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Highlands residents hear developer’s plan for 1,800 housing units

School board OKs use of eminent domain to acquire Providence Heights property District will build high school, elementary school on 40-acre site By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com The Issaquah School Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to use eminent domain to acquire the 40-acre Providence Heights College property as a site for a new high school and a new elementary school. Issaquah School District officials who spoke during the school board’s meeting gave no indica-

The Issaquah School District will build a comprehensive high school and an elementary school on the Providence Heights College property.

tion whether any portion of the former divinity school campus, which opened in 1961, would be preserved. “I don’t think there is enough information right now other than to say it would be part of the review of the site,” said land use attorney Denise Stiffarm, representing the district. She later told board

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Traffic bond would cost owner of $500K home $165 per year

By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com Residents debated traffic congestion and school crowding during a July 13 open house where a developer revealed a proposal for a large-scale mixed-use project in the Issaquah Highlands along Ninth Avenue Northeast and Northeast Discovery Drive. Shelter Holdings took the unusual step of engaging the public early in the design process before filing any land-use applications with the city. The proposal for the development, named the High Street Collection, includes 1,800 housing units, senior housing, medical offices, over 300,000 square feet of retail space and 200 parking stalls for transit. Planners incorporated public recommendations received during a May 4 public meeting with residents, including a bowling alley, swimming pool and public areas. Roughly 70 residents attended the open house, many of whom appreciated the time the developer was taking to listen to the community, but they remained concerned about the impact of traffic more residential units would bring. See HIGHLANDS, Page 5

‘Gun-Tote Bandit’ wanted by FBI for takeover robbery of Issaquah bank By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com An armed takeover robbery July 13 of Washington Federal’s Issaquah branch at 855 Rainier Blvd. N. is the latest in four heists by a suspect authorities are calling the GunTote Bandit. King County Sheriff’s Office Detective Mike Mellis, working as a member of the FBI’s Safe Streets The suspect Task Force said known as the Gun-Tote Bandit the suspect is “always bringing is wanted for a gun and always the July 13 bringing his own robbery of bag.” Washington “He goes in Federal in with a gun and Issaquah. controls the clerks and customers during the robbery,” Mellis said. “We’re looking at this guy for several other robberies in the region since the beginning of May.”

The Issaquah Press The City Council was scheduled to vote July 18 on whether to send a $50 million Issaquah transportation bond to the Nov. 8 general election ballot. The bond would fund four projects the city says will help alleviate traffic congestion and improve safety for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. If approved by voters, the bond would be payable by excess annual property tax levies. The city estimates an annual property tax rate of 33 cents per $1,000 of assessed value over the 25-year life of the bonds. At that rate, the additional taxes on a home assessed at $500,000 would be $165 per year; at $600,000, the add-on would be $198 per year; and the owner of a $700,000 home would pay $231 more per year. According to King County records, the average appraised value of a residential property in Issaquah as of January 2016 was approximately $605,000. The four projects that would be funded by the bond are:

Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@isspress.com

Search dog Artoo and his owner Joan Hitchner (left) are shown during a training session last month at Snoqualmie Point Park. Artoo’s challenge was to locate Mathew Gilson (right), who was hiding under tarps in the forest a few hundred yards away from where Hitchner and Artoo began their search.

Man’s best friend — and a lost hiker’s, too

Dedicated local search dogs ready to assist at a moment’s notice By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Superman’s cape is red, Batman’s is black, but Artoo, a local mutt with heroic tendencies of his own, goes with a faded orange vest that has seen better days. Issaquah resident Joan Hitchner slips the wellworn garment over her 3-year-old dog’s neck, pulling it down and straightening it out over his torso. The side of the vest should say Search Dog, but the S is long gone, a testament to wear and tear over the years. Hitchner commiserates with Artoo, a herding dog mix, for a moment, before he jets across a small, grassy alley in downtown North Bend. He finds something in a box under a tarp and returns to tell

Hitchner. The duo then rushes to the scene where they successfully free a volunteer hidden in the enclosed space. What follows is a boisterous chorus of compliments for Artoo on a job well done. “At that point, it’s all play, play, play, and a big party, because it’s all a big game for the dogs,” Hitchner explained. This was only a demonstration, but the real game is a serious one for King County Search Dogs, an all-volunteer group that helps find missing people. Whether it’s a lost hiker or a person that simply walked away from his or her neighborhood, the dogs and their handlers put in hundreds of training

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ON THE WEB The City Council meeting referred to in this story was held after The Issaquah Press went to press. Please go online to issaquahpress.com for the latest updates on this story.

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One 87-year-old home to come down, 93 residences to go up By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com

This is the larger of two buildings that will make up the Inneswood Apartments complex on Newport Way Northwest at Northwest Juniper Street.

See ROBBERY, Page 5

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Site preparation work is underway on two multi-family residential buildings that will add 93 housing units along Newport Way Northwest at Northwest Juniper Street. The developer, Inneswood Estates LLC, plans to construct a roundabout at the intersection of Newport and Juniper instead of paying traffic mitigation fees to the city. The new development

will consist of one large sixstory building containing 74 apartments and 12 townhomes with two levels of parking on the bottom floors. A second smaller four-story building will contain six apartments and one townhouse with a single story of parking on the ground floor. Inneswood Estates LLC bought three parcels of land, two west of Newport Way where the residential See RESIDENCES, Page 8 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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City is 2,500 units short of its affordable-housing target

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housing waitlists across the Eastside. In Issaquah there are 652 households on the Rising rents are outpacing waitlist for Rose Crest at wages, making it difficult for Talus. many Issaquah residents to According to data from find affordable housing in the real estate website Zilthe city. low.com, medium rent in Issaquah is far from fulfill- Issaquah jumped 16 percent ing its goal of making 3,500 from the beginning of 2011 housing units affordable to to the end of 2014, from low-income or very-low$1,990 to $2,306 per month. income earners, according While median income to the latest data available increased only 2 percent, from the city. Currently from $87,038 to $88,770 a more than 2,500 additional year, during the same time units are needed to meet period, according to data the target the city adopted. from the American Family Issaquah is not alone — the Survey. entire Eastside is strugRider said 35 percent, gling to meet the demand or 4,500 households in of affordable housing for Issaquah, are considered low-income and very-lowhousing-cost burdened, income earners. spending more than 30 “Family homelessness is percent of their income at a rate we have never seen on housing. Almost 2,000 before,” said Kelly Rider, households are paying more government relations and than 50 percent of their policy director at the Housincome on housing. ing Development ConsorThese families are untium Seattle-King County. able to save for a rainy day, At of the end of last year, and a health crisis or an Imagine Housing had 2,643 unexpected car repair can households on affordable put these families at risk of

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“There is always going to be an unmet need. Housing is not a solvable problem, but a problem we can put more resources toward.” -Keith Niven

the past decade as general fund revenues in East King County increased 50 percent, and the population increased 25 percent while, as a percentage of general fund revenue, contributions for affordable housing decreased more than 10 percent from 2007 to 2016.” Very-low-income earners are defined as those earnCity of Issquah’s economic and ing 30 percent of the King development services director County area median income or less. People who earn between 31 and 50 percent homelessness. of King County’s area meMany families are forced dian income are considered to move out of Issaquah, low-income and moderatesometimes as far away as income is defined as people Cle Elum. Rider said long earning 51 to 80 percent of work commutes leave work- the area’s median income. ers with less time to spend Issaquah is very close with their families or partici- to achieving its target of pate in community activi2,400 units affordable for ties, while at the same time moderate-income earners, increasing road congestion. fulfilling 94 percent of the “When employees are city’s goal. able to live close to their Rider said it’s harder to work, they are more likely meet the demand of low-into reinvest their wages back come and very-low-income into the community,” Rider affordable housing. said. “When they live else“There is always gowhere, the wages are being ing to be an unmet need,” earned in one community said Keith Niven, the city’s but invested elsewhere.” economic and development Issaquah is member of A services director. “Housing SUPPORT INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY Regional Coalition for Hous- is not a solvable problem, JOURNALISM. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. ing (ARCH), which in May but a problem we can put Call 425-392-6434 asked cities to increase their resources toward.” or visit us online at issaquahpress.com affordable housing budget. During a City Council CHARLES.NO-PROOF.IP.CMYK PDFto 0626 RVZ “Over According ARCH, work session July 11, city

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staff members presented the council a three-year review of the Central Issaquah Plan. No new residential units were added between the beginning of 2013 and the end of 2015 to the central Issaquah area. Land Development Manager Lucy Sloman said she was concerned no affordable housing was added in the first three years of the plan. Almost 1,000 new housing units are currently in the pipeline for the central part of the city, though none will be affordable housing. Councilmember Bill Ramos said the lack of new affordable housing was a critical missing piece in the implementation of the plan. “This plan was to allow a lot of things to happen, to have flexibility,” Ramos said during the meeting. “I want to get the vision more defined and allow less flexibility and require more of the things we really want.” The city is in the beginning stages of developing a housing strategy that could involve policy changes. One of the changes the council is considering is the affordable housing density bonus program. “We need to do more,” Niven said. “We feel that we are losing ground.”

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Public weighs in on Issaquah-Fall City Road design options About 200 people showed up for the City of Sammamish’s second community workshop regarding Issaquah-Fall City Road improvements July 13. The city presented five phase-one design options for the section of Issaquah-Fall City Road from 242nd Avenue Southeast to Klahanie Drive Southeast. The road improvements are designed to ease traffic congestion problems during peak hours, when more than 1,800 cars use the road. All of the design options presented included a buffered bike lane, a sidewalk, an “amenity zone” between sidewalk and street, enhanced landscaping and lighting. The designs varied on which of the three intersections involved — 242nd Avenue Southeast, 247th Place Southeast and Klahanie Drive Southeast — would receive a roundabout, traffic light or neither. It also varied on the number of lanes between each intersection. The cost of the five designs ranges from $14.9 million to $18.8 million. All of the designs include

FIVE OPTIONS FOR DESIGN OF ISSAQUAH-FALL CITY ROAD See this story online at issaquahpress.com to see visuals of the designs described here.

Design 1 4Roundabout at each of the three intersections 4Four lanes between 242nd Avenue Southeast and Klahanie Drive Southeast

Design 2 4Two-way stop at 242nd (as it is today) 4Roundabouts at 247th Place Southeast and Klahanie Drive 4Five lanes between 242nd and 247th 4Four lanes between 247th and Klahanie Drive

Design 3 4Two-way stop at 242nd (as it is today)

right-of-way impacts, meaning some private property would be sacrificed for the road. The plans would impact up to 0.87 of an acre of private land. Every plan would require removal of mature trees, some more than others. The city is doing everything thing it can to reduce the impacts to the environment and trees, Senior Project Engineer Sam Park said. No plans would affect the Klahanie Perimeter Trail. The city also presented three different designs for the bridge over the North Fork of

4Traffic signal at 247th 4Roundabout at Klahanie Drive 4Five lanes between 242nd and 247th 4Four lanes between 247th and Klahanie Drive

Design 4 4Two-way stop at 242nd (as it is today) 4Roundabout at 247th 4Traffic signal at Klahanie Drive 4Five lanes between each intersection

Design 5 4Two-way stop at 242nd (as is) 4Traffic signals at 247th and Klahanie Drive 4Five lanes between each intersection

Issaquah Creek. A metal arch culvert or three-sided concrete box culvert would be about 20 feet wide, take less than a week to build, and cost between $168,000 and $249,000. A precast concrete

slab bridge would take three to four months to build and cost up to $905,000. “I felt like people were passionate about the options that they prefer,” Park said about the meeting. “It’s good to see

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that people in the community were interested.” Some people were more vocal with their opinions of the designs, while others voiced their opinions privately to city officials, Park said. For example, one man insisted during the public comment period that he’d never seen a bicycle use the road, so bicycle lanes were unnecessary. People came up to Park later in the workshop to tell him they had ridden their bikes on it, Park said. Steve Jamison, lead pastor at Eastridge Church, said that leaving the 242nd Avenue Southeast intersection as is, or putting a roundabout there, would not be an effective plan. The church’s main entrance/exit is at the 242nd

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Avenue Southeast intersection. Besides normal church services, Eastridge hosts large events at its facility. “Have you ever seen a roundabout in front of an event center?” Jamison asked during the workshop. Many public comments submitted to the city online reflected Jamison’s views and called for a stoplight in front of the church. Police officers currently direct traffic outside the church on weekends. At the workshop July 13, attendees walked around and put small stickers on the designs that they preferred. The city and consulting firm EnviroIssues will quantify the interest expressed in each design and were to present their findings to the Sammamish City Council July 18.

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OPINION

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

New reporter comes to Trailhead City via Windy City

SCOTT STODDARD Press editor

ou may have noticed a new byline atop stories in The Issaquah Press over the last few weeks. We officially welcome Lizz Giordano as a full-time member of our reporting staff this week, but she has been a dedicated contributor of freelance stories and photos to our newspaper and website for more than a month now. You’ve likely seen her coverage of the City of Issaquah’s transportation bond, conflict over development on Issaquah-Pine Lake Road and her pro-

file of Boehm’s Candies owner Bernard Garbusjuk. In December, Giordano earned her master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism — one of the nation’s finest journalism schools — and moved here from Chicago earlier this year. Now she’s covering politics, growth and more for The Issaquah Press and our sister newspaper in Sammamish. “I’m looking forward to covering how eastern King County handles growth,” Giordano said. “Planning for the future

OFF THE PRESS

Sound of the forest is only music you need

ike so many The worst part: The other transculprit’s taste in music plants, the is always so bad. mountains, If you can’t bear to lakes, tall trees leave your precious and all-around breathjams at home, why not takingly lush landscape spare fellow hikers and of the Pacific Northwest just use headphones? drew me from the MidPerhaps I should west. I’m always discovtake some of the blame. ering new mountains Instead of politely pointLIZZ as the light changes, ing out the social faux GIORDANO revealing peaks I hadn’t pas of blasting music Press reporter noticed before. in the woods, I fume Back in Chicago, silently and hurry past escaping the flat and monotonous the offenders. Then I proceed scenery required a long drive to complain loudly to my hiking north into Michigan or Wisconsin. companions in the hopes the passIf I was lucky and had a couple ing hikers get the hint (if they can days off work, Minnesota was even hear it). within reach. But in Washington, I don’t think I am being something new is always around unreasonable. I’m not expecting the next bend in the road — uneveryone to hike in complete less I hear it coming first. I’ve silence with only the sounds of already hiked Tiger Mountain, nature to be heard. But with more Mount Si, Heather Lake, Cougar and more people venturing into Mountain and Bandera Mountain the forests each weekend, trails in the short time I’ve been here. are becoming highways packed These escapes into nature are a with hikers. Solitude is becoming much-needed break from all the a scarce luxury. A balance must chaos and noise of everyday life. be struck between those who As the city politics reporter for want to enjoy their hike with both The Issaquah Press and the music with those looking for Sammamish Review, I’m cona way to escape the racket of stantly balancing several stories urbanization. from both cities. My job rarely That balance is headphones: allows for a moment of silence in cheap and light. And when atmy own head. Hiking through the tached to an iPod or cell phone, lush fern forests, which always they offer a much higher quality remind me of a prehistoric past, I of sound than a portable boombox get lost in my thoughts. any day. I’ve noticed not everyone venWhenever this rant bubbles up tures into the wilderness for quiet again after a hike in the woods, time. Some hikers use trails as an I always ask myself, as Principal extension of their gym. Their porSkinner of “The Simpsons” once table boomboxes belt out songs I did, “Am I so out of touch? No, it’s have to suffer through, destroying the children who are wrong.” my weekly chance at solitude. Whatever happened to leave Email reporter Lizz Giordano no trace? This noise carries well at lgiordano@isspress.com. after the offending hikers have Twitter: @lizzgior passed me by. Those twangy, horrible-soundOff The Press is a weekly column ing speakers separate anyone by members of The Issaquah Press within hearing distance from the news staff. It does not necessarily very surroundings they are trying represent the editorial views of to appreciate. the newspaper.

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is an opportunity for a community to think about what it values. And I’m excited to do this at The Issaquah Press and Sammamish Review, where I am surrounded by a group of people dedicated to their role as watchdogs for the community.” Giordano is also a very talented photographer. She did a fantastic job capturing Garbusjuk’s dedication to excellence at Boehm’s, and her recent online slideshow of goats grazing on the slopes of the Issaquah Highlands has been one of our most-viewed posts over

the past few weeks. “I’ve always been interested in photography,” she said. “And photography’s all about capturing a moment, and in a way that’s what journalism is about, too. Send story ideas and news tips to Giordano at lgiordano@isspress.com. You can reach her by phone at 425392-6434, extension 234. Email Press editor Scott Stoddard at sstoddard@isspress.com. Twitter: @scottstoddard Facebook: facebook.com/presseditor

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ur story about 93 apartments and townhomes going up on a Newport Way Northwest tract of land that previously was the site for one single-family home drew ire from most of the Facebook users and online commenters who chose to share their opinions. Here’s a selection of those comments from both issaquahpress.com and facebook.com/issaquahpress. The story, which also notes the developer will pay for a roundabout at Newport and Northwest Juniper Street, is on the front page of this edition. I live just past there on Newport, and there are times it takes 10 minutes to get down this section to my driveway because of the traffic on this stretch (without traffic 1 minute or 2). A roundabout is not going to help this situation. Especially the way roundabouts are done in this city/area. ... I’m about done with Issaquah. So sad, as I’ve always loved this little area.

I just saw the sign go up and read it today. Nearly got in a wreck when I saw what it said. Are they crazy??? I live 2 miles from Safeway and during rush hour, it takes 20 minutes to get home down Newport because of traffic to Highway 18. This will cause the worst backup ever. A roundabout will do nothing to mitigate the number of cars. How sad.

I call this whole area “L.A. North”— green hillsides carved into condos and ticky-tacky “villages.” Traffic a nightmare any day, any time. Gave up doing routine shopping in Issaquah years ago because it’s just another asphalt ’burb now. Yuck.

Celeste Fogleman

Erika Peterson

I understand that the Issaquah area has been designated a high-density area within King County and unfortunately that is prompting an incredible growth spurt in housing that fits the highdensity requirements, but this is causing two major issues in my opinion: 1) you are KILLING the small-town vibe that attracted many of us to this area. And 2) you are not in any way dealing with the already-horrible traffic that increases in population density has caused. SR900 and IssaquahHobart are parking lots almost every rush hour (with or without school being in session) and no amount of traffic circles are going to fix that. Those two roads cause backups on all of the surrounding feeder and bypass roads — and again, traffic circles are not going to fix that. I’m truly saddened by these changes.

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I liked the small town charm of Issaquah when I bought my place years ago. I was concerned about the traffic even back then. I live blocks away from the new Gilman Boulevard apartments and now this one, also. Traffic in my area will be an even bigger NIGHTMARE! If I wanted to live in a big city I’d live in Seattle. This is absurd!!!!

Jo Anna Grover via Facebook

It took me 15 minutes to get down Newport to my place past Issaquah Valley Elementary. A roundabout isn’t going to fix that. 93 units is going to make it way worse. Nice job.

Kyle Kittelman via Facebook

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What a beautiful monstrosity. With the glut of apartment homes in Issaquah we should be among one of the cheapest places to live in the whole of Puget Sound — right?

Bryan Weinstein

via issaquahpress.com Why are the MONSTER buildings being allowed when traffic and the impact of this many more people will further choke the small town out of this area? As soon as I can, I am moving. The City Council cares nothing for the residents, only the money that they see from these huge apartment houses. They don’t fit in with what has already been built here. As a lifelong resident of this town, I am disgusted with what is happening to my hometown.

Didn’t anyone know? Issaquah is the new Bellevue.

Joyce Hiatt

Erika Marie Guernsey

The city is starting to rely on roundabouts as a cure-all, but these are just small Band-Aids that cost the developers little to build. The truth is, a clogged roundabout is still just a clogged roundabout at the end of the day.

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You know, the people who lived here before most of you moved here likely thought the same way about your home being built.

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I live just across from Issaquah Valley Elementary. It’s already a nightmare getting home in the evening. And I feel so sorry for the wildlife that lived on this hill. The deer are already crossing Newport Way to find another habitat and cars are not being too friendly sometimes.

Carol Lopez

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City Council vote against Southeast Bypass cemented commuting gridlock on Front Street The July 14 edition of The Issaquah Press had an article that addressed a study of Issaquah-Hobart Road, and the City Council is to vote to spend funds for this action. Well, folks, remember the time spent studying the Southeast Bypass years ago? Had the City Council not canceled the bypass, Front Street would not now be a parking lot at times. In addition, the Front Street construction underway now seems to spend a lot of cash just for creating jobs and no improvement to help the traffic problem.

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OBITUARIES Sally Low Sally A. Low, 85, of Epping, N.H., and formerly of Issaquah, died on July 9, 2016. She was born in Bristol, Conn., on Sally Low April 13, 1931, to her parents Wilbur Hoadley and Myrtle Corson. Her family moved to Northwood, N.H., where she graduated from Coe-Brown Northwood Academy as valedictorian, 1949; UNH B.A., 1953; UNH M.Ed., 1962. Small of stature but large in spirit, she inspired hundreds of students over her 32 years of teaching. She retired to Issaquah in 1986. Volunteering at Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, her many visiting pets, costumes and songs entertained everyone. She was active in the Issaquah Singers, Issaquah Senior Center and was a mail courier for the City of Issaquah offices. Her whistling could be heard around town long before she arrived. She enjoyed reading, singing, whistling, horseback riding and all sports. A high point in her life was attending all three of the Triple Crown horse races. She is predeceased by her beloved husband of 42 years, Robert A. Low, and her brother, Wilbur Hoadley Jr. She is survived by her daughter Sarah E. Low of Newmarket, N.H., daughter Emily J. Low and husband Kevin Hall of Epping, N.H., sister Fay Crandall of Wethersfield, Conn., sister Janet Simpson of Pembroke, N.H., brother David Hoadley and wife Janice of Epsom, N.H., brother Ronald Hoadley and wife Donna of Pittsfield, N.H., and numerous nieces and nephews. Donations, in her memory, may be made to King County/Seattle Humane Society.

Frank and Jacki Holy

Frank and Jacki Holy Frank and Jacki Holy of Wilbur, Wash., have gone home together to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Frank was born in Minneapolis to Frank and Helen (nee Heinrich) Holy Sr. Jacki was born in Minneapolis to Robert S. and Rose H. (nee Hess) Braun. They met in 1951 in Mount Vernon, Wash., where Frank was serving in the Navy and Jacki worked as a secretary for the government. They discovered they were both from the Minneapolis area and began dating. They were married Oct. 10, 1953, in Minneapolis. This was the start of 62 beautiful years together. In 1959, they moved to Renton. Frank worked for Farmers Insurance Group and rose from sales agent to district manager. Jacki was a homemaker and active in modeling, toastmistress group and performing in little theater. In 1971, they moved the family to Issaquah and Jacki entered politics, serving on the Issaquah City Council. In 1978, they moved to Wilbur for a quieter life in the country where Frank could go duck hunting all season long, which was his lifelong hobby. He was also a volunteer with the Wilbur Emergency Fund. Jacki served as mayor of Wilbur, earned her pilot’s license, and was a saleswoman for the Vernon Company. They were members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church

where they were both eucharistic ministers and Jacki sang in the choir. They retired in 1993 and became snowbirds between Wilbur and Yuma, Ariz. Frank continued to hunt every fall and Jacki stayed busy booking her own shows as a musical performer singing and playing her keyboard. In their last year of life they moved to Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, to be closer to home and the medical care Frank needed. Frank experienced two strokes and suffered from prostate cancer. He was under hospice care at the time of his death. He was 87 years old. Jackie died unexpectedly from a sudden cardiac event. She was 86 years old. They were an inseparable couple in life and in death passing away just eight weeks apart. Frank and Jacki are survived by their five children, Jeff Holy, Kim Ebel, Melissa Holy, Tammi Douglas and Nate Holy, their spouses and 9 grandchildren. Jacki is survived by her three sisters, Virginia Prussman, Doris Finn and Barbara Huber. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother Hildagarde Holy, brother Edward Holy and sister Carol Theis. Jacki was preceded in death by her parents. The graveside service will take place on Friday, July 29, at 1:30 p.m. at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, Wash., with Fr. Kenny St. Hilaire presiding. A memorial service will be held the following day (Saturday, July 30) at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wilbur, Wash., at 11 a.m., with a reception following in the church basement. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Altar Society located at P.O. Box 106, Wilbur, WA 99185 or the Wilbur Emergency Fund, 116 SW Regent, Wilbur, WA 99185. Please feel free to visit Frank and

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The developer presented traffic numbers that showed there would be roughly 700 fewer peak evening trips with a mixed-use development than the estimated 2,370 peak evening trips if the land was developed for commercial use. “For them (Shelter Holdings) to say it will have minimal impact on traffic is an obfuscation of the truth,” Issaquah Highlands resident Jitendra Vats said. Vats called the plan counter to the spirit of the Issaquah Highlands, pointing to the lack of a large central park in the design. According to Gary Young with Shelter Holdings, in the current design about 20 percent of land will remain open space. The L-shaped piece of land, formerly owned by Microsoft, is currently zoned for commercial use. Microsoft sold the land in October 2013 for $54 million. Originally the Highlands was

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Attendees of an open house hosted by Shelter Holdings inspect plans for the High Street Collection, a proposed development in the Issaquah Highlands, at Blakely Hall on July 13. planned to be a live, work and play community, though the work portion of the equation never evolved. If Shelter Holdings does go forward with its plans, it will need City Council approval to rezone the roughly 22-acre property for

residential use. “We don’t have the infrastructure to support it,” said Issaquah Highlands resident Andy Leon. “The school (Grand Ridge) has been overcrowded since it opened,” his wife, Kari Leon, quickly added.

Front Street crossing work will sideline historic trolley for next three weekends

prevalent contributing factors of foodborne illness or injury. One red critical violation equals an unsatisfactory inspection. County environmental health specialists work with operators to make sure these violations are corrected before they leave the establishment. Blue violations: Low-risk factors are preventive measures to control the addition of pathogens, chemicals, and physical objects into foods. 435 or more red violation points require a

reinspection within 14 days. 490 or more red violation points or 120 total violation points (red and blue) require closure of the establishment. Bai Tong Restaurant 1520 Highlands Dr. NE July 8: Return inspection, 35 red, 5 blue Szechuan Bean Flower Restaurant 525 NW Locust St. July 5: Routine inspection, 10 red, 10 blue

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three weekends. The trolley is scheduled to resume operation on Aug. 13, according to Jake Olsen-Jacobsen, a trolley motorman and member of the all-volunteer Issaquah Valley Trolley group.

Reconstruction of the railroad crossing at Front Street North near Northwest Dogwood Street will force the Issaquah Valley Trolley to remain in its barn for the next

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Paul R. Eberts, professor emeritus of rural sociology at Cornell University, died at his home in Issaquah on June 23, 2016. He was 84. Professor Eberts had moved from Ithaca, N.Y., to Washington state in 2008 to be close to his granddaughter. Paul was born in Wheeling, W.Va., in 1932, the second child of Harry W. Eberts and the former Marie Hofreuter. Paul played baseball for Wheeling High School and basketball for an AAU team. After graduating, Paul followed his older brother Harry to Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, where, instead of sports, he chose to sing in the concert choir. After Heidelberg, Paul again followed Harry, this time to Yale Divinity School. At Yale, Paul was a student of Richard Niebuhr, whose writings would remain dear to Paul throughout his life. After Yale, Paul earned a Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Michigan. There he was a student of Amos Hawley, whom he always considered to have influenced his thinking profoundly. After Michigan, Paul began his career at Cornell University in the rural sociology department. Paul’s work at Cornell focused on rural community development in New York state. He was proud to have been invited to speak on community development by leaders in every rural county in the state. At the invitation of New York State’s Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Paul wrote a book on socioeconomic trends and wellbeing indicators. Along with his colleague Kris Merschrod, Paul continued to update this book into the 21st century. The Legislative

Commission on Rural Resources says that Paul’s publications continue to be requested. Throughout his sociology career, Paul always attended the annual Rural Sociological Society meetings every August. Paul presented a paper at those meetings every year for 40 years. Among his proudest achievements at Cornell was helping to found CaRDI, the Community and Regional Development Institute. Paul returned to his basketball career later in life, playing with friends in Ithaca and forming a team (the Owls) that competed in the New York State Senior Games and also at the National Senior Games, where the Owls won gold twice. Paul played in his final Games with the Owls in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2009. After retiring from Cornell, Paul relocated to Washington state to live near his granddaughter. In Washington, Paul returned to his biblical studies. He wrote four books with his brother Harry W. Eberts Jr. on the early Jesus movement. Paul also enjoyed participating in a monthly colloquium on issues in Christianity at Seattle University. In the last weeks of his life, Paul was pleased to receive many visitors from near and far. He died at home, surrounded by his family. Paul is survived by his wife, Helene Moran Eberts, who was his partner for nearly 40 years. He is also survived by his former wife Ellie of Rochester, N.Y., his brother Harry of Kalamazoo, Mich., his stepdaughter Amy Vigorita, and granddaughter Calliope. Paul’s daughter Karen died before him in 2005. Memorial services are planned for Issaquah, Wheeling, W.Va., and Ithaca, N.Y. Friends are invited to view photos, get directions and share memories in the family’s online guest book at flintofts.com.

Andy Leon wants the land to stay zoned commercial. “We already have enough land for residential use,” Leon said. “All the amenities would be great, but that comes with the residential part.” Eric Evans of Shelter Holdings said residential units are needed to support retail. “If you look at Kirkland and some urban areas in Seattle, retail came along after housing was established,” Evans said. He called The High Street Collection a “wonderful opportunity to build on the heart of Issaquah.” “I was impressed,” said Christy Garrard, executive director of the Highlands Council. “The developer clearly made an effort to hear what comments were made in the May 4 meeting and incorporate them into the plans.” Garrard does share residents’ concerns about the impact the development could have on schools and traffic. After the developer dropped the number of proposed housing units to 1,800 from 2,500 between meetings, Garrard questioned what the real number of

residential spaces the developers would ultimately decide on. “What they are asking for in terms of accommodation from the city will be interesting to watch,” Garrard said of the developer’s quest to rezone the property. Garrard wants to see something remarkable on the piece of land. She wants people from outside the community to say: “Have you seen what they have done in Issaquah?” Keith Niven, Issaquah’s economic and development services director, said in past meetings city staff members had told Shelter Holdings they didn’t think the Highlands community wanted more residential development. City planners encouraged Shelter Holdings to engage the public by holding open houses. “It was our way to change the conversation with the property owner,” Niven said. Niven said the Highlands and Talus have absorbed most of Issaquah’s recent growth. In the last 15 years over 4,000 units have been built in the Highlands and Talus areas, with very little happening on the valley floor, Niven said.

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Robbery

RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS Inspections were performed July 4-10 by Public Health, Seattle and King County. A food establishment inspection is only a snapshot of the operation during a limited time. Readers should look at more than one inspection (view inspection reports online at theeastside.news/ inspections) to get a better idea of the overall operation. Red violations: High-risk factors are improper practices or procedures identified as the most

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The suspect is considered armed and dangerous, said Rob Matuszewski of the FBI’s Seattle field office. Matuszewski said the FBI believes the suspect may be responsible for three earlier robberies at KeyBank branches in Maple Valley on July 7, in the Renton Highlands on May 31 and in Burien on May 4. The robber is described as a white or mixed-race male in his 20s, approximately 6 feet tall and very thin. The robber always wears a mask, “scaring the clerks by pointing a gun at them,” Mellis said.

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Mellis said the Issaquah robbery happened at 9:15 a.m. Anyone with information regarding the suspect is asked to contact the FBI’s Seattle Field Office at 206-622-0460 of Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound at 1-800-2228477. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the individual involved. Callers to Crime Stoppers may remain anonymous. “Issaquah repeatedly gets bank robberies,” Mellis said. “Sometimes, they’re just note jobs, but the armed robberies like this one are rare.” In January, authorities arrested 28-year-old Nicholas J. Nelson of North Bend, who they believe was tied to seven Issaquah bank robberies from February 2014 to December 2015.

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School board approves $150 million in bond sales By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com The Issaquah School Board authorized at its meeting July 13 the first $150 million batch of bond sales as part of the voter-approved $533 million construction and maintenance bond in April. As the administration worked with Piper Jaffray to sell the bonds, Jake Kuper, district chief of finance and

operations, said the school district was a beneficiary of fortuitous timing. “This morning we had the pleasure of entering the bond market at historically low rates,” Kuper reported to the board members. Trevor Carlson of Piper Jaffray explained the goal when entering negotiations with investors was to sell bonds in a sufficient dollar amount to deposit $150 million into the

capital projects fund. “A sizable portion of the authorization allows the district to move in an aggressive manner to lock in historically low borrowing costs,” he summarized. Carlson praised the administration’s staff for its handling of the budget, which secured Issaquah a AAA rating with Moody’s and AA+ with Standard and Poor’s. Another contributing factor

in locking in a record low rate was the recent vote by Great Britain to leave the European Union, known as Brexit, which caused a dramatic drop in interest rates. The result was Issaquah receiving a 2.66 percent interest rate for its bond sales. “Historically, we have been happy if the interest rates were in the threes,” Carlson said. Kuper added his own

amazement secured for the school district. “So it is rather amazing we’re borrowing nearly $135 million for average length of 14 years for 2.6 percent. It’s a phenomenal interest rate. We hit a very good spot in market,” he said. Carlson explained the amounts sold and secured asking, “How are we depositing $150 million when we’re only selling $135 million in

bonds? In today’s environment, investors are willing to pay more than face value for the bonds,” he said. “They are willing to pay more than $100 today for a bond that matures at $100 because we’re offering a semiannual coupon rate that is arguably higher than the market.” The $150 million in funds will be deposited around July 28 at the King County Treasurer’s office, Carson said.

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ON THE WEB Learn more about the King County Search Dogs at kcsearchdogs.org.

hours each year so they’re prepared when it comes time to save a life.

Hitchner said. “Your mind is going a mile a minute when you get that call.”

The search The group’s most recent success story came in June, when the search dogs helped locate a father and son from Germany who were stuck in cliffs west of Snoqualmie Pass. The call came at 4 a.m. and the group gathered at the Mason Lake Trailhead at about 6 a.m., said Josh Gerstman, King County Search Dogs’ public information officer. They entered the field at about 6:30 a.m. and searched trails and nearby lakes. “At about 10 a.m. the dogs had some interest in a certain area and that’s when we were able to establish voice contact with the missing hikers, and then we brought other teams in to help them climb out of this real steep area,” Gerstman said. The search dogs are often called out to find hikers lost on the state’s vast trail network, but they also respond to reports of people missing closer to home. “A lot of the people that we search for are people with Alzheimer’s or dementia who just walk away from neighborhoods,” Gerstman said. Some dogs are also trained to search from boats and in avalanche conditions. King County Search Dogs specializes in two main types of search activities: airscent and trailing. Trailing dogs follow the route a specific person has taken in urban, rural and wilderness settings by discriminating the unique smell of the search subject from other people. Airscent dogs, such as Artoo, look for any human in a wilderness or park environment. Handlers must take into account environmental factors such as weather and terrain to put their dogs in the best position to track the scent, Hitchner said. “We as the handlers, we try to be the brains of the operation,” she said. “We have to go, ‘OK, I have this area, the

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It’s not easy to join the King County Search Dogs. The group’s turnover is low, so they only accept new members about every two years. Dogs need to be fit and have a lot of drive, Hitchner said. Sporting and herding breeds work best. The group has a number of German shepherds and Labrador retrievers. “They can’t be a dog that Photos by Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@isspress.com just wants to be a couch Labrador retriever Del, a search dog owned by Don Clausen of North Bend, discovers Joan Hitchner during a training exercise at Snoqualmie potato,” she said. The handler has to Point Park last month. Del’s reward for his successful search was a game of fetch with a rope toy. have certain qualities, too, Gerstman said. “Is their life organized in a way that they can dedicate hundreds of volunteer hours to this? Do they have the time to drop everything and respond to a mission?” Gerstman asked. “We also want to see that they are proficient at using a map and a compass and being able to navigate their way through the forest.” It typically takes more than a year for a dog and its handler to be fully trained to participate in the active Search dog Artoo heads into the forest at Snoqualmie Point Park for Natick, a search dog owned by Josh Gertsman, is ready to play after missions team. a training exercise with his owner Joan Hitchner. discovering Mathew Gilson during a training exercise. But all of that is worth it when you see the relieved face of a family member wind’s blowing across at this Training “There’s a certain notify him or her. Artoo does reunited with a lost loved way, there’s this kind of terThose search skills require technique to being a good this by pulling on a tennis one, Hitchner said. rain that might impact how hours upon hours of training. hider for a dog,” Gerstman ball strapped to Hitchner’s “This was a perfect blend the scent is moving through In 2015, Hitchner and added. “Not only do you have belt. Then the dog leads of where I could be doing the area,’ and so we need to Artoo logged more than 400 to hide well, and know how to the handler to the missing something with my dog, position our dog in the optitraining hours. react when the dog finds you, person. getting exercise and seeing mum place so we can work The group meets weekly but when the dog comes back It’s essentially a big game interesting places while doing back and forth through the to train at area parks and with its handler and gets its of hide-and-seek, Hitchner something that was helping area where they can pick up trailheads. The handlers reward, you want to be a said. my community,” she said. the scent.” take turns hiding out in the really excited subject. “I think we all probably The most important thing In 2015, King County wilderness for hours as the “A guy like me has to learn didn’t get enough hide-andthe public can do to help the Search Dogs had 34 misdogs come looking for them. to be like ‘Yay, good dog, good seek as kids,” she joked. King County Search Dogs is sions, 25 unique responders, “It’s actually wonderful,” dog,’ because we need to All of the training pays stay safe, Hitchner said. and 1,059 mission hours. Hitchner said of hiding. “I keep the dogs excited. This is off when they get the call, Whenever you go outside to The group will well surpass work all week long and to be all a big game for them.” sometimes in the middle of enjoy the region’s wilderness, those marks in 2016, with 28 able to just get assigned to go Once the volunteer is well- the night, to assist in a real let someone know where search missions, 23 unique out in the woods and to just hidden, the off-leash dog goes situation. you’re going and when you responders and a total of sit there, maybe with a tarp, on the search. After the dog “The heart rate and the will return. Have a plan for 1,302.5 total mission hours as and just look up at the sky. finds the person, the canine adrenaline is definitely where you’re going and be of July 10. It’s a wonderful downtime.” rushes back to the handler to pumping at that point,” prepared. It’s always better to hike with friends and stay together. If there’s a problem, Family Owned stay put. It’s easier to find Presenting an Name: 16748/Marlows Fine Jewelry Estate Jewelry people if they stay in one Exclusive Collection place. & Gem Fair Width: 53p0 of Estate Jewelry & 1440 NW Gilman BLVD #4 “A lot of times, when we’re Rare Exotic Gems Issaquah, WA 98027 Depth: 1 in July 22-23 called out, the situation was From Around the Meadows QFC Center NEIL.ePROOF.IP.CMYK. On Page: 6 preventable,” Hitchner said. World. Event Hours 9am-6pm Facing Countryside Floral RVS 0707 LAM. RVS2 0711 LAM. RVS4 0713 LAM. 30.15855.THUR.0721.2X5.LAM

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Fire districts to revisit merger question Fire Districts 10 and 38 will consider a resolution again asking voters to combine both agencies into one fire authority on the November ballot. Voters narrowly turned down the proposal during April’s special election. Under the measure, taxpayers in District 10 would pay less for fire service. District 38 would see an average increase of 20 cents per $1,000 on an assessed property. Currently, District 10 serves Carnation and the unincorporated areas of May Valley, Tiger Mountain, Mirrormont and Preston. District 38 serves Snoqualmie and North Bend. The fire authority would be funded with a traditional fire levy and a benefit charge. A benefit charge replaces some of the taxes paid by property owners with an annual charge based on the size of a structure and its risk for fire.

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This 1929 home on Newport Way Northwest at Northwest Juniper Street will be demolished and a twobuilding complex with 93 apartments and townhomes will be built on the site.

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submitted nine projects to be considered. After public meetings, the City Council requested the list be trimmed to four projects. Passage of an excess tax levy requires a voter participation level of 40 percent of voters who participated in the last general election and 60 percent approval of the measure.

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The school board’s vote will scuttle a deal between The City Church and Bellevue developer Brixton Homes, which wanted to demolish the campus buildings and erect a 141-home subdivision. Jen Gray, the president of the Providence Point Condominium Association, a community ringing the Providence Heights property, praised the district’s resolution before the vote. “We’re much more interested in having a school there, or schools there, than 140 singlefamily homes,” Gray said. The Sisters of Providence opened Providence Heights College specifically to provide Catholic sisters with a college education. The campus, located at 4221 228th Ave. SE, was later operated by the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle before it was acquired by The City Church. King County’s most recent valuation of the three parcels totals $33.8 million. State law permits school districts to use eminent domain to acquire private property as sites for schools. If a district and a landowner cannot agree on compensation, the matter goes to superior court. Stiffarm said the process, if it requires a trial, can take at least a year. Jake Kuper, the district’s chief of finance of operations, said he projected 1,500 students would attend a new comprehensive high school and 600 students would go to a new three-story elementary school after both were built on the Providence Heights site. He noted the new high school would be approximately equidistant between existing Issaquah and Skyline high schools. “This is the best single action,” Kuper said, “that weLAURA can take to acquire real DILL.FINAL.IP.CMYK. estate forPDF those 0711sites.” LAM

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members, “There’s been no on-site inspection of any kind.” Nine local residents spoke during the discussion of the resolution. All were in favor of the district’s move to procure the three parcels which make up the Providence Heights site, which is owned by Kirkland-based The City Church. A majority of the speakers pleaded with the board to repurpose the existing buildings. The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation included the campus on its 2016 list of the state’s seven most-endangered historic properties. “Can you imagine, and I can’t, demolishing a building of that status and seeing all of that history dumped in a landfill?” asked Mary Moore of the Sammamish Heritage Society. “Would you want to live with that reputation as being a school board member that allowed that to happen? Of course not. “You have a choice tonight to make history,” Moore said. “You have an opportunity to be an innovator.” The campus’ centerpiece chapel is considered architecturally important by preser-

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PUBLIC NOTICE 16‑9104 1404-WLD Issaquah Townhomes, LLC is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The project, Solway, is located at 775 4th Avenue NW in Issaquah, King County. This project involves .5 acres of soil disturbance for construction activities. Stormwater will be discharged to onsite rain garden facilities which discharge to an offsite storm system. Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173-201A320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology, Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater’ P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696.

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Eastside FC girls target another national title By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com To understand the oodles of talent Eastside FC’s 98 Red girls team puts on the soccer pitch, look no further than its list of college commitments. There are some big names on the list. Minnesota. Texas. Stanford. Washington. Fourteen of the 18 players, all them headed into their senior year, have orally committed to play at the next level, including 11 at NCAA Division I schools. The team is full of high-caliber recruits, so it’s not surprising to learn that the Preston-based squad — which includes five players from Issaquah, Mount Si and Skyline high schools — rarely loses. Their 2016 record is 34 wins, seven ties and two losses. They’ve been winning consistently for several years, too. In 2013, the group captured the under-14 title at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. They finished third at nationals in 2014 and are three-time defending state champions. Winning isn’t something they brag about because it has almost become second nature. “It’s a very hardworking group of kids that enjoys themselves and they’re a team in every function of the word,” head coach Tom Bialek said. “They’re talented, without question, but I think that the difference is that they really like each other and so they compete for each other.” The girls of 98 Red are headed back to next week’s national championships in Frisco, Texas, with the goal of bringing home another crown in the under-17 division. “I think it’s the determination we all have,” said defender Cameron Tingey, a Skyline senior. “Since we’re all so close, we all push each other over training … so we really try to be the best

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The Eastside FC 98 Red girls soccer team claimed the U.S. Youth Soccer Region IV championship June 26 in Boise, Idaho. The team opens the national tournament July 26 in Frisco, Texas. we can be individually and as a group.” Time has solidified the group into something special. “Since we’ve been together for, like, nine years, we know how each other play,” said forward Alexa Kirton of Skyline. “We can read each other without even saying any words.” The roster has stuck together since winning the U14 title three years ago. Only four new girls — Olivia van der Jagt (Kentridge), Hannah Taylor (Meadowdale), Megan Floyd (Seattle Prep) and Rilee Castilla (Kamiakin) — have joined in that time span. The rest are mainstays, including star scorer Joanna “Jojo” Harber of Bellevue, who is committed to Stanford, Issaquah defender Kaylene Pang (Washington) and Mount Si defender Natalie Weidenbach (Texas). Weidenbach has been a versatile

weapon for Mount Si coach Darren Brown, playing nearly every position except goalkeeper. Bialek tries to maximize her strengths as a right back in his 4-3-3 formation. Weidenbach considers herself a natural defender and has flourished in her latest role. “Usually, they’re able to utilize me through just getting me up and down the width of the field,” she said. “I’m able to give us some crosses in, get in line if they ever need me to distribute the ball.” Tingey has slotted in at left back for Eastside FC, though she has played other positions for Skyline coach Don Braman. She has orally committed to Utah. “In big moments, she has always been able to raise her game when she needs to,” Bialek said. Another Skyline product, Molly Monroe, is the team’s goalkeeper. Due to Eastside’s defensive prowess, she doesn’t always have much

work to do, but Monroe impressed Bialek during a 2-0 win over Celtic Storm 99 Premier of Utah in last month’s regional title match. “She made a couple of saves when the game was 0-0, that if she didn’t make those saves, maybe we don’t win that game,” the coach said. Then there’s Pang, the only player on the roster to win a state title with her high-school team. She accomplished the feat with Issaquah last fall. “She’s just kind of the bedrock back there,” Bialek said. “If everything else goes to pieces, (opponents) still have to get around her and she bails us out when we really need it.” Kirton, a New Mexico recruit, has proven to be a valuable player up front because of her size and strength. In the regional title game, no one had scored until she entered the fray in the final 15

The Eastside FC 98 Red girls soccer team — which includes Issaquah High School’s Kaylene Pang, Mount Si’s Natalie Weidenbach and Skyline’s Alexa Kirton, Molly Monroe and Cameron Tingey — will compete at the under-17 national championships, July 26-31 in Frisco, Texas. Most of the players won a national title in 2013. There are eight teams in the U17 girls division, which is split into two groups of four. Each team plays three round-robin games, with the group winners and runners-up advancing to the semifinals. Eastside FC’s opponents for the round robin are Beach FC of Redondo Beach, Calif.; Burgundy Rapids of Cornelius, N.C.; and Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia of Aurora, Ill.

minutes. “I was out on the bench for quite a while because I have a hip injury,” she said. “I just sprinted around and did as much as I could, and I ended up getting a goal and an assist.” When Eastside opens the national tournament July 25 against California’s Beach FC, the players figure to use their skills and savvy to their advantage once more. “I think we all know how to step up to the plate when we need to,” Weidenbach said, “and so I think I can expect that from my teammates at nationals.” “If we put our best foot forward and someone can beat us, we’ll tip our hat to them,” Bialek said. “But so far, when we’ve put our best foot forward, it has been pretty good, so hopefully that continues.”

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