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117th Year, No. 44

Thursday, November 3, 2016

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Superintendent nears decision on bell times Final window for public comment on new schedule for 2017-18 school year closes Monday

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com Citing the overall benefit to the health and safety of students, Superintendent Ron Thiele announced to the school community via an email letter Monday that he’s convinced the district should change its bell schedule at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year.

In the letter, Thiele gave the community a two-week comment period through Nov. 7 before he makes the final decision on the bell times proposal prior to the

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“Clearly this has been a hot topic of conversation and a learning journey for me as well,”

Thiele said.

After researching numerous studies, Thiele said he’s more convinced than ever about the benefits of students getting more sleep as they get older.

After an initial proposal in 2015 that would have inverted elementary and high school start times, Thiele was unable to get a consensus from the community and teaching staff on whether to make the change. The biggest concerns were too early of a start See TIMES, Page 10

ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT’S PROPOSED NEW BELL TIMES

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

Start Dismiss Elementary schools 9:10 a.m.

3:35 p.m.

High schools 8 a.m.

2:52 p.m.

Middle schools 8:10 a.m.

2:35 p.m.

Exception: Grand Ridge Elementary, which has no kindergarten program, will be adjusted earlier to “8:30ish” to give parents time to get kindergarten students to schools with programs

LATE START WEDNESDAYS

Start Dismiss Elementary schools 9:10 a.m.

1:25 p.m.

High schools 10:10 a.m.

3:55 p.m.

Middle schools 10:20 a.m.

3:30 p.m.

Merry Christmas Issaquah drive kicks off with $100,000 goal

By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com The Issaquah Community Services office is hidden in a back room on East Sunset Way. Walk through the dining room that hosts free meals for the homeless and knock on the door.

A friendly ICS volunteer appears and ushers clients inside. As the door closes, an invisible wall blocks judgment and negativity from entering. What remains is a welcoming atmosphere, where the only goal is to help an Issaquah family in need.

ICS offers emergency aid to residents of the Issaquah School District (those living in the 98027, 98075 and portions of the 98029 and 98059 ZIP codes) in the form of utility payments, rent assistance, bus tickets and other miscellaneous expenses depending on specific need and the emergency.

“You realize a lot of people are living day to day and they hit a bump in the road and it’s hard for them to get over it,” said ICS board member Elaine Davis.

The all-volunteer organization comes into a client’s life when he or she needs it most. When ICS springs into action, its aid is often the difference See DRIVE, Page 8

Someone tried to saw off the tail of Finley, one of the two bronze salmon sculptures at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.

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Sunset Valley Farms residents Marina Subbaiah, left, and Mary Jo Tornberg are concerned about an increase of truck traffic on Southeast May Valley Road after the City of Issaquah eliminates its truck routes south of Interstate 90 on Nov. 6.

Residents on May Valley Road brace for influx of big rigs

By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com As new truck route rules are set to go into place in an effort to eliminate pass-through truck traffic from Issaquah’s major streets south of Interstate 90, rural resi-

dents south of the city are bracing for an increase in big rigs using Southeast May Valley Road.

Starting Nov. 6, trucks not making local stops in the city will be banned from using Sunset Way, Front Street, Newport Way and Northwest Maple Street. Instead,

NEW RULES FOR TRUCKS

trucks traveling from I-90 to Issaquah-Hobart Road will be funneled onto State Route 900 and May Valley Road instead of traveling through downtown Issaquah.

See TRUCKS, Page 3

According to the City of Issaquah: “Effective Nov. 6, large trucks traveling south from Interstate 90 to IssaquahHobart Road must now use a state highway — State Route 900. Local truck deliveries are still allowed on all streets.”

Vandal strikes hatchery’s cherished salmon statue Popular Max’s chef lands at blue-collar Rollin’ Log

By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com

By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com

An iconic Issaquah landmark would have a little trouble swimming upstream after one or more vandals damaged it recently.

One of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery’s bronze fish statues now sports a long, vertical cut near its tail, a product of two separate attempts to damage it,

Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@isspress.com

When asked to recall how frequently she’s visited the Rollin’ Log Tavern in the past, Lauree Whitaker didn’t hesitate.

“Never,” the Issaquah resident said.

That’s not the case anymore.

Whitaker and her tablemate David Mitchell now frequent the landmark saloon on East Sunset Way because one of their favorite chefs has assumed command of the kitchen.

Edna Noronha, who operated Max’s World Café on Front Street North from June 2010 until it closed this summer, has brought her sophisticated multicultural dishes to the rough-around-the-edges, blue-collar Log. And Noronha’s fans have followed her there.

“She is an exquisite chef,” Whitaker said.

“Her food is unique,” Mitchell concurred. “Her sauces are original and memorable. And oftentimes,

Chef Edna Noronha, formerly of Max’s World Cafe, and her assistant Edwin Cornejo prepare a lunch dish at the Rollin’ Log Tavern on Oct. 28 in Issaquah.

See CHEF, Page 10

See STATUE, Page 2

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FRONT AND SUNSET

Now where have we have seen that face before?

W

e were out navigating our way through all those new Atlas tenants clogging up Gilman Boulevard the other day when a certain face got in our face.

We’ve previously had fun with Chad Magendanz’s, ahem, borrowing the visual identity of Häagen-Dazs ice cream in his campaign signs a few months ago. Those Mägen-Danz signs seem to have now mostly disappeared from the littered political landscape of our highways and byways this election season.

A new batch of Magendanz signs have popped up in recent weeks, however. They are ... how should we put this ... unique.

No last name, no political party, no office sought, no stars, no flags, no eagles — just a comicbook-style representation of Magendanz’s head and a one-word pitch to voters: CHAD. That’s confidence, my friends.

Anyway, we were captivated by the caricature’s squinty eyes, the toothless grin, the nearly invisible ears, the very square jaw.

Where have we seen this dude before? It’s right there, right on the tip of our tongue. Who is he?

And then it hit us like Superman smashing Lex Luthor with a superhuman uppercut. While Chad’s friends and colleagues surely recognize Chad as the mug in the drawing, we see a fellow typewriter jockey: mildmannered reporter Clark Kent of the Daily Planet, which is handsdown the best newspaper in Metropolis.

We’ll leave it up to you, dear readers: politician or reporter/ superhero?

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Speaking of Magendanz, his race against Mark Mullet has

So does the mug on that campaign sign look more like our local politico or the Daily Planet’s intrepid reporter? gone national — for all the wrong reasons.

The obscene amount of “gray money” pouring into the race

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caught the attention of The Associated Press, which wrote a story about “Working Families” (the Sammamish-based shell group putting out the anti-Mullet hit ads) and “Mainstream Voters of WA” (the Seattle-based shell group putting out the antiMagendanz hit ads).

We’ve seen the wire service’s account of our local political mudslinging pop up everywhere from Corpus Christi, Texas, to St. Louis. The AP reported that independent groups have now spent more than $900,000 on the contest between Mullet and Magendanz.

There aren’t enough adjectives in our Webster’s New World College Dictionary to describe the garbage these two groups produce that inundate our mailboxes, but repulsive, disgusting, nauseating and despicable quickly come to mind.

And here’s what’s most disappointing: Both Magendanz and Mullet have accepted political contributions from the groups funneling the money to “Working Families” and “Mainstream Voters” that pay for the ads.

No matter who finally wins this race, neither candidate can honestly say they are

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that question is a no-brainer.

Kim-Juhn was a member of a 14-member Seattle-area team that captured the national title at the USTA League Adult 18 & Over 3.5 National Championships held in Mobile, Ala., Oct. 7-9.

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Congratulations to Issaquah School Board member Marnie Maraldo, who is the next presidentelect of the Washington State School Directors’ Association.

Maraldo, a Newcastle resident, was chosen in a month-long online election, according to the WSSDA. School board members from across the state participated in the voting.

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

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no one saw anything and there’s no indication who did it or why, Kelley said.

Since the incidents, the from page 1 hatchery has added lights to the area so the statues are according to Friends of the easier to be seen at night, Issaquah Salmon Hatchery Kelley said.

Executive Director Robin The hatchery is in the Kelley. initial stages of determining “We’re devastated,” how to repair the cut, Kelley Kelley said. “These fish said. There’s no word on statues are so iconic.” how much it will cost or FISH docents, who use where to get it repaired. the statues daily as teaching In the meantime, Kelley tools on hatchery tours, first is asking the public to keep noticed what appeared to their eyes and ears open. If be a saw cut the morning you have any information of Oct. 18. After looking at regarding the incident, call it, workers treated it with Issaquah police at 837silicone so water couldn’t 3200. get into the fracture, Kelley The statues, affectionately said. known as Finley and Gilda, But the very next day, the were dedicated in 1996. statue was hit again in the The work is titled “Reaching same spot. The hatchery Home” and was created by filed a police report, but bronze sculptor Tom Jay of Chimacum. Finley was the ANSWER TO #1050 ANSWER TO #5362 one that sustained damage.

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A N GE R S AR L E S “It’s unbelievable this O R A N G E S T A N B R E A F O R I T R E B happened,” Kelley said.

F O R T H E T I M E B E I N G “Everyone knows these S T O A A L L I E R AP statues.”

P E R D O N A L D S A message seeking L A P S E P O E M A S OR A C L E C L AN I S M comment from the Issaquah police officer investigating F L Y O F F T H E H A N D L E the incident was not T H E T A A L A S T E E N S N E E S O R E S returned.

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Trucks

Subbaiah said, “but safety should be a higher priority.”

She recounted the time she was driving along the from page 1 road and was surprised by a stopped school bus coming May Valley resident Mary around a blind curve. She Jo Tornberg is not happy predicted if a truck was in a about the ban, which she similar situation, it wouldn’t says will increase the volbe able to stop as fast, causume of truck traffic along ing an accident.

May Valley Road, but she “I don’t want to put my son also recognizes that trucks on a school bus with all the traveling along Sunset is not truck traffic,” Subbaiah said. a good option.

She described May Valley “This level of trucking be- Road as a narrow, two-lane longs on state highways that road with minimal to no were built for trucks, rather shoulders, no sidewalks and than on county roads that deep ditches on the side. are two lanes and not meant Subbaiah said because of for this volume of truck traf- the structural vulnerabilific,” said Tornberg, who lives ties of the road, truck traffic in the Sunset Valley Farms should be restricted on the neighborhood.

May Valley route, not inTornberg told The Press creased. She pointed to heavy that she and her next-door rains in 2014 that washed neighbor Marina Subbaiah away part of the road and are planning to petition King a bridge across Fifteen Mile County to remove May ValCreek that King County has ley Road as a truck route. called structurally deficient.

“Truck traffic isn’t A 2014 bridge report something anybody wants” released by the county gave

The Issaquah Press OneIssaquah, the group backing the city’s $50 million transportion bond, recently received $500 contributions from Issaquah’s Evergreen auto dealerships and Recology GreenScapes.

The pro-bond group had previously received contributions from RH2 Engineering, Watts Properties and Rowley Properties.

The group also received $2,155 in website services from Watts Communications.

OneIssaquah’s contributions, both cash and in-kind, total $8,745.

Contributions to the anti-bond group Eyes on Issaquah have come entirely from private citizens. Through Oct. 30, the group’s total contributions, both cash and in-kind, total $1,612.

city truck routes.

During the Oct. 3 council meeting, Deputy Council President Mary Lou Pauly voiced support for the change, saying truck routes should have never gone through the Olde Town area in the first place.

“I can’t imagine that another city would have a historic district, then slap a truck route on top of it,” Pauly said.

“Seems crazy. I don’t know how we got there.”

Interstate 90 and State Route 900, which are stateand federal-designated truck routes, are not part of the city’s ban.

“Neither of these roads through our Olde Town were built to handle today’s truck traffic,” Assistant to the City Administrator Autumn Monahan wrote in an email.

“The City has received emails and verbal comments from residents expressing that they have already noticed the difference on Sunset, and are grateful for the ordinance amendment.”

Subbaiah, who considers herself a Issaquah resident even though she lives in unincorporated King County,

said, “We cannot sustain our projected growth and still keep only two southbound two-lane arterials exiting the city.

“It’s important for the city to reinvest in our infrastructure and roads with plans that look far into the future to maintain the integrity of the city we currently love.”

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OneIssaquah Total contributions (both cash and in-kind): $8,745 Watts Communications: $2,155 RH2 Engineering: $2,000 Watts Properties: $1,000 Recology CleanScapes: $500 Rowley Properties: $500 Daphne Ghan: $300 Evergreen Chevy: $250 Evergreen Ford: $250 Stacy Goodman: $250 Paul Winterstein: $250 Fred Butler: $200 IAFF Local 2878: $200 Jen Gray: $165 Jiff Searing: $125 Cathy Allen: $100 Barb de Michele: $100 Mary Lou Pauly: $100 Tom Walker: $100 Essay Mentors: $50 Bill Frisinger: $50 Chris Kovac: $50 Jeff Matson: $50

Eyes on Issaquah Total contributions (both cash and in-kind): $1,612 Cory Christensen: $253 Bryan Weinstein: $208 Desire Hunter: $200 Geraldine Carey: $100 Charles Olson: $100 Dawn Weinstein: $75 Connie Marsh: $51 Robert Brock: $50 Susan Brock: $50 Ryan Crompton: $50 Gail Givan: $50 David Harris: $50 Toni Letendre: $50 Christopher Reh: $50 Nelson Enns: $30 Mary Lynch: $30 Eric Bentzen: $25 Janet Pinneo: $25 Althea Saldanha: $25 The group also received $20 contributions from three individuals, a $15 contribution from one individual, $12.50 contributions from two individuals and $10 contributions from four individuals.

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WE REPORT. THEY REPEAT.

the bridge a sufficiency rating of 7 out of a possible 100.

“Looking at the big picture, I wish (the Issaquah City Council) spent time talking to county officials on how to most effectively address the issue,” Subbaiah said.

May Valley residents came out in force to the Sept. 19 City Council meeting, asking the council to consider the impact that rerouting trucks traffic would have on neighboring cities.

Maple Hills resident Benjamin Scott presented the City Council with a petition signed by 245 concerned residents. The petition requested the City Council reconsider the change that would “effectively push the city’s growth issues into problems for the outlying communities.”

According to city staff members, numerous complaints related to truck traffic along Sunset and Front prompted the change in the

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ISSAQUAH PRESS ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS CHARLES HORTON GENERAL MANAGER

SCOTT STODDARD EDITOR

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Issaquah transportation bond

5th District: Senate

5th District: House, Position 1

5th District: House, Position 2

Sound Transit 3

NO

MARK MULLET

JASON RITCHIE

PAUL GRAVES

REJECT

This is a summary of our election endorsements that were published in the Oct. 20 edition of The Issaquah Press.

Read the full versions online at theeastside.news/endorsements.

TO THE EDITOR Transportation

‘No’ vote on bond will force city to listen to its residents As spokesperson for the official “No” committee on the City of Issaquah Proposition 1-Traffic Improvement Bonds as appointed by the mayor and City Council, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Issaquah for your interest and heartfelt support during this important campaign.

Hearing your concerns and hopes for Issaquah via email, Salmon Days and along the campaign trail demonstrates a true grassroots commitment to our town. I constantly heard from residents, both new and old, about how much they love Issaquah.

Universally, people want to see our town continue to be a special place where people care, care about our people and the many treasures that brought us here.

We have a tremendous opportunity with the Proposition 1 vote, because for the first time it allows us to make our collective voices heard. We all know the solutions to our traffic problem will not be easy, but we also know it will take a significantly higher degree of honesty, transparency and effort on the part of our city’s leaders to move us in the right direction.

We must vote “No” to put our city on the right path and to deliver on its many past promises.

These promises are for those who live here now and for those who may choose our wonderful town as a place to live in the future.

I ask you to please stand with me and your many neighbors in voting “No” on “Our Proposition 1” Thank you very much.

Bryan Weinstein

Issaquah

Transportation

City will handle bond projects with same care as Front Street I believe that the city can be trusted to do a thorough and competent follow-through with the transportation bond projects.

Let’s discuss the example of the downtown streetscape plan as outlined in Cory Christensen’s letter to the editor (Oct. 18) titled “City isn’t trustworthy enough to entrust with our $50 million.”

Yes, sadly, the beautiful trees were removed to do the much-needed repair and updating to sections of the Front Street sidewalks. However, I am glad that the sidewalk and street no longer floods in front of Stan’s BBQ, and I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback from community members and business owners about the wider sidewalks.

Yes, the city did promise that the trees would be replaced after going through a community process and getting public input for the new streetscape plan. Well …guess what? The city will soon undertake a public survey asking

for general feedback about what people want to see downtown, the first meeting for the community discussion will be on Nov. 16, and also, the new sidewalks were built with this nifty lid systems where a section of the pavement can be easily removed and trees can be planted. Pretty cool, eh? In other words, the city is true to their word and are following through with everything they told us they’d do.

And as for Economic Development Manager Andrea Snyder, in my humble opinion, she has been nothing but highly committed to the community and our local businesses in her efforts to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and considered.

I’m confident that the transportation bond projects will be handled with the same care and dedication as the Front Street sidewalk project. So join me and vote, “Yes” on our Prop 1.

Keith Watts

Issaquah

Transportation

Send the city a clear message with a ‘No’ vote on the bond

Do not vote for the City of Issaquah transportation bond.

Instead, send them a clear message that we know they are 10 years ahead in their state growth target.

Vote “No!” Instead tell them you are not fooled into supporting their “grow too fast habit.”

Vote “No!” to tell them that when they ask you for money they need to define what they can spend it on — specifically — with quality, detailed information.

Vote “No!” to force the city to be honest, brutally honest, with its citizens about what actually can be done to improve transportation in our narrow valley.

We ask for great a future for Issaquah, but our city so far brings us disappointment. We don’t trust any longer. It is time to make them listen to us.

Vote “No” on Issaquah’s Proposition 1.

Connie Marsh Issaquah

JOIN THE CONVERSATION: WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Something on your mind about your city? Tell us about it. The Issaquah Press welcomes letters to the editor about local issues — 300 words at most, please.

Please note: We do not publish letters that have been submitted to or have been printed in other publications. We may edit your letter for length, clarity or inappropriate content. Include your phone number (it will not be published). Send letters via email to editor@isspress.com, and please write “Letter to the Editor” in the subject line of your email. that is not what we stated was our concern — it was gridlock traffic, especially in the valley core and even more explicitly along Front Street. These four projects do nothing to alleviate those problems while only providing beautification and safety improvements to very small sections of Issaquah at great cost to everyone.

That brings me to my second reason for voting no. This project has a huge cost, over $200 a year for 25 years for the average Issaquah homeowner, at a time when we need to figure out how to improve education and transportation on a regional and state level.

That is why it is so important that we spend our money wisely and address our primary concerns. The East Lake Sammamish widening project that is just finishing up included the addition of a new lane of travel for cars and buses, a new bike lane, a new sidewalk, an improved walking path and rainwater retention and absorption ponds.

The entire cost for that project was $7.6 million dollars and will make a huge impact in safety for pedestrians and cyclists while also making a huge difference in traffic.

That is the kind of project this bond should be supporting.

I urge you to vote no and have the city come back to us with a better plan that matches our most urgent needs in a cost-effective manner.

Ryan Crompton

Transportation

We need more for our money than what bond projects offer I am voting no on the Issaquah transportation bond because it does not respect the community’s input or personal finances.

My first reason for voting no is that in the phone and online survey done by the city, the overwhelming concern of Issaquah citizens was traffic congestion. While this bond is stated to be a traffic improvement program, it has become clear that it is far more a beautification and safety project instead. While it is very true that the beauty and safety of Issaquah are major reasons why many of us live here,

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Growth is supposed to pay for itself, so why a $50M bond?

There are several large faults with the proposed $50 million traffic bond. At the top of the list, though, is that it does nothing to address or resolve the cause of our bad traffic: Development and growth have overwhelmed Issaquah’s infrastructure. We are in this traffic mess because infrastructure has been prioritized as consideration in deciding what projects and where they go. There are still projects in the pipeline that would threaten to consume any

supposed traffic improvement. The implied “grand bargain” is that growth will pay for itself — coming back to residents for additional revenue over 25 years, long past the life of these four proposed projects, is putting the cart before the horse.

Please determine the solution of how growth pays for itself before coming to voters and asking for this level of tax revenue over this extended period. The current proposal of just building faster roadways does not solve the problem.

A great example of where we think “building will solve the problem,” which seems to be the motto for open-to-development Issaquah: Residents are offered little more than computer-rendered images of what the roadways may look after they are designed, but residents are being asked to commit to the $50 million price tag up front. This is backwards. Please offer us fully developed plans and details before asking for commitment of future taxing authority.

I have heard many residents articulate valid concerns with these plans, as well as concern that they are not addressing the things they want to see. In short, public involvement has not been adequately considered or engaged. Instead, these projects, like many other projects recently built, are being rushed through to development.

Steve Pereira Issaquah

Transportation

Bond will help us ‘get around town easier’ — if you’re on foot As usual, “improvements” benefit certain people financially much more than others. These street work projects are mostly beautification. What I dislike most of all about the promotion of this $50 million extraction from Issaquah residents is they actually include the words “Traffic ... clogging up our streets,” like a backed-up drain, and “We’ll be able to get around town easier.” Thus, we are supposed to get the image in our heads that this proposal will be like a giant shot of Drano, and a huge plaque removal in our arterial byways, making traffic flow like greased lightning! In fact, the only easier movement around town will be if you are on foot or in a wheelchair!

David Bergeron Issaquah

Election

5th District deserves better than reactionary Rodne After the Paris terrorist attack, 5th District Rep. Jay Rodne posted on Facebook: “Obama wants to import 1.5 million muslims (sic) into the U.S. This is absolute madness!

Islam is incompatible with western civilization! How anyone (sic) people need to die? In the interim, Amicans (sic) arm yourselves!!!!”

Mr. Rodne claimed his comments “were strictly about Islamic terrorists.” Yet his post implies that 1 percent (3.3 million) of the US population is incompatible with our country’s Western culture, an insult to an entire group of U.S. citizens.

Does “(how many) people need to die” refer to the number of U.S. citizens who have been killed

by Islamic terrorists? Since 9/11, homegrown terrorists have killed 137 Americans: 89 deaths committed by foreign-inspired U.S. citizens and 48 killed by white supremacists, antigovernment fanatics and non-Muslim extremists. Are we to arm ourselves against this handful of homegrown extremists?

More alarming are the 500 Americans dying every year of accidental shootings, a cumulative average of 7,500 deaths since 2001. Imagine how many more shooting deaths would occur if more people armed themselves.

Do we want to be represented in our Legislature by a reactionary who incites an irrational fear of Muslims and advises that we arm ourselves?

Voters have a choice to replace Mr. Rodne with Jason Ritchie, who has The Seattle Times’ endorsement: “Voters should send Jason Ritchie to Olympia ... (he) has a streak of pragmatism that would help the Legislature find common ground. ... Ritchie accurately noted that Rodne’s comments may seed xenophobic backlash for his peaceful Muslim constituents. We must hold public officials to a high standard.”

Clearly, Jason Ritchie would be the best choice to be our state 5th District representative.

Charlotte Rempfer North Bend

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I-1491 would help improve public safety in our state Ninety-one people die from gun violence in America every single day, on average. And while we can’t stop every single shooting, we need to give people who are in a position to notice warning signs — like family members and law enforcement — a way to come forward so they can try to prevent a tragedy before it happens.

Washingtonians have the opportunity to vote for Initiative 1491, the state’s Extreme Risk Protection Order measure. This commonsense ballot measure would allow family members and law enforcement to ask a judge to temporarily suspend a person’s access to firearms if they have evidence that the person poses a significant danger to themselves or others.

As an emergency nurse and a former law enforcement officer, I know that this can save lives and prevent tragedies. I know Washingtonians are ready to stand up for public safety and work together to save lives.

Kelly Bernado

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Inspections were performed Oct. 17-23 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.

Egg & Us of Issaquah 375 NW Gilman Blvd.

Oct. 20: Routine inspection, 20 red, 5 blue

Safeway — bakery 1451 Highlands Dr. NE Oct. 20: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 13 blue

Issaquah High — cafeteria 700 Second Ave. SE Oct. 17: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 5 blue

Safeway — meat and seafood 1451 Highlands Dr. NE Oct. 20: Routine inspection, 25 red, 0 blue

Issaquah High — DECA 700 Second Ave. SE Oct. 17: Routine inspection, satisfactory, 0 red, 0 blue

Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria 715 NW Gilman Blvd.

Oct. 20: Routine inspection, 35 red, 5 blue

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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.

Marvin Lews Norelius Marvin Lewis Norelius was born in Seattle to Lewis Magnus Norelius and Edythe Cordelia Norelius on August 23rd, 1924, and died on August 13th, 2016.

After moving with his family to the small town of Oroville, Marvin found his taste for the outdoors and adventure while hunting rattlesnakes in the Okanogan County hills above Lake Osoyoos. It was also here that young Marvin and his best friend each invested five dollars for a ride in a Ford Trimotor airplane that sparked a lifelong passion for aviation.

After graduating from Seattle’s Queen Anne High School and then aviation mechanics school on Capitol Hill, MarMarvin Norelius vin was called up by the US Navy to use his new skills to service aircraft at remote stations in the South Pacific. Returning home, Marvin joined Pan American Airways as a mechanic, where he met Evelyn, his future wife of 52 years. After receiving his mechanical engineering degree from the University of Washington, he joined Boeing for a career in rocket and aircraft propulsion systems for both civilian and military duties. While building large aircraft filled his work weeks, his weekends were spent boating, skiing, hiking, flying and climbing under the hood to coax a few more miles out of the family car. For all his achievements, he was most proud of 23 things he left here. His light-filled little sister, Donna, who he loved so dearly, 4 adult kids who will always remember to “measure twice and cut once,” 4 spouses of those kids who embraced his genetics and his laughter, 9 grandchildren who are already bringing goodness across the entire planet, and 5 acres of family property that was once Mother Nature’s playground for his children and is now committed Bellevue park land for neighbors and wildlife.

Marvin is preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn (1999), and sisters Aileen Norelius (1929), Lorraine Mercer (2000) and Barbara Jean Doolittle (2003).

The family will be hosting a celebration of Marvin’s life on Saturday, November 26th, at 3 p.m. at East Shore Unitarian Church, 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue 98005.

Photos and guestbook at flintofts.com. In lieu of flowers, remembrances can be made to the American Cancer Society or your favorite charity.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 4 Toddler Time at the Community Center, ages 1-3, $2 per child, 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., 837-3300 Pickering Barn Holiday Craft & Vintage Show, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. NW, free, 425-413-1004 Play & Learn: Chinese, ages 2-5, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 3925430 Friends of Issaquah Library Fall Book Sale Preview, become a member at the door for $10, 5:307 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430, issyfriends. org Middle School Dodgeball Tournament, for grades 6-8, 6-9 p.m., Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., $24 per sixplayer teem, sign up at cathyj@ issaquahwa.gov Zentangle Introduction, ages 18 and older, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $43/members, $48/nonmembers, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front Street N., arteast.org 12th Man Football Frenzy Family Fun Night, 7-9 p.m., $5/ adults, $4/youth, $12/families, Julius Boehm Pool, 40 SE Clark St. Copastetic, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front. St. N., 3911424 H3O, 8-11 p.m., $5 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

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SUNDAY, NOV. 6 Cougar Mountain hike, moderate, 7 miles, 800-ft. gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 8947790, issaquahalps.org Free docent-led tours of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., meet at the bridge over the creek, 125 W. Sunset Way, 392-1118 Mini Maker Faire: Make Workspace, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, 557-8808 Mini Maker Faire: Make & Collaborate, noon to 5 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, 557-8808 Friends of Issaquah Library Fall Book Sale, 1-5 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 3925430, issyfriends.org Student Guitar Recital, 2:30 p.m., free, King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way NW, mondomusik@aol.com or 425221-6351

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Toddler Time at the Community Center, ages 1-3, $2 per child, Taylor Mountain hike, moderate, 8 a.m. to noon Monday through 6 miles, 1,400-foot gain, 9:30 a.m., Friday, Issaquah Community Center, meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 453- 301 Rainier Blvd. S., 837-3300 8997, issaquahalps.org Figure Drawing Open Studio: short pose 9:30-11:30 a.m.; long Fused Glass Workshop, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., $45/member, pose noon to 2 p.m., ages 18 and older, Mondays through Dec. 19, $50/nonmember, artEAST Art artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., Center, 95 Front Street N., arteast. register at bit.ly/2dTqCnf org Pickering Barn Holiday Craft & Arts Commission special meetVintage Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., ing, 6:30 p.m., Coho Room, City Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. NW, Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way free, 425-413-1004 City Council meeting including Friends of Issaquah Library public hearing on revenue sources Fall Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., for 2017 budget, 7 p.m., City Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, Council Chambers, City Hall South, 392-5430, issyfriends.org 135 E. Sunset Way Footloose Storytime, 11 a.m., Issaquah Highlands Bridge Barnes and Noble, 1530 11th Ave. Club, 7-10 p.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 NW, 557-8808 NE Park Drive, bit.ly/2eXXZBD Mini Maker Faire: Make Workspace, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, 557-8808 Toddler Time at the Community Mini Maker Faire: Make & Center, ages 1-3, $2 per child, Collaborate, noon to 5 p.m., 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Barnes and Noble, 1530 11th Ave. Friday, Issaquah Community Center, NW, 557-8808 301 Rainier Blvd. S., 837-3300 Issaquah Arts Flight: piano lesStory Times: toddlers, ages son at Puget Sounds Piano; create 24-36 months, 10:30-11 a.m.; and fire beads at Art by Fire; draw preschool, agers 3-5, 11:30 a.m. a self portrait at artEAST; dance to noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Nia style at Studio Issaquah, 4-7 Sunset Way, 392-5430 p.m., downtown locations, tickets Zentangle Beyond Basics, are $75 and available through the Downtown Issaquah Association at ages 18 and older, four-week fee $172/member, $182/nonmember, bit.ly/2fdx5IH artEAST Art Center, 95 Front Street Tony LaStella, 5-9 p.m., N., arteast.org Montalcino, 15 NW Alder Place, Wisdom Café: Staying 270-3677 Connected, Strategies for a Full Pianist Fred Schactler, 6:30 Life, ages 50 and older, Issaquah p.m., Cloud 9 Lounge, 40 East Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392Sunset Way, 392-5814 5430 Shaggy Sweet, 7:30-11:30 Teen Open House, homework p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front. St. N., and tutoring help for teens, 3-5 391-1424 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Big Dog Revue, 8-11 p.m., $5 Sunset Way, 392-5430 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550 One-on-One Computer Help, for

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 Toddler Time at the Community Center, ages 1-3, $2 per child, 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., 837-3300 Figure Drawing Exercise, 9:30 a.m. to noon, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., 392-3191, arteast.org Issaquah Garden Club, featuring guest speaker Jon Throne about Holiday Design Beauties, 10 a.m., Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 17th Ave. NW, issaquahgardenclub.org Story Times: young toddlers, ages 12-24 months, 10:30-11:30 a.m.; infants, ages newborn to 12 months, noon to 1 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 3925430 Citizenship Classes, for adults, 4:30-6 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Study Zone: Ayuda con las areas, homework and tutoring help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 3925430 Friends of the Issaquah Library monthly meeting, for adults, 7-8:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430, Winter Hikes in the Puget Sound Area, 7-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish, 392-3130

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Village Theatre taking on the challenges of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

IF YOU GO “Singin’ in the Rain” presented by Village Theatre Nov. 10 through Dec. 31 Francis Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N. Tickets: $35-$78, available online at villagetheatre. org, at the box office or by calling 392-2202

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com

Village Theatre Artistic Director Steve Tomkins figures he probably has only a couple good years left in him directing on Issaquah’s main stage. One of the productions he can now finally check off his bucket list of shows he really wanted to do is “Singin’ in the Rain.”

“I’ve always been a big fan of the movie,” he said. “As a kid, it always influenced me the most.

I always wanted to be Donald O’Connor.”

However, Tomkins knew taking on the iconic musical came with a multitude of challenges. For starters, it was made into one of Hollywood’s most iconic movies that remains popular to this day.

“Other than the fact that it’s probably one of the most perfect movies ever made, I think that it celebrates joy,” he said.

“For example, you can’t watch the movie without smiling. It’s also an interesting story about the transfer from silent films to talkies. We see that happening all the time today with technology changing dramatically.”

Another challenge was filling the considerably talented tapping shoes of Gene Kelly, O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds. Tomkins believes he’s done that with Village Theatre veterans John David Scott and Gabriel Corey, both of whom appeared in “Mary Poppins” and “Funny Girl,” and Mallory King, seen earlier this year in “Billy Elliot.”

“I’m lucky those three kids are in my cast. They’re an absolute delight,” Tomkins said. “The past three weeks of rehearsals are the most fun I’ve had in a long time.”

For King, she jumped at the chance to portray Kathy Selden.

“I’m a huge, huge fan of the movie. I grew up on this movie.

The first crush I had was Gene Courtesy of Kelly,” King said.

Village Theatre She initially wondered why Tomkins would take on the challenge of bringing something that Village Theatre veteran John David Scott will play Don Lockwood, the character made famous by Gene Kelly, in the local is so perfect in movie form to the production of “Singin’ in the Rain,” which opens its run at the Francis Gaudette Theatre on Nov. 10. stage.

“But hearing the songs again, seeing it live, watching these men productions take on. prowess to pull this off.”

Village Theatre’s costume shop. tap their brains out is thrilling,” “To me, it had to be a part of Tomkins and his cast aren’t the This will be her first production she said. story because it was a big part of only ones having to wrap their after having retired from the Stepping into the iconic roles the movie,” Tomkins said. “The heads around the challenges of position to concentrate solely on isn’t the only challenge facing the challenge is the leading man is “Singin’ in the Rain.” There’s also costume design. actors — it’s also stamina. Tomdancing 12 minutes straight. the costume design, which spans Few fans of the show realize kins wanted to ensure his version It’s like playing a full quarter of several centuries. the challenge of the production’s of “Singin’ in the Rain” included football and then singing. It’s a That task fell to Cynthia Savcostumes, Savage said. They a 12-minute ballet SCOTT finale that few real testament to John’s physical age, the longtime manager of don’t realize the movies within Z.PROOF.IP.CMYK. RVS 1026 LAM.PDF 1026 LAM

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“There are silent movies embedded in the movie,” Savage said. “One of the first scenes we see is a black-and-white movie of the 16th century with them all overacting. We actually took our actors, got a film crew and rented the Paramount Theater where we filmed all that in the lobby. They all had to be in cavalier costumes, boots up to here, ruffles on the women and a big sword fight to make the silent movie.”

A second silent movie set in the 18th century, with its own set of costumes, also had to be filmed.

Then there’s the time frame in which “Singin’ in the Rain” takes place.

“The whole thing is set in the 1920s, when talkies came in.

The first scene is a parade of 1920s movie stars — flappers and gangsters. But the movie was filmed in 1956. So you’re really looking at 1956 costumes, not 1920s. It’s something audiences expect. So I had to blend the 1920s with the 1950s plus the 18th century plus the 16th century.”

Perhaps the biggest challenge of all, aside from trying to direct it as a movie versus a stage production Tomkins said, is the 800-pound gorilla in the room — making it rain.

The movie features one of Hollywood’s most iconic scenes of Gene Kelly literally singing and dancing down the street in the rain. Enlisting a top-notch tech team and production crew, Tomkins said they researched other productions of “Singin’ in the Rain” for what they used and how they did it.

“We figured out our own way,” he said. “The biggest challenge is not making it rain everywhere.

Water is one of worst things you can do to a floor, especially with this long run. The potential for damage is amazing. So we found this system that recycles water and keeps it warm so John doesn’t freeze to death. It’ll be interesting to see it when it all comes together.”

One thing Tomkins knows for sure: It won’t be a challenge for the audience to get emotionally involved. Ticket sales for the show are going through the roof, he said, indicating people really want to see it.

“We’ve just been through the last year of hell with these elections,” Tomkins said. “I think people are ready for a good laugh, are ready to be entertained, ready for a great diversion. It’s going to appeal to everybody. It’s just a complete family show.”

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Warranted arrests 4A participant in a noninjury car accident at 6:02 p.m. Oct. 21 at Front Street South and Sycamore Drive Southeast was subsequently arrested at 10:14 p.m. for driving with a suspended license and for an outstanding warrant.

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NOT THIS YEAR

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com The cream rises to the top, as the saying goes, and four Class 4A KingCo Conference girls soccer teams have established themselves as worthy contenders for the state playoffs.

The problem is, only two teams will advance.

Top-seeded Skyline and fourth-seeded Eastlake finished the regular season Oct. 25 at Eastlake High School, playing to a 0-0 tie that was as defensive as the score suggests.

The nationally ranked Spartans (11-0-3 KingCo, 36 points) and Wolves (8-5-1, 25 points) opened the playoffs this week, with both teams knowing they’ll have to be at their best to advance.

Eastlake hosted No. 5 seed Bothell on Monday, Oct. 31, in a loser-out game that took place after press time. Skyline hosts No. 2 seed Issaquah for the KingCo championship and an automatic state bid at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3.

Add in third-seeded Woodinville, which handed Issaquah its only loss of the season, and the two state berths are completely up for grabs.

“It’s conference playoff time. Everybody can play at this point of the year,” Eastlake coach Marc Wilson said.

Skyline beat Eastlake, 2-1, on Sept. 29 by launching 21 shots, but the Spartans had difficulty creating as many scoring chances in the rematch.

Skyline had a 7-2 edge in shots and kept Eastlake without a shot for the first 76 minutes. But the only clear-cut opportunity might’ve belonged to Julia Mitchell.

In the 36th minute, Mitchell took a pass from Alexa Kirton and dribbled into a large hole in the center of the field. The junior forward launched a shot from 33 yards that was headed in, but Wolves goalkeeper Olivia Harris was able to make a fingertip save and deflect the ball off the crossbar.

Skyline put the ball into dangerous spots on several other occasions, but Eastlake defenders consistently blocked shots and cleared the danger.

“I really liked that we had a couple of really good scoring opportunities inside the 18,” Skyline coach Don Braman said.

Skyline and Issaquah will match up for the third time and someone will emerge victorious. The teams played to a pair of scoreless draws, though Issaquah’s 1-0 loss to Woodinville was enough to give Skyline the KingCo regular-season title and home-field advantage for the Nov. 3 match.

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Issaquah running back Mo Osman (4) is wrapped up by Skyline defenders Mason Ahlemeyer (64) and Caleb Johnston (61) during the second half of the Spartans’ 34-6 win over the Eagles in Sammamish.

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Skyline beats Issaquah, wins Coal Bucket trophy for 10th straight year

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com Skyline built a 27-0 lead after three quarters and finished the regular season with a 34-6 victory over visiting Issaquah on Oct. 28, capturing the rivalry game’s Coal Bucket trophy for the

10th straight season.

Bradley Kim and CJ Moore scored first-half touchdowns for the Spartans (7-2 overall, 6-1 Class 4A KingCo Conference) and Isaiah Shim, who led the conference with 924 rushing yards entering the night, scored his 16th rushing TD

of the season in the third quarter.

Issaquah (1-8, 1-6) got on the board midway through the fourth quarter when Jack Hinchcliffe recovered a Skyline fumble in the end zone. The PAT kick was blocked by the Spartans.

Skyline backup quarter-

back Joe Green answered two minutes later, hitting Ben Mix on a TD pass to put the game out of reach.

The Spartans are the No. 2 seed from KingCo to the bi-district playoff round and will host the Mount Rainier Rams (7-2) at 7 p.m. Friday.

Oct. 28 Skyline 34, Issaquah 6 Nov. 4 Mount Rainier (7-2) at Skyline (7-2), 7 p.m.

Liberty will host a 2A playoff game against a team from the Northwest Conference at a time and date not determined by press time.

In front of fired-up crowd, Spartans down Eagles VOLLEYBALL SKYLINE 3 ISSAQUAH 1

By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com There’s nothing like the intensity of a playoff game to get a team’s emotions to rise to the surface.

The Oct. 26 SkylineIssaquah volleyball match wasn’t a playoff match, but it might as well have been.

There were stakes beyond the usual rivalry bragging rights as the winner claimed the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the Class 4A KingCo Conference tournament.

Fans of both squads packed the Skyline gymnasium and witnessed the

Spartans and Eagles slug it out for four grueling sets.

And Skyline shrugged off a loss to Eastlake two days earlier, rallying from an early deficit to win in four sets – 24-26, 25-19, 25-23, 25-23.

“I think our No. 1 challenge tonight was that there’s a lot of hype going around this game,” Skyline junior libero Becca Owen said.

“But I think we did really well as a team. We were able to control those emo-

tions and still do our jobs on the court.”

Skyline (11-2 overall, 6-1 KingCo) earned a bye to the KingCo tournament that takes place Nov. 3-5 at Bothell High School. The Spartans and Eagles could face each other again in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 3.

Third-seeded Issaquah (10-2, 5-2) plays an elimination match at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 3 against the No. 6 seed.

That team has yet to be determined as Inglemoor,

Newport and Woodinville tied for the final playoff berth and will break the deadlock Oct. 31 at Inglemoor.

Eagles coach Amanda Sewell indicated she’s not overly worried about preparing for the loser-out match.

“We always tell the girls that you go into every match with a blank slate and you take it as it comes,” Sewell said. “… If they get any preconceived notions about anything, then that becomes a mental game.”

Serving was a decisive factor between Skyline and Issaquah. The Eagles struggled with accuracy for most of the match, but overcame four service errors to win a tightly contested first set.

Neither team led by more than two points.

Issaquah cleaned up its errors in the middle two sets, but lost both and saw the struggles return in the fourth set. Six serves went awry, gifting the Spartans valuable points and allowing them to close with a 7-2 spurt.

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A high school football game that lived up to the hype

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Super Bowl history, for example, is littered with games that just didn’t live up to the hype.

John Elway’s Denver Broncos took it on the chin, 55-10, against Joe Montana’s 49ers. Jon “Chucky” Gruden’s Tampa Bay defense hammered a supposedly superior Oakland Raiders offense, 48-21.

And three years ago, the Legion of Boom made life miserable for Peyton Manning and the Broncos in the Seahawks’ 43-8 laugher.

So when the on-paper matchup everyone thinks will materialize actually does, it should be cause for celebration.

I had the privilege of attending the SkylineWoodinville football game on Oct. 21.

The Spartans and Falcons set themselves up for a de Neil facto KingCo Pierson Conference Press reporter championship game, going a combined 12-2 during the first seven weeks of the season.

They did it largely through stifling defensive efforts. Woodinville’s “Dark Side” defense was dictating games in ways that would make Darth Vader proud, allowing 3.9 points per game and

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adjusted the bell times. The new proposal would move high school start times to 8 a.m. and release times to from page 1 2:52 p.m. Meanwhile, elementary start times would for elementary students and all be at 9:10 a.m. and a too-late 4 p.m. release release times at 3:35 p.m. time that would have conThiele said after he flicted with both students’ received an additional 149 and teachers’ after-school comments from three comextracurricular activities munity meetings detailand commutes. ing the new proposal, he After hosting a “thought promised to revisit the issue exchange” and taking more in the fall. than 11,000 pieces of input, Support for a change the administration came seemed to be growing. back last spring with a more “I think people are overall SANDY/LAURA moderate proposal that supportive of F.FINAL.IP.CMYK. it,” said Dea PDF 1031 RVZ 45.17996.FRI.1103.3x6.RVZ

shutting out three opponents.

Skyline’s defense, with at least three future Division I players in the fold, was giving up only 9.6 points in its conference games.

Appropriately, the defenses dominated for the first three quarters and Skyline took a 13-7 lead to the final period. Then, a pair of interceptions — one by Skyline’s Noah Park, the other

by Woodinville lineman Quinn Schreyer on a screen pass — set up fourth-quarter scores for their teams as the Falcons rallied late to send the game to overtime.

That’s when the storyline started to disintegrate.

Woodinville coach Wayne Maxwell felt the defensive units were tired by that point. His statement seems to hold water as no one could get a stop.

Barnett, chapter leader of the Issaquah Start School Later initiative. Barnett is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and is also a parent in the Issaquah School District. “I think people are feeling like this proposal is a pretty good compromise and that it’s not going to cut into afterschool activities as much.”

The new proposal seemed to sit better with teachers, as well.

“I’ve had zero members’ feedback to me,” said Doug Jones, Issaquah Education Association president. “It

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sounds like this compromise didn’t stir the pot like the initial proposal. Obviously, there hasn’t been the anxiety there was last time.”

Jones said because the announcement was just released, he’s likely to hear more from his constituents as the week goes on.

Thiele said the amount of teacher input since has been miniscule. He pointed to the fact they’d still get out of class and get to after-school activities or on the road to their commute by 3 p.m.

Thiele admitted one of the problems the new proposal still presents is bus transportation. He estimates a

hopefully get to see again, maybe in the state semifinals or the Dec. 3 championship game at the Tacoma Dome.

In a game that could’ve been described with a million superlatives, Maxwell put it best with a simple, succinct statement.

“I thought it was just a great, competitive football game,” he said. “Both sides had their share of plays.”

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change to the three-tier system would cost $600,000.

Currently, the school district has one tier for high school and middle school students and the other two for elementary school routes.

The proposal collapses the second and third tiers into one, requiring a ramp-up of the number of buses and drivers needing to make that happen.

Thiele said the transportation department has solved the bus issue by retaining eight buses in its fleet rather than designating them as surplus.

“So really, the number of drivers remains our biggest

concern,” he said.

Thiele said making the final decision before the Thanksgiving break allows parents and staff to make arrangements for child care a lot sooner.

With the start of a new school year, Thiele wanted to re-engage the community one final time before announcing the decision.

Rather than doing more surveys and opening the potential of returning to well-trodden ground, he decided to just announce his clear intentions while giving one last opportunity to comment at BellTime@issaquah. wednet.edu.

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The native of Goa, India, has brought about 10 or so from page 1 dishes from Max’s to the Log, including her artichoke Edna will come out and ex- salad, a Goan-style Cuban plain about the preparation sandwich and her “stellar” of the meal.” medium-spiced biscuits and Back in June, Max’s was gravy that includes chicken shuttered with little warnapple sausage, an egg, ing. A note posted near the queso fresco, chipotle gravy entrance thanked customand Portuguese potatoes. ers for their support over “Everything is made from the years. scratch,” Noronha said.

“It’s temporarily closed,” The beef for her burgers Noronha said. “Meanwhile, and other meat dishes is I’m here at the Log and lots procured from 75-year-old of changes will be coming, MacDonald Meat in Seattle but I can’t talk about them and is never frozen, she yet.” said. The corned beef for She explained that the in- her breakfast hash and timate — and tiny — setting Reuben sandwich is brined at Max’s proved inadequate, for 15 days and then slowand she needed more room baked for 10 hours. for her loyal customer “It’s an expression of base. She said she plans to love through the food, and eventually reopen the Max’s that’s why the food is that space as a catering and good,” said Noronha, who lunch take-out business. has turned over a majority Noronha and her husof the actual cooking to asband, Roger Van Valkensistant Edwin Cornejo. burgh, met in 1998, moved To describe the breakfast to Issaquah in 2002 and menu as ecletic would be married in 2004. Three selling it short. Right there years ago, they purchased alongside traditional staples the Rollin’ Log, the adjacent like buttermilk pancakes Grand Central Hotel and the and eggs and toast are

unexpected choices like a Goan vegetarian Portuguese frittata and a chicken-fried New York steak smothered in piri-piri chipotle gravy.

Similarly, the lunch menu lists both a patty melt and a Goan chorizo.

“It’s ethnic fusion,” Noronha said, “unlike anything in Issaquah. I can touch different cultures around the world through the food.”

At the moment, Noronha’s breakfast and lunch menu is available at the Rollin’ Log seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. She has plans to revamp the tavern’s dinner menu, too.

“I need a few more months for that,” she said.

“But it will be worth it.”

Noronha also makes sauces she sells in 10-ounce bottles: original, three-pepper and habanero. Created and bottled in the kitchen at Max’s, the sauces sell for $10.50 a bottle and can be purchased at the Rollin’ Log. “This sauce will be on the map of Washington someday,” she said, “like Cholula or Tabasco.”

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The Falcons were one play away from winning and had Skyline in a fourth-and-18 situation.

But CJ Moore made a first-down catch and set up a tying score.

After the Spartans took a 35-28 lead, they had a chance to win.

But Woodinville running back Mack Minnehan turned into Barry Sanders, weaving his way out of a backfield bear trap and into the end zone from 25 yards.

Then came the stop that had to happen eventually. Skyline receiver Bradley Kim couldn’t haul in Drew Kistner’s fourth-down pass and Woodinville won, 42-35, in the third overtime period.

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