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Wednesday, June 1, 2011 • Vol. 112, No. 22

District could get $4.3 million less next year

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

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By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Parents in the Issaquah School District can breathe a collective sigh of relief. Class sizes in the district will not increase next year.

The news stems from the proposed state biennial budget the state Legislature approved May 24.

After reviewing the budget for the past four months, the state House of Representatives and

Plans to acquire land for a Cougar Mountain trail and upgrade trail bridges in the Tiger Mountain State Forest received a last-minute boost from state lawmakers before a special legislative session ended late May 25.

Before sending the $32 billion state budget to Gov. Chris Gregoire, legislators allocated $42 million to the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program. The slice for the Issaquah area amounts to more than $1.5 million.

In addition to the Issaquah Alps projects, lawmakers directed funds to Duthie Hill Park and the East Lake Sammamish Trail.

The proposed budget recommends $500,000 for King County to acquire land for Precipice Trail

Senate approved a compromise budget that would lower the salaries of teachers and administrators, but would save the jobs of many district teachers.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has yet to sign the bill.

While school district administrators were waiting for the state Legislature to approve the 2011-13 budget, they had to renew teachers’ contracts by May 15. Unsure of the final budget, administrators came up with a worse-case scenario plan that included layoffs for 36 teachers. The plan also axed the positions of 15 teachers who were leaving through normal attrition, bringing the total number of See TEACHERS, Page A5

FISH hires new executive director

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

BY DAWN PESCHEK

Masterful mosaics Maple Hills Elementary School students admire their handiwork May 16 as they walk under a mosaic of glass curtains. Thanks to the help of the PTA and artist-in-residence chairwoman Jennifer Papp, every student and staff member at Maple Hills made a glass tile for the schoolwide project.

Jane Kuechle spent many hours as a girl on family road trips to outof-the-way Oregon places.

“Wherever we went, we would stop whenever we saw a salmon hatchery,” she recalled.

Kuechle, a longtime leader in local nonprofit organizations, is about to spend more time at a salmon hatchery. The expert in fundraising and nonprofit management is the next executive director of Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, the nonprofit group responsible for education and tours at the downtown hatchery.

Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger, FISH board president, said members selected Kuechle from more than 30 applicants.

“The board went through a very long and rigorous process of selecting people,” Frisinger said after announcing the appointment May 26.

Legislators preserve dollars for trail projects

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

Issaquah puts laid-off teachers on recall list

Local grad weathers Joplin tornado

Macy’s in shell-shocked Joplin, Mo., is a destination on a grim pilgrimage.

Skyline High School graduate Ashley Knox, a store employee and former Issaquah resident, encountered people shopping for clothes to replace wardrobes destroyed amid a catastrophic tornado and, as the death toll climbs higher, clothes for funerals.

Knox met a manager from The Home Depot searching for a dress shirt and orange tie for a coworker’s memorial service. Rescuers continued to recover bodies from the demolished home improvement store days after the disaster.

“We’re one of the few retailers in town that has dress clothes,” she said. “It’s kind of a small town, and we’ve been doing a lot of funeral suits and dress shirts this week.”

The scene is common as life and death mingle in the days after a monster tornado slammed the city May 22 and left more than 130 people dead.

Knox settled in Missouri to study elementary education at Ozark Christian College and graduated the day before the tornado sliced across Joplin.

“It took everyone by surprise and came out of nowhere,” she said. “It’s just huge — way bigger than anyone’s ever seen before.”

The tornado cut a mile-wide swath across Joplin, reducing neighborhoods and business districts to rubble. Meteorologists estimate wind speeds inside the twister exceeded 200 mph.

“The only way that I can describe this is, if a tornado started at Interstate 90 in Eastgate and took everything out down along 148th to 520,” said Knox’s father, Steven Copenhaver.

Joplin is wedged in a corner of Southwest Missouri near the Kansas border, along historic U.S. Route 66 and in a region nicknamed Tornado Alley. The city claims about 50,000 residents.

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near Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park and $247,870 to upgrade Tiger Mountain trail bridges. In addition, the proposal recommends $500,000 for the East Lake Sammamish Trail project and $317,477 for Duthie Hill Park.

The agencies behind the projects promised matching funds to complete construction. King County is handling the Cougar Mountain, East Lake Sammamish Trail and Duthie Hill Park projects. The state Department of Natural Resources is responsible for the Tiger Mountain effort.

Leaders at the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition, a nonprofit group set up to support the Washington Wildlife and

Kuechle starts in the FISH role June 13 — during the lull before the autumn spawning season. The organization conducts educational tours at the state-operated Issaquah Salmon Hatchery during salmon runs and the Salmon Days Festival.

FISH members also assist in annual salmon-spawning activities and other programs.

“They’ve done a tremendous job of getting it to where it is,” Kuechle said. “I thought, here’s an opportunity to take it to the next level.”

The long-term strategy she offered to the FISH board during the interview process impressed members.

“I talked about how I would try to do some long-range planning with them, looking at where we want this organization to be in three years, in five years,” she said. “That seemed to resonate with what they were looking for as well.”

Active and retired members of the military from the Issaquah area salute in a section of veterans’ headstones as the colors are presented by the Issaquah High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps during the Memorial Day observance at Hillside Cemetery.

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Registration in Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department summer programs starts June 1, the same day the department distributes a brochure of summer programs. Discover classes, day camps and find more summer parks activities at the department’s website, www.issaquahparks.net. Options abound for children ranging from toddlers to teenagers.

QUOTABLE “We are trying to reach others. It's not just about classmates from the 1970s. It's about friends and neighbors.”

— Valaree Muir Weiss Issaquah High School graduate who is trying to get rid of the formality of high school reunions (See story, Page B1.)

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City receives grant to determine tree canopy coverage

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The city is poised to deploy experts to determine how much land sits beneath leafy tree branches.

The most recent estimate — using 2006 aerial photography and collected in a 2008 tree canopy survey — estimates the tree canopy coverage inside city limits at 51 percent.

The percentage could vary between surveys, due to recent construction and the methods used in the earlier effort. The initial program did not meet regional standards for tree canopy surveys, but the measure did provide baseline tree canopy information for the city

Comprehensive Plan, a key growth blueprint.

Issaquah received a $10,000 grant from the state Department of Natural Resources to fund the upcoming study. Municipal staffers intend to contribute $6,350 to the project through in-kind services.

City Council members accepted the grant May 2.

The assessment is meant to provide a more accurate analysis of the city’s tree canopy. In addition, the city intends to assess areas covered by other vegetation.

Issaquah includes about 1,300 acres in open space.

The city plans to hire a consultant to complete the survey. City Senior Planner Debi Kirac said the

project should start in mid-July.

“The idea is to begin by doing a tree canopy assessment and slowly working” in the years ahead “to try and get a gauge of tree health,” she said.

The city could be in line for additional Department of Natural Resources dollars in coming years.

The city’s strong record on treerelated issues boosted the initial grant application.

Issaquah leaders often highlight tree preservation as crucial to maintaining Issaquah’s character and environment.

The community is a longtime Tree City USA. The honor from the Arbor Day Foundation recognizes cities dedicated to community

King County Council protects Issaquah Creek salmon habitat

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Critical salmon habitat in the Issaquah Creek Basin is protected for the next half-century — and possibly longer — due to a King County Council decision.

The council members approved a 50-year lease agreement May 16 for 30 acres along Holder Creek and near Carey Creek — tributaries of Issaquah Creek. The wedge-shaped property is along Issaquah-Hobart Road Southeast, about a mile north of the state Route 18 interchange.

The legislation authorized County Executive Dow Constantine to lease the land from the state Department of Natural Resources at no cost.

“The Carey Creek and Holder Creek tributaries that feed into Issaquah Creek have exceptional salmon habitat, so we want to protect as much of the system as possible by making sure that these parcels are not developed over time and that we have a chance to restore them as appropriate,” Councilman Larry Phillips said.

The property contains forested and cleared areas. The state allows a nearby landowner’s cattle and horses to graze on the land.

“We want to protect as much of the system as possible by making sure that these parcels are not developed over time and that we have a chance to restore them as appropriate.”

— Larry Phillips King County councilman

The land is considered by the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan as home to some of the best remaining habitat in the Lake Washington, Cedar River and Lake Sammamish watershed. The creek basin supports chinook, coho and kokanee salmon, plus steelhead trout.

Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, the Issaquah representative, applauded the long-term lease agreement. The county could someday extend the lease or buy the land outright.

“This project protects critical aquatic and spawning habitat for the chinook salmon along 2,200 feet of the creek,” she said.

The property also serves as a link in the wildlife corridor between Tiger Mountain State Forest and Squak Mountain State

Park, and as a buffer for nearby Seattle watershed.

“It’s important for us to have clean water and more buffers,” Lambert said.

The county singled out Carey Creek and Holder Creek tributaries as exceptional salmon habitat due to the quality of fisheries habitat and the land’s undeveloped character.

The land is “another critical link in our effort to protect Issaquah Creek and the basin, and support our chinook, coho and kokanee restoration,” Phillips said.

Department of Natural Resources officials identified the parcel as appropriate for alternative management through the Trust Land Transfer Program.

Through the program, land can be transferred or leased to other public entities — such as local governments — in a better position to manage the lands for appropriate public purposes, such as fisheries protection or open space.

The county is able to use the property for fish and wildlife habitat, open space or recreation, or any combination.

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

forestry.

In King County, Kirkland, North Bend, Renton and SeaTac also recently received grants through the Department of Natural Resource’s Community Forestry Program.

The nonprofit group American Forests, a national conservation organization, recommends 40 percent tree canopy coverage for Pacific Northwest communities.

Urban forests improve air quality and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, absorb rainwater, improve biodiversity, and provide shade and animal habitat.

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

Municipal League seeks volunteers to rate candidates Help the Municipal League evaluate candidates as campaign season readies for fall frenzy.

The league is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to accountable, effective and open government. The organization needs volunteers to serve as members of candidate evaluation committees.

The groups include people of diverse ages, backgrounds and political philosophies to evaluate people running for local offices in King County.

Submit applications at www.munileague.org by June 3.

Call 206-622-8333 to learn more.

Municipal League ratings attempt to answer a fundamental question for voters: How well could the candidate do the job?

Volunteers dedicate a few weeknights in June and July to research, interview and rate candidates. Volunteers must also refrain from active involvement in campaigns or political parties during the election season, and must step aside from the ratings process if they have connections to any candidate.

The league bases a candidate’s rating on four criteria — knowledge, involvement, effectiveness and character — as well as his or her potential to serve the community.

The goal is to provide voters with a nonpartisan view in order to make informed choices in the primary and general elections.

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Workers with Coast Rail, a Lakebay contractor, add new rock to the rail bed along Rainier Boulevard North on May 20 for the trolley track rehabilitation project.

Track restoration starts for downtown trolley The long-awaited Issaquah Valley Trolley Project is back on track.

Officials issued a notice last month for the track rehabilitation project to start. The city has selected Lakebay-based Coast Rail to replace depleted railroad ties along the proposed trolley route from the historic Issaquah Train Depot to the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce.

The state Department of Transportation sent a railroad track specialist to the city May 6 to determine the number of timber ties in need of replacement.

In addition to the track rehabilitation, plans call for traffic signal modifications at Front Street North and Northwest Dogwood Street to accommodate the trolley. The contractor has 30 days to complete the project.

Before trolleys can run through downtown Issaquah, the decadesold tracks and trolleys must be

restored.

In March, City Council members awarded a $135,274 track refurbishment contract to Coast Rail and, in the same legislation, awarded a $220,000 trolley restoration contract to Mukilteobased Advanced Construction.

The legislation also increased the project budget to $524,700 from $517,400 to reflect the original project budget, and to account for $7,400 in additional federal funds and expenditures made to date.

The nonprofit Issaquah Valley Trolley Project is spearheading the restoration. The city oversees and administers the grant dollars used to fund the trolley project. Issaquah also owns the railroad corridor.

The trolley group leased a trolley from a Yakima organization, and ferried more than 5,000 passengers through downtown Issaquah in 2001 and 2002 in a successful test.

Family Village construction prompts street closure

Due to the detour of Highlands Drive Northeast onto Ninth Avenue Northeast between Northeast High Street and the north end of Ninth Avenue, work must take place at night. In addition, crews and King County Metro Transit had to coordinate around bus schedules.

The contractor plans to notify residents within 500 feet of the project site.

Prepare for a nighttime street closure as crews install a pedestrian bridge from the YWCA Family Village at Issaquah to the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride.

The project is scheduled to take place at 12:30 a.m. June 8. The installation is not expected to last more than two hours.

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Bellevue homebuilder purchases 48 Issaquah Highlands lots

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

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All in the family Phenice Segers, 3, walks on the Sunset Beach shore close to an unconcerned mallard hen and her nine ducklings, during spring's first day of 70-degree weather on May 20 at Lake Sammamish State Park.

File for local races by June 10 The deadline is approaching for people to run for City Council, Issaquah School Board and King County offices.

Candidates can file in person at King County Elections headquarters from 8:30 a.m. June 6 until 4:30 p.m. June 10. If a candidate opts to file by mail, the elections office must receive his or her material by the June 10 deadline. Candidates can also file online at the elections office’s website until 4 p.m. June 10.

Candidates must pay a filing fee at the time of entering the race.

Most races require a filing fee equal to 1 percent of the annual salary of the office. The filing fee is nonrefundable.

Candidates can instead submit a filing fee petition containing the valid signatures of registered voters from the jurisdiction, such as a city or school district. The number of signatures should be equal to the dollar amount of the filing fee; one signature is equal to $1.

ON THE WEB Find a 2011 candidate manual and detailed instructions about filing for local office at the King County Elections website, www.kingcounty.gov/elections.

The elections office holds a drawing after 5 p.m. June 10 to determine candidates’ placement on the ballot.

Candidates can withdraw from the ballot through June 16.

The primary election is Aug. 16 and the general election is Nov. 8.

In local races, Issaquah councilmen Fred Butler and Joshua Schaer already announced plans to run for re-election. 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 out of another term April 28, and endorsed candidate Paul Winterstein for the post. So far, no one else has entered a council race.

Members serve at large and represent the entire city, rather 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 board candidates confirm the boundaries before filing as a candidate.

In addition to the local races, the ballot includes countywide races for assessor and elections director.

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Taylor Development, a Bellevuebased real estate firm, is joining Issaquah Highlands developer Port Blakely Communities to foster development in the Harrison Street neighborhood, a ritzy collection of custom homes perched on Grand Ridge.

The real estate firm purchased 48 lots in the neighborhood for $6.36 million. Taylor Development and Port Blakely announced the deal May 23.

The sale encompasses more than half of the lots along Harrison Street. The neighborhood includes about 90 home sites. So, far 35 have been sold, and of those, 24 are completed or under-construction.

The neighborhood features a panorama — on clear days, at least — of the Bellevue and Seattle skylines, plus the Olympic Mountains.

“Issaquah Highlands is among the Northwest’s premier communities and the acquisition of a large number of home sites in the highly desirable Harrison Street neighborhood represents a key opportunity for Taylor Development,” company President Kevin Taylor said in a news release.

Keith Niven, city Major Development Review Team program manager, said the sale does not change the plan for Harrison Street as a neighborhood of custom homes. Port Blakely intends to provide oversight of the design and review process.

The acquisition is part of a series of construction projects planned, completed or in progress for the highlands.

Construction in the highlands is proceeding on a Swedish Medical Center campus, a $30 million apartment complex, a YWCA residential complex and the zHome eco-conscious townhouses.

In addition, Pulte Homes plans to

break ground on a $20 million, 5.86-acre residential project in June. Bellevue homebuilder Polygon Northwest is poised to announce plans for a home project in the months ahead.

Port Blakely estimates the combined projects generate almost $475 million in construction activity and about 1,500 jobs in the region.

“Taylor Development brings fresh energy and enthusiasm to Issaquah Highlands along with a record of successful projects along the I-5 corridor,” Port Blakely Communities President Rene Ancinas said in a news release. “Together, our companies share a commitment to ensure continuity of the neighborhood’s character, high design and quality standards neighbors have come to expect.”

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

Washington ranks as friendliest state for bicyclists Washington is the Most Bicycle Friendly State again.

The ranking from the League of American Bicyclists honors a strong commitment to bicycling through policies and programs.

The honor marks the fourth consecutive year the Evergreen State has clinched the No. 1 spot.

“Public support is strong for making biking safer and more convenient for children, commuters and recreational users,”

state Secretary of Transportation Paula Hammond said in a statement.

The league rates states based on bike-friendly legislation, policies and programs, education, places to ride and planning.

Washington scored consistently high in all ranking evaluation categories.

Statewide, the number of people bicycling has increased — a figure reflected in the state

Department of Transportation’s annual statewide bicycle and pedestrian count.

In a three-day snapshot taken at 155 locations across the state in fall 2010, volunteers counted nearly 16,000 bicyclists, compared to more than 9,600 in the previous year.

Washington’s bicyclist-involved fatality crash rate improved from 1.37 per 1 million people in 2008 to 1.35 in 2009.

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City, school cooperation serves everyone

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ast week, the Issaquah City Council and Issaquah School Board members took time to meet with each other and chat. The pairing has become an annual event.

The Issaquah School Board also met last week with the Sammamish City Council to discuss issues that matter to their constituents. This kind of interaction is valuable and irreplaceable.

Of course, at the staff level, these interactions happen all of the time, as they should. Most issues and communications are ably handled by the administrators who run the city and schools day to day. There is, however, nothing quite like letting the policy makers sit around a table and get to know each other and share their concerns.

The Issaquah City Council does this sort of thing from time to time with other neighboring government agencies or elected officials, but not usually as a collective body.

The time spent with the school board is often the beginning of solutions. At this week’s meeting, the prime topic was transportation issues near schools. Some of those, like the morning commuter back-ups caused by parents driving students to Issaquah Middle School, have been discussed before. Some solutions have helped the situation, and talk continues.

The school board members have discussed televising their meetings for nearly two decades, but have not gotten there yet. At one point, there was even discussion of building a shared city/school meeting room equipped with recording equipment. This week, the Issaquah City Council urged the board again to consider televised meetings.

The school district works cooperatively with the city on joint use of recreational fields and facilities, on the implementation of developer mitigation fees, on waived storm water fees, emergency planning and other shared interests.

Taking time to meet casually builds a better relationship between the elected officials.

We believe it is a wise use of time that ultimately builds a more representative government.

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Veterans have earned their place of honor

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had tears in my eyes Memorial Day as about 200 people gathered at Hillside Cemetery to honor and remember veterans.

I’ve always thought that veterans got short shrift in some respects. But on this day, those who are living, those who have passed away and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice were the focus of young and old. Thank you to everyone who turned out.

I loved seeing the people, again young and old, who have served or are serving their country, lined up in front of the crowd. It always touches my heart especially to see the men and women who served in Vietnam and World War II standing up there, saluting the flag or standing at attention.

I hope you saw our second annual section — Lest We Forget — in last week’s paper. We are continuing to collect photos of and information about people from our community who have served in all branches of the Armed Forces.

I love the photos of men and women, their eyes bright, their faces often young, because many of the photos we get are of people right after they joined the service. There are photos of people with tanks and planes, with buddies they had back then, some in situations the average person doesn’t encounter.

See, veterans aren’t average

people, at least not in my opinion.

After being told at some point in the process of joining that they may have to fight and die for Kathleen their country, they sign up R. Merrill anyway.

Press editor Some local veterans, like former Safeway checker Michael Riste, are people you see every day. I loved chatting with Michael while he tallied my groceries every week, yet I never knew until after he passed away recently that he had served three tours of duty in Vietnam. I am sorry I never knew about or asked him about that. And I am sorry I never got to thank him for his service.

Some of the information forms people turned in for the section made me laugh. Robert Ploss, even though he flew 11 combat missions over Germany, wrote, “Somehow I never got the Good Conduct Medal!”

I think that’s a shame and I am hereby awarding him a Good Conduct Medal right now.

I was amazed at the photos people brought to us, trusting us to reSee VETERANS, Page A5

Thank you

Community showed its true spirit by helping local family in its time of need On April 26, Issaquah Press Reporter Laura Geggel wrote an article about my husband, local barber Mark Ashbaugh, and the medical issues he had been facing.

The article was respectful, informative and gave details about a fundraising benefit concert that was going to take place April 29, above Stan’s Bar-B-Q. The benefit was entitled Rockin’ and Rollin’ for Mark’s Colon, as my husband had recently had a bowel re-section surgery that brought with it some complications.

He was unable to work for several weeks, which turned into months, and our family of five was struggling. In addition, his voice was gone — as doctors had apparently paralyzed his vocal cords during one of the surgeries.

The community we live in graciously offered its support in the form of financial donations, meals and offers to baby-sit our three children. We were amazed by the outpouring of kindness! Our dear friends organized this evening and gave us the chance to get back on our feet, in many ways. There are so many people to thank and if I inadvertently leave someone out, I’m sorry!

I have what I’ve labeled “Swiss cheese memory” (a lot of holes) as a result of raising Cooper and twins Sophie and Claire. A lot of love and thanks to Clint Fink, Alli-

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Pedestrian bridge

Taxpayer money could be better spent elsewhere I am reaching out to you as a concerned resident about the impact the Interstate 90 pedestrian bridge has on our community. One can start with the basics: Why is this bridge needed?

How was its design approved?

What was the input from the community?

Where other options thoroughly explored?

I take Exit 18 daily. I am frustrated by the slow progress of the

I am a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and I am very proud of what I did in the Air Force.

I am sure all the other veterans from a long time ago are proud, too. These young men and women who are becoming veterans are very proud of what they have done in the military.

Years before, veterans may have not been shown that they were heroes. I have never been able to participate in the holiday. I hope all the young and old men and women will enjoy. It is a good feeling knowing that our citizens are showing us support.

Gary Moon

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Send your name and email address to editor@isspress.com. Put Rapid Response in the subject line. construction, but each day I am reminded that $6 million could have been better invested elsewhere for the benefit of Issaquah residents. At $5,000 per foot, this is a very — very — expensive pedestrian bridge.

I am not aware of incidents or accidents in the past that highlight the need on the grounds of safety, but I have myself walked that path prior to the bridge in many occasions and I never had an issue walking there with my 3-year-old daughter.

I just cannot see how this was put on top of the priority list rather than other community developments and I sincerely hope this was not the result of “we have federal money, we use it or we lose it,” allowing someone’s pet project to be funded (just like adding two left-turn lanes on Southeast 56th Street for folks going into Costco at the cost of the HOV lane in an apparent contradiction of traffic-flow common sense).

Perhaps you can shed more light onto this and help me understand the reason why this pedestrian bridge was approved and how to

Pablo Lopez Sammamish

College tuition

Every change in system comes with a higher price The colleges seem to be piling it on to student tuition.

Years ago, they were on the semester system and collected the tuition twice in the normal school year. They then went to the quarter system, so they could increase the tuition to three times for the normal school year. Then, along came the federal student loans, which allowed the tuition to increase. Now, the Washington colleges will be allowed to adjust their tuition as they desire.

I sure am glad I received my Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering degree from K-State, while paying $74.50 a semester.

I am wrapping up a large presentation about Starbucks, and the things I’ve learned are amazing. I’ve never understood the Starbucks haters, and now I understand them even less.

Boo frickin’ hoo, you lost the Sonics. People want to whine about how he “sucked the spirit out of fans.”

Oh, so bad, stupid. How about fair-trade coffee (84 percent of total coffee purchases by Starbucks in 2010; goal is 100 percent by 2015), which guarantees farmers earn a minimum wage, no child or forced labor, etc.? Quit your whining, you small-minded gladiator fans. (That’s what professional sports is, by the way. Roman gladiators. Not entirely civilized.)

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As a final note, Mark’s voice has started to come back — he’s healing nicely, speaking more and back to work! My husband and I are so very grateful to be living in a community where people care about each other. A huge, heartfelt thanks to all of you who came out that night and offered your support in so many ways. It was great to see so many friends — old and new. How fortunate we are!

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School-zone construction, illegal skate-park activities are top concerns

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter With communication in mind, the Issaquah City Council and Issaquah School Board met May 26 to talk about issues that concern them both, including road construction near schools, illegal activities at the Issaquah skate park and whether the school board could televise its public meetings.

The council and the board talked about traffic the majority of the meeting. The district and city have several improvements in mind, including: Adding a traffic light to the entrance of the new Issaquah High School parking lot, as well as a right-turn lane going into the parking lot and two left-turn lanes on southbound Second Avenue entering the school Adding a right-turn lane to Second Avenue Southeast and Front Street South, and modifying

the existing traffic lights near Issaquah Middle School Building College Drive, which will lead to the new Bellevue College campus. The drive will run behind Grand Ridge Elementary School, and will provide an alternate exit out of the Issaquah Highlands, relieving congestion.

College Drive is expected to be finished by the end of the year.

The council is thinking about adding a traffic circle to the intersection at Newport Way Northwest and Northwest Holly Street, near Issaquah Valley Elementary School Traffic would also improve under a measure in the proposed 2012 school bond, which would move Clark Elementary School and Tiger Mountain Community High School to the location of the current Issaquah Middle School. In turn, Issaquah Middle would move to the current location of Clark and Tiger.

“If you swap Issaquah Middle School with Tiger and Clark, that intersection would get better,” Councilman Tola Marts said.

Traffic has already improved near Issaquah Middle, thanks to a revised bus and parent pick-up process. The district also reduced the school by about 200 students by changing its boundary lines.

After discussing road construction, the council and the board talked about the city skate park, near the Issaquah Community Center. Both agreed that the park is in a bad location, in an area that is not easily monitored behind a building and near a trail. Although many people use the park for physical recreation, others engage in less savory activities.

“It is a good hangout for people who want to do bad things or sell things that are illegal,” Councilman Fred Butler said.

The council plans to move the skate park away from its current spot, but it does not yet have the funds to do so.

The two groups also reviewed the ways they communicate with the public. The council urged the board to televise its school board meetings so the community could watch it at its leisure. Other school districts, as well the Issaquah City Council, televise their meetings, Councilman John Traeger said.

Televising the meetings would be expensive, with the price tag between $100,000 and $150,000 to install the equipment, board President Jan Woldseth Colbrese said, adding that the board records its meetings on a podcast.

Still, she said the board would

look into the matter again.

“This board is committed to transparency,” Woldseth Colbrese said. “It’s not for lack of transparency at this point. It’s a financial concern.”

Even with its critique of how the board shares its meetings with the public, the council still had words of praise for the board, and encouraged the members to spread the word about the district’s careful budgeting and nine consecutive clean audits.

“You should toot your own horn about how financially conservative you are,” Marts said.

The meeting ended with a clearing up of a miscommunication.

Issaquah High School was slated to have an electronic reader board installed outside the school, but both the council and the board thought it was the other’s project.

School administrators agreed to move forward with the plan.

The board met with the Sammamish City Council on May 25, and typically meets with the Renton City Council every few years, with the last meeting in 2009.

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

State appoints manager for natural areas near Issaquah

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Tiger Mountain State Forest is under new management.

Art Tasker, a longtime state Department of Natural Resources employee, has been appointed to manage the agency’s South Puget Sound Region — the area encompassing the state forest and West Tiger Mountain Natural Resource Conservation Area near Issaquah.

The region includes the state’s most-populous areas.

State Commissioner of Public

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Recreation Program, praised the decision.

The grant program “treats your area very well, and it’s because it’s a spectacular place to live,” coalition Executive Director Joanna Grist said the day after the special session ended.

Legislators selected more than 50 competitive projects statewide to receive funding through the program.

“These are long-term invest-

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teacher reductions to 51.

Under the compromise budget, the district is able to place those 36 teachers on a recall list. Laid off teachers will receive a recall if there is a demand for the class they teach.

“I can only recall back folks to teaching positions that are there, where there’s an opening,” district Executive Director of Personnel Services Kathy Miyauchi said.

Staffing depends on student enrollment and registration, as well as employee shuffling within the district.

As for the teachers leaving through normal attrition, the district will replace them on an asneeded basis, Miyauchi said.

With the district recalling teachers and hiring new ones, class sizes will stay the same.

“Class sizes will not change,”

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Knox and husband Barrett joined relatives in nearby Halltown for a graduation celebration hours before the tornado struck. Lydia Copenhaver, Knox’s mother and a native Missourian, journeyed from Issaquah to Joplin for the ceremony.

The family returned to Joplin hours after the tornado. The twister flattened buildings about a mile from the Knoxes’ apartment, but left potted plants on a porch undisturbed.

“It was just so strange. I had

Lands Peter Goldmark announced the appointment April 28.

“Art is wellacquainted with the lands, resources, and communities of the South Puget Art Tasker Sound Region,” Goldmark said in a release. “He brings more than 37 years of experience with DNR to the job and has a deep understand-

ing of sustainably managing the natural resources of Washington state’s trust lands.”

Tasker had been serving as the region’s acting manager before the appointment.

From the regional headquarters in Enumclaw, Tasker manages 73 permanent employees and 24 seasonal staff members.

The position requires overseeing operations across a geographically diverse area: King, Pierce, Kitsap and Mason counties, plus parts of Snohomish and Lewis counties.

In addition to Seattle and Tacoma, the region includes more than 250,000 acres of state trust lands managed for forestry, habitat and clean water. The region also provides wildfire protection and forest regulation on 1.5 million acres.

Tasker joined the agency in 1973 as a forester on the Olympic Peninsula. In the years since, he has managed forest practices, aquatic lands, timber sales, fire suppression, business operations and other Department of Natural Resources programs.

ments,” Grist said. “Many of these projects, if we don’t protect them now, then we may lose these opportunities forever.”

Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger said outdoor recreation projects often act as a boon for surrounding communities.

“Whenever the topic of WWRP funding comes up, I’m always likely to be sending emails or placing phone calls to folks in Olympia and saying, ‘This is why it’s important.

This is what it does specifically in this community,’” she said.

Grist praised state Sen. Steve Litzow, a freshman 41st Legislative District Republican, for supporting Washington

Wildlife and Recreation Program funding. (Issaquah sprawls across the 5th, 41st and 48th legislative districts.)

“He showed some real leadership,” she said. “He stepped out in front of his caucus on this issue.”

Former Govs. Dan Evans and Mike Lowry formed the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition.

“I want to applaud the House and Senate leadership, Democrats and Republicans alike, for coming together on this issue,” Evans said in a statement. “Funding conservation projects is an important part of maintaining our heritage and way of life in Washington state.”

Evans, a Republican, led the Evergreen State from 1965-77; Lowry, a Democrat, served as governor from 1993-97.

“Twenty-two years ago, when we founded this coalition, we wanted to create a program that serves generations of Washingtonians to come,” Lowry added in the statement. “I join communities around the state in thanking the Legislature for these vital recreation and conservation projects, which are so important to our quality of life and our economy.”

Miyauchi said. “We believe that we can hold class sizes steady.”

Normally, the district has staffing squared away by the last day of school, but because the Legislature finished the state budget two months late, the district is running behind.

“We still have the goal of getting staffing done by the last day of school, but that is ambitious,” Miyauchi said. “We’re going to be working long hours. We’re going to try to get it done.”

However, staff members will work throughout the summer to complete all of the hires.

A similar situation played out in 2009, when the Legislature took longer than scheduled to complete its 2009-11 budget. In 2009, the district laid off 158 teachers and ended up recalling all but one — a teacher administrators were able to recall the following year, Miyauchi said.

Though more teachers’ jobs are safe for next year, they are slated to receive a pay cut.

The most significant cuts affect

salary apportionment and staffing ratios, Issaquah district spokeswoman Sara Niegowski said. Both certified and classified staff members would experience a 1.9 percent decrease in base salary allocations, and certificated administrators would see a 3 percent decrease in base salary allocations.

The compromise also eliminates the enhancement to keep kindergarten through fourth-grade classes smaller and increases pensionrate contributions by 2 percent, Niegowski added.

“The bottom line is that we are taking a significant hit in basic education funding,” said Jacob Kuper, district chief of finance and operations. “This is on top of almost $12 million in cuts over the last two years.”

Even with the kindergarten through fourth-grade cuts, the district will keep the average elementary school class size the same as this year.

The compromise budget includes $4.3 million in cuts for each of the next two years to the district.

The district is working to fill gaps with its local maintenance and operations levy. Lawmakers approved a measure to allow districts to increase the levy lid — the amount they can levy — by 4 percent, bringing Issaquah’s levy lid to 28.97 percent.

That doesn’t mean the district is able to collect more than its voters approved; the district can either collect the amount voters approved, or the amount the levy lid allows, whichever is lower.

In an email sent to staff members May 26, Superintendent Steve Rasmussen outlined the areas where the district is cutting back.

Some of the offsetting factors include operational efficiencies, decreased nonclassroom service levels, utilization of reserve funds, increased fees for families and continued reliance on organizations such as the PTSA and Issaquah Schools Foundation.

driven in the area that the tornado hit just the day before,” Lydia Copenhaver recalled. “We sat there helplessly listening to area after area that the tornado hit. Barrett kept responding with ‘So and so lives there’ and then his fingers would start texting, to see if he could contact that person. My sister’s family and cousin’s family were in Joplin during it, but are fine.”

The storm knocked out electricity for many Joplin residents, but the Knoxes only lost Internet access and experienced a drop in water pressure.

Immediately, the Knoxes joined coworkers and friends from church in the disaster relief effort.

Ashley Knox and other College Heights Christian Church members staffed a distribution center for displaced people to collect clothing and toiletries.

“We had more donations than we can even handle, so it’s been great,” she said. “People have been very generous.”

In the meantime, aid poured in from across the United States and Joplin retooled to respond to the disaster. Missouri Southern State University, another college in Joplin, set up a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium.

“Everyone in the community, everybody from all over, from all different walks of life is here helping,” Ashley Knox said.

Barrett Knox, a Chick-fil-A employee and Ozark Christian College student, is coordinating teams preparing meals for relief teams and displaced people. Chickfil-A operators from across the United States donated food to the effort. (Chick-fil-A is a chain of chicken sandwich restaurants popular in the South.)

“I’m blown away by the country’s support of our little town of Joplin,” Ashley Knox said. “It is just great to see our community and communities from all over take care of this town.”

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

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

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P UBLIC M EETINGS

Cemetery Board 6:30 p.m.

Coho Room, City Hall 130 E. Sunset Way

June 6 City Council regular meeting 7:30 p.m.

Council Chambers, City Hall South 135 E. Sunset Way

June 7 River & Streams Board 7 p.m.

Veterans: Some tales bring tears to the eyes FROM PAGE B4

turn them. (We do, and I try to do each one personally, thanking each veteran for his or her service.)

Two were of John Schroeder and Frank Schroeder, brothers who served in World War I. The photo of John is a beautiful, sepia-toned, head-and-shoulders studio portrait of him in his uniform. Frank’s is also sepiatoned, but it’s a fragile, crackled postcard. There he is in his uniform, including short pants and knee socks. Priceless. They are

FISH FROM PAGE A1

Kuechle brings a collaborative management style and voluminous knowledge of the local nonprofit community — as well as social media savvy — to the FISH role.

In addition, she served last year on the Regional Transit Task Force, a group formed to plot a long-term vision for King County Metro Transit. Kuechle said she enjoyed serving on the task force because the position required members from diverse backgrounds to work together to achieve consensus. (Issaquah Councilman Fred Butler also served on the panel.)

Kuechle, a 27-year Issaquah resident, retired from full-time

Pickering Room, City Hall Northwest 1775 12th Ave. N.W. Urban Village Development Commission 7 p.m.

Council Chambers, City Hall South 135 E. Sunset Way

June 8 Issaquah School Board 7 p.m.

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

the oldest photos we’ve received in the two years we’ve been doing this section. Thanks, Sonia, for loaning them to us.

A note on one of the forms made tears fill my eyes. Nancy McEachran wrote, “I would like to add this about my father: ‘A man who loved his country.’”

Think about that. Sure, some people might join for benefits they might get, but I’d be willing to bet that most people who serve or served do love this country. I know I do.

My special thanks to Dave Waggoner, Allen Flintoft, Tom Flintoft and Steve Johnson, who have helped both years to make this section happen. And to David Hayes, our page designer, who spent hours lining up those photos so you could see our local veterans.

And if you’re a veteran, thank you for your service.

Kathleen R. Merrill: 392-6434, ext. 227, or editor@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

employment late last year after stints at United Way of King County and AtWork!

The executive director position is parttime.

“I wanted to find a way to Jane Kuechle get involved in my own community,” she said.

Kuechle succeeds former FISH leader Gestin Suttle. The former journalist and Sammamish resident served as FISH executive director from April 2003 until March 2011, before joining YWCA SeattleKing-Snohomish.

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

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County sets $5 as maximum fee for recharging stations

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The cost to plug in electric and hybrid vehicles at King County facilities is capped at $5, County Council members decided May 16.

The ordinance establishes a peruse fee, and directs the county Department of Transportation to set a fee of up to $5 per use. The proposed maximum fee is based on maintenance costs, vendor costs and electricity.

“The $5 cap fee approved today should give the economic viability of electric cars a real jolt,” council Vice Chairwoman Jane Hague said in a release. “‘Green’ vehicles are the future of transportation, and providing commuters with a variety of practical options is definitely a good thing.”

Plans call for charging stations at Issaquah City Hall Northwest and the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride. The cap might be used at the Issaquah stations, although the city has yet to set a local policy for use.

Issaquah and other cities could

Spring can cause headaches for humans as wildlife raises young Springtime means more sunshine, balmier days — and wildlife reproduction season.

Homeowners often report nuisance animals in springtime, as the birds and the bees give birth to and raise young.

The most common nuisance calls to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife offices relate to skunks and raccoons. The animals find crawl spaces, outbuildings, and other nooks and crannies to set up housekeeping for babies.

Homeowners fear potentially nasty encounters between the animals and pets or children.

In addition, squirrels, rabbits, moles, marmots, bats, snakes and starlings preparing to raise families create other potential nuisances around homes.

The top attraction for females of many species in springtime is a warm, dry, easily defended area for a den or nest.

Homeowners should close up spaces, including basement window wells, areas under porches and decks, garage and shed entries of even the smallest dimensions, roofing gaps, uncapped chimneys and vents, and attic rafters.

Humans should also eliminate easy food sources for wildlife.

Keep pet food and water and garbage inside, fence gardens and secure compost piles, clean up feed spilled on the ground from bird feeders, or discontinue feed-

also set a per-session fee.

“It helps to define a session and it is useful to be in partnership with the county, so that regionally we are setting consistent infrastructure,” city Senior Program Manager Mary Joe de Beck said.

Technological advances in recent years have made electric vehicles — both battery-powered and plugin hybrids — more affordable to own.

In 2009, the council called on the county executive to establish policies for developing and operating electric vehicle charging stations on county-owned or -leased property.

“It is exciting to have the grant support from partners to develop charging stations at park-&-ride facilities,” Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, the Issaquah representative, said in a press release. “This modest cost-recovery measure will provide citizens with convenient access to charging stations now and into the future, and will prepare our infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing number of

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

ON THE WEB

Celebrate National Trails Day on Cougar Mountain

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife offers tips for evicting animals from homes as part of the Living with Wildlife series at http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/ nuisance/evicting.html. Learn more about nuisance wildlife control operators at http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/ nuisance/damage_control.html.

ing altogether for now, and pick up fallen fruit from trees.

Sometimes, however, animals might need to be removed.

Homeowners can also turn to a nuisance wildlife control operator to solve problems. Though the operators must be licensed through the state, and conform to state regulations, they do not work for the state. Instead, they operate as private enterprises and set fees for themselves.

‘green’ vehicles on the road.”

King County Executive Dow Constantine outlined a plan last year to add charging stations across the region. In addition, council members approved a program last year to install up to 200 charging stations at county-owned, -leased or partnering organizations’ facilities, such as Metro Transit lots. The cost to operate the facilities should be covered by the fee.

“Our goal is to make driving electric vehicles convenient and affordable in King County because they’re the wave of the future for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign energy,” Councilman Larry Phillips said in a release.

Issaquah City Council members paved the way for charging stations in August, by adding electric vehicle language to the city code and allowing charging stations throughout the city.

Lend a hand on Cougar Mountain to mark National Trails Day. Join the Washington Trails Association for the occasion, June 4, for a work party on the mountain.

The event is designed for families and children 10 and older. Sign up at the organization’s website, www.wta.org, or call 206-625-1367.

State Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark and the state Department of Natural Resources encourage residents to celebrate the 19th annual National Trails Day by volunteering on state and public lands.

Volunteers play a key role in keeping state recreation areas open and safe for the public.

The public helps maintain trails and facilities, picks up litter, participates in work parties, provides information to visitors, and alerts

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First-class delivery The Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank was the grateful beneficiary of 25,382 pounds of food in May, given by residents of the community through the collecting might of the Issaquah Post Office. Stamp Out Hunger is an annual event sponsored by the United States Postal Service.

law enforcement to illegal activities. Each year, volunteers spend tens of thousands of hours working to improve recreation on statemanaged lands.

TalkingRain removes calories from Twist Essence Water The Preston-based TalkingRain Beverage Co. has reformulated Twist Essence Water into a zerocalorie beverage.

Twist Essence Water is now naturally sweetened with stevia and enhanced with antioxidants.

TalkingRain touted the reformulation as part of a push to offer healthy beverage options.

“With the obesity epidemic ravaging this country, TalkingRain is joining the crusade to provide healthy beverage options to consumers by reformulating Twist to be a tasty, zero-calorie alternative to sugar-laden beverages,” TalkingRain

President Kevin Klock said in a news release. “We are excited about the fantastic new taste, and are optimistic that both children and adults alike can learn to love water all over again without feeling like they are being deprived.”

The former Twist Essence Water contained nine calories per serving.

Elementary science curriculum plan moves forward The public is invited to review the newly recommended elementary science curriculum, material approved by the Issaquah School District’s Instructional Materials Committee.

The current elementary science curriculum, last updated in 2003, does not meet state standards.

The recommended materials are available for public review during regular business hours through June 8 in the lobby of the district

administration building, 565 N.W. Holly St. Public comment forms are available. The Issaquah School Board will review any comments before voting on whether or not it will approve the curriculum.

District administrators are still searching for money to purchase the recommended curriculum.

Administrators had planned to purchase the material with money from the district’s reserves, but they abandoned that idea after the state unexpectedly cut the district’s budget by $1.45 million this year.

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 initiative has already raised $298,000 of the $500,000 needed to buy the curriculum. Donate at www.issaquahscience.org.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011

Buy (nearly) all you need at Goodwill for a year

By Katie Melton

BY TOM WALLACE

Musicians Tom Wallace (left) and Jeremy Reeves practice for an upcoming reunion and benefit for Issaquah High School’s graduates of the 1970s.

Reeling in the years Graduates plan reunion for students of the 1970s

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter High school graduations can be annoyingly formal.

At her 10-year reunion, Valaree Muir Weiss, noticed her former classmates were refreshingly open at the bar the night before the reunion and at the picnic held the day after, but old high school cliques reformed the night of the reunion.

Thinking formality took away people’s fluidity, Muir Weiss decided she would do away with it. She and a group of classmates who graduated from Issaquah High School in the 1970s invited their classmates to a reunion they have transformed into a rock ’n’ roll benefit.

At the benefit, a band and a silent auction will entertain participants, who can mingle while they donate to several classmates who have fallen on hard times

BY TOM WALLACE

Guitarist Brad Reeves plays the bass in preparation for his class reunion. because of medical problems.

Guests are encouraged to bring donations and dishes for the potluck dinner.

“We are trying to reach others,” Muir Weiss said. “It’s not just about classmates from the 1970s. It’s about friends and neighbors.”

Many of the former Issaquah High students found each other on Facebook. Muir Weiss joined the group because “curiosity got the best of me,” she said. “There are people I love from high school and I was dying to know what

IF YOU GO Issaquah High School Reunion and Rock and Roll Benefit 5-10 p.m. June 4 Vasa Park, 3560 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., Bellevue

A local resident has taken up a unique challenge this year: to shop only at Goodwill for everything she needs — except for things like food, hygiene items and prescriptions.

Beautiful Existence is what she calls herself, a representation of her life and dedication to humanity design, according to her blog.

Her motivation for the challenge came from a childhood of shopping at thrift stores and learning to live in an environmentally friendly way. She grew up on a farm in Olympia, where she says her parents taught her the importance of conservation and living frugally.

“I was actually in a thrift store with my mom last year and I thought, ‘OK, all these people do all these challenges. I wonder if I could buy from a thrift store all year?’” she said.

She started her blog and garnered some unexpected media attention, boosting her followers from 75 to 200-plus followers a day, most of whom leave comments on the site thanking her for the inspiration.

“This blog has a lot of extremely helpful info on it!” Leslie Cash, a reader, posted. “Thanks for sharing it with me.”

The task has not yet been too daunting for the self-proclaimed woman with the “Goodwill golden touch.” In the past four months, she has learned additional tricks to make the thrift store experience a good one.

“Definitely have lists. I have two on my phone, one for personal items and one for Goodwill,” she said. “The Goodwill at the Dearborn location (in Seattle) is like a Goodwill Mecca. But you have to go in with your list, with about one to two hours, and go (during) an off-time.”

For those readers who are not as savvy with thrift-store shopping, the off-times are considered weekday evenings.

“Do not ever go on a weekend,”

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Beautiful Existence, with her son Epic, is trying to buy almost everything she uses from Goodwill for a year.

Existence said. “It’s so overwhelming. It’s almost like going to a Nordstrom store when there’s a sale. But I do want to give credit to the other Goodwill stores. They all have their little gem qualities about them.”

She also uses her blog to educate people about how to be more thrifty shoppers, and what to do if they find themselves in a bind.

“Birthdays are kind of hard, because I can’t always find exactly what I’m looking for,” she said. “I often go to do-it-yourself sites and find something to reuse again.”

See REUNION, Page B3

L EST W E F ORGET

John Norman Naegle, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, was inadvertently left out of the veterans’ memorial section, Lest We Forget, featured in the May 25 Press. The information for Elizabeth Erickson and Roger Lee Brown was printed incorrectly. Also, the wrong photo was given to The Press for Louis Petersen, one of 19 veterans who died in combat and are listed on the city monument at Veterans Memorial Field.

The Press will print other sections recognizing and honoring local veterans, so if you missed sending in your photo and info, you can do so at any time. Email editor@isspress.com or bring them to The Press, 45 Front St. S., Issaquah.

BY ERIK BUGGE

Nathan Lane, an Issaquah police officer, the first emergency responder on the scene, checks on a student re-enactor in the position of a passenger thrown through the windshield of a car and killed during a mock DUI accident.

Elizabeth Erickson

Roger Lee Brown

Louis Petersen

Woman Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) Died in a training exercise over Sweetwater, Texas, in May 1944. Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle.

Because WASPs were considered civilians, she never received a military burial. She was recently awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by President Obama.

Age: 71 Highest rank achieved: Army PFC and Navy MR3 Branch of service: Army and Navy Where served: 41st Infantry Division 146 Field Artillery (Army); USS Ticonderoga; USS Coral Sea Details of service: Multiple cruises with Pacific Fleet to the Far East Dates of service: Army 1955-58; Navy 1958-62

Flight officer, U.S. Army Air Force, 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group Killed Aug. 6, 1944, when the B-17 he was co-piloting was hit by flak and crashed near Vollradisroda, Germany.

Interred in Germany; later brought home to Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton.

Born: May 1, 1942 Died: Jan. 4, 1999 Highest rank achieved: Commander Branch of service: U.S. Coast Guard Details of service: Coast Guard Academy graduate with honors in 1964; Master of Science in engineering, University of Michigan – Naval Architecture 1969; Engineering Mechanics 1970; Ph.D. Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering 1980; Détente Delegation to USSR 1974-75; served on several “wind” class ice breakers Dates of service: 1964-1985

See GOODWILL, Page B3

Arjun Kumar returns from national Geo Bee experience

happened to them.”

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Another bump in the road came when she started getting her medical training. Existence works with AmeriCorps as a Volunteer in Service to America, more commonly known as VISTA, and she chose to go back to school to receive more training.

“I needed medical equipment and was really hesitant to go look in Goodwill stores. But, I went to shopgoodwill.com and found the

Mock crash teaches real lessons On May 12, a mock crash was held for 11th- and 12th-graders at Issaquah High School. Eastside Fire & Rescue, lead by Ryan Anderson, with medical personnel, law enforcement agencies and students performed a realistic portrayal of an alcohol-related car accident and the likely response of emergency crews.

Parts of the mock crash were graphic in nature due to the realistic portrayal of the impact to the human body when involved in a car accident.

This two-part event was an educational activity showing the dangers of driving, or being a passenger in a vehicle, when poor choices are made. The goal is to educate students about making the best possible decisions to keep them safe and protect their future.

First, students witnessed the mock crash that featured student actors Jeff Crocker, Audrey DeLuca, Becky Rex, Hadyn Coxen, Kim Bussing, Jamie Lutz, Anthony McChesney, Josh Batzel, Skyler Kersten, Seth Margolies, Kellyn Alberg and Rebecca Allen.

For the second part of the event, everyone moved inside for a debriefing along with speeches from student guest speaker AJ Hoffman and Sammamish Police Officer Julie Blessum. Students then watched a short video about the risks of texting while driving. See the video at www.att.com/gen/pressroom?pid=2964.

The event was funded by a grant from The Issaquah Community Network as well as the Issaquah High School PTSA.

Arjun Kumar, 13, recently competed in the National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. The Beaver Lake Middle Arjun Kumar School seventh-grader was ultimately eliminated during the preliminary round May 24.

The top 10 finalists competed for a $25,000 scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos Islands in the finals May 25 at the National Geographic Society.

During the preliminary round of questions, Arjun missed one question: In which country is the Airedale Valley and the Aire River located? The correct answer is the United Kingdom. The mistake sent him to the tie-breaker, where he was eventually eliminated with the question: Amman and Cochin-China are the former names of which country? The answer is Vietnam.

“Still, it has been a tremendous experience for him to come out here and compete at the national level,” his father Arun Kumar said. “He did far better than he had anticipated, and is keen to return next year.”

He also noted the obscurity of the questions his son had to answer.

“Ironically, the only ones I could answer were the two that Arjun got wrong,” Arun Kumar said.

Arjun Kumar qualified for the national contest after winning the Washington State Geographic Bee in April.

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Spring concert The Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra’s spring concert is at 7:30 p.m. June 6 in Faith United Methodist Church’s newly refurbished sanctuary, 3924 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road. The orchestra completes the 2010-2011 season with Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 9”; “Poet and Peasant Overture,” by von Suppe; Brahms’s “Invitation to the Dance”; and Grainger’s arrangement of “Shepherd’s Hey.” While admission is free, donations are appreciated.

It’s Hawaiian Days at the Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 4 at Pickering Barn.

The Olkani Ukulele Band performs traditional and modern Hawaiian music from 9-11 a.m. in the courtyard. Era Living Chef Elon Wagoner gives a cooking demonstration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the outdoor market. The Melelani Hula Studio performs a hula dance show from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the hay barn.

Museo Art Academy’s grand opening celebration at its new location, featuring art activities and other surprises, is from 5-8 p.m. June 3 at 111 Front St. N. Timber Ridge at Talus hosts an art fair, featuring displays created by its residents, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 4 at 100 Timber Ridge Way N.W. The display features several media, including paintings, wood-crafted items and jewelry, with many items available for purchase. Call 427-5200, ext. 3025.

Issaquah Singers present “Tie a Yellow Ribbon,” a free concert recognizing military service, at 7:30 p.m. June 4at Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road, Sammamish The Providence Point Library’s Used Book Sale is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 4 and from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 5 in the basement of Town Hall, 4135 Providence Point Drive S.E. The public is invited to attend.

Boys in kindergarten through fourth grade are invited to join Cub Scout Pack 426 at the Hans Jensen Park Campout at 5:30 p.m. June 4, located at 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road. RSVP to Mike by June 1 at 691-7258. Yearly fee is $50.

Vasa Park’s 85th anniversary of its Midsummer Festival, a traditional Scandinavian family celebration of the start of summer, is June 19. Admission is free, but nonperishable food donations will be accepted for Northwest Harvest at the front gate. For children, there will be free pony rides, bounce houses, face painting, free cotton candy and popcorn, and an interactive game bus. A hearty Swedish pancake breakfast is served from 9 a.m. to noon, with hot dogs, hamburgers, salmon and Swedish meatballs served in the afternoon. A beer garden is open from noon to 6 p.m. Learn more at www.vasaparkresort.com.

The park is at 3560 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., Bellevue.

A pro bono clinic held by the Seattle Chapter of the J. Ruben Clark Law Society will provide generation information and one-onone guidance to needy individuals June 11 at the Bellevue South Stake Center, 5205 S.E. 28th St., Bellevue.

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Popera Concert, performed by Opera Belles Vicky Oxley and Linda Rough, is at 7 p.m. June 14 at Bellewood Retirement Living, 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E. Call 391-2880.

Fundraisers Sleep Country’s annual New Clothing Drive for Foster Kids is being held through July 10. Donations of new clothing items, such as shirts, dresses, pants, shorts, onesies and socks, can be made at any Sleep Country store and will be distributed among Sleep Country’s partner foster-care organizations. The Issaquah Sleep Country is at 730 N.W. Gilman Blvd., Suite C110. Store hours are from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Call 313-9415.

Join Seattle Seahawk Sean Locklear and Olympic silver medalist figure skater Rosalynn Sumners for golf or dinner at 9 a.m. June 6 at The Golf Club at Newcastle to benefit struggling families and at-risk youths in their quest for self-sufficiency. Golf tournament tickets are $300 per golfer and include green fees, cart, continental breakfast, swag bag, cotton golf shirt, boxed lunch, oncourse refreshments and awards dinner. The dinner is $75 per person and open to everyone. Call 451-1175 or email events.media@bellevuelifespring.org.

Classes “Retirement Strategies for Living a Long and Happy Life,” 6-7:30 p.m. June 9, Providence Marianwood, 3725 Providence Point Drive S.E. Free. Call 3912895.

Master Gardener Plant Clinic is from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturdays through Oct. 8 in 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.

“Art for the Soul,” 9:30 a.m. to noon, June 10, $90 “Introduction to Art Theory,” 7-8:30 p.m. June 7, $25 “The Artist-Gallery Relationship,” 6-8:30 p.m. June 8, $35 “Figure Drawing: Short Pose Open Studio,” 10 a.m. to noon, June 6 to July 25, $85 “Figure Drawing: Long Pose

Open Studio,” 12:30-2:30 p.m., June 6 to July 25, $85 “Expressive Figure Drawing,” 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 4, $85 “Foxtail Chain,” 6-9 p.m. June 6, $100 “Basic Stringing,” 9-11:30 a.m.

June 26, $95 “Introduction to Mixed Media,” 6-9 p.m. June 20 and 27, $85 “Painting From the Fire Within,” 1-6 p.m. June 26, $90 “Paint Dancing,” 7-9:30 p.m.

June 18, $30 “Watercolor Made Easy: An Introduction to Watercolor Pencils & Crayons!” 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

June 25, $90 “Create Your Own Artist Book,” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 11 and 12, $185 “Advanced Digital Photography,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 15, $38 “Exploratory Play and Design with Polymer Clay,” 5:30-9:30 p.m. June 1, $55 “Word Play: Say What You Want to Say,” 1-4 p.m. June 5, $40 “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.

Talk Time, for adults to practice English skills, 1 p.m. June 6 and 13, and 6:30 p.m. June 2, 9 and 16 Baby Music Time, for ages newborn to 14 months with an adult, 10:30 a.m. June 18 Preschool Story Time, for ages 3-5 with an adult, 10 a.m.

June 27 Going Global Comedy Show, for ages 3 and up with an adult, 1 and 2 p.m. June 27 Spanish Story Time, for ages 3 and up with an adult, 6 p.m.

June 27 Lunch Brunch Story Time, for ages 3-6 with an adult, noon June 28 All Toddlers Romp!, for ages 24-36 months with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. June 29 Waddler Story Time, for ages 12-24 months with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. June 30 Teen Book Group, 3:30 p.m.

June 9 Manga Club Art Walk, for grades five and up, 2 p.m. June 18 “Food, Mood and You: Benefits of Healthy Food Choices for Cancer Survivors,” 7 p.m.

June 14 “Hot Flashes & Related Symptoms Management,” 7 p.m. June 21 One-on-one computer assistance, for adults, 1, 2 and 3 p.m.

June 25, call to make an appointment E-reader and Digital Downloads Demonstration, 2 p.m.

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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. Activities are open to people 55 and older. Call 392-2381.

AARP Driver Safety course, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 8 and 15, $14 for both dates Bingo, sponsored by Spiritwood, 11 a.m. to noon June 14 Father’s Day pancake breakfast, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 18, $4 adults/$2 children 12 and younger The following day trips are offered through June: Seattle Mariners game, 10:30 a.m. to end of game, June 1, $40 for members/$42 for nonmembers Sunday Drive, noon to 3 p.m., June 5, $8/$10

Ryan Hall and Sue Weiseth Weiseth, Hall Sue Weiseth and Ryan Hall, both of Columbus, Ohio, announce their engagement to be married in mid-September 2011.

The bride-to-be, the daughter of Dave and Chris Weiseth, of Sammamish, is a 2011 graduate of Skyline High School.

The future groom, the son of Marjie Penn, of Gahanna, Ohio, and Ben Hall, of Sunbury, Ohio, is a graduate of Gahanna Lincoln High School.

They are both enrolled in an ASL interpreter certificate program at Columbus State Community College. Ryan is also a selfemployed guitar instructor.

W HO ’ S N EWS Students place at international DECA competition Students from Issaquah, Liberty and Skyline high schools traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the International Career Development Conferences for DECA — Distributive Education Clubs of America — from April 30 to May 3.

Issaquah sent nine students to Orlando. The Quiz Bowl teams scored second in the nation, thanks to Mary Kate Hoehl, Eric Yu, Andrew Park and Jennifer Maurer.

Jasmine Watters and Mackenzie Bauer placed in the top 20 for their category; Brendan Erickson and Julia Loop received an award for their chapter project; and Haley Smith placed with the Leadership Development Academy.

Liberty had six students attend — Braden Timm, Whitney Cain, Tiffani Candler, Chandler Ryberg, Lorina Crain and Amber Turnidge.

Skyline sent 45 students with 42 percent of them making the finals.

Students placing in the top 20 of their category were Laura Cindric, Hannah Goehri, Kelly Freeman, Mackenzie Malsam, Lauren Bongiani, Elisabeth Seelinger, Krista Nakano and Haley Ziegler.

The following Skyline students placed in the top 10 in the nation in their categories: Suzanne Scharlock, Jackie Woods, Ali Moller, Elizabeth Rizkalla, Nina Zook, Jordan Beeks, Nolan Jones, Emily Whan and Chris Johnson.

Morgan Bell-Smith and Christine Patton placed second in the nation in their categories

Issaquah High School student wins WSAJ scholarship The Washington State Association for Justice awarded one of its two American Justice Essay Scholarships to Issaquah High School senior Jenna Pang.

Jenna Pang The selection committee said it was very impressed with Pang’s essay “Change: By and By” and awarded her a $2,000 scholarship to the college of her choice. Pang has been a four-year Honor Roll student and plans to attend the University of Washington, majoring in mechanical engineering.

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Local student graduates from University of PIttsburgh

Heather Duschl, a 2006 graduate of Liberty High School, graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pittsburgh on May 1.

She earned Heather Duschl a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese language and literature.

This fall, she will pursue a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, where she has received the James B. Duke Fellowship, and stipend funding from The Pratt School of Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Local students make WWU honor roll The following students were named to Western Washington University’s honor roll. To qualify for the honor roll, students must complete at least 14 graded credit hours during a quarter and be in the top 10 percent of their class.

Issaquah: Devin Amrine, Jessica Burke, Rashmika Eisenberg, Holly Groussman, Britney

Haroutoonian, Kathryn Kennedy, Erika Klein, Kasey Koenig, Tanika Ladd, Kimberly McGarvey and Keilan Sweeney Renton: David Hatton, Daniel Huff, Danny Nguyen and Cory Volk Sammamish: Tara Afflerbach, Margaret Bushnell, Christian Frink, Christine Hay, Thomas McCollough, Emma Myers, Laurianne Sakai, Lindsay Skinner, Drew Sutorius, Andrew Trusler and Jaime Wilson

Local students graduate from WWU The following students recently graduated from Western Washington University for the winter 2011 quarter: Issaquah: Talisa Cook, Bachelor of Arts, communication; Daniel Ogilvie, Bachelor of Arts, psychology; Katherine Walker, Bachelor of Arts, general studies; and James Wolpert, Bachelor of Arts, business administration (marketing) Newcastle: Jessie Engler, Bachelor of Arts, recreation; Maura Gannon, Bachelor of Arts, recreation; and John Lee, Bachelor of Arts, anthropology Renton: Ashleigh Abhold, Bachelor of Arts, general studies; Mark Biehl, Bachelor of Arts, economics/environmental studies; and Queenie Ladera, Bachelor of Arts, English (creative writing emphasis)

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Karen L. Barrett, of Issaquah, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

She was 64.

Karen was born April 8, 1947, in Bremerton, to William and Gene Staples. She was raised in the Yakima Valley, graduated from A.C. Davis High School and attended Central Washington University.

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A memorial service was held May 28 at the Seattle Revival Center; a gathering followed.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be sent to the American Cancer Society or Providence Hospice of Seattle.

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

Ann-Louise Bates Dec. 8, 1961 to Nov. 29, 2000 Born in Seattle to George Bates Jr. and wife Kathleen. Graduated from Hazen High School and the University of Washington after a semester at the University of Oslo.

Sister to George III (Michele) and Jon; Auntie Al to nephews Forrest and Aiden. She loved to travel only slightly less than she loved the game of soccer.

Ann-Louise has been missed by all every day.

George Bates Jr. March 23, 1923 to May 19, 2011 Born to George and Ivy Bates in Pasco, he grew up in Everett. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he graduated from the University of Washington and was a longtime Boeing engineer and soccer referee.

Married to Kathleen (O’Brien) in 1958; father to George III (Michele) and Jon; grandfather to Forrest and Aiden; brother to Neal, John and Wallace.

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Preceded in death by his daughter Ann Louise and brother Willfred.

He would ask you to support your local youth soccer league or local food bank.

George Bates Jr. Private family services will be held.

Sarah Keller Bertagnole Sarah Keller Bertagnole left this earth on May 13, 2011, after living 44 years of a fulfilling and wonderful life.

She has been married to Nathan Bertagnole for Sarah Bertagnole more than 20 years and has six children: Lindsey, Andrea, Nathan, Jordan, Bryan and Dallin. She was born in Seattle to Ward and Carol Keller and then moved to North Bend.

Sarah lived with her husband and family in Enumclaw and Longview, as well as Sacramento, Calif., and most recently Casper, Wyo., where her husband was born and raised. She served a mission in Ecuador for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In fact, her life was focused on spreading the love of her Savior Jesus Christ and she took advantage of every opportunity to bless the lives of others with her testimony.

She attended Mount Si High School, where she excelled in volleyball, discus, shot put and track. She attended Brigham Young University Idaho for a year. Being involved with club volleyball took her to Russia, where she had the opportunity

to play against other clubs.

Her life has been centered on her home, family, extended family and friends, and she loved cooking, baking and serving others!

In June 2009, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma cancer, but rather than allowing it to have a negative effect upon her life, she chose to remain faithful to her beliefs and live life to its fullest. Even to the end, she was found serving and lifting others who faced the same challenges she did. (Go to www.caringbridge.org and type “sarahbertagnole” in “Visit a Website” to see the great wisdom and comfort she was able to give to everyone.)

The impact of her life will be felt in the lives of many for generations to come. We all love her dearly and will miss her until we are reunited once again.

She is survived by her parents and her siblings, Stephen (Laura), Susan Keller McCreadie (Scott) and Curtis (Aimee); and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, please feel free to contribute to the Sarah Bertagnole Memorial Children’s Fund at any Wells Fargo bank branch.

Memorial services are at 1 p.m.

June 4, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15205 S.E. 28th St., Bellevue, located directly behind the Bellevue temple.

Funeral and interment was previously held in Casper, Wyo.

Errol Campbell, born in Centerville, Iowa, on April 25, 1925, passed away peacefully May 21, 2011.

In World War II, Errol served his country as an Errol Campbell aviation radioman in the Navy. He married his high school sweetheart and love of his life Marcelle (Sunny) Kjellstrom in 1947. They moved to the Northwest in 1963. He drew the plans for and built their home in Preston, where they lived for more than 43 years.

Errol was a professional photographer whose work included still photographs of nature, architecture, weddings and celebrities.

Honored for his excellence in capturing through the shutter’s eye the beauty of life, Errol was always looking to portray its perfect image. The pictures he took of his family became some of his most prized and loved work.

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said it made sense to meet up with classmates more often, especially since many of the friendships they had in high school are still strong today.

National and local events left the classes of the 1970s with a strong bond. Nationally, the Vietnam War was winding down, and students were glued to newspapers and television sets, learning the latest news about the war in Southeast Asia. At that time, Issaquah’s only high school was overflowing with students.

“There were over 625 students in our graduating class,” Muir Weiss said.

There were so many students, they had to do double shifts, with juniors and seniors going to class in the morning, and freshmen and sophomores attending in the afternoon.

When Liberty High School opened in 1977, it relieved the crowding at Issaquah High.

Retired Issaquah High music teacher Glenn Lutzenhiser and Maywood Junior High physical education teacher Chuck Olson plan to attend the reunion and benefit.

A reformed band from yesteryear — Biff Moss, Gregg Olsen, Rich Payne, Brad Reeves, Hank Byington and Tom Wallace — will also perform, just as they did in high school. Phil Page and Dan Montecalvo will also make melodies.

“As this Facebook stuff started happening, the idea of the old high school band came together,” Reeves said. “Everybody has such good memories of the dances we played at in junior high and high school.”

beauty and creativity, Errol was able to sketch with perfection portraits of his wife, paint with watercolors and draft poems of eloquence.

His life was full of adventures and he was a consummate storyteller of them.

Birds were his feathered friends, drums were his musical expression, and fishing and camping was the way he enjoyed God’s creations.

Love was the action by which he lived his life. He loved his family and those around him. He was a character who will always be remembered.

If he could share one of his favorite quotes, it would be this: “With each rising sun, think of life as just beginning. Show kindness and love today for tomorrow’s chance may never come.”

He is survived by his wife Marcelle (Sunny) and children Todd (Gwen) Campbell, Darcy (Grant) Macdonald, Tori (Rick) Gaines, Mark Campbell, Tom (Angie) Eaton; grandchildren Kate, Rachel, Hailey, Felicia, Whitney, Michelle, Chad and Brad; great-granddaughter Natalie; many extended grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins; and his dear Aunt Dorothy.

Lucy Ann Crow Lucy Ann Crow passed away April 27, 2011, at the age of 92.

Born in Ural, Russia, in 1918, Lucy and family escaped the Bolshevik RevoluLucy Ann Crow tion by traveling across Siberia to China and then to the United States in 1923.

Lucy graduated from Broadway High School, attended Cornish School, earned a master’s in bacteriology from the University of Washington, and served as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S.

Navy Waves during World War II. Lucy and Seattle surgeon Donald R. Crow wed in 1948 and in 1960 she began a career teaching science and health in Seattle schools. On Dr. Crow’s passing in 1991, Lucy moved to Providence Point Issaquah and began another phase of life with new friends and activities.

Lucy is survived by sister Gloria Burke Elks; sons Rod and Don Crow; daughters Leslie Crow-Stipe and Lori Tyler; and grandchildren Connor Tyler, Sascha Stipe, Esther Crow and Sarah Crow.

A donation to Medic One in lieu of flowers is suggested.

A celebration of Lucy’s life and an open house will be held on Sunday, June 12, from 2-5 p.m. in the Providence Point community clubhouse, 4135 Providence Point Drive, Issaquah.

John T. Dineen John T. Dineen, age 93, of Issaquah, passed away in Issaquah on May 18, 2011.

John was born Oct. 30, 1917, in Hoquiam, the son of John and John Dineen Harriet Dineen. He married Lila Marie Butts on July 20, 1946, in Renton. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy.

The family moved to Issaquah in 1956 and he retired from The Boe-

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ON THE WEB Learn more or RSVP at www.issy1975.com. Join the Facebook group by searching for “Issy Indians Party and Benefit.”

Reeves’ group, 5 Star Haul, will play classic rock at the reunion, and the members have plans to play at other charity instructions.

“For me, it’s about people pulling together to help each other,” Muir Weiss said. “They’re our own. We all went to school together.”

stethoscope I needed. And it works great,” she said.

After her dedication to purchasing only from Goodwill is over, she said she would like to visit other thrift stores. As a volunteer for Seattle Children’s, she said she would like to become more involved with their thrift stores.

“One reason I chose the Goodwill was because I wanted a thrift store with a nonprofit background,” she said. “So, not only are you buying reused items, but your money is going to a nonprofit and back to the community. It’s like this big cycle.”

Existence wants to continue with her blog and her advocacy for a

ing Co. after 37 years of service.

In his leisure time, he enjoyed camping, hunting, traveling and spending time at the beach with his family.

Survivors include two sons Jeffrey H. Dineen, of Renton, and John T. Dineen, of Everett; daughter Jan Sieler, of Issaquah; two grandchildren, Kevin and Aaron.

At his request, a private family gathering will be held. His final resting place will be Tahoma National Cemetery, where heroes lie.

Friends are invited to share memories in the family’s online guestbook at www.flintofts.com.

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

Agnes Schmoe Agnes Schmoe passed away quietly May 16, 2011, at home in Issaquah.

She was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in Agnes Schmoe 1919, to Stan and Ella (Ruckle) Harris. She enjoyed summers spent with cousins on their Salt Spring Island farm and swimming in the ocean. She was a graduate of Queen Anne High School in Seattle and St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Minnesota.

She married Kenneth Schmoe, a fellow Quaker, in 1944, and they moved to New York, where they both worked at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and where their first child was born. They returned to live and work in Seattle until moving into a log cabin by a stream on Tiger Mountain in 1949. With the help of friends and family, the cabin was expanded and converted to accommodate their growing family, and Agnes labored to create a garden and orchard on the rocky hillside.

She was a member and officer of the Issaquah Garden Club for more than 60 years and she loved flower arranging. She became a beekeeper, initially to help pollinate her fruit trees. She joined the Puget Sound Beekeeper’s Association, gave presentations to school groups, removed bee and wasp nests from people’s homes, tended her bees and shared honey until the end.

Agnes was devoted to her children; she was active in the PTA, led various youth groups and became a U.S. citizen so she could vote for local school levies. This began her lifelong involvement in politics, first fueled by the struggle for racial equality during the ’50s and later by the antiwar movement of the ’60s; she assisted “draft dodgers,” sat on the tracks to stop “white trains” carrying nuclear weapons to the Trident Submarine Base, and wrote letters to newspapers and congressional

Michael Riste March 14, 1948 to April 23, 2011 Michael passed away at his home in Issaquah shortly after he retired from Safeway.

Michael was born in Tonasket and went to school in Oroville. He Michael Riste served in the U.S. Army for 17 years. He did

1 — Diane von Furstenberg blue suede and white leather trim make-up luggage case from the Seattle Dearborn store for $5.99 and found something similar (couldn’t find that exact piece online) for more than $300 2 — BCBG dress for $9.99, only about three to five years old 3 — A long-board my son picked up during his Portland birthday trip. You never find items like that, especially since they can be put on ShopGoodwill.com now.

4 — Velcro. It was the first item I needed to probably buy somewhere else for a work project, but the Seattle Dearborn store had a role of it.

5 — Underwear. Yes, underwear. It was the only item I swore I would not be buying during this year. But I lost baby weight and after I found out that the only underwear Goodwill sells is brand new, I picked up my first pair from the Bellevue Goodwill.

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Michael was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Dorothy, and by his son Mickey.

He is survived by his daughter Jeanette; brothers Alan, Robert and Ben; and his sisters Vikki and Dolly. He had many, many close friends.

Please join us for a celebration of Michael’s life on Sunday, June 5, at Gibson Hall, 105 Newport Way S.W. in Issaquah from 2-2:30 p.m.

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Following the Korean War, she and Ken adopted two children of mixed race, perhaps the first to attend Issaquah schools. She was elected Democratic Party Precinct Committee officer for many years, attending 5th District meetings into her 90’s and actively campaigning for liberal candidates and causes. A dedicated member of the United Nations Association and Eastside Friends Meeting, she had a horror of war and its consequences and believed in the power of peaceful civil disobedience.

Agnes never stopped trying to change the world for the better, beginning with herself, and never lost faith that such change was possible. She believed in the power of love and kindness, and in the goodness and worth of every human being, and she was unafraid to act according to her beliefs. Her generosity was repaid by her friends, neighbors, housemates, Faith in Action volunteers and Dr. Lehmann-Taylor, who helped her remain independently at home. Her family extends their deepest gratitude to you all.

She was preceded in death by her mother in 1922; older brother Tom in 1935; father in 1966; son David, who drowned in 1955; and her husband Ken in 1996.

She is survived by her daughters Ruth Heft, of Mount Vernon, Judy Rudolph, of Port Townsend, MiSoon Schmoe and her husband Kevin Hudson, of Vancouver, Wash., and Liz Wick, of Seattle; also by her sons Tom Schmoe and his wife Martha Willard, and Mike Schmoe and his wife Teresa, all of Issaquah. She is also survived by nine beloved grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service in the manner of Friends will be held at Eastgate United Church of Christ, 15318 S.E. Newport Way, Bellevue, on Saturday, June 25, at 1:30 p.m. Flowers from the garden are especially welcome.

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Eagles’ Jason Lichtenberger named coach of the year

By Bob Taylor Issaquah Press sports editor Some of his 4A KingCo Conference peers thought this would be a rebuilding year for Issaquah High School boys soccer coach Jason Lichtenberger. After all, eight starters graduated from the 2010 team.

But Lichtenberger believed the Eagles had enough talent to challenge the upper echelon this season. By the end of the season, his peers realized Lichtenberger was right in his assessment of the Issaquah team.

Issaquah, for the third straight year, reached the league tournament. The Eagles posted a 12-3-3 overall record and were 7-2-1 in

conference play. Issaquah took third place and finished just three points behind co-leaders Eastlake and Skyline.

For his efforts, KingCo coaches selected Lichtenberger as the Coach of the Year.

“It was a great honor for me,” Lichtenberger said. “I am also very humbled by it. There are so many great coaches in the league.

It is always nice to be recognized by your peers.”

Lichtenberger said the award was “really a reward for our team.”

“I just have the honor for having my name put on the award,” he said, “But really, this was a team award. I think we had a season a lot of people did not expect, by

staying in contention for the league title. Our team had big expectations and worked hard.”

After years of often being one of the league’s second-division teams, the Eagles have been rolling under Lichtenberger’s guidance. Three years ago, he directed the team to the state tournament for the first time in the program’s history.

Lichtenberger said he was pleased that some of his players were recognized for post-season awards, too.

Goalkeeper Nathan King and midfielder Michael Roberts, both seniors, and forward Alex Shane, a sophomore, were selected for the all-league first team.

“These three guys had some fan-

tastic performances for us this season,” Lichtenberger said. “They were very deserving of their honor. They really catalyzed the season we had, not just in games but day in and day out in practice.

They kept up the intensity for us. ” King had three shutouts this season.

“He was exceptional in goal this year. Almost every game we won he made a game-saving save,” Lichtenberger said.

Roberts and Shane were a potent scoring punch for the Eagles.

They finished among the league’s top five scorers.

Shane tied for third in scoring with 38 points. He had 15 goals and eight assists.

“What he did this season as a sophomore was remarkable. It one was of the greatest statistical seasons in the history of our program,” Lichtenberger Jason Lichtenberger said. “He is a phenomenal athlete with a great leg. He scored four or five goals on free kicks from 30 yards out.”

Roberts finished just a point behind Shane in league scoring with 37 points. He scored 12 goals and had 13 assists.

“No player did more for his

“I just have the honor for having my name put on the award. But really, this was a team award. I think we had a season a lot of people did not expect, by staying in contention for the league title.

Our team had big expectations and worked hard.”

— Jason Lichtenberger Issaquah High School boys soccer coach

See COACH, Page B6

Lacrosse title run ends in semifinals

Local athletes make strong showings at state track meet

The Issaquah High School boys lacrosse club began its season with heavy hearts and ended it falling short of their goal — the state championship.

The Eagles’ season came to an end May 25, when they lost to host Bainbridge, 13-9, in the semifinals of the Washington Boys Lacrosse Division I tournament.

Issaquah players had dedicated this season to Tyler Lucas, who died Feb. 1 from injuries he sustained in a three-car accident. Lucas was a two-year starter and an all-league player. Program members wore a special decal on their helmets in memory of Lucas this season.

The Eagles, who had a twoyear reign as Division I state champions end last spring, were eager to return to the top spot.

That was also Lucas’ goal for this season.

But Issaquah was eliminated in the semifinals for the second straight year. The Eagles finished with a 15-7 record. Issaquah won six of its final seven games to finish the regular season tied with Bellevue in the Northeast Division. Issaquah, which had a first-round bye in the playoffs, defeated Tacoma in the first round.

Bainbridge advanced to the May 28 title game, which was won by Mercer Island, 5-3.

In its game with Bainbridge, the Eagles’ offense had trouble clicking early and, despite a strong attack in the final quarter, could never overcome the Spartans.

Bainbridge was led by sophomore attack Jacob Knostman, and senior midfielders Cameron Parker and Alex Crane, each scoring three goals and getting an assist. They also sparked the Bainbridge defense, combining for 13 groundballs.

The Spartans led 2-0 after the first quarter. Issaquah got on the scoreboard at 9:02 of the second period on an unassisted goal by senior Jake Fritz. However, Bainbridge quickly countered when Alex Rabin went coast to coast and hit Knostman on a pass.

Knostman scored to give Bainbridge a two-goal lead again. The Spartans pulled away to a 5-1 halftime lead.

The Spartans exploded for six goals in the third period to build up a commanding lead. The Spartans had a nine-goal lead before Issaquah got its second score of the game on a shot by Matt O’Neill.

In the final quarter, Issaquah scored three unanswered goals, but could get no closer than the final margin.

Fritz, O’Neill and Kevin Powers each had three goals for the Eagles. Hunter VanHorne had seven groundballs. Goalkeeper Brady Hahn had seven saves.

Kasen Williams wins three titles; Liberty takes second overall

By Tim Pfarr Issaquah Press reporter

BY GREG FARRAR

Sawyer Preston (20), Eastlake High School senior midfielder, and Skyline High School senior midfielder Michael Stoddard go up for a header as Evan Kamber, Skyline senior defender, looks on during the first half.

Too much Wolves for Spartans

For the seniors, the state championship track and field meet at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School on May 27 and 28 marked the final athletic event of their high school careers.

That was so for Skyline High School’s Kasen Williams. But for Williams, there were few better ways the two days could have turned out.

Williams took first place in all three events in which he participated, setting a new state record in the triple jump with a monstrous 50-foot, 9.25-inch leap. It was a record his father held from 1977-1999 with a 50-foot, 3/4inch jump.

“It feels great because it’s back in the family,” Williams said, adding that both he and his father had their eyes on the record.

“That’s what we say, is that record’s back in the family, and hopefully I can hold it for 22 years like he did.”

Williams cleared 6-10 in the high jump and 24-5 1/2 in the long jump for his other two firstplace finishes.

However, Williams wasn’t the only one who found success at the

BY GREG FARRAR

Haley Jacobson, Issaquah High School senior, takes a jog down the track before her 100-meter dash at the 4A state championship May 28 in Tacoma. state meet.

The Liberty High School boys team placed second overall out of See TRACK, Page B6

Skyline’s third loss to Eastlake is in state championship

By Matt Massey Special to The Seattle Times LAKEWOOD — Brandon McComb came to understand that he wasn’t going to get big minutes on the talented Eastlake High School boys soccer team.

So, he realized he’d better come up big when he plays.

McComb, a reserve senior forward, got the winning goal as Eastlake turned back Skyline, 20, in the May 28 Class 4A state championship match at Harry Lang Stadium.

The Wolves beat fifth-ranked Skyline for the third time this season on two second-half goals, including a rare McComb tally in the 46th minute.

McComb has scored only two career goals — both in the state playoffs this year.

“It feels so good,” said McComb, who came into the game with five minutes left in the first half and stayed on to start the second half. “When coach told

BY GREG FARRAR

Sean Klauer, Eastlake senior forward, keeps the ball from brothers Travis and Kaleb Strawn, of Skyline, during the first period of the 4A state soccer championship match May 28 in Tacoma. me I had to go in, I just had to get any opportunity I could, and I had to finish it.”

Eastlake (14-3-2) captured its first state title since back-to-back crowns in 1996 and ‘97. In eight trips, the Wolves are 19-5 in state-playoff matches.

“I think every high-school athlete dreams about this — senior year, winning it all with all your

friends,” Eastlake senior forward Gerard Galvin said. “It means a lot more with friends, and kids I’ve known for years.

We’re just so connected.”

Skyline (15-3-2) posted its best finish in school history, taking away some of the sting of losing

BY GREG FARRAR

See SOCCER, Page B6

Devin Bennett, Liberty High School senior, flies in the air for his 44 feet, 8 1/2 inch triple jump, to take fifth place at the 3A state track championships May 28 in Tacoma.

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Prep baseball

4A KingCo Conference Final standings CREST DIVISION

Newport Redmond Skyline Issaquah Eastlake CROWN DIVISION

Bothell Woodinville Inglemoor Ballard Garfield Roosevelt

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

Season W L 18 6 20 9 11 12 8 14 5 14

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

Season W L 23 4 12 8 15 9 9 12 6 14 6 14

4A State Tournament At Cheney Stadium, Tacoma May 27 Games Jackson 5, Redmond 3 Bothell 6, Richland 0 May 28 Games Bothell 3, Jackson 2, first, second Richland 9, Redmond 7, third, fourth

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

Mount Si Lake Washington Interlake Bellevue Mercer Island Liberty Sammamish Juanita 3A State Tournament At Cheney Stadium May 27 Games Mount Si 3, Kamiakin 2 Shorewood 2, Camas 1 May 28 Games Mount Si 5, Shorewood 4, first, second Camas 6, Kamiakin 4, third, fourth

Season W L 22 3 11 8 13 11 7 10 13 10 9 11 10 13 3 18

MOUNT SI 5, SHOREWOOD 4 Shorewood 010 120 0 - 4 8 4 Mount Si 200 000 3 - 5 7 2 HR: Max Jacobs (S).

Mount Si highlights: Trevor Lane 3-4, 1 run; Robb Lane 2-4, 1 run; Tim Proudfoot 1-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI. MOUNT SI 3, KAMIAKIN 2 Mount Si 200 001 0 - 3 4 0 Kamiakin 000 011 0 - 2 6 3 Trevor Lane and Robb Lane, Garrett Anderson and Joey Flores. W: T. Lane, L: Anderson. 2B: Reece Karalus (MS), Justin Berneski (K), Jon Allen (K). HR: Tim Proudfoot (MS).

Mount Si highlights: Proudfoot 2-3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs, SB; T. Lane CG, 5 Ks.

Prep boys soccer 4A KingCo Conference Final standings League Season W L T Pts W L T Eastlake 8 1 1 25 14 3 2 Skyline 8 1 1 25 15 3 2 Issaquah 7 2 1 22 12 3 3 Garfield 7 2 1 22 16 3 1 Newport 5 4 1 16 10 6 1 Redmond 4 4 2 14 8 6 3 Inglemoor 4 4 2 14 5 8 3 Woodinville 2 7 1 7 4 8 1 Ballard 1 6 3 4 3 8 4 Bothell 1 8 1 4 2 9 2 Roosevelt 0 8 2 2 4 8 2 4A state tournament Semifinals, May 27 At Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood Eastlake 2, Kentwood 1 Skyline 3, Stadium 2 May 28 Games Kentwood 2, Stadium 0, third, fourth Eastlake 2, Skyline 0, first, second

GF 50 50 47 56 34 35 16 16 27 10 26

GA 19 19 29 11 27 24 24 25 35 32 26

SKYLINE 3, STADIUM 2 Skyline 1 2 - 3 Stadium 2 0 - 2 First half: 1, Travis Strawn (Sky, unassisted), 18:00; 2, Cesar Cervantes (Stad, Nick Raskasky assist), 27:00; 3, Eric Owen (Stad, penalty kick), 35:00.

Second half: 4, Jason Twaddle (Sky, unassisted), 66:00; 5, Michael Stoddard (Sky, Travis Burns assist), 76:00.

EASTLAKE 2, SKYLINE 0 Eastlake 0 2 - 2 Skyline 0 0 - 0 Second half: 1, Brandon McComb (E, Sean Klauer assist), 46:00; 2, Klauer (E, unassisted), 58:00.

EASTLAKE 2, KENTWOOD 1 Eastlake 1 1 - 2 Kentwood 0 1 - 1 First half: 1, Trevor Seliber (E, Evan Yamada assist), 1:00.

Second half: 2, Michael Gallagher (E, Yamada assist), 45:00; 3, Cody Crook (K, unassisted), 54:00.

All-4A KingCo team FIRST TEAM GK Nathan King (Issaquah), Sr. GK Jackson White (Garfield), Jr. D Michael Gallagher (Eastlake), Jr. D Cole Glover (Eastlake), Sr. D Preston Horner (Redmond), Sr. MF Aaron Kovar (Garfield), Jr. MF Michael Roberts (Issaquah), Sr. MF Kyle Savette (Newport), Sr. MF Travis Strawn (Skyline), Sr. F Brent Campbell (Ballard), Sr. F Braxton Griffin (Skyline), Sr. F Sean Klauer (Eastlake), Sr. F Sean Russell (Garfield), Sr. F Alex Shane (Issaquah), Soph.

SECOND TEAM GK Mikey Boswell (Woodinville), Jr. GK Zach Wile (Eastlake), Sr. D Cory Jenneskens (Issaquah), Sr. D Perry Nunes (Newport), Sr. D Jose Ocampo (Redmond), Soph.

D Nick Richardson (Garfield), Sr. D Jeff Smith (Bothell), Sr. MF Jake Bechtel (Skyline), Sr. MF Chris Discolo (Eastlake), Sr. MF Sam Langston (Eastlake), Soph.

MF Sam Perkins (Garfield), Soph.

MF Sawyer Preston (Eastlake), Sr. F Josh Canova (Garfield), Sr. F Michael Kahn (Newport), Sr. HONORABLE MENTION Eastlake: Gerard Galvin, James Gee, Mark Matula, Evan Yamada. Issaquah: Ryan Higgins, Akash Ramachandran, Nick Smith, Taylor Wyman. Skyline: Travis Burns, Kyle Olmstead, Steven Pankiewicz, Mikey Stoddard.

SPECIAL HONORS Coach of the year: Jason Lichtenberger (Issaquah).

Player of the year: Aaron Kovar (Garfield).

3A/2A KingCo Conference League W L Sammamish 13 1 Mercer Island 8 3 Lake Wash. 8 5 Mount Si 7 6 Bellevue 7 7 Liberty 4 8 Interlake 3 10 Juanita 2 12

T 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 0

Season Pts W L T GF GA 39 14 2 1 37 12 27 10 5 3 43 18 25 12 7 1 18 26 22 7 8 2 28 22 21 7 9 1 24 21 14 5 9 2 21 28 10 6 11 2 29 35 6 2 14 0 8 50

All-3A/2A KingCo team FIRST TEAM GK Stuart Ellsworth (Sammamish), Sr. D Nick Rooney (Sammamish), Sr. D Joe Dapper (Liberty), Soph.

D Max Lyon (Bellevue), Sr. D Nick Goetz (Mercer Island), Sr. D Davis Karaica (Mount Si), Jr. D Jared Bales (Liberty), Soph.

MF Eric Baumgardner (Mount Si), Sr. MF Jordan Morris (Mercer Island), Soph.

MF Taylor Berg (Sammamish), Sr. MF Miguel Castillo (Interlake), Sr. MF Taylor Stoph (Lake Washington), Sr. MF Justin Manas (Lake Washington), Sr. MF Brett Hightower (Bellevue), Sr. MF David Lee (Mercer Island), Sr. F Blake Kessler (Liberty), Sr. F David Lovas (Bellevue), Sr. SECOND TEAM GK Alex Quintana (Interlake), Sr. GK Andreas Verduzco (Lake Washington), Sr. D Jordan Cox (Lake Washington), Sr. D Garrett Jackson (Bellevue), Fr. D Jonathan Cramer (Mount Si), Jr. D Chris Lider (Sammamish), Sr. MF Beau Blanchard (Sammamish), Soph.

MF Alex Wood (Mercer Island), Jr. MF Alex Velasquez (Liberty), Sr. F Jake Michael (Mercer Island), Jr. F Nick Horn (Juanita), Soph.

F Dane Aldrich (Mount Si), Jr. F Merlin Granadas (Lake Washington), Sr. HONORABLE MENTION Liberty: Danny Dapper, Oliver Janders, Riley Mackey, Josh Muttart. Mount Si: Alex Censullo, Kody Clearman, Dillon Oord, Nate Popp.

4A KingCo Conference CREST DIVISION Final standings

Eastlake Redmond Issaquah Newport Skyline CROWN DIVISION

League W L 13 1 8 6 8 6 5 9 4 10

Season W L 22 6 12 9 8 8 11 13 4 13

League W L 15 0 8 6 8 7 8 7 2 13 0 14

Season W L 25 1 13 12 14 10 10 13 2 15 2 14

Woodinville Bothell Ballard Inglemoor Roosevelt Garfield 4A State Tournament At Lacey May 27 Games Woodinville 4, Emerald Ridge 1 Eastlake 4, Rogers-Puyallup 3 Walla Walla 5, Eastlake 0 Woodinville 6, Tahoma 0 Emerald Ridge 2, Eastlake 1 May 28 Games Marysville-Pilchuck 7, Woodinville 2 Woodinville 4, Jackson 3 Woodinville 13, Skyview 4, third, fourth

3A/2A KingCo Conference League W L 14 0 9 4 8 6 8 6 7 7 6 8 3 11 0 12

Juanita Bellevue Mount Si Lake Washington Liberty Interlake Mercer Island Sammamish 3A State Tournament At Lacey May 27 Games University 13, Mount Si 9 Mount Si 8, Wilson 7 Juanita 9, Everett 3 Bellevue 7, Bonney Lake 1 Bellevue 4, Kamiakin 3 Juanita 10, Mount Si 1 May 28 Games Juanita 7, Bellevue 0 Bellevue 8, Bonney Lake 7 Kelso 11, Bellevue 6, third, fourth Juanita 6, Bainbridge 1, first, second

Season W L 25 2 19 9 15 12 8 14 9 10 12 12 5 13 0 15

MOUNT SI 8, WILSON 7 Mount Si 200 000 213 - 8 8 2 Wilson 020 000 212 - 7 8 1 W: Kendra Lee. 2B: Maura Murphy (MS), Kaysha Fox (W). 3B: Riley Jornlin (W). HR: Lauren Smith (MS), Taylor Clark (W).

Mount Si highlights: Kassidy Maddux 2-4, 1 RBI; Murphy 2-5, 2 runs; Smith 1-5, 2 RBIs. JUANITA 10, MOUNT SI 1 Mount Si 000 010 0 - 1 2 3 Juanita 511 300 x - 10 18 0 W: Allison Rhodes (15 Ks), L: Lauren Padilla. HR: Danielle Massengill (MS), Katie Kent (J). Mount Si highlights: Massengill 1-3.

Prep boys track & field 4A State Championships May 26-28 at Mount Tahoma Team scores: 1, Kent-Meridian 45; 2, Mead 41; 3, Wenatchee 37; 4, Skyview 34; 5, Skyline 31; 6, Mount Tahoma 28; 7, Federal Way 27; 8, Bellarmine Prep 26; 9, Jackson 25, Rogers-Puyallup 25; 11, Gig Harbor 23; 12, Lewis & Clark 20, Auburn 20, Ferris 20; 15, Kentwood 17; 16, Garfield 16, Bothell 16; 18, Edmonds-Woodway 15, Roosevelt 15; 20, Richland 14; 31 (tie), Issaquah 8.

Individual results 3,200: 1, Kenji Bierig (Lewis & Clark) 9:01.71; 2, Nate Brennand (Olympia) 9:02.64; 3, Meron Simon (Fed. Way) 9:04.03; 4, Jacob Smith (Wenatchee) 9:07.41; 5, Andrew Gardner (Mead) 9:09.17; 8, Chris Wozniak (Garfield) 9:21.26; 11, Colin O’Neil (Inglemoor) 9:24.62; 16, Kyle Branch (Skyline) 9:51.11.

100: 1, Isaiah Brandt-Sims (Wenatchee) 10.74; 2, Aaron Jeong (Jefferson) 10.85; 3, Michael Rector (Bel. Prep) 10.86; 4, BJ Arceneaux (Kentwood) 10.90; 5, Jemiel Lowery (Curtis) 11.0.

200: 1, Brandt-Sims (Wenatchee) 21.29; 2, Rector (Bel. Prep) 21.65; 3, Wes Bailey (Mead) 21.72; 4, Byron Howell (Garfield) 21.98; 5, Brad Michael (Skyview) 22.04.

400: 1, Howell (Garfield) 48.30; 2, Michael (Skyview) 48.46; 3, Kevin Boyd (Skyview) 49.20; 4, Derrick Daigre (Kent-Mer.) 49.37; 5, Derrick Jones (Rogers-Puy.) 49.56.

800: 1, Grant Grosvenor (Jackson) 1:50.06 (record); 2, Daigre (Kent-Mer.) 1:50.26; 3, Nick Boersma (Wenatchee) 1:52.44; 4, Will Drinkwater (Gig Harbor) 1:53.38; 5, Patrick Crews (Fed. Way) 1:55.92.

1,600: 1, Bierig (Lewis & Clark) 4:12.66; 2, Grosvenor (Jackson) 4:14.25; 3, Simon (Fed. Way) 4:15.11; 4, Blake Nelson (Jackson) 4:15.72; 5, Brennard (Olympia) 4:16.17; 8, O’Neil (Inglemoor) 4:20.29; 15, Branch (Skyline) 4:26.72.

110 hurdles: 1, Alec Fellows (Ed-Wood) 14.49; 2, Abu Kamara (Kent-Meridian) 15.05; 3, Terrance Stubblefield (Rogers-Puy) 15.10; 4, Andrey Zadneprovskiy (Aub.-Riverside) 15.32; 5, Travis Kafentzis (Richland) 15.36.

300 hurdles: 1, Bailey (Mead) 38.89; 2, Shad Hall (Kentlake) 38.91; 3, Mike Smith (Mead) 39.58; 4, Max McIntosh (Rogers-Puy.) 39.82; 5, Kail Tipton (RogersPuy.) 39.82.

4x100 relay: 1, Bothell 42.18; 2, Mead 42.29; 3, Skyview 42.47; 4, Bellarmine Prep 42.59; 5, Gig Harbor 42.74.

4x400 relay: 1, Skyview 3:19.79; 2, Kent-Meridian 3:22.59; 3, Wenatchee 3:23.34; 4, Federal Way 3:23.59; 5, Central Kitsap 3:23.70; 8, Skyline 3:28.44.

High jump: 1, Kasen Williams (Skyline) 6-10; 2, Josh Traylor (Mount Tahoma) 6-8; 3, Rondie Pate (Mount Tahoma) 6-6; 4, Max Bryson (Arlington) 6-4; 5, Jacob Troupe (Union) 6-4, David Reinhardt (Battle Ground) 64.

Triple jump: 1, Williams (Skyline) 50-9.25 (meet record); 2, Traylor (Mount Tahoma) 45-8.50; 3, Brandon Harris (Kent-Meridian) 45-6; 4, Hunter Trunk (Gig Harbor) 45-2.75; 5, Justin Browne (Gig Harbor) 4411.75; 9, Jorrell Dorsey (Issaquah) 43-6.

Long jump: 1, Williams (Skyline) 24-5.25; 2, Arceneaux (Kentwood) 24-2; 3, Pate (Mt. Tahoma) 237.25; 4, Alec Fellows (Ed-Wood) 23-0.50; 5, Harris (Kent-Mer.) 22-6.50; 7, Dorsey (Iss) 22-0.

Pole vault: 1, Austin Sodorff (Woodinville) 14-6; 2, Marcus Schooley (Davis) 14-6; 3, Jason Hollaway (Issaquah) 14-0; 4, Shamus Mukai (Inglemoor) 14-0; 5, Connor Hemming (Marysville-Pil.) 13-6.

Shot put: 1, Danny Shelton (Auburn) 60-1; 2, Brian Hutchison (Roosevelt) 58-8.75; 3, Billy Rowell (Central

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SPORTS CALENDAR

Issaquah Alps Trail Club

June 4, 9 a.m., Tiger Mountain loop hike to West Tiger, 8 miles, 2,600-foot elevation gain. Call 269-3079 ... June 5, 1:30 p.m., Cougar Mountain’s coal mine history walk, 2 mile, 150-foot elevation gain. Call 4538997 ... June 10, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 4-6 miles, 600- to 1,000-foot elevation gain. Call 481-2341 ... June 11, 9:30 a.m., Rattlesnake Mountain, 4 miles, 1,400foot elevation gain. Call 427-8449 ... June 12, 1 p.m., Tiger Mountain’s Tradition Plateau, 5 miles, 600-foot elevation gain.

Call 392-3571.

Cascade Bicycle Club June 2, 6:45 p.m., Eastside Tour, 20-30 miles from Marymoor Park east parking lot.

Call 392-1347 ... June 4, 8:30 a.m., Ramrod training, 85-95 miles from Ron Regis Park, Renton. Call 392-1347 ... June 5, 8 a.m., Snoqualmie Valley ride, 95 miles from Log Boom Park, Kenmore. Call 4857896.

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

Running June 1, 6:30 p.m., Grand Ridge 5mile and 10-mile Solstice Run at Grand Ridge Park, Issaquah. Field is limited to first 200 runners. Day-of-race registration begins at 5 p.m. Call 301-7009 or go to www.EvergreenTrailruns.com ...

June 12, 9 a.m., Cougar Mountain Trail Series, 7-mile race from Sky Country Trailhead. Other races are July 10 (10 miles) and Aug. 14 (13 miles). Get details/pre-register for all races at www.seattlerunningclub.org.

Triathlon June 4, 7 a.m., Issaquah Triathlon at Lake Sammamish State Park. The first race, the sprint triathlon, starts at 7 a.m.

Other events includes a duathlon, 5K and 10K runs and a kids’ triathlon. Call 206914-4846 or go to www.issaquahtri.com.

Youth sports/activities Track & field Issaquah Parks Gliders summer program starting June 6. Program for youngsters 518. Call 392-8230 or going to www.thegliders.8k.com.

Football Issaquah Eagles Youth Football, for ages 8-14, is registering players. Players must Valley) 56-8.75; 4, Denny Christensen (Richland) 562.50; 5, Daniel Hughes (Chiawana) 56-2.50; 7, Brendan Peterson (Bothell) 52-9.50; 9, Gino Bresolin (Eastlake) 50-5.75.

Javelin: 1, Sean Keller (Heritage) 220-6 (record); 2, Sam Ferenchak (Union) 195-6; 3, Cody Melnick (Monroe) 193-10; 4, Quinn Hale (Bel. Prep) 193-4; 5, Max Pratt (Auburn) 192-6.

Discus: 1, Damon Unland (Ferris) 162-6; 2, Drew Sharkey (Ferris) 159-6; 3, Nick Conlan (Auburn) 15711; 4, Hutchison (Roosevelt) 157-5; 5, Dan Boyden (Arlington) 155-11.

3A State Championships May 26-28 at Mount Tahoma Team scores: 1, North Central 56; 2, Liberty 49; 3, Kamiakin 37.5; 4, Wilson 37; 5, Kennedy Catholic 36; 6, Kelso 28; 7, Glacier Peak 27, Lakes 27; 9, Peninsula 26; 10, Shadle Park 24; 11, Bellevue 23, Shorecrest 23; 13, Hanford 21; 14, O’Dea 20.5; 15, Lincoln 20, Prairie 20; 17, Yelm 19, Timberline 19; 19, Pasco 15; 20, Foss 13; 32, Mount Si 4.

Individual results 3,200: 1, Anthony Armstrong (Kamiakin) 8:57.36; 2, Nathan Weitz (Shadle Park) 9:02.64; 3, Jeff Bastian (Glacier Peak) 9:02.95; 4, Vince Hamilton (North Central) 9:04.70; 5, Izaic York (Lakes) 9:18.19; 7, Aaron Elefson (Mercer Island) 9:19.63; 8, Nicholas Ford (MI) 9:24.63.

100: 1, Darian Brooks (Kennedy Cath.) 10.71; 2, Tatum Taylor (O’Dea) 10.80; 3, Douglas Sudbury (Timberline) 10.92; 4, Quadelle Satterwhite (xxx) 10.92; 5, Jerrod Johnston (Kamiakin) 10.96.

200: 1, Satterwhite (xxx) 21.83; 2, Johnston (Kamiakin) 21.99; 3, Taylor (O’Dea) 22.28; 4, Marcus Chambers (Foss) 22.30; 5, Josiah Miller (Oak Harbor) 22.43; 6, Joshua Gordon (Liberty) 22.54.

400: 1, Marquin Russell (Lakes) 49.11; 2, Chambers (Foss) 49.16; 3, Andrew Prentice (Glacier Peak) 50.59; 4, Devin Bennett (Liberty) 51.01; 5, Nate Schmidt (Lynnwood) 51.67.

800: 1, Andrew Wordell (North Central) 1:54.55; 2, Addison Woolsey (Bellevue) 1:55.80; 3, Hiron Redmon (Liberty) 1:56.10; 4, Sean White (Glacier Peak) 1:56.20; 5, Keith Williams (North Central) 1:56.79.

1,600: 1, Armstrong (Kamiakin) 4:12.27; 2, Weitz (Shadle Park) 4:13.11; 3, Casey Adams (North Central) 4:14.15; 4, Vince Hamilton (North Central) 4:16.69; 5, Yorks (Lakes) 4:17.02; 10, Elefson (Mercer Island) 4:22.57.

110 hurdles: 1, Dillon Baker (Shorecrest) 15.14; 2, Zigquille Mabry (Wilson) 15.27; 3, Rashon Smith (Timberline) 15.50; 4, Drew Thompson (Decatur) 15.58; 5, Joseph Corlett (Hanford) 15.61.

300 hurdles: 1, Jacob Gilman (Peninsula) 38.58; 2, Corlett (Hanford) 39.02; 3, Gunnar Swager (North Central) 39.04; 4, Mabry (Wilson) 39.30; 5, Smith (Timberline) 39.39.

4x100 relay: 1, Yelm 43.15; 2, Shorecrest 43.22; 3, Lakes 43.26; 4, Lincoln 43.34; 5, Auburn-Mountainview 43.45; 7, Mount Si 43.73.

4x400 relay: 1, Liberty (Bennett, Gordon, Joseph Bergmann, Hamilton Noel) 3:22.08; 2, North Central 3:24.83, Wilson 3:24.83; 4, Franklin 3:25.83; 5, Yelm 3:26.64; 8, Bellevue 3:33.65.

High jump: 1, Brandon Search (Pasco) 6-8; 2, Gordon (Liberty) 6-6; 3, Tyler Holle (Kamiakin) 6-6, Brett Watson (Ferndale) 6-6; 5, Chase Walker (O’Dea) 6-4, Grayson Anderson (Mountain View) 6-4.

Triple jump: 1, Brooks (Kennedy) 48-6.75; 2, Casey Burns (Kennedy) 45-10; 3, Cedrique Chaney (Kelso) 45-4.50; 4, Luke Plummer (Peninsula) 44-10.50; 5, Bennett (Liberty) 44-8.50; 12, Alex Wallin (Juanita) 417.50.

Pole vault: 1, Jonathan Wishard (Kelso) 14-9; 2, Tyler Wilson (Shadle Park) 14-6; 3, Kyle Martin (Hazen) 14-0; 4, Lev Marcus (Nathan Hale) 14-0; 5, Thomas Cocks (Camas) 13-9; 6, Hamilton Noel (Liberty) 13-6; 8, Blake Erickson (Bellevue) 12-0; 9, Chase Kenney (Liberty) 12-0; 11, Jimbo Davis (Mount Si) 11-6.

Long jump: 1, Joshua Gordon (Liberty) 22-10.50; 2, Darian Brooks (Kennedy Catholic) 22-2.25; 3, Trenton Osborn (Eastmont) 21-7; 4, Brandon Search (Pasco) 21-6.50; 5, Sean Dever (Shorecrest) 21-5.75; 9, Devin Bennett (Liberty) 20-2.

Discus: 1, Jon Lawson (Prairie) 189-11; 2, Matthew Lill (North Central) 160-1; 3, Dan Henehan (Wilson) 158-7; 4, John Gustin (Kelso) 154-0; 5, Cameron Brink (Bainbridge) 149-10; 12, Kolton Auxier (Mount Si) 13111; 13, Zach Storm (MS) 131-2.

Javelin: 1, Kyle Kennedy (Bremerton) 186-4; 2, Tanner Lien (Bellevue) 184-5; 3, Cameron Wagar (Hanford) 181-8; 4, Matt Gilbert (Bellevue) 178-2; 5, Sam Young (Kelso) 175-1; 8, Storm (Mount Si) 17111; 10, Bradly Stevens (MS) 160-6.

Shot put: 1, Lawson (Prairie) 55-9.50; 2, Jeffrey Jordan (Peninsula) 53-7.50; 3, Henehan (Wilson) 536.75; 4, Andrew Basham (Lynnwood) 55-2; 5, Wagar

reside within the Issaquah High School boundary. Go to www.issyfootball.org.

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

Transportation is provided from 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.

Issaquah Parks has soccer Kinder Kickers class for youngsters 4-5. Classes are Tuesdays, 4-4:45 p.m. and begin June 21. Go to www.issaquahparks.net.

Basketball Issaquah Parks’ Little Dribblers classes for youngsters 4-5 begin June 23. Classes teach fundamentals of basketball. Go to www.issaquahparks.net.

Fencing Issaquah Parks has a fencing camp for youngsters 8 and up. Camp begins July 13 and will be held at the Community Center. Instruction is from Washington Fencing Academy. Go to www.issaquahparks.net.

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

Tennis Issaquah Parks has a tennis camp for youngsters 7-14. First session for youngsters 7-10 begins June 27 at Skyline High School. For further information, go to www.issaquahparks.net.

Summer baseball Senior American Legion June 2, 6 p.m., Bellevue Legion vs., Lakeside (Newport); June 3, 5 p.m., Lakeside Industries vs. Lakeside (Bannerwood); June 4, Lakeside at Garfield (doubleheader), 3 p.m.; June 5, 6 p.m., Lakeside at Skagit Sox (doubleheader); June 7, 5 p.m., Lux Homes vs.

Lakeside (Bannerwood); June 8, 5 p.m., Lakeside vs. Chaffey (Husky Ballpark).

(Hanford) 51-0.50; 8, Auxier (Mount Si) 50-6.

Prep girls track & field 4A State Championships May 26-28 at Mount Tahoma Team scores: 1, Kentwood 66; 2, Inglemoor 43; 3, Richland 39.50; 4, Skyview 39; 5, Bellarmine Prep 34; 6, Issaquah 32; 7, Federal Way 29; 8, Mead 27, Tahoma 27; 10, Jefferson 26.50; 11, Mount Rainier 26; 12, Kent-Meridian 22; 13, Curtis 21; 14, Chiawana 20; 15, Redmond 17; 16, Kentridge 16, Wenatchee 16, Gig Harbor 16; 19, Lake Stevens 15.50; 20, Emerald Ridge 15; 35 (tie), Eastlake 5.

Individual results 3,200: 1, Tansey Lystad (Inglemoor) 10:28.92; 2, Jordan McGhee (Mt. Rainier) 10:52.08; 3, Maggie Jones (Richland) 10:53.77; 4, Katie Mahoney (Richland) 10:58.11; 5, Chandler Olson (Woodinville) 10:59.05; 8, Kyra Burke (Inglemoor) 11:05.37; 13, Katelyn Steen (Eastlake) 11:19.53.

100: 1, Holly DeHart (Kentwood) 11.97; 2, Kennadi Boyer (Curtis) 12.06; 3, Madelayne Varela (Kentwood) 12.07; 4, Haley Jacobson (Issaquah) 12.11; 5, Kassie Jensen (Tahoma) 12.13.

200: 1, DeHart (Kentwood) 24.29; 2, Jacobson (Iss) 24.54; 3, Jensen (Tahoma) 24.90; 4, Bouyer (Curtis) 24.91; 5, Varela (Kentwood) 24.93.

400: 1, Hannah Derby (Bel. Prep) 56.41; 2, Baylee Mires (Mead) 57.44; 3, Amia Nash (Ed-Wood) 57.53; 4, Haley O’Connor (Eastlake) 58.10; 5, Rachel Shirley (Skyview) 58.28.

800: 1, Mires (Mead) 2:10.28; 2, Jasmine Johnson (Fed. Way) 2:13.84; 3, Lauren Perry (Richland) 2:15.37; 4, Carly Wilczynski (Em. Ridge) 2:15.96; 5, Daryl Phill (Bel. Prep) 2:16.05.

1,600: 1, Lystad (Inglemoor) 4:54.25; 2, Olson (Woodinville) 5:00.89; 3, McPhee (Mt. Rainier) 5:01.79; 4, Lucy Cheadle (Roosevelt) 5:02.49; 5, Wilczynski (Em. Ridge) 5:03.76.

100 hurdles: 1, Sadie Sparks (Chiawana) 14.77; 2, Rachel McQuivey (Skyview) 14.99; 3, Jaleecia Roland (Fed. Way) 15.04; 4, Erin Allen (Inglemoor) 15.23; 5, Nicole Dorsey (Wenatchee) 15.35.

300 hurdles; 1, McQuivey (Skyview) 43.34; 2, Allen (Inglemoor) 43.80; 3, Becca Berge (Inglemoor) 44.70; 4, Brooke Pahukoa (Lake Stevens) 45.50; 5, Samantha Dowling (Bel. Prep) 45.60.

4x100 relay: 1, Kentwood 47.61; 2, Tahoma 49.20; 3, Issaquah 49.05; 4, Central Kitsap 49.20; 5, Garfield 49.30.

4x200 relay: 1, Kentwood 1:41.09; 2, Tahoma 1:41.20; 3, Kent-Meridian 1:43.52; 4, Skyview 1:43.68; 5, Edmonds-Woodway 1:43.87; 6, Issaquah 1:43.92.

4x400 relay: 1, Bellarmine Prep 3:55.74; 2, Skyview 3:57.33; 3, Redmond 3:59.01; 4, Kent-Meridian 3:59.56; 5, Gig Harbor 4:01.28.

Triple jump: 1, Kathleen Mulligan (Mt. Rainier) 391.50; 2, Jaleecia Roland (Fed. Way) 37-10; 3, Taylor McKinney (Garfield) 37-0.25; 4, Kimmie Stueckle (Em. Ridge) 36-6.50; 5, Marinah Bentley (Beamer) 36-4.50; 9, Kristine Wong (Newport) 35-5.25.

Long jump: 1, Brandi Williams (Aub.-Riverside) 17-9; 2, Kennedi Bouyer (Union) 17-7.75; 3, Katie Lake (Kentridge) 17-1.75; 4, Savannah Hoekstra (Central Valley) 16-11.75; 5, Courtney Jost (Gig Harbor) 169.50; 10, Mckenna Hogan (Issaquah) 16-3.

High jump: 1, Audrey Ketcham (Wenatchee) 5-6; 2, Katie Lord (Redmond) 5-5; 3, Elizabeth Quick (Richland) 5-5; 4, Taylor Fettig (Olympia) 5-5; 5, Brooke Pahukoa (L. Stevens) 5-4, Chelsea Muskelly (KentMeridian) 5-5.

Pole vault: 1, Eva Perry (Issaquah) 11-3; 2, Quick (Richland) 11-0; 3, Kim Concillado (Kentridge) 11-0; 4, Sumer Call (Marysville-Pil.) 10-6, Joanna Chen (Richland) 10-6, Jennsa Crain (Kent-Mer.) 10-6, Montana Pellegrini (Jefferson) 10-6.

Shot put: 1, Kayla Adams (Jefferson) 45-10.75; 2, Courtney Hutchinson (Mead) 43-11.50; 3, Alyx Toeaina (Kentwood) 43-9.50; 4, Bev Coleman (Bethel) 43-6; 5, Paula Jennings (Central Valley) 41-3.50.

Discus: 1, Toeaina (Kentwood) 136-3; 2, Alexis Sarver (Arlington) 134-5; 3, Adams (Jefferson) 126-9; 4, Sydney Christensen (Walla Walla) 125-8; 5, Sadie Nelson (Moses Lake) 123-1.

Javelin: 1, Natasha Caldwell (Cascade) 138-6; 2, Shelby Ellsworth (Chiawana) 135-10; 3, Lindsey Dahl (Jefferson) 131-11; 4, Angelique Williams (Union) 1317; 5, Taylor Burrus (Skyview) 131-0.

3A State Championships May 26-28 at Mount Tahoma Team scores: 1, Holy Names 61; 2, Kamiakin 46; 3, West Valley-Yakima 41; 4, Camas 37.5; 5, Highline 35; 6, Nathan Hale 31; 7, Juanita 29; 8, Mountain View 28; 9, Mount Spokane 27.50; 10, Columbia River 27; 11,

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 • Eastmont 26; 12, North Central 25; 13, Shadle Park 24, Kennewick 24; 15, Kelso 21.50; 16, Hanford 21, Lakeside 21; 18, Glacier Peak 20; 19, Timberline 13; 20, Bishop Blanchet 11; 37 (tie), Bellevue 3, Liberty 3.

Individual results 3,200: 1, Amy-Eloise Neale (Glacier Peak) 10:12.33 (meet record); 2, Katie Knight (North Central) 10:15.02; 3, Kendra Weitz (Shadle Park) 10:20.08; 4, Erin Hegarty (Hanford) 11:09.48; 5, Stephanie Spiekerman (Bishop Blanchet) 11:18.25; 15, Amy Broska (Liberty) 11:51.73.

100: 1, Chantel Jaeger (W. Valley) 12.25; 2, Alanna Coker (Juanita) 12.28; 3, Miriam Mboya (Shorewood) 12.43; 4, Rebecca Tarbert (Eastmont) 12.57; 5, Tasia Baldwin (Foss) 12.57.

200: 1, Jaeger (W. Valley) 24.36; 2, Megan Kelley (Camas) 25.24; 3, Baldwin (Foss) 25.43; 4, Afton McKinley (Mt. Spokane) 25.49; 5, Coker (Juanita) 25.60.

400: 1, Kelley (Camas) 56.33; 2, Ellie Heiden (W. Valley) 56.84; 3, Lyndsay Burns (W. Valley) 56.88; 4, Kris Tollefson (W. Seattle) 58.01; 5, Whitney Diggs (Highline) 58.14; 7, Madison Birdsall (Liberty) 58.78.

800: 1, Madeline Rathbun (Lakeside) 2:12.58; 2, Lynelle Decker (Mountain View) 2:13.60; 3, Katie Morris (Shadle Park) 2:13.60; 4, Lily Engelbrekt (Bishop Blanchet) 2:14.51; 5, Jessica Bottelberghe (Col. River) 2:16.90.

1,600: 1, Neale (Glacier Peak) 4:46.56 (record); 2, Knight (North Central) 4:46.83; 3, Weitz (Shadle Park) 4:53.69; 4, Megan Beauchene (Kennewick) 4:59.21; 5, Rathbun (Lakeside) 5:01.40; 17, Broska (Liberty) 5:31.10.

100 hurdles: 1, Naivasha Sophusson-Smith (Nathan Hale) 14.50; 2, Cecelia Jackson (Holy Names) 14.58; 3, Andrea Smith (Southridge) 14.98; 4, Olivia Vincent (Holy Names) 15.18; 5, Khadidja Toure (Kamiak) 15.24.

300 hurdles: 1, Michelle Stolz (Highline) 43.43; 2, Jackson (Holy Names) 44.33; 3, Vincent (Holy Names) 44.51; 4, Sara Slayton (Camas) 45.30; 5, Allison Duvenez (Oak Harbor) 46.16.

4x100 relay: 1, Kamiakin 48.40; 2, Mount Spokane 49.07; 3, Holy Names 49.28; 4, Nathan Hale 49.31; 5, Eastmont 49.64.

4x200 relay: 1, Kamiakin 1:42.62; 2, Nathan Hale 1:43.45; 3, Eastmont 1:43.66; 4, Highline 1:44.11; 5, West Valley-Yakima 1:44.12; 8, Juanita 1:46.45.

4x400 relay: 1, Highline 3:55.29; 2, Camas 3:57.45; 3, West Valley-Yakima 3:58.10; 4, Holy Names 3:59.26; 5, Lakeside 4:00.91; 8, Liberty 4:07.78.

Pole vault: 1, Jennifer DeBellis (Col. River) 12-6 (record); 2, Courtney Bray (Mt. Spokane) 11-6; 3, Britta LaVoie (Mt. Spokane) 10-6, McKenna Emmert (Kelso) 10-6; 5, Kaeley Scruggs (Nathan Hale) 10-0; 10, Lexi Swanson (Mount Si) 9-0; 12, Jessica Pickering (Liberty) 8-6.

Triple jump: 1, Coker (Juanita) 39-0.50; 2, Taylor Reynolds (Eastmont) 38-2.50; 3, Kayla Warren (Holy Names) 37-8.75; 4, Kathran Dean (Mountain View) 372; 5, Kiana Davis (Kelso) 36-11.50; 12, Leslie Stevens (Mount Si) 34-7.75.

High jump: 1, Olivia Vincent (Holy Names) 5-7; 2, Sasha Weber (Timberline) 5-6; 3, Cecelia Jackson (Holy Names) 5-2, Brittany Grandy (Sedro-Woolley) 5-2, Michelle Koss (Mountain View) 5-2.

Long jump: 1, Veronica Bradley (Hanford) 17-9; 2, Dean (Mountain View) 17-8.75; 3, Lindsay Burns (West Valley) 17-0.75; 4, Coker (Juanita) 17-0; 5, Floriane Kameni (Bellevue) 16-9.25.

Discus: 1, Kaytlyn Coleman (Kennewick) 124-11; 2, Sydney Spoja (Lakes) 123-5; 3, Kelsey Julian (Kennewick) 120-11; 4, Calia Carr (Everett) 117-9; 5, India Matheson (Shorecrest) 115-5; 8, Kate Cryderman (Juanita) 110-6.

Javelin: 1, Anna Adamko (Columbia River) 144-9; 2, Katie Reichert (Kelso) 135-3; 3, Celena Ward (North Central) 134-4; 4, Sasha Weber (Timberline) 130-6; 5, Carly Andersen (Mercer Island) 123-7; 12, Leslie Stevens (Mount Si) 107-9; 13, Anna Frodshan (Liberty) 106-01; 15, Emily Pestl-Dimmitt (Lib) 101-1.

Shot put: 1, Adara Winder (Bonney Lake) 44-4.75; 2, Kaytlyn Coleman (Kennewick) 41-1.50; 3, Jamila Culcleasure (Highline) 40-0.25; 4, Johana McEllrath (Prairie) 39-11.25; 5, Dominique Prater (Chief Sealth) 38-8.50; 8, Kate Cryderman (Juanita) 38-0.75; 13, Morgan Safley (Liberty) 32-8.25.

Prep boys tennis 4A State Championships At Vancouver, Wa. SINGLES First round: Vincente Varas (Eastlake) d. Joseph DelaCruz (Beamer) 6-4, 6-2; Kent Andreasen (Skyview) d. Aman Manji (Skyline) 7-6, 6-2.

Quarterfinals: Brian Pinkard (Puyallup) d. Varas 6-0, 6-4.

Consolation rounds: Manji (Skyline) d. Jarad Schraeder (Aub.-Riverside) 6-2, 6-2; Alex Vogt (Bellarmine Prep) d. Manji 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Clint Vidano (Wenatchee) d. Varas 6-4, 7-5.

Prep girls tennis 4A State Tournament At Vancouver, Wa. DOUBLES First round: Sierra Southworth-Maddie Turek (Tahoma) d. Sam Garrard-Sabrina Norton (Issaquah) 61, 6-3.

Consolation: Garrard-Norton (Issaquah) d. Jenny Hoefel-Kiele Bowman (Beamer) 6-0, 6-0; GarrardNorton (Iss) d. Alyssa Gilbert-Jenny Gilbert (Kamiak) 76, 7-6.

Fifth-sixth place: Tianna Cummings-Claire Konen (Walla Walla) d. Garrard-Norton (Iss) 6-2, 6-2.

Prep boys golf 4A State Tournament At Qualchan GC (Spokane), par 72 Team scores: Bellarmine Prep 95.5, Eastlake 89,

Grand Ridge run is June 1 People who want a competitive evening run can enter the Grand Ridge 5-mile or 10-mile Solstice Run June 1 at Grand Ridge Park in Issaquah.

The field is limited to the first 200 runners. The first race starts at 6:30 p.m.

Day-of-race registration begins at 5 p.m.

Call 301-7009 or go to www.evergreentrailruns.com to learn more.

Issaquah Triathlon is June 4 For many athletes, the triathlon season begins with the Issaquah Triathlon. This year’s Issaquah Triathlon is June 4 and is again held at Lake Sammamish State Park.

More than 1,000 athletes are expected to compete in the 11th annual event. The Issaquah Triathlon actually includes a variety of races.

The first race, the sprint triathlon, starts at 7 a.m. The sprint triathlon appeals to veteran triathletes, as well as novices.

The sprint triathlon course consists of a quarter-mile swim, a 15-mile bicycle ride and a 3mile run.

The sprint duathlon consists of a 15-mile bike ride and a 3-mile run.

Among the other events are the 5K and 10K runs, and the

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Richland 87, Jackson 79, Kamiak 78.5, Olympia 63.5, Redmond 58, Mead 53, Union 47.5, Puyallup 25.

Top individual finishers: 1, Dom Francks (Oly) 70-71141; 2, Li Wang (East) 71-73-144; 3, Evan Alston (East) 71-74-145, Chris Tedesco (BP) 73-72-145, Hunter Thompson (Rich) 73-72-145; 6, Brian Mogg (Skyline) 75-73-148, Kyle Cornett (Jack) 73-75-148; 8, Joe Fryer (Kamiak) 74-75-149, Mason Tomlinson (Kamiak) 73-76-149; 10, Jeff Marcum (Rich) 79-71150, Charlie Mroz (Red) 75-75-150; 34, Spencer Weiss (East) 78-79-157.

Prep girls golf 4A State Tournament At Downriver GC (Spokane), par 73 Team scores: 1, Bellarmine Prep 127, Central Kitsap 85, Lewis & Clark 74.5, Newport 68, Richland 60.5, Kentwood 58.5, Redmond 46.5, Eastlake 40, Jefferson 36.

Top individual finishers: 1, Eryne Lee (CK) 71-66137; 2, Jordan Ferreira (BP) 71-74-145; 3, Kristin Strankman (Rich) 73-74-147, Megan Haase (LC) 7275-147; 5, Catherina Li (Kent) 70-79-149; 6, Katie Lee (CK) 76-74-150; 7, Alexas Song (Jeff) 80-73-153, Nicole Lomax (New) 78-75-153, Olivia Brown (BP) 7677-153; 10, Jennifer Lieles (Olympia) 74-80-154; 15, Megan Wotherspoon (East) 79-81-160; 27, Jamie Midkoff (East) 82-85-167; first round, 60, Lauren Merdinyan (Issaquah) 92.

3A State Tournament At Liberty Lake GC (Spokane), par 70 Team scores: Mercer Island 90.5, Mount Spokane 77, Hanford 71, Enumclaw 63.5, Prairie 40.5, Mountainview 34, Bainbridge 29, Wilson 28.5, Columbia River 27.5.

Top individual scores: 1, Rachel Lewis (Peninsula) 71-74-145; 2, Sierra Bezdicek (Mt. Spok.) 74-72-146; 3, Amanda Beyke (Decatur) 76-71-147, Cassie McKinley (Shorewood) 71-76-147; 5, Chelsea Saelee (MI) 73-78-151; 6, Sammie Pless (Holy Names) 77-78155, Caitlin Rice (Nathan Hale) 75-80-155; 8, Haley Chinn (MI) 84-79-163; 20, Krysta Dawson (Liberty) 8689-175; 29, Julia Dorn (Mount Si) 91-93-184; first round, 50, Alex Duvall (Liberty) 96; 52, Molly Culwell (Lib) 97; 54, Maggie Robinson (Mount Si) 98; 77, Danielle Burns (MS) 108.

Prep boys lacrosse Washington Lacrosse Association DIVISION 1 TOURNAMENT Semifinals, May 25 Bainbridge 13, Issaquah 9 Mercer Island 9, Bellevue 5 Championship Game, May 28 Mercer Island 5, Bainbridge 3 BAINBRIDGE 13, ISSAQUAH 9 Issaquah 0 1 2 6 - 9 Bainbridge 2 3 6 2 - 13 Issaquah statistics: Jake Fritz 3 goals, 1 assist, a groundball; Duncan Hamilton 1 groundball, Michael Hatcher 1 assist, 6 groundballs; Aidan McDonald 1 groundball, Matt O’Neill 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 groundball; Kevin Powers 3 goals, 1 assist, 5 groundballs; Austin Richert 3 groundballs, Ashton Ritchie 1 assist, 1 groundball; Hunter VanHorne 7 groundballs, Brady Hahn 7 saves.

Youth baseball American Legion May 24 Game HONDA OF BELLEVUE 7, LAKESIDE GRAY 1 Honda 201 000 4 - 7 8 2 Lakeside Gray 000 100 0 - 1 4 3 Alex Koh, Matt Price (6) and Jacob Miller; Jake Chinery, Levi Novak (5), Danny Rawlings (6), Scott Boydston (7) and Zach Walker. W: Koh, L: Chinery. 2B: Ben Krueger (H), Tyler Bernheisel (H), Ioannis Kritsonis (L), James Ferris (L).

Lakeside highlights: Kritsonis 2-3, 1 run; Patrick Harrod 0-2, 1 RBI; Ferris 1-2, Jake Rosen 1-2.

16-U Issaquah Indians 9, Bothell 0 (Issaquah statistics: A. Hunyh 1-1, 3 runs; R. Siefkes 1-3, K. Letourneau 1-2, 1 RBI; A. Lindberg 2-3, 2 2Bs, 4 RBIs; C. Young 2-3, HR, 3 RBIs; J. Min 1-2, Z. Garner 2-3, 2B, 1 RBI; WP Letourneau CG, 5 Ks).

Issaquah Indians 6, Kirkland Fire 3 (Issaquah statistics: R. Siefkes 2-3, 1 RBI; K. Letourneau 1-2, 1 RBI; A. Lindberg 1 RBI, J. Nickel 1 RBI, Z. Garner 1-1, 1 RBI; J. Min 2-3, 2B; C. Collister 1-1, 1 RBI; WP A. Huynh 2 IP, 0 ER; A. Lindberg 2 IP, 0 ER, 2 Ks; Sv B. Griffith 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H).

Mountlake Terrace 6, Issaquah Indians 1 (Issaquah statistics: A. Hunyh 1-4, 1 RBI; K. Letourneau 1 RBI, R. Siefkes 1-4, J. Min 1-3, D. Haroutoonian 2-3, Haroutoonian 1 1.3 IP 0 ER 1K).

Kirkland Thunder 5, Issaquah Indians 4 (Issaquah statistics: A. Huynh 1-3, T. Potensky 1-3, 2B, 1 RBI; R. Siefkes 1-2, A. Lindberg 2-3, 1 RBI; J. Min 2-3, 2B; J. Nickel 1 RBI, J. Meyer 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 1 K).

Rowing NW Junior Regionals At Vancouver, Wa. Results for Sammamish Rowing Association: Women’s varsity eight: 1, SRA (Coxswain, Simone Oberholzer; Sasha Tilles, Erin Antono, Ellie Place, Paulina Lindstedt, Elise Valantine, Megan Hutchison, Katinka Bosch, Paulina Alvarado) 6:53:80.

Boys lightweight four: 1, SRA (coxswain Lisa Caldwell; Brian Alvarez, Philip Lindstedt, Alex Lund, Jack Elder) 6:59:78.

Women’s varsity four: 3, SRA (Oberholzer, Tilles, Place, Antono, Alvarado).

kids’ triathlon. The kids’ triathlon is broken down into two groups, ages 10-13 and 9 and under.

Call 206-914-4846 or go to www.issaquahtri.com.

Issaquah grad earns All-America honors Issaquah High School graduate Mike Gerrard, a senior at the University of Oregon, was recently named to the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association AllAmerica team.

Gerrard also earned Defenseman of the Year honors in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League.

Oregon, which won its league title this spring, advanced to the national tournament, but lost to Michigan in the quarterfinals.

Rowers win regional titles Two Sammamish Rowing Association junior teams took top honors May 20-22 at the Northwest Junior Regional Championships at Vancouver Lake in Vancouver, Wash.

The junior women won the varsity eight trophy. Ellie Place, of Issaquah High School, was one of the rowers on the shell.

The junior men won the lightweight four trophy. Jack Elder, of Skyline, rowed on the shell.

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The Issaquah High School doubles team of Sam Garrard and Sabrina Norton placed sixth May 27 at the 4A State tennis tournament in Vancouver, Wash.

Garrard and Norton made a strong comeback after losing their first-round match to Tahoma’s Sierra Southworth and Maddie Turek, 6-1, 6-3.

Garrard and Norton bounced back in the consolation round by defeating Beamer’s Jenny Hoefel and Kiele Bowman, 6-0, 6-0.

Garrard and Norton followed up that victory by beating Kamiak’s Alyssa Gilbert and Jenny Gilbert, 7-6, 7-6. The win moved the Issaquah players into the match for fifth and sixth place.

Garrard and Norton lost to Walla Walla’s Tianna Cummings and Claire Konen, 6-2, 6-2, to take sixth.

In the boys 4A tournament, Skyline’s Aman Manji failed to place but did win one match. After losing to Kent Andreasen, of Skyview, 7-6, 6-2, in the first round, Manji defeated Jarad Schaeder, of Auburn Riverside, 6-2, 6-2, in the consolation round. Manji’s season ended with a tough loss to Bellarmine Prep’s Alex Vogt, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

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all three games this season to rival Eastlake. The schools are less than a mile apart on the Sammamish Plateau.

Skyline bowed out of the quarterfinals in 2001, 2004 and 2010 in its other state appearances.

Eastlake beat Skyline twice in KingCo 4A play this season. The Wolves won 1-0 at Skyline on April 26 and 2-0 in the conference tournament title match May 10.

The teams ended the regular season as co-champions at 8-1-1.

Eastlake senior forward Sean Klauer supplied a goal and an assist in the final.

The Wolves went in front 1-0

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Above, Kasen Williams, Skyline High School senior, leaps for one of his long jumps May 28 as his father Aaron Williams (white Skyline baseball cap) and uncle Al Roberts, look on. Williams added the long jump championship to his high jump and triple jump titles of May 27. At right, Hiron Redmon, Liberty High School sophomore, races to his third-place finish in the 3A 800-meter race at the 3A state track championships May 28 in Tacoma.

Spartans are named to first team Midfielder Travis Strawn and forward Braxton Griffin, who helped spark Skyline to the 4A state tournament finals, were named to the 4A KingCo first team. Teammate Jake Bechtel, a midfielder, earned secondteam honors.

Travis Burns, Kyle Olmstead, Steven Pankiewicz and Mikey Stoddard received honorable mention.

that clinched Williams his third state championship of the year.

“We’re really excited about seeing him move on to Husky football and Husky track, but we’re really going to miss him,” Geiser said.

“People always ask, ‘Has his success gone to his head?’ Absolutely not. He’s one of the finest young men in all aspects.”

on McComb’s chip shot from 14 yards out over drawn-out goalkeeper Steven Pankiewicz in the 46th minute.

McComb had scored his first goal this season only 11 days ago, in a 2-1 win over Gig Harbor in the first round of the state playoffs.

Klauer redirected a pass to McComb for the score.

“In that second half, we changed up everything and came out stronger. If I could vote anybody most inspirational, it would be him,” Klauer said of McComb.

“He comes out and tries his hardest even though he hadn’t played the whole season.

“It’s a game-changer, right there with him. If there’s a low level of play, he comes out hustling, scores a goal and it changes everything.”

Klauer cleaned up James Gee’s

miss, hammering home a shot into the open left corner of the net in the 58th minute for a 2-0 lead. The rebound came right back to Klauer’s feet off Skyline keeper Pankiewicz.

“I really liked the way we were playing early in the game, and I really thought we were going to knock one in,” said Skyline coach Don Braman, eyeing the Eastlake trophy celebration.

“It just didn’t get in for us. I loved how the boys played tonight. We lost to one team this year, and they’re a pretty good team.

“We knew beforehand, right, that the trophy was going to go back to the Plateau. We were just hoping it was going to end up eight-tenths of a mile up and at a higher altitude.”

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Michael Stoddard scored the winner on a header after a long, looping pass from Travis Burns in the 76th minute.

Stadium (15-4-0), the defending state champion, had rallied for a 2-1 lead as goalkeeper Eric Owen drilled the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick in the 35th minute.

But later Owen misplayed and lost control of what looked like a benign 30-yard shot on goal from Jason Twaddle in the 66th minute and that tied the match at 2-2.

Travis Strawn blasted home a 35-yard shot in the 18th minute to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead, but the Tigers retaliated.

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Midfielder Alex Velasquez, a senior, was named to the second team.

Danny Dapper, Oliver Janders, Riley Mackey and Josh Muttart received honorable mention.

Nick Rooney, of Sammamish, and Eric Baumgardner, of Mount Si, were selected as the league’s co-most valuable players.

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team than Michael Roberts,” Lichtenberger said. “I can’t say enough for what he did for us the past two years. He has always been one of the best players on the field for us, and really set the tone for us at the beginning of the season.”

Despite becoming a marked man, Roberts found ways to score.

“He was so crafty. Often he had to go through two or three guys, but he would find a seam and find the corner of the goal,” Lichtenberger said.

Five other Eagles received post-season honors. Defender Cory Jenneskens, a senior, was selected to the second team.

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the 3A schools, thanks to phenomenal performances from Josh Gordon and the school’s boys 4x400 meter relay team.

Gordon, a junior, took first in the 3A long jump with a 22-10 1/2 jump and second in the high jump, clearing 6-6.

The latter set a new personal best and a school record.

“The last few weeks, I’d been really down, only clearing 6, 6-2, so to come out on a nice day and get that was really great,” Gordon said about the high jump. “It just felt really good. I just came off just flying through the air. I’m over the bar and I don’t feel it yet. It was just really a great feeling.”

The 4x400 team — Gordon, Devin Bennett, Joseph Bergmann and Hamilton Noel — took first place with a time of 3 minutes, 22.08 seconds.

Also, Liberty’s Hiron Redmon, a sophomore, took third in the 800meter dash with a time of 1:56.1; Bennett took fourth in the 400 with a time of 51.01; and Noel took sixth in the pole vault with a jump of 13-6.

Bennett ran in lane seven for the 400, which he said helped eliminate distractions at the start of the race, given that he started in front of most of his competitors.

“You don’t have somebody to pace you,” he said. “The competition is all on your inside. It makes you work harder.”

For the Liberty girls, senior Madison Birdsall took seventh in the 400 with a time of 58.78; sophomore Jessica Pickering took 12th place in the pole vault, jumping 8-6; and freshman Amy Broska took 15th in the 3,200 with a time of 11:51.73.

The Issaquah High School’s girls team placed sixth out of the 4A schools, with Eva Perry leading the way, taking first in the pole

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vault, clearing 11-3.

Haley Jacobson, a senior who will compete for the University of Washington next year, took second in the 200 for the Eagles, posting a time of 24.54, and fourth in the 100 with a time of 12.11. Issaquah’s 4x100 relay team — senior Kim Varney, Jacobson, sophomore McKenna Hogan and freshman Gabrielle Gevers — made a strong showing, taking third with a time of 49.05.

“All of us had really good times,” Jacobson said. “My coaches were down there and said my start looked great.”

For Jacobson, the 200 was her final race. When she started running, she said all she could think was that it was the last time she would be racing as an Eagle.

“I don’t need to save anything,” she recalled. “I just all day have been thinking the 200, I have to give it everything I have.”

Issaquah senior Jason Hollaway came out strong for the boys team, sailing 14 feet in the pole vault for a third-place finish. Junior Jorrell Dorsey also took seventh in the long jump, recording a 22-foot leap.

For Skyline, senior Kyle Branch finished 15th in the 1,600 meter with a time of 4:26.72 and 16th in the 3,200 with a time of 9:51.11.

The Skyline boys 4x400 relay team also took eighth with a time of 3:28.44.

Nonetheless, Skyline coach Dawn Geiser said the team will miss Williams as he transitions to the University of Washington next year.

“It’s a bittersweet moment for the coaching staff,” she said, adding that she and the other coaches gathered around the long jump to watch Williams’ final event. “We were all standing up watching him, and I think we all got a little lump in our throats when we saw him running down for his last jump, because that was it. This is the last time we’re going to get to see Kasen Williams in green.”

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By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Time was of the essence as students navigated their handmade robots underwater, doing their best to stop the oil spill and save the sea life from impending disaster.

Granted, there was no actual oil spewing into the swimming pool, but students from Maywood Middle School pretended there was as they sent their robots to save the day.

Last year, the Maywood Robotics Club had only two students, but it grew to seven this year, enough to send two teams to this year’s competition, called the Marine Advanced Technology Education Remote Operated Vehicle Competition, sponsored by the Marine Technology Society.

Since January, the students — Matthieu Blanchet, Sydney Hartford, Jason Jarman, Joseph Jarman, Duncan Magendanz, Hannah Matson and Benton Smith — have designed and built robots equipped for the 2011 challenge, a contest modeled after the 2010 Deep Water Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

During the challenge, each robot had to turn off an oil valve — a task requiring the robot to turn an underwater wheel around twice — and then cap a leaking oil derrick.

Next, students directed their robots to the pool floor, where they could pick up and rescue fake sea cucumbers, crabs, sponges and plants from the spill.

The teams also made posters

Challenger students raise $1,309 in relief funds for Japan Challenger Elementary School students leant a hand and raised some dough for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.

The Student Council collected $1,309 for UNICEF, while hundreds of students wrote encouraging notes on paper hands during school April 22. The notes will be sent to children in Japan as part of the school’s Give a Helping Hand campaign for Japan.

about their projects, detailing their work.

“The best part of this project for me was having to build a robot,” sixth-grader Benton Smith said.

“I learned that building a robot is pretty much harder than building anything else,” sixth-grader Joseph Jarman said.

Students feverishly worked on their robots, connecting motor propellers to the framework, and linking the wires to their hand controllers, which allowed them to direct the robots remotely.

They got a few test trials — robotics club advisor and Maywood science teacher Marla Crouch has a friend with a swimming pool.

She also took the students to the University of Washington, where they could test their robots in a saltwater tank.

Students got a tour of a university oceanography laboratory, where they saw a giant robot used to measure weather and water currents in the middle of the ocean, eighth-grader Jason Jarman said.

“It has made me more interested in pursuing a career that involves our oceans and a job that involves designing and building robots,” eighth-grader Matson wrote in an email. “I doubt that I would be interested in these possibilities if I hadn't joined Robotics Club.”

Introducing students to careers dealing with robotics and oceanography is essential, Crouch said.

“When you look toward the future

for jobs, ocean and marine sciences are expecting huge growth,” she said.

Students had a great time at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way on May 7, the day of the contest, learning as they went.

One team attached a dustpan to its robot with the hope that it would scoop up the faux sea creatures, but the pan was not deep enough and many of the little creatures floated away. The robot also had a series of propeller malfunctions, but some deft rewiring helped them reboot the system.

“I learned a lot about hydrodynamics,” Blanchet, an eighth-grader, said. “When I was building land robots, they could be bulky and flat and it didn’t matter, but with this, the water is dense so it can’t be flat,” because of the water’s resistance.

Joining Robotics Club taught Matson about time management and teamwork.

“It wasn't like in a normal class where you could shove the whole group project onto one dedicated overachiever and then take credit for it when it gets turned in,” she wrote. “Building a remote-operated vehicle and making a display board about the project requires as many hands as you can get.”

The Issaquah Schools Foundation and the Maywood Associated Student Body provided funding for the club.

Beaver Lake Middle School’s robotics club also attended the competition.

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Maywood Middle School’s team (from left) members Hannah Matson, Matthieu Blanchet, Jason Jarman and Sydney Hartford, check the buoyancy and maneuverability of Vortex, the name of their remote-operated vehicle.

Transit prodigy mentors the next generation

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Matthew Neisius (left), an Issaquah High School sophomore, met with Metro Transit Service Planner Ted Day to discuss a future transportation career.

Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye Only three years ago we were sophomores, entering the confusing hallways of Skyline High School, and I remember looking up to the seniors thinking they were gods.

We all watched as they would chant “Senior Power,” demanded cheers at every football game, slacked with the infamous senior slacker classes and counted down the days until we would be just like them.

It’s hard to believe that after

waiting all this time for my senior year to come now here I am counting down the days until it’s over. Throughout high school, every month, every week, every day and every hour seemed endless. But now as my final day approaches, it seems I can’t make time slow down.

I know every senior is excited to leave high school. But instead of rushing through our final days at Skyline, I think we should stop

Thirty years ago, Ted Day was a 10-year-old with an interest in King County’s transit system. By that young age, he had memorized all of the bus routes in the Metro system, and was featured as a transit prodigy in an article in The Seattle Times.

Fast forward to 2011, and the 39-year-old Day now works for King County Metro Transit as one of the agency’s senior service planners. It is a position that taps into his early passion to “fill in all the big spaces without bus runs.”

The Service Planning group is continually updating Metro’s bus system by adjusting the type and frequency of service throughout the county. It also leads efforts for

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Don’t forget the friends we have made — the friends who always seem to make you laugh when nothing seems funny, you can count on no matter what, you have

long-range transit planning and integration of Metro’s service with other transportation agencies like Sound Transit.

With his personal and professional background, Day realizes how important it is to help a youthful interest in buses and trains grow into a transportation career. So he recently spent time with Matthew Neisius, a sophomore at Issaquah High School, who has those interests.

“Matthew had some great questions about Metro and about transit careers,” Day said. “I really enjoyed meeting with him to answer those questions and give him some advice about his college plans. We need young people like Matthew to

turn their interests into a career, so we can develop the next generation of transit professionals who are passionate about their work.”

Coincidentally, Day met with Neisius the same week that the American Public Transportation Association celebrated its National Transportation Career Day, a national workforce development initiative to introduce students to the vast array of careers in the public transportation industry.

That was exactly the kind of information Neisius was looking for when he first contacted Metro.

“I am very interested in working in the public transportation field and would really like to have a chance to talk to someone who

works in that field,” he wrote.

“This will help me understand possible career opportunities and courses I should take at Bellevue College or elsewhere after I graduate from IHS.” Neisius said his interest started at an early age, just like Day. For the past few years, he’s been studying bus schedules and maps, and riding the bus whenever he can.

“I think I’d like a job planning bus routes or helping people get more information about bus service,” he said.

“But I probably wouldn’t want to be a bus driver. That would be too stressful,” he said with a smile.

known since kindergarten and the ones you just cannot live without.

The day we receive that diploma, we will go our separate ways; some may go to college, move across the country, go into the Army or take a year off. Whatever it may be, wherever we may go, we won’t see these friends as much anymore. Cherish these final days with them, take advantage of every smile and every laugh, and carry them with you wherever you may go. There will be friends who come and go after high school, but the friends we have made here at Skyline will truly last.

High school would not be complete without the teachers — they have taught me, encouraged me and helped me grow into the person I am today.

It took me until now to realize that teachers make our diploma worth working for. If graduating was easy, then it wouldn’t be an accomplishment. Thank the teachers you have had, because they helped prepare you for the real world.

On June 10, when they announce “Jenna Christine Massaro” over the speaker for thousands to hear, I will think of high school, middle school, elementary school and

maybe even preschool with my class of 2011. The day we graduate is the day our lives begin and we become citizens of the world.

We are no longer high school students; we are adults. We become accountable to somebody other than our parents or ourselves; we become accountable to the world.

So, when you hold that diploma, smile like a kid, throw your cap in the air and cheer like a crazy loud Skyline fan, because you did it.

I hope each and every one of us carries a piece of Skyline in our hearts throughout the journey of life.

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Arrest

A GPS unit was stolen from a vehicle parked in the 21200 block of Southeast 42nd Lane prior to 6:39 a.m. May 17. The estimated loss is $100.

Police arrested a 45-year-old Issaquah man on a warrant in the 1100 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard at 9:05 a.m.

May 20.

Snapped

Arrest

A camera and a purse were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 1900 block of Northeast Park Drive prior to 8:35 p.m. May 17.

The estimated loss is $900.

Police arrested a 49-year-old Sammamish man for driving with a suspended license and ignition interlock violations at state Route 900 and Interstate 90 at 10:34 p.m. May 20.

Drugs Police arrested an 18-year-old Sammamish man for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the 900 block of Northeast High Street at 9:39 p.m. May 17.

Candid camera A camera, purse, glasses, CDs, Bluetooth device and shoes were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 2100 block of Tiger View Court Northwest prior to 11:01 a.m. May 18. The estimated loss is $450.

BY GREG FARRAR

Attention to detail is key Mark Brandt, a KeyBank employee of Issaquah, cuts kitchen floor tiles May 25 at the Northeast Magnolia Street Habitat for Humanity project, during the Neighbors Make the Difference Day volunteer community service project. Up to 150 Seattle-area KeyBank employees, as part of the company’s 21st annual effort, worked at 41 area sites.

King County receives high marks for credit King County has again received high marks from global credit rating agencies.

Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s all reaffirmed top credit ratings for the county,

despite lingering effects from the recession. The agencies noted the county’s proactive financial management, diverse economic base and moderate debt levels as factors in the ratings.

The high credit ratings allow the county to borrow money for projects at a lower cost to taxpayers.

“These strong credit ratings reinforce that we are taking the right steps to create fiscal sustainability,” County Executive Dow Constantine said in a press release. “The people of King County can continue to have confidence that our projects are being delivered with the lowest financing rate possible.”

Money hungry Cash, cameras, a TV and a purse were stolen from a residence in the 500 block of Mount Defiance Circle Southwest prior to 5:30 p.m. May 18. The estimated loss is $2,350.

Fancy filching A window was damaged on, and a purse and earrings were stolen from, a vehicle parked in the 1900 block of Northeast Park Drive prior to 5:59 p.m. May 18. The estimated loss is $525.

Cadillac caper A window was damaged on, and a laptop computer, tablet PC and a bag were stolen from, a Cadillac parked in the 900 block of 12th Avenue Northwest prior to 7:07 p.m. May 18. The estimated loss is $2,600.

Drugs

Untitled Police cited and released a 56year-old Renton man for failing to transfer a vehicle title and driving with a suspended license near Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road and 240th Avenue Southeast at 8:40 a.m. May 21.

Lost and found Police recovered a bike reported stolen in 2005 in the 100 block of Front Street North at 11:05 a.m.

May 21.

Blowing smoke A caller in the 200 block of Newport Way Southeast said a neighbor became angry with him for blowing cigarette smoke into the neighbor’s residence prior to 5:31 p.m. May 21. The caller said he had not blown smoke into the apartment.

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Innovative zHome community opens Sept. 14 The opening date is Sept.

14 for zHome, a groundbreaking cluster of carbonneutral townhouses under construction in the Issaquah Highlands, the project manager announced May 3.

Construction is scheduled to conclude earlier, but the additional weeks should allow crews enough time to prepare the units for public open houses. The grand opening is scheduled on the same day as the Built Green Conference, a yearly gathering for building industry professionals interested in eco-conscious practices.

Plans call for tours to run from the conference at Pickering Barn to zHome in the highlands. Brad Liljequist, zHome project manager, announced the opening date.

The project is designed to produce as much electricity as residents consume — hence the zero-net energy name — and is meant to be a leader in energy and water conservation.

Construction crews also used a high percentage of salvaged, reclaimed and local materials to build zHome.

Construction on zHome started last April, after Howland Development Issaquah — a joint venture between Shoreline developer Howland Homes and Japanese homebuilder Ichijo Co. subsidiary Ichijo USA — teamed up to build and finance the project.

Arrest

Assault

Police arrested a 30-year-old Laramie, Wyo., man for physical control in the 19200 block of West Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast at 2:06 a.m. May 22.

Police arrested a 29-year-old Issaquah man for assault in the 5300 block of 236th Place Southeast at 10:40 p.m. May 23.

Sleep with the fishes

Drugs

Police responded to a noise complaint at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, 125 W. Sunset Way, at 2:33 a.m. May 22. Police checked the hatchery and could not locate the noise source.

Police cited and released a man for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the 1000 block of 17th Avenue Northwest at 6:45 p.m. May 24.

In brief

Police arrested a 24-year-old Issaquah woman for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia near state Route 900 and Northwest Talus Drive at 5:09 a.m. May 19.

Police arrested a 41-year-old Issaquah man for assault in the 2100 block of Northeast Newton Lane at 3:08 p.m. May 22.

A window was damaged on, and a briefcase was stolen from, a GMC parked near East Sunset Way and Interstate 90 prior to 6:35 p.m.

May 25. The estimated loss is $450.

Rise and shine

Exact change

Pumped

A woman in the 600 block of Southeast Bush Street called police at 1:24 p.m. May 19 after she received a text message from her landlord stating, “Wake up, bitch.”

She had no idea why she had received such a message.

A person kicked in a door and stole a coin jar in the 100 block of West Sunset Way prior to 9:23 a.m. May 23. The estimated loss is $5,000.

A window was damaged on, and a gym bag was stolen from, a Mercedes parked in the 6100 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast prior to 7:29 p.m. May 25. The estimated loss is $220.

Anybody home?

Police arrested two juvenile males for displaying a weapon in the 700 block of Second Avenue Southeast at 11:53 a.m. May 23.

Police responded to suspicious activity in the 200 block of Northwest Birch Place at 11:19 p.m. May 19 after a caller reported hearing the back door handle jiggle and seeing a man walking away. Police could not locate the man.

Naked city Police contacted a 911 caller at a pay phone in the 100 block of East Sunset Way at 3:36 a.m. May 20. The man wore only a T-shirt and boxer-briefs, and he said he was unaware of who he was or how he got there. Police returned the man to Motel 6, 1885 15th Place N.W.

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Assault

Arrest

Assault Police arrested a 30-year-old Issaquah man for assault in the 700 block of Second Avenue Northwest at 5:19 p.m. May 23.

Checkmate A person in the 23400 block of Southeast Black Nugget Road said fraudulent checks had been cashed in his or her name prior to 5:33 p.m. May 23. The estimated loss is $34,000.

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Whacked Weed Eaters, trimmers and an edger were stolen in the 23300 block of Southeast Black Nugget Road prior to 9:42 a.m. May 26.

The estimated loss is $2,300.

Purse snatched A window was damaged on, and a purse was stolen from, a vehicle parked in the 1000 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard prior to 10:24 a.m. May 26. The estimated loss is $490.

Arrest Police arrested a 41-year-old Issaquah man for violation of a court order and on a Renton warrant for driving with a suspended license in the 300 block of Dorado Drive Northwest at 11:51 a.m. May 26.

Fast cash A woman in the 100 block of East Sunset Way said her bank account information had been used to make almost 30 unauthorized ATM withdrawals in the months prior to 5:09 p.m. May 26. The estimated loss is $4,000.

Volvo vandalized A window was damaged on, and a gym bag and iPod were stolen from, a Volvo parked in the 5700 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast prior to 8:40 a.m. May 27. The estimated loss is $1,000.

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ARTS

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JUNE

1

Evergreen Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Concert, 7:30 p.m., Skyline High School, 1122 228th Ave. S.E.

Village Theatre presents “Jesus Christ Superstar” through July 3, $19 to $60, Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., www.villagetheatre.org or 392-2202

Wings N Things, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Field of Champions Sports Bar & Grill

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Brooks Giles Band, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella ArtWalk, 5-8 p.m., downtown Issaquah and Gilman Village Butch Harrison and Good Company, 7:45-10 p.m., Bake’s Place, $20

Issaquah Singers present “Tie a Yellow Ribbon,” free concert recognizing military service, at 7:30 p.m. at Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road, Sammamish Three Trick Pony, 8-11 p.m., Pogacha Evergreen Philharmonic Orchestra Season Finale, 7:30 p.m., Skyline High School, 1122 228th Ave. S.E.

Timber Ridge at Talus art fair, featuring displays by its residents, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 100 Timber Ridge Way N.W.

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Tribute to the Rat Pack, 6:45-9 p.m., Bake’s Place, $30 Burgers and BMWs, 8 a.m., XXX Rootbeer Drive-in

Issaquah Philharmonic concert, 7:30 p.m., Faith United Church, 3924 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road; admission is free, but donations are appreciated

James Howard Band, 7:3011:30 p.m., Vino Bella

Fridays in the Living Room with Gail Pettis, 7:45-10 p.m., Bake’s Place, $20 Paul Green and Straight Shot, 8-11 p.m., Pogacha Peter Jamero Project, 7:3011:30 p.m., Vino Bella

Latest depot film series features Bing Crosby Washingtonian Bing Crosby is the focus as the popular Films @ the Train Depot! series returns.

“High Society” plays at the depot June 11. “The Country Girl” completes the Crosby series July 9.

The films start at 7 p.m. at the historic depot, 50 Rainier Blvd. N. The program is free, thanks to support from the city Arts Commission and the King County cultural agency, 4Culture.

“High Society” is a musical reworking of “The Philadelphia Story” and features a blue-blooded Crosby attempting to win back ice goddess ex-wife Grace Kelly.

Meanwhile, Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm, as reporters for Snoop Magazine, gum up the works.

“The Country Girl” tells the tale of washed-up thespian Frank Elgin (Crosby) and how red-hot director Bernie Dodd (William Holden) attempts to revive his career. Grace Kelly won an Oscar for her role in the film.

Since the film series launched in October 2009, Films @ the Train Depot! has featured train-themed films, films set in Washington and noir classics.

‘Fresh’ film explores industrial food system The municipal Resource Conservation Office is offering something fresh for filmgoers.

“Fresh,” the film, celebrates farmers, thinkers and business people in the midst of reinventing the food system.

The free film is at 6:30 p.m. June 30 at the King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way N.W. Participants can arrive early for a chance to talk to experts and exhibitors, and to enjoy a light snack.

Call 837-3400 to learn more.

The film explores the darker impacts of industrial agriculture: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources and obesity. “Fresh” also highlights healthier and sustainable alternatives for the future.

Participants can also learn about local food in Issaquah.

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Photographer makes the familiar new again

By Sean Beighton If you asked LeRoy LaCelle four years ago whether his photographs would provide soothing images to patients at a clinic or a new hospital, he’d probably ask: “What photographs?”

Now LaCelle, a retired industrial deLeRoy LaCelle signer, has made a name for himself as one of the premier nature photographers on ON THE WEB the Eastside. He has four photos on display See a at Swedish’s clinic in slideshow of Redmond. He has made LeRoy an Issaquah restaurant LaCelle’s phointo his own gallery. tos at And five images have www.issaquah been chosen for the new Swedish Hospital, press.com. which opens in the Is Learn more saquah Highlands in about LaCelle July. And it’s all beon or contact cause he got bored one day and started playing him though his website, with a camera.

“I showed some picwww.lacelletures to some people photoand they said, ‘You graphy.com. should do something with this,’” said LaCelle, who retired in 2003.

“My first venture was the Issaquah Farmers Market.”

When LaCelle opened his booth at the market he was an immediate hit. His work caught the eye of clients like Sean Quinn, owner of The Flat Iron Grill in Issaquah.

“I only have so many walls,” Quinn said. “He keeps going out there and he knows what I want. Eventually, I’m going to run out of wall space for him.”

Quinn said he loves that LaCelle’s photographs provide viewers with a calming yet mysterious vibe.

“The most fun I’ve had with it is people trying to guess what it is,” Quinn said regarding the locations of the photos.

Nearly all of LaCelle’s images at The Flat Iron Grill are of nature destinations in Western Washington. He prides himself on his readiness to take a picture at a

BY LEROY LACELLE

Photos featured in LeRoy La Celle’s portfolio are (clockwise, from top left) ‘Issaquah Depot,’ ‘Salmon Waiting,’ ‘Wheat Field and Shed’ and ‘Petal Stem.’

moment’s notice. Timing means everything to LaCelle.

“Everywhere I go I have two cameras, six lenses, a tripod and a backpack,” he said. “The only thing I don’t have is a wetsuit.”

Lori Asmus, Swedish’s Redmond clinic administrator, said the clinic wanted to show off photography from local artists.

It was referred to LaCelle through the Swedish Art Committee.

“Swedish is very sensitive to the emotions of people in the hospital, to calm them and make them feel comfortable,” LaCelle said.

Swedish Medical Center opened the Redmond facility in December. They needed soothing artwork for their patients and LaCelle provided it. Now, the Redmond facility owns several of LaCelle’s pieces, all of which were taken in Washington state. The photographs feature a variety of landscapes and nature.

For example, one picture hones in on a cluster of maple leaves, colored in orange, yellow and brown.

The Flat Iron Grill plans on turning one of LaCelle’s photographs into a 3-D metallic relief. Quinn will dedicate an entire wall at his restaurant to the relief. A

metal artist will create the work.

“He’s done a great job and his passion for it has been incredible.”

The artworks Swedish will put in the highlands hospital will be on display for the hospital’s open house July 12.

LaCelle still participates in the Issaquah Farmers Market. However, he is gone some weekends in search of his next epic picture.

Sean Beighton is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Issaquah ballet studio presents ‘Don Quixote’

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter

T

he Spanish lovers danced a pas de deux — a dance for two — enamored with each other even though the girl’s father forbade their union.

The father believed the young man, a barber, was too poor to marry his daughter. Luckily – or unluckily for them — the fate of the paramours rested on the actions of the ballet’s hero, Don Quixote.

The Issaquah Highlands dance studio MK IF YOU GO Ballet is performing “Don Quixote” at the MeydenDon Quixote bauer Center Theater 7 p.m. June 10 June 10 and 11. and 11 Michiko Black, the stu Meydenbauer dio’s founder, has spent Center Theater the past year teaching her students the ballet 1100 N.E. Sixth choreography and sewing St., Bellevue costumes for their big Tickets cost $30. performance.

Buy them at the Born in Tokyo, Black door or online at has a storied past. She http://mkballet.com began dancing at age 3, and acted for both TV or call 442-6520. and film beginning at age 10. By the time she was 18, she placed first out of 1,000 contestants in the Japan National Ballet Competition, and later danced with The Tokyo Ballet.

Judges crowned her Mrs. Tokyo at age 19, and at 22 she left her country for Washington, where she opened MK Ballet in Bremerton. She relocated her studio in Issaquah in 2008.

Her students performed “Coppelia” in 2010, and Black’s crew of about 40 dancers is eager to present “Don Quixote” this year.

“It’s a very exciting Spanish story,” Black said.

The ballet tells a different story than the novel written by Miguel de Cervantes in the early 1600s. One of the only similarities is “there’s a guy who’s afraid of windmills,” Issaquah High School junior Ingrid Johansen said, regarding Don Quixote.

The ballet’s heroine, Kitri (Sabrina Schulbach), falls in love with the town’s barber, Basil (La Yin). Her father (Robert Black) urges her to marry the wealthy Gamash (Bruce Evans), but Kitri refuses his hand in marriage.

Enter Don Quixote (Bill Swan), the knight errant. Struck by Kitri’s beauty, he falls in love with her and gallantly tries to protect her from the windmills, which he envisions as four-armed giants.

“He thinks I’m the girl of his dreams,” Schulbach, a sophomore at Skyline High School, said.

As the tale progresses, Kitri and Basil struggle

PHOTOS BY LAURA GEGGEL

Above, La Yin (left) plays Basil in the ballet ‘Don Quixote’ as he woes the heroine Kitri, played by Sabrina Schulbach. At left, dancers Kea Saper, Sarah Smith, Jessica Tanner and Bailey Moore at MK Ballet wave their fans during a rehearsal of the ballet ‘Don Quixote.’

to stay together, despite the obstacles.

Dancing in a performance such as “Don Quixote” is a fun challenge for the ballerinas, since they have to act as well as dance.

“While they are dancing, they have to tell a story,” Black said.

The students not only have Black to direct them, but also Yin, who used to dance with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Black invited Yin to dance with the studio after watching him per-

form with International Ballet Theatre.

“Sometimes, when we have class, he’ll come and correct us,” Pacific Cascade Middle School seventh-grader Sarah Smith said. “I’ve learned to smile a lot more, to keep my back straight and keep my shoulders down.”

The dancers, from ages 3 to 50, “are doing great,” Yin said. “They are really talented dancers.”

The dancers invited the community to watch their performance, not only because of the compelling tale but also to see what they’ve been rehearsing for nearly three hours a day, six days a week.

“The costumes are amazing and it’s a classic,” Pacific Cascade Middle School eighth-grader Jessica Tanner said. “It’s really funny.”

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“Sometimes, when we have class, he (former Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer La Yin) will come and correct us. I’ve learned to smile a lot more, to keep my back straight and keep my shoulders down.”

— Sarah Smith Pacific Cascade Middle School seventh-grader