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117th Year, No. 9

Thursday, March 3, 2016

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No change to bell times for 2016-17 school year Superintendent: New proposal for when classes will start and end to be ready in late spring

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com After nearly three months of weighing public input on a proposed change to school bell times, Superintendent Ron Thiele announced Monday the Issaquah

School District would stand pat — for now.

In an open letter to the school district, Thiele said the community was unable to reach a consensus, for or against the change.

As a result, the 2016-17 school year will start unchanged from this

Talus landslide area ‘barely moving, if it’s moving at all’

year.

“Instead, I will work with our administrative team to develop a new proposal for community consideration that moves us closer to the recommended start times for secondary students with less impact to the elementary schedule,”

Thiele wrote.

In the fall of 2015, the administration considered making changes to the schedule in the wake of studies by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that showed high school students performed better with additional hours of sleep.

To accommodate a schedule

ONLINE: For the latest updates and reaction, go to issaquahpress.com. that would aid teenagers’ sleep cycles, a proposal would have moved secondary school start times about 95 minutes later to See TIMES, Page 3

“They are all-around athletes.”

Rob Enghusen

Issaquah Special Olympics basketball coach

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com A city official says the amount of movement at the Talus landslide area is now small enough that the detection equipment set up by the builder and the city cannot easily measure it.

“It’s barely moving,” said Keith Niven, Issaquah’s economic development director, “if it’s moving at all.”

The landslide began Nov. 3 above the T-shaped intersection of Northwest Talus Drive and Shangi-La Way Northwest.

At the request of a Talus homeowners association, the city held a community meeting on the landslide on Feb. 22.

The hillside has slid between 1¼ and 1½ inches since December, Niven said.

He said the city is, at this point, waiting to hear from the developer how they plan to proceed.

Talus 9 Investment LLC is listed as the developer on the city’s projects web page, but the company could not be reached for comment. An engineering firm working for Talus Management Services did not return a phone call.

Talus Parcel 9 was to hold up to 90 residences.

Construction work was underway when the slide occurred, but has not been permitted by the city to continue since the slide.

“We’re just in a holding pattern,” Niven said.

The longer the project stays in that holding pattern, the bigger the tab for the cleanup of the slide. The city and the developer continue to talk over the cause of See TALUS, Page 2

New EFR chief happy to make local area his home

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Before he retired, former Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief Lee Soptich talked about the importance of his relationships with the people in his department, as well as the elected officials and staffers from EFR’s client cities.

About a month into the job as Soptich’s successor, Fire Chief Jeff Clark says establishing those relations are, for now, his most immediate and important task.

“For the first 60 to 90 days … I’m just trying to absorb as much as I can,” Clark said recently.

Chief Jeff Clark His average day, he said, starts with talking with his immediate staff, making sure everybody is ready to go, as well as an expected routine check of his calendar and email. He also mentions he will go on calls for major emergencies.

“The rest of the day is spent building relationships,” Clark said, adding that in addition to meeting EFR See CHIEF, Page 2

Photos by Greg Farrar / gfarrar@isspress.com

Jacob Chang prepares to shoot some baskets during the Issaquah High School Special Olympics basketball team practice Feb. 25 at the Community Center in preparation for the state playoffs in Wenatchee.

For Special Olympics basketball squad, it’s on to state

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By Tom Corrigan

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hen coach Rob Enghusen puts his players through their paces inside the Issaquah Community Center, the practice looks pretty much like any other basketball team workout.

The players first do some sprints, from one side of the floor to the other. They dribble, work on their passing and, of course, take some shots.

There are officially 16 students on the roster of the Issaquah High School Special Olympics team. Heading for the state playoffs March 5-6 in Wenatchee, they might be one of the more successful teams in the school district.

Coach Rob Enghusen gives instruction to pairs of teammates on a full-court passing drill as Nick Clavijo gets ready.

The mixed squad bumped off the Ingraham High School team to qualify for the state tourney. This is their fourth trip to state in recent years, having brought home a bronze medal last year and a silver in 2013. Their coach says they are like any other sports team, with some players simply having more skill than others. Many run cross-country and also bowl for an Issaquah High team.

“They are all-around athletes,” Enghusen said.

He points out one of the team’s standouts, Nick Clavijo, as one of the most competitive people he’s ever met.

“I’m looking forward to state,” said Clavijo. He hesitates to speak for a minute, than talks clearly and quickly.

“For me, sports is a stress relief,” he said.

It helps ease his anxiety, letting him blow off steam.

He runs distance for the cross-country squad. Currently attending Bellevue College, this will be Clavijo’s last year with the Issaquah High team.

Because they may be in high school longer than most, players are allowed to stay on the team until See BASKETBALL, Page 3

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the slide and who is liable for related costs.

No further estimate has been made available, but the city put the price tag for slide cleanup at $1 million back in December.

In order to be able to build on the property, Niven said the builder had to bring in large loads of dirt, the weight of which may have caused EFR’s service areas. that wasn’t the attribute of mentioning the view of the slide. But Niven said, for “It’s a very innovative gov- the group that seemed to snow-covered mountains now, both sides have a differernance model,” Clark said, most catch his attention. often in the background. ent idea as to what caused adding while the governance “I was impressed with The couple had decided the slide. The cause could is different, it also seems their compassion,” he said they wanted to move here, be important in determining very positive. Clark said his of the EMTs who handled but also wanted to alwho pays for what. plan is to visit city council the call. low their two children to When might the developer meetings to introduce himClark noted the Chandler graduate from high school in be allowed to build on the self and meet local leaders department is quite a bit Chandler. Clark’s son is now property? Niven said not face-to-face. bigger, serving a population at the University of Alabama until geotechnical engineers On another front, Clark of 250,000 as opposed to and his daughter graduates from both sides are satishas gone on a few emergen- 130,000 here. Clark spent high school in May. Lori cy runs with his new depart- a total of 25 years with the Clark has stayed behind in ment, including a house fire Chandler department, but Chandler until that happens. in Issaquah. is glad for the change in Clark said he will make his “What I saw was a very location. first quick trip to Chandler well-practiced … organized Clark and his wife Lori on an upcoming weekend. approach,” Clark said. had visited the Seattle area In the meantime, he has his He has also gone on an numerous times and decided fingers crossed regarding Liberty High chooses emergency medical run. He they more than liked it here. a bid he put in for a house its next principal said the squad’s medical “The scale of beauty here locally. skills were up to par, but … can’t be beat,” he said, While he enjoys the natuA familiar face will take ral beauty of the area, Clark the helm at Liberty High also has noticed some other School next fall. things about greater Seattle.

Sean Martin, the school’s For example, Chandler current was “hot, hot, hot.” This assistant area is “wet, wet, wet.” He’s principal, also picked up on a differwill take ence in traffic. It’s much over for heavier than what he was outgoing used to. But Clark added Principal there’s a difference in the Josh Almy. drivers. He notices a lot less “I am Sean Martin road rage here, that people excited to just seem to take the traffic continue to jams in stride. serve Liberty in the role of “Everybody just seems principal, and am greatly more laid back,” Clark said. looking forward to being EFR operates in the cities a part of the continued of Issaquah, Sammamish growth and success of this and North Bend, along with wonderful school,” Martin two fire districts encomsaid in an email to Liberty passing a total of about 190 families. square miles.

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fied the hillside is completely stable and will stay that way.

Mitigation is almost certainly needed — possibly walls or rock columns— Niven said.

“Safety is the No. 1 priority,” Mayor Fred Butler said in response to repeated questions from residents. He said even if the engineers give the all clear, City Hall has the final say. Butler agreed with Niven that there are engineering solutions that could make the hillside stable enough to build on. But they won’t be cheap, Butler said.

The slide area is 450 feet in length and 250 feet wide, and 150 feet high from the bottom of the landslide area to the top. In early December, consultants said the total movement of the hillside was less than two feet.

The city has put a page dedicated to the hillside movement on its website. Go to issaquahwa.gov/talus.

community as assistant principal in 2011. Prior to that, he taught at Skyline High School and Bilkent University Preparatory School in Turkey.

Almy announced earlier that he is leaving the school to become the district’s new executive director of middle school education beginning July 1.

Future kindergartners invited to try school bus The Issaquah School District invites future kindergartners to get acclimated to riding a school bus at a special event this summer.

Kindergartners and their parents can meet the bus at Issaquah High School, where they will get a short ride and an introduction to bus safety procedures.

Ride-alongs go from 9-10:30 a.m. on Aug. 9-11.

Registration is required.

Sign up for your preferred date now at issaquah. wednet.edu/family/transportation/Ktrans.

School district seeking student art for calendar

Issaquah School District students are invited to submit their artwork for possible publication in the district’s 2016-17 student art calendar.

The calendar is distributed free of charge to every family and staff member in the district, thanks to a partnership with The Issaquah Press.

All current students are eligible to submit up to three pieces.

Students must submit works as high quality, high-resolution digital images or color copies. The district will accept images until 4 p.m. April 1.

Learn about specific requirements and how to submit works at bit. ly/1n055Yl.

In the Feb. 18 edition, Jacqueline Rayfield’s gradepoint average was incorrect in the Students of the Month roundup. Rayfield’s GPA is 3.98.

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City ups its goals for spending on human service grants

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com In a night that featured speakers from various local community service organizations, the City Council gave the administration the goahead Feb. 16 to try to reach a human services funding level equal to $10 per capita, or $371,500, in 2017.

The funding cleared the council Services and Safety Committee headed by Councilman Tola Marts.

Issaquah previously tried to reach the $10 per capita

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9 a.m., resulting in a 3:55 p.m. dismissal. The plan would also have moved all 15 elementary schools to a consistent 8 a.m. start time, with a 2:25 p.m. dismissal.

Essentially, the proposal would have inverted the bell times between elementary and high school students.

Thiele wrote he heard testimony from dozens of community members at

level of spending but backed off because of financial realities, Marts said. He added that now might be the time for the city to set its goals higher.

“I think what we heard in committee was a compelling set of circumstances that are coming together right now to make this a particularly urgent and timely request,” Marts said. “Everybody knows we are seeing increased suburbanization of poverty.”

Comparing the healthiest tracts of King County with

others, Marts said there can be up to a 10-year difference in life expectancy. He termed those facts “stunning and extremely sad.”

Marts went on to add there is clear evidence of increased poverty locally. Between 2012 and 2014, poverty among senior citizens rose 25 percent. For families with children, that number is 96 percent. For youths below 18, the poverty level jumped 265 percent in two years.

If the city moves forward, human services funding will go up 50 percent over the

last few years, said Councilman Paul Winterstein, which he believes reflects the values of the community.

The changes under consideration would set spending goals for 2017-18. Marts said in the past the grant process sometimes resulted in the council lowering funding amounts to groups already counting on a certain number of dollars. By bringing in the council towards the beginning of the process, Marts said he hoped similar situations would be avoided.

Towards the end of the

school board meetings, read hundreds of personal emails and considered the input of more than 11,000 community members who participated in an online thought exchange.

The results brought to light several concerns regarding changes to bell times: 4Ending secondary schools near 4 p.m. would have a potential negative impact on students’ ability to work after school, provide child care for their younger siblings, or participate in after school activities such as tutoring, clubs and athletics.

4Many elementary parents did not favor earlier start times for their children.

4Many teachers expressed concern about continuing to offer after school services — such as coaching, supervising clubs or tutoring — if their commute to areas outside of Issaquah area was pushed back.

Initially, Thiele said parameters to any changes to the bell times would have a limited fiscal impact and a minimal change to the district’s tiered bus system.

Thiele wrote those parameters remain as the district

moves forward.

An additional problem the administration encountered during the process was Thiele’s commitment to make a decision by March.

It proved to be too late in the calendar year for parents to make child-care plans.

“I am committed to having a new school start and end time proposal ready by late spring of the current school year so that the community can provide input, allowing a decision to be made by early December 2016 for the 2017-18 school year,” Thiele wrote.

discussion, Marts said he wanted to make it clear that spending $10 per capita is not out of line with spending levels in surrounding communities. Issaquah’s funding would not be the equivalent of “a gold-plated Cadillac with spinning rims.” He said spending levels in the area range from $9.20 per capita to a high of $23. The average is $14, he said.

In the end, the council voted unanimously to set the coming spending goals at $10 per capita.

Representatives from

the Eastside Baby Corner, Friends of Youth and the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank were among those who addressed council supporting the funding increase.

“Our need isn’t getting smaller, it’s getting bigger,” said Cori Walters, executive director of the food bank.

She said the food bank supplied 48,000 services last year. Those numbers included 800 visits to the food bank from senior citizens. The nonprofit served 135 households, up some 57 percent.

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Two Issaquah schools honored by King County

ergy conservation announcements, and eighth-grade biology students calculated their carbon footprints as part of the curriculum.

The Green Schools Program has served a growing number of schools each year — from 100 schools in 2009-10 to 230 schools in 2015-16.

Two schools in the Issaquah School District are being recognized this month for their achievements in the King County Green Schools Program.

Endeavour Elementary School is one of only 28 schools in King County that earned the Sustaining Green School district to host School designation. surplus sale March 22 Endeavour expanded its waste-free Wednesday lunch The Issaquah School campaign from once each District will hold a sale of month to weekly. The student surplus computer systems, Green Team encouraged furniture and equipment students and parents to pack from 3-5 p.m. March 22 at employment. lunches in durable and rethe May Valley Service CenEnghusen said Issaquah is cyclable containers. Student ter, 16430 S.E. May Valley one of the few school districts Waste Watchers monitored Road, Renton. with a Special Olympics lunchroom recycling stations To learn more, call the from page 1 team. Most are run through to help students place items district’s purchasing office at community centers or some in the correct location.

837-7071. they turn 22. At that point, other civic group. Sandi Lum Maywood Middle school they are asked to move on said having the team backed is one of 115 King County Repair of I-90 overpass to what are called the senior

by Issaquah High has its schools that is recognized as will be delayed, state says teams, Clavijo said, someadvantages. a Level Two Green School thing he has every intention She notes the team has “for its energy conservation The state Department of of doing. had cheerleaders and a pep education and actions and Transportation said Feb. Unfortunately, team height band at some of their more for sustaining and building 29 that repairs on the I-90 is not one of the current important contests. On this on its waste reduction and overpass across Front Street squad’s strengths. Normally, day, she has brought pep recycling practices.” will not begin until late April Enghusen said he advises posters made for the team by Maywood promoted a One at the earliest. his players to get as close to the high school’s Associated Paper Towel Challenge to reThe department had previthe basket as possible before Student Body. duce bathroom paper towel ously said repair work would Greg Farrar / gfarrar@isspress.com shooting. But to combat their Enghusen has been waste. Green Team students begin in March. height disadvantage, he The overpass was damSophia Narisawa aims at the basket as teammates in line take around Issaquah sports for a presented the campaign to decided to try and work on while, playing football here the school district, Boeing aged in March 2015 when turns in a shooting drill at the Issaquah Community Center. jump shots from further out. and later for Oregon State and other businesses. The it was struck by a garbage He found he had a budding She said her son loves to shoot ute quarters and the refs University. He came back to team also made weekly entruck. star in Kendall Lum, 21, who and she encouraged him to will call more fouls than they Issaquah and helped coach was the key to Issaquah’s win keeping trying his jump shot. usually do, although double- football, but decided it simply over Ingraham. Lum scored Eli Levy, 20, is the team dribbling is something that took up too much of his time.

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OPINION

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Thursday, March 3, 2016 • 4

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Story took off around the globe, but we weren’t along for the ride

T

he first email came from New York City.

An editor at the East Coast offices of the Daily Mail — the British tabloid with a popular in-your-face website, dailymail.co.uk — wrote me to ask if The Issaquah Press would be willing to share our photos of Lindsay Hasz.

She’s the local resident who found a Quahog pearl valued at $600 in a seafood dish she was enjoying at Montalcino Ristorante Italiano.

Hasz’s story was first written by our digital editor, Christina CorralesToy, who was tipped off by Hasz herself.

“I received a phone call from Lindsay and we met the next week,” Corrales-Toy said.

The path to global exposure for Hasz and Montalcino was fairly straightforward. After Corrales-

SCOTT STODDARD Press editor

Toy’s story was published online Feb. 22, it was noticed by someone in the news department at KOMO-TV in Seattle, which sent out a reporter to do a story for the station’s website and

newscast.

An online producer at The Seattle Times saw KOMO’s story and wrote up a short item for that newspaper’s website.

ABCNews.com picked up the KOMO report, taking the story national, and from there it exploded.

Type “Issaquah pearl” into Google

News and you’ll find more than 300 links to Hasz’s tale from nearly every state in the union, plus the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India and elsewhere.

“My brother was working out of town in South Africa,” Hasz told Corrales-Toy earlier this week, “and he saw it in a South African newspaper.”

Unfortunately, Corrales-Toy received zero credit for being the first to report the story. KOMO did not acknowledge where it learned of Hasz’s pearl discovery — and it was under no obligation to do so.

Most, if not all, news organizations, including The Issaquah Press, pick up story ideas through a number avenues and report them without crediting the original source.

When the Seattle bureau of The

Associated Press saw KOMO’s story, it decided to send a rewritten version of the television station’s story out to its wire-service customers.

The AP attributed the reporting to KOMO and included still images of Hasz and her pearl captured from KOMO video.

The AP story included this paragraph: “KOMO-TV reports Lindsay Hasz and her husband Chris were eating at Montalcino Ristorante Italiano in Issaquah, Washington, when she bit into something hard in her entree.”

Hasz, who said she had no idea the story would take off like it did, experienced an onslaught of interview requests.

“I had to start turning media outlets down,” she told Corrales-Toy. “It’s definitely been crazy, but I think it’s finally died down,” she

OFF THE PRESS

A diminutive guardian against squirrels and squeaky toys

H

appy first birthday, Troy.

Now, please don’t get so excited you have an accident on the floor, the couch, the bed or anything else. You certainly have a tendency to do so.

I call it an “accident” out of an abundance of political correctness. Besides, I think you all know what I am talking about, that Troy has four legs, a constantly moving tail and barks at odd things, such as a stuffed bear on a shelf, one he’s had to have seen a hundred times before. We bought him a ball that makes squeaky noises as it rolls around, something that apparently freaks him out and leads to spasms of loud yelping. I’d love to know what he’s thinking.

Half Chihuahua and half Dachshund, Troy is a little on the small side, and though he doesn’t have the short legs of a wiener dog, he probably is about a foot tall and weighs in at 13 pounds.

He undoubtedly has a Napoleon complex, constantly jumping on top of our high-backed couch so he is roughly equal to the average human in terms of eye level.

We found Troy at a shelter in Lynnwood when he was three months old. The Wife calls him a “chiweenie,” a word that is a mash up of “Chihuahua” and “wiener dog,” as well as a word I find really cutesy and annoying.

There are, of course, entire websites devoted to the blended breed, complete, of course, with too-cute pictures and, I assume, too-cute stories. The Wife would know for sure; I’ve never bothered to look and feel no need to do so now.

The shelter gave Troy his name. He had a sister, Helen, and a brother, Apollo. The Wife had to explain that little Greek theme to my grown stepdaughter. I don’t know what else I can safely say here.

As noted, Troy was very young when we got him, and our apartment building has a ban on puppies.

If anybody asked, the TOM CORRIGAN shelter didn’t know his Press reporter exact age and said they believed him to be a year old. I doubt the neighbors believed us, but nobody ever said anything. If somebody in charge of the apartment complex should somehow see this, what can I say?

We ignored your rule on puppies.

You cut down our tree. I’m going to say that makes us even.

Troy is our second dog, by the way. The first was Hobbes, as in the classic comic strip, “Calvin and Hobbes.” Hobbes was half wheaten terrier and half beagle, and even I will admit he was cute as hell. One of our neighbors dubbed him a “Disney dog.”

Random memory: Shortly after we brought him home, he jumped up and, in one smooth move, scarfed down an entire stick of butter off the kitchen table in one bite. Impressive.

I have all kinds of stories about Hobbes, many related to the squirrels that drove him nuts. I’m pretty sure they did it on purpose.

I just don’t have as many tales about Troy at this point.

Hobbes was one of a kind and a tough act to follow. Still, I think Troy will work out fine in the long run.

One good thing: The squirrels pick on him, too.

Contact Tom Corrigan at tcorrigan@isspress.com. Twitter: @TCorriganIPSR

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TO THE EDITOR Growth

Keep frontier flavor in local architecture I have been a resident of Issaquah for 20 years. As many have done since, I was attracted to the small, quaint village nestled in the mountains of western Washington. I have campaigned and voted for council members who promised to maintain the frontier-like, cozy feel of the “Issaquah Alps.”

Now, I witness the construction of 5-plus-story complexes reminiscent of third-world tenements, lacking style or architectural features representing the nostalgic feel of our village, nearing completion on Gilman Boulevard.

Other builders have continued the original tone of frontier Issaquah in their construction. Witness the makeover of the Issaquah Commons and Front Street Market, the “new” construction of Wild Fin, Big Foot Java, our library or Integrity Automotive.

Now we see new construction beginning on Newport Way. I hope the Council has learned from the Lennar Construction on Gilman and can convey some style, architectural and hometown feel to the builders, thus maintaining the look and feel of the village they promised to preserve.

all I was ever able to learn was that it wasn’t a priority for the mayor and city staff.

By the end of 2007, when the City of Issaquah refused to seek the Sole Source Aquifer protection for the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer, I took it upon myself to submit a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency seeking the designation.

During the evaluation of my petition, Mayor Ava Frisinger and then-Deputy Director of Public Works Engineering Sheldon Lynne opposed the designation.

In the end, using an interpretation of the calculations that I still believe to have been inappropriate, the designation was not approved.

We will never know if the PFOS contamination would have been prevented with the added protections the designation would have put in place, but we certainly know the contamination happened without them.

Hank Thomas Issaquah

Education

Important for district to change bell times Changing bell times is imperative for Issaquah

Keith Seiler schools.

Issaquah

Journalism

Kudos for the teen writers of The Beat It was an amazing experience to pick up this week’s issue of The Issaquah Press/The Beat and read Erika Kumar’s outstanding article about addressing the stigma of mental illness. It’s truly difficult to express my full appreciation for your words and compassion.

This message also applies to the other students involved in this month’s issue. All of the articles are so well-written and clearly highlight the need for change from a student perspective. I was also so impressed by the interview with Lauren Davis. The questions were well-chosen and elicited very thoughtful responses.

The Issaquah Press’ support for The Beat, and for encouraging and training young journalists, is an amazing contribution to our community.

Barb de Michele

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Government

City missed chance to protect aquifer Back when I was on the City Council, Ruth Keys and I had an ongoing conversation about the importance of our drinking water resource for the City of Issaquah. She often asked me why the city hadn’t sought a Sole Source Aquifer designation for the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer? As one city councilor,

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As editor, I do have one regret.

During the production of last week’s paper, as I was deciding which stories would run where, I assigned the tale of Lindsay Hasz’s dinner discovery to page 13.

The reaction of the world’s media proved me wrong. The story should have been on our front page.

There is not just a “small group” asking the Issaquah School District to move bell times later. Todate, more than 2,200 people signed the petition created in May 2015, urging the ISD to move bell times to later, healthier times for our secondary students.

We’re not paving the way here. In response to scientific evidence and recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Sleep Foundation — to name a few — hundreds of communities across the U.S. have already moved to later start times. They had the same concerns about after-school athletics, traffic flow and changes to personal schedules. However, most concerns either didn’t materialize or were dealt with by a variety of creative solutions.

Students who get adequate sleep are less stressed, more efficient with their time, and perform better academically, athletically and socially. Making a decision to maintain the status quo ignores the science and prioritizes convenience and avoidance of change over finding solutions to improve our students’ health and well-being for yet another year, or decade.

For anyone who doesn’t like the current proposed bell times, share your creative ideas with the district.

Demand more bell time proposals. Learn how other schools have overcome perceived and real challenges in order to delay their bell times (startschoollater.net/ case-studies.html). Learn more via the Start School Later Issaquah, WA Facebook page.

Change is never easy, but doing the right thing for our students needs to take priority.

Allison May Issaquah

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FEBRUARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Abigael Lewis

Korye Skaare Liberty High School

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Drama department.

Four years in school productions, directed one-act plays, inducted member of International Thespian Society.

Performed at Village Theatre in Kidstage and Mainstage productions, in a Bellevue College play this March.

Music department. Lettered in choir and orchestra. Orchestra vice president and co-concertmaster, multiple superior scores, solo and ensemble, choir and orchestra.

Leads peers by example.

Teaches students music at Maywood. Running Start college student.

Music department. Scholastic interests include choir and psychology.

Kajal has demonstrated leadership in choir, Mix It Up and musicals. A lead singer and the leader for In Harmony. All the music teachers notice his dedication to the choral department.

Drama department. National Merit Scholar semifinalist, AP Scholar Award, 4.0 GPA. Youth Theater Northwest, Comedy Sports Seattle, Youth Experimental Theater Institute. In many drama productions all four years at IHS. An exemplary team player who helps others.

Liberty High School

Kajal Lang

Daniel Repp

The Rotary Club of Issaquah names local students of the month. Students are nominated for the honor by department heads at their respective schools.

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THE ISSAQUAH PRESS AROUND THE WORLD

Candy MacDonald took her Issaquah Press to the tallest building in the world: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

MacDonald is shown here at the Level 125 observation deck in the 2,717-foot skyscraper.

Where have you taken your hometown newspaper?

Email your photo and information to editor@isspress.com.

A FLASH OF SUNSHINE

PETS OF THE WEEK Jessie is a handsome 3-year-old black/tan Doberman pinscher who is filled with a Jessie zest for life. This happy boy does the Doberman spin dance when he meets anyone new. He’s always got a smile on his face that’s sure to put one on yours, too! With such long legs he’s ready to take on any adventure you might have in mind. Need a new jogging or walking buddy?

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Tuxes & Tails Join us May 7, 2016 for Seattle Humane’s most barked about event. Our annual Tuxes & Tails fundraising gala boasts great food and wine, phenomenal auction items, celebrity animal lovers, and of course, adoptable pets!

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Issaquah 5-year-old Brennan Abbott hits a pitch from his dad Josh at Tibbetts Valley Park last week. Temperatures climbed into the 60s on Feb. 25 as the calendar continued its march toward spring.

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OBITUARIES Marjorie Warner Services for Marjorie (Marg) Johnson Berg Warner, age 92 of Preston, will be held at Raging River Marjorie Warner Community Church on March 5 at 11 a.m.

Marg graduated from Issaquah High School in 1942 and married her first husband, Algot Berg, in 1945.

They were married 28 years until his passing on. She married Nathan Blair Warner in 1982 and was with him until he passed in 2012.

Marg is survived by her son, Jim Berg; grandson, Gunnar Berg; and their wives.

All arrangements have been handled by Flintoft’s Funeral Home of Issaquah

and Raging River Community Church.

Any remembrances may be made to the Preston Food Bank in care of Raging River Community Church.

You are invited to sign the family’s online guestbook at flintofts.com.

Suzanne Aust Suzanne “Sue” Aust passed away Jan. 2, 2016, in Seattle at the age of 90. Sue possessed a love of nature, travel, art and jazz. She was daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, artist and friend. Please see the full obituary, photos and sign online guestbook at flintofts. com.

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Arlene Durand

Age 85 of Issaquah.

Loving wife of Raymond.

Funeral Mass at 2 p.m., Friday, March 4, at St. Jude’s Shirley Petryk Catholic Church, 10526 166th Ave.

Arlene Ella Durand of Issaquah, loving mother and grandmother, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Issaquah. A funeral Mass was held 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 29 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Issaquah.

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Village Theatre’s latest: ‘a story that no one has ever seen’

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A bowl of bibimbap at Chinoise is filled with a variety of textures, including a sweet egg omelet and radish kimchi.

Set a course for Chinoise and take a bold adventure Restaurant reviews are a regular feature of The Issaquah Press.

Reviewers visit restaurants unannounced and pay in full for their meals.

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com There are two types of restaurants — convenient locations and destination locations. The former you go to because they’re nearby in the neighborhood and satisfy an immediate craving. The latter, you go out of your way to dine at because of their reputation.

I was ready to label Chinoise Sushi Bar & Asian Grill a convenience location until I went back for a second opinion that changed my mind.

Located in the Issaquah Highlands, Chinoise is a fusion of Asian cuisines from across the continent.

With such a varied menu, on the first trip, my dining companion and See CHINOISE, Page 7

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Director Schele Williams wants to take you on a journey.

So climb aboard and relive her experience when she first read the script for Village Theatre’s new musical “My Heart is the Drum.”

The director of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals felt Williams would be a good fit for “My Heart is the Drum,” a new work still in the creation stage. Williams is a veteran of Broadway as actor and choreographer (she was associate choreographer for “Rent.”)

“He introduced me to the writers. So I read the show, and was reading the script on the train on the way to another meeting. And I got so taken up in the story, that I missed my stop,” Williams said.

She was captivated as she continued to read the script. The story sounds simple — a spirited young woman is determined to attend university, but when her education is denied, she defies her parents and risks everything to set off for the big city. Only this tale takes place in Ghana and South Africa, where something more dangerous than anything she dared imagine awaits.

Williams actually declared as she read, “Oh my gosh. This has an unexpected turn that you just never see coming.”

“Well, that’s thrilling,” she continued. “You don’t usually see a musical that has such depth and is willing to go there. I thought if I get the opportunity to guide this production through all these murky waters, it’s going to be an incredible challenge, but it’s going to be thrilling for me as a director.”

The story is the brainchild of composer Philip Palmer, which he developed while working for the State Department in international development in South Africa. Ever the musician first, Palmer was also studying traditional African music — West African drumming and South African singing — which he fell in love with. Soon he was looking for a subject to set the music to.

His first trip to South Africa, about 10 years ago, was during the AIDS pandemic. There were a lot of myths surrounding the disease and treatment was still unavailable. But what struck him most was how it affected poor women and young girls most, often being blamed for the behavior of men.

“There was something about that story that people really needed to know,” Palmer said. “I was also struck by the poverty I saw, the fact that people wanted to work but there was no opportunity.”

He wrote up an outline and passed it off to veteran Broadway writer Jennie Redling, who was

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Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, a 2015 Gregory Award-winning actress, plays the lead roll of Efua Kuti in “My Heart is the Drum.”

The Village Theatre production opens March 17 at the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre.

The creative team behind “My Heart is the Drum” (clockwise from upper left): lyricist Stacey Luftig, composer Philip Palmer, script writer Jennie Redling and director Schele Williams. The production runs from March 17 through April 24 at Village Theatre’s Francis J. Gaudette Theatre on Front Street North.

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“I’m a certified sexual assault counselor. My plays touch on violence, particularly violence against women. Most of my plays have protagonists fighting against huge odds,” Redling said.

To complete the script required copious amounts of research on the continent of Africa. Redling found herself falling in love with it — the language, the music, the way they have of communicating.

They then enlisted the services of lyricist Stacey Luftig. The trio then collaborated to bring the outline to life.

“The material is so rich,” Palmer said. “Jennie had written a draft of the script before we started writing songs. So every time we’d come back to the draft, it was like mining the soil and finding new layers. It was so rich with themes and character and conflict and emotion.”

Luftig said, for example, there was one moment in particular she was imagining what could the character be thinking, possibly remembering.

“So we asked Jennie to create a memory for us,” Luftig said. “She created several monologues of what the character might be thinking of. We were like, ‘That one!’

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FRIDAY, MARCH 4 ‘Call of the Clouds’ art exhibit open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through March 15, Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, in conjunction with ‘Any Umbrellas’ art exhibit on display at artEAST through March 12, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org ‘Intro to Zentangle,’ 10 a.m. to noon, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $43/ members, $48/nonmembers, arteast. org Play and Learn Chinese, 10:30 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Issaquah Depot Museum, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday-Sunday, Visit the vintage caboose and railroad cars, tours available by appointment, 78 First Ave., N.E., $2/adults, $1/children. Go to issaquahhistory.org/issaquah-depot One-on-One Computer Help, 1 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Wine Walk, tour local store fronts, enjoy live music and sip local wines, BYO Glass, 6-9 p.m., tickets available at downtownissaquah.com, $25 in advance or $30 day of event Concert Synthesia, produced by Rivers Edge Church, 7-9 p.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, $10/person, $20/family, all proceeds benefit Eggs in the Park event March 26, 507-1107 Harmonious Funk, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Troy Kline, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., $5 cover, 392-5550

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Squak Mountain Hike, moderate, 7 miles, up to 1,600-foot elevation gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org AARP Tax Help, 10 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Downtown History Walk with Dave Bristol, 10 a.m., Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave., N.E., $7.50/ members, $10/general admission, 3923500 British Tea Traditions and History, ages 10 and older, 10-11:30 a.m., Experience Tea, 195 Front St. N., $25, 206-406-9838 Photography Club 10:30 a.m. to

7 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

SIFF Cinema and Issaquah International Film Festival

“Good Ol’ Boy” plays at 7 p.m. March 6 as part of the sold-out Issaquah International Film Festival at Cinnebarre Issaquah. noon, Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 507-1107 Yoga Club, Hatha yoga for new and experienced yogis alike, 10:30 a.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 5071107 Issaquah International Film Festival, 1-9 p.m., Cinnebarre Issaquah, 1490 11th Ave., tickets sold out Meet the Habitats of Lewis Creek: Misty Meadows, ages 5 and older, 1-2 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., free, 452-4195 Chinese Heritage Club, 7:30 p.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 5071107 Shaggy Sweet, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 The James Howard Band, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., $5 cover, 392-5550

SUNDAY, MARCH 6 Tiger Mountain Tradition Plateau work party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., details and registration at wta.org/ volunteer/trail-work-parties Three Bellevue Parks Hike, easy, 3.5 miles, up to 250-foot elevation gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S.,

issaquahalps.org Issaquah International Film Festival, 1-9 p.m., Cinnebarre Issaquah, 1490 11th Ave., tickets sold out Lewis Creek Movie: Stranger in the Woods, ages 3 and older, 1 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., free, 452-4195 Sammamish Symphony presents ‘Energy Life, Affirmation’ Nielsen’s Third Symphony, 2 p.m., Eastlake High School, 400 228th Ave. N.E., Sammamish, $20/adults, $15/students and seniors, $10/10 and younger, sammamishsymphony.org

MONDAY, MARCH 7 ‘Figure Drawing Open Studio,’ short pose 9:30-11:30 a.m. and long pose noon to 2 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $20 or $30 for both sessions, arteast.org Bridge Club, grab a partner or come solo, everyone welcome, 7-10 p.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 5071107 City Council Meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way, 8373000 Don’t Be a Target, Avoid Cybercrimes,

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I decided to test their mastery of the basics. For starters, we got the lettuce wraps. Chinoise’s take featured long, thin strips of grilled chicken rather than the typical ground-up variety. I enjoyed the extra layer of flavor amidst the cucumber, carrots and cilantro.

Not being a fan of sushi myself, I left it to my buddy to sample their impressive menu. He settled on the basic California roll of imitation crab meat, tobiko, cucumber and avocado. Again, well-made and tasty. For my main course, I tried the spicy pineapple chicken plate from the menu’s wok section. The flavors from the chicken, pineapple, bell

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The Issaquah Roll at Chinoise is wrapped in pink soy paper and is a harmonious blend of salmon, shrimp, snow crab, avocado, cucumber and more. peppers, bamboo shoots and onions blended well within the garlic sauce. It was a safe choice for $10 — nothing too bold.

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Grand Ridge Trail Watertower Loop work party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., details and registration at wta.org/ volunteer/trail-work-parties Young Toddler and Infant Story Time, ages 1 to 2 at 10:30 a.m. and ages 0 to 1 at noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 ‘Figure Drawing Exercise Class,’ noon to 2:30 p.m., second and fourth Wednesdays, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., drop-ins available $38/ member, $43/nonmember, please call in advance, arteast.org Children’s Tea and Etiquette, ages 10 and older, 4-5:30 p.m., Experience Tea, 195 Front St. N., $25, 206-406-

Grand Ridge Watertower Loop Trail work party, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., details and registration at wta.org/ volunteer/trail-work-parties Spanish Story Time, 10 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 ‘Colored Pencil Class,’ noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., drop-ins available $78/ member, $83/nonmember, please register, arteast.org Teen Open House, 2 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Civil Services Commission meeting, 4:30 p.m., City Hall Northwest, 1775 12th Ave. N., 837-3000 One-on-One Computer Help, 5:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 The Rif Duo, 6 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Study Zone, drop-in homework help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Planning Policy Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000 ‘Zentangle at Night,’ 6:30-8:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $43/ members, $48/nonmembers, arteast. org Talk Time, an English Conversation Class, 6:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Open House: Tackling Traffic, 7 p.m., City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000

came along and ordered a sushi named after the hometown — the Issaquah Roll for $11. Sushi, for me, is a texture thing with its raw preparations. But knowing there’s great flavor to be had, I threw caution to the wind and gave it a try. What catches your eye first is the pink soy paper wrap rather than the traditional seaweed. Encircling salmon, shrimp, snow crab, avocado, cucumber, radish sprouts and masago, the soy wrap, dare I say, made it more buttery, if not sweet. The bite was light and refreshing and just may have cured my fear of sushi.

I took my derring-do a step further with Chinoise’s signature specialty: bibimbap.

How often do you watch a cooking competition on TV and wish you could try that at home?

Now you can, as Chinoise owner and chef Thoa Nguyen, who start-

ed in Seattle before expanding to the Highlands, features a version of bibimbap she prepared while triumphing on the Food Network show “Beat Bobby Flay.”

Essentially a Korean salad featuring ahi poke, bibimbap has so much going on, I didn’t care I was eating raw fish at its center.

Come hungry, for the salad bowl is filled with a variety of textures, including the lettuce cucumber radish sprouts slaw, a sweet egg omelet, radish kimchi and some rice to bind it all together.

At $20, it’s not a cheap dish.

But the bibimbap alone bestows destination status upon Chinoise.

Anyone can make good sushi.

Chinoise makes excellent sushi.

Anyone can have featured items on their menus. The bibimbap is so avant garde (as the waitress called it), it will make you want to come back and try all of Chinoise’s specials.

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Issaquah Little League registration still open Registration for the upcoming Issaquah Little League baseball and softball season is open.

The league is particularly looking to sign up children that are 5-8 years old for its baseball division and eligible girls of all ages for the softball division.

The 2016 spring season is right around the corner. Register your child by March 11. Learn more and sign up online at issaquahlittleleague.org.

Liberty athletes make All-KingCo basketball teams

Class 2A/3A KingCo Conference basketball coaches recently announced their 2015-2016 allconference teams. Here are the Liberty selections:

Girls Team Sportsmanship Award: Liberty and Interlake Honorable mention: Sam Kelderman and Sydney Argosino

Boys

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Issaquah senior guard Jason Crandall (4) heads to the hoop past Timberline senior forward Jarryn Bush during the third quarter of their 4A Hardwood Classic regional playoff basketball game. Crandall and the Eagles ran away in the second half for a 64-39 win Feb. 27 at Bellevue College.

Eagles overpower Blazers, return to state quarterfinals BOYS BASKETBALL ISSAQUAH 64 TIMBERLINE 39

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com In the space of 10 seconds, the Issaquah Eagles planted their feet firmly in the Class 4A state quarterfinals, and their fans knew it.

Late in the third quarter, senior guard Jason Crandall’s two quick steals – one resulting in a wide-

open layup for himself, the other in a 3-pointer for teammate Scott Kellum – brought the Issaquah crowd to its feet with a thunderous roar and signaled the beginning of the end for the Timberline Blazers.

Issaquah pulled away in the second half for a 64-39 victory over Timberline on Feb. 27 at Bellevue College, and will return to the Tacoma Dome this week for a third straight appearance in the 4A boys basketball round of eight.

Issaquah will face the Kentwood Conquerors at 5:30 p.m. March 3

LIONS END PATRIOTS’ SEASONS

in a quarterfinal game. The winner plays either Central Valley or Curtis in the semifinals at 7:15 p.m.

March 4. The championship game is at 3 p.m. March 5.

Senior forward Tanner Davis, who led all scorers with 17 points, sensed the momentum shift for the Eagles (21-3), noting that Crandall and Kellum have been emotional leaders for the team all season.

“We only had a four-point lead going into halftime, so everyone was kind of quiet back in the locker room,” Davis said. “And they came

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Lynden’s Mariah Gonzalez (10) loses her footing as Liberty junior Samantha Kelderman drives toward the hoop in the Patriots’ season-ending loss to Lynden Feb. 27 at Renton High School. The Lions won the Class 2A regional matchup 67-39 to advance to the state quarterfinals.

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Hurricane Junior Golf Tour looking for area players

The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, the largest youth golf tour in the country, has partnered with the Northwest Junior Golf Tour to give Northwest players expanded opportunities to play on competitive, national stages.

The tour’s 2016 schedule includes 14 events throughout Washington and Oregon. The tour starts in March and continues through December. Events are open to members between the ages of 10 and 18.

“We believe that by both parties working together we can offer the kids a stronger competitive environment that will build college golf resumes,” Mario Conte, HJGT executive director, said in a news release.

The tour will offer more than 240 events in 32 states this year, and currently hosts more twoday, nationally-ranked events than any other junior golf tour in the U.S. To purchase memberships and get more information, visit hjgt. org.

New Skyline coaches are ready to play ball

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com

Liberty senior guard Noble Cooper (1) is pressured from behind as he goes for a shot in the Patriots’ season-ending loss to Lynden Feb. 27 at Renton High School. Lynden won the Class 2A regional matchup 57-51 to advance to the state quarterfinals at the Yakima Valley SunDome. Cooper, a first-team All-KingCo 2A/3A selection, had a game-high 18 points in the loss.

in, they pumped us up, and coming out to start the third quarter, Scott Kellum made a couple big shots and Jason had a couple big steals.

“That was basically us just stepping on them and making sure they wouldn’t come back.”

Timberline (16-9) stayed close in the first half with its combination of quickness and size. With the exception of Davis, who had nine points at the break, Issaquah had

First team: Noble Cooper Second team: Connor Chapman Honorable mention: Nick Chung and Josh Nelson

not my thing.

Hemphill: Ultimately, it’s a great opportunity to lead up to 50 young student-athletes and a few coaches, and I’m just looking forward to the opportunity to put people in a position to succeed.

That’s what I view my role as – I’ve got to put everybody in the right place and if I can do that well, then we’re going to have a successful season.

If there’s one nearly universal characteristic among first-year coaches, it might be their boundless energy.

Skyline High School is looking to integrate that trait into two of its sports programs this spring.

Brandon Hemphill, a 2004 Skyline graduate, takes over the Neil Pierson / npierson@isspress.com Spartans’ baseball program from longtime coach Chris Tamminen, Lindsay Sullivan and Brandon Hemphill while Lindsay Sullivan, a former Which of your players figure to are entering their first seasons as varsity be at the forefront this season? player at Woodinville High head coaches in 2016.

School, replaces Ken Brooks as the school’s fastpitch coach.

Sullivan: You should definitely Both Hemphill and Sullivan radiate positivity and the watch out for my pitcher, Caroline Bowman, who orally desire to create winning cultures on and off the field. committed to San Jose State. Center fielder Molly SpanSullivan, a 2009 Woodinville graduate, played four iac, third baseman Annika Hildebrand and shortstop years as an infielder at Dickinson State University Lauren Lo. who plans to play at Western Washington, and had an instant connection when she returned to are all talented. Honestly, watch out for all of them. the Northwest last summer. Skyline athletics director Hemphill: We’ve got to start with shortstop Danny George Crowder was the fastpitch coach at KingCo Sinatro, who has a scholarship to WSU for play for Conference rival Eastlake during her prep days. coach Marty Lees. We’re hoping Tommy Swinscoe and “Softball is a small world, just like baseball,” said Connor Knutson have big years for us. Dax Kringle is Sullivan, who is a special education teacher at Shera guy we’re hoping provides some offensive pop for us. wood Forest Elementary School in Bellevue.

And senior Jack Simpson, hopefully he has a big year “Everybody knows everybody. That’s kind of how I on the mound throwing some strikes. got my foot in the water and ended up getting pulled in.”

What things are you focusing on to build chemistry?

Hemphill, who sells insurance for Mechelsen Inc. in Issaquah, has been around the plateau longer, having Hemphill: My point of emphasis is to serve your teamserved as Tamminen’s assistant for the past five seamates. If everybody is looking to help each other out, sons. He said he was “chased out of the baseball scene then we’re moving in the right direction. at a young age,” but his athletic gifts showed up on the It’s a challenge, because if you’ve got two guys comgolf course, where he went on to a collegiate career at peting for shortstop, that means there’s one guy that’s the University of the Pacific. playing and one guy that’s not. The guy that lost out on The coaches met up on a sunny afternoon at Skyline that starting job, he still has a role to play in this proto answer more questions: gram. Maybe that means he slides over to second base.

Maybe that means he slides over to third base. Maybe What are the challenges and rewards of coaching at that means he’s our best courtesy runner.

Skyline?

Sullivan: My motto is “servant warrior.” What that basically means is to serve your team but also perform Sullivan: I know there are challenges but I don’t see on the field. We’re going to start a new tradition this year them as challenges at all – they’re more the benefits where we go to a family’s house the night before a game of the coaching aspect. You’re here for the kids and and do a meal and some sort of team activity together. you’re here to create the memories.

In order to have that happen, me and my assistant, It is about winning, but when you look back on your Greg Erwin, we have to role-model that. We’ve already career, it’s really important to pick out the moments talked about, “Hey, you and me are family now.” We’ve that really shine. And I’d rather create more shining adopted these kids into our family as well, so we’ll teach moments than moments of, “Oh, my coach wasn’t that them the right ways to life, that you’re a student-athlete, great” or “My coach was a negative influence.” That’s not an athlete-student.

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trouble finishing near the rim and was often harassed into turnovers or offensive fouls.

Kellum picked up two early fouls, sat the bench and was scoreless at the half. But he scored all 12 of his points in a six-minute span of the third and fourth periods, the spark that ignited the Eagles’ dominant finish.

“I think I was maybe in my own head a little bit,” Kellum said of his slow start. “Those two fouls kind of hurt me, but I recovered in the second half, so that was good.”

Trevon Ary-Turner scored 16 points and Crandall added nine for Issaquah, which shot 47 percent from the field in the second half and began wearing out the Blazers in transition.

The Blazers set a season low for points scored – easily breaking their previous low of 53 – and Kellum credited Issaquah’s film study for helping to understand the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses.

“We were just determined to show them what Issaquah defense looks like,” he said.

“We knew that they score most of their points in transition and that was a big key for us.”

Issaquah led 25-21 at halftime and had to go deep into its bench as forwards Davis, Jack Dellinger and Dominic Postle all picked up two fouls.

Ary-Turner’s step-back 3-pointer, followed by a Davis transition basket, pushed the lead to 34-25 and was the start of a 15-2 run that put

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Class 4A KingCo Conference basketball coaches recently announced their 2015-2016 all-conference teams.

Boys MVP: Tony Miller, Woodinville.

First team: Braden Ahlemeyer, Skyline; Trevon Ary-Turner, Issaquah; Kevin Carpenter, Redmond; Scott Kellum, Issaquah; Jake Medjo, Bothell; Cameron Tyson, Bothell.

Second team: AJ Block, Newport; Jason Crandall, Issaquah; Jesse Davis, Woodinville; Josh Kollman, Bothell; Cole RuudJohnson, Newport; Danny Tomson, Mount Si; Ethan Thompson, Eastlake.

Honorable mention: Bothell – Hunter Dean, Kevin Fisherkeller. Eastlake – Grant Henderson, Parker Lester.

Inglemoor – Ryan Hamilton, Jalen Woodley. Issaquah – Jack Dellinger, Tanner Davis. Mount Si – Ryan Fischer. Newport – Jye Hill, Jackson Lu. Redmond – Sava Trifunovic, Mitch Potter.

Skyline – Kellan Przybylski, Ryan D’Arcy. Woodinville – Micah Johnson, Michael Roth.

Girls MVP: Taya Corosdale, Bothell.

Coaches of the Year: Sara Goldie, Eastlake; Kent Schaefer, Bothell.

Team Sportsmanship Award: Mount Si. First team: Keyonna Jones, Bothell; Gina Marxen, Eastlake; Kennedy Nicholas, Inglemoor; Sarah Priestley, Eastlake; Regan Schenck, Woodinville; Emily Spencer, Woodinville.

Second team: Madison Dubois, Woodinville; Cameron Edward, Eastlake; Mackenzie Gardner, Inglemoor; Kailey Kassuba, Skyline; Lauren Longo, Issaquah; Jade Loville, Skyline; Taylor McKerlich, Skyline.

Honorable mention: Bothell – Erin Burns, Sierra Cole.

Eastlake – Elizabeth Chen, Stacie Keck. Inglemoor – Ifeoma Emeka, Amanda Luckett. Issaquah – Tatum Dow, Mariah Van Halm. Mount Si – Annie Hiebert, Emma Smith. Newport – Emily Hillyer, Vanessa Hsia. Redmond – Kiki Milloy, Teagyn Ohrt.

Skyline – Maddie Adamson, Cassidy Daugherty. Woodinville – Madison Lundquist, Gabrielle Whalen.

the game out of reach.

“I feel like we just minimized our turnovers in the second half, and that’s what allowed us to go out and go on that big run,” Davis said.

The Eagles are riding a 10game winning streak and will attempt to cut down the nets at the Tacoma Dome, something that eluded them the past two

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seasons. They sustained a close loss in the 2014 semifinals to eventual champion Garfield, and fell to Union in the 2015 quarterfinals.

“It’s so exciting, especially for me in my last year for this program,” Kellum said.

“To make it to the dome for a third year in a row, it’s amazing. I couldn’t be happier.”

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music just came. It was very exciting.”

“And that became one of our favorite moments,” Palmer added.

Seven years passed before Williams came aboard as director of “My Heart is the Drum.” She was at the helm when it became a part of Village Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals in 2014.

Further along its development journey the creative team would receive several honors for their work on it — Redling received the BMI Harrington Award for a Musical Theater Libretto, Luftig and Palmer earned the 2015 Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theater Songwriting and the songs were part of a package of work Luftig was honored with in the 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Lyricist.

“My spiel is this is a story that no one has ever seen, with amazing characters, an incredible journey and songs that pulsate and vibrate with life and excitement,” Palmer said.

They couldn’t be happier that Williams was asked to be at the helm for this voyage.

“Our director, we can’t say enough about our director,” Redling said. “We saw a YouTube video of her working with a teenage girl, coaxing a song, an emotion, out of her.

We thought what could be more perfect. Ours has a protagonist, a woman, a singer.

Williams’ style is so special, so supportive.”

Williams, who is currently associate director of the national tour of “Motown: The Musical,” said her passion is developing new musicals.

As such, she is no stranger to world premieres, which “My Heart is the Drum” will be doing at Village Theatre March 17.

“I did the first production of ‘Hairspray’ at the theater that got the first license after Broadway — the Westin Theatre in Vermont, on the same summer the movie was coming out,” Williams said.

“There was all this pressure.”

And to add to the pressure, the Westin was where “Hairspray” writer Scott Whitman got his start. Oh, and he and co-writer Mark Shaman were coming to the opening.

“So could there be more pressure?” Williams said.

That show broke all box office records and got great reviews.

“I felt so much pressure on that. There was a version that everyone knew. But I had to do my own version, yet still meet expectations,” she said. “This is different, because there is more trust from the audience in this thing they don’t know.”

Helping Williams develop “My Heart is the Drum” from the beginning is 2015 Gregory Award-winning actress Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako in the lead roll of Efua Kuti.

“Oh Nako, she’s fantastic,” Williams said. “She gives it all her grace and confidence and passion. The onus was on her to be the engine of the show. She does that beautifully.”

Williams added she wanted to keep as much of the musical a mystery as possible for her audience beforehand, just the way she enjoys a new show, right before the curtain goes up.

“This journey you’re going on kind of blind. I feel like I have an obligation to the audience to make it worth it for them,” Williams said.

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An officer responded to a noise complaint at 1:57 a.m. in the 2500 block of Northeast Mulberry Walk. The officer located the residence because of the sounds of people talking loudly and music playing. The homeowner said people were leaving and she would quiet down.

Assault A 29-year-old Seattle man was arrested for fourthdegree assault at 3:50 p.m.

Feb. 20 in the 5000 block of Northwest Village Park Drive.

Vandalism Sometime before 12:51 a.m. Feb. 21, someone caused $200 in damage to a window on a Honda Element on Highlands Drive Northeast.

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A resident in the 2300 block of Newport Way Northwest reported at 1:13 p.m.

Feb. 23 that someone stole from the home a motorcycle and helmet. Total loss was valued at $6,300.

Traffic offense A 34-year-old Seattle man was arrested for an unspecified traffic offense at 3:46 p.m. Feb. 24 in the 6100 block of Eats Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.

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A 32-year-old Renton man was arrested at the corner of Front Street South and Newport Way Southwest at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 for driving with a suspended license.

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4The owner of a BMW M3 reported at 11:16 a.m. Feb. 19 that someone entered the car in the 1000 block of Northeast Lupine Street and stole some jewelry, clothes and a gym bag. Total loss was $4,820.

4A passport was reported stolen at 9:58 a.m. Feb. 19 from a 2014 Toyota Prius in the 300 block of Northwest Dogwood Street.

4A wallet was stolen from a 2002 Honda Accord in the 600 block of Kalmia Court Northwest some time before 8:31 a.m. Feb. 21.

4At 3:37 p.m. Feb. 22, the owner of a 1997 Chevrolet pickup reported that someone stole a gym bag, valued at $20, from the truck in the 1600 block of Northwest Sammamish Road.

A 34-year-old Puyallup man was arrested in the 900 block of Northeast Ingram Way at 11:10 a.m. Feb. 22 #5327 for violation of a restraining order.

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