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THE ISSAQUAH PRESS

117th Year, No. 32

Chad Magendanz

Mark Mullet

Thursday, August 11, 2016

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Senate race pitting Mullet, Magendanz extremely tight

By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com

Before eminent domain vote, school district offered $28 million for Providence Heights County records show City Church owes more than $640,000 in taxes on main campus parcel

By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com The Issaquah School District offered The City Church $28 million for the 40-acre Providence Heights College property before

If you predicted the race between popular Issaquah legislators Mark Mullet and Chad Magendanz for the 5th District’s Senate seat was going to be tight, give yourself a pat on the back.

And this is just the primary.

Mullet, the incumbent Democrat, leads Republican challenger Magendanz by 314 votes. Mullet has tallied 50.5 percent of the vote counted so far while Magendanz is at 49.5 percent.

Both candidates were critical of the money being spent on the race. In separate telephone interviews, Mullet and Magendanz each immediately called out campaign spending when asked how they felt about the primary results.

“The negative dollars that were spent against me, $251,000, was a record in July,” Mullet said.

“I see (the results) as encouraging when you’re running against an incumbent who outspent you by 57 percent,” Magendanz said.

Negative campaign ads were difficult to avoid in the Mullet-Magendanz race unless you refused to open your mailbox or turn on your television, and there’s no

the district moved ahead with eminent domain proceedings to acquire the property.

The offer was extended in a June 27 letter from attorney Denise Stiffarm, representing the school district, to Plateau Campus LLC, the church-controlled company that is the taxpayer of record for the property.

The Issaquah Press obtained a copy of the letter through a public

records request.

Troy Anderson, a City Church executive pastor, attorney and manager of Plateau Campus, did not respond to a request for comment regarding the offer.

The district is using eminent domain to acquire three Providence Heights parcels owned by The City Church, a megachurch based in Kirkland. The main parcel, which includes the former

‘I choose to be happy’

Photos by Lizz Giordano / lgiordano@isspress.com

Eloise Rouse, who recently turned 100, says one of her secrets to living a long life is not allowing yourself to be bored.

Results of the Aug. 2 primary election as reported by the Secretary of State through Aug. 7. The top two candidates in each race advance to November’s general election.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 5 SENATE

Mark Mullet (D) 14,323 Chad Magendanz (R) 14,009

50.5% 49.5%

HOUSE (POSITION 1)

Jay Rodne (R) Jason Ritchie (D)

15,239 12,619

54.7% 45.3%

HOUSE (POSITION 2)

Paul Graves (R) Darcy Burner (D) Matt Larson (D)

13,128 10,387 4,729

46.5% 36.8% 16.7%

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 41 Lisa Wellman (D) 13,931 Steve Litzow (R) 13,582 Bryan Simonson (Lib) 1,088

By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com

18,288 9,870 15,559 9,390 2,729 579

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ON THE WEB

70,594 21,088 16,908 10,297 2,970 1,930

Find the Civil Rights Data Collection reports online at ocrdata.ed.gov.

Find the American Association of University Women study on sexual harassment at aauw.org/ research/crossing-the-line.

Eloise Rouse meets with friends at the Providence Point pool for water aerobics three times a week.

65% 35%

Council OKs $400,000 to cover Confluence Park shortfall

By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com

55.1% 33.2% 9.7% 2%

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 8 Dave Reichert (R) Tony Ventrella (D) Santiago Ramos (D) Alida Skold (D) Keith Arnold (Ind) Margaret Walsh (Ind)

Data collected by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has drawn questions about the Issaquah School District’s reporting of sexual harassment.

Since 1968, the department’s Civil Rights Data Collection program has compiled data on key education and civil rights issues in public schools across the country.

According to the CRDC’s most recent reports in 2009-10, 201112 and 2013-14, when asked for the number of “allegations of harassment or bullying on the basis of sex,” the district reported zero instances in each of its 27 schools.

Former Sammamish resident and Skyline High School graduate Colleen Reynolds, a public health and statistics major at American University in Washington, D.C., said when examining these numbers she wishes they were true, but they “defy reality.”

She points to a national study by the American Association of University Women of 2,000 seventh- through 12th-graders that found 48 percent reported experiencing sexual harassment

In 1916, Woodrow Wilson was president and the first of two world wars entangled the world.

It was also the year one of Issaquah’s oldest residents was born.

Seventeen presidents, countless conflicts and 100 years later, Eloise Rouse recounts a time before air travel was common, having to use an outdoor bathroom, and growing up in a house without a telephone.

As she reflects back, Rouse laughs loudly while fondly recalling story after story with a group of

HOUSE (POSITION 2)

Judy Clibborn (D) Michael Appleby (R) William Popp Sr. (D) Angel Jordan (Lib)

District’s sexual harassment reporting questioned by former student

48.7% 47.5% 3.8%

HOUSE (POSITION 1)

Tana Senn (D) John Pass (R)

Celebrating 100 years — right after exercise class

See 100, Page 12

SENATE

See OFFER, Page 12

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com

See RACE, Page 12

ELECTION RESULTS

divinity school’s buildings, is 28.86 acres. Two smaller parcels are a combined 11.8 acres.

King County has determined a combined appraised value of $33.8 million for the property.

An audit in May by the state Department of Revenue resulted in The City Church losing its

57% 17% 13.7% 8.3% 2.4% 1.6%

Courtesy of the City of Issaquah

The second phase of the Confluence Park construction project includes a timberarch pedestrian bridge over Issaquah Creek. The City Council on Aug. 1 approved an additional $400,000 in spending on the project.

In a 5-2 vote, the Issaquah City Council approved $400,000 in additional funding for Confluence Park after bids exceeded the estimated cost for the second phase of the project.

The additional funding will come from park mitigation fees and the King County parks levy.

According to city documents, $2.3 million remains in the parks mitigation fund after accounting

for 2016 budgeted items.

Mayor Fred Butler started the conversation by calling Confluence Park the crown jewel of the city’s park system, urging the council at its Aug. 1 meeting to act now.

“Over the years, as we have preserved this land piece by piece, we have never lost sight of our goal to create a beautiful park in the heart of our historic See SHORTFALL, Page 12 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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The Issaquah Press

FRONT AND SUNSET

Welcome to our new column about everything Issaquah

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here we were, wiping the Top Pot powdered sugar from our clothes, reminiscing about newspapering’s good ol’ days.

“Remember notes columns?” someone mused. “What happened to those?”

campaign signs that coopt the visual identity of Häagen-Dazs ice cream, complete with a frivolous umlaut.

“As a Republican who champions business interests,” our reader wrote, “one would think that he wouldn’t knowingly rip off someone’s copyright or trademark.”

Down here at Issaquah Press global headquarters, we are intimately familiar with others stealing our work. We have discovered our stories and images on “blogs” and “newsletters” by local real estate brokers, mortgage officers and even the Chamber of Commerce, all in violation of copyright law.

In the interest of journalism (and the possibility of free ice cream), we contacted Nestlé, the parent company of Häagen-Dazs, about Mägen-Danz’s campaign escapades. In an email, we were told by a

bleached terra cotta hue and plain-Jane design reminds us of Phoenix or Palm Springs — or worse, Bellevue — not a history-rich town in the Pacific Northwest.

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Kudos to Issaquah tax preparer Sharon Solsvik, who is one of only 19 honorees nationwide to receive H&R Block’s Excellence in Client Service award.

in upstate South Carolina.

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Aava Sikchi, an Issaquah middle-schooler at Eastside Catholic, won first place for her written essay in the Holocaust Center for Humanity’s 2016 Writing, Art and Film Contest. Students were asked to respond to this question: “How does the Anne Frank Tree sapling (which was recently planted in Seattle) and what you have learned about the Holocaust inspire you?”

Ah, memories. The notes column — a collection of random local tidbits that are humorous, snarky or even (gasp!) informative — used to be a mainstay of newspapers, including The Issaquah Press.

So we’re reviving the concept, beginning today.

We’ve named our column Front and Sunset in honor of our burgeoning burg’s crossroads, which can prompt both smiles (Wine Walk at the library) and scowls (any weekday commute). We suspect this column will do the same.

In a move that has our vast legion of consultants noisily hitting the roof, we are making Front and Sunset an ex-

clusive feature of our print edition. In other words, you won’t find this amazing collection of exemplary writing anywhere online.

If we happen to be out on the town and overhear someone tell their table, “Keep it down or you’ll wind up in Front and Sunset,” we’ll consider this venture a success.

We’ll be anchoring the column atop Page 2 every week. We hope you become a regular reader and we heartily welcome your input.

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Production well with trace PFOS readings back online

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A loyal reader of the Press asks that we opine about Rep. Chad Magendanz’s

By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com The city plans to resume pumping water from Gilman Well No. 5 into the municipal water system this week, according to Autumn Monahan, the assistant to Issaquah’s city administrator.

A recent test detected trace amounts of perfluorooctane sulfonate — known commonly as PFOS — in the well’s water.

A water sample from Gilman Well No. 5, which since 2013 had shown no signs of PFOS, was found in July to contain 0.03 parts per billion of the potentially

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The reading is below the Environmental Protection Agency’s advisory level of 0.07 parts per billion for PFOS in drinking water.

In June, untreated water from Gilman Well No. 4 registered PFOS levels as high as 0.6 parts per billion.

Since then, water from Gilman Well No. 4 has been running through a treatment system; it is tested every two weeks and currently shows no detectable level of PFOS. The city mixes water from Gilman Well No. 4 and No 5. before it enters the distribution system.

In an effort to pinpoint

Hey, campaign team, we need a sign idea! Do you think a vision of Macadamia Nut Brittle would benefit us at the ballot box? rep: “We don’t have a comment or statement related to the signs.”

So, loyal reader, that’s the, ahem, scoop.

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As the Disneyfication of

Front Street marches forward,

we caught our first glance of the “large pots” and the dollop of plants meant to soothe bitterness over the seven mature trees the city vaporized along the boulevard in June. You can color us … underwhelmed. The

where PFOS is entering the water system, the city drilled five monitoring wells — four along Issaquah Creek and one near Interstate 90 west of Issaquah Creek.

The most recent results from a June 28 test showed high levels of PFOS in monitoring wells No. 3 and No. 5, well above the EPA advisory level. In monitoring well No. 3, tests showed 0.15 parts per billion of PFOS in the water. Monitoring well No. 5 water showed a PFOS level of 0.5 parts per billion.

No detection of PFOS was found in monitoring well No. 4.

Monitoring well No. 3

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Local folks were kicking around the topic of reputable mechanics the other day. Klahanie Chevron and Morgan Motors quickly rose as the cream of the crop.

Happy motoring.

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Issaquah’s Tony Mathis, a vice president at Boeing, has been named to the Clemson University Foundation’s board of directors. Mathis is a 1986 graduate of the obsessed-with-orange school

is near Interstate 90 and Issaquah Creek and monitoring well No. 5 is further south along Issaquah Creek from the freeway. Monitoring well No. 4 is further east.

These three monitoring wells have been tested four times in July; results from these tests are not yet available.

According to Bob York, engineering manager for the city, the standard lab turnaround time has been running 14 to 16 days, after which time the city’s hired consultant, Geosyntec, receives the lab results.

The consultant and the city will then evaluate the results and determine the

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Rachel Case writes in to say Issaquah High’s Class of 1991 will hold its 25-year reunion at the Pour House Bar and Grill in North Bend on Aug. 20 at 6 p.m.

Send your tips, complaints, praise and bad poetry to frontandsunset@isspress.com.

If you hurry, you can also be our very first follower on Twitter: @frontandsunset.

extent, duration and frequency of future testing.

Monitoring wells No. 1 and No. 2 were initially tested but are no longer being sampled regularly after no detection of PFOS was found.

Monahan said the city most likely will drill two additional monitoring wells further south to plot the extent of the PFOS plume.

The location of these future wells is still being decided.

Monahan emphasized the detection of PFOS in Gilman Well No. 5 is below even the EPA’s 0.04 detection threshold and that “more stringent testing is being conducted on our wells.”

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The city will be the lead City Council approves agency and responsible for higher school impact fees retaining and managing the consulting firm that will The City Council approved execute the study. an ordinance that raises According to King County school impact fees starting documents, the study will January 2017. include a “detailed analysis The new school impact fee for a new single-family house will jump 71 percent from the current fee of $4,635 to $7,921. A multiresidential per-unit fee will rise 56 percent, to $2,386 from $1,534.

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Issaquah’s Fletcher named to national board of education

Connie Fletcher, a former Issaquah School Board member, was appointed to the National Association of State Boards of Education’s board of directors in July.

Fletcher, who joined the state Board of Education in 2009, will fill the NASBE vacancy made

by Oregon state board member Connie Fletcher Samuel Henry, whose term as senior western area director expires later this year.

“This is a critical time for state boards of education,” Fletcher said in a statement. “With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, states and school districts have the opportunity to chart a new course in ensuring that all children receive an equitable and excellent education.”

Fletcher has a long history in education. She served on the Issaquah School Board for 16 years and as the Washington State School Directors’ Association president and other officer positions.

She received the Washington State PTA Educator of the Year, the Issaquah Schools Foundation’s Golden Apple, and was previously honored as Issaquah’s Volunteer of the Year.

Professionally, she has consulted with nonprofit organizations, municipalities and school districts on governance, planning and fundraising. She also served as a human services planner and administrator for the City of Seattle and for two United Way organizations.

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There’s one less place for these deer to dine in Issaquah. Several apple and cherry trees were scraped from land at the northeast corner of the intersection at Newport Way Northwest and Northwest Juniper Street as it was cleared for the installation of a stormwater vault to provide the Inneswood development with additional stormwater capacity. The development includes 93 apartments and condominiums across Newport Way from the parcel pictured above and will require the demolition of an 87-yearold Craftsman-style bungalow. The Inneswood developer will fund construction of a roundabout in lieu of paying traffic mitigation fees, according to documents on file with the city. A roundabout at this

intersection is also listed as one of the projects in the $50 million transportation bond the city is asking voters to approve. The roundabout remains listed as one of the bond projects because, according to the city, “At the time the ballot measure projects were developed, development along this corridor was uncertain. The ballot measure project description still includes the roundabout at the intersection of Juniper and Newport due to the uncertainty of the final completion of the Inneswood project (e.g., if the market should change and the developer chooses not to complete the project) and also due to the fact that we are still in a relatively early stage of cost estimating for the projects.”

Transportation bond pro and con committees approved by council 4Barak Rosenbloom, the spokesperson for the pro committee, has lived in Issaquah for six years.

He owns a small business which aids high-schoolers in writing college essays.

Working from home on Sunset Way, Rosenbloom said he has watched traffic grow worse over the years and can’t avoid congestion.

He was part of the Traffic Task Force that made the original project recommendations to the City Council for the transportation bond.

He also served on the 2015 Olde Town Vitality Task Force and recently helped start a new committee called One Issaquah.

4A resident of Issaquah since 2003, Keith Watts has served on various boards and committees for the city,

including the 2006 Economic Vitality Task Force and the 2015 Olde Town Vitality Task Force. He has also been part of the Downtown Issaquah Association for the last 11 years and currently serves as its president. He owns several downtown buildings. He said the longer the city waits to try to solve the internal traffic problems, the more it will cost. “It’s time to make these improvements,” Watts said.

4Amanda Senft has lived in Issaquah for six years and this is her first time volunteering for the city. She is an instructor at Bellevue College, where she teaches biology and environmental science. She joined the pro committee because she is interested in sustainability and making the city more bikeable and walkable.

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Con committee 4Bryan Weinstein, the spokesperson for the con committee, has lived in Issaquah since 2000 and served as an alternate member on the city’s Planning Policy Commission.

He ran for City Council in 2003. Currently, Weinstein is a software developer and commutes to Bellevue for his job. Weinstein said he joined the con committee because he wants people to know the facts and he doesn’t think the proposed traffic projects will help alleviate current traffic congestion.

4A resident of Issaquah for the last nine years, Althea Saldanha is a self-employed business consultant.

She has not served on any commissions or task forces for the city. She said the

city lacks a comprehensive plan to deal with traffic and worries taxes are already too high for people on fixed incomes.

“If you keep adding taxes you have to justify how that is being used,” Saldanha said.

4Cory Christensen has lived in Issaquah for 22 years and runs a family

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He has not served on any previous commissions or task forces. He said growth should pay for growth and doesn’t believe any of these projects would fix traffic congestion. He joined the con committee because he was afraid no one else would sign up to write the opposing statement.

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The City Council on Aug. 1 approved pro and con committee appointments for Issaquah’s $50 million transportation bond slated for the November ballot.

The city was required to find community members to write a 200-word statement in favor of and in opposition to the measure. Each committee will also write a 75-word rebuttal of the opposing committee’s statement.

Four people applied for each committee. Mayor Fred Butler appointed Barak Rosenbloom, Keith Watts and Amanda Senft to the pro committee. Bryan Weinstein, Cory Christensen and Althea Saldanha were selected for the con committee.

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OPINION

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

TO THE EDITOR Traffic

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Bond package needs to add lanes, not roundabouts

Something on your mind about your city? Tell us about it. Send letters to the editor via email to editor@isspress.com. The Issaquah Press welcomes comments to the editor about local issues — 300 words at most, please. We do not publish letters that have been submitted to multiple publications. We may edit your letter for length, clarity or inappropriate content.

Include your phone number (for verification purposes only; it will not be published). Email is preferred, but you can also mail your comments to: Editor The Issaquah Press P.O. Box 1328 Issaquah, WA 98027

A $50 million transportation bond. Fifty. Million. Wasn’t the last big one a bit over $1 million for an “intelligent transportation system” (traffic light coordination)? I’m still sitting endlessly at red lights with no cross traffic.

Any money to really fix that?

When I look over the Press’s bullet points on project specifics, I see “Add … lane” only once. I want to see those magic words over, and over, and over before I vote Yes. Roundabouts. Really? Shouldn’t we be spending money to move drivers, not confuse them?

Scott Semans Issaquah

Traffic Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@isspress.com

Crowded Front Street sidewalks during Downtown ArtWalk on Aug. 5 forced some attendees onto the traffic-filled roadway.

Front Street traffic, downtown events are a dangerous mix

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s the commuters slogging What’s particularly frustrating about their way to Maple Valley, this problem is the simplicity of the Covington, Black Diamond solution: A pair of “Road Closed” signs, and other points south one at Sunset and one at Dogwood. streamed through the heart We’ve heard municipal leaders say of our downtown during ArtWalk last that now is the time to take our city Friday, I stood in the artEAST tent just back. This is a perfect opportunity. steps away from the exhaust fumes and For one Friday a month, shut down engine noise filling Front Street.

Front Street and let the locals enjoy a There, under a white canopy, I was traffic-free pedestrian experience. Dine surrounded by children who were busy and dance in the middle of the street as SCOTT painting, coloring and throwing pots.

STODDARD the sun sets over Cougar Mountain.

Precious tykes, smiling and laughing There’s a collateral benefit to such a Press editor with joyous eyes, thrilled at the opporclosure. It would force the people who tunity to express their creativity with a use downtown as their nightly commute paintbrush, a colored marker or a handful of clay. shortcut to find a different route home that night.

The dichotomy between the two scenes was If the Blue Angels can shut down the Interstate 90 dramatic. At the same time, it had all the makfloating bridge over Lake Washington, we can shut ings of a catastrophe. down three blocks of Front Street once a month.

We wouldn’t allow children to romp on a I’ve written in the past about how Wine Walk playground with cars and trucks streaming by 10 would be so much more enjoyable as a street fesyards away unless there was an 8-foot-tall fence tival instead of a real-life game of Frogger, trying between the traffic and the kids. So why do we to stay alive crossing Front Street while en route continue to shrug our shoulders at the unpredict- from one venue to the next. able 3,000-pound vehicles in such close proximWith ArtWalk, we’re adding children to the mix. ity to children during downtown events?

Will it take a tragedy for a change to be made?

Let’s not kid ourselves: Drivers are more distracted than ever. GPS navigation, texting and From The Editor’s Desk is Scott Stoddard’s mobile calls all steal attention away from the column. Email him at sstoddard@isspress.com. roadway, and now you can add, ugh, Pokemon Twitter: @scottstoddard Go to this illegal recipe.

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Let’s not waste our precious tax money on a Band-Aid bond

Traffic

Our fair city is burdened with heavy rush-hour traffic flows between Interstate 90 and points south on Issaquah-Hobart Road. Front Street, Newport Way and Sunset Boulevard are all affected. Furthermore, Sunset is now the designated thoroughfare for an endless stream of dump trucks to and from the Cadman gravel pit north of town. Unfortunately, the proposed $50 million transportation bond does little to solve these problems. It’s a mere Band-Aid in that regard.

The real solution, the one the city has been unwilling to face up to, is a freeway extension from I-90 all the way south to State Route 18. An earlier ill-conceived bypass east of town failed to get voter approval. It’s time the city and the council go back to the drawing board and devise a different plan, this time for a limited-access road exiting I-90 near State Route 900 and following the current route of Newport Way and South Front Street, eventually all the way to Hwy 18.

King County has indicated a willingness to assist with the Hobart Road portion of this project. The longer we wait to address our main traffic problem head-on, the more expensive and disruptive it will be. Meanwhile, let’s not waste our precious tax revenues on the current proposal.

I agree with Lawrence McCrone of Bellevue (Letters, Aug. 4) that the cost of this package should be borne by other communities. The heavy traffic on Front Street is mostly, if not all, from other communities, yet the City Council is asking the residents to pay for the improvements. The improvements recommended mention nothing about Front Street, which is where the heaviest traffic occurs.

Apparently, the council does not understand the real problem here: We do not need roundabouts on the streets suggested. That alone won’t solve the traffic jams on our main street. What we need are more lanes to accommodate the heavy volume of traffic on Front Street.

Since adding more lanes to Front Street is not possible, the only other solution (it appears) is for Issaquah to put a temporary hold on new developments, because developments bring in more cars. The problem doesn’t appear to be too difficult to solve.

The $50 million transportation package is too heavy a burden for Issaquah to carry, and it won’t solve the heavy traffic on Front Street. I am telling residents to vote No.

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Dining out this evening? Here are a few ideas to whet your appetite

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here are more than 100,000 people living in our company’s major readership areas — Issaquah, Sammamish, Snoqualmie and North Bend — so having a few choices when it comes to dining and entertainment options is becoming increasingly important.

I consider myself a foodie, having attended culinary school for a few months, although I didn’t finish my degree. I enjoy watching Food Network and combing through cookbooks for new recipes and inspiration.

This area isn’t exactly known for having a great food reputation, but that doesn’t mean residents don’t care about their food and where it comes from.

The mere existence of Trader Joe’s, PCC Natural Market and the soon-to-be built Metropolitan Market in Sammamish are evidence of that.

You’re not going to find any three-star Michelin restaurants just down the street, but there

are some tasty eats to be discovered that don’t require patrons to wear tuxedos or evening gowns, or even have a reservation.

Here’s a list NEIL PIERSON of my five favorite restauPress reporter rants within the borders of our newspapers’ coverage area.

And please feel free to give me suggestions as I’ll fully admit I don’t get to eat out often.

5. North Bend Bar & Grill (145 E. North Bend Way, North Bend).

There’s not even a hint of pretention here. It’s food mama used to make — and plenty of it. I’ve never tried the lunch or dinner menus, but you can fall in love with this place even if you only ate breakfast there your whole life.

If you’re planning to summit

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Mount Si, I’d recommend stopping in for a pre-hike calorie fest. Try the salmon lox benedict or the corned beef hash (I’m a sucker for the latter).

4. Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria

(715 NW Gilman Blvd., Issaquah).

If you search the Yelp reviews for this five-chain Italian gem — they also have three locations in Seattle and one in Bellevue — the following comment encapsulates my feelings: “National pizza chains are like Skynet. Tutta Bella is the Terminator sent from the future to save pizza as we know it.”

A little over the top, for sure, but you get the point. Though you really can’t go wrong with anything on the menu, the pizza is the best. John Connor would order the Hazan (salami, mushroom, gorgonzola) and a glass of red wine.

3. Uncle Si’s Pizza (3310 East Lake Sammamish Blvd. SE, Sammamish and 7729 Center Blvd.

SE, Snoqualmie). Since pizza is the greatest food ever created, there’s no reason not to include

General manager CHARLES HORTON

another option on this list.

Owner Rich Radcliffe knows how to have a good time and make people feel at home. The Sammamish location, which opened less than two years ago, is highly popular because there are no other dining options along the lake. Even if that weren’t true, Uncle Si’s would likely be a hit because it’s a coffee and breakfast bar, wine bar and neighborhood sports bar rolled into one.

Take your friends there for Monday Night Football, order a Divorce (half cheese, half pepperoni) or BBQ Chicken pizza and thank me later.

2. iSushi (1802 12th Ave. NW, Suite F, Issaquah). It’s so easy to dismiss conveyor-belt sushi as the culinary equivalent of Jiffy Lube: It’s fast and cheap. I won’t argue those points because iSushi is fast and cheap, an option for people on a 30-minute lunch break.

But if you’ve got the time, the chefs can craft a personalized concoction. My favorites include

the Dragon roll, Rockstar roll and poke salad. The wait staff is extremely welcoming, and even a smile and a warm bowl of miso soup can brighten your day.

1. Agave Cocina & Tequilas (1048 NE Park Dr., Issaquah). My wife could literally eat Mexican food every day of her life, so her influence likely pushed this Highlands spot to the top of the list.

The cocktail selection here is outstanding — try a prickly pear or guava mojito — and the food menu offers a sharp contrast to the usual south-of-the-border cuisine. If you go for dinner, try the roasted butternut squash enchiladas or the grilled halibut soft tacos.

Email sports reporter Neil Pierson at npierson@isspress.com.

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Dr. Robert Krieger Dr. Robert Krieger (formerly of Issaquah), a worldwide-known entomologist and toxicologist, died July 26 after complications from a stroke in Riverside, Calif.

Born Nov. 23, 1943, Robert graduated from Issaquah High School in 1962, received his bachelor’s degree in chemisDr. Robert Krieger try/biology in 1967 from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma and his doctorate from Cornell University in 1970.

In 1986 he became a staff toxicologist and later branch chief, Worker Health and Safety, California Department of Food and Agriculture (now California Environmental Protection Agency). He served two major Washington, D.C., consulting firms (1991-94) in exposure and risk assessment before returning to the University of California as an extension toxicologist at UC Riverside. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Pacific Lutheran University in 2006.

While attending Issaquah High School, Bob went to the state championships on the wrestling team. He also was a leader on the high school football team. Bob was captain of the PLU football team.

Survivors include his loving wife Ana; son William Krieger and daughters Merlin Krieger, Debbie Strong of Mill Creek, Pam Elwell of Boise; brother Bill Krieger of Walla Walla and six grandsons. At his request, no services will be held.

Friends are invited to view and sign the online guestbook at flintofts.com. All messages will be forwarded to his family.

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The Darigold plant on Front Street in Issaquah evolved from a small condensing plant organized on May 20, 1908, to the present-day operation. This photograph from 1915 shows the plant receiving milk via horse-drawn wagon, with each wagon carrying 14 10-gallon cans of milk. Walt Ek (right) leans in the doorway of the condensery, which began operation Jan. 10, 1909, as the Northwestern Milk Condensing Co., but later burned down.

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Donald V. Schuller Donald V. Schuller of Auburn died July 27, 2016, at Canterbury House in Auburn.

He was 90, born June 30, 1926, in Yakima.

Donald was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in three Pacific campaigns.

He retired after 35 years as an airline mechanic at Pan American. Donald was Donald Schuller a great husband to Hattie Schuller, awesome dad, and all-around gentle soul who cared for all; everyone liked him. He often drove others to their medical appointments. He loved God and God loved him! He was a member of Issaquah Community Baptist Church. His hobbies included fishing, working on cars or trucks, camping and traveling.

Donald is survived by sons Mark Schuller, Terry Schuller and Jeffery Schuller; brother Ray Schuller; 8 grandchildren; and 9 great grandchildren. He was preceded by his beloved wife Hattie Schuller on Aug. 25, 2004.

A celebration of life service and fellowship will be held Aug. 27 at the home of Terry Schuller in Auburn. Call 253886-6161 or 253-737-4370 for directions. Inurnment was held at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2815 Eastlake Ave. E #240, Seattle, WA 98012. Sign his online guestbook at edline-yahn.com.

Help create a mural for Fantastic Fly-In Festival Pick up a paintbrush at Issaquah’s Pedestrian Park on Wednesdays through August and help create a mural in honor of the Fantastic Fly-In Festival. The paragliding event kicks off Aug. 26, when downtown Issaquah will celebrate the festival with paragliding films, music, art and more.

On Aug. 27, spectators will gather in the paragliding landing zone at the Chirico Trailhead along Issaquah-Hobart Road to witness the spectacle of costumed paragliders taking to the skies.

The parking lot at the landing zone will be closed for spectator viewing. Parking will be available at the Issaquah Community Center or at Issaquah Christian Church. A free trolley will bring people to and from both these parking areas and the landing zone between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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Learn more about upcoming events at the museum at issaquahhistory.org

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RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS Inspections were performed July 25-31 by Public Health, Seattle and King County. A food establishment inspection is only a snapshot of the operation during a limited time.

Readers should look at more than one inspection (view inspection reports online at theeastside.news/ inspections) to get a better idea of the overall operation.

Red violations: High-risk factors are improper practices or procedures identified as the most prevalent contributing factors of foodborne illness or injury. One red critical violation equals an unsatisfactory inspection.

County environmental health specialists work with operators to make sure these violations are corrected before they leave the establishment.

Blue violations: Low-risk factors are preventive measures to control the addition of pathogens, chemicals, and physical objects into foods.

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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: Sgt. Andy Rohrbach wears a self-described “tactical apron” while grilling hot dogs outside of police headquarters.

BEAT THE HEAT SPLASH DAY: Eastside Fire & Rescue’s Ladder 72 sprays a shower over youngsters outside the Community Center.

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ARTWALK: Nolan Garrett (right) of Tacoma and Evan West of Seattle rock out on West Sunset Way outside the Issaquah Library.

DOWNTOWN DELIGHTS A bevy of summertime festivities filled the city’s parks, plazas and sidewalks

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BEAT THE HEAT SPLASH DAY: Hundreds of attendees frolicked on the lawn outside the Community Center as a ladder truck from Eastside Fire & Rescue sent a shower of water over them.

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“As a kid in the Northwest, everyone was growing up in the woods, before cell phones and video games.”

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A HOME WRAPPED IN BOUGHS Local couple discovers the healing power of treehouses

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com In February, an opportunity presented itself to Michael Bray to relive a favorite memory from his childhood.

He couldn’t pass it up, but it would prove to be a catharsis for a near-death experience.

Bray had just purchased a plot of wooded land in Issaquah where he planned build a new house and move from his Fall City home. Then a longtime friend offered a random proposal to build Bray a treehouse on the property.

But this wasn’t just any general contractor. It was renowned treehouse builder Pete Nelson, whose amazing builds can be seen on the Animal Planet cable network show “Treehouse Masters.”

“Pete and I have been friends

for 15 years,” Bray said. “We’re skiing buddies. I was excited to show him the area when I bought the property.”

As it turns out, Nelson informed Bray there was a cancellation on the show. How would Bray and his property like to fill the slot?

“As a kid in the Northwest, everyone was growing up in the woods, before cell phones and video games,” Bray said. “I built two treehouses myself. And I have many friends in the area who’ve had treehouse master builds.”

Bray knew he couldn’t afford Nelson’s usual baseline price for his treehouse builds. With a background in sales, Bray negotiated Nelson down to half his starting rate.

“I couldn’t have done it otherwise,” he added.

They’d base the build on a prior model, adapting it into a woodsy adventurer’s cabin, which See TREEHOUSE, Page 9

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Left: Michael Bray (center), Monica Werber (right) and daughters Naomi (left) and Shannon (right) pose outside their new home with treehouse builder Pete Nelson (second from left).

Right: A view of the treehouse’s finished interior. Bray and Nelson agreed on a design for a woodsy adventurer’s cabin, which the TV program “Treehouse Masters” called “Adventure Headquarters.”

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It’s time to roll out the red carpet for the best businesses, nonprofits and dining experiences on the Eastside.

But first, The Issaquah Press needs your help to determine the absolute finest the Eastside has to offer. Readers’ Choice, formerly known as the Best of Issaquah competition, is back to collect a public tally of the top local establishments.

The 2016 contest is expanding to include coverage areas from all four Issaquah Press Group newspapers. Readers can submit and vote on their favorite businesses in Issaquah, Sammamish, the Snoqualmie Valley, Newcastle and the greater Eastside.

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p.m., City Hall Northwest Pickering Room, 1775 12th Ave. NW Concerts on the Green: Medicine Hat, 7-8:30 p.m., Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., free Urban Village Development Commission meeting is canceled

Bird Walk in the Park, about 2-3 miles, 6:30 a.m., Lake Sammamish State Park, meet just outside the main entrance, bring Discover Pass or pay $10 for parking, 425891-3460, lakesammamishfriends.org Open Farm at Fox Hollow Farm, featuring animal interactions, inflatables, playhouses, pony rides and miniature farm vehicles, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Sunday through September, 12031 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE, $10 per person, children under 1 free, pony rides $5 extra, foxhollowfamilyfarm.com Friday Craft Class at PurpleTrail, ages 8 and older, 11 a.m. to noon, $5, 1495 11th Ave. NW, facebook.com/purpletrail/events Triple Treat, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Fade to Black, ages 21 and older, 8-11 p.m., $5 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

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SATURDAY, AUG. 13 Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring music by Donna Mansfield (11:30 a.m. to noon) and children’s stories and singalong with Cyndi Soup (12:30-2 p.m.), Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. NW Meet the Mayor: Fred Butler will discuss topics of interest to Issaquah residents, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. NW Kids Obstacle Challenge, for ages 5-16, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lake Sammamish State Park, featuring 1- or 2-mile courses with 10-15 obstacles, $30 per child ($40 day of event) and parents race free, register at bit. ly/2au9mAq Issaquah Alps area dog hike, easy, 4-6 miles, up to 900-foot gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 481-2341, issaquahalps.org Open Farm at Fox Hollow Farm, featuring animal interactions, inflatables, playhouses, pony rides and miniature farm vehicles, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Sunday through September, 12031 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE, $10 per person, children under 1 free, pony rides $5 extra, foxhollowfamilyfarm.com Ride the Issaquah Valley Trolley, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5, Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE, issaquahhistory.org Nature Nook at Sunset Beach Bathhouse, 1-4 p.m., free, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, 360-902-8844, lakesammamishfriends.org Junior Ranger Programs, for ages 6-10, 3-4:30 p.m., Sunset Beach Bathhouse, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends. org

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Gas Station Blues returns Thursday to the Historic Shell Station on Front Street. The music begins at 7 p.m.

No Rules, ages 21 and older, 8-11 p.m., $5 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

SUNDAY, AUG. 14 Mud & Chocolate trail runs, 4.5mile run at 8:10 a.m. and half-marathon 8:30 a.m., featuring a muddy course and chocolate medals at the end, Soaring Eagle Park, 26015 E Main Dr., Sammamish, register online at bit.ly/2aLTQRO, mudandchocolate.com NW GTO Legends Muscle Car Show, 8 a.m., Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In, 98 NE Gilman Blvd., 392-1266 Windy Landing hike, strenuous, 9-10 miles, 2,800- to 3,000-foot gain, 8:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 270-3322, issaquahalps.org Painting from the Fire Within, ages 18 and older, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $105/member, $115/nonmembers, register at arteast.org Ride the Issaquah Valley Trolley, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5, Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE, issaquahhistory.org

THE ISSAQUAH PRESS AROUND THE WORLD The Issaquah Press traveled with Marilyn and Rich Batura last month on a Rhine River cruise from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam via France and Germany. Here, the Baturas are at the Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral) in Cologne, Germany.

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Nature Nook at Sunset Beach Bathhouse, 1-4 p.m., free, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, 360-902-8844, lakesammamishfriends.org Guided Family Walk, all ages, 2-3 p.m., free, Sunset Beach Bathhouse, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends.org

MONDAY, AUG. 15 Creative Illustration Camp, ages 11-17, 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $120/ members, $130/nonmembers, register at

arteast.org Papier Mâché Mask Making Camp, ages 11-17, 1-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $120/members, $130/nonmembers, register at arteast.org City Council regular meeting has been cancelled

TUESDAY, AUG. 16 Summer Movie Express, $1, featuring “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” and “Shaun the Sheep,” 10 a.m., Regal Cinemas Issaquah Highlands, 940 NE Park Dr. Online Q&A: “How Praying With the Lord’s Prayer Brings Healing,” 11 a.m., Christian Science Reading Room, 415 Rainier Blvd.

N., 392-8140 Human Services Commission special meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall Eagle Room, 130 E. Sunset Way Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Senior Center, 75 NE Creek Way, rovinfiddlers.com Rivers and Stream Board meeting, 7

Summer Movie Express, $1, featuring “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” and “Shaun the Sheep,” 10 a.m., Regal Cinemas Issaquah Highlands, 940 NE Park Dr. Pop Up ART, help paint a portion of artEAST’s paragliding mural for Fantastic Fly-In, 4-7 p.m., Pedestrian Park, northeast corner of Front Street and Sunset Way Sammamish Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., featuring family story time from 4-4:40 p.m. and children’s activity making pom-pom critters, Sammamish Commons Plaza at City Hall, 801 228th Ave. SE, sammamishfarmersmarket.org Walk ’n’ Talk in the Park, approximately 5 p.m., meet at bus shleter in Tibbetts Beach parking lot, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends.org One-on-One Computer Help, for adults, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Development Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way Comedy Night, with master of ceremonies Bo Johnson, featuring Nigel Larson and headliner Brandt Tobler, 8 p.m., $15, Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., make reservation at 391-1424

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Mini Rangers Program, for ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m., free, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends.org One-on-One Computer Help, for adults, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Council Infrastructure Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m., Pickering Room, City Hall Northwest, 1775 12th Ave. NW Journaling: An Altered Book Workshop, 6-9 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N. Computer Class: Microsoft Excel 2013 Level 2, for adults, 6:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, register online at bit.ly/2am1yhr or call 392-5430 Concerts in the Park: Sammamish Symphony presents Summer Pops: Viva Italia!, 6:30-8 p.m., Pine Lake Park, 2401 228th Ave SE, Sammamish Gas Station Blues: Lloyd Jones, 7-9 p.m., Historic Shell Station, 232 Front St. N., free

Steam season in full swing on tracks linking Snoqualmie and North Bend

By Stuart Miller smiller@isspress.com The Snoqualmie railroad depot must have looked and sounded a lot like it did a century ago as train conductors in greasy pinstripe overalls climbed into an old steam locomotive and blew a deafening whistle.

Car attendants called, “All aboard!” before the engine pushing three passenger cars slowly chugged out of the depot through a cloud of steam. Onlookers left on the platform of the depot, built in 1889, turned their heads to watch the locomotive’s wake as it disappeared down the line.

Such was the scene at the opening day of steam-train season last month at the Northwest Railway Museum in downtown Snoqualmie.

Dozens of passengers loaded onto the century-old passenger cars for the first 11 a.m. train. They ranged in age from toddlers to old folks who may have seen the railroad in its operating heyday. Some passengers wore vintage clothes, adding to the historic feeling of the ride.

The steam train rides are just shy of two hours long and make several stops.

The route follows the aptly named Railroad Avenue east out of town, where the tracks split from the road into a scenic, forested portion of the ride. Crossing a bridge that once spanned the Yellowstone River, the train goes over the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River. Then it chugs through a few blocks of North Bend before arriving at the North Bend depot for a short stop.

The train then follows that line back west for a stop at the Train Shed.

The large building houses many old railway cars and engines that served a wide

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The Santa Cruz & Portland Cement locomotive idles at the Snoqualmie railroad depot before departure. variety of functions. Half an hour later, the train steams to its peak destination — literally.

As the train lumbers west through Snoqualmie, the businesses and buildings thin out and the train passes a trackside graveyard for rusted old locomotives. Road sounds fade and the train slips in next to the Snoqualmie River, gliding along the lesser-traveled west bank of the river. The Salish Lodge looms large above the river as the water suddenly plummets down the 268-foot falls. The train, fortunately, does not. It scoots a bit father west to a break in the trees for a spectacular northward view. The cars stop on a cliff, less than two feet from the edge, while passengers take in the view.

After about ten minutes, the train works its way back to Snoqualmie depot.

For those who wish to

skip straight to the pinnacle experience of the trip, the museum offers a 45-minute ride that stops only at the falls.

Saturday’s trip marked the first time on the train for many of the passengers.

Mai Bushara, who was visiting from California, said that she and her friend Googled “things to do in Seattle.” Visiting Snoqualmie Falls was among the top 10 results. After some investigation, they found out about the train rides.

“I love the outdoors,” Bushara said. “This way I get to just sit down and see nature.”

While the diesel trains have been rolling since April, the steam locomotive isn’t brought online until the summer season.

From the 1990s until just two years ago, only diesel train rides were available because of a change in steam-engine regulations that made them too expen-

sive for the museum to offer.

“The steam engine looks cooler,” volunteer coordinator and registrar Cristy Lake said. “It’s more historic to some people.”

Other than that, the quality of ride is about the same between the two modes of locomotion, she said.

“To let people experience what it was like 100 to 125 years ago is important,” Lake said of the steam rides. Diesel trains came around in the 1930s and largely replaced steam trains by the 1960s.

Steam engine departure times are 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:25 p.m. They run every weekend through September 5. The 4:25 p.m. train will run only to the Snoqualmie Falls viewpoint and back.

Roundtrip fares are $22/ adult (13-61); $20/senior (62+) and $12/child (2-12).

Passengers under 2 years old are free.

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County honors local businesses for recycling, waste prevention Nine Issaquah entities were among 112 businesses recently named to the Best Workplaces for Waste Prevention and Recycling list by King County’s Solid Waste Division.

“King County businesses are doing a lot to lessen the impacts of climate change by reducing waste,” Solid Waste Division Program Manager Karen May said in a press release. “We want to ensure businesses get the recognition they deserve for their efforts and inspire others to take action too.”

The organizations on the 2016 Best Workplaces list implemented innovative ways to reduce waste and increase recycling. Last year, businesses and institutions in King County sent more than 276,000 tons of recyclable materials to the landfill.

All businesses operating in King County outside of the City of Seattle are eligible for the list.

To qualify, businesses must meet five basic criteria, as well as 10 additional waste reduction and recycling criteria. To see the complete list, visit kingcounty.gov/ recyclemore.

The Issaquah winners:

Eastside Baby Corner

This is the nonprofit organization’s first year on the county’s list. Eastside Baby Corner’s mission is to help local kids in poverty or crisis by giving them all of the

basic essentials — clothing, toys, car seats, beds and more. They collect these items for donation, which keeps thousands of items out of the landfill each year. In addition to accepting donations, the organization also offer take-back and recycling programs for plastic bags and some electronics.

Outsource Marketing

This Issaquah-based marketing agency has been recognized on the county’s list 10 straight times — every year since the program started. All Outsource employees sign a Green Pact and nearly every part of the business is handled digitally. Outsource saves time and money through online meetings, digital estimates and approvals, online billing instead of printing and mailing, online document revisions and signing agreements online. The company uses a Nest thermostat, which allows them to reduce energy while having considerably more control over office temperatures. The company has its HVAC system serviced regularly, which contributes to the efficiency of the heating and cooling system. This year, the company has focused on reducing the use of lights in the office. A few small lamps throughout the office provide supplemental lighting, and employees try to keep the main lights off whenever possible.

Farallon Consulting

Sustainability is part of Issaquah-based Farallon’s strategic plan, and the environmental consulting firm has a “Going Greener” team to champion new efforts.

Every office and common area has a recycling bin, and every common area and bathroom has a composting bin, leading to

high recycling and composting rates and low levels of contamination. As an office, the company also recycles batteries and electronics, provides washable dishes in the kitchen areas, and has implemented a paperless reporting and filing system.

Recently, Farallon has started to track paper use and set annual goals for reductions. The company has prioritized ordering products made from recycled materials whenever possible. Farallon strongly encourages employees to bike to work, and provides van-shares and carpools to company events. The company’s efforts have led to a reduction of approximately 400 pounds in the amount of waste generated by the office each month.

Rowley Properties

The Issaquah company makes the county’s list for the eighth consecutive year. In the office, the company collects food waste for compost and continues to reduce paper waste. Rowley offers a paperless accounts payable system that allows vendors to submit invoices electronically, eliminating the need for paper invoices and paper checks. The company educates and encourages tenants to adopt sustainable practices, and strives to incorporate sustainable strategies into construction projects and property management, continuously improving building performance. Rowley purchases recycled materials whenever possible.

Gilman Square Apartments

This multi-family apartment community makes upholding green standards among its highest priorities and is making its second appearance on the county’s annual list. Property managers monitor employees

and work with vendors to ensure they are doing everything possible to meet waste prevention and recycling goals within budgeted guidelines.

PCC Natural Markets

On the county’s list in each of the 10 years of the program’s existence, PCC Natural Markets has focused on waste management since the company was founded in 1953. Recycling has always been a part of PCC operations, and all stores have composted their organic waste since 1994. They facilitate shoppers› efforts at waste reduction by making recycling and composting available in store, maintaining a large and varied bulk product section, encouraging use (and reuse) of recyclable or re-usable shopping bags, and transitioning a significant mix of their prepared food packaging to compostable materials, including hot and cold beverage cups, soup bowls, and salad bar boxes. Beginning at the Issaquah PCC in March 2013, PCC helped WISErg develop an onsite system (“The Harvest”) that converts food scraps into a high-quality liquid organic fertilizer. The Harvester has been adopted at other PCC locations.

This Issaquah assisted-living community on the Sammamish Plateau is on the county’s list for the third time. Spiritwood’s green program includes recycling and composting in all staff departments and residential areas of the community. Colored bins and instruction posters are located throughout the community to make being green easy and accessible to all residents and staff members. With the implementation of this program, residents and staff have continued to reduce Spiritwood’s garbage collection by more than half. Last year, Spiritwood replaced all compact fluorescent lightbulbs with LED lights in the common areas and resident apartments, reducing energy costs by $3,000. This year they have replaced standard light switches with sensor switches in common areas to further reduce energy costs.

The local government is on the county’s list for the fifth year. The city not only promotes recycling and waste reduction among its citizens and businesses, but also works hard to reduce waste and recycle within government. Strategies include promoting the City Council-passed and voter-upheld plastic bag ban, working with restaurants to promote food waste composting, and making sure all city events have recycling and composting.

This Issaquah clothing consignment store, whose core value is to reuse all items, makes the county’s list for the first time. Beyond just accepting and selling used clothing, the store accept textiles and packing materials to pass on to other users rather than having those materials end up in the waste stream. Further, Doubletake gathers used bags for reuse

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the show dubbed the Lumberjack Adventure Shack.

As amazed as Bray and his two daughters, Naomi, 13, and Shannon, 11, were with the final reveal, the project to build a treehouse on his land almost never got off the ground.

Bray and his girlfriend, Monica Werber, a fellow outdoor adventurer, went kayaking in Kauai, Hawaii, the month before the build was scheduled to start. It was a trip from which the two almost didn’t return.

“Building the treehouse became a good distraction after something so traumatic,” Werber said.

The two had paddled into isolated Nualolo Kai beach, which is accessible only by boat or air. They had the entire area to themselves for six nights. But foul weather rolled in, bringing with it some of the biggest swells the area had seen in 30 years.

With years of whitewater kayaking experience between them, Bray said they thought they had the swells figured out on their final day, which coincidently was Werber’s 40th birthday.

But a half-mile offshore, they were flipped several times and were separated from their kayak and from each other.

For three hours, they were buffeted about before Bray was pushed into a cave and Werber thrust against a coral reef near shore.

“Although I was scared, I was at peace with it,” Werber said. “So I said goodbye to the world. I’d been with the love of my life. I was OK with that. I let go emotionally.”

She figures that’s what saved her life. Being so relaxed, she wasn’t bashed into the reef.

“It probably should have killed me. But instead, it set me down gently. When I touched the ground and opened my eyes, I saw I was still alive. I was so happy.

‘I’m gonna live. Yee-haw,’ ” Werber recalled saying to herself, exhausted.

All of their possessions in the kayak were floating out to sea, but Werber had a small survival pack in her lifejacket. She started a fire, spelled out SOS in the beach’s sand and scrounged what she could from other nearby campsites.

An hour later, Bray had climbed his way out of the cave to safety and made it back to the sparse camp.

“To see her there, I was in shock,” Bray said. “It wasn’t like the movies. It was not a slow-motion run to each other. We were alive. Battered, but unhurt. It was so weird. We decided, we can’t die now.”

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The treehouse property is surrounded on three sides by the Mountains to Sound Greenway.

Unbeknownst to them, the Coast Guard had spotted their overturned kayak at 3:30 p.m. and by 6 p.m. had flown a crew to the inlet to search for survivors. Bray said rescue crews were astonished to actually find two.

“Logically, we hadn’t wrapped our brains around how we survived,” Bray said. “Even the rescue people were shocked how we survived, bleeding and dehydrated.”

They were eventually flown to safety and returned to the mainland, the week before filming was set to begin on their treehouse build.

“We’d lost our phone, our keys,” Bray recalled. “We had no connection to the mainland. Nobody knew yet what had happened. It was super-late when we get a call, ‘We’re coming the following Saturday. Are you ready?’”

“I almost said no,” Werber said. “We still had to go to a doctor. I have to be on national TV in five days?

Are you kidding?”

They went ahead with the episode. Bray said they spent three full days in front of cameras, with the producers asking constantly about their tale of survival.

In the end, what aired on the show July 15 was just the treehouse build. All the near-death stuff had been edited out.

“That was OK. It ended up being a nice distraction for us,” Bray said.

Each episode, after Nelson consults with the prospective treehouse owners, he presents a plan while coming across as a character the camera loves.

“Pete really is that animated in real life,” Bray said. “He’s a complete artist — creative, high energy, infectious to be around.

He’ll make you raise an eyebrow.”

Bray and Werber only request of Nelson was to scrounge around the property’s cache of repurposed

material. The windows and sidings came from decadesold barns. The ladder was leftover from a prior episode where Nelson built a hundreds-of-feet-high crow’s nest.

While the homeowners are asked to stay away during the build, the two couldn’t help sneak on set when the workers were not there. A good thing, too.

Werber noticed the windows couldn’t open. With a background in interior design, she left a drawing of venting on a piece of cardboard for the crew to find.

“I added a note, ‘Please, please, please vent her for cross-ventilation,” she said. “They executed it very well.”

The finished structure was 10-feet-by-20-feet with 200 square feet of livable space. Bray said when it was revealed, the treehouse looked like it had been there for years, like a suspended cabin in the trees.

“It was jaw dropping, amazing,” Werber said. “It’s hard visualizing. We’re so close to Seattle. But here, it’s off-grid, connected to the

forest.”

Bray added the property the treehouse sits on is surrounded on three sides by the Mountains to Sound Greenway.

“My friends come out with a picture of a shanty in their heads,” Bray said.

“Then they see it and just say, ‘Wow.’ ” The interior was decorated with a rustic adventurer’s motif, topped off with family heirlooms, including wooden propellers and mountaineering gear.

Bray said his daughters were especially awestruck.

They now almost literally fight over who gets it with their friends on the weekends.

“They almost need reservations,” Werber said.

Bray added the most amazing part is how nature has embraced the treehouse.

“We can sit on the deck and animals come by and don’t even notice the building,” he said. “They’ll hear us but don’t even think to look up.”

“It’s our own private nature show,” Werber said.

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Thursday, August 11, 2016 • 11

Lakeside Recovery splits opening World Series twinbill

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com The Alabama Rawdogs were supposed to be faster, stronger and more skilled, but Lakeside Recovery had the seven-time World Series winners on the ropes.

Lakeside, making its first appearance at the Senior Babe Ruth World Series, scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning and was three outs from victory over the Rawdogs in their Aug. 7 tournament opener at JohnsonO’Brien Stadium in Ephrata.

But Alabama rallied past Lakeside hurler Owen Collins in the bottom of the seventh, winning 4-3 as a walk and two singles set up a fateful game-tying error from left fielder Jordan Stone, followed by Bailey Bannon’s gamewinning sacrifice fly.

Despite the sting of the loss, Lakeside coach Vince Maughan was pleased his team — which includes nine Issaquah High School players — was so competitive with such a high-caliber opponent.

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Lakeside Recovery’s Spencer McCabe, shown here earlier this season, drove in a run in a 9-4 win over Pine Forge, Pa., at the Senior Babe Ruth World Series in Ephrata.

“They’ve won two of the last three World Series and they have 14 players who are either in college now or are signed to play in college,” Maughan said, “so they’re the class of the entire

tournament.”

Collins, a soft-tossing lefthander who doesn’t overpower most hitters, did a good job of mixing his changeup and hitting the corners with fastballs, Maughan

said.

The Rawdogs had 12 hits in the game but managed only two earned runs as Collins struck out four and walked two.

The loss didn’t have a negative impact on Lakeside’s second game of the day. They built an early 3-0 lead and pulled away late for a 9-4 victory over the Pine Forge (Pa.) Indians.

“We small-balled them to death,” Maughan said. “We had three or four squeezes and three or four (sacrifice) bunts. They didn’t make the plays.”

Second baseman Bryant Hyun keyed Lakeside’s offense in the nightcap, finishing 2 for 3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Hyun singled in the first inning, stole third base and scored on Brendan Bayron’s groundout for a 2-0 lead. After Pine Forge tied the score with a three-run third inning, Hyun bunted his way on base, jumpstarting a two-run rally for a 5-3 Lakeside lead.

Lakeside (39-24) held a precarious 5-4 advantage in the sixth before cementing the win

with four runs. Luke Eiken’s RBI double, Spencer McCabe’s RBI single and Sam Jones’ squeeze bunt highlighted the rally.

AJ Riley got the win, pitching five innings while giving up four hits and one earned run. He walked five and struck out three.

“AJ’s off-speed wasn’t really working like it normally does, but he battled and kept us in the game,” Maughan said.

Lakeside had two more games in pool play, results that came after press time, against Cape Cod, Mass., and Grays Harbor.

Beating both Cape Cod and Grays Harbor would likely give Lakeside second place in its pool and a theoretically easier path to the semifinals.

A 2-2 record, though, should be enough for Lakeside to advance.

Maughan believed the other pool has less-difficult teams and Lakeside can go far in the tourney if it can navigate its own pool.

The second- and third-place teams from each pool meet in elimination games on Aug. 11 in Ephrata.

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and bullying in a school year.

“I want to draw attention to the inaccurate numbers ISD had been reporting (in every round of data collection) because I believe that accurate data on sexual harassment is the first step to identifying, addressing and pre-

venting it.”

However, Lisa Hechtman, the ISD’s executive director of human resources, said the problem stems from an antiquated reporting system.

“When we don’t collect information for the CRDC, the direction is to place down zeros,” she said. “The problem is harassment comes in a broad category of verbal, physical, emotional and sexual.”

However, the CRDC does ask

The Issaquah Press districts for the number of allegations of harassment and bullying across a range of demographics: sex, race, color, national origin and disability. In all instances, the Issaquah School District reported zeroes across the board in the CRDC reports.

Hechtman said plans are in the works to make changes for the 2015-16 report within the computer program so that the harassment types can be split out and reported separately.

“A year from now, we’ll have a better look at information that will let us know if we’re bucking a national trend or, heaven forbid, if we’re in line,” she said.

For Reynolds, who has experienced harassment in her youth, a year from now is not soon enough.

“I’m 21 years old in college.

Almost every woman I know has experienced some sort of harassment — grabbed, pinched, slapped or raped by someone they knew in their lives,” she

said. “This is common and needs to be talked about to prevent others from experiencing it.”

She added the district’s reporting needs to be trusted for its transparency and accuracy, and take into consideration the possibility the problem is students just don’t feel safe enough to report an incident.

For Hechtman, that’s not even a question. Are Issaquah students safe?

“Yes,” Hechtman said.

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Three times a week, Eloise Rouse (left) meets her water aerobics group at the Providence Point pool for an early morning workout. This time, the women gathered after class to celebrate their friend’s 100th birthday.

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friends she is normally with in the pool, exercising while listening to the hits of the 1930s and ’40s, doing knee presses and toe touches.

The water aerobics group usually meets three times a week at the Providence Point pool for an early morning workout. On this occasion, they gathered after class to celebrate their 100-year-old friend’s milestone birthday.

She lets the other women in on her secret to longevity as they eat cookies and brownies. “I’m happy,” Rouse declared. “I choose to be happy.”

“And I’ve never been bored,” Rouse said. “There is always something to do and nice to think about. When I’m alone I’ll sing a song or get up and dust. You can always find something to do.”

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tax-exempt status on most of the property backdated to August 2014. Although the church is up-to-date on tax payments on the smaller parcels, it currently owes $643,930 on the main parcel.

The school district is taking the property in order to build a comprehensive high school and an elementary school on the site. The new facilities and land acquisition were included in the district’s $533 million construction bond approved by voters in April.

The district has not stated its intentions regarding the Providence Heights campus buildings,

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downtown,” Butler told the City Council. “Today we have the opportunity to expand who visits and enjoys Confluence Park.”

On July 8, the city received three bids for the second phase of the project, all of which were higher than the city engineer’s estimate of $1.4 million. Accord-

Her favorite stories to tell include her late husband Stuart. They met on a blind date while Rouse was in the middle of nurses’ training, which she notes cost her only $35 and included a gold pin and uniform.

They married right after Rouse finished her training. After honeymooning in Portland, she started work in a hospital in Wenatchee, joining the 11 million women already employed in the late 1930s.

She made a little less than $20 per week when she started work as a surgical nurse. In those days, Rouse said, doctors and nurses didn’t have access to penicillin and nurses mended their gloves when holes appeared rather than throw them away.

She chuckled while recounting advice given to her by the more experienced nurses.

“If someone had pain, you gave them a back rub,” Rouse said.

As the group inquired about the details of Rouse’s long life, one woman mentioned a mile-

stone not yet discussed: Rouse was born in a time before women could vote.

The group immediately became vocal and their voices grow excited as they discussed the achievements of the women’s rights movement during Rouse’s lifetime.

The idea that their mothers and grandmothers couldn’t cast ballots made many of the women

angry. They were offended women weren’t not thought of as equal to men and forced to depend on their husbands to think.

“We’ve come a long way, baby,” the group concluded, referring to watching Hillary Clinton become the first female presidential nominee of a major party.

“I think women can do anything a man could do,” Rouse

said. “I think our brains are just as good as theirs.”

This birthday party thrown by her workout buddies was just the first in a string of parties planned last week for Rouse. Upcoming was a party with her sewing group of 20 years, The Needle Brigade, and then her bridge group was planning a soiree. Followed by a trip to the casino with a close friend.

But she was most looking forward to celebrating this weekend with her four daughters, 15 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren — with two more expected to arrive soon.

She had spent the last few weeks sewing a new skirt for her monumental bash while family as far away as Arizona and California were planning to gather in Wenatchee.

“I don’t feel any different,” Rouse said of turning 100. “I get tired quicker than I use to and I don’t move as fast. But other than that, I’m fine.”

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crat incumbent Judy Clibborn (55.1 percent) leads Republican Michael Appleby (33.2 percent) handily.

There’s an odd twist in the 8th Congressional District: The candidate currently in second place dropped out of the race weeks ago. Tony Ventrella, a Democrat, stepped aside at the end of June. Nevertheless, he has received more than 21,000 votes through Aug. 7 and will advance to the general election to face the Republican incumbent, Dave Reichert, who is thumping the field with 57 percent of the vote.

Ventrella told The Seattle Times, “I’m on the ballot and I’ll serve if I win,” but said he’ll accept no campaign contributions and suggested people instead donate money to local nonprofit organizations.

Goodman said it wasn’t an easy decision to vote no but “given that we don’t have any near-term emergencies (or) deadlines on spending the funding, I think there is an advantage to be taken by pausing a little bit and rethinking it.”

Councilmembers Tola Marts, Eileen Barber, Mariah Bettise and Paul Winterstein all spoke in favor of the project.

The council awarded the construction contract for Confluence Park to the lowest bidder, WHH Nisqually Federal Services LLC.

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What was happening in the world when 100-year-old Eloise Rouse was born: 4The Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, are canceled because of World War I 4Jackie Gleason and Walter Cronkite are born 4William Boeing incorporates Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing) 4President Woodrow Wilson signs legislation creating the National Park Service 4Norman Rockwell’s first cover for The Saturday Evening Post, Boy with Baby Carriage, is published.

4Montana voters elect 36-year-old Republican Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.

4The Boston Red Sox defeated Brooklyn 4 games to 1 in the World Series

which include classrooms, a dormitory, a gymnasium, cafeteria and swimming pool. At the center of the campus is a midcentury modern chapel cherished by alumni and preservationists.

It features 14 towering stainedglass windows created in France by master artist Gabriel Loire.

Located at 4221 228th Ave. SE, Providence Heights College was opened by the Sisters of Providence in 1961. The campus was sold in 1978 to the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle, which in 2004 entered into an agreement to sell the campus to The City Church.

That deal, with a sales price of $22.7 million, closed in 2008.

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation included the campus on its list of the state’s seven most-endangered historic sites in 2016.

indication that will subside as November approaches.

In the 5th District’s races for the state House, Republican Paul Graves and Democrat Darcy Burner will square off for the Position 2 seat in the general election after both outdistanced Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson.

Graves has 46.5 percent of the vote, Burner is in second place with 36.8 percent and Larson trails with 16.7 percent.

For the 5th District’s Position 1 seat, Jay Rodne, the incumbent, has a comfortable lead (54.7 percent) over Democratic challenger Jason Ritchie (45.3

percent). Rodne caused a stir in December when he made controversial comments on Facebook about Islam, but it appears those remarks have not significantly damaged his reputation with the electorate.

In the District 41 state Senate race, Republican incumbent Steve Litzow is in a neck-andneck race with Democratic challenger Lisa Wellman, who is clinging to a 349-vote lead in returns counted through Aug. 7.

Wellman has received 48.7 percent compared to Litzow’s 47.5 percent.

For the 41st’s Position 1 House seat, Democrat Tana Senn has a huge lead over Republican John Pass. Senn has 65 percent of the vote; Pass is drawing 35 percent.

In the race for the 41st’s Position 2 House seat, Demo-

ing to city staff members, bids have been consistently high and predicted that even if the city rebid the work, a lower estimate for the project would not come in.

The second phase of the construction includes a timber-arch pedestrian bridge, a playground update, pedestrian paths, two creek overlooks and a new parking lot at Margaret’s Meadow.

City staff members presented the council with several options — funding the entire project, which requires $400,000 more in

additional funding, or just fund the base project, which is mainly the timber bridge, requiring $216,000 more.

Councilmembers could have also chosen to rebid the project, redesign and rebid, or table the project completely.

Butler said construction prices will only rise and encouraged the council to use parks mitigation funds to fill in the funding gaps.

Councilmember Bill Ramos echoed the mayor’s remarks.

“People want this,” Ramos said.

“It is something they are looking forward to.”

Council President Stacy Goodman and Mary Lou Pauly voted against funding the shortfall.

Pauly said she couldn’t approve another $400,000 for the park.

“If last year we didn’t have to approve a 50 percent increase in the skate park, and now to come back and look at a significant increase in this park?” Pauly said.

“I’m still not understanding the trade-off for allocating another $400,000.”

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