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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • Vol. 112, No. 25

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Darigold pleads guilty in Issaquah Creek spill case

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Darigold pleaded guilty June 15 to violating the Clean Water Act for a fish-killing ammonia spill into Issaquah Creek.

Under terms of the plea agreement, Darigold plans to work alongside the federal government to develop a corporate environmental compliance plan as part of its sentence.

Including the downtown Issaquah processing facility,

Seattle-based Darigold operates 13 processing facilities in five states.

The company must also pay a $10,000 fine and pay $60,000 to protect and restore natural resources in the Issaquah Creek watershed. Darigold also agreed to publicly apologize for the criminal conduct by publishing a statement as a notice or advertisement in The Issaquah Press.

“Issaquah Creek is a place where children learn the importance of protecting our small creeks and watersheds. To protect our her-

itage, corporations must make environmental protection a priority,” Jenny Durkan, U.S. attorney for Western Washington and Issaquah native, said in a statement. “The corporate environmental compliance plan to which Darigold has committed will require the company to address not only the conduct that led to this spill, but other business practices impacting our environment.”

Prosecutors filed the misdemeanor charges June 14.

Sentencing in the case is scheduled

for Sept. 13.

Prosecutors also said Gerald N. Marsland, engineering manager for the Issaquah plant, directed repairs and failed to take steps to prevent the ammonia spill. The incident prompted prosecutors to charge Marsland with negligently discharging a pollutant. Under the Clean Water Act, conviction can result in a fine and a possible prison sentence.

The spill occurred Oct. 7, 2009, during maintenance and repair to the refrigeration system at the

downtown Issaquah dairy. State investigators said a crew draining part of the refrigeration system allowed a toxic ammonia solution to flow onto the roof of the creekside building and down a storm drain.

State investigators said about 50 to 70 gallons of the liquid flowed into a storm drain system and discharged into the East Fork of Issaquah Creek.

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“Issaquah Creek is a place where children learn the importance of protecting our small creeks and watersheds.

To protect our heritage, corporations must make environmental protection a priority.”

— Jenny Durkan U.S. attorney for Western Washington and Issaquah native

Swedish’s Issaquah Highlands hospital is ‘green’ by design Facility is built to lessen impact on environment

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter In health care, physicians pledge to do no harm.

The oath applies to the environ-

ment as much as to patients at the Swedish Medical Center campus about to open in the Issaquah Highlands. Cutting energy use is a challenge, because a hospital is always on and medical equipment gulps energy. The result: Hospitals rank near the top among industrial energy users.

“Hospitals are among the highest energy users per square foot, so there’s lots of opportunities for them to save energy,” said Marcia Karr, energy engineer at the Washington State University

Extension Energy Program.

The team behind the highlands hospital focused on such opportunities and, as a result, the facility is in line to be the most energy-efficient hospital in the region and, perhaps, in the United States — at least until the next “green” hospital opens.

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County libraries named No. 1

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

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The top library system in the United States is headquartered in Issaquah.

Moreover, strong circulation at the Issaquah and Sammamish libraries — and others across the 46-library system — helped earn the King County Library System the Library of the Year title from Library Journal magazine and Gale, a publishing company.

“We really got this award because of our patrons and our communities,” Julie Brand, community relations and marketing director for the library system, said after the announcement. “It’s real-

Learn more about the King County Library System’s Library of the Year honor at www.kcls.org/libraryoftheyear.

ly a reflection of their support and their use of us. Going forward, we need to continue to find the ways to be relevant to them in their lives, in how we deliver services, and the sorts of resources and information that we provide to them.”

Organizers cited the library system’s efforts to encourage reading,

help people searching for jobs and community outreach. The library system is run from offices along Newport Way Northwest.

Library Journal and Gale honored the library system as the “public library in the United States that most profoundly demonstrates service to community, creativity, leadership and innovation in developing specific community programs, particularly programs that can be emulated by others.”

On the day organizers announced the honor, June 7, Gov. Chris Gregoire also proclaimed the day King County Library System Day. See LIBRARY, Page A6

PHOTOS BY GREG FARRAR

Fenders and fathers ‘I’ve never seen a car this long,’ said Jack Horcher (left), 13, of Klahanie, posing with his brother Nick, 10, at the grille of a 1959 Cadillac for a photo by their dad, Gary Horcher, during the Fenders on Front Street car show on Father’s Day, June 19. ‘It looks like a plane or a jet,’ Nick added. The Coupe de Ville is owned by Larry Buerstatte, of Renton. The grille of a sage green metallic 1938 Oldsmobile F-38 Touring Sedan (right), owned by Kevin Dagel, of Kirkland, seems to look like the face of an angry grasshopper.

See a slideshow from the event at www.issaquahpress.com.

Issaquah man experiences Vancouver’s hockey riot

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Erik Richards, a lifelong Vancouver Canucks fan and Issaquah resident, experienced the mayhem up close June 15 as Vancouver, British Columbia, erupted into a riot after the team lost the Stanley Cup. Richards — a self-described “huge Canucks fan” — stood among the crowd on Granville Street and snapped photos as rioters lit cars aflame and smashed storefronts.

“There were people running and cars on fire,” he said after returning to Issaquah. “It was like a scene out of a movie.”

The riot started at about 8 p.m. as the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins at Rogers Arena. Immediately after the loss, frustrated fans started tearing signs down along Granville Street,

Issaquah resident Erik Richards captured a photo of a man amid the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver, British Columbia, June 15.

BY ERIK RICHARDS

ON THE WEB See a slideshow of Erik Richards’ photos from the post-Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver, British Columbia, at www.issaquahpress.com.

a destination for Canucks fans watching the Stanley Cup finals on a huge screen.

“I kind of predicted that stuff would go down, but I didn’t think it would end up being a full-scale riot,” Richards said.

Then, rioters flipped a car and, moments later, lit another on fire.

Soon, riot police stormed down the street.

“I didn’t really have a sense of danger at the time, just because in See RIOT, Page A6

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Summer boating season is around the corner, and so is the deadline for renewing boat and watercraft registration decals. In Washington, all boat registrations expire June 30. Owners can renew registrations online at the state Department of Licensing website, www.dol.wa.gov, or in any licensing office. Be sure to note the registration number on the boat’s bow and use the information to register.

Eastside Fire & Rescue and Issaquah Police Department crews responded to the Issaquah Commons shopping center June 16 after a smoke alarm sounded, prompting evacuations of several stores.

Though the alarm sounded, nobody reported smelling smoke or seeing flames, EFR spokeswoman Josie Williams said. The evacuated stores include some of the busiest at the popular shopping destination, such as Target.

Police responded to the Issaquah Commons for crowd control.

The evacuation occurred just before noon.

The investigation into the reason behind the alarm sounding remains under investigation.

The fire and police response raised concerns among shoppers and passers-by.

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QUOTABLE “The community’s important. They’re the ones that are here for us. It’s been a fun time to give back.”

— Alan Finkelstein Sammamish Plateau resident who owns five McDonald’s restaurants, including the store on Northwest Gilman Boulevard. See story, Page B1.

City Council sets goals for 2012 A2 • Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Top priorities include downtown parking, Economic Vitality Commission

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Less than a month after gathering to brainstorm ideas for the coming year, City Council members set ambitious goals for 2012, including possible solutions for cash-strapped Lake Sammamish State Park, a more citizen-friendly budgeting process and a commission to address economic vitality.

The council OK’d the list June 6, and sent Mayor Ava Frisinger priorities for the months ahead. The decision represents the initial step in the process to shape the 2012 municipal budget. The unanimous decision came after council members met for a rare Saturday meeting May 14 to outline goals.

“In my view, these are a balanced set of goals that cover just about every aspect of city government,” Councilman Fred Butler said during the June 6 meeting.

“There’s something in there for everyone.”

The list calls for the city to join with the DownTown Issaquah Association and the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce to determine options for a structured parking study. Issues related to downtown parking — a headache during ArtWalk, Fenders on Front Street and other summertime events — emerged as the top pri-

ority at the retreat.

The proposed Economic Vitality Commission could handle a marketing plan to attract businesses, consider opportunities to improve signage options for merchants, review municipal permitting and inspection processes, and produce annual report cards on strategies recommended in the 2005 Economic Vitality Plan.

“As the economic times in the country and in Issaquah begin to make some turnarounds, I think this is going to be an extremely important and very vibrant commission,” Councilwoman Eileen Barber said. “I hope lots of people will put their hand up to serve on this particular commission.”

Butler lauded the proposed commission as “something I believe will serve us very, very well” as the city rebounds from the recession.

The goals call on city leaders to identify strategies to join other public entities and private organizations to “enhance” Lake Sammamish State Park. The potential solutions could include transferring the park from state to city ownership, or Issaquah annexing the unincorporated King County parcel containing the lakefront park.

The state parks system has fallen on hard times in recent years

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due to budget cuts.

In April, the Legislature created $30 annual and $10 day-use parking passes for state parks and recreation lands. The aim is to generate about $60 million to offset state cuts. The recreation passes enter use at Lake Sammamish State Park and other facilities next month.

“Lake Sammamish would be a charm if we could do something,” Barber said.

Transparency emerges as focus Councilman Tola Marts initiated the goal to incorporate more transparency into the municipal website. The priority calls for pages related to city boards, commissions and task forces to include links to meeting information, meeting minutes, staff presentations and constituent feedback.

(Overhauling the municipal website is a separate goal for 2012.)

The goal also recommends for draft meeting minutes, presentations and feedback to be posted online by five business days after a meeting. The final minutes should also be posted by five business days after adoption.

The city also included a goal to hire a part-time lobbyist to promote Issaquah in Olympia.

The list also includes recreation-related goals: improvements to the aging Julius Boehm Pool and construction on a mountain biking-skills course near Central Park in the Issaquah Highlands.

In order to create a more citizen-friendly budgeting process,

council members called for more public notice for sessions and posting constituent feedback online after each meeting.

The proposed budget should include additional information about past expenditures for a particular line item.

The council also directed municipal departments to develop and submit a set of appropriate metrics to measure performance.

Officials set a goal to develop a strategic plan to reduce energy use and waste.

The council also intends to bring HealthPoint — a network of nonprofit community medical and dental clinics — to Issaquah before a human services campus opens in the city.

In addition to the 11 goals, the list includes a directive to establish a council review process for the Central Issaquah Plan — a blueprint to guide redevelopment in the 915-acre commercial core — and a separate item to discuss the agreement underpinning Eastside Fire & Rescue.

Still, despite the breadth of the proposals, the priority list for 2012 does not encompass every important issue facing Issaquah, as Councilman Joshua Schaer pointed out.

“Nowhere on this year’s goals do any of them actually deal with projects that will improve transportation mobility in the city,” he said. “Only the parking garage ones really tangentially related to transportation.”

Tent City 4 to return to Issaquah church in October

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Tent City 4, a tarp-clad encampment for up to 100 homeless people, is due to return to Issaquah in October.

Correction In the June 15 article “School bells to ring 15 minutes later in fall,” the new start times will only affect schools on Wednesdays.

Schools will begin at their regular times the rest of the school week.

Community Church of Issaquah congregants voted June 19 to allow Tent City 4 to settle on the church’s parking lot, Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition member Elizabeth Maupin said the day after the decision. Under the arrangement, the church provides space and the Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition coordinates volunteers and support for Tent City 4.

The camp also settled in the city in August 2007 and January 2010.

Tent City 4 remains in a place for 90 days, and then residents pack up and relocate to another Eastside church.

Temple B’nai Torah is due to

host Tent City 4 starting July 23.

In the meantime, the camp is set up at St. Jude Parish in Redmond.

The encampment should arrive in Issaquah by mid-October.

Community Church of Issaquah is along Mountain Park Boulevard Southwest, about a half-mile up the Squak Mountain slope from the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.

Under Tent City rules, residents must be adults. Most residents leave the encampment during the day to work. The community elects a camp executive committee, a group responsible for running dayto-day operations. The campsite features 24-hour security.

Organizers conduct warrant and convicted sex offender checks

on people requesting to stay at Tent City 4. The camp bans offenders from the premises, and rules prohibit alcohol, drugs and guns inside the encampment. For rule breakers, banishment is a possible punishment.

Organizers must apply for a city permit in order to host the camp on the church’s parking hot.

The church hosted community meetings to address possible concerns a month before Tent City 4 last settled in Issaquah.

SHARE/WHEEL, a Seattle affordable housing and homeless advocacy group, started Tent City 4 in 2004. The organization operates a similar encampment in Seattle, Tent City 3.

BY DANIELLE MILLER

Issaquah School District students Rylie Clayton (left), Macy Tamaela, Taylor Tamaela, Ryan Miller and Cassidy Miller campaigned for the Elementary Science Initiative.

Supporters meet fundraising goal for science curriculum

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter After 47 days of fundraising at McDonald’s and Zeeks Pizza, and in various school parking lots, the Issaquah Schools Foundation and the Issaquah PTSA Council have raised enough money for a new elementary school science curriculum this fall.

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

The fundraising campaign began April 29, the day after the foundation’s annual luncheon. There, foundation community representative Leigh Stokes explained that the district had initially set money aside for the curriculum update, but after the Legislature cut $1.45 million from the district’s budget midyear, the district could no longer afford the curriculum update on its own.

The district committed $700,000 to the elementary school science update, and the foundation and PTSAs partnered to raise the remaining $500,000.

Recently, district administrators negotiated with the curricula vendors and bargained for a better price. Originally, the update was supposed to cost $1.2 million, but after the negotiation, the price tag dropped to $1.1 million. The district is also saving money by developing a specific curriculum of its own, which has a price tag of $50,000.

Overall, the Elementary Science Initiative — a grassroots campaign endorsed by the Issaquah and Sammamish chambers of commerce — raised $438,600. The initiative is still accepting donations at www.issaquahscience.org.

The fundraising for the initiative was almost nonstop. The foundation raised an initial $263,000 at its annual luncheon; Discovery Elementary School raised $1,650 at McTeacher’s night; Grand Ridge Elementary School raised $1,950 at Zeeks Pizza; and Newcastle Elementary School won $10,000 from an All State Insurance contest.

“We are just thrilled to have partnered with the district and to have partnered with PTSAs to help our students,” foundation Executive Director Robin Callahan said. “We are so grateful to the community for responding.”

The rest of the money came from individual school fundraisers, including students dressing up as mad scientists and asking for donations. Other students joined parents in school parking lots, carrying giant science signs during Honk and Wave fundraisers.

“I feel so happy and so relieved and so glad we can end the school year on such a high note,” Briarwood Elementary School PTA President and PTA and foundation liaison Beth Donahoe said. “This was really a really strong showing of support.”

Funeral home proposal raises traffic congestion concerns The Issaquah Press

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Concerns about traffic congestion prompted downtown Issaquah residents and business owners to mobilize last week in a neighborhood effort to thwart a funeral home operator from opening a facility in a church along East Sunset Way. The municipal Planning Department is considering a proposal from Service Corporation International, a Houston-based funeral products and services provider, to renovate Abide Baptist Church, 425 E. Sunset Way, into a funeral home. (The company also operates Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Bellevue and Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton, plus funeral homes in the same cities.)

The applicant’s parking proposal attracted the most ire from project opponents. Plans call for aisle parking, similar to the lineup near a ferry dock, to accommodate about 20 vehicles for services and visitations at the funeral home.

The proposal also calls for using a parking attendant to direct vehicles before and after events.

“I can’t say that that’s going to work,” city Senior Planner Marion

“We want to be a good neighbor to the community, and so our goal here is not to reach out and make everybody mad, obviously, because we hope that they’re our customers at some point.”

— Lisa Marshall Service Corporation International spokeswoman

O’Brien said. “There are some problems with what they’re showing there as well as with dimensions. We will need to have clarification on some of these proposals.

That’s a given.”

The proposal also outlines seven parking stalls on site for use during regular business hours. The applicant also seeks to pave the gravel parking lot.

Other plans outline a proposed roof extension to provide cover for the handicap accessibility ramp along the east side of the building and adding a canopy roof above the entrance facing Fourth Place Southeast.

“We’re working with the city in this process to see what it is that we need to do to make sure that we fully comply with all of the city’s rules and regulations,” Service Corporation International spokeswoman Lisa Marshall said. “We want to be a good neighbor, and we fully expect that the city will treat us fairly as we go through this process.”

Congestion concerns prompt action East Sunset Way near the proposed funeral home also includes left-turn restrictions in place during the morning and afternoon commutes. Opponents said the restrictions could create additional congestion, especially as mourners coming to Issaquah from elsewhere attempt to reach the funeral home.

The site also attracted attention from neighbors because the proposed facility is a block from Flintoft’s Funeral Home. Neighbors said services from the long-established funeral home did not cause traffic congestion in the neighborhood, because the existing funeral home includes space for parking on several nearby parcels.

Owners Tom and Allen Flintoft hired a Bellevue transportation

engineer to conduct a traffic study related to possible impacts from the proposed funeral home.

The study estimated the parking supply to be adequate for 30 percent to 40 percent of average-sized funerals. Overflow parking is bound to spill into the surrounding neighborhood, the study showed.

“Many times, people need to leave early to get back to work or like having the freedom to leave early,” Tom and Allen Flintoft wrote in a letter to the Planning Department. “Many memorials are now followed by a time of fellowship, sharing of memories and refreshments, thus lessening the chances attendees will want to commit themselves to such a trapped-in style parking.”

Former Councilman David Kappler, a homeowner in the neighborhood, organized a meeting June 15 to organize people against the proposal. The meeting attracted about 35 neighborhood residents and business owners.

“When you have an entire neighborhood walk in and say, ‘You know what? We have parking issues already, and you are adding to our parking issues,’ that’s some pretty good stuff to go against granting a modification,” said

County, YWCA to meet about Passage Point

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Safety is on the minds of community members neighboring the future Passage Point facility.

The YWCA will provide housing at Passage Point for men and women recently released from incarceration who wish to reunite with their children. The residents of Passage Point, who would otherwise be homeless, will have access to housing, employment and counseling services. It’s slated to open its doors next month.

A half-dozen community leaders met with representatives from King County and the YWCA, as well as King County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Andrea Alexander at Evergreen Community Church during a May 24 meeting about safety procedures.

Passage Point, in the southern part of the Issaquah School District, has long been a hot topic for the area. Students living at Passage Point will attend Maple Hills Elementary School, Maywood Middle School or Liberty High School.

Since 2008, the Passage Point Community Advisory Committee, composed of community members, has met with King County and YWCA officials to offer input on Passage Point’s management plan, according to the contract between the YWCA and the county.

At the May 24 meeting, community members learned about the YWCA’s plans to contract with a security company for the first six months of Passage Point’s operation. Then, the YWCA will assess how to best handle security, listen-

Celebrate July 4 downtown

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Children with pet dogs, cats, hamsters, chickens or snakes are invited to dress them up and register them for the Down Home 4th of July & Heritage Day celebration.

The annual parade boasts hundreds of pets sporting patriotic colors and children on decorated bicycles.

One year, “One of the groups was a tap-dancing group, so they did tap-dancing routines on cookie sheets,” Pauline Middlehurst, Issaquah Chamber of Commerce spawnsor manager, said.

Registration is free for the 11 a.m. Kids, Pets N’ Pride Parade, but participants must fill out a form before they begin marching.

Paradegoers can find the form online, or in The Issaquah Press.

Registrants can sign up the day of the event at 10 a.m. July 4 at 425 Rainier Blvd. N. All bicycling participants must wear a helmet. Children and teenagers in the parade can also throw candy, though they must supply the sweets themselves.

After the parade, a celebration will entertain the whole family. Children

will find activities at Veterans Memorial Field, including potato sack and three-legged races, pony rides, live music and face painting.

They can also bring their slimy mollusk friends.

“We have a slug race, and they’ll compete in heats,” Middlehurst said.

Slug tamers will place their pets in the middle of a target sign. The first slug that makes it to the outer circle wins.

“They need to start training them now so they’re really fast,” Middlehurst joked.

Slugs can also enter a beauty pageant, with their decoration left to the discretion of their owner.

Children and teenagers must find their own slugs, and they can bring multiples.

“It’s B.Y.O.S. — bring your own slug,” Middlehurst said.

The parade and festival still need volunteers, who can also register online.

“We need big muscles for set up and tear down, and we need people to play with the kids,” Middlehurst said.

Volunteers who are at least 14 years old can also help decorate Veterans Memorial Field with red,

ing to a recommendation from the security company.

Advisory committee members wanted to ensure that Passage Point residents, who will be given jobs at the facility, would not be allowed to work security.

After listening to community comments and internal discussions, YWCA staff members agreed with the advisory committee’s recommendation.

“We determined that for a number of different reasons, that wasn’t an idea we wanted to continue to pursue,” Linda Rasmussen, YWCA homeless initiatives director, said in a phone interview about whether residents could work as security.

Some community members, including alliance President Sean Kronberg, asked for more security details in the management plan.

white and blue; paint faces; help with the retail booths; or organize the children’s activities.

The festival also lends itself to shoppers. For $20, sellers can buy a 10-by-10-foot space for a garage sale. Local businesses, nonprofit organizations, restaurants and artists can buy booth space from $20 to $150.

Children and adults can learn more about Issaquah’s history at the Heritage Festival. The festival will present antique logging machinery, old-fashioned butter making and a dressing up station for children.

GET INVOLVED Passage Point Community Advisory Committee 7 p.m. June 28 Evergreen Community Church 20112 S.E. 152nd St., Renton

The YWCA is still developing security plans and procedures, and may continue to modify them during Passage Point’s initial operation.

The committee will have the opportunity to give input about the security plans and procedures once they are finalized, Cheryl Markham, program manager for the King County Housing and Community Development Program, said.

IF YOU GO Down Home 4th of July & Heritage Day 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 4 Downtown Issaquah and Veterans’ Memorial Field 140 E. Sunset Way Register for the parade, volunteering, garage sale or for a booth at www.salmondays.org or by clipping out the form in The Issaquah Press.

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Issaquah Environmental Council President Connie Marsh, a project opponent.

Applicant aims to be ‘good neighbor’ The team behind Sherwood Chiropractic, Mark and Misty Sherwood, raised concerns about losing street parking spots during events at the proposed funeral home.

“We do have a lot of people that, basically, pull up front, come get adjusted and they’re in there 10 minutes,” Misty Sherwood said.

City Senior Planner Christopher Wright said the Planning Department received about 30 comments related to the application, including more than 150 signatures on a petition urging the city to reject the proposal.

City planners sent the feedback to the applicant June 20. The city also asked the applicant to respond to the comments, per standard procedure.

Then, after city planners receive a response, the application can be approved outright or approved after planners require the applicant to meet certain conditions.

The city could also deny the application.

Or, planners could send the

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application to the Development Commission, a city board responsible for overseeing large-scale projects, for consideration.

“I’m also hoping that, maybe, the proponent will decide that this is not a good idea,” Kappler said.

In any instance, Service Corporation International can appeal the decision to the hearing examiner, a municipal official responsible for certain development-related decisions.

The applicant can also withdraw the application or provide no response. Following six months without contact, the Planning Department considers the application withdrawn.

Service Corporation International has no target opening date for the proposed Issaquah funeral home, but spokeswoman Marshall said the company is eager to open in the city.

“We want to be a good neighbor to the community, and so our goal here is not to reach out and make everybody mad, obviously, because we hope that they’re our customers at some point,” she said.

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

Issaquah hams to practice emergency communication Two Issaquah amateur radio operator groups invite the public to view a mock communication emergency the weekend of June 25 and 26.

Operators from the Issaquah Amateur Radio Club will broadcast from 9 a.m. June 25 to 11 a.m. June 26 at Sunny Hills Elementary School, 3200 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road S.E., Sammamish.

The Issaquah Communication Support Team’s event is from 1 p.m. June 25 to noon June 26 at Hans Jensen Youth Camp, across the street from the Lake Sammamish Boat Ramp.

Members will set up field radio communication stations, get on the air and contact hundreds of other operators in the U.S. and Canada as part of their participation in the American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day. During the past year, Amateur Radio Operators have provided critical communication during wildfires, winter storms, tornados and floods.

“Field Day is a way for hams to fine-tune emergency commu-

nication skills,” John MacDuff, newsletter editor for the Issaquah Amateur Radio Club, said. “We use battery power, and set up temporary antennas in the field. The idea is to put together a self-sufficient, working radio station quickly and begin making contacts as quickly as possible.”

Mike Crossley, who volunteers with the Issaquah Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, said he would welcome youths and adults, “anybody with an interest in amateur radio. We are interested in anybody who is good at talking.”

Many of the members of the Issaquah ARC also belong to the Issaquah Communications Support Team that reports to the Issaquah Police Department and supports Issaquah’s emergency manager with backup communications for the city when needed.

Learn more by calling MacDuff at 392-7623 or Mike Crossley at 395-4139, or email macrossley@gmail.com, to learn more.

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Tent City 4’s return is opportunity for generosity Tent City 4’s return is an opportunity for generosity The last time Tent City 4 settled in Issaquah, residents at the homeless encampment called Issaquah the most-welcoming city on the Eastside.

Indeed, Issaquah is among the friendliest cities to Tent City 4 — a fact Community Church of Issaquah members showed again June 19 by voting to host the camp again.

Community Church of Issaquah last hosted Tent City 4 in late 2007 and early 2010. Now, the camp is due to put down roots in the church’s parking lot amid the October chill.

In the past, after Tent City 4 landed in Issaquah, residents offered donations of clothing, food, money and, perhaps most importantly, time and hard work to make the stay a success.

Though the arrival is still months away, now is not too early to learn about Tent City 4 and consider donating to the camp.

Organizers need everyday items to keep the camp running: tarps and ropes to keep autumn rains at bay, for instance, plus blankets and clothing for residents.

The camp is always searching for groups to prepare and serve hot meals to residents.

Monetary donations help the camp, too. The nonprofit organization SHARE/WHEEL provides bus passes, portable toilets and garbage pickup for the camp.

Or, consider donating some elbow grease on moving day.

Tent City 4 requires dozens of volunteers to relocate and set up the campsite.

Tent City 4’s arrival also presents a critical opportunity to educate Issaquah residents about the homeless people in the community and elsewhere.

The camp is open to visitors. Issaquah residents should take the opportunity to experience the welcoming environment at Tent City 4 firsthand.

Reporters from The Issaquah Press spent a cold, damp night at the camp in January 2010. Tent City 4 residents recounted stories about falling on hard luck amid a dismal economy, and talked about how the homeless encampment offered a priceless resource as they searched for jobs and permanent housing.

The camp brings out the best in Issaquah residents’ generosity. Community volunteers make the success of Tent City 4 possible.

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Teen journalism is alive, but not doing so well

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met with outgoing, staying and incoming staff members of The Beat, our onceper-month teen page, on June 5.

Instead of the usual sit-downover-breakfast or conferenceroom meeting, I took them bowling. We talked briefly about our next issue, and then we just hung out and had fun, eating pizza and drinking sodas while cheering and jeering each other over strikes and gutter balls.

At some point, I just stepped back and watched the group, feeling much like a proud mom who is sending some of her kids out into the world. I felt sad that they were leaving, but I also felt thrilled about the places they are going and the things they have the opportunity to do.

This was the second school year for The Beat, one of only two teen newspaper sections in a nonschool newspaper in the state of Washington.

And although the teens wrote some awesome stories and took some great photos this school year, to tell you the truth, we’re struggling. In fact, this month’s issue is online only, because we didn’t have the funding to print the page. (Go to www.issaquahpress.com to read about their experiences as re-

porters and editors this school year.)

See, we had trouble getting sponsorships and grants this year, and we fell behind on paying for the page a Kathleen couple of Merrill months ago.

We have to Press managing editor pay the discounted price of $500 to print The Beat each month. We don’t sell ads for the page, because that would take up the space we have to run stories and pictures, and the opinions of as many students as we can fit every month.

We also can’t match the prices that school-funded publications set for advertising.

I don’t know why we had fewer contributors this year.

Some of that is the economy, maybe. Some of that is that even though we brainstormed plenty and asked numerous businesses to assist us, we kind of ran out of ideas at some point for getting the printing costs covered.

Here’s what I do know. We’ll See JOURNALISM, Page A5

T O T HE E DITOR Fallout of war

Church seeks help funding Libyan students’ stays in the United States I am asking the Issaquah community for help. Recently, I became aware that eight Libyan students at the University of Washington have had their educational funding shut off by the state department as part of the general freezing of Libyan assets in the United States.

As a result, these kids are in danger of losing their students visas and may be sent home to an uncertain fate.

The administrative agency overseeing them (the Canadian Bureau for International Education) informs us that if they can get enrolled in some sort of full-time educational endeavor during the summer, they can avoid being sent home until fall. By then, this agency believes the money will be freed up. The state department has already expressed its willingness to release the funding, but the wheels of government turn slowly.

Three of the eight students have already found courses they can attend. The other five can enroll at a University District language school, which would qualify. However, the cost of the program is $1,500 per student. This is beyond the capacity of our small congregation (we are hoping to sponsor at least one of them), so I was hoping the greater Issaquah community might pitch in and help.

I have found Issaquah to be a caring place, and I know there are folks who would want to help these young people in need.

If you wish to help, you may send your taxdeductible contribution to Mountain Creek Christian Fellowship, 165 Front St. N., Issaquah, WA 98027.

Please mark your contribution “Libyan Students” and note that 100 percent of your contribution will go to these students. You will receive a giving statement at year’s end for your taxes.

Thank you for your help!

Mark Miller, pastor Mountain Creek Christian Fellowship

Funeral home

Inappropriate space for second facility would ruin Old Town Issaquah As you are undoubtedly aware, Service Corporation International, has submitted a proposal to the city of Issaquah, to change the use of 425 E. Sunset Way from a church to a funeral home.

As a chiropractic office located at 435 E. Sunset Way (right next door), you can imagine we have major concerns. We have submitted our comments to the city planners and council, and addressed the proposed changes.

What we left out of those letters is our feelings on the subject and those are what we’d like to express to you, to perhaps pass on to the rest of our community.

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Besides the fact that the church does not have adequate parking for funeral services, besides the fact that East Sunset Way is already congested with traffic, besides the fact that SCI has questionable business practices, DOES OLD TOWN ISSAQUAH NEED ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME? What about our neighborhood? It would be a shame to lose a neighborhood church to a multimillion-dollar company. A company that commonly takes over family owned and established funeral homes (which I understand Flintoft’s denied them the opportunity) to form a monopoly in the business of the dead.

We must ask, because Mr. Flintoft is too polite to, just why they pick an unsuitable property less than a half-mile away from our current funeral home? We don’t know about all the rest of you, but Big Business isn’t going to push us around or sweet talk us into making huge exceptions to our standards, not the least of which is loyalty.

Dr. Mark and Misty Sherwood Sherwood Chiropractic

Vertical city projects

Strange interpretation of Growth Management Act is ruining city’s charm I can’t think of a time when I have ever agreed with a letter from Mr. Ken Sessler, but after reading his “Power That Be” letter, I smiled! Yes, Issaquah is trading small-town charm for vertical growth, and pea patch parks do not happy city dwellers make.

I stated publicly (four and eight years ago) that our city follows a bizarre interpretation of the state Growth Management Act. For whatever reason, the “Powers That Be” urgently want our small town to become a GREAT BIG TOWN. Why? We will contribute to an increased property tax base for King County, sales taxes to be collected, as well as buildingpermit fees and everything else in between; yes, it is all about the money.

It is true that nothing ever stays the same, and my agreement with Ken Sessler (this time) is certainly proof of that. No, I’m not running again for City Council — but I sure wish somebody would — somebody who deems it important enough to keep our small-town charm and who would work hard to prevent the future massive vertical growth that is running hot and fast on the city’s agenda.

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Pedestrian bridge

Powerful bicycle lobby is real driving force behind unnecessary project The Press on June 1 had a great letter from Pablo Lopez. It addressed the so-called pedestrian bridge (bicycle bridge) and the Issaquah City Council’s rationale behind its construction.

Pablo had four questions that deserve a letter to the editor response from the council president or mayor. Pablo, I expect the bicycle lobby is too strong for the council to go on the public record to give an honest answer to your questions. I am sure you have also noticed all of the Issaquah taxpayers’ funds being used for bicycle perks around the area.

You describe your use of the previous walking route with your daughter and that you were able to use the crosswalk lights to make the trip across the Interstate 90 bridge safely.

As you may know, bicycle riders hate those streetlights, which most of the time, along with the red stop signs, are ignored. However, the heavy (bad) car traffic, prevents them from running these red lights. So, shazzam, we have an expensive bicycle bridge called a pedestrian bridge.

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Elect TJ Filley to help end unnecessary, local federal pork barrel projects We need a new vision for the city of Issaquah — a vision of fiscal responsibility, limited constitutional government and free markets.

TJ Filley believes in those principles and will be a voice for change on a City Council that has become too accustomed to federal pork. Thank you, Ken Sessler and Mike Harrington, for expressing the problem with federal pork in reSee LETTERS, Page A5

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County Council decides against sewer rate hike King County leaders decided against increasing sewer rates for 2012 in a unanimous decision June 13.

The rate remains stable at $36.10 per month for most residential customers. The county provides wastewater treatment to 17 cities, including Issaquah, and 17 local sewer utilities.

Officials use the funds raised through sewer rates for maintaining and operating the regional wastewater system in King County, South Snohomish County and a slice of Pierce County.

The actual amount ratepayers see on bills depends on local sewer utilities. The sewer rate is charged to Issaquah because King County conveys wastewater from city customers to the South Treatment Plant in Renton.

County Executive Dow Constantine recommend against a sewer rate hike in April.

P UBLIC M EETINGS June 22 Issaquah School Board 7 p.m.

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

June 23

On June 13, the council also approved a sewer capacity charge for new connections to the system in 2012. The charge is $51.95 per month for the average household — a $1.50 increase from the 2011 monthly charge of $50.45. The current rate is meant to ensure adequate wastewater conveyance and that treatment capacity exists to meet the needs of the suburban communities.

The capacity charge is assessed for 15 years after connection as established by code, but property owners can save 5.5 percent if they choose to pay a lump sum up front.

The capacity charge for new sewer hook-ups is paid by owners of newly constructed homes and businesses in order to fund construction of new treatment and conveyance facilities such as Brightwater, a $1.8 billion treatment plant under construction near Woodinville.

Planning Policy Commission 6:30 p.m.

Council Chambers, City Hall South 135 E. Sunset Way

June 27 Park Board 7 p.m.

Issaquah Trails House 110 Bush St.

June 28

Cable TV Commission 6 p.m.

Coho Room, City Hall 130 E. Sunset Way

Human Services Commission 6:30 p.m.

Coho Room, City Hall 130 E. Sunset Way

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cent letters to The Press. I did a little research and found that 85 percent of the new pedestrian and bike bridge over Interstate 90 (before cost overruns) was paid for by federal funds.

I sat down with my 15-year-old grandson and told him that Medicare and Social Security are running out of money and he will not have the benefits I enjoy. He answered responsibly — saying “Grandpa, I will provide for my own retirement.” But why does the city of Issaquah think it is more important to build bike and pedestrian bridges with federal money than to help preserve our entitlement programs and continue to fund the social safety net for our most vulnerable citizens?

TJ, as only one voice on the Issaquah City Council, cannot outvote

the rest of the council. However, if he wins overwhelmingly, I believe the council will listen to us. We, the citizens of Issaquah, can stand for fiscal responsibility and send these good people a message — no more federal pork on local transportation projects.

Here is how you can help bring about that change: Prepare hand-written signs expressing your disgust with federal pork and show up at the official opening of that bridge sometime between July 2 and 8 — call City Hall for the exact date.

We need an army of volunteers to counter the campaign efforts of our opponent for position 4 on the Issaquah City Council. Call me at 427-9060 to volunteer for our doorbelling and phone bank teams, and for our upcoming rallies.

Vote for TJ Filley in the primary Aug. 16 and the general election Nov. 7.

Ferrin Lauve 11-year resident of Providence Point

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keep trying, because we (the teens and I) believe that The Beat — stories by teens, about teens, for teens — is important to people in the community, and not just young people either. At a recent speaking engagement, several people told me they enjoyed reading the page, so they know what the leaders of tomorrow are thinking and what they care about.

I agree, and I think that now is an important time for young people to get in the habit of reading

newspapers. See, you can’t get online what you can get in newspapers, especially community newspapers like The Press. No one else covers Issaquah and its issues and people as thoroughly.

To those who sponsored us and/or made donations this year, many thanks. We appreciate you more than we can say.

To anyone else reading this column, we’d be thrilled with your donation or any ideas you might have to generate funds for the next school year. Until then, have a great summer!

Kathleen R. Merrill: 392-6434, ext. 226, or editor@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 •

City issues permits for trail paving project The municipal Planning Department has approved permits for improvements along the East Lake Sammamish Trail from Issaquah to Redmond.

Crews plan to pave the existing gravel trail and increase the width to create a 12-foot-wide paved trail bracketed by 2-footwide gravel shoulders. The city issued administrative site development and shoreline substantial development permits for the project.

Because the paving is expected to impact wetlands, crews plan to restore wetlands elsewhere in the

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trail corridor to offset the damage.

Construction is planned for two phases along the Issaquah portion. The initial phase encompasses the trail section from Northwest Gilman Boulevard to 56th Avenue Northwest. The next phase outlines improvements from 56th Avenue Northwest to Southeast 43rd Way. The project is located inside the existing trail corridor along the former Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway from Northwest Gilman Boulevard northward along the eastern shore of Lake Sammamish to Issaquah city limits.

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• Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Swedish

Darigold

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buildings are providing a healthier work environment for their employees, and healthier for the patient,” Karr said.

So, as Swedish planned the campus, energy efficiency emerged as a focus. The idea to minimize the impact on the environment came early as the 111-year-old hospital system started envisioning the highlands hospital. The process required a balancing act between creature comforts and energy efficiency.

“That was one of the early design considerations: How do you create a building that’s aesthetically pleasing to the patient?” Lee Brei, director of facilities services for the hospital system, said last week.

Hospital planners adjusted major elements based on specific energy-use targets. The figure is not firm yet, but the hospital could receive between $2 million and $4 million in grants and rebates from Puget Sound Energy for energy efficiency steps.

In the moments after the spill, a state Department of Fish and Wildlife survey team conducting a salmon spawning survey in the creek smelled a strong ammonia odor and observed about 40 to 50 dead fish downstream from the Darigold storm water outfall.

The dead fish included Puget Sound chinook salmon — a species protected under the Endangered Species Act — and coho salmon, trout and sculpin, a

Exceeding a ‘green’ goal Still, the project presented a challenge for designers seeking a “green” standard.

“In a hospital, people are there 24/7. Sometimes you’re doing surgery, maybe not around the clock, but close to around the clock,” Brei said. “It’s up and running all the time, so that’s part of it. The other part of it is, there’s lots of equipment running.”

MRI machines and other equipment used to diagnose injuries and combat disease also contribute to hospitals’ outsized energy bills.

“The medical equipment manufacturing world hasn’t discovered ‘green’ yet. They’re focused on producing a quality product that delivers this high technology and accomplishes its goals,” Brei said.

“Saving energy — I don’t even know if it’s on their radar.”

Because medical equipment is not yet built to ultra-eco-conscious standards, planners incorporated “green” elements into the highlands hospital’s structure.

The average hospital uses between 230,000 and 260,000 British thermal units per square foot per year. Swedish set a goal to use 150 kBtu per square foot per year, or the equivalent of powering more than 2,200 homes per year.

Brei said the hospital is on track to use 135 kBtu — and perhaps even

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BY AARON BLANK

Many energy-efficiency features remain hidden from patients at Swedish Medical Center, and have been integrated into the hospital’s central utility plant. less.

“We’re hoping to get it down lower, but we’re really cautious about patting ourselves on the back until we get a year down the road” he added.

The campus’ initial phase opens to patients July 14. The portion containing the hospital beds is due to open in November.

The initial step to foster energy efficiency is more common sense than cutting edge.

“The first place we start with energy conservation is just building a good building envelope,” Brei said. “Good windows make a world of difference, lots of insulation. Just doing that, it takes less energy to heat it in the winter and it takes less energy to cool it in the summer.”

From the ground up Besides abundant natural light and a 6,000-square-foot landscaped rooftop deck, patients, employees and guests might not notice many of the eco-conscious flourishes.

Holly Townes, PSE senior energy management engineer, worked closely on the project.

“Usually, the things that save energy are not so sexy as solar panels and green roofs and all of these things that people talk about,” she said. “It’s just making systems more efficient.”

The push for efficiency starts at how the building sits on the 12.5-acre site. The hospital is oriented to receive full sun on three

sides, and includes a daylight basement. The design features superenergy-efficient windows.

Crews recycled 93 percent of building materials during construction.

The medical office building — the phase scheduled to open next month — features a hydronic heating system, rather than electric radiant heat. The hydronic system sends heated water from a boiler through tubes beneath the floor.

The hospital includes high-efficiency chillers to capture excess heat to help warm the buildings and water. The ductwork in the facility is wider to reduce friction as air moves through the facility.

The hospital hired a building control engineer to focus on the complex systems.

Energy Star office equipment, appliances and lighting are installed throughout the facility.

Some lighting operates on motion or occupancy sensors to further reduce energy use.

Swedish targeted a 10-year payback for energy efficiency measures. The hospital is on track to meet the goal and, in the meantime, serve as a showcase for a “green” health care facility.

“If you look at the amount of energy being used, I think we’ll be right there in the top few percent,” Brei said.

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the moment I was trying to get pictures,” he said.

Tear gas clogged the air and a stun grenade, or flash-bang, exploded near the 2010 Issaquah High School graduate. Richards’ friend took a hit from a rubber bullet on the shoulder as police attempted to disperse the rioters.

The chaotic scene after Game 7 contrasted against the celebrations following Game 2, 11 days earlier.

Richards, 19, and friends headed north to Vancouver to watch

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“King County Library System has a lot of fans at Library Journal, with good reason. We’ve watched KCLS lead the way for years in innovative service to their community,” Francine Fialkoff, Library Journal editor-in-chief, said in a statement.

“This year, all their efforts aligned — from new buildings to new services to record-breaking usage — and we’re thrilled to name them Library of the Year.”

Strong circulation at the Issaquah Library and others in the system stretching from Skykomish to Federal Way also served a key role in the Library of the Year honor.

“Their circulation and their traffic definitely helped us reach the 22.4 million circulation mark,” Brand said. “Circulation is not necessarily a criterion in the award,

small fish. Following the incident, state investigators said the spill had killed mostly sculpin.

Tyler Amon, Environmental Protection Agency special agentin-charge in the Northwest, called the case a study in negligence.

“This wasn’t just about an individual breaking the law,” he said in a statement. “This was about a completely avoidable chain of events that caused serious environmental harm. When your business is a next-door-neighbor to threatened and endangered species, dumping toxic chemicals brings prosecution and penalties.”

In October 2010, the state

Department of Ecology fined Darigold $10,000 for the spill — the maximum penalty under state law.

Following the state penalty, company executives said Darigold updated procedures to prevent similar accidents.

Darigold’s $60,000 community service payment is earmarked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Puget Sound Marine Conservation Fund for projects directly impacting the Issaquah Creek watershed.

Game 2, and managed to find space in a waterfront bar to watch the match-up.

“That was crazy. After they won, it was like the whole town was just erupting,” he said.

“Everybody was honking. It was just a big party.”

For make-or-break Game 7, every establishment in the city seemed to be packed, so Richards and friends watched the game from outside a bar.

“I was pretty confident that they were going to win the Stanley Cup,” he said.

Officials took steps to prevent a hockey riot after the decisive game. Downtown Vancouver liquor stores closed at 4 p.m. on game day — a step similar to safe-

ty precautions taken during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Police and public safety officials enacted the precautions to attempt to avoid a scene similar to the 1994 riot after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the New York Rangers.

Following the June 15 riot, hospitals treated more than 150 people for injuries. Police managed to break up the riot by midnight.

“For the people of Vancouver, I know they all came together the next day and helped clean up,” Richards said. “That says something.”

but it certainly speaks to the level of service that we’re providing our patrons, and obviously that we’re delivering something that patrons love, because of that circulation.”

Other touches also boosted the library system’s entry. Brand cited the bustling public meeting space at the Issaquah Library as a good example of the community outreach Library Journal highlighted in the award citation.

The honor includes a $10,000 prize. Officials plan to donate the money to the King County Library Journal Foundation.

In May, Library Journal honored the Sammamish branch as a New Landmark Library — a distinction afforded to only a handful of libraries each year.

“I think that that definitely played a part in our submittal, because we highlighted all of the libraries and, of course, they were already very familiar with Sammamish and that building being kind of a hallmark library for

the next generation,” Brand said.

“That absolutely had something to do with us winning the award, I can say with complete confidence.”

Library officials plan to pick up the awards at the American Library Association’s annual conference in New Orleans from June 23-28.

“We’re delighted to receive this recognition from Gale and Library Journal on behalf of the entire community,” library system Director Bill Ptacek said in a statement. “This honor rightly goes to our patrons who made KCLS libraries the busiest in the nation, our friends and advisors, the voters who make it possible through their continued support, and for our hard-working staff who continuously create innovative programs and services that best meet the needs of the communities we serve.”

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Eastside summer burning moratorium is in effect Eastside Fire & Rescue crews responded to 14 brushfires in May and June — and a heightened risk for fires accompanies drier days ahead.

The agency’s burn moratorium went into effect June 15 for residents in Issaquah, Sammamish and nearby communities. Though a rain-soaked spring may make such a moratorium seem unnecessary, summer means a heightened risk for fires. The moratorium is in effect through Sept. 30.

For summertime cookouts, propane, natural gas and charcoal fires do not require a burn permit.

Other fires require a burn permit from EFR. Call 313-3200.

Fires cannot be larger than 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet high.

Use only dry, seasoned wood to fuel recreational fires.

The flames must be contained inside a barbecue pit, fire ring or a portable fireplace. Fires cannot be burned within 50 feet of fences, trees, structures or combustible materials. Importantly, only vegetation can be burned.

Burning to clear land is permanently banned in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

Firewise and EFR offer information for homeowners to create defensible spaces around residences at www.firewise.org and www.eastsidefire-rescue.org.

PSE seeks 2012 rate increases Puget Sound Energy filed a proposal June 13 to increase electric and natural gas rates in 2012.

The utility is asking state regulators for rate increases to offset the costs of work to increase electric and gas delivery system reliability, as well as efforts to provide a cleaner energy supply.

The proposal calls for electric rates to increase 8.1 percent and natural gas rates to climb 3 percent for all customer groups. The average homeowner could expect to pay $8.37 more per month for electric service, based on 1,000 kilowatt-hours, and $2.84 more per month for natural gas, based on 68 therms per month.

The state Utilities and Transportation Commission is reviewing the proposal. If approved, the rates could take effect in May 2012.

The rate request is based on energy system improvements made in 2009 and last year, as PSE invested almost $1.1 billion in gas and electric delivery infrastructure and new electric-generation facilities.

Bellevue-based PSE serves more than 1 million electric customers and almost 750,000 natural gas customers in Western Washington, including Issaquah.

Greenway seeks donations during fundraising drive June 23 offers a chance for people to donate to nonprofit organizations, including the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.

Between 7 a.m. and midnight,

donors can participate in The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG event. Join philanthropists across the region to contribute to the greenway and other nonprofit organizations. Donations made through the program qualify for matching funds.

People can donate at www.seattlefoundation.org. Follow the links for GiveBIG and the greenway.

In addition, The Seattle Foundation plans to randomly select donors throughout the day to receive a Golden Ticket. The foundation then plans to donate another $1,000 in the winner’s name.

Customers lose cable service after crew clips line Crews responded to a cable outage impacting customers in Issaquah and elsewhere June 13.

The cut to the cable provider’s fiber optic line occurred at about 2:45 p.m. and also affected customers in Sammamish, Duvall, Echo Lake and Redmond.

Broadstripe dispatched a repair crew to the site minutes later.

The company restored service to affected customers by 1 a.m. June 14.

The damage to the fiber optic cable came after a King County lawn crew working along a road in Duvall accidentally clipped it.

John Bjorn, executive vice president for Broadstripe’s Northwest Region, said such accidental cuts happen infrequently.

“Anytime they happen, however, they represent a major inconvenience for our customers,” he said in a news release. “We are sorry that our customers were inconvenienced yesterday.”

King County Elections office relocates to Renton King County Elections moved from Tukwila to 919 Southwest Grady Way, Renton, on June 20.

The location is the election office’s mailing address and physical address, as well as the location for the public to visit for assistance or to observe elections in progress.

The building features a viewing loop around the ballot-processing area. The public can take a selfguided tour during elections to observe the process in action.

Weekdays Aug. 1-19, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., should be the best time to observe. On Election Day, Aug. 16, the office is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

King County Elections is returning to the same facility used until 2009, after the risk of flooding from the Howard Hanson Dam resulted in a temporary move to Tukwila.

State urges horse owners to protect against West Nile virus Now is the time for horse owners to vaccinate animals against West Nile virus.

The state veterinarian issued the reminder last week, as mosquito season approaches. Veterinarians have had success is using vaccines for protection against West Nile

The Issaquah Press virus, a potentially fatal disease in horses.

Owners should plan to protect horses as soon as possible even though veterinarians confirmed no equine cases of West Nile virus in Washington last year, State Veterinarian Dr. Leonard Eldridge said.

State health officials detected the virus in two dead birds and more than 100 mosquito samples last summer. In addition, two human cases of West Nile virus developed.

Washington led the nation in confirmed equine cases in 2009 (72 cases) and 2008 (41 cases).

Mosquitoes spread West Nile virus after the insects feed on infected birds. The disease can sicken people, horses, and many types of birds and other animals.

Infected horses do not spread the disease to other horses or animals.

Ill horses show a loss of coordination, loss of appetite, confusion, fever, and stiffness and muscle weakness, particularly in the hindquarters.

Taller IHOP sign near pedestrian bridge is approved City planners agreed to allow a taller sign for IHOP, because construction on a nearby pedestrian bridge has eclipsed the existing sign.

The pancake house plans to add a sign 22 feet tall — 10 feet taller than the existing sign. The application said a taller sign is needed because the pedestrian connector across Interstate 90 obscures the 12-foot-tall sign. The city approved the taller sign June 6.

The city Sign Code caps the height for monument signs at 10 feet.

Plans call for the taller sign to have an area of 75 square feet on each side, the same as the existing sign. IHOP, along the interstate and state Route 900, is in a commercial area.

Plans call for the completed pedestrian connector to feature a 12-foot-wide pedestrian bridge across the westbound interstate on-ramps, plus a 10-foot-wide pedestrian crossing on the existing state Route 900 overpass. The link is expected to open in the weeks ahead.

Zoo welcomes rare birds Cougar Mountain Zoo recently welcomed Mia and Milo — two, rare red-vented cockatoos.

Red-vented cockatoos, sometimes called Philippine cockatoos, are listed as critically endangered.

They are native to the Philippines and number less than 1,000 in the wild due to habitat loss and illegal trapping.

Cougar Mountain Zoo is only one of two zoos in the United States to have the red-vented cockatoos on display.

The zoo is open for general admission from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday, and is open for prescheduled programs seven days a week.

Learn more at www.cougarmountainzoo.org.

BY JUDY CO

Congratulations, class of 2011 Six students — Julietta Cedar (left), Benjamin Cheng, Kelly Pitcher, Kevin Gablehouse, Bryan Harvey and William Searing — graduated from the Issaquah School District’s 2011 Academy for Community Transition on June 13. The academy educates adults ages 18-21 who have special needs.

Striping starts as connector nears completion

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Motorists should prepare for ramp closures as crews stripe lanes along state Route 900.

The striping comes as construction nears completion on a pedestrian connector along busy state Route 900 and the westbound Interstate 90 on-ramp. The connector could open to pedestrians and bicyclists by late June.

Starting June 20, contractors started painting the bridges and paving the trail from 12th Avenue Northwest.

The painting requires the inter-

state on-ramp to be closed during the evening. The contractor plans to post detours for motorists.

In addition, striping is also occurring on state Route 900 to shift travel lanes back to pre-construction positions. Crews reoriented some lanes and closed a high-occupancy vehicle lane to allow for construction. The state Route 900 striping is planned for the week of July 4 or 11, depending on weather conditions.

The city expects the impact to traffic to be minimal.

The completed connector includes a 12-foot-wide pedestrian bridge across the interstate on-

ramp and a 10-foot-wide pedestrian path along the existing state Route 900 overpass.

The connector is meant to create a safer path between the East Lake Sammamish Trail and the Issaquah Transit Center.

City Public Works Engineering Director Bob Brock said the connector could open as soon as June 24. Construction on the project started in July 2010, but delays pushed the projected opening date from spring to early summer.

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

Waste Management rates rise in Issaquah soon Waste Management customers in Issaquah start paying a few cents more for garbage service July 1.

The adjustment reflects changes to the Consumer Price Index, plus a hike in the state business-and-occupation tax. The increase applies only to Issaquah customers.

The garbage hauler sent notices to Issaquah residences and businesses about the change.

For a residential customer using a 35-gallon container — the most popular size in the city — the monthly rate for weekly pickup is

due to increase from $13.20 to $13.43. Expect similar hikes for other residential and commercial services. Find a complete listing of the updated rates at the hauler’s website, www.wmnorthwest.com/issaquah.

The city Resource Conservation Office is encouraging customers to consider composting and recycling as methods to reduce garbage bills. Interested people should email the office at rco@ci.issaquah.wa.us.

In the meantime, the city is accepting bids for a hauler to serve Issaquah neighborhoods

other than Greenwood Point and South Cove. Interested companies had to submit proposals by June 20.

Waste Management is the predominant hauler in the city, but the current contract between Issaquah and the Houston-based company expires in June 2012.

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

The next garbage contract is due to run from July 2012 until June 2019.

School district invites public comment about curriculum

lum during normal business hours until July 13.

See them at the district office, 565 N.W. Holly St. Public comment forms are available.

The last updates to the high school language arts curriculum

were made during a three-year period from 1999-2001. After the public comment, the Issaquah School Board will vote to approve or reject the two curricula.

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Entrepreneur builds a career beneath golden arches

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The menu is different, but the golden arches — global emblem for billions and billions served — remain the same.

In 1971, a 16-year-old Alan Finkelstein started work at a McDonald’s restaurant at Seattle’s University Village, earning less than $2 per hour. The early days included stints minding the milkshake machine — a more complicated task in the pre-electronics era, because orders had to be tracked on paper tickets.

Nowadays, Finkelstein is responsible for a lot more than milkshakes. The longtime Sammamish Plateau resident and entrepreneur owns McDonald’s restaurants in Kent, Maple Valley, Sammamish and the busyas-a-beehive eatery along Northwest Gilman Boulevard in Issaquah.

In 40 years beneath the golden arches, Finkelstein has amassed encyclopedic knowledge about the company — he can quote freely from McDonald’s mastermind Ray Kroc — and intertwined his restaurants into the surrounding communities.

“Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, said, ‘You want to give back to your commu-

Businessman evolves from milkshake maestro to burger king

nities, because they are the people that help you every day,’” Finkelstein said.

The experience behind the counter means he can relate to employees assembling a Big Mac from the bun up or pulling french fries from a deep fryer, because he used to handle the same tasks. Sometimes, he pops in after midnight at the restaurants to meet employees. (McDonald’s, for the record, did not remain open 24 hours in 1971.)

Building a family For Finkelstein, the connection to the restaurants is personal, too. He met his future wife, Cassie, then a coworker, at a McDonald’s in the 1970s. The younger generation of Finkelsteins — son Steven, and daughters Cherie Knudsen, a firstgrade teacher at Discovery Elementary School in Sammamish, and Elissa Finkelstein — all logged time behind the counter in McDonald’s as teenagers. Elissa is a tasting room manager at a Woodinville winery. Steven is a Texas A&M University astrophysicist.

For the family, the connection to the community does not stop at the restaurant door.

“I think it’s great that our daughter works at a school that’s in the same neighborhood as our McDonald’s, and that we all live in the neighborhood, too,” Cassie Finkelstein said.

“That’s something I always dreamed of.”

Knudsen said her parents emphasized hard work to her and her siblings. Before

she joined the staff at Discovery, she worked for a time at the Ronald McDonald House in Seattle — a nonprofit organization set up to allow parents to stay near hospitalized children.

“My dad’s had the same job for 40 years — that’s a work ethic,” she said. “I always say that I have a really good work ethic.

That’s one of the things that my parents brought me up knowing.”

McDonald’s estimates half of its franchise owners started as crewmembers behind the counter. Kroc, the legendary McDonald’s executive responsible for reshaping the way billions and billions eat, said “ketchup in your veins” is essential for restaurant owneroperators, such as Finkelstein.

Finkelstein has built a career in the company as McDonald’s shifted from offering a plain-Jane menu to including items like lattes, wraps and oatmeal. The constant evolution is something Finkelstein has experienced day after day for the past 40 years. He describes the updates as a way to remain relevant and adapt to customers’ changing palates.

Like everyone else in McDonald’s management, he attended the famed Hamburger University in 1976 and again in 1991. The corporate college is on the McDonald’s campus in Oak Brook, Ill. Finkelstein remembers a setting akin to a traditional university, although in addition to traditional business courses, instruction is heavy on McDonald’s 101.

Closer to home, Finkelstein serves on the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce board and has long supported schools in the Issaquah and Lake Washington districts. Forging ties to communities surrounding restaurants started almost as soon as he started working at McDonald’s, he recalled.

EVERYBODY S has a T O R Y A regular series about

Building a community Finkelstein hosted a McTeacher’s Night at a Sammamish restaurant last month as Issaquah organizations attempted to raise money for updated science everyday newsmakers textbooks and materials. Knudsen joined colleagues to staff the drive-thru and punch orders into cash registers as students sold chocolate-chip cookies by the fistful and gathered tips from jars set atop the counter.

“It’s exciting to be able to help my dad out and make money for our cause,” she said.

Meanwhile, as teachers and school administrators juggled orders for Chicken McNuggets and cheeseburgers, a standingroom-only crush of parents and children swarmed through the restaurant.

“It’s all about giving back to the commuSee BUSINESSMAN, Page B3

Issaquah graduate scores soccer gear for Ugandan orphans

Habitat for Humanity uses vehicle donations to fund homes

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter Thanks to the hard work of Blaire Brady, her friends and her family, two youth soccer teams in Uganda will have warm-up gear and matching uniforms.

Brady, a 2011 Issaquah High School graduate, has coordinated drives for Ugandan orphans for the past three years.

Mark Bowers, the African missions team leader at Issaquah Christian Church, contacted Issaquah High leadership teacher Emily Carl to see if any of her students could organize a drive for the church’s mission trip to Uganda.

Bowers had heard that orphans in Uganda had nary a soccer uniform.

“Their clothing is generally rags,” he said. “They do have some semi-organized soccer teams, and one of the pastors there said, ‘We would love to have any equipment you have, even if it’s torn up.’”

Brady, then a sophomore, volunteered to help.

“My sister is in South Africa right now working at an orphanage and I just wanted to get involved,” she said.

Each year since then, Brady has organized an annual drive, asking her classmates and teammates to donate their old soccer uniforms to the orphans in Uganda.

“A lot of people really wanted to do it because they all have old sports stuff,” Brady said. “I told them, ‘You get to see pictures of the kids wearing it and see how touching it is.’”

This year, she collected about 200 pounds of soccer uniforms.

Members of the African Mis-

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Customers browse among the fireworks on display for sale at the Issaquah Christian Church stand, on IssaquahHobart Road Southeast, during last year’s missions fundraiser.

Blaire Brady “My sister is in South Africa right now working at an orphanage and I just wanted to get involved.”

—Blaire Brady 2011 Issaquah High School graduate

sions Team at Issaquah Christian Church packed the uniforms, along with medical supplies and personal sundries, into boxes on June 19.

Brady plans to attend Idaho State University in the fall. She said she hopes to visit the orphanage in Uganda and meet the children playing in Issaquah’s donated soccer uniforms.

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

Buy fireworks to benefit church’s foreign missions

By Emily Baer Issaquah Press intern Doug Donaldson’s life changed when he handed the key to a newly constructed house to a struggling Tijuanan family in 2001.

He and his fellow mission attendees and members of Issaquah Christian Church had spent the past year raising funds for the chance to spend eight days in Mexico building homes for the poor.

In 2005, Donaldson sold Northwest Computer Support — a computer repair and networking business he had been with for 22 years — to devote his life to helping families in need through the church’s mission trips.

“It was one of the most difficult

FIREWORKS BOOTH Issaquah Christian Church 10328 Issaquah-Hobart Road Grand opening — noon June 28 Hours — 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

June 29 to July 4 Free hot dogs and bottled beverages will be available to customers July 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or as long as supplies last.

things I’ve ever done,” he said.

“You know, it was like my baby.

Ultimately, it took a year for me to realize that it was meant to be.”

But Donaldson has no regrets — after treating patients with tu-

berculosis, HIV and machete wounds, he said his perspective and appreciation for his life in the United States have been altered forever.

The church will sell TNT fireworks in anticipation of the July 4 holiday to support three upcoming mission trips to Uganda, Haiti and Mexico.

The booth’s proceeds will also fund the church’s Women’s Ministry and construction of the new worship center. This year, 46 families have volunteered to staff the tent.

In 2010, the booth earned $50,000 in revenue and $20,000 in profit.

Working in conjunction with See FIREWORKS, Page B3

Donating a car, truck, boat or recreational vehicle can help Habitat for Humanity build homes.

The nonprofit organization’s Cars for Homes national vehicle donation program is meant to specifically assist Habitat affiliates by generating funds from the sale of donated vehicles.

Funding is then distributed to affiliates based on the donor’s ZIP code. The local affiliate, Habitat for Humanity of East King County, has received $116,949.54 through the program.

The program started in Washington as a pilot program in November 2003. Habitat for Humanity International made the effort a national program in 2005.

“The contributions we have received through the Cars for Homes program have increased every year, allowing us to build more houses and serve more families in need of an affordable home,” Mary Martin, Habitat for Humanity of East King County resource development director, said in a news release.

The organization is building homes at Magnolia Village in the Issaquah Highlands. Habitat has built dozens of homes for Eastside residents in recent years.

Call 877-277-4344 toll free or go the program’s website, www.carsforhomes.org, to donate a vehicle to Cars for Homes.

In addition, donations may be eligible for a tax deduction.

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Marlena Norwood accepted to UC Berkeley summer program

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Massacre party The Issaquah Environmental Council continues its Annual Scotch Broom Massacre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 26 on the hillside above Interstate 90 between the Front Street and Sunset Way interchange. Wear sturdy shoes and long pants. Gloves and light snacks will be provided.

Bring your favorite loppers or pruners, otherwise some tools will be available. RSVP to www.iecforum.org/forum (IEC Projects & Restorations button). Call 392-4908.

Events It’s Family Day at the Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

June 25 at Pickering Barn. Children’s pony rides, inflatable bounce houses and obstacle courses for kids are all day in the grass pasture. Mr. Darby’s Music with Friends — featuring storytelling, puppetry and musical instruments — is from 10 a.m. to noon in the courtyard. A cooking demonstration by Herban Feast Catering’s Chef Dalis Chea and Chef Jeff Taton is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the outdoor market. A family magic show by Kid Magician Matt Wells is from 12:301:15 p.m. in the courtyard.

Amateur radio operators from the Issaquah Amateur Radio Club will demonstrate their emergency capabilities from 9-11 a.m. June 25 at the Sunny Hills Elementary School playground, 3200 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road S.E. Call 392-7623.

The first Nostalgia Swap Meet, sponsored by Vic’s 66, starts at 8 a.m. June 26 at the Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In. Hundreds of muscle cars and hot-rods will jockey for space alongside show-quality restored gasoline pumps, air meters, oil cans, signs, telephones and more for sale and trade. Call 206-3813500 or email lynn@vics66.com.

The Downhome 4th of July & Heritage Day celebration is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 4 in downtown Issaquah and at Veterans Memorial Field. A Kids, Pets ‘n Pride parade is at 11 a.m. There will also be old-fashioned games, pony rides, slug races, pie-eating contests and live entertainment.

Call 392-0661 or 392-3500.

The Fraternity Snoqualmie Bare Buns Fun Run is at 11 a.m.

July 10. The 5K run starts and ends at the park, 24050 S.E. 127th St. Prizes will be awarded at the clothing-optional run. Call 3926833.

Fundraisers Sleep Country USA, as part of its Wild Waves Summer Kickoff, is giving away 1,000 tickets to foster families for free admission to Wild Waves, 36201 Enchanted Parkway South, Federal Way, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

June 26. Registration information for foster families is available at www.sleepcountry.com or by calling 1-888-88-SLEEP toll free.

Sleep Country’s annual New Clothing Drive for Foster Kids is 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 Coun-

try’s partner foster-care organizations. Bring in an item of clothing for donation and receive half price off of admission to Wild Waves. 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.

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

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

“Basic Stringing,” 9-11:30 a.m. June 26, $95 “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

Library The following events take place at the Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way. Call 3925430.

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 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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Eastside Catholic High School junior Marlena Norwood was accepted into the National Student Leadership Conference on Medicine and Health Care at Marlena Norwood University of California, Berkeley.

In the 10-day conference, students will witness how to suture and perform a craniotomy demonstration, practice drilling into model skulls, participate in simulated clinical rounds and determine the identity of mystery “outbreak” diseases. They’ll also visit with physicians and researchers.

King County Library System Foundation hires Cindy Sharek Cindy Sharek has joined the King County Library System Foundation as director of Major Gifts.

Previously, Sharek worked at Elder and Adult Day SerCindy Sharek vices, Providence Health and Services, and David Evans and Associates.

She is a community volunteer with the city of Bellevue’s Network on Aging, Wesley Home’s Quality First Community Outreach Team and Clark Elementary School PTA. A graduate of Oregon State University, Sharek and her family live in Preston.

Pomegranate Center wins Smart Communities award Pomegranate Center, of Issaquah, has won a Smart Communities award for creating livable communities in Washington state.

Gov. Chris Gregoire gave the award for the center’s Washington Park Gathering Place project in Walla Walla.

Issaquah senior wins Oil Can Henry’s scholarship Caitlyn Chaffin, from Issaquah High School, won a $1,000 scholarship from the Issaquah Oil Can Henry’s as part of the company’s national Caitlyn Chaffin program honoring graduating high school students.

The 88 national scholarship winners were selected on the basis of academic record, leadership, participation in school and community activities, work experience and an essay submission. The 300-word essays focused on the topic “what trust means to me.”

Firefighters association awards scholarships to local seniors The International Association of

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Fire Fighters Local 2878, representing Eastside Fire & Rescue, recently awarded scholarships to the following high school seniors: Mackenzie Bauer — Issaquah High School Theodora Staikos — Skyline High School Ashley Brenna — Liberty High School

Meet Lila, a 2-year-old Dachshund mix. She’s a calm, quiet girl who finds the greatest joy in relaxing by your side. Lila enjoys peaceful strolls in the summer breeze or spending time with other small furry friends like her!

Curves food drive tops 1,300 pounds of donations The 2011 Curves Annual Food Drive brought in 1,364 pounds of food in Issaquah, which will benefit the Issaquah Food Bank.

Olivia Verhagen receives $5,000 community service award In May, the Rotary Club of Sammamish awarded Olivia Verhagen, of Skyline High School, a $5,000 award for community service and academic excellence.

Verhagen will use her scholarship toward earning a degree in nursing at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio.

As a part of her passion to help people in need, Verhagen volunteered to spend 48 hours living in a box on the streets of Seattle to see life from the perspective of the homeless.

Friends of Youth names two to board of directors Friends of Youth has announced two additions to the youth service agency’s board of directors — John Benson and Merisa HeuWeller.

Benson is a senior deployment manager for Microsoft and has volunteered for many years on the agency’s Ad Hoc IT Committee.

Heu-Weller is an attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine where her practice focuses on employment issues. She has provided pro bono legal support for the agency.

Friends of Youth is a nonprofit agency that provides a complete portfolio of shelter, housing, counseling and prevention services for young people and their families in King and Snohomish counties.

Jessica Bowen wins $6,000 Siemens Merit Scholarship Jessica Bowen, of Issaquah, has won the Siemens Merit Scholarship.

She is one of 60 students in 18 states who won the scholarship, which provides each student with $6,000 for tuition during their college years, given in installments of $1,500 per academic year.

The Siemens Merit Scholarship is an award given to children of Siemens U.S. employees. Recipients were chosen based on high scores on the PSAT as well as academic record, activities, contribution to the community, school recommendation and an essay about personal characteristics, plans and goals.

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

AARP Driver Safety course, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 15, $14 The following day trips are offered through June: Lighthouse for the Blind, 9:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 22, $8/$10 Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., June 27 $20/$22

Meet Anya! This gorgeous 11-month-old kitty with a spotted, calico coat is as friendly as she is stunning.

Her sweet demeanor is addicting to be around! Anya has a loud purr and is happiest when she’s snuggled up to you.

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

C OLLEGE NEWS Lauren Baba earns Fulbright scholarship Lauren Baba, of Issaquah, has earned a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to study at the Centre for Aboriginal Health ReLauren Baba search at the University of Victoria in Victoria, B.C., Canada.

Baba’s research emphasis is on health outcomes for aboriginal populations in Canada and the United States.

The Issaquah High School 2007 valedictorian recently graduated from Houston’s Rice University with a health sciences and policy studies degree.

She plans to pursue post-graduate degrees in public health, public policy or indigenous studies. Her long-term goal is to work as a community health consultant for American Indian tribes or to make health policy at the federal level.

Issaquah resident participates Nicaragua Immersion program Allison Beck, of Issaquah, has returned from a three-week servicelearning trip to Nicaragua with 18 fellow students from the University of Portland.

Beck participated in the Nicaragua Immersion through the University of Portland Moreau Center for Service and Leadership.

Students raised funds for their trip to Nicaragua to learn about economic, social and political issues the Central America country is facing. The group met with local organizations and community leaders, and participated in building a school in the small town of San Ramon.

Local students graduate from OSU The following local students graduated June 11 from Oregon

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Issaquah students are named to deans’ lists Caitlin Doxsie was named to

the dean’s list at the University of Puget Sound for the spring semester. To qualify, students must have three or more graded units and have a 3.88 grade point average or higher.

James Farber, of Issaquah, made the dean’s list for the spring 2011 semester at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.

Local students graduate Holland Stromgren, of Sam-

mamish, graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelor of Arts during the 2011 Spring Commencement ceremony.

Andrew Weekes, of Issaquah, graduated from the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts on June 14 with a Bachelor of Arts.

Jennifer Derus, of Issaquah, has graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in art from California Lutheran University, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

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two master’s degrees at the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Colorado.

He had a long career as a dedicated teacher, principal and administrator in the public schools.

He lived a life of inspiration and service to students of all ages.

Bob will be greatly missed by Carlie, his wife of 47 years; sons Stephen (Jennifer) and Eric; daughter Amy Lewis (Dan); and grandchildren Chase and Spencer Ellsperman, and Christina and Carson Lewis.

Bob will always be remembered for his bright smile and his brave and noble spirit.

A private family service will be held.

Our loving and supportive husband, father and grandfather passed away June 7, 2011.

Robert was born in Denver, Colo., on Sept. 4, 1943.

Robert Ellsperman His love for the outdoors was evident at an early age. He became an Eagle Scout and was National Conference Chief of Order of the Arrow in 1963.

He was a graduate of the University of Colorado and earned his

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Barbara Ann Ruud

Lutheran Church in Bellevue, where she served as a member of the Altar Guild and sewed quilts for Lutheran World Relief. She was an expert seamstress and knitter, and she also loved to garden and attend Village Theatre.

Barb is survived by her husband Ken; children Kendra Mills (David), Brian Ruud (Caryn) and Karen Dennis (David), all of Issaquah, and Betsy Miller (Garrett), of Lakewood; siblings Bill Schmid, Bob Schmid (Joyce), Gayle Waters (Vernon) and Bradie Simons (John).

She was preceded in death by her brother Daniel Schmid.

Barb will be missed by her grandchildren Dallas and Haley Mills; Siri and Annika Ruud; Cameron, Kathryn and Anna Dennis; and Aaron and Emily Miller.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Monday June 27, St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Bellevue.

Donations may be made in memory of Barb to the Melanoma Research Foundation (www.melanoma.org/supportmrf/donate-mrf) or Eastside Baby Corner (www.babycorner.org) Please sign the online guestbook at www.flintofts.com.

Barbara Ann (Schmid) Ruud, of Bellevue, passed away June 14, 2011, after a courageous two-year battle with melanoma.

She was born March 3, Barbara Ruud 1943, in Missoula, Mont., to Bill and Louise Schmid. She graduated from Missoula County High School and attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, where she met Ken Ruud. They were married Aug. 18, 1963, in Missoula, and moved to Issaquah.

In 1969, they moved to Bellevue, where they have lived ever since.

Barb was a stay-at-home mom who devoted her time, love and energy to her four children and nine grandchildren. She was a constant presence at their many activities and sports. For more than 25 years, she provided inhome daycare to more than 50 children. Barb was a longtime member of Christ the King

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On July 6, a group of 14 church members, including a computer expert, an attorney, a prison guard, medical professionals and high school students, will embark on the mission to Uganda. The mission attendees will provide

Amor Ministries, a team of 35 teens and adults will depart June 24 on a mission trip to the suburbs of Tijuana to build homes for families in need. The church has funded 10 missions to Mexico in the past 10 years, and has contributed to the construction of

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“I just think it’s a unique way to showcase a trail,” WTA communications director Lauren Braden said. “It’s a different way to talk about a trail other than the trail goes up the mountain and turns right at the lake.”

A haiku is composed of 17 sound units divided into three parts. The first line has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables. It closes with another five-syllable line.

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Laying the foundation for the future are (from left) C.J. Kahler, Rotary Club of Sammamish; Gordon Ballantyne, of Polygon Northwest; Issaquah City Councilwoman Stacy Goodman; Mike Ernst, LEO board member; Emily Ernst, daughter of Mike Ernst and Carol Weisbecker; Nancy Whitaker, president of LEO; Rose Finnegan, past president of LEO; Lynette Warner, of Port Blakley Communities; Ron Bowen, Polygon Northwest; Jiff Searing, LEO Housing Committee chairman; and Anna Haugen, of Milbrandt Architects.

LEO breaks ground for third home Life Enrichment Options recently celebrated the beginning of construction of the organization’s third home for people with developmental disabilities with an official groundbreaking ceremony.

The home will house five people with developmental disabilities and a caregiver, allowing the

residents to live independent of their families.

There are more than 88 adults living within the Issaquah and Snoqualmie Valley school districts who need, or will soon need, assistance with living independently.

LEO is a community based

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Help owners find lost pets Regional Animal Services of King County is joining the nonprofit Missing Pet Partnership to help pet owners search for lost animals.

Through the program, Shelter Pet Detective, Regional Animal Services volunteers can receive training from the Missing Pet Partnership to offer hands-on assistance to people searching for a lost cat or dog. Plans call for volunteers to be trained to find the owners of lost pets already at the shelter.

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You should see the kids when they come in and they see their principal or they see their teacher.”

Finkelstein said such experiences allow customers to put a “face to the restaurant” and, as if to reiterate the commitment, greeted customers with, “Thanks for coming in. Thanks for supporting the school.”

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medical care for villages, prisons, orphanages and schools. Based on their inaugural trip in 2009, they expect to treat between 400 and 1,000 Ugandans of all ages.

Members of the mission to Uganda will work with the Federal Way-based World Outreach Ministries Foundation to provide basic health care for injuries and illnesses, including sore throats and HIV infection. The team will bring clothing, sports uniforms, toys, coloring books, vitamins and other donated items to their Ugandan patients.

“Well, we always feel like we get most of the blessings from the trip,” Mark Bowers, leader of the mission to Uganda, said. “The feeling of getting help to people that haven’t had it for a year or more makes us feel tremendous.”

At a cost of about $3,500, the

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The Finklestein family — Elissa, Cassie, Cherie Knudsen and Alan Finklestein — take part in a school fundraiser in May at Alan’s McDonalds restaurant in Sammamish.

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frequency and size of the church’s trips to Uganda are limited largely by traveling expenses, Donaldson said. Though mission attendees also solicit donations from friends and family, sales at the fireworks stand are key to covering trip expenses, Bowers said.

The church has made more than 25 mission trips to Haiti in the past several decades and will send its next team in January.

The team that went to Haiti earlier this year provided medical care to 1,457 patients. In addition to medical care, the next team will work with Global Vision Citadelle Ministries to pour a church foundation on the grounds of an orphanage in Fedja.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011

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Lakeside Recovery wins fifth straight

Salt-water fishing for cutthroat trout

By Dallas Cross

The Lakeside Recovery Senior American Legion baseball team entered this week riding a fivegame win streak. The club got its fifth win June 19 by downing the Kirkland Merchants, 8-4, at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue.

Catcher Jimmy Sinatro, of Skyline High School, belted two home runs and drove in five runs in the victory against the Kirkland Merchants. Brandon Mahovlich, of Issaquah, and Travis Snider, of Skyline, each had two hits for Lakeside Recovery, which went to 13-5 on the season.

Lakeside Recovery trailed 4-3 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, but struck for five runs to overcome the Merchants.

On June 18, Lakeside Recovery swept a doubleheader from visiting Liberty, Ore., at Newport High School. Lakeside Recovery won the first game, 6-1. Mahovlich,

the winning pitcher, struck out six and drove in a run.

In the second game, Mahovlich had four hits and drove in four runs as Lakeside Recovery routed Liberty, 17-0, in a game called after five innings.

Andrew Kemmerer, of Issaquah, smashed a grand slam in the fourth inning. Sinatro had three hits and drove in two runs. Nate Anderson, of Newport, had three hits. Snider, the winning pitcher, allowed two hits, struck out six and did not walk a batter.

On June 17, Lakeside Recovery captured a doubleheader from the Skagit Sox. Lakeside Recovery won the opener, 6-2, behind the pitching of Aaron Sandefur, of Newport. Sandefur tossed a See LAKESIDE, Page B5

BY RANDY LIEBER

Correen Lieber holds her competition bowling ball in the family garage, outfitted as the family’s full-scale pro shop, where she and other family members work on their bowling balls before matches.

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Cutthroat numbers have increased Because of increased fishing pressure and habitat degradation the numbers of these fish fell.

Hatchery supplementation and stringent fishing regulations were initiated. In response, cutthroat numbers have significantly increased in recent years. Now, cutthroat trout in Puget Sound may be caught using only barbless hooks and they must be released immediately.

Because they can be encountered by wading from shore, caught on flies and are spunky fighters, salt-water casting for them is increasing in popularity.

Thus, I expectantly attended Dan’s presentation at the thirstfriendly Issaquah Brewhouse, hoping to learn how to fly-fish for them and enhance my spotty success rate.

What appeals to me is that special fly-casting gear is not necessary. A regular, 6-weight floating line or a slow-sinking clear line on a fresh-water fly rod is sufficient.

Fine leaders are not needed and 10-pound test is acceptable. Cutthroat are not picky about fly patterns, most of which imitate and are the size of bait fish. However, fly management after casting is

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Newcastle resident takes gold medal at Special Olympics Newcastle resident Kevin McCarthy, 20, took home a gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the Special Olympics Summer Games at Joint Base Lewis-McChord June 4.

McCarthy — a 2010 Liberty High School graduate— was one of nine athletes on the Issaquah Eagles team, which took home 18 medals during the two-day event.

Coach Jiff Searing said McCarthy worked in practice on keeping his pace up throughout the entire sprint.

“He did all that stuff, and it was pretty thrilling. He really kept his

pace up,” Searing said. “This particular heat was very close.”

McCarthy also participated in the 200-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay and shot put, finishing fourth, sixth and eighth, respectively.

The team doesn’t give awards, such as most valuable player, but if it did, Searing said McCarthy would have certainly been named most inspirational, as his work ethic and attitude are phenomenal.

“He’s a very inspirational athlete, no question,” he said. “Man, he tries hard. He never puts his head down.”

Most of my cutthroat trout fishing has been in fresh water, so when it was announced that Dan Lemaich, Dallas Cross a salty staff member of our local Creekside Angling fly fishing shop, would give a talk about salt water cutthroat trout angling at a BellevueIssaquah Trout Unlimited meeting, I marked it on my calendar.

Coastal cutthroat trout are somewhat bipolar. Some of them spend their entire lives in fresh water while their siblings mysteriously opt to grow up in fresh water, go to sea and then feed in both fresh and salt water. They all return to spawn in shallow streams. Sea-run cutthroat trout are quite specific to the Northwest Pacific region, from Alaska to Northern California, but are especially abundant in Puget Sound.

For a long time, not much attention was paid to cutthroat trout, and they were below the radar for fish census or management by Washington state fishery officials.

In some areas, the cutthroat were mistaken for small steelhead and called “half-pounders” by fishermen. When salmon returns became anemic, more attention was paid and salt-water cutthroat were increasingly sought by sport fishermen.

By Katie Melton If you find yourself bowling against 17-year-old Correen Lieber, good luck.

Lieber, a senior at Cedarcrest High School in Duvall, has been bowling competitively for more than three years, competing in a tournament nearly every weekend.

“She has won almost every women’s youth event in the state,” Jim Kent, Lieber’s coach, said. Kent is a part owner of Nob Hill Bowl Inc. in Yakima, where Lieber travels about twice a month for coaching.

In May, Lieber won the Washington State USBC Pepsi Youth Championship in Tacoma, earning her scholarship money toward college.

“I got $500 in scholarship money, a paid entry into the USBC National Junior Gold Tournament in Las Vegas in July, and at least $500 for related travel expenses,” Lieber said. “Since February, I’ve won every tournament

BY RANDY LIEBER

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Correen Lieber rolls her bowling ball down an alley during practice at Hi-Line Lanes in Burien.

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High-energy Lindsey Nicholson was Skyline’s game-changer

By Christopher Huber Issaquah Press reporter When Skyline High School girls basketball players would come to pregame warm-ups, they would find the colorful artwork of senior guard Lindsey Nicholson covering the whiteboard.

She often drew pet animals for each player. The silly antics were meant to keep the mood light among the team members before game time, head coach Greg Bruns said, but Nicholson got down to business when necessary.

“She always had the mentality of team before herself, which is hard to find, at least among high school athletes,” longtime teammate and senior Michelle Bretl said. “She was never really about the recognition.”

Nicholson graduated from Skyline on June 10 having participated in all 12 sports seasons of her high school ca-

“She always had the mentality of team before herself, which is hard to find, at least among high school athletes. She was never really about the recognition.”

— Michelle Bretl longtime teammate and Skyline High School senior

reer. She excelled in softball from an early age — and was named the 2011 KingCo 4A softball MVP — but also ran cross country and became a leading force on the basketball court.

“Lindsey’s quickness allowed her to regularly win all the running drills in practices and served her well in defending most any player in the league,” Bruns said in an email.

Nicholson has always been into soft-

ball. She has played since tee-ball, made the varsity squad her freshman year and worked hard all the way through high school to become a captain her senior year.

“That’s my No. 1,” she said. “It’s a quick game and you always have to be prepared for anything. The game can change very quickly.”

While many standout athletes find they are driven to compete and work harder after a major injury, Nicholson said she’s never been injured. She finds softball the most exciting because the game could change at any moment, so she does everything she can to change it in her team’s favor.

“I like the intensity of it all,” she said.

“Something great can happen with every pitch.”

BY CHRISTOPHER HUBER

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Skyline High School senior Lindsey Nicholson stood out as a leader on the basketball court and the softball field. She plans to play softball at Boise State University.

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with a girls division.”

Last year, Lieber was the champion in the 2010 Washington State BPAA High School Girls Singles tournament, Correen Lieber as well as the all-events champion in the 2010 Washington State Girls Scratch tournament.

Her average score is well over 200 on house shots and between 180 and 190 in sports conditions.

“Sports conditions are when you play different parts of the lanes,” Lieber said. “House shots are what people think of when they think of bowling.”

Female bowlers aren’t the only ones who may face Lieber on the lanes. She bowls against boys, too.

“As there are rarely scratch tournaments just for girls, she usually has to bowl against the boys,” her father Randy Lieber said.

The Northwest right now is bursting at the seams with great young bowlers.

“We have 24 kids out of the Northwest going to college with bowling athletic scholarships,”

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the key to getting a hit.

Cover is extremely important Dan emphasized fast-stripping the line all the way to your feet.

Cutts often follow the fly quite a distance and make a last-chance strike just when you think the water is too shallow. Fast-moving flies also reduce the nuisance of sculpin hookups.

Dan said that immediately wading out into the salt water after

There are two levels of scholarships for bowlers at Correen Lieber’s level.

First, there is scholarship money that can be earned while bowling in one’s respective league and local tournaments. Nearly all youth bowlers earn some scholarship money during their years in the junior programs, with some having accumulated as much as $30,000 by the time they graduate. Second, athletic scholarships can be offered by universities to bowlers.

“People don’t think of bowling as a sport, but it’s really competitive,” Lieber, who has lived in Issaquah since 1999, said. “People don’t think that.”

“At the university level, collegiate bowling is treated exactly like any other major sport,” her father Randy Lieber said. “The same restrictions are on bowl-

ing coaches that are on football coaches, depending on the NCAA levels.

To earn an athletic scholarship, the process is similar to any other sport, too. Bowlers are recruited by coaches who attend the major national youth tournaments.

Scholarships can range from a fraction of tuition all the way to a full-ride scholarship.

In Lieber’s case, Robert Morris University will pay 75 percent of her college tuition.

On average, the top male bowling recruits receive 50 percent of their tuition. Female bowling recruits are able to receive higher scholarships due to the assistance of Title IX requirements.

Northwest bowlers are very sought after, but there are very few to no collegiate bowling programs in the region. The closest is in Nebraska.

Correen Lieber’s bowling coach

Kent said. “Collegiate bowling is a wonderful athletic event right now.”

As a graduating senior this year, Lieber faces a busy summer. She will compete nationally, and prepare for her next transition in life: college.

“I’m really looking forward to the summer to see how she does nationally,” Kent said. “She was right on the edge of making it into the finals last year, and with some of the changes we made this year, she will be very competitive in the finals.”

Lieber recently signed on to

bowl for Robert Morris University, in Chicago. She also received an athletic scholarship from the university.

“Correen was being heavily recruited by a large number of colleges, but decided early on to attend Robert Morris,” her father said. “At Robert Morris, Correen was offered the top amount of athletic scholarship, along with some other grant money.”

She deserves it.

Lieber not only does incredibly well in bowling tournaments, but she also is active in the community.

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hitting the beach is counterproductive, because cutts seek bait hiding near protective cover. This condition is frequently found in the shallow water right at your feet.

In fact, Dan explained that cover for bait fish is extremely important and that instead of fishing a regularly pebbled bottom, one should look for patchworks of light and dark bottoms indicating rocky structure and plants, around which bait fish bunch up to get out of the current and hide. Surface action from foraging cutts often lets you know where to cast.

Sound. After spawning, there are two distinct feeding characteristics for these trout. Using Edmonds as a North-South dividing line, the South Sound is fed mainly by small rivers and streams, and the North portion is fed by the bigger rivers. There is less food in the streams and small river. Consequently, South Sound cutts do not tarry in them but return to the salt water for foraging.

However, North Sound cutts stay much longer in the bigger rivers with more food. What does all this have to do with time to fish? It means that early in the year, from February to May, the salt-water fishing for South Sound cutts is good. Beginning in May, North Sound cutts start foraging in salt water, and fishing starts to be good and improves on into the summer.

North or South?

It seemed, so far, that salt-water cutthroat trout fishing was a piece of cake, but Dan presented the part that makes the sport a real challenge: times, places and tides.

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She has been on the board of directors for the nonprofit organization, the Greater Seattle Youth Bowling Association for two years, and also helps manage the association’s website — www.youthbowling.org.

“She is a team player, she is very serious about her sport and she is one that we can count on to do committee work or to help out where it’s needed,” said Sandra Nelson, president of the Greater Seattle Youth Bowling Association. “She’s a very good role model for our young children.”

Her tournament scholarship earnings also reflect her academic aspirations.

“I have probably at least $5,500 in scholarship money saved up for school that I have earned in leagues and tournaments,” Lieber said. “In addition, Robert Morris will be paying 75 percent of my college tuition.”

Lieber wants to study accounting at Robert Morris, and to continue bowling and competing.

“What makes her special is that in order to reach the level she’s at, you have to have some Godgiven ability,” Kent said. “But you also have to have the work ethic to go along with it, and she has it.”

Katie Melton is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory.

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“Snarlin’ hydroplanes rocket across Lake Sammamish at Tastin’ n Racin’.” The GP-17 Shockwave Racing boat — driven by Dustin Echols — took first place in the race, and the GP-15 Miss Peters and May boat — driven by Jerry Hopp — took second place.

Places to fish and what tides to fish go together. The only common rule is that either slack, high or low tides are not the time to fish.

Points of land and places where there are rips in the tidal current are considered best. However, every beach or rocky point has its own particular tide when cutt fishing is optimal.

In some places, it is during the outgoing tide and for others, it is on the incoming tide. You may acquire this local knowledge, often guarded like the location of a chanterelle mushroom patch, from a fellow fisherperson, or just work both tides and discover the secret for yourself.

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Thinking back on four years of sports in high school, Nicholson connected lessons learned in sports to the rest of life.

“You kinda have to work hard for everything you get,” she said.

That might be one reason the basketball team voted her most improved her senior year.

She said she felt at the top of her game when the Skyline girls basketball team made it to the state tournament in early 2011.

Nicholson, who scored the second most points for Skyline (207, averaging almost nine points per game) and was among the KingCo leaders in 3-pointers made, felt less pressure as a senior but seemed to perform better.

“Throughout the whole year, I stepped up my game … something clicked,” she said. “It feels good when it all clicks together.

When I step on the court, I have an opportunity to create something for my team.”

Bruns commended her as one of the clear leaders on and off the court in her final year.

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three-hitter and struck out nine batters. Sinatro had three hits and drove in three runs. Mahovlich had two hits and drove in two runs. Mike Paulsen, an Issaquah High graduate who played at Walla Walla Community College this spring, had two hits.

In the second game, Paulsen tossed a one-hitter as Lakeside Recovery blanked the Skagit Sox, 3-0. Sandefur had two hits and Daniel Altchech, of Newport, had two RBIs. The two victories both counted for league play and gave Lakeside Recovery a 9-1 record.

The Lakeside pitching staff came up with another gem June 15 with nine scoreless innings against perennial power

“Whether it would be to jump into her high-short dance routine or knocking down some quirky trick shot to end practice, she found a way to relieve tension and help everyone keep perspective and focus when we needed to,” he said.

Like most athletes, Nicholson said she experienced plenty of ups and downs in her 12 seasons of high school sports. But a consistent force that helped her stay focused was her parents. They encouraged her to be persistent and remain committed. She said she didn’t like the thought of finishing her senior year not having played one of those 12 seasons.

“My parents kept me in it,” she said. “I felt I would be quitting myself if I quit sports.”

Nicholson is committed to play for Boise State University next year and seems to have a positive outlook about her future in softball.

“I liked the small, big-town feel,” she said about the university’s location in southwest Idaho.

She said she’s looking forward to the general excitement of moving away to college. But competing for a place on the softball team as a freshman will pose a welcome challenge.

“I look forward to competing for spots,” Nicholson said. “It pushes me to do my best.”

Christopher Huber: 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Chaffey at the Husky Ballpark.

Unfortunately, Lakeside failed to score and the game ended in a 00 tie when the contest was halted after the bottom of the ninth because of darkness.

Lakeside Recovery starter Connor Lawhead, a Skyline High graduate, pitched the first eight innings and allowed just one hit.

Lawhead, who played at Walla Walla Community College this spring, struck out five and walked just one batter in his sharpest outing of the season.

Mahvolich pitched the final inning. Anderson had two hits for Lakeside Recovery.

The only blemish on the week for Lakeside Recovery came June 15, when it lost to the Bankers, 4-3, at Seattle’s Lower Woodland Park. The Bankers came from behind with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat Lakeside Recovery. Paulsen had a pair of hits to lead Lakeside Recovery.

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Summer baseball

Senior American Legion June 15 Game BANKERS 4, LAKESIDE RECOVERY 3 Lakeside 010 001 1 - 3 6 2 Bankers 010 010 2 - 4 3 0 Matt Lunde, Wes Blackburn (4), Brandon Lundeberg (7) and Andrew Kemmerer; Kirk Gysler, Zach Zanassi (7) and Stephen Carratt. W: Zanassi, L: Blackburn. 3B: Ethan Kalin (L). Lakeside highlights: Mike Paulsen 2-3, 1 RBI; Kalin 1-3, 1 run.

June 16 Game LAKESIDE RECOVERY 0, CHAFFEY 0 Lakeside 000 000 000 - 0 5 2 Chaffey 000 000 000 - 0 3 1 Connor Lawhead, Brandon Mahovlich and Jimmy Sinatro; Aaron Thomasen, JoJo Howie (5), Dylan Lavelle (9) and Cody Reed. Lakeside highlights: Nate Anderson 2-3, Lawhead 8 IP, 1 hit, 1 BB, 5 Ks. June 17 Games First Game LAKESIDE RECOVERY 6, SKAGIT SOX 2 Skagit Sox 001 100 0 – 2 3 2 Lakeside 203 100 x – 6 11 0 Jay Knapp, Askvig (5), Bamba (6) and Medalia; Aaron Sandefur and Jimmy Sinatro. W: Sandefur (3-0), L: Knapp. 2B: Brandon Mahovlich (L) 2, Mike Paulson (L), Medalia (SS).

Lakeside highlights: Sinatro 3-3, 3 RBIs, 1 Run; Mahovlich 2-4, 2 RBIs; Paulson 2-4, 2 runs; Sandefur CG, 9 Ks. Second Game LAKESIDE RECOVERY 3, SKAGIT SOX 0 Skagit Sox 000 000 0 - 0 1 3 Lakeside 000 030 x - 3 4 0 Stout, Evans (6) and Tillotson; Mike Paulsen and Jimmy Sinatro. W: Paulsen, L: Stout. HR: Aaron Sandefur (L). Lakeside highlights: Sandefur 2-3, 1 RBI; Daniel Altchech 1-1, 2 RBIs; Paulsen CG, 0 BB, 3 Ks. June 18 Games First Game LAKESIDE RECOVERY 6, LIBERTY, ORE., 1 Liberty 000 000 1 –1 5 1 Lakeside 200 013 x – 6 4 0 Cody Kirick and Alec Rose; Brandon Mahovlich, Brandon Lundeberg (7) and Jimmy Sinatro. W: Mahovlich (2-0), L: Kirick. Lakeside highlights: Mahovlich 6 Ks, 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 run; Dan Altchech 1-3, 1 run.

Second Game LAKESIDE RECOVERY 17, LIBERTY, Ore., 0 Liberty 000 00 – 0 2 1 Lakeside 624 5x – 17 15 1 Orth, Drake (3), Woodard (4) and Sandefur; Travis Snider and Daniel Altchech. W: Snider (1-1), L: Orth. 2B: Brandon Mahovlich (LR), Jimmy Sinatro (LR). HR: Andrew Kemmerer (LR).

Lakeside highlights: Mahovlich 4-4, 4 RBIs; Sinatro 3-3, 2 RBIs, 4 runs; Nate Anderson 3-4, 3 runs; Kemmerer 1-2, 5 RBIs; Snider CG, 0 BB, 6 Ks. June 19 Game LAKESIDE RECOVERY 8, KIRKLAND MERCHANTS 4 Kirkland 001 300 0 – 4 5 1 Lakeside 300 005 x – 8 12 4 Jackson, Quinten (6) and Tremblay; Andrew Kemmerer, Brandon Lundeberg (6), Connor Lawhead (7) and Jimmy Sinatro. W: Lundeberg, L: Jackson. 2B: Brandon Mahovlich (L) 2, Travis Snider (L). HR: Sinatro (L) 2. Lakeside highlights: Mahovlich 2-4, Sinatro 2-4, 5 RBIs; Snider 2-4, 1 RBI.

17 & under June 13 Game Eastside Baseball 7, Lakeside Recovery 6 June 15 Game Lakeside Recovery 4, Bellevue Honda 3 June 17 Games Lakeside Recovery 7, Liberty, Ore., 6 Bellevue Legion 6, Lakeside Recovery 2 June 19 Game Lakeside Recovery 14, Kirkland Merchants 4

16 & under June 15 Game Brewers 10, Lakeside Recovery 9 South Salem Invitational June 17-18 Games Reno Athletics 9, Lakeside Recovery 6 South Salem, Ore., 13, Lakeside Recovery 11 Lakeside Recovery 13, Eastside Baseball 1

14 & under June 17 Game Lakeside Recovery 15, Spartans 13

Running Fall City Days Runs 5K Race Results for local runners: 3, Turner Wiley (Issaquah) 16:59; 25, Roy Seliber (Sammamish) 19:39; 49, Daryl Deutsch (Sammamish) 22:05; 62, Michelle Cunningham (Sammamish) 23:37; 68, Erin Bryar (Sammamish) 24:19; 78, Laurie Shepherd (Issaquah) 23:58; 101, Mark Henning (Issaquah) 25:04; 106, Lyn Mikesell (Issaquah) 25:26; 139, Mike Salgado (Issaquah) 27:41; 140, Amy Jahnke (Issaquah) 27:33; 144, Mary Hall (Sammamish) 27:59; 147, Olivia Henning (Issaquah) 27:36; 151, Leilani Hill (Issaquah) 28:23; 172, Don Wright (Issaquah) 29:00; 180, Jenie Lau (Issaquah) 29:42.

10K Race Results for local runners: 7, Brian Comer (Sammamish) 36:55; 14, Aiden Heninger (Preston) 38:40; 17, Joon Song (Sammamish) 39:26; 37, Mike Dahm (Issaquah) 44:51; 45, Bruce McLean (Sammamish) 46:58; 46, Jessica Dahm (Issaquah) 46:26; 50, Debbie Bredeweg (Sammamish) 47:40; 62, Julie Ainsworth-Taylor (Sammamish) 48:36; 77, Sue Maybee (Sammamish) 50:58; 83, Preston Henning (Issaquah) 51:49; 108, Steve Carlson (Preston) 54:31; 123, Katie O’Neill (Issaquah) 57:49; 125, Maria Acosta (Sammamish) 57:51; 126, Todd Pike (Issaquah) 58:57; 132, Antje Russell (Issaquah) 59:37; 133, Brian Russell (Issaquah) 59:38; 140, Tani Stafford (Sammamish) 1:01:02; 162, Robert Glesne (Sammamish) 1:06:50; 165, Holly Hanson (Issaquah) 1:07:17; 173, Yolanda Acosta (Sammamish) 1:11:15; 176, Jeanie Watt (Issaquah) 1:13:37.

Shore Run 5K Race Results for local runners: 26, Connor Finley (Sammamish) 21:24; 60, David Leng (Issaquah) 24:08; 62, Patti Finley (Sammamish) 24:16; 70, Megan Derrico (Issaquah) 24:36; 74, Andrew Stuard (Issaquah) 24:44; 99, David Menz (Sammamish) 25:49; 118, Vanessa Scalzo (Sammamish) 26:37; 147, Logan Wehrman (Sammamish) 27:23; 153, Stacey Ham (Issaquah) 27:30; 154, Rick Page (Newcastle) 27:31; 156, Kristen Wehrman (Sammamish) 27:36; 160, Shannon Hansen (Sammamish) 27:41; 161, Joshua Hanson (Sammamish) 27:42; 165, Kyla Bennett (Issaquah) 27:51; 166, Christian Marshall (Issaquah) 27:51; 178, Kevin Brown (Issaquah) 28:01; 191, Thomas Bligh (Newcastle) 28:20; 195, Mike Salgado (Issaquah) 28:30.

10K Race Results for local runners: 16, Bret Lane (Newcastle) 36:58; 62, Molly Hurd (Sammamish) 43:50; 63, Robert Griffin (Issaquah) 43:52; 74, Brian Gallagher (Issaquah) 44:22; 145, Wayne Pietz (Newcastle) 48:08; 161, Brian Walter (Issaquah) 48:45; 175, Michael Brisbois (Sammamish) 49:14; 191, Osamu Yamamoto (Sammamish) 49:41; 213, Chris Clark (Sammamish) 50:13; 222, Megan Yount (Issaquah) 50:55; 242,

Michael Theisen (Issaquah) 51:25; 316, Kollen Glynn (Newcastle) 53:50; 386, Kathi Murata (Newcastle) 55:45; 450, Allison McLaughlin (Sammamish) 57:32; 462, Beth Glynn (Newcastle) 58:01; 475, Wendy Muzzy (Issaquah) 58:21; 476, Michelle White (Issaquah) 58:22; 484, Katie Richardson (Issaquah) 58:33.

Youth swimming Apple Capital Meet At Wenatchee BB Division results for Issaquah Swim Team and other local swimmers.

GIRLS 8 & Under 100 freestyle: 1, Belle Battistoni 1:21.52; 4, Abby Roth 1:40.43; 16, Mallika Shah 1:56.54. 50 backstroke: 1, Battistoni 46.34; 5, Roth 52.75; 18, Shah 1:02.08.

50 breaststroke: 1, Battistoni 52.53; 13, Roth 1:04.93; 18, Shah 1:07.61. 50 freestyle: 1, Battistoni 36.94; 4, Roth 43.66; 12, Shah 48.24. 50 butterfly: 1, Battistoni 39.61; 5, Roth 56.86; 12, Shah 1:05.98.

9-10 100 freestyle: 2, Stephanie Young 1:12.59; 3, Grace Luehmann 1:13.38; 6 Natalie Sun 1:21.09; 7, Lauren Sayles 1:22.00; 20, Maggie Van Nortwick 1:27.84. 50 backstroke: 1, Danika Himes 40.55; 5, Sun 45.23.

50 breaststroke: 2, Himes 43.83; 4, Van Nortwick 46.22; 5, Luehmann 46.52; 6, Young 46.66; 14, Sayles 51.16; 18, Lillian Piel 52.56. 50 freestyle: 6, Anna Orban 36.94; 7, Sayles 37.18; 13, Van Nortwick 38.19.

50 butterfly: 2, Young 36.88; 3, Luehmann 39.72; 5, Sun 41.59; 6, Himes 42.23.

10 & Under 200 freestyle: 2, Stephanie Young 2:37.91; 3, Grace Luehmann 2:42.00; 5, Lauren Sayles 2:54.25; 8, Danika Himes 2:59.14; 11, Belle Battistoni 3:04.20; 16, Maggie Van Nortwick 3:12.60; 17, Holly Schwinn 3:12.91.

200 individual medley: 1, Young 2:57.30; 2, Luehmann 3:09.07; 3, Himes 3:14.10; 6, Natalie Sun 3:20.32; 8, Sayles 3:22.34. 100 backstroke: 1, Young 1:21.75; 2, Himes 1:29.30; 4, Luehmann 1:30.60; 7, Sun 1:38.42; 8, Sayles 1:39.31; 14, Anna Orban 1:46.76.

100 breaststroke: 2, Himes 1:38.96; 3, Young 1:41.34; 7, Luehmann 1:44.98; 8, Sun 1:45.59; 17, Sayles 1:51.73; 18, Battistoni 1:51.87; 21, Organ 1:55.52; 24, Lillian Piel 1:58.72.

11-12 400 individual medley: 2, Sophie Luehmann 5:41.53; 3, Kathy Lin 5:51.66. 1,500 freestyle: 2, Luehmann 19:53.32; 3, Ellie Hohensinner 21:09.49; 4, Kathy Lin 21:14.66; 5 Ally Haase 22:10.69; 6, Elyse Kaczmarek 22:15.31; 7, Annette Guo 22:22.56; 8, Hannah-Rae Ernst 22:55.01; 14, Gabby Salgado 23:54.14.

100 freestyle: 3, Luehmann 1:07.04; 11, Paulina Kosykh 1:13.30. 100 backstroke: 6, Emily Schahrer 1:24.60; 9, Darian Himes 1:25.74; 13, Kosykh 1:28.2.

50 breaststroke: 1, Luehmann 39.37; 6, Gabby Glubochansky 42.40. 50 butterfly: 2, Luehmann 33.44; 5, Hohensinner 34.80; 9, Guo 36.54; 12, Kaczmarek 37.28; 13, Hailey Norris 37.42; 14, Ernst 37.54; 19, Himes 39.15; 20, Glubochansky 39.29.

400 freestyle: 2, Luehmann 5:10.25; 3, Hohensinner 5:23.67; 4, Guo 5:29.61; 6, Kaczmarek 5:34.24; 7, Haase 5:43.61; 8, Kosykh 5:44.13; 10, Norris 5:44.70; 13, Ernst 5:50.13; 15, Himes 5:55.28; 16, Salgado 5:57.59.

200 breaststroke; 2, Glubochansky 3:15.29; 3, Salgado 3:16.20; 5, Hohensinner 3:21.46; 7, Kaczmarek 3:23.81; 10, Himes 3:26.84; 12, Guo 3:28.42. 50 freestyle: 2, Luehmann 31.05; 9, Lin 32.64; 16, Kosykh 33.54. 50 backstroke: 3, Luehmann 37.64; 5, Lin 37.83; 7, Schahrer 38.75; 8, Himes 39.47. 100 breaststroke: 9, Salgado 1:35.79; 10, Ernst 1:36.42; 11, Kaczmarek 1:36.51; 12, Hohensinner 1:36.55; 16, Himes 1:38.89; 17, Guo 1:39.22.

100 butterfly: 2, Luehmann 1:13.06; 4, Hohensinner 1:19.16; 5, Kaczmarek 1:23.23; 8, Norris 1:25.48; 10, Kosykh 1:27.56; 11, Haase 1:28.65; 12, Guo 1:28.75; 14, Ernst 1:29.70. 200 individual medley: 2, Lin 2:42.31; 3, Luehmann 2:42.61; 5, Kaczmarek 2:54.86; 7, Guo 2:58.36; 8, Hohensinner 2:58.64; 10, Ernst 3:01.83; 14, Norris 3:04.43; 16, Haase 3:06.27; 18, Kosykh 3:06.87; 20, Himes 3:08.13; 22, Salgado 3:09.97; 24, Schahrer 3:13.49.

13-14 400 individual medley: 1, Mackenna Briggs 5:27.62; 6, Brigid Mackey 5:52.36; 7, Kathy Brunings 5:53.20; 10, Lily Newton 5:56.07. 1,500 freestyle: 1, Briggs 19:02.23; 3, Newton 20:10.98; 5, Brunings 21:03.62; 6, Mackey 21:04.29; 7, Hanna Schwinn 21:21.10.

100 backstroke: 7, Newton 1:20.40; 9, Brunings 1:21.21; 10, Mackey 1:21.22. 50 breaststroke: 2, Brunings 40.13; 5, Briggs 40.80; 7, Mackey 42.75; 9, Newton 43.59. 50 butterfly: 1, Briggs 30.68; 9, Mackey 33.78; 10, Newton 34.09; 11, Brunings 35.05; 37, Maddie Hager 44.75. 200 butterfly: 6, Schwinn 2:52.63; 7, Alyssa Poggemann 2:57.87; 8, Cecilia Nelson 2:58.08.

200 breaststroke: 3, Briggs 3:03.87; 16, Nelson 3:23.87; 17, Anna Collons 3:24.65; 20, Jessica Brady 3:27.81. 400 freestyle: 3, Briggs 4:52.92; 4, Newton 4:59.38; 6, Mackey 5:04.09; 11, Nelson 5:16.93; 13, Brunings 5:22.90; 14, Schwinn 5:29.71; 15, Mitchell 5:39.97; 17, Poggemann 5:41.68.

50 freestyle: 3, Briggs 29.82; 7, Newton 31.14; 10, Mackey 31.68. 50 backstroke: 1, Briggs 34.07; 9, Mackey 38.31; 10, Newton 38.71; 13, Rachel Herbst 39.77. 100 breaststroke: 2, Briggs 1:27.71; 5, Mackey 1:32.35; 10, Collons 1:33.37; 12, Nelson 1:34.67; 14, Newton 1:35.16. 100 butterfly: 7, Poggemann 1:19.62; 9, Nelson 1:20.70. 200 individual medley: 1, Briggs 2:34.20; 4, Mackey 2:43.41; 6, Newton 2:46.42; 10, Nelson 2:54.65; 12, Poggemann 2:56.67; 16, Collons 2:59.22.

15 & over 400 individual medley: 1, Danielle Palumbo (BC) 5:28.75; 3, Elise Tinseth 5:39.33. 1,500 freestyle: 3, Stephanie Munoz 19:36.56; 4, Tinseth 19:47.30; 6, Jessie Dart 20:38.54.

100 freestyle: 5, Palumbo 1:03.70; 6, Nicole Lecoq 1:04.56; 9, Yui Umezawa 1:05.26; 10, Kayla Flaten 1:05.40; 12, Munoz 1:05.96; 15, Tinseth 1:06.81; 24, Kennedi Norris 1:08.80; 30, Kaela Nurmi 1:09.98; 36, Shanley Miller 1:10.77; 42, Dart 1:12.07; 48, AnnaLinnea Johansson 1:15.81; 50, Katie Nelson 1:17.05; 54, Bri Leung 1:21.27.

100 backstroke: 2, Palumbo 1:09.52; 7, Lecoq 1:16.90; 12, Tinseth 1:19.00; 13, Dart 1:19.43; 17, Nurmi 1:20.93; 21, Flaten 1:22.81; 225, Nelson 1:24.21; 36, Johansson 1:31.35. 50 breaststroke: 7, Miller 40.56; 16, Norris 42.58; 18, Umezawa 43.02; 25, Leung 45.14. 50 butterfly: 2, Umezawa 32.45; 12, Miller 35.36; 14, Dart 36.25; 18, Johansson 37.58; 29, Leung 42.06.

200 butterfly: 2, Kara Beauchamp 2:31.11; 3, Munoz 2:34.56; 9, Flaten 2:48.95; 10, Tinseth 2:50.82; 19, Johansson 3:16.30. 200 breaststroke: 2, Beauchamp 2:55.05; 6, Palumbo 2:58.67; 13, Lecoq 3:09.46; 14, Nurmi 3:10.06; 20, Norris 3:20.90; 30, Leung 3:33.16; 31, Nelson 3:34.74.

400 freestyle: 2, Beauchamp 4:50.85; 4, Munoz 4:57.32; 8, Lecoq 5:05.12; 9, Umezawa 5:08.35; 10, Flaten 5:09.27; 11, Tinseth 5:09.87; 19, Miller 5:18.42; 21, Dart 5:21.42; 26, Norris 5:40.24; 34, Nelson 5:50.42.

50 freestyle: 4, Beauchamp 29.86; 6, Lecoq 30.19; 7, Umezawa 30.26; 9, Flaten 30.69; 17, Tinseth 31.39; 21, Norris 31.91; 28, Nurmi 32.46; 33, Miller 33.45; 35, Caitlin Duffner 33.91; 36, Johansson 34.13; 37, Nelson 34.48; 38, Dart 34.60; 42, Leung 36.73.

50 backstroke: 1, Umezawa 34.43; 10, Dart 37.67; 12, Miller 37.98; 13, Nurmi 38.62; 18, Duffner 40.35; 20, Nelson 41.23. 100 breaststroke: 2, Flaten 1:23.00; 3, Beauchamp 1:23.21; 8, Tinseth 1:27.19; 9, Lecoq 1:29.70; 11, Nurmi 1:32.83; 13, Norris 1:33.03; 18, Leung 1:38.67; 24, Nelson 1:45.23.

100 butterfly: 2, Beauchamp 1:09.08; 4, Flaten

Adult sports

SPORTS CALENDAR

Issaquah Alps Trail Club

June 24, 10 a.m., Dogs Welcome Hike, 3-4 miles, 500-800 elevation gain. Call 206-322-0990 ... June 25, 9:30 a.m., Squak Mountain, 7 miles, 2,000 gain. Call 281-8465 ... June 26, 9:30 a.m., Tiger Mountain, 5 miles, 600-foot gain. Call 882-3435.

Cascade Bicycle Club June 23, 6:45 p.m., Eastside Tour, 20-30 miles from Marymoor Park east parking lot. Call 392-1347 ... June 24, 10 a.m., Leschi to Tiger Mountain, 55 miles from Leschi Starbucks. Call 206-722-7664 ... June 28, 10 a.m., South Bellevue to Issaquah, 44 miles from Enatai Park. Call 206-947-0377.

Multi-sport June 26, Mountains to Sound Relay, 100 mile race from Snoqualmie Summit to Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park. Race involves 17 miles of mountain bike riding, 46 miles of road bicycle riding, 12 miles of kayaking, a half marathon, and a 5.3-mile sprint. Call 206-4592837 or go to www.mountainstosound.com.

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 Tuesdays and Thursdays at Tibbetts Field. Call 392-5682 ...

Issaquah Parks has Jack & Jill leagues and men’s 35 & older leagues, which begin play in early August. Call 8373308.

Shooting July 17, noon, Cascade Mountain Men shoot at Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club ... Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club offers hunter education classes. Call 206-940-5862.

Triathlon July 17, 7 a.m., TriRock Seattle, Olympic triathlon at Lake Sammamish State Park. Race consists of 1,500meter swim, 24-mile bike ride and a 6-mile run. Packet pickup July 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lake Sammamish State Park. To learn more, go to www.trirock.competitor.com.

Golf Aug. 12, 1 p.m., Issaquah Football Golf Tournament at Lake Wilderness Golf Course in Maple Valley. Open to Issaquah football coaches, alumni, former Issaquah football players, parents of current players, local businessmen and women, and Issaquah football fans. Tournament features a four-man scramble and begins with a shotgun start. Call 206-660-4952.

Running July 9, 9 a.m., Cougar Mountain Trail Series, 10-mile race from Sky Country Trailhead. Final race of the season Aug. 13 (13 miles). Get details/pre-register for all races at www.seattlerunningclub.org.

Youth sports/activities Track & field Issaquah Parks Gliders host meet June 23, 5:15 p.m., at Liberty High School.

Football Issaquah Eagles Youth Football, for ages 8-14, is registering players, who must reside within the Issaquah High School 1:15.77; 6, Tinseth 1:16.00; 7, Umezawa 1:17.14; 8, Duffner 1:18.15; 10, Miller 1:20.22; 13, Norris 1:21.72; 15, Dart 1:23.05; 20, Johansson 1:30.17.

200 individual medley: 2, Umezawa 2:41.60; 3, Flaten 2:41.74; 7, Miller 2:48.02; 9, Lecoq 2:49.38; 10, Tinseth 2:50.15; 12, Nurmi 2:51.36; 13, Duffner 2:52.28; 21, Norris 3:02.08; 24, Nelson 3:03.54; 27, Johansson 3:13.06; 30, Leung 3:17.41.

BOYS 8 & Under 100 freestyle: 2, Jarod Schahrer 1:36.44; 6, Christopher Harig 1:44.21; 11, Michael Guo 1:50.59.

50 backstroke: 3, Schahrer 52.34; 11, Guo 1:03.90; 13, Harig 1:06.59. 50 breaststroke: 1, Harig 1:00.49; 2, Schahrer 1:00.80. 50 freestyle: 2, Schahrer 42.71; 6, Harig 46.31; 14, Guo 51.48. 50 butterfly: 2.

Schahrer 50.60; 5, Harig 1:03.05; 12, Guo 1:25.08.

9-10 100 freestyle: 5, Kyle Falkner 1:17.34; 8, Gavyn Brayman 1:18.93; 13, Nolan Van Nortwick 1:27.63; 17, Joshua Sun 1:30.50. 50 backstroke: 2, Andres Gonzalez 40.58; 7, Van Nortwick 45.14; 11, Sun 49.17. 50 breaststroke: 1, Gonzalez 48.70; 9, Falkner 54.69. 50 freestyle: 6, Brayman 35.48; 11, Van Nortwick 37.54.

50 butterfly: 1, Gonzalez 36.71; 7, Falkner 41.98.

10 & Under 200 freestyle: 1, Andres Gonzalez 2:35.75; 3, Kyle Falkner 2:49.05; 8, Nolan Van Nortwick 3:12.4. 100 butterfly: 3, Gavyn Brayman 1:35.13. 200 individual medley: 2, Gonzalez 3:03.00; 3, Falkner 3:11.94; 5, Brayman 3:12.04; 10, Van Nortwick 3:27.89. 100 backstroke: 2, Falkner 1:28.76; 3, Gonzalez 1:29.36; 4, Brayman 1:32.61. 100 breaststroke: 1, Van Nortwick 1:43.29; 2, Gonzalez 1:45.52; 3, Brayman 1:49.81.

11-12 400 individual medley: 1, Will O’Daffer 6:24.75.

1,500 freestyle: 1, Ivan Graham 21:28.03. 100 freestyle: 12, Connor Azzarello 1:17.13. 100 backstroke: 3, O’Daffer 1:23.96; 10, Azzarello 1:30.62. 50 breaststroke: 5, O’Daffer 45.32; 6, Bennett Ernst 45.71; 7, Azzarello 45.76. 50 butterfly: 2, Graham 33.93. 400 freestyle: 1, Graham 5:21.18; 4, O’Daffer 5:47.91.

200 breaststroke: 1, Graham 3:06.56; 7, O’Daffer 3:30.76; 9, Azzarello 3:35.76. 50 freestyle: 7, O’Daffer 33.79; 10, Azzarello 34.49. 100 breaststroke: 6, O’Daffer 1:38.63; 9, Ernst 1:40.78. 100 butterfly: 2, Graham 1:14.04; 5, O’Daffer 1:28.02. 200 individual medley: 1, Graham 2:50.14; 2, O’Daffer 3:02.31; 8, Azzarello 3:13.84.

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boundary. Go to www.issyfootball.org.

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

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 provided by 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.sammamish-rowing.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. Call 837-3300.

Flag rugby Issaquah Parks through Rugby Nation USA has a flag rugby clinic for ages 5-9 starting July 1 at Central Park.

Call 837-3300.

Baseball Cronin Baseball clinic for ages 9-12 June 25-28 from 9 a.m.-noon at Central Park. Call 206-354-1694 or go to www.croninbaseball.com.

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

Junior Golf June 27, Washington Junior Golf Association District 2 tournament at Seattle’s Jefferson Park; June 28, District 2 tournament at Plateau Club.

Summer baseball Senior American Legion June 22-26, Lakeside Recovery at Palouse Series; June 28, 5 p.m.

Bellingham at Lakeside Recovery (Bannerwood Park).

American Legion 17 & under June 22, 6 p.m., Liberty Cannons at Lakeside Recovery (Newport); June 24, 5 p.m., Bothell Pride at Lakeside Recovery (Bannerwood Park), doubleheader; June 26, 9 a.m., Lakeside Recovery at Bothell Pride (Bothell High), doubleheader.

American Legion 16 & under June 23, 6 p.m., Brewers at Lakeside Recovery (Newport); June 26, 3 p.m., Issaquah Indians at Lakeside Recovery (Newport); June 27, 6 p.m., Issaquah Indians at Lakeside Recovery (Newport); June 28, 6 p.m., Eastside Baseball at Lakeside Recovery (Skyline).

American Legion 14 & under June 24, 5:30 p.m., Seattle Select at Lakeside Recovery (Newport); June 25, noon, Brewers at Lakeside Recovery (Newport); June 28, 5:30 p.m., Monroe Sockeyes at Lakeside Recovery (Newport).

400 individual medley: 2, Nick Klatt 5:07.79; 4, Elliot Schwinn 5:21.59; 5, Connor Broughton 5:22.95; 6, Ben Nussbaum 5:23.35; 7, Jackson Berman 5:24.18; 9, Nolan Hoover 5:30.71; 13, Xavier Graham 5:41.96.

1,500 freestyle: 1, Klatt 17:58.67; 2, Berman 18:19.54; 3, E. Schwinn 18:24.18; 4, Broughton 18:53.92; 7, B. Nussbaum 19:25.00; 8, Keith Nussbaum 19:59.47; 9, Hoover 20:13.51; 10, Connor Schwinn 20:13.80; 11, Graham 20:27.07.

100 freestyle: 25, Alex Sun 1:10.87. 100 backstroke: 2, Hoover 1:09.64; 3, Klatt 1:09.69; 7, B. Nussbaum 1:12.39; 11, Broughton 1:15.63. 50 breaststroke: 1, B. Nussbaum 35.29; 4, Graham 35.90; 7, E. Schwinn 37.47; 8, Hoover 38.02; 9, Broughton 38.03; 10, Klatt 38.37; 11, Sun 38.38; 13, Berman 41.69.

50 butterfly: 5, B. Nussbaum 31.23; 6, Hoover 31.38; 7, Klatt 31.74; 9, Graham 31.87; 10, E. Schwinn 31.89; 12, Berman 33.07; 13, Broughton 33.37. 200 butterfly: 1, K. Nussbaum 2:41.93; 4, C. Schwinn 2:51.73.

200 breaststroke: 4, Graham 2:51.33; 5, E. Schwinn 2:51.41; 6, C. Schwinn 2:57.15; 7, Hoover 2:57.25; 8, K. Nussbaum 2:58.00; 9, Sun 3:04.17; 10, Berman 3:09.26. 400 freestyle: 1, Klatt 4:30.74; 3, Berman 4:38.66; 4, Broughton 4:49.43; 5, E. Schwinn 4:50.05; 6, B. Nussbaum 4:53.94; 9, C. Schwinn 5:05.47; 10, Graham 5:06.26; 12, K. Nussbaum 5:11.42.

50 freestyle: 3, Klatt 27.60; 9, B. Nussbaum 29.10; 11, Berman 29.26; 13, Hoover 29.71; 19, Broughton 30.51; 28, K. Nussbaum 31.57; 29, Sun 31.63. 50 backstroke: 1, Hoover 32.45; 2, Klatt 33.27; 3, Graham 34.16; 4, B. Nussbaum 34.50; 6, Berman 35.12; 7, Broughton 35.22. 100 breaststroke: 4, Graham 1:17.85; 5, Klatt 1:23.36; 6, Nussbaum 1:24.72; 8, Sun 1:25.81.

100 butterfly: 5, B. Nussbaum 1:11.95; 6, Berman 1:12.41; 7, Broughton 1:12.53; 8, Graham 1:13.15; 10, K. Nussbaum 1:15.82. 200 individual medley: 4, Broughton 2:33.27; 5, Graham 2:33.31; 12, Sun 2:50.88; 15, Jason Klein 2:52.05.

15 & Over 400 individual medley: 3, Peter Trahms 5:19.02; 4, Malcolm Mitchell 5:23.37; 6, Connor Biehl 5:33.33.

1,500 freestyle: 1, Ben Allen 17:04.15; 2, Alex Palumbo (BC) 17:33.12; 5, Mitchell 18:59.62; 6, Paul Jett 19:34.30; 8, Biehl 19:45.06.

100 freestyle: 1, Allen 56.51; 8, Brian Ruggles (BC) 58.59; 10, Michael Cox 59.67; 28, Trahms 1:02.98,

Kevin Hays 1:02.98; 41, Alan Florsheim 1:06.35; 43, Skyler Kersten (BC) 1:07.01; 46, Lucas Ung 1:07.85.

100 backstroke: 1, Allen 1:05.43; 2, Jett 1:08.66; 6, Ruggles 1:11.08; 14, Cox 1:14.42; 15, Trahms 1:16.81, Ung 16.81; 28, Ryder Roedel 1:27.78.

50 breaststroke: 4, Hays 33.99; 7, Jett 35.09; 8, Andrew McGinnis 35.54; 13, Mitchell 38.45; 15, Biehl 39.66. 50 butterfly: 1, Cox 28.12; 3, Jett 28.86; 11, Mitchell 30.63; 21, Biehl 32.97; 22, Roedel 34.42.

200 butterfly: 7, Palumbo 2:26.49; 12, Luke Duschl (BC) 2:41.11; 18, Kersten 2:44.95. 200 breaststroke: 5, Logan Briggs 2:44.59; 6, Allen 2:44.81; 10, Trahms 2:48.67; 15, Kersten 2:54.51; 16, Hays 2:54.89; 17, Palumbo 2:55.31; 27, McGinnis 3:04.91; 29, Biehl 3:08.09; 33, Ung 3:11.88.

400 freestyle: 2, Briggs 4:22.39; 4, Palumbo 4:31.37; 8, Allen 4:37.98; 13, Mitchell 4:44.44; 18, Trahms 4:49.44; 19, Ruggles 4:52.89; 20, Jett 4:53.04; 28, Biehl 5:02.81; 32, Kersten 5:08.92; 36, Hays 5:19.70; 38, Ung 5:27.34.

50 freestyle: 1, Briggs 26.43; 5, Cox 26.90; 7, Allen 26.97; 9, Jett 27.17; 15, Mitchell 28.04; 17, Hays 28.11; 20, Garrett Grigas 28.27; 25, Florsheim 29.31; 27, Trahms 29.70; 32, McGinnis 30.27; 33, Ung 30.70; 36, Roedel 32.22; 37, Randy Ernst 33.39.

50 backstroke: 7, Mitchell 33.82; 11, Roedel 40.51.

100 breaststroke: 4, Allen 1:15.71; 5, Briggs 1:15.78; 8, Hays 1:19.12; 9, Trahms 1:19.21; 10, McGinnis 1:21.03; 11, Jett 1:21.33; 13, Mitchell 1:24.57; 14, Cox 1:25.98; 18, Ung 1:32.14.

100 butterfly: 2, Cox 1:05.47; 5, Allen 1:07.39; 6, Briggs 1:08.33; 10, Trahms 1:10.61; 12, Grigas 1:12.32; 13, Hays 1:12.57; 20, Ung 1:17.91; 21, Roedel 1:18.40; 24, McGinnis 1:24.30. 200 individual medley: 1, Briggs 2:20.35; 3, Allen 2:24.25; 5, Jett 2:28.86; 7, Trahms 2:32.84; 9, Mitchell 2:35.52; 15, Grigas 2:42.64; 16, McGinnis 2:47.13; 23, Roedel 3:02.43.

Midlakes Swim League June 15 Meets NEWPORT HILLS 426, KLAHANIE 270 GIRLS 8 & Under 100 medley relay: 2, Klahanie A (Hannah Peters, Nancy Liddle, Abby Artman, Amelia Moulton) 1:47.15; 3, Klahanie B (Natalie Dacey, Karissa Auffray, Isabella Spokoiny, Erin Finley) 2:09.12. 25 freestyle: 4, Amelia Moulton (K) 21.06. 25 backstroke: 3, Peters 24.21. 25 breaststroke: 4, Liddle 30.03. 25 butterfly: 2, Artman 31.46. 100 freestyle relay: 3, Klahanie (Elizabeth Needles, Artman, Moulton, Peters) 1:36.38.

9-10 100 medley relay: 2, Klahanie (Olivia Onnen, Melissa Kappes, Elizabeth Bruski, Rachel Clark) 1:17.21. 50 freestyle: 2, Clark 35.03. 50 backstroke: 2, Onnen 42.60. 50 breaststroke: 2, Kappes 46.67. 25 butterfly: 4, Tiffany Auffray 21.59. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Klahanie (Onnen, Auffray, Kappes, Clark) 2:28.65.

10 & Under 100 individual medley: 1, Rachel Clark (K) 1:28.93; 3, Melissa Kappes (K) 1:34.21.

11-12 200 medley relay: 2, Klahanie (Julie Deng, Gabrielle Glubochansky, Gabby Salgado, Maggie Leist) 2:27.90.

100 individual medley: 2, Glubochansky 1:15.53; 3, Deng 1:16.14. 50 freestyle: 2, Salgado 30.93. 50 backstroke: 1, Deng 34.43; 3, Madison Eader (K) 43.65. 50 breaststroke: 2, Salgado 37.65. 50 butterfly: 1, Glubochansky 34.13. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Klahanie (Glubochansky, Deng, Leist, Salgado) 2:03.53.

13-14 200 medley relay: 1, Newport Hills (Lauren Hepp, Kourtney Brunings, Emma Wrightson, Anna Collons) 2:02.91; 2, Klahanie (Gianna Castro, Anne Bania, Jessica Clark, Callie Ann Lum) 2:13.93. 100 individual medley: 1, Brunings 1:06.81; 2, Clark 1:12.56; 3, Emily Feng (K) 1:22.27. 50 freestyle: 3, Lum 31.31. 50 backstroke: 3, Castro 33.31. 50 breaststroke: 1, Brunings 35.11; 2, Collons 36.81; 4, Bania 40.08. 50 butterfly: 2, Bania 32.53. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Klahanie A (Castro, Clark, Lum, Bania) 2:00.00; 3, Klahanie B (Madison Cooley, McKenzie Eader, Blaire Einfalt, Madison Perla) 2:23.57.

15 & Over 200 medley relay: 3, Klahanie (Olivia Ryan, Annie Moore, Andi Scarcello, Courtney Lo) 2:14.09. 100 individual medley: 2, Scarcello 1:06.55. 100 freestyle: 3, Ryan 1:04.18. 50 backstroke: 2, Ali Hartlein (K) 34.87; 3, Ryan 35.92. 50 breaststroke: 3, Moore 37.10. 50 butterfly: 1, Scarcello 30.75. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Klahanie (Moore, Ryan, Lo, Scarcello) 1:58.23.

BOYS 8 & Under 100 medley relay: 2, Klahanie (Ciaran Voros, Eric Paulsen, Andres Kappes, Matthew Carr) 1:44.69. 25 freestyle: 1, Will Henderson (K) 23.70. 25 backstroke: 4, Carr 27.23. 25 breaststroke: 1, Paulsen 25.12; 2, Kappes 27.30. 25 butterfly: 2, Kappes 25.25; 3, Paulsen 27.91.

9-10 100 medley relay: 1, Klahanie (Reece Shrimpton, Henry Gao, Matthew Seminatore, Braden Castro) 1:22.87. 50 freestyle: 3, Brandan Cooley (K) 46.93. 50 backstroke: 2, Gao 43.87; 3, Shrimpton 47.32. 50 breaststroke: 2, Gao 49.75. 25 butterfly: 2, Seminatore 19.65; 3, Shrimpton 23.25. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Klahanie (Shrimpton, Cooley, Seminatore, Connor Driscoll) 2:59.72.

10 & Under 100 individual medley: 2, Henry Gao (K) 1:36.34; 2, Matthew Seminatore (K) 1:38.93.

11-12 200 medley relay: 1, Klahanie A (Sandor Voros, Connor Azzarello, Ryan Kinnear, Thomas Bowler) 2:11.84; 3, Klahanie B (Paydan Bussey, David Cao, Dylan Shrimpton, Ivan Trindev) 2:43.76. 100 individual medley: 1, Kinnear 1:05.24. 50 freestyle: 1, Bowler 30.15; 2, John Carr (K) 33.37. 50 backstroke: 1, Azzarello 36.20; 2, Voros 37.18. 50 breaststroke: 1, Kinnear 35.62; 2, Azzarello 41.03. 50 butterfly: 1, Kinnear 28.00; 3, Voros 34.69. 200 freestyle: 1, Klahanie A (Azzarello, Voros, Bussey, Bowler) 2:06.25; 3, Klahanie B (Cao, Casey Stanfield, Carr, Trindev) 2:18.75.

13-14 200 medley relay: 1, Newport Hills (Nolan Hoover, Ben Nussbaum, Keith Nussbaum, Henry Pratt) 1:54.47; 2, Klahanie (Nick Nava, Michael Cao, Nick D’Alo, Griffin Crow) 2:01.62. 100 individual medley: 1, Hoover 1:01.56; 2, D’Alo 1:06.05; 3, K. Nussbaum 1:06.93.

50 freestyle: 1, B. Nussbaum 25.18; 3, Nava 26.80. 50 backstroke: 1, Hoover 28.60; 2, Nava 31.46. 50 breaststroke: 1, B. Nussbaum 31.20; 4, Thomas Kim (K) 38.86. 50 butterfly: 1, D’Alo 27.52; 2, K. Nussbaum 30.33; 3, Cao 31.87. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Newport Hills (Hoover, Pratt, K. Nussbaum, B. Nussbaum) 1:44.15.

15 & Over 200 medley relay: 2, Klahanie (James Nevin, Eric Onnen, Paul Jett, Evan Ko) 1:59.41. 100 individual medley: 1, Jett 58.64. 100 freestyle: 4, Nevin 59.39. 50 backstroke: 1, Jett 28.15; 2, Malcolm Mitchell (NH) 29.82. 50 breaststroke: 2, Tyler Hamke (K) 36.44; 3, Ko 37.12. 50 butterfly: 1, Jett 25.43. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Klahanie (Ko, Nevin, Onnen, Hamke) 1:39.30.

TRIANGLE TIGERSHARKS 380, PLATEAU CLUB 280 GIRLS 8 & Under 100 medley relay: 1, Plateau A (Megan Tacchetti, Kate Jendrezak, Belle Battistoni, Kelsey Anderson) 1:26.61; 2, Plateau B (Alexa Lewis, Taylor Gauron, Makenna Allyn, Julia Santamarie) 1:49.34. 25 freestyle: 1, Battistoni 14.88; 2, Jendrezak 17.36. 25 backstroke: 1, Tachetti 22.84. 25 breaststroke: 2, Jendrezak 26.04; 3, Gauron 28.53. 25 butterfly: 1, Battistoni 15.53; 2, M. Tacchetti 25.77; 3, Allyn 27.81. 100 freestyle relay: 1, Plateau A (Jendrezak, Anderson, M. Taccheti, Battistoni) 1:15.25; 3, Plateau B (Gauron, Libby Bradford, Lewis, Allyn) 1:26.25.

9-10 100 medley relay: 1, Plateau A (Grace Tacchetti, Danika Himes, Grace Luehmann, Holly Schwinn) 1:09.00; 2, Plateau B (Jillian Conrad, Marisa Allyn, Maggie Roth, Elizabeth Tacchetti) 1:25.29. 100 individual medley: 1, Himes 1:17.64; 2, Schwinn 1:29.69; 3, Allyn 1:43.37. 50 freestyle: 1, G. Tacchetti 34.37; 2, Katherine Knudsen (P) 41.88; 3, Allyn 43.25. 50 backstroke: 1, Luehmann 35.84; 2, G. Tacchetti 44.20; 3, Knudsen 47.65. 50 breaststroke: 1, Luehmann 41.19;

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2, Schwinn 49.07; 3, Roth 51.17. 25 butterfly: 1, Himes 16.15; 2, Roth 17.99; 3, Schwinn 18.12. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Plateau (Knudsen, Conrad, Tacchetti, Allyn) 3:01.90.

11-12 200 medley relay: 2, Plateau (Haley Dardis, Darian Himes, Allison Bennett, Charlotte Nash) 2:25.56. 100 individual medley: 1, Himes 1:14.04. 50 freestyle: 3, Nash 32.35. 50 backstroke: 3, Dardis 41.29. 50 breaststroke: 1, Himes 38.33. 50 butterfly: 3, Dardis 44.33. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Plateau (Nash, Dardis, Megan Anderson, Himes) 2:24.45.

13-14 100 individual medley: 1, Linnea Uyeno (T) 1:07.99; 2, Hanna Schwinn (P) 1:11.51. 50 freestyle: 3, Brooke Flaten (P) 29.44. 50 backstroke: 4, Amanda Snow (P) 49.28. 50 breaststroke: 1, Uyeno 35.12; 3, Schwinn 42.61. 50 butterfly: 4, Flaten 32.20.

15 & Over 200 medley relay: 2, Plateau (Brooke Flaten, Emily Bennett, Hanna Schwinn, Lauren Taylor) 2:17.40. 100 individual medley: 1, Taylor 1:19.59. 100 freestyle: 3, Bennett 1:10.93. 50 breaststroke: 2, Taylor 40.32. 50 butterfly: 3, Bennett 36.91. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Plateau (Schwinn, Taylor, Bennett, Flaten) 2:02.06.

BOYS 8 & Under 100 medley relay: 3, Plateau (Reagan Tidwell, Benjamin Wiljanen, Adam Beattie, Zach Kistner) 2:01.05. 25 freestyle: 1, Wiljanen 20.29; 2, Beattie 21.36. 25 backstroke: 3, Wiljanen 27.12. 25 breaststroke: 2, Kistner 32.87. 25 butterfly: 2, Beattie 38.40.

100 freestyle relay: 3, Plateau (Beattie, Henry Herndon, Benjamin Gallop, Tidwell) 1:47.31.

9-10 100 medley relay: 2, Plateau (Nick Lewis, Kyle Falkner, Jack Kendall, Jack Barry) 1:18.91. 100 individual medley: 1, Falkner 1:21.42. 50 freestyle: 1, Lewis 35.62. 50 backstroke: 1, Lewis 42.27. 50 breaststroke: 2, Falkner 48.00; 3, Kendall 48.84. 25 butterfly: 2, Kendall 19.60. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Plateau (Lewis, Kendall, Barry, Falkner) 2:32.50.

11-12 50 freestyle: 4, Matthew Snow (P) 41.15. 50 breaststroke: 3, Snow 53.06.

13-14 200 medley relay: 1, Plateau (Elliot Schwinn, Connor Schwinn, Richard Baron, Jeremy Bradford) 2:02.88. 100 individual medley: 1, E. Schwinn 1:04.27; 3, Bradford 1:14.32. 50 freestyle: 1, Baron 26.66; 3, Carter Moore (P) 29.40. 50 backstroke: 1, Bradford 35.93; 2, Moore 36.97. 50 breaststroke: 1, E. Schwinn 33.76. 50 butterfly: 1, Baron 28.03; 3, Moore 33.75. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Plateau (Baron, Bradford, Moore, E. Schwinn) 1:52.28.

15 & Over 100 individual medley: 1, Ryder Roedel (P) 1:08.99; 2, Connor Schwinn (P) 1:10.72. 100 freestyle: 1, R. Roedel 1:00.61. 50 backstroke: 2, Jagaer Roedel (P) 51.29. 50 breaststroke: 2, J. Roedel 43.50. 50 butterfly: 2, R. Roedel 30.23; 3, J. Roedel 38.62.

MAPLE HILLS 381, STRATTONWOOD 307 GIRLS 8 & Under 100 medley relay: 1, Maple Hills (Madeleine Welch, Olivia Coyne, Shaye Agnew, Makenna Vermeulen) 1:42.86. 25 freestyle: 1, Agnew 17.96; 2, Coyne 20.22.

25 backstroke: 2, Rachel Gallagher (MH) 25.84. 25 breaststroke: 1, Coyne 30.34. 25 butterfly: 1, Agnew 21.34; 2, Vermeulen 24.67. 100 freestyle relay: 2, Maple Hills A (Agnew, Welch, Coyne, Vermeulen) 1:46.59; 3, Maple Hills B (Olivia Briggs, Sarah Peschak, Emma Tremblay, Katie Blauvelt) 2:08.77.

9-10 100 medley relay: 2, Maple Hills (Taylor Clay, Mary Russell, Lauren Klatt, Lindsay Rau) 1:28.89. 100 individual medley: 2, Clay 1:31.48; 3, Klatt 1:49.20. 50 freestyle: 2, Russell 46.88; 3, Rau 47.37. 50 backstroke: 1, Clay 40.96. 50 breaststroke: 2, Klatt 51.57.

25 butterfly: 2, Russell 22.30; 3, Hannah Evans (MH) 26.24. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Maple Hills (Rau, Russell, Klatt, Clay) 2:54.24.

11-12 200 medley relay: 1, Maple Hills (Grace Morford, Abigail Russell, Ellie Hohensinner, Amy Warmenhoven) 2:16.21. 100 individual medley: 1, Hohensinner 1:10.04; 3, Warmenhoven 1:27.29. 50 freestyle: 3, Drew Hardcastle (MH) 41.46. 50 backstroke: 1, Morford 38.91. 50 breaststroke: 1, Hohensinner 38.59; 2, Russell 44.87. 50 butterfly: 2, Warmenhoven 37.89; 3, Russell 40.01. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Maple Hills A (Morford, Warmenhoven, Ashtin Luedtke, Russell) 2:19.92; 3, Maple Hills B (Valerie Adams, Hardcastle, Lydia Marsden, Hannah Wagner) 2:41.39.

13-14 200 medley relay: 2, Maple Hills (Cecilia Nelson, Sydney Dybing, Mackenna Briggs, Bronte Watt) 2:16.21.

100 individual medley: 1, Briggs 1:03.86; 2, Nelson 1:14.64. 50 freestyle: 2, Marie Blue (MH) 34.79; 3, Watts 35.33. 50 backstroke: 1, Briggs 30.58. 50 breaststroke: 1, Nelson 37.93; 2, Dybing 41.72. 50 butterfly: 3, Shirley Loetscher (MH) 41.08. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Maple Hills (Blue, Dybing, Nelson, Briggs) 1:59.53.

15 & Over 200 medley relay: 1, Maple Hills A (Ellie Hitchings, Amy Strohschein, Caitlin Duffner, Katie Nelson) 2:15.19; 3, Maple Hills B (Amelia Davis, Callie Mantel, Elaina Loetscher, Haley McCuen) 2:30.46. 100 individual medley: 2, Duffner 1:11.92; 3, Hitchings 1:22.83.

100 freestyle: 2, Nelson 1:07.57; 3, McCuen 1:13.41.

50 backstroke: 1, Hitchings 35.41; 2, Nelson 36.35.

50 breaststroke: 2, Strohschein 38.30; 3, Mantel 44.92. 50 butterfly: 2, Duffner 31.14; 3, Strohschein 32.67. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Maple Hills A (Duffner, Nelson, Strohschein, Hitchings) 2:03.03; 3, Maple Hills B (Davis, Loetscher, Gabrielle Smith, McCuen) 2:16.72.

BOYS 8 & Under 100 medley relay: 1, Maple Hills (Carter Dunn, Ryan Morford, Charlie Arnold, Kellan Odegard) 2:16.32. 25 freestyle: 1, Arnold 18.25; 3, Dunn 26.87. 25 backstroke: 1, Arnold 25.31; 2, Jack Davies 35.03. 25 butterfly: 1, Arnold 21.65. 100 freestyle relay: 2, Maple Hills (Dunn, Morford, Davies, Bryce Pacheco) 2:58.02.

9-10 100 medley relay: 1, Maple Hills A (Warren Briggs, Robert Ashby, Kyle George, Brandon Hardin) 1:38.48; 2, Maple Hills B (Lars Clausen, Andrew King, Payton Pacheco, Tyler Odegard) 1:58.46. 100 individual medley: 2, George 1:48.04; 3, Hardin 1:53.40. 50 freestyle: 2, George 40.43. 50 backstroke: 2, Clausen 54.19. 50 breaststroke: 3, Ashby 59.58. 25 butterfly: 2, Hardin 20.90. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Maple Hills A (Hardin, Odegard, Clausen, George) 2:50.42; 3, Maple Hills B (Kaden Baird, Ethan Carter, King, Andrew Instant) 3:46.01.

11-12 200 medley relay: 2, Maple Hills (David Rand, Daniel Kaiser, Milo Larson, Marty Klatt) 2:52.52. 100 individual medley: 2, Rand 1:30.37. 50 freestyle: 1, Klatt 33.51; 2, Brendan Welch 40.47. 50 backstroke: 1, Rand 41.38; 3, Larson 47.43. 50 breaststroke: 2, Klatt 46.19. 50 butterfly: 1, Welch 42.75. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Maple Hills (Rand, Larson, Welch, Klatt) 2:21.52.

13-14 200 medley relay: 1, Maple Hills A (Nick Klatt, Keenan McClanahan, Joel Tinseth, Turner Englehart) 2:06.47; 3, Maple Hills B (Kyle Larson, Tanner Evans, Jeffrey Rand, Nick Carter) 2:38.09. 100 individual medley: 1, Klatt 1:01.95; 2, McClanahan 1:10.74. 50 freestyle: 2, Englehart 28.02. 50 backstroke: 1, Timothy Johnson 34.27; 2, Larson 34.47. 50 breaststroke: 2, Klatt 34.57. 50 butterfly: 1, Tinseth 32.16; 3, Johnson 34.10. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Maple Hills A (Englehart, McClanahan, Tinseth, Klatt) 1:48.33; 3, Maple Hills B (Evans, Johnson, Larson, Jake Smith) 2:06.43.

15& Over 200 medley relay: 1, Maple Hills A (Logan Briggs, Kevin Hays, Kyle Nelson, Tucker Watts) 1:50.52; 3, Maple Hills B (PJ Warmenhoven, Joshua Johnson, James Smith, Chase Onstot) 2:03.15. 100 individual medley: 1, Briggs 57.19; 3, Warmenhoven 1:07.88. 100 freestyle: 1, Onstot 54.13; 2, Nelson 56.18. 50 backstroke: 1, Nelson 31.80; 2, Watts 33.14. 50 breaststroke: 2, Hays 30.35. 50 butterfly: 1, Briggs 26.03; 3, Hays 27.09. 200 freestyle relay: 2, Maple Hills (Smith, Johnson, Nelson, Briggs) 1:41.65.

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After-school program makes ‘hard’ math and reading fun

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By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter

Briarwood students donate books Briarwood Elementary School’s Student Council collected 32 boxes of books for First Place School in Seattle.

The students donated books as part of their Spring Community Project, from May 18 to June 3.

First Place is a school and social service agency devoted to helping children and families in transition, crisis or homelessness.

First Place School educates children from preschool to sixth grade, and offers case management and mental health services to children and families in need of help.

BY DREW TERRY

Ella Bosancu (left) and Shannon Bergin work together at Briarwood’s Elementary School’s ASAP program, which has dramatically raised math and reading test scores.

Beecher’s helps students eat more nutritionally

By Laura Geggel Issaquah Press reporter With so many crunchy, salty, sweet and sour snacks out there, how can a hungry student choose the best one?

Beecher’s Flagship Foundation lead instructor Alyison Spence gave Clark Elementary School students nutrition tips June 3, teaching them ways to examine marketing, ingredients and serving size.

The ever-energetic Spence divided students into groups and passed out packages of food, such as Quaker Chewy Granola Bars and Monster energy drinks.

Students analyzed each product’s presentation, noting target audiences.

Fourth-grader Brooklynn Ulrich’s group examined a box of Special K Fruit & Yogurt Cereal.

“We think the moms will want it because it has fruit and yogurt,” Ulrich said.

In fact, many of the products seemed to cater to mothers, with labels boasting of vitamins and fiber. But, the bright colors, and some of the yummy ingredients — like chocolate and peanut butter — appealed to children.

Companies call that the “nag

Jacob Lovgren did not like math.

The Briarwood Elementary School fourth-grader called the subject “horrible” and his math scores showed it. When his teacher recommended he try Briarwood’s new After School Assistance Program in March, he got only 52 percent of the pretest math questions right.

Within seven weeks, ASAP turned Lovgren around. He studied division, and once he had a solid understanding of the basics, he excelled at math.

On a post-test in May, Lovgren scored 95 percent. He felt so confident in his math skills, that he thinks he did better than usual on the spring Measurements of Student Progress, the state standardized test, he said.

ASAP has been years in the making. A $7,500 grant from the Issaquah Schools Foundation has enabled Briarwood teachers to continue the program next year.

Every school year, teachers and administrators see children fall through the cracks.

“Looking at test scores and data, we realized we had several kids who needed a little extra instruction and opportunities to catch up with some of their peers,” Principal Drew Terry said.

In an effort to help them, Terry began a before-school math program in spring 2008, but there were few takers. He sweetened the deal the following year by offering free breakfast with the morning sessions, but attendance was still low.

“We weren’t capturing the kids that we wanted,” Terry said. “The

ones we really needed here weren’t getting here.”

This year, he copied the middle school homework club model, and had teachers offer extra math help after school, and included snacks.

The Briarwood PTA donated $3,000 for an activity bus that would drive the students home after ASAP. “The teachers were willing to do it, and he had the curriculum,” PTA President Beth Donahoe said regarding Terry. “The key piece was getting them home again.”

After teachers evaluated which students needed extra help, the 2010 ASAP program kicked off in November, with teachers working with six students each. In all, 21 fifth-graders received extra help, and almost all of them improved from the pretest in November to the post-test in February.

“They just did marvelously well,” Terry said.

In the spring, Terry expanded ASAP to third- and fourth-graders, and added the subject of reading.

Fifth-grader Katelen Baggenstos has turned a 180 in the subjects of math and reading.

“I thought math was pretty hard,” she said. “It was hard for me to understand. There was one time I pretended to be sick so I wouldn’t have to go to math.”

Once ASAP helped her unlock the mysteries of division and multiplication, her negative opinion turned positive.

During the ASAP reading classes, she began to like reading, and she reads independently in her free time now, something she never did before. This summer, she plans to read more of the Twilight and Harry Potter series, she said.

friends, fazed by the number of serving sizes listed on each package.

“Now, this is really important,” Spence said. “I want you to raise your hand if you have ever had a Costco muffin.”

Almost every student raised a hand. The whispering started again when Spence announced that each muffin has between four and eight servings.

Each serving has a certain num-

ber of calories, and Spence asked students if they could define a calorie.

“Measurements of energy,” fourth-grader Siddarth Sharma said.

He couldn’t have said it better.

“If you can actually take in more calories than you need every day, you’ll store them as fat,” Spence said.

On the flip side, “If you don’t take in any fat, your body will turn to your muscles,” for energy, which could lead to heart damage, she said. “Fat gets such a bad rap, but it’s actually something everybody needs.”

She urged the students to keep an eye on the calories they consume and to get a healthy amount of exercise. She also clued them in about good fats and bad fats.

Good fats are usually liquid, like olive oil, or solid at room temperature, like butter and nuts.

Other fats, such as saturated fats from meat and cheese, should be eaten in moderation. Other types of fats — trans fats, sometimes la-

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Above, Quincey Greene, Michael Singer, Daniel Semenko and Andrew Chin (from left) discuss and record their observations regarding the nutrition information and packaging of a can of energy drink. At right, Thea Campbell (left) and Brooklynn Ulrich share their food detective work on a box of cereal with their Clark Elementary School classmates. factor,” with part of the packaging targeting health-conscious adults and the other part aimed at children, who in turn nag their parents to buy treats, Spence said.

Once they were aware of marketing ploys, Spence promised the students she would turn them into food detectives.

She directed them to the nutrition statement required for all processed foods, a keystone of the Beecher’s Flagship Foundation’s Pure Food Kids Workshop.

“The most important thing to look at on here is serving size,” Spence said.

Students whispered to their

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Her mother Melinda Baggenstos said she was grateful the school provided after-school transportation. Otherwise, Katelen would have not been able to attend.

“The program has really given her confidence,” Baggenstos said.

“It really is priceless.”

The ASAP curriculum, partly developed by Issaquah School District Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Emilie Hard, teaches students the basics of reading and math.

For math, students review place value as well as operations — that is, when and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide. The teacher will show an example and then ask the small group of students to do one, too.

“It’s back and forth,” Hard said.

“This keeps the students engaged the entire session.”

During reading lessons, students learned how to actively read, second-grade teacher Jenna Thoresen said. She taught them to compare or contrast, find evidence, infer, look for the main idea and summarize what they just read.

“It’s easier for me to spot the ones who might need a little more attention,” Thoresen said. “I feel like I get to see the kids grow quicker.”

The math and reading ASAP sessions empowered fifth-grader Awjanea Hardin.

“I got better at subtraction and addition,” she said.

Plus, “My reading has gone up and I can’t wait until I go to sixth grade, because my reading will be better,” she said.

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beled as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated — can raise cholesterol and increase the risk for heart disease.

“It ends up clogging stuff, like a clogged sink, because your body can’t break it down,” Spence said.

Students took note.

“I knew that trans fats weren’t good for you, but I didn’t know you couldn’t get rid of it,” fourthgrader Jackson Rubin said.

Everyone agreed to eat more fiber. After all, it helps you poop, fourth-grader Noah Holst said.

After their nutrition lesson, students made vegetarian chili.

Teacher Elizabeth Rickey said her students enjoyed the lesson, especially since it followed their human body unit.

“Hopefully, it’s going to be meaningful to their lives, and they’ll go home and look at nutritional labels and share it with their family,” Rickey said.

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Project site is located at 1550 Newport Way NW. Project name/Permit number: Qwest Fuel Tank Removal/PLN11-00045 After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the agency, the City of Issaquah has determined this proposal would not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment.

This MDNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2). The lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days. Anyone wishing to comment may submit written comments to the Responsible Official between June 23, 2011 and July 6, 2011. The Responsible Official will reconsider the determination based on timely comments. Any person aggrieved by this determination may appeal by filing a Notice of Appeal with the City of Issaquah Permit Center between July 7, 2011 and July 20, 2011. Appellants should prepare specific factual objections. Copies of the environmental determination and other project application materials are available from the Issaquah Planning Department, 1775 12th Avenue NW.

includes over 900 acres located in the center of Issaquah and is bisected by Interstate 90. The area is generally bounded by Lake Sammamish State Park to the north, East Lake Sammamish Parkway to the east, Holly Street to the south and Newport Way to the west.

EIS Alternatives The City has identified three preliminary land use alternatives to be evaluated in the EIS: The No Action Alternative and two action alternatives. The No Action Alternative would provide for continuation of the City’s existing Comprehensive Plan and zoning regulations and would assume that the Central Issaquah Subarea Plan is not adopted. Action Alternative 1 would consider growth levels consistent with recommendations from the Central Issaquah Plan Advisory Task Force. The Action Alternative 2 would designate a portion of the Central Issaquah Subarea as a core growth center.

Both action alternatives assume adoption of the Central Issaquah Subarea Plan and adoption of a Planned Action Ordinance and a SEPA Infill Exemption in portions of the Central Issaquah Subarea, as well as adoption of zoning amendments and development regulations to implement the Central Issaquah Subarea Plan, including potential Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program amendments. The EIS will study the potential TDR program amendments together with other Subarea Plan, development regulation, and planned action components.

Lead Agency and EIS Required The City of Issaquah, as lead agency, has determined this proposal is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is required under RCW 43.21C.030 (2)(c) and will be prepared. An environmental checklist or other materials indicating likely environmental impacts can be reviewed at: City of Issaquah Planning Department, 775 12th Avenue NW, Issaquah, Washington 98027.

Scoping The lead agency has identified the following areas for analysis in the EIS: Transportation, Land Use, Aesthetics, Stormwater Management, Critical Areas/Fish and Wildlife Habitat, and Public Services (police and fire protection, parks and recreation, and schools), and Utilities (water and wastewater). Agencies, affected tribes, and members of the public are invited to comment on the scope of the EIS. You may comment on EIS alternatives, issues the EIS should evaluate, probable significant adverse impacts, and licenses or

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Written comments may be submitted on the scope of the EIS until 5:00 PM July 22, 2011. Comments may be sent to: Peter Rosen, Issaquah Planning Department, P.O. Box 1307, Issaquah, WA 98027.

A Public Open House/Scoping Meeting is scheduled for July 13, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the City Council Chambers at Issaquah City Hall, located at 135 E Sunset Way. The Public Open House/ Scoping Meeting will provide an opportunity for interested citizens to obtain more information on the EIS process and to provide input on the scope of the EIS. Written and verbal comments on the EIS scope will be accepted at the meeting.

Responsible Official Mark Hinthorne, Planning Director City of Issaquah Planning Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027-1307 Phone: (425) 837-3094 Date: June 22, 2011

CITY OF ISSAQUAH PUBLIC NOTICE SEPA DETERMINATION Transnet Office Building/PLN11-00016 Pursuant to the provisions of Issaquah Ordinance No. 1633 and the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapters 43.21[c] RCW and WAC 197-11-510, notice is hereby given that the City of Issaquah did, on June 22, 2011 issue a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS) for a proposal to demolish an existing 2-story commercial building and construct a new 12,650 SF, 3story office building with a ground floor parking garage and two levels of administrative offices above. Project site is located at 710 5th Avenue NW. Project Name/Permit Number: Transnet Office Building/PLN11-00016 After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the agency, the City of Issaquah has determined this proposal would not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment.

This MDNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2). The lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days. Anyone wishing to comment may submit written comments to the Responsible Official between June 23, 2011 and July 6, 2011. The Responsible Official will reconsider the determination based on timely comments. Any person aggrieved by this determination may appeal by filing a Notice of Appeal with the City of Issaquah Permit Center between July 7, 2011 and July 20, 2011. Appellants should prepare specific factual objections. Copies of the environmental determination and other project application materials are available from the Issaquah Planning Department, 1775 12th Avenue NW. Peter Rosen, Environmental Planner, (425) 837-3094 Published in The Issaquah Press on 6/22/11

02-2189 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ISSAQAH PUBLIC NOTICE SEPA DETERMINATION Qwest Fuel Tank Removal/PLN11-00045 Pursuant to the provisions of Issaquah Ordinance No. 1633 and the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapters 43.21[c] RCW and WAC 197-11-510, notice is hereby given that the City of Issaquah did, on June 22, 2011 issue a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignifi-

Peter Rosen, Environmental Planner, (425) 837-3094 Published in The Issaquah Press on on 6/22/11

02-2190 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ISSAQUAH DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE andRequest for Comments on Scope of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Pursuant to the provisions of Issaquah Ordinance No. 1633 and the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapters 43.21[c] RCW and WAC 197-11-510 the City of Issaquah hereby issues a Determination of Significance (DS) and scoping notice for a project known as the Central Issaquah Subarea Plan.

Proponent, Description of Proposal, and Location The City of Issaquah proposes adoption of the Central Issaquah Subarea Plan and associated zoning amendments and development regulations that would allow for long-term redevelopment of the subarea from a parking-dominated commercial area to an urban, pedestrian-oriented, mixeduse area with investment in transit, non-motorized facilities, parks, and other civic uses.

The Central Issaquah Subarea

Published in The Issaquah Press on 6/22/11 02-2193 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SAMMAMISH PUBLIC NOTICE Planning Commission Meetings The Planning Commission is scheduled to meet the following dates and times listed below at Sammamish City Hall, 801 228th AVE SE. Thursday, July 21, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, September 15, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, September 22, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, October 6, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, October 20, 2011, 6:30-10:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, November 3, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, November 17, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, December 1, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Thursday, December 15, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting For more information contact the Department of Community Development at (425) 2950525.

Published in The Issaquah Press on 6/22/11

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter Reagan Dunn, a local representative on the King County Council and a former federal prosecutor, entered the race June 14 for state attorney general.

In a long-expected campaign announcement, Dunn, a Republican, referenced his experience at the U.S. Department of Justice as a key asset in the race, and rolled out a series of high-profile endorsements.

“I am running for attorney general because I am concerned about the overall direction of Washington state government and I believe we can do much better,” he said in a statement. “While Rob McKenna has done a very fine job as our AG, much more still needs to be done. Our state faces significant challenges, including high unemployment, an unfavorable business climate for job creation and crime levels that are unacceptable.”

Dunn is seeking to succeed Attorney General Rob McKenna, the leading Republican in the 2012 race for governor. McKenna launched a bid for the Governor’s Mansion on June 8. Incumbent Gov. Chris Gregoire, a Democrat, is not seeking a third term; Democratic U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee is expected to run.

On the County Council, Dunn represents unincorporated communities just south of Issaquah city limits, plus Newcastle and parts of

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Democrat John Ladenburg, a Reagan Dunn former Pierce County executive, is in the race, too.

Ferguson confronted Dunn on council business after the Republican entered the race.

“I noticed that his four-minute announcement video focused exclusively on law and order — yet, he has consistently voted against funding for sheriff deputies, courts and criminal justice agencies here in King County,” Ferguson said in a statement. “He also never mentioned ‘consumer protection’ in his video. As attorney general, I will make protecting Washington consumers a priority, especially as families struggle through this recession.”

In 2005, council members appointed Dunn as McKenna’s replacement after McKenna resigned to become attorney general. Before the appointment, Dunn served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida and the District of Columbia, prosecuting narcotics cases and other street crimes.

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Unwieldy Ultrasonic weld testing equipment was stolen in the 500 block of Southwest Fernwood Street prior to 4:12 p.m. June 10. The estimated loss is $8,000.

Cart carnage Police responded to a report of juveniles using a baseball bat to break apart a shopping cart along Southeast Bush Street at 6:25 p.m.

June 10. Police could not locate the juveniles.

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Coast, he joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle, prosecuting crimes, such as narcotics manufacturing, child pornography, Internet crimes, bank fraud and weapons violations.

In Seattle, Dunn also served in the Terrorism and Violent Crime Unit and as the coordinator of the Firearm Crime Enforcement Coalition of Western Washington, a multiagency law enforcement effort to reduce gun-related violent crime.

Dunn’s mother, the late Jennifer Dunn, represented Issaquah and the 8th Congressional District in Washington, D.C., for 12 years.

On June 14, the candidate announced endorsements from McKenna, former state Attorney General Ken Eikenberry, and former U.S. attorneys Mike McKay, John McKay, Jim McDevitt, Bill Hyslop and Jeffrey Sullivan, a Sammamish resident.

“Reagan Dunn brings an ideal balance of criminal and civil experience as a candidate for attorney general,” McKenna said in a statement. “His work leading the U.S. Justice Department’s Project Safe Neighborhoods, his service as a federal prosecutor and his two terms on the King County Council make him eminently qualified to be attorney general, and I wholeheartedly endorse him.”

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

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For rent Police responded to harassment in the 5300 block of 237th Terrace Southeast at 9:10 a.m. June 14 after a man said his landlord said he planned to send an armed guard to the residence because the tenant is behind on his rent.

Order up A money order was stolen in the 800 block of Third Avenue Northwest prior to 10:45 a.m. June 14.

The estimated loss is $695.

Sobering Police arrested a 15-year-old boy for theft and being a minor in possession of alcohol at Front Street Market, 80 Front St. S., at 11:24 a.m. June 14. The estimated loss is unknown.

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A window was damaged on, and a gym bag was stolen from, a Nissan parked in the 23600 block of Southeast Summerhill Lane prior to 8:05 a.m. June 11. The estimated loss is $410.

Police arrested an Issaquah woman on an Issaquah warrant for possession of stolen property in the 800 block of Second Avenue Northwest at 6:45 p.m. June 14.

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Police responded to suspicious activity in the 2400 block of 31st Avenue Northeast at 9:34 a.m. after carpet cleaners arrived in the neighborhood for a job and, having forgotten the work order with the correct address, started knocking on doors and asking residents whether they had arrived at the correct residence.

Police arrested a 48-year-old Newcastle man for possession of drug paraphernalia in the 100 block of Front Street North at 8:10 p.m. June 14.

Taken Items were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 1600 block of Ridgeview Avenue Northeast prior to 11:56 a.m. June 11. The estimated loss is $120.

Wallet whereabouts A window was damaged on, and a wallet was stolen from, a vehicle parked in the 5100 block of Issaquah-Pine Lake Road Southeast prior to 8:13 p.m. June 11. The estimated loss is unknown.

Assault Police arrested a 25-year-old Duvall man for assault in the 5600 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast at 11:23 p.m.

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Arrest Police arrested a 29-year-old North Bend man on a warrant in the 100 block of Front Street North at 2:15 p.m. June 13.

Bad reception Police responded to a possible theft in the 1900 block of 18th Place Northeast at 10:29 p.m. June 13, after a caller reported juveniles outside the home and heard them make contact with the residence.

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Driving under the influence Police arrested an 18-year-old Issaquah woman, Lauren Malik, for driving under the influence, being a minor in possession of alcohol and possession of marijuana at Highlands Drive Northeast and Northeast Federal Drive at 3:45 a.m. June 15.

Clean record Police responded to a disturbance at a business in the 100 block of First Avenue Southeast at 3:58 p.m. June 16. The officer encountered a drunken man and warned him about his behavior.

The man turned out to be doing laundry at the business as a paying customer. He told police he understood the warning.

Nosy neighbor Police responded to a woman in the 100 block of East Sunset Way at 6:03 p.m. June 16. She had observed guns inside her neighbor’s residence and photographed them. She asked police if the firearms might be illegal. Police said none of them appeared so.

Game over Video games were stolen in the 6000 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast prior to 6:04 p.m. June 16. The estimated loss is $299.95.

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On a morning in March, as Beaver Lake Middle School language arts and social studies teacher Karen Smith greeted students in the hallway, eight-grader Riley Griffiths stepped up and asked a question.

Griffiths, 14, whispered, “‘The trailer for ‘Super 8’ came out last night. Can we watch it in class this morning?’” Smith recalled.

“Super 8” — a summer blockbuster about a creature turned loose in a Rust Belt town — started filming not long after Griffiths started school at Beaver Lake.

Other students in Smith’s class realized Griffiths had left for a film shoot, but none understood the magnitude. Yet. The rapt class watched the “Super 8” trailer — and burst into laughter and cheers at the conclusion.

“The students were just so enthralled, and they were so happy for him,” Smith said.

Griffiths sent a tape to audition for the film months before his family relocated from Utah to Washington. Then, days after classes started at Beaver Lake, he came home from school — and faced the unexpected.

“My mom was standing by the door with the phone and she said, ‘Riley, J.J. Abrams just called.’ I almost fainted, I think,” he recalled. “I called J.J. and he asked me if I wanted to do the part and I

was like, ‘Heck yeah!’ I was trying to contain myself on the phone, and the second I pressed the end button, I started running around my house and jumping over my couches and yelling and screaming.”

So, Griffiths, plucked from ordinary teendom, traveled to Weirton, W.Va., a rusting steel mill town, for filming. The cast and crew then moved to a Los Angeles soundstage to shoot additional scenes.

Filming for “Super 8” ended just before Christmas. Griffiths returned to Beaver Lake in January.

“He was so humble about the movie — he was excited about it — but he was still an eighth-grade kid trying to fit in, trying to do well in school,” Smith said. “He handled it really well.”

Griffiths later invited students from Smith’s class to a “Super 8” preview at Lincoln Square in Bellevue. The teacher, a longtime Klahanie resident, described her former student as “totally grounded, just a normal kid” playing a high-wattage role.

Life imitates art In the film, Griffiths is Charles, a Steven Spielberg in training, or in a more appropriate comparison, a nascent Abrams.

Charles is the director, the figure behind the camera as the team films a zombie film within the film. In a memorable clip, Griffiths as Charles hollers “Production value!” to the team during a shoot.

“He’s very bossy. He’s production-value crazed,” Griffiths said, referring to the character. “He kind of puts up a tough front, but really, deep down inside, he’s really caring and he’s kind of a softie.”

Griffiths gained 30 pounds — by downing pasta and milkshakes aplenty — and grew longer hair for the role.

Since filming concluded, his face lost the cherubic roundness and he shot from 5 feet, 6 inches at the start of filming to almost 6 feet by the premiere.

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Actors Joel Courtney (left) and Issaquah resident Riley Griffiths discuss a scene with director J.J. Abrams before filming on the set of ‘Super 8.’

“I hit my growth spurt right after the movie, so it was kind of easy to shed that weight,” he said.

Like “Star Trek” and other Abrams’ productions, the script remained top secret and details had to be kept shielded, even from cast members’ families — and classmates.

“I just loved being onstage and I loved to make people laugh, so I just always wanted to do it,” Griffiths, now practiced at answering the same questions again and again from interviewers, said before a June 13 appearance on Conan O’Brien’s show.

The experience marked a monumental shift for Griffiths, a stage actor before Abrams came calling.

“With stage acting, you’re just trying to act to the back row. With film and everything, you’ve got to be so real, and you’ve got to hit your mark and you’ve got to eat a french fry at the right time and take a

step at the right time,” he said. “It was definitely very different, but you know, J.J. taught us so much about it. He just made us feel so comfortable on set, and it was really, really good.”

The young cast received tutoring on set and completed schoolwork together between takes. The experience offered education beyond textbooks, too.

“It was just pretty much just one big acting class for me,” he added.

Before Griffiths can embark on another film, freshman year at Skyline High School is next.

“It’s been pretty crazy. People are recognizing me on the street,” he said. “It’s also been better, because I’ve been getting scripts in and everything. It’s opened up a lot of doors for acting.”

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

Master Chorus Eastside summer concert celebrates America

By Emily Baer Issaquah Press intern

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aster Chorus Eastside kicks off the Fourth of July with its 13th annual All-American Independence Celebration in Issaquah’s historic Pickering Barn on June 26.

The chorus will perform American music of all styles, including early Americana pieces, frontier music, gospel and sing-alongs. Master Chorus Artistic Director and Conductor Dr. Linda Gingrich and several Chorus members will complement the musical arrangements with “tall tales,” Gingrich said.

She uses her signature commentary as a vehicle to help the audience connect with the concert.

“Commentary usually includes some historical information or information about how the composer may have come to write the piece,” she said. “I try to build the commentary into the form of a story to help the audience understand what they’re listening to.”

The theme of this year’s Independence Celebration, American Legends, provides a repertoire of songs and stories representing John Henry, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Chief Joseph and Davy Crockett.

Due to popular demand, the chorus will

offer two performances, at 3 and 7 p.m. In past years, the Independence Celebration has attracted more than 300 audience members.

“We’ve been doing this concert every year since 1999 and it just keeps growing in popularity,” Gingrich said. “We tried several different venues in the early years, but Pickering Barn is the perfect place for a down-home celebration like this.”

Gingrich began the chorus as a class through the Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department in 1991. Within four years and with the blessing of the parks department, the small, voluntary Issaquah Chorale developed into a nonprofit, 50person chorus for which people have to audition. Known for its “innovative and imaginative programming,” the chorus is one of the “premiere arts organizations in the Eastside,” according to its website.

The chorus presents a four-concert season, featuring American music, large orchestral works, a capella, multicultural explorations, jazz and Broadway classics, according to singer and chorus General Manager Laverta Dauterman.

The chorus performs primarily on the Eastside, but has appeared in Benaroya Hall, on the Argosy Christmas Ship and throughout Western Washington. The chorus was invited to the Jamestown anniver-

sary celebrations in 2007, appeared in the Lewis and Clark 200th anniversary celebrations on the Columbia River and twice in the Leavenworth Choral Festival, Dauterman said.

The chorus plays several roles on the Eastside, Gingrich said.

“We provide the arts to people that live on the Eastside,” she said. “We give people the opportunity to find music that is well performed here, near their homes.”

With the exception of rock ’n’ roll, the chorus boasts a wide repertoire of musical styles in order to appeal to a broad spectrum of tastes. It offers a musical outlet for community members who love to sing, and often hires orchestral accompaniment and soloists from the Eastside.

The majority of chorus members are Issaquah and Sammamish residents, though quite a few are from Bellevue and Redmond. Chorus members are not professional musicians, but have choral experience and basic music reading knowledge.

“You have to be very good to get in,” said Dan Anderson, bass singer and a chorus member of 18 years.

Anderson was in the Blue Jacket Choir and Blue Jacket Glee Club during his service in the United States Navy and later sang in the MIT Glee Club. He currently serves on the Village Theatre board of di-

rectors.

“I get tremendous satisfaction out of creating good music — it’s really world class,” Anderson said. “Objectively, our director is absolutely ingenious and really outstanding.”

Anderson was previously part of a Bellevue chorus.

“Before this group, rehearsals were tedious,” Anderson said. “I was just watching the clock and it wasn’t as fun as it should have been.”

Now, instead of keeping an eye on the clock, he said he is a little disappointed when rehearsal is over.

Chorus members “do music as an avocation, not a vocation,” Gingrich said.

“They’re just great people from the community who love to sing and explore lots of different musical styles. They take joy in tackling something that’s challenging.”

Gingrich is a longtime Issaquah resident. She attended Clark Elementary School and Issaquah Junior High School, and then graduated from Issaquah High School. She received her doctoral and master’s degrees in choral conducting from the University of Washington and her bachelor’s degree in voice from Cornish College of the Arts. She is a published composer and a member of the Ladies Musical Club.

Despite the group’s impressive résumé

IF YOU GO Master Chorus Eastside’s All-American Independence Celebration 3 and 7 p.m. June 26 Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W. Admission is $12 per person and $36 per family.

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and accomplished director, it doesn’t seem to garner the publicity it deserves, Anderson said.

“The Master Chorus has a lot less impact culturally and financially than it deserves,” Anderson said.

“I think even The Seattle Times thinks we are way out in the country, but you don’t get these invitations without a director that is super respected within the network of directors,” he added, regarding Jamestown and Vienna.

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