 392-6434, ext. 241, or tcorrigan@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

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