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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

VFW hosts popular Veterans Day ceremony

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com

Photos by Greg Farrar

Fish swim in swirls (above) on the fence in part of the long Stream of Dreams mural at Issaquah Valley Elementary School on Newport Way Northwest. The tiny chartreuse fish, below and to the right of the Stream of Dreams team sponsor sign (below), is in honor of the late Vicki Hoffman, who was dedicated to children’s art in the school district and encouraged the project.

STREAM OF DREAMS

Permanent fish mural guides the way for drivers, students

By Kathleen R. Merrill editor@isspress.com

What first appeared to be a colorful display for Salmon Days attendees is actually an education project that will last for hopefully a decade or more.

All Issaquah Valley Elementary School students, from preschoolers to fifth-graders, have a fish on the Stream of Dreams.

It was a “massive volunteer effort,” according to Tiffany Aske, who co-chaired the project with Leah Gibson. They were inspired by a similar mural project at Laurelhurst Elementary School in Seattle, and coached through it by the Canadian-based Stream of Dreams Murals Society.

Each of the 781 fish on the fence represents a student who got an education about local salmon, Issaquah Creek and the environment before they were able to paint their own contribution.

“All of the children participated in the program to learn about the science of the habitat of the creek and keeping the fish safe,” Aske said, “where the sewer drains lead, where the storm drains lead. We have to be careful of what we put down them.

All drains lead to fish habitat.”

And the students hopefully took that message home, she said.

“Every fish that’s on that fence represents a child that has been educated about how to take care of our creeks and our water and our fish,” she said. “It’s not just a beautiful art project. It’s not just a fun painting day. It’s a day about the environment and how the things we do negatively impacts our local resources.

“It was a whole different experience, the message we were giving them, and hope that they would go home and teach their families.”

A great message The project took about a year to complete. There was fundraising — nearly $12,000 — from local businesses, parents and friends, and an Issaquah Arts Commission grant.

“I initially was attracted to it because it was so visually impactful, but once they came and I saw the symbolism the fish had, it isn’t just a teaching thing that kids pass this on to their parents, but new parents came and got involved in the project,” Gibson said. “I grew a lot to have this go from inception to

Due to its growing popularity, the service that the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3436 hosts annually to honor local service members has become a standingroom-only event at the Issaquah Valley Senior Center.

David Waggoner, of the Issaquah VFW, said last year’s service at the new location exceeded 125 attendees.

All residents are invited, regardless of whether they have served in the military.

The keynote speaker this year is Issaquah City Councilwoman Eileen Barber, who will talk about her father’s service.

Waggoner said there will be a special presentation about Bob Hope and what he meant to generations past, especially to military members.

As part of the ceremony, six awards will be presented, including plaques and flags, to special people who have supported veterans in the community through the years.

Waggoner said in addition to recognizing a veteran of the year, the ceremony will honor all service members, by passing a microphone around the room allowing service members in attendance to share what being a veteran means to them.

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SLIDESHOW See more photos from Issaquah Valley Elementary School’s Stream of Dreams display at www.issaquahpress.com. completion.”

Veronica Maljak, 9, painted her fish to look like a brick.

“I just thought it was a great idea and it was neat, and none of the other fish would be like that,” she said.

Veronica’s mother Rebecca Maljak also helped with the project and she was pleased that her daughter really learned the lesson.

“Even the kids who were absent the day of the science lesson had to have a brief overview of why we were doing the project,” Rebecca Maljak said.

“I knew it would be beautiful for our school, but when I learned the history, that’s when I felt the need to just get involved.

“I think it sends a great message.”

When asked about the lesson, Veronica replied, “I learned that we shouldn’t put bad things down the drain, like chemicals, because we need to protect the salmon in Issaquah Creek.”

And what does she think about her fish being on display for 10-15 years?

“I think it’ll be cool, because then I can see it when I’m older, and know I painted that fish when I was in third grade.”

Education and memorial The Stream of Dreams Murals Society supports environmental education for clean water and sustainable living practices. It has helped schools and organizations in Canada and the United States put up fish “murals” in both countries.

More than 125,000 people have participated in the project since

it began in 2000.

Two people from the society came to the school to teach the children and parents about taking care of salmon, and all fish habitat.

The project also includes a memorial to Vicki Hoffman, who died in October 2013. A tireless advocate for art in schools, and a board member on the Issaquah Community Network and the Issaquah School District PTSA Council, she was largely responsible for reviving the district’s volunteer art docent program.

Hoffman also taught classes at artEAST and was the first elected chairwoman of the Drug Free Community Coalition, a subcommittee of the Issaquah Community Network with a mission to support healthy youths and strong families.

“Vicki was a mentor to both Leah and me, as I know she was to many others. Before she passed, we had already begun the arduous process of creating the Stream of Dreams mural,” Aske wrote in an email. “We had told her about the possibility of the project and she was cheering us on 110 percent. To honor her, Leah created a tiny ‘Vicki fish,’ chartreuse in color and wearing a tiny pair of reading glasses, two attributes for which Vicki was well-known.

“In the mural, the ‘Vicki fish’ appears to be reading the ‘thank you’ sign that is part of the mural.”

“She was with us in spirit throughout the year it took to complete this project,” Gibson wrote on her Facebook page.

“Her influence and support lives on in so many ways.”

An army of volunteers The fish will live on as well.

They are made from fine-grade plywood, sold to the group at a deep discount by BMC in Issaquah, and exterior-grade latex See FISH, Page 2

IF YOU GO VFW Veterans Day Service 411 a.m. Nov. 11 4Issaquah Valley Senior Center 475 N.E. Creek Way

OTHER VETERANS DAY EVENTS Issaquah Highlands Veterans Day Memorial 49 a.m. Nov. 11 4Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive Free meal at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar For veterans all day Nov. 11. Go to www.applebees.com/locations for locations/details.

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Free ‘Bear Essential’ car wash at Brown Bear Car Wash For current or former members of the military Nov. 11. Local locations are 22121 S.E. 56th St., Issaquah, and 3050 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish. Find more participating tunnel locations at www.brownbear.com.

Merry Christmas Issaquah kicks off with $100,000 goal

By Christina Corrales-Toy newcastle@isspress.com September 2014 represented a new beginning for Issaquah resident Michelle Curtis.

It’s when, after living in a domestic violence shelter for the past two years, the single mother of four moved into permanent housing.

That Talus apartment represented security, freedom and most of all stability, as Curtis worked tooth and nail to overcome abuse and the resulting health issues to make a home for her family.

“A lot of times you hear that people need to hit bottom before they start figuring out things in their life, and my bottom was I was 6 months pregnant with a lot of health problems and four kids depending on me and nowhere to turn except for the domestic violence shelter,” she said.

Curtis came to the Eastside with her children about two years ago, escaping an abusive relationship that left her with a serious spinal cord injury.

The family moved into a Sammamish shelter where, for the past two years, Curtis essentially became a student, learning all there was to know about the root of domestic violence, how it affected her family and what she needed to do to get her life back on track.

Moving into that Talus apartment was a big step in the family’s continued healing process, but after living in the shelter, where bills and daily expenses

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Send donations to Merry Christmas Issaquah, c/o The Issaquah Press, P.O. Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 98027.

The names of donors — but not amounts — are published in The Press unless anonymity is requested.

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weren’t an issue, it took a bit of readjusting on Curtis’ part.

Curtis fell behind on a water bill as she settled into a selfsufficient life again. Issaquah Community Services was able to step in, however, to help her stay See KICKOFF, Page 2

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Beaver Lake will get 2,400 trout Wednesday Anglers will have an opportunity to catch large trout this fall in Beaver Lake, thanks to the release of about 2,400 hatchery rainbows averaging about three pounds each.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will release the fish Nov.

5. To facilitate that, the agency will close the Beaver Lake access site at sunset Nov. 4 and reopen the site at sunrise Nov. 6. Beaver Lake, however, will remain open to fishing while the access site is closed.

The trout are part of

an educational display at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery. The department releases trout into Beaver Lake each year.

Beaver Lake is best fished by small boat, although anglers also can be successful fishing from shore.

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Traffic revisions will maintain two-way traffic around the construction site. Drivers should prepare for delays at times when equipment is delivered.

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The Nov. 4 general election had several incumbent legislators, both national and local, up for re-election.

The ballot also featured initiatives seeking voter input on the future of K-12 classroom size and the enforcement of background checks for gun purchasers.

Results were not available at press time, but check www.issaquahpress. com for a list of all Election Day winners.

Talus project enters second phase Construction is starting soon on the second phase of Timber Ridge at Talus.

The project, at Northwest Talus Drive and state Route 900, will add 145 units of senior apartments in an eight-story building over two levels with below-grade parking.

The project includes 14 assisted-living beds, nine skilled-nursing beds and 12 beds for memory care, plus an auditorium, dining room, swimming pool and wellness center.

In November, the following work is anticipated:

Community center modifies its hours The Issaquah Community Center, at 301 Rainier Blvd. S., will close at 8 a.m. Nov. 6 to setup for the Block Party Quilters Annual Quilt Show.

The center will be closed all day Nov. 7 and 8 for the quilt show.

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Schools foundation phone-a-thon tops $100,000 A final phone drive by high school students helped raise $60,000 the last day of the Issaquah School Foundation’s All in for Kids annual fund drive.

Over a two-day phonea-thon, the students raised a record $105,426, according to event co-chair Dana Rundle.

Donations to the fund drive can still be made through Dec. 31. The goal is to raise a total of $490,000.

Learn more or donate at www.isfdn.org.

New vet clinic opens Annotto Bay Veterinary Clinic recently opened in Issaquah.

The clinic, located at 425 Rainier Blvd. N., Suite No. 3 is headed by Dr. Karianne Allen and offers a wide range of veterinary services. Call 369-2292 or go to http://annottobayvetclinic.com.

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paint, donated by Rodda Paint, also in Issaquah.

“These are intended to last a minimum of 10 years, but we’re hoping for longer,” Aske said.

Volunteers prepared the eight different styles of fish. The tiniest fish are by preschoolers, with the largest being by fifthgraders.

Students from the Liberty High School wood shop and Renton Technical College, and many other volunteers cut the fish with a band saw. Aske drilled almost all of the holes. The fish were then painted with primer, and the back side of each was painted blue and the front was painted white. Kids were given a palette of colors, “kind of unlimited, so they could do whatever they wanted,” Aske said.

And while the initial idea was to have something pretty to show, the finished project is so much more.

“I think when Leah and I first started the project, we wanted a beautiful salmon mural,” Aske said. “When we finished the training, we realized how important it is that we protect what we have running right through the middle of our town.”

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on her feet.

“I’m human and I made some mistakes, so to come to them and humble myself and say you know, ‘I didn’t budget my money correctly and I’d like another shot at it,’ they were more than gracious, and very loving and very understanding of the situation I had come out of,” she said.

Issaquah Community Services offers emergency financial aid to residents of the Issaquah School District in the form of utility payments, rent assistance and other miscellaneous contributions, depending on a client’s specific need.

Merry Christmas Issaquah is the organization’s most important fundraiser all year. Organizers set a $100,000 goal for 2014.

The fundraiser — spearheaded by The Issaquah Press since 1981 — set a record for the number of donors last year with 254, collecting nearly $86,000, surpassing the 2013 goal of $75,000.

Issaquah Community Services receives about 500 requests for emergency aid each year. The organization currently has an annual budget of just more than $100,000.

The nonprofit is maintained by a team of volunteers, allowing nearly every penny donated to go directly to the families in need.

Last year, Issaquah Community Services helped almost 200 families avoid eviction, Issaquah Community Services Board President Lori Birrell said.

“Every week, local residents walk through Issaquah Community Services doors seeking help,” she said.

By all outward appearances, Issaquah and its surroundings seem quite af-

fluent, Curtis said, but there are still lines at the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank, and a steady stream of requests coming into Issaquah Community Services.

What sets Issaquah apart is the support that the community offers for those who might be struggling from paycheck to paycheck, Curtis said.

“I’ve literally done all the footwork to get my life to where it is, but I needed support along the way,” Curtis said. “If I can do it, you can do it. It sounds cliché, but know there is support in the community, services and people that can share their strength and help you get through the hard times.”

Curtis and her family, including four children ranging in age from 16 to 1, have finally found a home. It’s still surreal, she said, recalling a 2013 visit to the Salmon Days festival with the shelter and thinking, “I’d love to live here one day.”

“This October, I’m at Salmon Days again, and literally my kids and I stopped for a moment and just reflected on the fact that a year ago we were homeless, and now we’re here and we’re residents of Issaquah now,” she said.

The Merry Christmas Issaquah holiday fundraising drive accounts for about 80 percent of Issaquah Community Services’ annual budget.

The fund has received more than $875,000 in donations since its inception.

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Waggoner said he expects a great turnout, rain or shine.

Waggoner added the VFW hosts a fundraiser at the Issaquah Home Depot, where members will hand out VFW “buddy poppies” (inspired by the classic poem “In Flanders Fields”) and collecting donations to go toward helping veterans in need in the community, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 11.

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Waggoner said the annual service started nine years ago with just a handful of people at an outdoor assembly and each successive year has grown in popularity.

“It’s a good thing we do this every year,” he said, “because if we didn’t, people would take it for granted.”

Boy Scout Troop 709 and Cub Scout Pack 639 will pass out programs. The Liberty High School Junior ROTC Color Guard will present colors and its honor guard will provide a 21-gun salute outside.

Finally, Waggoner said the VFW would present a token flag to a city representative

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It’s that time of year again, time to celebrate and remember veterans at ceremonies across the area.

But the men and women who served or died in military service to their country should be remembered and honored all year.

Members of our military are still fighting and dying in remote areas all around the world.

Here are ways you can keep the spirit of Veterans Day going: Visit a cemetery and pause to honor those who served while you walk through the graves. Veterans’ graves are fairly easy to spot.

Say thanks to a living veteran. Let him or her know that military job he or she did or is doing is appreciated.

Visit a living veteran. Local homes like Bellewood Retirement Living, Providence Marianwood and Spiritwood at Pine Lake have veterans there who would likely be grateful for a visit and a chance to talk about their service.

Contribute money to your local Veterans of Foreign Wars.

The organization purchases flags for funerals of veterans and performs numerous service projects during the year that help and honor veterans. Your local VFW chapter also sponsors a Boy Scout troop and Cub Scout pack, funds veterans relief (providing scooters and other things veterans need that they can’t afford), attends events at the VA hospital and helps with Honor Flight, which takes World War II veterans to see the memorial in Washington, D.C. Send checks to VFW Post #3436, P.O. Box 18, Issaquah, WA 98027.

About 16 million Americans served during WWII, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Sadly, an estimated 640 World War II veterans die each day.

That’s one reason the Honor Flight Network takes World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the National WWII Memorial. The memorial opened to the public on April 29, 2004, after an 11-year effort and 65 years after the war.

Honor Flight trips are free for veterans. The organization is focusing on World War II and terminally ill veterans. Help by making a tax-deductible donation at www.honorflight.org/ donate-now.

To get a real idea of some of the price paid by these brave men and women, check out the project The Fallen 9000 at http:// thefallen9000.info. The photos there are amazing and give you some real perspective of just one battle.

Will Rogers said, “We can’t all be heroes. Some of us have to stand on the curb and clap as they go by.”

Please be there on the curb.

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This is one distressed Denny’s denizen The subject line in the e-mail from my editor last Thursday said, “Denny’s closure.”

Frantically I opened the file.

“You go there a lot, I believe. Do you know anything?”

I e-mailed her back.

“NOOOOOOOO!!”

I dashed out to my car in front of the office and high-tailed it over to the Denny’s restaurant on Gilman Boulevard.

The parking spaces in front were empty. I gulped. I quickly parked.

I don’t even think I set the parking brake.

A sheet of lined yellow letter paper was taped on the front door.

Heart pounding, I approached.

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Has Closed” BLLAARGGHHH! Slowly shuffling back to the car and after a miserable drive back to the office, I sadly informed Christina, a fellow reporter and Denny’s addict.

“What the (expletive)!” she exclaimed.

And that’s how it ends, an abrupt adieu to the source of fuel that has kept me going on all cylinders for 18 years at The Press.

It was just Monday, Oct. 20, that I unwittingly had my last meal there. A big traffic accident on southbound Interstate 5 had happened in the wee hours, and I knew the only way to avoid a two-hour commute was to skip breakfast, leave the house at 6 a.m. and use Seattle’s surface streets ahead of the peak traffic. Getting into town,

that awesome breakfast of veggie omelet, hash browns, pancakes and hot tea saved the morning.

You may not believe how many dinners I’ve had before working a Greg football game or Farrar basketball game over the years. I’ve Press photographer certainly been at our other restaurants in town, but there are 16 coupons in my wallet this very minute for discounts at Denny’s.

At one time, I was such a breakfast regular that the waitress would get the teapot as soon as I walked in the door. It was first-name basis with Chelsea, Dave and others. I am so sorry for those who have lost their jobs this week. Please find work soon, friends.

It’s not the only earthquake shaking up my life at the moment, either. Four months ago, the supermarket in Mountlake Terrace, where my wife and I for a decade did our grocery shopping, closed.

Nothing messes with a routine more than having to go to another store where all the aisles are in a different order and some of my favorite products are not stocked.

And I’ve had the same barber 40 years. I just got off the phone with him. He can’t cut my hair this month because of a herniated disk.

He has got to get well soon, not only because I love him, but because I’m this close to cracking up!

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Over 50,000 US soldiers died in Vietnam to stop the communists there.

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In the 2000s, they told us that Iraq had weapons Mike Harrington History lesson of mass destruction. We Issaquah bombed, invaded, conquered and occupied Iraq to save the Salmon Days world from the weapons of mass destruction that did not President Eisenhower exist. warned us about the military In the 2010s, they told us industrial complex — where that the government of Syria A few years ago, Issaquah arms manufacturers work with used poison gas and wanted made a big push to make the government to purchase the U.S. military to bomb Syria.

Salmon Days a green festimore weapons.

That idea did not work so they val. It was terrific to see the In the 1950s, they introwent back to the think tank options for composting and duced the theory of confor another idea. They needed recycling, and to know the food tainment. They told us that an idea that would convince vendors were cooperating by communists wanted to take the president and congress to using compostable items when over the world so they had to spend another trillion dollars serving food. be contained. So, the United on weapons.

The 2014 Salmon Days States intervened in numerThey don’t care about the program mentioned the festious civil wars around the trillions of dollars they add to val was going to be environglobe to “contain” commuthe national debt. They don’t mentally green again. It was nism. care about the enemy soldiers not. Unfortunately, this year In the 1960s, they gave us killed or the innocent civilians Salmon Days had garbage, re- the domino theory. We had to killed in their wars. They don’t cycling and compost all mixed stop the communists from tak- care about the American soltogether because most contain- ing over one country, otherdiers killed. All they care about ers lacked labels. wise other countries would fall is money.

Food vendors did not have like dominos and eventually Sid Sherbon compostable items. Durthe communists would be atIssaquah ing the weekend, I received tacking the U.S. from Mexico. one compostable plate, one recyclable plate and one Styrofoam plate. All the silverware I was given was landfill bound.

I hope next year the festiI propose that we rename val committee can work with Issaquah “Developerville.” the city to bring Salmon Days It seems our city government back on track as a true green gives the developers anything festival. they want.

Stacy Strickland We can kiss Issaquah goodIssaquah bye.

Maybe we should change the name of our city

The festival needs to be greener next year

When will it be about people instead of money?

G uest C olumn

it was first implemented in 2004, a two-year increase of up to 150 percent in the B&O tax rates is unreasonable given tax receipts are directly tied to inflation and economic growth. Recognizing the recent manifestation of some expense and income drivers not directly controllable by the city, this

By Matthew Bott proposal represents a marked the proposal as it has been and Mark Mullet increase over a short period of initially presented. Member input through surveys and time.

As a part of the proposed The investments in economic a business roundtable event development initiatives will 2015 city of Issaquah budmirrored this position. get, municipal leaders have not solve budget challenges It has been shared that the proposed major changes to overnight, but they should be B&O increases are needed to considered as significant tools the cost of doing business in maintain current operations Issaquah — some welcome to aid in future increases in tax and help close a projected changes and some troublestructural deficit. It seems receipts. These initiatives must some — involving the city’s premature to propose an be given priority status and business and occupation (or time to mature. increase in this tax without B&O) tax, a tax on total gross a larger discussion of the exWe urge the city to re(not net) income. pense drivers and all available examine this proposal and The first change is a welsolutions. continue to focus on enhanccome and very much commonSecond, an analysis should ing the community’s economic sense improvement to the B&O be conducted on the size and base through supporting exemption, raising it four-fold scope of the potential negaorganic business growth and to help the smallest local entive economic impacts of the success. terprises while also streamlin- proposed tax increase and ing collection. share these findings. Any tax However, concerns remain increase of this nature has an Matthew Bott is the CEO of the Issaquah with the proposed two-year economic impact and reduces Chamber of Commerce. State Sen. Mark 150 percent phased increase the competitiveness of both Mullet, of the 5th Legislative District, is of the tax. The Issaquah businesses and the city for a small business owner in Issaquah who Chamber of Commerce has inbound investment. previously served on the Issaquah City Council. examined this topic and Third, while the B&O tax taken a position to not support has not been increased since

Slow down, support business growth and connect to economic plan

H ome C ountry Everyone wants to watch something grow Dewey Decker, that accidentprone neighbor of ours, is the undisputed Pharaoh of Fertilizer, the Monarch of Manure.

He has turned a shovel-ready business into a going concern, with the help of the woman of his dreams, Emily. But in the quiet times, when it’s only Dewey thinking to himself, he really wants to raise things.

From the time he was a kid, he wanted to raise cattle, but Dewey’s proclivities toward disaster left that particular item off the agenda. In helping out other cattlemen, you see, he accidentally let 17 steers escape from the feedlot onto the interstate, and of course there was the now-legendary time he herded a cow off a bluff into

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So, he went into cow manure big time, supplying fertilizer for our yards Slim and gardens, Randles and then branching off into compost, worm castings and the worms themselves.

That’s what he was busy with today, actually. Worms.

Not just any worms, but red wigglers, approved by bass and trout from sea to shining sea. And today he was tucking them in for winter, spreading

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straw thickly over the top of their bins to wait out the cold until they came back to warmweather wiggling next spring.

Dewey picked up a flake of straw and looked around.

There wasn’t anyone in sight.

“Here you go, little fellas,” he whispered. “You stay warm and have a good winter.”

He looked around. Good.

Still no one.

The next bin… “You guys stay warm in there this winter, OK?” It’s hard to take the husbandry out of the man, you see. A guy has to feed something and watch it grow. With worms, if he makes a mistake … well?

Maybe someday his father tank will get topped off when he and Emily have children.

Let’s hope, however, that it’s Emily who teaches them to swim.

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Free film series returns Nov. 8 The Second Saturday Film Series continues Nov. 8 with the showing of the 1962 comedy, “If A Man Answers.” The free movie starts at 7 p.m. in the Eagle Room at City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way, although donations will be accepted for snacks. “If A Man Answers” stars Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee, Stephanie Powers and Caesar Romero. Dee, a perky cleanup woman, pretends to own her employer’s plush penthouse to impress her boyfriend, Darin.

Author Hank Thomas examines history, demise of government

By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com There seems to be an unwritten rule among friends, whether at the poker table or out on the golf course — don’t talk politics.

Hank Thomas would like to change that.

The retired Boeing engineer has had plenty of time to take up the new hobby of golf in his retirement.

As the longtime Issaquah resident, and one-time member of the Issaquah City Council, strives to get better each time out on the links, he said ever since the 2011-12 presidential election run up, the political vitriol in the nation has gotten worse.

“Part of trouble is we don’t talk politics,” Thomas said. “We tend to talk only with friends. For example, imagine standing at a bus stop. It’s almost impossible to get a conversation going on politics. They’re going to be weary of you — are you one of those wild ideologues on the other side of the political aisle from me.”

The solution? Write a conversation-starting book that can bridge the gap between ideologies.

The project, however, grew out of frustration of the intense vitriol of the last national election.

The 70-year-old enjoys waking up early in the Squak Mountain home he and his wife of 40 years, Jackie, have lived in since 1993, and watching the sun dawn on a new day.

“So, sitting at my desk, I wondered was this what our founding fathers had in mind. To come to this?

Certainly things are no better, no worse than it was then,” Thomas said. “Did they overlook something as they designed the Constitution, putting together this government of ours, something that must have been important that leads to all this dysfunction?”

He hit the Internet and began taking notes. What was a small project to satisfy his curiosity suddenly grew into something much larger.

“I thought I would just type a few questions on the Internet and something would pop up, because everyone knows you can find everything on the Internet,” he said. “And as soon as it does, that would be great. I’d go on about my day.”

But one link led to another and his stack of notes kept growing into a stack a foot high and he realized he could turn all that research into a book.

The result: “A Broken Sausage Grinder: Is Our Government Fundamentally Flawed?”

“I offer some conclusions in there,” he said. “Did the founding fathers let us down? I don’t think so.

But we certainly let them down. We did not live up to our end of the bargain.”

The biggest problem he thinks he decided was actually two of them — the political parties.

“Imagine hiring someone to do something for you.

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Follow Thomas’s further political musings on his blog, http://hankthomas. authorsxpress.com.

You pay them some money to do whatever they’re going to do,” he said. “If during the course of doing what you paid that person to do, they took money from somebody else and diverted their attention from the job they’re doing for you to do something else, you’d be upset with that. Yet we don’t give it a second thought when our politicians do it to us.”

Thomas tried to write the book for a universal audience, being as pragmatic has he could.

“I don’t know about others’ political leanings, but I would probably sit right next to the aisle on the left side,” Thomas said. “I would often vote with the other side. I’m pretty much a down-the-middle-of-theroad kind of guy, although I tend to feel our government has more of a social responsibility than the right side of the aisle.

“We just have too many monstrous social problems that there’s no other way to address.”

So, he tried to insert as much historical context as possible into his book. A big fan of history growing up, he didn’t want to fall into the trap of making it too dry, to which he felt his teachers succumbed.

While condensing his notes into a story, Thomas felt it was becoming too scientific with all its credits at the bottom of pages, footnotes, endnotes and references. His editor at iUniverse Publishing (an assisted self-publishing company) said Thomas needed a time out. “‘This is your story,’ he told me. It took me a while to get out of engineer mode over a six- or seven-month editing process,” Thomas said.

What is left is something he’s proud to pass to a fellow golfer or traveller at the bus stop.

“This book gives them something to talk about.

Is there something in the book that maybe I painted the picture a little bit wrong? Look it up,” he

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Hank Thomas, of Issaquah, disheartened by the ‘vitriol’ of the 2012 elections, hit the Internet to research the Founding Fathers’ original intent for our government. The result was his book, ‘A Broken Sausage Grinder: Is Our Government Fundamentally Flawed?’ said. “I’m not trying to say it’s perfect. I think it is pretty good work. But I would love to have a conversation. That would be great.”

“A Broken Sausage Grinder” was published in May 2012. Since then, Thomas has kept busy at home making repairs on

the house and trying to improve his game on the golf course. But his mind races with possibilities for another book project.

“I’m already working on the next book — the rise and fall of the Tea Party,” he said. “I would like to understand better how the Tea Party came to be.”

Essay contest open to eighth graders The King County Civil Rights Commission invites all eighth-grade students to write essays about the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The top three writers in this 16th annual writing contest will receive trophies.

Essays should focus on the theme of voting rights and include ideas about Dr. King’s legacy of peace and justice.

King County’s 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held Jan. 15.

The essay must be between 750 and 1,000 words, and must be typed and doubled spaced on white 8 1/2-by-11 paper.

Contestants must submit one typed original essay and one copy of the essay, by mail.

To be considered, entries must be postmarked

by Nov. 7 and mailed to the King County Civil Rights Commission, 401 Fifth Ave., Suite 135, Seattle, WA 98104.

The name, address, home phone number, email address, school,

grade, and age of student author must be submitted on a cover page accompanying the essay. Do not place your name on any other page.

All essays must be in English and include a bibliography, utilizing at minimum one book source, but no more than one website source.

Essays will be judged on the author’s knowledge of Dr. King and his work in the civil rights movement; originality of ideas; development of point of view; insight

into the essay theme; and clarity of expression, organization and grammar. All essays submitted become the property of the commission and will be displayed on county Web pages, in county publications, in local publications and in the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

Submitted essays will not be returned.

Learn more by calling Paula Harris-White, Department of Executive Services Equity and Social Justice manager, at 206263-2444.

Fans of Halloween

By Mark Kitaoka/Village Theatre

Greg McCormick Allen, as Bert, and Cayman Ilika, as Mary Poppins, star in the Village Theatre production of ‘Mary Poppins.’

‘Mary Poppins’ flies into Village Theatre for the holiday season In 1978, Hollywood made us believe a man could fly in “Superman.”

Now, 36 years later, Village Theatre will have audiences believing the same for a woman and her parasol in its musical production of “Mary Poppins.”

Village Theatre is transforming its stage with a complex flight system for the “Mary Poppins” run from Nov. 13 to Jan. 4.

Based on P.L. Travers timeless books, “Mary Poppins” is full of magical moments, dancing chimney sweeps and breathtaking flight. The musical features actors Cayman Ilika as the amazing flying nanny and

Greg McCormick Allen as the tap-dancing chimney sweep Bert in beloved, Academy Award-winning Disney songs such as “Spoonful of Sugar,” “Let’s Go Fly A Kite,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”

Village Theatre veterans Steve Tomkins and Kathryn Van Meter co-direct the production with Tim Symons and Bruce Monroe as co-music directors. Van Meter also serves as choreographer.

Tickets are on sale now at the theater’s box office, 303 Front St. N. or online at www.villagetheatre.org/ issaquah.

Skyline High School cheerleaders, marching band members and student fans fully embraced the Halloween spirit in a variety of superhero, video game, animal and Sesame Street character costumes for a festive time Oct. 31 during the Spartans’ football game against Eastlake.

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6•Wednesday, November 5, 2014 THURSDAY, NOV. 6

Point Drive S.E., 868-7580

Squak Mountain Highland Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m.

Thursday and Friday, issaquahalps.org Pickering Barn Vintage and Antique Show, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, www. countrycreation.blogspot.com Trunk Show with JJ Caprices, 6:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Life Enrichment Options (LEO) presents attorney Denise Redinger, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Sallal Grange, 12912 432nd Ave. S.E., North Bend, email becky.kitz@lifeenrichmentoptions.org Greater Issaquah Toastmasters, 6:45-8 p.m., Bellewood Retirement Community, 3710 Providence

A PNWA Literary Contest Primer, 7-8:30 p.m., King County Library Service Center, 960 Newport Way, N.W., www. pnwa.org

FRIDAY, NOV. 7 Squak Mountain Highland Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m., meeting details and sign up at issaquahalps.org ‘Color Sensations’ Quilt Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., bpquilters.org, $6 Pickering Barn Vintage and Antique Show, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, www.countrycreation.blogspot.com, free Social Hour with Bingo and

Prizes, 3-4 p.m., Spiritwood at Pine Lake, 3607 228th Ave. S.E., 313-9100

Antique Show, 10 a.m. to 5 pm., www.countrycreation. blogspot.com, free

Pumpkin Races Family Fun Night, 7-9 p.m., Julius Boehm Pool, 50 S.E. Clark St., $3/ youths, $4/adults, $10/family, 837-3350

Family Art Together Time, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., artEAST art center, 95 Front St. N., $20, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org

Phillip Lomax, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424

‘Medicare Made Clear,’ 11 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

The 5 Johnsons, 8 p.m., Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600 Fade 2 Black, 8 p.m., Pogacha, ages 21 and older only, $5, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

SATURDAY, NOV. 8 Light Trail Work Party, tools provided, bring gloves, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org Issaquah Alps Dog Hike, moderate, 5-8 miles, up to 1,200foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps.org ‘Color Sensations’ Quilt Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., bpquilters.org, $6 Pickering Barn Vintage and

‘Theater of Possibility,’ 1-3 p.m., Bellewood Apartments, 3710 Providence Point Drive S.E., register by emailing agubata@sammamish.us Second Saturday Film Series: ‘If a Man Answers,’ 7 p.m., Eagle Room, City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way, free Lady A, 7:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 Hairstorm, 8 p.m., Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600

issaquahalps.org Cedar Butte Hike, moderate, 4.5 miles, 900-foot elevation gain, 10 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., issaquahalps. org

TUESDAY, NOV. 11

‘Color Sensations’ Quilt Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., community center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., bpquilters.org, $6

Squak Mountain Highland Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday and Wednesday, issaquahalps.org

‘Wild Kratts: Build It Beaver,’ 2 p.m., Lewis Creek Park Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., 452-4195, free

‘Breaking Away From Sensuality,’ live online Q & A, 11 a.m., Christian Science Reading Room, 415 Rainier Blvd. N., 392-8140

‘Life After High School: College Admissions 101,’ 1:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

The Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Highlands Fire Station, 1280 N.E. Park Drive, www.rovinfiddlers.com

Poetry on Buses Launch Party, 6:30 p.m. doors open, 7:30 p.m. show, The Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle, poetryonbuses.org

Keely Whitney Band, Pogacha, ages 21 and older only, $5 cover charge, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd., 392-5550

Divorce Care Support Group, sponsored by Timberlake Church, 7-8:30 p.m., Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, 869-4400

SUNDAY, NOV. 9

MONDAY, NOV. 10

Tiger Mountain — Chirico Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m., location details and registration at

Library Book Club: ‘Someone,’ by Alice McDermott, 6:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430

‘Knit for Life,’ 1-4 p.m., Swedish/Issaquah, 751 N.E. Blakely Drive

Petty Thief, 7:30 p.m., Amante, 131 Front St. N., 313-9600

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 Friends of Youth Breakfast, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. N.W., call 869-6490, ext. 338, or email paola@friendsofyouth. org Squak Mountain Highland Trail Work Party, 8:30 a.m., location details and registration at issaquahalps.org/ HikesEvents

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OB SPEED Dating at Swedish Issaquah Wednesday, November 12 Interview sessions with providers begin at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

751 NE Blakely Drive, Issaquah If you’re expecting or thinking about having a baby, finding the right doctor is a pretty good place to start this incredible journey.

When you come to OB Speed Dating, you and several other couples will meet with OB and midwife providers who deliver at Swedish Issaquah.

If you hit it off with one of the providers, you can make a follow-up appointment when you’re ready to start your care.

It’s a fun, free event in a low-key environment. No pressure but just an opportunity to meet providers individually. To find out more and register, head to swedish.org/obspeeddating.

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O bituaries Donald C. ‘Buzz’ Dana Buzz Dana passed away peacefully, with family members by his side at his home Donald Dana in Renton on Sunday, Oct. 26, after a two-year bout with cancer.

Buzz was born Aug. 22, 1943, in Seattle, the first of four children to Eugene R. and Charlotte A. Dana, and grew up in the Seattle area, Bellingham and Issaquah. During his time at Issaquah High School, Buzz met his sweetheart and one true love, Patricia A. Paterson, whom he later married in the spring of 1964. Pat gave him 50 wonderful years of marriage and was by his side during his final moments this past Sunday.

Buzz was a kind, forward and honest man with great dignity and integrity, but most of all, Buzz defined loyalty.

Whether it was his family, friends or his business, Buzz was incredibly loyal to all who knew him. You always knew right where you stood with Buzz and he wore his emotions on his sleeve. Buzz was loved and respected by so many people far and wide. Whether you needed a helping hand or a wise and honest piece of advice, Buzz was the man everyone called upon.

He loved to work, whether it was at his 44-year elevator career, building his and Pat’s original home on Lake Washington, wood working, boat building or anything and everything around the house, he was more than involved with both sleeves rolled infinitely up. Buzz was a “man’s man� through and through, and he loved nothing more than his

Change order approved on Liberty High project The Issaquah School Board approved another change order proposal on the Liberty High School addition and modernization project last month.

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family.

Buzz is survived by his wife of 50 years, Pat; son Donny, of Renton; sister Charlotte Kores, of Renton; brother Pat Dana and his wife Susan, of Samish Island; and sister Ginny Jaquish, of Dayton. Buzz was a devoted and loving uncle to Lisa McInnis and her family, of Renton; Aaron Kores and his family, of Duvall; Steven Huteson and his wife Heather, of Burien; Jon Dana, of Monroe; and countless relatives of Samish Island. And last but not least, Buzz is survived by his beloved black Labrador Lucy.

In addition to Buzz’s family and friends, his treatment specialists deserve very special recognition. Dr. Henry Kaplan and his entire 12th-floor staff as well as the Treatment Center staff at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle provided Buzz with the highest level of treatment, compassion and professionalism. Buzz was very thankful for his team and will miss each and every one of them dearly.

A celebration of Buzz’s life will be held Friday, Nov. 7 from 1-4 p.m., with words of remembrance at 2 p.m. at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club. Light appetizers, soft drinks and coffee will be served.

Please refer to Flintoft’s Funeral Home — www. flintofts.com — for info and obituary.

Remembrances may be given to a charity of your choice.

Oct. 8, 1938 – Oct. 28, 2014 Richard Donald (Dick) Taylor died at his home in Basin, Wyoming, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. He was born to Donald Paul Taylor and Helen Maurine Webster in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 8, 1938.

Family was most important to Dick. He married Wendy Taylor (Black) in 1989 and the two of them moved from Issaquah back to Basin, Wyoming, where Wendy grew up, when he retired. The two of them would have celebrated 25 years together on Nov. 18.

They were very good for each other, and he will be in Wendy’s heart forever.

He cherished his time with Wendy’s parents, Tom and Del Black, also of Basin. He was very proud of his daughter Chrissy and his granddaughters Tanna and Jamie. He also had so much love for his brothers Jack and Pat and their families.

Dick enjoyed working, and he spent nearly 45 years engaged in operating businesses in the Northwest. Upon his high school graduation, he entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1956 and served his country until 1962.

After receiving an honorable discharge from the Marines, he managed Lucky grocery stores for several years before starting his own business, the Gas Lamp Bar and Grill in Issaquah, which he owned and operated for 27 years.

Dick had a great love for softball. He is in the Softball (USSSA) Hall of

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Fame for his contribution to the sport, including years of play and sponsorship. In his spare time, Dick restrung baseball gloves for recreational players across the Northwest. He was also very proud to have repaired gloves for two prominent professional baseball players, David Ledbetter and Omar Visquel.

He was active in martial arts and trained with Dojo Takin Makaimura.

Always a sportsman, he spent the last 15 years having a love/hate relationship with the game of golf. He and Wendy’s father Tom Black played together often.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife Wendy Taylor, of Basin, Wyoming; his daughter Christine Hitchcock and granddaughters, Tanna and Jamie Hitchcock, all of Issaquah; his son Phillip Taylor, also of Issaquah; his brothers and their wives, Jack and Julie Grimm, of Ridgefield, and Patrick and Carol Grimm, of Vancouver, Washington.

Atwood Family Funeral Directors Inc. assisted the family with arrangements.

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P ets of the W eek Morgan is a boisterous, gorgeous workin-progress!

This 11-monthMorgan old hound/ shepherd mix is still very much a playful puppy, and he needs an experienced adopter who can help guide him into becoming a fabulous adult.

This beauty is Cat-therine, a 2-yearold whiteand-black short-haired Cat-therine kitty who will steal your heart. She has the sweetest facial expressions. Cat-therine would be happy to be the kitty you look forward to coming home to.

To adopt these or other animals, call the Humane Society for Seattle/King County at 641-0080 or go to www.seattlehumane.org. All animals are spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated, and come with 30 days of pet health insurance and a certificate for a vet exam.

Mary Martha McInnis Mary Martha McInnis, born 14 April 1950, in Detroit, Michigan, to Francis and Lucy (Monte) McInnis, died peacefully at home on 5 October.

Witty, artistic, and musical, she leaves her husband David, her son Christopher, her daughter Sally, her mother, five sisters and one brother, who will always miss her.

The change order adds another $23,707.84 to the project total. The changes pay for floor openings and deck reinforcements; cutting and reducing a hollow metal door frame; demolishing ceilings to install new plumbing; providing

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structural support for larger ceiling fans; relocating 10 ceiling fans; and providing roof vents for gas regulators.

The revised contract total of about $20.94 million is within the project’s budget.

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PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

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Week 9 — Oct. 31,

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Issaquah (4-5) 48, Redmond 24

Skyline (6-3) 40, Eastlake 10

Mount Si 35, Liberty (6-3) 17

Issaquah’s Jackson Suh captures KingCo tennis title

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com The Class 4A KingCo Conference boys tennis tournament was supposed to last three days, but heavy rain stretched it to five.

The weather delays didn’t seem to bother Issaquah High School sophomore Jackson Suh, who outlasted all of his competitors to win the singles bracket Nov. 1 at Skyline High School.

Suh, the runner-up at last season’s state tournament, cruised through his four matches en route to the KingCo title, and will now have several months

to rest up and hone his game before the state event in May. He opened with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Skyline’s Geoffrey Yang, and then defeated Skyline’s Ishaan Bhamani by the same score to advance to the semifinals.

He was just as dominant in the last two matches, beating Redmond’s Adam Guo (6-2, 6-1) and Newport’s Austin Gu (6-2, 6-1).

In doubles play, Issaquah wasn’t able to qualify anyone for state as a top-two finisher, but seniors Cyrus Chang and Sam Reardon won two matches.

Chang and Reardon had to play a preliminary match just to get into the tourna-

ment, and they won easily with a 6-1, 6-1 decision over Mount Si’s Ryan Cantalini and Jacob Holmes.

They had to play again that day, and started slowly against Redmond’s Simon Liu and Nikolay Bykov. The first set went to a tiebreaker, and the Issaquah pair emerged victorious.

Reardon said he was shaky early in the match, but coach Gary Kiyonaga restored his confidence, and he was able to find a rhythm with Chang, his seasonlong doubles partner.

“When I get shaken up, he knows how to calm me down,” Reardon said of Chang. “We’ve got some code words that make us

laugh. Staying light is the best way to hit hard.”

The Eagles duo clamped down in the second set and won 6-1, advancing to the quarterfinals. They were eliminated by Newport’s Alex Namba and Derek Huang (6-0, 6-0), but it didn’t diminish a strong season that ended with a winning record.

“In doubles, you need that bond,” Chang said.

“It’s telepathic, so you know where your partner is going.

“It’s been a very fun season. We did all right in terms of records. It’s been great playing with Sam.” Skyline junior Nikita Moroz had his sights set on earning a state berth,

but fell two wins shy in the singles bracket.

Moroz opened the tourney with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Redmond’s Soham Dharap. He then found the resolve to earn a comeback victory over Eastlake freshman Clemente Varas (3-6, 6-3, 6-4). But he lost his last two matches, to Gu and Guo. Skyline had three doubles entries, but none were able to advance past the quarterfinals.

Justin Zhong and Parker Matias went the furthest, and defeated Eastlake’s Jerry Shen and Townsend Rowland in their first match (6-4, 6-2).

“I felt like we did well — we had good team-

work overall, we were able to adapt to situations and adjust our play to match what we needed to do,” Zhong said of the win.

Matias said Zhong hadn’t played doubles until this season, which produced a learning curve that they were largely able to overcome.

“There’s been a pretty big gap in skill, I think,” Matias said. “Either we’re blowing the other team out, or we’re getting blown out, so I think in terms of how to beat the bigger guys, we just need to find ways to keep the ball low when it’s coming over the net, and really finishing points.”

Wildcats pound Patriots, 35-17 Skyline routs Eastlake, 40-10

By Sam Kenyon skenyon@snovalleystar.com The Liberty High School football team fell to the Mount Si Wildcats, 35-17, in a game that dropped Liberty’s season record to 6-3. The game on Halloween, Oct. 31, was the final game of the regular season before Liberty heads into the playoffs to face Fife on Nov. 7.

“It’s disappointing because it felt like we were in the game and we could win,” head coach Steve Valach said.

The Patriots scored first blood against the Wildcats with a touchdown run from junior running back Joe Cunningham in the first quarter. The touchdown came after an interception thrown

by Mount Si quarterback Jonathan Hillel.

The early touchdown was the only time Liberty would have the lead.

Later in the first quarter, Hillel punched through on a quarterback keeper to tie the game.

A few minutes later, at the start of the second quarter, Liberty junior quarterback Nate Solly threw an interception.

Mount Si’s sophomore linebacker Cory Cotto returned it 40 yards for the Wildcats’ second touchdown.

Neither team scored again in the first half.

Mount Si missed a field goal attempt several possessions later. On the final play of the second quarter, Solly threw another interception. But since the Patriots would get the ball after halftime, the picked-off pass had little impact on the game.

“I think we had opportunities,” Valach said.

“Football is a game of momentum.”

At 6:56 in the third quarter, the Patriots’ junior kicker, Brandon Niblock, successfully sent a 40-yard field goal through the uprights, the longest field goal of the season.

On the following possession, Hillel threw his second touchdown pass, bringing the score to 2110. But Liberty responded with an excellent drive using their strong running game.

“That’s kind of who we are, we run the football,” Valach said.

The Patriots ran in a touchdown in the final seconds of the third quarter, bringing the score to 21-17.

“It’s disappointing, because it felt like we were in the game and we could win,” Valach said.

Mount Si responded with another long touchdown pass in the fourth

quarter.

There was a moment in the Patriots’ next possession that broke the game against them.

They used their rushing strength to get to just outside field goal range, but the Mount Si defense held them to their fourth down. The Patriots decided to go for it on fourth and 3, but the Wildcats stopped them and took the ball.

“We were right there and we didn’t quite complete the play,” Valach said. “That’s football.”

The Wildcats converted that defensive stop into another final touchdown, bringing the score to 35-17 with seven minutes left.

For the rest of the game, it appeared the Patriots had no more fight in them. The Wildcats broke through their defense for some big sacks.

Neither team would score again.

Liberty faced one handicap in the game because several players were on the injury list.

Without some of the firststring players on offense and defense, the team was weakened. Looking ahead to the team’s next game with Fife, Valach said hopefully the injuries don’t linger.

“You never like to see guys get hurt,” he said.

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By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com Head coach Mat Taylor preached resiliency to his Skyline High School football players after they suffered a 56-0 blowout loss Oct. 17 at the hands of top-ranked Bothell.

The Spartans proved they had thick skin in the next two games. They rolled past Inglemoor on Oct. 24, and then walloped rival Eastlake, 40-10, Oct. 31 to clinch second place in the KingCo Conference and a home playoff game this week.

“After Week 7, we just said it was going to have to be a thing of the past,” Taylor said. “This is the beset possible outcome we could’ve had after losing to Bothell.”

Skyline (6-3) hosts the Skyview Storm from Vancouver in the district playoffs, and a victory would mean an eighth consecutive trip to the Class 4A state playoffs.

Eastlake (6-3) earned KingCo’s No. 4 seed to the district round, and travels to Sparks Stadium in Puyallup to play the Emerald Ridge Jaguars.

The Spartans led 21-7 at halftime, and gradually pulled away in the second half thanks to big plays on both sides of the ball.

Eastlake took the second-half kickoff and drove 72 yards on seven plays, most of it coming on running back Justin McOmber’s 53-yard catch and run.

But the Spartans’ defense held, and the Wolves elected not to go for the touchdown on fourth-andgoal inside the 1-yard line.

Zach Howard’s 17-yard

field goal cut Skyline’s lead to 21-10.

The Spartans used the defensive stand to close the game on a 19-0 surge.

On the ensuing drive, Skyline got a pair of key third-down conversions.

On third-and-13, quarterback Blake Gregory hit Elijah Nichols for 20 yards.

Joe Bretl then came up with a 27-yard catch on third-and-6.

Running back Rashaad Boddie eventually capped the drive with a 4-yard touchdown run — his third score of the night — to give Skyline a 28-10 lead.

Skyline’s defense came through again, intercepting Eastlake quarterback Blue Thomas on consecutive throws in the third quarter.

Chandler Wong’s pick led to a 35-yard field goal from Jack Crane, and Bradley Kim’s pick set up a 25-yard field goal that increased the lead to 34-10 with nine minutes left.

Danny Sinatro’s 31-yard punt return led to Wong’s 10-yard TD run, cementing the result with 6:27 to play.

Thomas was harassed throughout the game and never got going, finishing 7-for-20 for 139 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions.

Linebacker Taven Erpenbach got the first interception, and the Spartans immediately turned it into points midway through the first quarter.

Gregory found Nichols streaking down the left sideline for a 41-yard TD, a play that was the start to the wide receiver’s big night.

“We knew it before we came out of the huddle,” Nichols said of the play.

“Blake threw a great pass and I caught it.”

Nichols got behind the Wolves’ defense on the next series, too, hauling in a 49-yard bomb. Boddie scored from 3 yards out, and Skyline had a 14-0 lead early in the second period.

Taylor said his coaching staff challenged Nichols to improve his play, and the 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior responded. He caught six passes for 123 yards.

“We kind of went with the hot hand, and he was,” Taylor said. “We’re pretty deep at wide receiver. We have seven or eight kids we think can start on any given week.”

Eastlake’s only touchdown came two minutes later as McOmber led a six-play, 53-yard drive.

McOmber gained 43 yards on a shovel pass, and Thomas hit Mark Whitley for a 7-yard TD to close the gap to 14-7.

McOmber had a solid game, catching three passes for 106 yards and carrying 14 times for 64 yards.

But Skyline had an answer. Boddie restored the two-score lead before halftime, taking a short pass from Gregory and barreling through multiple tacklers on his way to a 59-yard score.

Gregory was 16-for-25 for 249 yards and two scores, and Nichols said it was nice to see the Spartans capitalize on a strong game plan against a familiar foe. Eastlake coaches Don Bartel and Kyle Snell previously worked at Skyline under Taylor.

“We installed a ton of new plays,” Nichols said of the Spartans’ week of preparation. “Everything fell together tonight and it was perfect.”

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