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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 • Vol. 112, No. 12

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Uncover ‘Iron Curtain’

Lawmaker asks residents to list budget priorities

BY GREG FARRAR

Carpenter Alfredo Arreola vacuums dust as he grinds and finishes concrete steps in the seating area of Issaquah High School’s new Performing Arts Center.

Change is coming to schools soon

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter The voter-approved $241.8 million construction bond from 2006 is in full swing, sending two-story buildings high into the sky and installing sewer systems deep into the ground.

Several schools across the Issaquah School District are receiving money for construction updates or remodels. Four projects are slated to begin construction June 20, after school gets out: Briarwood Elementary School will get a new building, slated for completion in fall 2012.

Liberty High School will undergo a partial modernization and expansion, with most areas complete by August 2012, and final completion by spring 2013.

Maywood Middle School will be modernized and expanded with new classrooms and science labs with completion in August 2012.

BY GREG FARRAR

A worker on a catwalk does construction high in the fly loft over the theater stage.

Challenger Elementary School

will be modernized with a relocated central office, improved heating and air controls and separate bus and car traffic areas.

Issaquah High School’s new building is almost complete. As of Jan. 31, the district had spent $80.6 million on the project, which has a budget of $94.9 million.

The main building, complete with classrooms, commons and science labs, opened this past fall, but the Performing Arts Center, the wing housing the music, photography, theater, art and woodshop rooms, is still under construction.

Until the new center opens, the fine arts community is using the old building for classroom space.

“It’s thrilling to watch it go up,” Issaquah High School drama director Holly Whiting said. “The fine arts people are still in the old section of the building. It’s been nicknamed ‘District 9,’” after the slums where aliens were forced to live in a science fiction movie.

Once the center is complete, the Issaquah High drama program can return home; for the past three years its students have used the stage at Skyline for their See SCHOOLS, Page A8

Maureen McCarry receives city’s top environmental award

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The latest recipient of the top environmental honor in Issaquah acted as a guiding force — in public and behind the scenes — in the long-running effort to shape neighborhoods and preserve undeveloped land.

Leaders elevated Maureen McCarry into the pantheon alongside other important conservation activists, and bestowed the Ruth Kees Environmental Award for a Sustainable Community on the former councilwoman at a City Hall ceremony March 21.

Mayor Ava Frisinger cited the countless hours McCarry con-

GET INVOLVED Complete a brief state budget survey from state Rep. Glenn Anderson at www.surveymonkey.com/s/9YLXP2T.

heard from Issaquah residents March 12 about the budget shortfall at a town hall meeting in Issaquah.

“It’s time to get real about our state spending and the taxing structure that supports it,” Anderson continued in the message. “Budget writers need to set priorities, the first of which should be our constitutional mandate to educate our children.”

Evergreen State residents could face increased fees on state lands, shrunken services from state agencies and larger class sizes in elementary school classrooms as legislators consider spending cuts and fee increases.

“Finally, we need to look at how we create private-sector jobs in Washington by addressing regulations, taxation and the ever-growing intrusion of government in private enterprise,” Anderson wrote in closing.

The Issaquah Press invites readers to conversation group The Issaquah Press wants to hear from readers about what they read most often in the paper and what components are missing.

Readers are invited to join a conversation group led by a moderator. Two sessions will be held: 6:30-8 p.m. April 14 and 1-2:30 p.m. April 15. Both groups will meet at the Hailstone Feed Store, the historic gas station, along Front Street North.

It has been eight years since the last readership focus groups were held, said Debbie Berto, publisher of The Press.

“Times have certainly changed since then,” she said. “We need to hear from our readers about what is important to them today, not eight years ago. The Internet, smaller daily newspaper coverage and other competition has caused

GET INVOLVED Apply for the readership groups at www.issaquahpress.com.

us to refocus some of our news space in recent years. But is it what readers want? More important, is it what they want in the future?”

Interested readers need to apply for one of the two dozen spots.

Applicants will be selected to involve a range of readers of varying ages, lengths of residency and various neighborhoods.

Those who are not chosen for the groups will participate in a survey to gather their opinions about various topics.

PSE hikes natural gas rate for residential customers

tributed to forge agreements outlining construction in the Issaquah Highlands and Talus, preserve forested Park Pointe near Issaquah High School and strengthen treeprotection rules.

The mayor and Council President John Traeger selected McCarry for the honor after receiving numerous nominations for the former councilwoman, a Squak Mountain resident.

“We look for someone who, over a significant period of time, has demonstrated a very strong commitment to environmental protection and preservation,”

BY GREG FARRAR

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State Rep. Glenn Anderson is asking residents in Issaquah and elsewhere in the 5th Legislative District to rank budget priorities in a brief survey to gauge how the cash-strapped state should spend.

The legislator launched the survey after the chief state economist said the state is projected to collect almost $700 million less in taxes through 2013, increasing the budget Glenn Anderson gap to about $5.1 billion.

“We simply cannot continue this death spiral of poor decisions every time another hit to tax collections is announced,” Anderson wrote in a message to constituents March 18, a day after the dismal revenue forecast announcement.

“It’s time for politicians to change their mindset from one of figuring out gimmicks that keep the status quo of overspending, over-promising and under-delivering to one of being proactive and realistic.”

The longtime lawmaker also

Maureen McCarry smiles March 21 as her husband Tom Knollman and the City Hall audience applaud her getting the Ruth Kees Environmental Award.

Puget Sound Energy residential natural gas customers should start paying about $1.68 more per month starting April 1.

State regulators approved the increase March 15, as part of a settlement to allow PSE to increase natural gas revenues by $19 million a year, or 1.8 percent.

For the average residential natural gas customer using 68 therms a month, the increase should amount to $1.68, for a revised bill of $84.65.

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The financial roadmap for the months ahead — the Issaquah municipal budget — is available for residents to peruse. Read the document at the city website, www.ci.issaquah.wa.us. Follow the links for “Finance” and “2011 Final Budget.” The document includes spending plans for each city department, plus a breakdown of how the city functions and a message about budget priorities from Mayor Ava Frisinger.

the $10-per-month basic service charge for residential natural gas customers. PSE had originally asked to increase the fee to $10.62 per month.

The commission received 254 public comments about the proposal — 241 opposed to the change, and 13 undecided or neutral.

Bellevue-based PSE serves more than 1 million electric customers and almost 750,000 natural gas customers in Western Washington, including Issaquah.

QUOTABLE “I just think being in the business is most helpful. I don’t think Boeing would want me building an airplane.”

— Ed Marcoe Principal at Tiger Mountain Community High School, about a bill in the state Senate that would allow noneducators to become school principals (See story on Page A2.)

Should principals be educators?

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Legislators consider bill to answer question

By Sebastian Moraga and Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporters A bill pushing to allow noneducators to work as school principals does not sit well with those now on the job.

Josh Almy, Ed Marcoe and Ron Thiele, all who have served as principals and teachers, said that while a few exceptional leaders might succeed in the principal world under the auspices of the bill, the majority of incoming principals would benefit if they tried their hand at teaching first.

“The educational system acts a little different from the private sector,” said Almy, principal of Beaver Lake Middle School. “If I were coming in from the private sector, the learning curve would be pretty steep.”

To which State Rep. Glenn Anderson (R-Fall City) said, leadership is leadership.

House Bill 1593, which Anderson co-sponsored, passed the House and sits in the Senate this week. If it becomes law, it would allow noneducators to become principals.

“It’s an alternative certification path for individuals who are not certified educators,” Anderson said.

“We have an opportunity to find well-qualified people to become principals.”

The program, which school districts would opt into, would be reviewed after one year, Anderson

said.

Under the program, a school district must recommend an applicant to the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, which would review his or her qualifications.

Candidates would receive intensive mentoring for at least one school year, the bill reads.

“The idea is not to throw someone in and say, ‘Sink or swim,’” Anderson said.

If the OSPI considers the applicant satisfactory, he or she receives a provisional principal certificate, good for up to three years.

During that time, the holder may work as a principal in one school district.

Provisional certificates would expire if the holder is fired or determined to have failed to achieve progress toward completing the program.

After year three, the OSPI would decide whether to issue a permanent certificate.

The bill passed the House by a 79-18 vote.

“There’s pretty broad support for it,” said Anderson, who sponsored the bill along with 11 other lawmakers from Washington.

Now, most principals are required to have a master’s degree in a state-approved administration program.

Marcoe, principal at Tiger Mountain Community High School, said the current system often requires educators to climb the ranks, with steps along the way including teacher, department head, assistant principal and, finally, principal.

Marcoe said having experience at each of these steps helps him manage his staff and students.

“I just think being in the busi-

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“For my own professional opinion, my own judgment as longtime administrator, I think that classroom experience as a teacher is very valuable to being an effective administrator.”

— Ron Thiele Issaquah associate superintendent

ness is most helpful,” he said. “I don’t think Boeing would want me building an airplane.”

Associate Superintendent Thiele, a former principal, agreed.

“For my own professional opinion, my own judgment as longtime administrator, I think that classroom experience as a teacher is very valuable to being an effective administrator,” he said.

Thiele said district administrators had yet to review the details of the bill, but said a small population of leaders might do well under the new system if it were passed.

“I do believe in the value of having been a classroom teacher, however I am not prepared to say that is a must,” he said. “An alternative path, if it were rigorous enough and covered the important aspects of being a principal, may be appropriate.”

Still, he said there was no shortage of principals that he was aware of in Issaquah School District.

Anderson said the bill is not an indictment of the performance of the state’s school principals, just a new idea.

“We need as much innovation as

“We need as much innovation as we can get, and we have to do it in a responsible manner.

I think this was responsible.”

— Glenn Anderson State Representative, R-Fall City

we can get, and we have to do it in a responsible manner,” he said. “I think this was responsible.”

Almy said his history in the classroom and as an assistant principal has made him privy to the evolution and setbacks of education.

“From a curricula and instructional standpoint, I’ve seen the changes in the education system from when I started in 1995 to where we are now,” he said. “I proctored the very first WASL test in 1996.

“I feel like those experiences have given me a pretty good handle on the job and where we need to go,” he said.

Anderson mixed optimism and caution when talking about the bill’s chances in the Senate and beyond.

“We’ll find out what the results are,” he said. “We’ll see how many think this will be a viable alternative.”

Every school district is different, he added, which might work in the bill’s favor if it becomes law.

“Some will embrace it, some will see it as a threat,” he said.

“But it’s not a mandate. It’s just an opportunity to innovate.”

Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 241 or lgeggel@issaquahpress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Issaquah School District receives a clean audit

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter The Issaquah School District received a clean audit from the state auditor for the period between Sept. 1, 2009, and Aug. 31, 2010.

During that time, the district served about 16,000 students, operated 23 schools in addition to the Echo Glen Children’s Center, employed about 2,000 workers and operated on an annual budget of about $141 million.

In the state’s independent accountability audit, auditors evaluated internal controls and performed audit procedures on the district’s activities. They also determined that the district complied with state laws and regulations and its own policies and procedures.

The independent audit examined six areas, including procurement of public works, projects, procurement of purchases, general disbursements, conflicts

of interest and open public meetings.

The auditors called the district’s internal controls “adequate to safeguard public assets,” according to the report.

State Auditor Brian Sonntag’s office also completed a report about the district’s financial statements and compliance with federal laws and regulations. Auditors found no deficiencies in any of those categories.

The district has received clean audits from the state for the past eight years.

“We are stewards of public funds and have a duty to ensure that these precious resources are managed with the highest level of responsibility,” said Jacob Kuper, district chief of finance and operations. “A ‘clean audit’ is an accomplishment for the entire organization.”

Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

2012 school bond committee begins work

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter A group of 48 people discussed the parameters for creating the Issaquah School District’s February

2012 bond at a meeting March 15.

Creating a bond requires the input of administrators and the bond committee — composed of people from all walks of the district, including parents, principals, students, business representatives, seniors and community members.

The committee will start the bond with the help of a springboard. District administrators look at growth projections and keep a list of school maintenance needs, such as roofing, which they put on the springboard.

In March and April, the bond committee will add items to and subtract items from the springboard. At the meeting, members agreed that each item added to the bond would need 75 percent approval from the committee. At least 75 percent of the committee must be in attendance for the vote to be valid.

A quorum of 80 percent of the committee must be in attendance for the final bond recommendation.

The committee will consider the overall need, proposed content, cost and tax impact of the bond before it approves its recommendation to Superintendent Steve Rasmussen. If Rasmussen agrees with the recommendation, he will recommend it to the district’s school board.

Email comments to the committee at bond2012@issaquah.wednet.edu.

Committee members will review every email it receives at the start of each meeting.

Once the bond goes to voters, it needs a supermajority of 60 percent to pass. The most recent district bond was passed with 68 percent of the vote in 2006 for a bond worth $241.8 million.

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By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter King Conservation District voters elected Duvall farmer Eric Nelson to the board of supervisors in a pioneering online election last week, although turnout dropped sharply from the last district election in 2010.

The contest concluded March 15, and conservation district officials announced the results March 17.

Nelson bested Kent farmer Bruce Elliott, Redmond real estate agent Teri Herrera and Sammamish retiree Preston Prudente to secure the open seat for a three-year term. Nelson is scheduled to assume office at the Washington State Conservation Commission meeting in May. The election attracted 2,299 voters — a decline from 4,232 people in the last district election in March 2010. Officials had hoped the option for voters to cast electronic ballots online, instead of traveling to polling locations scattered throughout the county, might boost turnout.

The district offered a traditional

polling site in Renton for 12 hours March 15.

“The 2011 election was an important building block for future online elections held by the district,” district board Chairman Bill Knutsen said in a statement. “In the long term, we believe online voting remains the best option to broaden voter participation in the King Conservation District election process.”

Nelson received 1,292 votes in the results released March 17.

Elliott received 820 votes to rank as the No. 2 candidate, followed by Herrera, Prudente and a handful of write-in votes.

Nelson received key endorsement from the Sierra Club, Washington Conservation Voters and elected officials, including King County Executive Dow Constantine and King County Councilwoman Kathy Lambert.

King County Elections did not administer district elections. Rather, the district retained Bellevue-based Election Trust and Scytl USA to coordinate the balloting.

Organizers described the contest as the largest online election con-

ducted in the United States.

“We understand the twostep process of confirming a voter’s eligibility, followed by voting, was a new experience for voters parEric Nelson ticipating in their first online election,” Knutsen said. “In the end, the process provided the best means for election security and integrity.”

District board members handle a $6.5 million budget and offer guidance to staff members and for district programs. Supervisors also help to identify critical conservation needs in the district and seek feedback about conservation programs from district residents.

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

Landowners fund the district through a $10-per-parcel assessment 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 board administers conservation projects and other programs throughout the 62-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 late last year.

The district also offered a series of workshops dedicated to eco-conscious housekeeping and landscaping in Issaquah last spring.

In addition to Issaquah, the district includes all of King County except for Enumclaw, Federal Way, Milton, Pacific and Skykomish.

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

Sammamish balks at $500,000 EFR headquarters remodel

By Caleb Heeringa Issaquah Press reporter Eastside Fire & Rescue is considering remodeling its Issaquah headquarters to add office and storage space.

But with Sammamish’s future involvement in the agency in question, that city’s representatives were skeptical about paying for a remodel that could cost the agency about $500,000.

The details of the proposed remodel are still being ironed out, but the project would add seven offices, a small conference room and a copy room to the building, which was built in 1981 as a response station for King County Fire District 10, Deputy Chief Jeff Griffin said in an interview.

The district only had about 10 full-time firefighters at the time, but the building has now been partially converted into an administrative office for an agency that employs

Troopers nab impaired St. Patrick’s Day drivers Post-St. Patrick’s Day hangovers started early for some drivers late March 17 and early March 18, as state troopers arrested 29 motorists for driving under the influence.

Troopers made the arrests in a 12-hour period — including at least one arrest along Interstate 90 near Issaquah — and reported no fatality collisions.

The state patrol added four troopers to the regular patrol to crack down on impaired drivers.

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Griffin said there is no women’s bathroom on the second floor of the building, no elevator for disabled access and many offices designed for one employee house two. The upstairs copy machine sits in the hallway.

“It’s not an ideal use of the space,” Griffin said. “In some offices, one person has to leave the room while the other uses the phone.”

The project would also include a separate storage building behind the main building. Griffin said many of the agency’s backup vehicles and other equipment sit outside, which makes them depreciate in value more quickly.

“It looks like a used car lot or junkyard back there right now with all the vehicles we have our back,” he said.

Sammamish was unsure about spending money on the building, which technically still belongs to

District 10, with the future of its fire service in flux. That city’s officials have not been actively involved in discussions the other EFR partners have had on a creating regional fire authority, a new entity that could take over fire service in the area after EFR’s charter expires in 2014.

“I’m apprehensive about what’s happening to the structure of EFR in three or four years,” said Sammamish Mayor Don Gerend, one of Sammamish’s two representatives on the agency’s board.

“How does a partner get reimbursed if EFR comes apart?”

The exact cost to each partner has yet to be worked out, though a draft funding model presented at the meeting had Sammamish paying an additional $14,000 or so a year for 10 years for the remodel.

Sammamish currently pays about $5.66 million a year for fire service through EFR. District 10 Commissioner Mike

Mitchell said the agency’s finance and operations committee would look at funding arrangements that would allow a partner to get their money back. Though the headquarters is technically shared by all partners, Griffin said it’s not necessarily required that every partner contribute to the remodel.

Issaquah and North Bend representatives also said they were unsure whether they could afford to contribute extra money for a remodel during such tight fiscal times.

“What if a partner or partner comes back and says, ‘Gee whiz, we think this is a great idea, but there’s no money in the piggy bank,’” North Bend representative Dee Williamson said. “It’s not that the concept is bad. But like a lot of things, we can’t afford it.”

period starting at 5 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day totaled more than double what the agency has arrested on any Thursday night so far in 2011.

Issaquah police officers did not make any alcohol-related arrests on the holiday.

Several troopers investigated a

serious injury hit-and-run accident just after midnight at the Mount Baker Tunnel.

During holidays or special events with a history of serious injury and deadly collisions related to drinking and driving, law enforcement agencies step up

enforcement to catch impaired drivers.

Target Zero Teams include more than 35 police agencies in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

Several additional agencies participated in the patrols in King County on St. Patrick’s Day.

Caleb Heeringa: 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

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School district changes class requirements to recommendations

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter In the past, high school students have needed to fulfill specific class requirements before taking higher-level courses.

Starting this fall, Issaquah School District administrators are changing those prerequisites to learning recommendations.

“We’re trying to increase access for students,” Executive Director of Secondary Education Patrick Murphy said. “We used to say, ‘You must have at least a Bminus to take this class.’ But what if I have a C-plus?”

Changing the prerequisites to learning recommendations has been a year and a half in the making. Throughout the year, Murphy meets with the principals from Issaquah, Liberty, Tiger Mountain Community and Skyline high schools. The group brainstorms ways it can increase access for students.

The access talks serve as an umbrella for several subjects, including how the district could increase student access to quality teachers, better activities and challenging courses.

This is not the first time the district has changed prerequisites to learning recommendations. Middle school students traditionally had to take a sixthgrade math placement test. If students performed poorly on the placement test, or if they missed the mark by a few points, they would be placed in the regular class.

The district changed that policy a few years ago, making the placement test more of a yardstick to show where they student stood academically. If students did not perform well on the test, but had good math results from the Stanford Achievement Test, standardized testing and math class, they could make a decision with their parents about whether they should be in the regular or the advanced math class.

Theoretically, every student could have registered for the advanced math class, but that did not happen.

“I was the principal (at Maywood Middle School) at the time when we did it, and I can tell you I was nervous,” Murphy said.

One year after the policy switch, both the regular and the advanced math class had almost exactly the same number of stu-

“We’re trying to increase access for students. We used to say, ‘You must have at least a B-minus to take this class.’

But what if I have a C-plus?”

— Patrick Murphy Executive director of secondary education

dents as before the change.

Communication was key, Murphy said.

“We said very clearly in our letter, ‘You need to live with that decision.’ This isn’t, ‘Hey, I want to try this out for awhile,’” Murphy said.

Communication between students and parents is also important. Both should make a decision about what is best for a student’s academic level, Murphy said.

After the middle school math change went well, the district made a similar policy change for ninth-grade math placement in the 2010-11 year.

Teachers and administrators across the district are waiting to see whether the high school policy change will benefit students.

“We’re kind of interested to see if the students are able to place themselves accurately,” Issaquah High School French teacher Martha Legier said. “We fully intend to communicate with our students as effectively and efficiently as possible so they can make the right choice.”

Tucker Russell, a sophomore at Skyline, was more on the fence.

“I think there is definitely a group of kids who are smart enough and would benefit from the classes, because they know they need to challenge themselves,” he said. “But there is also a group of kids who shouldn’t necessarily be making that decision, because it could be too much of a challenge and they need to take it down to the basics.”

The new learning recommendations do not change graduation requirements, Murphy said.

Students will still need to take four credits of English and three credits of math, for example.

The ninth-grade physical science class is no longer required.

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OPINION

Now is the time for candidates to step up PRESS E DITORIAL

Campaign season for City Council seats is off and running.

Already? Yes, already.

The campaign announcement last month from Councilman Joshua Schaer and the strong turnout from residents in the recent effort to appoint a citizen to the council shows campaign season is on.

Now is the time for people considering public office in the community to start raising the possibility to family and potential supporters. Now, most importantly, is also the time to start engaging residents about the issues facing Issaquah in the next election.

Residents deserve a robust campaign featuring a full slate of candidates, not a repeat of the drowsy council and Issaquah School Board campaigns from 2009.

The importance of council and school board races cannot be overstated.

Leaders in the city and school district set a large chunk of property tax rates for local homeowners. The city is in the midst of long-term planning efforts for the business district and a downtown park, so a continued tradition of thoughtful leadership is important in the years ahead.

On the school district side, leaders face a continued battering from state budget cuts, as well as decisions closer to home, such as textbook adoption. Many people in the community could — and should — step forward to join the discussion.

The upcoming campaign season offers city voters a chance to decide on a majority of council seats. The positions held

by Schaer, Council President John Traeger, Councilman Fred Butler and just-appointed Councilwoman Stacy Goodman head to the voters.

Schaer is so far the only candidate officially in the race.

Other potential candidates remain mum so far.

Issaquah School District voters decide the seats held by longtime board members Brian Deagle, Suzanne Weaver and Jan Woldseth Colbrese.

The deadline for candidates to file for council and Issaquah School Board seats is June 10, in the not-toodistant future.

On the night the council appointed Goodman to Maureen McCarry’s former seat, Schaer encouraged runner-up Paul Winterstein to run for office, though not against the incumbent Schaer. The statement, intended as a light-hearted aside, had no place in a council meeting, but the remark raised a good point.

Winterstein and the other applicants should seriously consider dipping a toe into city politics come June.

The process to appoint a council member attracted nine people eager to shape the conversation in municipal government. Everyone offered a distinctive perspective about life in Issaquah and the role of city government.

The applicants already took the initial step toward serving in public office. Now is the time to take the next step.

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Bill Gates and I have a lot in common

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ill Gates and I finally have something in common. Neither one of us is at the top of Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s richest people.

The fact that I’m not on the top of the list probably isn’t a huge surprise to most readers. But becoming a millionaire, or a billionaire, has never been one of my goals. Thus far, I’m doing a good job of avoiding it. However, there are Power Ball and Mega Millions lotteries coming up this week, so who knows? If I won a jackpot, after getting resuscitated, I would donate millions to charities.

Gates has a net worth of $56 billion. Yes, that ranked the chairman of Microsoft second on the list. Why? Gates has a gener-

ous spirit. His charitable contributions prevented him from being No. 1.

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School funding

Donate to the schools foundation to help purchase new science curriculum The state Legislature took an unprecedented action in December and January and cut funding for the Issaquah School District mid-year by $1.45 million. This cut directly impacts the district’s reserve fund that is used to fund curriculum adoption.

This year, the K-5 science curriculum is up for adoption, because the current materials are more than 10 years old and do not meet new state standards for science.

The district is looking at adopting three science domains: Life, Earth and Space, and Physical. The cost to purchase all three domains is approximately $1.2 million. With the current funding cut, the school district will only be able to purchase one of the three domains to be implemented in the 2011-2012 school year. To purchase the other two domains along with the first domain, the district needs another $500,000!

It is up to the entire Issaquah community to pull together and raise the needed funds so our school district can purchase and implement all three science domains at the same time. Individuals, families, businesses, corporations, etc. can donate to the Issaquah Schools Foundation on its website at www.isfdn.org.

Kimberly Montague Renton

Japan relief efforts Given the incomprehensible loss for the Japanese and the impending consequences of the series of the crisis there, this is an important outreach by Costco to the community.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan!

Rosemary Fahey I cannot understand why local communities haven’t got shipping containers stocked with enough food to last for several months, in today’s climate, political and otherwise — it’s the only prudent thing to do. History has shown us, we have only ourselves to depend on.

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Funeral protestors

I am a veteran, and I agree with the Supreme Court decision that freedom of speech must be protected. Unfortunately, that allows the kooks who are masquerading as a Baptist church the right to protest at military funerals.

However, they lose their right to freedom of speech when they infringe upon the right of a parent to bury their son or daughter— who died protecting the right to the freedom being abused — in a respectful and peaceful way.

This group does not represent any form of Christianity. They are only a radical bunch of sickies who are also brainwashing their own kids by taking them to protest at these funerals, and exposing them to such hatred.

I have to think that the sharp lawyers in our country could find a law to stop this group. If not, then the states need to pass laws ASAP to bar any protest within 1,000 yards on either side of any funeral route or funeral service, whether military, police officer or average citizen.

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Frisinger said.

In the late 1990s, as builders ratcheted up a housing construction boom, McCarry led the Major Development and Regional Affairs Committee and served on the early committee assigned to forge agreements for the highlands and Talus.

“That work was done at a time when it was a key turning point for Issaquah, because we were faced with planning for rapid urban growth,” Frisinger said.

McCarry listed the accomplishments as proud achievements as a councilwoman, as well as leading the city to adopt stronger tree rules.

Frisinger and others also spotlighted McCarry for rallying residents to halt proposed housing construction on the so-called Issaquah 69 parcel on Squak Mountain. The effort led to the preservation of forested land adjacent to Squak Mountain State Park.

Former Councilman David Kappler, a past Kees honoree, said although McCarry spearheaded many issues as a councilwoman, conservation ranked as a top priority at all times.

“Maureen is super-bright, and sometimes would be ahead of me, and I’d have to play catch up,” he said. “She’s definitely good at looking at things with a different set of eyes, which is something that’s needed.”

‘Weighing all angles’ McCarry resigned in December as symptoms from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, progressed. In a last act as a councilwoman, before a tearful sendoff from council colleagues, she seconded a motion to adopt a Park Pointe agreement.

Despite the health-related setback, she continues to communicate ideas to former council colleagues.

(The council selected attorney Stacy Goodman to serve in McCarry’s former seat March 7.)

Ken Konigsmark, another past honoree for efforts to create the greenway, praised McCarry as a thoughtful and determined advocate for conservation.

“I think she was very careful in thoroughly weighing all angles, but from perspective at least, she did so with a strong environmental and conservation bent that served the city, because that reflects the attitudes of the vast majority of the citizens in the com-

Planners consider subdivision near state Route 900 The municipal Planning Department is considering a final plat to subdivide single-family lots near Tibbetts Creek Manor.

City planners received a preliminary plat application for a 1.53acre subdivision early last year.

RECIPIENTS Past Ruth Kees Environmental Award recipients received the honor for efforts to establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway, blaze trails in the Issaquah Alps and protect Issaquah waterways.

2003: Ruth Kees — The environmental activist and award namesake fought for decades to protect Issaquah Creek, Tiger Ruth Kees Mountain and the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer.

2004: Joanna Buehler and Janet Wall — Buehler founded Save Lake Sammamish, a nonprofit organization

GET INVOLVED Help city and state leaders dedicate the Ruth Kees Grove, and commemorate Arbor Day and the 20th anniversary of the state Department of Natural Resource Urban Forestry Program, at Squak Valley Park South.

Join officials to plant 10 native conifers to honor the 10 recipients of the Ruth Kees Environmental Award for a Sustainable Community.

The city has invited past Ruth Kees Environmental Award recipients to the celebration.

set up to protect and raise awareness about the lake and surrounding watershed. Wall, a city River & Streams Board member, helped improve water quality, and fish and wildlife habitat, in the lake and watershed.

2005: Chrys Bertolotto — Bertolotto, a former city Resource Conservation Office employee, established the Issaquah Stream Team and marshaled dollars to build the Pickering Farm Garden.

2006: David Kappler — The thencouncilman advocated for expanded public trails and open space preservation as a public official and as a longtime Issaquah Alps Trails Club member.

2007: Ken Konigsmark — Konigsmark, often the go-to guy when the city needs a strong environmental

Plans also call for a trail, decorative rock features and a small patio or courtyard featuring recipients’ names engraved on paver stones.

The dedication starts at 10 a.m.

April 16. Attendees should park in the lot at Squak Valley Park South, 10319 Issaquah-Hobart Road S.E., and follow the markers to the ceremony site.

Participants should bring gloves and prepare for the weather if they intend to participate in the planting.

Call 837-3322 for more information.

munity,” he said.

The then-councilwoman also earned points from local environmentalists for opposing the Southeast Bypass, a proposed roadway along forested Tiger Mountain. The council pulled the plug on the project in February 2008.

“I was adamantly opposed to that. I still think it would be absolutely insane to consider such a thing,” Konigsmark said.

“Thankfully, she and the others who opposed it were on the council and stopped that thing.”

McCarry, a retired Harborview Medical Center executive, served on the council from 1998 to 2000, and again from 2005 until December. The tenure included a stint in the top spot, council president, through 2009.

The stint in public service also included serving on the Planning Policy Commission in the mid-

1990s.

‘Pure tenaciousness’ “I didn’t always agree with her, but I could understand she was raising good points and making things better by doing that,” Kappler said.

Connie Marsh, a citizen activist and Issaquah Environmental Council member, said McCarry presented a compelling reason for a decision, even if Marsh disagreed.

“She was tireless and would on go far beyond many people’s capacity to tolerate in order to get what she perceived to be the correct thing for the public done,” Marsh said. “In that particular capacity, she was exemplary. For pure tenaciousness, I give her a 10.”

McCarry is the 10th person to receive the honor named for the late environmentalist.

Kees received the inaugural award in

The land is platted into two lots.

The city could allow the lot to be divided into five single-family lots, plus a tract for access from state Route 900.

The site is at 675 and 679 17th Ave. N.W. across state Route 900 from Tibbetts Creek Manor. On all sides, single-family houses border the site. Tibbetts Valley Park

also borders the site to the east.

Plans call for lots at the site to range from 6,130 to 23,451 square feet.

Besides the lots, the land also includes a steep, sloped area.

Planners said the sloped area would be conserved in a critical area buffer and a protection easement.

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voice on a task force, shaped landuse policies and helped establish the greenway.

2008: William Longwell Jr. — The longtime Issaquah Alps Trails Club member established trails on Squak and Tiger mountains, and helped preserve west Tiger Mountain for public recreation. (posthumous award) 2009: Harvey Manning — The lifelong mountaineer coined the phrase “Issaquah Alps” for Cougar, Tiger and Squak mountains, but he also pushed to preserve untold acres in the Cascade Mountains. (posthumous award) 2010: Ted Thomsen — Described as “the unsung hero” behind the greenway, Thomsen helped form the 101mile greenbelt from Seattle to Central Washington. (posthumous award) 2011: Maureen McCarry

2003. The city honored the most recent recipient, late Mountains to Sound Greenway co-founder Ted Thomsen, last July.

The prize included a sculpture from local artist Deby Harvey and $500 — money from a long-term endowment established as part of Kees’ estate.

Kees served as a muse for Harvey as part of the annual artEAST Collective Memory Project. The program uses art to convey the biographies of notable community members.

McCarry plans to match the $500 prize for the Issaquah Environmental Council to plant trees and yank invasive plants.

“There are many champions of the environment that will use these resources wisely to protect the beauty of Issaquah,” McCarry wrote in response to emailed questions.

Other recipients said the honor serves as a motivational tool, especially as the debate drags — sometimes for years — before a conservation decision is reached.

“I knew Ruth, and she just never gave up until her dying day,” Konigsmark said.

Kees died at age 84 in May 2009, days after the city honored Issaquah Alps Trails Club pioneer Harvey Manning.

“You get the award and you think about what it’s about and how Ruth did that for so long, and then it sort of re-encourages you and reinvigorates you to sustain the battle,” Konigsmark added.

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has made huge donations to improve education in the United States, too.

I admire a person like Gates who is willing to give and give and give to make our world better.

Giving is something else that I have in common with Gates. Over the years, I have made contributions to many charities although not on the same scale. In recent times, however, my contributions haven’t been as frequent because of medical expenditures. My pockets are not quite as deep as they once were because of my battle with cancer.

Fortunately, my son David has taken over the role of being the family philanthropist. He has a very generous spirit, making donations to a variety of charities each month. David is quite a success story. He has overcome a physical disability. He graduated from the University of Washington cum laude and later earned a master’s degree. He has a steady job with a good company. No father could be more proud. I’m especially proud of his giving spirit.

David, like his dad, has no ambitions to become wealthy, either.

For many people, this is the giving time of the year. There is, after all, “the infernal revenue service” where some of us will again make a donation to Uncle Sam. This is also Lent for many churches. This is a time when we

PUBLIC MEETINGS March 23 Issaquah School Board 7 p.m.

Issaquah School District Administration Building 565 N.W. Holly St.

March 24 Planning Policy Commission 6:30 p.m.

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March 28 Issaquah Mountain Biking Task Force 5 p.m.

Issaquah Trails House 110 Bush St.

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are asked to make sacrifices. I used to think giving up pizza during Lent was a big sacrifice.

Over the years, my philosophy about Lent has changed. Giving up pizza is no sacrifice, although one can shed a few pounds. The biggest sacrifice we can make is to reach down deep in our pockets and help others.

Lately our thoughts have turned to helping people in Japan, who were hit by 8.9 magnitude earthquake March 11 that was followed by a devastating tsunami.

According to a recent report, 390,000 people in Japan are living in shelters. These shelters need food, clothing and medical supplies.

Many churches are taking extra collections to help the Japanese as well as people in New Zealand, who were hit by an earthquake in February.

For people who don’t belong to churches, there are many other ways to help the Japanese or New Zealanders. When I surfed the Web the other day, among the agencies we can donate to include The American Red Cross, Americares, Mercy Corps, World Vision and the Salvation Army.

In addition, there are numerous charities in need these days.

The Issaquah Food Bank always needs food and clothing, and Eastside Baby Corner always needs donations.

If you don’t have the spare change but have spare time, there are many organizations that need volunteer help.

The nice thing about giving is you might not be Bill Gates, but you will feel rich.

Park Board 7 p.m.

Issaquah Trails House 110 Bush St.

March 29 Issaquah School District Community Committee Agenda: bond consideration 6 p.m.

Issaquah School District Administration Building 565 N.W. Holly St. Committee-of-the-Whole Council 6:30 p.m.

Council Chambers, City Hall South 135 E. Sunset Way River & Streams Board 7 p.m.

Pickering Room, City Hall Northwest 1775 12th Ave. N.W.

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• Wednesday, March 23, 2011

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter It’s grant season for the Issaquah Schools Foundation.

This past February, dozens of teachers across the Issaquah School District applied for grants big and small — either for a classroom enrichment grant, worth up to $1,000, or a Kateri Brow big idea grant, valued at $10,000.

Ten teachers from seven schools won a 2011 classroom enrichment grant March 11, including Clark Elementary School Principal May Pelto, who wrote a grant request titled “Preparing all kindergarten students for academic success.”

With her grant, Pelto and Clark staff members will help teach incoming kindergarten students about letters, numbers, shapes and colors.

“Our students who did not know letters or numbers will receive a letter and sounds book, as well as number and adding

Salmon Days nets awards for promotion of 2010 festival The iconic Salmon Days Festival earned eight awards March 15 in a state ranking of top festivals.

Salmon Days received the top honor — a Gold Summit Award — for Best Overall Promotional Campaign, Best T-shirt, Best New Green Program and Best Other Merchandise for the punny Fishlips Fish Balm.

In the next tier, the festival received Silver Summit Awards for Best Pin and Best Community Program; and Bronze Summit Awards for Best Promotional Poster and Best Events Program.

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puzzles, hopefully helping these students be more ready for kindergarten,” Pelto wrote in an email.

The grant will also pay for teachers to spend time in August placing students and planning instruction based on the students’ levels.

Pelto said she was grateful when she learned she received the grant.

“There is so much value to providing students with summer reading books,” she wrote. “The information we anticipate receiving about where students are entering kindergarten will be a gift.”

Foundation Executive Director Robin Callahan said the grants were twofold.

First, they provide money for teachers to pursue innovative projects, and second, they “support teachers in the work they do on the frontline with students,” Callahan said.

A group of community volunteers judge the classroom enrichment grants, grading each blind

with a rubric. Some of the assessments include: How compelling is the project? How many students does it benefit? Does it support school curriculum? How will teachers evaluate student learning?

Skyline High School teacher Courtney Bede received a classroom enrichment grant paying for a classroom set of the book, “Classical Mythology.”

“I developed the classics course at Skyline in 2005, and I have never had a text funded for it,” she wrote in an email. “It has been a hodgepodge of different sources over the years.”

Once she has the books, she will no longer have to make photocopies from different sources.

“It is a college level text, and it will really expose the students to the type of critical reading sources they will be using in their higher education,” she wrote.

In addition to the classroom enrichment grants, the foundation awarded Kateri Brow big idea grants. A total of 54 teachers

the festival organizer, the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce.

The professional competition from the Washington Festivals and Events Association attracts entries from festivals and event producers in the Evergreen State.

Salmon Days competed against festivals in the $150,000-andmore budget category. The awards honored the 2010 festival and the theme “Something up our leaves.”

Organizers received the awards at the Northwest Festivals and Events Conference in Bellevue.

The festival last October attracted more than 180,000 people to downtown Issaquah and the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery. Salmon Days returns for a 42nd year Oct. 1-2.

King County Council lists smart spending as a top priority The priorities for King County leaders for the next five years include fiscal sustainability, a more responsive and transparent county government, and a focus on improving the quality of life for residents.

County Council offered unanimous approval March 14 for the priorities, a list known as the Operational Strategic Plan. The goals build upon a framework established in the countywide strategic plan adopted last year.

The adopted plan lays out the council’s top priorities for the next five years: establishing policies to protect and enhance the economy, environment, health and safety for

ON THE WEB See a list of the grant recipients online at www.issaquahpress.com.

applied for the grants in February, and foundation volunteers narrowed down the applicants to 16 entries.

Each teacher made a 15-minute pitch for his or her grant March 21, and about one dozen received the sought-after funds.

As always, the foundation received more requests than it could fund, but was able to provide a total of $75,000 to teachers through the classroom enrichment grants and the Kateri Brow big idea grants.

Callahan urged the community to help pay for both types of grants through donations to the foundation. During the foundation’s October Calling for Kids campaign, some student callers had a difficult time connecting

county residents; maintaining and enhancing financial strength for the county; and maintaining and increasing public trust in the council and county institutions.

The adopted plan also calls for the development of identifiable measures, so progress can be monitored and presented in quarterly reports to the public.

“The main focus on accountability in this strategic plan is a constant reminder about the imperative for government to serve its citizens in the most efficient, accessible manner,” Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, the Issaquah representative and chairwoman of the Government Oversight and Accountability Committee, said in a news release.

BY LAURA GEGGEL

Skyline High School teacher Courtney Bede holds a copy of ‘Classical Mythology,’ a book she plans to purchase for her students after receiving an Issaquah Schools Foundation grant. with callers since some people thought they were political campaigners promoting candidates for the Nov. 2 election.

The foundation still raised $225,000, but it was short of its goal of $300,000.

The community can continue to make tax-deductible donations at

King County shifts to biennial budgeting Like the state and some municipal governments, the King County Council has taken a step to shift the county to a biennial, or two-year, budgeting process.

Officials said the shift to biennial budgeting extends the planning period for county departments to further examine and define budgets.

The longer timeframe also allows the executive and council to improve program evaluation, enhance performance management and encapsulate cost-savings during the budget process.

The council unanimously adopted legislation to set the schedule for

the foundation’s Nourish Every Mind luncheon April 28 at the Issaquah Community Center, 201 Rainier Blvd. S. RSVP at www.isfdn.org.

Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 241 or lgeggel@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

county agencies to transition to a biennial budgeting process. The Department of Development and Environmental Services, the county permitting agency, is on track to join the Department of Transportation in delivering a biennial budget for the 2012-13 cycle.

Voters approved a county charter amendment in 2003 to allow leaders to shift all county departments to biennial budgeting. The council adopted the timeline for adoption Feb. 28.

Leaders expect all nongeneral fund budgets to transition to biennial budgeting for 2013, and all county agencies should deliver biennial budgets for the 2015 King County budget. The spending plan should be adopted in fall 2014.

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School district needs more money for science curriculum

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter After absorbing blows from state budget cuts, The Issaquah School District is $500,000 short of the money it needs to update its elementary school science curriculum.

“The materials are outdated,” Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Emilie Hard said.

This year, the district is updating two of its curricula — elementary school science and high school language arts. Usually, district administrators update curricula every seven years.

The elementary school science curriculum was last updated in 2003, but budget cuts have lengthened the wait for high school language arts — it was last updated during a three-year period from 1999-2001.

District officials expect the high school language arts curriculum adoption will cost about $600,000.

The elementary school science curriculum will cost an estimated $1.2 million, with the district paying for $700,000 of it, Hard said.

The new curricula are crucial, she said.

“In fifth grade, we have no current science materials to meet the state standards,” she said. “In some grade levels, we have some resources that are somewhat aligned, but because our students need to be prepared for meeting these state standards not only for this year bit also for the future, we are very committed to put these materials in the hands of teachers.”

Reserve money previously allocated for the curriculum adoption has gone to backfill the $1.45 million the district lost from the state for the 2010-11 school year.

In light of the budget crisis, the Issaquah Schools Foundation and The Issaquah PTSA Council are banding together to help raise the remaining $500,000 for the ele-

Planners approve lot consolidation for Costco garage Costco is allowed to combine three lots near the company’s Issaquah headquarters and flagship warehouse.

The city Planning Department approved the application March 3.

The lot line adjustment is

DONATE ONLINE Give a tax-deductible donation to the curriculum adoption at www.isfdn.com.

Elementary school science adoption District administrators plan to buy curricula from several publishers to make a well-rounded science curriculum for its elementary school students.

“From publisher No. 1, we might pick a unit on solids, liquids and gas, and from publisher two we might pick a unit on plants and animals and a unit on suns, moons and stars,” Hard said, explaining how the administrators were picking units that were “the best of the best.”

After narrowing down which units it liked best, a committee of teachers and representatives serving specific student populations, including special-needs and gifted students, sent the curricula into about 60 classrooms to be field-tested.

During a community preview night March 11, about 25 people came to see the units and left comments about the ones they liked or didn’t like.

Using comments from teachers and community members, the committee will make a recommendation to the Instructional Materials Committee. The committee will review all of the curricula, ensuring they match state and district standards, and then make its recommendation to the school board in late May or early June.

There is an additional two-week

designed to allow for the construction of a parking structure on the footprint of the three original lots. The site is located at the intersection of Northwest 10th Avenue and Northwest Lake Drive.

City development commissioners approved the parking structure in August 2009. Plans call for the

1,601 parking stalls spread across five levels, with a first level built below ground and a top level with rooftop parking.

Costco employs 2,700 people in Issaquah, more than any other business. The parking structure is meant for employees, not for shoppers at the nearby warehouse.

mentary school science curriculum adoption.

“The district is likely not able to fund the full science adoption, so that’s why we are really counting on our community partners,” Hard said.

Chandelier by fire The artbyfire artists at 195 Front St. N. recently installed a chandelier of brown glass and steel in the covered courtyard atrium to inspire people to visit the businesses inside.

period when the community can review the science curricula. Check the district website — www.issaquah.wednet.edu — for updates.

High School language arts adoption The high school language arts curriculum committee has narrowed its choices to two publishers — Pearson Prentice Hall and McDougal Littell.

Both publishers have textbooks as well as online components that allow students to read the texts on the Web, play interactive games about the literature and have sections read aloud to them.

The committee is also updating the novels high school students will read in class, committee facilitator and Issaquah High School Vice Principal Julia Bamba said.

Teachers have one month to field test the hard copies and the online components of the curricula.

About one dozen community members came to a preview night March 15. Community feedback was “very positive overall,” Hard said.

Bamba said both publishers had much to offer.

“When you go in, you think you love one and when teachers start using both and when you get student feedback, you go back and forth,” she said. “I think both programs have a lot to offer.”

She acknowledged that students without the Internet might be at a disadvantage, and the committee was deciding which materials to recommend purchasing. District administrators could buy a classroom set of books and online access, or they could buy textbooks for every student. Or, they could buy classroom books and a few extra, allowing students without Internet access to check them out from the library.

The committee will make its recommendation in April to the Instructional Materials Committee.

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State investigators: Ex-Issaquah insurance agent bilked seniors

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter State insurance investigators on March 15 arrested a former Issaquah insurance agent suspected of stealing more than $1 million in retirement funds from elderly clients, and then using the money to pay for online psychics and more.

Jasmine Jamrus-Kassim faces 21 counts of first-degree theft for stealing retirement funds. Investigators said five victims — Bellevue, Renton and Seattle seniors ranging in age from 74 to 90 — made out checks to the agent, because they trusted her to reinvest the money.

Instead, investigators said she funneled the money into a personal account. Records show thousands of dollars spent on clothes, jewelry and a trip to Mexico.

City planners approve Hyla Crossing extension City planners approved a request March 4 to allow Rowley Properties until 2014 to develop the Hyla Crossing area near Interstate 90 and the base of Cougar Mountain.

The city approved the initial plan in July 1998. The approval remained valid for a decade.

Rowley Properties requested a

The records also show large payments to online psychic advisers, including $20,000 in charges from one psychic website in a single month.

Investigators from the state Insurance Commissioner’s Office and the Washington State Patrol arrested Jamrus-Kassim, 48, at a Starbucks in Factoria.

Insurance investigators and Issaquah Police Department officers initially attempted to track her down at her former Issaquah Highlands home. The house is for sale and Jamrus-Kassim has since moved to Kent, Insurance Commissioner’s Office spokesman Rich Roesler said.

Officers booked the former insurance agent into the King County Jail after the arrest, and she soon posted $100,000 bail.

Jamrus-Kassim is due in court for

arraignment March 23.

“This is an appalling abuse of trust,” state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said in a statement. “Vulnerable people trusted this agent with much of their life’s savings. And she just pocketed the money.”

In total, investigators suspect Jamrus-Kassim of stealing at least $1,052,088 from the victims between late 2007 and late 2009.

Investigators said the agent returned $25,503 to a 90-year-old Renton woman after the woman complained to the Insurance Commissioner’s Office. The complaint and another alert prompted the state investigation.

three-year extension, and in March 2008, the council extended the deadline to July 2011.

The developer sought and received another three-year extension for the master site plan.

Now, the plan is valid until July 2014.

Hyla Crossing has been approved for about 620,000 square feet of commercial use on about 45 acres.

Some of the area — including a

Hilton Garden Inn and a Chevrolet dealership — already came to fruition. The approved plan also includes office buildings and parking structures.

Most of the property is zoned for intensive commercial use, and a small portion along Tibbetts Creek is zoned for professional office use.

Hyla Crossing is also part of a long-term effort to redevelop the city’s 915-acre business district.

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

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plays and musicals. Liberty will face the same challenge next year when its stage is torn down for the remodel. Liberty drama teacher Katherine Klekas said she is trying to book her students’ shows at other theaters in the meantime.

“We’re going to be in a difficult transition and then we’ll be in a beautiful new theater,” she said.

Southside sewer system Three schools in the southern part of the district will get two new sewer systems.

Maywood Middle School will get an upgrade from its septic system.

With septic systems, the effluent — the liquid wastewater — flows out of the septic tank and is absorbed into the ground, while the solids are digested within the septic tank.

Maywood’s septic tank is at capacity, and since the school is expanding, district administrators decided to give it a new sewer system instead of a larger septic tank.

“We’re going to connect it to the sewer, which is a better long-term solution and a better environmental solution,” district Director of Capital Projects Steve Crawford said. Then, “it goes into the municipal sewer system and gets treated.”

Briarwood Elementary School’s sewer system will connect to Liberty. Previously, Liberty had a holding tank that needed to be pumped out daily, or as needed.

“The district has to have one of our maintenance people pump it out, drive the truck down to the disposal system and empty the truck out,” Crawford said.

After the sewage system update, Liberty will also be on the municipal system. The $1.2 million sewer system project, paid for by the 2006 bond, is slated to begin in

BY GREG FARRAR

Two workmen mud the drywall in a hallway serving orchestra and music classrooms at Issaquah High School’s new Performing Arts Center.

The Issaquah Press May and end in early 2012.

Issaquah High School nearly complete Issaquah High School students can still hear the roar of construction as workers finish the Performing Arts Center next door, but soon their patience will be rewarded with a spacious new facility.

After construction workers finished the main building this summer, they installed a temporary wall between it and the center.

Once the center is complete, the wall will be removed, connecting the two and nearly doubling the length of the commons.

The center has abundant space for theater storage, music practice rooms and a green room where actors can change. The theater has an orchestra pit, a threefourths fly zone for props kept above the stage, a movie screen, sound system, catwalks and seats 600 people.

Workers are at the sheetrock stage of finishing the theater. Eventually, it will have wood paneling.

“It’s set up as a theater instead of a cafeteria that happens to have a stage,” district Construction Coordinator Royce Nourigat said.

Students can also perform in the new black box theater, a room large enough to seat 100 people.

“The excitement is palpable,” Whiting said. “We’re giddy with the prospect of getting in there.”

The parking lot will grow from the 416 spaces required during construction to 499 spaces, Nourigat said. This spring, workers expect to finish the new bus loop. This summer, construction crews will install a stoplight at the entrance to the parking lot near Clark Elementary.

The center also allows more space for its classes. Before, the wood shop and material science rooms shared space, but now they each have their own rooms and outdoor patios for large, noxious smelling projects. Large windows adorn each room in the center, allowing natural light to filter in even on a cloudy day.

During the design process, teachers worked with the architect, sharing their ideas for the new building. Over-the-top ideas were politely reframed into practical ones — after all, the district has to keep consistency among its three main high schools.

The new Issaquah High is also environmentally friendlier than its predecessor. It has more insulation, gas boilers instead of electric heaters and double-paned instead of single-paned windows.

“I’ve worked on elementary and middle schools and the ninthgrade campus and this is by far the

PHOTOS BY GREG FARRAR

Above, Tony Hofstetter works in the Tiger Mountain High School kitchen, which is being completely remodeled with new stainless steel sinks, cooking and countertop areas. The commons’ lunchroom is also getting a new ceiling and flooring.

Below, Royce Nourigat, Issaquah School District construction coordinator, shows the wood shop with its high ceilings for ductwork to remove machine and room air exhaust. most complicated thing I’ve worked on so far,” Nourigat said.

Tiger Mountain Community High School Though not part of the 2006 bond, the kitchen and commons at Tiger Mountain Community High School are also under construction.

In fall 2009, a leaking water heater caused black mold growth in the kitchen’s floors and walls.

Insurance paid for most of the repairs, and district administrators agreed to remodel the kitchen and commons to accommodate Tiger Mountain’s culinary arts class.

That remodel is ongoing, but Crawford said he planned to have it done when students return from spring break in April.

The construction went on hiatus when a plumbing inspector from the city of Issaquah asked the district to buy a building permit.

Because the building had already existed before the remodel, district administrators did not initially apply for a permit, but they did at the request of the city, paying $2,460, Crawford said.

The district needed the permit because workers had redone some wall finishes, meaning they needed to be inspected for proper fire code, according to Lisa Laine, senior permit technician at the Issaquah Permit Center.

Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

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Issaquah artists sell their Locals offer hearts, hope to Japan wares at Seattle show Resident calls for Letters of Hope to send to Japan

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Art as far as the eye can see will line booths at Seattle’s Warren G. Magnuson Park for the spring Best of the Northwest art show.

Issaquah artist Anne Anderson and Newcastle sculptor William Lofgren will each display their wares, adding to the sea of crafts that will fill Hanger 30 at the former naval base.

“They just fill it with all kinds of great artists,” Anderson said.

“There’s music, there’s food — it looks good, it smells good and it sounds good.”

Anderson will bring a collection of her handmade jewelry and silk paintings.

The Squak Mountain artist said she has always loved fabric, and turned her attention to silk in the 1990s.

“When I lived in Europe many years ago, I saw people painting on silk,” Anderson said. “I decided that when I had a chance someday in my life, I was going to try doing that too.”

Try she did — today Anderson’s silk paintings are sold in galleries in both Washington and Oregon, including Issaquah’s UP Front gallery.

“It’s natural, rich, beautiful fabric,” she said. “It’s draped beautifully. Everything about it is interesting to me, especially when you dye it.”

Anderson also creates jewelry, which she started designing as a fluke.

“It just happened kind of by chance,” Anderson said. “I was looking around for a necklace to

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Handmade jewelry by Issaquah artist Anne Anderson will be available at the Best of the Northwest art show. wear and I couldn’t find anything that I liked.”

She went to a bead store in Gilman Village and never turned back.

Now, “I just create them like crazy,” she said, using garnets, quartz, pearls, sapphires and diamonds.

Her silk paintings normally cost between $125 and $1,400 and her jewelry sells for between $50 and $400.

Lofgren fell into art when he was between jobs in 2009.

“I’m really an accidental artist,” he said.

He has since returned to work in the technology field, but he continues to create art in his free time. His sculpts his materials — cast iron and stones — into human and animal figures that serve as decorations both inside and out.

His materials may be crude, he said, but when combined together with a rusty patina finish, “All See ARTISTS, Page B3

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Volunteers Joann and Raymond Jaques look over patient files at Providence Marianwood nursing and rehabilitation facility.

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Lenoard Whitfield (left) and Geoff Pursel, glassblowers at artbyfire, hold several glass hearts as more from their first batch cool in a kiln.

Glassblowers create colorful hearts for relief

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Many people have reached out to Japan following its devastating earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

“Our hearts go out to them because it’s horrible,” artbyfire Owner Renee Pound said.

In light of the tragedies, two artbyfire glassblowers donated eight hours of their time to create 75 clear glass hearts infused with color. Each heart will sell for $28, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Save the Children, a nonprofit organization that provides food, medical care and education for children through longterm recovery programs.

Save the Children uses 90 percent of its expenditures to pay for program services, a number that impressed Pound, who found that other nonprofits spend more of their money on overhead costs.

The hearts will be on sale until they sell out at artbyfire. The glassblowers will make more if they are a popular item, Pound said.

Glassblowers Lenoard Whitfield and Geoff Pursel explained the process. They began the project with clear glass and

BY GREG FARRAR

Glassblower Lenoard Whitfield holds one of the glass hearts up to a display spotlight to show the bubbles and swirls of color. then added recycled colored glass to each heart, using hand tools to perfect the shape. Like a sandwich, they added more clear glass to the top of each heart and then torched the back to melt away the sharp edges.

Whitfield described their work as “ethereal purples, cerulean blues and emerald greens.”

This is the second time in the past decade that artbyfire raised awareness about a disaster.

HOW TO HELP The hearts will be on sale until they sell out at artbyfire, located at 195 Front St. N. Orders can also be placed by phone.

Call 996-8867.

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The heartbreaking scenes of people in Japan confronting the aftermath of a fierce earthquake and a tsunami, plus the ongoing nuclear crisis, represented a call to action for Nicole Dean.

So, the Issaquah resident set a goal to collect 1,000 letters of encouragement for people confronting the disaster and then send the translated stack of mail to disaster-stricken Japan.

The effort is called, approHOW TO priately, Letters of Hope.

HELP “How would Participate you feel if this in Letters of was you, and as you’re tryHope by ing to put your emailing a life back tonote of gether, all of encouragethe sudden ment to be you get a translated letter from no one that you for Japanese know, adresidents to dressed to organizer nobody, and in it is nothing Nicole Dean at lettersbut encouragement, faith ofhope2011 and hope?” @hotmail.com.

Dean asked.

The decision to launch Letters of Hope came after Dean came across a photo on Facebook of a mother holding the body of her daughter and attempting to navigate through the rubble.

“Right then and there, I was like, I have to do something,” she recalled.

The connection is personal for Dean, because she made Japanese friends after her family hosted exchange students from Japan during her childhood in Milwaukie, Ore. “I sit there and wonder, ‘What are they now? Where are they? Do they have children now? Are they dead?’” she said.

The experience helped Dean learn about Japanese culture See LETTERS, Page B3

Thankful couple volunteers in return Youth musicians host free handbell concert

By Arlene Carter Seven years ago, Joann Jaques lay in her bed at Providence Marianwood nursing and rehabilitation facility and feared she would die.

Under treatment for a severe case of cellulitis, she was on intravenous antibiotics and was too weak to walk.

But thanks to the nursing care and physical therapy she received at the Issaquah facility for 21 days, her infection was beaten back and she regained the strength to get up and move around.

Once she returned to her home, her thoughts turned to the needs at Marianwood.

“I figured if there’s anything I could do to give back, I’d be most happy to,” said Joann, 74. “Because for me, after all, I know they saved my life.”

Joann and her husband Raymond, 76, have both stayed at Marianwood following knee replacements, too. And for more than six years now, they’ve been repaying the staff by volunteering two to three days a week.

Listen to them reel off the jobs they’ve done, and it sounds like they could practically run the place. They’ve organized files, worked in the medical-records office, filled in for receptionists, prepared packets for new patients, helped the occupational therapist, worked in the gift shop, sat and visited with residents, helped write thank-you notes to staff and filled envelopes for regular fundraisers.

GET INVOLVED Learn more about volunteering at Marianwood and set up an appointment for an interview by calling volunteer coordinator Diane Bixler at 391-2827 or email her at diane.bixler@providence.org.

The Issaquah couple is among many volunteers who supplement the care given by 200 employees and health care providers at Providence Marianwood. Recognizing that April is National Volunteer Month, the Jaques talk of the bonds they’ve formed with staff members, patients and fellow volunteers there. Friends meet for lunch, give each other rides to doctor’s appointments, share in the joy of new grandchildren and pray for each other during times of worry.

“It’s just like an extended family,” Joann said.

Earlier this year, both Joann and Raymond experienced unexpected health challenges. Joann has been plagued with muscle neuropathy in her left leg as a result of diabetes and Raymond took a fall and needed many stitches in his head.

Both of them healed quickly and got right back to work at Marianwood, where they both enjoy the work they do and the friendship of the residents and staff.

In 2010, more than 1,000 volunteers donated 8,466 hours of their time to benefit the residents of Providence Marianwood.

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter

Imagine taking the keys off of a piano and transforming them into bells. The ring of one would sound like a C note, and the jangle of another would emit an E. Shaking three together would sound like the carillon of a chord.

Hear those sounds when young handbell musicians from across the Pacific Northwest convene at Pine Lake Covenant Church for a conference and concert. The public is invited to a free show at the end of the conference, March 26.

Although handbell groups include all types of musicians, many of the groups at the conference will be from churches. One of them, Issaquah’s Our Savior Lutheran Church, started its handbell group, Memorial Bells, after the death of one of its congregants in 1981.

“It got started by an unfortunate loss in the family,” church and handbell director Alice Lewis said. “They gave an amount that purchased part of the bells that we have now.”

Ringing bells is hard, but rewarding work.

“For the most part, they are hand held and rung with a variety of different techniques,” Lewis said. “You learn how to manipulate them in different ways.”

Emily Waltzer, a seventh-grade student at Maywood Middle School and a member of Memorial Bells, said she is looking forward to the conference, where she will learn new ways to im-

prove her handbell performance.

“I’ve always liked instruments,” she said. “I like the sound of the bells and the techniques of the bells and the ways you play them.”

The conference begins by dividing youths from elementary to high school into beginner and advanced groups — the tins and coppers. Each will participate in musical workshops and games, and all will learn about six pieces they can play together at the concert.

Kathleen Wissinger, an experienced handbell coach and composer from Virginia, will lead several of the workshops. She composed some of the pieces the stu-

dents will play at the concert.

“Some are very lyrical and lush and other are very exodus, driving and strong,” she said. “We picked a real variety of music so the kids would be able to learn different styles of ringing.”

Janet Benson, the director of the handbell group at Issaquah’s Shepard of the Hills Lutheran Church, said she and her players would try to make it to the concert to hear the youths play.

“They’re beautiful and it’s something that you don’t hear a lot,” she said. “Those who have gone to handbell concerts are very impressed with the music and the sounds that you can get out of the bells.”

IF YOU GO Handbell concert 7 p.m. March 26 Pine Lake Covenant Church 1715 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish Admission is free.

The conference has two sponsors, Area 10 and Seattle group Emerald City Ringers.

Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

A youth handbell choir plays its instruments in the 2010 annual handbell conference.

This year’s conference is at Pine Lake Covenant Church.

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Petting zoo Pet a fuzzy bunny or a silky guinea pig and learn more about the 4-H program with local members of the Eastside Rabbits and Cavies 4-H Club from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 26 at Petco, 975 N.W. Gilman Blvd. Email weberz5@comcast.net.

Events Bartell Drugs is giving “bear hugs” to children in stressful or emergency situations during its “Teddy Bear Patrol” campaign with Warm 106.9 FM. Through March 31, Bartell’s is matching donations of $7 Teddy Bears purchased at all Bartell Drugs locations, including the Issaquah location at 5700 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., for use by community police departments, hospitals and emergency responders. Go to www.bartelldrugs.com.

Healthy Edge Intro, a free seminar on such topics as sleep problems, lack of energy, weight release, depression and diabetes, is at 6:30 p.m. March 23 at Way of Life Chiropractic, 355 N.W. Gilman Blvd., #105. Learn more by calling 417-4845. RSVP by calling 313-0433.

The Issaquah Farmers Market’s new vendors market meeting is from 9 a.m. to noon March 26 at Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W. Vendors should bring a sample of the product to be juried. Call 8373311 or go to www.issaquahfarmersmarket.org.

The Pickering Barn Craft and Garden Show, featuring thousands of handcrafted items made by over 75 vendors, is from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 31 – April 1 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 2 at 1730 10th Ave. N.W. Admission is free. Go to www.countrycreation.blogspot.com.

Issaquah History Museums Winter History Program: The Alpine Dairymen, presented by museum director Erica Maniez, is at 11 a.m. April 9, at the Issaquah Train Depot. Learn the history of Issaquah’s scrappy football champs. All Issaquah History Museum history programs are open to the public, and free of charge. Refreshments will be served. Call 392-3500 or email info@issaquahhistory.org.

Eastside Mothers & More presents “6 Lessons We Learn from our Kids” by Leta Hamilton, from 7-9 p.m. April 12, in the Spring Room at Eastshore Unitarian Church, 12700 S.E. 32nd St., Bellevue. This is a moms-only event and is open to the public. Go to www.eastsidemothersandmore.org.

Mother/Daughter Book Club, girls in fourth through sixth grades and their moms, discusses “Becoming Naomi Leon,” by Pam Munoz Ryan, from 3-4 p.m. April 23 at the Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E. Email sjensen@kcls.org.

Volunteer call Issaquah History Museums: Be a docent greeting the public at the restored Train Depot or at the old Town Hall and adjacent jail.

Or help with mailings and scanning photos. Email Karen at volunteer@issaquahhistory.org or

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call 392-3500.

The ARAS African Bike Drive needs used adult and children’s bikes to send to Ghana on May 7. All bikes and parts are accepted except for those severely rusted. Bike drop off is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 7 at Sammamish City Hall 801 228th Ave. S.E. To arrange drop off before May 7, or volunteer for the bike drive, call 868-8448 or 836-4431.

Donations are tax-deductible.

Fundraisers The fifth annual AtWork!

Fundraising Breakfast, with emcee John Curley, is from 7-9 a.m. April 13 at The Westin Bellevue, 600 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue. RSVP by April 1 by calling 274-4030. The suggested minimum donation is $150.

Donations are sought for St. Vincent de Paul to help the community’s needy. Anyone anticipating a downsizing or move, or who has leftover garage sale items, are encouraged to call the St. Vincent de Paul pick up service at 206-767-9975, ext. 1.

Religious/spiritual Come hear a live audio chat, “Mary Baker Eddy: A Woman for All Seasons,” at 11 a.m. March 29 at the Christian Science Reading Room, 195 Front St. N. Learn about the woman who discovered Christian Science, a worldwide religion, and founded a church and the Christian Science Monitor. All are welcome. Call 392-8140.

Classes ArtEAST offers the following workshops at 95 Front St. N. Go to www.arteast.org.

Friday Lunch With the Master Series: Jason Pollock and the Abstract Expressionists — noon to 1 p.m. March 25, free “Acrylic Extravaganza Workshop: An Introduction to Adding Zing to Acrylics” — 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 26-27, $150 “Shoot Like a Pro with your Point and Shoot (Advanced)” — 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 29 “Viking Knit Bracelet” — 5:309:30 p.m. March 30, $80 “Dichroic Fused Glass Jewelry” — 6:30-9:30 p.m. March 31, $80 Issaquah Citizen Corps Spring CERT classes are Wednesdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

March 23 to May 7 at the Issaquah Public Works Building, 670 First Ave. N.E. Additional information and registration can be found at www.issaquahcitizencorps.com/cert/cert-class. Cost for all eight classes is $35.

Issaquah Parks and Recreation offers the following classes at the community center, unless otherwise noted.

Learn more or register by calling 837-3300.

ARC Lifeguarding, for ages 15 and up, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 4-

8, Julius Boehm Pool, $140 ARC Fundamentals of Instructor Training, for ages 15 and up, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 4, Julius Boehm Pool, $45 ARC Water Safety Instructor, for ages 16 and up, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 4-8, Julius Boehm Pool, $150 “Teen Art: Mosaic,” for ages 11-18, 2:30-3:30 p.m. or 3:454:45 p.m. April 13, free “Springtime Gardening for kids,” for ages 5-8, 2-3:30 p.m.

March 26, $15 “Introduction to Navigation Clinic,” 6-8 p.m. April 4, $20 “AAA Driver Improvement Program,” presented by American Driving Services, is from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 2 at Timber Ridge at Talus, 100 Timber Ridge Way N.W., $160. Register by calling 206-243-3564.

“Show, Don’t Tell: A Writing Workshop for Teens” is from 2-4 p.m. April 16 at the Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E. Register online at www.kcls.org.

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

ArtEAST and the King County Library System offer the following classes as part of “The Art of the Written Word,” for ages 14 and up, at the Issaquah Library. Register by calling 391-3980: “The Decorative Writer” — 10:30 a.m. to noon, March 26 “The Designing Writer” — 12:30-2 p.m. March 26 “The Practicing Writer” — 2:30-4 p.m. March 26 “The Intuitive Writer” — 10:30 a.m. to noon March 27 “The Italicized Writer” — 12:30-2 p.m. March 27 “The Illustrated Writer” — 2:30-4 p.m. March 27 and 3-5 p.m. April 3 “The Illuminated Writer” — 6-8 p.m. April 9 “The Inspired Writer” — 6:308:30 p.m. April 14 Issaquah Library Discussion Group: “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,” by Daniyal Mueenuddin, 6:30 p.m. March 23 Teen Book Group, 3:30 p.m.

March 24 Baby Music Time, for ages newborn to 14 months, 10:30 a.m. March 26 “Great Duets II – Love Duets,” a discussion about operas for adults, 7 p.m. March 30 Puppets Please Marionettes, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. April 5 Manga Club, for teens, 3 p.m.

April 11 Teen Book Group, 3:30 p.m.

April 21 Game On! 3 p.m. April 28 “Culinary Herb Gardening,” for adults, 2 p.m. April 2 “New Job Search in the New Economy,” for adults, 7 p.m.

April 12 “What is That? Unusual and Offbeat People, Places Things and Events in Washington,” for adults, 7 p.m. April 19

Youth Registration is now open for the Parks and Recreation Preschool Program, for ages 35. Call 837-3300 or go to www.ci.issaquah.wa.us/preschool.

Boys Camp-in, for ages 5-10, includes a taste of camping with indoor fun, hosted by the Issaquah Youth Advisory Board, 6-9 p.m. March 25, $20 Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery present the following one-week camps: Salmon Science Camps, for ages 6-9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 11-15, 18-22 and 25-29 and Aug. 1-5; $175 for FISH members, $205 for nonmembers.

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Meet Roger! This bubbly 1year-old golden retriever mix wants to be where people are. Roger will be happiest in a home where he’s the only furry companion getting all the attention.

Danielle Borth and Robert Wood Borth, Wood Danielle Borth, of Issaquah, and Robert Wood, of Phoenix. Ariz., were married Sept. 11, 2011, at Pioneer Square, in Seattle.

Josh Powell officiated. A reception followed at Court in the Square, Seattle.

The couple honeymooned at Kona, Hawaii.

The bride, the daughter of Scott and Barbara Borth, of Issaquah, was attended by co-maid of honors Jacklyn Borth and Marit Borth and bridesmaids Amy Crecelius, Brooke Westlund, Lindsay Johnson and Kelly Wood.

A 2003 graduate of Issaquah High School, Danielle earned a Bachelor of Science degree in public relations in 2008 from Arizona University, in Flagstaff, Ariz. She works at Nordstrom in downtown Seattle.

The groom, the son of Tricia Wood, of Phoenix, was attended by best man Billy Carroll and groomsmen Danny Milligan, Dan Mason, Chaz Moody and Preston Borth.

A 2003 graduate of Arcadia High School, Robert earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management in 2007 from Northern Arizona University. He works at Wells Fargo in Seattle.

C OLLEGE NEWS Victoria Yang Honored at Loomis Chaffee School Victoria Yang, a junior from Bellevue, has recently been named to the High Honor Roll for the winter term at the Loomis Chaffee School.

Located in Windsor, Conn., the Loomis Chaffee School is an internationally recognized college preparatory school for grades 9-12.

Melanie Hemstreet places at DECA conference Melanie Hemstreet, of Issaquah, was one of 36 William Woods University students who placed in competition at the Collegiate DECA State Career Development Conference Feb. 17-18 at Fulton, Mo.

Student makes N.U. dean’s list Matthew Hjelm, of Issaquah, was recently named to the dean’s list at Norwich University, in Northfield, Vt., for the fall 2010 semester.

Salmon Science Camp, with Bax-

ter Barn for ages 9-11, is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 27 to July 1, $205 for FISH members and $225 for nonmembers.

Little Fry Camp, for ages 3-5, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $145 for members, $175 for nonmembers, Go to www.issaquahfish.org/education/summer-camps.html for dates and times.

Super Salmon Sleuths, for ages 3-6, 9:30-11:30 a.m. April 11, May 9 and June 13.

Lounge and Listen, for teens, is at 4 p.m. April 6 at the Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E. Teens are invited to relax and listen to a librarian read tempting book bits while lounging and munching on snacks amid flickering lanterns.

There will also be a drawing for copies of the books previewed.

Meet Gracie! This charming 5-year-old kitty shows her affection by giving you generous love blinks. Gracie loves getting her ears scratched and is not shy about asking for attention.

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 6410080, go to www.seattlehumane.org or e-mail 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 - 6 p.m. seven days a week.

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Winners in Level 1 (ages 12-14) 1st — Ethan Chau 2nd — Menglan Ji 3rd — Gordon Lee Honorable mention — Rebecca

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Clark students win in Books for Bikes program On March 10, a raffle drawing was held and two new bicycles were awarded to winners Riya Baheti and Tyler Fry, of the Bikes For Books Reading Program at Clark Elementary School.

Presenting the bikes are Reading Specialist Susan Harter, Principal May Pelto and Bill Werner, of the Masonic Lodge.

The Myrtle Masonic Lodge #108 has been sponsoring the B4B Program in Issaquah for five years and this was the first presentation at Clark.

About 30 students participated during the winter and early spring.

To be eligible, they read a certain number of books and then wrote a short essay demonstrating comprehension.

Piano students perform well at competition The 15th annual Helen Crowe Snelling Memorial Awards piano competition, sponsored by the Sammamish Music Club, was March 13 at Pine Lake Covenant Church.

Twenty-one students from Issaquah and Sammamish participated in the two divisions. The competition was judged by Dr. Irene Bowling, from Bremerton.

Sports The Issaquah Parks and Recreation Department offers the following sports classes at the community center. Call 837-3300.

“Mini Movers,” age 2, a class to help 2-year-olds with developing motor and social skills, 9:15-9:45 a.m. Thursdays, March 24 – May 5, $35 for six classes PeeWee Soccer & T-Ball, for ages 4-5, 5-5:45 p.m. Wednesdays, March 23 to May 18, $46 for eight classes PeeWee Basketball & T-ball, for ages 4-5, 4-4:45 p.m. Wednesdays, March 23 to May 18, $46 for eight classes Little Dribblers Basketball, for ages 4-5, 4-4:45 p.m. Thursdays, March 24 to May 19, $46 for eight classes Gliders Track & Field open house, for grades kindergarten through 12, 3:30-5:30 p.m. April 20, community center, www.thegliders.8k.com or 392-8230 Quick Handle Fundamentally Sound Spring Break Basketball Clinic, for grades one through five is from 2:30-4 p.m.

April 5-7 and for grades six through eight is from 4-5:30 p.m. April 5-7, $75. Register by calling 369-2221 or email coach@quickhandle.com.

Winners in Level 2 (ages 15-18) 1st — Tyler Yen 2nd — Tom Ostrander 3rd — LinLin Xing Honorable mention — Jim Blackett Honorable mention — Nirapama Suneel

Issaquah resident’s story lands in national magazine Maureen Francisco, of Issaquah, recently wrote the cover story for the national magazine, “Stiletto Woman.”

The article is about Dr. Connie MariMaureen Francisco ano, a former White House doctor who was the first woman to head the White House Medical Unit. Mariano was also the White House physician to three U.S. presidents and the first female to become a Navy rear admiral.

“Dr. Mariano is an immigrant who shattered the glass ceiling.

As an immigrant myself, she’s an inspiration,” Francisco said.

“She is a great reminder of the possibilities of what you can achieve in this country.”

Read the entire interview at www.stilettowoman.com.

Learn more about Francisco at www.maureenfrancisco.com.

Coed Volleyball League, ages 18 and up, 6-10 p.m. Wednesdays April to June 15, $235 per team.

Men’s 35+ 4 on 4 Basketball League, ages 35 and up, 6-10 p.m.

Thursdays April 14 to June 9, $225 per team Mens Open 4 on 4 Basketball League, ages 18 and up, 6-10 p.m.

Thursdays, April 14 to June 9, $225 per team

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.

Annual board of directors election, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

March 25 Evergreen Hospital Medical Center will have its mammography coach at the center to perform mammography screenings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 31.

The following day trips are offered through the month of March: Ladies Lunch at Village Eatery & Tea Company at Bothell’s Country Village — 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

March 23, $8/$10 Port of Tacoma Tour — 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 28, $10/$12

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Richard Freed

O BITUARIES

Richard Fauley Freed, of Buckley (formerly of Issaquah), died at his residence Saturday, March 19, 2011. He was 87.

Services will Richard Freed be at 2 p.m.

March 24 at Flintoft’s Funeral Home at 540 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah. Viewing will precede the service from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A reception will follow the service.

Richard Freed was born July 29, 1923 in Seattle, to Oscar and Dorothy Freed. He was raised in the Seattle area and graduated from Issaquah High School.

Richard served with the United States Army as a mechanic light

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artillery, machine gunner for two years.

On Jan. 11, 1957, he married Blanche Ann Perreault in the Seattle area. They lived in Issaquah for 54 years. He was employed as a general contractor. Richard and his wife Blanche retired at the family farm in Issaquah.

In addition to his wife Blanche, of Buckley, survivors include his children: Celeste Bingham, of Salmon, Idaho, Rick Freed, of Enumclaw, Christine Triplett, of Olympia, and Jennifer Denison, of Enumclaw; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

A granddaughter preceded him in death.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the American Heart Association.

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

Maxine Halbert, of Oak Harbor and formerly of Issaquah, died Saturday March 12, 2011. She was 89.

A memorial service with Maxine Halbert military honors was March 18 at Tahoma National Cemetery.

Mrs. Halbert moved to Issaquah in 1992, and was a resident for 15

years.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Dale and Cathy Halbert; daughter and son-in-law Jan and Mike Oberholtzer; two grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Melvin.

Family and friends are encouraged to share condolences and memories at www.whidbeymemorial.com.

Remembrances can be made to the Home Health Care and Hospice of Whidbey General Hospital, 101 N. Main St., Coupeville, WA 98239.

Jacqueline E. Kuhn Jacqueline (Jackie) E. Kuhn, of Bellevue, died March 1, 2011, at Overlake Hospital Medical Center. She was 82.

A celebration of her life will Jacqueline Kuhn be at 1:30 p.m.

March 26 at Timber Ridge at Talus, 100 Timber Ridge Way N.W., Issaquah. She will later be interred alongside her late husband at Tahoma National Cemetery.

Jackie was born April 3, 1928, in Port Edwards, Wis., to Leo and Erma Schroeder. She moved to the Northwest as a teenager and graduated from Port Angeles High School.

In 1950, she married William Kuhn, of Seattle. They made their home in Eastgate for more than 50 years until his death in 2006.

Jackie started her career as a

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beautician and later worked for the Bellevue School District in the food service department for more than 20 years. Over the years she was involved in the Eastgate Garden Club, bowling leagues, charity fundraising and Girl Scouts. She also enjoyed traveling, going to the theater, gardening, her Target walking group and mentoring at Eastgate Elementary School.

Jackie will always be remembered for her loving dedication to her late husband, children and grandchildren.

She is survived by four children: Mark Kuhn, of Perrysville, Mo., Jeff Kuhn (Kelly), of Colfax, Lisa Hodge of Peoria, Ill., and Anita Kuhn, of Greenwood Village, Colo.; eight grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and close family friends Dick and Jeanne O’Neill.

Remembrances may be made to the charity of your choice.

Arrangements are by Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home.

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

Thomas A. Gibbs

Thomas A. (Tom) Gibbs, of Issaquah, died at home Thursday, March 17, 2011. He was 52.

A memorial service is planned at 4 p.m. April 1 at Thomas Gibbs Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Sammamish. A reception will follow.

Private committal will be held later.

Tom was born June 23, 1958 in Los Angeles, the son of Frank and Lee Gibbs. He was raised in California and graduated from South High School in Torrance, Calif., and from California State University, Dominguez Hills, with a Bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Tom was employed at Chevron as a buyer, maintaining one of the largest refineries in the industry in El Segundo, Calif. Later, Tom took a position at Saatchi and Saatchi as a business analyst. His last occupation prior to moving to the Northwest was as a real estate agent.

Following his father’s passing, Tom decided it would be better to

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live near his brother Greg and his family on the Sammamish Plateau and relocated there. Tom held a couple of jobs in the area, primarily as a buyer at Food Services of America. But he devoted most of his time and energy to caring for his mother and supporting the congregation of Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish.

Outside his family, Tom is best remembered as a highly involved member of the community at Mary, Queen of Peace. He was a valued and talented member of the choir, where his skills as a musician, singer and guitar player were well-demonstrated. Tom served as a Eucharistic minister and often led the congregation through Mass and sponsored first communicants.

Survivors include his mother Lee Gibbs, of Issaquah; brother Frank, of Laguna Beach, Calif.; and brother Greg and sister-in-law Linda and their two children.

The family suggests remembrances to Catholic Charities and Wounded American Veterans.

Arrangements are by Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory.

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

Donna Melill, of Issaquah, died Sunday, March 13, 2011, following a yearlong battle with cancer.

She was 73.

A remembrance picnic will be at noon Donna Melill Aug. 16 at Mount Rainier National Park (Reflection Lake area). In case of inclement weather, it will be moved to the Paradise Visitors Center.

Born Aug. 16, 1937, Donna, a graduate of the University of Washington, worked as a speech therapist for the Lake Washington

School District. She also worked as a guide for the Mount Rainier Guild Service, climbing the mountain three times.

A coloratura soprano, she was involved with the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society for many years, starring in some shows. Late in life, as an accomplished watercolor artist, she was a member of the Eastside Fine Art Society, showing her works at exhibitions.

Donna, an avid skier and hiker, assisted her husband on more than 45 hiking and skiing tours in Nepal, Tibet, Norway, Japan, Bulgaria, New Zeeland, Canada and Europe.

She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Jack, of Issaquah; daughter Sally Seelye, of Graham; son Jim, of Seattle; and four grandchildren.

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three of those elements combine together to create something that’s not really crude at all,” he said.

For each creation, he makes a pattern out of plastic and takes it to a local foundry — a center that casts metal. Cast iron is heavy, so he casts the pieces in segments and brings them back to his garage, where he assembles them.

At this point, the metal is a dull grey, so Lofgren coats it with pickle juice — a mild acid — and leaves it out in the rain. Later, he coats it with linseed oil and bakes the entire piece.

“The result is a patina,” he said. “It’s all smooth and rustfree to the touch. The rust has been encapsulated and incorporated into the metal.”

Lofgren’s artwork, made to order, costs between $600 and $950.

Both Lofgren and Anderson invited the Issaquah community to the show, not only to see their art but also to hear live music, see art demonstrations and connect with artists.

Children younger than 12 are

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William Lofgren will display some of his cast-iron art at the Best of the Northwest show.

IF YOU GO Best of the Northwest 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 26-27 Hanger 30, Magnuson Park 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle Tickets: $5 online, $7 at the door Go to www.nwartalliance.com.

free and there is plenty of parking.

Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 241, or lgeggel@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Join Habitat for Humanity in Cambodia Help build houses in Cambodia alongside Habitat for Humanity of East King County employees.

Emily Fortman, director of family services, and bookkeeper Kathy Davis plan to lead 12 adventurers on a Global Village trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, from June 10-18.

Global Village trips consist of volunteers and a local family working side by side. The family then lives in the home.

In addition to the project, volunteers can experience authentic Cambodian meals and cultural activities.

Volunteers age 16 and older can apply for the slots. Contact Fortman at efortman@habitatekc.org or 869-6007 to learn more. Because space is limited, participants should make reservations as soon as possible.

Since Habitat for Humanity International registered a branch office in Cambodia in January 2003, Habitat for Humanity

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firsthand and make friends halfway around the globe.

“By the time it was time for them to go, you’d just have tears falling down your face, because they’re part of your family by then,” she said.

Dean set a goal to translate and send 1,000 letters in the initial round and 10,000 letters overall.

Dean plans to rely on translation software and a Japanese friend to translate the messages from English to Japanese, because her Japanese is limited to “konnichiwa” and a handful of other phrases.

Initially, Dean set up a Letters of Hope email address, and a friend designed a ribbon-shaped logo for the effort. Then, Dean turned to social media, posting a message about Letters of Hope on Facebook and launching a Twitter account to help spread information.

Letters of Hope is meant to supplement the international relief organizations toiling in Japan — and to build bridges across cultures.

“There’s something in my heart that’s telling me this is what I need to be doing,” Dean said.

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Cambodia has built more than 1,000 homes and served more than 3,000 families through housing and community development programs in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kandal and Battambang.

Boy Scouts collect food donations Issaquah residents can donate food to the hungry during the Scouting for Food drive.

Boys Scouts plan to collect nonperishable foods and personal care items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 26 at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive.

The most-needed items include baby formula, breakfast cereal, canned goods oatmeal, peanut butter, pasta and rice, shampoo and soap, and feminine products.

Scouts across the state plan to participate in the daylong food drive.

Local Scouts conducted a food drive in Issaquah and other Eastside communities last March.

Master Chorus Eastside announces relief concert Master Chorus Eastside is lending a hand to disaster victims in Japan.

The organization — and its many members from Issaquah and Sammamish — plans a fund drive for the earthquake-stricken nation as part of the Bach “St. John Passion” concert at 3 p.m. March 27. The concert is at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave. Learn more at the chorus’ website, www.masterchoruseastside.org.

Proceeds from the concert support relief efforts by Federal Way-based World Vision, a faith-based nonprofit organization.

World Vision is working around the clock in a hardhit coastal community, Minami Sanriku.

“These needs I’m seeing in my own country are as bad as anything I’ve seen globally,” World Vision Relief Manager Kenjiro Ban said. “Priority needs include supplies for babies and small children, and next steps will include setting up child-friendly spaces, which are safe places for children where they can be protected, have structure and playtime, and begin to deal with the stress of the traumatic events they’ve just experienced.”

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Following the Sept. 11 attacks, glassblowers crafted floats — hollow glass balls — stamped with the inscription “Never Forget 9-11.” Artbyfire staff left the floats in public places, encouraging people to take them for free.

“Hopefully, the whole point was for people to think and reflect and remember,” Pound said.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2011

Eagles net season’s first victory at Patriots’ expense

Issaquah uses balanced attack to sweep three matches

The Issaquah High School girls tennis team took advantage of one of the dry days last week when it defeated host Liberty, 7-0, March 17 in a nonleague match.

The match was the first of the season for both teams.

Issaquah entered the match with an edge in the singles with its two top players returning from last season.

Dayna Bennett, who reached the quarterfinals of last year’s 4A KingCo Conference singles tournament, won the No. 1 singles match. Bennett defeated Liberty’s Emmie Kellogg-Smith 6-4, 6-1.

Alyssa Wilson, who reached the semifinals of last year’s KingCo singles tournament, won the No. 2 match. Wilson defeated Kristy Braunston 6-1, 7-5.

Kelsey Wilson took the No. 3 singles with a 6-3, 6-4 victory

By Bob Taylor Issaquah Press sports editor

against Liberty’s Jenny Adams.

Molly Shade completed the sweep in singles for Issaquah with a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Michelle Gillespie.

Issaquah’s Sam Garrard and Sabrina Norton captured the No. 1 doubles match with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Julie Do and Audry LaFraugh. Selena Lustig and Amber Lee teamed to win the No. 2 doubles match with a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Annie Trumbull and Stuti Sulgaonkar. Sabrina Bennett and Jenny Thompson took the No. 3 doubles match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Noelle Rauschendorfer and Taylor Newbury.

In other March 17 action, Skyline lost to perennial power Mercer Island 6-1. No. 4 singles player Kianna Bertonlino accounted for Skyline’s win by defeating Kajal Tiwany 7-6, 7-5.

The Issaquah High School boys soccer team showed scoring balance and plenty of heart last week when it swept three nonleague games at home.

Issaquah had a different play lead the offense in each game, which was pleasing to coach Jason Lichtenberger.

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BY GREG FARRAR

Dayna Bennett, of Issaquah, swings a backhand shot back to Liberty’s Emmie Kellogg-Smith during their No. 1 singles match March 17. Bennett won, 6-4, 6-1.

Liberty takes down Issaquah 8-4 in rainy battle

By Tim Pfarr Issaquah Press reporter The Liberty High School baseball team took down the rival Issaquah Eagles, 8-4, March 18 at Liberty High School. The game started dry, but rain came in the third inning and didn’t let up, and eventually led to the game being stopped after the top of the fifth inning.

Liberty is now 2-1 for the year, and Is-

BY GREG FARRAR

Chris Weik, Liberty senior second baseman, hits a two-RBI single during the second inning against Issaquah.

saquah is 0-3.

“This is a huge win for us, huge rivalry,” said Chris Weik, Liberty’s second baseman.

“It’s a good start.”

Liberty’s offense found its stride in the second inning, with first baseman Ben Wessel knocking a 2-0 pitch to center field for a single. After pairs of strikeouts and walks, Liberty center fielder Scott Zerda came to the plate with the bases loaded.

The count stretched to 3-2, but Issaquah pitcher Andrew Kemmerer threw ball four, walking in the first run of the game.

Weik came to the plate next, hitting a two-RBI single to center. Liberty followed with a hit and run, with third baseman Ryan Maio hitting an RBI-single as Weik took off running from first base, making it to third before the end of the play.

Weik then stole home on a wild pitch, and shortstop Jason Hubbard singled to right field, driving in Maio for the sixth and final run of the inning.

Each team’s offense remained quiet through the third inning, and Issaquah second baseman Justin Reynolds led off the fourth inning by blasting a 3-2 pitch from Liberty pitcher Jacob Hofferber over the left-field fence, bringing the score to 6-1.

Liberty responded with more offense of its own in the bottom of the fourth, when Hubbard came to the plate with bases loaded and one out against Issaquah reliever Matt Gonn. Hubbard hit a ball that Issaquah attempted to turn into a double play. The Eagles threw out the runner at second, but a wild throw to first base allowed two runners to score and stretch the lead to 8-1.

Issaquah’s offense struck again in the fifth inning, getting the bases loaded with

BY GREG FARRAR

Jacob Hofferber, Liberty senior pitcher, throws out of a jam during the increasingly wet third inning March 18 against Issaquah. no outs and first baseman Ethan Kalin at the plate. However, Kalin — the clean-up hitter — flied out to center field, not deep enough for the runner at third to tag up and score.

Catcher Zach Walker came up next, hitting an RBI-single to center field. Liberty

walked in two more base runners before a strikeout and ground out ended the inning and — due to the weather — the game.

“I really liked how our team stuck toSee BASEBALL, Page B5

“It was great to see that kind of balanced scoring,” Lichtenberger said after the Eagles’ boosted their record to 3-0-1.

Issaquah opened the week March 14 by shellacking Chief Sealth, 7-0, in Gary Moore Stadium.

Alex Shane, a sophomore forward, scored four goals to highlight the Issaquah attack. Lichtenberger wasn’t sure if it was a school single-game record.

“But it’s the most I’ve seen by an Issaquah player since I’ve been here,” he said. “I don’t recall anyone putting up four goals in a game.”

Shane scored two of his goals in the first half as Issaquah took a 3-0 lead.

Nick Smith, Drew Tacher and Cooper Fry scored the other Issaquah goals. Michael Roberts had a pair of assists for the Eagles, too. Evan King and David Degginger shared the goalkeeping duties.

The Eagles followed up that triumph by blanking Auburn Mountainview, 3-0, March 16.

Roberts scored two of the Issaquah goals and had an assist.

“He is a guy who always needs the ball. He thinks pass first and distributes the ball very well,” Lichtenberger said of Roberts.

“There might be three options when he gets the ball and he always picks the best one.”

Roberts, assisted by Smith, scored at the 25th minute to give Issaquah a 1-0 halftime lead.

Roberts assisted Smith at the 70th minute as the Eagles went up 2-0.

Two minutes later Roberts, assisted by Shane, concluded the Eagles’ scoring.

Goalkeeper Nathan King, no relation to Evan King, recorded the shutout.

Issaquah concluded the week March 18 with a come-from-beSee SOCCER, Page B5

Track teams hope to follow 2010 title successes T RACK P REVIEW

By Bob Taylor Issaquah Press sports editor

BY GREG FARRAR

Kyle Branch, of Skyline, runs in last year’s KingCo 4A 3200-meter championship race.

The Skyline and Liberty high school track and field programs had banner seasons a year ago and both have high hopes for the 2011 season.

Skyline, which has become one of the elite track and field programs in the state, had a very strong boys team last spring. The Spartans captured 4A KingCo Conference and district titles, and finished the year by taking second at state. It was most successful season ever for the Skyline boys.

Spartans coach Marc Hillestad said he is excited about the prospects for this season’s squad as many key athletes return.

Liberty’s boys team had a sensational season a year ago by winning the 3A Sea-King District title.

The Patriots have some top talent returning from that team, but might not be strong enough to duplicate last year’s feat. However, the girls team looks stronger than ever and should contend for top honors in the 3A/2A KingCo Conference and Sea-King District.

The Issaquah High School program, which annually fields some of the stronger KingCo teams, will have competitive boys and girls squads this season, too.

Kasen Williams leads Skyline boys By far, the most famous name on the team is senior Kasen Williams, one of the best allaround athletes in the state and perhaps in the country. Williams, best known for his exploits in football where he earned Parade Magazine National Player of the Year honors, also excels in basketball and track.

In track, Williams is a point machine. He scores points in the jumps and relays. Last year, he won the long jump, triple jump and high jump at the KingCo meet.

At state, he won the triple jump and took second in both the long jump and high jump.

Another returning standout for Skyline’s boys team is distance runner Kyle Branch, who finished

third at KingCo in the 1,600 meters and fourth in the 3,200.

Sprinter Drew Matthews and distance runner Keegan Symmes also return.

Matthews got his season off to a good start March 17 by winning the 100- and 400-meter at the Skyline Jamboree. He won the 400 in 49.8 with Williams second in 51.7. Branch won the 1,600 with Symmes placing fourth in the event.

Skyline showed depth in the throwing events with Jake Monroe winning the shot put and Bryan Lee capturing the discus. Garret Corlis placed second in the javelin.

Williams, who has gone 7 feet in the high jump during his career, was in good form at the jamboree.

He won the high jump by going 69, an outstanding mark this early in the season.

The Skyline girls team had its string of eight KingCo titles snapped last year when the Spartans finished second to Inglemoor.

Coach Dawn Geiser, in her 15th year, is ready for the Spartans to reclaim the top spot. However, she notes that this is going to be a re-

building year with only a few returning seniors on the squad.

The top returning athletes are Haley Ziegler (javelin, discus, and shot put), Elena Frerker (javelin and discus), Michelle Bretl (400 and relays), Sydne Tingey (high jump), Kathryn Steele (distance events), Lindsey Coutts (high jump, long jump), Marissa Fortier (triple jump) and Kaylie Greninger (400 and relays).

Ziegler finished first in the javelin at last year’s KingCo meet and Steele placed third in the 3,200.

Newcomers include Alex Daugherty (200, 400, relays), Maria Volodkevich (200, 400, relays), Dorie Dalzell (200, 400, relays), Jordan Branch (distance events) and Aleeya Neal (100, 200, relays).

Bretl had two first places at the Skyline Jamboree. She won the 200 and 400. Branch, a freshman, won the 1,600. Ziegler captured the discus and javelin.

Skyline opens its KingCo season at 4 p.m. March 24 at home against Woodinville.

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Liberty girls look powerful The Liberty boys team, despite some key returning athletes, might find it difficult to duplicate last year’s performance. Among the graduation losses were thrower Peter Stacy and distance runner Eric Bice.

“It’s going to be difficult to replace Peter Stacy, because he was a point machine for us last year,” Liberty coach Michael Smith said.

“We’re a little bit light on the throwing side this year.”

But the Patriots have three athletes returning who will rank among the best in 3A KingCo season.

Junior Josh Gordon won the high jump and long jump at last year’s KingCo championships. He also competes in the triple jump and sprints.

Senior Devin Bennett is another talented long jumper and high jumper. He also runs the 400 and 800. Bennett was third in the 800 at last year’s KingCo meet.

Another key returning team member is Hamilton Noel, who won the pole vault at last spring’s KingCo meet. Noel, who also excels in wrestling and football, will also run the sprints.

“He’s one of the fastest sprinters we have and our best pole vaulter.

He has so much motivation that he could probably do anything,” Smith said.

Liberty also has distance runners Tyler Westenbroek and Scott Turner, and middle distance runners Ron Redmon and Nick Knoblich back.

“We will have some kids who will have good performances this season, but we lack depth,” Smith said.

The Liberty girls team has depth. The Patriots have strong runners, who helped win the SeaKing District cross country title last fall, in the middle distance and distance events.

Among the top returning athletes are Megan Chucka, Emily Pestl-

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hind 3-2 victory against Eastside Catholic.

The Eagles failed to connect on some early opportunities and Eastside Catholic capitalized to lead 2-1 at halftime. Tory Stewart Steele put Eastside Catholic ahead 1-0 with an unassisted goal at the 11th minute. Zach Lawless, a sophomore midfielder, tied the game four minutes later with the first of his three goals. Roberts assisted on the goal. However, Eastside Catholic broke the tie at the 37th minute on an unassisted goal

by Spencer Spears.

Lawless, assisted by Akash Ramachandran, tied the score at the 42nd minute. Then, at the 61st minute, Lawless, assisted by Roberts, got his hat trick to give Issaquah the victory.

“It was nice to see Zach score.

His main role for us has been on defense, but we needed him to step up and he did,” Lichtenberger said.

Issaquah played without Shane, who was competing on a club team at a major tournament.

“We really needed someone to fill Alex’s shoes and Zach did it,” Lichtenberger said. “I was happy for Zach because he works so hard for us.”

Issaquah played the second half with just 10 players on the field because a player was given a red card and ejected.

“It was a remarkable effort by our team. They showed a lot of heart. The team grew up a lot,” Lichtenberger said.

Nathan King was Issaquah’s goalkeeper and recorded his second win of the week. The plan early in the season was for Nathan to split time with Evan King.

“Nathan and Evan are both good keepers. I think they are two of the best in the league,” Lichtenberger said.

Overall, Lichtenberger said he was pleased with the Eagles’ performance last week.

“It was a pretty good one for us.

We played some pretty good teams and had some favorable results,” he said. “But we’re nowhere what we think we can be. We haven’t hit our stride yet.”

Issaquah opens 4A KingCo Conference play at home at 7:30 p.m.

March 24 against Woodinville.

Patriots tie Mercer Island The Liberty boys soccer team opened 3A/2A KingCo Conference play March 18 with a 2-2 tie against host Mercer Island. All the

Issaquah teams take third Both the Issaquah girls and boys teams placed third March 19 at the Seattle Academy Relays in West Seattle Stadium. Not all of the key members competed in the meet. However, Issaquah still had some strong performances.

“We had a good day,” Issaquah coach Gwen Robertson said. “Our kids got out and competed real well.”

In the girls meet, Issaquah had 233.5 points to finish behind Olympia and Kent-Meridian. Olympia won with 290 points and Kent-Meridian was second with 257.5.

Eva Perry, who won the pole vault title at the KingCo and district meets, took first place in her specialty. She went 11 feet. Teammate Amelia Meigs was second.

Haley Jacobson, one of the top sprinters in KingCo who is headed to the University of Washington, won the 100 in 12.32.

“Haley looked pretty good,” Robertson said. “She has been working real hard.”

Issaquah won the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Kim Varney, Jacobson, Juliana da Cruz and A.J. Bowers composed the 4x200 relay team, which had a winning time of 1:48.86. The 4x400 relay was composed of da Cruz, Madison Callan, Jacobson and Varney. The only newcomer to those relays is da Cruz, a freshman.

Katie Zhong, who was third in the javelin at last year’s KingCo championships, placed second.

Other top returning athletes for Issaquah are Lauren Bruner (hurdles), Mallory Cooke (pole vault), Joceyln Eng (distance), McKenna Hogan (sprints), Nicole Migotsky (distance), Rachel Osgood (sprints), Shelby Parthemer (distance) and Jasmine Watters (throws).

Mack Wieberg, Amanda Chalfant, Amanda Levenson and da Cruz are among the promising freshmen on the team.

“We have some good ones. We will see how they develop during the year,” Robertson said.

The boys team had two first places at the Seattle Academy Relays. Mike Baba won the javelin with a throw of 166 feet and Jason Hollaway captured the pole vault by going 13 feet.

Jonathan Martyn took second in the discus and Jorrell Dorsey was third in the long jump. Issaquah showed good depth in the long jump with Alex Rylander and Kyle Farmer placing fourth and fifth, respectively.

Among the other top returning boys are Andy Meigs (javelin), Connor Pearl (triple jump), Isaac Robinson (distance), Allen Su (sprints), Blake Wedekind (jumps), Jack Wheeler (pole vault) and Turner Wiley (distance).

Issaquah opens its conference schedule at 4 p.m. March 24 at Garfield.

goals came in the second half.

Alex Velasquez put Liberty ahead on an unassisted goal at the 60th minute. Matthew McNamara, of Mercer Island, tied the game at the 64th minute. Riley Mackey, assisted by Blake Kessler, put the Patriots ahead 2-1 at the 73rd minute.

Liberty maintained its lead until Mercer Island’s Peter Clark scored in the final seconds to tie the game.

Liberty also lost a nonleague game to visiting Redmond, 3-2, March 15.

The Patriots and Mustangs were tied 2-2 at halftime. Redmond’s Bryan Forbes scored the game-winning goal at the 47th minute.

Dimmitt, Elizabeth Ryker and Madison Birdsall. Chucka finished second in the 800 and third in the 1,600 at last year’s KingCo championships. Pestl-Dimmitt was second in the high jump and fourth in the 300 hurdles. Ryker took second in the 400 and third in the 200.

Liberty also has its entire 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams, who finished first at the KingCo championships, returning. Birdsall, Ryker, Delane Agnew and Michaela Chucka composed those relays.

“The whole team looks strong.

There are lots of girls who have ability,” Smith said. “The team looks strong in the 400 and 800. There is more depth on the girls team this year than on the guys team.”

Smith has often reminded the girls what they could accomplish this season.

“They should do really well. I’ve told them there is no reason why you can’t do what the boys did last year — win district,” Smith said.

Liberty opens its league season at 4 p.m. March 24 at Lake Washington. On March 26, the Patriots host the Liberty Invitational.

Mount Rainier, Mariner, Eastside Catholic, Kennedy Catholic, Yelm and Steilacoom are entered in the meet, which begins at 9 a.m.

Issaquah boys lacrosse romps to two victories

The Issaquah High School boys lacrosse club pounded out two easy Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Division I victories last week.

Issaquah, 3-0-0 overall, whipped visiting Mukilteo, 19-1, March 15 and ended the week March 18 with a 17-3 rout of host Lake Washington.

In the Mukilteo game, Kevin Powers scored 10 goals and also had 10 groundballs. Jake Fritz had a strong all-around performance with four goals, three assists and three groundballs. Ashton Ritchie added four goals and had an assist.

Issaquah took control of the game right at the start, going up 7-0 in the first period.

Against Lake Washington, Issaquah scored six times in the first quarter to take a com-

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gether,” Zerda said. “We had really good momentum. We were always positive.”

Liberty coach Steve Darnell said his team is doing a fine job of not letting up for the entire game.

“One thing this team is starting to do is compete in all 21 outs, or in this case 15 outs,” he said.

“They have demonstrated, in these first few games here, a willingness to stay focused in the moment. I think that’s going to help us long term.”

Issaquah head coach Rob Reese said the only bright spot in the game for his team was Reynolds’ performance. Reynolds was 2-2 in the game, with a single and an RBI-walk in addition to his solo

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 • manding lead. Jake Fritz led the attack with four goals and two assists. Ben Director and Duncan Hamilton each had scored three goals. Zach Fritz and Powers each added two goals.

Michael Hatcher had one goal and five assists. Powers and Kole Lindor had dominating games with each getting 11 groundballs.

In other action, Skyline outlasted Northshore, 16-15, March 18. Ryan Benz had four goals for Skyline. Alan Deweirdt, Jack Pruitt and Max Saffle each scored three goals as Skyline won its league opener.

In Division II play, Liberty lost to visiting Gig Harbor, 6-4, March 18. Dalton O’Brien scored two goals for Liberty. Goalkeeper Roland Deex had nine saves.

Skyline golf team tops Bothell The Skyline High School girls

home run in the fourth inning.

Hofferber was the winning pitcher in the game. In four innings pitched, he struck out six, walked four, and gave up 2 hits and 1 run. Kemmerer was given the loss, allowing the six runs in the second inning that put Issaquah behind early. However, he did record seven strikeouts.

The victory for Liberty was its second of the week. Liberty edged Auburn Mountainview, 2-1, March 16.

Rough week for Eagles Issaquah had a tough week.

The Eagles lost two other nonleague games last week.

Issaquah dropped its seasonopener 8-0 to Kentridge March 14. Then on March 19, Issaquah lost to Kelso, 10-4, in a game at Newport. Jake Bakamus, Gavin Schumaker and Kalin each had two hits for Issaquah. Kemmerer drove in two runs.

golf team defeated Bothell, 308312, March 16 at Bothell’s Wayne Golf Course.

Byra Vowels, of Skyline, and Sydney Howard, of Bothell, shared medalist honors as each shot a 57.

Issaquah girls lacrosse team drops two The Issaquah School District girls lacrosse team lost two games last week.

Issaquah fell to Lake Sammamish, 20-16, March 14 at Bellevue’s Robinswood Park.

Katie Mincin had six goals to lead Issaquah. Brittany Hogan contributed three goals and two assists for Issaquah.

On March 18, Issaquah lost to host Lakeside, 18-8. Haley Mincin scored three goals to lead Issaquah. Sophie Schiefelbein and Hogan each had two goals.

Skyline earns split Skyline split a pair of nonleague games last week. The Spartans lost to Mount Rainier, 31, March 17, but bounced back a day later and whipped Kentwood, 11-3.

In the Mount Rainier game, Skyline starting pitcher Brandon Lundeberg allowed two runs in the first inning, but settled down and blanked Mount Rainier over the next three frames. He pitched five innings in all, allowed one earned run and had four strikeouts.

Against Kentwood, Skyline erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the third inning.

Nate Litka led Skyline with two hits and two RBIs. Winning pitcher Matt Lunde struck out five.

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4A KingCo Conference March 14 Games Eastlake 6, Interlake 2 Bothell 4, Bellevue 3 Inglemoor 10, O’Dea 3 Redmond 11, Mount Si 1 Woodinville 7, Juanita 0 Bishop Blanchet 11, Ballard 5 March 15 Game Sammamish 7, Garfield 6 March 16 Games Mount Si 8, Bothell 2 Eastlake 7, Glacier Peak 1 Redmond 5, Juanita 2 March 17 Games Kentridge 8, Issaquah 0 Mount Rainier 3, Skyline 1 Garfield 21, Franklin 4 Ballard 6, Interlake 1 March 18 Games Liberty 8, Issaquah 4 (5 innings) Skyline 11, Kentwood 3 Mercer Island 16, Garfield 2 Sammamish 4, Ballard 1 March 19 Games Kelso 10, Issaquah 4 Roosevelt 12, Graham-Kapowsin 11 Moses Lake 5, Roosevelt 2 Bothell 5, O’Dea 1 Newport 8, Kelso 0 Shorewood 3, Inglemoor 0 LIBERTY 8, ISSAQUAH 4 Issaquah 000 13 - 4 4 1 Liberty 060 2x - 8 6 0 Andrew Kemmerer, Matt Gonn (4) and Zach Walker; Jacob Hofferber, Izak Styskal (5), Blake Reeve (5) and Harrison Diemert. W: Hofferber, L: Kemmerer. HR: Justin Reynolds (I). 2B: Ben Wessel (L).

Issaquah highlights: Reynolds 2-2, 1 run, 2 RBIs; Walker 1-3, 1 RBI; Danny Rawlings 0-2, 1 RBI; Ben Rosellini 1-2, 1 run.

Liberty highlights: Hofferber 4 IP, 2 hits, 6 Ks; Ryan Maio 2-2, 1 run, 1 RBI; Scott Zerda 1-1, 2 runs; Chris Weik 1-1, 2 runs; Wessel 1-3, 1 RBI. KENTRIDGE 8, ISSAQUAH 0 Kentridge 050 001 2 - 8 8 0 Issaquah 000 000 0 - 0 4 3 Ian Buckles, Joe Wainhouse (6), Axel Snure (7) and Jeff Dickson; Ethan Kalin, Scott Boydston (3), Ryan Guiberson (5), Danny Rawlings and Andrew Kemmerer.

W: Buckles, L: Kalin. HR: Sheldon Stuber (K). 2B: Kalin (I). Issaquah highlights: Kalin 1-2, Jack Gellalty 1-3, Kemmerer 1-3, Ben Rosellini 1-3.

KELSO 10, ISSAQUAH 4 Kelso 014 310 1 - 10 11 2 Issaquah 004 000 0 - 4 9 2 Gillen, S. Miller (5), Salberg (6) and Feeney; Cole Westover, Matt Gonn (3), Scott Boydston (4), Ryan Guiberson (6) and Andrew Kemmerer. W: Gillen, L: Westover. HR: Salberg (K), Gillen (K). 2B: Gillen (K), Nazelrod (K).

Issaquah highlights: Jake Bakamus 2-3, 1 run; Justin Reynolds 1-3, 1 run; Ben Rosellini 1-2, 1 run, 1 RBI; Kemmerer 1-4, 2 RBIs; Ethan Kalin 2-3, 1 RBI; Blake Miller 1-3, Gavin Schumaker 2-4.

SKYLINE 11, KENTWOOD 3 Kentwood 001 002 0 - 3 5 2 Skyline 007 112 x - 11 4 3 WP: Matt Lunde. Skyline highlights: Lunde 5.2 IP, 5 Ks; Nate Litka 2-3, 2 RBIs, 2B; Matt Sinatro 1-4, 1 RBI. MOUNT RAINIER 3, SKYLINE 1 Mount Rainier 200 010 0 - 3 4 0 Skyline 010 000 0 - 1 5 2 WP: Taylor Goucher, SV Brett Fawcett; LP: Brandon Lundeberg. Skyline highlights: Lundeberg 5IP, 1 ER, 4 Ks. EASTLAKE 6, INTERLAKE 2 Eastlake 103 200 0 - 6 9 2 Interlake 010 000 1 - 2 4 2 WP: Ethan Potter. Eastlake highlights: David Stariha 2-3, 2B, 3B; Alex Dean 3 IP, 5 Ks. EASTLAKE 7, GLACIER PEAK 1 Glacier Peak 000 000 1 - 1 3 1 Eastlake 000 160 x - 7 13 2 WP: Andrew Stull. Eastlake highlights: Alex Chin 1-3, 3B; Andrew Corey 2-4, 2B; Nick Kassuba 2-2, 1 RBI, 2 runs.

3A/2A KingCo Conference March 14 Games Eastlake 6, Interlake 2 Bothell 4, Bellevue 3 Redmond 11, Mount Si 1 Woodinville 7, Juanita 0 Sammamish 6, Hazen 4 March 15 Game Sammamish 7, Garfield 6 March 16 Games Mount Si 8, Bothell 2 Redmond 5, Juanita 2 Liberty 2, Auburn Mountainview 1

March 17 Game Ballard 6, Interlake 1 March 18 Games Liberty 8, Issaquah 4 (5 innings) Mercer Island 16, Garfield 2 Sammamish 4, Ballard 1 LIBERTY 2, AUBURN MOUNTAINVIEW 1 Liberty 011 000 0 - 2 6 0 Auburn Mtview 000 001 0 - 1 4 2

Prep boys soccer 4A KingCo Conference March 14 Game Issaquah 7, Chief Sealth 0 March 15 Games Woodinville 1, Inglemoor 0 Marysville-Pilchuck 3, Eastlake 1 Garfield 5, O’Dea 0 Bellevue 2, Skyline 2 Redmond 3, Liberty 2 Shorewood 2, Ballard 0 March 16 Game Eastlake 4, Mount Si 1 Issaquah 3, Auburn Mountainview 0 Redmond 4, Juanita 0 Sammamish 1, Bothell 1 Garfield 3, Nathan Hale 0 March 18 Games Issaquah 3, Eastside Catholic 2 Newport 4, Inglemoor 0 March 19 Games Ballard 1, Bishop Blanchet 1 Redmond 6, Monroe 0 Roosevelt 1, Kennedy Catholic 0 ISSAQUAH 3, EASTSIDE CATHOLIC 2 Eastside Catholic 2 0 - 2 Issaquah 12-3 First half goals: 1, Tory Stewart Steele (EC, unassisted), 11:00; 2, Zach Lawless (Iss, Michael Roberts assist), 15:00; 3, Spencer Spears (EC, unassisted), 37:00.

Second half goals: 4, Lawless (Iss, Akash Ramachandran assist), 42:00; 5, Lawless (Iss, Roberts assist), 61:00.

ISSAQUAH 3, AUBURN MOUNTAINVIEW 0 Auburn Mountainview 0 0 - 0 Issaquah 12-3 First half goal: 1, Michael Roberts (Iss, Nick Smith assist), 25:00.

Second half goals: 2, Smith (Iss, Roberts assist), 70:00; 3, Roberts (Iss, Alex Shane assist), 72:00.

Goalkeeper: Nathan King (Iss).

ISSAQUAH 7, CHIEF SEALTH 0 Chief Sealth 0 0 - 0 Issaquah 34-7 First half goals: 1, Nick Smith (Iss, Akash Ramachandran assist), 22:00; 2, Alex Shane (Iss, Alec Smith assist), 37:00; 3, Shane (Iss, unassisted), 40:00.

Second half goals: 4, Drew Tacher (Iss, unassisted), 51:00; 5, Shane (Iss, Michael Roberts, Tacher assists), 53:00; 6, Cooper Fry (Iss, Roberts assist), 65:00; 7, Shane (Iss, James Garcia assist), 73:00.

Goalkeepers: Issaquah, David Degginger, Evan King.

3A/2A KingCo Conference March 15 Games Bellevue 2, Skyline 2 Redmond 3, Liberty 2 March 16 Game Eastlake 4, Mount Si 1 Redmond 4, Juanita 0 Sammamish 1, Bothell 1 March 18 Games Mercer Island 2, Liberty 2 Mount Si 1, Bellevue 0 Sammamish 3, Lake Washington 0 LIBERTY 2, MERCER ISLAND 2 Liberty 02-2 Mercer Island 0 2 - 2 Second half goals: 1, Alex Velasquez (Lib, unassisted), 60:00; 2, Matthew McNamara (MI, Spencer Ward assist), 64:00; 3, Riley Mackey (Lib, Blake Kessler assist), 73:00; 4, Peter Clark (MI, Josh Lee assist), 80:00.

REDMOND 3, LIBERTY 2 Redmond 2 1 - 3 Liberty 2 0 - 2 First half goals: 1, Bryan Forbes (Red, Justin James assist); 2, Liberty, own goal; 3, Jack Smith (Red, Derek Horner assist), 18:00; 4, Oliver Janders (Lib, Mitchell Ronk assist), 39:00. Second half goal: 5, Forbes (Red, Horner assist), 47:00.

Goalkeepers: Nate Mak (L), Cody Munsell (Red).

Prep softball 4A KingCo Conference March 14 Games Juanita 13, Bothell 0 Redmond 11, Eastside Catholic 0 March 15 Game Woodinville 10, Monroe 0 March 16 Games Juanita 10, Eastlake 0 Redmond 18, Kentridge 8

Adult sports

SPORTS CALENDAR

Issaquah Alps Trail Club

March 25, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 3-5 miles, 500- to 800-foot elevation gain. Call 206-322-0990 ... March 26, 9 a.m., 8 miles, 2,000-foot elevation gain. Call 206-545-2829.

Cascade Bicycle Club March 24, 6:45 p.m., Eastside Tour, 20-30 miles from Sammamish Valley Cycle in Redmond. Call 394-1347.

Rowing Sammamish Rowing Association holds introductory courses in rowing for ages 13 and up. Register at www.sammamishrowing.org.

Youth sports/activities Fencing The Washington Fencing Academy offers fencing lessons for youth, beginning and intermediate groups at Clark and Issaquah Valley elementary schools. New sessions start in April. Call 837-3300.

Soccer Issaquah Parks and Recreation is registering players for its spring soccer program, for children kindergarten through the fifth grade. Register online at www.issaquahparks.net. Call 837-3346.

Volleyball Sammamish YMCA offers volleyball program for girls 15-17 from 3:30-5 p.m. every Thursday. Call 391-4840.

Sports sampler Issaquah Parks offers sports sampler program for ages 3-5 in soccer and basketball. Classes start March 28. Call 837-3300.

Pee wee sports Issaquah Parks offers pee wee soccer and T-ball for ages 4-5. Program starts March 23. Call 837-3300.

Karate Issaquah Parks offers karate classes taught by the Washington Shotokan Association for beginners and continued levels, ages 6-11, at the Community Center. Next session begins April 28. Call 837-3300.

Swimming Issaquah Parks has started registration for spring swimming lessons.

Register at www.issaquahparks.net.

Special programs Issaquah Parks provides bowling for people with special needs, ages 13Bellevue 4, Newport 0 March 18 Games Juanita 13, Inglemoor 0 Redmond 17, Lake Washington 2 March 19 Game Kentlake 6, Bothell 1 3A/2A KingCo Conference March 14 Game Juanita 13, Bothell 0 March 16 Games Juanita 10, Eastlake 0 Bellevue 4, Newport 0 March 18 Games Juanita 13, Inglemoor 0 Redmond 17, Lake Washington 2 Enumclaw 8, Sammamish 3

Prep boys track & field Nonleague March 17 Meet SKYLINE JAMBOREE Teams: Skyline, Bellevue Christian, Seattle Prep, Redmond.

Individual results 100 meters: 1, Andrew Matthews (Sky) 11.0; 2,

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Wednesdays at the Adventure Bowl in Snoqualmie. Transportation is provided at the Community Center. Call 8373346.

High school sports Baseball March 24, 3:45 p.m., Eastlake at Issaquah, 6 p.m., Skyline at Redmond (Hartman Park); March 25, 4 p.m., Kentlake at Liberty; March 26, 11 a.m., Issaquah at Sedro-Woolley, 1 p.m., Liberty at Eastside Catholic, 2:30 p.m., O’Dea at Skyline; March 28, 4 p.m., Skyline at Eastlake; March 30, 3:45 p.m., Newport at Skyline, Redmond at Issaquah.

Boys soccer March 24, 7:30 p.m., Woodinville at Issaquah, Skyline at Newport; March 25, 7:30 p.m., Bellevue at Liberty; March 26, 7:30 p.m., Skyline at Issaquah; March 29, 7:30 p.m., Issaquah at Inglemoor, Sammamish at Liberty, Skyline at Garfield (Memorial Stadium).

Girls tennis March 24, 3:45 p.m., Eastlake at Issaquah (Tibbetts Park), Liberty at Juanita, Newport at Skyline; March 29, 3:45 p.m., Newport at Issaquah (Tibbetts Park).

Track & field March 24, 4 p.m., Issaquah at Garfield, Woodinville at Skyline, Liberty at Lake Washington; March 26, 9 a.m., Liberty Invitational, Issaquah at KentMeridian Invitational; March 31, 4 p.m., Issaquah at Roosevelt, Ballard at Liberty, Skyline at Newport.

Softball March 24, 4:30 p.m., Liberty at Mercer Island (South Mercer Playfields); March 28, 4:30 p.m. Bellevue at Liberty; March 29, 4:30 p.m., Liberty at Juanita.

Boys lacrosse March 24, 7:30 p.m., Liberty at Redmond; March 25, 8 p.m., OES vs Issaquah (Mercer Island); March 26, 4 pm., Centennial, Ore., vs. Issaquah (Mercer Island), 7 p.m., South Kitsap at Liberty, 8 p.m., Sunset, Ore., vs. Skyline (Islander MS); March 29, 8 p.m., Overlake at Issaquah, Lynnwood at Skyline; March 30, 8 p.m., Mount Si at Liberty.

Girls lacrosse March 23, 7:30 p.m., Issaquah at Snohomish (Glacier Peak HS).

Parker Mayes (SP) 11.30; 3, Blake Young (Sky) 11.40; 4, Charles Polemane (Sky) 11.60; 5, Christian John (Sky) 11.70. 200: 1, Jonah Graff (BC) 23.40; 2, Brett Frank-Looney (SP) 23.90; 3, Young (Sky) 24.30; 4, Andrew Millett (Sky) 24.70; 5, Joel Dooley (Sky) 24.80.

400: 1, Matthews (Sky) 49.80; 2, Kasen Williams (Sky) 51.70; 3, Millett (Sky) 55.50; 4, Andrew Mess (BC) 56.90; 5, Michael Gilroy (Red) 57.80. 1,600: 1, Kyle Branch (Sky) 4:35.40; 2, Miles Hille (Red) 4:36.10; 3, Keenan Piper (SP) 4:37.60; 4, Keegan Symmes (Sky) 4:38.30; 5, Jonathan Stevens (Red) 4:39.30. 110 hurdles: 1, Michael Antosz (BC) 16.70; 2, Max Bubar (SP) 17.00; 3, Sean Pang (Red) 17.90; 4, Riley Herrera (Sky) 18.30; 5, Alex Anderson (Red) 18.50. 4x100 relay: 1, Seattle Prep 44.50. 4x200 relay: 1, Redmond 1:58.80. 4x400 relay: 1, Redmond (Gilroy, Hille, Curly Rusch, Cotter Doyle) 3;43.3. 4x800 relay: 1, Skyline 9:02.00.

Shot put: 1, Jake Monroe (Sky) 42-1; 2, Scott Miller (BC) 38-7; 3, Gill Biesold-McGee (SP) 38-5; 4, Dylan Morgan (Sky) 33-11; 5, Tim Landowski (Red) 33-5.

Discus: 1, Bryan Lee (Sky) 104-8; 2, Landowski (Red) 97-2; 3, Morgan (Sky) 93-5; 4, Garrett Corlis (Sky) 931; 5, Eric Thies (Sky) 91-0. Javelin: 1, Bubar (SP) 1416; 2, Corlis (Sky) 140-10; 3, Peter Ralston (BC) 122-6; 4, John Miller (BC) 120-2; 5, Graff (BC) 115-5. High jump: 1, Williams (Sky) 6-9; 2, Jordan Coutts (Sky) 510; 3, J. Miller (BC) 5-8; 4, Graff (BC) 5-8; 5, Max Dunn (Red) 5-2. Long jump: 1, Paul Dewater (Red) 165-5.75; 2, Glenn Anderson (Red) 15-9.25; 3, Shabbit Hathihad (Red) 15-4; 4, J.D. Pittenger (Red) 15-0; 5, Defeng Dengiho (Red) 14-11.5.

March 19 Meet SEATTLE ACADEMY RELAYS At West Seattle H.S. Team scores: 1, Kent-Meridian 327; 2, Gig Harbor 304; 3, Issaquah 236; 4, Auburn Riverside 222; 5, Mariner 218.5; 6, Olympia 215.5; 7 (tie), Foster 96, Redmond 96; 9, Bishop Blanchet 72; 10, Seattle Academy 38.97; 11 (tie), Chief Sealth 24, University Prep 24; 13, Bear Creek 18; 14, Seattle Lutheran 15; 15, Northwest 4.

Individual results Pole vault: 1, Jason Hollaway (Iss) 13-0; 2, Alex Lehmann (UP) 11-6; 3, Malcom Manson (Mariner) 9-6;

4, Lucas Trautman (SA) 9-0; 5, Andrew Larsen (Iss) 8-6.

100: 1 (tie), David Jones (KM) 11.01, Devonte Green (Foster) 11.01; 3, Keivare Russell (Mariner) 11.15; 6, Kyle Farmer (Iss) 11.62; 9, Jorrell Dorsey (Iss) 11.70.

1,600: 1, Nate Brennard (Oly) 4:33.70; 2, Dylan Brown (AR) 4:38.13; 3, Jeff Miles (AR) 4:38.94; 5, Turner Wiley (Iss) 4:41.66; 9, Patrick Violette (Iss) 5:02.32.

Mile: 3, Sean Migotsky (Iss) 4:50.06; 9, Tom Howe (Iss) 5:09.44. 110 hurdles: 1, Abu Kamara (KM) 15.23; 2, Tuifua Tausinga (Foster) 16.39; 3, Manson (Mariner) 16.46; 8, Dave Nam (Iss) 19.91; 9, Joey Domek (Iss) 20.01. 3K Steeplechase: 1, Keefe Hanson (AR) 9:56.22. 4x100 relay: 1, Kent-Meridian (Jones, Brandon Harris, Kamara, Derrick Daigre) 43.30; 4, Issaquah A (Allen Su, Farmer, Dorsey, Connor Pearl) 45.60; 12, Issaquah B (David Park, Bob Varney, Joshua Park, Cory Nevin) 48.99. 4x200 relay: 1, Kent-Meridian (Jones, Harris, Kamara, Daigre) 1:31.57; 6, Issaquah A (Pearl, Nevin, Nam, Blake Wedekind) 1:38.94; 8, Issaquah B (J. Park, Varney, Domek, D. Park) 1:42.80. 4x400 relay: 1, Olympia (Brennard, Austin Ritz, Tyler Spu, Drew Shanafelt) 3:33.54; 3, Issaquah A (Farmer, Isaac Robinson, Su, Dorsey) 3:40.31; 7, Issaquah B (Nam, Connor Alfheim, Pearl, Connor Higgins) 3:53.11.

Distance medley relay: 1, Gig Harbor 10:47.48; 8, Issaquah (Robinson, Alfheim, Higgins, Aidan Heninger) 11:51.58.

Shot put: 1, Tyler Ambrose (GH) 44-9.50; 2, Jonathan Kroon (Blanchet) 43-8.5; 3, Devante Meullian (Chief Sealth) 43-1; 10, Mike Baba (Iss) 39-1; 20, Jonathan Martyn (Iss) 36-0.25; 27, Zach Garner (Iss) 33-0.25; 28, Jonathan Norris (Iss) 32-8.75; 39, Patrick Meagher (Iss) 29-4. Discus: 1, Samuel Helker (GH) 119-1; 2, Martyn (Iss) 102-11; 3, Boogie Hahashi (KM) 102-4; 20, Garner (Iss) 83-3; 25, Meagher (Iss) 74-7; 28, Norris (Iss) 70-3. Long jump: 1, Justin Browne (GH) 21-7; 2, Harris (GH) 20-11; 3, Dorsey (Iss) 19-5; 4, Alex Rylander (Iss) 19-3; 5, Farmer (Iss) 19-0; 7, Su (Iss) 18-11; 16, Trevor Dolan (Iss) 17-1.50. Triple jump: 1, Browne (GH) 44-10; 2, Harris (GH) 43-5.50; 3, Connor Bjorn tad (AR) 37-6; 8, Pearl (Iss) 35-7.50.

Javelin: 1, Baba (Iss) 166-1; 2 (tie), Joel Anthony (Oly) 142-1, Nick Laketa (GH) 142-1; 15, Andy Meigs (Iss) 105-3; 16, Garner (Iss) 102-2; 23, Norris (Iss) 84-2.

Prep girls track & field Nonleague March 17 Meet SKYLINE JAMBOREE Teams: Skyline, Bellevue Christian, Seattle Prep, Redmond.

Individual results 100 meters: 1, Meredith Lampe (BC) 13.20; 2, Aleeya Neal (Sky) 13.30; 3, Erin Howard (SP) 13.40; 4, Sussanah Reischling (SP) 13.60; 5, Abbie Litka (Sky) 13.80. 200: 1, Michelle Bretl (Sky) 27.00; 2, Maria Volodkevich (Sky) 28.50; 3, Dorie Dalzell (Sky) 28.60, Alexis Daugherty (Sky) 28.60; Sarah Schwaegler (SP) 28.60. 400: 1, Bretl (Sky) 1:01.00; 2, Mandy Rusch (Red) 1:02.30; 3, Monica Lopez (Red) 1:10.60; 4, Ashley Martinez (Red) 1:11.60; 5, Hailey Theeuwen (Sky) 1:15.00. 1,600: 1, Jordan Branch (Sky) 5:31.70; 2, Lila Rice (Red) 5:37.30; 3, Jory Bosserman (SP) 5:39.40; 4, Kathryn Steele (Sky) 5:42.30; 5, Allie Nichols (Red) 5:43.80. 100 hurdles: 1, Mackenzie Altig (BC) 16.20; 2, Bridget Ralston (BC) 17.50; 3, Alison Hix (Red) 17.70; 4, Annika Hayman (Red) 18.10; 5, Ashley Martinez (Red) 18.70; 6, Ashley Richardson (Sky) 21.10. 4x100 relay: 1, Seattle Prep (Kate Adler, Nina Anderson, Kate Hisken, Carolyn Hogan) 51.80. 4x200 relay: 1, Seattle Prep (Anderson, Adler, Schwaegler, Hogan) 1:50.40. 4x800 relay: 1, Skyline 1:11.03.08.

Shot put: 1, Logan Dougherty (Red) 28-7.25; 2, Jasmyne Keiming (Red) 25-6; 3, Julia Nguyen (SP) 240, Jessie Fawcett (SP) 24-0; 5, Suzy French (Red) 2210.50; 6, Kara Alden (Sky) 22-8. Discus: 1, Haley Ziegler (Sky) 82-0; 2, Elena Frerker (Sky) 76-7; 3, Alden (Sky) 69-0; 4, Fawcett (SP) 65-7; 5, Kelly Garrett (Sky) 65-5. Javelin: 1, Ziegler (Sky) 109-10; 2, Frerker (Sky) 95-0; 3, Paige Berdan (BC) 94-3; 4, Dougherty (Red) 79-7; 5, Kelly Hartford (BC) 59-4. High jump: 1, Katie Lord (Red) 5-2; 2, Joy Zhang (Red) 4-10; 3, Lindsay Coutts (Sky) 4-8; 4, Richardson (Sky) 4-6; 5, Keiko Montenegro (Red) 4-6. Long jump: 1, Altig (BC) 1410.5; 2, Hix (Red) 14-1.5; 3, Neal (Sky) 14-0.5; 4, Madison Burnett (SP) 13-0.5; 5, Adrienne Herkes (SP) 12-10.5.

March 19 Meet SEATTLE ACADEMY RELAYS At West Seattle H.S. Team scores: 1, Olympia 290; 2, Kent-Meridian 257.5; 3, Issaquah 233.5; 4, Gig Harbor 183; 5, Auburn-Riverside 166.5; 6, Redmond 158; 7, Seattle Academy 135; 8, Northwest 72; 9, Mariner 63; 10, Bush 46.5; 11, Bear Creek 39; 12 (tie), Chief Sealth 18, Bishop Blanchet 18; 14, Seattle Lutheran 9.

Individual results Pole vault: 1, Eva Perry (Iss) 11-0; 2 (tie), Amelia Meigs (Iss) 7-0, Maddie Mark (SA) 7-0; 4, Alan Saladin (SA) 6-6; 5 (tie), Emily Mark (SA) 6-0, Christine Hertogs (Iss) 6-0. 100: 1, Haley Jacobson (Iss) 12.32; 2, Brandi Williams (AR) 12.56; 3, Jenica Rogers (KM) 13.25; 9, A.J. Bowers (Iss) 14.04. 1,600: 1, Maddie Meyers (NW) 5:04.79; 2, Allie Nichols (Red) 5:38.23; 3, Sofia Kane (Oly) 5:42.08; 5, Rachel Osgood (Iss) 5:55.09. 100 hurdles: 1, Taylor Fettig (Oly) 16.67; 2, Rachel O’Neil (AR) 17.07; 3, Lauren Bruner (Iss) 17.09; 18, Ashley Young (Iss) 20.24; 21, Maddie Tasker (Iss) 21.60. Steeplechase: 1, Meyers (NW) 6:44.11. 4x100 relay: 1, Kent-Meridian (Karina Micks, Martesha Scott, Alizhae Hillsman, Rogers) 51.30; 4, Issaquah (Perry, Mack Wieburg, Bowers, Mckenna Hogan) 53.02. 4x200 relay: 1, Issaquah A (Kim Varney, Jacobson, Juliana da Cruz, Bowers) 1:48.82; 8, Issaquah B (Bruner, Hogan, Madison Callan, Perry) 1:57.56. 4x400 relay: 1, Issaquah (da Cruz, Callan, Jacobson, Varney) 4:14.62. Distance medley relay: 1, Gig Harbor 13:07.55; 6, Issaquah (Shelby Parthemer, Callan, Amanda Chalfant, Amanda Levenson) 14:58.32.

Shot put: 1, Jessica Kinssies (Red) 32-11.50; 2, Karen Bulger (Oly) 31-6.75; 3, Alexa DeYoung (GH) 316; 13, Katie Zhong (Iss) 26-7; 24, Jasmine Watters (Iss) 24-0.5; 30, Emilie James (Iss) 20-3.5; 31, Milena Go (Iss) 20-1. Discus: 1, Kat Damrong (Mariner) 95-3; 2, Hannah Fabert (GH) 93-2; 3, Bulger (Oly) 93-2; 19, Watters (Iss) 66-11; 22, Zhong (Iss) 61-4. High jump: 1, Maddie Magee (Bear Creek) 5-8; 2, Elise Wilcox (Bush) 5-3; 3, Joy Zhang (Red) 5-0; 13, Desiree Kang (Iss) 4-4. Long jump: 1, Williams (AR) 16-6.75; 2, Sazurice Williams (KM) 15-9; 3, Chloe Watson (KM) 153; 6, Hogan (Iss) 14-11; 15, Bruner (Iss) 13-1. Triple

jump: 1, Watson (KM) 33-1; 2, Elise Saxon (GH) 30-10; 3, Christina Calvin (Oly) 30-6.50. Javelin: 1, Bulger (Oly) 102-8; 2, Zhong (Iss) 92-3; 3, Taryn Jones (AR) 80-3; 11, James (Iss) 59-8; 12, Go (Iss) 58-1; 18, Watters (Iss) 52-9.

Prep girls tennis Nonleague March 17 Matches ISSAQUAH 7, LIBERTY 0 Singles: Dayna Bennett (I) d. Emmie Kellogg-Smith 6-4, 6-1; Alyssa Wilson (I) d. Kristy Braunston 6-1, 7-5; Kelsey Wilson (I) d. Jenny Adams 6-3, 6-4; Molly Shade (I) d. Michelle Gillespie 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: Sam Garrard-Sabrina Norton (I) d. Julie Do-Audry LaFraugh 6-0, 6-0; Selena Lustig-Amber Lee (I) d. Annie Trumbull-Stuti Sulgaonkar 6-0, 6-1; Sabrina Bennett-Jenny Thompson (I) d. Noelle RauschendorferTaylor Newbury 6-1, 6-0.

MERCER ISLAND 6, SKYLINE 1 Singles: Nora Tan (MI) d. Kirsten Park 6-2, 6-0; Karissa Walker (MI) d. Jinny Choi 6-2, 6-0; Carissa Ham (MI) d. Laura Parsons 6-1, 6-2; Kianna Bertonlino (Sky) d. Kajal Tiwany 7-6, 7-5.

Doubles: Kelly Crandell-Sophie Gage (MI) d. Alyson Opitz-Sonja Ye 6-1, 6-0; Erica Baska-Ashley Larson (MI) d. Kasumi Maeda-Jessia Jorneycake 6-1, 6-3; Caroline Dillon-Adele Parsons (MI) d. Suiyama GalgalilakarRachel Kim 6-3, 6-1.

Prep girls golf 4A KingCo Conference March 16 Matches SKYLINE 308, BOTHELL 312 At Wayne Golf Course, par 35 Medalists: Byra Vowels (Sky) 57, Sydney Howard (B) 57.

Prep boys lacrosse Washington Lacrosse Division 1 March 15 Game ISSAQUAH 19, MUKILTEO 1 Mukilteo 0 0 1 0 - 1 Issaquah 7 5 5 2 - 19 Issaquah statistics: Alex Ciszewski 1 groundball; Jake Fritz 4 goals, 3 assists, 3 groundballs; Zach Fritz 1 assist; Duncan Hamilton 1 goal, 2 groundballs; Michael Hatcher 1 assist, 1 groundball; Kole Lindor 8 groundballs, Kevin Powers 10 goals, 10 groundballs; Eric Rauch 1 groundball, Austin Richert 3 groundballs, Ashton Ritchie 4 goals, 1 assist; Matt Thomas 1 assist, 2 groundballs; Brady Hahn 1 save, O’Neil Hughes 2 saves.

March 16 Game MERCER ISLAND 13, EASTLAKE 1 Mercer Island 3 4 3 3 - 13 Eastlake 1000-1 Eastlake statistics: Michael Harper 1 goal, 3 groundballs; Brian Bickel 2 groundballs, Avery Harkins 1 groundball, 10 saves; Cooper Rosenthal 1 groundball, Nolan Smith 4 groundballs, Will Tseng 2 groundballs.

March 18 Games ISSAQUAH 17, LAKE WASHINGTON 3 Issaquah 6 5 3 3 - 17 Lake Washington 0 2 1 0 - 3 Issaquah statistics: Ben Director 3 goals, 1 assist, 2 groundballs; Jake Fritz 4 goals, 2 assists, 3 groundballs; Trace Eaton 1 groundball, Zach Fritz 2 goals, 1 groundball; Duncan Hamilton 3 goals, 4 groundballs; Michael Hatcher 1 goal, 5 assists, 1 groundball; Kole Lindor 11 groundballs, Aidan McDonald 2 groundballs, Kevin Powers 2 goals, 11 groundballs; Austin Richert 1 groundball, Ashton Ritchie 2 goals, 3 assists; Brady Hahn 2 saves, O’Neil Hughes 6 saves.

SKYLINE 16, NORTHSHORE 15 Skyline statistics: Phoenix Abernathy 1 assist, 1 groundball; Ryan Benz 4 goals, 4 groundballs; Alan DeWeirdt 3 goals, 3 groundballs; Andrew Hankey 2 goals, 2 groundballs; Ryan McMackin 1 goal, 1 groundball; Jack Pruitt 3 goals, 5 assists, 8 groundballs; Max Saffle 3 goals, 3 groundballs; Cory Larson 4 saves.

BELLEVUE 11, EASTLAKE 3 Bellevue 5 2 2 2 - 11 Eastlake 0 0 0 3 - 3 Eastlake statistics: Brian Bickel 2 groundballs, Al Charat 1 groundball, Tanner Clinch 1 goal, 2 groundballs; Josiah Fonte 1 goal, 1 groundball; Tyler Gillies 6 groundballs, Avery Harkins 1 groundball, 11 saves; Michael Harper 3 groundballs, Brian Quick 1 assist, 5 groundballs; Cooper Rosenthal 1 goal, 5 groundballs; Nolan Smith 3 groundballs, Joe Talbot 3 groundballs, Will Tseng 1 groundball.

Division II March 18 Game GIG HARBOR 6, LIBERTY 4 Liberty statistics: Alex Batali 4 groundballs, Roland Deex 1 groundball, 9 saves; Sam Dodt 2 assists, 11 groundballs; Aaron Fleis 2 groundballs, Forrest Hurley 2 groundballs, Wyatt Johnson 6 groundballs, Colin Larson 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 groundballs; Anthony Mantz 4 groundballs, Dalton O’Brien 2 goals, 1 assist; Collin Ross 1 goal, 6 groundballs.

Prep girls lacrosse Washington League Division 1 March 14 Game LAKE SAMMAMISH 20, ISSAQUAH 16 Lake Sammamish 11 9 - 20 Issaquah 7 9 - 16 Lake Sammamish statistics: Zoe Escarda 3 goals, 2 assists, 2 groundballs; Kate Wagner 3 goals, 5 groundballs; Maggie Lehr 3 goals, Arleigh Hitchcock 3 goals, Grace Hamilton 10 saves, Katelyn Chirichigno 1 goal, 1 groundball; Gretchen Kayser 1 goal, 1 groundball; Olivia Krueger 1 groundball, Claire Monsaas 2 goals, 4 groundballs; Ali Savage 1 goal, 3 groundballs; Emily Sokol 1 groundball, Sarah Wyrich 1 goal.

Issaquah statistics: Lexi Boyer 1 groundball, Miranda Hansen 1 goal, 2 groundballs; Brittany Hogan 3 goals, 2 assists, 1 groundball; Ellen Kay 1 groundball, Jacqueline Marber 1 goal, 1 groundball; Emily Mincin 1 goal, 2 groundballs; Haley Mincin 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 groundballs; Katie Mincin 6 goals, 1 assist; Robin Ringman 1 goal, Sophie Schiefelbein 1 goal, 3 assists, 3 groundballs; Laura Voss 11 saves.

March 18 Game LAKESIDE 18, ISSAQUAH 8 Issaquah statistics: Lexi Boyer 1 groundball, Kelly Christianson 1 groundball, Brittany Hogan 2 goals, 3 groundballs; Shelby Marber 1 groundball, Lael McDonald 2 groundballs, Kim Meacham 1 groundball, Emily Mincin 1 groundball, 1 assist; Haley Mincin 3 goals, 1 assist; Katie Mincin 1 goal, 1 assist; Sophie Schiefelbein 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 groundballs; Laura Voss 12 saves.

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By Hannah Grandine

The Hot List

A week without...

My attempt at a week without my cell phone

By Katie Sutherland

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Movie: ‘Sucker Punch’

Described as “‘Alice in Wonderland’ with machine guns” by director Zack Snyder, “Sucker Punch” takes the audience into the dream world in the mind of Babydoll, a young girl trapped in a mental institution who has a lobotomy planned in five days.

With the help of other girls in the institution, she embarks on a fantastical journey fighting a plethora of magical creatures in order to stay alive and escape her fate.

It’s a known fact that many Americans — especially high school students — are too “plugged in” to technology.

So in honor of March’s National Day of Unplugging, I was asked by my editor to spend an entire week without using my phone.

Unplugging myself was much easier said than done.

After trying and failing several times, I realized that a week without a cell phone is virtually impossible. As hard as I tried, I often found myself sending a text message or making a call.

Nevertheless, the National Day of Unplugging wasn’t a complete failure for me.

While I still carried my cell phone with me every day, I only texted or called when absolutely necessary. I set an actual alarm clock for the first time in years instead of using the one on my phone.

These changes, however, weren’t the difficult ones.

Spending a week without having Angry Birds, Facebook, Cliff’s Notes, Words With Friends and all my other favorite apps in the palm of my hand was practically torture. By the end of the week, though, it had become easier to live without my smart phone glued to my hand.

Even though I technically cheated, I still learned my lesson — it’s nice not to be constantly distracted by technology. In the end, that’s what the National Day of Unplugging is about.

My week without TV

By Kim Bussing Ok, I’ll admit it: I’m addicted to TV. After Advanced Placement classes, class council and extracurricular activities, I look forward to coming home to a half-hour of “How I Met Your Mother” or a weekly episode of “Glee.”

Needless to say, seven days without my favorite shows wasn’t something I was looking forward to. Still, I went

Album: ‘Endgame’

By Rise Against ✔

The punk rock band’s latest album, its sixth, follows the pattern of dealing with current events and politics, and this time tackles the controversy surrounding issues like Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The album features singles like “Help is on the Way” and “Architects.”

Con social media Today, everyone seems to be plugged in, either via their phone, computer or other various applications.

The Internet allows us to connect with people across the world, when we are unable to physically meet or simply chat with

By Iman Baghai one another. We have seen relationships, clubs and organizations develop; they meet, they interact and make deals strictly online, without ever meeting in person.

While this can be beneficial, we are forgetting one thing: We are losing the essential element of face-to-face communication that has dominated society for hundreds of years.

Who is your pick for the big dance?

Issaquah High School “A basketball team I've heard of ... Maybe UConn?”

— Faith Fowler, senior

Book: ‘Wither’

By Lauren DeStefano A dystopian novel set in a society where a failed effort to create a perfect race left the human lifespan at less than 25 years, “Wither” follows the story of Rhine Ellery, a young girl who is kidnapped and forced into a polygamous marriage where she is constantly searching for escape.

“Wither” is the first novel from DeStefano.

into the week curious to see exactly how it would play out.

For the first few days, I had enough homework that I didn’t really notice the lack of TV — I went home, slaved over essays and fell asleep.

At the beginning, I had expected to get my homework done early in the evening, since there was no buffer between school and school assignments or to at least relax with a book.

Unfortunately, trying to relax with a book after spending an entire day pouring over books didn’t help me unwind as much as some quality time with “The Office.”

Since I felt that I had so much more free time without TV, I actually ended spending more time on the Internet or reading. Throughout the week I started going to bed later to make up for the lost hours.

Call it withdrawal, but I wound up more stressed out.

By the weekend, I was really regretting not being able to crash in front of the TV. If there was anything I learned from this TV-free week, it’s that we are hooked to our electronic media. But maybe, with technology becoming such a vital part of our society, it isn’t necessarily such a bad thing.

My week in silence

By Veronica Austin I started on Tuesday, March 1, because there wasn’t a new “Glee” that week that I would miss when I had to swear off music. I had little faith in my ability to forgo a new episode and thought it would be wise to take advantage of the programming break.

However, truth be told, it did not matter that much. I skipped “Glee,” watching something less musical in its place, only to be bombarded by tunes as soon as the commercials came on.

Commer-

“I don't have a bracket, but I think I'd pick Ohio State or Notre Dame.”

— Julia Loop, senior

Eastside Catholic High School Kansas — Michael Abraham, sophomore

Physically seeing and interacting with people seems to be a thing of the past.

Many people know Jill, the cyber girl, better than their next door neighbor. People go into chat rooms to discuss books rather than establish an actual book club. Is this not taking away from our cherished social skills of interacting? I’m sure everyone will agree that coming together as a group to interact and enjoy each other’s company is far more enjoyable than everyone chatting over Skype.

Can virtual communication supplant physical interaction? Relationships are becoming more virtual and when two individuals eventually meet, things don’t usually work out due to a failure to fulfill a false vision of who the other person is.

What has our society come to? Are we so lackadaisical

Liberty High School

“Kansas is my top pick, because I think it's gonna be an upset.”

— Scott Turner, senior

“I think Yukon is going to win, because they play well consistently.”

— Chase Puglisi, sophomore

Skyline High School “Kansas State, all the way.”

— Joey Nakao, freshman

“My No. 1 pick is Duke.”

— Nick Kono, freshman

Duke — Zina Kurian, junior

STAFF EDITOR Tiffany Xu Skyline senior

A failed attempt to disconnect

By Olivia Spokoiny Just minutes after I had boldly declared I would be spending seven days partaking in an Internet fast, I immediately regretted my decision.

The worst part was not being able to look things up.

That meant I had to actually use my textbooks when I did my homework. That meant I had to actually write my assignments down, rather than looking at them later on the website.

That also meant that I had to rely on friends to print out online worksheets for me and bring them to me. The problem is that I don’t have nearly as much trust for people as I do the Internet. I have more faith in Wikipedia than I do in a friend to do a simple favor for me.

I started finding exceptions to the “week without Internet,” and felt that they were reasonably justified by my academic obligations. However, one thing led to another, the temptations became unbearable, and I was back on Facebook by day four. As I scrolled down the endless abyss that we call a newsfeed, I had an epiphany.

I am a lot more clever over the Internet, and I am a lot better at communicating when I am hidden behind my computer screen. I think only my Facebook friends think I’m funny.

It is a strange phenomenon, that we feel the need to document our lives and to have access to everyone else’s at our fingertips. As a generation, we are obsessed with keeping ourselves busy. Without this “information superhighway,” we are deprived of news, gossip and instant answers.

Social media: Man’s enemy or journalism’s best friend

T EEN TALK

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S CHOOL FEATURES

cials, I realized at that moment, contain music. Lots of it.

This was going to be harder than I had anticipated.

Even in deliberately avoiding music — leaving my iPod in my room, muting the radio in my car, ignoring YouTube videos posted on Facebook — I still could not ignore music altogether.

Music is universal, cultural and an integral part of our lives. Try as I might to steer clear of it, I only became more aware of the presence of music around me.

If I were to fully, completely and absolutely commit to ridding myself of music, I would have to avoid TV, stores and other public places, and even the occasional class in school. In essence, I would have to be a recluse in order to fully escape.

But music is more than just social media or the latest trend. Music has been around almost as long as mankind, and with or without technology, will continue to exist as long as we do, providing a connection from culture to culture and person to person.

WRITERS Ehrik Aldana, Skyline senior Olivia Spokoiny, Skyline junior Alex Tucker, Issaquah senior Rachel Osgood, Issaquah junior Kim Bussing, Issaquah junior

Iman Baghai, Issaquah sophomore Daniel Pickering, Liberty senior Hannah Grandine, Liberty junior Veronica Austin, Liberty sophomore Katie Sutherland, Eastside Catholic junior

PHOTOGRAPHERS Shreya Tewari, Eastside Catholic sophomore Stephanie Yi, Skyline junior Nathan Wilhelm, Liberty senior PAGE DESIGN David Hayes

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LEARN MORE Read Ehrik Aldana’s piece about how to disconnect on The Beat’s page at www.issaquahpress.com.

that we can no longer venture out and meet new people, but rather stay confined to the Internet?

Pro social media While social media may indeed be raining doom and destruction upon our collective psyche, it is nevertheless doing wonders for the field of journalism, opening windows to new opportunities.

The key components of this shift are ease of access to and for the audience — namely, getting the latest news onto the social media heavy-hitters like Twitter and

By Daniel Facebook. That is almost a cliché in the Pickering field of journalism right now. However, there are so many more ways that social media can and are being utilized.

For instance, social media itself can be the story. During the World Cup in South Africa last year, CNN published (though “posted” would be the more Internet-savvy term) a visualization showing how frequently a team, player or topic was being tweeted on Twitter, and even how often a particular nation was tweeting.

Blogging as a whole, however, is starting to become a reliable source in its own right. This is because blogs spread the news fastest; before a reporter can get to an event and broadcast or publish a story about it, somebody there has likely already tweeted it, and we’ve learned to take that at face value.

Twitter feeds are also being used to great effect coordinating relief efforts during natural disasters. Though Japan’s earthquake-tsunami-meltdown triple whammy is a good example, the best usage of social media in recent times occurred following the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia.

An announcement regarding the arrival and location of relief supplies to those affected by the eruption was tweeted, and the supplies were soon retrieved and distributed with a greater efficiency than sending an SMS (text) to each mobile phone would.

It is inevitable that each new leap in technology will result in a moral panic like the last, but it makes no sense to deny social media’s efficacy and importance, especially to journalism.

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FRIENDS OF THE Issaquah Salmon Hatchery (FISH) seeks an Executive Director.

This year-round, part-time position’s duties include bookkeeping, fundraising, membership activities, Board of Director administration, public relations, supervising existing educational programs and staff, and inter-agency communications. Send applications to gestin@issaquahfish.org and see issaquahfish.org for more info.

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KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM Preston, WA: Library Shipping Pages – Pool, up to PT 15hrs.

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REQ: Some knowledge of computer functions, some work exp in high-volume production environment such as warehousing, shipping/receiving. Send completed KCLS application and supplemental (attached to the job posting, Job # 2011-038) to KCLS Shipping & Receiving PO Box # 398, 8114 - 304th Ave SE, Preston, WA 98050. 425-2226757, Fax 425-222-6764. Applicant Pool will close April 14, 2011. To be considered for the Pool you must fill out an Application & Supplemental.

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P/T RSO: THE Issaquah Sportsmen's Club is seeking a P/T Range Safety Officer to oversee daily operations. Position ideal for retired individuals, military and law enforcement. Must be knowledgeable about firearms. Background check and drug test required.

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210-Public Notices Any persons desiring to present their views to the Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in the Department’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing within 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice.

Comments may be submitted to: Department of Ecology Water Quality Program P.O. Box 47696 Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in The Issaquah Press on 3/16/11 & 3/23/11

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NOTICES 210-Public Notices 02-2119 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ISSAQUAH NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Urban Village Development Commission The Urban Village Development Commission will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, April 5th at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 135 E Sunset Way. At this meeting the Commission will discuss traffic, streets and parking as it relates to the proposed Rowley Development Agreement.

Information regarding this meeting may be obtained by contacting Gaila Gutierrez, Major Development Review Team (MDRT) at 1775 12th Ave NW, Issaquah; 425-8373414 or gailag@ci.issaquah.wa.us Published in The Issaquah Pres on 3/23/11

02-2118 LEGAL NOTICE JP MORGAN CHASE BANK PUBLIC NOTICE Application to Establish a Domestic Branch Issaquah, WA Notification is given that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43271 has filed an application with the Comptroller of the Currency on or about 3/23/2011, as specified in 12 CFR 5 for permission to establish a domestic branch at 4570 Klahanie Dr SE, King County, Issaquah, WA, 98029. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file comments in writing with the Licensing Manager, Large Banks Licensing Operations, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW, Mail Stop 7-13, Washington, D.C. 20219 within 30 days of the date of this publication.

02-2109 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. Loan No: 4001251935 APN: 098420-0580-04 TS No: 10-07642-6 [. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 1, 2011,10:00 AM, at the 4th Ave. entrance to the King County Administration Building, 500 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, the undersigned Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashiers' check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Washington, towit LOT 58 OF BOULEVARD LANE DIV. 3, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 84 OF PLATS ON PAGES 31 THROUGH 33, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY; SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated April 17,2006, recorded on April 21,2006, as Instrument No.20060421002707 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of King County, WA from BRYAN K WOOD, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE ESTATE as Grantor(s) ,to THE TALON GROUP, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC , as Beneficiary . More commonly known as 12917 SE 186TH PL, RENTON, WA II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers' or Grantor's default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: PAYMENT INFORMATION From 07/01/2009 To 04/01/2011 Number of Payments 22 Monthly payment $1,856.51 Total $40,843.22 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION From 07/01/2009 To 04/01/2011 Number of Payments 22 Monthly payment $88.13 Total $1,938.86 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: April 17, 2006 Note Amount: $246,750.00 Interest Paid To: June 1, 2009 Next Due Date: July 1, 2009 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $260,495.93, together with interest as provided in the Note from the June 1, 2009, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regard-

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The mission of the YD is to develop and nurture the Christian faith, values and spirituality of students in the church and community. Location: Issaquah-Fall City Rd., Issaquah WA 98029. Contact: Pastor Drahus Oslik. Phone: 425391-8431.

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02-2116 LEGAL NOTICE PULTEGROUP Seeking Coverage under Washington State Dept. of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater General Permit PulteGroup at 11241 Slater Avenue NE, Suite 100, Kirkland, WA 98033 is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater General Permit.

The proposed project, Sunset Walk at Issaquah Highlands, is located along NE Park Drive at 13th Ave NE in Issaquah, Washington, King County.

This project involves 5.86 acres of soil disturbance for lot grading, utility, and house construction activities.

Stormwater will be discharged to the existing storm system, eventually releasing to Lake Sammamish.

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ing title, possession or encumbrances on April 1 ,2011. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by March 21 ,2011,(11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale.

The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before March 21 ,2011 {11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee's fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashier's or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the March 21,2011 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS 12917 SE186TH PL RENTON, WA 98058 12917 SOUTHEAST 186TH PLACE RENTON, WA 98058 by both first class and certified mail on February 4, 2010, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place

on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee's sale. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee's Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW.For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accord-

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Base bids, Part One Form of Bid, will be received at Issaquah School District Administration Center, 565 Holly Street, Issaquah, WA 98027,

no later than 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, time stamped and held unopened.

Alternate bids, unit prices and subcontractor lists will be received on Part Two Form of Bid no later than 3:00 PM, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, time stamped and held unopened. Bids will be opened and read aloud following the 3:00 PM deadline.

Each bid and enclosures shall be submitted in an opaque, sealed envelope, bearing the name and address of the Bidder and addressed to the

Owner, Issaquah School District. Label the lower left corner of the envelope “Maywood Middle School” and identify either Part One or Part Two. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the project site, Maywood Middle School, 14490 168th Ave SE, Renton, Washington on Thursday March 24, 2011 at 3:00 PM to answer questions and review the scope of work, review the documents and afterward to tour the site. All general contractors submitting a bid are

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Tom Mullins, Construction Coordinator, may be reached at (425) 837-7040.

Contractors may obtain copies of the contract documents from United Reprographics, 1750 4th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134, (206) 382-1177 in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders, upon paying the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per set. Each Contractor is responsible for postage and/or delivery charges. Make checks payable to Issaquah School District.

This fee is refundable upon return of unmarked, reusable documents.

Copies of Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: GIssaquah School District, 565 NW Holly Street, Issaquah, WA 98027 G Cornerstone Architectural Group, Kenmore, WA G AGC Plan Center, Spokane, WA G Associated Subcontractors Plan Center, Fircrest, WA GBuilders Exchange Cooperative, Everett, WA GContractor Resource Center, Seattle, WA G DJC Plan Center, Portland, OR & Seattle, WA GDodge Scan, Seattle, WA GFactory Small Business Incubator, Tacoma, WA GImpact Business Consultants, Seattle, WA G Inland NW AGC, Spokane, WA GLower Columbia Contractors, Longview, WA G McGraw Hill Plan Center, Portland, OR GMcGraw Hill Plan Center, Seattle, WA G Minority Contractors, Tacoma, WA G Olympia Plan Center, Olympia, WA GOlympic Peninsula Plan Center, Bremerton, WA GOregon Contractor Plan Center, Clackamas, OR GPlans Room, Bellevue, WA GSpokane Regional Plan Center, Spokane, WA GSnohomish County Plan Center, Everett, WA G SW Washington Contractors Association, Vancouver, WA GTri City Construction Council, Kennewick, WA G Valley Plan Center, Seattle, WA G Walla Walla Plan Center, Walla Walla, WA GWeekly Construction Reporter, Bellingham, WA G Wenatchee Construction Council, Wenatchee, WA GYakima Plan Center, Yakima, WA

Individual documents and full sets may be purchased by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers from printer.

Contractor must comply with the subcontractor listing requirements specified Section 00200 of the Form of Bid and Instructions to Bidders. A Bid Deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the base bid is required and must be either, a surety bond, postal money order, cashier’s check, or certified check. Bid Deposit of unsuccessful bidders will be returned; however, the three lowest will be held until after award of Contract. Bid Deposit of successful bidder will be returned upon receipt and acceptance of completed Performance and Payment Bond, Certificate of Insurance and signed Contract Agreement.

A one hundred percent (100%) contractor’s Performance and Payment Bond; a Public Works Contract (AIA Form A101 or other form supplied by Owner); and Certificate(s) and Endorsement(s) of Issuance per Article II of the General and Supplemental Conditions are required before award is final.

Pursuant to RCW 39.12, no workman, laborer, or mechanic employed in performance of any part of this contract shall be paid less than the “prevailing rate of wage” (in effect as of the date that bids are due) as determined by the Industrial Statistician of the Dept. of Labor & Industries. Copies of the prevailing wage rate schedule are included in the Project Manual and are available directly from the Department of Labor & Industries.

The Issaquah School District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities.

The right is reserved by the Issaquah School District to postpone contract award for the period of thirty (30) days after the bid opening. The Issaquah School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

No bidder may withdraw the bid after the hour set for the opening thereof, or before award of contract, unless said award is delayed for a period exceeding thirty (30) days.

Dated this 16st day of March, 2011.

By the Order of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 411 KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON Published in The Issaquah Press on 3/16/11 & 3/23/11

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Police responded to a disturbance in the 1800 block of 15th Place Northwest at 9:56 p.m.

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Bitter beer Police responded to Rite Aid, 3066 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road S.E., after a caller reported a former employee for shoplifting beer at 7 p.m. March 4. The man also had a warrant for attempted residential burglary. Police contacted his mother, and although she did not provide a phone number for him, she told officers where he had been staying.

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Candy bars, a briefcase containing personal information and a fleece coat were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 4000 block of 229th Avenue Southeast prior to March 5. The estimated loss is unknown.

Police responded to the 1000 block of Ridgewood Circle Southwest at 2:37 a.m. March 12 after a caller heard children counting to three and then heard something strike the side of the house. The officer observed egg spattered on the side of the building.

Driving under the influence

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Police arrested a 25-year-old Sammamish woman for driving under the influence near Pine Lake Village, 228th Avenue Southeast and Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Southeast, at about 1 a.m. March 5.

Police responded to the 2400 block of Northeast Daphne Street at 10:22 a.m. March 12 after a caller reported a man in a minivan selling vacuum cleaners.

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Police responded to suspicious activity in the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard at 3:18 p.m. March 12 after a caller reported a man selling dogs from a van in a parking lot. Police advised the man to obtain a business license and to cease selling dogs in the meantime.

A Sammamish man said his debit card information had been used to make unauthorized purchases prior to March 7. The estimated loss is $200.

Credit crunch A Sammamish woman said her bank information had been used to make unauthorized purchases at a Bellevue retailer March 7. The estimated loss is $200.

Game over Police recovered a videogame console from the roadway in the 800 block of 228th Avenue Southeast at about 7 p.m. March 7 after the item fell from the roof of a moving vehicle. The estimated loss is unknown.

Purse snatched A window was damaged on, and a purse was stolen from, a vehicle parked in the 21600 block of Northeast Fourth Street prior to 2 a.m. March 8. The estimated loss is unknown.

Unsubscribe Police responded to suspicious activity in the 5200 block of 236th Place Southeast at 7:42 p.m.

March 11 after a caller reported solicitors selling magazines in the neighborhood. Officers determined the solicitors came from Missouri and Ohio. Police informed them about the city ordinance for solicitation.

Burned Police responded to Safeway, 630 228th Ave. N.E., at about 9:30 p.m. March 11 after teenagers stole firewood from a display in front of the store. Police located a suspect and cited him for shoplifting.

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Buzzed Police responded to suspicious activity in the 200 block of Southwest Clark Street at 7:59 p.m.

March 12, but only located people consuming energy drinks.

Surprise delivery A woman in the 600 block of Mount Fury Circle Southwest called 911 at 10:27 p.m. March 12, but hung up after she realized a suspicious vehicle outside her residence had come to make a delivery.

Windbags Police responded to a report of juveniles using air horns to startle pedestrians and throwing items from a vehicle in the 4700 block of 193rd Place Southeast at 10:53 p.m. March 12. Police could not locate the juveniles or the vehicle.

Hung up A group of men stole mobile phones from Fred Meyer, 6100 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., prior to 2:55 p.m. March 13. The estimated loss is $2,770.

Sounds bad A window was damaged on, and an iPod was stolen from, a Lexus parked in the 1500 block of 11th Avenue Northwest prior to 6:59 p.m. March 13. The estimated loss is $400.

Music lesson Police arrested a 39-year-old

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Washington State Patrol troopers said a Bellevue man flipped a classic Corvette in a March 20 crash along Interstate 90 near Issaquah.

Troopers said the 52-year-old driver crashed the 1968 Corvette on the westbound interstate near West Lake Sammamish Parkway at about 5:20 p.m. Responders to the crash scene discovered the car upside down on the right road shoulder and the driver partially ejected from the mangled vehicle.

The accident did involve any other vehicles.

Troopers said witnesses observed the vehicle traveling at high speed and then crashing into a concrete jersey wall and rolling onto the road shoulder.

Medics transported the seriously injured driver to Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue. Troopers later arrested him for suspicion of driving under the influence.

Snoqualmie man for stealing a Zune at Walgreens, 6300 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., at 12:48 a.m. March 14. The estimated loss is $150.

Tangled Gas, extension cords and other items were stolen during a burglary in the 1500 block of Northwest Maple Street prior to 6:58 a.m. March 14. The estimated loss is $787.

Heating and plumbing Firewood and piping were stolen in the 19400 block of Southeast Newport Way prior to 10:11 a.m. March 14. The estimated loss is $400.

Wake-up call Police responded to suspicious activity in the 100 block of Front Street North at 11:20 a.m. March 14 after a caller at a business reported a man sleeping in the restroom. Police warned the man about sleeping at the business.

Arrest Police arrested a 22-year-old North Bend resident on a Snoqualmie warrant in the 100 block of East Sunset Way at 11:59 a.m.

March 14.

Packed up A backpack was stolen from the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank, 179 First Ave. S.E., prior to 3:44 p.m. March 14. The estimated loss is $200.

Tipsy tumble Police responded to Safeway, 735 N.W. Gilman Blvd., at 7:32 p.m. March 14 after a caller said a woman fell inside the store. Then, the elderly woman attempted to buy alcohol, but clerks refused.

The caller also provided vehicle license information for the woman, so police met her at home. The officer said she appeared fine, although possibly intoxicated. Police warned her about driving under the influence.

Sweet and sour Police arrested a juvenile female for stealing candy from Front Street Market, 80 Front St. S., at 2:49 p.m. March 15. The estimated loss is $2.58.

Driving under the influence Police arrested a 24-year-old Sammamish resident, Myles Gilkey, for driving under the influence at East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast and Southeast 43rd Way at 2:02 a.m. March 16.

Firestarter Police responded to a juvenile problem in the 300 block of Rainier Boulevard South at 12:47 p.m.

March 16, after children on the Rainier Trail said a boy had been using a lighter to set things on the ground ablaze. The children said they did not know the boy’s name.

Anti-hero Police arrested a 22-year-old Issaquah resident for stealing deli sandwiches from Front Street Market, 80 Front St. S., at 1:56 p.m. March 16. The estimated loss is $4.78.

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

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CALENDAR

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

MARCH

IF YOU GO

Stern portraits of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin peer from a slyly subversive set piece in “Iron Curtain” at Village Theatre: horns for Marx, a propeller beanie for Lenin and Coke-bottle glasses for Stalin.

Spoofing the godfathers of communism is a fitting introduction to the original musical.

“Iron Curtain” is no cobwebbed museum piece, even though the globe buried the Cold War era 20 years ago. Instead, the piece is unabashedly enjoyable — and nimble enough to shift from kitschy to heartfelt, often in the same number.

“Iron Curtain” carries a serious name, but the musical is as elastic as Flubber under the crush of so much history. The premise nods to classic Broadway musicals, spy-versus-spy potboilers and too many “Rocky and Bullwinkle” cartoons to count.

The latest propaganda piece from the Soviet Ministry of Musical Persuasion — “Oklahoma!” rip-off “Oh, Kostroma!” — is a dud. Infuriated, the mercurial Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, commands the ministry to import Broadway playwrights to doctor the musical before opening night.

Howard Katz and Murray Finkel do indeed qualify as playwrights, although the duo is chronically unsuccessful at selling pitches to producers.

The idea for the latest Katz and Finkel musical, about a loveable-loser baseball team, sounds like a surefire smash. Oops, another set of scribes just sold something similar — something titled “Damn Yankees” — for a Broadway run.

Determined, Finkel convinces Katz to answer a call for playwrights in Variety, although worrywart Katz is suspicious.

Yengenyi Onanov, the apparatchik in birth-control glasses leading the Ministry of Musical Persuasion, and Sergei

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Casey Pinkney and Meg Mann, both of Issaquah, perform harp with Grammy-nominated composer and recording artist Deborah Henson-Conant and the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra at 2:30 p.m. at the Pantages Theatre in Tacoma. Go to www.hipharp.com/events/2011-TSO.html.

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Schmearnov, the oily KGB agent assigned to supervise Onanov, kidnap Katz and Finkel and smuggle the hapless pair behind the Iron Curtain.

The party puts up the duo at the Lapov Luxury, but the starriest hotel in Moscow turns out to be a cockroach-infested gulag.

(If all of the Russian names in “Iron Curtain” seem too obvious, the result on stage is timed as precisely as a neutron bomb.)

So, Katz and Finkel shuffle aside the unrecoverable “Oh, Kostroma!” for another musical — titled, in another yukyuk joke, “Damnable Yankees” — meant to star the flaxen-haired chorus girl Masha Petrovna Haylukmikova. (Danielle Barnum, as Masha, could pass for Taylor Swift, sans the Bond girl accent.)

Katz and Finkel toil under the gun — or, more accurately, at gunpoint — to create something to please the premier.

Jared Michael Brown, as the optimistic Finkel, and Matt Wolfe, as the skittish Katz, display a genuine camaraderie as a pair of unlikely hostages. The actors also possess the pipes to add depth and richness to the material.

Katz is skeptical about the Soviets’ intentions, despite promises of release and a return to the United States after opening night.

“Yeah, like they let Poland go,” he bemoans.

Meanwhile, inside the Ministry of Mu-

Yengenyi Onanov (Nick DeSantis, center) and actors portraying apparatchiks at the Soviet Ministry of Musical Persuasion perform in ‘Iron Curtain’ at Village Theatre. sical Persuasion bunker beneath Red Square, Onanov frets. If the musical is another bomb, exile to Siberia or a gloomier fate awaits.

Nick DeSantis, a regular on the Village Theatre stage, offers charm and gusto in spades as Onanov. Like the horn-rimmed character, DeSantis clearly respects the constructive influence of musical theater — something addressed in the showstopper “If Not for Musicals.”

John Dewar, as Schmearnov, is a sneering and sneaky counterpoint to the garrulous Onanov. Carolyn Magoon stands out as Katz’s dedicated girlfriend, struggling actress Shirley Dooley.

Bobbi Kotula is magnetic as the “Damnable Yankees” director, Hildret Heinz, a riding-crop-brandishing dominatrix on loan from East Germany. The shtick seems out of place until Kotula sings “A Frau Divided” and ticks through Teutonic stereotypes to sidesplitting effect.

Ellen McClain, the tart-tongued accompanist and scene stealer in “The Full Monty” at the start of the Village Theatre season, pops up in “Iron Curtain” as the scene-stealing Olga, a receptionist and, probably, a spy.

Allan Barlow is a delight as Khrushchev. The premier uses a shoe to beat a lackey and declares to a mortified

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

Pastor ponders Jesus in new paperback

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By David Hayes Issaquah Press reporter

Jessica Houghton CD release party, 7-10 p.m., Vino Bella

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Pastor Mark Miller displays his new book ‘Cross Purposes’ inside his office for Mountain Creek Christian Fellowship.

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Mark Miller was once posed an interesting question about the crucifixion of Jesus — “If God sentenced his own son to death for something he didn’t even do, why would I want to become his child? What kind of a father is he, anyway?”

So, when Miller, the lead pastor for Issaquah’s Mountain Creek Christian Fellowship, went back to graduate school to earn his Doctor of Ministry degree, he began the journey armed with a specific focus.

“The crux of the topic was to push back on the long-held view that Jesus died because God had to punish someone for our sin,” Miller said.

The results, on top of his newly earned degree, after years of research and thousands of miles traveled throughout Europe and the Middle East, is his new book, “Cross Purposes: Exploring the Crossroads of Justice and Reconciliation.”

Miller was fascinated by what he

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Katz and Finkel, “We will bury you — in fan mail!” (Khrushchev once pounded a shoe against a lectern in a speech at the United Nations.)

The creative team secreted underhanded references to the Cold War throughout the musical like Fabergé eggs.

“Iron Curtain” rollicks for more than 220 minutes through a Cold War fantasyland, although the finale feels as sudden as a communist coup d’état. The lyrics sometimes seem as light as cotton candy.

Credit the creative team — author Susan DiLallo, lyricist Peter Mills and composer Stephen Weiner — for reassembling material from history textbooks into comedy.

The production crew deserves kudos, too. The aesthetic of the show, especially the lush costumes from Karen Ledger, is richer than the czars.

The promised outcome left little to the imagination if the United States or the U.S.S.R. started flinging nuclear missiles at the other superpower: mutual assured destruction, or MAD. “Iron Curtain” shears the threat from the conflict and re-imagines the Cold War in a zany way — more madcap than MAD.

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Once the book was complete, Miller said he was most excited that renowned church historian Ray Bakke agreed to write the introduction.

Since the book came out late last year, Miller has received a lot of feedback from blog writers and others on the Internet. While much of it has been positive, he admits he’s been called everything under the sun.

“After writing the book, I’ve been called everything from liberal to new age,” he said. “The irony is that most of the criticism came from those who hadn’t even read the book.”

Although the book itself is a short read, Miller said he went to great lengths to document his findings. He added that the purpose of his book wasn’t necessarily to change minds, but rather to provide a starting point for a topic for debate.

“If it provokes discussions, then I’m happy, even if it means others don’t agree with what I say,” he said.

“It’s written for the everyday person. I want it to make you think,” he added. “You don’t need to agree with me. Just be engaged in the topic.”

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found. Today’s “Satisfaction Theory,” which is the commonality found in much of the teachings in today’s churches, is actually rooted in medieval European culture. Back then, Miller explained, God was seen more as a liege lord.

“So if you did the crime, you had to “satisfy” the affront to the lord’s honor,” he said. “However, in the case of Jesus, he was, supposedly, punished by God for something he didn’t even do. This seems to fly in the face of the very justice that is the hallmark of God’s character” However, his research uncovered a different teaching, traceable through the early church— God’s forgiveness was not something Jesus had to purchase. Rather, “it was freely offered to everyone.”

It’s a heady topic for this former Marine. He now heads, as a Free Methodist pastor, Issaquah’s “church of last resort.”

“People seem to fit in here if they don’t fit anywhere else,” he said.

“Cross Purposes” represents a project years in the works, allowing him to pursue his passion back in school and finish with something other than just a new title.

“I wanted to offer an alternative view that is strongly supported by the Bible, faithful to the bulk of history and is even more hopeful than the understanding for which we have settled,” Miller

Saturday, March 26, 2011

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In honor of Village Theatre’s new musical comedy “Iron Curtain,” which opened March 17, Village Theatre is launching a scavenger hunt. Village Theatre will post a photo of a potato in seven iconic Issaquah locations for the next seven Tuesdays on its Facebook page.

Figure out where that location is, take your own photo with a potato of your choice (receive extra points for style) and post it to www.facebook.com/villagetheatre. Clues to the potato’s location will be posted every Wednesday through Friday. Those who post their photo in the correct location first will win a pair of free tickets to see “Iron Curtain.” Everyone who posts will be entered to win a pair of season tickets. Get more info at www.villagetheatre.org/iron_curtain_scavengerhunt.php.