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117th Year, No. 34
Thursday, August 25, 2016
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PFOS present in four production wells The potentially hazardous chemical perfluorooctane sulfonate has now been found in four production wells and three monitoring wells that draw water from the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer.
EPA lifetime health advisory level for PFOS and PFOA combined: 0.070 parts per billion
The residents of Newburgh, N.Y., have no idea how long they have been drinking water laced with perfluorooctane sulfonate. The same uncertainty exists in Issaquah, where it’s possible residents may have consumed municipal water containing unknown levels of PFOS for more than 25 years. Unlike what has transpired to date in Issaquah, federal, state and local officials in New York are asking for blood testing to be made available to any resident of Newburgh who desires it. “I urge the National Center
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Most recent test for PFOS (May 2016):
Trace amounts of perfluorooctane sulfonate, commonly known as PFOS, have been detected in a second Sammamish Plateau Water well that draws water from the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer. The detection is at a level significantly below what the Environmental Protection Agency considers unsafe. According to the water district, this was the first time Well No. 8 had been tested since coming online in July. Two samples, taken on July 27, detected PFOS levels of .026 and .029 parts per billion. The EPA has set a lifetime
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n Water significantly exceeds federal safety standard but well is for monitoring only and water is not distributed
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City of Issaquah Gilman Well No. 4
Most recent test for PFOS (June 2016):
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n Water is treated to remove PFOS before distribution; untreated water significantly exceeds federal safety standard
City of Issaquah Gilman Well No. 5
Most recent test for PFOS (June 2016):
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n Water meets all federal safety standards
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See TESTING, Page 12
Two Issaquah wells, two Sammamish Plateau Water wells affected; water continues to meet EPA guidelines
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In a New York contamination case similar to Issaquah’s, U.S. senator calls for blood testing of residents
Most recent test for PFOS (July 2016): n Water meets all federal safety standards
Sammamish Plateau Water Monitoring Well 7-3 0.019 parts per billion
n Water meets all federal safety standards; well is for monitoring only
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City of Issaquah Monitoring Well 5
Most recent test for PFOS (July 2016):
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n Water meets all federal safety standards
Most recent test for PFOS (June 2016): n Water significantly exceeds federal safety standard but well is for monitoring only and water is not distributed
0.029 parts per billion
Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@isspress.com
Sources: City of Issaquah, Sammamish Plateau Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Esri, DeLorme, IPC, NAVTEQ, NRCan
It took a full-sized imagination to create a miniature train set this detailed
See PFOS, Page 12
City considers eliminating its truck routes south of I-90 By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com
Photos by David Hayes / dhayes@isspress.com
Bob Smyth stands in the center of his massive N-scale model railroad layout in a storage room at the Timber Ridge at Talus senior living community.
He’s been working on a railroad By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com Tucked away in an anonymous storage room on the sixth floor of the Timber Ridge at Talus senior living community, Bob Smyth’s hobby took on a life of its own. Inside is an N-scale miniature railroad town featuring 38 houses, 59 buildings, eight trains, two tracks and details railroad
enthusiasts rarely see anywhere else, from the working three-color street lights to a fully populated football field and cemetery. When Bob and his wife of 67 years, Patricia, moved from Bellevue in 2011, he needed to find a place for his train set. “I had trains at the old place
Laundry hangs from a clothesline on the roof of a multi-story building in Smyth’s model railroad layout. Although the layout appears to be complete, “it’ll never be done,” he says.
See RAILROAD, Page 6
Standing on the corner of Newport Way Northwest and East Sunset Way on a weekday morning, it’s not uncommon to see a gravel truck hauling a double load pass by at an average of one per minute. Enormous trucks cruise by the fish hatchery, the library and City Hall, rumbling over crosswalks as they make their way to or from Interstate 90 using the main drag into the heart of Issaquah’s Olde Town. During the Council Infrastructure Committee’s regular monthly meeting Aug. 18, city staff members recommended reducing pass-through truck traffic by eliminating all city-designated truck routes south of I-90. If an agenda bill on the matter is passed, it would be illegal for truck drivers to use city streets south of Interstate 90 as a pass-through route. Trucks make up approximately 23 percent of the traffic along Sunset Way, according to data collected by an outside firm hired by the city. This study counted axles, so the city was unable to differentiate between trucks, school buses and delivery trucks. Deputy City Administrator Emily Moon said it can be scary to cross Sunset Way with all the truck traffic. “You don’t want a third of your traffic volume to be huge trucks,” Moon said. Many residents who attended the meeting to voice their concerns about a different agenda item stayed for the truck route discussion. They were concerned about safety with enormous trucks so close to See TRUCKS, Page 12
Talus landslide cleanup may hit $1 million, but who will pay the bill? By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com Other than plastic sheets rustling in the wind, the Talus landslide site is a tranquil place. No sounds of construction vehicles working to build the 90 housing units originally planned for the
site. Nine months after the landslide disrupted work, the city remains in discussion with the property owner, The Resmark Companies, about who is responsible for the landslide — and liable for the cleanup. Keith Niven, Issaquah’s eco-
Much of the Talus landslide area above the intersection of Northwest Talus Drive and ShangriLa Way Northwest is covered in plastic sheeting. The ground started moving Nov. 13.
nomic and development services director, said the city was hoping the property owner would have fixed it this summer. He said the city doesn’t want to use public money to pay for damage caused
Lizz Giordano lgiordano@ isspress.com
See TALUS, Page 11
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FRONT AND SUNSET
Don’t shrug off our contest to name that Atlas blue
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oes Atlas make your brown eyes blue? We shoot the breeze with a fair number of people around town, and here’s one thing we’ve learned: The azure splotch on the Gilman Boulevard-facing side of the sprawling apartment complex is — how can we put this delicately? — universally loathed. entry will receive a $50 gift card to one of our fine local dining establishments. Email your entries to frontandsunset@isspress.com. We’re looking forward to hearing what you come up with. • • •
While we’re talking construction, two thumbs ups to Rowley Properties and Top Pot Doughnuts for joining forces and refreshing the architecturally iconic building at the corner of 12th and Maple. As far as we can tell, it’s Issaquah’s last remaining example of Googiestyle architecture. (Google it.) The new roof, new wood trim and fresh paint will go a long way toward preserving this unique gem. Of course, in this town, there always has to be a speed bump. A source tells us Top Pot requested permission from the city to place a rotating sign atop
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Let’s hear your best paint-color name for that cringe-worthy blue that’s so prominent on Gilman Boulevard. an existing sign pole that extends from the center of the cylindrical building’s roof. You can guess what happened next, right? The city said no. Code forbids roof signs and rotating signs. Once again, we have a case of municipal ham-handedness when it comes to a historic structure. Applying identical design standards to a builtin-1965 Googie structure like Top Pot and a built-in-2015 box of apartments like Atlas is amateurish governing. A rotating neon doughnut sign, for example, would absolutely be in character for a building of that era. How about code exemptions for those restoring old buildings back to their original state? In Top
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Less than 6 percent of all Girl Scouts receive a Gold Award, which is the organization’s highest achievement. Count Issaquah’s Chloe Kilzi among that elite group. To earn her award, Chloe collected 320 books in a book drive she started for her Little Free Bookshop, which “gives new and nearly new books to middle and high school aged kids and teens at the YWCA in the Issaquah Highlands.” You’re an inspiration to us all, Chloe. Keep up the good work. • • •
If your plié needs a tune-up,
Kevin Kaiser is the man to see.
Kaiser is the new artistic director and partner at Issaquah Dance Theatre and has almost 40 years of ballet experience, including 15 in Seattle with Pacific Northwest Ballet. • • •
Now that medical marijuana shops have been put out of business by the state, business is smokin’ at retail marijuana outlets like Issaquah Cannabis Company. July was our local pot shop’s best month yet, with $740,000 in sales. Since its doors opened 19 months ago, Issaquah Cannabis has moved nearly $9 million in product and paid more than $3 million in excise tax. • • •
Some of our colleagues were chatting with Notorious MLP the other day and the subject of Issaquah restaurants came up. Our City Council Vice President says she’s a fan of Black Duck Cask and Bottle in Gilman Village and Levitate Gastro Pub on Front Street, both excellent choices in our book. Bon appetit! Send your tips, complaints, praise and bad poetry to frontandsunset@isspress.com. Twitter: @frontandsunset.
‘Findependent: Join the party’ is Salmon Days theme By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Salmon Days organizers are asking festivalgoers to vote Findependent this October. Not independent, but Findependent, the fictional party of one Sammy the Salmon, the beloved festival mascot. Salmon Days is taking a page from the election season fervor to employ its 2016 theme: “Findependent: Join the party.” The logo is red, white and blue and bears resemblance to campaign emblems. Festival organizers announced the 2016 theme
HOW TO VOLUNTEER AT SALMON DAYS in a short video on its Facebook page last week. The teaser is meant to look and sound like a campaign advertisement, complete with Sammy approving the message. “A vote for Sammy means a stronger Salmon Days,” the video’s narrator says. “More music, more food, more human hamster balls. There’s only one candidate who can give us the Salmon Days we deserve.” The 2016 Salmon Days
It takes a village to put on Issaquah’s biggest event of the year and local volunteers make up a big part of that. Registration is open to lend a hand during Salmon Days. Whether you are new to the area, a return volunteer or a high school student looking for community service hours, there’s something for everyone. Help entertain kids at the Festival of Fun, man an information booth or do a little bit of everything on the festival’s official XStream Team. Some volunteer jobs require specific requirements pertaining to age or ability. See a full list of volunteer opportunities and sign up to participate at salmondaysvolunteers.org. celebration is Oct. 1-2. The iconic Issaquah festival has celebrated the return of salmon to local waterways
since 1970 and now draws an estimated 150,000 people. Learn more at salmondays.org.
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tricts into one fire auEastside Fire & Rescue’s thority on Chief Jeff Clark would like November’s to address homeowner asgeneral sociations and community election groups about about the ballot. proposed fire authority that Fire would result from a merger District 10 Jeff Clark of King County Fire Districts serves May 10 and 38. Valley, Tiger Mountain, MirThe agencies are asking rormont, Preston, and the voters to combine the disCity of Carnation. Fire Dis-
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term. Clark encourages interested parties to contact him directly at 313-3228 or jclark@esf-r.org to schedule a presentation. A similar request to merge the districts appeared on an April ballot but fell short with the voters. Requiring 60 percent approval to pass, the measure received 56.8 percent.
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It’s apparently here to stay, though. And since we can’t get it changed, we’ll resort to the nextbest thing: We’ll make fun of it. Anyone who’s burned through a weekend painting their living room knows the highlight of the entire exercise is laughing at the ridiculous color names at the local paint store. To wit: These are honestto-goodness names of current Sherwin-Williams paint colors: “Antler Velvet,” “Tempe Star,” “Chopsticks” and “Parisian Patina.” So, loyal readers, here’s your chance to win a decent meal courtesy of your dedicated hacks down here at Front and Sunset. Channel your inner Martha Stewart and come up with a color name for the sacre-bleu hue that dialates our pupils every time we pull into the Taco Bell drive-thru. You know, like “Dismal Bay.” Or “The Butler Did It.” The brains behind the winning
Pot’s case, since it’s a relatively new tenant, require a “periodappropriate” sign. If you’ve seen the company’s retro signs at other locations around Seattle, you know Top Pot could easily fulfill that request. That makes too much sense, apparently. So the big-money Atlas project gets its train wreck of a blue paint color while Top Pot’s effort to sympathetically restore a building that’s escaped the demolition crews for half a century is hindered by City Hall killjoys. Read into that what you will.
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OPINION
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Thursday, August 25, 2016 • 4
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Thank you, businesses and readers, for my newspaper job
erhaps the best way to describe today’s column would be to say I’m throwing into a blender a riff on Jimmy Fallon’s thank-you notes, my approaching 30th wedding anniversary and the businesses who have advertised in The Issaquah Press, Sammamish Review and our other publications over the years — and setting the blender on emulsify. One of the things that I’ve always considered a prerequisite in my newspaper career has been to support as best I could the companies that with their advertising dollars pay the salaries for my coworkers and myself. At this very moment in fact, can you keep a secret? Plateau Jewelers in Sammamish is having a ring made for me to present my wife at the end of the month. It’s going to be a circle with 30 small stones, made up of her favorite amethysts with
diamonds. Thank you, Kelly and Sue Jensen! They opened for business at the same time I began working at The Press and I’ve taken a staff GREG photo every Farrar year for their Press photographer ads. Thank you, too, for your advertising, Phil and Christine Nault and daughter Amy at Nault Jewelers, from whom I bought another ring for my wife several years ago (she loves rings if you are following along). The list goes on and on, and it will in just a moment, but the point is this. When you see an ad in our papers or on our websites for something you want, when you go to that business, buy that
product and tell them it was their ad in the Press or the Review that drew you in, you are supporting the journalism we do for you. Thank you friends, for looking through our pages first to find the things you need. And when I patronize one of our advertisers it’s not only in my self-interest, it’s because I want all of us in Issaquah and Sammamish to benefit from being informed about what is going on and become motivated to get involved in improving our community’s quality of life. So thank you for all the great food at Mandarin Garden, Andy Wang, and congratulations on your son Edric’s graduation in the top 5 percent at West Point. Thank you, Stephan and Walter Cassidy at Issaquah Vision and their staff including longtime employee Olga Orievsky, for keeping my eyes sharp to shoot photos with! Thank you for the tires I’ve
GUEST COLUMN
Challenge Races provide moments of pure joy By Zachary Hochman
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’m writing to inform you about an amazing community event. It’s called the Life Enrichment Options Foundation Challenge Races. It’s an annual event that takes place locally in Sammamish, Issaquah and Snoqualmie Ridge. I want you to know how it has changed my life. The Challenge Races allow young people with mental and physical disabilities to get in a “soap-box derby” car and “drive” down a hill. Each car has a driver and co-driver. The special-needs person is a “co-driver” and a typically developing kid is the “driver” who steers and brakes the car. The event is better described at lifeenrichmentoptions.org/events. I got involved as a Cub Scout for the first time around five years ago. Since then, I’ve driven in as many races as possible each year. There’s something unique about seeing the smile on a co-driver’s face as we speed down the hill together in a gravity car. It’s hard to explain. It’s like I get a front-row view at experiencing their freedom. For a short time, it’s as if they are free from their disabilities and, for those who have them, free from their wheelchairs. I’ve come across different kinds of special-needs kids. Some love to talk and have a great time. Others are silent or they are non-verbal. Even so, I can still feel them smiling, even if it’s on the inside. I’ve been driving cars with children who are non-verbal autistic or disabled, but they still had big smiles on their faces or waved their arms around in joy. No words needed to be exchanged because the expressions on their faces says it all. At the end of the event, after a pizza or hamburger lunch with families, the LEO Foundation gives out certificates to every co-driver. On each certificate, it says that every kid is a winner. I think that’s fantastic because some special needs kids (or their families) may feel like they’re not a winner. With the Challenge Races, though, everyone is celebrated as a champion. In my opinion, such a positive experience can motivate them to return year after year. I’m not a special-needs kid and I have no personal experience about what they or their families go through on a daily basis. I can’t even imagine the challenges that some families of special-needs children experience in a lifetime. Even so, this is something I can do to make a positive impact. For that one moment when we’re driving down a hill together, they change my life. They inspire me to continue volunteering. I don’t participate in this event because I have to. Instead, I volunteer because I want to. There’s a height limit for drivers. It’s 5 feet, 2 inches. As I enter eighth grade, I’m now almost 5 feet, 5 inches. My first Challenge Race of the season is upon us and I’m scared that I might not fit into the gravity car this year. It makes me sad because there’s something special about being next to a co-driver who is experiencing pure joy as we race down a hill and push forward against the wind. I’m not going to stop, though. For as long as I’m able, I will do whatever I can to help make a positive difference in the lives of special-needs children and their families. I hope the community will join me in that effort, too. Zachary Hochman is 13 years old and lives in Sammamish.
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bought to get through those long commutes, Les Schwab Tires in North Bend. Thank you for the home siding and wood gable vents, Hugh Clark and Issaquah Cedar & Lumber Co. Thank you for the dishwasher, King and Bunny’s in Newcastle. Thank you for the lawn mower, Issaquah Honda Kubota. Thank you for the athletic shoes, Plateau Runner. Thank you for the replacement windshields, Eastside Auto Glass. Thank you for the work you’ve done on my car, Nate Bean, Tyler Dunn and Integrity Automotive. Thank you for the house numbers for our front porch and garden hoses for our flowers, old Lewis Hardware. Thank you for the wood stove that keeps us warm every winter, Gene Crock and the old Cascade Stove and Spa. Thanks to advertisers for our
home’s venetian blinds, electric chain saw, barstool set and scented home diffusion oil. Thank you for advertising if I haven’t been your customer yet. I hope to find you in our pages as soon as I need you! Thank you, Swedish, Overlake, Virginia Mason and real estate agents. I haven’t been sick enough to be hospitalized a single day of my life and we’re not ever going to move, but thank you so much all the same. And in case I don’t stay healthy forever, in advance for that day long in the future, thank you, Flintoft’s! Email photographer Greg Farrar at gfarrar@isspress.com. Twitter: @GregFarrarIP Off The Press is a weekly column by members of The Issaquah Press news staff. It does not necessarily represent the editorial views of the newspaper.
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An open letter to the Issaquah School Board: Here is what I hope is not the board’s mindset regarding the Providence Heights property. Yeah. We got a sweet deal on that one. Eminent domain. What a great deal-making tool. We got this tear-down for a song. Losers didn’t take out first offer. And hey, it’s not even our money, but the taxpayers’. Those losers vote for us every time no matter what. Am I right? Getting this thing done will be a breeze. Permits? Ha. Losers on the City Council wouldn’t dare block something like this. And those historical folks? Preserve what? Art folks? Forget about it. It will be a pile of glass. They can pave with it for all I care. Hey, maybe we can sell the pieces off to that eye-patched glass guy. What is art anyway? Something you hold onto and then sell for a profit. There’s no money in that here. Besides, if anyone objects, we can claim that the religious scenes have no place in the public school. Like their kids would be converted by it and would need vaccinations or something. Nope, this is a done deal. Call the bulldozers. Those little nuns left long ago and all that art hasn’t got a prayer. Here is what I would dearly hope is the school board’s actual conversation. Pardon the pun, but Providence has blessed us with a great opportunity here. This campus could be a shining example of repurposing a historic structure of worldclass artistic significance into a new life, continuing as an institute of learning. What an opportunity for a campus devoted to arts and the humanities! Sure, the location of the chapel with surrounding classrooms might not fit our usual Microsoft style configuration, but isn’t that its charm? I mean Cambridge and Oxford have managed to survive with such architectural styles. Such a building lends a sense of importance and achievement and creativity and the spirit of excellence. What a wonderful opportunity to teach our students and the community that we aren’t just business as usual. Let them see that we can use our wisdom to be something more than a crass developer.
Fran Pope Issaquah
Growth
Trading in small-town charm for concrete, steel How did we get here? From what was reported on the front page of last week’s Issaquah Press, downtown Issaquah is trading its small-town charm for concrete and steel. In addition to the 344 Atlas Apartments, another 110 Issaquah Apartments and 93 Inneswood Apartments are slated to be built. Before too long, it may be that single-family homes and their inherent neighborliness will disappear altogether. And perhaps that’s been the plan all along. Unfortunately, what’s been omitted from the plan is how to accommodate another 547 cars, or more, entering and exiting town because of those new apartments. Soon after moving here from the East Coast in 1998, it was obvious that Issaquah was on the fast track to a population explosion. Less than two decades later, it’s happened. The answer to how we got here is as mind-boggling as trying to figure out the Rubik’s Cube. Perhaps someone with the genius and corresponding stamina could walk us through our town’s growth history. It’d be interesting to know all the players involved and if/when they requested input from the townsfolk before proceeding with development. I’m certain there’s enough credit to go around for the
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situation we are facing today. Understanding the intricacies of how the process worked might help those of us who haven’t paid close attention to the details in the past pay heed going forward. Unless it involves 40 hours a week; most of us already work full-time. That includes housewives, even retired ones, like me.
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End the Puget Sound pact killing Canada geese Under an interlocal agreement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program killed 578 geese in King County and 287 on Lake Washington in 2015. Shooting has become their preferred method of killing, but they also conducted two roundups on Lake Washington where they gassed to death geese and their goslings. The numbers for 2016 are not yet available. Prior to becoming a member of the interlocal agreement, Washington State Parks hired Wildlife Services to kill geese at Lake Sammamish State Park on at least two occasions. In a decreasing trend, egg addling dropped to just 292 eggs. Clearly, this is not a priority. It is apparently much easier to shoot geese or gas them instead of addling eggs to prevent their development. Humane solutions to mitigate conflicts with geese exist. In addition to addling, the following are effective: landscape modifications, goose deterrent products and control techniques, automated devices to clean up goose droppings, and education and public outreach on the need to stop feeding waterfowl. The report also stated, “2015 represented the 29th year of Urban Waterfowl Management efforts in the greater Seattle area.” In a vicious cycle of killing, year after year, geese continue to be killed in our parks. Moreover, few if any members of the interlocal agreement will take any responsibility for the killing. They seem to think that they are not responsible for the killing even though they have all collectively paid for it under the agreement. Members of the 2015 agreement included: Washington State Parks, Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, Kirkland, Mountlake Terrace, Renton, SeaTac, Woodinville, Port of Seattle — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Tacoma MetroParks, Tukwila and the University of Washington. Data released by the Department of Agriculture shows that Wildlife Services destroyed over 3.2 million animals in 2015. It is time to stop the war on wildlife!
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A brand-new Issaquah Middle School ready to open its doors By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com
When the 2016 school year kicks off Sept. 1, the Issaquah School District welcomes its newest facility into the fold. The newly constructed Issaquah Middle School sits just north of Issaquah High School, creating a 54-acre campus for students in grades six through 12. A voter-approved bond in Florence Esther Patten 2012 paid for its $64 milFlorence Esther Woodworth passed lion price tag. It will serve away July 21, 2016, in Seattle, WA. She an expected middle school was born January 27, 1935, in Albany, populace of 900 students, Oregon, to Dr. Marshall M. Woodworth with room to add eight and Janet Chalmers Woodworth. Florence more portable classrooms graduated from Albany High School in as needed. 1953. She went on to graduate from the Steve Crawford, direcFlorence Patten University of Oregon, Eugene in 1957 tor of capital projects, said with a Bachelor of Science in general science and a Phi the district just received its Beta Kappa key, followed by a certificate in Medical temporary certificate of ocTechnology and later a certification as a Cytotechnologist cupancy Aug. 17, allowing (medical microscopist in cancer detection) both from the staff to begin moving in and University of Oregon Medical School in Portland. She kids to arrive for registramoved to Seattle, Washington, and became the first tion. Cytotechnologist employed by the University of Washington, “There’s only some odds University Hospital, helping to establish the first school of and ends left and cleanup Cytotechnology at that institution. Later she was recruited to do, but they could do the by the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, cleanup and we could have School of Medicine and Dentistry to become the first “nonhad school here Monday if physician” faculty member in the history of that institution, we had to,” Crawford said. holding appointments, Assistant Professor of Pathology and “But we’ve got a whole Laboratory Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1970 week.” -1990. Having broken ground in In 1979, Florence married the love of her life, Stanley F. the spring, Crawford was Patten, Jr, MD, PhD and they shared a remarkable life and proud the school is opening love until his premature death, January 1997. on time when working with In 1990, Stan and Florence retired from the University of such a short construction Rochester and relocated to Issaquah, Washington, and the window. Providence Point Retirement Community. “When you get past the Stan and Florence continued their work in cancer detecwet weather issues, the tion and cytopathology at first at Laboratory of Pathology start of school rolls around and Swedish Hospital, Seattle Campus and with NeoPath, pretty quick,” he said. Inc., a new bioengineering firm helping to develop the very “You’re limited when you first automated imaging device able to pre-screen Pap can plant, too.” smears. Following Stan’s death in 1997, Florence became In addition to completing manager of Cytopathology R&D for NeoPath. She continued the landscaping, classroom her lifelong work until 2002. She then became Vice Presisupplies sat ready to be dent for Clinical Research at Vision Gate, Inc, another new unpacked in every space, medical imaging company, a position held until she retired including the library, music March 27, 2013. rooms and commons. Florence was very active in professional organizations The biggest difference including the American Society of Cytopathology, where between this new facility she edited the monthly newsletter for 10 years, and was and the old, Crawford said, awarded a “lifetime achievement” award in 1979. She is the smaller footprint and was a founding member and national President of the vertical construction of American Society for Cytotechnology in 1982. She was also three stories. active in the International Academy of Cytology winning the “The original Issaquah prestigious “Cytotechnologist Award” of that organization Middle School was an open, in 1978. Florence was always deeply interested in outdoor-circulation campus preservation of animal and undersea life, being an plan, kind of like you see all experienced and certified SCUBA diver and a volunteer over California,” he said. “I docent at the Seattle Woodland Park Zoo for many years. don’t think they gave a lot of While Florence had no children of her own, she deeply thought to Pacific Northwest loved and nurtured Stan’s 3 daughters and their families, environment.” Lesley Patten (husband Crane Stookey), Pamela PattenRather than spread the Haus, and Susan Patten (husband Richard MacLeod) and staff further about camgranddaughters Karin Haus, Lily MacLeod and Ruby pus, the smaller footprint MacLeod. provides a better opportuFlorence loved volunteering and helping make life better nity for collaboration for for the less fortunate by knitting sweaters for the Issaquah the staff he said. He added Clothing Bank and tending to the spiritual and physical the most efficient building needs of her beloved friends and neighbors over the years. shape, in terms of space, She also volunteered her time at the Issaquah Food Bank would be a sphere. after she retired from her final position with Vision Gate. “But because that would A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, be hard to use, we get to a August 30, 2016, at University Presbyterian Church, 4540 cube. Going up three stories 15th Ave. NE, in Seattle, WA. Florence will be inurned beside Stan in the columbarium at the Arlington National Name: 16485/GilCemetery, Arlington VA. Memorials may be made to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center or the Seattle man Village Union Gospel Mission. Arrangements by Flintoft’s Funeral Width: 42p3 Home, Issaquah, WA. Please visit flintofts.com to sign the online guest book and Depth: 1.5 in share a memory of Florence. 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The speed cameras along Second Avenue Southeast will be back in action on the first day of school Sept. 1. The cameras operate from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. during school days. The cameras David Hayes / dhayes@isspress.com monitor both directions of traffic along Second Avenue Every classroom in the new Issaquah Middle School, located just near Clark Elementary, north of Issaquah High School, is flooded with natural light. Issaquah High Issaquah Middle schools. gets through the glass, but Only vehicles that exceed makes for a nicer space.” the school zone’s speed Another thing that doesn’t limit of 20 mph are photomake it through the glass is graphed and videotaped. Read a longer version the noise from the near by Issaquah police review of this story and view Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club and confirm each violamore photos online at shooting range. tion before mailing a $124 issaquahpress.com. An old problem that reinfraction to the speeding mains is the amount of traf- vehicle’s registered owner. fic flowing past the schools Issaquah issued 7,412 reduces the footprint which on Second Avenue. L infractions in 2015. also reduces the overall Michelle, executive director Traffic cameras do not surface area and makes it of communications, said a operate outside of the 7 more efficient energy wise,” traffic signal is planned for a.m. to 4 p.m. timeframe, Crawford said. the intersection of Second on weekends, holidays or Other energy-saving Avenue and Sunset. during the schools’ breaks. LAURA D.ePROOF.IP.CMYK.PDF 0819 LAM designs include motion sen35.17253.THU.0825.2X1.LAM sor lights that automatically turn on when a room is enNEW CONSTRUCTION Name: tered and shut off after the last person leaves, including AND REMODELING 17253/ in big spaces like the main Carrig gym. Located in Sammamish, serving the Eastside. The classrooms also have Construc425.628.8162 • WWW.CARRIGCONSTRUCTION.COM ceiling fans that keep the LAURA F.ePROOF.IP.CMYK.PDF 0818 LAM air moving, which is good 35.17216.THUR.0825.2X2.LAM for 5 to 6 degrees of comfort range, Crawford said. Name: Another key design that 17216/ went the way of a bygone era is the “dungeon” classDance rooms. Every space, except With for the utility rooms, is • Ages 3-7 flooded with natural light. Miss Sue • Pre-ballet, basic tumbling, tap “That was something we Width: • On the Plateau really do try and do is utilize day lighting. It makes the 20p9 spaces nicer, giving it a betTuition or Drop In Depth: 2 ter atmosphere,” Crawford 28 years experience in said. “You probably don’t Mbr. of Dance Educators of America get any vitamin D after
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above the garage, about this size,” he said. “When we moved, the people who bought the house didn’t want the trains.” Smyth said he’s lucky Timber Ridge is populated by a lot of smart and friendly people. When word got out as he started talking trains with the residents, they signed up to help rebuild his town within their community. The eight volunteers came to be known as the N-Gaugers. An Nscale model train is 1/167th to scale and features tracks 9 millimeters apart. Each volunteer brought a unique perspective to the project: 4Bob Ploss was a B-17 pilot during World War II and would become an anesthesiologist afterward. Smyth suspects him of not-so-anonymously refilling the donation coffers $300 to $500 at a time to keep the project going. 4The only woman in the group, Jeanne Cline, worked for the New York Central Railroad. Her father was an engineer. 4Bill Parks was an aeronautical engineer who laid out the track design 37 times before getting it just right to fit within the storage room’s tight confines. 4Thanks to Wally Ward, an electrical engineer, every building has lights. Smyth said Ward invented the system for airplanes to alert pilots when they’re flying too close to mountains. 4Tony Lazzeri’s father, Tony Sr., played second base alongside the New York Yankees’ Lou Geh-
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Factories, farms, mills and mines are all part of Bob Smyth’s N-scale model railroad layout in a storage room at the Timber Ridge at Talus senior living community. rig and Babe Ruth. 4Dale Jordan was an administrator for the Edmonds School District. 4Jo Skoog, who got the model airport named after him, was a captain in the U.S. Navy who took the first nuclear submarine under the Antarctic. 4And retired Boeing artist Jerry Fitzsimmons painted all the scenery in the background. Smyth laid out all the groundwork before the buildings could follow, including the streets, curbs, gutters and sidewalks. Perhaps Smyth’s biggest contribution to the layout was the model retirement home. As co-founder, with his uncle, of Western Tile and Marble in 1956, Smyth contracted to work on a planned retirement home on 17 acres in Maltby. It was never completed due to the Chicago client going bankrupt. But he kept the architectural model out of the
deal. He figures that retirement model home alone is valued at $13,500. It took about two years. But when they finished, Timber Ridge, which already has a healthy selection of Tuesday activities, now features one with diesel and steam engines. The storage room is opened to the general public every Tuesday from 10:30-11:30 a.m., and special requests by appointment. Smyth said many residents bring family to the exhibit. “The highlight for people who live here is to bring their grandkids up and we run the trains for them,” Smyth said. “They’re 6, 7, 8, 9 years old. So we’ve got posters we give them to take home and put in their bedroom. This whole model railroad thing is kind of phasing out. Kids are too busy doing this (Smyth moves his thumbs to mimic using an imaginary smartphone). So they’re not
as interested in trains anymore. Anything we can do to keep them interested.” Smyth said the N gauge is a good size for beginners. In addition to a store in Kirkland, Smyth also picked up model kits for their railroad town at swap meets, like the annual one hosted by Boeing engineers in Kent. “The big one, though,” he added, “is the one at the Monroe fairgrounds. That takes place in three buildings dedicated to nothing but trains. There’s nothing you can’t buy if you want to spend the money.” Little details can be found throughout the town, which is called Browning City. There are hobos keeping warm around a fire in the park and a K-9 unit training outside the police station. It’s been three years since the layout was opened to the public, and Smyth said the town is still not fully complete.
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Issaquah Highlands Day is Aug. 27 Superheroes and mortals alike are invited to the Issaquah Highlands Day celebration on Aug. 27. The superhero-themed celebration returns from noon to 4 p.m. at Blakely Hall and Village Green Park, 2550 NE Park Drive. A summer tradition for more than 15 years, the festival is packed with live entertainment, food trucks and exciting
attractions. Issaquah Highlands’ own Sam Foster opens the festival from the main stage at noon. Don’t worry about finding parking — hop on the free trolley instead. The trolley runs from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., picking up riders in front of Regal Cinemas at Grand Ridge Plaza. Learn more at issaquahhighlands.com.
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Inspections were performed Aug. 8-14 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. 435 or more red violation points require a reinspection within 14 days. 490 or more red violation points or 120 total violation points (red and blue) require closure of the establishment. ARCO AM/PM, 800 Front St. N. Aug. 9: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 5 blue Bukhara Bar & Grill, 131 Front St. N. Aug. 9: Routine inspection, 50 red, 13 blue Five Guys Burgers and Fries 775 NW Gilman Blvd. Aug. 10: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue Hop Jacks, 4506 Klahanie Dr. SE Aug. 11: Routine inspection, 10 red, 5 blue Levitate Gastro Pub, 185 Front St. N. Aug. 9: Routine inspection, 25 red, 0 blue Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In 98 NE Gilman Blvd. Aug. 9: Routine inspection, 5 red, 5 blue
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The scene at Camp Gilman on July 18, 1891. The Bellevue Hotel, on the southeast corner of today’s Front and Sunset streets, is in the background. Labor unrest was a recurring problem for the mining companies, and in 1891, the Washington State Militia’s Troop B was sent to Gilman to quell potential unrest at the mines. Col. Joseph Greene later wrote that one month earlier “there was a large body of armed men riotously assembled at Gilman, in King County, (who) threatened to destroy the buildings and machinery connected with the operation of the coal mines there. The sheriff of the county being absent, the manager of the mine applied to the deputy sheriff for a sufficient force to protect it from injury and destruction, but the deputy declined to act in the absence of the sheriff.” Gov. Elisha Ferry then ordered the militia to Gilman to keep the peace. History Snapshot is a partnership between The Issaquah Press and the Issaquah History Museums. Learn more about upcoming events at the museum at issaquahhistory.org
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Bathhouse, 1-4 p.m., Lake Sammamish State Park Volunteer to help assemble the Living With Wildlife Series: playground at Lake Sammamish Spider Finder, ages 12 and older, State Park, ages 18 and older, 2-3 p.m., free, Lewis Creek Visitor 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 9:30 a.m. Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. SE, to 4 p.m. or 1-4 p.m., register at bit. Submit details for your event 452-4195 ly/2bjFiqj Junior Ranger Program, ages to our online calendar at Issaquah Alps area dog hike, 6-10, 3-4:30 p.m., Sunset Beach theeastside.news/calendar. easy, 3-5 miles, up to 1,000-ft. gain, Bathhouse, Lake Sammamish State 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. Park S., 206-322-0990 Fantastic Fly-In Festival, featuring Play & Learn: Chinese, ages 9-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. costumed paragliders in an air parade, 2-5, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Issaquah and 5-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 4-7 p.m., Poo Poo Point, shuttles Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392Arena Sports 2115 NW Poplar Way, available to sight from Issaquah 5430 Community Center and Issaquah arenasports.net Craft Class, ages 8 and older, Christian Church 10328 IssaquahFarmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 $5, 11 a.m. to noon, PurpleTrail, p.m., featuring music by Dixie Gypsy Hobart Road SE, bit.ly/2bBDFqN 1495 11th Ave. NW, purpletrail.com Jazz Band from 10:30 a.m. to noon Bollywood Dance Cultural Fantastic Fly-In Festival kickoff, and Fred Schactler Band from Event, free, food available for featuring paragliding films, cosTeen 12:30-2 p.m., Pickering Barn, 1730 purchase, Sammamish tumes, music, art and activities for Center, 825 228th Ave. NE, register 10th Ave., NW, free kids, 6-9 p.m., downtown Issaquah, at brownpapertickets.com/ Open Farm at Fox Hollow bit.ly/2bBDFqN Farm, featuring animal interactions, event/2571609 Three-Day Weekend Childbirth Mod Men, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino inflatables, playhouses, pony rides Preparation Class: 6-9 p.m. Aug. and driving miniature farm vehicles, Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 26/9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 27/10 The Daily Flash, ages 21 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 12031 Issaquaha.m. to 1:15 p.m. Aug. 28, $105 older, 8-11 p.m., $5 cover charge, Hobart Road SE, $10 per person, per couple, Overlake Education Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., tickets at the door or online at bit. 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Downtown History Hike, 10 a.m., ly/2aZKQUQ advance registration required, $10, Creative Clay Exploration, meet at Issaquah Depot Museum, ages 12 and older, $40 per memCorvette Marque Club of 78 First Ave. NE, issaquahhistory.org ber/$45 per non-member, 6:30Ride the Issaquah Valley Trolley, Seattle All Corvette Show, 8 a.m., 9:30 p.m., artEAST Arts Center, 95 Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In, 98 NE 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5, Issaquah Front St. N., bit.ly/29woQ8c Gilman Blvd., triplexrootbeer.com Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE, Mark Roemen and the Childbirth Preparation Class, issaquahhistory.org Whearabouts, 7:30-11:30 p.m., $115 per couple, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nudestock, 11 a.m. to 6 Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391Swedish Issaquah Campus, 752 NE p.m., $16, annual day of music 1424 Blakely Dr., bit.ly/2bBNTY5 at Tiger Mountain Family Nudist Sammamish Symphony Lodge Lake hike, easy, 6 miles, Park, 24050 SE 127th St., Orchestra: Viva Italia!, 7:30 p.m. 1,100-ft. gain, 10 a.m., meet at tigermtnudists.com Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 516-5200 Summer Reading Triathlon tickets are free and available on a Open Farm at Fox Hollow Closing Ceremony, 11-11:30 a.m., first-come, first-serve basis from 8 Farm, featuring animal interactions, Barnes & Noble, 1530 11th Ave. a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rowley Properties NW, free, 557-8808 inflatables, playhouses, pony rides 1595 NW Gilman Blvd. Suite 1 or and driving miniature farm vehicles, Highlands Day, noon to 4 p.m., by calling 392-6407 Blakely Hall and Village Green Park, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 12031 IssaquahKerry O-Conner CD release Hobart Road SE, $10 per person, featuring super hero entertainment party, ages 21 and older, 8-11 tickets at the door or online at bit. by Animate Object Physical Theater p.m., $5 cover charge, Pogacha, and music by Sam Foster, food and ly/2bI6VNS 120 Northwest Gilman Blvd., 392Ride the Issaquah Valley Trolley, attractions, 2550 NE Park Drive, free 5550 to attend, some rides require tickets, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5, Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE, bit.ly/2b4L8fn issaquahhistory.org Lampworked Bead Class, Sunday Guided Family Walk, for beginners and intermediates, Island Lake hike, strenuous, 11 2-3 p.m., Sunset Beach Bathhouse, 11-hour two-day class between 9 miles, 2,000-ft. gain, 8 a.m., meet Lake Sammamish State Park a.m. Aug. 27 and 6 p.m. Aug. 28, at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 516-5200 Association for India’s $275, three people per class, regisArena Sports Fun Zone, ages Development (AID) Fundraiser, 4-8 ter at 996-8867 18 months to 12 years, $6 per p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N. 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TUESDAY, AUG. 30 KidsFirst! Featuring Eric Herman and the Thunder Puppies, 1-2 p.m., Klahanie Park, 25000 SE Klhanie Blvd. Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m. Issaquah Senior Center, 75 NE Creek Way, rovinfiddlers.com Concerts on the Green: The Afrodisiacs, 7-8:30 p.m., Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., free
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 Storytime with Judy, 2:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, 557-8808 Sammamish Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., featuring music by The Rovin’ Fiddlers from 5-6:30 p.m., Sammamish Commons Plaza, 801 228th Ave. SE, sammamishfarmersmarket.org Pop Up ART, help paint a portion of artEAST’s paragliding mural for Fantastic Fly-In, all ages, 4-7 p.m., Pedestrian Park, 78 First Ave. NE Walk ‘n Talk After Work in the Park, 5:15-6:15 p.m., Main Picnic Rotunda, Lake Sammamish State Park Newborn Care Class, $50 per couple, 6 p.m., Swedish Issaquah Campus, 752 NE Blakely Dr., bit. ly/2bnrHlp Physics of Fun: Roller Coasters, ages 8-14, 7-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 3925430
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The Flying Spaghetti Monster of the Pastafarianism faith really exists, and really flies, as Brian Franklin of Issaquah arrives at the Landing Zone from Poo Poo Point with his beach ball meatball, fabric noodly appendages and duct tape creation during the 2015 Fantastic Fly-In.
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hirty better sun and years drainage. More ago we neighbors came: moved Kari, Danny into our and Charles. All present house on pitched in. We the Plateau. To cleared the area, celebrate at that dug holes and time, Mom gave trenches, moved us a whip-sized rocks and stockJANE apple tree. It was piled the backfill a Chehalis apple, GARRISON soil. The little kids named after the were remarkable town where she was born. help with the dirt work. It was beautiful and bore Then the guys lifted the large, green fruit that we tree into place. Everyone always enjoyed. scoured their own garages The tree grew big, even for tools, old hose, wire and though it was a semi-dwarf, stakes until we had enough and we treasured it. Unfor- stuff to do the job. The Contributed tunately, the bears around kids scurried around and backfilled around the roots. Issaquah graduate Josh Bean (center) celebrates in the Atlantic Ocean on July 28 with fellow University of Washington riders Nigel Hall and here liked it, too, and one day we found it pushed Some of us staked the tree Matt Gaylor after completing their cross-country ride. completely over on its side with wires four ways. Othwith half of its roots out of ers kept the tree vertical. the ground. It’s easier for It took everybody’s efforts, them to just push the tree and guess what? That over than stand on two legs tree not only survived — it to get at the apples. thrived. It looks beautiful It’s odd how hard it is to and healthy. With all that face a problem like that. I neighborhood support, it just couldn’t look at it, so for wouldn’t dare die. two years it lay there, leafUnfortunately, the bears ing out, trying to bloom, and disagree; they are circling. slowly dying. The neighbors I find new bear scat all would ask about it, and I around that tree. It makes would tell them the story me wonder if they are By David Hayes being into cycling, he had through social media and what we’re doing,” Bean about my mom and how a fertilizing it in hopes of a dhayes@isspress.com no experience in long-disother outlets, they started said. bear pushed it over. I knew good apple crop next year. I tance rides. getting a huge influx of By Alexandria, Minn., I couldn’t move a big tree think we will need to keep it Josh Bean initially signed “I got my bike in May and donations. they broke from the northlike that, so I didn’t deal staked for a while. on with two of his buddies we left in June, so I didn’t reWhile there were chalern tier of the established with it. No matter what happens to ride across the country ally do any training. Training lenging stretches of their route to do their own thing, One non-rainy winter day, with the bears, I feel so to raise awareness for an came on the road,” he said. ride from the mountainous which included stops in the I looked out the window to great about our neighbors underserved demographic His bike — a Trek CrossRockies to the heat wave Twin Cities, Chicago, the see my neighbors, Elliot and and the support they gave affected by cancer — their Rip endurance bike — was in the Northeast, nothing University of Notre Dame in Portia, with their tractor us. The tree stands as a own 18- to 25-year-old age actually a final gift from his topped the broad stretch of South Bend, Ind., Rochester, and kids all trying to figure testament to what strong group. father. nothingness of Montana. Syracuse and Buffalo. out how to fix the problem neighborhoods create. Not But then the ride became “I got the bike for my “For two days, it was gorBy the last day, sitting in – how to dig it out, lift it even the bears can destroy personal. His father passed birthday, after my dad geous through the western another McDonald’s in Con- up, and move it to a better that bond in our neighboraway in February from gall passed away. Mom told me Rockies, ridding next to cord, N.H., about 75 miles place in the yard. I joined hood. bladder cancer after being one of the last things he Glacier National Park. That from their final destination them and we went for it. We diagnosed in October, just said about the bike ride was part was amazing. Then, of Boston, Bean said they dug it loose. They got the Jane Garrison is a local months before their ride he wanted me to have a when we came down from were too exhausted to be tractor bucket under it and landscape architect who was to begin. nice bike to do the ride on. the Rockies, nothing. Abso- excited. carefully took it over the gardens in glacial till on the “It was rough,” Bean said. So he made sure there was lutely nothing,” he said. But the closer they got, steep terrain to a spot with Plateau. “I’ve had family members enough money to buy a nice “I think we all agreed that the more they perked up, with cancer before — my bike for me,” he said. was the hardest stretch. slapping each other on the grandmother passed away As a side note, Bean Not physically — you sit on back with a combination SUPPORT INDEPENDENT from cancer and a couple recommends to anyone bikes for hours, your legs of tired happiness, being COMMUNITY JOURNALISM. aunts had it but are in planning a similar trip just kind of get numb and stoked they finally made it. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. remission now. But this hit across country, to not use a keep going — but mentally They’d discussed en route Call 425-392-6434 pretty close to home for me. bike with racing wheels. His because there’s nothing the idea of actually biking or visit us online at issaquahpress.com It was hard when he passed buddy Nigel had a lightto look at. You get like, ‘I into the ocean once they got DEANNA/LAURA F.FINAL.IP.CMYK.PDF 0819 LAM away. But it became a cool weight carbon fiber Candon’t want to be doing this there. 35.16459.THU.0825.2X7.LAM outlet. I was really doing nondale SuperSix, great for anymore.’ There’s nothing “But the beach was very, something to fight cancer.” road racing, not so much out here but wheat fields very sandy. I tried to bike Name: The idea came to his for trails. and power lines, with the into the ocean, but couldn’t 16459/ friends Matt Gaylor and “He had so many issues. occasional train tracks.” get much traction. So I had Nigel Hall after reading on He broke five spokes. We They averaged about 95 my first crash within 100 City of Facebook about other sucall had flat tires. But a lot miles a day, from about 10 yards of the ocean and fell Samcessful rides. Bean heard of biking trails were harda.m. to 10 p.m. They made in the sand,” Bean said. them chatting and decided packed gravel. My bike was several stops at McDonald’s “But we got in the water, mamish he’d love to join them. OK with heavy-duty endur- along the way, where there held our bikes over our Width: They settled on doing the ance wheels. His got beat was cheap food and free air heads with such a feeling of ride for the charity Charvat up on those trails,” Bean conditioning and Wi-Fi. accomplishment. We said 20p9 Foundation, which targets said. Bean said they met some we were going to go it, we Depth: 7 raising funds to help young Rather than depart from amazingly nice people along did it and raised a lot of in adults ages 18 to 25 with the Seattle area, the trio the way, especially in those money along the way.” their fight against cancer. started from Anacortes, to McDonald’s where groups The total tally isn’t in yet, On Page: “We realized there is mirror the established route of senior citizens would but Bean is sure it easily 9 this no man’s land being a by Adventure Cycling, a meet over a cup of coffee. topped $25,000. To follow young adult with cancer,” national biking association. “In Ohio was a big group their trek and learn more Request Bean said. “If you’re under Its northern tier begins in of seniors. 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Issaquah goes through drills during an Aug. 20 practice.
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ISSAQUAH: Eagles try to replicate winning formula 2015 record: 7-4 overall, reached Class 4A round of 16 Key graduation losses: QB Cam Humphrey, WR/DB
Conner Pederson, WR/DB Tyrus Tuiasosopo, OL/DL Connor Smith, TE/DL Jake Collins Key returning players: WR/DB Joe Nelson, sr.; WR/DB Trey Gevers, sr.; WR/DB Garrett White, sr.; OL/DL Terry Zaragoza, sr. There was a lot to celebrate for the Issaquah football program during the 2015 season. Outlook: Issaquah came within one play of a victory over rival Skyline for the first time since 2006, with the Spartans needing a fourth-down touchdown in the final minute to send the game to overtime and win, 31-28. The Eagles learned to close out close games after that. They had a late rally of their own to knock off defending Class 4A champion Bothell, and defeated two statebound playoff teams in Woodinville and Mount Si. Issaquah returned to the state playoffs for the first time in five seasons, avenging a regular-season loss to Olympia by knocking off the Bears, 28-14, in a bi-district playoff game. Issaquah’s offense – which averaged a solid 27 points per game – did its job in a round of 16 game against high-powered Lake Stevens. Quarterback Cam Humphrey passed for 249 yards and three touchdowns, but Lake Stevens’ Jacob Eason, now at the University of Georgia, outdueled him with 283 yards and three scores in a 42-32 Vikings win. Humphrey, who accepted a preferred walk-on spot at Boise State, won’t be directing Issaquah’s offense this year. But the Eagles have a capable signal caller in senior Payton Person, who was Humphrey’s backup last season. The wide receiver corps has several players to watch out for as three multisport athletes – Joe Nelson, Trey Gevers and Garrett White – all saw extensive playing time in 2015. Nelson, a 6-foot-3 target with outstanding leaping ability, should be the best of the bunch. He grabbed 54 passes for 760 yards and nine TDs last season while giving the Eagles a big play threat on kick returns. Nelson has scholarship offers from Air Force, Army and Columbia. Jake Collins and Connor Smith might have been the Eagles’ best pass rushers, so losing them to graduation won’t be easy. The team will look to senior Terry Zaragoza, senior Dean Pearson and junior Nick Dahlquist to solidify the lines on both sides of the ball. Tobin Lewis, Daniel Watson and Jack Hinchcliffe are among a group of veteran linebackers, while Griffin Morimoto and Drew Feldman provide the same experience in the secondary. Issaquah opens its season Sept. 2 at Archbishop Murphy, a perennial 2A power, and hosts Inglemoor Sept. 16 in the KingCo Conference opener. The Eagles finish the regular season with two difficult road games, Oct. 21 at Eastlake and Oct. 28 at Skyline.
LIBERTY: Patriots rely on smarts, speed 2015 record: 5-6, reached Class 2A round of 16 Key graduation losses: QB Nate Solly, RB/LB Joseph
Cunningham, RB/DB Max Batali, WR/DB Preston Mitsui, RB/DE Sam Harrington, sr. Key returning players: OL/DL Noah Pritchett, sr.; OL/DL Julian Bruce, jr.; RB/LB Ryan Richards, sr.; DE Mikey Walter, sr.; WR/DB Dulin Hayden, sr. Outlook: To many bystanders, Liberty’s first fall football practice might have looked like one that takes place at the start of summer drills. Sure, the Patriots lined up and ran some plays with a full 22 players on the field. They’re breaking in a new quarterback, Austin Regis, who replaces three-year starter Nate Solly. But mostly, the Aug. 17 practice looked like a military boot camp. The Patriots had a blocking and tackling circuit where they spent the majority of the 2 ½-hour session. The mantra of “violent hands” was repeated over and over, with a clear message emerging – games are won or lost in the trenches. “I think, for us, it’s not like we’re so talented that we’re going to show up and we’re going to beat you with talent,” said coach Steve Valach, who is entering his 18th season at Liberty. “We had better be good at the fundamentals.” The Patriots finished 5-6 last year, an unimpressive mark at first glance. But they were competitive in most games and beat Renton, 35-20, to reach the state playoffs for the first time since 2010. In the round of 16 against Hockinson, they sustained a literal bad break as Solly left the game with a fractured collarbone. The silver lining of the Patriots’ 42-21 loss was Regis, who shifted over from running back and threw a touchdown pass in relief, a hopeful harbinger of things to come. Liberty’s fly-sweep offense seems tailored to Regis’ athletic gifts. “He’s got a great arm, baseball player, kind of great instincts for the game,” Valach said, “and he has been a running back his whole career, so we have a guy back there who can throw it a little bit and definitely can run.” The players protecting Regis will likely be a major team strength. Kaliko Parilla (6 feet, 240 pounds) returns at center, with All-KingCo Conference first-teamer Julian Bruce (6-5, 280), the mammoth Noah Pritchett (6-4, 290) and Jackson Wray (5-10, 200) also having prior experience. Defensively, the Patriots hope that foursome can occupy space and allow other playmakers to their jobs. Juan Flores returns at middle linebacker and gets things done despite his less-than-imposing 5-6, 155-pound frame. Flores could increase his team-leading total of 62 tackles from last season. “He’s a tackling machine,” Valach remarked. Defensive end Mikey Walter (team-high eight sacks in 2015), linebacker Ryan Richards and safety Dulin Hayden will likely be around the ball a lot, too.
SKYLINE: Unfinished business fuels Spartans 2015 record: 12-2 overall, reached Class 4A championship game Key graduation losses: QB Blake Gregory, RB Rashaad Boddie, WR/DB Danny Sinatro, K/P Jack Crane, RB/LB PJ Cox Key returning players: RB/LB Caleb Johnston, sr.; OL/DL Matthew Cindric, jr.; OL/DL Henry Bainivalu, sr.; WR/DB Bradley Kim, sr.; LB Alex Diegel, sr. Outlook: Bradley Kim said the Skyline Spartans pride themselves on “being the best and toughest defense in the state,” a reason why last year’s Class 4A title-game result was so difficult to swallow. Gonzaga Prep, aided by five Skyline turnovers, racked up 521 rushing yards and won the championship, 34-16. The Spartans reached the final for the sixth time in eight years under coach Mat Taylor, but several outstanding seniors left the field for the final time without winning the program’s eighth overall title. Kim doesn’t want Skyline’s Class of 2017 to experience the same heartache. “Obviously, if we could have anything back it would be the state championship from last year,” said Kim, a wide receiver and safety who recently gave an oral commitment to Air Force, declining offers from the other service academies, Army and Navy. Junior lineman Matthew Cindric, who has received a scholarship offer from Washington State, had 48 tackles and a team-high nine sacks in 2015. He said the Spartans can get back to the Tacoma Dome and win the title, but it’ll take as much dedication as last year’s group gave. “Just coming together and having fun with it – I think that’s what we did last year,” Cindric said. “That was the most important thing, just having fun, being with our brothers and making the most of it.” Skyline lost three of its most productive offensive players from 2015 as quarterback Blake Gregory, tailback Rashaad Boddie and wide receiver Danny Sinatro have moved on. The new quarterback is still an unknown ahead of the Sept. 2 opener at Richland, with sophomore Joe Green and senior Drew Kistner under consideration. The Spartans relied on Boddie the past two years for a punishing running game and they seem to have potential there in two newcomers, Isaiah Shim and Prescott Wong. Kim will start both ways and adds a veteran presence to the wide receiver group, which also includes Alex Taylor and Luke Stiles. Skyline should have time and space for their skill players to operate because of its offensive line, led by 6-foot6, 290-pound senior Henry Bainivalu. Cindric and senior Matt Oss can play multiple positions if called upon. “We’re a smart group of guys, so we’re not deterred by whatever the defense does,” Cindric said of the “O” line. “I think we know our roles and we just execute.”
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by a developer. “Nobody is comfortable with that road and the damaged infrastructure sitting for another year,” Niven said. The city estimates the cleanup, which has yet to begin, will cost anywhere from $750,000 to $1 million. Niven said the hillside is basically stable but is not ready for construction to continue. After the slide, all residential construction work was ceased. The landslide caused damage to roads, stormwater lines, sewer lines and water lines. The Resmark Companies could not be reached for comment. Niven said a critical study, currently under review by the city, was carried out to determine what needs to be done to stabilize the hillside before construction can restart. The landslide began Nov. 13, above the T-shaped intersection of Northwest Talus Drive and Shangri-La Way Northwest. It covered an area 450 feet in length and 250 feet wide, and 150 feet high from the bottom of the landslide area to the top. In early December, consultants said the total movement of the hillside had been less than two feet. The city is conducting survey work and drilling holes in the hillside to understand the depth of the slide plain. Also, work began to build a wall to help stabilize the road that will allow access to lots of land above the landslide area. Sixty-three homes are planned for the two plots. According to Niven, the actual cause of the slide is
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advisory level of 0.07 parts per billion for PFOS and perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOA, combined. “We will continue to test the wells regularly, and if any of our future samples exceed the EPA advisory level, we will switch production to other wells or the regional supply to safeguard water quality and protect public health,” District General Manager Jay Krauss said in a press release. This was the second round of testing the water district has conducted after the City of Issaquah identified PFOS in the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer. PFOS has been detected in Issaquah’s Gilman Wells No. 4 and No. 5 and in monitoring wells No. 3 and No. 5. Water from Gilman Well No. 4 is run through a treatment system and is tested regularly. The most recent tests show no detectable level of PFOS. According to the Sammamish Plateau Water, the most recent test on July 27 detected PFOS levels of .015 parts per billion in Sammamish’s Well No. 7, which is 1,800 feet east of the pump-
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Environmental Conservation declared the base a state Superfund site. Like Issaquah, PFOS was discovered in Newburgh at levels that were, at the time, below the Environmental Protection Agency’s benchmark for the chemical. The EPA announced a more stringent guideline in May, and tests on Newburgh’s water source showed it was twice the amount of the agency’s lifetime advisory level. Issaquah’s tap water would likely be over the EPA’s new limit if not for the granular-activated carbon treatment system the city leased and installed in late spring. Before treatment, water from Gilman Well No. 4 contains PFOS at a level of .602 parts per billion, which is more than eight times the EPA’s advisory level. Gilman Well No. 4 was drilled in 1987 but not tested for PFOS until 2013, leaving a 26-year gap
where no one knows how much PFOS the well was pumping into the city’s drinking water supply. Barb Morrissey, a toxicologist in the state Department of Health’s Office of Environmental Public Health Sciences, said the state’s focus right now is on prevention. “We’re trying to figure out what we need to do to get a handle on the magnitude of the problem here in Washington,” Morrissey said. “We’re looking at it broadly. Blood testing is probably going to be a low priority. “(Blood testing is) expensive,” Morrissey added. “Where are we going to get the biggest bang for the buck and protect the most people? We’re going to want to do some of the obvious things and do them as quickly as possible.” Gillibrand’s Washington counterparts, Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, were not available for comment.
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children and families using the street. Others complained about the smell and noise from compression brakes. “How long does it take (for trucks) to stop for children?” questioned Tom Flintoft of Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory. “I don’t want to walk down Sunset Way with all that diesel,” he added. Olde Town resident Tim Bentzen, who lives on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Alder, said he can hear trucks barreling down the hill from the highway applying their compression breaks. “We got 100 trucks a day coming down Sunset Way from the freeway,” Bentzen said. “It’s dangerous.” Currently, trucks passing through Issaquah are required to use East Sunset Way or use parts of Front Street, Newport Way and Northwest Maple Street. Trucks can also use I-90 and State Route 900, which are state- and federal-designated truck routes. North of I-90 there are several city truck routes along East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast, Highlands Drive Northeast, Ninth Avenue and Southeast Issaquah-Fall City Road. Pass-through truck traffic does not include school buses, transit buses, firefighting vehicles, delivery trucks and construction trucks working on local projects. That traffic would not be eliminated along Sunset Way if city-designated truck routes were modified. Because the study did not measure what trucks were simply passing through the city or actually using the streets to access local projects, there is no way to know how much truck traffic would be eliminated along the thoroughfare if Sunset Way was no longer a truck route. Moon said more work is required to determine what kind of truck traffic was traveling along Sunset Way. Based on her observations, Moon said, “A very high percent is passthrough traffic, not for local business, not for a local project.” Moon said the discussion Thursday was just a starting point, a way to get the conversation initiated. Staff members asked committee members Paul Winterstein, Stacy Goodman and Bill Ramos what questions they might have if the mayor’s office brings forward an agenda bill addressing truck routes. Among the questions from councilmembers, Winterstein wanted to know about how truck route rules were enforced. Moon told The Issaquah Press the police department is responsible for monitoring truck routes with the burden of proof lying with the police to determine if trucks are following the rules. “My experience is you get voluntary compliance,” Moon said. During the meeting Goodman was curious how trucks were defined and which trucks would have to follow designated truck routes. Public Works Engineering Director Sheldon Lynne was unable to respond to that question, but said he plans to have an answer at the next meeting. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” Flintoft said when a reporter from The Press asked him what he thought of the proposed changes to truck routes.