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Thursday, April 21, 2016

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Mayor on mend from heart attack

Bellevue developer takes another step toward midcentury chapel’s demolition

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com and Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com The City of Issaquah has received a request for preliminary plat approval for a 130-home subdivision that would result in the razing of an architecturally significant divinity school campus founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1960.

The Issaquah Press has also learned that George Reece, the developer’s managing partner, has also served as a high-ranking officer in the Eastside megachurch that owns the property.

On 2015 stormwater permitting paperwork on file with the state Department of Ecology, Reece is

listed as the managing partner of Brixton Homes LLC, which is pushing ahead with plans to demolish the campus on 40 acres at 4221 228th Ave. SE. The property is owned by Kirkland-based The City Church, which bought the property from the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle for $22.7 million in 2008.

On 2014 tax documents, Reece is listed as the treasurer for City Ministries, which is affiliated with The City Church as a nonprofit “that serves families in need,” according to the church’s website.

Brixton Homes is described as a “member of the Murray Franklyn family of companies.” Reece is CEO of Bellevue-based Murray Franklyn.

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City waited 39 hours before disclosing why Butler was transported to Swedish

By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com

Courtesy of Julia Corbett

This 2002 photo shows four of the Providence Heights College chapel’s 14 triangular stained-glass windows, which were crafted by French master glass artist Gabriel Loire in the late 1950s. A Bellevue developer has filed preliminary plans with the City of Issaquah to tear down the chapel and associated buildings at 4221 228th Ave. SE and replace them with a 133-home subdivision.

Lack of off-leash area on the valley floor has dog owners growling

Mayor Fred Butler is out of the hospital after suffering a heart attack April 10.

Officials with Swedish Medical Center told The Issaquah Press April 18 that Butler was released.

On April 10, two medic units were dispatched to the mayor’s residence at 7:37 p.m., with the first unit from Eastside Fire & Rescue arriving three minutes later, according to a representative of Bellevue Fire.

Emergency medical personnel performed CPR on the mayor at the Butler home and used a defibrillator to regain his pulse, according to an Issaquah Police Department report.

Three police officers also responded to the call, according to the police report.

A Medic One unit from Bellevue Fire arrived at 7:53 and transported Butler to the emergency room at Swedish Medical Center in the Issaquah Highlands At 11:50 p.m. that night, the City of Issaquah released a statement saying Butler, 75, was in stable See MAYOR, Page 3

Five will vie for vacant seat on City Council

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com

Photos by Greg Farrar / gfarrar@isspress.com

The Issaquah City Council was slated April 18 to hear presentations from five candidates to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of former Councilwoman Jennifer Sutton.

The city released the names of five residents who beat the April 11 deadline and applied to fill Council Position No. 2: Mariah Bettise, Tim Flood, Daria Halkides, Essie Hicks and Justin Walsh.

At least four of the candidates currently serve on various city commissions or boards.

Hicks serves on both the development commission and the urban development commission. Bettise serves on the economic vitality and human service

Two women walk April 15 with a dog on its leash near the covered picnic and performance barn at Confluence Park on Rainier Boulevard North.

Frustration over the four-legged is flowing freely at Confluence Park

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com It’s one of the first truly nice days of spring in Issaquah.

Temperatures are fit for shortsleeve shirts and there’s not a drop of rain anywhere.

But two residents enjoying the sunny afternoon in Issaquah’s Confluence Park are about to square off without even talking to each other.

“I love the park,” said 20-year resident Diane Lyons. “It’s beautiful,” Lyons has with her a Jack Russell terrier. On a leash. At all times.

She’s a rarity, however. Visit the park on just about any nice afternoon and at least one dog is likely roaming the park off-leash.

“It drives me nuts,” Lyons said of owners who turn their dogs loose in the park. She says it makes her nervous, and that she’s never sure how her dog might react to an offleash dog.

On this particular day, she is staying far away from a woman with a large dog, off-leash, who is happily playing fetch with its owner.

According to Lyons, if people want to let their dogs run off-leash, there is a dog park in the Issaquah Highlands, a 2-acre space owned and operated by the Issaquah Highlands Community Association.

City parks in Sammamish (Beaver Lake), Bellevue (Robinswood), See PARK, Page 3

A sign at Confluence Park tells visitors that leashed pets are not allowed to leave sidewalks and trails.

The sign also references city Ordinance 1567, which reads, in part, “It is unlawful for the owner or custodian of any domestic animal to cause, permit or allow such animal to enter any city park where posted.”

See COUNCIL, Page 5

Home stretch for backers of $533 million school bond proposal

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com As the campaign for the $533 million bond issue to benefit the Issaquah School District enters the home stretch, school board member Suzanne Weaver said she is cautiously optimistic about the issue’s chances for passage.

“The thing that scares me the most is when people say, ‘Oh, really, there’s a bond?’” Weaver said.

The district and its supporters haven’t been exactly quiet about the bond. The issue must be approved by at least 60 percent of voters April 26 in order to pass.

Weaver and others have talked about honk-andwaves at schools and visiting the PTSA of every school in the district. Weaver said the first mailers regarding the bond went to local voters last week. Another will See BOND, Page 2 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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The campus is renowned for 14 stained-glass windows that adorn the midcentury modern chapel on the site.

The Sisters of Providence sold the school to the Lutheran Bible Institute in 1969, which owned it for 29 years before selling it to The City Church.

The entire site is eligible for placement on the National Register of Historic Places, said Chris Moore, executive director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.

Mike Martin, an associate planner for the city, said Issaquah received the preliminary plat request April 6. The purpose of a preliminary plat is to establish lot design for a subdivision and establish utility layout, street and intersection design.

Martin said notices will be sent out to neighbors of the property and other parties of record the week of April 17.

According to documents on file with the City of Issaquah, the site would become a housing development with 130 single-family homes. The campus currently has one occupant: the Sammamish YMCA. The YMCA is in the process of moving out, taking over operation of the new Sammamish Community and Aquatic Center.

The plans are reviewed first by the development services department. The ultimate decision lies with the city hearing examiner, who has jurisdiction because of the zoning in place on the property, Martin said.

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likely a few months away, Martin said.

The Washington Trust has shown interest in how the development is proceeding, contacting the city on several occasions, Martin said.

“Certainly, our goal is to see the whole campus preserved,” Moore said, though he admitted most attention has been directed to the chapel and its windows.

Those triangular windows reach 33 feet in height and were created in 1957 by a French master artist, Gabriel Loire. The windows were commissioned by the Sisters of Providence, a Catholic order that opened the campus as an “accredited school that taught a variety of disciplines to religious women of various communities,” according to a Providence website.

The windows were crafted in France and shipped to Issaquah, where they were installed during construction in 1960. Loire did not see the windows in their chapel setting until he visited the campus in 1983.

While inclusion on the National Register would presumably offer the campus some aid in terms of preservation, Moore said the property owner must apply for the designation.

Moore said his organization has reached out to Brixton Homes, but the firm has not been responsive so far.

The preservation group’s hope is that at least part of the campus, perhaps the chapel, can be integrated into the residential development.

Moore said Issaquah has plenty of historic buildings and places, referring indirectly to the Olde Town area. But he likes to think of history as being in layers, saying the campus represents one of the more recent layers of local history worth preserving.

The campus has been nominated for inclusion on the preservation group’s annual most-endangered list.

Moore did not say, however, whether or not it would make the cut. The list will be released April 25.

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go out this week and a third will go to residents who have not returned their mail-in ballots by a certain day.

The biggest-ticket items that would be funded by the bond sale are four new schools: one comprehensive high school, one middle school and two elementary schools.

Weaver said a few people she has spoken with are upset the district won’t or can’t say where the new schools will go.

While the ballot issue would allow the schools to sell over a half a billion dollars in bonds, the district has said from the start local property taxes will not go up, at least not because of the schools. However, as previous bond issues and other debts are paid off, tax rates won’t go down.

At present, the school tax is about $4.14 per $1,000 in property valuation.

Besides four new buildings, some of the planned projects include a $71 million rebuild of Pine Lake Middle School.

An upgrade of Beaver Lake Middle School would run $8.5 million. Five existing elementary schools would be revamped at a cost of $7 million to $9 million each. The central administration building would get a revamp and expansion with a price tag of $7.5 million.

The bond proceeds also would fund $6 million in portable classrooms, $6 million for project management and a $12 million reserve or contingency fund.

Dawn Pescheck, president of the nonprofit Voters for Issaquah Schools, has been traveling around the area and speaking to various groups. Pescheck said she had not heard any strong objections to the bond issue.

Ballots were mailed out to voters April 6. The last day to return ballots is Election Day, April 26.

Go to kingcounty.gov/depts/ elections for voting information.

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Mercer Island (Luther Burbank), Snoqualmie (Three Forks) feature specific off-leash areas for dogs. In Renton, the city teamed with a volunteer group to open a 4-acre dog park near the Cedar River.

Issaquah has no off-leash area on city parkland, and a 33-year-old city ordinance makes it illegal for a dog to leave the sidewalk within open spaces like 30-acre Tibbetts Valley Park.

“The City of Issaquah has many great parks and many miles of trails and open space for dogs and their people to enjoy,” wrote Ross Hoover of the Parks and Recreation Department in an emailed reply to Issaquah Press questions regarding off-leash areas.

“In the future, and funding-dependent,” Hoover said, “the Parks and Recreation Department plans to work with residents to determine the best location and design for an off-leash dog park.”

Lyons suggests the city turn the skateboard park near the Issaquah Community Center into a dog park.

The skateboard facility is about to become obsolete as plans for a brand new skate park at Tibbetts Valley Park move forward.

On the other side of Confluence Park from Lyons is Heather Curtis, whose German Drahthaar, Gus, is roaming around on his own.

“Really, I just want a little grass, a little sun, some room and a ball,” Curtis said.

“As long as you’re a responsible dog owner, there’s no problem,” she said, adding owners need to give others space and, of course, clean up after their dogs.

Curtis said she’d never let her dog meet another dog on its own. She puts him back on his leash if there are too many people around.

Curtis dismisses Lyons’ concerns about letting dogs off-leash.

“She’s got this whole park, I’m way over here and she’s way over there, and I make her nervous? How silly is that?” Curtis asked.

Curtis is hardly alone in letting her dog run free, or at least wanting to do so.

“There’s a lot of people here with dogs,” said Randall Young, who was at the park on another recent nice afternoon and who kept his pet leashed.

“It’s a good spot,” he said regarding Confluence Park.

Young would like to see Issaquah perhaps fence off part of Confluence Park for an off-leash space, saying he knows nothing about a dog park in the Issaquah Highlands. In any case, he doesn’t think it’s right that owners let their dogs run free at Confluence Park.

The City of Issaquah relies on Regional Animal Services of King County for sheltering, licensing, field services and animal-control enforcement.

$2 million in adjustments to city’s 2016 budget sought

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com

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There were a few other budget adjustments reThe City Council is consid- quested by Finance Director ering just over $2 million in Dianne Marcotte. general fund adjustments to 4The Parks and Recreits 2016 budget, including $1 ation department requested million for purchase of prop- one new person to help run erty from King County.

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condition. The statement did not say why he had been admitted to the hospital.

Officials from both Swedish and the city said April 11 that Butler remained in stable condition, but the city again did not disclose why the city’s highest-elected official was transported to the hospital.

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said, “We, as a community, look forward to his speedy recovery.

As council members, we are here Mayor Fred Butler to help in any way we can during this time. We hope to have more information to share with the community very soon.”

That additional information arrived in the form of another statement from the city at 11:25 a.m. April 12, more than 39 hours after Butler arrived at Swedish.

The city released a state-

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ment that began, “Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler suffered a heart attack April 10, 2016, and is making progress on his recovery at Swedish Issaquah.”

Emails and phone messages left for city officials April 18 requesting comment were not immediately returned.

Butler was elected mayor in November 2013.

In lieu of gifts or flowers, Butler has requested that donations be made to the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank.

Goodman served as mayor pro tempore in the mayor’s absence.

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OPINION

THE ISSAQUAH PRESS

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Sound Transit

Sound Transit 3 would add 58 miles of light rail routes and 39 stations. The plan includes a light-rail route from Issaquah to Bellevue that would connect with a line running from Seattle to Redmond.

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Support light rail for betterment of entire region

mericans, more than any other people in the world, have been tethered to our cars for several generations, and the convenience of having ready transportation in our driveways isn’t going to be replaced anytime soon.

But it’s past time for King County residents to come up with viable solutions to the region’s gridlock. No one who has crawled from Federal Way to Seattle, Lynnwood to Bellevue or Puyallup to Renton during a weekday commute could possibly argue the system isn’t broken.

It has gotten to the point where sunny weekends are turning our freeways and major arterials into parking lots because everyone wants to get out and about at the

same time.

It’s beyond frustrating to spend hours in the car for a round trip between south King County, or the Eastside, and the various NEIL PIERSON corners of Seattle.

Press reporter So when a big-picture idea like Sound Transit 3 is proposed, we should look beyond our typical modus operandi.

On its face, ST3 looks like a bloated whale of debt, with new taxes funding about half of the $50 billion in projects planned for the next quarter century. But when

you break it down to a smaller scale, it’s going to cost the typical adult $17 a month.

In other words, for the same price as a few trips to Starbucks, the nightmare commutes and weekend stop-and-go’s will be reduced. Even if the finished product gets only 5 percent of vehicles off the road during the busiest travel times, it will be more than worth it.

ST3, as you may already be aware, is in the midst of a vetting process that already included several studies, with an opportunity for the public to provide feedback at a series of meetings or online at soundtransit3.org.

I’ll be honest — I’m not a frequent user of the current Link light rail system, but I would be if it

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et me offer up full disclosure right off the bat: I do have a dog in this hunt.

Every morning and every evening, I leash up my dog, Merle, and we walk around the city. Some days, we walk the Rainier Trail. On other days, we walk through Tibbetts Valley Park. Or we’ll walk the East Lake Sammamish Trail. Once in a while, when the weather’s decent, he and I head up the High School Trail.

SCOTT Merle might be a bit spoiled. Until he and I moved to Issaquah, we were morning regulars STODDARD at the 22-acre off-leash area at Fort Steilacoom Press editor Park in Lakewood, where he could sprint, gallop, lumber and trot — unrestrained — to his heart’s content.

We’ve visited the Bark Park in the Issaquah Highlands a couple times, but its steep slope and low-slung power lines overhead give it the feel of a parcel of land you couldn’t give away.

Given the number of dogs I see running off-leash in Tibbetts Valley and Confluence parks, it’s clear Issaquah needs an off-leash area somewhere on the valley floor.

This topic has been simmering for years. In 2009, the city banned dogs from Timberlake Park after a stretch of beach there became a de facto off-leash area. This newspaper’s Opinion page was soon filled with reaction from readers, both for and against the city’s action.

Today, the neighbors of Confluence Park are raising their voices over off-leash dogs. During a recent Sunday afternoon visit, I saw three different groups of parkgoers with dogs running free. Not nuisances, mind you, but they were breaking the city ordinance regarding dogs in parks, which restricts them to sidewalks and trails.

Do our city’s leaders understand this is an issue that isn’t going away? And look at it this way: It is a lot easier to solve than our traffic problems.

The City Council gave a serious look at a tennis center for Tibbetts Valley Park and it approved a new skate park there. There are 30 acres at Tibbetts Valley and 15 acres at Confluence. Surely, 3 of those could be spared for an off-leash area.

Contact editor Scott Stoddard at sstoddard@isspress.com.

Twitter: @scottstoddard. Facebook: facebook.com/presseditor.

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naysayers who will point out the drawbacks, namely the molasseslike speed with which ST3 will be completed: Redmond and Federal Way will be the first to receive the new light-rail service and that won’t happen for another 12 years.

It’s not a perfect solution, but nothing ever is. To reject the plan is to reject progress in one of the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan areas. We’re already behind many comparable markets in the usefulness of our mass-transit systems.

Personally, I’d sacrifice a couple latte runs each week to make the future a little brighter.

Contact reporter Neil Pierson at npierson@isspress.com.

Twitter: @sammamish_neil

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Off-leash area on valley floor is long overdue

were convenient for getting me to and from work. Unfortunately, my job is one in which a car is a necessity, but there are certainly plenty of folks who would benefit from having light rail just minutes from their door in Everett, Bellevue, Redmond or Issaquah.

My own experience with light rail is extraordinarily positive. I use it often when traveling to games in downtown Seattle because you can’t find a parking spot there for $6, the typical cost of train fare.

It’s not always possible to get there more quickly by train, but whatever time is lost is alleviated by the ease of travel — none of the constant braking, left-lane hogs or useless variable speed zones found on the freeways.

There will undoubtedly be

Education

South End, it’s time to support other areas in school district

Over the years, the Issaquah School District has been growing by leaps and bounds. This is a result of the strong desire for families to be in this community, where education is top-notch. As more people move into our community, more housing is being built and more schools need to be built to accommodate those people, just like the houses do.

The proposed bond provides the money needed for the school district to purchase the land for those new schools as well as to build those new schools. It also provides much-needed improvements to existing school buildings.

The best part of all of this growth is that this bond will not add any taxes to the current taxes we already pay. Our tax rate will remain at a low $4.14 per $1,000 assessed value of our homes. Why would we say no to meeting the needs of our students when it won’t cost us any more money?

As a parent in the Liberty feeder area I have seen the direct result of previous bonds and absolutely love what I see. We have

new and improved buildings that provide state-of-the-art technology to meet the demands of educating in the 21st century. We have athletic fields and stadiums that meet the needs of our student athletes and other community groups that rent them. We have schools that students, parents and staff are proud of and enjoy being in each and every day.

The South End of the school district reaped the benefits of the last two bonds, and I am eager to support a bond that benefits not just my students, but all the students of the Issaquah School District. Issaquah is a community, a family, and we support each other. We want the best for everyone, not just our feeder areas.

Kimberly Montague East Renton Highlands

Education

You can vote for schools in a mere 5 minutes, 21 seconds Today, I received a mailed ballot from King County with only one item requiring my vote: the Issaquah School District construction bond. I thought it might be interesting to see how long it would take me to vote, from ripping open the envelope to having

the ballot ready to put back into the mail. According to my smartphone’s stopwatch, it took exactly 5 minutes and 21 seconds.

What a small investment in time and effort! What a great payoff! In those 5 minutes and 21 seconds, I supported 19,000 students who will get a highquality education inside ample classrooms and well-maintained and pleasant buildings. I contributed to the economic well-being of my community and to the high property values of thousands of residences. I supported our democratic tradition by letting my citizen voice be heard.

It’s so easy to think that “someone else” will take care of the school construction bond. But more than one Eastside school district has lost a construction bond measure by one or two votes. Don’t let that happen to us.

Please join me in spending just 5 minutes to vote for the Issaquah School District construction bond.

Ballots must be mailed no later than April 26.

Barbara de Michele

Issaquah

Editor’s note: The letter-writer is the program director of Healthy Youth Initiative, which is part of Issaquah Schools Foundation.

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commissions.

Flood recently was a member of the traffic task force appointed by Mayor Fred Butler and that ended up recommending the city seek funding for nine street projects with a price tag of roughly $71 million.

Flood also ran for a council seat in November 2015. He lost to Councilman Bill Ramos, 3,629 to 2,122.

Candidates were scheduled to put on 10-minute presentations at the April 18 council session. Each candidate was asked to prepare answers to the following questions: 4Why do you want to serve on the Issaquah City Council and who will you represent?

4What is it, specifically, that you would contribute to the council and the city?

4What do you consider to be Issaquah’s biggest opportunities or issues and what

ON THE WEB The April 18 City Council meeting referred to in this story was held after The Issaquah Press went to press. Please go online to issaquahpress.com for the latest updates on this story. would you do to address them?

4If you feel strongly about a topic and the majority of the council feels differently, how would you respond?

4If selected to fill the seat, what is the one thing you would like to accomplish during your term in office?

Council members will likely make their final choice in a closed-door executive session.

The city has indicated they want to fill the vacancy at the May 2 council meeting.

The appointee to the vacant seat will serve until at least November 2017, when the person will need to run for re-election, if they desire to stay in office.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS Inspections were performed April 4-10

by Public Health, Seattle and King County. A food establishment inspection is only a snapshot of the operation during a limited time. Readers should look at more than one inspection (view inspection reports online at eastofseattle.news/inspections) to get a better idea of the overall operation.

Red violations: High-risk factors are improper practices or procedures identified as the most prevalent contributing factors of foodborne illness or injury. One red critical violation equals an unsatisfactory inspection.

County environmental health specialists work with operators to make sure these violations are corrected before they leave the establishment.

Blue violations: Low-risk factors are preventive measures to control the addition of pathogens, chemicals, and physical objects into foods.

435 or more red violation points require a reinspection within 14 days.

490 or more red violation points or 120 total violation points (red and blue) require closure of the establishment.

ARCO AM/PM, 800 Front St. N. April 7: Routine inspection, 20 red, 5 blue Chicago Pastrami, 172 Front St. N. April 7: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Costco Meat Shop 1801 10th Ave. NW April 6: Routine inspection, 10 red, 0 blue Flying Pie Pizzeria, 30 Front St. S. April 5: Routine inspection, 10 red, 10 blue

OBITUARY Marlene Adrian McGrath Marlene passed away on April 16, 2016, in Issaquah. Survivors include her husband, Patrick Joseph McGrath. A service is pending at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Please call Flintoft’s Funeral Home for details at (425) 3926444.

Fred Meyer (grocery/produce) 6190 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway SE April 6: Routine inspection, 10 red, 0 blue Fred Meyer (meat) 6190 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway SE April 6: Routine inspection, 15 red, 0 blue Fred Meyer (seafood) 6190 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway SE April 6: Routine inspection, 30 red, 0 blue Georgio’s Subs, 1802 12th Ave. NW April 4: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Gourmet Latte 14327 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE April 5: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue

Issaquah Chevron, 25 NW Gilman Blvd.

April 7: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Jacksons, 825 Front St. N. April 7: Routine inspection, 5 red, 0 blue McDonald’s 1305 NW Gilman Blvd.

April 7: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue O’Char Thai Cuisine 1802 12th Ave. NW April 4: Routine inspection, 15 red, 8 blue Szechuan Chef 1580 NW Gilman Blvd.

April 7: Routine inspection, 85 red, 23 blue

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Issaquah grads inspire investors on ‘Quit Your Day Job’

By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Fair warning. Don’t watch the April 13 episode of Oxygen’s “Quit Your Day Job” without a box of tissues.

You’ll want them handy every time Issaquah High School graduates Billy Price and Darin Donaldson appear on the TV show where entrepreneurs pitch products to a group of investors.

Price’s mission to create a shoe that works for everyone struck an emotional chord with all of the investors, particularly renowned start-up advocate Sarah Prevette.

The 1996 Issaquah High

School graduate became paralyzed from the chest down after falling out of a third-story window at his University of Washington fraternity in October 1996. He dreamed up BILLY Footwear after going 18 years without being able to independently put on his shoes.

“In my opinion, the best entrepreneurs are people who are solving their own problem,” Prevette said.

The patent-pending design uses zippers along the side of the shoe and around the toe. Unzipping unfurls the shoe’s upper flap completely, allowing the wearer to place his or her

foot inside unobstructed.

Pull the loop on the zipper and the wearer’s foot is now secure.

Despite concerns about Price’s passion for entrepreneurship and initial evidence that able-bodied testers did not love the shoe’s prototype, the panel of investors agreed to back BILLY Footwear at the end of the episode.

“I do think Billy has passion. I just think that his passion may not be as energetic as what we’re accustomed to,” investor Lauren Maillian argued.

Oxygen The duo cannot disclose Billy Price describes his concept for BILLY footwear in this still the exact amount of the frame from the Oxygen television show “Quit Your Day Job.” investment, but the backers

have served as valuable mentors and opened doors to new opportunities, they said after the episode aired.

The episode’s most emotional moment came when Price, Donaldson and investors Maillian and Prevette watched as a war veteran paralyzed in a helicopter crash tried on the footwear.

“Your idea works, man,” the veteran said as he put on his own shoes for the first time in 12 years.

The same day the show aired, BILLY Footwear launched a Kickstarter campaign where people can order the shoes. The goal is to raise $30,000.

LOAD ’EM UP AND HEAD ’EM OUT

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From left, Nikita Baryshnikov, Bito Gottesman, Philipp Mergener, and Vincent Bennett share the title role of Village Theatre’s production “Billy Elliot the Musical.”

Tickets on sale now for ‘Billy Elliot’ at Village Theatre Tickets are now on sale for Village Theatre’s presentation of the first locally produced Pacific Northwest performances of “Billy Elliot the Musical.”

The show debuts in Issaquah May 12 and runs through July 3.

The smash-hit musical, based on the celebrated Universal Pictures/Studio Canal film, won 10 Tony Awards and was named Time Magazine’s Best Musical of the Decade.

Tickets are $40-$72 and are available at the box office by Greg Farrar / gfarrar@isspress.com calling 392-2202 or stopping by the Francis Gaudette TheWashington Department of Fish & Wildlife hatchery specialists Mike Griffin (left) and Debi Sanchez pour a basket full of rainbow trout atre at 303 Front St. N. into the fish truck April 11 for the trip from the Issaquah hatchery to Pine Lake Park in Sammamish. Each tank load contained multiple Tickets may also be purchased online at villagetheatre.org/ netfulls of fish. Fish & Wildlife prepared Pine Lake for the opening day of fishing season April 23 as staff from Issaquah and Tokul Creek billy-elliot.php. hatcheries loaded the fish truck tanker for six trips up to Pine Lake. It took six trips to deliver 14,000 18-month old rainbow trout in the Set amid the chaos of the 1984 miners’ strike in northern England, the story revolves around the motherless Billy 1,200-gallon tank of the Ford F800 truck, Betsy, driven by Sanchez.

Elliot, who stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires VIEW MORE PHOTOS AND WATCH VIDEO AT ISSAQUAHPRESS.COM his family and community — while changing his life forever.

Village Theatre’s production, directed by artistic director Steve Tomkins, features a 30-person cast overflowing with young talent and revered local actors.

“Billy Elliot the Musical” is set to a score by music legend Elton John, with book and lyrics by Lee Hall, who also wrote the original film’s screenplay.

Village Theatre introduces Nikita Baryshnikov, Vincent The Liberty High School Louis from April 27-30. row that the school’s robotics FIRST encourages young Bennett, Bito Gottesman, and Philipp Mergener as the talrobotics team put together It will be the Iron Patriots’ team qualified. They previpeople to embrace science, ented group of 13-year-old boys who will take on the charits best season in program inaugural trip to FIRST’s ously went to worlds in 2008, technology, engineering and acter of Billy Elliot. The young performers – who hail from history. pinnacle event. They quali2009, 2014 and 2015. math (STEM) as educational Redmond, Issaquah, Mercer Island and Seattle, respectively – The group known as the fied after a solid showing at Issaquah Robotics Society and professional career will rotate between portraying Billy Elliot, stepping into supIron Patriots is going to the the Pacific Northwest District 1318 received the Entrepre- paths. Today, more than porting roles and taking nights off. Since October 2015, the For Inspiration and Recogni- Championship in Portland. neurship Award, one of the 400,000 kids around the actors have been in training with choreographer Katy Tabb, tion of Science and TechnolIssaquah High School is most prestigious honors in world research and build herself a KIDSTAGE veteran, learning the show’s dance numogy (FIRST) Robotics World also heading to St. Louis, robotics competitions, at the competitive robots under the bers and furthering their skills in tap, ballet, modern and hip Championship held in St. making it the third year in a district event in Portland.

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HISTORY SNAPSHOT

Issaquah History Museums

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A black-and-white snapshot from 1951 shows the front of Issaquah High School. The building opened Sept. 6, 1932, following passage of a $58,500 construction bond passed by voters in March 1931. According to a February 1932 edition of The Issaquah Press, a balance of $13.99 remained after the school was finished and all bills were paid from the building fund.

History Snapshot is a partnership between The Issaquah Press and the Issaquah History Museums. For information about upcoming events at the museum, visit issaquahhistory.org

LET’S GO! FRIDAY, APRIL 22 High Point Trailhead work party, 9 a.m., meet at High Point Trailhead, tools provided, bring Washington Discover Pass, 652-2753 Toddler Story Times, ages 12-36 months, 10:30-11:10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 One-on-One Computer Help, 1-3 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 3925430 Fun and Games Friday, ages 6-12, 3-4:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Meaningful Movies of Issaquah, documentary film “Open Sesame: The Story of SEEDS,” followed by discussion, 6:30 p.m., Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Avenue NE, meaningfulmovies.org Creative Clay Exploration, 6:30-9:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $40-$45, ages 12 and older, arteast.org Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE presents “Beauty and the Beast Jr.,” 7:30 p.m., First Stage, 120 Front St. N., $16 youth and seniors, $18 general admission, bit. ly/1RWIKra Mod Men, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Village Theatre presents “My Heart is the Drum,” 8 p.m., Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., tickets are $36$68 at 392-2202 or bit.ly/210M31l Los Orchids, 8-11 p.m., 21 and older, $5 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Grand Ridge Trail Run, marathon/50K 8 a.m., half-marathon 9 a.m., 5-mile 9:30 a.m., check-in at 7 a.m., evergreentrailruns.com/4-30-grand-ridgetrail-run Keep Issaquah Beautiful, 9 a.m. to noon, check in at historic Shell Station, 232 Front St. N., sign up at bit.ly/1Y2ozs9 Grand Prospect Hike, 9 a.m., moderate, 8 miles, 2,200-foot gain, meet

at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 633-7815 Spanish Story Times: Hola!, ages 3 and older, 10-10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Glass Beadmaking: Swirls & Dots, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Striking Art Studio 3326 217th Place NE, Sammamish, ages 18 and older, $75-$80, arteast.org Earth Week restoration work party, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Living Laboratory at Lake Sammamish State Park, sign up at goo.gl/ forms/mr9HTfXuHW “Ripe for the telling: Surprising Stories of Washington Fruit,” presentation

by Julia Harrison, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE, 392-3500, issaquahhistory.org Arabic Story Time: Ahlan!, ages 3 and older, 11-11:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Master Chorus Eastside presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma” sing-a-long, noon, North Bend Theatre, 125 Bendigo Blvd. N., North Bend, $15 incudes movie, small popcorn and soda, tickets at brownpapertickets.com/ event/2517502 State of Mind Mini Conference, focuses on youth mental health, presented by the Issaquah Schools Foundation Healthy Youth Initiative and the city of Issaquah Youth Advisory Board, noon to 4 p.m., Skyline High School, 1122 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish Living With Wildlife Series: Rise and Shine Black Bears, 1-2 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitors Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. SE Medicare Made Clear, 1-2 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 3925430 Village Theatre presents “My Heart is the Drum,” 2 and 8 p.m., Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., tickets are $36-$68 at 392-2202 or bit. ly/210M31l Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE presents “Beauty and the Beast Jr.,” 2 and 7:30 p.m., First Stage, 120 Front St. N., $16 youth and seniors, $18 general admission, bit.ly/1RWIKra

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Thursday, April 21, 2016 • 7 CoderDojo, ages 7-17 and 12 and younger with an adult, 3-4:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Mostly Americana dessert Concert, featuring songs from the Issaquah high and middle school choirs and Breath of Aire, 7 p.m. Issaquah High School, 700 Second Ave. SE, tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for seniors, $5 for students and children, veterans are free, for tickets and more information, call 837-6000 Mark Roemen and the Whearabouts, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 No Rules, 8-11 p.m., 21 and older, $5 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

SUNDAY, APRIL 24 All Porsche Car Show, Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In, 98 NE Gilman Blvd., sign up at pnwr.org or 206-972-5639 Squak Mountain Ring Hike, 9:30 a.m., moderate, 6-7 miles, 1,700-foot gain, meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 453-8997 Lewis Creek Visitors Center Movies: Beavers, 1-2:10 p.m., 5808 Lakemont Blvd. SE Village Theatre presents the final performances of “My Heart is the Drum,” 2 and 7 p.m., Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., tickets are $36-$68 at 392-2202 or bit.ly/210M31l Study Zone, grades K-12, 3-5 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130

MONDAY, APRIL 25 ‘Figure Drawing Open Studio,’ short pose 9:30-11:30 a.m. and long pose noon to 2 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $20 or $30 for both sessions, arteast.org Hello English: Intermediate ESL Class, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130

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Teen Think Tank, grades 6-12, 2-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Study Zone, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Park Board, 7 p.m., Trails House, 110 Bush St. Hindi Story Times: Namaste!, ages 2 and older, 7-7:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Issaquah Valley Grange will honor Michelle Winterstein as their Community Service Volunteer of the Year, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Hall, 57 W. Sunset Way. (206) 931-1223

p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 Toddler Story Times, ages 12-36 months, 10-10:40 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Infant Lapsit Story Time, ages 3-12 months, 11:15-11:45 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Study Zone, free drop-in tutoring for students grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

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TUESDAY, APRIL 26 Ztangle Beyond Basics, 10 a.m. to noon, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $129-$139, arteast.org Toddler Story Time, ages 24-36 months, 10:30-11 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Play and Learn Chinese, ages 2-5, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 “Church: Healing and saving the world,” live online Q&A, 11 a.m., Christian Science Reading Room, 415 Rainier Blvd.

N., 392-8140 Preschool Story Time, ages 3-5, 11:30 to noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Emery the Emergency Penguin Story Time, teaches preschoolers about 911, noon to 12:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Teen Open House, grades 6-12, 2-5 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way Study Zone, grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Evening Figure Drawing, 7-9:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast. org Youth Writing Club, ages 10-14, 7-8

Spanish Story Time, ages 3 and older, 10-10:30 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Hello English! Beginning ESL Class, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Issaquah Schools Foundation Nourish Every Mind luncheon, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Issaquah Community Center, $150 minimum suggested donation, issaquahschoolsfoundation.org/events/ nourish-every-mind-2016 Teen Think Tank, grades 6-12, 2-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130 Civil Service Commission, 4:30 p.m.

Baxter Room, City Hall Northwest, 1775 12th Ave. NW Study Zone, free drop-in tutoring for students grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Planning Policy Commission, 6:30 p.m., City Council chambers, City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way Talk Time Class, practice speaking English with other English language learners, 6:30-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE presents “Beauty and the Beast Jr.,” 7:30 p.m., First Stage, 120 Front St. N., $16 youth and seniors, $18 general admission, bit. ly/1RWIKra

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SPORTS

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Skyline states its case as KingCo fastpitch power

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com When first-year coach Lindsay Sullivan began watching her Skyline fastpitch players during the offseason, she came away impressed with their physical skills.

Most of the players are involved with the sport throughout the calendar year on various select teams, and three of them have oral or written commitments to play collegiately. Talent wasn’t an issue, but the Spartans struggled mightily in 2015, missing the playoffs with a 3-13 record in Class 4A KingCo Conference games.

It didn’t take long for Sullivan, who played college softball, to see why.

“The thing that was missing was the team chemistry and the mental side of believing in themselves,” she said.

With the 2016 season at the midway point, the Spartans have erased the bad memories of last season and are establishing themselves as a KingCo championship contender.

Prior to games this week against Mount Si and Bothell that were played after press time, Skyline was in first place with a 7-0 record, having knocked off defending champion Woodinville, beating Inglemoor with a walk-off home run, and obliterating rival Issaquah in an April 12 game that was officially recorded as a forfeit.

Skyline piled up a 14-1 lead through three innings against Issaquah before heavy rain forced the teams off the field. The Eagles, who were in the middle of their spring break, couldn’t field enough players to finish the game the following day, so Skyline was declared the winner, 2-0.

Every player in the lineup had a hit. Molly Spaniac was 3 for 3 with a single, double, triple and three RBI, while Lauren Lo had three hits and scored three times.

Skyline won’t get to keep those statistics because of the forfeit, but Sullivan ran out of superlatives to describe her team, which has won

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Skyline junior Lauren Lo (11) dives back to third base on a single by Annika Hildebrand, but the throw gets past Issaquah senior third baseman Justi Johnson and Lo scored during the second inning of the April 12 fastpitch game between the Spartans and Eagles. nine straight after losing nonleague games to Snohomish and Monroe to start the season.

“Our bats are really starting to peak,” the coach said. “It’s awesome. It’s just the mental part of the game that’s coming together.”

Skyline also has a legitimate ace pitcher in junior Caroline Bowman, who allowed three hits and one walk with three strikeouts in her abbreviated outing at Issaquah.

The Spartans haven’t reached the state tournament in a dozen years, but that streak could end if they continue their well-rounded play.

Sophomore Shayna Swanson, who typically bats toward the bottom of the lineup, homered in the bottom of the seventh as Skyline beat Inglemoor, 2-1, on April 11.

Infielders Annika Hildebrand and Camille Goo also provide pop in the middle of the order.

Sullivan can always look to Spaniac, a junior outfielder, for motivation when the team is facing adversity and the bench is quiet.

“Molly is a natural leader, that’s why she’s a captain,” Sullivan said.

“Her leadership goes further than her physical capabilities. She goes above and beyond in the mental

part of the game as well.”

Sophomore Cara Harnick is one of the smallest players on the field, but she provides a tenacious leadoff threat for the Spartans.

“She’s a silent leader,” Sullivan said. “Even if she doesn’t get some sort of hit, she does something to fire up the lineup.”

Sullivan said she has been calling pitches during KingCo games, but allowed catchers Maddie Peters and Nadia Ramirez to do it during nonleague outings. Whoever the backup catcher is typically sits with the coach on the bench to share observations of what’s hap-

pening on the field.

“They’re still learning the game – they will get there eventually,” Sullivan said.

The Spartans have room for improvement but believe they can lean on Bowman to carry them against tough opposing pitchers.

They’ve already won five games in which they’ve scored three runs or fewer. The key, Sullivan said, is taking the lead.

“It doesn’t matter who you’re playing because as soon as soon as you get on top of someone else, it puts doubt in their heads,” she said.

Patriots cough up late lead, fall to Islanders BASEBALL MERCER ISLAND 6 LIBERTY 5

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com For a coach who had just witnessed his team give up a fiverun lead in the last two innings, Liberty’s John Martin was as even-keeled as they come.

Martin didn’t put any blame on his players after host Mercer Island rallied past the Patriots, 6-5, in a Class 3A/2A KingCo Conference baseball game at Island Crest Park on April 15.

Instead, he credited the defending 3A state champion Islanders for giving Liberty a lesson that could prove valuable in the upcoming 2A playoffs.

“Tip your hat to Mercer Island – they’ve got a really good squad,” Martin said. “They never gave up. They came back, battled

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Liberty junior Austin Regis watches his second RBI single of the game, scoring teammate Alex Olague from third base during the third inning of the Patriots’ April 15 baseball game against Mercer Island. hard, had a couple timely hits, we walked a couple guys and that’s the baseball game.”

Because Liberty and Sammamish are the only 2A teams in the conference – and the Totems

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are in an 0-13 rut – the value of regular-season games are somewhat diminished for the Patriots.

Martin praised the Islanders and their coach, Dominic Woody, for presenting the kind of challenge that Liberty will face in its attempt to return to the state semifinals next month.

“Really, all these games for us are just practice,” Martin said, “so I told coach Dominic over there, ‘I appreciate you making us get better today,’ and he shared the compliment back that we made him better tonight, too.”

Still, the loss had to sting for Liberty (6-8 overall, 6-7 KingCo), which dropped to 0-3 this season against Mercer Island (11-3, 11-2). The scores, however, are getting progressively closer after the Islanders won 13-1 and 3-0 in mid-March.

The Patriots started the game well with three runs in the first inning off starting pitcher Har-

rison Goonewardene. With two outs, Riley Wingerson walked with the bases loaded to force home the first run and Austin Regis laced a 3-2 pitch into center field for a two-run single.

In the third, Regis collected another two-out RBI, singling to right to score pinch runner Zach Jeter for a 4-0 cushion.

Martin said Regis, a junior, has been a big key to Liberty’s success after injuries derailed much of his freshman and sophomore seasons.

“He has come back this year with a little bit of rust on the gate door there, but he’s kicking the rust off,” the coach said. “He’s a quality, high-end athlete and he has been a big help to our team.

He has improved our outfield immensely.”

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singled, moved to third on a throwing error and The state Parks and scored on Austin Olague’s Recreation Commission double to the right-field is offering a free day this fence. week.

The Patriots left the Visitors will not need to bases loaded against redisplay a Discover Pass for liever Andrew Pickles, but day-use visits to state parks appeared to have a safe on April 22 in honor of Earth lead for their starter, Torey Day. Anderson, who shut out Free days are in keeping the Islanders through five with legislation that innings, allowing three hits created the Discover Pass, with four strikeouts. a $30 annual or $10 oneAnderson got into trouble day permit required on to start the sixth, though, recreation lands managed walking Anthony Scalzo

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Pinch hitter Parker SimpA Discover Pass is required son hit a two-run single to access WDFW and DNR and Noah Hsue followed Lands on State Parks free with a two-run triple to the days. right-field gap, knotting the To learn more, go to score at 5-5. Greg Fuchs discoverpass.wa.gov/136/ produced the game-winState-Parks-Free-Days. ning single after Wingerson Also, admission to all took over for Anderson. national parks is free Martin wasn’t about to through April 24 as part of grouse about the controNational Park Week. versial officiating decision.

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“Short of that, this is a better team than last year,” he said.

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