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Thursday, September 8, 2016

1,800-home project finds few fans in the Highlands The High Street Collection would require rezoning to become reality By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com

Since the annexation of Providence Point in 2003, a road project to improve safety for both motorist and pedestrians at the entrance to the community has been on the books. According to Deputy City Administrator Emily Moon, a lack of funding has prevented the plan from proceeding. “We have been sitting here and waiting,” said Patrick Rooney, community manager at Providence Point. Over 1,400 members live in

the adult community, which has two campuses stretching across Southeast 43rd Way. Rooney said crossing the busy street can be a challenge for residents, especially so close to a blind curve. The proposed safety improvement project at Providence Point, one of four projects in the $50 million transportation bond on the Nov. 8 ballot, would signalize the intersection and align the offset entrances. The project is estimated to cost $5.8 million. Currently, vehicles accessing the north Providence Point campus enter and exit on separate

streets. Offset to the west from this intersection, a single road leads in and out of the south campus. The proposed plan would create one intersection, with a traffic signal and crosswalks, so all cars to either campus, would enter and exit from the same spot on 43rd. According to Transportation Manager Kurt Seeman, the project is 90-95 percent ready, but since the project was designed several years ago, a review is See INTERSECTION, Page 5

“I’m not really into the screaming trumpets. I like the beautiful sounds of classical music.” -Natalie Dungey

Spotlight shines brightly on teen virtuoso By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com With school now back in session, many teachers ask their students to share how they spent their summer vacation. Natalie Dungey can list, among her other activities, sitting in to perform with a world-famous crooner. When American singer, songwriter and producer Josh Groban brought his international tour to Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville on Aug. 23, he was looking for a young local trumpeter to feature. So he asked professional violinist Winnie Dungey, who performed with him in the past as part of her experience with the Seattle Symphony and Fifth Avenue Theatre, if her daughter Natalie might be interested. “I said, ‘Oh, yeah. I’m definitely interested,’ ” Natalie said, a See VIRTUOSO, Page 12

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Natalie Dungey was a featured soloist at Josh Groban’s Aug. 23 concert at Chateau Ste. Michelle.

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The Providence Point project would include aligning the entrances to the community, which has two campuses stretching across Southeast 43rd.

After two open houses hosted by a developer wanting to add 1,800 homes and over 300,000 square feet of commercial space to the Highlands, many residents still aren’t convinced the project is keeping with the vision of the community. High Street Collection property The developer, Shelter rk NE High Holdings, is Pa E N proposing a large-scale mixed-use project, nicknamed NE Ellis the High Street Collection, ry NE Dis c ove N along Ninth Avenue Northeast and Northeast Swedish Discovery Issaquah Drive. Sources: Esri, DeLorme, IPC, NAVTEQ, NRCan Approximately 30 residents gathered Aug. 29 at Blakely Hall for a community meeting organized by Highlands residents Chelsea Musick and Stacy Goodman, giving residents a chance to discuss the project without the developer present. Goodman is the current president of the Issaquah City Council. The organizers of the meeting stressed the project is still in the beginning stages and the developer has not yet applied for any permits with the city. The L-shaped piece of land, formerly owned by Microsoft, is currently zoned for commercial use. Only three housing entitlements exist for 22-acre property. If Shelter Holdings does go forward with its See HIGHLANDS, Page 2

Tibbetts Beach reopens after norovirus scare By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Tibbetts Beach at Lake Sammamish State Park reopened Sept. 2 after more than a dozen children reported getting sick there. Up to 15 children became ill with vomiting and diarrhea within 24 hours of going into the water Aug. 26. After conducting several tests last week, public health officials determined that there’s no ongoing risk of illness associated with swimming in the lake, according to King County’s Public Health Insider blog. “Based on their symptoms, the timing between when they swam and became ill, and the duration of illness, we suspect that the likely cause was norovirus,” health department officials wrote in a statement. Noroviruses are common and contagious. A person with a norovirus infection may feel sick with diarrhea and vomiting for days, but the illness is not usually serious. Norovirus leaves the body through the stool and vomit of infected persons and is easily spread from one person to another. Public Health — Seattle and King County reminds people not to swim in a public venue when you have a diarrheal illness. Officials temporarily closed the beach “out of an abundance of caution” Aug. 29. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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FRONT AND SUNSET

A sudden infusion of goodwill from Highlands landowner

e took a break from rifling through the mayor’s garbage bin (kidding!) to contemplate a recent injection of money locally from a developer who just might want something from our fair city.

mornings at the GasLamp Bar & Grill, you can belly up to a

Shelter Holdings owns a swath of primo land up the hill in our Baby Bellevue, immediately west of Ninth Avenue Northeast. Shelter Holdings has a need, however. It wants to toss up 1,800 residences on that 22-acre chunk of terra firma, but current zoning makes that illegal. The land is designated for commercial development, not residential use. Any change to the zoning would need to be approved by the City Council. Suddenly, Shelter Holdings has become one of the most benevolent developers in town. It joined heavy hitters Microsoft, Swedish Hospital and Overlake Hospital as primary sponsors of events tied to the Issaquah Schools Foundation’s Golden Apple Awards. And guess who was among the sponsors of this year’s Highlands Day festival? That’s right — Shelter Holdings. With runaway growth happening in every corner of town, we receive a lot of complaints here at the paragraph factory about

developers getting their way no matter what it takes. Keep your eyes laser-focused on how this plays out. If a rezoning request reaches the City Council, the vote will be a clear indicator as to which direction we’re headed. The councilmembers are the people you elected to represent the citizens of Issaquah. Their decision will speak volumes about whose interests carry the most weight.

By popular demand, we’re posting all 88 entries from our contest to name that blue tint tainting the Atlas apartments complex. Look for them online at twitter.com/ frontandsunset. Also, we have a trio of entrants who weren’t recognized in last week’s column because we received their submissions after deadline. Thanks for playing, Thomas Speck, Ken Dowd and Sarah Venzon.

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pancake, a side of bacon and a mimosa for $7.67, tax included. Best breakfast deal in town? Show us a better one and we’ll share it here. • • •

On a recent Saturday morning, we found ourselves in Seattle’s Mount Baker neighborhood for brunch. It was a little hoity-toity for grizzled veterans of printer’s ink, Royal typewriters and newsprint, for sure. You can imagine how high our eyebrows arched at the $8 asking price for a mimosa. Especially when we knew you can have a mimosa and breakfast for less than $8 here in the Quah. That’s right: On weekend

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After the Afrodisiacs closed their show with “Play That Funky Music (White Boy),” the curtain fell on 2016’s final Concert on the Green last week. Given the ethnic makeup of the bands who performed this year, and given their predilection for performing the hits of Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Michael Jackson and others, we suggest renaming the summertime series White People Play Music Made Famous by Black People.

Zach Zarling (left) and his brother Mac Zarling were honored at a double Eagle Scout board of review at the Issaquah Library on Aug. 28. We count 46 merit badges between them. Bravo, gentlemen!

Memo to the lackey responsible for booking these acts: Persons of color play music, too. You should look into it! • • •

We remember our time as a Scout. Although Mom wore out her fingers sewing all those arrowheads on our Cub Scout uniform, we washed out of Boy Scouts after just a few weeks of trying to earn the Tenderfoot patch. So we’re always extra-impressed

when we receive news of someone attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, and in this instance we’re talking double Eagle brothers. Congratulations to Zach Zarling and his brother Mac Zarling, both members of Issaquah Troop 697 and students at Issy High. For his service project, 16-yearold Zach built an archery safety platform at SAMBICA, the Bible camp on Lake Sammamish. Mac, 14, performed repair work on trails at Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park for his service project. We tip our trilby to you, Zach and Mac. Thanks for making our community a better place. • • •

Our embouchure wasn’t up to snuff last week when we wrote about local trumpeting superstar Natalie Dungey. Natalie in fact attends Issaquah High School and is in the Running Start program. We previously reported she attended a different school. Look for our feature story about Natalie on the front page of this edition of Your Treasured Hometown Newspaper.® Send your tips, complaints, praise and bad poetry to frontandsunset@isspress.com. Twitter: @frontandsunset.

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City Council votes to televise all of its committee meetings By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com

and enhances customer service for the public,” said Assistant to the City AdminStarting in October, all istrator Autumn Monahan City Council committee during the special meeting. meetings will be televised City staff members reclive on ICTV channel 21 and ommended all committee the city’s online Ustream meetings use the City Counchannel. cil chambers to make use Videos of meetings will of the video equipment alalso be posted on the city’s ready installed in the room, YouTube channel and reavoiding expenditures that played on ICTV channel 21. would have been necessary Councilmembers apto install equipment in other proved the change unanirooms. mously during their Aug. Both the Council In29 special meeting. Council frastructure and Council President Stacy Goodman Services & Safety commitwas not present for the tees would have to change vote. their meeting location to the “This is definitely somecouncil chambers. Previousthing that council wanted ly, those committee meetto do in improving engageings were rarely televised ment,” said Councilmember and minutes of past meetPaul Winterstein during the ings are often incomplete special meeting. “It is one of or nonexistent, leaving a multiple steps that we are threadbare record of what trying to do.” occurred. The city already televises Monahan said there City Council meetings and would be less flexibility work sessions. for rescheduling meetings. Councilmembers also Changes would be contindecided that all meetings gent on the availability of should have the same start council chambers. time — 6:30 pm. Monahan estimated ad“Which reduces confusion ditional staff time needed to

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OPINION

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We’re finding a way to put more athletes in the sports pages

ne of the most important things I’ve learned from 14 years of receiving feedback as a newspaper reporter is that parents love seeing their child’s name in print. That also goes for the child’s grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends, neighbors and teachers. There’s something special about picking up your local paper and reading about the people you already know, or the people you’d like to get to know. Neil An article might remind readers about the Pierson best parts of a subject’s character or — even Press reporter better — it could provide insight into unknown parts of the subject’s past, present and future. With that goal in mind, we’ve chosen to add a feature to the sports sections of our three weekly newspapers. Throughout the 2016-17 school year, you’ll see the Eastside Athlete of the Week rotate between the six high schools we cover in The Issaquah Press, Sammamish Review and SnoValley Star. Turn to this week’s sports pages in The Issaquah Press and you’ll find the debut article, a look at Liberty High School senior runner Brigette Takeuchi. We’re not reinventing the wheel with this feature. The Eastside Athlete of the Week follows a basic layout for profiles that newspapers have been doing for decades. But it’s something our readers haven’t seen lately and we’re trying to balance the need for strong game coverage with glimpses into the lives of the young athletes who represent our communities. Take this week’s feature on Takeuchi, a well-spoken young woman who could challenge for a state cross country title in a few months. I didn’t know anything of her personal struggles or triumphs before the interview, but she candidly opened up about the injury that nearly derailed her running career as well as the reasons why she loves the sport. These are the stories we want to tell. And we want our readers to help share them. Email npierson@isspress.com if you know a young athlete with an inspirational or entertaining personal tale. They don’t have to be star athletes. In fact, the best stories are often about the kids who are struggling for playing time or play an unsung role for their teams. The only requirement is they attend one of the schools in our coverage area – Eastlake, Eastside Catholic, Issaquah, Liberty, Mount Si or Skyline. And here’s a secret: I love putting your child’s name in print. It’s one of the most rewarding parts of the job. Email sports reporter Neil Sammamish at npierson@isspress.com. Twitter : @sammamish_neil Off The Press is a weekly column by members of The Issaquah Press news staff.

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Mark your calendars and flood that meeting I hear nothing but fury and frustration from people around town and on the “Nextdoor” websites regarding the rapid and tasteless development of Issaquah by developers who care nothing about fitting into the character of our town, who are not restricted by any design standards (extreme ugly is unchecked) and who are turning our town into Bellevue or Seattle. Where were all these people when hearings were held about Issaquah becoming an Urban Center? They didn’t show up to protest. Well, it’s a bit late now, but not too late. Mark your calendars for Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. Attend the Development Commission meeting on the new developments on the docket. In fact, let’s flood the meeting with more people than the council chambers can hold. If you are unhappy or frustrated with what is happening, show up and speak up. It’s little enough we can do.

Barbara and Ray Extract Issaquah

Environment

Sammamish Plateau Water practices total transparency Sammamish Plateau Water appreciates the ongoing reporting in the Issaquah Press and the Sammamish Review concerning the presence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in the public drinking water supply. With that said, it’s disappointing the Aug. 29 Sammamish Review article, “District’s PFOS claim misleading, experts say,” and the Aug. 30 Issaquah Press article, “More wells to be drilled to determine size of PFOS plume,” stated Sammamish Plateau Water was “misleading” the public. The writers of these recent articles assumed the District misled the public when it used a simple analogy to assist our customers in understanding a volumetric equivalence. This same analogy is found on many reputable agency websites, including that of the Environmental Working Group, which employs the expert the Review and Press used as a source in their reporting. We subscribe to a policy of complete transparency, as the safety of our customer’s drinking water is paramount. We’ve never hidden or minimized the potential threat to our water. Instead, since learning that a PFC plume may be migrating toward two of our wells, we’ve practiced full disclosure through media releases, web postings, social media, and direct mailings to our customers. We’ve openly discussed the facts and circumstances as information has become available. Since we discovered the minute presence of PFCs in two of our production wells, the District has taken a proactive approach to protect our customer’s drinking water. As stewards of our water resource, we hold ourselves to higher principles than merely meeting minimum standards set by the EPA, which is why we’ve shared all our test results and engaged the community and local media. We’ve also hired both local specialists who understand our groundwater and national experts who can identify the impacts of PFCs in drinking water. As a water and sewer service provider, we may not be able to control everything that happens in the environment, but we can control how we respond and act as advocates for our customers. We will maintain our efforts to ensure the water we provide our customers is safe to drink; but we cannot solve this problem alone. Local and state agencies must

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be involved and work together to answer these significant questions: What caused this release and where is the source? How great a risk does it pose to the precious resource on which our customers rely? What steps can we take in the future to protect public health and water quality?

Jay Krauss

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Growth

Behind Fred Meyer is a dicey site for new Issaquah hotel I was somewhat surprised to see a new hotel will be on the hill side above the Fred Meyer store. I like the architecture and hope it will be beneficial to Issaquah. I’m also interested to see if the contractors will be able to prevent it from sliding off the hill. If anyone can get at the right angle to look up at that hill side, one will notice that there has been a break from the topsoil. meaning a potential slide could exist similar to Oso. Just sayin’.

John Young

Issaquah Highlands

Traffic

Please put an end to trucks roaring through downtown Issaquah city leaders, please do stop the trucks from roaring and rattling through downtown. They often carry improperly secured loads and it’s become unpleasant to walk downtown because of their screeching brakes and terrible fumes. They damage the roads and cause a lot of traffic which is such a challenge already with the gazillion cars that transit town daily. Let’s make downtown inviting again! The businesses cannot thrive without us!

Lily Skelton

Issaquah

Traffic

Trucks making local roads more dangerous by the day We live in Cedar Grove and have observed that most of the double truck tractors are loaded with debris being trucked to the landfill or trucks coming from the landfill after dumping their

loads. They travel up and down Cedar Grove Road at speeds approaching or exceeding 50 mph. We have just been asked to allow monitors to be placed upon our street fronting property to monitor the noise. I gave permission but forgot to ask who was paying for the study. Sometimes the company asking for the study is the offending party preparing a defense of an approaching lawsuit. We have experienced this before in the matter of citizens against the Cedar Grove Compost company in still-pending litigation. Little progress has been made in that lawsuit due to rigorous defense measures. Cedar Grove Road is a school bus route and many children are about the area. Also, dogs, bikers and wild animals frequent the area and it is getting more dangerous by the day.

Richard Beaudry Cedar Grove

Preservation

Taxpayers win if school district demolishes Providence chapel In an editorial, The Issaquah Press asked the Issaquah School District to use public money to preserve a Christian chapel because the structure has a few “historically important” stained glass windows. Important to whom? My guess is that the vast majority of Issaquah residents have never seen the windows in question, let alone stepped foot on the campus. But if someone wants the windows, then the district should recoup some of the taxpayer money spent on buying the campus by selling the windows to the highest bidder. The new owner would have many options, including displaying them at their home, incorporating them in a new church, or donating them to Issaquah History Museums or another museum. Meanwhile, the district would avoid lawsuits over church-state separation and avoid wasting millions maintaining a halfcentury-old building that can’t possibly meet today’s technology and energy-efficiency standards. Win-win for everyone. The editorial stated that “citizens are asking something of the district.” Yes, that’s right. Citizens who voted for the property-tax increase are asking and expecting the district to use that money exactly as promised: to build new state-of-the-art buildings for our students. Not a single voter anticipated that the district would consider abusing its fiduciary responsibilities (and possibly violate the Constitution) by using taxpayer money to buy a church and put teachers and students inside it. No matter how pretty its windows are.

Matthew Barry

Issaquah

Community

Newspaper reader touched by youngster’s guest column I was touched by the guest column Zachary Hochman wrote about working with special needs kids, and what a blessing it has been to him. A huge thank you to him and to all who have a special place in their hearts for the disadvantaged. Our adult son with special needs has received much help over the years, and we are eternally grateful. He is a productive part of our community. He has worked at Safeway for about 16 years. We are grateful to Safeway for hiring our special needs citizens and helping them develop more life skills.

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Levi Kreis won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in “Million Dollar Quartet.”

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IF YOU GO Village Theatre presents ‘Pump Boys and Dinettes’ Francis Gaudette Theatre 303 Front St. N. Tickets are $35-$75 Call 392-2202 or go online to bit.ly/2c0OIZ0

Kreis said what convinced him to squeeze “Pump Boys and Dinettes” into his busy schedule was the people working on it. “I’m a firm believer in what Brandon is doing and R.J. is so great,” Kries said. “I just think there’s something special going on with Brandon. Being with RJ is such a fresh approach to this music. It’s great for what it is 80s influence. Being from East Tennessee, I know my 80s country. The way he’s brought it into 2016 in a fresh and exciting way just makes me love the job more. R.J. has done a really great job with that.” Ivie said Kries wasn’t able to join the cast until two days into pre-production. But when he arrived, he didn’t miss a beat before fitting right in. “Levi has such an authentic-

ity to what he does. He’s from the South, born and raised. He’s got that sort of Southern country gospel thing like nobody’s business,” Ivie said. “Everybody loved him immediately. It felt like a group.” Kries is currently working on three movies that will debut in 2017 and two music albums that he’s still cutting tracks for from an apartment he’s rent-

ing here in Issaquah. Although it’s been nearly a decade since his last performance on Village Theatre’s main stage, he said it’s almost like he never left. “The minute I stepped foot right off on to Front Street, it was a big sigh of, ‘Okay, this is a familiar place,’” Kreis said. “Even back in 2002 I was some green kid learning my craft with a company of wonderfully sup-

Thursday, September 8, 2016 • portive people. It means a lot to me to be back here. I consider it my home theater.” Kreis joins Hamilton and Reif along with the rest of the small ensemble cast of Joshua Carter, Sylvie Davidson, Michael Feldman and Sara Porkalob. Ivie said the combination of actors and musicians has proven to be a perfect mixture for success. “What’s great is our actor musicians are just as great as our musician musicians. Musicians are having fun being on stage with the actors. And the actors are pulling out some fun in the musicians and the musicians are pulling out some musicality in the actors, so it’s a really a good mix,” Ivie said. Kreis agreed. “With Sara’s improvisational history, she brings such a humorous spontaneity to her character that I don’t think you generally get to enjoy in a production,” he said. “They’ve done a great job of casting, because the individuality of each

person comes along and just gives it this new, fresh thing.” Ivie said he knows it sounds cliché, but the songs of “Pump Boys and Dinette” have a little something for everyone, whether you’re a fan of Dolly Parton or lean more toward modern county like Mumford and Sons or The Lumineers. He adds it’s not hyperbole that this should be something Village Theatre audiences have never seen before. “I really don’t think so, because it’s not exactly a review. But it’s not a story-based book musical. I’m calling it a musical experience rather than a play or musical. It’s a musical but also a concert and a metaphor of the American south,” Ivie said. “We’re also trying to make the audience a part of the experience,” he added. “Rather than you’re performing the play as I sit and watch the play. We’re trying to make it feel like everybody is in the same room hanging out together.”

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At 10:52 a.m. Aug. 26, an officer was able to extricate a couple from a room with a cat causing problems inside. The cat was locked in the room in a home on the 5400 block of 220th Avenue Southeast. The officer requested animal control to send someone to help out.

Games people play At 3:28 p.m. Aug. 31, an officer responded to a report of a driver slumped over in a vehicle in the 6300 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast. The driver was reportedly unresponsive but her eyes were open. The officer located the vehicle’s owner in the driver’s seat playing a game on her phone. She was OK and was just waiting to meet her grandmother in Issaquah.

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Missing children At 10:16 p.m. police responded to a report of two girls missing in the 200 block of Southwest Clark Street. The two girls were found at 11:39 p.m. in the 300 block of Front Street and returned to their parents.

Bicycle stolen A $500 bicycle was reported stolen at 10:21 a.m. Aug. 29 from the 4500 block of 185th Avenue southeast.

Burglary At 10:13 a.m. Aug. 30, a resident reported a home in the 1700 block of Northwest Sammamish Road had been burglarized. The loss was unknown at this time, pending an inventory check.

Soda machine robbed At 12:07 p.m. Aug. 30, a male suspect about 40 years old damaged a bill feeder of a vending machine in the 100 block of Front Street South and stole about $100 in one-dollar bills.

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An officer responded to a report of a trespassing in progress in the 1500 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard. The officer discovered a subject sleeping behind Dough Zone. The person stated he was passing through town and was in need of some socks. The officer gave him a spare pair from his patrol car. A fellow officer bought the subject some food and water and gave him a bus pass.

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ROUGH START

Eagles struggle on both sides of the ball as they open season with loss to 2A state title contender

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Issaquah quarterback Payton Person (2) is wrapped up by three Archbishop Murphy defenders in the second quarter of the Eagles’ 73-0 loss to the Wildcats on Sept. 2 in Everett. interception for a score and Collin Montez had a 7-yard TD run as Archbishop Murphy led 35-0 after one By Neil Pierson quarter. npierson@isspress.com Gurley finished with three touchdowns, with two comThe Archbishop Murphy ing on punt returns. Montez Wildcats were a preseason also scored three times. favorite for the Class 2A Five of Archbishop Murfootball title and they looked phy’s scoring plays were every bit the contender in a longer than 50 years. Week 1 rout of Issaquah. Issaquah, a 4A state playThe Wildcats dominated off qualifier a year ago, is the game on both sides on the road again in Week of the ball and routed the 2, traveling to Portland to Eagles 73-0 in a nonleague face the Lincoln Cardinals outing Friday night in at 6 p.m. Friday. Everett. All the points came in the Liberty 42, Cedarcrest 7 first half and the Wildcats set the tone on their first The Patriots started fast play from scrimmage as as they piled up a 35-7 Anfernee Gurley ran for a halftime edge and eased 59-yard touchdown. past the visiting Red Wolves Aleks Hansen returned an in nonleague action.

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Austin Regis, Dulin Hayden and Isaiah Owens starred for Liberty. Regis, the team’s new quarterback, was 5 of 9 through the air for 114 yards and three TDs. Liberty’s fly-sweep offense was working well as Owens scored twice, once on a 20-yard run and again on a 10-yard pass from Regis. Hayden needed only six carries to gain 120 yards and had TD runs of 66 and 35 yards. Liberty opens KingCo Conference play at 7 p.m. Friday against Mercer Island.

Richland 38, Skyline 27 The Spartans started fast as Isaiah Shim’s 9-yard run gave them an early lead, but the Bombers controlled

things from there for a win in nonleague action between two potential 4A title contenders. Skyline quarterback Drew Kistner threw an 82-yard TD pass to CJ Moore that put the Spartans ahead 14-7 in the second quarter, but Richland scored the next 31 points. Richland quarterback Paxton Stevens threw three scoring passes on the night — a 31-yarder to Josh Mendoza and two to Alex Chapman for 36 and 76 yards. Skyline’s Alex Taylor caught a pair of TD passes in the fourth quarter. The Spartans are on the road again in Week 2, facing Gonzaga Prep in a rematch Sarah Gordon / Tri-City Herald of last year’s 4A title game. Skyline running back Isaiah Shim (32) turns the corner on a Kickoff from Spokane is at 7 Richland defender during the Spartans’ 38-27 loss Sept. 2. p.m. Friday.

Super sophomores make Skyline the swim team to beat — again By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com

title since winning three straight from 2009-11. As sophomores, they’ll be In the world of highfavored to hoist the chamschool swimming, it’s not pionship trophy again. But uncommon to have a ninth- heading into their seasongrader come on board and opening meet against perform as well as a junior Mount Si on Sept. 8, they’re or senior. trying to temper expectaBut the Skyline girls tions. didn’t have one standout “We’re not the baby freshman last fall – they freshmen anymore,” said had several. Six members of Christina Bradley, who was the Class of 2019 recorded second in the 200-yard indistate-qualifying times and vidual medley and seventh all of them found their way in the 100 backstroke at Neil Pierson / npierson@isspress.com onto the podium as individ- state. The Skyline girls swimming and diving team has a good chance to ual or relay medalists. “I think we’re just going defend last season’s 4A state title as nine qualifiers return. Top row That pushed Skyline past to work hard and do the (left to right): Danika Himes, Sarah DiMeco, Lauren Sayles, Abby rival Newport by a 36-point best that we can, get best Heneghan. Bottom row (left to right): Gabby Salgado, Stephanie Young, margin, giving the Spartans times, and help some of the Christina Bradley, Chase Raines. Not pictured: Catherine McRae. their first Class 4A team newer girls on the team.”

Fellow sophomore Sarah DiMeco, the runner-up in both the 200 and 500 freestyles, echoes those sentiments. “Yeah, I guess people are expecting us to do what we did at state,” she said. “But we did lose a few seniors, so that’s kind of tough.” It’s doubtful the Spartans will bend under the weight of high expectations, not after dealing with them so masterfully a season ago. Stephanie Young, who picked up 16 team points at state by reaching the consolation final of the 200 and 500 freestyles, indicated the girls largely ignored the stress that could’ve sunk

another squad. “It was kind of doing this for your team, more for your team pride rather than yourself,” Young said, “so it really drove us to get super good times. We were really driven to win because the team spirit was really good.” Lauren Sayles, Catherine McRae and Danika Himes were the other freshmen who contributed at last year’s 4A championships. Himes nabbed second place in the 100 breaststroke, while Sayles and McRae were part of a fifth-place See SKYLINE, Page 12

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Liberty’s Takeuchi leaves injured past in the dust By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com Brigette Takeuchi’s junior year with the Liberty cross country and track teams was all about making up for lost time. Takeuchi was injured for about 18 months and missed large chunks of her freshman and sophomore years. But she regained much of her form in 2015-16 with an 11th-place performance at the Class 2A cross country championships, followed by top-eight times at the state track meet in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races. Takeuchi took time to speak

with The Issaquah Press before a Sept. 1 practice:

Brigette Takeuchi

Question: What are your thoughts about your senior year of cross country with the Patriots?

Answer: I really hope to make my marks that I was trying to get throughout my years of high school. I would really like the girls’ team to win state again, to make sure that we establish ourselves as the champions, twice in a row. Last year, (runner-up) Sehome was supposedly missing

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former Eastside Catholic High School student now attending Issaquah High. A middle child in a family of musicians, Natalie has been receiving invitations to perform since she first received recognition on YouTube in the fourth grade. She was excited to be asked to perform with someone so renowned. “I thought it was awesome because he’s really famous,” she said. “He’s a really well-known singer. Well, my friends don’t know who he is because he’s more like my parents’ generation. But I tell my friends’ parents and they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, Josh Groban?’ ” In all her YouTube performance videos, Natalie presents such a slight figure who surprises audiences with the rich tones she produces from her trumpet. “I don’t think Josh knew who I was before he asked for me, though,” Natalie said. “But all the stage people were saying, ‘You’re the prodigy playing with Josh.’ I said, ‘Sure, that’s me.’ They watched all my YouTube videos on the tour bus.” The venue at the chateau was probably the biggest she’s ever performed before, playing the jazz standard “Old Devil Moon.” “The audience for Josh Groban was huge. It was completely filled. The lawns were filled with people,” Natalie said. All this attention almost wasn’t. Natalie said her parents — Winnie is a piano and violin instructor and Philip is a trumpet teacher and band director at Eastside Catholic — encouraged their three children to take up an instrument of their own growing up. “It was a requirement that everyone learn an instrument. We didn’t do many chores when we were little. ‘But if you just play an instrument, you’ll have something to do,’ we were told. It was important to us because they were musicians,” Natalie said. So she started violin when she was 5 and tried

the piano but decided she wasn’t very good at it. “But there was this one song my dad played all the time around the house, ‘Concerto Etude.’ I always wanted to play it,” Natalie said. “So I tried the trumpet some on my own, using a book my dad used with his students.” When he saw her intense interest in the trumpet, he acquiesced — “All right, I’ll teach you.” While her brother Clayton was better at the piano, she began exhibiting a natural talent for the trumpet. “He tried trumpet for a while, but I kind of did bet-

some girls, so it would really nice for our team to step it up again this year.

Q: What was your injury and what was it like trying to recover? A: I had some problems with my feet. I think I had a stress fracture for a while. I eventually went to a chiropractor and it turned out to be not that big of a deal, but it hurt so bad for that year and a half that I couldn’t run. It was really hard because my freshman cross country season turned out really well and so I was expecting a lot out of the years to come. I was pretty much devastated because I had mostly associated

myself with running, so I had to find other things I liked to do. It helped me become a different person, in a way, but I also missed running a lot, so I realized, when I was able to run, just how lucky I was.

you want to feel that feeling again. Until you return to where you were, it’s not satisfying.

Q: Are there any teammates or coaches who help motivate you? A: I’ve found my coach, Mike Smith, really motivates me. He’s always really supportive, even when I feel like I should just quit running. He makes me feel I have the potential in my capabilities and the times I can get.

Q: What is it about running that sticks with you? Did you try other sports growing up? A: I played soccer for most of middle school and elementary school. I started running seriously in eighth grade. For some reason, doing the workouts with the team, Q: What do you like to do when that’s the part that I really love you’re not running? about running — just feeling like A: I really like climbing and you can hit any pace you want. mountaineering — basically anyWhen you have that good race, thing to do with the outdoors.

performance of “Arutunian Trumpet Concerto,” earned her the title as the competition’s youngest winner ever. Her fame exploded from there. The Dungeys received invitations from across the nation over the next few years for Natalie to be a featured performer, from the Northwest Symphony Orchestra to the Boston Brass. In her travels, she’s been introduced to some of the industry’s biggest names in brass, including Wynton Marsalis, who she really admires, and Doc Severinsen, the longtime bandleader for “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” who introduced her to big band music. “But I’m not really into the screaming trumpets. I like the beautiful sounds of classical music,” Natalie Photos by Greg Farrar / gfarrar@isspress.com said. “I do like to listen to that sometimes.” Above: Natalie Then the YouTube videos Dungey holds her dried up after her freshmen custom-made year when she won a state Taylor trumpet as competition. Nothing new was being posted. she talks about But not to worry. Nataher recent solo lie was only taking a year performance with Josh Groban off from performing for Invisalign orthodontic treatat Chateau ments. Ste. Michelle in Natalie is now back to Woodinville. practicing an hour a day on her custom Resonance Left: Dungey’s Trumpet made by Taylor. case is auto“It’s versatile. You can graphed by play jazz or with orchesa number of tras,” she said. famous trumpetAs much as the jazz genre ers she has met, is growing on her, Natalie including Wynton said she still prefers clasMarsalis and sical, like Tchaikovsky or Doc Severinsen. Fantasia, “because it shows a lot of skill and it’s fun to play and interesting.” Natalie only has one other ter than him,” Natalie said. being a finalist in a napublic performance on her “He then played baritone, tional trumpet competition,” schedule with school startthen wanted to play darker, Natalie said. “I was like, ing, a solo March 18 with deeper sound and took up ‘Oh my gosh, I want to be in the Northwest Symphony the tuba.” the paper. I really have to Orchestra at Holy Rosary Clayton earned a full be in the paper.’ So I signed Catholic Church in West scholarship playing tuba up for this competition and Seattle. at Biola University. Their learned the piece. I was so For now, she’s concenyounger sister, Faith, has little. Everyone was like, trating on her grades so taken to the French horn. ‘Wow, she’s so tiny.’ I was 9 she can double major in But it didn’t take the elyears old first the first time music and psychiatry. She dest Dungeys long to recog- I went.” says it’s a profession she nize Natalie had something She didn’t win the Nacan fall back on if the music special. What started with tional Trumpet Competition thing doesn’t work out. practicing just 30 minutes a that year, but she did get in She actually doesn’t expect day blossomed after four or the paper. invitations to perform with more hours a day by sixth “I thought, ‘I’m going international headliners to grade. back and winning,’ ” Natalie be a regular happening. Her competitive nature said. also kicked in early. She progressively im“One of my dad’s stuproved and did return to dents got into the paper for win the very next year. Her

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finish in the 200 free relay. Outgoing senior Kathy Lin will be missed. She won medals in the 100 butterfly and breaststroke, and helped cap the state championship with a victory in the 400 free relay alongside Bradley, Young and DiMeco. But coach Susan Simpkins will have another strong group of freshmen to groom. And three veterans – Gabby Salgado, Abby Heneghan and Chase Raines – also figure to contribute in postseason meets. Heneghan was 15th in the 500 free a year ago. Versatility is a huge component of Skyline’s success as any swimmer could wind up switching events, depending on the team’s needs. DiMeco, who has been a competitive swimmer for seven years, tried to downplay her success as a ninth-grader, when she came close to winning two state titles. “I wasn’t expecting the results, but it wasn’t necessarily a surprise. I guess I worked hard for it,” she said. Young is aiming to move into medal territory after two narrow misses as a freshman – ninth in the 500 free and 10th in the 200 free. She’s prepared to make it happen through sweat equity. “This time of year is really important,” she said, “because we have to condition and train a lot to get back to where we were last year.”

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