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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 • Vol. 112, No. 19

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Issaquah ROTC on chopping block Low enrollment cited as district considers budget

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter

A history of junior ROTC At one time, Issaquah School District’s three largest high schools

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The Navy Junior ROTC at Issaquah High School performs at a March school assembly. Unless the program raises its enrollment to more than 100 students, it could be canceled.

IF YOU GO Issaquah Navy Junior ROTC Fun Day Noon to 1:30 p.m. May 14 Issaquah High School 700 Second Ave. S.E. Call 837-6072 or email DeMarcoR@Issaquah.wednet.edu to learn more.

had a junior ROTC program.

Nationwide, there are more than 600 Navy Junior ROTC programs; Washington has 14.

Students can enter the four-year program at any point of their high school career. They learn about the values of citizenship, service to their country, personal responsibility and how to accomplish goals.

ROTC teaches cadets about life skills, including career planning, leadership, relationships, how to be an active and informed citizen, first aid and fitness. Along the way, cadets learn about naval history, geography and national defense.

“It’s the best choice of my high school career,” sophomore Taylor Stone said.

He said he enjoyed helping with security at school football games and directing traffic around the region, including at Salmon Days.

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pamphlet, voter lists and data management, campaign sign regulations and basic public-disclosure information.

In addition to the local races, the ballot includes countywide

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The city could sell a small parcel in the Issaquah Highlands, and residents can offer input on the proposal May 16.

The property under consideration is 16,000 square feet, or about the size of a typical Bartell Drugs, near the planned 15th Avenue Northeast extension and south of Park Drive Northeast.

If sold, the forested land could be used for residences. Bellevuebased developer Polygon Northwest is building a community near the site.

The sale could generate about $200,000 for the general fund — the account used to fund police and fire services, community development and planning, parks and recreation, and municipal government.

Or, the council could earmark the dollars for a specific project.

People interested in the proposed transaction can appear at the City Council’s public hearing and offer input for or against the item, or provide comments about the proposed agreement.

City Council regular meeting Agenda: surplus property disposal public hearing 7:30 p.m. May 16 Council Chambers, City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way

The property is near the planned 15th Avenue Northeast extension, a road project expected to start in the coming weeks.

Crews plan to start soon on clearing land for Northeast College Drive, the access road to the proposed Bellevue College campus in the highlands. In addition, the road through The Highlands at Wynhaven apartment complex is due to be improved and turned into 15th Avenue Northeast.

College Drive is planned to form a T-shaped intersection at 15th Avenue.

Plans call for College Drive to snake for about a half-mile behind Grand Ridge Elementary School and link to the existing street grid at Central Park.

Truck damages highway overpass “It’s cool to be out behind the scenes and working with police,” Stone said. “It’s cool helping the community.”

Students need a respectable appearance, and Stone had to cut his long hair and wear a uniform every Wednesday so he could join the ROTC. His instructor Larry Artman, said parents are astounded when their children, who have a messy room and never clean up after themselves, spend hours trying to reach perfection with their uniforms.

Cadets receive 1.5 credits each semester they can apply toward

King County Elections to host candidate workshops The race for City Council seats launched in February, but people interested in running for seats on the council or the Issaquah School Board do not need to file for the race until June.

In the meantime, potential candidates can attend workshops to learn the basics of running for office. King County Elections is hosting complimentary workshops May 12 and 14.

Participants can discuss important information related to filing for office in King County. The sessions are open to candidates, campaign managers and community members.

Organizers plan to discuss the filing process, submitting information for the countywide voters’

City Council to consider selling highlands land

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

After 39 years of camaraderie, learning and accomplishment, the Issaquah High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is facing the chopping block.

Unless the program can bring enrollment up to 100 students by Oct. 1, the U.S. Navy has announced it will close the unit by fall 2012. This year, Issaquah High has 70 students enrolled in its Navy Junior ROTC. The numbers have decreased recently — in 2008, the program had 107 students; in 2009, there were 81 students; and at the beginning of 2010, there were 66 students.

Issaquah High is not the only school on tenterhooks — the Navy is cutting 19 programs nationwide at the end of this year. With only 59 students enrolled for next fall, district administrators fear Issaquah might be next in line to be cut.

“It’s a great program and we don’t like to cut units,” Mike Miller, spokesman for Naval Affairs Training and Command, said.

However, the U.S. Navy can’t continue to pay for programs that are not cost effective, and don’t reach at least 10 percent of the school, he said.

Issaquah’s students are stubbornly optimistic about their chances of surviving, and are recruiting at both the middle and high schools, hoping to increase their numbers.

“We’re not going anywhere,” senior Daniel Fine said.

Issaquah’s ROTC is holding a free fun day at the school May 14, complete with food, games, prizes and information. Students, parents and staff members will share their experiences and perform drills for the community.

Students — called cadets — spend at least 70 hours volunteering in the community each year, but stereotypes still exist about ROTC. By employing their motto, “Learn to lead, choose to succeed,” cadets are working to save their program, both for themselves and for future students.

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races for assessor and elections director. Candidates must file to run in Issaquah and other races

by June 10.

Issaquah councilmen Fred Butler and Joshua Schaer already announced plans to run for reelection. Councilwoman Stacy Goodman, appointed to the board in March after Maureen McCarry resigned due to health problems, is in the race, too. Council President John Traeger opted against another term April 28, and endorsed candidate Paul Winterstein for the post.

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physical education, or career and technical education.

The Navy pays for uniforms, and for half of the cost of the entire program. The district foots the other half of the bill, and the state pays the district money for the number of students taking a CTE credit.

The district spends about $220,000 total for the Liberty and Issaquah High programs.

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Crews closed the right lanes of westbound state Route 18 and eastbound Interstate 90 east of Issaquah last week after a tow truck damaged the girders supporting the eastbound interstate lanes.

The incident occurred at about 3 p.m. May 3 at the interstate overpass at state Route 18, about nine miles from downtown Issaquah and about five miles from rural Preston.

The state Department of Transportation said the collision damaged seven of the 13 girders, knocked concrete from the over-

pass and broke several steel support cables.

Crews closed lanes on both roads for several hours as a precaution. The ramps at the interchange between the highways remained open throughout the incident.

State bridge experts headed to the scene to gauge impacts to the overpass. The damage turned out to be cosmetic; repairs should start soon.

Officials said a tow truck removing a dump truck from the scene of a collision on state Route 18 at Raging River hit the girders.

City plans to remove tainted soil from park

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The city has agreed to spend up to $26,000 to clean up contaminated soil at Squak Valley Park North — open space along IssaquahHobart Road Southeast about a mile south of downtown Issaquah.

Planners estimate about 56 tons of soil need to be removed due to contamination from a leaky heating oil tank, although the actual amount remains uncertain until additional testing confirms the extent of the tainted soil.

City Council members approved the expenditure May 2.

The city purchased the land and a farmhouse at the former Erickson farm 24 years ago for use as open space and to restore the natural habitat.

Crews breached a Great Depression-era levee at the site last summer, and then Mountains to Sound Greenway volunteers

BY GREG FARRAR

More than 250 volunteers planted more than 2,000 native trees and shrubs in October at Squak Valley Park North for a Mountains to Sound Greenway project. planted more than 2,000 trees and shrubs at the site in October. The city relied on grants to cover about 75 percent of the $1.4 million cost.

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Officers recently tied blue ribbons to the antennae of Issaquah Police Department patrol vehicles to observe National Police Week. Flying the blue ribbons shows support for fallen officers and law enforcement professionals. National Police Week is observed through May 15. President John F. Kennedy declared May 15, 1962, as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, a part of National Police Week.

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QUOTABLE “I truly believe that you can make a difference in the world. It doesn’t matter how old you are.”

— Kristin Klein Skyline High School graduate who is working to help orphans in Africa (See story Page B1.)

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Issaquah environmentalists receive Green Globe Awards

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Every two years, King County awards its best environmentalists with the Green Globe Awards at the Earth Day Expo.

Of the 16 awards given to individuals, schools districts, cities and businesses that won the 2011 Green Globe Awards, three awardwinners are from Issaquah — two people behind the Issaquah Zero Energy Village and Dr. Jessica Saepoff, a dentist with Natural Dental Health Associates in Issaquah.

County Executive Dow Constantine praised the finalists for their work toward helping “green” their communities.

“Award winners are leaders, innovators and are truly dedicated to making King County and the greater Puget Sound region such a tremendous place to live, work and play,” Constantine said in a news release. “I want to thank all of our winners for proving that commitment and dedication makes a positive difference in the community.”

Linda Hall, with the YWCA, and Brad Liljequist, with zHome Issaquah Zero Energy, both received the award for Community Leadership in Green Building.

Their projects, the YWCA Family Village at Issaquah and zHome, required years of planning, forethought and persistence on behalf of the YWCA and Issaquah to incorporate housing for Eastside working families.

Hall called herself “honored and humbled” after receiving the award, and thanked her colleagues who brought the idea to reality.

The village, located near the park & ride in the Issaquah Highlands, will offer 146 homes to working families. It shares a campus with zHome, a zero-energy project serving as the headquarters for the Stewardship Center for green building.

Their adjacent locations will mix the more affluent families in zHome with lower-income households at YWCA. In addition to being green, the innovative conjunction pushed the envelope, Hall said.

“In the Puget Sound region, we

are already ahead of the curve,” Hall said. “To push the boundaries, you have to think a little differently.”

The other Issaquah winner, Saepoff, received the award for Leader in Hazardous Waste Reduction and Sustainable Business Practice.

“I was very excited to learn about the Green Globe Award, because it will remind people of the important role dental offices play in pollution prevention,” she wrote in an email.

Saepoff and her staff at Natural Dental Health Associates have created an office practicing natural and holistic dentistry. Using her background in naturopathic medicine, Saepoff offers the least toxic and least invasive treatments available, and has made the office free of mercury, latex, nickel, fluoride and fragrance, according to the news release.

“Every day is an earth day for me, and that doesn’t stop when I go through the door of my office every morning,” she wrote in an email. “There is no short-term gain that could ever be more important than the long-term health of this world and all of us who depend on it for our lives.”

The city of Sammamish also received a Green Globe Award for its work preserving rural land, earning it the Leader in Open Space Conservation award.

Thanks to a partnership between the Sammamish City Council and King County, the two have protected a rural open space around the city and used a marketbased tool to shift growth into its new town center area.

The agreement transfers up to 700 acres of rural forest and pastureland in the Patterson Creek watershed to the Sammamish Town Center development, creating an “emerald necklace” of protected land and recreational trail opportunities around the city.

The Eastside has a strong history of earning Green Globe Awards.

Issaquah municipal government and the Issaquah School District received Green Globe Awards at the 2009 Earth Day Expo.

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

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King County Council places veterans levy on August ballot

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter King County Council members last week called for voters to decide the future of a county veterans-and-human-services levy in the August primary election.

The electorate approved the initial levy — 5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value to fund programs for veterans and social service efforts — on the 2005 ballot, and the measure is up for renewal.

Councilman Bob Ferguson sponsored the original legislation in 2005 and the current proposal.

“The issue now goes to the voters in August to decide if they want to continue investing in our veterans and human services,” he said May 2 after the council agreed in a unanimous decision to put the measure on the ballot.

The proposal matches the existing levy and does not include

additional taxes. The ballot measure specifies for levy growth to be tied to inflation. So, the owner of a home assessed at $340,000 should pay $17 in 2012 under the levy, county estimates show.

The existing levy provides funding for post-traumatic stress disorder treatment, job training and employment assistance for veterans, and emergency financial assistance for veterans and military personnel to pay for rent, food, utilities, medical needs and burial costs.

The social services portion funds expanded mental health services at 22 primary care clinics and improved safety for children in the dependency system through the Family Treatment Court — a gateway to drug and alcohol treatment for parents.

“This is the reauthorization of an existing levy, which has served

The Press honors local veterans in special section For the second consecutive year, in its Memorial Day issue, The Issaquah Press will publish profiles of Issaquah men and women who served in the U.S. armed forces.

Issaquah residents who would like to honor a family member or friend in the newspaper who was not in last year’s edition can download a form from the website, or pick up a form at The Issaquah Press’ office in downtown Issaquah.

Email photos to editor@isspress.com or mail them to The Issaquah Press to be scanned by May 18.

There is no cost to submit a profile.

In last year’s issue, The Press honored 87 Issaquah veterans, including 19 who were killed in wartime — two in World War I,

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member who has served in the U.S. armed forces.

Download a form at www.issaquahpress.com or visit The Issaquah Press office at 45 Front St. S. by May 18.

13 in World War II and four in Vietnam.

The Memorial Day section will remind the public of those who served the U.S. during times of war and peace.

To support the Memorial Day section with a sponsorship, write a check to The Issaquah Press and put “Memorial Day” in the “for” section.

thousands of people and veterans throughout King County over the last six years,” Issaquah-area Councilman Reagan Dunn, a cosponsor of the legislation, said in a statement. “It is now up to the people of King County whether this program is to continue.”

Like the existing levy, the renewal legislation proposes allocating half of the money for veterans programs and the other half for general human services programs. The current levy expires Dec. 31.

“The council conducted a thorough process to assess the effectiveness of the existing levy, and the vote was unanimous to send this renewal proposal to the ballot,” Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, vice chairwoman of the council Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and the Issaquah representative, said in a statement. “I appreciate the work

State seeks input on aquatic weed treatment Residents can offer input to the state Department of Ecology about a plan to treat a lake for aquatic weeds and algae growth.

Tumwater-based Northwest Aquatic Eco-Systems plans to treat the main lake in the Four Lakes neighborhood between June 1 and Oct. 30. The neighborhood is six miles south of downtown Issaquah off Cedar Grove Road Southeast.

The lake is about seven acres, and the company is seeking to target the areas closest to shore, about 5.5 acres. The neighborhood homeowners association applied for the state permit to conduct the treatment. The chemicals planned for use have drinking water and irrigation restrictions for up to 30 days.

Email comments to jonathan.jennings@ecy.wa.gov, call 360-407-6283 or mail them to the Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696, Attn: Water Quality Program, Aquatic Pesticide

of staff and the volunteers who serve on the two citizens levy oversight committees in evaluating this proposal, as well as the testimony from members of the public.”

Supporters said the initial levy proved successful. The measure received support from 58 percent of voters.

“Over the past six years, the levy has helped more than 80,000 local veterans, their families and others access treatment, find housing, get jobs and stabilize their lives,” County Executive Dow Constantine said in a statement.

“That’s of benefit to everyone in this region. I’m proud of that work, and I thank the council for offering the voters the opportunity to renew the levy.”

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

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Celebrate Local History Month Mayor Ava Frisinger has declared May as Local History Month in Issaquah.

Issaquah History Museums Executive Director Erica Maniez said the occasion presents a chance for residents to consider the big themes present in the history of small places. Moreover, public recognition of local history helps to foster local pride, maintains community character and builds a deeper sense of appreciation for a place.

In celebration of Local History Month, the Issaquah History Museums joined the Common Grounds coffee stand at Front Street Market to celebrate.

Common Grounds is offering six history-themed coffee beverages and free museum passes for all customers during May. The museums also plan to sell a T-shirt celebrating Issaquah’s past. Learn more about the design at the museums’ website, www.issaquahhistory.org.

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Garbage haulers tout ‘green’ credentials

dent in another city, because he or she relied on a rumbling truck outside as a wake-up alarm.

Allied Waste drivers Rey Bravo and James Connors praised the next-generation trucks as responsive during a recent collection run through South Cove. “The trucks are reliable,� Bravo said during a break April 26. “I like these trucks compared to the old trucks.�

The company plans to roll out 44 compressed-natural-gas-fueled trucks by July 31. Allied Waste’s Eastside fleet includes 90 trucks overall. “The impact on using CNG is dramatic,� Borgida said. “By converting a diesel truck to a CNG truck, that’s equivalent to removing 324 cars off the road as far as carbon emission is concerned.�

Allied Waste also serves Klahanie, Mirrormont and Preston.

King County officials handle collection contracts in unincorporated areas. “As a solid-waste company, we consider ourselves a steward of the environment and play a pretty important role in environmental stewardship,� Borgida said. “As a company, we’ve made the decision — going back a number of years — that we’re going to look for environmentally friendly technology across all of our lines of business, whether it be collections, landfills, etc.�

ing station in Woodinville to meet the expected demand for cleaneremission vehicles.

The facility is due to open next year. Kirkland is the inaugural customer for Waste Management’s compressed-natural-gas-powered fleet. The city called for compressed-natural-gas-powered trucks in a recent waste-disposal contract. “We expect to serve other Eastside communities from this facility over time,�

Waste Management Communications Director Jackie Lang said. “We will have capacity to serve additional communities from this fueling station.�

Waste Management boasts more than 1,000 compressed-naturalgas-powered vehicles nationwide. “Our clean-air trucks are part of our discussions in almost every community right now,� especially in the Pacific Northwest, Lang added.

Fujimoto said compressed natural gas shows potential as a fuel for garbage trucks as the industry adopts a “green� approach. “From a longer-term sustainability perspective, a lot of folks talk about compressed natural gas as a ‘bridge’ fuel to other fuels,� he said. “So, I think that probably holds some truth as well.�

The current contract between Issaquah and Waste Management calls for the hauler to use a 20-percent biodiesel fuel blend. “Issaquah is exactly the kind of partner that Waste Management is looking for across North America,�

Lang said.

Waste Management recently earned certification through Evergreen Fleets, a joint effort between the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition.

Waste Management is the only heavyduty fleet in the region to earn the distinction. Allied Waste is nearing Evergreen Fleets certification.

The organizations’ auditors examined Waste Management trucks’ idle time and collection routes. The hauler sets a fiveminute limit for engine idling and, after five minutes, truck engines shut off to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions — something auditors admired. “The questions were: Are you trying to keep your idle time down?

Are you unnecessarily traveling in city streets when you don’t need to be? How are you routing your trucks? Are you routing your trucks in the most efficient, neighborhoodfriendly way possible?� Lang recalled. “The answer was yes.�

Demand encourages change Waste Management is constructing a compressed natural gas fuel-

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City seeks eco-conscious company for trash contract

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The city is on the hunt for a company to collect garbage and recyclables from Issaquah curbs, and the hauler displaying the “greenest� credentials could receive a boost in the selection process.

Come fall, leaders plan to select a company to handle the smelly task in the years ahead. In the meantime, Allied Waste and Waste Management — the haulers operating in Issaquah — continue to emphasize eco-conscious programs.

Allied Waste rolled out compressed-natural-gas-powered trucks on routes through the Greenwood Point and South Cove neighborhoods in recent months.

In February, the hunter green Waste Management fleet received a clean-air certification after a rigorous audit. “Sustainability is always on the agenda,� city Resource Conservation Manager David Fujimoto said. “It’s important to the city and to the waste-management contracts.�

The conservation office is accepting bids for a hauler to serve Issaquah neighborhoods other than Greenwood Point and South Cove. Waste Management is the predominant hauler in the city, but the current contract between Issaquah and the Houston-based company expires in June 2012.

Allied Waste handles the South Cove area under a separate contract. The arrangement is a holdover from when the city annexed the area in 2006.

The waste-disposal industry increasingly eschews traditional diesel trucks in the Puget Sound region due to demand from consumers and client cities.

Fujimoto said the conservation office plans to study how the bidders utilize environmental innovations, such as compressed-naturalgas-fueled trucks — or CNG in energy industry shorthand — or another clean-emission option. “I think we would be looking at something similar to that. Or, they’re welcome to propose other options, like going to CNG or using a hybrid diesel vehicle, for example,� he said. “We’re kind of curious to see what folks will suggest.�

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James Connors (left) and Rey Bravo, yard waste and recycle truck drivers, respectively, for Allied Waste, each drive the new compressed natural gas-fueled trucks on their South Cove routes.

In addition to Allied Waste and Waste Management, the city expects to receive proposals from Seattle-based CleanScapes and Waste Connections, a Vancouver, Wash., company, before the June 20 deadline. (Allied Waste’s parent company, Republic Services, is based in Phoenix.)

The new contract will run from July 2012 until June 2019. The city could opt to extend it until 2021 or 2023.

Or, if none of the proposals suit the city, leaders could extend the current Waste Management agreement.

Other key factors in the selection process relate to the companies’ reputations for customer service, including how a hauler handles a customer’s requests for a cart or a question to a call center.

The city conservation office is also interested in offering additional waste container sizes for customers and more recycling options in the future.

Under the existing Waste Management arrangement, residential customers opt for containers ranging from 20 gallons to 96 gallons. The most popular size is a 35-gallon bin. Fujimoto said the city could call for bidders to include 45- and 10-gallon containers in the upcoming contract.

The noise a garbage truck emits during sojourns through Issaquah neighborhoods is another issue. “We also look at their overall operations and the types of vehi-

cles that they’ll be using, how they determine routing, whether or not there are some things that they can do in terms of improving their response time or the delivery,�

Fujimoto said.

Plans for a ‘green’ future Jeffry Borgida, Allied Waste general manager for Issaquah and other Eastside communities, said company executives started to consider alternative-fuel trucks in fall 2009. “Since we were going to be investing the money in new vehicles over the next four to five years, we started to ask the question, ‘Is this a good time to look at the potential of purchasing CNG trucks as opposed to the typical diesel that we had bought in the past?’� he recalled.

So, Allied Waste opted to construct a fueling facility in Bellevue and invest in next-generation trucks.

The navy blue vehicles cost more than a traditional diesel truck — about $35,000 to $60,000 more per unit. The base price for a garbage truck ranges from $250,000 to $350,000.

The compressed-natural-gaspowered iteration is also a little less powerful than a traditional truck, but as a tradeoff, the advanced truck is quieter — maybe a little too quiet for some customers.

Borgida said the company even received a complaint from a resi-

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State labor leader to address local Democrats Kathy Cummings, communications director for the Washington State Labor Council and a Sammamish resident, is due to address Democrats about workers’ income and rights May 18.

The local organization, the 5th District Democrats, meets at 7 p.m. at the King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way N.W. The meeting is open to the public.

The legislative district stretches from Issaquah to the Snoqualmie Pass, and from Sammamish to Maple Valley.

The labor council considers itself to be the “voice of labor� in Washington. The council represents and provides services for hundreds of local unions and trade councils.

Before joining the labor movement, Cummings worked for CNN, NBC and PBS. In addition, she has been active in supporting the rights of women in journalism.

School supporters launch science campaign State lawmakers’ unexpected midyear $1.45 million cut to the Issaquah School District has sparked an initiative to pay for a new elementary school science curriculum.

The Issaquah Schools Foundation, the Issaquah PTSA Council and the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to raise money for the Elementary Science Initiative.

The district had initially planned to use money from its reserves to pay for the curriculum, but that money has since been used to make up the state’s cuts.

The current curriculum does not match state standards, and half of the district’s fifthgraders did not pass the 2010 science Measurement of Student Progress state test.

The new curriculum would give teachers lessons and materials that would help bring students up to speed.

The district has committed $700,000 to the new curriculum, and the Elementary Science Initiative partnership has committed to raising an additional $500,000 by June 30. So far, the foundation has raised $263,000, but more is needed.

The Elementary Science Initiative has launched a website, www.issaquahscience.org, with more information about donations.

Or tax-deductible checks can be made out to the Issaquah Schools Foundation with “Science� in the memo line.

Mail any donations to P.O. Box 835, Issaquah, WA 98027.

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Local History Month should mean something PRESS E DITORIAL

May is Local History Month in Issaquah, as proclaimed by the mayor.

The month will come and go without many residents taking note, but the mayor is right in helping publicize the importance of Issaquah’s history.

We are often amazed at how many people know little of the early days here in Issaquah. Snoqualmie Tribe members were among the early settlers. Farming came to town and brought us the dairy cooperative now known as Darigold.

The coal mines brought prosperity and the railroad to Issaquah, and our historic depot reminds of that. Logging was also king as hikers on our mountain trails are aware.

The town began in the Front Street and Sunset Way area, still the heart of the historic downtown. The Issaquah History Museums keeps an office in the original Gilman Town Hall. Out back is an early cement block jail. Pictures and mementos inside tell the story of a town with its mud streets and wooden sidewalks becoming the prosperous center of commerce along the interstate that it is today.

Does it matter what Issaquah used to be? We think so. The city folks who brought their values, invested their time, raised their families and are buried in Hillside Cemetery helped shape the town. Education, celebrations, volunteerism, a can-do attitude, a respect for the environment that enhances Issaquah’s natural beauty — these components have been and continue to be what Issaquah is.

Appreciate Local History Month for what it is — a reminder to discover a little bit more of the city’s roots. Visit Gilman Town Hall or the Train Depot museum this month.

Buy a local history book to enjoy at home, (we recommend “Squak Valley,” a first-hand account of Issaquah’s early pioneer days, written by one of its early settlers.) Take the Issaquah Walking Tour to discover the remains of early days still in our midst. Become a member of Issaquah History Museums. The cost is between $10 and $25 per year.

Learn more at www.issaquahhistory.org.

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he day after NASA announced the museums fortunate enough to receive retired space shuttle orbiters, I talked to the former astronaut responsible for leading The Museum of Flight’s bid, Issaquah resident Bonnie Dunbar.

NASA passed on the Seattle museum and instead selected sites in California, Florida and New York for the grounded fleet.

The orbiter Discovery had long been promised to the Smithsonian Institution.

The Museum of Flight had hoped to add Atlantis, Endeavour or Enterprise to a custombuilt gallery near the prototype Boeing 747 and a needle-nosed Concorde.

Instead, the museum is due to receive a space shuttle simulator built to the same dimensions as the real deal. Dunbar, only the seventh American woman to reach space, turned disappointment about the shuttle announcement into genuine excitement about the big-ticket consolation prize.

“If you went down to the next tier below the actual vehicle, this would be it,” she said.

Every astronaut, including Dunbar, climbed aboard the simulator at Johnson Space Center to train for flight. Starting next year, museumgoers can replicate the experience and, perhaps, depart just as excited as a spacebound astronaut.

The orbiters, built using Nixon-era technology, did not

quite succeed in turning spaceflight into a routine occurrence, as supporters had hoped early on.

Still, the public — so often focused Warren on terrestrial concerns — Kagarise came to regard Press Reporter space shuttle launches as commonplace, even boring.

The last time I observed a shuttle launch up close, just before Thanksgiving 2008, I stood amid mangroves along the Indian River Lagoon as Endeavour rocketed skyward, en route to a construction mission on the International Space Station. The thundering booster rockets caused the ground to rumble along the lagoon, 13 miles from the Florida launch pad.

Moments after the shuttle departed from the pad in a stunning nighttime launch and trailed a molten arc across the sky, Endeavor, then little more than a distant pinprick, reached orbit.

Many adjectives fit such a scene, but boring is not on the list, even after the 10th or 20th time.

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The April 20 issue of The Press carried an excellent article that addressed the Interstate 90 footbridge latest shortcomings. Surprise — it is over budget and behind schedule. The prime excuse is the rainy weather and unstable soil.

Evidently those in charge did not know that it rains in the Northwest and since it is located near a large lake, it is not surprising that over the centuries the lake has receded and thus left silt in the area. In addition, since Issaquah is responsible for any overruns, the $6 million budget is already $200,000 short.

However, it does appear that this footbridge is in concert with those wooden walkways along both sides of state Route 900. A lot of taxpayer money was spent for both projects, but will not get much foot traffic.

Has anyone seen much use of those existing wooden walkways? It would be interesting to have the Issaquah City Council publish the traffic count on those wooden walkways, which was used to justify and approve the contract

Note: Third graders at Grand Ridge Elementary recently learned about Pacific salmon, and how “responsible citizens have an obligation to speak out to make positive change in our world.” Letters to The Press are the students’ first foray into persuasive writing. This is their last letter.

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Where is the park?

I do not know why, but it sure seems like this park is never going to happen! Citizens voted on a $6 million bond issue so that parks could benefit, and so that confluence park itself could be created. How is it that citizen commissioners have either no knowledge of this, or are so unaware of the process by which this park is to be created?

Where is the park?

Is there not a process that treats our bond money and this project with trust and expediency? It astonishes me why this park continues to take so long to be created. Citizens who own property in Issaquah have been paying for this park to be built for the last four years!

Where is the park, and where do I get in line to ask for my money back?

Bryan Weinstein

Osama bin Laden’s death I could not celebrate for I feel genuinely sorry for bin Laden. He died hiding out, unable to walk freely and he now stands before his God, already a condemned, empty, friendless man who will be remembered by most for the misery he has caused.

Celebrate the violent death of anyone? Sorry.

I will leave that to others. In resisting the Vietnam era draft, Muhammad Ali said, “I don’t hate anyone…”

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But the most important thing is, if we let salmon go extinct, then the animals that eat salmon will go extinct, too, because salmon are part of the food chain. For example: Orca whales rely on salmon for food. If we allow salmon to go extinct, then the Orca whale will go extinct, too. We will not have salmon anymore if we keep overfishing, building dams and littering. The salmon will be gone, and so will the animals that eat them.

There are a thousand easy ways to help the salmon population. You can help by recycling, because if you don’t, then the paper that could have been recycled could end up in landfills and then in salmon streams. Another way of helping salmon is by going to car washes, instead of washing cars at home. Toxic soaps used to wash cars at home can end up in storm drains, and can make salmon sick.

I would be so proud and delighted of the people that took the time to help salmon.

I think helping salmon will bring greatness into the world. This is why I think we should help salmon.

Thank you for taking the time to listen.

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Stamp sales earn Costco a national honor from U.S. Postal Service

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Costco received a top honor May 3 for a successful business partnership between the Issaquah-based company and the U.S. Postal Service.

The warehouse club earned a Corporate Business Achievement Award, a distinction reserved for a select group of postal customers. The honor acknowledges and recognizes Costco for contributions to the continued success of the mailing industry David Fuller, Costco assistant vice president for publishing, accepted the award at the National Postal Forum in San Diego. Costco employs 2,700 people in Issaquah, more than any other business.

Costco joined the stamp con-

signment program through the postal service to offer postage stamps to warehouse customers.

The company started a test in 18 warehouses by placing palletsized displays containing 8-inchby-11-inch placards depicting the Forever Stamp for sale in 100count packs.

Employees also strategically placed signs reading, “Did you remember to buy stamps?” at every register. Because the initial test turned out to be a success, Costco expanded the program to every U.S. warehouse.

The postal services’ headquarters officers handpicked Costco and other Corporate Business Achievement Award honorees.

The officers said the honorees used postal products and services to deliver value, and to help strengthen and grow business.

“We are pleased to recognize and honor Costco Wholesale Corp. for its innovation, creativity and leadership,” Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman said in a release. “The creative marketing approach was beneficial for both companies.

Costco Wholesale was able to increase their sales while delivering value to customers who were already visiting their local Costco warehouse. Costco has produced winning business results and supported the mailing industry.”

The annual National Postal Forum is the mailing industry’s largest trade show and networking event.

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

Chamber crowns Issaquah royals Hail, King and Queen Issaquah.

Issaquah Chamber of Commerce leaders crowned Evergreen Ford employee Josh Rehn and Hilton Garden Inn employee Laurie Carlisle as king and queen for the year ahead.

The pair received royal robes and salmon-shaped crowns at a chamber luncheon April 19.

King and Queen Issaquah serve as goodwill ambassadors to the community. The duo presides at ribbon-cutting ceremonies, participates in the Independence Day and Salmon Days Festival parades, and is honored at chamber events.

Nathan Perea, a former City Council candidate and Issaquah Highlands resident, and Renee Zimmerman, another highlands resident, held the royal titles in 2010.

Online food worker class now available in eight languages King County residents working

QFC offers regional transit cards Transit commuters can now pick up ORCA passes when they get their milk and eggs.

QFC, including the Issaquaharea stores, recently joined the retail locations offering ORCA, or One Regional Card for All.

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Force Junior ROTC program from 1997-2003, but it closed after a low student enrollment of 16.

Students like senior Jordan Merritt chose to transfer from Skyline to Issaquah High, solely so she could take Navy Junior ROTC. “The unit is just like a really big family,” Merritt said. “I’ve really made my best friends here.”

A shy student in middle school, Merritt now enjoys public speaking and leadership.

“I love this class,” she said. “I wouldn’t give it up for the world.”

Liberty’s program was initially joined with the program at Issaquah High, but the two split in 2001, when the Navy was able to spend more on extra programs, Liberty naval science instructor Al Torstenson said.

Even though its students give it rave reviews, Issaquah High’s enrollment is sinking — and middle school recruitment could be the culprit.

Typically, students from extracurricular classes visit the district’s five middle schools during lunch, giving the younger students a taste of what classes are available. This year, district administrators changed that format.

Instead of going to middle schools, electives set up booths at

ORCA is a collaboration among the transit systems in King, Kitsap, Snohomish and Pierce counties.

Commuters use ORCA cards on more than 250,000 trips each weekday and 49 percent of all transit trips in the region. The smart card has replaced about

300 transportation passes, tickets and transfers.

Customers can also order ORCA cards online at www.orcacard.com, by calling 1-888-988-6722 toll free, by visiting a transit agency customer service office or get them at a fare vending machine.

each high school information night for incoming freshman. The new configuration did not work well for Issaquah’s Navy Junior ROTC. In fact, Torstenson credited his program’s success to the strong ties it has with Maywood Middle School.

He and co-instructor Dan Joslin have their students send informational letters to every incoming freshman, and the ROTC color guard team performs at the Maywood campus.

“We canvass Maywood,” Torstenson said. “We get ourselves in there whenever we can.”

Once students enroll, they enter a family.

“My first chat with my freshmen is to welcome them aboard,” Torstenson said. “I say, ‘Please look around at the upperclassmen that you see in this room, and you will see your shipmates. That’s a special meaning in the Navy, a shipmate. If you’re in trouble, they will help you.’”

into the military, frankly. We would rather they go on to higher education.”

Instead, using the Navy model, students learn about leadership, and everyone in the class earns a job and responsibility.

“We try to make it like a corporation, so they have job skills,” Artman said.

Students applying for leadership positions have to look sharp for their interviews and answer questions from their teachers and peers.

The line of command and responsibility is so carefully followed, that if a tree were to fall on him during class, “each kid knows what to do,” Artman said.

Cadets get other perks. They qualify for free SAT preparation and can apply for college scholarships.

If the Issaquah High program is canceled, students might be able to transfer to Liberty, but district administrators are hoping it doesn’t come to that.

“We’re doing all we can to keep the program afloat,” district Executive Director of Secondary Education Patrick Murphy said.

“It’s got a long tradition at that school and it’s been a key connection for kids throughout the years at Issaquah High School. If we can, we’d like to keep it there.”

The ROTC stereotype Another reason enrollment is falling could be related to misconceptions about the program.

The ROTC is not a recruiting program. Just like the national average, about 1 percent of Issaquah High students go into the U.S. Armed Forces.

“We teach leadership and we use the military model,” Torstenson said. “We’re not a military. We don’t want them to go

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P UBLIC M EETINGS May 11 Issaquah School Board 7 p.m.

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

May 12 Development Commission 7-9 p.m.

Council Chambers, City Hall South 135 E. Sunset Way

May 14 City Council goal-setting retreat

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than specific neighborhoods or defined geographic areas.

The ballot also contains the school board seats held by Jan Woldseth Colbrese, Brian Deagle and Suzanne Weaver. State campaign finance records show no one has filed for the open board seats.

Unlike council members, school board members represent a defined geographic area. The district is in the process of updating the area boundaries to account for 2010 Census data.

Issaquah School District administrators recommended for board candidates to confirm the boundaries before filing.

The school district is hosting a forum for prospective board

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 • in the food industry can now earn their required state food worker card online.

The class and test are offered in eight languages — English, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Cambodian and closed caption.

After completing the class and passing the test, students can print the food worker card for immediate use.

Those interested in the $10 class and test should go to www.foodworkercard.wa.gov, log in and select “King County” to get started. Most users take about one hour to complete the course and test.

The new online food worker class is an addition to the in-person classes that train about 55,000 people in King County annually.

The online class is made available to food workers in King County thanks to a partnership with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, which built and maintains the site.

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Training Room, Public Works Operations Building 670 First Ave. N.E.

May 16 City Council regular meeting Agenda: Issaquah Highlands surplus property sale public hearing 7:30 p.m.

Council Chambers, City Hall South 135 E. Sunset Way

May 17 River & Streams Board 7 p.m.

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miles from the launch site at Kennedy Space Center until I left for college at 18. (I graduated from Satellite High School — yes, really.)

NASA launched shuttles more often then, in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Just before each liftoff, I stood in the driveway, often in humid air as sticky as caramel, sometimes before sunrise, and looked northward.

I acted as a driveway spectator during Dunbar’s last shuttle mission, a 1998 trip aboard Endeavour to the rickety Russian space station Mir. I realized as much last month, as I researched the space shuttle program for a piece about The Museum of Flight.

The assignment sparked other memories: The day I glimpsed Discovery up close on a behind-thescenes tour, before the craft carried then-77-year-old John Glenn into orbit, and the afternoon a modified 747 and a piggybacked orbiter swept low along the beach en route to the space center.

The announcement from NASA last month doubled as the elegy for the space shuttle program.

Come late summer, Atlantis is due to return to earth for the last time.

NASA is turning to commercial companies to ferry crews and cargo to the International Space Station.

Issaquah claims a pioneer in the latest space race, too: Councilman Tola Marts, a mechanical engineer at Blue Origin — a Kent-based aerospace company toiling to create next-generation spacecraft.

The shuttle program is almost history, but the right stuff endures.

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

Soil ISSAQUAH SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM

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6-8 p.m. May 18 Issaquah School District

Administration Building 565 N.W. Holly St. Email questions about the forum to school board members Chad Magendanz at magendanzc@issaquah.wednet.edu or Marnie Maraldo at maraldom@issaquah.wednet.edu.

candidates May 18. Chad Magendanz and Marnie Maraldo — the board members not up for re-election in November — plan to answer questions and share information from the Washington State School Directors’ Association.

heating oil tank during the farmhouse demolition. The demolition team removed the tank, and the city hired a consultant to assess the soil contamination.

The consultant’s report identified heating oil in high concentrations between 10 and 15 feet beneath the site, although groundwater had not been contaminated.

The soil cleanup could not be completed as part of the restoration, but such a project is ineligible for funding under the grants used.

The city had leased the house for more than 20 years.

The state uses soil-cleanup guidelines to determine the amount of soil to be removed. The cost estimate includes excavation, disposal of contaminated soils at a state-approved facility, consultant oversight, additional soil testing, reporting and a reserve fund.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Keep your deck looking like new through this spring and summer

By Tim Pfarr Issaquah Press reporter s the weather gets warmer, most people search for more outdoor activities in which to take part. Some go to the pool and some head to the mountains, but some just head to the back porch to relax.

No matter what kind of deck you have, there are a few steps you can take to keep your deck looking good for the spring and summer.

The first step is to wash away the dirt and grime that built up during the winter.

“It might be as a simple as wetting the deck down and putting a solution on it,” said Chad Amble, general manager at Issaquah Cedar and Lumber.

Amble said the most common wooden decks are cedar, although residents occasionally use redwood, which is popular in California. Alternatively, some will use exotic hardwoods or composite.

For cedar decks, coat the deck with a cleaner — such as Simple

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Imagine dipping a chip into a muddled mix of pimiento peppers, Santiago chilies, sweet cayenne, cilantro, white onions and diced tomatoes.

Next, imagine pointing toward the garden and showing friends where the salsa ingredients grew, giving new meaning to the term “homegrown.”

This spring, ambitious Issaquah gardeners can grow their own salsa, using starter seed kits sold at local hardware and home improvement stores ranging from $5 to $10, or from seed packets, most selling for less than $2.

“If you live in an apartment, you can put it in your window,” Issaquah Lowe’s assistant store

manager Eric McPherson said. “If you live in a house, you can do it in your yard.”

Most starter kits have 12 mini pots and soil pellets — small containers, but big enough for two seeds. Whichever plant grows slower is the one that should be weeded out later, Lowe’s live nursery specialist Bill King said.

The plastic covering of the kit can be placed over the pots, acting like the ceiling of a greenhouse and trapping warm air for the seeds.

Peppers and tomatoes grow best in hot weather, so McPherson recommended planting the seeds and watering them inside near a sunny window. Once they are established sprouts and night temperatures average at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit, gardeners

can transplant them outside.

Before transplanting the salsa plants, gardeners should take them on field trips outside during the day, but bring them in at night to help them adjust to cooler weather.

Another addition to homemade salsa — the tomato — is available to thrifty gardeners. Seed packets work well, and a $10 upside down tomato kit allows the fruit to be hung from a hook and then grow out of the bottom of the container.

“It’s great for patios or decks for somebody’s garden,” King said.

Tomatoes do grow slower in cooler weather, so he urged See SALSA, Page A7

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A gardener’s ode to her shed

By Jane Garrison This spring’s weather is so bad it’s ridiculous. I’ve given up on being angry about it. It’s better to think about past springs with nice memories, which bring me to thoughts of our tool shed when I was young.

It wasn’t a real shed; it was part of our big, old garage that was built for carriages in 1908. It had a hay loft upstairs and little, paned windows for light, rather like an Andrew Wyeth painting.

In the spring when I first opened the door, which had been closed for many months, it was a big job. It was always swollen shut, so I would bash it until it finally opened. When I got in, the smell inside was fantastic, such a conglomeration of odors. There was the musty smell, but with a mix of compost, soil, gasoline and old fruit. I loved being the first one to open the tool shed.

Tool sheds are wonderful places.

They not only provide a separate

place for the dirty, sharp weapons you use in the garden, but also they can be focal points and even private hangouts. Almost anybody with a yard can have one, and it doesn’t have to be expensive, painted, heated, electrified or huge. In fact, if it’s less than 200 square feet in our town you don’t even need a permit to build it.

You could use old wood, scraps and a window or door from the junk yard. The floor doesn’t have to be a solid material; gravel will do.

Even if you build it and store all of those cumbersome tools from the garage in it, it may look like a sore thumb in your yard. Here’s the fun part: Build a trellis on the side for a vine. Grow a climbing rose over the top. Don’t worry about maintenance and painting; let the plants do their job. A homemade wooden shed is easier to build on or cover than a plastic or

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rich and protect it from ultraviolet rays that fade the wood.

The task requires about a week of dry weather, so it might be necessary to wait until late spring or summer for the job — a couple of days before staining and a couple of days after, Amble said. Also, don’t purchase clear stain, as it does not protect decks as well.

Red stain is a nice choice for cedar.

“We always recommend you use a stain that has a red for a base coat,” Amble said. “It shows that cedar a lot better.”

When it’s time to stain, apply a one- to two-foot-wide coating, and work your way down the deck.

Wipe up any excess stain that forms pools.

With these steps, you’re ready for the season. However, if you barbecue, be sure you keep grease from dripping on the wood, as it can stain — and not in the good way.

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Bill King, Issaquah Lowe’s nursery specialist, shows a seedling starter kit and several pepper and tomato seed packets, materials needed for making homegrown salsa.

Green — and then rinse it off, Amble said. However, one may have to scrub off any algae or mold left from the winter.

For exotic hardwoods — such as ipe, ulin and tigerwood — and composite decks, soap and water will do the trick, he said.

Also, be careful with power washers. Only use a power washer on a cedar or redwood deck once every 10 years, and be sure not to spray too much in one place.

Power washers are safe for exotic hardwoods and composite, but they often aren’t necessary.

Next, it’s time to protect the deck so it looks new all year. This means re-staining the deck.

Deck stain typically comes in one-gallon and five-gallon buckets, and costs between $20 and $60 per gallon, depending on the brand, Amble said.

“Don’t skimp on the stain,” he said. “If you buy cheap stain, you can count on re-staining that deck once or twice a year.”

Each gallon will stain 200-300 square feet of deck space, he said.

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ZHome re-creates the forest’s natural state of hydrology

By Brad Liljequist What sets zHome apart from other green residential communities?

We set the bar incredibly high with zHome. Conceptually, we asked ourselves, “What would a highly livable neighborhood with as close to zero impact as reasonably possible on the environment look like? Is such a thing even possible?”

We set benchmarks in each key category, including energy, water use, materials, indoor health and site practices, which all attempt to minimize the long-haul impacts of the homes on the environment.

Isn’t zHome mainly about using zero net energy?

We are pulling out the stops in every area, though of course zero net energy is an extremely high bar to achieve. In the area of storm water and site practices, we set as a standard that the volume of rain that infiltrates into the ground after site development should emulate the way it hit the ground in its original forested state.

That seems impossible, given the high density of the site, with paved and roof areas.

Recent innovations in storm water management have focused on reintroducing storm water runoff right where it falls. At zHome, we are doing that in a number of ways. Along the north edge of the site, there is a pedestrian/car plaza that will be built of open-pore pervious concrete. The rain literally soaks through the concrete and perks into the ground underneath (similar to the recent Rainier Boulevard project). Rain that falls on the roofs will run through tiered raingardens, areas of deep gravel that the storm water runs through and perks into the ground.

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metal one. A solid door will keep out the raccoons and skunks.

Good plants to grow on a shed are many in our climate. Clematis armandii is evergreen, and may freeze back every few years, but it grows fast and is sure cover. If you like colorful flowers, mix deciduous clematis with a climbing rose. Halls honeysuckle and wisteria have fragrant flowers but are so vigorous that you might not want them on your house, so a shed would be perfect. Do not plant English Ivy of any kind. It is classified as a noxious weed.

With a little ingenuity you can get rid of all of those nasty tools in the garage, create a lovely focal point and make a wonderful hidey hole to get away from it all. It’s an especially great refuge in the rain.

Jane Garrison is a local landscape architect and master gardener who gardens in glacial till on the plateau. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

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WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO AT HOME? Get out and install some storm

drain buttons during one of our events — May 14 and June 18.

Check out the Pickering Barn Demonstration Garden — a lot of great displays about natural gardening.

Pick up pet waste and put it in the garbage.

Wash your car at the car wash, not at your house.

Eliminate pesticides.

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A salsa starter kit rests on top of a bag of compost soil.

planters to place their tomatoes in direct sunlight and be patient.

Both tomatoes and peppers need sun and space — so don’t plant them too closely together, Judith Lucotch, buyer for Hayes Nursery, said.

Small peppers, like jalapeños, grow well in Issaquah, but larger bell peppers, which take longer to grow, do not.

“We don’t have a long growing season,” Lucotch said. “The hot peppers don’t have such a lengthy growing season.”

A good salsa also has onions.

Aspiring chefs can buy 80 white

onion bulbs for $2, King said. The bulbs grow well in cooler weather, so gardeners can plant them when nighttime temperatures reach at least 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Salsa growers can also plant cilantro, either from a starter plant or from a seed packet. The plant does best in the cooler morning sun, because if it gets too hot the cilantro will bolt — meaning it goes to seed.

Although salsa starter kits come with soil pellets, once the plants begin to grow, gardeners will have to transplant them out-

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side. Adding organic composted soil helps, because when it rains, Issaquah soil tends to be more acidic, which is friendlier for moss, King said.

Above all, such plants need water, so don’t forget to bring a watering can.

“How cool would it be for your friends to come over and you serve them peppers from organic soil that you grew yourself?”

McPherson asked.

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

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With storm water being reintroduced into the ground on site, rather than piped, detained and released into streams, impacts to surface water quality and erosion can be reduced. Also, development costs are lowered. Irrigation requirements can also be reduced through compost amended soil, which helps hold rain water in place and keep landscaping well watered.

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BUSINESS

GE Healthcare to acquire Issaquah’s Applied Precision

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Co., announced plans April 28 to acquire Issaquah-based Applied Precision, a biomedical imaging systems company and local innovator.

The acquisition is meant to allow GE Healthcare to offer additional products and services for pharmaceutical and life science research.

The companies said the agreement should offer significant long-term customer benefits. The parties did not disclose the financial terms of the sale.

GE Healthcare plans to retain the Applied Precision facility in Issaquah — 50,000 square feet along 12th Avenue Northwest in the business district. Applied Precision employs about 130 people in Issaquah. If regulators approve the deal, the acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of the year.

Applied Precision develops and manufactures high-resolution and super-resolution microscopy instruments featuring software and data visualization tools to allow scientists to gather detailed information about cells’ structure and behavior.

The company supplies high-end and high-tech microscopes and other equipment to pharmaceutical giants, medical research institutes and universities, including the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

“We are very excited to become part of GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences team,” Applied Precision CEO Joe Victor said in a statement.

“The worldwide resources of GE Healthcare will allow us to significantly widen our reach into new markets and provide a stronger support network for our existing customers. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to jointly develop new technologies, products and applications for life sciences research. The entire Applied Precision team looks forward to joining GE.”

California bank seeks to buy Cascade Bank

Highlands Self-Storage opened.

Construction started in October.

California-based Opus Bank announced plans last month to acquire Cascade Bank parent company Cascade Financial for $21.75 million in cash.

Cascade shareholders plan to meet in Everett next month to vote on the buyout. If shareholders and regulators agree to the deal, the transaction should be complete late in the second quarter.

Cascade Bank operates branches in Issaquah along Front Street North and Northwest Maple Street.

“This strategic transaction is an extension of our vision to create a strong super-regional bank in the Western region,” Opus founder, CEO and President Stephen Gordon said in a release.

Combined, the company could include 27 full-service offices, including 22 in the Puget Sound region and five in Southern California. Opus is based in Irvine.

“Opus Bank’s vision of building a high-quality, relationshipbased community bank is consistent with Cascade’s own vision and rich legacy,” Cascade CEO and President Carol Nelson said.

TalkingRain beverage reaches national audience

Tony Kreipe, an applications scientist at Applied Precision in Issaquah, confirms the light path alignment, resolution and contrast specifications on one of the company’s Delta Vision Elite with TruLight optical microscopes.

Issaquah Highlands storage units open

The companies said Applied Precision’s technologies complement GE Healthcare’s IN Cell Analyzer Systems. The technology is used in many areas of cell biology, including drug discovery and biomarker research.

GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of Connecticut-based GE, is headquartered in Little Chalfont, United Kingdom.

“Applied Precision is a company with a strong reputation for innovation and is a great strategic fit with our cell technologies business,” Kieran Murphy, GE Healthcare Life Sciences president and CEO, said in a statement. “The combination of GE Healthcare’s expertise in cell science together with the great talent of the team at

The long-planned Issaquah Highlands Self-Storage opened in late April, as customers started moving items into storage units.

The facility next to the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride features 500 storage units, including heated spaces. The owner, Bob Gregg, is a highlands resident. West Coast Self-Storage, a property management company, operates the facility.

Construction on the exterior of the building continued into late April, but the interior is ready for customers, who can load and unload in a covered area inside the ground level of the building.

Highlands residents expressed a desire for a self-storage facility in the years before Issaquah

BY GREG FARRAR

Applied Precision will help us drive development of new technologies and create an extensive offering across the full spectrum of cell biology research.”

Applied Precision originated on Mercer Island about 25 years ago, as the founders sought to deploy precision-control technology into the semiconductor field. The company relocated to Issaquah in the late 1990s.

Then, the team started dabbling in the life sciences field. The business sold the semiconductor business to a New Jersey company in December 2007.

Issaquah Chamber of Commerce leaders singled out Applied Precision in the recent Innovation in Issaquah contest — a campaign

“The worldwide resources of GE Healthcare will allow us to significantly widen our reach into new markets and provide a stronger support network for our existing customers.”

— Joe Victor Applied Precision CEO

to highlight leaders in numerous fields.

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

Preston-based TalkingRain Beverage Co., a water and flavored-beverage provider, announces the expansion of the Sparkling ICE brand to Kroger and affiliate stores nationwide.

The expansion highlights TalkingRain’s drive to be a leader in calorie-light, healthy drink options in light of the United States’ obesity epidemic. The beverage appeared on shelves in almost 2,000 Kroger and affiliated stores nationwide starting April 25. Kroger affiliates in the Issaquah area include Fred Meyer and QFC. “This new distribution in Kroger and affiliate stores is a huge step not for just TalkingRain, but for Sparkling ICE as a brand,” Kevin Klock, general manager and senior vice president at TalkingRain, said in a release. “We are so excited about the rapid growth of Sparkling ICE, as it will enable us to reach a broader, health-conscious demographic.”

Sparkling ICE is available in six flavors, including orangemango, black raspberry and lemon lime.

AT&T proposes adding equipment on tower The city is considering a proposal from AT&T to replace antennae and add equipment to the existing cell tower near Providence Point.

AT&T applied to the city to replace some antennae, as well as add six Remote Radio Heads, a surge protector and cable lines to the 110-foot tall structure. The city received the application late last month.

The telecommunications giant intends to install the equipment alongside existing wireless equipment. The tower is near the base of a water tank reservoir at 4441 228th Ave. S.E. The existing reservoir and AT&T equipment sit near the southeastern end of the site.

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COMMUNITY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011

Dinner benefit helps African orphans

By Christopher Huber Issaquah Press reporter

BY GREG FARRAR

Jahna Smith (left) and Fanessa Ard (right), two Habitat homeowners living in Newcastle, and volunteer Angie Ulrich (middle), of Seattle, a longtime Habitat volunteer in Minnesota before moving to the Northwest, complete an exterior wall to be raised on the Magnolia Village Habitat project May 6 in Issaquah Highlands.

Moms empower one another at Habitat for Humanity event

By Brittney Wong Seattle Times staff reporter

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ouses being built for — and mostly by — women took shape at Issaquah Highlands over the Mother's Day

weekend.

Several dozen people — the vast majority of them women — raised walls for one two-unit town house and did finish work on four other units through the Women Build event organized by Habitat for Humanity of East King County.

The goal was to empower women while furthering the cause of affordable housing.

“When you think of the construction industry, you think it’s sort of a man's world,” said Jodi Marmion, a Habitat spokeswoman. “We want to show through Women Build that isn’t necessarily true.”

Builders included volunteers, AmeriCorps members, Habitat staff members and Habitat homeowners.

About 45 percent of homeowners who acquire homes through Habitat’s East King County affiliate are single mothers, Marmion said. Organizers wanted to highlight their stories at the event, and invited four mothers to speak to volunteers.

Lola Reyes, 37, is a single mother who, in October, moved into a Habitat home that had been built earlier in the same area of the highlands. Reyes works full time while attending graduate school and could not afford to buy a home on her own.

When she and her sons moved into the home, “it almost felt like we were on vacation,” she said. “It didn’t really feel like ours. It felt like we rented a condo resort.”

The East King County affiliate, founded in 1988, has built more

than 100 Habitat homes. This is the fourth year in a row that Habitat for Humanity International, in partnership with Lowe’s, selected the organization for a Women Build grant. The grant goes to about 200 affiliates annually to sponsor local builds.

The homes must be built according to certain environmental standards, such as having proper insulation, which is more sustainable and will help homeowners save money on utilities, Marmion said.

She said the affiliate plans to apply for the grant again.

“When something is so great of a program and touches people’s lives so personally, it’s just lifetransforming,” Reyes said. “It’s too much for me. I don't know how to articulate it.”

Brittney Wong: 206-464-3195 or bwong@seattletimes.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Skyline grad helps orphans in Uganda

By Christopher Huber Issaquah Press reporter Kristin Klein longs for the day when she can teach in Africa.

The 2009 Skyline High School graduate and current sophomore at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego has committed herself to the youths of Uganda by organizing a fundraiser for its orphans.

On May 23, ON THE WEB Klein and her classmate Watch Amanda Cook Kristin Klein’s will travel to video online at Uganda to teach English, science, www.youtube. com or sanitation and www.faceHIV/AIDS prevention for six book.com by weeks at the searching for Hope Child Care ‘Love Uganda Program in BuT-Shirts.’ langa, Uganda.

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Kenya for five weeks, helping with teaching, cleaning and cooking.

The two women have already acquired the $4,000 needed to travel to Africa for 11 weeks, but they are still collecting donations for their fundraiser; raising $7,220 to buy bed sets, nets and pillows for orphans.

Klein, Cook and friends have spent the past months networking with organizations, galvanizing students and promoting their cause by selling $5,000 of “Love Uganda” T-shirts. Though they

During her freshman year at Skyline, she watched a presentation and video from the Invisible Children organization and was convinced she needed to do something.

“My dream was always to go to Uganda,” Klein said. And when she went to Kenya in 2010, “it was

Raising money for the orphanage Leaders from Songea’s Kids and the other organizations will present a progress report regarding the development project aimed to improve the lives of 62 orphans in Songea at a benefit dinner at the Island Soul Caribbean restaurant in Seattle.

Songea is in the poorer southern zone of Tanzania, where people mainly subsistence farm and live on less than $1 a day, Songea’s Kids member Anna Sanford said.

“It’s pretty much a forgotten area,” Hines said. “They are always in some kind of risk.”

Formed in 2007 as the Mwangaza Foundation, Songea’s Kids took up the cause of supporting 71 orphans in June 2008 after members of the Songea Women and Children Organization approached them for financial help.

Songea’s Kids took on the task, and is working with Songea nonprofit organization Jirani Mwema, which means Good Neighbor, to build the orphanage.

The 12-acre village will serve as a permanent home, school and medical facility for the 62 orphaned children, Hines said.

It will have six acres for raising

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BY GARRETT RICHARDSON

Skyline High School graduate Kristin Klein (top) is selling shirts to support an orphanage in Uganda. She and her classmate Amanda Cook are traveling there this month to teach English, science, sanitation and HIV/AIDS prevention to children. have sold out of T-shirts, they are still collecting donations, trying to raise $2,220 before they leave May 23.

“This girl is so driven,” said Sarah Rainwater, a Skyline world studies teacher. “We need more people like her.”

Klein said she clearly remembers when she was inspired to travel to Africa to help children in need.

The orphans in the rural Tanzanian village of Mshangano are a 14-hour bus ride from the nearest airport, and even further from Issaquah and Sammamish.

That distance does not stop the volunteers of the Mwangaza Foundation from helping orphans in need, or from building them a new, 160bed orphanage.

Under the foundation, leaders like Sammamish resident Linda Hines spent the past four years networking and developing programs to provide a better life for more than 60 orphans in the small village. Through monthly sponsorships, the foundation has provided balanced meals, shelter and education, and is working with leaders of the Songea region to create a sustainable village community.

“We are listening to village leaders,” said Sally Farrell, the organization’s board chairperson. “This year, we guarantee all our kids will be in school.”

While the aim of the organization has not changed, the name has. The Mwangaza Foundation is now Songea’s Kids, named for a region of Tanzania.

Ron and Linda Knodel, of Issaquah, sponsor a Tanzanian orphan through monthly donations to Songea’s Kids.

Tanzania has many orphans because of the AIDS epidemic, Ron Knodel said.

The main mission is to provide the orphans with food and shelter, he said, but another priority is giving them an education.

“In my mind, I don’t believe that you can progress without some kind of education,” he said. “That is something I want to see us do a great job with.

By educating them, they can educate others.”

The Sammamish-based nonprofit organization, with the pro-bono help from Engineers Without Borders and Seattlebased firm Sundberg Architectural Initiative, is in the middle of developing a 160-bed kijiji cha matumaini, the Kiswahili phrase for “hope village.”

After hearing input from Songea’s leaders, foundation leaders expanded the project to include a health clinic, pre-primary school and a vocational school, none of which now exist in the Mshangano village.

BY LAURA GEGGEL

Susan Osborn, an Issaquah volunteer with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, encouraged people to participate in the NAMIWalk 5k in Kirkland.

Help fight stigma at mental health walk

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter As a girl, Susan Osborn loved horses, reading and science.

Ever the Renaissance woman, she earned her associate arts degree from Bellevue College, working her way through college to pay for her education.

But something didn’t feel right.

In her late 20s, Osborn began to withdraw from life. She saw her doctor, who sent her to a neurologist when he could not find any physical problems with her.

In 1984, the neurologist found she had a chemical imbalance in her brain, and diagnosed her with clinical depression.

“That was a big turning point in my life,” Issaquah resident Osborn said. “I thought, ‘I won’t get married or have children.’”

In spite of her fears, Osborn went on to conquer life with the help of support groups, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more commonly known as NAMI. NAMI Eastside, serving Issaquah, invites the community to NAMIWalk, a free 5K walk in Kirkland. Donations made to NAMI Eastside are tax-deductible, and the walk will raise money for the nonprofit organization’s services helping families and people with mental illness.

The mental illness list is long — eating disorders, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, to name a few — and one of NAMI’s goals is to make mental illness less taboo.

“Mental illnesses are more common than cancer, diabetes or heart disease, and are treatable just like any other disease, but people don’t talk about it,” NAMI Eastside Office Director Barbara Thompson said. “The public

IF YOU GO NAMIWalk 8:30 a.m. registration/9:30 a.m. walk May 14 Marina Park, 25 Lake Ave. W., Kirkland Register or donate online at www.nami.org/namiwalks/wa.

needs to understand that mental illnesses are physical brain disorders, and that those affected need community support and not silence.”

Proceeds from the walk will benefit support and educational classes NAMI provides on the Eastside, including: Family to Family: a 12week class for family members who have a loved one with a mental illness.

Peer to Peer: a nine-week class for people with a mental illness who are working toward recovery.

NAMI Basics: a six-week class for parents with a child who has a mental illness.

Other services include school presentations and mental health advocacy.

With state cutbacks for mental health programs, more people are turning to NAMI Eastside, Director Paul Beatty said.

The cities of Issaquah and Sammamish have supported NAMI Eastside for the past six years, and Beatty encouraged the public to learn more about the organization to learn whether they could benefit from, donate to or volunteer with the organization.

Osborn decided to get help See WALK, Page B3

BY GREG FARRAR

Daffodil memorial Hundreds of daffodils planted in October by the Moms in Touch group bloomed earlier this month along 190th Avenue Southeast in South Cove in honor of the women’s late friend and member of their group, Cheryl Sherburne.

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Fantasy Friday Fantasy Friday, a night of family fun and magic tricks for families, is from 7-9 p.m. May 13 at the Issaquah Community Center. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for youths and $12 for families. Enjoy the carnival atmosphere filled with crafts and games during the first hour. Be amazed by professional magician Jeff Evans at 8 p.m.

Events Bellewood Retirement Living hosts a Piatigorsky Foundation concert, featuring pianist Richard Dowling, at 2 p.m. May 15, at 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E. Call 391-2880.

The 32nd annual Community Awards are from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 17 at the Holiday Inn, 1801 12th Ave. N.W. The 60th anniversary reception for Friends of Youth, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Wayne Strom, is from 4-6 p.m. May 18 at the Harbor Club, 777 108th Ave. N.E., No. 2500. Register to attend the reception at https://community.friendsofyouth.org/reception. Learn more about Friends of Youth at www.friendsofyouth.org.

The 5th District Democrats’ monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Kathy Cummings, communications director for the Washington State Labor Council, is from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. May 18 at the King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way N.W. Meet The Not Its!, Seattle’s most rockin’ kids band, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 21 at the Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E. Call 836-8793.

The Issaquah Environmental Council’s annual Scotch Broom Massacre is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 22. Meet at the Interstate 90 Exit 20 (High Point Way) trailhead parking lot. Gloves and light snacks will be provided.

Bring your favorite loppers or pruners; otherwise some tools will be available for the attack on the invasive weed. RSVPs are appreciated and should be made at www.iecforum.org/forum (IEC Projects & Restorations button).

Learn more by calling 466-8470.

Volunteer call Want to learn more about organic gardening while contributing to the community?

Work alongside Seattle Tilth staff and volunteers during regular work parties at the communitylearning garden at Pickering Barn.

A volunteer orientation is from 6-7 p.m. May 25. Go to http://seattletilth.org/get-involved/volunteer.

Fundraisers The Sammamish Symphony presents An Evening in Paris 2011 dinner and auction at 6 p.m. May 14 at the Plateau Club.

RSVP by May 10. Buy tickets or donate an item by calling 206-5177777 or mail to P.O. Box 1173, Issaquah, WA 98027. Tickets are $80 each and include a gourmet meal, wine and entertainment.

Throughout May, PCC Natural Markets hosts food drives at all of its nine neighborhood lo-

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cations in King and Snohomish Counties. Specially marked donation bins will be set up inside each PCC store, including the Issaquah location, 1810 12th Ave. N.W. Local donations will go to the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank. The top 10 requested items are canned and box meals, grains, pasta and sauce, canned/dried beans, canned fruits and veggies, shelf-stable milk, cooking oil, nut butter and jam, toiletries and cereal. Learn more at www.pcchealthykids.com.

ArtEAST presents its fifth annual 150 Feet of Art, a twoweek online auction of fine art, featuring more than 100 pieces of art of artEAST members and special guests. Online bids can be made at www.arteast.org; prices start at $50 for 12-by-12 canvases. A closing reception and bidding frenzy is from 6-8 p.m.

May 20 at Up Front Gallery, 95 Front St. N. Call 392-3191.

Clare Beckett Guild’s second annual auction to benefit uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s is from 7-10 p.m.

May 17 at the Flat Iron Grill, 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd., Suite No. 28.

Fee of $50 per person includes heavy appetizers, two drinks, live music, auction and music by Michael Gotz. Go to www.clarebeckettguild.org.

St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church hosts a “Wine into Water” wine tasting, with hors d’oeuvres and live music, from 7-9 p.m. May 21 to raise funds to help provide clean water wells in developing countries. Admission is $20 and includes tasting of 12 wines paired with appetizers. For $25, guests can also purchase one of the “mystery wines,” which range from average to fabulous. The evening will conclude with a live auction of special tastings at local wineries and vacation getaways.

The event is at St. Michael and All Angels, 325 S.E. Darst St. Child care will be available. Make reservations by calling 222-7707.

Classes Pickering Master Gardener Plant Clinic is from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 8 in the Pickering Barn at the Issaquah Farmers Market, 1730 10th Ave. N.W. The Squak Mountain Nursery Master Gardener Plant Clinic is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturdays through July 30 at Squak Mountain Nursery, 7600 Renton-Issaquah Road S.E. ArtEAST offers the following workshops at 95 Front St. N. Go to www.arteast.org.

“Ceramic Slab Canisters,” 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 12, $80 “Introduction to Clay,” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 14, $110 “Drawing on the Essentials,”

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through June 18, $145 “Art for the Soul,” 9:30 a.m. to noon, May 13, $90 “Word Play: Say What You Want to Say,” 1-4 p.m. May 15 “Basic Digital Photography,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 17, $38 “Wire Wrap,” 9-11:30 a.m., May 21, $95 “Let’s Paint!” 1-4 p.m. May 21, $65 “Paint Dancing,” 7-9:30 p.m.

May 21, $30 “Photographing People,” 6:308:30 p.m. May 24 “Dichroic Fused Glass Jewelry,” 6:30-9:30 p.m. May 25, $80 Business Solutions presents an evening workshop, “Innovation Through the Eyes of the Customer,” from 7-9 p.m. May 17 at Holiday Inn, 801 12th Ave. N.W. Cost is $30 each or $49 for both. Go to www.businessconsultantseattle.com.

Life Enrichment Options presents “Teaching Social/Sexual Skills: A Parent/Professional Partnership” with Dr. Jean Edwards, from 7-9 p.m. May 12 at Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave. N.W. Free admission. Call 392-5682.

“Art of Family Communication,” Wednesdays 6:30-8 p.m.

June 1-29, Friends of Youth, 414 Front Street N., $85 per family of two, $10 for each additional family member, scholarships available, art supplies included, 392-6367

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

“Second Nature: The Art of the Garden,” 7 p.m. May 24 Waddler Story Time, ages 1224 months with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. May 12 Teen Book Group, for grades six through 12, 3:30 p.m. May 12 Baby Music Time, for ages newborn to 14 months, 10:30 a.m. May 14 Manga Club, for teens, 3 p.m.

May 16 Rhyme Time, for young children with an adult, 10:30 a.m.

May 18 Stories from Junk Puppet Land, for young children with an adult, 11:30 a.m. May 24 All Ages Game On!, for grades five and up, 3:30 p.m.

May 26 Study Zone, for teens to get free homework help, call 3925430 for days and times FreePlay, all ages: Borrow (with library card and ID) a Nintendo DS and game to play at the library.

Citizenship classes, adults, 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays Talk Time, for adults to practice English skills, 1 p.m. May 16 and 23, and 6:30 p.m. May 12, 19 and 26 “Second Nature: The Art of the Garden,” for adults, 7 p.m.

May 17 STARS Workshop: “Handling Conflict Between Children,” for adults, 10:30 a.m. May 21

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

Potluck lunch, noon May 11 Mother’s Day Dance, featuring a performance by The Rovin’ Fiddlers and food by The Garden Club of Bellevue, 5-7 p.m. May 13, $5 donation at the door Spaghetti dinner, featuring a performance by The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 4-7 p.m. May 20, $5 adults, $3 for children 12 and under AARP Driver Safety course,

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Kyle Stubbs to graduate from Coast Guard Academy Kyle Stubbs will graduate May 18 from the United States Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn., with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kyle Stubbs Naval architecture and marine engineering and receive his commissioning as ensign in the United States Coast Guard.

The class of 2011 will have President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker.

Stubbs, a lifelong resident of Newcastle, graduated from Liberty High School in 2007. At that time, he received his appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

He is the son of Frank and Cathy Stubbs, of Newcastle; and the grandson of Geraldine Stubbs, of Newcastle, and Robert Woodey, of Sammamish.

Upon graduation, Stubbs will return to the Seattle area, where he will serve in the engineering department aboard the USCGC Mellon, a 378-foot Coast Guard cutter based in Seattle.

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American Rhododendron Society, Cascade Chapter: 7 p.m. second Tuesday, Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, 391-2366 Cascade Republican Women’s Club: 11:30 a.m. third Wednesday, September through June, Sammamish Plateau Club, 25625 E. Plateau Drive, 861-7910 Eastside Genealogy Society: 7:30 p.m. second Thursday, Bellevue Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E., www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ~wakcegs Elks Lodge No. 1843: 7 p.m. the third Tuesday, 765 Rainier Blvd. N., 392-1400 Friends of the Issaquah Library: 7 p.m. second Wednesday, djstein@operamail.com Issaquah Garden Club: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. second Wednesday, Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 17th Ave. N.W., info@issaquahgardenclub.org Issaquah Emblem Club: 7 p.m. third Wednesday, Elks Lodge, 765 Rainier Blvd. N., 392-1400 Issaquah Quilters: 10 a.m. to noon second Friday, Issaquah Depot, 50 Rainier Blvd. N., info@issaquahquilters.com Monthly Moms Group with Dr. Rachel: 9-10 a.m. second Wednesday, Issaquah Coffee House, 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd., No. 46.

Sammamish Heritage Society: Pine Lake Community Center, regular meeting second Wednesday, 260-9804, www.iinet.com/shs Sammamish Presbyterian MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers): third Monday, mothers of children (birth to kindergarten) are welcome to join, 466-7345 Social Justice Book Group: 10 a.m. third Monday at Bellewood Retirement Home, 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E., Issaquah, invasivesout@hotmail.com Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3436: 7 p.m. third Tuesday, Issaquah Valley Senior Center, 75 N.E. Creek Way, 837-9478 West Lake Sammamish Garden Club: 10 a.m. second Thursday, 641-9084

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 8 and 15, $14 for both dates The following day trips are offered through May: Frye Art Museum, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., May 11, $8/$10 Pilchuck Glass School, 10:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., May 16, $40/$42 Rhododendron Species Garden, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., May 18, $18/$20

Meet Bernie, a 4-year-old Saint Bernard/Labrador retriever mix with a heart as big as he is! Bernie is a mellow sweetheart who likes to be babied like a lap dog. He’s happiest when he’s right by your side and also enjoys a good outdoor adventure.

Meet Milo, a 1-year-old Siamese mix with a great personality that is only outdone by his dashing good looks!

Milo is a mellow fellow with a handsome cream-and-chocolate-colored coat. He enjoys lounging, chasing string toys and being petted.

These pets may already have been adopted by the time you see these photos. If you’re interested in adopting these or other animals, contact the Humane Society for Seattle/King County at 6410080, go to www.seattlehumane.org or e-mail humane@seattlehumane.org. All adopted animals go home spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated, with 30 days of free pet health insurance and a certificate for an examination by a King County veterinarian. The Seattle Humane Society is now open from noon - 6 p.m. seven days a week.

W HO ’ S N EWS Three seniors receive $1,000 scholarships The Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa has selected three Issaquah School District seniors to receive a $1,000 scholarship.

The recipients for the Alpha Rho scholarship for 2011 are Caitlyn Chaffin, of Issaquah High School; Madison Birdsall, of Liberty High School; and Arianna Romo, of Liberty High School.

Alpha Delta Kappa is an international organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism and world understanding. Members of the Alpha Rho Chapter are retired and/or practicing teachers in the Issaquah School District.

The chapter has been offering between one and three $1000 scholarships since 1976.

Ehrik Aldana makes semifinals of Shakespeare competition Ehrik Aldana, of Sammamish, a student of James Henderson at Skyline High School, placed as a semifinalist at the English-Speaking Ehrik Aldana Union National Shakespeare Competition, captivating audiences with a performance of a sonnet and monologue from Shakespeare.

The competition was held May 2 at Lincoln Center in New York City for 57 winners of ESU Branch competitions nationwide. Aldana had won the ESU Seattle Branch regional competition.

Aldana, a reporter for The Press’ teen page, The Beat, was recently offered admission to Yale University and accepted.

Issaquah High School Booster Club grants scholarships The Issaquah High School Booster Club recently announced its scholarship recipients for the 2010/2011 school year. They are: Riley Foreman, daughter of Laurie and Scott Foreman, who will attend Whitman College this fall.

Ben Rosellini, son of Doris and Gerald Rosellini, who will attend Stanford University this fall.

Matt Sekijima, son of Celia and John Sekijima, who will attend the University of Washington this fall.

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Marika Tindall-Ralph wins violin competition Marika Tindall-Ralph, a senior at Liberty High School, won the Eastshore solo and ensemble competition for violin and competed in the state event in Ellensberg on April 30.

Tindall-Ralph, of Newcastle, placed third among the 22 violinists who each won their regional contest.

Haley Jacobson named scholar athlete of the month Haley Jacobson, a senior at Issaquah High School, has been selected as the Red Robin Scholar Athlete of the Month by the Issaquah Haley Jacobson Booster Club and Red Robin Restaurant.

Issaquah Track Coach Gwen Robertson nominated Haley and wrote, “This is Haley’s fourth year as a varsity track and field athlete. She is in her second year as team captain. Haley has shown great leadership over the past two seasons. She encourages and motivates her younger teammates, and is willing to step up and say things that need to be said to the entire IHS Track team.

“Haley is arguably the best female sprinter to come out of Issaquah High School. She has captured the school records in the 100m, 200m, 4 x 100 relay and 4 x 200 relay. We have records going back to the ’70s when girls track and field began at Issaquah High School, and she is at the top of the list in four events! Haley has signed with the University of Washington Track and Field Team and will compete for them next year.”

In addition to excelling in athletics, Jacobson has earned a 3.5 grade point average. She also volunteers as a mentor for the Athletes for Kids organization and at the annual Rotary Carnival Day at Camp Goodtimes, a camp on Vashon Island that supports young cancer patients and their families.

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Sandra Burgi, of Kirkland, died at home April 27, 2011. She was 64.

Sandra was born Nov. 28, 1946, at the former Columbus/Queen Anne Hospital in Seattle. She was the daughter of Leighton and Donna Hollenbeck, of Portland, Ore.

She was married to Edward Bailey with whom she had been together for 25 years. Together, they had one child, Gina. They have lived in Portland, Ore.; Sammamish; Crescent Bar; and most recently in Kirkland.

Please visit www.flintofts.com to view a full obituary and to sign the online guestbook.

Zachary V. Lyter Our beautiful boy, Zachary V. Lyter, was born on April 8, 1992, in Seattle.

Zach was the beloved son of Vern and Anita Lyter and a Zachary Lyter wonderful brother to Marisa. Zach truly loved his family and friends, and always lived his life to the fullest.

He was active in school sports and a member of the Issaquah High School football team. Snowboarding, weightlifting, watching movies with his family and spending time in Roche Harbor were some of Zach’s passions in life.

One of his greatest passions, though, was being at home, having his friends over and allowing his Mom and Dad to spoil him.

Zach had a charming personality with an infectious laugh — he would light up a room when he entered it. Zach is remembered as a compassionate, caring and giving young man. His many friends loved him not only because of how

much fun he could have, but also that he was always true to his word and would stand beside them when needed. He will be deeply missed.

Zach passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 4, 2011.

In addition to his immediate family, he is survived by Nona Fernanda Say; grandparents Shirley Greer and Charles Lyter; great-grandparents Vern and Shirley Greer. Zach had numerous aunts, uncles and cousins whom he dearly loved. Anthony Edward Say, his double first cousin, and Hyla Gillmore, his girlfriend, held a special place in Zach’s heart.

A requiem Mass was May 9 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 9460 N.E. 14th St., Bellevue, WA 98004-3489. A private burial service will be held at a later time.

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

Donations in Zach’s memory can be made to the Issaquah High School football team or the Sacred Heart School Endowment.

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

Javada Ann Rimmer Javada “Jadie” Ann Rimmer passed away on a gorgeous Northwest afternoon on May 1, 2011, with her family at her side.

Jadie was born Aug. 31, Javada Rimmer 1946, to Thelma and Emmett Hicks, in Little Rock, Ark., where she spent many of her formative years before moving to San Francisco’s Bay Area. There, she became a flight attendant for Flying Tiger Line and later married.

She had her first son before moving to Bellevue. There, she gave birth to her second son and saw both children grow into adults.

In addition to being a loving and creative homemaker, she donated much of her time to charities and

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from Sound Mental Health and volunteer with NAMI. Since her initial diagnosis, she has had two major depressive episodes, and now has the diagnosis of major depressive disorder. Sometimes, she feels so alone that she doesn’t want to leave her bed. To her, the world appears grey and monotone, and in the past, slips in her medication have left her feeling suicidal.

With the help of medications and unconditional support, Osborn lives her life, pursuing her passions, including volunteering at the Bellevue Art Museum.

“Being depressed has been a challenge for me,” she said. “I fought against it a lot. I used to think it was a weakness, but now I think it’s a strength. It’s made me

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livestock and growing crops.

The facility is meant eventually to serve as a sustainable source of income for Songea residents, Hines said. In a measure of its commitment to the youths of Songea, the organization sent its first student, Lucy, to college last fall, fully funding her three-year studies, in hopes, leaders said, that she will return to bring new

local organizations. Jadie served as an avid member and officer with the Overlake Service League in addition to volunteering at Overlake Hospital and Bellevue High School.

In retirement, Jadie spent much of her time traveling, fishing and camping with her partner, and enjoyed hosting family get-togethers over the holidays.

Jadie is survived by her two sons, Brian and Aaron; their spouses; three grandchildren; her partner, Lee Thompson; his daughters and grandchildren; and her sister Barbara.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, at Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home.

Jadie asked that any remembrances be made to the Overlake Service League, Elks National Foundation in Issaquah or Seattle Children’s of Seattle.

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

IF YOU GO Songea’s Kids Benefit 6:30 p.m. May 16 Island Soul Caribbean Restaurant 4869 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle Tickets cost $100, $60 of which is tax-deductible.

empathetic, compassionate and more sensitive to other people’s needs.”

Talking about her depression is hard, she said, but she wanted to thank NAMI for continuing its mission. She invited others to seek help if they’re in need.

“If there’s anybody out there who has been diagnosed with clinical depression, NAMI is the place to go,” she said.

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

ideas to help her fellow youths in the “hope village.”

“It’s not possible to underestimate the power this has for a child,” Hines said. “It gives them hope for the future.”

Christopher Huber: 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Additional reporting was done by Reporter Laura Geggel.

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Shelter offers cats as organic pest control

King County’s animal services agency is offering a back-to-nature solution to rural residents’ rodent problems: cats.

Regional Animal Services of King County is touting barn cats as a poison- and trap-free alternative to other methods to control mice and rats. Qualified residents can adopt barn cats at no charge.

Residents should email barncatsrus@gmail.com or call Regional Animal Services of King County at 206-296-7387 to learn more.

The outdoor felines usually just need shelter, such as a barn, a cozy place to sleep, fresh water and food. Most barn cats tend to be feral or semitame, so people looking for a pet should look elsewhere.

Regional Animal Services of King County places barn cats in small colonies, usually in groups of four.

The cats arrive spayed or neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped for identification and tested for feline diseases. Volunteers offer services to deliver and help owners place the cats. Then, the felines set out to hunt mice and rats.

Dine out for disaster relief at Tutta Bella Order a pizza at Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, 715 N.W. Gilman Blvd., and assist disasterrelief efforts in Japan at the same time.

Through May 31, Tutta Bella pledged a dollar-for-dollar donation match of customers’ donations up to $5,000 for earthquake and tsunami relief. The restaurant is hoping to raise more than $10,000 through the effort. Each diner can designate a dollar

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amount of his or her choice on the check at the end of the meal.

Diners can also donate at the Tutta Bella restaurants in Seattle.

Tutta Bella plans to donate the funds to Mercy Corps, a Portland, Ore.-based relief organization, to bring the emergency supplies and care to residents in devastated areas. The earthquake and tsunami struck March 11 and killed almost 15,000 people.

Tutta Bella has strong ties to Japan through the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, the organization responsible for certifying Neapolitan-style pizzerias.

Outside of Italy, Japan and United States share the distinction of having 35 or more certified pizzerias, Tutta Bella Director of Operations Joyce Morinaka said.

Help youths travel to Chicago conference Skyline High School sophomore Alexa Peraza-Sanchez would like to pack her bags for a conference at Northwestern University in Chicago, but first she needs financial help from the community.

Peraza-Sanchez has earned a spot at the National Student Leadership Conference on Medicine & Heath Care From Aug. 2-11. At the conference, she will learn a variety of skills, including leadership, effective communication, public speaking and conflict resolution. She will also participate in lectures and workshops about medicine and health care led by national and world leaders.

Peraza-Sanchez has raised $500 for the $2,600 trip. Those wishing to help can mail checks made out to National Student Leadership, with her name in the memo line. Send checks to Alexa Peraza-Sanchez, 3849 Klahanie Drive S.E., 6-106, Issaquah, WA 98029.

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Reichert visits Regency U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-8) (left), chats with Max Pope, Lou Guzzo and other members of the Regency Newcastle community during his May 7 visit. Reichert was greeted with a good turnout during his information-sharing talk, followed by audience questions and answers about Medicare and Social Security.

Online food worker class now available in eight languages King County residents working in the food industry can now earn their required state food worker card online.

The class and test are offered in eight languages — English, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Cambodian and closed caption.

After completing the class and passing the test, students can print the food worker card for immediate use.

Those interested in the $10 class and test should go to www.foodworkercard.wa.gov, log in and select “King County” to get started.

Most users take about one hour to complete the course and test.

The new online food worker class is an addition to the in-person classes that train about 55,000 people in King County annually.

The online class is made available to food workers in King County thanks to a partnership with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, which built and maintains the site.

King County recommends Issaquah location for community garden More land in Issaquah and elsewhere could open up for community agriculture soon, after the King County Council approved a plan April 4 to allow community groups to manage and cultivate additional property for gardens.

The proposal calls for the county to join community-based organizations and other groups.

The partners, in turn, can then take the lead to establish and sustain the garden sites. Gardeners do not own the land, but remain

active in the maintenance and management of the garden.

The county’s limited role involves coordinating use agreements and helping to connect interested parties to potential sites on county-owned properties.

The council called on County Executive Dow Constantine last year to develop a plan for creating and managing community gardens on county-owned property.

The motion also builds upon a plan outlined in 2008 to develop a

countywide inventory of countyowned and managed properties feasible for community gardens.

University of Washington urban planning students assisted in the initial inventory, and discovered 24 urban parcels for potential community gardens.

The sites include open space at 191st Avenue Southeast and Southeast 42nd Place near Lake Sammamish in Issaquah. County estimates indicate the land could provide up to 24,000 square feet

for a community garden.

The existing gardens include community plots in the Mirrormont neighborhood near Issaquah.

“Community gardens are an enjoyable way to bring neighborhoods together,” council Vice Chairwoman Jane Hague said in a release. “It’s also an ecofriendly, cost-effective way to utilize excess county-owned land.

I’m really looking forward to seeing future gardens appear on the Eastside.”

Shirts: Drive began as a small idea

for the shirts, and others offering to make personalized pillows for the children.

“She really is about making a difference,” said Rainwater, who has started an in-class servicelearning project at Skyline because of the Klein family’s passion for service. “It has this kind of ripple affect.”

Klein and friends designed their own graphics for the Tshirts, took their own promotional photos and have created Web videos and blog entries about the cause. Klein attends classes full-time and works two jobs, but makes time for her cause.

“We just went for it. You just have to trust that it’s all going to work out,” she said. “It’s been crazy. I’m just so passionate about this that all the business and hard work is worth it.”

The Ugandan center’s founder eagerly awaits his two volunteers.

“Last year, we had two volunteers in May and their contribution led to the good academic performance of the children,” Fred Matovu, the center’s founder, said from Bulanga, Uganda. “As far as Kristin’s voluntary work is con-

cerned, it is going to be a blessing to HCCP due to the fact that she is going to contribute towards the welfare of the kids.”

The fundraiser will do more than lift the children’s spirits and provide physical comfort at night.

The mattresses and nets will reduce the risk of infectious diseases, like scabies, malaria and allergic reactions that the youths contract while sleeping on the ground, Matovu said.

“I know it’s going to be the best day of my life when I go this summer,” Klein said. “People think I’m going there to change people’s lives. But really, I’m going there to change my life, too.”

While Klein plans to finish her studies to become a teacher, she dreams about when she returns for good to teach and be with the African youths.

For now, she is going to press on with the task at hand.

“I truly believe that you can make a difference in the world. It

doesn’t matter how old you are.

Every day, I honestly can say I am thinking of Africa. It has such a special place in my heart now. I can’t help but respond and help,” Klein said. “People will join you if you express your passion. You just really have to go for it. If you sit and think about it you’ll never do it.”

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the best experience of my entire life.”

She recalls people’s absolute joy, despite having next to nothing, materially. She later learned that 30 of the 150 children at the child care program still sleep on the floor and without mosquito nets.

And many of the mattresses the center does have are urine-saturated, she said.

“It really hit me,” Klein said.

“Why should I get a bed (as a volunteer) while there’s kids sleeping on the floor?”

The drive began as a small idea to sell T-shirts, but blossomed into friends helping with designs

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Eighth Cougar run series kicks off May 15

Issaquah pitcher makes seamless transition to the Ivy League mound

By Sean Beighton A former softball standout for the Issaquah High School Eagles is making a name for herself in the Ivy League.

Mikenzie Voves, now a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, caught the attention of Ivy League coaches, earning Rookie of the Week on March 29. Voves pitched three games the weekend of March 25-26, including a complete game win against Lehigh University, breaking their eightgame winning streak. Over her three games, she picked up two wins and had an ERA of just 2.93.

“Winning rookie of the week was an incredible feeling. It made me realize just how far I have come, and that no matter what anyone says I have accomplished my goal,” Voves said. “It also makes me want to work even harder. Getting that recognition just puts a big target on my back, so I need to step up my game even more.”

Playing softball is like a job for Voves, making her transition from high school to college seamless.

“In college, it is definitely your ‘job,’” she said. “The environment is completely different, because in college you are surrounded by girls who are just as passionate about the sport as

you are.”

Voves’ high school coach Jim Magnuson said he isn’t surprised by her solid rookie performance thus far.

“Everybody knew that when she was on the mound she dominated most teams,” Magnuson said. “She was always focused. It was like a job for her, not that ‘rah rah’ stuff.”

Since earning rookie of the week, Voves has improved to an 8-7 record. That is more than twice as many wins as any other pitcher on the Pennsylvania Quakers’ squad. She also leads the team with an ERA of just 4.12.

Magnuson praised her as a high school player, expressing how well she led by example.

“One thing she did well was that she had a good change-up,” he said. “She moved the ball around a lot.”

Voves led her high school team to a KingCo League championship in 2008 and 2009, and a district championship in 2010 as a senior.

“She is a tenacious competitor,” Magnuson said. “She absolutely hates to lose.”

Sean Beighton is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory.

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BY GREG FARRAR

Jason Hollaway, Issaquah High School senior, hits the bar at 14 feet, 9 inches while trying to pad the new school pole vault record of 14-6 he had made moments before, breaking Mike Katayama’s 14-0 set in 2000.

Liberty boys, Issaquah girls take first in district track meet

By Bob Taylor Issaquah Press sports editor The Liberty High School boys team and the Skyline girls team earned district bragging rights May 5, when each finished first at the annual Issaquah School District track and field meet in Issaquah’s Gary Moore Stadium.

The meet was the final tuneup for this week’s KingCo Conference championships at Juanita High School. Both the 4A KingCo and 3A/2A KingCo leagues will showcase their top athletes at the meet, scheduled for May 11 and 13. Competition starts at 3:30 p.m. both days.

While district pride was on the

line, it wasn’t the only objective for teams last Thursday.

“You want to get as many kids qualified and relays qualified for KingCo,” Issaquah coach Gwen Robertson said. “I think the meet went pretty much that way.”

The Liberty boys finished first with 69 points and host Issaquah came in second with 58. Skyline, missing star Kasen Williams, was third with 54 points.

Liberty’s Joshua Gordon was the standout of the boys’ meet with four first places. He won the 100-meter race in 10.8 seconds and the 200 in 22.4. Gordon captured the high jump by going 6 feet, not his highest of the season but good enough to take first es-

pecially with Williams, the state high-jump leader, not competing in the meet. Wrapping up his day, Gordon won the long jump by going 21 feet, 10 1/2 inches. Teammate Devin Bennett was second at 20-3 3/4.

Bennett won the 800 in 1 minute, 59.2 seconds. Hiron Redmon, of Liberty, captured the 400 in 52.5, just edging Skyline’s Andrew Millett, a close second in 52.9.

“There were a lot of good races,” Robertson said.

One of the best races in the boys meet came in the 1,600, where Skyline’s Kyle Branch was See TRACK, Page B5

The eighth annual Cougar Mountain Trail Running Series gets going May 15 with a 5-mile run at King County’s Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.

The race, which starts at the Sky Country Trailhead, begins at 9 a.m. The Sky Country Trailhead is on 166th Way Southeast, just off Cougar Mountain Way. The series, sponsored by the Seattle Running Club, has four races in all during the season.

Other races are scheduled for June 12 (7 miles), July 10 (10 miles) and Aug. 14 (13 miles).

Volunteer work groups from the trail-running community spend an average of 120 hours each year doing trail restoration work, including improving trail surface conditions and picking up trash.

“Cougar Mountain is such a great venue for the Seattle running community, and we’re happy to have the continued support of runners who give back to a place where they’re getting a lot of use,” said Scott McCoubrey, head of the Seattle Running Club.

In addition to volunteer labor performed by members of the Seattle Running Club, a portion of the trail race registration fees are donated to King County Parks. Of each racer’s individual event fee, $15 goes toward park maintenance and improvements. More than $70,000 has been raised in the past seven years for King County Parks.

“Everyone who visits Cougar Mountain benefits from the work that race volunteers do,” said King County Parks division director Kevin Brown.

The series annually attracts runners for a variety of skills and experience. Experienced marathoners, college runners, college coaches, high school runners and coaches, and people just trying to stay in shape often fill out the field.

Pre-register for any or all races at www.seattlerunningclub.org.

Eagles girls golfers win season finale May 4 against Spartans

By Christopher Huber Issaquah Press reporter

BY GREG FARRAR

Mikenzie Voves, Issaquah High School 2010 graduate and fastpitch ace, now leads the Ivy League Pennsylvania Quakers squad as a freshman with a 4.12 ERA and an 8-7 record.

Minutes before the golf match began against Skyline at The Plateau Club, Issaquah High School golfer Lauren Merdinyan and coach Tom Bakamus consulted their golf pro at Snoqualmie Falls for some advice.

Merdinyan, the Eagles’ leader, was having trouble with her sand wedge and pitching wedge.

Turns out the over-the-phone advice paid off.

Merdinyan shot a 42 on the par-36 course, medaling and helping Issaquah knock off Skyline, 265 strokes to 292, May 4 in the final match of the regular season. Last year, Issaquah only escaped with a three-stroke win.

“Coming into it, I knew it was going be a close one,” Merdinyan said. “It was nice to have the sun out there, and The Plateau Club has some tricky greens to read. But I think we handled it well.”

While the Eagles went out on a positive note,

Skyline’s top two golfers, sophomore Bryalynn Vowels and junior Shirley Chung struggled to pace Merdinyan. However, Skyline’s Layla Hiramoto finished with a 51-stroke performance, to place third overall. Vowels scored a 55 to take the fourth spot in the overall rankings between teams.

“I was pleased with Layla Hiramoto,” Skyline head coach Erik Hansen said. “She shot the best round of her life. Hoping that will stick with her as we go into districts.”

Merdinyan’s improved chip shots helped her par holes No. 1 and 3, as well as two others, she said. The first two gave her the momentum needed to get past holes like the hazardous No. 5.

“The first and third holes definitely helped get me going,” she said. “I hit drives just as I hoped I would.”

Taking second place overall was Issaquah’s

BY CHRISTOPHER HUBER

Elin Skaardal, Issaquah junior, chips a shot to the flag at the par-4 second hole, on the way to scoring 50 on nine holes for second place overall May 4 See GOLF, Page B5 against Skyline.

Issaquah ends regular season short of title goal

By Bob Taylor Issaquah Press sports editor The Issaquah High School boys soccer team planned to shoot for the 4A KingCo Conference title this season. However, just like the previous year, the Eagles finished a bit short of hitting the target.

After beating Garfield 2-1 May 3, Issaquah ended the season with a 7-2-1 record and third in the league standings. The Eagles finished just three points behind coleaders Eastlake and Skyline, who ended in a tie at 8-1-1. A year ago, the Eagles finished just one point behind the leaders.

But on the plus side for Issaquah, the Eagles attained an-

other goal and that was to reach the league tournament. The Eagles qualified for the league tournament for the third straight year.

“Getting to the league tournament was a big goal of ours,” Issaquah coach Jason Lichtenberger said.

Lichtenberger said he is pleased with the team’s accomplishment, especially considering that eight starters from last season’s team graduated.

“This year’s team has been very motivated from the start,” Lichtenberger said. “It has been playing its best soccer down the stretch.”

Issaquah had a strong effort against Garfield, which won the KingCo tournament last year.

Michael Roberts scored two goals to lead the Eagles.

Garfield scored in the seventh minute, but Roberts, assisted by Nick Smith and Drew Tacher, tied the scored just seconds before the end of the first half. Roberts, assisted by Zach Lawless, scored the game-winning goal at the 70th minute.

With the victory, Issaquah prevented Garfield from finishing in a three-way tie for first place. Although Garfield also ended at 72-1, Issaquah earned the No. 3 seed into the KingCo tournament because of the head-to-head victory.

The Eagles opened tournament play May 7 with a 3-0 victory

against visiting Redmond at Gary Moore Stadium.

Lawless, assisted by Roberts, put Issaquah ahead at the 33rd minute. Akash Ramachandran, assisted by Alex Shane, gave the Eagles a 2-0 lead at the 44th minute.

Nick Smith, assisted by Roberts, wrapped up Issaquah’s scoring 10 minutes later.

Issaquah goalkeeper Nathan King recorded the shutout.

With the victory, Issaquah met Garfield May 10 at Eastlake in a loser-out game. The winner will host the Western Conference No. 3 entry May 14.

BY GREG FARRAR

See SOCCER, Page B5

Michael Roberts, Issaquah senior midfielder (right), battles Garfield’s Ben Feldman (6) and Preston Hale (10) in the last moments of their soccer match May 3. Roberts scored both goals for the Eagles in their 2-1 victory.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 •

B5

Golf FROM PAGE B4

Elin Skaardal, who tallied a 50.

“For Lauren to shoot one of her best rounds of the year on one of the toughest courses in the state was amazing,” Bakamus said.

“The rest of the team really played well, and if it wasn’t for a few pretty good shots unexpectedly finding a hazard here and there, we may have had a couple more girls in the 40s.”

Issaquah’s Morgan Young took the fifth spot in the match, shooting a 56. Teammate Jenny Lee finished with a 58. Skyline’s Lisa Gaviglio, Zahra Rehmat and Leah Terry each shot a 62 to round out Skyline’s top five finishers. Both teams and their coaches seemed elated to finally get through one match without donning rain gear.

“It had to be enjoyable for both teams not lugging around an umbrella or wet clothes,” Bakamus said.

BY GREG FARRAR

Lindsay Coutts, Skyline High School sophomore, clears the high jump bar with her winning 5-foot leap during the school district track meet May 5. the 4x400 relay team.

Skyline’s Lindsay Coutts had two first places, winning the high jump and the long jump.

In one of the surprises of the meet, Issaquah’s Katie Zhong captured the javelin with a throw of 107 feet, 1 inch. Haley Ziegler, the defending 4A KingCo champion, was second at 103-9.

Track FROM PAGE B4

first in 4:32. Issaquah’s Turner Wiley came in second in 4:33.2 and Liberty’s Tyler Westenbroek was third in 4:34.4.

Branch also captured the 3,200 in 9:51.9 with Wiley second in 9:54.6. He also anchored the Spartans’ winning 4x400 relay, which completed the race in 3:31.2.

Blake Young, Millett and Drew Matthews were other members of the relay team. Liberty was second in 3:31.9.

Issaquah’s 4x100 relay team of Allen Su, Jorrell Dorsey, Kyle Farmer and Alex Rylander finished first in 43.8, the fastest time of the year for that group.

The pole vault featured two possible KingCo champions in Issaquah’s Jason Hollaway and Liberty’s Hamilton Noel. Hollaway soared 14-6 to set a school record and finish first. Noel, last year’s 3A KingCo champion, was second at 12-6.

Dorsey, who had never competed in the triple jump until this year, won the event by going 42-3 1/2. Bennett was second at 41-9.

Skyline girls first The Skyline girls finished first with 72 points. Liberty was second with 60.5 points and Issaquah took third with 56.5.

Issaquah’s Haley Jacobson won the 100 in 12.1 and took the 200 in 25.1. Teammate Lauren Bruner

BY GREG FARRAR

Madison Birdsall, Liberty High School senior, who before running her first 800-meter race said, ‘We’ll see how it goes,’ leaves the field behind to win in 2 minutes, 21 seconds at the IssaquahSkyline-Liberty track meet. Birdsall’s specialty is the 400 meter race. also had two first places, winning the 100 and 300 hurdles. Both ran as members of Issaquah’s firstplace 4x100 relay team, which turned in a time of 50 seconds. Kim Varney and Mckenna Hogan were other members of the relay team.

Liberty’s Amy Broska captured the 1,600 in 5:26.7 and took the 3,200 in 11:50.6.

Skyline won the 4x200 relay and the 4x400 relay. Kaylie Greninger, Haley Smith, Jordan Branch and Michelle Bretl made up the 4x200 relay team. Greninger, Maddi Hutson, Branch and Bretl made up

Defending champions return Several athletes who finished first at last year’s KingCo championships will attempt to defend their titles this week.

Williams won three titles at last year’s KingCo meet. However, he has been bothered by a hamstring injury and his status for this week’s meet is unknown.

Skyline returns as the defending 4A KingCo champion.

Liberty has defending champions in Gordon and Noel. Gordon won the high jump last year.

Based on his performance this spring, Gordon is a candidate to win some other events, too.

The Issaquah girls have defending champions in Jacobson and Eva Perry. Jacobson won the 200 last year and Perry captured the pole vault. Perry has been sidelined much of the spring because of an injury. However, Robertson said the junior is ready to compete this week.

“She has been approved to compete and plans to jump on Friday,” Robertson said.

Bob Taylor: 392-6434, ext. 236, or bobtaylor@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Lauren Merdinyan (left), Issaquah High School junior, takes her approach shot to the par-4 fifth hole, during the Eagles’ match May 4 against Skyline at The Plateau Club.

PHOTOS CHRISTOPHER HUBER

Above, Alexa Kim, Issaquah freshman, putts on the green of the par-5 second hole. Above right, Bryalynn Vowels, Skyline sophomore, tees off on the par-4, fifth hole.

Soccer FROM PAGE B4

Spartans outlast Woodinville Skyline got a tough battle from Woodinville May 3, but the Spartans prevailed 2-1 in overtime.

Kyle Olmstead’s unassisted goal at the 83rd minute gave Skyline its victory. Jake Bechler gave Skyline a 1-0 lead at the 13th minute.

Skyline played Eastlake May 10 for the KingCo tournament title.

Eastlake was seeded No. 1 because of its 1-0 victory against

Skyline two weeks ago. By finishing first and second in the regular-season standings, both teams are bound for the state tournament.

Patriots fall to Interlake Liberty, despite some strong efforts in the second half of the season, missed qualifying for the 3A KingCo tournament.

The Patriots, who lost to host Interlake 4-2 May 6, finished the season with a 4-8-2 league record.

Blake Kessler, assisted by Alex Velasquez, gave Liberty a 1-0 lead at the 20th minute. However,

Interlake tied the score later in the first half on the first of two goals by Chad Shapard. The goal was the first of three straight for Interlake. Shapard got his second goal at the 50th minute and Dave Papenfus put the Saints ahead for good with a goal at the 60th minute.

Liberty’s final goal was scored

by Danny Dapper at the 75th minute.

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Prep baseball

4A KingCo Conference CREST DIVISION

Newport Redmond Skyline Issaquah Eastlake CROWN DIVISION

League W L 11 3 11 3 8 6 6 8 1 13

Season W L 17 4 14 7 11 10 8 13 5 13

League W L 12 2 9 5 9 6 6 8 3 12 2 13

Season W L 17 4 11 7 14 7 8 11 6 14 6 14

Bothell Woodinville Inglemoor Ballard Garfield Roosevelt May 3 Games Skyline 9, Issaquah 6 Newport 3, Redmond 2 Inglemoor 5, Roosevelt 4

League Tournament At Woodinville May 7 Games Inglemoor 8,Redmond 1 Bothell 2, Issaquah 0 Skyline 4, Woodinville 1 Newport 12, Ballard 3 May 9 Games Game 5: Redmond vs. Issaquah, loser out Game 6: Woodinville vs. Ballard, loser out Game 7: Inglemoor vs. Bothell, winner to state Game 8: Skyline vs. Newport, winner to state May 10 Games Game 9: Loser G8 vs. Winner G5, loser out Game 10: Loser G7 vs. Winner G6, loser out May 12 Games Game 11: Winner G9 vs. Winner G10, loser out, winner plays Wesco No. 3 May 16 Game 12: Winner G7 vs. Winner G8, winner KingCo No. 1, loser KingCo No. 2, both to state BOTHELL 2, ISSAQUAH 0 Issaquah 000 000 0 - 0 4 2 Bothell 100 010 x - 2 5 0 Brandon Mahovlich and Zach Walker; Brian McAfee and Johnson. W: McAfee, L: Mahovlich.

Issaquah highlights: Ethan Kalin 1-3, Gavin Schumaker 1-3, Jake Bakamus 1-3, Jack Gellatly 1-2, Mahvolich CG, 3 Ks. SKYLINE 4, WOODINVILLE 1 Skyline 012 100 0 - 4 5 0 Woodinville 000 100 0 - 1 6 0 W: Travis Snider, L: Marty Luckenbach. HR: Brandon Fischer (S), Zack Liddle (S).

Skyline highlights: Fischer 1-2, 1 run, 1 RBI; Liddle 1-4, 1 run, 1 RBI. SKYLINE 9, ISSAQUAH 6 Skyline 101 100 6 - 9 6 4 Issaquah 400 110 0 - 6 5 3 Matt Lunde, Connor Gilchrist (3), Travis Snider (6) and Jimmy Sinatro; Ethan Kalin, Scott Boydston (3), Brandon Mahovlich (7), Cole Westover (7) and Andrew Kemmerer. W: Snider, L: Mahovlich. 2B: Litka (S). HR: Kalin (I).

Issaquah highlights: Kalin 1-3, 1 run, 4 RBIs, grand slam in first inning; Kemmerer 2-4, 1 run; Jake Bakamus 1-2, 1 run; Justin Reynolds 1-2, 1 RBI. Skyline highlights: Nate Litka 2-4, 2 RBIs; Brandon Fischer 2-4, 1 run; Clayton Huber 1-2, 3 RBIs, 1 run; Zach Liddle 1-2, 2 runs; Snider 1-4.

NEWPORT 9, EASTLAKE 4 Newport 620 001 0 – 9 10 2 Eastlake 030 000 1 – 4 9 3 W: Billy Sahlinger, L: Evan Young.

Mount Si Lake Washington Interlake Bellevue Mercer Island Liberty Sammamish Juanita May 5 Game Liberty 12, Sammamish 2 May 4 Games Mount Si 3, Interlake 2 Liberty 5, Juanita 4 Sammamish 9, Mercer Island 6 Lake Washington 3, Bellevue 2 May 3 Games Interlake 3, Juanita 1 Liberty 3, Mount Si 2 May 2 Game Interlake 3, Juanita 1

Season W L 16 3 8 6 9 8 7 9 11 8 9 10 9 11 3 17

League Tournament May 7 Games Issaquah 3, Redmond 0, loser out Garfield 6, Newport 0, loser out May 10 Games Issaquah vs. Garfield, loser out, winner KingCo No. 3 and hosts Wesco No. 3 May 14 Skyline vs. Eastlake, winner KingCo 1, loser KingCo 2, both to state ISSAQUAH 3, REDMOND 0 Redmond 0 0 – 0 Issaquah 1 2 – 3 First half goal: 1, Zack Lawless (Iss, Michael Roberts assist), 33:00.

Second half goals: 2, Akash Ramachandran (Iss, Alex Shane assist), 44:00; 3, Nick Smith (Iss, Roberts assist), 54:00.

Shutout: Nathan King.

ISSAQUAH 2, GARFIELD 1 Garfield 1 0 – 1 Issaquah 1 1 – 2 First half goals: 1, Luke Gemperline (G, Aaron Kovar assist), 7:00; 2, Michael Roberts (Iss, Nick Smith, Drew Tacher assists), 40:00.

Second half goal: 3, Roberts (Iss, Zach Lawless assist), 70:00.

SKYLINE 2, WOODINVILLE 1 (OT) Skyline 101–2 Woodinville 0 1 0 – 1 First half goal: 1, Jake Bechtel (S, unassisted), 13:00.

Second half goal: 2, Callan Burrell (W, Shane Doty assist), 62:00.

Overtime goal: 3, Kyle Olmstead (S, unassisted), 83:00.

EASTLAKE 2, INGLEMOOR 0 Eastlake 1 1 – 2 Inglemoor 0 0 – 0 First half goal: 1, Sean Klauer (E, Sam Langston assist), 18:00.

Second half goal: 2, Klauer (E, James Gee assist), 48:00.

Shutout: Devon DeAlteris.

3A/2A KingCo Conference League Season W L T Pts W L T GF GA Sammamish 13 1 0 39 13 1 1 33 10 Mercer Island 8 3 3 27 9 4 3 43 18 Lake Wash. 8 5 1 25 9 6 1 16 26 Mount Si 7 6 1 22 7 7 2 28 22 Bellevue 7 7 0 21 7 8 1 24 21 Liberty 4 8 2 14 5 9 2 21 28 Interlake 3 10 1 10 4 10 2 29 35 Juanita 2 12 0 6 2 14 0 8 50 May 3 Games Mount Si 2, Bellevue 0 Juanita 2, Interlake 1 Lake Washington 1, Sammamish 0 Liberty 1, Mercer Island 0, forfeit May 6 Games Lake Washington 4, Juanita 1 Mount Si 2, Mercer Island 2 Sammamish 1, Bellevue 0 Interlake 4, Liberty 2

INTERLAKE 4, LIBERTY 2 Liberty 1 1 – 2 Interlake 1 3 – 4 First half goals: 1, Blake Kessler (Lib, Alex Velasquez assist), 20:00; Chad Shapard (Int, Sanjay Bhatia assist), 38:00.

Second half goals: 3, Shapard (Int, Ben Titus assist), 50:00; 4, Dave Papenfus (Int, Miguel Castillo assist), 60:00; 5, Danny Dapper (Lib, unassisted), 75:00; 6, Derek Tsang (Int, Eric Ritter assist), 78:00.

MOUNT SI 2, MERCER ISLAND 2 Mercer Island 1 1 – 2 Mount Si 20–2 First half goals: 1, Mercer Island, own goal; 2, Dane Aldrich (MS, Eric Baumgardner assist), 18:00; 3, Aldrich (MS, Nate Popp assist), 23:00.

Second half goal: 4, David Lee (MI, Jordan Morris assist), 57:00.

At Bannerwood Park May 10 Games Game 1: KingCo No. 3 vs. KingCo No. 6, loser out Game 2: KingCo No. 4 vs. KingCo No. 5, loser out May 12 Games Game 3: Winner G1 vs. KingCo No. 2, 4 p.m.

Game 4: Winner G2 vs. Mount Si, 7 p.m.

May 13 Game Game 5: Winner G3 vs. Winner G4, 7 p.m., winner No. 1 to state regionals May 14 Games Game 6: Loser G3 vs. Loser G4, 1 p.m., loser out Game 7: Winner G6 vs. Loser G5, 4 p.m., loser out, winner KingCo No. 2 plays Metro No. 3 LIBERTY 12, SAMMAMISH 2 Liberty 910 02 - 12 12 0 Sammamish 000 02 - 2 6 0 W: Ben Wessel, L: Joe Giachetti. 2B: Ryan Maio (L), Blake Reeve (L). HR: Maio (L).

Liberty highlights: Harrison Diemert 2-3, 1 run; Maio 2-2, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Scott Zerda 3-4, 1 run, 1 RBI; Reeve 1-1, 1 RBI; Wessell 4 IP, 0 runs.

LIBERTY 3, MOUNT SI 2 Mount Si 000 002 0 - 2 6 2 Liberty 002 001 x - 3 4 1 W: Izak Styskal, L: Trevor Lane.

Mount Si highlights: Max Brown 2-3, 2 RBIs. LIBERTY 5, JUANITA 4 Juanita 110 020 0 – 4 5 1 Liberty 001 021 1 – 5 7 3 W: Blake Reeve. 3B: Sean Barlow (J).

Liberty highlights: Mitch Askins 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Ben Wessel 2-4, 2 RBIs. MOUNT SI 3, INTERLAKE 2 Interlake 000 020 00 – 2 4 3 Mount Si 000 002 01 – 3 2 2 W: Hudson Luxich, L: Ari Kira. Mount Si highlights: Tim Proudfoot 1-2, 2 runs, 1 RBI, HR.

Metro League May 5 Game EASTSIDE CATHOLIC 10, LAKESIDE 3 Lakeside 100 001 1 – 3 7 0 Eastside Catholic 400 042 x – 10 10 0 W: Kyle Larson, L: Jamie Deon. HR: Matt Wenzinger (EC).

Eastside Catholic highlights: Jeff Bohling 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Justin David 2-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Wenzinger 2-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs.

Prep boys soccer 4A KingCo Conference Season Pts W L T 25 8 3 2 25 12 1 2 22 11 2 3 22 13 2 1 16 8 6 1 14 8 5 3 14 5 8 3 7 4 8 1 4 3 8 4 4 2 9 2 2 4 8 2

Issaquah Alps Trail Club

May 9 Games Mount Si vs. Lake Washington, loser out Bellevue vs. Mercer Island, loser out

League Tournament

League W L T Eastlake 8 1 1 Skyline 8 1 1 Issaquah 7 2 1 Garfield 7 2 1 Newport 5 4 1 Redmond 4 4 2 Inglemoor 4 4 2 Woodinville 2 7 1 Ballard 1 6 3 Bothell 1 8 1 Roosevelt 0 8 2 May 2 Game Redmond 2, Bothell 0

Adult sports

League Tournament

3A/2A KingCo Conference League W L 12 1 8 5 8 6 7 7 7 7 6 8 4 10 3 11

May 3 Games Ballard 1, Redmond 1 Eastlake 2, Inglemoor 0 Issaquah 2, Garfield 1 Newport 1, Roosevelt 0 Skyline 2, Woodinville 1 May 5 Game Redmond 0, Inglemoor 0

GF 37 42 45 47 34 35 16 16 27 10 26

GA 17 13 24 9 27 24 24 25 35 32 26

MOUNT SI 2, BELLEVUE 0 Mount Si 0 2 – 2 Bellevue 0 0 – 0 Second half goals: 1, Alex Censullo (MS, Kody Clearman assist), 50:00; 2, Censullo (MS, Eric Baumgardner assist), 80:00.

Shutout: Dillon Oord.

Prep softball 4A KingCo Conference CREST DIVISION

Eastlake Redmond Issaquah Newport Skyline CROWN DIVISION

League W L 9 1 7 4 6 4 5 6 3 9

Season W L 14 2 10 5 6 4 9 7 3 12

League W L 12 0 6 5 6 5 5 5 1 10 0 11

Season W L 16 0 8 6 7 9 8 8 1 12 2 11

Woodinville Ballard Inglemoor Bothell Roosevelt Garfield May 6 Games Ballard 9, Roosevelt 3 Eastlake 14, Skyline 11 Woodinville 11, Garfield 0 Issaquah 8, Newport 4 May 5 Games Newport 14, Roosevelt 0 Skyline 19, Garfield 2 Redmond 5, Ballard 3 Woodinville 5, Eastlake 2 May 4 Games Woodinville 6, Ballard 0 Bothell 11, Roosevelt 1 Inglemoor 11, Garfield 1 Issaquah 5, Skyline 4 Redmond 11, Newport 1 Eastlake 7, Juanita 5 May 3 Games Ballard 6, Skyline 1 Roosevelt 13, Garfield 3 Woodinville 16, Newport 1 May 2 Game Inglemoor 16, Redmond 10

ISSAQUAH 8, NEWPORT 4 Newport 002 200 0 - 4 6 3 Issaquah 431 000 x - 8 6 1 W: Brielle Bray, L: Kayla Reynolds. 2B: Kaitlin Salinger (N), Bray (I). HR: Bray (I). Issaquah highlights: Bray 2-2, 3 runs, 2 RBIs. ISSAQUAH 5, SKYLINE 4 Skyline 200 020 0 – 4 7 2 Issaquah 040 100 x – 5 6 1 W: Brielle Bray, L: Charlotte Zhao. 2B: Bray (Iss) 2, Lindsey Nicholson (S). Issaquah highlights: Bray 2-4.

Skyline highlights: Anya Kamber 2-4, Nicholson 3-3.

SKYLINE 19, GARFIELD 2 Garfield 10 0 10 - 2 2 8 Skyline 03(13) 3x - 19 16 7 W: Lindsey Nicholson, L: Olivia Timms. 2B: Anya Kamber (S). 3B: Kamber (S).

Skyline highlights; Kamber 3-4, 3 RBIs. EASTLAKE 14, SKYLINE 11 Eastlake 030 400 7 - 14 8 4 Skyline 105 201 2 - 11 10 4

SPORTS CALENDAR

May 13, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 4-6 miles, 600-1,000 elevation gain. Call 481-2341 ... May 15, 9 a.m., South Squak Flower Walk, 4 miles, 400 gain. Call 228-6118 ... May 20, Echo Mountain, 4-5 miles, 500 gain. Call 432-7387 ... May 21, 9:30 a.m., Cougar Mountain, loop to Talus and AA Peak, 7 miles, 1,000 gain.

Call 281-8465.

Cascade Bicycle Club May 12, 6:45 p.m., Eastside Tour, 2030 miles from Marymoor Park east parking lot. Call 392-1347 ... May 13, 10 a.m., Issaquah-Bellevue loop, 37 miles from Lake Sammamish State Park. Call 206909-7742 ... May 14, 8:30 a.m., Ramrod Training, 75-80 miles from Marymoor Park east parking lot. Call 392-1347 ... May 15, 9 a.m., Eastside Jaunt, 33 miles from Marymoor Park east parking lot. Ride takes in Lake Sammamish, Pine Lake and Beaver Lake. call 260-4177.

Softball Senior softball players are needed for the Issaquah co-ed team. Players 50 and older are eligible. Games are 9:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Thursday at Tibbetts Field. Call 392-5682.

Running May 14, 9 a.m., Cougar Mountain Trail Series, 5-mile race from the Sky Country Trailhead. Four other races scheduled for June 12 (7 miles), July 10 (10 miles) and Aug. 14 (13 miles). Get details and pre-register and for anuy and all races at www.seattlerunningclub.org for details.

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

Youth sports/activities Track & field Issaquah Parks spring elementary school track and field sessions in Sammamish and Issaquah are from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Friday or Wednesday and Friday. Middle school track clinics for sprinters, mid-distance

2B: Anya Kamber (S). 3B: Lindsey Nicholson (S).

HR: Nicholson (S).

Skyline highlights: Kamber 2-3, 1 RBI; Nicholson 34, 4 RBIs. Eastlake highlights: Morgan Conover 2-4, 2 RBIs; Sophie Palenscar 2-4, 2 RBIs. BALLARD 6, SKYLINE 1 Skyline 000 000 1 - 1 1 1 Ballard 101 103 x - 6 7 1 W: Andrea Jewett, L: Charlotte Zhao. 2B: Jewett (B).

3A/2A KingCo Conference League W L 13 0 9 4 8 5 8 6 7 7 6 8 3 11 0 12

Juanita Bellevue Mount Si Lake Washington Liberty Interlake Mercer Island Sammamish May 6 Game Mercer Island 10, Hazen 8 May 5 Games Lake Washington 14, Sammamish 1 Liberty 7, Interlake 6 Bellevue 11, Mercer Island 0 May 4 Game Eastlake 7, Juanita 5 May 3 Games Lake Washington 12, Liberty 11 Mercer Island 11, Sammamish 6 Mercer Island 13, Sammamish 3

Season W L 16 2 12 5 10 6 8 12 8 8 7 9 5 13 0 15

LIBERTY 7, INTERLAKE 6 Interlake 003 102 0 - 6 10 2 Liberty 213 100 x - 7 13 3 W: Amber Smith. 2B: Jenn Rucker (L). 3B: Liza Van Camp (L). HR: Allie Wood (Lib).

Liberty highlights: Rucker 3-3, Van Camp 2-4, 1 RBI; Wood 3 RBIs. LAKE WASHINGTON 12, LIBERTY 11 Liberty 200 117 0 - 11 13 4 Lake Washington 004 313 1 - 12 13 6 W: Emilee Ronbeck, L: Amber Smith. 2B: Marissa Jeffers (Lib), Jenny Hill (LW). 3B: Bethany Bacon (LW).

Liberty highlights: Jeffers 2-4, 1 run, 4 RBIs. BELLEVUE 10, MOUNT SI 8 Bellevue 230 110 3 – 10 Mount Si 040 400 0 – 8 Mount Si highlights: Lauren Smith 4-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs, 2 HRs; Tamarra Crowe 2-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI.

Prep boys track & field KingCo Conference May 5 Meet LIBERTY 69, ISSAQUAH 58, SKYLINE 54 100: 1, Joshua Gordon (Lib) 10.8; 2, Kyle Farmer (Iss) 10.9; 3, Blake Young (Sky) 11.3; 4, Justin Mach (Sky) 11.4; 5, Jordan Coutts (Sky) 11.5. 200: 1, Gordon (Lib) 22.4; 2, Drew Matthews (Sky) 22.7; 3, Jorrell Dorsey (Iss) 23.0, Farmer (Iss) 23.0; 5. Joseph Bergmann (Lib) 23.0. 400: 1, Hiron Redmon (Lib) 52.5; 2, Andew Millett (Sky) 52.9; 3, Young (Sky) 53.8; 4, Kenny Norton (Iss) 53.8; 5, Mitch O’Connell (Sky) 54.4.

800: 1, Devin Bennett (Lib) 1:59.2; 2, Isaac Robinson (Iss) 2:01.2; 3, Scott Turner (Lib) 2:03.1; 4, Redmon (Lib) 2:04.0; 5, Chris Turner (Lib) 2:04.5. 1,600: 1, Kyle Branch (Sky) 4:32.0; 2, Turner Wiley (Iss) 4:33.2; 3, Tyler Westenbroek (Lib) 4:34.4; 4, Keegan Symmes (Sky) 4:37.0; 5, Karl Uselman (Sky) 4:37.01. 3,200: 1, Branch (Sky) 9:51.9; 2, Wiley (Iss) 9:54.6; 3, Symmes (Sky) 10:05.1; 4, Joey Nakao (Sky) 10:06.7; 5, Kevin Tidball (Sky) 10:17.5. 110 hurdles: 1, Riley Herrera (Sky) 16.5; 2, Dylan Clark (Lib) 16.9; 3, Joey Domek (Iss) 18.3; 4, Dave Nam (Iss) 18.6; 5, Joel Dooley (Sky) 19.7. 300 hurdles: 1, Bergmann (Lib) 44.7; 2, Domek (Iss) 44.8; 3, Clark (Lib) 45.6; 4, Matt Howell (Iss) 45.7; 5, Dooley (Sky) 46.5. 4x100 relay: 1, Issaquah (Allen Su, Dorsey, Farmer, Alex Rylander) 43.8; 2, Skyline (Mach, Young, Christian John, Charles Premone) 44.3; 3, Liberty 46.7. 4x400 relay: 1, Skyline (Young, Millett, Matthews, Branch) 3:31.2; 2, Liberty (Bergmann, Nick Knoblich, S. Turner, Bennett) 3:31.9; 3, Issaquah (Su, Norton, Cory Nevin, Robinson) 3:34.4.

Shot put: 1, Jake Monroe (Sky) 41-6; 2, Kevin Ahrens (Lib) 41-2.50; 3, Mike Baba (Iss) 40-7; 4, Trevor Dolan (Iss) 39-10; 5, Jonathan Norris (Iss) 37-6.50.

Discus: 1, Bryan Lee (Sky) 116-9; 2, Dolan (Iss) 116-2; 3, Dawson Solly (Lib) 99-6; 4, Tyler Wright (Lib) 98-10; 5, Shane Coate (Lib) 93-6. Javelin: 1, Baba (Iss) 1622; 2, Craig Werre (Lib) 156-10; 3, Andy Meigs (Iss) 145-0; 4, Clark (Lib) 141-5; 5, Trevor Merritt (Lib) 13610. High jump: 1, Gordon (Lib) 6-0; 2, Jordan Coutts (Sky) 5-10, Nevin (Iss) 5-10; 4, Bergmann (Lib) 5-8; 5, Blake Wedekind (Iss) 5-4. Pole vault: 1, Jason Hollaway (Iss) 14-6; 2, Hamilton Noel (Lib) 12-6; 3, Chase Kenney (Lib) 12-0; 4, Andrew Larsen (Iss) 11-6; 5, Jack Wheeler (Iss) 11-0, Matt Morris (Iss) 11-0. Long jump: 1, Gordon (Lib) 21-10.5; 2, Bennett (Lib) 20-3.75; 3, Coutts (Sky) 19-10.25; 4, Farmer (Iss) 19-2; 5, Werre

and distance runners are from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Fridays at various Issaquah school locations. Call 392-8230 or go to www.issaquahparks.net.

Football Issaquah Eagles Youth Football, for ages 8-14, is registering players through June 30 for the 2011 season. Players must reside within the Issaquah High School boundary. Go to www.issyfootball.org.

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

Special programs Issaquah Parks provides bowling for people with special needs, ages 13 or older. Bowling is 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Adventure Bowl in Snoqualmie.

Transportation is provided at the community center. Call 837-3346.

Soccer Issaquah Soccer Club is registering players for its fall recreation program (U6-U18) and for the elite soccer tryouts at www.issaquahsoccerclub.org.

High school sports Baseball 4A KingCo Tournament May 11-12; 3A KingCo Tournament May 11-13.

Boys soccer May 11, 3A KingCo Tournament.

Track & field May 11 and 13, Liberty, Issaquah and Skyline at KingCo Championships at Juanita High School.

Softball May 11, 4 p.m., Issaquah at Redmond.

Girls tennis May 11, 3A KingCo Championships at Skyline, May 11-13, 4A KingCo Championships at Skyline.

Girls golf May 11, 4A KingCo Medalist Tournament at Mount Si GC. Boys lacrosse May 11, 8 p.m., Issaquah at Skyline.

(Lib) 18-10. Triple jump: 1, Dorsey (Iss) 42-3.5 2, Bennett (Lib) 41-9; 3, Connor Pearl (Iss) 37-4; 4, Ashby Brown (Lib) 35-4.75; 5, Meigs (Iss) 34-8.75.

MOUNT SI 101, MERCER ISLAND 62, CEDARCREST 17 100: 1, Kaleb Huerta (MS) 11.3; 2, Shane Blankenburg (MS) 11.4; 3, Tyler Button (MS) 11.4.

200: 1, Blankenburg (MS) 23.2; 2, Huerta (MS) 23.5; 3, Button (MS) 23.7. 400: 1, Mason Bragg (MS) 51.6; 5, Justin McLaughlin (MS) 56.3. 800: 1, Eric Schulz (Mercer Is.) 1:58.7; 3, Levi Botten (MS) 2:03.7. 1,600: 1, Aaron Elefson (Mercer Is.) 4:26.7. 3,200: 1, Elefson (Mercer Is.) 9:59.7; 5, Dominick Canady (MS) 10:38.1.

110 hurdles: 1, Nate Chase (MS) 16.9; 2, Bradly Stevens (MS) 17.1. 300 hurdles: 1, Chase (MS) 42.4.

4x100 relay: 1, Mount Si (Huerta, Bragg, Blankenburg, Button) 44.2. 4x400 relay: 1, Mount Si (Bragg, Botten, Huerta, Button) 3:37.9.

Shot put: 1, Kolton Auxier (MS) 50-0; 2, Brian Copeland (MS) 45-2.5; 3, Doc Derwin (MS) 42-3; 4, Zach Storm (MS) 41-0. Discus: 1, Storm (MS) 120-8; 2, Derwin (MS) 119-8; 3, Copeland (MS) 114-7; 4, Brian Ruhland (MS) 113-6; 5, Auxier (MS) 111-0.

Javelin: 1, Stevens (MS) 167-0; 2, Storm (MS) 164-9; 5, Emmitt Rudd (MS) 142-2. High jump: 1, Ryan Olson (MS) 5-6; 2, Jon Proctor (MS) 5-4; 4, Mitchell Smith (MS) 5-4. Pole vault: 1, Jimbo Davis (MS) 12-0; 2, Jake Rouches (MS) 11-0; 4, Botten (MS) 10-6. Long jump: 1, Reid Jackson (Mercer Is.) 21-0.75. Triple jump: 1, Cassidy Kaufman (Mercer Is.) 40-7.5; 2, Elijah Mayfield (MS) 37-0; 3, A.J. Brevick (MS) 35-5.

Prep girls track & field KingCo Conference May 5 Meet SKYLINE 72, LIBERTY 60.5, ISSAQUAH 56.5 100: 1, Haley Jacobson (Iss) 12.1; 2, Gabrielle Gevers (Iss) 12.8; 3, Michelle Bretl (Sky) 13.2; 4, Dorie Dalzell (Sky) 13.3, Mckenna Hogan (Iss) 13.4. 200: 1, Jacobson (Iss) 25.1; 2, Elizabeth Ryker (Lib) 27.1; 3, Dalzell (Sky) 27.3; 4, Maria Volodkevich (Sky) 27.6; 5, Stacy Christensen (Lib) 28.1. 400: 1, Haley Smith (Sky) 59.6; 2, Mack Wieburg (Iss) 60.5; 3, Jordan Branch (Sky) 60.7; 4, Ryker (Lib) 60.7; 5, Dalzell (Sky) 61.5.

800: 1, Madison Birdsall (Lib) 2:21.3; 2, Megan Larson (Lib) 2:24.0; 3, Alexis Dougherty (Sky) 2:26.3; 4, Maddi Hutson (Sky) 2:30.6; 5, Amanda Chalfant (Iss) 2:31.4. 1,600: 1, Amy Broska (Lib) 5:26.7; 2, Samantha Krahling (Sky) 5:27.9; 3, Megan Chucka (Lib) 5:34.8; 4, Jill Wolken (Sky) 5:45.7; 5, Erin Murphy (Sky) 5:57.3. 3,200: 1, Broska (Lib) 11:50.6; 2, Rachel Shaw (Lib) 11:51.9; 3, Rachel Osgood (Iss) 11:52.4; 4, Caitlin McIlwain (Sky) 11:58.4; 5, Kathryn Steele (Sky) 12:07.2. 100 hurdles: 1, Lauren Bruner (Iss) 15.9; 2, Emily Pestl-Dimmitt (Lib) 16.2; 3, Maddie Tasker (Iss) 17.5, Anna Fairhart (Iss) 17.5, Ida Bakke (Lib) 17.5.

300 hurdles: 1, Bruner (Iss) 49.9; 2, Pestl-Dimmitt (Lib) 50.9; 3, Tasker (Iss) 52.9; 4, Ashley Richardson (Sky) 54.5; 5, Bakke (Lib) 50.7. 4x100 hurdles: 1, Issaquah (Jacobson, Kim Varney, Bruner, Hogan) 50.0; 2, Skyline (Dalzell, Bretl, Dougherty, Smith) 50.9; 3, Liberty 54.1.

4x200 relay: 1, Skyline (Kaylie Greninger, Smith, Branch, Bretl) 1:45.7; 2, Issaquah (Varney, Madison Callan, Hogan, Wieburg) 1:47.3; 3, Liberty (Birdall, S. Christensen, Ryker, Delane Agnew) 1:48.0. 4x400 relay: 1, Skyline (Greninger, Hutson, Branch, Bretl) 4:03.3; 2, Liberty (Michaela Chucka, Agnew, Ryker, Birdsall) 4:04.3; 3, Issaquah (Varney, Juliana da Cruz, Wieburg, Jacobson) 4:06.3.

Shot put: 1, M’kayla Silva (Sky) 32-10.5; 2, Morgan Safley (Lib) 32-3; 3, Haley Ziegler (Sky) 30-7; 4, Alex McGinnis (Lib) 29-4; 5, Eve Maher (Lib) 28-6. Discus: 1, Elena Frerker (Sky) 94-8; 2, Ziegler (Sky) 92-3; 3, Alex Arteritano (Iss) 92-1; 4, Katie Zhong (Iss) 84-8; 5, Sofie Safley (Lib) 83-10. Javelin: 1, Zhong (Iss) 107-1; 2, Ziegler (Sky) 103-9; 3, Pestl-Dimmitt (Lib) 93-1; 4, Frerker (Sky) 92-10; 5, Silva (Sky) 91-3. High jump: 1, Lindsay Coutts (Sky) 5-0; 2, Devyn Butenko (Sky) 4-10, Richardson (Sky) 4-10, Wieburg (Iss) 4-10, Jessica Pickering (Lib) 4-10. Pole vault: 1, Danielle Richards (Lib) 9-0; 2, Amelia Meigs (Iss) 8-6, Pickering (Lib) 8-6; 4, Christine Hertogs (Iss) 8-0, Tia Riley (Lib) 8-0. Long jump: 1, Coutts (Sky) 16-3.25; 2, Hogan (Iss) 15-1.50; 3, Bakke (Lib) 14-7.25; 4, Sam Salmon (Iss) 13-6.75; 5, Bruner (Iss) 12-10.25. Triple jump: 1, Marissa Fortier (Sky) 31-10.25; 2, Bakke (Lib) 31-5; 3, Pestl-Dimmitt (Lib) 30-6.50; 4, Fairhart (Iss) 29-2; 5, Marisa Klomp (Iss) 28-6.

MOUNT SI 82.3, MERCER ISLAND 64.7, CEDARCREST 39 100: 1, Jesse Guyer (MS0 13.0. 200: 1, Laura Harrison (Mercer Is.) 27.4; 2, Sophie Rockow (MS) 27.7; 3, Guyer (MS) 28.2; 5, Sydney Dore (MS) 28.8.

400: 1, Tenaya Davis (Ced) 62.10; 2, Lindsay Kirby (MS) 64.5; 4, Madeleine Hutchison (MS) 65.3. 800: 1, Christina Volken (MS) 2:28.0; 2, Abby Bottemiller (MS) 2:32.4; 4, Delaney Hollis (MS) 2:59.9. 1,600: 1, Cara Strodel (Ced) 5:22.20. 3,200: 1, Kendall Maddux (MS) 13:16.4; 2, Madeleine Bezanson (MS) 15:02.1. 100 hurdles: 1, Cora Miller (Mercer Is.) 16.39; 2, Ashley Jackson (MS) 17.7. 300 hurdles: 1, Miller (Mercer Is.) 48.21; 2, Jackson (MS) 51.8. 4x100 relay: 1, Mount Si (Bottemiller, Rockow, Guyer, Kristen Kasel) 52.4. 4x200

relay: 1, Mount Si (Bottemiller, Dore, Rockow, Guyer) 1:51.5. 4x400 relay: 1, Cedarcrest (Tasha Hartwig, Molly Hammontree, Strodel, Davis) 4:18.1; 2, Mount Si (Jackson, Volken, Kirby, Madelyn Esteb) 4:29.6.

Shot put: 1, Mariah Carlson (Ced) 32-2; 4, Sydney Leonard (MS) 27-7.5; 5, Madison Bardsley (MS) 25-11.

Discus: 1, Carlson (Ced) 86-8; 2, Kasel (MS) 84-6.

Javelin: 1, Carly Anderson (Mercer Is.) 109-0; 3, Leslie Stevens (MS) 88-3; 4, Leonard (MS) 86-10. High jump: 1, Lexi Swanson (MS) 4-8; 5, Kamira Nicolino (MS) 4-0, Dore (MS) 4-0. Pole vault: 1, Swanson (MS) 9-0; 4, Kristin Moore (MS) 7-6, Hannah Richmond (MS) 7-6.

Long jump: 1, Latrevan Saunders (Mercer Is.) 15-3; 2, Jackson (MS) 14-6.75. Triple jump: 1, Stevens (MS) 357; 2, Rockow (MS) 33-4.5.

Prep girls tennis 4A KingCo Conference May 6 Match NEWPORT 4, ISSAQUAH 3 Singles: Angela Chen (N) d. Dayna Bennett 6-3, 6-1; Amie Vo (N) d. Alyssa Wilson 6-4, 6-0; Rixing Xu (N) d.

Kelsey Wilson 6-0, 6-3; Rendata Lumanau (N) d. Regina Darahovaki 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles: Sam Garrard-Sabrina Norton (Iss) d. Jane Choi-Emily Chen 6-4, 6-3; Selena Lustig-Rachel Gonchar (Iss) d. Faith Mach-Alice Chu 6-1, 7-5; Jenny Thompson-Sabrina Bennett (Iss) d. Allison Lee-Amy Yuan 7-5, 6-1.

May 4 Match ISSAQUAH 7, SKYLINE 0 Singles: Dayna Bennett (Iss) d. Kristin Park 6-0, 6-1; Alyssa Wilson (Iss) d. Laura Parsons 6-2, 6-1; Kelsey Wilson (Iss) d. Jimmy Choi 6-0, 6-1; Regina Darahovaki (Iss) d. Kianna Bertonlino 6-0, 6-4.

Doubles: Sam Garrard-Sabrina Norton (Iss) d. Alison Opitz-Molly Knutson 6-1, 6-0; Selena Lustig-Rachel Gonchar (Iss) d. Sonya Ye-Kasami Maeda 6-3, 6-4; Jenny Thompson-Sabrina Bennett (Iss) d. Sanjana Galgalikar-Rachel Kim 6-0 6-0.

3A/2A KingCo Conference May 3 Match LAKE WASHINGTON 4, LIBERTY 3 Singles: Kelly Watanabe (LW) d. Amber Eastham 6-1, 6-0; Jess Lund (LW) d. Emmie Kellogg-Smith 6-2, 6-1; Jelena Aleksov (LW) d. Kristy Braunston 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Jenny Adams (Lib) d. Joyce Lin 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles: Audrey LaFraugh-Veronica Granger (Lib) d.

Kelsey Connell-Shannon Ong 6-3, 6-3; Chloe NashTaylor Lipking (LW) d. Julie Do-Annie Trumbull 6-1, 6-2; Michelle Gillespie-Maddi Kohn (Lib) d. Kim KashmanMary Nelson 6-3, 6-0.

MERCER ISLAND 7, MOUNT SI 0 Singles: Chelsea Bailey (MI) d. Natalie Knoetgen 60, 6-0; Karissa Walker (MI) d. Trina Eck 6-1, 6-0; Sophie Gage (MI) d. Lauren Wood 6-0, 6-0; Michaela Lee (MI) d. Trisha Taylor 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Kelly Crandell-Erica Basha (MI) d. Shelby Thomas-Bailey Barnard 6-3, 6-1; Caroline Dillon-Ashley Larson (MI) d. Rachel Swamy-Evanne Webster 6-1, 6-0; Adele Parsons-Erin Crandell (MI) d. 6-4, 6-0.

Prep girls golf 4A KingCo Conference May 2 Matches ISSAQUAH 240, ROOSEVELT 312 At Snoqualmie Falls GC, par 36 Medalist: Lauren Merdinyan (Iss) 44.

Other Issaquah scores: Morgan Young 48, Elin Skaardal 49, Alexa Kim 50, Michala Hagen 54, Hanna Choi 57, Jenny Lee 6, Katie Chun 63.

SKYLINE 282, BALLARD 331 At Jackson Park GC, par 37 Medalist: Bryalynn Vowels (S) 48.

Other Skyline scores: Emma Farns 56, Layla Hiramoto 58, Shirley Chung 58.

May 3 Match ISSAQUAH 265, SKYLINE 292 At Plateau GC, par 36 Medalist: Lauren Merdinyan (Iss) 42.

Other Issaquah scores: Alexa Kim 59, Elin Skaardal 50, Jenny Lee 58, Morgan Young 56, Michaela Hagen 61, Katie Chun 63, Hanna Choi 64, Catherine Ticzon 65.

Skyline scores: Bryalynn Vowels 55, Shirley Chung 64, Layla Hiramoto 51, Lisa Gaviglio 62, Zahra Rehmat 62, Leah Terry 62, Sonya Garber 63, Emma Farno 64.

3A KingCo Conference

LIBERTY 243, LAKE WASHINGTON 266 At Bellevue GC, par 35 Medalist: Anna Jessen (LW) 44.

Liberty scores: Krysta Dawson 45, Molly Culwell 49, Alex Duvall 49, Brandi Petryk 49, Rachel Werner 51, Rachael Heflin 53, Christie Schmidt 53, Kirsten Solders 56.

Prep boys lacrosse Washington Lacrosse Association DIVISION 1 May 6 ISSAQUAH 6, BELLEVUE 2 Bellevue 0 0 2 0 - 2 Issaquah 1 0 2 3 - 6 Issaquah statistics: Ben Director 1 goal, Jake Fritz 1 goal, 1 groundball; Duncan Hamilton 1 goal, 1 groundball; Michael Hatcher 1 groundball, Kole Lindor 6 groundballs, Matt O’Neil 2 goals, 5 groundballs; Kevin Powers 1 goal, 5 groundballs; Ashton Ritchie 1 groumdball, Julian Ritchie 1 groundball, Matt Thomas 1 groundball, Mitchell Undi 1 groundball, O’Neil Hughes 2 saves.

DIVISION II May 7 Games Liberty 7, North Kitsap 0 Mount Si 6, South Kitsap 2 MOUNT SI 6, SOUTH KITSAP 2 Mount Si statistics: Beau Bachand 3 groundballs, Andrew Bottemiller 10 groundballs, Bradly Christensen 4 groundballs, Nick Crandell 2 groundballs, Tucker Dana 2 groundballs, Will Dodeward 1 groundball, Sal Francisco 2 groundballs, Zach Gappa 1 groundball, Adam Husa 3 groundballs, Matt Mahrer 2 goals, 2 assists, 2 groundballs; Blake Moorhead 2 goals, 4 groundballs; Cody Oberlander 3 groundballs, Henry Owens 4 groundballs, Alex Pease 1 groundball, Brandon Pike 2 goals, Cameron Pike 2 groundballs, 3 saves; Max Williamson 1 groundball, Matthew Yan 1 groundball, 2 saves.

May 6 Game ROOSEVELT 14, MOUNT SI 6 Mount Si statistics: Beau Bachand 6 groundballs, Andrew Bottemiller 3 groundballs, Bradly Christensen 1 groundball, Nick Crandell 1 assist, 2 groundballs; Tom Evans 1 groundball, Sal Francisco 2 groundballs, Zach Gappa 2 groundballs, Adam Husa 1 groundballs, Matt Mahrer 2 goals, 2 groundballs; Kody Oberlander 1 assist, Henry Owens 2 goals, 5 groundballs; Alex Pease 1 groundball, Brandon Pike 2 goals, 2 groundballs; Cameron Pike 8 saves, Matthew Yan 6 saves.

Prep girls lacrosse Washington Lacrosse Association DIVISION 1 May 4 Game SEATTLE PREP 18, ISSAQUAH 10 Issaquah statistics: Lexi Boyer 1 groundball, Kelly Christianson 2 groundballs, Megan Evans 1 groundball, Miranda Hansen 1 goal, 4 groundballs; Brittany Hogan 2 goals, 4 groundballs; Jacqueline Marber 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 groundballs; Robin Ringman 3 goals, 5 groundballs; Sophie Schiefelbein 2 goals, 2 assists, 7 groundballs; Laura Voss 10 saves.

May 6 Game BAINBRIDGE 18, ISSAQUAH 8 Issaquah statistics: Miranda Hansen 1 groundball, Brittany Hogan 1 assist, 2 groundballs; Ellen Kay 1 groundball, Jacqueline Marber 2 goals, 1 groundball; Shelby Marber 1 groundball, Emily Mincin 2 goals, 2 groundballs; Haley Mincin 1 assist, 2 groundballs; Katie Mincin 4 goals, 4 groundballs; Sophie Schiefelbein 1 groundball, Laura Voss 9 saves.

Youth baseball 16-under Issaquah Indians 12, Kirkland Thunder 4 (Issaquah highlights: A. Hunyh 2-2, K. Letourneau 2-3, 3 RBIs; A. Lindberg 1-3, 3B, 2 RBIs; R. Siefkes 1-3, J. Min 2-3, 2B, 3 RBIs; Z. Garner 1-1, J. Meyer 1-1, Jack Nickel 3 IP, 1 ER, 3 Ks, Winning pitcher; Chris Young 2 IP, 0 ER, Save.

Issaquah Indians 12, Maple Valley Coyotes 0 (Issaquah highlights: A. Hunyh 3-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs; K. Letourneau 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; A. Lindberg 3-4, 2B, 4 RBIs; R. Siefkes 3-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; J. Min 1-3, 1 RBI; Z. Garner 1-3, J. Meyer 1-3, CG, 6 Ks, 0 BB, winning pitcher; C. Collister 1-3, 2B; D. Haroutoonian 1-3, 1 RBI; C. Young 1-4, 1 RBI.

May 3 Match

Skyline overcomes Issaquah in baseball battle

Liberty baseball team continues winning streak

The Skyline High School baseball team exploded for six runs in the top of the seventh inning May 3 and overcame host Issaquah 9-6 in a 4A KingCo Conference contest.

The game wrapped up the regular season for both teams, who entered the league tournament May 7 at Woodinville. Issaquah, 6-8, finished in fourth place in the Crest Division. Skyline, 8-6, took third place.

Ethan Kalin gave Issaquah an 4-1 lead in the bottom of the first inning when he walloped a grand slam. Issaquah extended its lead to 6-3 going into the top of the seventh inning. However, Skyline came back to defeat Issaquah for the second time this season.

Nate Litka had two hits and drove in two runs for Skyline.

Teammate Brandon Fischer also had two hits, and Clayton Huber knocked in three runs. Andrew Kemmerer had two hits for Issaquah.

On May 7, Skyline advanced to the KingCo tournament semifinals with a 4-1 victory against Woodinville. Fischer and Zack Liddle each slammed home runs for Skyline, which played Newport on May 9, after The Press’ deadline. The winner of the game earned a berth to the state regionals.

Issaquah meanwhile lost to Crown Division champion Bothell, 2-0.

Bothell ace Brian McAfee hurled his seventh straight shutout. The Cougar right-hander held Issaquah to four hits. Issaquah got a solid pitching effort from Brandon Mahovlich, who allowed just five hits.

The Eagles played Crest Division champion Redmond May 9 in a loser-out game. Redmond was stunned by Inglemoor 8-1 in the first-round of the tournament. The Issaquah-Redmond winner plays Woodinville or Ballard on May 12 in a game to determine KingCo’s No. 3 berth. The KingCo No. 3 team plays the Western Conference No. 3 team for a regional berth.

The Liberty High School baseball team finished the regularseason hot by winning three games last week.

The three victories earned Liberty a berth in this week’s 3A KingCo Conference tournament.

The Patriots entered the tournament at Bellevue’s Bannerwood Park on May 10 riding a fivegame winning streak.

Liberty began last week May 2 by edging first-place Mount Si, 32. The Patriots took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third, but Mount Si tied the score in the top of the sixth inning. Liberty broke the tie in the bottom half of the inning.

The Patriots got solid starting pitching from Miles Bruck. Izak Styskal, who finished up for the Patriots, was the winning pitcher.

The Patriots won another thriller May 4 when they edged Juanita, 5-4. Liberty scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Ben Wessel singled in Scott Zerda with the winning run. Zerda began the rally with a walk and then stole second base to set up the winning run. Blake Reeve was the winning pitcher.

Liberty ended its big week May 5 with a 12-2 rout of Sammamish. Ryan Maio had a home run and a double for the Patriots.

Wessel, the winning pitcher, tossed four scoreless innings.

Harrison Diemert had two hits and Zerda three hits.

Issaquah softball takes two The Issaquah High School softball team posted two 4A KingCo Conference victories last week.

Issaquah edged rival Skyline 5-4 May 5. The Eagles scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning to overcome a 2-0 deficit and then tallied the gamewinning run on the fourth inning.

Winning pitcher Brielle Bray helped her own cause by pounding out two doubles. Lindsey Nicholson had three hits for Skyline.

The Eagles downed Newport 8-4 May 6. Bray had two hits, one a home run, and drove in two runs to lead the Eagles.

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Kindergartner buddies celebrate Mother’s Day

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter

Little scientists excel at Clark Elementary School Students showed their love for science at the 2011 Clark Elementary School Science Fair, with 70 percent of the student body participating March 3.

The National Honor Society from Issaquah High School — endearingly called the Extraterrestrial Science Fair Evaluators — judged the projects and awarded one top scientist from each class.

The school honored the winners with a Super Scientist award at a school assembly. The Super Scientists include Louis Violette, Mason Jeske, Aakash Baheti, Adeline Crook, Denis Bindels, Tess Treuting, Aoife Buckley, Shreya Ayelasomayajula, Audrey Davis, Sayli Keni, Kaitlin Ray, Taiga Crenshaw, Cooper Jackson, Andrew Chin, Nathan Chu, Savannah Rossbach, Alex Brewer, Aidan Sutton and Charlie Lee.

District students excel on National Merit test In the Issaquah School District, 73 students met the requirements to enter the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program, school administrators recently announced.

Nationwide, 1.5 million high school juniors took the PSAT in October, and 50,000 top performers made the National Merit cut.

Issaquah High School had 26 juniors, Liberty High School had 12 juniors and Skyline High School had 35 juniors who met the requirements for the 2012 program.

Of the 50,000 students nationwide who qualified, about 34,000 will be commended for their performances, and about 16,000 will be named National Merit semifinalists in September.

The semifinalists will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for about 8,200 National Merit Scholarships to be offered next year.

See the list of winning students at www.issaquahpress.com/category/schools.

Mothers of Sunset Elementary School kindergartners were floored by crafts at the Mother’s Day Tea, May 5.

The presents — tissue flowers in decorated vases, placemats covered in flowers and colorful picture frames — were made under the supervision of the kindergartners’ fifth-grade buddies.

“The kindergartners just adore their buddies,” kindergarten teacher Jan Townsend said. “The first time we do it, they are just in awe of them.”

Soon, the awe turns into avid fandom. Sometimes, the two grade levels connect and start chatting outside of school.

“So many positives come out in the children,” fifth-grade teacher Cookie Riutta said. “They just love the opportunity.”

As the kings and queens of the school, many fifth-graders cannot remember being so young, and Riutta often hears her students cooing over their pint-sized buddies, calling them “so little” and “so cute.”

“They feel so wise and mature,” Riutta said, watching her students direct the kindergartners at the dif-

Schools in focus Sunset Elementary School ferent art stations.

Fifth-grader Elena Chow helped her kindergarten buddy Alaiya Garcia create her placemat.

“I really like little kids because they’re so cute and fun to play with,” Chow said. “And, my buddy’s really awesome.”

There was even a lesson to be learned — kindergartner Daytona Crow named the shapes she was using to create her flower design, a hexagon and a trapezoid.

Townsend has taught kindergarten for 19 years, and 13 of them have included lesson plans with the school’s fifth-grade buddies.

Some of her kindergarten students later become buddies when they reach fifth grade.

“It’s fun for them to come back and be the helper, instead of the helpee,” Townsend said.

Since their initial visit last fall,

BY LAURA GEGGEL

Sunset Elementary School fifth-grader Claire Imai-Takemura helps her kindergarten buddy, Ella Rosenkrans, decorate a flower vase with tissue paper. the buddies have watched Disney’s “Robin Hood” together, played together at recess, read books to one another and completed art projects.

“It’s pretty fun,” fifth-grader Will Farmer said. “We’ve made a lot of projects.”

Many of the fifth-graders have younger siblings they are used to helping, but not everyone was

accustomed to working with children.

“I’m the youngest in my family, so I was a little nervous,” fifthgrader Luke Riley said.

Now, he feels just fine. And, as his classmate Adrian Whalley said, “It makes us feel tall.”

During the Mother’s Day Tea, children’s drama specialist Howard McOmber entertained

Cookies bring in cash for schools

Oseran frequently reminds her students about the cause — her support for the Issaquah Schools Foundation. In the past eight years, she has received four grants from the foundation, totaling about $15,000.

“I could not do what we do” without the grants, she said.

Oseran teaches beginning to advanced cooking to every grade at Pine Lake, and has a class for children with special needs. She constantly needs money for new cooking supplies for the trimester class.

The grants have helped her finance her classroom’s culinary preparation tables, stools and cooking equipment. This year, Oseran used her grant money to replace items that would improve kitchen safety and sanitation.

She also bought new containers for ingredients, such as sugar and flour, so students would be able to streamline their workspaces.

Giving back to the foundation is a yearlong affair. During Pine Lake’s parent curriculum night in September, Oseran asks parents if they would like to contribute to the foundation’s spring fundraiser.

Parents who agree can register their children, who, in turn, bake the cookies for the foundation’s benefit in April.

For sixth-grader Julia Buck, the hardest part of baking raspberry cream-filled brownies was layering the dessert with the filling in the center.

It all ended well, she said — “I like trying new things,”

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter The Issaquah Schools Foundation has given so much to culinary teacher Gail Oseran, she has decided to pay it forward with stacks of cookies.

Snickerdoodles, coconut almond toffee chew bars, chocolate biscotti — you name it, her students have baked it.

For the past five years, Oseran’s students have made cookies and other treats for the Is-

to a good cause,” said sixth-grader Megan Sparling, who baked a batch of sugar cookies with her friend.

Her classmate Molly Monroe made chocolate chip cookies, a treat because she has liked cooking for years, and culinary arts “is my favorite class this year.”

Eighth-grader Jeff Al-azzawe made chocolate chip crackled cupcakes.

“I didn’t do it for the extra credit,” he said. “I did it for the cause.”

saquah Schools Foundation benefit luncheon. Parent volunteers mix and match the cookies into containers — mini cookie jars for guests at the luncheon willing to pay $20.

This year, students baked enough cookies for 120 cookie jars, raising $2,400 for the foundation.

Oseran tells her students their contribution is a mitzvah — a Hebrew word meaning “a good deed.”

“It was fun baking and it’s going

Bin Laden’s death ushers in new era of hope and change There is no doubt that Sept. 11, 2001, had a deep impact on every American. Indeed, it held profound significance throughout the world.

Yet the newest generation found their lives instantly and continuously defined by an individual who sought none of the ideals taught by a world seeking peace.

Few within the youngest generation remember any length of time in which peace was an assumed state of being and fears of terrorism more than likely an afterthought.

The death of Osama bin Laden marks a new chapter even while the threat of terrorism remains a constant reality. Perhaps the

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death of one individual will not solve all of the problems faced by those countries targeted; indeed it may not solve many at all, yet the symbolic meaning holds unequivocal and unique value.

For those who have not known a world without the looming

threat of terrorism, the ultimate conclusion of bin Laden’s life will mark a time of hope for greater peace and safety in the years to come. It is certainly not the end of terrorism; however, it suggests such an opportunity.

Change does not come quickly, nor is it easy. But as a symbolic figure of terrorism is slowly left to the writings of history, one can call to the youngest generation defined by a man and his acts and ask that they seek out a world that rejects the very philosophies of hate and intolerance, but instead looks for and practices empathy, love and, most importantly, peace.

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“The tea went off beautifully,” Townsend said. “The mothers had tears in their eyes throughout the whole presentation.”

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BY LAURA GEGGEL

More than 100 students at Pine Lake Middle School — including Maia Nguyen (left), Molly Monroe, Megan Sparling, Joey Rosauer, Sean Curtis, Jeff Al-azzawe, Spencer Harrison and Krishna Puvvada — baked cookies to sell at the Issaquah Schools Foundation benefit luncheon.

The students raised $2,400 for the foundation.

Buck wasn’t the only adventurous person with a sweet tooth. At the foundation’s benefit April 28, the cookies sold out within 30 minutes. Sixth-grade students Nic Carbone and Nic Quinn told guests about their class, including the four-course menu and meal they had prepared for their parents for their final project.

Parent Karen Mady, a guest at the luncheon, bought one of the cookie jars.

“They look delicious,” she said.

“It’s a nice way to contribute to the foundation and support the culinary arts program at Pine Lake Middle School.”

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210-Public Notices 02-2132 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ISSAQUAH. WA NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS for Local Improvement District No. 24 NOTICE IS GIVEN that the final assessment roll for Local Improvement District No. 24 created by Ordinance No. 2522, as approved and confirmed by Ordinance No. 2610, is in the hands of the City Finance Director for collection.

All or any portion of any assessment on that roll may be paid within 30 days of the date of the first publication of this notice without penalty, interest, or costs.

Any assessment or any portion of an assessment remaining unpaid at the end of that 30 day period may be paid in equal annual principal installments, together with interest on the whole principal amount unpaid at each installment payment date. The number of installment payments and the rate at which interest shall accrue shall be fixed in the ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of the local improvement bonds for Local Improvement District No. 24. The first installment of principal, together with interest, will become due and payable on June 4, 2012, and each year thereafter one of those installments will become due and payable on the annual installment payment dates fixed by city ordinance, as provided by law.

The total assessment against the following described property is as follows:

210-Public Notices ORDINANCE NO. 2612 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, AMENDING OR ADDING, BY REFERENCE TO ATTACHED EXHIBITS, CHAPTER 16.38 FATS, OIL AND GREASE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 1.36 CODE ENFORCEMENT, CHAPTER 13.36.020 PROHIBITED DISCHARGES, CHAPTER 16.04.080 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, AND CHAPTER 3.65 OF THE ISSAQUAH MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO PROTECTION STANDARDS TO PREVENT SANITARY SEWER BLOCKAGES, CODE ENFORECMENT, AND PERMIT FEES. ORDINANCE NO. 2613 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, AMENDING, BY REFERENCE TO ATTACHED EXHIBITS, SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF THE ISSAQUAH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO LAND USE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: AMENDING CHAPTER 18.02 AND SECTION 18.11.040 RELATING TO DEFINITIONS; AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS IN CHAPTER 18.11 RELATING TO SIGNS; AMENDING SECTION 18.06.130 TO ADD PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE TABLE OF PERMITTED USES; AMENDING IMC TABLE 18.07.107.E1, OUTDOOR LIGHTING STANDARDS; AMENDING IMC TABLE 18.09.050 OFF-STREET PARKING STANDARDS; AMENDING SECTION 3.64.010 FEES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Published in The Issaquah Press on 5/04/11 & 5/11/11 02-2156 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ISSAQUAH NOTICE OF ORDINANCES PASSED BY ISSAQUAH CITY COUNCIL Following is a summary of the ordinances passed by the Issaquah City Council on May 2, 2011, to be published in the Issaquah Press on May 11, 2011, effective date of May 16, 2011.

This Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2).

The lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date of issue. Comments must be submitted by 4:30 p.m., May 24, 2011. The responsible official will reconsider the DNS based on timely comments and may retain, modify, or, if significant adverse impacts are likely, withdraw the DNS. If the DNS is retained, it will be final after the expiration of the comment deadline.

Responsible Official: Jacob Kuper Chief of Finance and Operations Issaquah School District No. 411 Telephone: (425) 837-7024 Address: Issaquah School District 565 N.W. Holly Street Issaquah, WA 98027-2899

Date of Issue: May 9, 2011 Date Published: May 11, 2011 Published in The Issaquah Press on 5/11/11 02-2158 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ISSAQUAH PUBLIC NOTICE SEPA DETERMINATION Pursuant to the provisions of Issaquah Ordinance No. 1633 and the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapters 43.21[c] RCW and WAC 197-11-510, notice is hereby given that the City of Issaquah did, on May 11, 2011 issue a Determination of Nonsignificance on a proposal to co-locate wireless equipment on an existing 110foot tall water tank reservoir.

Proposal would replace 3 antennas, add 6 RRH (Remote Radio Head), 1 surge protector, 3 lines of cable and supporting base transmission system radio equipment located near the base of the water tank. The project is located at 4441 228th Avenue SE, in the Providence Point Subarea.

Project #/Name: PLN1100021/AT & T Wireless at Pine Lake

After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the agency, the City of Issaquah has determined this proposal would not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment.

This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2). The lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days. Anyone wishing to comment may submit written comments between May 12, 2011 and May 25, 2011 and the Responsible Official will reconsider the DNS based on timely comments.

Any person aggrieved by this determination may appeal by filing a Notice of Appeal with the City of Issaquah Permit Center between May 12, 2011 and May 25, 2011. Appellants should prepare specific factual objections. Copies of the environmental determination and other project application materials are available from the Issaquah Planning Department, 1775 12th Avenue NW. Peter Rosen, Environmental Planner, (425) 837-3094 Published in The Issaquah Press on 5/11/11

You may appeal this determination in writing by 4:30 p.m., May 24, 2011 to Jacob Kuper Chief of Finance and Operations, Issaquah School District No. 411, 565 N.W. Holly Street, Issaquah, WA 98027-

Complete text of the ordinances is posted at City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way and the Issaquah Public Library, 10 W. Sunset Way. Upon request to the City Clerk's Office (425837-3000), a copy will also be mailed for a fee.

Published in The Issaquah Press on 5/11/11 02-2157 LEGAL NOTICE ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT #411 DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE Issued with a 14-day comment and appeals period Description of Proposal: This threshold determination analyzes the environmental impacts associated with the following actions, which are so closely related to each other that they are in effect a single course of action: 1. The adoption of the Issaquah School District's Capital Facilities Plan 2011-2016 by the Issaquah School District No. 411 for the purposes of planning for the facilities needs of the District; and 2. The amendment of the Comprehensive Plans of King County, the City of Bellevue, City of Issaquah, City of Renton, City of Sammamish, and the City of Newcastle to include the Issaquah School District's Capital Facilities Plan 2011-2016 as part of the Capital Facilities Element of each jurisdiction’s Comprehensive Plan.

Proponent: Issaquah School District No. 411 Location of the Proposal: The Issaquah School District includes an area of approximately 110 square miles. The City of Issaquah, the City of Sammamish, parts of the cities of Bellevue, Newcastle, Renton, and parts of unincorporated King County fall within the District's boundaries.

Lead Agency:Issaquah School District No. 411.

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The Issaquah Press 02-2159 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SAMMAMISH Public Works Engineering Department ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Central Park Pad 3 Parking Lot Project Number g02111 Sealed bids will be received by the City of Issaquah in the Office of Public Works Engineering, physical address 177512th Ave NW, Issaquah, Washington 98027, mailing address City of Issaquah, Department of Public Works, PO Box 1307, Issaquah, WA 98027 until 1:00 P.M., Pacific Time, May 24, 2011 at which time all bids will be publicly

garding this bid may be directed to the City of Issaquah Project Engineer (425) 8373400. Proposals shall be on the forms included in contract documents and shall be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond (with an authorized surety company as surety) made payable to the City of Issaquah, in an amount not less than 5% of the amount of the bid.

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(5) SPRING CLEANING & REDECORATING - come find your treasure! Furniture, lamps, kitchen items, antique candlewick dishes, framed art and so much more! Friday, 5/13, 8am-2pm. 23416 SE 28th Court, Sammamish

(6) WINDSOR FIELDS COMMUNITY Garage Sale!!! Saturday, May 14, 9am-3pm, 248th Ave SE & SE 13th Place, north of Beaver Lake Park (7) BEAVER LAKE ESTATES Community Garage Sale!! Friday, May 13 & Saturday, May 14, 8:00am-3:00 pm. Directly across from Klahanie. Entrance at intersection of Beaver Lake Drive & S.E. 32nd Street. Lots of variety: sports equipment, daybed, window AC, BBQ, armoire, baby jogger, sink vanity, kitchen equipment, artist & décor items, dishware, electronics, baby/kid stuff.

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A non-refundable fee of $30.00 will be charged for each set of plans and specifications. An additional $5.00 will be charged if mailing is required. The City of Issaquah reserves the right to waive any irregularities or informalities and to reject any or all bids.

No bidder may withdraw his bid after the time announced for the opening, or before the award and execution of the contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding sixty (60) days.

The City of Issaquah in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award.

Bidders must comply with all applicable governmental requirements including but not limited to, affirmative action programs and other equal opportunity actions as explained in the specifications.

EEO/AA/Nondiscrimination against handicapped.

It is anticipated that this project will be funded in part by the Washington State Department of Ecology's FY2011 stormwater retrofit and lid competitive grant program.

Neither the State of Washington nor any of its departments or employees are, or shall be, a party to any contract or any subcontract resulting from this solicitation for bids.

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Police arrested a 19-year-old Bellevue man for stealing a videogame console from Costco, 1801 10th Ave. N.W., at 7:32 p.m.

April 28. The estimated loss is $321.92.

Credit crunch A Sammamish man said his bank account information was used to make unauthorized pur-

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Naughty The word “sex” was scratched into a vehicle parked at the Madison Sammamish apartments, 3070 230th Lane, prior to April 29. The estimated loss is unknown.

Domestic violence Police arrested a 28-year-old Sammamish man for suspicion of domestic violence April 29 after his pregnant girlfriend said he hit her as she held their young son. The girlfriend said he had become angry after she asked him to stop drinking. Then, she said she and the child retreated to the garage for safety. Police said the man followed her into the garage, called her names and hit her in the forehead.

Taken Police arrested an 18-year-old Issaquah man for theft in the 700 block of Second Avenue Southeast at 10:38 a.m. April 29. The estimated loss is $350.

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Driving under the influence Police arrested a 40-year-old man, Dwain Frausto, for driving under the influence along state Route 900 at 9:18 p.m. April 29.

Knock, knock A doorknob was damaged in the 1900 block of 18th Avenue Northeast prior to 9:41 p.m. April 29.

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Lunch crunch Police responded to a missing person report in the 800 block of Fifth Place Northeast at 10:24 a.m. April 30. The caller said her daughter had gone missing.

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Unmoved A woman in the 700 block of Lingering Pine Drive Northwest told police she received a changeof-address notification in the mail for her residence prior to 8:14 p.m. April 30. She said the incident concerned her about possible fraud.

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Credit crisis A person in the 2500 block of Northeast Park Drive said his or her credit card was used to make unauthorized purchases prior to 1:23 p.m. May 2. The estimated loss is $99.

Defiled Police discovered graffiti at Timberlake Park at 2:33 p.m. May 2.

The estimated cost to clean it up is $150.

Ed McMahon calling A woman in 22400 block of Southeast Highlands Terrace called police after a person called and claimed to be from Publishers Clearing House prior to 4:55 p.m.

May 2. She did not provide any information and alerted police to possible fraud.

Bike bilked A bike was stolen in the 1000 block of Cabin Creek Lane Southwest prior to 8:11 p.m. May 4.

The estimated loss is $1,000.

Pee problem Police responded to suspicious activity in the 300 block of Northwest Dogwood Street after a caller reported a man urinating on his or her garage at 10:18 p.m. May 4. Police could not locate the man.

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Arrest Police arrested a 36-year-old North Bend man on a King County warrant and for driving with a suspended license at Southeast 56th Street and 220th Avenue Southeast at 10:39 a.m. May 5.

Arrest Police arrested a 26-year-old Kent man on a Bellevue warrant and for driving with a suspended license at Interstate 90 and state Route 900 at 10:18 p.m. May 5.

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

State shores up flood district funding

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter King County leaders praised state legislators and Gov. Chris Gregoire last week for supporting a measure to shore up funding for the King County Flood Control District, the agency responsible for flood-protection policies, programs and projects.

Gregoire signed a measure May 5 to protect funding for the district.

The bill exempts the district from the statewide property rate tax cap by protecting up to 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. The exemption is in effect from next year until 2017.

Until the governor signed the measure, the district faced a steep drop-off in funding due to the decline in housing values and a state cap on property tax rates.

“We worked together as a region to preserve this important tool that will protect people and businesses throughout King County from floods,” King County Executive Dow Constantine said in a statement. “I am pleased to see the

overwhelming support in the state Legislature for this bill, and I thank Gov. Gregoire for signing it today.”

The district collects 11 cents per $1,000 in assessed value and uses the dollars to fund flood-control efforts.

In Issaquah, the district assisted the city and landowners to stabilize the eroded Issaquah Creek bank near the Issaquah Medical Building along Northwest Gilman Boulevard last year.

Floodwaters eroded the bank near the medical building during a major flood in January 2009.

Officials raised concerns about a future flood damaging the road serving the medical building or damaging the facility.

Nowadays, officials said the area is better equipped for future flooding due to the efforts to stabilize the creek bank.

The county created the flood control district in April 2007. The nine-member County Council oversees the agency.

County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, the flood control district chairwoman, praised state leaders

for supporting the measure to support the district.

“Their actions preserve $72 million in critical funding that allows the Flood Control District to continue maintaining and improving flood protection facilities, safeguarding our residents, their property and the state’s economy,” she said in a statement.

Mayors from King County cities at risk from flooding also trekked to Olympia to testify for the legislation.

“The flood district not only works to protect significant regional economic interests and thousands of citizens from the devastating and long-lasting effects of flooding, but its activities save all taxpayers millions of dollars in avoided costs,” Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said in a statement.

“This bill will allow the flood district to refocus fully on its valued mission.”

Issaquah’s delegation in the state Senate and the state House of Representatives — including state Rep. Jay Rodne, a Republican from the flood-prone Snoqualmie Valley — supported the measure.

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Borrowed Time, Styx tribute band, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Field of Champions Sports Bar & Grill, 385 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-7111

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Fridays in the Living Room with the Greta Matassa Trio, 7:45-10 p.m., Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Drive S.E., 3913335, $20

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Baker Street Blues Revue, 8-11 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550 Master Chorus Eastside, featuring local residents, presents “Seasons of Life” concert at 3 p.m. at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., 3928446 or www.masterchoruseastside.org

Spring Opener Car Show, 8 a.m., XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd. Call 392-1266.

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Liberty’s stage prepares for last curtain After staging more than100 performances in the Liberty High School theater, the Patriot Players are bidding it a fond adieu with a parting show.

Since the stage opened in 1977, it has helped the award-winning drama program showcase itself to the community. Next month, it will be torn down for the Liberty campus remodel. The new performing arts center is slated to open in 2012.

In a goodbye celebration, students and alumni are holding one last performance May 14 at Liberty, 16655 S.E. 136th St., Renton. A sold-out buffet dinner prepared

by Liberty's Culinary Arts program begins at 6 p.m.; the show starts at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the show cost $15 at the door.

The show features a cabaret-style program by former and current Patriot Players. The audience will also watch video interviews of teachers and students dating back to 1979.

“The evening is an opportunity for everyone who has been a part of the program over the years to reminisce and sing together one last time,” drama teacher Katherine Klekas said.

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Fantastical creatures fill the stage — dragons, alligators and birds — but even more impressive are the lovers, committed to each other despite danger and challenges in the comedic opera “The Magic Flute,” written by Wolfgang Mozart in 1791.

Two Issaquah natives, Anya Matanovic and Benjamin Richardson, are currently starring in the Seattle Opera’s staging of the performance at McCaw Hall.

Soprano Matanovic, who ON THE WEB graduated from Issaquah High School Read about ‘The in 1999, has sung in Magic Flute’ on nearly 40 operas. In the casts’ blog.

2009, she was Go to www.seatsinging the part of tleopera.org and Musetta in “La Bohème” in Israel click on ‘blog.’ when she learned the Seattle Opera had offered her a role in “The Magic Flute.”

This will be her second time in the opera — a two-act story of Prince Tamino on his quest to save and prove himself to Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night.

It all starts with a dragon pursuing the prince, who faints dead away from fatigue. But, he is not alone — three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night come to his rescue, slaying the dragon.

Enter Matanovic, the first lady with some comedy up her sleeve. True, the ladies saved Tamino together, but they separately think he’s handsome.

“We all individually fall in love with Tamino,” Matanovic said. “Each one of us is entertaining the thought that even though we’re not allowed, maybe this could be different — we could fall in love with him and he could fall in love with me.”

The ladies each, at first, hope that the other two will fetch the Queen of the

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At left, Anya Matanovic, of Issaquah, is First Lady in Seattle Opera’s ‘Magic Flute.’ Above, Benjamin Richardson (center), of Issaquah, is one of The Three Spirits in the musical that runs through May 21.

IF YOU GO ‘The Magic Flute’ 7:30 p.m. May 11, 13-14, 18, 20-21 2 p.m. May 15 McCaw Hall 321 Mercer St., Seattle Tickets are $25 to $218.

Night, so they alone can stay with Tamino and court him. Finally, the three ladies agree to go get the queen as a group instead.

Meanwhile, the bird catcher Papageno takes credit for slaying the dragon. This doesn’t please the three ladies much, who punish Papageno. Then, the opera goes into full swing, with their mistress, the Queen of the Night, asking Tamino to save Pamina from the magician Sarastro.

The three ladies give Tamino a magic flute to help him on his journey, and they bequeath Papageno a set of magic chimes to aid the prince along the way.

Three spirits help the duo during their trials. Richardson, a 12-year-old homeschooled boy who lives in Klahanie, plays

See a slideshow of the May 6 Art Walk at www.issaquahpress.com.

Pedestrians, some as colorful as the art they come to see, pass an ArtWalk sidewalk sandwich board on Front Street.

• Our children’s counterparts in China, India, Sweden, Singapore, for sure, are not taking 2 whole months off from school.

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• Teachers spend four to six weeks in the fall re-teaching forgotten material.

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one of the child spirits, singing second soprano and sometimes gliding across stage on a scooter. He began singing as a toddler, and has performed in the Northwest Boychoir and with Seattle Symphony.

The three ladies return throughout the opera, helping Tamino on his journey.

Matanovic advised patrons to look for Masonic symbols, as Mozart often put symbols of three — three ladies, three spirits, three Egyptian pyramids — in the opera because of the Trinity.

The opera has a number of spellbinding arias and notes low and high — in

fact, the highest and lowest notes recognized by most opera singers, a high F and a low F. The costumes also impress. Designed

by Zandra Rhodes, some have as many as 19 layers.

“They’re not heavy,” Matanovic said.

“I’ll tell you what’s heavy: our wigs.

They’re big. If I reach up, I can’t even touch the top of it.”

The spirits’ costumes include silver shoes, knee-high socks, wings and “bright, curly, red wigs,” Richardson said.

Thor Wedow, Seattle Opera’s guest conductor, said Richardson and Matanovic have promising careers ahead of them. He called Richardson “focused and sincere,” praising his maturity and “beautiful voice.”

As for Matanovic, “She is just going to have a great career because she is such a gifted singer,” Wedow said. “She is willing to try everything. It’s not about her.

It’s about the show.”

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Above, Charlie Spring performs Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Cecilia’ and other classic American music May 6 at the Train Depot, an ArtWalk venue with activities for children.

At left, steel garden flowers, some painted and some with glass, are among the art and furniture by Plateau Metal owner and artist Joe Jaech.

Aftertaste, one of the bands studying at Kaleidoscope School of Music, performs at the Issaquah Library during the first ArtWalk of the 2011 season.

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