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117th Year, No. 19
Thursday, May 12, 2016
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Bettise a unanimous choice to fill vacant City Council seat Mariah Bettise settles into her seat on the City Council dais shortly after she was sworn in during the May 2 council meeting at City Hall South.
By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com and Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Mariah Bettise, a 16-year Issaquah resident and a member of the city’s Human Services and Economic Vitality commissions, was a unanimous pick May 2 to fill the vacancy on the City Council. Bettise was nominated by Councilwoman Mary Lou Pauly and no other members of the council of-
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fered an alternative from the group of four remaining applicants. After each of the council members spelled out their support for Bettise, the vote was taken and the result was 6-0 in favor of Bettise. Bettise then was sworn in by Municipal Court Judge N. Scott Stewart, signed formal documents and took her seat on the dais. The seat became open when See BETTISE, Page 2
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The speed camera system on Second Avenue Southeast near Issaquah High School accounted for 7,412 photoenforced speeding tickets in 2015. The fine for each: $124.
City wants more speed cameras in school zones A tripling of photo-enforcement sites could result in 18,000 tickets a year By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com
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More speed cameras are likely coming to an Issaquah school zone near you. The city’s administration wants to install photoenforcement systems on the 500 block of Newport Way Northwest, to monitor the Issaquah Valley Elementary School speed zone, and the 1700 block of Northeast Park Drive, to watch the Grand Ridge Elementary School speed zone. It already operates a camera system in the 500 block of Second Avenue Southeast near Issaquah High School. The city believes the new cameras will cause the number of photo-enforcement tickets it hands out to climb from 7,412 in 2015 to 18,000 per year — so many, it will require the hiring of part-time help to process them all.
Taylor Booth of Tacoma prepares to buy two more bouquets of fresh flowers to add to the one she already purchased from a vendor at the Issaquah Farmers Market on May 7. A large crowd made good use of beautiful weather for the opening day of this year’s market at Pickering Barn. With Mother’s Day falling on the next day, bouquets were one of the biggest sellers. under their tent tops. This is the 26th year for the market, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday through Sept. 24.
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Charter-school Crayfish catching captures the imagination advocates sending money Mullet’s way
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Dwayne Lamb and his wife have quite the built-in conversation starter when they invite friends and family to their dock on the shores of Pine Lake. They trap crayfish. “Sometime I’ll empty the trap while they’re there and it becomes quite the conversation piece,” Lamb said. But what is so fascinating about crayfish? How about the fact most of the crayfish trapped by Lamb — and about 70 other households around the lake, — don’t belong there in the first place. This weekend kicks off the fourth year of the invasive crayfish removal project. The project is spearheaded by Dr. Julian Olden of the Freshwater Ecology & Conservation Lab at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Olden has been on the scene at Pine Lake since 2006, setting up monitoring stations to track the red swamp crayfish. He said the non-native crayfish was likely introduced into Pine Lake in 2000 as a result of unwitting teachers. “Crayfish are used in classroom science modules to teach about biology of organism, then are released in water byways,” Olden said. Unfortunately, those releases made their way into Pine Lake, and if nothing is done, they pose a significant threat to the local ecosystem where the native signal crayfish live. See CRAWFISH, Page 12
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Pine Lake homeowners and a University of Washington scientist have teamed up since 2006 to remove the red swamp crayfish from the lake. Dr. Julian Olden believes the invasive species was likely introduced into Pine Lake in 2000 by unwitting science teachers.
HOW TO SIGN UP Dr. Julian Olden is hosting a community meeting May 15 for training the next round of the invasive red swamp crayfish removal project. A time and location within Pine Lake Park has yet to be determined. To learn more, contact Olden at olden@uw.edu or 206-616-3112.
An examination of campaign contributions to the two Issaquah candidates in the 5th Legislative District’s Senate race reveals the incumbent is holding a slight advantage. Sen. Mark Mullet (D) has amassed $83,094 while his challenger, Rep. Chad Magendanz (R), has raised $74,011. Both have spent roughly $25,000 to this point in the race. More than 10 percent of Mullet’s cash contributions this election Sen. Mark Mullet cycle are from proponents of charter schools. Mullet and Magendanz were co-sponsors of a bill to salvage the state’s charterschool law after it was struck down by the state Supreme Court in 2015. Katherine Binder, a self-described education advocate from Bellevue, gave Mullet $1,900. In 2014, Binder contributed $200,000 in support of Initiative 1240, which permitted the creation of up to 40 charter schools in the state. William P. Binder of Bellevue also gave Mullet $1,900. Other charter-school advocates contributing to Mullet’s re-election campaign include Democrats for See MONEY, Page 5 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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freshman Councilwoman Jennifer Sutton resigned March 31, just months after being elected, in order to take a job with the U.S. Foreign Service. Bettise has a bachelor’s degree in political science and public administration from the University of Montana. She currently runs her own human resources
consulting firm. “I am adept at relationship building and have experience effectively working to impact and influence decisions, programs and projects cross-functionally,” Bettise wrote in her application. “My passion, interest and commitment to the Issaquah community is strong and continues to grow. “I am a focused listener and if given the opportunity to serve on Council, I would work to engage with city residents and neighborhoods, listening to voices across
Fish and Wildlife closes Lake Sammamish to all fishing By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Lake Sammamish is one of several area bodies of water closed to fishing as the LAURA D.ePROOF.IP.CMYK. state works to secure federal PDF 0504 LAM 20.16018.THU.0512.1X2.LAM
permits. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) closed recreational and nontribal commercial fishing May 1 in Puget Sound marine and freshwater locations
where salmon are migrating. State fishery managers implemented the closures while they work to secure the federal permit required to conduct salmon fisheries in Puget Sound. The previous
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permit expired April 30. “It’s frustrating, and we understand that,” said Larry Phillips, WDFW inland fish program manager. Typically, the state and tribes jointly obtain the federal permit for Puget Sound, where some fish stocks are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. But state and tribal fishery managers were unable to reach an agreement on this year’s Puget Sound salmon fisheries. WDFW and the tribes are separately seeking their own permits. “Since we didn’t reach an agreement with treaty tribal co-managers on this year’s Puget Sound salmon fisheries, we have to close fishing
in areas where we know salmon will be,” said Ron Warren, head of WDFW’s fish program. For the next few months, those areas include several Puget Sound-region lakes and the lower reaches of streams where salmon smolts will travel on their way to the sound. Lakes that closed May 1 to all fishing include Lake Washington, Lake Sammamish and the Washington Ship Canal including Lake Union and Portage and Salmon bays. WDFW officials understand the regulations came down fast, and they are taking that into consideration as they enforce the closure and work to educate the community, Phillips said.
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Goodman: Mayor back on the job next week Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler is expected back in his City Hall office this month after suffering a heart attack on April 10. Butler will return on May 16, Issaquah City Council President Stacy Goodman said at the May 2 council meeting. Goodman has been serving as mayor pro tempore in Butler’s absence. Goodman said she met with the mayor and he “continues to recover.” He participated in the most recent Sound Transit board meeting by telephone. The city announced Butler was released from the hospital on April 18.
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POLICE & FIRE At 2:04 p.m. May 4, police contacted a man in the 1400 block of Northwest Sammamish Road who had been reported acting suspiciously. After frisking him and finding no weapons, the man admitted he had waved around a cell phone in anger while trying to get service.
the neighborhood. Officers located the man outside a home where the reporting person observed him and discovered the man lived at the residence.
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and Good to Go pass. Total loss was valued at $230. 4Sometime before 6:55 p.m. May 2, someone stole a steering column of a 1998 Honda Civic in the 1000 block of 17th Avenue Northwest. Total loss was valued at $200. 4At 11:14 a.m. May 4, someone entered a 2000 Toyota Echo in the 200 block of Almak Court Northwest and stole a pocketbook and sunglasses. Total loss was valued at $20. 4Sometime before 3:31 p.m. May 4, someone broke into a 1998 Ford F-150 in the 5700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast and stole the truck’s stereo. Total loss, including damage to the door lock, was valued at $1,035. 4A tire and wheel valued at $300 were reported stolen at 5:31 p.m. May 4 from a Ford F-150 in the 1700 block of Highlands Drive Northeast.
4At 9:48 a.m. April 29, a 1995 Honda Civic valued at $1,500 was reported stolen At 7:25 a.m. May 1, an of- from the 300 block of Northficer responded to a report of west Dogwood Street. harassment in the 100 block 4A 1999 Honda Civic valof East Sunset Way. The ued at $3,000 was reported said on the previous stolen at 10:16 p.m. April Bummed about broken bong resident day sometime between 11:30 30 from the 2100 block of At 8:05 p.m. May 1, an em- a.m. and 4 p.m. someone Northwest Poplar Way. ployee of Motel 6 on the 1800 left six matchbooks from the 4Sometime before 11:05 block of 15th Place Northwest Jackson Shell station lined up a.m. May 1, someone stole a reported hearing yelling and in a row on her patio. GMC Sonoma pickup valued banging from a room directly at $2,800 from the 500 block above the motel office. Ofof Front Street South. No license, no drive ficers contacted the occupant of the room, which he was 4A 28-year-old Everett Car prowls sharing with two others woman was arrested at 10:25 without ID, and discovered he a.m. May 3 for driving with4At 11:34 a.m. April 29, had dropped his bong outside out a license on Southeast the owner of a 2015 BMW the room on the sidewalk and Newport Way at Northwest X3 reported someone broke was upset because it broke. Village Park Drive. into the car in the 1000 block 4A 38-year-old Issaquah of Northeast Lilac Street and man was arrested at 5:09 stole the car’s manual, GPS Baggie booked p.m. May 3 for driving withAt 10:20 p.m. May 1, offiout a license in the 900 block cers took possession of a bag- of Northeast Park Drive. Alvilaur Name: Painting & Residential Services, LLC gie with a white substance inside that was discovered by Not-so juicy caper 16231/ We take pride in doing it right! an employee of the business Alvilaur • Interior & Exterior Painting in the 700 block of Northwest At 10:58 p.m. May 3, ofPainting Gilman Boulevard. ficers questioned someone • Pressure Washing suspected of shoplifting from & Resid • "Make Ready" to rent properties store in the 1400 block of Get to know your neighbors aHighlands Width: • Dry Wall/Install/Repair/Texturing Drive Northeast. The suspect told the officer At 2:58 p.m. May 2, a Alvin Washington, Owner 20p9 • Roof & Gutter Cleaning resident in the 5800 block of she had not stolen anything. WA LICENSE 603 598 974 BONDED & INSURED – 30 Years Professional Experience Depth: 2 • General Handyman Services Rather, it may have appeared Northwest Lac Leman Drive 206-596-1499 she did because she placed reported observing a suspiinwashingtonalvinj@msn.com FREE ESTIMATES/COMPETITIVE RATES a juice in her bag because it cious man walking around
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County certifies election results, announces final vote tallies
King County on May 6 certified the results of the April 26 special election. The final vote count for Issaquah School District’s Proposition No. 1, which sought approval of a $533 million bond, was 16,374 (71.39 percent) in favor and Hit and run 6,563 (28.61 percent) against. At 8:49 a.m. May 3, a The bond required a 60 per42-year-old Issaquah woman cent yes vote for passage. was arrested in the 300 block The final count for the proof Shangri-La Way Northwest posed merger of King County for hit and run and for failing Fire Protection District No. 10 to transfer a title within 45 and District No. 38 to create days. an Eastside Regional Fire Authority was 3,593 (56.8 percent) in favor and 2,733 Bicycle stolen (43.2 percent) against. The A $630 bicycle was reproposal failed, needing a 60 ported stolen at 12:06 p.m. percent yes vote to pass. The May 3 from the 22500 block voting area included Mirrorof Southeast 56th Street. mont and May Valley.
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A question to ponder while sitting in traffic: Where are our visionaries?
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The stained-glass windows of the campus chapel at the former Providence Heights College “sparkle like a hundred rainbows” in the morning sun.
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ot to brag disappeared. Gone and or anything, forgotten. All four high but as far as schools in the Edmonds those stainedSchool District that glass winwere standing when I dows at the Providence graduated have been Heights College/ Trinity demolished and rebuilt. Lutheran University / That’s a lot of alumni Lutheran Bible Institute living with only memocampus go, I’m the only ries, and I think we all person currently on got over it. GREG the Press staff who has The Kingdome had FARRAR been inside the chapel one of the shortest lifesPress photographer to see the sun coming pans of a stadium in the through those windows. history of stadiums. The And yes, I was awed by their 1995 Mariners playoffs, the Billy splendor and beauty as the bright Graham Crusade, Pelé playing morning sun made them sparkle soccer, all of which I attended, like a hundred rainbows. The in a building which when it was spiritual subject matter also left imploded left a pile of rubble me moved, surely as it must only a foot deep. I even heard have for the nuns and later the the rumble that Sunday morning students over the decades who from 15 miles away. The crusade spent many days at chapel during may have led people to the Lord, their studies, contemplating their but a godforsaken building, right? meaning. Speaking of buildings that have But really, it’s only a building outlived their usefulness, wasn’t that has outlived its useful purthe Space Needle just for the pose, right? Colleges and univer1962 Seattle World’s Fair? Please sities, whether secular or not, and let’s get rid of that Eiffel-tower area megachurches would rather wannabe that is just half as tall as build new than move into the old. the original. They ruined it with I still live in the same neighthe 100-foot level add-on anyway borhood where I grew up, and and added insult to injury with landmarks disappear over the the EMP museum blob thing at course of six decades. Get used to its foot. it. I was born at Northgate HospiAnd the Smith Tower, which I tal in 1956, which took up part of can remember when it was the the first-of-its-kind in the nation tallest building in Seattle? Nobody shopping mall. About a decade can even find it anymore in the ago it was razed. Oh, well! city skyline. We need to replace I remember the Twin Tee-Pees that quaint white elephant with a restaurant on Aurora Avenue at taller, shiny glass and steel monuGreen Lake, actually ate there a ment to the progress the region few times! It was the landmark has made in the internet century. for 50 years at the curve along You know what’s really at the Highway 99 that said one was top of my wish list for demo? The heading to north Seattle in the Issaquah Hatchery, the Masonic years before Interstate 5 opened. Lodge, the old Press Building and Razed without a moment’s notice that little law office on the corner. for an apartment complex. Just a That’s a lot of great acreage and roadside diner. No loss. we could put in another really Robin Hood Lanes and its huge swell five-story, 400-unit apartheraldic shield, bowling pin and ment complex. Just as in the ProviSherwood-forest style jousting dence Heights project, it’s all about lances on Edmonds Way was the the living units. And put the creek landmark for 60 years that was a in a culvert — it stinks for two block from my home. The green months in the fall with dead fish. Seattle Times newspaper shack Yep, the sooner we can let where I picked up my papers for those developers get rid of that four years was right behind the chapel and the supernatural, building. A few years ago, Edotherworldly beauty of its glass monds realized it needed another windows of Christ’s sufferings and Walgreens more than a bowling Mary’s sorrows so they can build alley. Even though there is a Bara subdivision, the better. tell Drugs a block away. Nobody wants to bowl anymore, right? Contact photographer Greg Dozens of bowling alleys includFarrar at gfarrar@isspress.com. ing the one in Issaquah have Twitter: @GregFarrarIP
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ime for a pop quiz. What year did the following sentence appear in a newspaper story about Issaquah’s traffic? “Front Street was built for horsedrawn wagons, but nowadays it’s clogged with more than 60,000 automobiles a day — congestion so bad all the idling cars are suffocating the city’s historic business district.” Was it: a) this year? b) five years ago? c) 10 years ago? d) 15 years ago? e) more than SCOTT STODDARD 15 years ago? If you Press editor answered “e,” congratulations. And condolences. Because you’ve probably sat through hundreds if not thousands of Issaquah traffic jams over the years. The sentence in our quiz above led off an August 1999 story in The Seattle Times about the havoc traffic was wreaking on Issaquah’s downtown, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s suggestion on how to fix it: tolls. Now, as much as we all would like relief from the seemingly endless string of cars and trucks, I’ve yet to talk to anybody who’s ready to erect a Good To Go electronic tolling system across Front Street. Plus, the last I heard, state law forbids cities from charging road tolls. But I give the EPA credit. It thought big. Half-baked, but big. Would you say the same about our city and county leaders? The mayor’s hand-picked traffic task force, after months of deliberation, emerged with nine suggested projects. And the group’s highestpriority, top-of-the-list recommendation? Fixing the Maple Street showdown between shoppers trying to leave Trader Joe’s and Target. Fine, build a roundabout and you’ll cut down the number of fender-benders, but really, this doesn’t do anything for anyone beyond the patrons of the Issaquah Commons shopping center. No. 1 priority? Really? Last week, the city launched an informational campaign about traffic called “Go Issaquah.” A 71-second YouTube video features a cartoon utopia where a light-rail train (which isn’t due here until 2041) magically makes cars disappear from the roadway. “Traffic
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How long has the abysmal traffic situation on Front Street gone unaddressed? At least three decades. A letter by Geraldine Carey to the editor of The Issaquah Press published Nov. 4, 1987, read, in part: “Front Street in Issaquah is ... strangled by the high volume of traffic flow between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Traffic flow into and out of Issaquah is, at best, described as intolerable as it exists today.” is already a problem,” the narrator says, “and it’s not going away. That’s why Issaquah isn’t waiting for development to decide our fate. We’re tackling traffic now.” Remember that 1999 Seattle Times story I referenced earlier? That’s not even close to when this all started. I found a letter to the editor complaining about Front Street “strangled” by afternoon traffic that was published in 1987. That’s almost 30 years ago. The city shared its “Go Issaquah” video in a Facebook post, where it was largely panned by those who chose to chime in with written comments. King County, meanwhile, does not even try to sugar-coat the situation. On its Road Services Division website, there are no YouTube videos pumping sunshine about Issaquah-Hobart Road, the black-hatted ribbon of asphalt that causes downtown so much misery. Instead, the county cuts to the chase: “King County does not have enough funding to expand the capacity of Issaquah Hobart Road SE.” On a drop-dead-gorgeous Friday last week, I walked along Front Street during Downtown Wine Walk. The caravan of cars and trucks was maddening. So I stepped into the First Stage Theatre and enjoyed Troy Kline and his trio do a very solid version of “Come Fly With Me.” How great, I thought, would it be to have these fine musicians in the middle of Front Street doing their thing? How about a threehour street festival on Front where cars and trucks are not allowed, but dancing in the street is? What a perfect opportunity to tell the Issaquah-Hobart commuters that
they’d be needing to find another way home every now and then. Once upon a time, Issaquah thought big with the Southeast Bypass idea. But after kicking it around for a decade and spending $4 million on studies, the City Council whiffed. A few people I’ve met like to rehash that decision as a way of saying, “Look, we tried,” but that accomplishes nothing. The past is the past, and there’s no time left to dwell on it. So let’s think really big for a moment. Let’s turn Front Street into a one-way thoroughfare heading south and a Second Avenue-Third Avenue amalgamation (with a new Third Avenue bridge over Issaquah Creek) a one-way route heading north? You know, a couplet — straight out of the 1970s textbook of traffic engineering. The city addressed that proposal while responding to a “Go Issaquah” gripe on Facebook, saying it “divided our community, and it was decided not to proceed.” So that’s that? Game over? How did think-big projects like Interstate 90 ever come to pass? All across the state, people lost land, were bought out, had to move, all in the name of a four-lane freeway. But the project was for the greater good. That’s how social progress unfolds. That’s why we can drive to Seattle in as little as 20 minutes when the traffic stars align. Think big, Issaquah. Our top priority isn’t a new roundabout in front of Target. The time for baby steps has come and gone. Contact editor Scott Stoddard at sstoddard@isspress.com. Twitter: @scottstoddard Facebook: facebook.com/presseditor
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Thank you for your support of area students Thank you to everyone who supports education in our community! I’m happy to see our bond measure passed by more than 70 percent, and excited that more than 1,100 people attended the Issaquah Schools Foundation‘s Nourish Every Mind Breakfast and Luncheon events, all supporting education throughout the Issaquah School District. At our Nourish Every Mind events, we heard from students speaking to the impact of elementary school reading rooms and the promotion of kindness in our middle schools, to how the Cultural Bridges program helps families for whom English is a second language navigate the U.S. school system. I like to volunteer in my community and believe that spending my time helping an organization providing programs fueling success for every student, at every school, is extremely valuable. I invite you to learn how you can help as well. The foundation is having a volunteer open house May 25 where you can meet with foundation board members and staff to learn more about our volunteer opportunities. Visit isfdn.org for details. Thank you
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RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS Inspections were performed April 25-May 1 by Public Health, Seattle and King County. A food establishment inspection is only a snapshot of the operation during a limited time. Readers should look at more than one inspection (view inspection reports online at eastofseattle.news/inspections) to get a better idea of the overall operation. Red violations: High-risk factors are improper practices or procedures identified as the most prevalent contributing factors of foodborne illness or injury. One red critical violation equals an unsatisfactory inspection. County environmental health specialists work with operators to make sure these violations are corrected before they
leave the establishment. Blue violations: Low-risk factors are preventive measures to control the addition of pathogens, chemicals, and physical objects into foods. 435 or more red violation points require a reinspection within 14 days. 490 or more red violation points or 120 total violation points (red and blue) require closure of the establishment. Eurest Dining Services — Siemens 22010 SE 51st St. April 27: Routine inspection, 15 red, 0 blue Fischer Meats, 85 Front St. N. April 28: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue
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This information from the state Public Disclosure Commission shows top cash donors for District 5 legislative candidates as of from page 1 May 5. Businesses and individuals can contribute up to $1,000 per election (a contributor can give $1,000 for the primary election Education Reform WA PAC and another $1,000 for the general election). ($1,900), WA Charters PAC ($1,000) and the Education Action Committee, Washington Senate Voters Political Action Fund Food Industry Association PAC, ($950). Washington Optometric PAC, Chad Magendanz (R) “It’s solely a policy isWashington State Dental PAC, sue,” said Mullet, who then Daniel M. Weise, Wells Fargo and Total raised: Company Employee PAC, Yahoo. $74,921 described his visit to a Seattle Total spent: charter school. $27,803 “The kids that were there, House, Position 1 they were really happy with $2,000: The Leadership them and the parents were Jason Ritchie (D) Council really happy with them. Total raised: $1,900: AT&T Services, Credit Union “The testimony in Olympia $44,793 Legislative Action Fund, Premera was really powerful,” Mullet Total spent: Blue Cross said. “I’m really happy they’re $29,598 $1,850: Trucking Action Committee not getting closed down.” $1,400: BIOPAC $1,900: Matthew Mullet was one of only two $1,350: Cambia Health Solutions Breed, Bonnie Sue of the Senate’s 23 Democrats $1,100: Washington Association of Chasnoff, Jarrell to back the charter-school Realtors Chasnoff, Kitty Lynch, Adrienne rescue bill, which Gov. Jay $1,000: Gil Drynan, Novartis Ritchie Inslee allowed to become law Pharmaceuticals, Public School $950: Theodore Johnson without actually signing it. Employees of Washington, $750: Judith Fazio, Thomas Fazio, Regarding the donations, WA Charters PAC, Washington James Young Mullet said, “People acknowlTechnology Industry Association $500: Joe Burns, David Graves edged that I had gone against $950: 7-Eleven, Associated Builders the norm.” and Contractors, Big I PAC, BP Jay Rodne (R) The vast majority of both Employee PAC, Chevron, eBay, Total raised: Mullet’s and Magendanz’s Expedia, Ed Gianni, MillerCoors, $18,900 largest contributions have NRA Political Victory Fund, Rental Total spent: Housing Association, Simpson, The come from multinational $4,607 Boeing Co. PAC, TransAlta USA, corporations, political action Video Game Impact, Washington $1,900: committees and special interBeverage Association, Washington Pharmaceutical est groups. Optometric PAC, Washington School Research and Mullet has received money Principals Legislative Effectiveness Manufacturers of America from Microsoft and Paul Association, Washington State $1,000: Novartis Allen’s Vulcan, while MagenDental PAC, Weyerhaeuser, Yahoo. $950: Altria Client Services, danz has seen contributions $900: Delta Dental Caremark RX, Delta Dental, Express arrive from Expedia and $800: Sprint Scripts, Liberty Mutual Insurance, eBay. $750: Johnson & Johnson Puget Sound Energy, Takeda It’s a different scenario in $700: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bruno Pharmaceuticals, The Boeing Co. the district’s House races, Kelpsas, Tesoro PAC, WashBank PAC, Washington where four of the five candi$600: Jay Stark, Washington Physical Therapy PAC, Washington dates for the two seats have Mortgage Lenders Association PAC Health Care Association PAC relied to this point mostly $550: Mike Stall $500: Comcast, Justice For All on personal donations. Only $500: Amazon.com, AmGen, PAC, Premera Blue Cross, Property the Position 1 incumbent, Caremark RX, Entertainment Casual Insurers PAC, RAI Services, Republican Rep. Jay Rodne Software Association, Sen. Sabey Corp., Sanofi-Aventis US, of Snoqualmie, has a donor Andy Hill, Molly Hill, Mike Hines, Washington Consumer Finance Issaquah Nursing and Rehab list that is filled mostly with Education and PAC, Washington Center, John McCay, NAIOP WA, State Auto Dealers PAC. special-interest groups. Oakpoint LLC, Ocean Peace Inc., Rodne’s opponent, DemoPacific Dental Services, Pacific crat Jason Ritchie, has raised House, Position 2 International Terminals, Dino Rossi, nearly $45,000 through May Seattle Mariners, Don Skillman, 5, which is $26,000 more Darcy Burner (D) T-Mobile, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, than Rodne. University of Washington Education Total raised: Republican Paul Graves Committee, Washington Aggregates $35,385 leads the three Position 2 and Concrete Association PAC, Total spent: candidates in total money Wal-Mart PAC for Responsible $5,540 raised. Graves has $51,826 Government, Washington Refuse $1,900: Jonathan in contributions, including and Recycling Association PAC, Shapiro seven $1,900 donations from Rebecca Wilder $1,050: Martin individuals. Chaney, Rebecca Chaney The Democrats in the race, $950: Snoqualmie Tribe Mark Mullet (D) Darcy Burner and Snoqualm$600: Lori Brown Total raised: ie Mayor Matt Larson, have $500: Eric Anderson, Charles Bird, $83,094 raised $35,385 and $26,281, Luther F. Black, Jabez Blumenthal, Total spent: respectively. David Bradlee, Bill Curry, Aaron $24,040 Larson’s largest total conErnst, Celinda Lake, Richard F. May, $1,900: Katherine tribution came from fellow Elaine Phelps, Eric Schlegel, Daniel Binder, William Democrat Mark Mullet. The Weise P. Binder, Credit Snoqualmie Tribe, which is Union Legislative Action Fund, suing Larson, gave $950 to Paul Graves (R) Democrats for Education Reform Burner. PAC, Jackson Legacy Fund, Kennedy Fund, Pfizer Inc., Stand for Children Washington PAC, Washington Restaurant Association PAC, Washington Beverage Association, PEMCO Mutual Insurance $1,400: Microsoft $1,300: Vulcan Inc. $1,000: Entertainment Software Association, Lakeside Industries, Premera Blue Cross, WA Charters PAC $950: ACLI Political Activity Fund, Cambia Health Solutions, Campaign for Tribal Self-Reliance by Indian Gaming Associations, CashAmerica, Delta Dental of Washington, Education Voters Political Action Fund, PacCorp Center LLC, Puget Sound Energy, Strategies 360, Swinomish Tribal Community, The Boeing Co. PAC, GlaxoSmithKline, USAA, WA Conversation Voters Action Fund, WA Health Care Association PAC, Washington Refust and Recycling Association PAC, WashBank PAC, James D. Young. $900: Alpine Management Services, Peter Goldman $850: Abbvie Political Action Committee $750: Justice For All PAC $600: SavPac-WA Financial League $500: Philip Bernstein, Comcast, Amy Curtis, Ron Dotzauer, Daniel K. Grimm, Cathy Habib, Robert Hansen, Judith Jesiolowski, Antonio Laliberte, Ruth Lipscomb, Tom Miller, PNW Regional Council of Carpenters, Valerie Robinson, Sabey Corporation, Thomas Sherrard, David Thompson, Washington Consumer Finance Education and Political
Total raised: $51,826 Total spent: $6,340 $1,900: John Dillow, Daniel Graves, Eileen Graves, Alexander Mackie, Christopher Murray, David Vander Pol, Julian Yap $1,500: Katie Graves, Peter Graves $1,200: Joel Graves $1,000: Christian Moller, Fawn Spady, Jim Spady $950: Aerospace Futures Alliance of Washington $900: Brian Wilson $700: Jeffery Ames $600: Joan Crecca $500: Peter Anderson, Sarah Anderson, Daniel Bentson, Steve Koh, Mike Mortensen, William Murphy, Austin Rainwater, Dino Rossi, Bruce Rowe, Michael Scoville, Kristin Seeger, Nicholas Stampfli, Eric Wolff
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Ralph and Ann Leber
eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services to honor them will be held at the Ellensburg Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to Save KPLU, National Public Radio, or the Mountaineers Foundation.
Ralph Theodore (Ted) Leber Joseph Nicholas Vidos Joseph and Ann Elise Leber Nicholas Having had lives full of achievement and adventure, Ralph Theodore (Ted) Leber passed away in the morning of Dec. 26, 2015, at the age of 94, and, shortly thereafter, Ann Elise Leber, his wife of 72 years, passed away in the morning of Friday, April 29, 2016, at the age of 95. They are now together forever. They are profoundly missed by their entire family, who loved and respected them for the way they lived their lives to the fullest, spending every waking minute pursuing their wideranging interests. Mom and Dad are survived by their five children,
Vidos passed away peacefully on May 3 surrounded by family. Joseph was Joseph Vidos born in 1929, the eldest child of Mary and Nicholas Vidos. Joe grew up in Renton and graduated from O’Dea High School in Seattle. In 1950, he married the love of his life, Mary. Joe and Mary moved to Issaquah early in their marriage and raised their two daughters, Pam and Dixie, in the home that Joe and his father built. Joe worked for Gibson Carpet for many years, installing
floor coverings. Joe will be most remembered for his unwavering dedication to his family, which was his priority over all else. He was a longtime member of St. Joseph’s Parish in Issaquah. Joe loved to go to the casino for a night out. He was incredibly proud of his Croatian heritage; he was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union and left any evening event with a “Laku noc´ and spava dobro” to his family. Joe’s quick wit and sarcastic comments will be missed by his family and friends. Joseph is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mary; his daughters, Pam and Dixie; his grandchildren, Kajsa (Gary), Bridgette (Martin) and Ryan; and his greatgrandchildren, Finley and Madeline. He was a very loving husband, dad and papa. He is in a better place now and surely has a Royal Flush. A funeral Mass was held on Monday, May 9 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Issaquah. Friends are invited to sign the family’s online guestbook at flintofts.com. Flintoft’s Funeral Home, (425) 392-6444.
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Issaquah eighth-grader preps for national spelling bee By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com The word was Tagalog. “Can you give me everything you have, please,” Issaquah eighthgrader Ayush Noori uttered into the microphone. Pronouncer Feliks Banel obliged, inundating the Open Window School student with the word’s
origin, definition and more. Once he knew everything there was to know about the word, Ayush closed his eyes and began Ayush Noori scribbling on his palm. He took a deep breath and deliv-
ered his answer: “Tagalog. T-A-GA-L-O-G. Tagalog.” Moments later a beaming smile replaced the determined, focused expression on his face. Ayush was the last one standing at the King-Snohomish County Regional Spelling Bee for the second straight year. Ayush described the moment as a rush of emotions when he
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When I was a girl growing up in Mirrormont, I had the good fortune of enjoying Mirrormont stables in its “hay” day. For horse aficionados, it was quite a hub in the ’60s and ’70s. Beautiful horses and ponies of all kinds were boarded there (including my pony, Tarowyn). Lessons were offered in the main corral. English Style? Western? Your choice. I took English lessons with the enthusiastic Jen, and my stepsister, Stephanie, took Western lessons on her pony, Velvet.
The Mirrormont Stables barn on Issaquah-Hobart Road is shown on a gray day in December 2015. Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress. com
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Former Issaquah Mayor Rowan Hinds looks at silent auction items during the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah’s third annual Boots, Barrels and Brews fundraising event at Pickering Barn on Friday.
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Downtown Issaquah Association representatives Robyn Barfoot (left) and Cynthia Freese collect donations for hanging flower baskets Friday during the Downtown Wine Walk on Front Street.
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Colorful hats make good sun protection on a beautiful Saturday during the Northwest Paddling Festival at Lake Sammamish State Park. Sunshine, hot weather and water were an irresistible combination for hundreds to attend the sixth annual event on Sunset Beach at Lake Sammamish State Park to try kayaks, paddleboards and canoes on the lake. More than 60 paddle sports businesses were on hand to demonstrate their products, answer questions and offer runs out on the lake in their boats and boards.
WONDROUS WEEKEND From Wine Walk to the farmers market, the calendar was loaded with local events
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John Lussmyer (left) of Greenbank brought a Ford F-250 pickup to the Issaquah Electric Vehicle Show at Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In on Sunday. Lussmyer converted the truck to battery power and gets 70 miles per charge.
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Temperatures were in the mid-70s as Downtown Wine Walk got underway Friday. A long line of patrons waited to check in at the historic Shell station on Front Street.
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Max Campanie with OMG! Olive Oils shares samples of bread dipped in a variety of olive oils to visitors to his tent Saturday at the Issaquah Farmers Market.
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simple thought process.” With the regional win, Ayush clinched a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee again. He’ll join students from across the nation at the competition held in Washington, D.C. May 22-27. The seasoned spelling bee competitor comes into the 2016 contest with experience and familiarity. If he learned anything after last year, it’s that the event is really more about relationships than cutthroat competitiveness. “If there’s one word I’d use to describe the experience, it’s friendship,” he said. “It’s kind of hard not to make friends when you walk into the room and have 300 people who
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Heidi Kayler (right), on Tarowyn, and her stepsister Stephanie Hanson (left), on Velvet, are shown at Mirrormont Stables. ple (and horses) in our region. The next time you see the stables, picture what it must have looked like when it was thriving. As I like to say, the façade may have changed, but all the memories are still there. Heidi Kayler is a Mirrormont resident.
Any genre, any format, put it in front of him and he will read it. Most good spellers appreciate the written word, he said. “I like the books that can evoke images in your mind,” he said. “For me, it’s kind of like watching a movie.” One of the eighth-grader’s other passions is charity. He started his nonprofit Maitri Miracles in 2012. The organization’s mission is to support the education of underprivileged youth. His goal is to both raise money for impoverished schools and empower other young people to give back to those in need and understand the importance of education.
Last year, Ayush hosted Words for the World, a spell-a-thon that raised funds for Udayan Care USA, a nonprofit that works to improve the lives of disadvantaged children in India. This year, the charismatic eighthgrader plans to do a lot of outreach, talking to local groups about the importance of literacy. The sky’s the limit for the intelligent, hardworking student, but he’s not entirely certain what the future holds for him. It will include philanthropy, though, he said. “I want to do something where I am able to give back all of the wonderful things that I’ve been given,” he said.
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all share this favorite pastime.” Ayush is studying at least an hour every day in preparation for the bee. He pours over the dictionary, uses online study tools and enlists Mom to quiz him. The eighth-grader said he’s prepped harder this time around, studying more words and covering more lists. But it goes beyond that, his mother Shabnam Noori said. Preparation is truly year-round, thanks to the never-ending stream of words. “There’s no way to memorize the dictionary,” Shabnam said. Ayush’s exemplary spelling skill is rooted in his love for reading.
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Sammamish resident Barbara Schaefer and other cancer survivors walk under an arch of raised hands for high-fives from students during the first lap of the 2015 American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life marathon at Issaquah High School. This year’s Issaquah Relay for Life begins at noon Saturday. Issaquah Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pickering Barn, Play & Learn Chinese, 1730 10th Ave. NW, featuring the ages 2-5, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Miracle Food Truck, music by Clark Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Shark Choir 10:30-11 a.m. and Way, 392-5430 The Double Barrs noon to 2 p.m. Tech Tutor, for adults, 1-3 p.m., Dogs are not allowed. Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Pine Lake Garden Club Yearly Way, 392-5430 Plant Sale, proceeds benefit Youth Art Series IV, 4:15-6:15 local community service projects, p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sammamish St. N., arteast.org Presbyterian Church parking lot, Steak Night, 6-8 p.m. $11, 22522 NE Inglewood Hill Road, Eagle Club, 175 Front St. N., 392- pinelakegardenclub.org 6751 LifeWay Christian Resources Print & Sip, ages 18 and simulcasts Priscilla Shirer event, 9 older, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $45/$50, a.m. to 4:30 p.m., $35 includes artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. lunch, Issaquah Christian Church, N., arteast.org 10328 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE, Manga Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., iccweb.org/women $29, Museo Art Academy, 300 Issaquah Alps Area Dog hike, NE Gilman Blvd. Suite 100, 391- 10 a.m., easy, 4 to 6 miles, up 0244, museoart.com to 900-foot gain, meet at 175 Evergreen Philharmonic Rainier Blvd. S., 481-2341, presents Concerto Concert, 7-9 issaquahalps.org p.m., Issaquah High School, 700 Acrylic & Mixed Media: Second Ave. SE, $8/adult, $5/ Making it Better workshop, ages students & seniors 18 and older, $195/$205, 10 Triple Treat, 7:30-11:30 p.m., a.m. to 4 p.m., artEAST Art Center, Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 39195 Front St. N., arteast.org 1424 Ride the Issaquah Valley Comedian and America’s Got Trolley, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5, Talent winner Terry Fator, 8 p.m., Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom Ave. NE, issaquahhistory.org Issaquah Relay For Life, noon May 14 to 8 a.m. May 15, Issaquah High School track, 700 West Tiger Peaks 1 and 2 Second Ave. SE hike, strenuous, 8 miles, 3,000Expressive Flowers in Mixed foot gain, 8 a.m., meet at 175 Media follow-up course, 5-8 Rainier Blvd. S., 516-5200, p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front issaquahalps.org St. N., arteast.org
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Up big with a 9-3 lead, Eagles can’t finish off Cougars FASTPITCH BOTHELL 10 ISSAQUAH 9 By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com Complacency is a dangerous thing in sports and the Issaquah fastpitch team paid dearly for letting it affect them in a May 4 trip to Bothell. Issaquah led 9-3 in the fifth inning but a Brooke Powers grand
slam helped engineer a Bothell comeback. The Cougars got the game to extra innings and Meghan Powers delivered the game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth for a 10-9 victory. The loss wasn’t damaging to the Eagles in terms of a playoff spot – they’ll be the No. 5 or No. 6 seed when the Class 4A KingCo Conference tournament begins May 16 – but it was disheartening for them to lose a six-run lead against a team that will miss the postseason. “(Bothell) had that one inning
where they just hit the ball and after we got ahead, we kind of sat on our laurels,” Issaquah coach Ron Hatlen said. The Eagles (8-8 overall, 7-7 KingCo) started the game well as Tatum Dow’s two-run triple and Sydney Schultz’s two-run homer keyed an early 6-3 lead. They eventually pushed the lead to 9-3 as Dow homered for her fourth RBI and Schultz drove in her See EAGLES, Page 12
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Issaquah junior pitcher Lindsey Guajardo unleashes toward home plate during her team’s May 4 game at Bothell. Guajardo pitched well but the Eagles fell to the Cougars in nine innings, 10-9.
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9:17.56, didn’t have to expend all his energy against Lake Washington, winning in 10:23.2. Liberty’s girls had nine firstplace efforts at the season’s final dual. Freshman Gabrielle Owens won long jump (13-3 ½) and Kathryn Baines won javelin (103-2), the standouts among field athletes. The Patriots’ 4x200 relay team was victorious in 1:49.6, a mark that’s just outside the state’s top-10 list. Hallie Baker, a freshman, won her debut in the 3,200 (12:43.5) and Marissa Mills captured the 400 (PR of 1:01.64).
Dawn Geiser has seen a lot of amazing things happen during the course of her 29-year coaching career, but Skyline senior Brandi Hughes has given Geiser some unique reasons to shake her head in bewilderment. The first time that happened was at last season’s Class 4A state meet, when Hughes won the Brandi Hughes 100-meter hurdles in a new 4A record time of 14.10 seconds. Having an athlete break a state record is nothing new to Geiser, who has been coaching track and field at Skyline since the school opened in 1997. She witnessed Kasen Williams – now in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks – eclipse the all-classification triple jump record in 2011. But the way in which Hughes set her record was astounding: She had started learning how to hurdle less than a year earlier. “We’ve had some phenomenal female athletes,” Geiser said, “but to be here now 19 years and to have something like that happen, it’s like, ‘Wow.’ I feel so fortunate to have witnessed that and to be a part of it.” Hughes has followed up an outstanding junior season with more of the same. Heading into the final week of the regular season, she held the top 4A times in the 100 hurdles (13.95) and 300 hurdles (44.35). “I’ve been really working hard on the hurdles and focusing a lot on them to get my technique down, and make sure I get my race model down,” Hughes said. Hughes has signed with Tulane University in New Orleans for next year and has big aspirations, saying
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Liberty senior Nate Solly leads the way in the 110-meter hurdles and wins the event in 15.84 seconds during the Patriots’ May 5 track meet against Lake Washington.
Liberty loses to Lake Washington in KingCo track and field finale By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com The Liberty track and field teams ended the Class 3A/2A KingCo Conference dual-meet season with a pair of losses on May 4, but the Patriots are on track to send several athletes to the 2A state championships at the end of the month. Visiting Lake Washington scored wins of 77-64 for their boys and 78-73 for their girls. The Patriots, though, had many good marks ahead of their postseason-opening sub-district meet in Sumner on May 12-13. Senior Nate Solly, who made a
name for himself as the school’s starting quarterback, has shown he has just as much ability on the track. He’s ranked among the state’s top 10 in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and cruised to victories in both events against Lake Washington despite less-thanstellar times. “Not my best – I definitely want to get better in sub-districts and districts,” Solly said after posting a time of 15.84 seconds in the 110 hurdles, about a half-second short of his personal record. Solly won the 300 hurdles in 41.44 seconds. He’ll be aiming for a third straight state berth and second top-eight medal in the event.
He expects to see tougher opposition starting next week. “It’s been a little rough sometimes because it’s kind of hard to keep your competition all the way through the season and have somebody next to you, pushing you, especially in the 300, because that’s one of the longer races,” he said of his season. The Liberty boys got wins from Jake Knoblich in the 800 (PR of 2:05.6), Hunter Good in the 1,600 (4:42.5), Christopher Hanson in high jump (5 feet, 10 inches) and Calvin Brindle in triple jump (39-6 ½). Senior Andrew Cooper, who has the top 2A time in the 3,200 at
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Eagles third run on a groundout. But everything changed because of two moves in the pitching circle. Brooke Powers took over for Liz Olson and Issaquah’s offense dried up. Powers didn’t allow a ball out of the infield in the final five innings. Junior Lindsey Guajardo was pitching well for the Eagles, allowing seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts through four innings. Senior Amelia Cunningham came on in the fifth but didn’t record an out as Jamie Ford had an RBI single and Brooke Powers followed with a grand slam to left field, bringing Bothell (5-13, 3-11) within a run. Guajardo reentered as pitcher but the damage was done. Chloe Lium’s solo homer to lead off the sixth tied the score and sent the game to extra innings. Issaquah has struggled to replace 2015 graduate Winter Ridgeway, but Guajardo has shown notable improvement since the start of the season. “She just doesn’t get bothered,” Hatlen said. “I think the big thing is trying to keep the tone on the field and we have to come back hungry for the next out,” Guajardo said of her steely mindset. International tiebreaker rules went into effect in the ninth inning, giving each team a chance to start with a runner at second base. Brooke Powers stymied Issaquah, retiring Justi Johnson on a fly ball, then getting Athena Benjamin and McKenna Malone on ground balls. “I come up with my three hitters that are all hitting over .400 and they don’t hit it out of the infield,” Hatlen said. “It happens, you know.” Meghan Powers led off Bothell’s ninth with a hard-hit single to right field, easily scoring Leah Sailer to end the game. The teams’ last three meetings have been closely fought. The Cougars avenged a 1-0 loss – Guajardo’s first complete-game effort – at Issaquah on April 5. And the Eagles won on a walk-off homer in last year’s KingCo tournament, ending Bothell’s season in the process.
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Subscribe today. Call (425) 392-6434. Athlete of the Year. Senior leader of baseball team, a top pitcher in Class 4A KingCo. A rare three-sport athlete excelling also in football and basketball. A mature leader on and off the field. All-American Honorable mention, KingCo Basketball Honorable Mention. 2015 ScholarAthlete. Plans to pursue a business career.
Athlete of the Year. State wrestling champion in 2016, Issaquah’s first champ since 1983. 2013 Most Inspirational, 2013 Coaches Award, 2014 MVP, 2014 Most Outstanding, 2015 Coaches Award, 2016 Team Captain. First Place at Reno World Tournament. 3.0 GPA. Southern Oregon University for environmental science.
Athlete of the Year. 3.85 GPA. Four-year varsity football, Patriot of the Year, Most Inspirational, KingCo All-League quarterback honorable mention. Seahawks Century Athlete of the Week. Four-year track scholar-athlete. Burlsworth Character and Sportsmanship award. University of Idaho for chemical engineering degree.
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she wants to get to the NCAA championships and, if she can, turn pro after graduation. “I definitely have to drop my times down, but it’s a dream of mine,” she said. “I wouldn’t put anything past Brandi,” Geiser added. “You can’t put parameters on your athletes because I’ve seen outstanding things done that I would’ve never thought could happen. “I sure hope it can happen. I think she’s got the makings of whatever she wants to do.” Hughes entered her sport later than many success-
ful athletes. Growing up in California, she was a dancer, but needed to find something new when her family moved to Sammamish prior to her freshman year. She had an inauspicious start, to say the least, at Skyline. Her first 400-meter time trial was in the 82-second range, Geiser recalled. Her best time in the 100 hurdles as a ninth-grader was 17.84 seconds. The season truly went sour when Hughes began complaining of pain and discovered she had a broken hip. But what happened next is what impressed Geiger. “She came out to every single practice on crutches,” the coach said. “She came to KingCo (championships) and cheered her team on —
stayed until the end of the meet. She came to district and then she was at state with us on crutches.” After getting healthy, Hughes began to get serious. She trained harder, listened to her coaches and got faster. Her sophomore season ended with three state medals around her neck as part of the Spartans’ 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays. A dominating 2015 season came to a head at the state meet in Tacoma, where Hughes took third place in the 300 hurdles (44.27). She felt good about her chances to win the 100 hurdles but knew she had stiff competition. “I was worried about Darhian Mills (of Inglemoor) because we had been consistently going back and forth
with who would win races,” Hughes said. Not only did Hughes edge Mills by three onehundredths of a second to win the title and set a new 4A meet record, she did it at less than 100 percent. “That day, I was actually sick,” she said, “so I was just focusing on trying to complete the race and get through as fast as I could.” Over the past year, whenever Geiser drives past Skyline on a non-school day, it’s not unusual for her to see Hughes on the track, working on her own. She has also put in time in the weight room to increase her strength and explosiveness. “She just has those qualities you can’t coach,” Geiser added.
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Sophie Wartena, a 2015 state medalist in the 300 hurdles, won both hurdling events in 16.84 and 47.34, respectively. The latter time is a little more than a second away from where she finished last season.
Brigette Takeuchi continued her outstanding season. The junior ran the 800 for the first time this season, winning in 2:21.90, third-best among 2A girls. She already has the state’s No. 2 time in the 1,600 (5:10.84). Freshman Cameron Nelson also showed off her wheels, winning the 100 dash in 12.84 seconds. Her time of 26.10 in the 200 meters is the seventh-fastest in 2A this
season, although she won’t be competing in the postseason due to commitments with her select soccer club. Nelson ran track in middle school but said adjusting to a much higher level of competition hasn’t always been easy. She has enjoyed Liberty’s trips to bigger meets like the Arnie Young Invitational and Lake Washington Invite. “That’s where the competition has been the highest and
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last year. Lamb inherited his trap last year when the previous homeowner moved out and handed over the instruction card. “I’ve always been one of those people interested in nature and this seemed like a great opportunity to get involved in the lake community and participate in looking after the lake,” Lamb said. The participants set up the traps overnight and check the results in the morning. Using an identification card, they separate the native crayfish from the invasive species. Then they measure their size with calipers and turn them over to log their sex. In the initial stages of recordkeeping, Lamb said it can take a while to train the eye to spot the difference between signal and red swamp crayfish. “During first few days, until you see one side by side, it’s quite a guessing game. Once you see enough of them, it is fairly obvious,” he said. What homeowners do with the removed crayfish is actually up to the participant, Olden said. “Some will store them up to 20-30 at a time for a crawfish boil,” he said. “Others will store them in freezer, then
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throw them away in the garbage. Some active volunteers collect and freeze them so I can study them further.” Lamb, unfortunately, has a shellfish allergy, so he’s among the donors to Olden’s study program. After 10 years of routine, quarterly sampling from fixed sites around the lake, Olden has determined the size of the crayfish are changing, and there are more females than males. Unfortunately, an accurate estimation of the invasive population remains elusive. “We know the size varies greatly on the order of thousands to tens of thousands,” Olden said. “So our-long term goal is not complete eradication. That would be difficult to do. Rather, it’s to keep them controlled. This allows for native crayfish to have a sustaining population in the future.” While participation is generally limited to landowners, the community dock does have space for outsiders to try trapping, as well. Lamb, however, is among the few who doesn’t
have to start back up. “My wife and I started doing this pretty much on a regular basis,” he said, adding he’s probably the more compulsive of the two. “It became educational. I got interested in supporting it year round and also understanding what happens throughout the year.” Last year he collected about 800 crayfish, a large portion were the invasive red swamp. He figures his trap must catch a lot of crayfish that move around the lake. “I’m pretty sure there’s not 800 crayfish living under our dock,” he said. As the next round of the project kicks off next week, Lamb recommends any of the remaining non-participating lakeside homeowners get involved, mainly because it’s a lot of fun. “When you’re on your own property, it’s up to you what days and what schedule you get on. Even if you only do it once a week, you’ll find along the line it’s interesting, fun and educational,” Lamb said.
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: The proposal is to construct the new Clark Elementary School on the ap‑ proximately 11.35 acre site of the ex‑ isting Issaquah Middle School cam‑ pus. The new project will include one, two and three story buildings providing approximately 85,000 square feet of elementary school space. An interior remodel and 3,100 square foot addition to the ex‑ isting 200 Building will provide a to‑ tal of about 22,000 square feet of space for the new Gibson Ek High school. In addition portables from the existing Tiger Mountain Commu‑ nity High School will be relocated to the site to provided much needed teacher collaboration and training space. The new campus will have capacity to serve about 824 elementary stu‑ dents with 32 teaching stations plus 8 future portable classrooms. The high school will serve about 250 stu‑ dents. The project will provide 227 regular parking spaces and an addi‑ tional 81 parking spaces for special events. All parent and visitor traffic will enter and exit the site on 1st Avenue SE at the Bush Street intersection. Drop‑off and pick‑up will occur along 1st Avenue SE where buses cur‑ rently load and unload middle school students. Vehicles will be able to ac‑ cess the front, visitor parking lot. Traffic can arrive and depart from 1st Avenue SE via a number of route options which will disperse traffic headed, west, north east and south on different roads through different intersections minimizing the impact to any one location. Staff and about 8 buses will access the site from the signalized intersection at Front Street/Newport/SE Clark Street. Staff and buses will proceed along the west side of the elementary build‑ ing to access parking and the bus unloading/loading area. Separation of bus and parent vehicle traffic will help to minimize conflicts and im‑ prove safety for both vehicles and pedestrians. Clark Elementary and the Gibson Ek High School will oper‑ ate on different schedules with differ‑ ent peak traffic times. Access to Gib‑ son Ek will also be via 1st Avenue SE. Staff, visitors and older stu‑ dents will continue through the loop at the south end of the street to ac‑ cess parking along the east side of the site. The three buses that will serve Gibson Ek will unload/load along the southern east side of 1st Avenue SE where approximately 24 buses service the existing middle school. The project will start construction in the end of the school year in June, 2016. The new high school will be occupied for the start of school in September 2016. At the end of the 2015‑2016 school year, partial demo‑ lition of the existing Issaquah Middle School (IMS) will begin. Work will also start on the new additions, and modernization of the existing IMS to house the new Clark Elementary School (CES) and the new Gibson Ek High School (GEK). The new CES will be occupied at the start of school in September 2017. LOCATION OF PROPOSAL: The project site is located at 400 1st Avenue SE in Issaquah, Washington at the site of the current Issaquah Middle School. (A new street ad‑ dress may be assigned to the high school) King County Assessor’s Tax Account Numbers: The multi‑parcel site is currently being consolidated into one parcel LEAD AGENCY AND PROPO‑ NENT: Issaquah School District #411 The Issaquah School District is the SEPA lead agency for the project. The Environmental Checklist and draft MDNS have been submitted to the City of Issaquah. Environmental impacts that are not mitigated through the City of Issaquah’s Land Use Code and other regulations are addressed in the Mitigated Determi‑ nation of Nonsgnificance (MDNS). The MDNS will be published May 5, 2016. City of Issaquah comments, Community Conference discussion, recommendations and public com‑ ments on environmental impacts of the project have been considered by the District, as SEPA lead agency, and additional mitigation has been in‑ cluded in the May 5, MDNS. Follow‑ ing the May 5, 2016 MDNS publica‑ tion, a 14 day comment and appeal period will end at 4:00 PM May 19, 2016. If no additional mitigation is needed, the SEPA MDNS will be is‑ sued as final on May 19, 2016 upon conclusion of the comment and ap‑ peal period. RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL:Steve Crawford, Director of Capital Projects Issaquah School District #411 THRESHOLD DETERMINATION: The lead agency has determined that the requirements for environ‑ mental analysis and protection have been adequately addressed in the development regulations and com‑ prehensive plan adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW, and in other applicable local, state, or federal laws or rules, as provided by RCW 43.21C.240 and WAC 197‑11‑158 and/or mitigating measures have been applied that ensure no signifi‑ cant adverse impacts will be created or mitigation measures have been in‑ cluded as part of this determination which alleviates any probable signifi‑ cant adverse environmental impact. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030 (2) (c). This decision was made after review of an environ‑ mental checklist and other informa‑ tion on file with the lead agency and the City of Issaquah (Project file number MSP14‑0002 and SDP14‑ 00001). This information is avail‑ able to the public on request. MITIGATING MEASURES: The Issaquah School District will pro‑ vide mitigation measures consistent
210-Public Notices with the City of Issaquah permit re‑ quirements and conditions. Pursuant to the City of Issaquah ap‑ proved impact fee ordinances (Is‑ saquah Municipal Code 3.74), impacts to Police and General Government Services are to be de‑ termined through the environmental review process and paid at the time of Building Permit issuance. Be‑ cause there is an existing school that will be demolished and recon‑ structed at the same site, the school district will be given credit for the ex‑ isting square footage in the calcula‑ tion of the impact fees. The school district’s updated Trans‑ portation Impact Study Addendum, dated April 25, 2016, identified traffic impacts that may occur due to the re‑ distribution of trips resulting from the modified access plan for parent visi‑ tor traffic and staff and bus traffic ac‑ cess. Based on the City’s minimum acceptable level‑of‑service criteria identified in the Street Standards (2010), the studied intersections would meet the minimum criteria with the project during the AM, afternoon and PM peak hours and therefore no off‑site mitigation has been identi‑ fied. Based on the modified site cir‑ culation plan for CES and GEK, and the revised LOS results, a west‑ bound right turn lane at Front Street/Newport/SE Clark Street is no longer recommended. The City’s traffic level of service standard (LOS) is LOS D. The project will mitigate traffic impacts at street intersections if the proposed school improvements would result in traffic generation which lowers exist‑ ing intersection LOS A‑C to LOS E or F, or if it adds 5 or more seconds of additional delay to intersections currently operating at LOS D. The mitigation would improve impacted intersections to the LOS and control delay condition prior to the develop‑ ment. The modified site circulation plan moves a majority of traffic to the north side of the building which sig‑ nificantly reduces traffic impact to homes adjacent to the south prop‑ erty line. The east edge of 1st Ave. SW will be changed back to having curbs by removing an existing asphalt taper which brought the roadway level up to the level of the existing sidewalk. A raised sidewalk will be added to the west side of the road northward to the sound end of the existing City shop/office parking. A landscape strip and/or tree wells will be in‑ cluded in the west side sidewalks where permitted by ROW widths and existing obstructions. The end of Clark Street where it interfaces with the existing school parking lot and the Boehm Pool entrance will be re‑ configured to enhance circulation and safety. An eight foot tall, black chain link fence and taller, more dense land‑ scaping than required by City Stan‑ dards will be planted along the south property line to enhance visual screening from adjacent homes.
210-Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE 16‑4071 NOTICE OF ORDINANCES PASSED BY ISSAQUAH CITY COUNCIL Following is a summary, by title, of ordinances passed by the Issaquah City Council on May 2, 2016, to be published in the Issaquah Press on May 12 with an effective date of May 17, 2016. ORDINANCE NO. 2762 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, VACAT‑ ING A PORTION OF NW JAMES BUSH ROAD RIGHT‑OF‑WAY. ORDINANCE NO. 2763 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2752 FOR THE 2016 BUDGET AND AU‑ THORIZING THE FINANCE DIREC‑ TOR TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS; AND APPROVING PRIOR EXPENDITURES. Complete text of the ordinances is posted at City Hall, 130 E. Sunset and on the City’s website, is‑ saquahwa.gov/ordinances. Photo‑ copies are available upon request, for a fee, to the City Clerk’s Office (425‑837‑3000). PUBLISHED IN THE ISSAQUAH PRESS ON MAY 12, 2016 PUBLIC NOTICE 16‑4073 Rick Burnstead Construction LLC, PAULA JUDSON, 11980 NE 24th St Suite 200 Bellevue, WA 98005, is seeking coverage under the Wash‑ ington State Department of Ecology’‑ s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Hawthorne Lane, is located at 17257 NE 116th St in Redmond in King county. This project involves 8.1 acres of soil disturbance for Residential con‑ struction activities. The receiving waterbody is bear creek. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State De‑ partment of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’‑ s action on this application, may no‑ tify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publica‑ tion of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173‑201A‑ 320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Con‑ struction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504‑7696
No direct wetland impacts will occur as a result of the project. Permanent Published in the ISSAQUAH buffer impacts are limited to a rela‑ PRESS May 12 and 29, 2016 tively small area. Mitigation includes buffer averaging and restoration. Buffer area restoration will include native trees, shrubs and ground cover to enhance these buffer ar‑ eas. Large wood debris will be sal‑ vaged and placed in the mitigation area. Temporary Erosion and Sedimenta‑ tion Controls (TESC), Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, NPDES Permit and best management prac‑ tices (BMP) will be implemented and maintained by the contractor. Low impact development tech‑ niques, including rain gardens, will be utilized to facilitate infiltration of on‑site storm water up to the 100 year storm level. Motion sensors will reduce sharp cut‑ off, LED site lighting levels to 50% when no activity is detected. The project will comply with current codes, standards, rules and regula‑ tions. PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT PERIOD: This Mitigated Determination of Non‑ significance (MDNS) is issued under WAC 197‑11‑350; the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date of issue. The re‑ sponsible official will reconsider the MDNS based on timely comments and may retain, modify, or, if signifi‑ cant adverse impacts are likely, with‑ draw the MDNS. If the MDNS is re‑ tained, it will be final after the expira‑ tion of the comment deadline. There is no administrative appeal for this SEPA determination. Notice of this MDNS will be pub‑ lished in the Legal Notices section of The Issaquah Press weekly newspa‑ per on Thursday, May 5, 2016 and Thursday, May 12, 2016. In addi‑ tion, notice of this MDNS will be mailed to parties of record and nearby property owners. A copy of the Mitigated Determina‑ tion of Nonsignificance was posted at the site. WRITTEN COMMENTS OR ANY APPEALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DIS‑ TRICT NO LATER THAN 4:00 PM, May 19, 2016. Appeals must be in writing and state the perceived errors in the Thresh‑ old Determination, specific reasons why the Determination should be re‑ versed or modified, any harm the Ap‑ pellant will suffer if the Threshold De‑ termination remains unchanged and the desired outcome of the appeal. If the Appellant is a group, the harm to any one or more of the individuals must be stated. Failure to meet these requirements will result in dis‑ missal of the appeal. Steve Crawford, Director of Capital Projects Issaquah School District 565 NW Holly Street Issaquah, WA 98027 DATE OF ISSUANCE: Thursday, May 5, 2016
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