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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 • Vol. 112, No. 30

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Police hunt for robber after local bank heist

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A man walked into Sterling Savings Bank at about 2:10 p.m. July 22 and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to the Issaquah Police Department.

Sgt. Bob Porter said an initial search for the suspect — a search that included the use of a K-9 unit from another jurisdiction — proved unsuccessful.

Officials were unable to gain much information as to what direction the man headed after leaving the bank or what type of vehicle he may have been driving.

“He just basically walked out of the bank and into that big parking lot,” Porter said, referring to the large retail parking area outside the bank at 705 N.W. Gilman Blvd.

The suspect was described as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s. He is about 5 feet, 10 inches tall with what Porter described as shorter brown hair that did not reach his collar. He was wearing a white baseball cap, white T-shirt and blue jeans. He also was carrying a dark-colored backpack.

Inside the bank, the suspect presented a teller with a demand note but did not show any evidence of a weapon, Porter said. Police responded to an alarm sounding at the bank but the suspect was gone before they arrived.

Porter said that by policy Issaquah police do not release the amount of cash taken in such incidents.

Bank robberies are not common occurrences in Issaquah.

The last such incident took place Feb. 12, 2010, at The Bank of Washington on Northwest Mall Street.

Porter said it was unclear if the Sterling Savings Bank robbery was related to a recent robbery in Bellevue.

Because bank robberies are a federal offense, Issaquah police eventually will turn the case over to the FBI, Porter added.

Tom Corrigan: 392-6434, ext 241, or tcorrigan@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

Issaquah girl, 9, dies after Bellevue pileup

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

Greenway comes of age

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter

Leaders nurture Mountains to Sound Greenway, acre by acre, year by year

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

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ike the matter-of-fact name suggests, the Mountains to Sound Greenway starts amid the souvenir shops and seafood restaurants at the Seattle waterfront, unfurls along Interstate 90, encompassing cities and forests, and continues on, across the Cascades.

Issaquah, situated on the route, is not quite at the center, but the city is central in the long effort to create a greenbelt along the major roadway.

The idea for a conservation corridor along the interstate germinated in Issaquah more than 20 years ago. Issaquah Alps Trails Club members spearheaded a 1990 march from Snoqualmie Pass to Puget Sound to attract attention to the proposed greenbelt — a sort of Central Park for Western Washington.

The disparate citizen, conservation, corporate and government interests behind the proposal coalesced to form the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust in 1991.

Supporters marched from Ellensburg to Seattle in early July to celebrate the 20-year milestone.

“The original vision was, what can we agree on to preserve what’s important to everyone along this corridor?” retired Issaquah City Administrator Leon Kos said.

The corridor stretches for 100 miles, connects 1.4 million acres — or a landmass about 15 times larger than Seattle — and includes more than 800,000 acres in public ownership.

The conservation is enmeshed in cooperation.

The organization is built to foster dialogue among divergent groups. Seattle civic leader Jim Ellis, founding president of the greenway trust, called on rivals to sit down at the same table to create the conservation corridor. So, See GREENWAY, Page A6

“It’s not about trees instead of people. It’s about a balance between the two.”

— Doug Schindler Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust deputy director

HOW TO HELP

Rachel Beckwith, a 9-year-old Issaquah girl injured in a 14vehicle pileup in Bellevue early last week, died July 23 from injuries sustained in the crash.

Rachel and a 2-year-old sister rode in a Lexus sedan driven by the girls’ mother, Samantha Paul, as a tractor-trailer jackknifed into a loaded logging truck Rachel Beckwith and spurred the chain-reaction crash.

Medics transported seven people, including a handful of Issaquah residents, to area hospitals in the aftermath.

Only Rachel sustained lifethreatening injuries, and responders rushed the girl to Harborview Medical Center.

Just before 8 a.m. July 19, as

Ken Konigsmark (left), a longtime Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust board member, and founding president Jim Ellis stand near North Bend on Rattlesnake Mountain in 2000 .

Rachel Beckwith asked people to donate to Charity:Water last month as a birthday gift. Now, people can donate as a tribute to the 9-year-girl fatally injured in a Bellevue crash July 19. Donate at the organization’s website, www.mycharitywater.org/p/ campaign?campaign_id=16396.

Or, donate to help Rachel’s family pay medical expenses.

Donate at the Band of Brothers Northwest website, www.bobnw.org. traffic slowed due to congestion near the Interstate 405 interchange at 133rd Avenue Southeast, authorities said a tractor-trailer jackknifed into a logging truck in the adjacent lane.

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Teens injured in crash near Beaver Lake Injured occupants cut from mangled Subaru after high-speed crash

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter

BY GREG FARRAR

Medics rushed three people to the hospital early July 21 after a high-speed crash near Beaver Lake.

Police said a speeding car lost control, tore through a fence and then slammed into a tree near Southeast 25th Way and Beaver Lake Way Southeast, about a half-mile east of Beaver Lake Park.

Eastside Fire & Rescue crews extricated the occupants from the mangled wreck of the white Subaru Impreza and transported them to the hospital. Officials described the occupants’ injuries as serious but not life-threatening.

Officials identified the driver as an 18-year-old Fall City man and the occupant of the passenger

seat, another 18-year-old man, as his brother.

The front-seat passenger managed to escape from the wreck.

The emergency crew found him outside of the vehicle.

Crews used the Jaws of Life to cut the backseat passenger, a 16year-old Sammamish boy, and the driver from the crashed car.

King County Sheriff’s Office detectives said the crash occurred as the vehicle headed northbound on Beaver Lake Way Southeast at about 12:25 a.m. The driver lost control, sped off the east side of the roadway and then hit the fence and tree.

Residents in the area called 911 at about 12:30 a.m. to report a loud crashing noise.

Detectives do not believe alcohol played a role in the crash.

However, excessive speed could be a contributing factor. The investigation into the crash continues.

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

Meet local police during Navy to close Issaquah High ROTC program National Night Out

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter Despite what local officials termed an aggressive attempt at promoting the program, the Navy announced July 18 that it plans to “disestablish” the Issaquah High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps unit.

Students can continue in the program through the coming school year. But along with 28 others nationally, the local ROTC will be formally shut down effective June 30, 2012.

The JROTC program at Liberty High School should not be affected.

“The NJROTC program has a strong tradition and I am disap-

pointed that the Navy has announced its disestablishment,” Issaquah NJROTC Cmdr. Larry Artman said. “We have been working hard to increase our enrollment, but I understand the significant budget constraints facing the Navy.”

Because the Issaquah unit was failing to meet enrollment standards established by the Navy, the unit was placed on probation earlier this year. According to Sara Niegowski, executive director of communications for the school district, local officials believed they had several months to increase enrollment in the program to 100 students, or 10 percent of the overall school student population.

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There are 73 students in the Issaquah JROTC presently.

“We believed that we had until the October 2011 student count to try to raise our enrollment numbers, and we embarked on a community campaign to spread awareness and grow the unit,” Issaquah schools Superintendent Steve Rasmussen said in an email sent to students in the program.

Both Rasmussen and Niegowski said the district would be in contact with Navy officials during the coming year to try and earn Issaquah’s JROTC a reprieve. But both also indicated that might be a long shot.

“We understand that the Navy has budget constraints and we

must ultimately work within its parameters,” Niegowski said. “At this point, with a disestablishment letter in hand, that’s what we must plan for unless we hear otherwise.”

A Navy spokesperson did not return phone calls.

Niegowski said announcement of the disestablishment had not garnered much reaction in the first few days following that announcement. That may change. Several graduates of the program contacted The Press to express their disappointment with the Navy’s decision.

See ROTC, Page A5

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter Local residents have two events to choose from to mark National Night Out Against Crime on Aug. 2.

The Issaquah Police Department will host the city’s annual happening on the steps of Issaquah City Hall.

Issaquah Police Sgt. Scott Trial said city officers used to visit neighborhood Night Out events, such as block parties and so on, but more recently began putting together a more unified event.

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National Night Out Issaquah Police Department 5-7 p.m. Aug. 2 Issaquah City Hall 130 E. Sunset Way King County Sheriff’s Office and Four Creeks Unincorporated Area Council 6-8 p.m. Aug. 2 Maple Hills Community Park 16256 S.E. 204th Ave., Renton

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Councilmen Mark Mullet (left), Tola Marts and Joshua Schaer listen as medical marijuana advocates address the City Council on July 18 about Issaquah's moratorium on collective gardens.

City upholds moratorium on medical marijuana gardens Leaders intend to ‘give the city time’ to establish rules

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter In the emotion-laced discussion about medical marijuana rules in Issaquah, stage IV melanoma survivor Kathy Sparks added a patient’s perspective to the debate.

Before the City Council decided July 18 to uphold a moratorium on medical marijuana collective gardens, Sparks, a Tiger Mountain resident, asked members to consider patients unable to attend the hearing.

“There are lots of patients in stretchers and wheelchairs who can’t be here tonight to say these things,” she said.

The council opted in a 6-1 decision — after poignant pleas from medical marijuana users and strikingly personal stories from council members — to maintain a moratorium enacted last month.

Councilman Mark Mullet voted against the moratorium.

Under state law, a city can impose a moratorium on medical marijuana collective gardens as leaders consider possible land-use or zoning changes. The moratorium is in effect for up to six months, although council members urged city staffers to formulate possible solutions as soon as possible.

Recent changes in state law prompted the decision. So, too, did the opening late last year of a medical marijuana collective in a downtown Issaquah neighborhood.

Though medical marijuana dispensaries remain illegal under state law, hazy rules surround patient collectives.

Washington law allows up to 10

PHOTOS BY GREG FARRAR

Above, members and supporters of GreenLink Collective express disappointment in the continued moratorium on medical marijuana collective gardens in Issaquah. At left, Ryan Mashek, of Issaquah, describes to City Council members how his mother uses medical marijuana ,and how important it is for her to have local access.

qualifying patients to join together and form a collective garden of up to 45 plants, so long as the marijuana is not visible from public spaces.

“Our current city code is silent on this matter, and state law further then authorizes cities to impose a moratorium, such as the one that’s being adopted here tonight, to give the city time to review how other jurisdictions are dealing with this issue and to determine what and when regulations should be adopted by our city,” city Planning Manager Dave Favour told council members.

The council heard from a handful of supporters of the Issaquah medical-marijuana operation,

GreenLink Collective, at a public hearing before the decision. Other GreenLink supporters, clad in Green-Giant-green T-shirts, packed the council chamber.

Issaquah resident Ryan Mashek’s mother uses medical marijuana to relieve pain from pulmonary hypertension.

“It’s very difficult for my mom to drive anywhere or go anywhere, so having medical marijuana available directly in her community as a pain medication is very important to her, and she needs to have access to that,” he said at the hearing.

In the decision, council members sought to balance medical, safety and social concerns about medical marijuana operations.

“We have all heard of the safety issues that occur when marijuana is allowed into a community,” Issaquah Police Chief Paul Ayers told council members. “Not everyone is looking at this issue from a medical perspective. Many are

Patchwork of laws creates confusion State legislators sought to clarify medical marijuana rules in the 2011 regular legislative session, but Gov. Chris Gregoire vetoed parts of the bill after federal prosecutors threatened to charge state employees for carrying out such a law. The post-veto law took effect July 22.

Issaquah officials face another layer of confusion because marijuana in all forms remains illegal under federal law.

“It’s unfortunate the federal and the state governments have left cities like Issaquah in a difficult gray area of conflicting laws,” Council President John Traeger said.

Washington Initiative 692, passed in 1998, allows people suffering from certain medical conditions to possess a 60-day supply of marijuana. Under state law, physicians can recommend — but not prescribe — medical marijuana for patients.

City Attorney Wayne Tanaka said the Issaquah moratorium does not impact rules for medical marijuana users.

Qualified patients can still cultivate marijuana for personal use.

Instead, “it is intended to give the city time to consider the implications of this new concept here in Washington and decide whether or not any regulations or restrictions should be placed on its particular use,” he said.

Still, moratorium opponents said the action creates a barrier, especially for patients confined to wheelchairs or unable to cultivate marijuana due to physical limitations.

“You already have members in this community who are involved in medical marijuana distribution and helping patients at a collective,” Issaquah resident Joe Huffman said. “A lot of us are affluent. We can go to Seattle. We can go somewhere else. This is our community. We want to help those people here in our community.”

‘Our No. 1 priority is safety’ Lydia George, a GreenLink founder and director, sat next to the police chief at the hearing. In remarks to the council, she said patient-run collectives offer a safe alternative to other marijuana purveyors.

“We also believe access to medical cannabis through a safe, legal collective garden helps prevent the formation of underground activities, which can promote illegal drugs in our area,” she continued.

“At GreenLink Collective, our No. 1 priority is safety. We believe if you take away this legal access point, that that need will be filled by illegal means. That creates a burden for law enforcement, and we don’t want to see that happen.”

The council decision occurred on the same day the Seattle City Council adopted rules to require medical marijuana dispensaries to acquire business licenses and adhere to city zoning rules.

Meanwhile, Federal Way, Kent, North Bend and other cities clamped down on medical-marijuana operations in recent months.

“I feel like Seattle really took it on its shoulders to find something that works for their community,” said Jake George, a GreenLink founder and director. “I don’t think adopting someone else’s model and taking a time out and figuring this out, seeing how it works in other cities, I don’t think we’re going to take another model and apply it to the city of Issaquah.”

Issaquah resident Gary Clarke, the lone supporter of the moratorium to address Issaquah council members, recalled seeing the excesses in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s.

“I think we’ve all had friends that got into marijuana and other, harder stuff,” he said. “I don’t see it as a medical product.”

Council searches for clarity The council discussion about the moratorium also included personal accounts about medical marijuana use and wrenching health care decisions.

“Some of you know I watched my mother die three years ago from pancreatic cancer,” Councilman Tola Marts said. “In fact, I took a leave of absence from work and spent the last two months of her life with her. So, I know the value of medicines that manage pain and appetite, and the affect they can have on outcomes and quality of life.”

Despite possible benefits of medical marijuana use, the city must address questions about medical marijuana operations during the moratorium, he added.

“What, if any, are the issues with locating collective gardens in an area frequented by small children?” Marts said. “Earlier this year, a dispensary started operations two blocks from my son’s elementary school, and at least on first glance, that didn’t seem like an appropriate location.”

(Issaquah Valley Elementary School is near GreenLink.)

Mullet, the lone holdout against the moratorium, said patients’ accounts influenced the decision.

“For me, the most impressive argument was the one around the fact that people are losing their ability to access medication and that six months is a very long time for these people,” he said.

Mullet joined other council members June 20 to approve the moratorium as part of a unanimous decision.

The emotional testimony resonated, too, among council members supporting the moratorium.

Councilman Fred Butler handed a business card to Lydia George after the hearing and asked to tour the collective.

“We have, in my view, an obligation of due diligence and taking the time to do it right,” he said before the council decision. “I don’t know what right is. There are a number of questions that I believe need to be answered, and I think we need to have a broader discussion around this important community issue.”

Councilman Joshua Schaer called on leaders in Olympia and Washington, D.C., to overhaul marijuana regulations.

“Our national and state leaders need to fix this,” he said. “They need to fix it with complete and comprehensive reform of drug policy and the criminal code. It’s an issue of personal liberty and an issue of health care, as individuals spoke to this evening.”

Still, the decision to focus on medical marijuana in Issaquah rankled some speakers.

“I can tell you right now, you would never dream of sitting on this council and having a moratorium on Percocet or any painkillers that are given by prescription by medical doctors for people that are in pain,” Issaquah resident Kevin Mashek said before the council decision. “Those drugs, those OxyContin drugs, have caused more damage criminalwise.”

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

King County forgoes crackdown on medical marijuana

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter King County is adopting a more laissez-faire approach to medicalmarijuana operations as Issaquah, Sammamish and other cities tighten rules for patient-run collective gardens and other operations.

Issaquah City Council members upheld a six-month moratorium on medical marijuana collective gardens July 18 — the same day the council in neighboring Sammamish enacted a similar moratorium. Federal Way, Kent, North Bend and other cities also clamped down on medical-marijuana operations.

King County Executive Dow Constantine, however, does not intend to propose legislation to address the issue in rural and unincorporated areas.

“At this Dow Constantine time, the executive does not plan to propose any new regulations governing dispensaries in unincorporated areas of the county,” said Frank Abe, a spokesman for the executive.

The decision means medicalmarijuana operations in unincorporated areas, such as The Kind Alternative Medical Collective, a nonprofit collective in Preston, can continue operations unaffected.

In the meantime, county officials plan to reach out to residents in unincorporated areas to address concerns.

“The King County executive, prosecutor and sheriff will continue to work with unincorporated area communities and other local jurisdictions to protect public health and safety, and monitor issues that evolve under the new state law,” Abe said.

Initiative 692, passed in 1998, allows people suffering from certain medical conditions to possess a 60-day supply of marijuana.

Marijuana, for medical purposes or otherwise, remains illegal under federal law.

King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg does not prosecute “legitimate patients who qualify under the law if they reasonably adhere to the dictates of the statute” — a policy the prosecutor’s office adopted in October 2008, not long after the state Department of Health clarified possession rules for medical marijuana users.

County prosecutors continue to pursue marijuana cases related to the criminal drug trade.

State lawmakers attempted to legalize and regulate marijuana dispensaries and farms, but Gov. Chris Gregoire vetoed measures to legalize such operations, and the truncated law took effect July 22.

Under the state law, up to 10 qualifying patients can join together and form a collective garden of up to 45 plants, so long as the marijuana is not visible from public spaces.

In unincorporated areas, “King County government will continue, as it has since the enactment of Initiative 692, to protect public health and safety through existing laws and regulations,” Abe said.

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

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Eastside Fire & Rescue board balks at price tag for proposed headquarters remodel

By Caleb Heeringa Issaquah Press reporter Within minutes of resolving to work out their differences so that Eastside Fire & Rescue could exist past its current 2014 expiration date, the fire agency’s board of directors grappled with a thorny issue as old as the agency itself.

Fire officials are pushing the agency’s partners to chip in for a remodel and expansion of the headquarters building, located on Newport Way Northwest in Issaquah.

In March, Deputy Chief Wes Collins proposed reconfiguring the inside of the building to add seven offices, a conference room, copy room and an upstairs women’s bathroom, as well as a storage building for EFR equipment that currently sits outside.

That plan’s approximately $500,000 price tag was a nonstarter for representatives from Sammamish, Issaquah and North Bend, some of whom questioned the wisdom of committing their taxpayers’ money to permanent improvements to a building that belongs to King County Fire District 10.

A hazy future for the agency also didn’t help.

Some partners were involved in discussions about an independent taxing authority for fire service and the agency’s interlocal agreement allows partners to withdraw from EFR in 2014.

Sammamish had never been interested in joining a fire authority, and discussions appear dead on arrival for cities like Issaquah, which would see a nearly 40 percent increase in the cost of its fire service, according to projections.

Since March, Collins has been attempting to whittle the project down to the bare necessities — three new offices, a women’s bathroom and additional shop space that would provide at least some additional cover for the thousands of dollars worth of vehicles that currently sit outside in the wind, rain and snow.

At the agency’s July 14 meeting, Collins unsuccessfully attempted to get the partners to simply agree to the framework for how the remodel could happen.

The interlocal agreement that underpins the agency doesn’t dictate how to handle major remodels of jointly used facilities. While two

or more partners have pitched in to build or remodel individual stations, a headquarters remodel would mark the first time in the agency’s 12 years of existence that every partner has joined in on the same capital project.

“We’re cutting new teeth and it’s always painful to cut new teeth,” Collins said in a later interview.

The headquarters building was constructed in 1981 as a response station. It was designed to house 10 full time firefighters but has since been converted to an administrative building for an agency that employs 240 people and covers an area of roughly 190 square miles. The administration has been pushing for a remodel since the agency formed in 1999.

Collins said most offices contain two or more employees, who at times must carry on phone conversations over each other; firefighters on desk duty because of injuries must set up in the lunch room; there is not enough room in the building’s shop space to do maintenance on ladder trucks.

None of the second floor of the building is handicap accessible and Collins called the lack of a women’s bathroom upstairs “not

what you’d expect out of a government building.”

Sammamish Deputy Mayor Tom Odell questioned the need for the project, saying he felt the agency could work around some of the issues — by finding another location to do repair work to the ladder truck, for example.

“I don’t have male and female restrooms in my house — what we do is lock the door,” he said.

“Since we’ve gone this long (without a remodel), I think we can go a bit longer.”

Dee Williamson, North Bend’s representative on the board, said it was a project he’d like to support, but it would be a hard sell to the rest of his city’s council, with the recession continuing to put a strain on the city’s budget.

“Our city hall doesn’t have men’s and women’s bathrooms,” Williamson said. “We have city records stuffed in cardboard boxes in cabinets. We’re broke.”

Collins will be bringing the board more detailed cost estimates on the remodel in the fall.

Caleb Heeringa: 392-6434. ext. 247, or cheeringa@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

County OKs rainwater as sole drinking water source

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter King County residents can now rely on cloudbursts as a thirst quencher.

On July 21, the county Board of Health approved a measure to allow rainwater captured from roofs as the sole residential water source for single-family homes on septic systems. Under older rules, rainwater could only be used as a supplemental source.

The board acted in response to residents interested in building eco-conscious homes.

Kathy Lambert, a board member and Issaquah’s representative on the King County Council, proposed adding rainwater-catchment systems as a tool for another water source.

“Extending public water lines or digging a well are not always

available or feasible in rural and rugged areas of King County, or they can be so expensive to install that they render a lot unbuildable,” she said in a statement.

“The ability to utilize rainwater will be a particular advantage in mountainous areas of the county with terrain and soil conditions that make it difficult to site a well and on-site sewage system that do not interfere with each other.”

The code change follows recent action by the state Department of Ecology to remove permit requirements for rainwater harvesting.

“Roof-top rainwater collection systems could be a good solution for homeowners who want to maximize water conservation,” Larry Fay, manager of community environmental health at Public Health – Seattle & King County, said in a statement. “These systems require close attention to

water use management, so they aren’t right for everybody, but I’m pleased it’s now an option for single family homeowners.”

Public Health – Seattle & King County rules started to allow rainwater as a drinking water source last year, but only as a supplement to public water, a well or a spring.

Now, single-family homes on septic systems can use rainwater for all uses, albeit under certain conditions.

The regulation requires specific roof materials and qualifications for designers of rainwater-catchment systems. Users must also install filtration and disinfection systems. Cisterns must be able to accommodate enough storage to last through typically dry summers.

“Use of rainwater as the sole source for household water encourages conservation every day, and conservation is the way

we will be able to meet the water demands of the future,” Lambert said.

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

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King County Council members join outgoing Bellevue College President Jean Floten (center) during a July 18 recognition ceremony.

County Council honors Bellevue College leader, Issaquah campus advocate On July 18, King County Council members lauded outgoing Bellevue College President Jean Floten, the college’s longtime leader and a staunch advocate for building a satellite campus in Issaquah.

The recognition came as she ends a 22-year tenure at the Eastside campus.

“Jean Floten has been a tireless advocate for higher education in this state,” council Vice Chairwoman Jane Hague said in a statement. “Her tenure at Bellevue College will be a benchmark for excellence. I wish her the best in her new endeavor, but we’re going to miss her on the Eastside.”

Floten plans to resign from Bellevue College to serve as chancellor of WGU Washington, a nonprofit online university.

Floten arrived at Bellevue College in 1989 and helped build the Eastside institution into a college serving about 39,000 students each year. Only the University of Washington and Washington State University outrank Bellevue College in size.

The college administrator earned a reputation for expanding Bellevue College’s degree programs and transforming the institution from a community college.

The college purchased land for a campus in the Issaquah Highlands last year. Late last year, Floten outlined a bold plan for the campus in the decades ahead. No construction timeline has been finalized for the Issaquah campus, although construction is under way on a road to access the planned campus.

Help mark Issaquah Highlands storm drains Fact: More than 8,000 storm drains flow into area creeks and Lake Sammamish. Then, local waterways drain into Puget Sound.

Join volunteers to install the “Puget Sound Starts Here” markers at Issaquah Highlands storm drains from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

July 30. Meet at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, for a brief introduction about the watershed.

Contact Laura Matter at 206633-0451, ext 110, or lauramatter@seattletilth.org to sign up or learn more.

Officials estimate about 75 percent of pollution in Puget Sound comes from storm water runoff. The runoff comes from water passing over roads, sidewalks, driveways and yards — picking up oil, grease, metals, soaps and yard chemicals along the way.

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Highlands strip mall design is not wanted PRESS E DITORIAL

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t’s good news that Regency Centers has agreed to purchase land and develop a shopping center in the Issaquah Highlands. Residents there have been vocal about their desire for a nearby grocery store and neighborhood services.

Sometimes you do get what you ask for, but in this case we hope the city has learned that not all shopping centers are created equal. Issaquah should not settle for another strip mall surrounding a grocery store, similar to nearby Pine Lake Village and Sammamish Highlands centers, both part of Regency Centers.

Strip malls were acceptable 30 or 40 years ago when they were springing up around the country to service new housing starts. But the city of Issaquah has spent the last two years creating a central business district redevelopment plan to address the abundance of paved parking areas and the separation of stores, homes, offices and recreation.

How ironic it would be to allow a strip mall to be built in the newest part of the city while the older parts begin moving toward a mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented lifestyle!

Of course, walking to a grocery store would be terrific for highlands residents who just need more diapers and a gallon of milk. But realistically, most will still need to drive — just as they do now — to existing stores.

The plan for the highlands had been to have a multiblock shopping district similar to University Village. National name retailers like Crate & Barrel were discussed, with office space and condos on upper floors. A parking garage would serve all the stores, along with curbside parking along Highlands Drive Northeast.

Times have changed and retailers have pulled back expansion plans. And why shouldn’t they? Nearly every store we desire is already located on the Eastside, and online “storefronts” have become more predominant.

Issaquah should proceed with clear direction for Regency Centers as the development process begins. LEED standards should be stressed, if not adhered to. Parking lots should be multistory, as should all buildings. Pedestrianoriented traffic patterns, combined with gathering places and passive recreational uses, should be mandated. Design standards should be creative but timeless.

The city of Issaquah has hopefully learned its lessons via its struggling-but-surviving strip centers. Here’s a chance to set a new retail standard that reflects the model “green” community the highlands have become.

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friend of the family once told a story about his Korean War days. It seems that he and his U.S. Army infantry platoon were ordered to liberate a sake brewery.

They took the brewery without firing a shot because the building was vacant. Inside the brewery were numerous barrels of sake.

Since the orders were to liberate the brewery, well, our friend and his platoon followed orders. After all, a soldier’s duty is to follow orders.

For the next week or so, the platoon went on a big bender until the sake was totally liberated.

I have a hunch these fellows probably had one massive hangover because undiluted sake is 18 to 20 percent alcohol.

His commanding officer was not pleased, and our friend, who was a sergeant at the time, received a demotion in rank. However, our friend believed by spending time in the sake brewery he kept some young men out of harm’s way for a few precious days.

Other than this one experience,

our friend does not talk that much about his Korean War days.

Overall, I do not think he found it as amusing as some of the Bob Taylor episodes of the long-runPress sports editor ning TV series “M*A*S*H.” Much like my friends who served in Vietnam and local vets I have met from World War II, war is still a painful memory.

I will think of my friend July 27, which marks the anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. Unfortunately, not many people today are knowledgeable about the United States’ involvement in the war, which pitted South Korea against North Korea. Nor are they aware of the many sacrifices made by men See REMEMBER, Page A5

T O T HE E DITOR Highlands Day

Relay for Life

Many contributed to making this the best festival in its 10-year history

Thanks to all who helped raise $258,000 in fight against cancer

This year’s festival was, by far, the largest Highlands Day in our 10 year-festival history.

And while that is impressive, that is not the reason it was so special. Of course, the fantastic hospital that Swedish has brought to our community would make any day special — thank you, Swedish!

But the Highlands Day festival, in conjunction with the Swedish hospital grand opening, was special for many other reasons. And from where I stood, it was because of the people and their generous contributions.

Firstly, the Highlands Council staff; Christy Garrard, Highlands Day executive director; and Chanel Merritt, Highland’s Council communications manager, spent countless hours and their time-tested expertise to produce a successful and welcoming community festival.

Tipping my hat to the Highlands Council as one of its many volunteer supporters, I’d like to join with it in thanking all the Highlands Day volunteers. The core volunteer leadership team was supplemented by dozens of community members who set up and tore down the booths, directed traffic, helped manage the crowds and even emptied the garbage!

They provided their many talents and gave generously of their time to make this Highlands Day special for all.

Thank you, everyone!

On May 21, members from our community took to the track at Skyline High School for Issaquah’s 2011 Relay For Life. As always, it was those involved who made this year’s Relay For Life an outstanding event and fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

Thank you is two small words for the work done by those involved this year. We’d like to extend our gratitude to the following: the planning team made of volunteers who worked spent the year organizing the event; the team captains and team members who raised money and awareness for cancer education during the season; our day-of-event volunteers who helped set up and prepare; and our sponsors and community businesses that made generous donations.

Most importantly, we want to recognize the individuals who demonstrated determination and passion for life as they walked the first lap dedicated for cancer survivors and their caregivers. Thank you to those who chose to recognize loved ones by dedicating a luminary in their name for the evening ceremony. And thank you for those who walked through the night and continued on in the rain.

Everyone who attended this year’s event was a great example of why we fight back to support the American Cancer Society’s efforts to create a world with more birthdays.

We are happy to announce that we have surpassed our goal and have so far raised $258,000 in the fight against cancer. Thank you! The 2011 Relay For Life of Issaquah is continuing to raise

Nina Milligan, operations director Highlands Day

F ROM THE W EB Issaquah Highlands retail announcement I’ve lived in Issaquah Highlands for some years now and love the urban village design. I am very concerned that these centers will become typical suburban drive-up malls and our community will become just a dense, crowded place — not the “village” it was going to be.

However, while I appreciate those who had the courage and opened shop here to date, there is only so much pizza, wine, coffee, sushi and ice cream one can consume. Sometimes I just want to walk somewhere and get some bread and eggs. It might be worth some tradeoff in prestige to get some basics.

Jamie Fenderson Just when I was feeling very proud of living in the highlands after touring the new Swedish hospital last weekend, I read the article on the new shopping center. Old Navy, shops targeted toward commuters passing by — are you kidding me?

What is next — a Moneytree and a McDonald’s?

I understand having to revamp original plans, but this sounds like Port Blakely is selling home-

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All very depressing. Maybe it is time to think about moving down from the hill and out of the highlands. I will miss the goats.

Sharon Rafter Why not something grand, thinking of La Boqueria Market in Barcelona, Spain, off La Rambla? People from all over would visit.

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To make matters worse, American families who have experienced parental incarceration face daunting obstacles when they reunite.

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Updated science curriculum

Contributions of more than $438,000 go toward purchasing new texts My sincerest and deepest gratitude to everyone who participated in the recent campaign to purchase our new elementary school science curriculum.

When the state stripped our reserve funds mid school year, you stepped up to ensure that every elementary student will have cutting-edge, standards-aligned science materials in their hands this fall. I am so proud to lead a school district that cares about its students so much.

We are not content to live within the state’s shrinking definition of basic education — we know our students need to be prepared to compete in a high-tech, innovative, global economy.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the more than $438,000 in funds raised, thank you to those who took the time to learn more about education and funding in the Issaquah School District, and — very importantly — thank you to the campaign leaders in the Issaquah Schools Foundation and PTSA who lived and breathed elementary school science.

We did it!

Dr. Steve Rasmussen, superintendent Issaquah School District

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The people of Issaquah have an opportunity to demonstrate how truly decent community members greet new neighbors, build relationships and nurture all of their children.

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ROTC FROM PAGE A1

During her high school days, Elissa Finklestein transferred from Skyline High School to Issaquah High specifically to take part in JROTC. With a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a minor in tourism, Finklestein now happily works for a winery in Woodinville.

She said she would not be where she is without her JROTC experience.

“It taught me so much,” Finklestein said, talking mostly

Police: Learn about emergency readiness FROM PAGE A1

Trial said Issaquah’s Night Out will feature roughly 35 information booths, some by private vendors and on topics ranging from home alarm systems to emergency preparedness. To help battle identify theft, residents are invited to bring sensitive documents for free shredding.

“Everything we do at this event is free,” Trial said.

That includes, of course, the barbecue to be served up by city police. The event also will feature prizes, raffles and a live DJ. For those outside the city boundaries, the King County Sheriff’s Office is helping organ-

Remember: Korean War created many heroes FROM PAGE A4

and women from our nation during that war, which began June 25, 1950, when North Korean forces invaded South Korea.

When President Harry S. Truman sent in troops, it was called a “police action.” But it was a total war.

While the United States and the United Nations backed South Korea, the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea. China sent supplies and numerous soldiers into the conflict while the Soviet Union provided material aid and some advisers.

The Korean War had many American heroes who braved a harsh climate and rugged terrain.

It was a costly war. According to some estimates, the United States lost 33,686 troops in battles. That is a staggering total, considering 58,000 were lost during 10 years of the Vietnam War, which when it began was also regarded as a “police action.”

In addition, other United Nations contingents lost 17,000 men. It is estimated that including civilians, the Korean War cost the lives of around 4 million people.

Many people felt America’s involvement in the Korean conflict was senseless. Like Vietnam and today’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some people wondered what the United States gained from fighting in Korea.

Fortunately, America’s involvement ended on July 27, 1953, when a truce was signed at Panmunjom maintaining a divided Korea. Military leaders from North Korea and the People’s Republic of China signed the agreement on one side, with the U.S.-led United Nations Command signing on behalf of the international community.

Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refused to sign the agreement but pledged to observe the armistice.

The Korean War has often been dubbed “The Forgotten War” or the “Unknown War,” because it is sandwiched between the glory of World War II and the agony of the Vietnam War. Some people in this country may have forgotten it, but I certainly believe the Korean War has not been forgotten by the Koreans.

Nor has it been forgotten by those survivors from that war and their families. There is a lasting reminder to these brave men and women — the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It has been a long time since Korea, but let’s not forgot those vets.

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about pride and confidence in herself as well as self-discipline. Other graduates of the program echoed some of her comments.

“I was a really awkward teen,” Jessica Murray said.

She said the JROTC unit provided her with a place to feel safe and make friends, friends she still has today. Murray even met her husband in the JROTC program.

“It’s kind of hard to explain,” Murray said, “but ROTC makes you realize you don’t have to settle.”

Niegowski said the local JROTC program has been in existence for about 40 years. At one time, the district’s three largest high schools

each had their own individual units. When the Navy first put the Issaquah High unit on probation, students currently enrolled in the program expressed nothing but support.

“We’re not going anywhere,” insisted JROTC cadet Daniel Fine.

Fellow JROTC member Taylor Stone said joining the unit was the best decision of his high school career. He said he enjoyed helping with security at school football games and directing traffic around the region.

“It’s cool to be out behind the scenes and working with police,” Stone said.

The school district lost its JROTC program at Skyline High School after enrollment there dropped to 16. Liberty’s program was once part of the Issaquah High unit, but was split off in 2001. Students currently enrolled in the Issaquah High program ultimately might be able to transfer to the Liberty unit.

“In the meantime, everyone — your principal, your NJROTC instructors and I — are committed to making the coming school year a great one,” Rasmussen said in his email.

ize a Night Out event at Maple Hills Community Park.

This event, aimed at residents who live in unincorporated areas of King County neighboring Issaquah, is also free. The event is co-sponsored by the sheriff’s office and the Four Creeks Unincorporated Area Council.

Like the Issaquah event, the Maple Hills Night Out will include free barbecue and safety demonstrations and information. King County Deputy Dave Montalvo said the evening also will feature the county’s SWAT tank and a bomb-sniffing robot, which he said officers have used in various suspicious situations.

The county Night Out will also include marine patrol units, K-9 officers and helicopter fly-overs.

Children can play in bouncy houses.

Montalvo said he believes last year’s Maple Hills Night Out event was the largest in the county, with more than 300 visitors.

“It’s been really well received,” Montalvo said.

Highlands Physical Therapy opens clinic to patients

apy services, including manual therapy, work injuries, ergonomics, vestibular, balance and fall prevention, and sports performance. They also offer additional programs to improve body condition, such as beginning yoga and a Sound Body Fitness regimen.

Learn more at www.irgpt.com.

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Highlands Physical Therapy, Integrated Rehabilitation Group, celebrated the opening of its clinic June 27 at 2525 N.E. Park Drive, Suite C. Highlands Physical Therapy provides physical and hand ther-

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Greenway

TIMELINE The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust is a coalition of citizen, conservation, corporate and government organizations formed to establish and maintain a greenbelt along Interstate 90.

Major initiatives and land acquisitions in the Issaquah area shaped the greenway during the last 21 years.

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representatives on the 58-member board include the Sierra Club and Weyerhaeuser Co. Kos, a longtime greenway supporter and board member, said the Issaquah Alps Trail Club assumed a fundamental role early on.

“The community group that was really very instrumental was the Issaquah Alps Trails Club,” he said.

Ken Konigsmark, a Boeing Co. executive and former Issaquah Alps Trails Club president, spent a decade on loan from the aerospace company at the greenway trust.

“Issaquah is the key to the founding of the greenway,” he said.

Issaquah Alps Trails Club President David Kappler, a former Issaquah councilman, also led the organization in 1990 and participated in the arduous march from Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle.

“I think we can take credit for getting the seed to germinate. It was out there, but the trails club got it to germinate, and we got it growing a little bit,” he said. “It grew a whole bunch more when the actual greenway trust was formed. If we hadn’t pushed it, demonstrated it with the march and really said, ‘Hey, this is something that the region can do that’s really important’” the greenway might not exist.

The successful efforts to shield Cougar Mountain from construction and establish Tiger Mountain State Forest also offered a template for conservation in the greenway.

“Showing what, basically, a group of unpaid volunteers was able to do around Issaquah, I think, gave hope,” Kappler recalled. “We could be doing this on much more of the I-90 corridor.”

The forests along the bustling interstate offer habitat for black bears and other species. Trails meander along the greenway, from flat sidewalks in suburban cities to paths perched on mountainsides.

Crews log some areas in a compromise between economic and environmental interests.

“It’s not about trees instead of people,” Doug Schindler, greenway trust deputy director and a Preston resident, said late last month. “It’s about a balance between the two.”

The equilibrium is built into the greenbelt. Organizers planned for farms and forests to form a patchwork inside the corridor.

“They could be recreational.

They could be working forests.

They could be a combination,” Kos said. “We had to look at multiple ways of making it successful.”

The corridor includes some 75,000 forested acres under private ownership. Small farms dot the landscape in King and Kittitas counties.

Members search for common ground The early leaders on the project credit the effort to establish a greenbelt for promoting more than conservation.

The greenway organization formed amid the acrimonious debate about protection for the spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest, and organizers intended to circumvent a similar showdown related to construction and logging in the greenbelt.

“I think the greenway was kind of a momentum-builder and a unifier,” Kos said. “One of the most important things about the greenway, in my opinion, was bringing diverse groups and interests together, diverse agencies together, to try to implement a common goal.”

United on the same mission,

1990 Citizens, led by the Issaquah Alps Trails Club, march from Snoqualmie Pass to the Seattle waterfront to dramatize the need for a greenway plan.

1991 Citizens form the nonprofit Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Seattle civic leader Jim Ellis is the founding president.

1992 The state Department of Natural Resources designates more than 4,000 acres on Tiger Mountain, just east of Issaquah, as a natural resource conservation area.

1995 Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission leaders add 620 acres to increase the size of Squak Mountain State Park.

BY MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST

Above, marchers navigate the terrain from Snoqualmie Pass to the Seattle waterfront during the inaugural trek in 1990. At right, Ken Konigsmark holds up a Mountains to Sound Greenway sign during a 1999 habitat-restoration event as Doug Schlinder and children observe. members engineered land purchases and transfers to set aside large tracts for conservation. The unprecedented preservation occurred as the population in the region boomed to about 2 million.

“The fact that we, in this region, had the sensibility to know better than to destroy the very quality of life that attracts people here in the first place,” Konigsmark said. “We have the vision and foresight to say, ‘Let’s not let ourselves become Los Angeles North,’ which is what would have happened otherwise.”

Louis Musso, greenway trust vice president for Kittitas County and a Cle Elum resident, said perceptions about the organization continue to evolve in Central Washington.

“I would say, 10 years ago, there was kind of a mistrust of the greenway. It was just another bunch of 206’er environmental extremists,” he said. “I don’t think anyone thinks that now. It has an excellent reputation for being balanced and reasonable and trying to find workable solutions, rather than trying to litigate what they want.”

Greenway endures arduous start The effort to establish a greenbelt from Puget Sound to the Cascades endured a difficult start — rugged terrain and rock-strewn trails on the 1990 march.

“All of us had our feet torn up the first day,” Kappler recalled. “It was pretty bad.”

The trekkers set off from the former Mountaineers’ Lodge at Snoqualmie Pass and slogged for more than 20 miles on the opening day. (The landmark lodge burned to the ground in May 2006.)

The late Jack Hornung, a greenway founder and urban planning expert, relied on theatrics to attract attention to the still-nascent cause.

“Jack was really into opera. The connection there is, he wanted to make a show out of this,” Kappler said. “Marching into Seattle after making the five-day march — and it was a brutal march.”

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“When you think about it, 20 years ago, no one was even thinking about resorts or second homes over here. This was just a dead, ex-coalmining town. The conditions have changed here in Kittitas County over the last 20 years far more than they have in King. I think they’ll change far more here in the next 20 years.”

— Louis Musso

King County initiates 4-to-1 landuse program on Grand Ridge to preserve 1,400 acres of open space.

1997 King County acquires 1,300 acres of Taylor Mountain forest to protect Issaquah Creek and Lake Sammamish headwaters.

1998 Federal Highway Administration officials designate the 100-mile greenway as a National Scenic Byway.

Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust vice president for Kittitas County

Gary Locke joined the march for a stretch. The then-state senator later served as King County executive, Washington governor and U.S. secretary of commerce. Locke is the current U.S. ambassador to China.

“The three days he was with us, we worked him over real hard, I assure you,” Kappler said. “Not only about the greenway, but I worked him over about education as well. He was a good sport on the whole thing, that’s for sure. It gave him quite a background for when he became county executive.”

Mayor Ava Frisinger remembered a celebration in downtown Issaquah as the marchers stopped for a rest.

Issaquah leaders and residents soon came to embrace the city as a gateway to “wild places” for recreation, Frisinger said.

Greenway leaders plan for next 20 years The next step for the greenway is a push to receive designation as a National Heritage Area — special recognition from the federal government to promote historic preservation.

“The goal is that while we have true believers and supporters in

2000 The state Department of Natural Resources acquires 640 acres on Tiger Mountain near Issaquah.

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the key positions today — whether that’s at DNR, Forest Service, or city and county political offices and so on — what about 10 years from now?” Konigsmark said. “You’ll have a new generation of leaders who will go, ‘What the hell is this greenway thing? Why don’t we get rid of it, and let’s build homes on Tiger Mountain.’”

Max Ashburn, communications director for Scenic America, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation, said a National Heritage Area receives special attention.

“It’s why it’s all the more important that you protect places like greenways and scenic byways from advertising and development, because people really need and want to have these places where they can go to be peaceful, be with

nature and relax,” he said.

In the decades ahead, leaders said issues related to the greenway could shift eastward to address development in Central Washington, especially as residential construction slows in East King County.

“When you think about it, 20 years ago, no one was even thinking about resorts or second homes over here. This was just a dead, excoalmining town,” Musso said in a telephone interview from Cle Elum.

“The conditions have changed here in Kittitas County over the last 20 years far more than they have in King. I think they’ll change far more here in the next 20 years.”

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

Major ecological restoration project at Lake Sammamish starts, and adds 4,500 native trees and shrubs.

2008 Issaquah acquires 10 parcels along Issaquah Creek to protect stream quality and expand a city park.

2009 Raging River 7,000-acre land acquisition connects Taylor, Tiger and Rattlesnake mountains to the Cedar River watershed.

2011 Marchers re-create the 1990 trek from Central Washington to the Seattle waterfront.

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Pileup FROM PAGE A 7

the semi truck was going too fast, wasn’t paying attention or a combination of the two, for the conditions, he didn’t seem to see that traffic had stopped until the last second,” said Sgt. Keith Trowbridge, a Washington State Patrol spokesman. “At that point, he tried to put the brakes on, but he jackknifed and went into the log truck.”

The impact dislodged the rear axle of the logging truck and sent the piece hurtling into traffic.

“The log truck continued, because it can’t stop that fast,” Trowbridge said. “All of the logs were still contained by the chains, but now they’re kind of fishtailing back and forth as the driver’s trying to get control of the rig. So he’s basically dragging this load of logs down the road.”

Cause remains under investigation The logs, dragging on the roadway, struck other vehicles as the driver attempted to stop the rig.

The tractor-trailer and the dislodged axle from the logging truck also struck other vehicles.

In addition to Paul, Rachel and 2-year-old Sienna, Issaquah residents involved in the crash included a 49-year-old man, a 37-yearold man and a 21-year-old woman.

The accident also involved a 39year-old Sammamish man and a 49-year-old Sammamish man.

Other motorists caught in the pileup came from Bellevue, Everett, North Bend and Snoqualmie.

Medics transported the tractortrailer driver, a 60-year-old man, to Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue for treatment.

Troopers shut down most of the westbound interstate until about noon in order to clear the scene and investigate the accident.

Crews called in another logging truck to retrieve the logs from the damaged rig.

The lane closures caused a massive backup during the morning

commute. Traffic clogged the westbound lanes from the accident scene to the Front Street exit in Issaquah — a six-mile stretch of roadway.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation. The state patrol has not made any arrests related to the pileup.

Trowbridge said the state patrol inspected the trucks involved in the accident to determine whether mechanical factors contributed to the crash.

“Something like this, you can kind of come to some preliminary conclusions, but they want to rule out every possibility and check through everything,” he said.

Rachel inspires donations to charity The teaching pastor at EastLake Community Church, Jeremy Johnson, said Paul suffered head injures in the early morning crash, but is expected to recover. Sienna escaped without major injuries.

But Rachel suffered severe head and spinal injuries in the crash.

“Such devastating news,” Johnson said in a video posted on the church’s blog. “I was able to be with the family several different times at Harborview this week.”

Rachel had been inspired by a church fundraiser for Charity:Water, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing clean drinking water to people in developing nations.

The organization estimates each dollar invested in improved water access and sanitation yields, on average, $12 in economic returns.

“Let me tell you a little bit about Rachel — she’s a champion,” Johnson continued in the video.

“This girl turned 9 last month, and as she turned 9, she wanted to give her birthday to Charity:Water so she could make a difference around the world and bring water to people who didn’t have any.”

But Rachel missed the $300 target by $80. Undeterred, she planned to donate more next year.

In the days after the crash, church leaders asked Charity:Water to reactivate Rachel’s fundraising page as a tribute and, so far, donors

Oleg Shvartsur joins First Impressions Dental Care

Dr. Oleg Shvartsur recently joined the staff of First Impressions Dental Care of Issaquah.

Shvartsur attended schools in the Bellevue School District, and graduated from the University of Washington, with a bachelor’s degree in science, and later from the UW School of Dentistry.

Before attending dental school, Shvartsur helped start and then manage a free dental clinic in Northgate.

Shvartsur is a member of the Seattle-King County Dental Society, Washington State Dental Association, American Dental Association and the Academy of General Dentistry.

In his free time, Shvartsur enjoys golfing, camping, snowboarding, trying new restaurants and watching movies. He recently started cycling and mushroom hunting, and is always interested in new and interesting hobbies and restaurants to try.

have contributed more than $85,000.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselback, a member at the Bothell-based church, also posted a message on Twitter about Rachel and the fundraising effort to more than 70,000 followers.

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

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City planners consider proposal to build subdivision on steep site

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The city Planning Department could decide soon on a 43-lot subdivision near Providence Point, but the site along Southeast 43rd Way could pose challenges.

Bellevue architect Dennis Riebe proposed the subdivision on 11.97 unoccupied acres along the south side of the street, across from Providence Point and west of the Forest Village neighborhood.

The project proposal includes single-family detached residences and townhouses. The site is zoned for single-family homes on small lots.

The plan also includes proposals for road-frontage improvements and access to Southeast 43rd Way. The applicant outlined plans for outdoor common areas and landscaping in the project.

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In addition to measures designed to protect critical areas, such as wetlands, the applicant also asked to reduce buffers for some steep slopes on the site.

The land includes possible hurdles to construction, such as trees protected under a strict city ordinance and wetlands. Hazards related to erosion, landslides and seismic activity also exist due to the terrain.

In August 2009, city development commissioners lauded proposed designs for homes in the subdivision, but cautioned project backers about building a neighborhood on such a steep site.

Eastside Fire & Rescue and Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District officials also questioned the project then.

The terrain and plan to cluster housing units prompted concerns related to the placement of water and sewer lines. EFR officials

raised questions about streets inside the subdivision offering enough room for emergency vehicles to maneuver.

The applicant also submitted a draft development agreement for the site. Planners intend to review the draft agreement alongside the application to see if the proposal meets city rules for cluster housing.

Planners sent notice of the project to property owners within 300 feet of the site. The state owns undeveloped land to the south and west of the 11.97-acre parcel.

The city is also planning to accept comments about the proposal during a public hearing at a Development Commission meeting. The hearing has yet to be scheduled.

ships of any size. Nominees must be registered through the Office of the Secretary of State, and meet federal and state compliance.

Find the nomination form and more criteria at the office’s website, www.sos.wa.gov/corps/ corpsforcommunities. The nomination period is open until Aug. 31. Contact Program Coordinator Patrick Reed at 360-725-0358 or

patrick.reed@sos.wa.gov to learn more.

“This is an opportunity to encourage standout corporations that are choosing to make their community a priority,” Reed said in a statement. “Particularly in these tough economic times, it’s important to cheer on businesses that are going above and beyond to make a difference in Washington.”

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Field of Champions Sports Bar & Grill adds breakfast to its great menu…in anticipation of NFL Football Locally owned Field of Champions Sports Bar and Grill is beyond the average sports bar.

It has become one of the favorite meeting places in Issaquah for businesses, families and teams alike since its opening in October last year. Field of Champions is a sports-themed family restaurant located at 385 Gilman Boulevard, right on Issaquah Creek, across from the Post Office.

Whether it’s a quick business lunch, family gathering or team celebration, Field of Champions covers all of the bases with its tasty selections from the menu and cold beverages to quench any big league thirst. The Champion Burger and Pulled Pork Sandwich, with the famous house-made BBQ sauce, have become fan favorites.

The menu also offers up tasty fish and chips, chicken and steak plates, pasta, sandwiches, fresh salmon, soups, salads and desserts. Also in the line up is a full kids menu for a price that can’t be beat!

If you come just for the camaraderie and to watch a game, try one of the many appetizers, from favorites like buffalo wings, chili cheese fries and quesadillas to crab cakes, salmon dip and a hummus platter. The menu covers all of the bases, and with outdoor deck seating available, the creekside location can’t be beat!

And now for the big news — Field of Champions will be offering a full breakfast menu on Saturdays and Sundays for family gatherings and football fanatics alike!

The sports theme makes the restaurant as much about fun as it is about good food. There are 16 flat-screen TVs to watch all of the big games including every NFL game on “The Ticket”. The décor is sports memorabilia in tribute to all of the local athletes, teams, coaches and parents who have contributed their efforts to the local sports community.

With two large dining areas and a spacious bar overlooking the creek, Field of Champions serves as a great place for team parties and special events. There are easy party menus and energetic servers to take care of your group needs!

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Restaurant Owner Bruce Johnson and friend Alan Patrick opened the Field of Champions Indoor Baseball Training Facility in Preston 11 years ago, where many of today’s hungry customers, young and old, worked on their baseball skills over the years. Johnson decided to expand into the restaurant business with his wife Denise Bruce and Denise Johnson who now oversees Field of Champions Catering for events of almost any size and formality, sors teams and service groups in the area and covering the greater eastside. are happy to help all organizations fund raise Wait, there’s more! Field of Champions with their “Dine and Donate” program. strives to be a true community house. Efforts Community involvement also extends to the to add more events and activities are underJohnson’s Field of Champions Baseball Trainway, including trivia nights, family & team ing Facility in Preston, where they offer indikaraoke and even some live musical performvidual lessons, baseball camps and clinics, ances that attract fans of all ages! team training and a fall baseball league from Check all the upcoming events at: www.field- mid-August to early October. So take a cut at ofchampionssbg.com. the cages and then go take a seat at Field of Bruce and Denise Johnson are members of Champions Sports Bar and Grill and feel good the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce about supporting your community. and actively participate in community events.

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A presence in the community for 14 years, the UW Neighborhood Issaquah Clinic has been honored for its commitment to excellence many times over. The Clinic has consecutively earned four excellent accreditation scores for meeting nationally recognized standards of high-quality health care from the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care.

The clinic has also received two leadership awards from Premera Blue Cross for continued participation and support in the Premera Quality Score Card program. Additionally, the National Committee on Quality Assurance has recognized Dr. Sandi Anderson, Dr. Randy Mandell and Dr. Patricia Read-Williams for excellence in diabetic care.

The UW Neighborhood Issaquah Clinic provides a complete spectrum of primary care services for the entire family.

“Having a primary care provider is critical to achieving and maintaining your best health,” explains Shelly Wardell, Manager of Marketing and Communications. “Your primary care provider will serve as the first point of contact for health care needs, physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses, and can help you manage chronic diseases.”

The Clinic also offers a wide range of specialty services, including travel medicine services, sleep medicine consultations, aesthetic medicine services, ADHD

services and nutrition counseling.

Convenience and the highest quality of care are what attract patients to the UW Clinic. The clinic is open six days a week with evening and same-day appointments, but after hours are covered, too.

“Patients have access to medically trained staff members 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” says Wardell. “After clinic hours, patient calls are sent to on-call nurses or other healthcare professionals.”

Issaquah Clinic providers speak many languages, including Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese and Hindi. All UW Neighborhood Issaquah Clinic physicians are board-certified and active members of the UW School of Medicine faculty. Furthermore, patients have access to the worldclass care provided by the entire UW Medicine Health System.

The Clinic utilizes electronic medical records, allowing providers access to a patient’s entire UW Medicine health record.

In addition, patients can access their own personal health information online via UW Medicine eCare. Registered users can email their health care team, schedule and cancel appointments, order medication refills and easily review their medical history and lab results.

Come experience health care at its best! Stop by the clinic at 1455 11th Ave. N.W., Issaquah, or visit www.uwmedicine.org/uwpn to learn more.

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Bahk Law Firm brings experience A former in-house counsel to a corporation and prosecutor for the County of San Diego, attorney Daniel Bahk utilizes his experience to ensure excellent results for his clients. Bahk Law Firm PLLC is a boutique law firm, providing legal services ranging from criminal defense to small business counseling.

Bahk graduated from the Rutgers School of Law in 2002, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the law journal. His published work has been cited by law professors throughout the country. After graduating, he worked as an Associate In-House Counsel for an employee leasing and security company where he reviewed employment contracts, handled corporate compliance issues regarding subsidiaries, and prepared for trials involving the company.

Bahk then moved to a position as a civil litigator for the City of San Diego, during which time he defended tort claims against the city and obtained many dismissals. Craving trial experience, Bahk joined the San Diego District Attorney's Office and conducted 34 jury trials and more than 200 preliminary hearings. During his tenure, the San Diego DA's Office awarded the Checkbook Directors Award to Bahk for handling and negotiating a 99-count case involving the victimization of the Sheriff’s Dispatch Department.

Daniel Bahk Bahk also received a commendation from the Chief of the Chula Vista Police Department for favorable verdicts in a 28-witness jury trial involving the harassment of citizens at a public library.

While working as a prosecutor in San Diego, Bahk studied for and passed the Washington bar exam. Now licensed to practice law in both Washington and California, Bahk provides his clients with an added advantage, especially those seeking results in either or both jurisdictions. His wife is a lifelong Sammamish resident and they decided that this is the best place to raise their family;

Bahk moved to the Eastside with his wife in 2010.

Since Bahk opened his office in Bellevue eight months ago, his practice has earned a loyal contingent of clients.

"Daniel Bahk is great lawyer,” says current client Andy K. of Issaquah. “He is responsive, knowledgeable, and easy to get along with. I have seen him in court and he definitely knows what he is doing. I would recommend Daniel Bahk to any prospective client in need of a highly competent lawyer."

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Akinobu Ohno (left), president of Ichijo USA, receives the framed Ichijo Day proclamation from Mayor Ava Frisinger on July 18, for the zHome project in the Issaquah Highlands.

Issaquah leaders Issaquah Highlands Self Storage now open honor zHome builder

Issaquah Highlands residents have expressed the need for extra storage for many years. Issaquah Highlands Self Storage officially opened its doors in early May 2011, just in time to rotate storage of seasonal items. Located in Issaquah Highlands on High Street between 9th and Highlands Drive, adjacent to the park and ride, it is the most convenient storage facility for Issaquah Highlands and lower Sammamish Plateau residents.

“As a resident of the Highlands, I drive by the facility at least twice a day. There is nothing more frustrating than having to go out of your way to get to your storage unit,” said developer and highlands resident Bob Gregg.

Gregg represents the ownership group and has spent the last several years acquiring the land and developing the project. The storage facility is six stories high and 68,000 square feet with 503 heated storage units to protect valuable possessions from the damp Northwest weather. Sizes range from 25 to over 200 square

Manager KJ feet. Customers have long access hours every day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. via electronic keypad. You’ll find convenient reserved parking next door at the park and ride in addition to the main loading area in front.

Additional features and services include boxes and packing supplies, truck rental, covered load and unload, high tech security and convenient hours 7 days a week to meet any and all mov-

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“As a medical rep who lives in the Issaquah Highlands, I find it convenient to store my supplies at Issaquah Highlands Self Storage. The new facility is clean, secure and has even easier access in and out of the units than was expected,” highlands resident Bob Clements said.

The building was designed by Magellan Architects of Redmond and DCI Engineers of Seattle. The project was constructed by Foushee of Bellevue. Construction financing was provided by First Savings Bank Northwest in Renton. The building was designed to meet LEED guidelines.

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By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The long-planned zHome project under construction in the Issaquah Highlands — residences designed to produce as much energy as occupants consume — is in line to open in mid-September.

City planners and longtime project backers attributed the milestone to builder Ichijo USA, a subsidiary of Japanese homebuilder Ichijo Co. In a July 18 ceremony, Mayor Ava Frisinger and Issaquah leaders spotlighted the Pan-Pacific partnership responsible for jolting zHome from concept to reality. The mayor proclaimed the day as Ichijo Day in Issaquah.

“During our early discussions about Ichijo, the more we learned about the community, the more excited we became,” she said during the ceremony. “Although we were located thousands of miles away, many of our goals and ambitions were the same.”

Ichijo USA President Akinobu Ohno offered a graceful bow and accepted the framed proclamation from Frisinger.

Construction on zHome is scheduled to conclude in late summer, and then crews plan to prepare the units for public open houses. The opening date is Sept. 14 during the Built Green Conference, a gathering for building industry professionals interested in eco-conscious practices.

Ichijo USA joined the project early last year in a joint venture between the company and developer Matt Howland.

Ichijo Co. builds energy-efficient residences across Japan — a bonus for Issaquah officials.

“They have been a critical part of zHome coming together. With the downturn, we had worked very hard to find alternative financing and hardly any new construction is getting financed these days,” zHome Project Manager Brad Liljequist said.

“Ichijo as a partner, they were very critical to getting zHome moving forward.”

Officials gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking Sept. 29, 2008 — the same day the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 777 points.

Construction started after Ichijo USA joined the project last year.

“I think zHome is going to help them become more widely known,” Liljequist said. “I think it will help them a lot, actually. I think they were very specific about the first project they did in the United States.”

Ichijo USA also plans to build residences in the Issaquah Highlands on a parcel involved in the complicated Park Pointe transfer of development rights.

Though zHome is not expected to open to residents for months, the project is already the recipient of numerous accolades.

Gov. Chris Gregoire highlighted the project in a speech about sustainable industries at the Sustainable Cities Forum, a part of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

In April, Liljequist received a Green Globe Award, King County’s top eco honor, in Community Leadership in Green Building for zHome.

Liljequist also serves as project manager for the Maple Street Fire Station, or Eastside Fire & Rescue Station 72. The construction project in the highlands offered important lessons for Station 72.

“Here in the next couple of months, I think we’re going to see much more visibility on zHome as we actually wrap up construction and open up,” he said. “That’s going to give them great visibility for their first project in the United States.”

Ichijo Co. is based in Hamamatsu City, about 150 miles southwest of Tokyo. The company ranks among the largest homebuilders in Japan.

Ichijo Co. is constructing temporary residences for people displaced after the March earthquake and tsunami.

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State troopers arrested a Bellingham man and a Richland man near Issaquah early July 19 after motorists headed to a golf tournament noticed a water tanker from a Kennewick construction company on the wrong side of the Cascades.

The state patrol heard about the wayward tanker after employees from the construction company noticed the vehicle on Interstate 90 near North Bend.

The men, employees for general contractor Apollo Inc., noticed the vehicle traveling westbound as they headed to a golf tournament near Seattle.

The company did not have any construction projects in Western Washington, so the men made several calls to ongoing constructions to account for water tankers.

The crew at a Yakima construction site reported a missing tanker.

So, the golfers called 911 and followed the tanker until troopers stopped the vehicle near Issaquah.

Troopers arrested the driver, a 27-year-old Richland man, Collin J. Simanton, and a 20year-old Bellingham man, Christopher Siewert. Simanton told police they were headed to the Seattle Aquarium.

Authorities booked the men into the King County Jail for first-degree possession of stolen property. Meanwhile, the Yakima Police Department is investigating the stolen vehicle incident.

King County is a top ‘digital county’ nationwide King County is a Top 10 Digital County after out-innovating counties across the United States in a National Association of Counties survey.

The survey — a joint effort between the national association and the Center for Digital Government — identified the “best electronic practices among counties nationwide” and ranked the top candidates.

King County tied for the No. 9 spot in the category for counties of more than 500,000 people.

“The Digital Counties Survey identifies the very best examples of how counties are aligning technology to support strategic priorities and create crucial operational and administrative efficiencies,” Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties executive director, said in a statement. “Especially important during these tough economic times, counties across the country are using innovative technologies to reduce county operations costs and enhance service delivery.”

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Nordstrom social-media maven shares a passion for fashion

By Warren Kagarise Issaquah Press reporter The palatial Nordstrom flagship store almost doubles as a closet for Sanda Belaire, a designer at the downtown Seattle landmark.

In a 21st-century spin on renowned Nordstrom cusON THE WEB tomer service, Belaire uses Facebook, Twitter and Follow style-and-social-media other tools to invite others maven Sanda Belaire on to explore the fashion fantaFacebook at Nordstrom Seattle syland, exchange ideas Designer, Twitter @NordySanda about the latest looks and and @NordstromSEA, and Tumblr select items for customers.

The longtime Issaquah-area at nordysanda.tumblr.com. resident seamlessly melds chic and geek as a designer and social-media maven for the Elle-and-Vogue set.

“I’m a firm believer in keeping up with technology,” she said. “You have to keep up with the world or it leaves you behind.”

Belaire shares snippets — a fire-engine-red Gucci dress, a Dolce & Gabbana lace sheath, a Jason Wu coat trimmed in ostrich feathers and velvet Miu Miu pumps attached to oversized bows, not unlike gifts beneath a Christmas tree — in iPhone photos posted to Twitter and Tumblr, popular social media sites.

“Twitter is another door into the store,” she said.

In 2008, Belaire joined the microblogging site and, a year later, created a popular account dedicated solely to style. The smart-

phone snapshots and 140-character musings reach almost 3,000 followers nowadays.

“I love meeting and engaging with people and have met great people through Twitter,” she said. “I’m a social person — social media is a great way of meeting new people.”

The brief bio — 160-character limit — posted on Belaire’s profile also includes a pronunciation guide for Sanda.

“I’ve been called Sandra or Sand-a most of my life but it rhymes with Wanda,” she said.

Sanda means “moon” in Burmese.

From Cher to Carrie Bradshaw Belaire’s interest in fashion predates the shift to social media — and even the 26-year career she crafted at Nordstrom.

“I remember seeing Cher on the Sonny and Cher variety show and being fascinated by which Bob Mackie creation she would wear each week,” she said. “Cher was very much the Lady Gaga of my generation in terms of pushing the fashion envelope.”

In life-imitates-art moments, “I designed and sewed Cher clothes for my Malibu Barbies,” Belaire said. “I drew fashion illustration and portraits throughout high school and was struck by the artistry and beauty of well-designed clothing.”

So, just out of high school, she joined Nordstrom. (Belaire is 47 and looks 20 years younger.)

In all of the years spent on Nordstrom sales floors, she noticed some trends repeat like reruns on late-night TV. In the same

timeframe, fashion also evolved into a more democratic institution, in part because “Sex and the City” turned Manolo Blahnik into a household name.

Like Carrie Bradshaw, Belaire often mixes designer duds and discoveries from vintageclothing shops. (Belaire dons “Costco clothes” — often a T-shirt and leggings — on days off.)

Belaire — outfitted in a Chloé dress beneath a scarlet Jil Sander coat, and perched atop Marni heels from Stella Vintage in downtown Issaquah — said smart selections offer a crucial confidence boost.

“Clothes can be a superficial thing, but if you feel good internally, you present that externally,” she said as the flagship store readied for Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, a Christmas-in-July event for fashionistas.

Role revolves around fashion, friends The emphasis on social media and technology is important, but old-fashioned customer service remains a key part of Belaire’s job.

“There is no typical day for me at Nordstrom, which I love,” she said. “Each day is full of the variety of new customers, friends and, best of all, new merchandise.”

The married mother of a young son and daughter said style can fit into any budget.

Still, temptations abound in Nordstrom — acre upon acre of accessories, clothes and shoes.

“The rewards are the relationships you

form. My customers and coworkers have become lifelong friends,” Belaire said. “The fabulous fashions, shoes and handbags are a reward and a challenge — it’s hard not to spend my paycheck back in the store.”

Belaire, born in Myanmar, or Burma, settled in the Issaquah area 17 years ago after a stint in West Seattle.

Belaire’s children attended Maple Hills Elehas a mentary and Maywood Middle schools. Between responsibilities at Nordstrom, she volunteers at Maple Hills in the library and in the art docent program.

A regular series about The social-media coneveryday newsmakers nection is a part of life beyond the marble floors at the flagship store.

“People say, ‘How do you have the time for Twitter?’ I actually find it time saving,” Belaire said. “I generate content from people, blogs and news that I follow so I can scroll and receive instant information all in one place. It makes the world much smaller, as I can follow people from all over the world.

It’s the best morning read on the Metro from Issaquah to Seattle.”

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Issaquah biker roars to Rolling Thunder rally Dave Scandiffio embarks on cross-country ride to honor prisoners of war

By Emily Baer Issaquah Press intern Dave Scandiffio, 55, has been riding motorcycles since he was 8 years old. But on June 12, having returned home from a monthlong, 8,965-mile trip across the country and back, the Issaquah man set a record for himself — and for most people.

Scandiffio began in his trip in Issaquah with four friends from the area. The group motored to Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., where they united with other bikers in the Run for the Wall. The ride is an annual 10day ride to the nation’s capitol as a gesture of appreciation for the sacrifices that veterans have made for the United States.

Upon arriving in Washington, D.C., the 900-strong pack joined what Scandiffio estimates were more than 500,000 motorcyclists in the annual Rolling Thunder demonstration. The demonstration’s mission is to educate the public about the many American soldiers who were left missing in action or as prisoners of war.

“It’s an emotional trip and there’s a reverence about the ride itself,” Scandiffio said. “The main message is that there are soldiers missing in action and prisoners of war left after every major war. It’s holding

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Dave Scandiffio smiles, having just arrived in Washington, D.C., with 900 other Run For The Wall motorcyclists. the government accountable for finding out what’s happened to them.”

Scandiffio served in the United States Navy from 1974 to 1979. A committed biker, he used to take his motorcycle aboard the ship. From 1983 to 1987, he served in the Oregon National Guard.

Though many of the riders were veterans,

others joined the cause because they wanted to support those who fought for this country.

“It’s an honor to be a part of,” he said.

“There are a lot of people who did amazing things. Medal of Honor recipients ride, and there are more people who received bronze stars and silver stars.”

The motorcyclists carried sheets of paper

with names of and stories about soldiers who died in combat with them as a way to reconnect with the past and remember those who gave their lives for our nation.

They stopped at every Vietnam memorial on their route and visited several Veterans Affairs hospitals to meet and talk to men and women about their war memories.

Scandiffio spoke about the appreciation he felt from the people that the brigade met as it rode through the Midwest.

“The outpouring of national pride in the central part of this country is overwhelming at times,” he said. “Schools empty out, entire towns empty out holding flags when we pass through.”

Scandiffio first became interested in a cross-country trip when he decided to visit some close military friends in Florida. At an Eastside Harley Owner Group meeting, Scandiffio heard a couple of men talking about the Run for the Wall.

“The more I listened and did some research on the Internet, the more I wanted to go,” he said. “I’ve always been proud of being in the military and this was a chance to go across the country with a very large group.”

Scandiffio said the ride, which is split into a central route and a southern route, is laid out with “almost military precision.” It has to be — the motorcyclists ride side by side at 70 miles per hour, covering a three- to five-mile stretch of road.

He also warned that the ride is not for the faint of heart. The pack made its way

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May Valley Alliance Church, located at 16431 S.E. Renton-Issaquah Road, turns 50 Aug. 7.

May Valley Alliance Church will celebrate its 50th anniversary Aug. 7 with a 10 a.m. service and barbecue.

“The service will honor community members and former pastors,” the Rev. Dave Lawson said.

The barbecue will feature bouncy toys and a presentation of video taken over the years. The video will include footage of missionaries and their travels around

the world. Mission trips have taken church members as far as Chile, Ecuador, North Africa, West Africa and Peru. On each trip, members have established their own churches.

Short-term mission trips have also taken members to Mexico.

Once there, members construct houses for those who are less fortunate.

“People don’t realize the impact this church has had, not only locally but globally,” Lawson said.

The celebration is open to

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everyone. Past members, members and people who have never been to church are encouraged to attend.

May Valley Alliance Church had its first service on the first Sunday of August 1961 in the Coalfield Grange Hall across from Leonard’s Bar and Grill in Renton. There were 17 present for the first Sunday service.

At that time, the Extension

“About two years… and many, many pounds ago, in a doughnut shop in Seattle, I set my very first running goal: to run a marathon.”

That’s the first full line on Douglas Pariseau’s still growing website.

By the way, Pariseau, 44, reached his initial goal. His first marathon was the 2010 Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon. The achievement came just a year after Pariseau had decided he ON THE WEB needed to run a marathon. So, Learn more as he says on about Douglas his site, Pariseau’s run Pariseau needed a new from Issaquah goal. to Portland at He came up www.issy2pdx.i with one. nfo. Follow the Mostly for fun, but also to journey on raise money for Twitter the Issaquah @OasisDouglas.

Alps Trail Club and the crosscountry team at Mt. Rainer Lutheran School in Tacoma, Pariseau leaves July 27 for a 185plus mile run from the Issaquah REI store where he works to an REI in Portland, Ore. Pariseau said he plans to make the trip in seven days.

If you do the fairly simple math, that’s the equivalent of roughly seven marathons in seven days.

And by the way, if you haven’t heard previously of Pariseau’s seemingly enormous undertaking, don’t feel as if you haven’t been paying attention.

“It’s been very low key,” Pariseau said.

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Monica Anderson makes Villanova dean’s list Monica Anderson, of Sammamish, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2011 spring semester in Villanova University’s College of Engineering. To qualify, one must be a full-time student and earn a semester grade point average of 3.25.

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Splish, Splash Prepare the children to run through sprinklers, blow bubbles, and more at the Parks & Recreation Department’s annual Beat the Heat Splash Day, from 1-2:30 p.m.

Aug. 3 on the community center lawn, 301 Rainier Blvd.

S. The firetruck arrives at 2 p.m. to deliver the event’s highlight spraydown. Call 837-3200.

Events Lake Sammamish Elks Lodge hosts an open house and pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon July 30 at 765 Rainier Blvd. N. All you can eat for $7, or $5 for children. Call 392-1400.

The Highlands Soccer Club fall 2011 registration is open through Aug. 5 at www.hsclub.org. The club is open to boys and girls ages 312. Matches are at the Issaquah Highlands Central Turf Fields on Sunday afternoons.

There is a $49 program fee and a $39 uniform fee to new members.

It’s Family Day at the Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 30 at Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W., featuring the following events: Purchase handcrafted items made by local youth in the courtyard.

Kid Magician Cizek performs from 10-10:30 a.m. in the courtyard.

The Fire Inside Celtic band performs from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the hay barn.

The Reptile Man brings his Reptile Show to the courtyard from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Listen Up, a vocal group of 8to 12-year-olds, perform from 11:45 p.m. in the courtyard.

The Providence Marianwood gallery presents Sammi Splash Aug. 1 through Sept. 30.

View a preview of artwork to be featured at this year’s fifth Sammamish Art Fair and view the 2011 SAMMI Award Art Collection from 6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at Providence Marianwood, 3725 Providence Point Drive S.E. The Sammamish Chamber of Commerce presents its annual “Sammamish Nights” from 6:30-10 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Sammamish Commons. It features “Ventura Highway Revisited,” local wine tasting and top restaurants. Register at www.sammamishchamber.org. VIP price is $65; general admission is $45.

Lake Sammamish Elks Lodge hosts an ice cream social at 1 p.m. Aug. 13, 765 Rainier Blvd. N., $4

Volunteer call The city of Issaquah needs volunteers to help mark storm drains from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

July 30 in the Issaquah Highlands. Meet at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive. Contact Laura at lauramatter@seattletilth.org or 206-633-0451.

Religious/spiritual A live audio chat “Is God Listening To Me?” is at 11 a.m. Aug. 2 at the Christian Science Reading

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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. ArtEAST offers the following workshops at 95 Front St. N. Go to www.arteast.org.

“Chain Mail” — 9 a.m. to noon July 30, $100 “Making Ceramic Tiles” — 2-5 p.m. July 30, $110 “Painting from the Fire Within” — 1-6 p.m. July 31, $90

Library The following events take place at the Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way. Call 392-5430.

Going Global Comedy Show, for ages 3 and older with an adult, 1 and 2 p.m. July 27 SAT Practice Test Review, for teens, 3 p.m. July 30 “Tales from a Small Planet,” for ages 2 and older with an adult, 1 and 2 p.m. Aug. 1 “All Toddlers Romp!” for ages 3-6 with an adult, 10 and 11 a.m. Aug. 2 “Baby Music Time,” for ages newborn to 14 months with an adult, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 20 Sweet Summer Teen Book Group, for teens, 3:30 p.m. Aug. 4, 18 and 25 “Finding the Right Colleges for you,” for teens, 10 a.m. Aug. 6 “Generating Creativity Through Timed Writing,” for teens, 3 p.m. Aug. 11 “Finances for College,” for teens, 10 a.m. Aug. 13 Computer class: “One-onOne Assistance,” for teens and up, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Aug. 20 “College Admissions 101,” for teens, 10 a.m. Aug. 27 Meet David Volk author of “The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to Seattle,” for adults, 7 p.m. Aug. 30

Seniors Issaquah Valley Senior Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday to Friday at 75 N.E. Creek Way. The following activities are open to people 55 and older. Call 392-2381.

The following day trips are offered through July: Red Wing Casino, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 27, free

The following students from the Issaquah area have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Washington for the 2011 spring quarter. To qualify, a student must complete at least 12 graded credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.5.

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Local students graduate from UW (names A-H) The following students from the Issaquah area recently graduated from the University of Washington: Rebecca Aanenson, Bachelor of Arts, communication; Jennifer Abenojar, Bachelor of Science in health informatics and health in-

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B IRTHS Robert Daniel Pope Julia and Jeffrey A. Pope welcomed son Robert Daniel to their Boise, Idaho, home on June 28, 2011.

He was born weighing 4 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 17 inches.

He arrived with twin, Elaine.

Maternal grandparents are Dan and Fran Pope, of Issaquah.

Paternal grandparents are Norm and Judy Mithoug, of the Fairwood area of Renton.

Great-grandparents are John Pope, of Issaquah; Evelyn Carbaugh, of Spokane; Robert Mithoug, of Everett; and Vivian Francis-Wick, of Everett.

Robert Pope Julia is a 2000 graduate of Issaquah High School.

Elaine Grace Pope Julia and Jeffrey A. Pope welcomed daughter Elaine Grace to their Boise, Idaho, home on June 28, 2011.

She was born weighing 4 pounds, 9 ounces and measuring 17 inches.

She arrived with twin brother, Robert.

Grandparents are Daniel and Frances Pope, of Issaquah, and Norm and Judy Mithoug, of the Fairwood area of Renton.

Great-grandparents are John Pope, of Issaquah; Evelyn Carbaugh, of Spokane; Robert Mithoug, of Everett; and Vivian Francis-Wick, of Everett.

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Evan Stanley Espeseth

Stan Espeseth, 89, a long-time resident of Bellevue and Providence Point, passed away July 12, 2011.

Stan is survived by his wife of 58 years, Barbara; son Robert (Cynthia), of Woodinville; daughter Karen Snow (Will), of Palo Alto, Calif.; and grandchildren

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Madeline and Jesse.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road, Sammamish.

In lieu of flowers, make contributions in Stan’s memory to the Issaquah History Museums, P.O. Box 695, Issaquah WA 98027, or to an organization of your choice.

Ernest H. Johnston Ernest H. Johnston was born in Seattle to English parents Alfred and Lilian Johnston on April 21,1926.

He died in Issaquah on July 16, 2011.

Ernie atErnest Johnston tended public, Catholic and technical schools in Seattle. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

Ernie is survived by his wife of 62 years, Betty; their daughter Brenda Corbett; son Stephen and his wife Marianne Johnston; five

grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. All were dearly loved by him.

Ernie worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 38 years, and the city of Issaquah for 10 years.

He was a quiet, gentle man who was an excellent craftsman and gardener. He loved his family, friends, his church and his country.

Loved and respected by all who knew him, he will be missed by all of us. May he rest in peace.

A celebration of Ernie’s life, including a military honor guard, will be held at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church at 325 S.E. Darst St. (Second and Darst streets), Issaquah, on Sunday, July 30, at 2 p.m.

Herbert E. Mull Herbert E. Mull, of Issaquah, died July 15, in Issaquah. He was 81.

A memorial service was July 25 at the family farm.

Herbert was born Feb. 10, 1930.

He is survived by siblings Gordon Mull and Loretta Cole; and children Bert (Annette) Mull, Christine (Gary) Balyeat, Diane (Rich) Lucas, and Cliff (Jody) Mull.

Memorial donations can be made to the Issaquah Schools Foundation.

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Jack M. Long, 78, of Issaquah, passed away from natural causes Friday, July 22, 2011, at home with his wife, Bunny, the love of his life Jack Long for over 54 years, at his side.

Jack was born in Durant, Okla., on March 29, 1933, to Florence Alma Long and Jesse James Long. He was the youngest of six children. In 1935 the family moved to Sacramento, Calif., where Jack had wonderful childhood memories. At the age of 14, Jack hitchhiked to State College, Pa., to live with his brother Bill.

He later returned to Sacramento and graduated from Grant Union High School in 1950.

In 1953 Jack joined the Army and was stationed in Korea for two years as a staff sergeant. After leaving the army, Jack attended Sacramento Junior College.

He met Frances “Bunny” Kearney in 1956 while they were both employed at the Blake, Moffitt & Towne Paper Co. They married in 1957, moved to Washington in 1958 and settled in Bellevue soon thereafter. In 1971, the family opened its first carpet store, The Shag Shop, in Eastgate. The business name changed to Long’s Home Fashion Center in 1981 and moved to Issaquah in 1988.

The business continues to operate there as Long’s Floors.

Jack and Bunny raised five boys who all attended Newport High School in Bellevue. Jack was active in the boys’ lives — serving as PTA president, cub master and

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After an appeal from the state Department of Transportation, native plants were added June 8 to the Blue Star Marker at the Indian John Hill rest stop on Interstate 90, between Ellensburg and Cle Elum.

The DOT lacks funds to maintain the garden around the marker, so it reached out to East Lake Washington District for help (the district purchased the westbound marker in 2007).

Seven members, including

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those from the Issaquah Garden Club and Pine Lake Garden Club, who were returning from the yearly state Federation of Garden Clubs convention in Richland, completed the project.

Pariseau’s wife Stephanie will drive road support during the trip, while the couple’s two children, Quinn and Tessa, will run at least part of the way with their dad. The family’s accommodations on the trek will consist mostly of roadside camping.

According to the website, both Quinn and Tessa are members of the Mt. Rainer cross-country

Little League coach and umpire.

Jack was a member of Gyro International fraternal club, gaining many friends throughout the United States and Canada. He served on the board of directors of Issaquah’s Hutchison House.

Jack also enjoyed golf, daily walks, traveling and visiting family and friends.

Jack was a dedicated family patriarch and generous teacher.

With five sons, 20 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a large extended family, his love of family was ever-present. Jack was a very loving husband, a supportive and kind father, a devoted uncle, an inspirational and caring grandfather, an awesome, fun great-grandfather, and a friend to all who met him.

Jack had an infectious sense of humor and a laugh that could fill an entire room. He was a kind and caring man who was also a great listener. Jack had a way of making people feel extremely special, important and loved. He will be greatly missed.

Jack is survived by his wife Bunny; five sons and their families (Greg and Jean, of Redmond, six children and two grandchildren; Gary and Liz, of Woodinville, and two children; Jeff and Karen, of Sammamish, and two children; Doug, of Issaquah, and four children; Chris and Melanie, of Bellevue, and two children); and his sister Oleta Boyte, of Sacramento. Extended family includes Pat and Colette Kearney, of Bellevue, and four children; Steve “Rocky” and Laura Long, and two children; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins.

Jack’s siblings who preceded him in passing were Ruby Howsmon, Louise Goodman, Bill Long and Bob Long.

Memorial services are pending.

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team. Pariseau said the team could use new uniforms. So Quinn hopes to raise money via the run to help out his school.

Busy with the final stages of preparation for the grueling run, Pariseau said he is still putting the final touches on his website.

He hopes to set up a way for those interested to donate to his causes. Pariseau said he also plans regular updates from the road during the run.

Tom Corrigan: 392-6434, ext 241, or tcorrigan@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

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Committee of the Christian and Missionary Alliance had purchased the old Grange Hall and the land the church currently rests on, hoping the location off May Dave Lawson Creek Road would be the church’s future home. The new church was built in 1963 with much of the work done by volunteer labor.

Lawson is May Valley Alliance’s seventh pastor; he has been with the church for three and a half years.

“It’s been a great experience,” he said. “It’s about people — not just a temporary change but a permanent change, as only God can provide.”

May Valley Alliance Church is an evangelical Christian church with a simple mission — to tell people about Jesus, help people grow in friendship with Jesus, and meet the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.

“We believe that Jesus Christ was God who had come to earth to pay the price for our sins,” Lawson said. “If we apologize for our sins, God will forgive us and we can be restored to a relationship with him again.”

Ron Christensen has been a member of the church since 1978.

“Many lives have been changed for the better due to this church,” he said. “It’s a group that really cares about each other.”

To join May Valley Alliance Church one must attend regular services and be part of the church community.

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through heavy hail, dense fog, the Eastern Californian and Arizonan deserts, and snow six inches deep — you name it, the motorcyclists rode through it.

When the two Run for the Wall groups reunited in Arlington, Va., before taking part in the Rolling Thunder demonstration, they were honored to be given the opportunity to view the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

As the Rolling Thunder brigade made its way through the streets of the capitol, the President and other dignitaries came out to wave at and talk to the demonstrators.

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“We want to be a place in the community where people can come and feel welcome,” Lawson said.

Services are every Sunday at 10 a.m. God is worshiped through singing and prayer, and relevant life-related messages from the bible are taught.

“You’ll hear stories about what God is doing in people’s lives,” Lawson said.

During the morning service, a children’s and youth ministry is also held.

“It’s a creative Bible teaching to teach the children about God and their place in the world they are living in,” Lawson said.

Membership is growing due to an increased focus on the church’s purpose and mission, he said. As of now, the church has about 115 members and is predominately made up of young families.

Programs offered through the church include a Wednesday afterschool tutoring program put on by volunteers from the Issaquah High School Key Club. On average, 20 children attend weekly.

“They bring in their homework and we help them through it,” Lawson said.

The church is currently constructing a soccer field and playground that will be open to the community. The field should be completed this month.

Quinn Eddy: 392-6434 or isspress@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

show of it,” Scandiffio said. “ They make sure not to lose the message about the meaning of Memorial weekend.”

Scandiffio has been home for five weeks now and has had time to reflect on his trip.

“It was probably the hardest thing I’ll every put my bike — or me — through,” he said. “But if I had the chance, I’d leave next week and do it again.”

Scandiffio is part of the Thundering Angels, a local motorcycling club that annually hosts a charitable motorcycle show at the Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In. In the past, the club has donated its proceeds to organizations such as Life Enrichment Options and the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank.

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Indians headed for California tourney The Issaquah Indians 16-andunder baseball team is headed for the PONY Colt Zone Tournament from July 29-Aug. 3 in San Jose, Calif.

The Indians earned a berth after winning the state regional tournament July 10 in Kirkland.

If the Indians win the Zone tournament, they would head to the Colt World Series Aug. 6-11 in Lafayette, Ind. The Indians went 5-0 in the regional tournament. They opened tournament play July 7 with a 2-0 victory against the Maltby Stallions. The Indians scored their runs in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Anders Lindberg and a double by Chris Young. Winning pitcher Jackson Meyer tossed a two-hitter, did not allow a walk and faced just 22 batters, one more than the minimum.

On July 8, the Indians walloped Maple Valley, 16-5. Winning pitcher Kevin Letourneau struck out seven and also went 2-for-5 at the plate. First baseman Jack Nickel went 4-for-5 and drove in five runs. Young also knocked in four runs, and Lindberg had three hits and two runs batted in.

The Indians finished pool play July 9 with an 8-5 victory against Kirkland. Andrew Huynh and Nickel each had two hits. Blake Young and Lindberg contributed run-scoring doubles. Bobby Griffith was the winning pitcher in relief and Ryan Siefkes picked up the save.

On July 10, the Indians rocked Maltby, 12-2, in the semifinals.

Meyer again was the winning pitcher, allowing just four hits.

Nickel got the Indians going early when he cleared the bases with a two-out double in the first inning.

Josh Min followed with a run-scoring double as the Indians went up 4-0. Lindberg, Chris Young, Huynh, Siefkes and Cody Collister each drove in runs later in the game.

In title game, the Indians defeated the Seattle North Stars, 7-3.

The North Stars had defeated the Indians twice during the season and were the pre-tournament favorites. Letourneau didn’t allow an earned run in pitching a complete game. Siefkes had two hits and two runs batted in to lead the Indians. Troy Potensky, Kyle Thomas, Huynh and Letourneau all drove in crucial runs for the Indians.

The Indians are coached by Mike Griffith, Glenn Meyer and Mike Young. The club was minus catcher Zach Garner, who was unable to play in the tournament because of an injury.

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Local teens fare well in junior golf district tourney

By Christopher Huber Issaquah Press reporter The Washington Junior Golf Association District 2 Championship tournament didn’t go quite as well as Li Wang would have hoped.

Over the two weeks prior, the incoming Eastlake High School junior had placed sixth and tied for fifth in two national American Junior Golf Association tournaments in Texas and Oregon and was ready to take this one by storm on the not-so-difficult Mount Si Golf Course.

After shooting a disappointing plus-4 76 on July 19, Wang managed to shoot on par (72) in the second round. But it wasn’t quite enough to take the title in his age group — the 16- and 17-yearolds.

He took second place with an overall 148-stroke performance.

Mercer Island’s Charlie Kern won with a low score of 144.

“Yesterday (July 19) I had to get really low to have a chance to win,” Wang said. “I posted a pretty good round. Just wasn’t enough I guess.”

Wang was among 12 Sammamish youth golfers who advanced to the WJGA state tournament after posting low enough numbers at the 2011 District 2 Championship July 18-19 at Mount Si Golf Course. The dozen youth will compete at Walla Walla Country Club, Wine Valley Golf Course and Veteran’s Memorial Golf Course July 27-29.

In all, 16 Sammamish residents participated in the district tournament.

Along with Wang in the boys

BY CHRISTOPHER HUBER

Brian Mogg, of Sammamish, watches his tee shot on the first hole during the Washington Junior Golf Association District 2 tournament July 19 at Mount Si Golf Course. age 16-17 group, Jack Strickland qualified for state as the first alternate. He shot a consistent 7777 over two days at Mount Si. Wang said the course gave him a lot of birdie opportunities, but that they were tough to execute on the green.

“The first day I wasn’t really on,” he said. “There were a lot of birdie opportunities, but you just got to let them come, you can’t force anything. You just had to stay patient out there.”

In the boys 14-15 age group, Spencer Weiss and Brian Mogg, both of Sammamish, each lowered their second day scores and qualified for state. They finished third and fourth, respectively.

Weiss posted a 75-74-149 and Mogg finished with a 77-75-152.

“I didn’t make any mistakes or get in trouble,” Weiss said. “I hit a lot of greens and 2-putted.”

R.P. McCoy, 14, also qualified for the state tournament after he tallied a 157-stroke performance (77-

80).

In addition, Nate Fischer shot a 171 to qualify as state alternate in the 12-13 age group.

In the boys age 8-11 competition, John Hayes, of Sammamish, finished with a 79-stroke, score

over two nine-hole rounds to qualify for state. Tommy McCoy and Victor Wang also qualified with scores of 83 and 85, respectively.

Sammamish’s Kelley Sullivan See GOLF, Page B6

Katie Kinnear helps Issaquah dominate Senior Seattle Open

By Bob Taylor Issaquah Press sports editor Skyline High School’s Katie Kinnear, who swims for the Issaquah Swim Team throughout the year, looks like she is headed for another successful highschool season this fall.

Kinnear, who won two events and sparked Skyline to the girls 4A state title last fall, had a dominating performance at the Senior Seattle Open July 7-9 at Seattle’s Colman Pool. In fact, she is one of many Issaquah Swim Team members who have had spectacular performances in recent weeks.

At the Senior Seattle Open, Kinnear finished first in three individual events and swam as a

member of two winning relay teams. She won the 100-meter freestyle in 1 minute, .32 seconds, captured the 400 individual medley in 5:13.07 and took the 1,500 freestyle in 18:20.59.

Kinnear also placed third in the 400 freestyle in 4:42.53.

The Issaquah Swim Team’s 200 freestyle relay team of Kara Beauchamp, Kinnear, Kayla Flaten and Nicole Lecoq finished first in 1:58.78. Lecoq, Flaten, Kinnear and Beauchamp composed the winning 200 medley relay team, clocked at 2:13.39.

In addition, the Issaquah Swim Team had three other second-place relay teams. The 400 freestyle relay team of Maria Volodkevich, Kinnear, Flaten and Lecoq came in at 4:15.16. Sarah

Elderkin, Beauchamp, Kinnear and Flaten made up the 400 medley relay team, which came in at 4:45.72. The 800 freestyle relay of Kinnear, Lecoq, Beauchamp and Flaten finished in 9:18.14.

Skyline graduate Danielle Palumbo, who competes for Washington State University but also swims for the Bellevue Club, finished first in the 200 backstroke in 2:27.19 and finished third in the 200 individual medley in 2:36.71.

Beauchamp finished second in the 200 butterfly in 2:31.01 and fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:23.18.

BY CHRISTOPHER HUBER

See SWIMMING, Page B6

Li Wang, an incoming Eastlake junior, putts the third green July 19 at Mount Si Golf Course in Snoqualmie.

Lakeside Recovery bid for state falls short Legion team fails to move on for only second time in 16 years

By Bob Taylor Issaquah Press sports editor

BY GREG FARRAR

Lakeside Recovery’s Mike Paulson, shown in a July 8 baseball game, pitched nine strong innings July 21 against the Spokane Blue Devils during the American Legion AAA Super Regional Tournament.

The baseball season ended a bit sooner than usual for Lakeside Recovery Senior American Legion team.

Lakeside Recovery, for just the second time in 16 years, failed to qualify for the AAA state tournament when it lost two games July 21 in a Super Regional Tournament at Bellevue’s Bannerwood Park.

After overcoming a variety of adversities throughout the summer, Lakeside Recovery manager Rob Reese liked his team’s chances of reaching state tournament when it entered the regional last week.

Things looked promising July 20 when Lakeside Recovery, the re-

gional host, hammered the Tacoma Cobras 12-0 in the opening round.

Lakeside exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Issaquah graduate Mike Paulson, who played at Walla Walla Community College in the spring, had two hits and Newport graduate Dan Altchech had two hits and drove in three runs. Pitcher Travis Snider, a Skyline High graduate, blanked the Cobras on five hits and did not walk a batter.

With the victory, Lakeside Recovery entered July 21 with two chances to advance to the state tournament. In the first game, Lakeside Recovery met the Spokane Blue Devils, who also won their opener, in a winner-tostate game. The Blue Devils dealt Lakeside Recovery a heartbreaking 3-2 loss in 10 innings.

“We had our chances to score early but we didn’t take advantage of our opportunities. We let them (Spokane) stay in the game and they put the ball in play when they had to. They executed when they had to,” Reese said.

Lakeside Recovery had a strong

pitching performance from Paulson, who worked the first nine innings. He struck out seven batters.

A costly error in the ninth inning helped the Blue Devils tie the game at 2-2.

“Paulson pitched great. He deserved the win but we just couldn’t get those last couple outs,” Reese said.

Jim Sinatro, of Skyline, accounted for one of the Lakeside Recovery runs with a home run.

Brandon Mahovlich, of Issaquah, singled in the other run.

Despite the loss, Lakeside Recovery had another chance at a state berth. However, the Kennewick Bandits ended Lakeside Recovery’s season with an 8-5 victory.

Jake Bakamus, of Issaquah, led Lakeside Recovery with three hits.

Kyle Goemmer, of Newport, and Snider each had two hits.

The Bandits led 4-1 after three innings and was on top 5-3 going into the bottom of the fifth inning.

Lakeside Recovery scored twice to tie the game. However, the Bandits put two runs on the scoreboard in

the seventh inning to win the game.

Lakeside Recovery finished the season with a 21-23 record. Losing records are not normal for this club, which has won five state titles under Reese.

“We pitched well enough to win every game, but it was just a matter of playing defense and executing on offense,” Reese said. “Too many times we left runs on the board. In big games you just can’t give up scoring opportunities.”

The last time Lakeside Recovery missed on qualifying for the state tournament was in 2005. The next year the club won the state title.

With several young players on this year’s team, Lakeside Recovery could duplicate the feat next summer.

“We have a lot of the players back. We should have a pretty good team next year,” Reese said.

“It’s just a matter of working harder and getting better.”

Bob Taylor: 392-6434, ext. 236, or bobtaylor@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.

The Issaquah Press

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Summer baseball

Senior American Legion AAA Super Regional Tournament At Bannerwood Park July 21 Games SPOKANE BLUE DEVILS 3, LAKESIDE RECOVERY 2 Spokane 000 001 001 1 – 3 10 0 Lakeside 100 000 010 0 – 2 10 2 Tyler Moore-Long, Sean Schooler (10) and Parker Franklin; Mike Paulson, Brandon Lundeberg (10) and Jim Sinatro. W: Moore-Long, L: Lundeberg. Sv: Schooler.

2B: Schooler (S). HR: Sinatro (L).

Lakeside highlights: Sinatro 1-5, 1 RBI; Brandon Mahovlich 1-4, 1 RBI; Paulson 7 Ks. KENNEWICK BANDITS 8, LAKESIDE RECOVERY 5 Kennewick 103 010 210 – 8 8 2 Lakeside 001 220 000 – 5 11 3 Conner O’Neill, Tanner Leatherwood (6) and Dylan Maurer; Matt Lunde, Brandon Lundeberg (4), Connor Gilchrist (8) and Jim Sinatro. W: Leatherwood, L: Lundeberg. 2B: Jake Bakamus (L) 2.

Lakeside highlights: Bakamus 3-5, 1 RBI; Kyle Goemmer 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 run; Travis Snider 2-5.

July 20 Game LAKESIDE RECOVERY 12, TACOMA COBRAS 0 Cobras 000 0 00 0 – 0 5 3 Lakeside 001 1(10)0 x – 12 10 1 Taylor Eddy, Dustin Brenner (5) and Sean Church; Travis Snider and Jim Sinatro. W: Snider, L: Eddy. 3B: Mike Paulson (L).

Lakeside highlights; Paulson 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 run; Dan Altchech 2-3, 3 RBIs; Snider CG, 0 BB, 7 Ks.

16 & Under American Legion District Tournament Issaquah Indians 15, Mercer Island 1 (Issaquah highlights: A. Huynh 3-4, 2 RBI; K. Letourneau 2-2, 2B, 3 RBIs; C. Young 1-3, 3 RBIs; J. Nickel 1-3, 3 RBIs; J. Min 3-3, 1 RBI; T. Potensky 1-2, B. Griffith 1-2, WP Jackson Meyer CG, 6Ks, 6 hits, 0 BB, 0 ER) Mercer Island 3, Issaquah Indians 1 (Issaquah highlights: A. Huynh 2-3, A. Lindberg 2-2, C. Young 1-3, J. Nickel 1 RBI) Issaquah Indians 12, Mercer Island 2 (Issaquah highlights: A. Huynh 1-1, 2B, 2 RBIs; R. Siefkes 1-2, 3 RBIs; K. Letourneau 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; A. Lindberg 1-2, 1 RBI; C. Young 1-3, 1 RBI; WP Jackson Meyer CG, 3 hits, 3 Ks, 0 BB, O ER) Issaquah Indians 4, Bothell Prep Sports 3 (Issaquah highlights: R. Siefkes 3-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs; A. Lindberg 2-2, 2B, 1 RBI; J. Nickel 1-3, Kevin Letourneau 1 RBI, WP Letourneau CG) Woodinville 3, Issaquah Indians 1 (Issaquah highlights: A. Huynh 1-2, K. Letourneau 1-4, A. Lindberg 1 RBI, D. Haroutoonian 1-2, Jackson Meyer CG, 3Ks, 0 BBs, 1 ER)

Summer golf WJGA District 2 Tournament July 19-20 at Mount Si GC BOYS 16-17 Qualifiers to state: 1, Charlie Kern (Mercer Island) 69-75–144; 2, Li Wang (Sammamish) 76-72–148; 3 (tie), Lyle Rudnicki (Woodinville) 78-72–150, Oliver Rudnicki (Woodinville) 75-75–150, Jack Fisher (Redmond) 76-74–150, Cole Helgeson (Woodinville) 77-73–150; 7, Kole Lindor (Woodinville) 76-75–151; 8, Chris Babcock (Shoreline) 74-78–152; 9, Bryan Jung (Bellevue) 78-75–153; 10 (tie), Ryan Books (Seattle) 76-78–154, Garrett Foss (Redmond) 79-75–154, Jack Strickland (Sammamish) 77-77–154 (alternate), Sean Ballsmith (Snoqualmie) 76-78–154 (alternate). Other local scores: 24, William Sharp (Sammamish) 7984–163; 26 (tie), Alex Yi (Issaquah) 88-80–168.

14-15 Qualifiers to state: 1, Frank Garber (Kirkland) 7370–143; 2, Patrick Sato (Bellevue) 76-71–147; 3, Spencer Weiss (Sammamish) 75-74–149; 4, Brian Mogg (Sammamish) 77-75–152; 5, Radleigh Ang (Medina) 76-77–153; 6, Owen Fenner (Snohomish) 7579–154; 7, Andy Liu (Bellevue) 76-79–155; 8, Jake Ryerson (Seattle) 76-80–156; 9 (tie), Sam A. Fisher (Redmond) 82-75–157, RP McCoy (Sammamish) 7780–157, Michael Schaloum (Mercer Island) 81-76–157; 12, Eugene Wackerbarth (Clyde Hill) 80-79–159; 13, Taylor Swingle (Bellevue) 79-83–162 (alternate). Other local scores: 14, Kelley Sullivan (Sammamish) 8381–164; 20, Jackson Safon (Sammamish) 89-93–182.

12-13 Qualifiers to state: 1, Grant Cole (Redmond) 7776–153; 2, Zachary Evens (Mercer Island) 76-79–155; 3, Stephen Taylor Hopkins (Redmond) 82-79–161; 4, Giebien Na (Mercer Island) 83-79–162 (withdrew); 5 (tie), Race Porter (Seattle) 83-80–163, Tiger Nelson (Medina) 81-82–163; 7, Carter Tillotson (Kenmore) 8283–165; 8, Liam Jaffe (Woodinville) 85-85–170; 9, Nate Fischer (Sammamish) 89-92–191 (alternate).

8-11 Qualifiers to state: 1, Connor Golembeski (Redmond) 38-39–77; 2, Zachary Torrey (Woodinville) 37-40–77; 3 (tie), Ian Siebers (Bellevue) 38-40–78, Ryan Park (Bellevue) 40-38–78; 5, John Hayes (Sammamish) 4039–79; 6, Sean Kato (Redmond) 41-39–80; 7 (tie), Alan Li (Bellevue) 42-39–81, Ivan Zhao (Bellevue) 3943–81; 9, Tommy McCoy (Sammamish) 45-38–83; 10, Victor Wang (Sammamish) 42-43–85; 11, Sebastian Rudnick (Woodinville) 45-41–86 (alternate).

GIRLS 16-17 Qualifiers to state: 1, Sammie Pless (Seattle) 8175–156; 2, Chelsea Saelee (Seattle) 80-80–160 (withdrew); 3, Cassandra McKinley (Shoreline) 80-84–164; 4, Jessica Kent (Bellevue) 84-81–165; 5, Haley Chinn (Bellevue) 84-82–166. Local score: 10, Brya Vowels (Sammamish) 108-107–215.

14-15 Qualifiers to state: 1, Marianne Li (Bellevue) 7478–152; 2, Isabel Chien (Bellevue) 86-77–163 (with-

drew); 3, Jamie Midkiff (Sammamish) 86-82–168; 4, Yuri Machida (Redmond) 89-84–173; 5, Mersadie Tallman (Issaquah) 85-89–174.

12-13 Qualifiers to state: 1, Maddie Nelson (Sammamish) 84-79–163; 2 (tie), Sarah Lawrence (Duvall) 8480–164, Sarah Rhee (Seattle) 84-80–164; 4, Rachel Fujitani (Seattle) 83-84–167; 5, Ashley Fitzgibbons (Sammamish) 81-90–171.

8-11 Qualifiers to state: 1, Abigail Euyang (Seattle) 4343–86; 2, Lauren Fisher (Redmond) 59-50–109.

Running Soaring Eagle Solstice 5k trail run, July 21 Top finishers: 1, Daniel Naylor (Mercer Island) 36:20.5; 2, Daniel Vu (Mercer Island) 36:38.2; 3, Kelly Woolms (Lynnwood) 38:07.1; 4, Brian Rhodes (Bellingham) 38:38.6; 5, Kurtis Wilsey (Ellensburg) 39:09.2; 6, Kris Grey 39:40.4; 7, Alan Bruggeman 40:10.8; 8, Brian Abrams (Snoqualmie) 40:15.0; 9, Miguel Filipe (Seattle) 40:43.1; 10, Kay Allen (Seattle) 40:45.1; 11, Laura Bangerter (Everett) 40:56.7; 12, Kendall Hirano (Renton) 41:29.6; 13, Andre Rodrigues (Seattle) 41:49.0; 14, Michael Gallagher (Seattle) 42:12.6; 15, Ben Markle (Tacoma) 42:17.8; 16, Caitlin McKee (Seattle) 42:12.6; 17, Kyle Smith (Seattle) 42:45.9; 18, Paul Schmitz (Mercer Island) 44:49.9; 19, Mike Carter (East Wenatchee) 50:12.9; 20, Emilio Chaviano (Seattle) 51:41.2; 21, Vladimir Kustanovich (Seattle) 51:47.4; 22, Anne Fraser (Redmond) 52:18.9; 23, Jana Pinto 52:28.9; 24, Fred Reman 52:33.1; 25, Courtney Stewart (Seattle) 52:42.8; 26, John McAuliffe (Redmond) 52:43.8; 27, Heather Choco (Sammamish) 52:49.1; 28, Megan Keyes (Seattle) 52:52.8; 29, Sue Maloney (Issaquah) 53:26.5; 30, Christine Mullan (Seattle) 53:52.0.

SummeRun July 23, 5K Race Local finishers: 24, Julio Holsten (Sammamish) 21:01; 25, Tony Wong (Sammamish) 21:17; 31, Annika Stockton (Issaquah) 21:23; 57, Chris Clark (Sammamish) 22:44; 60, Ronald Tickman (Sammamish) 22:55; 65, Max Tickman (Sammamish) 23:10; 92, Timothy Wong (Sammamish) 23:55; 124, Doug Pullman (Issaquah) 25:00; 143, Rachel Clark (Sammamish) 25:35; 147, Greg Larson (Issaquah) 25:40; 148, Bob Baugher (Newcastle) 25:41; 157, Doug Holsten (Sammamish) 25:51; 181, Jessa Link (Sammamish) 26:18; 251, Maya Otte (Newcastle) 28:11; 253, Casey Paul (Sammamish) 28:11; 305, William Tickman (Sammamish) 29:29; 337, Liz Tickman (Sammamish) 30:25; 368, Peter Clark (Sammamish) 30:56; 369, Rosann Dipietro (Sammamish) 30:56; 380, Alan Florsheim (Issaquah) 31:15; 382, Joanna Mummert (Newcastle) 31:17; 404, Jim Gorman (Issaquah) 31:45.

Triathlon BRI Tri at Seafair July 24 at Seattle Olympic Triathlon Race Local finishers: 14, Stephen Bennett (Issaquah) 2:00:22; 47, Ryan Mongan (Sammamish) 2:09:31; 64, Kevin Finerty (Issaquah) 2:12:55; 86, Derek Watanabe (Issaquah) 2:17:09; 187, Leanne Kinkade-Herman (Issaquah) 2:30:40; 203, Neil West (Issaquah) 2:32:12; 206, Laurie Kutter (Sammamish) 2:32:48; 209, Robert Dobbs (Issaquah) 2:33:19; 211, Blake Cahill (Sammamish) 2:33:33; 231, Daniel Lewis (Sammamish) 2:37:41; 235, Zebene Assefa (Newcastle) 2:38:09; 258, Luke Fewel (Sammamish) 2:40:51; 304, Kim Garland (Sammamish) 2:49:39; 316, Brittany Schlaegel (Issaquah) 2:53:59; 328, Marige Cofano (Sammamish) 2:54:14.

Sprint Triathlon Race Local finishers: 29, Jonathan Church (Sammamish) 1:10:24; 38, Dave Whitbeck (Issaquah) 1:12:16; 44, Danos Trochalakis (Sammamish) 1:13:30; 163, Patrick Purcell (Sammamish) 1:24:17; 166, Spencer Smith (Issaquah) 1:24:46; 168, Eric Biege (Sammamish) 1:24:51; 189, Jon Leffingwell (Newcastle) 1:25:53; 196, Chad Magendanz (Issaquah) 1:26:22; 212, Mark Stendal (Sammamish) 1:27:05; 220, Buck Sater (Sammamish) 1:27:38; 340, Bryant Hall (Sammamish) 1:35:33; 344, Maureen Foley (Issaquah) 1:35:46; 347, Lisa Ellis (Sammamish) 1:36:07; 366, Preston Sater (Sammamish) 1:37:38; 416, Lily Unk (Issaquah) 1:41:36.

Club swimming Washington Games AGE GROUP SEATTLE OPEN At Colman Pool Results for Issaquah Swim Team and other local swimmers: GIRLS 8 & Under 50-meter freestyle; 1, Belle Battistoni 37.79; 3, Abby Roth 43.76. 50 backstroke: 1, Battistoni 48.76.

50 breaststroke: 1, Battistoni 55.65. 50 butterfly: 1, Battistoni 49.29.

9-10 50 freestyle: 2, Stephanie Young 33.50; 3, Ashleigh Lee 34.38; 5, Natalie Sun 34.81; 7, Lauren Sayles 35.74; 8, Danika Himes 36.22; 11, Sarah Dimeco 36.99; 26, Lillian Piel 40.37; 29, Holly Schwinn 40.85; 36, Julia Crumb 45.70.

50 backstroke: 2, Young 39.72; 4, Lee 42.05; 5, Himes 42.25; 6, Emily Sur 43.38; 8, Sun 44.00; 10, Sayles 45.74; 12, Melissa Kappes 46.84; 30, Schwinn 52.49.

50 breaststroke: 1, Himes 45.07; 2, Young 45.11; 5, Sur 48.18; 6, Sayles 49.61; 7, Sun 49.74; 18, Piel 53.39; 19, Kappes 54.18; 21, Crumb 54.73; 22, Dimeco 55.00; 29, Grace Tacchetti 1:01.22.

Adult sports

SPORTS CALENDAR

Issaquah Alps Trail Club

July 30, 9 a.m., Rattlesnake Mountain to Stan’s Lookout, 5 miles, 1,400-foot elevation gain. Call 837-1535 ... July 31, 9:30 a.m., Sammamish’s Hazel Wolf Wetland and Soaring Eagle Park, 5 miles, 300-foot elevation gain. Call 453-8997. ... Aug. 5, 10 a.m., Dogs’ Welcome Hike, 4-6 miles, 800-1,200-foot elevation gain. Call 481-2341 ... Aug. 6, 9:30 a.m., Squak Mountain from Mountainside Dr., 5 miles, 1,200-foot elevation gain. Call 453-8997 ... Aug. 7, 9:30 a.m., Lodge Lake on Pacific Crest Trail, 4 miles, 850-foot elevation gain.

Call 427-8449.

Cascade Bicycle Club July 29, 9 a.m., Bellevue to Lake Sammamish, 35 miles from Lake Bellevue. Call 891-7079 ... Aug. 2, Cycle Tuesday, 5:45 p.m., 25-35 miles from Gene Coulon Park in Renton. Call 206-200-7314.

Softball Issaquah Parks has Jack & Jill leagues and men’s 35 & older leagues, which begin play in early August. Call 837-3308.

Shooting Aug. 21, noon, Cascade Mountain Men shooting event at Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club ... Hunter education courses are available at the Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club. Call 206-940-5862.

Fishing Aug. 10, 5:30 a.m., the Trout Unlimited chapter of Bellevue-Issaquah holds a free fly casting clinic at the Beaver Lake Park pavilion area. Clinic provides tips and techniques for beginners and experienced anglers. Anglers can bring own gear or test new casting gear and systems.

Football Alumni Football USA is looking for players to compete in a game between Issaquah and Skyline alumni in October. Location and time to be determined later. Roster spaces limited to 40 players for each team. If interested, call 888-404-9746 or go to www.alumnifootballusa.com.

Golf tournament 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, and Issaquah football fans. Tournament features a four-man scramble and begins with a shotgun start. Call 206-660-4952.

50 butterfly: 2, Young 37.94; 3, Dimeco 39.79; 6, Himes 41.11; 8, Sur 41.71; 9, Sun 41.79; 15, Sayles 45.91; 17, Schwinn 48.06; 21, Crumb 50.33; 22, Tacchetti 51.27; 23, Kappes 51.85; 26, Piel 52.21.

10 & under 100 freestyle: 2, Ashleigh Lee 1:17.87; 3 (tie), Natalie Sun 1:18.33, Emily Sur 1:18.33; 9, Lauren Sayles 1:22.08; 10, Sarah Dimeco 1:22.13; 11, Belle Battistoni 1:22.52; 13, Danika Himes 1:23.54; 15, Melissa Kappes 1:26.06; 27, Holly Schwinn 1:32.13; 31, Abby Roth 1:35.26; 33, Lillian Piel 1:36.67; 36, Julia Crumb 1:47.70.

200 freestyle: 2, Young 2:37.02; 4, Sun 2:52.53; 9, Sur 3:03.24; 10, Dimeco 3:04.26; 11, Sayles 3:05.24; 14, Himes 3:10.08; 20, Schwinn 3:17.05; 26, Grace Tacchetti 3:23.85.

100 backstroke: 2, Young 1:21.62; 3, Grace Luehmann 1:28.84; 4, Lee 1:30.51; 5, Himes 1:30.91; 6, Sun 1:33.69; 8, Sur 1:35.39; 9, Dimeco 1:36.55; 10, Sayles 1:36.71; 11, Battistoni 1:37.01; 14, Kappes 1:39.88; 20, Schwinn 1:43.87; 26, Roth 1:45.64; 31, Piel 1:53.85.

100 breaststroke: 1, Young 1:35.44; 3, Sur 1:42.10; 5, Dimeco 1:49.49; 11, Piel 1:52.96; 14, Crumb 1:55.39.

100 butterfly: 2, Young 1:23.41; 3, Luehmann 1:31.86; 4, Dimeco 1:34.20; 5, Himes 1:38.62; 6, Sun 1:38.65; 8, Sur 1:40.68; 9, Lee 1:41.48; 11, Schwinn 1:47.98; 12, Sayles 1:48.37; 18, Roth 2:04.70.

200 individual medley: 2, Young 2:51.93; 3, Luehmann 3:06.32; 4, Himes 3:11.24; 5, Sun 3:11.39; 6, Sur 3:17.12; 8, Sayles 3:17.93; 10, Dimeco 3:21.92; 12, Lee 3:24.98; 13, Battistoni 3:27.63; 23, Roth 3:48.55.

400 freestyle relay: 1, IST A (Sayles, Sun, Sur, Young) 5:10.87; 3, IST B (Schwinn, Himes, Dimeco, Battistoni) 5:46.92; 7, IST C (Tacchetti, Piel, Crumb, Kappes) 6:27.26.

200 medley relay: 1, IST A (Young, Himes, Battistoni, Sur) 2:40.03; 3, IST B (Schwinn, Sun, Dimeco, Sayles) 2:57.13; 5, IST C (Lee, Crumb, Roth, Piel) 3:10.64.

11-12 50 freestyle: 21, Emily Schahrer 33.58; 40, Gabby

Running Aug. 6, 8:30 a.m., Grand Ridge 5K, half-marathon and 5K at Grand Ridge Park. Learn more at www.Evergreentrailruns.com ....Aug. 13, 8:30 a.m., Cougar Mountain Trail Series, 13-mile race from Sky Country Trailhead. Get details at www.seattlerunningclub.org.

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

Baseball, fall ball Field of Champions is registering for fall ball. Call 222-6020.

Tennis Issaquah Parks offers tennis camps for youngsters 7-14 in August. The camp for youngsters 11-14 will be from 9 a.m.noon Aug. 1-4 at Skyline High. The camp for youngsters 7-10 will be from 9 a.m.noon Aug. 8-11 at Skyline High School.

Call 837-3300.

Chess Issaquah Parks has a Chess Wizards camp for ages 5-13 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Aug. 1-5 at the Community Center. To register, call 1-866-949-4386.

Swimming Issaquah Parks provides swimming lessons for all ages at the Julius Boehm Pool. Call 837-3350.

Baseball tryouts The Lakeside Recovery program will hold tryouts in August for its 2012 teams. Tryouts are: 14U Sandy Koufax 58 p.m. Aug. 8 at Skyline High School, 15U Legion 5-8 p.m. Aug. 9 at Skyline, 13U Sandy Koufax 5-8 p.m. Aug. 10 at Skylne, 16-18U AAA Legion, 18U Babe Ruth and AA Legion 5-8 p.m. Aug. 11-12 at Newport High. Makeups for all ages are 5-7 p.m. Aug. 15 at Newport. Call 444-4747.

The Eastlake Sammamish Baseball Association holds tryouts for its Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle teams Aug. 13-14 at the Sammamish Community All-Purpose Fields. Go to www.eteamz.com/esba to learn more.

Summer baseball American Legion 17 & under July 27, Lakeside Recovery in AA District Tournament at Bannerwood Park.

Glubochansky 35.65; 45, Sam Moynihan 36.30; 54, Grace Jendrezak 37.59; 55, Emily Whelan 37.60; 58, Grace Morton 37.88; 60, Kayla Biehl 38.45; 62, Devyn Pong 39.36.

100 freestyle: 13, Hailey Norris 1:12.45; 15, Jendrezak 1:12.90; 23, Elyse Kaczmarek 1:15.90; 44, Moynihan 1:22.17; 49, Morton 1:24.24; 50, Maggie Van Nortwick 1:24.25; 53, Kayla Biehl 1:26.69; 54, Pong 1:27.75; 56, Delaney Poggemann 1:30.62.

200 freestyle: 12, Kaczmarek 2:40.32; 20, Norris 2:47.37; 23, Schahrer 2:48.88; 25, Glubochansky 2:50.42; 43, Biehl 3:06.09; 45, Jendrezak 3:08.89; 46, Whelan 3:17.56.

400 freestyle: 7, Kaczmarek 5:39.32; 12, Glubochansky 5:59.13; 15, Schahrer 6:00.88; 17, Norris 6:03.19; 25, Gabby Salgado 6:18.06; 32, Biehl 6:36.87.

50 backstroke: 8, Schahrer 39.46; 24, Morton 42.84; 26, Glubochansky 43.02; 31, Whelan 43.98; 36, Pong 46.10; 38, Van Nortwick 46.37; 39, Jendrezak 46.69; 42, Moynihan 47.52; 43, Biehl 47.68.

100 backstroke: 6, Schahrer 1:23.33; 11, Paulina Kosykh 1:27.34; 19, Morton 1:31.34; 28, Glubochansky 1:34.98; 30, Jendrezak 1:38.73; 32, Pong 1:39.33; 34, Moynihan 1:40.51; 35, Van Nortwick 1:41.30; 40, Poggemann 1:45.55; 41, Biehl 1:45.90.

50 breaststroke; 9, Salgado 43.73; 11, Glubochansky 43.86; 13, Kaczmarek 45.04; 29, Van Nortwick 49.23; 32, Moynihan 49.83; 36, Schahrer 49.97; 38, Pong 50.10; 43, Norris 50.72; 49, Kosykh 51.72; 53, Morton 52.11; 57, Biehl 55.20; 58, Poggemann 56.16.

100 breaststroke: 11, Kaczmarek 1:35.26; 21, Norris 1:43.39; 31, Van Nortwick 1:49.18; 32, Pong 1:49.59; 33, Moynihan 1:49.65; 37, Morton 1:50.43.

200 breaststroke: 4, Kaczmarek 3:22.42; 7, Van Nortwick 3:44.61.

100 butterfly: 9, Norris 1:23.03; 10, Kaczmarek 1:23.31; 11, Kosykh 1:23.46; 14, Glubochansky 1:29.92; 21, Poggemann 1:41.52; 22, Biehl 1:45.59.

200 individual medley: 7, Kaczmarek 2:58.80; 10, Kosykh 3:02.38; 15, Glubochansky 3:05.75; 17, Norris 3:06.76; 22, Schahrer 3:10.60; 37, Moynihan 3:28.56;

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400 freestyle relay: 3, IST A (Schahrer, Kaczmarek, Kosykh, Norris) 4:49.98; 8, IST B (Salgado, Glubochansky, Moynihan, Biehl) 5:31.91; 12, IST C (Morton, Poggemann, Van Nortwick, Pong) 5:53.56.

400 medley relay: 3, IST A (Schahrer, Glubochansky, Kaczmarek, Norris) 5:26.76; 10, IST B (Morton, Van Nortwick, Whelan, Moynihan) 6:23.62.

13-14 50 freestyle: 3, Linnea Uyeno (BC) 30.23; 5, Brigid Mackey 30.90; 23, Jessica Clark 32.72; 25, Brooke Flaten 33.04; 29, Ellie Hohensinner 33.15; 32, Hanna Schwinn 33.24; 40, Alyssa Poggemann 33.68; 42, Clarissa Mitchell 35.04; 46, Annette Guo 35.20; 47, Darian Himes 35.42.

100 freestyle: 2, Mackenna Briggs 1:04.24; 9, Hohensinner 1:08.53; 14, Uyeno 1:09.36; 15, Kathy Lin 1:09.71; 24, Schwinn 1:11.98; 33, Flaten 1:14.04; 36, Guo 1:14.57; 38, Mitchell 1:15.54; 39, Poggemann 1:15.59; 40, Ally Haase 1:15.69; 44, Himes 1:17.29; 48, AJ DiMicco 1:18.16.

200 freestyle: 1, Briggs 2:17.90; 10, Hohensinner 2:30.55; 11, Schwinn 2:30.67; 18, Clark 2:37.10; 29, Guo 2:42.87; 30, Haase 2:43.50; 34, Mitchell 2:45.42; 36, Flaten 2:46.71; 37, Himes 2:49.85.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Briggs 4:51.78; 2, Mackey 4:57.77; 5, Sophie Luehmann 5:10.89; 6, Hohensinner 5:14.62; 14, Lin 5:23.51; 15, Kourtney Brunings 5:25.43; 19, Guo 5:37.22; 21, Haase 5:41.60; 24, Poggemann 5:45.13; 25, Mitchell 5:45.59; 27, DiMicco 5:52.26; 28, Himes 5:52.67; 30, Hannah-Rae Ernst 5:52.82.

100 backstroke: 1, Briggs 1:11.24; 10, Anna Collons 1:20.64; 25, Flaten 1:27.42; 29, Schwinn 1:28.86; 32, Poggemann 1:29.06; 37, Haase 1:31.07; 46, DiMicco 1:34.50.

200 backstroke: 1, Briggs 2:38.93; 4, Lin 2:49.24; 18, Hohensinner 2:58.37; 19, Collons 2:59.23; 23, Guo 3:01.73; 24, Poggemann 3:02.03; 25, Himes 3:03.22; 27, Haase 3:04.94; 30, Schwinn 3:07.07; 31, Mitchell 3:08.47; 35, DiMicco 3:21.35.

100 breaststroke: 1, Uyeno 1:26.05; 2, Briggs 1:26.77; 3, Lin 1:27.20; 16, Hohensinner 1:33.84; 21, Himes 1:35.08; 28, Guo 1:39.27; 35, Schwinn 1:41.64; 37, Poggemann 1:43.54; 40, DiMicco 1:45.52; 42, Mitchell 1:46.88; 46, Haase 1:50.68.

200 breaststroke: 1, Uyeno 3:00.90; 3, Briggs 3:04.67; 8, Mackey 3:11.77; 13, Hohensinner 3:16.02; 21, Guo 3:27.32; 25, Himes 3:33.43; 26, Poggemann 3:42.06; 27, Clark 3:42.27; 29, Haase 3:46.60; 30, Mitchell 3:49.61; 31, DiMicco 3:49.91.

100 butterfly: 3, Lin 1:14.42; 8, Uyeno 1:16.15; 9, Luehmann 1:16.66; 11, Hohensinner 1:18.07; 14, Schwinn 1:21.02; 15, Brunings 1:21.07; 19, Collons 1:23.30; 23, Haase 1:24.13; 24, Poggemann 1:24.59; 26, Guo 1:25.99; 27, Mitchell 1:27.19; 35, Himes 1:34.10.

200 butterfly: 3, Schwinn 2:52.12; 4, Hohensinner 2:54.08; 5, Lin 2:56.24; 7, Haase 3:08.36; 9, Poggemann 3:17.08; 10, Guo 3:20.68; 13, Flaten 3:32.62; 14, Himes 3:46.62; 15, DiMicco 3:48.75.

200 individual medley: 1, Briggs 2:36.56; 2, Mackey 2:42.39; 5, Uyeno 2:44.63; 8, Luehmann 2:46.75; 13, Brunings 2:51.29; 16, Schwinn 2:55.91.

400 freestyle relay: 2, IST A (DiMicco, Himes, Guo, Schwinn) 4:34.16; 7, IST B (Hohensinner, Briggs, Poggemann, Lin) 5:06.31.

400 medley relay: 2, IST A (Briggs, Brunings, Mackey, Hohensinner) 5:01.61; 5, IST B (Poggemann, Collons, Lin, Guo) 5:29.01; 8, IST C (Schwinn, Himes, Haase, DiMicco) 5:48.79.

15 & Over 50 freestyle: 1 Yui Umezawa 30.37; 11, Anna-Linnea Johansson 35.67. 100 freestyle: 1, Umezawa 1:04.53; 10, Johansson 1:16.35. 200 freestyle: 11, Johansson 2:49.75. 100 backstroke: 8, Johansson 1:30.58. 100 butterfly: 1, Umezawa 1:17.36; 4, Johansson 1:27.15.

200 butterfly: 1, Johansson 3:19.47. 200 individual medley: 1, Umezawa 2:39.36. 400 individual medley: 1, Umezawa 5:40.22.

BOYS 8 & Under 50 freestyle: 2, Jarod Schahrer 42.45. 50 backstroke: 2, Schahrer 52.93. 50 breaststroke: 2, Schahrer 47.04. 50 butterfly: 2, Schahrer 47.04.

9-10 50 freestyle: 2, Matthew Leahy 33.64; 4, Brandon Yue 33.88; 8, Kyle Falkner 34.71; 10, Anton Shebeko 35.65; 20, Nick Cox 37.55; 29, Joshua Sun 41.42.

50 backstroke: 2, Andres Gonzalez 40.57; 3, Gavyn Brayman 41.91; 4, Yue 41.94; 21, Cox 48.62; 22, Sun 49.50; 24, Christopher Leu 50.54; 26, Brandon Leung 51.79.

50 breaststroke: 1, Yue 43.29; 5, Gonzalez 49.17; 7, Brayman 49.90; 10, Shebeko 50.57; 12, Leung 51.78; 17, Falkner 54.03; 29, Cox 59.86; 30, Leu 1:00.91; 31, Sun 1:01.46.

50 butterfly: 3, Gonzalez 37.21; 5, Yue 38.82; 8, Falkner 41.24; 11, Brayman 42.15; 15, Shebeko 44.17; 22, Cox 45.44; 26, Leu 49.72; 29, Sun 54.37; 32, Leung 1:02.48.

10 & Under 100 freestyle: 2, Andres Gonzalez 1:12.39; 4, Brandon Yue 1:14.14; 5, Matthew Leahy 1:14.17; 6, Gavyn Brayman 1:15.59; 7, Kyle Falkner 1:15.69; 15, Anton Shebeko 1:20.50; 25, Christopher Leu 1:26.54; 28, Nick Cox 1:29.32; 29, Joshua Sun 1:29.99; 32, Jarod Schahrer 1:35.70; 35, Brandon Leung 1:45.60.

200 freestyle: 3, Gonzalez 2:39.80; 4, Yue 2:44.01; 5, Falkner 2:44.06; 7, Brayman 2:46.01; 15, Shebeko 3:01.43; 23, Cox 3:16.76; 25, Leu 3:17.41; 27, Schahrer 3:24.71; 31, Leung 3:54.67.

100 backstroke: 1, Leahy 1:22.57; 3, Gonzalez 1:27.18; 5, Falkner 1:29.01; 8, Yue 1:30.21; 12,

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Brayman 1:32.57; 15, Shebeko 1:34.08; 23, Cox 1:44.22; 24, Sun 1:45.18; 25, Leu 1:47.36; 28, Schahrer 2:01.46.

100 breaststroke: 2, Leahy 1:38.25; 5, Brayman 1:46.42; 6, Gonzalez 1:46.55; 8, Leung 1:48.46; 9, Shebeko 1:48.49; 12, Falkner 1:52.11.

100 butterfly: 1, Leahy 1:21.30; 3, Gonzalez 1:25.56; 5, Yue 1:27.90; 10, Falkner 1:34.16; 11, Brayman 1:34.99; 20, Schahrer 1:55.89.

200 individual medley: 1, Leahy 2:52.54; 4, Gonzalez 3:04.26; 6, Falkner 3:06.12; 7, Brayman 3:07.64; 13, Shebeko 3:19.12; 16, Yue 3:20.45; 18, Cox 3:27.46; 24, Leu 3:43.19; 25, Sun 3:44.51; 26, Schahrer 3:45.22.

400 freestyle relay: 1, IST A (Yue, Brayman, Falkner, Gonzalez) 4:57.57; 5, IST B (Shebeko, Sun, Leu, Leung) 6:19.22. 200 medley relay: 1, IST A (Leahy, Yue, Gonzalez, Brayman) 2:35.65; 4, IST B (Leu, Sun, Falkner, Schahrer) 3:13.98.

11-12 50 freestyle: 2, Jacob Leahy 29.67; 3, Ryan Kinnear 30.12; 4, Brandon Leu 30.91; 25, Bennett Enrst 34.37; 40, Nolan Van Nortwick 37.28. 100 freestyle: 2, Kinnear 1:05.39; 3, Leahy 1:05.90; 5, Ivan Graham 1:08.80; 23, Ernst 1:17.00.

200 freestyle: 2, Kinnear 2:23.31; 6, Leahy 2:29.03; 12, Graham 2:32.41; 25, Ernst 2:50.04; 29, Van Nortwick 3:07.63. 400 freestyle: 1, Kinnear 5:03.88; 7, Leu 5:13.09; 8, Graham 5:15.33; 25, Ernst 6:06.56.

50 backstroke: 2, Graham 34.75; 5, Leu 36.31; 27, Van Nortwick 46.39. 100 backstroke: 2, Leu 1:17.02; 19, Ernst 1:32.53; 20, Van Nortwick 1:38.39.

50 breaststroke: 2, Graham 39.10; 4, Kinnear 41.25; 13, Van Nortwick 44.10; 17, Leu 45.45. 100 breaststroke: 2, Graham 1:23.62; 4, Kinnear 1:25.58; 9, Leahy 1:30.62; 14, Leu 1:37.54. 200 breaststroke: 6, Ernst 3:39.96.

50 butterfly: 2, Graham 31.57; 3, Kinnear 32.01; 17, Leu 38.09; 31, Van Nortwick 47.08. 100 butterfly: 2, Leahy 1:11.58; 3, Graham 1:11.63; 15, Leu 1:25.49; 24, Van Nortwick 1:40.03.

200 individual medley: 1, Kinnear 2:36.45; 3, Graham 2:37.29; 5, Leahy 2:45.09; 8, Leu 2:49.27; 27, Ernst 3:20.57; 28, Van Nortwick 3:21.55. 400 freestyle relay: 2, IST (Leu, Kinnear, Graham, Ernst) 4:44.58. 400 medley relay: 1, IST (Kinnear, Graham, Leahy, Leu) 4:54.66.

13-14 50 freestyle: 4, Jackson Berman 28.51; 8, Nolan Hoover 29.07; 11, Elliot Schwinn 29.35; 18, Connor Broughton 29.78; 23, Ben Nussbaum 30.28; 28, Nick Nava 30.90; 32, Alex Sun 31.16; 46, Jeremy Bradford 33.44.

100 freestyle: 3, Berman 1:02.34; 5, Xavier Graham 1:02.54; 7, E. Schwinn 1:03.56; 8, Broughton 1:03.78; 14, B. Nussbaum 1:04.52; 19, Keith Nussbaum 1:05.29; 32, Nava 1:08.40; 33, Connor Schwinn 1:08.75; 47, Bradford 1:12.39.

200 freestyle: 2, E. Schwinn 2:15.46; 3, Broughton 2:16.38; 7, K. Nussbaum 2:18.92; 10, Graham 2:21.38; 18, Hoover 2:24.40; 19, C. Schwinn 2:25.17; 36, Nava 2:37.71. 400 freestyle: 1, Nick Klatt 4:35.13; 3, E. Schwinn 4:41.77; 5, K. Nussbaum 4:51.33; 8, Graham 4:59.04; 14, C. Schwinn 5:06.21; 25, Sun 5:27.60; 31, Bradford 5:57.12.

100 backstroke: 1, Hoover 1:08.84; 3, Klatt 1:12.11; 7, Broughton 1:13.83; 15, E. Schwinn 1:18.41; 17, K. Nussbaum 1:21.63; 32, Bradford 1:31.98. 200 backstroke: 1, Hoover 2:28.57; 4, B. Nussbaum 2:34.70; 7, Berman 2:35.30; 8, Broughton 2:39.89.

100 breaststroke: 1, Graham 1:17.09; 3, E. Schwinn 1:19.70; 4, Broughton 1:21.75; 11, K. Nussbaum 1:26.96; 17, C. Schwinn 1:29.08; 18, Berman 1:29.33; 28, Carter Ray 1:35.72; 29, Nava 1:37.24; 32, Bradford 1:40.04.

200 breaststroke: 1, B. Nussbaum 2:48.79; 2, Graham 2:57.00; 4, K. Nussbaum 2:57.69; 6, Klatt 3:00.54; 7, C. Schwinn 3:06.53; 8, Berman 3:06.64; 9, Sun 3:08.18; 18, Nava 3:28.57.

100 butterfly: 3, E. Schwinn 1:07.73; 5, Berman 1:09.16; 6, Klatt 1:09.38; 9, Broughton 1:11.41; 10, Graham 1:12.39; 11, B. Nussbaum 1:12.41; 12, Hoover 1:12.51; 13, K. Nussbaum 1:12.60; 21, C. Schwinn 1:21.16; 25, Sun 1:22.96; 33, Bradford 1:30.08.

200 butterfly: 1, E. Schwinn 2:27.18; 2, Berman 2:30.04; 4, Broughton 2:37.70; 6, K. Nussbaum 2:39.52; 8, B. Nussbaum 2:56.74; 10, C. Schwinn 2:59.45; 12, Nava 3:07.79.

200 individual medley: 1, Klatt 2:28.82; 2, B. Nussbaum 2:29.12; 3, E. Schwinn 2:31.43; 4, Berman 2:32.00; 5, Broughton 2:32.85; 6, Hoover 2:36.27; 8, Graham 2:37.31; 9, K. Nussbaum 2:37.63; 21, C. Schwinn 2:48.81; 22, Sun 2:48.99; 35, Bradford 3:06.23. 400 individual medley: 1, Berman 5:15.47; 2, B. Nussbaum 5:22.13; 4, Graham 5:37.57.

400 freestyle relay: 2, IST A (Berman, E. Schwinn, K. Nussbaum, Broughton) 4:11.53; 4, IST B (Graham, C. Schwinn, Nava, B. Nussbaum) 4:22.87. 400 medley relay: 2, IST (Berman, B. Nussbaum, Hoover, Klatt) 4:40.83.

15 & Over 100 freestyle: 11, Jon Williams 1:09.35. 200 freestyle: 3, Connor Biehl 2:16.50. 400 freestyle: 2, Biehl 4:51.67; 4, Malcolm Mitchell 5:09.37. 1,500 freestyle: 3, Williams 20:02.26.

100 backstroke: 5, Biehl 1:13.95. 200 backstroke: 2, Biehl 2:36.43; 6, Gentry Gevers 2:44.09. 100 breaststroke: 5, Biehl 1:25.85; 8, Williams 1:32.41.

100 butterfly: 2, Mitchell 1:08.74; 3, Biehl 1:11.25.

200 butterfly: 2, Biehl 2:34.95. 200 individual medley: 4, Mitchell 2:37.57; 6, Gevers 2:40.96. 400 individual medley: 1, Biehl 5:22.57.

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B6 • Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Issaquah grad earns first win Former Issaquah High School pitcher Matt Wickswat, who is playing for the Winston-Salem Dash in the Class A Carolina League, recorded his first victory of the season July 8 by blanking Myrtle Beach 5-0 in a rain-shortened home contest in front of a sellout crowd of 6,673.

The contest was stopped in the bottom of the eighth because of rain.

Wickswat, in his second start with Winston-Salem, cruised through the Myrtle Beach lineup.

After allowing a one-out double in the second inning, the lefthander retired 15 straight batters. He finished with a two-hitter and five strikeouts.

Wickswat followed with a 6-3 victory against Lynchburg on July 14.

He was also selected Carolina

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In the men’s competition, Liberty High’s Logan Briggs, who swims for the Issaquah Swim Team, won the 1,500 freestyle in 17:26.10 and placed second in the 200 individual medley in 2:21.00. In addition, Briggs swam as a member of two second-place relay teams.

Paul Jett, Briggs, Ben Allen and Michael Cox made up the 400 freestyle relay team, which took second in 3:56.25. The 800 freestyle relay of Allen, Briggs, Jett and Cox took second in 8:48.98.

The 200 medley relay of Briggs, Kevin Hays, Cox and Allen took third in 2:03.08.

Skyline graduate Alex Palumbo, who competes for Arizona State

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On July 19, Wickswat improved his record to 3-1 when the Dash defeated Kingston 11-6.

Local athletes in Junior Olympics Joshua Gordon, of Liberty High, and Jorrell Dorsey, of Issaquah, will compete in the long jump and triple jump at the Junior Olympic National Championships July 2831 in Wichita, Kan. Gordon won the long jump at the 3A state championships in May. Dorsey placed in both the long jump at triple jump in the 4A state championships.

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but also swims for the Bellevue Club, finished second in the 800 freestyle in 9:10.66.

IST swimmers sparkle at Seattle Open Several Issaquah Swim Team members had strong performances at the Washington Games Age Group Seattle Open July 1517 at Colman Pool.

In the girls 8 and under division, Belle Battistoni took first place in the 50-meter freestyle, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, and 50 butterfly. She also swam on the first-place Issaquah Swim Team 10-and-under 200 medley relay.

Stephanie Young and Danika Himes, who also swam on the 10and-under 200 medley relay, had first places. Young captured the 100 breaststroke and Himes took the 50 breaststroke.

Young also swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay with Lauren Sayles, Natalie Sun and Emily

casting clinic from 5:30-8 p.m.

Aug. 10 at the Beaver Lake Park pavilion. The clinic is free.

At the clinic beginning anglers may learn basic casting techniques while seasoned anglers can finetune their skills or learn new techniques from professional fly casters.

Anglers can bring their own gear or test new casting gear and systems.

Adrian Sampson selected for all-star game Adrian Sampson, a former Skyline High School standout who is pitching for the Bellingham Bells this summer, was selected to the East Division squad for the West Coast League all-star game July 26 in Corvallis, Ore. Sampson, who played for Bellevue College last spring, has a 4-2 record with a 0.84 earned run av-

Sur. In the girls 13-14 division, Mackenna Briggs won the 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, and 200 individual medley. Linnea Uyeno, an Issaquah resident who swims for the Bellevue Club, won the 100 breaststroke and the 200 breaststroke.

In the girls 15-and-over division, Yui Umezawa took first place in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley and 400 individual medley. Anna-Linnea Johansson was first in the 200 freestyle and first in the 200 butterfly.

In the boys 9-10 division, Brandon Yue was first in the 50 breaststroke.

Matthew Leahy had four first places in the boys 10-and-under division. He won the 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, and 200 individual medley. He also swam on the winning 200 medley relay

erage. He has 58 strikeouts in 53.1 innings.

male finisher. She was 16th overall in 2:08:47.

Issaquah football golf tourney Aug. 12

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Lakeside schedules tryouts

The Issaquah High School football program holds a golf tournament Aug. 12 at the Lake Wilderness Golf Course in Maple Valley.

Participating in the event will be Issaquah football coaches, alumni, former football players, parents of current players, local businessmen, and friends of Issaquah football.

The tournament features a fourman scrabble and begins with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Proceeds will fund student athlete scholarships, the purchase of new uniforms, the refurbishment and safety certification of all helmets, the acquisition of additional equipment, video analysis software and hardware, and coaching staff professional training.

Call Mark Tiernan at 206-6604952 for more information.

Eddie Switaj, of Mercer Island, finished first in the TriRock-Seattle July 17 at Lake Sammamish State Park.

Switaj completed the Olympic triathlon course in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 28 seconds.

Switaj, a former collegiate and high school swimmer, blew through the 1,500-meter swimming portion of the race in 17:56 to build up an early lead. Earlier this season, he finished first in the Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon in Oregon.

Drew Magill, of Sammamish, finished fourth in the TriRockSeattle in 2:00.18.

Rosalyn Rombauer, of Normandy Park, was the first-place fe-

with Yue, Andres Gonzalez and Gavyn Brayman. Yue, Brayman, Kyle Falkner and Gonzalez composed the winning 400 freestyle relay.

In the boys 11-12 division, Ryan Kinnear won the 400 freestyle and the 200 individual medley. He also swam on the winning 400 medley relay with Ivan Graham, Jacob Leahy and Brandon Leu. Nolan Hoover and Nick Klatt each won two events in the boys 13-14 division. Hoover captured the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke. Klatt took the 400 freestyle and the 200 individual medley. Other first places came from Xavier Graham (100 breaststroke), Ben Nussbaum (200 breaststroke), Elliot Schwinn (200 butterfly) and Jackson Berman (400 individual medley).

In the boys 15 and over division, Connor Biehl won the 400 individual medley.

The Lakeside Recovery baseball program has scheduled tryouts for its 2012 teams.

Tryouts for the 14-and-under Sandy Koufax team are from 5-8 p.m. Aug. 8 at Skyline High School. Tryouts for the 15-and-under A American Legion team are from 5-8 p.m. Aug. 9 at Skyline.

The 13-and-under Sandy Koufax tryouts are from 5-8 p.m. Aug. 10 at Skyline.

Tryouts for the 16-18 AAA American Senior American Legion, 18-and-under Babe Ruth and AA American Legion teams are from 5-8 p.m. Aug. 11-12 at Newport High School.

Makeups for all ages are from 57 p.m. Aug. 15 at Newport.

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missed the 14-15 age group cut by two strokes with a score of 83-81164.

Sammamish resident Maddie Nelson stood out among the girls competition July 18 and 19. Despite posting an 84 in the first round, she improved by five strokes the next day to win the 1213 age group by one stroke. She shot an 84-79-163 to make it to the state tournament.

And Ashley Fitzgibbons, who won the 2010 state tournament in the age 8-11 bracket, just barely made the cut for this year’s age 12-13 group. She scored an 8190-171 and was back on the course July 20 to work on her game, she said.

“Tuesday I blew up. On the first hole I doubled it and I got my

mind out of things and it never came back,” Fitzgibbons said. She is excited for state, but said she needs to focus on “keeping everything in play and don’t lose it on the first (hole).”

Issaquah golfers advance Bryan Jung, who played on Issaquah High School’s golf team last fall, qualified for the WJGA state tournament in the boys 1617 division. Jung had a two-day 153 total and placed ninth.

Taylor Swingle, another Issaquah High player, was an alternate in the boys 14-15 division.

He had a 162 total and placed 13th.

Mersadie Tallman, who will be a freshman in the fall at Issaquah, qualified for state in the girls 1415 division. She was fifth at district with a 174.

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

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 •

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CEDAR BUTTE Roundtrip: 3 miles Highest point: 1,880 feet Elevation gain: 900 feet Maps and guidebooks: Green

Trails Rattlesnake Mountain/Upper Snoqualmie

Valley No. 2055; Day Hiking: Snoqualmie Pass (Nelson and Bauer – Mountaineers Books).

Source: Washington Trails Association, Mountaineers Books

GETTING THERE PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER HUBER

A sign directs hikers to hang a right and up the hill from the Saddle Junction along the Cedar Butte Trail.

The path less traveled leads to the top of beautiful Cedar Butte

By Christopher Huber Issaquah Press reporter If it weren’t for a few persistent hikers or devoted volunteer stewards, the Cedar Butte trail might not get any traffic.

Considered an unofficial trail by the Washington Trails Association, the relatively well-worn path gets just enough use and has just enough signage to provide hikers a clear way to the top. But it’s not nearly as popular as hikes across the Snoqualmie Valley, like Little Si, Rattlesnake Ledge and others, so someone walking the trail in the middle of a weekday might have the place all to themselves.

One seeking to traverse the Cedar River watershed via the Cedar Butte Trail will have to first walk about a mile up the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, a well-kept, recently re-opened walking and biking trail that connects Olallie and Iron Horse state parks with the recently re-opened Snoqualmie Train Tunnel 21 miles east at Hyak.

This trail is family-friendly and makes for a quiet half-day family outing for anyone visiting Rattlesnake Lake.

The Cedar Butte Trail itself stems from the larger, gravel John Wayne trail. From the parking lot, walk past the bathrooms, hang a right, following signage to the John Wayne trail. Hang a left up the gravel access path and at the main trail, take another left, at the Iron Horse State Park sign that lists mileage to other destinations.

You’ll pass the Cedar Falls sign on your left and stroll down the trail for about 3/4 mile past foxglove, ferns and tall salmonberry bushes. After crossing the bridge over Boxley Creek, the Cedar Butte Trail comes up on the right.

About 400 feet past the bridge, look right for the small sign on the tree.

The narrow trail starts moderately steep and pushes through intensely thick underbrush and dense, lush second-growth forest.

Although wildlife encounters are relatively rare, hikers should tie bells to their shoes or pack a whistle or pepper spray, just in case.

After about a half-mile, the trail flattens out and the pristine forest opens up, offering a pleasant setting for traversing the hillside.

Steller’s jays curiously hop along the path and various birds call through the moist forest.

Stay right at the Y in the trail and soon you’ll approach the Box-

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ley Blowout Overlook. The trail gently meanders past sprawling vine maples and evergreen trees that create an almost impenetrable canopy. If it rains, you might not get that wet.

At the Saddle Junction sign, veer to the right — not a full right — to continue on to the steep switchbacks that will take you to the summit.

At a brisk pace, the switchbacks will get you to the top in 15 to 20

The summit at Cedar Butte offers a tree-framed view of Mount Si, Mount Teneriffe and Mailbox Peak from across the Upper Snoqualmie Valley.

Drive east on Interstate-90 to exit 32 (436th Avenue Southeast).

From the exit, turn right onto 436th Avenue Southeast (Cedar Falls Road Southeast) and drive about three miles until you reach the Rattlesnake Lake parking area. Continue through until you reach the Iron Horse State Park parking area and John Wayne Pioneer Trail on the left.

minutes.

The Cedar Butte summit is not as spectacular as some of the treks across the Upper Snoqualmie Valley, or the nearby Rattlesnake Ledge, but it offers a tree-framed view of Mount Si, Mount Teneriffe and Mailbox Peak. The secluded summit is a small clearing in the trees where someone placed a log bench. Check out the “Triangulation Station” marker the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey embedded in the rock in 1937.

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

At left, the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey embedded a ‘Triangulation Station’ marker in the rock in 1937. At right, hikers can take a rest on the log bench at the Cedar Butte summit. From there one can see Mount Si, Mount Teneriffe and Mailbox Peak in the distance.

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ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2011-12 PROPOSED BUDGET The Issaquah School District has prepared a budget for the 2011-12 school year, which is on file in the District Administration office. A copy will be furnished to anyone upon request.

A public hearing will be held in conjunction with the regular

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ORDINANCE NO. 2619 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COLLECTIVE GARDENS, DEFINING “COLLECTIVE GARDENS,” ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE.

The decision, once rendered, is appealable to City Council.

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CITY OF ISSAQUAH NOTICE OF ORDINANCES PASSED BY ISSAQUAH CITY COUNCIL Following is a summary of the ordinance passed by the Issaquah City Council on July 18, 2011, to be published in the Issaquah Press on July 27, 2011, effective date of August 1, 2011.

Notice is hereby given that the Final Plat for Issaquah Highlands, Division 16 and Parcel B (Sunset Walk) will go before the Hearing Examiner at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 11 at Council Chambers located at 135 East Sunset Way, Issaquah.

This Final Plat will divide approximately 5.86 acres into two parcels consisting of 70 fee simple townhome lots.

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02-2210 LEGAL NOTICE

ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 24 Pursuant to Ordinance No. 2610, the City Council approved and confirmed the final assessments and final assessment roll of Local Improvement District No. 24 for the construction of certain road improvements and sewer improvements and levying and assessing the total cost of expense to two parcels of land.

One of the property owners, Little Duck, Inc., has requested that the assessment for the Little Duck property be segregated to the individual condominium owners pursuant to RCW 35.44.410 and in accordance with the condominium declaration.

Notice is further given that pursuant to Resolution 2011-06, the Issaquah City Council will hold a public hearing on the segregation of the Little Duck, Inc. final assessment for Local Improvement District No. 24.

The hearing will be held before the City Council on August 15, 2011 at 7:30 PM at the Issaquah City Council Chambers, located at 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah, Washington.

All persons who object to such segregation and assessment are hereby notified to appear and present their objections at the hearing. Objections must be submitted in writing to the City Clerk at any time prior to or at the hearing.

For questions related to segregation of the final assessment for Little Duck, Inc., please contact Public Works Director Bob Brock at 425-837-3405.

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board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Issaquah School District at 7:00pm, Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in the Board Room at the Issaquah School District Administration building. The hearing is for the purpose of providing an opportunity for public input on the proposed 2011-12 budget.

Any person may attend this meeting and be heard for or against any part of the budget.

This hearing is in accordance with the requirements of WAC 932-123-054.

Complete text of the ordinance is posted at City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way and the Issaquah Public Library, 10 W. Sunset Way. Upon request to the City Clerk's Office (425-837-3000), a copy will also be mailed for a fee.

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The Issaquah Press

Executive appoints county law enforcement oversight chief King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed a manager of internal investigations and performance audits for the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners as the inaugural county law enforcement oversight chief.

Charles Gaither is the designated leader for the Office of Law Enforcement Oversight, a county agency established to monitor the King County Sheriff’s Office’s complaint and investigation process.

Constantine announced the appointment July 11, after a nationwide search.

“The people of King County will benefit from the experience, professionalism and leadership that Charles Gaither brings to the table,” he said in a statement.

“With his track record, we expect

him to bring transparency and accountability to civilian oversight of county policing.”

The appointment heads to the County Council for confirmation.

“I am humbled by the opportunity to serve as the director of OLEO and look forward to working closely with Sheriff Rahr, members of the sheriff’s office, and community leaders and stakeholders alike,” Gaither said in a statement. “I also wish to thank those who labored tirelessly to establish this office and will work diligently to assure accountability and transparency of county policing.”

Gaither, a former Seattle resident and Seattle University School of Law alumnus, served as a special investigator for the Los Angeles Police Commission. In the role, he reviewed investigations

involving officer-involved shootings, in-custody deaths and lawenforcement-related injuries.

The selection committee included representatives from Constantine’s office and the council, as well as the Puget Sound Police Managers’ Association and the King County Police Officers Guild.

“We were fortunate to have so many quality candidates seek the position of King County’s first director of law enforcement oversight, and I am very pleased with the executive’s choice of Charles Gaither,” committee member and police guild President Steve Eggert said in a statement. “I believe his breadth of experience, in both law enforcement and law enforcement oversight, make him uniquely qualified for this position.”

King County Sheriff’s Office receives high marks in county audit King County Sheriff’s Office deputies received fewer complaints than the national average during the last five years, a county audit has determined.

The county Auditor’s Office analyzed misconduct, use-of-force incidents and complaints in the sheriff’s office for the period stretching from 2006-10. Auditors released the report July 11.

The agency received fewer useof-force complaints than the national average reported to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.

The sheriff’s office received, on average, 1.3 use-of-force complaints per 100 officers during the period. The national average is

6.6 complaints per 100 officers, and the average for large police agencies is 9.5 complaints per 100 officers.

Of the agency’s 706 sworn deputies last year, 96 percent did not prompt any complaints in 2010.

The audit also determined the sheriff’s office improved policies and processes for investigating misconduct and use-of-force complaints to promote transparency, consistency and accountability.

The analysis found the total complaint rates for the five-year period amounted to less than the rates during the audit for 200005.

In the years from 2006-10, sheriff’s office employees filed 70 percent of sustained complaints.

The percentage of sustained complaints investigated by the agency’s Internal Investigations Unit came to 52 percent during the period auditors examined — up from the 21 percent rate during the previous period.

The sheriff’s office attributes the change to more rigorous compliance in investigating complaints.

Auditors noted how the sheriff’s office installed a comprehensive database in the interim to allow for improved tracking and reporting of complaint issues and statistics.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 •

P OLICE B LOTTER

Who’s the fairest of them all?

Police responded to a minor accident in the 100 block of Front Street North at 1:02 p.m. July 5 after the driver of a GMC opened a door at the same moment a Lexus passed the spot. The vehicles’ side mirrors collided, and the impact dislodged the GMC’s mirror. The estimated loss is unknown.

Nothin’ ventured, nothin’ gained Police assisted a man in the 100 block of East Sunset Way at 2:52 p.m. July 5 after he said officers had harassed him and accused him of scratching a window on his sister’s car. The responding officer asked if he wanted to file a complaint, but he said he “didn’t want to file nothin’” for police.

It’s everywhere you want to be A person in the 18700 block of Southeast 43rd Street said unauthorized charges had been made to his or her Visa account prior to 3:20 p.m. July 5. The estimated loss is $837.95.

Moving forward

Arrest

Mischief managed

Police arrested a 19-year-old Tukwila man for theft and disorderly conduct at Front Street and Sunset Way at 7:39 p.m. July 6.

The estimated loss is $16.82.

Police cited and released a 28year-old Issaquah man for thirddegree malicious mischief in the 100 block of Front Street North at 9:06 p.m. July 9.

Supermarket sweep

Bushwhacked

A purse was stolen from a shopping cart at QFC, 1540 N.W. Gilman Blvd., prior to 7:53 p.m.

July 6. The estimated loss is $100.

Police responded to a disturbance in the 1700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard at 9:43 p.m. July 9 and encountered a man swearing in the bushes. He told police he had lost $20. Police warned him about the noise.

Defaced and chased Police responded to a report of graffiti at the Issaquah skate park, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., and arrested a 22-year-old Kent man for thirddegree malicious mischief at 11:20 a.m. July 7.

Hit the bull’s eye

Arrest

Grocery grabber

Police arrested a 33-year-old Issaquah man for driving with a suspended license and consuming alcohol in public in the 100 block of First Avenue Northeast at 10:31 p.m. July 5.

A purse was stolen from a shopping cart at Safeway, 735 N.W. Gilman Blvd., prior to 7:02 p.m.

July 7. The estimated loss is $300.

Super-sized sprinklers

A package was stolen from outside of the front door of a residence in the 23400 block of Southeast Black Nugget Road prior to 4:20 p.m. July 8. The estimated loss is $788.38.

Police arrested a 60-year-old Seattle man for driving with a suspended license and no ignition interlock device along Interstate 90 at 1:41 p.m. July 6.

All in the family Police responded to a harass-

Rain, rain, go away The rear wipers were damaged on vehicles parked in the 1500 and 1600 blocks of Southeast 24th Avenue Northeast prior to 7:14 a.m. July 9. The estimated loss is $450.

A window was damaged on, and a purse was stolen from, a vehicle parked at Target, 755 N.W. Gilman Blvd., prior to 1:35 p.m. July 7.

The estimated loss is $720.

Arrest

Northwest Gilman Boulevard prior to 8:28 p.m. July 8. The estimated loss is $600.

ment complaint in the 300 block of Shangri-la Way Northwest at 4:20 p.m. July 6 after a caller said her daughter’s father’s ex-girlfriend had been making calls to the caller’s children in order to locate her ex-boyfriend.

A Toyota was stolen in the 600 block of Front Street South prior to 7:29 p.m. July 5. The estimated loss is $1,600.

Police responded to suspicious activity at McDonald’s, 1305 N.W. Gilman Blvd., at 4:41 a.m. July 6 after a caller reported a strange package on a walkway leading to the restaurant. The box turned out to contain sprinkler heads of various sizes.

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Delivery thievery

Livin’ la vida Loko Police responded to Shell, 2936 228th Ave. S.E., at about 6:20 p.m. July 8 after a clerk caught a juvenile male stuffing 14 cans of alcoholic Four Loko into his backpack. When the clerk asked his for identification, he dropped the bag and fled.

Rotten to the core An iPad was stolen from a vehicle parked in the 1300 block of

Checks unlimited A window was damaged on, and a checkbook and other items were stolen from, a vehicle parked in the 2200 block of East Beaver Lake Drive Southeast prior to 11 p.m. July 9. The estimated loss is unknown.

Credit crisis A Sammamish man said unauthorized charges had been made to his bank account prior to July 10. The estimated loss is $15,000.

Sticks, stones and skateboards Police responded to a possible assault in the 100 block of Newport Way Northwest at 12:23 a.m.

July 10. The officer encountered a man wearing a gray T-shirt with blood and grass stains. He said he had not been assaulted, but had fallen off of a skateboard.

Pop goes the nozzle Police responded to possible malicious mischief at a gas station in the 100 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard at 1:13 a.m.

July 10 after a motorist pulled away from a pump with the nozzle still inside the vehicle, detaching the nozzle. The motorist returned after he noticed the nozzle still protruding from his vehicle.

The Press publishes names of those arrested for DUI and those charged with felony crimes. Information comes directly from local police reports.

The Issaquah Press

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ARTS

CALENDAR

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Music on the Streets: The Rainieros, 6-9 p.m., Hailstone Feed Store, 232 Front St. N. Shakespeare on the Green presents “Comedy of Errors,” 7 p.m., community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., free

Anna Vasilevskaya, 7-10 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 3911424

IS A DRAG

ENDING B R E D N E G RMERS IN O F R E P E L A TRE STARS M A E H T E G A L L AT VIL ’60S MUSICA ‘Hairspray’ Village Theatre — Francis J. Gaudette Theatre 303 Front St. N. July 30 to Aug. 7 Show times vary $14 to $16 392-2202 or www.villagetheatre.org

ArtEAST presents an artist talk with Stephanie Dickie, 6:30-8:30 p.m., artEAST Gallery Up Front, 95 Front St. N.

“Hairspray” long ago earned a reputation for camp by casting a man in drag as mammoth matriarch Edna Turnblad.

The soon-to-open production at Village Theatre offers another gender bender: a male performer cast as a female character, in addition to Edna.

KIDSTAGE performers present “Hairspray” as a SummerStock production from July 30 to Aug. 7.

Andrew Gryniewicz, 15, a Sammamish Plateau resident and Bishop Blanchet High School student, stars as Edna, and Sheady Manning-Bruce, 17, a Renton resident and Liberty High School student, stars as smooth-as-silk television hostess Motormouth Maybelle.

Edna originated as a drag role. The drag queen Divine starred as Edna in director John Waters’ 1988 film and John Travolta donned a dress for the 2007 film musical.

The hefty heroine in the musical, Tracy Turnblad, is determined to sashay and shimmy on “The Corny Collins Show” — a segregated dance program in Baltimore — against unfavorable odds and Edna’s disapproval.

Kathryn Van Meter, “Hairspray” co-director and choreographer, adjusted the formula and cast a male performer as Motormouth, too.

The energy and sass Manning-Bruce unleashed during the audition tempted Van Meter to cast the actor in a less conventional role.

“He came in and he did his song and his monologue,” she recalled. “He finished and I just looked at the team and said, ‘I think we should call him back for Motormouth.’”

Gryniewicz and Manning-Bruce each stand 6 feet, 1 inch tall. The scale presents challenges as the actors dance across the stage in heels.

“I think the biggest challenge with playing a woman, just in general, is knowing that you’re not a man. You can’t just tromp around everywhere,” Manning-Bruce said. “Especially in the ’60s, there was a very specific way that Motormouth walked. She was a large black woman, so she would always have her hand on her hip. She would sway a lot.”

Gryniewicz received callbacks for Edna and Wilbur Turnblad, and accepted the role after answering a call from Village Theatre in a driver’s ed class.

“In casting both the Edna and the Wilbur, we very much wanted to cast the kids that understood the heart of those characters, as opposed to an actor for Edna who would just get the jokes,” Van Meter said.

Gryniewicz adds padding on the stomach, hips and thighs to change from thin teenager to ample Edna. The transformation includes makeup to redefine the jaw line and eyebrows, plus ersatz eyelashes — “That was a new one for me,” Gryniewicz observed — and, atop the ensemble, a housecoat and muumuu.

“It’s odd. I’m like, ‘OK, I’m playing a woman. What is this?’” he said. “It’s really exciting to completely transform.”

Early in the production process, Van Meter screened a documentary about school integration in the civil rights era and the Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” speech for the 46-member cast. “‘Hairspray’ is this sort of bubblegum comedy, which I love, but there is this sort of undercurrent of nasty,” she said.

“I didn’t want to shy away from that. I wanted to respect the history of the piece and respect of what’s going on for the black characters in the play and the bravery that Tracy has.”

The Yesberger Band, 7:45-10 p.m., Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Drive S.E., $15 Groove Messengers, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella

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Clairdee, 7:45-10 p.m., Bake’s Place, 4135 Providence Point Drive S.E., $20

Lady “A” & the Baby Blues Funk Band, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella Designated Driver, 7 p.m., Spirelli's Deli, 485 Front St D-1, for ages 21 and up, no cover

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NW Corvair & Orphaned Cars Show, 8 a.m., XXX Rootbeer Drive-in, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd.

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An Evening of Songs, with Jadd Davis, 7-10 p.m., Vino Bella

National Night Out, noon to 3 p.m., Sammamish Commons

Concerts on the Green: Second Hand Newz, 78:30 p.m., community center Troy Shaw, 6-10 p.m., Vino Bella Concerts in the Park: FreddyPink, 6:30-8 p.m., Pine Lake Park ArtEAST presents First Friday Community Night, 5-8 p.m., at artEAST Gallery Up Front, 95 Front St. N. ArtWalk, 5-8 p.m., downtown and Gilman Village

Brooks Giles Band, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella

‘Shakespeare on the Green’ features classic comedy July 28 Comedy comes to the Issaquah Community Center lawn July 28 as the Seattle Shakespeare Co. and Wooden O present “The Comedy of Errors” — a timeless tale about mistaken identity.

Catch “The Comedy of Errors” at the community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., at 7 p.m. Organizers encourage attendees to bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets for the show.

In the play, two sets of long lost twins unknowingly cross paths — and set the stage for cases of mistaken identity, confusion and mayhem. The piece is full of slapstick, sight gags, puns and pratfalls.

The city Arts Commission and King County cultural service agency 4Culture present the “Shakespeare on the Green” performances at no cost to attendees.

“Macbeth” opened the summer series July 7.

ROLES

IF YOU GO

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Concerts in the Park: Dr. Funk, 6:30-8 p.m., Pine Lake Park, Sammamish

Closing night reception for ArtEAST’s Collective Works exhibit “High Jinks,” 6-8 p.m., Art Center and Up Front Gallery, 95 Front St. N. Call 392-3191 or go to www.arteast.org.

TO SUBMIT AN ARTS CALENDAR ITEM: Call 392-6434, ext. 237, or newsclerk@isspress.com. Submit A&E story ideas to isspress@isspress.com.

BY JEAN JOHNSON/VILLAGE THEATRE

Andrew Gryniewicz, 15 (left), stars as Edna Turnblad in ‘Hairspray’ in Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE SummerStock show.

PHOTOS BY GREG FARRAR

Above, Sheady Manning-Bruce, 17, portrays the sassy Motormouth Maybelle. At right, Gryniewicz relaxes out of costume before a recent rehearsal. Below, cast members perform a scene from ‘Hairspray’ at Village Theatre.

BY JEAN JOHNSON/VILLAGE THEATRE

Paragliding prompts Issaquah author’s book to take flight

By Tom Corrigan Issaquah Press reporter Issaquah author Clark McCann readily admits that lowering his sights helped him reach his goal of getting his first novel into print.

“I said to myself, ‘I’m not going to try to create art,’” said McCann, who added he likes thrillers, is an avid paraglider pilot and has spent time in Mexico.

So his novel “Black Air,” published this spring by Black Rose Writing, is a fictional thriller about Tom Shepard, a combat veteran and paraglider pilot who travels to Mexico for an international paragliding event and ends up crossing paths with a local drug dealer. After being framed for murder, Shepard spends the rest of the novel hunting for the man who set him up and, as any good hero would, winning the girl he meets along the way.

McCann said that even though he wasn’t out to write the Great American Novel with “Black Air,” he took the time to carefully plot out the book before he started writing. McCann added he had tried to write novels in his youth, but often “wrote himself into a corner” or just gave up.

A seemingly young 68, McCann spent the largest part of his professional life writing in one way or another. He served as director of communications

for the University of Washington Business School and while at The Boeing Co., wrote speeches for the firm’s corporate leaders, as well as creating things like annual reports. He also worked as Boeing’s corporate director of advertising.

“When I retired, I knew I’d kind of go crazy if I didn’t do something with my time,” McCann said. “So I just decided to write a novel.”

After mapping out the plot, McCann spent about a year writing “Black Air.” He found he couldn’t work at home, that he was too used to a commute, going out somewhere every day. So McCann would spend three or four hours every morning at the Bellevue Library using the facility’s computers to bang out his writing. He added he spent many an afternoon pursuing his other passions, namely hiking and paragliding.

Before he started his career in corporate communications, McCann said he hoped to be an airline pilot. For a time, he ended up in Australia working as a bush pilot. Following his retirement, he investigated renewing his pilot’s license.

That prospect proved too expensive, so he instead hit upon the idea of paragliding.

As many know, Issaquah is a local center for paragliding activity, with gliders visible above Tiger Mountain on many a sunny day.

WHAT TO KNOW ‘Black Air’ is available online at Amazon.com and the Barnes & Noble website, www.barnesandnoble.com. It also can be found at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Co.

By the way, McCann was 63 when he first took to the skies with his glider.

“It just seemed like an adventurous thing to do, but not too costly,” he said.

As he worked on “Black Air,” McCann said he assumed he’d end up self-publishing the work. He said that thanks to the Internet and desktop publishing, selfpublished books don’t carry the stigma they did in the past. Still, McCann said he was very happy to find a small press willing to take on his novel.

“I can’t say sales have been spectacular,” he said. But he also added that he felt a great sense of accomplishment just by finishing the book and seeing it in print.

McCann isn’t sure if he has a second book in him or not. He said he is kind of tired of the thriller genre and admits he wants to adjust his aim again, this time toward something maybe a little more literary. McCann also admitted he’s having trouble getting started.

BY TOM CORRIGAN

Issaquah author Clark McCann holds a copy of ‘Black Air,’ a novel based in part on his paragliding adventures.

“I think I’ve got to get it going in the next month or two, or it might not happen,” he said.

Tom Corrigan: 392-6434, ext 241, or tcorrigan@isspress.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.