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Lobby group says state Senate cut funding for rebuilding Sunset Beach

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com The final state budget has yet to be written.

But the state Senate version contains some $68.8 million for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, according to information provided by the Wildlife and Recreation Coalition.

That coalition is a private, statewide advocacy group that supports outdoor and environmental projects across Washington.

The current Senate budget actually contains some good news in the overall level of funding, said Karin Frank, a spokeswoman for the Wildlife Coalition.

Those dollars include $1.1 million in funding for new floating docks on Lake Sammamish, $750,000 for a new playground in Lake Sammamish State Park and more dollars for beach restoration.

Still, Frank said the budget could have, and in her opinion, should have, contained at least $3.1 million more for the rebuilding of Sunset Beach in the state park.

According to Frank, in past years, the Senate has used a prioritized list for funding recreation projects. That list was ignored this year. Had the senate used the prioritized list, the Sunset Beach project would have made the cut.

In a press release, the Wildlife Coalition charges the Senate went against statute and circumvented the ranking process for the first time in 25 years. Using the formula, Frank said, presented several advantages.

“You knew the money was being spent well, not for earmarks,” she said, adding the Senate essentially “cherry-

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

SOUNDS OF EARLY SUMMER

By Greg Farrar

People dance and listen to the School of Rock Bellevue student band June 6 during the Summer Smash concert at Lake Sammamish State Park, entertaining the crowds taking advantage of the free park admission on a hot summerlike day. Other local bands included Cygnus, Last Minute and LocoMotive.

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Gilman Gallery moves into new, bigger home

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com At one time an empty shell, 30 display areas now fill the more than 19,000 square feet of retail space about to become the new home of Issaquah’s well-known Gilman Gallery.

After 28 years in the same location on Northeast Gilman Boulevard, in June of last year the gallery lost its space to what is known as the Atlas residential project.

“It’s the bigger and better Gilman Gallery,” said owner Darlene Cohen, gesturing while taking a short break from readying that bigger and better space last week.

The new gallery is about 4,000 square feet larger than the original.

The gallery is now at 5530 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway, next to Value Village in what was part of the former Albertson’s supermarket.

Cohen plans to open with about 60 dealers in place inside the gallery. She actually has room for between 135 and 150.

A few of Cohen’s dealers already were moving in antique furniture last week. Cohen said the rest likely would arrive over the weekend and early this week. While she

plans a soft opening soon, Cohen still didn’t have an exact date for that opening last week.

With the help of Kirkland’s KSI Architects and Planning, Cohen said she designed the new gallery space herself. She said the display areas in the old Gilman Gallery were pretty uniform in size. In the new space, display areas are of all different sizes, which should allow for much more varied presentations.

“It’s so exciting,” said Tracy Maynock, who with husband Steve Maynock, was wrangling a heavy antique bar into a spot in their Gilman display space. The Maynocks’ Chez Charlotte, named after Tracy’s dog, had a space in the old Gilman Gallery as well.

“They are doing such a great job,” Tracy said regarding the new gallery. “Everything is so bright and new.”

Although the gallery certainly does feature furniture, dealers are just as certainly not limited to furniture. The old Gilman Gallery also displayed jewelry, clothing, household decorations and more, and so will the new

By Greg Farrar

Anna Thompson, 14, of Bellevue, sings one of the classic rock songs on the playlist with her fellow musicians of the School of Rock Bellevue house band.

Above, a hoverboard powered by water jets achieves impressive heights on the surface of Lake Sammamish near Sunset Beach.

At left, William Hartman, 13, of Bellevue, warms up on a drum kit before the house band from School of Rock Bellevue takes the stage.

SLIDESHOW See more photos from the Summer Smash concert at www.issaquahpress.com.

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Transportation improvement list maps out future city roadwork

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com

By Kathleen R. Merrill

Tracy and Steve Maynock, who have a dealer space in the new Gilman Gallery, move an antique bar into place before opening day.

Like every other city in the state, Issaquah annually goes through the exercise of creating a Transportation Improvement Program, a list of proposed transportation projects to hopefully be undertaken in the next six years, in this case, through 2021.

The TIP is a requirement of state law and makes the listed projects eligible for state and federal funding. The 61 projects on Issaquah’s 2016 list

range from a $30 million plan to extend Southeast 62nd Street into the Pickering Place shopping center to a trail connection in Tibbetts Valley Park priced at about $48,000.

The Issaquah City Council approved the TIP list at its regular meeting June 1.

Public Works Director Sheldon Lynne repeatedly noted the project list is not prioritized.

The first project listed is $7.5 million in improvements to East Lake Sammamish Parkway, but that might not be at the top of the city’s transportation agenda.

The council and administration will spell out their priorities when completing their capital facilities plan, which will appear later this year prior to the city’s budget, Lynne said.

The TIP includes many projects previously listed in the Central Issaquah Plan, such as the Walk and Roll program (walking and biking trails) and the massive $308 million concurrency plan approved by the council in January. The latter is intended See TIP, Page 3

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Lake Sammamish boat cleats installed wrong, are unusable

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@isspress.com Boat cleats are, Jim Mackey said, those squat, sort of T-shaped things on docks to which boats are tied.

Mackey, a member of the board of the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park, said the boat cleats Sammamish added to the docks at the lake were put on the wrong side of the dock. He said the way the dock is built, posts that are part of the dock structure prevent docking boats on one side. But that is the side on which city workers placed the boat cleats 2 ½ years ago.

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picked” projects pushed by one senator or another, but ignored more deserving projects.

The Senate changed the statute in the budget in order to get around established rules, according to Frank. Both the House and the budget proposed

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The only way to presently use the cleats to tie boats bigger than a kayak is to stretch lines across the length of the dock in order to reach the cleats.

Mackey said that method is neither practical nor safe for people on the docks.

“It’s not the right way to do things,” he said.

“The city recognizes that some of the dock cleats may need to be repositioned,” said Tim Larson, communications manager for the city of Sammamish. “But we’re having some warranty issues with the docks, are in discussions about fixes and don’t want

to void the warranty by moving cleats right now.”

Larson said as soon as the warranty issues are settled, the city would address the issue with the cleats but declined to guess when that might happen. No one seemed to know the exact price of the wayward cleats.

“It’s hard for me to understand why it’s taking so long,” Mackey said.

“I can understand their frustration,” Larson said.

“When they brought up the cleat issues last year, we told we would get on it. But then the warranty issue put us in a holding pattern.”

by Gov. Jay Inslee followed the old formula, she added. Frank said her group and others would lobby the Senate to do the same.

“We’re trying to put a lot of pressure on the Senate,” she said.

State Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, said he does not agree with the coalition’s assessment of the budget situation. Did the Senate ignore the usual prioritizing method? Mullet didn’t hesitate to say it did. But he also argued the $3.1 million for Sunset Beach was never going to materialize.

Mullet said to fully fund the Washington Wildlife Program request would have cost $97 million.

The program request did

include the dollars for Sunset Beach, but Mullet added no one in Olympia ever has suggested fully funding the WWRP request. House Democrats proposed the highest funding level and that only reached $75 million.

The beach project “never cleared the line,” Mullet said.

As negotiations on a new budget continue between the House and Senate, Mullet said he considers it his job to protect the funding that is in the budget for Lake Sammamish State Park.

The beach project would include three new picnic shelters, picnic tables and new barbecues among other amenities, Frank said.

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Eastside Baby Corner was the fortunate recipient of the annual Windermere Real Estate company Day of Caring, as 53 volunteers from the Issaquah office cleaned surfaces, vacuumed floors, sorted clothing and toy donations and built new storage shelves June 5 for the distribution center on Northwest Maple Street.

King County honors local Green Schools programs Several Issaquah schools were among 55 schools the King County Green Schools Program is recognizing this month for conservation achievements.

Schools from 33 cities and 15 school districts in King County are engaging students, teachers and other staff in reducing waste and recycling, and conserving water and energy, with help from the King County Green Schools Program.

The program involves students and school employees in learning about and practicing resource conservation. Participating schools and school districts have reported saving money through reduced garbage volumes and decreased energy and water use.

To qualify for recognition as a Sustaining Green School, a school selects and completes an additional conservation practice or educational strategy from the program’s Best Practices Guides, while sustaining

the conservation strategies the school achieved during the first three levels of the program.

Of the 216 schools participating in the county program: 4199 schools have been recognized as Level One schools for their waste reduction and recycling practices; 4114 schools have been recognized as Level Two schools for sustaining their Level One practices and engaging in energy conservation education and actions; and 483 schools have been recognized as Level Three schools for engaging in water conservation education and actions while maintaining their Level One and Two practices.

Level Four schools have to sustain Level One, Level Two and Level Three practices, and then complete at least one additional action from a Best Practice Guide list.

The following Issaquah School District schools were honored:

Level Four Sustaining Green Schools: 4Creekside Elementary School 4Grand Ridge Elementary School 4Issaquah Middle School 4Newcastle Elementary School 4Pine Lake Middle School 4Sunset Elementary School Level Three Schools — Water Conservation and Pollution Preservation: 4Apollo Elementary School 4Briarwood Elementary School 4Issaquah High School 4Sunny Hills Elementary School Level Two Schools — Energy Conservation 4Beaver Lake Middle School Learn more about the Green Schools Program at http://your.kingcounty.gov/ solidwaste/greenschools/ how-it-works.asp.

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Maywood team wins Rubik’s Cube Challenge Maywood Middle School won the Washington Regional Rubik’s Cube Challenge May 16 in Everett.

The competition featured 175 students on 18 teams from Western Washington trying to solve cubes as fast as their fingers would let them.

The Maywood team took the championship in the middle school division with the time of 2 minutes, 24 seconds. Their time was not only the best in the competition, including the high school teams, but with that time it would have won most other middle school competitions in the United States this year.

The Maywood team members are Arayan Chauhan, Mohammed Mohideen, Aryan Kaushik, Ben Royce, Justin Ung, Bradley Baltazar, Pranav Nair, Bernardo Sanchez and Will Slaton.

In the individual competition, Maywood had two cubers place in the top four of all the competitors. Royce took 4th place, with a time of just over 26 seconds, and Ung had the day’s best time of 19.8 seconds.

Community center hours change for summer The Issaquah Community Center’s summer hours began June 6 and run through Aug. 29.

On Saturdays, the center will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday office hours are from 8 a.m. to noon.

The community center is at 301 Rainier Blvd. S.

City Council hosts public hearing The Issaquah City Council will hold a public hearing regarding a property tax reduction request via Public Benefit Rating System applications from: 4Overdale Homeowners Association seeking open space designation for 4.06 acres on parcel #2224069057, at 5658 229th Ave. S.E. 4Janet Wall seeking open space designation

of .611 acres on parcel #6445800045, adjacent to 22740 S.E. 56th St. This hearing will be at the Regular City Council meeting at 7 p.m. June 15, in the Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way. Anyone interested may appear at the public hearing and be heard for or against, or provide comments, regarding applications.

Learn more at issaquahwa.gov/pbrs, or call Dave Favour at 837-3090.

Flashing yellow arrows coming to more streets The city of Issaquah is adding flashing yellow leftturn arrow traffic signals at intersections throughout Issaquah.

The flashing yellow left-turn arrow signal aims to keep traffic moving and increase safety while reducing delays and fuel consumption.

A flashing yellow means to turn with caution.

Work started in June and is set to be done by November. The majority of work will occur at night, with no daytime lane closures planned.

These seven signals will be converted to flashing yellow arrows: 4Northwest Maple Street and 12th Avenue Northwest 4Northwest Maple Street and the Issaquah Transit Center 4Newport Way Northwest and the Issaquah Transit Center 4Southeast IssaquahFall City Road and Southeast Black Nugget Road 4Northwest Gilman Boulevard and Fourth Avenue Northwest 4Front Street South and Second Avenue Southeast 4Northeast Discovery Drive and Eighth Avenue Northeast

School board approves gifts to district The Issaquah School Board approved the following gifts of $5,000 or more to the school district: 4$5,000 from the Pine Lake Middle School PTSA to help fund Homework Club at Pine Lake Middle School.

4$10,000 from Marc and Madonna Messina to help fund a Steinway at Issaquah High School.

4$10,000 from Dr. Stephen Bayles to fund the Steinway at Issaquah High School.

4$32,391.73 from the Issaquah Schools Foundation to fund the following programs: — $6,294 for after school homework programs at middle and high schools.

— $2,250 for environmental sustainability education programs at each high school.

— $4,000 for high school robotics programs.

— $656 for middle school robotics programs.

— $2,260.72 for the STEM program at Skyline High School.

— $13,464.75 for the following academic intervention programs: — $1,260.98 for Pacific Cascade Middle School’s “7th Period” — 2,135.07 for Briarwood Elementary School’s “After School Assistance Program” — $10,068.70 for Apollo Elementary School’s “After School Assistance Program” — $2,537.50 for the VOICE program.

— $928.09 for the Scratch Coding Club.

TeamBuilder welcomes new member Jill Thomas Jill Thomas has joined TeamBuilder KW LLC as CEO of its new resale division, operating as T3, The Thomas Team.

TeamBuilder is a new home marketing and sales company and T3 is its first venture into the resale marketplace.

Thomas comes to TeamBuilder after more than 20 years in broadcast sales and marketing, including a position as senior sales executive at KIRO-TV. TeamBuilder has a longstanding history of real estate successes in Seattle including launching John L. Scott’s Builder Division 15 years ago. Founder and chairman Bill Hurme also helped Port Blakley develop the Issaquah Highlands.

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Gilman. The original Gilman even once boasted a full suit of armor.

Cohen said that thanks to a store she once operated in China, she is expecting delivery of a trunk full of Oriental collectibles. She said the trunk is currently waiting to be cleared through Chinese customs.

Cohen mentioned the new gallery also would contain displays especially for men.

“We call them our testosterone booths,” she added with a laugh.

Cohen said she signed a lease on the gallery space in September and has been working on getting that space in order since early April.

“We are a destination location,” Cohen said of

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to ensure new road construction keeps pace with development.

While they may not be prioritized, some projects on the TIP list are closer to happening than others. For example, design work is finished for the East Lake Sammamish Parkway project, Lynne said. The project needs approval from the state, and then can be sent out to bid. Lynne expects work to be finished by sometime next year.

The project will add a new southbound lane

By Kathleen R. Merrill

Gilman Gallery worker Kara Shaw, left, and dealer Diane Martin, right, show off an opening soon sign inside the new gallery next door to Value Village. her gallery.

She talked about a couple from Montana who were in the area recently and said they stopped in Issaquah just to visit Gilman Gallery. They were very disappointed to find the gallery was temporarily out of commission.

“We are an experience

in good shopping,” Cohen said.

to the parkway roughly between Southeast Black Nugget and Issaquah-Fall City roads. Plans also call for curbs, a bike lane and sidewalk on the south side of the parkway.

If the East Lake Sammamish Parkway project is ready to go, plans for other improvements, such as the extension of Southeast 62nd Street, are nowhere near complete.

The project will require a bridge to extend the street, as well as relocation of the East Fork of Issaquah Creek and two city roundabouts, according to information provided by the city.

Proposed funding for the project extends into 2018. If funding moves

forward as projected, the city will spend only a little over $1 million, while other, unspecified sources will account for $29.7 million of the pricey project.

Council President Paul Winterstein described the TIP as a transportation roadmap. He said the 2015 TIP took into account the concurrency plan, but not all of the TIP projects are included in the concurrency plan.

There is no way the city could afford to complete all of the TIP projects, Councilman Joshua Schaer noted.

“We need partners,” he said, but noted the TIP has gotten larger as the pace of development in Issaquah has increased.

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Q uote of the week “The education you get, you can always take that with you. At night, put down the video games and computers … do your homework and even pick up a book.”

— Carson Smith, Seattle Mariners pitcher, to children at Cougar Ridge Elementary School

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Don’t leave children, dogs to die in hot cars

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t must be horrible to be trapped in a very hot, small space, yearning for water, gasping for air and begging to be released.

Despite the fact that scenario will horrify most readers, every single summer, police get calls about children and dogs trapped in hot cars.

Temperatures have been in the 80s in recent days and it’s not midsummer yet.

On average, 37 children across the country have died each year since 1998 from heat-related deaths after being trapped inside motor vehicles, according to www.noheatstroke.org.

In our increasingly time-strapped society, where people have to rush around with multiple things vying for their attention, it can probably seem like a timesaver to run in the store for a couple of things and leave the kids or the dog in the car. “I’ll just be a minute,” people likely think.

But interruptions, a long line or any other number of things can happen that can turn that errand into deadly minutes for helpless children and animals.

An article on the WebMD site, www.webmd.com/parenting/ features/hot-cars-and-child-death-prevention, gives great tips for what to do, and what not to do. But the first tip on the list is the main thing that should be drilled into the heads of parents and pet parents — No Exceptions, No Matter How Brief.

A San Jose State University examination of media reports about the 636 child vehicular heatstroke deaths for a 17-year period (1998 through 2014) shows 53 percent (336 children) were forgotten by a caregiver, 29 percent (186 children) were playing in an unattended vehicle and 17 percent (110 children) were intentionally left in a vehicle by an adult. The circumstances were unknown for four children.

“Parked cars are deathtraps for dogs: On a 78-degree day, the temperature inside a parked car can soar to between 100 and 120 degrees in just minutes, and on a 90-degree day, the interior temperature can reach as high as 160 degrees in less than 10 minutes,” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says on its site, peta.org.

If you see a child or pet in a hot vehicle, dial 911 immediately. It would be better for the police to get involved unnecessarily than for a child or pet to die. It’s difficult to get involved in another person’s business, but do you want the death of a child or a dog on your conscience, when you could have prevented it?

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When does a life’s phase become an obsession?

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’ve been through many phases in my life, but nothing as dramatic as Bruce Jenner’s new phase, mind you.

There was that 10-year period right out of high school where I served my country in the Navy.

In my 30s, I rediscovered my love of reading and started voraciously devouring the printed page in just about every genre, from science fiction and fantasy to biographies and current political affairs.

Now, midway through my 40s, my passion has gone to the pits — fire pits, that is. Over the years, I often gravitated to the smoke of a hot grill at parties and ended up being the one keeping the chicken from becoming inedible briquettes.

Grilling competitions have long been an American pastime. I’ve yet to enter one of those. But thanks to cable television needing to fill the airwaves with something, anything, many chose to produce shows out of these competitions. I’ll be the first in line when they finally make available to the general public Smellavision.

Watching all these grill masters make succulent morsels of food led to the inevitable thought, “Hey. I should try that.”

So, in addition to the regular celebrity cookbooks, I started purchasing barbecuing bibles.

Rather than taking turns cooking up meals in the kitchen with my wife, I took the activity outdoors to the Weber. Some of the best entrées I’ve ever made came from the heat of charcoal.

Anyone can grill up a burger or slap some dogs across the flames.

It’s the advanced techniques that have the most payoff.

Salmon is nice broiled in the oven.

But cedarplanked salmon on the grill is divine.

The fish is infused with the wood’s earthiness.

David Some people Hayes think they’re Press reporter adventurous for deep-frying a turkey for Thanksgiving. However, nothing transforms the bird more than a couple of hours of smoke. While the meat is moist and succulent, I’ve yet to master making the skin any better than shoe grade leather.

But among our circle of pugowning friends, I’m renowned for my brisket. Well, I should say Paul Kirk’s brisket, as it’s his recipe. Known as the king of meats, the brisket takes the most tender loving care to get it to that stage of royalty. Thanks to some of the pug owners, apparently my legend grows at The Boeing Co. I’m not ready yet to expose my beef to the greater general public. But receiving a compliment from my tight-knit circle of amateur gourmets will suffice. Once, I was aiming for good. However, I overshot. One of our friends actually said when the brisket was served, “This is the best meat I’ve ever had.”

I think he’d actually swoon into unconsciousness if he ever ate anything grilled by Bobby Flay.

I plan to take this barbecuing addiction as far as I can before the next phase of my passion kicks in — weight loss.

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imagine living next to a multifamily housing unit where that same smoke detector annoys an entire neighborhood.

I’ve had the opportunity over Would you tell somebody at the last few weeks to talk to Tim that apartment? It’s vacant.

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the clothing, canned goods and funds for gas to run the generator are all much appreciated, but what they especially need is a site, a place to be. Surely someone can spare a bit of flat land with access to electricity and water.

I know of people who are living in their cars, but lack a safe place to park the vehicle. They are chased from place to place while trying to sleep at night. It is not because they are bothering anyone by sleeping, but because the city has a “no camping ordinance” that targets the homeless poor.

And then there are the people who are not yet homeless. These families can barely afford the rent in good months. For them, an illness, a car repair, any unanticipated expense, or a child support check that is late or does not come will put them at risk of eviction.

The little that Issaquah Community Services and St. Vincent de Paul can do to help with rent is rarely enough to cover Joe Forkner the high market rate rents in Issaquah Bryan Weinstein our area. People are forced to Issaquah borrow — if they can — and Problem that debt adds to their vulnerHomelessness ability.

Given the long waiting lists for subsidized housing, applicants can remain homeless, doubled When a smoke detector battery up (if they are lucky), or couch runs down, it makes a chirping Local faith communities and shelter surfing, wandering have been giving generously noise. Imagine the nuisance of a smoke detector that has been to Tent City 4, which is out at See LETTERS, Page 5 the High Point exit. The meals, going off for three weeks. Now,

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Why is there no place for the poor?

H ome C ountry Immerse yourself in the world of junk I’ve discovered the wonderful world of petty mail-order junk. I love it.

A computer is a grand tool for opening the world of spending petty cash for a guy, but it’s not really essential. You can do without one if you just get on the catalog list. The simplest way to do that is to send away for a catalog, listing your address and name, of course, but beneath your name add the title “Purchasing Coordinator.”

Then, you add a note telling the catalog folks not to give your name out to anyone else or little old ladies will pull out their whiskers, one at a time. It doesn’t hurt to add that the chairman of the board mustn’t find out what has been ordered. Then, be sure the item you order is really cheap (hey, why waste money?) and makes no earthly sense at all.

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Burglaries

ON THE MAP

4A resident in the 400 block of Mount Defiance Circle Southwest reported at 1:48 p.m. May 29 that someone broke into the home and stole an unknown amount of jewelry.

4A resident in the 300 block of Gilman Boulevard reported at 11:07 a.m.

May 31 that someone had broken in, causing $500 in damage to an air conditioning unit and stole $8 in cash.

See a map of the Issaquah Police Department’s reported activity from the previous 72 hours at http:// bit.ly/ZPHFbA. Addresses on the map have been rounded to the nearest hundred block. The address reflects where the officer responded to the incident — not necessarily where it occurred.

Before 4 p.m. May 29, someone stole a $500 motorcycle helmet in the 1800 block of 10th Avenue Northwest.

4At 6:01 p.m. May 29, a 24-year-old Bellevue man was arrested for malicious mischief/second-degree vehicle prowling in the 5500 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.

4Before 12:43 a.m. May 31, someone damaged the windshield, wiper and hood of a car at Mountainside Drive Southwest and Wildwood Boulevard South.

4Before 7:01 p.m. May 31, someone caused $500 in damage to a window

Bear sighting

valued at $4,700.

At 8:58 p.m. May 29, an officer located fireworks coming from a yard in the 1000 block of Front Street South. Eastside Fire & Rescue arrived shortly afterward, having also observed the fireworks. The subject stated they stopped and would not continue.

EFR gave the subject a warning.

Someone reported at 12:20 p.m. May 30 seeing a small black bear attempting to cross Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road. An officer could not locate the bear and notified state fish and wildlife through the Washington State Patrol.

Liquor loss

4A resident in the 5300 block of 235th Avenue Southeast reported at 10:20 a.m. May 30 that someone broke into a 2014 Subaru Impreza and stole a $500 handgun.

4Someone broke into a 2006 Acura MDX before 10:47 a.m. May 30 in the 500 block of Wilderness Peak Drive Northwest and stole $20 in change.

4Someone broke into a 2012 Ford F-150 before 10:18 a.m. June 2 in the 19000 block of Southeast 56th Street and stole a computer, vacuum and the vehicle’s registration. The total loss was valued at $2,165.23.

4A $50 pocketbook was stolen from a 2009 Dodge Caliber in the 2200 block of Newport Way Northwest before 6 p.m.

June 2.

in the 1700 block of 12th Avenue Northwest.

4Someone caused $1,000 in damages by scratching the bed of a Ford truck in the 1700 block of Highlands Drive Northeast before 6:42 p.m.

June 2.

Malicious mischief

Fireworks foiled

Vehicle break-ins

Helmet heist

No place for a nap An officer discovered a vehicle with a child inside at 6:03 p.m. May 29 in the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard. The mother came out of the store upon arrival. A stern warning was given to the mother about leaving her child in the vehicle. The child was sleeping and appeared to be in good health.

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The Press publishes names of those charged with felony crimes.

Information comes directly from local police reports.

Trespassing At 12:13 a.m. June 2,

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Get a room An officer responded at 12:17 a.m. June 1 to a report of a man and a woman having intimate relations in the bushes near a business in the 1800 block of 12th Avenue Northwest. Upon arrival, the officer located a very intoxicated couple passed out in the dirt/bush.

Both were identified and cleared.

a 48-year-old Huntington Beach, California, man was arrested for trespassing in the 300 block of Rainier Drive Northeast.

At 11:25 a.m. June 2, someone stole $108.98 in alcohol in the 1400 block of Highlands Drive Northeast.

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Film series continues June 13 with ‘The Glass Bottom Boat’ The city’s Second Saturday Film Series continues its spies and detectives theme June 13 with “The Glass Bottom Boat.” The film starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way. Snacks and goodies will be provided, although donations are always accepted. The movie stars Doris Day, Rod Taylor and Arthur Godfrey, in which, after a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.

Explore Issaquah’s dark, dangerous mining past on history museums’ hike

By Greg Farrar

Seattle Mariners (from left) Brad Miller, Tom Wilhelmsen and Carson Smith get a kick out of the player introductions by broadcaster Rick Rizzs, who also presented Seth Smith, James Paxton and Kyle Seager to the Cougar Mountain Elementary School students and teachers.

MARINER EMISSARIES Players speak to Cougar Ridge students about pursuing dreams

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com The cheer went up from one side of the room like a jet engine firing to life: “Go!” It was immediately answered with an equally emphatic cheer from the other side of the room: “Mariners!”

That was the scene at

Cougar Ridge Elementary School on June 4, as about 600 students filled the school’s gymnasium to interact with Seattle Mariners baseball players, who were there to encourage the youngsters to follow their dreams.

The assembly was part of the Mariners’ 18th annual D.R.E.A.M. Team effort, which stands for drug-free, respect for yourself and others, education through reading, attitude and motivation.

Cougar Ridge was one of four Seattle-area schools chosen for this year’s D.R.E.A.M. Team assem-

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Tom Wilhelmsen, Seattle Mariners pitcher, gives happy highfives to students seated during the assembly as he runs to the front of the stage.

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Shannon Palermiti (right), principal for Cougar Ridge Elementary School, takes a photo of Mariners pitcher James Paxton as he sits on the floor with her students in the gym to watch a D.R.E.A.M. Team video. blies, joining McDonald International School in Seattle, Thorndyke Elementary School in Tukwila, and Gregory Heights Elementary School in Burien.

Mariners announcer Rick Rizzs was part of the contingent that visited Cougar Ridge, and he was accompanied by six players: pitchers James Paxton, Tom Wilhelmsen and Carson Smith, shortstop Brad Miller, outfielder Seth Smith and All-Star third baseman Kyle Seager.

Having the big-leaguers visit went hand-in-hand with a Cougar Ridge program, Tools to Reach the Summit, which focuses on character traits like perseverance and respect, said Sharon Roy, the school’s dean of students.

The players visited individual classrooms before the all-school assembly. Rizzs introduced the players one by one, and they entered the room to screams and high-fives.

Each of the players had the chance to talk about one of the traits of the D.R.E.A.M. Team.

Staying away from

drugs was at the top of the list.

“A big thing with us, as athletes, is taking care of your body,” Miller said.

Carson Smith, who attended Texas State University before turning pro, said respecting teachers and taking education seriously is also important.

“The education you get, you can always take that with you,” he said. “At night, put down the video games and computers … do your homework and even pick up a book.”

Seager challenged the kids to read two books per week, and the team left two copies of “The Rise of King Felix,” a children’s book about star pitcher Felix Hernandez, for the school’s library.

Roy said the school has had a few other visitors discuss goal-setting topics during the year. For example, actors from Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre came by in March.

“They did a book where the boy was in a Japanese intern camp, and he has dreams to play baseball, and he ended up playing baseball,” Roy said.

Local high-schoolers earn nominations for 5th Avenue Theatre Awards

Issaquah, Liberty and Skyline high school drama students dazzled audiences with their annual slate of performances this year.

They impressed judges, too, as evidenced by the full slate of 5th Avenue Theatre Awards nominations each school received.

Liberty leads the pack with 10 nominations, followed by Skyline with five and Issaquah with four.

All schools also received honorable mention in a handful of categories.

Winners were announced June 8 at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Results weren’t available before press time.

Issaquah High School

‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’ 4Outstanding Lighting

Design 4Outstanding Performance by a Chorus 4Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role — Mackenzie Richert as Mrs. Potts 4Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Featured Ensemble Role — Taylre Girvan as Maurice 4Honorable mention: — Outstanding Orchestra — Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Featured Ensemble Role: Mackenzie Minehan as Madame de la Grande Bouche

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‘Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins’ 4Outstanding Overall Musical 4Outstanding Direction

4Outstanding Choreography 4Outstanding Performance by a Chorus 4Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role — Jenna Bellavia as Mary Poppins 4Honorable mention — Outstanding Scenic Design — Outstanding Lighting Design — Outstanding Costume Design — Outstanding Hair and Makeup Design — Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Ayu Tanaka as Miss Andrew

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‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ 4Outstanding Overall

Musical 4Outstanding Direction 4Outstanding Choreography 4Outstanding Orchestra 4Outstanding Lighting Design 4Outstanding Costume Design 4Outstanding Hair and Makeup Design 4Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role — Emily Waltzer as Janet Van de Graff 4Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role — Drew Brady as Man in Chair 4Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — Jackson Johnson as Aldolpho 4Honorable mention — Outstanding Music Direction

Issaquah History Museums explores a dark and dangerous mining past on a “Grand Ridge Mine History Hike” June 20 The Issaquah History Museums will give 20 people the chance to explore the daily commute of miners who worked in Issaquah’s longest-lasting coal mining operation as early as 1888.

The 3-mile adventure from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 20 will be well worth the wear on sturdy walking shoes.

Issaquah’s coal miners typically worked 10-hour days for low pay in dangerous and uncomfortable conditions. Comparatively, this hike will be a walk in the park. Literally. Issaquah History Museums’ Doug Bristol will lead participants from downtown Issaquah to the mine site through an historically significant section of the county’s 1,300 acre Grand Ridge Park.

Entertained by tales of Issaquah’s dark and dangerous mining past, participants will walk along the old rail bed of the North Bend branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad to a spur built specifically to serve the mine. The mine site itself is one of the best preserved in Issaquah, and

it will afford an opportunity to imagine the clanking of metal, the shouting of men, dynamite explosions, the clatter of train wheels and the crash of rock as it fell into railroad cars.

It is easy to get tickets and register through Eventbrite at bit. ly/1dT9Orh. Advance registration is required. Tickets are $7.50 for general admission or $5 for members.

To help ensure that the Grand Ridge History Hike is safe and enjoyable for all, participation is limited to a maximum of 20 guests.

No “add-on” guests or children under 10 years of age can be accommodated on this hike. Those younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Leave your canine friends at home.

Hikers will meet at the East Sunset Trailhead (on Sunset Way near its intersection with Interstate 90 in Issaquah) for a moderately easy hike on well-developed gravel and dirt trails. The walk will be held rain or shine.

Everyone should bring water and snacks, and wear comfortable walking shoes.

Learn more by emailing the Issaquah History Museums at info@issaquahhistory.org or call 392-3500.

Women’s club awards ‘Dream’ scholarships The Issaquah Women’s Club has awarded three $1,000 “Follow Your Dreams” scholarships to graduating senior girls from the Issaquah School District.

These young women have shown dedication to their studies and communities, and a common desire to further their education after high school.

Katie Gibian, of Skyline High School, plans to attend the University of Washington in the fall to major in marine biology and business. As an EarthWatch volunteer, Gibian hopes to start a nonprofit organization dedicated to enabling people to explore regions with at-risk wildlife. Hopefully, this education will highlight areas that need our help.

Marie Andresen, of Issaquah High School, plans to study at the Honors College of Washington State University with a major in zoology with a goal to become a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, where she can be a healer of animals and, by extension, those who love them.

Akielly Hu is completing her studies at Liberty High

School. Hu plans to attend Yale University, majoring in global health and epidemiology. While participatKatie Gibian ing in an American Youth Leadership program in Samoa, she learned firsthand how complex the issues Marie Andersen of global health are.

By studying this area at university, she hopes to learn and help others underAkielly Hu stand the problems that affect people’s health worldwide.

Learn more about the scholarship and the Issaquah Women’s Club at www.issaquahwomensclub.org.

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Come buy the freshest produce and flowers at the Issaquah Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 13. This week’s entertainment features family ventriloquists Buck and Elizabeth, and music by the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra. The event goes on, rain or shine, at Pickering Farm, 1730 10th Ave. N.W.

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‘Cabaret,’ 7:30 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $35 to $67, villagetheatre.org

Mod Men, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 3911424

Cemetery Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000 Planning Policy Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 135 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000 Conference and Pitch Preparation for writers, 7 p.m., King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way N.W., www.pnwa.org

‘Cabaret,’ 8 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $35 to $67, villagetheatre.org Groove Kitchen, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., $5 cover, 392-5550

SATURDAY, JUNE 13

FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Social Hour with music by Hank Blumenthal, 3-4 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 313-9100 ‘The Bubble Collector’ Poetry Reading, 4:30 p.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, lian_lhl@hotmail.com Potter’s Wheel Workshop, ages 6-9, 4-5:30 p.m., Museo Art Academy, 300 N.E. Gilman Blvd., Suite 100, $49, $10, 391-0244 Eastside Genealogical Society: Janet Camarata will present ‘Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship,’ 7 p.m., Bellevue Regional Library, 1111 110th Ave N.E., www.rootsweb.ancestry. com/~wakcegs Wine Club, 7 p.m., Blakely Hall,

Cougar Mountain Trail Run, 5K, 8.2- and 14.5-mile runs, 9 a.m. June 13, Sky Country Trailhead, Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, 166th Way S.E., $25 to $45, nwtrailruns.com Meet the Mayor, 9 a.m., Issaquah Coffee Co., 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd., No. 46, 677-7118 Cougar Mountain Hike, moderate, up to 7 miles, up to 1,500foot elevation gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org Issaquah Area Dog Hike, moderate, 5 to 8 miles, up to 1,200-foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org Issaquah Valley Trolley, fun activity for families and rail fanciers, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Issaquah Train Depot, 78 First Ave. N.E., $5, kids 5 and

younger free, www.issaquahhistory.org ‘Pond Dip,’ explore the natural wetlands with nets and water scopes, ages 5 and older, 1 p.m., Lewis Creek Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd.

S.E., free, 452-4195 ‘Cabaret,’ 2 and 8 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $35 to $67, villagetheatre.org Second Saturday Film Series, ‘The Glass Bottom Boat,’ 7 p.m., City Hall, 135 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000 Peter Jamero Project, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Fade to Black, 8 p.m., Pogacha, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., $5 cover, 392-5550

SUNDAY, JUNE 14 Fenders and Fins, 9 a.m., Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd., 392-1266 Coal Mining History Informative Event, very easy, 1.5 miles, up to 100foot elevation gain, 1 p.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org ‘Cabaret,’ 2 and 7 p.m., Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., $35 to $67, villagetheatre.org

Show, 6:30 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 313-9100

Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., free, 452-6885

MONDAY, JUNE 15

‘Zentangle Beyond Basics,’ 6:30-8:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $35/ members, $40/nonmembers, plus materials fee, arteast.org

Ceramics Open Studio, noon to 4 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., hourly rate $10/members, $12/nonmembers, two-hour minimum, arteast.org

Open Mic Night, Train Depot museum, player sign-ups at 6:15 p.m., performances from 6:308:30 p.m., 78 First Ave. N.E., issaquahopenmic@gmail.com

Independent Salary Commission meeting, 6 p.m., City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way, 837-3000

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O bituaries Bob Evans Bob Evans, age 76, of Briarwood in Issaquah, passed away on May 27, 2015.

He is survived by his loving wife Jane.

Frank Orrico Frank Orrico, loving husband to Carrie, passed Thursday, June 4, 2015 in Issaquah. He was 56 years old.

A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m.

College News Issaquah student participates in computer conference Andi Sarcelle, of Issaquah, was one of five women from Denison University who participated in the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing conference, a special gathering of computer scientists in Sandusky, Ohio, in February.

There were almost 200 women and only a few men. Students got the opportunity to make contacts with peers, with faculty from other institutions, with representatives of graduate schools and with representatives from industry sectors interested in promoting more women in the field.

Louis Ortiz

A funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

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Saturday, June 20, at Bellevue Presbyterian Church.

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— Flintoft’s Funeral Home, 392-6444 Graduates 4The following local students graduated June 13 from Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon: Issaquah: Michelle Pighin, Bachelor of Science, digital communication arts Preston: Carter Michell, Bachelor of Science, exercise and sport science Renton: Joshua Baker, Doctor of Philosophy, education; Laurie Tipton, Bachelor of Science, natural resources; and May Wong, Master of Education, education Sammamish: Daniel Christianson, Bachelor of Science, business information systems; Kelly Johnson, Bachelor of Science, public health; Kayla Shim, Bachelor of Science, speech communication; Emily Skrobecki, Bachelor of Science, chemical engi-

Louis Ortiz, age 90, died peacefully on May 27, 2015, in Issaquah.

He was surrounded by his Louis Ortiz family and close friends.

He was born Feb. 6, 1925, and raised in Denver, Colorado. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a radioman and gunner on the USS Lexington, earning several medals. He was

neering; Divya Thekkethala, Master of Public Health, public health; and Lin Zhou, Doctor of Philosophy, education 4Michael Bischak, son of Greg and Maureen Bischak, of Sammamish, graduated May 3 from Hope College, in Holland, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Science in physics.

4Nicholas Wright, of Issaquah, graduated Cum Laude on May 18 from San Diego State University with a degree in finance.

4The following Sammamish students recently graduated from Clemson University, in Clemson, South Carolina, May 8: Cutter Boit, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science, economics; Jacob Kelliher, Bachelor of Science, health science; and Makenzie Malsam, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science, accounting

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educated at the Art Center in Pasadena, California, and employed by North American Aviation, retiring after 34 years.

In 1992, Lou and wife Terry moved from California to Issaquah, where they enjoyed anything life had to offer.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Terry; daughter Janet Sommer; daughter Stacey Boyd (husband Kevin); grandchildren Jamie, Kylie, Clay and Brenden; and 2 great-granddaughters: Charli and Lou. Son Dale Ortiz preceded him in death.

Services were held June 8, 2015.

4Amy Spens, of Issaquah, Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, May 23, Bachelor of Arts, anthropology and biology 4Alyssa Schultz, of Issaquah, University of Idaho, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science, business management and human resources, and a Bachelor of Science, business operations management 4McCall Ward, of Sammamish, Bachelor of Arts, Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 4Alexander Hopper, of Newcastle, Bachelor of Arts, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana 4Colton Fraser, of Issaquah, Bachelor of Arts, psychology, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester, Vermont 4Alex Wong, of Renton, Bachelor of Arts, international studies, Virginia Military Institute, in Lexington, Virginia 4Ellie Higbee, of Renton, Bachelor of Arts, history, George Fox Univer-

Registration opens for coed adult kickball league Register now for the city’s new coed adult kickball league.

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P ets of the W eek Mookielan is a sweet, beautiful 5-year-old American Staffordshire Terrier mix.

Mookielan Mookielan came to us when her owner moved out of the country and could not take her. She enjoys every opportunity to be lavished with nurturing human affection and is a joy to walk. She loves to explore and would be a great running/hiking/walking/romping companion.

Meet Bunny, a beautiful 7-year-old mediumhaired tuxedo girl that would Bunny love to get to know you. Bunny is currently spending time at Seattle Humane’s satellite location at Petsmart in Issaquah, where she gets lots of love and time with our volunteers and staff.

Although Bunny can be shy at first, she enjoys meeting new friends and getting to know people.

To adopt these or other animals, call the Humane Society for Seattle/King County at 641-0080 or go to www.seattlehumane.org. All animals are spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated, and come with 30 days of pet health insurance and a certificate for a vet exam.

sity, in Newberg, Oregon 4The following local students graduated May 24 from the University of San Diego, in San Diego, California: Issaquah: Eric Fallon, bachelor’s degree in biology; Eric Olsen, bachelor’s degree in biology; and Emily Whan, bachelor’s degree in finance, Cum Laude Newcastle: Reid Fredrickson, bachelor’s degree in marketing Sammamish: Taylor Hallock, bachelor’s degree in finance, Cum Laude; and Amanda Hammond, bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience, Magna Cum Laude Deans’ lists 4Saint Martin’s University, in Lacey, spring semester:

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Issaquah: John Herbst Renton: Alexander Nelson and Kendal Seeman Sammamish: Lucas Shannon and Kaleb Strawn 4Sam Naluai, of Sammamish, spring semester, George Fox University, in Newberg, Oregon 4Coral Brooks, of Issaquah, spring semester, provost’s list at Troy University, in Troy, Alabama 4Annika Dybevik, of Issaquah, and Madisen Rau, of Renton, fall semester, California Lutheran University, in Thousand Oaks, California 4Gregory Lauer, of Sammamish, spring 2014-15 semester, University of Wisconsin-Madison, in Madison, Wisconsin 4Jared Rowe, of Sammamish, spring 2015 semester, Cornell College, in Mount Vernon, Iowa

renovation and will reopen in late summer. City officials will announce the opening date later this month.

In 2013, voters approved a park bond measure that includes $5 million for pool enhancements and repairs. Learn more about that at issaquahwa.gov/parkbond.

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Issaquah Triathlon results are posted Here are the results for the 15th annual Issaquah Triathlon, which benefits Arbor Montessori School. Men’s Division — 1. David VanBolt, 1:02:48; 2. Mathieu Signoretty, 1:05:03; 3. Nick Klatt, 1:06:57; 4. Kristofer Koehn, 1:07:25; 5. Derrick Howlett, 1:07:53; 6. David Kornfield, 1:08:14; 7. Dave Preston, 1:08:58; 8. Rob Demick, 1:09:55; 9. Greg Taylor, 1:11:08; 10. Andrew Oldag, 1:11:21. Women’s Division — 1. Robin White, 1:12:01; 2. Robin Sayed, 1:13:02; 3. Emily Cole, 1:15:02; 4. Allison Snow, 1:15:39; 5. Tara Hale, 1:16:09; 6. Micki Hopkins, 1:16:52; 7.

Stephanie Haner, 1:17:02; 8. Laura Breymann, 1:17:08; 9. Rosanne Kelley, 1:18:04, 10. Jenna Boerboom, 1:18:13.

Wrestling icon Roger Wilson to join national hall of fame

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com More than a half-century has passed since Roger Wilson founded the Issaquah High School wrestling program, and many things surrounding the sport have changed.

When Wilson came to Issaquah in 1961, there were only about 60 high schools statewide offering the sport, a number that has exploded to more than 350 today. And Issaquah — whose mascot was the Indians, not the Eagles — was the smallest school in its league at the time, with fewer than 400 students in three grades.

It didn’t take long for Wilson to initiate success. Issaquah won its first league title in 1964,

and went on to win 22 more KingCo Conference and subregional titles during Wilson’s Roger Wilson coaching tenure.

That was just one of Wilson’s myriad accomplishments during a storied coaching career that finally ended in 2010 with him as an assistant at Shelton High School, near his current home.

Wilson’s legacy is wellknown around the state’s wrestling community, and he learned earlier this year that he’ll be one of nine inductees from Washington to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Wilson will be inducted June 14 in Olympia, and it’s an honor he doesn’t take lightly. His wife was recently looking online at pictures of the Hall of Fame, and that’s when the achievement began to sink in.

“It’s something that I didn’t think was ever going to happen,” said Wilson, 76.

“And it’s been quite exciting, it’s been humbling, it’s been all those kinds of things.

“It’s no longer a thing on paper — it’s a real thing, and it was quite touching.”

Wilson was a physical education and driver’s education teacher during his days at Issaquah, and served some short spells as athletics director, which took away from his coaching a bit. He actually had three separate stints as head wrestling coach, fi-

nally leaving the school for good in 2000 to take the assistant’s job at Shelton.

“I eventually returned (to coaching) because my interest in kids was more important than being an administrator,” he said.

To put perspective on his lengthy career, current Issaquah head coach Kirk Hyatt was one of Wilson’s wrestlers in the mid-1970s.

The school became a powerhouse under Wilson’s guidance. He coached six individual state champions and 13 second-place finishers. Issaquah finished among the top-10 teams at state 12 times, including a third-place finish in 1978.

Issaquah had a 267-53 record in dual matches during Wilson’s tenure, including 89 wins in a row between 1976-83.

The coach said he par-

tially credits that success to the sheer size of the program: The school often had 100-plus wrestlers turn out, and it fielded as many as three varsity teams and three JV teams each season.

The depth was so great, he said, that many of his wrestlers won league and regional titles in their first year of varsity action. Students turned out to watch the challenge matches at practices because they were so hard-fought.

“Our gym was always full for our dual meets … we had standing-room only,” Wilson said. “The students had a lot of pride about that winning streak.

It just catches fire. Winning has that ability to make things grow.”

Wilson was involved in more than wrestling, too.

He coached track and field, football, and was the founder of Issaquah’s powerlifting program that won five consecutive state titles from 1983-87.

He’s enjoying his retirement years now, but he still stays in touch with the sport thanks to his connections at Shelton. He attends dual meets there and occasionally offers a hand at coaching clinics.

While his list of accolades is long, the thing he cares about most is helping make the sport more popular.

Outside of high-school coaching, he also organized one of the state’s first youth programs, which included as many as 475 participants between ages 5 and 12.

“We had quite a program going,” Wilson said.

“We were developing a lot of kids, a lot of interest.”

Youth rowers headed to nationals Skyline High School students Isaac Beeman and Adam Rockett qualified for the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships, held June 12-14 in Sarasota, Florida.

Beeman and Rockett were part of a team that won the gold medal during U.S. Rowing’s Northwest Regional Youth Championships, May 15-17 in Vancouver, Washington.

Beeman, a junior, and Rockett, a senior, both raced for the Sammamish Rowing Association’s Men’s Lightweight +8, which finished first on the 2,000-meter course in 6:26.975, more than 2 seconds ahead of secondplace Everett Rowing Club.

Sammamish Rowing’s Women’s Lightweight

4+ team took gold at the regatta with a time of 7:44.975, beating Vashon Island Rowing by more than 6 seconds, and will also be heading to youth nationals.

Sammamish Rowing had an extremely strong showing at the Northwest regional meet, also taking gold in the men’s and women’s second novice 8+, silver in the men’s novice 1x and the men’s second novice 8+, and bronze in the men’s third varsity 8+, women’s varsity 4+ and men’s novice 8+.

Lightweight rowing at the high-school level requires men to weigh 150 pounds or less, and women to weigh 130 pounds or less, in order to compete.

The Sammamish Rowing Association is located

in Redmond on the Sammamish River near the north end of Lake Sammamish. More than 130 high-school students from across the Eastside participate in a community resource that exposes people of all ages to the sport of rowing.

The high-school athletes train Monday through Friday during the entire school year, around two to three hours a day, and compete locally, nationally, and internationally.

For more information on the organization, visit www.sammamishrowing. org.

Here are the complete rosters for the teams headed to U.S. youth nationals, along with their grade level and school: Sammamish Men’s Light-

weight 8+: Coxswain, Kira Lewis (sophomore, Interlake). Rowers: Anant Singh (junior, University Prep); Geiger Swanson (junior, Lake Washington); Adam Rockett (senior, Skyline); Connor Lien (sophomore, Mount Si); Isaac Beeman (junior, Skyline); Wynn Wee (freshman, Juanita); Max Kern (senior, Overlake); Michael Prostka (junior, Woodinville).

Sammamish Men’s Varsity 8+: Coxswain, Madison Mariani (senior, Mount Si). Rowers: Peter Arata (senior, Bellevue); Sam Halbert (junior, Woodinville); Tennyson Federspiel (senior, Bellevue); Elijah Maesner (senior, Eastlake); Christian Rouhana (sophomore, Redmond); Chris Tzekov (junior, Newport); Nathan

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The Sammamish Rowing Association’s Varsity Men’s +8 was one of two championship boats at May’s Northwest regional meet that included local athletes. Pictured above (from left to right): Head coach Steven Freygang, Josh Warnick, Nathan Lewis, Chris Tzekov, Christian Rouhana, Madison Mariani, Elijah Maesner, Tennyson Federspiel, Sam Halbert, Peter Arata and assistant coach Dennis Ferrer.

Lewis (senior, Interlake); Josh Warnick (senior, Juanita).

Sammamish Women’s Lightweight 4+: Coxswain, Emma Smith (sophomore, International Community

School). Rowers: Serena Harber (senior, Bellevue); Payton James (senior, Seattle Prep); Marilyn Garberg (senior, Bellevue); Frances Hausmann (senior, Holy Names).

Issaquah champs reflect on state titles Local athletes named

By Christina Corrales-Toy newcastle@isspress.com The spring sports championship weekend was a fruitful one for Issaquah High School.

Not only did Issaquah athletes account for three individual state titles, the girls track and field team broke a meet record on the way to winning the Class 4A state championship.

Issaquah golfer Zack Overstreet set the stage for the Eagles’ championship weekend when he won the 4A boys’ title about four hours away in Spokane on May 28.

“It’s always been one of my goals to win that tournament, and so to finally do it is very exciting and kind of shows just how far my game has come in the last couple of years,” Overstreet said.

Overstreet claimed the championship in thrilling fashion, winning a threeway playoff at Spokane’s Qualchan Creek Golf Course.

After what the Issaquah junior described as an “up and down, here and there” round-one performance, Overstreet went into day two just two shots off the lead, held by Skyline’s Chris Mogg, who shot 4-under-par 68.

“It put me in pretty good position,” he said of his day one score. “But I didn’t really know what to expect for the final day after that.”

Day two started off slow, but it wouldn’t last.

Overstreet would go on to birdie five of the last six holes.

“Something clicked,” he said. “I just finished strong and it put me right up there with everyone else.”

“Everyone else” included Mogg and Snohomish’s Ethan Casto, forcing the three-way playoff as all three were knotted at

By Greg Farrar

Above, junior Zack Overstreet, hits his eighth-hole tee shot during a golf match Sept. 17 at Maplewood Golf Course. Below, sophomore Jack Suh wins an exhibition match in September.

5-under 139.

Overstreet was certainly hot after his day-two performance, but when he found out the title would be decided by a playoff, he admittedly wasn’t thrilled.

“I haven’t had too great of a history with playoffs, so when I found out I was in the playoff, I wasn’t too fired up,” he said. “But I knew I was playing well, and I knew if I just kept that up, it was definitely possible to win it.”

Overstreet went on to win the third playoff hole, claim the state title and forcing the creation of a new goal.

“My goal was to win it, so I guess I’ve got to make new goals from here,” he said.

How about a repeat?

Overstreet is only a junior,

so he could certainly go for title No. 2 next year.

“That’s definitely the goal to come back and win,” he said. “I think I have a good chance again next year.”

Overstreet, who recently gave an oral commitment to golf for Seattle University, grew up playing baseball and basketball, but golf just seemed to stick.

It certainly helped that his father played the sport, and Overstreet remembers growing up on a driving range with him.

“It’s so much different than other sports in that it requires so much mentally, as much as it does physically, so it tests both aspects of your game,” he said.

Jackson Suh wins tennis title Issaquah’s run on state titles continued when sophomore Jackson Suh won the 4A boys singles tennis championship in Richland on May 30.

Suh made it look easy.

He didn’t drop a single set while making quick work of opponents from Gig Harbor, Olympia and Jefferson, before meeting a familiar KingCo Conference foe, Redmond’s Adam Guo, in the state final.

Like Suh, Guo hadn’t lost a set during the tournament, but he couldn’t keep up with the Issaquah star,

who won in straight sets (60, 6-3) to capture the title that eluded him a year ago.

“The season ended on a good note, and I’m happy that I not only did it for myself, but for my school and my coach,” Suh said.

Suh’s only adversity came during the semifinals, when he said he started to feel a “reoccurring pain” in his forearm.

He had to do some treatment on it before the final match.

“I was relieved because in the finals it wasn’t too bad,” he said. “I had it wrapped, but it didn’t affect my performance.”

Suh, known for his competitiveness, is in for a busy summer. He’ll travel across the nation and play in some high-profile tennis tournaments.

He has already received quite a bit of interest from college programs, he added.

“High-school tennis is only a small part of what I do,” he said. “It’s definitely a year-round sport. The summer is when a lot of the action happens.”

Suh likes to keep himself busy, so he plays basketball, too, and is considering taking up track next year.

A lot of the kids he plays against in national tennis tournaments are homeschooled and practice “all day, every day,” but that’s just not for him, Suh said.

“I might not practice as much as other kids, but I like to be involved with other sports, friends, and I go to normal school,” he said.

Suh hasn’t decided if he will continue playing highschool tennis in the next two years, but if he does, the three-peat is certainly in reach.

“That’s kind of up in the air,” he said of his future plans. “But that would be nice.”

to all-league teams for spring sports

Several spring sports have announced their 2015 all-league and all-conference selections following the completion of the regular season.

League coaches select the teams.

Fastpitch

Class 4A KingCo Conference 4Coach of the Year: Ron Hatlen, Issaquah 4First team — catcher: Morgan Bevell, Issaquah; first base: Annika Hildebrand, Skyline; outfield: Molly Spaniac, Skyline; utility: Molly Spaniac, Skyline 4Second team — pitcher: Winter Ridgeway, Issaquah; second base: Camille Goo, Skyline; outfield: Sydney Schultz, Issaquah 4Honorable mention — Issaquah: Michelle Fowler, Justi Johnson, Tatum Dow, Tia Hedman.

Skyline: Maddie Peters, Taylor Juenke, Nadia Ramirez, Cara Harnick

Boys lacrosse

Division I KingCo Conference 4First team — attacker: Charlie Kurtenbach, senior, Skyline; Ryan Egland, junior, Issaquah; midfielder: Mikey Giannopulos, senior, Issaquah; Andy Hutchings, senior, Skyline; defender: PJ Cox, junior, Skyline; Alex Earil, senior, Skyline; goalkeeper: Jordan Dondoyano, junior, Issaquah 4Second team — defender: Armondo Hodges, senior, Issaquah; Nate Holbrook, sophomore, Issaquah

Girls lacrosse

Division I Snoqualmie Conference 4First team — attacker: Nicole Victory, sophomore, Issaquah; midfielder: Suzy Emerson, senior, Issaquah; defender: Jordan Hepperle, senior, Issaquah

Boys soccer

Class 4A KingCo Conference 4Defensive MVP: Nick Morgan, senior, Skyline 4First team — forward: Matthew Richardson, junior, Skyline; midfielder: Garrett Strawn, senior, Skyline; Connor Hughes, senior, Issaquah 4Second team — goalkeeper: Bryce Escobar, senior, Skyline; midfielder: Daniel Luis Miller, junior, Skyline; defender: Grant Holland, junior, Skyline; Liam Bruno, senior, Issaquah; Jack Figg, senior, Issaquah 4Honorable mention — Issaquah: Mikey Callan, Ian Salmon, Jamie Koorland, Theo Walker.

Skyline: Nate Hardwick, Randy Hilleary, Eddie Smintina, Sergio Palomino

Girls tennis

Class 4A KingCo Conference 4First team — doubles: Julia Lioubarski and Jasmine Ye, Skyline 4Second team — singles: Kelsey Zhong, Skyline; Lucy Huffman, Issaquah; doubles: Hannah Andres and Rianna Eduljee, Skyline 4Honorable mention — Issaquah: Inyoung You, Emma Gavin, Ellen MacNary; Skyline: Sherry Huang

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