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$533 million school bond passes easily By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com The vote on Issaquah School District’s bond was not even close. At the April 27 Issaquah School Board meeting, Superintendent Ron Thiele could hardly wipe the smile off his face. “People support us and that feels really, really good,” he said. He thanked the community for supporting education and praised the efforts of Volunteers for Issaquah Schools organizers Dawn Peschek and Alicia Veevaert.
Peschek and Veevaert, leaders of the nonprofit promoting the measure’s passage, widened the organization’s audience reach this election season, presenting the bond information to groups across the district. Issaquah’s bond committee, which has a greater success rate of passing its bond proposals, put forth a list of district needs that would be addressed with a $533.5 million bond. “They really stepped up to the challenge, “ Issaquah School Board President Suzanne Weaver said.
The bond will now pay for the construction of four new schools — two elementary schools, one middle school and a fourth high school. District spokesperson L. Michele said the bond has a seven- to nineyear build-out, so the priority will be to acquire new land to build upon. “We can start right away on the expansion work, such as the complete reconstruction at Pine Lake Middle School,” she said. In addition, to accommodate the growing student populations and
provide for state funded full day kindergarten, Discovery, Endeavour, Sunset, Cougar Ridge, Maple Hills and Clark elementary schools will all be expanded or modernized by four to eight classrooms each. Having the voter’s approval to move forward with the project had many excited when the initial returns were announced. “I may have screamed, I don’t know,” Weaver recalled when seeing the first vote returns.
THE VOTE Issaquah School District bond APPROVED
71% 16,322 votes REJECTED
29% 6,547 votes
Reporter Christina Corrales-Toy contributed to this story.
PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD
Preservation group: Providence Heights campus ‘most-endangered’ By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com
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Proposed East Sunset Way project worries business owners By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Business owners on East Sunset Way are worried. “This is going to cost us thousands and thousand of dollars,” said Thomas Flintoft, one of the owners and operators of Flintoft’s Funeral Home. The potential elimination of all on-street parking along East Sunset from First Avenue to Sixth Avenue is part of the rebuilding of the thoroughfare proposed by the city’s traffic task force. The 11-member group created by Mayor Fred Butler proposed nine projects in all.
“I recognize the need for change,” said Flintoft’s son, Allen. “But you have to do it the right way.” “We are all going to be negatively affected,” said Mark Sherwood of Sherwood Chiropractic. As proposed, the project would add a 17-foot-wide multi-use trail on the south side of the street, with three 11-foot travel lanes and landscaping and sidewalks on the north side. The estimated cost is $10.5 million. Deputy City Administrator Emily See PROJECT, Page 3
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Thomas Flintoft is one East Sunset Way business owner who is concerned about a proposed makeover of the roadway that would eliminate street parking.
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation on April 25 named Issaquah’s Providence Heights divinity school campus — including its centerpiece chapel — as one of the state’s seven most-endangered properties. The entire campus, including its architecturally significant midcentury modern chapel, would be razed and replaced with approximately 140 single-family homes if a developer’s preliminary plat filed with the city is approved. The chapel features 14 33-foot-tall sculptured stained-glass windows by French master artist Gabriel Loire, who died in 1996. Loire’s work appears in religious venues around the world. Poised to purchase the property from a megachurch, Bellevue developer Brixton Homes LLC last month filed additional plans with the city for the subdivision, which has been named Madison Pointe. A key figure in the development is George Reece, who is not only the managing partner of Brixton Homes but also was a high-ranking official in Kirkland-based The City Church, which through a limited liability corporation is the current legal owner of the property, according to King County records. Reece has served as vice president and later as treasurer of City Ministries, a charitable organization associated with The City Church, since at least 2010, according to tax records. The president of City Ministries during that time was Gini Smith, who is one of the founding pastor’s of The City Church. Reece and Smith also serve together on the board of directors at Northwest Univeristy in Kirkland. Diane Reimer, who attended college on the campus when it was operated by the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle, was incredulous the chapel would meet its demise at the hands of someone affiliated with a religious organization. “I don’t know if it’s illegal,” Reimer said, “or just immoral, but it’s hard for me to imagine that a good Christian man would think it’s OK to destroy this property for profit.” Reimer, of Joseph, Ore., described the deal between The City Church and Reece as “short-sighted greed.” Reece also co-authored a book, “Marketplace Ministries,” with Smith’s husband, Wendell, who founded The City Church shortly after moving to Issaquah in 1992. The book is summarized on Amazon as “the vision for a God-ordained partnership between business See ENDANGERED, Page 2
Relay For Life team leader is on front lines in battle against cancer IF YOU GO Issaquah Relay For Life Noon to 8 a.m. May 14-15 Issaquah High School, 700 Second Ave. SE Sign up or donate online at bit.ly/1NrQJZI
By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com As the battle against cancer continues, the statistics are staggering. According to the cancer.gov website, in 2016, an estimated 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and nearly 600,000 people will die from the disease. And about 39.6 percent of men
and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes. For Julie Siefkes, those numbers are not surprising. She’s Julie Siefkes on the front lines of the battle against cancer as a team leader for the American Can-
cer Society’s annual Relay For Life fundraiser, returning to Issaquah High School on May 14-15. Her team of Girl Scouts, aka The Cancer Kickers, has grown from five members when they first started six years ago to 15 this year. The team formed to honor one of the troop dads. “Sadly, one of our dads passed away from melanoma,” Siefkes said. “In honor of him, we said
we’re going to do this relay.” Siefkes said every one of the girls is affected by cancer, ticking them off. “One lost a mom to brain cancer, I had melanoma, one troop mom had breast cancer, another troop mom had breast cancer, another had a cancer scare,” Siefkes said. See RELAY, Page 2 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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group said, “With development in Issaquah and Sammamish exploding in the last decade, supporters are eager from page 1 to preserve this significant piece of the area’s history. leaders and ministers.” The campus is in excellent Reece, who is the CEO condition and ideally could of the parent company of be used in its current conBrixton Homes, declined to figuration for any number of comment about the proposed institutional purposes. tear-down of the Providence “At the very least, however, Heights campus. supporters would like to see “It is company policy that potential new construction we do not comment on pend- thoughtfully integrated with ing projects,” Reece said via the key historic elements of the email. campus. A creative approach City Church acquired the could retain the remarkable property from the Lutheran midcentury chapel and college Bible Institute of Seattle for buildings, resulting in a unique $22.7 million in August 2008. residential development The school and its chapel reflecting the peaceful and was opened by the Sisters of reflective history of the site.” Providence in 1961. Hundreds of trees would be In listing the site as enremoved on the 40-acre site in dangered, the preservation addition to the complete demolition of the 220,000-squarefoot college campus. According to a city associate planner, Name: 16076/Mar-
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there are nearly 48,000 diameter inches of trees on the site. City code requires that developers retain 30 percent of that amount, which in this case would be 14,327 diameter inches. Brixton Homes’ plan for the site retains only 9,300 diameter inches of existing trees. An associate planner said certain conditions do exist for a developer to receive a tree-retention exemption, but that decision on whether an exemption is warranted would ultimately lie with the city administration. The other sites on the Trust’s list of endangered properties were the Woodinville School in Woodinville, the Trueblood House in Kirkland, the Dvorak Barn in Kent, the Puyallup Fish Hatchery in Puyallup, the Enloe Dam powerhouse in Oroville and the LaCrosse Rock Houses and Station in LaCrosse.
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Liberty and Issaquah high schools just missed out on the top 10 on U.S. News & World Report list of best schools in the state. U.S. News & World Report reviewed 28,561 public high schools in the United States. In its 2016 rankings, 152 Washington schools made the list. Liberty was ranked 11th the state and Issaquah 12th, earning both a silver award. To graduate, Washington high school students must earn at least 20 credits and generally need to pass state tests in English language arts, math and science. Washington high school students must also write a post-highschool plan, according to the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. To be eligible for a state ranking on the 2016 U.S. News Best High Schools list, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal. Schools earned medals based on their performance on state assessments, their graduation rates and how well they prepare students for college.
There are six Washington schools with gold medals, 59 with silver medals and 87 with bronze medals. The top-ranked school in the state is Aviation High School, part of the Highline School District. Under college readiness metric, which is based on the percentages of 12th graders who were tested and passed AP exams, Liberty scored a 45.1 percent and Issaquah a 43.6 percent. In contrast, Aviation High School scored best the highest at 78.6 percent. Liberty scored a 2 percent above state average in mathematics and 3.7 percent above average in reading. Issaquah scored a 2.5 and 3.7 percent, respectively. Overall, Liberty was ranked 904 nationally, while Issaquah was ranked 976. District officials said Skyline High School’s ranking on the list was skewed unranked because so many 11th-graders opted out of a state test that was nevertheless not required during the last cycle.
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That’s right. Five years ago, Siefkes had her own bout with melanoma, the result she attributes to a single year’s lapse of annual dermatology checkup. “I had a friend 10 years who ago noticed a weird spot and someone said she should have that looked at and sure enough, it was melanoma,” Siefkes said. “So for good five to seven years, I went annually. I missed a year, found something and it was melanoma.” Siefkes, 51, considers herself lucky. A simple surgery removed the cancerous melanoma, leaving her only inconvenienced. She avoided having the unfortunate side affects of chemotherapy, like her mom experienced with breast cancer. She continued ticking those she knows afflicted by the disease. “My uncle and aunt were diagnosed. My daughter’s best friend’s dad passed away. My husband’s goddaughter was diagnosed and his friend was diagnosed,” she said. “It’s rampant.” That’s why she keeps entering a team into the annual Relay For Life. It’s local events like this that are helping raise funds to win the war against cancer. Again, according to cancer.gov, the number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis reached nearly 14.5 million in 2014 and is expected to rise to almost 19 million by 2024. Siefkes figures her team alone has contributed $3,000 over the years to the fight. And Issaquah relay organizer Stacy Strickland said last year’s event alone brought in $227,438. The relay is simple enough. Participants get flat donations and each team keeps one member circulating the high school track during all 20 hours of its overnight run time. Strickland said each year, the goal is simple — do more than the previous year. She wants to raise $270,000 and feels that’s going to be no problem as signups have already rocketed past the 80-team goal to 93 teams and 823 participants as of April 29. She added that it’s never too late for another team sign up right up to the day of the event. To keep things festive with so many participants packed into the infield of Issaquah High School, many in tents to camp overnight, Strickland has scheduled a bevy of fun events. The food truck last year was so popular, she’s bringing in three this year. In addition, there will be a DJ, wheel races, a midnight movie and midnight mile, and the return of fan favorite frozen T-Shirt Contest. “It’s perfect for a hot day,” Strickland said. “We freeze a t-shirt in to a ball and the challenge is to be the first team to thaw it out, put it on and cross the finish line. It does take quite a while.” Perhaps the highlight of the relay is the survivor’s lap, as the track is rimmed with glowing luminaria paper bags with names written on the side to honor those who have both won and lost their fight to cancer. “I plan to walk the survivor lap this year with my mom, a troop mom and a dear friend,” Siefkes said. “It’s truly emotional.” ANSWER TO #1011
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family,” she said. “I look forward to bringing my passion for education to the community, and eagerly anticipate the great work we will do together to support the lifelong success of our students.” She will replace Kathy Connally on July 1. Connally announced in March that she accepted a position as the director of teaching and learning with the Issaquah School District.
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services, gathering places, schools, neighborhoods and businesses,” Moon said. “The planned improvements make use of existing right-of-way to construct new features that will benefit the entire community.” She added the right-of-way is not wide enough to accommodate the planned bike and pedestrian facilities along with on-street parking.
While he has a few spaces on his lot, Sherwood said many of his patients park on the street. He said he sees several patients per hour, which means cars come and go frequently. “I’m just worried about my patients,” he said. “Where are they going to go?” Allen Flintoft wondered about the several homes on that stretch of Sunset. If those
people have multiple visitors, where would those visitors park? Butler has been home recovering from a heart attack he suffered April 10. Moon indicated the work of the task force still would move forward. Members will make a formal presentation to the City Council at a work session May 9. At its May 16 meeting, the council is expected to set
a public hearing for June 6. Moon said the hearing is not required, but the city is looking for public feedback. The task force has recommended Issaquah take on nine road projects with a total estimated cost of $71.6 million. With the approval of the City Council, voters may be asked in November to approve a bond sale to fund the work.
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the city as someplace to start in discussing the city’s traffic problems. Allen Flintoft said his company does have a small from page 3 parking lot. Moon confirmed the project in “My parking lot is good for its current form would elimi- small services,” he added, nate all on street parking. saying many services attract Moon worked directly with far more visitors than the lot the traffic task force as the can hold. administration’s representaThomas Flintoft comtive. plained he never received “The East Sunset Way notification from the city reimprovement project has garding the potential project. been the subject of discus“There’s been no commusions for numerous years, by nication between the city and community member-led task the property owners,” Thomforces, elected officials, city as Flintoft said. “This doesn’t staff and the general public,” make me feel too good.” Moon added in an email. He further argued the large “The planned project creates multi-use trail and sidewalks benefits for all users of this aren’t necessarily needed. important road, not just adja- Though he can see the street cent property owners.” from his office, Thomas In a phone interview, Moon Flintoft said he rarely sees said the city was ready to anyone walking on Sunset. work with all concerned. However, Moon said the city’s “I suspect different busiWalk-n-Roll plan, which she nesses have different condescribed as a community-led cerns,” she said. plan adopted in 2013, showed Moon later noted the a need for improved pedesproject is only at the conceptrian and cyclist pathways on tual design level, with many East Sunset to connect with specifics to be worked out. the Rainier Trail. The project was one of “The roadway is an impor11 “springboard” projects tant arterial in our commupresented to the task force by nity, connecting residents to
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One dozen trees slated for cutting were felled May 2 in the traffic median at the intersection of Northwest Gilman Boulevard and Seventh Avenue Northwest. The grass median is giving way for turn lanes and traffic signals for the 344-unit Atlas apartment homes developed by Lennar Multifamily Communities.
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The proposed merger of King County Fire Districts 10 and 38 into a new regional fire authority was failing as of results reported through May 1. The proposition needed 60 percent of the votes to be “yes” in order to pass. Through May 1, the “yes” votes were 3,578, or 56.74 percent, and the “no” votes were 2,728, or 43.26 percent. The authority would have Front Street overpass served May Valley, Tiger Mountain, Mirrormont, Pres- work finally underway ton, Carnation and unicorOn May 2, a WSDOT porated areas around North contractor was scheduled to Bend and Snoqualmie. begin work to repair the Interstate 90 overpass across Front Street. Endeavour Elementary A large hole has been visnames new principal ible in the side of the bridge Alaina Sivadasan is since March 2015, when a Endeavour Elementary garbage truck collided wtih School’s new principal. the overpass. Sivadasan comes to Front Street is schedIssaquah from the Lake uled to be closed in both Washington School District directions for three nights where she served as associ- between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.: ate principal at two elemen- May 4, 10 and 11. tary schools. The contractor for the “I am thrilled and hon$1.2 million project is limored to have the opportuited to completely closing the nity to become a part of street no more than three the Endeavour Elementary days.
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An annual date with destruction for Seattle’s anarchists
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icture, if you arms to host the May will, an anDay parade, a celebranual parade tion of workers’ rights in Issaquah. that annually turns ugly It features as the day progresses. brightly clad particiWould you allow pants celebrating their your leadership here in contributions to the Issaquah to plan an anlocal community. nual event they KNOW Not too hard to will result in violence imagine, as this sound every year? Annually, DAVID a lot like Issaquah’s the May Day parade HAYES annual Salmon Days starts peaceful enough. Press reporter Parade. The Seattle Times has But let’s play a little great photos of the with expectations and skew colorful participants. things toward the nefarious. Then all hell breaks loose. Let’s say, at this year’s parade, Or is it the pepper spray that is a group of a few dozen ne’er-doloosed? wells assemble, clad in black, Look at the weapons confiswith hoodies, scarves and masks cated from these “protestors” — covering their faces. The group steel pipes. Wooden stakes. Metal infiltrates the peaceful procession spikes. And a Molotov cocktail. shouting anti-capitalist slogans. How does indiscriminant deThey then aim their ire at winstruction bring positive attention dows of establishments that parto your plight? ticipate in the capitalist system. It doesn’t. These mental giants There goes Jak’s restaurant front. want anarchy. They rail against The library across the street capitalism while utilizing social becomes collateral damage. And media brought about by the very so on, down Front Street. innovations brought about by Police finally move in, clad in capitalism. Did they sew those body armor, armed with pepper hoodies together themselves from spray, nonlethal rubber bullet the wool shorn from the back of guns and bicycles. Some of the sheep they raise in their back“protestors” — shall we just call yards? Or perhaps, were they a spade a spade and say they’re purchased from the den of evil really domestic terrorists? — lob that is capitalism, say Target? a few beer bottles filled with Common sense seems to be the gasoline. Oh yeah, that’s called a first casualty of good intentions. Molotov cocktail. Great. You want to give voice to Before order is restored, the workers’ rights. But when your parade’s purpose of celebrating attempts end in violence, arthe salmon’s life cycle has been rests and casualties, isn’t time to long forgotten and anarchy has rethink things? again nearly won the day. How many times would Music Oh yeah. Did I forget to menand Arts in Issaquah have to tion, this imaginary situation rebuild its façade after these riots happens nearly every year lately? before an outcry for capitalistic Yet for some reason, hundreds rights becomes louder and more of thousands of dollars is spent urgent than the rioters’ rights? restoring the peace? In real estate, it’s all about Shouldn’t there be an outcry location, location, location. Why from the community to prevent should common sense be sacthis from happening in the first rificed because Seattle is more place? liberal than Issaquah? Well, such questions seem to be absent from the minds of current Contact reporter David Hayes officials in charge of the Emerald at dhayes@isspress.com. City. Every year, they open their Twitter: @DavidHayesIP
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The Providence Heights College campus on 228th Avenue Southeast is shown during the 1970s, when it was operated as a conference and education center. The Sisters of Providence opened the campus in 1961 as a divinity school.
READERS RESPOND We posted news of the latest development regarding the Providence Heights College property on Facebook last week. The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation named the site of the former divinity school built by the Sisters of Providnece as one of the seven most-endangered in the state. Here’s a selection of responses to the story: Even though I live in Sammamish, I still feel these decisions impact our entire community. It’s as if developers and cities are taking an eraser to history and nature in favor of development — wiping out historic buildings and structures, as well as trees — removing the character of the towns and replacing them with homes (upon homes upon homes upon homes upon...).
Oh joy, more destruction for more houses, more people, more traffic. Great long term planning. NOT.
Paul Tedrow I’m frustrated that the city seems to be in the
LeAnne Marie Evans Wilson pockets of the developers, but at the same time I Please, please, please do NOT sell this to a developer. Disturbing to know that beautiful chapel could be torn into pieces.
Karen Jen The glass may be art but I can’t see and historical significance to any of the buildings.
Ace Evans The destruction of this chapel is very shortsighted and hopefully all the current residents of Sammamish and Issaquah that have observed the support of developments at any cost will rise up and speak to save something that is irreplaceable
think their hands may be tied. Unfortunately, the state government sets growth mandates that I think we have to follow. It’s such a bummer, though. I can’t imagine staying here after the kids are grown ... much too crowded.
Raylene Jolly Wheeler The Sammamish Heritage Society should make an offer to purchase the buildings and land with some profit incentive. They could then sell tickets to the millions rushing from around the world to see this place.
Jim Wright
Gale Menath Oh, no! This is such a beautiful, serene spot.
Although the development will impact Sammamish, our City of Sammamish has no jurisdiction over what Issaquah decides to do. It is within Issaquah city limits.
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Rent prices for Atlas apartments too high for moderate-income earners with families
Gag me with a spoon. Where is affordable housing? The rentals per month for Atlas are outrageous. How do moderate-income earners with families fit into this complex? Not only is it a humongous monstrosity — ugly and a blight to Issaquah’s valley floor — it is unaffordable to many. Figure the numbers — if all the units find renters, just how much does this monstrosity and its builders pay for the traffic and school problems that come with
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added bodies that will occupy Atlas units? Lennar’s financial backers are going to be walking away with the bank every month, leaving the city dwellers with nothing in their pockets as they have to pay and pay for the improvements and maintenance that are created by adding large numbers to the area. Starting in June, it will be the start of many sad days for the longtime and current residents. Let’s hope this is Lennar’s first and last project in the city
Geraldine Carey
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School board approves gifts to district The Issaquah School Board is required by district policy to approve gifts and donations of $5,000 or more in value. The following gifts/ donations were approved at the board’s April 27 meeting: 4Grand Ridge Elementary School PTSA has
donated $5,980 to support students at Grand Ridge Elementary School. 4The Issaquah High School Booster Club donated $9,097.35 to help pay for the girls basketball team’s trip to Arizona. 4The Liberty High School PTSA donated $7,140 to fund individual
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS Inspections were performed April 18-24 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. Papa Murphy’s 709 228th Ave. NE, Sammamish April 22: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Sammamish 76 740 228th Ave. NE, Sammamish April 22: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Skyline High School 1122 228th Ave. NE, Sammamish April 22: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Skyline High School student store 1122 228th Ave. NE, Sammamish April 22: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Szechuan Chef 1580 NW Gilman Blvd. April 22: Return inspection, 20 red, 0 blue
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scholarships for students in need at the school. 4The Issaquah Schools Foundation donated $48,533 to fund Kateri Brow grants throughout the district. 4The Issaquah Schools Foundation donated $128,731 to fund the 11 different programs.
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Fight for YOU. Cinco de Gato, May 2-5 Silk (April 25, 1950) went to the spirit in the sky on April It’s Cinco de Gato at Seattle 11, 2016. She leaves behind Humane! Join the fiesta and adopt children Logan and Evan; any cat 1 year old and up for just her siblings Yvonne, Elaine, $5 May 2-5. Don’t miss out on Dennis (she was preceded this purrfect opportunity to add a by Joanie and Margie); and furry member to your family! countless friends.
Alvaro Sanchez Alvaro Durco Sanchez, husband to Frances and father to Lisa, Anitra and Tony, passed Friday, April 22, 2016. Services will be held 11am, Friday, May 6th at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish. Please view photos, get directions and share memories at flintofts.com. Flintoft’s Funeral Home, 392-6444.
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Ed Mott was an Issaquah police officer during the 1970s.
‘Just fly by the seat of your pants. Here’s the keys. Here’s your badge.’ Museum interview captured memories of police work in 1970s Issaquah The feature “Ride along with an Issaquah Police officer” in the March 21 Issaquah Press brought to mind the stories of the late Ed Mott, who served with the Issaquah Police Department in the 1970s. His recollections, recorded in 2006 as part of the Issaquah History Museums’ oral history project, conjure up a much different time. “When I started on April 17, 1971, Issaquah police was the best place in the world to work. But it was so dysfunctional, because we didn’t really have any plan, any rules, regulations,” Mott
said. There were seven in the police department and they all lived in town. Mott’s salary was $665 a month. “It was just kind of like, ‘Just fly by the seat of your pants. Here’s the keys. Here’s your badge.’ Once they got you in, they just turned you loose.” We had crime, but it was “good” crime, Mott told the audience when the oral histories were introduced. “It took me three years before I really saw a burglary. There was no reason to lock your doors. It was that kind of a city.” See POLICE, Page 8
First Citizen Award banquet to honor Issaquah’s Campbell Banker and phiorg. A reception lanthropist Phyllis begins at 6 p.m. and Campbell of Issaquah the banquet starts will be honored by at 7 p.m. Tickets are two former gover$125. nors, along with Speakers include leaders of nonprofit Gov. Chris Gregoire; foundations and busiGov. Gary Locke; nesses, at a Seattle Phyllis Campbell Martha Choe, forcivic banquet May 25. mer chief adminisIn November 2015, Camp- trative officer at the Bill and bell was named the 78th Melinda Gates Foundation; recipient of the Seattle-King and Steve Davis, president County First Citizen Award. and CEO of the global health Campbell is only the fifth nonprofit organization PATH. woman to receive the honor. Campbell is chairman, Reservations for the notPacific Northwest, for JPMorfor-profit event, to be held at gan Chase & Co. the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, She is being recognized in 411 University St., in downpart for her roles as a mentown Seattle, may be made tor, volunteer, philanthropist online at seattlefirstcitizen. and civic leader.
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Beaver Lake eighth-grader is one of four youngsters who will rotate as lead character Billy Elliot in Village Theatre’s latest production By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com
it’s a hardwood floor. And everyone is like, ‘Stop!’ and I say, ‘Sorry. I just need to Vincent Bennett’s favorite practice.’ ” subject in school is science. Bennett will be rotating But when the Beaver Lake nights as Billy with three Middle School eighth-grader other 13-year-olds — Nikita found himself in the middle Baryshnikov from Redmond, of taking a test, he couldn’t Bito Gotteman from Mercer help getting a case of happy Island and Philipp Merfeet. gener from Seattle. All have His classmates would just extensive dance background, have to make allowances, as while Bennett has performed Bennett is one of four boys in “Aladdin” at Beaver Lake cast as Billy in Village Theand appeared on the Village atre’s latest musical produc- Theatre’s main stage in a tion, “Billy Elliot.” KIDSTAGE Summerstock “I practice the choreograproduction of “Peter Pan.” phy all the time,” he said. “I’ll Bennett said he’s been dancbe taking a test in science ing ballet since he was 4, and I’ll tap my feet because living in Indiana.
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“Billy Elliot” May 12 to July 3 Village Theatre’s Francis Gaudett Theatre, 303 Front St. N. Tickets are $40-$72 and available online at villagetheatre.org or at the box office by calling 392-2202 “My family actually owns several movies on videotape with Mikhail Baryshnikov,” he said. “I’d always watch
him and dance around the room like he was.” As he got more into ballet, Bennett found his body wasn’t completely built for it, so he decided to try a few other things. “That’s when I discovered dancing is involved in musical theater. So I thought this would be good idea,” he said. Guiding Bennett and the other Billys through the demanding paces is firsttime choreographer Katy Tabb. A native of Bellevue, Tabb’s debut in the Seattle area was in the ensemble of See BOYS, Page 7
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Issaquah Valley Trolley returns May 7
HISTORY SNAPSHOT Issaquah town Marshal Howard Case (left, holding a hatchet) stands in front of Clark’s Place saloon with proprietor George Clark in 1912. Evidently there had been some altercation shortly before the photograph was taken. The right center window pane was broken and replaced, but the saloon’s name had not yet been repainted on the glass. The saloon was located on the east side of Front Street. For information about the May 12 History Pub Crawl, visit the Issaquah History Museums online at issaquahhistory.org.
The Issaquah Valley Trolley begins summer operations May 7. Thanks to work completed on the bridge and track last fall, the car will be able to operate on the entire line from the historic Depot Museum to Gilman Boulevard. The trolley will run Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting, through the end of September. Passengers board at the Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE. Passengers will travel on the last bit of rail line in Issaquah. The route was originally constructed by the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, which came to town in 1887. Boarding passes can be purchased at the ticket window in the waiting room. The fare is $5 per person, which includes the trolley ride plus admission to the Depot Museum and the Gilman Town Hall Museum. Children aged 5 and under and members of the Issaquah History Museums ride free.
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Village Theatre’s “The Producers.” A graduate of Chapman University in California, Tabb’s been working with the Billys every Saturday since they were cast last fall. “It’s amazing having a palette of these boys who are so gifted,” Tabb said. “They’re young and 13, so anything you ask, they say ‘Yes! How fast? How high? How many times?’ If anything, I have to slow them down to remind them you’re not immortal. We have to keep them healthy through the run of the show.” “Billy Elliot,” winner of 10 Tony Awards and named Time Magazine’s Best Musical of the Decade, is set amid the chaos of the 1984 miners’ strike in northern England. The story revolves around the motherless Billy Elliot, who stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and community — while changing his life forever. Village Theatre’s production features a 30-person cast overflowing with
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many faces who will be familiar to regular audiences. “We’re really lucky to have a palette of adults who are amongst the most talented in the Seattle area,” Tabb said. “Our ensemble is made up of some of Seattle’s best leading men. It’s really crazy. If your ensemble is made of these leading
actors, holy cow.” Bennett was awestruck to be working amongst so many experienced actors, as well. “During full-cast rehearsal, I was so excited to meet everyone. There are so many people that played so many leads in other productions, just to be around them. Especially
since Billy Elliot is the main person and everyone revolves around him,” Bennett said. “Honestly, it’s a little terrifying. But really exciting and I’m learning so much from them.” “Billy Elliot” has been a learning experience for Tabb, as well. The musical is directed by Village Theatre veteran Steve Tomkins. “Steve has been single-handedly the biggest mentor to my career to date,” Tabb said. “All of the shows, except the one I did at Village Theatre, was directed by Steve, so he afforded me more and more responsibility. He’s been a big inspiration to me.” It’s a challenging production for Tabb to choreograph, as it features two of the most demanding disciplines — tap and ballet. “It’s a big big, big show — about 2½ hours and Billy is on stage for all but 15 minutes. It’s just enough time to sip some water, change clothes and get back out there,” Tabb said. “The demands of a 13-year-old-boy, eight shows a week, while still doing school while keeping up with training, not to mention the huge investment of their families’ time, we felt it best to share the load for the run of the show. Even making through the
show once is like a marathon.” Tabb believes audiences will love the production for its universal theme of chasing a dream despite the impossible. “It’s something that we can all relate to. Billy faces impossible demands as a young kid to maintain his family, to find this escape through dance that he’s never experienced before. A reason why it resonates with so many audiences is it connects to heart of whatever their passion is. Whenever anything is stressful and going wrong, there’s that light, and for Billy that’s dance,” Tabb said. For Bennett, his passion is to someday get to Broadway and eventually direct productions himself. He explains his career path so far using a mountainous analogy. “If you think about a mountain, there’s first a forest,” he said. “I take ‘Aladdin’ and think it was at top of the forest or the middle. ‘Peter Pan’ jumped all the way to the rocks of the mountain. And ‘Billy Elliot,’ I just got a huge bungee chord and flew all the way to the top and like landed and tried to balance on the top. That’s where ‘Billy Elliot’ is, and hopefully can continue on from there.”
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The fifth annual U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School honorees and District Sustainability Awardees were announced April 22. The Issaquah School District is among the 15 honorees for the District Sustainability Award. “The Green Ribbon School awards show how much students and staff care about the environment and sustainability,” said state superintendent of schools Randy Dorn.
The selected districts and schools were honored for their exemplary efforts in at least one of the Green Ribbon pillars: 4Reducing environmental impact and costs 4Improving health and wellness of students and staff 4Providing effective environmental and sustainability education, incorporating science, technology, engineering and math; civic skills and green career pathways “What I appreciate about these awards is the vari-
ety of projects,” Dorn said. “It shows just how much students and staff care about the environment and sustainability.” Dorn cited examples of each awardee, including the Issaquah School District. Water conservation efforts have led to no increases in the irrigation rate, even though the district added new irrigation systems to five buildings. Awarded schools have the opportunity to be honored in Washington, D.C.
bound lanes dropped from 60 mph to 40 mph at the bridge over Issaquah Creek. Storefronts near the presfrom page 6 ent location of Gilman Village provided cover for police Mott recruited senior citiwaiting for speeders. zen volunteers for a program “We just started nailing he started called “vacation them,” Mott said. “I mean, house watches.” that’s all we did, unless we “We’d show them how to got a call. And you never had do vacation house checks,” a call, so we just kept writing he said, “and they’d drive tickets.” around – in marked police The town’s teenagers also cars.” got caught. Members of the They loved it and provided Facebook group “You know a valuable service, Mott said. you are from Issaquah, WA, The program made national if...” remember Mott not only news and the volunteers for giving them their first were even invited to appear speeding tickets, but also for on Johnny Carson’s “The watching out for them when Tonight Show.” they were young and foolish. Interstate 90 wasn’t open Some recall working off when Mott joined the force. their tickets by washing U.S. Highway 10 (now Gilpolice cars and fire engines, man Boulevard) was the cleaning the jail refrigerator main highway and Issaquah and weeding the landscaped was a well-known speed areas at the school. trap. The speed limit for eastBreaking up bar fights was
also among Mott’s regular duties. “Because so many times we worked by ourselves and we didn’t have backup, sometimes we would allow certain people in certain bars to be there and drive. Even though we knew they had suspended licenses. But the deal was, you’ll come save my bacon. If I get called, and there’s a big fight, I want your help.” The drunk fighters who “hadn’t really hurt anybody” were allowed to sleep it off in jail. “We’d find out when they had to go to work in the morning and go in and wake them up, shower them and let them go. And that was it.” Although police work in Issaquah was pretty basic, Mott ended up connected with two famous Pacific Northwest criminal cases. In 1971, he was dispatched to the Issaquah Skyport to help the state patrol pick up four parachutes for D.B. Cooper. The nation’s first successful airplane hijacker was waiting for them at Sea-Tac airport. Three years later, Mott was on duty at the Rainier Brewery-sponsored beer bash at Lake Sammamish State Park when Ted Bundy abducted Janice Ott and Denise Naslund from the crowd of 40,000 partiers. Months later, Mott was the first officer on scene after hunters reported finding the women’s shallow graves near Issaquah. Mott left the force in 1983. By then, the Issaquah Police Department had grown and become a professional organization. Asked what he took away from his time in Issaquah, Mott said, “I took away all sorts of valuable information. I learned how to treat people with dignity. I learned how to treat and to listen to people. I mean really listen to them. And that‘s really a secret to my success, I think, is I learned to listen to people.” Mott retired in 2003 as a detective lieutenant with the Bellevue Police Department. He died Dec. 3, 2015.
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SATURDAY, MAY 7 West Tiger 1 Loop Hike, strenuous, 10 miles, 3,000-foot gain, 8:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 2703322 Issaquah Farmers Market Opening Day, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. NW, featuring an Earth Day Celebration planting trees along Pickering Trail, music by Ramshackle 12:30-2 p.m. Northwest Paddling Festival, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring sea kayak tours, kids’ zone, Northwest Paddling Challenge, kayak polo exhibition match, survival skills fire-lighting competition and more, free to attend, Sunset Beach at Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, northwestpaddlingfestival.com Downtown History Hike with museum guide Doug Bristol, 10 a.m., $7.50/$10, meet at 78 First Ave. NE, bit.ly/1T25Adx Issaquah Garden Club Plant Sale/Bake Sale/Art Sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p .m., 16023 252nd Ave. SE, issaquahgardenclub.org Life Enrichment Options annual Mother’s Brunch, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., a free event to celebrate moms who have kids with developmental disabilities, Swedish Medical Center Issaquah, 751, NE Blakely Dr., lifeenrichmentoptions.org or email
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ONLINE CALENDAR Submit details for your event to our online calendar at eastofseattle.news/calendar. info@lifeenrichmentoptions.org with questions. Issaquah Valley Trolley begins its 2016 season, runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., board at Depot Museum, 78 Front Ave. NE, $5 per person 27th Annual Tuxes & Tails Gala, benefitting Seattle Humane, 5 p.m. Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, $125, features silent auction, gourmet fourcourse meal, live auction, celebrity pet runway show, bit.ly/245C2mU Shaggy Sweet, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Big Dog Revue, 7:30-10:30 p.m., $5 cover, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550
SUNDAY, MAY 8 Preston “Longwell Memorial” flower hike with Steve Williams, very easy, 8 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 453-8997 Issaquah Spring Electric Vehicle Show, 9 a.m., Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In, 98 NE Gilman Blvd., bit. ly/1rqBgn4, 310-926-9070
MONDAY, MAY 9 Council Services & Safety Committee, 4:30 p.m., Eagle Room, City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way Arts Commission, 6:30 p.m., Coho Room, City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way Council Committee work Session, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way
TUESDAY, MAY 10 Toddler Story Time, ages 24-36 months, 10:30-11 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Preschool Story Time, ages 3-5, 11:30 a.m. to noon, 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 Meditation: A Tool to Balance Your Life, 7-8:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Sister Cities Commission, 7 p.m., Coho Room, City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 Young Toddler Story Time, ages 12-24 months, 10:30-11 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Infant Story Time, ages newborn to 12 months, noon to 12:30 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430
Study Zone, grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Friends of Issaquah Library monthly meeting, 7-8:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Issaquah Highlands Travel Club presentation on Australia and New Zealand, 7 p.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 NE Park Dr. RSVP to ihtravelclub@ gmail.com.
THURSDAY, MAY 12 Spanish Story Time, ages 3 and older, 10-10:30 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 History Pub Crawl, starts at 6:45 p.m. at Depot Museum and goes through six downtown establishments and features small cocktail or appetizer, lively narratives and juicy tidbits on times gone by, $50, bit. ly/23MFAOu The RIF Duo, 7-9 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 One-on-one computer help, 5:307:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Study Zone, grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Planning Policy Commission, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way Talk Time Class, 6:30-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430
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Last-second goal saves Spartans in rivalry matchup BOYS SOCCER SKYLINE 1 ISSAQUAH 1 By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com With the game hanging in the balance and the referee mere seconds away from blowing the final whistle, McKinley Fodness tried to do something the Skyline Spartans hadn’t done all night – put the
ball past Issaquah goalkeeper Ian Lambert. A long throw from Skyline’s Kendrick Lu on the right sideline bounced high off a defender’s head and found its way to Fodness, whose glancing header slithered past Lambert to tie the score deep in second-half stoppage time. After 10 scoreless minutes of overtime, rivals Issaquah and Skyline settled for a 1-1 draw and one point apiece from their Class 4A KingCo Conference boys soccer regular-season finale in Sam-
mamish on April 28. Issaquah handed Skyline (11-1-2 overall, 7-0-1 KingCo) its only blemish of the conference season, but Lambert said what the rest of the Eagles were likely thinking: They should’ve taken all three points. “I think we fought really well. I saw some heart in the boys that I hadn’t seen in a long, long time,” said Lambert, a senior who made eight saves. See SOCCER, Page 11
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Issaquah junior midfielder Issac Chai (left) and Skyline senior forward Nell Baxi (9) contend for the ball during the second period of their April 28 soccer match.
ONE ATHLETE, 10 EVENTS
Issaquah’s Nelson branches out with decathlon training By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com
Issaquah High School sports fans know Joe Nelson for his explosive leaping ability, which he uses to pull down passes during football season and to soar great distances during track and field season. Nelson, a junior at Issaquah, has already accomplished quite a bit in both sports. He was a key receiver for quarterback Cam Humphrey as the Eagles returned to the Class 4A state playoffs last fall. And he won a seventh-place medal in triple jump, going 43 feet, 11½ inches at the 2015 state track and field championships. Now Nelson is trying to prove just how versatile he can be. His sights are set on competing in decathlon at the state’s combined events championship June 4-5 at Arlington High School. The decathlon is a grueling test of endurance, speed and strength that will be on display at this summer’s Olympics in Brazil. Athletes compete in 10 events: 100-meter and 400-meter dashes, 110-meter hurdles, 1,500-meter run, long jump, high jump, shot put, pole vault, discus and javelin. “I feel like the decathlon is a way to try everything out and I think that’s the way to have the most fun in this thing,” Nelson said. Issaquah’s April 28 home meet against Eastlake was a chance for Nelson to put some new skills to the test. He began pole-vault training four days earlier and did well in his first competition, clearing 10-6 and tying for fourth place. His final successful vault of the day was hair-raising as he made significant contact with the bar, but it stayed put as Nelson flopped to the mat and rose to cheers from fellow competitors. “I was pretty scared to pole vault at first because it’s a lot different than high jump,” said Nelson, who has an experienced coach in Laura Schvaneveldt, a four-time KingCo Conference champion and threetime state champion in the event. “It’s pretty up there and you always hear about these pole-vault fails. But I got the hang of it pretty
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Issaquah junior Joe Nelson brushes the bar but it stays in place as he clears 10 feet during his first-ever competition in the pole vault during the Eagles’ April 28 track-and-field meet against Eastlake. quickly and I think I use my athleticism a lot to get over it.” Nelson is a strong sprinter – he won the 100 meters against Eastlake in 11.54 seconds – but his specialties are the high, long and triple jumps. His postseason plan is to win all three events at
Issaquah junior Joe Nelson waits to try his luck for the first time at the pole vault during the Eagles’ meet against Eastlake. “It’s pretty up there and you always hear about these pole-vault fails. But I got the hang of it pretty quickly and I think I use my athleticism a lot to get over it.”
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the KingCo and District 2 meets. Heading into last week, he was ranked fifth among 4A athletes in high jump (6-5) and sixth in long jump (21-10). Issaquah football coach Buddy Bland and his staff surely appreciate the fact Nelson is putting his athleticism to good use prior to his senior season. “I think track, just getting explosion and speed, that translates really well to football,” Nelson said. “Stuff like high jump and long jump can translate really well to catching fades or a deep ball.” The Issaquah boys lost a 73-72 decision to Eastlake, but had several winning times in their secondto-last KingCo meet.
The Eagles got first-place marks from Garrett White (200 meters), Jacob Brueckman (800), Jenner Sapienza (1,600), Jordan Crist (3,200) and Elliott Tan (110 hurdles). Field winners included Zaviar Brown in long jump, Jake Hancock in high jump and Joey Jensen in discus. Issaquah’s girls stayed unbeaten in KingCo meets with a 94-56 win as Siarfo Abekah, Nikki Stephens, Bridgette Robertson, Sami Corman and Kenna Clawson played major roles. The Eagles finish their regular season at Inglemoor at 4 p.m. May 5. The KingCo championships take place May 11 and 13 at Juanita High School in Kirklannd
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chaos in the penalty box. He credited Lu for putting the ball in the right spot. “I just wanted to keep my from page 10 team in it, so just pushing really hard to get that goal,” “It was good to see that, Fodness said. “Just saw the but it’s really tough leaving ball, headed it in.” with a tie. There’s some unreLambert made a desperate solved, negative emotions.” leap to his left and thought he Both squads are playoffwas going to make the save. bound. Top-seeded Skyline “I had my low hand, hosts No. 2 seed Mount Si in thinking that it was going to the KingCo championship bounce right, and I misread game at 7:30 p.m. May 9. The the ball and it bounced right winner advances to the 4A over my hand and into the state playoffs. goal,” he said. Issaquah (4-2-2 KingCo) Skyline owned possession earned the No. 3 seed to for most of the match and the KingCo tournament and looked like it would get on the hosts No. 6 Inglemoor in an scoreboard first, but Issaquah elimination game at 7 p.m. seized control in the 28th May 5. The Eagles, who went minute when Duncan Birkwinless in their last threewood earned a foul about 30 regular season games, must yards from the Skyline goal. win three straight games to Junior midfielder Issac reach state. Chai hit a jaw-dropping free Fodness, a junior midfield- kick into the upper left corner er, said the Spartans practice past helpless goalkeeper long throws and creating Lucas Richardson, then raced
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toward the Issaquah student section in celebration. Falling behind is nothing new for the Spartans. Though they didn’t score until the final seconds of regulation, they constantly pressured the Eagles’ back line and forced Lambert into some quality saves. “A lot of games we’ve gone down and come back,” Fodness said, “and I think it’s just the team mentality that coach (Don) Braman and coach (Chuck) Krieble sort of insist
that we have all the time. “We’re always just confident that we can come back, so it’s just sort of engraved in our minds.” The Spartans used playmakers Matthew Richardson, Luis Miller and Ty Good to create dangerous chances throughout the second half and overtime. Although the tie snapped an 11-game winning streak, they’ve already beaten Mount Si, 3-2, and Fodness said they’re a confident group.
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Thursday, May 5, 2016 • “We’ve got some great guys on this team and the talent pool is ridiculous,” he said. “We’re looking forward to the championship. Hopefully we’re going to take that (and) take it to state.” Lambert expects the Eagles will work on possessing the
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PUBLIC NOTICE 16‑4070 SEPA DETERMINATION MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON‑SIGNIFICANCE FOR Clark Elementary School
3.74), impacts to Police and General Government Services are to be de‑ termined through the environmental review process and paid at the time of Building Permit issuance. Be‑ cause there is an existing school that will be demolished and recon‑ structed at the same site, the school district will be given credit for the ex‑ isting square footage in the calcula‑ tion of the impact fees. The school district’s updated Trans‑ portation Impact Study Addendum, dated April 25, 2016, identified traffic impacts that may occur due to the re‑ distribution of trips resulting from the modified access plan for parent visi‑ tor traffic and staff and bus traffic ac‑ cess. Based on the City’s minimum acceptable level‑of‑service criteria identified in the Street Standards (2010), the studied intersections would meet the minimum criteria with the project during the AM, afternoon and PM peak hours and therefore no off‑site mitigation has been identi‑ fied. Based on the modified site cir‑ culation plan for CES and GEK, and the revised LOS results, a west‑ bound right turn lane at Front Street/Newport/SE Clark Street is no longer recommended. The City’s traffic level of service standard (LOS) is LOS D. The project will mitigate traffic impacts at street intersections if the proposed school improvements would result in traffic generation which lowers exist‑ ing intersection LOS A‑C to LOS E or F, or if it adds 5 or more seconds of additional delay to intersections currently operating at LOS D. The mitigation would improve impacted intersections to the LOS and control delay condition prior to the develop‑ ment. The modified site circulation plan moves a majority of traffic to the north side of the building which sig‑ nificantly reduces traffic impact to homes adjacent to the south prop‑ erty line. The east edge of 1st Ave. SW will be changed back to having curbs by removing an existing asphalt taper which brought the roadway level up to the level of the existing sidewalk. A raised sidewalk will be added to the west side of the road northward to the sound end of the existing City shop/office parking. A landscape strip and/or tree wells will be in‑ cluded in the west side sidewalks where permitted by ROW widths and existing obstructions. The end of Clark Street where it interfaces with the existing school parking lot and the Boehm Pool entrance will be re‑ configured to enhance circulation and safety. An eight foot tall, black chain link fence and taller, more dense land‑ scaping than required by City Stan‑ dards will be planted along the south property line to enhance visual screening from adjacent homes. No direct wetland impacts will occur as a result of the project. Permanent buffer impacts are limited to a rela‑ tively small area. Mitigation includes buffer averaging and restoration. Buffer area restoration will include native trees, shrubs and ground cover to enhance these buffer ar‑ eas. Large wood debris will be sal‑ vaged and placed in the mitigation area. Temporary Erosion and Sedimenta‑ tion Controls (TESC), Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, NPDES Permit and best management prac‑ tices (BMP) will be implemented and maintained by the contractor. Low impact development tech‑ niques, including rain gardens, will be utilized to facilitate infiltration of on‑site storm water up to the 100 year storm level. Motion sensors will reduce sharp cut‑ off, LED site lighting levels to 50% when no activity is detected. The project will comply with current codes, standards, rules and regula‑ tions. PUBLIC NOTICE & COMMENT PERIOD: This Mitigated Determination of Non‑ significance (MDNS) is issued under WAC 197‑11‑350; the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date of issue. The re‑ sponsible official will reconsider the MDNS based on timely comments and may retain, modify, or, if signifi‑ cant adverse impacts are likely, with‑ draw the MDNS. If the MDNS is re‑ tained, it will be final after the expira‑ tion of the comment deadline. There is no administrative appeal for this SEPA determination.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: The proposal is to construct the new Clark Elementary School on the ap‑ proximately 11.35 acre site of the ex‑ isting Issaquah Middle School cam‑ pus. The new project will include one, two and three story buildings providing approximately 85,000 square feet of elementary school space. An interior remodel and 3,100 square foot addition to the ex‑ isting 200 Building will provide a to‑ tal of about 22,000 square feet of space for the new Gibson Ek High school. In addition portables from the existing Tiger Mountain Commu‑ nity High School will be relocated to the site to provided much needed teacher collaboration and training space. The new campus will have capacity to serve about 824 elementary stu‑ dents with 32 teaching stations plus 8 future portable classrooms. The high school will serve about 250 stu‑ dents. The project will provide 227 regular parking spaces and an addi‑ tional 81 parking spaces for special events. All parent and visitor traffic will enter and exit the site on 1st Avenue SE at the Bush Street intersection. Drop‑off and pick‑up will occur along 1st Avenue SE where buses cur‑ rently load and unload middle school students. Vehicles will be able to ac‑ cess the front, visitor parking lot. Traffic can arrive and depart from 1st Avenue SE via a number of route options which will disperse traffic headed, west, north east and south on different roads through different intersections minimizing the impact to any one location. Staff and about 8 buses will access the site from the signalized intersection at Front Street/Newport/SE Clark Street. Staff and buses will proceed along the west side of the elementary build‑ ing to access parking and the bus unloading/loading area. Separation of bus and parent vehicle traffic will help to minimize conflicts and im‑ prove safety for both vehicles and pedestrians. Clark Elementary and the Gibson Ek High School will oper‑ ate on different schedules with differ‑ ent peak traffic times. Access to Gib‑ son Ek will also be via 1st Avenue SE. Staff, visitors and older stu‑ dents will continue through the loop at the south end of the street to ac‑ cess parking along the east side of the site. The three buses that will serve Gibson Ek will unload/load along the southern east side of 1st Avenue SE where approximately 24 buses service the existing middle school. The project will start construction in the end of the school year in June, 2016. The new high school will be occupied for the start of school in September 2016. At the end of the 2015‑2016 school year, partial demo‑ lition of the existing Issaquah Middle School (IMS) will begin. Work will also start on the new additions, and modernization of the existing IMS to house the new Clark Elementary School (CES) and the new Gibson Ek High School (GEK). The new CES will be occupied at the start of school in September 2017. LOCATION OF PROPOSAL: The project site is located at 400 1st Avenue SE in Issaquah, Washington at the site of the current Issaquah Middle School. (A new street ad‑ dress may be assigned to the high school) King County Assessor’s Tax Account Numbers: The multi‑parcel site is currently being consolidated into one parcel LEAD AGENCY & PROPONENT: Issaquah School District #411 The Issaquah School District is the SEPA lead agency for the project. The Environmental Checklist and draft MDNS have been submitted to the City of Issaquah. Environmental impacts that are not mitigated through the City of Issaquah’s Land Use Code and other regulations are addressed in the Mitigated Determi‑ nation of Nonsgnificance (MDNS). The MDNS will be published May 5, 2016. City of Issaquah comments, Community Conference discussion, recommendations and public com‑ ments on environmental impacts of the project have been considered by the District, as SEPA lead agency, and additional mitigation has been in‑ cluded in the May 5, MDNS. Follow‑ ing the May 5, 2016 MDNS publica‑ tion, a 14 day comment and appeal period will end at 4:00 PM May 19, 2016. If no additional mitigation is needed, the SEPA MDNS will be is‑ sued as final on May 19, 2016 upon conclusion of the comment and ap‑ peal period. RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL:Steve Crawford, Director of Capital Projects Issaquah School District #411 THRESHOLD DETERMINATION: The lead agency has determined that the requirements for environ‑ mental analysis and protection have been adequately addressed in the development regulations and com‑ prehensive plan adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW, and in other applicable local, state, or federal laws or rules, as provided by RCW 43.21C.240 and WAC 197‑11‑158 and/or mitigating measures have been applied that ensure no signifi‑ cant adverse impacts will be created or mitigation measures have been in‑ cluded as part of this determination which alleviates any probable signifi‑ cant adverse environmental impact. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030 (2) (c). This decision was made after review of an environ‑ mental checklist and other informa‑ tion on file with the lead agency and the City of Issaquah (Project file number MSP14‑0002 and SDP14‑ 00001). This information is avail‑ able to the public on request. MITIGATING MEASURES: The Issaquah School District will pro‑ vide mitigation measures consistent with the City of Issaquah permit re‑ quirements and conditions. Pursuant to the City of Issaquah ap‑ proved impact fee ordinances (Is‑ saquah Municipal Code
Notice of this MDNS will be pub‑ lished in the Legal Notices section of The Issaquah Press weekly newspa‑ per on Thursday, May 5, 2016 and Thursday, May 12, 2016. In addi‑ tion, notice of this MDNS will be mailed to parties of record and nearby property owners. A copy of the Mitigated Determina‑ tion of Nonsignificance was posted at the site. WRITTEN COMMENTS OR ANY APPEALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DIS‑ TRICT NO LATER THAN 4:00 PM, May 19, 2016. Appeals must be in writing and state the perceived errors in the Thresh‑ old Determination, specific reasons why the Determination should be re‑ versed or modified, any harm the Ap‑ pellant will suffer if the Threshold De‑ termination remains unchanged and the desired outcome of the appeal. If the Appellant is a group, the harm to any one or more of the individuals must be stated. Failure to meet these requirements will result in dis‑ missal of the appeal. Steve Crawford, Director of Capital Projects Issaquah School District 565 NW Holly Street Issaquah, WA 98027 DATE OF ISSUANCE: Thursday, May 5, 2016 PUBLISHED in the ISSAQUAH PRESS on May 5 & 12, 2016
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At 9:58 p.m. April 22, an Eastside Fire & Rescue employee reported a van parked in their lot, located in the 100 block of Newport Way Northwest, with a person sleeping in it. An officer spoke with the person in the van who said she was there to teach a class in the morning. She was allowed to stay.
At 1:19 a.m. April 24, an officer contacted a male subject outside 24 Hour Fitness in the 5700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast who was punching the disabled parking sign. The officer told him he couldn’t be there and to move on. The subject agreed.
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At 11:04 a.m. April 25, someone stole $141.28 in groceries from the 1800 block of 12th Avenue Northwest.
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Package purloined A package valued at $175 was reported stolen at 2:35 p.m. April 25 from a property in the 2100 block of Newport Way Northwest.
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